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Imagine, for instanceâ€"if you nave a speciallyi Apwoedish good imaginationâ€"one of the Hudson Bay factors the North in at some far Northern spot thousands of miles from ‘ACL used to .4 the nearest outpost of civilization, getting two| °°U** We years‘ supply of rum in 1917, the 1916 boat being| In this yea delayed a year, or the voyage cancelled, or someâ€"|the Japanes thing. The factor is likely to have a lot of Scoteh | Minister of t in him, but after two years is not likely to be|s°e governm averse to a little Jamaica. He sits down near the Yvery distinct] rum to read his imail, and falls asleen, to wake on the yellow again on New Year‘s‘ Eve at the end of 1937 anda| that if the wt the beginning of the happy new year. He hears| Would be wa: the radio cease its crooning to tell about fifteen|been going 0: men in a survey party being searched for in the About it. area east of Moose Factory. If the radio said| But it woul Moosonee, he would naturally wonder where the| Admiral had heck that place might be. There was no railway that he cann north of Cochrane, no Abitibi Canyon power deâ€"|ways it is the velopment, no Moosonee, when he started that yoke that ha rum. Next he would hear of the rescue of the surâ€" | tortured mill vey party by acroplanes. The next day he might |to say that a even learn the fact that one of those proverbially| In the mea :(l,:;) lft))lx?e (ioc,l:;t:r};al::)zsp?pers had carried on a|do well to por rom London, England, other honour with Moosonee, on James Bay, to learn details of ‘his vokes. Twenty years ago there wasn‘t a telephone north of Cochrane. All travel farther than a few short| miles north of Cochrane had to be done by dog team, canoe, or by the use of the old reliable shank‘s mare. The railway ran east and west and south of Cochrane, but never north. Timmins was smaller than South Porcupine is toâ€"day, and South Porcupine itself has made notable progress in the past few years. There was only one producing mine at Kirkland Lakeâ€"then a little hamlet seven mileés from the railway. Production at the Lake Shore Mine was around $25,000 a month from high grade ore, as against $1,200,000 a month these later days. There was no Ferguson highway twenâ€" ty years agoâ€"not even any kind of a highwayâ€" just a few short strips here and there of apologies for roadwaysâ€"and not very handsome apologies | at that. There wasn‘t a radio in the North twent9 years ago, nor an airship. The people had a lot to be thankful for. They are not so thankful toâ€" @â€"+ 99 hn S mm * w ] day, but they have more than they did twenty:i years ago. It is stretching the imagination beyond even the plausibi}it;iff“of a Washington Irving to picture a man sleeping in this North for twenty years. It is hard enough to snatch a twentyâ€"minute nap, what with the radio and the Fords and the mines whistles and the curfew bells and church bells, and so much going on all the time. The new tracâ€" tor sidewalk plough puts the night cap on sleepâ€" lessness. It is twentyâ€"five years and more since Timmins was established and in all that time it is safe to say that there has not been a minute of the twentyâ€"four hours that somebody hasn‘t been around town to see that everybody was not asleep. The local firm with the motto, "We Never Sleep" struck a note that is typical of the allâ€"time wideâ€" awake attitude of the North. A Northern Rip Van Winkle is difficult to visualize indeed. Even one imported from the South would be sure to wake up before his time! But if the Washington Irving stunt could be duplicated in this Northâ€"in the period covered by the past two decadesâ€"it would take even a Washington Irving another twenty years to fully picture the bewilderment, astonishâ€" ' ment, the wonder that would naturally arise at the | astounding changes that would meet the waking eye. There is a suspicion in the North that farther : south there are whole familiesâ€"whole communi-i tiesâ€"of Rip Van Winklesâ€"snoring away, oblivious } of the mighty changes, the marvellous developâ€"| ment, the remarkable activity