The Clinton News Record, 1923-8-9, Page 3from Coast to Cocas
Ilaliz'ax, a,S, .1:`lieonse to pioepeet;
for salt in Haute County has beetle
taken out lty 11lcsert, Chamber and Mc-
Ifety, of 'Vtw Gleemoil, The license
covers }til area of 35 square miles,
Peeepecting hr tele district will be!
watched with eonekter thio interest, es
sett hao_ beon d!,ec0vered near Fal-
mouth, acmes Alines Bashi from
Fredericton, 14.13, -Thirty thousand
ounds of: wool have been graded this
s'aeon by J, D. Thompson, of rho Feed,
eral Department of Agriculture, under
the eo-oper ative grading and market-
ing plan carried out >zy the"Paevincial
Department , of Agriculture and the
Nev Brunswick Si}eep Breeders' s' .%1.eso- ,
cietion. This Is 8,000 lbs: In excess'
of, the 1922 clip-, One hundred adds,
Meal shippers contributed their pro-
duct for grading this' year,
Montreal" Qom -'levo hundred idle-
rainians'passed through here recently
en route to Western Canada, where
they- will ,Tecate among the Russian
colonists. The party loft Ukrainia
several months ago, 'intending to„set-
tie in Cuba: That country was too hot,
however, for their northern blood, so
they decided to locate in Canada. All
are farmers, of splendid physique' and
averaging e0 years of age.
Timmins, Ont. -It is announced
that -the" Holhnger-•Oold Mines will
proceed with tire develop/nee!: of
000. 'horse -power at. ,the Long Sault
Rapids in: Northern Onario. This will
be one of the outstanding woodcs in
Northern'': Ontario. It 18 also ander
stood that negotiations have been' con-
cluded for the -sale 'of the properties
of the Hull and Ottawa Power and,.
-Manufacturing Co., the price. being
in tlienel(;hb,orhood or $41100,000.
Anne" leno cepitiilists are understood
to be p1'omn t,nt in this dealt
Winnipeg, Man. A 3 ,kelt; sal 0010-
alone justify the expectations of the
biggest wheat'erop C,ii da bah over
produeed, eetimatee made of the
Prairie 1'rovieco3' yield ranging
around 400,000,000 bushele, Siieht
lessee from hail and wind have hadno
general effect and tllo crop le uni-
eormly proud ting• over the entire
Wrest. , Corn and other fodder crops,
of more extensive acreage than pre-
vious years, promise remarkable
yields. .Paptures are in fine condition
acrd livestock doing well. '
Saskatoon, Saelc.---Centracte has
been let to Smith hroe,Nand Wilson
for the eonstruction of a building to
be used in conjunction with the power
house of the University of Saskat-
ehewan, The building, which is to be
built of semi, brick and cement, will
coot in the neighborhood 'of . 6O,00D.
Edmonton, Alta. -During the last
winter lumboring operations have
been conducted on a more extensive
scale en the Peace River district than
heretofore. The .winter's Gut is esti-
mated at forty-five. million feet.
Victoria B.C,-Work on the • Gov
erninent's reclamation project at Su-
mas is continuing unabated. The first
of the four big 1,25Q horse -power elec-
trical pumps has: ;been started. In a
short time the other three 'pumps will
be in operation: They lift the water
from the Sumas River in,the low land,
protected by the big Bement dykes,
into the:. Fraser River. The • Swnas
project entails' the reclamation of
some 30,000 acres of low-lying Iand,
in one Of the most fertile districts in
the province,•
ee for ale inspection.
LONDON sOOTTISH, TO` ,VISIT CANADA' '•
A detachment of the London Seottisli.'will make a tour 'jot Canada to
further cement the frieedslilp eelseing between the sister' battalions in
1 Canada, 'rhe detachment will arrive at Montreal on'August '25, and will re-
eniba.ik at Quebeo on` September 6, Its menl.bers will bo entertained be'
the Canadian National Exhibition Diretiters, while in Toronto; Photo shows
the London Scottish pats-ing Buckingham Palace ontheir way to•fyde Parlc
-CANAOA''S REPRESENTATIVES -AT TI -1 IMPERIAL" CONFERENCE
Canada' is to- be represented at the Qctober=sneetiug of the imper'ial Coin
ference fn London by•three Cabinet lliniefers, from left to right; Hon, G. P.
