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Weekly Market Report
Breadatuffs„ I to 56c; breakfast bacon, 48 to 520;
Toronto, Sept. 23. -Manitoba wheat I cottage rolls, 88 to 890. Barrelled
-No. 1 Northern, $2.30; No, 2 North- meats -4'104Q 110k, 345; men pork,
ern, $2.27; No. 3 Northern, $2.23, in; $45. Green meets -Out of pickle, 10
store FoWilliam, t less than smoked. Dry' salted meats -
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hhhhihehe eau -No. 2 QW, 86%e; Lang *leers, in tone, 82%e; in cases,
No. 3 CW, 86%e; extra No.oec 38c; view: bellies, 27 to 28%,o; fr
86%0; No. 1 feed, 85%ct No. 2 feed, bee, 32 to 88.d-Tdercee,
361/2 to 36e; tubs, 36 to 361/2.e;
84%c, .in stole Foot; William.
Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW); 33'Si, to 36%c; prints, 870 to seteo;
$1,24%1; No. 4 CW, $1.22; rejected,: compound hard, tiercee, 291/2 to 30a;
$1.16%; feed, $1.16, in store Fort Wiletubs, 30 to 301/2c.
America.n. corn -No. 3 yellow, nom -h IVIontreal, Sept. 23. -Oats, extra No,
!nal.; No. 4 yellmv, nominal. i 1 feed, 961/2e; flour, new standard
Ontario outs --No. 3 whdte, 87 to 90e,, grade, $11 to $11.10; roaed oats, ba
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Wnter, ', 1 ' 90 lbs $4 90 to $5; bran, h45; shorts,
per ten .
car lot, $2 to $2.0 $55 hay, No. 2 do, 31.97 to 57' No • 2r toear lot si $20
$2.03; No. 3 do 81.93 to $199.f b to $22; eheese, finest eastern, 25c;
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p , butter, choicest creameey, 541/2 to 55c
Ontario wheat -No. 1
&hippingointsaecarding freighte.
egg$, fresh, 66c; selected, 62c; No.
Spring. $2.02
stock, 55c; No. 2 stoek, 50 to 52c;
to $2.08; No. 2 Speing, $1.99 t6 $2.05; r otatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.75;
No. 3 Spring, $1.95 to $2.01, ef.o.b. dreesed hogs, abattoir killed, $27.50,
shipping paints, aecordingto freights. to $28; lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs.
Bey -Malting, $1.27 to $1.30, at:-
net, 33% c.
Montreal Markets
cording to freights outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal,
Rye -Nominal.
Manitoba flour -Government stand-
ard, $11, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Government stand-
ard, Montreal and Toronto, $9.40 to
$9,60, in jute bags, prompt shipment
Millfeetl--Car lots, delivered Mont-
rea'1 frerghts, bags included: Bran, per
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There is no scarcity of sugar in the learhor of Montreal, the Cana-
dian Warrior, one of the vessels of the Canadian Government merchant
marine, having arrived there from the West Indies with 21,000 bags of
raw sugar. The pletbre allows the .sugar being transported to the refin-
eries. Another cargo of 22,000 bags will soon arrive on the Canadian
Recarait.
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steers, 312.50 to 313; butehers' eattle, hd. 1111US
choice, 312 to $12,50; do, good, $11.25
choice, PA1 $450
do, common. •37 to 37.50; bulls,90009000
to 311.50; do, medium, 310 to 310.75;
310 to $10,50; do, medium, $9,50 to
30.75; do, rough, 87.50 to 38; butcher
ton, $45; e.hortse per ton, $55; good aows, choice, $10.25 to 310,75: do,
feed flour, per bag, $3.50. good, 39 to 39.25; do, medium, 3850
Hay -No. 1, per tore 324 to 326; to 30; do, common, 37 to 37.50; stook -
mixed, per ton, 315 to 320, track, To ars, $7.50 to 310; feeders, $10 to
rento. 311.25; canners and cutters, $4.75 to,
Straw -Oar lots, per ton, $10 to $6.25; milkers, good' te choice, 3110 to
$11, track, Toronto. $140; dq, com. and med., $65 to 375;
Country Produce -Wholesale spengers, 390 to $150; light ewe,i
Eggs, No. 1, 56 to 57c; select, 59 3.7.50 to $0; yearlings, 30.50 to 310.50;
to 61c. Butter-dcreamery prints, 5:;'to spring lambs, per .cevt., 312 to 313;i,
58c; choice dairy prints, 49 to 50e; calves, good to choice, 317.50 to:
ordinary dairy prints, 45 to 46c; 321.50; hcgs, fed and watered, $18.25
bakers', 40e; 'oleomargarine, best gr., to $13.50; do, weighed off cars, 318.50'
35 to 37c. Cheese, neve, large, 281/2c to to 318,75; do, f.o.b., $17.25 to $17.50;1
29e. Maple Se-rup-per 5 -gal. tin, do, de, to farmers, $17 to $17.25.
