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13ATHS AND BATHING,
Bathing serves a two -fold purpose;
She is too harsh; her WordS are far But it wasn't only Irma who was When emotion had threatened to over-
top plain— surprised. Helen was taken aback, come the narrator, she had started up
amazed at Tu Hee's appearance. as If to comfort her but had retrain -
it cleanses the body and opens the
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Caft Of Tbe OQd
BY FEZAIIL, l'IOL4T4
(CoPYrighi/)
MOP.
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'CHAPTER XX—(Cont/Id) 11"1-ent. There he set in 4 lsig chair, h s
AB Helen and Tu Hee talked, Irma ,hack to the door, his arms resting on
atudied surreptitiously the elim form, a small table, an,d the ruby clasped
in, its simple monniing gown of pure tightlybetween Me fingers.
White. Never before had a stranger I "1 don't Igeow how. I did. it. I real -
affected her like this girl. Iler heart ' ized soMething terrible had happened,
went out to her itt great waves of He had a light grey overcoat on, arid
maternal sympathy. Waitsit the lovely it was torn and blood-stained nudes:
fragility and yOnth 'pi' her that had the shOulder. The shock MUSt }lave
ttrowed her compassion? HI* heart mnribed 'even znY feeling of -horror, for
ached strangely as Sibe noted the deep 1 deliberately wanted over to him, A.
shadows undee the blue eyes, eyes that dagger, one of, my uncle's, hey on the
appeared almost too large for the floor -1t --it was covered with blood.
small, pale face 1 don't know yet lacer 1 could have done
The dainty, arched eyebrow's showed it, but I picked it up, and , then the
in startling relief againet the blued door opened arid a servant looked in.
veined brow, the whiteness and clear-, That is all I remember, but they say
ness of which calmed Irma to wonder. 1 did it1" •
If the thought wasn't ridiculous, she! All this time Irma Culver had at
would have said the girl's face had a silent listener, her slina body bent
been stained and the dye was wearing slightly forward, her eyes fixed intent -
off. iv on Tu Hee's face. Sev'eral times,
pores so that the skin may throw off a day impulse immediately.
She hurts their feelings twenty times Whatever the cause, the girl looked ed the i
less like a Chinese than ever before.' All this time Irgna Culverl had sat
iMpurities and absorb exygen. Many And does no good by it—so where's Perhaps the lack of rouge and the ria -1 a silent listener, her slim body ment
diseases would be preVented if the the gain? teral sweet curves of the unpainted slightly forward, her eyes fixed intent -
skin of the whole bodY were thorough- I cannot answer—yet her truth 1 lips helped in the staitling changeg ly on Tu Hee's face. Several tiniest
ly cleansed with due regularity.
Both genre] and local baths are of
And then Helen's eye,s dropped to the Following Tis ,Iage're etery, absolute
ha.th is all that is absolutely essential WASH -DAY ASSISTANTS. soft hand clasping. her own and re' :silence, eeigtir'in the %room for sev-
for cleanliness, provided the 'other Don't throw away the-litaesestneenate' emaras d Ert:tbaeli, 1.0 her musiegs. :lee er mutes.
„...,, .,
-a- • S th in barbaric gold nail -shield gleamed up orNHootionfor.,zioaubmtotraheenttrudtihd oefitaTeur Hee's
statement. If the •girl had had no
genuine love for the man she was to
have married, it was plain she had at
least entertained a friendly liking for
know
Truly the girl before them, in spite of When emotion had thseatened to over -
Is what has made me love and trust the ravages of illness and sorrow, was
' come the narrator, she had Eltarted up
hei• so. —Abigail Cresson: more amazingly . beautiful than she as if to contfort her but had restrained
,
had even thenght. Ithe impulse immediatele,aes
value for variotis disorder.• Probably
the eustomary weekly soap-andevater
eliminating organs de their parts -tee eras' Ol 'sea/ e c
veard purifying th,e,benlya-stAltienstiSe• fiescrafter rernoging the elastic sew the
ese-nienses.fexatuen,tebtitias are required to metal Parts to stripao eoar
inure cleanliness. a yard. long and four inches wide. 0,n Culver:
A daily morning bath, ]...ecommeeded wash days small pieces such as hand -1 "I hesitated somewhat at intruding,
kerchiefs and napkins can be fastened dear," replied Helen, "but my scruples him. Her whole manner proclaimed
• - interest d lo n. it. But would strangers be so
at her her mackingly.
