HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1924-11-27, Page 34.
joGer1Sir Lee Stack Seseettnebs t let WeelestIs-
R4,TES RAIDED
CANADIAN,
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O1 ASSilatanc.0,
esiscter' Adrift kr. Weck.
etheeit Carrel -me& •
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e DeriGunseecl by Zagbioulise and 1 adonA frona New says .-
.Dilurde.Vers Not Yet Traced- IAS't"11at'll'initei on One high F'9'a8 and
, of the disabling, of a shin by modern
A •despatch from Cairo says:- bloody stain" on the country's. honor., buccal:dere Of the liquor trade was "put
'Najor-Cieneral Sir Ler Oliver Stack, Thus fai the assassins- have, not on theiairi'.by
Governor-General of Sudan and Sir- been traced, although several dariestsi President Dardingi;:llareburg to NeW
'dar of ,the Figyption Army since 1919, have been made on suspicion:. yorIc, which .1..eportecf
succurnired 'to the bulletof :Issas- A deptitch from •,London ,Vieronica 'ofiLondon,,found 'drifting at
sins. He died late on Thursday in a Most of the morning newspapers coin- •,sda Without*Thistrunients to.'determine
Cairo hospital, •merited very, seriously On the attack its postion
The ,Sirdar was attacked On Wed- On Maj. -Clan -oral Sir Lee Stack, de:-. Fhst epoxits 'picked •-do -en-Thu/is-
nestlay by a group of mem, who, fail- mending that the GoVerinment take•day'lisS tee East :Moriches, station
,
ing to achieve lama'. • puwith rpose wia prompt action. - , „ of the Tndependent Wirelass
bomb, opened fire- on him with revel- While Premier Zaghloul .Pashit and gTaph Co. from the President Hard -
'vers, General Stack was ,wotitnded in the Egyptian GoYernment *are ao.quit- IngTeportod the finding and 'condition
the abdomen, the hand and the foot, ted Of having desired, • muck less of the 'Veronicaand incl'ucloti tlie
•one of the bullets passing under the prompted the•outragd, it la*conicjided worelv "raiderspirates" which led to
Fon the- first his condition that they ',Were to' aigreat extent mor- the belief that the schooner had fallen
was serious and there Was. very slight ally responsible by „their alleged los- .prey to, tr ind of. hiLja`dicers,
-hope Thursday morning that he would tering of the extremisM and hOstilEY _Later reports stated that tioe'Pres:
reeover. After an operation he pass- to the *British. , • • Want iiardiag,had supplied -the Ver -
oda fairly good night, hut the loan of The 'Times says the Egyptian Gov- iliCa With instruments and had notified
lalooci was so great that two tranefu- ernment must be taMtiht that its pros- hey., owner, N. K._ Warren of' Halifax,
sions were necessary, ties of '!pandering to the extremists N.S., to send a tug teller aid.
He remained conscious until the for political advantage" cannot be tol- .The -position of the looted craft Was
afternoen, then a change for the crated. The paper Continues: ' given as latitude 41.46,. 'longitude
worse occurrediamd he•graduallr slip- "This is no -case for a leismely ex- 63.31, about- 100 miles oiT Cape Sable.
