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Val d‘Or was recently as municipality under Quebes: provinâ€" cial regulations, and the editor of The Val d‘Orâ€"Lamague News celebrates the ogcasion by the following fancy report of an imaginary meeting of a figuraâ€" tive town council, "This is an old story," says the editor of the Val d‘Or News, in an introductory note, "but we think urder the cirecumstances its repetition is timely." The News then proceeds to give the following. Out of the Trenches by Christmas The unofficial and almost unconâ€" scious selfâ€"appointed town council was gathered around the board room at Minnie the Monk‘s. Those attending included selfâ€"appointed Mayor Mike the Razzberry, who ever since he had been in Val d‘Or had given everybody the KRazberry including himself. About him was gathered the Aldermen or Counâ€" ecillors, all selfâ€"elected. There was Sam, ihe local wholesaler of spirits frumenti; Mac the Banker and Mac the Editor; Ed the merchant of derbies; and Max, the dispenser of cokes; and Joe, the dispenser of townsites. It being a Sunâ€" day afternoon meeting, they were nearâ€" ly all sleeping oK the Saturday night bender. # "Order," shouted Mike the Razz, and Minnie stuck her head in the door and said, ‘"Well, what‘ll it be this time?" "Not you," razzed Mike, "it‘s the alâ€" dermen I want ordtr from." The six tired and true men lifted their heavy heads and parked them on the heel of each respective palm, with the elâ€" bow parked on the edge of the glass circled table.. Fancy Session of Val d‘Or Council "That‘s right," muttered Jos. "I‘ve fallen into pipes two Saturdays in a row, and each Monday morning I find myself being parked on a different street. It‘s got so now a guy can‘t have his pipe and sleep in it without being disturbed. I move we move the pipe." "Seconded," shouted Mac the banker. "T‘ll play third," muttered Max, withâ€" out looking up. Mike the Razz, pounded the, table so that Minnie again stuck her head in the door and had started to say "Well . . ." when Mike kicked the door ‘"Look here, you guys," warned Mike the Mayor, "we gotta do something about this water and sewer business. Well not be outa the trenches by Christmas. What are we gonna do with all this pipe and stuff?" Out of the ‘Trenches by Ch#istmas. â€" D rinking Bromos by New Year‘s in the door and had started to say "Well . . ." when Mike kicked the door shut on Minnie‘s face, and part of her pan was still in the door. She went walling out to the kitchen. Mac the Editor leered and nodded toward the door. ‘"‘Minnie‘s been asking me how to get her face lifted for about a year now. I guess she‘s fixed up now." They all laughed and laughed. Still pounding the table Mike the Razz rogred: "Say, what did you guys come here forâ€"aren‘t we supposed to straighten out the affairs of this town?" ONE CENTâ€"Aâ€"MILE BARCGAIN EXCURSION Pembroke, Renfrew, Arnprior, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec and Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Que. via North Ray and Canadian Pacific. Bargain excursion tickets will be valid on trains 2 or 46 and their conâ€" nection Thursday, Julby 29th. Passengets who use our Train 2 will connect at North Bay with CP. train 2 leaving 8.2%0 p.m, same date. Passengers who use Train 46 will arrange their own transfer to North Bay C.P. Depot and take C.P. Train 8 leaving at 1.00 a.m. Friday, July 30th. Tickets are valid to return leaving destination point not later than C.P. Train 1 from Windsor St. Station, Montreal, 10.15 p.m. Sunday, August lst and connection at North Bay with our Train 1 at 12.45 p.m. August Ind EXCEPT passengers froum points north of Porguis must leave not later than C.P. Train 7 from Montreal 7.50 p.m. Sunday, Aug. Ist to connect at North Bay with our Train 47%, Monday, Aug. 2nd. Tickets wil not be honoured on Trains 49â€"50. "The Northland." Tickets destined Quebes and Ste. Anne de Beaupre not good on Semiâ€" Streamlined Trains 350 and 352 to Quebec or 349 and 351 from Quebec but good on all other trains between Montreal and Quebec. Tickets Good in Coaches Only Children 5 years of age a Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway The Nipissing Central Railway Company T. N. O. and N.C.R. Regular Stations dren 5 years of age