The Seaforth News, 1928-03-08, Page 2Sunday School
Lesson
and beginai'• :with
ti/OdeValeVinlatetr
Ivan thanks ter rice loavok,
ec1onnly bl•+aaks latent, fend tea* the
pieces to the dice glee that they may
vide them to the people, Nailing is
said AbQlrt a miraculous multiplication
Of the loaves, tletelg11 sonlestod by vthbe
a kind is undeullatedly sage
March 11, healon Xi,,-Jeeue Fesde follows. The physical slgnifieence of
the Multltudesr—Ma!k, s: 81"4 the avant is swlwrs%inated to rho spirit--
Gokf n Toil --I am the bleat( of uai. In vyew'of this circumstance we
Ilio: he that cometh. to mo shall ought to think of the whole proceed,
never hunger; and he that boliavoth ing, not aftor'tlus naloGy of al secular
In me shall never thirst.—Mark of real communion jau rvi . elbr� d r pr
6+ 36 a Cipmmixnien Service, The bread i'eP-
resents Something beyond itself. What
1, JESUS' coMPAaSIGN ON ria Estarra' is. that something? We nUay very
Tete, 81-34, peoperlysaY that it was the feast in
the coming langdom of God, = Jesus
IL este animals4oxAhsENT iN Tial was giving his followers a last, soleele
vriLD5)l I ss, 35-44, aseutn,nce thllt Goa meant to redeem'
Ierreo tICTION—The. feeding of the hie people. Thoul it ,he was himself
multitude marks aha ot>•lrninating point going away from his Galilean follow -
in the Galilean ministry of Jesus. It ere, God would net fail thein. They
took piaca at the moment when, Jesuswould yet inherit the kingdom, of
was leaving Galileo; and scatting hia which the feast in the wilderness was
fete stedfastiy towards Jerusalem. It but the foretaste or sign,
had a ,solemn symbolic significance;
must be understood by us in the Heat
of that significance, Otharsviee We
have only the story of a marvel, not
the revelation of a great divine mys-
tory, The truth which Jesus wished
to impress for ever on the hearts of
the' Gaiileans was that God would yet
sot up his kingdom,, The feast in the
wilderness was clearly attended to
roint forward to the feast in the Mee,
sigh's kingdom.
I. J S'ts' COMPASSIQN ON THE IIULTI-
ri)E, 81-34.
V, "1 The words of Jesus to the
c'iseiples, "Came ye, yourselves, airart
Into a desert place, and: rest.awhile,"
were speken at the moment of their,
return from their mission to the cities
of Isr'a'el. The disciples ciente back
Rustled and excited as the result of
theft labors, and Jesus saw that they
neededto have their minds composed.
Be, toe, was weary, anal ,though the
disciples did not yet know this—he
knew that his days in Galilee wore
numbered. So' he proposed to.' there
this quiet retreat beyond: the Lake,
Nis desire was rest, rest for his die.
eipies, and rest for himself. We shall
sec presently: that this bOpe was not
to be fulfilled. Meantime it may be of
interest to observe that in the judg-
ment of some modern scholars the
words of Jesus heregivenhave been
hon 1ed down tows in another form in
the great passage, Matt. 11:28 -SO:
"Came unto me, all ye who labour and
aro heavy laden, and I will give you
rest. Take my yoke upon you, and
learn at nae; for I am meek and lowly
In heart," etc.
Vs. 32, 33. The plan of Jesus was
quietly carried out. But the unexpect-
ed happened. A multitude of Gala
leans, who i4s.d, followed Jesus front
pInce to place, noticing' his departure,
and suspecting that perhaps they
would seek trim no more, hurried on
feat round the Lakeshore to the oppo-
site side—a journey of several miles
=and reached the landing -stage be-
fore Jesus and his disciples, who were
cruising en the lake, arrived. It is a contrasting. Width at lower edge,
strange and affecting -proof of the with plaits drawn out, about 233
pp'o ec Jesus over their spirits that yards, Price 20c the pattern.
o^c-cion, they could not let Our Fashion Book, illustrating the
himV. Xo.
