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Tatirkgrai, '119VElIVOBEit 16, 1933
AUDITORATJDITOROFIIURON
DECLARED GUILTY
ia'raaeeieh,:(N,oy, 110.7-,laound ,,,guilty
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accepting a 'bribe .of $$0 tiO falsify ins
Telaart and to ;conceal eliortages;in' the ' •
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• 'tittetiratta of !Goadao, Voting, : former
county treasurer,now in iron, , wile
William T. Booth' of Wingham, ' county
•' , laticl,iter in 1932, ,veres sentenced• a Fri- • '
, . rlay. to orie niontli's shspeti,deri.. sent- ,
Robert higgins of 1,11ens(til, ,fellow- •
' a '
auditor, of !Booth. •in the conductoof the ' , •
1432 audit of .the .conn,ta- of II-1uran's•
batiks, • appeared in court Nov. 15 on.
ha...„...g.a. of bribery and conspiracy, It ' , ."P
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From' .'
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resh' the G ar d ens
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ening. ,
clid."
Convers'atioit referred to, wit-
,
nets talc', was with • Young,
ti.tid Booth and the 'auditors: haferined
Young ,of tin depaset$ in had laded
to make, Young had ;said't-he job was
teo ,big for nit, 1 •think: 11 had better
resign;"•and,he was ,adVieeclthat if he
couldn't adop't a better., syste.di ,ol
!bacilekeeeine, it was the ,bett thinehe
h
argument of counsel remains to. be
heard. The ,conspiracy ,charge against
(Booth will also be disposed of at the
same thine, .,was renewed in the
'ease of both.
'Gordon, Young. the defaulting treas-
urer, was called on Wednesday after-
noon. Frank Donnelly, counsel' for
Young, ask
ed the .protection of the
court for him. in view of the appeal
by the Attorney-lGeneral to be launch-
ed this week.
Examined by the .Crown, Mr. Young
said the books for 1932 had .been aud-
ited by Mr. 'Booth and Mr. Higgins
the kilter part of February and a few
days in March and he had supplied
the material for the audit as far as he
could recollect.
Mr. Holmes: "Did they make any
report to you as to their findings?"
All Wer: At the last day they did."
"Who made the report What was
said?"
"It was agreed among the three
there was a shortage of $500."
"I admitted the shortage and said
a would make good,"
Asked to give as closely as he
could Mr. 'Bouth's reply, the witness
said that Mr. ,Booth considered his
time worth $10 a day at home and if
given his time at that rate that he
(Young) would not be required to
make a report of the $500 shortage.
:Lir. Young said he drew money from
his private account to pay Mr. Booth
and Mr. Higgins in currency of $10
bills and took no receipt.
J. H. Taylor. manager of the loeal
branch of the Bank of Commerce, in-
' formed the court that he had mention-
ed that Young's way was not right
to last year's Warden (Rader) and no-
thing to 'Mr. Booth.
arr. Holnes: "Did Booth come to
' you for certain debit slips?'
•"I recall that he had trouble in ,find -
Mg debit slips and' we gave him, copies
of these for one 'month."
P. P. Gibbs, C.A.,' of Stratford, who
had been engaged to audit 'the hooks,
under examination explained how he
traced up and how he found rhe short-
ages, He further pointed out the com-
paratively easy matter to discover the
shortages ari;ing from the non -deposit
of cash receipts but that it would have
been rather , difficult to find the short-
ages arising from the improper issu-
ing af cheques if he had :lot had the
erivilege af.loOkin,g' at Voting's, priv-
ate brink account, which was given by
ti
Yang but nat available to tae county
amlitora,
.Cr,. aajournel at 6.-1-1 to resninc
Thur. lay AI; the
Crown e,idence had not been heard.
Te-tifying on hi: own bchali in
Thursday afternoon, T.
