HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-09-02, Page 2FORTY-SIX MINERS TRAPPED AFTER
EXPLOSION IN PENNSYLVANIA : PTS`
Four Men Escaped Alive an d Are in Hospital Seriously
Inju red.
rescuers had not been able to get in
very far, and that therefore they did
net know the condition of the mine,
or the spot where the explosion oc-
curred.
Musser said that the mine drifted
back into the hills for more than a
mile, and he held the hope that some
of the entombed men fou httheir way
from the scene of the bast into safe
territory. He said that normally the
, mine -employs more than 400 men, but
, that recently it had been working only
' part time, and the force was reduced
to a half hundred.
The rescue work was well organized,
Experienced teams, led by the Bureau
of Mines men, worked in shifts in the
battle against the ever.' -creeping gases
against which no man without a mask
can live, When word_ of the blast
spread throughout the Central Penn-
sylvania coal field the miners of . the
entire region forgo all ease in their
' haste to render aid to their stricken
fellow -workers. Eveey: mine in the
, region rushed in rescue teams and
safety apparatus. The Clymer No. .1
pit had long been known as a gaseous
working. Far some time the miners
have used electric tulips as a safe-
guard.
Clymer, Pa. -Forty-six miners were
believed to have been killed here in an
explosion 'which wrecked the interior
of Clymer No. 1 mine of the Clearfie'_d.
Bituminous Coal Corporation, Four
men escaped alive, and are in -a hos-
pital, seriously injured.
Practically all hope for the entomb-
ed men was abandoned after Dr. W. E.
Dodd, company physician, explored
the mine as far as possible. He. said
the blast caused widespread devasta-
tion, and that the tunnels were so
heavy with gas that no human could
survive.'He"said that within the slope,
under piles of rocks, he saw the bodies
of six ruiners. Some were badly
mangled, while others, he said, bore
no marks, indicating that they were
victims of -the gasses.
The Sample Run Mine : is a: slope
workings, electrically equipped, with,
an annual tonnage of more than 150,-
000. A normal worldng force is 189
man.
Veteran coal diggers, fami>'iar '_with
mine rlesions, expressed the belief
that i -blast was caused by the ivi-;
tion c " ;as. General Manager Musser 1
refuse 3 to hazard an opinion as to the
DRUM Ile said the deadly after damp i
els so .navy in the workings, that the l
THRESHING BEGUN IN
SOUTHERN MANITOBA
Crops in Saskatchewan Bene-
fitted : by Early August
Rains.
Winnipeg, Man. - Favored with
ideal harvest weather the cutting and
threshing of all grains was well under
way in Manitoba last week, particu-
larly in the southern districts of the
province.
Many districts in Southern Mani-
toba have commenced threshing op-
erations and shipments of new crop
grains already have been made to
Winnipeg and are increasing daily.
Rains in early August have greatly
benefitted grain crops in Saskatchew-
an, and better yields than anticipated
earlier in the season now are believed
possible, states ,a Government crop
report. Late R. M. Carr -Harris
Cutting is well under way in the Pilot officer, of Kingston, who was
province, but practically no threshing killed when his seaplane crashed near
has been done. Hail and sawfly dam- the Hudson Bay Railway in the wilder-
age is apparent in many districts, nese 300 miles north of Winnipeg.
otherwise the crops in general have
not suffered materially from any
cause during the last two weeks.
Pharaohs Used High
ingredients in Their Salads salads, and used lettuce and radishes
much as they are used in modern salad
British food experts who have been making. Sour wine, not unlike modern
making a special study of the history! vinegar, was used on lettuce by the
of salads say the tomato is the single 'Persians four thousand years ago.
new ingredient modern tines have I _ _
contributed to salad making, She new.
The Pharaohs -even the beautiful Granny -"You girls are so useless
Cleopatra -ate onions in large quanta- nowadays. Why, I'don't believe you
cress and nasturtium leaves and flow-
ers in mixing their elaborate salads,
which often contained hard-boiled
eggs.
Ancient Persia also was very fond of
ties in their salads, and used garlic know what needles are fox." {
• •RAO BAHADUR'SIR 'TIRVALleANGUDI ViIAYARAGHAVACHARYA
Thei
d stmguisirecl Indian who opened the Exhibition. The Dr�vau, who 18
IR.B.E. and an M.A., represents the progressive and $ultured spirit of India,
uniting the science of the West with the immemorial traditions of the East.
