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The Advance does not like to criticize the TCAC for the reason that this organization is doing excellent work for the residents of the town, particularly the children. However, when the manner in which this organizaton operates causes dissatisfaction and hara feelings among town employees, critiâ€"= cism is justified. Bearing in mind the relative values and importance of certain employees of the TCAC and those of the town of Timâ€" mins itself and bearing in mind the fact that all are paid out of the public funds, an inequitable. situation appears to exist. PAadoR TwWo â€"« Members Canadlan Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarioâ€"Quehes Newspaper Association they saw it. Although council has no dngct control over how the TCAC spends its money, it is counclls obhgatlon to rectify a situaâ€" tion which causes dissension among town employees. Peérâ€" haps ths is one reason why councilkEhas cut the TCAC‘s budget for 1948 from a requested $56,000 to $35,000. If the TCAC won‘t voluntarily curb eXtravagante, it appears that the town is going to force it to. Up to the present, the town chief of police and the town fire chief have been paid $325 per month. â€"The.town clerk has been paid $300 a month. ~ The town engineer has also been paid $300 per month. All of these men are capable and qualified for their posiâ€" tions. . They are all vital to the operation of the town. _ All of them shoulder direct respons‘hbhilities of considerable imporâ€" tance. The fire chief supervises 31 paid firemen and 20 volâ€" unteers. _ The chief of police directs a staff of 25 constables. The town clerk is general superintendent of all town affa‘ss, a man who knows municipal law and municipal procedure. The town engineeéer is qualified for his poq'mon by long experâ€" lience and a university degree. + Then there is the matter of the amount paid to the boxing instructor of the TCAC® This man who knows his job no doubt, is being paid $250 a mbnth Â¥et the â€"town treasurer, a qualified accountant whose value. and importance to the town is at least on a par with the director of the TCAC himself, is only paid $225 a month. Thereâ€"are other men who have workâ€" ed for the town for ten years or more in varying degrees of reâ€" sponsibility who would not know the color of $250 a month if they saw it. Carlin‘s probable alibi for his actions would be that he has been defending trade umomsm He hasn‘t been. When the government announced its ban on Communists entering Canada, he was among the first to protest and among the loudâ€" est to howl. This was beforé any of the American Reds in his union were specifically naméd as likely to be involved in the ban. _ But Carlin knew they would be, so he sputtered over half of Northernm Ontario. How did he know they would be? Simpâ€" ly because he knew in his heart they were Communists. When a CCF member of the legislature takes it upon himâ€" self to defend Communists, something is radically wrong, éither with the CCF or the Although this paper is nb proponent of socialism, flt, believes that the CCF party is an entirely. loyal, Canadian movement and as such worthy of reâ€" spect. * â€" _In view of the salariés Of these men it. does not. appear oqgfltable that the dheclo.r TCAC should réceive a salary of $300 a month. _ Either‘ is being paid too much or the others are being paid far too little. Comparison with other municipalities shows they are not. One man who will unquestionably be thrown to the, wolves At the next.provincial electian, both by his own pr)gawd the gemeral electorate, is Robert Carlin, CCF 1epwsent: 've for Sudbury. . Through his slavish adherence to the Comn m}lst line and by his complete domination by Reid Robinson, Carlin has divorced himself from the prin'cvples of his party and from the affections of the workingman who placed him in office both in the provincial government and in the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. At the same time, many married women have been holdâ€" ing jobs which could be oceupied by men. ° It is questxonable whether these women are morglly entitled to jobs when men with families to support can"find no work.. Furthermore, a number of these women have children at home and they should be at