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Prof. Fernow's Warning in an Address Before the
Conservation Commission
A despatch from Ottawa sayse
That there is a widespread miscon-
ception that the whole of the clay
belt of Northern Ontario is fit for
farming was stated on Wednesday
morning by Pi'ofessor B. E. Fer-
now, dean of the Faculty of For-
estry in the University of Toronto,
during an address at the annual
meeting of the Conservation Com-
mission. The chemical analysis of
eighteen of the more promising
soils, he announced, 'shows several
of them to be undesirable, and but
one up to the standard of a good
virgin soil. Though these facts may
hold true and the timber conditions
of the country may be disappoint-
ing, yet, stated Dr. Fernow, the
outlook for agricultural develop -
Ment is undoubtedly bright, but too
sanguine expectations are being en-
tertained and should be guarded.
against. In some respects the re-
moval of timber from sections of
the country in northern Ontario
may have a good effect, but in many
eases the effect will be the reverse.
e n intelligent direction of coloniz-
ation is needed, says Dr. Fernow.
It takes from $30 to $50, and even
lp to $75, per acre to prepare this
and for farming, and therefore it
is not cheap land. So far, besides
root crops, potatoes, etc., only hay
and oats may be expected to yield
good returns. The southern slope
of the clay belt, however, offers bet-
ter conditions. Many settlers will
be misled into taking up unsuit-
able lands.
Dr. Fernow recommended that it
would be well for the Provincial
Government to investigate the land
in question thoroughly and estab-
lish an experimental farm there by
which both the agricultural and
tree -growing possibilities could be
thoroughly well tested.
They Do Not Agree.
A despatch from Toronto says:
Hon. Ja.s, Dull, Minister of Agricul-
ture, and Mr. Aubrey White, De-
puty Minister of Lands, Forests
and Mines, have taken 'exception to
the statements of Professor Fernow
regarding the unfitness of parts of
the northern Ontario clay belt for
terming.
"Rot!" said Mr. White, when
spoken to Thursday. "Professor
Fernow was up in that part of the
country only five or six days, and
probably all the country he saw was
that along the line of railway from
a, band -ear. From that he goes
ahead and pronounces judgment on
20,000,000 acres."
Hon. Mr. Duff said : "Professor
Fernow's remarks appear to have
conveyed an entirely erroneous im-
pression. He refers to 18 'samples
which were analyzed. As far as I
am aware the only 18 samples which
have been analyzed were samples of
Abitibi soils analyzed by Prof. Har-
court of the chemistry department
of the Ontario Agricultural College
in 1905 and 1906, the results of
which are given in the college re.
port of 1906. Whatever may be
said as to the value or limitation
of chemical soil analysis, and they
have both, it will be admitted that
experience is the true and final
test. Since that time there has
been a great development in the
north country, and the crop re-
turns from New Lialcea.rd, Mathe-
son, Monteith, Charlton, Engle-
hart and other districts prove con-
clusively the fertility of the soil."
liurrah, No More
Lame Backs
''9Ehis Case Proves That the Best
and Strongest Liniment Ever
Made is Nerviline.
When it comes to determining the real
fnerit of a medicine, no weight of evi-
dence is more convincing than the
ptraightforward statement of some reliable
and well-known person who has been
Pared. Por this reason we print the
verbatim statement of Juan E. Powell.
Written from his home in Carleton. "I
pm a, strong, powerful man, six feet tall,
and weigh nearly two hundred. I have
been accustomed all my life to lift great
weights, but one day I overdid it, and
wrenched my back badly. Every tendon
and muscle was sore. To stoop or bend
was agony. I had a whole bottle of Ner-
viline I -Jibbed on in ono day, and by
eight I was well again. I know of no
liniment possessing one-half the penetra-
tion and pain -subduing properties of
Nerviline. I urge its use strongly as an
invaluable liniment and household cure
for all minor ailments, such as strains,
sprains, swellings, neuralgia, sciatica,
lumbago, rheumatism, and muscular
pain.,.
