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The road from Soho= winds with
* bat seems an exceptional number
of Wets, like a piece of string thrown
down at random, across the undulat-
ing fleltls of wheat, The ears of the
young corn stand.free' and erect
from their sheaths; no seed .has yet By •William Bfeasdell" Cameron
Loosened within the green bracts, Three thousand reindeer, the prop -
w hich • are still soft and empty. erty of the Dominion Government the "blue, luxuriant leaves are, at the present time, being pilot-
there are scarlet poppies. In some ed across the 1,000 -mile stretch that
places, as though thrown down by a separates Western Alaska and the
Passing gust, and along the banks Mackenzie River delta, in Northern
which here and there separate . the, Canada, If all .goes well the goal
fields, they are congregated in little will be reacbed by the tall of 1931,
clouds of color. In amongst the and with it will end the first stage in
larger areas of wheat are strips of the launching of an ambitious pro -
flowering beans whose magic scent is jest Will the ventuie succeed?
as potent and as charged with sum- Its sponsors say "Yes,' and 1f they
mer as Is the wild fragrance ,,,of are right an enterprise fraught with
honeysuckle. On either side of the possibilities of tremendous expansion
white roadway and along the tele- will have made an auspicious 'start.
graph wires, corn-bunsing: and A similar step, taken nearly 40 years
wheat -ears flit for short distances, ago at the instance of: Dr. Sheldon.
Jackson, an official of : the United
States Government, has been the seed
of a development so remarkable, and
an industry of such o gnitude, that 1
it surpasses mining in importance, 1
and is exceeded only in value of out-
put by one other commercial enter-
prise in the territory, of Alaska—its
fisheries,
For centuries the reindeer, as a.
source of food, has been the main-
stay of Northern Europe and Asia.'
The American Government, having
acquired Alaska and with it respon-
sibility for the wellbeing of its con.'
lelfit =h�9 nataae popalaajam oast
abbhE fay a i'Q11i ke o ensurislg-alt 'AIX!
quate and dependable food supply.`
Seals and walruses, fish and game, IL
were well enough as far as they went,'
Reindeer Ranches
Proving Successful
Canadian Government Opti-
mistic Over New Indus-
try of the North
'then pause for a few seconds to chat-
ter and scold before they fly on
again..
Thio is a land of open sky; there
are no hills or woods; the deep car-
pet of the corn spreads widely over
the earth, Into this carpet the
blue of the sky sinks and is absorb-
ed. It is absorbed, and at the same
time, reciprocally, the very vivid-
' nese of its verdure renders the over-
arching vault more clear and pure.
White clouds are blown from the
northwest, their shadows fn mauve
and purple flow silently over the
Aelds. Tia road whale ' across the
gently undulat!ilg dnantry all It
comes to the little village of Wick -
en; it leads but a few furlongs be-
yond the village, then lapses into a
mere track, which skirts the Sen... , but existing resources wore unser-
From the village a footpath leads tain. At times they were insuffic1-1
through a field of wheat and poppies. ent, if not unobtainable. Some-'
A very noble oak -tree stands In the thing, the authorities decided, must:
midst of the field. It is now cloth- be done to remedy this condition,
ed in brilliant, though pale, green Dr. Jackson studied the situation
leaves, which have not yet become and concluded that the European
dark and hardened. Beyond the reindeer, if adaptable to the country,,
wheat there are broad lanes with
high ledges, On either side arch-
ing briars of wild roses are rich in
budsand blossoms; the pink petals
, are scattered upon the grass. A accustomed. 'Cariboo, a wild species
path leads down to the fen, awl each of the reindeer, novel the country in
theythrove—
their
levels: enormous ends. 11
dyke runs laterally across1 h
their 'sides descend into the black as they had done for as far back as
peat, and above the surface the wa- the records ran—why not their man -
ter there springs a small forest of controlled cousin? Dr. Jackson be-
water.violets'. Along the banks grow-lieved thedomestici•ted branch of
yellow iris and comfrey, reeds, mea- the family would, :and convinced the'
dow-sweet and water -plantain. At a Government it was worth while to
would solve the problem of provid-
ing an ample, always available
means of subsistence for the Eskimo
of the charaeter of which they were
little distance there are deserted
peat -pits which are filled with water;
deep Ponds t,ith a profusion of water-
lilies and water -ranunculuses Spread -
settle the point. He went to Lapland
to procure the material for his pur
pose and returned with 1,200. rein-
deer and a number of Lapp herders ,
ing over the surface- Maids -of- to instruct the Eskimos in their)
honor and blue, thin -bodied dragon- care.
flies perch. on the leaves; there are The fourfooted immigrants fitted
water -measurers and water -spiders.
