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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1931-07-09, Page 6oNvscouTs With the Lone Scouts Those Lonies who attended the. Lone Scout Camp at Ebor Park, in August, 1930, will be very sorry to hear of the ridden death of Assistant Scoutmaster Charlie Boyle, of the 87th Toronto Troop, which occurred ori June 22nd last. Charlie, it will be remembered, was ane of the senior scouts who helped to make that camp such a success, and the quiet and efficient manner in which he carried out the duties allot- ted to him, and the wholehearted way in which he entered into all our ac- tivities made him a favorite With all member of thecamp. For some years past he had suffered from heart trouble, and it was thought that lie was growing nicely out of it, ea that his passing was a great shock to us all. We syrnpathize'"sincerely with his parents and kis comrades in the 87th Toronto Troop, and we know that all those Lonies who knew him will en- dorse this. Now that school holidays are in full swing, and the out of doors is calling us all, whether of school age or over, time should be found to study for one or more of those Proficiency Badges whit hare eminently connected with the open air. For the next few weeks we will out- line the requirements for one of these badges each week, and we hope that this will stimulate some Lone Scout to qualify for them. You will recollect that if you are in possession of your Second Class Badge, you are eligible to qualitfy for and wear six Proficiency Badges, but if you are studying for the Second Class Test, and reasonably hope to pass the test in the near future, it would be good policy to spend a little time preparing for some of these badges, so that after the Second Class Badge is safely sewn on your arm, you can quickly pass those tests which will qualify you to wear some proficiency badges also. This week's Proficiency Badge will fiz • be The Naturalist Badge. The test for tir.ie is as follows; 1, Explain: (a) The fertilization and development of a wild Sower; or (b) The development of a bird from an egg; or (o) The life History of au insect or a fresh or salt water fish; or (d) A month's observation of pond life, 2. Keep a diary , illustrated by sketcliea of the animals, birds, trees, plants, insects, etc., recorded; this diary to contain the dates and places of: (a) The first appearance of 12 spring or autumn migrants; (b) First flowering of 18 wild flowers, or des- cription of the appearanee and habits of six water fowl; (o) First appear- ance of six butterflies or moths, or des- cription of six wild animals; (d) Make a carbon or other impression of 18 leaves of common trees. There is quite a little work attached to the above test, but to the average country or village boy It should not be very hard, and will provide a num- ber of hours of very interesting and instructive occupation to keen Lonies.' The following is the method of mak- ing carbon impressions of leaves: 1, Press the leaf evenly on a new sheet of carbon paper.; 2, remove leaf from car- bon, and press it evenly on a clean sheet of paper. Sometimes it will be found that a cleaner imprint will be obtained by pressing the leaf a second time on clean paper without using the carbon paper for the second imprint. When finished, a collection such as the above will be a permanent record and will be a splendid addition to your Patrol or Lone Scout Den deooration sche-•-s. Next week we will outline the re- quirements of the Pioneers Badge. Boys between the ages of 12 and 18 years, who live in places where there is no Scout Troop and who aro interested in the Lone Scouts should write for particulars to "The Lone Scout Department, Boy Scouts As- sociation, 330 Bay Street, Toronto 2.— Lone E. Some Motor wits On Hilly Cou try Do Not Shut Off Engine Go- ing Down Hills— Heed Signs Fox the motorist who desires thrills galore there is nothiug to compare with mountain driving and this re- quires a steady head and hand to keep the car on the road. Mountain driving requires a skill in motor operation that has not had to be resorted in the flat country. Many of the roads are steep, narrow and winding. In some of the mountainous districts, tourists are permitted to as- it descending. cend only in the morning and descend in the afternoon, for the roads are one Practical Memorial way. No passing is permitted even on mountainous roads that are plenty wide enough for two cars, for the clan- been shown n practical form at the Earl Haig Memorial Homes, at Mor- den, Surrey, which have been opened blind turns—is apparent. by the Prince of Wales. They, consist If your trip takes you throughof a block of 183 houses and flats, re - mountainous territory, moreover, see I served for married and disabled ex - beforehand that the motor is in per- service men with dependents, and for fest condition and particularly that war -widows. They are to be let at the brakes are ship-shape. low rentals, governed by the income of Brakes, however, should not be re- the occupants. A striking feature is lied on solely