~*many pusiresses, topâ€"heavy with creait, were torced into bankâ€" l:W and Werte cameq when the owneis Femilged ilint they ** wore nesued in thidt alruomon. : liiâ€"ieeing was arouseq wihich conâ€" 'mmummmmemuen«ummtmwnmyu retuve.ed 1fudl ts efecus Ol tiint niâ€"uuned ourpreak. tA e t e e § ‘run for office in Timmins is the high cost of electloneerlng in these: | parts Gone are the days, ‘evigently, when candidates gathered on: ~ the platform of the town hall and sought to convince the voters of. their worth. Gone are the days, too, when a simple announcement: in the paper, followed by a certain amount of Judicious, handshakmg .would ensure a candidate an even chance at the polis. Playmgonthestmtscanbeunhealflw,mwhmthosesmts torist to use his brakes effectively â€"~ but:it f uv,‘.myot!mdmgfnnwhenm;mwm _m dry. enabnng m pamts, now looking forward to the day when their children will grow up and pay"their share of the taxes, will ind that burden inshared ‘unless they decide, but quickly, to have a ehat with their children on the subject otplaymton thgstreets. The Advance, believing that the public are interested in the ?‘vlews of each candidate, and that each candidate for public. office is mtitled to praeent his views to prospect.lve voters, makes this ofler 22 Qm newsuumn per candidate for our fssues of Nov,â€" 28, Dec. 5, ‘of whether the, candidate in Guestion has. pcluangd printts " or advertising from this firm, Noâ€"charge will be : th. ip will be ex@rt ; except ‘to t I.’flflfl taste: and not libeloflio This aï¬ar waa made to candidam last year, incidentally. and 'vm baneve the quality of the views expressed made excellent and inform reading â€" the candidate, the pubnc and The Advance ained fromflm meptanee Oof the offer. We repeat it for that reason. Â¥ We are of the belief that some agreement among candidates to the efféct that they would each limit their spending to a certain sum, would be of great help to the candidates themselves, a considerable reliel to the public, and an assurance to the town that every man, 8 of the sizeâ€"of his purse, had an equal. chance tao present his qm\uflcatiom for oflice 4 un.uni nopes ana promises, we are convincéed that a : mustavsou. Briing hner@ Comq nov bus iinve simuar restues to tnoge â€" wWeayudu vaime witn the unioriunate Airkland Lasze experience.> Theoré Wouiu be much nurasmp and ‘privation, ana many: sad ies . . . . the quier conseyuences teit by our Ontario neighnâ€" | us Would also Jouow here, ail ciasses of Ccitizens. 2 The mayor and. councillors could,â€"we think, be quite justified in asking certain people: "If you think you could do a better job, why not try it yourself?" â€"The writer of these columns would be willing to play along with the suggestion to the point of ensuring the nomâ€" ination of â€"any â€"who. might desire to appear as candidates in the comâ€"| ing elections. Simply phone 26 and ask for the nominating departâ€". ment of The Advance â€" or send name and parbicmars by mail to 219 Algonquin Blyvd. East., |_ . ‘We‘ll see you‘re nominated Nowadays, in 'I‘unmlns at least unless candidate can lay out the money necessary for newspaper and radio advertising, handglls. postcargls; ‘ett., he is m:ely \to. feel that he. wm be. unabxe to béllect enough voteï¬ to maxé a showing. , Which is not good â€" the best men are not necessarily those wlth the most money. While a number of ourâ€" readers. may paint out that they do not need to be able to lay an egg in order to qualify as