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The Advance twenty years ago said : ‘Mr E. J. McDonald, of Rochester ‘ownâ€" site, who had his eye injured while at work in the busi some weeks ago, is making very satisfactory progress in Toronto where he is taking hospital treatment. While chopping in the bush a flying chip hit him in the eye with the result that it appeared as if the eye had been seriously injured. HMe went to Cochrane hospital and took treatment there for the injured eye, but decided to try specialists in the city, where his many friends will be pleased to know, the treatment is provâ€" ing very su:ccessful and the danger of permanent injury to the eye is practiâ€" cally passed." It was pointed cut in The Advance twenty years ago that after a seige of illness South Porcupine had recoverâ€" ed its health and so was back to normal again. There had been conâ€" siderable illiness in South Porcupine and as ‘a precautionary measures all schools, churches and other public mecting places were closed for a week or twa. The epidem‘c in South Porguâ€" pine appeared to be more the type of the oldâ€"time la grippe or severe cold rather than the more serious disease commonly known as the "flu". Alâ€" though the numser of cases was much smaller and the type of the disease much milder than in the previous flu epidemic, the authorities at South Porâ€" cupine decided not to take any chances and so special measures and precautâ€" ions were adopted. The prompt efforts to combat the prevalence of severe eold or la grippe ‘were so successful that in a few days South Porcupine was back to normal health and it was possible to reâ€"open the schools, churches and other public meeting places. In the Advance of Feb. lith, 1920, reference was made to a successful and pleasing band concert given in the Emâ€" pire theatre by the Timmins Citizens‘ Band. "Bandmaster E. W. Johnston and his bandsmen received many comâ€" pliments upon the programme of music furnished," said The Advance at the time, "and there will be general pleaâ€" sure at the announcement made that there will be other similar concerts given in the near future. The Timmins Citizens‘ band has developed into an excellent musical organization that is a credit to the town, and it is pleasing to all good citizens to see the general support and appreciation given." The programme comprised selections by the band and a fiveâ€"reel picture. The colâ€" lection totalled over $87.00. Through the kindness of the management of the theatre, there was no charge made for the hall or for the picture shown. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 1940 WO pay at least $500.00 or $600.00 for the use made of it. The council considered their previous offer as good as anything they could do, and they left the next move, if any, to Mr. White. Councilior T wenty Y ears Ago I‘0gg and CLTNer C town should look place for an is scavenger service erable discussion Wabi Iron Works was ordered paid. This settles the longâ€"standing account in connection with the ‘water tank, which has been held for payment until the Wabi Iron Works would submit a bill. From The Porcupine Advance Fyles move, if any, to Mr. White. Councilior Fogg and cther councillors thought the town should look around and secure a place for an isolation hospital. The scavenger service came in for considâ€" erable discussion. ‘The services of the scavenger for the year were considered as generally satisfactory, but plans were made for more frequent collection of garbage in town. The following paraâ€" graph from the report of the council meeting should be <f interest in view of the develpments several years later: "On motion of MesSsrs. Longmore and Defeu the account of $841.00 for the The death of Mrs. John X. McDonald mother of Mrs. J. J. Perreault, of town, was chranicled in The Advance twenty years ago. Mrs. M:Donald was one of the uloneer residents of New Liskeard, and was largoly esteemed by wide circles in the North. She was an active workâ€" er in the Presbyterian Church, in the hospital work at New Liskeard, and in other public capacties. In the district hockey league twenty years ago, Timmins won from the Mcâ€" Intyre, 7 to 5. The game was a liveâ€" ly one and there was much good hockey The Timmins team