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Che Yorrupine ASuauer After a truly miraculous series of successes in defending its land against the invading gangsters, Finland has to admit some recent reverses. Rusâ€" sia by sheer weight of numbers has been able to advance a little and may be able to consolidate its position. There is no note of discouragement from the Finnish people, however. In their courâ€" age and determination they look upon the Rusâ€" sian advance as merely temporary and have firm hopes that they will yet retrieve any lost ground and win through to final success. Recently letâ€" ters from Finland have been published in The Advance and all seem to contain the same idea, often expressed in identical wordsâ€"that the peoâ€" pile of Finland would prefer to die rather than? exist as the slaves of the Soviet. It would appeari that this idea expresses the attitude of whole Finnish people. Such a spirit is not sasily conâ€" quered. Indeed, it is a question whether a naâ€" tion like Finland can be overcome. In any event, it is established that the Russians have had to pay a price out of all proportion to the advantage obtained. For approximately thirty days the Russians have been slaughtered at the rate of 4,000 pér day. It would s¢em that only the limitâ€" The kind heart of this great North sympathizes with those less fortunate lands where winters are so severe. For the moment, nothing much can be done about it but to extend sympathy. But when the war is over, and the world is free once more, the North profjers the invitation to all less favourâ€" ed people on earth, to come to the great North, at least for the winter months, thus escaping the ferocity of winter weather in the harsher climes and enjoying the beauty and health of winter in the North where trains are only delayed by storms in the South. ‘ And now The Advance has to extend its symâ€" pathy to Scotlandâ€"believe it or not. A friend of The Advance this week brought in a clipping from The Daily Express, of London, England, showing in graphic way the recent storm that did so much damage and caused so much inconvenience in Britain. One picture shows a snow scene, with the white stuff piled high, and the top of the funnel of a railway engine showing. All the rest of the engine and the train were actually burâ€" ied beneath snow. And that was in Scotland. The accompanying article says that airplanes had to drop rations by parachute to marooned troops in Scotland. Trains were caught in a blizzard at Beattock, Summit, Dumfries, Scotland, and two of them, carrying 200 passengers, stuck there all night. In Peebleshire a herd of cows disappeared and their owner spent over twentyâ€"four hours in snowdrifts before finding his kine. Hundreds of miles of telephone and telegraph lines were smashed down by the storm, with consequent inâ€" convenience and hardship to the people of Scotâ€" land. In England conditions were a little better, but still much worse than can be easily in this progressive North. Hundreds of villages were cut off for days from supplies of food. In some railway cuttings the drifts of snow were 30 feet deep. Snowploughs seeking to clear a way for trains were themselves buried in the drifts. The Daily Express prints a picture of a train deâ€" layed near Adlington, Lancashire, by the storm. It took a day to dig this train out of its difficulties. The: two hundred passengers had to spend the night in the carriages, but the snow did not come up high enough to block the windows. For many years, The Advance has been symâ€" pathizing with Toronto, Montreal, New York and other benighted places where cold and snow make the winters so uncomfortable. This year this sympathy has been extended to Florida, Caliâ€" fornia and even to Texas. Mr. Vincent Woodbury has admitted that th‘s year he was snowballed in ‘"sunny Texas"â€"and by a policeman. He never had such an experience in this glorious North, where all is just right. * There is nothing better than the glorious winâ€" ter weather of this North. Here the sun shines; the air is healthful and bracing, but not what would be called really cold. There is snow enough for skiâ€"ing, but not enough to block traffic. It is twenty years since the North has been isolated for more than a few hours by snow blockade. There was a time, it is true, when for five days no train moved in or out of Timm{@ns, and some folks were beginning to wonder where their next meal would.come from. At that timeâ€"around Easteri some twenty odd years ago The Advance did not even then blame it on the climate. Instead, The Advance very properly po‘inted out that the trouble was not so much too much snow as too little T. N. O. snowploughs. The next year and the happy winters each year since then proved the truth of the contention of The Advance. â€" The T. N. 0. Railway bought improved snowploughs and ever since everything has been salubrious. TWO PHONESâ€"26 and 2020 Published Every Monday and Thursday by: GEO,. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: Canadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year. United Statesâ€"$3.50 Per Year TIMMIXS, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association:; Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association; Class "A" Week!y Group Timmins, Ont., Thursday, Feb WINTER IN THE NORTH h, 11 It would appear that the Ontario Government would do well to reconsider its idea of war economy by strangling the school fa‘rs. It may be that the Government will refuse to admit the possibility of mistake and simply remain obstinâ€" Recent revelations showing among other things that men who were supposed to be giving their services to the country at a dollar per year were actually receiving large salaries under the guise of iiving and expense money suggest that war economiés should not start with such matters as school fairs and education. If any government â€"provincial or Dominion â€" wishes to practice economy, it has a wide field to operate without filching money from such useful and beneficial ventures as the school fairs. In this immediate district excellent work has been accomplished by the school fairs at Ramore, Matheson, Shiilington, Val Gagne, Monteith and Porquis Junction. Equally effective results have been obtained in the several school fairs in Norâ€" thern Cochrane. Indeed, if it were not for the inâ€" spiration of these school fairs in Northern Cochâ€" rane, the outlook for agricultural development would not appear at all hopeful. In Temiskaming the school fair has been a very valuable asset of the country for many years. Is this advantage to be thrown away now in the name of false war economy? If it is, the matter is certainly one for regretâ€"and for condemnation. In the past few years there has been a lot of expensive fad and nonsense added to the educaâ€" tional programme of this province, but the school fair is not in this category. The school fair has proven not only of value to the children but also an asset to the whole community in which it is held. The school fair has developed an interest among the children in agricuitural and horticulâ€" tural matters. That in itself would be well worth while. Its effect, however, goes much deeper than that. From the school fair there has deâ€" veloped in the communities a pride in agriculture that means much to the development of the country,. The school fair also is a social event in communities that do not have city opportunities for such gatherings. Teachers in the schools and representat‘ives of the Department of Agriculture in the North have taken so keen an interest in developing the school fairs and given so keen and wholehearted effort to their success that good results are evident. It is worth remembering that in the communities where school fairs have been featured, pupils have been inspired to such an interest in agricultural matters that they have been numbered with those winning honours in open competition in Toronto, Guelph and Chicago. I | mm on ie Sn ie h smm mm mm usc 22200000 In recent issues of The Advance reference has been made to the fact that the youthful farmers of th‘s North have taken high place in competiâ€" tion with others from all over Canada and the United States. The North Land has a particular interest in some of this soâ€"called war economy. Take, for instance, the matter of the discontinuance of the grant to school fairs. That means in effect thel discontinuance of these events. There should bov more than regret at the fact that the school fa*ls' at Ramore, Matheson, Shillington, Val Gagne,| Monteith and Porquis Junction will not be heldi this year. There should be enquiry as to Wh.ethe1 or not there are expensive enquiries in Whl(‘hi party favourites receive large fees that might bel discontinued for the duration of the war, in place| of the cancelling of such useful and valuable events as the school fairs. It is safe to say that there are a hundred places nearer Toronto where war economies could be practised in such a way that only party favourites would suffer financially and the children of the North and the prospects of the country might escape the proposed injury. Any kind of economy is a funny thing, but wa: economy is the funniest of all. In the name oi war economy provincial grants are reduced for education and agriculture and for municipalities, while the Dominion Government spends n‘nety odd thousand dollars for officers‘ quarters in the West that should easily have been arranged for ten thousand dollars or less. Of course, there should be "war economy," but what is being offerâ€" ed does not appear to be the right brand. i t ther Russia tan continue to pour men into the line to be moved down remains to be seen. It is certain that so far as may be humanly possible | the Finns will mow them down as fast as they may appear. It does seem, however, that the question should | not be ‘"What will the Finns do?" or "What w‘;ll; the Russians Do?" but rather "What is the ro.ctf of the world going to do about it?" Had it bm-ni possible to get even a little help to Poland that? nation would not have been overcome. If a littl(': help, in the way of soldiers, couid be given to Finâ€"| land now, there is reason to believe that all the | might of Russia could not prevail. If u’-vhnicali questions of neutrality or selfish national| thoughts prevent the necessary aid to the gallant defenders of Finland and freedom, history will pass harsh judgment on those who pass by on the other side of the road. Finland has done its part, is doing its partâ€"fighting for freedom and deâ€" ceéency in the world. Eventually, Finland will triumph, but the nations that defer that triumph or fail to relieve the burcen now on Finnish soldâ€" iers, will have cause for shame in the days to| come. | n en . 