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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1926-03-04, Page 7OVFJrNT EAFI's S- RETIJIC;FilVT(:.?Witr 7eF6V'ElSit Net ira'peaGietatee. ous jo Mr's. P0tilehifie3t Ek b C1;20,7i O11 asd to tbegeCsaga 524. reassChiteci AgaLrnit. A despatch froin,AtIontreol says:— Phial figures showing the complet statement of operating results•durin 1925 are announced by the Canadia National Railways. These Poore ahow that, the net earnings of the sys tern daring the last ;Mar were 532 264/141.79, as compared:with 517,244 251.08 in 1924, or a net increase 0 515,020,108.31. Durin he twetve montbs endin Dee. 31, 1925, the operating ratio :we 80,55 per cent., as conipared with 92.6 par Cent, in 1924, and 01.92 per con :in 1323, . • TIM final figures for 1925 as con with 1924 arc: Operating reV 'emu's -4925, 5244,971,202,61; 192 5205,583,182.55. increases 59,388 920.95.. Operating expenses --192 .5212,706,787.82; 1924, 5218,843,931.0 Deeroerge 5 837 148 25 Net carning,s-1925, $32,264,414.79s 1925, 517,244,251.48. Increase, 515,- .029,163.31. The progress made bY-the Natioha System under its present adminietra tion ie shovrn by the following -cons p r ati ye figures: •Operating revenueS-11922, 5284 '059,025,05; 1923, 5253,135,487.81 1924, 5285,388482.65; 1925, 5244,071 13. despatch fnairt London aays:--- e- Mrs. Enimoline Penh -burst, the • tant leader of the "votes ftir women" n cause before the World Wer, has re- s turned to the suffrage battleground ftePassing the last, eight years abroad. She has corae back to England to e ta,lie part in the earnphigne-more • d peaceful than those Which she lett g yer,rs ago—to exjond, tha franchise's,' s 'that British wonigsn may vote at twenty-one, instead of waiting until t, 1,112y am thirty yeare old. "Women's Week," to be tnarlead by oratoty :ma procc,ions througjeatt the country, will, early M June, 'push the demand 4, for this extension of the suffrage. ' :Mrs. Partleheret, who has been in e, France; Bermuda, Canada and °thee 7, parts of the world since ahe left Eng- land in 1917, believes. that women have not done badly in polities and other- wise, considering their eliffieelties. "Now that we have gained the vote," 1 she said soon after her return 'WC _still bave to..prove ourselves worthy _ of it. Our eamneiga now must be to redeem oar promises and fo teach the • world that women are quite as cap- ; able of government as men." ,.. Although in her seventy-firet year Mrs. Pankhurst is as enthusiastic in the cause of women as ever. She in- tends now, to give special attention to indastrial peace, lumeing and electrifi- cation, while promoting the interests of women in geneeal. Net earninge-1922, $2,886,711.66 1023, 520,480,649.06; 1924, 517,244, '251.48; 1925, 532,264,414.79, Operating ratio -i-1922, 98.77; 1023 '91.92; 1924, 92.08; 1925, 86.88. • That the improvethent in Canadia Nationel leaKways' results is continu 'Ing is shown by th.e detailed figure also- issued, covering the months o December, 1925, and Januery, 1926 In. December-, 1925, the gross'earning were 523,851,670.61, an increase o 544534,934.06, as compared -with Dec. 1924. Net earnings for the month of Dee., 1925, amounted to 53,348,209.95 an increase of 52,587,926,50, as coin pared with Dec., 1924. ..The °pertain ratio during Dec„ 1025, was 77.58 pe dant., as compared with 85.71 per cent during the corresponding period 1924,' For January, 1926, the operatin _sesults were: • Operating revenves-1926, 518,095, 921; 1925, 516,716,458. Increase, 51, 879,461 OperAting expenset-1926, 516,428,- 297.35; 1925, $16,442,605.25. ` De - smote, 515,367.90. - Net earnings -19213, 51,687,641.65; 1925, 5272,802.76, Increase, 51,364,- 838.89. • MailaVajah to Feed 1-1ply Fie With Butter at Coronation A despetch froin