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THE HAILEYB'! fa HAILEYBURY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 4th, 1936 Subscription Rate: $2.00 per year Vol. 327 Nowld Leonard PAbine Victim of Fatal Street Accident Struck By Car While Riding on Bicycle in Toronto Yester- day Afternoon Leonard Labine, aged 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Labine, formerly of MHaileybury, was killed in a street accident in To- ronto yesterday afternoon, ac- cording to a message received by Jos. Huard, Mrs. Labine's broth- er, here. He was riding his bi- cycle on a city street when he was struck by a car and thrown against the side of a street car, suffering almost instant death. Mr. and Mrs. Labine were both away from home at the time. having gone to the Gunnar Gold Mines in Manitoba for the pour- ing of the first brick at the new mill there. Word was immediat- ely sent to them. Mrs. Labine's mother, Mrs. Huard, was staying with them in Toronto and rela- tives here feared that the shock would be very hard on her. Miss Rose Ifabine left last night by train for the city and Mr. Huard left early this morning by motor. Leonard was the eldest of six children, was born and spent his early boyhod in Haileybury, and there are many friends who will sincerely sympathize with the bereaved parents and family. PRESENTS PORTRAIT OF PIONEER MINISTER TO COBALT UNITED CHURCH On Sunday next the United Church in Cobalt, formerly the Presbyterian Church, will receive a portrait of the first minister of that denomination to hold late Rev. Dr. J. D. the 3yrnes, Ont. first' Presbyterian congregation in Cobalt, of which Dr. Byrnes was pastor. Mrs. McEwen has the distinction of being the first public school teacher in Cobalt. The church, whose wall will be adorned with the portrait, erected under the direction of Dr. Byrnes during his ministry in Cobalt. When the Union was consummated, it was chosen place of worship for the Congregations, and the Method- ist Church was disposed of. An- nouncement of the coming cere- mony was made last Sunday by Rey. E. Gilmour Smith. was who died last year at Tilsonburg, | S t The portrait is being pre-|end, as the new structure is somei miles per hour. sented by Mrs. P. F. McEwen,| five feet higher than the old one} one of the few who are left of the| which it will replace. as|of the National United | Right Hon. William Ormsby- Gore, first commissioner of Works in the British govern- ment, who has been appointed to succeed "Jim" Thomas, as Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Thomas re- signed as a result of the bud- get leak. WORK IS RESUMED ON HIGH-LEVEL BRIDGE SPANNING T. & N. O. Work was resumed last week on the high-level bridge spanning the T. & N.O. Railway in Cobalt, after being suspended for some weeks on account of a change in the plans of the structure. It had been intended to erect a steel truss for the centre span, which is 90 feet long, but new plans call for a wooden span of creosoted British Columbia fir. The tim- bers are now on the ground and are being assembled. The struc- ture is unique in Ontario bridge building, it is claimed. The concrete abutments for ser-|the new bridge have been com-jhighest wind of the month blew| vices in the famous silver camp,|Pleted, but after the centre spanjat the rate of 22 miles per hour,| is placed there will remain ¢on- siderable filling to be done at «ach crane will be used to hoist the wooden span and remove the old timbers. A cash relief system, to take the place of the former vouchers, was adopted this week in North Bay. rs broke into the vault Grocers ware- house at Cochrane, with the aid lof a sledgehammer and other tools stolen from a blacksmith's shop, and made off with some $200 in cash, besides a quantity of tobacco and cigarettes. Burele Z, tarthes Advertised merchandise. after year. { When the Easiest Way Is the Best Way HERE are no two ways about it ! the easiest way to get the most for every dollar you spend is to buy products that you know about through the advertisements You don't have to go out and look for buying op- portunities. The advertisements And ali vou need do is consider the facts, compare values and decide on the soap or the sedan that best fits your judgment and your pocketbook. Certainly the best way of making your money go is to buy merchandise of proved value. bought and used by many people. that must be superlatively good enough for its maker and your local retailer to keep calling it to th attention of people week after week and year This ts the service -- of convenience and orofit -- that the advertisements offer you. I[t will pay you to read them reg- ularly and take advantage of they can do fér you! Certainly in your local paper. bring them to you. Merchandise that is Merchandise eugsuE Dipg A railway} Average But Not | Hears Dispute