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r?aA.S.-Gottlieb Thomsen, of
li?'r
Norway, who is in the. city,
bat Norwegians are able to
ire, the G zleen market in'eour-
ith -Nova Scotia, owing ,te
t by their ep'ecial method
II, •i "they produced 'a dry fishof
hatter appearance, and that wlth.<the
same care the Nova Scotty } roduct
etuld be made just as attractive to
be Cuban buyer,
St. John, N,B.--Premier Veniot pre-
dicts that the lumber industry in New
Bruns\v ek will be revolutionized in
the -next ten years by reason of the
establishment of pulp and pdipee mills
'n the province, and also the estab-
lishment of millsin which hard woods
'1' 1 i rnanufectured
Mortis al, Que.-The Western Queh
bee" Paper Mills, which has been in
the MUSS of geestruction,for• the past
year, has commenced ,production. The
mills aro located at St. Andrews East,
Quebec, and the company was organ-
ized to manufacture the higher classes
of light weight papers, most of which
are sti'l being imported. It is inter-
esting to note :that' this mill is situ-
atted:oalinost on the• exact 'site of the
first paper -mill erected and success-
fully operated 'in Canada, in 1803.
New Liskeard, Ont. -The building
of a woollen'mill in this towp, which.
has opened for business and is manu-
facturing yarns, blankets, etc., `ap-.
peas to be the beginning of a new m-
dustry for , Northern 'Ontario. The
output of blankets has already been
sold to the lilting comae for many
months to cone. A number of the
'farmers 1a the district are going in
for the raising of sheep, which, isI
particularly adapted' to •the . industry.
Winnipeg, Man. -Manitoba's
:garian partridge, released last spring
in the vicinity of Warren, ItIan., have
scattered over a radius of from 15' to
'20 miles, About x20 birds -were
Malls, released, and they have mniti-
plied rapidlyand taken to their Mani-
toba homes, As yet they are iminune'
from hunters. Another importation 1
will be madefrom Alberta'this fall. I
Regina,_ Sask.-The.. Saskatchewan'
honey crop for 1924 should amount to,
several carloads according to F. Hed-I
ley, Dep. Minister of •-^.grictt.tnre.
'Recent statistics show approximatelyi
500 beekeepers in the province, own-.
I lag possibly some 8,000 colonles of.
bees. The ,iiuinber of colonies varies
freer' one to forty and a fee, up to
the record of 15 kept by two aplar-
fists,'
Lethbridge, :Peterson,
,; , Alta,-=Kele. -
operating a dry farm east of here, Imo
completed the threshing of 58 acres
of his land summer followed two.
years ago and when seeded a year
ago this spring, yielded 59 bushels to
..the acres in 1923,- This spring it was
stubbled and the returns from the 1924
seeding are 40 bushels of wheat to the
acre. This makes 99 bushels of wheat
an acre from a single plowing.
Victoria, B.C.-The liner Empress
of 'Canada has brought 106 Russian
refugees from Harbin bound for• the
irrigated area in Southern Alberta to
engage in fa`rzning.
Crown Prince of Italy to Wed
Daughter of Belgian King
A -•despatch from Rome says: The
newspapers - here have eonfirmed . the
engagement of Crown Prince Hum -1
bent of Italy and Princess Marie Jose,
daughter of the Belgian King and
Queen. The engagement of Crown
Prince•Leopold of Belgium and Prin-
tees; Mefalda, daughter of the King
and -Queen -of Italy, is expected to be
announced either Nov. 4, or on the
King's birthday, Nov. 11,
, Two -Minute Silence
on November 11
A despatchfrom dttawa'heys:
The usual Armistice Day "two -minute
silence will be observed on Tuesday,
Nate 11th, at 11 o'clock, throughout
the British.Empire. This is in addi-
tion to the observance of Armistice
Day and Thanksgiving Day en Mon-
day, Nov. 10th
One of the things for which Cans
ada is most to be congratulated is that
she has established, a system of educa-
tion that compares favorably with any
in the world. Canada is .a nation of
literates, she has a remarkably small
proportion of illiterates," "stated the
Rt. Hon. H.- A, L. Fisher, former Min-
ister of Education in the British Gov-
ernment, when 'disembarking at Mon-
treat
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, accompanied by Me, J. II, Thomas,colonial
secretary, is shown arriviag'at the House of-Comenone to deliver his speech
on the Irish boundary: question:
BATTLE NOW CENTRES
AROUND CANTON CI
`l`Y
ments in science and engineering
which have made them possible. Yet
,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, of
Troy, New York, the oldest college
of 'science and engineering in any
Englislaspeakfng country, celebrated
only the other day the hundredth an-
niversary of its foundation.