Jammu, Rashmir, sayee—At the reagions observanees at the coronation of Sir Heti Singh, the new Maharajah of Jammu and Raeh- ear, he will stand, dressed in a plain Mauve garment, beside the family priest, who will: reeite Usa Hindu eerie: - tures while the Maharejell feeds the holy fire with butter and sprinkles upon it water from 'several of the rivers of India. • A 'large number of saffron -robed priesee, especially invited frore Ben - ares, well chant continually betoretthe fire, under a caeopy on which is dis- played a picture pf the goddess of wealth. • 41 Experimented Farms for • Hudson Bay Route A despatch from Ottawa says:—An Important move in connecticia with the completten of the Hudson Bay Rail, way is annoutited by the Dept. of Agriceiture: that three terms have been purchased along the route of that road, and that these farms will be used •A's experimental stations to test the possibility from a farming stand- point of the land lalong that railway. Operations on these farms are likely to be begun this smelter, lied the ulti- mate reedit will either peeve or dis- prove the oonterition that the railway can be reade valuable from a co -Ionize - tion viewpoint, , Serious Blaze at Timmins Causes' Damage of $20,000 A dospatch -Prom Timmins says Ona 'of the worst fires which have visited Timmins for several years oc- curred Thuesday'aight, when the tep • floor of tho Oebreeser 'Meek, one of the , oldest buildings in the hUSII1GSS sec- tion of the tewn, was completely gut- ted and the contents destroyed. The lower poet of the building, occupied by the owner, Dayton 0s10oster, as a • men's clobhing stotecwas also partly damaged and coneiderable,os 's an - tailed to stock from water. The total loss has been poneervaeively estimated • at upward of 520,000. - 2;.• - 165 Head of Canadian Cattle Vice -Admiral E, s. A. Sinclair commander-in-chief or the British fceces in China, who, units lt necessary te keep a clove we toll all the time, tor British interests' are targe and many in that part ee the watia, Indian Princes Entertained a Gold Plate Banquet .A. despatch from Jammu, Kashmir, says:a-Rare:y-11as India, with all the .riches efeits princes, witnessed such • splendor -as was displayed when the .new Maharajah os Jamma and Kash- mir„Sir Heri Singh, entertained 150 ,guests at e state banquet in laonow of the ruling princes and chiefs of the native Indian States whe are here from all parts er thecountry for his coronation. - - The Princes wera served on gold plate, and the members of their staffs on solid silver. The native rulers, were attired in their priceless state robes, and the great ornate banquet hall of the royal residenco blazed with the lights arom jewels whose value was 'estimated at a tote' of several million pounds. • The fol/owing day the new Maha- rajah proceeded to hies coronation at the head of a state prodession of ele- phants. The new ruler of ICashinir is prob- ably better known to the evor:d large as "Mr. A," victim of the famous Robinron blackmail ease vrhicle Wats tried in the London courts a year ago. Flyers Test Night Service • London -Paris Air, Route A despatch from 'Patio says :— Teal flights to test the Practicability of a night air paseengee service be-, tween Paris and London now are under way and are expected to extend over a month, The tests are made on the initiative of the French aviation Authorities and, in flying circles here, there is much eatlefaction ever the e gun g v- ine effect to an idea vehich the Beitith thfiz had, under considevation of.er some The first Lied was made by a plaee which loft Le Boerget fleld at 7 o'cilock Die on Board Ship A despatch ftom T.oridon says: Tl, Britishestriamer The. Manchester Producer has aDrivecl at France -in tow of a Dutch tug after having been bid- ' feted in mid-Atlantic for a fortnight