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REPORTED FRO M FIRE -WEPT NORTH` Fanners TRIM I': Be ta; Tiecel-
� sands of Acres Already
A. despatch from Fort Williambeen practicallywiped out, 'according s ` " leepeedated.
- res' o re or s:. receive
fires welch have swept ietrlets in xis ouees weredestroyed,
Rapidly rising during the day, the
vicinity for the last week somewhat iliea'are left with what they could-get,waters of the' Fraser River late on
abatc0l, o lurts are :pouring' in of away from the path oR the flames:I Wednesdayafternoon had risen to 20
dosses to lumbering companies and The plant of the Kaministi uta Powe
settlers. It' is indicated that the fires Co:, which is in the' Kakabeka %lid; feet 1x/a inches, a rise of 4th inches
- have taken .the greatest toll' ever re- Hume <district,, was net in danger, :lace 5, o'clock in the morning', ac
said the report. eotdmg to the gauge at Mission, and
with controlled warm weather it is
In the Silver Mountain district the predicted that great damage is likely
airmen noticed about a mile and a half'
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says: -With the fur,, of the ,ff t t p t d hero Four farm Ades stein from Vancouver says: --
corded
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corded in these parte. •
'Tales of narrow eseapes from death
and of heroism on ,the part of the
settlers fighting the flames are con-
tained in almost every report received,
of railway line with ties on fire. to occur on the low-lying parts of the
At Murillo. a farming section near y
Port Arthur, one farmer lost his barn. inark at Mission is 20 feet. This
Thera has been no known loss ofdepth always has been regarded as
life, but two boys, Joe and Jack Cry- and implements, while a bucket bri- ommaus and anything higher regard
dolman, aged 7 and Si respectively, gade succeeded in saving the build- ed as critical,
were Missing in the. Scoble district ings on another farminthe: district. Thousands of acres are already in -
for scene hours, and settlers in the A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, undated and many farmers have been
p7fire,which C Y
neighborhood of Rabbit Mountain Ont., says: -A bad ush driven from their homes: Others are
organized search parties. Searchers was burning in the llsection, drivinglive stock to safe high lands;
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found them along the trail. They had Ported to be pretty well under control.With extremely warm weather pre-
it d erol
vatting throughouttheinterior of the
province torrents of ,water are roar-
ing down every mountain into the
Fraser River gully. The heat is melt-
ing the snow and ice rapidly and no
abatement of the flooding is in sight.
The bulk of the torrent itis said, will
take 86 to 48 hours to• reach the Fra-
ser Valley.
Farmers of the area flooded in Dew-
ney district are reported travelling
in boats.
Fraser at an hou., The danger
become frightened and started to walk ported to be pretty we nn et oon
to this city. Two pumps belonging to the Ontario
Mr. and Mrs. Aro of Strange Town
Forestry service were brought into
la and 25 men were employed in
ship are in the hospital here suffering' fightingthe fire in that section.
from burns receivedtheir home.
when 1 ' More rain is still the great need of
was destroyed. They were abic to the district, and the fires in the south -
save their stable and cattle. Me. Aro ern section of Aigonrn'.' partietilarly
hail a narrow escape 'frons death. He north of Blind River, continue to be
was working in the barn. when flying :rathev bad, there net having been
embers set the house on fire. He rush- much , even since the rain of
ed in to save valuable papers and let-up
money, and came out with his cloth- the weep -end, Ing afire. He leaped into a well and Fires of more or less magnitude
escaped with bad burns, have occurred Algoofma, though the rain of
inmost sections of
,
A summaryy oP the fire losses fol- Southern Ala few days. has checked some of them
lows: and the rangers have kept others
Slate wryer and district -A saw- down. Fairly bad flies have taken
mill, and a house and outbuildings at place, it is reported, in McMahon and
Cepamand's'iniiie destroyed, Barns and Gould Townships and in Township
outbuildings on settlers' lands burned, 1 F• Airplane, driven bya French pilot,
iiakabeka Falls district -Seven set -l m P
A later despatch from Fort Wx iia 1924-278 mites an hour.
tlers' homes and outbuildings burned, says: -The fire situation in the town- Philadelphia and Reading
with. a.heavy loss in implements andg Railroad,
p ships immediately surrounding the, 1904-115.2 miles an hour.
feed destroyed.in Cities at the head of the lakes' The Leviathan, ,1923-28,04 knots
Hyniers dietriet-Two setblers burn- was improved greatly on Thursday an hour.
ed out and buildings on the outskirts and all danger practically is over, but
of Hymees destroyed. reports received by the chief fire ran-
Gorman `anti Ware Townships- ger state that a dangerous blaze is
Airplane is Fastest
of All Modes of, Travel
A despatch from New York says: -
Speed records for varioue modes of
travel are given in the following:
Large areas of good standing timber
burnedover and cut. logs destroyed.
