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THE SEA.FORBIH NEWS.
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
'The ,present' debenture debt of the
ooenty 0'•f jH,unon is partly the remnant
of the patriotic debentures of 1915.16-
17-1'S, during the dark drays df the
great war, when a total of $33'G,000• its
debentures was issued. In the last
issue of 1938, :ane of the series of that
year ,was 00000 for :fifteen years, of
which $1;500.00 was paid some years
ago, leaving $38,500, which, with in-
terest at ,five and oneshalf per. cent.,
tivili be $20,5135.00 due in 1933.
Then in 1930, to coateolidete the pav-
ing of the highways debt, from''Gode-
rich on the Huron road, and from
Clinton south on the London road, it
Was decided to issue $100,000: in ten
installment debentures of $12,950.00
each, one of which is paid, and :nine,
or $136;550,00, will •1a•11 due :during the
next nine years,making our total de-
benture debt, 'With interest included,
$20,535.00, plus $1416,550,00, or $137,-
085;00 in all.
The -county has been trying to get
along on the pay -as -we -,go system and
it was expected we could do this
avithent making our levy more than
6/ mills, which the past year was re-
duced from 7 mills to 6r/z. that is,
three and one-half •for general county
rate including a•dminstration of jus-
tice, 'high and continuation school lev-
ies, Children's Shelter, mothers' allow-
ance, etc,, one and one-half mills for
county roads, one-half mill for old age
pensions, and one mill for Provincial
highway.
Two years ago the old age pensions,
a Dominion enactment, came into
force, and since then, we have had 865
applications for pensions, of which
number 800 have been granted. The
county's payment on these is twenty
per cent. and in the two years we have
bad paid out in the county to these
pensioners a total of $212,724:32, of
which the county paid $45;544.85, the
Province of Ontario $72,81729, and
the Dominion Government $121,361.-
71.
121,361:71. Ia these payments are included
those made to inmates of • seventy
years of age or over in the House of
Refuge. There are at present in the
County Home, as we prefer to call it,
ninety-five inmates, sixteen of whom
have been returned from the 'Ontario
Hospitals ass sufficiently cured to be
able to mingle With the inmates in
the 'Horne. There have been as many
as fifty of these receiving the full pen-
sion, each receiving $240. and assign-
ing to the county for their keep 8216,
retaining $2 per month for speeding
money, In all, these fifty pensioners
have handed over to the county each
year $10400.00, or $21.600.00 in two
years, Of this the county pays tweety per cent.; the balance $17,280.00 or
$8,640.00 a year, which is paid by the
Dominion an•:l Province together with
that received from other paying in-
mates, and the produce of the farm,
crake that institution self-sustaining.
'The Mothers' Allowance Act. a
Provincial enactment, came into force
ten years alio, since which time we
have had aitogetehr 153 mothers or
foster -mothers being paid from $15 to
850 per month according to circum-
stances. the present number being fif-
ty-eight, who receive on an average
front the county $865.00 per month,
and an equal amount from the Pro-
vincial Treasury. The expenditure of
the county- on this is provided for in
t h e county three -and -one -half -mill
levy, and that of the O. A. pensions is
provided for hy a special levy of one-
half mill.
Our highways are taken care of by
the Government of Ontario and the
county. All Provincial highways or
pawed roads are taken charge of by
the Provincial Highwaye Department,
and to the cost of these the county
contributes twenty per cent., which
during past years has been taken care
of by a one -mill levy, or about $45,-
000 annually. lip to the present we
have not been billed for the work done
last year front Exeter south to Cen-
tralia, but it is expected our one -mill
levy will take care of that. The :high
ways department or good roads com-
misesion in our own council expend
about $180,000 yearly, of which about
fifty per cent. is paid by the Province.
This year the commi.-ion was limited
to one and one -lief nulls of a county.
levy, or a total expenditure se about
$140,000, and we uneeretatei this has
been kept well in hind.
