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1 Foday Fri: Paul Muni "Angel On My Shoulder" The eveniags and nights in the northerh Ontario bush‘ weren‘t so pléasant in those days. Much of the land was covered with muskeg and swamps, the breéding place of black flies and mosquitoes, and it wasn‘t long before the call went out among the fTeathered insects that there was some fresh tender white meat in the district and the insects swarmed to the prosâ€" pectors camn for the feast. flies, Damn the river and damn the skies, Damu the rain and damn the weather, And damn prospecting altogther." bigned "Jack Nelson" Georgse Bannerman arrived. back withâ€"another assistant namea Joe Nesâ€" bitt who served as cook for the outfit: and, of course, another canoe load of provisions and supplies. : The prospective young cook was powerful and.. anxious to show his strength, <a factor which saved ‘the others some heavy packing. On one occasion they had broughkt in threse bushels of beans in one big sack, Bill Bannerma:n recalls, and, it was a load for two men. However, the youngster cordiag in Halleybury and getting the samples he had taken back assayed. Later in the year, when prospectors many tenderfeet turned back because of ‘the mosquitoss ;© began pouring in, andâ€" black flies that plagued their evéry moment. A poem found tacked. to a tree illustr ates how. the, flies and mosquitoes and hardships stung one would be poet into verse. "Damn the river and damn‘ the lako And, damn the trails we have to take. Damn the mosquitoes and damn the \â€" practice among the prospectors, it was done.. . . Ga,me wasâ€" ‘abundant in the Porcuâ€" pine and it was possible for the prosâ€" pectors_ m through the . woodsâ€" a ‘ghort dlstance and knock off all the partridge or ‘ grouse. .you needed with a stick. Moose were pleatiful, and, when frightened, .would go crashing through the woods in all directions, usually running in pairs but seldom more than four in a bunch. It was a rough trail. In places they had to crawl through the bush and sometimes they had to cut brush before they could make their way along. It was a mile ‘to the site of the claims, almost northsof where they had landed, gnd:after a couule of trips for the proâ€" visions and tools the prospectors set up their tent and prepared to bed down for the‘ night. _ The prospectors hadn‘t any lotion to cover their exposed skin with, though they did have mosquito netting, which, though helping to keep off the flies and mosquitoes, was hot and uncomâ€" fortable and made it difficult to move around in the thickly wooded country. However, with smudges going, and confident that their sweating during the. hot,. days would wipe out the poisun of the bites the prospectors kept gomg i2 _theix: search for gold. Later in the year, when pro.,pect,ms, began pouring in, course, the land. hadn‘t been staked before, and there was rock showing. â€" Once staked, the prospector had to do a eertain agmount of work on his property within 30 days after stakins. If he failed to comply with regulations and do the necessary work it was possible.for another prospector .to come along, inspect the date on the No. 1 post, and restake the claim in his name. This was called claimâ€" pJumplng, and, ‘while not a:nr approved ,practlce among the prospectors, it was mauy tenderfeet' : done.. spot barely a month before, and unâ€" loadedâ€" their canoe, Bill Bannerman little realizing that not far from here would be his home for the next 37 years. Across Porcupine lake on the east shore, on what is now called Dead Maxn‘s Point, was the one other camp in the district, established by Jack Wilson and Harry Preston. After several fruitless weeks without finding ‘any trace of gold Wilson had gone back to Haileybury leaving Preston to conâ€" tinue the search. After unloading the canoe of its provisions, pick and shovels, drills and hammers and packages of dyhamite, the two prospectors took the trail Geoâ€" rge and Geddes had blazed through the bush to where George had staked nine claims under the name of Scottish Ontario Mines, which he was now reâ€" Doors Open 9 a.m. Show Starts 10 a.m tContinued From Page One>) Sat. Morning w 4). DOME MINES, STAKED AUGUST 1909 STARTED PRODUCTION IN MARCH 1912 Bhow At 1â€"3 p.m. Evening 7â€"9 p.m. Barry "Going My Way" a strike, he staked what was called a discovery post. Then he set out the ngrth egst boundary Oof his claim with a stake on which he put the