No better medicine for curing pain ,was
over put in a, bottle than Nerviline-rub
4t on and rub it in -that rubs out all thes, pains, and soreness. Large family
e, 50p., trial size 250., all dealers, or The
atarrhozone Co., Buffalo, N. Y., and
iagston, Ont.
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JUSTICE AT LAST.
Three Londoners Fined and Jailed
for Beating a Horse to Death.
A despatch from London, OM.,
says: The campaign of the London
Humane Society received much en-
couragement on Thursday, when
three men who so cruelly beat a
horse last summer that it died, and
who were not apprehended until a
few days ago, were given penalties
of both fines and imprisonment,
Emerson 'Brooks paying $57 and
being sentenced to five days, and
Hedley Fyman and Sohn Bragg
each paying $36 and being sen-
tenced to twenty days.
DIAMONDS IN RAGS.
MR. H. E.'W.EITTENBERGE
Superintendentof the Middle
vision, who has been appoin
General Superintendent over t le
Western Ontario line, of the Grand
Trunk, including the Northern,line,
Lucky Find in Rag -room of St.
Lawrence Paper Company.
A despatch from Cornwall says :
On Thursday while four employes
in the rag -room of the St. Lawrence
Paper Company, at Milles Bodies,
were engaged in their regular oc-
cupation of sorting paper, rags,
etc., they came across one lot which
contained what seemed and proved
to be precious et n. s, • diamonds.
The waste paper, which is shipped
to the factory in bales, arrived only
a few days ago -from New York. The
find consisted of a few rings and a
large number of unset stones. The
diecoverers brought their find to
Cornwall, and a local jeweller pro-
reounced them genuine. The dia-
monds are worth several thousand
dollars.
GUARANTEE OF $15,000,000.
British Government Will Encour-
age Cotton Growing.
A despatch from London says:
The introduction into the British
Parliament of a bill authorizing the
Treasury to guarantee the interest
on a loan of $15,000,000 for the de-
velopment of • cotton -growing in the
Sondan was promised by Premier
Asquith on Thursday morning,
when he received a deputation from
the British Cotton -growing Associ-
ation,
C. P. R. TO TUNNEL ST. CL AIR.
PRICES OF EfiRl
PROM I
SEPORTs FROM THE l.•EAUINOTRaDE
CENTRES OF AMERICA.
E'Ices of Cattle, chain, Cheese and otla'
Produce at Hamo and Abetted,
Breadstuifs.
Toronto, Jan. 28. -Manitoba Wheat t
ports, No. 1 northern, 95e; No. 2, 9i:
No. 3, 90c; feed wheat, 65e.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2, 93c to 94c fox
lots outside, ranging down to 70o for
grades.
Ontario Oats -No. 2 white, 33c to 34c at
western points. 370 to 38c on track, To-:
route.
Manitoba Oats -No. 2 C. W. oats, 411-2e:
track, hay ports; No. 3 C. W., 40c: No. 1
fed, 40c, for prompt shipment.
Corn -American No. 3, all rail, Toronto,
56c,
Peas -No. 2, $1.15 to $1.20 car lots out-
side.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 51e to 52o.
Rye -No. 2, 70e.
Rolled Oats -Per bag of 90 pounds,
$2.22 1-2; per barrel, $4.70, wholesale, Wind-
sor to Montreal.
Barley -Good' malting, 63e to 65e.
Millfeed--Manitoba bran, $19 to $20, in
bags, track, Toronto; shorts, $22; mid-
dlings, $26; Ontario bran, $19 to 520, .0
bags; shorts, $22.
Manitoba Flour -First patents, $5.30 us
jute bags; second patents, $4.80 in jjte
hags; strong bakers', $4.60 in jute bears.
In cotton bags, ten cents more per bars.
Ontario Flour -Winter wheat flour, 90
er cent. patents, is quoted at $3.95 to
4.05.
