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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-12-15, Page 2. ►..:WITH JHE -, N ECQIJTS Graduation This week we have to record the for- mation of two more new regular Troops, one at Fenelon Falls and one at Portsmouth, which have been formed as the direct result of Lone I "Good Turn" and quite up to Lone Scout Headquarters, from where they were forwarded' to their new owners, and several who had neither toys or time sent contributions of money, Taken 'all round it was a splendid Scout activity. These two now bring the total num- ber of Troops founded by. Lonies up Scout Standard. Santa Claus and Fairies Although it is &well recognized fact to twelve, which is a splendid record , that all Canadian Scouts believe in Santa Claus, we are not quite sure what their attitude is on the question of Fairies. However, we have some interesting information ou this subject from Aus- tralia, as the following will show: Lord Somers, retiring Governor of Victoria, told Australian Scouts that he thought he still believed in fairies when alone in the bush. "I could see a queer hole in a tree whre some old goblin might live; and at night I used to wonder whether the fairies came out to play." Lord Somers frequently led parties of Victorian Boy Scouts on hikes of several days in the bush. for the two and a half years that Lone Scouting has been organized in On- tario. At Fenelon Falls Patrol Leader Douglas Warren, by his enthusiasm and tenacity has been responsible for the formation of the 1st Fenelon Falls Troop, and he has brought his father into the movement as the new Scout- master. We are sorry to lose the Portsmouth "Bulldogs" from the Lone Scouts, as they are members of the. original group who formed the first Lone Scout Troop in this province, and they have hung together through "Thick and Thin" for three years and have done most excellent work. In this centre the leader teas Patrol Leader John Meers, who has now brought his brother in to be Scoutmaster of the 1st• Portsmouth Troop, whilst John takes the position of Assistant Scout Master. We congratulate these Lonies on their "graduation," and whilst we are sorry to se them leave the ranks of the Lone Scouts, we know that they will find larger scope and new fields of ac- tivity in the troops which they have organized. Canada on the "Toy Standard" Canadian movie theatres in numer- ous cities and towns went on the "Toy Standard" in December. For special matinees, that is. The admittance charge was made one toy, new or re- pairable, and the receipts were turned over to the local Boy Scout Christmas ed in the 1933 World Scout Jamboree address hero. Dr. Young was a Bele- Toy Repair Shop. will be interested to know that Count gate to the meeting of thechild by Iain are a mere symptom. While liminary estimates indicate a crop of All Canada We have not yet heard the official Paul Teleki, former Prime Minister of giene section of the council which therefore, the importance of sticking over 21,000,000 pounds of the. former P. E. Island ........ 88,040 575 returns of the Scout Toy Shop scheme, was attended by every provincial (loss) Hungary, and Hungarian Honer Chief health officer in the Dotttinion with to gold if we can should not be un- and over 18,000,000 pounds of the lar but we know that there were a lot of Scout, has been appointed Camp Chief i derrated it would be unwise for the ter, compared with 12,334,000 pounds Nova Scotia 512,027 11,810 happy kiddies on Christmas morning, of the Jamboree Camp. p S t• Government to be undid influenced and 13 X87 760 pounds iespecttvely, in (loss)8 ti h Columbia tmbta had reduced its y New Btuusw3ck 408,255 20,379 2,869,793 608,888 3,426,488 492,826 699,841 89,723 921,281 163,771 727,497 139,043 689,210 164,625 4,213 A "Good Turn" and Its Reward All Scouts are expected to perform at least one "Good Turn" every day all the year around, and at any time that they can do an extra "special" one they should do so, but these good turns are done, not for reward,. but in order that the Scout may be of service and helpful to others, thus living up to the obligations of his Scout Pro- mise. However, occasionally reward comes along when it is least expected and in novel form, as happened to the lst Moose Jaw (Sask.) Troop upon whose members the Moose Jaw Wild Animal Park Society conferred its Life Mem- bership in recognition of the good work done by the Troop in. improving the Park. The World Scout Jamboree, 1933 Those Lone Scouts who are interest - High Seas in Mid Atlantic When the north Atlautic waves are whipped to cold green fury, by the 'gale, this expanse of sea, k ;own to mariners as the western ocean, surpasses anything else Neptune has to offer. This is a view from a liner during 'a recent gale when great ships were delayed 2 4 hours and beaten from their course. Infant Mortality South Africa and New Figure Reached ea• • � in population on the farms. This is rning in West Cape Argus.