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Citizens of this great North might well be forâ€" given if they looked back on the good old days with longing eyes. Once there was a time when the storekeepers did not need to worry about lockâ€" ing up the store at night. The policeman was the only man likely to try the door. There‘d be noâ€" thing missing in the morning. Suits of clothes and hardware samples might be forgotten on disâ€" play in front of the store and left out all night. As a matter of fact that happened more than once, and the worst that ever occurred was that in the morning there were washing machines and hose in front of the clothing store and clothâ€" ing in front of the hardware store a couple of blocks away. As for private homes, the most of them went unlocked from year‘s end to year‘s end. The truth is that many would have been hard pressed to find the keys if they had thought of locking the doors, and some of the locks wouldn‘t work even if keys had been found to fit them. Times have changed â€" and like some of the other changes in the worldâ€"it is not easy to beâ€" lieve they are for the better. Last year they carâ€" ried clothing right off the lines in more than one back yard, and no one left them carefully in front of a hardware store, or any place else. . Store doors have been broken, windows smashed, damâ€" age done to make illegal entry. Last year one oldâ€"timer was furious because they carried away the hose from his lawn. Another had a grievance when they took away the best part of the fence fraom the rear of his lot. TIMMINXS®, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Qurbec Newspaper Association; Class ‘A" Weekly Group OFFICE 26 PHONES â€"â€"â€"â€" RESIDENCE 10 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GEO, LAKE, Owner and Publisher Bubscription Rales: Canadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year. United Statesâ€"$3.50 Per Year Timmins, Ont., Thursday. June 22nd, 1939 It seems that nothing is safe. _ In Monday‘s Advance reference wWas made to the case of thieves carting away bodily the safe from the ofâ€" fice of a wholesale firm at Iroquois Falls. There were only some forty odd dollars in the safe, but there were papers of value to the firm, though not to others, and then the loss of the safe was surely adding insult to injury. Only a few days before a safe was stolen and carted bodily away from the Val d‘Or telegraph office. That safe had $300 in cash and $2,500 in negotiable telegraph money orders, and in addition there was the safe itself which was of value. At Kirkland Lake earlier this year a safe wWas stolen bodily and spirited away. A similar crime happened not so long ago in one of the Central Temiskaming towns. It seems like too much. If even safes are not safe in this North Country, then it looks like a spell of tough luck for this land. Perhaps, this is the way communists are made. the story of the Irishman, the roof of whose house leaked very badly, and who did nothing about it. Pat explained the matter by saying that when it rained he could not fix that pesky roof, and when it was fine, the roof didn‘t need fixing. People in general can hardly expect sympathy for such in general can hardly expect sympathy for such an excuse about not considering the matter of taxation. It is true that the right time to object to taxes is not at the time they have to be paid. That seems all right the "rainy day" when it is impossible to do much about the leak. But it might be a good idea to take advantage of the rainy day to get in a dry corner and figure out if something may not be done on the dry day before plection. you,â€"if they do not get worse. While municipal taxes may be noted the most, because they seem the closest to the average mail, the truth is that it is the general taxationâ€"often the hidden taxationâ€"that proves the most burâ€" densome. In addition, it must be admitted that people appear to get something in return for municipal taxation that does not appear so apâ€" parent in regard to provincial and Dominion imâ€" positions. Perhaps, if there were nothing in the way of taxation but municipal taxation, people would get used to it allâ€"either put up with it, or devise ways and means to remedy the trouble. The Citizens Research Bureau chose an unforâ€" tunate timeâ€"or, perhaps,‘ a most appropriate ocâ€" casionâ€"to publish some facts and figures on taxâ€" ation in general. It may depend on the outloos. Anyway, just as people were thinking up new Che Yormupine Advanee The Advance has referred more than once to PAE POUR CONSIDERING TAXES stt lt l P L C PA :: e ts curses in keeping with their feelings at having to pay municipal taxes and income taxes and whatâ€" not