Country Produce -Wholesale
Rumor Company Will Have it Done
When Rails Reach Sarnia.
A despatch from Sarnia says:
It has been rumored during the past
few days that the Canadian Pacific
Railway will construct a tunnel un-
der the St. Clair River at this point.
It appears that there is consider-
able truth in the matter, but no-
thing official can be learned. It is
reported that the work on the tun-
nel will be finished by the time that
the rails have reached Sarnia.
THE WHITE EAU
SERL
Famous Berlin Doctor '`'as Placed It •At the Dis-
posal of Minister of the interior
A despatch from Berlin, Ger-
many, says : Dr, Friedmann -indig-
nant over the. fact of certain physi-
cians declaring they are in posses-
sion of his tuberculosis serum,
whereas he declares what they have
is ineffective or positively harmful
-placed his remedy at the dispo-
sal of the Minister of the Interior
on Thursday. One prominent Ber-
lin physician attempted to get
Friedmann bacilli .from the body of
a man who had been inoculated by
Friedmann, and asserts he suc-
ceeded. Others secured cultured
e
from the bacteriologists with whom
Friedmann conducted some experi-
ments twelve years ago, and who
has been claiming he preserved the
original culture. Friedmann had
not planned to disclose the remedy
so soon, but declares he is unveil -
ling to have his name associated
with serums being employed by his
rivals, many of whom, moreover,
have been attacking him bitterly.
Friedmann has been deluged with
offers to visit America and person-
ally introduce his serum, and has
about decided to do so.
COL. MATHESON DEAD.
ovincial Treasurer. Dropped Dead
at His Home.
A despatch from Perth says
Col. the Hon. A. J. Matheson, 1C...,
C,, Provincial Treasurer, died sud-
denly at his home here on Saturday
night at half -past ten. He seemed
in hiss usual health all day, coming
down from Toronto, in the morning
for his usual we•eu-end visit_; and
spent a social holo at the Perth
Club during the evening, leaving
about a quarter after ten for his
home; While he was moving about
ire the hall of the house he expired
suddenly, where the members of the
family found him. Drs. Beeman
and Hanna, who were called quick-
ly, stated that death was almost in-
stant. p
LLOYD GEORGE THREATENED.
Militant Suffragettes Call Him a
"Doable -dyed Villain."
A despatch. from London says:
Mx. Lloyd George has' received
nearly one hundred threatening let-
ters from militant suffragettes, ac-
cording to a report current on Sun-
day night. A number of the writ-
ers are said to have told him that
he is a "double -dyed villain," and.
is the chief conspirator in the plot
to frustrate their hopes in connec-
tion with the franchise bill.
THOUSAND SMALLPDX CASES.
And. That Probably Half Total in
Quebec Province.
A despatch from Montreal says :
During the .last sixmonths of 1912
a." total of 1,005 cases of smallpox
were reported to the Provincial
Board of Health from various mu-
nicipalities in the Province. It is
estimated that not more than half
the cases were reported. Deaths
have been less than one per cent.,
owing to the fact that the disease
is of a mild type.
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DUKE TO VISIT INDIANS.
Savings
s ()oohed. with
4�Si` tiffs Com{�auy
earn interest
Accounts
co from -
withdraNvndate. rs
Interest is credited - JANUARY,
APi•2IL; JULY and OCTOBER at the
rate of
4 /Q
Accounts may be opened by
mala and are subject to cheque
withdrawal. One Dollar opens en
acconnt,
The Union Trust
Company, Limited
Temple Building,
Cor. Bay and Riclnnond Sts,, Toronto,
PAID UP CAPITAL $1,750,000
AND RESERVE
Write for Booklet.
His Royal Highness Going to Brant-
ford February 15. 0
A despatch from Brantford says :
His Royal Highness the Duke of
Connaught will visit Brantford,
February 15, and will pay a visit
to the Six Nations Indians. A civic
reception is being arranged,
Eggs -Cold -storage • eggs, ; '290. to 2. o sn
� � . The lxusiAess �seetio•n of Fort Sae -
ease Iota, fresh eggs are.selling a. ?J 1�
e katchewan was' destroyed -by Are.