Graham, Minister en.Rail'ways • Sir Leiner Gatlin „ Minister of .Justice, . and
lion Chas, Stewart Minister of the Interior and Immigrations
Prince to Visit His I Price of German Dinner
Alberta Ranch in.September. Decreases in Bulk.
A despatcli from London says:- A despatch from Berlin says
The Prince ofr Wales is completing "Can You change a half million?0 15
plans for a trip to Canada in Septem now a' common question among' peop]e'
ber,' when, as the Duke of Cornwall, ;in Berlin. The new half million mark
he will spend a month on his ranch in notes have made their appearanceand
,Alberta. It is to be a'stlectly privaterelieve, the possessor of enough to buy
visit. If he traveled as the Prince of ,dinner from carrying 'a bulging, vis -
Wales every 'municipal official the .,able bankroll.
«"plarge c length and breadth of the land world Heretofore larb paof thou-
want to. give hi]n the freedom of tit sand meek 'hills had to he used in
city and • he would have , to fight his transactions which often ran into the
millions. The highest denomination of
currency previous was the 100,000
mark bill.
wax- through a month of banquets:
Hes .desire is to see his ranch' again,
as well as` to haves real vacation
the open. These'are the chief treasons
why the •heir to the throne; is.about to
take this long jaunt. Dut11lr ie also
partly due: °to the wanderlust which
the Prince has been suffering from
since his recent trip to the far Mast:
Plans are now metering for an early
visit to South Africa, but When this is
undertaken it wilI be official. There
are .some of his father's subjects who
believe one of the: Prince's aversions
to' marrying, just yet is due tothe
travel fever.
•
An easily replaced abrasive belt
features .a new: 'machine for'grind-
ing small metal ' orwood articles. meat chopper, twi•ee." •
SHAN�N •
G Ga
G NDITI N S OF
Russia's Christmas. Now•
Fixed for December 25,
•-
A 'despatch from Moscow- saysi-
The Council of 'Commissaes have fried
upon ten church holidays, .to be ob-
served according to ,'the. new style
calendar,' Thus this year will be the
first that Russia will celebrate Christ-
mas siniultaneously with the rest of
the world.
Chopped It.
"Nurse, did yeti kill all the germs
baby's milk?"
"`Yes, realm. I run it through -the
FOX FUR MARKETING
Fur Farming Represents, Large. Investment: - Number of
Animals Shows Heavy Increase. '.
their fox pelts to the L pndon market,
Reports to the Natural'Resoueces In-
telligenco'Service of the Department
of the Interior from tiro fur ,sales
there are to theeeii'eet that all skins
offered were sold and at an- advance of
fifteen percent. over former prices,
To tltrete one of, the prominent breed-
ers of lee Island province, the handi-
cap of the United States tariff and the
proportionately few residents of that
country who appreciate the merits of
the silver^fox pelt did not warrant the
Canadian fax btceders in emit -liming
their endesverc to sell their output in
that market, Tho United States fur-
tiers took the ground that the eon -
The growth. of the fur -fanning in-
dustry is clearly shown in a prelimin-
ary report .on the eur farms of Caii-
adit by, the Dominion Bureau :of Sta-
tistics, " Thie is especially so with the
raising of thae'valuable aitiinel the
'silver fox, eleeom the possibly ten
fox -breeding farms of 1910 the iudus-
i.ry Ir n reached a total of 930 and
from Prince., Edward•'eland :whole'
fox -reeling was first intensively car -
tied on, 11 has spread toevery pro-
vince ate Canada, and even in. the Yu-
kon .Territory there are twelve fox
farms. • Prince Edward Island, with
427 .arms,` has concentrated almost
entirely upon silver foxes, having oh.