in the taxation line, along comes the Citizens‘ Research Bureau to announce that out of the total national income of everybody in Canada 21.7 per cent. goes to the various governments in taxation. In other words for every dollar that everybodyâ€"everybodyâ€" in Canada earns, makes, receives or secures, twenty cents is spent in taxes. That is a much larger percentage than is spent for anything else. Taxes cost the pecple more than clothes, food, shelter, amusements, educaâ€" tion, beer, or radio licenses. Is it any wonder that people take a chance on lottery tickets? Or the Dublin sweepstakes? The average man no doubt feels that the dollar spent for a lottery ticket is likely to give him a chance for a return equivalâ€" ent to the results he will be able to see from the twentyâ€"one and a fraction cents taken from every dollar earned. . According to the Citizens‘ Research Bureau the collection of 21.7 cents on every dollar of national income is not the full extent of the burden. Alâ€" though the various governments collect more than a fifth of every single dollar of national income that doesn‘t keep them going. Instead, the govâ€" ernments are all going into debt and that means the piling up of more need for taxation. The total annual expenditure of governments in Canâ€" ada as a percentage of national income is 25.5. In other words they collect 21.7 cents per dollar, and charge up another 3.8 cents on the books. Perhaps, this is what is termed State Control. J so, it does seem evident that a whole lot more of State Control is needed, but on the other foot. It appears as if it would take months for the newspapers and other publicity agencies to get away from mention of the royal tour. At present there seems to be a tendency on the part of some newspapers to review the tour and extend compli-l ments to all concerned on the undoubted success. of the event. In this regard it would be imposâ€". sible to speak in too flattering terms of the comâ€" ' plete success of the tour. It is logical and truthâ€" ful to refer to it as a triumph. There is nothing amiss in mentioning the notable way in which Their Majesties took their part in making the tour so glorious a Ssuccess. Their interest, their thoughtfulness, their graciousness, their wonderâ€" ful selfâ€"sacrifice will not soon be forgotten in Canada. And it is only fair to say that thereâ€" sponse of the people in general was equally noteâ€" worthy. It is difficult to see how the people of Ganada could have shown more loyalty, more | genuine affection, more interest, than was given. In general, those in charge of the arrangements on the schedule laid out, also did their part in exâ€" cellent way. But there the congratulations should be stopped. Those responsible for t,hel planning of the route and for some of the fea-l tures of the arrangements do not appear much entitled to high honours. There are many whol feel that political chicanery did much to injureg the tour. Had it not been for the wonderful at-i titude of Their Majesties and the equally afiec-l tionate response of the people the tour would not‘ have been the triumphal march that it proved to| be. Returned men at Sudbury recently called at-l tention to mistakes made in the original plansâ€"-â€"! mistakes that were unfair to the Veterans, to say! the least. The attitude of Their Majesties was such that much of the trouble was removed, but it would seem in order to enquire why Their Ma-; jesties should have needed to change arrangtâ€" ments so that returned men should not be Ovetrâ€" ;looked. People are not likely to forget that Theiri Majesties disregarded the routine programme SO. .that Christie Street hospital should not be ignorâ€". ed. Neither is it forgotten that it was impossible for Their Majesties to know of other mistakes 'that had been made. There are the cases Of thousands of children, weeping with disappointâ€" ment because after hours of weary waiting they were robbed of even a glimpse of their King and Queen, because someone had sadly blundered. | Probably, phe most glaring blunder of all was the studied ignoring of the North in the matter of ‘the tour. The mining area of this North is adâ€" mitted by all to be at the present time the most {important section of Canada. A route that ignorâ€" ‘ed this country cannot be explained or excused. It is true that distance and expense failed to keep thousands upon thousands of loyal people in the 'North from seeing the King and Queen, but the hgnoring of the North prevented hundreds of thousands of others from the hope of this priâ€" vilege. It is difficult to see how any excuse can be upheld for the ignoring of the North. It will need something much better than offered to date lt,o satisfy