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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1937-02-18, Page 3THURSDAY, FEBRUARY18, 1937 THE SEAFORTE[ NEWS PAGE THREE. Mounted Police Series Postponed Temporary postponement of the series n'f decimatiza'tiatt's based on the aciveetures of the (Ninth=West Moun- ted Police no doteht will disaplpolnt. many radio fans, batt this column would like to point out that the .ser- ies hale not entirely -heen placed le the discard, 'Reason for t'Iie delay is the inability' of the CRC program 'depart- ment to complete preparetion.c *for the initial broad'cast. It is expected that the series will .get ender way at • a very early date. • • New Microphones 1Ra:dio (authorities at the CBC Ta'r- 01110 studios are waxing enthusiastic over the new ani -directional micro - 'Phones •recently installed there. The tni.kes co'm'bine the 'best :features 'cd better known velocity and dynamic types and 'tend to cut off 'surplus noises 'front the rear, particularly cases where audiences are present or when a public address system is in use. 'They .make for 'better ,program 'reception, too, Sunday Broadcasting Activities ' To most people Sunday le the "lis- ten -in" day of the week. The 'large 'American networks and those of for- .oign 'countries have ambitious scled axles of 'programs that'brieg the world of .music and entertainment into homes with .the 'mere twist of a dial. Our own' CBC has not 'fallen 'behind in Sunday broadcasting, either, and Canadian listeners are provided with a wide diversity of 'features carefully chosen for 'their appeal 'both in the matter of amusement and education. Starting at 100 p.m„ the national net- work opens to. carry the two 7lotrr concert by the New York !Philhar- monic 'Orches'tra front New York. This is followed by :a'program called "Vesper 'Hour," from 'Winnipeg, at 6.30 by "Le leetratuor SAlouebte," from Montreal, and at '6.1415 by a 'fifteen minute summary of the week's news 'by Dr, H. L. 'Stewart, from 'Halifax, At .7J00 p.m, the .CBC takes an 'ex- change from 'New 'York called "'Pro- 'fessor 'Quiz and 'his IBrainbusters," and at .7.30 presents "And 'It Came to Pass," a biblical dramatization. Rex 'Beetle and his 'Royal York .Orchestra are heard at 5,0e, and at 8.00 Van- couver curates on the air with "'jew- els of a'Madotnta:" The CBC ,at 9:00 p.m. presents a drama front the Tor- onto studios and at i1.OA0 the inter- nationally 'famous "Atlantic Noc- turne" from (Halifax. Then, to wind tip the day's broadcasting, the nation- al network carries three 'features .of cepa] merit: William Manton, tenor, front Toronto. the Canadian (Press "News .Bulletins, front Toronto, and "Sweet and Low," :featuring Mart Kenny's orcbesera. from 'Vancouver. "Night Shift" on a Fox Farm Ever seen foxes on a farm at night? Ever heard 'their yapping, seen the way they are fed, or how they act? Well. Bob Bowanan, the CBC's 'Night 'Shift" man will describe those things and many more, on IFebraiary 11(8 when .he takes his microphone to Charlottetown, I.E,L, for a broad- cast from one of the most fatuous farm> on the Island. Right now he is packing up his goods and chattels and preparing to leave Halifax where he 'lute just concluded an interesting show from 'Chcbeeto Head T.igbt- house. 'After the tP,;E,I, affair he will leave for Saint John, N,'B., to enter- tain li teners from 'the 'bowels of a South American freighter where twirl: -nee will he unloading her cargo of' font for the Canadian market. Broadcast Howard -Jones Recital Lovers of piano masic will meet with (joy the annotrceient that Ci13C intends to broadcast nationally a re- cital on Ilrehruary 11(9, at '9.00 p.m. 'EST, by the world-famous Welsh piania't, 'Evlyn illowa'd-,Jones, The brilliant master, who 1s engaged .in itis second Canadian concert tour and whit is rated as one of 'the most dis- tinguished ref Old Country musicians, will be featured from the Toronto Medic's. We mention elite forthcoming 'br'oadcast 'because it will - he one of the exceptionally otttstt ncling pres- entations of its kind. Those "Sing Song" Plans George Yaung said .farewell to his friends in Toronto, boarded the train for British Catuntlbia and has now started on his tour that will take 'him within the ,text three months, to most of the important 'cities 'front Victoria to 'Halifax whore he will produce 'the famous "Sing Song' broadcasts, CRC bas 'made reservations in town halls, theatres, 'and large public buildings in anticipation of the large crowds 'that will attend and has asked this column to extend invitations to all its readers to participate in the programs. News of Me. 