28c; strictly new -laid, at 32 to 330
Cheese --Twins, new, 143-4e to 15e, 'and
large, new, at 141-2c; old cheese, twins,
151.4e to 151.20; large, 150,'
Butter -Creamery prints, lie to 32C; do..
solids, 29c to 30e; Dairy prints, 250 to 270;
Inferior (bakers'), 22o to 2,30.
Poultry - Quotations: -Live chickens.
wholesale, 10e to tic per pound; fowl, 8a
to ice; ducks, lfo to 130; live turkeys, 15o
to 17c: geese. 90 to 100. Dressed poul-
try, 2o to 3c above live quotations, except-
ing dressed turkeys. at 20e to 21e.
Beans -Primes, $2.50, and $2.60 for hand-
picked.
Potatoes -Ontario potatoes, 85c per bag;
car lots, 75c; New Brunewicks, $1 per
bag, out of store; 90c in car lots.
Spanish Onions -Per case, $2,36 to $2.-
40.
Provisions.
Wholesale dealers are selling to the
trade as follows
Smoked and Dry Salted Meats-Rolls-
Smoked,
eats-Rolls-
,14 3.4e to 51-a hams,
to 171.2c,• heavy,1526breakfast
bacon, 18e; long clear bacon, tons and
cases, 14 1-2c to 14 3.4c; backs (plain), 211.20;
backs (peameal), 220,
Green Meats -Out of pickle, lc less than
smoked.
Pork -Short cut, $26 to $28 per barrel;
mess pork, $21.50 to $22.
Lard --Tierces, 131-2e to 13 3.4o: tubs,
13 3.4o to 14c.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Quotations, track, Toronto: -Baled hay,
No. 1, $13.50 to $14.00; No. 2, $9.60 to $10.60;
No. 3, $8.00 to $9.00; Baled straw, $9.50 to
$10.00.
A,young Norwegian girl of seven
t?en; Miss B. Millured, of London,
d ed. of . heart failure on her way to
a faotory.
Montreal Country Produce.
Montreal, Jan. 28. -Cheese -Finest west-
erns, 13e; do., finest *materna, 121.20 to
12 3.40. Butter -Choicest creamery, 291.20
to 293.4e; do., seconds, 25o to 27e. Eggs -
Fresh, 30o to 35o; do., selected, 28o to 29c;
do., No. 1 stock, 24 to 25o; do., No. 2,.stoek,
18e to 20e. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots,
650 to 76o.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Jan. 28.--Wheat-May,
87 7.80; July, 891.20; No. 1 hard, 88 3-80 No.
1 northern, 86 3-B0 to 87 7.8c; No. 2 do.,
84 3.8e to 85 7-8c. Corn -No. 2 yellow, 42 3.40
to 44c. Oats -No. 2` white, 30 3.4c to 311-2o.
Rye -No. 2, 57 to 59c. Bran $19.50. Flour -
Unchanged.
Duluth, Jan. 28. -Wheat -No. 1 hard,
871-80; No. 1 northern, 861-8c; No..,2 do.,
941.80; July, 891.20 asked; May, 881-Bc bid.
Live Stock Markets.
Montreal, Jan. 28.-A few of the best
steers brought as high as $6.26 to $6.50,
but the bulk of the trading was done at
$6, while cows sold at from $3 to .$5 and
bulls at from $3 to $4.50 per 100 pounds,
as to quality. Ewe sheep sold at $5.25
to $5.50, and bucks and culls at $4 to $4.60,
while lambs brought $7, $7.25 and $7.60
per 100 pounds as to quality. Calves
ranged from $3 to $10 each, as to size and
quality. Selected lots of hogs sold at
$8.75 to $9.25 per 100 pounds, weighed off
cars.