with a damaged rudder. Of the 418 head of Canadian cattle with which she left Halifax only 253 head are 31111 alive. On Feb, 1.1 niezeage from Ore. captain of the Producer Said that „ 70 head of cattle had been lost and that the remainder had bean pieced on 'limited food rations. Ninety-five seen) to have died sinee. • Death of Nova Scotia Upper Chamber Fixed for May 1 A despatch from Halifax says :-- The Legislative Council, tho tipper Chamber of the Nova Scotia Legis- lature, will cease le fenction on May 1, '1026, if a bill introduced in the I,egIsiative Assembly recently hi:amass law. lion. E. N. Rhode's, Premier of Nova Scotia, introduced the bill, which is entitled "An act aliolishimr the Legiseitive Council and amending the Constitution of the Province." THEIR MAJESTIES MOVE INTO OWN HOME Kirtg EPici Qu --1=7-1 aiXV3PY. Saa-3"1 Stragitem, Wtheri Vey Quesee Aleaaa 13 deepatch .frona London :Says:— King George.. and Quemi Mary hay just ineVati into 'Sandringhiiin trouse the Norfolk 'oStitt, of tlie Wint:41, which lids: begonia threpa to men property of t;:he sovereign by the ivill of Queon Alexandra. Sandringham is now the only one of the many pi:operas visitecreach year ,theie majesties which is owned by the King; and not by the state. King Edward bought the country'martsion when ho was Prince of Wales and will- ed it to his Queen, Sandringham was the favorite 1e51 dance of King Edward and Queer Alexandra, as it is with the presen sovereigns,.4.1 Buckingham 'Palace HolyroOd Palace, Balmorel and Wind sOr castles, the roil', family must hois their standard above the roof '411d the 111X1•117 which the state provides but at Sandringham the Y live like'th family of .a country gentleman, wit only the carea andLfreedorn,o1 countr folk. . York cottage, els° on the Sandring ham estate, now has been left vaean by the King, but probably will not b aDotted to the Duke and Duchees o York, as at first supposed, because -of the possible marriage of the Ptinee of Wales, who by precedent becomes the householder at the cottage. Sandringham House was entirely re- decorated under the supervision 01'Queen Mary before the royal couple moVed-in. The heavy Victorian draPe ?Cries and red plush carpets were taken out and modern improveinents built Ile, This makes ,the royal home the envy • of the richer subjeets who liVe in the neighborheed. Billion inGold Francs ' h e Hidden in French Socks A. despatch from Paris eays:—At least one billion francs in Bold Cain aXa still hidden away in the proverbial woolen stocking of the thrifty French- man, according to authoritative cal- bulations made in connection with numerous recent arnests for buying gold coins and melting them down for sale. Groups of men are traveling through the country and paying as high as eeventy or eighty piper francs for twr3nty-frane gold pieces. In per-. Minding the holders to sell they fre- quently use the argument that the gold coins are pure to be delnonetited be- fore the country gets' back to a eeriest gold basis. The agents say that even at the price of eighty paper francs, the twerity-franc gold pieces can be Melted and sold at a profit. , World's End Expected • m 'Few Billion Years A despatch from Chicago says:— Prof. F. R. Moulton, of the University of Chicago, has fixed the date of the end of the weed. But there is no ine- mediate cause for alarm. Yon may figure it out yourself, he said, like this. ,The earth is two thousand million years old. The average life of such a planet is a thausatid times a million thew a million years or 1,000,0003100,- 000,000 (one quadrillion) years. So it will go on whirling or, its orbit for another 500,000 times as long as it has already whirled. And when that time comes the sun will get too close to this planet and pouf—that will be all, Just like the ;snuffing out of