The new supply of refreshments, rapâ€" idly broached. quick!ly took effect, folâ€" lowing upon tne home brew that had provided the Swedish foundation. The leader of the gang passed ciuut just a short distance below Cosalt. His friends laid him out in a drawing room comâ€" partmentâ€"the boys were travelling in style, with all expenses paid. Every once in a while he would rise up and demand more drinks. which his gang promptly â€" supplied,. <~upon which he would fall back again, dead to the world. malt TO Take a pCT crew whicn he had often employed previously on shaft and other work. So he duly notiâ€" fied the head man of the gang, all of whom were Swedes. He offered them higzh wages, free transpcritation and exâ€" penses to the far North and they, flatâ€" tered and somewhat excited, accepted. This gang were all neighbours in a small community in Northern Ontario. When the word spread around that they were bound for the Arctic there was considerable local celebrating. Finally equipment was all rounded up and the crew were poured on the train by their friends. At Swastika one of them got out and wired a friend in Haileybury to moet the train with a generous supâ€" ply of goingâ€"away liquid. This was done. The Haileybury Swede nearly jJoined the party himsclf but thousht better of it. Travel for Mining Men is Complicated (From "Grab Samples" in Northern Miner). Back in 1932 when the rush of prosâ€" pectors and miners to Great Bear Lake was at its height an Eastern mininz mamn dezvided to take a p»tt crew which The Swedes Got There. but Distance Was Very Short for the Boss. THURSDAY. MARCH 10TH, i CF. jJoOun‘s NFLO, OTTAWA SLIDBURY KIRKLAND LAKE BOURLAM AQUE T here is a type of CAâ€"L Expiosive to meet every mining need. Our Technical Department is ready to offer advice regarding any problem relating to blasting operâ€" 4110ns. HEAD OFFICE + MONTREAL DISTRICT OFFICECS:; HALIFAX TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER EXPLOSIVES DIVISION vastly. ie roared and iaugned I0r a long time. Asked the cause of his mirth he explained. "Why. I was the guy that was to take the plane. < Those two were only seeing me off!" Edmonton they got him in to a notel still in a comotose condition. The gang, still celebrating, took the Muskeg Limâ€" ited to Waterways. where liquid reâ€" freshment was gavailable in quantity. The boss man never came to and his faitnful gang plied him with whatever he demanded. Finally, after a wait of four days for good filying weather, they took off for the north At Great Bear Lake they unloaded the still unconâ€" scious Swede out of the plane and piled him in a bunk. Several days later he began to show signs of life and at last he sat up and locked around. He great deal of difficulty with the third. He was simply unable to navigate and they could not carry him. Eventually he fell flat on his face in the dust and the other two, after vainly trying to arouse nim, gave up in disgust and pushed off down to the dock. Several hours later the sleepy one awoke on the road and enquired for his friends. One of the pilots told him that they had taken the plane and that he was left behind. This seemed to amuse him vastly. He roared and laughed for a long time. Asked the cause of his mirth he explained. "Why. I was the out Edmonton they got him ir still in a comotose condition still celebrating,. took the NV ited to Waterways. where freshment was available i The boss man never came faitnful gang plied him wi : â€"North Bay the crew carried their f to the Western train and laid him in a compartment again. At Winniâ€" ho was duly shifted once more. At The Low Velocity â€"High Strength Mining Explosive UE to its low velocity coupled with a high strength, Polar Driftite is a very effective explosive for use in development work in metalliferous mines. It is designed especially for this type of work. Polar Driftite is a semiâ€" gelatinous explosive of the ammonia dynamite type. It is a high stick count explosive made in one strength only, 70%,. Due to its high stick count and other characâ€" teristics, it has proved to be a moneyâ€"saver. Behind every stick of POLAR DRIFTITE CHEWING TOBACCO "*Everything for Blasting" (l} J. A. Bradette, M.P. Gives Review of Work in House This question was brought under «disâ€" cussion by <a private ‘member resolu- tion, in «which‘ the gOVernmen* was urged to appoint a commission of enâ€" singers to deal and. solve ithat great problem.. Those engineers are to come from Canada, the United States, South Africa and India to make an exhausâ€" tive, expert study of / he whole adroughs prcbhlem from the angle of . laxge scale projects â€" looking to permanent reâ€" habilitation : of <the â€" stricken â€" areas largely in Saskatchewan and Alberta. A quartette of leading Saskatchewan Liberals members, Dr.T.