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strangest cocmbination imaginable of goâ€"getter and philosopher, grabber and philanthropist, realist and dreamer. The American type, now disappearing, which embodied the ruthless magnate with the charitable, almost quixotic, gift giver, included Thompson as a striking example. He had a difficult time making his first million and by many had been rated a failure. Once he got started his rise was meteoric ang Nipissing was one of his first real killâ€" He was as ran $53000 Glimpse at the Early Emancing of Cobalt per SUCCE more t the bul nad den: ning he Firemen had 288 Calls and 1700 Inspections 1€ 16 pecial ( aad ht Tk ( 16 /illiam Boyce Thompson was born Alder Gulch, Nevada, in 1869, the of a business adventurer and noâ€" i who moved from point to point he Southwest in the stirring days of Vigilantes, in a mining atmospheéere ligh excitement. His biographer says t the younger Thompson was the ngest combination imaginable of CROUP, 16 Cent a Mile tmumut :. Excursion Barric, Bracebridge, Brantford, Brockville, BUFFALO, C Collingwood., Cornwa‘l, DETROIT, Gananoque, Glencoe, ( CGravenhurst, Guelph, HAMILTON, Harrison, Huntsville, | Kincardine, KINGSTON, Kitchener, Lindssy, Listowel, L Meaford, Midland, Morrisburg, Napanes:, Newmarket, . N FALLS, Orillia, Owen Sound, Palmerston, Paris, Penetang., P Prescott, St. Catharines, Sarnia, Southampton, Stratford WINDSOR, Woodstock, Capreol, Gogama, Tionaga, Foley From:m A!l pI (Continued from rage One) mantIi{ rly ): lickets, Return Limits and Train Information from all Agen miskaming and Northern Ontarie Railway: Nipissing ( Railway, and 18 1 arle, a New York metal broker, rd of the ores of Cobalt and, samples, had them assayed. itounded to discover that they 0 to the ton. Three months behalf of a syndicate of New italists associated with the Inâ€" al Nickel Company Earle purâ€" ie Nipissing claims for $200,â€" reupon Edmund C. Converse, of the Bankers Trust Comâ€" odd adventurer named Capâ€" mar and several others formed ising Mines Company with shares of $5 par. 1 1906 Earle was ready to offer to the public and looked about me to make a market for it. ‘rompson was selected for the , after some misgivings on the Mo FRIDAY, JANUARY 24th uet was brought to an end ng of God Save the King. ime occupied was from 6.30 minutes after eight. Everyâ€" been arranged in a most manner. There were many for Mrs. Shephard repast provided, and y the annual firemen‘s supâ€" a complete and pleasing me Towns on T. N. 0. RLY. and NIPISSING CENTRAL RLY Via Canadian National Rallways from North Bay Biography o f "igure in the s of Nipissing NoodslOCk, Capreol, Gogama, Tionaga, Foleyet LONGLAC, HARDROCK, GERALDTON. JELI e fine service the ‘mâ€"that of giving usions at the hosâ€" people from the d asking blood in boys were always to TORONTO and Thompson was making a fortune but he decided to retain a large block of his stock. To stabilize the market he conceived the idea of interesting the Guggenheims and they in turn sent John Hay Hammond, then at the height of his career as a mining enâ€" gineer, to Cobalt. Thompson himself sguided him through the glories of Nipissing and took him to walk on the Silver Sidewalk. Hammond and his exâ€" perts were obviously impressed, so much so that a few days later the great enâ€" bought 10,000 shares of the stock. The Guggenhsims at first denied that they were interested but a week later took an option on 400,000 shares at $25 a share ang paid $2,500,000 as ‘the first of four installments. The pubâ€" ilic fairly jumped out of the water to seize the bait. In the course of a wild week Nipissing rose to $33% __But trouble developed. Presently the Guggenhsims approached Thompson saying they feared there was a defect in the title. What had actually hapâ€" pened was that their engineers, drilling, had bottomeq the Bonanza vein at 20 feet and, becoming panic stricken, they ignored the many other veins on the property. Rumors concerning the title got abroad, the public began to sell, Delamar dumped his stock and disapâ€" peared, Thompson sold out his holdings and those of his friends and the Gugâ€" genheims dropped their option, sacriâ€" ficing 60,000 shares and offering to reâ€" fund losses to any of their clients. There was an awful uproar and the stock fell to $12. Thompson bought out the holdings of the International Nicke] group at a low price and, with Earle, reorganized the company. This was only an incident in the caâ€" reer of this remarkable man, who went from success to success as an organizer and promoter of mining companies. Copper was probably his best medium ang he made many millions