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"The closing of the silver mines of Cobalt wl be a great harship on the business men of the town, where overâ€" night the buying power of the majority of the residents would be cut to a miniâ€" mum. Just how this situation may be overcome will be difficult to figure out. Where a town has been built up enâ€" tirely around one product, with no new developments being brought forward to take the place of those worked out, the future s anything but favorable. Cobalt, however, is not a dead town, some of its firms supply goods to other parts of the north and a sufficient number of residents have steady emâ€" ployment with firms, not dependent enâ€" tirely upon silver mining to ensure Coâ€" balt staying out of the "ghost town" class, for some time to come." "According to the figures as given in the Canada Year Book, in 1938, Canada produced n 1936 (the last year for which figures are available»;~aâ€" total of 18,334,48"7 fine ounces of silver, of which amount more than one half or 9,748,â€" 715 fine oz. were produced in British Columbia. Silver is, to a large extent, produced ‘inâ€"â€"conjuncticn with cther metals, ie., lead, copper, gold, nickle, etc. As the production of these metals increasesâ€"the production of silver autoâ€" matically becomes greater, as, in the cashe of British Columbia, production in 1937 was up more than one million ounces over the preceding year,. Silver prices have shown a wide fluctuation since 1860â€"1872, at which time they were about $1.32 per fine ounce; in 1919 the price fell to $1.12, and durinz the years of 1922â€"29 increased slightly. Since that time, however, the price has fellen to less than one half, and during the past few weeks has further deâ€" clined to about 342 per ounce. oz.. which would mean a bonus of 8¢ per ounce or about $1,466,758.96. Should the low price of silver result in the closing of other mines where the ore shows a high silver content the proâ€" position would have much more merit, but at the present time, to ask the peoâ€" ple of Canada to pay upwards of one and a half million dollars so that mines employing less than 300 men may keep open, and wh.se total payroll would not exceed one third of the bonus, would not be good business. s "Again, taking the Canada Year Book figurscs as a basis, in 1936 there were 28 plants working on silverâ€"coâ€" balt ore, employing three hundred and sixtyâ€"three hands, having an annual payroll of.less than half a million dolâ€" lars and using supplies to the extent of $181,502. Incidentally, the net revâ€" enue from this expenditure was $915,â€" 376. "The suggestion that the government purchase newlyâ€"mined â€" Canadian \silâ€" ver at a price that would allow the mines at present operating to continue to do so, is not, in the opinion of The Speaker, feasible. With the steadily mins employment in the Cobalt camp on one hand and the inâ€" creased production of silver on the other the drain on the Federeal treasury wouki be out of proportion to the beneâ€" fit to be derived. To fix a price for silâ€" ver that would insure cperating costs and a profit would take about 42c per "The miners of Cobalt are experâ€" ienced hard rock men, the camp is reasonably close to the gold mining centres of the north, and while the number of men to be without employâ€" ment will present a very serious proâ€" blem for the authorities, the greater number of «them should be able to secure employmeont in the mines furâ€" ther north,. The Speaker is of the opinâ€" ion that, instead of bonusing silver at the present time, the money be used to try out the scheme of Walter Little wherein the government would set aside a certain sum to be expended upon the development of promising gold proâ€" perties. If this were tried out, and a new mine proven it would be possible to absorb ~the entire population of a town tuch as Cobalt. Describe Rescue Methods at Miner‘s Inquest Thursday Bring in Verdict of Acciâ€" dental Death With No Blame Attached to Anyâ€" One. "The serious predicament in which the Cobalt camp finds itself today, due to the decline in the price of silver, is one that is causing governmental and municipal authoritiecs a great deal of concern. In an endeavor to find some way to keep the camp operating, and so that cmployees of the mines "will not have to go on relief," the motion passed at the instigation of Cobalt deleâ€" gates at the Temiskaming Liberal Conâ€" vention on Wednesday last at Kirkland Lake, asking the Feccral Government to inaugurate a bonus scheme for silâ€" ver mined in Canada, offers a solution which upon close analysis does not appear to be feasible. In a recent issue The Advance carâ€" ried an article from