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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-10-6, Page 7FIRE PREVENTIVE WEEK TO SAFE GUARD CANADIAN A despatuli front Ottawa says;— Tire Preventive Week, beginning on Sunday, October 9, and ending the following Saturday, bee been appoint- ed by oselar-in-Council, and the pine elaination Is nuele tin'oagh a special number of the Canada Gazette, During Fire Preventive Weds cit& pens are recommended to inspect their fanee and s re aand other building, and to remove rubbish and otherwise reduce fire hazards. Betels and theatres, asylums and hospitals should be inspected and any changes made necessary to perfect safety from fire, Eire drills for children and factory employes are recommend - LIFE AND PROPERTY ad, and special inetritetlonfor teePhers and the distribution of n•ppropriato literature to pupils, Boy Scout lend. ere should give instructions to their troops as to the beet moan for co- operating with fire departments in the extinguishing as well as the pre- vention of fires. Regulations will be issued for the prevention of Sorest fires, to be studied by those in lumber camps, and by hunters and settlers , Regulations and laws respecting lire prevention will, be given publiofy by municipal officials and by public meetings or otherwise, the endeavor being made to impress upon citizens the netienel importance of safeguard" ing life and property from loss by fire., ANOTHER CHANCE GIVEN SINN FEIN Lloyd George Invites Leaders to Conference in London. A despatch from London says:— "Wholly conciliatory," is the view ex- pressed both in London and Dublin of Mr. Lloyd Georgeis latest note to Eamon de Valera, in which the Prime Minister invites this leaders to the Sinn Fein to a conference in London Oetgber 11, in an' endeavor to settle . the hail controversy, Mr. Lloyd George makes es the basis of the note the offer of 'a con- ference "with a view to ascertaining how the association of Ireland with the coemmenity of mations known as the British Empire may best be re- conciled with Irish national aspira- tions." It is understood that various mem- bers .of the British Cabinet are of the opinion that there is nothing in the communicatbion to prevent the proposed conference, This certainly appears to be the belief held, by the London public and press, and the comments thus far received freta Dub- 1'in speak of "the extreme gratifica- tion" the communication is causing there, Unionist opinion in Ulster, accord- ing to Belfast reports reaching Lon- don, is that the note makes it easier for Mr. de Valera to agree to another meeting. GRAIN SCREENINGS DUMPED INTO LAKE Worth $22 a Ton Eighteen Months Ago, Has No Value Now. A despatch from Fort William, Ont., says _Giving up hope of being able to sell grain screenings, local elevators have commenced hauling this by-product out into Lake Superior and damping it. Worth $22 a ton eighteen months ago, it now has no value, and those who are not able to burn screenings or give them away locally, are finding the lake a suitable grave. Exported to the United States for many years, and yielding in revenue to Canadian farmers and grain com- panies from half to a million dollars annually, the Southern market has fallen flat, due to decline in the mar- ket price of sheep, which were ex- tensively fed on screenings. Last year 51,000 tons were export- ed, but even then shippers took loss. British Weather Station in the Arctic A despatch from London says: A • 'staff of British weather experts will leave England within the next few clays to take up posts at the weather observatory which has just been erected on the lonely island of Jan Mayen, 300 miles east of Greenland, Each day this group will send weather reports to the British Weather Office at three-hour intervals by wireless. Their service will enhance the weather service to such an extent that the British Weather Bureau will be able to give intelligence to marine's and aviators about weather conditions extending virtually around the world, Southward Migration of Birds Begins A despatch from La Conner, Washington, says: — Migration of birds southward is starting early this year, and some of the smaller ones, not old enough to make the trip alone, are reported riding on the backs of cranes, loons and owls. At nightfall, when the larger. birds settle