and under 12. when accompanied by Guardianâ€"Half Fare. For fares and further particulars apply to local agent. THURSDAY, JULY 29TH from "I second the motion," said Mac the Banker. Unanimous showing of hands| settled the problem of sewer pipes. I Recess was called and all that could be heard was the contented belching of the assembled selfâ€"styled city fathâ€" ers, * Wiping his moustache, Mike the Razz suddenly roared, "Well what‘ll we do with the water pipes?" "Bure I did," snarled Mike the Razz. "What are we going to do with them?" ‘‘Make flower pots with them," sugâ€" gested Sam the frumenti man. "Paint them up to look like tombstones, then you wouldn‘t have to worry about a place to put the flowers when we go out and look at Mike‘s grave." Everyâ€" pody roared, except Mike. Again Mac pounded the table. Seven bottles of beer were thrown through the quickly opened door, from the kitâ€" chen. A long pause followed during whigh seven practically empty bottles were squeezed until they cracked. Sam the frumenti man said: "Why not pipe beer through the water pipes. I‘m tired delivering the stuff around to houses." Everybody sat suddenly forâ€" ward. Their faces beamed with anticiâ€" pation. They could already see foam coming out of taps where only water used to froth before. Instead of a dipâ€" per over the old kitchen sink, they would replace it with a nice, shiny mug. "What would we do for water?" queried Mac the Editor. "What have you done about it anyâ€" way?" snapped Mac the Banker. "Oh, I was just thiwiking," answered the Ed. "Well, quit thinking, you guys," squawked Mike the Razz, ‘"and do something about these water pipesâ€" and at the same time what are we gonna do with that water tank up on Gold Hill?" Ed, the derbie merchant, saftd: "We come here to sit and think, and I‘m just starting to think now. Did I hear you say something about the sewer pipes?" "Make mine a double gin _ fizz," muttered Ed the derbie man. He motioned with his hands, opening an imaginary tap. Everybody was jumping up and down and the suggestions were coming_ so fast that they were all dry and breathâ€" less when Minnie poked her adhesiveâ€" taped face in the door. "Who wants a double gin fizz?" she asked, looking around at the muttering and jittery mob. "We‘ll mix the cocktails down at|ences to th the pumping station and deliver them | and discover from the hydrants on hot afternoons," | cosis by the said Joe, the townsite man. | Intyre Min "Everybody does," shouted Mike, his face covered with beads of perspiration as he rose to the occasion of incorporâ€" ating the most important motion ever WHAT is at the end of the Rainbow ? No Baggage Checked passed on the books of this fictional council of Val d‘Or. "I move that the present water piping system in the town be readjusted to take care of the dispensing of scotch down First street, the rye down Main street and the gin down Third street." Unanimous consent was given to the new plan, which meant that the boys would be out of the main street trenches by Christmas and into the drug stores for bromos by New Year‘s. A trifle dazed at their ambitious plans, the boys about the board at Minnie‘s ordered another round of beer and dozed off dreaming of hydâ€" rants gushing cocktails and kitchen taps foaming with beer. Holds Out New Hope for Curb There have been many recent referâ€" ences to the notable experimentation . Individual suffering, however, canâ€" not be assessed in such small terms. In addition, the condition is not conâ€" fined to mining, but is found in all industries and occupations in which gsilica dust is fanned into the air. search, University of Toronto, officials of the Banting Institute, and of the mine itself, and, of course, to the 247 rabbits and 120 guinea pigs who, willy nilly, assisted in the experiments. C3 â€" Burden of Silicosis * which has placed ndustryâ€"cannot be assessed numeriâ€" fi'or in dollars and cents. The conâ€" dibtmr (silicosis is regarded as a conâ€" dition) is dreaded not so much because of its prevalence, but because of its sinister approach and the individual hnardships and suffering which it causes. Actually, according to figures supplied The Financial Post by Dr. C. H. Hair, president of Academy of Mediâ€" cine and medical officer for Accident Prevention