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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-02-26, Page 7Relics of Andree Polar Expedition Put on Exhibition in Stockholm Stockholm—An exhibition ot relics found at Viton (the White Island) of the Andree polarexpedition is..being ehowa at Stockholm In the exhibit are the three sledges and the .boat which Andree's party used. There also is Andree's sweat- er, with his big diary which gave to the world., the description of their long walk across the ice, There are • note -books, calendars, diaries' and all the books and maps which the ex- pedition carried with them. . On the wall is the balloon's flag. In different cases are to bo found various instruments, clocks, money, and the camera carried by the ex- pedition. Elsewhere one finds the clothes worn daring the expedition, the guns, tools, instruments, sewing materials, needles and threads, a wooden box with a number. of .match boxes, canisters, food tins, household implements, parts of the tent and poles, and Canadian snowshoes. Two items which .attracted special. attention were Nils Strindberg's fountaia pen and a kerosene stove. When, the fountain„ pee wee' .picked up, after haying lain. in the ice for 33 years, there was seine ink left and it proved to be in perfect condition and could be used. When the stove was found the men tried the pump and kerosene spurted forth. After this oil was removed and fresh put in, the stove operated perfectly. The income of this exhibition Is to go toward the fund which was start. ed in the autumn In memory of the three Swedes for their brave contri- button to the history ot geographical; research and aircraft. As, an ap- preciation of thanks to the Nor- wegians who found Andree ane for the, help .and courtesy shown in Nor- way during the transport home, this fund will be open for both Swedes and Norwegians. Canada to Stage Ride Matches? Under the heading "A Canadian Bisloy, the Montreal Star makes the following' observations: Sportsmen everywhere will oommeud the scheme to establish a Canadian Bisley Meet on the Connaught Ranges this com- ing summer. It is proposed to hold one competition is which teams re- presenting Western Canada, ?;astern Canada. and the National Rifle As- sociation of Great Britain will shoot, This will be known as "The Canada," and will be conducted along the same lines as the competition for the famous Kolapore Cup at Maley, An- other competition, to be known as 'The Empire," will be based upon the conditions governing the Mackinnon Cup competition at Bisley, and will be open to marksmen from all over the Empire. By thus augmenting the .annual 00- rainion of Canada rifle matches, the D.C.R.A. is providing greater facilities for Canadian marksmen to improve their shooting, and at the same time is doing something vital for the cause of sport in Canada. Rifle shooting demands nerve, self-coutroi, endur- ante, the ability to lose gracefully, and a very keen sense of sportsman- ship. These qualities the Bisley Meet lies encouraged and developed fol tunny years past. Canada, by virtue of her pre-emin- ont position so many times at Bis - ley, Is surely entitled to have a modest Bisley of her own. It is not too lurch to expect that the proposal will be received sympathetically in other parts of the Empire. It may, indeed, be the beginning of what will eventually be a series of Empire Bis- leys, held from year to year in the self -Governing Dominions in rotation. Such a scheme would have many at- tractions, and would serve to stim- ulate still further interest in one of Fresh Salmon On Sale In Newfoundland Out of Season Fish, •Streets, Bare of Snow, Indicate Shift in Arctic Current St. Johns, N.F.—Many hundred , pounds of Atlantic salmon fresh from nets of local fishermen have been on sale here, creating a situation uni- que to Newfoundland. Streets are as bare of snow as in October. Grass is green and plants are growing out of doors. Mere mildness of weath- ed might be attributed to a freak of nature, but the presence of salmon in quantity iu these waters indicates that ocean currents have somethlug the finest of sports. Do rivers Ignore R'.,, ad Sign Warnings The old adage to the effect that familiarity breeds contempt is as taus of automobile drivers and pedestrians as it is of other individuals. The above is merely a short way of saying that the longer a driver slips by a dangerous corner or school at high speed without accident, or the more often he passes a car going up a hill without mishap, the more careless to do with it. Salmon are caught here in May, and June on their way to ascend rivers for spawning, and sometimes in November ton their way out. Be- ing found in shore waters at this sea- son