31, So Jesus. instead of rest newest and most practical style, 'will
found J L S. Jesushen he saw the multi-rsbe of interest to tke•horne dressmaker,
trde on the shore, instead of feeling Price of the book 10c the copy.
disappointment as he might well have HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
done. he "was moved with compassion Write your name and address plain -
towards then. because they were as ly, giving number and size of such
sheep net having a shepherd." The patterns as you want. -Enclose 20c in
thought of leaving that great multi- stamps or rein (coin preferred; wrap
tnds, blind and ignorant and aimless it carefully) for each number and
as s,i many of them were, without
spiritual provision for their needy address your oder to Pattern Dept.,
:vent to the heart of Jesus, and we Wilson Publishing Co,, 73 West Ade -
read that once again 'ele began to laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by
teach thew many thing" Our Lord return mail,
was ain'r o pat=ent, always hopeful,
always ti :Ii t to spend and to be
sper.t •n his Father's service. Collection Hat Reveals
IL TItt GREAT SACRAMENT L`I TAE Spread of "Copperitis"
,i iLt assess,
i ;,3.,, 3d. Jesus spent the whole
day ir. teaching, and the approach of
evening f,urd the muititude still
Fangs. :g oat his words. At this stage
the di:-cipers intervened- They were
ansicas as re what would happen if
night c • e. ;+. »k the people in that soli-
tary place, They suggested the die.
milli .g cf the people to the nearest
farms and village -s that they might
procure feta
Vs. :37. i3. Jesus answer is for ever
ir,en:orab a "Give them food your-
se -fives;' he said. The disciples did not
understand the Master's thought, and
began to point out all kinds of diffi-
culties, It 'would cost morethan two
hundred denarii, that is, more than
fifty dollars, they said, to procure
enough food to go round- Jesus an-
swer was: "How many loaves have
you on hand? Go and see."
S's; 3941. Then came the great
sacrament in the wilderness. At Jesus'
command the people were made to sit
ort the grass in orderly groups, re-
sembling flower -pots in gardens. Jesus rafter delivering a very fine address,
takes the slender provision which they that he had forgotten to bring the
had, the five loaves and the two fishes, book.
A NEW DAYTIME FROCK
This smartly simple one-piece frock
has plaits at each side of the front
and back, a becoming convertible col-
lar, short sleeves finished with Duffs,
w
or long sleeves. gathered into rist-
bands, and a belt at the sides only.
No. 1708 is cut in sines 86, 38, 40, 42,
44 and 46 inches,bust• Size 40 re-
quires 4% yards 86-4nch, or 3 yards
54 -inch material, and % yard 36 -inch
Taunton, Eng. ---Caustic comments
on growing "copperitts" of church
collections in his church are made
by the Rev, It Lowman Lang, vicar of
Holy. Trinity, In. a letter to parish.
loners.
He says under cover ot secrecy of
a hat people contribute a copper, and
on January 1 there was no fewer than
240 halfpennies in the collection.
"I am not writing," he says, "In a
bad temper, but ani trying to kindle
some glimmer of conscience in those
who are fairly well-to-do people but
woo gave halfpennies. instead of six-
penny bits. This 'eopperitie' seems
to be infectious, for it is certainly
spreading."
La Fontaine was proverbially ab-
sent-minded. When the was to make
a ceremonial presentation of his
"Fables" to Louis XIV, he discovered,
MUTT AND JEFF Bud Fisher.
Farm Notes
Sereeninlie Clessfle1,
Scteeninge 1s a by ptodact O1 the
grain industry and le naw available
egmmeroially to Oanadtan stockmen.
It consists of broken and ehruultou
grains, weed seeds, Including evild'
buckwheat and wild oats, clear, ete„
removed from the grain delivered to
the terminal' elevators and. colistitbtes
about 13, tp a%' per, coat, 9S; the total
grain receleeds This ,bisrpreetie tap
,xle'
cleaned' and classified tato. reolesner .
elevator screenings, oat scalpings,.
and refuse screenings, a cleeeilleation
which although still unolfcial; is re-
cognized by the Grain Inspection Do-
partlneot and complied With by. most
01 the elevators, A new 'Dominion
Department of Agriculture pamphlet
on Screenings. as 'a Peed for Live
Stock gives the composition of the
grades, By far the most, important
grade is the one named ro'eleaned,ele
vator.screeninge, It contains about
50 to 70 per cent. of wild buckwheat,
20 to 40'per cent.. of broken or shrunk'
en wheat, some Wild oats, and not
over 8 per cent, of sural weed seeds.