â€"F, Donnelly, C. E. Bothwell. Mal+olm Maclean and C. R. Evans, praised the reâ€"habtlitation programme of the government and supâ€" ported the position.taken by Crerar against costly irrigation schemes which mighs$s run as high"as $35 "to $75 per acre and in the end reach .only a comâ€" paratively small area of the Prairies. all from whom it â€"seeks to collect fees for musical selections played, a certiâ€" fied list of the 2000 000 pxeces of music use of which it claims control in demanding: payment. Also the soâ€" ciety‘s right is: abohshed to ‘sollect fees for music provxded by rad“lo in hotels, restaurants,. stores, skating rinks, lodge halls and similar plazes. The activities recent drouzht years, Western Canâ€" aca will again come into its own, was expressed by Mines and Resources Minâ€" ister T. A. Crerar,. founder of the Unitâ€" ed Grain Growers, in the House of Commens this week. Large scale irri< getion projects as a remedy for W.e's;- ern drcught conditions, such as diverâ€" slon of the Sa_skat"‘he'wan'ï¬iver were rejected sby> Mr.: Crerar. @s, being too costly. He favoured continuance of the cxistinz. government pr mme under the Farm> Réha%rflftation AOt, smali dugâ€"outs,, dims and: other watet corservation plans planting of trebs, cultivation® of: grasses® and ‘fencing off ranching: areas. Mr. ‘Crerar presented the government‘s a«tluude in the abâ€" sence ‘of© Agriculture J. G. Gardiner on a trip to the~West. wWith â€" spontaneous ~unanimity the hcuse approved, without a recorded division, of a prnate bill ppoposed by W. K. Eslinz, Conservative, West Kaoâ€" tenay, which curbs ithe. activitles of the Canadian lfflrmmg Rxghts Society. The soziety in . future must{ifurnish to Otitawa, Ont., March 8. 1938 Tc the Editor of The Advance, Timmins. Dear Sir:â€"In this letter I am going to deccribe some of the questions and prcblems that the Wost of Canada has to face. ortars: and in most sases forcibly prosentsd to Parliament by the Memrbers of that section of the country. Faith and confidtnte that, Some of them are very imâ€" are very desplite of ihis society, which is an American mitbstdiary, have aroused widespread ‘ anncvancs throughout Canada in reâ€" cen‘: years and Parliamen‘ decided to take drastic action to stop soâ€"called rasketsering in music copyrighbis. The gcvernment has named a speâ€" cial commlttee to mquire inco the atica 6f the Civil Seérvice Act, a‘: the rame time making .clear it has not changed its former policy of maintainâ€" Helpful Presentation of Case for The West. To Enguire Into Civil Service Act. Japanese Question in B.C. House Approves Bill to Curb the Production of Marijuana. Câ€"1â€"L Explosive there are many years of conâ€" stant chemical research and field gests to improve the product and enable the operator to secure maximum eficiency on all types of blasting operations. TIMMINS NORAND A HAILEYBURY EpMmonton PORT ARTHVUR vIiCTORIA ERANCH OFFICES THE PORCUPINE ADPVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO There are 175,000 persons in ‘Canada who receivye old age pensions, Dut the government did not consider it adv;s- able to have the list â€"of these na,mes published. :‘ A statement tabled iby the Canadian Wheat Board showed the net results ‘of its operations to July 31 last ag:a lom of $2,278,197.. The board had 84,608,652 bushe‘ls of wheat on July 31, 1936, but sold all but 6,964,000 bushels: kept for for the . 1938. crop. Whether this is the total loss accruing from , government â€" â€"operations in the wheat market going back to 1930 first undér: John I. MacFarland as Bennett governtment agent ‘and the " Whea; Board is not certain.