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of the town and the branch had to move back across the bay to the old log cabin which was a regular sieve. My suceessor was not at all sure that he could ever enjoy life in Gowganda and after a few weeks of Winter in the old ‘unchinked‘ cabin 1 think he \\'as‘ certain of it. *‘Early in December T recgived inâ€" structions by telegeram to meet Mr. Former Manager of First Bank at Schumacher Writes of Life in This Camp in 1910 and 1911. â€" Newspapers Were at a Premium, and Life Was One Grand Sweet Song Sometimes. Reminiscences of Porcupine Mining Camp in Early Days ‘*Early in December [ recgived inâ€" ructions by telegram to meet Mr. ogan in Poreupine and leave as soon s relief arrived. Before leaving Coâ€" alt I had heard a great deal of Porâ€" m»mne and the late Milton Culbert HMNC H s omme 11 che late n Mine writes:â€" Magic Baking Powder is always uniform in quality â€"a fact which helps wonderfully to assure successâ€" ful baking. ’lberc is no other "just the same.‘ Insist on "Magic." Could not be â€" persuaded to change Many successful housekeepers, once having becogme acquainted with the merits of Magic Baking Powder, will use no other. M vganda on f the new "I have been a constant user of Magic Bakâ€" Powder for over 25 years and consider it the best on the market. I could not be perâ€" suaded to change for any other." 1€ E. W. GILLETT CQ. LTD. n€ rlready b he known § J . Johnstone, Chrysler, Ont., ip, and ‘‘We then qproceeded to rout the mayor of Elk Lake out of bed to apâ€" ply for a permit to take the safe across the Bear Creek bridge. This was refused, as he thught there was no sense taking a heavy load over the bridge when the ice would earry it ‘*‘Walter Collins had been perfectâ€" ly "right when he reported that the combination needed attention. I must have twisted the knob back and forth 50 times before the tumblers dropped araâ€"the safe was so cold that my fingers stuek if I touched it with bare hands. As a finishing touch the small steel key securing the combination wheels on the spindle broke. _ We worked until one o‘celock in the mornâ€" ing with a borrowed jeweller‘s drill about the size of a lead pencil before the combination was finally removed. ait (Ne cCO Out OfT dOOTSs. 1| Toun(d a Seotchman who agreed to look after shipping the safe if I coud get a perâ€" mit to take it over the bridge, and we then proceeded to remove the combinâ€" ation. ‘*The weather was cold and the Elk Lake building was covered with corâ€" rugate iron \\hl(‘h seemed to dttm('t all the cold out of doors. T found : WWWW#NM@% ‘*During the breakâ€"up in April only firstâ€"class mail matter was brought inâ€" to the camp, and newspapers were at a premium. To get around this anâ€" noying regulation we arranged to have a Toronto paper sent in by registered mail and always found somebody ready to give us a place near the head of the line at the post office wicket in order to speed up delivery of the paper. . Then about 20 men would follow the paper back to the office where it was divided up into single sheets amid loud protests from those who got the less interesting pages. The newspaper made a lot of new friends for the branch. ‘‘The big fire of 1911 wiped out both our offices and sent us back to banking in a tent until â€"a temporary bmldm«:. 16 by 20 feet, was obtained, which served both as a banking room and living quarters for a staff of five. Finally the â€" seetional building _ ai Latchford was moved to South Poreuâ€" pine and we had all the comforts of home including a vault, teller‘s cage, furnace, bath room and plenty of space.. This building was later movâ€" ed to Schumacher, when the busimess of the camp had definiteiy centralized in the Pearh Lake section. ‘*On Labowr Day, 1911, the Timâ€" mins Townsite C any held an aucâ€" mins Townsite Company held an auc tion sale of lots in the projected town of Timmins. The approximate locaâ€" tion of the railway station was known and the rest was all on We reserved two lots, or fifty feet, on exercise for the manager,""‘ proceeds Mr. Whiteside. ‘*Our Sunday mornâ€" ings were usually devoted to,a trip to the bush to bring in birech and tamarâ€" ack poles for the week‘s firewood and many accusations of riding the saw were heard before members of the staff learned to handlo the crossâ€"cut saw and axe with any degree of proficiency. There was no laundry and Sunday afternoon was devoted to washing by those who were fussy about their clothing. nicely within a week or two. The reâ€" sult was that we had to ask the Bank of Ottawa to take charge of our cash each night for the first couple of weeks we were open for business in Poreupine. â€" The mayor of Elk Lake was none other than the famous Jack Munroe who had come from Butte, Montana, to Haileybury a few years before as a professional pugilist. Munro came to Poreupine soon after and was quite disgusted with some of us because we refused to do our daily dozens morning and evening. â€" He afterwards enlisted with the Princess Pats and is said to have jumped off the second deck of the transport so as to be the first Canadian soldier to touch French soil. Mr. Whitesides says that the first man he talked to in the Poreupine was a former Cobalt pioneer who gave it as his opinion that it was high time a Bank of Commeree branch was opened in the camp, as he left a suitcase conâ€" taining three bottles of whiskey with another bank for safekeeping and all he had been able to get back was the suiutease. According to Mr. Whiteside‘s story, the bank premises at Poreupine had very little floor but lumber was alâ€" ready on its way from Cobalt for the expected tent quarterb. There were four double bunks and plenty of blanâ€" kets and usually there was a full house as at that time it was part of the banking service to provide sleepâ€" ing accommodation for visitors and they were numerous. ‘*The location of a permanent townâ€" site for the Camp became a problem and we opened a subâ€"branch at South Poreupine which ensured plenty of THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO richness _, world knows NESTLES Its purit\ wholse â€" â€" CANADA‘S â€"EVERGREEN â€" PLAYGEROUND! Announcement was made this week by Hon. Mr. McCrea, Minister of Mines, that nine exploration parties from the geological branch of the deâ€" partment will be at \\'ofi: in the North this summer. . The policy followed now is to keep in touch with the new felds in such a way as to be able to GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS FOR THE NORTH THIS SUMMER often reflect that it spoke well for the orderliness of the Camp that we made that trip out four times a month through lonely bush with say $15,000 in eurrency and frequently carried home a gold brick worth $25,000 without ever ibeing molested.‘"‘ ORONTO MAN FOUND DEAD NEAR KRIRKLAND LAKTE ‘‘In 1913, when the Royal Bank closed out of Poreupine, we bought their little building in Schumacher and opened two days a week fom five to half six in the evening and on payâ€" days from five until eight. This meant that on payâ€"days we had to drive both ways as the train went back to South Poreupine at 20 minutes to seven. I the corner immediately north of the site which the bank recently bouzht, but the price of $2,200 was comuler- ed out of the question and we finally opened in Timmins in rented premises in 1915. 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