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NORTHERN
DA OIL FI LIDS
Thee Big, Companies Send Experts Into Groat Sknre Lake
Country to Coimplete Exploration by Next Atitttln*n
' •' .of Vast Q1B earaaag Areas,
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
When navigation opens ol>, tale Atha-
basolt River.an4 Great Slave Lasko next
spring three parties of men, represent-
iitg as many companies, will push into
the oil -:bearing 'areas of the _north,
where preliminary investigations by
prospectors, surveyors and geologist's
have led them -to expect another un-
tapped reservoir to add to those al-
ready 'supplying the world.
These companies are the Standard
-011 Co„ the Shell. 011 Company, and
the Anglo -Canadian Oil Oo, 'Mr, A,
R, Coyne and Mr, W. R. Martin of
Medicine Ilat and five others are now
in Ottawa on their way to London for
consultation with Brihieh directors of
the Anglo -Canadian Oil Co, This cont-
pany's survey parties have been in
Northern. Alberta for four years, and
they have made contracts' for develop-
meat work to extend over five years
off the 240,000 "acres which they have
leased. The company expects to spend
a million dollars to locate definitely,
the oil -'bearing strata on its area.
The Shell 011 Co, the great British
company, width attrarted•.c e.ueral at-
tention in Canada by foil attempt to
get exclusive ri ijhte'fer a large area
of oil kinds in the West, has evidently
not lost heart as o result of the hone
Arthur Meighon's refusal to ehttertain,
its application, It is stated that it has
three or more survey parties in the
berth.
Tito Stelhdarci 011 CO'. is reported to
be sealing two matte into ilia areas
it has leased on Great Slave Lalce in
order to make a thorough test of them.
Contiguous to this property. are sev-
eral thousand acres ,which 'were lo-
oated by a Canadian -American syndi-
cate which also pleas to send an out-
fit
itv nr ora ea't spring.
fi. t�or test s 1
t g p P 1
Other smaller companies have seeurecl
areas in the north tis well, and in addi—
tion to the testing parties being sent
by the 1hree largo companies mention-
ed there will be a fioek'of prospectors
and experts to melee further 'search
for strata; which might be oil-bearing.
By next autumn' the areas reputed so
rich In oil will be thoroughly tested.
FA1tl"VIERS FORM
RAILWAY CO'Y.
.A .Co-opeeative Enterprise in
Lake St. John Region,
N. Quebec.
A. despatch from Quebec says:—A
railroad built and operated by a group
Prince Replies to
The King's 'Welcome
A despatch from London says:—Al-
though the weleonl.e home dinner to
the Prince of Wales at Buckingham
Palace Monday night was a private
funetton, King 'George greeted his son
in a sat speech,"addressing him as "My
dear son," and gadding, "1 wish you a
lru, Lionel �i3, ellaree, the newly-
appointed
newly
. of tod Lieutenant -Governor of Mas.L. C1
tce wife of the
new
Ontario. Licutenant-elovernor oe Ontario.
SETTLEMENT LOANS
TOTAL, $50,699,003
5,433 Soldier Grant Entriesi Reported by Board.:
A despatch from Ottawa Saye;—
The Belches: Settlement Board has one
over the fifty Million mark in loans to
'returned soldiers settling an the lend,
The returns are completod•to Nevem::
bey 15 and show a grand total of.$50;
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699,003. The number of loans ap-
proved is 10;175 and the average loan
is $3,184. -
Advances were made for the fol-
lowing purposes:
Land purchase.
Amount for purchase, $28,125,250;
impr•o1ements, 4,528,325; stock and
equipment, $10,860,537; total, $41,990,-
112.
On Dominion lands: ,
a Improvements; $1,375,173; stock and
of farmers, in a remota. x giota of Qin- most hearty welcome on your retarn equipment, $3,882,202 Total, $5,-
bec Province is the latest in to -opera- home, safe ansound:' 257,800.
five news. 'The district of Lako St. The King expressed his pleasure at On land owned by settlers:
John, in Upper Quebec, is the scene the remarkable enthusiasm with which Encumbrance, $1,726,279; improve -
of this novel enterprise. The company the Prince had been everywhere re- meats $683,294; stock and equi 'ment
will apply to the Quebec Legislature ' t p
at its session next week for a charter.
ea -
and hetwuse he hadforged $1,2.41,518. Total, 3,451,091.
