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Thousands of discriminating lovers of modern radio entertainment have selected Kolster on this basis. YOU will too. See your nearest dealer. CANADIAN BRANDES LIMITED R A D I O A front page article in The Advance of ten years ago refers to the dissatisâ€" faction felt with the 1918 council and some of the efforts made by ratepayers to secure better conditions. One obâ€" jection made to the 1918 council was in regard to the supply of coal and wood to the town. Other towns in the North had been able to secure fair supplies of hard coal through representations made to the fuel controller, while Timâ€" mins had apparently been sidetracked in the matter. The councils at North Bay, Cobalt and other places had proâ€" vided supplies of wood and taken other means to relieve the situation, while it seemed that really nothing had been done to help the people of Timmins in this respect. There was also some criticism, whether justified or not, of the handling of the "flu" epidemic. The celebration here of the signing of the Armistice took a form that also . _ \ i 7 ing | Cen Years Ago in Cimintinga Timmins, Ont. Toronto, Canada Frorr pata m TEEB PorCDPNE ADvANCE FYLES 235 Allâ€"Electric Console, six tubes. Operates directly from your lighting current. Precise in selection of proâ€" gram, simple to ogmtc. Equipped with phonoâ€" graph plugâ€"in jack, which with pickâ€"up gives electriâ€" calreproduction of records. There are FOUR other Kolster Allâ€"Electric models and two Battery ALLELECTRIC CONSOLE The following paragraph from The Advance ten years ago will be of special interest now:â€""The date originally fixed by the Dominion Government as a Day of National Thanksgiving for Victery has been changed to Sunday, December lIst. This change was made on account of so many churches being closed owing to the influenza epidemic. Another matter The Advance was adâ€"jamong those recovering from the inâ€" vocating ten years ago was the organiâ€" fluenza. Among the newer cases menâ€" zation of a Timmins club and the erecâ€" | tioned was that of Don. Campbell who tion here of a community building. The | was ill at the Montreal House. One of community building then planned inâ€"| the deaths that caused especial sorrow cluded room for the municipal offices,| was that of Rev. Ivan F. Cruickshanks, accommodation for returned soldiers,! who had been pastor© of the Baptist gymnasium, â€" swimming pool, â€" etc. ] church at Timmins for about a year. Nearly everybody agreed it would be He was an earnest and zealous young good thing, but somebody always thl'ew!man and was building up a good a monkey wrench in the works when l church here when he was stricken by effort was made to secure the actual the prevalent influenza. Another parâ€" money necessary for the proposal. ticularly sad death was that of Mrs. where will be other references to this Garfield Morrison, whose husband was community building from time to time on the engineering staff of the Holâ€" in this column as the matter was one linger Mine. She had only lived in the that had frequent reference in the past camp a few months but had made ten years. | wide circles of friends and was held in The following paragraph from The| the highest esteem and affection by all. Advance ten years ago will be of special Before her marriage she was Miss Isoâ€" interest now:â€""The date originally|bel Elizabeth McHardy, of Woodstock, fixed by the Dominion Government as and had followed the prefession of a Day of National Thanksgiving for|trained nurse for a time. In addition Victery has been changed to Sunday, to the bereaved husband, her father December This change was made And mother survived, being resident at on account of so many churches beinge| Woodstock. Ten years ago The Advance was givâ€" ing space to advocating the construcâ€" tion of a spur line of the T. N. O. to the Mattagami river for the benefit of the lumber companies, settlers and business interests generally. The Adâ€" vance emphasized the handicap to business through lack of this spur line, and also suggested that it would be a profitable investment for the T. N. O. It took some years of request and agiâ€" tation before the spur line was built, but when eventually it was constructed it fully justified the case made out in its favour. roused some objection in some quarâ€" ters. Then there was the general criâ€" ticism of the finances, public works and the general conduct of municipal afâ€" fairs. The Advance, in referring to the interest aroused and the large amount of criticism, some of it undeserved, sugâ€" gested the formation of a ratepayers association to study and discuss muniâ€" cipal questions and to suggest the best men to run for municipal honours and induce such good men to help in the public service of the town. The Advance pointed out that some years previously there had been such an asâ€" sociation in the Township of Tisdale and it had accomplished much good. Timmins did organize such an associaâ€" tion and there was a change in the personnel of the town as will be seen by future issues of this column. In its issue of Nov. 27th, 1918, The Advance mentioned some of the names of those suggested for the 1919 council. These names included:â€"For mayor, Dr. Mcâ€" Innis, Dr. Moore, W. H. Wilson, Chas. Pierce, R. J. Jemmett, C. G. Williams, D. Ostrosser, A. Brazeau; and for seats on the council, E. L. Longmore, D. Laâ€" prairie, J. R. Gordon, T. F. King, L. S. Newton, Wm. DeFeu, E. H. BRridger, H. Charlebois, J. Therriault, D. Ostrosâ€" ser, W| |E. McCoy, A. Brazeau, R. J. Jemmett, Dr. Moore, Chas. Pierce and others. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE At a meeting of the Timmins Board of Trade ten years ago many matters and later joined the pioneers of the Porcupine. He was employed at the Dome for a time being one of the jamâ€" ed baseball players of the Dome when the Porcupine Baseball league was in its glory. His many friends and acquaintances in the North Land felt a special hardâ€" ship and illâ€"luck in the death of Lieut. W. A. Montgomery, who was the Canadians falling at Mons just a few hours before the signing of the Armistice. ‘"Monty," as he was afâ€" fectionately known went overseas in 1915 with the Borden battery. He reâ€" ceived no less than nine gunshot wounds in one engagement, but made a complete recovery and was awarded a commission. He returned to the trenches and escaped injury until a few hours before the fighting seased. It seemed particularly hard that he should be killed in action so short a’ time before the warfare ended, afier coming through so many battles and dangers in the three years he overseas. _ Lieut. Montgomery was a| native of the New England States, but for over ten years had been a wellâ€"| known and popular resident of the North Land. He came to the Northn in the early days of the Cobalt boom | ia "consolidated school" had been comâ€" _menced at Kapuskasing for the advanâ€" ’ tage of the children of the soldiers who had taken up land in the Kapuskasing area. There were about 100 children of school age in the district, 60 of them being at Kapuskasing. Arrangements were made for the use of three vans to bring the children to school from the outlying points. The children were called for in the morning and taken home again at night. They had to bring their own lunches but hot tea and cocoa was provided at the school, and any youngster who didn‘t have much lunch did not go hungry either. The Advance had nothing but good words for the plan and for the earnest thoughtfulness of the Government in planning it. Despite the fact that changed conditions later at Kapuskasâ€" ing made the plan unnecessary, t,he| Government deserved credit for doing what it did at the time. Hon. G. Ho-j ward Ferguson was then Minister of | Lands, Forests and Mines, and though the school did not come under his de-l partment, there is reason for believingi that his insight and interest had much do with its establishment. It has alâ€" ways been a motto of the present preâ€" mier and Minister of Education for Ontario that every child should have a fair chance for education. Announcement was made in The Adâ€" vance ten years ago to the effect that In the Porcupine camp the influenza _epidemic showed considerable abateâ€" ment in the latter part of November, 1918. In the week ending Nov. 27th, 1918, there were only four deaths from influenza in the whole camp. The dead were:â€"Morris Helperin, South Poreuâ€" pine; Thomas Latour at L. S. Newâ€" ton‘s camp, Mattagami river; Mrs. Morrison, Rochester townsite; and Rev. Mr. Cruickshanks, who died at the Cottage hospital, Timmins. This brought the total death roll for the whole camp up to 92 to Nov. 27th, from the commencement of the influenza epidemic. There were still a number of serious cases of the influenza in Timmins. Walter Borland was serâ€" iously ill with the disease but hopes were held for his recovery. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Luxton had also been ill with influenza but were reported as well on the way to recovery. Mrs. Norâ€" man Burke had an attack of the malâ€" ady but it proved to be of mild type. Morris Daher was attacked by the diâ€" sease just as his mother and other members of the family were recovering. B. E. Martin, Joe Hagan, A. E. Phillips and Maimie Borland were noted as among those recovering from the inâ€" fluenza. Among the newer cases menâ€" tioned was that of Don. Campbell who was ill at the Montreal House. One of the deaths that caused especial sorrow was that of Rev. Ivan F. Cruickshanks, who had been pastor of the Baptist church at Timmins for about a year.! He was an earnest and zealous young man and was building up a good! church here when he was stricken by: the prevalent influenza. Another parâ€". ticularly sad death was that of Mrs. Garfield Morrison, whose husband was a change for the worse in Cobalt. There were three deaths on Nov. 24th and three more on Nov. 25th. Twentyâ€" five cases developed in three or four days. The YM.CA. was turned into an emergency hospital, all public amusement places closed, and all other possible efforts made to counteract the menace of the disease in Cobalt, but it took a comparatively large toll. Ten years ago The Advance noted that Cobalt was suffering then from a serious stage of the influenza epidemic.! While Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, the Porcupine camp and other parts of the North Land were suffering from the influenza epidemic, Cobalt and Hailey-' bury seemed to escape very lightly.i Indeed, it was claimed that up to the. latter part of November, Cobalt had only two deaths from influenza. In, the latter part of November there was The Go‘vemment has asked the press to emphasize the fact that Sunday, December 1st, is the date of the "Day for National Thanksgiving for Victory" ’§Of interest were before the