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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1923-12-27, Page 3ANZAC, PIIEMJERS COMING TO CANADA Canada is, to have two, distinguished visitors whoa Premier Bruce, right, Pt:;Atztralia;,'the 3"4u:irfi,i and,auccessfui chief of the Australian 1ovem nent, and Premier Meeeey, loft, ,the' Popular and vetoran chief of the New Zealand overnrnent, crass th;, Dominion on route to their hozne, Premier Brune will- Pend some tlnle4it the, Capital negotiatingupon, trade ,conditions between anada and Australia, and l •emier Massey will, soak- at several Canadian thee, andalso discuss the sending of. New Zealand mails across Canada in order to secure more speed. Prof, J G. Fitzgerald Profesor of Hygiene at the lTniyer city of Toronto, and .director ok the`. Connaught, antitoxin laboratories,' who has been appointed a member of the International Health Board, an organa ation supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. It is a coveted dietinc- tion:in the scientifd world, France Grants Pension to' Radium Discoverer A despatch from Paris says :-:-The Chamber of De ut >s 'ate �-+ea ously Voted' a pension of 40,000 francs year- ly for Mme, Curie, professor of the `Iiniversity of Paris, es the nation's tribute to her work in the discovery of radium and its developments, cov- ering' a period of twenty-five years: The pension reverts to Mme, Curie's two daughters upon her decease, The value of the Saskatchewan crop :for 1923 is placed at $276,844,650, according to a report issued by the, Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Of this amount wheat contributed $189,- 466,500; oats -$56,985,600; barley 37r 620,800; rye '$4,693,500; and flax 39,108;250. M.: turd Resources izxl1Qtin. The Natural Resources Intel- ligence Service of the Depart_ .Ment of the Interior, Ottawa, says: Few people in Ontario realize the 'extent to which non-metallic minerals enter into the produc- tion o£ some of our more com- mon articles of tiles. In the manufacture of prepared roof- ings and mineral wallboard, for instanee -five factories are en- gaged in Ontario: During the year ending March last these companies ,used, among others, the • following quantities of non- metallic' minerals: actinolite, 100,000 pounds; asbestos, 1$1,- 000•pounds; asbestos sand,; -118,- 000 pounds; asphalt, 12,912,456 pounds; ground dolomite, 2,509, 806 pounds; ground feldspar, 42,344 pounds; ground magne- site, 637,772 pounds; marble dust, 2,030 pounds; ground mica,' 230,000 pounds; silica, sand, 1,- 792,550 pounds; slate granules, 9,298;000 :pounds;; and talc, 1; 816,705.. pounds, With the ex- ception of the silica sand all these non-metallic minerals are of Canadian origin. Thisline of industry is one which is rapidly expanding, and will consequently require in- creased quantities of these ma- terials. Many other manufac- tures make use of •'non-metaIIic' minerals, notably the paint in- duetly, you y, sten .a'-e.,_por- celain and enamelware making rubber goods, soaps, and toilet preparations, eted . Road -making also requires enormous, quinti - ties, -as does also building,cone struction, sl Man is au . unfinished article, and e far from perfect." -Sir Oliver Lodge, an Parovinci Siirmaniocs by the sett to the of St, Lawrence is (,iada's, busy Pe'ovi1ice of $iuco :Edward Is busy because practically even' works prodectivpiy. Of a total area of but 2,1.94 squaro mile9,a population of 88,015, it boasts :flualt! ' lWe'. , . iiontvllie, N,S,-The Nova Scotia yonP Alva1loxaters ere maltiri;; largo ehip- land plants of apple pomace to Rotterdam, rid ,; This material is originoting at the the various ,A.nr;apelii Valley plants o1 uai•e this firm, O.o"7,:! St. John, N.13,.