"It is so gond of you to have come,
Mrs. Cla.yraore and your friend, Mrs.
a presious article is very healthful
and invigorating It may be taken in instead supporters while in the house evapora. e m nay
a bath tub—just a plunge t ollowed - - - You." - • lous in fece of the black evidence?
wondered Inna. Already she was in- Fusty little snow squall, drifting down
Instead of having to Ain the nieces to to see
- • the line in the hot sun or worse yet "And the continued praises I heard
by rapid friction with Turkish towel, ' ' eliminated by her own story, ,and the In ftecks,
on a winter day with a zero temper- sung on your behalf en..a.de me your ,
or it may be taken from a wash-basinservant had put on the black tragic Peppering our overcoats, powdering
t re nen withoutseeingyou,".
f ' d • . added
with s_ onge, wash -rag _ just the se e
.,-.....11r a rana-norwl- in yen the , ie. Irma, with a smile. finish. Irma didn't know rriuch about our necks,
hand. Me latter is especielly good — sa".-- --s - --------- -- - I 'Please 'don't - say to -e- kind etneae Chiaese law, but she had vivid recol- Blowing round the eornera sifting
*th por
. . strip of muslin to the line and take it I'm not quite myself yet and I might . ,
lections of the country s horrible pun- through the door—
ishrnents, and she shuddered at the Fusty little snow squall, bless you—au
thought of this gentle, cultured girl 1. ,
revo r.
facing a wild, reckless, enreasening
The B07,7 Cohanthots,
Witt wild bine eyee 1e ht the
oaean.S3 '
:Cate' day at Genba, andganea afar,
F-11414 w411.4 -he &Man/ that beckoned
• past ,the bar,
The c,all of sea and sky p95ee551ng
Cathey and Asia loomed full clear, not
dine •
To his far vieion plain and true as are
The ebining wonders of ' vome new-
found ster;
New ways -for old, he sang, youth's
antneat hymn,
, •
This youhtful night flamed ever in his
• mind; •
Fearless, the boy in lam put Ida Ship"g- prowe
Out into tracklese sena beyond his
ken;
Though aged and in chains, yet none
could -
The deathless, ttpirit that had proved
• his 'vow,
The boy who gave a new free world
to• men.
John L. Foley,
First Snow. •
Fusty little snow squall, dancing on
the hill;
Meeting on the window pane, blowing
o'er the, hill;
Just enough to naake us think of elfin
things—
Fusty little snow
wings!
Fust Y little -SiltoW
with white,
Bobbing on the doorstep, oh, you're
"very .lighte .
Poudering the brown earth with your
frisky flower—
Creature of a frail wind
hour!
squall on your faery
squall,. salting us
over in an
as the warmth a the hand, dipped in
cold or coo/ water, preenee chilling down after the pieces are dry, thus
of the body. No one shteulcl take a speeding the Jell—C. C. A.
really cold water bath if reaction is!
slow. The cool, oe body -temperature A COMBINATION BAG AND FAN.
bath is usually better. A cold bath A bag that will serve as a fan can
is a strong stirriulant to the entire easily be made of the bellowing ma -
circulatory system, provided one can. terials; one-third of a yard of silk or
recuperate quickly, and have a feeling satin; a bunch of forgeteine-nots;
of warmth immediately after. Salt three and a half dozen bugle beads;
added to the water, will insure against five-eighths of •a yard of feather band -
taking cold. When the feet are warm ing, cardboard,' buckram and a skein
the circulation is more easily main -I of erabroiclery silk. ,
talned. So if you stand with your feet1 Out two disks of cardboard each
inunersed in hot water while taking seven and a half inches in diameter,
the hand OT sponge bath, or while and clip a segment fronl each for the
using a hand spray in the bath tub, I opening of the big at the top. Re -
reaction will be easier and quicker. AI inforce the disks, with buckram cut to
cold bath should always be followed' match. Fit the silk ancl the lining (of
by friction, and one necessary caution' the same or of a contrasting shade)
a bath should not be taken irnme-i to the sections. Seam the two silk
_ere Hee gave a. little broken laugh—
"well, I might make a silly of nayself."
