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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1925-02-05, Page 3"ont WinniPeg sayee-- reigneti in • elm . Grate idorr, ameng the herd, 6 •141. omen when wheat crash: ease cents on Thursday, wng out -p4 fortunes by tho hundreds. It w tost spectacular Cohdttien v id on the loeal market, nd thelfaihris wers almost wholly • People WIWAre not engaged in ,the , grain - indiVtry, other • than 'many formereaft7,hlave. heel', taking a fling Red imeasy ,money 'out of the spectacular rise in the option Market. And it was as sudden melt was un expected, following the steady ad- vances since harvest, but the dealers advanced their sna'rgin charge to 25 cents in the hope of discouraging fur- ther Speculation on the part of .the speculators. No ' shoestring options are now possible, and as a further precantion 1111 louses ,refuse to guar - too stop lase' ordera, for they can pot be executed fast enough. A T APER F At the the opening thousands of or els P•oels the day Ise ore apd tiou' saitds of wiras had Lot been It was a physical inip,osSibility. One• man who saw a fat -tune built up On .4 shoestring disappeaeing on the drop unless he smovided more margins, col- lapsed when he discovered his Mail- ity to peothethis paper fortune:, tivhich tresant $25,000 since Menday. In spite. of the clanger 'signals and .the drop, the small hamlets' oVIctr, She prairies and Ontario oimply swamped 'dealers with . further orders to buy. Appar- ently plenty are to he 'found th t,ake the placesof„those who loet till on the decline,. The business of buying and .exporting natual. grain 'hes, beenpar- alyzed by option gamblers, and the regulartrade is standing back Waiting until the public clamor. for More op- tions subsides. Meanilirie, fie:sr him heeroadvanced 40 cents a barrel, and if these edvances are sustained it,will be advanded ,another' dollars LACK OF ANTI -TOXIN AT NOME, ALASKA Supply „Sent by Dog Team Cannot Reach Diphtheria. Patients for Three Weeks. A despatch from Nome, Alasl'ca, says: -The diphtheria situation is serious her4, on account of 1±e lack of anti -toxin. But a supply is now en route. The ea hundred thousands units front Anchorage left Nenana on Thursday by relay dog team for Nome, a distance of 800 miles. Dog teams are starting from both' ends. The Nome team has already set out, Leonard Seppala, all -Alaska Swee stakes winner, driving twenty' P , Siberian wolf dog racers. He is . travelling light, will meet the relay team in the isicinity of Ruby, and•re- • trace; his track past haste with the serum. '1 The weather is mild, rauging bane 20r0 to 20 below. There has been lit- tle, innw, but the trails are. good,I which should allow ths dog teams to arrive in Nome in three weeks., I Another shipment of anti -toxin from • Seattle arrives in Nenana next Tues -i • day, and an attempt isSeing made by Delegate Dan Sutherland at Wash -t. ington to have the anti -toxin trans- ported to Nome by an airplane ef tho' • Fairbanke AGIT, Corporation with a] volunteer pilot, Deteetive Darling. Arrangemente have mot yet been com- peted for the flight, which by airline • would be lessathan 600 miles and take', abont four hours.• I MeanWhile the Nome Health Board,. under IVIiiyor- Maynard, Dr. Curtis Welch, and the public nurse, are make: ing the retina, Several deaths haste been reported, and more, cases of sore; throats appear daily, especially among' the Eskimos, although it dozen whites' are afflicted. Among them is Prof,' Itynnirig, superintendent of the High School, and other adults. " Drs Welch is the only physician at Norte and is badly overworked. Schools, churches and all pulalic gath- eringe. are barred, and local travel is ditecouraged. The Eskimos are f right- ened'and stay at home, "Little Lass," Representing A cleepa.tch from London sayel-- Ellen Willdneen, Labor's sole woman representative in the. House of COM - mons, made her maiden speech in that house, Dressed in black, which set off her auburn hair, she spoke vivac- iously and earnestly and made a good impression. The little lass, as she is called by her constituents because of lier diminutive size, is expected