out of the metal. Of his later adventures thers is no space to speak. The writer of this column can say that it contains astonishing details of the life of a financial buccaneer in an era which permitted him full scop» for the exerâ€" ¢clse of his genius. New York Life:â€"If th highways get much b make much difference i the trains to railroad C Dcom was crea ordinary volume Wall Street began to bubole with tales of Cobalt‘s riches. Thompson inâ€" structed Bullock to get Aim a nrivate car, which he filled with Wall Street brokers who presently tread, a little unsteadily perhaps, the famous "Silver Sidewalk" of Cobalt. From that point on the rise of Nipissing was extraorâ€" dinary. The stock went to $15 on Sepâ€" tember 18th, to $18§ on the 20th and to $20 a week later. It finally reached $25 in this move. The whole list of minâ€" ing shares rose with it and a mining bcsom was created which had extraâ€" TESSOr WTrOlLeé A report. In May Thompson off on the Curb in New Y trading was qull, money silver was an unfam "©rhompson did some trad account, kept up the s« market while Bullock, w correspondent of the N sent stories under a Co chanting the gloriss of I silver is here, millions C richest ores of their kind ledge alone $300,000 . . . : ing wider and richer as Intoxicating words, doul they were true. Thompson began h engaging the services of public opinion, an man named Starr Bullc enginserâ€"his name is had been a professor made much of the fac fellow of the Roval C ciety of London. The balt and returned> wit Bullock wrote a bookl fessor wrote a repor| not even susp! directors. He tco shares at the month at $3.45 derstanding ths the full amow January, 1907, | vilege of buying at $4.90 per sh part of the Ni been dissipated Thompson was amazed at Mts. J. Steele, Stanley HMHouse P.O., Muskoks, writes: "When our chilâ€" dren took whooping cough, nothing did them any good until we tried Buckley‘s., Relieft was almost immediate. The coughing spasms quickly disappeared. I‘ll never cease to be grateful to Buckley‘s."‘ t Mother Testities uspected by 11 ind Cobalt date lit f Nipissing. "T mili adin LONDON, NIAGAR A a fortune but large block of he market he nteresting the in turn sent ner atâ€" the 1€ entral 1€ 17146 O at Vein grow â€" es gqown." o b:ecause i1 C do bea moulde ontair e of whic 2 w3papetrâ€" i mining ialâ€"who imp ; special rk Sun, A LE ha > CJ""*]| I. A. Solomon‘s rink won the Timâ€" ¢ cup in 1926 after a hard battle with G. H. Gauthier‘s The Soloâ€" K S'mc“‘lmon outfit weére three ends up at the $4 but | end of the thirteenth end. ht and Officers elected in the Timmins Huâ€" ement.! mane Society of ten years ago were: I1S OWnIpresident. Mrs. J. A. McInnis; vic:â€" @ of }| presidents, Mr. Goldie, A. Craig; secreâ€" special| tary, Mrs. E. Loney; treasurer, Mrs. c Sun,) Bolster. The society was handicapped e ling, at that time through lack of an inspecâ€" . "The|tor but R. Eddlestons: came to the rosâ€" . The| cue with an offer to look after the job m one : without pay. GTOW â€" Offirersc inctallod at tha TTimminc Po. 40 .0 W 1ad *suffering from fright after having besn attacked by a pack of wolves. He had come north from Toronto to buy furs. He had been going along nicely one day with a sled full of furs when a pack of wolves had come up behind and although he tried to get his ,dogs to move faster, they were unable to keep ahead of ‘the ravenous animals," scribed. New electoral districts were se out that year and the Porcupine Min ing Camp was one of them. The ex tension of the franchise to the girl of the C.G.I.T. groups was under con sideration at the time. sideration at the time. A fine wolf story came out of Cabalt in the winter of 1926. A man was brought in from North Temiskaming Roy Hardy was the member for the North in the Older Boys‘ Parliam:nt in Toronto late in 1925. In those days, one of the rooms of the legislative asâ€" sembly was set aside for the boys‘use. The local member assured the house that the share of bonds set aside for his territory would be surely oversubâ€" investigate the case the woman had become annoyed and had hit him in the eye. Costs and nine months in jail was the sentence given the woman. Other court cases that week were minor affairs. Meetings of the St. Matthsw‘s Social club were hild on the first and fourth Tuesday of each month ten years ago. The club had just completed the purâ€" chasing of a piano. She was made to kngel down on peas and to hold a milk bott‘e over her head for long periods, a little girl told the magistrate in police court ten years ago. If she went to lower her arms, a whip was applied, she claimed. The woman who was accused of