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Tote's, Nfld.-Cath the'. usualand 10;000 horses employed,'fu bush
mi
rep: and ceremony, the I*7t4v[ouixd=' operations alone in Ontario.
d sealing fleet recently cleared Winnipeg, Man.—Fur's to the value
from this. port for its annual seal of $400;000 were disposed of'zit.the
hunt in the Gulf of.'St. Lawrence, recent sale of the Winnipeg lour Aue-
Other steamers from Ilalifax and St.ition .Stiles Co, . Since the company
John will, join the fleet later in the commenced operations 'three years
month and altogether ten ships' will ago, approximately $1,750,000 worth
engage in the hunt in 1924, of furs have been sold. In the throe
Halifax, N.S.---The 'formation of a years of operation the cornea*, has
province -.vide publicity bureau to ad- sold about $4,000,000 worth of furs.
vertise Nova Seta as a summer Regina Sa 1;.—O cr nine hundred
,tourist: ,country was decided upon at traveling libraries are in circulation
a conferonco of ;business` men from at the present time, according to a
all parts of the provirco, held here report, of the Provincial Bureau of
recently. The objective is to raise Publications. , In addition to the
$10,000 by popular' subscription, in travolliiig libraries, some 50Q books
which. event the Provincial Govern- .were sent out to districts" where the
)pont will contribute all equal amount, branch was unable to supply libraries.
and t.o:lanneh an extensive publicity Edmonton, Alta.�About 40,000
<amn,eitin, bushels' of pure seed grain have al -
,Sherbrooke, Quo..—A plant for the ready been marketed for seed growers
manufacture of hydrated ,lime has of the Province through the Provin
cia1 "Government and ia"d-
been completely at Lime Ridge by thecleaning g
Dominion Lime Co., of Sherbrooke. ing•-plant here. A good deal:of this
This product is used, instead of lump has gone to Eastern points, and there
linin for building "purposes for mix- has also been a considerable quantity
ing with cement as a waterproof. The sold in the i province, The demand
company's quarries have a high glial_ for good seed continues strong.
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A historical episode, occurred at the Lipase of Commons, Eng., _
whop
„Arthur Henderson was introduced teethe speaker 111B member of parliament
by his two sons both'inembers of parliament., Father and sons aro shown
arriving at tho House.
ity of limestone articularly adapted Vancouver, B,C.—The Woodward CANADA'S
n p FOREIGN
to the ins ufacture of hydrate. elevator is practically completed, in -
e p TRADE SHOWS GAIN
To.onto,.Ont:-Ti; is estimated. that cmea6ang the -;grain 'storage capacity
408 0i 0 000 feel f timber,beof the ort by '2 ,900 000 bushels• =Ar-
, f e of ire a, 8,170,000 p .
. • .i e-
�. railway ie A 0 ran ements' are: now beingmade to Twelve Months'Record
t s, and 6 _9,70 cords of g
pulpwood• will be the output of the load ships with wheat by'.neaps of notes$115,000,000 In-
present lumbering season on Crown lighters, If this practice is establish- crease in Exports.`.
000,000. Metal imports totalled;$216,-
'088,289, en increase ;of nearly 050,-
000,000; and metal exports increased
from 989,471,578 to ::9128,167,755, or
nearly $40,000,000. Wool imports to,
tailed $357,556,550, an increase of
over $7,000,000. ,Automobile exports
lands in the Province of Ontario alone. ed it will prove another great assisn aggregated' $36,571,450, an increase of
,m ttaera says:— - im
There area io„imdtei -30,000 men. tante to handling of grain. A ,despatch' from ...:0 Y about 98;000,000 and automobile
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RIVAL CLAIMANTS
FOR POST OF CALIPH
Ousting of Abdul Medjid
Causes Powers to Seek More
Influence Over Moslems.
Canaders foreign trade continues to poets' were $30,266,920, an increase of
Chef of Czar.amL Paris show a remarkable expansion. the over 91,000,000.
