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Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspuper Association; Class "A" Weekly Group OPFPICE 26â€"â€"â€"â€" PHONBS â€"â€"â€"â€"RESIDENCE 40 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GE_O. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: Canadaâ€"$2.00 Per Year United Statesâ€"$3.00 Per Year A despatch from Toronto this week suggests thar improvements will be made to the equipment of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. The majority of people in the North will feel that this is not as pressing a matter as some other things needed by the North. The T. N. 0. is givâ€" ing excellent service as it is, but at the same time, no doubt, it is only by improvements and extenâ€" sions that service can be maintained and extended to meet t.he increasing requirements of the.day. So the news from Toronto in this respect is good news, especially as it indicates a desire to think of the needs as well as the possibilities of the North. Then there is better news from Toronto. There are despatches forecasting extended paving on the Ferguson highway. Some attention to Northern roads, and. particularly to this one lone highway of this part of the North, is badly needed indeed. The idea of paving the Ferguson highway next year is alsp indicative of some thought and conâ€" sideration being given to the North after two years of neglect.and alleged balancing of the budget. It is to be hoped that the governmental plans, however, do not stop with either the one lone railway or "the one lone highway. There are several other very pressing matters that are just as much in the real interests of the south as they are of the North. Every dollar spent in the North will reâ€" turn many fold to the South. This has been said many times before, but is no less true for that. Indeed, it would be well if governments could see the fact that money spent in the North is really invested, rather than expended. And the investâ€" ments thus made will prove very profitable to the province as a whole, just as previous investments of the same kind have done. Among the other matters that the government should take up at once is that of giving the settlers of the North a better chance to make good. Some plan should be adopted at once to get the settlers off relief and back to work, to hope, to faith in the future. The settlers themselves have indicated ways and means for accomplishing this. The keyâ€" note seems to be some form of land clearing bonus, such as has worked so well in Quebec. Roads for settlers also have their due part in anyâ€"plans for settlement. The bettering of methods for marketâ€" ing and grading products is also essential. These all in turn suggest modifications of any existing schemes along these lines, to meet the special cirâ€" cumstances and conditions. For instance, the Queâ€" Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Nov. 12th, 1936 bec plan of land bonus may nced changes toi make it ideal for conditions in this North. There‘ are also special conditions that must be consider-i ed in regérd to marketing and grading in this| country. All this brings up what The Advance beâ€"| lieves to be a particularly vital factor in the sucâ€"| cess of any new methods of settlement and colon-â€"| ization. This vital factor is the thought of having! more district representatives of agriculture. In this part of the North there is one lone agricultural representative just as there is one lone highway and one lone railway. The one lone agricultural representative has given immeasurably better ; vice than the one lone highway and even better service than the one lone railway. But if there is any justification for the extension of the railway service there is many times the warrant for inâ€" creased representation in the way of agricultural' experts. The appointment of one or more repreâ€" sentatives to assist the present efficient represenâ€" tative of the Department of Agriculture is very necessary if the immense territory is to be covered in any proper way and with any fairness either to the representative or to the settlers. With enough agricultural representatives to handle the terriâ€" tory, their services would be found to be indispensâ€" ible to the success of the other plans for the adâ€" ~vantage of the settlers. Indeed, all the plans should be correlated, with the agricultural representatives as a sort of pivot or centre of activity. With a proâ€" gramme of improved roads, extended railway serâ€" vice and true encouragement and assistance for isettlers, the North would be well on the way not only to contentment and prosperity for itselif, but also to the benefit of the whole province. The motion picture, "Green Pastures," reached here this