'Young's visit to your city will be ,made known .as ewe as possible and yon will find a hearty w'elcnnte awaiting you. You Were Asking , .? \l, IB.: Connie Stewart (Toronto) made her debut in "Ermine:' produc- ed by her father in eld edicine Hat then she was 'fourteen. Mee. IRJA,B,: Yes, ,Frank ,1, Willis, producer 01 ":\t- lantie Nocturne," .base written many of the poems he bee read during his pro- gram. nelel,; We are unable to an- swer your question at the moment, but will send you full information by mail as soon as possible, Corporation Features Day By Day •(':\11 'Times Il.astern Standard) 'f liuri l y, February 118: '9.30 pan. "'Night Shift." R. '.I', Bow- anis. tee the stent ;grove's new 'bundles man will ,describe a visit to a Prince ni wor(1y, lhres are deposited in regu Edward 'island fox farm. Prom Char- tar layers, one in each year. The new layers of bark and wood are thus Inc teed almost in contact. The epider this covers the bark, 'het its, existene is altogether 'short-lived. 11t is destroy cd at an early Atime as much by the the growth of the tree as by the ac- 'Friday, February 19: fl.'Sltl p.m. lEvlyn Howard -Jones, Eminent Wedsh pianiet in recital,' From Toronto. 1110.3(1) pen, T Cover the Water- front." 'Pat Terry tells tales' of the sea. From Vancouver. Saturday, February 20: 8.30 p.m. OBC Little Symphony Orchestra. 'From Quebec. 11(,3(1 pmt, IGilher4 'Darisse and his Chateau Frontenac Hotel :Orchestra, From Quelhec. Sunday, February Drill; 3,01) ,p ,,n.: New York 'Philharmonic Orchestra. (From New Yoaik. ,6.415 p.m, Dr. H. L. Stewart Re- views the Newi Weekly news. com- mentary, Wren 'Halifax. 1,0.00 pat. 'Atlantic Nocturne" 'Readings by Frank Willie. From Haetifax. Monday, February t>i 9.001. p.m. "Melodic Strings," Or- chestra direction :Alexander Ciruhald M. 'From Toronto. 310.00, pale "Strike lip the Band." Orchestra and soloists, Pram 'Toron- to. ' Tuesday, drehruary _tlfi; 8,310 p,sn, "Musical '('ape tri." M(RIN-CY,C exchange ,program. From Detroit. 9001 p.nt, '1'o he announced. Wedneeday,'February, 24:. ,10.00 p.nt, 'Toronto Conservatory String Quartet. From Toronto, 10.30 p.m. Lloyd lett( 1ticy and his Orchestra, Front Montreal. BOTANICAL NOTES FOR FEBRUARY (By 'E. W. J-T'art, Division of Rat - tiny. Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa.) The second month of the year is often the coldest, when the freshness of the icy air is fiercely attractive. The landscape blazes like a sheet of rlarzling metal The sun in fel'( glory shine • in a sky 'broken 'hy the lonely purity of the spruces. et 10 against inch it scene of superb bud .indescrib- a'ble splendour that the bark of many treee 'fling., bright splashes of col- our, The 'beauty is so intense that ;IT - meet long to catch it, hold it, wrtt•p it alp, and trait it .away safely, "A thing Of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never , .tress into nothin,G:ncs:s; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of street dreamt+, and hctt'lth. and quiet.'breathing." ---fkeats: ' 'Endytuion." '''hese 'beautiftil 'barks are essential- ly composed of fibrous and eeituleee tissue; brit it is easy to understand how varied are the forms, disposi- tions and structure of these elements when tiro et traordinary •variety in the appearance of .the 'bank of trees, and the diversity ni their peoclucts are considered, The y'enne etem is inv'riably cov- ered with a thin cuticle—the epiaer- lottetown, 11(1.00 da3,111. "13y the Sea," 'Orchestra directive Percy Harvey with soloist, male quartet and the "Smile Sleuth." CBC MBS international exchange program. Front Vancouver. tion of external agent,. The peeling of the 'bark Of the bet tonw'ood is a good example. The trunk of the ghostly button- wood, it sycamore or ;plane i4 is also called) is easily recognized front a die tante. The smooth 'bark is thin and very brittle and has the habit of flak- ing off in irregular plates leaving white .patches, like 'splashes of white- wash, that contrast sharply with the clingy iflin•e 'of the unshed arras, This tree .may 'be .also recognized by the dangling seed -belle. The spear -like stents of the ring- e.. od.e eliminate the winter scene frith bark of glewin4 vermilipu and crioneon, often dazzling against the intmaculate w'hiieuc.. of the snow. 