The name of Diwan Bahadui' Sir T. Vijayaraghavaoharya is of such formid-
able length that there had.been some curiosity as to the names of his wife
and daughter. The former simplytakes the name of herhusband with the pre-
fix "Lady" in place of "Sir." Hindu women have nothing corresponding to
feminine Christian nares. They have, however, a maiden name before their
marriage which is that of some •character in the Hindu scriptures. Thus the,
maiden name of the Diwan's wife was Janaki, after the wife of Rama, a great
hero of Hinduism.'
TWO FLOATING MINES
MENACE FISHERMEN
(Patrol Boat on U.S.Coast Des-
troys One of the Relics of
German Terrorism.
Atlantic City, N.J.-Rugged seafar-
ers plying their calling in light ves-
sel soma fifteen miles southeast of
Cape May were tormented and per,
pexed, and almost reduced to nervous
wrecks, this week when two rust -and -
barnacle -coated instruments of death
-the dreaded German floating mines
-arose like ghostly apparitions from
their watery graves, whipped to the
surface by the fury of a sea pomaded
for days by a terrific no-r'easter.
One fishing smack sailed within a
' few feet of the deadly engines before
its crew suspected the true nature
of the floating objects. The fishermen,
arriving in port, related their exper-
ience to Coast Guards at Base No. 9,
, in Caps May, and Commander E. S.
!Addison ordered an immediate search'
11 for the weapons of destruction.
f Several patrol boats . set out cau-
tiously in the heavy swells. A snub-
nosed grey rum -chaser, in command
of Boatswain R. E. Cash, Dame upon ,
the mine from the windward. There'
was a hasty consultation between the
boatswain and the members of the
and other high -scented ingredients..
Confucius ate cucumbers and the Grandchild; "What a dear old gran -
Confucius you are. Why, they are to make
ancient Chinese used mustard, water- the gramophone play, of course."
•
STABIIJLATION OF LAND VALUES
BY C. W. PE
No public issue has been the victim
of more platitudes than that of imnii-
gration en platform and in press. In
Canada .there seems to be no intelli-
gent public opinion on the question,
and our economic groups are conse-
quently hopelessly divided on the is-
sue. Added population merely spells
further uneniploynient to the labor
group and increased competition to
the farmer. Hence, we frequently find
our great rural organizations un-
friendly and even ofacially antagon-
istic towards any effort to augment
Canada's population.
PUBLIC APATHY.
An intelligent study of the popula-
tion question leaves one in no doubt,
that lasting agricultural prosperity is
not possible without the steady, pro-
gressive colonization and development
of our extensive vacant spaces by real
agricultural settlers. The rea.ization
of such a program would, however,
involve a constructive and forward
looking colonization effort of a magni-
tude no government could safely con-
template to -day, in view of the apath-
etic state of average Canadian public
opinion on the subject. The super -
task confronting Canada at this mo -
meet, therefore, would appear to be
to convince her own citizens of the
wisdom of regarding the population
question as the corner stone of a1
public policies, which, indeed, it is.
AGRICULTURAL UNREST. !
We have for almost a decade been
confronted with the demoralizing spes-
tacle of steadily receding rural land
values all through Canada. This was
the outcome of a combination of cir-
cumstances, but has been chiefly due
to the cessation of immigration, couple
ed with the modern spectacular drift
to the cities. Land values to -day, east
and west, are at a very low ebb, and
many farmers have thus seen 'their
chief asset shrink to such an extent
that substantial equities have in some
instances totally disappeared repre-
senting the loss of the fruits of years
01 hard labor on the part of every
iienrber of the family. i
TERSON.
THE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
STRUCTURE.
Land represents the principal bor-
rowing asset of the fanner. Stable
land values :ie at the foundation of i
rural credit in practically all its
forms. When Iand values become de-
moralized the whole, agricultural cre-
dit structure is undermined. Credit
of all sorts is curtailed and interest
rates advance. In fact, it may be laid
down as an economic axiom, that ri
prosperous agriculture and a content-
ed rural population are not within the
possibilities with receding and un-
stable land values, The demoralizing
effect in itself upon the farmer of the
progressive shrinkage of his chief
capital asset is bound to exercise a
most unfortunate influence upon his
state of mind and actions.
RESTORING AGRICULTURAL
CONFIDENCE.
