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SIXTH ANNUAL BAND REGATTA ON CIVIC HOLIDAY Monday, August 2nd, can consider itself distinguished this year for two special matters,â€"it is Civic Holiday in the Town of Timmins and it is the date of ‘the sixth annual regatta at the â€" Mattagami River under the auspices of the Timmins Citizens‘ Band. There will be the usual atâ€" tractive programme of aquatic and other sports for the regatta, with the usual good prizes. *‘Bigger and better: than ever‘‘ is the motto the committees are following in the plans for this year‘s regatta. Mr. W. G. Powlesland, of Toronto, (Gieneral Viceâ€"Presgident of the Inâ€" ternational Brotherhood of Blackâ€" smiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers, is in town this week in the interests of the craft. An open meeting of blackâ€" smiths, steel sharpeners, welders and helpers is called for Sunday afterâ€" noon at the Miners‘ Union. Hall, Timmins, and to this meeting all men of the above trade are earnestly inâ€" vited. The meeting will commence at 4 o/clock and there will be much to interest all concerned in any of various branches of the trade. MEETING OFâ€"BLACKSMITHS STEEL SHARPENERS, ETC. CANADIANS APPEAR TO BE A HOMEâ€"LOVING PEOPLTE A‘*survey conducted by H. R. Coats, Dominion statistician, shows that of Canadian â€" families twoâ€"thirds own their own homes. He reports that "of 2,001,512 residences in Canada, 1,240,937 are owned outright by famiâ€" lies, while 760,474 are rented.‘‘ The total investment ‘‘in small homes by people in the Dominion‘‘ he estimates at more than $9,000,000,000. This is a better showing than is made by the latest United States cenâ€" sus. According to the American reâ€" turns, there were in 1920 6,522,119 homes owned free, 4,059,593 homes owned but mortgaged, and 12,043,058 rented homes. In Canada the proâ€" portion of homes owned by their ocâ€" cupants to rented homes is 163 per cent. In the United States the proâ€" portion of owned to rented homes is only 83 per cent. A homeâ€"owning people is almost sure to be a thrifty and stable people. The figures revealed by Mr. Coats are evidence that the people of this country have the qualities‘ that make for ordered progress. How it earned this very wmique name is recalled in a recent number f "The Mentor," by Mary Graham Bonner. It is a strange story of simple, devout people who so loved their church that they stole it, and carried it away for over a hundred miles. When the Canadian Pacific Railâ€" way moved its divisional fpoint from Donatld to Golden, the inhabitants of | Donald packed up and moved, too. Some of them went to Golden, but a few > followed the former construcâ€" tion engineer of Donald up the Colâ€" umbia River to a place he insisted was Heaven. â€"It ‘was pretty near it, «nywiaiy, this Lake Windermere with One can tell at a glance that the little church at Lake Winderâ€" mere, British Columbia, has had a pastâ€"and proud of it, too ! Nestled among great pineâ€"clad ranges of mountains, on the shore of a silver lake, it is proud of its beautiful site, but prouder still of the way in which it came to be called the "Stolen Church." (From the Hamilton Herald) 1. The cburch. 2. The Sinclair‘s Canyon on Windermere Highway.. 3. Bungalow camp at Windermere: The White Little Stolen Church at Windermere THIS LADY WOULD NOT BE | POPULAR NEAR GOLF LINKS The Mail and Emipre tell this one: A young married couple that lived near a golf course had as a guest an elderly aunt from the country. One afternoon she went for a walk, and when she returned she was asked how she had enjoyed herself. ‘‘Oh,"‘"‘ she said, *‘I came upon a large, lovely lawn, and walked acrogs it. _ There were many persons about, and some of them must have been hoodlums, for they shouted at me in a strange way. But I took no notice.‘‘ Before the young couple had an opportunity to express their surprise, she added, * I found a lot of curious little white things. I brought them back to ask things. i brought them Dack T0 askK you what they are.