Decembet••31 last 12,394 of these ani- peratively small number :of skins
mals; Nova' Scotia has 100 farms and available, when spread oven'' such ,a
1,601 foxes; New Brunewiek, 85 farms. large field,. and the ii.nenciiil returns
and 2,929 loxes; Quebec, 143 farms therefrom were not worth' the effort
and 1234 foxes; Ontario, 120 farms ,required to educatetheir public in the
aid 1,510 foxes, and the western pro- value of the silver fox.
vinees smaller eumhors, making a to- As a:result of ening to the London
tal ntmthet of silver foxes for all :market, as stated above, better prices
Canada of 21,488.' ere being secured for the silver fox
.he importance of this industry is poles. The large ,rias buyers of the
seen ht the value` of $d,372,2e2 placed world compete for the of1`eaings,°in-
upon• the silver foxes, or an average of chiding several Time the United
aver $250 each. In 1,922 there were States wild represent a Leede of suffi-,
8,679 foxes" sold Prem the: i'cncliee, cient importance to make the attend.,
valued at 1897,387, 'and 4,512 pelts, ante at the London fur sales worth
valued at $525,408, To offset his ea- while,
duction there were 15,888 fox peps Fur fernll.ng in Canada bide fair to.
berm on fur`faerne 'during the yogi.. develop into a leading industry;'there
Peeing the pest spring coneiderabla will always be a growing market foe
losses els pups ware occasioned oe the output, and,. while fashions may
Prince eldtvatet Island, owing to the temporarily ohmage the proportion of
weather conditions, tho spring being demand for indivfalai 2000, the ox-
exaeptlonally labs. The industry, perienee gained in giro raising of A21.-
1164070, ie 00 a very substantial bearers will- enable the brooder's to
beele, and with the accrued ekperieneo readily adapt themselves . to any
bf plany year's, the, breeder's arc optic change. Tho growing scarcity of wild.
xnistic of results, life, and the already depleted condi-
The Rorditoy Lariat in the 1Inifed tion of softie of the species will en -
Ore
greatly inereased the ;dirty on lsaiico the prices 04 pelts in the point
f yes and thein pelts o a c;ninrin where '
p f; i c 11, will be profitable to raise i0t
eetiet� e ua 1) i'
ee ry, On4e entity the greeter q g captivity -sono of the species which
eelon of the ?i'isice Edward Ielend tai; present low >r-1cos resider inl-
eitd oth,er;1'anche s alto now shipping viseble, 1, a(
Why Your Lumber Bill
Doesn't Come Down. -
Most Canadians believe that the
storehouse of timber trees is the one
national poseession that Nature keeps
overstocked. We see 'trees along
every highway, we visit shady parks,
we ;rear of vast timber limits and,
walk -away with rho impression tha
no matter what else gives out, Canada
will niways,' have an abundance of
forests' and the consumer will never
want for his timber requirements.
,This is, the falsest and most dangerous
of all public notions, 5
Seventy years ago the finest of
white pine could he bought .on the
Canadian market for $12 a thousand
feet. To -day it'.eannot be bought for
sixtydollars a thousand ' feet' and
there are plenty of authorities. who
-predict that in ten years pine will be
bringing well over a hundred dollars
a thousand feet, if indeed it can be
had at all. The. pine forests of East-
ern Canada have been ee depreciated
by human -set fires and to some extent•'
by cutting that many of thelargest
mills' will be forced to quit the.'. pine
business in the, near future. One
company manufacturing pine timber
in north-eastern Ontario lost 66 years'
supply, for their mill We. single for-
est ere started by a -band of -campers.
Another of the large Ottawa compan
les lost more spruce by a -few pros-
pectors' fires then would keep their
pulp and paper plant running, for
twenty years, This is' the history
scores of companies and in itself as
counts for the penaltiesnow being
visitedupon the Canadian wood con-
sumer in the form of very high prices.
Canada has lost, chiefly through
•forest conflagrations, almost ;two-
thirds' of her .original • forest inheri-
tance and with five million acres de-
stroyed in New Brunswick during
June and 500,000 acres in Quebec, it is
difficult to see where the raw material
for "cheaper lumber" is to come from.
In the phrase of a •fani'ous Forest En-
gineer: "Every forest' fire mustbe
paid for by the lumber or paper ;con-
sumer.
