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Mr. Watson was a student in medicine at Queen's University and at soMcitation of the Whig wrote this article , in hich he gives a fine description of the north country. Again the attention of the south is drawn to the north by the recent outbreak of forest fires. The people) of the south living in well developed ard old settled communities Xnow nothing of the terror and destruc- tiveness of a forest five; flames leap- ing mountain high, with the noise of a thunderstorm; trees falling, embers cracking, speed of a cydione, as ft gathers speed, passing over a coun- try rich in timber and leaving ruin in tts wake. The dreary sight of char- WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS IT TO- MORROW ? Everybody has a birthday--from Grandpa to Baby, and they all love OH HENRY | Don't forget OH MABEL! "Oh Henry's Little Sister" Ask your dealer to assort a box of OH HENRY and OH MABEL and see for your- self what an appropriate gift it will make. CROTHERS Wherever Candy is Sold KINGSTON Established 1869. Ww - bi -- red and smouldering stumps where once was a primeval forest, is not particularly a pleasure to the eye, and far from being an asset to the country. I have just returned from Cochrane and seen the fires now causing the destruction. The towns of Cobalt, Haileybury and New Liskeard are respactively eight milles apart along the T. & N. O. Railway. The buildings in each town are for the large part frame, lumber being the most convenient building material, Liskeard is con- sidered the safest from fire of the three as it is adjacent to Lake Te- miskaming, and hag a well develop- ed farming country round the town. Halleybury would appear to be safe on Lake Temiskaming to th east, but there is forest on the west and south, and fires were running from this quarter toward North Cobalt. It js from this quarter that the fire C---- swept Haileybury. Cobalt fs certain- ly the niost exposed of the three. The town of Cobalt, of mining fame, has passed the boom days, and is now a modern centre population of about 6,000, power lines, and paved streets. The once miner's shack and hhh dh a 4 NY Y Purse Pleasing Prices FRIDAY and SATURDAY Belleville Creamery . p Granulated Sugar .10 Ibs. 75c. [ Shredded Wheat ...2 pkgs. 25¢ nny vy 10 LE Livingston Avenue----Cement PF block, 7 rooms, electric light, [ hardwood floors, hot air fur- b nace, $30.00 per month, Pos- [ session at once. p Stone Cottage, Portsmou rooms, electrie light--$12,00 per month. Gore Street~--Brick, 9 rooms, electric light, gas, hot air fur- nace, $35.00 per month. Pos- Mathews Pure 6 Ibs. 25¢, p Pastry Flour (7 1b. bag) ..20c. [ Lanka or Red Rose Tea $f 2 Ibs. $1.00 [ Machine Sliced Bacon . . . .80c, [ P. & G. or Gold Soap 7 bars 4 Jrder early, Save the difference, Ground floor office space to P rent. Victory Bonds bought and sol | RIL Wael Auhhuibahuhakhak ak AAAs rhrrhhrhhdhd dhdhh 4 4 A 2 A 2 AA Aras dha A favorable comment. Take a look at our window display, then come inside and take advantage of our hat service. All prices from . . . : And evory Hat good value at this price. NY YT YY Adhd MD a 4 4 blind pig hag been superceded iby the modern homes and up-to-date hotels, department stores and theatres, The mines are still in operation working on an eight hour schedule. Haileybury is best known as a re- sidential town, and hag a splendid location along the shore of Lake Te- miskaming. New Liskeard is the centre of a good farming district, having a mod- ern creamery. The town 1s also lo- cated on Lake Temiskaming; Lis- keard Beach being the favorite water- ing place of the North, with dance pavilion and ball park, being built on a hill with the frame houses Which can be seen as one passes through. All the towns have water oystems and means of combating local blazes in ordinary circumstanc- es. This is different. , Cobalt now is out of immediate danger, but when I passed through North Cobalt was filled with smoke from fire close by. ' Fire Travels Fast. wh The people of Hafleybury had been fighting the fire, but had not von- sidered it dangerous. As at this see son there has been, previously, plenty of rainfall, end stuce the country immediately eurrounding it bad been burnt over before they felt confident in being able to control it. But the whole country is! spruce for- est, and