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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-5-5, Page 6• ,--4.••;,........64:-.644....6‘..,:i.1* r ' /,. e t0St , 7 ' _ , 1111 ... PA SO', lifirtveroi nceeresaiiiteespese lees LBB-11,14Oare *lserreLe tifiksisi" dlOssr• orsat all"tYPo414 ef 1 101, soAtt m., k Ln Of Mann antnni: If tOn nink, In an OM oh4er al Or hastier. 'or "soccrOtakier B retwofked.., : .,, • :. , ....,,. • ..t fl IIING MO0)114110 or YOU,' on ehelOili to Pok them over, •eor eek th, tOt take any or to eilY raprosestattve,ror isepeetton, Vary large .ift.00k always as' 1 2_ Piknefi Used Car Market Soo • Tonsto street, 4., Teseese; Tlie Secret of :the. O1d Chateau ,e-e----seasses----- By DAVID WHITELAW, k -se sassee (Oopyrfehted) : • Seticlisis of r'revious Chapters. Vivian Renton and Eddie Haverten, modern soldiers of fertane, have beets gembling with Hubert Bexenter, ProsiSerolls attorney; in hie London apartments. ,4.fter , their tl•eparture late et night Renton retura to the tense, murders l3axen'ter and hide the body on the roof. While waiting for eight to COMB agoin in Older to •Inalce he eseasse, he finds in i desk a enriode old yellowed docenient Df a inyetereita chest left sn the eera of ape of Baxenter's afteeeters by a Frenchnobleman, the Marquis de • Dattigey, of the Chateau Chauville. The attest has been heeded down ham one generation of Baxehtere to an - ether and carefully guarded M the .h.ope fiat sense day its rightful owner wili befound. Renton decides,te pose es the missing heir and, claim the thesis He „goes to Feanco to. Make come needfu3 inquiries' .abota the Dm- ' tinglY fenaly. The stoiy, recalls the events of the French .Reyolution, . GILA PTER Vs--( Cant'd.) The men of the people did not take , his eyes from his tormenter. On the gray fate the perspiration stood out in little globuls.s. Ile struggled with his bonds and made as though to cry out. But the:wina took the grasping moan which fluttered from his white lips tinci e,perted-with it'and whirled it out over fie fieldsRemj drew a from his pocket and ceekeci it. He:said no more after this but sat and listened for a gust of wind of sufficient sound to 'deaden the com,ing Jacgiselin, divining his purpose, listened also. 'They pould hoar it away up the road, whistling through the little wood that laysen the hillside. Neater it came, plowing through the fantastic ShaPes of the fruit trees and Scattering the bloszones like snow. Then it was upon these—pas.eed and weIi t eat -king away .over the plains: The, grate at the smot in the• or- chard where tic execution took place grew high.. apd n heap of straw ma- nure stood near by. As Remy returned to the inn the moon coming from be- . hind a bank cf (-loud shone On at'. apple tree, peppered with petals. The trunlafeene which the branches spread Mit their twisted eirm.s was hoary -with age mid poached •wifh gray green Evian. Noar the ground there was a darker patch, showing with A sin - Woe sienificance. The holden was in the kitchen when the young man pushed open the door. "Yeur plot. citizeness, has decided to go en te Lillehurrie. The rain has Mired andthe hae, gone on foot He • eishes yen to lot the horse 'rest the night in the stable here and eend it an to him in the inc,rning at the 1Volfa" Left alone, Remy took out Ms pistol ind cn the stock of it he cut a notch, die ninth Which showed there; then Caking the bottle and two glasses, Feet, waistline, stp tihe 1itt1e steirease a rejoin the Marquis cia Dartigny. The old man wars standing at the wiedue-, but he feeed. round when las 0111p anion entered. hus-leappened., Remy? ' ives, you. wae it net. who went out just sow? There were two—only one re - :tuned,' Remy Peetessourt sat down on the alge of the bed and laugh.ed shortly. `Yes, there weve two," he saki. "I left the bantam from Paris in the irehard, Mensieur le Marquis." •Remy .nokeci at iles nobleman keenly. "Per - :sate :you crci not'situlerstand the work your son and hls followers have under- ? Six of us there were who met at the perftenier's in the Rue des Cane ettes—there are four now. The Com- mittee ef Pablic Safety are. net •the • rely men in France who prepare Heti; there,ave others Whose lists are every bit as. fatal. The 'patriot', who lies out there was on mine. I knew him at onee; genet Jacquelin is notorious in the Marais section; it was he who sent ihe Comte de Messarey and his daugh- ter to the guillotine, She was seven-, teen, monsieur—and as fair as a lily." A sob caste' into the young man's volee. end he paused a moment; then: "Can you wonder, Monsieur le Marquis that We little 'bead of Mee kill these :reptiles. :when we Meat them ?'