week. It was shown in other places, and it is a commentary on the attitude of the world toâ€"day that there has been so little protest. The delay in the picture here might be blamed on the roads, and if so Hon. Mr. Hepburn has at least some excuse for allowing the Ferguson highway to deteriorate to its present condition. Hon. Mr. Hepburn condemned the picture and intended to have it banned in Ontario. Later he was persuaded by some clergymenâ€"of all peopleâ€"to withdraw his opposition. The net result was a lot of fm publicity for "Green Pastures." Hon. Mr. Hepbutn was right in the first placeâ€"provided this is a Christian country and there is any reverence left for anything. Indeed, even if this isn‘t a Christian ATTENTION FOR NORTH IS NOTHING SACRED? country, Mr. Hepburn would be right on the score of art and sanity. The picture is no more than a crude parody on sacred things. The Supreme Being is portrayed as an old coloured gentleman who speaks poor English and worse American slang and lives in a Heaven that could only be conceived in Hollywood. To see Hon. Mr. Hepburn‘s attitude on the picture it is only necessary to imagine the storm of protest that would arise if so crude a‘ parody were built around President Roosevelt or King Edward. There would be only a few countries, if any, where Hitler or Mussolini or Stalin could be pictured as the "Lord" is drawn in "Green Pasâ€" tures." There would be riots if any of the gentleâ€" men named were staged in their own lands as the Supreme Being is depicted in "Green Pastures." There would be war if they were so shown in other lands. It may be that the stars in "Green Pastures" have no country, no friends, no admirers, except Hon. Mr. Hepburn who, however, like Pilate, ' washed his hands of the matter. The excuse is made that "Green Pastures" is the negro‘s conception of God and Heaven and the Bible. It isn‘t even that. J udging from the names of producers, directors, authors and photographâ€" ers, "Green Pastures‘" is no more than a Semitic setting of what an Irishman thinks a German imagines that a coloured man believes about reâ€" ligion. As a piece of art, "Green Pastures" is a holy show. As a religious event it is a bum picture. In the film Noah is pictured as demanding two kegs of liquor for the Ark, while the "Lord" insists on only one. The suspicion of those who saw the picâ€" ture here is that the author of the play got hold of that other keg, and after all the centuries it might be expected that the liquor would have some sort of powerful effect. The picture was crowded with all sorts of abâ€" surdities. The animals marching into the ark, two. by two, included two cows and two bullocks. There were nineteenth century guns at the siege of Jericho. The slang the angels used might have been humorous in another sort of picture. It was noâ€" ticeable that there was little laughter from the audience despite all the absurdities. The audience showed that there is still a little reverence left and some still live who hesitate about ridiculing what others hold sacred, whatever their own beliefs or lack of beliefs may be. "Green Pastures‘" is crude, absurd, ridiculous. A cheap parody on sacred things. About the only reâ€" deeming thing about the whole show is the music. The singing was particularly good. It seemed a pity to waste so much sweet melody on such a petty caricature. And even the music was far from equal to the delightful singing heard here this yeéar and last from the Virginia Jubilee Singers. Those who resent "Green Pastures" should not blame it on the theatres. The theatres have littlel choice in the matter. The talk about banning theI play, with the reversal of that idea, naturally creâ€". ated a public demand for this particular picture, which is far from particular. Hon. Mr. Hepburn cannot be blamed for the picture, except in so far! as he allowed his own good sense to be overruled by clamor and rot about tolerance. It is not s0o much the harm that "Green Pastures" may do, as the grief it may cause to good people. There is no high art or lofty purpose to offset the tawdry irâ€" reverence that pictures the Supreme Being as slangâ€"slinger and the "greatest trickâ€"er that ever lived.