would indicate that the Arctic current, which is usnnliy supposed to. wash these shores, hal been deflect- ed and seine offshoot of• the Gulf Stream Is sweeping near these coasts. Last season codfish and bait fishes failed to appear in the south coast waters of Newfoundland. Local opinion is that tate earth shocks of November, 1929, when a tidal wave took twenty-seven lives and destroyed $500,000 fishing prop erty in the Burin area and smashed a score of telegraph cables, were re- sponsible for some change in ocean currents. At any ante, the warmest summer In Nee olmdlam history followed last season, and now tae un- seasonable presence of shoals of salmon and mild weather would indi- cate existence of some unusual phenomenon, ' During all the month the presence of large' flocks of robins in various parts of Avalon Peninsula has been most marked. The whole situation is most unusual and is puzzling to the residents, For Slipping Gears If the car shows a tendency to slip out of second or high ,gear when , Pulling, temporary relief can be at- tained by driving slowly and keep- ing the hand on the gear shift lever. The harder the pull the more lithely it is to slip. So keep the throttle fairly closed. Lloyd George at G8 - Typhoid Fever Death Rate Highest in Rural Communities By John Burke Ingram "Well, John," said Mrs. Henry as they watched their three children walk down the road to the school -house half a mile away, "we may not have all the conveniences that city people have, but at leant we have the cattle - have been found to be almost as dan- gerous since frequently they gather n Considerable proportion of the surface water. Deep wells were found to be beat of all from a health point of view., Deels wells were found to be more. than twice as eatisfaetory as springs factionof knowing that our, youngsters and more than three times as-satis- are being brought up in the healthy, factory as shallow wells insofar as germsopen countryside, and freedom Is coin- congested,disease-riddenncity! some- cer ed. from typhoid How about that loving, ,etauneh Now then as to the question of speech of'Mrs. Henry's? What do you milk. To one not familiar with the think of it? Do you still believe that methods used by an up-to-date health the country 13 a "healthier" place to department in preventing disease, it live in than the city? Because if you: may seem strange that milk whicb is do, you're wrong! Once upon a time produced in the country and carried cities were disease ridden, and the to the city can be made more pure at country was by comparison free from the end of its journey than it was at sickness. But Apr years medical the beginning. The answer to that science has been -learning more and little puzzle is of course in the process more about the art of keeping people of pasteurization. There are so many well, :and most large Canadian cities, ways in which typhoid germs can get with their efficient public health de- into the milk. A fly settling upon elle partmeute, can show a cleaner bill of rim of the milking -pail may deposit a health than' can the average rural small quantity of germe which in a area. single day can breed untold millions. When I started t0 write this article, A hair from the cow's udder can do I intended to tell you something about the -same thing. Typhoid germs Ere - typhoid fever. Perhaps I have wan- quently find their way into the milk dered a little from my subject, but if pail from eke hands of the milker. The so, the wandering is justified, because entire journey od• the milk from the typhoid fever furnishes an outstaud- moment it leaves the cow until it is ing example of bad health -manage- taken into the human mouth Is meat in rural areas. In big, congested frought with danger. At almost any cities where you would expect to find stage of its journey typhoid germs most typhoid, you actually find the may contaminate the milk. In fact Barely showing his age, Lloyd George, national figure in English least, and in rural Canada, whereyou when I say that tram the moment it is would expect the fresh air and sun- 'leaves the con's body the milk is in Politica, is seen (above), on his sixty-eighth birthday, spent on h farm at Chmt. Flight to keep this disease down, you clanger of contamination I am under - Vancouver Sets January Record highest Average Temperature Recorded in Last 25 Years Vancouver.