•All •uS have lost relative:1s tv friends; and until we; tee, follow them to the scaffold v'se are sworn to kill. Olaseemehave neteseert Whet we have "E0011—you 'have not heard the prayets nt maidensin the tdinibrill5 It is not the peonle—the poor devils wh-o swallow the lie of their leaders and 41 re driven like a pack of dilly sheep. They shout through fear of their mass tors, and, believe me, I have seen deeds of heroes among the canaille who surround the ocaffold—have even seep a man smuggled out from among the condemned. Ohl I am anxious, monsieur, to get back to Paris and to my work.. Perhaps my own time is short .at, there is so mucleto de first mitch—to do." The. Maxillas laid his hand on -the young mat's shoulder, alt is not fc,r, me to judge yeur ac- tions, Remy, nee those of Gaspard. ecu' on.ly weep for ink poor oceintry. We .move in troublous, times, without hope, without faith; and I cannot judge things by the 91d stand.arcialite :will go to bed now, Relay; we Will S b.:1,AL, early to -morrow. Sylvia should • belat Feearop by now. God grant theY have met with ao mishap," . The Marquis ale Dartigny slept but little that night. The wind moaned 16Stiff NO.itta'21, diemaily around the eirves of the old buildingS and Whistled through fie orchard, He thought of *lemma he had seen in the room dovsnetairs, and in his iteoginetion ,he eaW the white face gazing tap from the sodden gees's, staring With sen•seeing eyes through the blossoms and leeves of the apple trees. But Remy de Perarreourt had sista morbid laneies, His tale woald bo good to relate at the next meeting in the Rue do Canettes, and he alent like a child, his hand Clasped loosely eoued the stock of the Pistol witb the nine notches, 7.•-• TWO days after the happemngs at the "Croix trArgent" a little party could have been seen 'leaving the back doer of the "Tavern de la Lune" at Pomp, The little 'Sylvia, barely awakey.lay Id the arms of the old Marquis. Susan, stolid -as avers car- ried the rugs "and the small chest, which contained a portion of the wealth of the Derbigny,s, and which had been safer in .Susan'e care than that of the men. Remy wes there, tom and a Smell, dark man, With rings in his ears, who led them detain the steep path between fie gorse -covered rocks to the little silver erescent of sand. By. order of the authorities all sail- ing craft had to be trnrigged each night, but here, beneath a reek, a small rowing -boat lay in waiting; the oars had been buried near by in the sand, but now lay ready to hand. The sea was eteel-gray befereahene its -surface cut up into little waves bY the wied that Was' bliewing from the elesee The eastern sky was aglow with opal end shell -Pink. HalLa mile from shore and stalest hidden in the mists of the. morning a chhsse merle ecid,e at anchor, her three masts show- ing fainely. Remy watched the little party 'em- bark, waving io then as, under -the strong strokes of the cavemen they sped toward the vessel. Then,' when the mists had swallowed them -up, he turned and set his face toward Paris. CHAPTER VI. The Body on the Roof. "Strange; isn't it, Cantla; that Mr. Hubert hasn't written --this is the 21st?" The cleric, voh•o stool by Robert Bp Aso:arts! esoIdeee,s kg in othae Cielecgrre! hind tri`e sbeaf of pees he held in his hand. "Mr. Hubert, sir, likes to feel 'free when he goes away—wan.derbast, I•think, they cal it." ."Wander—grandanother! I knew all about that. But this time I can't uederstand it at all. That affair of fie Mackinnon Trust must be decided this week, and here's is letter from Captain Freernantle, saying he is call- in,g• to -day about the mortgage on Prierly Manor. To tell the truth, I've never looked 'closely into that Meakin - non affair, and it's not like Mr. Hubert to leave things to the janior partner in this way. It rather puts me in a hole." Robert Baxenter paused a moment, Is brows puckered in annoyance, than: "What hotel are you sending his letters_to, Cantle?" "As usual, Mn. Baxenter, the 'Maur- ice.' If he leaves Paris he always tells the manager where to send on to." "Then I think it would be as well Id you were to send a reply -paid wire to the manager. Just ask if Mr. Bras. enter arrived