Loading...
Zurich Herald, 1925-10-08, Page 2644" _ ,„.R...r✓.,— ...� elle. elle.._ — —T elle. _elle_ c I IADiA FORESTS OI Y Comprehensive Exhibit Irnpresses Visitors With Quality and. Range of Ow Wood Ps'oductsP olanada's preeeminence as the "soft- rolls • of Canadian ` newsprint are woods storehouse of the Empire" is shown„ Near by is o group of giant timbers' which. includes 2 solid blocks iorcefully impressed on the inin•d of of Douglas fir, each twelve feet high visitors to the British Umpire Exhibi- and practically five feet square; a seg - titan at Wembley, England, by ,the rent of Douglas fir eleven fest large and comprehensive exaibit of diameter, and a timlber sixty-four feet the Forestry Branch of the p • t- long, sixteen inches wide, and eight meat of the Interior, inchesthick, Canada, with her More than one mil- Between the panels, which are lion 'square miles, of timber lands cov- ranged along the walls, are eight glase creel; with forests containing about 150 oases containing specimens of all tree slrecies, produces' the finest struc- Canadian woods; miscellaneous forest tural timber in the world• as well as• 'products, such as artificial silk, yarns, Woods for many other industrial pur- textiles, wall -board, maple sugar, poses; and this fact has been strik- spruce gum, cascara extract, cedar oil; finely brought out in the Wembley die- results of distillation of hardwoods, pllay including charcoal, wood alcohol, ace - Prominent in the exhibit is a won- tate of lime; musical instrumente; and cicrful array of 184 panels of 40 differ- models showing timber tests as car- ent woods, most of which it is demon- ried out in the Forest Products Lab- strated are obtainable in large quanta- oratories. The panels and wall cases ties. The woods are grouped according are separated by larger exhibits show- to character, each group being saner- Ing the 'commercial application of the ated by various exhibits of structures various. species, such as aeroplane and articles made of these particular parts, organ fronts and pipes, piano woods. The first object that attracts sounding boards, etc. the eye -upon approaching the forestry The history of Canada's forests is exhibit is a large portico in the middle also eloquently to1d on the walls, of the main wall, the columns support- above the paue&Js and -wall cases, in a ing which consist of ten -foot sections) series of stage settings, showing the of western yellow pine, with the bark growth of the lumber industry through left on. Looking through these col- cult the past four centuries, the stages limns a spacious landscape may be of its, development being represented seen, the main feature of which is a by the Explorers, the Pioneers, the andel of a groundwood pulp -mill, with Raftemen, and the Steam -loggers. water flowing in the river and out of Four mural paintings tell the story of the spillway and tail -races. As part the journey of the log from the forest of this feature of the exhibit great to the mill, and two large pictures in CROSS -WOW PUZZLE ©THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE. SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS -WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you feel• reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossing there, and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both. HORIZONTAL 1 --Large package of goods 4—I nterd tet 7—A horse, native of Barbary 11—Man's name (familiar) 12—Confuse 14—Derivation (abbr.) 15—Short-legged hunting dog 16—Author of "The Little Minister" 17—Seoluded valleys 19—Fen 21—To recline 22—Basso (abbr.) 24—A city of N. Switzerland 26—An Alpine peak 28 --Preposition { 29 -Part of the mouth 30—Dally record of a voyage 31•,-Potnt of compass (abbr.) 32—An aromatic plant 35—An island of Dutch E. Indies 37—A university degree (abbr.) 38—Exclamation of disgust . 40—French for•"born" 42—A clty of W. Afghanistan, Asia 1.5 -Boat 47—Islands of British W. Indies 49—Combining form meaning "life" 60r -Mind 62—Town where Marshal Ney de- feated. the Austrians, 1805 63—An Ehglish queen (1714) 54—Rested 55—To tattle VERTICAL. 1—Infant 2—Garment worn in Arabia 3—Oki name of island of MItylened. Aegean Sea 4—Astringent 'Asiatic nut 5—One of the continents (abbr.) 6—Exalted In character 8—One of several popes ;.'