Another railway to develop coir -i new link between Canadad and thea Grand total, $50,699,003,
Motherland. -
• ties in Quebec Province close to and Tho Prince of Wales, replying to
leading to the Ontanio larder is pasthis father, began:
posed by a recently organized coin -
"Your Your Majesty, I feel very diffident
parry which will np'ply to the Quebec' .
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11atter sting to reply to this toast.
Legislature next week for incorpora- it
tion, (Wlhen you bade me farewell'Ifelt very
This latter company's firm rarer _proud. of the mission you entrusted to
will be the Quebec Colonisation Rail- me, I •[vas_ following your footsteps,
wayCom am and it reposes io o � setting out to see the Empire for my-
ert to a t spit;'ay line from a point at ori "self, and I meant: to do my utmost to
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near Mont Laurier, in the county o'f i be worthy of your confidence.
Lai,_11_ 'in a conthwesterly direction
SCOTLAND,
Mr's, Miliroy, of Ignockrevfe House
was recently elected a member of the
Kirkoowan Parish Council. •
Tile number of lambs in border.
comitieswill be under the average ow-
ing to the recent bllieard.
Mo. and Mae, John McLellan, of
.Klllywhan, near Dumfries, recently
°Neeklj.!!rkot Report
Bt•egrdatuffN
Tor onto, Dee, e,—Manitoba wheaten'
1110 1 Nes thelia $2,80; No 2 North ra
,'h2,27, No, 3 ;Vol illel t, `� .23, lir s� r
I'or.t Wilha'n,
Manitoba oats—No, 2 CW, 88Mse;
No 3 CW, 86%o; extra No, 1. feed,
341/4o; No. 1 feed, 81%o N0.2 feel,
80%c in store Feet 'William,
11Zan, barley—Ito, '8 CW, 5�1,49i/t;
No 4 CW, $1,$2, in store Fort William.
Amealean eorn—No. 2 yellow, $L 7
No, 3 yellow, $1.G0, trade, Toronto,
prompt ehipments,
Ontario oats—No, 8 white, 88 to 90e,
according to freights outsido,
Ontario wheat—No, 1 Winter, per
ear lot, $g2 to $2.01• No. 2 do, $1,97 to
$2.08; No. 3 do, '$1.93 to $L99,
ellipping points, according to freights.
Gntatrlo whoa••= Nes 1 Spring, y3,Q2 to
02,.08; NO. 2 6prtnp•, shoo to 62,00; No, 8
Sprinq, 91.:00 to $3,01, f.o,b, shipaIng
points, according; to TreisIns,
2'tas—No, 2,$2:00, •
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Barley --Malting, 9'1.60 to 91,i$, ac-
cording' to freights outside.
Iivalrwheat-91,00 to $1,32, 0eeordtiis
10 iolghts outside, •
8,1.3 to 1.4 according
Aye—No, $ 7 S 0, niece rb
to freights ouieies.
Manitoba flour—government stand-
ard, 911, Toronto.
Ontario' flour—Covernnlent standard,
$0,00 to 90.00, Montreal ' A Toronto, in'
Lite b"gs, prompt shipment.
Mulford.--d"r lots, delivered Montreal
freights, bags UiGluded: Bran, per ton,
943; shorts, per ton, 962; good Toed flour,
93.15 to 38,80,
I -fay— No, 1 per Lon,- $20; mixed, per
ton, 921 to 023, trach, Toronto,
celebrated their golden wedding.
The turnstile receipts for the Glas-
gow and Paisley Spring Holiday were
more than double those of last year.
Provost McMillan, of Rothesay, has
asked the County Council for a grant
of 9;10,000 fon repairing the roads.
John W, Moore,' advocate, has been
appointed sheriff substitute at Banff
in the place of Dudley Stuart, pro-
moted.
Mrs. Louisa Sidley Davies, who dlod
recently at her home in Moffat, be-
queathed £15,000 to charitable insti-
tutions.