10. L. Grant Watson. in "Hoods of
Earth and Sky.
•
Care of the Child
into their new environment as if
born to it. They flourished on the.
rich natural fodder everywhere abun-+
dant,.and their number has increased
2
from the original 1,200 until there are.
today in Alaska almost 1,000,000 rein -
Science Has ' ' Conquered. , Distance
What will scienceachieve next? To-
day, in building long distance tele-
phone lines along main routes be-
tween big centres of population, the
Bell Telephone Company uses cables
containing a' hundred or more pairs of
wires. These tiny wires enclosed in
lead -sheathed cables replace the older
type of open wire so familiar along
highways. Instead of a half-dozen or
more cross -arms on high poles, with
their gleaming miles of copper wire,
the.. present•day method is to use a""
somewhat smallerr pole with the cable
suspended from a strong messenger
wire.
For long talks, carried on by means
of wire in long distance cable, the
electric current carrying the waves
set up by your voice, must be revived
other leather goofs. Knife -handles
and novelties aro made from the
horns. £be hair, extremely buoy-
ant, makes excellent filling 1o,life.
preservers, and there has arisen a
at-deflinite bitervals a ; the route.
Repeater stations, such as the one
at London, Ont., illustrated above, ar"
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C% WE BUMS —VA14.1rel OvalleRelso6
Stoneless Peach May
Yet Be Realized
being erected at several points in On-- Fresno, Cal:—This spring may see
tario and Quebec.. The apparatus' the sprouts that will be the forerun -
housed in these repeater stations nor of the seedless peach' that was
serves to strengthenthe voice cur- the late Luther Burbank's dream of,'
rents on their' journey, so that one his later years.
may now talk by telephone for prat- William H. Henderson, the youth .,
tically any distance. I whom Burbank took in charge as his
protege, on his place just southeast
A of here has planted abnormally small
SeaweedAs Food I peach seeds, the discovery and giftN O FER TO EVERY INVENTOR.eP a Fresno Well driller. A List or wanted inventions and Ezell
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You can swat au insect pest when Fancied By Indians The gift pits are about the size of
it goes to buzzing around you, but the a cherry stone. From it Henderson
aw protects a human pest, and you
have to stand for it buzzing around
ou until It leaves you of its own ac-
ord.
demand for the long neck -turfs for 1
use in making artificial baits by pur-
veyors of fishing tackle. It is esti- y
mated that Alaska has pasturage fol c
4,000,000 reindeer and that this figure
will be reached by 1931,
Trl•t'ay -Domini= Government of 'I
Canada two ,r three years ago em-
ployed the Porsild brothers—Danes
born and brought up fn Greenland
to make a survey of Canada's so-
called Barren Grounds with the view
of determining their suitability or
otherwise tor reindeer ranching. The
brothers made a careful investiga-
tion and their report was so favor-
able that an immediate start was
made. They were Sent to Alaeka
to obtain the stock necessary for the
experiment, and they purchased the
herd cf 3,000 animals now being
driven along the Arctic coast to the
territory east ' of the Mackenzie.
With aeroplanes ahead to direct the
course and to find the choicest pas-
turage,and r
bauling
n sleds h g
reindeer i
the camp equipage, the caravan left
Alaska in the early summer and is
now wintering somewhere between
Point Barrow and Aklavik. A's soon
after the fawning season next spring
as the young are ableto travel, the.
trek will be resumed, and by the
autumn the herd should be establish-'
ed upon its permanent feeding
grounds in the vicinity of Iiittigazuit.
How much of the. Barren Grounds
may be suited to reindeer grazing
has yet to be ascertained—the Por -
slide, within the limited time at their
disposal, coals cover only a corner
of them—but in the opinion: of Ralph
Lomen, a pioneer in the industry in
the Alaskan field, as quoted some
time ago, "There 19 room In the Lor•
thorn tundra of Canada for 12,000,-
000 reindeer
2,000,-000-reindeer and such a herd would
be worth $60,000,000. Canada, if
she started now 1n a modest way,.
could have such a herd in 60 years."
Fifty years is a long time, but mean-
while Canada might be content with
a less number.
The Government had substantial
grounds, even before the Porsild in-
vestigation, for believing that the
reindeer would find themselves as
much 'at home on Canala's Arctic
prairies as in Alaska;, that enquiry,
though expected to confirm, such be-
lief, was undertaken as a measure
of prudence. The strongest guar-
antee lay in the fact that 'or as far
back as anything was known of the
Barren Grounds, the) had supported
immense herds of wild caribi' that
had arranged their sweeping expanses,
coupled with the reports of explor-
ers as to the character and extent
of the vegetation toned upon them.