en th,e 151h, as he in- tended, 1 don't know what it is, Caetle, but I have the feeling as though something were wrong. Send the wire now, will you? We ecu go, through the letters afterward." The old clerk placed •Ihis ,sheal of papers oe the edge of the solicitor's desk and went back to the main offiee. Edward Cantle had entered th.e firm of Baxenter in the late sixties and was now as much part and parcel of the establishment as the brass plate on the door, the keeping bright of which had: been his early dare. Slightly bent and with white hair and small side-whis.kers, he looked all of the sixty-one years to which he laid eleam. The principele oif the firm had time and time again thought of pensioning' off the old fellow, but at the least sng- gestion of such a .calarnity the keen brown eyes, valets seemed so strange- ly out of place between the •shaggy white brows, would flash in defiance -- and so it was more than probable•that Edward Cantle would live to his last day emon,g the dusty ledgers and japanned deed -boxes of the•solicetor's office. •He took a sbeef of farms from his deslc and wrote out the telegram to the hotel. in Paris; then, ascertaining from Mn. Robert that there was no- thiag among bhe letters to need hi,s immediate attention, he took down his overcool, theis his silk hat, from the p,eg beside the doer, brushed it tender- ly upon his sleeve, and passed out into the teeming life of the Strand. He dis•patcheci the message lain:self from the office at the top of Arundel street arid turned his steps again toward the Baxentee premises. He had gone but a few steps when he pulled up Sharp and thread to a little min wh,o h,ad touched him en the arm. The man 'was respectably dress- ed, and his keen, intelligent fate showed signe of nervous excitement and strain, • "Wily—slowett--"', O0h, Mr, Cantle, I'm so glad I met you. Mr, Baxenter—.Mr. Hubert, I na•ean—ishe iti—ean • I see him—has he been liete—has--" 'Cantle took the matt's arm 'and led hint ,elewlY down one of the quiet streets that rtin steep clowts to the Enthanloments., "Now, Jewett—one .cplestieri at time. What is this mystery about Mr, Hubert—what do yeti know?" "I only know, Mr. Cantle; that I vvas to reterti to meet my eneSter t Mor- timer Terrace yeeterday, I went there -sand nails to -day. ,Perhape laugh tit Me, air, bat the house Setae- hoW leoked—oha I can't say lieW-esonly Id looked deathly," Cantie tinted:on' hins she -clay: "Don't, be a, fooi, Jewett; hoW, east istieles ead Mortar look dee:they f. COMO, we Won't weary Mt, Robeet pet; we'll go te Morblinet Tetraee tee -other." Th.e old Man, witheut weitine for att teriasittee, !halted a Cab that W.ao ertswIL ingesp toward ,the Street!, and esithie Itaif Mt hour they drew ess at the reeldeeee •oif tete' , Hebeet Bexen,tet, Tritly the house leaked Strangely • desehete,• With itS Shrouded windows and the aeoumulated litter of bills and Ore:alma on the dusty steps, There are aosne who aseert that a crime brew iir its Wake au eines- plieve of its own, and that sn intan- gible air of tragedy pervade the some .of Mulder. If this is SO, then No., 9 Mottimer Terrace wes surely beneath game evil influence, .Even old Hclwarci Cantle, prosaic ae Ire w;ss, felt it ws he pteellied open the little iron gate and made his way up the gravel path. rt 'seemed to him that he eased on the threshold of some mystery an,d that' discoveries and -happenings were in the air. Ile looked at Jewett and aaw that the valet's face WRIS chalky and drawn into tense lines around the mouth and eyes. The old man gave a little cougih to steady hie voice. "Have you a key, Jewett?" "No, Mr. Cantle, Mv. Hubert was to have arrived at Charing Cross Yesterday in.orn,inig very early—about five, I think. He would came home here and I was to meet him at nine o'clock:" The old! -clerk regarded the house intently, rubbing a nervous hand over his shaven chin. "There Id e'svindow perhaps?" For answer the valet turned and led• the way round to the back of the home, taking a little winding path hula hidden by evergeeens. He stop- ped at a square window which gave light to the kibehen—e room which, albite:ugh teareely a basement, had its floor a foot or so beneath the level of the garden. Jewett gave a look at his compan- ion ana began to work at the bon with a penknife, In a few minutes the sash.was raised and the two men stood together upon the floor of the little scullery which adjoined