home looking after them inst bf them with inâ€"laws or friends. We are not ‘rring to widows, or woâ€" men who are suppor Lm t.hemselvves after separation with their husbanas. These women are certfi'fnfix entltled to Jobs d ‘But it is unnacessary for married. women f0; work while their husbands are also employed. Whenever possible, em- ployers should hire married men or, if a job is specifically one for a woman, an unmarried girl should be hired. Every year capable and skilledwoung ladies graduate. from the local high school oniy to find that they are shunted from clerical work due to the fact married women are occupÂ¥ying the jobs which should be available to them. There are important social ramifications to the fact that majried women work when it.is unnecessary. . Women in this capacity seldom have children or want them. â€"Instead of being occupied with the natural task of providing a home for a man and raising a family, these women are not performing their natural obligations to the country and to their husbands. They prize their "independence" above the very things which will make their lives fuller angthappier in the days of later f t o For this reason, it is up to the CCF to clarify its position Editor, Porcupine Advance on Carlin and his actions. It is time that the party branded * z. him as the Red stooge which he is. Dear S_""" S ces + OWmdw C is CE In a letter to town council this week a cit‘zen suggested that the town pass a bylaw prohibiting married women from working so long as tWeir husbands were also employed. Of course the town has no authority to pass a bylaw of this type, but nevertheless this citizen‘s request bringsâ€"light to bear on a subject worthy of examinationt. In some respects such a bylaw would be advantageous. â€" tÂ¥ * "Â¥ _ * All winter here severalthungred men have been unemâ€" ployed and have subsisted on Anemployment insurance. At the present time these numters have been swelled by the conâ€" clusion of work in the bush; today the streets of the town are thronged with unemployed from the bush: these bushmen have no claim for unemployment insurance. Canada $2.00 Per Year. aro: There is no substitute for a woman for a home and chilâ€" Timmins, Onrtario, Thursday, April 15th, 1948 ECbe Borcupine Adbance Published every Thnr;day by Merion W. Lake Married Women Working No Credit To The CCF A Cause Of Dissension HONE 286 TVMMIXS, ONTARIO Subscription Rates: United States: $3.00 Per Year §1l n The Davs TUben The orcupi .{‘; By (. A. Macdanald * KA *a«*s o’oo:“:oo:“:u.\:.:: t it e ate it e ie ate ale dte iB ate it dn iB ate Bs ob un ts t ie Pn ue ts uB 2e Pn o ts ob ateae ite i3 ate ols i3 ite e ts afe Pn +t No. 47. _ Advertisements in the Eacly Days In the early day of the Porcupine, many of the merchants were regular and steady advertisers, but; in genâ€" eral, there was a tendency to rather thian indulge in smaller spaces each week. The tendency was to halfâ€"page and fullâ€"page . advertiseâ€" ments, when it was decided to adverâ€" tise, and often the advertising was as striking as the space taken. Among the regular weekly adverâ€" tisors in The Advance in 1917 were: J. R. Gordon, Groceries and Meats, Timmins. Schumacher and South Porâ€" cupine: _ Marshallâ€"Ecclestone, Hardâ€" ware: *"The Northern Canada Supply, Hardware and House Furnishings; Geils: the Tailor: E. G. Dickson, inâ€" surance and real estate; Sullivan Newton, insurance and real estate; The Central Palm Rooms ‘(late Laub â€" Stockwellh, Geo. Shippam, proâ€" prietor: Ostrosser Co., men‘s furâ€" nishings: John W. Fogg, lumber and supplies: Kiely, Smith Amos, A. S. Fuller, Homer L. Gibson, and Mark Harris, stocks and Bonds: Timmins Townsite Co., lots for sale; C. G. Cumâ€" cigar store, A. Brazeau, plumâ€" ber:â€" King‘s Amusement Parlours; Wm. Leduc Co., grocers, successors to Graboski Cherwinka: Bucovetâ€" sky Bros., general merchants; New Empire theatre; M. J. Roche (later P. L. McHale), jeweller; M. Boivin, lumber: L. Halperin, jJeweller; E. M. Allworth, electriican} â€" S. Wheeter, South Porcupine, livery; L. Stadelâ€" man â€" stationery and â€" music store; Quality Shoe Store, A. Shaheen, proâ€" prietor. South Porcupine; Murtagh i\ydall, men‘s wear; J. P. McLaughlin, genâ€" eral merchant; Chas. See, druggist (~Pills and Things," his