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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-3-10, Page 3(� yy y +•� �t {y CoA.ns•oli.dVia•ted SeIioo One of the Vital Questions of the Day. By the Rev, Geo. `f', Stephenson The educational life of our young and fair Dominion of Canada has been One of steady development. We owl much to Egerton Ryerson ;for the present school system of whieh wo Cannot sneak too highly for its in- fluenee hi its clay, But the tame has 'come for anether forward step and the subject for ,our consideration to- day, Consolidated Schools, is one Which • should engage the serious thought of every Canadian citizen' be- nzine it is a much improved system • to our present one, and is now rapidly superseding it, in both Canada and the 'United States representatives.of the Educa- tional • Department are travelling through the country continually. del•- ivering lectures on this question, and pamphlets sent out by the Depart- Inent, encyclopedias and the daily press emphasize its great advantages both to the individual and the come =may and recommend its adoption at the earliest convenience. Lot us consider first of all why such a. change is necessary. 1. Rural depopulation.. We all know of instances yearly of parents who have• left the country and have gone to the city or town for the sole pur- pose of giving their children .better educational advantages, Mrs. Brodie, who addressed the U.F.O. convention at Toronto? said that she bad come to the city recently in order to give her children better educational advantages az- but ahs liked the country betterthan the city, and that just as soon as her children were through school •she.in- tended to return. It was •surely a worthy motive for leaving the iarni and _going to the city,:but why go to the city when you may. have equal educational advantages at your door? 2. Short term' of teacher. The av- erage length of time the rural school teacher .stays in -one school is between 'one and one and a half years. One teaeher,gets nicely started -and is just learning the nature of her scholars and her conimulity'when she leaves and tallow teacher comes along, There are many causes for this frequent change of teachers -among them are niarriages, low salaries, difficulty in securing boarding place, overcrowded schools or too small schools and classes. 3: Changing conditions. In 1855 it required 40 hours of labor to produce a bushel of corn; under modern con- ditions it only requires- 41 minutes. To -day we have modern conveniences, as telephones, telegraphs, rural mail, express trains, refrigerator cars, fast ocean steamers, wireless telegraphy, aeroplanes, etc., and we find ourselves competing in a world market. With the advent of electricity more delicate machines are used and more thorough • education is required. Civic govern- ment and national economy demand a larger intelligence and wider skill in our manhood and womanhood. Can ono or two teachers in an ungraded eohool, with .the work of all the grades, meet this urgent call? 4. Educational Research and Scien- tific Discovery; Our ideas have been changed in the past few years as to what•purpose the school should fulfil in the life of the child, Educational • research teaches us ,the importance of Agriculture, Domestic Science, Gard- ening, Manual Training, Art and Music. By the use of apparatus and electricity, pictures may be used to illustrate and teach facts. When we• consider that. 80 per cent, of what a child learns he takes in through the eye we can readily appreciate this ad- vantage in a Consolidated School, Moreover when a child plants a gar- den plot under the scientific instruc- tion of a teacher he gets a training he cannot get through study alone, Favorable conditions for teaching these subjects are necessary. 