ped away, dying about midnight: Lady change. of 'diplomatic notes; it. is a They reported the' ship had been,.."lost"
Stock, who -Iliad` been' indneed OVer- coae for immediate and,,energetie tie= for six, days While itdrifted- along
night tb take a Much needed rest re- tion.' Such action was effective in the Without any .conipass;chroneroeter, or
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mained by her husband's bedoide Sadan„troubles, aad..the Conservative ether" instruments by -whiCh ;its offi-
-most the entire day. ,• • .)o-vernment will be expected to act cers,•could tell, where they were. or
The whole country, is *Profoundly at !coat as promptly and firmly as did which way they wanted to go. The
shocked at the outrage, and the gray- Mr. MacDonald's Govermhent." _. attention of. the President 1Tarding
ity of the 'situation 19'. everywhere Some of the other papers demand was "attracted by flares and rockets
realixed. Thd presa' denounces the that the British Government with- from the disabled boat * •
• •crim.e in the strongest 'terms'. -*•• draw some or all of the concessions Afteseethe first meagre report the
The ZageLoulist papers Unanimous- already made to Egypt. Ever, the United States Line despatchad a radio
ly declare that Egypt's honor demands Liberal organs, which comm.ent less, message to the President Ilardirig
the discovery a the culprits and their drastically, treat the incident as grave I asking for further details and receiv-
. punishment.' ' Nothing, they, assert, 'and aall upon Zaghloul Pashasimpera- ed a repili which confirmed, the belief
hi-jackers. The latest message from Canada from' Coast to Coast
will be negleeted "to 'wash away the tively to suppress the terrorism, that the schooner had fallen prey to
Queen Alexandra's Christmas card this year will be '"Phe Nativity,"
painted by Iloward Davie.
Rizedirig Uses for Our I the liner reads:
Hardwoods. nesday). Vessel displayed flare and ket for Prince .Edward Island live capacity and it is said that not sinde
rockets, whieh is the$.O.5. in Morse stock is expected to be opened un in 1920 have business conditions in this
"Veronica sighted at. dusk' (Wed- Charlottetown, new mar- numbering 25, are now Working to
In Canada in 1922 there were nearly
three million broom. and mep 'handles
made. These are practically all made
•of as -thiS wood provides a
handle of•sufficteat strength fon Oven
Ike most energetic sweeper. 'This is
but one of, the uses tor which hard-
wobd isi adaptable.
Canada has large areas of hardwood
forest, and even of naixed forest in
which hardwoods predearthmte, nays
the Natural. Resbarces Intelligence
Servide of the Departmeut of the In-
terior. 'Ono of the problems •ef for-
estry -1.s what use to make of the hard-
woodi., If the trees esseld .he taken:
out and utilized- at the samw time ae
the coniferous timber is tieing cut it
would materially Jensen the difficul-
ties et lumbering and reduce' the ex-
pense of taking out the wood... 'Me
limited markets, however, restrict the
development of the liartlw.00d Industry,.
with the cons‘oeuence that much Of air
weed is wasted. Hardwoods as a
*hole are More defectiye than •soft-
woo.ds, 'and in eider to cover tile cost
of takIng.•out the anaterlal the closest
utilizatien of every log, -net 'of inaide
only but of thet spepies,' Mr the
particular IModuet for which isi'best
suited, ieemeeseant. to seoure satisfee-
tory returns In the hardwood. industry,
The local manufacturing of small,
wares -of hardwood is one not. yet, un-
dertakenSto any large ,extent• in Can-
ada, although in scime European conn -
ries it is of considerable importance.
Stone Slab Marks Spot Where
Nurse Cavell Was Shot,
wondar hoW, many are aware of
the. eliaracter -of the monument which
marks, the spot where iVries Edith
Cavell'wes shot, says London Even-
ing Standard writer. -
It is at the Nhtional Rifle Range -
the Tir National, as 'it le, called -on
Eie outslciiis of Brussels. 1$ long,
one -storied building. Entering it Y•oh.
find a series of galleries . with peet-
house roofs everleolting .the range,
Five or six hundred,y0s away are
the grassiCeVered mounds the rifle
. butts, • . • . • '-
It W8,5 on oncrof these raped' galler-'
les thet the German firing patty stood,
mfseeGavell was Plated en a ali'als
otilY 'te)sr feet-about.twelve feet at
Ake trioSik-"--frorn the •exeentioners.'
