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The Ontario Forest ndustries Asâ€" . ~snpciation does not intexnd to find itâ€" sell with a labor shortage next year, The Advance learned this week. The _ association, outstanding. members of are the major pulp and paper _producers, is already attempting to ‘ _ make arrangements for the importdâ€" gf‘tion of 1,200 more DPs for work in * â€" bush camps during the 1948â€"49 season. Lt E:.'s;: qf;*‘ t ___.. Today, bush camps are full to overâ€" _ flowing, chiefly because a large num, â€" ‘ber of DPs were imported last Sumâ€" _mer and Fall. In fact, in yome secâ€" . tions of the North the. layingâ€"off o _ several hundreds.of experienced Canâ€" adian cutters has taken place as the :;':j;:?';._s,cutting season ends, while DPs remain _ at work under their contracts. _ .. However, the contracts of the preâ€" .‘ DP‘s expire at the end of ten Before the next cutting seaâ€" f’;son commenees these contracts wil} _ no longer be in force, It is anticipatâ€" _ sed that a fairly large percentage of i‘if'flhese‘ men, who pursued other occu> in their_ homelands, will aâ€" ‘bandon thc*bua,h at the end of their and seek to establish themâ€" _ selves in their own line of work. _ The Ontario Forest Industries Asâ€" â€"â€" sociation "is endeavoring to complete arrangements with the C.P.R. whereby 3 ‘ffil.be latter will bring out new groups ‘of DPs in the Spring, provide employ* \_ swhent for them during the Summer ‘ ‘and ‘direct them to woods operators w the Fall. The idea has been apâ€" """\j_,proved but details are still to be workâ€" "ed out. The approvalâ€" of Oftawa has «still to be obtained. DP’S\ In Caml)s Here ‘__ DP‘s in the bush camps in the Timâ€" mins district have roved to be satisâ€" _ factory workers,the: three lumbering employing them here said this ‘week. No semblance of a strike such _ as took place at Hearst early this hob ut sn P 'w,wy c sot is _ month has occurred here, they said. At Hearst, 50 DP‘s employed by the â€"‘Driftwood Timber Company staged a “xf‘ten-dny sitâ€"down strike, in protest of :Jthe grade of timber in which they k«awere employed as cutters.. The strike is said to have been lead by an interâ€" ‘“preter and had no conection with the â€"~â€"Lumber and Sawmill Workers‘ Union. : "Many of them have already devâ€" __eloped into firstâ€"class bushmen in . every way,‘ he stated, "I think these _ fellows are going to remain on the _ _ job. Some who don‘t like the work 'vore, Floods ‘Labor â€" Market, Union States â€" _ "It seems that the operators are * attempting to flood the market with \Jabor,". commented .Henry «Racketti, ‘*Mcretary of Local 2995, Lumber and wm:ll Workers Union. .‘"While we t object to the theorey that Canâ€" fgad needs immigrants to aid her deâ€" yobpment‘ it is our contention that . aunder â€" present. circumstancet â€" these h,mgn are‘taking the jobs of Canadians. ere is little new development; there , 16 ajack of planning to find legitimate jobs for these men. When and if this Er_.j- iW., group carrives more Canadians 1 be out of work." #:Hb ‘predieted . that| litlie Summer ;§un Would take place this year. eems that bushâ€"operators are king a return of the conditions dugâ€" !nu the 1930‘s, when bush work was #yurely a seasonal job," he said, "They m seeking a return of the days when ‘ men by the hundreds waited around _hlring offices for the chance of a job." He said that he did not believe that a majority of the present DPs in the bush would leave for other occupaâ€" ‘Aions. ' or who are not adapted to it will leave " of course, but I think the majority . will stay at the trade." _ ~ The Canada Lumberman in its most ~recent issue describes the strike as Ioflows 5';.;'3 "A crew of:some 50 displaced pel'- _sons at a camp ot the Driftwood Timâ€" ber Company near Hearst, Ontario, mwentonamm?eudym <‘January and remained gut for about .;.