Baker. '
12 months ended February, this year,
13aolc, of the Hotel de Ville, amidst
the exports from .the 'Dominion total -Army Responsible for
.
the worst Blunts of Paris. there is a led 91,029,268,881,- an .increase of Fame of `.'Tipperary”
small bakerywhich boa''.an un sus more than 9116,000,000 over the,: pre-
stn u J n the imports ceding 12 'months and p
clientele. Not only do the workers of g A despatch. from London' says:—
the quarter go there far their bread, into Canada for the 12 months ended The recent death of one of its corn -
A despatch frons: Pails says: --A but en e 'at the; regular cuetcnrers is a
struggle among the Powers oe Europe prineese who, sable -clad,' arrives in a
for the controlling influence over the limousine. Othersthere ase who are
millions of Moslems in India, Persia,
North Africa, Egypt and'`'Turkey is
beginning to manifest itself in two
leading camps—that of King Hussein
of Hedjaz, who is the British hand-
picked .' candidate for the caliphate,
and Abdul' Medjid, recently deposed
now living upon money realized from
the sale of their last jewel.
The proprietor of the pastry estop
was once chief cook to the late Czar of
Russliie Ilew he obtained the pont is
his favorite story.
"Beforo going to the Palle& I was
chef of the Restaurant de YOurs in St.
February, this year, totalled ,9$98; posers, Henry James Williams, has
338,916, an increase, of more than disclosed the fact that the war song
$106,000,000 over the preceding 12 "It's a Long, bong. Way to Tipperary"
was hawked about from publisher to
publisher before a man was finally
found who saw any: possibilities in it.
The music hall singers at fleet
turned it down fiat. It was -Miss
Florrie Fordo who on July 24, 1914,
gave it a trial, singing it in "The
Isle of Man." From them on it began
to gain some measure of popplarity,
but it was men of the British expe-
ditionary force who landed at Bou-
logne in August, 1914, who, made it
famous,, as they sang . it marching
through the town. After that it was
takeh up and the words were trans.
lated into almost every European
language, even into German, and also
into Hindustani, Japanese and Chi-
nese. '
Japan Co-operates in World -
months.
The largest commodity increase
was the export of wood and paper,
which totalled 9270,346,506 in the '12
months ended February this year, an
increase of about $48,000,000 over
the preceding 12 months: Another
es, Caliph by the Turks. feature is that in those 12 months
Although Abdul Iiedjid is a Petersburg," leo tells thole wlio ex theaTnited States was by far a great -
g Press curiosity as, to his past. :"Each er customer of Canada that was the
VI., an of was old Sultan, Mohammed n United:Kingdom, dom he imports into
VI., ane:- proclahned Caliph by ':day we placed a beautiful, fish in our g + �., p.
the Turkish Assembly more than a widow, But one day the Ash dM not Canada from the United States being
est ago, he is now in exile at Terri- arrive. So 1 made large .lieuciuote of 9603,729,056, and from the United
Y sugar violets and planed them in the 10ingdom 9155,179,402, whale the ex-
Laketet'S a zn, wh, on the shop of wdndoer, tor it: would not have been ,ports to the United. States• were 9426, -
exiles
Leman, where so many political 148 638 and the exports to the United
exiles have taken refuge. (Lyell to Sze e )aft it empty. , , , p
but` "The Czar passed, stopped and look- Kingdom $355,838,310•
The tautest, therefore, centres a file ed at the 1'io:ets4thoywere his fayoi- The British Empire's sales, to, Can -
gthe.the which ada in the 12 menthe ended February
• ultimate leaLite down.. A weal[ later 1zo sentfao r-
Moslents accord to one of the aspiringiy
princes 'of the faith. The intention, of his chamberlains, who summoned this year aggregated 9197,994,994, an
05 both King Hussein and Abdul Med-I rife to the palace, where'I was made increase of more than 920,000,000 over
jid nail a great Moslem conference chief chef. Five years 1 worlae5 theme the preceding 121tionths, and the Ens -
has drawn the nttentioai of all Eur -I unless) I happened to be on the im- pine's purchases from` Canada in the
opean, Powers who have colonies and Aerial nem.former period were $4$1,917,952, a de-
mandatory rights over Moaleui subs"But now all Is changed'. I make crease of over 97,000,000.