butie-d s they passed through her
thou sped along the ranges. ' • '
And the menument? On the spot
where the chair reeted is a slab of
white stone. In dee ,susee are' sunk
four brass disks, each about the size
_
of a penny. They project about a quar-
tet- et an inch above the stone, and
they the ends of the four legs of
the wooden chair on which Miss Cavell_
sat when she was sbot, . It is 'one of'
the mcat extraordinary Monuments in
the world, and' certainly one -of the
inest effective -and affecting..lt seems
to recreate flfat early' inornbag seehe
most vivialy.
g p po ss, s cistillate of crude
code. The .1-Tarding's course was Bermuda as a result of an initial line been so good. Practically every
changed at onee in order to' render. shipmeet made from this disteict to factory is now working overtime in
assiitance. e Hamilton, Bermuda. • oedee that the Christmas rush orders
"'With the use of our searchlights Kingston, N.S.-Apple growers in may be got out. ,
the ship's boats were sent alongside this vicinity have built and plat in Winnipeg, Man.---Compaeatively lit -
the Veronica. The schooner's captain operation:a' large evaporator to handle tle threshing remains to be done in
reported that -they had been raided by their surplus and poorer qualitie$ of the westerzeprovifices, and a few days
pirates on November 15, who After fruit. The building, which test $20,- of good weather would see its emu-
-raiding the vessel had stolen the com- 000, has storage room for 500 barrels pletion, according to the -weekly crop
pass xnagnets and had put the chrono- of apples in bulk. KiX thing kilns repert of the Agriculturel Dept. a
,rneter out of order, ' will be operated dao i and night during the Can. Pac. Railway. rot the great-
, e"Tlie Veronica requested (or -"re- the season and when, working to ca.pa- er part of the past 'week the western
fueld," the word is not clear irt the city the•plent will be -able to turn out provinees enjoyed ideal weather.
message) a tow. They attempted to About a tarload of the finished product Mowing has triode considerable ad-
jower a case of liquor to the ship's a week. - vancement; but it is hardly likely that
b
o
a"t
s
The' Pi•eaident }larding was. de- below ,average for 1924 is•reported by eel owing to the lateness of the eeason.'
Fredericton, Ist.B.-A crop slightly the .usual acreage will be accomplish-
layed two hours en account of render- the Provincial Dept. of AgrieuRure. Regina, -Saele.---The recent sheep
ing assistance to the Veronica which, A preliminary estimate placed the to- sale held here was -one of the most
to alrappearances, was seaworthy and tai, yield of wheat, oats, 'buckwheat euecepsful ever held In this province,
had a large ereW good health, litho end baeley atsabout 90 per cent. a the acco?.:ding tc, the Prov. Livestock Com-
- S I ri LEE smci< weye sawed to on- board. Be_ crop of last Year, potitoes are ex- inissioner. The, top price of the sale
88rittiolar.rgeletaei EargYttiasnu'artiaintzlavhnod gwo:s- lieve Veraniaa broke from moorings Pentad to yield approximately 5,500,- was $102.60, liaid Air a Shearlin8' Ox -
shot ditfn on Nor. 19 by•atisassins dtiring xecent gale. Owners acknewl_ 000 bushels. This is about half a fOrd Ram. The average pricepaid for
Cairo. edged report." , ,° tralhen bushels below last year's yield. Oxford Rams was $42 par- heade $37
•
M is expected that turnips -will yield pee head for Shropshires and tonic -
1,828,700 bushels. • • What similar averages Inc South -
Montreal, Que.-The Port of Mon- downs, Leicesters and Suffolks. All
Legal Adoplion.
-
Although the Legislates's:, in 1.80e-
.1898, passed an Act„erititted "The
Children's Protection ,Act" which pros
tided, among ether thiegs, that chil-
dren left destitute should be placed in
foster homes, there was no pthvision
for complete adoption beettlise of the
bib -exitance problem and the hesitancy
of changing time-hormred precedure.
