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DYNAMITE SHOT SAID TO HAVE BROUGHT FORTUNE A rather remarkable story is told this week by a despatch from North Bay. Believe it, or not, the story has been receiving considerable publicity and is considered by many to be the absolute truth. However, here is the despatch, and it remains for each and ta arrant it in wholt or In part. Thursday, April 25th, 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m per pail 21¢ Orders may be phoned or left at this office information you wish phone 00 The despatch, dated from Matheson reads as follows:â€" "A blast of dynamite, set off to asâ€" sist the digging of a post hole on a farm near Matheson, has made a farâ€" mer a comparatively rich man. The dynamite revealed free gold and the farmer has soia nis ciaim for $60,000 and a substantial share in the comâ€" piny which will develop it. W. P. Rhodes, whose farm is five miles from CUIT ED or any here, on the edge of the Northern Onâ€" tario clay belt, is the lucky man. It is reported that Schumacher minâ€" ing interests have taken over the deâ€" velopment work. _ Woodstock â€" Sentinalâ€"Review:â€"What goes up must come down, but just now stock speculators are wondering if everything that goes down has any chance of going up again. 15 a.m per cake . 8e THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO 10.15 a.m | wh There will be a geners the Lancashire Social Cl day next at 8 p:m. sha evening will be enjoyed af ! ing. Cobalt town council recently sent the Haileybury fire brigade a cheque for $50.00 in appreciation of the serâ€" vices given by the Haileybury brigade in assisting the fighting of the bad fire l on Lang street some weeks ago. son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Richardson, to Mr. Arthur Pinder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Pinder, of Thesâ€" salon, Ont.., the marriage to take place in Montreal next month. The young couple, both of whom are weli known and popular in town, having been on the Arthur E. Moysey Co. staff here, will receive the best of good wishes from hosts of friends in the town and district. Announcement has been marriage of Miss Mary Ire The Allâ€"Britain Club will hold a whist drive on Tuesday next, April 30th, in the Hollinger Recreation hall. â€"This Satur Aid tea and sa aprons, from Church basems mins Mone mene Rev. Wm. Bilton, formerly pastor of the Haileybury Baptist church, and Mrs. Bilton, were recently the guests of honâ€" our at surprise party at their home in Ottawa on the occasion of the twentyâ€" fifth anniversary of their wedding. They were made the recipients of many beautiful gifts and all sorts of good wishes. The Haileyburian "Mr. H. Hollandsâ€"H Porcupine this week mining mopertles W connected." The Lancashire Social Club are planâ€" ning a social evening, including whist, for Thursday evening of next week in the Hollinger hall. Invitations may be secured from members of the club. the mi Mrs. James, 20 Sixth avenue, who had the misfortune to have her hand crushed in an electric wringer last week, is making good progress to reâ€" covery from the injury. The fingers were crushed and one of the bones of the arm fractured. of friends attending the funeral here on Friday last of the late Mr. L. Abrams and accompanying the body to the T. N. O. station at Timmins, from where it was taken to Winnipeg for interâ€" ment. The large number of beautiful floral tributes also testified to the high regard in which the late Mr. Abrams was held here by wide circles and the | There was an unusually large crowci I Mr. R. Beck, of Toronto, representâ€" ing The Legionary, the official paper of the Canadian Legion, is in town this week looking after subscriptions to the paper. Mr. Beck is an exâ€"Navy man with a fine record in the recent war, and bears not only credentials from the headquarters of the Legion but also from the Timmins branch. New Liskeard Agricultural Society has decided to hold both a summer and a fall fair. There will be a live stock fair in August and a grain, root and vegetable exhibition in the fall. The experiment will be watched with very great interest, especially in this North Land. New Liskeard will have the distinction of being the only agriculâ€" tural society to try out this plan in this country. deep sympathy fe family and friend: _â€"It is understodâ€"that a "slow" order, limiting theispeed of all trains to five miles an hour while proceeding on the Nipissing Central‘s Rouyn branch near Swastika has been issued from North Bay, and will be effective until further notice. Recently there have been comâ€" plaints that the crossing, which is on the Ferguson