down, their passengers iook for accommodation elsewhere. Owls, it is said, have long been known to.,carry smaller birds southward on their backs. Workingmen's Classes. Announcement is made of a mass meeting of members and prospective members of the Workers' Educational Association an the Social Service Building of the University of Toronto on Tuesday evening, October 4th. The •object is to arrange for classes dur- ing the winter season, to continue those formerly &inducted•, and to in - abate new ones. Public' speaking, trade union law, and-Merxian econ- omics are proposed in addition. to economics, international finance, psy- chology and logic, political phil- osophy, British history, English liter- ature and composition. Through these classes, for which the provincial university svpliss most of the tutors and nearly all the funds, workers in any occupation have an opportunity to secure the advantages of higher education. Similar classes are conducted by the University of Toronto in Hamilton and in Ottawa. The Workers' Educational. Association had Inst year its most successful sea- son in Canada and hopes are enter- tained that the coming season will be even better. The arrangement is based on the one which has been so beneficial in Great Britain and fur- nishes another example of the raided type of work done for the community at large by the provincial university. Eliminate All Vestige of German Monarchy A despatch from Berlin says:—The Independent Socialist party has in- troduced- ire the Reichstag a bill aim- ing at the thorough elimination of all vestiges of Monarchist Germany, The main clauses of the measure provicl'e that rill the property of former Em- peror William and the former (Taman Princes, both family and private, shall be confiscated by the State; civil and miltary functionaries holding Mon- archist views or tolerating Monarch- ist manifestations, or who refuse al- legiance to the Republic, shall be dismissed without pension; and mili- tary men shall not be permitted to carry arms except while on active service. The 'bill also proposes the introduc- tion of trial lay jury. 0 Compulsory Wheat Pool For New South Wales A despatch from London says:—A Reuter cable from Sydney says the New South Wales Government has decided to establish a compulsory wheat pool in connection with the coining harvest, GERMANS FIND PIRATE GOLD BURIED IN FO URTEENTII CENTURY A despatch from Berlin says:— German searchers for pirate gold have made the greatest find in his- -key. They dug up a cheat contain- ing gold, silver and jewels worth 20,- 000,000 marks (normally about $5,- 000,000) which was buried by the fa- mous pirate Stoertebecicer at Zem- etedit Osterdven in the marshes south of Cuxhaven, The chest in which the, treasure was found measured six by three feet, land was thought to contain brass ob- jects, but tests showed that they were of gold, and they have an art value ;many times 20,000,000 marks. Germans since the year 1390 have been hunting for this treasure. Ac- cording to German law the finders are eArtitled to 10 per cent., the property owner getting the rest. The owners have been negotiating with the Gov- ernment, dealliring that for patriotic reasons they want the treasures to remain in Germany. It is said that the neighborhood will yield ether treasure chests, because Stoertebecker is known to have bur- ued fabulous fortunes. The discovery makes a feet of what had become a national fairy story and folkesong. see GOT HIM PULLING AWAY PROM THE PLATE ANYHOW. WHEAT SPRINGS IN FAMINE AREAS Distribution of Seed in Volga Effectively Carried Out, Says Canadian. A despatch from Mos•eow says;:— "Surely God has punished Russia enough. I planted grain in -the full faith that He would grant a rich harvest next year, though whether He will let me or another roan it I know not," said a peasant in Saratov Province to Mae Webster, representa- tive of the British Save -the -Children Fund, a few days ago. The speech expresses the sentiment of hundreds of thoucaceds of peasants in tate famine area, for by a tour do force that seemed impossible a month ago the Soviet Government get seed grain distributed :before the autumn rains prevented sowing, There was planted in Saratov Province two- thirds of last year's cues, in Samara for•-1ifthc, in the Tartar Republic five -sevenths, end other