There is to -day a vast area of va-
cant lands on the market in the
prairie section of Canada andimprov-
ed farms are offered for sale in other
provinces comparatively at bargain
prices. The demand for such proper-
ties slackened perceptibly with the
drying up of the stimulating flow of
immigration some years ago. The
settlement cf the Province of Ontario
dates back es faxrs that of the Middle
West of the Un'te'I States. Yet 'land.
values in Iowa, Illinois anis elsewhere
are twice and three times as rest as
in Eastern Canada. Why? The Can-
adian farmer shorld be keenly inter-
ested' in recreating a normal market
for rural properties. A comparatively
limited demand for land would quick
ly be reflected in strengthened values
all ipund and the moral effect would
be electrical. Urban business would
automatically benefit through such a
restoration of agricultural confidence.
Our farmers have, therefore, a vital
interest in the inauguration of vigor-
ous and comprehensive poacies by the
various governments and railways
designed to promote the actual colon-
iz,ation of vacant agricultural areas
crew and it was decided that the
safest thing to do was to blow the
mine from a distance.
Accordingly a stand was taken by
the patrol boat and the one -pounder
on the foredeck brought into play.
The shells skimmed the water for
several minutes, and then the gunners
scored a bullseye. The mine exploded
with a terrific detonation. Since the
destruction of this mine Commander
Addison said be had been informed
by several' nervous fishermen that an-
other similar mine -had been sighted
in the same vicinity.
Skippers plying the waters of Cap
May are extremely nervous and wary.
The mines bob up and down with the
tides 'and. aro not easy to detect.
Streets' 150 Feet Wide
Predicted for London
Peering into the future, the current
issue of "Building" sees London streets
at least 150 feet in width.
The magazine says the streets of
"Greater" aid "Later" London will be.
far wider'than- anything the present
THE WEEK'S ' MARKETS
Tri Siege -me .
Man. wheat -No. 1. North., $1,55;
No. 2 North.,' $1.51; - No. 3 North.,
Man. oats -No. 2 CW, nominal; No:
3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 48e;No.
2 feed, 46e; Western grain quotations
in c.i.f. ports.
Am. corn, track, Toronto -No.' 2
yellow, 90c; No..3 yellow, 890.
Millfeed-Del" Montreal freights,
bags ino:uded: Bran, per ton, $29.25:
shorts, per ton, x31.25; middlings,
$28.25; good feed flour, per bag, $2.30.
Ont. oats -42 to 44c f.o.b. shipping
points.
Ont. good milling wheat -$1.20 to
$1.23, f.o.b. shipping points,;according
to freights.
Barley -Malting, 66 to 61c.
Buckwheat -Nominal.
Rye -No: 2, 90e,
Man. flour -First pat, 88.60, To-
ronto; do, second pat., $8.10.
Ont, flour -Toronto, 90 per sent.
patent, per barrel, in- carlots, Toronto,'
$5.70; seaboard, in bulk, $5.70.
Cheese -New, large, 19 to 19%c;
twins, 1984 to 20c; triplets, 22c;
Stiltons, 23c. OM, large, 26c; twins,
27c; triplets, 30e.
Butter -Finest creamery prints,
86 to 37c; No, 1 creamery, 35 fa 36c;
No, 2, 34 to 35c. Dairy prints, 2934
to 30c.
Eggs' -Fresh extras,' in cartons, 41
to 42c; fresh extiae, loess, 40 to 41c;
fresh first, 85 to 36c; fresh seconds,
28 to 29e.
Poultry, dressed -Chicken, spring,
squabs, 1 to 1% lbs., 35e; do, storage,
2 to 3% Ibs,.38e; do, spring, over' 33
lbs. 42c; hens, Over 5 lbs., 26c; do, 4
to 5i lbs., 25c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 24c;
roosters, 22e; ducklings, 6 lbs. and up,
80c; turkeys,: frozen, Ib., 43c.
Beans -Can. hand -pinked, $2.60 per
bushel; primes,: $2.40 per bushel
Maple produce -Syrup, per Imp.
gal. $2.10 to $2.20; per 5 gal., $2.05
to $2.10 per gal.; maple sugar, Ib.,
26 to 26c.
H
Ib.; 10 -Ib. tins, 11% to 12c; 5 -Ib, tins,
12 to 1284e;,2% -lb, tins, 14 10 J:4%•c,
I ,smoked meats -Hams, med., 34 to
35c; eooked.hams, 48 to 50e; smoked
rolls, 26c; cottage, 31 to 82c; break-
fast bacon, 36 to 40c; special brand
breakfast bacon, 89 to 42e; backs,
boneless, 41 to 46c.
Cured meats -Long -clear bacon, "0
to 70 114., $23; 70 to 90 lbs. $21,50;
2034 lbs. and up, $22.34; lightweight
rolls in barrels, $42.50; heavyweight
rolls, $39.50, per bbl.
