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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1919-12-11, Page 6OPE1AT1ONS PLANNED IN NORTHERN CANADA OIL MELDS Three Big Companies Send Experts Into. Creat Slave Lake Country to Complete Exploration by Next Autumn of Vast Qi1-B earing Areas. " A despatch from Ottawa says: ; When navigation opens ore the Atha biisea River and Great Slave Lake nest Isprin.g three parties of men, represent - ins; as many eanlpathes, will push into the oil-abe'aring areas of the north, where preliminary investigations by Penspec:tors, surveyors and geologists have led them to expect another un- tapped reservoir to add to those al- ready eup'plying the world. These eampanies are the Standard 011 Co., the Shell 011 Company, and the Anglo -Canadian Oirl. Co. 1%Sr. A. It. Coyne and Mr. W. R. Martin of Medicine Hat and live others are now in Ottawa on their way to London for onsultation with British directors of he Anglo -Canadian 011 Co, This coin- y's survey parties have been in orthern Alberta for four years, and they have made contracts for develop- ment work to extend over five years en the 240,000 acres which they have leased. The company expects to spend a million dollars to locate definitely the oil-beas;ing •strata on its area. The ;Shell, 0111 Co.,. the great British company,; which attracted general at- tention in* Canada by its attempt to get exclusive rights for a large area of oil lands in the West, has evidently not lost heart as a result of the Hon. Arthur Meighen's refusal to eaztertain its applieation, It is stated that it has three or more survey parties in the north. TheStandard 011 Co. is reported to be sending two outfits into the areas it has leased on Great Slave Lake in order to make a thorough test of them, Contiguous to this property are sev- eral thousand acres which were lo- cated by a Canadian -American 'syndi- cate, which also plans to send an out- fit for testing purposes next spring. Other smaller companies have secured areas in the north as well, andd in addi- tion to the testing parties. being sent by the three large companies mention- ed there will be a hock of prospectors and experts to make further 'search for strata which might be oil -hearing. By next autumn the areas reputed so rich in oil will be thoroughly tested.. FARMERS FORM RAILWAY CO'Y. A Co-operative Enterprise in Lake St. John Region, N. Quebec. A despatch from Quebec says:—A railroad built and operated by a group of farmers, in a remote region of Que- bec Province is the 'latest in eo-opera- tive news. The district of Lake St. John, in Upper Quebec, is the scene of this novel enterprise. The company'. will apply to the Quebec Legislature at its session neat week for a charter. Another railway to develop coun- ties in Quebec Province close to and leading to the Ontario border is pro- posed by a recently organized com- pany which will apply to the Quebec Legislature next week for incorpora- tion. This latter company's firm name will be the Quebec Colonization Rail- way Company, and it proposes to op- erate a railway line from a point at or near Mont Laurier, in the county of Labelle, in a southwesterly direction to a point on the Canadian Pacific Railway at or near Maniwaki, in the county of Ottawa, and running west- erly in tile direction of Lake Expanse and Lae des Quinze to a point on the Canadian Pacific Railway at or near Temiscamingue, and further to build and operate a railway line from a point at or near the Colonge River, in the country of Pontiac, In a northerly direction to a point on the National Transcontinental Railway at or near Nottaway to a point at or near the tell River, north of Lake Shabogama. The whole, with the necessary connect- ing lines and branches, such railway Eine to be operated wholly or partly by steam or electricity. The Legisl,ture will be asked to authorize such company to own and operate ships and boats, to acquire, develop and operate water and electric powers, timber limits, fishing rights, licenses and patents, sawmills, mines, ores and clay products, and to carry on all trades and businesses in connection therewith and for other objects. The