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:, __ re ent COflQ)iCt § Claims Treatment _ Will Change Life ~Though it is no credit to anyone and I realize it, let me say that I haâ€" ve been in.prison a few times and this is the first time in my experience that I served dime: under a superinâ€" tendent as humane as Mr. Whyte. He alone is responsible for the transformâ€" ation.of prisoners from surly, sullen men to decent, and what may be responsible citizens after their release from pl‘ son. ; Montelbh is a new experience in pehâ€" Tnasmuch as your newspaper was interested enough then, I think it fair that your newspaper should be made to know one man‘s reaction to the treatment rece‘ved at the Montâ€" eith Industrial Farm. ' Several monlths ago, ycour newspaper was interested"® enough in prisoners‘ welfare to send a reporter to the industrial Farm at Monteith to look into cond.tions there and published a lengthy article dealing with prison Jife and~cond tions. Recently I was released from the farm after spending 5‘; months there and I want to be the first man to congratulate the supertntendent, J). Montelbh is a new experience in pehnâ€" ology and"? Think, (as ‘others do also) that Catario and the Ontario governâ€" ment also the 1. Dunbar can well m'oud!bf tfig a step in that dirâ€" ection. F‘or the; .sa;(e of prisoners al} over Ontarpi’_ _na*Canada I sincerely hope, that“ fen men are picked for i§" positions more men p’% 's cli-bre are! chosen beâ€" th‘u ye ‘"the type of men who imake new ibstitutions successful. . del‘ men from the old school whom ‘_I' haflw met, elgewhere are endoctrined in thé ageâ€"old system of punishment, whereas the Monteith system has as its chject mtommtmn . It may seem that I stress Mr. Whyte‘s efforts quite emphatically, but if I do. it is only because hel sdeserving of all the credit for an institution housing pr;{soners. which can opoerate and mainâ€" tain disciptine and order without rcâ€" sorting to guns and h_andc_uffs. filcfdehtl} up to the time of this writing, the institution has been in operation since May 1/47 and no one has been crimed for violation or inâ€" fraction of any rule, This alone is a record that the Hon. Dunbats‘ deâ€" partment may well be proud of. C L2 w .. .. Abviesti t 9 O. Legault.. In the Sergeant‘s office men go with all sonts of tales of woc, family troubles, personal: troubles: and 101 other requests, yet no one is turnâ€" ed out without being given a hearing anut if it is a case where help can be given it is given immediately. MB o e es ies ons o ue t 0 i) Vol. In the fssue of, October 30, 1947, an article describing the unusual marner in which the new jail farm at Monticth is being conducted was ~printed in the Advance. JThe fSollowing Jetter to the editor was received this week from a prisâ€" uner at the insitution who was recâ€" entiy released. The letter was signed by the writer, but the Advance is withholding his name. ‘The letter speaks for itsclf: Dear S‘r: Can other institutions make such a Fort William, Ont. m un nc ns mm enc 4 Game Warden Warns Bush Travellers No man is made to hiurry or do work too heavy for him. Meals are preâ€" pared under the supervision of an ofâ€" ficer who was trained for kitchen work and are also supervised by the Serâ€" sgeants on duty and the superintendent at â€"regular intervals. ‘The food is arholesome and the quantity given is enough and more for any working man. Me and denlal care is given‘ to all inmates whenever necessary. 1 ‘tar" go O all day writing about Onâ€" lario‘s newest prison and prison sup, evintendent, but it would only be repâ€" itition. I would like to dwell cn conditions generally and you can judge for yourself whether inmates are tbreated as men or as criminals who are confined for punâ€" ishment only. I would like to say just one thing before closing. As I have said before, Some will disagree with me I supâ€" pose, but can anyone outside make claim to ccoking for 70 or 80 men and satisfy all? Complaints are common, but I am sure no man entering Monâ€" teith is n poorer physical condition or weighs less upen his d'xuchar“c than when admittted. Recreation is plentiful andâ€"varied. There are <playing cards, and a robrh!; for. sports as {lopr Fy0Hey ball, table: tennis, ..xuff:c b: ';ud hpskpt-bafl-qand boxing. A. akaflwg.}l‘n on s.,u:,(..d bBy . inmates doibaty : and Jast Bit hot least, in L'm; %g tnhere‘s ‘a~ ;b‘hnnnnng pool. «SQflnds *prettv nice {0% a prxbon MCV +5 0 g® ’ h’ ‘.fl-- It is not because I am frightened a+ bout prison treatment. On the conâ€" trary the reason I feel as I do is beâ€" cause I would be ashamed to go back to prison and maybe come face to face with Mr. Whyte or Sergeants Irvine and Legault for during my. confineâ€" nient,* L wa‘s trodted._ag; a..mair, not: a Working conditions are very satisâ€" lactory to the majority of inmates. Inmates work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and work consists of truck driving, farm work, lavndry and shoe repairs, carâ€" pentering and dismantling of buildings. # NE MP B 4 o o es n o( and it 1:4 inmmevatiof I was in prison before and left fecling "well I beat them that time," but this time: L ‘left with the fecling,. 