11 ti, v\-1nerham, insurance agent and
Bible CaiSS teacher, charged With ac-
aepting a briae and with conspiracy.
d
amitted takin;_r l850 from Gordon
Yonng. c,in via ted mnty treasurer,
but insisted the; it. was for "extra
work" performed in eat'ion
the audit and n tireefrm ain frore-
vealing shortages in the treaiturerIs
account:. Booth also a Imitted that he
learned of 311n,artage- $?Z9 during
Mc course 01 h'Pu
is audit, t considered
ft a "Christian act" report It,
Masan:mil as the treasurer had pro iris -
cif make good the shortage. "1
0051':a. give a chsece," !eat-
riess. Wilt 0 c inrt adjourned la:t ev-
enin II ,..th was still on the 0' 1055
5( 50!,
The CV/Ur:1'00M crowded Ca-
lacity when the of ith, charg-
arey, Iiefore Judge Coste"
1%2, 1:,1.1 111e, Thursday,
T'a; aea;sexaminatiaa of F. P.
f'i'dis by R. H. Greer.
cm"-er •' - 3=1ce, ocn-i'eri
o•-•-• oft- ' ""-
ed "ha "iffikt-ilte the had
necessary in-
form ion fs m the treas.:I:et- ')ecause
of hi, 7.?,•'1,--r.,,;(5, and the slovenly
031 in which. 'he books ive-e kept.
-What did he say by re-
nting it?" •
"He not see the need ir, and
t't" ,ve ,xere asking unnecesre
o s."
art frim thw
e ilovenlYway of
oing books, it was an extra lot of
wino- oau
n the 16 1105 in order to check
119 Mr. Your's aba
em, books, which
oMerivi:c you need n it have done?"
vague. I cannot give any opiniOn."
iA.sked what WaS reek tag:arcing
the 5 hecking up of invoices given by
the clerk, the witness said his aselst-
ants 'were handed bundles rolled up
and mixed up; people would get a
cheque • and wotild not 'know what it
was for,"
"What did' you do about them?"
'I examined Mr. Holman., under
oath, On further examination the wit-
ness, regarding a payment of $20 to
Mr, I-Iiggins for a supplementary and-
, in June, said there was a letter from
Mr. Holman to Mr, Geiger that Mr.
Young; had paid $20 to Mr. Iiiggins
and that this payment was contained
in a $50 cheque"
,A, J. Goldthorpe, reeve of Colborne,
end chairman of the warden's com-
mittee, was the next witness, He was
pre,sent at the lunching of the council
which appointed Mr, Booth as auditor
for, the purpose of auditing the 1932
Mi accounts, and heard MBooth ad-
dress the meeting of the council when
he spoke on the audit. On examine -
,tion by Crown Attorney 'Holmes he
recalled that 1[r, Booth had explained
the audit, found the books correct and
reportet1 a shortage of $11400 outstand-
ing cheques.
"What were the words used by Mr.
Booth?"
"I can't remember."
"That it was perfectly correct and
he would stand for it."
"What did he say about cheqnes."
'That he found $11-1,00 .ontstanding
cheques and that he had corresponded
with several people who had out -
'standing cheques but they had not
received them. That he found the
books of the treasurer correct."
lin cross-examination by Mr, Greer,
the witness admitted there was a feel-
ing of uneasiness in the council attri-
butable largely , to Booth's audit, and
that there was a substantial reason for
an audit a professional auditor;
that there was ,no letter or resolution
and I\ fr. Booth made a ,good job."
"You and Mr.. I3ooth made a good
job, why not give lir. Booth the cred-
it? Perhaps you want all the glory
yourself?"
''N0, I don't want any of it,"
James flallantyne, Warden of J-lur-
on County gave evidence that Mr.
Booth was brought in Lo te Council
on his suggestion to bring Booth to
the meeting -
Mr. Greer: "He said lie would
stand by his rep.irt. 'He came like a
iniinto a china shop and was pre -
oared to stand by his report ivhether
it conflicted with other auditors or
not. You do agree with the news-
paper inport that he leas prepared to
stand by 9is report."
"Yes."
Y011 lVid agree that you had discus -
ed the question of 1110 audit with him
Ile 1 to get the auditors' report
01(011 1)10 treasurer told him his was
the same. To _Mr. Greer in cross ex--
Illinatit,n, the Witness said he had
hiected 50 caliing the $1,300 or $1,-
:u9 outstanding, cheques, becauy
se the
heon path
id: and that e report of
Molitor 10 oh hark precipitated the
appil
ointment of aihitor Gibbs. .