Rev. B. 13, elcGlasban, Gatehouse,
has been appointed chairman of the
• The board also reports a total o£ new Educational Authority for the
t Stewartry,
5,933 soldier grant entries completed A colt, Cross egg.b„, erected by
up to the 22nd of November. public subscription in Leitholm, as a
memorial to 19 men who had fallen
in the war.
DOMINION SI -11P- A mural tablet -will be,ereetod in the
YARDS ARE BUSY County Buildings, Wigtown, in memory
of the late Corporal Louis McGufe,
Twenty Thousand Men Em- VThe Marquis and Marchioness of
Bute were present at the Bute Cattle
Show, resuscitated after a three years'
played in the Industry.
It as stilt a prouder moment for rhe A despatch from Ottawa says: -In-
to n point on the Canadian Pacific when I heal' from your lips that you're eluding the two 8,350 ton steel vessels) interval,
- Railway at or near Maniwaki, in thePlgascd with the way in which Icar- ordered recently from the Wallatel The death it announced at her rest -
county of Ottawa and runningwest-' ried out my task. and I am deeply Sh,Ipbuilding Company in Vancouver! deuce, Ardendree, Kirkcudbright, of
erly in the direction_ of Lace Expanse grateful for the far too kind words thec Dominion overnment ]las now
and Lac des Quinze to a point on the you have usedsabeut me, I have had contracted for 57 ships.
Canadian Pacific Railway at or near a wonderful :tourney, a wonderful ex- Three months ago there were 23,-
Temiscamingne, and further to build Perience, and aimnever.adequately 500 men on the payroll. of thirteen
anti operate a railway line from a express my gratitude for the universal Canadian yards, and there' are prob-
kindness and hospitality shown me."' ably twenty thousand men now active -
point at or near the Colonge River, in
the county of Pontiac, in a northerly
direction to a point on the National
Transcontinental Railway at or near
Nottaway to a point at or near the
Bell River, north of Lake Sha'bogama.
The whole, with the necessary connect -
hog lines and branches, such rallway
line to be operated wholly .or 'partly
by steam or electricity.
The Legislature will be asked to
authorize such compeny to own and
operate ships and boats, to acquire,
develop and operate water and electric
powers, timber limits, fishing rights,
licenses and patents, saw -mills, mines,
ores and clay products, and to carry on
all trades and pusinesses in connection
therewith and Tor other objects.
The other railway company seeking
incorporation at the session ,of the
Legislature that opens here on Wed-
nesday next is the Farmers' Retlroed
Co. of Norhnandin, in the Lake St.
John region. It will build and operate
a railway line as far as Peribonk, and
from there•'as fax as the Saguenay
River at St. Fulgenee, or near that • Indian Woman's Name
place, at deepwater, and will also ask
for ell tihe necessary powers for the
accomplishment of the above purposes,
Only '1 vaso -thirds Wheat
H.ae Been Moved East
Ex -Kaiser's Trial
Will Take Place
ly engaged in the construction of ves-
sels in Canada. The expenditure in
wages is estimated at forty-two mil -
Lady Litton!, widow 08 the fourth Vis-
count Idlford,
Individaai communion Cups wore in-
troduced for the first time at a recent
communion service In IUrcudhrlglit
U.F. Church.
The Military Cross has been award-
ed to Capt. R, J. Mackay, son of R. Y.
Mackay, Procurator•li'iscal for the
lion dollars a year. In addition to this I County of -Dumfries.
A despatch from London says:— 23,000 employes of other industries{' Major 3. Tait, son of Thomas Tait,
in -
Speaking at Pontypridd, Wale's, on which sultply the raw or half -finished uanclt thehns Special been appointed
Surgto ical.