provinces• re- port similar percentages. Mr. Web- ster, who hes joist returned to Mos- cow from Saratov, declares wide ex- panses Are covered with sprouting wheat where a month ago was only a eon -baked plain. The Russian pea- sant is so truly a son of "Mothea• Earth," as lee calls her, that he is willing to trust to her keeping the seed grain that would save him and his family from interment starvation. There is hope now that he will not pay too dearly for his sacrifice. The remarkable emcees ed the seed distribution augurs well for the pros- pects of Government food distribu- tion, now beginning, which can use the same meteheniem. The efficiency of the latter is vouched for by the Canadian trade delegate, Col. Mackie, who has just made a trip to the Volga, He says: "In 30 years of timber cruising in the Canadian Northwest I had ample opportunity to study the best methods of transportation up country from Ilse railroad with my companion, Mr. Wilgress._efeho speaks Russian fluent- ly. I-'`loo,tgated just how this was being along the railroad to KazanaT.0 et various aeons points in the Tartar Republic. Frankly, I do not see how it could have been improved," Greeks Ask Turks For Peace Terms A despatch from London says: —The London. Daily News Bal- kan orrespondent states that he has learned on high authority that the Greeks are making ap- proaches to Kem-alist Govern- ment for peace. ICing Constantine, of Greece, is expected to confer with repre- sentatives of foreign powers in the hope of stabilizing the situa- tion in Asia Minor, as Mustapha Kemal is understood to decline to deal directly with the Greeks. The Greek financial situation is growing worse. Shackleton Goes Back. The call of the East, or the call of the wild from any quarter, does not seem to be more potent than the polar lure, even after both of the ultimate points of Ultima Thule have been at- tained. Shackleton is now starting otr in a wee bit of a steamship, not simply Because he wants to find a petrified forest, or see strange islands out of hail of sill the trade routes, or meas- ure the depth of the ocean and the rate of flew of currents. He goes be- cause he cannot stay'away. Even the terrible voyage of 800 miles in an open boat to obtain aid for his cam- rades on the last trip has not sur- feited hint wilt danger and derring- do. But the expedition Will bring back something more than travel -tales and material for popular lectures. It is sure to result in substantial contribu- tions to our knowledge of the physio- graphy, the Mineralogy, the plant and animal life of regions whose place on the charts is marked chiefly in the interrogatory terns of dotted lines. There is still a dead to do to satisfy man's lawful curiosity as to the world he lives in; end whereas• in the Arctic regions than are Eskimos cheerfully ready to help venturesome voyagers from the 'South, in bleak Antarctica mankind may expect no native com- pany but the penguin, and must de- pend entirely on resources of his own importation, THE "BRUSSELS" NOW A CATTLE BOAT Captain Fryatt's famous steamship, which has been converted Into a cattle boat and sails between Dublin and Preston, England. .0 - REGLAR F4t, VINO A .BUNT imp! He. -rot. mom RINI Alt -TIM):. He i,.lAc HB RAA l . $rLi ( The Leading Markets. 'Toronto, efartituba wheat --No. 1 Nott $1,48, nominal; No, 2 North.. .748'monied; $ 1/e ,No, 3 , 1,8 t lta, Manitoba Pats—No, 2 OW, 530/ No, 3 OW, 51c' extra No. 1 feed, 6 NO 2 feed, 48c. Meniteba barley—No, (3 CW, '7 nominal'. All the above towels, Bay ports, American corn—No, 2 yellow, 6 noreleal, Bay ports, Ontario oats—No. 2 No white, wit 43 45e. Ontario wheat—NP. 2 Winters e lots, $1.25 to $1,80; No, 3 , Wont .$1.22 to $1,127• NO. 1 eomtnreae4i $1.17 to $1.22; Ne. 2 Spring, $1.20 $1.25; Ne. 3 Spa>fng, nominal. Barley --..No. 8 extra, 65, to 70e, a cording to freights outeld,e, Burkwhea•t—No, 2', nominal. Rye—No. 2, $1.00. Manitoba floor --First pats,, $9.8 second pats„ $9.35, Toronto, Ontario. flour—$5.70, bulk, seabee Millteed-•-:Del'd, Montreal freigh bags included: Bran, per ton, $2 shorts, per ton, $28; good feed flow $170 to $1,80. Baled hay.—Track, Toronto, per to No.1, $24; No. 2, $22; mixed, $18. Cheese—New, 'large, 20 to 21 twins, 201E to 211/E,c; triplets, 22% 23e. Old, large, 27 to 28c; twin 27% to 29c; triplets, 29 to 29% Stiltons, new, 23 to 24e. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 38 85c;' co'eamery; prints, fresh, No. 42 to 48c; No. 2, 39 to 40c; cookie 22 to '24e. • Dressed poultry—Spring chdrken 34 to 3&c; registers, 20e; fowl, 28 32c; ducklinge, 85e; turkeys, 60e, Live pntitr'y—Spring ehickents, 2 to 28c; roosters, 16c; fowl, 20 to 27c ducklings, 26e; turkeys, 50c, 1Vlergarine-22 to 24c, Eggs—No. 1, 44 to 45c; selects, 5 to 52c; cartons, 52 to 54e. Beans—Oats. hand -pie -Iced, bushel, $4.25 to $4.50; primes, $3.75 to $4. Maple products—Syrup, per inep. gal., $2.50; per 5 :imp. gels, $2.36. Maple sugar, lb., 19 to 22e. Honey-60-3o.Ib. tine, 14% to 16c per lb.; 5 -2% -lb. tins, 16 to 17c per lb.; Ontario corirb honey, per doz., $3,75 to $4.50, - Potatoes—Per 90 -lb beg, $1,75 to $1.00. Smoked- meats—Hams, med., 85 to 37e; heavy, 28 to 28e; cooked, 63 to 56s; rolls, '27 to 28c; cottage rolls, 30 to Ole; breakfast bacon, 83 to 38c; special brand breakfast bacon, 45 to 47e• backs, boneless, 42 to 47e. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 18 to 21c; clear halliee, 18% to 20%c. Lard—Pure, tierces, 18 to 18%c; tubs, 18% to 19c; pails, 19 to 191/ae; prints, 21 to 22c. Shortening tierces, 1404 to 14%c; tubs, 14% to 15%-c; pails, 150.1- to 15%c; prints, 17% to 17%-c. Choice heavy steers $6 to $6.50; butcher steers, choice, $5.75 to $8.25; do, good, $5 to $6.75; do, med., $4 to $5; do, cone., $3 50 to $4; butcher heifers, choice, $5.50 to $8; butcher cows, choice, 54.50 to $5.50; do, seed., $5 to $4; ca;;vers and cutters, $1 to $2; butcher bulls, good, $3.50 to Si; do, cont., $2 to $2.75• feeders, good, 900 lbs., $5 to $5.75; do, fair, $3.75 to $4; milkers, $80 to $100; springers, $90 to $100; calves, choice, $11.60 TO $12.50• do, red„ $9 to $10; do, cone., $3 to $5; lambs, geed, $8 to $8,25; do, corn., $5 to $5.50; sheep, choice, $3.50 to $4; do, good, $2 to $3.50; do, heavy and bucks, $1 to $2; hogs, fed and watered, $10; do, off oars, $10.25; do, f:o.be $9,25; do, country points, $9. Montreal. Oats, Can, West., No. 2, 60% to 61c; No. 3, 68% to 60c, Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, $8.50. Rol- led oats, bags, 90 lbs., $8,10 to $3.20. Bran, $28. Shorts, $28. Hay, No. 2, per ton, ear lots, $27 to $28. Cheese—Finest ca,sterns, 14c. Buts ter—Choicest creamery, 37 to 8&o, Eggs—;)elected, 46c. Light heifers, $3; butcher steers, $5; good veal, $0 o $10; greasers, $2 to $2.50; good lambs, $7 to $7.25; corn. lambs, $5 up; hogs, $9.50 to $9.75. North ern, m- � e• c it'; 5e, 7e, to sr sty al, to c 5; r7, r, n, ci to s, c; to 1, g, s, to 0 0 Dominion News in Brief Victoria, B.0, ---The new d'rydoci under conatractjon at Spanner's Cove Esciuimault, for the Dominion of Can ala, will, when completed, be able t accommodate the largest vessel afloat This dock will have as total length of 1,150 feet, a width of 120 feet oce sill and of 195 feet on the coping level, The depth of the sill 'will be X10 feet, The ca3eson4 are to be of the ship floating type and will be tirade of steel, The dock will be constructed of concrete S itht v eexception Inof the Ws, copings, keel, block supports, etc which will be of granite, 1 clerunton, Alta, --What Is believed to be the largest single shipment of cattle of the year from the Edmonton Stook Yards, comprising twenty ears, containing '400 heed of prline beef cattle, left here for Montreal, where they will be transferred to boats for shipment to Glasgow. Regina, 'Sade,—Directors of the Municipal Hail Insurance Association have fixed the rate of premium to be paid by farmers for the current year at twenty-five cerate an acre on the net seeded acreage, Based on all claims received• this levy practically means a five per cent. rate. Claims numbered 7,346, totalling a net am - mint of $1,868,491. Winnipeg, Man.—Harvesting leas begun of the potato crop on the Silver Heights Farm, once part of Lord Strathcona's estate of that name, and claimed to be the largest potato farm in the whole of Canada. Over three hundred acres are planted to pota- toes, anti the yield is expectel to be around 215 to 220 bu•shele per acre. A large patch of Irish Cobblers are, however, yielding more than three hundred bushele per acre. Shipments are being made to Kansas and Minne- a:polis, as well as many Easteru Can- adian cities. Ottawa, Out.