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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-02-25, Page 71 TNS HARD WHEAT BELT Professor Saunders Takes Exception to a Popular Notion. A 4Io3patch from Ottswa says: the farmers used to raise 40 bushels Some interesting facts were of Spring wheat and nue they only raised 15 per aci'o. The decrease, Ise said, could not, be due to soil exhaustion, because the same field which now only grows 15 bushels of Spring wheat grew 40 bushels of Winter wheat to the acre. For now and th-on his opinions clashed the 'past ten years the average the preconvinced notioes of yield in Ontario has bsen 17 bush- membera of the committee. !els per acre and in the West 19. p Saunders, for example, takee Comparing Ontario with the no stuck in the notion that the ( West, Dr. Saunders stated that just quality of wheat is deteriorating as good wheatcan bo grown in And that the hard wheat, bol', is Ontario, at Ottawa for example, as steadily re ,wing north. In Ontario, 1 !anywhere in the Dominion, and for example, he says that exhaus- 1 flee Os d rer acre is little less. Last tion of the soil might reduce the year the average yield of 'wheat quantity, but it cannot affect the per acre in Saskatchewan was 14 quality of the wheat. bushels, in Manitoba 17, in Alberta Mr. Sexsr. ith (E. Teterboro') in- 29. In Ontario the average for eisted that in his riding, where the Spring wheat was 15.8 and fur Win - zed Fife wheat was first grown, ter wheat 23.6 bushels. brought out on Wednesday morn- ing at the. first meeting of the House Committee on Agriculture. Dr. Saunders, of the Experimental Farm, was on the platform, but 1101 SIAM HiS MOTHER. Says It was in Sell -Defence, Atter She Hail Robbed slim. A despatch from Montreal say's: Charged with having stabbed his another with a pocket-knife, inflict- ing a wound in her left. arm, Elias Suya, a 13 -year-old Syrian, was arraigned befero Judge Bazin ou Wednesday. The boy pleaded in court that he had acted in self-de- fence, claiming his mother and sis- ter were trying to kill him, after ho had accused his mother of tak- ing $300 from him. Ho said it took frim more than a year to save the .coney, which he kept in a little box in his room. When ho found the box l;rcken open and the money gone, he accused his mother of having taken it. He said he had .earned from $8 to $12 a week sei- ning pictures from door to door. tc-- B. C. HAS SURPLUS. O.ne Million and a Half Dollaxs to the Good. A despatch from Victoria, B. C., says: In the budget address to the legislature on ]Wednesday night Finance Minister Tatlow allowed a surplus of a *million and a half. ?'he revenue for the next fiscal wear would reach six millions, and tie expenditure five and a half 1 Aliens, of which nearly three mil - 1 ions would bo for public works, the largest in the history of the >jk,vince. Tho public debt had ,0reduced from $11,000,000 to 0,000 within a year. The min- lst.er proposed still a greater de- velopment, when the A. B. C. route. as the minister styled the Alberta and British Columbia grain route would in the near fu- ture be in operation, and the Pa- nama Canal completed. 't' CLEARED '1'111; HORIZON. •IOne Effect of King Edward's Vikit to Berlin. A despatch from Berlin says: C'hanc'ellor von Buelew, addressing -the Council of .Agriculture, on Wednesday, said that the dignified and happy visit of King Edward to Berlin and the agreenwn't with France had cleared the horizon in the \Wort, and they were justified in supposing that tate peaceful dis- dwsit.rcns and peaceful efforts of the powers would else, succeed in clearing away the clouds in the •East . i , WAS 115 YEARS 01.1). dod!ati Dies Near Brantford -- Re- tained Fatuities to LarQ► 1 despatch from Brantford says: The death has been reported to the Indian authorities here of Jelin Silversmith. a resident of • ' iscerore Township. in his 115th ulie s)?ceaeed retsined all his e. t Instil recently. He .vas sa basket -maker. A NARROW ESCAPE. Alberta's New Parliant'snt BuIld- ing•:Nearly Blown Up. A despatch from Edmonton, Alba., says: The legislature, and soine 150 employes on the new par- liament buildings, had a narrow escape from an unintended gun- powder plot, on Wednesday. It appears that sometime since, in cleaning up the old Hudson Bay building, ten kegs of black gun- powder were discovered in a re- cess where they were probably cached for defence against .pos- sibly hostile Indians. The powder was removed, all but one keg. A fireman, thinking it, useless, was about to throw the keg into the furnace as fuel, when an assist- ant warned him of the danger. Fireman Billy Lunn experimented and the resultant explosion fired the entire keg, blowing his shack tc fragments and terribly injuring Lunn and two companions. TWO -CENT RATE ON G. T. R. Privy Connell Decides .lgaijrilt the Railway. A despatch from London says: The judgment of the Privy Coun- cil in the case brought by Mr. Robertson, of Toronto, to have it declared that the Grand Trunk's charter requires it to give a two - cent rate on third-class cars be- tween Toronto and Montreal, was given on 1Vednesday by Lord Lore - burn. His Lordship said the sec- tion imposing third class fares at two cents a utile was still in force. Tho whole question was whether the section was ineoasistont with the Railway Act of 1906. He held that it was not, and also that the Privy Council could not decide whether the section was left on the statutes by uesire or because overlooked. The appeal was .leis - missed with costa. --.z.--- THE ARM]' OF THE EMPIRE. -- Australia Showing Great Interest ba the Scheme. A despatch from Mslb.)urne says: •The Federal Government is satis- fied with Mr. Haldanc's proposals •for the creation of an Iniperial staff. The public are showing great interest in the scheme of an arn>y ref the Empire, but arc awaiting particulars. it is undcrat•,od that the prcposale fully e'ymply with .the ministerial pro. shies rnado at the Imperial Conference. AGAINDI SAI.I.OR'ED. ,Extinguisher Put on Nat)t.1 .tet et Briti4G Csoluuibfa. A despatch from Ottawa says: :1n extra of the Canad•t Gazette was issued on 11'ednesday with the announcement that the Governor- General -in -Council has disallowed the Act of the British Columbia Legi4ladure of Feb. 11th last. re- lntiiig to inintigra'tion into that prow ince, and known as the "Natal CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS ]'ROM ALL OVER THE GLOME. Telegraphic ilriefs Fr•oni Our Owes and Other Countries of Recent Events. CANADA. Manitoba is preparing to float a new loan in the British markets. Ontario Bank assets already show an increase over the estimate of $180,000. The ship brake invented by Mr. Louis Lec•oste of Montreal is to have a trial on the U.S.S. Indiana. Quebec brewers have formed a trust which will control practical- ly the whole output of beer of the I'rovince. Victor J. Beaupro, the first Ser- geant -at -Arms in the Legislature of Manitoba, died at Gletchon, Al- berta. It is reported at Montreal that the C.P.H. will build the Poter- boro'-Coldwater branch during the coining summer. The Council of the Dominion Rifle Association is in favor of more rapid firing in the matches, to make conditions more like actual warfare. The Quebec Board of Trade cele- brated its hundredth anniversary on Saturday last with a banquet in tho Chateau Frontenac. The Attorney -General of Quebec has ordered a prosecution of pic- ture show proprietors who have been giving Sunday exhibitions in Montreal. A number of salary increases were decided on by the Hamilton Council, and it was proposed to in- crease the tax rate froin 20 to 21 mills. The new Grand Trunk shops at Stratford were opened on Thurs day with a public reception. Mr C. M. Hays and staff were present, and were entertained at a banquet by the city. The Dominion Coal Company has decided to offer the Steel Company to carry out the original contract or make a new one, and to pay the loss incurred in the purchase of coal while the old contract was in dispute. -- GREAT BRITAIN. Two suffragette raids in London on Thursday resulted in the arrest o.