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Recently at a meeting of the Por- cupine Dog Race and Carnival Com- mittee, one dog owner suggested that The Advance might advocate a re- duced dog tax rate for dog teams actually used for transportation work in this area. The answer to this is that ten years ago The Advance did advocate something of the sort. Even at that time the general opinion was that there were al'togther too many useless dogs in town, some of them actually a menace on account of their cross dispositions, lack of care and attention and roaming ha- bits. The town council had increased the tax on the ordinary type of dog here and this increase applied of course with special force to the use- less and dangerous class of dogs. While complimenting the town coun- cil on increasing the general rate of dog tax, The Advance urged a “ken- nel” rate for dogs used for dOg team purposes, this rate to be lower than for the general run__o_f dogs. At“ that The Advance ten years ago told of an invention by (Walter Belzlsham,‘ 11 Cobalt jeWel-er, of a type of specta- cles to safeguard ‘blind people against street accidents. The spectacles con- tained reversible discs, one showing a milky white glass to be worn in the daytime and the other being ra- diam-coated for night use. Motorists, drivers of other vehicles, and all others were thus enabled to recognize sightless peopple by day or night, and many accidents could thus be avoided. Mr. Bellsham also patented o‘t‘her de- vices to'be worn on the arms and back so that 'blind people may be readily distinguished and the neces- sary effort be made to specially pro- tect them in traffic. The United States Government and the authori- ties of the army in several of the countries of the Allies asked Mr. Bell- sham to demonstrate his inventions with a view to better protection for blind soldiers. The following from The Advance ten years ago will he of interest :-â€"-â€" Fire Chief A. Borland last week re- ceived an interesting souvenir from his soldier son overseas. It was a handsome paper knife, thirteen inches in length from tip to tip, and made very skilfully by hand work from cartridge cases, shell covers, pieces of shells, etc. A shrapnel bullet insert- ed in the end of the handle gives a finishing touch to the work. The blade of the knife is inscribed with the words, “lSouven-ir from the Frohtâ€"Ypres. ’ ’ Ten years ago Byrnes Presbyterian church, Timmins (now the United Church), graduated out of the mission church class. The church had been steadily strengthening and gaining ground, and the Presbytery granted the request that the church he placed on the augmentation basis. “Mr. R. P. Teare, mine captain of the Schumacher Mine for the past' two years and a half left this week,” said The Advance ten years ago, “for Richmond Hill, Ont., where he intends to take up, farming. Mr. Teare was popular and esteemed in the camp, and fsome evidence to this effect was given last week when the employees of the ‘Schumacher presented him with a handsome watch and fob with Masonic charm. Mr. Teare is fol- lowed to his new home by the best wishes of many circles.” time the council did not see fit to adopt the plan, and perhaps this was wise, as there were certainly enough dogs without giving the keeping of them any sort of encouragement. The dogs used in dog teams, however, are of value to the community, and it would be advantageous, perhaps, if some plan could be formulated that would lower the tax rate on dog teams, et'en though the rates on the less useful dogs were increased. an..utuxu..."M...gtutvoututu8u§$fitu8u8u3utu8u8u8u£§ "8. u u§3ututu8xoaoéoou8u§3¢s§$ '1‘he Porcupine Crowns were the winners of the local hockey league. [@211 13231215 Agn in fifimmina FROM DATA IN THE POBCUPIN‘E ADVANCE FYLES Custom Tailored Clothes to Meai‘sure 52 First Avenue 30: 1676 W. Varley TIMMINS, ONT. Rowan, Ont., in 1884. He spent his boyhood in Tilsonbarg where his father was one of the progressive business men of the town. Mr. D. Ostrossar came to New Liskeard in 1903 and took up a farm a couple of miles from» where Englehart now stands. Then he went with the T. N. O. as clerk of stores. He conduct- ed a store for a time at Englehart and also took part in the rush to Larder Lake and Gowganda. In 1909 he came to the Porcupine to open the first store established in Golden City,â€" the store owned by Gibson Stirl- ing. In 1910 Mr. Ostrosser was ap- pointed postmaster at Schumacher, then called Aura Lake. In 1914 he opened his men’s furnishings store in Timmins.” “Mr. Ostrosser has been one of the most helpful, progressive and public-spirited‘ business men of the town,” said The Advance. “He has taken a keen interest in the Tim- mins Board of Trade, of which he was president .in 1915 and 1916 he was chairman of the public school board “and to him is due in large measure. the hand-some and creditable central public school building that is one of the town’s noteworthy public institu- tions. His work as a member of the Fire Relief Committee in 1916 will be remembered to his credit. He has taken a great interest in sports, and, perhaps, it was this love of sporting features that made him take a place on the 1912 and 1913 township of Tisdale council, .for in those days there was sport all right and interest and excitement it! being a township councillor. Poremine,’ ’ was M3. Dayton Ostrosâ€" ser. The sketch tells how Mr. Ostros- 881', whose family were of United Em- pire stock and who settled in the N is» gara peninsula, was barn at Pgrt THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, W8, ONTARIO awarded the Military Medal for con- spicions serviceiin this war, has been appointed postmaster at Cebalt. Ap- pointments such as that of Sex-gt. Bin- ney are what are needed to convince the peeple that the. civil service re- forms promised by the Union Gov- ernment are being followed in prac» tice.” “The many friends of Mr. Morley, of Moneta, will be pleased to learn that he is making excellent progress to recovery. He cut his foot badly across the instep some weeks ago with an axe and lost much blood before he reached medical aid. Later blood-poisoning developed and he was hurried to Toronto. There his condition became very critical and Mrs. Murley went to the city in the fear that he was about to succumb; He has been able, however, to get rid‘ of the poisoning and is now well on the way to recovery.” “Mr. E. J. Mason, ot‘ the Dome, is out again after his recent accident.” “Toby, the famous town dog, is now the proud possessor of a town dog license. .iiis tail waves prouder than ever, and J he is eating even better than. ever, thank you. It pays to advertise in The Advance, says Toby.” “Mr. “'111. Therfall, of the Porcupine Crown Mine, has' left to take up the operating of his farm near New Lis- keard.” “Miss L. Maltais is open- ing a highâ€"class millinery parlour on Third avenue, next to J. K. Moore’s. The new establishment will be known as “The Maltais Millinery,” and will make a specialty of high-grade mill- inery.” r.‘ The annual banquet of the Timmins Citizens’ Band will be held on Satur- day evening, March 17th, in the Odd- fellows’ hall. In addition to the mem- bers of the hand, there will be a num- ber of invited guests, including the mayor, to'wn councillors, former presi- dents of 'the band, and others. The second case of smallpox to develop in Haileybury was reported recently, Mrs. A. Speicher, being now under quarantine with the disease. It is reported as a very mild form. The other Haileybury smallpox patient was Mrs. John Wilder, now fully re- covered and about agmn as usual. W. Tonkin .. . . 221 185 196 602 1121018 1041 3201 Schumacher wins 4. 1185 1035 1108 3331 259 201 160 181’ 217 192 175 151 337 647 575 151 859 Thursday, March 16th, 1928 14 Wilson Avenue - ’ TIMMINS We G. N. ROSS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT onceâ€"Room 10. Road Block Furniture, Stoves, Etc. Phone 640 ' P.0. Box 1591, Thnmina, Ont. SAM MARTIN New and Second-Hand Telephone 375-J. -50-1 1). tf of WE