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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-10-03, Page 3MODERN BUILDINGS ON THE FARM Neglect Means Early Decay And Property Loss To Owner ) ) ) SCOUTING j ( fl BURLEY TOBACCO MARKETING SCHEME Here r There Everywhere A brother to every other Scout, without regard to race or creed Around th© countryside there are to he seen quite a number of wooden buildings in a rather dilapidated condition. They are not only a blot on the landscape but they are a distinct loss in property value to the owners. “A stitch in time saves nine” applies with force to the upkeep of buildings. A nail, a dab of paint, a new piece of lumber in time, not only lowers cost of repairs but adds much to the length of life of the buildings. Water-tight Covering All wood and metal surfaces when protected by a coat of paint have many years added to their life. The paint does much more than add to the ap­ pearance. It serves as an air and water-tight covering which prevents moisture and oxygen acting upon the wood or the me;al. An unpainted board exposed to the weather will crack, check and warp. Take a similar piece of board, give it a good coat of paint on every surface and it will remain in good condition as long as the coat of paint remains in good condition. The moment, how­ ever, that the paint begins to crack or to blister it begins to lose its pow­ ers of protection. Hastening Decay Wood that has rotted holds mois­ ture and air in the right combina­ tions to hasten the decay of wood with which it comes in contact. Be­ cause there is no strength to the de­ cayed part of the wood painting it does little or no good. If there is a rotten core beneath the surface, it is almost impossible to cover the sur­ face with a coat of paint that will pre­ vent enough air and moisture enter­ ing to keep up the decay. When the process is once started, very little air and moisture is required to keep it going. Alternating Wet and Dry Wood that at one time is subjected to a good deal of moisture and at an­ other is dried out. decays more ra­ pidly than it does when subjected to moisture all the time. A post in the ground iemajns in good condition in that part under Lie surface of the ground and al;o that part exposed to the air. It rots away just at the surface of the ground where at times it is very wet and at others very dry. This change from wet to dryness seems to eat the post right away at this point. The part exposed to the air may check and crack, but it does not rot. The part fbat is buried, if the ground is always damp at the point where it is buried, will last indefinitely If the ground is wet part of the time and very dry part of the time, it will rot out soon­ er. This means that all under-pinnings of buildings that are built close to the ground, so that the wooden underpin­ ning is periodically wet and then dry, require careful attention. If no other part if the building is given attention, there underpinnings should be. If the timbers are painted as thor­ oughly as they can be, this will help some. As soon as there is any sign of decay in a timber it will be a good investment to replace it with a sound piece before the decay has continued on until the adjoining timbers are also decayed. It is surprising how rapidly the average building will fall to pieces if it is abandoned. No paint here, a decayed timber there, and soon the structure is weakened to such an ex­ tent that it begins to fall to pieces. Before very long it is a pile of ruins. Just replace the weakened timber be­ fore any harm has come to the build­ ing. keep the building painted and it will last for hundreds of years. It is a case of giving attention in time, if buildings are to last. Every act of neglect may mean a loss later of many dollars in the value of the building. Holland made a bid at the recent International Scout Conference for the next World Scout Jamboree, which will be held in 1937. Decision will be announced early in November.* * * Members of St. Faith’s Church Scout Troop of Edmonton, as win­ ners of the Alberta junior first-aid shield, were presented with the shield and individual medals by Lt.-Gov. Walsh at a gathering in Masonic Temple.* * * A party of Rover Sea Scouts from Cambridge University isailed in a small schooner to take part in the World Rover Scout Meet in Sweden. They went by way of the Kiel Canal, through Germany, where they were given a most friendly reception.