this paper‘s reguâ€" lar correspondent at Cobalt touching on the serious situation faced by the silver camp at the present time,. It was urged that the Government should do something, either by way of stabilâ€" izring the price of silver, by bonus, or otherwise, so that the "best old town" should have a chance for continucd existence,. The New Lskeard Speaker last week had an nteresting and inforâ€" mative editorial article on the sam> topic. The Speaker says:â€" The story of six hours‘ labour to reâ€" Serious Situation for Town of Cobalt. Government Should Help the Silver Mine Industry Members of the jury were J. P. Burke, foreman, W. F. Thompson, Hass, D. Laprairie and Coulâ€" ter Conn. Coroner was Dr. H. L. Minâ€" ‘thorn, Crown Attorney Caldbick did the interrogating. First witness was Dr. M. J. Kelly. He said that he reached the underâ€" (ground scene of the accident at 9.45 Requiem Mass For Paseal Maltais at St. Anthony‘s Requiem high mass was said at St. Anthony‘s church on Friday morning at nine o‘clock for the late Mr. Pasâ€" cal Maltais The funecral was very largely attendad and the many floral tributeas and spiritual offerings testiâ€" fied to the regard in which the deâ€" ceased was held and the sympathy for those bereaved. The late Mr. Maltais, who died at the home of his daughâ€" ter, Mrs. Frank Roscoe, Tamarack street, was 72 years old ank had been a valued resident of Timmins for twentyâ€"four vears. At the same time th side of the mill hole from an adjacent mar nel made in tq where located. Second Intercollegiate Dance of the Season Here Adorned with the shields and banâ€" ners of various colleges of Canada and the United States, whose students are at present in Timmins and district, the Riverside Pavilion made an attractive setting for the second Intercollegiate dance of the year, held on Friday evenâ€" ing. «About one hundred couples atâ€" tended, making the event a complete and happy success. Music for the occasion was supplied by the Buffaloâ€"Ankerite Orchestra, and during the dance a very tasty lunch was served. Due to the fact that attendance at the Timmins Market this year has not been very favourable. a special meetâ€" ing of the council will be held this (Monday) evening to make plans and arrangements to improve the market. Mine Captain George Webber said that the accident took place on the 2,150 foot level just west of Number 12 stope. Radasovich was a machine man. The mill hole in which he was trapped was lined with post timbers between nine and eleven inches in diameter. Inside those again was three by ten inch planking. The resâ€" cue workers had to cut through that timber and planking,. Their work was made more difficult by reason of the fact that only two men could work at a time in the cramped area. J. Evans, Radasovich‘s partner said that they were scaling and pulling the mill hole below. It jammed and they got orders from the shift boss to blast. They decided to Hlast from the top and did so by means of a blasting stick. . R@dasovich did the blasting. He lowered himself into the mill hole holding to a rope and placed the powâ€" der on top of the muck. When, after the blast, it still was jammed, they decided to blast again. Rasadovich again lowered himself, this time by means of a rope around his waist. After the second blast the jam still remained. Radasovitch last his grip on the rope and fell 19 feet, said the witness. He was covered over with broken rock to a |depth of eight feet. Harry Chenier was in the stope when the man fell. He was holding a rope by hand. Chenier said that it was not difficult for a workman to get a safety belt, if at any time he decided he needed one. "I warned him to be sure and use the ropes,‘ wsaid Harry Sopha, shift boss. He said that he told Radasoâ€" vich that there was a space in the mill hole below the jam and that it might give way suddenly, Rescue methods were described by witnesses. Workmen apparently had to finst bore holes and insert bars across the mill hole above where the man was buried to prevent more from falling and then much the rock out by hand. pm. An hour later rescue workers had uncovered part of what he beâ€" lieved was Radasovich‘s arm. In that expaosed area he was able to give him a hypodermic injection. He was reâ€" leased a few minutes after two o‘clock. Dr. Kelly said that the injured man was unconscious when he was brought out, â€"He was very badly shocked. Just before his release he was able to take a little hot tea. When he was brought out his heart beat was very faint and his pulse weak. He was taken to the hospital and put in an oxygen tent, Death occurred at 3.30 o‘clock on"the Death occurred at 3.30 o‘clock on"the afternoon of July 20. Dr. Kelly