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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1922-11-30, Page 5WANTED RELIABLE. SALESAGENT For tats dsatrict tw loll our Fruit and Ornamental Truer Flowering Shrubs, etc. Exclusive Territory GOOD PAY Our agency is Valuable. The Stock we sell is grewa in ctar own Nurseries, Our list of Varieties is the beat For partk,ala+r wTOC Pelham, Nursery Co., Estebli.hed 40 7s.r. • boo Acr,. ,■ t • -Hensel , Thomas J. Berry, a prominent city-' -zeit ,of HensalL, ;passed away at dtas home me Nov; 23rd, do his 67th year, after an illness pf ,about: a yar,. A9r. ferry one .ot tltie most wVdepy kAwt o fGaadta i has� dealers, have dale cnctsscd, the Aeleatic .between fen 30 aid, 40 times yn ,br:ngenee sh !•ptnterees iof Clydesdales to this country. He will be remembered for ,lees efforts• to isns- pro ee the grade of ,!tarsen tLsed apt Ca` lade. He is .survived by ?lis wid- ow, and two sons, Wilson, o Wilndsor and Edward at home. The funeral was .held Tram bis late home to !!errs,";-+ gaits cemetery on ,Saturday, wicler Masonic auspices. The Ret', J. -A, Mc- Connell conducted; the interment 4•ery iPois. Mr, Berry !?tad alit' iys ;>:en a' prominent mem,.ber of the Presbyterpa. church. 'The engagement is atrnouaced of El- len. Mae i:�reaiie), 'ou.ngest eaugleeer of Mr. Pei4 firs, Robert 11aceilrrthe r 'lop. out, of Hensallet Mrs, I ReiReid, Hein sel , the marriage to tike place in the near fu tore. ,Mr. end Mrs.. Alexander Swan are spending a irouole ve eks ea Windsor' ?tvrtir - the,;r span, , Jolut. Mrs. Weer and two young sons, who recently cane,, here from Entglani, left Iact week for Cleveland, Qh:;o, .there Ins, Hiller hen a. 'ester. .Mr. R. J..Paterson, and Mr. F. F. eluselt Were both en Buffalo duirei .elre ,past week, _Hiss !)ora. Sherr et, nurse, and her .,lister, Airs, W. S. Caldwell of Listto•- tireui, are visiting .their mother, ;Mrs, •Thos Shern`;tt, HENSA.L OPENS The village of Hansall paved their ,made street this suns i r, and far .three days last week ;hey celebrated the event nt wit sports, merriment and .addresses. Tins weather was not very favorable, but enthusiasm over- came that difficulty, The streets, ltusitiees places andhomes were gaily: .decorated with lights, streamers and .bunting, Galt Jazz Band eurnished•tiie music, and :n sliltte of theeeither large crowds were in. attendance. Prizes :tor sports Lon the first day We fesday, \rers rded'as Loliows Calitbump:ans, Rae Patterson, Edwar .Berry; Tuns and wagons, tE,Mc Queen, Jas. Birthe; Boys' bicycle race . A»: Sparks, C. Byars; Bicycle race Flogd Smith, Gerald Warrener, Slow bicycle *race, Russell Busch;, ,C. Eyre; Lad! . in comic costume, Helen Elder, Mrs T. O. Drummond; Men in comic cos. _Wine, Charles Way, Jos, Bernie, On Thursday prizes went to the fol- ' itowfing,—School ,Parade, No. a, Hib- bert Hensall school, No. 1 Tucker - smith, No. 10, Hay; decorated auto .R, J. Patterson, ;Dr. J. Peck; Giro, t10 , years and under, Norma Hardie, Dor- othy Heffernitn; ,Bays, 10 years and lut1r3,e1;,Alvin •Warrcrer, G. Bee; Girls .14 and under, Greta :Blackwell Grace Coleman; Boys, 14 and under, Bruce PAVEM1.NT. a es Tuckey, Alex. Sparks; Boys' open race, _(1arence Munn, .,Harry Smith; -Open Bicycle rage, Clarence -Munn, Al - .'ex Sparks;: bun eating conee t,C,Shad dock, L. Foster; Murdock's special for girls 10 and under B. Soidan, M. Fos ter; `Tuetdocles ,special for girls, 10 and under, Alvin, Warrcnler, W. Joynt, Murdock's tslecond special for girls Mabel Wortman, Dorothy Dodson, Ed- ith\rei..sh.; Masquerade, afternoon— .Dorothy Welsh, Jessie Park; evening, Mrs. Bertha. Bell; Gent's masquerad -ereaing, Lee Heddeni; Kazoo Band Ola Cook and -:company, Scott Welsh ;and comfy, , • "Don't Worry About Mc' Tom's Assuring, IV1ess-BSc On a little farm away up north Torn lived with his parents and one brother. kits Rather, well up, in years, found himself unable to continue the hard wort; of farming, so Tom took not up the the lad sihe gned up with lumbey an working nearby—sawing logs, stripping bar!, and