George James, caretaker of the
Court House, questioned 'by the Crown
testified that there was a hire in the
Court House on :he first Saturday in
11133, He 1005 not at the Court
Iiiinse at the time but .arrived abut
he
.3 o'clock in tafternoon, and found
the chimney on fire. In his duties 01
king after 0110 offices, hw
e as in
trea-direr's office and ,9serve'l
c ot 'i05510015rnente 011 the floor behind
the safe and filing cabinets, consist-
ing of cheques and some books, and
slips, ;tub book and a lot or
053 -able.
Inc in the morning were.
r
the-ea-kt-ri the Crown Attor-
ney.
15'3 t 6.3q." Ile did not see them
.; :„.fter he had closed the office
next. mn
oring they were gone, On
'day te fonnd some cheques
hail been burned, or partially
,in the floor.
Jean Clement, Deputy Sherriff-
,' sw re she we: in the building on
• - of the fire. She was in her of-
fice tilm3st opposite the stairway go -
'(110 down L the furnaces, and sbe e
saw :lir. Yottlig come up With an eel- C
11:3' waste paper basket. He was al- c
one.
"what is now un'fathornable to
"The a'imunt of money he tookn
i."
"Fsr and ,,heyond that there is a va-
gue and unknown amount for which
yrol cannot give a certificate?"
”T cannot give any opinion. at is 10
',Booth were $3450, per year o0 ' the
past four Years. He was iudisstrious
ad aibsolurtely correct to acrit ilt; his
returiase,remitting pnornotly,
This concluded ebe morning Session
and court adjourned to meet at 2.30
(Isaac j. Wrig4t, of Turrrberry, was
the first witness called in the after-
noon. He gave evidence that hewas
present at the comet' meeting when
it was addressed by Mr. Booth. lHe
recalled that the latter gave a good
accoutit and said he would stand be-
hind hd is audit. Mr. Booth havisited
'him at his 901115e and haid admitted it
was not for $50 he made a false re-
port of the difference of $5218, but as a
Christiaa act he wished to give Mr.
Yaurig a chance as he (Young) had
promised to pin it back. Wlithe'ss and
"Booth were 'the very best of friends.
(When all the Crown ,wituesses had
been heard 'air. Greer suggested to
Il -lis Honor that the evide1ice of the
Crown had established quite the con-
trary to the charge of that 06"accept-
ing a sum of 1110053' to refrain from
reporting shortages." Nothing had
been said about keeping the payment
a secret He contended that Booth
had brought the matter to the atten-
tion 0f the council and would be "hor-
ribly- frank with council" and that he
would stand behind his audit despite
what previous auditors had said.
judge Costello ruled that by giving
his consent to dismiss the case he
would be discontinuing the evidence
of Wright, ,admittedly a friend and
also that of laallantyne, the warden,
and the witness Goldthorpe, say that
1 large investigation by Gibbs was 0.4,0aetuated by Booth. Hie Hoaor said
he was not giving judgment and ask-
ed that the defense be gone on with,
iGeorge Fisher, agent and secretary
of the 'Mutual /Life Insurance Cb, in
giving character midence, said that
Booth had been with the company
for twelve years, and 'he was found
absolutely holiest in every way and
handled thousands of dollars.
T, Booth, the accused au-
ditor, was on the stand for over three
hours. '10 answer to Mr. Greer he said
his age was 39 years and married. He
had acted as auditor in minor capac-
ity and lived in \Vingliain fourteen
Mr. Greer: 'What did you under-
stand you were to receive for the aud-
Answer:
1-1010 long did you take."
"I had information yon could finish
the work in three days—it took five."
Witness stated further that he began
the audit on Feb. 29th, about 930, Mr.
Young asked \hat he and Mr. Hig-
gins. wanted to start on. "I was a (1011lv
ma)1, 1 knew nothing about it and
alipegine started on the general
account. We proceeded to take books
and vouchers and other hiformation
across the hall adjoining, the law lib-
rary." tie said further that n num,ber
of accounts were apparently missing
although there were orders • there to
verify or authorize Inc making of the
cheques.
"\Vhat did you find in relation o'
the cheques to the -orders?"