sign said) and his successor, E. J. Meyers, whose store was on the corner where the Bank of Nova Scotia is now located; J. W. Reed, diamond griller; L. E. Dorway, tailor; South Porcupine Nurâ€" series, B. Dewar, profirietor; Chas. Pierce Sons; F. M. Burke, druggist; Duncan‘s Limited, wholesale _ fruit and. commission merchants. Among the specially interesting anâ€" nouncements in the advertising colâ€" umns of the early d@ays were those of John Power, reporting on the sehe dule of trips up the river, on the | 24A Steamer Agnes. The Steamer Agnes not only made regular trips during the season, but could also be charâ€" tered for parties: in the evenings and on Sundays. Of course, these were not the business places in Timmins, but the others did not. advertise each and every week. Among the other freâ€" quent advertisers may be mentioned J. T. Easton Co., . undertakers, South Porcupine; Murtagh Ryan, men‘s wear: J. P. McLaughlin, genâ€" koi c tm J. Ra Gordon‘s advertisement each week in The Porcupine Advance was an invariably and as carefully read by all here as Toronto folk peruse the departmental and chain store adâ€" vertisements. Even toâ€"day, thirtyâ€" one years afiter publication, _ those Gordon advts. are still of interest. Mr.â€" Gordon _ invariably named 1CSUIAL,. The South | Marsha numbe: $50.00, 1t was sent in None Dear Sir:â€" I enjoy reading your paper and your editorials are certainly the proâ€" duct of a big man with a big message. Congratulations to you, sir, and may your shadow never grow less. may your shadow never grow less. There is every indication of two elections in the near future. I have it from Toronto that Premier Drew will ask the electorate of Ontario to pass on his Government during the month of June. That the Drew Govâ€" ernment has done a good job none will deny. That he will be given a new lease of life all must admit. It occurred to me that if the people regardless of policies let their politics go into ‘cold ‘ storage and gave the Drew candidate an acclamation, what a great thing it would be for this North Country. Whether this sugâ€" gestion will be acted upon or not, there is no question but the riding of Timmins will send a supporter of the Drew Government to Queens Park by a majority never bfeore ever dreamed of . If R.S. Potter of Matheson can be persuaded 40 aAccept the Government nomination who dares oppose such a man?* . Mr. Potter is the type of man we need in public life, a man who knows the needs of the North and a man who will work| day and night for ‘his constituency. I have never cast other than â€" a Liberal vote in my life but I see abâ€" solutely no hope or future for the Liberal Party while Premiér Drew is conducting the affairs of State as his past record revegls. ' 8 By all means then let us show our appreciation of his doings by sending Bob Porter down to support him and let us send him acclaimed by the good people of the riding and prove to the world that we are big enough to lay our politics aside when the good of the North is at stake. ' YÂ¥ours for Drew and Potier wholeâ€" heartedly. Letters to the Editor Maple Street SOL;th Timmins, Aprit 42, 1948 Liberal A Ki ko .A AALLL U EC AANEs W 4s, Ah.wyvuub, uu'n:‘uu pr best coffee, 85¢;, 11 quart. basket apâ€" ples, 75¢: prime shoulder steak, 20¢.: price. ‘10¢ Blue serge and fancy tweed suits regular $25, were on sale at â€" $20. Overcoats, regular $32, were at $22.50. Silk ties, regular 75¢c, to $1, were going at 50c each. Black cashmere socks; regular <40¢c. were offered at 20¢c. Men‘s fine shirts, usually priced at $1.50 to $1.75, were on sale at $1,24. Ladies house dresses of excellent quality, usually sold then from $1.25 to $2.25, could be bought for 98c. to There were real bargains ‘offered in the advertisements . of Marshallâ€" Ecclestone and Northern Canada Sup- to $2.25 ply Co. A. particularly interesting advertisement thirty years ago offered a$85.00 electric refrigerator to the highest biddér. It is‘ eyidence of the enterprise and good sportsmanship of all concerned that the advertisement sold that refrigerator at a price that was not unreasonable. ,Everybody concerned was well pleased with the result. ' COlas )oung isha back to her home. and there the prophet of God restored the child to "f@"' . e ind on e #ie a is