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For Sure Results Try a Classified Ad. N 0O TIC E To Holders of Mining Claims in Ontario Not Yet Patented or Leased. Notice is hereby given to holders of mining claims, wheresoever situate, upon which the work specified in the Mining Act has been prohibited or restricted to a stated period by the Minister of Lands and Forests under the of the Mining Act, or where permission to do the work has been given under conditions and limitations designed to protect the timber, THAT under the Forest Fires Prevention Act, 1930, they are required to apply to the District Forester in the District in which the land is situate for a permit to perform such work, and that failure to apply for such permit, or upon issue of the same,failure to perform and record the work prescribed by the Mining Act, will ‘subject their claim to cancellation. ‘The time for performing and recording the said work is extended by Orderâ€"inâ€"Council to and including the 15th day of November, 1931. If the work is so done and recorded, the time for computing the date before which further work upon the claim is required, will be computed as from the said 15th day of November, 1931. The name and address of the District Forester to whom application for such permit should be made, may be obtained from the Recorder of the Mining Diviâ€" sion in which the claim is situate. A miner‘s license in the name of the appliâ€" eant, or due renewal of the same, must accompany the application and the number or numbers of the mining claim or claims must be clearly stated. T. F. SUTHERLAND, _ Acting Deputy Minister of Mines. s C o i i i i n i io ie i io in in in i in i5 i5 15 05 5 05 05 05 05 05 95 550 %IIULLCLCEEE tC * C 6 4 4 5 6 4 h ib ) t h 16 19 5555A HART BATTERIES STATION No. 7 Third Avenue Batteries Charged and Repaired All kinds of Electrical Work N. L. BISSONETTE PHONE 60 P.0. BOX 2048 000 ~aAltracts New Industrics Montreal Quebec Ottawa HMamilton London, Ont. . Winnipeg _ Saskatoon â€" Calgary Victoria â€" Yancouvrer Toronto, December 9th, 1930 NESBITT, THOMSON Limi ted East Kootenay Power C Limited Northern B.C. Power C« B.C. Power Corporation Limited SULLIVAN NEWTON Sickness and Accident â€" Life Plate Glass, Ete. TE 104 NIGHT PHONES 237 and 151 21 Pine Street North (Goldfields Block), Timmins, Ont. and Company Limited Royal Bank Building, TORONTO FIRE AND AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE DEPARTMEXNT OF MINES Lowest Rates 1J "The river driver gets considerably higher pay than the lumberjack and he certainly earns it. He usually gets a ‘"‘The lumberjack, romantica figure though he was, did not carry the presâ€" tige of the river driver, that daring type which cut logs all winter and then guided them down to the mill in the spring. ~Often the writer has seen them at their dangerous and difficult work and is willing to subscribe to the suggestion that there exists in Canada no greater chance taker, not even the well advertised cowboy. The job calls for youth, strength, daring and agility. The drivers ride the rivers in their flood, they display a marvelous techâ€" nique in running logs, moving jams, and running boats through white waâ€" ter. They handle themselves with an extreme of energy and intslligence. Only the picked men of the lumber inâ€" dustry can qualify fully for this task. It is no place for old men, because the hours are long, the weather is fre-{‘ quently unsettled in the driving season, and when they are not soaked from above they got it from the icy streams into which they fall as a matter of course. It is no place for the slow mover or thinker. That many of them are drowned in fhe turbulent floods is a matter of record and the graves at the foot of rapids all along the big rivers removes any doubt as to the inâ€" herent dangers of the calling. _ "Fights? Oh, yes there were plenty of them. There were camp bullies in those days and they often met and tried each other cut. And those fights were rough. Now, I could show you a place right in this valley where they used to meet for the occasion and they called it "Bullies Acre." One time, I remember one of the champions met another there and told after, that alâ€" though there were not many men presâ€" ent to see the scrap, people came for weeks later in crowds to see where the ground was all torn up!" Rough stuff. ies Timmins and district have been so notable for the mines here that the gold industry has overshadowed the other important industry of lumbering. Until the last year or so lumbering in this district was much more important than most people realized. The fact that wages paid did not compare favâ€" curably with the rates at the mines lh, "Striving," he said, was the term givâ€" en to the efforts of rival camps to turn out the greatest number of logs in a season. The scaler was the referee and kept the count and in his travels from camp to camp he kept the conâ€" test at fever heat. It is just possible that he also was working in the comâ€" pany interest.and running the score to suit the situation. He could do it, too, for nobody could keep a check on him. There were prizes