• 'largo number of women. lir. Austen Chamberlain moved a formal tariff reform amendment to the address in the British Con: mons. UNITED STATES. The United States Senate C lni mittee on Foreign Relations has , favorably reported the fisheries treaty. Tho two -cent letter rate between: Newfoundland and tho Unrest States will go into effect on Sla'•t't 1st. The House of Representatives at Washington passed a hill admi'cing Arizona and New Mexico 'u State- hood. Seven starving Chinaine-i, sup- posed to have come from Casella. were found in a car of lead ore at Port Morris, N. J. An extra session of the United States Congress to undertake the revisi:,n of the tariff has been call•.d 'for March 15. GENERAL. Earthquake shocks are r: parted from Asia Minor, Hungary and the West Indies. WORKM.AN 11.AD1,1 MANGLED. Drawn Into Mni'hine in a Guelph Factory. A despatch from Guelph says: Oswald Hahn, 18 years of age, was drawn into a four -spindle tapping machine in the Standard Fitting and Valve Company's factory on Thursday. He was extricated by his fellow -workmen. and found in a frightfully mangled condition. His right arm was see badly muti- lated that it had to be amputated at the shoulder, and in his left, fore- Actarm there are two bones broken WATCIIEII THE OPERATION Long Island Veterinary Surgeon Saw His Own Appendix Removed, A despatch from New York says: "1)r. l'elwerd J. Robbins. a veter- inary surgeon of Bayshore, Long Island, refused to take ether when he had his appendix removed last week. He remained quiet through- eut the operation. and just four 1 days after it he drove fire miles to his home. Tlie f ill..ex•ing day he was attending to his practice. The ease is believed to be without s parallel. Dr. Robbins drove over to the inatorinn► of I)r. William H. Ross at Brentwood, five miles fr gni ,his own fi elle. Dr. Ross and Dr. flacon prepared to operate, and as the nurse approached the pati - lent uit'h the ether cone he calmly waved her aside. "There's nothing the matter .with your heart, old man," Dr. Ross. who is an old friend, assur- ed hiin. "I know it, but. I'm going to cut the ether out. because I want. to see the operation," said Dr. Robbins. "Yon may pains on a little co- caine if you wish.- This was done and the operation preceelcel steadilt. without inter- ruption from the patient, whose+ head was propped up ser he could see a cry prove of the surgeons. and some badly torn muscles. He has a gaping wound across his chest, and a number of wounds about the head and face. His re- covery is doubtful. DISI) ON LONDON STREET. Tragic End of Capt. .1. W. Porte, of Oakville. A despatch from London, Ont., says: Capt. A. W. forte, of Oak- ville. former managing director of the Toronto Biscuit Company, dropped dead in front of the resi- dence of his sister, Mrs. George Brickenden, Queen's Avenue, at 6 (.'clock 00 Thursday evening. Mr. Porte was walking with a young lady and was a ol.egizing for walk- ing slow ly. ' • My heart is had and it. is dargerous for me to walk rapidly," he said. With these words he pitehrd forward dead. ('apt. Porte was one of the hest known citizens of London before his removal to Toronto 12 years ago. He was about 60 years of tido. HIE WORLD'S MARKETS FIFTEEN VILLAGES VANISHED REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. ('rices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Homo and Abroad. - Toronto, Feb. 23. -Flour -On- tario wheat 00 per cert. patents, *3.90 to $4 in buyers' sacks out- side for export. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.60 oat track, To- ronto; second patents, $5, and strong bakers', $4.90. Wheat -Manitoba wheat, $1.15'4 for No. 1 Northern, and $1.12%2 for No. 2 Northern, Georgian Bay ports. No. 2 Nor't'hern, $1.17%, all rail. Ontario Whca.-Nu. 2 Fall, $1.- 02 to $1.03 outs.,sr.. Oats -Ontario No. 2 white, 47 to 47%c on track, Toronto; No. 2 Western Canada oats, 47c, Col- lingwood, and No. 3 at 46c, Col- lingw-ood. ltyc,-No. 2 68c outside. Barley -No. 2 barley, 57 to 57%c outside; No. 3 extra, 53 to 55%e, and No. 3, 53c. Buckwheat -o8% to 59c outside. Peas -No. 2, 88c outside. Cora --No. 2 American yellow, 72%c on track, Toronto, and No. 3 yellow, 71%c, Toronto. Canadian corn, 66 to 67e on track, Toronto. Bran -Cars, $22 to $23 in bulk outside. Shorts, *23 in bulk out- side. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples They bring $4 to $4.50 for choice qualities, and $3.50 to $4 for cooking purposes. Beans -Prime, $1.90 to $2, and hand-picked, $2.10 to $2.15 per bushel. Honey -Combs, $2.25 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 11 to 11%c per pound. Hay -No. 1 timothy, $10.50 to $11 per ten on track here, and lower grades, $9 to $10 a ton. Straw ---$6.50 to $7.50 on track. Potatoes-Ontarios, 65c per bag. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 12 to 13c per pound; fowl, 10 to llc; ducks, 13 to 14c; geese, 12 to 13c; turkeys. 17 to 18c per pound. 1I0G PRODUCTS. Bacon--Lolig clear, 11% to 11%c per pound in case lots; mess pork, $20 lo $20.50; short cut, $23 to $24. Hams -Light to medium, 13% to 14c; do., heavy, 12% to 13c; rolls, 10% to llc; shoulders, 10 to 10%c; backs, 16 to 16%c; breakfast bacon, 15'/, to 164e. Lard--Tiorces, 12t/e; tubs, 12%e; pails, 13c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Feb. 23. -Peas --No. 2, 87% to 95c. Oats -Canadian West- ern No. 2, 49 to 49%c; extra No. 1 feed, 48'% to 49c; No. 1 feed, 47% to 48c; Ontario No. 2, 48 to 48%e; Ontario No. 3, 47 to 47%e; On- tario No. 4, 46 to 46%e; No. 2 bar- ley, 63% to 65e; Manitoba feed bar- ley, 55 to 5554c; buckwheat, 55% to 56e. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 85.110; Mani- toba Spring wheat patents, Sec- onds, $5.10; Manitoba strong bak- ers', $4.90; ]Winter wheat patents, $5.40 to 85.50; straight rollers, $5 to $5.10; do., in bags, $2.35 to 82.45; extra, in bags, $1.95 to $2.05. Feed -Ontario bran has ad- vanced *1 per ton, with sales of car leets at *23 to *24; shorty aro 5ttc higher at $24.50 to $25; Mani- toba bran, $21 to *22; Manitoba shorts, *24, Ontario bran, $23 to $24; Ontario shorts, *24.50 tt *25; Ontario middlings. 825 to $25.50; pure grain tnouille, *28 to *30; mixed niouille, $25 to *27. Chee®e -Finest western, 12% to 13c; easterns, 12% to 12%e. Butter - Fall creamery, 25e; winter cream- ery, 23 to 24e; dairy, in tuba, 20c; rolls, 21c. Eggs -New laid, 32 to 33c; selected stock, 29e; No. 1 stock, 27c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Feb. 23.--Wlieat--Spring wheat firm ; Winter nominal. ('ern t -Stronger; No. 3 yellow, 69e; No. i t yellow, 68%e; No. 3 corn, 68 to 68%c; No. 4 corn, 67% to 68c; No. 3 white, 70%c Oats -Stronger; No. 2 white. 575e; No. 3 white, 56%e; No. 4 white. 55%e. Barley - Feed to malting, 67 to 72e. Minneapolis, Feb. 23. -Wheat - May, *1.11% to 81.1154 ; cath, No. 1 hard, $!.14 ; No. 1 Northern, 81.- 13; No. 2 Northern, *1.11 to *1.