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;
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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'
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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.
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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,"
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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,