‘" Any religious person would be shocked and grieved at it. If there is not enough reverence left in the world to make it objectionable to all, at least there should be enough broadness, enough true tolerance, enough regard for the feelings of others. to resent this particular film that must be an affront to any who may be left with a feeling that there are some things sacred, some things that should not be lightly caricatured or ridiculed in the name of entertainment. |GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER PM O ie ds In the report of the recent fire that destroyedl the planing mill of the Felaman Timber Company, casual reference was made to the"fact that the services of the Forestry Branch with the pumps‘ and other equipment could. not be obtained to fight the fire, because the office was closed down for the winter. Had the Forestry Branch pumpSs been available much of the loss from this fire might have been avoided. It is not only lumber companies, but settlers, miners and others who would be benefited if the Forestry men were kept on the job the year round. It would not be necesâ€" sary to maintain the staff at full summer strength, but at least a nucleus of fireâ€"fighters might be kept on duty the year round for the protection and advantage of those in unorganized territory. On more than one occasion in the past The Advance has urged this idea, and once again commends it to the notice of the powersâ€"thatâ€"be. Mr. Justice Middleton this week was asked to: partmental interference wiln Jaw a@nd adjourn a hearing in connection with the famous| vidual. Millar will case on the grounds that the Attorneyâ€" *# * 4 General of Ontario was away at present, and it| Tim Buck is back from his recent visit to Spain. might be well to wait to see what action he intendâ€"| Madrid may fall now at any time. It was reported ed to take about the will. It is a hopeful sign that| that Tim Buck had broken his parole by leaving Mr. Justice Middleton politely but firmly let it Canada and thus not being able to report as reâ€" known that the courts function according to law, quired, but it develops new that he had the necesâ€" and not at the bidding of the Attorneyâ€"General. sary permission from Hon. Mr. Lapointe, Minister At Los Angeles this week a woman 81 years o1 age killed her 91â€"yearâ€"old husband because she was jealous of his supposed attentions to other women. The woman then went and hanged herâ€" self. The impulsiveness of youth is ever to be deâ€" plored. (From North Bay Nugget) "I am getting out of the North after five years and I havin‘t got a good word for the government that induced me up here," was the scathing remark ;of Mr. Durocher, former Chariton reâ€" : sident who, disgust:d with Northern Ontario, is secking a better life in Westâ€" ern climes. With his wife and two children, l truck and a covered wagon on a trailer. Mr. Durocher is h:ading for Vancouver. He expects to be more at home in the West, having once resided in Edmonâ€" ton, Alberta. Five years ago, Mr. Durochtr told The Nugget, he felt New York with his bride of a few months and set out for Northern Ontario, where conditions were "booming,‘ according to reports given him. Roads Terrible During his stay in the North, Mr. Durocher claims, he received no assistâ€" ance from the government, and he was five whole years earning enough money to purchase the automobile license which made it possible for him to leave. "Roads in the North are in terrible conâ€" Hition. Little care is given them," Mr. Durocher declared. The canvasâ€"covered trailer which houses himself and his family is of his own manufacture. Equipped with a stove, two beds and other furnishings, it provides a comfortable shelter, and will be the home of the Durocher famâ€" ily until they reach Vancouver. Mrs. Durocker concurred heartily with her husband in his vehemence against Northern Ontario, and said she would be glad to get back to the warmer cliâ€" mate of the West. h t Bs s WB ME Tand i ts es d ot t 2 utm uk o ant DA . Y E lon building and imaintaining roads in the North. The threatened "boycott" l came to light after the Toronto Board of Tradé, hearing rumours of a boycott. sent letters asking confirmation to the boards Oof several Northern Ontario municipalities. New Liskeard replied with an outâ€"andâ€"out resolution deâ€" manding a boycott. The resolution will be dealt with by the Associated Boards lof Trade of Northern Ontario within the next few weeks, before the annual | meeting of the Ontario Boards of Trade, which is to be held at Oshawa, Nov. 20. Kapuskasing, however, will not be represented at the Northern Ontario mesting. The local board of trade withâ€" ‘ drew from the association last Septemâ€" ber, when, it was felt, no action on ' Northern problems was being taken by ~the latter organization. Neither has the | Cochrane District Associated Board of Sympathy With Idea of "Boycott" at Kapuskasing There is a certain amount of symâ€" pathy at Kapuskasing with the idea of a boycott of the South until such a time as the North gets a fair Ceal, according to The Northern Tribune last week. The Tribune says:â€" "A feeling of sympathy with those who propose a Northern boycott â€" of Scuthern Ontario products is held by many local citizens, it was learned toâ€" day, and although neither the Kapusâ€" kasing Board of Trade nor the