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"ARE COMING TO SEE OUR GOOD ROADS," Cobalt Daily Nugget. September 18, 1913. Page 1. ---- Toronto Council Representatives Will be Here Next Month ---- The value of trap rock from the Cobalt mines, for paving Old Ontario roads, will be thoroughly explained to Mayor Hocken, his controllers and other prominent Toronto men on October 3rd, when a party of 12 Torontonians will visit Cobalt and see the classy roads that exist Coleman township. The party will be in charge of Commissioner Fred Dane, to the T. & N. O. Railway who made the announcement of the visit yesterday.

In the party will be Mayor H. C. Hocken, Controllers "Tommy" Church, Thomas Foster, John O'Neil and C. McCarthy, Works Commissioner R. C. Harris, Ald. Thomas Dunn chairman of the Board of Works of the City of Toronto and several other prominent members of the city council and staff, who have to do with road building.

Arriving in Cobalt on "47" on the morning of Friday, Oct. 3rd, the party will be met by Reeve Arthur Ferland of Coleman Township, and Mayor A. Z. Trudel of Cobalt, and waiting automobiles will be at the station to take the visitors on the tour of the township roads. The drive to the Timiskaming will be made by way of the north route a- round Kerr Lake, while returning the party will come by the southern route and pass around by the Penn-Canadian and Peterson Lake. Arrangements will also be made to show the visitors some of the mine dumps where the trap rock is obtained and if possible they will be given a chance to take a peep at underground high grade veins at one of the mines.

Luncheon well be tendered the visit ors at a mine in the camp but the arrangements for this part of the program have not been defir tely decided upon,

In the afternoon the party will be taken to Haileybury and New Liskeard with the possibilities of trip through the clay belt.

For several years the T. & Ν. Ο. officials have endeavored to have the Toronto civic officials visit the Cobalt camp to take a few pointers in road construction but disappointment has been received on various occasions. Now the definite date has been set for Oct. 3rd and the party may number a dozen.

“POLICE COURT,” North Bay Nugget. November 30, 1932. Page 6. ---- Sent to Burwash Pleading guilty before Magistrate S, Weegar in police court Tuesday morning to a charge of attempting to commit an indecent act, Russell Fetterley, age 17 years, North Bay, was sentenced to six months in Burwash.

Had No License H. Byrnes, South Temiskaming, was fined $20 and costs for hunting deer without a license when brought before Magistrate C. H. McGaughey, North Bay, on Tuesday. He pleaded guilty to the charge. Game and Fisheries Overseer David Stewart, Cache Bay, was the complainant. 

“REHABILITATION WORK IS STARTED IN FIRE DISTRICT,” Owen Sound Sun Times. June 10, 1932. Page 12. ---- Supplies Being Rushed to Northern Settlers by Plane; Fires Checked --- (Canadian Press Cable) AMOS, Que., June 10— As the fierce blaze of the forest fires that have swept Quebec for the last week died down today under a steady cold rain, work of rehabilitation was begun across the fire-swept districts of Abitibi and Lake St. John. By plane and water carriage, foodstuffs and settlers' supplies were being rushed to the stricken people of the hinterland. 

Firefighters who have battled unceasingly the wind-swept fires for the last week today turned toward their ruined homes and made preparations for re-establishing themselves. 

No estimates were available today as to the amount of damage sustained by the mining properties belonging to the Hollinger, Nipissing, and other companies but it is believed to be heavy. No deaths were reported. 

“SEARCH PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL,” Cobalt Daily Nugget. February 2, 1912. Page 1. ---- Police Found No Trace Of Stolen Goods --- Acting on information laid by Rouchouns Bros. of Loon lake, search warrants were issued yesterday in an endeavor to locate a quantity of goods which the Rouchons, who keep a general store at Loon Lake in South Lorrain said had been stolen from their store by burglars who broke in during the night and abstracted a quantity of goods from the stock.