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The Clinton News Record, 1923-12-6, Page 3o x .st to oy of Fort William, Ont,—For the first prov- time in the history of the Twin'i'i,rts, Pro- as far as, is known, ear ,900 of wheat allow- are denting for European ports, Two 319,- of •-•the /Jorwe„ian sea going craft, Glmiry whish have been in the lake trade all fisher- fall,have taken. their last cargoes aboard and cleared for Ireland,, each 0 sum- carrying 51,000 bushels of wheat Adnr- made his,is tour - year, to the pread ourist Winnipeg, Man. rv-.Manitoba has been awarded first place in the Domin- ion educational butter scoring tests held at Ottawa, in which all provinces competed. The snntple submitted by the Holland Creameries of 'Virden, IlIan., received 98 points, with Nova Scotia second and Quebec third, with scores of 97.5 and 97,3 respectively, 0 pe y the Edmonton, Alta—The Dominion ate an Government's seed grain cleaning and ver in grading plant here' has been opened •0 fire with facilities for handling 150,000 t sum- bushels. The seed will go out,after n go- preparation, as first class, made -in - in. Alberta, registered and pedigreed seed falls grain. e Ot- Vancouver, . B.C.—About 63,000 d. and cases of sockeye salmon have been a re- shipped to England recently on con - been signment. Since the last of these were aebec shipped, ithas been ascertained that s and only one-third of the Siberian salmon y eon- pack will be available -for the world work markets, as the balance of the 1920 y next an an 00 and evelop- 0 37. .3 forty House neniber sion of cciaina- o a Bri- TIC ER lor- er' pert! B ve been ountries ation in by the in, now le, with aboard, ed: here Captain ge that ved like uropean g night, Eastern d heard message ems made ay night ked with Hawaii. s possibly wave;sta- s in Eng - Mexico, pan,; and the world gland,' and k forward apes.' so much ld, and so its 'cense- 'es, has no o Bowdoin. vastly dif- 'good health packhas been commandeered by the Japanese Government for relief pur- poses. This will strengthen the ,mar- ket for British, Columbia salmon 10 the United Kingdom, PARIS .PROPOSES NEW ANGLO-FRENCH PACT France Can Handle Continent- al Situation But Suggests .Aerial'and Naval Entente. A despatch from Paris says.— France's reply to tho •Italo-Spanish Mediterranean alliance is a 'proposal for a'Franco-British aerial and naval entente. The inspired Temps -answers Reu- ter's semi-official statement from Lon- don sources that Germany is arming and recruiting troops by stating that there is no danger of the Reich' be- coming a military menace for a long time. 4.... But the suggested Italo-Spanish; pact might threaten the French com- munications with African colonies and the British lines of transport to India via Gibraltar and Suez.. France 'deep not ask, and 'does not need military aid on the Continent. The Temps • states, as the "French army is Sufficiently strong -to handle any situation which might develop in Germany. British naval co-operation in the North Sea and Baltic would -suffice; British aviation forces -reinforcing the French 'flying fleet is urged, however, to prevent -Germany from overwhelm- ing France in' the air suddenly, and: then crossing the. Channel and resum- ing the bombing. of London, I.tr is .pointed out that attempts at defensive alliances' between Ftanae and Great Britain hitherto have failed. because. the Frenchalways have sought to guarantee a certain number of -divisions of British troops to be landed .on the Continent within a stipulated time after hostilities' open. e ;, FIGHTING FORCE. BEING FORMED IN GERMANY Concern in Landon Over Re- • port of Recruiting and Rearming. A despatch from' London says:-- "Dinitnrb5ng : information concerning the extent; to which Germany is re - exulting and re -arming has been re- ceived -by the British Government,” says a Reuter's news item. "Although the ytew is taken offi- eiaily that this information - is po- tential rather than imminent danger, the British . authorities are , frankly concerned" over the situation and lis bearing on the peace of Europe." "It is known that, rapid military training of large numbers of men in exceed of the