given for the biggest monthly score and a grand free jamâ€" boree for the winrfing camp at seaâ€" son‘s end. Often the rivalry led to fights af.t,er the men were let go in the spring and struck the settlements with their money and their freedom after a winter of thralldom. "One camp would work against anâ€" other with a sort of concentrated frenzy. Long hours of labour were the rule, the men heaving out of their bunks right early in the day to the cry of "Daylight in the swamp!" and workâ€" ing right through with only a cold lunch until darkness closed down on the woods. He recailled that as a young fellow he had often been hard pressed to keep up with his clder comâ€" panions as they raced along the trail to camp in the falling darkness. Th» lights of the camp were welcome to his young eyes. Lunch, he recalled consistâ€". ed of bread and cold pork in thlck‘ sandwichesâ€"and the sandwiches were often frozen solid. No tea came out1 at noon hour, in fact in his youth tea‘ was not often a regular item on the. bill of fare. Sugar could be had only | by those who bought it from the "van," that institution familiar to lumberjacks and construction men, where clothing, tobacco and other luxuries could be® bought on credit. _ _‘"In a previous week this column made brief and sketchy mention of Paul Bunyan, the Blue Ox, river drivâ€" ing and lumbering operations. In the conversation with an old bushman which inspired the sketch some discusâ€" sion arose regarding oldtime methods of lumbering. The old man said that a favourite device of foremen was to get crews "striving" against one anâ€" other. Looking back over the years, he opined that men were simple mindâ€" ed#in those days. They did not appear to recognize the obvious fact that they were bemg pitted against each othe1 for the benefit of the operator. 1 numbers of lumbermen and former lumbermen in this area. Often these men gather by accident and there is much interest and pleasure in swapâ€" ping stories of old days on the river and in the bush. The name of Paul Bunyan is often mentioned, while nearly every oldâ€"time lumberjack has his own favourite prototype of the same redoubtable Paul Bunyan. These people and others among the readers of The Advance will be interested in the following article on Shanty Bullies and River Drivers," from the "Grab Samples‘" column of last week‘s Norâ€" thern Miner:â€" curaDniy with the rates at the mines and that there was a growing percentâ€" age of the employees in the lumbering operations of foreign origin, perhaps lessened the general interest in the lumber industry here. In years gone by, there is no doubt that lumbering held a very important part in the deâ€" velopment of the country. For this reason and for others there are large Shanty Bullies and the River Drivers Reminiscences of the OlG Days in the Lumbering Operations. . How the Game of "Striving" Worked out Years Ago. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO See current Timetable or apply to any T. N. O, Railway agent for furâ€" ther particulars o General Freight and Passenger Agent North PBay, Ont. Connections at Porquis Jct. daily for Connaught, South Porcupine, Schuâ€" macher and Timmins. Service daily except Sunday between Cochranse Island Falls, and Fraserdale Service Mondays, Wednesdays and FPridays between Cochrane, Island Falls, Fraserdale and Coral Rapids. Connections at Englehart with train No. 18 from Charlton Tuesdays, Thursâ€" days and Saturdays. Connections at Porquis Jct., daily for Iroquois Falls. Connections at Swastika, daily, with the Nipissing Central Railway for Kirkland Lake, Cheminis, Rouyn and Noranda, Que. Connections at Englehart with trains No. 17 for Chariton Mondays, Wednesâ€" days and Fridays. Connections at Earlton for Elk Lake daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 17 and 18 use Canadian Pacifi¢c Raih_vay Station at North Bay. Local serviceâ€" between Cobalt, Founâ€" tain Falls and Silver Centre Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays. Train No. 18â€"Cochrane to North Bay, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturâ€" days. Trains Nos. 46 and 47â€"Through serâ€" vice daily between Toronto and Timâ€" mins, Iroquois Falls, Rouyn and Noâ€" randa, operating Cafe Car Service beâ€" tween _ North Bay and Swastika, through sleepers between Toronto and Timmins, also between Toronto. Rouyn and Noranda, Que. These trains use Canadian National Railways Station at North Bay. Train No. 17â€"North Bay to Cochâ€" rane Mondays, Wednesdays and Friâ€" days. The Continental Limited, Trains Nos. 1 and 2, between Montreal and Vanâ€" couver, daily operating through sleepâ€" ers. These trains use Canadian Naâ€" tional Railways Station at North Bay. TEMISKAMING AND NORTHERN ONTARIO RAILWAY A‘despatch last week from Haileyâ€" bury says:â€"*"Changing economic conâ€" ditions and improved modes of travel are both illustrated by the trip of Charles Shields, of Haileybury, into Tyrrell township, where, with some men, he has been engaged sampling some claims there for gold. A score of years ago, this ground was staked for silver values, in common with much other ground in