If the Old Testament is remarkâ€" able for one thing, it is remarkable Scuth Porcupine. It is not uncommon to hear death spoken of easily, as though it were to be regarded lightly.. Perhaps Christian writers havae erred, in this regard more than any others, when they have suggested that death is not to be taken as a hard blow, and that in the end it is only the passing from one world to There is an attitude to be taken, of course, by Christian men and women which makes death bearable, but it is no teaching ofâ€" either the Old or New Testaments that death is an easy thing to meet, whether in the lives of our friends and relativesg, or in our own. Rather is the contrary to be found in our Bible. ST. »TEPHEN,: OR, 1 By Rev. J. H. Morris, Rector OR, REGARDING DEATH advertisements of 1917 would be posâ€" sible these days. By the same token, some of the advertisements themâ€" selves would be impo«lble For exâ€" ample, in a halfâ€"page anpouncement King‘s Arusement Parlours «on the site now occupied by <the new : porâ€" tion of the Sky block) said: "For every 25¢. spent here we give a ticket entitling the holder to one draw for the following prizes: ist prize, $25.00 in cash: 2nd, $10.00 in cash: 3rd, $5.00." Drawings were made on the 28th or 20th of each month. The contest was conducted fairly and honestly, and everybody ‘was satisfied. Everybody in those days liked to take a chance. If the chance went against them, there was no howl. They had enjoyed taking the chance. Nowadays, however, the law frowns on anything that‘is based on any form of chance. It used to be that while raffles were illegal, it was not a heâ€" inous crime to advertise a "draw," but times have changed almost as much as prices. Many articles could be written on the advertisements of 1917. It might be noted that Marshallâ€" Eeclestone adâ€" vertised a '1917 Ford Touring Car for for â€" $530.00, F.O.B. Timmins. Menâ€" tion might be rmade of another advt. offering a 1916 model Ford, in good condition, for $3875.00, a local citizen using a quarterâ€"page advt. for pubâ€" licizing the offer. Of course that car was sold. There could be reference to the cartoon style advts. of Ostrosâ€" ser Co., which are interesting toâ€" day after thirty . years. not St. Faul‘s Angli¢can Church for the frankness of its writings. The Old Testament may at times appear crude, but that is for the simple reaâ€" son that it portrays life as it is found. Life is often crude. Here is this story of the woman of Shunem we have a picture of life in Old Testament days. It is a pleasant picture at first, giving us an insight into gentleness and kindness which were not too plentiful in those days. Them into the home of this good, woman there comes great calamity. There is no suggestion that death is easy. The loss of the little fellow destroyed any happinese that" the home hadâ€"and ‘with‘ him there was muc a man had a rascal of a son it was David®in Absolom. The writer of the Book of Kings tells us that, "In all Isracl there was none to be so much praised for his beauty as Absolom." But Absolom spent time before the mirror. He was vain. The time came when he thought he would make a better king than his father David. Eventually, Absolom came right out into the open, and waged war against David. When Absolom was killed in battle, many thought he had gained his just deserts, but there was no such thought in the mind of David. Listen to his outery, "And the king was much moved,; and went up to the That this incident is not alone, let us look to the life of David. If ever iContinued on Page Six) Second Section “ pc | Noted Moose Stolen; ‘Enter The Inspector he asked. That sterling character quickly convinced the chief of Wilbur‘s veracity. . None but the most skeptical would disbeâ€" lieye that buxom lady; the truth was in her like gold is in the Porcupine. _ The chief eyed Wilbur.with new respect. : . "But what makes this moose so valuable? have you got him insured for half a million dollars?" hnevengquired. "Man," exclaimed Wilbur, "He can talk. â€" He can speak the , King‘s English as well as you and I. When I get through ~with him he will have earned five million dollars." One can hardly believe thatâ€"such an e ucated lng intelliâ€" gent moose would be captured in this way unless he was