Lard -Pure tierces, 18 to 18%c;
tubs, 1334 to 19c; pails, 19 to 19%ci
prints, 2'034 to 21c; shortening', tierces,
14/3 to 16c;'tube, 16 to 15%c; pails,
16 to 1634c: blocks, 17; to 17aac.
Heavy steers, choice, $7 to $8;
do, good, $7 to $7.05; butcher steers,
choice, $7.40 to $7.75; do, good,
$7 to $7.25; do., com., $5.50 to $3.50;
butcher cows, choice, $5 to 85,50; do,.
fair to good, $4 to $4.75; butcher bulls,
good, $4.50 to $5.50; bo:ognas, $3.50,•to
$4; canners and cutters, $2.50 to $3;
good mileh cows, $70 to $1;00; spring-
ers, choice, $80 to $115;' med. cows,
`$45 to 860; feeders, good, $6 to 86.50;
do, fair, $5 to $6; calves, choice,
$12.50 to $13 do, good, $9 to $11; do,
red„ $7 to . $9; grassers, $5 to $6;
good lambs, $13.25 to $18.50; do,med.,
12.50 to $13; do, bucks, $10.60 to $11;
good light sheep, $7 to $8; heavy
*Sheep and bucks, $4 to $5.60; hogs,
thick smooths, fed,and watered',
$12.35; do, f.o.b., $11.76; do, country
points, $11.5Q; do, off cars, $12.75;
select premium, $2:42.
MONTREAL
. ' Oats, Can; West., No, 2, 58c; do,
No. 3, 55e. Flour, Man, spring wheat
pats., • firsts,' $8.60; do, seconds, $8.10;'
strong. bakers', 7.90 ;: -do, winter pats.,
ohoice, $6.60 to $6.70. Rolled "oats -
Bags, 90 lbs., $3.20. Bran, $29.25.1
Shorts, $31.26. Middlings, $38.25.
Hay, No. 2,'per ton, car lots, $14 to
$161
Cheese -Finest welts., 17%c; do,
finest easts., 1734 e. Butter -No. 1, r
pasturized, 827,a to 83c. Eggs, fresh'
oney-60=ib, tins, ilk, to 12c per extras, 41c; do, fresh firsts, 35 to 36c.
THREE KILLED IN
'MINE EXPLOSION
Another. Worker Loses Eye-
sight During Blasting Opera-
tions at Dome Mines.
Timmins, Ont. -Three men are dead
and another blinded as a result of an
Cape explosion during blasting operations
at the Dome Mines. The accident oc-
curred about 2.15 a.m. and is thought
was caused by the premature exglo-
sion of three cut holes on the 1,600
foot level of the mine.
Andrew Dosevitas, a Croatian, and
Emil Hoa hoofd, a Belgian, were kill-
ed outright, while William Thomas; a
native of Wales, died in the Dome
Hospital.
The three men were badly mutilat-
ed,
utilated, Thomas receiving severe head and
chest wounds. A rescue party imme-
diately extricated the men and rushed
tl_am to the hospital close by.
• generation oan show, and that the
principal streets will certainly not be
less than fifty yards across.
"The only other alternative. Is to con-
struct two -decker streets, but this Is
unthinkable in London, although many
important streets will probably have
to be rearranged as to levels so as to
pass over er under streets of equal im-
portance," says "Building."
•
Winking Doll is Toy Triumph.
A doll capable of doing an optical
roll and casting a wink as wicked as
that of any flapper has been patented
by a doll manufacturer of Coburg,
Germany. The Invention is said to be
the greatest achievement in the Ger-
man toy industry since the war. ;
- I canoes, tents, camp equipment, cook-
ing utensils, musioal instruments,
kodaks, may require a deposit, but this sengers over the Arabian desert.
.Dr. Edouard Benes
The forty-first session of the council
of the League of Nations vans °facials'
Doscvitch was a married man and convened on September 2, under the
'eaves _a widow and two small chii- presidency of Dr. Edouard Denes,
dren. He was forty-one years old. foreign minister of Czecho-Slovakia,
Hoalroofd was a young single man, who has heretofore served as a tem-
porary. chairman of the league as
PRESCOTT HISTORICAL
SITES ARE MARKED
Brig. -General E. A. ' Cruik-
shank Unveils. Three Bronze<
• Tablets.
