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The recent barbaric bombing of London, Engâ€" land, has brought out the affection held for that city by millions throughout the earth. The perâ€" sistance with which the sons and daughters of the city clung to it despite all dangers has been equalled by the feelings of heart interest shown by other millions, some of whom never even viewâ€" ed it. Writing nearly two hundred years ago of the city of London, James Bowswell said:â€",I have often amused myself with thinking how different a place London is to different people. They, whose narrow minds are contracted to the conâ€" sideration of some one particular pursuit, view it only through that medium. A politician thinks of it only as the seat of government in its differâ€" ent departments; a grazier, as a vast market for cattle; a mercantile man as a place where a proâ€" There are proverbs about the heartlessness of great cities. Grinding poverty may march unâ€" notic¢ed and unhelped alongside ostentation, it is said. There is the tradition that a man may live a lifetime in a great city and not know his next door neighbour. There is the belief that many may admire the great city, but few love it. In the popular conception, affection clusters round the smaller centres only, and the great city is but the centre for business, art, the professions or the industries. Even the popular fancy will agree that there are exceptions to this ruleâ€"if it really be a rule. ‘There are such cities as Paris, Vienna, Naples, Rome, Edinborough,â€"and London, Engâ€" landâ€"to give the lie to the claim that great cities do not hold the heart and the memory of those who know them. In Canada, there is Torontoâ€" a city that for ail the quips and arrows flung at it in half humorous way, holds the affection not only of its own people but of those of a whole province, a smile on our lips, and our heads held high, and with God‘s help we shall not fail." "Put into your task, whatever it may be, all the courage and purpose of which you are capable. Keep your hearts proud and your resolve unshakâ€" en,. Let us go forward to that task as one man, There are two chief reasons for the gloomy viewpoint on this side of the sea. The one is the fact that Canada is not able to save the Old Land from the fury of the foe. In other words many sad people here would be more cheerful if they were in the thick of the fray and able to fight back. The other reason for the sadder outlook is the mistaken idea that in some peculiar way or another optimism means lack of effort. The cure for that false dogma is to remember the advice credited to Oliver Cromwell:â€"*"Trust in God, and keep your powder dry." The Roman warriors are now but a memory, their place being taken by a cowardly groun who think the bombing of deâ€" fenceless people "great sport" and the knifing in the back of neighbours the work of soldiers. But the Roman poets still live. It was the Roman poet, Ovid, who said:â€"‘"‘That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne." One of the greatest services that Canadians can give the Empire is the maintaining of the highest morale. That doesn‘t mean sitting back and waiting for victory, praying for victory, wishing for victory. It means instead, working for victory, fighting for victory, paying for victory. There can be no over-opt,im-j ism, if every ounce of power and strength is givenl to the battle. The ‘perfect rendering bf thel thought was appropriately given months ago by the King of Great Britain and Ireland and the Dominions Beyond the Sea:â€"â€" It is an accepted factâ€"a fact that admits of no denialâ€"that morale is one of the chief factors in the winning of the present war. Another fact that might as well be faced is that morale is not as high in this land of Canada as it is in the part of the Empire overseas that is closer to the battle. This is due more to a mistaken attention to that mothâ€"eaten slogan, "Face the Facts" than to any lack of moral fibre. Some people think that it is necessary only to face the unpleasant factsâ€"the depressing facts. Other appear to think that it is not fitting that people in this part of the Empire should be cheerful while their kith and kin are in such dire danger overseas. If it would help those overseas for all here to be sad and gloomy, then all would gladly vote for melancholy here. The fact, however, is that in no way can those in the danger zones be aided so greatly as by the cheerâ€" ful spirit all through the Empire. There is hint of this in a large number of letters received here from overseas. "Things are not so bad here as you seem to think" seems to be the message from most of those overseasâ€"even from London. The letterâ€"writers appear to feel that people in this part of the Empire need a little cheeringâ€"up. Would it not be