other railway company seeking Incorporation at the session of the Legislature that opens here en Wed- 8iesday next is the Farmers' Railroad Co. of Normandin, in the Lake St. John region. It will build and operate as railway line as far as Peribo `•ls, and from there as far as the Satuenay River at St. Fulgence, or near that place, at deepwater, and will also ask for all the necessary powers for the DOMINION SHIP- YARDS ARE BUSY Twenty Thousand Men Ern- ployed in the Industry. A despatch from Ottawa says:—In- eluding the two 8,360 ton steel vessels ordered recently from the Wallace Shipbuilding Company in Vancouver the Dominion Government has now contracted for 57 ships. Three months ago there were 23,- 500 men on the payroll of thirteen Canadian yards, and there are prob- ably twenty thousand men now active- ly engaged in the construction of ves- sels in Canada. The expenditure in wages is estimated at forty-two mil- lion dollars a year. In additon to this 23,000 employes of •other industries which supply the raw or half -finished materials used in constructing •ships, making engines and rigging and out- fitting them, earn about forty million dollars annually. The actual money invested in Cana- dian shipbuilding yards is $47,000,000. Eighteen ships of the Government fleet are new in commission, and there will be 22 before the encl of the year. The Canadian Aviator, one of these vessels, is going on the first voyage of a Government vessel to Australia with a cargo of paper. The steamships Canadian Volunteer and Canadian Trooper have sailed for Great Britain via the Panama Canal with lumber. It is stated here that -the British Govern- ment is buying seventy million feet of lumber in British Columbia. Ex -Kaiser's Trial Will Take Place MR. LIONEL HH, CLARKE MILS, L. H, CLARKE Newly -appointed Lieutenant -Governor Wife oe the new Lieutenant -Governor of Ontario. of Ontario, SETTLEMENT LOANS TOTAL, $50,$99,003 5,43'3 Soldier Grant Entries Reported by Board. A despatch from Ottawa says:— The Soldier Settlement Board has gone over the fifty million mark in loans to returned soldiers settling on the land. The returns are completed to Novem- ber 15 and show a grand total of $50,- 699,008. The number of loans ap- proved is 16,175 and the average loan is $3,134. Advances were made for the fol- lowing purposes: Land purchase. Amount for purchase, $28,125,250; inn5rovenents, 4,528,325; stock and equipment, $10,336,537; total, $41,990,- 112. On Dominion lands: Improvements, $1,375,173; stock and equipment, $3,882,267. Total, $5,- 257,800. 5;257,800. On land owned by settlers:' Encumbrances, $1,726,279; improve- ments, $583,294; stock and equipment, $1,141,518. Total, 3,451,091. Grand total, $50,699,003. The board also reports a total of 5,433 soldier grant entries completed. up to the 22nd of November. Demand in South Africa For Canadian Newsprint A despatch from London says:— Robert Muir, representing South African paper importers, will sail foe; Canada t'hortly to negotiate for a large expert of Canadians newsprint to that country. IIe hopes Canadian manufacturers will ease their prices, and ocean carriers their mates, as otherwise it will be cheaper for South Africa to obtain supplies from Scan- dinavia, from which steamship rates - are lower. King and Queen Aye • the Prince Proud of A despatch freer Loudon says:—One A despatch from London says:— Speaking at Pontypridd, Wales, on Thursday, Sir Gordon Hewart,' •Attor-, ney-General, said the suggestion was not true that there were. any dissen- sions or waverings with reference to the trial of former Emperor William of Germany, The law officers, he add- ed, were :continuing most careful pre- parations for it. Fifty thousand writ- ten statements withreference to the matter • of prosecuting criminals for their acts during the . course of the war had . been examined. From this, the speaker •said, the audience could appreciate the magnitude of the task and not be deceived by suggestions that the matter was not receiving the closest attention, accomplishment of the above purposes. Queen Mary Accepts Indian Woman's. Name A despatch from Brantford says:—, Has Been Moved East p That Queen