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$ 2@ PHONE‘RC + q. + TIMMINS, ONTARIO . Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Onlarieâ€" Quebec Newspaper Association Published Every Thursday by GEO,. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Canada $2.00 Per Yea Timmins, Ontario, Thursdi PAGEK POUn oo ltA Mc it snn THIS IS A YOUNG MAN‘S C oUNTRY This "is a, young man‘s country? And The: Adâ€" vance can prove itâ€"prove it even by the half a dozen ‘oldâ€"time pioneers of the North who have died here recently at an average age of eightyâ€" eight years. Recently a more or less (much less) ebteemed contemptiblary had the effrontery to suggest t,hfxt "The Advance had made it appear that this was not a young man‘s country. Of course‘ The Advance never suggested anything of the sort. The Advance knows too well that this wasâ€"and isâ€"and will be a young man‘s country. What "are the natural attributes of a young man? The answer is :â€"Energy and courage and faith and a lightâ€"hearted disregard of danger and hardshipâ€"resourcefulness to meet the unâ€" known and confidence that industry and deterâ€" mination,; will, conquer all~ difficultiesâ€"the lack of fear bf a.few flies or a little snow and coldâ€" the cheerfulness that faces life as it may, come. It was ydung men, with these qualities who made this North,, , It will be young men like these Whu will make the â€"North greater still. t "0 t P P AP L P l P AP P This was always a happy land for young folks. ‘ At the same time it should be remembered that this land was not built by: babes: Indeed, the| North has been rather hard on babies, of any age.‘ There was a time when Timmins had the unâ€" desired.reputation of having a higher mortality | among babies than any other town its size in the province. Thanks, however, to the young men| in the medical profession, and, perhaps, still more| to the young women in the calling of nurses, Tlm-i mins has much fewer deaths among the babebl than it used to nave. It is a young man‘s country. This doesn‘t mean. however, that it was dlSCOVBled or established or maintained by younostels in their teens. When George Bannerman and Harry Preston and Jack Wilson ‘and some more of the young men opened this a1e*1 ofâ€"the North they were, young men all noht but not particularly so m years. Harryg Preston was a young man when he‘ died at seyâ€" entyâ€"three in 1939. Noah A‘ Timmins, ‘when he risked his all on the future of the great district, was © }young, man with a grownâ€"up â€"family. Sandy McInfyre was no mere youth when he discovered the McIntyx;e mine, but he was a young man in‘ heal(t)t and‘ strength and hope and vigor until| a short ting before he passed away at a ripe age. Inded among the prospectors who made this country the yvoungest known was:â€"Benny Hollinger in his twenties, but fortunately for him and for! the country, his partner was another older young' man, Alex Gillies, who knew the trails and thel difficulties of the Porcupine area. ( What a galaxy of young men have their names written into the history of this young man‘s country! : Many of these gallant young men have passed ‘~Along to another young man‘s countrV* where there is eternal youth. Oldâ€"timers will remember Dan O‘Connor, who was full of the vim‘ and the faith of youth when he died in 1933 at the\ age of 69. ‘Gordon Gauthier was a pioneer lawyâ€" er here, commencing his pioneering when his hair was grey. Another pioneer lawyer was young Archie Brown who served in the South African war before he served in Porcupine. C. V. Gallagher was young in heart and mind when he passed away in 1940.. M. Whyte (affectionately reâ€" nembeled as "Dad") was still a young man in all but the physical strength of youth when he passea in thisâ€"cauntry that he loved, and he was 89 years old wlfer ‘he died. Tommy Torrance was anâ€" other popular young man who was nearing seyvâ€" enty when he left this young man‘s country for ."“""O’OOOOo‘ a land ‘still further north. Who doesn‘t recall| that ga'llam. young fellow, J. S. McGuire, another‘ beloved ‘,Dad who at eightyâ€"two had the love of spoxbs the enthusiasms, the interests, the| friendships that go with proverbial young manâ€"| hood~~Among the young men who were oldâ€" timers lggre and who helped to build this countr‘y 1 few wxu foxoot that good fellow, Fire, Chief Alex| Borland whoâ€"at the final age of seventy sevenl still 1eth1ned the. virtues of strength and courage and hobefuiness that are the true mark of the young gfm. Sylvester Kennedy, with his aboundâ€" ing enérgy and hopeful spirit and enterprise:; John Féll. with his modern, forward vision: Charâ€" les PIEP Harry Peters, J. R. Togd, and a host of other worthy young men will come to the minds, of oldâ€"timers. They came here as young menâ€"â€" though mot in actual yearsâ€"and left this young man‘s to go to the only other country that they would admit could be better than this. And still among the living are many other young menâ€"young in all that is meant by young manhooc{»« strength and bravery and hope and lities on which this land is built. To @a few at random, there are such names h this. country‘s ‘progress--flapdgwe'uaré as Venérable Archdeacon Woodall, J.P. Che Yarruptre Advanee young menâ€"~â€"youn manhoogâ€"streng faithâ€"â€"m.» lities 0o mentiOMya few at linked WHh this. Subscription Rates United States: $3.00 Per Year arch 1, 1945 lin, John Fogg, Alex Stirling, J. R. Gordon, Andy Roberts, Dr. McInnis, R. J. Ennis, E. L. Longmore, Jucli Dalpfl wW. H. Wilson, J.