to speak often on eubjects affecting the -welfare of women.. Miss Wilkinson finds the dignity of the Commens to her liking, and re- gards the dull.black clothes of mem- bers as in keeping with their heavy resPonsibilities. Also the has been impressed with the polite way in which men can say cutting things. They have developed, she says, to the highest degiee, the art of being thoroughly nasty with perfect polite - • Hon. Sir Willoughby Dickinson, K.B.E.; member of His Majesty's privy council and President of the Union of Nations of the League of Nations Societies, recently discussed the world Peace movement ••with President Coo- lidge. • __not Animal Believed to be Extinct • Reappears in California The California grizzly bear, -sup- posed extinct, has appeared after a lapse of forty years in the Sequoia National Forest, according to a reli- able report from 'San Francisco. " At one time the California grizzly ranged the Sierra Nevada and Coast ranges in -such large numbets that he was made the official emblem of the state and still graces the state flag, He is considerably larger than the Rocky Sintintain grizzly, ia of a gray- ish tinge and has Ei distinct hump on top of Ids shoulders. As h fighter he was feared by all other animals of the, early California clays. Yethe was not considered by men a dangerous ani- mal, and he usually book to flight on Man's approach.. Mediear 'Profession .in Paris Theatres Paris physicians have been in dan- ger of losing one of the perquisites of theft. profession - a free orchestra stall at the theatre. Police regula- tionsrequire eery theatre to have a Medical man on service at each par- formance, for whorl) a seat is re- served. Often enough the doctor sends it friend to replacehim, but always arranges so that the theatre can find him rapidly in case of need. Theatre managers recently started agitation tq obtain freedom from this tax, arguing it vaas unfair, unneces- sary and not known irt other countries, like the United States and England. They seemed to be winning their point, with special medical service at the neareat police' station as a sub- stitute, when within one week two theatre patrons died while witnessing performances --one at the opera and Otto other in a playhouse -o -and the managers decided to let the question drop. • "Hire .purchase" as a means of buy- ing furniture is now 100 years old. It started In Franoe after the chaos of the Revolution and the Napoleonic Canada from Coast to Coast ' Summerside, P. -8.1. -What is claitn-1 ed to be the most valuable shipmentl of fur -bearing animals over made left Prince Edward Island. recently for Oregon. The shipment' consisted of 100 black " and Silver joxea, all put - chased by one company which is eta - crating a large fur farm in the state inentioned. The value of the shipment WAS estimated at $100,000. Halifax, N.S.-It is estimated that over 100,000 tourists entered the Pro- vince et Nova Scotia during 1924, spending approximately $7,684,000, This is considerably more than in 1923 and is due to'the aggressive campaign undertaken in Upper Canada and the United States by the Nova Scotia Pub- licity Bureau to make better known Otto attractions of this province. Fredericton,. N.B.-New Bruns- wick' a potato crop for 1924 is estimat- ed at 7,203,000 cwt., according to a statement issued by the Provincial Dept. of Agriculture. - Of this quan- tity, approximately 6,122,500 cwt, are available for export, the estiniated value' of ;which' amounts' to $4,987,500. Quelsec, Que.-The -number of mo- tors entering this province -limn the , United States during the past year was 188,893, an increase of around 60,000 compared with Otto previous year; while from other provinces the estimated arrivals were 40,000. Aver- aging three and a half individuals to 0 car, this represented 840,060 visi- tors, of whom at least 500,000 visited Montreal. o4 the ftVo • principal grains -wheat, oats, barley, flax and rye -at the head of the Lakes 'daring, 1924 totalled '280;:-. 106,041 bushels, •aiel shipments 286,:- 389,004 bushels, according to a state - 'rye. statistician of the Board oi' Grain Conimissioners. 