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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-05-06, Page 7Hada f i;omfCoast to Coast Summoi dole, P.E.I,--Pexligreed fox- invention of Co B. Tully, London, Eng- ev registered with the Oanad8ai Na, land who will strew -vise the plant. It tional Live Slackrecords, aceording to is intceeded to erect the ca rbonizingthe Dept. of A rie8ittrs, nu-taperedpwh.n preso7tflxancing has Geen 65,900 at the end .of last year.:; By' complebed, and a.,so to'erzet a 300,000, 1 -evinces, re ,tetratioti was as follows : cubic foot gas hailer rind renovate the Onbiirlo, 2,707; Manidoba, 1,850; Sas- ,town's gas• generating and de ti•ib - 6 g r u katche}van, 440; Alberta, -1,158;• Brit- ttoni systems. 'BM estimated 'annual ash Colunbaa, 530; Quebec, 1,083; New prpdi.rctuon is 54760,000 cubic :fest of " Brunswick, 6,475; Nova Scotia, 1,493; . gas, "4,015 tons ib. coke and 114,246 and'Pritios Edward Island, 20,549. gallons of tali, which may be sub= Digby, N.S --Airangetan s are be- i divided into Resoles f,,, oil and am= ing en eve by the Tourist Committee of Mflbnia sulphate, , , the Digby .Board of Trade for hate= re- Winnipeg, Man.—Manitoba is On the introduction -of a fleet of Moroi boats ,yeugeof'a mining development that .and p_deasure•yacht§ on Digby Basin 'will' pet itin•£he :lead 01 tee nxvnirig during the 'taming season, for the en-.iedtsstiy, according to ..G: C. Batenvan tertairerient of summer visitors. Sail- Secretary of the Ontario Mining As- ing ya.ehits w8f!e muoli in vogue on this sodiattlon, who has concluded a survey • eheet of water so few years ago,• and, of the Red Lake and. Central 'Mani- provetid;a greatit'atteeetion to Aierican toba mining areas. From a geological yachtsmen. sbandpoitit,he' stated, Central: Mani- .SaintJohn, N.B.—Seventeen :Farm tuba and•. Northern Ontario W r er •ich Boys, between the'ages, of 15 -and 18,',in mineral :wealth, and panti•etuarry under chatgo of Mr. 'George Watson, gold. bearing •-orb.. WhatManitoba of 'Glasgdw, arrived on the S.S. Monte needled was to have the mining indus, calm for pl:aoement .on' Canadian try. 'Wit on a pea`manenf basis• farms, one being booked to the Ed- Moose g .Jaw, Saslc-Petroleum ,and menton ddiateict, seven to Ontario and natural gee leases have .been filed ,on the balance to' the Cossar Training. thousands of acres of land in the Farman tho Saint John River.: Mr, Ardili and Lake of the.Rivers districts since' word of the recent ail-strike_be- canie' known. The Dominion Lands Office here has been crowded .from morning till night withemen from all over the West attempting to "get in on the ground floor." , Edmonton, Alta.—It is- understood that a Beitishesyndicate will drill` for oil in the far north on the shores of leeaser Slave 'Lake.' Lady Rhonda is mentioned as the. principal financial. backer., Vancouver, B C.-Sweetp otato growing:1n British Columbia has been conliic•d to Pe.ich;and and a 'ew other ,)hints in the, Okaragasi,'chi;rfle-hith- erto;'but the. ; urceso attained by a Watson, a retired Scottish farmer, who.is assisting Dr.-Cossar in his work,proposes visiting the Experi- mental Farrn,.bttawa, and Macdonald Cortege,, before returning to, Scotland, Quebec, Que.-Less than 50 per cent. of the. maple trees are tapped, P'pe'.. each year in the. Province of Que ec, according to an inventory, which has been conducted the last two years by the Dept. of Agriculture. In an effort to increase the production of maple products the experts of the De- pertinent intend to start a campaign this sprang and, especially for next season, to persuade dia.-ft-inners to ex- ploit their 'sugar groves. to the full. 'hint. . Last year the mapl'e•.products lady grower 'at. Hammond, in the • -reached a total of 22,000,000 pounds, Lowes; Fraser Valley, demonstrates that with proper care' the plants will thrive in other parts of the West. Mrs. A. J. Sperling, of Hammond ane and it is claimed .that this could be more than doubled. • Berleeville, Ont.