2 _ *A 5 ho The saddle blanket of the late FPrankz Josef 1. Emperor Oof Austria and King of Hungary, 4s in ~Toronto, the proud possession of an Austriar refugee, Joseph Weltman.. "It was only used on Christian festive occaâ€" sions and whenever great foreign, visitors were given a sate recéption,‘ said Mr. Weltman. The blanket, or "shabrack" tho candlia ana i J se t w1 asâ€"it. was called, fits ove; S us a ation of human endurance has prevented the Fin nish soldiers from taking still greater toll. Whe ther Russia tan continue to pour men into th line to be moved down remains to be seen. It i certain that so far as ‘may be humanly possibl the Finns will mow them down as fast as thm may appear. It does seem, however that the anestinn shantl s ‘may be them dow Poland THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO It is a commonplace saying that in the bestial:! and physician. Durin wars of these modern times the chief sufferers| important post of Ins; are the women and children. At the moment the| adian Medical Service: youngsters of Britain are special sufferers in the. in many capacities inc war with Germany. At present there is a regular Governor of the provi; epidemic in Britain of the Nazi disease, measles.‘ vocate of better hnousir Still worse, it is the brand of the disease known plans for curing unen as "German measles". The little sufferers con-l able organizing and e sequentiy feel shame as well as irritation, thinkâ€" keen human sympathy J im tds l P â€" PP â€"AP P t P A P PA PA P P O Good Friday, March 22d; Easter Sunday, March 24th, Easter Monday; March 25th, and Bad Tuesâ€" day, March 26th. 4 GRAVEL AND SA NDâ€"AND PLACER story was accepted by the jury and no evidence was called from the departâ€" ment here.â€" In order to get a fair picâ€" ture the coroner and jury should have called evidence from here." Tender for Meals In order to give other ~restaurant cwners an opportunity to cater to priâ€" soners, tenders will be asked for meals. Chief Gagnon said that twentyâ€"eight cents was being paid at the present time but that one tender for twentvâ€" ate in error. That has happened often enough before. In such a case, the school fairs should be kept alive, despite the government. It would be true war economy to them alive. Failing a proper attitude by the government, would it not be a good plan for on,. or more service clubs to step in and sponsor t«he:school fa‘rs in the North? It would prove surprising to most people to learn how little will be needed to keep the school fairs alive. Liive service clubs may easily prove that the cost of school fa‘irs is not a material factor in war economy, while their active success is a genuine public service and one of the most proâ€" fitable forms of war economy. w mm"”'mm“"‘mw "At that inquest in Haileybury, anâ€" other prisoner gave evidence," said Magistrate Atkinson. <*"His side of the At Tuesday night‘s meeting of the Police Commission Chief Leo H. Gaâ€" ' gnen said that in the first plaze, Landry was not a prisoner of the Timmins deâ€" partment. He was brought here from South Forcup‘ne and waited in the jail here for two *hours or two hours and fifteen minutes until train time when he was lined up with the other prisoners and put on the train. Lardry was treated by a physician in South Porcupine, said the Chief, and he was given pills to take. When he was brought mere the sergeant on duty ask him how he felt. He said that he was all right. Again before leaving, the sergeant asked him if he was all right and Landry said that he felt well and would be atle to make the trip. He was very particular about such things, said Chief Gagnon. If a prisonâ€" er showed any symptoms of illness he had instructed his sergeants to have him attended by a physician immediâ€". ately. A coroner‘s jury in Haileybuty which placed some responsibility for the death of a prisoner in jail there on the Timâ€" mins Police Department, was severely criticize1l by memkers of the Police Commission at the regular. monthly meeting of that body, held on Tuesday evening. Ernest Landry 24, was sentenced to Jail for a month in South, Porâ€"upine. From there he was transferred to jail here to await train time. He arrived in Haileybury jail on January.17 and died in Haileybury hospital on January 23 from â€" general peritonitis following a ruptured appendix. An emergency operation was performed. before fhe death but it failed to save the man. At the inquest which followed the death there was some criticism of the police devartments of Tisdale and Timâ€" mins for failing to give the man proper attention. Criticism of Police Not Justifiedâ€"â€"Commission Evidence Should Have Been Called From Department Here Before Coroner‘s Jury Criticized Local Police in Their Verdict Following Investigation Into Death of Porcupine Prisoner. Choose A. L. Shaw Commission Clerk. The saddle blanket of the late Franz Josef 1. Emperor Of Austria and King of Hungary, is in â€"~Toronto, the proeud possession of an Austrian refugee, Joseph Weltman.. "It was only used on Christian festive occaâ€" sions and whenever great forsign, visitors were given a state recéeption," said Mr. Weltman. The blanket, or "shabrack" as it was called. fits over the saddle and is aspended on either side under the stirrups. It tapers off towards the corners, in each of which there is a crest of the House of® Hapsburg in red and silvered thread, and ‘gold