When finely ground it has been.
Proved by experiment to be a. very'
valuable feed for growing and fatten-
ing pigs and for fattening steers. The
second grade, oat acalpings,'contains
about 75 per cent, of wild oats, 15 per
cent. of domestic oats, a smallper-
centage,01 barley and an occasional
wheat kernel. It has a feeding value
distinctly, inferior to that of reclean-
ed elevator screenings. . The third
grade, retbae. Screenings, consists of
small weed seeds, chaff and the dust.
and dirt accumulating from reclean
lug,. It has bean, found to be 'of' little'
or no feeding value= fu :the rations of
swine. Besides these three grades, a
fourth grade, called elevator screen-
Ings, is -used',' It Includes any screen-
ings :not falling into the first three
classifications, provided the required
minimum percentage of wild bucle,
wheat and wild oats are put into this
class. The pamphlet, which gives an
account of the Experimental Farms
experimentsto ascertain the feeding
vahle, of the different grades of.
screenings, may be obtained from the
Publications Branch, Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa.
Roots As a, Feed For Horses.
Roots are a valuable feed for horses
under many conditions. For instance,
they are good for horses doing model: -
ate farm work during the winter, Two
or three turnips or a few carrots
thrown into the manger when the
horse comes in at night will be great-
ly relished. Turnips or carrots are
more acceptable to„horses.than man-
ge's, and they should be given whole.
According to a new bulletin of the
Dominion Department of Agriculture
on Growing and Feeding Field Roots,
the meritsof roots as a feed for
horses may be summed up as follows:
They increase palatability, ,increase
the digestibility of coarse fodders,
benefit the teeth and gums, form a
splendid tonic; and cheapen the ra-
tion.
Roots In Horse Rations.
Idle horses during the winter sea-
son receive benefit from roots as a
Part of the ration. Feeding tests at
some of the Experimental Farms roil-
cote that a very good maintenance ra-
tion consists of one pound ow mixed
hay, one pound of Olean cut straw,
and one pound ofturnips for every
one 'hundred pounds of the horse's
weight. This constitutes a day's ra-
tion. Carrots are oven better than
turnips because they are more relish-
ed by the horses. During a 150 -day
period from November 1st to March
31st, six work horses keut on this
feed gained le weight an average • of
28 pounds. During the first° two
weeks of the test the ration that had
been used while the horses were
working was gradually reduced to the:
winter quantities. With the approach
of spring the last two weeks were
used to build up the ration to a nor-
mal working diet. Bulletin 94 of the
Department of Agriculture at Ottawa,
"Growing and Feeding Field Roots,"
deals very thoroughly with thee' sub
jest indicated fn the title. The report
states that for brood mares there is
no better adjunct to the ration than
roots, the succulent tonic and laxative
properties are then of peculiar value
as is the ease of digestibility.
Roots For Sheep.
A moderate ration of roots, particu-
larly swede turnips, are of great bene-
fit to breeding ewes an dthe lambs
Starting a Garden
Too often one secs a garden fade
alter` a few +oars, Sonetinles the
Soil gives out, or it'imay be the gar -
?loner's enthusiasm, .' or perhaps; tate
iplanb3 'become so crowded together
that the whole thing reverts to a wild,
fumbled state with little or no bloom,
Cheat' flowers are often crowded out
by vigorous gl'owera whoae only ex-
cuse for existence at all Is to act es
a limited background to sliow off their
more richly colored neighbors, .Agood
plan and thorough preparation in the
first ,place would probably have pre-
vented these failuree, Wbether'it is
Intended to grow flowers, frnits or
vegetables, the ground should; be
plowed or spaded, In the case of
' flower beds it is best to ge down a
couple of feet. Work in plenty, claret -
ted manure, ` If ",the soil is stiff „clay
strawy manure should be used. The
top soil should bo raked tine and at -
ter 'tits growth starts, a' little nitrate
of soda should be worked in to hasten
things along. Walks may be made
with, gravel or sod, or ordinary' soil
Packed hard, If gravel is -used, dig
out at least six inches 01 soli before
filling . in the Small' stones. Decide
Where .youg,;deliver garden ,le toqud,
and the vegetables start, and divide
with a hedge' of tall bushy flowers.