The county council also passed a re-
solution asking- the Province t•:, do no
more paving during the present de-
pression, and to spend money neces-
sary to keep up the roads in our own
/ounty, to give employment 10 our
-.ewe unemployed,
The greatest advance in expendi-
tures during the past decade has been
for schools. The county payments to
high schools and continuation schools
hatwe advanced considerably, owing
very nmuth to the fact that the fee
system has been abolished, and this
, contribution to the upkeep of our
'high and continuation schools has
been placed upon the county both for
,county schools and adjacent county
:schools, to which has in recent years
•been added as a large increase in tills
branch of county expenditures, not
pnly the cost of 'tuitien of pupils, but
he county has to pay each high
school and continuation school, in and
out of the county, a proportion of the
debenture debt or cost of building
such schools according to the coun-
ty's pupil attendance.
The present year, the tetra cost_ of
high and continuation :s.tthQ•ols to the
county was in the neighborhood of
$65,000, or one and one-half nti•ils, On
the whole, the finances: of the county
are int splendid con'dition, and com-
pared with other counties five and
one-half trills on an equalized, assess-
ment of $44;250,000 is very 'low, and
the several reeves are to be congratu-
lated on the economic, earnest, and
capable manner in which they have
discharged • their duties, anis on their
very • laudable ambition root only to
keep our expenditure as low as pos-
sible consistent with efficiency, but to
realize their ideal of a county free
front debt,
The following comparison ,of high
school expenses shows' the tremen-
dous increase in salary costs in one
county school, amounting to almost
$8,000, Assuming that the five high
schools :rave increased about the
same, $40,000 has been added to the
yearly burden on the county, almost
double the county's share of the Old
Age 'Pensions.
1917.
Prov, Gov. Grant .,$ 96423
County grant 4213.68
]Grant from 'town ., 2553.96
Teachers' salaries $7290,00
Repairs . 92.93
;School books, prizes, station
fuel, examinations 1767.73
'Total Expenditure --$9090.66.
Enrolment -156,
1929.
Leg. grant ..$1624.50
County grant ... .. 9579.03
Grant 'from town .... 6515.04
Teachers' salaries es '$15100.00
lfaintenance costs 2'263.24
Total Expenditure $17,363.24
Enrolment -193,
HURON NEWS.
F. Lynn Drowned at Fordwich, —
A tragedy on Christmas Day at
Fordtwiclt, which claimed the life of
Findlay Lynn, aged 51, constable 'of
the village, e cast a deep gloom over the
holiday festivities there. Mr. Lynn
lost his life by drowning about eleven
o'clock Christmas morning, when
drawn into the swirling waters of the
Maitland River, above the dam at the
IFordtvich grist trill, Having visited
the dam earlier Friday morning Mr.
Lynn had returned home• changed his
clothes in readiness for having Christ-
mas dinner in Gorrie, and then went
to the dam again, as the water had
been steadily rising. He was in the
act of assisting in removing planks
from the gates of the dant in order to
lower the level, when he lost his foot-
ing an the slippery surface and fell
into the water. He was accompanied
at this task by his employer, Thomas
Wilson, p:roorietor of the mill. -lir.
Wilson had no chance to save him,
but tried to grab the body with ahook
at the bridge below the dam. The
swift current ewept the body away.
After the body bad been recovered at
a bridge almost three-quarters of a
utile from` the dam, there were still
signs of life, and two doctors and
three nurses worked in a futile effort
to revive the unfortunate man. Vernon
Denny, after the body had got loose
from lir. Wilson just below the dam,
ran to the other bridge and succeed-
ed in holding it with a grappling hook.
He managed to work the body in
front of a log. Garnet King, Harold
"Ridley, Harry Sansom and lir. Den-
ny waded into the icy waters and took
the body to a nearby house. An in-
quest is unlikely. The happy Lynn
hone where plans had been made for,
a merry Christmas at the home of
Delbert Clegg of Gorrie, a nephew of
lir. Lynn, was changed to one of
mourning. Deceased was born in Ho-
w ck Township and had lived in
i •,rdwich for 14 years. being a form-
er member of the council and village
constable for some years. Beside:
errs, Lynn• two sons, Everett of
North Bay and Cecil at home, and
ane brother William of Howick.