If the foster parents died without
makieg a will the child was iucapable
of partaking in any part a the in-
heritance. and'M many cases'avas turn-
ed adrift by thee friends of the de-
ceased who had no love forthe and
and even•looked upon it as an inter-
loper.
To remedy all this, at the 1921 ses-
sion of the Legislature, a law was
passed entitled 'An Act respecting
the Adoptiori.of Children." Under this
Act the foster parents 'can apply .'to
the ProvinCial Officer, Mr, j. J.Kelso,
and by a very simple procedure full
legal adoption 'is secured. The child
, n en s mid pur-
Poths a -member of the family, With tanal resoureee, Artificial gas is
oil the cighi of inheritance. which the 'largely made feem coal, gas, oil And
,.jaw fsestows on a natural child in case water'"' an nilnenals'' and 'lenClien the
the Permits ' clie 'intestate. Airead, consumer. through metallic conduits.
nearly iwo thotisand citizens havel" 1\h'tural gas; with *hich Many' d
•taken advantage of this new law t, bur - manicipalities are fortunately
make secore.the place -of a loved child peo,vided, is anether natural reseuree
• ti • • , oleo -eat, value.
Even the passing wax candle is tho
I It has been tustoninry, in ihe pest Prsdust bf the same crude oil, the
I Cor eastern pu:p te ship app:e Parmffine Nvax beMg from the
rti )3 to ell
Natural Resources Bulletin.
- treat is handling an enormous in:thyme the annuals entered were sold and the
The Natural Rest:Zeroes Intelligence of grain this Season, the amount demand was greeter than the supply.
Service of the Dept. of the Intevior at handled during October hirving been Calgary. Alta. -Much intetest svlll
. -
Ottawa says: -
The present short 'mare of dnyeight,
and, the necessity of using Artificial
ligsC that we may carry on our duties
for the customary length of time,
shonld bring th the mind of those give
Ing serious consideration to every -day
problems our absolute dependence
upon natural reseurces for our light-
ing system, be it electric, gas or coal
oil illuinination,
The generation of electric light,
whether the primary power -be water-
power or coal, its distribution over
metallic -wires, using insulators of
various non-metallic minerals, and
wooden or metal poles, and its final
availability in the form of the electric
light bulb, a emnbination- of mineral
products, emphasizes the close asso-
eiatiOn of vaeious natural retourcess
in providing thie great convenience,.
Our gas supply, similarly, is due
to the combustion of a itemiser of ea -
111511100 wrappers Cohinibia, but .rcIsidue after the- gas°1ine• ker°cIen°
the tide has tuthatl Feld tiesu D ter 'and Ps 011 atIe l'eln°v-e'd• •
se- - It wit eeadily"be seen and no doubt
, wrappers smt.a.,,,e, for .,trui, cocring
, aro new being shipped from New appreciated that tha development ofl
Weatminster to fro , -Canada's natural eesouress is produe- •
s • contribute hi no smaroneasure to the
ierge-,,quanfities, Mg a variety or ii,Arninants which
With the continurition of the plies- comfort ,and necessity of our people,
ent -rate of produetion to the end of both in their homes aed in thdustry.
the year, theevaeue `or /3eitish Col:eel-to Acetylene gas is produced by the -
Ma's mineral output for the -.current action of water upon calcium carbide,
year will amount to 8N/1'0:IA181;8:y, the latter produced by the heating of
550,000,000. This is $9,000,0004ther colce ancl lime to a high. taMpeeature.:
than last year. , Kerosene, er coal oil, usecl.for light -1
' I in ur s i I '
' natural rcsourcs of which Can-
38,000,900 hue -bele. The amount be attached to the live stook show in
handled up to November 3rd was 140,- Chicago this fell, as a result of the
135,000 bushels, whith is sufficient to deeision of Prof. Carlyle, matufger of
indicate that the objective of 170.000,- the Prince of Wales' kanch, to exhibit
000 bushels 'tor the year will very "I.12," cattle.
