HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-07-23, Page 5THURSDAY,' JULY . 23rd, I9.31
"THE ,UCKNOW 1 :E1vT ' 1L
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The De ett ,Area
I The'' Ste><nbe! g _ Dec ion
V askatchewan,I Abraham Steinberg was hanged
To,.tlecure a precise picture. of eon •
ditions . in the drought -stricken dig
tricts of the"' west, the Winnipeg
Daily •Tribune sent its editor, W. L.
McTavish; by Motor on a long, tour.
He says in the 'tribune that he has
neither written the conditionsup or.
'down; but ;haspretred a. frank re-
• view. He says: -
"From Regina, south sixty miles,
east thirty miles, north twenty milei'.
west sixty miles, extends this year
the' great askateliewan. desert. To
Y
none• is` t`he "feet„ more .amazring than
to..those who ''have kngwn the :disc•.
trivet , longest olid Most thoroughly..
The -`general' .',drought area is bad
enough, but baso' improved- ti"eix►en�
ously. since the rains: what 1 am'
.,1 • aLt'he_Ae-.-
gins. noseJaw Weyburn area,: a sit-.
•"'' ... 4 bare;- within. the .__drouglit: _area:
whole: 1
Little ,To 'See
"Since the endo Junes when the
heavy rainfall commenced it has;
looked ,'a little better. Where craps'
were, '.showing they have been grow-
ing,;strongly. In. many fields where 1
previously no crops,:wheat is-shoiving
through—a thin green shadow. i Prat
tically' nothing: but feed will be bar-
, vested in this area, even with the,
'' rains. The 'improvement in' the :crops
following .the rainfall.. was in the
much larger area.': surrounding this,
central desert in which, though ser-
iously affected by :thee dspught, there
were crops of a sort.
"Visitors to ..Regina atm!, to ' be tak-
enout into the fields south or west
of the city and stood.' in: wheat fields
so they could .see for themselves that
wheat grew as ' ••tall. as a man. It
would-be difficult'to' find a crop there
now that stands ankle high.._
"Since. the first of April,. Regina
has had ten big dust' storms—storms
which filled the • air with dust for a
'day or two at a time, sifting' through
acrrSi- -eol"e<ring-=e= ea'y
thi with a . brownish -g r_ pa_11
Most of :.the homes there have still.
their ,storm' windows on, or •had 'up'
to the recent •ra.ins. -
Modern Pyranuide. , 4 •
"Drive out 'along' the fine- 'highway
south to :Weyburn.• Fiona the _edge; of
the city the picture of • desolation • be -
gine. There: are no trees—tree plant-
'has
lant.-'has 'been. 'neglected. excels iiia a
, sew instances tinm'edlately, around
the,. farni ,homed..
•"I.'n. th'e towns are six or seven ele-
vators, and,the farnners•,looking et.
them,' wonder if they are monuments
to ,'a 'prosperous past. It is doubtful
if the district between' Regina and
Weyburn will.` ship out a carload of
when s year. • Here, . the 'salsa;
Which ...improved' coonditions' so much
elsewhere; •came -too--late. -'°` -
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"There will be''some. feed. The rains
" . insure that.- On Dominion Day the
' seed drills 'were. busy putting a. • crop•
..of late oats into, the ground.. It is a
dismal picture, but no other' can be
drawn of:' conditions in the central
part of •Saskatchewan- .It has.. only
this bright side -,-the -drought has
brat -en -no W ter s ta-ndi-ng ir�the
depressions. The :sloughs have filled
The wells are full. Frequent
showers following ,thefirst'. iheavy, ,
rains are penetrating deeply into the
soil:
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"Bear
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"Bear' in mind that Saskatchewan
is a big province. The drought area
is an. irregular triangle shape, with
,its base on the international hour);dary and its apex at'Saskatoon. l'hat
leaves a large section northeast and
northwest, in which the _crops are
good. Even inthe drought area, out`
side' the great centrale' desert; thou
Toronto early Tuesday morning,
July .14th, for the murder of his nen-
hew, and , business •iianer; Sam
Goldberg. It is 15 months since; the
crime was ' corn mitted; since then
there has been two trials, resulting
in a deadlock and a verdict of guil-
ty, an appeal:to the Supreme Court
of Ontario, to' the Supreme Court of
Canada and finally'. to the Cabinet
There ' were . petitions , signed by
40,000 persons forwarded to • Ottawa,
asking for clemency' ,for- Steinberg.