Late A. M. Kay. — Adam Mettle
Kay, postmaster of Stratford, and at
the tune of hie retirement a few
months ago, the second oldest post-
master in the Dominion, passed away
in Toronto about 2 p.m. on Christmas
Dat His death came after a lengthy
illness. A native of ,Brussels, Mr. Kay
spent practically all his life in the
p-r,tal service which he Laved. His
retirement came in August of this
year after fifty years and five months
of devotion to postal work. For more
than a quarter of a century he had
been one of Stratford's foremost and
beloved citizens.
Ralph Chappell, Mitchell, — The
death of Ralph Chappell occurred at
the hone of this mother, .Mrs. D. -Mor-
ey, of Mitchell, on Thursday evening,
Dec. 24th. He was in his 24th year.
He .bias learned the dry -goods basin
less with Couch and Sclureider.and 'for ' Also at the head tabic were Rev. Dr.
years was a clerk in the genus' furn- H, A. Kest, Rev. Dr. W. G. Jordan,
aching departnteat with a bright fiat- tRev. Dr: W. I. Dlyde, Rev, Dr. W, T,
tire ahead of him. During the past G, Brown :and 'Dr John Gi'b's:on,
year he was tunable to work, The luncheon ' was provided by the
nenubers of bhe Y.W.,A, of Chalmers
Church and was all that could he de-
sired. Venerable Archdeacon J, H.
Colon -tau 'moved the vote of'th'anks to
the ladies, which was secon•de'd by
Rev, H. W. Cliff and carried with en-
thusiasm. Rev. G. A, B'ro'wn tender-
ed the v'o'te of thanks to Miss Allen,
president of ,the' Y:W,I.A, In reply
Miss Allen stated that the organiza-
tion she represented stood for service
and the members were at all tine's
ready to set+ve'the church,
IRev. G. A. Bgow••n stated that the
luncheon had been 'held so that the
members of th•e14'i'nislterial Associa-
tion could express their regret at
:B'isho'p Seager's leaving, At the same
time Rev, Mr, Brown desired to ex-
tend cougr'atulatioits over the „fact that
His Lordship would be tatitng over
‘the position of Bishop of Huron, one
of the most important dioceses. In
taking over this Western Ontario dio-
cese, Bishop Seeger would also' be
"going back among h'is,a'in folk," and
in this new -charge be would be a
leader in church life. Dr, Seager had
•brought that spirit of fellowship into
{Kingston, and had made a great con-
tribution to the phnrc'h here. His re-
port on the Lambeth conference had
given the members a vision, of the
church that had been most uplifting.
Rev. Mr. Brown said he wished to
extend greetings' to Bishop Seager.
and added that no man leaving the
city of, Kingston would carry a greater
measure of .good -will of ,the clergy and
citizens in generat. The memory of
bhe Bishop would be fragrant of the
many good things he had accomp-
lished while in Kingston.,
Re-. Dr. S. W. Dyde also spoke in
appreciation of tate good work of Bi-
shop Seager in Kingston and Dr. J.
R. P. Sclater of 'Toronto joined in
the felicitations extended to B'ishpp
Seeger on his removal to a wider field
of usefulness.
;Bishop Seager expressed his regret
at being unable to attend the business
session of the association owing to
another engagement., He thanked
Rev. llr. Brown for the kindly ref-
erences made to him and his work in
this diocese. His 'Lordship also ex-
pressed his appreciation of the warns
friendships he had made among the
brethren, not of his own communion,
during the many years he had been
connected with his church. He referr-
ed to the Lambeth conferences and
the questions of reunion taken up,
strongly advocating the :continuing of
the consideration of all the problems
to be solved in bringing about the airs
desired. Great results would accrue
from a mutual study of the problems
that stood, between the several
churches.