As Cold as 1935, Over Motor Deal, 'May Colder Than 'District Court | | | Heaviest Rain and Snow Fall for | Criminal Cases Down to Three; a Number of Years; Plenty Some Civil Actions Are of Northwest Winds Also Settled | A dispute over a motor deal be-| | g h of May| ' Z : AMBER GAS sunday jel Uy tween Binkley Motors, New Lis- this year was a little below the| : a Te ae mgr ne ee ¥ 0 ts keard, and Rosaire Ayotte, of average over the period during PG Genie S Reh ret cage which records have been kept}, eae? at 'Dis Satna hare scan here, it was not as cold as last;/¢atd at t is istrict Coot, ee year, according to figures compil- opened gt A 1 eae ee Al ed at the local meteorological |"°0" with | oe Ihe se te | station by Jas. Reavell. | man presiding. The Nee Tas: The month was exceptional ae peas ie phe RHE eae falls of ith arama | return of a car which he had se-| Peete peas % e\-|cured on a deal last fall, whereby snow and there were plenty of! he was to pay $145 as the differ- northwest winds, but nothing in rao fan price Beaveen io andes the way of a record was reached. used car which he had turned in, The mean temperature for the] or failing that, the cost of repair- month was 48.35 degrees, accord-|ing the old vehicle which, it was ing to the figures, which compare] alleged, had not been in the con- with 36.65 degrees for May of/ dition which he represented. It 1935 and an average temperature] was claimed by the plaintiff that over the period since 1894 of 52.15]the car had been found to have a degrees. The highest point was! damaged engine and radiator, al- 85.2 and the lowest 22.8, while the} though it had been represented corresponding figures for last|to be in good condition. The cost year were 80.6 and 17.4 respect-| of repairing it was estimated at ively. |over $110. Total precipitation of 4.4 inches} No evidence was offered by the was recorded during the month,| defendant, but his counsel, Wm. made up of 4.09 inches of rain}@, Inch, asked an adjournment and Salanchessotesnow. Dhis wasi foriten dave an ordec to present the heaviest rainfall since 1919,/ an argument in writing, and this when 4..68 inches was recorded,|was oranted by His Honor. and the heaviest snowfall since} | The or- eter nance 11916, when the district saw eae ee eee iuny enna ree | - : A c c COA jtotal of four inches. The avet-|returned true bills against Clif- jage precipitation over the long| ford Paquette, New Liskeard |period is 2.78 inches. |youth charged with assault, and | There were plenty of north-| against John Vudelich and Louie iwest winds during the past] Jdskowski of Kirkland Lake, who |month, a total mileage from that| face charges of conspiracy to de- |direction of 2,253 having been re-| fraud and being in illegal posses- \corded in 196 hours. At one per-|sion of ore. jiod there was a continuous pom Da| A charge of conspiracy against ;west wind for 36 hours, with | two other men from the~ gold |recorded mileage of 342. The|camp was traversed to the next court, together with that of re- |céiving stolen goods against |members of the Doherty family }of Cobalt. A true bill against W. |H. Phillips, former Thornloe |merchant charged with fraud, had been registered at a former court trial commenced j a 'and the average velocity for_the jtotal mileage of 6,787 was 9.1 Average May temperatures for {the past six years are given by !Mr. Reavell as follows: 1930, 52.1| sitting %nd_ his j degrees ; 1931, 52:65; 1932, 52;| today. (1933) SiOpsn1O34. 55:5." 1935, 46165 and 1936, 48.35. These figures will that the month just past was not so much below the average May for this district, in spite of the fact that it appeared to be exceptionally New Manager Appointed . s be For Demonstration Farm convince the skeptical Anew manager for the Govern- ment Demonstration Farm at New Liskeard has been appoint- ed and took over his duties dur- cold eis! ing a recent visit of the Minister ; of Agriculture, Hon. Duncan Dick McCann of Temagami] Marshall. The effect of the ;was fined $100 and costs or three| change will be that M. F. Cook months on a charge of having Agricultural Representative for beaver pelts in his possession,| Temiskaming, will be enabled to when he appeared in North police court at the week-end. ------ Bay pay more attention to his other |duties in the interests of the far- |mers of the district The Minister anonunced that a sent into the North this year by|herd of pure bred cattle will be the Dominion Department of|placed on the farm in the Mines, one to explore the area}|future and that other plans to the southeast of Great Slave |Lake and the other to examine|usefulness of the establishment mining properties between Lake}The new manager is a Mr. Chis- Athabaska and Great Bear Lake.