5. Lack of opportunity. The present system shows a lack of equality of opportunity for an education. Sta- tistics prove that it takes one and one- .,, half years longer for a bey or girl in the rural district to get hie or her en- trance examination than a boy or girl with Consolidated or city advantages. Then they have to leave hone -if they go at all -and go to -High School in some town or city at a distance, ami the result is».that many fall out and fail to go at all. The new last/ which, comes into effect next September re- quiring all children (with certain exceptions) to •attend school till 16 years of age, will help to obviate ' the difficulty of lost education but it does not solve the problem of sending the child away from hone. Statistics appear to show that in the United States only half as many complete the elementary grades • under the graded rural schools as under the Consolidated Suhool. Is this fair tie' cur Country boys and girls? If we can get a High School at our door for two-thiriis of Ontario's boys and girls, what is it worth? What is it worth physically, mentally, econ- omically and industrially to have four times es many get a high school train- ing? • 0, Unfair handicap in recitations, Our present system deprives a child of hie possible number and' length of recitations. A child has approximate- ly 8,800 hours in his elementary school lire, in which to acquire Habits of atudy, diecipline, methods, and other things that education means. Ilow irnueh personal ' attention from the teacher, does lie get? In 1918 the av- erage attendance at elementary schools in Ontario was '65 :per cent. This reduces the possible number of hours 8,800 to 5,720. A'comparison of. ed. -time 'spent in study and recitation in ungraded schools and'C,onsolidated Schools shows that in the ungraded schools about 16 per cent; of the time is spent in recitation, or 816 hours out of 5,720, and the balance 4,906 hours in study or dersk worlk; whereas, under Consolidation, 50 per cent. of the time is spent in each way, giving 2,860 hours for each.. Ae the average. at- tendauce is also increased under Con- solidation from 16 to 25 per cent, that means an increase of•actual attend- ance hours to about 0,800, and reci- tation hours to 8,400. Compare this with 815 hours and ask is this,fair to your child. 7. The need of new buildings and equipment. The attendance may have increased until the building has be. 'come too small to provide adequate accommodation ox, as in many cases, the buildings have deteriorated and are unsafe and unhealthy, and people with ambition want the best type of education and equipment pesai'ble. .Other defective conditionsare poor system of ventilation or no system -at all; poor heating ssyterne lighting poor and from wboth. sides; shiny black- boards; color decorations dark (the three last tending to produce eye- strain); floors scrubbed only three or four times a year; the drinking water usually from a common cup. which tends to -spread -disease; seats double and not adjustable, and out -houses un- sanitary. Every one of these condi- tions limit the efficiene of the sys- tem and so a large part the nionoy spent in our present system is lost. What is the Consolidated School System and to what extent bas it made progress? A several roomed building erected in a central place, preferably a village, by the ratepayers of a number of sehooI sections living close together who decide to unite and have instead of 5 or 6 or 7 or more small schools scattered mites. apart, one well equip- ped building large enough for all the children. in all the sections co-operat- ing; with modern equipment for edu- cational training in elementary or more advanced grades or both, sup- plied with thebest trained and ex- perienced teachers, and scholars brought in vane for a radius of 5 or 6 miles around is what may be gener- ally considered a Consolidated School. It is long since past the experimental stage and has surely come to stay and to replace the present system, at least where people are alert enough and wise enough to see its benefits and adopt it. Our Educational De- partment tells us that the first Con- soliiated School was established in Montague, Mess., U.S., in the same year as the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege at Guelph, 1874. Forty-seven years of successful work should con- vince us of its merits. It was an idea worked out by a group of farmers who had. the same difficulties to face as mentioned above. The United States had in 1919, thirteen thousand Con- solidated Schools, an increase of three thousand over 1916 -an average growth of one thousand each year. Forty-three states of the Limon,have adopted Consolidation of rural schools as their policy. Three years ago Man- itoba ha I about 100 Consolidated Schools. The farmers there are en- thusiastic about it. Alberta has 60 Consolidated Schools. Rittenhouse, Hudson and Mallory -town are the only Consolidated 'Schools I know of in On- tario. Guelph and Neustadt has the principle on a small scale, Carlsruhe school section in Carrick township Bruce County, closed their school and axe driving the children to Neustadt. The children are delighted and the school section saves $580 a year, which is about the Bostof the trans- portation. The school at Hudson was burned about three years ago and the ratepayers decided by an almost un- animous vote to rebuild the Consoli- dated School. From actual experience in Consoli- dated Schools what benefits hive been derived by the pupils? 