‘‘ And she forthâ€" with produced from her handbag about a dozen golf balls. The installation of Officers for the ensuing term for Gold Nugget Reâ€" bekah Lodge, No. 173, 1.0.0.F., Timâ€" mins, was held on Thursday last. The installing officers were:â€"D.D. Presiâ€" dent, Sister Margaret Johnson, P.N.G. Matheson ; ably assisted by D.G. Presiâ€" shal, Sister Anna Boyle, P.N.G., South Poreupine; D. G. Warden, Sisâ€" ter Hilda Brown, P.N.G., Matheson; D. G. Secretary, â€" Sister Beatrice Michaelson, P.N.G., South Poreupine; 1D.G. Treasurer, Sister Nevada Ruthâ€" erford, P.N.G., Timmins; D. G. Chapâ€" INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS TIMMINS REBEKAH LODGE. The following were the officers inâ€" stalled :â€" Noble Grandâ€"Sister Jametta Kelly Vice Grandâ€"Sister Della Coady R. See.â€"Sister Ethel Keene, P.N.G Fin. See.â€"Sister Minnie Shephard; P.N.G, Treas.â€"Sister Lillian Geddes. Wardenâ€"Sister Millicent Sceott. Conductorâ€"Sister Minme â€" Lains So the church was stolen: unâ€" the communion roll of this primitive shingled, bound up and carried away little church has swelled considerâ€" one nightâ€"to Golden by train, thence ably. It has a steeple now and a on the river boat to Windermere. bell, too, but until this day, it still The steeple and the bell, however, proudly bears the name of "Stolen had to be left behind, and by ths‘Churck". Inside Guardianâ€"Sister Louse Orr Outside â€" Guardianâ€"Sister_â€" Sarah Jolinson. R.S.N.G.â€"Sister Olive Bender L.S.N.G.â€"Sister Jessie Webb R.S.V.G.â€"Sister Rose Anderson, P.N.G. L.S.V.G.â€"Sister Leona Cavanagh Chaplainâ€"Sisger Winnifred Johns Organistâ€" Slste Eileen _ Elliott, P.N(G. ; lain, Sister Rose Anderson, P.N.G., Timmins; D.G. Guard, Sister Olive Findlay, P.N.(G., New Liskeard. P.P.N.G.â€"Sister Irene Closs. After the work of the Order, there was a very pleasing banquet enjoyed by all, with the usual attractive feaâ€" tures of speeches and music, ete. ___ bury Up spoke the engineer, the leader of the little colony. He knew what they could do. They would steal it. Move it a‘way at nigsht. Nobody wanted the little church but them: the people of .Golden did not love it as they loved it. magnificent mountains. Here they settled, and built their dwellings, but in spite of the great beauty of their new home, they could not be comâ€" pletely happy. They missed their little church on the windy hill back at Donald. Pians had Lbeen made for the construction of a new worâ€" shipping place at Windermere, but they knew that no other church could fill the piace of the old onse, so dear to them, now sleepning and forsaken, in the deserted village of Donald. its shimmering waters reflecting the THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO. Windermere has grown since the Canadian Pacific Railway ran a line through from Golden and built a bungalow camp nearby, and the automobilists pass by in their thouâ€" sands from Banff and Spokane, and the communion roll of this primitive little church has swelled considerâ€" ably. It has a steeple now and a But at Windermere, they were far too busy, every one of them, and too happy, to pay much attention to His Grace‘s admonition. The bishop at New Westminster, too, learned of the theft O0f the Donâ€" ald Church and was moved to rightâ€" eous indignation. He wrote a letter to Windermere commanding the communicants to return the church, or suffer the consequences of the episcopal wrath. time they had #eturned for them, tho people of Golden had wind of the afâ€" fair, ard they were nowhere to be found. k This is the age when a child who is tied to his mother‘s apronstrings isn ‘t tied to his mother.â€"New â€" York American. It must be terrible to be an editoriâ€" al writer and wake up in the morning with the realization that xvou have to feel strongly all day long about the Tacnaâ€"Arica controversy.â€"F.P.A. in New York World. Suzanne Lenglen‘s Skill with the racket is equaled only by her skill in raising one.â€"Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago has witnessed the largest religious gathering in history, and few places ever needed it more.â€" Florence (Ala.) Herald. It is not difficult to understand the lapse on the part of the printer who in setting up an item about Chicago made it ‘read ‘"‘the Crook County jail.