date the claim‘ was staked, his name, and the distance and direction to the discovery post. $ If a prospector wished he could stake his other claims alongsidae or wherever else he wished, of course, the land hadn‘t been staked before, and there was rock showing. â€" Once staked, the prospector had to do a eertain gmount of work on his new property within 30 days after stakins. If he failed to comply with regulations and do the necessary work it was possible.fer another prospector Porcupine Lake abounded with fish the prospectors had many a good feed of pike, pickerel and bass cooked to a turn over an open fireplace. EASY GO" Each prospector was allowed to stake three claims of 40 acres each, and, as a government survey had alâ€" ready been made of Whitney township the year befoxe and divided it into square lots it was necessary for each claim to be square within the hboundâ€" aries of each lot. From his stake at the nrorthâ€"cast corner of his claim the staker pjazed a line south to his No. 2 stake, then west to No. 3, north to No. 4 and then back to No. 1 at the northâ€"east corner. There were no wolves in the district, and the pxospectors never rememberâ€" ing either seeing any or even hearing them howling at night. Ansther. lone prospector showed up in the Porcupine not long after the Bannermans. A man about 42 years old and who had travelled the leneth and breadth of Canada and had prosâ€" pected from the time he was a youngâ€" ster. His name was Bill Davidson, and as Bill Bannerman said, Davidson was one of the finest and most honest man he ever knew. Staking # claim in thogse days was subject to certain regulations. There had to be rock showing, and, when the prospector found rock that had quartz showing and was satisfied he had made To ensure getting un early for a gond days work the prospectors had inâ€" cluded an alarm clock in their supâ€" plies, and it was the duty of the younsy cook to rise first and get breakfast ready over the ope:n fireplace. Howâ€" ever, as Bill relates, the younsgster had developed such a hatred for an alarin clock somewhere in the past that he was always up and had the alarm turnâ€" ed off before it could ring. Never once during the time he was with them id the set alarm get a chance to wake the sleepers or startle the wildâ€"life of the cuiet forests. _ lifts the heavy bag out of the canve, tosses it over his shoulder and carries it the mile through the bush to the camp. To ensure getting un early for a gond days work the prospectors had inâ€" cluded an alarm clock in their supâ€" plies, and it was the duty of the younsy cook to rise first and get breakfast ready over the ope:n fireplace. Howâ€" ever, as Bill relates, the younsgster had developed such a hatred for an alarin clock somewhere in the past that he was always un and had the alarm turnâ€" â€"Davidson came from southern Ontâ€" ario and had run away from home at the age of twelve, After being buffeted around for a few years he headcd west and spent twenty years prospectâ€" ing from the cld gold fields of the Carâ€" iboo in B.C. to the R£londike in Yukon. Every new strike would see Davidson pulling up camp and heading for the new fields. When he heard of the strikes at Cobalt, he had, like the Bannerman brothers, headed for nsorâ€" thern Oxntario. And he too, was to make a name for himself. FITZGERALD DIANA LYNN SONNY TUFTS Among the prospectors that cam:e pouring into the Porcupine in Septemâ€" ber of 1909 was a small, cheerful man with a black mustache, Benny Hollinâ€" ger. When Benny arrived most of the land had been staked and Benny, unâ€" knowingly, began to stake on a piece of high ground near Miller Lake, whiclh has since been filled in and is now the Hollinger park, Benny stake‘s would beâ€" on part of where Timmins nuw stands.. Unfortunately, or fortunately, he was on one of Davidson‘s claims. But Davidson showed him a likely spot on the faxs shore of Miller Lake, lower, but where a shallow shaft ha: been sunk by the unknown prospector sevenr years before, and where it was believed the prospector had found a 1)ocket. of gold, taken it out, and left without staking, later disappearingz altogether. Confideat that the "71"~ signified the existence of gold, Davidson imâ€" mediately began a systematic search in a semiâ€"circle 71 paces from the trge. The brush and woods was thick the rocks covered with moss, and the flies and mosquitoes were in swarm;s near the river‘s edge. But Davidson