willâ€" ing. â€" Indeed it appears that theâ€"animal went voluntarily. Most certainly he could have easily driven away the thieves or have placed them in the hospital, or for that matter, the cemetery, if he had chosen to attack them. It was Treeâ€"Year who made the discovery that the moose was gone, when he went out to the woodshed to play after breakfast. He came running back to the house shouting "Hatrack is wented, Hatrack is wented!" _ (Treeâ€"Year is a terâ€" rible grammarian). _ Mrs. McCafferty immediately aroused Wilbur, who customarily sleeps till noon since he became rich on the proceeds of Bettleworks Consolidqated Gold Mine Limâ€" The theft of Hatrack, the academic moose owned by Wilâ€" bur, was perpetrated some time during the night hours of last Tuesday, when moose thieves backed a truck into the alley teside McCafferty‘s boarding house, yanked the door offt the woodshed and made off with the beast under cover of darkness, evidently inducing him to get aboard the truck by waving a ecarrot under‘his nose. Isadore Fagend arrived in the Porcupine last n‘ght, a pair of handcuffs dangling from his waist, a .45 in a shoulder holster under his left armpit and a saucerâ€"like badge on his right lapel. The badge, which appeared to have been polâ€" ished with the vigor and persistance of a lanceâ€"corporal lookâ€" ing for an extra stripe, bore the fearsome letters "CIB". Fagend was a squarely built man with a centre of gravity as low as a tenâ€"wheel International truck. He had iron grey hair, an iron jaw and steely grey eyes. He was the prototype of all that a human bloodhound was supposed to lo0k like. . 4. chh, 6t h ce io c Fagend pulled a fag of his own personal blend from a gold monogrammed case and placed it aggressively in his mouth. HMe pointed his finger aggressively at Wilbur. He stamped aggressively up and down the front room of McCafferty‘s boarding house. «n 4 # ‘"Tell me all." he shouted, "Hold ncthing back. _ It is vi~â€" tal that all details be in my hands. And have no fear, I will have yaur moose back in short order. ... By the way, how much is :the reward,".. > ."$5,000," said Wilbur., .. "Not much of a reward," Fagend grunted, "But tell me everything." i : Wilbur began at the beginning and traced the story of Hatrack from the time he had entered the cabin at Bottleâ€" works Consolidated Gold Mines till the time the moose disapâ€" peared from McCafferty‘s boarding house. The great man grunted appreciatively at varicus po‘nts in the tale. _ (Later Mrs. McCafferty said she believed he was burping). He pulled a printed form from his pocket., "Now for the vital statistics on the animal," he said, ‘First, what is his full name." ‘‘Hatrack." "Hatrack ... . Is that his Christian name or his surname?" "I don‘t know," said Wilbur, "That‘s the only name we call «N V V Z2 i6 h df d °e "Well, my last name is Smith and perhaps you can call him Hatrack Smith, since he belongs to me," suggested Wilbur. The Inspector frowned. "It is all very irregular. _ But I suppose we will have to do it,. . Now what is his age?" him.‘ "According to this form he has got to have two names," said the Inspector, "I can‘t just put Hatrack. It is not fottowâ€" ing the letter of the law. We investigators have to follow the leétter of the law very closely." ‘"You are rfiakmg things very difficult," said the great man, "We simply have to know who his father and mother is. What would the commissioner think if I returned this form with the spaces blank?" Te is w# t uioh 40 M ul ues us | k s | "Two. . : . and how many months?" "I don‘t know many months." The Inspector fixed Wihbhur with a steely should know. â€" There is a space here for months put something in it." "Put in three months." "Father‘s name?" "I don‘t know. He told me he didn‘t kno his father was, or his mother, either." CE PE _4 s hust..A old c ts "I don‘t know what he‘d think. But I still don‘t know the namegs of Hatrack‘s father and mother." "How much did you say the reward was?" enguired the Inspector. "$7.000," replied Wilbur, "$2,000 of it goes to you,no mat«» ter who finds him." "That is better," said the Inspector. (TO BE CONTINUED) "Would you mind telling me what is going on, madam THURSbDAY. APRIL 15th, 1948 he didn‘t know himself who amas and out to the teely glare. "You nths. We have to