the Gowganda area. On his return last weekâ€"end. Mr. Shields made the trip home in as many hours as it required days 21 years back, when he was interested, with Gilbert Labine, in some claims in the same area. At that time, by water and over trails, the journey occupied six and a half days each way. When he came home a few days ago, he and his men used plane ard train to cover the miles in the interval between an early dinâ€" C ner and a not too long delayed supper." DID TRIP IN As MANY HOURS AS DAYS TWENTY Â¥YEARS AGO The North Bay Nugget last week says:â€""Dr. W. E. George, district M. O.H., who returned to North Bay Sunâ€" day evening from the Abitibi Canyon, rgports that there is one case of smallâ€" pox at the camp, the patient being an Abitibi engineer. No other cases were anticipated, he said, as every precauâ€" tion was taken to prevent the disease spreading, including the vaccinating of those who had come in contact with the patient." i "Then there was the Little Madaâ€" waskaâ€"plenty of falls and rapids and a grand country. When we got to Calabogie we always had a spree, it was the first wetting place on the river and we were usually ready for it after a long winter. Where the river runs out of the lake, there it splits in two _ and the leftâ€"hand sny was all right but !the rightâ€"hand was a gorge and the Lord help any man who got into it with the logs. We used to bury a few every spring on that stream. Yet, I saw a man named Irwin ride a big pine right down through that gorge with a grin on his face and he wanted to do it again but the boss wouldn‘t let him. He was a good river man.‘" He must have been, to stand out in the memâ€" ories of an old man, memories of an age when the country and the spirit alike were young." CASE OF SMALLPOX REPORTED NOW FROM ABITIBI CANYON twelve years hand running I drove on the Ottawa, the Bonnechere and»=the Madawaska. The logs were big in those days, not pulp straws like today, and a man could #ide them. It was great. fun on a ‘sunny coast along, balancing with the pike pole, making the run now and then, working a little but just like kids on a picnic most of time. We used to have a great month at The Shaws (Des Chats) on the Ottawa, working around the isâ€" lands, breaking up the jams, getting the logs together again at the fooct. We would work to dark, then put on better clothes and go to the farms for dances, just getting ban in time to go to work again. Many‘s the young felâ€" low picked himself a wife along that river. twelve year the Ottawa Madawaska those days, bonus from his employer if he sticks to the end of the "drive." Quite a number of the boys are willing to call it a season when they strike the first settlement but the best of them stay with the job until it is finished, until the logs are counted into the booms at the mill or until the failure of water hangs the drive up in some rocky serâ€" ies of gorges. These quick young meon â€"may their shadows never grow lessâ€" are the elite of the forest workers and deserve a far greater recognition than has been theirs to date. "I remember," reminisced the old remember," reminisced the olc man, "I remember what a grand time we used to have on the drives. Po A. J. PARBK, Train Service Annapo>lis Royal, â€"N. S.., Spectator:â€" When Napcleon was only an cfficer of artillery, a Prussian officer said in ris presence with much pride: "My countrymen fight conly for glory, but Frenchmen for money." "You are right," replied Napoleon,. "each of hem fight for what they are most in need of." 1 < uP NoR ““'â€"_â€"-â€"-m Dear Sir:â€"Premier Henry has stated that a 55â€"mile stretch of the Transâ€" Canada highway from Kenora to Verâ€" million Bay will start this fall. That is good news all right, but what is goâ€" ing to be done from North Bay to Hearst along thé Ferguson highway? Here is, the part of Northern Ontario that has paid $250,000.00 in dividends from gold and silver and in a few years will pay five times that, because there are ten great mines to be found yet to every one already working. Here we. have thousands of farmers and a dozâ€" en other things that a highway would benefit. Just think how quickly you can get to the great city of Toronto from this country, either by auto or train. Yet it seems like a man getting tired of his cheap auto and wanting one ten times better. That is what it looks like, as if a lot of our big men are getting tired of this country and looking for a better one. But they will never find anything so promising as this part of Ontario. The more money‘! the Government spends on roads here‘ the more millions of dollars they will | get in the next few years. Somethingi ought to be done on the highway herei this winter. What is the highway here for anyway? Is it just for tourists alone, or for pleasure only? Or is it for the greatest good to the greatest number of people and industries? Where the Transâ€"Canada highway' should be started first and finished is where there are thousands of farmers Iwho grow food to keep us alive, and wmmmnnnme ns on ces .. mm mm oo where there are several great gold and | silver mines, and many other things employing