* * * The 51st Toronto Sea Scouts were presented by Vice-Commodore T. K. Wade of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club with a boys turned house and Ashbridge’s two boats. portable shed, which the into a combination boat­ clubhouse on a site at Bay. The troop owns a * * The 2nd World Rover Meet, or in­ ternational gathering of Rover Scouts held in Sweden in July, was attended by young men from 24 different countries. Canada was represented by a patrol of five, from different parts of the Dominion. * * « “The danger of boys of adolescent age becoming discouraged because of inability to find employment is great- I “A centipede was happy quite, until a frog in fun Said: ‘Pray, which leg comes after which ? This raised her mind to such a pitch, She lay distracted in the ditch con­ sidering how to run.”♦ * * let me drink my fill of beauties of this starry O.K. There’s both Dipper. Girl — Ah, the exquisite night! Boy Friend the Big Dipper and Little* * * Never do men look quite so help­ less and harmless as when they ap­ pear in a flashlight of a banquet.* * * Friend ■— My mother-in-law has visited my house only once since 1 got married. Friend — Man, you’re lucky. Friend — Lucky? She’s never left. /■ ACU FORYOURi SPARE TIME' Dignified Agents Wanted Full or part time work for men and women who need extra money for Christmas—selling high quality “Im­ perial Art” and “Windsor” personal Christmas cards to friends, neighbours and relatives. Last year an accountant made $80.00 in 4 weeks—A school teacher earned $50.00. No money to in­ vest—nothing to buy. No sales experi­ ence necessary. Liberal commissions. Special prize contest. Sample book and business cards supplied free, also box­ ed assortments. Write—British Can­ adian Publishing Co. Limited, Room 450, 51 Wellington St. West, Toronto. The Burley Tobacco Marketing Scheme has been officially approved upon the recommedation of the Do­ minion Marketing Board.' The scheme relates to the marketing of burley tobacco grown in the Province of Ontario, anld is, in most respects, similar to the Flue-Cured Tobacco Marketing Scheme. There has been a lack of coordin­ ated action in marketing which has led to most unsatisfactory returns to the producer, according to the Do­ minion Marketing Board, and it is believed that improved conditions will of the ly lessened by Scout training,” said I Lord Baden-Powell in an address j during his recent visit to Canada. . “Scouting builds up a boy’s charac- | ter, enabling him to stand up against . misfortune, and to look beyond him­ self,” declared the Chief Scout. * * » z Delegates from 24 countries attend­ ed the Sth Biennial International ' result from the operation Conference of Scout Leaders held in scheme. By a system of crop apprais- the Parliament Buildings at Stock- al and the providing for negotiations holm, Sweden, in August. The as­ sembly was opened by H.R.H. Prince Gustaf Adolf, President of the Swed­ ish Scout Union, and was addressed by Lord Baden-Powell.* * ♦ An interesting feature of the an­ nual fall fair at Lloydminster, Sask., this year was the model camp erec­ ted by the 1st Lloydminster Scout Troop. Various forms of camp cook­ ing, fires, beds, wash-stands, incine­ rators, etc., were ishown, and attrac­ ted considerable attention. Scouts also operated a messenger service tion bureau. '* • 500 boys from the of Monmouthshire and South Wales were given a free ten days’ Scout camp outing in Devonshire this sum­ mer. The outing was made possible through the co-operation of the King George Jubilee Trust Fund, Major Ralph Raynor, the owner of the prop­ erty, and the local Scoutmaster. The boys, non-Scouts, who had never been camping before, came in batch­ es of 250. between producers and buyers it is contemplated that price stabilization will be achieved. The local board will consist of fif­ teen members representing Burley Associations, packers and manufact­ urers. There is a Provisional Board named to hold office until the Local Board is elected in October. The Head Office of the local Board will be in Chatham, Ont. [Another View On Abyssinia With correspondents writing daily their impressions of Abyssinia, the reader has collected a more or less jumbled picture. Therefore, it is with a distinct sense of relief that one reads the first-hand testimony of one who is, so far as can be judg­ ed, a truth-seeking witness. Mr. Dad- iclac Farago, a young Hungarian journalist, was asked by his chief if he could be ready to leave at ten days notice to act as war correspond­ ent in the obviosly imminent war. He arrived at the capital settling in a hotel where the bathroom contain­ ed every possible requisite for a bath except water. He writes of his first visit to the law courts: “Executioners entered and held a The a checking tent, and an informa- ♦ distressed areas Three men were arguing over whose was the oldest profession! Said the Surgeon — The Bible says that Eve was made by carving a rib out of Adam. I guess that makes mine the oldest profession. Said th© Engineer — Not at all. An engineering job came before that. In six days the Earth was created out of chaos. Said the chaos ? Banker — Who created ♦ * * women who make guodThe only wives are those who get angry en­ ough to iseek a divorce, but who are too proud to take alimony. * * » Man — Does he know her very well? Friend — He must. him tell her she is getting real * * * CONCLUSION This is to remind you, one’ and That summer’s riding for a fall.