«I. Easton, Ernie Schelletier, Ed. Leslie, Hamish Duff, Chas. Jucksch, Vincent Woodbury, and literally scores Qt others who in their neverâ€"ending spirit of young manâ€" hood have done their part to make this area what it 18. In passing it is interesting to note that the youngest mayor to hold office in Timmins was George S. Drew, and before he held that office he served through the last war. â€"It is a young man‘s country all right. Were it not for the vision, the belief the faith and the wonderful energy and resourcefulness of the young men this district could never have been established.> But it is well not to attempt to limit too closely the age in actual years of young men. too closely the age in actual years of young men To repeat the exact words misrepresented from a recent issue of ‘The. Advance:â€""This is a young man‘s tofintqy all right, but people stay young a long time in this man‘s country." these days, though the war has not been won. This is not to say that there should be no planâ€" ning of this sort now. It would be deplorable indeed if the country allowed itself to be as unâ€" prepared for peace as it was for war. such a situation would be almost as costly to Canada as its unpreparedness for war has been. It dog: appear hnowever, that all the proposed postâ€"wat plans appear to miss the most vital issue. None of them appear to consider the very vital necessâ€" ity of getting. back to freedom and parliamentary government. It:is allâ€" right to excuse the regimâ€" entationâ€"some"‘of it altogther unnecessary and | unprofitable to the warâ€"effortâ€"by simply saying the magic words, "Don‘t you know there‘s a war ; ‘on?"‘ It is perfectly true that Canada has not had to endure one half of the regimentation that has been suffered by most other countries, but that does not alter the fact that bureaucracy has secured a grip on this country that will take some force and effort to release. Whatever else may be said, it does appear the fact that a large part _of the interference with men and affairs has not lbeen necessary. In anxiety tochasten the end o1 ’the war, there has been too general a tendency |t,o accept restrictions and interference without due protest.: There is surely no doubt but that the British Isles have been in far more serious condition than Canada.., Yet, Britain has very jealously guarded its pallmmentaxy rights and | privileges, excépt insofar as those might hampet i ‘the war effort, Britain has not, been ruled by | orderâ€"inâ€"council.. Parliament has sat almost conâ€" | tinously: since the -\{zar began and palflliziment,_ has not only debated the issues at stake, but parliaâ€" ment has in éffect been the real ruler of affairsâ€" as it should be. On the other hand, in this countâ€" | ry, parllament has been treated with contempt. , ‘‘The government seems to flaunt the idea that the | opinions of the people have no weight with thoco! in The attitude towards the plebescite. | or referendum, is a striking evidence of this fxamei | of mind among the rulers of this people. Another: iillustration. of this unnecessary and scornful disâ€" | regard for democratic government is the attitude !of the powersâ€"thatâ€"be as ‘to the probable date of: ‘the general Dominion election. In this matter There are many postâ€"war plans plomlgatea\ i the people are very plainly informed that their business is none of their business. The governâ€" ment is apparently considering only what wili suit political expediency. It is strictly the people‘s business as to whether or not an election is to be iheld It. is the people’s‘business as to when that election may be held. It is not a matter in which the political party m contxol is alone concerned. It is the people‘s; business. and to disregard the 'peOple is the neoatlon of democracy. Tnis |is no time for polltlcal tuckely and chicanery. | It As not putting the: matter too strongly to say ‘that for the timeâ€"being Canada has dlost parliaâ€" | mentary government altogethex The country is | ruled by orderâ€"inâ€"council and similar undemoâ€" |cratic devices. A chief postâ€"war plan should be {a method by which at the earliest possible moment |the people of Canada should have a return to | government by the people and for the people, not |government by a clique for the benefit of a small _.proportlon of the people. VITAL POSTâ€"WAR PLAN PP P PAAA L PAAA LA PP O PP «P P PA AP PC PP P l The provinces were not consulted in regard to the