the kitchen. If an air of horror had been mani- fest on the outside of the house, it was more apparent still in the musty interior. For some reason which he wotact have found difficulty in ex- plaining, Edward Cantle walked on tip -toe, crossing to where the stain showed dimly. It was deadly silent, and as the men entered the dining room the nee' of desolation and stillness was marked indeed. All was as it had been left a week ago. The bards lay s•cattered over the table, and a few had fallen on the carpet; the chairs seemed as though they might have just been pushed back when the players had risen front rheir game. The clock on theen,antelpiece had.stopped at twenty minutes to ten, and the car was foul with the stale odor of spirits and to- bacco smoke. Over everything was a thie layer of dust. (To be continued.) • Ancient Bathtubs. Some day somebody will write a his- tory of the evolution of the nathtub, It is certainly a very ancient institu- tion. In the ruins ofthe palace at Tiryns (which antedated Troy) has been found a much -damaged bathtub ot terra-cotta, which had aping In the bottom, to be removed after use, in order that the water might escape through a hole in the floor. During the Middle Ages bathing does not seem -to have been fashion- able; and in Europe at the present time comparatively few homes, men of the .better clue, have bathrooms. This is true of London to -clay, here the portable tin tub with a jug of hot water usually serves the purposes of ablution. The modern bathroom, indeed, with its porcelain tub and other luxurioua. equipments, owes iM development to Americans. Within the present gen- eration it has been evolved. The newest style of tub, devised by a clever manufacturer of plumbers' supplies and designed especially for fiats. is molded at one end with a ledge on which the bather may sit down while in the tub—half of the tub, that is to say, being twice as deep as the other half, and the total length being only fount' -four inches. Thus the tub occupies a minimum or space and, it only the deeper part he filled with water, the arrangement is con- venient for a foot bath or for the bath- ing of a child. Big Fees for Doctors. It is not lawyers only whose pro- fessional fees have somelinies run in- to five figures. - Leading doctors have often com- manded very high rates indeed.' For Is journey to St. Petersburg, as - it then was, to.vaccinate the Empress' Catherine II., Dr. Dimseale received *50,000, an annuity of $2,500, and a Russian barony, and in later times a Czar once paid $75,000 to Professor "Zaclutrine, of Moaeow, for two days' attendance, . An English Army surgeon was re- warded by a fee of $50,000 for doctor- ing the Newels of Romper during an' attack of rheumatisnl, Dr, Keyes, an American phYsiciae, received a cheque for *60,000 for a, pleaaant yachting trip as medical attendant to one ot the Ven•derbilts, and Dr. James Gale, the blind medical electfitian, was paid' $250,000 tor a few weeks' successful treatment of -a milliohaire's leg. '.`Tommy" Talks Back. • In her book, "Woinan's Watch on the Rhine," Mies Violet IVIarkhain,Usa well-known political and social work- er, tells ot a funny retort made by a soldier to Inc indignant German Mean- ese who considered that he was behav- ing too noisily in her basement, "Aye, nassate," he said, but you should heve :won the War, and then you could bee° utile ,arid slid down our back steles. and *whistled," AUTO USED PARTS kVe corm, a full line of used Otitis for all Makes tf cars, cleated and froo froni grease and Magnetos, gears, springs,: conMieto engines, tires, • oto. HIglieSt prices paid for Old dam Wrtto WISo Or' phone AtIteactosseeni Itsmn H0q 100 pluielrio 01 Wont, tbrOtiti Plcotlb T,ArRO,610 meeess 'Fetich "Safety First" 'Pe Salto the • Children. , • , .41Por severe' years past, the eubjeet .of heelth has' been treated Mere and Jnam extensieely in our public schools. There have been daily health ,talke, understood by large and small pupils alike; Allot the importance of fresh pure water, wholesome food, and cleanliness of peason has been thor- oughly drilledisiM thousands of ehils . In a few, instances, health charts are provided for each child, and on these, by meane of coloisecheetlares, he _eau Deep es eeeord of the aecom- plishment of numerona and naceasarY "heel.