For Canadians the celebration is of
special interest. '*-A.s Rensselaer bo -
came the' pattern of all the colleges of
science and .engineering' on the con-
tinent, it naturally left i. s mark on
several universities north of the'home-
d"ary. Moreover, not a few of the
young men who, in the early days,
eontributed to the material develop-
tent of the Dominion, turned to it for
their education. One, John Fiske Bar-
nard ('50), who had constructed a
number of the lines which were merg-
ed in the old :Grand Truals, became
chief.:engineer after they were;, con-
solidated. Another, Edward Penne-
feather Rothwell ('58), of Ingersoll
became the most eminent mining en-
gineer of ,his day, founder of the Am-
erican Institute of Mining and Metal-
Iurgisal Engineers and editor of the,
I_"Engineering and Mining Journal,"i :
Two graduates - still ° living- are
Charles Macdonald ('57), of Ganan-
ogno (where he still maintains'a sunt -
mer dome), who designed'and erected
numerous bridges' such as :the famous
Poughkeepsie Bridge across the Matt-
son, and John A:•L, Waddell ('75) of
Port Hope, whose career has reached,
far beyond the two Americas, •
Among Cauadiatt delegates to ;he
centennial were Sir Robert'.Falcoheiy
','resident of the University of -"To
recto, 7]r, R. Bruce Taylor, Principal
of Queen's University, and Dean Sit
N1. Mackay, of McGill University. Mr:
Arthur Surveyei. President ,of the
Engineering„Institute of Canaa, who
was cite of the principal speaker., was
honored with a doctorate.
Two U.S. -Gunboats; Ordered
to Quell Disturbances-
Casualties Nuniber One
Thousand.
•
A despatch from Washington, D.G„
says: -The United States gunboats
Sacramento and. Parepaugo of the
seuth,Chins: patrol• have been ordered
to proceed to Canton, owing to dis-
turbances there and were due to ar-
rive on October 15, it was reported to
the State Dept. by Consul General
Douglas Jenkins; in Canton,
• Casualties in the fighting so far are
estimated at about one ',thousand.
These include bah those'who perished
in the fire which had swept 'three-
quarters of a square mile of the city,
add those killed byltullets of -soldiers
posted es snipers on the roofs : •of
houses.
Mr, Jenkins described the situation
in Canton as ".critical, though . no
actualdisorderhas occurred since
October 10."
Shanghai, Oct. -16. -Landing• of 7,-
000 central Chinese Gdvernmont troops
at Chinwangtao was prevented to -day
by order of the commander of the
British garrison there, according to
O despatch to Japanese news agency.
The 'despatch said that the sem-
mender declared
oin-mender:declared such a landing would
be incompatible, with the protocol of
1901;
The. final protocol made • between
China and eleven .powers in 1901,
closing the situation bought about
by ;the Boxer•'rebellion, provided in
part for' the occupation of Chinwang-
tao' and otter points ."for the main
_tenance :of open communication be-
tween the capital`, (Pekin) and the
sea.+,
Bong Kong, Oct. 16,-Foieign mis-
sionserieS, and hospitals have called
Qtr the. United aates Consulate to
Yl 0
sailboats in tihe. hasher "'here :for
heir ., protection," Looting by the
"Reds" is said to be going on continu-
ously, and further serious trouble is
expected. Stes:mers from Canton to
Bong hong aro crowded with refugees,
A Century' of Science and
Engineering.