experts on how to tail a good egg from a bad one, there remains some sense in the mmon tpat those: who are presently spending a good deal of tune and effort in "running down‘" the town council are. ‘quite free to run as a candidate for that growp of longâ€"suffering public servants. One thing is certain: Regardless of the admitted right of all employees, unionized or not, to make the best bargain they can for tnemselves, any advantage gained.by bargaining is irrevocably lost if it is conductd during a projonged period of inactivity.‘ If employ= ind it necessayy to leave their work durmg a wage dl.spute. they may find that what they gained in future wages has been more than eaten up by the wages lost in a strike. f "A, is an oia but true saying tiat no one wins in a strike, except periiups LUiie outsiue Organizers and the in.ernational union which peei respunsibie tor the inaustriail strile in Canada dauring the past year.. it is estuunarued tnat in ‘connecton with recent steel laike, aéspite the wage increaces won, it will take those who ieft meir Wwurk six years to regain wuat tney lost :n wages . .:. ." We have seen what happened in Kirkland Lake.: We now have chance to see what will nappen in Rouynâ€"Noranda. . Let us: hope Mum those concerned in wage aisputes in this Camp will be smaurt enough to learn something from what has nappened in the past, and from what is happening in the present. Let us hope, too, that somle thought will be given to the future of the Camp. . _ We believe the above remarks merit in Timmins, wo. ‘w‘he mimmers of the Porcupine Camp â€" and tha. incluces ca.â€" moyers anda empioyees â€" are wsortunatie that, at a time when wage ureementa are coming up for consideration here, there is an op» Rurtunity to get a "preview" of waat course any company vs. union may take. 'j‘be above words are not our own.. They are taken from the ress or last weex, juse beiluce vie strike vore taken by tne Noranaa miners on Monday. ‘.\ . * O'Q;b »«" .-z,g YO0U, TOO;, CAN BE A NOMINEE DANGEROUS PLAYGROUNLE * w s 2 °o e evening meeting of the Kinsmen Clu ~men here, will assume the respons bil-. ' expected to. comgete for the title oL Who is Miss Timmins? in The question arose the Monday when it was leamed that ‘ity of select.ing peacherino to repre- sent Timmins at the forthcoming Ninâ€"; ter Carnival in. North Bay. Somefl ten or fifteen candidates are ‘." â€"'u *cftt > :,“‘ Â¥ th Brochu and ‘other committee men for the: work in connection with theâ€"recent successful Sadie Hawkins Dance. :. _ to the:Victorian Order of â€"Nurses from the proceeds of the Kmsmens Hallow- e‘en "Shellout." Earl Hawkms Addre§s¢s ‘‘Kinsmen Club on Subject â€" of, IQdustrlal Reldï¬ons COs P i y ts tm . on n 857 o e e l N # ..\.lfvl..'r;\..m # L s A To 4y o it w snn ce i A donation of $1,200 will be made «.. Pass a new lifenow that "Poland is no longer a of\(he 1700 Pol}ngWar*veterans rHo fanged i# ~Haltâ€"â€"+mmwe todntny." Showh a t RIGHT is K. Buclula of the fax, to work on farms throughout Canai w ‘he:)~3rd â€"Carpat fan 1 Infantry Divilion who is typical ‘of majority of these soldiers fought w Hans mwgf ;’:‘»mlvalm . ' th" Ital)an (‘amna"'n, and. a%;x- } â€mt‘;.:*.:v hee 7.