that is the North of i 1938. Two incidents in the North in the past few days suggest the surprises that would be in store for any Rip Van Winkle who could sleep in this counâ€" try for twenty years. Rip Van Winkle, it will be recalled, was an old Dutch colonist in a story by Washington Irving published some 117 years ago. In the story, Rip Van Winkle, who was chiefly disâ€" tinguished for his lack of industry and his possesâ€" sion of a domineering wife, met a strange man in a ravine of the Kaatskill Mountains. He helped the stranger carry a keg, and secretly helped himâ€" self to the contents of the keg. Then, in the words of the discriminating schoolboy, "the first thing he knew, he didn‘t know anything." There is a modâ€" ern touch to the story in the fact that this conâ€" dition continued for twenty years. Rip Van Winâ€" kle awoke after twenty years to find unis terrorâ€" inspiring wife was dead and buried many the long year; his daughter was married and had a brood of youngsters of her own that Rip mistook for anâ€" other family; his native village had been remodelâ€" led and extended until he could not recognize it; and there had been so many changes on the conâ€" tinent that the poor old colonist was more bewilâ€" dered and bemused than he had ever been with the contents of any other keg he had ever sampled. Timmins, Ont., Thursday, January 6th, 1938 Canadaâ€"$2.00 Por TIMMIN®S, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontacioâ€" Quebee Newspaper Association; Class ‘A" Weekly Group OFFICE 2# â€"â€"â€"â€" PHONES â€"â€"â€"â€" RESIDENCE 70 Cbe Advaners Published Every Monday and Thursday by GEO, LAKE, Owner and Publisher iing of the happy new year. He hears cease its crooning to tell about fifteen survey party being searched for in the of Moose Factory. If the radio said he would naturally wonder where the place might be. There was no railway Subscription Rates United Statesâ€"â€"$3.00 Peéer Yoe But it would seem that the honourable Japanese Adimiral had his eggs badly scrambled, so badly that he cannot tell the white from the yellow. Alâ€" ways it is the "yolk" that is yellow. It is a yellow yoke that has been imposed upon China and its tortured millions. Maybe it is a Japanese "yoke" to say that a "yolk" is white. In the meantime the honourable Admiral would ao well to ponder the fate of Humpty Dumpty, the other honourable historical character who mixed his yokes. | was simply due to the fact that his enterprise and ;energy never backed away from any honest work that happened to be near him. The late Mr. Pierce was a merchant, a businessman. He had suffiâ€" cient honours in his life, enough adventure, enâ€" terprise, romance, without attempting to give him icredits that he did not earn and to which he would Inever have suggested any claim. The Globe and | Mail is the kind of newspaper that would not wish |to publish such inaccuracies, but would desire to give the facts, the interesting facts about the life of a man whose career was as interesting and as | useful as that of the late Charles Pierce.. It is for such reasons that duplication of services is neces-f sary. In this, it is the readers who are given firstf thought, in this policy of check and reâ€"check.| Readers of daily newspapers who may think that! duplication of news services is not essential, will’ change their opinion when consideration is given | to such cases as the one cited. | L _ ] 4 In this year of grace, the "yoke" seems to be on the Japanese. Admiral Nobumasa Suetsuger.! Minister of the Interior in the honourable Japan-! ese government, in an interview this week said| very distinctly and emphatically, "The white yoke! on the yellow races must disappear." He suggested! that if the white yoke attempted to continue, there would be war. If war is any worse than what hasi been going on, then it is all that the pacifists say| about it. | A Swedish gentleman who held high honour in the North in the days of the Ontario Temperance Act used to say every time he was fined in police court, "Well, boys, the yoke is on me!" In an editorial article on Monday explaining why