Another factor.. in the dear lumber
situation is that twenty-five years ago
andmore, timber was better situated,
than to -day. It lay along rivers and
lakes, easily - accessible, easily and
cheaply marketed. To -day, the timber
that reaches, market often must be
floated down the rivers for more than
two years before it arrives at the mill
and the losses on the way as well as
the burden "of extra interest charges
make every log cost more. 'Lumber
camplabor has;' also deteriorated'10 a
skill and industry in massy areas ;and
thisis reflected in higher costs' of
production.
The great foe to the user of dumber, go
however, Is the forest fire and nearly o
all forest faros are started by ordinary
citizens on a camping' or fishing hike,
It is an interesting fact that the farm-
ers:of America use more forest pro-
ducts than any other, class of` citi-
zens. The farm demand -for timber
represents three-fifths of the annual
cut.
Natural Resources
Bulletitr-
The , Natural,ltosourest Intel-
ligence Braiach bi the Depart-
ment of, the Interior at Ottawa,
Qntatio, in 1920, had 748
sawmills Butting lumber, etc,
`these milks produced 092,001,-
000 board feet, valued tat $48,-
142,377. White pine, the old
stand-by of Ontario's forests,
and the highest 'in value pet'
thousand of any of the Can-
adian softwoods, yielded 520,-
206,000 board feet, 81 per emit,
of the entire Canadian cut of
this species, aid valued at $24,-
444,777. Spruce Was cut to the
extent of 108,706,000 board
feet, valued at $4,372,501, or
$40.20 per thousand beard feet
Other important species cut
into lumber were: hemlock, 89,-
589,000 -feet; red pine,, 80,511,-•
000 'feet; jackpine, 44,230,000
feet; r 'iiianie, 37,012,000 'feet;
birch '24,776,000 feet. There
''were also 222,734,000 lath and
43,789,000 shingles cut in the
province in 1920. The total
value of the year's cut was $83,-
671,884, there were 9,849 ein-
ployees, and an invested capital
of $57,496,795,
Hot Weather and Town Plans.
Green lawne, rustling' trees, shady
verandahs and; comfortable hammocks
on the one hand, stifling shacks and
overcrowded' houses swprming, with
restless children on the other -of these
are the residential parts of our towns
and cities made up.
Need there be such a contrast? Need
we watch' our infant mortality rates
Week!
TOleONTO,,
Manitoba wheat -No, 1 Nortliy,,,,
Nlanitaha cotes -.,-No, 3 002, 48,'ac;
No, 1 feed, 47e..
7danitoba barley -Nominal.
Ail fire above tr3�14110, bay parts,
American 000,0-120.8 yellow, $1,03,
Ilene,-Notntnal,"
Puckwheat--No. 2, nominal.
Rya -No, 2 nominal,'
Peas• --No. , nominal
Millfeed-Dol, Montreal freights,
bags included; Bram per ton, $20 to
$20; shorts, per ton, 821 to'$29; mid.
eliegs, $38 to $35; good feed flour,
$2,15 to $2,25.
Ontario' wheat -No, 2 white, nom-
inal, ,
Ontario N. 2 white pate -45 to 46e,
• Ontario corn ---Nominal, ,,
Onterio flour -Ninety per cent. pan,,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship-
Ment, $6.10 to $5,20; Toronto basis;
855,05 to $5.15; bulk seaboard, $4.95 to
Man, flour --1st patents,: in cotton
sacks,: $0.90 per bbl.; 2nd pats., 16.80,
Hay -Extra No, 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto,'. .8y15; No, 3 timothy,.
$18; mixed, $12.50 to $18,50,
Straw -Car late, •per ton, track, To-
ronto, $9.50.
Cheese -New, large, 22c; twins,
22/ to 23e; triplets, 28e, Stiltone, 24e.
Old, largge, 82c;,twins, 321c; triplets,
38c; Stilton++, 331e. New Zealand old
cheese, 30e,
Butter -Finest 'creamery prints,.
86 to 87e; ordinary creamery, 34 to
85e; No. 2, 32 to 38c.
Eggs -Extras in cartons, 36 to 37e;
extras, 84 to 35e; firsts, 29 to 30c;
seconds, 20' to 22e.
Live poultry --Spring chickens,- 30c;
hens, over 5 lbs., 22e: do, 4 to 5 lbs.,
20c; do, 8 to 4 lbs. 17m; roosters, 12c;
ducklings, over 5 lbs., 25c; do, 4 to 5
lbs,, 20c; turkeys; .young, 10 lbs. and
up, 25c, ,
Dressed pqultry--Spring chickens.