Few of those who enjoy the cern-
forts,,and conveniences of life in 1924
realize how recent are the develop -
die Alberta wheat pool has a mem-
11e11rhip of ,20,000 farmers, The tiros-
tees claim that the pool has resulted
'in a nye cent. 1tuglrel ndvapgege to
•t,h f#rxners in the last year, the total
.ing 20,000,000 bushels. ,
i
-1-M.N. the Prince of ;W'ale's ready
'for the hunt at his' recent visit to
Toronto.
OTTAWA GAVE PRINCE
RIGHT ROYAL.WELCOM'MIE
g,
Arrangements Made to Sall
for England on October 25
on "the Olympic.
A despatch from Ottawa Says: -
The Prince of. Wales arrived here at
7 o'clock' en Thursday evening and his
tram had` barely come to a standstill
French Adopt Children
to Cut Inheritance Tax
BEGINS WORK WITH .
HUGE SUM TO CREDIT
Permanent Agent -General f
Reparation Payments Start
With Capital.
A despatch' from Paris says:
When Seymour Parker Gilbert;
takes over the position of; porznan
Agent -General for Reparation P
monis. <in Berlin, on Oct: 31, he wi
have to his credit.for.meeting repel.
14012 payments the equivalent of ,9
000,000' gold marke, less some sin
amounts, which; have already be
paid out for deliveries in kind,
This euro is made up of, 140,000,0
gold marks paid by the German Gov
erument from revenues, and 800,00
000 gold marks of the credit which
Reichsbank, as part of the new n
issue, based on' the. present 'Da.
loan.
The Week's Markets;
TORO
ORONTO, 29c; cooked hams, 38, to 4Oa emoke~$
S'. 2(oi,. - 1:78 roll.; 18 to 2Uc; cottage zol s si to
u, yr .1 •8 ,•t 4No. 8. North., , aeon; o cd s�ppc-
1.e0 • cial, brant. brealdast ba'cen 29 to'31c
No 2 N th $1 8x' 'tic• bre ltfast b 28 t 27
Man, oats -Ne. 2 CW f7
� 1' c' -',No, backs boneless, 38 to. 330.
J. 3 GW, 09c; extra No, ,� toed, 09c; °:137,113u01:1:1$1:2:11:::
u od meets-hong&ear bacon, 50
oat No, 1 toed, 67e No, 2'feod, C6c. to 70 lbs,, 9].7,50;'14:
70, tor00 1bs., ,$16.80;
All the above ai,f„ 5y pots 00 Ibs, and' lipp, $15,50; lighttvelght
Pa ` Am; corn track Toro rolls, in barrels, $33; heavyweight
11 ollow;: $1 20;; • , oto --No: 2 rolls, $27.
a- • ]tIi1'.fecd-Del„ Montreal Frei Tits Lard --Pure; tierces, 1'79 to 18eg
40,- bags included: 'Bonn, per ton,, $35.25; ;fibs, .795 to 18t/ac; paild, 1$ to 15%s'
all shorts; per ton, 532.25; middlings, prints, 20�, to 20 sliorten�n;
38 tierces 13,55 toi6c;.tubs, 10 to 16/ae�"
$ Ontood toed fioui, per bag, 32.25, ail. 5855 10 17c• pp nts 1
Ont oats ----No. 3 white, 62 to bye. P Ex ort ,;cera 'cholco 7,or7,2 c-
00 Ont: wheat -No, 2 winter, $1,80 to do good $6.26 to $6.75 • bu$teher stem,
$1.34;;No, 3 wittier, OAS to $1.32; choice, f 8.25::to.$8.50;1do good, $5.50:
0•_ Ne, 1 commercial; $1.26 to $1.29, f.o.b. to "$6; do, comm to:r-Bair S`S�3, to $4,75;:
Shining points, seeerding to freights, butcher heifers, cho ce, 96.25 to $6;
the Barley -Malting, 88 to 98c,
no Buckwheat -No. 2, 92 to 95e, do, good, $4,75 to $5; do, oice, $3,60
wes Rye -No. 2 'i $1:12. to $4,251 botcher; cows,choice, $4 to
to S1.1'7. $450 d fair $3 t 87ii d
e pat., eat `$0:40; s, Montreal,
al, prompt
0,40 bulls, good, $8.60 to $4,25• do, fair,
a bulk, seaboard,' nominal; $ l 8 to $8;601 do, bologna $2.50 to $31
Man: flour, First puts., in jute feeding steers, good, $!i,25 to $5.60)
26. sacks, $9.05 per obs•, and ata( do, fair $1.50 to $5 ; stockers, good,
$8.65. to
14 Toronto, $14,50;, No, 8, $12,60•
n- Stz"aw-Carlota pee t 89.