It is doubtful if. there 'is ori record
a case in which a more determinedi
effort was made to : turn aside the
verdict ofthe jury which° said: "guil-
ty." ,There ' •are those Who consider
Steinberg should axe had. ;another
trial and probably . genie of them 'will
continue to think •so:, At. the first
trial the evidence centred.. -largely
aroorcd a °revolver,` known and, admit r
-tett • to be Steinberg e G iidb'erg`was
shot •and the little office .set on iire,.
but from the charred "timber , was
taken a bullet: An expert in such
matters fireda second bullet' under
similar "conditions, and comparison
of the two bullets convinced him
that the fatal shot had come from
the revolver possessed by Steinberg.
+'It was circumstantial' evidence, of
course;, but most : murder' cases are
based' onthat because the deed is.
not dope out in the open whereall.
can see: At the -first trial gine pian
alone, stood out against a verdict'of'
guilty, and it is believedhe took that
.attitude because•;he was opposed to-
capital punishment.. Although, . the
juryfin'aily-°reported disagreement'
the feeling was almost unanimous,
that Steinberg. was a guilty Man;
and the verdict: at the .second trial
emphasized the--opinionµ.which almost
prevailedat the first hearing.
• NEW . LIST OF RULES FOR
SUCCESS
Rules or success in business are
always . appropriate 'to quote,-. and
they -are . especially.' acceptable • in,
these days., The .Niagara Falls 'Re.,
view` fres Tiffeart7•led 'a number bea .-.
ing• a 'few truths which will hardly be
challenged, and,' Which may helppdis-.
coureged. 'souls to face the• tasks of
the day with 'a little firmer faith and
renewed 'energy. they are: ;
Work,haird-tackle the hardest
job first each. der.• • ' .•
Be Exact—Accuracy is better than
haste,
Have Initiative—Ruts often deep-,
en 'into graves. • "
Wear A Senile=Only friendlypeo-
ple become successful- leaders.
Be- -'Friendly_ a • opens -the- door•. -
into the sunshine beyond.
--Euitivate ',Persorra•1ity=Personality-
is to man what perfume is to flowers.
Love Your Work—There's a sense
of . satisfaction in doing work well.
Study Hard—The ' more you know
the easier and niore effective is your..
work.
Have '' Courage—A stout • heart wit!
carry' you through diil%eulties..
._.D-.e�ou.r�+?-st•�-•Low.-sf _ jrou:�a��t�.:t�
the world the "best you: have, -the best
will comeback to you. '
This will be the; 53rd consecutive
ear -of -the- Canadian National Ex-;
hibition; Toronto,
• i
sands of • farms• will= produce six , to
eight 'bushels df wheat to the acre:
Altogether, Sas.k.atchewan will return
'half. half. a normal 'wheat
crop, and a• considerable, feed crop.
"The picture, dark though •it is, is
not ,all .black."
•
Whet' Alcock A d J$own
Conquered 1'he Atlantic`
•Having read . it ,A,r„'tht,%:-.„hI
tten
Brown'6' story of his • flight, • across the
Atlantic, with Sir John' Alcock,' 'our'
meet-
ingStanley of Stany a d turns the
iv ngeto ein Af-
rica. 'Dr. Livingstone, I believe 7' said
Stanley at the end of his long search
which has stirred the 'whole' world.,
Of course,,nobody could ,make. a dull
story. -on one of 'the ..greatest advert-
•tures in the Iii'story ,of. •adventure, but
'Sir Arthur seems to •^have done his
best to: 'write int'be ''same 'tone , he
woald. have,•been. expected to employ,
bad .he been making a,:•round' of 'the
lakes distriby ..carav"an._One •;has to
ct•
look closely to '; find .. that ' he ad: Al-
cock--were'the frst• toYmake, a -singl:e-
sustained flight iii:,an 'airplane,. across
•
theme Atlanti•c.= Onee•.• •`has, -to -be -•-on -then
alert not to overlook ;the, fact '..eat,
there; were two` _ox three,._i occasi'ons`,
when it• seemed to they -were : about
to be engulfed by the Atlantic. Never
has a.,glorious feat"had a balder' and
less inspiring . narration. In fact, we
;have no 'doubt at. •all that""tfiere: was
not. , a ° • newspaper • reporter in • the
world : w}iowrote`about the flight who
did.,"riot do ;:a : better job. ' '
• Both Alcock sand Brown had ,experi.
ence • as war fliers :and after the war
Captain Alcock was recognized as.