Strange Township--Sawmilland
large quantity of lumber at .Whitefish
burned. Thirty buildings, including
seven settlers' dwellings, destroyed
and a great amount of standing tim-
ber and cut iggs consumed.
The.little hamlet of Hume, 80 miles
west of this 'city, on the main line of
the Canadian National Railweys, has
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
REJUVENATES ARTIST
Franco -Polish Physician Em-
ploys Method on 84 -Year -
Old French Painter.
A despatch from Paris says:--
Armand
ays:-Armand Guillaumin, the famous
French painter, and one of the earliest
masters of the impressionist school,
aged 84, has been successfully re-
developing in the northern part of
Stirling Township, near the boundary
of Hele. If this fire gets out of 000-
teal it will be a menace to rich forest
wealth over a; large area.
The 'fire which did so much damage
Tuesday in the vicinity of Whitefish
Lake and Silver Mountain still is
threatening, the chief fire ranger re -
.ports, and ,he is sending out additional
nien to cope with it.
PLUMER APPOINTMENT
A STRATEGIC MOVE
"Guard on Suez" Assured by
Placing Military Leader at
Head of Palestine
Government.
A despatch from Joreealem says: -
The news of the appointment of Field
Marshal Plumer as High Commission-
erjuvenafed by Dr, Janowski, a Franco- sof Palestine ;came as a complete
Polish scientist, through blood trans -lie op opseinion
ntinboth Arab an Jewish gull
fusion. Family friends state the re- tic opinion the count y.m':Among all
stilt may be well termed miraculous, the names of candidates mentioned ast
lend it was achieved by the simple Samuel, the'snaseors to Sir perHewas
method of taking between four'and Samuel, until theh of Lord last mor was
five cubic' centimetres of blood from' withheldOpuntil divided very themonew
the vein in the arm. of a young girl Os
'me ioas to the new
High Commissioner.
Well-informed political circles state
the resignation of Lord Allenby, con-
queror of Jerusalem and High Com-
missioner of Egypt, which was an-
nounced the same day, and the ap-
pointment of . Field Marshal Plumer
are closely connected. It is being em-
phasized that the strategical import-
ance of Palestine, in view of the pres-
ent situation in the Near East, came
into the foreground, and because of
the resignation 'of Lord Allenby, who
and injecting it into the patient sit-
ting at her side.
While this rapid operation consti-
tuted the whole actual process employ-
ed. by Janowski for rejuvenating the
aged painter, it was preceded by a
minute microscopic examination and
analysis of the, blood ,molecules 'ef
both subjects, which having been
found identical, a "blood marriage" -
as Janowski terms it -could be per-
formed. While he doe13 not claim to
have found anything in the nature of has had a purely military career, the
appointment'of Field Marshal Plumer,
who is a military leader, was a stra-
tegic as well as a political necessity
for the "guard on the Suez."
Views ate else divided -With regard
to the results of the rew appointment
on the provisions of the Palestine
mandate to establish a Jewish nation-
al home in Palestine. Many declare
that a' new era will enter in the his-
tory of Jewish Palestine with the ap-
pointment of Field Marshal Plumer.
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New Brunswick Forest Fires
Quenched by Rain
A despatch from Moncton, N.B.,
says: -Danger from forest foes,
a universal panacea, the doctor 'be-
lieves the system can cure many ills
and fortify patients against others,
while providing fresh reserves of
strength and vigor for bodies fatigued
either through illness or age.
With the injection of a bill's blood,
Janowski has been able even to cure
several, stubborn cases of emphysema.