—With an .authorized capitalization of $500,000, the Belle- vested ane dollar in sweet' potato virile Gar and Fuel Co., Ltd., has been plants last season. ;Every' one grew formed at Bei:evile, Ont,, to Manu- and she obtained a trttel yield_of 65 facture gas, cokeand tar by a low pounds of sweet . potatoes from '36 temperature carbonizing process, the plants. WOMAN KILLED WHEN TRAIN HITS TRUCK Husband Seriously Injured on Grade Crossing Near Courtland. A despatch from Til;sonburg, Ont., says -Mrs. Charles W. Graydon, was. instant<y.kil-ed and her husband seri ously injured at noon on Thursday, when the truck in which they were riding was strr,ck by the C.N.R. pas- senger train at Courtland: Mrs. Gray- don raydon was . thrown about thirty yards and died immediately, whine Mr. Gray- . don- received severe cuts and badly shaken up and • it is not known yet whether .,he sustuiiued .internal injur- ies or not. The truck was demolished. This crdssing„right in tho heart: of the village, has proven - a. death trap ' for several years, as the hes been many fatalities on this spot. Apgar- , ently ,Mr. Graydon, Who was driving, did not. see the train approaching, al- , though there is an alarm bell at the crossing, and the engine caught the truck almost' in the centro. The train was brought to a stop in a very .few • yards as it was stopping at the station a few rods away. Bust of Lord Durham ?resented to theDominion Is Missing, in Yukon Sir Esme Howard The British ambassador to Washing- ton, who spoke in Toronto at the luncheon of the combined Canadian, Rotarian and•, Empire Clubs and was_ Present at a. social function of the Wo- men's, Canadian Club. He declares that has Canadian experiences have given him. great confidence In the "fu- ture of the country, Rocky Mountain Bill A despatch from Ottawa says:-- A despatch from DawsotlCit Speaker Lemieux in the House of p` n Commons. armaunoed that a -bust of saysc—FVi:liam J.' Elliott,"known. Lord P-evbamhad been received by the throughout the Yukon as "Rocky. vernine,it as t Mountain Bid," has been 'reported missing and is believed to have been drowned. For three days Mounted Police have been searching- without discovering a trace of ,the missing d 1'I q p man. He is oeheved to have fallen through the ice. Though nearing GO years of age When: war broke out, he walked merethan G00 miles to enlist in the Yukon battalion and saw active, service over- seas, a gift from Mr. 80. I.oe Strachey df London, England, Premier King, speaking on behalf. of the Government, said that' the gen- erous gift was most'dee'p'.y apprecia't e . . • e re ueebed Mr. S :.sicca• to ex- tend thankty to Mr. Strachey Right Ron, Arthur Meighen, on behalf of the Opposition, also extended' thanks to Mr. Sti ttchey, : $14,750,000 in Gold Shipped -".'--.--4-- — to Canada in Month Manitoba Seeding is Finished. A despatch from New York sotys: 'A despatch from Winnipeg' says The Canadian Bank of Comnurce Wheat seeding,is finished in Manitoba slopped $2000,000 of gold -to Canada and over onehalf iii. Saskatchewan; on Thursday, aed the New York Trust many fic•eds,'howevas-, in the Southern Conmeny;forwarded 51,500,000 This $3,50.0,000 nloverrant of yea:ow molal 'actions must be, reseeded - a oeult rlorbllwai•tl brings total gold shipments of the Wind drmir� . Through, South to the Dominion to $14,750,000 in the el', n %fan lobi this season fxirnvers last ,ninth, This_ ntovementntav, eon lava ain't tvl:o;ly resorted to dur- - tines ti til` all the 566,000,000 geld urns, abondoning.thelearcl varieties of• 4sent from Canada earlier. in the year red rge and Marquis because the latter finds its 'way back, . ' does not ivssiot cont as.well as'durums,' STERLING EXCHANGE ADVANCES TOWARD GOLD PARITY ON NEW YORK MARKET. A deap.tttch from New York says:-- discount rate to 31-2 per cent., money The return to sterling exchange to has been attractedo Lon -don by 'the witla-x striking tli�stone° ofegold parity 5 Ye•r cent bank rate' and the higher Thursday -accompanied tiie