- 111,; No. 3 Northern, *1.07 to $1.09. Bran -$23 to $23.50. Flour -First clears, 84.10 to 84.25; sec- ond clears, 83.05 to $3.15; first patents, $5.55 to 85.65; second pat- ents, $5.40 to *5.50. Milwaukee. Feb. 23. -Wheat - No. 1 Northern, 81.16; No. 2 Northern, $1.11; May, 81.14% to $1.14% bid. Rye -No. 1, 77%e. Corn -May, 65% to 65%c. Barley --Standard, 60e; sample, 62% to r,ec ; No. 3, 03'4 to 64' =e ; No. 4, 62'4 to 63o. Have Been Wholly or Partially Destroyed by Earthquake in Western Persia. A despatch from Teheran, Persia, says: The Governor of Burujurd, a town in southwestern Persia, has sent out agents to investigate the daina.ge wrought by the earth- quake of January 3. This was the disturbance that was registered by seismographs around the world, but the exact location of which was determined only on Wedne,.s- day. The meagre reports that have reached Teheran indicate that the devastation was particularly severe in the mountainous region be- tween Burujurd and Luristan pro- vince. Fifteen villages are known to have been wholly or partially destroyed, and it is estimated that the total number will undoubtedly bo more than fifty. Sonie villages disappeared com- pletely, and no trace can be found of the hamlets of Bahrein and Le- ben. It appears that not a single soul belonging to these communi- ties was left alive, and only the rivers, mountains and broken val- leys remain to tel. the tale of thia fearful convulsion of nature. The fact that there were no for- eign Consuls anywhere in the neighborhood accounts fur the de- lay of a month in the receipt of the netts here. nand, but the quality offering wa poor. Choices cattle were unchang ed; medium quality easier; cows steady. Lambs -Firm and slight] higher. Sheep -Unchanged. Calve Steady and unchanged. Hogs -Se leet hogs, f.o.b., 86.30 to $6.40; fed and watered, $6.55. Stockers and feeders were in fair demand. s y s THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 22 to 24c tubs and largo rolls, 20 to 22c; in- ferior, 18 to 19c; creamery rolls, 27 to 27%e, and solids, 26c. Eggs -Case lots of cold storage, 25c; selects, 27c, and new laid, 28 to 29c per dozen. Cheese -Large cheese, pound, and twins, 13%c. ENDED LIFE WITII RAZOR. 13%c per With Throat Cut, Wandered to Car Tracks and Died. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Investigation shows that Con. Sprigs+t, formerly of Renfrew, Ont., but who was working hero three years as a barber, commit- ted suicide. Ho was suffering from ill -health for some time, and seems to have cut the jugular vein with .ti razor at a woodpile. Rapidly weakening from loss of blood, be wandered blindly to the car tracks, ;where he fell and, after brief con- vulsions, died. The cars after- wards crushed his chest and arm. LINERS TO HAVE WIRELESS. Castadinn Pacific Vessels Will ail be Equipped. A despatch from Montreal say& : It was announced at the headquar- ters of the Canadian I'acific Steam- ships that arangoinents are under way for the equipment of all their Pacific liners with long-distance Marconi apparatus o'f the largest pattern. An engineer, with a corps of assistants, is now on his ,way from England to install the apparatus on the Pacific ships. The apparatus will be able to send jnessages for five hundred miles, so that should in future any disas- ter overtake any of the vessels they will be able to send messages for aid to any ship within that radius. 4s -- A NE11' DEPARTMENT. The Yreretary of State Proposes a New Bill. A despatch from Ottawa says: Hon. Chas. Murphy, secretary of state, is sponsor for a bill, which is 'to be intrexluced this session to create a "department of external affairs." This, it is understood, will be the equivalent of a depart- ment of foreign affairs, and is but an a:ctension of the policy 'which was inaugurated when William Mackenzie was created secretary for imperial and colonial come-. spondencc. It is understood that' Mr. Mackenzie will be deputy min-; eter of the new department,: which will he under the adminis- reties, swami of the prime. min -i titer. esese CATTLE M. I; K I:TN . Toreento, Feb. 23- There were not many of the eheeiee variety of expert cattle offering. and these were soon cleared, while the cry was heard for more. The tip price pairs teensy was $5 35 Butcher cattlo were in fair do. FACING A