1. Better grading and classification. In the majority of case not more than two grades need occupy one room. This arrangement allows teachers to specialize more and gives more time for recitations and personal work. 2. A large number in the class stiniulates interest, enthusiasm and competition. 3. A. closer grading, as compared s Tfi c REPORT WOUNDING OF GENERAL MACREADY. Sinn Fetters claim bbat as the result of a recent ambuscade they in- jured General Air Neville Macready, Commander of the Cram Troops in Ireland, inflicting a bullet wound In the shoulder. Photo shows General Macready walking with Rt. Hon. 0, O'Connor in Phoenix Park with a one -roomed school, cuts down the average number of recitations per day for each teacher from 24 to 12 and lengthens the period of recitation from 10 to 18 minutes. 4. Less absence from school, which means more recitations and, covering the work more quickly and more sat- isfactorily. 6. A GAIN OF ONE AND A HALF YEARS IN COMPLETING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WORE. Consider the results of this on the number who would continue at school and take up High School studiks. 6. Because of the availability of Continuation work and more attrac- tive school conditions and the privi- lege of boarding at home many pupils stay for a longer period at school. A comparison of 3 Consolidated School townships. with District Scheel town- ships showed that twice as many fin- ished their elementary grades under Consolidation and six times as many took Continuation School work. 7. Better and wider training. Pewee teachers are necessary, hence teachers with higher certificates and training can be secured. Where three or more teachers are engaged in a school it is possible to secure specialists in differ- ent subjects where in an ungraded school the teacher cannot specialize in all subjects -or introduce Manual Training, Agriculture, Domestic Science, etc. 8. High School advantages with less expense and moral danger. A Con- tinuation School is practically brought to the door of every farmer in the Con- solidated School area which will, when properly organized, take the pupil up to the Matriculation or to Normal En- trance, Think of the advantage of this without the expense of boarding in a town oe city or the moral dang- ers of being away from home at the moat critical time of the child's life. Is that not well worth while? 9. Co-operation, or team -play. In the assemblage of large numbers of Toth sexes the play life can be better organized and the co-operative spirit developed. This means much in later life. To learn how to co-operate and to carry through a work successfully with others in spite of injustices, op- position, and disappointments, in a kindly spirit, is a part of education which is well worth while, The Con- solidated School fosters this spirit. 10. An increased earning capacity, Cornell Agricultural College some years ago, in investigating the labor income of a thousand farmers, found that the group who had only Public School education made $818 a year, that with a High School education made, $622 and those with a College education made 4;847 a year, Every year of additional education was worth from $60 to $75 a year in labor income: What are the advantages from the standpoint of School Buildings, Ad- lninistration, and Organization? 1. Better supervision. Under the present District School system the in- spector cannot visit oftener than twice a year, and mistakes which are now neglected would be seen end remedied by the experienced Principal who sup- ervises the work of the other teach- ers in the Consolidated School. 