continued level of interest rates prevailing there., ! fiats of fuixds from New York to Lon -1 1n striking contrast to the stl'ength don,''resuPting'from the current dis- of stsr:iaug, I1'reneh and Belgian francs' parity til bank rates between oho two reacted to. new Iecord lows. levels at centres, Th2 The cable rate on the. cur- 3.27 1-2 1,. and 3.47 cents respectively., roe eet fve- ,. rencYadvancod#w$4.8G 9-10, While the The agreement reached atWashington • demand• rats ruled ,(dose to $4,80 1-4, for a funding of. the French debt carne ars eeit10outr'ed with .the, accepted parity too' late to have much effect en' the of $4.866.8. , French currency, although ',ate in the Sipco the New York Federal Re- clay it ra5ied Lightly from its early write 13anle,'last week reduced its re- I,w. 50=MILE ALTITUDE' HOT, -SAYS ASTRONOMER British Investi-gator Believes Temperature Rises to 300Degreea.'.'.,- A'despatch from London says:— Tropical climate and 'torrid atmos- pihesse at an altitude of tiny miles is the latest discovery of a British -astronomer, W. F. Denning, of Bris- tol. Mr. Denning has made a life study of meteors, having noted 29,000 of them since 1860,' 13y calcnl'atieg'the speed of meteor. trails Mr, Denning has discovered that hurricanes of 200 to» 0' miles'' ve- :ocitywere 'oonrmen of the outer peri- phery, and: meteoric. evidence has led him to the conclusion that the temper- ature at great 'hei.ehts, which have never been in this respect, rises in ce'tatn-regions-to 3.00 degkees Ko vtn. scale); . Thus, despite our act T ual,exp•e2•ience of increasing frigidity as we rise en mountains or in aeroplanes, theaegerid of Deed'aldas sees not -to have been as unscientific as 'We generallythink. Mr. Denning has. 'now placed his ma- terial in the hands -of Prof. E. A. Lin- demann and Dr. Dobson, -lecturer on meteorology in Oxford Univer'sity,, for furtherinvestigatioe. Mr. Denning, whd is flow in his 78th year, discovered a new star in the con- stellation of 'Cygnus in August1920, making this, like all his observations, in his own garden, without the aid of any established observatory, Ile also discovered five comets .and twenty nebulae and is the recipietit of many honors. He has steadfastly refused, poets in,observatories.and on expedi- tions in oiider to pursue his own par- ticular line of investigation, and in his youth he gave up a business career in order tcedevote himself -1e science. His only finanelal moans has been a smaill Civiy List pension; though recently Prof. H. :H. Turner,.ef Oxford, has made an appeal to the City of Bristol on his behalf, - Gold Coins Offered in India at Bargains A despatch from ° London says:— Many Englishmen, resident in India, have- come home on vacation lately bringing bags of gold 'coins such as have not been in circulation here since the war. They explain that sovereigns are so plentiful in India that money change ers have been offering -them, in ex- change for rupees at a lower rate than English notes. Sovereigns can be bought in tho bazaars for thirteen ru- pees and five annas at the present time, Whereas at the end' of the war it tooktwenty rupees to buy a sever- eign. The reason for the glut is the greed for hoarding gold in India which ab- sorbed half the world's output last year. Now there is more of the pre- cious metal on hand than the hoarders and banks know what to do with,. Arthur• Heming Who has been awarded ,the gold medal of the Graphic." Arts' Society for late best group o8• work ,regardless of classification; shown at their annual exhibition held at tho Toronto Art Galleries, Boys Locked In by Parents " Perish When Horne Burns 1' ' A despatch :from..Xamsack, Sask., nays: -Two boys, aged 4 and 10 years, 1 the sons . of Wasyl Zeleney, perished i from suffocation during a fire in the Zeieney farmhouse, near-Pelley, Sask., ' according - to info"rnaation ` received here, Coroner A. J. Leach, who in-- vestigated, found that. death was due to suffocation, "predisposed by neglect on the part of the parents." The