'Gardeners appreciating the extreme beauty of this radiant Hark, plant these 'Malts with' a view to introduc- ing' colour into the winter landscape, The ',mouth, gold and yellow bran- ches of the willows, when eon) g;ist- 'mine against the more sonnh,e ever- green., will provide a gay display of colour, 'rbc ascending, simians trttiui- of the white birch with their tattered sil- ky bark have inspired artists. poets and prose -Writers fur ages, added to which it is amid that "The White Queen of the Woods" is the source of food (meal :rade Irani elle inner beret) drink, 1syrttp from the sap) trans- port, (canoes made 'from the 'hark) and lodging (Shingles 'made from the lfarlc) to thoee who dwell in the forest —"The most bountiful provider of all the trees." "('hen it must not be over- looked that the twigs have been, and clou'btlecs are still, :bound together .in the farm .of a etmiulus to learning anti. correct conduct. '!'hats economically the ebirch is of much value, and especially in those sterile lands where it (flourishes so well, and where s'o much else is want- ing. It is said that it approaches near- er the .polar region titan any other tree, and that it is the only 'tree fount in 'Greenland at all. The 'beech, ''one of the most magni- ficent objects of .tktd's lair creation," may be lcnow'm by its bank, which is close, uniurrowed, 'gray, often almose white, and marked with (blotches of a paler late, often nearly round. This smooth hark has, for ages, attracted wandering lovers, who have carved thereon sonnets, In Sbatkeapeerc's ".Ns Yon bike It" "Orlando" says: "0 leosalindl these trees shall in my books cent in their barks my thoughts 1'I character;" The gorgeous arbutus of the Pa rifle roast and 'Vancouver Leland has what may almost be described as ' red version of the buttonwood baric wa which exfoliates in the ..ante manner but with 'bright green patches against the cinnamon -red, • • eustice Harlan ,leieke Stone, alt used to piety nnedicine 'hall with 'Her her( t1-foorer at the White Holley, jus can't get used to the ;granrlenr of Ile new quarters Of the Supreme 1'nnrt a the 'United States, "Whenever UI lank at that build ink" he said, pointing to the fence facade, "I feel like the justices nngh to ride to work tut elephant ." -Bos ton 4rl'nibe, TREATY M'ONE'Y "As long as the sant shines and the the rivers run. 'Over those word:; the pipe of peace was first smoked more than a blin- ked years ago by Indians and white' stem. Perhaps time eternal was in the minds of those who sat a'b'ort that council fire. ;I -Inborn 'generation::'generation::were to benffit from the ,palaver which had concluded with the treaty welch was to have effect forever—or, in 'the pie- tnresteue language of the red mat, as Icing as the sun continued to shine clown on the land and the mighty riv- er to taveree the earth, The lout which the Italians had roamed its freedom was being handed over to the whites. In return there was to be no .set. payment (or the re- gion. but alt annuity to continue to the red mat's descendants forever. Each s•ttlttnter the words of the treaty carte to mean soiatething to the Present day Canadian Indian. Once more the white pian adheres to the worde signed by his 'forbears genera- tion's gone, Once more the Indian re ceives .payment Inc the land he ceded to the oncaming whites. Twenty men this milliliter clittribu- tctl treaty money 'to Canadian Indians gathered at 20 central points or at camps in those 20 regions, In Ontario, _Manitoba, ISas'katchewran, - Alberta, lititieb Columbia and the Northwest Terr itories, the Indians once stare received crisp new one dal'lar bulls, once ❑rare made merry, and