one of the'. nipst- colii.petept' and dar-
ing pilots in England. It was to. him'
:that the Vickers ,firm naturally turn
ed when it. decided. to• build •a plane
to 'cress the Atlantic arid win the
Northcliffe prize. - B,rown was anex-
pert navigator, and was. chosen ., to
accompany Alcock. So the plane was
built and shipped •to. St. John's, •blew
foiindland, where there' were several
fliers • preparing • for, the: ,hop., Among
them' w.as Harry ,hawker,, who took
off when"he heard. that. the American
dying :squadron was •already in Mo.:.
tion, ' planning •to cross the ocean by
a series' of short jumps•: Raynharn,
another'. British flier, Wrecked • his
plane alien„be,.attimpieti,to4ase oil:
'It was only.,, through the • masterly,
•handling of^ his• machine by mAicock'
that the Vickers -.Vim,, got into' the
air uninjured ; '.and set 'forth- on the'
long flight iiii•ch •w;as to last for six
teen hours;.and: end in a.Galway bog
There are plenty.' of tribute's to
•Alceek's airmindedness in the •course
of the • Sight which both: men felt
to ' be 'monotonous. He 'handled 'the
engines -which threatened to .balk• on
two or•'three�•,oecasions,rwith'the skill.
and 'patience .of a trainer gentling .a
fractious two-year-dld.' By changing
the elevation `or angle of the plane
he was: able. to induce ' recalcitrant
motors •to resume their 'work. in the.
hands•o f a lesser man there can be
little-daitbt••-that-the-niaehiner mar*-
'elms though • it .was, would' nerier
have reached the end of'ftlie journey:•'
For the greater part + of the, flight,
ivhich began: before, 5 o'clock in the
afternoon,'•. of June 1.4th, • 191.9, , and
ended at $.4.0• the next' morning••the
'patli. was through fog and darkness.
At times it rained and hailed fur;
iously, and there was. snow. More'
hen once Brown.: had to leave -AI*
-:ec-kpit ind-trawl-out-on-aLwingrAo-
remove. the' -snow from one of •. the
-lelicate instruments.' Occasional glim-
pses, of the moon would, be caught
ind now. and' then a star which help-
ed Brown obtain his reckoning; 'but
mostly. they ffevir" Vy guess and• -.God;'
Twice ' through the night. they ate
,sandwiches. „and.' drank. They .felt no
sensation of sleepiness. , •
In• midocean they ran into 'clouds
which. immediately blotted out all
sense of direction. Their instruments,
showed that they were • falling 'but
et, what ' angle . they could ' not tell.,
The instinct of balance was lost and.
for awhile the machine .swung craz=
fly" in- defiance of the Man at the con -
trials. • It fell into. either a spinning
ndse dive or a, very steep. spiral, and
when finally they broke. through' the
east' 'of the clouds they were (within
a hundred feet:of the surface Of the
water. Alcock immediately swept' up,
out of danger, but when the motors
were shut off for a moment the
could hear the raging rcand chafingof
the wives. At another time the sleet
imbedded . itself in the hinges of the
aileronsand • jammed them to. that
for ATI, hour the' inac'hinep.had scarcely
any. lateral control. '
• • Throughout .the 16 ',_ hours and.
more Aleock's hands and feet • never
left 'his steering gear. One hand
might be occasionally moved. to take
a sandwich or a drink, but the other
remained firm; and the chief physi-
cal pain that they endured was that
of i`m iohility. 'That --they landed in a
i
bog'and only escaped h arbaor disaster
'by Alcock's skill and strength' was
due'to the duct that the surface ' of
the :bog looked like a smooth field.
In brag himself' ` to avoid the sh
ock
bracing
' hen 'the.,_ ite:...a1iOut to'_:pitehi Al,-
cock_'bent a._ steel bat at .his .back
into a • curve. kIowever,' land': they
did with only a slight shaking up to
• mar their . perrfeet . flight. The int -
chine wag •sttuok fri thq .*Id 4n4 that'
Palk. • Mempry
The Shortest
-Thing I11'The.
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'YOU MAY' BANE BEEN IN BUSI-
NESS. FOR ' FIFTY YEARS ' AND
PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT
• YOU M -UST -KEEP TELLING _THEM -
WHAT YOU HAVE TO ,OFFER, BY
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INTELLIGENT'
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Tonight' is. the family re -union. It, has been a
weekly -e vent -ever -since -the young folk -scattered----
-to various- towns, eato make -his or her owh
way in the world
It started when Dick left to work in a neighbor-
ing city. Dick was full of enthusiasm, but apt
to be just . a little bit wild. So Dad dstarted the
habit of calling him once a week just to keep
him under the parental influence.
Then Helen was married and moved away, and
mother must needs make weeldi'voice visits '
with her. .
