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a rie i \% | he t 5 + ta ( \) "we ) t HAILEYBURIA Vol. 32; No. 48 " HAILEYBURY, ONTARIO, ee FEBRUARY 25th, 1937 |FOUND DEAD IN SHACK ON NEIGHBOR'S FARM NEAR IROQUOIS FALLS Street Drenched By Gasoline As Big Tank Drains Out A fatality that had every ap- pearance of being the aftermath jof a drinking bout was reported |to provincial police headquarters) Peculiar Accident Brings Fire Brigade Sunday Night here on Tuesday night by Con- to Avoid Danger stable A. Stringer of Iroquois - Falls, who had been called that A peculiar accident at the depot!morning to the shack of Jahnar (Arist, Finnish farmer in Pyne of the Imperial Oil Limited, on ee Street here, late on Sun- imodtois) balls: 29, Sycuine pws responsible for The constable found Jake Ka- the drenching of that street anda/ren, a neighbor of Arist, dead on portion of Rorke and|the floor of the shack with townshp, some 10 miles north of}. Avenue contents of one of the big tanks that the victim, a married man, flowed out through a trap at the had gone to vist at the shack the bottom, the cover of which had|PTevious evening. There wes been broken through some, as yet ©Y°TY evidence that the two had! Minonwstecatise engaged in a drinking bout, Con- Officials of lmanseal OH) ime stable Stringer reported, but no state]. err Bi Mec cy ign of foul play. oroner W. that the trap with its stopper had ae : i : aN c alae y een Slace "at. <k ete ral srummett of Ansonville, was no- TAL fo ee pi aa 'it + there tued and will conduct an invest- r years an na ligation. had never been any previous sign] of trouble. The tank is one of a number placed near the T. & N.O. Hobby Fair to be Open to Public Saturday Next; Railway, at the upper end of Mar- cella Street, used regularly for the storage and distribution of gasoline. It contained 4,730 gal- | lons, all of which ran out. The local fire brigade, under Chief K. Watson, turned out at | Entries Must Be Taken to Hall | conciliation, arbitration and judi- | After Four O'Clock Today; Judging Tomorrow about 10.45 on Sunday night to| deal with the situation when it| was feared that the gasoline} might become ignited ana cause| serious trouble. Three lines of), oe Aare ane Peet a hose were laid and for several pend a Oca aa om are <1.0. | hours the men kept continual|/© this week-end, in the Temple on Broadway Street, where all entries must be taken | jafter four p.m. today. sage oH streams of water playing on the|~ area which had received the) greater part of the flow of gaso-} line. Chief Watson says "that |the schools, all of whom are they were able to gradually gn tS gible to exhibit, have been given the greater part of the dangerous |°MtTY tickets and there will be a fluid down Marcella, along fRocke |committee on hand to receive the Pee oro ininiSicerendidomn articles. . that thoroughfare towards the| On Saturday, February lake. The storm sewer on Rorke|¢xhibition will be open was opened, the chief said, and| |public and all will be made wel- as much as possible washed down|Come to the hall. On Saturday, it, while streams were kept run- jevening, from seven to nine ning down the streets as well.|° 'clock, the prizes will be award- PeGaiions were taken to pre-|ed and all exhibitors are request- vent any smoking in the immedi- ed to be on hand. The exhibits ate Rei@hborhood as well. will have to be removed from the Chief Watson said that in the|Pall that evening. : : basement of one house on Amwell]. Plans for the fair, the first of Street it was found that the gaso- tits kind to be held in Haileybury, line had seeped in and in order to|Were, announced at the Rotary make sure there would be no;meeting on Monday and commit- trouble, the fire in the furnace|tees were appointed to handle the was extinguished by himself and affair. a member of the brigade. From] It was announced that for high other houses there were similar|school students, two boys and two reports, and the chief said that on|girls, would be on hand to assist Monday the firemen again did|the Rotarians, with the expecta-; some washing down in spots|tion that they would form the where the fluid had accumulated.;nucleus of a general committee His fear was that a fire would get |to handle the fair in future years, started, but after a couple of days|the Rotary Club believing that it he concluded that the danger wasjwill bring considerable interest practically over. |from the general public and con- Neither Chief Watson nor Im-| siderable practice in useful arts perial, Oil officials would venture|on the part of the pupils. The an opinion as to what had actual- Club will continue to sponsor the ly caused the break in the trap, event, however. and it-is unlikely that the real| cause will ever be definitely! The mushing Greer brothers known. 