ects little calms and bread Per my French Exports to Australia in the year
j ended February last were 20401275,
In France there is an apparent
customers and cheese tarts far the n y $ + +
Russian refugees." • an increase of over $3,000,000. Ex-
ports to Belgium increased from 912,-
651,705 to 916,132,035, aiid exports to
Germany totalled $15,682,626, an in-
crease of nearly 100 percent. Exports
to Italy increased foal 911,898,606 to
$18,170,924, and exports to Japan in -
erects -ea from '915,875,167 to 926,901,-
473, or nearly 100 per. cent. Exports
to Norway nearly doubled, the total
for tlib year ended February last be'
ii;g 94,922,192, and exports to Switz-
erland nearly doubled;
Butter imports decreased" 4,812,035
lbs. to 2,693,824 lbs., and butter ex-
ports dropped from i1,812,295 lbs. in.
the 12 months ended February, 1923,
to 912,960,715 in tho 12 months ended
February last.' Cheese imports total-
led in value $569,047, an increase of
100 per cent. and cheese exports to-
talled 923,371,038, an increase of
about 92,000,000. Hard coal imports
increased from 927,008,354 to 944,
814,115, and soft coal imports totalled
948,277,286, an increase of over 92,-
500,000,
2;500,000, while coal exports dropped
from 912,247,302 to 99,190,396. Raw
cotton imports increased by about 98, -
tendency td support the, claim of Ab-
dul Medjid, who since the beginning
of hie' caliphate has shown Himself
eminently sympathetic toward the
French. However, ,the first consid-
eration of
onsidereration'of the French is for the
French possessions, 'Morocco and
Tunis, where there already are other
;aspiring Caliphs, such as the present
Bey of Tunis and the Sultan of -li er-
occo. France„ therefore, is to -day.
hesitating between its friends, Abdul
Medjid, and its natural political allies,
in Morocco and Tunis.
Still another element in the contro-
versy comes from Italy, where there
are strong political influences eman-
ating from Tripoli. It appears that
Italy has given refuge on oneof its
islands to the deposed Sultan, Mo-
hammed VL, who, although a help-
less and feeble Prince,: is nevertheless
considered by millions of Moslems as
the true father. and Caliph of all Mo-
hammedans. Whether Italy will ad-
vance the claim of. Mohammed is an
Unknown element in the question; but
'it Is of enough importance: to cause
French apprehensions.
Accordingly, it .has been 'suggested
that France offer Abdul Medjid a
French island off Morocco or 'Tunis
as a place of refuge, where he might
be surrounded by+Moslem subjects ard
eventually succeed to the spiritual
leadership of the faihtful,of all lands.
It is not doubted that Abdul Medjid
would time acquire dominance over
60,000,000 Moslems under the French
air William Duff Reid
Builder of the Newgioundsand Railway,
who died at his home in Montreal ou
March 12,'in his fifty-stxtli year.
Military Defense Costs
Canada $1.46 Per Capita
A -.despatch from Ottawa, says:--
Hon.
ays:—Hon. 'E, M. 112acdonaid, Minister, of
Defence,' furnished the House with
comparative per capita figures of . ex-.
penaiture, on military defence in the
)tag, However, the question of ?ho different parts of the Empire. The
loyal' Caliphs is a delicate one and the figures were:
present effort ofthe French Govern- Canada, 91.43 per head; New Zea
meat is to seek to determine just how land, $2.33; South Africa, 92.92; Aus-
far the Moroccan and Turiisiamaspir tralia, $3.30; Great Britain, 915.32.
ants would push their claims.
Abdul Medjid appears to have the Curzon's -First Choice.
support of important sections of the If Lord Curzon had not been a poli-
Mohamtneden world. Mohammed' Ali, Helen, he would have become an arch!,
chief of the Moslems f India, has, al- teat. The former Soorretary for For -
ready issued a proclamation declaring.•eign Affairs revealed this unsatisfied
Abdul Medjid the true Caliph and 'ameition`in the eou'rae of some rather
calling on all Indians to give 'him caustic remarks on the subject of mod-
puppert ern British-atcliitecture recently-.