persevered: and nearly three weelks later, when Bill Bannerman had gone down to sge how the lone prospector was getting on, Davidson jammed his pick into some moss covered rock and the sparkle of gold quartz met their eyes. ‘Davidson had made his strile. Hurriedly staking out his new claiin, Davidson put some choice samples in his pack and headed out for Haileyâ€" buly to record his claims and get his samples assayed, the from the Bannerman camp wishing him luck s he pulled away in his In Haileybury Davidson recorded his claims and left some samples to be esayed Then he went down to one of the barâ€"rooms for a drink. After the first few drinks he began showing his newly found nuggets to his friends and telling where he had found them.. By the time he had finished several drinks there was only the barkeeper and himself left in the barâ€"room, and by noorn the next day practically all the male population of Haileybury were cn their way to the Porcupine. Ever since Davidson was called "The man who ecmptied Haileybury." Davidson had entered Haileybury broke and one chap had sgrubstaked him to the extent of $350. After Davidâ€" son had sold his first claims in the Porcupine for a good sum it is reported that he gave the chap who had grubâ€" staked. him $15,000 in 1etuxn for the stake of $350. Davidson made quite a good strike himself.. Following a blazed trail by a prospector who had been in the disâ€" trict about seven years before, and who was believed ~to have beenâ€" drownscd, Davidson followed the line of blazes to a huge tree on the shore of the Matâ€" tagami River. It was the last blaze and on . the tree was carved the figures While facts are a little uncertain i is believed : that Dqvidson advised Harry Preéeston to stake where the Dome mine now stands. That happenâ€" ed i1 August, the first big stake in the district. Benny hnad discovered what was to become the famous Hollinger Mine, the richest discovery ever made in Canada and which became the largest gold He pitched his tent not far from the Bannerman camp, and, according to Bill Bannerman, said that as the Banâ€" nerman‘s were in the Porcupina first he would not stake a claim until the Bannmnerman‘s were satisfied with what they had staked. Jack H. Skirball and Bruce Mannâ€" ing Present Ginger Rogers David Niven Burgess Meredith Magnificent â€" â€"<â€" Doll And on the .shores of Porcupine Lake the Banngrmans watched ths Porcupine grow ‘into the wealthiest gold mininzg region in Canada, that added over a billion dollars to the wealth of the Dominion. From the few people when Bill Bannerman first arrived is now an estimated 50,000 making their livelihood from the gold mines started by the strike of the Bannermans. It‘s a wonderful memâ€" ory to take back with Bill to the farm‘ he left nearly 41 years before, and likely the piongering of the Banxnerâ€" mans will be receorded in the schoolâ€" books of Canadian history for acdâ€" venturesome youngsters to read and perhaps follow in the Bannerman‘s footsteps in some other great pioneerâ€" In those days the people who lived around what is now Schumacher and Timmins had to come to Pottsvillie for their mail and groceries. After the great fire of 1911 when most of the district was wiped out, building begax farther north on what is now the town of Timmins around the rapidly exâ€" panding Hollinger Mine and Pottsvilie began to fade as the centre of the disâ€" trict. Mail delivery was an uncertain serâ€" vice in those days, the nearest postâ€" oflice being at Haileybury. In the next few years a postâ€"oflice was started in one of the stores in the new settleâ€" ment that was springing up around Porcupine Lake in what is now Golden City, called Pottsville then after‘ the Mmame of the first hotel kzeper in the towxnr. The district got its name when a prospector jammed his pick in a porcupine hole and discovered goid quartz. That fall the Bannerman‘s built. a log house, which is still standing in Pottsville.:~ Others followed suit and by the winter of 1909 quite a number had built permanent: homes in the Porecuâ€" ping. Others were still living in tents. The first two women in the Porcupine came in the fall of 1909. The two Bannermans went out and spent the Christmas of 1909 at their home in St. Mary‘s In spite of the rivalry to stake claims everyone was very friendly, Bill Banâ€" nerman saitd, and if you came into camp around meal time and no ons was there you, just took what you found