HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-02-05, Page 2PRIG o ' WHEAT TUMBLES ON WINNIPEG f
EXCHANGE, BLASTING PAPER FORTUNES
A cloaPateh from WinnipegsiYs:
- alYzed b7, option ion g`
amblers and the,e
Pandamoniuin reigned in the Grain
regular trade is standing- back waiting
untilthe Pu
]is claimermax for
more op -
Exchange
cot corridors Pmot& hordthe e tions subsides: Meantime, flour has
crash'
.n whet
of mess n women when d• 1 and
a,ts harts
u advanced 40 sen a
bee a n
ed off ten cants on Thursday, wiping if theseadvances are sustained it will
hundreds.. doll .
•tt � nc d anotherdollar.
out taper fat nes by thebe'adva e
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It was th most s ectacular condition Alatr despatch from Wimilpeg
et h.
on theoc 1 Market,' �h market was nuc
r witnessed d 1 a s• -Thew eat a
eve tit reuse ,say .
and -
ta victims ware almoct whollysteadieron Fridaalthoughy,
the
e
people who ere not engaged it the rnge poises was about four emits,
r other than man rather quiet affair,
grain indust n e h easel= was a
a the h
g Y
farmers who have been taking a fling in see tract to the past flew days. Fol.
and making easy money
out of the lowingthe opening,
which was 1
cent
• spectacular rise in the option market.to 2 cents 1igxex, a fair demand came
And it was as sudden an it was ens out, and prices worked higher, only
e.ad- c ' when
expected,following the steady to meet with further setba ks t
vanes sines harvest, but the dealers the buying demand became satisfied.
advanced their margin charge to 25 At the close whichwas
fairly strong,
cents in the hope of discouraging fur- all three futures showed good gains,
2%
on the;tet ofthetJuly1
they improvingcons es
1
speculationMay
speculators. No shoestring options cents, and October 2% cents.
are roy possible, and as a further Millers e., a exporters rs were in the
precaution all houses refuse to guar- markt early for a fair mount of
,•
antoe stop oras orders, for they cans wheat bat when the May touched a
not be executed fast enough. .ow of $2,18i1, both these interests
At the the opening thousands of carie back into the market strong; and
orders riven the day before and thou- prices gradually worked to $2.18, the
sends of wires had not been delivered. high point of the day, only to weaken
It was a physical impossibility. tine 1% cents before the close.
man: who sew a fortune built up on aI Barley and oats were very strong,
shoestring disappearing en the drop the farmer advancing as much as 8%
unless he provided more margins, col- cents at the close:
lapsed when he discovered his inabil- At no thee was the market weak,
ity to protect hi@'paper fortune, which there being a little pressure in mi.
meant $25,000 since Monday. In spite deuce from the short side, and "longs"
of the - danger signals anal' the drop, that went out on stopless orders on
the small hamlets over the prairies Thursday were reinstating their lines
and Ontario simply swamped dealers on Friday. Trade volume was not ex -
with further orders to buy. Appal... ceptiowally large.
ently plenty are to be found -to take Outside news continued bullish, a.
the places of those who lost all on the large expert business being reported
decline. The business of buying and overnight from the Argentine, Aus-
export'ng actual grain has been par-'tralia and India.
CENTRAL BOARD TO I WORST BUZZARD IN
OVERSEE DRUG, TRADE YEARS STRIKES WEST
Nations Will Appoint Opium
Controllers. Final Decision
by League.
A despatch from G^neva says: -
The Central Board of Control of the
drug traffic, provided for in the Am-
erican
merican opium plan, and which has
been repeatedly mutilated in past:
days, was pieced together Friday
afternoon and: adopted in the subcom-1
mittee in something near its original
form.
The most important difficulty over-
come in connection with the board weal
the settlement of the problem of se-
lection of the members.
It is hoped that these difficulties
have been entirely overcome by the!
suggestion of Lord Cecil, which was!
adopted Friday afternoon. Lord Cecil'
proposed that the Central Board be
chosen by France, Great Britain,
Italy, Japan, the United States, Ger-i
many and the six non -permanent nes:
tions sitting in the Council of the
League, the delegates to be appoints
by the Governments. Each signatory
of the convention has the right tol
nominate one expert.