'from Timmins expected to reach Ottawa last night with the invi- Four out of six championship tation to Prime Minister Macken- events at the big ski meet in|zie King to attend the proposed} ee North Bay at the week-end were Old Home Week in the gold camp || won by Toronto skiers, Ab Hans-/next summer. They encountered man of North Bay, won the men's;bare roads on the last part of downhill event and Lauri Tulkku|their journey and at last reports of Huntsville the men's cross-|planned to equip their sleigh with country run. sheels, is a ee === N E Ws ANNOUNCING Mary Louise Candies AT Bye ver. ry Lie oti | | : GET A BOX TODAY AT Whitby' s Pharmacy Beereemtions Accurately Dispensed FERGUSON AVE. Phone 58 WE DELIVER Se SS SS lWork of League In Good Health as 90th Birthday Is Approaching Spreading Fast Organizer Says | | | | Need Cee Spirit in All Mrs. Celima Pelletier Has Many | Sections; Mrs. Houstin Descendents; Born at Hawk- in Charge Here esbury, wh ., in 1847 J. C. Houston, League of 3orn 20 years before Confeder- 28th, 1847, Pelletier is Mrs. local ganizer for the February tions Society in Canada, in Celima interview this week said that the} land in good health and is looking or-| Na-|ation, on an| Mrs. living his|fast throughout the country, Main Street with gasoline as the|head in a wash basin, and learned that the support of all communi-jon Sunday next at the eagerly to her 90th which she will celebrate work of the Society is spreading| forward but | birthday, home of near North ties was needed if that work is to|her son, D. E. Giroux, |be a success and gain the object| Cobalt. i | t if i | | a | | | this number at one time. aimed at, namely the prevention| Nine children, 74 grandchildren, of all future wars. All einzens 64) great grandchildren and who are willing to help along the loreat great grandchildren are the good cause are invited to become|direct descendents of this well- momlbars, at a small annual fee. preserved lady, who in spite of Firm and continued support of|her many years of active life can jthe methods and measures em- still read and sew to a consider- ibodied in the Covenant of the|able extent. She was born in |League of Nations is the only} Hawkesbury, Ont., and at the age iway in which the principles ofjof 18 she was married to the late international peace can be pro-| Peter Giroux, who died in 1896. jected, the Society believes, and|Some years later she was married jfour main points are set out in a/to the late Francis Pelletier of recent manifesto which should| Ottawa, who died 15 years ago. igive food for thought to all. |Since then Mrs. Pelletier has liv- (a) Measures of| ed in this district. The members of her immediate lcial procedure for the settlement|family,a good many of whom will Jof international disputes; (b |join in the observance of her These are: {Measures looking to the organiz- ee on Sunday, are: F. A. ation and regulation of the inter-|Giroux, Paradis Bay; Mrs. E. J. national society; (c) Provisions} |Hermiston, North Cobalt; Mrs. for collective action to restrain|W. J. Farrell, Kirkland Lake; D. agression; and measures to elim- IE. Giroux, North Cobalt; Mrs. 1), inate injustices and to make such| Way, Campbell's Bay, Que. ; two Mrs.| a | changes in international relation-|Aurel Clement, Buckingham, ships as may ensure peace; (d)|Que.; Jas. Giroux, Danforth! The general limitation and reduc- Lake, Que.; Mrs. Jas. Crawford,, Subscription Rate: $2.00 per year Cobalt, Coleman Request Issue of Silver Dollars Write to Premier 'and Members of Parliament; Would Mark Coronation "POLICEMAN JAILS WIFE Suggesting that further consid- eration be given by the authort- ties to a proposal for a special issue of silver Coronation dollars to commemorate the crowning of King George VI next May, Reeve William Martin, of Coleman township, and Mayor T. H. Wain- wright of Cobalt, have written to Premier Mackenzie King and four other members of Parliament at Ottawa. The letters, posted last night, addressed to the and to Rt. Hon. leader of the Con- were Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, servative Opposition, Miss Agnes MacPhail, Walter Little, M.P. for Temiskaming and to Mrs. George Black, who originated the idea. Duty came before love for 2 : : : Patrolman Kelly of Chicago. "Our motives in this connec- When his wife allegedly con- |tion, wrote Reeve Martin, in part, "are patriotic, in the first instance, and we also have in mind the vast number of such stamps (a subject also referred to in the letter) and coins which would be added to collections and there- fessed to being the driver of a car which killed an attor- ney on January 17, Kelly took his wife to a police station where she was booked on a manslaughter charge. Mrs. Kelly said she had withheld |fore withdrawn from use and cir- confession for fear of jeop- culation, resulting in a very con- ardizing her husband's job. jsiderable gain for the govern- |ment, and also the benefit derived Building Two New Bridges ee those furnishing the materials ae required for such stamps and On Road Into Mining Area| .,;,,. ! T brid bei When the subject was broached wo new) bridges, are beimeirecently in the House of Com- tion of armaments of all nations| Otter Lake, Que.; and