04 Otto total received during 1924, wheat amounted to 187,901,375 bushels; oats, 51,609,803; barley, 27,353,246; faX, 6,- 24'7,468, and ,rye, 6,994,450. • Winnipeg, Masi. --An indication of the. importance of Manitoba's fishing industry is given in a recent •'state- ment to the effect that CIOSC to 500,000 pounds of Manitoba whitefish are be- ing shipped weekly to New York and Boston, The fish are caught in lakes Winnipeg and. Winnipegosis, and since being introduced to the markets of New 'York ,apd Beaton Amite peers ago, the demand has inmeased steadily, . Regina, Sask.-Fifty-two grain ele- vators were constructed last year by the Saskatchewan Co-operative Ele- vator Co,, a farmers' organization, making a total of 435 elevators in Saskatehewan °wiled and operated the company. The latest returns show that there are 2,433 couttry gesin elea . vaters ±0 the province;. 948 in Alberta.; ' 634 in IVIaeitoba; five in. i3ritish Col- umbia.; and one in Ontario, making a total of 4,071 'country elevators. in Canada., ' , In addition' there. are 98 large terminal elevators in the Dentin - ion, ,making the grand total of eleva- terS 4,169. Edmonton, Alta. -It is estimated by Otto Provincial .Dept. of Agriculture that there are now 160 beekeepers in Alberta arid that the prodUction of the past season was 55,000 lbs., valued at about $13,000. • Vancouver, B.C.-A further order IYLAN Two rop Bad Harvests f Years, Fgdlure o 4 e •fiornDdb1ii±0s :-The 'diatres, ins the West of - Ireland is CaueanXiety • to' the : 'State, nt. Th.re wi a been GeV . . , 0 b. n a very 'bad linlisVeate for the paet two years, ,end .this year the potato ?rep failed over. ta: large' . and Poverty-stricken area and for the first time in many 'years -there Is almoeta complete lack of 'turf: a result of the failure of the turf supply,' the distress which is chronic in. Maces. like Connemara, Weet Mayo andspars of Donegal has been intensified -this ,year, and real privation, is; belng ,experienced: °attic prices have boon very low, the custom- ary earnings of raigrathry laborers have been reduced to the minimum and, geoerally, matters are in a bad Way tvett of the Shannon. The lack of turf haa created it situa- tion which is extremely difficult to handle, VaTi01.10 people have been organizing supplies of coal, and three rbanks-the 13ank of Ireland, the Na- ' tional Bank, and the Provincial Bank of Ireland -have ,given donations of 2,000 guineas, 2,000 guineas, and'500 guineas, respectively, In Many affect- ed districts, however, coal is useless because it will not burn on the peat hearths. • The Free State Government is do- ing its best to cope with the siteation, and is providing .some 18,000 free meals daily, but its hands are largely tied as a result of the breakdown of Otto old LocarGovernment Board ma- chinery, which used to deal with dis- tress in the West " • Fifteen Thousand 'for Social Hygiene. \. That the rural ass well aa Urban dweller is vitally concerned in Social Hygiene as a means of definitely pro- longing the average length of human life has been shown recently by the announcement Of a grant of 45,000 front an American Life Insurance Company to the Canadian Social Hy- giene Council for the extension of its 8PeCialiced public health work all over Otto Domirtion. • The grant is to be used -in 'Spread- ing the gospel of social health to all the outlying parts of Canada and in making possible a national scheme for the adequate education of all parents and children in the essential meaning. and vital importance of the funda- mentals of ioeial hygiene. 10 is understood that this offer has come through, the very favorable re- ports made by, the officiale at the Canadian headquarters of this com- pany in Ottawa, regarding the activi- ties and program of the Social Hy- giene Council. •- In speaking of the uses to which this money ia likely to be put Dr. Gor- don Bates, General Secretary of the Council, said: "Though we have fifty branches of our Council throughout sCanada, and a national program of social hygiene; there have been two definitely weak spots in our move- ment, and these we now hope to rem- edy. One has been the need of Organ- izeis' in both Eastern and Weatern