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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-7-23, Page 2IMPORTANCE OF_STREAM FLOW DATA Eu11e4 Development of Dominion's .Power Resources Baud. on Records of Measurements. Power, Me any other commodity, Moat be produced In quantities and at cost to meet the market dementia. Tho mace power is made up of inter - Mit en capital loveeted in the plant, of raw material and supplies, labor and. overbead. The two main eoureee of Causal= power are fuel and water, Hydro -electric development differs from fuel power development in that in rho former Casa the UMW capital expenditure must be iueurred at the outset. The expenditures for the site, flowage and water right; the dam,the power house foundations and the larger portion of those for turbines, electrical equipment and transmIseion linos, have to be made at the start. With fuel power developments, on the contrary, the initial capital expends - tare per unit of power delivered is. usually inuclt lower, and extensions can be readily made as the demand for energy increases, Therefore, while the ooet of sup- plies and labor per unit of power isi very match lower in the case of the.' water -power development, the interest charges are very much larger, and It Is essential that no development be undertaken until full and reliable data have been secured, se that the cape tat cost and the power available can be estimated within narrow limits. The Department of the Interior ad -I ministers the water -power resources of the Prairie Provinces and of the Yukon and North West Territories, and in order that its administration' may be sound, secures, in advance, • complete and reliable data concerning any site where there is a possibility of development within a reasonable period. 1' he quantity of power available at any site is proportional to the product of available head and flow of water. The head can be readily measured bat the flow or suppiy of water varies from day to day and from year to year. In order to obtain reasonably accurate data concerning water supply, it is necessary to maintain an organization which, by frequent measurement of flow and constant record of water level, secures over a series of years the daily flu't titian of water supply. That thee: records may reasonably accurately reflect the minimum, aver- age and flood conditions to be entice patted in any stream they should rover 8 period of at least ten years, and tenger still in the caae of tile more im- portant -were. • - The importanceand value of the work of the Department of the Inters or in its systematic measurement of stream flow, and in the methode which hays been devised for analysing and recording such data, have been recogJ nized by the provinces wbieit control their own water -power resanrces, with the result that, upon their invitation, the Department has extended its' etreaan measurement work beyond the 1lmits of the Dominion Crown Lands and is now carrying on a water Pee sources survey throughout the Do. minion, This work Is done by the Do- intelon Hydrometric Survey, a part of the Dominion Water Power and Bee clamation Service. Once the essential flow data is avail- able surveys mal be undertaken to de -1 lefties conditions at the site --nature of foundations, construction and trans- Portation facilities, etc, — following, which, plans ran be prepared and the cost of development fairly deflnitely determined. It is the pollee, of the Department, within the territory over which it has; administrative jurisdiction, to carry.! out general surveys of the principal power rivers, in order that It may in-' telllgently decide the manner in which; 1 RAND THE WORST IS YET TO COME they shall bodeveloped. The general leg. ce economic ultimate poaeibilities of a' whole river must not be sacrificed for`1 the purpose of sece.ring a single de- velopment which might be temporarily advantageous, The Department must, therefore, be in a position to formulate and decide' • Amazing Strength Shown by Slight Youth of 19. Henry Saxon Brown, a nineteen - year old London boy, allowed some wonderful strong -man feats at a re• a policy of development which will se- cure tbe best possible ultimate coni plate use of the natural power capacity 1 of the rivers under Its- jurisdiction. In the development and utilization of ber water power resources, Canada has made striking progress. The known available water power in Can- ada is 13,225,000 horse power, under. conditions of ordinary minimum flow, and 32,076,000 horse power available for six months in the year. Already; over 3,225,000 horse power has been developed, representing a capital in- vestment of over, $687,000,000, easily placing this industry among the coun- trys largest activities. The Chemistry of Love and Crime. U bas rereutly been announced in tht daily press that the British As- soeIatian the mouthpiece through wittc li British Scie.tce makes known I each year its Latest wondrous dis- i coveries, will meet this summer in Toronto. Meetings such as these maks us reflect on what the future may have in stare for us. Science has marls man almost the master of in ansate nature. He has gathered her furors in his arms and can move moun- tains. He bids his tireless servants speed him over land and water, carry him on wings in the air or in their hollies under the waters. His voice is carried to the uttermost ends of the earth; he reads the signs in the heav- en.