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The Seaforth News, 1924-01-10, Page 3nr Lea'ti g Events Du ingy `be lea 9 � I p`atoi's bill to stop Salo a> ,liquor to • persons under 18 years of age. Ismer. Yash g Y P JANUARY, 8—The Allied Premiers' Conference ad Paris disagrees on the question of German rel orations. The population of Toronto is returned at 529,083, an increase in the past ten years of 111,- 833. " 4—The Allies abandon the effort to agree in 'regard to German indemni- ties; Canada and Italy sign trade th agreement at e Foreign Office, Lon- don. 6—Nineteen Sinn Fein Clubs at Dublin Convention make appeal for peace. 8—France masses troops for adsl Vance at Dusseldorf. British mission - to Washington re the funding of debt to the United States asks for fair terms. 9—Rebel outrages in Ireland con- tinue, with the wrecking of trains and bullshit',house bullshit', Turks refuse to pro- vide homes for Armenians. Jamaica indignantly amnia suggestion that the West //idles be exchanged for the British debt to the United States. 10—French army begins its ad- vance in the Rehr district, President: Harding orders withdrawal of U. S. troops on the Rhine.: 1 11—Essen occupied by French. troops. Germenv decides upon non- resistance and the German coal syn- dicate ceases , 'rations. Death of ex -Emperor Constantine of Greece. 16 _Or setons in Ruhr district re- fuse to deliver cool to France, and the French seize a number of train loads and divert then to France, " Prohibi- tion enters imen its third -year in the ens, Caneae,e exports in December increased by ;24,565,662. Lithuania captures Memel, 17—Hon. W. C. Kennedy, Canadian Minister of Railways, dies of heart failure in Florida. U.S. Senate re- fuses to agree to 3 per cent. interest on the British war debt. 19—Dominion Government decides to take action. against monopolies in restraint of trade. French place ban on German banks removing funds. 20—Miners in Ruhr area go on strike. Eleven Irish rebels executed. British' Funding Commission returns to England without coming to agree- ment with the 1.1,S.22—A small -vote favors making Prince Edward Island "bone" dry. 23—Premier G. 11, Murray of Nova. Scotia resigns after 27 years of office. Great Britain during last year proved Canada's best .customer, the exports being $34,000,000 higher than those to the U. S. 24—France wins control in the Ruhr coal region. 31—Britain agrees to.accept U. S. terms for funding the debt, Britain to pay $10,000,000,000 by end of 62 yrs. Opening of the Dominion Parliament. Speech from the'Throne promises re- vision of, the Bank Act and redistribu- tion. Toronto citizens dissatisfied with the award giving the Street Railway Co. $11,188,000 for their interests, and Adam,Beck' dissenting. FEBRUARY. 1—The general offices of the Can- adian National Railways are located by Government at Montreal, central headquarters at Toronto, eastern at Moncton and western at Winnipeg. Allied ultimatum sent Lithuania to evacuate Memel. 2—Irish rebels propose peace with the Irish Free State on understanding „that war is declared against Ulster. 9—The TJ.S. House of Representa- tives passes the Debt Funding Bill by 291 to 44 votes. French occupy Sarre coal mines. Liam Lynch, Irish rebel chief, rejects Government peace pro- posals, - 10—Government printing plant in Dublin blown up by rebels. 19—Canada's `National Railways earned surplus of two millions in 1922. Dominion Commons decide against proportional representation. 21—Austria given 20 years mom s torium for claims of allied peevers. Dominion Commons discuss 44 plea for a "White Canada," buee action is deferred. 26—Belfast gives rov,/'weleome to the Duke of Abercc'4, first Ulster Governor. MAI a'H. 1—Asquith awards Canada $8,000,- 000 as Britain's"debt standing over from the war. 4—Canadian Mipister signs Inter- national -Fisheries Treaty with the U. S., thus assuming national status for the Dominion. 1'0—Over 100 Irish' agitators; want- ed' in Dublin arrested in Britain and &ported to the Free State. `• 14-1,975,2761 days lest in 1922 by strikes in Canada. Allied Ambassa- dors give Vilna to Poland. ' 21�--Col. L. C. Amery, First Lord of the Admiralty, announces that Great Britain has scrapped two million tons of war shipping since the Washington Conference. 26 --Death of 'Sarah Bernhardt, world-famous actress,' at Paris. APRIL. 