He divides subjects in four classes:
Nervous, lymphatic, bilious, and Ban-
- guine.' According to class he chooses
the subject to supply the blood .for
transfusion, and then he proceeds with
a simple operation similar to that pee -
formed .on Guillaumin. A book will
shortly appear containing a history of
Jartowski's discovery and observe
tion on results hitherto obtained.
ie which for the past few days have been
$10,Q049,0i3®Air`Lne from
raging at West Galloway, N.B., be -
New' York' to Chicago tween Bnctouche and Rexton, and
which menaced Richibucto village,
A despatch from Chicago says:- was thoughb to be over, when rain be -
The National Air Transport, Incorp- lean to fall throughout the district.
orated, backed by more than a score The fire had burned over an area of
of the nation's leading business ,nen, wood and timber -lands six miles in
mile int
1 wth and a n e width, and. had
an ca italrv�d at $10,000,000, : ti ns en z1
d P v
organizedhere for the purpose of op- destroyed foul .. farmsteads, with an
erating a commercial air line between: estimated loss of $25,000.
New York and Chicago, carrying ex-- ----- •-ee--•-•-
press and freight matter by night over
World's Largest Electric Fan
Made for /°t ^.n Gold Mine
the first unit of a series of similar air The largest fi:n in the world is at
lines which the company expects to Present being, erected en one of the
establish. It is expected that the ser- Ruud gold Jnines. Thirty feet hi
vice will be inaugurated early in the diameter,' it will carry eight blades,
fall, planes leaving New York about each ten feet across, .writes a Johan-
9.30 p.m. and flying over a lighted air- neeburg correspoudent of The Morn-
way to Chicago, arriving here about h'1,' Post', Louden. It will drive 9,000
'5. a.m., effectin a saving.of a full da cubic feet of air a '11111111;e' ai d -it will
in deliveries of freight and express I take a 15,000 -horseepower steam en -
matter handled. p gine to turn it at 120 revolutions a
Of the $10,000,000 capitalisation minute. The fan is to be placed above
$2,000,000. already has been subscrib- 'a circularshaft 8,500 feet. deep to.
ed . and it was ki'inounted no' stoole.dllaw'out the foul air-feohe the e>:i`4ire
Will be offered foe pu"•blic .sale. I underground workings.
a lighted airway between:. these two
cities. '
The New York -Chicago line 'is only
Automobile, 1 mile, Milton, 1920-
156.4 miles an hour,
Motorboat, in International Sweep-
stakes, 1924, for 150 miles, Gar Wood's
Miss petroit, average speed 48.7 miles
an hour.
Hydroplanes have attained a speed
of nearly 90 miles an hour in short
spurts.
Lord Haldane's Mother Dies
at Hundred Years of Age
A despatch from London says: -
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Burden -Hender-
son -Haldane, mother of Lord Haldane,
former Lord Chancellor, died on Wed-
nesday at the family home, Clean,
Auchterarder, Perthshire. She eelo-
brated her 100th birthday a month
ago.
ilius • nrasT F. A. Worsley e n'rlou'sfr.
who was navigator for"Shackletonliand
who will be loe•captaln for Algarsson,
the young British Columbian, on his
Coming polar dash.
MARQUIS WHEAT KING
CROWNED WITH HONOR
President of Royal Society of
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Canada Lauds Service to
Dominion.
A despatch •from Ottawa says:--
One
ays:-One ,'way to increase the national
wealth of Canada would be to wipe
out the wheat rust, declared Dr, J. C.
McLennan of Toronto, President' of
the Royal Society of Canada, in pre-
senting the Flavelle Gold Medal for
scientific discovery to Dr. Charles E.
Saunders, originator- of Marquis
wheat, which, the President declared,
had produced snore wealth for this
country thanany other discovery,
After advocating stops to stem the
d'eistruction of wheat by rust; the
President went on tosay that .he
thought there was unnecessary slaugh-
ter on the ground of infection of cat-
tle, some of which could be saved, be-
cause the : progeny of infected cattle
were not necessarily affected. More
rigid scientific tests were needed, he
said. Better use of fertiliser also
might bring greater yields of grain.
"Canada has learned to grow black
fox. Why stop there?" Dr. McLennan
asked. "What is wrong with the
beaver?"
In presenting the medal to Dr.
Saunders the President said that Ds'.
Saunders was one of the greatest men
Canada ever had, and one of the best
things he did was to rear a fine fam-
ily The country was proud of hen,
he said.
World's Diamonds.,
Tho diamonds of the world probably
represent a value of $5,000,000,000.
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Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably
sure. Theae will give you a clue to other words crossing them,
and they in turn to Still others A letter belongs in each white
space, words stating 'at the numbered squares and running either
horizontally or vertically or both..