- and can foretell the future. Such is the story told, but that un- told is greater. Such is only the mas- tory of inanimate nature; what of the vital mysteries? Little by little the tangled skein of j life is being unravelled. So far we have only a few loose ends and know, ot bow it is all so wonderfully woven. t n Yet we are getting glimpses of the controlling levers of human nature. I This is especially so of man's emotion- al nature, for we have not even an ink- ling of bow his intelligence works. Many Biologists now believe that fear; and anger and even the love sentiment are clue to certain chemical substances poured into the blood stream. These subs•tanees are known as hormones, some of which have been isolated from the glands which manufacture them. Anti who knows but what the moral, virtuee anal vices are the results of ! e1m.'tar substances. Ana if so, what a! future for the social worker—the i en8enist by that time will be unneoes- Bary! If we want to make criminals law-abiding citizens., a course of treat mena by an antl'Crime hormone is all that will be required. A too enthuse; patio reformer will have a few doses of something else to make hint think along the lines of the multitude. Gov -1 srnment will then became easy, for i there will be a esieciflc plryslological remedy for the itufringement of differ- ent laws. If -our governors want pro- i hibition there is need for n0 further t argument, ter tbe opposition may I readily be treated so that they will never Meet! There is n0,ond of it. i The critical point to the evolution of man le the question of government.' If a good government all will be well, but if a bad one 111011 humanity may be changed to willing slave; o8 its rulers. During a transition -i1 period— probably a hundred years hence—, when the full medical ((pennant of ; the government has notyr been quite t perfected, the planks of the pclrtical parties will be something like these-- Cloneervatives The ect lgenrtie child must be adopted by a goo,] family so as to have a home lifewhichis want- ing in •the public institution. Liberals • •Horninnce should be -sante control-{ Prof. Stewart MacAltster Well-known British explorer, now in the Holy Land, who has made a num- ber of discoveries in Jerusalem of late. Britain's Fishpond. The North Sea may fitly be called Britain's fishpond, because, although fish are caught all round our coasts,. the North Sea is the happy hunting - ground ot the trawler and herring drifter. For instance, from May untll Octo- ber, 1,000 miles of herring -nets- are shot every night. A single drifter will have three or four miles of nets down, and the annual catch aggregates some three thousand million herrings. • Few people -realize how big this sett is. It is 300,000 square miles in ex- tent, and is flsbed by 6,000 boats, big, medium-sized, and small. Not all of this vast area Is trawled, however, al- though the herring boats follow the shoals everywhere. There are special areas which attract the trawlers, who know the fishes' favorite haunts es in- timately as huntsmen know the spin- neys where a fox Is likely to lurk, The Dogger Bank, which lies mid- way between England and Jutland, is the most important of these areas. Plaice and ,soles are taken in vast quantities from deep depressione along its edge. Similarly, though much farther north, the Viking Banks are another happy hunting -ground. The Clever Friend in Question. A shy young hoeie1s, in en:effort to be genial, 11111 ass.le tate comparative stranger, whose name, ,:ntnehow, • eluded her. "Leek," she said, "▪ I've paired you off with tbat lady in the corner. Will you take her in to dinner? My hus- band, naughty man, says she's a bit=of an old frump, but she's got Iota of money, and one of his clever .frienf1 led. has just married her for it, so we Labor, which seryl the last gleam of 1110131 be nice' to her." � v▪ meammeiamosavaszemragnomma liberty vanlseing Abolish • govern- "1 am sorry, nladem," (aid the guest, :n! ,1tlii11 i•1. McKenna s< the plumbing inapeotor fir the village of meat and let hien loop atter them-; "but 1 ani the clever friendin quos- leefleet:tit, near Chicago, one in the photograph ebuvo is sel0wn ineperting selves, tion." -! Lite work of a local tradesman, cent exhibition here, says a London despatch. He crushed a firm, rosy apple to pulp between his fingers, drove a nail at one blow from his hand through two thick planks, broke a chain with his teeth, made a horseshoe out of an iron bar fourteen inches long. and, lastly, allowed five men and an anvil a quarter of a ton in weight to pass over boards supported solely by lits chest. Slight' in build,' he looks much younger than bis years. Even in his ceremonial tiger skin his appearance belies his great strength. He attributes his strength to his ,chest development. As a boy he was puny, and after his father died of con- sumption his mother urged him to do chest exercises, which he did with simple home-made apparatus consist- ing of a single elastic strand with a metal ring