well if they had the word of cheer from this side of the ocean instead? Timmins, Ont., Monday, October 28th, 1940 TIMMINXS, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association:; Class "A" Weekly Group TWO PHONESâ€"26 and 2020 Published Every Monday and Thursday by GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Bubscription Rateés: Oanadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year, United Statesâ€"$3.50N Per Year PAA}E POUR Ohe YVorrupine Advance moooo'oo'o"mnfio“"” «* It is notorious how long it takes to convince govrenments of any need and to assure action along any necessary line. Accordingly, it is not too early to seek to impress upon the Ontario Government the vital need to see that the highâ€" way north as well as south of Swastika is kept open during the coming winter. At the present time the constituency of South Cochrane is withâ€" out a member in the Ontario Legislature. There is, however, a committee of the Liberal party, whose duty it is to watch the interests of the ridâ€" ing and to make the necessary recommendations to the government. Dr. J. A. McInnis, of Timâ€" mins, is one of the members of this committee. and representations to him from local people would strengthen his hands in making representâ€" ations to the powersâ€"thatâ€"be at Toronto. At the same tim::-, so long as there is no sitting member in this riding for the Legislature, the Federal member has to look after his constituents in a double field. Local communications to Mr. Braâ€" dette, M.P., might well be made in this matter. No doubt, if the Highway Department plans to economize by allowing the highway north of Swastika to be blocked by snow this winter, the war will be used as an excuse. As a matter of fact, it is the very fact of the war that makes it doubly imperative that the highway should be kept open. ‘The war requires the greatest degree of the keeping open of communications between the North and South for a variety of reasons that are obvious, and for some that may not be so apâ€" parent. Even a vrief disruption of the transportaâ€" tion facilities between North and South would be London was reborn greater thap ever after the great plague ravaged its streets and homes. +t came through the flames of the great fire with its spirit undaunted and its extent enlarged. From the evils of this war it will arise and expandâ€" greater than ever beforeâ€"because of the greatâ€" ness of its people and the glory of its living traâ€" ditions. There are those who fear that London may be destroyed or ruined by the indiscriminate bomibâ€" ings of the Huns. It is an idle fear. Where fire and pestilence and famine at their worst have failed to bring London to its death, the Huns but show their stupidity in their attempts to overâ€" throw the world‘s greatest city. After each sucâ€" ceeding calamity London has but rebuilt greater than ever. It will be the same after the present battle is won. The quaint old giant of London is indestructable, because of the greatness of its people. In one way its immensity makes it an easy prey for the air raiders. In another way, in the very size of the city lies the unconquerable power of its resistance. Greater in population than whole nations like Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Peru, Scotland, Ireland and almost equal in population to Belgium, Holland, Denmark, the apparently fearful destruction wrought upon Lonâ€" don in recent times leaves the great city with only a small percentage of damage and with its regular new population more than offsetting the losses by death. P PP â€"ap> mt P PPA AL LA AP: LAAA ~AP LA In their appreciation of London, Johnson and Boswell, or Boswell and Johnsonâ€"or Boswellâ€" were but two hundred years in front of the presâ€" ent. In the intervening years London has grown in size and population and importance. The largest of ail the cities of the world, it has earned the right to be considered first in so many ways that they are almost countless. The war that has ruined so many cities has in reality entrenched London the more firmly in leading place. As a business and industrial centre it has enjoyed unâ€" questioned leadership for generations. In finanâ€" cial matters it is equally a world leader. In literâ€" ature, arv and the professions its place is near the world‘s top. There is reason to believe that in such matters as fashionsâ€"a leadership once held by Parisâ€"London will take first place in the world when the war is over. 4 Another oldâ€"time admirer of London was Dr. Samuel Johnson, whose fame comes down through the centuries, thainks to the talent and the wisâ€" dom of the aforesaid James Boswell. Talking of London, Boswell quotes Dr. Johnson as saying:â€" "Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the muitiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together