PROUD AND CROWS ABOUT IT
The prize-wlnningaerred Plymouth Rock cock. who represented Bermuda
at World's Poultry Congress, •
•
will 'benefit; accordingly. In a new
bulletin of the Dominion Department
of Agriculture on Growing. and Feed-
ing Field Roots it is painted out that
since for sheep;,roots are mainly use-
ful as a sourceof succulence, a vela
tively small quantity is sufficient. Oc-
casionally . as much as 4 pounds per
head' per day may be profitably fed
but 1?,5 to 2% pounds' of roots are
sufficient when feeding, say, 114J to 2
pounds of hay. Mange's are not as
safe a feed for sheep as turnips. Car-
rots may be used but they are mere
difficult "to grow than turnips.
The Cost of Raising Dairy Calves.
The cost ot raising calves from
berth to ono year old or :over', varies,
of course, with the quantity and.
quality of feed given, andthePrices
paid for the feeds. Nevertheless the
record, . kept at the Dominion Experi-
mental Station at Ste. Anne de la
Pocatiere, of the cost of raising -young
cattle should be of interest The sta-
tion has kept accurate records of the
cost of raising a, number of dairy
heifers from birth to, one year of age
and to date of first calving and of bull
calves to one ,year of age. All the
calveswere pure bred of high milk
Production ancestry. They were fed.
correctly and plentifullywith the aim
of developing them into high, class
da1ty cattle. As calves they were fed'
the necessary quantities of whole and
skim milk and later the 'rations con-
sisted of hay, silage, meal and roots,.
and the animals were on pasture ie
the summer. The average cost of the.
feed, including pasture, ,for a heifer
up to one year of age was 30.50, and
to date of first calving 968.57. The
average cost of feed for the bull
calves from birth to one year of, age
was 939.64. --Issued by the Director of
Publicity, Dominion Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa.
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Quest for Gold is Expensive
"Though there is now about 99,000,-
000,400' worth' of gold in the posses-
sion of, man, It is generally accepted
as 'a fact khat the -gold that has been
taken out of the earth is not work
wha. lies been, spent in its pursuit,"
writes Willla'm A 'Du 'Puy, currency
expert of the United States aurae of
Efficincl, in February "Current 'His-
tory."; ."Many -men have .spent life-
times in theb,unt.for gold:_and bane
never found it. Innumerable shafts
have .been rain" into lonesome-
moun-tainsides. that have never ecounter'
e dpay 'dirt. He who wanders among
the solitudes of the Rockies, for ex-
ample, is quite likely to encounter
the scare an the ,hillsides left by
prospectors who reeve • worked Maims
that never prodneed. The occasional
claim has proved to be a bonanza.
The docasional strip of sand has
'Yielded 'art yellow duet most profitably
for a time. On the whole however,
more has been spent in the quest for
gold than was ever realized from It,"
0
Necessity apportions- impartially to
high and low alfke: Horace.
Smooth Ride Over
Rou • h Roads
English Inventor Uses Steel
Discs and Cushion to
Purpose
London—Ap leasure trip over the
roughest 'country road, chuck holes at
every six feet,, miniature' mountains
and valleys and nary a bounce or jolt,
in an auto without.eprings.
The latest invention of W. Lawson
Adams, British engineer, a test of two
steel discs enclosing a 'rubber cuslhion;
11 "is claimed will make suelt a trip
possible.
This device has acne steel disco,
mounted on the frame of the auto-
mobile: Another disc familiar to the
first is. 'connected. to the end of :the;
axle -by a heavy steel, arm. Both
discs. are toothed, the teeth,• meshing
into similar teeth on a 'soft rubber
cushion which fits in between the two,
discs when they are bolted together.
