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Greater Convenience TIMMINS BRANCH, » « SsOUTH PORCUPINE BRANCH, Thursday, Dec. 16th 1926 Up to $2.50 to 5.00 to 10,00 to 30.00 to 50,00 to 60,00 to $2.50 5.00 10.00 30.00 50,00 60.00 80.00 80,00 to 100.00 8. AN EDUCATION FOR YOUR SOoNX ho SEND ogh DAUGI:;I‘EB FOR road ife. e success in life BOOKLET 4. A JOINT ENDOWMENT FOR MAX AND WIFE A real Family Policy. CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION IMPERIAL BAÂ¥ANEK Rates of ommission A MONTHLY PENSION FOR LIFE KFor yourselfâ€"say from age 60. A GUARANTEED M O N T H L Y INCOME KFor your wife it you die. A. W. PICKERING, Gen. Agt., Timmins, Ont, SIMMS, HOOKER DREW, Local Agents HEAD OFFICE « «= TORONTO E. C. WARD, Dis, Mgr., Cochrane, Ontario HE Tellers of this Bank selll Afeanats * Bank Money Orders payâ€" able anywhere in Canadaâ€"at any Bank, and our Agents abroad honor these Orders at current rates of Exchange. When you wish to remit small sums of money ask the teller for a Bank Money Order. ; OF CANADA D. SUTHERLAND, Manager. J. PAUL MICHAUD, Manager. ‘‘Liberty‘‘ refers to the system in Canada of the various provinces dealâ€" ing with matters of particular local concern.. ‘‘*Liberty‘‘ concludes :â€" ‘*The Canadian States have the sensiâ€" ble system. Any time they want to change a law, they can do so by a referendum. And having adoptâ€" ed a law, they obey it pretty well. We don‘t. â€" Our fanatics, on the other hand, have attempted to forge the shackles of an unworkable law upon us, even upon our children unto the fourth or fifth generation. The Caâ€" nadians, wiser in their handling of liquor problem, would be foolish to vote themselves into the United States under such a law. And this is one of the reasons why they never will." A friend of The Advance sends this paper an editorial clipped from the Dec. 4th issue of ‘‘Liberty,"" the wellâ€" known New York weekly. The ediâ€" torial refers to Premier King‘s eleâ€" gant statement that talk about Canaâ€" da favouring annexation to the Unitâ€" ed States was all ‘‘bunk.‘‘ ‘‘Liberâ€" ty‘‘ agrees that the annexation talk is the bunk all right. **There is one reason,‘‘ says ‘‘Taberty,""‘ why Canaâ€" da would be foolish to consider any union with us :â€"she would put herself into the straightâ€"jacket laws our fanâ€" aties have welded upon us."‘ It might be pointed out to **‘Liberty" that there are other very weighty reasons, chief of which is the fact that the vast majority of the people of this country are very emphatically British not only in their loyalty so far as the Empire is concerned, but also in their devotion to British forms of government, British institutions, British ideas and British ideals, as those making for the greatest happiâ€" ness and security. BECRETARY FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO MAY BE DROPPED After a meeting of the Ontario Cabinet last week, Premier Ferguson intimated to the press that the post of secretary for Northern Ontario, which automatically lapsed with the dissolution of the last Legislature, might not be continued. This office was formerly held by F. H. Keefer, of Porth Arthur, who was defeated in the recent election. ONE REASON AGAINST ANY ANNEXATION TO THE U.S8.A. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO eight. _ In addition, the Kirkland Lake Railway has been completed to Larder Lake and extended to the Queâ€" bee boundary, and another line of railway has been constructed to South Lorrain and put into operation. Furthermore, under the Ferguson Govâ€" ernment, the work of providing highâ€" ways in Northern Ontario has been ‘‘The second resolution emanated from the Board of Trade of Fort Wilâ€" liam and asked that the Dominion (Government ‘‘aid in an active effort to develop Canadian iron ore . reâ€" sources by making legislative provisâ€" ion for the granting of a bounty"‘ This resolution deals with a question that has already engaged the attenâ€" tion of the Ferguson Government in this Province. Ontario has large deâ€" posits iron ore. Unfortunately, much of that ore is of lower grade than that produced from mines in States of the neighbouring Republic bordering on Lake Superior. _ Still, the Ontario ore can be subjected to a process of beneficiation and made fit for the smelter. Indeed, a great deal of lowâ€"grade iron ore is treated at the present time in beneficiating