"You're a marvelous girl, Tu Hee."
Tu 1:lee's lips trembled.
"I'm afraid not very, Mrs. Clay-
more. I knowI'm a very miserable
one. The gods have indeed forsaken
me, and now, 0 Mrs. Claymore—a
wild sob broke from the distracted girl
—"they think I ldlled him!"
Irma made a motion forward, but
Helen already had her arms around
Tu Hee. "Hush, dear," she soothed as
she - .pillowed the girl's head on her
'shoulder. •
Poor Tu Hee, a woman's sympathy
had been denied her so long that the
friendship of these two foreigners was
heavenly bairn to her.
"It's so nice to have you here," Tu
Hee dried her eyes as she spoke. "I
feel better already."
Ti was true; the hunted look in the
ddately before or within two hours sections together except at the top, blue eyes had almost vanished.
after a, meal.
hwhioshould ba lefi ooen so that you
Hot- water has a wonderful influence, can slip the cardboard stiffening in
upon the elimination of wastes and and insert the handles. Without bend -
impurities through the skin. In eases! ing the cardboard manipulate it gently
9f kidney disease,'Where these organs,; until it slips into the pockets. Seam
fail to perform their work, frequent the two fabric -covered sections to -
hot baths are of great help in making
the skin do, or help to do, the work
of the kidneys.
Those who have heart disease of any
kind and those with seriously depleted
vitality should be very careful about
using the hot bath—not have it too
hot. And then, if one feels a _sense of
overheating while in the water, it is
hest to get out of if immediately. Of
course, a bhtb of some kins n -
"I want to tell you and your friend
all about it," continued Tu Hee.
"Can't that wait, dear?"
Tu Hee' shook her head. "Don't
think I'm afraid to meet'my fate. I'm.
not and I feel it rushing on me very
Over the light lunch that Tu Hee
had served in her sitting -room, Helen
tried to divert the girl's mind from
the gruesome subject that submerged
theni all. She did succeed in bringing
fleeting smiles to Tu "Hee's face. Once
she had the temerity to mention
David's name, and the quick light ha
the Chinese girl's eyes did not esca.pe
her.
Buttime was short, and Helen felt
they were wasting precious mornerits age their cultivation, the scheme was
in loitering over tea when the girl's ,younclly denounced as a device of the
life was in hourly danger. She had rich for the oppression of the poor,
no definite plan on which to act, but and one champion of the workers
When Potatoes Were Banned.
•
Nowadays, when potatoes figure on
the tables'of practically everybody at
least 'once a day, it rather difficult
to aPpreciate the attitude of our ances-
tore towards, this useful vegetable.
But when potatoes were first intro-
duced into England, and an effort was
made bY the Royal Society to' eneour-
act she must and quickly.
"Much as I would like to spend the
afternoon with you, dear, it is more
to your interest that I hurry away and
set the evheels in motion on your be-
half.".
As Irina took Tu Hee's hand at
parting, again baffling, flickering tato was not mentioned. in the Bible, it
memories enaealized her. Was it mere must be unfit for Christians, to eats It
pity, she wondered, that almost coin- was even described by one divine as
peLled her to take the girl in her arms being the forbidden fruit which had
fast. Detectives and spies are posted and comfort her? ' caused the fan of Adams 'Other ene.
all around me. Everyone in my house- As for Helen, in spite of her bright mles ofthepotato accused it of cans-
gether with embroidery silk in a but -
Out a strip af es,rdboaid for e bGld but Lim and the boy servant, who assurances Tu Hee as they left her big leprosy and fever.
tonhile stitch_
in trying to save Me only involved me standing in the door of her apartment,
handle one and a half by thirteen deeper, believes I may be guilty, 1 heavy doubt :s assailed her, and she
Ae novel egg beater of the crank -
inches in size a.nd stitch buckram to "T 'think at this time yesterday he could see no ray of light piercing the
operated type ca.n be adjusted to- fit
the shape of almost any cooking
utensil.