In explanation to the Dutch and
Swiss delegates, who made a reserva-
tion, as they have no assurance of
being among the non -permanent mem-
bers
embers of the Council, Lord Cecil said
Germany was named specifically be-
cause he hoped, it soon would be a
member of the League, with a seat In
the Council. As for the United States,
he said, it was named by virtue of its
particular position, and he added the
United States was one of the nations
mentioned in the Covenant of the
League
Trots • s Former Post
Taken by General Frunse
A despatch from Paris says:-•
General M. W. Frunse, who has been
appointed iso Trotzky's former post as
Commissary far the Army and Navy,'
is one of the Red Army's most sue -1
ceesful leaders 'at the front. He is a.
Moldavian of mixed Russion and Rou-'.
martian descent, and is of the Roman-`
off type. He resembles Nicholas II.,
except that he is stronger in appear-
ance. 1
General Frunse is an old Bolshevik,'
having been an active revolutionist
since 1904, when he was a 28 -year-old
student in Petrograd. In 1907 he was
condemned to Siberia for revolution-
ary propaganda. He did not escape
until 1915, when he made his way. to l
the front, where, under the name of
Miikhailof, he served in the line " of f
communication, simultaneously work-
ing with other Bolsheviks on the die -
integration of the Russian army.
Snowdrifts Piled Up Twenty
Feet High, Delaying Trans-
portation.
Winnipeg, Feb, 1, -The worst bliz-
zard in many years roared across the
-western prairies Friday night, piling
snowdrifts 10 to 20 feet high in some
places and causing great hardship to
live clock. The temperatures ranged
ham 8 to 30 below memo in the etornx-
swept area.
Railway transportation throraboa,
the West was seriously delayed, do -
spite the fact that all available at.ow-'
clearing apparatus to as thrown into!
service. In Winnipeg the storm raged,
with gnat fury and street -car traffic
was disorganized for the greater por-1
tion o' the night. Lines to the suiel
urban districts were completely 'led!
up, and rot until late to -day had nor-{
rival service been test red. {
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tal word begins in the square numbered "1," the. second horizontal word in "5"
and the third vertical word in "2" and so on,. All wards 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 check on one another and you may write in a word that has
the right number of letters and the right meaning yet find that it 'does not
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another word that does. icor this reason itis wall to do all the"first work
lightly in pencil.
There will be another puzzle next week. Also the answer to this, so that
you can see it your solution was correct. --The Editor.
HORIZONTAL
1-A country of Europe
6-A country of Asia
10-A short poem
12 -Moved swiftly
14 -Near
16-A Turk
19 -Upon
20-A oompound of atoms with
electrons
22-A title used In India
23 -Conjunction
24-A' weaving machine
26 -Prefix meaning opposed to
27-A garden Implement
28 -An organ of the body (pl.)
29 -An Australian bird
80 -Possess „
$2 -Below
84-A farce
86 -Pegs
88 -Portion of a surface
40 --Reply (abbr.)
41 -Portions
44 -The sun
46 -Amidst
46 -Scolded
48 -Part of Bible (abbr.)
49 --Part of the body
60-A color
62-Hogs,(male) r
63--A pitch (muslo)
VERTICAL
2 -Toward
3 -Bustle
4 -Allows
6 -Native of North Africa
7 -Cooking utensil
8 -Article -.. •
9 -Cries
11 -Bohemia (abbr.)
13-A country of Asia
16 -Likewise
17 -To gain possession -
18 -Possessive pronoun
19-A division of Canada (abbr.)
21 -Natives of Normandy (p1.)
23 -Response (p1.)
25 -Abuses
26 -Odor
31 -European country
83 -Have on
34-A glove
36--A Mediterranean Island
37 -Tavern
89 -Eternity
41-Sorutinize
42-A piece of cloth
43 -To wither
46-A large serpent
47 -Lair
49 -Toward
61 -Perform
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»o ion News inBrief
Sunisnerside, P.E.I.-What 'is claim-
ed to be the most valuable, sliipmeiit
of fur -bearing animals ever made l>ft
Prince Edward Island recently fee
Oregon, The shipment consisted of
100 Mask and silver foxes, all ur=
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chased oner, which'
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erating
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et, ir large
at x a a e fur farm in the elate
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mentioned The value of the shipment
was estimated $1
at $100,000.