Toronto, Jan. 28. -For good butchering
cattle from $6 to $6.60 was paid; tot me-
dium from $5.50 to $6, and for fair from
$5 to $5.50. Good to choice cows ranged
from $5 to $5.50;•mediums from $4 to $5,
and common froom $3 .to $4. aped ,brills
brought about $6. Heavy stoekdr4 and
feeders were -worth from $5 to $5.36, and
yearlings from $3.25 to $3.60. Milkers ;and.
springers from $60 to $72 being given.
Mal calves ranged. from $7 to $9, while
roughs went at from $3 to $5 poi' inti,
Lambs -From $8 to $8.35 was paid Light
owes brought from $5 to $5.26, and,bucks
from $4 to $4.50. Hoge -$8,25 bein laid,
fed and watered.
CONVICT ENDS HIS LIFE.
Sensational Suicide at the Central
Prison of Dow Lavey.
A • despatch from Toronto says :
Dow Lavey, who had almost com-
pleted his nine months' term for
selling cocaine, threw himself over
a railing at the Central Prison on
Friday and died from the fall.
Coroner Adam Lynd held a formal
inquest, and the jury returned a
verdict of suicide whilst temporar-
ily insane. The suicide of Lavey
recalls the suicide of Rutledge of
the Rice -Rutledge -Jones gang of
safe-blowers, who jumped from the
spiral staircase at the jail some ten
years ago.
�e_ ! Talks
.A. HE first consideration, when in -
JL vesting surplus funds; is the
security of the money invested.
Investment in First Mortgage
bonds, guarantees security of prin-
cipal, and at the same time yields
the Investor from 5 to 6 per cent.
We can offer high-olass bonds in
denominations of $100, $500, and
$1,000 each, so that the small in-
vestor has the same opportunity
of investment as have Banks, Trust
Companies and large investors.
We shall be glad to submit parti-
culars of certain issues which we
now hay. on band.
ti's Atii?"" 1 V' COMPANY
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Guardian Bldg, Royal Bank Bldg,
MONTREAL TORONTO
vt1ZIM PASHA IS K1LLE
Turkish Government Overthrown and Cession of
Adrianople Repudiated
A despatch from Constantinople
says: A crisis in Turkish affairs
came on Thursday with dramatic
suddenness. The Grand Vizier,
Kiamil Pasha,, and the Ottoman
Cabinet resigned, and Mahmoud
Sh•efket Pasha, formerly Minister of
War and commander of the consti-
tutionai?l army which enthroned
Mehmed V. as Sultan, was appoint-
ed Grand Vizier. On Wednesady
the Grand Council, representing
the intellect and wealth of the na-
tion,. pronounced in favor of peace
almost at any price. On Thursday
a vast crowd drawn from all classes
of the proletariat declared for war
rather than peace without Adriano-
ple. And because the crowd was
backed by general public opinion
the Government surrendered and
relinquished office, making way for
the same men whom the popular
movement brought to the top after
the revolutions of 1908 and 1909.
THE NESS 6N A PARAGRAP
UUA['PENIN GS FROM ALL OVE
THE GLOBE IN A
1W ASIIELL,
Canada, the Empire and the World
in General Before Tour
Eyes.
Canada. ,'.
`
Col. 'Fisher, Assistant Postoffiq
Inspector at London, has been al'
pointed to succeed Dr. Campbellee
• Bishop O'Connor, of Peterboroi';
died Thursday night at St. Joiseph3'
Hospital at the age of 75.
Hon. Martin Burrell, Minister.
Agriculture, on Friday, introduce
a Government bill for Federal at
to agriculture.
All the Canadian naval cadet
have passed with first-class hono,�i
the Admiralty examination in set
manship.
St. James' Methodist Churc
Montreal, will not be sold; but t 1.
building may be moved to a col'
of the property.
A delegation from Northern Ottr
ta-rio asked the Government for 11
eighteen -mile extension of the Ne
issing Central. !.