driving the teams. Altogether these two jobs, farmer and, lumberman, kept his day so well filled that he hal time far little more than sleep. Nature re- belling' at this heavy burden --con-, surnptien claimed another victim,. After trying various ways to over, come his physical weakness, he went to the Muskoka Hospital, Isis par- ents are anxious about him. they send the other son to see hint often, Por they are old and feeble and journey- ing isa, hazardous undertaking to teem. Tones own troubles are never ito real to him that he forgets others. Ile asks for those about him. uveae for littte bits ol news about his hvme. attd never tails to send this mei sego back, "Don't 'worry about the. The people here sure do treat you *bite." A wQfdertul work is being done by 9 eelenaI panttarlum Aasoctation. ea rate trout tuberculosis.in eta o �e ¢ has been flue ia.reduced by more . tib aq -h lett Q alt during the' last twenty.rs.It needs your helpto snake its e its still more effectve. tribntlposs may be feint to W. 4. Chariton, 223 College St Toronto, Stephen Council A, special meeting of the Council of the Township oL Stephen was held in the Clerk's office, Crediton, on Wednesday, the 16th of November, 1922, at 1 p.m. AM members were present. Aloved by Mr. Hayes, seconded by Mr. Webb; "That the motion at Hayes acid Sweitzer passed on the 3rd of October, 1922, with reference to awarding the contract to Elmer Lawson for the construction of 4450 feet of drain, of The Victoria street n< Dra , Crediton, be rescinded."' Car- ried. !RUPTURE IN.. THE FOAL .1% Howl to Deal With;, Umbilical Scrotal Hernias. ROW Rupture Is Caused—Usnbitical Hernia Not Usually Serious— Treatment et Scrota! Hernia Essentially a Surgical Operation. (Contributed by Ontario Department or Toronto.) oronto.) Moved by Mr.. IHayyes, seconded by Mr. Sweitzer; "That the Ree be authorized to engage an overseer for the construction of that portion of Victoria St. Drain, Crediton, from; stake 10 to 26 plus 50 feet; to ea - gage the necessary labor and ,aur- chase sufficient tile to complete said ditch as well as tap drain and it weather conditions are favorable to continue the work to the drainage outlet." Carried. Moved by Air. Hayes, seconded by Mr. Webb: "That the motion mule by this council and passed on the 1st of May, 1922, with reference to a grant of $50 to The Athletic Field Association, Crediton, be rescinded." Carried, The Council adjourned to meet in the Town Hall, Crediton, for its next regular meeting to be bald on Dec, 4th, 1922, at I p.m, " H. Silber, CIerk. The season for poison mushrooms as over, but in a Little, while Crow thepee :tvho like to take a chance can heir, Gt trj,. an thein ice. Senator Proudfoot of Goderich, who is seriously 'ill at Toronto Hospietel,' fallowing an operation for appendiicitis is progressing as well as can be ex- pected. t ted The I I. Carter sch'oeler.;hips for Hu ron, valued at ,51.00,, $60, and $40e;for Lipner School examinations, were all won. by Goderich students, Ruby leiL•- patrdck, Boyd Taylor, a,nd Ethel C. Washington. Mark Twain was called upon to speak at a club dinner and took for his theme, "Hones•ty ". He sad when he was a bay at Home one day ..be retie a cart full of melons. He was a boot=aririebe wee tent.pltl=d; besides be likert ,melons. "I sneaked •up to that e cart," said Mark, "and ' I e tole a. . melon. I went into an al;'ey !t n devour • it. l3ui-1 .had ao sooner ;set my -teeth into it t,hen I paused; eesirartge feel- ing cane over nee.. I .cam i ea a' quick ' resolution. Firmly, I walked up to' that cart, placed the ,stolen melon where I got it ;from, era! teok a ripe one. Continuer, advances rt` ieerling .and the further collapse of the German mark featured, „the.stock;-market ,j tyuotatptinis, `. S�Ceit�,i,g, 'tvyesterday touched. S4.50etthe highest• post t since July 1 1919, to -day acleancedt id 54.52- ' 1-16, in consequence: of Bustsa ineel, de- inaad. The Gennep mark decided tq 1 3-16 rents, a new, low. It is tender stoolathatetheere are many lecedere. Gennari marks in ;Western O,r.;tarfo, wlvo have purchased them as a spec uiation: Advice frown niasticy centres',i;s to the, efJ ec:t that there is no indf ca- tin of: a recovery an marks, but that. .sterling exchange will • probably con- tinue too, advance slowly untieit events- ally 'touches par. HON. BIGGS OPENS ROAD.