‘‘â€"Seattle Times. (New York Heraldâ€"Tribune.) It is quite possible that Dempsey and Willis will meet on the same date the average golfer actually plays what he considers his normal game. THE EXPENSIVE FRIENDSHIP. This is one of Sir Harry Lauder‘s lates stories: ‘*‘So ye‘re auld friend Angus is merrit again,‘ I remarked to Jamie. ‘Oh ave,‘ said Jamie sadly, ‘ana‘ losh, but he‘s bin a dear friend tae me has Angus. He‘s cost me three weddin‘ presents an‘ a couple of wreaths‘."* Amundsen‘s _ statement _ that there are no blond Eskimos in the Arctic Circle has been verified by offiâ€" cers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police One mounted officer, who made a hazardous journey into the Melbourne Peninsula o hrmu out an Eskimo murderer, says he has travelled from the Arcetic through Hudson Straits and Fury and Hecla Straits as far as Coronation (Gulf, and knows every tribe of Eskimos for hundreds of miles in every direction from the straits and islands. Yet he maintaimns that he never saw one of the natives with light hair. Thus another popular legend of the writers of Northern thrillers is puneâ€" tured by cold facts. (Seattle Post Intelligencer) Tisdale Township_Council \ _ Considers Many Questions Requests to Council for Roads, etc. _ To Interview Timâ€" mins Council for Reduction in Water Rates for Bartleâ€" man Townsite. Other Items of Interest from South Porcupine Correspondent. South Poreupine, Ont., July 21st, 1926. Special to The Advance. Mr. T. A. Strain left toâ€"day for Matheson as a delegate to the Conâ€" servative Executive meeting being held there. Mrs. Strain went on to Charlton to visit her daughter, Mrs. Howard Miller, and will be joined there later by Mr. Strain. There was a short meeting of the Councilâ€" of _ Tisdale: Township on Monday, July 19th. Mr. Barron and two ladies of Birch street interviewâ€" ed the Couneil in regard to a bridge being built in that part of Tisdale. Mr. Williams, of Schumacher, wants a new road made to Gold Centre townsite. WThere are quite a number of families already there and in the majority of cases they all own the property on which â€" they are living. Mr. Bostrom , wants a road made through the townsite situated to the north west of South Poreupine on the estate of the late Wm. Bostrom. Reeve Kerr and Engineer Hendry are to interview Timmins Council in regard to a reduction of waterâ€"rates on the Bartleman townsite. Reports were read of the different indigent patients from this township in hosâ€" pitals in Southern Ontario. ‘The Meâ€" Namara Construction Co. have startâ€" ed repairing the Dome Road as was called for under their bond. in value over $600,000,000. _ _Of this amount grain and â€"grain products acâ€" counted for $4‘)1184‘> 476, ‘mast of which were the products of the ferâ€" tile farm lands of Western Canada, where, about _ 100,000,000 acres still await cultivation, of which 25,000,â€" 000 acres are near railways and marâ€" kets. _ Many of these lands can be brought at prices ranging from $15 to 1. Never pass even the smallest fire unnoticed. Put it out yourself or if you cannot, report it to the nearest owner and to the. telephone central who will in turn report it to the fire warden., 2. In putting out a fire remember that fire always travels with the wind. Stop the front first and put out the sides and rear later. Sand or soil thrown on the blaze will smother it, beating with boughs or old canvas will do, it but water is always best. Beat towards the fire to avoid spreadâ€" ing it. A smoking match carelessly thrown aside, may mean a smoking forest. San Francisco was rebuilt in a few years. It takes a century to regrow a forest. Ottawaâ€"Canada now has the largâ€" s favourable trade balance per capita of any country in the world. For the fiseal year ended March 31, 1926, Canada‘s favourable trade balâ€". ance amounted to $401,134,405, an inâ€" crease over the previous year of $116,705,299, Only on one other ocâ€" casion was the Dominion‘s favourable balance as large, namely, the war year 1918, when it amounted to $662,637,â€" 214. Among the prineipal exports are agricultural products which for the 12 months under review totalled RECORD TRADE BALANCE FOR DOMINION OF CANADA. 