Canada. These we hope to appoint at once. The aeCond *Weakness has been in our failure .'00 work out a national scheme for the adequate scientific education of adolescents and children in „the meaning, c4 social hygiene, et>, that from the earliest years onward, there maY cerne to them through pro- per channels a gradual, laut accurate knowledge regarding certain bio- Iegical facts, and the maintenance of clean standards of conduet. In our work so fei; we have aimed at these objeetives 'by educative work for adults and parents. .But we feel that there should be a more aggressive and definite plan to ensure child education' along all these linee. This $15,000 grant will enable us to put our plans bite immediate effect" Wheat in England Soars Continental befriend A despot:eh "from London Says: - Keen continental delnand has forced up the, mice of wheat in England and the upward movement still cOntinties. All clasSes of wheat are affected. Seventy-eight shillings per quarter, for instance, is now quoted for No. 1 Northern Manitoba. The increase is most notable, however, in the price of Australian wheat, the price of which to -day advanced a shilling to 70 shil- lings per quartet:: Argentine. wheat advanced it Shilling and three pence to 72 shillings a quarter. The great size- of the Argentine wheat -accounts fee its cheapness corapa:red to the coo- other varietie,s. ' for 8,000,000 feet of railway ties or sleepers been received by British Columbia aawmilit from buyers in the British Isles, At the presont tilne eso'rteesills in the province have 01 I 20,000,000 feet of railway ties to he delivered by I enci of March Directions: Hach squa la this puzzle represents one letter only. The fir t horizon. tal word begin in the smfare numbered "1," the siecond horizontal word in 45" and the third Vertical word in "2" and eo on. Air words must interlock- . that is if you correctly fill "1" and "5" .horizontal, the second letters of each will prove right for the start of "2" and "6" vertical. Horizontal and -ver- ticals are thus a cheek on one 'another and you may write in it word that has the right number of -letters and the right meaning yet find that it does not . . "key" within the voorde going in the other.directions. Then you must find another word that does. Por this reason it isawell to do all the first work lightly in pencil. •' There will be Another puzzle.next week Altos the answer to this, so that you,can see if your solution was ,borrect-The Elditor. HORIZONTAL 1-A country of Europe B -A country of Asia 10-A short poem 12 -Moved swiftly 14 -Near 16-A Turk 19. -Upon 20-A compound of 'atoms With electrons'. 22-A title used In India' 23 -Conjunction •24-A weaving machine 20-Pref1x mearilng opposed to 27-A garden Implement 28 -An organ of the body (pl.) 29 -An Australian bird 20 -Possess • 22 -Below 24-A farce 26, -Pegs 38 --.Portion of a surface 40 --Reply (abbr.) O. -Portions . 44 -The sun 49 -Amidst 46 -Scolded 48 -Part of Bible (abbr.) .49 -Part of the body 50-A color • 52-1ioge (male) 63-A piteh (muele) . VERTICAL 2 -Toward 8 -Bustle 4 -Allows 8 -Native of North Africa 7-Cookin9 utensil 8. -Article 9 -Cries 11.-7Bortemla (abbr.) • 13-A country of Asia 15 -Likewise - • _ 17-7k0 gain possession 18 -Possessive pronoun 19-A division of Canada (abbr.) 21 -Natives of Normandy (pl.) 23 -Response (pl.) • 25 --Abuses • 28 --Odor 31, --European cotintry- 83,--Have on 34-A glove 4, 35-A Mediterranean leland 87 -Tavern • 39 -Eternity 417-:Scrutinizei 42-A piece of cloth 43 -To wither 48-A large serpent 47 -Lair 49 -Toward, 61;7. -Perform Service. Since a man has only one life to lead, he' Wants it to count, and ia botmd to invest it Where it' yield§ the largest returns, not in ephemeral pleasuee, not in the chaff which the wind clriveth away, but in service "simply given to his own kind in their human need." , ""e• When he first chooses a calling, he carefully balances the clainta of Bev- eral trades or professions in the light of his own traitthig and his peculiar aptitude. There are grown inert and women on the concert 'platform .who are miscast becauSe they wanted the &molar and applause. they would have done better to •follow some prosaic Occupation ontside the spot- light. ' A rich merchant took a fancy to the On of his chauffeer, bought hint a costly violin, and was bound to snake him a concert virteoso. _The boy took a lot of expensiee lessons and made no progress to Speak of. Did that mean that chauffeurs' sons ought not to try to be artists? No' but in this was wasting time in the studio that might well have been spent on learn- ing at the bench to be a good me- • chanic. The old adage that you can't make atsilk purse out of a sow!s ear was shghtty vaned .by Abraluun Lincoln, who was in the habit of observing that you Can't make a,whistle cut of a pig's tail, till a fernier at Hartford, Conn,; needs one and sent it to him. It just' proved that we mustn't' lay down the law .in tsuch matters as unexception- able. tut if the probabilities are that a girl will make it better seamstreas than she will a singers, or that a boy will make a good engineer and a poen sculptor, each ahould.have the training that will enable him or her to qualify for the highest value, in- stead of that -which will :produce dis_ heartened muddlers in fields of effort for which they are inept. The successful einployer is the man who finds what the employee can do best and sets him at it. The world at large, as a vast employment bureau, will sooner or later discover each aisles .ability; and if he refuses to do what he is best able to do, he is an economic , superfluity and cannot ex - Peet to receive the wage. that goes to the valuable laborer. "Save ,he serve, no man may 'rule"; and only when he serves in some fashion is he anything More than a drone end a social burden, But it must be rem- embered that constructive thought, creative criticism and the power of sympathy are among the most helpful influences, so that no invalid who thinks and guides, who soothes and en- courages another hutnan being, is amebas or peed be without employ- ment. Vancouver is Busy Port. Vaneouver is assuted ef shipping in the present crop season, at least 18,000,000 bushele of grain, and pros- pects are considered to be ,good for moving a total between 20,000,000 and 25,000,000 bushels it was learned at the Vancouver Merchants' Exchange recently. About 13,000,000 bushels, have been shipped from Vancouver to date since the beginning of the press ent crip year. Bookings are on the "boards" for' between four and five mflhion buifiels to be moved in the next two 'months. League of .Netions Prohibits Night Work of Women Figures issued by the international labor office of the League of Nations show that thirteen nations have rati- fied the convention prohibiting the night work of women and minors. ANNULAR. -ECU RS E. OF Sufd 0,c5 'r-CLIPSE, / OF -MOON '• OF' 5'0,1 MINIMUM ToTALIT`r' HOW VARIOUS SCLIPSS OF SUN AND 040034 OCCUR the principle 'that' governs 411 eclipses moon farther away from the earth, that, reason, The dornor of the dla- A brieg study of the above will show Iright is shown an eclipse where the earth, and it is not atuial eclipse' foe of the sun, and•of the 1110011, and Will but still blots out its light, the shadow gram bottom left illustrates how an exploit' now' various forars of. sun's path being narrower: This is 411,11,111a- eclipse of the Moon is caused not by eell ses occur and Wily they happen.' tration of the e e of Jan 24 Top • ally- celestial licsay auterPesine it -OF teat. way., The, sue is 6.110W11 111 the right. exPlahts an. annular .eclipse of between ,the moon and the earth, but centre of the diagram; widie eclinsesth0. sun, where the moon' appears as by the earth 'casting- na'shaclow on tho 'ol ate 51111 Ilte.r6110W11.- in, the ion ancl , a black eh W.1OW on Otto face Of the sum .tnoon. , Wo.te the mucal • ot iginating. Otto riklit bottom corn'ors of the draw- I bur Oisfinct rn im oleo:lee of the sa, light rays. int sead of just .reflooling ing Top left shb-w ow' ow hn ee 03±0 030 all round' The moon hem them Preno the sue Wee'cl be rio mooe Is near tee email there es a broad is to far away that the conical shadow eclinse, of the moon' at all. Oath 00 totality, while at toe bottom coat, 'by the 91111 does Lot tench the he Week s Markets TORONTO n. whout---No, 1 North.'