| holm. &ho comes from Guelph. Two geological parties will be near are in the making for increasing the HON. EARL ROWE i Who was last week chosen as Leader of the Ontario Liberal - Conservative party, to succeed Hon. Geo. S. Hen- ry. Mr. Rowe is at presenta member of the House of Commons and was included in the ministry of Rt. Hon. RB. Bennett as minister without portfolio, prior to the general election last year. He is a practical farmer, with his home at Newtown-Rob- inson and has hada long ex- perience in municipal politics, in the Ontario Legislature and at Ottawa. KAPUSKASING FLYER DIES FROM INJURIES AFTER FORCED LANDING EB; sin Melville Sisler of Kapuska- , died from injuries received in a plane crash on Friday even- ing last, when something went wrong with his small plane and he had to make a forced landing two miles west of his home town. He was picked up unconscious, the Northern town, with a fractured skull and both arms and legs bro- ken.' He died later in hospital at Kapuskasing. It will be recalled that Mr. Sis- ler called here on March 23rd last while on his way home with the plane, which he had purchased in Soutern Ontario. He stated to The Haileyburian that he had se- cured the machine for his own private use. The report states that he got his pilot's license last year in Toronto, that he had gone out Friday evening. for a short flizht and the crash followed. according to a*teport from Surviving are his widow two young children. Mr. Sisler was 29 years of age and was em- ployed on the staff of the Spruce Falls Company. See gece Tins Farmers throughout Canada are urged to fill in properly the schedule of crops, live stock, ete., which are distributed this month. | second ballot, Hon Earl Rowe, the new crowd of supporters. ONTARIO CONSERVATIVES ACCLAIM THEIR NEW LEADER |: A minute after the announcement of t"e result of the Ovttario Conservative Party Convention's party leader, found himself the centre of a cheering and| Lead With Gold Plating Figures In Court Case Jury Finds Kirkland Lake Men. Not Guilty in Conspiracy to Defraud Charge A small containing . ten pounds of what a Crown witness swore was mostly thinly plated with gold, and which it is alleged Louie Jdskouski and John Vudelich tried to sell to a dis- guised police officer at Kirkland Lake as pure gold for a price he stated to be $15 an ounce, figured | bag lead ¥ llargely in the proceedings at the |trial of these two Kirkland Lake men on a charge of conspiracy to | Late the afternoon, the accused, who claimed the bag had come into their possession by fortuitous cir- jcumstances, were found not guil- |ty by a Temiskaming General |Sessions jury and were immediat- iely discharged by Judge Hartman According to Frank Leal, chief jassayer for the Wright-Hargrea- lves Mine, thc) material in the bag lassayed 96 per cent lead, .33 gold Jand the balatce fatty 'material. | The total velue he placed at | $16.63. Provincial Constable A. 'S. Wilson of Toronto, who told ithe court he had been sent to | Kirkland Lake} to investigate re- |ports highgrade ore was being ;sold, swore thag the accused, in 'a boarding hose bedroom on | April 7th last, spid- they owned 'gold' which they* offered to sell jhim, their suggested price being |approximately $180Q for the con- ltents of the bag produced Wilt json said he had tested the stuff jin the room with nitric acid and lit stood the acid test quite well, |but on heat being applied it start- ed to break up. Following these tests, he said, | Wilson arrested and handcuffed }both men, drawing his revolver when they apparently were about |jto call for help. Under cross- examination by M. G. Hunt? for the defence, Wilson admitt¢dgued |expenses on that tri by the Ontaris..Vghi tion and that he never ed to make any putch"* the men when he told a he was prepared to buy \'gold'. On the way to the station, Provincial Constahi | Dougall said, Vadelich had le |forward in the rear seat of car and had told him "there's} use locking us up; that gold." Vudelich, the |witness, said that when | defraud here yesterday. in more | is 4 defence's ¢ Jdsl ski was cleaning off the snow the back lane two of 'thré | weeks before the date of the al- jleged offence, he had found the bag and its contents wrapped up in a pair of pants. Later, he had been told by a friend a man was coming from Toronto to open a jewelry store and it was suggest- ed he have the stuff tested. Sub- sequently Wilson appeared and wanted to test it right ay he was busy. Tot ecrown At torney, Vudelich denied Wilson's testimony regeiding an offer to sell the stuff to the officer. --~ar Nice Pickerel Caught in Montreal River on Mj Max Whitby is the { season to report one pickerel for which tJ River is famous. ] a nice one on tipped the scales and six ounces inches in leng Whitby's luncl, opportunity o kerel on Tue; Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday -- Monday Tuesday Precipitation fo Max. wind»(1 a } ;¥