â€" Punther explénp ation of. the situation »will ibe given. by Mr. Dunning in his budget. At one time, if" the government had been forgâ€" ea for any reason to have gotten aut; cï¬ the market overnight, a lJoss of ‘clase to $50,000,000 would have hllez* on the federal treasury. The Minister of Pensions when dis- cussing his estimates gave the follow ing information: the country is payâ€" ing war pencsions to 79,189â€" men. Of this number $9,917 siw serâ€" yice in Fra.nce 6,600 â€"saw â€" service in Great Britain, 2,750 in Canada and 462 in other theatres of war. aticna O6f the Civil Sérvice Act, a: the rame time making .clear it has not changed its former policy of maintainâ€" ing the meorit sysiem and the Civil Servic> Commission in dealing with the government service. Later a smaller commiittee wil dnvestigate the <Civil Sorvice Superannuation Act , PThe "house. a â€" govetnment billâ€" to <curb production of ; marijuang which ‘is used as a drug in soâ€" caned "‘reefer‘‘cigarettes. It is a sort of weed used.:as a w*lndbreakr in the West and for produchon of: ‘hemp ‘Tor makmg bindsr twine. But used as a narco from the time of Homer, it is exceed- ingly and has been: termed "the assassihn of youth." It reache(l Canada from Meéxico, via the Upnited SeÂ¥es. It is the only. narcotic whith can o2 produced 1M . dll UUVLLOELiD are imported, A return made in the hou.c‘,e <howed A. M. Shaw reseived a salary of: $loOUD per annum as member of the Canadian Wheas Board. W?nle <Lin a member of that board he rec'{i\eq no. stlm} in tha‘ Qonne‘:tion and is now Dominâ€" ion "market .commis sione; under the agrigulture d°par*ment at: Qttawa "ay the rate of $8,500 per annum. An active vrpup of lowâ€"{ariff â€" minded, Iiberals plans â€"an carly meeting with a‘cabines <subâ€" committee to urge, lomer| tarifis and taxes which can be seen, angd felt bs the man on t.he1 housewife in the home, and. the farm- Theâ€" group is likely to press forâ€"lower duties on automobiles, farm ‘impleâ€" ments, radios, electrical appliantes,; woerk clothes and shoss, and neduction: or elimination .of the one cent per pound tax on sugar and at least a two per cent reduction in the extisting . eight per cent sales tax. To / terview in ample time before the budâ€" get is brought down is expected o inâ€" clude Premier King, Financé Minister Punning, Mines and Resources Minâ€" ister Crerar, Agriculture Minister Garâ€" diner, Tragde and Commenre Minister Fuler and Justice Minister Lapointe. Whot suocess the group will achieve can only be known when Mr. Dunning brings down his buwiges, probably around May 1. It is expected the budâ€" get will be delayed to seoure complate figures on the fiscal year ending on March 31 next and also to include the changes necessitated ‘by the sevised Cangadianâ€"American trade agreement and incidental adjustments required in the Cansadian tariff because of the Angloâ€"American trade pact also being negotiated at the present Time. There is a certain amount of unâ€" easiness about the European situgtion, which was accelerated by the resignaâ€" tion of Anthony Een of Breat Britain las; Sunday. He had strong support among some of the members. f Personally, I hope that it would: he found possible, for the maintenance .of the peace of the world, 0f an underâ€" standing between . Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy. Surely there should be a better way than to solve their differences and if with them, there would appear the United States, then we would have the ceriiâ€" tude that, at least, the presenit generaâ€" tion would be spared the horrors of another war, which under the present equipment would be ne less than a gigatimic holocaust from Meéx It:is the C produced in Canadas; all others Fatal in the mining indusâ€" try of Ontario show a decrease for the year 1937 Of 13 as compared with the previcus year. The report of the Onâ€" tario Bureau of Mines reveals a fatality rate 1632 meon killed per thousand men employed, which is a decrease of 6468 per thousand from the preceding vyear and is <per thousand lower than <she averasgs> for the past 25 veéears. Thase retuwns represent an increase of 457 in the «otal number of accidents regported and a décrease of 13 in the number of firtalities. < Cla«esifying ~the fatalities according to industries gives the following: GoLtmiRes 3 ... Nitkel mines ... 13 Silvermines f . :..............}:.. Metallu@rgical |....,........000.0.0.. iL LIbs ) ... ... ... o ds Sand, slay and gravel pits o + 0 m O C +â€" 63 Falconbridge Engineer to Describe Shaftâ€"Sinking Job A shaftâ€"sinking job through a 100â€" fcm layer of overburden at the Falconâ€" bridge Nickel property, regarded in mining circles as somewhat of an enâ€" ginesring feat, will be described to members of the Canadian Institute of Mihing and Vtsta]lur_gy at their annual conven‘ion in Toronto next week by R. M. Oliver the company‘s chief mine englneer Consisting of gravel, sand, ahd boulder, with bands of very fine Eit, the overburden usually is found to a layer of waterâ€"bearing quickâ€" sand a.d,]cinmg the rock surface, which in