--.Am<3I?g the �pAH501t* meet gers Who arrived hereon the Monte tea carp axon; Liverpool were eight'skili- tda- ed woodsmen who had been fallaaged in the the shelled forest areas of: France. ent, They Aro jueo-Slays,' but all have a gel- good knewledge of the English len 701 guage, due to service with British there .troops in various wpr zones. The: eight n the oleo have been, placed with lumber#nen the in Nein Brunswick, where there exists the a scarcity of skilled labor of- tide type, The' Montreal, , Que,-Demand Inc flnish- the ed iron and steel is showing steady n a' improvement in the domestic and ex- iles port market, It is reported that the of Steel Company'of Canada and the toes, British Empire Steel ' C0rperation er have recently closed extensive orders our for bars Inc shipment' to Japan.' The the domestic demand for baro is .improv - to mg, although .the market is some- one what dull at present. .A' `stronger de- eed mand for sheets, is noted. Cenadian that ive, al- Is- an - sect Canada from Coast to argest number of people per sq Mlle of an r'ooh:co in Cenada, 4 As a comparison, Ontario, the populous -province, with 8 land a of 355,880 square miles and a pop tion of 2,933,662, has but 8,04 to square mile. No less than 85 per e of the' population is engaged in a culture; the average size of the 13 farms le 88.8 acres, and in 1921 wore only 277 tenant farmers o Island; With the small .area in average farm it is essential that land be 'intensively cultivated. agricultural interests of the Isi province recognize this, fact with result that the field crops retur high value per acre, The province gene largely into the production registered seed, especially of pots To quote Iron. Waller M. Lea, form Commissioner of Agriculture, :" problems are to make the most of little area of country we have, farm it intensively, and to grow th things we specialize in, such as s grains and seeds •of various kinds, will, require, and to which we g 3nueh labor," During. the past season an unusu ly large demand developed. Inc the land seed potatoes. 'Double the qu tity produced could have been dispo of to American buyers and at a° go price. A recent shipment of 65,0 bushels left Sumrnerside Inc Virg' and other eastern States as well the West Indies are endeavoring epcure their pure seed supplies" f the island province: A''.survey of ,the agricultural sources of, the province was recen conducted- by the provincial gove Ment, and, showed the following vale Inc 1923: field crops, 319,250,000; 11 stock, 38,100,000; dairy products a eggs, $1,753,000; fisheries, 31,600,00 foxes, 31,300,000, The raising foxes has become an important indu tryein the province, there being 4 -fox farms registered in 1922, with:' 470 animals valued at 32,882,015, an a property value. in lands, building etc.,- of 3763,285, Fish abound in the waters of th Gulf of St. Lawrence, especially about the shores of the island. The mark value of the catch was 31,612,599 in 1922. During the fishing season of 1922 Prince Edward Island' produced 8,758,800 pounds of lobsters, having :a landed value of $651,449. This was an increase of mord than two•million pounds over the production of 1921. The Island' -was formerly a large oya- ter.producer, but over -fishing resulted milts have received inquiries Inc ton- nage Inc japan. St, Catharines, Ont, -Within a short time the city Of. St, Catharines is to have a new industry in operation under the name of the Climax Rubber Co. of 'Canada,. the building ,and' plant has Already been purchased and in a short time the company will be turning Qat a product Inc which there is already an established demand, and giving employment to at least 100 3 innipPg Man,..