Versailles Treaty stipu- latione has been progressing," says the Reuter 'article. "This, it is de- clared, is more than ever the case since the AIlied military control cess= ed nearly a year ago. Recruiting has been especially active in Pavaria, where the security police have been engaged in manoeuvres with the army. Th=trainidg of students also is in constant progress. Hitherto all at- tempts to induce Germany to produce recruiting returns in order to enable the Allies .to check up - the " paper strength'of the German army at any given' moment of inspection, with the number of "recruits` actually trained, has been unsuccessful." If straightened out, an ounce of spider -web wouldeextend three hun- dred and fifty miles. A new plaster quarry has bean opened a short distance from Clarks- ville Statical, 11.S., by the Windsor Plaster Co. It is the. intention, of the company to ship about 5,000 tons to their mill per annum; There are large deposits of limestone in the saline vi- cinity; also a kind of marble.' Currency blin ,says: - 1 connection bats as to 1 be in Irish ;etticd by an bat interest paid out in to the loan and Docks irthern Rail rlin Dietiller- "BRITA!Pi MOURNS HEff HCROE8 A'1 REST" On Armistice Day'"tl}e.British Isles' heard the notes 02 the "Last Post" broadcasted by radio from. London,' Tho picture above shows the buglers sounding.it, and inset, is a picture of "Old 53i1l," a'London omnibus which carried some of the "Old "Contenptibles" to Mons daring the first battle at that town in 1914, It is now cm duty in Londonggain„and was: decked with flowers, for the Arnsistlee parade= , Weekly Market Report TORONTO; Manitoba wherit=No. 1 Northern, 31.041/4, Manitoba oats—No, 3•CW, 43e; No. 1 extra feed, 41,4c.. Manitoba barley-Nommal:" All the above, track, bay ports. American corn -Track, 'Toronto, No 2 yellow $1'17 Ontario barley -58 to 60c. 13uckwheat-No. 2,-72 to 70c. Ontario rye'—No. 2, '73 to 75c. Peas—Sample, $1.60 to $1.56. Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, icer ton, 327; shorts, per tori, $30; middlings, $36; good feed flour, $2.05. Ontario wheat—No. 2 white, 94 to e6c, outside: • , Ont, No; :2' white oath -38 to 40c. Ontario corn—Nominal. Ontarioflour-Ninety per cent, pat,, {in jute' bags, Montreal, prompt ship- n.ent, $4.75; Toronto basis, $4.70";; bulk,. seaboard, 34.25. Manitoba flour—lst pats., in jute sacks, 36.30 per bbl. 2nd pats., 35.80. Hay—Extra No. 2 timothy,' per ton; track, Toronto, $14.50 to`$15; No. 2, $1,4,50; No. 3, $12.50; mixed, $12. •• Straw -Car lots, per ton,, $9. Cheese -New, large,- 23 to 24e; twins, 24 :to 2&c; trilets,.25 to 26e; Stilton, 25 to 26c.. Old, large, 30 to 81e; twins, 31 to 32c, Butter—•Finest eresmery prints, 41 to 430; No. 1 creamery, 38 to 40c; No. 3, 80 to '38c. Eggs=Extras, fresh, in cartons, 70 to 74c; extras, storage, in cartons, 45 £0 47c;extras, 42' to 43c; firsts, 38 ,seconds', seconds, 30 to 320. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 4' lbs. and over, •25e; chickens, 3 to 4 lbs:, 22c; hens, over 5 lbs., 22e; do, 4 to 5 lbs.,:15c; do, 3 to 4'lbs., 15e;, roosters, lee; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 20e;• do, 4 to 5 lbs:, 18e; turkeys,,. young, 10 lbs , and up, 28e. Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 4' ibs. and over, 33e; chickens, 3 to 4 lbs:, 80c hens, over 6 lbs, 28c; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 24e; do 8 to 4 lbs., 18c; roosters, 1.8c•, due clings, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, '4 ..to 5 lbs:, 25cr turkeys, young ' 10 lbs. and up, 33e. ' Beans --Canadian hand -nicked, Ib., lc;, primps, 6'%e. ,Maple.producta-Syrup, per Imp, gal, 32.50; per 6 -gal. tin, 32.40 per gal.; maple sugar-, lb., 25e. t Honey -60 -lb, tins, 12 to 13e per Ib.; 10 -lb. tins, 12 to 13e; 5-1b, tins, 17 to 14c; 23 -lb. 