included:â€"R. Hogâ€" garth, Geo. Lake, Loughrin, Campbell, Breonnan, M:cGuire, Laflamme and Jemmett. the fourth third § to lighted ths Tiaie Timm Loughrin, In the Advance twenty years ago there was the good news that Porcuâ€" pine had won the northern group of the N. 0. H. On Saturday, Feb."7th 1920, Porcupine refeated Troquois Falls a{iter overtime, with the score of 4 to 2. In the N. O. H. A. games, northern group. Timmins had won the first game to6 to 2; the second, 8 to 6.and the fourth 4 to 2. The Falls won the third 5 to 4. ‘The game on Feb. 7th deâ€" lighted the fans. It was fast and lively. Tie Timmins team was:â€"Liberty, Lake, Loughrin, Brown, Brennan . Simms, McGuire and Campbell. For TIroquois Falls the lineâ€"up was:â€"Corbould, Mastâ€" erson, Bryden, Fraser, Pluker, Wiilson, McCanomy, and Bosquet, Prospectors and Mining Men Have Had Tough Times all day. in beds '\valked to On one managed gathered bottle of perate ste them had Story of the Group that Made Good After Much Tribulation. The following interesting reference to the trials and tribulations that prosâ€" pectors and mining men sometimes face is from "Grab Samples" in The Northern Miner:â€" s 1932 Was a Bad Year Eight years ago Canadian prospectâ€" ors and mine promoters passed through a very tough winter. Around 1932 it was mighty night impossible to raise a dime for any kind of venture and the fraternity which seeks, finds and fiâ€" nances mines were largely "resting‘ as they saw in the theatrical world. And the rest was not doing them a great deal of good. Many of the boys mad been successful in the past had good reputations, had made discoveries or had found the monâ€" ey "for worthwhile projects. In ordinâ€" ary times they would have had no difâ€" ficulty in raising the financial wind, even if they had to borrow, but in 1932 (remember?) all the usual sources of funds had dried up, all the good touches were frozen stiff. Anyone, whether prospector or promoter, who was caught out in the chill wind was up against it. The strail the winter | ible. When keepers shu the expedie dozen eggs, of tea whi hote? rcom meals were Ing in tales of past su of future plans rosy hue. The and insbiring. selli gas they woulid@ ne?ga what they would do there. One of them, has since made plenty ha i1X steps aA 18€ ts which the boys reached as wore on were almost incredâ€" i landladies and the hotel t off the rations they hit on nt of chipping in to buy a a loaf of bread and a pound ch thtey would take to the m areiully figured how muCcai uid need for the trip and wculd do when they got them an engzineer who aiseo $10 1 1e King EC and decid ad doubl each carta would be talk was oft CHARMING GROUP AT SCHUMACHER HIGH SCHOOL EVENT LAST WEEK d go an engir of mone s where he k Another a C l nda j1er a geol«+] Brandon Sun:â€"Sson th itried rich,|carriers who‘* brought th down there|greetings will be bringing AIYCG W1i hne prevaliâ€" hour the th details painted in n inspired Mo U 1t ‘Yel two, although claiming no special qual~â€" ifidations, were prospectors who had ‘aclims. In the heat generated by the rum they decided to undertake the trip. Between them all they managed to raise eight dollars and a tank of gas and so they ‘set out. They took their cwn rations, including bacon, eggs, tlea, a loaf of bread with a frying pan and ia tea pall. They had seven breakâ€"downs which they had to revair themselves and the trip tock two days. They spent their money on gas and oil and tire patches. When mealtime came they pulled up beâ€" side a stream and started a fire, on which the prospectors proseeded to fry the bacon and eggs and boil the tea. They only regretted that they had not brought a tent and some sleeping bags. Finally they won through and drew up with a flourish at the best hotel in Montreal. The engineer made good his boast; the manager welcomed him with open arms and assigned them a good double rcom. Then the manouvering started. They were right out of money, had to eat in their rocom and were embarrassâ€" ed because they could not tip the bell boys for their meals. They even ran out of cigarettes. They had to walk long distance because they had no carâ€" fare to visit their prospective victims. They made several promising contacts tut a week went by and the hotel manâ€" ager cooled out and demanded some cheque and in simulated