Thursday, Sir Gordon Hewart, Atter- materials used in. constructing ships,
ney-General, said the suggestion was snaking engines and rigging and out- Hospital at Woolaston, Newport,
not true that there were any disseu_ fitting them, earn about forty million The Marquis of -Bute, convener of
dollars annually. the Bute County Council, has asked all
glens or nvaverings with reference to The actual -money invested in Cana- householders and farmers to do all
elle trial of former Emperor WIfiliam they can to exterminate the rata.
of Germany. The law officers, he acid- dian shipbGildfng yards is $47,000,000. The congregation of West U. F.
ed, were continuing most careful pre- Eighteen ships of fife Government Church, Selkirk, presented ex -Bailie
parations fort. Fifty thousand writ, fleet are 1100 in commission, and firers Anderson with a well-filled wallet on
ten statements withreference to the will be 22 before the end of the year. the occasion of his jubilee as an elder.
matter of prosecuting criminals for The Canadian Aviator, one cf these
their acts• during the course of the vessels, is going on the first voyage
war had been examined, From this, of a- "Government vessel to Australia
the speaker 'said, the audience could with a cargo of paper. The steamships
appreciate the magnitude of the task Canadian Volunteer and Palladian
and not be deceived by suggestions Trooper have sailed for Great Britain
that the matter was not receiving the via the Panama Canal with lumber. It
closest attention. is stated here that the British Govern-
ment is buying seventy million feet
®been Mary Accents itS of lumber in British Columbia.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:—
it is estimated that net more than
two-thirds of the season's grain has
been shipped out from the West. To
date 70,000,000 bushels havo passed
over the Canadian Pacific Railway
lines, and ,it is said that between 80,-
'000,000 and 85,000,000 ,bushels will' yet
be :'shipped out. The early cold spell
is responsible in part for the slow
movemestt, all. available cars 01r rail-
way lines having to be used for the
transportation of coal.
Demand in South Africa
For Canadian Newsprint
A dispatch from London says:--
Rebert Muir, representing South
African paper importers, will sail for
Canada shortly to negotiate for a
large export of Canadian newsprint to
that. cotintry. IIo hopes Can'ad.ien
manufacturers will ease their prices,
end ocean carriers their antes, as
'otherwise it will be cheaper for South
Africa to obtain supplies from Scan-
,dinavia, from which steamship rates
A despatch from Brantford says:—
That Queen Mary has been pleased to
accept the Italian name of "Ca-non-
Ronh-Nwa" from the women of the
Six Nations Indians, whose reserve is
near Brantford, is the information re-
ceived here from Ottawa. The name
given is the Indian name of Mrs, Helen
Hill, Preeident of the Six Nations Wo-
me'n's Patriotic League. The Queen
also extended her gracious thanks for
the a ldress sent _to her by the Indian
women, and presented to the Prince of
Wales on the occasion of?he- visit of
the Prince here on October 20.
y
Lloyd George Thinks Pact
'to be Ratified This Month
A despatch from London says:—
Premier Lloyd George, speaking in the
House of Common's on Thursday, ex-
ptessed the hope that the peace treaty
would be ratified :befot•o the end of
the month, Ile thought Parliament
would rise Dec. 23 until February.
177 Head of Holsteins
Fetch Sum of $51;000
A despatch from Foncl du Lac, Wis.,
says:—A total of $51,000 was obtained
for 177 head of registered Holsteins
at the annual fall sale of the Holstein
Breeders' Sale Company. The average
price was $288. Korndi'ke Press
brought the top price of $075.
.are lotvor.
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PARLOR FETA
rl 11i iN ht R N NA4GINC' i?n�3"si
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60,000 Naines on Walls
of Church.
A church will be erected in Notre
Dame de Grace, a suburb of Montreal,
upon the wale of which will be in-
scribed the names of every man who
died for Canada 10 the great war. The
church will be used' by the combined
congregations of the Anglican Church
of the Good Shepherd and Trinity
Church, Sixty thousand Canadians
were killed.
King and Queen Are
Proud of the Prince
A despatch from London says:—One
who was present at. the'bantiuet given
by the King at Buckingham Palace in
honor of the return of the Prince cf
Wales says the occasion was the first
time the King had heard the Prince
make a formal speech. The King him-
self concluded his own remarks by
saying: "His mother -and I are proud
of him."-
Coldest
im"
Coldest November Since..
