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He tramped: cut of the bush with 11 prime skins in a packsack on his back, four large ones and eight from smaller anumnals. _ It was a goed take and he expected well over $200 for his catch. lustead, he got $170. Paddy has one of the finest trapâ€" ping areas in the district, The Nightâ€" hawk river winds through his arca. But the big factor in making his line ome of the best is the mamnner in which he himself has looked after it. . He‘s a who looks ahead from one vear to the next. For example. there are _ a total of 78 beaver house on his travp line and legally he‘s enâ€" titled to one beaver per house. _ But he won‘t take beaver even approaching thils nmuumber. 8) when tall, kindlvyâ€"eyed Paddy Ciil. more, 72â€"vearâ€"oid Indian who has trapâ€" ped Langmuir and F.mon townships for the past 28 years, ‘came to town this week he was a disappointed man, He bad beeiv in the bush since Christâ€" mas and he wasn‘t aware of what had happeoned to the price of beaver. Low Water, Lower Prices Combine Against Trappers vovertment was stamning@ skins before they could be sold to fur buyers. "Ten beaver a season were too few, even when the price was high. _ Natâ€" ural increase allowed for more than that in a good trapping area. _ And th‘s stamping of beavers eases a trapâ€" pet‘"s mind of the fear of poachers waiking in on him.‘ The skins can‘t be sold unless they have the official HMe predicted that the present muskâ€" rat soason would be a poor one in this district due to. the low water and the manner ice has caved in over muskâ€" rat houses, which are generally found near the shores of streams and lakes., )t "In my area T1 know muskrat are beingy trapped in under the ice and they are starving: to death," he said. "It won‘t be much held to them even if there is a breakâ€"up, for the water will flow up over the ice and they will still be trapped beneath it." He said that wolves were extremely nuunerous in the bush this year and as a result deer woere very searce. s y l . is ts lt t ie i t t ts e t i Pm ow INVEST IN YOUTH Steting that wolves were killing off every type of game in great quantities, ho said he beleved that the bounty on woives should be increased. â€" The preâ€" "Just last week T found a spot on a little lake on my trapâ€"line where a pack of woives had kiled a deer.. All that was left was some blood and a féw searps of hair From the tracks I would estimate that there were 16 or 17â€" wolves in the pack." 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Her father Major Clyde Scott. member of an old and prominent Presâ€" cott family and a velteran ¢f the first World War, and her. mother, raised her in the traditions of good sportsâ€" manship. _ Always, from early boyhood her father had been int{erested in sports anmt he firmly believed that youth couldâ€" learn â€" many â€" admirable lessons from those who made a career of sports. Barbara Aun was taught from todâ€" dling davs to admire every champion who was a real sportsman as well. She was also tausht that sport, whether it ras tennis, badimianton, horseback ridâ€" ing or skating, did not matlter‘ so long as one "played the game" and lived a life. When she was three Barbara Ann was given her first pair of skates. _ At that time they were called "three dcubleâ€"rumnners," she toid us day beâ€" fore yvesterday. He‘s a veteran of the First Great War,. serving in the 130th Battalion. He is entitled to the pension which all vets can obtain after sixtyâ€"five, if ‘he wants to apply for it. Where has the butter gone? That is the question which is perturbing local food merchants as well as the housewife who shops around in vain trying to find a little here or there. "It looks to me as though there is a plan afoot among the creamâ€" ery interests to break the ceiling on butter and to force the govâ€" ernment to remove price control of the product." said one Third avenue grocer, "I firmly believe there is just as much butler as there ever was but that it is tuckâ€" ed away in storage." According to the most recent report of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, no decrease has taken place in butter production in North Ontario. Butter proâ€" duction in the North is almost oneâ€" quarter higher than it was one yoar ago. By Lillian O‘Done‘!l Published in Timminea, Ont.. CGanada EVERY THURSDAY three Barbara Ann pair of skates.. At were called "three he toid us day beâ€" | "The â€" Communists have got Bob \ out on a limb. He made the mistake of playing along with them and in | this way he alienated the decent ;\-,'m'king mon of the North. Now | there is no return and he has to follow | their line like a slave . .. I am very | much afraid that Bob has ruined ‘ himself not only as a unionist but ‘also in his political career,." | ! | | mss ommc w on on , % Finaliy she competed in the senior division against the best the nation had to offer. _ However, the hard work and enthusiasm «lid not prove enough. In 1941 and 1942 Barbara Ann was runâ€" netup to the champicn. _ She had to wait uultil 1944 to realize her ambition of winning a national chanplonchip, She repeated her win again in 1945, then went to New York to compete in the ~Nirth â€"American â€" Chanpionships held that year in Madisn Square Gar. dons. ~Babara Aim won that chamâ€" |pionchip and in winning got her first J 4 D Te said that he had wired his broâ€" ther, who is board member of Disâ€" trict 8, informing }um of the removal of documents from the Jocal union hall and asking him if he condoned such avtions. He has received no reply. standing. To this day, tlus realistic attitude remains one of Barbara Ann‘s best npoints. The pretty 19â€"yearâ€"old blond pringess of the silver blades has often been <called a modera Cind>rella and even though the shine of all fairyâ€" land is in her eyes, she is well aware that it