"We found they were closely relat-
ed but a percentage of the order=
were not there. 'We looked to see if
the payment made by cheque corres-
ponded with the cash book and we
found there was neither an order au-
thorizing payment or accounts mark-
ed paid. We had Ma Young's word
0-'1 the ''ayment was bona ficle,"
.3"ii worked 87 hours on the books
which had nothing; to do with the
time of making 'his report, '
kfr. Booth proceeded to give an ac-
e lint of hi: wink. 9-1 fond a h
rater
"''13"''1condition of boolekec.ping and had
aiscovered what was in the auditors'
oninian a Seralus of receipts over ex:
eenditures, "I proceeded to find if ac-
c•unts had actually been paid or if
heywere outs landing, 1 had a num-
ber of accounts totalling $1599 01.
S1600. •
''How did you find out h 3 iv they
"For exannle T teleahoned Dr.
I -Te advised me that the che-
me was cashed, a cheque 011 the God -
rich hospital for $871, had been cash:
d by the hospital, although the
heque could not be found."
;With bad bookkeeping, apparent
on -deposits on vhe one hand and stir-
hises on the other, Mr. Booth in his
vidence stated he was lot satisfied
hat a shortage actuallY did exist.
"When did you discover these thor-
ages of $500?"
"About 9 or 9.30.o,n 'Thursday I --
Character evidence was given by r!
Frain: A, Copus of Stratford, who
01 ku-ri:,:\fr. Booth' for twelve' 'e
years as the agent for Wingiram for
1.15 :\futtial Ian insurance Company"
works, tinder his ('Copus) super -
The average earning,: of Mr
stances?" 1 what
0101:n11-.
calla 'On.eTehleu, rsMdary, 11Y1Ortillni7 c°a.fineh 9e'e iiito•
the.17 fihica ctfoePllut'wlO 1°,')}(1'blie cei
t
a
ler
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b
vl
e
.'
'r' ,: a-
tion with 'Young and Higgine, When
the latter had said that the least the
treasurer could do was to pay their,
expenses, and when Yloung laid the,
$10 on, the table the witness had ask-
ed him Ohat it was for and received
the answer that it was to help pay ex-
9en(sesh.
'en else did
‘Wyou get money?"
"On Friday afternoon about 4.415."
The witness went 01 to say that Mr,
Yotmg was 111 the room when they
Lveee preparing to leave for home and
said he wanted to pay them .for the
extra time they had taken,
"Yon received how much money?"
"pal"
"Why did you think you got the
extra $150?"
'For the extra work I had done?"
Asked what happened at the meet-
ing of the council which he ,addressed,
the witness gave his recollection of
10115.1 he had said at that tine When
he declared he was going to "be 'hon.'
ribly frank with them" and described
the difficulty he had i11 making his
audit due to the 4nissing debit slips
and 'cheques.
Cross examination by Mr. Holmes
wars 151 progress when court adjourned
to meet at 9.30 on ,Friday.
HURON NEWS
Attempted Robbery. — An attempt
was made to rob the Centralia Farm-
ers' Co-operative warehouse at Cen-
tralia 'Monday night, and the robbers
might bave been successful had they
not been frightened away by some of
the villagers. Mr. Frank .Lewis sus-
pected something was wrong and he
got in touch with Gordon McDonald
who telephoned Mr. lGeo, Hicks, the
manager of the Company, Mr. Hicks,
armed with a shotgun and accompan-
ied by Mr. MciDoriald and Dick Par-
ker went to the warehouse where the
thieves were trying to gide an ent-
rance by prying off some boards. The
thieves took to their heels, running
behind some box cars and disappear -
They abandoned their auto which
had been parked near the school
house and which yvas found to be a
car that. had been stolen in 11011100
the same Morning.
Bride -to -Be Entertained. — Mrs. E.
Westcott entettained a number of
friends 011 Friday evening last hi hon-
or of her niece, Miss Marjorie West -
Cott, whose wedding takes place this
month, The gifts in tha form of a gro-
cery shower were brought into the
living room on ft wagon in a ecorat-
ed box drawn by Jack Westcott dress-
ed as a grocery man. The evening
was spent in playing games and a
111oc1e wedding was put on by girl
frieirds after which a dainty lunch
was eerved —Exeter• Times Ad vocate.
