HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1917-7-19, Page 66 Tnfrles°.AY, JULY 19, 1917
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heard its equal -
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endo by scores of the
greatest artists and critics
,sad by hundreds and thou -
Beads of musiclaos sad
music lovers when referr-
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Art 'liana
One has only to bear and
esamloe this great Carts -
dims piano to realize its
remarkable musical and
artistic pre-eminence, and
uoderstaod its wonderful
popularity among disctim-
,uauog people.
James F.Thomson
Music Dealer
Goderich : -: Ontario
STOWE'S
THE RED BARN,
SOUT11 STREET
for 'Bus, Livery
and'i'Iack Service
'Buses meet all trains.A. Passen-
gers called for in any pant of the
town- for outgoing trains on
G. T. R. or 'C. P. R.
Prompt attention to all orders of
telephone calls.
Cood horses First-class rigs
t1. it. STOWE
1 cleplavne51 Successor to T.M. Davi+
THE TOWN COUNCIL
Agreement for Sale of Paget Plant to
Mammal Shipbuilding Co.
All the members except Councillor
Clark were present at the last reg-
ular meeting of the town council.
A contmtinicstion from the Domin-
ion Association of Fire Chiefs, with
reference to the annual conveution of
the Association, was referred to the
fire committee.
A letter to the Mayor from the Aero
Club of Canada, Toronto, asking that
a commutes be formed in this town,
"for the purpose of co-operating with
us in obtaining boys of a superior type,
capable of learning to fly, with the
object of taking a eommleeion as an
officer In the Royal Flying Corps,"
wan referred to the special committee.
The secretary of the Collegiate In.
itute boatel advised the council that
a vy of $B,tiW would be required toy
th .:maid tut this year.
T e comity clerk advised that the
coun y levy on the town this year
woul. be : For general :orinty pm: -
pores, , M.62 ; Provincial war tax,
$1,422.; tural. ISO,0113.22.
The 11 Telephour Co. asked per-
uti.eion • place poles and wires on
Britannia oad between Waterloo and
Willia*ts 1.51. Referred to public
wutkr w iltee.
A request from Hon. Adam Beck,
president of the Queen Alexandra
Sanatorium at Byron. for • contribu-
tion to the to ds of the institution,
was tient to the • Dance committee.
The fourth pay .. ent by the National
Shipbuilding Co. n the purchase of
the former Doty - ant was received,
right on time.
A resolution from the city council
of Peterborough, p . eating against
the proposed grants fr, . the Domin-
ion treasury to the Gra d Trunk Rail-
way and the Cauadiau . •rrnern Rail-
way, with the r, quest the the rreolu-
,lon be endorsed by this c unci!, was
✓ ent to he special cotomitt
A letter iron. the secreta of the
Ontario Municipal, Elect is asoei•-
tioo, isiforwing the council o sev-
eral uaattere that had beet, pejo e the
Association and partkulutly ing
the opinion of the (outwit on the
question of the nattonalikation of r il-
ways,, Mas sent to the special comm
tee,
'The folluwiog reports of committee
were received and adopted :
't'he special cow'ntittee recommended
that no actino he taken in the matter
of joining theeOntario Municipal Aso-
ciation, and that the Kitchener Board
of Trade be informed (bat this coungqtl
is in accord with the resolution ruewor'i
ializing,the Dominion Government to
take charge of the purchase of railway
equipment and tren.portation °Moil
and freight from the Cuited States to
points l0 Ontario.
The public works committee reprinted
that Mr. John Yeo had been given
permission to cut down a tree in front
of has residence on Lighthouse street,
and recownreijitfed that the cbaitman
of the committee be authorized to
purchase sewer -pipe required for catch -
basin connections and other public
works.