$2.33tS; Ne. a North.. $2.27e5 ; No. 3 North., $2.22'4; Ns, 4 wheat, 52.1309.. Man. oats ---NO. 2 CW, 76e; No. 3 CW, 7334e; extra No. 1 feed, 74c; No., 1 feed, 720; No. 2 food, 69c. All the above c.i,f. bay ports. A/11, corn. track, Toronto ---No. 2 yellow, 61.44. Milifeed--Del. Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, 836; shorts, per ton, $38; middlings, $43; Good feed flom., per bag, $2.75. Ont. oate---No. 2 white, 56 to,58e; Ontario wheat --No, ,2 winter, $1.71 to 81.75; No. 3 winter, $L69 to $1.73; No. 1 commercial, $1.4 to $1.72,f.o.b. shi ping poiets, according to freights, • arley-Malting 00 to 94e. I3uckwheat-.14o. 2, 86'to 00c: • Rye -No. 2,-$1,35 to $1,43. Mam flour, first pat., $11.40; Te - tenth, do, second pat,.$10.90, Toronto. Ont. flour -90 per cent. pat., nom- inal, in bags, Montreal or Toronto; do, export, -nominal, cotton bags, c.i.f.. Hay -No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, $14.50; No. 3,- $12.50. Straw=Carlots, per tom, Screeriings-Standard, reeleaned, f. o.b. bay ports, per.ton, $28.. Cheese -New," large, 22e; twins, 229.Se; triplets, 230.(Stiltons, 24c. Old, large, 24 to 25c; twins,'25 to 26c; trip- lets, 26 to 27c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 36 to 38c; No. 1 cre,aniery,'34-to "36e; No. 2, 82,42 to 34c. Dairy prints, 26 to 28c. Eggs -Fresh extras, in Cartons, 6'7 to 68e; loose, 65c; 'storage, extras, is' cartons, 58 to 60c; loose, 56 to 57c; storage firsts, 54 to 55c; storage set- ondi, 47 to 48e. Live poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs., 24e; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 18e; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 13c; spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 23c; roosters, 126; ducklings, 6 lbs: and up, 18e. Dressed poultty--Ilens, over 5 lbs, 23c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 22c; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 16c; spring chickens, 2 ,lbs. and over, 30c; roosters, 18c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 25c; turkeys. 35c. Beans -Can. hand-picked, lb., 61/26; primes, 6c. , Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gal., 82.40; per -5 -gal. tin, $2.30 per gal.. maple sugar, lb.; 25 to 26e. Ifoney-60-lb. 'tins, 13%c per lb.; 10-1b. tins, 131/2c; 5alb. tins, 14c; 2% - lb. tins, 15Wto 16c. Smoked meats -Hams, med.; 25 to 26c; cooked hams, 37 to 880; smoked rolls, 18 to 20c; cottage rolls, 21 to 23c; break/last bacon, 23 to 47e; apas cml brand breakfast oaebn, 23 to 31o; backs, boneless, 20 to 36c. Cured meats---1,0ng clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $17.50; 70 to 90 lbs., $10,80; 90 lbs. atth up, $15.50; lightweigh rolls, in barrels, $33; Imayytveight tolls, $27. Lard ---Pure tiorcos 18 to 18',40; tubs,18%, to 19e; paild, 18% to 199.ic; prints, 21 to 22c, shorthping, //ethos, 15 to 1514c; tubs, 15 to 15tg;c; pails, 16 to 161/2e; prints,11±5 to 18c. Choice heavy steers, $7.75 to 38.25; butcher ethers, choice, 37 to 37.50; do, good, 36.25 to 57; do, mad., $5-25 to $6; da, cont., $4.25 to $1.75; butcher. heifers, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do, good, $6 to 56.50; do, toed., 84.75 to $5.50; do, core,, 9.4±0 $4.50; butchea. cows, choice, $4.25 th $4.754 do, fair to good, $3.50 to $4; canners and cut- ters, -$1.50 to $2.50; butcher balls, good, $4.60 to $5; -do, fair, $3.75 to $4; bologna $2.50 to $3.25; feedin steers, good, $5 to $5.50; do fair, $ te 5; stockers, good, 9.4 to 4.76; do fair, $3.50 to $4; calves, choice, $11 ±0 9.13; do, med., $6 to $9; do, grassers, $3 to $4; milch news, choice, $60 to $65; fair cows, $40 to $50; springers, choice, $70 to $90; good light sheep, $7 to $8; heavies and bucks, $4.50 to $6.25; culls, 9.3.00 $4; good ewe lambs, $15 to $16; bucks, $13 to $14; do, med., $10 to $12; do, culls, $8 to $9; hogs, thick smooths, fed and Watered, $11.10; de, f.o.b., $10.50; do, country points, $10.20; do, off cars, .$11,50; selectDemi m, 9.2.17. MONTREAL. Oats, Can. west, No. 2, 82e; do, No. 3, '78c; do, extra. No. 1 feed, 76e. Flour, Man. sjaring wheat pats, lets, $11,70; do, 2nda, $11.20; do, strong b'akers', $11; winter pats., clioice, $8.75 to $8.85. 