4—Earl of Carnarvon, diseovocer of s the tomb of Tutankhamen, dies at - Cairo of blood -poisoning frombite of an insect. 10 --Liam Lynch, chief of staff of Irish Irregulars, captured by Irish Free State troops, dies of his wounds, 13—Plague in India from Decem- ber to end of March causes death of 36,900 people. Canada the second ex- porting country of the world on a per capita basis. 14—Death in London, Eng., of Col, Joseph Boyle, native of Toronto, noted Klondike pioneer and adventurer. 1 26—The Ring's son, Duke of York, is wedded to Lady Elizabeth Bowes - Lyon at Westminster Abbey amid gen- eral rejoicing. MAY. 1—Washington' announces that law against liquors on ocean liners within three-milee limit will be rigorously en- forced in 30 days. 15—British syndicate obtains con- trol of the Bagdad Railway. 19—Boner Law resigns the British Premiership owing to illness. 22—Stanley Baldwin succeeds Beh- ar Law as British Premier. Soviet Government accedes to British de- mands. 28—De Valera issues order to rebels to abandon warfare against the Free State Government. 29—Large quantities of arms dump- ed by Irish rebels. 3—Swiss reject prohibition by a large majority. 12—New Bulgarian Government firmly established at Sofia. 16 Damage by bush fires in New Brunswick placed at $5,000,000. Larg- est submersible in existence launched at Chatham, Eng. 18—Eruption of Mount Etna wipes out several villages on its slopes.. Dam- age causes in Quebec 'Province by for- a estons, $res during month runs into mil- i22—Manitoba gives a majority of 34,000 in favor of government sale of The: New Lord Shaughnessy He is the first Canadian: son to suc- ceed to a peerage Conferred on his father. Lord 7tYountstephen had no son, and Lord Strathcona's title went to his dat,ghter, Lord Atholstan, the '.her fats has deepened The dwellers only Canadian -born peer era, remains of the Sahara, from the regions of Ini- doinici]3d in Canada, has'ne son to fel' and Thnbekto, reported seeing the subceed a signs treat of eace with al- lies, llies, who will evacuate Constantinople and the Straits within six weeks, , le -Strike ofAUGsteelUSTworkers in the Sydney, N,S., district, which started June 27, isdeclaredoff by men's votes. 2—Sudden death of U.S. Presrdept Harding at San Franciscofrom stroke of apoplexy. , 3—Calvin Coolidge sworn in as 30th, President of the U.S. at Plymouth, 16—De Valera lodged in Limerick' jail 17—Home Bank of Canada, unable to meet obligations, closes` its doors, and A. D. Barker, curator, is placed in charge to investigate matters. De Valera sent to Dublin in custody. 24—Divers retrieve four million pounds in bullion from the torpedoed steamer Laurentic off the coast of Ireland, 25—Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto opens with record atten d f 76,000. Hon. L. P. Brodeur Lieutenant -Governor of Quebec, who (Ilea Wednesday at Spencerwood, his Weekly Market Report if) TORONTO. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 12c per. lb.; Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern, 10-18, tins, 11 to 12e; S -Ib. tins, 12.to $1,076, 13c; 2r/-lb.,tins, 1 3 to 14c; cornb Manitoba oats—No.: 3 CW, 48zc; honey, errdoz., No:` 1, $3.75 to $4; No. 1 extra feed'; 42c. No. 2,3,2 to $3.50. Manitoba barley—Nominal. SmoLed meats—Hams, med., 26 :to All tie above, track, bay ports. 27c. cooked hams, 37:to 39c; smoked lolls, 21 to 23c; cottage rolls, 22 ts Ontario barley -61 to 63e. 24c• breakfast bacon, 25 to 27e; spa- American corn—No. 2 yellow, 86c, Bial' brand breakfast bacon, 30 to 33e; Bntario Buckwheat—No. 2, 69 to 72c. backs, boneless; 30 to 35c. Ontario rye—No. 2, 72 to 74c. Curet :meets --Long clear bacon,' 60 Peas—Sarnpla, $1.50' to $1.55, to 10 lbs. and up, 216.50; lightweight Millfeed—Del, Montreal freights, rolls, in barrels, $33; ' heavyweight tags included. Bran, bier ton, $27; rolls, $33. shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, $36; Lard—Pure tierces, 17r to 18e; good feed fiour,�$2.05. tubs; 18 to,lrtae; Pails,. 