40c; Hens, over 5 les„ 28e; do, 4 to 5
lbs, 24e; do,3 to 4 lbs„ 20c; roosters,
15e; ducklings, over 5 lbs.,, 25e; do, 4
soaring' every summer inallparts' to 5 lbs.,. 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs.
f the Dominion as they are apt to and up, 300.
Beans -Can. hand-picked lb. 7c;
Primes, 61c.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
Round the World in 31
Days a Near' Possibility.
A despatch from Paris says
dreams' of around-thee-evorld trip in
31 days are nearing reali`zatlon., Not
only is a ,British company planning a
74 -hour edepiane service between • Lon-
don and Bombay, but the French Gov-
ernment has given permission :to a
French air 'Mail company to organize
24-hour Bights between Paris and
Bucharest, thereby putting three days
from the normal travel schedule.
The planes will carry•16 passengers,
a" coolc and a porter to make 'up the
beds before sundown, Eaeh machine
will have a ,wireless telephone to keep
in touch with European broadcasting
stations, Extension of the line from
Bucharest to Bombay is being.con-
sidered and may be' established before
the end of the year.
In this, event, allowing two days to
catch a steamer on the Pacific, two,
days -to fly across North America and,
six days to cross the Atlantic it will
be possible`to make the frip around
the .world • is less than half ,Jules
Verne's 80 days.
Immigration returns o 't
g 4, he Can-
adian Government for the first five
months of the present year show a one
hundred per cent. increase in i innigra
tion from the, 'British Isles over the
figures of the same period last year,
and, 71 per "ceht. increase in the move-
ment of continental countries in Eur.
ope. There is a decrease of 33 per
cent. ine immigration from the United
States. -
During the season of 1922 anis since
September of that year, the irrigated
district centring on Vauxhall, shipped
153 cars oe wheat, 44 cars of potatoes,
17 cars of hay,` 37 cars of sheep, 8
cars of cattle, 5 ears of hogs, and 6
cars of mixed feed. The above ship•,
ments came from 10,000 acres, which
were in ,crop in- the district last year,
and is an indication of what' is being
caomplished on irrigated lands of,
Southern Alberta. • _-
7 ,.-s7
?CS ene
tiA . 1•l ti', bA Nee COME DOWN
The tett: "Geist; befeeena; hare's en other dog', -•-just ee I tete tiepins 90
got d,>svn, ",--•Iorsen London Opinion,
do in the bot months in all places
where people live in cramped quarters,
and flies and bacteria are allowed -to
multiply at will?
It has been demonstrated in the
Iidothee Country that it is possible to
build towns where workingmen' may
enjoy the space and the sunshine .and
fresh air that in the old-fashioned' city
or town-: are the privileges of the
wealthy alone. It has been' shown
that in such garden cities the infant
mortality may be reduced to 30 per
1,000, whereas in the slum towns. .of
England the rate is sometimes ashigh
as. 165 per' 1,000. The garden, city.
which can thus effect a saving
man life is an important asset' to, any
country whose citizens have had ini-
tiative enough to ;experiment in this
important field.
In We]wen, not far from London,
for example, we find a village which
possesses 'in itself those' needs of
health and happiness which will give
to each resident the opportunity to
live not only a useful but a healthy
and contented and happy' life. It is
self-contained economically; no long
rides to and fromwork steal beers
from tice woelcinginan's• week. The
houses for the most part are let on
permanent leases instead of being sold ,national accounts a' ab r
outright. A leeiorer can therefore putt 1 s p t $ic10,-.
his money' into, a 'much better000,000; in 1919-20 it was practicallgl
than he could if a house nothing; in 1921, about, .$,00000,000;"
h were to buy for and in 1922, about $36,000,CiDO.