'tins, 14 to tSe; comb honey, per doze No. 1, "38.76 to 34; No. 2, $3.25 to $3.50. Smoked meats—Hams, med.,' 26 to 27e; cooked hams, 37 to 39c; smoked rolls, 21 to 23c cottage rolls, 22 to 240; breakfast bacon,; 25' to 27c; spa ial brand: breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c; backs, boneless, 30 to 35c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 501 to 70 lbs., 317.50; 90 lbs. and, up, $16.50;; lightweight rolls, in barrels, 336; heavyweight rolls; 338. Lard, pure tierces,18 to 18%c; tubs, 18% to 19c; pails, 19 to 19%c; prints, 20% to 213tc• shortening tierces, 15% z td' 15%c; tubs, 15% to 16e; pails, 16 to '16%c; prints, l8°4 to 18%e.:, Heavy steers, choice, $0.75 to 37; butcher steers, choice, 35.75 to -36.50; do, com., $3 to $4; butcher Heifers, choice, 35.75 to 36.25; do; med., $4 to 35;. do; cone, $3 to $3,50; butcher cows, choice, $4 to 34.50; ; do, med., $3 to e4; canners end cutters; 31.50 to 300; butcher bulls, good; 33.50 to 34,50; do, com„ 32.50 to $3.50•. feeding steers, good, 35 to $5.50; d0 fair, 34,30 to -$5; ,stockers, good, $4 to 35; do, fair, 33.50 to' 34; milkers and springers, 880 to 3110; calves, choice, 310 to $11; do, med.; 38 to :39; do, coin., $4 to 35; do, grassers, 33.50 to 34.50; lambs, choice, 310.25 to $10.75; do, bucks, 39 to 39,25; do, cone,38, to $8.60; sheep, light ewes, goo, $6 to. 36,50; do, fat, heavy, 34 to $5; do, culls, $2 to 32.50; hogs, thick, smooth, $8; do, f.o,b., 37.50; do country points, 37:25; do, selects, $8.85. 1VIONTREAL, , Oats, N. 2 CW, 53 to 54c; No, 3 CW, 52 to 63c„ extra No.:'1 feed, 50% to 51the; No. 2 local white 49% to 50eic. Flour, Man. spring wheat pate., 1ste, $6.30; 2nds, 35,80; stoongbakers, $6.60; winter pato,: ohtice, 35,75 to 35.85. Rolled nate, bag 90 lbs., $2,95; Bonn, 327,25. Sh6r!ts, $80.25. MSd- diings, 3$6.25. flay, No, 2, per ton, car lots, $15 to 316. Cheese, finest :westerns, 17%e in 18%e; finest eastemes, 17% to 17%c; Butter, No, 1 creamery, 39 to.39%c; special pasteurized, 40%c; No. 1 pas- tcurized,-40c. Eggs, extras. 40c; No. 1.stocic, 30 "to $7c; No," 2 eeock,'30 to 32c. Canner •sows, 31:25 to 31.50; cut - tees, 31.75 to 32.25; .dairy -type tows, 32.85 to 38; good veals, 39.50 to 310; hoge, 38.50 to 38.75 for thiclr smooths and butcher; selects, 39.25. Boys' Parliament of Ontario. The Third Ontario Boys' Peelle- mentis called to meet on.. December 27th, 28th and 29th, in the Legislative Assembly Chambers, Parliament Jeeildinge1 ' Toronto, and indications point to a membership of probably ninety-five; boys; from the one hundred and six constituencies in the provinces. At the same time Parliaments will be held .in Manitoba and Alberta and in each province regularly elected repre- sentative boys' between the ages of sixteen and twenty will seriously con- sider the '• problems: of work with boys and pass legislation improving and; modifying, the Canadian Standard Ef- ficiency Program. What, is C,S.E.T.? .It 5s a Chris- tian Program for boys between the ages of twelve and eighteen; promot- ing 'a four -fold development, intellec- tual, physical,, religious and social, based on Tho development of the boy Jesus as recorded in St. Luke 2:52, "And Jesus`increaeed in wisdomand° stature and in favour with God and man," It is the.. official program of the Churches of Canada for organized Sunday School classes and in their opinion the best known plan for the development of Canadian Christian Citizenship..., The older boys, through the Parlia- meet, are shouldering -the responsibil- ity for the promotion and support of work with boys jit the province and the Cabinet Ministers particularly as- sume responsibility for certain areas during the year: Much interest was' aroused through- out the province in the local election campaigns: which preceded the voting day, November 24th.. There couldn't help but be warm and lively contests when about 10,000 boys in the prov- ince were ,interested yoters, The • travelling expenses' of the members elected are pooled, and so the boy front Noxell Bay er Windsor may attend quite as easily as the member from Toronto., Itis a wonderful .experience for these boys, and menand women inter- ested in boy- life' will find much to learn hi observing the sessions, of the Parliament from the public galleries. in the Legislative Chambers, during Christmas week. Ola. ii If furtb t proof were needed at the present time oe 030500'e emend econ- 01n10 'position and national stability and prosperity, it was recently given in the rapid attainment of the objec- tive anti the over -subscription of the Dominion oJ' Canada 1923 refunding' loan. The whole Joan was subscribed in Canada within record time, indicate Mg a substantial -volume of surplus wealth in the country and a faith in its future, which prompted people to Invest in the development of the coun- try in preference to other forms of investment. '.Che flotation, had it done no less, was of inestimable heeett' to Canada es an advertisement to those abroad of rho prosperity of Canada and the ability of it new and young country to do at least some of its own financing. Tho announcement or the Minister of Finance that he was 'about to: at- tempt the flotation of the loan in Can- ada, instead of throwing it on the richer and more expensive markets of New York or Louden, wee met with a general scepticism and doubt as to the outcome, There was a prevalent lack of belief in the ability of Canada to absorb the entire amount, or if it did so, only after a lengthy and extended period of time, whish would, to some extent, affect the objects of the loan. A banking syndicate of twenty-eight leading financial firms and banks was formed, and a larger selling syndicate, comprised of over two hundred and twenty investment houses all over the country, followed, The actual result lens' been astonish- ing and most gratifying.' The ,full 3172,000,000 objective ',vas reached after only eight days of' public offer. ing, which, if the Sunday;. be excluded, gives .en average daily subscription. of approximately 325,000,000. Thus, within little mere than, a week of. tatipn the entire refunding of the 1928 Victory .leen was taken care' of. Special big subscriptions to the; loan amounted to nenr:ly' one-quarter of the total, some of these beipgSun Life of Canada, $10,000;030; Can- adian Pacific Railway, , _32,000,000;. Montreal City and District Savings .Bank, 3130,000; Imperial Life Insur- ance .Co., $1,260,000; Easter- Trust Co., 31,000,000; 'pominion Textile Co,, 31,000,000; and .Montreal Cottons, 31,- 000,000. ,The remainder wasernade up of sma11 gsuere cash,subscriptions and a fairly ,extensive conversion of maturing Government bonds. In the rapid subscription of .the 1923 loan there is cause: for gratifi- cation, not only from the standpoint 'of the country's financing, but as the very:beet national advertisernen5 at a period, whe i such publicity is most 'valuable. The success, of the flotation bearsea deep significance It shows that the Canadian people believe; in the future of their own country, and thatvehilst money will bo required from other sources for future develop- ment, no mean part of. it can be:•re- peived from the surplus earnings of: Canadians. It should`also Rave a beneficial influence in stimulating fri migration because it illustrates the opportunities open to • worthy new. confers. The number of stars -visible tothe naked eye is 5,000. Severity bushels of wheat to the acre, all grading- number one, on one hundred acres,' is reported from the Pincher Creek district. This is the record- for Southern Alberta this year. a An unusually;' large demand` for Prince Edward. Island certified 'pota- toes has. given a decided stimulus to the seed potatoindustryof the prov- ince. Double the quantity .produced could have been dispoed'of to Amer lean buyers at;$1.10.a bushel. It is estimated that the acreage will be in- creased fully 60 per cent. for 1924. The last shipnient of 'certified seed po- tatoes from the Island left for:Vir- ginia with a cargo of 65,00.0 bushels_ ' Y y-•+ -.f- Y4%' P': ,w. "BUT, DOC, IT AIN'T DOING ME ANY oOOoI" —Kirby, In the Now. ork World. Will Our Cauda 1s speeding Millions of dol- lai,s'anirilally upon road construction) In tin effort to provide for the Inc eas- ing teeffic that is usiarg the highways for -purposes of communication, What is to bo the future of these roads? Will they wear? Will they continue to provide.a patitfactoryear. face -for the present traffic and for any future vehicles that will make use of them and what yvi11 the cost of up- keep he? The people of Canada are keenly interested in this subjoet and want to know, They are largely de-; pendent for communication upon Dur network pf highways, due to the scat• tered