2. An enlarged enrollment, and in- creased average attendance. In 16 schools in Amabel township, Bruce county, including 5 Union Schools, the number on the roll for 1920 was 431, and the average attendance was 321.' The average attendance was 74.4 per cent. of the enrolment. In the 9 schools in Arran township the en- rohnent last year was 221 and the average attendance 149. Here the average attendance was 87.7 per cent. This is fair, but under Consolidation both the enrolment and the average attendance would be increased. In a large area investigated the enrolment before Consolidation was 3,185 chil- dren. The sante territory after Con- solidation enrolled 4,814, a gain of 1,629 or 51 per cent. In the same area the average attendance before Consolidation was 2,107 or 66 per cent., whereas, after Consolidation it was 3,617 or 75 per cent, 3. Punctuality. The wagans, vans, cars or sleighs run on schedule time, bringing the children to school warm, and with dry feet, so that the school may open sharp on time with all present,'and the lessons may go on without interruptions. 4. Regular attendance. Fluctuation in attendance is also avoided, The large number attending tends to keep the average much the same. Teachers who have had to change their day's programme because of the absence of 2 or 3 pupils and then had to go over the sante work with them at some future time ]chow the benefit this would be. 5. Economy. Instead of a teacher's room, library, cloak rooms, toilets, halls and class rooms in every school, thee are united in one. Economy is also effected in recitation periods, energy and concentration of the teacher, length of time necessary to reach Entrance Examinations, time.of Inspectors travelling from school to school, correspondence, etc. 6. Hygienic conditions. This will be found in the character and decora- tions of the class rooms, lighting, heating, ventilation, single desks, water, toilets, transportation, play grounds and play equipment, and the necessary number of children malting possible vigorous, enthusiastic and health -giving play. 7. Improved Community Life. This is brought about by the equalization of taxation and opportunity, the ex- tension of educational facilities to the whole community, good roads which follow in the wake of Consolidation, the provision of a dignified social centre, special school equipment, a community playground, and developed leadership. Think of the advantage of these things to the Churches, the Farmers' Clubsand,the community in general. The children receiving bet- ter education will be happier and more useful and they will remain -at home longer. Every boy and girl' then can receive a High School education with- out which in this rapidly developing age they will surely' be handicapped. Any normal man or woman under ordinary circumstances can make money, but it is more difficult- and more important to make a life. How much more than the present system will the Consolidated School cost? If you are content with the same buildings, . teachers, equipment -� It's a Great Lifer I1 'You Don't Weaken, . _. and cureioulanr as at present the (' Consolidated School eoete less, 0011- aolidation is not urged to -day as a moans to cheapening education but of bettex'i rg it, With that view in mind it will cost mons ---probably from a third tea half more than the pres- ent system. But remember all the special benefits derived both in eduo02 tional and community life. The self„ binder costs more than the cradle or the reaper but no one would go belt to these, Neither .de those, under Venial conditione, who have once thoroughly tried the Consolidated School, go back or want to go bath, What financial assistance will the Government give? According to the Ontario Department of Education the grants are as follows; - 1, $8,000 towards the cost of build- ing if erected and in operation by Dee.. 22'nci, 1922, , 2. 30 per cent, of the cost of the building and site whose value does not exceed 5 per cent, of the total equalized assessment of the area con- solidated, 87% per cent. if between 5 and 10 per cent., but bhe grant is lim- ited at $9,000, , 3. An an nuai grant.of 30 per cent. of cast of transportation where such cost does not exceed 6 mills; 373.6 per cent. if between 5 and 10 mills; and 45 per cent. if above 10 mills. 4. $100 -toward the salary of each teacher in the Consolidated School who is receiving at least a standard ?salary. 5, A grant for purchasing a piano, which is payable within 3 years. 6. 25 per •cent. of the cost of cer- tain other equipment, e.g. Agriculture al, Domestic Selene, Manual Train- ing., etc. Maximum -$200. 7. All grants for which the present school eeeblons are eligible will be continued. If seven rural schools con- solidated the township grants' would bo paid on the basis of the seven rural schools. 