himself. .Welwyn was built epee fifty-, :This recovery is due largely to Gov-'
year Than from the Government, The ernment aid, The hi
financial eeperimentis evident; ships that were
y going surrendered to the Allies were of
to, be a successful one. No one can course owned by individuals arid when
look about on its quaint and pictixr-'transferred by the-Governnlent, had
esque ,•homes, its green Iawns, its to be replaced by it, "Up to March 81
healthy children without realizing that last the Government ]
there is good reason for the :experi, m t i ac 1 expended for
,
merit being successful, G e aro the ora this purpose about 230 billions of ;pa -
familiar rows upon rows of cheap and per marks, whose estimated value in
ugly duplexhouses with with little .or no_ Germany, when expended was, abo
ut
porch space -and insufficient room 00,000. Individual enterprisehas, in
addition, bought back some of:,
the shipstransferred to the, Allies and
has leased foreign ships to supple-
ment Germanys insufficient tonnage.
This does not mean, however, that
Germany will continue to gain at the,,
rate she has during the last two years;
Competition is to -day much more se-
•were than it was before the war, ow-
ing to the fact that several European
countries have increased their ship-
ping facilities and that the United
States carries a larger percentage of
'American trade than before. Ocean
freight rates, moreover, are back at
pre-war levels while the volume of
traffic can not be expected' to reach;
pre-war levels for some time. It is'.
estimated thatannual receipts of
about $75,000,000 are all she can hope j
to earn. iy
Furthermore, although German ship
owners are profiting individually to
the amounts stated, the nation as 0,
whole is not receiving the valuable,
•
ndir•ee advantage
is
1913,
Welwyn
s winch it derived
our, large cities they might be, placed
in pr'oximity'to diene, but self -contain
ed and drawing away from the larger
centres that pari; of the working pope•
lation' which is anxious for better
homes at reasonable prices, The ex-
pease involved in building a town of
this sort is not beyond our present
capacity. "A new town" it has been
said by an American ex;ier"t, "Can be
built: for $1,000,000, ..W We are waking
up to this fast,, We are conning to
see that if a battleship. costs' $42,-
000;000 and ave have been, able to (mild
a fleet of them, the actual building of
an'ehtire city is a mere incident: in
terms of dollars, but 01 the most mo-
mentous importance to the present and
future welfare of every citizen." -
This evidence is worth considering,.
Still snore worth while is it to, consider'
rho :happy lives of the children who
live ill 'Welwyn, Letchworth, Yr, and .the
other garden cities of England.-Tbe
Social Service Council' of Canada.
A homing pigeon released le hid-
moiltbn recently has broken all feeor"ds
for homing alight by making its: way
to its home in San "Antonio, Teas, a
distnbco of 1.,832 miles, in so.nrethieg
over 011'' weeks.
Tltousands of tourists are now pass-
ing tbro'ogli Alberta, visitingthe
various national panes' and other
places or ante,' o1- 'rhe auto ramps at
from an equal volume of trade before'
the war; In the old days German)
ships carried a very' large percentage
bf;her entire ocean trade; to -day they
handle a much skilaller percentage,
which means of course that foreign
ships handle the rest and must be paid
for doing 50, just as German ships
must be paid for carrying goods of
foreign shippers, That is to say, the
receipts for 1922, for instance, are not
net, so four ' its Germany as a whole!
is • concerned, and Must be offsot,by
payments shade to foreign carriers.
Before the war G'ermany's earnings
from her own ships were much larger
than her payments to foreign ships;
to -day it is estimated that she earns
little or nothing more than she pays.
This, of coulse, .floes not afi'ect the
direct profits of individual ship own.
E61;1 d 9&v&i{ J
Tho British Empire hoe 100,00
s(mare mllep of "effective forests," th
remaining area ,being unprofitable 03
inaccessible,
Canada has about 50 per cent. o.
the total, fnclia 14 per cent., Nigeria
and the Gold Coast 14 per cent„ Aus
tralia and Now Zealand about.8 per
cent.
Calgary, Iat'IYnonton and elsewhere re- Vhs' lTilited I?iligdotn,, the 1;1.°fportmarry ,visitors. Durifig . the Cal -1 wood 0olisusning centre of'the ,.,utplre
! has less than ane-.tel
hin; of One per Bent
q'ary Sbainpedo ninetee0 auto �iarties i
front California mono wet'e registered ander -fozo.,ts.
at tato Calgary 950193, Severity-hlvtt r cont, of tato 'foresi