a candle it will melt fend be destroyed. Wells Writing Novel 250,000 Words Long A deepatch horn Londoe saysi--11. G. Wells is working on a novel, which, it is reported., will coritaie a qua'rter of a million words. This wok, which aril probably be completed in the late spring, is said to be somewhat in the style of his eovel, "ThoNew Machiae- "A1;11-0.0gh Mr. Welle denied it, ehe general opinion WAR that many.of the charaetets in that novel were thinly - veiled eltetchee of celebrities, including Ler(' Balfour. Surgeon Gives Sight to Boy After 19 Years ' A despatch from Huntingdon, W. Va., eitys:—Blind from birth, Howard t feet that the French 1 av be Cook; 19, 'ape/led his eyes; folowing an 31, ME WEEK'S, No, 2.North., rili.(5„0.,,, wo. t8,601,t1fri.; , tire:Vast bacon:, 33 to 39c; backee 2.4an, iiviactat-,No. 1 North, SI' 0 ,..4 : T'aitOaTTO' c- ' ' ' - fast bacon, 32 to 30c; special brand . , , roonlles,,c2s24,0:37eottotigoec,. 25 te 27a4.(hreak- 81,58-ille - Cured meats-aLong elear bacon, 5t7 'NlIco'llvT2;1:fl.'elo0dol' a, (t41s157S4,..bNaed: ; WN2eos.tCelt7nre, ge.1-'01:;140•77.7:1'11.1-''1': rte0I17s15,b ji.l.nbj'ablader$r2e2u1P;s:750543.3t9a.55090;0; hitel'iikillyt:vv2teCcg511130ti t iatiolt,i on c.i.f., hay Ports. rolls, 539,50 per barrel. IlyreA,leTe:,` 8cc‘j7'1..3c' ;t1X.I''8 137-‘°J-1.°o1Wa,°-85Na-o. 2' tubs, 19 to 195c; pails, 20 to 20%c/ Lard—Pure tierces, 1814 to 19c; bt:Ag111311:1-rn.2e5ei cl;h61':'s hpd LI 1113s ,r al \pi'lerni'ttl'or°na,ltIlf3,12.eli3g501.T50' 151a, to leeee; blocks", --164 to 17c. PlAriPtotS'12414tc°; '2-t3t1V2hSe,; iS4111.(''Ct:i'ilD5ge ti 1 Pe.racleiss: e33.251 middlings, • $39.25 to 540.25; • Heavy steers, choice, 57.60 to e8.25; good -feed flour, 1 Br hag, 52.80, do, good, 57.25 to 57.50; butcher Ont. oats -40 to 42c, f.o.b.,,shipping steers, elmice, 57 to 57,50; do, good, -points. 7•56 to 56.75; butcher heifers, choice, One geed milling -wheat-51.31 to 56.50 to 57.25; do, good, 56.00 ' - 51.33, f.;o.b, shipping points, according to 56.50; do, med., ;5.50 to 56; do, - HeIGE sit.vea NUGGET PUT ON DISPLAY ,Above is shown -the Intge.starer nugget. which baa. been rneunted iu the front corridor ot tare parliament buildings for visitors to see. • It le a eroduet the ICespey Mine and 'hee just been eetuerted. from 1NrembleY, where it was. dn display as the lameeet and test valuable -sang's: pie,Ce Of silver ore ever p educed in the British Empire. It weighs 4,402 post:ids When the govern- rnentaboageet. it, the pureness plea% at 641h, *etas per ounce tor silver, was 115;616. ; NOTED INDUSTRIALIST PASSES AT HAMILTON Robert Hobson, President of Steel Company of Canada, „ Built Big Organization. A despaMb. from Hamilton sayse— Robert Hobson, President of the Steel Company of Canada and a national figure in Canadian industry,' died on Thursda$ at his home 56 West Charl- ton Avenue, He was '66 years of age. Mr. Hobson played an active part in the development of the Canadian steel industry- He WAS a former Prost - dent of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and had many other'actl- viams. He _had a cornmandmg pret- ence and si most genial personality. Theusands of workmen held hill). in warm affection. He was widely renown throughout Canada and the ra ec a es and in Great Britain. His father constructed the St. Clair Tunnel under the river bottom from Soarnia to Port Huron, Robert Hobson was bons in Kitchen- er (then Berlin) on Aug. 130.861. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Hobon, Hs father Wat a noted en- gineer, and among other of the lat- ter'e engineering achievements was the construction of the Jubilee bridge at Montreal.. Robert Hobson ;also be- came an engineer after he completed his education, and worked with his father, chiefly at pioneer tailway con- struction. For 20 yeaes father and Pon constructed mi'es of lines for the Great Western Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway. During the war Robert Hobson strove ceaselessly on behalf of the men who went overseas to fight. He was one of those who was instrumental in having the then Federal Government establish- munition factories in Can- ada. In this connection ho gave his country valuable service as a member of the Munitione Resources Commis- sion. He took an salve part in the formation of the Canadian Patriotic Fund, and WAS. Chairman tbe Fin- ance Committee of the ben 'organiza- tion all during the war. Bad Teeth Prove Greatest Foes of Toilers fit Britain ehroilia rheumatism is the worst enemy of the working men and women of the United Kiegdom. It la responsible for one-srixth of all industrial! invalidity, and causes the. loss of three million weeks' work an- nuaSly among the-- instaeci working population alone. Seventy per cent of these cases are' caused by bad teeth and gums, Honor Captain Cook. Governor Walhice FarrIngton, of. Hawaii, has received word indicating that the government el New Zealand will give 200 pounds it,s contribu- tion toward the proposal to create a public park around the monument of Captain James Cook, British naviga- tor and thecoverer of the islands. The monument is at Kealakeltua, Hawaii. The propose' was made several months 'ago ltd include the area in a public park. The area serrotinding the monument is Britioh, being deeded to that government by falters of the • land several years ago, Another Attempt to Conquer Everest This Summer despatch from. London says :—A Calcutta despatch to the Daily EX - press says that Brigadier -General Charles G Bence, who led the lVfount Everest Expeclitien of 1022, proposed to make another attempt to conquer the mountain this summer. He isenow in Delhi cliscuseing 131.a ProjeCt with the advernment, but, the despatch adds, he reports that the attitude of the Tibet Government is net at all encouraging Good Produttion In Mineral Production in Canada. Mthleg, now third In tunk among Canatle's printery intlestries, ',Mee Maki:Merely to the wealth and noeperity of the Dominion, according • the Dominion Bureau of Sta.tIstiese.' ergo tonnages of freight move -rolit and to the InineS; many embeidlapy in. dusirtra depewl anon the Joining in, ustry for their proapeeity. • Canada's rogreasain the production ;Of mineral ,earith has been testable pattleldatly • recent yeers and 1,11e developments' • establiolietl,fletrie, the discovery of • e\v•mlneral ltreas anti linaMy the aQr- assing of all previus reirrords stamp 35 m in erm lnduelry aS 'ono of •Otre 0054931 feel:ors in Cansela'S inclastriei ett commercial in the evening and landed at Croydon, near London, at 10.40. A eeture trial trip began at Croydon at 6,20 in the evening and ended at Lo Bourget at 10.15. Ms Laurent-Eynac, wider sec- rettiey of state for aeronautics, has givee special financial help, for the• Mauguration a this service. The-fieet trip showed that the:lig-his on the French part of- the coui/se—at 13erek, Abbeville, Poi; Beauvais and Le Bourget—were not strong enough. Croydonfs lightI'vreee found to be bet- ter, No passengers are carried dur- ing the trials. 7 British Colinatbia and Chile Converse Via Ether Waves . A despatch from VancoeVer says:— Earle Cheng, oWner a,nd oPerator of ainateer radio statleil C5GO, el this city, has ridded now laerele to the crown of amateur radio in this pale or Canada through confirmation of a re- cent two-way contact between 500 and eh -21,D, the amateur radio etation of 'rule Desmarat, of Santiagb, Chile. Mr. Chang has aleo eecorcleel euthentie teception of bz2A13, the sta- tion el Jueldno, Sao Paulo; Brazil:- • Another British Columbia amateur; a fellow member of Mr. Chang in the American Radio R,elay League, is