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Gunsmith Estimates Age Arthur Gervais, gunsmith, of 111 Pine street, north, cleared up the mystery quickly. One glance at the ~weapon placed it about the year 1860 in Mr. Gervais‘ mind. He pointed out its main characteristics: breech loading, rim firing. Probably not many pistols of its type were made, for Mr. Gervais, in all his experisnce in dealing with the history of rifles, pistols, shotguns and revolvers, had seen only one other that remotely resembled it. His own collection of weapons has in it about 300, ranging from the old flintâ€"fired, straightâ€"handled duelling pistols, to the more modern equipment of army officers. He has guns from the early pionéering day.s, six shooters such as Buffalo Bill carried. are his of Ohlnme jade touches his precious pieces,. And more, he knows their hisâ€" tory, can tell what led to the developâ€" ment of any piece and why it was disâ€" caurded. Find Is Still a Mystery y Ralph Doling‘s find still remains a mystery. Possibly the little weapon was a family heirloom brought to the North in recent years, lost in moving. Perâ€" haps it is a relic of earlier times of the Hudson‘s Bay Company and the fur traders. It must have lain in the ground of Hollinger townsite for many years, for its 38â€"calibre barrel is now rusted beyond use. Its trigger action is stiffens:d so that it no longer works. The only visible clue to the maker of the pistol is engraved on the top of the barrel where the words "Co., Brookâ€" lyn, N.Y." can be deciphered. The hammer projects about half an inch above the barrel and is slotted to act as the rear sight. The front sight is of some white metal, probably steel. Engraveg in the brass, just in front of the trigger, is the figure of a dog‘s head. B Highly ornamenteg with scroll work, the heavy little fiveâ€"inch, singleâ€"shot pistol lookzd like a piece of old metal in the ground, Ralph told The Advance on Seturday. The lad did a gnood job of polishing it up and soon even the hammer in working condition. A hasty search through encyclopedias revealed nothing that looked at all like the little weapon. Its barrel measâ€" ures jJust two and a half inches. Obâ€" viously handâ€"tooled, it looks like the predecessor of the modern automatic revolver all right but at the same time its simple mechanism and crude shape seemed to place it ‘way back in history. A solid brassâ€"butted pistol of peculiar design was turned up in a local garden here on Friday when Raliph Doling, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Doling, 55 Messines avenue, was looking around to see what had lain under the snow all The probable age of the pistol exâ€" cited comment from all to whom it was shown. Estimates ranged from 100 to 300 years. Perhaps Hieur d‘Iberville lost it when he was through this part of the country in the 17th century, one young man remarked. Odd, Old Pistol Found in Garden in Townsite It was the habit, reference books say, in pioneering days of this continent, for many gentlemen to carry a small singleâ€"shot pistol for self protection. This relic may be one carried many years ago for that purpose. The weaâ€" pons were accurate only at very short range, almost in handâ€"toâ€"hand combsat. The one shot had to do the trick. Brassâ€"Butted Weapon of Small Size and Unusual Design. Believed to be of 1860 Vintage. Mystery of How it Came . to be in Timmins Garden. | â€" Another issue of Mincral Estates stock has been oversubscribed in Toâ€" yonto, The Advance learned last week from R. Franklin Stibbard, viceâ€"presiâ€" dent and resident manager of the comâ€" pany that at present controls a wide band of property from Timmins to Brisâ€" tol Township totalling 15,000 acres. Of <the 300,000 shares at which the company is capitalized, 100,000 have been issued for Another 20,â€" 000 have teen designated as bonus shares. The first issue of 50,000 shares at $1.00 each was oversubscribed and last week anbther issue. of 25,000 shares Another Issue of Stock Overâ€"subscribed in City First Issue of Mineral Estates Limited All Taken up at $1; and Special Block of Stock Overâ€"Subscribed at $2.50 , ll)‘iiamond Drillmg Now in Progress in Mountjioy Townâ€" â€"â€"ShIp d Railway Travel to . hbe Less Expensive The new fares will apply on the T. N. O. on the same date as on all othâ€" er railways, June 1st. The difference in cost on firstâ€"class tickets will be