The finance committee, in addition
to submit'ing a large number of ac-
counts and recommending the advance
of SLOOP to the Collegiate Institute
hoard, reported upon the proposition
of the National Shipbuilding Co. with
reference to taking ,over the Paget
(.rain Door Co.:plant. l'his property
was conveyed to tbe town last year by
the Doty people @object to the agree-
ment of sale w the Paget Company
dated September 171b, 1912. The town
has $0,(10) itgelnst the property, -111,01/0
of this amount being overdue since
last September. The c0Uttnittee re,
Many a man's wife dresses stylishly commended that the knob and, the
because kis treditutw can afford it. Ps gel Grain Door Co. wake a joint
ctniveyanee of this property and !debt
as agreed upon• to the National Ship -
A Highland Resort building (7o.; the latter Company to
give the town • Bret mortgage on the
property 'wirehaired from tbe Paget
Co. and also en two additional um -
chines to �he purchased. As security
for the eo,(8R1 still unpaid the town
will then nave 15 mot tgage on all the
property machete() by the National
$hiphutldtng Cu, at a price of 119,51 10
and oleo nu two exit* machine, to
cost $8,4.i0. The committee iecom-
mended also that the first yearly pay-
ment off $1,081 nn the $5,009 be due
I4eptem ter 17, 11)18. and $1,010 yearly
thereof r, with interest, the Nationnl
Mhipbni ding Co. to have the privilege
of paying off the whole amount at
any time if it wishes to do so,
The chairman of the public works
committee sea, authorized to purchase
a two -horse mower. The town had
been hiring one •t a dollar • day. The
suggestion web made that the price of
the mower be taken f,oni the accrued
interest nn the Charles Blake bequest.
Councillor Cutt advocated the ap-
pointment of a committee to look
atter the purchase of coal for the
coming winter. He said the local
dealeie were unable to quote Prices
and deliver cdial. Referred to special
committee to invtstigate and report.
i►.�(,The watket committee was in -
if you are accustomed to wake up meted to advertise for applications
for thersition of market clerk.
!with a coated tongue, foul breath or la
a dell, dirty headache; or, 1t your I There was a brief discussion of the
meals sour and turn Into gas and
acids, you have a real surprise await -
trig you.
Tomorrow o- ot'row mornln ' Immediately
pppon arising,' drink aglass of ho
'rater with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate In it. This Is Intended to
first ''neutralize and then wash out of
"nor stomach, liver, kidneys and
Lh�Lttiilrtylfeet of Intestines all the lodi-
aeslibte waste, poisons, sour bile and
Many of the returned wounded of-
, fleets of the l' midi an expeditionary
flit ceeare aoj.suranirig and recuperating
their attengt.h at the Highland inn,
Algonquin Vat r. Two thouennd fret
above the let♦1 of the Sola, this de-
bt/Whit spot is jo-t the piece 10 rega'n
he .1 h, ail the Inn offers me- .1 ('m-
fo'tabte ter— 'dation at reasonable
riven. ijpten.lid fl.hing, good hosting,
bdli't.rd», 1 •vely malice, are 1. , of the
*avert lona. An illn.trat.'d pub)icetion
telling s!I about it, sent free on teatime.
(•. R. HA. ning Grand Trunk Rain way:
Union Mtati,.n, T nur.10. 72-0,
DRINK HOT WATER 1
BEFORE BREAKFAST
Says you really feel clean; sweet
and fresh inside, and
are seldom ill.
S ituation in respect to blocked sewers,
patticularly in the South street sec-
tion, and the matter was referred to
the public work@ committee.
Councillor Miser referred toa letter
that, appeared in The Star reflecting
on bier and Councillor Wilson in their
capacity as judge* at the Dominion
Ley batty show. He said that • man
who would put a piece like that in the
per might have education but wee
toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and , &eking in brains. The councillor said
purifying the entire alimentary canaL he had spent a week working for the
Those subject to sick headache., celebration end had judged thin -one
backache, bilious attacks./Constipation babies and "Dever heard of a kicker."
br any form of stomach trouble, are Councillor Wilson endorsed what
urged to get a quarter pound of lime- Councillor Moser had mid and added
some phosphate teem the dreg store to it. He said he did not profess to
and bcglnsenjoying this morning in. ten a judge of babies, although this
efde-bath. It is said that men and was tis Chir, year he had acted as
;women who try this become enthu- judge. Ile considered the article in
,clastic and keep 1t up daily. it is a The Star an Insult.
laplendld health' measure for It 1s more Councillor &tory remarked that the
"Important to keep clean end pure on person who wrote an article of that
Ute Inside than on the outside, because kind should sign hie name.
