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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-02-10, Page 7�f f✓YY-/'l./✓J./✓J./f✓✓Y✓Yll./' t✓Y✓✓✓✓l-/✓l✓Y✓l -• 1./- ---. viii) 0 0 �0� 11 till 0 Q 1 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1938 orroarew • THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SEVEN r. r..riiB 1.0...-+,•••••••r7 morel let --- lft*r—•-wrsem—• � e m • 1 Duplicate Monthly Statements We oan save you money on Sill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to fit ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality Metal Hinged See tional Post Binders and 'Index. The Seaforth News Phone 84 ■ 0 1 i 1 1 1 p-.�wr1R�o ,��"-�eu�oe�aeu—man—�un.�.stR�ioO THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS will come to your home every day through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Rn International Daily Newspaper It records for you the world's clean, constructive doings. The Monitor does not exploit crime or sensation; neither does It ignore them, but deals correctively with them. Features for busy mon and alt the family, Including the Weekly Magazine Section. Tho Christian Science Publishing Society One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts Please enter my subscription to The Christian Science Monitor for a period of 1' year $9.00 6 months $4.59 3 months $2.25 1 month 760 Wednesday Issue, including Magazine Section: 1 year $2,60, 6 issues 265 Name Address Swnpta Copy ora Requaat RADIUM IN THE SUN OR 'ELECTRIC WAVES? 'The ;people of Britain lately wit- nessed a marvellous display of The aurora 'borealis, seldom seen in the B'ritis'h Isles. So rare that in olden days the aurora was 'held' to be a 'por- tent. This ancient superstition is re- flected .in lAytoun's "Edinburgh After IFlodden"'by the familiar lines: "All last night the northern streamers Shot across the trembling sky, Fearful flights that never 'beckon Save when kings 'or,heroes die." And die they did •on that !tragic battlefield where fell James •I'V. and so many of his soldiers, and which was the inspiration of Scotland's s'ad- d'est sang, "The 'Flowers of the :For- est!" • When sI was a: email 'boy they used to say that the northern lights were a reflection •of the sun shining on the ice fields of the north. Little did iI' think then that in years to •oome 2 would penetrate .far into the (Arctic and see the .giant 'snow -.capped nice 'floes which, with the 'vast Greenland Ace ealp, were erroneously supposed to make 'the aurora 'borealis, The reflec- tion .story was, .af ,course, just a 'fairy tale. And in any case the far Arctic is s'hroud'ed 'in eantinuoats darkness &r- ing most of the winter. 'Needless to say, Alumna was the. Roman goddess of the dawn—lAiurora, Ont., is from an Imd'ian word mean- ing something quite different. The aiu- rora'boreaiiis signifies the phenomen- on in the northern regions of the world and the 'aurora awsbnalis that in the southern hemisphere. Its 'cdlors range through green, red, yellow, vi- olet. Displays of the ;aurora increase in frequency as lone goes northward to certain 'limits,'hut .decrease as .one nears the North Tole. 'For Europe and Asia the 'latitude of maximum .fre- quency is 110 degrees north latitude, In 'fac't the finest 'exhi'bition II ever 3a'w of the northern :lights was one night at Fort S'mi'th, N.W.T., 4.00 miles northeast .of 'Edmonton ' and, almost actly on .latitu'd'e Waiting arrival of the Hudson'% Bay Co.'s steamer from the 'Macken- zie !River, II emerged late one night from a .party held ata local trader's house about 'August. I saw '(amid 'I had 'had nothing stronger than 'coffee to drink) the whole sky suffused with panoply of pale green light which fli'c&kere.d alp and down .from every horizon to a'cientral aura in the heav- ens. INo wander that 'the redtnan used to think the lights spirits sof the de- parted !dancing 'in the sky. Years later when up in the Arctic at Ellesmere Ilsland •on latitude, 179, some WOO miles ,farther north than Smith, -hour summer sunshine de- nied me any view of the lights. Biut down on iHudson 'Bay on the return journey we saw the northern fights, the afterglow of the sun and the near - full moon earfullmoon cast their combinedmild radiance on 'the smooth •sea. 13y photographing the aurora ag- ainst a lbaekground of stars and talk in'g Observations with a transit from two .ground station, a known 'distance apart, scientists have measured the 'height of the aurora. The rays, it seems, have (been estimated as reach- ing from 1510 to as' much as '600 miles from the earth. An unusual aurora, occurring in Norway 'in 111506, was .said to have had THAT MEANS