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The Seaforth News, 1923-06-07, Page 3NORPERN, 'TI•O DISTRICT AGAIN TRREATENEDBY FOREST FIRES White River. Still in. Danger Should Wind Arise= Timber Limits in: Vicinity of Sudbury Suffer Considerable Loss , orest. Rangers Better Equipped Than Last Year to Handle Situation. Port Arthur, June L -The situation at White Inver, threatened by forest fires, has improved, but the dan- ger is by no, means past, and should a wind 'spring up serious, consequences would result. The situation in Northern Ontario, which during the past few days has; been confined largely to isolated spots,: took on a much broader aspect with the receipt of reports from several sections. The spread of the danger area is indicated in the new reports wlach have been received. • Fromvarious points along the Al. goma Central, fires of more or less magnitude are reported, Further north again, on the line of the Can - ashen National to the east of Horne- payne, the bush fires have readied the point of destructiop of homes, and at a station called Peterbelle, where are lactated a number of residences and stores, one has elraady been destroyed. Residents aro burying their posses- sions, ' Train crews'end passengers, coming ; in from east and west, state that fires q., various proportions can be -seen in v, 'directions. Atikokan is men - as one. district, ):Graham,'on the Canadian Na- 44,104 e-/ .104 miles west of Port Arthur, 'were forced to take to the lake fats for safety, when the 'flames £ached near the station. Later in -P day the wind changed and relieved --tee situation. Graham consists of a cation and a few other buildings only. ` Sudbury, June 1. -With the bush as dry as tinder and a high wind blowing, dozens of forest fires are raging throughout Northern On- tario, and unless rain intervenes shortly the situation will be fraught with serious possibilities for railway tQWne in the hinterland. While admitting that the fires are of grave proportions,. forestry head- quarters officials here stated that the situation has been exaggerated by re- ports from the West, and declared .that at the present time no towns along the C.N.R. or the C.P.R, are in danger,,. `There are few farmers in 'the areas in which the sires are most. serious, these extending largely over big timber limits, but the propertyloss at the least will amount to many thou- sands of dollars before the week is out. There were 25 bad fires burning in the Sudbury forestry district to -day. Everything possible is being done by the rangers, despite the fact that a high wind has been blowing and the heat is suffocating. They are immensely better equipped than they were this • time last year and chief rangers are , moving from point to point, handling the sit- uation. Every available ranger is on the job and the railways are co-operat- ing in every manner, many .extra gangs being out fire fighting along the lines. Ten new pumps arrived this week and are all in use. The forestry service areoplanes have not been used, owing to the, thick pall of smoke which now hovers over the entire north coun- try. New Mistress of iD Downing Street Mrs. Stanley Baldwin, the :wife of Great Britain's Prime Minister, who will now become the mistress of the famous Nu. 10 Downing Street. KKING,ACKNdWLEDGES CANADA'S GREETINGS Governor General Receives Reply to Message on His Majesty's Birthday. Ottawa, June 8. -The following message was sent from the Governor- General to His Majesty the 'King on Saturday: Ottawa, June 2, -On behalf of the Government and people of the Domin •Ion of,Canada I beg, to convey to Your Majesty' their -most respectful and '9iearty congratulations on Your Ma- jesty's birthday. FLOODS CAUSE HAVOC IN SOUTH ALBERTA Rivers Break Bounds and People Forced to Flee for Safety. A despatch from 'Calgary says: - With rivers and small streams rune ning wild, following the abnormally heavy rains of the past few days, great havoc has been caused in south- ern Alberta districts and in the sub- urbs of this city during the past. 24 hours, Streams continued to rise Fri- day afternoon, some at the rate of three incites an hour, and rain was continuing at many points. Serious conditions prevail at Mac- leod and Okotoks, where residents have been forced to abandon their homes. Several houses have been washed away at Macleod, and it was necessary for police officers to make a number: of rescues during the day. The Old Man River is a mile' wide at Macleod and the lower part of the town is inundated. The situation is somewhat better at Ototoks, with the water in the town receding slowly, but apprehension exists that further dant- age will result when the heavy . flow from the mountains reaches the town. The Elbow River, running through Calgary, was within eight inches of the 1919 highwater mark early Fri- day afternoon, libel continues to rise. Low-lying