*he skin pores do not absorb Impute- The editor of The Star was prevent,
wee Into the blood, causing deem*, Mit no motion was made to ineae-
itrhile the wel pores do. aerate him for hie offence.
The Dein le of bathing inside la The rami -annual bylaw to raise
not new, u lltons of people practice money to pay the interest on the
t Jut as water and snap cleanse, 0. W. R. Railway bonds was passed.
r and the akin, so hot .ad the council adjourned.
and a teas octet of llm..tnne
Abate Sete Oa_�l 7rsa1e liver.
Political grafters have the ancient
sleheml.0 beaten a block when It
~ s1
s Sad
erteS e. ares to tarring braes into gold.
THE SIGNAL' - GODERICH! ONTARIO
f HOROUGIBRED BLOOD
GOOD FOR TROTTERS
IM ereeting Argument, Saeed on Re
cords, by John E. Madden, an
Soak and Interview
John 1C. Madden, the great owner
et thoroughbreds, said 111 an interview:
"As a breeder of both thorough-
breds and trotters 1 have given much
time to research, and 1t struck ws
forcibly that the warm blood of the
race horse appeared . close up to the
pedigrees of our greatest performers
at the diagonal gait. I make no claim
that my little book contains every
performer with thoroughbred blood
as close as the second generation, but
most of them are recorded and there
is a suMclent number to convince
even the most sceptical that the
thoroughbred Improves every family
with which he comes In contact."
"Half -brads" were Good
Mr. Madden's volume on this sub-
ject shows that forty-five performers
1n 7.30 or better were out of absolute-
ly thoroughbred dams, and of these
Palo Alto, 2,08%. was the champion
stallion of his day, while another, Ex-
pressive, 2.12%, was undoubtedly one
of the greatest three-year-old trotters
that the world has ever known. Her
campaign In 1894, alien sbe repeated-
ly beat the best of the old horses In
killing races of split heats, made her
the sensational performer of that
year.
Credit to Stanford
Both of these great trotters were
bred by Senator Stanford at his
Alto stud In California. and it Is large-
ly due to this expert's judgment that
the thoroughbred received a chance
to show his quality in connection with
the trotting family. Senator Stanford
'believed implicitly In the thorough-
bred -standard -bred cross and lived
long enough to prove its soundness.
Of the forty-five performers which the
author designates as "halfbred trot-
ters." there are famous ones, in-
cluding Proof of the Pudding, 2.2S%,
by Peter the Great, 2.07.., out
of Souveratne, by (imported) Rayon
d'Or, a mare which has thrown gal-
lant and other good winners on the
turf:
CANNON TO KILL ANTS
It s hard to imagine bigguns killing
anyt ng except men and horses. In
South Africa and other tropical coun-
tries, wever, they are used to kill
ants --t termites, or Warrior ant..
These at a are as highly organized as
the Huns They live in a republic
of their . n, and are divided Into
cla88ea of workmen, soldiers, and
queens. Th workmen construct 111.1
huge oe,:ts, t e eoidfers defend them
and keep ord - , and the females, or
queens, are ca ' for by all the others.
The ant heaps o these particular ants
are often- 20 feet ' igh and pyramidal
in shape. Cattle limb upon them
without crushing th. A dozen men
can find shelter In so .e of their cham-
bers, and native hunt rs often lie in
wait inside them when out after wild
animate—after the nes have been
deserted of course.
The ants construct gal
are as wide as the bore
cannon, and which run 3
feet underground. If we b
as big in proportion a wo
would live Ina dwelling as bi
pyramid of Egypt. These
frightfully destructive, anti
way to kill there off Is to blow th
and their nests to pieces with gun
loaded with grape -shot.
rta►.whIch
f a largy
et or
u11 houses
ilei men
ae a
These ant ate
the ly
TELEPHONE POLE; 126 FEET
Pole Weighing 6,000 Pounds end Re-
quiring Engine to Hoist
One of the tallest telephone poles in
the world is where the wires of the
Pacific States Telephones Company
cross the ('hehalee River, near Aber-
deen, Rash. This pole is one single
stick of Washington fir, 18 Inches at
the butt and R Inches at the top. The
pole weighs 6,000 pounds and is 126
feet high. The stick was rut at a
point twelve miles distant and towed
down the river, where 1t was erected
by twelve men using a twelve -horse-
power hoisting engine. For making at-
tachments to the pole and raising It
a five-eighths steel cable was employ-
ed run through 10 -Inch steel blocks.