1. do not want to go back to prison. claiuin? I do not think so, and as I bave said I Ilrave been around a few of them. 7 prisoner and the only way I.can show appreciation for my treatment is to lead the life of a man and to do that I must to make a success of life. I am also sure that the officials at Monteith would feel their efforts well repaid if their former prisoners think as I do and act gccordingly. In closing I wish to thank yeur paper for snace for this letter and to thank publicly Mr. Whyte, and the Sergeants and all officers for their kindness and understanding during my con{famement, in Monteith. Trusting to see this in print. I am and remain, very truly yours Exâ€"Monteither. P.S. For obvious reasons I would appreciate it if you signed this letter Exâ€"Monteither. Thougch, if my name is requested or required, you are at liberty to use it. -vvv\ I: anothcx unc of Mr. .W‘hyl.ea }'lbnfi.'w § : The town of Timmins will get a minimum of $44,332.10 each year for the next five years from the mines profit tax collected by the Ontario overnment. This is the same amount hich Timmins received in mine tax last year. . _ However, the $44,332.10 which the town »will receive will be a "floor" figure which will be increased if Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines, the only mine now operating in the municipality, increases its profits. A new mill rate of 30 mills on mine tax has been set to replace the old mill rate of 15 mills which prévailed in the past. Any increases in mine proâ€" Stability But Not Much Cash From T ax TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,.MARCH 4th, 1948 Mayor Karl Eyre pointed out that the new guaranteed figure of $44,332.10 would provide a positive figure which could be relied on when the town‘s annual budget is drawn up each year. He said that it might become considâ€" erably augmented as conditions in the mining ~industry improved and more profits were made. Up to the present the town has reâ€" ceived only 15 mills of the Hollinger ltax and lastâ€" year obtained only $22,â€" 166.05 from this source. A. suppleâ€" mentary amount of $22,166.05 was vince in the form of â€"a bonus. Conâ€" contributed to the town by the proâ€" siderable uncertainty had existed wheâ€" ther or not the province would conâ€" tinue to hand out this bonus. This situation is now settled. : Similarly, Tisdale and Whitney have been â€" respectivelyâ€" guaranteed $100,â€" 833,10 and+$38,844.20 a year for the next five years.: The rate for both munricipalities has> been ~set at â€" 20 mills on the tax from the ‘«companies in their area. . § Following is a summary of the mine tax income received by Timmins during the past 10 years. It will be noted that theâ€"town received tax inâ€" come from Moneta Mine during the vyears from 1939 to 1943. Tax inâ€" fits will be subject to the new mill rate. All this came into effect this week at the meeting cof Timmins town council when council decided to acâ€" cept the terms of mine tax distribuâ€" tion agreed to at a recent: meeting of the Association of Northern Minâ€" ing Municipalities and Hon. Gerore Dunbar, Minister of Municipal affairs. come hits its allâ€"time peak in 1941 when the gross figure was $103,227.19. € 2B â€" ,esa 462.58 SPECIAL 52,461.49 52,129. n: 17,161.54 APPOINTMENTS Councillor Les Balley was appolinted council‘s representative to, the Vicâ€" torian Order of Nurses this week. Mayâ€" or Karl Eyre was appointed to the \ Porcupine Health Unit. â€" 4z ons t immins or une + ';14 a“é qfiu~‘; ie‘ 'qu ;;,» f c»" ’s-.v 4 0 "i' ”“‘“‘ f{‘r"g You can‘t run a barbershop in Timmins any more unless you yourâ€" self have a government certificate showing that you are a qualified barâ€" ber â€" _except in the case of a hotelâ€" man who installs a barber shop on kis premises. But even in this case the manager of the shop must ‘be a qualified barber. A letter from the. Lions Club stated that more than 1000 persons would‘gaâ€" ther in town. for the convention ‘and that the district would be afforded :a cosiderable:amount of publicity through the visit of such a number. The letâ€" ter stated that the club felt that in view of this the town should support part of the cost cf ‘holding the convenâ€" tion here. At this week‘s council meeting the town of Timmins entered into a conâ€" tract with radio staton CKGB for 52 spot announcements during 1948 at the cost of $3.72 per anouncement. Councillor Quinn stated that the town‘s costs under the contract would be less than those incurred for radio time during 1947 â€" Town Buys Time on Radio At $3.72 an Announcement