plants in the United States. The Ferguson Government, after studying the report of an investigation of Ontario‘s iron resources and of the situation of its iron and steel industry, came to the conclusion that an effort to stimulate iron mining in the Province was adâ€" visable Such an effort, the Governâ€" ment felt, would stimulate the mining industry and lead to the provision of a domestic supply of raw material for the iron and steel industry in anticipaâ€" tion of the time when iron ore from the United States would be costly and difficult to obtain. The Ferguson Government made legislative provisâ€" ion for the payment of a Provincial bounty on iron ore mined in the Proâ€" vince, and proposed that the Dominâ€" ion Government supplement this aid by a Federal bounty To the present, the Ontario Government has not been able to secure the coâ€"operation of the Ottawa Ministry in the effort to build up large iron mining industry in the Province. _ Insofar as the proposed extension of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway is concernâ€" ed, it may be pointed out that, since the Ferguson Government took office, that road has been completed to mileâ€" age sixtyâ€"eight north of Cochrane,| and that trains are being operated | three times a week to Island Falls,| and when necessary to mileage sixtyvâ€"| At the same time, it is well occasionâ€" ally to stop to express appreciation for what has been done and what is being attempted. _ The practically solid phalanx of supporters of the (Government sent from the North was one of the pleasing ways to express this appreciation. _ Another way is to pass along an editorial like the following from The Toronto Mail Empire. It instances only a few of the many ways in which the Ferguson (Government has worked for the North,. It is passed along with a ‘‘Hear! Hear‘‘ and ‘‘Bravo!‘‘ The Mail Empire sys‘:â€" ‘*‘Two resolutions dealing with subâ€" jeets of interest to residents of Norâ€" thern Ontario were adopted at the closing session of the recent fifteenth annual meeting of the Associated Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce of Ontario. One, offered by a representative of the Cochrane Board, affirmed the advisability of an extension of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway to James Bay and urged the Ontario Governâ€" ment to proceed at onee with conâ€" struction at least as far as Smoky Falls. Because the country is new, because there are such illimitable resources here fairly begging for development and because of the adventurous and active type of mind of the people generally, this North Land seems to be in a chronic state of wanting this, that or the other assistance from the Provincial Government. Hon. Chas. MceCrea, on one visit to Timmins put the matter aptly when he pointed out that while the North was progressing ulf right, the progress seemed altoâ€" gether too small to most here. ‘The feeling naturally was that with such wonderful prospects and possibilities those who had. pioneered the country would like to see some of the visions of greatness materalize in their lifeâ€" time. Because of all this the North very naturally calls out for roads and for this and that necessary assistance. The Advance has to plead guilty to taking as active a part as it can in this glorious game of ‘*Gimme.‘‘ as Lap Laprairie would call it. Indeed, this newspaper has been accused of sitting up at night to think of new things to ask for. Of course, this is not the fact. ‘The truth is that there are numberless places where assistâ€" ance is urgently required, not only for the benefit of the North, but for the ultimate advantage and prosperity of the whole Province. It will be many a long year before the North Land will be doing right to stop the stream of requests for the things that in the end will prove of great value and be the most profitable investâ€" ments for all Ontario. FERGUGON GOVERNMENT oFEKING TO RELP NORTH Has Shown Its Interest by Railway Extensions, Road Building and Attention to Mining Matters Oritnern t energetica â€"will appe rnment ha tha T this year. 1t will be noted that only ten wolf bounties were asked for from Cochâ€" rane District. Of course, many more than this number were killed, but in any case this part of the North Land has not had anything like the plague of wolves that has injuried certain other sections. _ There