ABIG -, „SAVING IN MONEY I FOR YOU What could be more complete than a combina- tion offer that gives you a choice of your favourite magazines—Sends you your local newspaper— and . gives yourself and family enjoyment and entertainment throughout the whole year—Why not take advantage of this remarkable offer that means a real saving in money to you? This Offer Fully Guaranteed— All Renewals Will Be Extended MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY Please clip list of Magazines after checking Publications desired. Fill out coupon carefully. Gentlemen: I enclose $ Please send me the three magazines checked with a year's subscription to your newspaper. NAME STREET OR R.R TOWN AND PROVINCE SELECT ANY THREE OF THESE MAGAZINES ❑Maclean's (24 Issues) 1 yr. 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In the Legisl'ativ'e Council, however, on the motion for the seoand reading of the Supply B t!, the following re- solution was adopted: "Resolved, that this House not hav- ing been consulted on the slz'biject of the fixing of any pliace'for the perma- nent seat of government of this Prov- ince, and 'the other 'branch of the Leg- islature having resolved upon 'Quebec as such .permanent seat of igovern- m.ent, and having, moreover, passed a 'bean's reaching skyward far 600 miles —which goes to show that the earth's atmosphere must extend for at least that distance from its surface. 'Travel- lers report having seen aurora be- tween themselves and .cliffs or clouds, which evidenced that its lower por- tions were 'within a mile of the earth, It is also claimed by people who have dwelt in the far north that the aurora at times emits a .craokling sound resentbiing rustling silk. But this sound does not appear to have 'been registered on instruments. Scien- tists are therefore skeptical and attri- bute the alleged sound's to the faint noises made in one'"% ears by the cir- culation of the blood and noticeable as oue is straining to hear when ev- erything is still. The aurora spectrum has been care. fully studied and large numbers .of characteristic lines, particularly a bright green 'line, are observed through a .glass. 'Indeed, by sighting on the .night 'sky when no aurora is visible to the naked eye, it is possible to obtain this green line. The in- ference is that there is a 'permanent aurora. The 'famous greets line has !been definitely ,proved to be .due to oxygen. Observations taken 'for .more than two centuries shove that the numlber of auroras rather closely follow the number .of sun kspots. It is further found that more auroras appear in March and September when the earth is more directly opposite the sun than in June and 'December when such is not the case. It is noteworthy that when a 'brilliant aurora appears there is almost sure to 'be a magnetic storm .followed by heavy earth cur- rents that •distudb wire 'communica- tion and the radio. I .only 'know that when 'we 'saw the northern lights .on Hudson Bay in early September one of the crew •prapisesied "weather" as Bill of Supply making provision far erecting public buildings at Quebec, this House feels itself imperatively called 'upon to declare that it cannot concur in the said 'Bill of Supply. . "Because, moreover, this House did, on the twenty1fift'h day of A4)61, 110515., adopt an. address to His !Excellency the GowernOr-General, 'praying that 'FT'is Ex.cellenck would he pleased, .in the exercise ,of the 'Royal .Prerogative, to .fix permanently upon' some conven- len•t place tor the annual assembling of 'Parliament; and, assuring His'Ex- ellency of the cheerful concurrence of. this House in any .proposition 'His 'Excellency might think 'fit to make, for the appropriation of .pu.biic money for the ,accommodation of the three branches of the Legislature at the place which might be so -fixed upon by His Excellency." The Assembly then introduced an, other Supply Bill omitting the .fifty' thousand pounds, and this was carried by both (Houses. !In all the voting over the seat of Government, Ottawa had fewer ad- vocates'than any other city; as late as 1:45i7 it received only eleven votes in a House of. one -hundred 'and thirty. In a recent article, contributed to the 'C'a- nadian Historical Review 'by 'James A. 'Gibson, the writer points out that there is strong presumptive .evidence that the Duke of 'New'castle (then Secretary of State for the 'Colonies) advised Queen Victoria to choose Ot- tawa. 