thousands, and where thouâ€" sands more will be living and working in a few years. Why start building it first. where it is only of benefit to tourâ€"| ists, hunters and fishermen? When this part of Northern Ontario fails or falls down there will be a lot of unemâ€" ployment in Toronto and all Old Onâ€" taric, that‘s sure. The year 1931 will soon be coming to an end, and yet we still have all the greatest gold minss on the continent. Not one. Lake Shore, | Hollinger, McIntyre or Dome has been found yet in distant fields, but we have !a new camp that sure is going to "be OK., and nct far east of Porcupine and north of Kirkland Lake we are Aikely to have another one. So, where else can Mr. Henry and the Governâ€" ment spend money on roads that will return many times their price. Is the country to be run for pleasure only, or is it to continue to grow and help thousands to live and to keep down unâ€" employment? Is there not going to be something done this winter to help settlers and others, because it is goâ€" ing to be real winter? If nothing is done, and the poor people are not going to be allowed to go to the woods and cut enough of that dry wcod that is lying around for fuel, what is going to‘ be the result? And what is going to be the result when the next election comes around? â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"___â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"_..â€"-‘_._-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".______â€"-.._“ To the Editor of The Advance, Timmins Writing last week from Ramore, Ont., H. A. Preston, oldâ€"timer of the North Land, has the following to say:â€" What is Going to be Done From North Bay to Hearst This Winter? Asks _â€"Oldâ€"Timer of the North. Money Invested in Highway Will Pay Ramore, Ont., July 29th, 1931 Yours very truly, H. A. PRESTON Miss Geraldine Ryan of Englehart, was a visitor last week to friends at Timmins. Announcement was made at O ‘tawa by Premier Bennett last week to the effect that stamps will not be reâ€" quired on cheques of $5.00 or less. The budget provided for a twoâ€"cent s‘amp to be placed on all cheques, but an amendment gives exemption on cheques of five dollars and less. This exempts small cheques, thscugh not to the same extent as under the last budget. Previous to the presem} budâ€" get cheques under ten dollars were exempted from the necessity of bearâ€" ing stamps. The public should note and remember that it is necessary to put a «<woâ€"cent stamp on ali cheques of amounts over $5.00. Either an exâ€" cise stamp or a â€"twoâ€"cent postage stamp may be used. We call upon the premiers of both Dominion and provincial parliaments to build this northern route. The unâ€" employment situation demands that it be built now. The politician will be swayed by the howls of selfish units, but the statesman will stand firm for the best and most lasting interest. NAKINA BOARD OF TRADE, Pér K. F. McLean, Secretary. Ontario‘s best interests as a province should and does lie in the developing of the country through which the norâ€" thern route will run. It abounds in wealth, both in mineral and timber, and offers to the tourist that which will bring them back in ever increasing numbers, the fishing, hunting, and wild beauty of a quality that cannot be equalled anywhere in the province. 55 Third Avenue ’ Taking the highway as a Dominion project, with not only every province interested but each and every one of us with a stewardship to all future Canâ€" adians, is it sensible, anvart from the building costs, that Ontario‘s contriâ€" bution to our first through road should be built along one of its boundaries, with scope for development along one side only? Does not its very location plead the cause of the northern route? This route, if followed along the lines laid down by the associated boards of trade, will be a long step toward the wiping out of the geographical vacuum between the manufacturing east and the farming west. Aas to the route through the North of [the Transâ€"Canada highway, the Naâ€" kina board of trade last week sent out a letter that should be of interest. The letter is signed by F. K. McLean, the secretary of the Nakina board cf trade, and was addressed to one of the Toronto daily newspapers. The letter read as follows:â€" Sir:â€"Much ink and a Niagara of words have been spilled over the why and wherefore of the transâ€"Canada highway. The Hon. Mr. Lyons disâ€" misses the north route with an airy wave of the hand and this town‘s efâ€" forts by saying we are 25 years ahead of ourselves. in connection w as to the route thr the Transâ€"Canada kina board of trade Routing Thus of Transâ€"Canada Hig way Would be in the Interests of the Dominicn, as Well as Helpâ€" ing the North. Nakina in Favour of Northern Route Oldfield Tires are the equal of most standard lines by actual test, yet they sell for 20°%, less. 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GRANDSTAND PAGEANT "ORIENTIA" â€"Reserved seats $1.00, Thursday, August 6th, 1931 CXHIBITION Y our nearest Firestone Dealer carries a comâ€" plete, fresh stock of Oldfield Tires,. See him today. General Manager Timmins