“' -,.,,. es f s roomerito embrace. olose to 800 assocâ€" Jations in cities: a.nd towns‘ â€"Oof > 1:‘@;{ ‘bership campaign mext week will be added toâ€" the hundreds of thousands o 4 and Canadians who have already approved the "Organized Audâ€" ‘djence". plan in â€"the Jast quarter: of 4 centiury,"" Wwi. .Roberts, â€"pandling pubâ€" Heity for the‘ pro.teot, told. The Adâ€" vange this week. â€""Growing from aâ€" hndf_“l Of atl'll{- ie ie se * "* V L To e o c M e * ‘Bâ€"82 0 :n . ' mm S;mbmo H A ï¬xture,‘Ha.m- ilkan Figers took a. 3â€"2 overtime decisâ€" lon over Stratford. ~In the Junior O. H. ‘A. B6 Mikes: trimmed Galt, ‘6â€"1; Sw SWamped 'I'ordnto' Marlbor- . mal. took Ottawa by 5>4 in overâ€" timme, in Qughec â€" Senior Hockey # â€" asainst the league-leading Mabple Leafs, ‘endingâ€"up theâ€" ~withâ€"aâ€"4â€"1 depis- t their N "H. L.*tussle. es â€" Detroft, If" you‘re interested," edged. _Ohjeago, 8â€"6., ‘In the American Leaâ€" ite, Gle _veland tpok Ph}ladflphia. 7â€"2;" K h: ay* »,..;m ‘,"Q > -:"" ~‘"In becoming members of, the Porâ€" cnpine Community Associaâ€" tion, those who enrol}: during the memâ€" ‘Community Concert‘ â€" V ;e; nbership Campalgn . Pleree Hardware ‘Ma de Headquarters For Drive _ Under Volunteer Captains modding happilyas they hear remmq ‘ers of past joys. .: K . Jn :1920, the: world was ‘just over its ‘warmjltt.em and x boom Was ~on, but Canada " Mr. Roberts stated. ‘Artists go into almost: lnaccesaible ‘regions of: ‘Canada to keep their apâ€" pointments with eager audiences who sometimes find in their concerts their only contact with the great centers Of art and culture. They make living music from Maine to Washington, and Mexican border to James Bayâ€"in citâ€" ies where their annual visits are countâ€" ed on ‘by loyal admirers and in towns where large percentages :of the popuâ€" ‘Jlation ‘turn out to fill high school audâ€" Atorfunis or‘ community halils. * Gallitâ€"Curci : and © Jolin McCormack couldcommandlar.gefmmmetm- 'mnï¬an areas biut rarely ventured. to j : <places because few could risk mohuwflnaw.ldeflcitmtmkht just ‘a ‘name‘on :a phonograph record. ~ Among theirlisteners are owners of vast industrial empires and woarkers in their â€" plants, bank presidents, school teachers, day laborers,; stofe clerks and minersâ€"boys. and _ Squadron Leader Ernest Harston, Ow. Field: Secret.ary of the Ontario ",h of the Canadian Red Cross Society. As scheduled for. a speaking ‘tour here before ‘local clubs and orâ€" vw-q-wâ€" ue C P o e e au‘e evening to the 'Un;ted «Church mins. On Monday morning he. in the Schumacher high,échool and in the evening to the sonth Porcupine Kiâ€" wanis Club, return.lng to Timmins to speak at the Church of the Na,tivity at 8.15 the same evening.. ts f school ‘faAre there any town manigers in Canada?"someone aed when item NO _8 wWas: bromhtwa e 9 4 06 Jolm_ : aald that in a te cï¬uw not ‘clear to avm ;nlt that these wore accord- Ingly. called town managers. ; r"mthe adppmn of this recomâ€" mmwhopedm and amdmz :“TOget a 7 would be. really good f P n en P en ssestors." Mr, Bartleman board of assessors.. If would be of yalue if they in today â€" but it is the ‘best,â€"we eanâ€" noâ€"objection : to paying our taxes on that ‘basigs. . ‘"Is theâ€"assessment going to be made by the present assessor, or by an out- side man?" Albert Cain asked. TR : "We hadâ€"a manbrought in from Qnt- side before,". saidâ€"â€" â€"D. B. Curtis. "We paid him good money, butâ€"did not get satisfaction. : T: think our usmor can do the. job.