at either end. But his chest muscles alone do not make him keep his title of the world's strongest boy. He showed this when he lifted an ounce weight with his ear. Standing with feet apart, he hardened his muscles, and the ring at the end of the clip, which had pulled the top of his ear downward as he stood easy, gradually rose until the ear was up- right. He repeated the feat several times; each time his body relaxed the ring fell again. A New Vitamins. A new vitamin, which those who discovered it have temporarily pained X, has been found to influence the fertility of animals. Lack of vitamine X in an artlficial.dlet fed to rats pre- vented them from producing young. The discovery has now been confirmed by another physician, who suggests that the new vitamine have a regular place in the alphabetical segllenee as vitamine E. Vitamins A, B and 0 affect growth in animals; vitamine D stimulates yeast. The Forest Lover's Song. The tollowing,,beautitpl verses were written by the late Edmond Poly do Lotbiniere, an ardent lover of Nature. They were recently discovered by his son, Maar Alain Joly de othbiniere, in an old bookie, The verses might well be called 'the Forest Lover's Song of French Canada'. The Suring has come and Nature's mighty pulse Sends throbbing life through all tlmigs here below Now to the woods, haste, let us go Le bois est beau, Le bois est toujours beau. Spring's lost in summer and the Earth's parched bosom pants, With Soi's warm Iess, all nature is aglow, Come, to the woods, come, let us go, Le bois est beau, Le bois est toujours beau, The Autumn's hero and Nature like a bride, Is blushing red, the trees with glowing fruit are bending low, Now to the woods, come, let us go, Le bois art beau, - Le bois est toujours beau. The land is wrapped in Winter's er- mine garb, And lllte a weary child la resting nelth the snow, Still to the woods, we'll wander; come, let's go, Le bois est beau, Le bola est toujours beau. --J9 Bamboo Orchestra. Tones said to rival the notes pro- duced by the modern metal saxophone are blown by members of a Manilla orchestra on their bamboo inetru- meets. Variations in the length and diameter of the pipes of the saxo- phones cause deferent tones and some Iof the players have devised crude stops to increase the range. The abundance of the wood places the or- chestral equipment within the reach of those of moderate means. Stones About Well -Known People A Tip for Ottawa, ' - Ireland 1a geletor and happier Omit Abe wee, 02012 though 8110 16 not entire - 1y quiet and happy; nevertheless, stories of gtteer lrisll riiet11ade reflect lag leas silent times eel' go aralled, and Lord Lansdowne 1s passing on an arnueing legoud of a meeting which is /Detraction Iu the alt of digging and alleged to have taltan place at a small growing, and the gardener started out Irish village. At the end of the meat: hopefully enough, When, however, ing the chairman thee and elated; Has anny gintlisman auny ques- tion& to ask?" A man rose Immediately and was ora lessons to the twins; promptly knocked down by a person m of the opposite camp, "Whyq pot?" asked the raaponclblo "Iias unity other glntlemen, teeny parent question to ask?" proceeded the chair men calmly, No other gentleman rose, "Carried unanimously;" 8enoluded the chairman,. ply ot birthday presents for !tie twin eons, Lord Chariots and Lord Jeitn, They have now reached the age of ' twelve, bat the responsibilities of ills c— . ,a Care of Baby During Hot Months do not yet alt bear lly upon them, Recently their father deputed the 014 181111,3' gardener to give the twine Lord Linlithgow salted him how things were going along the old fellow shook his head and replied gloomily: "Belly, my lord, badly! I'll give no The Lowly Politloian. The French political reshuffle bringe to tnind a story wltloh suggests that 3reneb politicians -do not- always flat- ter their own professlon. This may be because a blow halt met is but half belt, and politicians all the world over are always receiving blows, The incident occurred at Versail- les, when M. Olemenceau and M. Pad- erewski met as politicians Colonel House described Padereweal as the greatest statesman at the Conference; and this made Clemenceau seine, "M. Paderewski," he observed bland- ly, "you were the greatest pianist in the world, and now you baye chosen to -descent to our level. What a pity!" Lordly Twins. Lord Linlithgow passed through his annual ordeal of buying a double sup - "Because," said the gardener dark- ly, "when I was inittructing Lord John, Lord Charles out the buttons off my trouseref" Oh. the Contrary. This is rather a nice story, told by the new British Solicitor General, Sir Henry Blesser, K.O. Tie was once ex- amining an Irish witn0sa (Irish wit- ne8ae8 always seem to be the most interesting), and it soon became ap- parent that the man was not speaking the truth. Mr. Blesser, as he then' Wass, used all Ms patienpe and perse- verance to overcome difficulties, but at laet'thfs.patience gave out, "Do you knew the nature of au oath, sir?" he ,demanded bluntly, "I do, yer honor," replied the wit - hese. "Are you aware, sir," thundered Blesser, "that you ere commanded in the Decalogue not to bear false wit- ness against thy