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Halifax N.S.-It is estimated that
over 100,000 tourists entered the Pro-
vince r 2
of Nova Scotia during t9.4,
spending approximately
1'7 G84 000.
$ ,
This is considerably more than in 1923
and is due to theaggressive cam iai • t
ri
1 &
undertaken in Upper Canada t ]e
n eand 1
}p
United States by the Nova Scotia Pub-
licity Bureau to make better known
the attractions of this province.
Fredericton, N.B.-New Bruns-
;.
wick s potato crop for 1924 is estimat-
ed at 7,`208.000 cwt., according to a
statement issued bytheProvincial
n t d
Dept. of Agriculture. Of this quan-
tity, a aroxh ].tel 2
i a G 1..500 rect. are
CY. PP Y ,
Availablefor c' o t at
e�c xt Ire estimated
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'colo ofwhichamountsq
e to ,$1,. 87,6,!✓i0.
Quebec, Que.-Tho number.of mo-
tors entering this province from the
United States during the past year
was 188,393, an increase of around
60,000. compared with the previous
year, while from other provinces the
estimated arrivals were 40,000, Aver-
aging three and a half 'individuals to
a car, this represented 840,000 visi-
tors, of whom at least 500,000 visited
Montreal. -
Fort William, Ont. -Receipts of the
five principal grains -wheat, oats, -
barley, flax and rye -at the head• of
the Lakes during 1924 totalled 280,-
106,341 bushels, and shipments 286,-
389,004 bushels, according to n state-
ment issued by the statistician of the
I Board of Creain Commissioners. 01
• the total received during 1921, wheat
1 amounted to 187,901.375 bush.,; oats,
51 (100,008; barley,37,n63,245; flax, 6,-
247,468, and eye, 6,994,450.
Winnipeg, Man. -An indication of
w e nx. A n
P g,
! the importance of Manitoba's fishing
us r is gin= r inrecent stets-
;
etc -
incl 4 v t arc t.
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effect that close toi0 DG6
Meet tot _ i. ! t to i 0
o ds of Manitoba s hits slit ae . be-
iun oa v ii e
pounds
, shipped ee 1 tk and
n tv ]c to NewYo
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Poston. The fish caught lake
are t t in
g
b] u]nipee• anti V�Timiil:erasis and since
g
h-uz„ nttroduced to the. Markets of
New York and Boston some years s ago,
the clenand had: increased steadily.
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Regina, Sr 1 . eft ' , v grain o .-
s c L' v t,, o n n le
F
vetoes were e constructed• last tear by
the Saskatchewan Co-operative Fle-
vatoi.' Co., a farmers' organization,
making a fetal' of "486 elevators in
I Saskatchewan owned and operated by
the company: The latestreetterns show
h there are.u'
that t r 2,4 3 countryrn ole-
i:r
raters in the province; 948 in Alberta;
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684 in Manitoba; • flue in British ,
ri �o_
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untbia• and one In 0] ' 'io nlc
] trot reeking a
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l4,071
tots of country e.evntot•s in
Cattalo. In addition there are 98
large terminal elevators in the Donne -
ion, malting the grand total of eleva-
tors 4,169.
Edmonton, Alta. -It is estimated liy
the Provincial Dept. of Agriculture
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that there are now 180 beekeepers in
Alberta and that the production of the
past season was 55,000 lbs,, valued at
about $13,000.
Vancouver, B,C,-A fuither.order
fox 8,000,000 feet of railway ties or
sleepers has been received by British
Columbia sawmills from buyers in th
British Isles. At the present time
sawmills in the province have on order
20,000,000' feet of railway ties to be
delivered by the end of March.
WEST OF;.IRELAND IN
STATE OF PRIVATION
Potato Crops Fail in District
Where Harvests Have
Been Poor.
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A despatch from Dublin says: -The
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the West of Ireland is
distress in
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State
anxiety to the Free
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Government; There have been very
bad' harvests for the past two years,
t crop "failed
year thepotato and
this
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gr.