Dazed by Fall.—On Thursday after
noon of last week, Mr. Joseph Flynn,
of Stephen township, who had been
assisting Mr. H. Bagshaw in renovat-
ing the Central Hotel, was 1d1111C1
ing the Central Hotel, !Exeter, was
found wandering in a dazed condition
in the arch of the hotel and sufferiag
from a severe scalp wound. Mr. Flynn
had partaken af 'his dinner at the
hotel and bad stepped out to purchase
a package of tabaco, and returned to
his Work, A few tites leter Mr,
Coates who wits passing the archway
cbserved Mr..Flynn 7iping some
blood from his face and on inquiring
as to the cause Mr, Flynn could not
• !". :bin) what happened, It was
thought at first ,that might have
fallen and struck his head 011 Fl stone
pillar. 'Phe injured rnari was remov-
ed to the doctor's affice where he
•
went into a swarm, Twelve stitches
were required to close the scab
wound. Mr. Flynn also euffered from
comnission and ll'a5 unable to remem-
ber anything that had happened to
him, /Another supposition was that for
some unknown reason the man might
aVe been attacked end struck on the
head as there was no signs of him
having fallen, The crown attorney, at
Gorierieh was communicated with and
Prosincial Constable T. McCoy, to-
gether with local police, investigated
and' found that Mr. Flynn had fallen
down the cellar stePS strikkg his
head. At the loath of the stairs they
found a mop an had been using. to-
gether with his spectacles and part
package of tohoCca, and unfortunately
no can had heard Mr. 'Flynn fall or
had seen 11i111 C011:0 f1-0111 the cellar.
He •i$ recovering.
THE WEALTH THAT
: LIES IN 'WOOD
. ,
,-"Lunalyee".ie, a innich abuged terra.
lEn 001100100iparlance it is' to,
naterial 1101010 'value, y,et in 'the
alsalasiSeit in''PossiblaO1 01. bIos
most Valuaal,e !Of .ratr"'Lverldliy,'prisieS
sions, IFirent.lthe ,'Wise',;ticlapitation.;,"af
wci.ode as traces
its Origin,. Tbe,' nations ;of today ;doe
as 'hicontravethiblyepenched do' 0150d-
00
piles.aae.'76ee'themiyer-banle
'munities in the' days ,beforettletery..
• !Oaaa;d1a alone'eltaa,advattee'r15f1teOPFO'',
,e::,'''
d nett :,of; her; ifcneSts !th, the :front rank
;weattlia arid :Wheel inen
m
talk of luber ,n
Le at snarly sense of
OiSIrraila4611eot, blat of. ,r,everent carn,
El
and -Linde •
meadation. '
'Lumbering must 'Hot , confuse
with other industries associated wit
the •foreet pretenves„ 111 relates'
operation land producihiou olf 'the slaw
mills, and is 'exlpreased 'in terms o
lathsplanies, :hoards, sleepers, !shingle
laths,and so On; yet, restricted thong(
't'he ,terin, may he, it means an, additio
of 1130 Millions every year 'to the it
come Of the Domiaion. Alt of th
Provitic.es contribute 'their share
this impressive total, by 'far the ,mos
important 'being 13ritith
evliidh produces nearly one-half.
/Some conce'pition of The importanc
Of the !lumber trade -in relation to th
industries ,of Canada ns a.toirhole ma
be gathered froin the fact t'halt it rank
first in resipecit of the number of en
ployees, second in the net value o
Products and wage distribution, an
(hied in capital investment. These re
orris are all the niose impressive
view of the prevalent conception
Canada as a country which is eithe
agricultural, or, if one may use th
term; inetallic. }Herein, perhaps, lie
one reason for the comparative ?arc
of inheres:I. by ,British investors get
orally in the forest industries of .Can
ada, ,although !Canadian and other
vestars hare sufficient faith in the ft
ture 'prosperity of the lumlberng
duatry alone 'to back !three thousan
sawmills to the tune 0,f 13'6,000,00
This is, moreover, only one-third o
the value of investments in the pul
and paper industries. Assuredly Can
ada appreciates lf,r,orti the very depth
of 'her pocket the importance of 311
resources with which she 'hal been s
richly endOwed.