Dominion legislation, soon to SO into effect, to provide soâ€" called bonuses for babies. But the provmces have been notified that the legislation will soon "be in; operation, and there is now the implied suggesuon that the‘ provinces can refuse to "co=dperate at their peril. Some thoughtless people are mclmed to charge Premier Drew with mconsistenc‘y in this matter. His explanation is that while he favours family allowances or any other method that promises social security, he believes the legislation illâ€"advised and carelessly projected. The truth is that there has been so much clamorous propaganda for things like the baby bonus that the whole issue is beclouded. Pecâ€" ple should beware this illogical propaganda. Some fundamental facts should be carefully considered. In the first place, it should be realized that if there are fatnilies where the children are not reâ€" ceiving the proper nutrition and care because the heads;Of these families are not able to propâ€" erly support the children, then the proper proâ€" '""""""’d"""' THE BABY BONUS """""""" THE PORCUPINE ADV cgdure would be to see that the. tegulations in regard to wages should beâ€" so amended that men in _gen.eral are able to earr sufficient to keep their families. The wage scales should provide at least this measure of social security. If there is any intention to hope to increase population through such legislation as baby bonuses, then it would be well to consider very coolly the probable effects of the new legislation. Many of the families that would benefit by such legislation are the very ones whose increase in the size of families wOuld be of the least service to Canada. There are too many neg‘ected children already without the breeding of this sort of baby. Social wWOrkers of experience see the difficulty suggested. The legâ€" islation will tempt to the increase of the very type of babies léeast desired. People with exper-l ience are also convinced that such families are not likely to use any such bonus for the benefit of the babies. The more probable efféct will be some. thing extra for the old man. Cynics will expect no more than extra beer or wine for father, Germany and Italy used this baby bonus scheme, but the results have proved far from satisfa¢tory for either those countries or the world at large, This sort of interference with the family (life either leads to such interference as to be objectionâ€" able to freedom keeping people or such abuses as are equally undesirableâ€"or both. The fact that it is planned in Canada as a species of bribe to one province is so apparent as to carry its own proo{ on its face. Still stands the motto of the King: "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 | GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER a smile on our lips and, our heads held high and with God‘s help we shall not fail." During the last session of the Ontario Legislaâ€" ture, weekly letters were sent out to each newsâ€" paper in the riding, purporting to give a review of affairs in the provincial parliament. The letâ€" ters were given the appearance of being prepared by the local member, ‘Mr. W. Grummett. As a matter of fact, The Advance judged that these letters were simply propaganda from the headâ€" BP PA C AL L LCC P P â€"alP Wanton Destruction of Property Should Not be Continued (From Toronto Telegram) A lot of public money is likely to be needlessly lost unless there is a prompt reversal of the Goumments policy of destroyving used or surplus war materâ€" which are not immediately ‘ sauleâ€" 4ble by the disposal agericy, the War Assets Corporation. This Corporation was set up by Act of Parliament last year to salvage and soll for the beneâ€" fit of the public every bit of unwanted public property moveable ‘or immovâ€" able for which a buyer could be found Recent events and statements by the President, J. B.Carswell, give the impression that the Government and its agency is far off the course. At Otâ€" tawa Mr. Carswell said that possibly as much as 75 per cent. of Canada‘s war goods will have to be destroyed when peace comes. He also spoke o 1,000 h.p. Rollsâ€"Royce aircraft motors as being obsclete and unsuitable for scrap. Statements of this sort do not give the public confidence that â€"the federal treasury is going to recapture much of the money which went into war materials Hard on the heels of Mr. Carswell‘s statement information came to The Telegram from reliable sources that offers to purchase Lysanâ€" der, Avroâ€"Anson and Oxford trainer planes, ‘no longer needed in the air training project have beenâ€" turned down. The explarntioa given by the Corporation â€" for refusing to sellâ€" the Ansons and Oxfords was that they are at present unanwmthy and impossible of overhaul orâ€" modification. While this may be thc f‘opinion of people in the Corporation it was not the view of he prospective purchaser and he was the one who was taking the risk of beâ€" ing able to secure a certificate of airâ€" worthiness