has been no organized campaign here against the wolves, while in other areas there has been a regular series of wolf hunts. All these have helped in ridâ€" ding the country of wolves, and some of them have been unusually successâ€" ful. This year wolves have been reportâ€" ed as unusually plentiful in the norâ€" thern parts of the Province. _ In Manitoulin Island, in districts near the Sault, near Kenora, and in Renâ€" few county there have been especial complaints about the unusual prevalâ€" ence of wolves. It is therefore both interesting and pleasing to note by the report of the returns made to the Ontario Government that. some sueâ€" cess is being achieved in killing off the cowardly pests. The Government gives a bounty for the wolves killed, and while there are literally hundreds of wolves killed without the Governâ€" ment being asked for the bounty, and so the bounty figures do not show the LARGE NUMBER OF WOLVES KILLED IN NORTH THIS YEAR ously to foster the iron mir ng indusâ€" try, and to provide facilities for railâ€" way and highway transportation in the northern districts of the Province. It has sought to encourage the utilizaâ€" tion of the natural resources and the settlement of that gredt tenritory and, in doing so, it has worked for the benefit not of Northern Ontario and its people only, but for the benefit of the whole Province." other Banks . . Deposit with Central Gold Rescrvc Call and Short loans on Bonds, Debenâ€" tures and Stocks Dominion and Provincial Government Securities . Canadian Municipal Securities and British, Foreign and Colonial Public Sccurmcs other than Canadian Railway and other Bonds, Debentures and Stocks Loans and Discounts and other Assets 330,85 3,870.06 Bank Premises . . ;. i. %} /00 5 11,800,000.00 Liabilities of customers under letters of credit (as per contra) . %..‘,. . 3,952,190.87 Notes in circulation Deposits . ; Letters of credit outstandmg Other liabilities Cash on hand Depc_:sits_witb and notes and cheques of Excess of Assets over Liabilities to Public 3 ul d 1 h i Total Liabilities to Public Quick Assets Total Assets 30th October, 1926 Established 1817 This question is very aptly answerâ€" ed by Za«lek Vertlieb, who writes the Wawbewawa correspondence to the New Liskeard Speaker. Last week Zalek says, in speaking of the heavy snow, ‘‘The drifts in some places are nearly three weeks high. I certainly hope the weather changes.‘"‘ it as with no little exultation that Clock Colyum announces its ability te set all minds at ease. From the mdâ€" ing of the Manitoulin, an infallible conclusion has been drawn. At Bay Finn poll, there were 51 votes.recordâ€" ed and of these 50 were for Le Baron Dibblee, _ Conservative _ candidate. There you have itâ€"Bay Finn‘s bootâ€" legger voted dry, proving onee and for all time that the proportion is 50 to 1:‘ The answer to Zalek is that the weather may not change for three or four feet more yet. HOW HIGH IS THE SNOW DEEP THIS WINTER TIME? Last week a local Irishman came into The Advance office and seriously enguired :â€" _ ‘*At last the mystery is solved. Elections are over truly enough, and all‘s well that ends well, but during the past campaign, there arose one issue, a problem which taxed the minds of Ontario‘s great newspapers who were so concerned with the morâ€" al welfare of this province that they sought diligently and in the name of religion to wreck a government. Statistiecs were employed, estimates and observations passed, but intelâ€" lectual giants were obliged to give up the task as hopeless. Never was it definitely ‘decided just how many hbootleggers there were in proportio® to the population, and consequently, ‘‘How high is the snow deep this winter so . fart." THE DREAD MYSTERY IS NOW DEFINITELY SOVED The following paragraph under the the heading ‘*‘A 50 to 1 Shot,"‘‘ is from the column, ‘*An Eye on Lverv- thing‘"‘* in The Sudburvy Star:â€" The greater success which the set= tlers are achieving in their wolf hunts is attributed by the Government to the use of the wolf snare, which has reached a high state of efficiency. Snares are now being supplied by the Government to those sections in which the wolf is a menaee., $ 62,107,369.98 $781,525,145.20 $424,919,084.27 47,175,989.50 656,259,467.65 13,952,190.87 160,811,302.37 J19,41"7 29,230,754.26 79,157,614.28 50,844,527.81 83,411,634.39 17,000,000,.00 4,463,251.16 127,.20