about 13 per cent., it has been predicted, and this will be a return to preâ€"war rates. Abitibi earnings for the past year are said to be about $1,200,000, compared with $1,000,000 for the previous year. Seventy Members at Annual Church Parade to Schuâ€" macher Church Yesterâ€" day. Seventy members of the I.0.0.F. lodges of Timmins and South Porcuâ€" pine, together with visiting brothers, attended church service last night at Trinity United ‘Church, Schumacher. Rev. Murray Tait chose as his text, ‘Do you know thy neighbour?" and reâ€" marked that it was through such orâ€" ganizapons as the 1.0.0.F. that the friendly spirit of Christianity is fosâ€" tered. Railway travel is to be less costly in Canada after June I1st, according to the announcement on Saturday of the Canadian ‘Passenger Association, in which all the railways of Canada are represented. To get the benefit of return trip fares, it will no longer be necessary to limit a visit to 30 days, but return priâ€" vileges will last forâ€"six months after the sale of the ticket. Those who make transcontinental trips where tourist sleeping car rates are offered will find the new costs a good deal lower, for ordinary day coach tickets will entitle the holder to sleeping accommodation in tourist cars on payment of the berth fare for that class. As the system works now, an additioonal charge is levied for tourist car transportation, aside from berth charges. May Reâ€"organize the Abitib1, Says Report Râ€"organization of the Abitibi Power and Paper Company is again predicted from Toronto. It is stated this morning that arrangements are being made by United States capital for placing at least some units of the big company under new management. Oddfellows Attend T. N. 0. Fares to be Cut 13 Percent as> Railways Announce Reductions. During the service Ron Jones, Timâ€" mins singer, rendered a tsnor solo. Reductions are also to be made in the costs of standard parlour car and standard sleeping car fares. mining units in the five townships into which the and optioned exâ€" Grab samples and channel samples have been taken from a group of claims undor option in northeastern Carscallen but results have not yet been learned. Dimaond drilling continues in the west part of Mountjoy. United States Capital May Take Over Abitibi Powex and Paper Co. Stock Quotations Coming Hour Earlier These Da The Toronto Stock Exchange quotaâ€" ticns began coming threugh this mornâ€" ing an hour ahead of their usual time, so far as Timmins is concerned. Toronâ€" to and the larger centres of Canada adopted daylight saving time Sunday morning at two o‘clock. _ Timmins stock brokers were open for an hour earlier on account of the change but will be able to close somewhat earlier in the afternoon. Service on Sunday A good start of 2500 votes is given for filling out the nomination coupon apâ€" pearing in toâ€"day‘s Advancs,. <Addition= al votes may be Oobtained through sellâ€" ing tickets for the big draw being staged by the Lions Club on June 23rd, the summer carnival day, and by using another coupon that will be published in the Advance from now until June l17th. Do you know somebody who‘q maks a good Queen of the Carnival? â€" Of course you do. Then why not nominate her for the honour, to. be given on June 23rd by the Schumacher Lions Club. Along with the honour goes a diamond ring, and to the two ladxes- inâ€"waiting, wrist watches. _ 3. All nominations must have the personal signature of the contestant. 4. Nominations close on May 1st at 6.00 p.m., and must be in the hands of J. A. Hawkins, Box 93, Schumacher, by that time. The Lions are choosing the Queen by the highest number of votes turned in for the young lady. The ladiesâ€"inâ€" waiting will be those having the second and third highest number of votes. 