♦ * • Ethel — Nancy says that she likes the tone of Jefferson’s voice. Mary — Yes, she ring in it. * * I overheard fat. all, thinks there’s a * wages of sin isSCRAPS — The what the lawyers get. — The crowd may be laughing at your jokes, or it may b© your grammar. — The only person who can tell your fortune cor­ rectly is your banker. — A fellow’s assets don’t give his liabilities enough of a race to make it interesting ■— The terrble thing about divorce is the statement you —Long green ing color. — pays of all right we’re We can’t truly serve another unless we isatisfy his self-interest — Unless a woman is willing to se© that the buttons are on a man’s clothes, she ought never to marry. get from your lawyer is the most comfort- The job you like that is the most priceless When we are a living possessions. we credit our judgment. When wrong we curse our luck. — 5,966 Novels on Library At Wallaceburg Presents Report For Two Months Wallaceburg — During July and August Wallaceburg book readers took out a total of 5,966 novels from the public library, Miss Della Gibb, librarian, reported at a recent meet­ ing of the library board. The two months saw 4,987 fiction editions removed. Fifty-four books on general arts were taken; 23 philosophy; 14 on religion; 268 on sociology; 234 on natural science; 45 on useful arts; three on fine artsf; 69 on literature or philology; 36 on history 71 on. travel; 16 on bi­ ography, and 146 books of reference. The total receipts for the two months amounted to $22.61. Twenty­ eight new applications were grant­ ed; 76 applications renewed, and 102 cards cancelled. During July there were ,1276 borrowers, and during August 2,179. The books kept in cir­ culation through repair totaled 314, and the books added to the library, 13. Canada's Prairie Provinces Labor-saving Devices Used Even In Old Spinning Wheel Days London, Ont.—Labor-saving de­ vices were the rage even in the days when an old spinning wheel was to be found in every home, Professor Fred Landon, University of Western Ontario librarian has discovered. The library has just been present­ ed with an old spinning wheel that had a device on it to save a lot of work on the part of the person do­ ing the spinning. It is known as a swinging spin­ ning wheel. Instead of walking back and forth with the yarn, the spinner sits still, and lets the wheel swing toward him, and back again. The relic was presented to the lib­ rary by the Lobo union school picnic CQjnmittee,, after it had been re­ paired and reconstructed by J. E. Bycraft of Ilderton. Mrs. Bycraft also presented the university with a flax holder of a flax spinning wheel. In the holder was some flax prepared for spin­ ning more than half a century ago, by Catherine Hampton, Mis. By­ craft’s grandmother. i glowing iron on the thief’s forehead, the iswindler was bound hand and foot and laid on the ground. Then the real work began. Brandishing hip­ popotamus whips, a metre long, they came down once, twice—twenty-five times, until full justice had been done. The liar’s ankles were tied loosely togethei" with a chain, and so he had to stay until the end of his sentence. Hundreds of these offenders are to be seen in the streets, hopping along. When bandits become particularly active in the provinces, a punitive expedition may be dispatched to the infested area to hang everyone it can catch, regardless of guilt or inna. cence. Everywhere, with one immensely important exception, Mr. Farago found corruption, lazinecs, crafty stupidity, obstruction, ignorance and delay. The exception was the Emper­ or himself, Haile Selassie, King of Kings, Lion of Judah. He is cultured and enlightened, the personification of the modern Abyssinia that he is drying, against almost overwhelm­ ing odds, to create. He is unique. And he is desperately, and tragically, alone. Nothing can happen without the Emperor. Everything must be planned, organized, and carried out by him. Amidst the thousands of screaming beggars, servants, parasites, soldiers, and lazy minis.ers, amidst decaying buildings and gorgeous gilded halls, the Emperor of Abysiinia leads a lone­ ly life. He is the most .hard-working citizen in the country, rising at 4 a.m. and receiving the first interview­ ers of the day an hour later. And he has several powerful ene- mies- The nnsl of these 1b the Force of Tradition which, in every country and in every century, is a deadweight of inertia. There are always diehards who believe that what was good enough for their fathers will be good enough for their children. There a strong Conservative wing among the lesser Abyssinian chiefs who regard the Emperor, with his new-fangled