n�
o bay -pots per ton,$22 50
Ont, flour=New, ninety • ; o, a r, , q ' ; do, can -
o pat per cent noes, cutters, '$1 60 t $2 50 butcher
The; Agent -General will thus:ha
within 60,000,000 marke of the bilii
stipulated as earmarked ; for repar
tion ,.payments before Sept, 1, 19
The new bank of issue also will ha
600,000,000 gold marks of the Reiei
bank reserve, and the entire rente
mark issue, which' will be called -in i
gide of seven yeare. -
Gerznany's total paper currency,
which is covered Cly 40 per cent. gol
will amount to 'about "3;500000,Q
marks, exclusive' of rentenmarl
Which are regarded as having a larg-
er gold covering than any.:other bank
isms in Europe. '
Probably -the whole billion will be
paid' out in Germany for deliveries' in
kind, sea that, the Agent -General u
likely will have any cash transfers
make during the first 12 months. Th
Reparation Commission- has. been
'authorizing, deliveries in kind at:6u41
a rate .during September and- Octobe
that, if the present proportion is Don
tinned, total orders for• deliveries i
kind will roach a billion marks earl
in jute bag JZantreal tom t e ; cu er , , o.- ;
Bay -IVO. 2 timothy, per ton, track, $4 es a4.60; d fair, $3 60 $4
calves, choice, $10 to ' $11; do,
. z on, , mod, $7.50 to '$9.50; do, grassers,
Scieenings=Standard;, 41, nod f, $8.50 to $4; much cows, choice, $85
b, ` t to $85; springers, choice, 970- to $90
Cheese --Now; large22.5 tuns plain: Dews, $40 cto $60; choice, ligh�
20%,c; ,triplets, :21a; Stiltons, 22e.'Old; • sheep, $7,50-te 98,5,0; heavies and
d+ targe 2, 8 to 24o; twins, 24 to 25c• c Dice Iambs,
, $ 4,50 to to $4• :good
00 tri lets, 25 to 20e- ' choice lambs; $11,50 to $12 huclts,
ts, 29.50 L $10 11 $8 t $9 hogs',
No, $ , y p $ ,.
utter -Finest creamery prints, 40 fed : and watered, '$1.0.85; do! f.o.b.,
to 41c:; No., 1 c�•eaznsry;39 to 40c; 10,26•`do country
Dints .10• do
,. 85 to .36c; 'dairy, 28 to 30c. off cars, $11.25; select preznium, $2.12..
Eggs -"Fresh .extras, be cartons, 54
to 554 loose, 52 to 58e; storage extras,
in cartons, 46 to 475; loose, 44 to
n 46c; storage firsts, 40 to 41e1, storage
to Iseconds, 84 to 35c, -
Live poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs., 200;
e do, 4 to 5 lbs., 1.7c; do, 3 to 4 -lbs., 15c
spring chickens, 2 lbs. and•over, 25c;
h roosters, 12es ducklings, 5 Iles. and up,
✓ 18e. ,
Dressed poultry Hens, over 5 lbs„
n 26e; do, 4 to 6 lbs, 22c• do, 8 to 4 lbs,,
1,8c; spring chickens, 2 lbs. and aver,
9 80e; roosters, 15e; ducklings, 5 lbs
in the spring: , '
About 80 per cent. of this biblio
reparation account will , e spent, b
Britain, France and Belgium on th
expenses of their -armies.