—It is unfortunate that The production of Canadian leaf to - d th Quebec Leads In Population Gain B.C. Highest Percentage In- crease—Only Two Prov- inces Show Decrease The largest absolute gain in popula- tion during Canada's past ten years was made by Quebec. British Columbia made the largest percentage gain. This is revealed by the 1931 Cen- sus, the preliminary figures of which give Canada a total population of 10,- 358,778. The actual increase in all the provinces is 1,565,829, and the whole percentage.increase is 17.82. All provinces show increases except. ' lug Prince Edward Island, which' re - cords a minus of 575, and Nova Sco- tia, recording a minus of 11,810. The Toronto Globe finds that the rate of population growth in Ontario-. has been ` well maintained during .the past decade. Of the eighty-two ;glee. toral districts in the province, it• ap• pears that all but twenty-five dhow an increase. The larger increases have been, of course, in the district( with city population, and this daily continues: "Northern Ontario shows numerous advances, especially in important min. ing camps. Some of the purely; agrl• cultural ridings in older Ontario 'show a decrease, but the continued increase in production shows that mechanical improvements and better methods A&D the Gold Standard In Tobacco Production have overcome the slight reduction i • a side of population shifts sometimes overlooked. Certainly the production records of the past few years show that Ontario need have no anxiety over the outlook for food." there is so little prospect of the early bacco has made a new recor is Correspondence Educational return of Great Britain to the gold , year. According to a preliminary es- standard, as that would settle the timate prepared jointly by the Domin- Service Big Factor f whole trouble. But that event can on Department of Agriculture and the +Hn in B.C. I only take place after prolonged inter- Dominion Bureau of Statistics, � 00 national negotiations with a view to crop this season is 43,230,0 pounds. The population of each province and Ottawa.—Increasing use of the pre- , of all the provinces together, includ- na putting the gold standard on a bet- I The highest record in the past was ingactual increase, percentage in- tal and post -natal correspondence I ter footing. It must not, however, 43,910,000 pounds in 1927, while the educational service operated by the , be overlooked that the British Gov!!next next highest was 41,976,000 pounds in crease, and the loss in Prince Edward Provincial Department of Health in ernment is resolutely determined to 1928. Last year the crop amounted Island and in Nova Scotia are shown in official figures of the Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce oil on Ch as follows: a contributing factor to the record pound will be for all practical pur- last year and approximately 9 per cent. CANADIAN • CENSUS FOR 1931 low infantile death rate in 'British poses stabilized, and the risk of link- higher thau the record. co-operation with the Canadian Coun- restore the (coda Valance, and when Child and Family Welfare, was that is accomplished the British to 36,716,000 pounds. The present year is thus over 30 per cent. above. Columbia, Dr. H. E. Young, health of- Ing up with sterling would be less The most notable features of the serious than it Is to -day. South season of 1931 are the tremendous in - Africa is involved in a world crisis creases in the production of bright, f which the difficulties in Great Bri- flue -cured and Burley tobacco. Pro - £icer for that province, said in an (Preliminary Report.) 'By R. E. Coats, Dominion Statistician Actual Population Increase 10,353,778 1,565,829 who, if it had not been for this Scout Good Turn would have experienced 'a sad and disappointing Xmas. We are glad that the Lonies had a share in this work. Some of them sent out parcels from their own homes, others sent their toys to Lone Toronto 2. Are you interested in being a Lone Scout? If you are between 12 and 18 years of age and unable• to join a regular Troop write for particulars to the Lone Scout Department, 330 Bay Street, Immigration Shows Th NewStrawberries Decrease of 75 P.C. the exception tion of Nova co ia. , Bri s o t -, infantil mortality from 54 out of 1,000 � by any concern for economic inde- 1930. The' entire increase in flue pro- Quebec in 1921 to 43 in 1980,. the lowest in pendence. The lesson of the present duction has taken place in the New Ontario the Dominion and among the lowest I crisis lies in the revelations which Belt, that is in the Counties of Ox - in the world, it was stated. Reports I it affords of the financial interdepen- ford, Norfolk and Elgin. There has Manitoba, deuce of the countries of the world. been a proportionate expansion in the Saskatchewan from other provinces disclosed an in- j And the Government may ultimately district, with the bulk of the crop Alberta in- infantile spread in tterie education on have to chooue the lesser of two being grown in the Old Belt of Kent B. Columbia Pantile health matters. The correspondence system pro risks. and Essex. The growing of dark air - roe (raw ernes vides for all who applyfor it a series •----- z- — cured and fire -cured tobacco has con- Introduced to U:S. Growers of letters extendingover .a pelitA of Many Killed During tinued the downward trend noted last Washington. --Three new hybrid nine months prior to the birth of year. Cigar leaf is about the same, Fog the Bellmar Southland he child to twelve months after. It Dense Over England but Quebec pipe tobaccos show de- creases• Production in -British Col - and Redheart, are now being intro- was estmated that 20n per •cent. of I London.