HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-11-20, Page 3o inion °News :, /II Brief
Summer•side, P.E.I.-The breeding
of mink for commercial purposes is
a new industry 'which.has'followed the
success of the silver black fox breed-
ing in Prince 'Idward Island. This
venturehas met . with considerable
success and recently a shipment of
mink was made to British Columbia
and points in the western United
States;
Sydney, N,S.-In spite of the prev-
alent impression that whaling es a
Canadian industry has, practically dis-
appeared, over $100,000 worth of
whale oil has been passing through
this ,port during the season now draw-
ing to a close. The product is brought
here in Newfoundland schooners and
trans -shipped in tank cars to. Can-
adian and American markets.
St. John, NB. -Unusually heavy
yields; of potatoes are reported
throughout the Province of New
Brunswick, as high as 225 bushels per
acre being secured by farmers in; some
Montreal,Que.-One thousand and
forty-eight ocean-going vessels have
arrived in Montreal to date this season,
as against 974 during the correspond-
ing period of last year, according to a
statement made by the Harbor Master.
Toronto, Ont. --For the second year
in succession the Macintosh red apple,
first produced by the late Henry' Mac-
intosh, on his Ontario farm at Dun -
della,: near Iroquois, has been declared
the finest variety of dessert, apple pro-
duced in the British Empire: The
particular specimen' of the . fruit,
which won this great distinction at
the Imperial Fruit Show, held at
Birmingham, England, was grown at
Vernon, B.C.and exhibited by tine
Associated Grower"s of British'. Col-
umbia.
Winnipeg, Man. -Farmers of Wes-
tern Canada axe now giving increased
attention to the improvement of their
home surroundings. They have not
only planted 5,250,000 trees distribut-
ed .:from the. Canadian Government
forestry stations at Indian Head and
Sutherland,. Sask., this year, but have
also purchased: large quantities from
private nurseries.
Regina, Sask.-Two poultry -mar-
ketieg pools; have been arranged
through the co-operation and markets.
branch bf the Saskatchewan Dept:. of
Agriculture; oneepool workiegin con
junction with the Saskatchewan Grain
Growers' Association to market dress-
ed turkeys direct through -country
points, and the-secondpool to market
live turkeys through the various kill-
ing stations of the Sasketchewen Co-
operative Creameries.
Edmonton, Alta. -The first carload
of Alberta tar sands to be shipped out
of 'Alberta for experimental purposes
left here for Petrolia, Ont., recently:
The shipment is being made by the
Draper interests, who are operating
tar sand claims at Waterways. The
carload' of material sent to Petrolia
will be used for the repairing of street
paving. Part of the material will also
be used for ,experimental purposes at
the Draper plant in Petrolia.
Vancouver, B.C.-Since the opening
of the present crop year there had
been exported from this port 4,240,674
bushels of grain; of this, $,510,388
bushels went to the 'United Kingdom,
334,263 'bushels to the Orient and
, 242,340 to the Antipodes,
PRINTER LOST FOR CLAIMS OF CANADA
DAYS IN NORTH WILDS VIGOROUSLY PRESSED
Vexed Question of Priority
Causes Delay irk Adjusting
German Reparations.
London, Nov. 16. -While Canadian
Toronto Deaf -Mute Sleeps in
Hollow ',Gree Trunk While .
Wolves :Howl Near By.
A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, authorities here are vigorouly press -
Ont., says: -I. J. Walters, a deaf- 'ing Canada's claim to German repara-
mute, recently of Toronto, where he tions under the Dawes Plan, prospects
has a wife and family living at 30 of its immediate satisfaction appear
Sellers Avenue; but who is now oper- the more remote the more the question
sting a linotype at The Sault Daily is examined. A committee of allied
Star office, recounts a harrowing tale experts is now in Paris trying to
of his experiences in the Northern achieve an agreement, regarding. the
bush :fear the. Sault, where he spent priority rights of their respective
most of three days wandering about countries. It has been discovered that
after losing his way near .Glendale,- of this year's annuity which Germany
en the Algoma Central Railway, 24 ;s required to pay under the Davges
miles above the Sault. To add to his; Plan about 22,000,000 will be absorb -
predicament, he encountered one of, ed by treaty charges other than actual
the worst storms of the season, was I reparations, leaving only £30,000,000
without matches or food, and at night For the latter. Of this'Biitaiti's share
wolves prowled about him ashe lay is nominally 22 per cent., and Can -
under logs seeking shelter, though fiveer cent Here however
they did not attack him. Iie believed' p ' '
the vexed question of priority enters,
steadfastly in his compass, and I notably the Belgian priority: Canada
eventually, in a fainting condition, � does not begin to be interested until
sometimes -crawling on iris bleeding Britain attains her 22 per cent. al -
hands and knees, he made his way to though she. has already received -pay -
Island Lake, ten tulles below his start-
ing' point, where he was found and natio of the Rhin lanher army:of oacu
given food and .shelter by Mr. and :ration in the Rhineland..