At present •Abdul Medjid is busy "It is really impossible for gcod
with a host ofsecretarieson prepares• country houses .' to be built now,':. he.
tions which ultimately will deterinine declared, "since people with taste are
who will be Prince. of the leloslem deficient in money, while those with
faith, and, incidentally, which of the money have no tanto."
European . Powers will benefit by his . Lord Curzon inquired also whether
patronage: - any one. could explain "why cottages
built 400 years ago, ata coat next to
nothing, are among' the most beautiful
things in creation, while. Modern build-
tngs replacing -them are aboinin'ations.".
Hope is the dream of man awake.
Many: have got'into the habit of be-
rg ;dissatisfied. -Lincoln.
Flight of U.S. Airmen
- A despatch from Tokio says:—
Japanese officials are co-operating to.
the fullest degree to aid in _the success
of the American • round -the -world
fliers, tvho'are expected here late in
April Lieutenant Clifford Nutt, in
arranging the flight across Japanese
territory, received the greatest con-
sideration at the hands ..:of offloere
here, The principal depot in Japan
is the Kasumigaura military flying
station.
rt
Song of English Nightingale
' to be Broadcasted
A despatch from, London says:—
The
ays --.The British Broadcasting Company is
planning an attonipt this spring to
radio the song of the nightingale in
its native haunts,
A microphone . and snail transmit-
ting set will he placed in a grove fre-
quented by the feathered songsters,
and the bird notes amplified and re-
broadcasted by the London station..
Forty-nine different countries im-
ported Canadian flour last year, ac-
cording to the president of the Do-
minion Millers' Association..
St, John, NOV Brunswtclt, has the largest drydock in the world. Photo-
graph shows three boats in it at 000 time and .still plenty of room to spare,
RAI3BITBORO
COME. ON . DUMMY-
Ti M L' To CSO To
F3YF LO LANG'
MA' LL GIVE. '1OU
A LI'L ROCI{ AN' SING
'YOt) To SLEF_P,
„ Go `T•eL+L AUNT RODI=NT
TOE- Q"LD CRAY GOOSE
IS DEAD.
Natural Resources
Bulletin '
The Natural lteso urces Intel-
ligence Service of the Dept.; of
'the Interior at. Ottawa says
With the coining of spring
probably,no natural resource de,
velopnt.ent stands out more
prominently than dons maple
sugar snaking, Nine species of
maple occur in Ca 1 ida, but four
of these are of a dwarf nature,
The more important species,
with their ranges and commer-
cial ,value of the wood, are as
follows:
Sugar •Maple (Acer sacchar-
um), also known as hard maple,
has the best` wood- and is also
valuable as the source of maple
sugar aiid syrup. Its range co
incidee with that of yellow birch,
with which it is usually associ-
ated, extending from the Mari,
time Provinces to Lake Super-
ior anti irons Fort William to
the weoae. Mature
the Lake of
trees are usually from 80 to 00
feet high and 2 to 3 feet in
diameter, but sometimes larger.
The wood is heavy, hard and
even -grained and' is used for,'I
flooring, furniture, agricultural'
implements, and interior' wood-
work- _It is also, one of the best
woods for fuel 'and distillation.
Red . Maple (Acer rubrum)
becursthroughout the same
range :as sugar maple but ex
tends slightly farther - Mirth.
The wood is softer and not of
such good quality as sugar
maple, but is used for the same
Purposes,
Silver Maple (Acer saccharin-
um) is more limited in its dis-
tribution, being confined to the
southern portions of Ontario;,
Quebec and ` New Brunswick.
The wood of this epecies le also
inferior to sugar maple.
Manitoba Maple (Acer Na
gundo) is a native of the great
plains. It is a small tiee with
soft, coarse-grained wood of ,
little value, but owing to its
hardiness and quick growth it
is valuable for the planting of
wind -breaks on the prairies
Broad -Leaved Maple (Acer
macrophyllum) occurs in moist
bottom -lands' in the Coast Belt
in British Columbia. - It is not
of much commercial importance
but is used for ornamental
planting.
e. J
Catherine Breshkovsky
"Little grandmother of the Russian
revolution," who, on her 80th birthday,
jest passed, finde plenty of. time to
direct tly. work in. the different aphonia
she has. founded in Csecho-Slovakia.
