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Jan. 31 HE HAILEYBURIAN HAILEYBURY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 2lst, 1931 Three Months at Hard Labor for False Pretence McGillivray, R. 299 } Subscription Rate: $2.00 per yeat Vol. 27; No. 7 Board of Trade Discusses Plans for Summer Activities: Parents Leave Four Children Alone on Farm Council Discusses Tax on Former Hospital Building Opinion Divided on Question When National Chapter I. O. D. E. Asks Exemption; Will Seek to Have Commercial Fish- ing in Lake Discontinued; Erect New School Signs es Mother Left Home and Father Mentally Affected; Child- ren at Shelter Improvements to Harbor as Airport, Ferry to Qld Mission are Among Projects Being Worked on; Advertising Folders to be Distributed Again this Year. There was a fairly good attend-| ance at the first general meeting} of the Haileybury Board of Trade; held on Tuesday evening in Hotel! Haileybury, and the gathering; discussed at some length several! projects that, while not altogeth- Former Traveller Convicted of Cashing Draft Without Authority A pathetic case of neglected children is reported this week by Mr. J. R. McCracken, superin- tendent of the Children's Aid So- ciety, that of a family of four children left alone on a farm in Brethour Township. The wife and mother abandoned her home, Anxious Primate When the town council met on Monday evening, the regular May session having been post- poned from last week, the first topic of discussion was brought up through a letter from the Na- tional Chapter of the I.0.D.E., which owns the building former- Presented at Court Sentence of three months' hard labor was passed on Tuesday by Magistrate Atkinson on J. A. Shibley, an elderly man formerly employed as a traveller for the Reliance Shoe Co., Toronto, and who was convicted of obtaining er new will it is hoped be brought money by false pretences from q r Rahs : au) Ss t to a successful conclusion before the jocal branch of the Royal|the father is now mentally affect- ly used as a hospital. The Chap- r the year is out. g Bank of Canada. A, E. Ethier,|¢d and the little ones, two girls ter had received a tax bill for One of these projects, which accountant at the branch, was the |and two boys, have been brought the IRON which ne Be A occupied considerable time at the complainant. to the Children's Shelter here occupied since the new Miseri- meeting was the matter of a The term will. date from May until further arrangements for cordia Hospital was opened, and ferry at the Old Mission to con- \4th, the day accused first appear- their care are completed. The they requested further Gat ed imcourt: eldest of the family is a girl of tion from taxation until such In passing sentence, the magistrate said he believed Shibley knew he had no right to cash the draft of $75 on the firm which was the basis of the charge. A similar charge is pending ag- nect the roads of Ontario and| Quebec at that point, where only a narrow stretch of water separ- ates the two provinces and to which point both have now good road systems. The Ontario road 'time as the building could be dis- jposed of. They pointed out that jat the time they had provided the facilities for the Red Cross to establish a hospital following the big fire, and they did not believe 11, while the youngest is 6. All are bright and healthy children and, according to Mr. MeCracken were getting along very well. in their state of loneliness when he The anti-Roman Catholic demon- was completed late last summer ainst the ex-traveller in Porcu-| visited the farm to investigate. cable by the Northern Development pine, but itis not known here They could not be left there}strations in Spain, when some they should now be geld Hea Branch and the inauguration of a what steps will be taken in the|without proper care, however. |churches were burned, were al-|for taxes. The' director of ia ferry service would provide an| case there. Shibley had. been The mother had gone from her|leged to be the outcome of Car- Red Cross, Dr. Routley, # eo ideal motor trip through sections | held in the district jail here after home some months ago, appar- dinal Pedro Sigura y Saenz (a- wrote the council along the same of the two provinces. The Board | he had been brought back from ently without thought for her|bove), Primate of Spain's mes- BNE) 4 2 i has been working on this project | Y Toronto to face the local com-|little ones, and the father, wheth-!sage, calling on the people to Councillor Carson, chairman ot the finance committee, held that the property should not be sessed, while Councillor Mrs. M. O. Houston was of the opinion er from this or some other cause, has become mentally unbalanced. It is stated that he left in search vote in the coming elections only for candidates who promised to safeguard the position of the plaint. According to the evidence giv- en on behalf of the