8, If the community decides to build a Community Hall in connection with the School -the Hall is usually built above it -the grant will be 26 per cent. of the additional cost. This is pro- vided according to the Community Hall Act of 1919. But how about the blocking of bhe roads in the winter? This difficulty, which at first- ap- pears formidable, has never yet proved a serious difficulty, even in the schools in Northern Ontario and further west. During one year in 'Manitoba, under average conditions, there were 22 Consolidated Schools with 61 vans which reported only 22 trips missed in one year, an average of only one trip per school in the year, At Hud- son, in Northern Ontario, where the winter roads are as bad as anywhere in Ontario, for the winter of 1917-18, not one trip was missed. Their routes are 6 miles long. One stormy day recently 100 per cent, were present, whcreae, in a nearby school, only 40 per cent. were present because of the storm. Other phases of this problem night be presented. If interested send to the Dept. of Education for their latest pamphlet on Consolidated Schools which will give you many of the facts presented here, worked out in great- er detail, as well as many other facts of interest. University Fees. Should university education be for the rich only or should it be as free AS public school education? Should brains or money determine a student's fitness to enter university? This question will be answered in the re- port of the Royal Commission and in the Province's acceptance or rejection of its findings. To a Provincial University money comes from only two sources -gov- ernment support and students' fees. It is true that liberal private bene- factions are also received, but they are always for some designated ab- ject, scholarships, or fellowships, or professorships, or buildings for seine 'specific purpose. So it is correct to say that if government support is adequate, university education may be practically free. If government support fails, fees must rise and the sons and daughters of the average citizen, as well as the young men and women who are "making their twit way" through college, will be debarred from the education to which their in- tellectual ability entitles then. The following figures, showing the fees for the first year in the Arts course in several universities, are in. teresting: University of Toronto, $40; Yale, $800; Harvard, $250; Princeton, $260; Pennsylvania, • $250; Cornell, $200; Chicago, $180; Wisconsin, $164; Michigan, $105; McGill, $100; Minne- sota, $90. The old-time theory that only the ratan with children attending school should pay school taxes has long since been exploded, because now everyone realizes that education is the nation's chief business. Just as unreasonable is the theory that those who desire university educaticn should pay the whole cost of it -such a position is the very opposite of democratic, Ring Nicholas of Montenegro died in exile at Antibes, France, on March 1, in his eightieth year. Ile was the father of the Queen of Italy, Broken In Service of Ills Country Woodrow Wilson, who left the office of President of the 'United States on March 4. Photo chows )rimas be is to -day, broken and decrepit, after two terms in office, CATTLE EMBARGO ADVOCATE FAILS British Minister Defeated by Labor Candidate in By- - Election. A'deepatch from London says: Sir Arthur Griffiths-Boscawen, the newly -appointed Minister of Agricul- ture, was. defeated in the Dudley by- election, the result of which was an - announced on Thursday, by J. Wilson, Labor candidate. The voting was: Labor • , 10,244 Coalition -Liberal • 9,9.68 Majority against •' 276 The defeat of the Government Min- ister and candidate is mainly -attri- buted to the controversy over the question of the embargo on Canadaian cattle, used as an argument by the Opposition, who ascribe to this cause the high cost of meat in Great Britain. Lord Beaverbrook took this position, and flooded the constituency with copies of The Daily Express, owned by him, in which he stated that "every vote for the Government candidate was a vote for dear neat." Dudley is a large working-class con- stituency. Sir Arthur Griffiths-Boscawen had expressed himself as favoring a con- tinuation of the embargo. Republicans Return to Power in U.S. A despatch from Washington says: -After eight eventful years in authority, the Democratic administra- tion of Woodrow Wilson closed up its books and terminated its term of of- fice. Warren G. Harding, Republican