ICeloWna, R,C.-The Occidental
Fruit Co. has shipped a considerable
quantity of Okanagan appleS to New
Zealand this year and just recently
billed out trgood sized order for the
tones of Kitchener and Waterloos Fiji Islands.
peobardy be reached. To date the quan-
tity handled is About 25,000,000 bush-
els over that for the same period last
year.
Kitchener, Ont -The furniture face
Pield-Matd Lotd Flumer is 'rimy;
01% laYing a wreath 00 the Candtapli in
ani4verdai..y of the firstliattle .01 Ypres'.
' One Phone for Every Ten
• Inhabitants.
France has faver telephones than
almost any other country in the world,
nut despondent commentator on this
situa,tion in •"Le, Victoire" notes with
I„,sorrow that to Increaseetle service
would be but to increase the number
of neurasthenics and to fill the asy-
.
•Aceerding to the figures ,pubilshed
Prance has only one eelephone for
evety; 82 inhabitant's in. comparison
one ler every 8 in the, United
States, Zor• every 10 Canada, for
, every 35 10 Germany and 'every 49 in•
, 'Greet Brittim Other.cotantri.es which
haye More telephones in Proportion to
their population than Planes are New
Zealand, -Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
!Australia, _Switzerland, Holiantb Lux-
retabourg Austria, Finland, Cuba and
Argentina. in coMparison with Arnett -
Ican cities Perla has a telephone for
..every 16 Parisigns, while Chicago has
one tor every 4, Boston for •every 5,
New York tor every 5:7 •and Philadel.
',.phia tor every 9,
linsband of George Eliotbies.
Althaa&ii. uaarse :met 18 known as
I eine ot the avoricl`s greatest writers,
11*',. husband, John Walter Cross, at-
IGained less lame, sies a 'London des-
" • h far totten his es'i$te,..le Until the
patch, Meat people lengrand
barrels. In -the setiach for ,supp.ies yard Sir riae:re?ohciiiidso; scotichci os.,_eat..ncoautnett'leirno esnztt o01e.' leilisoldte;ihuar, tenwet,iwaay:
ada l928 P1001.188'1 0,1:y 171,902 Head of the special
which inve„,tigatcd the zinovieff
oil, in:lawyer, great activity is 110W tlic
taking place in many portionn
of ote, sir Borlasedies refusedn aofter,,I,)ene4ii,hgriie
sdatlleleegllsga-ss raraU
t,eCenTTIVi.Y4flem
le,qih.
s th4e of a50,000 made by an American syndl, wag onlyatiniple ` corernanY anarc
d onlY
country.
'cate for a story of his war -time secret.„.five, mourners ettenced., .
Reftriseasselion.
_ s
The failure -of :prison:discipline t
lalaini is de to the'fact that depend-
ence is put apcii'
iirestraintunon
futsdet to cliey sot ralex. When
Tijonitil• ").1.R.011 on driVen,t0 '010e1.101;0e,,
, actiVe .opposition is created dind
in-
stead"cf growing better he 'becomes
wi
orse thaaugh the eveil SP,Irit that Is
stirred up. Jnst, as „siclt person needs
.1-a. skilled physician, to the prisoner
needs a cottnso.dor more, than a guard
i ---one -wile by his just, Patient , arid
hindly attitude candne'pire respect and
„
confidence, 'Reform names from with-.
a man's awn •heart: His • " f t in
himself must be aroused by tactful
. counsel and brotherly sympathy, and
an2ortiinaleiy, these humane qualities
are not alivaYs found among the of-
.1;cials, who control our 11,, ' t't
ne..1)DWD1' t() ilifitienco others
With•his staff ahe after tcercmony Torgoot a ,101111..,y, 001 sought
enclou to commemth
orate e tenth for nor a -
ppreciated as it should be,-
siervice itvark.