Away Back in 1896
A. despatch from Winnipeg says:—
November, 1919, has 'been the coldest
on record since 1890, according to the
official observer at St, John's' ollege
o
Observatory. The lowest Mc the
mont1, was recorded November 30,
wizen 18.9 below was reached'
cava a scalae,cr_xa ^ae®•,.,n esee ees
Beats-R-'OAhtatdirul, 11and-picked, ilius.,
Jll 25 to $'111,7 $ prinl,ee, $4.,95 to $4.761
a,0ans,•$415 to $9; ntport� ands
*keit I3ifrnid, $ ; Lintas, 1'T3o to
I:$ e,
iaeney-1+l$ eted clever, .6�b. eine,
27 to 280; 14%11. tilts, 25 to ?.G0' N� l).
tine, 26e. bnckwhea't 60-1b. n�, 181;0
20e; co,{�'b, 18-o2,, �h6,to $8..60 de114
9,0 ox., 114.26 to $4,110 doe,
moos rodudts- ^Syo bp, per hnper-
ial gall,, $3.15;'110 tlimperia1.g014,,VI;
engem, ib„ 27 to 38c,
Pro'i�iblone—Wholesale,
'Smoked meats—Hams red,, 30 to
88e; do, [heavy, 31 to 32e; tooiced, 47
to 50o; rolls, 80 to 1c; ,Ureakfast
haoon, 42. to 46c; butelce, p'laa41, 47 to
480' toneless 40 to 086,,1
Cured tees '".."'.foul£ a -ea. [Paean, 81
'r
uie' sfo to �•t,
' � 3 ,
to Olettl
uunci, f r, i -.
Lard ilei 11 o 1130000 to 2g e;
tubs 90 to 0e' alit 3 t� 80 C
30 8 1) 'om tett d Heroes,
rials, 30 to yfi a, t l n ,
"27% to 28 fu's 23 to 4ldi ml pkfls,
2814 to 2S gel. pridt•2, 29% td 80d,
Montreal Marko -ea
Montreal, Des. 0.—Oita, extra No. 1
1 e
,, reel
:standard feed 99c. I our ne t nd ,
1 ws
, g
11 to $11.10. 1to119d oats, ba s,90
lhs,,..94.78 to $9,80, Bran, $45. Shorts
52. '•Hay, No. 2, per ton, car Pots, psi
g rn 20
�o $25: Cheese, finest caste s, �/a
to See, Butter, choicest cresenellyi',
67% to 68e. Eggs', fresh, 90 to 950'
selected, 65et.No, 1 stock, 58c; No. 2
stock, 55s. Potatoes, per flag, oar lotq
92.25 to $2.50. Dressed hogs abattoirkilled, $24 to 924,60. Lard, quire, wood
pails, 20 'lbs. net, 2814c.
Country Produce--W*Iiolesale.
Batter—Dairy, tabs and roll;[, 43 to
44e; prints, 48 to 50c; creamery, fresh
made !solids, 62 to 63c; prints, 68 to
64c.
Eggs--dieid, 62 to 54o; new laid, 75
to 80c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,
26 to 30c; roosters, 25c,; fowl, 20 to
25c; geese, 22e• ducklings, 25, to 30e;
turkeys, 35 to 40e• squabs, doz„ $4.50.
Live poultry— Ipring'shi1ekens, 19
to 20e; roosters, 20c; fowl, 18 to 22c;
geese, ^e7c; ducklings, 22c; turkeys;
350.
Cheese—New, large, 31',5 to 82c;
twins, 32 to 32Vsc; triplets, 33 to
33%e Stilton, 34 to 85c.
Flutter—Fresh dairy, choice; 55 to
58s,; creamery" prints, 66 to 68c
Margarine -33 to 38c.
Eggs—No. 1, 60 to 61c; selects, 64
to 650; new laid 85 to 900,
Dressed poultry—Spiting chickens,
30 to 33c; roosteis, 23 to 25c; fowl,
80 to 32c; turkeys, 450; ducklings, 34
to 85c; geese, 24 ..a 27c; squabs, doz.,
$6.00. I
Livepoultry—Spring chickens,' 22
to 26c; fowls, 23 to 25c; ducks, 22 to
25c; geese, 190, ,
ro•
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Queen Alexandra has sent a aoria-
tibis pf .460 to the %ands et St. !Uilan's
1'nf at hospital ]51ih11u,
'I a Oinal;h guardians hyo elected
Mace 1Yfurnaghah, 4,P, as .tboir chair,
son for the twsottleth time,
The T4ei'd Lieutenant of Ireland, aa•
eonlpanlsd by Cant, Roford, A,11,d., at•
fen le6 the laces Lat Leopardstown.