beâ€" lieved that it was caused by a fracâ€" tured spine combined with extreme shock. In addition he was literally covered with bruises and cuts. Then Radasovich went down again. He held the rope with pne hand and with a scaling bar in the other he tried to loosen the rocks. He bent orer to move some of the smaller rocks by hand and the whole jam suddenly gave way and took him with it down the mill hole. Attendance Not Good at Timmins Farmers‘ Marke Verdict of the jury after all the eviâ€" dence had been taken was that the death was accidental, "We the jury td that Plorenz Radasovich came to his death through an accident, no blame being attached to anyone," read the decision. lease a Hollinger miner, Florenz Radaâ€" sovich, from a mill hole where he was emtoimbed from eight o‘clock on the night of July 19 until two o‘clock on the morning of the 20th, was told on Thursday afternoon at the coroner‘s Inquest into his death. e the timbers or le were cut manway and a iere Radasovich were described ien apparently s and insert | )e above where > prevent more f much the rock Radasoâ€" the mill it might through L <a tunâ€" In twentyâ€"five hours three new cruisers were launched. Announceâ€" ment was made that within the next two months two battleships, each 35,â€" 000 tons, two 23,000 ton aircraft carâ€" rlers, four more cruisers, several subâ€" marines, a destroyer depot ship and several destroyers will be launched. Ninety British bombers flew over France, and British news sources were careful to point out that by veering one way or the other they could quite easily have been over Italy‘s Turin or Germany‘s Berlin. "Dixie" Davis,, onetime "mouthâ€" piece" for Dutch Schultz and his gang of thugs who ruled New York‘s underâ€" world and extracted tribute from evâ€" en such well known places as Jack Dempsey‘s restaurant, left the Tombs Prison on Saturday having served 170 days of his one year term. He was captured in February, 1938, and on his plea of being guilty of parâ€" ticipating in Schultz‘s numbers racâ€" ket was sentencod to a year. Later he appeared as star witness for the Government in its prosecuâ€" tion of Jimmy Hines, Tamany disâ€" trict leader, on charges of being guardian angel to a policy racket in Harlem. The successful prosecution put Hines away for a time. Davis has been telling the story of his experience as thug Schultz‘s atâ€" torneyâ€"atâ€"law in a national magazine. In serial form the story, (probably ghost written) is supposedly an expose of the many and varied rackets operâ€" ated and murders committed by Schultz and other gangland leaders. In the story the ghost writer for the crooked lawyer has been managing to create a sympathy for Davis. Howâ€" ever, the apologetic is rather thin, It scarcely fails to hide the fact that Davis, who bought $150. suits and wore silk drawers when in his heyday, was nothing more than a cheap shyster with more brains and knowledge of legal technicalities than most. Now that he is out, "the heat is on" Davis. As a isquealer he has "a short sharp shock‘"" coming to him from gangland‘s guns. He is being protectâ€" ed by Federal Bureau of Investigation men. They probably want to extract more information on the mechanics of racketeering before they abandon him to his almost inevitable "fate. In any event they will proetct him while men. more of 1: him any | e n ; By Hugh Murphy E t Taking advantage of international itenslty and the efficient and wide disâ€" semination of news now possible, Hitâ€" ler has successfully used the technique of showing his teeth at the psycholoâ€" gical moment to gain his point. In other words, by massing troops, holdâ€" ing well puyblicized military conferâ€" ences and generally creating an atâ€" mosphere of threat during times of crisis he has scared off nations who hesitate to force an issue to the utâ€" most when there appears to be a good chance of creating war by doing so. last week. One University Pre man, 20, was f isolated â€" touris Pennsylvania; trand, 16, who beauty contest "Miss Brooklyn adelphia The da to the newsmen ers.) Sh Britain has decided that two can play at that game. The territorial ormy, fully mechanized, recently started on its greatest peace time manoeuvers to date. One hundredâ€" and thirtyâ€"five thousand men begzan to move for two week‘s training which will end with a gigantic sham battle against an "invading army from Wales." sharp shock‘" coming to him from gangland‘s guns. He is being protectâ€" ed by Federal Bureau of Investigation men. They probably want to extract more information on the mechanics of racketeering before they abandon him to his almost inevitable "fate. In any event they will proetct him while he honeymoons with his