residential property in Elbow Park is "flooded, and several bridges are in danger of being swept away. The town of High River, 45 miles' south of here, is being flooded by the Highwood River. Serious damage . • occurred during the day, when the Old Man River broke awarthe main ditch of the Leth- (Signed) Byng, bridgeirrigation northern ' The reply from His Majesty theg ation Project's. King to the, Governor-General reads; new canal, 10 miles west of Macleod, I'have received with much pleasure The. costly ,headworks and dam are the greetings which'you have sent me still holding, according to reports late on behalf of the Government and peo-Friday afternoon, with -nine feet of ple of Canada and I heartily thank then for their good wishes on my birthday. (Signed) George R. I. Storm in Manitoba. •Washes Away 12 Bridges Winnipeg, June 8. -Reports were received hero to -night of a heavy rain- $torm which broke over the Margaret .district, carrying away 12 bridges ning the right of way of the Can. elan National Railways between Margaret and Dunrea waehin away , g W y the grade at seven places and destroy - leg culverts. Ninette is also reported tohave been affected by the storm water pouring over the crest. More Armed' Men in Europe. Than Before World War. A despatch from London says: - Lord Robert Cecil made an eloquent plea to the United States before the English.speaking Union to join the League of Nations. Lord Robert sounded a warning that in many parte of the world war- like symptoms were developing which were profoundly disquieting. Iis sur- prised his audience by informing thorn that there,' weremore armed men in Europe to -day than before the world war. FIe declared that the tendency of most of the larger countries was There was little damage to the crops. ,toward greater military equipment, T Vkl.L, 1. COULD Pe,ee MAYBE - THIRTY 'BILLION GOLD ;hlAfelei GERMANY ANYHOW, HE'S'STARTED TO. FUMBLE IN HIS POCKET -From the Dallas Newf ROYALIST PLOT TO RESTORE MONARCHY Scene of, Unprecedented Viol- ence in French Chamber of Deputies. A despatch from Parise says: -A Royalist plot engulfing every Province and city throughout France, threatens the life of the Republic, the Cabin. told the Chamber of Deputies in th midst of scenes almost unprecedented in violence. Minister of the Interior Manoury speaking for Premier Poincare in the latter's: absence, declared the Govern- ment will stamp out the contemplated revolution to the full extent of its power. Philip the Eighth shall not reign while the Republic retains power to administer justice, the Minister said After four and one-half hours of unrestrained rioting, during which sticks and fists were shaken high in the air, and fist fights often. began, only to be broken off by guards, the Government felt itself shaken. For the second time within three days the Poincare Cabinet had to ask the Chamber' for a vote of confidence. Although the Ieaders of the Oppo- sition arose and said the Chamber should not overthrow the Government during the present Ruhr situation, the vote wap, only 379 to 191 in Premier Poincare's favor. Thus M. Poincare loses almost 200 votes from his last . Tuesday night's overwhelming majority, ESTABLISH AIRPLANE BASE AT DANES ISLE Airplanes Will Reconnoitre for Retold Amundsen During Flight Across North Pole. Christiania, June 3.-A Norwegian navy vessel with .e. special expedition aboard sailed yesterday for Spitzber- teben to establish a base at Danes Island e from which airplanes wig reconnoitre for Raold Amundsen, who is to at- tempt a flight across the North. Pole this month. Five supply depots will be placed along the ice barrier in big airtight copper boxes, to make them proof against attacks by bears. Each box will contain enough provisions for three weeps and a note telling the place where the other depots are located. Two naval airplanes will always be hi the air together so as to be able to assist each other; each willhave pro- visions for a week. A smaller air- plane will be used for scouting.pur- poses. These expeditions consist of twelve men, including a wireless operator, a physician and some of the most com- petent naval aviators. Absolute Surrender Eamon de Valera, "President of the. Irish Republic," has ordered his Poi - "aware to lay aside tbelr arms, saying, 1 "The Republic eau no longer bo sue- ceeefully sustained by your arms.' it mance the olholel end of the isle .against the Irish Free State. King of Belgium and Foch Among the Saints A despatch from Paris says: - Representations of King Albert of Belgium and Marshal Foch have been installed among , the saints and sacred characters in the stained glass windows of the little church at Fer- rieres la . Petite, near Maubeuge, Figures of the King and the soldier were introduced when windows, smashed bywar bombardments, were being replaced, SAY; I'D LIK To SP An TP PA •50N Po Tip oUR E. Ce GEMENT