And now Betty has taken a position in another
town. Her . Voice comes home each week too,:
Dad and mother gather all the 'new and pass it
on to the others. It keeps the family together
-- and the cost :cif the three evening calls is' less
than a, dollar.
Evening rates on !',ltiygbe'k,:
(station -to -station) sells baa:
gins a 7 p.m.. :(local• shite).
just • • give- "Long Distance
the number you wait -- i1
speeds up the service. If you
don't know the distant num-
ber, ' Inf ormatioil' will loo* •
it up for you.
ROBOT'S INVENTED
'
2,300, YEARS AGO
The "robot" has received a good
share of public attention during the
last few • years. People have looked
at. mechanical menin•.amazement and
have wondered what inventors will chi
next. ,
The rdbot however, is no" new' thing
and •if we include •mechanical animal's
under this heading, then the robot is
well . over two thousand years , old.
The first one seems to have been
made about 400 B.C., when Archytas.
a Greek, constructed, a flying ; pigeon
made of wood. •
The; chief difference between anci-•LL
ent••-and modern robots•--is-that • • •the•,
motive power used in the ,past was
clockwork and springs, 'whereas to-
day it : is principally ,electricity. An=
other thing is that the discovery of
the phonograph enabled, present-day:
robots to speak. ' ' •
Among the earliest mechanical men,
werethese made. by Rodger Bacon
and Descar es: -.These :opened doors
and- played -musical- instruments. • ' -•-
' A k'renchman,, Vaucanson, made in
1740 a . robot which played many 'dif-
ferent.tunes'.on a German flute. When.
the m;ovement•of ;lips'and-fingers nec-
ei y_ -to play that instrument are
considered, it is realized that great
skill, and ingenuity were needed to
achieve such a result..
Vaucanson also invented .a mechan
ical . duck, which ate, drank, and
quacked.' This was perhaps one Of the
first attempts to imitate inechanical-
.ly the speech or call of 1'iving creat -
The Emperor Maximillan must
have been both surprised and de-
lighted when, on entering Nuremburg
he saw'. a mechanical duck fly . up to
him, then salutey‘n&,return to its
owner. 'Whether `he rewarded Regio-
montanus, its German inventor, does
not seem to bei known. This man also
Tirade an iron fly, p which could fly
Amin around the om and come back- ;to
hie, hand:
The black,; sheep, however,' of the
early robots was that produced by
the E inraarian, M. de. IZenipelen. It
was a life-size figure of a Turk seat•
ed at a table on which was a chess-
board. M. de. Kempelen announced
that it*mild .play anyone a. garne of
chess. This it did •on . many occasions
clambered mit.* -SIeveral seldiiers from
the nearby military post, M. Clifden
came • "running up, and the first, in-
quiry was the shout, "Anybody hurt?"
Reassured oil this point the .volun-
teers helped set the Machine straight•
and' one of them inquired ."Where
You from ? ", ,
"America," wad 'the answer.
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A.t. this there was ,pof
rte laughter
g
hter
n
wlti 1t' Only
turned� -to- wild a thusi=-
;astir• and excitement When the a proof
duction of the snail bag train Saint
John's ''showed that the. rescuers
were sharing: a htetoric 'm4rnent;
and .soon 'became •.regardeddas , the
f
most wonderful oall,aum
toatons: It
might still be regarded had not some-
one', discovered .. that a very skilful
•Russian chess -player was hidden in-
•
side it! Nevertheless•, the mechanism
aged •
tconceal' the.
o, player .was,. Most.
ingenious.`. '.
Coming to.. • modern times, a : most
'interesting robot 'is that . in • Washing-
ton known, as' the `Great. Brass. Brain.'
It answers questions put to it con-
cerning,.'the tides in 'sex port in, the
world:: More, wonderful still, • it le
curately ',predicts •. the tines of the
tides , for several years ahead. •.
A- robot. which can .work out ':sums
-which:are_at�present:beyond h_e._pbw-
ers of great •mathematicians seems
nhJelievabie; `yet"'tTiis is
:'What -the
robot known as-. the ' Product • Inte-
graph does.:. It :also solves in a few
ni nates or a few. hours, problems.
• which would take anyone weeks or
years to do:' •
:Another robot controls the en-
trance ,to 'an American ` factory. . ,It•
Will_ open the door.,only wh'en',spme-
one ..says: the,: words.. " Apen ..Sesame."
The "Televoz" 'snsweis` phone calls
and carries out certain .orders.. It
be controlled .from a . distance.