2. Nominations must be made on an official blank appsaring in â€"toâ€"day‘s Porcupine Advance and in the issue of April 30th. 5. Vot:s may be secured in three ways: (a) The nomination blank enâ€" titles the contestant to 2500 votes. (b) For every ticket to the Schumacher Lions Carnival and Street Dance sold, a contestant is entitled to 500 votss. (c) When a book of six: tickets is sold, the contestant is entitied to an addiâ€" tional 500 votes, provided the receipts are accompanieq by the special coupon printed in toâ€"day‘s Advance. This couâ€" pon will be published in every issue of The Advance until June 17th. Have You Nominated a Carnival Candidate Yet Here are the rules: 1. Any young lady is eligibleâ€"regardâ€" less of the town in which she lives. Conklin‘s Shows will be in Timmins this year a little earliecr than usual, the Canadian Legion has announced. They have chosen the week of May 25th for the big attraction. To be held as usual in the ball park, the shows art reported this year to be even better than in previous seasons. Conklin‘s Shows to be at Timmins Week of May 25 Schumacher Lions to Award Valuable Prizes to Leading Candidates for Honour of Carnival Queen. Read the Rules of the Contest and Then Enter Nominations. Days will be Warmer Says Weatherman Forecast Some More Rains, but they will Help Clear up Affairs. Toâ€"day is just the first of a few "genâ€" srally warm, fair to moderate‘ days the North may expect this week, the weath:rman said this morning. Showers may octcur but these will be welcomed not only in town to clean up sidewalks and roads, but also in the bush, tomelt the snow. Temperatures have been: Thursday, max. 34, min. 13; Friday, mmnday“'mm 15; Saturday, max, 36, min. 29; max. 38, min. 24; last night‘s minimum Timmins got a real surprise over the weekâ€"<nd when, in the period of 24 hours ending at seven o‘clock Sunday 6. Contest closes at noon on June Nominate your candidate now! This picture of modern Turkish soldiers on the march was taken several years ago, when Mustapha Kemar Ataturk‘s fighters were moving along the Greek border, while Greete was in the throes of serious internal contention. Late dispatches state that the soldiers Of Turkey are again on the manth; into the demilitarâ€" ized zone on both sides of the famous Dardenelles States. This region was demilitarized by the treaty of Lausanne. two inches of snow fell. Most Simple Rules Subscriptions to be Left at Local Banks Chartered banks in Timmins are not doing a rushing business accepting subâ€" scriptions to the Nova Scotia miners‘ rescue. fund, for those who helped to get Alfred Scadding and Dr. Robertson is probably because the people did not know about it. After this announcement it may be different. / To date, the only Timmins bank that has been handed any funds is the Canadian Bank of Commerce branch on Pine street. Smith and Elston conâ€" tributed $25 to be forwarded to the central fund and the staff of the Lonâ€" don Life office here contributed anothâ€" er $25. T‘wo hundred thousand pickerel will arrive here soon for placing in rivers and lakes of the district, the Porcuâ€" Expecting 200,000 Pickere]l Here Soon pine Fish and Game Protective Asâ€" sociation has announced. Donations for Moose River Rescue Fund Accepted at all Bank Branches. Fish and Game Protective Association Also to Re:â€" ceive Speckled Trout for Stocking District Waters. The government has also accepted and approved the association‘s request for speckled trout angq lake trout. Alâ€" though the speckled variecty, have been placed in large numbers here before, this is the first time lake trout have been tried. They will be put in Barber‘s Scouts and Guides Attend St. Matthew‘s A large number of the members and officers of St; Matthew‘s troop of Boy sScouts and Pack of Cubs, together with a representation from No. 6 Timmins Troop and Girl Guides and Brownies, attended service yesterday morning in St. Matthew‘s Church. Proper cereâ€" monies attended the bringing into the church of troop, pack and company flags. Twenty students of McGill University, Montreal, arrived in Timmins last night to‘ take part in the summer mining school of the faculty of science. They will spenq the next two weeks doing field work here and learning how the big mines operate. The group is in charge of Professor McBride and O. N. Brown. the St. Matthew‘s Men‘s club will be held in the church hall this evening. Agoodpmcrammehasbeenamnged |Tor the occasion. 