Mary has been pleased to accept the Indian name of "Ca -non- A despatch from Winnipeg say's: Ronh Nwa" from the women of the Six Nations Indians, whose reserve is near Brantford, is the information re- ceived here from Ottawa. The name given is the Indian name of Mrs. Helen Hill, President of the Six. Nations Wo- men's Patriotic League. The Queen be shipped out.The early cold spall also extended her gracious thanks for is responsible in part for the slow movement, all available ears on rail- way lines having to be used for the transportation of coal. Only Two-thirds Wheat It is estimated that not snore than *we -thirds of the season's grain has been shipped out from the West. To date 70,000,000 bushels have passed over the Canadian Pacific Railway lines, and ,it is said that between 30,- 00o 000 0;000,000 and 85,000,000 bushels will yet the address sent to her by the Indian women, and presented to the Prince of Wales on the occasion of the visit of the Prince here on October 20. Prince Replies to The King's Welcome A despatch from London says:—:AI- though the wolconre hone dinner to the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace Monday night was a private function, King George greeted his son in a set speech, addressing him as "My dear son," and adding, "I wish you a most hearty welcome on your return' home, safe and sound." The King expressed his pleasure at the remarkable enthusiasm with which the Prince had been everywhere re- ceived and because she had forged a new link between- Canada and the Motherland. The Prince of Wales, replying to his father, began: "Your Majesty, I feel very diffident in attempting to reply to this toast. Whenyou bade me farewell I felt very proud of the nriesion you entrusted to me. I was following your footsteps, setting out to see the Empire for my- self, and I meant to do my utmost to be worthy of your confidence. "It is still a prouder moment for me when I hear from your lips that you're pleased with the way in which I car- ried out my task, and I am deeply 'grateful for the far too kind words you have used about me. I have had a wonderful journey, a wonderful ex- peeience, and can never adequately express my gratitude for the universal. kindness and hospitality shown rase." FRONT OF STRIKE Coal Miners in West. Virginia Accept Increase, A despatch, ,irons Washington says:—Reports were received here on Friday that miners in the.Falirmount 'ar-d Thairfort fields iir West Virginia had agreed to accept ,the 14- per cent. increase lately suggested by Dr. Gar- field, the Federal Fuel Administrator, and would return to work. Thee re- ports gratified Fcdeeal officials, who hoped that the breaks in the hitherto eo'P.d front presented by the, minjens. would lead to a further crumbling of who was present at the banquet given their ranks. by the King at Buckingham Palace inj honor cf the. return of the Prince f ' -- Wales says the occasion was the first time the King had heard the Prince make a formal speech. The King him- self concluded his own remarks by saying: "His mother and I are proud of him." Memorial Cross to be given by the Dominion Governmentat the wives and mothers of Canadian soldiers and sailors who fell in the great war. If the soldier left a wife the Cross goes to her, othei°wise to his mother or nearest female relative. Weekly Market Report Breadstuffs. Toronto, Dec. 9,—Manitoba wheat— No. 1, Northern, $2.30; No.. 2 Northern, $2.27; No, S Northern, $2.23, in store Fort Wil1la•n,, Manitoba oats- -No, 2 OW, 88x/eci No, 8 CW, 86%c; extra No. 1feed, 84%c; Noe 1 feed, 81%sc; No. 2 feed, 80%e, in store Fort William, Man. barley—No, 3 CW, $1.491 NeA. 4 CW, $.L$2, in store Fart Williaurr. tnerican corn—No. 2 yellow, $1,70; No. 3 yellow, $1.60, track, Toronto, prompt ahipnronts. • Ontario oats ---No, 3 white, 88 to 90e, according to freights outside. „Ontario wheat—No. 1 Winter, per car lot,2 to $2.01; No. 2 do, $1.97 to $2.031 No.�3 do, 31,93 to 31.99, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Ontario wheat—No. 1 Spring, 32,02 to 32.08; No. 2 Spring, $1.99 to MO; No. 3 Spring; 31.95 to 32.01, P.o,b• shipping points, according to freights. :Peas—No. 2, .32.60, Bailey—Malting, 31,50 to 31.53, ae- cording to freights outside. 