Daily Diet of Oxygen.'
New ' exercises for French soldiers
have been introduced at training quar-
ters for recruits; including a daily diet
00 oxygen. The Young warriors will
spend live minutes a day in a special-
ly built oxygen tank, breathing and
absorbing as much of the life-giving
gas as' they pan. This is ;designed to
keep the troops fit and increase their
Chest expansion.
Not So. Passionate. ,
Coiter• (passionately)—"My loveis
like the •deep, deep
The Loved One—"And 1 take it with
the corresponding amount' of: salt."
WeeMy Market e
TOILONT(1, 11,4 to 12c; 21,6-1b. tins, 12r/r to tiles
Alan: wheat ---No, .1 Mirth.'
$1,08?, '• comb; honey, per dos;; NO'. 1, 1 3.75 to
11 -Ian. oats --No: 3 CW„ 411, c; No, $4; No. 2 "$3,25 to $.3,50.
1, 40eec,-
Man. ,barley—Nominal.
All the above, c.i.f., bay ports,
Ontario. barley --55 to ,70e
American corn—No.-2 yellow 981kc.
Buckwheat—No. 2, 76 to 80e.
Ontario rye -74 to e8c.
Peas --No. 2, $1.45 to 91.70,
Millfeed—Del.,', Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per tan, $28; in barrels, $37; heavyweight rolls,; $32.
shorts, per ion, $30; middlings, $36; Laid—Pnre'tierces, 14% to 157,4&;
good -feed flour,' $2.10, tubs, 15 to 151/2c; pails, 15% to 16e;
Ontario wheat -No, 2 white, 98 to prints, 18 to 18'hoshortening tierces,
$1.02, outside. 13' to 14c; tubs 13;z to 14c; pails,
Ontario No. 2 white oats,-; 39 to 41c. 141 to 15e; pries, 161,5 to 17c...
Ontario corn ---Nominal.' IIeavy steers, choice, '$7.50 to --98;
Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat., butcher steers; 'choice, $7 to 97,50;
in jute bags,' Montreal, prompt ship- do, good, 96 to 96.50; do, reed., 95 to
meet,' $4.60; Toronto basis, 94.50; 95.75; do, core., $4.50 to 94.75; butcher
bulk, seaboard, 94.25. heifers, choice, 96.75 to 97.50; do,
Manitoba flour—lst pats., in jute med., $5 to 95.75; do, cora., 94.50 to
sacks $6:20 per blb, • 2nd pats. $5.70. $4.75; butcher cows, choice, $4,75 to
rooked .meats—Hands, rued,, 2
21c; cooked hams, 24'to''36e; smoked
rolls', = 17 to 18e; cottagg''o rolls, 19 to
21c; breakfast bacon, 28' to 26c; sQe-
citd breakfast bacon, 28'to'300; becks,
boneless, 28 to Sac,
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs„ 918,50; 70 to 90 lbs., $18;
90 lbs. and up; 917; lightweight rolls,.
Hay -,Extra. No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track Toronto 1'.50
, $ 4 o to 915; No, 2,
14.60 no. 1 2
$ 3, $1 .GO to 913; mixed,
$12.50.
Straw-Cnrlots, per ton,. 99,50,
Standard recleaned screenings f.o.
b. bayports, screenings,
p ,per. ton, $29.50,
Cheese -New, large, 18 to 19c;
twine, 19 to 20e; triplets, 20 to 20%a;
95.50; do, med., 93.50 to 94,50; ;can-
ners and cutters, $1,59' to $2; do, core.,:
$2.50 to 93.50; Oeedhig'steers,, choice,
95.50 to 96; do, fair, $4 to 95; stockers,
choice, $4 to $5; do, fair,' 93.50 to 94;
milkers and springers, choice 970 to.
9100; :oalves, choice, 910 to 911,50; do,
met, 97 to $9; do, coma, $5.50'to 96;
Iambs; choice 'ewes, ;$14 to $16;: do,
Strltons, 21 to 22c. Olds. large, 26 to bucks,; 352.50
to 313.50; do, culls, 38.