the people. To say that railway lines in raanltar nsA a4re uunsafte for travel is not very to satisfy the people. To say LNAL Allilks in regular use are unsafe for travel is not very complimentary to the good sense of the inhabiâ€" tants of the North. To suggest that with months to do the work, it was impossible to make the tracks safe is not creditable to the intelligence. The North itself has enterprise and initiative and skill enough to build a new railway, let alone reâ€" pair a neglected one, in the time at disposal. To the suggestion that it is all over now and nothing is to be gained by recriminations, the answer should be apparent. Uniess the North wishes to acquire the habit of being ignored, proâ€" test should be loud and long in this particular case. If the objection is made strongly enough, it is not likely to happen again. That is someâ€" thing worth fighting for. It should be a long AFTER THE ROYAL TOUR KE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMM.N8, ONTARIO Charged with illegal possession of high grade ore, Ernest Labrecque of Timmins was committed for trial by a higher court after a preliminary hearâ€" ing before Magistrate Scigfrid Atkinson in police court here on Tuesday afterâ€" noon. "A Chain of Evidence," Says Magistrate. Police Allege Found Complete Refining Equipment Behind Faise W all of Shack on Waterloo Road. Are Searching for Mystery Witness. Close to $100 Worth of Slag, High Grade Ore Prosecution witness unfolded evideonâ€" ce, which the Crown contended, should lead to the conviction of Labrceque. After hearing the testimony Magistrate Atkinson â€" remarked to Labrecque‘s counsel: ‘I think I‘ll have to seond it on Mr. Kester. There is a chain of eviâ€" dence here and I cannot see how a disâ€" missal of the charge would be justiâ€" fied on my part." First witness was Provincial Constâ€" able Stromser, a member of the which made the raid on Labrecque on the ©3. He said that he went in Labrecâ€" ques home by the back dcor. There was a man in the kithon. HMHe was cleanin{ up breakfast dishes. Ifull of slag was worth $16.80, a tea tin full of crushed slag was worth $2.25; and five graphite crucibles indicated that gsold had been melted in them. | Two carpenters who are believed to have constructed the shack on Waterâ€" ‘ loon Road. were heard. They said that all arrangements for building and all renumeration for the same were atrâ€" ! ranged through a Mr. Morin. Labrecâ€" ‘que told them that he was building ‘Lhe shack for Morin, who did not have _money enough to do it himself,. Not | one of the men had anything to do with the false wall. They inferred that IMorin had put it in himself. ! _ The man who formerly owned t.:is !Ict where the shack was located said | that he sold it to Morin for $225, . He admitted that his agreement with Morin was written by Labreque. | iBefore Magistrate Atkinson committâ€" led for trial, three employses of the "I saw him take a plate of seraps ou to the garbage can at the rear‘", saic Constable Stromierg. "He tsok some thing out of his pocket. I saw it shine He put it in the garbage can." After intensive questioning. by Mr. Kester regarding ownership of the shack in which the alleged high gradâ€" ing equipment was found, Constable Bert Braney said that in the shack was found a wrapped newspaper addres sed to Labrecque. It was a similar paper to one found in Labrecque‘s house located in another part of Waterl0o9 Road. Inside was a huge mass of material There were crucibles, asbkestos gloves, mortars and pestles of various sizes, several cans containing white powde: and a black granular substance, alum, and a stove pipe in which were chunks of slag. Labfeque was sent for said Constaâ€" ble Strombergz. He denied all knowâ€" ledge of the officer‘s find. Before interrogation of witnesses was completed the identity of the man who was in the kitchen when polics enteredâ€"the man who threw the key in the garbage canâ€"had aeveloped into something of a mystery. He was namâ€" ed as George Chartier. Chayâ€" alier and Fred Letourneau. Finally his name was established as George Charâ€" tier. Police said that he disappeared between the time Constable Etromâ€" berg saw him in the kitchen and the time when the equipment was found in the shack and Labrecque was sent for They held a warrant for his arreot at the present time. The witness said that when the man returned he took him out to the garâ€" bage can. After a search he discoverec that a key had been secreted there. He gave it to the leader of the party, Conâ€" stable Bort Braney. "Wa went from there to another plaze. There was a shed. It measured 16 fset by 20 on the inside and 18 by 20 on the outside. The key opened the lock." Inside, said the