. . • spent n-ny ye.a: s in America 'includ-
ing thermof the Civil War period. He'
111'81, 1n02.018 W11 -1150,,a114 ber first tins -
band, Coarse Iledry Lewes, in 1869,
and was' one ,of titair closest friends.
Atior Levesis 'death tho L•iendship, '
cont5nne2..Althica0.0resS was twenty- I..
ene years Younger than the' .distin-
guished anthorose, She 'finally con: '
sented to -marry 'him in 1.380,'.,,a 'few
months before her death, Alter the -
I:MS.0f 1118 '1.,128, evons devoted Munic11.
to writing, this -ivork inch:ding •a biog-
raphy ot ti0l\He0Mnii aidicies •ort. Mona-
.. What is Most I.Morth7 • • ,
. Iti,does not seem reasInial")le that it
shouid be necessary to force people te
„atiard their 0041211, and yet, experience
•ha,s we are most careless.Of
thsit'whicb is Most met:ions, We neg-
lect,' the,•ordinaiiy safeguatili 'So neces-
sary to family health, Weneec5 such
reminders as aro given by ,aur provin-
cial health organization. Hi:oda:eds. of
InfaMs= is es liays,heen saved 34' milk.
pasteurization and yet there are many
who will appose this thost necessary
measure. - Before we had inspection
of milk and food disease lurked in 021-
su5pePted forrns in the necessaries uof
• _ ' •
*.
Alberta 1100.. has more than 120 bee
10004501 according 1;0 lists 'which have
b .P
ht*Ilth• Dtf
,Agrietilture. No statistics hove bado
compiled as yet on the quantity Of
honey. produced in the provinee,. but
tais' will be (lone for, 1924.
• , ,
The Week's Markets
'01101‘)/70.
Man v at --No. 1 Nerth.,'21,76%;
North., $1.701/4; No. 3 Noft.ho
21,64 No. 4 wheat 51.53%.
Man. oats --No. 2 CW, 601/20; No. CW, 63%c, extra No. fedd, 64%d;
No.' I feed, 03c; No. 3 feed 60c
All the above, c.i.f., bay lIorti
:Ain, corn, track, Toronto -No. 2
yellow, $1.34.
Montreal 'freights,
bags included: Bran, per too, 150.25;
shorts, per to», 232.25p middlings,
$38; good feed flour, per bag, $2,20.
Out. oats -No. 3 white, 50 to 52e.
Ont. wheat ---No. 2 winter,' 51.33 to
$1.35;* Ne. 3 winter, $1.31 to 21.33;
No. 1 commercial, 21.20' to.$1.81, f.o.b.
shipping points, according to freights.,
Laileyilialtirig, 88 to 93e.
Buclo.vheat-No. 2, 82 to 85c.
'Rye -No. 2, $1.10 to 21.12.
Ont., flour -New, ninety per cont.
pat., in jute bags, Illontrcal, prompt
shiPment, $6.50; Toromo basis, 56.50;
bulk, seaboard, nominal, `
Man. flour ---First pats., in lute
sacks, $9.20 per bbl,; 2nd pats., $8.70.
11 ay ---No, 2 thnothY, Pei ton, track,
Toronto, 514.50; No. 3, $12.50,
Straws_.---Carlots, per ton, $9.
Screenings -Standard, recleaned, 1.
ob. bay ports, per ton, $22.50.
Che,ese-i-New, , large, 20e; twins,
20%c; triplets, 21c; Stiltons, 22c. Old,
large 23,to 24c; twins, -24 to 25c;
triplets, 25 to 26c.
' Butter -Finest. creamery prints,
40% to 41%c; No. 1 creamery., 38%
to 39%c; No, 2, 95 to 36e; .dainy, 28
to 30e.