neighbor?" "I am, yer honor, but sure I'm not bearin' false witness agin him. I'm bearin' false witness for him!" Old Anchors. They have served their part, - For - them the storms are done, And the long ships lie sunken er ashore. Shackle and shaft lie pitted In the sun; Here, on the junk -yard floor. Here the worn flukes, now red with flaking rust, Take hold no longer on the hal'bor• bed. 1 -he stale wind weaves a coverlet of dust, To tell what days are dead. No more the driving brine shall wrench the stocks That now are given to the gentler rains; And long-torgotteu are the ocean - shocks That tried the stubborn chains. When, heedful of the hidden rocks and spits, The ironmasters' faith was. justified, Till, to the groaning of the windlass. bitts, The tempest broke and 6104. Peace pascal They have outworn the ancient needs, And wait new anvils of the time to be. Change is upon our ventures and aur deeds! No change is on the sea. —George Sterling. Past the Switch of Safety. A long freight train was traveling south down one of the hardest grades on the road. The engineer looked out of the window at a village a tulle ahead there was, a switch there, and he bad orders to turn off and let a passenger train rim by him, He was not -a new engineer, but he had not reckoned on the momentum of his long train, and he -ran some twenty feet be- yond the switch. ' When he reversed the engine the care bumped one another, and the whole train moved backward perhaps a foot or two. Then it stopped. The engine did not have a full pressure of steam And so lacked the power to back up the grade. "She'll never make it till she blows off," a boy who was ;watching remark- ed to another. He was quite right. Though the en- gineer ngineer tried again anti again to back up the hill, he could not do it until, thanks 6o the efforts of the fireman, the engine gained frill pressure and "blew off. Then the train began to move slowly; by the time it passed the switch again It could have gone easily all the way up the grade. How manypeople run bythe switch of safety! To run by is, oh, so easy, but to get back is another matter. Only a lull pressure of steam, only the ful power of God, will start a lll'e back tosafety, . A Real Car, Indjan princes like a good, comeert- able a1tomgbi:e, A ear recently made for the Maharaja' of ltewah has a double roof and an electric fan, The windows are of :padrah gle,ss, which is opaque to outsiders, plough the mate pants of the ear can. sea .through :it orearly, The fittings include an alti- lade baro"mato-, a gradometor, a dim - lion Indicator dial, two swiveling searchlights and funnel ventilators,. The ear seats eleven persons; it is painted light blue ane cleoorated With gold, Tee Si S. Bear, Little Girl —"Mother, whore do they ltoep the cross-eyed bear in Sunday 88110017' Mother --"What these-eyerl hear, illy dear?" Little Girl "011, the 'holy Cross I'd Bear' they sing about all the limo," • Central Cooling, Climatic conditions have always proved a bar to the full development of hot countries by Europeans; but the new system of central cooling, which bas been perfected by experi- ments in the School' of Tropical Medi- cine, Calcutta, may prove a key which will open up the great potential trea- sure -house of the tropics. By this system a special "cool room" can be kept at. a temperature from twenty to thirty degrees below the outside heat, This is done' by a forced. supply of air, which is .pawed over the pipes of a refrigerating plant before it reecho* the room, while the relatively hat air already 1n it - le drawn out. The room Is specially In- sulated by cork. Experiments over a period of two years prove the efficiency of the "cool room,' and also that one can pass be- tween it and the warmer air outside• without any injurious effect on health. Where They Should, Be Hung. Modern Girl --"Now, - mother, be- cause I'm going bathing, don't get off that old thing about hanging your clothes on hickory limbs!" Mother—"I won't; I'd rather advise that you hang some clothes on your own." Preparing Geraniums for Winter Flowers. To have geraniums blooming from early in the winter until spring, It is necessary to ,start preparations in July, The cuttings taken now and rooted slowly and grown on will make the ideal plants as they will have' time to fill four or five -inch ' pots with roots, when they will begin blooming. take firm tips that are thick and short -jointed and leave one leaf on each and Dittos two incites deep in a box of half 8011 and half Sand and set outside under the east side of a buds where I can watch and keep moist. The box stoned have good drainage, When the cuttings show signs of grow- ing they are potted up and kept grow- ing steadily, repotting until in the else of pot they are to have in the window, and then not repotted again for they Want to be root -bound for bet bleout- ing. The pot eliculd be rather smail for the size of the plant.