Mrs. William Celvert, who happened A point which is, exercising Can-
adian authorities is whether the Do -
hunting expedition. minion is to get her share before or
The country through which he atter expenses in connection with the
travelled is probably the wildest pore collection of reparations are deducted.
She has asked that she receive her
. tion of the district near the city, and percentage before there is any de -
contains• many Takes; swamps and duction.
muskegs, besides' mountainous hills.
lie entered the bush on Monday morn-
ing and was found Wednesday noon
and brought to the Sault. His feet
and hands were badly swollen from
the severe frost and all parts of his
body wracked by the privations he
endured.
' Arrangements had been made to
send one of the Ontario Forestry
aeroplanes and members of the Pro- A despatch from London says:-
vinciallPolice staff in search of the Signor Marconi, inventor of wireless,
lost man, but word reached here that has perfected his "beam" system of
he was recovered just in time to head transmission to the point where sig -
off the rescue parties.
Telescope Locates Crack in
Steeple 10 Miles Distant
London, Nov. 16. -Sir Frank Dyson,
Astronomer Royal, while testing the
big. telescope at Greenwich Observa-
tory, turned it on London. A church
"BEAM" SYSTEM OF
TRANSMISSION HAILED
Marconi Says Signals Between
England and Australia
Heard Regularly.
nals between England and Australia
have been 'heard regularly, he an-
nounced on Friday.
-Scientists are enthusiastically de-
claring this ends the experimental
stage of "beam" transmission, and
forecasts rapid development in -wire-
less in the immediate future. By the
beam system the radio waves are sent
steeple caught his eye. He, observed out only in one direction and in.a
a menacing crack at the base of the limited beam. `•
steeple. Although the church was ten ' Signor Marconi has been conducting
miles away he measured the =crack experiments along this line for nearly
with the instrumentsused to deter- thirty years. Adoption of his new
mine lunar, distances and was con- system means greatly reduced radio
vinced it was dangerous. rates and greater privacy ,in trans-
it was difficult for him to find .out mission, -declared Marconi. He said
where the church was located, because contracts would be entered into at
the magnification was so great, and once with the British Government for
only the -steeple showed in the tele- erection of beam stations to link up
scope's -field, but with the aid of a the far=away dominions with England.
\ laege'scale'map and instruments, Dy- He also expects to make rapid., pro -
Z son discovered the church and 'tele- gress in circling the globe with these
phoned the vicar.. When he heard: a ' stations.
voice say the Astronomer Royal wish-
ed to warn him his steeple was about
to .fall he thought it wes.a practical
joker Sir Frank Dyson finally pre-
vailed upon him to examine the
steeple,. in which was found the crack Coblenz, Germany, Nov. 16.= -The
which, invisible from the ground, was Rhineland railways to -day were hand-
s° dangerous the church has been ed over to the new German railway
"closed. company which was establislued in
"After this," said the Astronomer accordance with the London protocol.
Royal "who can can astronomy a use,. The transfer was made a -full fort
less seience?" night earlier than the time provided
for in the protocol. ,
To -day's action marks the conclu-
sion of the turning over of organize
tions seized by .the Allies as guaran-
Allies Tum: Back Rhineland.
Railways to Germans
Swiss Travels Around the
World on a Bicycle
1VI. Leuret, a Swiss bicyclist, who tees for the payment .of German war
started fr•om Geneva in 1921 on a trip- debts.
around the' world, has passed through
Vichy on his way home. 1Ie ,has tra- According to a aeport, the farm of.
versed forty-nine countries and cover- Smith Bros., near Carleton, Alta., has
r maintained an average i
ad over 26,00;� His trip ,has-been- g n wheat of
managed by throe Swiss :cyclist un -I forty-two bushels an acre, for eleven
inns. .. 1 years.