As the car passes over rats or ir-
regularities in the road, this rubber
cusitionabsorbs the impact from the
teeth of the two steel ,discs. Even in the smallest garden It 'is
In a test over a water -worn, pot; well to rotate your vegetables,
holed road, a car equipped with these throughout the patch each year: In
springs traveled 40 miles an hour in other words, do not grow the tome•
comparative ease. tOefi" this, season where they were
planted last year. 0f course, it will
be - necessary to save the garden
Crops Grown From Paper' plans from year to year, but this
"Crop increases of 500 and 000 per should be done :anyway. It is a good
cent. following the use of a 'magic plan to have liguninous. crops such as
carpet' of heavy waterproof paper peas, and beans, which add fertilizer
to the soil, follow such. gross feeders
covering all the ground not actually as corn, mnct the root crops, In plant-
ing vegetables, it is good business to
put en a few extra early rows on the
chance that they will escape frost,
and produce a crop two or three
Garden Pilins,
Paths add, much, tp tate attractive-
nesit.ot oily. Rower garden or lawn. If
a supply of limestoneisplentiful and
cheap; a- Pleasing affect may bo pro-
ducal- by Diving crazy style sr in re-
gular fashion: Simply dig out sod or
soil the same sloe and exact depth of
your steno and plant irregularly- , If
this is done carefully the lawn mower
will run rights over ahfi no --trimming
will be`°Aeoeseary. The central path
of the ggrdeu.shouldebe in line with
the centre of the back, porch or with
a window: commanding the view .10
the porch" l% so placed: that it is im-
practicable ata' an axle. To round off
have the path lead up to a rose cover-
ed garden seat or archway through
the flower garden 'into the vegetable
patch. It there' is room, the main
path may encircle a garden pool in
which water 'plants are growing; or i1
this is. too ,elaborate, a bird bath or
sun dial may be used for similar ef-
fect,
Vegetable Rotation Crops.
occupied by the stems of the plants
themselves, have been obtained by
Dr. L. H. Flint of the United States
Department of Agriculture," writes
Watson Davis, editor of "Science Ser- weeks ahead ofaverage, but save the
vice," in February "Current History," bulk of, tha, seed until the Lima specs
"The system is known as paper fled in the., seed catalogue. have a
mulching, and was first nta ons, . on sufficient, supply also to replant any,
tropical pineapple plantations, lasufficient
which may have been ruined by
worked there, and the . experiments flood or frost or even by same small
were then made to see' whether it though. energetic young. gardener wvho
might not be beneficial for various may gave dug them up by mistake.
garden encs' in a temperate climate. Don't be afraid to start sowing seed
Dr. Flint carried ou his researches with the snow still on the ground.
for three years before heWas, ready Grass seed, annual larkspur, poppies,
to report an them, He tried the pa- and batchelor buttons, or cornflowers
per' mulch on - but
one of
gtt will take. carerof,themse'iveg if sown,
den crape, and all' ' one, of them at almost any time now.
responded with', heavily increased Do:,not'neglect to label each row or
yield. The, increases during the 1927 clump as planted,
season varied treat 11 per cont. with rtinay,'ta3e,-a little Longer. to .use.
garden peas to, 516 pea: cent with : s ukea and string' in laying out the
spinach, The: crop of iettuee.; was (vegetable garden, but. straight` rows
was
more than doubled, that 'of. green corn
most quadrupled. The are, not only more 'pleasing to the eye
trebled, and that of potatoes al- j but, also more economical 01 space•.ey.
'paper mulch ! than those which jog . all over the
results in an increase of soil temp- I place.'
perature, a reduction in the lose of j If it is not possible to geteyour
soil moisture, and modified dlstria! sweet peas in In the very near future,
button of water. ' dll three of these it is best to ntart them indoors in pots
factors are favorable to plant growth or boxes,.
under usual Summer climatic condi-
tions. A further effect of the blanket Y-'_'
of paper over all unoccupied sell The word we had not'sense to say—
spaces is to smother all weed Who knows how gladly it had rung?
growth." - .: !3'-Bb'tivard Rev/land Sill,
Jeff's Royalties Won't Buy a Breakfast for. a Canary.
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Manitoba ' ild
Revives Old..
Alaska Dispute'
Success, of Doroirion it>< Get-
ting" Lake of Woods ACM,.
age 'Brings Demand for
Resurveying of
Boundary
Outlet to. Sea l5 Sought
Within a month Canada will have
increased its territory ,'es* two and a
half,' acres at the oxponee O1 the
United States, 11.1 a long series of
boundary negotiations, over since
1783, Canada has lost territory every'
time a treaty was signed with the
States until the present one which ad-
justs 'a century -old strrzeyor's error.
Manitoba gains something more than
1,000 •square yards, and a bill to ex-
tend its borders is now before the
1',,egislature, The rafted States has,,,
handed over the territory of its owe
free will and without 'price.