HORIZONTAL.
1 -Prefix meaning "chief"
6 -Roosters
• 10 -What one rows with
i1 -A New England State (abbr.)
13 -The spawn of fish
15 --The poieon-tree of Java
17-Mountalr,_range between
Franoe and Switzerland
19-A lively dance
21 -Lawful
22 -Personal pronoun.
23-Inclpient decay In overripe
fruit_
24 -Prefix meaning "book; again"
26-Vicloue
27-A Wanderer of the desert
29 -Musical note
30 -One of the grains
32 -Permit '
34 -Public vehicle
86 -Large city of U. 8. (abbr.)
38 -Negative
40-A thick slice
41 -Deed
44 -Indefinite artlale
40 -Treats
49 -Latin Tor "gold" (abbr.)
80 -Disdainfully
53-A certain pace `
54-A cbuntry of.Aala
55-A plantof the _cabbage family
68-A Turkish governor
68-A heavy welght"(abbr.)
69 -Fuzzy covering
"60. --Roman goddess of grain and
harvests_
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VERTICAL
2-A horse color
2-A coarse variety of cinnamon
4-A ahort apace of time (abbr.)
8-ConJunctlon
9 -Pertaining to a corona
8 -l -Sharp
9 -Dominion of a duke
11-A thin piece of meat for
broiling
12 -Authentic
14-A narrow paeeageway
10 -An American n poet
17e -A triangular boat sail
18 -To• Join, connect
20-A part of the head
26 -Cut elantingly
28 -Perform
28 --Flexed.
29 -Member of Congress (abbr.),
31-Bgoka for holding photos -
83 -Preposition
36 -Used for drying ink '
86-A native of Island of Crete
87-A Middle West State of U. 8.
(abbr.)
$9 -Trestles
42 -Private meeting of members of
a political party
43 -Purchaser
46 -Correlative of "neither"
47 -Saliva •
48 -Total
49 -The whole
61-A knot or knob
52 -Separate Into grades
57-Personal•pronoLn
88 -Musical note
001rnion News in Brief:
St. John's, Ntld,-The total catch of
the sealing fleet for tho' season just
clgsed amounted to 127,882 ,.seals, The
total for each -ship was as follows:
Neptune, 20,604 firat trip, 8,226 sec-
ond ,trip; Viking, 19,168; Sagona, 5,-
219;
;219;Eagle, 16,849; Thetis, 16,920;
Prospero, '5.110;.' Ranger, 5,953;
Senef„2,642;, Seal, 9,466; Terra Nova,
18,225.
Kentville, Nova Scotia, -The fore-
cast of Nova Scotia's apple crop for
1925 indicates that prospects have
never been any brighter than at press
eat for a successful crop this year.
It is early to predict results, hut.
weather conditions being favorable,
the'crop should reach, if not exceed,
previous records.
Fredericton, N.B.-Records of the
motor vehicle branchof the Public
Works Dept, show 12,000 or more mo-
tor vehicles are already licensed in
New. Brunswick, fee receipts having
reached $265,000. The number of
automobiles registered in New Bruns-
wick: this year will probably be con-
siderably over the 20,000 mark:
Quebec, Que,-e111 highways and
roads in this province are now open
for regular traffic. Only ten per cent.
ofthe roads have been affected, by the
winter frost, a considerable decrease
from previous years. The planting
of ornamental trees along the King.
Edward Highway is proceeding rapid-
ly and also between Quebec City and
Montreal, Safety signals are being
placed along the roads also, chiefly
near railway eroseings,
Timmins, Ont, -According to pre-
liminary estimates the output from
the : gold rnines of Northern Ontario
reached an aggregate of approximately
52,500,000 for the month of April.
Output from Porcupine continued at
the high record established during the
preceding month, while an increase
was recorded from the Kirkland'Lake
Winnipeg, Man. -The Grace Min-
ingCo,, with headquarters in Buffalo,
N.Y.; have started producing soap-
stone on their property` at -Eagle Lake,
twenty miles south d Vermilion Bay.
They shipped their first carload about
three weeks ago to the, Dryden Pain
and Paper Co., and if it Proves suc-
cessful, may result in a business of
considerable importance, as the only
source of supply for this stone is Nor-
way and West Virginia.'. This stone
is used for lining -of' furnaces of pulp
mills, on account of its great heat re-
sisting qualities.