'N'ew'castle was evidently influ- enced by a memorandum '(quoted in full 'by 'Mr. !Gibson) sent home 'by the Governor -]General, Sir Edmund W. Head, who had succeeded Lard Elgin. in which he considered at length the claims of the five mayor cities. Regarding 'Ottawa, Sir Edmond said: 'nif Ottawa is chosen, Montreal will acquiesce in the choice, and the ma- jority of Upper Canada will not in any way resist, for to then' it is a par- tial triumph. The whale matter is a choice of evils, and the least evil will, I think, be found in placing the seat of 'Government at Ottawa. Whichever section predominates. and however far westward the commerce of Cana- sea. da may extend, Ottawa will be a can- ,And today all Canadian's are proud variant position. of the beautiful Capital City that 01 - If the Red River settlement and tawa 'las ibeaome. the Sas'katc'hewan country are ,filially to the annexed to Canada, the' Ottawa route to Lake Huron and Lake Super- ior will be available, and may possibly turn out the shortest and most advan- tageous .of all. "1 have written this memorandum with no wish to thrust nn Her Majes- ty's - Government advice in a matter specially referred to the •discretion of the Queen: 'hut I have thought that 1 a result, and soon afterwards came may be expected not to avoid the re - the 'worst blow of the voyage though sponsibility of expre using an opinion we had no thunder or lightning. of my -own. It is pretty ge.neralily conceded that "I would also suggest that the mil - the sun spots denoting vast cyclone itary authorities in Canada 'should be areas on the surface of Old Sol are forthwith consulted on this question: responsible for the aurora. Onethe- How far each of the places named is. cry is that the cause lies in the nega- tive particles shot off by the sun and caught up in the magnetic .field of the earth. /Another theory is that alpha- partioles, with a plus charge, conte to us from nadio'active substances in the sun. Still another theory holds that the junction of terrestrial positive and negative electricity makes the illumin- ations. D. H. McInnncs Chiropractor Office — Commercial Hotel Hours—Mon. and Thurs.' after Electro Therapist — Massage noon and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat- ment Phone OW. tie management, can always 'be turn- ed against the Government of the day; nor is this the worst .consequence of its 'unsettled .condition. I•f the JProv- ince of .Canada is to remain one, it is essential that its seat of Government should be'fixed .and recognized by all." .Many of -the members of the'Can- adian 'Parliament were disappointed with the Queen's choice. Though the official announcement that Her Ma'j- estyhad. selected Ottawa, was made in the middle of January, '115513, Chris- topher Dunkin moved, and Antoine A. Dorton .seconded the fallowing proposal on the 25th of July of that year: "That an humble Address be pres- ented to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, to represent •that this House prays Her Majesty to recon- sider the selection she has been ad- vised to make, as a future capital of Canada, and to name Montreal as such future capital." There were other Objections raised but the Queen's choice stood, and in 11510. on the 'first of August, the 'Prince of Wales, afterwards 'King Ed- ward the Seventh, laid the corner- stone of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa. The 'departmental offices were moved to their new quarters from Quebec in 18185, and 'the first session 'began in 1115186. 'At 'Confedera- tion Nova Scotia and New Brunswick acknowledged' Ottawa as their .choice and one after the other the remaining provinces 'have come in to make .oae great Dtrminion stretching from sea to or is not, exposed to attack by an en- emy and how- far each such place may 'be easily protected in time of war." Apart from the Confidential Mem- orandum Sir Edmund said: "My own conviction was. and is. that the matter Ought to he definitely settled. To keep it open is to maintain in full flow a constant source of loam bitterness and sectional animosity. which. •by a 'lit - Raise Your Own Living Whether willing or not the major- ity of farmers are now oibliged to supply more of their own needs. The following. list may provide suggestions for further economy: 1.1. Milk a few good cows; feed re- commended ration's. 2. Fatten one pig for every two ad- ult members of the 'family: cure the meat properly. 3. +Keep at least 11101 goad hens, cor- rectly doused and fed. 4. Raise a good garden; water from windmill if 'possiblle. Plant only cash crops, which show little or no surplus. 6. Grow your .own stock feed. 7. Butcher fat Caws and steers; trade neat with neighbors. 8. 'Raise your own living; 'keep your roof tight. 9. Get down to .earth and do the best you :can today. '10. Drive a .horse until you can af- ford ,gasoline. 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