LACKFEET CHIEFS. MEETING AT. MACLE D,
ALTA., DELI i,!E TREATY VALID
A despatch from Macleod, Alta;,
says:-1Vlacleod, Tamed es a trading
post of the ,early days,_: and coupled
with the pioneer activities of ,the.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is the
scene of an unique' convention -a con-
ference,of Indian 'chiefs 'representing
the Blackfeet tribe of the North Am-
erican •continent. '' Delegates are pres-
ent from reserves in the United States'
and Canada, discussing problems and
grievances. Many, belonging to the
newer „generation are educated,, and
i well versed inpresent-day conditions,
while there are also "veteran" chiefs'
I in attendance, some of whom attended
:the signing -of the Blackfeet treaty in.
11877.
When their treaty was signed, .the
old chiefs declared, the Government
promised them "$12 every year until
the rivers run backwards and the sun
fails'to rise and set." This promise,
they.:; asserted, had not been., lived up
to. they had suffered a :reduction of
$7, and they urged the carrying "out
of the treaty as, signed in 1877. '
A resolution, presented by. Joe .Calf,
chief of the Blackfeet, "that only one
form of marriage amongst Indians. be
recognized and made law as included
in the Indian Act, as asked for and'
recognized by the Christian Churches
!and Government," was defeated after
a:, short discussion.'
R. J. Iiamilton, of the North Pie-
gans, Montana, `a"highly educated `In-
dian and one who .holds the position
of commissioner' on his reserve, is
chairman of the convention,, and Mike
Mountain Horse, of Bloods, is 'sec-
retary:
1 JAVA EARTHQUAKE
TAKES 300 LIMES
Many Towris Destroyed When
Dutch East :Indies Island
is Shaken.
A despatch. from Batavia, Java,
Field Marshal Lord Plumer is shown laying a wreath on the cenotaph says: -The Island of Java has been
in London in honor of the "Contemptibles," who held the line at Ypres severely shaken by earthquakes. Al -
against overwhelming forces ten years ago ready 300 persons are reported killed
-� and countless missing.
The earth shocks eeetended oven,
OIL-IIURNERS WILL
NOT REPLACE STEAM
Steam -Driven Vessels Likely
to Remain as Fuel Prices
Increase.
A despatch from New York says: -
Oil -burning ships are not likely to
replace stemm'drive.n vessels because
of the extensive use of the former
would increase the price of oiluntil
it would not be employed profitably
as fuel, Captain Walter T. McFar-
land, retiring president of the Society
of Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers, said at the opening sess'on of
the Society's 32nd annual meeting on
Thursday.
".There are serviceson which motor
ships can use oil at its present price;"
he said, `.`but authorities warn us that
the oil supply is not inexhaustible,
some predicting its failure within two
decades. Many designers, now even,
are insisting that boilers be construct-
ed to .permit a ready shift to coal
when the price of oil becomes pro-
hibitive."
•
Breton Peasant Settles War
Account of German Cruelty
A despatch from Paris says:--
First
ays:-First Lieutenant IKneetsch of the
Prussian army was during the war in
charge of French. prisoners. Now he
is busy buying up the Brittany apple
crop for making German 'cham-
pagne." While superintending the
loading of apples at a little railroad
station in Morsihan a Breton peasant
walked up and, having scrutinized
him, asked politely, "Excuse me, Mon-
sieur, aren't you Lieut. Knaetsch?"
Pleased to have his personality and
rank thus recognized far from the
Fatherland, Knaetsch, proudly draw-
ing himself up, replied affirmatively.
"Then just come along with me,
because I have a little account to set-
tle with you," said the burly Breton, I
and without further remark, and F
showing no undue haste, deliberately
set about to beat the German up, first
with a whip and then with a heavy
sledge -hammer, and but for the inter-
vention of railroadmen Herr Lieut.
Knaetsch would probably have been
beaten to death by one of his ex -
prisoners who had long zuffered cruel
treatment at his hands in a German
war prisoners' camp.
In Madagascar silk is the cheapest
form of clothing material.
TRAPPER IS KILLED
BY INFURIATED BEAR
Body of Finn Found in Bush
Near. English River Badly
Mangled.
Fort William, Nova 16. -The man-
gled body of A. Waino, a Finnish
trapper, found yesterday by woodsmen
in the forests near English River, 100
mike west of ' Fort William, bore
traces of a desperate hand-to-hand
battle with an infuriated bear.