from the Civilâ€" Aviation Board. An official of the Corporation has admitted that some of the . Lyâ€" sanders may be scrapped but noâ€" exâ€" planation of the necessity has yet been given. ’ From these incidents the people are lxkely to gain the painful impression tfiat the policy in respect to disposing of used war goods is one of destrucâ€" tionâ€" rather than sale. It is reported that Hon. C. D. Howe has urged ‘t1ic war Assets Corporation to get mos: of the air training equipment out of th: WA the wa theâ€"AalIr CUQUIpQIHUCLiV CJUUV UA LiA way by March 31 and that his orders are to scrap it if it cannot be sold. If the officials of the War Assets Corporation are to be "yes" men Mr. Howe the country should know it Although the statute provides for tht setting up of a Crown Assets se â€" which is to advise on the broatc aspects of the sUur lem and to receive plus and allocate i War Assets Corpora ister of Munitions Howe, who is the whole disposal setâ€" Mr. O proven when he be made Mr. How struction of war principle of the tno sell> anything wAo dispos Howe we w ANCE. TIMMIN®S, ONT surp f¢0 '.f"'ooo"o'of"o'l¢'o'n «t PsP PA L "'"’Nw'mm the people arc inful impression ect to disposing one of daestrucâ€" record dis Min Canadian Writer Thinks "Our World Has Passed Away" buyer. When there doés not appear to be immediate commercial demand for ~some articles, technicitans should be put to work devising methods for their reconversion and utilization. The Coxpmatlons policy is to sell most of the ‘ material through trade channels, but the public will be the ultimatse consumer and would be a good thing for the Corporation to make known what it has to sell. (By Lewis Milligan) I have been reâ€"reading A. G. Garâ€" diner‘s book, "Prophets, Priests, and Kings," and was particularly interesiâ€" ed in his character sketches of Beâ€"â€" nard Shaw G. K. Chesterton, Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill Gariâ€" ’ iner was editor of the London Dailily j News, and he was intimately acquaintâ€" | ed with most of the leading men of | England about thirtyâ€"five yearsago, when his sketches were first published. At that time, Chestereon and Churchill were very young men, and Shaw and Lloyd George were in thg prime »f middle age. Londonâ€"and, indeed, the world at largeâ€"was a different plasce from what it is today or what it sudâ€" denly became a few years later when the First Great War broke out and Kipling wrote; Qur World has passed away, In wantonness o‘erthrown; There is nothing left today, But steel, and fire, and stone. After the war an attempt was made to salvage the old world. London was still intact, except for a few buildings which had been hit by bombs dropped from the "Zeps" had suffered moist. The war had resulted in more or less of a stalemate, and everybody wanted to forget it and return to the old familiar ways again. Some of the younger writters were soured by the experiences of the war and they turned to free verse, immoral or nonâ€" moral novels, and nebulous meanilerâ€" ings. In politics there was a revival of socialism and some of the wellâ€"toâ€"do young sparks joined the Labor moveâ€" ment, and Oxford became a hotâ€"bed of socialism and pacifism. Te churche were in the spiritual dolâ€" drums and they tried to fill their sagâ€" ging sails with various kinds of belâ€" lows and electricâ€"fans. But their ships wouldn‘t budge. Then came the Second Great Waryr. it did not break with the same suddenâ€" ness as the first. It was more in the nature of a timeâ€"bomb which most people knew was there, although they were not sure when it would go off. Some very important people refused to believe that it would go off at ali, and tried to persuade us that it weas only a dud. But it went off, and blew our world to smithereens. Winston Thurchill took up the refrain of Rudâ€" yard Kipling, with tragic emphasis and declared that there was nothing left for us but "blood, sweat, and tears." And he proved to â€"be right. London today lies in ruins. The haunts of Shakespeare, Doctor samâ€" uel Johnson, Fox and Pitt, Char‘ es Lamb â€" Coleridge Keats, Carlyle, Mill Tennyson and all the other great Vicâ€" torians, have' disappeared. Thoe haunts were "such stuff ag dreoan» quarters of the C. CF. This view was justified. when it was noted. that différent newspapers in! widely separated parts 6f" Ontario carriea â€" the same letter, with the different names of the memâ€" bers of the riding »concerned being attached. Further proof of the origin of these letters was given lagt week when The Advance received "Mr. Grummett‘s letter" in regard to the opening of the Ontario Legislature. "Mr. Grummett‘s letter" suggested that there was likely to be vigorous debate on the Municipal Health Services Act, as the government had not succeeded in establishing health services in any area to date. In Mr. Grumâ€" mett‘s own riding one such health services unit has been established for some weeks and seems to be functioning all right. At