% chores" eesentiM to good i"Tealthal Ithy children mean strong, healthy men and, women. .Any time spent in imparting health knowledge to our boys RINI ,girls is time well spent. No teacher is properly Sul: - filling her duties toward the little folks pleeed in hercharge, unless she is doing all in her power te make them healthy individuals, A knowl- edge of the principled of eight living and the ability to impart to children suchknowled,ge shdeld be as essential h muilificsatienfor the position of teacher, as a knowledge of the time- honored "reading, 'siting and' 'rah- metic." But all the health instruction in the world amounts to little in the ease of bhe child who thoughtlessly rime into the read, in front of a speeding automobile. If health talks are important, talks on safety are equally so. Automobile accidents are all too frequent.- The news item, "child run down 'and killed by an automobile," might, almost be stereotyped, so fre- quently do we see it in our "daily papers, Cities are supposed to take the big toll of young lives through automobile accidents; yet the country is far from immune from the perils of the "death car." . A child who has been reared in the city is aciustomed to dodging the ears and automobiles wrth which the streets are flooded. The country child, on the other hand, aecustomed as he is to quiet, open spaces, easily forgets that there are perils in the road, and care- lessly darts back and forth, without thinking to look up and down the road first. Without the city 'child's sixth sense of avoiding impending danger, the country child is move than likely to step out of the path of one oar directly into the path of a car com- ing frons the opposite direction. Again, city children have only crossings to negotiate safely; eountry ehildeen mu,st walk sometimes for miles along roads which boast of not so much as a footpath. In any -crowd of boys there is sure to be some bully who thinks it a great joke to push a smaller youngeter into the road just when a car is approaching, and dan- gerous results sometimes ensue. A not infrequent form of accident is due to the habit of "catching a ride" or "hopping a wagon." A depression in the road, or the sudden starting of the vehicle, is responsible for loss of balance, which mayor may not be at- tended with serious results. Children are not given to consider- ing danger of their own free will. The passibility of danger must be impret- sell upon them by some older individu- al. Obviously,- the parents should teach children that it is dangerous to "hop rides," to play in the road,' or to jostle little fellows in•to tlse pathway of oncoming cars. All parents should talk "safety first" to their children. Some do talk it, but many seem to think that the children can look out for themselves. Such being the ease, it falls upon the teacher in the .com- munity to impart such instruction and W3120 'Euch words of caution as are necessary to safeguard the live of their pupils. Automobiles alone are not respon- sible for the preventable accidents which cripple and maim and kill so many promising boys and girls each year. Gene reap an annual harvest -of young lives. Thin ice claims its vic- tims during the winter, and in sum- mer overturned boats take their tall. The practice of running with open knives bais accounted foe many serious injuries; so, also, has fooling with Powder and dynamite found lying on the ground Or hidden in Sonic anche where there has been blasting. , . The leciare.s need slot be given every day, Interspevsed with health balid, one 4' wdek would 'be eufaolents But they should not be °flatted, Oarelees- MO breeds aecidents, If children /Cie impressed with the nesessity a being °mead, of looking before thay leap, of not taking chanes.beeause they are dared, though there will still be ogeas simal accidents, the number`of fatal. itie,s front ennetueel •causes will be greatly climilishecl. • Ugh !