—The month just past was the warmest January on record in Vancouver, it was .announced re- cently by E. B. Spearman, odieIai weather observer. Not only was the mean (average) temperature of 43.1. degrees highest, ice nearest competitor, 40.05 degrees in January, 1914, but the maximum of 58 degrees on the Mil was the highest thermometer reading record- ed in the 23 years during which of- ficial records have been kept. The average temperature is the 25 Years period hal been 39.4 degrees. January atm came close to setting a rain record with. 11,24 inches, which was exceeded only in 1925, when January set a recorti of 1:1,15* inches. Tito 25 -year average had been. 8.09 inches. There was not even a trace of snow during the pest ninth. January 9 was the cutdeat day, the therm .ninth t eeeritin, 29.1 dearoes in the early morning, , STEAMER GARAGEOS Motorists will soon be able to go down to tate sea in automobiles. A sea-golug garage is now under con- struction in one of tllo huge liners of ' the Dollar Line and sallings from !New York to Manila, via California, ! Hatvatb Japanese and Chinese ports will begin this summer. • This garage will provide flrmi-class seven-leagee boots tor motorists, for It will be possible to motor in Cali' forma one day, and a week later drive through the streets of Hong Kong or Shanghai in their own car. The garage will bo conveniently located so that motorists will be able to drive their cars abroad through the side without difficulty, Space for more than 100 ears w111 be provided. U.S. Heads List Of Unemployed Canada Has Lowest Percent- age of Unemployment of Any of the Principal Nations Ottawa.—According to a report of the International Labor Oface of the League of Nations received here on Feb. 7t11, the United States had the highest percentage of unemployed among members of trade unions fn December of any of tite principal na- tions. The percentage of unemployed trade unionists in :hat month were: Per Cent tatted States 22 Germany 19 Great Britain 18 Australia 20.5 Hungary Denmaulc Norway Canada 1 actually find a death -rate from typhoid stating the case. The cow herself fever that is not merely as high, but may not be h:althy and the contamina- many times higher, than the rate for tion may take place even before milk - a city like Hamilton, or Toronto. And the fact that these valuable rural lives are being wasted emphasizes our great national need—a system of full-time rural health units—full-time medical departments of health, similar to those which Quebec is rapidly organ- izing in all parts of that province. Typhoid fever is a germ -produced disease. Cities have conquered it largely by keeping the typhoid germs from being swallowed by their elti Zeas, Typhoid germs live and multi- ply and tlhriva in milk and in water. Canadian cities kill the germs before l �+� Girl Guide News For Patrol Leaders I have been Patrol,Leader almost two years now, and have only lately found a way Sri which to keep the in- terest of my Guides during patrol time. In aur company each patrol has a small room, but we, too, have to "leave no trace behind." Iu our patrol room we have a ;large table and several chairs, We appoint-' ed a guide who could attend the meet- ings early;. she arranges the chairs around the table and puts the charts and pictures up with thumb -tacks. Our New Year's resolation was to have a log book. We bought a hard, covered book, and to make the cover interesting we pasted on a bitch -bark trefoil ou which we printed the name. of our patrol and our motto. We are also starting a nature log book, in. which we will keep pressed Sowers and leaves, pictures, etc., with ac- counts of each. Patrols might also subscribe to the Girl Guide Papers, These, with a badge book and several other Guide charts obtained at headquarters, are very helpful if left on, the table. 1' find it best in patrol time to have some one special thing to do, as then there is not so much time to be slack. Signalling, physical exercises, drill, knots and many other things need to be reviewed often. Within our patrol room itself we have made it homelike by cutting out pic- tures of officers and verses on Guide work, from old Rally programmes and pasting them on cardboard. We have a patrol ladder, 'the first rung being Tenderfoot and the last First Class, as the Guides win different badges they climb the ladder. In'one corner, we have a stave on which Is our patrol ing. flag and a "Be Prepared" pennant. We Of course in addition to the danger also have a knot board of the Tender - of typhoid spreading by means Of foot. and Second Class knots. water, milk and food there is the Cushions with the patrol emblem or obvious and ever-present possibility crosses of the 'Union Jack might also of the spreading from person to per- help make a cosy earner. A cover for son. Quarantine regulations do much the table, of which each Guide could to stop this in the city and where work a corner might also help. These they are enforced also in rural parts. things could 'be made quite These are not quarantine regulations lively, and need not all fall on. lbs are not enforced' as strongly in many , Leader, if each Guide would chip M. rural parts as t:.ey are iu cities- Roping this may be of a benefit to some Leader.