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BAI'PENINGS FROM ALL OVER REPORTS FROM THE LEADING
---• IDE GLOBE. TRADE CENTRES.
Rapid Recuperation After a Very Un
promising Spring.
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The following information regard- hopeful that with the advent of
ing agricultural conditions in the warm weather there would be a
province about the middle of May quick advance in the growth of
has ben issued by the Ontario De- Spring erops.
parttnent of Agriculture: 0001) PROSPECTS FOR FRUIT'.
VEGETATION. All classes of orchard trees have
In the opinion of many curve- come through the Winter in good
epondents the growing season of condition so far as injury (runt the
1909 is the latest for at least a score weather or mice is concerned, al -
of years, it being placed at from though bark -splitting is reported in
one to two weeks later than the some northern localities. Unforta-
average. The exceedingly wet, and nately, there are a number of It -
cool weather prevailing during ferences to the presence. of San
April and the early part of May Jose scale and the oyster -shell bark -
is the cause. Returns were made louse, and it is very evident that
to the department as to the condi- a steady warfare must be waged
tion about the middle of May, and against these and other insect peas
at that date more favorable wea- if our fruit trees are to thrive. Sev•
ther conditions had given a fresh eral correspondents declare that
impulse to growth in both field and too many of our orchards are still
forest. Up to that time only the badly neglected. While leafing
earliest varieties of trees were and blossoming were about a week
corning into leaf, and in most lo-
calities pastures were only begin-
ning to permit of live stock being
turned on them.
FALL WHEAT.
Reports concerning the prospects
of Fall wheat vary greatly, even
in the same localities, some describ-
ing the crop as looking well, though
late, while others state that the
fields aro not only backward in
growth, but are thin and much
"spotted." Owing to the dry period
prevailing when most of the seeding
was done, much of the new Fall
wheat did not start until the rains
of late September cause, and the
young plants entered the Winter
with very little top. Winter condi-
tions, however, were not unfavor-
able to the crop, except where ice
formed, and an early Spring growth
would have brought the fields along
nicely; but the cold and very wet
weather of April retarded growth,
and on poorly drained or low land
almost drowned out the crop. Much
Netter growth was Made on sandy
and gravelly soils than on clays,
'owing to the excessive moisture.
While there are many patchy spots,
plowing up of the crop will not be
generally resorted to, owing to
grass being seeded with the wheat,
but barley or other Spring grains
will be drilled into the bare spots.
The latest reports are the most fav-
orable, showing that the crop is
rapidly recuperating with the grow-
ing weather. There is less injury
than usual reported from insects.
THE HAY CROP.
Old meadows poor, new meadows
promising, is a fair summary of
the returns received regarding
clover. While many correspondents
predict a good field of hay, others
are looking for a comparatively
light cut.
SPRING SOWING.
The small portion of the Spring
crops that were put in early found
an excellent seed bed. but heavy
rains immediately followed, and
the land got too soft to work on,
making further sowing almost an
impossibility for weeks, except in
few
eases tl
pressi a language f some of
the seed was "puddled"
in. While those on high, light. or
well drained land hate• made fair
headway with their Spring seeding,
the bulk of farmers were not more
than half -way through with that
work in the second week of May. a
most unusual record for Ontare
However, farmers were ready and
eager to get on the land with Cie
first appearance of dry weather,
and while sumo correspondent•
were taking a rather gloomy slow
cif the sit1utlion, others were iii':F;.
or two backward, reports were to
the effect that barring late frosts der near Battleford, -has had his
and heavy rains at the time of sentence commuted to life imprison -
bloom, a good yield of fruit nifty
be looked for. Peaches, especially,
aro looked to for a large yield, as
the buds were but little injured by
the Winter.
LIVE STOCK SITUATION.
Telegraphic Briefs From Our Owe
and Other Countries el
Recent Eseuta.
C:A N .A 1)A.
The new postsotfice and fireball
at Saskatoon mere struck by light-
ning.
Calgary has a scandal in connec-
tion with the new (.'ity- Hall con-
tract.
The sale of Prince Rupert lots was
very successful, high prices being
realized
An English company is about to
build a $2,501,000 dry dock and
shipbuilding plant at Montreal.