« ‘ten days. numumma- ‘ satisfaction was femented by a numâ€" E ber of troubleâ€"makers, one of which _was the interpreter. Several> of these gwhlm been removed and all is serene Wol XXXIH No. 4 _ bering concern. ‘"They are hard workâ€" _ers and learn quickly." _ â€"\ "They are 100 percent as far as we are concerned.," said another, "They _ like the conditions gnd some are alâ€" "The DP‘s have been no trouble at i," reported> one Timmmins lumâ€" Chief Asks Two Men, Another Squad Car "I fesl it is my duty to report to council that we should nct endorse iquor lounges in the town," Councilâ€" Urba‘n Aubry, chairman of the Public Relati is Committce, told counâ€" til. A petition ordering such a vote reâ€" quires the sigratures of 25 percent of the voat:rs. It is es.imated that such a vote would cost the mnuicipality $2,000, with the ent.re expense to be borne by the town. More Than 50 x DP‘s Haye Joined Union, Bush Union Claims Late last vear ccuncil received two applications from hotelmen for liquor lounges. - ' * < "Well these people still have reâ€" course to taking a petitivn among the "Mayor Evre ~stated,; "Ifâ€"they can get the required number of names we will be forced to order a vote." No Voting OnLiquor At its meeting th‘s week Timmins Town Council turned thumbs down on ordering a plebiscite â€"as to whether th>2 town shsuld have cocktail bars. ‘Citizens> of Timmins were urged this week by town clerk Victor Saloâ€" maa to take advantage of the installâ€" ment method of paying taxes before the month of January ends. The inâ€" stallment plan calls for payment of ta:es in 12 monthly sums and disâ€" eccunts are allowed ‘taxpayers who use the plan. One of the major recommendations ‘n the annual: report of Chief of Police Albert Lepic presented to the Timâ€" mins Polce Ccommissicn on Tuesday involved the addition of two additional constables and a t,hird police car to ine force. "The standard number of policemen ‘n the municipality generally depends on population," the chief pointed out. "There is usually one constable for evâ€" ery thousands persons. â€"However, in Timmins we have only 25 men for Aa population of almost 28,000." He said that the addition of a third car would add to the force‘s eff‘ciency in many ways. It would also cut transportation expenses of prisoners to Monteith and Haileybury. "We could drive our priscners to jail and save a considerable amount," he stated, ‘"We could also pay considerâ€" ably more attention to regulating trafâ€" ic." Taxes By 12 Instalments Better For All Concerned monthly installment ‘plan is easily the best way. to pay taxes." the town clerk said. "It enables persons of low income to budget monthly against taxes, rather than be faced with two large.payments at May 31 and Augâ€" He pointed. out that the Kirkland Lake police department had three veâ€" hicles a car and two station wagons despite the fact that the population there was less than here. monthly installment plan easily adâ€" aptable when keeping their books up to date, Mr. Salomaa said. 4 "However, the real purpose of the plinisnotoomuehtonidthetax- payer directly as to aid him indirectly "In mixed camps where DP‘s work bes de Canadian bushmen the DP‘s are joining un right and left," the offizial said, "In camps which are ccomposed entirsly of DP‘s not much progress from the union‘s point of view is being made, chiefâ€" ly :due to the language barrier." More than 50 percent cf the DP‘"s emplicyed in the bush camps of North Ontario are now members of the Lumber and Sawmill Workâ€" ers‘ Uron, a, unicn official toald the Advance week. «e t _ "For ‘the owner of, a small home the + stt in Ont, EVERY AY ___It was sent to a Timmins cleaning. "Perhaps every constable would lke his own private office," sai dthe Magâ€" II and when the Porcupine Health Unit moves out of the Timmins town hall, the local police department would like to take over some of the health unit‘s office space, according to a stateâ€" ment made at Tuesday‘s meeting of the" Timm.ns police commissicn by Chief Albert Lepic. Magistrate S. Atkinson viewed this request dubiously. He said that