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t ua z many
i and - for the first n it a
area, f
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complete -lack
years Chore is almost a
of turf.
failure of the
As a result of thea e
e which es
the distress turf supply,
nneneara
chronic In races like Co
t,
West Mayo and parts of Donegal has
real
intensified this ear and a
beenY
privation is being experienced, Cattle
prices ] i e :ow, the =stores
r sl have yr
rc t esti
n t Y
dry earnings of migratory laborers
have been reduced to the': minimums,
and, generally, ;natters axone a bad
way west of the' Shannon,
situa-
lack of turf has created a s_
Thet
i] [`Tical to
tion which is extremely difficult Y
handle Various people have been
organizing supplies of coal, and three
banks -the Sank 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
I hearths.
The Free State Government is do-
ing its best to cope with the situation,
and is providing same 18,000 free
meals daily, but its hands are largely
the
as a insult of the breakdown of
, the old Local Government Board ma-
chinery, which used' to 'deal with dis-
tress in the West.
The Week's Markets
TORONTO.
Man, wheat -No. 1 North., $2.33%;
No. 2 North., $2.27%; No. 3 No ih.,
$2.22r%; No, 4 wheat, $2.13%.
Man, oats -No. 2 CW, 76c; No. 3
OW, 73%e; extra No, 1 feed, 74c;
No. 1 feed, 72c; No. 2 feed, G9c.
All the above c,i.f. bay ports.
Am, corn, track, Toronto -No. 2
yellow, $1.44.
Millfeed-Del. Montreal freights,
bags included; Bran, per ton, $36;
shorts, per ton, $38; middlings, $43;
Good feed flour, per bag, $2.75.
Ont, oats -No. 2 white, 56 to 58e.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 winter, $1.71
to $1.76; No. 3 winter, $1.69 to $1.73;
No, 1 commercial, $1.68 to, $1.72, f.o.b.
shipping points, according to freights,
Barley -Malting, 90 to 94c.
Buckwheat -No: 2, 86 to 90e,.
Rye -No. 2, $1.35 to $1.43,
Mar. flour, first pat., $11,40, To-
ronto, 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. 8, $12,50.
over the entire northern territory of Canadian Wheat Prices SIX. WOLVES SHOT .AT Straw-Carlots, per ton, $9.
tease in ng an THE END OF THE STEEL
the western provinces, the mercury)
having dropped to 50 below zero at
scrcral points.
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Hostility Against Jugo-Slavia
Government on Increase
Paris, Feb. 1. -Concentration camps
formed by the Jugd-Slav Government
near Zagreb foe the arrested members
of the Croatian Peasant party, guard-
ed by Serbian soldiers, have increased
the discontent of the populace and
practically assured a vote, if one is
permitted to be taken, against the
present Government.
Hostility in Zagreb to the Belgrade
Government has grown almost to the
point of insurrection. Premier Pash-
itch of Jugo-SIavia wanted to tr•
y
Redick, chief of the Croatian Peas-,
ants Party, for treason, in Zagreb, but
now has decided to transfer the trial
to Belgrade, which has made the dis-
content still more violent,
U.S. Government Levies
Largest Assessment
A despatch from New York says: -
What was declared the largest assess-
ment ever levied by the United States
Government against an individual for
non-payment of income taxes was filed
in Federal Court on Friday against
Emanuel H. Kessler, ex -king of the -" - -
bootleggeas, against whom -a claim
was entered for $7,448,678.24. A sim-
ilar claim for $91,187.18 was entered,
against Robert P. Brindell, paroled
former Labor leader, who faces Fed -1
I oral trial this spring on the charge oft
I falsifying income fax returns.
On IncE l d Screenings -Standard, recleaned, f.
A despatch from London says: -
Keen continental demand has forced
up the price of wheat in England and
the upward movement still continues.
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-
l' per quarter. Argentine wheat
advanced a shilling and three pence
to 72 shillings a quarter. The great
size of the Argentine wheat accounts
for its cheapness compared to the
Canadian andother varieties.
Fishermen at Mercy of
Atlantic Storm, Four Days
Halifax, N,S., Feb. 1. -Two Rhode
Island fishermen were Tended here to-
day by the Newfoundland schooner
Faustine, which picked them up from
a 50 -foot motor boat last Wednesday,
after they had been tossed about at
the mercy of an Atlantic storm for
four days.
• Their boat became disabled, they
stated, while they were on ai fishing
expedition off -shore and they were
blown out to sea. The Faustine was
carrying a liquor cargo to St. Pierre,
and came into Halifax for repairs,
having been damaged in a •storm.