A law wase passed in France recent Deliveries in kind will yield eash in
ly making.the legal adoption of child- their own currencies to the receiving
ren relatively easy of aceomnlishment, Governments,: because deliveries of
and the new measure is rbsulting in coal, dyestuffs, eta., will . be sold for
loss of revenue to the government. cash by the governments to their own
Inheritance: taxes in France are people.
heavy, Ona fortune of 1,000,000
francs'`s. nephew who • inherits must
pay 400,900 francs to the state, a Natural Resources •Bulletin.:
when he stepped off and hurried for- __ r
ward, hat!› in hand, •to receive the grand -nephew •441,000 francs, an un,
-greetings of His Excellency the Gov- related inhorltor 482,000 frames, but a The Natural Resources Intelligence
enter -General; Hon: George P. Gra child pays • only 123,000 francs. Service of the Dept. of the Interior
Gra-
ham, acting Prime Minister, and BBon --'Adopted children rank as real child at Ottawa says:
Martin Burrell ren, so it has become the habit for While Canada has a large area of
The Prince, who Was wearing a testatons'.to adopt distant relatives and land, amounting to approximately 3,-
light tweed overcoat over his evening friends to whom they desire to leave 608,910:' square miles, and it would
clothes,walked down over
longplat- inoney, seem .that there should be plenty for
* w everybody, at reasonable prices, the
form chatting amiably with the Gov- -, settlement of certain portions and its
ernor-General and lifting his derby use for business purposes has greatly
hat to the saluting police and guards. Prince Regent of Japan Plans increased its vola, In business
As His Royal Highness 'and Lord' New Biological Laboratory centres, particularly, prices have
Byng. entered the station a tremen- reached such a height that the neces-
dous, crowd, held, back by a special de-� The Prince Regent of Japan is spm- sity for accurate surveys show's the
tachment of Royal Canadian Mounted star for a new' biological laboratory importance of this work, and. while,
Police, cheered again and again, while which will be erected in the compound to the unthinking, the matter of a dif-
the official party passed. through to of the Akasaka Imperial Palace. 'The, Terence of a foot more or less need
the station exit.. ' t plans for the laboratory are being hardly be considered; a few years -a
sidewalks fon block after block, and `Since he wat'i•"a boy the Prince comparatively brief space in the life
Outside the station. crowds lined the drawn. by the Prince himself:
' ce its` Of a nation -may mean the establish -
cheered the Prince as the motor cars gent has been'nmch interested in the anent of a community that will rapid -
carrying the party proceeded to Gov- study of biology. Ile began collecting -ly become a metropolis, and a cense
•ernment house. The Prince stayed at specimens while lie -was In the prim- 'cuent enhancement of values to un-
Government blouse where an official ary grade" of •the Per's 46hooi and beli bI heights
and up, 25c. • ,
n Bean's -Can., hand-picked, Ib-, 81/2c;
y primes, .6c.
he Maple products -Syrup, per , imp.
gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal tin, $2.40 per
gal.; maple sugar, ib., 26 -to 26c.
Honey -60 -lb, tins, 13%c per Ib,;
10 -Ib. tins, 133te;; 5 -ib. tine, 14afiel
2% -lb. tins, lSc.
dinner was given by Their •Esceilen- amaraed an huportant eolleetion as'he believable ;
,, It is but 131 years since- Governor
cies. - grew older. It. was destroyed by fire Simcoe, the first governor of Sipper
A despatch from New4York says in the Taltanawa palace after the great Canada, reproved the seat of govern -
The Prince of Wales will sail for earthquake. writ from Niagara across the lake
home en the Olympic on her next east- I He Is said to know ' thename of 8
to a tent pitched on a site just east of
bound trip, leaving here at 1 a.m., every'.inaeet and every Alpine plant the present city of Toronto. Land in
October •25. The Prince has :reserved 1n Japan. the new, provincial capital could no
three suites for .himself and party- i
The suites include a sitting room, C-
68, and three bedrooms, with as many
baths. Confirmation of the royal visi-
tor's
isitor's sailing came from Sir Henry
Gloster -Armstrong, : British Consul-
General.