13uckwheat—$1.30 to 31.82, abeording to freights outside. llye—No, 3, $1,37 to .31,40, according to freights outside. ,„„( Manitoba flour—Government stand- ard, $11, Toronto,' Ontario flour—Government standard. 39.60 to 39.60, Montreal • d Toronto, in jute,ly'gs, prompt. shipment. Milleeed—C' r lots, -delivered Montreal freights, bags- included: Bran, per ton, 346; shorts, per ton, $62; good feed flour, 38.15 to $8,50, Ray—No. 1 per. ton, $213: mixed, per. ton, $21 to 328, track, Toronto. Country Produce—Wholesale. Bunter --•Dairy, tubs and rolls, 43 to 44c; prints, 48 to 50c; creamery, fresh made ,solids, 62 to 63c; prints, 63 to 64c. Eggs—Held, 52 to 540; new laid, 75 to 80c, Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 26 to 30c; roosters, 25a; fowl, 20 to 25c; geese, 220; ducklings, 25 to 80c; turkeys, 35 to 40c; squabs, doz., 34.50. Live poultry--3lpring ohihkens, 19 to 20c; roosters 20c; fowl, 18 to 22c; geese, 17c; ducklings, 22c; turkeys, 35c. 1. Cheese—New, large,'31% to 32c; twins, 32 to 32%e; triplets, 33, to 33c Stilton, 34 to 35c. f Butter—fresh dairy, choice, 55 to 58c; creamery rints, 66 to 68c Margarine -33 to 38c. Eggs—No. 1, 60 to 61c; selects, 64 to 65e; new laid, 85 to 90c, Dressed poultry—Bpi-1111g chickens, 30 to 33c; roosters, 23 to 25c; fowl, 30 to 32c; turkeys, 45c; ducklings, 34 to 35c; geese, 24 to 27c; squabs, doz., 36.00. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 22 to 26c; fowls; 23 to 25c; ducks, 22 to 25e; geese, 19c. Coldest November Since.. Away Back in 1896 A despatch from 'Winmipeg says:--- Noveniber, 1919, has been the coldest on record since 1896, according to the official observer at St. John's College Observatory. The lowest for the month was recorded November 30, Beads-•Can+adion, hand-picked, bus., $5,25 to $5.75; primes, 34.25 to $4.76; Japans, 34.75 to $5; imported, hand picked Burma, $4; Limas, 17% to. 18%o. Honey --Extracted clover, 5-1.b. tiny, 27 to 28c; 1041•b. tins, 25 to 26c; 60 -Ni, ties, 25e; buckwheat, 60-11>. tins, 18 to 20e; comb, 16 -oz., 36 to 36,50 doz.; 10 -oz., $4.25 to $4,50 doz 1 Maple produets—Syrup, per imper- ial gni,' 38.15; per 5 tinrperial gals., 38;. sugar, ib,, 27 to 38e. Provisions—Wholesale; Smoked meats—Haans, lased„ 36 to 38c; do, heavy, 31 to 32e; cooked, 47 to 50e; rolls, 30 to 31c; breakfast bacon, 42 to 46c; 'backs, plain, 47 to 48e; boneless, 49 to 52c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 31 to' 82c • clear` bellies, 80 to 31e, Lard; -Pere, .tierces, 29 to 293%; tubs 29% to 80e; pails, 29% to 30%c; 27% sto 28e;0 tubse 8o to 28n e;31/4. Cmpoud pails,, 28% to 28%c; prints, 29% to 30e. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Dee. 9.—Oats, extra No. 1 feed, 99c. our, new standard grade, $11 to $1.1,10. Rolled cats, bags, 90 lbs., 34.75 to , 4,85. Bran $ 45. Shorts $52. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car :lots, $24 to $25. Cheese, finest pasterns, 29% to ' 30c, Butter, choicest creamery, 67% to 68c. Eggs, fresh, 90 to .96c; selected, 65c; No, 1 stock, 58e No. 2 stock, 55c. Potatoes, per ha 'scar lots, $2.25 to 32.50. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, 324 to $24.50. Lard, pure, wood pails,, 20 dbs, net, 28%c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Dec. 9.-Ohoiice (heavy steers, $18,25 to 313.50; good heavy steers, $12.50 to 313; ibutchers' cattle, choice, 311,75 to 312.26; do, good, $10.75 to $11.50; do, inert„ 39 to 39.75; do, com., 36.50 to 37; bulls, choice, $10 to 311; d'o, ined., 39 to $' .25; do, rough, $7 to 37.25; butcher cows, choice, $10 to 311; do, good, 39.25 to 39.50; do, rased., 38.25 to $8.50; do, com., 36.50 to. $7; stockers, $7.50 to $10; feeders, $10 to 311.50; canners and cutters, $5.25 to $6.25; milkers, good to choice, $110 to $175; do, corn. and med., 365 to $75; springers, $90 to 3175; light ewes, 37 to 38.50; yearlings, $9 to $10.50; spring lambs, per cwt., $14.75 to $16.50; calves, good to ohoice, 318 to $20; hogs, fed and watered, 316.25; do, weighed off cars, 316.50; do, f.o.b., 315.25; clo, do, to farmers, $15. Montreal, Deo. 9.