A deputation of shipbuilders asp
ed the Dominion Government f
protection against British a,
United States competition and '
by way of bonus or subsidy. t.
The United Farmers of Albei
repudiated affiliation with the 1i
bor Federation, and adopted a 'I
solution in favor of the abolition'
the liquor traffic meanwhile stli
porting lekal option. 1
Nazim Pasha, the former War
Minister and commander of the
Turkish army, was shot dead dur-
ing the demonstration here on
Thursday night. Enver Bey and
Talaat Bey had given explicit or-
ders that no blood should be shed.
But Nazim Pasha's aide-de-camp
fired from a, window of the Porte at
Enver Bey and his companion, and
they returned -the fire. Their bul-
lets killed Nazim Pasha himself.
In spite of this tragedy there was
no disturbance of order elsewhere.
authorized Mayor Fischer 'Co issue
a proclamation ordering the vacci-
nation of all persons resident in
Waterloo who have not been vacci-
nated within seven years. It was
reported tie the Council that six
new cases have developed, and all
the schools, including Sunday
schools, have been ordered closed.
MOVING PICTURE
MACHINE FREE
We will give this splendid large
Moving' Picture Machine and Magic
Lantern combined free to any boy
who will sell 40 sets of our beauti-
ful embossed Easter and other ppaqst-
• cards at 10 cents a set (6 beautiful
cards in each set).
This machine is complete with 2
films, 3 slides, lamp, chimney, good
lense, and everything all ready for
giving a, show,
Send us your name to -day and
we will send you the cards to sell.
When sold send us the money and
we will send you the whole outfit,
with all charges prepaid.
MEN GIL
DEPT. 15, TORONTO.
Great Britain.
Lord Roberts' youngest daugh
will be married in February.
Col. Sir Wm. Henry Manning 1
appointed Governor of Jamaica.
The Cunarder Lusitania met w
a serious accident that necessitat
heavy repairs and her removal fro[;
the sailing list ti April.
it it
pri .
A ruling of the Speaker in regal'
to the suffrage bill threatens to 41
stroy all prospects of carrying til
woman suffrage amendment in t
British Commons.
United States.
The United States despatched)
naval force to protect foreigners
Mexico. -
a. er Rootattacked Sent alta lthe ed Pa
'a-rmee:Canal law and defended r'
13r11:ish attitude in respect of p
vision regarding tolls.
General.
Mexican -rebels fired on Uni
States•troops patrolling the bore
Turkey decided to abide by
vice by the powers, and cede Ad
nople, reserving the Aegean Isla
for further consideration of
powers.
NEW ' REGULAEIONS.
British Ships to Carry Life -hi
For All on Board.
A despatch from' London s
Board of Trade regulations iss
to become operative on Marc
provide that the British seag
ships shall carry lifeboats and
saving appliances for all on b
Steamships carrying passenger
short excursions between Api
and October 31 during daylight,
in fine weather, must be sup]
with boats for 70 per cent. of
total riumber of persons they
certified to carry. Passenger s
ers on rivers, canals, estuarie
lakes must have boats with
rafts, etc., sufficient for 40 per
of the number of passenger
which the ship is certified.
HAS SAVED FOUR LIVE
Medal Presented to George Co
of St. Thomas.
A despatch from St. Thomas
George Cowan, an employe
local shoe factory, has been
seated with the Hamilton life
ing medal for saving the life o
daughter of Mr. Crisp from dr
ing last August, when she
blown off the pier at Port S.ta
This is the fourth person Mr,
an has saved from drowning.
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SMALLPDX IN WATERT.O
Schools Are Closed and Gel
Vaccination is Ordered.
A despatch from Waterloo
A special meeting of the
Council was heldhere on Thu:
morning at which the hea,ltl
thorities reported the existen
smallpox in the corporation an
vised that a general vaccinati
the 'residents be ordered.
Council adopted the reoomen
tion of Dr, Baumann, M,H.O
factures front the Dominion