Lila will 08 the late R. Mitchell,
Debdln; recently probated, loaves
persokai property valued at 9129,905,
The Sick and 311019ent Room -keep.
ors' 13ooiety, Dublin, is appealing for
li1Q to lielp through the coining winter.
A large number 01 rifles, gtins and
swarit Wor'm foluid by the pollee In
the thatch of all old 11093s near Newry.
'rte fink mill belonging to 3'amee
Br6Wnaee, (lullybaokey, County An,
trifn, 1189 belt abilifileely destroyed by
tire,
• A young man who was ascending
Blaraey Cab410 fell from
e firflt
floor
and received injuries to his
v d miriade i
heart,
A Are that broke out in the mills of
Meeare. D,,'O'Brioil, Corkery & Co.,
'snare, did damage to the extent of
dr4,000.
The Dupiilin Corporation held a spe-
Mal meeting tb consider a revised
Seale 08 charges for the supply oi'
electricity.
Thomas Lenahan, son of the game-
keeper on the Young estate at Liao
more, was found dro'wnetl In the Black-
water.
Rev. W. Percy Coster, who has been
a -chaplain to the troops in France,
has renamed to Tallbridge parish,. Ark•
low.
A memorial statue hasbeen unveil-
ed at Belfast to 12, 3, 14IcMdrdie, M,A,, •
M.P., 'who was SVa times Lord Mayor
of ilelfast,.
A meeting of the modical profession
was held In Cork to consider the in-
crease of fens by 50 per omit, but took
no antler', •
Q. Smith, superintendent of the Bel-
fast Fire Brigade, who, recently re-
tired, bas been slowed a pension 68
9;275 per annum,
The doa'.th took place recently at his
home, Churchtown house, Dundrum,
County Dublin, of William Seymour
Bird, K,O., J.P.
W, H, Klibey was presented with a
handsome tea 'service at St, MicLan's
Church rooms, Dublin, on the occasion. -
of his marriage,
The Royal .Dublin Fusiliers' Repat-
riated Prisoners et War Committee
have established Oleos at 00 Lower
Mount Street,
The remains of Mrs. Stephen Har-
rison, Dublin, who (lled recently at the
age of eighty-seven, were interred at
St. Jeromo's Cemetery,
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Dec, 9,—Oho9ee heavy
steers, 918.25 to 918,50; good heavy
steers, $1.2.50 to $18; ,butchers' cattle.,
choice, 911.75 to $12.25; dor ood,
$10.75 to $11.50; do, red., $9 to $936;
do, com., 96.50 to 97; bulls choice, fSid
to $11; do, need„ $9 to $9.2d;' do, roughs
$7 -to $7.25; butcher cows, choice, 91
to $11; do, goad, $9.25 to 99.00; do,
med., $8.25 to $8'.$0; do,.iiom., 90,50 to
$7; stockers, 97.50 to $10; feeders, $10
to .911.50; canners and-eutters,_96 25
to $6.25; milkers, good to shores, $110
to $175; do, com. and med„ $65 to $76;
springers, $90 to 9175; light ewes, $7
10 $8.50; yearlings, $9 to $10.60;
spring lambs, per cwt., $14.75 to
$15,50; calves, good to choice, 918 to
$20; hogs; fed and waterod,,$16.25; do,
weighed off ears, $16.50;+. do, Leah.,
$15.25; do, do, to farmers, $15.
Montreal, Dec. 9.—Butcher heifers,
coin., $6.75 to $8; butcher cows, med.,
$6 to $8•-tannees, $5; cutters; $5.25 to
6; butcher bulls, corn„ $6.75 to 96,50;
grass calves, $7' veal calves, $15 to
416; good veal, $14 to $16; medium, $9
to $$14; 'grass, $7• ewes, $7 to 98;
lantb'6, good, 913.75 to $14; cora.,
$12.50 to 913.25; hogs, off car weights,
selects, $16.50 to $17; lights, $14.50 to
$10.50; sows, 913.50.,
Some Great Flagstaffs.