- 9—Portuguese coin 10—To make by fermentation 12 -Resting place 13—To talk nonsense 18—Alighted 19—Commonplace 20—Very cool (pont.) 22—Commenced 23—Ago 24—To cut short 25 -Girl's name (familiar) 26—Thick-set horse 27—Ocean 33—A plain In W. Palestine 34—To obstruct 36—A kingdom between Tibet and India 38—Prohlbited drink (pl.) 39—Custom 41—:Father 42 -Center of anything 43—A color Side of a doorway 46—Scotch for "own" 48 --Modern Language Association , (abbr.) 61—Associate of Arts (abbr.) • Irauncl'eing of I3.M.S,'Nelson,'nt Ne:vcastle. the meet' up-to-date ship in the world. When coinprleted it will be wood -mosaic depict lumbering scenes in Western Canada. In the Inldustrial section is exhibited a comprehensive group Of articles manufacturd from wood, ranging from a complete bungalow' of two rooms, and giant •silos for the storage offarm fodder, to wdbden spoons. The exhiblt has attracted a great deal of attention as shown bythe large crowds which have constantly' gathered about it and by the many in-, quiries made of the attendants, and also by the numerous articles ,and paragataphs that have appeared in.the British press, and there is no: doubt that in thus making known the quality and range of Canadian forest products. to the citizens of the Empire. the ex- hibit will aid powerfully in the de- velopment of this great industry. Do It Now. If you have hard work to do, To-daythe skies are clear and blue, To -morrow clouds may come in view, Yesterday is not for you; Do it now. If you have a song to sing, Sing it now. Let the notes of gladness ring Clear as song of bird in Spring, " Let every day some music bring; Sing it now. If you have kindeiv' ords to say, Say them now. To -morrow may not come your way, Do a. kindness while you may, Loved ones will not always stay; Say them now. if you have a smile to show, Show it now. Make hearts happy, roses grow, Let the friends around you know The love you have before they go; Show it now. Holiday Savings Banks. Many people take their holiday in Holland on the instalment system. Workmen subscribe weekly to com- panies that are recognized by the Gov- ernment. When the workers have paid in e sum of money sufficient to cover ex- penses, they are taken on conducted fours to France, Germany, Italy and other European countries. This way of getting a vacation is that Island. AUTO CONQUERS SULLEN IIEA1 T OF DAR AFRICA, In face of well-nigh, every obstacle', greatest. barrier was they Sahara deal ert, The route throughNorthern Rho- desia to the Cape was, however, the worst one could possibly imaging. In( some . eases it seemed as though was wouldnever get through—practically impossible to circumvent. We had to' wellnigh cut our way through the' woodlands, It was a rather nerve -I racking, and very dangerous under-' taking, but here we are all safe ancl, sound. . ENCOUNTER WITH WILD BEASTS, "I think during our expedition we saw every reptile that South Africa) claims to possess. We encountered the wild beasts of the forest and forest and jungle, but we escaped all unpleasant incidents, as fax as inter= ference from them was concerned! Quite possibly they were much mord afraid of us than we wer4 of them: Al gasping and at times snorting motors car was, I think, quite -e ifficient to keep the animals at bay. The natives gave us no trouble. They seemed to. show a very keen and friendly inter- est in the car and :its occupants., and) no dpubt regarded us as a phenoinen on for which there was no accounting; -"It was a very successful trip, they real object of which was for sci•entifi , purposes. We have during the whole journey collected every "kind of dom.) mentation,•. together- with photographs,) and difficulty that untamed nature could provide the Citroen Motor Ex- pedition has succeeded in passim right through the heart of Africa.— from the shores of the blue Mediter- ranean to, the Cape., • And so twice within about a month the swamps, jungles and forests of Africa have been conquered by the motor car. A. few -smear back a French expedition succeeded for the first time in defying nature, and now we have to report a second .occasion when the one-time impenetrable• part of 'Africa has had to surrender to, progress. 6 On his arrival at Cape Town, Capt, Brill', who was in charge of the ex- pedition, dition, remarked: "Yes, we are very glad to get here. We have covered, as far as I can judge, between 10;000 and 4000 miles, and . it has been a somewhat arduous journey. We start- ed from Colomb-Bechar, on October 28, 1924, and then traveled' across the vast Sahara desert to the Niger River. At that time the expedition consisted of eight cars, with trailers, and seventeen white people. We kept to the Niger River, and reached Lake Chad on December 14, thus _linking up for the first time in French terri- tory, the Mediterranean • with the great lakes in Central Africa. From Fort Lamy we went on the Bangui, and then turned north into the Anglo pa—all and 30,000 meters of films Egyptian Sudan for hunting. We re- Ball in connection with research work. The expedition• _included a celebrated artist and an expert film producer. We have gathered together all sorts of curios and works 'of art from the natives, while special re -1 search- work was undertaken by a docltor, "I was