thatâ€"the wonderful immenâ€" sity of London consists." "The happiness of Lonâ€" don is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. I will venture to say there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom." "No man, fond of letters, leaves London without regret. Aifter life in Lonâ€" don, you have seen life in its highest decorations, and the world has nothing new to exhibit." "A great city, like London, is the great school for studying life, and "the proper study of mankind is man,‘ as Pope observes. Sir I question if in Paris such a company as is sitting round this table could be gotten together in less than half a year." digious deal of business is done upon ‘Change; a dramatic enthusiast, as the grand scene of theaâ€" trical entertainments; a man of pleasure, as an assemblage of taverns, and the great emporium for ladies of scasy virtue.. But the intellectual man is struck with it, as comprehending the whole of human life in all its variety, the contemplation of which is inexhaustible." KEEP THE HIGHWAY OPEN THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS3, ONTARIO Not only newspaperdom, but Canada at large, suffers serious loss in the death last week of Mr. A. W. Marsh, publisher of The Amherstburg Echo. For over forty years he had been in the newsâ€" paper profession, and had won high standing in The Dominion parliament is to meet next month. Its first business shoutd be to see that red tape is disentangled long enough to assure that hereafter soldiers on leave will have free trairsportation to and from their homes. Canada has been disgraced long enough by the spectacle of soldiers on leave begging and stealing rides, not to mention a number of deaths among soldiers through accidents that have occurred because they were forced to this extremity. Transportaâ€" tion for soldiers on leave should be just as much a matter of routine as the supplying them with food and clothing and shelter. They are no more able to supply their own transportation on their presâ€" ent small pay than they are to provide themselves with uniforms or meals. Girls from tweive to eighteen years of age ‘who attend the Timmins Unâ€" ited Church Sunday school and wish to join‘ the Canadian Girls in Trainâ€" ing are cordially invited to attend the C G.I.T. masquerade and hallowe‘en party and initiation of new members, to be held toâ€"morrow (Tuesday) evenâ€" ing from 7.30 to 9.00 p.m. in the.church club rooms. There will be games, a grand march, and a good:time for all_ an evil not only for the North but for all Canada. The ‘keeping open of the highway would materiâ€" ally‘ assist in guarding the other chief means of transportation between North and South â€" the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. This is one time when the openmn highway would act as a guard to the freedom of transportation on the railway. Precautions have been taken, no doubt, to guard the railway line against any attempts at sabotage by enemy agents. There is no other guard that would be as effective as a highway kept open. * ol P P P PA L L P SA LAAA OA P P P l PP PPA lt ; GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER ? «*4 t stt lt eP BPA LA L L l L AL PA l N"M l Outâ€"ofâ€"town guests at the, Kallioâ€" Leeman wedding included: Miss Ida Makinen. of Toronto; Miss Toini Nisâ€" kavaara and the Rev. Elma Hjelt, of Kirkland Lake; Mr. Tauno PFlink, Mr. and Mrs. John Flink, and Miss Toini Karsikas, of Toronto. Messrs Henry and Al Kelneck, Miss Helen Bastien and Mr. J. A. Herringâ€" ton, left ~early Sunday morning to spend a few days at Thorold, and Mr. Herrington will visit at his home in Toronto The Rev. Wilhelm Leeman, of New York City, and Mrs. Leeman, of ‘Torâ€" onto arrived here on Thursday to atâ€" tend the Kallioâ€"Leeman wedding on Saturday. The Rev. Mr. Lappala and Mrs. Lapâ€" pala of Toronto, arrived here on Thursâ€" day to attend the Kallioâ€"Leeman wedâ€" ding. The Rev. Mr. Lappala was the officiating minister. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wheeler are spending a few days at Mr home in town, after a honeymoon trip to Montreal and points south, before going to Holtyre where they <will take up residence. Airman Camille Sebastien, who spent a week‘s leave here at his home at 46 Sixth avenue, left yesterday to resume his duties with the R. C. A. P. The Revy W. M. and Mrs. Mustard left this (Monday) morning to spend a few days at Toronto and other points south,. Miss Jean McNabb, of Minnedosa, Manitoba, left last week after visiting at the home of Dr. and Mrs A. E. F Day, Hemlock street (her cousin) Mr. L. Stadelman, of Cobalt, was a visitor to Timmins last week and was greeted ‘here by many old friends and acquaintances. Miss Alice Barber, of Kirkland Lake, spent the weekâ€"end in Timmins, the guest of friends