witness, there was a stove and an amount of coke, After inâ€" vestigation he and the other officers decided that the wall at one end was false. They obtained admittance to the space of two feet by a cupboard, the door of which was partly open. J. Mason whose in charge of the assay office at the Dome Mines, was a Crown witness. He said that the one tin pail found by police, contained ecrushed slagg, the approximate value of which was $54.50; two pieces of high grade gold ore were worth $16. broken pieces of crucibles found had a coating on the inside worth $5.81 a pound; a tin pal time before those responsible heard the last about this unjustified ignoring of the North. It remained for The Windsor Star to express the general heartfelt feelings and desires of the Canadian peopleâ€"the idea that Canadians would like to be true as Their Majesties left these shores:â€""The King and Queen of Canada have left on a visit to England." Newspaper work is a hard life. After the hapâ€" piness and uplift of the royal tour, there seems to be nothing to go back to but wars and rumors of wars, floods, drouth, disaster, murder and other crime. commit Lebrecque For Trial by Higher Court on Highâ€"Grade Charge Found. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER There was a subtle thrust of humour in Charlie r‘s who d the heard. s or the who are belleved 1O he shack on Waterâ€" ard. They said that for building and all the same were arâ€" Mr. Morin. Labrecâ€" at he was building in, who did not have do it himself. Not had anything to do 1. They inferred that in himself. formerly owned ts rmerly owned : was located orin for $225. agreement y Labreque. Atkinson comt Feldman Lumber Company wore heard. They indentified sales slips which showed that lumber purchases had been made by Labrecque from Feldman‘s. To Conduct Toronto Conservatory of Music Exams. Frank Blachford to be at Timmins, June 27th to 20th. Frank Blachford, one of Canada‘s sutstanding musicians, will conduct current examinations the Toronic consorvatcry of Music, at Timmins, .une 27th to 29th. He founded the Blanchford String Symphony of sixteen players and at their initial performance in Eaton Auâ€" ditorium, Toronto, they scored a disâ€" tinet success. His brilliant musical carcer be:an at he Torontoa Conservatory, from which ne graduated as a gold medalist. Then five years of study in pianos ind violin at the Royal Conservatory f Leipzig, where he graduated, winâ€" ing the coveted Helhig prize for his year. Mr. Blanchford studied violin with Swift and Marteau and piano with Beving. His theory and composiâ€" cion studies were made under Reinecke and Quasdorf. Mr. Blanchford‘s ability as a teachâ€" er is evidenced by the fact that his puâ€" pils are teaching and playing throughâ€" out Canada with notable success. His compositions include works for the violin, voice and male choir. A serenâ€" ade for male voices has had considerâ€" able success in larger cities of the Unâ€" ited States. Globe and Mail: Even from the <rimmest kind of warfare there comes now and then a flash of humour. Thousands of bags of Australian flour are shipped to the Chinese Army. These bags are made into trousers for the soldiers, and the bright advertisement, generally on the seat of the garment, is greatly admired. But, says the Ausâ€" bralian Press Bursau, on each roll of calico used in making these bags are stenczilled the words, ‘"Made in Japan." He was concertâ€"master of the Old Tcronto Symphony under Welsman, until it disbanded shortly after the outâ€" break of the great war. For several seasons, Mr. Blachford toured with concert companies, winning distinction as a violinist. Always keenâ€" ly interested in chamber music, he formed the Toronto String Quartet, which enjoyed twelve years of musiâ€" al success. Then came several seasons Oof trio work with Alberto Guerrero and Leo Smith. Their Conservatory Trio gainâ€" ed and enviable reputation. Upon his return to Toronto, he was invited by the late Dr. Edward FPisher to join the faculty of the Conservatory. Manager Timmins Branch ARTH, McCarthy‘s radio work on Sunday evening. Edgar Bergen was describing how a kindly old gentleâ€" man gave Oliver Twist a needed meal. "It was a dinner fit for a King, you understand!" Bergen. "Yes, I know," replied Charlie, dogs!" It is odd how sometimes the wrong thing will strike you about an advertisement. There was an advertisement in The Simcoe Reformer last week extolling the value of the telephone. _ In cases of serious need, the telephone was ready to call police, firemen, doctors, etc. Part of the adâ€" vertisement read:â€""You feel like screamingâ€"but you can‘tâ€"your throat is dryâ€"you feel as if you were choking with apprehensionâ€"your