- -Gold to the value of $8,194,129, representing 390,801 fine ounces, wa-s produced in Canada dur- ing the first rix months of the year, according to 'hc official statement. This amount of gold represents 52 per cent. of the amount mined during 1920, A feature of the market for gold is that all sales to the Royal Mint, Ottawa, are paid for ha New York funds, Toronto, Ontario. The week, of November 21st to 28th will be lumen as Canadian Boole Week for the pur- pose of demonstrating to the Can- adian ;people the rapid growth of na- tive Canadian literature in recent years, anal •plans in this connection are 0 Sinn Fein Punishment Strokes With the Birch A despatch from Dublin says:— The recent -activity by the Republican police in Dublin, it now appears, was directed against a gang of criminale who were preying on society. Six men were captured ant -have been tried by a Sinn Fein court for eti:empted murder, robbery with vio- lenco and serious assault. Four pleaded guilty aaa:l confessed to wear- ing rubber shoes and carrying batons and clammy revolvers. One of their victims was ettociced with a hatehet and left dead. Three of the pmsoners were sen - Lamed to 00 strokes with the birch and deportation for 20 years, while the penalties inflicted on the other three were 30 strokes with the .birch and deportation of from 7 to 15 years. These s•emtences have been rarried out and .it is believed the entire gang bee been broken up, Cooking Hooters. Four electric room heaters of the radiant type have been mounted by an English inventor on ants extend. leg from a base, each separately ads Jam -table as t6 angle, it beteg possible to tuns two so cooking can be done on then), FELLERS --By Gene Byrnes • eters already being prepared, Ntimeroud well-Iatown Canadian anthers have volunteered to give addoresses an 'lit- erary subjects .at clubs, institnies and churches, while the Canadian Authors' Assoclatia'n will endeavor to stir' up local patriotism fort local authors and encourage the buying of Canaull-en books. Quebec, Rue, --A report Prem Lan- don states L es that 60 boys and. 74 girls r is Yr from the Bernardo Home have just left England for Canada, They will be received tit the Danierdo homes at Pecanto and Peterboro, Ont,, where they will be accommodate until situa- tions are found for then. This is the third party of young people sent out be Canada under the same auspices • !s 3'etrr, a� Fredet'ieton, N.B.—September was exhibition month in the Province *1 New Brrrnswicic end the attendance and exhibits far exceeded those of previous years. At the Fredericton Exhibition exhibits, were) received! from all over the Maritime Province, Maine and Quebec. The St. Stephen Exhibi- tion reports that it was necessary to build one hundred additional stalls to accommodate the live stock and cattle, St. John's,. Nfid.—Optimistic re- ports of conditions along the Labra- dor coast have been received here. Not for many years, it is stated, while no big catches have been made, hes the fishing 'been so uniformly pros- perous. Reports from Northern Lab- rador are also good, and of 85 vessels below Tureaviek scarcely one of them has less than 300 quintals of fish, while many have as high as five and six hundred quintals. A large num- ber of these vessels are on their sec- ond trip. Alarm at Moplah Revolt in India A despatch from London says:—It is officially annou,nce,:1 that the mili- tary authorities at Meares take a' serious view of the strong rerdstanee of the Moplahs in India wheels may entail more vigorous prosecution of the oampaignt to •suppress the revolt. The recent action of the rebels shows their resistance ie frarmeel on guerilla lines, acco•nmpaniccl'by plunder and terrorism. Armed gangs are getting strcn;er, and it is surmised that the rebels are swelling in numbers "The Folly of Fret." In that doleful, delightful 'book, "The Education of Henry Adams," occurs a phrase, "The may of fret," which is better than the neva) ex- pression, "The uselessness of worry." Many serrnorts have been preached, many lectures delivered, many medi- cal opinions pronounced, many house- hold homilies uttered, on that theme. The trend of applied. science in our century is toward the reduction of friction and the elimination of waste. And a big poet of friction and of waste is worry. We worry about the human ma- chine. We imagine that all sorts of dreadful