—England recently ex- ' umbia has more than doubled, both Newcomers to Canada For, dnced by the United States Depart- the mothers of the 243,000 children perienced one of the densest fogs' Burley and bright flue sharing the ment of Agriculture for trial by grow- born in Canada last year . had taken in recent years. Numerous accidents increase. Of the total production, it ers. The new varieties are adapted advantage of the form of mother- at sea and on highways and railroads ,' is estimated that 40,860,000 pounds to distinct localities and to different hood education. The system was I with a loss of approximately twenty , purposes. organized in 1926 and 1,100 mothers livres testified to unusual intensity of lis from Ontario, 7,180,000 pounds took advantage of it the first year. 1 atmospheric conditions. from Quebec and 190,000 pounds from Last year the number had increased ! Two persons were known dead British Columbia. to 60,457. Seven Months Total 19,390 Ottawa.—According ' to a statement issued recently by the Hon. W. A. The Bellmar is recommended as a Gordon, Minister of Immigration and , general market berry in New Jersey, Colonization, immigration for theDeleware, Maryland, eastern Penn - months of April to October, inclusive,' sylvania and Virginia. The South - which covers the season of active im-i11 land is suggested as a high-quality migration, was as follows: April, 3,- ! home garedn variety for the Southern 201; May, 2,818; June, 3,169; July, 2, States from North Carolina to south- • 541; August, 2;260; September, 2,366; ern Georgia. The Redheart is intro - October, 2,056, a total of 19,390 per-- duced as a canning berry for trial in sons, compared with 77,544 arrivals the Pacific Northwest. during the corresponding period of I The Bellmar originated from a 1930. This represents a decrease of • cross ,tf Missionary and Howard 17, 75 per cent. Of the arrivals for the It is prolific and bears large, attrac- seven months 14,496 were -women and tive berries. The Southland is the children, mostly the dependents of result of a cross between Ettersburg settlers already established in Can -1 80 and Howard 17, made in 1920. ada. The fruit 1s considered too soft for During the same period 13,641 Can a market variety, but is recommend- adians who had gone to the United ed for home use. In many parts o2 States returned to make their homes the South plants grow all winter. in Canada. These were not, however, It is one of the first varieties to counted as immigrants. and about 50 Christman shoppers I— The course is administered by the were injured in a train wreck at Da - council and at the expense of the' genham Dock. A freight train which Canada's Ports Canadian Life Insurance Officers' struck a passenger train carried a for Canada's Trade Association. The Drawback blossom and bear fruit in the spring. The Redheart originated from a Million Dollar Rain cross of Euresko and Howard 17, made in 1923 at the .field station, In Regina District near Glenn Dale, Md. Field tests Regina. — Southern Saskatchewan, in Washington and Oregon indicate where King Winter had started his that it i0 highly productive and reign, blanketed under a white coat- adapted to that region. ing of snow, was recently turned into a vast area of mud and shish, Serious Food Shortage the streets of its towns and cities Faced in the Labrador running water. Saint John's Nfld.—A shortage of All but the large largest of snowbanks food in Labrador was disclosed re• hovel disappeared, extensive sheets Gently by officers of the Government 01 ice have turned to water and tem mail boat, which completed its last peratures which average 30 above zero are the rule. -voyage along the Labrador coast un - Only a week before Christmas the til spring. province was soaked by a "million The officers said the populations rain," which extended from at various, ports had expected the the eastern boundary to the west, mail steamer to bring relief supplies and were "frantic" when they found Ino food abroad. I Unless the present feed supply, Open In Brantford which is not sufficient for the winter, is augmented before the coast be - Brantford, Ont.