the first amateue on the Canadian Pacific cearit to record receptien of signeis by :English amateur's, tt. opeention by Dr. C. M. Hawes.. Pre- viously the aurgeote-had given sight to Iwo othee members of the family, Pay cl and MaYrne Cook, sisters, and anether p blind. sister, Cordia, itoW is undergoing v treatment in the hope Ant ihe also i may eee. , • • 1 All four were afflicted with eater- I) acts e't birth. Young Cook's firet p prasion of, vision was that it 'Seemed t.1 as though he had been behind d sheet g which was suddenly swept. away, a Captaip Dudley North equerry to the Prinee of Wale, who is always :class to the tree' to the Bri- Usti. throne and who aocompanied him on hie recent trip to Soath Africa and South ,America. Captain North eons - :slander). the battle cruiser New Zea- land in the ;battle or Heligoland. . . Australitt's First Rabbit. '- . fles.rt polecat- to hi:traduce rabbits into Australia, Mae Zahn' 11. Collison, has dlecl at the age ot cightytive. Me, Collier:it was a great traveller in his eartly days, and *wiled a. large ranch In Australia. ' The credit of inert/clueing raliblts,le a doubtful honor, ear itseiffeets have resulted in a less' Of $100 000 000 worth. " of oropa a Tear. $5,()00 800 a year has been epent on (streets to exterMitate ace rebbit, and 15,000 miles or attre netting erected protection, Although ferrets' vere introduced to kill Abe ralibita they unfortunately de- voloed a taste for poultry,' Foxes ware tried, bttt they made friends with the dingoes---bush-d their pro- geny created havoc among, -the sheep. Rabbits, infested with poieon virus na:ve hehn .relercmad among, iteir fel- lows, but the poison 8180 01 work. 1. Aleogerher the effects of..ms, cot. liSOWS Sat Irrivo proved expensive to the ecuntrye TO TACKLE,FiED LAKE?. TRAW ElY MOTOR SLED. Above ,aro see wn johney Jane,), the well"known eeplereit, prospector anti Dar tnntn In), 5100, 01.1'),07710, sna 1015 aeroplane engiue driireit niotor'etheigh trifieli lielles to 'Put an tba Ln1,0 U14 -II -In the near futt.,e„ to freights. - Beeley—Maltieg, 68 to G5c. Buckwheat --able. 3, 63c. PTO—No, 2, 85c. Man. 'flour—First put., '58,90, To- ronto, do, seemed pat $8.40. cone, 5 to e5.50; butcher cows, choice, 55.64 to$5.75; de, fair -to good, 54 .to ,e4.50e butcher bulls, good, $5 to 15,78 4o1ognon,' 53.25 to 58.75; comers and cutters, 52.25 to $3; springera, choice, $85 to $100; good • 0101. flour—Toronto, 90 per cent. tri w eos, $70 to $80; medium cows, pot., per barrel, in earlots, Toronto, 545 to 860; feederd, good, 86.25 to $3.90; seaboard, in bulk, 35,00. 55.35; do, fair, 55 to 56; stockers, • $traw---Carlots, per toe, $9 to 59.50. good: 55 te $5•59; de" Lair, 54.50 to 0.136hheaeyse_PoNrtesw, per stroghe,, 82222.5c0;. o, good, 512 to 512.25; do, grassers, Screenings—Standard, reekaned, f. 354.7:0; se5.a.215VOS:goeohdnileeigh, 513 to ;751t04; t2r2iaapleettst,r8ipoletote,3223:; Stiltons, 24c; Old, Tai bearms and badka, 0%50 $6.59; large, 28 to 30c; twins, 29 to 81c; gond /anlbs, 810.50 tO 518-75; do, mectp ip.2 to 812.60; do, bucks, $9 to $10.60; 48!3.;t1.4eor.ele:Feii.e.naemerye,r4e6aint:17470;pNet,..t2s: do, auks, $10 to $11.• ho th' k 45 to 46c, Dairy priritse 41 to 42c. Eggs—Fresh extras, in cartons, 41 to 49e; fresh extras, loose, he to 41e; fresh firsts, 36 to 37e; storage extras, 28c; storage firsts, 26e; stor- age seconds, 21 to 22c. Dressed _poultry—Chickens, reprint, 15., 82 to 35e; hens, ever 4 to 5 lbs„ 80c; do, 3154 lbs„ 25e; roosters, 22e; ducklings, 5 lbs. a -rid up 8015 32e: turkeys, 35c. - • - Beans—Can. handpicked, lb,, 6c; priines, .5 to 5;,fic. , Maple produce—Syrup, per imp. gale' $2.40; per 6 -gal. 