ofâ€" fice conditions in the local department was far ahead cf any other Northern itsrate with a smile. during the year and we wouldn‘t have to borrow from the bank." Last year the town borrowed up to $400,000 in order to carry on while awaiting the payment of tax money. A total of $4,021.93 was paxd in bank interest at 4%. Wom an Suicides; Death Blanket Sent T wice To Cleaners Chief Stakes Claim For Health Offices Users of the installment plan get discounts â€"of 1% for the sums they pay up to January 31 and ‘%% on sums paid to March 31. However, one of the outstanding features of the installment plan is the fact that A TAXPAYER IS NOT PEâ€" NALIZED AFTER AUGUST 30, AS IS THE CASE WITH THE PERSON wWHO PAYS IN THE ORDINARY WAY AND FAILS TO MEET THE SECOND PAYMENT IN FULL. Unâ€" der the ordinary plan of paying taxes persons in default pay %‘% per month MOVING RIGHT AHEAD:; . As the above photo testifies, work on the new Legion Hall on the Schumacher highway is moving right ahead in Recently in aâ€" North Ontario town in. which this paper circuâ€" lates, a married woman committed suicide in her home by firing a shctgun ~into. her chest. . She came ‘to rest on a blanket of a light blue color, which became soaked with blood. The blanket was not destroyed. and pressing establishment for cleaning. The local cleaner did the best job he could on the tloodâ€"toaked material but due to the color and texture of the blanâ€" ket he could not. entirely remove the traces of blood. If it had been a .white â€" «blanket it . could have been Bleached back to its normaléolor.: _ P A curious and rather grotesque incident occurred in Timmins last week which the Advance reâ€" cords due to fact it presents a peculiar sidelight onâ€" human naâ€" ture. * iThe cleaner sent the blanket . back but the owner was not satâ€" . isfied. The owner returned the blanket with instructions that a better job be done. Late last week the local cleaner sent the blanket to Toronto to have The stains removed by a speâ€"â€". cial process. TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29th, 1948 But whatever the North Bay office dec.des to do, Mr. Fortier still is deâ€" termined not to pay, whether he is banned from telephone service for life, sued or whatever other penalty may be In his written confession to police St. Dehis stated that he had a job to go to and that if released he would make restitution, â€" However, when quest‘oned in police court he said he had no means of making restitution. St. Denis has been residing in Timâ€" mins for the past five months. Acâ€" cording to police he has not been emâ€" ployed. . Why he engaged in Marathon conversat ons with Montreal and Rouâ€" yn was not revealed in cqurt, nor were the identities of, the pwsons he was aAn Mirnz» St. Denis pleaded guilty to placing the phone calls fraudulently at this week‘s nolice ccurt before Mag:strate S. Atkinson. He was resmanded till next week for sentence, while polics check to see if he has a preyiqus record. Charges that local coal dealers were fleec ng the public through short weights were made at the â€"weekly meeting of Timmins town council : by Frank Cummings, Jccal resident. Mr. Cummings said that he had orâ€" dered four tons of coal and had been billed for four tons, but yhen, as a precautm ne ordered thiat the coal be weighed at the town seales the load we‘ghed only 7160 pounds. He asked whether there was a town bylaw covering short weights of coal and if there was one that it be enâ€" He :s H. Fortier, local secondhand dealer, who was victimized by Raymond St. Denis, Montreal man who burned up the long distance wires between here and Montreal and Rouyn and charged the cos!s. some $§28 to Mr. Fortier‘s phone bill. ‘"You can bet your life T am not paying that bill," Mr. Fortier told the Advance, "I never made the calls nor authorized them ‘to be made...