the Toronto newspapers find it necessary to inâ€" the price charged subscribers for their | Journals, The Globe and Mail referred to the fact | that newspapers in general are sold for less than the actual cost of the materials involved. This, of _ course, is made possible from the revenue derived from advertising. Newspapers recognize that this 5may not be an ideal plan, but it is the best yet ‘ I evolved to meet all the conditions, and in Canada, at least, it has in general been guarded from the evils that might appear to follow such a method. It is frankly recognized that the newspaper must look to advertising for its major support. At the }same time, the responsible newspaper never forâ€" gets that its first duty is to the reader. It may apâ€" pear illogical, but the fact remains. Without readâ€" iersâ€"â€"readers who feel they are being given a fair idealâ€"â€"advertising revenue will soon fade away. Shrewd advertisers understand the situation to !such an extent that they endorse the good newsâ€" | paper‘s attitude as the only practical solution unâ€" der present conditions. There is a limit to the proâ€" portion of cost that can be fairly borne by the adâ€" vertiser. Indeed, the fair reader is not anxious to escape his fair proportion of the cost of publicaâ€" tions. Advertisers are quick to recognize that this fair type of reader is their best customer, simply because of his very fairness. In this idea lies much of the secret of the fact that the most thoughtful 1 | advertisers do not place any premium on free cirâ€"â€" |culation, where they pay all the costs of the pubâ€" lication. It may be, in other words, that the Torâ€" onto newspapers will lose a small proportion of ' circulation from the necessary increase in price of ! the newspapers, but the intelligent advertiser will 'recognize that the slightly reduced circulation is practically as effective as the former volume. [ There are more costs in the newspaper business { than mere materials. One of these is the necessity for duplication of news services. This is mentionâ€" ed by The Globe and Mail. "A paper like The Globe and Mail has duplicated services and is, therefore, able to check one report against anothâ€" 1 ! | er in its search for accuracy,‘" the editorial says.| Just how necessary this duplication of services is for any approach to accuracy was made evident this week. Canadian Press despatches referred to the death of the staker of the Dome Mines. The late Charles Pierce, who died in Timmins on Firiâ€". day last, was credited with being a prospector and, doing the actual staking of the Dome Mines. As, a matter of record it should be noted that the late Mr. Pierce had no part in the staking of the Dome. | : | He was not a prospector in the accepted meaning of the word, and anything he ever did in this line | the rescue of the survey party. Radios! Airships! Telephoning across the ocean! Distance annihilatâ€" ed! The world brought into a small span! Comâ€" munication that took weeks, months, possible in seconds! Journeys of days and days of weary efâ€" fort now but the easy work of minutes, hours! That factor would certainly be astounded! "It is a wonderful world! Stupendous progress! The triumph of science and invention!" he would exâ€" claim. Or maybe, he would simply remark, "Powâ€" erful kick this rum has!" as he went back to the keg. A YOKE ON THE YAPS ~*" P m l P P P Doctors at Cornell University are credited with saying that medical science is fast approaching the time when it will be possible by simple change of diet to turn a sad man into a happy one, a rough The fact that Great Britain expresses dissatisâ€" faction with Japan‘s explanation about the attack on British gunboats should spur the honourable gentlemen to better work in the way of explanaâ€" tions. | chier was:â€"â€"‘A D morning he all!" A local man is carrying along the "Merry Christâ€" mas" and ‘"Happy New Year" greeting idea into the New Year. On Monday of last week, his greeting was:â€"â€"‘"A beautiful Boxing Day to you!" This morning he said:â€""A happy sixth of January to Was the schoolboy confused who