when once a fire gets un- der way, with a fair wind, it will travel as fast as a horse can run, and will jump across a medium sized lake. Apparently, the people of Haileybury misjudged the propor- tions of the fire, and now, except the residences and boat-houses along the waterfront, the town ig in ruins, The only brick buildings in the town, It was all very" beautiful; green lawne, gardens and flowers, smouldering mass of ruin. The towns of Cobalt, Liskeard, and also Charlton and Eagleheart, farther north, are all subject to the same per- as in the whole north from North to Cochrane, forest fires are rag- ing, and only by rain can disaster be averted. The town of Cvechrane bean burned twice, the bad fire in 1916, when the town pletely wiped out. i : EGE H Hl i : i thy ge ed rink for hockey and have a golf, course for the employees, and this year won the N.O.B.A. championship. Everything about the town is in or- der, and shows organization. The plant is the most complete in Can- ada, producing, from the raw pulp, finished paper used chiefly for news- print;¥and averaged a trainload per day, leaving the Falls on scheduled time.with right of way over all trains except the National. Within forty-eight hours after leaving the mill, the paper is sold by newsboys In Chicago. Twenty-seven miles south of Coch- rane is Porquois Junction, a small rallway town with hotels and Fes: taurants to accommodate the travel-' ling public. Some thirty miles west of Porquois Junction is Timmins, the home of the Hollinger gold mine. The population is about 6,000, including miners, and the miners' shacks and tents on the out- skirts of the town are quite typical. The town has a good business sec- tion and a baseball team; the trip through the mine is quite interest- ing. Ope can go 1,800 feet below the surface an see the metal in the rough and follow the mineral through the various departments and see the finished product. A twenty-four hours output is a little larger than a pound of butter. The towm is wild and nolsy with the hardy habitant, lumberjack and miner. These towns are, as yet, all safe from fire. Twenty-seven miles south of Coch- rane is Porquois Junction with Por- quois Fells, a paper mill town on east, and Timmins mining town on west, and as yet, safe. The picture of the north cam be drawn as a vast forest, with here and there a lake and a railway line pene- tratiog the wilderness. Clearings on either side of the railway have been made for towns or prospective farms, As we passed south, when smoke permitted us to sea the country the fire was on both sides of the track and leaping frantically, driven by a north-east wind. Wild animals, and birds were leaving the forest abead of the fire, and seeking safety along the right of way; a partridge felt at home on top of the coach. The rabbits ran ahead of the engine for a distance, but finally gave up the race. We saw two baby moose leave the track and make for the forest, somewhat reluctantly, es though they had lost their guide and trust- ed the safety of the railway .track rather than the crackling of the fire, embers and volumes of dense smoke in the distance. RB The fire has certainly come at an inopportune time. Public opinion should not blame the camper, pros- pector or homesteader for careless- ness. The government during the summer months has an efficient staf of fire-rangers guarding all forest reserves against such an outbreak. But as the summer was somewhat rainy and the rangers cautious about granting firing permits, there was practically no burning done, and during these months the country was quite safe. The government sees fit to remove the fire-rangers about the middle of Beptembér, and after this time settlers are free to burn the slash, Settlers Take Risk. Unfortunately, this year, the lat- ter part of September was warm and "The Big Hat Store" CHOOSE YOUR New Fall Hats HERE TO-MORROW WE HAT EVERYBODY -- prices. Queen's University Text Books and Supplies Latest editions of Text Books authorized for use in Arts, Science and Medicine. Drawing sets of the best English manufacture at lowest wo JHE COLLEGE BOOK STORE OPEN NIGHTS -- - a---------------- BURBERRY COATS Newman & Shaw The Big Dry Goods and House F urnishing Store *19.50 Smart Burberry Coats in fancy mixtures with inverted pleat in back, all around belts, patch or inset pockets, half lined. Colors include Greens, Browns and Greys, all sizes. SATURDAY SPECIAL "i $19.50 FUR TRIMMED COATS, $25.00 All pure Wool Velour Coats with Fur Collars and Cuffs--a wide variety of pretty styles to choose from--all full lined, with full backs, belted fronts, self stitching and button trim- med in all the newest shades, All sizes, SPECIALLY PRICED at... .. .