$2.40 per gallon; do, one -gal. tins, e
32.50. Montreal, Sept. 23. -Choice steers',
$10 to 313; butchers' cattle, choice,
Provisions -Wholesale. bulls and cows, 310 to $11; poorer i
Smoked meats -Rolls, 35 to 36c; grades. 36 to 38; cannerse $5 per cwt.!
hams, med., 45 to 46c; heavy, 38 to Lambs, 312.50 to $13.50; sheep, 38.50!
40e; cooked hams 60 to 63c; backs, to 310; calves milkfed, 312 to
plein, 51 to 52c; baeks, bendees, 54 choice select hogs, $18 to 319 per cwt.
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ATLANTIC TRAVEL
Under Peace Treaty -Terms
Army is Reduced to 20,000.
A despatch from Paris says: -The
Temps outlines what, it says are the
principal military and economic stipu-
lations contained in the peace treaty
which is to be presented to Bulgaria.
These include abolition of obligatory
military service and the maintenance
of a police force which shall not exe
ceed 20.000 men. The Customs offi-
cers, gendarmes and police agents will
aggregate 10,000.
Arms and munitions exceeding the
quantity -which Bulgaria may retain
under the treaty shall be placed at
points indicated by the Allies. An in-
ter -allied commission will supervise
the execution of the military, naval added a wonderful head-dress to his
11. R. Fl. MADE
AN INDIAN CHIEF
Stony Tribe Supplies "Big Medi-
cine" For the Occasion.
A despatch from Banff says: -A
picturesque snort greeted the Prince
of Wales when he reached Banff. The
Stony Indians formed up to conduct
His Royal Highness to the park, where
the park commissioner preseited the
formal address of welcome. Then the
Stonys entertained their young chief-
tain with a typical Indian fete. The
formal dignity of their initial greet-
ings gave place to special dances and
songs and quaint ceremonies of their
race.
The Prince of Wales was made a
chief of the Stony Indians with pomp
and circumstance. The Prince has
and aeronautic provisions of the coregalia, and one more royal Peroga-
in-
tive has been added to his name. Once
FOOD PRFT4S DROPBulgaria must return all valuable again his personality won the affec-
nIa. -
ObJects and. documents stolen from the tions of a group of strangers: The
BACK TO NORMAL
4N UNITED STATES
Allies and deliver up to military courts
of the Allies persons guilty ee ads this hour.
Indians are his willing subjects from
contrary to the laws of war.
Finally, Bulgaria must pay an in-
demnity of 2,250,000,000 francs, which
must be turned over within a specified
number of years.
pact.
Expected That End of October Decline of 10 to 15 Per Cent. Fol -
Will See Close of Military 1 lows Governi'nent Investigation.
Mono ol Af o Washin ton says:
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A despatch from Montreal says:- -Reports to the Department of Jais-
Indications point to an early ending of tice from twelve states indicate that MUST SAILTHIS YEAR
the requisition of passenger space for there has been a decline of 10 to 15
Government requirements on both the per cent. in food prices since the thneA despatch from London says:-
Canadian and American routes, and . the fair price commissions began their
from British ports. work. From four states have come re -
A circular received at the White ports on wholesale prices indicating
Star offices advises that third-class a decline of two to five per cent. Vir-
bookings could now be accepted on the tually no reductions in clothing prices
steamers Lapland and Adriatic, sail- have been noted.