answered the | examination question? The boy wrote: "Radio is the new invention that doctors use to see through the bones of the head to tell if there are any forâ€" substances there." indb Wds db ACAC OAAA L â€"A *A 4A AP C AP O AL P LN w w w ut . on nc eifmegt in n m l ALP C eV A large attendance gathered | er to witness the impressive cere of installing the new officers formed by the past president, S. Jessup. The officers installed were:â€" Presidentâ€"Mr. W. J. Grumme FPirst Viceâ€"Presidentâ€"Mr. P. Legion Holds Installation of Offic The annual meeting and installat of officers for 1938 was held in Legion rooms last week. Form IVâ€" Harry Abram. John Eaton 6 Cosgrove 60. Legion Holds GRAVEL AND sANDâ€"AND PLACER FormIIIâ€"Joan Needham 80. Dolore Soderston 74, Alex Shisko 72. Bernar Philbin 71, Dorothy Kussner 70, Jo seph Roach 69, Mary Quirk 68. Muric Lafortune 66, Bella Briansky 64. Li lian Lambert 61, Pearl Dawson 60, Rs becca Briansky 60. Form IVâ€"Vâ€"Margaret Cutten 8" Form â€" 1 B (Grade IX®)â€"Doroth] Abramson 82, Rodrigue Vaillant 73 Jeanne Flamain 72, Grace. Fraser 71 Annie Olorinoff 70, Elizabeth Pacicc 69, Shirley Stoughton 68, Harry Radc 68, Barbara Stack 67. Doreen Doyle 67 Elaine Foy 65, Joseph Sandrin 65. Anâ€" na Sekuloff 64, Jean McGrath 63, Rita CGribbons 62, Olea Bonk 61. Form 11â€"Hazel Gagne 73, Georg: Sandrin 72, Douglas Charron 70. Simâ€" one Lambert 70, Noella Goulet 67, Herâ€" bert Jernings 67, Reva Dows 67. Bill Perimutter 64, Patricia Cannon 62. Lillian Spence 60. Form 1 A (Grade ter 82, Guelda Leavoy 76, Shirley Faler 69. Marie Cameron 67. C 64, Lloyd Cosgrove 6 boise 60. Iroquois Falls, Ont., January 4, | â€"(Special to The Advance)â€"Fol ing are the names of students who tained an average of 60 per cent over at recent examinations held the Troquois Falls High School: Secretaryâ€"M1 SBergeant â€" at Iroquois Falls High School Examinations Second Viceâ€"Presiden Results of Recent Tests at Iroquois Falls H stallation of Officers at Iroquois Falls L ville Public School Board Meets. Other and Ansonville News. Flying Offiicer A. E. Coulston who i land to the Cape and back with to Miss Elsie Markham Turner. at Farnborough. Hampshire, Eng. * bridesmaid. Bcouquets, confetti ar spiciuous by their absence. Mr. ( Aircraft establishment there. The ing the church after their wedding Diane APE RECORD FLIER MARRIES A rm. Ingzelby. Morrisett relt Cuilter olet Manio Ethier 64. IX)â€"June Potâ€"| 80, Louise Hydci Ian Cuthell 68‘ eraldine Larsen ; Jack Lafrom»| yance)â€"Follow udents who ob Mr. H. Pow Cceremotl Mtr. Bo‘r at the twelfthâ€"century Parish Church at . There was no best man and only one i and the usual wedding extras were conâ€" Ir. Coulsson is the test pilot at the Royal The bride and bridegroom are shown leavyâ€" 1938.|; Whitin 11 reC The yearly report for 1937 was read and discussed, after which Mr. R. W. Crumb was reâ€"elected threeâ€"year trusâ€" tee of the School Board. It was also suggested to renew the fire insurance on the school building for 1938. Also it was decided at this meeling to build an open air rink for the pupils of the public school, in the school grounds. Curling Club Hold Bonspiel An excitirg, active and sporty bonâ€" spiel was held at the Curling Club on Saturday afternoom, New Year‘s Day. A good attendance made the game interesting, and starting at 2 o‘clock, with the ‘three ices being played, it was nothing short of a beehive of acâ€" ning, Decembsr 29th The School Board they being: Chairma Fleming, and men Grummett., and Mr. ) Ausonville Public School Board Meets The arnual meeting of the School EBcard and ratepayers of Calvert Pubâ€" lisc School No. 4 was held in the Ansonâ€" ville public schoot on Wednesday eveâ€" siariilial Daiante was on hand at the close of the year. It was also brought to mind that 160 children received lovely gifts, candies and oranges at the Christmas tree festival held in the parish hall on Thursday evening, Deâ€" cember 23rd, and put on by the memâ€" bers of the Legion. The Charity Hamâ€" per Committee also reported that as far as they could learn, no needy famâ€" ilies were