high dudgeon the gang moved to the next best place. No cheap hotels for these wandering big shots. Several days elapsed and th original cheque bounâ€" ced,. bringing with it threats of violence. Just when things looked the blackest the geologist sold a syndicate unit for $200. and the gang was in clover. They haughtily summoned the cashier of their first hostelry to come and get Legion War Services Fund Doing Well at Sudbury gang scaltf proved to tb the deopressi and badly nhnarassed crowd perous toâ€"day, delight to tale of their embarrassmetl terfuges. bury aetaills were given Cl of the campaign. Up to 1 nesday the actual figure of was $4.1789.22 and there w anadian Legion I mpaign at Sudbur iry Cbjective was 2rre as Timminsâ€" TE w # be‘fore each but n by experie at somiâ€"starved owd who, prosâ€" to recount the subscriptions 1€ a 1 THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO of 193 tom o .«\ War Weddings *.; Worship, Worry 1J and Whatâ€"not Offensive "Russian Ooffensive gets nowhere," states a newspaper heading. To date the Russian offensive, has not been nearly as effective as the Ru<sxan offensiveness. New Heights New â€" comparative heights were touched in England recently. C‘ A â€"conscientious objector said hce would rather spend the rest Of his life in the army than another week with his wife. Ancestor Worship night he It is never very complimentary to every sta a man to identify him by one of his| His prC ancestors. it would For that reason we do not think |it mad er that F. A. Brock, political aspirant of , thing to Collingwood, was responsible for the| (Maybe newspaper report that "he is a direct , a patr descendant cof General Isaac Brock." ; Getting Lord Haw Haw on the Short Wave Radio. night that I nvention. With great °t tening all over 17 PINE ST. N * £ ® **4 ; ). : * 4 f ’f . it Pays to See Well x years ago we bought a radio id mcore bands than a Shrirers‘ v' iiXi}} â€" YVULiL _ C)a)d, M AldLCi}} _Â¥ VU, VJY _ iARQL jFiaatk \A i \ properly equipped to work in comfort, } REMUS OPTICAL DEPT. a0ps. . Although the New Liskeard firemen ie men have\lost | were unable last week to do anything ar they still get save the Sharp residence on the ootll.ghts. Lake Shore Road from being destroyed is one Of the TCA~ | py fire they did not simply stand back ve war with its sDICN~ | anq see it burn, but instead they resâ€" S ufm:;l)rms.l in u. cued every bit of furniture from the g.9! °_ 1? lets S' _mt“af" building and even included doors, bathâ€" as woll as. | room fixtures, electric light fixtures and an account Of a LOD~ ing telephone equipment. The residâ€" vedding that described | onee is qutside the town limits, and of the groom. |h~cavy snow prevented the fire truck _ lovely. from driving in the entrance to the rport would not DC nome and cut off the only source of it the statement thati water supply as the well on the proâ€" i lovely, followed bY | porty was useless The Sharp residâ€" everything _ from th€ | pnoe was one of the landmarks of Temâ€" > iskaming and one of the oldest residâ€" account told how tD€| pnces in the (New Liskeard area. It was s ; built of cement blocks some forty years of originality WAS IM~ | poy py the late Rev. John Sharp, plonâ€" eer Presbyterian minister Of Temiskaâ€" he groom was J0V°IY. | ming, who was widely known and estâ€" that he looked HKE ; pemeq all through th-z North. Mrs. W. P Ringsleben, formerly of Timmins, was PCs pale from a l a daughter of the late Prof. Sharp. In omy. recent years the Sharp residence has Stupid been used as a summer home by memâ€" ttle shortâ€"waving last | bers of the family and guests, while in the winter a caretaker looks after the igo we bought a radi0 | place, The corigin of the fire is not bands than a Shrirers‘ l definitely known, but it is believed to ]have been in the chimney and spreadâ€" enthusiasm we went jing with rapidity when no effective er the globeâ€"but not measures were possible to control it. J. M. WATERMAN, R.0O., Eyesight Specialist N, Evenings by Appointment You must see well to keep informed on business and general aftairs. Help your eyes, to help you, by keeping them properly equipped to work in comfort,. His propaganda was so stupid that it would make any Briton wno heard it mad enough to go out and do someâ€" thing to help along the war. (Maybe this Lord Haw Haw is really a patriot, double â€" crossing the Germans, and we hope the handbills fthat the British showered over Gerâ€" ‘many were not as blatantly silly and !