settlement in many portions s the Dominion, A bulletin issued by; the Highways; Branch of the Depart- ment of hallways and Canals states that on January 1, 1022, there were 147,884 miles of highways under con- trol of the provinces, counties, town - recipe, es. len own- recipalities,.Wlien the mileage ofstreets in certain centred is added it will be realized how important is the selection of suit- able material for construction pur- poses. The Mines Branch of the Dept, of Mlnes-is giving particular attention to the various ,:materials entering into the construction of now roads and the surfacing of others, Under the direc- tion of Mr. Howells Frechette, Chief of the Road Materials.' Division, Mr. II. Gauthier Is making' a special in- vestigation into the endurance of re- contly.built highways hi Ontario and Quebec and Air. R. I3.'Pitclier is ber- rying " out a survey of the road ma- terials adjacent to the highways which Nova Scotia and New Brunewiek have included in their. programs for road 5mprovement,. The laboratories of the Mines Branch are equipped for complete physical tests on rocks, sand and gravel used as road -building material, as well as for general construction. Tests in the laboratory are made dor two purpnses:: to determine' in the materials tested their characteristic qualities, and ,:whether they conform to a previously detetems1 d standard established by the test of service, After it has been determined that a material is datlsfactory, specifications can be made with- an assurance that the material specified will meet, ie- quirements. There are five standard tests' regularly made in the laboratory upon road -building rock which furnish a ready means of judging the compar- ative value of a rock as a load metal. The most important aro those for,'_re- sistance to abrasion (percentage of wear and for'resistance ) •x i ranee to impact (tqughness). The,others:are for hard- ness, specific gravity and absorption. Gravels are examined to determine their adaptability foo the construction Roads Of gravel Arid eonerote roads, and to obtain dente knowledge of their ability to re3ist wear and bind; also to eh- 3tainregato.: information' en the probable strenp-th oe conereth in which the s might be treed as the age The very general ocourreece of limestones in litany parts et Canada line led to their use as road metal, The durability of limestones, however, varies with their composition' and Lex - time, according to the Mines Branch, The finer and more evenly -grained varieties, as a rule, Lire the more due. able. A tough, Bard limestonewill give as good results In • some ewes as the more durable igneoiie rock, but the great majority of limestones are soft and wear rapidly. The need of tee work which the Mines Branch is earrying on is evi- deneed by the statement of Mr, A. W. Campbell, Chief Commissioner of Highways, in his annual report for 1922; "Same of the subjects in which highway engineers are riot agreed, and in which vesearch is necessary are the causes of. waving 'of gravel and bituminous mixtures, of 'cracking' in Portland and bituminous concrete pavements, and of the formation of 'cup' holes and pockets in wearing surfaces; .desirable ingredients` and proportions of materials, ;sueli"'es 'filler,' in the less common designs, and oe practicesconstruction, proper number and thickness, of applications, etc," According`to the same report, road improvement work in tiie several prov- inces 'under agreement between the provinces and Dominion, to be paid for jointly under the Canada 'High- ways Act, amounted in value to 327,- 542,466, covering 4,820 miles: Quebec has a total Iength of roads of 4,500 miles of improved roads out of a total of ;45,000 miles of roadways in the province, and has expended thereon 340,000,000, Manitoba, likewise, had built 3,001 miles of roads to.the stan- dard required under the Canada High- ways Act, at an expenditure of $9,- 182,921. Ontario has spent on good road building during the three years 1919.1922; 364,148,252,' of •whic]i.coyn ties and townships contributed 327,- 528,521 and the province 336,019,780. The total mileage of .improved roads in °Uter•io up' to the end of 1922 was. approximately 