Warned them against being induced to
live on such "cattle toed."
In Scotland the potato met with an
even more unfriendly reception. Ser-
mons were preachedagainst it in
which it was declared that, as the po-
A an Guitsom
er thottemfibi every.
Every h'dY.
al the teeth,
soethet ilte, threat.
FLIW9_ IAJTS
a4•14 ''‘.0111:74gt:41W4.4.',0
Her Portion.
"I hope, John," .said gthe parson, very
grarely, "you don't spend all your
earnhage?"
"No, reapon.d,ecl John,- respect-
fully; "1 alway,e makessit a strict rule,
eir, now'. to Spend moren two-thirds
of me wages, sir.",
"Ala that's- good—that's good!" •said,
the .parson. "And do you put the other
third ,in the bank?"
"Oh, no, sir,' responded the ,pian;
"1 puts it to much better use than
tliet. 1 gives it to tae messus to keep
'ouse on!"
Minard's I -loin -left Heals Outs.
. Most Foreign.
Lady :(to teach. er of languages)—"I
want ymi to teach my sea a foreign
language."
Thuraft4r, Otto o 25, 1023,,,
IGAION'PROBSTERN CANADA
..
CO-OPERATIVE PROJECT
OF FARMERS.
FirtenCeC1 by Provincial Gov.
.prament, the initial
Are Evident.
Tie: inuridation of the Le•thbridgs
Nterthern Irrigation district South-
ern •Alberta. month ee aline
Marked a diatineteguia• important g,tep
in the progress- of irrigation affaire. in
'that-area:signalizing as it did the sue-
oeahfuS completion of the firet farmere'
co•oPerative project, 'financed by dis-
trict bonds fully gueranteed by the
Provincial Government. It was the
first concrete 'testimony Ot a faith in
irrigation previously evidenced - in • a
'general elamoring deinand--on the part
of Southern Alberta aarmens, Who had ,
become conyinced -of the benefits of
irrigaelen in that area ,without being
able .to share in, its benefits.:
, lied it reeted with. Weetein farmers
there, would probably be. no irrigatholl
ln Western Canada to -day, for not csseY
'did they for some pests. think it 'un-
necessary irrigate, but were active.
ly opposed foie ' The Canadia.tr Pacific
Railway undertook the coaatruction of
the • largest. 'private lrriga,tien project
on the continent, and as a result at tbe
,inereased. yields and undoebted bene-
fits' accruing the general insistence "
for , other simnel; prejects, resintede
terrainatieg in, the ferenaeion of • farri-
ers' co-operative districts:
The arrival oS ,the fleet ceopeOetive,
projent at a peint where lerigation
faanTeeingofisthpeols;,seiqbulaelli; ,
.ef ,the naany other co-operative pio•-•
jecte organized- abent'' the same time
and at present under Way. The Leth-
bridge Northern was, -in many ways, a
Teachern-'`Would you like Polish. enst eiresece. artai reprvn, ita pviloniiRIT711
I Jugo-Slavenian, Czecho-Slovalrian, Ar- financing and completion • depended
it. Cover the handle witht he fabric was with met" Tu Hee paused as if re -1 dark clouds that surrounded the ac -
and stitch it on the machine; then inforcing her self-control. "Yes, he, cused girl.
