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MWemm ber To one and all The Advance wishes sincerely a happy and prosperous and progressive new year. r"'A»t this season of the year people are supposed to make good resolutions, and such good resolutions are no doubt most desirable. Even if they‘re kept only for a short time, there is advantage. Humorists have poked fun at the idea of new year resolutions, but by doing so for many years they have only suggested the virtue of good resolutions, and stressed the point, unconsciously though it may be, that humorists might well take a new year‘s resolution not to attempt to make merry at the expense of new year resoluâ€" tions. New Year resolutions are more or less connected in the popular mind with the Christmas festivities. Some of the resolutions themsélves arise from the activities of the Chrismas time. One man has a big head and he resolves in the mew year to keep his head to fit his hat. Another man has a slim purse and he resolves at new year‘s that never * o s on k s P t‘ in E:AAA * rATMICETHrIA S time. Stlll dn ~â€" the popular mind with the resolutions themsel Chrismas time. One m mew year to keep hi resC wages as well as proper hours shall be observed. good resolution would be to promise the immediate start on the work of completing the belt line of reads for this North. ‘The bisg gold find at Matachewan makes the work especially desirable now. The completion of the belt line of roads would connect up by roadway all the camps of the North Tand and would likely be the direct means of the developâ€" ment of other mining camps undreamed of by the general public. Another resolution that the Provincial Government might make with advantage would be to the effect that full t ie s1A "wa. miuan. . the settiers in the tors; who describe it as the most atâ€" tractive air mail stamp issued by any xourtry. Another striking example of the enâ€" graver‘s art is the blue 50â€"cent stamp which carries a picture of the historic «chape} at Grand Pre, N.S., and the well â€"~«of Evangeline. The one dollar stamp is ~@ark groen and bears a picture of Mount Edith Cavell in British Columâ€" bia. A prairie scene is used in the red ""0â€"cent stzsmp. It shows grain beoing ~yeavbed byocmcdern machinery. iIn the would connect up by roadway all the campSs UMNC Land and would likely be the direct means of the developâ€" I ment of other mining camps undreamed of by the general ; public. Another resolution that the Provincial Governmen'tl might make with advantage would be to the effect that full assistance should be given hereafter to the settlers in the' North Land in their struggle against many difficulties. Such | assistance might take the form of a bonus for the.clearing! of land, along the line that has worked so advantageously in the province of Quebec; the building of roads for settlers, and more attention and thought to the special needs of the men who are bravely fighting to establish farms and homes im this new North The Dominion Government might re-l soive to give the people of Timmins a new service in keepâ€"| ing with the fine new post office. The service at the Tim-| mins post office is especially hard on those who have resolved to swear off swearing for the new year; it does not give them a fair chance. The Dominion Government might also reâ€" solve to look into the whole maiter of mail service for thel North with the idea of putting mail clerks on the train so ‘that the various towns of the North might be properly servâ€" ‘ed. These are only a few of the many good resolutions the governments could make. They will do for a start. Indeed, if they were resolved and duly carried out, it might save the people of the country a lot of resolutions as to how they | intend to vote hereafter. And by the way, that would be an | ideal resoluticn for the new year for everybodyâ€"to resolve to , vote at all elections at which they are entitled to cast their franchise, and to see at the proper time that they are | ‘entitled to vote. It would be a good old world if everybody | mande cand resolutions at new yvear‘s time and lived up to the i ‘The most distinctive production of the group, according to departmental offiâ€" waals, is the new fiveâ€"cent air mail stamp. It bears the figure of the winged Mercury against a background of the globe with the North and South Amsrrican continents delineated. The volour is "brown. Many expressions of admiraticn: have already been received by ‘the department from stamp collecâ€" tors; who describe it as the most atâ€" #*rartive air mail stamp issued by any (In "the death last we of The Toronto Mail paper profession lose country at large lost : and progressive. The repeated for thirty or journalism has gone, | the effrontery to asse A new pictorial issue of Canadian stamps, conceded by philatelists to be of the highest artistic quality, is being sent to post