{>This fellow d.dn‘t even use my phone..He. called from other places ‘in town alid: charged it to me. It is up to the telâ€" ephone comnany itself to check up on things, like this. . As far as I am conâ€" cerned the matter is closed.": . L _ _ ‘"However, this case is somewhat difâ€" ferent from the ordinary run," he said s_mewhat dubiously, "Personally I don‘t know what is going to happen. It all depends on what head office at North Bay does about it." + A :Jlocal télephone official, when . askâ€" éd ‘who was going to foot this astron omical phone ‘bill, stated that it was the usual practice that, when calls were charged to a number, for the holder of that number to be made to pay wheâ€" ther he knew about the calls or not. "I am one. in a thouasnd who checkâ€" ed the he said. "I believe that the coal dealers are robbing evâ€" erybody. Imaging how much they are getting a year if everyone is cheated like they tried on me." _ Council informed Mr. GCummings that such a bylaw existed and that it would be enforced. Ommdll Bnlky m- The Northern Te‘ephone «Gcmpany can do what it likes about it, but there is one man in Tinimins who has no inâ€" tention of paying his phone bill. Claims Coal Dealers Fleecing The Public Whatever Happens, Second Hand Dealer Won‘t Pay Astronomical Telephone Bill Jules Baderski, Dave Rose and L€C | munity .projects in Timmins. Murray, Porcunine skiers who recently | aiso elected to the executive were attended the Travelling Ski School of Harry McLay, first yice â€" pres.dent; the Canadian Amateur Ski Associa~â€" | grnie Brunette, second viceâ€"president; t on at Huntsville, will hold cl:asses Graham Deering, secretary,; and Wyâ€" for instructors cof thet local ski1 club | man Brewer, treasurer. Harry Mc commencing Saturday January 31, at Lay is a former member of the Junior 1.30 p.m. Chamber of Commerce in. Peterborâ€" The purpose of the classes is to | qugh, * able the three men to pass on to local| rast organization ° meep ng instructors the knowledge they gained| w,, conducted with the assistance Of at the travelling school, in order to imâ€" the exeeutive: and members»of the prove the general quality of local SKiâ€" | wirkiand fuake Junior Ohaniber ‘0f ing. Controlled ski‘ng will be taught |Commerce, which has been operating Of skiing accidents. es ce 1 were Jcohn Lochhead, Harry An interesting report was given to the executive meeting from Mrs. E. Murphy, convenor of the weav.ng secâ€" tion. The full qucta of twentyâ€"four have signed 1tfor the weaving classes, which will commence in the studio at 76 Maple street, South, on Monday, February 9th. In addition, Mrs. Armitage, the conâ€" venor of this section, has ‘had music appreciation classes under way for some time, and also is organizing a ladies‘ choral group, the latter group already having nineteen selected voices. In regard to the music appreciation classes. it should be noted that music lovers may start these classes at any time, as each one is selfâ€"contained, and ‘it is not necesgary to commence with any particular meeting. The course will last six weeks, and during the last week there will be a display of weaving done the course. At the classes eight looms will be in use. Mr. Kerftnard, of Schuâ€" macher, has kindly agreed to assist in the erection of the looms at the studio. Classes in interior decoratng will start next Wednesday in the St. John Ambulance hall, Birch street, South. Costs Higher, But Mclntyre Earnings Show Improvement Particular progress in the A\fust: section of the Timmins Adult Educaâ€" tion Group was referred to at the exâ€" ecutive meeting cf the Group on Wedâ€" nesday this week. Already this secâ€" tion has the Christmas Carol Festiâ€" val held recently at the MciIntyre Arâ€" ena as a successful project undex the music section. Music Appreciation Has Wide Interest Instructors‘ Class At Local Ski Club recently to G. N. Rcess and Company for o0 sum reouted to be $20.000. The Leg:on. will c.ntinue to reside in the old hall till the new one is ready for cecupaticn. Gross income for the third quarâ€" ter was $94,000 in excess of gross income, in the second‘ quarter. However, costs too had an upward jumping from $1, 108 288 91 â€"to $1, 139 184.20 : â€"An upward trend. was noted in the quarterly earnings statement of McIntyre Porcupine Mines Limited released today.