Associations, the incidence of silicosis is approximately oneâ€"half of one per cent. Of the 10,000 men emâ€" ployed, on an average, underground in Ontario mines, between 1932 and 1936 an average of only 18 cases a year was reported. Since the problem of siliâ€" cosis was first taken seriously by Onâ€" tario authorities in 1926, the province has paid out the amazingly small total of $1,783,197.41 in compensation, mediâ€" cai aid, and the cost of handling and administering claims. % Financial Post Reviews Exâ€" perimental Work at the Mclntyre Mine condiiions a miner can face. As a result of the sojourn of these little animals in an atmosphere impregâ€" nated with fine silica dust, a process has been evolved, so simple as to amaze the layman, by which definite hope of conquering the miners‘ greatest curse, silicosis, has been raised. Credit for this epochal discovery by which the greatest advance ever made against dread silicosis is hoped for, must go to J. J. Denny, M.Sc., metalâ€" lurgical engineer at McIntyre, W. B. Robson, M.B., chief surgeon at the same mine, Dr. Dudley A. Irwin, associate professor, department of medical reâ€" Thus the importance of the new disâ€"| â€"Why does this happen? Does the siliâ€" covery can hardly be exaggerated. A ca and aluminum form a chemical comâ€" he busiest tourist season in years is in store for the Canaâ€" dian Rockies. Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, recentâ€" ly opened for the year, are enjoyâ€" ing midâ€"season popularity, while increasing numbers of visitors are planning holidays at the beautiâ€" ful chaletâ€"bungalow camps at Moraine Lake, Lake O‘Hara, Jake Wapta, Yoho Valley, and Radium Hot Springs. Attractions such as golf on the sporty â€" championship course at Rocky Mountain Holidays THE PORCUPINE TIMMINS, ONTARIO paper describing the process, prepared by Denny, Robson and Irwin, was read recently before the Academy of Mediâ€" cine, and is published in the current issue of the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association. Chemical Action Silicosis, which is the most imporâ€" tant industrial disease, is caused by the inhalation of fine, freshly broken parâ€" ticles of silica quartz into the Ings. Formerly it was thought that the irriâ€" tation of these particles was the cause of the condition. Latterly it was believed (and the new process confirms this beâ€" lief) that a chemical action takes place by which the silica is dissolved into the body fluid, and causes fibrotic changes in the lung. Silicosis, according to Dr. Hair, does not directly cause, tuberculosis but preâ€" disposes the sufferer to tuberculosis, and similar afflictions. Conversely, tubercular conditions leave the patient susceptible to silicosis. In November, 1932, McIntyre‘s mediâ€" cal staff, aided financially by officials of the company, decided to conduct exâ€" periments with animals. Some 50 guinea pigs were placed in the crusher house tunnel of the mill where the dust conâ€" tained about 35 per cent. free silica. The animals were left there for periods as long as a year. No silicosis condition was found on autopsy, although a conâ€" siderable quantity of dust was #und to have collected at the bottom of the luns. Cheered by this discovery, the little group of experimenters, unknown to the public continued their experiment on a larger scale, making certain, in true scientific style, of the truth of their beliefs before making them known. To make a long story short, these further experiments definitely established, beâ€" yond doubt, that introduction of a very small quantity of metallic aluminum inhibited the solubility of silica, thereâ€" by preventing the fibrotice condition known as silicosis. The investigators, working on the theory that fibrosis was caused by chemical and not mechanical action, decided that if some material could be introduced into the lung with the silica dust, which would lower thHe solubility of the latter, the cause of the condiâ€" tion would be removed. Metallic â€"Alen®"ium The second element must, of course, be nonâ€"injurious itself. Many â€" were tried, but were discarded for one reason or another. Finally, on March 4, 1936, Denny and Robson discovered that a small amount of metallic aluminum, if present, almost completely prevented silicious