Fuel Box in Seat tilled : from
Floor Trapdoolt
A fuel box for the fireplace may be
easily arranged no that it is unneces-
The Fuel is Placed in the Box by Pass-
ing It Up through the Trapdoors
In the Floor
nary to carry the fuel through the
living rooms, thus avoiding selling
floors and rugsit may be installed,
am shown for a summer cottage. or
wen to the living room of a home.
The fuel box 1s built under the seat
d a omgjortable settle, and the
coal, etc., are placed In the Foompartmsnt by puling It Borap
tgtt trapdoors In the or at the
of the hos The reel 1s plied
Meh tilde of the trapdoor behind
6w partltlpn, and the trapdoors
are elided wheel not to use Th.
seat of the ALM bot( to divided at
the middle and hinged to swing
bark Itnitehle cuahlons should be
provided tor the meat -Powder Me-
abeaim&
t ys t �a. Poatsrs Mod
isttssar
Improvised ham for Brehm
Nveglamos
HOtlsPo0 CARDBOARD
SOWn
TONS 'e GLUED
CARDBOARD
In an emergency. when a pair sf
Cassel was broken, and it was
found difficult to get along without
them, a pair of old lenses, broken
at the fastenings only. was fitted
into • frame made of cardboard. The
frame was made of the proper else
so that the lenses were centered
over the eyes, and the lenses wore
glued to iL Bowe were made of
wire and fastened to holes at the
ends of the cardboard. This improv-
ised frame gave reasonable satis-
faction. In spite of Its peculiar ap-
pearance.—Popular Mechanics.
KILLING WILD OATS
Uueee.sful Method of Veteran Farmer
Is Described
The weed problem 1s one of the
meat serious confronting Canadian
farmers. Some weeds are trouble-
some to every province, while others
cause most loss where grain farming
L exclusively practised. Wild oats
are a terrible pest in the Prairie Prd-
vtnces and meet be dealt with earn-
estly 1n order to krep them under con-
trol. Various methods are advocated
for their eradication, but one of the
very best Is the fallow and fall rye
method practised and recommended
by one of the oldest and most success-
ful farmers of the Northwest.
The infested field should be ,plough-
ed deeply (seven or eight inches it
possible), as soon as spring seeding
1s over, and each day's ploughing har-
rowed as ploughed. As each crop of
oats. appears it should be cultivated or
disked up to the loth or 12th of Aug-
ust when the field should be given a
final preparation and seeded about
Aug. 16th, at the rate of one and one-
quarter bushels of fall rye and pack-
ed or harrowed after seeding. The
oats that germinate with the rye will
be winter-kIiled,wand those coming up
1n the spring will not ripen before the
rye is ready to harvest. The better
the soil is cultivated and prepared to
receive the rye crop the greater w111
be the number et Data germinated and
winter -killed.' If mcessary this treat-
ment can be repeated. Fall rye 1s a
sure crop, the grain brings a good
price, and it is the one crop which
will ripen ahead of the wild oats.
BRITISH CHURCH UNION
Public Worship In Common, was
Baptist Divine's idea
Had Headache
for Two Years.
A Barrie Man Tells of Per-
sistent Headaches and
Indigestion-- Finally
Found His Way to
Good Health.
Barrie Ont., July 19.—For two long
yeses the writer of this letter was
subject to severe headaches, 'I he nerv-
ous 'triton, got run down, d(geetiou
failed. and there was a continued lose
of weight.
The use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food
changed all this. and now with scores
of ottor Barrie people Mr. Nader is
recommending the use of this food
cure as the best means of building up
the exhausted nervous system and
curing headaches, indigestion and all
the annoying symptoms of • run-
down condition.