depart- ed to look forward to the clay .next year when they will again make high holiday. fly lake and river routes the In- dians of itort'hern Canada conte' to- gether for the annual treaty .pay, merits. From ,far and near they come, bringing ing their families with theta, leaving their hunting and their trap. lines, their work at trading poets or mitring camps, even travelling hun- dreds of miles to WOW to take 'part in the biggest duty of the year. The In- dian mast be far distant and import- antly busy indeed, who does not show up 00 treaty payment day. 1n a short time tents cure pitched, camp fires started, Entire, Indian vil- ages spring .up on :the shores of nor- thern lakes. Eyes ecart the waters as, well as the tries, for sometimes the treaty paying white men eonie by motor -powered cane and often by air, flying those "big bees" which have become commonplace for the Indiansnorthern Indian A volley rings out as the canoe or aeroplane costes in sight. Every type of firearm possessed by the natives tired in welcome. There is great nisei for the share to .see who hae conte thin year. Then the camp goes back to normal, with ale friends visiting, with counting and asking in marriage with the telling of stories of the trail, 'The treaty payment party le Metal- led outside the trading post, the af- ficial paymaster taking' hie, seat behind a table frequently covered with a Union lack, lerom high trp on a flag- pole wares another Mittel Jack in the breeze, signalizing that treaty pay- ments will now be made. There is no rush. Men,, women and children amble over to the table, for all share 01 the payments. The treat- ies made many years ago, as more and more territory was needed' by the whites, and the treaties made in re- cent years, as the northward trek of the white man began, all .tate that the amenity goes to every 111x11, twu- 'nan and cited. ;There is a ':tar and usually a member rd the Royal Canadian elounti'd Police with the treaty ag- ent. The doctor, became! every I.:t- eian receive: medical service accord- ing to the treaty, The Indians ere called by name,, they present their identification cord., while the agent asks then' .p:iestion.e about their health, births and death, in the family, and what the Indian has clone during the vast year how his Aar catch has turned out, how inane- of his children were eick dur- ing the year, haw many went to cbtwl. - f5ometimes it takes but a few mill - MCA to pay an Incfianhis treaty mon- ey. ,At other times an 'hour or more 'naw pass while the Indian and.white mean converse, helped by an interpret- er if necessary, 'then the Indian re - elves the treaty money 'for eim•sehf, this wife and each of the ohildeen. Some treaties call for '$5 to each matt, 11,01110,1111,01110,11and child, Others state thestraits to be $4. For once .the man with the mast children fares best. He receives the largest .bundle of iresih bills, Under sante treaties the ohief and more, his councillors receive ore, in some eases $1.215 far the chief; X1115 for each councillor. Altogether it mnun'ts up. The treaty ;pai+imtsiters distribute nearly ?150000 each year for the land whack; Phe Indians surrendered. Aecordiag to the treaties, ie bad tines when the hunting has not been good or the crops .have not naaaured, the; government provides road, nfedi- al assistance and clothing. The white ratan 'has eignd solemn treaties and \Vant and For Sale ads., 1 week Z5.c. ouster Check : ooks • We Fire Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily, All styles, Carbon Leaf and; Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. • The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, smoked the pipe of peace at tate c'auncll fires that Ile well take care of the 'red man. And that rune close to 11,5100,000 ,each year. (New treaties, such as diose sign- ed in recent years, bring 'them still more gifts in return for the ceded. „land. 