President-elect, was inaugurated on Friday as twenty-ninth President of the United States of America, Medal of Honor for Unknown Heroes A despatch from Washington says: -The House adopted a resolu- tion authorizing that the Congression- al Medal of Honor be conferred upon an unidentified British and an uniden- tified French soldier buried Tespee- tively, in Westminster Abbey and at the foot of the Arch of Triumph in Paris, French Fleet Under Secret Orders to Sail A despatch from P- aris says: -The French Mediterranean fleet is being congregated hurriedly by wireless at the Toulon naval base, with orders to take on coal to the fullest capacity of the vessels' bunkers, and then to steam at full speed for an unnamed destination. Paris naval officials be- lieve the French squadron will par- ticipate In the 'blockade of Hamburg, d The Leading Markets. Toronto. 8708 4; ba No. 2 INorthern, ton$1,9 1 1,o. 8 Northern, $1,8614; No, 4 wheat, $1.80%, Manitoba oats --No, 2 OW, 600' No,8 CW, 40%e; extra No, 1 feed, 414%; No. 1 feed, 484%; No. 2 feed, 4044o. Manitoba bar•fey ; No, 8 OW, 80338e; No. 4 CW, 701/4c; rejected, 59%c; feed, 60540, All above in store Fort William, Ontario wheat-F.o,b, shipping points, according to fro! to outside No. 2 spring, $1.75 to $1,80; No. 2 winter, $1,85 to .$1.00; NNo, 2 goose wheat, $1.70 to $1,80. No. 2 American corn-Prompt Toronto, 95c non.- alit], Ontario oats -No. 8 white, 47 to 40e, according to freights outside. Barge y -Milting, 80 bo OOc, accord.- ing to Frei hts outstcle, • Ontario flour -Winter, prompt ship-. • meat, straight run 'bulk, seaboard, $8,50, • Peas• -No, 2, $1,50 to $1.60, outside. Manitoba flour-Treek, • Toronto: First patents, $10.70; second patents, $10.20. • Buckwheat -No, 2, $1 to $1.05, Rye -No, 2, neminal; No, 3, $1.50 to $1,55, Millfeed-Cerlots, delivered, .To- ronto freights, bags included:- Bran, per ton, $37; Shorts, per ton, $35; white middlings, $40; feed flour, 22.40. Eggs -New laid, cartons, 61 to .63e;' new .laid; 49 to 50e. Butter -Creamery prints, 65 to 59e; fresh made, 68 to 610; bakers', 38 to 45e. Oleomargarine -Best grade, 29 to 82e. Cheese -Large, 32 to 33e; twins, 33 to 84c, Maple syrup -One -gal. tins, $3;50. Honey, extracted --White clover, in 60 and 80 -Ib, tins, per lb., 21 to 22e; do, 10 -Ib. tins, per lb., 22 to 23c; On- tario No. 1 white clover, in 2%4 -5 -kb. tins per lb., 23 to 24c. Otiurning Cream -Toronto creamer- ies are quoting for churning cream, 62c per Ib. fat, f.o.b. shipping points: Smoked meats -Rolls, 30 to 33e; hams, med., 36 to 38e; heavy, 31 to 33c; cooked hangs, 03 to 67e; backs, 50 to.65e: breakfast bacon, 42 to 45e; special, 4$ to 63c; cottage rolls, 33 to 35e. Green meats -Out of pickle le leas than smoked. Barrelled Meats -Bean pork, 835; short cut or family bele. boneless, 246 to $47; pickled cells, 1'52 to $55; mese pork, $38 to $41. Dry salted meats -tong clears, in tons, 23 to 25c; in tales. 28% to 25340; clear bellies, 277_ to 28'1,c; fat backs, 22 to 24c. Lard -Tierces, 20% to 20%,e; tube, 20s/ae to 2134; pails, 21 to 21%0; prints, 22 to 22?zc; shortening, tierces, 13 to 13%c; prints, 15e per ]b. Good heavy steers, 29 to $10; huit- cher steers, choice, $8.50 to $9.50; do, good, $7.50 to $8.50; do, med., $6,50 to $7.50; butcher heifers, choke. $8.50 to $9.50; do, mei,, $7 to $8. do, tom., 26.50; butcher cows, choice, 88 to $9; do, med., $5 to d;' $7; carriers and cut- ters, $3.60 to $utcher bulls, good, $6 to $8; do, fair, $5.50 to $6; do tom., $4 to $6; feeders, good', 900 lbs., $7 to $8; do, 800 lbs„ $6.60 to $7; milkers and springers, choice, $100 to $160; calves, choice, $15 to $16; do, med., $13 to $14; de, cont,. $5 to $10; lambs, $12 to $13.75; sheep, choice. $6.50 to $8; do, heavy and bucks, 24 to $6;3do yearlings; $1.0 to 110,60;'hogs, less anti watered, $14; do, oil' cars, $14 25; do, f.o.b., 213; do, to the fanner, $12.76. Montreal, Oats, Can. West„ No. 2, 680; do. No. 3, 64c. Flour, Man. Boring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $10.70. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3.40. •Bran, 838.25. Shorts, $36,25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lot, $24 to $2u. Cheese, finest .easterns, 29),1, to 29%c. Butter, choicest creamery, 53?a to 54c. Eggs, fresh, 50e.. Hogs, $15; veal calves, $10 to $13. Wouldn't Allow Ship to he Named Tiopitz A despatch from Berlin says:-• Workers in the shipyards at Flens- burg prevented the launching of a 12,000 -ton freighter because they ob- jected to naming it "Tirpitz." 