left wanting for Christmas, and that they had distributed many hampers. * ntlly set up a new who stated tha the Legion was willing assistan available. The renort ff¢ Executive Committee:â€"Mr. C. S. Jesâ€" sup, M. Beagan,. and R. MacKay. The brief message by Mr. Jessup was responded to by Mr. W. J. Grummet who stated that their coâ€"operation to the Legion was assured, and that their willing assistance would always be 1e repOort dfor 1f scussed, and it wa: intial balance wa se of the year. T mind that 160 ‘t up a new record from Engâ€" y Kirbyâ€"Gre:n, was married ‘alls High School. Inâ€" "alls Legion. Ansonâ€" : Chairman for 1937, Mr. H. and members,, Mr.: W. J. , and Mr. R. W. Crumb. Mr. was elected chairman of the for 1937 was read and it was noted that a subâ€" So far as the North Land is concerned, the aeroâ€" plane seems to be the greatest and most serviceâ€" able of modern inventionsâ€"a wonderful servant in this land of great distances, and a veritable messenger of mercy and liveâ€"saving. Gracie Fields has been honoured in the King‘s New Year‘s lists. It would be interesting to note what Gracie Allen‘s brother has to say about this. fellow into a quiet one, and a melancholy Dane into a happy Jap. If the claim is wellâ€"founded, grocers would do well to stock up in certain lines about the time taxes are due. If foods can be so used as to change sadness to gladness that will be something new. A lot of people for many years have believed that the same idea could be accomâ€" plished by the right amount of the right kind of liquor to drink. The trouble has been, however, that there has been too much sorrow before the right brand and the right quantity could be deâ€" termined. Up to date no one has been able apparâ€" ently to get any further than the late lamented Archie the Scot, who said: "A little too much is just enough!" Iroquois Falls were all presen a man from 50 to 56 cents. But please don‘t forget that to get that 18 Bâ€"inch blocks of pulpwcod you would have to In your issue of Saturday, Dec. 18, you printed the report ofi Mr. J. F. Marsh, deputy minister of labour, who assures the single jobless that there is "gocoding living," "up there." Mr, Marsh ceortainly has this pulpcutting ‘down pat." It is very simple. Just cut 18 lengths of 8 inch timber, 4 ft. long, and trip merrily to a road withâ€" in 27 ft. and simply drop it., Not a hard day‘s work, is it? This will pay During my many years working in the bush I cut over 3,000 cords of 4 ft. pulpwood. During that time I worked in about 40 different camps, of from 30 men to 110 men. Except in three camps in which I rated second, I was always top man. I{f I can only prevent scme poor misguided lad coming up here with a brave smile and heart full of hope, having his young heart and spirit broken, I will thank you for publishing this. The following letter appeared in "The Voice of the People" in The Toâ€" ronto Star on Monday:â€" To the Eqditor of The Star. Sir:â€"At present there is a discussion about sending single men to the north to cut pulpwocd. Takes Issue With Premier and Labour Department Ideas Man of Experience Writes of Bush Work The surviving children wish to exâ€" tend their thanks for the sympathy extended by their many friends during their recent bereavement. The funeral took place from the fuâ€" neral parlours of R. W. Smith, services being held by the Reverend Father Pelletier in the St. Anne‘s Roman Catholice Church, on Monday, January 3rad. She was buried in the Iroquois FPalls cemetery. There are five children surviving, two daughters, Mrs. Willett and Miss Jang Valliere, and three sons, Ubald Valliere of Rouyn, Que., Claud of Norâ€" anda, Que., and Louise, Horace and Leo, all of Ansonville. It was noted at this meet that many new members were out .taking an acâ€" tive part in the game of curlinz, and they expressed their views, that curiâ€" ing, looking so simple to the uninitiatâ€" ed, was not what they had though:, but was really a game of skill and enâ€" joyment, and that their continuance in curling was assured. The bonspiel was so successful that the players requested