—A.11. As the Puptis Would flava These amusing blunders, perpetra- ted by girls and boys in various l,ng- 11sh schools, are listed 111 1 -he Schcel- muste;, an English journal for the eel fscation of pedagogues: What is the egret of leae on lv>1tcr? It sinks. WVbnt bird lays the biggest egg? Tee biggest bird, What diseov'ery was due to the falling of an (1111110? The 'wickedness of leve. But perhaps the most alin,s!11g ve8e one girl's confident declaration that the Roman numerals "LXX" Mara for "love and kisses'!" - Richard Explains. • Itieltard Reds 11 8141811 011,81.4 I. learn? ing figures than letters. "Whet is elle?" 11311011 the loather, poinng v Ua er' B. "Ttihat,"t1-111211t.011loitIt16httr11, prowidlY, "Is just 13 jammed together," During the summer trod autumn months great numbers oe ohlldree die every year fram• dlsoreers of the 4 -. 3'08tive tract, `Mese Affections useably manifest themeolves by fever, vomiting and d'larrhoa and, fit severe cases, lay great prostration, collapse and death, It 1s a common belief among people In general t�at these diaordors are 08• pealeally to be dreaded " during the aeoond year because children are get- ting their teeth and it 1s thought that all or almost all of the We which at. feat children result from the dreaded procese of teething. The fact 1s. -that teething. 18 ti na- tural process and that venially child- ren "get" their teeth as they do their Bair or nails, without symptoms. That serious symptoms of any sort result from cutting the teeth la absurd and false. What then, you ask, are the causes of these serlous disorders which at - feet infants during the summer mohs? Thentfirst cause Is artificial feeding, The death rate inctatidren fed on arti- ficial food is farm afa to ten times great- er than in those who are, breast fed, These figures are not mine but are. conceded by all Authorities both In Europe and this country. During the hot months, the milk supply, If it baa to be transported long distances has much chance for deterl- oration and contamination in handling. With a proper knowledge of how to care for milk, farm people, of all peo- ple, should not have difficulty in get- ting a cafe milk supply. The next cause of intestinal disor- ders 1s overfeeding, Overfeeding with any food, breast milk or any other milk, will produce vomiting and diar- rhea during the hot weather. The important thing, therefore, dur- ing hot weather is to feed the baby less rich food than in cool weather. If the baby is on the bresat, feed it at longer intervals and give it less than during cool weather and between, feedings give the baby a few tea- spoonfuls, of cool water, often. If tite baby is taking cow's milk, take off some' or all of the cream during the hot days and in place add some cereal gruel such as barley or rice. In addition to this, a small amount of orange juice fn the water given be. tween feedingswill give the necessary vitaminel of which We hear so much and which are absolutely essential it babies are having cooped food. During the hot weather all milk should be pasteurized or brought to the boIl; even if it is somewhat colo- stipating, it is at least safe. Fresh buttermilk, made from eae- teurized cream just turned sour, is an excellent food for babies during the hot weather and this may be given either raw or cooked with the addition of browned flour and sugar, two table- spoonfuls of each to tete-quart of but- termilk. The next common cause of digm- tive disorders dui-ing.. the ]tot weather is excessive clotbing,' Too much food and too much clothing is a combine. tion wcau he guaranteed to pre• duce a sick baby daring the hot w -anther, Iteep thehich baby cool on hot days. Cut down its feedings and give it water often. When fever, vomiting and dlarrl:ea begin, cut out the milk for a few feed- ings and give the baby plain water ar- toast and slowly return to the pre- scribed milk formula , If you use the same disarm of Meg - meet in feeding your babies as you do In feeding your caires, very few if them wilt be ill during the hot sum. mer months. A supply of this bark should be kopt in the pocket of shirr or hunting coat for emergencies in tlzose eeeti088 whcro birch thickets are not to be round, 11'ad a good quantity rf the bark tightly 1n the "lien:i an 1 weight 11 down on a. flat topped buuider, oi' in It shallot/ hole scoopc-1 in the 1ceky or sandy- flonr of the wen; a, with small lwlgs of tamarack, balsam or aspen, Ile sure, though, that the birch bark is fine, thin stuff. 1T,tve the shape of the fire like a. wigwam nr pyt'aniid, ;;o it will draw profierit. Place the heavier places of fireevr,od 'on last, then touch a match fo the edges of the birch barlt. A fire will soon be burning in the most sodden Mlle of the woods, or at points where thawlnd. is highest, - The word "teetotal" is said to have fast heen used by a temperance wive - ca to in 1868, It was caused by his inability to pronounce, ^without stain: roaring, the word "total," Birch Bark the Fire Starter of the Woodsman. The bark of the silver birch tree is, to the camper in the North Woods, the same as shavings or "kindling" to the housewife in tate thickly settled and more highly developed pants of the country, when a III a nerds to be started. A handful of the outer hark of the birch tree will serve to ;.!art a nine - firs in the wet 031 rr w-indlea of wean., er. No matter hew badly saturated the woods may be with water, a largo handful of the birch bark e•tl'ipped from a sapling near camp wilt be enough to start the camper's cooking fire,