things are about to happen to us, Our thoughts ought to be on our work—and they are diverted by our worries. We worry about losing a position in business or our standing in society. There would be less exeues for anx- iety if we would spend the energy consumed in trying to do our work still better, trying to serve more satisfactorily the community we live in, striving to discharge the various and delicate offices of friendship with increased tact and perception and sympathetic selflessness. Worry is quite another matter from a proper carefulness, that weighs a preposition and looks all round its object ere acceptance. A man who investigates before he buys, who considers alternatives and who asks questions before deciding, who makes no leap in the dark, is not open to- the reproach of one whose "folly of fret" merely leads him in frantic circles, like a tethered donkey. All his fuss and clamor issue is no- thing but an ocstacy of motion and enaction. Mian -.power is too precious to be thrown away in these gyrations that are the pantonine of futility. Clive us more of the calm, big men who plan and then. proceed. They seem to have time. They do not operate in a flutter and a fever resembling the hen -yard or the stook - pen. They make up their minds and preserve their equanimity. Seeing theist so cool and, so controlled, those who do everything in a panic or a paroxysm try their 'best to excite them by telling them the house is burning down or the world is conning to an end. But these quiet and capable ones are not deceived. Theyknow that it is not for than to say when his own life or his own work shall end. In trust and peace they continue on their way—avoiding "the folly of fret" that victimizes end weakens other men, ,Pdr 1f ,�Mali1/8I,,.t. Pig kit Miss Agnes C. McPhail Wee has been chosen by the United Farmers of South East Grey, as their candidate for the Floure of Commons. A Promising. Outlook. Careful students of economy and sociology are persistent in their de- claration that the maintenance of country life is necessary to the per- petuity of the nation. In other words, if country life fails the nation's days are numbered. Rural life, they insist, is the fountain spring from which fine present civilization received its fresh blood. Strong, vigorous, capable men and women are being constantly re- cruited from the fauns to lead the industrial world, Their rugged bod- ies, active minds and sound 'ideals seem necessary in the economy of great commercial enterprises to lead the decadent urban hosts whose lives are being burned out in the great maelstrom of activities centring in the cities. But these studious persons are get- ting anxious about the fnturs, They fear that rural life' has been drawn upon so heavily that the blue blood is about exhausted and that teenier or later national decay will start. It is well, of course, that every precaution be taken to preserve to the nation this great cradle of leadership. To this end it is of the highest signifi- cance that rural life be merle not only attractive but really worth while, that the faint boy and the farm girl may have the opportunity to put every Went the°v possess out to us•ery in- stead of being obliged to bury them in the ground. Bowe-er, if our learned economises and sociologists would take a few days off to visit some of the big, as well as the small fairs, and witness the industry, the spirit of co -opera, tion and the accomplishments o•f aur farm boys and girls they would cease being concerned about the present and the near future. From every .faiir, ahnost, comes reports of what these youngsters are doing, and it is evi- dent that unless the older generation gets out and bustles, in but a short while these lads and lassies will be doing the majority of the outstanding things in agriculture. The development of this spirit end leadership ability is doe tQ a cope-: bdnatiot of influences, Perhape -tett most direct institution for their p;o•' motion is the boys' and girls? old, work. Their there aro the bettor rural schools, more capable teachers, livii country churches, active faeces' clubs and Women's Institutes, all ee operating to lend the junior farmeap to enjoy the blessings and the ark vantages of a full life Therefoli' it the national outlook is depende upon our rural youth the future hi certainly most promising.