— On Friday Hon. ,F. cC. Biggs, minister of .highways was present and offiaa11y opener: the pavement, ;afterwards de - Searing 'an address. tin tate Town Hale Andrew Hicks, M.P. P., South Hurare L. W. Oke, 'M. P, P., East Lambeen. and Warden Trewartha, also° .poke, ciompementing the efiliage • on its e;ne .terpritse. McGILLIVRAY-.Tbe friiarirls of :'Iver and Mrs Deter . G5lbert sympethe ze with'. !them; in etheales:s:- of et e :r •• baey;. whose !uncivil. was held an Saturday to Brinsley oemntery. • • TUCKE1.S:iv1'ITH—Mrs. R. J. i+inn,i- :gam, Ashfield, announces the engage- ment orf ;her -youngest daughter, Vio- let Irene .pearl, to,Mr. Robert J. 'E1gre .sotni of Mr. and Mrs, Wil1am Eta e, eof .Turkerentith, the marriage to take place guetly in• November. 8. 41 �TOU can depend upon T.R.0 s to do their work.; When T.R.Ci.''s are used, •there's" no chance of error judgment; in no chance of mistelces being; made. Dose is accurately meant: pu ured, ingredients absolutely re, and guarantees not to: be ;injurious orr habit-forming $1.00 at you.rdruggiet''g 1 F ree sample, Teinpleton's Ltd. Toronto SQLD: BY W. S;•HOWEY•' ' GODER1G1-f SCHOOL TAX APPEAL ,. f g ' " Hiade to Gt t" Rheumatism Qoderich .. Nov 28.—At a special 1 „nee l i. Most cu few ere easy.meetiuvg of the Town ' Cote -sea lash• night it was decided, botapreal the ode - c sesee rendered by Jtuseric,e Middleton in Toren to, ordering •the!' town to pay to the Separate School Bceete one -thir- teenth cf the eelzool taxes of elle Western Canada Flour Mills Company here, alter con iclerable. discussion a,ad advice .from the, t ownsolicitor, Charles G:•i~new a motion au'thorizitig the ap- peal wa.s put and carried five to three ''ht •ground for the animal is that the entice ,served the •,town by 'the \V'estein ' Canada Flour Mills was not !ft, -11_ in that' ;t d,d eft show . that pine -thirteenth " of the seareh'aleens of `:?,e c n hitt y }sere . o' Cathode eer- sues en The case s mous m, ,>.oWstrt- crrtble Interest ?ccatdj I'he '1' bl c • School. `•Bots, d r etently deciddd to a;p pe,1 tha, ca_sie if th, auric l d',d not IIt ivLetlto1;s't. Church,' has` received heir new ,pc'ano, The church cis ',tow' smell u.ru e,r, way and wall: be dedicated, iii a ' ew weeks.. The term Hernia, or Rupture, is applied to designate a condition con- sisting of the protrueion of a portion of the intestine or bowel from the abdominal cavity through a normal or abnormal aperture of the abdom- inal wall,, which protrusion shows its presence , by a. lump or tumor -like mass, with the skin remaining intact as a covering or enclosing; sac, Umbilical Hernia. In the ease of Umbilical Hernia or rupture at the navel, the condition generally appears within afew weeks after birth. It consists of the protru tion of a jaertion of the bowel through the navel opening in the floor of the !icily, tbo akin remaining intact, terming a covering sae or pouch, Its presence becomes noticeable by the .appearance of a round soft lump, or tumor like mass, at the navel. Should doubt exist as to whether the con- dition is actually one at rupture, its true nature eau be readily determined by ,placing the teal an its back and by pressing and maniptaatiug tiro: lump with the hand. It will be round that the bowel can be returned to the abdomen, leaving a somewhat loose pouch of akin, and the aperture by witch the bowel protruded cam be telt as an oblong or ring Rae open- iiag, thus distiegufsls.ing it froth any other swelling. As soon, however, as the foal le Allowed to regain its feet, the bowel once more protrudes into the aac of skin and the lump or tumor like mass again appears at the navel, The size of the rupture varies ,from that of an egg to a large-sized ball. Treatment,.. As a rule, rupture at the navel In foals