The reindeer, as has been said, is a
close relative of the caribou, and if
the latter flourished there it was
reasonable to conclude that the rein-
deer would do likewise. These wild
herds have been photographed at.
such close range that "wild" seems
a misnomer, and many have seen
pictures—veritable forests of horns
over a living sea. A recent'Govern-
ment report gives their 'number as
having been estimated at 30,000,000..
Warburton Pike,an early adventur-
er upon the Barren Grounds, tells of
standing for hours at a stretch with
the caribou streaming past on either
band, :so near that he was able to
pick out those in primeet condition
for slaughter. This herd was six
days in passing his camp, and he re-
marke that he could not believe the
buffalo on the plains in the period of
their greatest abundance were more
numerous than were the caribou at
that day on the Barren Grounds.
The 'cost of raising reindeer is
trifling, estimated at $1 per head. A
handful of herders will look, after a
herd of several thousand, merely
circling them at intervals to prevent
them from straying. They are round
6d up three times a year—in Febru-
ary to collect ' and segregate the
breeding stock; in June to mark the
fawns, and in October to mark out
and slaughter the animals intended
for market, ' The people never give up their 1ibQr-
ties but under some delusion.—Ed-
would
elusion.—Ed
"Why should I have teeth filled deer.
that the child will lose anyway?" ex-• r The reindeer is also a dalry-pur-
claimed mother when advised to have pose animal. In Labrador, where
her nine-year-old daughter's tooth there are a small number, Dr. Greta
filled. • fell bas testifled to their many valua-
This mother is making a serious ble properties, includii.g with the
mistake. When her attention .was statement that "the fresh milk of
called to the fact that her child was the does has supplied us with what
suffering pain, she replied: "That is is a vital necessity and one obtain-
nothing.
btainnothing. All children have - tooth- able in Labrador in no other way,
u&li,e." 73ere she 1s again in error. while the 'excellent and easily -made
The child whose temporary Set of cheese afford a means of storine the
teeth receive prompt and proper at- nutriment in a palatable and assimil-
tention never has toothache. able form without any outlay for a
Furthermore, decaying teeth make preserving plant"
it impossible to masticate the food Carcasses dress round 160 pounds
properly and this is quite apt to and have a value with the by -prod -
start a serious intestinal disturbance. ucte of about $30. The skins pro -
It frequently happens that decayed vide the Eskimos with clothing and
teeth cause infecion to the glands of are converted by United States menu -
the neck. faeturers into gimes, moccasins and
Usually the child's sufferings make
it necessary to extract the decayed
tooth long before it should be re-
moved and this prevents proper de-
velopment of the permanent teeth
and will interfere with the normal de-
velopment of the jaw.
Many a face has been so distorted
as to mar the looks of the growing
child and all because mother could
"see no sense in spending money on
teeth that must come out anyway."
Or course, your baby has a habit of
throwing his toys on the floor or
ground and seems to take delight in
this pastime—they all do.
Probably you always pick up the
toy and return it to him. It would
be better to attach the toy by a
string to the chair, perambulator,
Crib or wherever he may be playing,
Then show him how to pull the toy
back when it lands on the f1oo3, In -
mist upon his doing this himself. This
will teach him self-reliance and nips
in the bud that bad habit of expect-
hag others to wait upon him.
Where he sits on the floor and toys
are scattered beyond his leach do
not get them for hila. Urge hint
to goand get the one he wants.
Assist him in creeping to where he
tan reach the desired article. It will
require only a few lessons to team)]
him how to do this, but under no
consideration give him the ' toy—
make him get it or without it,
Do it all real pleasantly and he will
think it is a game and will cheat
fully fall into your plat,
Germany's 1930 production of crude
petroleum Las been estimated at 1,-
050,000 barrels, breaking all previous
records.
The happiness of men consists in.
Tile. Ann the is in labor. --Syed Tels-
toy,
If baby has
COLIC
ACRY in the night. Collet No
cause for alarm if Castoria is
bandy. This pure vegetable prepara-
tion brings Quick comfort, and can
never harm. It is the sensible. thing
when children are ailing. Whether it's
the stomach. or the little bowels;
colic or constipation; or diarrhea.
When tiny tongues are coated, or the
breath is bad. Whenever there's need
of gentle regulation. Children love
the taste of Castoria, and its mildness
makes it saft for frequent use.
And a more liberal dose of Castoria
is always better for growing children
than strong medicine meant only for
adult use.
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hopes to develop eventually the
Other Peoples in Canada and ' peach that was the object of many
Elsewhere Use It' for plant experiments by Burbank.
Food Purposes Henderson already has many new
plant developments to his credit.