firm, Shibley, for some time and at the meeting Miss Virginia Dawes, daughter on Tuesday there was a grist of|of the Hon. Charles G. Dawes Oi es ra = a [ete 5 correspondence read bearing on}|United States to as- Ambassador the subject. The Ville Marie|Great Britain, and Mrs. Dawes after making a three weeks' trip|of his wife, and that before go- Church in Spain ; ' Navigation Company wrote stat-| who made her bow before King|through eastern Ontario, was to/Ns he had threatened to take the ----|that the tax bill was fair under ing that they would be willing to|George and Queen Mary at the|Come north on a second journey. lives of the children. Two guns the circumstances. She pointed | provide a service, if it could bel first court of the season on-May It was claimed for the company ]|Were in the home and have been Badly Burned By out that for seven years the arranged and the matter had been| 19th at Buckingham Palace. that this trip, also was for three |taken by the provincial police, " National Chapter had held the taken up with the Department of weeks only. but accused himself together with some ammunition. High Power Wire title to the property and had Public #Works, atOttawa, witha faonreine thatethe recom maintained the period was indef- Police officers are now seeking a no expense in_ connection with Hon. W. A. Gordon, M.P., and | endations a the Commissio ie inite. He was absent about five|both parents and, as they have at Matabitchouan it. The local Chapter had spent with the provincial authorities of | z ; sston €\weeks, part of which time he|reason to believe that neither a great deal of money on the oth provinces. There appeared| to be conflicting reports as to the | necessary procedure in the secur- ing of a franchise, or license, for the operation of a ferry and the Board is now endeavoring to straighten this out, in the expec- tation that before the summer is far advanced an arrangement will be made. In connection with the propos- ed improvements to the local harbor as an airport, some prog- ress has been made, but there has been no definite assurance so far that any appropriation will be) made this year by the depart-| ments concerned for the purpose | The meeting was told that pilots | of machines calling here regul- | arly were asking that Some im- | provements be made and the} Board will urge the necessity of some temporary measures being taken, if the larger scheme which included a breakwater, cannot be}: carried out this year. A letter from the Elk Lake Board of Trade sought endorsa- tion of a movement to havea road built from Gowganda into Tyrell Township, to serve some promising mining -- properties there, and the local board will add its recommendations to this pro- ject. The meeting also endorsed a resolution of the Toronto Board of Trade, bearing on the report of the Ross Commission appointed last year by the On- tario Goyernment to enquire in- carried out as fully as possible: A letter from the Cobait-Cole- man Board asked that the North- ern Development Branch be urged\to undertake the plowing of the highway between the three towns next winter, but this was held over for future considera- tion. The meeting passed a re- solution urging on the Depart- ments of Game and -Bisheries of Ontario and Quebec the wisdom of prohibiting for a term of years commercial fishing in Lake Tem- iskaming, in order that the game fish might be allowed to multiply and thus increase the popularity of this section of the North as a tourist centre. This is similar to the action of the town council at its last meeting. The meeting was informed that 5,000 advertising folders illus- trating the town and district would again be distributed this year and that this would be done in the very near future. The publicity committee of the Board handles this part of the work. There was some general dis- cussion among the members present and the meeting closed at 10 o'clock. No date was set for the next meeting, but suffic- ient notice will be given when it is decided on. = eal cee Crown Attorney S. A. Caldbick of Timmins, has recovered from an operation for apepndicitis, ac- cording to The Porcupine Ad- to social conditions in the proy- vance last week. I I I ee You May Win $12,250 WITH ONE SIM Get particulars of the Kodak International $100,000 Competition and try your skill. The Rules are simple Contest Entry Blanks, Kodaks and all Supplies Here. Use Kodak Film for Prize-Winning Pictures Knechtel's Drug Store PHONE 58 FERGUSON AVE. PLE SNAPSHOT HAILEYBURY lO ORR RAR SRR A caer LE ee claims to have been sick. On the eastern Ontario trip. Shibley was allowed $50 per week for expenses, but for the north this was increased to $75 per week, to be deducted from his commissions, which were based at two per cent on business ac- cepted, and which were said by, him to reach $86 for the entir trip nortl' from Sault Ste Marie times, the firm