AUSRTIA'S ECONOMIC PLIGHT CAUSES
AGITATION FOR UNION -I, U GERMANY
Vienna, Feb. 1. -The economic
plight of Austria is what gives the'
punch to the agitation for political.
union with Germany. This, of course,
is .the platform of the pan -German
party and the Socialists, who favor
the move. But it is fully realized here
that France and Czecho-Slovakia will'
net consent to this political union andl
wiser heads here regret the trip to!
Berlin, of Diitghofer.and Franck, lead -1
l
ers of the Pan -German party, for the
purpose of discussing union.
Here it may be emphasized that
these men represent only the
sm
aileet
of the three important pasties, and
l
that they are not autheriztd to nsgo-
tiate for Austria. It is generally be-
lieved that their trip representts • an
expedition to gather- political ammuni-
tion for use at home on occasion, foes
example, if the- League plan should
break down and Aeatrie again face a
Lea) Crisis, -.
One cannot deny that a pure vote in
Parliament on the question of joining
tip with Crrmany would probably get
a tnnlorit;, but most of the leaders
here favor leaving quiet ori issue
which could not be successful, they
think, on t x:ourtof a'iied opposition,
especial,' at a lime when Austria is
under the League's financial, tutelage,.
Bounty of $15 Per Animal'
Means Good Day's Work
for Hunters.
Cochrane, Feb. 1. -Here is a true
wolf story, brought into town from
the present end of the steel on the T.
& N. 0. James Bay Branch, 70 miles
north of this place.
K. Massere and W. McDonald, two.
trappers, who run a line 35 miles long
from New Post to Smoky Falls, lead
a brush with "timber wolves the other
day which made them possessors of
six fine skins, none of which measured
less than G feet 6 inches,
As dusk was falling the trappers
surprised a dozen wolves feasting on
a moose they had cut out of a herd.
The ,animals were so busily engaged
in gorging themselves that. McDonald
and Massere were able to approach,
sufficiently close to reduce their num
her by half.
With the bounty at $15 per animal,
the trappers figure they had a good
day's work.
Night Work For-
bidden for Women
Figures issued by the international
labor office of the League of Nations
show that thirteen nations have c1ti-
fled the convention prohibiting the
night work of women and minors.
e,visito
is
Man. spring wheat -pats, pata1sto $
11.70.
Miss V. Holt and Miss Holt,from' Vancouver, show do Lids e1t 20•do' strongbakers',
at St. Moritz, Switzerland, coins lastly figure skating from the 1)nminlon. $11'; wintrchoke, $8;75to
ob. bay ports, per ton, $28.
Cheese -New, large, 22c; twins,
22%c; triplets, 23e; Stiltons, 24c, Old,
large, 24 to 25c; twins, 25 to 26c; trip-
lets, 26 to 27c.
Butter -Finest creamery prints, 36
to 38e; No. 1 creamery, 34 to 36c; No.
2, 823y to 84o. Dairy prints, 2
Eggs -Fresh extras, ii] -cartons, 67
to 68c; loose, 66c; storage, extras, in
cartons, 58 to 60e; loose, 56 to 67c;
storage firsts, 64 to 55o; storage sec-
onds, 47 to 48c.
Live poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs,, 24c;
co, 4 ro o sus., 18c; do, 3 to 4 .os., iso;
spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 23c;
roosters, 12c; ducklings, ii lbs, and up,
18c,
Dressed poultry -Hens, ever $ lbs,
23c; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 22c; do, 3 to 4
lbs., 16c; spring•chickens, 2 lbs. and
over, 30c; roosters, 18c; ducklings, 5
lbs. and up, 25c; turkeys. 33c.
Beans -Can. hand-picked, lb., 6%e;
primes Ge.
Ma ie products --Syrup, per imp.
gal.. $2.40; per 3 -gal. tin, $2.30 per
gal.; maple sugar, ib., 25 to 26e.
Honey -60 -Ib, tins, 13%c per lb.;
10 -lb. tins, 18%c; 5 -lb. tins, 14c; .2%.
lb tins, 151% to I6c,
Smoked meats -Hans, med., 26 to
26c; coolced hams, 37 -to 38c; smoked
rolls, 18 to 20c; cottage rolls, 21 to
23e; breakfast bacon, 23 to 27c; spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 29 to nee
backs, boneless, 29 to 36c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs. $17.50; 70 to 90. lbs., $16.80;
90 lbs. a`'ind up, $15.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $33; heavyweight
rolls, $27.