chile dren had been locked in the house while the parents. were at work in the fields. ' Sea 'Lions Mowed Down . By Machine Guns A despatch from' Victoria, - B.C., says:—Thousands of sea lions . and their clumsy rips will be mowed down by machine-gun: fire when 'the Can- adian- 'Government starts its arilmual war on the greatest enemy of the Pa- cific Coast salmon.. Fishery patrol boats will start out:to scour the coast for the huge mammals, which eongre- gate in herds in the spring breeding season. As they establish themselves in communities at well-known points, they form an easy mark for expert gunner's, and topple over into the sea ori their rocky perches' in hundreds as el -deadly fire is poured at them. Boy Loses. Sight of- Eye - By Stick Thrown by Chum A daspetch from' Guelph -says:— Struck by a stick thrown by a play- mate,' Richard Farnworth, 8 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Earn- worth, Mira Road, had the sight' of his left cee.'destroyed. RIFIAN WARRIOR OF 67 YEARS IVES RECORD RUN OF 70 MILES IN 12 HOURS. A despatch from Oudja, French force about Abd -Ell -Krim, the Riffian Morocco, says:—Carrying it despatch war chief, had been given the despatch neaz'ly 70 miles, which he said he had by Krim Wednesday night and had made on foot from sunset to sunrise, collie from the Atnas Hi:is to Ondja, Ham;nouch Ben Hadge, an aged Rif -a distance of 110 kilometres, or nearly flan waerior, was hailed here as the' 70 Miles. creator of a new marathon record. After partaking of coffee and rolls Panting from his, prolonged exer- the aged Riffian seemed fresh.' tiny the aged Riffian, who is 67 years old, reached the gates of Oudja at The feat of running 70 miles from 'daybreak on Friday morning and ran sunset to sunrise, which Hammouch up to the French sentry. "Please di- Ben Hodge, aged Riffian : warrior, 'red- me to the house of the Riffiian claims to have accomplished, compares delegation. Allah is great," he said. 'faoorably with the established record The 'sentry directed him to the for that distance over a measured iiouseoccupied by Si Mohammed Azer- course, The record for -70 miles is kane, the Riffian "foreign minister," hold by J. Saunders of New York City, Where Hedge delivered his unessage, who made it February 21 to 22 in 1882. "No peace without autonomy." It is 11 hours, '34 minutes and 5 sec - Badge, who is connected with the ends. . TSE E MARKETS TORONTO. Man. wheat—No. 1 North., $1.70%1 No.' 2 North., $1,64i/a; No. 3 North., not quoted.” Man. Date—No. 2 CW., nominal; No. 3, not quoted; No. 1 tfeed, 52c; No. 2 feed, 50c; Western grain quotations on c.i.f. bay ports. ` 1 Ana.' cern, track, . Toronto—No, 2 yea -pow, 88e; No. 8 yea ow, 115e. Mil:feed—Del., Montreal freights, I incleded: Bran,' per ton, $31.25; shorts, per ton, 538,25; middlings, 540,25;good feed flour, per bap, 52.80. Ont. oaks -44 to 40c, f,o,b. stripping pointe. Ont. good • milling 'wheat—'1:39 to 51.41, f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. pp g , g Barley, malting --82 to 04c. Buckwheat—Nc• 2, 72c. Rye -No.• 2, 85e. Man, flour—First pat., $9, Toronto; do, second pat.,' 58.50. Ont, :fionr—Toronto,' 90' per cent. pat., per barrel, in easlots, Toronto, 5; seaboard in bulk, , 6.80. Straw—Carlots, per to,5$9to $9.50. Screenings—Standard, recleaned, 1. o.b bay ports, per ton, $22,50, Chbese—New, largo, 20e; twins, 21c; triplets, 22c; Stiltons 23c. Old, large, 25e; twins, 2Gc ; triplets, 27c. Butter -Finest creamer prints 38 to 38%c; No. 1 creamery, 8641 to 873 ; No. 2, 84% to 85%c. Dairy prints, 27'1s to 29%e. Eggs—Fresh extras, In cartons, 35 to 58c; fresh: extras, loose, 34c; f.reeh firsts, 83c; . fresh seconds, 28 to 29e. Dressed poultry—Chickens, spring, Ib., 70 to: 80c; chickens, lb., 86 to 37c; hens, over' 4 to 5 lbs., 30c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 27c; rposters, 25c; ducklings, 5 lbs. and up, 30 to 31c; turkeys, 40c. Beans—Can. hand-picked, 52,40 per bushel; primes, $2.40 per' bushel. Maple produce—Syrup, per imp. gaL, 52,40; per 5 -gal„ $2,30 per gal.; maple -sugar, lb., 25 to .26c; maple syrup, new, per gal,, 52,50. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11411. to 12c per 1b.;• 10-1b. tins, 11% to 12e; 5-1b. tins, 11 to 121,c;e2%-1b. tins, 14 to 14%c. Smoked meats—Hams, med., 30,to 32c; cooked hams, 47 to 49c; smoked Polio, 22e; cottage, 25 to 27c; break- fast bacon, 82 to 36c; special brand breakfast -bacon, 33 to 89c; backs, boneless, 36 to 43c. - 1,10 modern science' has mado this all Cured meats—.Long clear bacon, 50; ppeslb'1e and more too, if one can be- te '70 lbe., $24.20; 70 to 90 lbs., 528.75• lievs a report bythe Natural Ire 20 lbs. and up, y22,84; lightweight po role in barrels 42:2+0;' heavywei ht seeress I•ntsl ganoe Service, 'of the r $ g ; rola 89.60 r eel. Dept: of the Interior, Ottawa. Lard—Pure tiexeee 17% �q 18c • ' According to: this report,: `casein is tub 18 r s to 18%c; pails, 18 ^to 19 the principal protein i p r °, P P pr to n. constituent of prints, 19 6 to 20c; 'shortenin i It tierces 15 to 15 g,1 m 1 , closely associated with nown as %o tubs, 15%to 113c; calcium In. a form usually known as pails, 10 to 164c; blocks, 17% to 18e; osioium case2nate. In the arts its Heavy steers, choice, :5 2.50 to $8 sunr4ry applicatiana+ are lsg'ion: It do, good, �7 , to, $7.25; butcher steere, choice, 57 to 57.75; do, geed, eirte+rs into the composition of anal to $0.75; do, tom. toi mad., 55.to moat endless variety of articles aO1 the. $0: butcher heifers, choice, $8.50 to $ 025; do, good, 56 to 56.50; do, coin,, $6 to 55:50; butcher'. cows, chielco, $5.25 to 5$; do fair good, 54 to $5; butcher bull.s cod, .5 to $5,75; bolognas, $3.50 bulls, good, :cannerand cutters, $2.60 to 58.50; springers, choice, $80 to 590; good milch cows 70 to $80;'medium+cows, $45 to 560; feeders, good, 56.25 to $6.75; do, fair, $6 to $8; stockers, geed, $6 to 56.50; do, fair, 54.50 to $6; calves, choice, $12 be $x,50'; do, good, 59.50 to 511; 'do, Itghts, $5 to $9; good ;iambs, $14 to $14.90; do, med., 512.50 to $18; do, culls, 510 to $11,50; good light sheep, 58 to 510; heavy sheep and bucks, -$6.64 to, $6.50; hogs, thick smooths fed and watered, $13.60; do, numerous plastics that servo as sober;- : noun ry porn s, 512.76; tures fax such materials are horn, care, $14; do thiels fate loll. f r 1 oe lupoid bone ii^ory, Natural Resources Bulletin. Buttons, jewelry, radio parts, patine, door knobs, tortoise swear',, abra- eives and cements manufactured from skimmed milk seems mace a fairy tale, way• from tvhoe polishes to radio parts; it has extensive ase in the productiop of all Idndls of waterproof and glazed papers; it makes adhesives of the very best type' for aircraft and. wood- working; ,and i3 a constituent of near- ly all the. cold -water paints most fre- quently ro- quently used in many countries. It is espoovallly to the manufacture of a con- ebanbPy growing number of commodi- ties for which Canada is at present largely dependent upon outside sources that casein lends itdeeif, for it has na- tural properties not easily found in any other so readily and cheaply ob- tainable product,. The manufacture of amber, f.o.b., .513 do,t t do, .off 512.50; se)ect premium, $2,66, ebony, m , MONTREAL. : Oats—CW, No. 2, 68311c; do, No. 3, 62efir; extra No. 1 feed,'60c, Pour, Man. spring wheat pats., firsts; `59; seconds, $8.50; strong bakers', 58.30; winter pats, choice, $6.70 to 56.80: Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs:, $3.30 to $8.40. Bran, $$1,25. Shorts,: 583.25. Mid - Chinese jade, laRis lazuli and tor- toise shell is now, an irnportattt indus- try in many parts of Europe. The industry has never been thor- oughly developed. in Canada. and this country imports about half a million pounds a casein annuailly largely d' ling s, $ 40.