Inc from Southampton to New York, The reports on retail food prices
beginning with the sailing of the Lap- were said to have been from cities
the year or .sacrifice their free pas- from a fivearnle run before breakfast,'
land from Southampton, Sept. 16th. and counties well distributed through -
The hardship of mid-winter1,attired in runner's 'costume, and .ob-
Thie Is taken as the beginning of out the country, and the information sage'
pressing is not denied, but it is point- viously unwearied by a late .session of
the end of war activities, and will open , is believed by officials here to be a
ed out that but for the Overseas Min- bridge the night before. . Within ten
Prince of Wales a Ow Puncher
In Both Activity and Spirit
A despatch from Calgary says: -A.
jolly buneh of cc:wheys waited at Bar.
U Ranch, near High River, to watch
The Canadian emigration officials are, the delivery of the morning cup of tea
busily engaged in soothing the vexed to the Royal party, housed in the
spirits of the Canadian soldiers and guest cottage at the big ranch, hoping
tiseir wives, who fondly hoped to spend! t° get a elapse of the Prince of
their Christmas here and remain till Wales. They were amazed and im-
springtime, but now find themselves pressed when leis Royal Highness
compelled to sail before the erici ,et, came up behind them hot and happy
the wa to the resum tion of ; fair indication of what is going on
3r p norma istry's proclamation the process of re- minutes he was one of the .cowpunch-
ocean travel. It was stated that the , everywhere. They think that results
patriatien would have been spun out ers in splint and activity, and the key-
allindications are that plenty of space on • now becoming evident will be cumu-
many months longer, to the detriment note had been struck whioh made his
lines will soon be available for ' lative as the season advances, new
b
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lreayaseen held up long all the residents of the big cattle
civilian travel, on both the New York declines in wholesale prices being re-
of the noemal emigration business visit to Bar -U a memor.a.bie day for
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and Canadian lines to British ports. : fleeted in retail prices and additional whath a
ranch.
en
Probably the end. of October win see I reductions coming from the campaign ough.
the close of the military monopoly of i against hoarding and profiteering.
passenger service, which has caused
so much dislocation during the past,
five years.
CANADIAN AMBULANCES
OVERSEAS BEING SOLD
A despatch from London says:-!
The Canadian Red Crciss Society 'will
Cease to exist as an overseas organize -
hien in a few more weeks. The Cana -
lien ambulances, which it was firsti
proposed to return to Canada for
presentation to various hospitals,'
were found to have done such lenge
service in France that it was conskler-
ed advisable to dispose of them here,1
and th s is being done. Like other mili-
tary stores, they have realized. good
prices:.
Colonel Braylock, head of the Cana-,
diem Red Cross, will shortly retire tai t alien Nationality of Fiume
private life and remain in England, i
Agreed Upon by the Sig Three
A GERMAN CRUISER
TO PUT TO SEA
A despatch from Berlin says: -A
Kiel telegram says that the German
cruiser Regensburg is now being fitted
out in the Kiel Imperial docks for a
voyage to South America.
The vessel is to be ready Monday.
Her task is to take care that all Ger-
man merchant ships interned in Chile,
Argentine, Uruguay and ports of other
South American States return to Ger-
many as quickly as possible.
The message says that negotiations
are pending with the Entente on thiS
matter, and that the food supply is to
be promoted by this means.
while Lady Drummond will retinabo
Montreal st the end of the month.
COMPLETES CASE FOR
PROSECUTION OF EX -KAISER
A despatch from London says: -
The Attorney -General, Sir Gordon
Hewrat, has completed the case for
the prosecution of the former German
Emperor, according to the Mirror. The
place of the trial has not yet been set -
lied.
.Adespatch from Rome says: -The
Meesaggero says David Lloy.d George,
the British Prime Minister; M. Ole-
menceau, the French Premier, and
Signor Tittoni, the Italian Foreign
Minister, are in perfect accord over a
definite solution of the Fiume ques-
tion ensuring the Italian nationality
of the town, and are only awaiting
the President's decision on the sub-
ject.