„Eggs-Eresh extras, in cartons, 63
to1165c; loose, 60 to 63c; storage ex-
tras, in cartons, 48, to 49c; loose, 47
to 48c; storage firets, 44 to 45e; stor-
age seconds, 38 to 39e, '
Live poultry--Ilens, over lbs., 20c;
do, 43» 5 lbs., 18c; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 13c;
spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 23e;
roosters, 12e; duvklings, 5 lbs. and up,
Dressed poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs.,
264; dor 4 to 5 lbs., 280; do, 3 to 4 lbs.,
16e; spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over
28e; roasters, 18c; duelelinge, 5 lbe.
and up, 25c.
Beans -Can. hand-picked,. lb., 6%c;
primes, 6c.
Maple prt;ducts--Syrup, per imp.
gal., 52.60; per 5 -gal. tin, $2:40 per
gal.; maple augur, lb., 25 to 26e.
IHoney-6O-]b, tins, 194,e per lb,;
10-1b. 183,&C; 5-1b. tins, 14eee;
23e -1b. tine, 15c.
Serve".'
BY MARJORIE BRADFORD. •
This motto, for ,generations the
badge or princes, has 'been sewn' now
te the sleeves of Canadian children
faring forth into the adventure of life:
The Jueim Red Cross has given them
the thought and the motto. Playing
the Health Genie themselves and
Promising to do theft. best to help chile
dren less happy, young Canadians
have been steoeping to the standard of
the Junior Red Cross.
This World Wide Leagtte Chile
drew has so quigly evolved from a
purely humatritarian molt/tent dur-
ing the war, into it great ethic:Aerial
movement in the'sebools, that many of
our citizens are not yet conseious of Here is one' of the last photagra les
its existence, of its sire and steizdy to be taken,of the late Henry Cabot
grOwthe and of the forces which it is Lodge, former U.S. senator froneMas-
tapping and giving expressiot to in seehusette, who died xecently fol ow-
thiecountry. Yet.there are in eltia- Ing it relapse after a serious operation.
tenee to -day national societies in 24
eoentries. Its membership totals 6,- •
090,000 included in which are 90,000
of our young Canadians. Canada
holde the distinction of having organ-
ized the first ,Iunier Red Cross Branch
in the world, the Branch in Montreal
having been beiguri in 1914 under the
direction of Miss Phillips.
The outstanding objects of the Jun-
ior Red Cross are: •
1. Promotion of good health.
2. Pronietion of humanitarian
ideals. ••••
3. Proznetion of good citizenship.
4. Promotion of international
friendliness.
, Educational authorities -were quick
to see the possibilities which the Jun-
ior Red Cxoss offered for vitalizing
their theories a education -a move-
ment based on and carrying into ef-
,fect the two great fundamental pelii-
ciples of education, the. self -activity
-of the 'child ahd '•the importance of
habit ferniation during the •impres-
sionable years of -childhood.
The method of the Junior Red A despatch 'from Winnipeg says: -
Cross is to try to establish in each Under the influence of tin ,early winter
child a conecienee in ielation to health mild wave,' Western gatiadd at press
habits. It is really a self- constituted ent is epjoying what is cominonly
health corps. Every child' joining termed Indian Summer," and enow
inuettake upon himself the obligation in many districts is reported to be
of putting into practice all the health disappearing rapidly. . •
facts he has °been taught., The chil- Rainfall, varying from a light drie-
dreh e.ect their own officers and carry "zreein Manitoba to more than half an
on theie own business. The meetings inch in parts of Saskatchewan,- was
are condUcted in strictly perliamerd- .experienced duting the nigh , and
sexy fashion. Beetiese this is hie Owe early Thuesday morning, Mild temp -
club and because. there stand behind eratures are -also reported in Alberta.