Mr. John Nader, ''8 I'enetang street,
Bat rie, Ont., *ekes :
"During the last two years I had an
attack of iudigest1(.n, accompanied by
revere headaches: I suffered frons In.s
of appetite, and my system became
run down. 1 also lost considerably in
weight. 1 began using Dr. Chase's
Nerve Food, and as they helped Ilia I
continued the treatment for some
time. My condition is now greatly
improved. toy headaches are gone and
my health in general is niuch better.
I can cheerfully recommend the use
of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food to those
suffering from nervousness of any
kind."
As a spring tonic and restorative to
overcome tired, languid feelings and
build up vitality at this time of year,
there is nothing to he compared to
Dr. Chase's NervirFo(xl.
Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, 509., a box,
a full treatment of six boxes for 52 rile,
at all dealers, o,' Edmanson, Bates &
Co., Limited, Toronto. Do not he
talked idto accepting a substitute.
Imitations only disappoint.
RED CROSS NOTES.
The Society heartily thanks the
following eontrihittors of socks : Miss
Montgnw.ry, a Friend, Mn. Lyne, 8
Frans each ; Mise Annie Andrews 7
pair- ; Mr.. Hincks, 6 pairs : Mee. W.
E. Kelly, Mrs'. Sharman, sr., 5 pair,
each ; Mae. Burritt, Mrs. Taacott, 4
pairs each ; Mrs. Dan McLeod, Mrs.
Norman (Hallam, Mita Doty, Mrs.
Doolittle, Mies Burritt. Mrs. Woods,
Mr,. J. W. You, Mrs. Hay, 3 pairs
each ; Mrs. H. OQrtar, Mrs. Tanaley,
Mrs. Leitch, Mise Whitely, Mrs. Ww.
Granam, Mrs, Sperling Mrr. Ball,
Mr.. Jae. MIJllan, Mrs. Weller, hire.
McCluskr ' Mise N. Clark, Miss Mc-
Phereon,pairs ouch ; Mrs. Vrooman,
sr., Mies M. A. Burritt, Mr.. Rhyoee,
Miss X. Dark, Mrs. Newcoumbe, sr.,
Mrs. David Ball, Mrs. W. L. Horton,
Miss Gertrude Porter, 1 pair each.
Mrs. 8. Andrews, Huron rued, has
received • letter from France in ac-
knowledgment of • pair of socks sei t
through the Red Cross Society. 111
this partictaler instance she had
placed In oue of the socks one of those
little 26c hills, which the soldier (Hai ry
AVbittle, of Galt) in his letter in reply
said he would keep as a souvenir of
the war. In return be sent is French
franc nota, with • list on the back of it
of the battles in which his battery had
'fought, from Yyprea Co Viiny Ridge
land covering the period from Bee -
teenier 1915, to June, 1917. He write. :
"It is thew little touches and rearm- •'
br&ncas of honker tar away, (het make
one realise what the people of Canada
are doing for us. The little note
brought vividly to my memory home
and the loved ones awaiting our re•
turn,"
Enlisted.
You went away with the not daffodil,
I well remember how
Their saucy yellow beads
Bobbed to the garden beds,
And how the suzligbt frosted all the hill.
So pale and eltstening, they seemed
coated with silver, and the birches gleamed.
Each dainty twig and bud
Dipped in the.Ilver flood.
You went away when all the Wail sees sweet
In those dishiest day..
The wMows in the las e
Areaway green again;
The dandenone glow beide the street.
And from the lowlands as we pst•-
Float. up the fragrance of the meadow grass;
When maple fringes redy
Make perfume overhead.
The skies of Easter canopied the land
With their delicious blunt
one smllimg April 417
You journeyed far away
Before the chestnut buds were quite unfurled
You took the bloom from every tree.
You lett DO Spring or sumu,ert ide to me.
But only dreary hours'
And henrt-remembered flowers.
—By Christine Curtis, in The Canadian
Magazine for June.
—the household
remedy for Burns
--Sorer—Cuts—
uisee—all SNkint
TBrroubles.
si.M
Ointment
tikt!i
Piesmeed by
POSTER-DACK CO., L'1
T morrrO, ONTARIO
Sold by J. A. Campbell, Codericl
oris
GRAND TRUNi(RY'S EM
Attractive T p s
TO
MUSKOKA LAKES
ALGONQUIN PARK
MAGAN -TAWAN RIVER
LAKE OF BAYS
KAWARTHA LAKES
GEORGIAN BAY
Round-lr,p bus5.1 tickets now on
sols from rt .tions in Ontario at
very low tales, with liberal
.toi--saves.