A • British mechanical, man was 'ex•
-
hibited at the British industries fair
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. LARGEST • GOLD, NUGGET . •
FOUND IN 'AUSTRALIA
To the gold seekers of modern days,
the; Yukon! and Klondikei have furn-
ished ' the romance of prosperity at-
tained afterintense hardship, and the
African Rand.. has given the largest
production: of cold profits ;gained thra
business methods, glut. Australia has
led the 'world; in the output of nug-
gets, thope hige yellow harbingers Of -
sudden wealth: The recent discovery
of the "Golden Eagle" in the Larkin-
'ville alluvial field" of. Western Aus-
further inland. '
Although nuggets are occasionally
-found -in-other-parts-of- the world,
they do not compare in ' . size with
those of Australia. Canada produced
the, 'metal 'is piece's' of ore combined
with • quartz. Yellow grains':of • gold .
it will be recalled, were found in: Sut-
ter's Mill, near Sacramento,. Calif., to. .
start the westward trek of the Forty-
riiners. And in the Yukon and Alaska
.regions _the _ xec'iaum s stuffhas usuay_
heir' discovered mor gravel* d _,
trails bears out this; reputation. of the
Island Continent. It weighed 1,136 °
ounces, ,and was sold to the State' •
Government for . about . $30,000. 'This
4
•a
a, few ve s' ago.,'It. was tail feet high was the largest nugget yet found in
and stood up, sat down, operated the
handle of a steel -cutting . machine,,
aiid . delivered i a speech about. , the
oiachinery made by :the ' firm • which
owned it, -
PRESERVFh THE WOODLANDS,
Steps will be taken to conserve
the woodlands .,of Middlesex .'County.
I.'C. Merritt, Ontario Forestry . De-
partment, visited'ithe county. ,recent=
ly to ,arrange for giving farmers of
the county assistance . and •. advicein
regard to apreserving their woodland.
which is now only ten per cent.: of
the acreage of the county. •
"There .is . toe' strong . a . tendency
for' farmers ,ito 'sell` their wood, and.
particularly ' at the present time,
without any regard • to the preserv-
ing of -their woods for',.,the future,"
stated Mr. Marlitt. One thing that is
done •consistently, and which is not
looked upon as any great ha-r'm to
the Woodlands is.' allowing .cattle lir,
he stated. Cattle eat the small trees
and ` do ` considerable damage to the
source of the forest of tomorrow.
SUMMER' ' COURSES POPULAR:
•
• Registrations fey the Summer
School • sessions at O.A.C. •have 'reach-
ed a .total - of 404. , Such a large
attendance cannot ,help but have;. a
sou h
ou't the
great influence th �, Pro
vi-ficed will result in --the rural
viewpoint, being stressed in th ub-
` :o
tvh
lire schools by roan and ,women
have Spent a part of • their time at
file ' College.
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that district of Austrlia being.more
than twice the size I,of l� the "Bobby
Dazzler". discovered. there in, 1`899. _
The 'nuggets . of record size were,
however, discovered on the other Bide: :
of .the. .continent. The "Welcome.
Stranger" found • near Dunolly, New.
South' Wales, weighed about 2,500
minces 'and was sold', for a little less
than $50,000. The "Welcome" discov-
ered neor Ballarat, Victoria, weighed.
2.195 ounces and Was ',Worth more.
than $45,060.. The "Blanche Barkley"
which came from near. Kingower, was
priced at about $34,000. These finds
were tirade in the thickly, populated ,
part of Australia,., in the • south-east . • •
corner,. not far from, such centres as •
'dna .'
Melliourrc, Canberra '•and �S' y
Straight' to the north, nearly 1,000
miles from the Ballarat 'fields, was
found one of.the' richest. and most ex-
traordinary gold :mine in the world.
A nameless hill in . the Queensland
bush • was, in. 1882,' owned by a man
named Gordo' o earned a precsri-
ous. livelihood by staring his cattle'
brothers' on ft; The tw Morgan'
pro-
specting that vicinity, found signs of
'gold on' the 640 acre hill, and bought
the land from Gordon, at about $5 an
acre. MountMorganturned out to be '
a veritable hill • of gold, ,
Western Australia, where ,the latest -
large nugget was found,, is for the
Most part .-abq'Clute:desert. Here: the
total ai.aual rainfall is only .about 6
ined
inches and water can. .be , obta
only by' sinking deep, wells. Yet it is
xe .....+
�>e -cif--the- richest --gold mririn� ,
v.,
gions in •a e world. The first disco
er was • made at, til�garn, 210 ,miles
Y.
past o% Per,hi the -Capital of the.cold