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, ' from Argentina, although it would car lots, 513.50. _ appear as if some day the dairy organ- Button, No. 1 pasteurized, 88 too izations of Canada will realize the in - 88311c. Eggs, fresh extras, 86c; fresh 1 dustria,i possibilities of making "jewel - firsts, •84e. Potatoes, Quebec, per' ry" from thein• by-products. ; ba car•lots, 53.50 to 53,•'x6. halves, mad, tvalitysuckers, $6.50 hogs, $15; sows, 512 to 512.25., Perfects Apparatus R. M. Ranger, of Newark, described as the Inventor of radio photography, b who is now in England perfecting the transmission of pictures across the At- lantic. He hopes to have European events appear. in the same day's papers on this continent, • Matchmaking Gossip About • • CONQUEROR OF FALLS Visit of Royalties to London KILLED BY ORANGE PEEL The visits of foreign royalty, which "Bobby" i will -'be common in London this sum • - BObby Leach, Who Went i mer, have given those inclined to Over Niagara in Barrel, Dies matclimaking at least three royal sub - from Trivial Cause. ; jects of speculation, in . which the I Prince of Wales aiid his brother, A despatch from London says:—A! Prince George, play prominent parte. despatch to The ,Evening. News front I The largest number of foreign royal - Christchurch; Now Zealand, says that! ties are scheduled to visit England "Bobby" Leach, who went over Ni- I since the World War. agars Falls.in a steel barrel in 1911,1 Princess Astrid of Sweden, whose is dead from injuries received when; name has boon conplad with that of he slipped on a piece of oraosgo -peel t the Prince of 1•Vales by the Nine's sub - in the street. I jects, will be the first to arrive. An - Leach broke a leg,. which was found 1 other princess to visit the court will necessary to amputate. _ found,' other the Infanta Beatrice of Spain.' wltont some „think a good match for Prince "Bobby" Leach, a Canadian, achiev-I George, youngest of the English cd world-wide notoriety through his Princes. feat at Niagara Fats Hs tvas the The King and Queen of Spain Drab - live, to go overthe Fells and ably will come to England at the same , time,butn the first Mrs, Anne Eads&'n of on a•state visit. The Taylor, of Niagara Fal]s, N.Y., who 1 visit of the young Spanish Princess. Is causing much stir and great specula- - tion, but all that is definitely known is that her parents are not anxious to have her; worry so young. raised in the drop of 158 feet over! Queen Marie of Rumania also is the Horseshoe Falls, but his injuries! coming to. London this spring accotu were only superficial. He was 49 years 1 panted by her very pretty and eligible Id when he performed the feat, daughter, the Princess Deana.A despatch from Niagara Fats, Persistent rumors that Crown Prince Ont., says:—The death of Bobby Olaf of Norway may marry a British Leach, intrepid Fags thrall -seeker, re-; princess have caused much specula- Mves one of the most picturesque Wei. Lady May Canubrirlge,' danghtar figures from the Niagara district. ,Bs- of Lord Athlone and Princess :Alice, is ides going over the Falls in a barrel ' generally believed to be the young wo- n July 25th, 1911, Leach many tines man who is in line for the Norwegian May o is a Ma Lady . ddefled death in sensational stunts with. throne.Cambridge made the trip in a barrel, Oct, 24, 1901. Leach's trip was made July 25, 1911. He was severely battered and Mother Fatally Burned Carries Baby for Mile 's 0 A despatch from Saskatoon says:-- Carrying se nine -months -old baby in her arms and followed by her two other small children, Mrs. R. Partin- teau, aged 30, of tho Duck Lake dis- trict, ran to her sister's home a mile b away, and ;died a few hours after a ward of burns received in an expo e sion of kerosene. Seeing the farm. F the Falls as a background. He succelefuily negotiated the Whirlpool Rapids in a barrel, dropped with aparachube from the upper arch ridge aver the Gorge and from an eroplane over the Fails, and.perform- d many other similar feats of daring. Leach's last bid for notoriety here was ;ate last fail when he attempted to swim the •lower river just bellow the ails. He failed; when he tried -to re- evea• his false teeth, which fell out. house burning her