pulchritudâ€" inous, red haired, chorus girl sweetâ€" heart, Hope Dare. She has waited for him while he was in jail. It alâ€" most restores one‘s faithâ€"does it not? If they do get himâ€"so what? He hardly deserves the sympathy of peoâ€" ple who lead respectable if dull lives. He chose his code. If the hardly c ple who He chos T wo Tickets are valid to return, leaving destination point not later than C. P. Train No. 7, from Montreal 7.50 p.m, Sunday, August 6th, to connect at North Bay with our Train No, 47, Monday, August 7th. Bargain coach excursion tickets will be valid on Train 486, Thursday, August 3rd. Passengers will arrange their transfer to North Bay C. P. Depot and ttke C. P. Train No. 8, leaving at 1.00 a.m. Friday, August 4th. Tickets good in coaches only. Children 5 years of age, and under 12, when accompanied by guardian. HALEF FARE Tickets will not be honoured on Trains 49 and 50 "The Northland." Pembroke, Renfrew, Arnprior, Ottawa, Ontario. Montreal, Quebec and Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Que. Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway The Nipissing Central Railway Company daughter * door.‘: 1 en (a gl She was THURSDAY, AUGUST 3rd, 1939 missing hotel One, a da President was found â€" tourist â€" can T. N. 0. and N. C. R. Regular Stations of he lorified clad i of was Di judges was fo For further particulars apply to Local Agent Old Eli‘s 1 her cabin ied name i1 id in camp other daug in passed by s were j found in ; mne for re lounging he came ) greet reportâ€" THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMINS3, ONTARIO robe From Mrs. R. L. Ollison, of Windsor, Ont., is spending a few weeks visiting at the home of her sonâ€"inâ€"law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, A. A. Rose, 111 Tamarack street, Timmins. The I. O. O. F. Timmins Lodge No. 459 held its annual picnic on Sunday at the Dome Pump House, and both adults and #hildren had a perfect day. Even the weatherman joined in making the event a decided success, giving both young and old a marvelâ€" lous chance to enjoy swimming in the cool waters of the lake. Barrie patch st "deep r the killi aries at tlement : planes. sounds 1 the kille! ‘That last remark confirms the widâ€" ely held opinion that beauty contests winners, even beauty contest ~contestâ€" ants, are nought else but good and respectable girls. No sports events were held, the day passing in isocial activity and swimâ€" ming. Tea, ice cream, and soft drinks were served, and each party brought tasty individual lunches. and clutching a small teddy hbear to her bosom. Saild she: "If I were a reâ€" porter I wouldn‘t go around knocking on people‘s doors at dawn."" Bright eh! "I couldn‘t swallow my pride enough to go home." She said that she had worked in a dance hall for a time but "%didn‘t like the atmosphere or the people." Death of Mrs. Brown Tisdale Avenue Sunday Evening Ltonel West, student at Toronto Uniâ€" versity, left on Sunday to return to his home in Toronto after spending a few months in Timmins. Mr. and Mrs. Omer Girard (nee Miss Rose Allaire), have returned to Timâ€" mins honeymoon spent in Toâ€" ronto, Niagara Falls, and other points south. Their marriage took place at and the groom is a member of the local Fire Brigade. Mr. aqd Mrs. Cleland, and family, of | Toronto, formerlyâ€"resident at the Coniâ€"| aurum Property, are at present visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland | of the Coniaurum Property. of Mrs, J; ing. The England, age. She pected cit twelve came as ; erous frie present o1 sympathy go to Mtr. Annual Oddfellows‘ Picnic Held at Dome Pump House AaSs Mrs. John Palangio has returned to North Pay after spending a few woeks visiting her daughters, Mrs. Frank Colâ€" ameco, Mrs. A. Pappone, and Miss Mary Palangio. Gordon son of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Eyre, was taken ill at their sumâ€" mer camp at Val Gagne last week and was hurriecd to South Porcupine hospiâ€" tal where an operation for appendicitis was successfully performed, and he is now on the way to complete recovery. Tisdale she lea OfI age; Said Miss Bertrand, who was dt;â€" cribed as "slim, brunette and sixteen" Had Been Esteemed Residâ€" ent of Timmins for Past Twelve Years. No defini _ yet beer , Walkers The death occurred James Brown g. The late Mrs. B igland, and was th ‘e. She had been a ected citizen of Tim elve years and he me as a decided s killers pathy of all their f1 o Mtr. Brown in his e late Mrs. Browt ale avenue. Beside leaves one daughter irrie Examiner:â€"An Ottawa disâ€" h states that Japan has expressed p regret and condolences‘‘ over killing. of two Canadian missionâ€" â€"at the Holiness Movement setâ€" ent