3. Always work carefully and deâ€" \berately in fighting fire so that every motion counts and your energy is not wasted. Burned forests build no homes. If you can‘t be good, be carefulâ€" with fire. Miss Bess Hendry, of Haileybury, has come to make her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hendry. Dr. Cameronâ€"Smith left on Tues davy‘s train for Toronto. HOW TO CONTROL FIRES IN THE FOREST. ‘Judge, dis niggah never steals ens in front ob witnesses.‘ Miss Martha Michaelson and Masâ€" ter Harold entertained a number of their youngfi friends at their home at the Dome on Monday evening. Over twenty young guests enjoyed their hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . t . . . s . o o . . . o . o . o . o . n o. n o o o o s i i in o n n io io t ts ts + Bornâ€"To Mr. and Mrs. A. Tuite, Dome Extension, on Monday, July 19th, a son.. Congratulation. The many friends of Mrs. P. O‘â€" Neill will regret to know that she has again been. bereaved, her brother. Romeo Giroux, having died at Ottawa recently, leaving a wife and three children. He was twentyâ€"nine years old. Mrs. Jas. Hanberry and three children are visiting at St. Mary‘s, Ont., and at Toronto. Messrs Laffin and Talantino have returned from the West bringing a car load of horses. There are some good riding ponies in this lot. The Dome Band held an enjoyable picnic for the members and their wives and families on Sunday. Mrs. R. Brinton is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Brown, of Cochrane. Little Janet MeDonald is quite ill at (Golden City, the result of being poisoned by flyâ€"bites. Mrs. Junior Thomas, of the Triplex, was a visitor to Timmins this week. The .Vare vanity is likely to be touched eventually by those headlines suggesting that there would be a vaeâ€" ancy in the Senate even if he should be elected.â€"Pittsburgh Post. American fiction will survive so long as cireulation statements are made.â€"Florence (Ala.) Herald. (From The Boston Transeript) â€"R. M. sends us the story of a young bride who asked her husband to copy off a radio recipe she wanted. He did his best bhut got two stations at once, one of which was broadecastâ€" ing the morning exercises and the other. the recipe. This is what he took down ; ‘‘Hand on hips, place one ecup of flour on the shoulders, raise knees and depress toes and mix thoroughâ€" ly in oneâ€"half cup of milk. Repeat six times. Inhale quickly one half teaspoonful of baking powder, lower the legs and mash two hardâ€"boiled eggs in a sieve. Exhale, breathe naturally and sift into a bowl. ‘*Attention! â€" Lie flat on the floor and roll the white of an egg backâ€" ward and forward until it comes to The nearest we can get to a deâ€" seription of the Charleston is that it is terpsichorean static.â€"Philadelphia Inquirer. THE RECIPE CAME OVER THE RADIO, BUT WIRES CROSSED Studio: Strain Block Box 332, South Porcupine Lessons given in any branch of Art 2.30â€"4.30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays ARTIST SCULPTOR INTERNATIONAL â€"DIPLOMIST a boil. In 10 minutes remove from the fire and rub smartly with a rough towel. Breathe naturally, dress in warm flannels and serve with fish soup."‘‘ I O t W. G. Bowles, B.A. Thursday, July 22nd, 1926 Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, etc. Best in Chocolates. Pipes, Tobaccos, Cigarâ€" ettes Your favourite brand in any line For Sale by Water Sports «are now popular Special value in bathing caps, assorted colours 25c. Water wings ................ 7de¢. Summer is here at Lastâ€" The tortures of Sunburn can be reâ€" lieved by applying cold cream at onceâ€"A complete stock always on hand. Dr. A. H. Cameronâ€" Smith Golden Ave. Box 110 Res. 17â€"B.â€"PHONESâ€"Office 96 Dome Mines and Golden Ave., J. HOWARD Barber Parlours We Install and Repair all kinds of Blectrical Equipâ€" ment. Electrical Work Campbell Bros. B. L. Pilsworth Estate Next to Gold Range Hotel LO South Porcupine Residence Phone 93. 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