here. Mr. Beatty Amstrong has been visitâ€" ing at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Armstrong, Forester‘s Falls Mr. and Mrs. Victor Mumby, of Torâ€" onto were visitors in town last week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry James, of Hamilâ€" ton, were weekâ€"end visitors to the camp. y Mr. and Mrs. R. Thorton, of Montreal were guests of friends here fovr a few days last week Miss Ruby Turcotte, of Kirkland Lake, spent the weekâ€"end visiting at her home here. Mrs. Willard Bulmer is visiting at her old home in the Ottawa Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Hector Talon visited at Sheenboro last week. *! Ask Council to _ Consider Grant to : Lord Mayor‘s Fund Mr. Roberts said ‘that his attitude towards contributing would be governâ€" ed simply by the state of the town finâ€" ances. If and when the Committee got the necessary premisssion to solicit funds, he would suggest that the matâ€" ter be turned over to the Finance Comâ€" committee for its consideration. If the committee found that there was going to be any money over the budget approâ€" priated this year, why then a contribuâ€" "I realize that you may have a policy whereby you give nothing to any of these funds, such as the Red Cross or the Salvation Army but I think this is a bit different," former mayor Bartleâ€" man said. ‘"These people are members of municipalities such as this and I am sure that if it was we who were being bombed they would come to our assistâ€" ance. This, I think,)is an opportunity for â€"the Council to show its g0ood will." Mr. Bartleman said that he thought "an appropriate amount for the counâ€" cil to give would be $1,000." "I cmay have given the impréssion when I attended the public meeting called by the Sons and Dauzhters of England, that the council was not in the chabit of contributing to such funds," said Council Roberts. would not have the impression get abroad that I would balk at giving to such a fund." In the Estate of Kalle Kavalainen, deâ€" ceased. , All persons having claims against the estate of the above mentioned, who dieéd at the Township of Mountjoy, in the District of Cochrane, on or about the 5th day of August, 1940, are required to file proof of same with the underâ€" signed on or before the 26th day of November. 1940. government, urder the War Charities Act, for permission to raise funds, th» deputation‘s spokesman, J. P. Bartleâ€" man, said that he expected it to be forthcoming in the near future. . After that date the Public Trustee will proceed to distribute the estate, having regard only to the claims of which he shall have had notice. THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ontario Adminâ€" istrator, 82â€"83 A deputation from the Committee of citizens organized by the Sons and Daughters of England for a proposed campaign to raise money for the Lonâ€" don Lord Mayor‘s Fund, to assist the homeless victims of Hitler‘s bombing raids over England, appeared before the council at a formal meeting in the council chambers on Priday. Admitâ€" ting that the necessary permission had not yet been given by the Dominion "We have applied for a permit under the War Charities Act and expect that it is on the way," said Mr. Bartleman. "Until we receive it we can not legally ask you for a contribution. However, this visit is to give you time to think Dated at Toronto this 23rd day of October, 1940 the matter over Suggest $1,000 as “Appvo-" priate Contribution" to Aid Victims of Bombinges.| The Royal Air Force continues its fierce bomâ€" bardment of Germanâ€"occupied centres. It is reâ€" grettable that Nazi censorship and German lies prevent the world from learning of the real exâ€" tent of the destruction wrought, but there is enough information known, gathered from neuâ€" tral and other sources to make it apparent that in what is known as the "battle of Britain‘ the enemy has suffered much greater loss and damâ€" age than has Britain. In the case of Britain the losses are frankly admitted so far as may be done without giving assistance to the work of the enâ€" emy, while in the case of the German losses, abâ€" solute secrecy has been atiempted. The other point of difference is that the Nazis have followed a plan of indiscriminate bombing. This is a much easier method than the practice of the British to centre only on military Oobjectives. While it is particularly difficult for the British to bear the death of women and children and the destruction of nonâ€"military buildings, especially homes, schools, churches and hospitals, the fact remains that the bombing endured by the Germans has much the greater military value. Kermany can suffer this form of punishment only for a limited time. A little indiscriminate bombing of Gerâ€" manâ€"held territory might hasten the collapse of the Nazi morale. that calling. The