Prescott, Ont. -Appropriate care-
m,onlesmarked thesunyeting;of three'.
bronze ,tablets at Prescott, in the' pres-
ence of a large gathering. The occa
elon .was made .poasiblo through the'
action of the IIisto'rical, Sites snit
Monuments Board of Canada, of
which Brig. -General E. A. Cruik-
shank is head and;theceremonies were
graced by the presence of General
Cr.ailcahank, E. A.'Cook, president of
the Prescott Board! of Trade, officiated
as chairman and short addresses were
given by Mayor W. J. Taugher, A, C.
Oasselnran1 ex-M.P., W. P. McCarthy,
hon. president of ,the Prescott Board
of Trade, Rev. Father Maguire• and
Mrs. Bradtdsh Billings, of - Ottawa,
president of the Women's Historical
Society.
General Cruikshank referred to the
town of Prescott as being one of the
most historic towns in Canada, and
said that the citizens had a great asset
in its historical sites.
The frret memorial was unveiled at
Adam's Point, River Road east, where
a fine monument was recently erected
to commemorate' the old French fort
which formerly existed on Chimney
Island. A. C. Casselman unveiled this
monument while the invocation and
dedicatory prayers were offered by
Rev, Canon Patton.' The second cere-
mony took; place at'Windorsill Point,
where the famous battle of the wind-
mil'wea fought in 1838. The build'-
ing stands in a splendid state of pre-
servation and is et present used as a
lighthouse.' W. P. McCarthy unveiled
this tablet, being assisted by Mary E.
Fraser, whose father, Major John
Fraser, fought in the above battle and
was in 'command of the First Bat-
talion of Grenville militia. The invo-
cation and dedicatory prayer were
offered by Rev. Wm. Howitt,
The third ceremony tock place at
Fort Wellington, which was construct-
ed in 1812-13. This tablet was unveil-
ed by Bs-lg.-General Cruikshank and
as the slag fell away there was an
outburst of applause. This old fort
is a site of widespread interest and is
visited yearly by thousands of tour-
ists. It contains a museum with ninny
objects of historic interest.' Through-
out the proceedings music was render-
ed by the Prescott Citizens' Band and
a male quartette.
Flowers were placed on the mem-
orial by Mrs. R. T. Alexander, Mrs,
W. M. Leach and Mrs. E.. A: Cook,
past presidents. The ceremonies were
concluded by singing "God Savethe
King."
Natural Resources Bulletin.
It is perhaps not inappropriate that
the country to which the most ingen-'
ous engineer of the animal kingdom,
the beaver, is native, should also have
developed some of the finest engineer -
ng talent and organization ever em-
ployed in the interests of civilization.
Canada's tremendous railway and
highway undertakings, her unpreced-
ented expansion of the pulp, paper
and lumber industries, her vont hy-
rauiic power deve'.opments, her wide-
pread nuning activities, her canals
nd irrigation systems have, pexhars,
ever beenequalled in extent or effi-
ciency by any nation of a comparable
population and, in some respects, by
ny country whatever its population.
The two great railways systems, the
Canadian National and Canadian Pa-
ific companies are unique"in their
magnitude and efficienc t .a' -most 40,-
000
0,
000 miles of railways, courteously and
thoroughly administered. Canadian
canal routes represent an investment.
of over 220 million dollars and her
system of navigable waterways and•
inland takes are unparalleed,'it being
estimated that about half of tiro
world's known fresh water areas aro
in this country.
Canada'e 116 pulp and paper mills
have now definitely assumed first
place in the international newsprint
race with an annual production of
some 1% million tons annually and,
considerably increased production
under construction'and in sight.
Canada's mines yield ore to the ex-
tent of between 200 and 300 nn! -ion
dollars annually, with' some remark-
able individual properties. Her sub-
marine coal mines represent tremen-
ous engineering achievement, while
er nickel, asbestos, gold and lead -
Inc producers have developed their
eserves to the point where they have
he largest individual ore deposits of
heir kind known ,to. be in enistence..
t is interesting to note, in. this con-
lection, that: over half the entire land
isrface of the Dominion is geologic-
I:y favorable to .mineralization and
of this, only.a few small patches have
been as yet thoroughly prospected.
Tn the damming of Canada's rivers
for the purpose of power development,
seine of the greatest engineering
works of the present .day are . being
undertaken, The; year of 1925 x1005
saw three-quarters - of a . million. hy-
draulic horse -power brought into pro-
duction, a figure that will stand com-
parison with any country, at a'ny.
stage of its; history. A. single plait
now being constructed on the Saguen-
ay. River is to have an u' -timate instal-
lation of 800,000 horsepower. The
total installations stand at 4,800,000
horse -power (about one-tenth of the
available total), and represent an in-
vestment of nearly. a thouemed million
dollszil.'