28,000 miles or 56,13er cent. of the total road mileage. The enormous sums of public' money- being invested in the: building of high- ways demands absolute knowledge of the materials being used, in order that the invettment'may .be protested. To provide this assurance the public are looking the the Mines Department -for guidance, and the experts of 'that de - pertinent are engaged, in an. intensive •study of these important subjects. Ar. A,`8. Lamb, B.P.E. Director ef't1e Department of Physi- cal Education of ,McGill University,, who is to be one of the ,staff in charge of the preparation 04 Canadian athletes for the Olympic; contests:in France next slimmer. Malce Search for Scallops and Find Thera in Beds 4. despatch from Ottawa says: — Discovery of three new scallop beds situated near the Lurcher lightship, off the coast of Yarmouth county, Nova Scotia, ;is':announced by theDc- partineet of Marine and Fisheries; The' discovery: was made by the fish- eries protection vessel' Arleux, which blade a starch for•new scallop beds recently off the western end of Nova Scotia. The bedsare said to contain scallops in such quantities as to give good returns to beats properly equip- ped for catching them. Among the big Alberta wheat yields this year is that of J. -J. Wanoop, of Parkland, who threshed an average of 57 bushels from a field of 110 acres. ';During the. fiscal year 3922-28,,ac- cording to the Provincial Dept. of Agriculture, there were in Quebec 7,199 beekeepers, compared with 7,669 in 1921.22. Honey extracted hi 1922- 28 amounted to 8,205,041 pounds, sone paved with 8,064,929 pounds in 1921-, 22;' The amount of wax produced this year, ' 41,457 pounds, and 85,335 pounds in the. previous fiscal year. The value, of produetiora in 1922-28 was 31,983,851, compared with 32,108,711 in the previous year. e w141i-5.Y' 1 , ee? 15 NEXT FANNY,AND ;1 CtilV8, HINT R '.`ii'*r. JU5T 1 -1.U. -.Lk.- HIM YOUR REAL. Ca!;r tI a Natural Resources Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intel- ligenee Service of the Depart - meat of the Interio>: at Ottawa says: Following his trip to North- ern Ontario, His Honor Lieu- tenant -Governor Cockshutt ed - dressed the Toronto Board of Trade, ' Some extracts of his n idress, the views of one so closely identified olid interested in the province's development, give an •idea, to the potential, value of the resources of the northern district. "In the north, there are im- mens8 possibilitiesin developed and undeveloped mineral, forest, agricultural ;and 'fishery pre - ducts, 'and enormous water- power. In these theta is a po- tency of almost incalculable wealth in which, in my opinion, it ought to be your fixed deter- mination, as a natural right, to share. In the meantime you share in it as a possession; you share in the responsibilities of its government; you bear no small share in the common` res- ponsibility for the welfare of its inhabitants and it should follow • that you• should reasonably share inrthe commercial advan- tages incident to.the 'develop - anent 'of its natural resources, "1 have said that the develop- ment of the north has only 'be- gun. The mineral resources will no ,doubt bring 1aege capital to their .developrnent, in the very, near future and the timber is, still and will for years, be a source of much employment and profit, and , also a large farm, area, or I should say, twe areas --one from New Liskeard to Englehart, extending a long tris- tan0e from eastto west and one beyond Matheson to Cochrane,, which is 'lnrown as the main Clay Belt, capable of bearing comfortably hundreds of thou- sands of tiller's of the soil. "I have been in the north, And for myself I have seen some lit- tle of its treasure. I have faith, in the north, and I entertain no doubt whatever that the time is not far off when a steam rail- way will reach James Bay to bear the minerals, the fish pre- clude, the furs, the timber and farm produce too,. to the mar- kets oe South ()aerie," Workat the Dew Qolnze rapids,'' Quebec, where the Des Quinze Poway Co. is erecting an immense dam td ` exploit the water powers, is prove*,• ing' very rapidly. Solite 600 mess at* now ,engaged 3n various work! •in the •;