—E.W. Italyto Issue New License Platen A new system of lettering license plates which allows highway police to instantly identify what part of the country a car comes from is now be- ing tried in Italy, according to The Ault sear. instead of a set of letters and fig- ures which could only be interpreted by a code, cars have been classed oc. cording to provinces—in Ontario this would correspond to counties --and these provinces are indicated by the first two initials of each. For ex- ample cars from the small province of Torino have TO preceding the numerals; those from Palermo have PA and so forth. The Royal Automobile Club of Italy is responsible for this reform. This motoring body is almost a govern - meet institution. and is entrusted with the task of collecting car taxes and issuing licenses. It is, however, responsible to Premier Mussolini for all its actions, as illustrated by an incident described by an official of the club. The scheme for lettering the license plates was submitted for the approval of the dictator, Mus- solini passed his pencil approvingly down the list of provinces end their abbreviations until he came to the RO in front of Roma. "Rome is eternal and cannot Ile ab- breviated: make the e:essary change." he ordered And so it came about that. while the residents of the various Italian provinces carry two initials on their license plates, the citizens of Rome have the oriel - lege of using tlhe full word "Romp.'' their citizens drink the milk and the rnpbell Sets Goal. water, by chlorinating the water and! .. An Hour One should remember in considering a rural sauna of water supply the Says New Record of 245 miles well-known scientific tact that water y will not run up a hill. It a barnyard Did Not Provide Any At 300 pasteurizing the milk. or any place where waste is thrown 1G 3 is situated on a higher level than the 13.9 well then sewage may easily be car - 10 3 sled down into the well. It is the tops of wells or cisterns, either crack - Total registered unemployed in Ger- ed or not sufficiently protected, which many was 3„177,000, anti is England 2,- will cause the trouble. The ten or 306,9011. twelve feet at the top ofthe casing Italy reported 534,256 wholly unens- may also be a source et danger as played and 22,125 partly unemployed. water may flow close to the surface Prance and Belgium hall comparative- of the ground and get into the well ly few unemployed. The biggest na- before 11 has had time to be thorough- tlons have yet to win the war on uuem- pioymont, 250 Canadians Buenos Aires. --It was announced here recently that a delegation of 250 Canadian business men and indus- trialists, headed by a delegate named by the Canadian Government, will arrive in Buenos Aires March 13 on board the litter Prince Robert. The Canadian visitors will stay here until March 23, visiting the British Trade Exhtbttiou and the principal centres in Argentina. A woman writes to say the domes- tic servant is not the only one who likes change. The taxidriver. asks for it, t'o. ly purified, If the tops and upper parts 01 the casing are water tight ,then surface water and imperfectly filtered water can both be kept out. The matter can be summed up by saying that the thing most to be avoided Is the en- trance of any surface drainage, be- cause this is likely to be the means of carrying disease -producing germs front persons who have or have had certain diseases — including—(one is tempted to say especially)—typhoid fever, It Is especially the shallow wells whioh collect surface water that are daugerous. Surface water of course drains into the well, quickly bringing with it much of the surface minutiae. Even sprigs which most people con- sider to be absolutely pure actually he gets. Education of drivers and pedestrtane rather than guards and safety devices. will eventually reduce the number of traffic accidents to a minimum, says Dr. A,"11, Lauer, associate professor of psychology at Iowa State College, Studies have indicated that safety de- vices eliminate only about 20 per cent. ' of accidents. Dr. Lauer urges the education of the public, and especially school children, in safety habits, .Drivers, he says, need to bo acquainted with their dan- gerous driving habits and impressed with the necessity of correcting them. Apparatus to test the ability of givers to respond quickly to various driving situations and to avoid acci- dents is being constructed, under the professor's guidance. Alberta. Wells Set New Record for 1930 Edmonton, Alta.