gathering. |A petition from the Mattagami Setâ€" | tlers‘ Association to secure a spur line |to the Mattagami river was very heartily endorsed, and the Board of ,!Trade volunteered to pay half the cost of the visit of a committee of threeâ€"â€"â€" two settlers and a representative of the Board of Tradeâ€"to Toronto to urge the matter for the special and immediate consideration of Hon. G. Howard Ferguson. Mtr. T. P. King was chosen as the delegate for the Board of Trade, and he said he would also bring up the matter of the new Dome road and the improvement of the road from Timmins to South Porâ€" cupine. Mr. F. Myles Wallingford adâ€" dressed the board in reference to the advantage of the proposed spur line. The Board of Trade also touched on the question of a fuel supply. The coal situation was reported as a little ieasier, but all were advised to burn i wood or soft coal where possible. Dr. | McInnis reported having secured the | coâ€"operation of the Crown Lands auâ€" thorities regarding the securing of wood from the fire areas. The Govâ€" ernment dues on this wood will be reâ€" funded and citizens may secure five or more acres of this bush at very reasonâ€" able rates. Another matter discussec \ by the Board of Trade was the fire risk arising through the overâ€"insurâ€" |ance of stocks and buildings. ‘ In. the guessing contest for boys and \ girls at Stock‘s jewelery store, the sucâ€" |cessful boy was Leslie Mullen, and the i successful girl was Margaret Cole. In | guessing the number of beans in a jar, | Leslie figured them at 1900, and Marâ€" CC L 4 4 2 CV F Li4 t F P C C E on en ns m en mm 4 ;'garet at 1891. The actual number, acâ€"â€" | cording to the count of the judges, G. 1 |A. Macdonald, A. Byrne and Chief J.. |§. Wilson, was 1902. The boy‘s prize ,was a handsome nickel watch and échain, while the girl‘s prize was a 9â€" | karat gold bracelet, set with pearis ‘ and rubies. Among the local and personal items in The Advance ten years ago were the following:â€""A man at work at one In The Advance ten years ago there was a sizzling letter from S. G. Mcâ€" Coubrey, mayor of Iroquois Falls, scoring the T. N. O. railway serâ€" vice at that time. "The evilâ€"smelling rattleâ€"trap day coaches," "the apoloâ€" gies for lunch rooms," "frequent danâ€" ger and general discomfort," were some of the phrases used. They were not too strong for the facts of the case. Those who remember the service ten or twelve years ago should be able to fully appreciate the service given on the T. N. O. in this year of grace 1928. Left Penniless To Fight it out Alone WATE RLOOG â€"â€" ONTARIO Why take a chance when the profits earned by Mutual Life policies make the cost of life insurâ€" ance so reasonable? SULLIVAN NEWTCN Not even the wisest of us can foresee the future. Might not your widow be left in just such circumâ€" stances as this poor woman â€" widow, penniless and without inâ€" surance at the age of sixty? If he could have foreseen the future clearly, surely he would have changed his mind. Her husband had always said they‘d have enough laid by to tide them through old age without spending money on life insurance. La Tribune (Sherbrooke) two Canadian provinces which have profited most this year from the tourâ€" ist trade are Quebec and Ontario. Why? Because they have the best roads." Macon Telegraph:â€"Apropos of nothing whatever, American tourists spent $30,000,000 in Canada last seaâ€" son. Canada has such beautiful scenery. - Kalamazoo Gazette:â€"Charles Schwab says, "No one can help being optimisâ€" tice in this world of change." Of course, Charley, if you have enough of the change. Detroit News:â€"Prosperity, apparâ€" ently, is something that business men create, so politicians may take credit for it. of the camps on the Mattagami last week was seriously ill with the preâ€" valent "flu" and on Saturday while delirious he jumped into the river and started to swim away. He was in the .icy water some time before he was reâ€" seued. He was brought to the hospiâ€" tal at Timmins, and here, despite his experience in the water, he was makâ€" ing good progress to recovery. The doctors say that his plunge into the icy water broke the fever and so was of help. It was a "kill or cure" rsâ€" medy, however, that few men would survive." ‘"Among those facing trial here on the charge of having objecâ€" tionable literature is an employee of the ‘"People‘s Railway," who last ysar was in court for not reporting as he should as an alien enemy." "The young people had their first real skating this season on Saturday on the Miller and Gillies lakes." "The Curtis Drug Co. moved last week to their new preâ€" mises on Pine street, formerly occupied by S. Bucovetsky. The new store is equipped in the most attractive and modern style, and will be one of the most creditable drug stores north of Toronto." "All the land in Mountjoy township is now taken up for settleâ€" ment. Better transportation facilities, however, are required for that townâ€" ship." ‘"‘Thirteen business places in town, including cafes, poolrooms and tobacco stores, were caught selling cigarettes to minors." "Two patients suffering from influenza were brought in from Connaught on Sunday‘s train to the hospital here." "Local dealers have been able at last to secure a quantity of hard coal in the form of "buckwheat" coal,â€"a grade smaller than pea coal." District Managers TIMMINS, ONTARIO HAT can a woman of sixty do to eke out a living?