doing this admitted the pea treatment, claiming that it was common in her native land, but denizd the whipping. Marks on the little girl‘s body had been caused by kicks from a man, the girl said. When the inspector for the Children‘s Aid society, Oscar Robertson, had called at the home to investigate the case the woman had y e 4 nc 2s t .25 auth. B inss * nath id d o. _A ult L A fh... A... 35. Officers installed at the Timmins R€â€" | many pleasant social evenings and a bekah lodge in 1926 were: Noble Grand| particularly fine time on New Year‘s Sister Irene Closs; Viceâ€"Grand, Sister | pryp Jametta â€" Kelly; recording â€" secretary,| ‘The fire department had to desal with Sister Ethel Keene, F.N.G.; financ1@!| five chimney fires in a week ten years secretary, Sister Minnie Cowan; CO2â€" ago, No damage was done in any of ductor, Sister Maude Morley; warden, | them. Sister Lillian Geddes; inside guardian,i C. Houle, employse of the McIntyre Sister Edna Arnold; outside guardian, / mins, died ten years ago this week, Bro. Alfred Kelly; R.S. Noble Grand,|following injuries received when some Sister Louise Orr; LS. Noble Grand, / ore dropped from a buckst down the Sister Catherine Cameron; R.S. Viceâ€" shaft. Mr. Houle was working in the Grand, Sister Sarah Thomas; LS. Viceâ€"| shaft at the time and suffered a fracâ€" Grand, Sister Jessie Webb; Chaplain, tured skull. He was 51 years of age and Sister Winnifred Johns: pianist, SisteT haqd been in the Porcupine camp less Violet Starr. than a year. His family, wife, two sons, She was made to knéel down on peas|and two daughters, survived him. The and to hold a milk bott‘e over her head ‘ wife, a son and daughter had Remember Charlie Chaplin‘s "Go 4 tho Rush?" It was playing the Goldfieids ) shot just ten years ago this week and Was) bodi making a real hit in its fourâ€"day run. | Eyvey "The Abitibi Power and Paper com-!at,e pany produced no less than 160,000 ; The tons o‘ newsprint during the year 1925,| poin the best the company had had up to | hagd that ctime. That was an averag> Of of 5; between 520 and 530 tons per working; a dgy. R. A. McInnis was in charge of | ferec the plant in those days. the The annual business meeting and ed b banquet of the Timmins Volunteer Fir®e ) some Brigad: was held just ten years ag0 ) som: this week. Officers were: deputy chisf,| the W. G. Smith; secretaryâ€"treéeasurer, J. yery Morrison: captains: J. Morrison, Gorâ€" [ don Pooley and Jas. Morton. Mayor McInnis, the councillors, Fire Chief A.‘this Borland and others were speakers at team the banquet that followed the mesting. With A heartyv vote of thanks was accorded| ,,,,,, | trip toOnl the tha bet agy the the banquet that followed the mesting. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mrs. Borland who had much to do with preparations. suffering esfeateates v*. #a #o ** Sustvates * # netests “. of Pilsudski, Prince throne. ‘The ancien are shown above. A ND NOW THE DUKE IS KING TEN YEARS AGO IN TIMMINS From data In the Porcupine Advance Fyles. fright after having a pack of wolves. He from Toronto to buy f tha N girl told the ten years ago. arms, a whip The woman ‘wW monar orge is 1 lace of ki THE PORCUPINETE ADVANCE, TTMMINS ONTARIO Â¥ [ ate afe i8 se eb it s dn | opicicism â€" from _ northern _ ©@O000000000000000000000000000000000000000800880844%0¢ 00 0 Ma R. S. Potter was mayor of Matheson in 1926, with William Harper, George Abbott, W. J. Kitts, J. A. Hough, Dan Johnson and R. Hembruff as councillors The junior game here ten yesars ago this week when Iroquois Falls was the visiting team took thirty minutes of overtime to decide. The final score was Sir George Bury, formerly superinâ€" tendent of the C. F. R. with headquarâ€" ters at North Bay came in for plenty of m niography. He answered questions on all sorts of problems, quoting Bosâ€" well, to prove the wide sympathies of the writer. A syndicate had been formed in early 1926 to develop kaolin claims staked by Josaph Moore. The clay had been anâ€" alysod and had been proven of high alysed quality years ago this week. There was skatâ€" ing at the rink every afternoon from two o‘clock and band at night quite often. Mrs. M. A. Humphries, of Shillington was a patignt in the Matheson hospital ten years ago. She fell outside her home on the last day of 1925 and broke her elbow. Miss Sinclair, a former pupil of Owen Smiley, was a guest at the Timmins Caledonian Society in January, 1926. She gave several bits of elocution, some in Frenchâ€"Canadian dialect; some in the Irish brogue and many othsrs. G. A. Macdonald gave an address on James Boswell, the Scottish author, whose "Life of Johnson" set a new