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} n, secyetaryscreasurer preâ€" sented his annual report which showed a membership of 68 and an average uttendance at meetings of 12. Fresident King referred to the m:eeting of the Associated Boards of Trade which was to be held in Timmins early in Februâ€" ary and urged that it be made a speciâ€" ally attractive event. He also suggested that plans be perfected to coâ€"operate with the special committee of the Asâ€" sociated Boards in urging upon the government the building of necessary roads in the North. A definite plan was necessary with coâ€"operation and agreeâ€" ment among the centres of the North, Max Ryan mentioned the change in the freight tariff on ties. It had added about 15 cents per tie to the cost of shipping to North Bay and practically put the tie industry in this part cf the country out of business, particularly in the case of the smaller contractors, It was explained that the increased shipping cost was not an increase in freight tariffs but rather the placing of ties in the same category as lumber. This brought the meeting to a general discussion of freight rates, which were considered too high. It was suggested that a committee be appointed to lopk into the rates and Qbtain data but on the ‘advise of G. A. Macdonald the: president and secretary were instrueted to write" the ‘T. N. O. itthcque;y,". Trade was held in the ‘council chamâ€" ber with T. F. King, president for 1024, in the chair There was a Ccomparaâ€" tively small attendance and. the tion was asked more than once °‘ ds not the merchants and others show more interest in the Board of Trade and help in this necessary and valuâ€" able work for the community" W. 8. * s e T t PSE ie ons King was nominated as president again but declined as~he had held the the position for two years. H. G. Laidâ€" law and G.. A. Macdonald retired in favour of Gosmcxllor F. M.â€" Wallingford selected president for . 1925 by % Laidlaw accepted A incy. Mr. Macpherson Eiubhshed in 1817, the Bank of Montreal was the first permanent bank in British North Americs, Insugurating branch bankmg in Cnmda, it was the first bank in the capital of Lower Canade, first in tHe capital of Uppcaudmdfimofthcpmembothymwn. afterwards Ortaws, the capital of the Dominion. It was the firss permanent bank to be established west of the Great Lakes and the first to achieve a transcontinental Mofbnudm. It was also® ‘nufimmmn 1o provide Canada with a domestic bothbolhqdcoimge 'l'hcfimhnktomut ulfiuotmg the foreign trade of Canada; ‘The first banker for Government of Canada, ‘The firste bank to help finance the improvement of the St. Lawrence Waterway, through the assistance it gave to the building of the first Lachine Canal. From its inception the Bank of Montreal has held the confidence of the Canadian people. Today thar confidence is expressed in the fact that the Bank holds mose than one million deposit accounts, equal to a deposit account for one4n every ten persons in the entire Dominion. Canadians natur;lly expect, as the sequel to such a record. ~â€" that this Bank will umnthespmtofthcpmwmco * operating with the future business life of the nation. ‘There was a comparaâ€" tendance and the ~more than once * chants and others show in the Board of Trade is necessary and valuâ€" the community" W. 8. aniuvi? a tHp. o f!? .'.',.{ ‘yonm nvm: nm unxmcs sn\ucg..,. the Outcome of 117 Years‘ Successful Operation _ PATHEINDING The blaze started in one of the offices, the cause of the fire not being known. Before the fire was brought under conâ€" trol the lower part of the building was gutted and damage done to the upper part of the building. The office of the geologist was the worst sufferer but the offices of the general manager and genâ€" eral superintendent were also injured by the flames. No maps or records were spoiled except in the geologist‘s ofâ€" fice, the material from the other offices being in the yvault â€"overnight. The inâ€" tense cold â€"made fireâ€"fighting difficult but the fire brigade did excellent work. It will be about three weeks