The body was found lying in a heap
under some trees. Every portion of
the body was gashed and ripped while
iu one of Waino's hands was a blood -
spattered axe,
lood-spattered-axe, and in the other were
tufts of black hair torn from the hide
of a bear.
It is supposed Waino, who was
carrying a rifle and hand -axe, met
the bear and fired' a shot, wounding
the animal,, which, infuriated, closed
with him, and in the ensuing battle
inflicted terrible and fatal injuries.
Waino formerly resided here, and
had been married only six months.
Coroner Boyd left Fort William to-
day to bring the body in.
Dr. G. W. Ross Elected
to Council of Ontaro College
A despatch; from Toronto says: -
Dr. G. W. Floss has been elected to
the Council of the Ontario College of
Physicians and Surgeons, to represent
the constituency of Toronto East.
Wednesday and part of Thursday.
Many native towns in the Kedu dis-
trict, a central' residency of Java, have
been destroyed by landslides. One '
$1.29 No. 8 winter, $1:25 to $1.27•
village completely disappeared 'zto No. 1•commercial, $1.23 to $1.26,' f.o.b.
the river, shipping points, according to freights.
Barley -Malting, 86 to 91c..
Buckwheat -No. 2, 80 to 83e.
Rye -No. 2, $1.05 to .:$1.07.
I A despatch from London says:- Ont. flour -New, ninety er, cent -
P y
A t., despatch to The Morning Post shparppmeaintj,ute $e.20, Montreal, prompt
; bagsToron
from Amsterdam, quoting reports bulk seaboard, nominal.to basis, $6.20;
received from Java, says the river Man. flour -First pats., in jute
'near Kampong has been transformed sacks, $8.90 per bbl.; 2nd pats, $8.40.
into a mud channel in which the -Hay-No. 2 timothy, per ton, track,
bodies of men and animals are lying. Toronto, Stra$CarlotsNo per ton, Eon, $9:
12.50.
IForty-five houses in the Leksono Screenings -Standard, recleaned, f,
district have disappeared entirely. o.b. ba outs per ton $22.60.
y ports, P , v
The whole of Dessah Badjingan has Cheese -New, large, 20c; twins,
been engulfed in the Pring River. 20%c; triplets, 21c; Stiltons, 22c. Old;
Mageling, the principal town in the large, 23 to 24c; twins, 24 to 26c;
Kedu district, was only slightly dam-ltriplets, 25
to 26c.
,
aged. Houses of Dutch • officials at 40
creamery prints,
i
Butter -Finest ntsto 411/ in t 1 creamery, nts
Wonosobo were not destroyed. Ito 39%c; No. 2, 36 to 36c; dairy, 28
Java, in the Malay Archipelago is ,to 30c.
the seat of government for the Dutch,' • Eggs -Fresh extras, .in cartons, 63
-East Indies. As it was the creationto 65c; loose, 60 to 03c; storage ex-
of violent seismic convulsions, so, from, tras, to cartons, 48 to 49c; loose, 47
to 4�c; storage firsts, 43 to 44c; stor-
age seconds, 37 to 38c.
Live poultry -Hens, over 51bs., 20c;
do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c. do, 3 to 4 lbs.; 13c;
spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 23c;
roosters, 13c; ducklings, 5 lbs: and up,
18c.
Dressed poultry -Hens, over 6 lbs.,
26c; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 23c; do, 3 to 4 lbs.,
lecp spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over,
28c; roosters, 15c; ducklings, 5 lbs.
and up, 25c.
Beans -Can. hand-picked, 1•b., 6%e;
primes 6c.
Maple products --Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.60; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
gal. • maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c.
Honey -60 -ib, tins, 13%c per ib.;
10 -Ib. tins, 13%c; 611). tins, 14%e;
21/4-1b. tins, 15c.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 27 to
29e; cooked hams, 38 to 40e; smoked
rolls, 18 to 20c; cottage rolls, 21 to
24c; breakfast bacon, 23 to 27c; spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 29 to 31c;
backs, boneless, 33 to 38c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 80
to 70 lbs., $17.60; 70 to 90 lbs., $16.80;
90 lbs, and up, $16.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $33; l.eavyweight
rolls, $27.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 18 to 18%c;
tubs, 18% to 19e; pails, 18% to 191,fic;
prints, 21 to 22c• shortening, tierces,
14% to 15e• tubs, 14% to .16%c;
pails, 15% t16c; prints, 17 to 17%c.