GET YOUR TiCKETS IN ADVANCE
Berth reser, ail •n. and fall information .L
all thsod Trunk ticket oaks. or write C. E.
plowr.on%, Mai rick I's -anger Agent. 0. T.
Ry system, Toronto. Ont. -
F. F. LAN Rl?NCE? & SONS
Town Agents l'hone 8
A striking suggestion of what might
be a "Variety Church" was made by
the Rev. W. Y. Fullerton, of London.
as President. to the annual assembly
of the Baptist Union at ,Bloomsbury
Central Church. "My ideal for public
worship in a village," said the presi-
dent, "would be that all should gather
In the ancient sanctuap which 1■ the
�birritate of all that there should be
Anglican service in the morning, a
hodlst service In the afternoon, and
a Baptist or Congregational service In
the vening. If only 1t could be
tickle think what an Influence 1t
would ave on the village and on the
worships In a town my Ideal would
be that o the morning of the Lord's
Day we s Did go to our denomina-
tlonal eanct ry, and in the evening .
the people o R the churches should
join as neigh re in prayers and
praise in the ne rest church, so that
it would be no I er possible for two
Christian families o live next door
to each other and ver worship to-
gether." . \
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Relics of Hudson 'Say
Some rusty relics were drug up at
Toledo. Wash , while a man eraa dig-
ging a hole. They consisted of uman
bones and three rusted knives, l of
the same pattern, an old coffee potnd
an odd ramped bottle. It Is thought
the knives are of the Hudson Bei,
Company period. •
Length of Animals' Lives
Whales gem, on the whole, to be
particularly gifted with longevity;
those which supply us with whale-
bone art supposed to live for several
centuries. Elephants rank fairly
high; In India they often attain the
age of one hundred years.
For Large Gams Fish
On a new lure for large game fish
man two hooks
h a Chicagoo 00 •
invented
Y
are folded on one another with the
barbs Inside until a fish closes his
mouth on the device and drives both
hooks Into effective position.
Because frosts do the most damage
when the air b trim, a Paris scientist
has advanced the theory that orchards
and vineyards can be protected by
eleltric tans to keep the atmosphere
moving.
A fumigating boat, used In the
harbor of Hamburg to rid Inooming
ships of rats, has Mean known to kill
more than 900 rodents on • single
vessel.
It 1s too bad more of the reentry
bred city leaden could not have et-
*rclsed their ability toward the promo-
tion of agriculture and country affairs.
A strip of land six miles wide and
about /0 miles long In the Transvaal
applies about one-third of the world's
gold.
The Malek rause fir Qts dart or th•
feather -eating habit is beck of ewer
dee. green food and meat serape
It will pay the poultq keeper to
make draft -proof any cracks In the
back. sides and root of the houses
(1) Firwt C. P. R. train to Vancouver. (2) Donald , Smith (Lord
of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, B.C., Nov. 7, 18
Strathrona) driving the last sob
85. (3) Before confederation,
ooznmunlcatlons with the Home Gov.
ernment and the Lower Provisoes
I will be entered Into on this subject.'
Confederation owes 1te poiltical
aucves. to the men at Ottawa, Its
e.,ottomlc success 1s due to the rail-
way men of Montreal, Mountatep\e> ,
Strathcona, R. B. Angus, Van Borne,
Shaughnessy who by linking this
steel rails *crops the 000tirmnt tint-
ed up the trade between the east and
west and annihilated distance. Que-
bec to -day Nene 70°,1, of its manufac-
tures, with the exception of army
supplies, west of Winnipeg, and the
western prairies provide the wheat
forh
t e bread
of the
watt. Moreover.
15,rs 1 i wy ♦ itself has new feeders in
its fleets on both AUantic and Pacific,
which link Clime and Japan through
Canada with rho ports of Great
Britain. Canada is now on the digle
way of traffic round the world, ins
stead of being merely an outpost r
that lemphe.