Private Moir, who shot Sergt.
Lloyd at London, is said to have
made two attempts to escape from
Hamilton asylum.
W. J. Cameron, who is said to
have married once in Toronto, was
sentenced at Winnipeg to three
years in penitentiary- for bigamy.
A homesteader named Tetrault,
under sentence of death for mur-
But for the comparative mildness
of the Winter there Would have
been much scarcity of fodder be-
fore live stock got upon the late
grass. As it is, many farmers have
to feed most economically, and
some barns are rather bare of sup-
plies. The scarcity of straw and
routs told against generous feed-
ing. and the general condition of
live stock may be briefly described
as thin but thrifty. No disease of
a serious or epidemic nature has
appeared, the mild form of distem-
per reported in several parts of
the province being of a local na-
ture. Horses are said to be in good
heart, although not looking so
plump or sleek as in some years,
owing to close feeding. The sante
finny be said of both beef and dairy
cattle. Sheep have come through
the Winter nicely. and lambing has
been upon a generous scale; but
fear of the dog is holding back the
sheep industry in Ontario. The
present cost of feed for hogs leaves
very little prof.t for the farmer
A number of correspondents hold
that on this account there wilt not
be a surplus of hogs offering later
in the season.
THE WHEAT HARVEST BEI: N.
Binders at Work at Wichita Falls,
Texas.
A despatch from Wichita Falls,
Texas, says . Binders were started
on Wednesday in many wheat fields
in Wichita county. This is the first
harvesting of the year in Texas
and marks the beginning of the sea-
son throughout the United States.
Usually wheat is first cut 200 miles
farther south, but weather condi-
tions altered the situation this
year. Reports received from the
field indicate that the yield will av-
erage ten bushels to the acre. It
is estimated that the best fields
will yield twenty bushels.
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SI'.1NIS11 FISHERMEN i)HOWN.
Sixty Tense's Have Foundered in
Violent Tempest.
A despatch from Bilbao. Spain,
sayss : A violent tempest has been
raging on the Bilbao coast. Over
sixty vessels of the fishing fleet have
foundered. and it is estimated that
not less than one hundred fisher-
men have been drowned.
BRITAIN'S NAVAL STANDARD
British Premier Says Everything Will
Depend on Geographical Conditions.
A despatch from London says:
1n the House of Commons on 'Wed-
nesday night the Premier definitely
laid down the Iiew• of the British
(Jo'ctvrment in regard to the ques-
tion as to whether the United
State should be considered in de-
a'ay. Therefore the United States
could nut be regarded as one of the
two powers which would have to
be taken into account. And, al-
though second among the naval
powers of the world, she could not
be treated the snore for aggressive
purposes as France. Germany or
Icrmining the British 1 wo-power Austria.
natal standard. Mr. Asquith said Mr. Arthur Lee objected, saying
a great deal of nonsense had bc.en he would deal with the probability
talke 1 about the two -power stand- of any war with the United States
aid. it was nothing more than a merely as an academie proposition.
purely empirican generalization. '•It is really impossible." he der
He agreed that the range of Brit- Glared. to exclude the United
tsh t ision should not he limited States on the score of geographi-
to Europe. but. on the other hand, cal remoteness when she had just
when considering the combined sent a fleet of sixteen first-class
effective strength of any other two battleships. maintained as a fight -
powers in the world for aggressive ing entity throughout, for a yoy-
purposes one must have regard to age of 40,000 miles, in the course
geographical position. of which that fleet circumnavigated
in dealing with a remote power the globe and visited many parts
whose naval base was six, eight or of the British Empire."
stn thpusand miles away, with no Mr. Balfour. without mentioning
cern enient coaling station, it was the United States. argued that Mr.
elementary common sense not to Asquith had abandoned the tradi-
1reat that power es of the same tional British siew of a teo power
effective %slue as a power with a standard, but the House rejected
aaraJ base a hundred miles er so his motion by a majority of 114.
ment.
The Government cruises• Bayfield
is taking soundings in the vicinity
of the Detroit ]liver tunnel to Fee
that it does not interfere with na-
vigation.