offices throughout the country by the department. their franchise, and to entitled to vote. It wo made good resolutions : good resolutions for the In the Christmas there was an editor in regard to dogs. Wright, president 0o of Trade in the ma sive paragraph wou used. The preside Boards may be wo clean. It is too ba are scorne it pungent New Issue of Postage . _ Stamps Being sent Out to "com forsakin where "C GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Jan. 1st, 1931 Thursday, Jan. 1st, 1931 netr re "comp scorned : ie Yorrimpine Advancs of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers art is the blue 50â€"cent stampP |ent time there ar rries a picture of the historic lm storage for th ; Grand Pre, NS., and the well | labout oneâ€"tenth elme The one dollar stamp is | ps me:i in Canad en and bears a picture of dith Cavell in British Columâ€" North Bay is rairie scene is used in the red j ing station, fully stemp. It shows grain beoing |rext two week y machinery. In the ; Thompson, of the nd are grain elevators The i who will be in . iindel is portrayed on the dark | Thas call letters soent Cstam». The tenâ€"cent Say ars Published Every Thursday by: GEO LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: $2.00 per vear *United States ...$3.00 per year lutions at n ib TIMMIN®, ONTARIO â€"â€"â€"PHONESâ€"â€"â€"RESIDENCE 70 tI but that p Th The Cochrane Northland Post iat was unnecessarily disgusting Northland Post cousulted Mr hern Oiutario Associated Boards Advance is sure that the offenâ€" ve appeared in the phraseology ‘ Northern Ontario Associated e legs, but he keeps his head at ire, not only did the newsâ€" outstanding ability, but the _citizen, loyval, able, patriotic keep repeating, as they have rs, that the day of personal he parrots can scarcely have ersonality in journalism can ar‘s time and live nonths each year Ch wWIT ich acticn 1C BLUEBERRY INDUSTRY VERY IMPORTANT ONE TO CANADA In the smaller denominations the colours have been changed to agree with international conventions, as follows: Oneâ€"cent, green, twoâ€"cent, red; fiveâ€"cent, blue, and eightâ€"cent, crange. These all bear a portrait of the King. stamp, green in colour, bears a picture of the Parliamentary Library. ave as yet made thsir appearance in the Dominion, and only a superficial dea of the volume of production is obâ€" ainable. They represent both a fresh and frozon fruit trade and at the presâ€" nt time there are some 600,000 lbs. held in storage for the baking trads. Only about oneâ€"tenth of this quantity will L1 slim purse . t his own C himself and tion. ‘The I ioh ind w ay is to have a broadca a, fully equipped, within : And wa mA is head 1qd rush ans the he Nor anâ€" ind hC ever depart and newspaperdom remain. The late Mr. Jenâ€" nings was one of the personalitiee of whom newspaperdom was justly proud. As a newspaperman, he was aggressive, publicâ€"spirited and effective. He was a good man in any battle for a good cause. A writer of marked ability, with a remarkably broad outlook on life and people, he was a force to be reckoned with in the press. In private life, he was quiet and unassuming, warmhearted and charitable in the finest meaning of the word. The men on the daily newsâ€" papers of Canada, and especially in the city of Toronto, have paid due tribute to his worthâ€"a worth they could acknowâ€" ledge after he had passed away. The weekly newspapers of the country also owed much to his kindness and interest for encouragement and inspiration. They paid him the tribute of friendship and admiration while he still lived, and now that he is gone may add their wreaths in memory of the man who was so valued a citizen because he was such an able newspaperman, and w\ such an able newspaperman because he was so good a citizen. There is very general satisfaction expressed on all sides with the good accomplished by the 1930 Charity Turkey Stag. The Charity Turkey Stag itself was pleasant success as an entertainment, but because of the conditions prevailâ€" ing throughout the district this year the good people of Timmins and the Porcupine have been more inclined to dwell on the value of the feature as a relief measure for. those in straitened circumstances during the holiday time.. In this regard the Charity Turkey Stag did wonderful serâ€" vice in 1930. There were nearly two hundred hampers sent to homes believed to be both needy and deserving. Fror ‘"Lap" Laprairie to be able to say that 190 families had good Christâ€" mas cheer, who would octuerwise have misssed this is about as fine tribute as anyone could pay the event that has helpea to make Timmins famous. There is only one point of critiâ€" cism, and that does not reflect upon the Charity Turkey tag or upon those who support it, but rather upon some thoughtless, mean or grasping individuals This criticism is to the effect that some of those receiving the hampers