previous shafts sunk at Falconbridge, had considerable trouble. The rn°bhod of sinking through ‘this overâ€" b_urdm to be dascribed by Mr. Oliver, is one‘adopted after several plans had zaen considered. Buring the year, at the, mines, metallurgical works, quarries, olay, sand and gravel pits regulated by the Mining Act, there were 2740 accidents to emâ€" ployess reported to the Department of Mings up to January 15, 1938. Fiftyâ€" two fatalities, arising out of 49 seperâ€" accidents, woere reported. _ Tnere were 85 nonâ€"fatal accidents por thousard men eéemployed, which is an intrsase of two per thousand from the rate for 1936. The percentage of nonâ€"fatal accidents followed by infecâ€" tion rémained {fairly constant, desreasâ€" ing from 8.9 ner cent. in 1936 to 8.7 per een:. in 1937. Decrease in Fatal Accidents in Mines Rate Peéer Thousand in 1937 Bélow the Average ~\Employment in the industry again increased greatly <during the year. Returns in this respsct show an apâ€" proximate increase of 14 per cant. over 1936 . Sinkfpg prozesded with a shaft crew of seveh men and a leader by digging m=ide :of stsel shield, which was jack.edxdown as the work advanced, onz man being stationed at each corner during,jacking to keep the shield level. Sand was prevenied from running in _t thelé’om;ers by plugzing with burlap. three eightâ€"hour shifts, an _\advanoc' of approximately six feet a day was made. ,Chief. difficulty was encountered at a c!epth iof about 100 feet where, after sinking ithrough a three and a half Total MODERN, EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE BoRROWIXG AT THE BANK Lo meet inereased demand B A NK®0F MONTREAL Timmins Branch: D. R. B. WHITE, Manager foot ledagze, it was found that the shaft had hit a knoll, and that ithe bedrock fe‘l away very stseply on ong side, and was almcst a sheer cliff on one worâ€" ner. Dowel holes were drilled, and a 20â€"inch wall of concrels was poured inside the shield to a height of dfive fset around the portion of the shait down o rock. Interlocking steel piling was then driven around the remaining third of the shaft insi@> the timber, and hammered with air drills on to the rock. Initial sampling of incline shaft at North Whitney Mines, adjoining Paâ€" mour in Porcupine district, and in the grosscut ‘wt the level, has indiâ€" cated substantial cre shoot of good according to Lawrence B. Wright, consulting enginger. Sixtsen channe} samples taken from the walls of ‘he schaft showed assays ranging from $2.45 to as hizh as $63.35, or an averags of $15.93 for the 16 samples. Vein cn the 55â€"foot level has true width estimated at 184 ifeet with minâ€" cralizaition extending into the footwall The cost of sinking through the overâ€" Burden ‘to the bearing in rotk totalled $35,.225, or $282 a foot, the figures beâ€" ins exclusive of any cost of plant or Initial Sampling Incline Shaft at North Whitney BPDP DL DP LA CAAA DCA P O AP P AP PP C PP P Py u* P ESTABLISHED 1817 bank where small accounts are welcome" Opposite Goldfields Hotel Block TIMMINS Retail Stores 4 subject to the caprices of style and taste, frequently find it necessary to buy certain goods which have caught the fancy of the shoppers, despite the shelves and windows full of necessary, staple supplies. Borrowing to meet present demand for "specialties‘‘ is constructive borrowing, because it serves to please and hold customers for the "staples," increasing profits. Wholesale HOUSGS, dependent upon retailers‘ orders for popular goods, often have to place inâ€" creased orders with the manufacturer, Borrowing to pay for such immediately salable goods is "good business‘*‘â€" increases profits. Wholesale HO“SCS, dependent The Bank of Montreal welcomes applications for loans with such conâ€" structive objects. Munnfactureu, called upon to increase their output of popular goods, must buy new supplies of raw material, hire more workers. To meet the inâ€" creased demand, they too may borrow â€"and increase their profits. MMS, HOOKER D REW INSURANCE IN ALL BRANCHES REAL ESTATE Soid on a moneyâ€"back guaranted of satisfaction. Houses and Lots for Sale on Terms DOMINION BANK RUILDOING the Outcome of 120 Y ears‘ Successful Operatiun and the west wall shows visible gold Short holes ar> to be drilled to thorâ€"« curchly explore the vein. 25 GAMES CHILDREN BINGO Sacred Heart Church Auditoriitm Worthwhile Prizes EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT PHONE 113 13% ADMISSION faceos the difficult dezside which will truin, or hire a al tim