:Bishop Seager referred to the re-
lationships and friendships' betweeta
MAY BE INDUCTED ON JAN. 6. 'himself and the members of the Min-
isterial Association, during the five
years he had been in Kiugstan. He
'believed that great good would result
from these relationships and friend=
ships. It was such meetings as had
been held that tended to break down
prejudices among believers in the
same Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour
of the world. 'The breaking down of
these prejudices was the greatest need
of this hour, he said.
"I would ask for God's blessing on
you all for the work you are doing,"
said Bishop Seager. "May the vision
of His Kingdorn appear more clearly
in all our lives."
Rev. Dr. Jordan .offered prayer and
tate Benediction at the close of the
lncheon.
To Eliminate Entrance,--tAt a meet-
ing •o'f the (High 'SchoolEntranceB'oarci, held recently, it was decided
to .adopt'it'is l'imita'tions and safe -
'guards, prin'cip'le of :admission to
the High •'School 'the ,t'he recommends-
,
tion of t .'hers. 'The, new arrange-
ment affec s the pupils 'an tlfe'south-
ern part o't the inspectorate of E. C.
Beacom, IB.; ,., the other' Dart, includ-
ing IG'odeeicli, Braving already taken
similar action. The selection of those
candidates who will not be required
to write will be in the brands of the
entrance .IBo'ard. 'Circulars will be -
mailed soon to the teachers of the
inspectorate. 'Candidates examined
'hy this board are from the schools in
and around Exeter, 'Hensall, •Crediton;
Dashwood, Zurich and Winchelsea.
Celebrate. Golden Wedding On the
last day of November, Mr. and Mrs.
'Paul Madge, highly respected old
timers of •b6ilk River, Alberta, were
at home to their friends, the occasion
being their golden wedding •anniver-
sary ler. and Mrs. Madge were mar-
ried at Exeter, Mrs. efad'ge's maiden
name ,tieing Elizabeth .114artin, Im-
mediately after their wedding they
took up their residence at "Park -
house" on the Thames Road 'where
they lired until 1910 when they went
west to Milk River. They carried on
farming operations until 1920, when
they went to Tacoma, Wash., to make
their home with their daughter, Mrs.
Stewart. In 1926 they returned to
Milk River. Mr. and Mrs. Madge have
two daughters and one son; Mrs. Ol-
ive Stewart of l'Iilk River, Mrs, A. E.
Jahns of.,Hainilton, Ont., and .Martin
Madge .of Milk ,River.
No Inquest Necessary. --That no in-
quest would be necessary into the
death of Peter Cook, whose body
was found hanging from a rope in his
barn last Saturday, was the decision
of Coroner 'Dr, Hunter of Goderich
who conducted an investigation and
gives the cause of death as strangula-
tion, serf-infiicted.'Cook was a well-to-
do farmer on the 12th concession of
Ashfield township, in the Lucknow
section. He told his wife and' soil
that he was •'going to the barn to
throw down some hay, When he did
not return as soon as expected the son
went to the barn and made the grue-
some discovery. ,Before leaving for
the barn the deceased gave his wife
$100 in cash. "What's this for, a
'Christmas box " she asked. "You will
probably need it," was the reply at-
tributed to the husand. He leaves a
widow and one son. It is said the
man had been brooding over a drain-
age matter,
It is now said that the induction of
Right Rev. C. A. Seager as Bishop of
the Diocese of Huron will he held on
Jan. 6, as at first decided, though for
a time it appeared as if the ceremony
would have to be postponed until Jan.
25. A letter received from his Lord-
ship says, in part:
"I think it is most likely that'I will
be able to fix the date after the meet-
ing of the Executive Committee of the
Synod of Huron on Dec. 17, and am
still hoping that it will be Jan. 6. 'Jan-
uary 6 and 25' are the only two poss-
ible dates. I am working and hoping
for the earlier date, and .think it prob-
able that 'I will be able to let the
Church authorities know somewhere
about the twentieth of this month.