This was ordered by bylaw at Monday‘s meeting of town council, in response to a request by the Porcuâ€" pine Barbers‘ and Haridressers‘ Asâ€" sociation. : hss The matter was referred to Counâ€" cillors Les Bailey, and Urbain Aubxy for a report. You Can‘t Run Barbershop Unless Youre A Barber ASK_ MORE > In view of increased costs, the Cochâ€" rane Children‘s Aid requested council this week forâ€"an increase in the town‘s annual grairt from $3,000 to $5,000. Tess sn i‘?fgwfiégfi Four years ago on February 29, @ ‘total of Ahree chil{ren wore born at â€"St. Mary‘s hospital here. All were healthy ‘babies ;and all were girls. But due to the fact that ,,ebr'uary 29 only. occurs once . in every four years, the three young Jadies didn‘t have their first _ official birthday till last Sunday, when‘ Dad "and {Mom ‘in" all three cases made it one of the biggest:â€"days in their young: lives..The hanpy little girls pictured here were the onés involved..‘ At upper left «Js Beryl Stecphanie Hill, daughter of Mr. hnd Mts. W. L. Hill, 26..Floral _ ; avenue. At upper right is Patricia Gall McFAaddéeyn, daughterâ€"of _ and Mrs. William McFadden, 30 Patricig bowevird."; Andâ€"theâ€"smil ng 7 2. youngster clutching her birthday doll} at Jower: Jeft;is Bonna May ~Francis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Do:}pld;li‘dj@pqgsjz- Mapte streeg > > y +4 "" w* * pos yÂ¥ io ga, oo Adgyvihice Photos : / *4 ~~ ~18,020.52 : 50.402.58 e p o. . A:'f uv;‘f’i*f";;}?'a? CAx+ E:21 KJJ :z Cdn 21 Carrt t He : J.‘he fact that the . town zomng‘ bylaw is golng to be a matter of considerable importance to Timâ€" mins â€" businessmen was . driven home again this week when F. Lockington, local grocer, asked if he‘ could subdivide his present premises in order: that a second business might be operated on them. _ Mr. Lockington stated that his premises were too large at present and asked ff he might partition them in order to rent part of:the space for another business. Or if he could not rent this space, would he himself be permitted to operate a second business in it? The matter was referred to Councillor â€"Les Bailey, chairman of the property and planning committee. wy JTimmifis, was "d weply fiflch ‘¢ouncil | j‘xmmifl'g,was "duly noted" in the n’bpw #Hich "council received from the \L(:epyg;e qucett, Minister of High- 31 @pflfie to a cOpy*ef the same utiogfl, .’William Grli'mmett OOF Mn"-’ttm ‘distrfct Stated," "I will d) evex $thing"tit my ‘power ‘bo . See that this road is constritét@d‘‘ 8y3 Mr. McNamara made this statement in a letter to council in reply to a resâ€" oluti®n recently passed by council reâ€" questing that unemployment insurance payments be increagsed. . The resoluâ€" tion was sponsored by Councillior Urâ€" bain Aubry. In a letter to town council this week, the Improverment District of Mountjoy said that it would not sanc» tion the annexation of the property of ~Westmount Land Company« to Timmins at least for the present. W. J. Spooner, Mountjoy secretary treasâ€" urer, said that a petition received by the district‘s trustees asking for anâ€" nexation‘ did not bear a sufficient number of property. owners‘ names, nor did the property owners who signed signifty where their property was located. Faludi‘s Decision Deferred A bill to increase unemployment inâ€" surance payments is now under conâ€" sideraticn at Ottawa, Timmins coundil was informed this week by Arthur Mc Namara, Deputy Minister of: Labor. Decision on whether the town of Timmins will accept Wegt_mount withâ€" in its boundaries will deferred till /C the result of this secong pttition is known. It was planned that Dr. Falâ€" ‘"Naturally no details of what will be done can be yet made public," Mr McNamara A second petiton asking for annexas tion is now being circulated by J. V. Bonhomme, local real estate man. known. It was planned that Dr. Falâ€" udi would decide whether, Wes{mount should be annexed on hik, i‘igxt visit here. "However, under | the i ésting cireumstances," Dr. Faludi wo tell the: towns what to 66 till" the akree- ment of Mountjoy is obam'u.ad.t * Unemployed To Get Iricreased Payments Road ‘mi,‘l?{.ffidted.”ry grant from the town to aid in ganizing the cadet band. In the form of ‘a letter from Rev. Canon A. R. Chidwick, TimminsNavy League Cadets requested an increased Single Copyâ€"â€"Five Cents dented proportions abroadâ€"and with our people: at home ‘facing many complex problems of pom. the need for generosity and kindâ€" new of Imm was never gregler In such times as these, péople furn to the Red Cross as to an old friend, confident that they will reâ€" coive help seasoned with friendship and a d«p understonding of their in Ccmcdu, the work of mercy moves cheod. Red Cnu services arammbBMlnmnyhum tchan Keids . . . Blood. Transfurion sm lo save lives of mothers in REâ€"ORGANIZE BAND The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine Established 1912