for keeping the car in that several of the houses have been built with exceptionally large door- ways, out of all proportion, but sadly necessary. ° The adjective is used ad- visedly—for he extra width permits of the passage of invalid chairs and cots. Each house and flat has been equipped with a free wireless installa- tion, which can pick up programs from a central receiving station on the estate. makes a long hill descent absolutely foolproof. The general rule for driving in the mountains is to give the ascending driver the right of way when the road is too narrow for two cars to pass. Usually on these roads there are fre- quent "sidings" or niches into which the descending car may be steered to allow the approaching vehicle to pass. On some of the mountain roads of this sort, the incline is so steep that the brakes alone cannot hold. In. that case, the experienced driver usually does not travel alone and he takes with him a stout .log:' Whenever he is forced to stop, he has his passenger jump out and set the log belling the back wheel, if the car must stop while ascending, or ahead of the front wheel Helps War Veterans Sympathy for invalided soldiers has ger of meeting an approaching vehicle around a turn—and there are many Phil Scott, perpetual canvas kisser, as he resumed acquaintance with floor of ring after being tapped on button by Larry Grains, Cana- dian boxer, in Leicester, . Eng. 60 Pensions Paid To Veterans of 1885 Giold Specie and Silks Arrive `on Pacific Liner Ottawa.—Sixty persons are still Victoria,—With. one of the most drawing pensions as. a result of the Valuable cargoes aboard to pass Northwest Rebellion of 1885. This through this port in recent months, in- was nwas brought out during brief con- cludiug $8,000;000 in raw silk and gold sideration gf estimates of the departe specie, the Canadian Pacific liner Em- ment of pensions and national health, , press of Asia docked here this week in the House of Commons recently.' before proceeding to Vancouver to die. The attention of Hon. Murray Mac- i charge the major portion of her cargo. Laren, minister in. charge of the de- 1The silk, amounting to 1,762 bales pertinent, was drawn to the. fact ,list and .valued at $1,233,400, was taken off there was a reduction of $5,000 in the l a Vancouver and placed under heavy amount of the estimate from the. total.' guard on a transcontinental train, of las year, making it $30,000. • lawhile the gold ° specie, of 166 boxes The minister replied that the North- 1 valued at $5,250,000, is destined for west Rebellion had taken place a good San Francisco; :. many years ago. The number of pen- stoners en stoners was decreasing. 34900 Periodicals The committee approved this item, and also au.appropriation of $5,000 tdia In Germany provide pensions for any civil ser -.Leipzig, Germany.—At the end of vents who suffered as a result of air- 1930 there were. 34,900 periodical pubil- plane flights while on duty. The min- cations in existence in the German ister explained that this appropriation language, 27,600 of them magazines, was confined to civil servants, and had. .eccorUing to , the tenth annual report no reference to the military arm of -=::4f the Deutsche Beucheret, a library the service. st'whioli}aims to keep a complete collec- tion of German publications. The re- port ;showed that on an average four pert, dieals cease operations every day. effective control going up or downa steep hill. Signs at the tops of long, steep hills to -day warn motorists • to go into low, and these signs should be re- spected. Low gear makes the compression of the motor act as brake for the car on long downgrades. The ignition switch should be kept on, but the throttle should be at idling position. It's dangerous to coast, except where you know your ground, and the hill is ahort and in full view. It's costly to turn off the ignition, and dangerous. Even with the ignition off, and the mo- tor being turned over by the rear wheels through being kept in gear, fuel would continue to be pumped into the cylinders anyway and would not be burned. The result would be hooding of the Women Engineers The American Society of Civil En- gineers has conferred an unusual honor upon Miss Jane Ridder in mak- ing her an associate member of its society, the second one to be appointed. Although no woman has yet been made a regular member, in 1027 Miss Elsie Eaves was elected the first wo- man associate, and since them four engine so that, when tite switch is women have been elected as junt..sr turned on again, the oversupply of members. fuel i nthe cylinders would prevent _.___ ignition, many a time just at a. crucial moment when full control of the car is essential. $293,525 Is Allotted For Renovating Buildings Thee, number ,however,- is more than London.