ideas and his dangerous desire to abolish slavery, as a sort of home­ grown Bolshevik. Then there is the Church. And as if that was not enough for any man to face, a new enemy is massing all the blessings of civiliza­ tion-bombs, gases, tanks, chemicals, and shells—upon his frontiers. Mr. Farago in sizing up the chances of the two armies has some very clear cut views: Italy’s capacity to defeat the Abys- sinians is aided by the lack of rifles and ammunition at the disposal of the Negus and the appalling difficult­ ies of transportation owing to the al­ most complete absence of roads. There are also a number of chieftains who will undoubtedly go over to Italy, leaders of tribes which are not, strict­ ly speaking, Abyssinian at all. Again the Emperor has no medical equip­ ment and no doctors. “We are all going out to die,” said a cultured Abyssinian to Mr. Farago. On the other side of the picture are some of the difficulties which the Italians will encounter. Grim, water­ less places. Mr. Farago took a trip to see these tw0 provinces for him­ self and here is his description: “Ogaden looks as if it had already been rent by war. There are deep ruptures n the ground that look like natural trenches, but are only the result of th© perpetual drought . . sand desert follows on stony desert, bush on steppeland ... in these piti­ less surroundings live fierce men and wild beasts. Queen Victoria’s Voice Survives in Message to King Canada’s Fisheries Show improvment OTTAWA, Canada. — In oom mon with others, Canada’s extensive fish­ ing industry suffered as a result of the recent world-wide trade reces­ sion, but statistics for 1934 indicate that the tide had turned and some betterment was under way. Persons ecnployed in the fishing industry in 1934 numbered 83,396 compared with 79,548 in 1933 a gain of 5 per cent. Capital investment in plant, gear, and lequlpment in use in the industry rose from $40,914,057 to $43,377,531, an in­ crease of 6 per cent. Marketed value of the production from inland fish­ eries showed an increase of about 18 per cent., amounting to $4,780,585 compared with $4,063,358 in 1933. Marketed value of the sea fisheries production was 26 per cent more than in 1933, amounting to $29,341,386 com­ pared with $23,433,588. The biggest single gain in market­ ed value in 1934 was $3,166,600, re­ corded by the salmon fishery. Most of this gain, or $2,998,000 was account- for by the increased outpui of can­ ned salmon in British Columbia. The I cod fishery, main y an Atlantic coast | fishery, contributed an additional $728,800 to the marketed value. Lob­ sters accounted for an extra $‘45.- 400 and the returns from British Columbia’s pilchard indus rry were greater by nearly $472,500. Many other varieties in both sea and in­ land fisheries also made substantial gains in marketed values. Writes the Manchester Guardian: —“Some time in the eighties a Mr. Gouraut, agent of the Edison-Bell Company, introduced the first phono­ graph into England. Queen Victoria consented to allow her voice to be recorded, and chose for the subject of her speech a message of goodwill to the Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia. This was dispatched to Abyssinia by special courier, with the instruction that when the Emperor had heard it it was to be destroyed. A few days ago a record of this message was discovered in the store­ rooms of the company in London. It was covered with fungus, and so far only the words “the goodwill of my people” can be heard. It is hoped, however, that by a careful system of cleaning and electrical amplification the whole message will be audible. If this is achieved the >sound will then be transferred from its old-fashioned cylinder to a modern disc record. An official of the Edison-Bell Com­ pany said last week: “Three cylin­ ders of every speech were always made on the old phonographs, and we thought that all three of Queen Victoria’s message had been destroy­ ed. However, one has been found — presumably the one which Gouraut kept in his possession, since all trac­ es of the one sent to Abyssinia and Queen Victoria’s copy have been lost. We are waiting now to hear what the whole message reveals. We cannot say whether the record will be «old to the public, in view of the Queen’s command that it should be destroy­ ed when the Emperor had heard it.” There could not be a more appro­ priate moment than the present to hear an English Sovereign’s message to Abyssinia. In the same old record-box in which Queen Victoria’s record lay records of the voices of Florence Nightingale, Disraeli, and Gladstone have also been found. Florence Nightingale is speaking on nursing and on cancer. It is recorded in the official docu­ ments of the Edison-Bell Company that Mr. Gouraut introduced the phonograph at a dinner in London at which many celebrites were pres­ ent. Among others, Gladstone