Cochâ€" rane District Associated Boards of Trade have as yet takei, official action to support the proposed move, it is understood that they too hold a symâ€" pathetic attitude. At Timmins this week W. O. Langdon, president of the Associated Boards of Trade of Northern Ontario, said a meeting would ‘be called to deal with the New Liskeard Board of Trade‘s boycott resolution unâ€" less the Ontario government agrees to alter the course of the transâ€"Canada highway to follow the Ferguson highâ€" way, and unless more money is spent Trade." (From Northern News) Old Cobalters and travellers passing through the silver city will remember the friendly dog who met the northâ€" bound train every day for a morning meal served him regularly from the diningâ€"car. Even more renowned are the ducks, some 40 of them, descendâ€" ants of two pairs of mallards which Dr. Jack Edis put in the Blanche River opâ€" posite Swastika station back in 1928. Ducks Now Walk on Station Platform at Swastika The webâ€"footed birds cross to the station side of the river @bout, ten minutes before the arrival of every train and await the tidâ€"bits thrown them by the diningâ€"car stewards. Since the introduction of a lunch counter in the new station some of the more venâ€" tur:some members of the flock clim‘o the bank and waddle nonchalantly about on the platform accepting tokens of popcorn ofiered by waiting passenâ€" gers. Recently, in answer to a query as to whether the ducks missed a train when the winter railway schedule went in force, a T. N. O. official stateci This is something that needs to be made clear at the present time. The idea of elected political party representatives deciding all questions that arise is against all British ideas of law enforceâ€" ment. There has been too much of it in recent years. The depression has been the excuse for the use of all sorts of Soviet tactics. As Mr, Justice Middleton pointed out the court is competent to deal with the question under the law. It is time there was check placed on the tendency for deâ€" partmental interference with law and the indiâ€" vidual. soon as the timeâ€"table is altered we pass the new schedule right on to the ducks, and they are never With such excellent variety added to the meals of corn which Dr. Edis offerâ€" ed his flock, the birds withstand all temptations to fly south in the fall with their feathered friends from wilder haunts. They keep swimming in~the open water near the rapids during the cold months, but find it less comfortâ€" able when forced to cross the iceâ€".on foot. Perhaps some philanthropic citiâ€" zen will promote a fund to supply mocâ€" casins to this loyal flock for the coming winter. ' Reconstruct Road for North Says Hon. Mr. Rowe According to a despatch from North Bay, reconstruction of the Ferguson highway in Northern Ontario will be one of the measures undertaken by the Ontario Government if the Conservaâ€" tive party comes into power, Hon. Earl Rowe, new chief of the Tories of this province, was in North Bay Saturday. "The Ferguson highways should «be rebuilt entirely," said the Ontario leadâ€" er. "The road was started ‘by a Conâ€" servative government and we will reâ€" construct it. I found signs on the road saying it was ‘not designed for present day traffic,‘ and so, apparently, the Hepburn administration admits the highway is not fit for travel." Concludes Tour Hon. Mr. Rowe‘s visit to North Bay Saturday concluded on extensive tour of the North. He visited Kapuskasing, Cochrane, Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Englehart, Cobalt, Haileybury, New Liskeard, and numerous other centres corderirs the Ferguson highway. On Friday, H. J. Reynolds, K.C.,. Homer Etockdale, C. R. Harrison and D. G. Stevens, of North Bay, met the Conâ€" servative chieftain at Cobalt and acâ€" |cfompanied him to North Bay on Saturâ€" day. "I am more impressed with the posâ€" sibilities of the North than ever before, both as to its future and as a security for Southern Ontario," Hon. Mr. Rowe informed North Bay people. ‘"The minâ€" ing industry is even greater than the pioneers anticipated. These same pioâ€" however, showed more vision concerning the development of Northâ€" ern Ontario with little in sight than does the present government. MODERN, EXPERIENCILD BANKING SERVICE ... R em o bank where small accounts are welcome"‘ of Justice. Accordingly Tim Buck is well within the law in the matter and he may give interesting addresses in Ontario to prove how happy and sucâ€" cessful the communists are in Spain in contrast to the downtrodden folks in poor benighted Canâ€" ada. That, at least, would be a change from the usual talk about Russiaâ€"and probably just as wellâ€"founded and accurate. If one of those Toronto families wins the Stork Marathon, it will