--Flies! Don't have them! Keep your kit- chen in spotless condition, Keep the garbage well covered. Don't Allow food to lie ,around. See that your screens are ins good shape. If you've an.open fireplace see that the chimney is screened. • Kerosene in drains will prevent fly eggs from hatching. A strong solution Of washing soda in boiling water, if poured down the sink at night, will keep it clean and pare , You s can disinfect draine—and should, iegularly—with a solution of two ounces of chloride of lime to a &ellen of water. And chloride of lime should be frequently shaken in the bathroom end first -floor toilet, A di.sh of cream into which ground black pepper and sagas.' have been sheken will kill flies and have none of the danger of the usual poison solu- tions. - Tested Recipes. Popcorn and Nut Crisp -1 cup sugar, 1-3 :cup corn syrup, % cup water, 14 eup.derk 'molasses, 2 tea- spoons butter, 3aqu,arts popcorn, 14 teaspoon salt, 1 eup shelled peanuts. Cook the •sugar, corn syrup, and water until it forms a soft ball when drop- pe,d in old water. Then add the but- ter and salt, stirring constantly. When tfie mixture becomes very brittle in cold water, leour it over the popped corn and peanuts, stirring constantly, 'SO all the eorn and -nuts' will be coat- ed. Spread out on a buttered platter, so a can be broken apart when cool. Tapioca lee -1 cup instant tapioca, 2 cups cold water, 1 cup honey, 1 egg white, 2 cups. shredded pineapple. Cook tapioca five menutes in cold water; then add honey, and cook hi a double boiler until it thickems. Pour over the pineapple and stir well, add- ing the white of an egg, beaten stittly. Pour into dessert glasses, and serve very cold. Cookies Disguised -1 bar sweet chocolate (% lb.), % cup mil -, 4 cups cooky crumbs, Cut the chocolate into Small pieces, add milk, and melt over the flame. When melted, let it stand until cool. Break any kiad of cookies into small pieces, and pour over them the ellocolate and milk mixture. Place in the refrigerator or any cool place, and let stand an hour or several hours. Serve as a pudding with plain or whip - pee cream. Vanilla wafers used in this way are delicious. Honey Popcorn Balls -2 cups strain- ed honey, 6 cups popped cont. Boil the honey until it becomes very thick; stir in the freshly popped corn, and mold into balls when cold. Meringue -2 egg whites, 4 table- spoon,s sugar. Beat whites until stiff; add sugar. Pile roughly on top of the tapioca pudding, and brown in a very slow oven. Uncooked Frit • Cake—% pound nuts, % pound ,dates, % pound figs, is pound raisins'is cup shredded cocoa- nun t, '4 poud citron, 4 tablespoons lemon juice, grated rind of one lemon. Put the nuts, dates, figs,, end taisins through the food chopper. Add the grated rind of the lemon. Then add the lemon juiee, and blend with a wooden spoon. 'Pack tlosely into an oiled tin, alternating layers of the fruit and nuts with the cocoanut anti citron, which is cut in long strings. Press down closely, weigh, and leave at least twenty-four hours. Keep in a closed cahe box, and slice as needed, England aed Wales together have 400 special schools for the blind, 6 for the deaf and 245 far otherwise de- fective caddren. Building in Canada in 1920 Building in Canada in 1920 exhibited a gratifying increase over the years immediately preceding it both in rest- deetial, business asid Industrie' con- struction, and indicated a steady in- sis•tent movement towards the ener- getic activities of pre-war years. Building was practically at a stand- still during the years of hostilities, due net only to is dearth of labor but a dis- couraging mounting of prices of all the materials used in onstruction. Ap energetic attempt to alleviate the situatioit was made in the first post- war yeat, 1919, to meet the eaormous shortage which the slimation had evolved, with the 'result 'that twice as much con,struction was mulertaken and put through RS in 1918, the last year of the conflict, The activities'of 1920, though still hampered' lergely by the high Deices *which prevailed for coustruction materials and labor, saw a very Mtge ifterease in the 'amount of buildleg performedj which has had some salutary, effect upon the node honsing problem which hag been sera onS since dm war, and the return tit the tinny front overseas, Construction contracts awarded in Canada during 1920, including all cities, towns, villeges and rural dis- tricts, amounted to $255,605,500, eon? parleg With $189,821,800 in 1919 and $09,842,e00, in 1918, Of this total, $21e 395,000 coistracts ssere.awarded in Usa Maritime brovitoes, 554,904,600 In Quebee, $108,120,800 lit Ontario Mid 01485400 in the Westere proviteets Tfie wane of contraots ie resideuees Wes *5404100; besinesa constrtie- • lion, $86,07:3,2001 industrial, $64,62$,- 900; end engineering, 910,015,300. A review of building in Canada for the past decade reveals the feet that upon the estimated normal increase s°Critilaltilot3D- '1117 cutiteiies,36Llitw itear e fniouynetoshat f ces; t been cousicleihibly below that required.. That this is