—Butcher Heifers, com., 36.75 to 38; butcher cows, med., $6 to 38' canners, $5; cutters, 35.25 to $6; butci'ei'`hulls, tom„ $5.75 to $6.50; grass calves, 37; veal calves, $15 to 316; good veal, 314 to 316; medium, 39 to $14; grass, $7;; ewes, 37 to 38; lambs, good, 313.75 to 314; coni., 312.50 to 313.25; begs, off car weights, selects, 316.50 to 317; •lights, 314.50 to 316.50; sows, 313.50. Another Record' in Exchange Fall A despatch lrbm New Ycrl: Says: Demand sterling or' bills en London fell, to $8.843ix,, to the pound in this market on Friday, representing a de - 1 cline of 2% cents from the recent Tow level, and a discount of about 21 per cente from the pre-war rate of $4.86%, Rates on Paris also made a further decline, the purchasing power of the franc falling to almost 10% to the d'ollar,.'or a discount of slightly more than 50 per cent. 1 177 Head of Holsteins Fetch Sum of $51,000 • A despateh from Fond du Lac, Wis., says:—A total of:.$51,000 was obtained for 177 head of registered Holsteins at the annual fall sale of the Holstein Breeders' Sale Company. The Average price was 3288. Korndyke Press brought the top price of $975. British Subjects Only to Give Oaths -...r..- a IREL.,.. .1 Queen ,Alexandra has: sent a della tion of 1139 for the funds of St. Ullan s Infant Hospital, Dublin. The Omagh Guardians have elected James Murnaghan, J,P. as their chair- man for the twentieth time, The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, ace conlpanied by Capt. Retord, A,D,C„ at- tended the races at Loopardstwn. The will of the late R, Mitchell,. .r P„• Dublin, recently probated, leaves personal property valued at 3125,535. The Sick and Indigent ;F oom-lteep- ers' Society, Dublin, is appealing, fox^ ald to help through the conning wrn'tl A large number of rifles, guns, and swordswere found by the police inn - the thatch of an old house near Newry.' The flax mill belonging to James Brownlee, Cullybackey, County An- trim, has been compleely destroyed by hesfire, . A young man who was ascending Blarney Castle, fell from the first floor and received serious injuries to lits d• A fire that broke out in the mills of Messre. D, O'Brien, Corkery & .Co., Kenniare,, did damage to the extent of 24,000. The Dublin. Corporation "field a spe- cialmeeting to consider a revised scale of charges for the supply of electricity. Thomas Lenahan, son of the game- keeper on the Young estate at; Lis. nrore, was found drowned in the Black- ? i Rev. 4V. Percy Coster, who has been a 'cliapiain to the troops in France, has returned to Kilbridge parish, Ark - low, A memorial statue has been unveil- ed at Belfast to R. J. McMordie, M.F„ who was five tines Lord Mayor of Belfast. .A meeting of the medical profession was held in Cork to consider the in- crease of fees by 50 per cent?, buetook no action. G. Smith, superintendent of then Bel- fast Fire Brigade, who recently re- tired, has been allowed `# pensidn of £275 per annum, The death took place recently nit bus home, Churchtown House, Dundrum, County Dublin, of William Seyinour Bird, K.C., 3.P. tr W. Fl. 'Gilbey was presented with • q handsome tea service at St. Michan's Church rooms, Dublin, on the occasion of his marriage. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers', Repat- riate5i Prisoners of War Committee have establisieed offices et 68 Lower A despatch from Regina says:— Commissioners for oaths in Sask<at- e!lievean will have to be Britis!lr 'sab- ject!s either by .hui th or naturalization following the passage of a bill before the Saskatchewan Assembly. Appointments wlill, moreover, be subject to annual renewal. This is a quelstion which has been much can vassed by the G. W.V. A. during the past year. Calgary Horses Bring Big Price in Britain A despatch from London 'nays:--- Thiirty-fclur Percheron horses bred by George Lane of Calgery, Alberta, were 'sold alt Easton, Suffolk, end real- ized £7,018. Lord Niko hongh!t a mare for 650 guineas, and Perfection, a stallion, winner three times in Can- ada this yeas', •brought 550 gulineas. when 18.9 'below was reached. iJLAES ___.—.