"The date of the function depends
upon certain technicalities, including
a meeting of the House ref Bishops of
the Province .to deal with my resigna-
tion of this diocese (Ontario). This
is a formality required by Church law.
The date of, the meeting of the House
of Bishops is conditioned upon a
meeting of the Synod of Huron which.
takes place on Dec, 17,"
The following tram the Kingston
Whig -Standard, refers to a luncheon
tendered by the Ministerial Associa-
tion for Bishop Seager.
Right Rev. C. A. Seager, D.D.,
Lord Bishop of Ontario, recently el-
ected Bishop of Huron, at. London,
Ont., was yesterday noon the guest of
the members of tfie Kingstont :Minis-
terial Association, a,t a luncheon held
in the school room of Chalmers
Church. Tile event was marked by
the largest attendance of members at
a gathering of the association in some
'tithe showing the warns esteem in
which Bishop Seager is held by the
members of this association. The
lunoheon followed the annual business
meeting and it is of interest to note
that practically every member of the
staff of Queen's Theological College
was present. Rev. G, A. Brown, the
president, and pastor ,of Chainrer's
Church, presided. On his right at the,
head table sat 'Bishop Seager and on
his deft .Rete. Dr. 5. R. P. Sclater„ pas-
tor of Old St. Andrew's Church, Tor
otuto, who was the guest speaker at
the business ,session of the Association.
A FARMER DISCUSSES
ECONOMICS,
(The Mail and Empire.)
Sir,—As a farmer who was a dele-
gate to the Congress of the Associ-
ated 'Boards of Trade and Chambers
of Commerce of the British Empire
in London, England, Fast year where
present conditions were freely dis-
cussed, and as one who has visited
eighteen different countries and .been
in nearly every state of the neighbor-
ing republic, may I publicly* express
the views of many farmers on the
depression and unemployment?
'Canada, with its great natural re
sources and geographical position
certainly has the brightest future of
any country in the world. Canada
can support several times our pres-
ent population .much better than
many other countries can support
their, In fact most people have
thought that we would be better
with a much larger population. Our
greatest resource isthe strength,.
character and intelligence of ,the peo-
ple developed by our northern clim-
ate. We are in the midst of an inter-
national trade war with lower costs
and lower prices the key to all mar-
kets. Steam and electricity 'have so
far annihilated distance, that to ex-
port or retain our own market, we
must compete in price and cost of
production with the rest of the world.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1931
To import attd 'maintain our credit
we must export goods of equal value
to our ihxports. One:hundred per cent.
:of all costs is the cost of labor; wages,
money is merely a medium o if ex-,
change.
IDtinin•g the :Great War a day's wage
of $6 would only' buy one bag of
potatoes, 025 Ilbs, of sugar, 2 bushels
of wheat, :20 to 2,5 albs, of meat, or 80
lbs, of beams, To -day, it will .pay
ear ,12:tinge ,of potatoes, 320 lbs. sugar,.
10 bushels of wlheat, a dressed pig
weighing 100 'lbs„ or 400 lb's o'f
beans,
The' War of'vsli2, the Civil War and
the Great War, each created an alb -
normal demand: which caused the
prices of products and labor to ,double'
or triple, War leaves the participants
much poorer because of ,the waste, de-
struction, war debts and war pensions
which must he paid. After a war the
dehn'an'd drops back to normal, an d
under the natural law of supply and
demand prices would also drop .back
to normal. There is no cause . for
strife between capital and labor; They
are bothinthe same boat. Each
would profit if war time prices could
.have been maintained with market for
the products at cost. Capital, hes suf-
fered much more than labor in the
after the war adjustment of prices.'