entirely a woe condition is made certain by the fact that in 1912, when construction reached its zenith in the ten-year period, it was 'very much above the necessary nor- mal, and though declining somewbat in 1913, maintained this ascendancy over'regiesition and did not go below the line of normal increase until 11)14. Thoogh the past two years have wit - nosed coasiderable activity in an ar- tempt to get back to the normal amount of annual construction and the result in the fate ot the' ties with which the situation was fraught has bog In the main satisfac- tory, the amount of deferred building in Canada Is stated by aathbrities to be enormous. Many public buildings are needed, Federal, Ptovincial and Municipal, sylach have been held On all ever the country drat on accouet ot the war, Dint since then on account ot the increased °est et construction. A large number at eorporationS re-, cittire new building's, such as stations,1 offices and hotels. Almost every muni- cipality is it immediate 'seed of build- ing roads, bridges, Sewers, water - Works, sidewalks, etc, The honing problem is still serious acsd the nuns- I bor of houses, apartineitte, asici other; residential dwellings requital ia! very large Ono, and severs alt sections 01 the leesiniolt. In 2,3 and 10.14g, tins at ' Orouers SS'Pelia Seas: seise•oele • e; ""Slir"—s°"'" , Sand for Llook • Recipe,n, MBE( rt is the children who ifta. 116 'CrtiV1111' Wand fac- tory to its capacity. There is some vital aced of • children that it Satisfies better than anything else. That is whit doe's them so Much good-- , whether used as a spread, as a table syrup, in baking, cooking or candy -making, 'MR CANADA STARCH CO., LIMITHOi NONTREAL tit -yr eLGreat314;eetener, 32 Canaria's Contribution Though much naturally reatales yet to be done, the war wound which Cana- da received In the great European con- flict Is commencing to heal, Many vexing problems of reconstruction have been solved, and to quote one authority, the nation's feet "are firmly planted. in the new road, and "she is stalwartly stepping out once more in the ways of national development." Is 1920, Canada harvested a wonder- ful orop, and the wealth of her agie- culture; the bole of her prosperity is reflected widely. Her farests, mines and fisheries contributed more than usual, whilst other countries, recogniz- ing the opportunities established branch factories and industries in various parts of the Dominionrude. cations of progress, pointing to a period of conservative and, reasonable advaece, are evident. Though. Canada has many problems before her and has her sitars of non - producers and unemployed, both of which classes are, from the economic point of view, misfits in the communi- ty, and in spite ot the large sums di- verted from production of real Wealth, yet the Dominion, as will be seen from' statistics issued by the Natural Re- i sources Intelligence Branch of the De- , partnent of the Interior, is well ahead of the numbers of her population in 1.1.01` contribution to the world's needs. In two of Canada's greatest re- sources, quoted here, viz., lumber and fish, although definite percentages are not yet available, Itis within the mark to say that Canada produces 20% of the lumber and 20% a cured and can- ned fish, Canada is second in the list of _the world's lumber producing countiqes, her.annual production being, about 4,- 000,000 M.F.33,1VI. • The total exports of map ana paper for the last current year are valued at $163,000,000. It pulpwood exports are added, it brings the total to $178,000., 000 as compared with 9107,000,000 for 1919. Tuse Government estimate of last current year's total mineral produe: tion is $200,000,000. The estimated value of gold production is placed at $16,000,000 and the estimated value of coal production is $70,000,000. Agricultural products take first place amongst Canada's exports for the last twelve mouths, according to the trade statement from the Bureau ot Statistics fin' period ending Janu- ary, 1921. The total value of agricul- tural products exported was well over $550,000,000, in a total exportation of Canadian products valued at $1,235,- 000,000. CHAMPION BUTTER MAKER OF AMERICA RESIDENT OF PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN. Mr. T. S. McGrath Has Car- ried Off Prizes Against Dairy- men of Whole Continent. The piovince of S,asicatebewan, Ca- nada, lays claim Io possessing the .dampion butter