—Cost of maintaining and balt{noed by her publications. keeping in repair Great Britain's hie- e.;• n Aerial Photography Over forty years ago the Topo- graliliical Survey, Department of the Intel:ion began to use photographic method.e,'- of mapping in connection with the mountainous areas of the Canadian, West. With the advent of the aeroplane=these have given rise to aerial photographic methods, the field for yid -in surveying and mapping has tins been immeasurably broaden - and now Q,overs all parts o8 the Country:. Cana& has improved and expanded this science of aerial photo- graphy to fit her own particular needs and `many other countries of the world with mapping problems of a Silver Production similar nature are making use of meth - Shows Decreaseods of aerial mapping devised and ;adopted by her. torical buildings and sites is no small one, as an entry n the Parliamentary Estimates shows. This year $293,525 has been allocated to that section of the Office of Works which undertakes these duties. And, at that, the figure is a decrease of $20,000 over that of last year. The money will be ex- pended on some twenty-five hundred .piehistoricaine camps, stone circles, abbeys, and castles throughout Eng- land, Scotland and Wales. Amongst those listed for the biggest expends . tures are Furness Abbey, Berkhamp- stead Castle and the walls of the Ro- man amphitheatre at Caerlon. Adoption of free -wheeling in auto- mobiles necessitates a further warn lug regarding the operation of cars , with, such devices on steep hills. This Is that the freewheeling device should not be resorted to in such cases, The special gear control, whether it be the button at the top of the transmission lever, or the lever at your foot, de- pending on, which type of free -wheel- ` ing is used, should be locked so that the car is always in gear. This precaution will prevent any possible trouble especially 'while des- deriding a long hill, "While the two most approved forms of free -wheeling are so devised' that the gears are kept in mesh even while free -wheeling is in operation, the added precaution of gwitehing into positive : gear control "lint, darling, every night for two weeks I have been on my bended kuees before you, Have You no pity?" "I certainly have, Harold. I'll give you a quarter. Go have your trousers pressed. After so much bending, they must be baggy at the kuees." Ottawa.—Silver production in Can- ada decreased 200,000 ounces in April according to a report issued at the Railway Has Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The total for the month was 1,685,000 ounces as compared with 1,886,000 ounces in March and 2,568,000 omces in April of last year. The averaee price hi New York was 28.279 cents an ounce as against 29.192 cents in Marsh. Gold production set up a new high monthly record in April when 223,082 ounces were produced. The Ontario output was 172,047 ounces. . Baggage Delivery Berlin.—Travelers on the Gorman railroads to Berlin from Leipzig, Halle and Dresden can now fill out a blank, giving their name and address, and hand it with their baggage checks to the conductor. Their baggage will then be delivered to their Thome or hotel without further effort on their part. This arrangement will later be extended to other routes. rees Dangerous Russia Plants In Thunder Storms 22 Million Acres, Oak Declared Most Danger,. ous—While Beech Tree is Safest Kent, 0.—To seek shelter under an oak tree during a thunder storm is almost as dangerous as to search for gasoline with '.a lighted match, Of all trees, the oak is most susceptible to lightning. $o says a bulletin issued by the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery, which has been studying the phenom- ena of lightning in relation to trees. If you must 'get under a tree, says the Davey Institute, find a beech, for it is rarely ever the victim of light- ning. The ratio of the oak to the beech in being struck by an electrical bolt is 60 to 1, according to observa- tions made over a period of years. The ••cots of a tree tap the electrical field of the ground, When a storm cloud is overhead the positive elec- tricity in it is attracted by the nega- tive electricity in the earth, and light- ning follows. • Trees, such as the oak, which have a large root area naturally have larger electrical fields than ethers. Oaks also have "tap' roots, which go far into the ground and bring up large quantities of water to the tree, which serves as another attraction for electrical bolts. The best advice of the Davey Insti- tute is to avoid trees altogether when lightning is at work, as it would be somewhat difficult for the layman to make a scientific selection in time of emergency. Better to keep in the open spaces, if no house is near, and get thoroughly wet than to offer your- self as a target for lightning. First Golfer—"1 see', ;eine pian has suggested the use of dogs for caddies. What do you think of the idea?" Second Golfer — "Great. Dogs can't laugh at you." Harvester's Wages May Be $2 A Day Winnipeg.