husband cane in from the field where he was working and, fo::bwing his wife's trail by the fragments of her burned olothing, reached the house where she had sought refuge. ' ORIGINALS PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR FALLEN COMRADES niece of Queen Mary and her mother is the first cousin of King George. Map of Red Lake District. The latest product of aerial photo- graphy combined with ground surveys is a wrap of the Red Lake District, in north-western Ontario, 1n' which so' much prospecting -is being done at pre — , sent. By the use of this method, car. vied on by the Topographical SoSvey, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, in co-operation with the Royal Canadian Alr Force, a wealth of detail has been Equals $4.39 • Per Capita as collected, conuprisiug lakes, rivet's, Compared With 83 Cents portages, falls and similar lnformatioo; in England. which would have required an 101- g manse amount of effort to obtain by A despatch' from Ottawa tsays:—f ground surreys alone. Canada's fire loss for the gesO 1925 The inap.'has born' published on tho was 540,712,172, according to figures scale of one inch to two miles and provided in his report by 3. Grove covers en area about fort} miles 1,y Smith, Dominion fire commissioner sixty tulles in extern., apro..imatele and hon, secretary -treasurer of the centred at Red Lake. Whereas pros Association of Canadian Fire Mar- petting has up to till present been ahalls, which heed its annual meeting confined to areas close to lied Lake hsre."' itself, it Is anticipated that with the There were 31,767 fires during the aid of this nap as a guide. the exten- year, the Largest of which was that slap of these aetiviiles ovar broer - in rho lumber yards at Ilatvkesbury, areas to ll be greatly foci:;esti:d, ad�s the loss of which is officially *need at an Indication of the ;.laze of ea; or - 51,400,000. (way's in the district 11. may be staie,1 "In Great Britain," said lIr. Grove that something like 700 lakes ctrl Smith during the course of his report, shorn. Indeed, eo many lake end "there is a fire lois of 83 cents per other features kava lae2n end lenly capita. This and the increase by $700,-I brought to light. That only a relaiirely 000 over the previous year cattsect the, small number have been name,], widest concern in the Olcl Country alai yet in Canada tate 540,000,000 an- nual loss, or 54.39 per capita of the population, stile appears to cause very little `concern." - The cost of lire protection to- the municiptelities, Grove Smith stated, was 525,108,246, Whilst the total cost CANADA'S FIRE LOSS $40,712,172 IN YEAR this mop which may b. obtatnail from the Topographical Survey for the nominal charge of twenty.tive terms per copy, .will airs the prospector in getting through the distract and help him to cheoso the most direct route of getting out to the Mining'lie• corder's office. 'For properly record - i r in ail , u c1n'l10 to the pnbhe of t..an.ada teas 5102,403,- g s a . ie will I e bat it 810. Outlive the year 374 deaths wore able to lull ata W ttie mining rx .order caused by firs and 1.,71.3 severe in- exactly where it is slrt,utt t nyc-, HEROES OF :BATTLE OF $T. JULIEN REMEMBERED BY COMRADES 1u ''be photograph shows the solemn and imiressiv scene atr cenotaph 'in Pro . 1 j impressive s r, e the nl of the city hall, .Toronto, when menthol's of the Originals' Club conducted a service to commemorate those lvho' aid the su 1 wren ' P on the battlefield of St. Julien. In the foreground is -'Vales Jessie Mertin,'an original nursing sister, whoe laidsaciiOtatec,e hto1 wroath 011 the cenotaph. The photograph Was taken during the sotinding'of the last post.: ries. tern of referones squares, leio trblcit ��_. ,,.. the mai) has, beer, divided, particularly; No genuine Engiishmanwill consent facilitates thle object. This is of take himself,' or anythingaround especial importance on account of th o m, too seriously,—Mr, T. F: O'Con_ large number of so far t:oriamod r. physical feat -erre.