Autos Use .British Road -
Trod by Ioman'egiona
The announcement that the Prince
of ` Wales, -upon returning from his
Canadian trip, willopen the recon-
structed road' between Dartford and
cstrdod draws attention to ono of the
oldest and most. celebrated highways,
to f6urope. This lo- told in an 'As- •
eociated Press dispatch from. London,.
This patch of road is in reality part
of Watling „Street, a thoroughfare ' of
great, antiquity whioh ;still traverses
the heart of London and; just.back of
St, Paul's Cathediral, to this day bears
Ste anclent name.
The motorist who today costes up
to London front Canterbury traverses
the same road, the famous Watling
Street, which Roman soldiers took
when, on conquest bent, they marched
through England.
And this old road which the. Prince
of Wailes will again throw open to the
Public! in November as to -day what it
-has ever been, the most convenient
route' between, London and the ports
of France. -
A Prize Bahr.
Salaefaetion .and encouragement
come to as from many directions. This
'morning's mail brings a letter stating
that the baby of one of our foemob
wltrds.has taken a prize at the
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coyit
q
falx. -J, J.Kelso, retary,•Chit-
dren's "shelter, Toronto. `.
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doubt have 'been pbta'ned at that time
very • cheaply, and property on what
are now the downtown streets was.
farm. land. A foot frontage mere or
'less would hardly be considered in re-
gard to values, but the surveyor of
those days, as at present, required cc-
1''curacy. Time has justified this need
for imeuracy, as is evidenced by a re
cent report of the assessment commis -1
sioner of Toronto, • which shows that,
property Ionated on the corner of Biagi
and Yonge Streets le,now:assessed at
$1.8,000, per foot frontage, or $1,500
per inch. Who could have foreseen
that the original tent of Governor
Simco. in 1793 would be a city of
040,000 people .m 1924?
With .
rtlr. the extension of railways,, aid•.
the opening up: of new areas, :what is 1
ft.rzn land to -day may early become
a city, and what in western Can.:1 r
may to -day he bare prairie in a com-
paratively'few years may he another
Winnipeg.
Canada's greatest natural resobrce
is her :ands, and on the surveyor must
she depend for the accurate sulnli-
!'vieion of this land, that future citf.
Bene inay nothave causes for disputes
• over measurement,
Over, the: action` of• Sir Patrick .er
Hastings, attorney -general in the Labor "Now, children," said the teacher
government of I]ugiand,'in the Case of "leant :going. to tell you aboutthe ship -
Jamey R. Campbell, communist editor, popotamus, but you will have no idea
the storm broke which resulted in •'what it is like unless you pay strict
MacDonald'fi• fall. attention and look at me!" -
MONTREAL.
Oats -Can. West., • No. 2, 76e; No.
8, 750; extra No, 1 feed, 74e, Pleura -
Man. spring -wheat pats., late, ,9.03;
ands, 118.65;; , strong: bakers', $8.35;
winter pats., .choice, •$6,75 to $6.85.
Rolled oats -Bags, 90 lbs., $4 to $4.10.
Bran, $80.25. Shorts; $82.26. Mid-
dlings, $38.25. Hay -No, 2, per ten,
car lots $16 to $16.50:-
Cheese -Finest wests., 17%c; finest
east's., 17,6 to 17r,5c. Butter -No. 1,
pasteurized, 8614 to , 86%c; No. 1
creamery, 85%c; ands, 84% to 84blc.
Eggs --Storage extras, 44e • storage
seconds, 83e; fresh extras, 616e; fresh
firsts, 42c. •Potatogs-Per bag, car
lots, 70 to 75c.
Calves, weals, $$ to $9; grassers,
$3; lambs, med., $10.50; do, ood, $111
hogs, mixed lots, $10.25; selects, $11;
Smoked meats -Hams, coed., 27 to soave, $6.50 to $7.50.
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Vo�earer;rs«
Thee photograph from the Chinjese war zone shows airplane,• being un,
loaded at Nanking. By a queer, coincidence, the please slime herd was
wroeked the day after the picture was taken, killing ;two of the few Chinese:
aviators.