heart is pounding, pounding pounding." Just below is the name of the branch manager. It is "John Anâ€" guish!" "Anguish!" "Anguish!" Pickerel Caught With Sun Glasses Firmly on Nose Latehford, June 21,â€"(Special to The Advanceâ€"The northern angling seaâ€" son has not been in progress very long as yet this summer, but a new fish story is going the rounds, following the return of a Cokalt party of six from a trip to Lady Evelnyn Lake, up the Montreal river from this lumber town and who told of one of their number hooking a sevenâ€"pound pickerel on whose finny nose was firmly attachâ€" the sun glasses another member of the sextet had thrown away as useless a quarter of an hour before the fish was caught. Bruno Gascon, wellâ€" known resident of Cobalt, was the sucâ€" cessful angler, and Mrs. Louis Camâ€" bray, also of the Silver City, the lady who had thrown away the eye protecâ€" tors. Lady in Latchford Party Has Just Dropped the Glasses in the Water. Windsor, Ont., June 21â€"Consistont increases in the volume of sales of Fordâ€"built cars and trucks in South Africa has resulted in a decision to construct a $250,000 addition to the plant of Ford Motor Company of South Africa, Limited, at Port FElizabeth. The South African company is op°râ€" ated as one of the five overseas sudâ€" sidiary ccmpanies of Ford Motor Comâ€" pany of Canada, Limited. Announteâ€" ment of the expansion there is made by Wallace R. Campbell, president of the parent Canadian company. As explained by the company on their return. Mrs. Cambray had taken off her sun glasses temporarily and, by accident, had sat on them. One side was smashed and the euipment rendered quite useless, whereupon she had tossed the glasses into the water of the Lake. PFifteen minutes later, Mr. Gascon, casting in the neighborâ€" hood, landed a fine specimen of pickâ€" eral, and there, on his front end, were the glasses Mrs. Cambray had discardâ€" €ed as beyond repair. The anglers said they often had heard of speckled trout but this was the first occasion on which they had ever run @Across a speckled pickerel. "Our export markets, which last year obsorbed more than half our toâ€" tal annual production in Canada, have been holding up very well this year to date. We will proceed with the new plant construction in South Africa imâ€" mediately as we find that increase facilities are now required, said Mr. Campbell. Ford Motor Co. Business Expanding in South Africa "Export shipments by the company in 1938 amounted to 73.5 per cent of 13a Pine Street North Timmins AND REAL ESTATE IN ALL BRANCHES INSU RANC E. SIMMS, HOOKER DREW Imperial Bank of Canada welcomes applications for loans for business purposes. If you have a sound proposal, we will be glad to conâ€" sider it and advance necessary assistance upon satisfactory terms. Our nearest local manager will be pleased to meet you and discuss details. IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA HOUSES AND LOTS FOR SALE CONVEXxIENT TERMS Head Office: Toronto 5 THROUGH O U T said ‘Hot the total Canadian automolive exports to British countriecs exclusive of the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State. Such exports give increased volume of production in Canada which results in lower production costs and the creation of greater employment for capital and labour. For these reasons any expansion of our export businesss is beneficial both to the company and to the Dominion as a whole," said Mr, Campbell. Huntingdon Gleaner: A novel comâ€" petition to decide who was the most skilled at making love was held reâ€" cently in a Paris dance hal. A numâ€" ber of young men and girls took part and the judges had an embarrassing task distinguishing between the variâ€" ous techniques. Scme of the competiâ€" tors favoured the "Hollywood" style, some the "theatre" manners and others the "timid" method. The judges were hard put to it to decide between the bold and emphatic embraces which appgaled to some entrants and the difâ€" fident, selfâ€"conscious kisses stolen by cthers. | Try The Advance Want Advertisements, ‘""My Secretary... 14 Pine St. N was losing a lot of time from the office. Just at my busiest times she would be home complainâ€" ing of a "splitting" headâ€" ache. It got to be so reâ€" gular that I sent her to Mr. Curtis for an eyc exâ€" amination. . Now s h e wears glasses and can get through far more work without any strain at all." OPTICAL COMPANY OME LIGHT FOR A MINER IS SAFE AnND OKAY, HE (AM WORK UNOERGROUNU AND AwAY Glasses cost less and terms may be arranged at BVT OWE LUGUT ON A CAR |% h PRACTICE UNSOUND T may PQT Tt DRwCTD® LNDERGREOVUND! THURSDAY, JUNE 23ND Phoneâ€"Office 11% Resigence 135 N aution al Phone 835 Lafety Cmmncil wip