standard in biography. He answered questions on all sorts of problems, quoting Bosâ€" well, to prove the wide sympathies of Hon. G. S.; Henry, then minister of public works in Ontario referred, acâ€" cording to some newspapers to the North as "this winterland," but The Adâ€" vance pointed out that the minister had actually said "this hinterland." Curling and skating were the two big sport activities in which ths community of South Porcupine was indulging ten years ago this week. There was skatâ€" ing at the rink every afternoon from two o‘clock and band at night quite and two daughter wife, a son and moved to Timmin Events at the Schumacher Caledonâ€" ian Sozciety wore carried on in 1926 mich as they had been in 1925. There were many pleasant social evenings and a particularly fine time on New Year‘s cConnau dressed. The fire department had to deal with five chimney fires in a week ten years ago. No damage was done in any of them. with a 6â€"2 defeat, their third of the season. Chairman of committees in the Kiâ€" wanis club of 1926 gave summaries of the work they hoped to sze accomâ€" plished by the club at one of the Janâ€" uary meetings. Membership fees were made payabls in advance quarterly at trip to this we the story went on. Finally the man shot four of the wolves, leaving their bodies for the rest of the pack to eat. Even this did not satiate them and they ate all the dogs of his team but one. The story was incomplete from that point, because, it was stated, the man had been so frightened he lost his power om®wha A Mathsosc ered injury he winter 0o AM T1 idred local sport fans made the Iroquois Falls ton years ago ‘k to support the junior hoclfPy The local lads wers forced back 6â€"2 defeat, their third of the HtfC on lad, Teddie Johnson,. su{tâ€" y in a peculiar mann:r in f 1926. His sled, being pullâ€" g, slippeq under a horse in r other and the horse being startled., kicked the bovy in nC 0OpC 14 he younger lad‘s lsg. Dr. Day‘s hospital at > the â€"wound was gOssi Duke of Ken was schedule survived him. The daughter had just ida dis norse being the boy in figured for death r the * t t 4*3 4 4 4* 5 454 4 * * S 3 C * C 3 4* L* 55 4 5 4 88888881 88# 888 484888844488# 44488 4488844844 S 4 4 4 t 4 4 4# uary l1th. ‘The little girl was two months and five days old at the time of death." "Mrs. Sheppard and Mrs. Keene are in Matheson this week inâ€" stalling officers for the Rebskah Lodge there." "A new post office has been opened at Cheminis the station at the Quebec border end of the> T. N. O. line from Larder Lake to Rouyn." "The many good friends in this district of the groom will be interested in the anâ€" nouncement of the marriage at the First Unitarian Church, Toronto, of Mrs. Gladys Hannah Montgomery and Mr. J. Robertson Gordon, the event taking place on January 2nd. Mr. Gorâ€" don was one of the pioneer business men of the North Land and he will reâ€" czive in this district the heartiest wishes for himself and bride." ‘"The many friends of Mr. P. Maltais will reâ€" Â¥ayior Hardware Lftfd., wer> in town this week on business." . "Thursday last a few of the Ukrainians in the town and district observed their spz2cial Christmastime, according to their cusâ€" toms overseas." "Dr. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson returned last night from a trip to Florida. Th:y made part of the trip by boat and found the voyage very pleasant. In Florida they saw several from Timmins, including Mr. D. J. Moâ€" leskt and H. A. Proctor." "Sincere sympathy will be extended to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Magnon in the death of their infant daughter, on Monday, Janâ€" tIOn Dut promised to hold ; mesting with the town solicito sider the question. Protest pri would be dropped, the council vised, if they would pass a byâ€" ng the number on the counci and then resign. Locals in The Advance of | ago included: "Mr. F. L. Ro: Monday morning for Cobalt t uncle who is very ill." "Mr. J liott, for 23 years a resident o bury district, died last woek, years. Death was due to pns "Mr. D. B. Curtis of Hamilt in Janty council which ; Mavyor agreed â€" that all tion bu mesting when he wrote Maclean‘s mag North Bav his succes: much of : tendent." a particul: Sir Georgt AÂ¥ bear c owne woek hand DPictorial Review ... . 1vr. D Canadian Horticulture and Home Magazine .. 1yr. Mcinnis with Mtr and you will receive the whole 4 publicaâ€" tions for one year from the date we receive the coupon. Here is the amazing combination â€" low price. Maclean‘s (24 issues) 1 yr. National Home Monthly .......... 1 yr. Canadian Current Thought .. .1 yr. 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