'Tho famous Admiral had preparel an ad- ieu, and IIugo Stinnes, owner of the vessel, as well es a number of other ignitau•ies, had planned to attend, but the Socialistic workmen at the last minute decided against the policy of naming Germany's new ships for her dethroned war Iords, - Winnipeg's Population Totals 282,818 A despatch from Winnipeg says: - The population of greater Winnipeg is 282,818, according to figures in the 1921 city directory, just issued. This is the greatest gain recorded since 1914, and a jump of 10,350 over the 1920 figures. 1• Unemployment insurance Act Passes Both Houses A despatch from London says: - The House of Lords passed the Unemployment Insurance Act Amend- ment Bill; which hes now gone through both Houses. Form Alliance Against Bolshevism A despatch from Budapest says:- A defensive alliance against the Bol- sheviki lies been entered into by Po- land, Roumania, and Hungary, accord- ing to information from reliable sources. y Jack Rabbit Northern_ Ontario Rich in .Gold Deposits A despatch from Montreal says: - Gold prospects in Northern On tario surpass those of every known field oti the North Am- erican continent, according to T. W. Gibson, Deputy Minister of Mines for Ontario, addressing the 23rd annual meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in convention here. Further he added that the Province of Quebc:: had mrintain- ed during 1020 its unique record of having never permitted its production to fall below a previc:ts Vicar's reeerd, • Inventor's Trials. How difficult it is for a great idea which is• really original to gel: es niiieh as a respectful hearing was exempli- fied in the case of the telephone, ac- cording to a story recently told by its inventor, `Dr. Alexander Graham Boll. Dr. Bell, who visited his native city of ]lldinburgh, Scotland, a short tinge ago, told a London Time reporter, who interviewed him that he had been laughed at even after the telephone was an accomplished fact, and in u- teri] use, when he seggeeted an im- provement designed to, give it greater commercial value, Daylight saving in France begins on March 14 end ends October 26. Prince George of Greece bas more ried the Princess Elizabeth of Roue .iriania, Henry Scheirer, General Manager of the Michigan Central linos, hays ate netted that the tea&s investigation proved that the Michigan Centual en-. gineer and fireman of the Canadian Pacific train we o bo Matto for the recant wreck at Porton, We in which 87 persons were ki411tdy 9'4'0� ]DSD `(OU iii. FF.0 biI- o h:0� NI- o K S10E poCi�O;T i0S MQRN144 9 D61�. 1st oT t 4,f40 OLD 0 DOi1J4-'h-r n O;OCKVIS .., . C • m • • Be. owl . • �.. AN i , ; t 1 d�' � o"f' 6� R. I b °o�,9 pool- ,' . A NOt-]x ic.► Qr`g( KEN IoUO2 11,1SIDOs PoCKET , tis ' ; it • • ,»•. ( ,,,,,, s...--'"` bM itIrAir la i ;f, .--`.' _ ``-,.-^,�'-a"'' •- ....... --•----•----•..1 -_.:_ ,-,-tr.+.. : '°" i"'4 el'M' Northern_ Ontario Rich in .Gold Deposits A despatch from Montreal says: - Gold prospects in Northern On tario surpass those of every known field oti the North Am- erican continent, according to T. W. Gibson, Deputy Minister of Mines for Ontario, addressing the 23rd annual meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in convention here. Further he added that the Province of Quebc:: had mrintain- ed during 1020 its unique record of having never permitted its production to fall below a previc:ts Vicar's reeerd, • Inventor's Trials. How difficult it is for a great idea which is• really original to gel: es niiieh as a respectful hearing was exempli- fied in the case of the telephone, ac- cording to a story recently told by its inventor, `Dr. Alexander Graham Boll. Dr. Bell, who visited his native city of ]lldinburgh, Scotland, a short tinge ago, told a London Time reporter, who interviewed him that he had been laughed at even after the telephone was an accomplished fact, and in u- teri] use, when he seggeeted an im- provement designed to, give it greater commercial value, Daylight saving in France begins on March 14 end ends October 26. Prince George of Greece bas more ried the Princess Elizabeth of Roue .iriania, Henry Scheirer, General Manager of the Michigan Central linos, hays ate netted that the tea&s investigation proved that the Michigan Centual en-. gineer and fireman of the Canadian Pacific train we o bo Matto for the recant wreck at Porton, We in which 87 persons were ki411tdy