8 Large Number Boy Scouts and Girl Guides at Annual Church Parade. Rev. Canon Cushing chose as his text, ‘"Honour all men, love the brotherâ€" hood, fear God, honour the King." He showed how Scouts and Guides assist in spreading obedience to this command throughout Canada and â€"the Empire. McGill Students to T‘wenty Young Men from Montreal in Summer Minâ€" ing School in Porcupine. Toâ€"day, the young engineers visited MciIntyre, group "A" being instructed in surface operations and group "B" going underground. Toâ€"morrow the groups will be reversed. On Wednesday and Thursday they will see the Hollinâ€" ger, on Friday the Coniaurum. Saturâ€" day, Sunday and nsxt Monday have been set aside as field days, when an instructor from the university will give practical geology lectures. . Next Tuesday and Wednesday will be spent at the Dome, Thursday at Bufâ€" faloâ€"Ankerite, Friday at Pamour and Saturday at Paymaster. On completion of the‘ summer school, it is likely that some of the students will remain to take positions in the loâ€" cal mines. Others plan cn going to Noranda. Those in charge of the school have chartered a Dalton bus to take them to â€"and from the mines while they are in town. charges of assault against G. Vartiâ€" nuik, Peter Antonesa, Geo, S. Spoiglu and Nitk Rosu, following a dispute last night at the corner of Elm and Kimberâ€" ley. The complainant says that he was on his way home when the four atâ€" tacked him. More than one of the contestants were sporting beautiful black eyes this morning. The cases are likely to be the kind that will take up much time of the court in discoverâ€" ing just what happened and why. supplied the music. Four Men Charged with Assaulting D. Merchoff The dance on Friday evening at the Porcupine Badminton Club was one of the most successful the club has had this season. A large number of memâ€" bers and th:ir friends turned out and enjoyed a fine evening‘s entertainment. Gordon Archibald and his orchestra Badminton Cilub Dance Successful Event Friday Study Mining Here This morning D. Merchoff laid The regular semiâ€"monthly meeting otf showed the Lions on Thursday night e St. Matthew‘s Men‘s club will be‘a numpber of other films, one of them Constable Warner of the Royal Canâ€" adian Mounted Police arrived in Timâ€" mins last week and will be permanentâ€" ly attached to the local detachment. He takes the place left vacant by the transfer of Constable Smith to the RCM.P. maritime aerial patrol where he is now an observer. Constable Warâ€" ner was previously stationed at Toâ€" Lronto. _ The bridge tournament at the Porâ€" cupine Badminton Club, completed last week, was the last of the series played during the club‘s season. Mrs. W. S. Jamieson and Mrs. H. G. Skaviem were the winners, with Mr. Cooper and Mr. Wookey sscond and Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnston third. The lucky number prize was won by Mr. and Mrs. Horace Laidâ€" Jlaw. High for the evening was taken by ,Mr. Cooper and Mr. Wookey, while | Mrs. Cooper and Mrs Clark had the low. T. N. 0. Buses May Start About May 15 T. N. 0. buses may begin opsrating in the Porcupine about May 15th, acâ€" cording to reliable information. It is understood that the exact exâ€" tent of the railway company‘s operaâ€" tions in motor transportation has not yet been decided but that the local serâ€" vice will at first be from Pamour to South Porcupine at least. _ Likely to Run at First from Pamour to South Porcuâ€" pine. : Representatives of Councils and Board of Trade Arrange Interview with Some Difficulty, but Given Kindly and Sympathetic Hearing by Premier Hepburn. Plan for Helping North in Matter of Roads. An early morning box alarm from the Reed ‘block on Saturday gave the fire department a run. Smoke hanging heavily over the building made it apâ€" pear to a passerâ€"by that the place was afire. It was discovered â€"~that smoke from ‘the chimney had been beaten down to the roof but everything else was normaAl. Fire drills have been. held at all but one school, with the following results: Thursday, 2.30 p.m., Mattagami school, 585 pupils clear of the building in 70 seconds; 3.05 p.m., High and Vocational school, 700 students out of the building School Fire Drills Make Good Records On the same day at 4.10 p.m., a call was answered to 3 Birch stree? north, for a chimney fire. * Tests at Several Schools in Town Show Quick Clearâ€" ing of Schools. in=>68 â€"seconds;â€"Friday,>2:00 p.m.