From
THE NEW NORTHWEST
PASSAGE.
(A Colloquy on tbs Canadian 8hor,t*
Canada: "Here's your Emetre route
a right of way whose value te com-
pute will tax the prophets."
Britannia: "Linke me choler still
with all my wondering sones who
tame and till the world's wild wastes,
and throng each paradise. in triple
seas or under southern akfes, see.
Hallfat, Vaneouver, Sydney, set
fresh stew upon a path whoa, pre-
miae yet eves ourselves have hardtg
measured. Si"), tar China btesgldl
within a moos ter so of teadw
veering London. here 1t Iles, the
way for men and mails and nrerab.w
disc .trlkli:g athwart yonr sea -divid-
ing sweep of hind: one lyse reed
frown deep to deep—wall thought wolf
draa"—(p1,om Puna, Oat- tt$l ASS7.
THE Dominion of Canada 1s tele- western limit 0f "Canada" to the
brating the bicentenary 01 Pacific Coact and it got the Canadian
Confederation. But what Is Pacific. a
Confederation? Within the last half The political confederation of Can -
\century Canada has been conceder- Ada began In 1841, when Ontario and
sled at least twice: once when her Quebec, which bad been separated in
red provinces were united io- 1;91, were re -united. On July 1st,
iIU ly to form the Dominion, and 1867, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia
again\when the builders of the first and New Brunswick were united as the
transcontinental flung a line of steel Dominion of Canada—the first Fed -
across the country from the Atlantic eral union la the British Empire.
TD Th
n w u
to the Pacific. a Prairie Pro 1 cer ere bo ght
What was Canada before Confeder- for 000,000 In 1870. British Colum•
Stain? It wee • land of vast die- his joined the umbo In fell, and
towns. more or less unmapped. and Prince Edward Island in 1873. and
practically unefptered west of the the inclualon of Newfoundland is
1 Groat Lakes or east of the Rocky more probable every day.
When the late
Sir Who made modern Canada bymak-
Mountains.
Charles Tupper was High Commis- Ing the oonfederation of 1867? Cer-
sloner of Canada in London. jolt a tainly,• no one man. ' Sir John Mae -
quarter of a century ago, be deliver- doPld has been styled the Maker of
ed an address at 8L Petersburg. be- Canada, but, on the other hand. Sir
tors the international Railway Coe- Charles Tupper declared a few years
grew He described how Cance before his death that without 81r
prior to 1167. consisted d three George' JCtlesne Cartier there would
g roups of provinces: the Maritime 'bare been no confederation- At the
Provinces, Upper and Lower Canada. first laf provincial conference, held
m
and ffrltlsh Oolubta These three at In 1864, there were thirty
groups were Isolated physically as three reaentatives present and
well as politically. Nr... haus been termed the Fathers
Tb. Maritime Provinces were of Confederation.
separated from "Canada'" by a evil- But that ass not by any means the
dlarnans of forest and flood hundreds origin of the pvoject. As far back as
tet riles wide. Canada, in the west, 1690, Sir Francta Nicholson propos-
mar separated from British Colum- ed a coafederatioo of all the Anglo -
Ida by a thousand miles of forest, a American colonies, aid the idea was
thousand miles of prairie land, an/ revived every few ye'rs ettiisequent!y.
a ehaln of moirntalne five hundred To the Hon. A. T. Galt belongs the
e ines wide. Which was the real honor ref having first advocated It In
e.adederatloe--the one that brought Parliament That wee1n 18'41. and
the representatiwoe of the three Ms speech made a tremendous Im-
Weeps 0( provisoes together V pression v1 over the country. Con
/4vitament, or the three thousand fedet:atleh was formally 'adopted es
sallies of steel rails wideb shims mads part of the pecgraretne of the Cartier
the pelttirel onion worth having? Government la 1868, In the follow-
Onadoberation was first, last Aad lag terms
e ll the time • problem of trans/sorts. "The expediency of A Isdral anion
Nem British 001 'amble agreed Met the Mettle Asnerleaa Promisees
MIN Ir R It got a railway from the will be aaslosaty esssldered, and
t'