—Harvest hands who have earned as much as $6 a day in the wheat fields of Western Canada, Will have to be content with $2 a day this year, unless the wheat market takes an upturn, J. A. Bowman, Sup- erintendent of the Dominion -Provin- cial Employment Office said here. The prevailing rates of farm wages are now from $20 to $25 a month, com- pared with $40 or $45 three years ago. Britain Recaptureia Seaw inhaka Cup Glasgow, Scotland. Sa.skia, British eight -metre sailing yacht, defeated Johnston de Forest's United States challenger Priscilla 111, last Thurs- day for the fourth straight time, re- taining for Great Britain the ' Sea- wanhaka Cup Caryl won last last year in the United States. One swallow doesn't make a sum- mer, but one grasshapper makes many springs. Rough Sailing Sir Philip llnulett°, sailing maser run at ('ewes, Isle of Wight, England. a great deal of i:un, f Itritanu:a, the ia.i.eea baht, getting a di'enehing during trial Despite Sir Philip's precarious position, he seems to be having 93% of Entire 5 -Year Plan For All Crops Has Been Sown, Soviet An. pounces Moscow.—Russia has virtually com- pleted her spring sowing compaign, reports stating that last year's acre- age has been surpassed by more than 0,000,000 hectares (22,239,000 acres), With seed already sown in most of the southern sections and only a few more days deft for planting in the north, the Commissariat of Agricul- ture announced that 93,006,000 hec- tares (22,818,000 acres) had been sown on June 15, or 93 per cent. of the. entire plan for all crops, Almost 84,- 000,000 hectares (207,564,000 acres) had been sown on that date in 1930. About 25,000,000 rectares (61,775,000 acres) were sown to wheat, or 89 per cent, of the plan for 'that grain, as compared with more than 23,000,000 hectares (56,833,000 acres planted last year, representing a gain of 5 per cent. Commissar Nikyoan, addressing the conference of the all -Union wheat pro- ducers, said that the government ex-, pected "a good harvest of grain this year." He added that the harvest campaign would be linked closely with the continued eradication of the kid aks, or wealthy -peasant class, looking toward a decisive victory of the col- lective and state farms, Of the area already sown, collective farms have 57,295,000 hectares (141,576,000 acres), state farms 8,369,000 (20,680,- 000 acres), and individuals 27,342,000 (67,562,000 acres). $2,000,000,000 Factories Projected Moscow.—The Soviet government will publish a list of 518 f actories, industrial plants and mines which it expects to put into production before the end of the year, representing s capital investment of 4,000,000,001 rubles—nominally $2,000,000,000. They will range from small sawmills and coal shafts to gigantic iron and steel plants like the Magnetogorsk project. About 100, chiefly among the smaller enterprises, have been finished. If expectations are realized the pro- gram should mean the beginning of transition from industrial construc- tion to actual Large scale production of goods. "Izvestia," the govern- ment's official organ, warns that shortage of cement, bricks and other building materials menaces the pro-. gram. Electricity Makes Farm Life Ideal Banff, Alta.—Electricity has made the farm an ideal plane to live, Premier J. E. Brownlee, of Alberta, told. 200 delegates from all parts 01 Canada in attendance at the 41st an. nual convention of ' the Canadian Electrical Association. Changes effected on western farms through greater use of electricity were described by Premier Brownlee. He referred to the use of electric light, electric power for operating farm machinery and introduction of radio. Premier Brownlee declared • his faith in agriculture as the basic in. dustry of the west, and reminded the delegates that if the farmer of the west were without purchasing pow- er the eastern factories would suffer. Canadian Flyers Cover 7,547,420 Miles in '30 Montreal.—Canadian airplanes flew 1,547,420 miles in 1930, 1,203,000 miles more than in 1929 and approximate. lir 5,000,000 miles more than in 1928, A. total of 90,855 pay passengers, 22,. 136 non-paying passengers and 11,. 184 dual -instruction passengers were Tarried last year. Civil aircraft have increased from 264 planes in 1928 and 445 in 1929 to 609 in 1930. Of these 243 were mounted on wheels, 157 0n skits, 244 were seaplanes and five amphibians. There were fewer accidents despite the increased mileage, with twenty. two persons killed and sixteen in. jived in 1930, as compared . with thirty injured and twenty-six killed in 1929. Battle Honors For Canadian Forces Ottawa—The fifth List of battle honors awarded to units of the Can. adian Expeditionary Force and to the regiments of both the permanent and non -permanent active militia con tains those of five units. These are Lord Stratlicona's Horse (Royal Can. adians), the Alberta Mounted Rifles, the South Alberta Horse, the Algon. quin Regiment and the 1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion., Found 93 Occupations In Rural District Vocational guldanco'for young poo p1e, discussed by Miss Emily Guest, lecturer 'to rile department of agrlout ture, roused interest among parents, business :nen and teachers who attend, ed a recent meeting held under th/ auspices of the Haldimattd Women'! Institutes at Dunnville. Township oce oupations In several places were die. cussed following the address, and teas found that in one rural community there were 93 ways of making a living,