before the necessary repairs can be completed to put the offices back in shape." Ten years ago on Jan. 12th, and 13th the two I1.0.O0.F. lodges in the Porcuâ€" pine held their election of officers. [ At Timmins on the 13th D.D.G.M. Bro. Young of Cochrane assisted by Bros. Warrell, Cochrane; Forbes, Johnson, of Matheson; Starling, of Porcupine} Whyte and Leaman of Timmins duly installed the new officers in theirâ€"resâ€" pective positions as follows: J.P.G. Bro. Cowan; N.G. Bro. McHugh; V.G. Bro. Muskett; RS, Bro. Smith; FS. Bro. Eddy; Treasurer, Bro. Harris; Warden, Bro. Newman; Conductor, Bro. Henâ€" derson; Q.G., Bro. Lavin; J.G., Bro. Robinson:; MS.N.G., Bro. Urquhart; L. S.N.G., Bro. Katz, R.S.V.G, Bro. Cornâ€" thwaite; LS.V.G,, Bro, Seott; R.S;,S., Bro.. Geddes; LS.S, Bro. Mansfield; Chaplain, Bro. Bailey. Following the installation, speeches were made by the gélected officers and the visiting broâ€" thers, after which the fourth degree wWas exemplified, every one .showifg sngérial antitude in the work. Cliff Jenxmett rétiring Past Grand, with a P.G.‘jewel. Short speeches were made by Bros. Johnson, Forbes, Boyie, Warrell, Wilder, Luxton Leaman and Whyte. Officers installed were: J.P.G. Cluff Jemmett;. N.G. Bro. Hughes; V.G., T.: Gibbons; R.S., Geo. Starling; F.6., R,og Vaughan; Treasurer, G. T. 6. At South Porcupine on the 12th the ceremony was conducted by Bro. M. Young, D.D.G.:.M. ably assisted by Bt‘o Warrell, Cochrane, Dan Johnson, |J. M. Forbes, Matheson;<«Wilder, Alf Liutxâ€" ton, Iroquois Falls; N. Leaman, Timâ€" mins; M. Smith, Geo. Starling, Porâ€" cupine. After the Jceremony of the inâ€" stallation Bro. Young presented Bro. Train; R.S.N.G.. W. S. Harry; L.S.N.CG. P. Hichards: REV.G., J. Aitken; L. SV.G. R. Matthews; Chaplain, Alex Hogg‘ Warden R. Sheppard; Conducâ€" tor, . J. Andrews; R.S.S.. B. COx; L. B.8B., W. Â¥. Munroe,; IG B. Webb, 0.G., Ed Uren. "J. A. Legris is the new mayor of Haileybury, having defeated the sther candidate in the contest, Mr. Foppleâ€" ton, by .a majority of 25," says The Ad- vance of Jan. 14th, 1925. Just as good toâ€"day as it was ten yearsâ€"ago:â€"‘‘‘There should be a special ESTABLISHED 1817 and particular moral and inspiratton for many at this time in the statement made by Bradstreets that eightyâ€"four per cent. of ali firms that fail are nonâ€" advertisers." Notes of. ten years ago:â€""Miss Millie Lehman of ‘Matheson, is reported ill with ptomaine psisoning thought to be due to eating some canned fruit." "W. cKnight ‘was reâ€"elected mayor of: New Liskeard by acclamation. _ Mr. McKnighu. who takes a very active and helpful part in Board of Trade matâ€" ters, is known throughout the district asva loyal and useful worker for New Liskeard. "‘ "At a children‘s party a little boy was attempting to twist a litâ€" tle girl‘s arm. The little girl, a vigorâ€" ous .and determined young person, managed to struggle free, and, as she did‘ so, hurled at the tormentor the indignant protest, ‘Herbert Johnson, I am not your "Some days ago some unknown ‘party threw a brick through the window of the house of the constable at Elk Lake, narrowly missing the: constable‘s head." "Proâ€" vincial Officer Fenwick, of Porquis Junction, leaves this week for Toronto to undergo an operation for a peculiar condition of his jaw. Some months ago while making a search of a farmâ€" house near Connaught, the woman pof the house being searched struck him ‘over the neck and jaw with a broom handle. ‘Since then, he has been unâ€" able to completely remedy the injury. It is thought that a nerve was injured by the blow. In any even he has been deprived of. the pmper use of his jaw ‘and‘ an operation has ‘been ordéered to remedy the trouble." "Mr. W. J. Post is the new reeve of Bucke township." ‘‘Thereare 292 students enrolled this year at the: North Bay NormalSchsol." “Daily newspapers have hbeen publishâ€" ing pictu;gs recently of a motor car that‘ will ~climb a flight of stairs. eCs *4 e ol Wonderful improvements have been made and are being made in automoâ€" biles. > In a few years it is probable that there: will be a motor: car that will travel : on. North Country: ~roads, even in the spring and fall." "The mother of Roy Bilbrough, Kirkland Lake, died at Toronto recently through an oldi type of accident. Sheâ€" was seventy years of age and while getting ready LO take a bath she slipped and fell, breakâ€" ing severalâ€"ribs whereâ€"her side struck against the bath in the fall. She died a few hours after the accident." "The Christmas time saw a number of very interesting presentations in connection with the workers of the Baptist church !in Timmins. The pastor, Revy. M. R. Hall, was presented with a wellâ€"filled purse. Mr. T. A. Skelly, the faithful and capable choir leader, was presentâ€" ed with a beautiful bound Bible. The girls of Mrs. McFadden‘s Sunday School class presented their teacher with a handsome reading lamp and an address of appreciation, the address being read by Miss Maimie Borland." One of the big events of the week ten years ago was Bachelors‘ Night at the local Caledonian Society. Proâ€" gramme, entertainment and refreshâ€" ments were all in charge of the unâ€" married members i3f the club, though, according . to The Advance, Mr.. A. Roberts had to be designated a bacheâ€" lor for the evening to ensure the sucâ€" cess of the refreshment end of a very suuccessful affair. Afterâ€"the business part of the meeting was concluded, President D. Mackie turned over the chair to R. H. Gray. Among those who took active parts in the programme were Messrs A. Gordon, J. Bridges, J. Cunliffe, D. R. Twaddle, J. Liddell, W. Thompson, Mrs. T. Twaddle, and Miss Harman. During the evening Pregâ€" dent Mackie made reference to the exâ€" pected departure of two valued memâ€" bers, Mr. and Mrs. Hill, who were reâ€" turning to Scotland. They were made honorary member of the society and were wished bon voyage by the memâ€" bers of the society. was published in The Advance ten years ago. The Cochrane District Childrens Aid was organized in May. 1924. Formerly it had been under the Temiskaming * C.A.S. _ Headquarters were established at Timmins for work done in the judicial district of Cochâ€" rane, including Timmins,. South Porâ€" cupine, Schumacher, Porquis Junction, Iroquois Falls, Ansonville, Matheson to Kensgami Lake, ‘Cochrane east to Grant. Officers were Chas. V. Galâ€" lagher, South Porcupine,‘! president; Albert Taylor, Godhrane, first vigeâ€" president; F. K. Ebbitt, Iroquois Falls, second viceâ€"president; D. Johnson, Matheson,â€" third viceâ€"president; D. Butherland, Timmins, treasurer;, O. Robertson, Timmins, local superintendâ€" ent and secretary. The executive comâ€" mittee was composed of the mayors, reeves, and clergy of the district with the members of the federal and..proâ€" vincial houses as honorary préesidents. Puring the time coyened by the report seven applications were received for childrme, 24 were received from the juvenile court, 13 were made wards, six were sent to industrial schools, four were given suspended sentence, 31 inâ€" vestigations were made in homes of :the district, 25 office interviews were given, 28 attendance at court were eight wards were placed in private homes, two were sent to the Haileybury shelter, 3000 miles were travelled on business of the society, 135 pieces of mail were received and 160 despatched, 700 miles more were travelled visiting wards outside the town, and 20 wards were visited. For finances the society received grants from the towns of Timâ€" mins, Iroqusis Falls, Matheson; Dome, Hollinger and MciIntyre mines;" Abjitibi Power and Paper Co.; Township of Tisâ€" pine Lodge, A.. F. A. M.; and U Abitibi Chapter, Royah Arch Masons. Members of the Roman f separate school board elected for 1925 were::â€"D. Laprairie, J. E. Newton, and F. Kehoe. There was more interest in the election than usual, as large perâ€" sentage of the total possible vote was A report of the work done by the Children‘s Aid Society for the District of Cochrane covering the period from May, 1924, to December, 1924, by Oscar Robertson, local superintendent then, 24 JPE ; BEA To .4 sean o _ . . io To + "Â¥ frightened him with the sight of a real Sudbury Star:â€"Westerners kidnapâ€" d a radio cowboy ‘singer, took his away from ‘him, apd then reâ€" ; ~LODE.; TIMMINS, ONTARIO LAST Auagq \git.. VU) â€"@UY. STeAm "One hears a good dsal about the losers in the mining market but not so much of the winners. ~Yet a great many people have made a lot of l money in the past few years out of ] mining shares or now have holdings which have a large marketable â€"value. To offset yarns about the widows and. old maid school teachers who lost alll there is the authentic ‘@bory :of a‘proâ€" fessional man in a Nowherp ‘Ontgrio town who: was fortunate enough to be given an opportunity â€" ‘?s buy Little: Long Lac stock at 25 oer% He scrapâ€" ed: up $750 and secured . %3, . shares. Not long ago he met one ot‘the officials ‘of the company and told _ him that uhfis* purchase had been a godsend to him. When the shares went to $7 he i thousand, to secure a sum. adequmte to put his son through a college ‘course,. the funds for which h’,_ ; no otherwise available. In â€" has 2000 shares "worth s him â€"of pressing financ} n wwesmal ed' |his boy and left him with_ * considerable. "actual and perhaps Some Make Money in the Mining Stocks It Requires Good Judgment and Courage, but it is Done in Some of the Best Families. Some Examples ~There was a time when the newsâ€" papers were full of stories of the money being made in Cobalt, Porcupine and: other mining places. Ever hear about the fortunes made in the Yukon? Once it appeared as if there wasn‘t anything but making money in mining towns and mining stocks. But there was time when everything seemed to change. With the trial of the brokers some years ago the impression seemed to be generally spread that there was nothing but losses in minmg stocks. Articles in the newspapers and even bocks have been written about the money lost in speculation in mining stocks. Of course all this doesn‘t prove that there is nothing but loss in minâ€" ing investments. All it proves is that there are fashions in newspaper materâ€" ial used, and that a lot of newspapers follow fashion slavishly without knowâ€" ing what they may be doing. Of course there is money lost in mining towns and mining stocks. There are no lines lm which losses are not suffered in this funny world. But there is another side 'to the picture. This other side is well worth consideration. It is ‘very efféecâ€" tively dealt with by W. J. Gorman, who writes the ever interesting column, "Grab Samples," in The Northern Minâ€" er. Hers is what :Friend: Gorman say‘s : â€" | greater potential: value. In‘, telling of his experience he did not !afi to express his gratitude to the mining official who had given him the opportuuy to do a speculationâ€"Of ©$2,300 made over .a period of several years. Inmeinterim hehldemactedaconsmnblesum in dividends. . "One very old man has been a conâ€" sigtent dabbler in mining shares, alâ€" though his own particular business had nothing to do with the industry and, he lives far from a mining atmosphere. His selections have been remarkably good and his winnings must be very of $35,000. â€" She has been able to afford a husband which is somethinx in thwe days. "Judging â€" by the wporxs that qome to this.office .many people have made money in mining shares. A few . days ago a visitor pointed.across the street to a $2,000 wanduidheyon out of one particular issue in a few .â€" Aa r listing his stocks, ¢é éé $63,000, said they. reâ€" Me Evyery six months he comes in to review the situation and to qbeck over losses and gains. "There must be something about the medical profession thst makes its practicloners good speculators. A surâ€" mstnzrmmberofmedicosbeoomem' mey nete Mastpdyammm:mflnydt- rectors. It is said, too,. that all the doetors and dentists in the â€"country are n through a colflege ‘course, Foul Play investmentâ€"or on the promoters‘ mailing listsâ€"to use a polite term. We j;_xdge. (;'om our "No matter how dull the market may be there are always some share seekâ€" ers. As a matter of fact a good many patient people wait for slumps