said, and he drew two drafts, it was alleged, each for an equal amount, for a total of $375. His counsel, George Mitchel, K.C., argued that Shibley was en- titled to this sum by the arrange- ment made. In Haileybury, Shib- ley went to one of the local banks and there was alleged to have told the teller he had authority to has left the district, it is expected that they will be found near future. farm | up. and 80 acres have been cleared. Considerable live stock is includ- ed in the equipment and it ap- to Timmins. He got $75 three|vee : farm pending ments. police officer were placed at the disposal of Superintendent Cracken, by Inspector Moore, for the necessary investigation of the case, which proved of great help to him. draw on his company, a draft for|Canada by, motor, reached Hydro|He managed to get out of the|ronto, for which the town had $75 being honored on this state-|last week and had a road to tra-|building and plunged into the been billed in part. Phe hospi- ment. Subsequently, the firm re-|vel for the first time in many|waters of the tail race. tal was willing to hold the ac- fused to accept the draft, and the|months. He still has. a stretch} Word of the accident was|count over until September 30th, bank came back on the teller forjof forest to traverse before|telephoned to Cobalt and, after if the council would guarantee the amount outstanding. reaching the highway system|first-aid had been given at the payment of whatever balance the In Timmins, a hotel keeper|which will take him across the!plant, which is about 30 miles father of the child was unable to (Continued on Page 4) prairies. from there, Morrow was taken|P@y- This arrangement was -- out over a wagon road to the made. building and equipment and the original understanding had been that when its need as a hospital was at an end, it was to be turn- ed over to the town. A fund of $6,000 had been raised for fire relief by the National Chapter and less than $5,000 of this had been spent in the purchase of the building, Mrs. Houston said. She maintained that the building should be turned over, either to the local Chapter or to the town. The upshot of the discussion was a resolution leaving the whole matter in the hands of the finance committee, which was passed with Mrs. Houston dis- senting. There was some discussion over the case of a child who had been receiving treatment at the Sick Children's Hospital in To- Electrical Employee Now in the Hospital at Cobalt in a Serious Condition in the Mr. McCracken says that the is a good one and well kept The buildings are very fair With his chest, back, arms and hands badly burned from contact with a high-power wire at the Matabitchouan plant of the Can- ada Northern Power Corporation, Eldred Morrow, a young married man employed there, is in the Mines Hospital, Cobalt, in what the attending physician, Dr. G. E. Case, described as "'a serious con- dition." Morrow, it is stated, was clos- ing a switch while on duty at the plant on Sunday afternoon when he came in contact with the wire, which carried 2,400 volts. | His clothing caught fire and the up- per part of his body was burned. -red that the family had a Arrangements. have f the further develop- A car and the assistance of a Mc- --__._--__ Gus McManus, driving across France's New President is Leader of Senate A letter from the Legislative Assembly informed the council that revisions were being made Maidens Mine in South Lorrain, where he was met by Dr. Case and Thorpe's ambulance. He "dica_sfe.___af was leaving Paul Doumer, 74-year-old President of the Senate has been elected Thirteenth President of the French Republic in one of the most ex- citing contests in French history. Aristide Briand, veteran Foreign Minister, was defeated and withdrew after the first ballot amid riotous scenes in the palace of the Bourbon Kings at Versailles. Above is a recent picture of President Doumer photographed as he in the Municipal Act and that the committee would welcome any suggestions J. W. Spooner wrote asking the council to continue the town insurance business, which had been in the hands of Macdonald & Smith, with him, and the fin- ance committeé was left to take was rushed to hospital, but it was two o'clock Monday morn- ing before he reached that insti- tution. pe ine David Bertrand, a pioneer of the Porcupine district, aged 81, died last week at South Porcu- pine as a result of injuries re- ceived when his wagon was|¢are of the matter. crashed by a motor vehicle on| The proprietors of the radio the highway. station at North Bay, CFCH, wrote asking the council's sup- port in their application for per- mission to increase the power of ' 4 : : the station to 500 watts, which | The Week S Weather § they said would give a_ service | {'\that would cover the whole of Week ending May 20, 1931: (Continued on Page 4) Max. Min. 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