Export steers, choice, $7 to $7.50;
do, good,'$6 to $6.50; butcher steers,
choice, $6 to $6.25; do, good, $4.75 to
$5; do, com. $2.50 to $3; butcher heif-
ers, choice $5.50 to $6; do, good, $5.25
to $5.75; do, com. to fair, $2.50 to $3;
butcher cows, .choice, $4 to $4.50; do,
fair, $3 to $8.75; do, canners and cut-
ters, $1.50 to $2.50; butcher bulls,
good, $3.50 to $4.26; do, fair, $8 to
$ do bologna,
6 25 to $5.50; do,feeding
fai
$3.75 to $4; stockers, good, $4 to $4.60;
do, fair, .$3.50 to $4; calves, choice,
$10 to $11.60; do, med., $ 7.50 zo $9.50;
do, grassers, $8.50 to $4; milch cows,
choice, 75 to $90; springers, choice,
$80 to $100; plain cows, $45 to $65;
choice.hght sheep, $6 to $7; heavies
and bucks, $4 to $5; culls, $2 to $4
choiee lambs, $11.50 to $11.76; bucks,
$9.50 to $9.76; culls, $8 to $9;- hogs,
fed and watered, $9.60; do f.o.b.,
$8.75; do, country points, $8.60; do,
off' cars, $9.75; select premium, $1.76.
The Week's 'Markets
TORONTO.
Man. wheat -No. 1 North., $1.761/43
No. 2 North., $1.69%; No. 8 North:,
$L62%.
Man. oats -No.' 2 CW, 67c; No. 3
CW, 64%c; extra No. l feed, 65c;' No.
1 feed, 63%c; No. 2 feed, 60efic.
All the above, c.i.f., bay ports.
Am, corn, track, Toronto --No. 2
yellow, $1.29.
Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights;'
bags included: Bran, .per ton, $30.25;
shorts, per ton, $32.25; middlings,
$38; good feed flour, per bag, $2.25.
Ont. "oats -No. 3 white, '49 to 61c.
Ont. wheat -No: 2 winter, $1.27 to
The shock centred in the health re-
sort of Wonosobo, where all the huild-
ings collapsed.
year to year it is subjected to simi-
lar disturbances, less violent, but suf-
ficient in times past to have_destroyet7
much life and property.
In 1919 the volcano of Kalut erupt-
ed and caused many deaths, variously
estimated at from 15,000 to 50,000.
Besides Kahn there are many active
volcanoes in the island, with its 48,-
000 square miles. Some of these seis-
mic d:steehances Have been accom-
panied 1 e cavy floods and landslides.
FROM FARM, .TO..CABINET',•'Td PENITENTIARY IN FIVE. YEARS
PETER SMITH NOW K831 IN PORTSMOUTH PRISON '
The heavy doors of the federal ";prison at Portsmouth have clanged behind Peter Smith, former provincial
treasurer of Ontario.."In convict garb he now goes by a number instead of a -name. The farm house near Stratford,
from which Peter Smith was called to the important position of trust as provincial treasurer. - Below, is the grey
walls of Portsmouth ;penitentiary in which he has been sentenced M serve three years for offenses in connoetion
with government bond purchases.
MONTREAL.
Oats, No. 2 CW, 71e; No. 3 CW,
690; extra No. 1 feed, 66%c. Flour,
Man. "spring wheat pats., lsts, $9;
2nds, $8.50; strong ,bakers', $8:440;
winter pats., choice, $6.55 to $6.65.
Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3:75 to $3.85.
Bran, $30.25. Shorts' $82.25. Mid-
dl.ings, $38.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton,
car lots, $14 to $14.50.
Rutter,. No. 1 pasteurized, 84%c;
No. 1 creamery, 34c seconds, 83c.
Eggs, storage, extras, 45 te.46c; store'
age firsts, 42e; storage seconds, 36 to
37c; fresh, extras, 60e; fresh firsts,
45 to 46c," Potatoes, per bag, car lots,
70 -to' 75c.
Com. ''dairy type cattle, $1.26 to
$2.50; good veals, $10; med. to good
lambs, $10.50 to $11; good weight
hogs, n=ixed lots, $9:50 to $9.65; lights,
$9 and better; selects, $10.50; sows,
$7 to $7,60.