sequins. Thse sraddle cover itself is Of â€"panther skin, and a strip of soft green leather ccnrnects it to»an eightâ€"inch border of handâ€"embrsidered silver. The underside is of heavy waterproo{f cloth. HAS EMPEROR‘S SADDLE BLANKET five cents had been received There have been many sneers and slurs thrown at Hon. Dr. Manion for his proposal to form a National Government for the better conduct of the war. One of the favourite sneers has been that he can get no one into such a government except oldâ€"time Conservatives. The acceptance by Dr. Herbert A. Bruce of the candidature for Parkdale riding is a striking refutation of this slurring suggestion. Dr. Bruce was formerly a Liberalâ€"that is, if he might be said to be of any party. He was too occupied with public service to be much concerned with political parties,. Beâ€" fore the war he won high standing as a surgeonâ€" and physician. During the war he attained the important post of Inspectorâ€"General of the Canâ€" adian Medical Services. He served after the war in many capacities including that of Lieutenantâ€" Governor of the province of Ontario. As an adâ€" vocate of better housing and an ardent worker in plans for curing unemployment, he showed notâ€" able organizing and executive talent, as well as The "Bear that walks like a man" evidently has much less sense than its kinder counterpart of the animal kingdom. No ordinary bear would mistake a hornet‘s nest for a bee hive. ing, no doubt, that they are unwittingly unpatriâ€" otic in harbouring anything with a German name. ESTABLISHED 1817 B A NK â€"W H E RE S M ALL ACCOUNTS ARE WELC OME‘ Timmins Branch: T. W. TOD, Manager An alleged companion, by the name of Evrett Paul, or Poole, faced a vagâ€" grancy charge. He told the magistrate that he did not have anything to «do with the above slippery gentleman, but was on his way to Toronto to enlist, thus joining his brother who is already wearing a uniform, and, so His Maâ€" jesty‘s Canadian forces will have the chance to get another recruit for he was sent on his way rejoicing. Haileybury, Feb. 27. â€" Fdward Milâ€" lette, a transient, slipped, quite a lot. One day about a week ago he slipped into the Steadman Store in New Lisâ€" keard and slipped out again with sever. al slips slipped under his soat, without a sales slip. Then he tried to sell the slips but Chief Bromley came along and slipped the handcuffs on him, and in court here on Friday he acknowledged the slip and Magistrate Atkinson slipâ€" ped his thirty days while the slips were slipped back to the store from whence they came. members of large wedding parties, from parking their cars, His business was suffering, he said. He suggested that taxi companies be required to use yard space for parking their cars. Mr. Essa was informed that a byâ€"law governing taxi companies was in the process of preparation. The question of parking on public streets would be §iten consideration in its preparation. sSLIP FPOILOWED sULUP iN THIS CASE OF MANY ed Clerk place of AIs Cust members parking suffering taxi com space fol on ne , who Third Ave rby taxi c front of h customers aem Sha w who has a photography 1 Avenue, complained axi company parked i of his studio and pre mers, many of whom of who has Avenue T large * such and b ale wa . many of whom rge wedding parties, cars, His business said. He suggested N ew ch vehicles before he was held h ‘ price he 1 had street etted , was appoint ommission }: my studio d that a 1 its cars prevented from was that "What‘s worrying you now, Pierre?" asked ‘his British fflegd',. "Yesterday my Efi _employer he said to me. ‘Do not waste the elecâ€" tricity, please, T do ndt" Whnt to have a heavy light bill!". it w S â€" ts » BE "Your English language," sighed the young Frenchman, ‘"will} drive m« mad!" Although the exact amount has not been given out, it is understood that Kirkland Lake has done well in subâ€" scriptions to the Legion War Services fund. In addition to cash donations there are a number 6f subscriptions to be paid in a couple of weeks. The genâ€" eral opinion and hope is that Kirkâ€" land Lake will excseed its objective beâ€" fore the campaign is finily closed. Mosecowâ€"Under the heading "Wanâ€" ton Breach of Lighting Regulations," the Leningrad Pravda reports that a chauffeur has been sentenced to eight years in prison for drivirng with lights. "This is not the first case of such punâ€" ishment and the Pravda explains the severity in this instance by adding that the chauffeur refused to extinguish his lights and disputed with a policeman. KIREKLAND LAKE EXPECTS TO REACH W. s. ORB. MOSCOW CHAUFFEUR sENT TO JAIL FOR EIGHT YEARS THURSDAY. PEBRUARY #°%9TH,. 1940 quarters wegian â€" forces hi the Art Petsamo GERMAXs® DENXNY THE sSINKIXG O TWO OF THEIR VESSEL® "It‘s surprising Berljin 14 Pine St, N/ ".~.â€". what a â€"difference glasses can make â€" not only to your sight but to your whole disposition. Befjore Mr. Curtis preâ€" scribed my glasses I was irritable and cross. It seems â€"that eyeâ€"strain had affected my nerves and the smallest things would completely upset me. ‘There‘s a world of difference now." OPTICAL COMPANY rlin, Feb. 28. â€"Offisial German ers today issued a denial of Norâ€" in reports that Allied blockading s had sunk two German vessels in Artic near the Finnish port of It Is Confusing t amount has not s understood that done well in subâ€" 8, OBJECTIVE Phone 835