material from passing into soâ€" lution. Accordingly, a group of rabbits was subjected to silica dust alone and anâ€" cther to silica dust with a small addiâ€" tion of aluminum particles. The aniâ€" mals were sent from time to time to Dr. Irwin in Toronto. These experiâ€" ments showed that the rabbits exposed in silica dust contracted silicosis in varying degrees of intensity, while those subjected to the mixture showed miniâ€" mal or no fibrosis of the lungs. Moreâ€" over, and equally important, was the fact that the aluminum particles were found to have left no ~mark on the lungs or other organs of the animais‘ bodies. It has now been established that the introduction of only 2 per cent. alumâ€" inum lowers the solubility of silica by 96 per cent. But would the introduction of alumâ€" inum into the lungs result in any inâ€" jurious effects? Only actual tests could prove this. Banff,â€"riding and hiking over spectacular mountain trails, tenâ€" uis on splendid courts, boating on glacial lakes, and other sporis under ideal conditions make the Canadian Rockies Canada‘s leadâ€" ing summer playground. Add to this scenery unexcelled in the world, excellent fishing, and endâ€" less opportunities: for camera hunting of big game and the reâ€" sult is Banff, Lake Louise, or any of half a dozen Canadian Pacific bungalow camps set in valleys or by lakes of outstanding beauty. Action Is Unknown Why does this happen? Does the siliâ€" Fach year in the Rockies sevâ€" eral feature events are held in addition to the dayâ€"byâ€"day amuse~ ments. Among them are the Calâ€" gary Stampede, July 5 to 10; In=â€" dian Days at Banff, July 23 to 25; outing of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies to Mount Asâ€" siniboine, July 30 to August 3; outing of Trail Hikers of Canaâ€" dian Rockies in Moraine Lake district, August 6 to 9; Banff golf week, August 23 to 28; and Yoho Valley reunion camp of the Alpine Club of Canada from July 17 to 31. on the South African method of assessâ€" ing liability and disability. Toâ€"day, examining centres have been estabâ€" lished in four main centres, Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Sudbury and Fort Wilâ€" liam. Every miner must undergo examâ€" ination once a year, at one of these centres. Being a condition, rather than a disease, silicosis is not progressive, and if a man is found, in the course of his annual examination, to have dust in the lungs, or a silicosis condition not sufficient to disable him, he is put tc work on an outside job. His condition is either cured, or remains static. Examination of Students Oone of the innovations introduced by Dr. Hair is the compulsory examinâ€" ation of all students seeking to take a mining engineering course at univerâ€" sity. Previously many cases were known where a young man would spend four years at college, get his degree in minâ€" ing engineering. and then be refused a license to work underground, because of faulty lung or respiratory condition So sure are authoritiee by now of the fact that certain people, through tuberculosis or faulty respiration, are naturally susceptible to silicosis, that in Ontario all surface mine workers are being examined, and notified as to whether or not they have a tendency to silicosis. Broadly the basis of compensation is that if a man is disabled from silicosis, he gets a pension of 66% of his average income for the previous six months. If, as a complication of silicosis, he has tuberculosis also, he gets 50 per cent., of his earnings, plus all medical aid and attention free. In the early days, the tendency was to allow a man a miner‘s certificate if he had a wellâ€"healed tubercular conâ€" dition. Now, however, the rule is strict, and no man who has had tuberculosis, One of the things which Dr. Hair, during his long experience in such matâ€" ters, has ascertained, is that two men may be working for exactly the same length of time in exactly similar conâ€" ditions, and only one contract silicosis. even though fully recovered, is allowed to work under conditions likely to reâ€" sult in silicosis. Some men are just naturally equipâ€" ped to keep dust from entering their lungs. In this regard, it was a strange fact that Lancashire miners, whose fathers and fathers‘ fathers had workâ€" ed underground, tended