Consciousness of error is to a cer-
tain extent, a consciousness of under-
standing; and correction of error is
the plainest proof of energy and flies -
Natural Resources Bulletin;
The Natural Resources Intelligence
Service of the Dept. of the Interior at
Ottawa ,says:
Wtih an estimated total mineral
production for 1923 of $214,020,000,
Canada reached the second highest
valuein the history of this, industry.
•In 1920 values reached :$227,859,000,
but owing to the higher .:prices then
prevailing for :many minerals,' the
quantity produced WAS rnueh below
that for 1923:.'
Mining is. the only industry in a
eotintry,which, fkom its"very nature,
cannot be permanent; other industries
can be made to yield an.annnal return
in interest while the capital remains
unimpaired or even increases in value.
With the introduction of high, exples-
sives and modern machinery, the ex-
haustion of any mineral deposit ie
much more speedily ' attained than.
with the cruder appliances of former
times, and while under modern condi*
tions, . some: of our great mining
camps, as for .instance, .that of ;the
Sudbury district, will, continue to yield
an enormous output for many yeare,
or perhaps decades yet to come, others
have -already passed their period of
maximum yield, andthe output, while`
yet large, is decreasing.
The -discovery and development of
mining regions, however, even al-
these must' be exhausted in :time, is
often of the greatest importance to a
t emmunity, and in the earlier stages
of its development bring about the
opening up and settlement of remote
tracts of country`, which subsequently
develop other industries. Such a trans-
formation has taken place in many
parte. of Canada, where the develop-
ment of the mineral areas has fur-
nished the incentive for the utiliza-
tion of the water -powers, the con
struction of railways and the estab-
lishment of many ,permanent settle-
ments.
United States Would Round
Out Naval Air Armament
A despatch from Washington
says: -Steps to round out naval air,
armament to an extent which may
revolutionize basic strategy have been
announced by the Navy Department.
A contract has been let with a com-
mercial company for a new type of
navy flying boat capable of a day's
sustained flight at more than. 100
miles an hour, and. with a useful load
capacity of up to two tons. Two other
planes different in design but with
the same elements of tremendous
cargo space and cruising radius, are
to be constructed at the Philadelphia
yard.
While naval officials contented
themselves with the assertion that the
new craft represented "a logical de-
velopment in naval auxiliaries," they
did not seek to minimize the import-
ance of the proposed construction in
connection' with modern studies of sea
warfare.
A
Canadian Indian Hangs
His Entire Dog Team
A despatch from Wrangel, Alaska,
says: -Killing and torturing member's
of the tribe having failed to drive
away evil spirits that were eausing
hunger and disease, an Indian in the
Liard district of Canada, .600 miles
east of here, hanged a dog daily until
he had put to death his whole sled
team.
This was one of the tales that
trickled through to Wrangel by means
of gold prospectors after a party of
Canadian Royal Mounted Police pass-
ed through here recently bound far
Vancouver, B.C., with. five Indians
accused of torturing to death Moe.
assin, a lad of 17. The boy was said
to have been buried while he still
breathed.
Palestine Assembly Meets
in March, 1925
A despatch from Telaviv, Palestine,
says: -The Jewish National Assembly
of Palestine, known as the "Assephat
I3anivcharim, will be convened in
March, 1926, according to the decision
of Vaad .Leumi at a meeting held here.
The Vaad Leumi will also call a
conference of representatives of the
Jewish communities in Palestine for
the purpose of organizing them to
render assistance to the imigrants in
the country.
France to Pay Debt to
Canada on December 31
A. despatch from London =says: --
The French Ambassador has informed
the Canadian High Commiseioner,
Hon. P. C. Larkin, that oh December
31 the Government of France will pay
off the debt it owes to Canada in -con-
nection with the war, the amount: to -
taping $5,667,000.•
Horne -Finding.
Large sums have been given to
gather children into Orpbanages. Wbo
ever heard of legacies or bequests to
get homeless children into real homes?
The best 'kindofsocial work is often
kept in a state of semi -starvation.
According to'n �detailed statement
of ,the Canadian wheat yield last year
appearing 'in the Winnipeg' Free
Press, the total production of market-
able wheat in the ,prairie provtncee
approximated 442,033,913 bushel's. Of
this amount Alberta produced "34,-
495,850 bushels' Saekatchewa 'I
tery'.. 660,510; and Manitoba ;86,8787