Two men•and a woman were mob
bed by a lot of Morrisons at Ma-
grath, Alberta. They were trying
to take possession of a child whose
father was a "Gentile" and her
another a Mormon.
The Dominion Government is ex-
perimenting with shipments of
goods across the continent via Mexi-
co. it is said the sail -and -water
route is cheaper than the all -rail
route by Canadian railways.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Right Rev. Dr. Anson, formerly
Bishop of Qu'Appelle, died at Lich-
field on Thursday.
By the death of Charles Morri-
son, worth about $70,000,000, the
British Government will get at least
$10,000,000 in death duties.
UNITED STATES.
The town of Dalton, Mich., is re-
ported destroyed by forest tires.
The firemen's strike in Georg:a
has tied up the Georgia Railroad
completely.
The Wright brothers have receiv-
ed an order for an aeroplane from
the Shah of Persia.
Seven men have already met
death since the commencement of
the lake seamen's strike.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe celebrat-
ed her 90th birthday at her hones
in Boston on Thursday.
The Bank of Montreal has pur-
chased an eleven -story building on
Wall street, New York, for its New
York branch.
A young Englishman, who says
he learned to stent in Toronto be-
cause he could find no work, has
been sentenced to ten years in pri-
son at Portland, Me.
GEN -RA L.
Ten natives were killed in a rail-
way collision in India.
The troops stationed at Damas-
cus refuse to recognize Mehnted V.
as Sultan.
Two German airships manoeuvred
with the infantry in the presence
of the Emperor.
A Turkish land -owner who led
the slaughter of the Armenians at
Adana has been placed in charge
of the Government relief fund in
that district..
BART FELL ERE STORIES.
Plunged into Woman's Skirt Hang-
ing on Clothes Line.
A despatch from New York sass:
Patrick Srarson. aged four, is the
luckiest little Irishman iii. New
York. in spite of the fact that lie
k the youngest of thirteen children.
He fell five stories on Wednesday,
and escaped with a slight gash in
the head. He was playing on the
fire escape of his mother's flat. foe
flights rip. at No. I.99a Second Av-
enue, when he fell 4111. He bit the
railing of the fire escape two stories
down and bounced from there to a
clothes line. a story lower still. His
next stop was another flour below,
where he tumbled into a woman's
skirt hung out on the line and in-
flated by the wind. The skirt was
too big for Patsy. and he slipped
through. but his fall was broken
and 110 ill results followed.
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RAD MAN AT LARGE.
Peter Manson Escapes From Mani-
toba I'rnilrutiary.
A despatch front Winnipeg says
Peter Hanson. a desperate criminal
serving a fourteen -year sentence in
Stony Mountain Penitentiary for
arson. robbery and the killing of
animals. escaped on Monday night
anti is still at large. He tunnelled
a hole through the prison wall and
got out on the roof. and by means
of his bed clothes reachNl the
ground. twenty feet below. He Montreal, June 1.--A few of the
escaped twice from jail while wait- best cattle were sold at about 6e
ing trial, and is altogether regard- per pound. but they were not
cel ss one of the worst criminals in choice; pretty gesel animals sold at
the west,. 41,1i to 5'.,c; milkmen's strippers,
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese sail!
Other Dairy Produce at
Home and Abroad.
BltEAl)STU FFS.
Toronto, June 1. -Flour --On-
tario wheat 90 per cent. patents
X15.40 to 415.50 to -day in buyers'
sacks outside for export; on track,
Toronto, 115.70 to $5.7b. Manitoba
flour ; first patents, $6.20 to $6.40
uu track, Toronto; second patents,
*5.70 to $5.80, and strong bakers,
$5.50 to $5.60 on track, Toronto.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern
$1.33, Georgian Bay ports; No. '2
at $1.30, and No. 3 at $1.28%.
Ontario wheat -Prices of No. 2
are quoted at $1.35 to $1.40, out-
side.
Barley -Feed barley 62 to 65c.
outside.
Oath -No. 2 Ontario white 56 to
57c on track, Toronto, and 56c out-
side; No. 2 Western Canada oats
57c and No. 3 at 56c Bay porta.
Peas -No. 2, 95 to 96c outside.