any event it has three motor cars and a staff of doctors and nurses and office help, and there are no local criticisms of the service given. A lot of people seem to be. of the opinion that the Allies have practically won the war. Among these may be included Turkey and Egypt, both of whom have just declared war on Germany. Now, if Eire declares war on Germany, The Adâ€" vance will be inclined to believe that the war is really won. A lady writing to The Globe and Mail seriously suggests the use of blow torches to get rid of the snow that is troubling Toronto so deeply. ‘If hot air had any effect on Toronto snow, there wouldn‘t be a flake of the white stuff left in the Queen COlty. Toronto has been in a regular turmoil over the case of a boy who was bfxdly bitten by some dogs. Some people seem to think that all dogs should be destroyed because of this incident.: Others take the stand that dogs are so necessary to the happiness of men that it would be better not to collect so much baby bonus than to destroy any more dogs. One typical Torontonian, however, shows a fairmindedness that smacks of the Queen City. He sends a two dollar bill to Thomas Richâ€" ard Henry of The Toronto Telegram, with the reâ€" quest that one dollar be given to the fund for the boy who was bitten by the dog, and the other dollar to the fund for the blind soldier, to buy him a "seeingâ€"eye" dog. * 4 _ «)4N NC * Those w Ao remethiber London ‘of the first decade of thig. centuxy will recail it, not onlv as a musetuh of historic places, and pe;sonalltles but also as 2 mighty© cfty, ‘tHrobbing with urgent and ever; rqsuxgent life.. Ludgate Hill, and â€"Fléet * Streot‘ were like‘ a looin with the congested traffic shuttling to: and froâ€" To and fro the shuttle g,oes are made on," al their inhabitants a Hollywood | marriage of V old comedian. wrong with t Sylva. "When be 145."â€"Ben Liberal: A to lose by a ch: Philcsophy: 4 resorted to by i Customers: P fellow if you do Hick Town: A can beâ€" conside out making th what sort of crg ing up, or whi and Mail. SPANNING THE YEARS NEW DEFINITIONS 11 ifted eyebrows over the ictor Moore, the 67â€"year to a girl of 22, "What‘s hat?" queried Buddy de she is 100, he will only aett Cerf. and the littie lives of ts are "rounded with res, ects for the other watch out. ace where.a person and polite withâ€" atives <wonder just d deal he is dreamâ€" is ‘rraft â€" is.â€"Globe fenst( who has nothing mechanism By JIM GREENBLAT Thisy year‘s Christmas mail to the armed forces overseas was "mountâ€" ainous‘"‘, postal authorities state. Durâ€" ing the busy Novemberâ€"October mail« ing the base post office handled 253,000 bags of letters and parcels, which would require enough railyaw cars to form a train three and oneâ€"half miles in length, This excluded 1,300,000 labels flown overseas, each representing one box of 300 cigarettes. Surely a great job, well done. Some 18,000 extra helpers were on the job this Christ= mas season, many of them high school girls and boys. The Canadian Federation of Agriâ€" culture at Ottawa points out that after five years of war farmers of Canâ€" ada can look back on their part in the war effort on the home front as magnificent achievement. Take for instance the item of meats produced in 1944â€"this was the greatest year on record with a production of more than 2,000,000,000 lbs. Farmers produced 10% more total milk in 1944 than in 1939. Compared to the 1936â€"40 period, there was a production in 1944 of 19% more butter, 60% more cheese, 70% more evaporated milk. Farmers also produced in 1944 56% more eggs, and 42.8% more poultry meat than in the 1936â€"40 period. As for production of grains, that story has been told and retold. Our men overseas are definitely thinking of their postâ€"war future, most of them very seriously. Kere is just one instance: At a north British port the Canadian Legion â€" Educational Sservices have 700 Canadian sailors listed for correspondence courses alone. These courses, which are on a volunâ€" tary basis, are conducted under the supervision of Instructor Licutenant Ross E. Hamilton, R.C.N.V.R., of Saskâ€" atoon. As an example, through the medium of directed reading, an exâ€" Mountie was able to pursiue his career in crimmology; another sailor was able to obtain books on "bakery sc1ence”' still another was accommodated with the book "Productice Poultxy Husâ€" bandry"; an interior decorating course was supplied for another. Requests for books on plastics have been numerous, with books on national forestry, diesel and jet propulsion and other subjetts sought and delivered. It gives you ‘an idea that behind the fighting therc is thinking. Hidesâ€"Skinsâ€" Wool A WEEKLY EDITOR LOOK®S AT Since the spring of 1941, Canada has produced more than 2,000,000 1bs or optical glass. Magnitude of the Canâ€" adian production is illustrated by the fact that in World War I, the United States produced only a total 1,250,000 lbs. Wm. 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