275; twins, 26 to 28c; triplets, 30c. to $9; sieep,'light ewes, $8 to 99•
Butter: Finest' creamery prints, do, culls,. $5 to 95.50; hogs, fed and
to '42c; No 1 creamery, I watered 7.7 ; do, f.ob. 7,2 , do'
40: to 41c; No. , $ 6, $ 5,
2, 87 to:89c; dairy, 34e. country points, $7,25' do,:off'Car,
E s_Extras, fresh,in cartons 83 97.95 to $8.15; do,. selects, 98.50.
to 34c; extra, loose; 81c;"firsts 28'to`-
29c; seconds 24 to 25c. MONTREAL.
Live ,poultry—Chickens,3 to 4 lbs„ Oats OW, No. 2, 51c do, No. 3
25c; hens, over 6 lbs., 26c; .do 4 to 5 49c; do,- extra No, 1 feed,47% to' 48c;
lbs., 24e; do, 8: to 4 lbs,, 15c; spring do, No.2' local white, 4 to 44%c;
chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 25e; roosterst flour, Man, spring wheat pats., Ists,
15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs:, 19c; do, 96.20; do, ands, 95.70; do, strong bale-
4 to 5 lbs., 18c. - ers,' 95.60: do, winter pats., choice,
Dressed' poultry—Chickens, 3 to 4 96.55 to 95.65; rolled oats, bag 90 lbs.,
lbs,, 80c; hens, over .5 lbs, 28c; . do, $2.90; bzrari, 928.25; shorts, 930.25;
4 to 5 lbs„ 24c; do 3 to 4 lbs., 1.8c; middlings $85,25; hay N. 2, per ton,
spring' chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 32c;car lots, 116.
roosters,: over 6 lbs„ 18c;' ducklings, I Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 35% to
over 5 lbs., 24c; do, 4 to 5 .lbs,, ; 36c; do, No. 1 creamery,. 84% to 85e:
geese, 22c. -.-
Beans—Can., hand-picked, 15,, 63e;
primes, 6c.
Maple roducts—Syrup; per imp.
gal., $2.60 per, 5 -gal. tin,92, i0 per
gal.; maple sugar ib., 26c
Hone —60 -Ib. tins, 11' to 11%e Por
ib.; 10-1b. tine, 11 to 12c; 51b. tinsto S8.36; selects, $9; sows,9
6.
do, seconds, 83% to 34c; eggs, fresh
extras, 32c; do, fresh .firsts, 29c; po-
tatoes, per bag, car lots, 91.65 to
91.60.
Com. eows, 93.25 to 93.60; canners
$1,50;:med, quality ealves, 94.75; goon.
veals, 150 to 180 lbs., 98.50 hogs, 98.25
WATERSPOUTS WRECK
ITALIAN DISTRICT
Hundred Dead, Over Thous-
and-Injured—Lemon and
Orange Farms Ruined.
A: -.despatch from Rome says:—
Waterspouts, pouring millions of tons
of water out of leaden skies, swept
houses, fruit groves and people out
of existence in the region around
Amalfi, the southern Italian e'ity, fa-
mousfor its exportation of lemons
and oranges to. North America.
There have been a hundred dead
washed -sip onto the beaches and pick-
ed out of the sea, and more than 1,000
people have suffered injarieS. What
were beautiful lemon farms Thursday!
morning, are now mere torrents of
water, which is mercilessly killing
all before it. -
The deadly phenonzenon came after
twenty-four hours of torrential"- rain,
a seines of the waterspouts finally
forming to sweep the region with
wind and water. Vast' funnels of
water whirled eve; sea and villages,
traveling onto the mountains inland
and leaving a devastated trail or ruin.
The consternation is unspeakable,
for the survivors are " frantically
seeking wives, husbands and-childven
under the flail -like descent of shots of
water. At times the water -spouts,
driven by the winds, left .one portion
of the country, going in an oblique
direction which brought death and
ruin to districts miles off the original
route of the spout, '
Sometimes•. the upper and lower
parts were seen to move at different
speeds, making the parts separate
And thus multiplying tho disaster.
Gusts of terrific winds are sweeping
the southern shore for miles around.