in China by Japanese bombing es. That word "condolences" ds rather cynical, coming from friends >»finite been 1 funeral arangements made, the remains r¢ Funeral Parlour. *No Baggage Checked _ here. visit to all their Locals d at her home mn, on Sunday ¢ Brown was bo thirtyâ€"five yea a popular and mmins for th aer sudden shock to her Mr. Brown Mr. Brown is at ESngland, and the friends here, will s bereavement, n resided at 25 jles her husband, er, fourteen years here ay evenâ€" _ born in years of and resâ€" the past ts have resting > past death numâ€" | Afton Aldermac Ashley Aunor . Base Metals Beattie Bidgood ‘ Bobjo Bralorne Broulan Porcupine Buffalo Ankertie Canadian Malartic Castle TDrethewwey Central Patricia Centrifl Porcupine Coniagas Coniaurum Dome Eldorado Falconbridge Gillies Lake Glenora Goldale Hardrock Hollinger Hudcon Bay Howey International Nickel Kerr Addison Kirkland Lake Lake Shore Little Long Lac McLeod Cockshutt Macassa McIntyre McKenzie Red Lake McWatters Mining Corporation Moneta Naybob Niplssinq ; OBrien . ...%....... Pamour Paymaster Pickle Crow ... Pioneer Preston East Dome Premier San Antoniq Sherritt Gordon St. Anthony Sullivan Con, Sudbury â€" Basin $ s Sylvanite Teck Hughes Waite Amulet ..........., Wright Hargreaves Toronto Telegram: â€" Unclad Doukâ€" hobors would be much more conspictâ€" ous in winter, anyway. | Toâ€"day‘s Stocks | PORCUPINE ADVANCE RnEMEMBER n Mr. Merchant: Reading vance in comfort thousands les are in mood to b ieading The Adâ€" ance in the quiet :omfort of home, housands of famiâ€" es are in the right nood to be TO SELL THEM YOU VE GOT TO If Your Store is Worth Talking About LISTED The HOME Newspaper of the PORCUPINE DISTRICT Since 1912 1.85 2.07 33.00 115 1.08 15,50 34.00 42.00 3.05 2.00 4.80 58.00 50.50 2.02 1.30 63 1.30 1.05 15 % 1.45 2.33 ..2.00 4.15 2 48 1.0595 1.55 1.99 1.02 8013 2.30 1,15 3.35 4.20 7.00 8.20 5.75 Rich Find Reported at Golconda Mine in Duparquet One of the richest gold discoveries of the year in northwestern Quebec is reported to have betn made on the property of Golconda Mincs Limited in Duparquet Township, according to B. $. Parkinson, president. The new find, according to the company, is remarkâ€" able in that very high valuss were obâ€" tained in material containinz no free gold. A piece of ixidized and hsavily mineralized ore taken from the vein is reported to have returned 140 ounces of gold or $4,900 per ton. Two check asâ€" says were run to confirm the report. A prospecting crew is reported to have uncovered a section of the vein six fret wide and two feet long. Subâ€" sequent investigation was made by J. B. DeMille, the company‘s engineer, and other engincers familiar with Duâ€" parque conditions have since visited the property. Hallnor ‘Mines, Porcupine district, subsidiary of Noranda Mines, has deâ€" clared an interim dividend of 15 cents per share, payable Sept. 1 to shareholdâ€" High Values are Reported Where No Free Gold Showing. Hallnor Mines Declares 15 p.c. Interim Dividend President Parkinson, to the property, has pound sample to be Temiskaming â€".testing Cobalt. You will stand the Summer heat better if your body resistance is not depleted by uncorrected eyeâ€"strain Correct glasses will give you new energy. Eye Strain Lowers Resistance J. M. WATERMAN, R. 0.â€"Optical Specialist 17 PINE STREET NORTH makes it easy for you to get your glasses. QOUR OIVIDED PAYMENT PLAN if your merchandise and prices can stand investigation . . . . â€"â€"â€"â€" ALlL IMPORTANT BUYING DECISIONS ARE MADE AT HOME 40 SNWATITOD TVLLNHMN‘TIANI *A HBELOUHL . SHMEFILW IHY ‘TIML following a trip ordered a 503â€" shipped to the laborato at ers of record Aug. 15, calling for disâ€" tribution of $300,000 on the 2,000,000 shares authorized and issued. Company pald an init 12 cents a share, entailt March 18, this year, aim with a 15â€"cent paymen entailing $300,000.. Whe dend is paid. total dist company will be $840,000 Noranda Mines., at la Noran« 1,865,000 cent of t tal. Its Globe and Mail:â€"~â€"Germans in the Tyrol say that for more than twenty years efforts have boen made to make Italians of them,. Evén that might be a slight improvement. Y our Own Home {mlhi4 $25. a month will build you a modern 5â€"room house with full basement, on your our lot, under the National Mousing Act, including architec» tural fees, Laurence Pacey Architectural Draughtsman Phone 1395 or 975 Engquiries Invited OPEN EVENINGS® 7â€"10 70‘ * s a roup s Â¥ ¢ FIFTH AVENUE n i1 share since Hallâ€" ids will be $712,500, ch of the 2,239,772 standing. n curre tributed PHONE 190 al | dividend of â€" $240,000, on mllowed this on June 14, current diviâ€" 1¢ nda rort, held 93.75 per ued capiâ€" d will be by the