Lard --Pure, tierces, 18 to 18i%c;
tuba, 18% to 19c; pails, 18%.to 19%c;
prints, 21 to 22c; shortening, Mercies,
15 to 153'xc; tubs, 15x4 to 15%e; -pails,
16 to 16%c; prints, 17% to 18c.
Choice heavy steers, $7.76 to $8.26;
butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.60.; do,
good, $6.25 to $7; do, med., $6.26 to
$6;; do, corn., $4.25 to $4.76; butcher
heifers, choice, $6.75 tar $7.25; do,
good, $6 to $6.50; do, med., $4.75.to
$6.60; do, con., $4 to $4.50; butcher
cows choice, $4.25 to $4.75; do, fair
to good, $3.50 to $4 canners and cut-
ters. :$1:50 to $2.50;'- butcherbulls,
good, $4.60 to $5; do fair,, $3.75to
$9 ; bologna. $2.50 to $3.25; feeding,
steers, good, $5 Le $61.10; do, fair, $4'
to $6; stockers, good, $4 to $4.7o; do,
fair, $3.50 to $4; calves, choice, $11
to $18; do, rated,, $4; calves,
$0; do, grassers,
$3 to $4; mach cows, choice, $60. to
$66;fair cows, $40 to $50; speirigers,
choice, $70 to $90; good light sheep,
$7 to $8; heavies and bucks, $4:50 -to
$625; culls, $3•to $4; good ewe lambs,
$15 to $16; bucks $13:'to .•$14; do,
med., $10. to, $12 do, culls, $8 to $9;
hogs, thick smooths, sod and watered,
$11.10; do, f.o.b., $10.50; do, country
points, $10.20; do, off cars, •$11.50;
select premium, $2:17. . .
MONTREAL.
Oats, Can, 'west, No. 2, 82c; do, No,
m 3, 78c; do, extra No,'1 feed, 76c. Flour,
$8.85. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $4.10.
Bran, $31.25. Shorts, $98,26. Mid-
dlings, $44,25. Hay, No. 2, per ton,
car lots, $14 to $15.
Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 81 to
311%c; No, 1 creamery, 80 to 30%c;
seconds, 29 to 293rc. Eggs, storage
extras, 67c; storage firsts, 63c; stor-
age seconds, 46c; fresh extras, 70c;
fresh firsts, 60e. Potatoes, per bag,
ear Iots, $1.06 to $1.10.
Canters and cutters, $2 to. $2.60;
cows, fair, $3 to $4; reals, best lots
$10• do, poorer lots, $9 to $9:60; good
lamiis, $13; sheep $6,50 to :$7; hogs,
fair quality and good weight, $11.75
to $12,
DOG TEAMS *CARRY
RELIEF TO ALASKA
Anti -Toxin Cannot Reach
Diphtheria Patients for Three
Weeks -11,000 Endan-
gered at Nome.
A despatch from Nome, Alaska,
says: -The diphtheria situation is
serious here on account of the lack of
anti -toxin. But a. supply is now on
route. Three hundred thousands units
from Anchorage left Nenana on
Thursday by relay dog team for
Noire, a distance of 800 miles.
Dog teams are starting from both
ends. The Nome team has already set
out, Leonard Seppala, all -Alaska
Sweepstakes winner, driving twenty
Siberian. wolf dog racers. Ile his
travelling Iight, will meet the relay
team in the vicinity of Ruby, and re-
trace his track post haste with the
serum.
The weather is mild, ranging from
zero to 20 below. There has been lit-
tle snow, but the trails are good,
which should allow the dog teams to
arrive in Nome in three weeks.
Another shipment of anti -toxin from
Seattle arrives in Nenana next Tues-
day, and an attempt is being made by
Delegate Dan Sutherland at Wash-
ington to have the anti -toxin trans:
ported to Nome by an airplane of the
Fairbanks Aare Corporation with a
volunteer pilot, Detective Darling.
Arrangements have not yet been com-
pleted for the flight, which by airline
would be less than 600 miles and take
about four hours.