18% to 19c; Ontario wheat—No. 2 white, 92 to prints, 20 to 201c; shortening tierces, 94c outside. '14% to 15,4c; tuba, 1.8 to 151/ c; pails, Ontario, No. 2 white oats -38 to 40c.1151/2 to 16e;; prints, 17% to 18c. Ontario corn—hlaminal, Heavy steers, :choice, $7.50 to $7,75; Ontario flour, Ninety per cent, ppa�t., butcher steers, choice, $6,75 to $,7.25; In jute bags, Montreal, Prompt ship- ; Dutcher do, good,.50; $6 to , 6coin,.50 do med. $4.50 meet, $4.60; Toronto basis, $ cn >,..n, 5do,$ i _,. __ -, seaboard, $4.25. Manitoba flour-1stpats., in jute heifers; choice, $6.25 to `$7; do, med., oron o with a e 25 to $5.60; do, coin., 4 to 24.50; but- 28--Germany $6.10 per bbl.; 2nd pato., $5.60. cher cows, choice, $4 to $5; do, med., $3 once a ray—extra No, 2 timothy, per ton, �, ne and cutters, , 1 to 2' 28—Germany offers to give up pas- official home at Quebec. 518 was a track, Toronto, $14.50 to $15; No: 2,: to $-: canners$ $ sive resistance in the Ruhr district on member of parliameut for twenty 214.50; No. 3, $12,50; nixed, $12. butcher bulls, choice, $4 to $6; do, certain conditions. Italian General years, a minister under Laurier for Straw --Car lots, per ton, $9. l eom., $2 to $8; feeding steers,' good, of his suite seven ears and Jude of the Supreme Cheese -New, large, 22 to 22%c; $5.50 toe,$6.50; . do, fair, $4 to $5; Sir Lomer"Gauin Tellini and four members Y 3 S p stockers good, , 4. to $4.75; do, fair, a ssassinated on the.Albanian road, Court'for twelve years before ' becom- twins, 22�r to 23c; 28 to 24c. ' g. milkers ands in ers 7a Whose ill -health has necessitated i Lieutenant -Governor. 30c; tw s, to 3c; triplets,Old, arge, 28 to $3.50 to $4, hr g $ y reparationHe came of 30c twins 29 to 31c;triplets, 80 to to $100; calves, choice, $11 to $12; do, the resignation of his post as Minister and Ital demands 'froni ng cut ant�Governoi•. Greece, a very old French-Canadian pioneer 32c. P med:, $$ to' $10; do, tom., $5 to $7; of Justice in the Dominion Govern- • 29—Italy demands apologies, the family, Butter—Finest creamery prints, 45. do, grassers; $3 to $4,60; lambs, choice, merit. 43 to No. 210.50 to $11; do, bucks, $9 to 29.50; to 41 t No. 1 creamery, 44c; do culls • 7 to $8; sheep, light ewes, r P South African TOW' Planned 9—Hon. ,' P. , Brodeur appointed 2, 41 to Ex $5.50 to $6.50; do, fat, heavy, $3 to $5; , Lt: Governor of Quebec. Lloyd George Eggs—Extras; fresh, in cartons, 70 d 11s 2 to $3 hogs fed and wet- by .cone of Wales execution of the murderers and a cash indemnity of $2,500;000 for the killing of General Tellini. o, eu 31 -Italy occupies the Islands of , in Toronto has a tumultuous reception to 71c; extras, storage, in cartons, 45 ered,$9 to $9.25;do,f.o.b., $8.50 to Corfu and Samos, The Canadian party; by vast audience: Tsao-tun installed to 47c; extras, 42 to 43c; firsts, 36 to $8,7,• do, county oints, $8.25' 'to 37c • seconds 29 to 800. led by Allan Crawford, who went to as President of the Chinese Republic. hive ' oultr —S ring chickens, 4 $8,50; do, selects, $9,90 to $10.75. Wrangel Island in 1921 reported dead. I 25 -Drs. F. G. Beating and J. J. R. lbs. ''anc:pover,928c; chickens, 3 to 4 MONTREAL, MacLeod Ti o is expected to visit all the principal SEPTEMBER, a d of Toronto are awarded the lbs„ 22c; hens, over 5 lbs,, 22c; •do, 4 Oats, CW ` No, 2, 51 to 5Z Vic, d , p i' rp 1—Terrific earthquake in Japan t Nobel prize for the discover of in-' to 5 lbs., 15e; do 8 to 4 lbs., 15c; CW No. 8,481/% ; do, extra No. 1 feed, centres south of the Zambesi River, I intro bythe Council of Teachers of roosters, 15e; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 461,ec; do, No. 2 local white, 44%c. He. will engage in a shooting expect'. causes terrible destruction of property ke s P and loss of life;Tokio, Yokohama and; the Karolinski Institute of Stockholm 118c do, 4 to 5 lbs., ,18e; tui ere, Flour, Man. spring wheat pats,, lits, tion in Northern Rhodesia before he young, 10 lbs. up, 22c. other cities on the eastern seaboard' total value $40,000, � � $6.10: ands, $5.60; strong bakers', leaves Africa for home. ' laid waste and the loss' of life is esti- 26—Earl' of Athlone appointed Gov- Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, $5.40; winter pats., choice,- $5.55 tojI His Royal Highness will be absent 4lbs. and over, 30c; chickens, 3 to -4 $5.65. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs, $2.95.1 mated at 30,000. Final returns of the caner -General -of South Africa. s erg lbs. 28c• do 4 Bra 2272b,' Shorts, $35.25, Mid- from England for about'four months lbs., 25c, hen ov 6 , , , ni Irish elections give following results: 30—Death of Bonar Law, who was to 6 lbs, 24c; do, : to 4 lbs„ 18c; dunes, 336.25. Hay,'' No, 2, per ton, on his tour. He will travel this time Government, 63; Republicans, 44; In the.first British Prime Minister of roosters '18c; ducklings, over 6 lbs., car lots, $15 to $16. ion one of the regular liners instead of dependent 16; Labor 16; Farmers Canadian birth. Britain's loans to al -i 24c; do 4' to- 5 lbs., 25c: turke a Cheese, finest westerns, 1$ to 18%c;' the battle -cruiser Renown, on which dependent, 15; total 153. lies during the war, with interest, am-' young, i'0 lbs. and up, 28 to 82; 'geese, finest easterns, 17 1/2 to 171n c. Butter,. he made his voyage to India, 8—Seven U.S. warships 'wrecked on ounts:to £1,912,000,000, and to the 22c.'No. 1 pasteurized, 92 to.42x/s c; do, No, • the Renown is being reconditioned rocks near Santa' Barbara, Cal.,,and Colonies,' £148,000,000. ` Beans—Can. hand-picked, ib., 7c; 1 creamery, 4135e. Egge, extras, 88 for further service with the fleet. 23 seamen drowned. Can. Nat. Exhi- 31 -Britain agrees to U.S. search of Prunes 6rria, to 39c; do, No, 1 stock, 31 to 35e; do, Mals products—Syrup, per imp. No. 2 stock, 28 ••• 80c. e bition at Toronto closes with all re vessels beyond the three-mile limit, gal,, 32.50; per 5 gal. tin, $2.40 per Com. lambs, $9; hogs, thick smooth cords of attendance beaten, the total but British ships may carry liquor gal ; maple sugar, 1b. 25c. Land butcher type, 39.25. A despatch from London says:--- The Prince of Wales, whowill leave on May 2 on a trip to South Africa, being 1,493,000, an increase on 1922 into U.S. waters under seal. Death at _- of 129,500. I Toronto of Clara Brett Martin first I 10—Greek Government accept allies' woman admitted to the Bar of Canada GIANT DIRIGIBLE terms regarding dispute with Italy. I;Passive `resistance in occupied area of Germany ordered stopped. Irish Free gives a majority of 25,000 in favor of State admitted to League of Nations. government sale of liquor, 12 -Lord Renfrew (Prince of 10 -Armistice Day' observed folly 1 Wales) arrives at Quebec en route to' in British Empire. Crown Prince Wil - las ranch in Alberta to spend a month helm returns . to Germany 'after five teatimato of ..wheats years' exile. rices is 470,000,- DECBMRER. NOVEMBER, SHATTERED BY STORM 5—On a referendum vote Alberta All- the Crew of 50 Aviators Believed to Have Perished there. 'Ottaw crop of Praia 000. bushels. I 19 -New Dublin; W:' President, Re liquor. 1 refused mime% 6—Liberals aij abient opens at Conservative ma ave is elected tions. e'inIrish jails' 10—Premier, leen apologizes stay in office till Parliament in Explosion at Sea. A despatch from Toulon, -France, says: -The monster French dirigible Dixmude crashed, burning and ex- loding, into the Mediterranean off ape San Marco, near Sciacca, Sicily, ring a storm on the night of Decem- r 21. ' mea 8.0 1'' Every on +•l, Hien on board 25 -Ontario' Legislature elections , for the Janina assassinations. Franco- January 8. result in sweeping defeat of Drury Government and a Conservative ma- jority of members elected. S0—Troops called .out tostop riot• ing by Sydney, N.S., . steel strikers, Dominion Parliament prorogued. JULY. 4—Every coal mine in Cape Breton closed down, 5—Dockers' strike in Britain in- volves 40,000 workers; trade union leaders order men to return to work. 11—British strike called orf. French' Parliament' ratifies Washington Naval Limitations Treaty and the four pow- er Pacific accord. 21—Strike of steel colliery miners of Nova Scotia terminated. 24—House of Lords 'passes Lady ment undoubtedly r = ed—torn to bits by Canadian trade treaty goes into effect, 23—The Dixmude, giant French the explosion, burned by the flames or 26 -Dictatorship declared in Ba-' war dirigible, with fifty men on board, drowned like trapped -rats under the varia and Germany proclaims martial reported lost in storm off North. Afri- sinking airship's bulk, law. Greece pays Italy 50,000,000 bre can coast. This official theory was told to the. as compensation for Janina` murders, 27 --France and Czecho-Slovakia correspondent here on Jan. 3 by 30 -The French super -zeppelin Dix- form an alliance, increasing French Admiral Clement, Director, of the nude breaks all dirigible records for influence in Europeand causing Italy French naval search for Dixmude sur- Str Esme Howard ` distance and endurance by' completing uneasiness. Attempted assassination' vivons; upon the receipt of a grim 'ernes Appointed British Ambassador to an uninterrupted voyage of 4,500 by Communist of the Prince Regent of sage from the torpedo boat Spahl, a the United States; as a successor to miles lasting 118 hours and 41 mins. Japan. member of the fleet combing the Sici- OCTOBER. 