press it with a hot iron. Make another speut neaa•ly the whole day here and! As the two women followed the ser -
handle in the same way. Attaeh the lefb about•eight o'clock, saying he had vent down the long corridor they came
handles to the bag, one on each side. some matters to look after in the city. face to face with Lun. The old nurse's
Cutf rom buckram a He departed in the very best, of spir- hands were clutching at each. other
disk of three its, very much elated that our wedding nervously, and her eyes shifted from
--------------and a half inches or a heart -shaped slay was so near, the look Helen bent on her, while the
hot bath should be 'ollowed la • ' Piece, GOVOr it -With tim fabric teed esu misie- --ea. -ff —11— — -4 ......-1 ..... see mitiht af Trma Plunged he . 'th
, e y a quiee -.6-h _ ‘b.h 1 i3 , , - „+„. , e stnee a zlivccT g., ,,.., ri , , , i into e
_ezstar_y fc.,x, a ba 41 ,s.c ftli..m. 18.nel anti a
sponging with cold or cod water. But en cover e a ric with forge me- saw the lue eyes fi 1 wit tears Helen wi dest confusiose
do not cool off too ' kl
gum y, an e
d b nets, carefully stitched on. Outline wondered if the girl had real affection "I'll wager she knows maife than she
careful not to become chilled after a
the section with bugle beads. Sew th the for e man after all. Her doubts were has told about this affair, inwardly
bath of this! kind. The hot bath takes forget-me-not piece to the bag, which
t
dispelled., however, when Tu.,Hee turn- comniented Helen; "and I -would have
fatigue out of the musand h 1
cles e ps P much, Mrs. Claymore. He has been fidelity. There a queer race these
is then ready for service both as a ed to her wiatfully. "He loved me very staked my life on thaold woman's
to promote sleep. For these purposes receptacle and, by reversing it, as a very kind to inc since my uncle's pe.:*
an '
fan. You cadd a feat11g d
her band-
1eath. To Helen's *sayer questions before
"Al ten o'clock I was preparing for they parted in the palace courtyard,
bed when a sereant brought word that Irina answered vaguely and absent -
Chu Sing was m the drawing -loom. mindedly.
Hastily slipping on a dressing -gown, "You are surely not disappointed in
I went down. I'm sure not more than
ten minutes could have elapsed from
the time I received the message to the
time / entered the drawing -room
door,"
"And where was Lun at that time?" Irma turned puzzled, surprised eyes
"Lun?" Tu Hee looked at her friend on the questioner. "Disappointed?
in sunarisa "Let me see. Ah, I re- Why, my dear, I was amazed, over-
whelmed at the child's loveliness. It
has dazed me a bit, that is all. Please
come up to the temple to -morrow,
Helen, and we will talk it over."
(To be continued.)
Id should always be taken at bedtime.
Locally applied, the hot bath is ex-
cellent for sprains and. hurts, where
the skin is not broken, and when used note
in time will prevent bruises and swell-
ings. It also relieves local inflammaa
Lions.
The hot foot -bath is sometimes effec-
Lti-vely used to relieve nergous headache
and' iiead colds. rts effectiveness is
angraented by the addition of salt ex
mustard. An alternate hot and cold
foot -bath is a fine general tonic, and
may be need as often as desired. Have
two basins of water, one cold and the
other hot, and kept hot. Begin by
holding the feet in the hot water two ,
or three minutes, then in the eold
water a rniaute or less. Repeat three
er four times in each, ending with the
cold bath. Taken at bedtline it will
wane the feet for the night, as it
draws the blood to them and sets it
freely circulating.
round the edge, or the beads may be
dispensed with and -tiny homemade
rosebuds' used instead bf forget -me-
. ,
SINCERITY.
She has an honest habit in her speech;
She puta aside our pretty pettinesa,
Our soft deceith that are se tneening-
kss;
She says just what she means, and if
we mt.& The pockets will delight the tiny
Behind the truth for flattery we feel wearer, Blue linen with pockets and
Only the swift, cleen wind of honesty binding of white iinert would be
That blew§ away the films and let a Pleasirlgs
110 )460 The rattsru is' cet in 4 Sizes,: 6
Things as they are --the clear, the Months, 2 and S years. To Make
her, Mrs. Culver?" exclaimed Helen,
diaturbed and hurt at what she took
for the older woman's disinterested-
ness, . "Somehow I was counting on
you to chaanpion our cause." .