Flood Conditions Improve in Southern Alberta Calgary, June 8. -With reports of receding water from all districts, the flood situation is much better here to -night, The Bow and Elbow Rivers in Cal- gary are almost normal, although the water is high. Damage is said to have reached $100,000 ht the Calgary district. This includes . damaged . gardens, streets, furniture and payment for men hired in emergency work. Western Crop Conditions Show Excellent Promise Saskatoon, June 3. -Rainfall in r this district since Tuesday has been 2.77 inches. Friday's downpour measured nearly half an inch, and farmers are to -day going around with S0 -bushels - to -the -acre smiles, Regina, June 3, -Reports received from 800 correspondents of the Sas- katchewan Co-operative Elevator Company show excellent- crop condi- tions in practically all diet le of Saskatchewan. • -•e�- Bush Fires in Quebec Somewhat Abated Montreal, 'Juno B. -Reports from the various towns in the Lauronttens to -night showed that the bush fires HITe RIVERIN STATE QF PANIC WIRE FOREST FIRES THREATEN TOWN Inhabitants Preparing to Leave Railway Town if Flames' Continue to Advance - . C.P. ; Train Deady' to Remove Valuables to Place of Safety: A despatoh from White River, Ont., says: -This` little railway town be- yond the north shore of Lake- Superior,. which is known to fame principally by reason of the weather 'reports which distinguish it during the winter months, has been the centre during the past couple of days of a forest .fire which hay 'been threatening to rival in many of its features some of the most serious conflagrations that have been known in the province. For nearly a week the town has been threatened with flames, starting in the woods, gathering strength day by day as they were fanned in the dry woods, driven from tree to tree, slowly and relentlessly creeping up on the com- inunity, overcoming all attempts to which workmen made - strenuous en- deavors -to effect repairs, cutting off telegraphic connections with the east. In the early afternoon, after the flames had devoured a couple of houses,; and the people who were not engaged in fighting, them, the women and children, had begun to move out, carryingwith them such possessions as they could get into suitcases, gripe and bundles, the turn in the wind im- proved the situation and it began to look as if fears that the whole town was to be destroyed would not de- velem into realities. The day was one which willnever. be forgotten by the townspeople'. Peo- ple were almost, in mourning for homes which seemed to be doomed io destruction as they set about various coeds them until Thursday saw the Ways of saving their valuables, her inhabitants of the town commence a the word was given that a train had general evacuation of their homes In been prepared by the Canadian Pacific the face of danger that was so close Railway, 'made up of box cars, in at hand as to partially destroy home which the people could place their buildings and to threaten to talcs personal possessions, and which would others at any time. carry them to safety in case of neves- On Wednesday the fire, whirh had sity, strange processions through the during the day come to close proximo streets began. Women carrying ity, died down somewhat with a fav-' bundles, with little children - tugging orable wind, but early Thursday morn- I at their sides, trudged through the ing there was a new outbreak to the streets toward the railway station, not east of the town. Flames crossed the knowing what was before them, while railway track, burned down the poles others set about burying the more carrying the telegraph lines, carry -i valuable articles they could not carry ing the lines 'of communication with with them. Altogether it was a scene them and for some hours, during of greatest confusipn. Weekly Ma rket Report TORONTO. Manitoba wheat -No. 1. Northern, $1.19. Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 52c; No. d CW, 49c; No. 1 feed, 48c. Manitoba barley -Nominal. All the above, track, bay ports. Am. • corn -No. 8 yellow, 98c; No. 2, 9714c. Barley-Maiting, 60 to 62e, accord- ing to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2, 71 to 72e. Rye -No. 2, 79 to 81e. Peas -No, 2, 51.40 to 51.45. Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights, bags included. Bran, per ton, $20; shorts, per ton, $81; nuddlings, $35; good feed flour, $2.15 to $2.25. Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, 81.26 to 51.27. Ontario No. 2 white oats -50 to 51e, Ontario corn -Nominal. Ontarioflour-Ninety per cent. pat., in jute bags, -Montreal, prompt ship- ment, 55.10 to 55.20; Toronto basis, 55.05 to 55.15;. bulk seaboard, 54.95 to $5. Iltanitoba flour -1st pats., in cotton sacks, $7.10 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $6.60, Ray -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track Toronto, 515 to $15.50; No. 3 timothy, 514; mixed, 512; lower grades, $8. Straw -Car lots, per ton, track, To - Cheese -New, large, 19c; . twin 21c; triplets 22e; Stilton, 22e, 01 Iarge, 82c; Stiltons, 834c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 8 to 86c; ordinary creamery prints, 3 to 840; dairy, 24 to 25c; cooking, 22e. Eggs -New laids, loose, 82c; new lards, in cartons, 36c, Live poultry -Chickens, milk -fed, over 5 lbs., 25e; do, 4 to 6 lbs. 220; do, 2 to 4 lbs„ 20c; hens, over 5 lbs,, 26c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 23c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 20c; roosters, 17c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 80c; do, 4 to 6 lbs,, 28c; turkeys,' young, 10 lbs, and up, 25c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, milk fed, over 5 lbs.; 85c; do, 4 to 6 lbs, 80e; do, 2 to 4 lbs.. •25c; hens, over lbs., 29c; do, 4 to 5 lbs 29o• do 3 to 4 lbs.,. 2c; roosters, 24c; ducklings, over 5 /be., 80e1 do, 4 to 5 lbs., 29c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 80c. Beans -Cain. hand-picked, per Ib., 7e; primes, 6c. Maple products --Syrup, per - imp. gal., $2.50; per 6 gal. tin, $2,40 per gal. Maple sugar Ib,, 25c. Honey -60-1b. tend, 1031 to ilc per .; 3 -23y -lb. tins, 11 to 12310 per lb.; ntario comb honey, per doz., No. 1, 60to$6;No. 2,$3.75to$4,25, Potatoes, Ontario -No. 1, $1.40 to .50; No, 2, $1.26 to $1,40. New runswick, $1.60 to $1.76. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 26 to c; cooked ha ma, 88 to 41c; smoked rolls, 26 to 28e; cottage rols, 25 to 28e; breakfast bacon 30 to 83c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 85 to 38e; backs, boneless, 87 to 42e, Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $18; 70 to 90 lbs„ 517.50; 90 lbs. and, up, 516.50; ' lightweight rolls, in bbls., 536; heavyweight rolls, 583. Lard -Pure tierces, 15% to lii;4c; tubs, 1614 to 17c; pails, 17 to 17eec; prints, 18eic, Shortening tierces, 141/4 to 15e; tubs, 15 to 1534c; pails, 15,4 to 16e; prints, 1'7 to 17411c, Choice heavy steers, $8.25 to 58.75; butcher steers, choice, $8 to $8,25; do, DEMAND FOR WHEAT EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY Canadian Grain Growers May Look With Confidence to the Future. London, June 3, -The world demand for wheat is out -pacing the supply, according' to a.preliniinary report on world consumption issued by the International institute` of Agricultero The report indicates that, even if Rus- sia re-enters the grian market this year, Canadian wheat growersmay look with confidence to the future. The report's "consumption statistics cover only European countries, but the con., elusions are reinforced by the general law of diminishing returns,' which ie in operation In Canada, United States and Argentine, the great. wheat -pro- ducing countries, . Twenty European countries are shown to have a present yield of 29,000,000 tons, leaving a do- flcieney of 22,000,000 tons. This is en increased deficiency of, about 7,000,000 tons since the pre-war years, or more than Canada's export surplus. There is the additional fact that some court-.. tries like Poland, which 'have been forced to rely on home-grown potatoes; will return to wheat consumption when prosperity allows- them. ' Movement of U.S. Farmers. Resumption on a larger scale of the movement of farmers from the United States to Canada is looked for this year, according to those most closely;' M touch with the situation. Even greater, it is anticipated, will be the number of visiting prospectors, to in. vestigate Western Canadian conditions and to decide as to their own settle- ment there and that of their . neigh- bors the following year. It is pointed out that many renters, facing discour- aging conditions and dropping behind with their payments, are anxious to get on cheaper land, where they might soon hope to be land -owners outright, whilst the desire for expansion and good, $7 to $7,75; do, med., 56.50 to the possession of larger acreages in 57; do, coin„ 56 to $6.50; butcher heif duces the same trek which is always ers, choice, $7.50 to $8 do, meet, $6;76 in evidence. The movement of American farmers to Canada was in the ascendant when ' the war broke out, and the pinnacle cows, choice 56 $to 56 0; do, med..,,, 54.50 to 55,25; canners and cutters, 52 to $2.50 butcher bulls, good, $5 to 55.60; do, come, $3.60 to $4; feeding was reached in the year 1913 when steers, good, 57.50 to 53; do, fair, $6 some 139,000 American citizens cross - to 56.50; stockers, good, $5.50 to $6; ed the border into the Dominion. Since do, fair, 55 to $5.50; milkers -springers, Choi e, $80 io $110; ealves, choice, $9 to 510.50; do, med., $7.60 to 58.50; do, com., $4 to 56; lambs, spring, 516 to 519; sheep, choice, light, $6.50 to $7; do, choice heavy, 54 to $6; do, culls and bucks, 53 to 54; hogs, fed and watered, $10.50; do, f.o.b., 59.75; do, country points, 