As,the demand for 'habitation
growsso wil1 the importance of th
sawmill be .eithanced. Man cannot liv
in accordance with the convention
;wilehout a floor beneath his !feet, a rot)
above 'his head, doors to open ,an
hut, tables to eat aff, chai•rs to si
upon, and handles for the manipuatio
of 'his chisels and hammers. 'For eat
'particular sphere af industrial acitivit
where wood„ is in demand a specia
type of tree ds ,cultivated and preser
ved 1 ,the lumber industry a tree i
no longer a tree. "It is a sp;ruce, lis
a cedar, a maple --any, indeed,, oi
innumerable list, each with its ow
pariticular purpose to serve,
,Douglas fir, for example, which
comprises over one-third of• the total
lumber production, is invaluable ' fo
heavy construction work, ;Spruce i
light in weigh t and colour, and i
therefore excellent for interior carpetl.
try as well as for newspaper and ray
on manufacture. \Vhilte 'pine i
of, smooth and °Veil texture' and 15
therefore, 51 streng demand for wood
Lvorking, while the sturdy cedar, al
most impervious to weather and decay
is excellent for shingle -making. The)
there 'are' Ithe 'hemlock, the birch, the
ma,ple, cottonwood, basswood, oh
frientis like the oak, the elm, the ash—
all serving a ' unique purpose and at
contributing to the national ,revenue 0
lit is naltural thatCanada should
spare ,no effort to preserve go rich a
heritage as her 'forests. She fights
pests ,froin the, air; she disinfects huge
areas with the (Forest (Service !Patrols
alie scents for fire—the greatest men-
ace of all—and she frames wise, laws
to 'prevent unnecessary' decimation
For it must be reniembered that the'
lumber industr-y is only a part of e
gigatithic undertaking which eml)races
forests ithrotighout the "Dominion
gives emnloyment to, over two hun-
t:I-el thousand people; clothes the
W'01:1(1 111 celatiese and artificial silk.
makes thc, paper on which contempor-
ary individual and" national 'histories
are writhen, and a total income
to 1110 workers in fie Dominion of
well over one hundred' million 95011(10'
- Yet it 1$ not, ,1111011 'one considers
the matter, 50 very' long 510,00 the ,fen-
asts of Canada were regarded .either
parsevc'ibri5eltraScioe8f t°hre' asc'ettinieentstolof-agien.esrilic7'
:Mimic needs as canoes and ,fire. Ili'
short century ar two, the axe Of tha
Indian and the pioneers has been
Plerlellted 'by mammoth machine'
paible ofeatting, as much at half a mil-
lion board feet ,meastite 111 a shit'''.
apiece, 'while the (few' articles of utility
required .!by the early settlers have
,dbeemenaniicitscreoafsepdoplbuybtiothne ansdiniti.htltatierecoants_,.
er of power to fine furni-'
tire, alotheS, fire, edfiins, cartiar,5,
anway carr)ages, u fp wootice
;hanks, ‚.0" "0 staves and nickets.
if
on
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0
It
a
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of
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,of artient of general and teelinteal use, ,
)Over 00 per cent af ethe tetal ltiinbee
prodaetiOn is exp6riterl,a very '.cortsid-, r,
erahle Proportion'g991gi to The,
Cpuobr3, .1-09000 the- fir tin cl Sorel ca ,arc,
in p,arrficular
Taiere is a tic“:,, el of) i 114 trade, :tap;
with :the lOriente and'—anomalatis es
inay,seema-the 111115 '111 fast approach-
ing when the, l'uniber indtiStra 011 ,,Cane'
ad'a; May fichtiall'i, becotne 'too tectivp
in proportion to the 'rea
sdurpea. at is 1:1•131elliliat Cabaita li•asea
forest areaaaf over 0
icatiare miIes fonirafiftlis ,t)a which is, O'f ,
nierdhantaible pr of timber
breeonte to ha courser 01
'hi rite. 11 is also 'brae that 'the. . •
-sltanding thither, rtris to the, imPress-
ive. total of 12215;0,00,000000 ,Idu bin feet;
but aaan eiais :is 510 gtvarantee against
the ,locctsant deMands af, indjusltry and .