increase the belief in Santa The next mayor of Timmins should be somebody who can get along with everybody. Is your name on the voters‘ 'lists? If not, 1 know who to blame. But just the same you 1 likely blame somebody else. Timmins Branch:; D. R. B. WHITE, Manager Look over your house as a guest * would look at it, note what is needed and do it now! You can have the money for: ©@Needed additions @Painting, papering, decorating @Repeiring walls and ceilings . @Carpentry work @Insulating, to make the house warmer in winter, cooler in summer @Installing better bathroom and other fixtures @Installing correct and more convenient electrical fixtures @Repairing roof and rain pipes @General repairs. The Bank of Montreal is coâ€"operating with the Government by making loans, repayable on easy terms, for crepairs and renovation of homes under the Dominion Home Improveâ€" ment Plan. We would welcome a call from any home owner desiring funds for such work. % "W\""’W B 2e * enovate and Repmr your Home! Sers Agricultural Growth "I believe there is excellent agriculâ€" tural. possibilities in the New Liskeard district," continued the Conservative pilot. "The present administration at Queen‘s Park has failed in its imaginâ€" aticn of the greatness of the North, especially when it is so substantially supported ‘by great development. The debt of this province has rapidly inâ€" creased, but the wealth of the north country has been much more rapidly unfolded. "Mr. Heenan‘s timber policy," said Hon. Mr. Rows, "is a temporary expediâ€" ert that might be applied in part in an economic crisis, but it certainly is not a sound., national policy to help the mills of Ontario or unemployment conditions." °* Hor. Mr. Rowe strongly intimated that if his party is placed in power in this province, Northern Ontario will be represented in his caljinet. "The deâ€" velopment of the North should not be handled by long distance from Hamilton," he said. "In a nutshell," Hon. Mr. Rowe conâ€" cluded, "Northern Ontario is going ahead despite the Hepburn government, not because of it." Victim of Blast is Now Improving at Kapuskasing Word from Kapuskasing is to the efâ€" fect that Hush Creighton, injured a couple of wetks ago at an explosion at the Opasatika bridge near Kapuskasing, is making satisfactory progress to comâ€" plete recovery. For a time his condition was reported as sericus, and there was special fear that he might lose the sight of both eyes. Now the underâ€" standing is that his general progr‘s: to recovery has been excellent, while the danger to his sight seems to be stz2adily decreasing. One despatch from Kapuskasing says that Mr. Creighton was ale last week to send messages to some of his friends, these messages making it clear that his condition is not now considersd as serious. At the time of the accident that reâ€" sulted in Mr. Creighton being taken to the Sensenbrenner hospital at Kapusâ€" kasing, he was working as foreman in charge of grading work being done on the approaches to the bridge at Opasaâ€" tika. He was examining a percussion cap after a charge had failed to go off. Witnesses at the scene say that as he THE OQOUTCOME OF 119 YEARS SUCC‘ESSFULVOPERATION Established 1817 was looking at the cap the blast seemed to explode right in his face. He was hurled some ‘distance and grave féars were felt for his life when he was pickâ€" ed up. He was hurried to the hospital and the care given there is apparently going to mean complete recovery for him. Mr. Creighton was the superinâ€" tendent for the Hadley-oMcCaffie Oon- struction Company of Chatham. New York Sun:â€"A typ2 of work that does not pay is labouring under misâ€" apprehension that the world owes you a living. /‘ uow as A grant of $200 was made last werk by the Kapuskasing council to the new town band organized in the paper town under the leadership of Bandmaster E. Wetton. The band has purchased $400 worth of instruments and. further | instruments to the value of about $500 ‘are needed. The greater part of the instruments secured so far have been supplied by the bandsmen themselves. The Kapuskasing band expects to give its first concert by Christmas. Kapuskasing Council Grants $200 to Town Band Sherbrook Telegram :â€"There‘s no fun like workâ€"if you can see the joke. "We discovered that our girl was almost blind in one eye Bt. Thomas Timesâ€"Journal:â€"A bishâ€" p in Aperdeen, Scotland, says a pintâ€" OPTICAL COMPANY 14 Pine St. N. Phone 835 "We never knew until one day at school they had a sight test. She couldn‘t see the letters on the chart when she covered her left eyce. "We‘re correcting it now, andâ€" if she wears her glasses steadily for a few yearsâ€"her sight should be normal when she‘s through school." HAVE YOUR CHILDREN‘S EYES EXAMINED AT ONCE THE COST IS SMALL.