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The Shade of His Son- "Fight for your rights, dad, by all
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RICH GOLD DISCOVERIES IN 'MANITOBA
Sufficient to Pay National Debt of Canada Several Times Over,
is Opinion of Experts.
Two rich gold strikes, both made
within a fortnight, but in widely sepa-
rated fields, have started- a rush of
fortunahunters to the province of
Manitoba, that recalls the 'beginning
of the stampede dor the Kloadike,
The first was madeby an Indian
prospector, Jacob Cook, a few weeks
ago at Copper Lake, about sixty miles
north of The Pas. The Second is the
find of Robert Wachman, a Chicago
%alesman, and Gus Larsson, a pros-
pector. It is in the Contact bay region
in western Ontario, about 200 ulnas
east of Winnipeg.
Cook made his find by literally
stumbling upon if. While on
his wart° his cabin along the shores
of Copper Lake he tripped and fell
over a rusty spur of quartz jutting up
from the ground. Impelled by auger
more than curiosity, he struck the
spur with his pick and uncovered evi-
dence of gold. Within a few minutes
, he had opened up a pay streak four
inches wide and several feet deep -
a pay streak 'that alrady is colloquial-
ly known as "The Golden, Sidewalk."
Copper Lake is east of Lake Atha-
papuskow, in the Cranberry lakes
region, and about fifty miles east from
the great sulphide mines, Flinfion,
Schist Lake and Mandy, operated by
the Guggenheim interests. It is about
the center of the great mineral belt
that extends from beyond the eastern
boundary of Saskatchewan across the
vast stretches of northern Manitoba
far into Ontariq. Every known metal,
from iron to platinum, has been found
at various places in that belt and a
dozen or more rich mines are in opera-
tion, among which the best known are
at Cobalt, 'Ont.; Rice Lake, Man.;
and The Pas.
Subsequent prospecting revealed
that the width of the large ore body
varies from ten to thirty feet and is
continuous on the surface for about
1,400 feet. To the. southwest and
northeast of the main exposure the
TidingsFrom Scotland
lode bee been uncovered. Taking nil e
granted that the lode is the same and The death is reported from London
continuous, it would have a length of of George El, Hutton, manufacturer, of
two mile% The hIgh-grade gold occurs seocirk,
in a vein. paralleling the Main ore Mr. and Mrs, John Deuholm, of
body at distance of about 1,200 ee
t Church. St., Berwick, recently cele-
to the southwest. Thie vein ja ex
'•-• - brated their diamond wedding.
posed for about 300 feet and consists I Lieut. -Col. Alan G. Haig, D.S.O.,
of a sehieted zone about four feet C.MG., Bermeroide, can trace his
wide. At the point of discovery the descent from King Edward III.
quartz is eighteen inches wide and The D.S.O. has been awarded to
from the quartz wall to the gangue Major H. W. Sutherland, son of, hes
consists of quartz stringers and sheets ex -chief constable of Galashiels. I
of schist. At the bottom of a five-foot Mr. and Mrs. Thoraas Houston,
pit the high-grade oro is about six Buecleugh Street, Hawick, recently
inches wide, while on the surface it celebrated their golden wedding.
was from three to four inches wide, , Major Charles H. S. Plummer, of
Assays of the quartz to either side of Sunderland House, has bei appoint -
the high grade ore give 310 in gold to ed a Lieutenant for Selklashire,
the ton. A war memorial Is to be erected in
Wachman's was a stroke of good a suitable place by the inhabitants of
fortune that surpassed his fondest ex- the Rulewater district, Roxburgh-
pectations. He had come to the wilds shire.
of western Ontario to spend a vacationi A Celtic Cross, bearing the names
fin and hunting. By chance he
of the local men who have fallen in
met Larsson, a veteran prospector,' the war, has been dedicated' at Leit-
who induced him to lay down hie fish- holm,
pole and gun and take up a pick 'for !