‘stupid as Lord Haw Haw‘ address ilast night.) H> said France was on the verge of a revolution, and various other stateâ€" ‘ments that might have been all right broadcast to the Germans in German â€"but became a joke when broadcast to the outside world. being able to understand the forâ€" eigners after we got them, we sOOon lost enthusiagm. Just as an experiment, however, we decided to take stab at this Lord Haw Haw who broadcasts in English from Germany. And our short wave bands were left to tust in idleness. If he is afways like he was last night he should be rebroadcast by every station in the Empire. We hope our broadcast to Germany is a trifle more subtle than the Gerâ€" man propaganda broadcat in English. Liskeard Fire Brigade Save Home Furnishings One cof the colourful groups at the Gymnastic Circus at the Schuâ€" macher High Schocol on Thursday ecvening was the bevy of young laâ€" dies presenting the Japanese paraâ€" sol danee. This number was a special on a particularly attractive programme. Back rowâ€"standing from left to right: L. Phillips, Mary Zarkatich, Ennis Traccini, Elizaâ€" beth Sandul, Muriel Harris, Lalia Webber, BRetty Verbanic, Shirley McMaster. Front row: kneeling left to right: Ruth Matheson, Margaret Keeley, Ada Batagelli, Helen Robâ€" son, Betty Fullton. In a sing‘le paragraph last week ‘The Powassan News gave a praphic pictâ€" ure of what happens when outside monopolies are preferred to local inâ€" dustries. The paragraph says:â€" Effect of Patronizing Outside Monopolies "Mr. Warren, who until recently was employed at the Powassan Bakery, has been obliged to go out of town for work. He is now at Sturgen Falls alâ€" though his family is still here. This is one of the effects of patronizing outâ€" siders. Our local bakery suffers to the extent that the help must go and the proprietor himself has difficulty in carryvingz Canadians Overseas Enjoy Legion Aids During Blackouts Diversions Provided. for Evenings in the Cities. Citawa, Feb. 14.â€"Wartime inconveniâ€" ences, sutch as blackouts and restrictâ€" ed transportation, are being turned to advantage by Canada‘s fighting men in training at Aldershct, England. Opportunities for education being made overseas by The Canaâ€" dian Legion War Serv‘ices, have become an important and welcome factor in the lives of the men. Under blackout regulations there are but few outdoor diversions at night are because of rationed gasoline, there are few motor cars available for nocturnal excursions to town. The men, thereâ€" fore, are devoting more of their spare time to courses of instruction provided by the Legion. They don‘t, however, spend all of their time conning over books and listâ€" ening to instructors, because the Leâ€" gion is providing other important serâ€" vices for their benefit.‘ Entertainment is one of these and Captain Mert Plunâ€" kett, originator of the famous "Dumâ€" bells" of the last war who is now in charge of overseas concert parties for the Legion, has regular rehearsals goâ€" ing on behind shuttered windows for a series of new consert parties and minâ€" strel shows to be staged by the troops themselves. The Legion‘s officers at Aldershot are equally busy performing personal serâ€" vices and scores of men are daily seekâ€" ing advice and guidance on personal, gomestic, financial and other problems. The extensive and essential work now being performed in both Canada and England by The Canadian Legion War Services will also be carried on in France. In addition to the education, entertainment, and personal services, the Legion also is providing recreation huts, leave hostels, unit publications and other facilities as the need arises. All these services are being rendered on a nonâ€"profit making basis to help Canâ€" ada‘s fighting forces play their part in winning the war and at the same time keep in touch with civil life, . The Legion‘s education programme is deâ€" signed to fit the men for rehabilitation afterwards and assist them to resume life as selfâ€"sustaining citizens. In order to continue and expand this In order to continue and expand this important war work the