Regina, Sask.-Two contracts cover-
ing the construction of 27 country ele-
vators have been let by the Saskat-
chewan wheat pool. A Winnipeg com-
pany was successful in securing the
contract for 15 elevators, while the
balance will be constructed by a local
company. It was statedthat the points
at which the 27 elevators are to be
built have not yet been decided upon.
Edmonton, Alta, -Sixty-two billion
tons of coal,' half of this amount re-
coverable, lie beneath the surface of
Alberti% soil, according` to Prof. 3. A.
Allen, Provincial Geologist and head
of the Provincial TTniversiiy's Dept.
of Geology, in 'a statement made before
the AlbertaCoalCommission.
Invermere, B.C.-There is every
possibility that the Provincial Gov-
ernment may this year complete ;the
construction of the scenic highway
connecting Golden with the summer
resorts of Banff and Lake `Louise,
Much of it was built clueing the past
two seasons. When thin link is com-
pleted it will make one magnificent
triangle through the heart of the Can-
adian Rockies,
THE MARKE
TORONTO.
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Man: wheat -No. 1 North:, $1.90;•
No, 2 North., 51.03; No. 8 North.,
$ .88; No. 4 wheat, not quoted. j
Man. oats -No, 2 OW, not quoted;
No, 8 CW, 61%c; extra No. 1 feed,.
61%c; No. 1 feed; 570; No. 2 feed,
543X.
All the above c.i.f. bay ports.
American corn, track, Toronto -No.
2 yellow $=
Milifeed-Del., Montreal freights,
bags included. , Bran, per ton, $28;
shorts, per ton, 530; middlings, 586;
good feed flour, per bag, 52.05.
Ontario oats -Nominal, f.o.b. ship-'
ping points.
Ont. wheat -No. 2 winter, nominal;
No. 3 winter, not quoted; No, 1 com-'
mercial, not quoted, f.o.b., : shipping
points, according to freights,
Barley -Malting, not quoted.
Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal.
Rya -No. 2, nominal,
Man, flour, lst pat., 810, Toronto;
do, 2ncl pat., 59,50, Toronto. Pastry
flour, bags, 57.50.
Straw-Carlots, per ton, 58.00. to
58.50.
Screenings - Standard, recleaned,
f.o.b. bay ports, per ton, 524.00.
Hay -No. 2, per ton, 513.00 to
514.60; No. 3, per ton, 511.00 t
12.00; mixed, per ton, $9.00 to
11.00; lower grades, 56.00 to $9.00.
Cheese -New, large, 20 to 20t,ic;
twins, 21 to 22c;tripletst. 22 to 28c;
Stilton, 23 to 24c, Old, Arge, 27 to
28c; twins, 28 to 20r; triplets, 28
to 30c.
Butter -Finest creamery prints, 37
to :38e; Ho. -1 creamery, 36 to 37c;
No. 2, 85 to 86e; Dairy prints, 29 to
80c,
Eggs -Fresh extras, in cartons, 36
to 870; loose, 34c; fresh firsts, 82c;
seconds, 28r.
Live poultry -Chickens, spring, .ib.,
55c; hens, over 4 toy lbs„ 20c; do, 3
to 4 lbs., 180; spring chickens, 4 lbs.
and over, M.P., 24c; do, corn fed., 22e;
roosters, 15c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up,
22c.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, spring,
lb., 66c; hens, over 4 to 5 lbs., 28c;
do, 8 to 4 lbs., 22c;spring chickens, 4
lbs. and over, M,F., 85e; do, corn fed,
32c; roosters, 20c; ducklings, 5 lbs.
and up, 27c.
Beans -Canadian, handpicked, lb.,
6t/%c; primes,' 6e.
Maple products-Syrttp,. per Im-
perial gal., $2.40; per 5 -gala tin, 52.30
per. gal.; maple sugar, Ib„ 25 to 26c.1
Honey -60 -lb. tins 13t%c per ib._�
10-1b. tins, 13%c; s -1{r. tins, 14c; 27
Ib. tins, 15th to 16c.
Smoked meats -Hams,' med., 30c;
Cooked Hants, 46c; smoked rolls, 22c;,
cottage, 24c; breakfast bacon, 28 to
82c; special brand breakfast bacon,
35c; backs, boneless, 35 to 42c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., $22; 70 to 90 lbs., $20.50;
20 lbs. and up, 519.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, 519.50; heavy-
weight rolls, $34.50 per bbl.