Farms, factories, amines' and' mills
have declined in a value about one-
half. Stocks generally are even worse,
The Massey -(Harris Co who are the
largest manufacturers of farm imple-
ments in the 'British Empire, have had
a drop in their stock of from 70 down
to 4. The Promised Land Bowing
with milk and honey, with fruits and
cereals never had the abundance and
surplus that Lind Providence has
blessed Canada with,
Our only .want is a market for the
surplus products and labor. Under
the law of. supply and demand, farm
produce' and the basic commodities of
the world, wheat. potatoes, raw sugar,
coffee, cotton, silk, rubber, sillver, cop-
per, etc„ have declined. in price to
from one half to one-quarter of pre-
vious prices. These basic industries
with manufacturing are the founda-
tions of the nation's prosperity.
Some prominent leaders of organ-
ized tabor have said that the depres-
sion would only end by employing all
at high wages which would be put
in circulation. A person may hold
selfish view -s or their hand so close
to their eyes that they cannot see
what is ahead of them. High wages
can no more make a country pros
perous than a man can lift himself
by pulling on his boot tops. If em-
ployers pay twice as much for pro
duciu'g any product as it will sell for,
they can only turn over their capital
twice until they have no more capi-
tal to employ with. Canada must have
capital to develop or employ. Capital
is just as important as labor, Canada
must have rural and urban popula-
tion, capital and labor, mauufac
turers, agriculturalists and all useful
trades, professions and occupations
with the needed proportion of each.
Most people decide their occupation
by the remuneration it offers then.
.The higher the wage or remuneration
of any occupation the more people
join that occupation, Farmers in the
past year have been paying 15 to 30
cents an hour according to the sea-
son and they claim that this is all
the price of their produce will allow
them to pay, County councils have
paid 20 to 25 cents an Hour for cap-
able labor on the county roads dur-
ing the Summer months. The city
of Toronto pays all unskilled labor'
60 cents an. hour. Trades unions cell
for 75 ,cents to $1.25 an hour.
The successful 'farmer must be a
man with a broad practical education.
and years of training study and ex-
pedience which will compare favorably
with any trade that can be learned
in three to five years. The average
fanner sells 90 to 95 per cent. of what
he produces and buys 90 to 95 per
cent. of what he uses, machinery,
building maternal, clothes, fun iture,
general necessities and luxuries. To-
day it takes the product of three days
work' on a farm to pay for one day's
work of the average urban carpenter,
mason, mechanic, factory or trans
portation man. It seems clear that
this unequal remuneration for labor
in rural and urban districts is the
chief cause of the depressionand un-
employment the world over.
A recent .publication reports 3,000
vacated farms in Quebec and about
a similar number 'of vacant farm
homes in Ontario, no doubt caused by
the difference in rural and urban re-
muneration.
e-mun eration,
When I cannot clearly see fine
print or figures I put on glasses
which make it look twice as large.
Let us try the ' same with wages,
Pf 'Canada would double all wages,
the cost of production would prac-
tically stop all export. All factories,
mills, farms, copper and silver mines
would close down or curtailproduce
tion to the needs of Canada. The
railways would lose half their pres-
ent bus'in'ess and the' :unemployment
would increase many fold.
Wants Salaries Reduced.
Suppose that all wages and salaries
int Canada'.. not in harmony with ag-
ricultural remuneration, were reduced.
one-half to he more in harmony with
the basic industries of theworld, can
we imagine dire result? .All factories,
mills, farms, and amines would Inc op-;
emailed. to full capacity as the 'surplus
tauJd then be exported' with profit.
We would have no unemployment ex-
cept those who refusedto .work.
'Everyone would want more machin-
ery and supplies, leatimdng would be
profitable with the lower cost of farm
supplies and " transportation. Those
vacated farms and farm Eames would
s'oou be :occupied an'd our exports
'would increase. Our nn'oney, would
soon begat par in the 'United State's
and our taxes would 'decre'ase.
The. Ru'ss'ian Reds would have no
fotrndtatioi to stand on' in this
country, as all labor would be em-
ployed at Venice the 'wage payable
in 'Russia, measured by its purchas-
ing power, 'We have 'touched bottom
in this depression and started . up.