28—Spain imposes prohibitorydu-g Sir Auckland Geddes. 14an coast for clues to the. great alai 1—Premier Baldwin opens Imperial ties on Canadian goods. The fire re- mystery, Conference in London CANCER_TREATMENT subscribed, 6 -Turkish troops re-enter Constan- , San Marcos, near the place where fish- i tinople after four years of banish- h ff cameo found the body of Commandant Enables Physicians to Give du Plessis ae Granaden. Attention to Greater Number "We now for the first time are of Fatients at Reduced Cost. forced to believe that the Dixmude and A despatch from New York says:— its entire crew were lost on the night While stressing a warning at the out - of December 21-22,"the correspond- set that only In certain cases can ent was told. "We will continue a cancer beoured'by X-rays anyway, Dr. most careful search aaong the Sicilian Francis' C. Wood, Director of the coast, but we have no tropes of finding Crocker: Institute of Cancer Research any more bodies. The Dixmude un- of Columbia University, announced a doubtedly was aught in the storm and considerable advance. in the treatment driven toward Sicily. It probably was of this disease which, he said,_ had struck by lightning and crashed into been made possible by a new. type of the sea." X-ray tube. This improved tube, Dr. Wood said, had no greater curative powers than the old one, its chief importance lying in its radiation of five to six times as many curative rays as the former type, thus lessening the necessary ex- posure of a patient to the rays from hours to minutes. As a result, Dr. Wood paid, physicians may not be able to effect a large number of cures, but they will be able to treat a far greater number of patients in a day. Also, the Bost of each treatment is correspond- ingly-reduced.: The tube is the invention of Dr:' C. T. Ulrey, Research Engineer of the 'Westinghouse Lamp Co,, who has been working with Dr. Wood for some time. cord of the U.S, for 1922 was 15,000 deaths and $520,000,000 of property destroyed. Death of Dr. Otto.Klotz Director of Dominion Observatory. 29—Death of Gustave Eiffel,. dee signer of the Eiffel Tower at Paris, the highest structure in the world, The Spahr reported the discovery of 2 -Canadian Government Refund an empty aluminum gasoline tank,' NEW DEVICE AIDS ing Loan oe $200,000,000 is rapidly r several_ pieces of partly burned wreck- age and bits of burned tissue off Cape One of the strangest mysteries of late years Is that of the fate of the giant French dirigible, Dixmude, with its crew of fifty men, which dis- appeared while on a flight over the Mediterranean Sea, The great air- ship 'was built by Germany during the war, and surrendered to France as a part of the reparations, 51 was special- ly constructed cm very light, lines for aerial attacks on London, and was,not not intended for• long cruises. The Dix- nrude ,left France on Decsnrber 13, in spite of storm warnings and the pro- tests of the Hien, who are reported to have feared the consequences 01 the trip. Since that time the mystery of monster ainship over the desert, The body of the commander was found, horribly mutilated, off the coast of Sicily. Whether he fell or Jumped from the Dixmude while it was in flight, or whether the airship fell into the sea, or burned to dust in the air no one yet knows. The terrific storm which was raging when she was first reported lost may have driven her into the unknown areas of: the desert. There''may be two results from the destruction of the Dixmude. It may. moan the end of effort to maintain dirigibles as practical• means of .air' transport in war or peace. 