is not a serious condition, except when of large size. Those of small size tend to disappear in a large number of cases with. ,growth and development of the ani- mal. Recovery can be assisted by means of a truss or supportinir ban- dage. The foal should first be placed an its back, and the lump or tumor manipulated with the hand to return the protruding bowel into the abdo- .,sen. To prevent the bowel from again escaping, a pad or small cush- ion is placed over the navel opening and retained in position by a truss oe supporting bandage, such as a leather band or canvas girth encircling the body, fastened up over the back, and prevented from 'slipping fortvard or backward by means of a breast band. and breath band. The only objection to the use of a truss or bandage is, that it may cbafe the skin if not properly applied. In the case ot. small ruptures, a good blister applied to the skin around the navel has a good effect, as the swelling which it eauses helps to close the opening and Prevents the bowel from again escaping. If the foal reaches the age of four. or flye months without showing any improvement, and the rupture tendo to enlarge instead of decrease, it may require an operation to overcome it. The most common methods of oper- ation are bymeans of wooden clamps, p, skewers, and ligatures. In applying ' these, the foal must be placed on its 1 back, and care taken to have the bowel contents. of the rupture sac returned to the` abdomen. The skin ife rising the pouch or sac should then bo grasped by the bend and drawn :ut as far as possible irom the body, and the clamps or ligature fixed tightly and securely over the skin, close up against the navel ring or opening. The clamps or ligatures are then allowed to remain;. In position until they slough and 'fall off to- gether with the imprisoned skin and tissues. Scrotal Hernia In Colts. • Scrotal Hernia, or rupture at the. scrotum, affects male animals only, and may be present at time of birth, or appear within a few weeks thiere- after. This form of rupture consists of the protrusion of a portion of: the bowel into the scrotum or bag, to- gether with the testicles. Its pres- ence isnoticeable by $he increased size oe the scrottire , . Treatment:=Ther tireatment of Scrotal Hernia, in ordinary colts con- sists essentially of.a eurgical oper- ation, the method : usually followed being eastra,ttbn by what is known as the col°trued ,,operation which s'hou d' be Ander"taken "only' • by the veterinaty surgeon. As a rule colts intended for work Li"urposes, affected with this form of rupture, should be operated , on early in life, and in most cases before the animal is much over one year old, -. as the chances of successful results decrease with age, while, in the case of foals ;led yearlings, the operation is invar- iably successful. In the case of pure-bred edits, val- uable for breeding purposes, surgical interference is warranted only when -the hernia is a source of danger to health. The best . plan in such cases is to allow nature to take its course in the hope that with growth and development of the animal the hernia will become reduced. -Dr. 0. D. Mc- Gilvray, President Ont. Vet. College, Guelph. Ants Flee Ilefoie Tartaric Barrage. A small amount of moistened tar- tar • emetic, and powdered sugar in equal parts Will drive 'eats -away if placed' near their haunts. The mix tare should not' be thrown out -When. no longer required, but slaiould, be,. t set esde for another eiriergen`cy Add -; a little'water ;end the Mixture eat;: be eseti as before. `Care should taken to keep it out of the resell" of little children. The first apple tree was planted fn Manitoba fort, r ;ears ago. Zurich !'lMr. John Hey .Attended a Rugglrer obe Truck conv-ention 'n Saginaw, „Miele, last week, Mrs. Mich, I; a}ercher js se2liously ill. ,Mrs. Chris, Schwartzeneruber and family of the .Bronson Line., left last week for her former ,home, at Beater Falls N. Y., where she iateeels to 'vis- it wait .relatives Tor .some weeks, .. ..Ur. Ed, Beaver has disposed of his residential protxerty $n the village to Mr. Jacob Koehler of the GosheaLine south. Mr, Wm. Wolper 'of Seafortit ltas purchased the home, lot end bake shop, as well as the business, from Mr. Irwin Ecks.t e . Mr. Win. H. Haugh of .the 14th con cession has purchased from his fath- er, Mr, John Haugh„ hiss 50 -acre faran heed else 43 acres on the l74h eerie cession!. Also the 87% acnes from ata brother. David Haugh on the 15th con-- cesisiinn, In both cases he has pur- chased the stock ,and implements as tsrell, Mr. Conrad S c htlbe has sold hie tsf' e .9.00: acre ,farm, =15th twat., to his sere Henry Schiibe, and -has also purchased for Stir, other on, 3Varrea a thuriidited acre Tann zeortheeast of Kipuen, fronts Mr. Wm, Butt. A Wise Purchase is the Best Economy Rate is the wisest purchase you eau mone. Pure, Fresh and so 3eiicious--just try it. 1 and closed the door Salt the re ull that he nearly lost his .life. Finally, some one was found that "knew else combination and the door was opened: f i, A . c Y Itti tlmore t and the C n cSh would hid prdbably have sttffoeatect. BRUCEFIELD--Qur adage was sad-. *trued by the z>yews ref the depth fee Mr. Fred Aikenhead, sats, of Mr. WM; Alkenhead, aged 22 years, Fred had been ill mor than a year, and death took place at :Weston Sanitarium PAR eHILL—In a vacant building a He wae taken. ill of rung" troubte wblie number of chi:ildreft were playing, and working at the efolsores Bank, • _et one of them 'got inside a large safe Zurich, ANAEP'OGH THE RAILWAY: HISTORY OF CANADA The recent appointment of Sir Henry Thornton as President of the Canadian National Railways, and his coming to Canada to take up the stupendous task of managing the greatest Bangle railway system in the world, marks an epoch in the railway history of Canada. Canada has adopted the policy of` public ownership of thousands of miles of railway, which formerly comprised', a number of separate systems, each under its own management. namely; the Canadian Northern.` Grand Trunk Pacific and Grand Trunk Railway System, together with the Canadian' Government Railways comprising• the Intercolonial Railway. Prince Edward Island Railway and the National. Transcontineniai. On October 10, when the first meeting of the new Board of Directors was held at Toronto, these various systems were amalgamated into the consolidated system of Canadian National Railways, and all placed under one President and one Boardof Directors. In this fur -flung system, the people of Canada not only own over 22,000 miles of railway lines, touching every important city and seaport' in the Dominion, but also a telegraph and cable service reaching with its asso- ciated lines, 75,000 points in Canada, United States and Mexico; a fleet of merchant ships.compriaing the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, carry- ing Canadian products over the seven seas; a fleet of modern passenger steam- ers operating up and 'down the Pacific Coast.; freighters and carferries on the Great Lakes; a chain of palatial hotels; the Canadian National Express Com- pany, and other properties throughout the country. All this represents a very large investment from which. the new President and Board of Direc- tors believe Canada will eventually derive material benefit. ee Sic . Hew hornton, the newt); appointed President conies to Canada with an enviable record, having had wide experience and signal success in directing 8 the management and opera- tion of various important railway systems in the United States, England and on the continent, • But to make the National Railways a success the co-operation of the people of Canada is necessary, and it is the duty of every lrue Canadian to assist' in making this property the national asset it should be. Doubtless,: at this time it will be of • interest to ]cern something•of the early history and upbuilding of the roads now embraced in the Canadian National Railways. It must be remembered that it is less than a hundred years ago since the first stretch of railway in Canada was built,• , In 1832, a charter•was granted to the company of the .Champlain and St. i-aarence Railroad for a portage road 16 miles long from La Prairie on the St. Lawrence to St. Johns on.the Richelieu, to facilitate the handlinof traffic between Montreal and New York. In 1836, this line was opened for traffic. The rails, unlike the solid steel ones of to -day, Were of wood, with strap iron on the upper surface, and the Crudely constructed coaches were drawn by horses. In 1837 the proprietors; importeti`an engine and engineer,'th. 6rst•to be used in Canada, a rakish little engine that rattled alongg at lessthan twenty utiles an hour. In 1847 it ins' decided to build a road .froin Montreal to Lachine to replace ,the earlier, stage. route. arpund. the rapids. e.These pioneer -roads, • the first connecting Montreal, with the outer world, were some twenty years latera absorbed by the Grand Trunk sSystem. 1852 ,t the rails were extended to St. Lambert opposite Montreal, and southward to Rouse's Point, on Lake Champlain. While this considecably. shortened the trip to New York, it was stilt no easy journey, :entailing two chances ---first, the .trip across the river by ferry to St. Lambert, thence by train to lake Champlain, and a second. change to the boat going southward down Lake Chempleitt'and the Hudson River. in this year the act to incor- porate the Grand Truukof Canada was passed and construction commenced. By this tune the interest in the new method .of travel had amounted to a railway mania, and companies sprang up practically ever night, applying forcharters to build roads here and there, mostly ,for short distances, in the Maritimes, Quebec and: Ontario, for at that time the great north-west was known to the fur -traders alone, and per- haps a few missionaries. Dozens of charters were granted in the fifties, but the next pioneer road to be', completed also drew its traffic largely from Montreal. That, was the St. Lawrence and Atlantic,opened in 1853 beta., Lge nonuil, opposite Montreal, Portland, ., Laine. In 18544 'several projects that had been entered into by the Grand Truol;, were amalgamated by Act of Par- liament. In this year the line from Quebec to Richmond was opened, link- ing Montreal with the east .as. well es the south. In 1855 the line from Montreal to Brockville was opened. By the end of the following year the steel was extended from Brockville to Toronto, and on westward to Sarnia: Building was also going ahead to the eastward, extending .as far as Rivictre du Loup, mating a total of 872 miles under Grand Trunk dmanagement in 1860. The total •milc+dge in Canada at this time was 1,850 miles. Prior to 1847, no railroads had been built in the Maritime Provinces, except a coal tramway ii! Nova Scotifront the Albion coal mines to tide water. But -in 1858, a line limns Halifax to. Truro was to' e con ld � and.by1867 extended to Pictou Landing, while' in 1860 a' route from St. John to Shediac had been established. Surveys had also been made for a lime to continue from Truro to connect the Maritimes with the other provinces, but nothing was done until after Confederation in 1867, when the building of this connect- ing link was made a . condition of entrance into the confederation.. The- l3ominion Government undertook the task, and by 1876 the 500 miles between Truro and Riviere du Loup were opened for traffic throughout. The line from Halifax to Truro and several other lines in the Maritimes had been purchased by the federal government, aid the entire system was called the Inter - colonial Railway. Three years later•"the federal government purchased a line from Rivicrc du Loup -te Paint Levis from the G.T,R. In 1898, thegovern.; tient purchased the Drummond County Railway, Chaudiere toe Ste. Rosalie, and made arrangements with_the G.T.R. for joint usage of dictating from Ste. Rosalie to Montreal. In the meantime the Grand Truett Railway, . by extension end acquisition had covered ,the .Province of Ontario alta a 'network of lines, and had in 1882• absorbed the Great Western' Railway. It had also-.exteneed its stain line to Ceicsgo, ;the great traffic centre