more, and it has been arranged to hold anoduer curling bonspiel the early part of February. This slight lapse of time will enable the nonâ€"winners to practise and make an endeavour to win in the next meet. Death of Mrs. Jos. Valliere The death occurred of Mrs. Joseph Valliere, wife of the late Joseph Valâ€" liere, in the Anson General hospital on Saturday, January Iist, at 12 noon. Mrs. Valliere was formerly Amanda St. Jermain, born in Monte Bellow, Queâ€" bec. long siretch of excellent playing, was headed by Mr. J. Cuthell, and were hailed as the best players of the afterâ€" ncon. Mr. H. Towsl‘ey was skip of the team taking the consolation prize. It was noted at this meet that many ivity. The games con ‘clock that evening, pl ing to partake of th upper that was prepare he rink by the Iroquois The team victorious UPPER CANADA COLLEGE In honour of ‘Old Boys‘ of the College who fell in the Great War, Uppor Canada College offers for competition a number of Scholarships of $600.00 a year for threo years, to candidats who are under fourteen on the lst September prior to the exâ€" amination which is held in April. Memorial Three Bursari‘s are offered to enable bovs to enter the Prep tory School who otherwise could not do so. For full particulars apply to the Principal, Reference 3, Upper Canada College, Toronto. imes continued ‘till Bursaries at Preparatory School Scholarships TORONTO (FPounded 1829) Try The Advance Want Advertisements Guelph Mercury: Some fellows who pledge themselves to endow their mates with all their worldly goods in return for love, honor and obedience, know when they"re saying it that they are mot risking much. Dear Sir:â€"I wish to make a correcâ€" tion in connection with a name AJ â€" pearing in the columns ‘of The Porâ€" cupine Advance at different times. The proper official name of the institaâ€" tion at Houghton, Michiganâ€"where some of our local students are studying engineering â€" sometimes called "Michigan School of Mines," is the "Michigan College of Mining Technology." One of the most noted of its kind in the U.AS., thne scope of the College includes specialized study of all branches of Engineering and Technology. Correct Title of Noted College at Houghton, Mic The Editor, The Porcupine Advanc Timmins, Ont. It would be too much to expect our windy premier, our deputy minister of labour and ‘"Ranger," the travelling salesman, to go into the bush and cut, say 50 cords of wood., so that they would be able to speak witn authority on how to make an easy living "up there." My opinion is that they coulid not cut enough wood to keep warm and would simply freeze to death. better As for the board. in some camps it is pretty fair, but half the time it is far from fair. I will say, that, during my last few years at this work, there has been a decided change for the About those roads 27 feet from the farthest tree, that has me scumped. I have never heard of a bush that grew like that, or of a good cleun road through his timber and pile his wood on the edge of the road, on skids and piled evenly, so it would oe easy to measure. In most camps 4 ft, wood must be 4‘ 4" long and piled. 4‘ 4" high. In all the camps whore I workâ€" ed, at least 10 per cent. of my work was lost through "scaling" and culling. Just plain fancy robbery, «ithough it is note polite to call it cut down 18 trees as the north resemble those in their tapering habits. 14 Pine St. N. " Glasses are a blessing to me.., OPTICAL COMPANY THURSDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 1938 "For some years now, J have spent most of my time doing fancyâ€"work and readâ€" ing. A few months ago my eyés bothered me so much I had to give up my pleaâ€" sures. How discontented 1 became, how irritable! "My daughter suggested that I see Mr. Curtis,. How glad 1 am that I took her advice! Now with my new glasses,. I read and work for hours at a time and have no trouble whatever." LIBERAL TERMS MAY BE ARRANGED AT linmins, OQn . Upper School 1 to make a corresâ€" with a name apâ€" umns «of The Porâ€" different times. The tru the trees in the in the south in Phone 835 All W a