‘! Earnings for the third quarter of the mine‘s fiscal year â€" October, November and December â€" were.$609,108.65, in comparison with 556,664.97 in the quarter éending last September. Ihn the year‘s first quarter earn- ingsâ€" had been $590,0650.37....â€"_Earnâ€".. ings per share in the third quarâ€" ter were 76 cents in contrast to 70 cents and 74 cents in the pre- cedmg two quarters. In order to combat the shortage of electric power, strget lighting in Timâ€" mins was reduced 23¢, during the past week. The mayor also said that l‘ghts on the town skating rinks would be shut off at 9 p.m. in the future. Seeking $20 Hike "The cost cof living in the North inmn‘t the same as elsewhere in the country," observed Judge R. Daflis, "I read lately that this section of the country has tht sscond highest cost of living in the Dominion." The commission left the matter in the hands of the mayor, with a recomâ€" mendation favoring some sort of cost Bob Harvey Named Prexy Of Junior Business Group At the regular meeting of the Timâ€" mins Police Comm‘ssion this week the constables of the local force asked for a cost of living bonus of $20 per month retréactive to Jan. 1. The reâ€" from several members® of the force. â€" "The miners get a lving bponus of $15," ‘said chief Albert Lepic, "I figâ€" ure a pol‘ceman is worth as much as a miner or more. I am worrying about my men‘s cost of living." "TI feel we can‘t very well avoid someâ€" thing like this," said Mayor Karl Eyre, "In view of what had happened ét Hollinger and‘ dther mines, we‘re bound to be faced with it.: We have discussed it in council, but just what will be done t cannot say: It depends on ‘the way the budget shapes up." "That would eost plenty,". stated town clerk Victor Salomaa,. "It would mean three or four mills on the tax rate. We have 200 employees. It would ecst an additional $48,000 a year." Advance To Produce Special ‘Spiel Issue He said that if a cost of living bonâ€" us was given the police department, it would also have to be given all other town employees. The Junior Chamber of Commerce is an organ‘zation of younger businessâ€" men with an age limit of 35. The mew group will devote itself to comâ€" munity +projects in Timmins. Also elected to the executive were Harry McLay, first yice â€" pres.dent; Ernie Brunette. second viceâ€"president; Graham Deering, secretary; and Wyâ€" man Brewer, treasurer. Harry Mc Lay is a former member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Peterborâ€" Union Turns Heat â€" On Bus Fare Bylaw Bob Harvey, local theatre manager â€" Timm{ns residei(ts aftending last was elected president of the brandâ€"new night‘s meeting were .Michael Perlick, Timmins Junior Chamber of Commerce Jules Morris, Z. Ostrowski, Bim Bturâ€" at a dinner meeting of the Chamber, gecn. Wyman ,Brewar, Pat Killeen, last night in the Empire hotel. Ernie Brunette, Emile Brunette, Raiph The Junior Chamber of Commerce | Bryson, Ernie Courtney, Jack Downey, is an organ‘zation of younger businessâ€" | Merton Lake, Bob Harvey, Jack Marks, men with an age limit of 35. The|Harry McLay, Harry Friedman and Police The Porcupine Advance will proâ€" UAuce a sptcial souvenir section on the TemiskPmlag andâ€" Northern Qntario bonspiel durlpg the week of February 9â€"15. The T. and N.O. ‘spiel is one of the major events of the Canadian curling year and curlers from all parts of Eastern Canada and the U. 8. will partiâ€" The souvenir sectiocn uo be proâ€" duced by the Advance received the approval of the directors of the McIntyre Curling C.ub at the‘r meeting yesterday afternoon, The special section will feature intensive coverage of the bonspiel, the histery of district curling and feature stories. It will â€"be replete with pictures of the rinks comâ€" peting in the ‘spiel. _ It will serve