Amhestburg Echo under his guidance stood in high rank among the newsâ€" papers of the province. As a citizen of his comâ€" munity and a loyal son of Canada the talent and interest of the late Mr. A. W. Marsh were of beneâ€" fit and inspiration to his day and generation. He will be missed and mourned by many. No lengthier reference could say more. Amherstburg and the wider sphere, are fortunate in the fact that the late A. W. Marsh has a son, John A. Marsh, who will carry on the traditions with the same high ideals, the same talent and the same earnestness that has characterized the efforts of The Amherstburg Echo. SITTUATION WANTED: Stenographerâ€" . bookeeper, 4 years experience. Apply box 157, South Porcupine. "Glad to see you getting in on time these mornings," said the manager. "Yes,. sir.>: I‘ve got a parrot." "A parrot? What for? I advised you to gzet an alarm clock." "I did, sir. But after a few mornâ€" ings used to it and failed to wake. So I got a parrot and hung the alarm clock on his cage. And what that bird says about it should arouse anybody."â€" Globe and Mail. TAKE NOTICE that there will be sold under and by virtue of The Inâ€" keepers Act, two horses, the property cif H. A. MacDougall, by public auction at 12 Moore ‘Street, South Porcupine, Ontario, at the hour of two o‘clock in the afternoon, on Wednesday, the 6th day of November, 1940. FOR SALEâ€"Living room heater. Ailâ€" most new. Burns wood only. For particulars write S. S. Storms, Box 30, Timmins. â€"82â€"83p SUPERIOR FUEILS Phone 2120 for yood coal and dry wood. 43 Comâ€" mercial Ave. Dated at South Porcupine, Ontario, this 19th day of October, 1940. (Migned) _ Annie Horbatuk By her solicitor W. S. Gardnerâ€"80â€"82 tion should be mads. If it found that the town was going to be "in the hole" this year, he did not think the council had any rizht to give such monies. "I don‘t think the taxpayers would complain if there was a deficit of $1,0006 because of a contribution the council made to this fund," Mr. Barâ€" tleman commented. WANTED, by the Childrens Aid Soâ€" ciety, families willing to give homes on a boarding basis to Protestant children 10 to 14 years of age. If interested, phone 855, or call at Room 4, Municipal Building, Timmins. . # ¢¢ # # o. o. o. e c h ho it it it # + # oonoo...o a atastaataestastectactoecte atoctes? h 00 ool#. "*=* * % lt t t o‘ ‘% SCHNETIDERâ€" In loving memory of Hannah Schneider, who passed away in South Porcupine on Octcber 28th, 1936.â€" Always remembered by her husband and family. â€"82 MISCELLANEOUS Parrot Helped By virtue of a warrant issued by the Reeve of the Township of Tisdale bearâ€" ing date of 3ist day of July, 1940, sale of lands in arrears of taxes in the Township of Tisdale will be held at the Council Chambers at the hour of 10 o‘clock in the forenoon on the 10th day of December, 1940, unless the taxes and costs are sooner paid. Notice is hereby given that the list of lands for sale for arrears of taxes is being pubâ€" lished in The Ontario Gazette on the "th day of September, 1940, on the 5th day of October, 1940, and on the 2nd day of November, 1940, and that copies of the said list may be had At my office. To Wit TOW NSHIP OF A LE Treasurer‘s Office this 23rd d August, 1940. 68w13t The Fireside Club of, the Timmins United Church held a business meeting on October in the United Church basement, the meeting being very well attended. Try The Advance Want Advertisements The members made arrangements for a rummage sale to be held in the United Church basement on Saturday morning, November 2nd,. commencing at 9 o‘clock. Tea was served to the members aflter the meeting. ‘The president, Mrs. G. F. Mitchell, presided, and the treasurer, Mrs. O. Morgan, gave a report. Mrs. O. R. Kennie read the secretary‘s report, and Mrs. H Runnalls, head of the Red Cross groups, reported that she had 6 groups working under her, all of the members sewing and knitting for refugees. Six Red Cross Groups at Work in the Fireside Clubh (Miss M. McLeod reported that she had received 180 knitted articles which were turned over to the Red Cross, Heard in a downtown restaurant the other morning: He: "Sweetheart, you grow more beautiful every day!" She: ‘"Oh, Honey! How you do exâ€" aggerate!" He: ‘"‘Well, then, eve â€"Exchange. Treasurer‘s Sale of Land for Taxes. 86 Third Ave CAMERAS, FILMS SUPPLIES Armstrons Electric OcCTOBETr 28TH, 1940 14 Pine St, N Park Photo Finishing Developing, Printingâ€"35¢e roll with Free Enlargement Obtain More Fun Out of Life DISTRICT 6P COCHRANE If you lack pep, and â€" outâ€"ofâ€"sort don‘t enjoy check your eyes ; need glasses. VC strain is the cau troubles and gla restore your old humor by remov of the irritation. free examinatiof OPTICAL COMPANY Shouldn‘t Stretch A Complete Electrical and Ralio Service § 16 H. Murphy, Treasut‘t Phone Phone ay of