were nos needy cases. There were not many of these. Probably only two or three, which is a â€"very small percentage. But even one would spoil an other:\vise perfect picture. And every one improperly receiving a hamper ieant the chance that some worthy case might go unaided. To secure one of these hampers improperly was no more nor no less than to steal from the needy. The plan adopted for making the list left little chance for the hampers being sent where they should not go. The churches, the Salvation Army, the Children‘s Aid, the town‘s relief department and cther agencies likely to know of cases of need were asked to gsive in names. Thoese names were all checked up, duplicaâ€" tions avoided, and doubtful cases investigated. In the names on these lists it is doubtful if there were any undeâ€" serving cases. In addition applications were received from any cthers who cared to ask for the help. These latter cases were also investigated so far as was possible, but beâ€" cause they could not be personally vouched for in every case, there was the chance for error. One case may be noted here. When the men returned from delivering the Christmas hamâ€" pers one of them remarked that every place visited was a small house, or a humbleâ€"looking place, or a shack, with the ’exception of one home that seemed more or less pretentious and that appeared to be furnished in keeping with its apâ€" nbearance outside. It looked like a prosperous home, indeed. lAt first "Lap‘"‘ Laprairie listened only idly to the conversaâ€" tion of the delivery man. Then he suddenly became interâ€" ested and went imto action. He found the name of the people in the notable prosperousâ€"looking house. Then he started a whole host of enquiries. At first it looked as if it might perhaps be all right. The people were not wellâ€"known and might be in hard luck. Then, investigation began to bring other results. The woman had applied personally for the hamper, and on her representations it had been granted. Instead of the people being poor or hardâ€"pressed, however, it was eventually learned that they were really wellâ€"toâ€"do. The man was working at good wages; they owned their own home, and had a bank account. In a very short time the manager of the Charity Turkey Stag was at that house and the lady was given the option of returning that hamper inâ€" tact at once or facing a charge of cbtaining goods under false pretences. The hamper was very quickly and penitently returned. The lady thcught the hampers were going out freely this year and that she might as well have one. It was very emphatically pointed out that the hampers were going out freely only because there was much need this year, and also it was impressed upon her that every person who imâ€" nrcperly or unfairly acquired a hamper reglly robbed the their behalf CC hern Supoply C > of the static According to an announcement made at Toronto last week by Premier Geo. S. Henry, an investigation will be made into alleged abuse of motoring privileges by many French residents of the Cochâ€" raneâ€"Hearst Highway area. PROBE BEING MADE INTO THE ALLEGED ABUSE OF LICENSES Complaint has reached the Prime Minister that there are plenty of moâ€" tors in this district which, bought in the Province of Quebec, are driven all summer long under Quebec licenses, over Ontario roads, without their owâ€" ners contributing a cent, cutside of gasâ€" oline tax, to the Treasury at Queen‘s In past years, the Highway Departâ€" ment has had some difficulty along similar lines with Amsrican summerâ€" home residents of the Province, but the complaint from the Cochrane District is the first that has beer made to the Government regarding a "Quebec liâ€" liest duate feasible, an Officer woul‘d despatched to the North country to sstigate the reported 2sbuses, and to down strict warnings, in connection n issmance of thr> 1331 car !iâ€" Henr date "*~â€" THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO mA Many cuestions of general interest to the public at large and of special interâ€" est to the settlers of the North were discussed at the biâ€"monthly meeting of the Northern Ontario Settlers‘ Associaâ€" tion, held at Kapuskasing recently. Press reports of the meeting say that while the mesting was supposed to be for settlers from the entire riding of North Cochrane, members of the exeâ€" cutive from the vicinity of Cochrane and east objected that they could not afford the trip to Kapuskasing, as it means a large railway fare ard hotel bill, and according‘ly another meeting will be held, probably next week, in Cochrane, when the same matters will be discussed. Biâ€"Monthly Gathering of Settlers Held Recently at Kapuskasing Deals With Many Matiers of Special Interest to Settlers, MANY PROBLEMS DEBATED AT MEFTING OF SETTLERS Very little was accomplished dur the forenoon session. Directors settlers present appeared to consi the meeting