and pick up bargains when others are willing to offer them. Later they modestly anâ€" nounce their purchase price at a time when market excitement offers them large profits. Others have a yen for "averaging down‘! their cost, apparentâ€" ly having heard sometime that this is a ‘good practice, whereas it often‘ is a ‘debatable course. Then there are ‘those who can be "reâ€" 1oaded" strange type who will. continue to buy, time afâ€" ter time,‘ the. same ‘stotck in the same enterprise ‘with the same unvarying ‘lack Oof success. j ._"One of the oddest cases. of which the. writer has knowledge is that of : a NOrthem*business man who had aâ€" chieved : remarkable® success Over a ‘period ‘Oof‘ years in his speculating acâ€" tivities. . He came to be regarded as a sort : of gambling authority and had built up 2 considerable fortune by a series of shrewd moves, some of which were rather spectacular. When â€" he 'finally. in 1928, converted his holdings into cash he fell in love with a certain mining project of dubious merit and developed an ambition to own a maâ€" jority stock interest. He bought the shares in blocks and in reams, refusing to listen to the counsel of his friends. correspondence, that the medical men have made a lot of money in mining in the past few years. "However, mining speculators or inâ€" vestors are not confined to any one trade or profession,. The railroaders, for example, take fliers and follow the progress of their companies with inâ€" telligent interest,. Western â€"farmers (and where do they get the money?) are good customers of the brokers and promoters, _ Ontario livestock men, Ncva S3ilia apple growers, British Columbia lawyers and Quebec business men reveal their indentitiese occasionâ€" ally as chance takers and frequently as winners in a business of which they can normally have little first hand knowledge. Of course â€" the mining camps provide the greatest percenâ€" tage of shargâ€"buvers. Even up in the Arctic they get radio quotations of mine shares six days a week and make their commitments through â€" Edmonton brokers by wireless. @ HOT BURNING. Oouiammaumhfia. @ CLEAN, All Corl, no waste. [ 4 MS" CMANAN COAL. From P deep : . PURE ASH. NO WA‘"- No bore, no cli _. l,e‘fi;de ash. . EA‘Y To 'IR!. Less artention in colfd or mnld cher Ideal: o No MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT| Canada‘s |aswer: to the demand for 2 modern fuel which does not heed expenfre equipment, @ PROVEN DOWN TO 5o BELO Saves Your Pursel! # FROM AN lfl'All.lm MINE, years of slisfactory hearâ€" ing has given WesternfGem a namifor reliability. By WILLIAM RITT ind JACK WILHELM +i warm year after year Fra Phone 32 He finally got what he â€"was after and had himself elected president of what proved to be a worthles enterprise, into which he had sunk the large winâ€" nings of years.. He was uced to reâ€" turning to a small busines, enterprise which barely kept him Obviousâ€" ly his speculating experiqgce had failâ€" ed to teach him the funlamental fact that it is ore and not. ket activity that counts in the long fin. Gogama Wolf Apjears to be After Recor} for Size Sudbury at present is boasting the presence of a dead wolf fhat seems to be a record for size f@ the timber wolf variety. The animg is seven and . a half feet long from tipg@f nose to the ; end of its tail, without Ather nose or,t.. tail being unduly long'. (4) Ali\fe, th beast stood two and a MIf feet Its claws are an inch anl a half long. )\ Altogether it was the 56 mal that no one would . = nt any dears" trapper with a gun and | 1 able to draw the triger wolf got those claws tow Just how the story hapkned and pro- gressed is told as follow.:â€" "Two weeks ago C.â€" trapper, was making 1 trap lines. ‘Rounding gSenC C after examining a min rap, he himself not 12 feet fromin walf the size ofnone other he. had Wer. gen in hIs life. With the. wind g its: arrozant "0f$h ‘rabbit which fib path, with crust® 'ts paws, the isn‘t w nowadaya b Milwaukée â€"Jo power that a girl ne won‘t power. s Keeps Yestern bhomes b steady su}zero weather. Race? It isn‘t wil"