cf . ;: continent. Forseeing the development of Western Canada, the mariagenrent of the Grand Trunk Railway System conceived the idea of constructing a new transcon- tinental line from const to coast. It was to extend through the fertile timber lands of northern•. Quebec and Ontario to 'Winnipeg, on westward through the great-- pretne psee vinces, through Yellowhead Pass a practically unexplored mountain king. dour of the Canadian Rockies, fel- lowing along the centra! galleys of British Columbia to Prince Rupert. In 1943 the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the botninion Govern. ment agreed to cca•siperate on this transcontinental line and to build it in two grand divisions The western. division to he known as the Grand Trunk Pacific, extending from Winnipeg' tot Prince Rupert enc comprising a. mileage of 1,:5s miles, to be built by ti the Grand Trun , 1'31cifi4 Rahway. The eastern division, comprising Lake miles east of Winnipeg. to be built by the Canadian Gov,•rninent under the supervision of the Commissioners of the Transcontinental Rashtay, and leased to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway for a period of fifty years. So that, by 1914, the Grand Trunk and the Grand Trunk Pacific Raaway together com. prised over 7,500' utiles ,,af rails; operated boats on the Pacific co,sst between Seattle, Vancouver. Victoria, Prince Rupert and Alaska torts; huge grain elevators at various important tide- water and lake terminals, and a chain of splendid hotels. Out in the Province of Manitoba, through a rich but sparsely settled section in 1896, appeared the rails of a hundred smile stretch of .road which was to be the nucleus of the traits- continental line of the Canadian North- ern Railway.. Its birth tnok pl.t 'u in an auspicious hour, for news alite wonderful fertility of the vast Caned 't west, with its free grants of land. 1 ..i spread practically alound the world sett a great tide of immigration was roiling into the country. Front Great Britain, Europe and the United States a con. stant stream of settlers came; tonere sprang up overnight, as it were; settlers• clamored for railways; the line spread as if by magic, westward to Winnipeg and eastward to Port Arthur at 't'e head of lake navigation, and the Imo: Northern af th e Pa etfic Railway :x Manitoba were acquired, giving con- nection with the great rail arteries of the Western States, so that in 1901, the Canadian Northern had 975 mites of rails' under its control. The steel sooncrept up the rich, fertile valley of the North Saskatchewan River to Edmonton. Lines were ac- quired in the eastern part of Can :: and linked together, and by 1905 t:., eotal mileage of the system amottnte.f to approximately 2.816 miles. In the next five years the mileage was almost doubled. By 1915 the line had crept westward to Edmonton, pierced the Rockies and proceeded clown the Fraser Valley to Vancouver, on the Pacific s Coast. At the same time it acquired and extended lines in the east, so that its total mileage in that year ease .,,.d to 9,362 miles, The outbreak of war, and its . '. on finance, resulted in a condition el .. It compelled the Government to take over these component parts now forming the Canadian National Railways, but until the theCanpr, rand Truntt and adianesentNtheationaGl lava while formiifg a ei-ordienat'u aysfgm has eachit under de, -own bawl- o >zee a .-.., snatiagement. The ap �ntment et sir Henry Th. Thornton a d he.ne new Board of Directors marks the beginning.of''the coppleteamalgama n underone Pre sidentad Saw 1 ' of Management.', The' east:; two years have :seen' a substantial reduction in the deficit of the N$tional hoes and there is evert,°, reason to believe that the coining year will see this deficit further reduced. It is the aim of. the new management to tnakethe Canadian National Railways service conform to such a high standard that lk will t the confidence and support of the Canadian people, ✓ esseeeset siedese • icom-oliveS 1853.1922 r� .•ren .:c�`Ms i :5�,:•cam-s _ L..z�.:. eni" to Lorat0IL. K 13• r2