Lard -Pure tierces, 18t c; ' tubs,
190; paile,19Foc;'prints, 20%c; short-
ening tierces, 14c; tubs, 14?,ac; pails,
15c• blocks, 16c.
Heavy steels, choice, 57.75 to $8;
do, good, $7.25 to 57.75; butcher steers,
choice, $7 to 57.60; clo, good, 56.25
to $6,75; do, Inc., 56 to 56.50; do,. corn„
$6.60 to 56; , butcher heifers,
choice, $7 to $7.501 do, med.,$6 to
$6.50; do, come 55.50 to $6; butcher
doves, choice, 56 to 56.50; do, fair to
good, $4.50 to 55.50; canners and cut..:
tern $2.50 to $2.75; butcher bulls,
good,$4.60 to 55.60; do, fair, 58.76 to
54; ologna, 52.50 to 53.25; feeding
steers, good, $6.50 to 57; stockers, gd.,
$5.50 to 56; do, fair, 55 to 55.50;;
calves, choice, $10 to 511;;; do, med., 57
to $9; do, cow., $4.50 to 56; inlet:
cows,; choice, 570 to 580; do, fair, 540
to $60; .springers, choice, $75 to 590;
good. light sheep $8.50 to $10; heavies
and bucks, $5.5$ to $7.50; good ewe
Iambs, 514 to 515.50; do, med., 510 to
$12; do, culls 58.00 to $9,00; spring
lambs,' each, 57 to 512; hogs, thick
smooths, fed • and watered, 512.10 to
5'12.36; do, f,o.b., $11.50 4.o $11.75; do,
country points, $11,25 to 511.60; do,
off cars, $12,60 -to 312.85;
premium, $2.37 to 52.42.
MONTREAL.
elect
Oats, No. 2 CW, 72%c; No. 3 CW,
657%; extra No. 1 feud, 63c. Flour.
Man. spring wheat parts., firsts, 510;
seconds, 59.50; strong bakers', 59.30;
winter pats., choice, 57.70 to $7.80,
Rolled oats, Lag 90 lbs.,.$3.55. Bran,
$28,25 to 52925, Shorts, 580.25 to
$31,25. Middlings, 586.25 to $37.25.
Hay, No. 2,. per ton, car lots, 514 to
515.
Cheese, finest wests., 1791 to 18e;
do, finest eastern:, 17•e1, to 17%c. But-
ter, No. 1 pasteurized, 82% to 33c;
do, No. "1 creamery, 3331 to 32e; do,
seconds, 30t to 81c, Eggs, fresh
specials, 86 to 87e do, fresh extras,.
35c; do, fresh firsts, e2c. Potatoes,
per bag, car lots, 66e.
Med. calves, 56.60; i'hin drinkers,
$5 to'$6.60 hogs, poor quality, 513.50;
do; good, 513.76.
Britain Gives Marriage
Authority by Cable
A. despatch from London says: --
Marriage authority by means of cable
has been officially approved" by the
British government. It was 'announc-
ed recently that the re d eign Office,
upon payment of the cable charges,
will authorize marriage officers resi-
n dent abroad to marry couples whose
banns have been published for the re-
quisite three weeks in a British regis-
.tryoffice.
A bride who recently was forced to
leave England to join her fiancee in
South America before the three weeks
elapsed applied to the Foreign Office,
which met her wishes, and upon her
arrival in South America she found
the necessary authority awaiting her.
Queen Sees; Likeness in
Model of Prince of Wales
A despatch from London says: -
Despite the heavy rain on -Wednesday,
her Majesty Queen Mary visited the
British Empire Exhibition at 'Wem-
bley and inspected the Canadian sec-
tion.
Her Majesty was quite interested in
the exhibits from the Dominion, which
she thought were more varied and
even better than those of 1024. She
was very much amused when she be-
held the model of the Prince of Wales
in butter and examined it for several
moments.
"It is a remarkable likeness," she
said.
Sterling is Highest
Since End of 1914
A despatch from New York says: -
Sterling 'exchange approached within
one-half cent of dollar parity -$4.86%
-which goal has not been reached
since November, 1914.
Demand bills on London were quot-
ed 'at 54.86%, an overnight gain of
cent, •t •
one-quarter of a e, when the mar.
ket 'opened, and rose steadily nrtil
they reached the top figure of
$4.863-16, slipping bale slightly just
before the market tensed,
Solution of last week's -guzzle.