Rye -No. 2, 74 to 75c outside.
Buckwheat -No. '2 63 to 65c out-
side.
Corn --No. 2 American yellow
83c on track, Toronto; No. 3 82%c
on track, Toronto; Canadian yel-
low, 77 to 78c on track, Toronto.
Bran -Manitoba $23.50 in sacks,
Toronto freights; shorts, $24.50 to
$25, Toronto freights.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -$4 to $5 for choice quali-
ties, and $3 to $3.50 for seconds.
Beans -Prime, $2, and hand-pick-
ed, $2.15 to (-20 per bushel.
Maple syrup --95c to $1 a gallon.
Hay No. 1 timothy $13 to $13.50
a ton on track here, and lower
grades at $11 to $11.50 a ton.
Straw $7.50 to $8 on track.
Potatoes -Car lots, 95c per bag
ontrack. Delawares, $1.10 to
$1.15 per bag on track.
Poultry -Chickens, yearlings,
dressed, 17 to 18c per lb; fowl, 12
to 14c; turkeys, 18 to 22c per lb.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter --Pound prints, 19 to 20c;
tubs and large rolls, 16 to 17c; in-
ferior, 14 to 15c; Creamery rolls,
22 to 23c, and solids, 18 to 20c.
Eggs -Case lots, 18 to 18%c per
dozen.
Cheese -Large cheese, old, 14 to
14%c per Ib, and twins, 14% to
14%e. New quoted at 13c for Targe
and at 13%c for twins.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon, long clear, 13 to 13„c per
lb in case lots; mess pork $22 to
$22.50; short cut, $24 to $25.
llanss-Light to medium, 15 to
16c; do., heavy, 13 to 14c; rolls, 1.2
to 12'/,c; shoulders, 11 to 111/1c;
backs, I7',:i to 18c; breakfast bacon,
16', ', to 17c.
Lard -Tierces, 13!,2c; tubs, 13%e;
pails, 14e.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, May 28.--Peas-$1.05
o $1.00. Oats --Canadian Western,
58% to 59c; extra, No. 1 feed, 58%
to 58%c ; No. 1 feed, 58 to 58,' Yc ;
No. 3 t'auadian Western, 57% to
bsc; No. 2 feed, 57 to 57%c. Bar-
ley ---No. 2 72% to 74c; Manitoba
feed barky, 62% to 67c. Buck-
wheat --e9'; to 70c. Flour-Mani-
t.oba Spring wheat patents, firsts,
86.30 to $6.50; Manitoba Spring
wheat patents, seconds, $5.80 to $6;
Manitoba strong bakers, $5.60 to
$5.`;0; Winter wheat patents, $6.50
to $6.60; straight rollers, $6.30 to
$6.35; straight rollers, in bags,
83.05 to $3.10; extras in hags. $2.65
to $2.80. Feed --Manitoba shorts,
$24 to $25; Ontario bran, $23 to
*24; Ontario shorts, $24.b0 to 825;
Ontario middlings, $25 to $25.50:
pure grain rnoutllie. $33 to $35,
,nixed mouillir. $28 to $30. Cheese
-westerns 12), to 12'% c. Butter --
22 to 22'.c. Eggs-- 19 to 19;,e per
dozen.
UNi'I'F.I► STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo. June 1. -Wheat -Spring
wheat. steady; No. 1 Northern,
carloads, store, $1.35%; Winter,
numinal. Corn -No. 4 yellow, 79c;
No. 3 corn, 781/it to 79e ; No. 4 corn,
77',c. Oats --No. 2 white, 64c to
64%c No. 3 white. 6:3 to 63'ye; No.
4 white, 62Nc. Barley - Feed to
malting, 80e to 53c. Bye --No. 2,
on track. 94e. ('anal freights --
Wheat, 3',c to New York.
Chicago. June 1. ---Cash wheat --
No. 2 red. $1.51: No. 3 red. $1.49;
No. 2 hard. $1.33 to $1.34; No. 3
bard. $1.31 to *1.33 No. 3 North-
ern. 81.:34 to $1.36: No. 2 Northern,
*1.33 ti $1.35; No. 3 Spring, $1.30
to $1.33. Corn -No. 2. 75',c: No.