to have an exâ€" gess of long hairs in their noses, an effective®method of catching the danâ€" gerous dust before it could enter the respiratory system proper. Asked if there was any way of deâ€" termining, beforehand, whether a man was susceptible to silicosis or not, Dr. Hair replied that in a general way there was. If it was found that an apâ€" plicant for a miner‘s license had faulty upper respiratory organs, he was not allowed to work underground. Germans have develoned a machine whereby dust is blown into a man‘s nose and mouth. His upper respiratory Oorgans are then examined, and if over 45 per cent. of the dust is found to have collected in these organs, it is felt that he will not be susceptible to silicosis under ordinâ€" ary conditions. |\ Wednesday two birthdays were gcelebrated, Dorothy Andrews and Marâ€" | jorie Maxwellâ€"Smith having a birthday | during camp week. A huge birthday cake was made and appropriately iced by Guides working for their Cook‘s badge. The cake was \a real success. A generous donation of iceâ€"cream arrived in time for the birthday party, and three rousing cheers were given for the donor, Mtr. |P. Millions. One does not contract silicosis quickâ€" ly., Figures supplied by Dr. Hair show that on the average it takes 15 years of working in dusty conditions to proâ€" duce the condition, although, of course, this is an average only, and some conâ€" tract it more readily than others. In all mining provinces, steady proâ€" gress has been made in the direction of checking silicosis. For the last two years in Ontario, a technical silicosis eccmmittee, working ia conjunction with the Workmen‘s Compensation Board, and composed of four representatives from the bigger mines, has been studyâ€" ing the problem, particularly from a medical and ventilation angle. Much progress has been made along these lines, and along the lines of wet and dustless drilling. (Ffom Val d‘Or News) During last year when there wasn‘t a legal spot in the entire district for the comfortable consumption of beer. it was estimated by means of checking with the boatloads and truckloads of "stuff" that came into this immediate area that the beer bill of the comâ€" Claims Val d‘Or‘s Beer Bill Quarter of Whole Payroll Happy Girl Guide Camp Held at Night Hawk Lake In the evening, because of rain an impromptu programme took place in the dining room, instead of evening The camp was divided into three paâ€" trols: ‘"Minniehaha," consisting of Mary Curtis, Joan Maxwellâ€"Smith, Elaine Dogue, Dorothy Deacon, Doris McGinn, Louise Kellow, Theresa Miner and Marâ€" jorie Maxwellâ€"Smith. The "Dome Nugâ€" get Patrol"â€"Helen Munro, Maureen Thomas, Dorothy Andrews, Joyce Eames, Elaine Leiterman, Margaret Burton, Mildred Rickward, Betsy Penâ€" nington and Violet Hedges. "Beach Bunkies"‘ Patrolâ€"Helen Haneberry, Norma McCaw, Audrey McCaw, Eura Smith, Evelyn Disher, Marjorie Ewing, Claudine Perron. The noon meal was eaten "outâ€"0fâ€" doors," most often prepared by the Guides themseives over individual campfires. South Porcupine, Ont., July 14, 1937. (Special to The Advance)â€"Twentyâ€" five sunburned healthyâ€"looking little girls are back in town from â€" Guide Camp at Nighthawk Lake, and their looks alone tell the world what a happy time they had in that ideal camping spot, with their ideal commandant, Mrs. D. Leiterman, of the Dome. It has done them good in many waysâ€"all are sorry that it was not possible (and mainly financially not possible) to stay for two weeks longer. Camp routine was quickly taken up and began with morning dip. Swimâ€" ming instruction was given in the morning and afternoon. T‘wentyâ€"five Girls From South Porcupine and Dome Enjoy Delightful Outing. Winners of Prizes at Event. Plans Already Under Way for Bigger and Better Camp Next Y ear The camp site beliongs to the Tuxis Boys and our Girls have rented it from them. The Committee of Girl Guides in this town is out this fall for a vigorous camâ€" paign for our girls‘ welfare. It is of vital importance that our young girls should be able to have the training and the discipline and the benefits which this associaton can give them; but the handicaps financially are great, and without money we can do very little. The ambition is to haveâ€"not only a hall of their own, but