'Rolled eats, bag 90 llas., $4.10. Bran, $31.25, Shorts, $38.25. Mid- dlings, 244.25. Hay, No. 2, per Isni, car lots, $14 to $16. • Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 81 to 314a; No, 1 creamery, 30 to 30310; seconds, 29 to 291,fic. Eggs, storage extras, 57e; storage firsts, 530; stor- age second% 46c; fresh extras, 70c; fresh firsts, 600. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.05 to $1.10. - Canners and cotters, 22 to $2.50; cows, fair, $5 to $4; steals, best lots, $10; do, poorer lots, $9 to $9.50; good lambs, $13; sheep $6.50 to $7; hogs, fair quality aria good Weight, $11.75 to $12. Miss V. Holt and '1\41*13 Jo Holt, from Vancouver, show the visitors at St. Moritz, Ssvitzerland some Earley figure skating from the Dominion. Mine, Yoko Takahashi is the first woman of Japan to be made a college profesSor. Site was photographed, fol- lowing her appointment recently, fo'r the first time, . Natural Resources Bulletin. The Natural ‘ItesourceseIntelligence Service of the Department of the Interior at Ottawa says:. Canada's dairy produets aremalcing a Mame for themselves in many coun- tries and are meeting world conape- talon- with increasing success. Dur- ing the twelve months ending Novem- ber 'last, 'Canada increased hens ex- ports ef dairy products in nearly all lines. Thio was caPecially the case with butter, milk powder; and Crean'', To the :supply of butter for outside markets Canada contributed 21,676,- 038 pounds the past twelve months, as against 12,936,279 pounds a year ago. This butter, than which no bet- ter is made, -was supplied to twenty countries. The United Kingdom is, of course, the largest corisumer, while Germany, Belgium and Newfeundland aro, heavy purchaaers. It is of in- terest to note that China and Japan are in the market for Canadian butter,. takings' bettveen them over 100,000 pounds in, November. Milk powder .is another of our rapidly growing exports having as its primary source • the dairy farm, In the -above tAelvo months' period 7,717,576 pounds of milk .powder was exported, as compared with 3,981,- 502 pounds a year Ego. The arriounC of condensed milk exported- Mere:teed frent 57,050,600 pounds least peat to 03 736 000 rounds this year. During sonm period, also, out. cheese ex- etet lati eaend /torn 116,982,500 pounds tn 1928 io 1_20,11.0,200 pounds in 1924. 'The Stoic ll talies mac /leally 1r ontiro exports of creaau, nihng the increased tariff. The twc:ve montlis ending Novembee, 1924, showed deles-eries of 3,287,452 galslons across' the line compared with 2,735,gal'o.r.s in 19'23 Daial,ing 1s c.osely allied with deVels" apracrib of the land. RaiSing the feed 'feeding it to live st,ock, and using Otto resultant fertilizer upon the land is a conservation measure that will ensues the continuous -productivity of Canada's greatest natural resource -her agricultural lands. Rapid Horne -Finding. ,Through the energy,- of a Children's . Aid Officer, writes J. J. Kelso, ten homeless children weisa placed in sp!londid homes within two menthe, and all within a radius of twenty or thirty milts,. The,Society received an application for a child and at the recommendatione Were satitfectory the Secretary decided tO go himself to the -home with the youngster. He was hospitably received and in ohat-, ting at the supper table he was told ef a neighlaor who had been -talking of 'applying for a little boy. He went right over, found the people delighted with the prospect and within a weelc placement nizmber two had been brought about These people men- tioned relativ-es who had often 'talked of taking a child, and another trip resulted in placements three and four. And's° it went on extending front one , home' tO another until the supply of that particular Shelter was exs hausted. Members of' Wonien's In- stituhes could help the Society by look- ing up homes for cldldren among their friends and neighlaors._. •- , Cornelius T, Cramp, cilatral'Al 62 British Labor party, says his itnorts, slons of Now York 0011 always ho 01 "untidy prosperity,' whore peonle erect pity -scrapers, bolt neglect to sweep their side stree.ta.