1 about twenty-four years old.
^.' sembly..
U.S. Tourists.
Citizens of the United States desir-
ing to visit Canada for the purpose
of bunting, fishing or holidaying may
do so without inconvenience at the In-
ternational border. It is only neces-
sary .to call at the -customs office at
port of entry and declare such articles
of equipment, clothing, etc., as are be-
ing brought into the country. Such
articles as•guns, fishing rods, tackle,
TO DECORATE MINES EXHIBIT IN NEW ONTARIO BUILDING
AT EXHIBITION
Above is shown Miss Merle Foster, Toronto sculptress, beside the large
B
'clay model of a"miner she has designed for the Ontario government.' The'
;figure, which stands 6 feet 3 inches, will be cast in plaster and erected on a
pedestal in the mines exhibit et the new Ontario building to be oporned atthe
Canadian National`Iilxhibition.
is returned provided the owner re -1
crosses the. harder within six monthsa
and the articles have not been disposed, d
of.
For a period of one month, a motor-
ist who - •Ls a resident of the United a
States, may bring his car into Canada
without having to file a bond with, or
pay duty to, the Canadian Customs
officials. I a
Motor Buses Cross Desert. e
Motor buses are now ,carrying Pas -
Canada from Coast to Coast
Halifax, NS. -Prospects for there-
sumption of the International Fisher-
men's race after a three -Sten lapse
loom brightly. The _American race
committee has decided to' accept a
tentative offer from the Canadian
board, as a challenge, and announced
preparations for a race off Gloucester
bs ween: October 9 and 12. The Can-
adian committee also announce ,that
an •eimination race will be held orf
Halifax in the rear future.
Grand Faihi, N.B.-Commencement
has been made here on a hydro elec-
tric development .entaiang the con-
struetion of two or possibly three pulp
anti paper mills, estimated to cost in
the vicinity of from 825,000,000 to
$10,000,000. Thi�s development is be-
ing undertaken b' the International
Paper Co., in conjunction with the
Fraser Companies raid when eonrp'.et-
d will rank as ono of the biggest,in-
dustria` undertakinggs in' the province.
Quebec, Que.-A new town • has. been
fcand,ad' and pertly organized in this
province. it is announced` by officials i
of the Ontario Parer Go., who were,
informed -that working risen had corns'
plated the construction of dwellings,
hoepital, school,: convent and city hall
at Outarde Emile, some, two hundred 1
nines east of here. Eighteen hundred
square miles of timber limits in that
district are eased by the Ontario
Paper Co .and it is planned by the
company to, have a sulphite pulp mild
and :iter on a paper mill, from which
newsprint will be forwarded to Chi-
cago. In addition work has already
commenced on. the development of half
of the potential' 60,00.0 h.p. available
at Outarde Paas. According to the
terms of the lease, the development
work must be completed by 1980.
Petrolia, O'nt.--Work is expected to
start soon on the completion of the
plant. of the Peninsula Sugar Co., Ltd.
The ansrouncement was made at a re-
cent directors' meeting and acreage
agreements for the supply of sugar
beets are being signed in the sur-
• rounding district. The plant is to be
completed 4n' time to handle the 1927
crop.
(Wi elipag, Man. - Approximata y
twice as many homesteads have. been
taken up in the West this year as last.
I For the first"five months, the figures
were 435,520 acres this year, as
against 214,408 acres in the same per-
iod of 1925.
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1 Saskatoon, Sack. -It is reported r
that oil of 32 gravity, estimate at 80. t
to 50 barrel a day, has been. struck t
,by the Unity ValleyOil Co :15 mules '1
northwest of Unity, Sask. The well r.
was first spudded on .forte 16, and is s
working on a 12 -inch hole. Drilaine•
operations were resumed in an effort
to mach the secondary sands -The re-
port states it is the first -oil weld to be
brought in in Saskatchewan.'
Wainwright, Alta. -Of: drills in the
Wainwright field are making steady
progress and results are expected in
the near future. Some' wells are down
to a depth of 2,000 feet, and every
indication points to this field' develop-.
ing into a producing area,
Victoria, B.C.-Forty-six pure bred
Hampshire sheep purchased in British
Columbia for the Russian Soviet, Gov-
ernment -deft here recently for Viadi-
vostock. This is the second shipment
to go forward' from the Dominion to
that market, the first haling been
made last year. s'
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