Q.M.S, P. Robertson, Black Watch,
exercise." Wachman had been exer- Prestonpans, possessor of the UM.
casing only two days when he struck • and M,S,M,, has had the D.C,M, min-
a vein of gold that assayed at a high , ferred on him.
rate, although its extent has not been
When Sergt. J. B. Daykins, V.C.,.
dettermined. I Howden Farm, returned home, he was
The vastness of the country may be given a public welcome and the free -
illustrated by the statement of one, of dem of Jedburgh.
the old-thne prospectors, that if 10,000 a The Chapel Street TIP, Church, Ber-
prospectore started in different direc- wick, has been purchased by a local
tions from The Pas they could be out baker, and will be converted into an •
for months in the mineral belt without up-to-date bakery.
anyone crossing another's path. Lielt-Col. William Thornburn, Royal
Beneath the moss and muskeg of -- Scots, who has been awarded the
northern Manitoba lie riches sufficient D.S.O., is a native of Peebles and re -
to pay the national debt of Canada sides at Kingsmuir.
many times over, is the opinion of A tablet has been erected in Lyne
Frank Moore, mining expert and pion- Parish Church by H. R. , Taggart,
eer prospector, of Winnipeg, who Gartferry; in memory of his grandson,
staked the Rex and several other Lieut. H. R. Taggart.
mines in the Rice Lake region. R. T. Mathison, son of the late Pro -
The building of the smelter and the vest Mathison, Peebles, nas been ap-
construction of railway lines into dia. pointed vice-chairma,n of the Johan-
tricts known to be rich in minerals nesburg StocInExchange.
are matters only of time. Sheriff Maconochie, of Avontoun,
QUEEN'S HOME
A FACTORY
House in Which Victoria Lived
Now Motor Building Plant.
A despatch from London says
: -
Townley House, in Ramsgate, situated
in one of the prettiest parts of Eng-
land, where Queen Victoria lived as a
girl with her mother, the Duchess of
Kent, is to become headquarters of a
motor carriage building company, by
whom it has been acquired.
The beautiful old elms that digni-
fied the grounds are being felled to
provide carriage bodies, while the
house itself is being converted into a
home for employees.
CORRECT NAME IS
GENERAL "CUIIRY"
A despatch from London, Onst.,
says:-Wae correspondents and all
others notwithstanding, the correct
name of the Commander of Canada's
Army Corps is "Sir Aithur W. Curry,"
according to a definite statement made
by officials of Middlesex county.
A few days ago the General was
made the recipient of a $500 chest of
silver, on evatioh was •engraved the
name "Curry." Fretful personengreat-
ly disturbed, rushed to :see what could
be done to remedy the supposed en-
graver's error, but Warden John
Curry, brother of the General, set
their fears at rest. He stated that the
family name had been correctly spel-
led, and indicated that the General
had simply let the other go by default
during the war es not worth bother-
ing about.
BRITISH TO WITHDRAW
FROM SYRIAN AREA
A desperteh from Paris says: -The
agreement reedhed by Premier Clem-
eacerin and Field Marshal Alienby of
the British army concerning the oc-
cupation of Syria provides for the
evacuation of all the area north of
the frontier between Palestine and
Syria on or before November 1 by
British troops. The Bnitish will be
relieved by the French forces, with the
exception of the districts of Demos-
cu,s, Hems, Hama and Aleppo, which
will be left out of the area of occupa-
tion, but will pass under French in-
fluence, it is said.
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BRITISH WOMEN
EAGER TO EMC
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Munitionettes Clamoring For
Chance to Settle Abroad.
.A. despatch from London says: -
There is going to be a big spurt in
emigration as soon as the shipping
situation in Great Britain becomes
easier. Demobilized women workers
who cannot find employment to their
taste at home are clamoring for facili-
ties to go abroad -especially to the
overseas dominions. 40:
War work has unsettled enormous
numbers of women who had previous-
ly been content to apply themselves
to domestic duties, and the result ib
that the taste for adventure is attract-
ing them to new and unknown spheres
of effort. The Overseas Settlement
Department is helping ex -service wo-
men as well as men with free pass-
ages, but only such as have the quali-
fications demanded by the dominions
will be assisted in this way.
Munition workers have been particu-
larly eager to avail themselves of this
offer, but oddly enough, this is one of
the classes to which it does not apply.