—The third new in domes ice bound, the officers said; a dustry to be secured for Brantford in. serious situation may develop. the past few weeks, Colade of Ontario, The Grenfell station at Battle Limited, representing the Sussex Bitu• Harbor sent emergency relief sup men Co: of London, England, has plies to Red Bay and Forteau, in leased the former Westrumite plant Canadian Labrador. here. The company will manufacture may bitumen products, not in Canada. Berlin Cuts Price For Fuel and Light Many lines of now manufactured Dominion Canned Clams Berlin,—A 15 per cent: reduction in retail coat prices was ordered re - Shipped t0 Cn;lna centiy by Dr. Karl GocrOoler, bur - Canadian canned clams prepared gomaster of Leipsig and "price dic- on the Pacific Coast have been sent Utter" appointed under the recent ++ to 13ongr its geto test, the Chinese emergency decree. The city gas market for this coin:: odity. •ore gas works, serving most of Berlin, than 800 tons of clams last ;wear wore also' announced a 10 per cent. realm, sold by one Pacific Company ai,w the .tion. Both buts becortie effective prr�d10t is increasing in ,favor. Tama._.y 1. English Finn Will cargo of benzine which fortunately I .Montreal Presse (Ind.): The trans - was not ignited. Two coaches, oe- • o prtation problem in Canada will be cupied mostly by women and chil- solved ouly whenwe take measures to Yukon N. Territories .... 7,133 . General Agricultural Situation The following •figures, which are supplied by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, indicatethe general crop situation for the Dominion and Prairie Provinces as on November 12, 1931 The figures for 1930 are also given foi purposes of comparison: Bushels Bushels 1930 1931 397,872,000 298,000,000 423,148,000 331,243,000 1.35,160,200 67,972,000 22,018,500 5,888,000 2,370,600 1,751,600 Beans 1,438,600 1,179,900 dren, were telescoped. I dispatch our merchandise destined for Buckwheat .... 10,903,300 6,919,000 38 540 000 Wheat Oats Barley Rye Peas A minor actress was given a small The crew of fifteen of the trawler Mixed Grains .. 44,276,000 , speaking part in a curtain -raiser. Gtrdelness were believed lost when export, especially grain, and to distri- eHo Q,,�k, with a pronounced lists_ , was ibute merchandise entering from Flaxseed 4,388,000 2,847,000 the went ashore •route Buckwheat 10„903,300 6,919,000 Prairie Provinces, 1930 Acres Bushels 23,960,000 374,500,000 8,286,000 254,011,000 4,755,000 109,495,000 1,370,000 20,641,000 571,000 4,293,000 1931 Acres Bushels 25,352,722 279,000,000 8,311,967 138,000,000 3,202,727 51,200,000 Rye ,,: 711,709 4,750,000 Flaxseed 618,561 2,750,000 Prince of'Wales' Ranch Raising Pure -Bred Sheep apparently unaware of the fact, and itt twor by.an^ explosion near Thor- auroac, the writer of the playlet worked in and the ports of the Dominion. If we shavn, Faroe Islands. a lisp in the few lines that were giv- 1 For the first time in 1931 not a were to make certain, for example, Wheat to her. Alter the first rehearsal bl t that our ocean terminals were used for ti___ sh ,,,_ single incoming air liner was a e o the dispatch -of the 54,000,000 bushels ped iter reach Croydon airdrome. Visibility part. "Fine,” was the reply, "but there'th was about 10 yards. one thing I think rather thilly. Why' CONVERSATION do you make me play it with a lithp?". I The art of conversation is to be -- ` prompt without being stubborn, to A wide -spreading, hopeful disposi-1 refute without argument, and to tion is our only true umbrella in, this clothe great matters in • a motley vale of tears,—T. B. Aldrich. I garb.—Endymion. of Canadian wheat which left New York in 1930, the situation would be much improved. Common sense, logic, and our own interest demand that we should help our own country before playing into the hands of the Ameri- cans, who are well known to he our most redoubtable rivals in the com- mercial field. In The Tornado Zone A tornado recently swept through Ca.intien, A i•kausas, and left the Ouachita county courthouse as above, Tn addition a iveyyear old_girl lost her life, several persons were injured and vast property losses. This is the second tornado iii three days to strike southwestern Arkansas. • • Oats Barley Rye Flaxseed Wheat Oats Barley Ottawa.—H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, by demonstrating the wool value of high -bred sheep at his fam- ous "E.P." ranch in Alberta, has greatly aided in lifting the standard of sheep raising in Canada. At the Prince of Wales' rauch large' flocks of pure-bred sheep are maintained and •'"many of his sheep have won first prizes at Canadian and United States stock shows. The "E.P." ranch is operated strict- ly on a business basis by Professor Carlyle and flock rams have been specially imported from the - best Hooke of the °breed in Great Britain and more recently from California for the object of a further improvement hi the wool-prodiving cp alifies of the "E:P." flock. Prance Georg,e, Celebrates Twenty -Ninth Birthday Loudon.—••Prince George, the King's youngest son, celebrated his twenty- ninth birthday anniversary on Dec. (9th, with his eldest brother, the Prince at Wales, at the latter's Sun ningdaie home at Fort Belvedere. The brothers have common tastes, and are close friends as well. Prince George has taken up bachelor quar- ters with the Prince of Wales at York :rouse, St. Jatnes's Palade,