and cooked up your own dinner. It was an accepted practice among the prospectors, and seldom did any ever take advantage of the hospitality of the bush. Prospectors came and weat. Some disgusted by the hardship and disâ€" gruntled that they hadn‘t found gold in the first week or two, others chased out by the flies and mosquitoes and the inconveniences of pionecring Mo 1i the woods. y mine on the North Amcricax contlâ€" cuit. ing project DAUGHTER OF ;A.ISO DON Q" â€" Episode No.4 A FAMOUS PLAYIERS A FAMOUS PLAYIRS THEATRE Friday and Saturday Two Matinees Every Saturday 1 and 3 HUGH HEiiBERT COMEDY â€" FOX NEWS â€" "Bandit Of The Badlands" LOUIS HAYWAKD In ‘"The Return Of Monte Cristo" TODAY ONLY Sunset Carson "~ IN l C m'u'D'-f t t e o t 0 d C n. Beautiful floral tributes were reâ€" ceived from: Miina, Taisto, Mary, Diâ€" ane, Rachel, Tauno, Donald and Carol: Mr. and Mrs. A. Maki, Mr. and Mrs. E. Peterson, Mrs. E. Valenius, Mr: and Mrs. N Helia, Mrs. Ida Huhtala, Mr. and Mrs. K. Kari, Mrs. Mandiâ€" Niemi and family, Bill and Tami Place, Aarre Kivi and family, Mathilda Homfeldt, Hilma Waldon, Greta Wainio, Netta Taner, Irja Kuusela, Aino Kemppainâ€" en, Mr. and Mrs. E. Kallio, Hilja and Alex Koskela, Laila and. William Sivâ€" ujen, K. Heinamaki and {family, Hulda and‘ Elmer Sivuneh, Florence, Peter and Barbara Bromley, Mrs. A. Kyllonâ€" en and family, Mr. and Mrs. Helgse Nashlund, Annie and Niilo Aho, Aiano and Otto Korkola, Viesti and Oliver Linda Kallunki and Kunnar, Nellie, Lehtisalo, Elso and Arvo Virkkala, Mr;sâ€" Alma and Kenneth Orr, Hilda and Ralph Micttinen, Toivo Pelkola, Saimi and Veikko Lehto, Hulda, Anxa and Bill Sundqvist, Lillina and K. A. Merâ€" ikallio, Mr. and Mrs. Niilo King, Ida and Willima Waisanen, K. Kallio, Salâ€" omaa family, Maiju and Nestor Riiâ€" hinen, Kaija and F. Perkio, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ristimaki, Fanny and Nick ~Luhtanen, Elsie and Leo Lagakso, Aino Valve, Fanny Salo, Olga Peltonismi, Ensio and John Eskelin, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Haapanen, Mr. and Mrs. Sam: Slack, Mr. and Mrs.â€" Victor Taskinen, Mrs. Mary Hahto, Laina and Maunu \ Honkala, Ennie and Heary Kelneck., Mrs. Hulda Leino and William, Linnea and Jalmari Korri, Helmi and Andrew Heino, Aili and IImari Schroder,; Sanna Kuusisto, Helmi and John Lehtisalo and family, Mrs. Tilda Latvala, Fiina and John West, Signe and Sam Maki, â€"~ Charles Emery. To mourn his loss he leaves his wift, Edla Wilhelmina Viitasaari: (nee Reini) their daughter Liljia (Mrs. Saloâ€" mon Niemisto) at Seinajoki, Tornava, Vaasa Province, Finland; their son, Taisto and his family at home, 60 Birch St. N., one adopted daughter, Rachel( Mrs. Tauno Collander), Port Arthur, one adopted son, Olavi Viitaâ€" saarl, at Petroskoy, Sovietâ€"Russian Carelia, and one sister, Sandra (Mrs. Herman Gustafsson) at Canmore, Alberta. Interment service was zvonducted in the Timmins Cemetery. The pallâ€" bearers were Messrs. Leo Laakso, Nesâ€" tor Riihinen, Salomon Schroder, Anâ€" tomn Maki, William Waisanen and Vicâ€" tor Ristimaki. During the year 1921 Viitasaari came with his family to Tiimnmins and: was employed ~by the Hollinger Consoliâ€" dated. Gold Mines Ltd., working as miner.during the next seventeen years, until he was pensioned for the rest of his life. Asâ€" one of the few early Finnish pioneer miners in New Ontâ€" ario, he was widely known all over the mining covunities of Sudbury dstrict and the Goldexn Area of Northern Ontâ€" ario. The late Mr. Ku:ti Theophius Viitâ€" acaari was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Salomon Viitasaari of Peraseinâ€" ajoki, Vaasa Province Finland, whore he was born Nov. 14th, 1879. He came to Canada from Ilmajoki, Munakka, Vaasa Province, Finland, during the year 1907, settling at Copper Cliff, where he was employed by the Canâ€" adian Copper Co. Ltd. (now the Inâ€" ternational Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd.) During the service in the chapel, Rev. Heinonen was assisted by the choir of the Co:m:sumers‘ Coâ€"operative Store. The choir readered "Integer Vitae" in â€"Finnish. Mrs. O. Korkola recited a poem. Mr. Emil Telkkinen gave a vocal solo and Mr. Nestor Riiâ€" hinen spoke a few words in memory of Viitasaari. . _ Puneral services for Kusti Theophilâ€" us Viitasaari, retired miner, of 60 Birch S8t. North, Timmins, who died on Tueâ€"day, March 18th, were conductâ€" ed in the chapel of Walker‘s