$25.00 each VOILE BLOUSES TO CLEAR at $1.39 White and Colored Voile and Dimity Blouses--made with Peter Pan Collar and Cuffs, in all sizes from 34 to 42. Regular $2.50. Saturday to clear Floor Rugs and e carry only the best makes, Our prices are right.' : Floor Oilcloths, Linoleums, Draperies. se dry. The campers have mostly re- turned south and prospectors are back from their summer's - work. The settler is somewhat justified in burning, as there is no other prac- tical way of cleaning the land, and they take the risk, realizing that the alternative is inevitable disaster. . It is needless to say if the forest. ry deparment had had its staff still on the ground there would not have been a fire, But as it is, a staff brought in, is useless. Once the fire has got under way, sand, backfiring and ditching are mot sufficient. Aeroplanes with chemicals may be useful, but the aeroplanes were chiefly used for sighting fires, and were a long distance farther north, between Cochrane and James Bay, far from the present outbreak. The forest areas now being ravag- ed are mostly spruce used for pulp, from 6 to 9 inches in diameter. The timber limits so far have not suffer- ed any serious loss. AN URGENT CALL. For Clothing For the Fire Sufferers of North. : An urgent telegram from the Red Cross headquarters, Toronto, was re- ceived this morning by the president of the local Red Cross branch for clothing for the fire sufferers In Northern Ontario. Infants and young children are in a pitiable con- dition for lack of warm clothing. Nc old articles of wearing apparel iil be sent. The local committee will be at the Red Cross Lodge at Sidenham Hospital on Monday at £30 pm. to give owt material. workers are asked for. A cottage will hold as much hap- piness as might stock a palace. The chief art of learning is to at- tempt but little at a time. Ny -- A -- Real Estate--Buying, Selling, Renting FOR SALE $3,600.00--4A bargain, York St, de- tached frame dwelling, 8 rooms, electric light, side entrance, good cellar, deep lot and $5,100.00--Double brick, Univer- sity Avenue, electric light, gas FOR RENT Johnson Street, central, 8 rooms, furnace, electric lights and gas, Pine Street, 139-6 rooms, hard- wood floors and bath; rent $18.00 per month. Chatham Street---Bungalow of 5 rooms; all improvements; rent $30.00, E Phone 589w. E.W. Mullin& Son barn. and toilet, Fire Insurance Lowest Rates Furnished and unfurnished flats for rent. Real Estate and Johnson and Division Streets Our Big Values For Saturday Our Big $2.95 Specials Ladies' Black Kid Oxfords----military heels, all sizes. k Ladies' Black Kid Two Straps--military heels, all sizes, Ladies' Brown Calf One Strap---low heels, all sizes." Boys' Brown Solid Leather School Boots---sizes 1 to 5. Boys' Black Box Kip Leather School Boots--sizes 1 to 5. Boys' Gunmetal Lace Boots--narrow toes, sizes 1 to 5. Girls' Gunmetal Lace Bopts--wide toes, sizes 11 to 2. Girls' Brown Calf Lace Boots--wide toes, sizes 11 to 2. Girls. Box Kip Solid Leather School Doots----sizes 11 to 2. $3.95--MEN'S FINE BROWN BOOTS--$3.95 "Every pair with Goodyear welted soles--mnarrow toes, mew French toes, wide toes--all sizes in each style. from the northern regions. One man tt stated that in former fires, smoke Likely From The Forest Fires In had come over three Hundred miles * Northern Ontario. to where he lived. The present fire A hate, believed to have reachel area is somephat less than three the city from the fire stricken areas hundred miles north of Kingston, of Northern Ontario began to bang and as there was a north wind on ever the city on Thursdey afiermoon Thursday there ig eveny* reason to and became denser as the hours pass: 'belleve that the haze is from North- €d on. It is believed thet the are [ern Ontario. : no forest fires in the immediate vie- : , and the opinion was generally Sale 15¢ sheet music, Dutton's. : 3 expressed that the smoke had come ' Speech is the index of the mind § HAZE ENVELOPES CITY. i 5