-•-Qne of the lar,( est farm deals in ieocnt years is reµ ported now in pregrese of egnsxtminae tion, involving the 5,000 -acre farm of Iron. Ainie J3enerd, of Decota Siding, a short distance west a ;Winnipeg. Tio sale price le said to have been fixedat 3525,000, or 3105 an acre, in - chiding equipment, M. G, O'Connel,;: of New Orleans, La., is the prospere tive purchaser, Regina, Sask.---At least seven car - lot shipment' 'of dressed tusltoys ,and chickens will be made shortly from points in Saslcatebewan, states W, Waicledii, acting. markets eommissign- er for Saskatchewan. These ship., merits will be made under the auspices of local fanners' organizatione and will be supervised by 'representative% of the Saskatchewan dept. of eget , culture.. . Edmonton, Alta.---McInnies Fish Go, will employ one hundred men and fromfiftyto sixty teams this'season in their fishing operations in Buffalo Lake, • situated ninety' miles east of Chieohani, • Willow, B,C. ,A, •muskrat farm has been established here by Messrs Davis Brothers, well known farmers and trappers. de z >. as { w v �� aK la k v� very exclusive taste in tea, few shop- rm�. ti ?xaKe :;; nfi keepers will buy tea which has, been x 2 4$ sad 5�aj blended by machinery. 00 ,C --- -- nifal e In Ireland where the people have re: not only' filling the 'forests, of their try rrie 451 °baa ? X t Yr Wh iz own province' with laborers Inc the winter, but contributing substantially -_rte Saskatchewan labor bureaux- are es' ve xa ria;" ?>;s.;; <" ..,' to the needs of their Eastern neigh- xid t$ � �s tt� w ry bora, Of: the a,796 mea sent out. to of 413`: > :i'£ � � labor lumbebureauxesince the beginning from Saskatchewan1 s_. .p g^s`. 3`;'": �R^ e the season, 327 were for Ontario 34 `$ w�,? �^ s'". .4;$ '. : camps and 116,fos ul:anitoba, h: g _ € � .> i>?o sdNr ," k mainnin 1 853 .w n into T t rp- � ,•. „;;*,,: ,..,,,, g e . t o the forests pf. re- , - Northern Saskatchewan, .. v ,. mss.. ,r;..u�. .. � •n.. '1 s, The lumber operations ,in the Prov - > _ t S;1 t ince of Quebec are progressing ex a r ,t z ` �'as ceedingly well with the colitnuation et:;zi r. fs..„ti ,.3.,a ria_ of the fine weather, t , & ,sated Gustave. C. 1 in the depletion of the beds: It is uthoritiitively stated, however, th he oyster beds in Richmond Bay a iving promise of a return to their of ertility. One of the chief attractions Na $1:05%. e Manitoba oats -No, 3 CW, 43%sc; s Ica,1 extra.feed, 41%e. a t Ig ! Prince Edward' Island, says the N aural Resources Intelligence' Serpic `of the`Department of the Interior, 1 the hospitality of the people. Thewisi tot is made to feel atltome, and, whil islanders ate proud ofetheir littl ovine, each does not constitute him e f a real !estate agent. In the sev towns and cities picturesque spots ound, and a drive along_ the excel- nt highways in the "spring present, a picture not seen elsewhere.' The soil of Prince'' Edward Island possesses, distinct reddish- shade. On this the bright green lines' of early vegetation and the glistening shells upon the surface due to the use of the oyster - bed mud as fertilizer, produce a pic- ture not easily forgotten. The ,tourist traffic to Prince :Ed. e40rd Island is rapidly expanding, and the many beauties of -the island form an attraction hard to resist. With a varying widtli of from two to . thirty miles, any portion of the island is within a short distance of the sea, it has a climate which •does not inolude extremes of heat and cold, and, with' the best of ferry connections, the pro.