In the year 1861 British Columbia
presented Kew Gardens with the tow:
Bring flagstaff which many of us have
seen lied which was 169 feet high,
says a London magazine.,
This after a life of more than fifty
Years, is, no more, and the Dominion
has repaced it with another, which is
even larger. It le 214 feat long, and
la actually higher than the Monument
in London by a matter 00.10 feet,
It is nearly three feet through at the
base and 12 inches at the top, and is
a single stick of the splendid Douglas
fir which grows in Vancouver Island.
Huge as it is, this staff is not the
biggest in existence. At the Panama -
Peelle Exhibition, held in San Fran-
cisco in 1914 to celebrate the opening
of the Panama Canal, a flag floated at
tho top of a pole which was no less
than 246 feet long—half as high again
as the Nelson column—and 66 inches
In diameter at the base. It weighed
over 40 tons, and was cut in the Neha-
lem Valley of Oregon. It was also a
fir,. not one of the giant Sequoias 02
Califot'nia,
It was impossible to transport it by
land, so it was towed -from Astoria,
Oregon, to San Francisco.
From Australia it would be possible
to procure an even longer spar, On
the west coast there growsa0 species
of gum tree which reaches 400 feet or
about the same height as the spire of
Salisbury Cathedral.
These trees are taller even than the
giant rod woods of California, though
not of anything like their oireumfer-
ecce. The record redwood is on' the
Kink River near Visalia. It is 352
feet in height and its circumference
at the ground jest 100 feet.
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Education to Cost More
Memorial Cross to be given by the ' In England.
Dominion Government to the wives Eclncation is to cost more in Eng-
and mothers of Canadian soldiers a id land. That lea foci most parents, and
Eng -
'sailors who eft in the great war. es youngsters of school age have already
the soldier ]eft a wife his Cross goes discovered, and fees are likely to go
to her, female re toihis mother Or up still further' in the near futuie.
ne'areet female relative. All the public schools are experienc-
ing such a rush of applications as was
never before known, It is not merely
Eton and Harrow and the ono or two
other schools with some "cachet" that
lice -saving society as to why deep sea are flooded in this manner, but also all
lishermeh were not taught to swim.
It was stated at an inquest at Grimsby,
Ettglanci, recently, that not ono' fisher-
man in twenty could sarin, and in-
gttiry at all the fishing, ports of Eng-
land and Scotland revealed the' as, generation or so ago would enter his
tonislling fact that a similar Percent- heir's name on the club's books almost
age of nod:swismners existed. as soon as he was born, It would ap-
Tho belief among fishermen of all pear as if something' of the sort will
parts is that those who know how to; have to be done pretty soon to 000511e
SWIM only prolonged " the agony' of admission to some of tho Public
drowning,
schools.
Switnining "Agonyr' F'eare
been moto l b
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t.
'i atimis have
Investg
those others, many of them equally as
old, which are not quite just so well
known.
'2o secure his son's admission to the
right club the fashionable father of a
ENGLAND.
King George is expected to pay a
visit to Zeebrugge at an early date,
Bowling Green Farm House at Had-
don Hall, Derbyshire, has been com-
pletely destroyed by fire,
Four judges granted undefended
divorces at the rate of 16 an hour,
mostly on the petition of soldiers.
Frederick Izza.rd, a Hitchin fireman,
was instantly killed when his bicycle
colided with a motor long.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween the railwaymen's unions, the
Government and the railway execu-
tive, t
Some young maples, a gift from the
Toronto branch of the Overseas Club,
are being planted on Vimy Ridge,
An Irishman giving evidence at Wil-
lesden court said that he had lived
there all 1,is life except the last 20
years,
Grenville Napier, n New Zealand
soldier, was drowned while bathing
with his sister in the Thames at Chart -
soy, •
Robert Charles Levitt was sent to
prison for three months at Stockport
for drawiug out -of -work pay while em -
Elsie Williams, aged 21, was placed
under probation for 12 months at
Liverpool for being a stowaway on an
.American transport, •
Grain Grading School. '
Out in Portland, Ore,, a new kind of
school has been started which has no
truant officer, gives no degrees and is
attended by young and o141—collego
graduates as well as some who didn't
go through high school. It's not a
large school—only 86 at last reports,
who meet once a. week for an inten,
sive course in grain grading, because
they are interested in grading grain
raider Federal standards, administered
by the United States Department of
Agriculture.