As if encourdge0 by rye success fu
Manitoba, a resolution has been intro-
duced in the Brltiah Columbia Legis -
Ware asking the Dominion to reopen
negotiations' with, Washington for a
satisfactory, settlement of the Alaska
panhandle boundary. Bottled pp by
the award which gave the entirecoast
line of northern British Columbia to
the'States; that part of the coast prov-
ince and the Yukon feels the time has
come to seek, an adjustment—in other
words a seaport -which,' the resolu-
tion claims, would be to the mutual
advantage -of. the Dominion and the
United States. Some supporters, in
British Columbia are even willing to
offer a.little cash to'malce Uncle Sam
feel better about parting with pro-
perty which all Canada Inas long felt
was wrongly awarded.
Alaska Award Irksome.
01 all the boundary awards- the
Alaska one- was the sorest 01 the 'Do-
minion. Many more square 'mile's of
territory to which Canada had a
claim was given to the States in ear-
lier treaties. The Alaskan settlement
was. the most recent and perhaps the
most glaring example of Canadabe-
ing sacrifled on the sitar of Anglo-
American. friendship.. The, feeling:. in
1803 was not aimed against the States
but against Britain. The action of the
British 'Chief Justice,, Lord Alverstone,
whose; swingto the United States'
eido after telling the Canadian mem-
bers that he would vote the other way,
gave to the United states all that they
asked, was the target of a storm of
protest, vigorous, widespread and sus-
tained 'beyond anything in the coun-
try's annals. For the first time in
Canada there was serious talk of sep-
aration; independence was hailed 0e
less dangerous than imperial connec•
tion,
All the other boubary treaties were
recalled, as they are being recalled
again in Canada nolo that the vexed
question has been raised once mare.
The Ashburton treaty made direct con-
nection between Ontario and the mad-
ames impossible and turned over to
the States territory claimed by Can-
ada equal -to ---more thah the whole area,
of Massachusetts. Tho Oregon treaty
brought the States north of the forty-
ninth parallel and lost to Canada hun-
dreds of square miles on the Pacific
Coast.
Canada Called Victim.
"By the Ashburton treaty, wrote
Lieutenant-Colonel Coffin in a history
of boundary disputes in 1874, "we gave
up one-half of the territory in dispute,
but by the next—the Oregon treaty •
—
we gave up the whole. In both cases
Canada, like an animal doomed to vivi-
section for the benefit of science, has
been operated upon unsparingly for
the good of the empire. Diplomatic
doctors, in constantly recurring suc-
cession, aave given her up and, given
her over, She has been the victim
of an endless exhibition of treaties,
applied allopathically, and then, by
force of counter -irritants, has been
Created nigh unto death.'
It is a story 'commonly told that
Oregon was lost to Canada because a
British admiral found the fishing poor
in Oregon . and wrote , home' that the
country was good for nothing, aid
oven the salmon would not bito,
The Manitoba boundary, now being
adjustedrwas fixed in the original bor-
der settlement of 4783. By a queer
mistake a' little pocket. of land on the a"
north shore' of tht3 Lako of the Woods
was left to the States. Hence arose
the saying, which in, another month
will no longer bo true, that Uncle
Sam owned a farm in Canada,
Hew MIstake' Wa Mode.
'
F, The mistake whicli gave the little
pocket to the States presented to Cau•
i ie... it t i e�+ea that-in"Inr rill n 1 Ne
part of the el ..s..-9 pPi Valley, Bui.
tit States kept the pocket and the Mis-
sissippi Valley as well. American dip-
lomats quickly discovered the error
at one end of the lino and the British
negotiators let it go with a wave of
Oho `hand—it. didn't mottos, it was lull
O
wildernes9. 1
The whola Moral.; (teas, from the
attempt to fix the boundary along the
fort;,'•uintli parallel of latitude from
the northWest angle of the Lake ot
no Woods to the Mississippi River,.
and Bence down that river, Nothing
'.:,ssipiy could leave been more simple
hail It ri " been discox'ored that nolth•
or at 0110 Bird �e ilio OtliOi cetdd th6
forty. ninth parallel be indaced to tip•
000aOh the liOrihwestat'nt. o:Ily�Galte
of the 'Woods or the MissisaVal talta R'