Equalize remuneration of rural and
udban labor with proper regard for
ability, eidperionce and training. Re
turn to pt•c-war, or 'natural, after
the war conditions and we •willbe
tate most prosiperousand happy coun-
try in the world,
!Fred Newman.;
Piston, Ont.
A Prime Dressing for Wounds)-�Iut
some 'factories and workshops car-
bolic acid is kept for use in cauterizing
wounds and carts sustained, by the
Workmen. Par better to keep on hand
a bottle of Dr. Thomas' E'clectric Oil.
It is just as quick in action and does
not scar the skin or burst the flesh.
Heree and There
I
A new railway record, and a
"rrenr one, was established re.
r r n wt en John Caesar, called at
''en,•ouver office of the Cana-
) otteitir Railway for his
1 ay cheque. Mr. Caesar
Cf) years service to his credit.
Canada's gold production in
c i r e', Per hit a new record, being
044 ounces, as compared with
16630 produced in August and
176.291 ounces in September 1930.
1'he Dominion has been a gold-
: rodurrng country for more than
711 years
And now. the eyes of the world
are focussed on that greatest of all
tra+ellers. Santa Claus, who seems
;r' have weathered transportation
and hnancial problems once more.
Inst a good old Christmas custom!
Line can vizualise thousands of
lairs of skis being waxed, now that
tl e snow is here to stay. Then it
aul be "All aboard" for Quebec,
BBenii. Field or Revelstoke, or any -
%I err where there is a real good
i1i11
And. speaking of Quebec, Jack
:trathdee, who was on loan to
Lucerne -in -Quebec last winter, is
hack at the Chateau Frontenae,
tlneber.. as winter sports' director,
once more, with a lot of good ideas
and a smart staff of instructors.
Jack is well known throughout
Canada Incidentally he's a fine
rerlorruer at the piano.
Paretic Coast ports, and indeed
shipping circles throughout Canada,
are mourning the passing of Captain
lames W. Troup. aged 76, a native
of Portland, Ore.. pioneer in coast-
wise shipping and for 36 years
manager of the B.C. coastal service
of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Sino-Japanese war reports are
causing more geographies to' be
consulted than is popularly ima-
gined. Chin Chow, for example is
almost as entertaining in its many
phases as was its namesake with
the prefix "Chu", during the days
of 1914-1918. Besides, it's the
only war we've got!
The Regina Rough Riders got
a although th hey eared a whole ofrom f
lause. The Montreal team
found of pthem just about the same as
the Mustangs, whom they had
trimmed also 22 to 0 a week before.
Harnessingthe gee -gees to the,
Winged Weel, so to, speakl
"The Four Hundred" has long
been synonymous for the people
who the rgs. is
fit ng o-thereforre tthatn it should
also be the total of the passengers
on the first cruise around the
world by the new wonder -ship
"Empress of Britain". which left
New York on December 8.
With the Canadian dollar where
it is in the market, there is a
marked tendency to keep it at
home and many Canadians are
spending, or planning to spend,
the winter amid the beauties of
British Columbia. instead of "going
south", Fifteen per cent can mean
a whole lot of dollars and the
British Columbia coastline is one
of nature's most beautiful spots;
anyway.
There are 82.209 schools or
coulees in Canada, taught by
80,144 teachers and attended by
2,491t,920 pupils, or one quarter of
the Dominion's poptilatinn. The
aterage expenditure is about $66
on warn pupil enrolled Attendance
It on the up grade, 'beim; 77 pet
Hen for the whole Dominion, as
a: a hat 64.7 in 1919 And the
hears 01 terhn cal education is.
a stn d. for the Tee pivar Fide
cation Art provide, for Federal
erect. 01 67 0.nnu per year aur 16'...
years, which mean,. that the night
sehools-wih be Role to run, to' say
AO/ling 0• rhr day courses ,n
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