__ __ U.S. AGENT: Lloyd tb e t eTdiThisPPact PRES. WILSON HANDLES SITUATION A - desIr�etch from London says:— Premier )Moycl George, speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday, ex- pressed the hope that the peace treaty would be ratified before the end of the month. He thought Parliament would rise Dec. 23 until February. 60,000 Names on galls of Church. A church will be erected in Notre Dame de Grace, a suburb of Montreal, upon the walls of which will be in- scribed the names of every man who died for Canada in the great war, The church will he used by the combined congregations of the Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd and Trinity Church. Sixty thousand Canadians were killed. .r Two Senators Who Visit President Find Him Mentally Com- petent to Direct Affairs of Nation -- News of Jenkins' Release Halts War Talk. A despatch from Washington says:—A sharp and 'sensational. turas of optimistic character was given to the. Mexican crisis on Friday. Its first phase was (official announce-, ment of the release of William 0. Jenkins, the United States Consular Agent imprisoned at Puebla. Its second .phase, now more inter- esting to the country, was the report of a special committee of the Senate Committee on Foreign) Rlelati'ons, after a personal interview with President Wilson, that -tie was mentally corn- 'pebent to handle the (business of the nation. It was through this personal inter- view that. the ghost was Bland of the strong intimations that President Wil- son was in, no condition to direct Am eri�cnn affairs. The two Senators who interviewed iihe President, with the filly-coneeal'ed purpose on the part of member of the Foreign Relations Committee to ascertain the truth or falsity of the snarly rumors that he was in no physi- eal tor mental shape to attend to im- portant public business, came away from the White House convinced that his mind was vigorous and ,active. INGING A,t P FATHER • ”" " 'tll *THAT l ., .. ... �s . Ol.i.`! 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Dawson, headmaster of the Municipal School of Art, Belfast, has been appointed headmaster of the Manchester School of Art. Ilev. Dr. John Morrow Sims, princi- pal chaplain of the British Expedi- tionary Force in France, `ryas unepi- m6usly elected Moderator of the Gen- eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. — ', T-1111--•�,. Some Great Flagstaffs. In the year 1861 British. Columbia presented Kew Gardens with the tow- ering flagstaff which many of us have seen and which was 159 feet -high, says a London magazine. This after a life of more bran fifty years, is no more, and the Dominion has repaced it with another, which is even larger. It is 214 fest long, and is actually' higher than the 1Vlonu.inent in London by a matter of 10 feet. It is nearly three feet through at the base and 12 inches at.ths top, and is a single stick of the splendid Douglas fir which grows in Vancouver island. Huge as it is, this staff is not the biggest in existence. At the Panama - Pacific Exhibition, held in San Fran- cisco in 1914 to celebrate the openietr of the Panama Canal, a flag flouted ai the top of a pole which. was no. less than 246 feat long—half as high again as the Nelson column—aud 66 inches in diameter at the base. It weighed over 40 tont, and was c4t in the Neha- lem Valley of Oregon. It was also a fir, not one of the giant Sequoias of California, It was impossible to transport it by land, so it was towed 'leans Astoria, Oregon, to. San Francisco. From Australia it would be possible to procure an even longer spar. On the west coast there grows a species og gum tree which reaches 400 feet or about the same height pe the spire of Salisbury Cathedral. These trees are taller even than the. giant red woods of California, though net of anything like their circtirofev- e once. The record redwood is on the Kink River near Visalia. It is 352 feet in height and its circumference at the ground just 100 feet, ' .�..- --- 1--,--- .- The street corner, is the home of all sortss .of evil. S treet-corn orfrieirdq are usually bad friends. Dried beans and peas require soak, ing overnight and long, 'slow cooking, If !beans are old And hard add a little soda to the utaterlila: which the bean* aro soaked and in the first boiiilr water.