hira thesglokieus traditions of the Na- ' Prospects are for coritineed warm
tone and nteinateinal Red Cross, weather throughout the prairie prov-
there comes to the child an impelling limes, mid ,according to official fore -
motive to carry over the facts of ceets, the present low gyessute wave
' health that he has been taught into will lee' followed by another withih
action, and .then on to habit. This ia few dayee
Smoked meals -Hams, med„ 27 to
29e; cooked hams, 38 to 40c; smoked
rolls, 18 to 20c; cottage rolls, 21 to
240; breakfast ii4con, 23 to 270; spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 29 to 31c;
backs, boneless, 88 to 38c,
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., $17.50 70 to 90 lbs. $16.80;
90 lbs. and up, *15.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $33; I eavyweight
rolls, $27.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 13 to 13%0;
tubs, 1814 to 19c; pails, 18% to 19',48;
prints, 21 to 22; shortening, tierces,
1424 to 15c; tubs, 1424 to 151/ja;
palls, i5 to 16c; prints, 17 to 174c.
'Export, steers, choice, 27 to $7.25;
heavy steers; good 56 to `,i6.50; baby
beeves, choice, 600-800 lbs., $8 to $10;
butchers steers, choice, 50.50 to 56;
do, fair to good, 24.75 to 55.25; do,
coin., $3 to 94; butcher heifers, choice,
55 yo $5.75; do, fair to good, 24.25 to
$4.75; de, cond., $3 to 24; soiirs, good
to choice, $4 to $4.50; do, emu. to med.,
53 to $4; canne'rs arid cutters, $1.50
toi$2.50; butcher bulls, good to choice,
$8•50 to $4,25; do, med., $3' to $8.50;
do, bologna, $2.25 to $2.75; feeders,
shortkeep, $5 to $5.50; do, light, $4
to $5;. stockers, good, $4 to $4.50;
fehding heifers, good, $4 .to '54.50;
calves, choice, $10 to $10.50; do, med.,
$7 to 59,50; do, coin., 53.50 to$5.50;
lambs, choice, cwt., .511.25 to $1:1.50;
do, med., $10 to„211.; do, cull, $8 to $9;
Sheep, choice, light, 56 to $7; do, cull,
$2 to $4; hogs, thick smooth, f.o.b.,
$9; do, fed and watered, $9;60; do,
weighed off cars,
MONTREAL.
s- Oats, No. 2 CW, 70Y2c; do, No. 3,
68c; extra' No. 1 • feed, 63e. Flour,
Man. spring wheat pats,, lsts, $9.20•
2nds, 8.70; strong bakers, $8.50;
winter pats,, choice, $6.90 to $7; roll-
ed oats, bag 90 lbs., $8.75 to 53.85.
Bran, $30.25. Shorts, $32.25.
dillies, $88.25: Hay, No, 2, pee ton,
car lets, .$14 to $14.50.
Cheese, finest *este., 171/2e; do,
easts, 17Sese: Butter, No. 1 paste:tr-
itest, 34S4e; No. 1 creamery, 33SecI
seconds, 32eic. Ego, storage extras,
46 to 47c; storage firsts 42e• do sec -
ends, 37e; freeh extras, 60c• fresh
firsts,, 45 to 46e. Potatoes, per bag,
ear lots, 70 to '75c.
Corn: to medi crows of dairy breed-
ing $2,50 to 58.25; canners and cut-
ters; $1.50 to $2.25; Holstein bulls,
$2.50; calves, grassers, 53.25 to 53-50;
med. suckers, $$ to $8:50; select hogs,
$10; naixed lets of good weights,.$9.25:
'to $9.95.
a groat aehievement, since only too
often there has been a. great gulf fixed
beteseen theory and prattles.
In an organization such as this Bei
the solution of many or our health
problems, and Canada cannot awake
too quickly to a realization of its lin,
portanee Sir Philip Gibbs says;
"Such e'Letigue of Children would be
a greater premise to us all than any
League of Nations which may new be
formulated, for in these children's
hearts would be the well -springs from
which our old and weary world wotzld
get refreshment, and pure fountains
of charity would irrigate the barren
wastes Of our spiritual desert, se that
the flowers -and fruits of human life
should grow there above the old bones
of buriea was..
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