Meanwhile the Nome Health Board,
under Mayor Maynard, Dr. Curtis
Welch, and the public nurse, are mak-
ing the rounds. Several deaths have
been reported,' and more cases of sore
throats appear daily, especially among
the Eskimos, although a dozen whites
are afflicted. Among them is Prof.
Ryneing, superintendent of the High
School, and other adults.
No Turban, No School,
Says Hindu Father
A despatch from Vancouver says:-
Anrur Singh, aged 18, Hindu, is not
attending school because the Point
Grey School Board. -has ruled that "all
boys 'must have their hair cut, and
wear .hats or caps, rather than tur-
bans":
•-The' boy's 'father refuses to permit
the lad to conform to the board's
order, declaring it was against his re-
ligion. Action by the board was taken
on complaint of parents of other eta,.
dents.
State Control, of Liquor
Obtains in Newfoundland
St. Johns, Nfld., Feb. 1. --Opera-
tion of the prohibition law which has
been in effect in Newfoundland ``far
eight years ceased' last night and to-
morrow a new statute will become ef-
fective providing for Government con-
trol, of the sale of liquor. Under the
new Act itrtoxicants will be made
available in specified
pdaily allotments.
The law is modeled on the Quelicc
Liquor Act.'.
Natural Resources Bulletin.
The Nataliial Resources Intelligence
Service of the Department of the
Interior at Ottaiva says: -
Canada's dairy products are making
a name for themselves in many coun-
' tries and are meeting world compe-
tition with increasing success. Dur-
ing the twelve months ending Novem-
ber last, Canada increased -her ex-
ports of dairy products in nearly all
, lines. This was especially the case
with butter, milk powder, and cream.
To the supply of butter for outside
markets Canada contributed' 21,676,-
038 pounds the past twelve months,
as against 12,935,279 pounds a year
ago, This butter, titan which no bet-
ter is made, was supplied to twenty
countries. The United I{ingdont is, of
course, the .largest consumer, while
Germany, Belgium and Newfoundlend
are heavy purchasers. It is of in-
terest to note that China and Japan
are in the market for Canadian butter,
taking between them over 100,000
pounds in Noyember.
IMilk powder is another of our
rapidly growing exports having aI
lits primary source the dairy farm,
In the above twelve months' period
7,717,676 pounds of milk powder was
exported, as compared with 3,981,-
502 pounds a year ago. The amount
of condensed milk exported increased
from 37,069,600 pounds last year to
48,788,000 pounds this year, During
the same period, also, our chemo ex-
ports increased from 116,982,390
pounds in 1928 to 120,116,200 pounds
in 4,
The102United States takes practically
our entire exports of amain, not-
withstanding the increased tariff.
The twelve months ending November,
1924, showed deliveries of 0,287,452
gallons across the line, compared with
2,665,758 gallons in 1023.
Dairying is closely allied with i vel-
opment of the land. Raising the faze,
feeding it to live stock, and Linc;
the resultant fertilizer upon the lane
is a conservation measure that will
ensure the continuous productivity of
Canada's greatest natural resource
-her agricultural lands.
Rapid Home-"'ndin� ,
.
Through the energy of a Children's
Aid Officer, writes J. ".7. Kelso, ten
homeless children wets: placed in
splendid homes within two months,
and all within a radius of twenty
or thirty miles. The Society received
an application for a 'child and as the
recommendations were' satisfactory
the Secretary decided to go himself
to the home with the youngster. He
was hospitably received and in chat-
ting at the supper table be was toll
of a neighbor who had been talking
of applying for a little boy. He went
right over, found the people delighted
with the prospect, and within a week
placement number two had' been
brought about. These people nice -
blotted relatives who had often talk+al
of -baking a child; and _ttuoth e trip
resulted in placements three and fo•,r'
.And soit went =extending from. c
home to another until the supply
that particular Shelter \ f.; rv,e,
hausted. Members of Wo "t• n's Ta-
stitutes could help the Socieie by loon-
ing up homes for children among titer
friends and neighbors.
It takes 2,300 cocoons to induce one
pound of silk: No wonder oar gir:s'
dresses are shorter and tle) t..x•.
In India, where 72 jeer cent, of the
people depend on agriculture, it is saki
that 40,000,000 persons never knovi"
what it is to have hunger entirely
satisfied, and 'countless thousands of
persons die from fanzine every deoado.
The reason? Improper and antigitat-
-ed methods of farming,
eSe
err