as a forum in which to their personal grievances. and char of favouritism and incompetency W hurled indiscriminately against gove ment officials, chiefly cf the Departm ment officials, chiefly cof the Departmen of Northern Development. Mr. Tacka berry, engineer of the department, wa not present at the forenoon session, bu on his arrival about 4 o‘clock in thi day deparime of money pay. Thos. Poolton, viceâ€"pres: the asscciation, held that the way would be for settlers to I As explained by Mr. Habel, the reaâ€" sons for apportioning the bonus @ASs above are to prevent timber grabbing by individuals or companies, to encourâ€" age settlers during their second year, ard to retain settlers on the land. The "bonus committee" also recomâ€" mends that a questionaire be sent to directors of the Association asking how many lots are under cultivation in their township, how many lots are taken, and how many acres are under the followâ€" ing conditions (a) slashed and burnt, (b) stumped and burnt, (c) pilowed and cultivated. The matter of the width of sleighs was introduced by Mr. Brunet, agriculâ€" tural implement agent, who explained that along the C.N.R. from the Quebec boundary to Hearst, half a dozen or more Gdifferent widths are in use. Slsighs which are all right for hauling in one district are too wide for others, which is a nuisance and added expense to nersons hauling on sleighs in difâ€" unilli 1 bonused h and ork settlers the numbe ar the amount of boenus in secâ€" a) and (c) were reversed. e bonuses to be paid for a maxiâ€" f five acros per year on each lo maximum of 35 acres have beer to bo slash vas to a ts of the d npointed cu ib itIOn ARiSsO TS s be restored 160 acres in 150 acres in ussion cn the number o ttlers should have on the and six days cn. i, work would be contention was t i1as only a limited spend, and it sh as many setilers CDbjeciec . and carrying on of colonization ettlement in Northâ€" ed to the orig‘:na in six mile town n nine mile town ts (1) That a colonization b: under an effiâ€" who will be reâ€" r of agriculture was that the mited amourt it should be Tu fo n pre 1 dent of In €; L05t= The following is The Sar Weekly‘s ig; Liâ€" ‘ story about Hon. Mr. Gordon :â€" J. A.| Canada‘s Minister of Immigration, land Mines, Hon. W. A. Gordon, K.C., : petiâ€" |appeared on a recent visit to Edmonâ€" Ferguâ€" | ton, Alta., in a new light. district% He stood revealed after an encounter ons in in the foyer of the city‘s leading hotei | as a "man with a past"â€""known to the ‘hat , police." tion b2| However, the revelation will be folâ€" n effiâ€" lowed by no scandal large enough to be reâ€" | justify the minister‘s resignation. Nor culture |will Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, Mr. Gorâ€" zx on of | don‘s chieftain be embarrassed. ization In fact, the minister of immigration Northâ€" | got a good laugh out of the incident ) rcads | that led to the denouement and an opâ€" iey are | portunity to swap boyhood reminisâ€" bonus | cences with an old friend. $5 per "Well, do you remember the day I b) $10 | arrested you?" was how Hon. Mr. Gorâ€" ig and |don was greeted by Chief A. G. Shuts reaking }c-r the Edamonton city police. esented | Bystanders in the hotel lobby were in secâ€" |sh.cked for a moment, but recovered their equanimity when both Chief Shute . maxiâ€" | and the minister he accosted were seen ach lot | to be shaking hands heartily and e been | laughing as at a good joke. Then it came out. at the Years ago, more than either of them riginal | like to recall, Mr. Gordon was a small townâ€" | boy, a heâ€"boy, too, from all accounts, : townâ€" | in Owen Sound, Ont., when the present head of Edmonton‘s police force was a ie reaâ€" | young and zealous constable. And that nus as| was in the days when Hallows‘en was cabbing | Hallowe‘en and young boys were imps ncourâ€" | of mischief. The youthful Gordon, apâ€" 1 year, | parently leader, then as now led the a. apple brigade on a ccortain Hallowe‘en recomâ€" | night and finally tackled just one citiâ€" sent +o |zen too many. Annoyed, the latter sent iven the the _the apâ€" the preâ€" Al 11â€" Settlers were told a few home truths by D. J. Pommeriegu, district agriculâ€" tural representative, who scored their shiftless farming methods. "You are no, farmers at all," he said. "You think of nothing else but how much work you can get on the roads, or in the bush, or how much you can get from the government. If you gave as much attention to thinking of your farms, or spent as much labour on your farms as you do on day labour on the roads, you would not require relief." Mr. Pommerleau criticised settlers for buying so much that they could raise on their own farms. "I see setâ€" tlers driving back home after bringing a load of wood to town, and on their sleighs are a bag of potatoes, carrots, turnips or other vegetables, a crate of eggs, and a can