Puneral Home at two o‘clock Sunday afternoon, March 23rd, in presearce of mary friends from the Porcupine, Sudbury and Port Arthur districts. The Revâ€" erend . I. Heinaonen conducteJdJ the services in Finnish and English. I1: connection with his short sermon he mentionedâ€"some of the earliest experâ€" iences he had with Mr. Viitasaari, whom he met in Copper Cluff, durins the year 1913, and later in Timmins, while opening Presbyterian Church mission work among the Finns and Scandinavians in his wide parish of New Canadians all over New Oxntario, from: Sault Ete. Marie and districts. in the South to Timmins and Cochrane in the North. mckly arouse these organs to bea%h?ul activityâ€"sharpen the Ape petite and hel%bto improve digestion, (Jean out the pomom with Dr. Chase‘s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills and reâ€" gain your pep and happiness. Dr. Chase‘s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills have a long record of dependability kidneys as a regulator of liver and and bow Good Health and Lots of Pep Dr. Chase‘s Kusti T. Viitasaari l css 2 2 2t s soUTH PORCUPINE '_ Robert A_Ec_fldfim The first convention is to be held at Niagara Falls carly in May and Mr. Murphy has the permission of council to attend for the two days scheduled. This council is a national organizaâ€" ticn and many outstanding Canadian figures serve upon it. As its name implies the work of the Council is with welfare work â€" pensions, social serâ€" vice, etc.; and.it is an honour that one of our township has been selected to serve upon it. Mr. P. H. Murphy Township Clerkâ€" Treasurer has received word of his appointment to the Provincial Comâ€" mittee of the Canadian Welfare Counâ€" cil. P. H. Murphy Appointed To Canadian Welfare Council His wife predeceased him four years ago, and he had twelve children, cight of whom are still living â€"â€" Gerald, of Etockton California, Ken. of Eva (Mrs. Wm. Hanna) of Shawvillie, Cuncan of New Jersey, John of South Porcupinse, Lyle of Shawville, Mary (Mrs. Mcore) of Barnevelde New York: and Sophia (Mrs. McKinley) of Shawâ€" ville, < Mr. Hodgins died on Monday after a long illnes. His son John has beon with him since early in January. His funeral, held on Wednesday afternoon from the Anglican Church in Shawâ€" ville was given masonic rites. ‘The dcceased, a retired farmet, was well known, nct only in his own home town,. tbut by many from Shawville now living in the Porcupine. Sympathy is extended to Mr. John Hodgins and family of 135 Bloor Ave., who are moumlng the death of Robert (Alec) Hodgins/of Shawville, aged 85, father of Mr. J. Hodgins. Music DANCIN FRIDAY, April 25th, 1947 SEALED TENDERS, plainly marked as such will be receivad by the undersigned until 6 p.m. Canadian Legion Branch Eightyâ€"eight TENDERS for ARCHITECTURAL TRADES, Plumbing and Heatmg and Electrical Installation taken separately. PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS may be seen and all infomation obâ€" tained at the office of D. R. FRANKLIN, ARCHITECT, 219 Sky Block, Timmins, Ontario, and Plans and Specifications are on Display at DAILY COMMERCIAL NEWS, 34 St. Patrick St., Toronto. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Timmins Timmins Police B A L L. sOUTH PORCUPINE ic By â€"JACK BRIDGES and His Top Hatters For all trades required in the erection of a McINTYRE COMMUNITY BUILDING PRESENT THEIR TENDERS WANTED Tuesday, April 15th, 1947. TIMMINS, ONTARIO Special Decorations for the Secretary at he asserted, "aud then my assistant picks up a sixteenâ€"pound sledgeâ€"hamâ€" met, swings it with all his mightâ€" and cracks the stone in half." ‘The agent grew dizzy at the thought. "That‘s marvellous," he enthused. "But how about your head â€" don‘t you‘sever feel it?" The strong man waved a hand. "Yes," he admitted. "That‘s why I carry asoirins." Nowadays when the boy friend asks, ‘Can you cook?" the sgirl friend teâ€" plies, "No; can you?" act to his agent. "I place a heavy stone on my head * THURSDAY 8 30 p.m. Public Skating FRIDAY 830 p.m. Public Skating * to 3.30 p.m. Public Skating SATURDAY COMBINES vs ST. MIKES sSUNDAY 8.30 p.m. Weekâ€"end Skating Club Skating Club MUNDAY RESERVED FOR, HOCKEY TUESDAY Skating Club WEDNESDAY 8 30 p.m. Public Skating 2 to 3.30 p.m. Public Skating Limited Ticket Sale $2.50 Per Counle FEATURING #« Russ 2 _ N.B.C. and: Top Canadian . Baritone TICKETS ON SALE AT TIMMINS TISDALE POLICE OFFICES Dress Optlional Ontario