The school is held once a week out-
side of business hours irh' the office of
the Federal grain supervisor. Among
the students are grain dealers, dock
superintendents . and foremen, and
State grain men.
China's Trade Still Growing.
Again in 1918, regardless of the
great world war and unsettled inter -
tat political conditions, China's
foreign trade increased, keeping the
grand total well above the billion -dol-
lar marls. Observing commercial in-
avestigatoh's agree that, industrially
and as a manufacturing centre, China
has a great future,
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The residence of John T, Kelly,
Raneleigh Road, Dublin, was
broken into and a quantity of silver
and other articles stolen,
William Duggan, of Toor, was fined
£1 and costs at the Tipperaty Ses-
sions for having a gun in his posses-
sion without a permit.
R. A, Dawson, headmaster of tris
Municipal School of Art, Belfast, has
been/ appointed headmaster 08 the
Manchester School of Art.
Rev. Dr, John Morrow Sims, princl•
pal chaplain of the British Expedi•
tionary Force in Franco, was uneni,
mously elected Moderator of the Gen.
oral Assembly al the .Presbyterian
Church in Ireland,
Canning and Drying With
Electricity.
Experiments have recently been can
Tied out by the United States Depart•
ment of Agriculture to ascertain the
best methods of using electricity ill.,
the home for preserving, canning and
drying fruit and vegetables.
By using the hot plate of alt efectria
range In exactly the same way as a
coal or gas stove an excellent product
was obtained, but the cost was too
High. A second series of tests was
made, in which the oven of the electric
range was used, thus obtaleing the •
sterilization temperature by baking in-
stead of boiling. The water bath was
omitted sendthe cans wore placed on
a rack iu the oven, By those means
a reduction iu the cost was effected.
The electric tireless cooker proved
the most ,efficient method of all, the
cost being only one halt that of the
oven method. When employing this
apparatus, tbo material is blanched
and packed as usual, the jars are
placed in the canker and the electrici-
ty is turned on full strength until the
thermometer registers 180 deg. The
switch may then bo turned down to
the lowest heat, as 40 watts has been
found sufficient to keep the jars at the
sterilizing temperature.
The reason for the much morn
economical operation of electric ovens •
and fireless lookers is to be found in
the fact that the source of heat and
the articles being cooked can be en-
closed together in an airtight space,
while with fuel ranges a largo amount
of heat is unavoidably lost into the -
air.
Drying of vegetables was also tried,
using first the oven of an electric
range, then a combination of range
and electric fan, ,and, finally, the fan
atone. Tho cheapest way is to mace
use of the residual heat left in the
oven following, some cooking opera.
time This is eafficlent to start the
drying process, ilien, when the oven
is nearly cool: the door is opened and
an ordinary electric fan is placed near
by, This soon finishes the clryhtg pro,
cess and else pt'ovents tite oven from
rusting.
Tiny Thrla Stamps.
The street r1 net 1% [ls , horns of all
art:{ of evil.''girroneerner Meads
are tt.11eLadn'israti.
Whrn rielsing eenpar coolies, or -
1 Isi 1 71h 0t NW:a:1st:lien 1 r 1t brown
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fes t1,`. 11 t .15' . d 1.T3c three
iahrtsr r f ci: of l\al'i' L.1 owl! :earful
of ienso
Dried Lisees nal1 ros srenlve seeks
Ing oviese, sea l 1 n (101:in5,
If. butt, Ili': old nr.,1 1. 1 14(1 •t little
soda to tho t to c I, 111 Ll e L*•a'ls
ars s t '.-'i tti,.1 nt a,: first uoiliu'g
water,