and Disraeli were asked to record their voices. Disraeli spoke of “the possi­ bilities of this marvellous speech­ carrier,” but Gladstone was so elo­ quent in his prefactory remarks that before he had begun his set speech for recording the cylinder on the phonograph was seen to be finished. Mr. Gouraut, however, was not put off by this, and called on him the next morning. He found him in bed, whence Gladstone recorded a message of thanks to Mr. Edison-Bell for enab­ ling him to record ‘‘the relic of an organ the employment of which has been overstrained.” Records have also been discov­ ered of the voices of General Booth and Lord Rosebery, although it is not yet known that these are in good enough condition for amplify­ ing and recording. The company hope that they may find other records made late last century, as there are still parts of their storerooms unexplored. Ottawa, Canada—Great progress in agricultural development has been witnessed in the Prairie Prov­ inces of Canada during the last 35 years. During the years TSOI to 1931 the area of occupied farm land in the prairie region increased from 15 million acres to 110 million acres, or more than sevenfold. In 1901 the Prairie Provinces contained 24.3 per cent of the total occupied farm acreage in the Dominion and by 1931 this acreage had increased to 67.3 per cent, of the total. In the same period the improved farm acreage increased cent. crop 69.1 1911 sion, ers into Saskatchewan and Alberta. Occupied farm land increased from 15 million acres to over 57 million acres. Of the improved land in the Prairie Provinces in 1931, 67 per cent, was in field crops. Farming in the Prairie Provinces comprises four more-or-less distinct types—wheat growing, mixed farm­ ing, dairying (usually associated with mixed farming), and ranching. Wheat growing predominates in southwestern and central Alberta, throughout the whole of Saskat­ chewan except the northern and eastern fringe and the dry belt, and in southern Manitoba, although the latter area, the proportion other cereals and forage crops growing rapidly. Mixed farming found in northern and western berta and in the northern and east­ ern parts of both Saskatchewan and Manitoba—in other words over pra­ ctically the whole of the park belt. Mixed farming is also the dominant type in the irrigated districts. The greatest development in dairying has occurred in eastern Manitoba, north­ eastern Saskatchewan and north­ western Alberta. Ranching is practi­ cally confined to the dry area in southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta and to a strip of land extending from the inter­ national boundary northward along the foothills to beyond Calgary. Veteran Tram Driver Says Women Are Bad Pedestrians from 18.5 per to 69.8 per cent, and the field acreage from 18.2 per cent, to per cent. The decade 1901 to witnessed the greatest expan- due to the rush of homestead- Halifax—After watching traffic from street car cabs for 42 years, grey-haired Thomas McLaughlin has come to the conclusion that women make worse pedestrians and auto­ mobile drivers than men. I “The men are better drivers,” he says. “A woman gets all muddled up when anything goes wrong.” About women pedestrians: “They will go across the street re­ gardless. Men are more cautious. The women seem more independent. But, of course, children take the cake. You have to watch for them every minute.” The veteran tram driver should know. Since 1893 he has travelled 2,2500,000 miles to nowhere in parti­ cular, averaging around 150 miles a day. He does considerably less than that now on Route No. 2 here—82.72 miles a day. Classified Advertising INVENTOES I & Odors •Coo*1"? 6tops .c Issue No. 39 — ’35 Addrest. All Makes Sold and Repaired Generator Exchange Service AUTO STARTER LIMITED 18 Breadalhane St., Toronto Salt is so precious in Tibet that it is used for money, stamped with the Prince’s mark. Hill tribes exchange gold for it! Windsor Salt, uniformly pure, would surely be high standard in gold valueI" -1 Children MAGNETOS in of is is Al- There is ample opportunity for am­ bush among the rocks and cactus and the whole province is ideal for guerrilla warfare of the savage and merciless type that the Spanish peas­ antry employed with such deadly ef­ fect against the French invaders in the Peninsular War. 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MONTHLY PRIZE CONTESTS For Amateur Artists (That is any­ one who is not earning a living from Art). GRAND FIRST PRIZE of a Com­ mercial Art Course or a Water Col­ our Landscape Course valued at $50.00 for the best copy, four inches wide, made from this portrait of the most popular young man in the British Empire. Entry Fee: Twenty- five cents for each entry submitted. A valuable prize for everyone who enters this contest, which closes October 31, 1935. GIFF BAKER 39 LEE AVE., TORONTO, ONT.