'tin, 52.39 per gal.; maple sugar, 11.., 25 to 26e. Honey -50 -lb. this 1114 to 12c ner otateee smooths; fed and staia3.4 lered, $10 to - 518.50; do, f.o.b.,' 512.80 to 512.90; dca country points, $12.55 10512.65; do, off cars, 518.80 to .513,90; select pee- inium, 52,63 to 52.66. MONTRVAG. Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 61c; CW, No. 8, 570; extra No. -1 feed, 540 Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, 38.90; eseeretie,18.,10; strong bakers, $8 '101 58.20. Bran, 889.25. Shorts, $32.25. 1Vliddlings, 539.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, $18 'to 518.50. Cheese, current reeeipts 19 1019l4.e. Batter, No. presteurized,'48 te 43,4c. Eggs, storage extras, 32c; storage fleets, 27c; storage seconds, 23e; fresh extras, 43o; freeh firsts, 38 to 3.9c r bap* car lots ib.; 10-11. tine, 11% to 12c; 5-113. tins, ei75, ' Ouebec Pe' er 11 to 1244c; tins, 14 to 14efic 8 , Veal calved 511 to 511.60 per hun- to-; cooked hams', 43 to 45c; smoked do, selects, $15; sows, $12 to $13, Smoked meats—Hams, med., 29 to tiredweight; hogs, good lots, 514.50; Mines and Paper Mills Lead to Agricultural Development. Mineral and forest wealth and water power have done much to de- velop and settle Canada from an agri- cultural standpoint. Water 'powers haare permitted the development industry in arena which otherwi wout.d have remained unexploited. T forests and mines have supplied t raw material to feed these Industrie The industrial 'Communities thus cr ated furnish .profitable local roarke for farm and garden produce. Th Mao form an outlet for surplus lab in sleek setaiions or when crops ai poor. They furnieh an opportunit ,for the settler's ehitdren to learn trade', and the community organia tion resulting from the industry pe mita educational, hospital, tradin religious and aocial advantages other- \VISO impossible in a pioneer diatrict. Both milting and pulp companies are always, in the market for wood pro- ducts which aro used as underground timbering, structural work, fireweed And for pulp inanufaeture, This per- mits the settler tet sell for eash the wood he outs in °leering bia land. He may also get a' good price for the use of his teams in the lumber campe and for hauling supplies in seasons when the farm work is at a minimum. Mining, power and paper manufac- turing companies pay direct royalties to -the Crown, thus helping to reduce taxes. They place huge orders with manufacturers and tradesmen for equipment and supplies. Lastly they provide -heavy and profitable tonnage to the railways that have already been built and only nee(' traffic to make them pay. The great clay belts of Norther of se he tralia, says:—One hundred and fifty he men, wereen and children, who took s• refuge in the post -office building at e- ts ey or ta- r- THRIf J,IING RESCUE FROM BUSH FIRES Hemmed in Six Hours, 150 People Saved at King Lake, Australia. A. despatch from Melbourne, Aux - Ontario and Quebec owe their napi and successful •agricultural develop merit to thede factors. The grea mining camps of Porcupine, Cobatt Gowganda and South Lorrain, and th paper mills at Iroquois Falls, Smoot Rook Palls and ICapuskasing, Ontario have bo a groat extent made th Neethern Ontario clay- beet the sus cessful farming country that it is to day., The adjacent belts et Quebec are rapidly being settled as the Rouse milling' area approaches the produe -tive8tage. The news that ,a huge newsprint de velopment is abOut ter be commenced on the Kapusitasing river promises t vastly strengthen the position o Northern Ontario as a farming as well as an industrial centre. Its sig. nificartee to the federal and provincial government railways eannot be over- estimated either, eines forget products constitute a major source of earnings even with the present limited develop- ment of the pulpwood resource's of this country. In this eoeeetion it is ihteresting to note the arielsysis made by the Temis- kaming and Northern Ontario 'Rail- way Commissioner's aft to • the tonnage (about 1,14 million yearly) moved by th t d: Forest products .... 