highway, is dangerous to traffic, though the traffic on the railâ€" way is not heavy. The work of repairing and reâ€"decorâ€" ating the Goldfields theatre after the recent fire is proceeding rapidly. The building when completed with be fireâ€" proof, metal lath being used for all partitions and wooden partitions beâ€" ing done away with. The theatre is expected to be ready for use in three weeks, Aic hnu ew Ma round{ bilit}i On nex tow Land sed ons her ind Dr Saturday, April 27th, Ladies‘ and sale of house dresses and from 3 to 6 p.m. in United /n â€" Cout afterno it 4 o.m Saturday, April 27th nd sale of house dre rom. 3 toâ€">.6 it o, left on 1e south re,. Dr. : ul ad Mr. HC nt Social Club on Thu pm. sharp. A soc cil the ne m eem _ M. Hol neeting of the Timâ€" l is scheduled for _ May 13th, comâ€" Wednesday 1Or last wee 1€ Honeyv elIn vhic AÂ¥ SOCIRL r the meetâ€" ind 0o e of Richa es and | United | Soutl severa 1€ Hugh Park was elected president of the Haileybury Golf Club, and D. H. Millar, secretaryâ€"treasurer at the anâ€" nual â€"meeting some days ago in Hotel Haileybury. H. G. Pickard will repreâ€" sent Haileybury at the annual meeting of the Northern Ontario Golf Associaâ€" tion. Mr. Abell, of Cobalt, has been elected captain and E. E. Smith, viceâ€" captain, of the Haileybury club for the season. A twoâ€"storey frame house on Lang treet, Cobalt, recently sold for $45.00. The building was seized for failure to jay ground rent to the mining company roncerned and also on account of back taxes. The building some years ago would have brought nearly a hundred times the amount for which the strucâ€" ure sold the other day. Work in Progress Now at the Century Gold Mines Mr. Chas. Staaf, who spent the winâ€" ter months in Detroit and Chicago, returned last week to Timmins and has taken up work in connection with the exploration and development of the property in Whitney township owned by the Century Gold Mines Syndicate, of which Mr. Staaf is president. Mr. Staaf is taking out four men this week to make a start on the work planned for the season. It is the intention to rush the work along and from the reâ€" sults obtained so far on the property» the prospects are very promising. iaent s the t m 3+ i n 4 )> "A P * e y M 4 s 4 » ) » wl " % } . 1q‘l. $ 4. ;.y * fi;u_:;...?-:\l.‘ qy:;," t } ‘ + ;‘-‘:? '.7'. z* .3 % :-a’p‘ .'..: .‘q‘?’ * o 4 uy .A # ,-L"' % * ; * € {l * * w l<eg. um Nh . 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Odlum, president of the Lions Club and prominent member of the |Ezylife Canoe Club at North Bay, for the second year in succession has won the honor of being the first swimmer of the season to take a dip in Lake Nipisâ€" | sing. â€" Amidst ice cakes and in the | presence of a number of club members l on Saturday afternoon Mr. Odlum !twice plunged into the waters of the |lake in the vicinity of the club house. The members of the canoe club will take occasion in the near future to fittingly honor their fellow member. Cost Over Six Hundred For Party Held Sunday A stag party, at which there quantity of liquor and card ; found in progress at an earl on Sunday morning, proved to expensive affair. A vacant hous Third avienue was used for the and as a somewhat noisy par been held recently in the same the police let it be known that quor could lawfully be taken ir premises nor could anv gambli quor could 1: premises nor indulged in 0 Printed Dress Goods FIRST SWIM THIS SEASON IN OLD LAKE NIPISSING Saturday evening of this week, Apri®* 27th, a dance is to be held in the Holâ€" linger Recreation hall under the ausâ€" pices of the Sons of England Football Club. The music will be provided by Burton Holland‘s orchestra which is assurance that this feature of the evenâ€" ing will be excellent, and all other feaâ€" tures of the night will be up to the same high standards. This Season 0O ordinary aru and costs, while by Provincia d in a* $50.00 offence for the be taboc th, howe lt 0 which there was a and card playing at an early hour proved to be an vacant house at 60 i DBad cnhnequg. lIn ‘omplainant failed nary drunks were osts, while another Provincial Officer a‘ $50.00 fine,., this wh ved Ver ambling be on Sunday sorder that neighbourâ€" The party ty had ‘ place no liâ€" the en ': Curtis Optical Co. sSubject for Sunday. April 28thâ€" You Should Here Opposite Coldfields A wellâ€"fitted pair of glasses gives a man that sharp, keen, alert appearance which stamps him as a person of wideâ€"awake mind. Our exâ€" perienced optometrists will fit you with glasses which conâ€" form to vision and â€" facial contour. That Alert Look Grace Chapel "Ropes and Rags" 75 ELM STREET S speaking This Subject immins