• gressive, while at the same time con- tented people of Prince Edward Island have a portion of Canada of which they may be justly proud, Largest of Telescopes to be Gift to France despatch from Geneva says: - at will be the largest observatory in the world, with a telescope more powerful than that at Mount Wilson or Greenwich, is to be built on Mount. Saleve„-on Feenoh territory, a -felt'! Miles from Geneva: 4 The observatory 4vill'.be the gift toI l France of the Hindu millionaire, enc . gineer and scient,,ist, .Asan Dina, and, his wife, who' was Miss Many Wallace:I Shillito, of Chieninat' The building instruments and installation will cost' 1 36,000, 000. The'telescope lens will° have a di- aincter of 105 inches, er five inches, greater than that of the Mount Wilson '1 instrnmettt, 1 - --cr -= h In Borneo the s petetitious pearl N ,fisher preserves car:ft:11y every ninth pearl ho finds, puts'it in as bottle with 2 two grains of rice for. each pearl, and 2 stops the bottle with the finger of a c dead man, ill' the belief that. these b pearls will reproduce others i U.F.O, Again W. A. Amos; rye -elected president of the United Fanners o3 Ontario, for a second terns. The program of the LT.F',O. tails far Dominion -wide prohi- bition and rigid : enforcement of the laws already in force, Piche, chief forester, and one of the biggest cute ever recorded in the prov- ince is expected for the season of 1923-24. In all, there will be, about 30,000 men working in the verious` lumber camps' durifig the winter, if the different companies obtain ail' the help they require. Weekly area Report - TORONTO. - ( to 70 lbs, and up, 315.50; lightweight of . Manitoba wheat -No, 1 Northern,• rolls, in, barrels, 336; ' heavyweight mile, $33. Lard -Pure tierces, 171/4 to 18c tubs, 18 to 181, c; pails, 18r,ce` to 1901 prints, 20 to 20Vsc; shortening tierces' 1416' to 15,4c; tubs, 15 to 15,4c; pails,., 15'/4 to 16e; ,prints 7,736 to 18c, Heavy steers; enoicee,•36,fi0-to-$795. butcher steers, choice, 36 to 36.50; `do, good, :'$5.50 to $6; do, med., $4,2to P all P r Manitoba barley -Nominate © All the above, track, bay ports. o Ontario, barley ---61 to t68e,• American corn -No. 2 yellow, 91e, Buckwheat -No, 2, 69 to 72c, v- Ontario rye -No. 2, 72 to 74c, Peas -Sample, 31.50 to $1,55, ' $5,20 do, com., $3 to $4; butcher heli-. Millfeed-D eh .Montreal freights; ez's, choice, $6 to $6.50; do, Medi, 34.25- q; bags included. Bran, per "ton, $27; :.to $6,25; de, coma, 38 to ';'t4• buteher. shorts'"per ton, 330; middlings, 86i cows choice, $4 to $4.25;' do, meet, a good feed. flour, $2.05. ,$3 td --$4; canners and cutters, 31.25, Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, 92 'to t 4 32.50; butcher ;bulls, choice, $4 -to 94c; outside. '- •+34.50; ilei tom„.:$2 to $3; feedfiag, n Ontario,! No, 2 white oats -38 to 40e,.steers good, $5 -to 35,50; do, fair, 34 Ontario corn--Nominat Ontario flour ---Ninety pet! cent, at,, i to ',3 3 ,50 5; stockers, 34-;illcei;•s$ and spring- p fair, o in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship,- ers, $80 to 3110; salvos, choice, 310.50`; menti $4.60; Toronto basis, 34.60, bulls `to $12; do, Med,, $6 to 39.50; do, coni., seaboard, $4 25. 34 to :5; do, a*rassers $2,75 to $4; .,lylanitoba flour-' lst pats,; in jute lambs,. choice, $10,50 to $11 do, bucks, sacks, ,$6.10 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $t 60. 