DEFI('1T. Public Accounts of Prihce Edward Island. A despatch from Charlottetown. P.E.I., says: The public accounts, presented in the Legislature on Wednesday, show ordinary expen- ditures for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1908, to be 8377,602; capital expenditure, 843,215; or- dinary receipts, $336,601. The chief items in the capital aciount were for a. new infirmary. new jail in Sulnmerside, and permanent bridges. The usual expenditures were for the administration of jus- tice, intereet, p'rblic works and roads. Education cost 8127,000, the largest itern. Tho revenue in- cluded the Dominion subsidy of 8263,681; taxes on commercial travellers, *8,000; insurance and other companies, $9,000; banks, $7,000; income, $8,000; on land, $2.1,000; roads, 811,000; succession duties, $8,000. KILLED IN h'1RA1'EL PIT. Two Mon Buried lender Earth Noah li;eru ood. A despatch from Strathroy says: John H. Denning was instantly killed and James Lyons is suffering from a broken leg as a result, of a cave-in at a gravel pit at Kor- wood, six miles west of here, on Thursday. Both men, with sever- al others, were engaged in draw- ing gravel from the pit, when the cave-in occurred, completely bury- ing Denning and Lyons. They were taken out with difficulty . Denning only lived a few minutes, while Lyons escaped with a broken log. Denning was a married man with a small family. HILL RAILWAYS IN MANITOBA Bill to .authorize Great Northern Mites Before the Legislature. A despatch from Winnipeg says: A bill introduced in the Legisla- ture foreshadows the construction of another transcontinental rail - read by the Hill interests. The hill is for the incorporation of the Great Northern Railroad in Mani- toba, and one clause asks for power to construct a line from Winnipeg west to Brandon, thence to Elk- horn, and to the westerly bound- ary of the Province. Five years is given to connnenco construction and ten years for completion. It is believed that the bill means Hill is preparing f•er his invasion of Canada on an extensive scale. 4 'IDE 1('E GAVE WAY. Four Rhode island Children Drowned While Skating. A despatch from Nur wood, B. says : While skating hand in band on Sand Pond on Wednesday night four children were drowned when the ice gave way, another was bare- ly saved and several persons who 'attempted to rescue them narrow- ly missed being engulfed in the icy waiters. The children drowned were : Banghilda, Lillian and Ainel Hanson and Joseph Johnson. AU were under fifteen years of age. THEY ARE TIRED OF LIFE People Seek Death in Various Curious Ways in the Russian Capital. The London Daily Mail's St. Petersburg correspondent declares that neurasthenie is claiming an ever-inereasing number of victims in all sections off St. Petershnrg rociety. A surprising number of people, tired of life, seek death by various methods. Persons of fashionable society journey to Finland and fling themselves into the romantic Imatra Rapids. Bt.range clubs and so••ieties are in existence. Onn of these is styled "Tiger and Hunter." Two mem- bers draw lots to decide who will be the tiger and who the hunter. A silver hell is hung around the tiger's neck and the hunter is given • loaded revolver. Bo('b enter lar_e darkened rooms and the spec tritons take refuge in safe corners. The hunt begins. The hunter's eyes are hound; he is allowed six ,hots, guided by the sound of the bell. if he fails to hit the tiger, the roles are reversed and the hun- ter becomes the tiger. Thi, con- tinues until blued thews. :Another secicty has h• tnpagne evenings," where one arn.ng twen- ty battles is drugged with mor- phia. Sometimes in a single night there are numerous sseret sui- cides, fur which there is no plati ohle explanation, giving rise, s,ts The Mail's eorresp•indsnt. t , the esuspici,n that th, victi'.ls bal•,ng to wath. :.e same league of 'if-destrue-