Legion is apâ€" pealing to Canadians at home for $500,000. The appeal will be made startâ€" ing February 12. All money received will be used exclusively for the benefit of the men of this country on active service. (Exchange) "So you‘re a young imnan with both feet on the ground, ech? What do you do for a living?" "I take orders from a man with both feet on the desk." RE' PRE! PRL Are You Fully Protected ! In addition to Fire Insurance if you receive an income from your property it is just as necessary to carry rental insurance, so that in case of fire loss your income will not be impaired while your building is being reconstructed or being made ready for occupancy. INSURANCE OF ALL TYPES Room 1, Gordon Block Pine S Different Positions For Complete Details Phone 295 IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU . Wilson Lang ‘Grade of Ore at the Broulan Higher Than Expected ; cre was taken from dumps only and in ; January from development headings | and dumps. Officials state that from now on a grade more closely approachâ€" | ing mine average and cf h‘gher value than hitherto milled will be prosessed. Starting this month sorting will remove | 15 per cent of mined material. Annual Report Shows Good Amount of Ore Reserves. A feature of the annual report is the ore reserve statement. Work to year End ind‘cated 463,000 tons of ore, of an uncut o .323 oz. per ton and ‘by cutting high assays to $50 a grade figure of .241 oz. is obtained. Ore has been opened on all four levels to 523â€"ft. depth. At the uncut average the inâ€" dicated resorves at vear end, subsequâ€" ‘ently materially increaseod, were valued in excess of $5,700,400. â€" January production from unsorted ore was valued at $69,375, compared with $60,.442 in Desember. In December ‘The annual report of Broulan Porcâ€" upine Mines, Limited, plus a suppleâ€" mentary report bring operation to the first week in February, and pr.vides a clearcut and pleasing view of develâ€" cpments at this new Porcupine gold producer, says The Northern Mineéer. B. W. Lang, president cf the Company states in the annual report that the company received in the year $107,500 from Haras Ccorporation for 400,000 shares cof treasury and a total from this source of $347,500 for 1,100,000 shares. He states that indicated grade of cre is considerably higher than the estimated cut grade of .20 oz. which was calculated on results of surface diamond drilling. "It was deemed advisable," the presiâ€" dent states, "to direct the underground work, as far as possible, to the outlinâ€" ing of the orebodies in the known ore zone in order to prepare the property for production im the minimum length of time. Therefore work was confined to a relatively small area of the 523 ft. level. A programme has been planâ€" ned to explore the known ore zone beâ€" low 523 ft. level and to extend the drifts east and west to test more distant sections of the property which are conâ€" sidered of potential value." Ore Reserve Details are given in the report of lengths, widths tonnage and grade cut and uncut, of various zones on the four levels resulting in a total of 463,000 tons, of uncut grade of .323 oz. per ton and cut grade of .241 oz. The full width of this ore is yet to be determined with a width of approxiâ€" mately 18ft. inditated by diamond drillâ€" ing on the second and third levels and a width of i5ft. indicated by slashing on the fourth level. Balance Sheet The balance sheet as at 31st Decemâ€" ber, 1939 showed cash accounts receivâ€" able, bullion on hand, matlerials and supplies, valued at $114,797, with investâ€" ments of $4,500 in Ontario Provincial tonds. Liabilitiecs amounted to $37,361 Net profit on operations for 1939 (Novâ€" ember and December production) was $36,936 after all writeofifs. Opserating cost at mine were $3.59 per ton gross recovery was $7.10 per ton. The company‘s financial position at February lst is estimated to show net current assests of over $160,000 after all lowing for all current liabilities. This amount plus the additional cash which will be accumulated during the next three of four months from the conâ€" tinued successful operation of the mine should make available sufficient funds to pay the cost of a mill at the Brouâ€" lan mine. The question of a mill is now being considered. Pine St, North