â€"Central school, 760 pupils, out in 61 seconds; Moneta, 2.15 p.m., 585 pupils, out in 39% seconds; St. Charles, 3.05 p.m., 710 pupils out in 61 seconds; Holy Family, 2.30 p.m., 548 pupils, out in 52 seconds. €ed for Toronto on Friday at noon. Winners of Prizes in the Badminton Bridge Tourney ~ Inspector Mercer of Toronto has comâ€" pleteq inspection on Northern Ontario RC.M.P. posts. He arrived in Timmins on the late train Thursday and departâ€" Delegation from Here Interviews the Premier Constable Warner, R.C.M.P. Succeeds Constable Smith Lions Hope to Have 1938 Convention in Timmins Motion pictures of Timmins, the churches, schools, the crowds watching a ski jumping contest in the winter, the big diesel plough clearing the roads of a heavy snowfall and rolling them into a smooth hard surface; this is some of the preparatory witk being done by Timmins Lions in order to help them convince the Ontario organizaâ€" tion to hold its annual convenuon here in 1938. A delegation from here will go to Ottawa this June to the convention and will extengq a cordial invitation to the clubs to choose Timmins as their conâ€" vention city two years from now. Dr. a Charlie Chaplin comedy. Bloan. He too brought some movies, Timmins Lions to Make Extended Campaign to Secure Regular Provincial Meeting. Have Motion Pictures of Timmins and Other Publlclty for the Purpose Pictures Shown Thursday Night. Dr. Day and Mr. Langdon had originâ€" ally intended to take the question up at length with Hon. Peter Heenan, Minister of Lands and Forests and of Northern Development, but as Mr. Heenan was ill an interview could not be secured. It was decided then to take the question up direct with the preâ€" mier. As Premier Hepburn was leaving this week for Ottawa to confer with the Dominion Government in regard to expenditures for public works and financing the same, it was necessary to have the interview on Friday. The delegates had considerable difficulty ;in securing an interview with Premier Hepburn, but once in touch with the premier their troubles were at an end. ‘The premier gave them a very sympaâ€" thetic ang understanding interview., He |agreed that the Porcupine area on count of its importance in the general ischeme of affairs should have proper road facilities, and said that he hoped to make arrangements at Ottawa 50 Last week a delegation from this disâ€" trict interviewed Premier Hepburn at Toronto in regard to the bad condition of local roads and the need for immediâ€" ate improvement in the general interâ€" ests, ang were given encouraging and sympathetic consideration by the preâ€" mier. The delegation consisted of Reeve C. V. Gallagher, of the Township of Tisdale, Dr. E, A. F. Day, representing the Timmins town council, and W. O. Langdon, president of Timmins Board of Trade, Premier Hepburn agreed with the delegates as to the need for betâ€" ter roads and explained his plan to have extended work carried on in the active mining areas to supply the need for roads and to provide employment,. He hopeq to have the Dominion Govâ€" ernment enter such a plan with the province on a 50â€"50 basis, in preference to continuing work on the Transâ€"Canaâ€" da highway. for the people ot this area. His ‘idea was that roads near proven mining areas should be given preference over work on the Transâ€"Canada highway, being of more immediate need and value. If the premier is successful in securing Dominion coâ€"operation on his road proâ€" gramme â€"and he has a logical and strong caseâ€"Timmins‘ hnd district should have proper roads made availâ€" able this summer. Thos. Desaulniers, One of the Pioneers of the Porâ€" cupine, Laid to Rest Last Week. Many Oldâ€"timers at â€" Funeral on Friday A large number of the men and woâ€" men who were in the Porcupine in the early days, as well as those who have come in more recent years, were preâ€" sent at the Church of the Nativity on Friday when the funeral service for Thomas Desaulniers was held. Father Theriault, a friend of long standing of Mr. Desaulniers, officiated. Five of the pallâ€"bearers, Paul Patry. Geo. Cousineau, Baptiste Charette, Paul Charette, and C. Millette were here in 1911 when Mr. Desaulniers came up from Cobalt. The other, Dave O‘Dell, had known him for many years. Many floral and spiritual offerings were sent by friends of the family. Burial was at the Timmins Roman Catholic cemetery. + taken last winter while he was Florida. Dr. Oscar J. Stahl, first viceâ€"presiâ€" dent, was in the chair for the meeting and directed the activitles efficiently. Men of Mclntyre Rescue Crew Returning Toâ€"Night ‘The four McIntyre men who helped in the rescue of the two Toronto men from the Moose River mine in Nova Bectia will return home on the ten o‘ciock train toâ€"night, The. Advance learned from Mrs, Sinclair McMillan, whose husband is one of the squad sent east by J. P. Bfickgll pddentolm- chell, Elmer Moran and Binclair Mcâ€" uuun.amveammnayum o‘clock this morning.