2, wbite. 75% to 75'4c; No. 2 yel-
low, 75!, to 76c; No. 3, 75%e; No.
:; white. 75%e; No. 3 yellow. 75%
to 75'ye : No. 4. 74e. Oats -Nu. 2
white. 6:00a; No. :3 white. OOc to
6:3e; No. 4 white, 59e to 60%e; stan-
dard, 62%c.
LiVE STOCK MARKETS.
AN IMMENSE STEEL PLANT
Algoma Company Has Ordered $500,000
Worth of Machinery in Pittsburg,
A despatch from Pittsburg, Penn.,
says : Another move toward centr-
ing the iron and steel industry of
the United States on the borders of
the Great Lakes was made on
Thursday, when a contract was
closed by the Algoma Steel Com-
pany for $500,000 worth of heavy
steel machinery to be delivered at
Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, as quick
as possible. It is the intention of
the Philadelphians and the London-
ers back of this plant to have two
intmense steel mills in Canada
turning out bars and other steel
products by Nov. 1 next. The na-
ture of the machinery ordered
shows that the mills to bo erected
will be rivals worthy of even the
biggest and best Pittsburg mills.
The mills w..1 be by far the larg-
est in Canada.
After six years' study those con-
cerned in this project at the head
of the Great Lakes nave decided
that it would be cheaper to carry
the coal to the iron ore than bring
the ores to the coal, as has been
the custom for years. It is the in-
tention to go after the Canadian
trade and the trade of the North-
west States, a specialty being made
of the steel entering into the making
of farming machinery.
Announcement of placing this
order caused some interest in Pitts-
burg because Pittsburg steel
barons have looked on tins north-
west territory as their own, even
though the Algoma concern has had
a rail mill there and ore mines for
some time. There is little- doubt
now that the most formidable rival
the Pittsburg steel mills have en-
countered in years in the north-
west is now securing a better hold,
as local concerns will hardly be
able to compete with a freight of
over 1,500 miles added to their
cost of manufacture at Pittsburg.
3% to 5c; comma stock at. 3% to
4%c per pound. Milch cows, $25
to $60 each. Calves, $2 to $8 each,
of 3', to 6c per pound. Sheep, 5 to
6c per pound ; lambs, $4 to $0 each.
Good lots of fat hogs, 8%c per
pound ; a small lot of choice pack-
ers sold at $8.90 per 100 pounds.
Toronto, June 1. -Really well
finished butchers' cattle were firm
at $5.40 to $5.60, and choice at
.85.25 to $5.40; good butchers' cows
were a trifle higher at $4.50 to $5;
bulls at $4 to $4.75. Stockers and
feeders -Steady demand and prices
firm around $5. Demand for good
quality milkers and near springers;
common unsaleable. Sheep and
lambs-..asier and 50c lower.
Calves -Easier. Hogs -Very firm
at $7.75 f.o.b. and $8 fed and
watered.
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PRESIDENT ROY Gl'II.TT'.
The Wreaking of the Bank of St.
John's, Quebec.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Hon. P. H. Roy, ex -Speaker of the
Quebec Legislature and ex -Presid-
ent of the Bank of St. John's, was
found guilty on Thursday of will-
fully making false returns to the
Government. This verdict is the
result of one of the most sensation-
al trials in the history of this Prov-
ince. During the three weeks the
trial has been in progress some re-
markable evidence was submitted in
reference to Mr. Roy's actions. it
was shown that he had made false
returns to the Government involv-
ing some $500,000. This consisted
of worthless notes, past due bills
payable, which Mr. Roy, his brother
and their friends had discounted,
pocketing the cash. In their re-
ports to the Government all this
worthless paper was set down as
assets. In the list of current loans
was included an item of $5,000 re-
presented by a note of the bank it-
self, which was made to covar money
stolen from it.
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CAR OF 1904 WHEAT.
Sold ou Winnipeg Exchange at $1.16
l'er Bushel.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
A carload of wheat was sold on the
Winnipeg exchange on Thursday
morning. which has been in store
in Fort William since 1904, as a re-
sult of litigation arising out of the
bill of lading. It netted the farm-
er about 51 cents per busbsel, al-
though sold at $1.16. As a matter
c.f fact the farmer is out thousands
of dollars on the deal after paying
his lawyers.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Charles E !stone Struck While
Standing at Barn Door.