member now. Lun was away in an-
other part of the house sorting out
some fresh, morning robes for me,"
"I see; well, go on, deer." Bet an
ugly thought had crept into Helen
Claymore)s Mind. The olclanurse's
frantic efforts to postpone the wedding
Bible that the woman had taken this Two flourisAhninAgditinietni°angeries are 110-
terrible-
were vividly recalled. Could it be.pos-
terrible means of achieving her der the managentent of els Tamen
object? his . - - `
and wife. Every year they tour
4460 "Yes, I remember I was a trifle up-
set. I knew something out of the, tile country independentle, but the
ordinary had happened to bring Chu other day, through a misunderstand -
sing back at that hoer, so 1 hurried ing, MI's, 'Parnell, on Ilex arrival at B ---
down, aot evee. Waiting to coil up nly , fcand that her husband lad already
hair. but merely covered it with a lace` been astohishing the natived with his
nhaidortaoesbe (lane, 00 :
A sEity, joBABLF, MODEL, 1,1",;o14;:ueyIelseefoprauilsmedoroaeguati.n HanoldLeopva,eLesd: 8;11118°Y1kr.d ee8Yeldetiltoinjgoi •
Next day the following advertise -
4460. One -could make this apron ecl her hand reassuringly.
I shall always m,ent aPUeared in the local pa.persa---
of rubberized cratertne, sanitas, chain- "Oh, it's so horrible.
menian or Arabic?" '
nady—"Which is the most foreign?"
Feel p
hgtiuTeoln _
AN6,;;,4airdei:if, , 0
paid tigifts'v
iteiortiMds'
belted atd•
obufld value into eVerYkate thgraalie,
• •
At..61,i YOUR HARDWARE MA FOR
f.57ittie.8/1:!;-D*1.6AV:i3it
4aYS../549e4.1ny ,F161
CANAU4'FCItii4ORIES a FOP:0103B
,LItirrEtti•
4Astlgtith:g.Tc,,r4,AN.
see hint as lie looked when I came upon "Mr, Tamen begs to ,annOtinee ,that,
heeY, ,toweling or terry cloth. , owing te the uneuxpected 'arrival of
true,' the real.:
Borne of as like her; some there
' who say
AuTomoBILE SCHOOL
Qii() of tho leot EeulPiPl4 tu Ontnas1O,
We liege rrst-Class rettnietors to
anake you a Peel Expert: Write er Ste
the apron either size, Will require 4
yards ef 24 or 27 -inch nia,terial,
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt of 16e In silver Or stamps, by
the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West
Adelaide St, Toronto. Allow two
weeks for receipt of pattern.
A drop of oil will Iltake a wood tick
V. Patoa, 60/, QUC.4.3 St, E., Tcf‘roto, let go his grip.
„
his wife, big collection of ferocious
and wonderful beasts has been aug-
mented"
The Kitchen Table. ,
Before covering the kitchen' table
with oilcloth, pastesquares of heavy
muslin or othen cotton cloth over the
four edges thotable. This prevents
the oilcloth's breaking `a,t the corners.
C,
Min d's Lial,nent lor Dan off,
Issue No. 42—'23
110 0;0,0gfo+
Gr at
from
Little
Gt
T'S the careful systematic saVing of 'small' surns' each
niontli that enables *inn anci woanen to become
buyers of good Bonds alad ao establish themselves en the
road toericialeirititSpendeitee.
• Otir'Partial. Payment Ptati forBOying Bonds hop ,been
deviged'' Partitulaily •fortheme. Whe v,,dsh to draiskisealle a
• eonetrVatiVen iverkebto' plan Of savin.g. 4TI,4'thvias ••6- a
'portion of;:thebr Incarne. :The 'Movie guise •Iii#A, siliztd:.
will appotil ;to those who Wish' to .Isectiro the
income returriy consisteirt,with safety. '
kiltiying Bends on the PartiA, Paynlent
deseribedin a sPecial.boOdet.. liJse the OuPen
Oroteln it copy ancl: ulareat$0. how.yqti
beeeenetho owner of ti safe or.$1,060 hexha OU'r
- , ,
next.few tiaenths,
.413i11,111illS Jana
293 Bay Street Toronto
Jvk
iitei4tigttti':'0PY 0' -'w"mt,k4ds
IN
. . , .