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Canada Should Take Advant-
age of Exceptionally Favor-
able Conditions for Tourist
Business.
"Tourist traffic is, one industry ripe
for development Pn ,Western pa6ada
at the ,present time," le the statement
of one of the engineers of the Natural
Resources Intelligenes Service of the
Department of the Interior, on return
ing front an investigation of the na-
tural resources of southern Alberta
and British Oolumbia. This, engineer
states that one attractions to tourists
inthisarea constitute one -natural re-
source ready to i"cash in" on immedi-
ately with little expenditure and no
diminution of the original assets on
which it is. founded.
Canada has the natural attractions
to meet any competition for the Ameri-
can automobile and other tourist traf-
fic., She has the big game and other
sporting :attractions, thewaterways,
scenery, summer' climate, quid so on,
The service provided by our railways
is the best and our highways are now
comparable with many of the main
highways in thtt United States, and.
they are being rapidly extended and
improved.
We have the material to sell and we
have a ready market, creating a situa-
tL,n of .remarkable possibilities. It is
a situation which has developed very
abruptly -mainly within the last few
years. Next door we have a nation;
with nearly 110,000,000 people and
over 16,000,000 automobiles, bordering
us clear across the continent. Most
of the motor cars are owned by people
with the means and inclination to tra-
vel. It is.doubtful whether any coun-
try ever faced such favorable condi-
tions as Canada enjoys: to -day with
regard- to the tourist traffic -a class
ofbusiness which has long beennurs-
ed as a large source of income in seen
countries as France, Italy and Switz-
srlend,
In the report or: the United States
foreign trade for 1923 the expenditure
Of tourists abroad is . estimated at
5600,000,000, The, increasing toarlst
travel in Canada bids fair to absorb a
considerable.portion of this anuual ex-'
Denature,
What is required more than auy-
tliing else to take full advantage .of
this situation and to create 'a still
more thriving and.remunerative indus-
try ie a spirit of co-operation among
the various organisations dealing .with
this traffic, .The efforts of the Natural
Resources Intelligence Service aro be-
ing directed toward this'end.
As au agency for selling interest in
our natural resources Cwnada's teui'ist
traffic plays an,• important part.. The
American tourist generally has an eye
to busineee as well as pleasure. Many
of 'them' make their trips to Canada a
tour of investigation, reanlUrng often
fn inveatmenle in this country. Can-
ada's business growth has created an
interest among American business
men that Is simply revelntionary as
contrasted with their attitude ,1ewarit
the Dom talon only ten years ago.
Ramsay MacDonald Again
Suffering from Ill -Health
A despatch from London says:--
Tbe health of Ramsey MaeDennld,
former Labor Prime Minister, again
is giving his friends great concerti,
and it is understood he has had to
cancel his speaking engagements -foe
the i:ime being. Toward the. latter
part of his term as Prime, Minister
and immediately after the general
election last autumn lie was in
health, but but it was supposed until the
present situation arose that his trip
to the West Indies after his political
defeat bad restored him to full vigor,
Court Plumes Furnish Prob-
lem for Bobbed Britishers
A. despatch from Londonsays:--
How to balance three plumes in a head
of bobbed hair is a problem that is
vexing women of all ages who are go-
ing to be presented at Court in Buck-
ingham Palace this year. Eighty per
cent. will be shingled or bobbed, and
one Mayfair hairdresser denies that
more than 5 per rent. will wear false
tresses to -solve the grievous plume
problem.
Last year, when the number of
shorn heads was considerably smaller,
the plumes came in tilted at all angles,
arousing the ceilecisnt of Queen Mary„
Word has gone about that tate Lord
Chamberlain, to forfend the Queen's
displeasure this year, will give the
plumes a special Dare -ever and will
'inspect' the dresses befoie their war -
ens pass into the throne room -
German Student Has
Invented Radio Clock
' A despatch from Berlin says: ---A
radio clock, invented by Walter Stern,
student in the Technical Institute' at
Stuttgart, is designed to supplant the
' present method of standardizing time
by, signals at certain intervals.
The device consists of a master
clock connected .with e sending sta-.
lion which' broadcasts continually.
wnves varying with: the time and gov-
erning precisely the movement of all,
other radio clocks tuned in to the
sending station. The invention is
especially adapted for the use of ships
which may tune in to obtain the time
of any selected country.