59.50. Cats -Can, West." No. 2, 62 to and other lands, last year they rase 62eho; do, No. 8, 59 to 593bc; extra led in the number of homesteads filed' No. 1 feed, 56 to 563<re; No. 2 local on. The average wealth brought in white, 54 to $434c. Flour -Man, spring by wheat pthe United States settler in 1919 strong bakers , $6,40; winter pats.sts, 57.10; sods, $0,60; was 5342; in 1920, 5872; in 1921,$312, choice, $6,16. Rolled oatsbag 90 lbs.,, and in 1922, $3.10 to 53.20.. Bran, 527'. Shorts, 529. A single i 5402. nstance may illustrate Middlings, 534. what American farmers are doing for Cheese, finest. easterns, 169'h to Canada whilst furthering their own 17c. Butter, choicest creamery, 8134 best intaresta. In the middle of March, to 82o, Eggs, selected; 83c. Po- R. Ebert, a farmer of Lewiston, Mine ° nesota, left for Manitoba, where he had acquired land. He sold out 90 acres of his Minnesota land at 5200 per acre and about 160 acres at 5150 per acre, having 546,000 to invest in his new farm, which Consists of 720 acres, all cleared and in crop for sev- eraI.years, but which he nevertheless secured at an acreage price of Iess than half at which he sold any of his American land. The inducement which is annually luring American farmers to Canada is the possibility of acquiring at very cheap. rates land which is not only equal in every respect to the highly held farm lands of the United States, but al+ich every year outyleld them in most crops. • - ' In this connection it is well for the..:, farmer hesitating on the brink of de-. vision; procrastinating in the mattee. of making a move, to realize that this situation cnnot exist for ever, Eacli, year settlement and cultivation aro effecting substantial increments in thh prices of Canadian farm lands. The average sere of Canadian farm land which was worth. 531 in 1908, he risen to $86 in 1915, was for 541 hi t z req sx 1918, hnd 44 in .1c 22 ;p ,� .w s+"; $ J Taking Alp r..:� bertaprices as an average for h • 4b g t Prairie Provinces where most lost United States farmers locate, the averse op' cupied farm could be bought for 1 g in 1:908; in 1915.it was necessary a 2 to pay 3, and. in 1922, $24. Western Canadian land values may be low, but not so low as' they were a few years ago. There. is constant progress in land settlement, eultiva, tion, railroad construction and other improvements which elevate land prices. The farm whieh the Tlnite States settler acquired a few years age for nothing or a mere trifle lie is hold- ing to -day at a high price justified without effort on his part. The farm which the settler can purchase to -day for a low.. figure he will have to pay increasingly for in the years to, cern% the war the annual contribution has ranged around 50,000 per year until the year 1922 when only some 24,000 arrived. The flow has, however, mains tained the earns high quality and was almost purely agricultural and pose sessed of considerable means, Whilst United States settlers always lead al nations in the purchase of improved t es, per bog„ car lots, $1.35 to $1,40, d, Calves, milk-fedveals, $5.60 to $6; 5 do, coin. and'med., 54.50 to $5; bulls, 3+$3.50 to $4; coin. to fair cows, $9 76 Ib whieh have been burning there for 54 several days are somewhat abated, Slight rain fell Saturday night and $1 this morning, and this is thought re- sponsible for the diminution in the 28 fires, There is now thought to be little menace of the fires spreading and threatening towns and villages. • One out of every fifteen people 'in Saskatchewan owns an automobile, According to the latest' Government figures Saskatchewan, whose popula- tion is over 70 per cent, rural, has a larger automobile registration than any .other province in the Dominion, RABBIT.BORO IT WILL i3E ALl-. OVER RA5131T>3ORO► OH DOCTOR -1 PARSON IS SAFE to 54.50; sheep, $5 to 57; spring lambs, 14 to 18e per lb.; . good local hogs, 511.25 to $11.50; 'do, coarse and heavy lots, 510.26 up; sows, 57.75 to 58. Reginald MoKenna� Formerly Chancellor of theEmote- querin We Asquith ministry, .has ac- cepted the sane post' with Premier Baldwin, He is at present unable to act, through Mimes, but will assutne the duties of the post as soon as pos- sible: EVERYTHING HE, l-tEARs GOES IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE o' rp, YES , Bur HE'D TE.U. HI WIFE ANP EVERYTHING SHE. HEARS GOES IN Olj MARS AND +* tri A -r 11 ({R Mein14 A survey of the strawberry crop prospects has just been completed by the fruit branch ,of the department o: agriculture and, from; informatiofi available, it appears that there will be" good average crops in the lien strawberry-proclucieig districts, both ii'i British Columbia and 'Ontario." Thai acreage planted to etr'awbsrries yearis considerably larger than last year and with favorableweather con. ciitions, the producers should be able to supply all the demands of the tort, 3uniets..