'l"he chief of the tribe is given a 'Inion Jack as ,symbol of his author- ity. He and the tribe's councillors are given 'badges of office which they wear. In past treaties medals 'have been struck and issued to the chiefs. When treaty money has beee paid and the sun is'7ow in the horizon, the festivities begin, sports and . feasts which the white men tender to theft reel brothers. ',It is custalnary at the signing of a new treaty to give 0 feast to the signing Indians, 'A't one recent ceremony the trading post where the treaty was signed did' not lt.ave enoaa„ h food on hand to provide a feed for the several hundred In- dians. :gathered for the accession from far and near, and the white men told their red brothers that the feast waued take place the following year. St did, There is much tnerrimalcing to the treaty payment day, It .is all accession for the Indian to partake of luxuries be cannot .obtain in the bush. Candy and 'baker's bread, cakes, and game - times safe drinks are the luxuries. Young and old feast on the delica- cies, while the trading post does a blg business, 'Otherwise the money fs spent to buy necessities, such as flour, sugar, tea, pork, blankets, bright eat - toes for dresses, shawls, .plaid skirts and guns; trinkets, glass jewelry, al- arm 'clocks, even .saxophones and 'mont'h organs are traded for the 'treaty money at soave of these frontier stores.. Then comes the sports. Canoe rac- es, football games, lacrosse, baby shows with the visiting air -men and Indian agents as judges, bestelooking boy or girl, best hunter, running rac- e, with appropriate prizes. One recent treaty day et a north- ern Ontario trading post the store was ransacked for a suitable prize for the largest family ,present. It was found at last andproved most appropriate; the mother of that family was given the largest frying pan in the store. There is after, dusk the council fire when the treaty paying officer speaks to all the Indians, tells them what is . happening in their country, admonish- es them far any shortcomings in their behavior during the year, advises them on the conservation of 'their game for which they depend' so much ,for food, and answers their questions. 'Then come the Indian dances. The ,tom -tarns beat and the 'fire ;glows bright, Young and old start slowly to circle the council 'fire while :the deer- skin drones beat out the time, Faster 'the tempo becomes, and louder the shouts of the dancers. Dressed in white mates clothing they weave about the fire in rehearsal of their old-time war dances, But when they suddenly stop, it is to sit down beside the Etre and partake of the entertainment, not to go on the war path. 'Songs, chants and individ- ual dances continue the program, tin far Otto the night. A few days later the encarnpmen.t has gone, The Indians have returned to their w'or'k, to their lodges in the distant bush. There are still sections of Canada, priueipally in Quebec, where 'the In- dians have not sighed a treaty with the Canadian government, and conse- quently where there are no reserves,. where theoretically the land still be - longe to the 'Indians. These areas are feaw Tiley are gradually being taken over; as the need for the land for min- ing as well as,Ianrbering development is required. These Indians, as well as those whose ancestors sold their land out- right to the white :tan, do not receive 'treaty stoney. Treaties were made wcith the ,Indians from the earliest days of the coming of the white man. At first little was .given in exchange for the land' at the signing of the treaty, Tn 1918. the policy was cU.ang- ed, and the first in'ciusion of that ro- mantic phrase "as long as the san shines and the rivers rain" made in a treaty,. Sine then that has been the policy, And .with the ceding of the land 10 the government conies the establish- ment of a reserve, which in recent treaties has amounted to one square mile for every five Indians in the ,tribe at the signing of the .treaty. This is often too much land for the. Indians, as they have shown in the the past, when they have asked' the ge>anernnnent to sell part of their re- serve. The proceeds have gone to the tribe's credit, while each member re- ceives the interest of the money 'held in trust by the government. Some Indians receive quite tidy an- nual interest payments in addition to their treaty looney. With the development of mining in the northland, there have been cont - plaints from the Indians that white (Continued on Page Seven)