maker of. the Ameri- can continent in the parson ot T, S. McGrath, manager at the Birch Hills Branch of the Sasicatchewan Co-opera- tive Creameries, Limited, and a sur- vey oE this dairyman's record for the year 1920 discloses substantial grounds for this pretension. He is a native ot Prince Edward Island who received an early and thorough train- ing hi butter and cheese making, but admits he has learnt a lot about his Profession since going west in 1912, This butter maker's record for last year included first prizes and grand champieuships at exhibition.s held at Moose Jaw, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Prince Albert, North Battteforti, Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa aud Charlottetown, which pret- ty effectively covers the Dominion Mire at which dairying was a feature. At the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto, where Mr, McGrath se- cured first and second prizes and sil- ver cups for the highest average scores, he enst anti vahquished all the premier dairymen of the Dominion, and at the National Dairy Show at Chicago, ite carried off second prize in the open class for creamery butter agaiust the Mater makers of the whole continent. In addition to these honors, a Dotable standing was made in the educational butter scoring con- test held at Montreal, where, after submitting a fourteen -pound box of butter each month tor six months, he obtained the highest average score of 96.18 points, an Alberta entrant mak- ing a close second. A Province of Versatile Accomplish. ments. Saskatchewen is a province of ver- satile accomplishments. Having at- tained early tame aa a fur produeing area, it turned successfully to the raising et beef cattle on a tremendcus scale until more intensive agriculture limited the magas. It now holds the lead among the Canadian provinces in regard to wheat, having achieved the greatest provincial yield and main- tained it for seine yeras. Now it bids fair to become also the Dominion's first dairy province. Phenomenal strides have been made in the indus- try in the past Raw years, and the 'year 1919 -alone sewed an hicrease in pro - auction of nearly 35 per cent. over the previous year. In 1920, with 354,- 507 snitch cows in the province, epee - auction of more than 29,000,000 pounds of butter was obtaiued. The export trade in this product is also extending rapidly, and markets in the other side of ,the international boundary and across the Atlantic to which It has penetrated, regard it as the best of its class. The high quaSity of the rich, well. flavored cream of the province is to a large extent responeible for the pra. minent place Saskatchewan is attaining as a dairy section, Another important factor in the extension of production is the splendidly organized and oper- ated creameries of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries, Limited, a farmers' owned and controlled or- gaisizatiou, which now number twenty- five. About thirty thousand farmers in the province patronize these erect -me ies, shipping their cream to the near- est branch to be there manutneturesl. It was tis manager of one of these branches, with the excellent ray ins. terial supplied by local farms, und the ellielent service of lila organization. that 1V1r, McGrath has been able to most amply employ his profeosional skill mid give such wide prominence to Saskatchewan as a dairying ere v ince, 3;1 Help Save the I-Iorne! To Principals and Teachers, Scholars and Parents We will send "Home Inspection Blanks" to the teaching staff throughout Ontario for distribution among their pupils. As patriotic Canadians your sympathetic co-opera- tion is sought in the important work of conserving the lives and property of our people from destruc- tion by fire. The inspection is planned to take place throughout the Province during the week of May 2nd. The primary object of this Inspection is to draw atten- tion to hazardous conditions in the homes and have the fire menace removed or corrected by the house -holders. The housing problem makes the protection of dwellings of paramount importance. • , CLEAN 'OP Prevent fires by removing the cause. information and texaboolcs. "Censervatien of Life and Property from Fire," "Ligbthing, its Origin and Control," Oreo oat request, ONTARIO rimt•PREVIONTION LEAGUE., INC. In AIM !talon with Ontatio Pito Marshal's Office 103 thriVetwity Avetlie TOronto ffitgORD16 10. LEWIS, Searetary