—Setting a record in the history o3 the province, Alberta 011 Wells, in December, 1930, pro- duced 175,572 barrels of various kinds of crude and naptha oil. Figures for the whole year ended December 31, 1931, just released 1,433,844, a5 com- pared with 899,1-2 for 1929. The year's production according to the various fields was as follows: Naptlia from, Turner• Valley Lime- • stone, 1„314,039 barrels; Light Crude from Turner Valley, 50,345 barrols; light crude from Bed Coulee, 53,917 barrels; Heavy crude from Waln- wright, 9,739 barrels: Heavy crude from Ribstone, 1,873 barrels; heavy crude from 1:lff,.3,731 barrels, Every .iris. .s like the company the is wont to Leo., -Euripides, Gigantic Dirigible Under Construction World's largest dirigible, which is now being constructed at Akron, Ohho, is rapidly nearing completion, the huge 76 -foot nose having recently been put in plade. Only tail assembly is yet to be added, and then the task of putting en• the outer fabrte covering will begin. Thrills Daytona Beach, Fla. --Captain Mal- colm Campbell's greatest ambition is to drive an automobile 309 miles au hour. The 46 -year-old British race driver, e'ho on Feb. 5th hung up a new world's land speed record of 245 miles au hour on the beach speedway here, expressed such a easire while mak- ing preparations for 'his return trip to England. "St is my very great ambition to 18 able to drive a car at that speed,” Ite declared as be opened and read hundreds of cablegrams and tele- grams, received from all parts of the world, congratulating him on his rec- ord-breaking achievement in his huge Bluebird racing car. "I have said that I em not satis- fied with my present record of 245. That is true, but I do not contem- plate any more record trials soon. There Is plenty more speed in my Bluebird, but these trials are so beastly expensive. "Perhaps, if I can find some mil- lionaire who will help finance such an undertaking, I shall shoot for the 300 -mile mark within the next few years. There is nothing I should like better to do. I should say that at present it is my greatest ambition.” Campbell would make no definite predictions as to when he thought an automobile speed of 300 miles an hoar would be attained, but intn- nmted it would be within the next three or four years. Campbell declared 'he would have uo fear in trying for a speed of 300 miles an Stour, provided he had a cart that was absolutely stable and a course that was perfect. "I am what you call a fatalist, believe that I am not going to get mine until I am supposed to. When that time comes I shall be ready to meet it. But why talk of that now. I have no fear.' I absolutely get no sensation of thrill senile traveling at so fast a speed." Advice to the Rich London Morning Post. There is at the present moment a widely held. belief that the private individual can help the unemployment situation by spending less and saving more than usual. We think that this belief is mistaken. Not, indeed, that we de- preciatetlhe virtue of, thrift; if there had been more to it in the period since the Warr the country would have been more prosperous than it has been. But additional thrift at a time of depression like the present merely adds to the, capital surplus for which there is no immediate use; spending, on the other hand, by those whose incomes are unimpaired, Will help to keep the markets active and Promote employment. Ou: advice, Why Peacock Feathers Are Considered Unlucky Many people win not keep paacaek feathers itr their homes became° they consider them tlnlucky. The super- stition which ee ociates these loath. ' ers with misfortune is supposed to be based 0u an ancient mythological tale. According to the most usual version of the myth, Jupiter fell in love r. ilii the beautiful Io, and to pro- tect her iron' the wrath el hie jeal- ous wife Juno, lie transformed her into a white heifer; whereupon Juno, whe saw through the trick, persuad- ed her lhnsbaud to give her the hei- fer, which she placed under the vigil-. ant surveillance of Argus, a fabulous being with 100 eyes, 50 of which re- mained open even when Argus was asleep. Jupiter sent Mercury to slay Argus and deliver Io, a task which Mercury accomplished by lulling the hundred eyes of the mon- ster to sleep with stories and sooty ing tunes on a slute. Juno, in mem- ory of Argus metamorphosed him in. to a peacock, her favorite bird, and transferred his eyee to. ':t3 tail, where they form the beautifully colored' !disks, From this story Argus -eyed came to mean ;jealously watchful, and the peacock's tail became the emblem of an evil eye. In submarines the United Stater therefore, is that those who can Navy is strongest with; 83; France should spend, not extravagantly, but comes next. with -82, then Japan with normally. 67, and Great Britain' fourth with 53.