A despatch from Wyoming says:
During a thunderstorm on Thurs-
day afternoon about 4 o'clock the
barn of %Vallace \Williams, near this
pillage. was struck by lightning.
Mr. Williams' brother-in-law, Mr.
Charles Elstone. was instantly
killed while standing in the stable
door. The deceased conducted a
tailoring business here. and had
been a resident of \Wvonung for
many }ears.
THE AGE OF THE WORLD.
Not Less Than 240.000,000 Years,
Says Hon. H. J. Strut'.
A despatch from London, Eng-
land, says: The perennial problem
of the age of the world has received
.t new contribution, based on the
antiquity of radio -active minerals.
Geologists figured some time ago
the age of the earth at least 230,-
000,000 years, and the estimate held
until mathematical physicists com-
puted that the sun itself had not
existed more than 115,000,000 years.
The discovery of radium and the
theories of radio -activity seem to
he going to re-establish the geolo-
gists' contention. Lord Rayleigh's
son, Hon. IL J. Strutt, who is al-
ready an eminent a • entist, an-
nounces, as the resultf a recent
experiment with a chunk of thori•
anite containing helium, that thq
latter could not have accumulated
in less than 240,000,000 years. Ex•
periments on a larger scale which
are now going on will likely lead
to an extension of this time.
MOVING TO WINNIPEG.
E:xectttite OAteey of the Grand
Trunk Pacific.
A despatch from Montreal says:
it is oflicially announced that Mr.
E. J. Chamberlain. General Man-
ager and Vice -President of the
(.rand Trunk Pacific. will snake
Winnipeg his headquarters after
June 1st. Now that the line is ac-
tually in operation in the west the
presence of the General Manager
is felt to be even rnore necessary
than during the period of construe -
tion. especially if the Grand Trunk
Pacific is to maintain from the first
an aggressive policy in the develop-
ment of traffic.
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QUAKES IN PORTUGAL.
Varied in Strength. But Occasioned
Little Damage.
A despatch from Lisbon says:
Eara►quakes 'arying in strength
have been occurring in the ltibatjo
district since Sunday.. Two occur-
red on Tuesday. No material dam-
age has been done. The American
Red Cross has sent $1,000 as a con•
trihution to the funds of the Portu-
guese Red Cross in aid of the s ic-
tims of the seiere earthquake in
the Ribatjo district last month.
MURDERER SENTENCED.
Convicted of Murder of Brother
at llawkesbury.
A despatch from L'O,ignal. Ont.,
says : Salon Assaly-. a Sy rias ped-
dler. who murdered his brother,
Joseph, at Hawkesbury in December
last, wax tried at the Swing
Assizes here on Thursday.. A mix-
ed jury brought in a verdict of
murder with a recotnsnendetbon to
clemency. Mr. .lustice Teetzel,
who presided. sentenced accused
to he hanged at I. Orignal on the
23rd of July t►e51. The condemned,
'1 ho is only '22. had his feet so bad-
ly frozen before being captured,
that both hod to be amputated just
below the knees.
ON PRAIRIE WHEAT FIELDS
Warmer Weather and Plenty of Moisture
Force Growth of the Grain.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:ahead ahead of two cess- ago. hot fa
From all over the vast prairie re- little later generally than in 1ft09.
gfun served by the Canadian I aci-
fic main line and its branches a
crop reported ea' rereised on
\Vrdnesday whtch is of the most
optimistic character. Wheat seed•
ing is completed at eters point
and grain is sprouting through the
soil. encouraged by warm. groM-
ing weather and a suffic:encv of
moisture. The season is a g., -:d deal
At some points the wheat is three
inches high The only- minor key
sounded in the optimistic report is
from the country around RewrIen
and Peuhold. on the Edmonton line+,
where the work is backsard. hat
P t en there tbe grain sown ha• beets
making good progress Oat seeding
on the whole is about 75 per cent.
finir•h'd, acrordlpg to the revolt.
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