a camp of their own where it will be possible to send at least twice as many Guides as this yeat. On Saturday, July 3rd, twentyâ€"five Guides from Dome and South Porcuâ€" pine went into camp at Nighthawk with Mrs. Leiterman as Commandant and Mrs. S. Jay as Quartermaster and Marâ€" jorie Costain as Junior Leader., TIMMIMS DAIRY ICE CREAM oPEN EVENINGS® UNTIL 10 O‘CLOCK Cor. Kirby Birch Ideal for parties and pienies. _ Inâ€" dividual moulds of delicious Timâ€" mins Dairy ‘fast frozen‘ Ice Cream. Made for your special enjoyment and we know you will like this superior Ice Cream. TKY DIXIE CUP Now that the entire community is served legitimately it will be interesting to see how that figure checks up with the actual sales recorded by the disâ€" tributors. It is true that the price of a case of beer nas come down from around an average of $5.00 a case to $3.00, but the population has increased just about that proportion and thereâ€" fore the total amount spent by the community in this commodity will just be around the same. munity was in the neighbourhood $60,000 monthly. * Captain Leiterman enrolled four CGuides into the First South Porcupine Company. The tenderfoot Guides are Audrey McCaw, Evelyn Disher, Eura Smith and Claudine Perron. Mary Curtis, Theresa Miner, Marâ€" jory Maxwellâ€"Smith won their cook‘s badge. Diagonal and square lashingâ€"Helen Munro, Louise Kellow, Elaine Dogue. For originality a little Guideâ€"Claudâ€" ine Perronâ€"took first prize. She wore a dainty costume, planned and made by herself from paper napkins, comâ€" plete even to shoes, hat and tiny handâ€" bag. She looked like a little fairy. "@uint‘" group was second. Swimming Tests Guides passing 50 yards (any stroke) in good form for 1st classâ€"â€"Marjorie Costain, Mary Curtis, Louise Kellow, Joyce FEames, Helen Haneberry, Betsy Pennington, Elaine Dogue, Dorothy Anâ€" drews, Margaret Burton, Eura Smith, Joan Maxwellâ€"Smith. Guides unable to swim previous to camp pagssing 30â€"foot testâ€"Norma and Audrey McCaw, Evelyn Disher, Marjorâ€" ie Ewing, Elaine Leiterman, Violet Hedges, Claudine Perron, Doris Mcâ€" (GFinn. Marjory Maxwellâ€"Smith completed requirements for her swimmer‘s proâ€" ficiency badge. The staff prizefor the most thoughtâ€" ful Guide went to Helen Haneberry., Guides‘ Choice was Helen Munro. The "Happiest Guide" was Evelyn Disher. Handicraft prizesâ€"â€"lst â€"Louite Kelâ€" low; ZIndâ€"Elaine Dogue. When it is considered that the payâ€" rolls in this vicinity amount to,. over $250,000 monthly it is startling to realize that about oneâ€"quarter of that amount goes into liquid form. If this keeps up the transporters instead of taking it around in case lots will be installing tanks similar to those used by the gas companies and piping it into the houses. songs, country dances, sketches and tap dancing was followed by a singâ€" song in which visitors to camp joined. The resulting costumes were exâ€" tremely gratifying. The Minnehaha Patrol represented the Dionne Quints complete with two nurses and a doctor. The quints were dressed alike in play suits made of "gym‘" bloomers and halâ€" ter tops (Guide ties opened out). Mary Curtis made a fine Dr. Dafoe; Marjorie Costain and Doris McGinn, nurses. They made a decided hit. Scouter Bell and Cubmaster Leiterâ€" man of the Dome were judges and awarded the following prizes:â€"Fancy, Ist, Helen Haneberryâ€"Summer girl; 2nd, Dorothy Andrewsâ€"Chinese coolie: comitâ€"first, Evelyn Disherâ€""Topsy;" 2nd, Theresa Minerâ€"Gypsy. campfire On Saturday evening the Big Masâ€" querade was held. The Guides had litâ€" tle to "dress up" in, so their ingenuity was taxed to the utmost. Eura Smith was a Turk; Norma Mcâ€" Caw a pirate; Violet Hedges a Charlesâ€" ton clown; Betsy Pennington a tap dancer; Elaine Leiterman and Marjorie Ewing were tramps; Margaret Burton a sailoOr; Mildred Rickward a Japanâ€" ese. All were good. Sudbury â€" Star:â€"The Peterborough Examiner interviewed a citizen who had returned from a trip to Northern Onâ€" tario. He had asked a garage man in the North when the transâ€"Canada highway would be finished. "Two or three elections should see the thing through," was the apt reply. BRICKS Camp closed on Sunday, July 11th 7 DELICIOUS PRUIT FLAVOURS JULY 185TH, 1937 Moulds Individual Also Phone 935