41 per dent. Manufactured .an d _ miscellaneous .. 32 per cent. Mines products 22 pet cent, Agricultural products deer cent. • Animal products .... 1 per cent. One reason that the ag,ricultural products do not constitute a larger proportion of the total tonnage is that most of ,these products are consumed locally while the industrial and mining products are shipped to oatside peitte, while mach/leery and other ...heavy equipment supplies are:- shipped in from outside points. The Abitibi Papev Mills sliPlAY a total movement over the T. Ss N.O. lines of ,seventy ears per day including 22 ease of finished paper shipped south daily. it is, expected that the proposed Wile at Xamiskasing pill slimily an equally profitable movement, In the benefits of which the Canadian National Railway and the fertile farming dietrict wee: of °oche -rine will share. :Xing Lake while the remainder of the town was swept by a great bush fire, have been rescued after being sur- rounded by the flames for six hours. The story of the r.a.seue is among the most thrilling in the annals. of Australia. Hemmed in by the flaming bush, the outlying buildings in 15*111- 11 town caught like tinder and the Inhahitants fled to the post -office, the most -substantial structure in the plaree. News of their plight reached Queenstown, 'and a Testae party made a wild dash in automobiles over burn- ing bridges and along firestvept roads partie.liy blocked by fallen treea. Through this inferno the rescuers reached the imprisoned company and brought them ell out to safety, with- out tho loss of a single life. Despite the gallantry of the rescue, there was ZIO more hereie figure in the episode than the postmistress ef Xing Lake, Whose name is Missing from the press despatches thus far received. Throughout the Ibng hours while the town was burning about her, she stuck to her post, telephoning to the outside world, telling of the progress of the flames and giving directions for the fire fighters and rescuers. • Finally the wires were btrned ewaY, n after which she turned her energies to the task of cheering up and sustaining - the courage of these who had taken t refuge in the building. - Day," from an ancient ellnitOni 01100 widely prevalent, and not eel Whelle' extinct, _ T510 consists of rocking chureh the most recently born baby la the parish-eserabelesing the presentation of the child Christ in. the Temple, 0 The ceremony 1.4 vague -arty perform - f ed on Ws day be the parish church of the Nottitegliamelitre villeige of 93114- worth, amongst other place, the cradle with the last born baby being Placed !aside the altar. rails, end sell-, Sanely rocked by, the vicar while dedi- eating the child, to God, Oat:dramas Day meams the feast, or festival, of the candles, tee tale beteg reminiscent of the times when church- es used to • be speolally iltuntialated with candles on on this anniverem7, commemoration of the ;metrication of the Virgie ltfarY, and the 01 15* Meant Christ as a "Light to lighten 15* Geutileat." The widespread. belief that Christ- mas desecrations must be taken down at latest 'on Candlenatia Eve, or ill leak will follow, has its; origin, In, 035fee- • ttval. Obviously, it would, be highly dantinted-up gerous to allow branches: of holly and evergreens te ,reinein hatiging in churehes Mese proximity to some hundreds of lighted caedles. Lia-Bords Luck. Candlemae Day, February 254, sons formerly Ittiown as "Oradde•Reeking Toothbrushes have inereasetlgreatly in popularity since 1213, according to official statisties, , Read Meters. Viola—P0b, lieei a poet, ten sate, no earzt hots au expert tit meter road - lug." May ---"Poet nothing- He works for the gtta eompallY nay child."