Among the foodstuffs taken from Along them are several varieties of
The Philosopher the sea the Indians on the coast of the hibiscus that will live in a tem -
saw him sitting in his door, perste climate. One is of the flam-
Trembling, as old men do. British Columbia put seaweed e as ing red color that gave the tropical
His house was old, his barn was old,, worth adding to the menu of an p plant is name, the flaming hibiscus.
And still his eyes seemed new. cureau. ! Another is orchid and a third is a
e times m In earlier years seaweed was subdued, velvety red.
His eyes had seen three Y "money" among British Columbia In -t Henderson alreay was pushing de-
years, duns in the sense that it was used, to velopment of some stoneless Plume
And kept a twinkle still;
Tho' they had looked at birth and
death
And: three graves on a hill.
"Let me sit down with you," I said,
"And you will make me wise.
Tell me, what is it peens the joy
Still shining in your eyes?"
Then, like an old-time orator,
Impressively he rose,
'I make the most of all that comes;
The least of all that goes-"
Archibald believes the reason some
girls desire to get married in airplanes
is because their ego has them con-
vinced no man on earth is good
enough for them.-
Farmer (very angrily) "What're
corrin' home with your .milk pall emp-
ty fer? Didn't, the old cow give any-
thing?-"
His Son—"Yep. Nine quarts and a
kick."
A certain hostess is highly indig-
nant over the society editor's descrip-
tion of her too coarse luncheon.
Lawyer•—"Mr. Peck, your wife has
been arrested and is being held in-
communicado,. But the police chief is
easy, and a little money—"
Henry Peck—"Fine, fine, and tell
him that there's $10 for him for every
day he can keep her that way."
Some folks are too good to be tale
and too cheap to be good.
Client (just acquitted on burglary
charge)—"Well, good -by. I'll drop in
on you some time."
Lawyer—"All right, but make it in
the day time please."
tumid Burke.
• they
did
• i• die; 3 f
Bind words 11eVe d ,
perhaps they would be mere appreci-
ated.
a limited extent, as a medium of bar- he had grown when he was given the
ter between tribes in the northern in- diminutive peach stones.
teller part of the province and other
tribes living along the coast This' Error of opinion may be tolerated.
barter has now practically disappear.. where reason 1s left free to combat
ed; but if seaweed is no longer money it.—Thomas Jefferson,
it remains in use as an article of In-;
dian food.
For feed purposes, especially among
the Indians of the northern coast of
British Columbia, the seaweed is
pressed and partially dried, and in this
form it will apparentlyentl remain in a
satisfactory condition for a consider-
able length of time. Part of its value
from the dietary standpoint is doubt-
less due to its content of iodine, an
element which research has shown to
be valuable as preventive of such dis-
eases as goitre.
Incidentally, it may be noted that
sea fish also contain a considerable
percentage of iodine, and this is one
of the reasons why doctors and dieti-
tians
ietitians recommend frequent inclusion of
fish foods in the household menu.
As a matter of fact, of course, cer-
tain seaweeds are eaten by other peo-
ple besides Indians. For instance num-
bers of people in Canada and else-
where like dried duke, a variety of
seaweed, and in 1929 Canadian pro-
ducers marketed over 100,000 pounds
of this marine product and received
for it over $10,600.
On the Atlantic coast of Canada
some use has been made of seaweed,
in Combination with fish offal, In pro-
ducing fish meal, which is a valuable
stock food. So far there has been no
commercial utilization' of seaweeds on
the Pacific coast of the Dominion.
Your chances ofborrowing money
on securities is far better than trying
to borrow it on nerve.
Foreman — 'Now, Murphy, what
about carrying some more bricks?"
Murphy—"T sin's feelin' well, guy-
nor—I'm
uynor-l'm tremblln' all over."
Foreman—"Well, then, get busy,
with the sieve."
Internal Revenue
Little Willie Is a funny
- And eccentric little waif=
Swallowed all his sister's money,
Said that he was playing. safe.
Charles—"And yon are absolutely
sure that you love me?"
Irene -"Heavens] Do you think I'd
be Bitting here letting you bore me
like thio i. I didn't?"
Sincerity is more important than
genius or talent.
Father—"Isn't that young man rath-
er fast?"
Daughter -"Yes, Daddy, but I don't
think he'll get away."
a dogto
newest fad O choosing
The new f
match the complexion ought to popu-
larize the bull. To the ladies a charm-
ing man is one who makes them think
they are. A grouch should never be.
nursed lest it soon grow so strong
that it ,will run off all one's friends.
We'd: like' to suggest a few prizes for
those who refrain from writing poemb
and such. You can't work in a bank
and bring home, samples. Somebody
has observed that the way to tell a
family is poor is by the children all
having their tonsils,
The general strike' merely seeks to
apply to the community at large the
methods of the highwayman of old and
the gangster of 'today—Lord Hail -
sham. l
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