01 the seventy-two dirigibles used in the great war, fifty-two were destroyed, twenty-six by the anise, fourteen by storms and twelve by explosions, 1n comparison with the airplanes, their services were negligible. The tree's - -se of the -burning of giant dirigibles at Hull, England, and Hampton, Vir- ginia, are still fresh in men's. minds. The second result may be the estab- lishment 01 better communications in the great stretches of the Sahara and the other unknown stretches of North- ern Africa. The United, States now proposes to send - another dirigible, the Shenan- doah, on a night to the North Pole for observations. • Will the possible ad- dition to scientific knowledge be worth the tremendous dangers to a flying ship of the dirigible type? The picture shows a typical desert scene and the sort of .men who claim tohave seen the •Dixmnd`e hovering over the Sahara. Inset to a map of the district,'andbel'ow a dirigible of the type of the 'Dixmude, Blind Girl Heads Honor List of University of London A despatch from London says:— The name of a blind girl stood at the head of the first class English honor list of the University of London issued. recently. It is that of Miss Sadie Isaacs, who, though only 22 years old, wins thereby not only a Baehelor of Arts degree but the George Smith scholarship, valued at $450. Miss Isaacs became blind when she was eight years old, but despite this handicap she has all along made a brilliant record in education. When she entered the university in 1920 she declared it was her ambition to win They have hopes for an even greater the B.A. English honors degree. And tube, now in the experimental stage, now she has it Eighty Thousand Belgians Sue Berlin for Damages A despatch from Brussels says:— Eighty thousand Belgians deported by the Germans during the war are bringing a monster collective damage suit against the German Government by virtue of Article 804 ettheTreaty of Versailles. Thesuitwill be heard in accordance therewith by the German -Belgian mix- ed arbitration tribunal sitting in Paris on January 7 under the presidency of Paul Moriaud, head of the lain facul- ty of Geneva University, Courage is a virtue which the youn which will be able to stand a suffi- ciently high voltage to give off rays of much shorter wave -length, thus ap- proaching the rays of radium. If this tube is perfected, Dr. Wood believes the medical profession will have more success in treating internal cancer. For with more penetrating rays and a shorter period of treatment it may be possible to reach an internal cancer without the great danger of harming the healthy outer body which exists at present, How can you Iceep a determined roan from saiccess? Place stumbling blocks in his way, and he ,uses them for stepping -stones, Imprison him, and he produces the "Pilgrim's Pro - 'gross."' Deprive him of eyesight, and cannot s arc • to lose it is to growoleg he writes the "Conquest of Mexico," p •. d before ones time. 10, S• 141. , -.e_.Y :• t .a,;, r Natural Resources Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intel- ligence Service of the Depart- ment of the Interior at Ottawa, says: There has been a tendency on the part of many persons inter- ested in natural resources to. emphasize that this or that par- ticular resource is the most im- portant. Some have contended that the forests are the most important asset, others coal, others maintain that the soil, with its fertility, is the meet important, and, of late years, great stress has been laidupon the statement that water is the chief asset—the prediction .be ing made that the nation which has the most and wa4 rr-poyrer.. available tinedlo take preceds+ir world of commerce. A ter of fact, however, various interests are pendent. If any one fea'ti re o our natural resources is to be placed before others, probably it could be moot reasonably - urged that a fertile condition of the soil is the most important natural asset to be safeguard ed; because, for his sustenance on the earth, man requires food, raiment and shelter, and these essentials are supplied him, in one form or another, either di - redly or indirectly, from the - soil, It must be manifest; therefore, that the factors which make for the permanence of the soil's productivity are of • paramount importance; and hence the subject of ,the con- servation and use of waters . as a natural asset must, among other things, be considered in its prime relationships to the sub- ject of the productivity of the soil. It should be borne in mind that the greatest danger which besets the natural resources of. not only this country, but of the world, is the undue disturbance of the balance which Nature seeks to maintain, a. edaoluFp,Y,eM '-' • MissDorothea Jewson Another of the .Britishwomen; mem- bers of parlamont'elected in the se - cent election, .31iss Jewson ie a Labor representative.