Ephraim |puilt by the Department of High-| mons, the government contended Mrs. children, 'by international agreement. |Giroux, Ottawa. The Society is non-political and 'had three other who) 27th,|non-sectarian and believes there} have passed away. to the 1S room in its ranks for everyone| who is prepared to back the ideals, bers of her family are well know ieee people in this district,Cuniptau Both Mrs. Pelletier and mem- jupon which the League of Na-|to many tions was founded. jand all join in extending -------- jcongratulations and best wishes; |for the anniversary. The Canadian National Rail- Ways states that a dishwasher on| one of the company's dining cars} Automobile tourist traffic into; washes an average of 1,000 pieces|Canada in 1936 registered a gain of tableware daily, in a two-foot)over the previous year of nearly sink. |half a million cars, for a |4,074,523 vehicles. SS Week-end excursions on the C.N.R. during 1936 carried a total| Romeo Droulet, hockey player of 424,548 passengers, at economy |of Guigues, Que., died in hospital fares. It would require a train of|at Hull at the reek: end from coaches 80 miles long to carry spinal injury suffered 13th in a game at Ville Marie. HOBBY FAIR. (Under the Auspices of HAILEYBURY ROTARY CLUB In the I1.0.0O.F. Hall OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON Saturday, February 27th Admission FREE ae From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. To Competitors: Articles for exhibition, (except Cooking) must be taken to the Oddfellows' Hall on THURSDAY, February 25th, between 4 and 6 p.m., or between 7 and 9 p.m. Cooking Exhibits will be received at the Hall on FRIDAY Evening between 7 and 9 p.m. RR WE ARE SALES AGENTS FOR FIRST IN QUALITY i one ey ER ESE BGS SOOO NAN SESE FIRST IN SERVICE Manufactured by Consolidated Sales Book & Wax Paper Co. Ltd. Hamilton -/Canada A phone call, No. 24, will bring samples, prices THE HAILEYBURIAN | Prec ccccc ccc c cee reece eee c cco re cccscccccccccoe O Pelletier]... ays their) are of logs cut in the neighbor-|cause the author | total of, mile stretch of road are used con- | ,|down last fall when a 15-ton com- January PSCssOu r |the Goodfish property. | eee See |Lake |Haileybury | represented the Canadian eels on the road which mus era the time was too short to from the highway at Goward into} |permit of any special issue of Reserve mining | Coronation dollars being struck, but information from the Capital known as thelig this section suggested that structures! pressure be brought to bear to ties in Ottawa ision. 'the Temagami commonly road. The hood and will be of more solid|to change the « 'construction than those in use at | They extend over nar-| femiskaming Pioneer Dies At Home Near Thornloe |present. rows on Nett Lakes and Cedar| Lake and both them and the three Mrs. Grace Harmer, one of the tinually by the various mining pioneers of Temiskaming, passed [eoeuoeates operating in the area. jaway on Monday, February 22nd, bridge over the!at the farm near Thornloe which cake that broke|has been her home for more than years. She would have been |< 16 years old on May 27th next, |was born in Devonshire, England, and had spent the greater part of her life in Canada. With her husband, she pioneered in Perth It was the narrows of Nett | was being moved in to ieee of L. R. Britton \ Will Be Held Here Friday | County feta coming North and jhad many memories of the early The funeral of Layton R. Brit-)days of settlement. Surviving ton, pioneer of the North Country ane three sons, George, William !who died this week in a Kirkland|and James, all residents of this Hospital will be held in'district, and two daughters, Mrs. tomorrow. The re-|Moore and Mrs. Murray. Mrs. mains will arrive on this even-|Harmer was among the oldest ing's train from the north. citizens of Temiskaming and was Mr. Britton was an old resident|W ell beloved by her family and hy of the North, having come toja large circle of friends 'and ac- 'Cobalt in 1906. For 20 years he quaintances. soll-Rand Limited, and his busi-|.~--. ---------- ness took him from coast to coast { into all the mining fields. He was The Weel S Wea a native of Nova Scotia, was 48 years old and had been ill for a n . Week ending Feb. 23rd, 1937 few days only. Surviving are his widow in Nova Scotia, three bro- thers and three sisters. May. Min. Bo rar Wednesday 22"-= 26.8555-94 In the North Bay Nugget's "25} Thursday ---___- 27.8 Years Ago" column on Monday nid a yg 27.8 an item appeared to the effect Saturday = 27.4 that the Porcupine district} Sunday -__- 31.0 was about ready to start produc- Monday 282 ing gold and that bricks would! Miiesday eee 25.6 10.8 be shipped Precipitatione=-----= === 76" by the- middle a March. Max. wind (1 hr.) 20 m.p.h. OS ss so a 3 MOU WILL ENJOY NEILSON'S AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN COOKE'S DRUG STORE Prescriptions Carefully Compounded ARTHUR H. COOKE, Phm. B., Ph. G. Phone 8 We Deliver (ee Ss ES DE*LUXE ICE*GREAM 2 : e MI. eo