Surveyors Brave Perils
in Wilds of Far North
G. H. Blanc. et, government direetdr
rot suryeysy is- book in Winnipeg from
the" Barren Lands, after a lengthy trip
by canoe through a country winch is A despatch from Constantinople
"terra incognita" to most white men, says: -The Georgian revolution has
Completing first the survey of. Great practically stopped the export of oil
Slave Lalte, begun in 1921, Mn Blan- from the Caucasusn The revolution
ohet and his' party, fifteen in all, head- iota, whose whole offensive is now di.
ed north and east into the Barren rected against oil exportation, have
Lands to survey the area contiguous 'dynamited in a dozen places the eight -
to the big chain of lakes from which inch kerosine pipeline that stretches
560 Mlles from- Baku to Batum, and
for More than six weeks have wreck-
ed every train of oil tank cars sent
out over the Baku-Batum railroad or
the Baku Derbent - Grosnyi - Resta.'
refined. These are the only expor-
tatioh routes.
The revolutionists also are respon-
sible for huge fires 'which have been
raging in tite Baku ,and Grosnyl fields
for six weeks, •and ,and
and strikes
among the workmen Gln the oilfields.
Several of the biggest refineries in the
.Baku field have been dynamited.
All the raw and refined petroleum
that has left' the Russian Black Sea
ports since the revolution commenced
has •come from the few storage tanks
M thole ports.
It will take the Soviet more than
a year to repair the pipeline.
GEORGIAN REBELS IN-
JURE RUSSIA'S TRADE
Ealport of Oil Stopped When
Baku-Batutn Pipe Dyne -
naked and Trains Wrecked.
tire-Coppormine, Back's, Yellowknife,
Thelon and other northern rivers
drain the area; lying from Groat Slave
north to the Arctic and northeast to
the •shores of Hudson Bay.•
The route taken was by way of Ars
tilleay _Lake past the site of old Fort
Reliance, tlirongh the Clinton, Golden
and Aylmer lakes to Lake Madre?, ; It
was an adventurous trip through'terri-
tory s etreely visited by whites in the
last two hundred years sines Berne,
clisccvered it..
Canada Now Chief Exporter.
of Wheat to Britain
The <TTnited. States ie no lohg`er the
chief exporter of wheat to the United
Kingdom.. -Tho largest suppiies of this
grain to the Baitish''I3Ie5--now ooze
from the Dominion of Canada, with
the united States' second end Argen-
tina a close third,
It ie,only in barley and oats that the
TTnited States has retained its hold on
English imports, - •
0-Iere is part'of the Grow eiethe 1.l
million -dollar eergo of furl,, :Tits meg?nac
,ted Htidsop's Say Co5npo0ny shpt 1.4.5y It{ndrtaley,wkttsir
a perilous drill ovol•, ddugorous ,.gs `4Tss lq opor} a5 a azlc
Copt to chi ,bottoin of the northern sena with h
mai pfo1E1q, up by another ve0001,
Sun -Spots c
Will Increase
for a Number of Years
Old Soi's"getting the "measles"
again.
Between 'February and August of
last year the sun Had a minimum of
smote, Professor George H. Peters of
the 'United States Nayal Observatory,
has observed..' The number of snots
now Is increasing and will increase
for a` number of years. The sun -spot
cycle occurs every eleven and one -
,tenth -years, : Bays Professor Peters,
and has just passed the minorum An
propect for 1934,
For a number of days during the
middle of 1923 me- spots. were, seen on
the son's disk. Just where the zero.
point for sun spots is gives rise to n.
difference- of opinion.
During (1o'e periods of sunspot maxime
the intensity et the northern lights in..,;.
the laver latitudes gives' evidence of
intense maguecttc conditions. Some
spots do not produce marked northern
lights, while others do, Just which
spots' cause probable increase is a
problem which Professor Peters is
Working on now.
17ac11 clout -day of the year at noon
Professor Peters photographs. the sun.
A, photo -heliograph with five inches
aperture and forty feet local length is
r,sad, Tiro image of the -sun is •taken
,on a 'plate four' and a half inches in
diameter. The light is thrown hate
the vsiiiora from the surface of en trn-
siivered mirror,