of strawberries. These can all be raised on your farms." All kinds of vegetables can be grown in the clay belt, yet many settlers have no gardens, no chickens, and not even a cow. He had a few harsh words to say about the lack of coâ€"operation with the experimental farm. He warned his listeners not to forget that the object of the asscciation is to better the conâ€" dition of settlers in all ways possible, and not let the orgamization degenerate into a mere begging society from the government. Mr. Pommerleau‘s words, spoken in French, were reâ€"echoed by Mr. L. H. Hanlan, of the Hearst illustration staâ€" tion, in English. Mr. Tackaberry, Northern Developâ€" enzineer. asked to exnplain what done east of there is more [l1strI1Ct. Very little is being done at Hearst, where there is hardly any snow. He has tried to hire teams to haul with wagons, but settlers claim that it costs too much to shoe their horses and are refusing to haul gravel until snow comes. There is no snow at Staverti, and gravel is being hauled in wagons. At Mattice, 21 teams are hauling with wagons. Hauling will start at Harty as soon as snow comes. All available money will be spent this year hauling gravel, gnd as soon as there is sufficient snow there will be sufficient work for all settlers, he assured the mesting. A recent issue of The Toronto Star Weekly raked up the past of Hon. W. A Gordon, of Haileybury, Minister of Colonization and Immigration, and Minister of Mines for the Dominion. They found that many years ago Hon. W. A. Gordon had been under arrest, or close to it, for a Hallowe‘en prank. It may be so, but anyone in the North would be willing to wager that it would not be anything mean or malicious or very bad. Mischief could easily be beâ€" lieved about the Minister from the North, but meanness, never! It is to be hoped all the Hallows‘en pranks of everybody are not to be published, or it is going to be too bad for a whole lot of good people. in a rush call to the police station, which was answered by ambitious Conâ€" stable Shute. He followed the appleâ€" locting windowâ€"soaping band and caught up with them. "Who‘s the boss of you boys?" he de manded. "I am," proudly admitted one diminuâ€" tive offender. "Then come with me," and so the boy who was to become a Dominion cabinet minister was led to the police station, incarcerated therein, given a gocd talking to and sent home chastenâ€" ed. Toronto Mail and Empire:â€"Mr. Hepâ€" burn‘s election as leader of the Liberal party in Toronto recalls an incident in Stanley Park one summer afternocn some years ago. A baseball game was in progress and the pitchers of one team were bkaving a rough time. As the fifth pitcher strode out to the mound, a spectator yelled: ‘"Hey Bill. Who‘s going to pitch when you get through?" partment is doing in the district, red the gathering that there are etween 175 and 200 teams and 350 men at work on roads in the Most of the work is being east of Cochrane, he said, since is more snow in that part of the is being done at Hearst, is hardly any snow. He hire teams to haul with ettlers claim that it costs shoe their horses and are l and he deâ€" iminuâ€" so the minion ! r polxce‘ iven a r1astenâ€" r. Hepâ€" | § 4 Liberal dent in €ernoCcli ne was | of cone} ne. As| to the 2Â¥ Bh 1 % Vh ces on s mc on smcs f.:, sAYs GOLD sHOWINGS GOOD ON MATACHEWANX CLATIM®S The Haileyburian last week says:â€" Alex Oslund, who has been employâ€" ed on development work at the new gold strike in Bannockburn made late in the summer by Ashley and Garvey came out at the weekâ€"end for a Christâ€" mas holiday. He states that the surâ€" face showings of gold, where the vein is being trenched, continue good and he has every expectation that the new gold camp will prove important. Seven men are employed by the Mining Corâ€" poration, which is developing the proâ€" perty, and in addition N. Morrissette has 10 men working on his diamond drill contract. Camps have been built and there is considerable activity in the district, Mr. Oslund says. There is more snow than in Hailleybury, but scarcely sufficient to make good sleighâ€" ing. While the lakes are frozen over, the ice is not safe for crossing and the roads skirt the shores. wWith three companions, Mr. Oslund walked the first 18 miles of the journey out." For Sure Results Try Our Want Ad. 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Your wonderful new energy will surprise youâ€"mind feels so keen and alertâ€"no more washedâ€"out feeling pgetting up in the momings. (2) Those pitiful ones who don‘t know how to make themselves beautiâ€" fulâ€"rather those who don‘t know the vital importance of Kruschen Salts to physical perfection and attraction ! There Should Be No Ugly Women ! Qudt â€" NEW LISKEARD, ONT 127 Pine Street Timmins, Ont. Plate of saliva after the use of one Formamiat Tablet ractically germ ee. Doors Plaster Roofing 0 %%%%6 6