as a mento of this outstanding ‘spicl for both local and visiting curiers. cipate. living bonus for the police departâ€" mhn. Onf BIG REDUCTION: oonu:C;fc eszgs ;Z(: ;can go on charging drivers or not. Jan. 1. The reâ€" / ‘Thatis something we should take up letter wnth the: town soliclt;ors." %m ,.Q{ ~"Dalton‘ and Dwyer) amr.lmhtng at the law," Mr. LaChance claimed, "When one of our men go into the bus office and ask for fares at what is now the legal rate, they practically get thrown out of the place. And the hesitancy of this council is the cause of this atâ€" titude of the bus owners." This week Local 241 of the Interâ€" national Union of Mine Mill and Smelâ€" terâ€"Workers. aided verbally by J. P. Bartleman, turned the heat once more on Timmings town council to do someâ€" thing about the bus fare situat.on in Referring to the curnent reâ€"investâ€" igation undertaken by the 1948 counâ€" cil into bus fares, Ray LaChance, international crganizer who headed a delegation of 16 miners, said: "There seems to be a lot of stress by this council on checking Dalton‘s costs. I wonder if the same amount of thought is being given the workers‘ abllity to pay. During all this delay with remanding the case in court and no decision made by this councl. the workingmen of the camp are being deprived of the benefits of the bylaw. "I agree that the bylaw should be adhered to as~ lo‘hg as it.' is on the books of the town," said the mayor, "We will take this matter up with the sol:citors at once." At this juncture J. P. Bartleman enâ€" tered the discussion from a specta- tor‘s seat. x) â€"=, "What is wrong with this Bylaw"’ Mr. Bartleman demanded, "I Have asâ€" ked time and again ‘what is the matâ€" ter with.it.and nobody seems to know. Why not enforce it and leave it alone? This council‘s actions are just furnigshâ€" ing the defence lawyer with an @libi to delay the case from week to week." hututhad “.-'v“ S S en C it ‘"‘The bylaw legalLy passed and it should be forced in the meanâ€" time, no matter what happens to it. The law is the law".. â€"dl mE eE ME e sctne Councilior Barney Qulnn replied that all the figures on the transportaâ€" fion .problem wére not available at present, but that he expected that his report on the situation would be. ready a week from next Monday. He agreed with Mr. LaChance that the union should be allowed to sit in when. the final decision concerning the bylaw was imade. i ' He said that representatives of the four Porcupine municipalities had stuâ€" died bus fares over a period of eight months before the 1947 council fook the matter into its own hands when it did not receive what the transportaâ€" tion group thought it should. _"We investigated the matter for eight months.. Are you goingâ€"to try to do the same thing in a couple of The union local demanded that the transportation bylaw passed by the 1947 council be rigidly enforced and that the Dalton and Dwyer bus comâ€" pani¢s not be permitted to disregard it pending the hearing of the chargâ€" es against two bus. drivers for failini to sell tickets at the "nickel" fare. "The bylaw is already being: enâ€" forced," said Mayor Karl Eyre, "Two drivers have been charged. Personâ€" ally I don‘t know whether the police Councillor Quinm replied that he could give no decision on the matter until he obtained reliable figures. "We want definite figure that can be relled upon," he Mr. LaChance of the union again asâ€" ked that every step be taken to enforce the bylaw for the present at*least, He was assured by council that this would be done. Graham Dearing. es e on i p o+ Sn e o e Emphaeis made by last night‘s spea~â€" kers was on the need for leadership ‘by the , young men of the community. Immediate projects under discussion by the Chamber were expansion of the tourist industry in the North, denâ€" tal and health work, Sunday evening concerts and a British food m Caimre § ..Jz.“ Single Copyâ€"â€"Five Cents The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine Established 1912