The old inhabitants declare the
waterspouts must be followed by an
eruption of Mount Stromboli, the
nearest island.
Rome is also a prey to terrific
rains, almost' unlmown at this season.
Civil engineers have been rushed to
the scene of the disaster on the dde-
etroyer Pontiore, and ..steamers are
sailing to Amalfi to take the refugees
to Naples.
Three and a half million dollars, or
nearly 20 per cent.. of ' the . whole
revenue of the province, is the esti-
mated direct gain from the timber
resources of British Columbia during
the coming fiscal' year. Thnber )teens
les are expected to produce 91,250,000,
royalties 31,600,000, timber scales
9350,000, and timber leases- $100,000.
Alberta has maintained an average
yield of spring wheat of 19%/a, bushels;
per acre aver a period of 26 years,
according to a chart -prepared by they
Dept. of Agriculture. In addition,
winter wheat has averaged, over the
same period, 20.19 bushels; oats,
85.79 bushels;' barley, 26.10 bushels;
rye, -18.84 bushels,' and flax, 8.71
bushels.
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ashamed of his ancestors." •
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Intelligence Service
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Our financial and commercial
interests are demanding the
more energetic development of
our natural resources 'to assist
in the liquidation of our war
debt, This recognition of the
value of our national heritage
has created and intensified the
demand from Canadian and for-
eign manufacturers for accurate
information as to the location,
available supply, and progress
in development of those re-
sources, especially as they' per-
tain to . our forests, minerals
and water -powers. Raw mater-
ials and power supply are the
first 'necessity of industry, and
the Dept, of the Interior at Ot-
tawa, through its Natural Re
sources Intelligence Service, re-
ports an increasing number of
requests regarding these. This
branch, fortunately, is in a po-
sition to answer such enquiries,
and has also issued a series of
resource maps .and other liter-
ature of value -to the commer
cial interests. These aro avail-
able on application, and it is
suggested that our readers make
themselves familiar with the
services which the Natural Re-
sources Intelligence Branch is
able to render there.
NEARLY 50 MILLIONS
COST OF HUDSON BAY R
Low Losses at Present by Rea-
son of Minimum of Service.
A despatch from Ottawa says:—To
complete the Hudson Bay' Railway
and Port Nelson ready for the ship-
ping out of grain would bring the
total expenditure on this enterprise
to .between $45,0001,000 and 950,000,-
000, is the conclusion drawn from the
reply of the Minister of Railways to
questions asked as to the expenditure
necessary to 'make that port ready
to handle export business.
The Government has spent on the
Hudson Bay Railway approximately
314,500,000; and on the terminal
about 96,250,000, or a total of $20,-
760,000. Probably another 95,000,000
would-be required to carry the steel to
tidewater, in the opinion of the Dept.
of Railways and Canals, another. $20,-
538,000 would be required to make
the harbor ready for shipping grain.
These figures total $46,500,00d, and
there would certainly be other extras..
The fixed charges on the: invest-
ment would be at least 92,500,000 a
year, to say nothing of the annual de-
ficit on operating the railway. At
present this is kept down to about
926,000 a year, but this low figure is
made possible. only through the mini-
mum of service.
.A. total expenditure of 920,750,000
to date on the' HudsonEay enterprise
looks quite large when it is .remem-
bered that the;-exrenditure on the
harbor of ' 1VIontreal to the end of
1922 is given as $31,000,000.
No Trouble at All.
PrabeibIy :thereisn't a phrystcian who
doesn't have a few charity patients as
wallas those who can and do pay their
bills, and ene of these gave a good I
laugh to the attending nursce at the'
hospital.
'I'm very grateful Por what you,
have done•.for me, cloacae' ea*d the,
woman, adding, "1 pray for you 410'5,1night""�
• "Why, tliat's' very tileo of Tata to
think of nle like that, Mns. BIe.iiic, '
&aid the etc:ace, highly eatisl ee, J
"Ford, sin, it ain't a bit of trouble,"
replied the weinan affabIy, "It ain't a .
bit os 'trouble to put your name In,
along with the others."
It is estimated that 50,000 torts of`�
herring have been shipped from Van- /
waver Island waters, to Oriental
markets during the' past seesol'h