Aerial Transport for the Dead and
the Dying.
Among suggestions lately eoneider-
ed by a great English airplane firm
are two which have the merit of ex-
traordinary novelty, says the October
Popular Mechanics in an article ac-
comfanied by infteretting..illueltrations.
The fit* comes from an undertaker
who believes that an airplane hearse
Should be used when a person dies far
from his home :OW desired place of
burial. The seoond, etranige ass it MEW
sound to the =comprehending (mei-
dental snin,d, may yet yield' a fortune
to some enterprising company. For
defy:out Hinduss from all corners of
India travel by the hundreds of thous-
ands each year to the sacred Ganges.,
there to Wash •away theta. 041I9 or die
in peace on the river hankie. Though
ninny are rich, as seen in /lie holy city
of Bemires where rthetir lavish charity
supports whole tribes: of mendicants,
many dile short of their goal. So the
suggestion is mado that an aerial
service be instituted to rush also sick,
and particularly the dying, to the holy
stream, that they may die areureid of
salvation and future blies.
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for competition among the members
of the Linlithgow Golf Club.
Sir H. F. R. Wingate, G.C.B., hue
sent £50 to the Dunbar War Memars-
ial Fund, in memory of his son, Major
M. R. Wingate, 0,5.0., M.C.
Tho town of Duns, Berwickshire,
has raised for war purposes a total of
£340 per head of population, beating'
any other town in Great Britain.
The Army and. Navy Gift League
of Tarbert, has presented a gold watch
to Rev. Duncan Blair in recognition of sneer_
his having won the Military Cross.
CEREMONY AT OYSTER BEDS
Quaint Ritual, 1,000 Years Old, Opens
1919 Season. at Colchester.
The Colchester °yet* fishery has
been formally opened with the usual
quaint .cereniony, says a London des-
patch. The mayor of the corporation
traversed the fishery grounds in a
dredger and made the fleet haul of
oysters which proved to be ofexcel-
lent quality. The mayor and the cor-
poration then consumed gingerbread,
a custom that has prevailed since the
fishery was first opened under royal
charter in the reign of Richard I.
More than a thousand years ago,
when Roman soldiers were sitting on
that spot opening oysters with their
swords, the East Saxons so appreciat-
ed the Colchester fleheey that they
took three oyster knives as their
arms and this device still forms the
arms of the county of Essex.
"Good Hunting!"
Very •soon it may be possible to
"f ollo-w the hounds" by aeroplane, and,
from a high altitude, witness thecap-
ture of the fox.
Aerial experts assure us in time
our Zoological Gardens and our cir-
cuses will be stocked wdth spoils ob-
tained from the forest, jungle, and
desert by meane offlying machines,
with a minimum of risk to the hunt -
ere. Also, lit is anticipated that much.
wild game hunting will be carried lc
by this =Gene.
Over vast tracks of land the aero-
plane ,Ehould prove a boon, both as
regards speed and sighting, though
the jungle and .forest are another
matter. Already it is suggested twat
large nuinhers ef Ca.nadian reindeoe
shall be rounded up by taeroplane. The
golden, lure from sucba hal-ye:et would
be large -probably 'anything from
3500,000 to 32,000,000, if the hunt took
place. This je rather a cruel form of
sport, however, end it de to- be hoped,
that here :at least, amlenious aviatore
will cp.tiasthall.
Art
form of "sport" by
,aeroplane is afforded the. naturalist.
An aeronaut In the French forces tells
of the numberless insecte-eorne of
them rale specimens -that used to
cling bo his captive balloon, many
hundred feet up from terra firma. In
consequence of the insects, binds came
hundreds to catch their food, and
the 'Rieman had quite a little men -
agate at times.
Cuban Farmers Using Tractors.
Ths tractors WWI on the sugar es-
tateao tuba teioordiug to Consular
report, ante a two kinds -the round
wheel Old Ulu truolgloyer typo. TiAeY
w two aimoot ail plow -
In the avathcra section of tIte
eioneklogau provNvo, elirjog to MO
401etOtAV k0111, the troalger
000mo to ue the 'moat eueeesefet •