‘"* >‘ « :â€"Theâ€"revision of: assessment in 1947 is already under consideration by ell; ‘ atepayers should have uo. diff ,ulty in getting coâ€"operation‘ in this recommendation, Outside asâ€" sessing firmsâ€"have already: written ofâ€" fers to: thâ€" ecouncil. ; "*"We‘re simply asking that the best assessment ‘bhe made that â€"can be carâ€" ried out," ’M,r stated. "Being : "We found ourâ€"own assessor knew more:â€"about the local situation than an outside man,"â€"declared: Mr. Bartleman, who was mayor : when. theâ€" la; revlsion of assessment. was made.â€" resulted inâ€"savings," â€"â€" i :It will be noted that the mention of ‘"war years"~removes any criticism: of the: Ba:t?i‘zmang?;glme the war started in 1039 Be.rflmnan stopped in â€"10938. C e Â¥e imade ‘and serlous consideration ‘be dven» toâ€":the creation of a .metropolitan embracing the. munioipalities in the.Poroupine District: V‘fb the Inslusâ€" fon ‘of such: adjolnlng oun! ga. m‘l be dcsirahlc. t Tept _', ag ratepayer. asked whit unnecessary and extravaga.nt exâ€" penditu::es were inadea . guring the war years, pointing out that; taxes during those years had: béen lower than the No â€" such: instances /! extravagance were givep, but J. P. Bartleman exâ€" plained Sthat he believed the council had not operated as cheaply as it could buildings were going up, thereforeâ€"they did not need water services," Mr Barâ€" ‘~(6) â€" That authority ‘be for the es ' entâ€"of: aâ€"~more efficient mm Commlssion of at loat flve loâ€" cal ‘citizens, > â€"| > Te‘ the number prelent a_t" various (2) --l‘hgtuthorou:h :md od__ ble uunlumt ‘ofâ€"all property: in ‘the® town d <cout in the . m 1947 ‘A hmm-tumonmlm. ¥¥" . <(8) â€" Consideration bo:lvon guutlon of :a town manager.. . w-if on"the lTapel of any candtdnta for â€"mayorâ€" or council, they should be good Lorâ€"afâ€"ledst 80 :to 50 votes,â€"as that following ‘recommendations by « ~"All~this should have brouzht greetlnss ‘to the .. A very complete and most mteremng report of the Kiwanis District conve ‘tion, held recently at St. Anq;qw' ~bye .. theâ€"Sea was given by Kiwanian H. G. . Laidlaw at the weekly lgx;che‘on;?gï¬_:.,j"" 2s on Monday. / The: report oovered dveltyfg ‘department of :Kiwanis .activities, :and â€" was. presented in‘very. interesting way “g In extending the club‘s thanks to thg‘ ‘speaker: {or the. day. Kiwanian P. Moisley took opportunity : point. . thatâ€"the reportâ€"contained ‘much in th 4 way .of. suggestion and inspiration that .. id prove of value.to members ag the Kiwapis. It was very complete ra« view of all phases of Kiwanis efforts . in the Ontarioâ€"Quebecâ€"Maritimes Dis« . would. be ‘bigger and better than ever, with many new. features. Amonz C latter, he noted performing seals u special array of performing horkes. After the Juncheon, the. directors of the club met in conference with Mr, . Garden, to discuss matters in connege» ; tlion "With the expeeted ‘vistt of. tlm Garden ‘Bros.‘ Cirous hef'e*qain year under Kiwanis‘ auspices. * Kiwanlan D. Church led the : m munity singing, with Mflm W. E; Wilson at the phno s es Kiwanlan ‘P.. ‘C. Molsiey, muy : ~W.A, Garden, ofâ€"Garden cus, Toronto, was a visitor to the club for. day, and spoke ‘briefly. on the . 3; prospects top another visit to. Tinu of this. circus whichhadbeeneopop- # ular last. year in this camp. . 4 .. He, said that next year t cttm 3. would be ‘bigser and better than ever, . ~President: G. N. â€"Ross added hisâ€" pot- spnal appreciation of the report. . Clrcus Next Year . Klwamans Told Club Will Celebrate _ ty Third Amflversary_ w _ With Ladies Night _.. _ ehurch life. one of: thgu est > men to reach such" prominence :Canadian mle ie as «L. â€" § 1A â€" YÂ¥es, yon're rightâ€"the mhpaxm okroyd‘s:â€"motion. : ::