38.50 to 39,50; do, -,corn., $7.50 to $8.25; Hay -Extra No, 2, timothy, per ton, : sheep, light ewes, good, $5 to $6; do, ,track Toronto, 314.50 to $15; No. 2, fa� h�vy, 34 to, $5; do, culls, 32. to $14.50; No, 3,_$12.50; mixed, $12, 2. O1 hogs, fed and watered, $8 ;to Straw -Car late, per ton,: $9. *8.25; do, f.o.b,, $7.75;, do, country Cheese -New, large, 23 to 2334-c; Points, $7,50; do, selects, $9,05. twins, 28,4: to 24c; triplets, 24 to 25c; MONTREAL - Stiltons, 25 to 26c. Old, large, 28 to Oats, No 2 CW, 524fic; No, 3 CF's, 30e; twins,_ 29 to 31c; triplets, 80 to 50c; extra No 1 feed, 48,/sc. Flour, 32e Man. spring wheat pats., lots, '6.10; Butter -Finest. creamery pants, 44 2nds, 35.60; strong bakers', to 45c; No. ,'1'creamery, 42 -to 43c; No; winter;pats. :choice, 35.65. to 35.65: ; 2, 40 to 41c, Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs,, $2.95, .Bran, Eggs= -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 70 ,$27,25., ' Shorts $30.25. Middlings, , to 74c; extras, storage, in cartons 45 336,25. Moullie, 340 to 342. Iiayt No. to 47e; extras, 48 to 44c; firsts, 30 to 2, per ton, car lots, $15 to .$16. 39c seconds, 80 to 32c. Cheese, finest westerns, 18 to 1814e; Live poultry -Spring chickens, 4 finest eastern, 1734 to 17%e. Butter,' lbs. and over, 28c; chickens, 8 to 4 No. 1 creamery, 4034 to 41c;. No, -1 Ms., 22c; hens, over 5 lbs., 22e; do, 4 pasteurized, 4134, to, 42c.' Eggs, fresh, to 5 lbs., 15e; do, 3 to 4 lbs:, 15c; special, 850; fresh extras, 65c; fresh roosters, ise; ducklings, over 5 lbs„ firsts, 50c; extras,. 89 to 40c; No, i 20c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 180; turkeys,' stock 34 to 35c • No. 2 stock, 28 to 30e. young, 10 lbs. and up, 28c. Cafves,'3lO; iambs, $9 to $11; liogs, Dressed .poultry -Spring ehicicens, tlii0lc smooths aiid good quality bn'tclt- lbs. and over, 30c; chickens, -8 to 4 ere, 38.40; poor quality, 38 to 38.25. bs,, 25c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4 tri -5 lbs,, 34c; do, 3 to 4' lbs., 18c; oosters, 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, .4` ti 5 lbs,, 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs, and ui, 30c; .geese, 26c. Beans -Can: hair -picked, `:1b„ • 7c; rimes, a.c. Maple products -Syrup, per imp, gal.; $2.50;4pet 5 gal, tin, per gal.; maple sugar,`ib; 25c, ; Honey ---60-1b. tins, 12 to 13e per lb.;. 0-1b, tins, 12 to 13c; 5-1h. tins, 13 to 4c; 234 -Ib. tins, 14 to 15e; comb on.ey, per dog., No. 1, $3,75 to 34; o. 2, 33.25 to $3.50, . Smoked meats-Hanis, med., 25 to 7c; cooked hams,•, 37 to 39c; smoked ells, 21 to 23e; cottage roils, 22_,1.1 4c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; spe-' hal brand breakfast „bacon, 80 to 33e; acres, boneless, 30 to 35e. Cured ,,;eats --•Long clear bacon 50 T145 ,SKELETON 1N THC CUPDOARD, Conservative, Liberal and Labor Parties (together)-” Cin no, we never mention it." . (Reduced taxation, the •ouo thing Iikely to secure uriatzImous •support in� 8ritaln, has been raised by none of the- parties). -Froin London Opinion. �tl'd RA53i3t'rBGR® 1 15 TWA_ OP p DEAR” 'FPOH EPS 14AT BEP; `MY DMO1.1-1ER DEAD tea F6 ONT OF VEP.'( CNA1R„ 1- 1. A t"lY 1=11 x1- HtJ.SC3P,ND BR6,,ivr4-(ED HIS LAs'r' ON This cOOCH FULLES! This Rh0M .16 SUi l),Y OF SfltP C , M(NoE•(w5 r 5, 11 WCL' ;`' I THINK T 1-1 1E MAO 2: You C0MF'oR"Apj , Ring Gearbe'o Greceo.` Who, with Qtedeu Elizabeth, has taken his departut'o Inc itou.mania to await the deoislon of the National As- sembly respecting the regime best be- fitting the'-cOtintry. One of London's last farms, near Dulwich Park, is now being razed to the ground, to make way Inc:houses: P1•agross and bright prospects in tho development of sodium sulphate in Saskatchewan is repotted by the Bur- eau of tabor and industries. 'Sod'iunt siilphal;d'II recovered' from Sastcatehew.. tui depot lts is now being used in 458. manufacture of glass at ltedelifi', and six deposits so far have been Invosti. gated by rho' l.+oderal Department of Minas. t that deposits not yob investi- gated by the department number elest (,o'ninety,