,.science. In addition, therPfiOree tO Ithe
'fire and pest p-reventive ,measures ta-
-ken by tin autherities, a vast sellerne
cif reforestation bias been entered upon'
by each of (the (Provincial Govern-,
mats. Nat only are gut areas being
carefully replanted,' but ,fresh ground
is beinig put tincl,er. seed 'and 'seedlings,
While even in the prairie provinces ex-
tensive efforts are soc,cessfully being
made to. plant 'trees Their primary
Purpose is 'to add Ito the scenic 'attrac-
tions of hotnesteadings land to act as
whicibreaks for :farms, but the 'trees
have taken so kindly to the sail that
one may .perhaps venitur,e the prophecy
that in 'time the sang Of the 'Iunibe,r-
man May be heard where at the mom-
ent, there is 'nothing but a vista of lirn-
itles•s horizons as flat as the palm of
the hand.
LAGIJARIA ELECTED MAYOR
,OF NEW YORK CITY
Fiarella E. LaGuardia is the first
Manhattan "alley kid" elected mayor
of New York. die was born on Dec.
111, 32.94 in a shabby tenenielit reok-
ery on 'cobble -paved, truck - ridden
Varick 'place, on the lower 'West side.
The narrow by -way long ago was
'wiped from the city's niap, so that
now- the a,round the, corner"
may claim the mayor -elect as their
own without pr,otes,t from those allifia
were really the ,LalGuardia. neigh-
bors. In the unequivocal language of
the neighborhood they talk of him as
the ''pint-sized" Fiorella. This, not
so 111100111 because of his diminutive
stature, as for the TNT they discern
irt his dynamic personality. Eight
ounces of the explosive will go a long
way toward altering any picture, and
their ;Fiorella is a man just like that—
given to changing things. There is
110 doubt in the minds of iiia adher-
ents that before Fiorella LalGuardia
gets through. the topography of the
city mill see further changes that will
completely wipe out the in'humart
congestion that is one of the blackest
marks against the city of his bittli.aL'
Like ihis father before him, Fim:CT-"
detests slums. That father, an Ital-
ian imniigrant, was a musician of a •
very high order. V.Then his father be-
came a United States Army band-
master young Morella had a good
time as the family rnoved froni array
pott to array post. •T -Ie attended the
public schools in the cities nearby.
Eiorella thus got an indelible geo-
.graphic education of the cotm,try. Ole
attended !high school at Prescott,
(lie was 116 when war with Spain
was declared, His father's regiment
was sen,t to Tampa, preliminary to
embarkation ,for Cuba. Young Fior-
elia. eager to get into the picture,
tried to erdist, lnit was unable to can -
teal his age and was turned down.
Heconlnioed to e forget*a:h eS
5ai
.ssgt7rne.L..oilttiia!
a,
(Post.(Despatcli and saw the shave
front a front seat. 'The elder La-
Gua'aclia died soon, after the AVar and
Fiorella, broke drifted back to New
There "he decided to study la'W. Tn
this process lie discovered he 'had a
flair ' for languages, and Ile picicerl •
them op with precision, Coupled with
his ability to ,land jobs when he
wanted them, lie hurdled a moltirtu d c
al o lis tac les to gain an ' an po in tine n t
as consular agent in Budmest, Hun-
gary. This was 91 1901, when, 'he was
19 years old, He tale such a record
that soon Ise was promoted to tlie
important post in Trieste, busiest
por,t on the Adriatic. Then, at 24, he
won his way to the "probleni station"
!Back in Nee,- York- lie got a position
as interpreter at ,Island. At hhigibIt
be took, the law coures s,t Net? York
university, , being ' ad 1111106 to t1.1 e
in
bar 11910. It was one. of the I)itter-
est and rnost uncertain canipaigris in
'ho city's history, E'le'ction. day
CiilllaXed '1)y widespread intimiderti 'n.
'Even LaIG,u aedi a i tus e f got into a
alrw
)°1a,rictica'h
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