0 s idevato, Mostrrei, 02taexi, Losdos,' Mete I'or, .tosniage,
on the
, 4
uI
tt
fruition of others.
Ready Market' for. Bonds.
In the more general
the benefits- and, greater profits of ire ,
rigation farming in Western.Canada,
,i.e,ral„ .appre. d.iation.
-the virtual ',crop assurance; together
with the Provincial. Government's -
guarantee of the bonds, no difficult -y
has hitherto been ;experienced% in, posirig of such lionds of co-operative
irrigated districts. . In.., fact 'such se-
eunties are coming to' be regaisded
•
very highly. Tilts was recently
trated in the financing „of the United
Irrigation district in' Southern Alberta
when the high-water mark itt the die
pose', Of bonds was, reached and :the
$10-0,,000 tame was, _disposed: of at a
price of 103.. The sale was transacted
by the Alberts Provincial 'Treasury for
the board of trustees of the district.'
The Lethbridge Northern and the
United Irrigation -Districts, which: are
both being brought under water this,
year, will add, thrmigh. co-operative
enterprise; e gnibatantiel acreage to
the irrigated, lands, of Southern Alber-
ta. The former r.00mprises some 226,-
000 acres of land, of N,i'hich ,105,000
acres are irrigable. Tye latter, lying '
in the foothill country west of Card:a--
toia, has -24,000 irrigable acres., Alto-
' getaer the two projactS will give an.
addition of 130,000 aoi.eseof irrigable
land, or theequivalent. of, eix town-
ships.
'The benefits of irrigation in Southe
ersia'Albe.rta. are so extensiye• to to ae
difficult of 'briefly recounting. , nAe-
curately keptere-e'eaele hy-ther-Doentearea,--e
Experimental 'Farm, .Lethbridge, over -
a Periadef 'ten years., have proVedathe
vastly inereaseda•prachiction of ordin-
ary cropp,. Wheat ,.peaditctien ,liaseie-
eOeased. by 77, per" iCente, oafs54' per
cent; barley 81 per ,,oeni; •'ileid Peas
51 per Oent; and potatoes 1.05 -per 'Cant.
The production of fruita,0 'and vege,
tables, impossible elseioltere, has been
successfully accomplished. According
to- the Provincial Minister etegKgri'ciii-
ture, Alberta, in the neer futuree-will
be able to raise onsite irrigated lands
all the corn,, peae, and other 'veges
tablestfor canning now being iinpOrt,
ed Into the province, whilst there are
great possibiiities-in beet gro-Wing and
the establishment of a sugar industry
in the area. • •
Revenue $26.00 per Acre.
From statistee recently compiled it
is estimated that irrigated lands ta
Southern Alberta will'account tor $26
per -acre in revenue this year,'whioli is
a gratifying sum in the consideration
that the average acre seeded to wheat
,in Canada last year returned.$14,871/2
toihb
tse tilet
ll:r
Tiof all evidences of the sue'
cess 'of Western Canadian irrigation
however, the mannor itt which new
c -o -operative irrigation projeats, -brgan-
ised and carried out erit !rely by the
farmers ,concerned, are springing into
being each year. - tt Was the obviouo.
benefits watch they could See but note • •
share in which occailoned the "-first
clemeeleg and forced,:- the hand Of' the ,
Provincial Government. The fiestecea-
crete fruits of the movement have just_
:been 'evidenced. Many 'other projects
are in he -process of tionsid.cra.tion,
and it is mat difficult to' foresee the, •
tints when. farther acreage' of South-
ern Alberta land 'capable of 'irrigation
will be brought under theelitch.
EIetty's litiaginat(on.
'Little Betty Vatehed grandma take
out her teeth 'and place them in a
glass of watenand then exclaimed;
"Oh, giaindiria, let ate see you take
mit :2)rigne."