Ltook more than the touch of 8 {mry goomeother‘s magicâ€"wand to bring ber suceess. "It has taken much self=â€"control, disâ€" ciplineâ€"and shard work coupled with di=<appointments, tears and a few failâ€" ures and again years of more hard work" she told us. _ "But if it had becon caby, it wouldn‘t mcan so much to me nNowW. It is much easter to recite in detail Barbara Ann‘s triumphs than to apâ€" preciate fully the hours of practice which made them poassible. It beâ€" came apparent to the experts who watâ€" ched hor go through her daily routine that sh> would develop into an allâ€" round skater. _ Under splendid tuition, Barbara Ann made rapid progress both in figures and free skating. By ‘the time she was teon years of ago she was real taste of fame. Alter successfuly defending her title in 1946, it was decided to send the pride of Otawa to Davos, Switzerland 10 compete: inâ€" the 1947 European chamâ€" pionships. _ Cgnadians from all walks of life contributed money to help finâ€" ance ‘the trip. â€" Major Scott‘s widow and daughter were living on his Army pension,. _ Barbara Ann was determhuied to win not only as a tribute to her father, or for herself{, but for all of Canada. ~Backed by that determinaâ€" tionâ€"â€"â€"â€"she won! GRANDAD OF SPORT Polo, the most ancient game with stick and ball is the "grandfather" of hockey, golf and cricket. FIRS®T â€"UNION PAPER The first trade union paper publishâ€" ced in Canada appeared in 1872 in time she was ten years o0l ayC wadb a Canadian Gold Medalist and had passed seven out of the eight American t(‘b't-.\’. * At the age of eleven Barbara Ann! was junior Champion of Canada. â€" In thatâ€" competition she had to defeat virls in ‘their Jlate teens. Althoush this accomplishment imade her happy,| it did not ‘make her content; bnc‘ looked forward to conquering greater, fields. : From Daves she went to Stockholm where she competed in the world‘s championship andâ€"â€"won again. _ And never has a chamvion worn hbher crown In commenting on the adherence of his brother Bob, CCF member of the Ontario Legislature, to the Tommunâ€" policies of the international execâ€" utive of the Ralph Carlin, business agent of Local 241, said this Toronto Brother Against Brother In Union weel TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 8th, 1948 more modestiv or graciously as Barâ€" bara Aun. _ ‘The great and many ovaâ€" | tions she received here and abroad were |aecepted humbly and gratefdlly. . Neâ€" !vm' has she been anything but a good I sport, no matter what the going. _ Enâ€" Otering the clympics this year she lracd support from other cowatries than Calnâ€" | ada. Everything Higher Here As Rail Rates Are Jumped 72â€"YÂ¥EARâ€"OLD TRAPPER MAKES FINE CATCH. Paddy Gilmore, Inâ€" dian trapper who has operated in the townships of Langimuir and Falâ€" lon sinecee 1925, wulked into the office of the Department of Lands and Forâ€" ests on Monday morning of this week with ecleven beavor skins, In the photo at right, Paddy. holds one of bis best skins â€" for the camerman, The increase in freight rates of 21 percent scheduled to take place April 12 willh go into effect on the Ontario Northland Rallway as well as every other â€" Canadian road. As a_ result almost every commdditjv on sale in the. Porcupine Camp will show an incrgase in price. Evorything from women‘s hats to vegetables will be effected in varying degrees, according to original rates of shipping. Foodstufts, already enough in â€"price ac consumers, â€" will sh« creases, much can bedone about it," a representative of a local wholesale firm told the Advance, "I‘m «afraid that if it it costs more to bring food here the customer will have to absorb the increase." Council Efficiency Council‘s efficiency was demonstrated this week by the fact that only nine items appeared on the agenda of its regular imeeting. and slush instead of ics, they applauâ€" ded ~â€"everywhere. Speakingz wWth Barlara Aun we lear. ned it is difficult now for her to look She has her choice of varâ€" icus carecets, including motion pictures, but <the told us, "I don‘t know now. Previously T had the Olymples to lqgok forward That was the one title I had been most eager to gain, Now that it is mine I have nothing inore to compete for.. Maybe, I shall rest for awhilt, play the piano and ride." Devotion to sports and good sportsâ€" manship are qualities respected the wide world over and when lovers of sport learned that the blueâ€"cyed quten of the blacdes had triumphed over bad weather already more than high price according to most will â€"show â€" defingte inâ€" while the rest of his skins are piled about his feet. But prices of beaver have fallen badly and Paddy only obtained $170 for his pelts when he brought them to a fur dealer. In the photo abovce, . Don Sylvester, local gaime overscer, is seen attaching the official departmental seal to one of Paddy‘s skins. All skins must have this seal before they can be sold. ROADS Traffic Officers will be on duty in this District to check loads. Your coâ€"operation to prevent unlawful and unnecessary abuse of roads is earnestly solicited. PENALTY FOR OVERLOADING IS A FINE OR IMPRISONâ€" MENT, OR BOTH. PERMITS MAY ALSO BE SUSPENDED, HALFâ€"LOADING REGULATIOCNS AS OUTâ€" LINED IN THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT ARE NOW IN FORCE. frost action during the Spring months causes road beds to get soft and readily subject to damage by traffic The abuse of roads by a few, causes great inconvenience to many, District coâ€"operation in the protection of the roads will result in District benefit. . Publitbhed in Timmins, Ont,, EVERY THURSDAY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHW AYS â€" ONTARIO, V. H. Longstaffe, DIVISION ENGINEER, Single Copyâ€"Five Cents Campaign For 1948 Ends Apr. 17th The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine Established 1912