responsible for mineralogical research, and we were successful in coining across somevery valuable ore rained there some six weeks, and ha quite a successful time with our guns, sending back to France something like 800 hides and tusks. FORESTS PRESENT BARRIERS. "Leaving Bangui, we next made tracks for Stanleyville, on the Congo River, and this journey proved to be rather difficult owing to the thickness of the forest. Progress was . anything but fast. We then crossed due east in the French Sudan. I am now pre - to Lake Albert and thence into Tan- paring to go to Madagascar and from l ler b k toFrance" And so ends ganyika Territory. We crossed the t ' ac ranee. lake and cut south to Lake Victoria, the story of an expedition which adds and here we parted. One section of a new and vitally important chapter the expedition went east to Mombasa; to the history of African exploration: another to Beira, and a third to Dar- Az to the cars used on the expedi es-Sa'aam. The idea underlying these tion, they were 10 horsepower, pro journeys to the coastal towns was in vided with a standard engine and a order to make reports as to the best '`caterpillar," which was equipped ports of. embarkation on the east in with rubber bands, and two gear box, relation to tVIadagascar. This was done es, giving six. forward and two re at the special request of the President verse. The caterpillar sustains s of France, who takes a very keen in- trailer carrying all the camping out- terest in the economic development of lit, together with over. twelve gallons ' - of drinking water and eighty gallons Handicapped. becoming increasingly popular. What "`My section of the 'expedition re- of r•etiol. Also carr:rd was a special is more it proves an education factor elapsed to striae south for the -Cape, condensing apparatus." "Daughter, how are you coming in the life of .the: Dutch working man, My route with your swimming practice?" i- te laythrough h norern th Rho - "Father, every time b try to learn, . those horrid life guards• res'eue me." I ; P —, who seta to know a great deal about dasia, Victoria Falls, Bulawayo, Liv- Us for Her Head: the customs, institutions, and politics of other lands . beside :hiss own. then dead south for Gape Town. The -"How do you expect. to drive a nail •D Juvenile Logic. doubted:y from Elizabeth, Northern demanded an irate husband, who was worst part of the journey was un- into the wall with a clothes brush?" Two small girls, says the Tatler, Rhodesia, downward. I know that watching his wife as she attempted an were piayinig together' one afternoon many will be surprised at this, as his- "unusual feat." • "For goodn ss• sake "1 wonder what time it Is?'" said one in the park. tory has told us in the past that the use your head, my dear:" of them at last. ' "Well, it •can't be four o'clock yet," replied the other with magnificent legle, "because my mother said I was to -be home at four—and I'm not."• On the Cloud of Witnesses.- Oh, do not wrong the generations, past By score, or bitter prating of dead hands; It is not chance that their achieve- - ments last, I Nor whim of fortune that their building stands. It was for us they strove; we are' the heirs Of all their agony and sweat and tears; And, willing er ungrateful, each one shores In the vast legacy•of toilsome years. They would not bind us; theins no selfish aim To chain the future to their halting - place. They mourn our failures, glory in our - fame, Thrill with our struggle in this mor- tal race. iA Cloud of Witnesses, 0 doubtful'Soul', Applauds your straining footsteps to- wards the goal. —George Meason W"ucher. Gift From Britain. In a park in Buenos Aires is a'hand- some clock tower given by Great Bri- tain on the occasion of the one hun- dredth anniversary of the city. Tc prevent paint looking dull after. ingstone, Mafeking, Kimberley, and se Answer to last week's puzzle: How to Tell a Musician. Short faces with eyes far apart are said to be the characteristis type of people with musical talent. Two Fruits Rich in Fat. The, olive and the avocado or alli- it is washed, wash it with the follow- gator pear, are the only two fruits on n hot menu that aro rich in fat. It is not what the neighbors say about you, but the love. and respect ing mixture: Into a quartf 1 t water pour a tablespoonful of tnrpen- tine, half a tablespoonful of milk, and half a tablesroon.ful of soap jeey or powder. It is a splendid reviver for of your wife and little ones that make. "tired" paint. life worthliving. • FLIMERICKS '14QrY6Y .-. - P5arr•e katzlowsztimisztaziazzisammeres There once.was a parrot who (said in a loud tone) 9 am sure that somebody has ' 1" • (told an untruth) 'When an owl queried (call of an owl) Said the parrot, "Not , (the person addressed) You're even too dumb to have ' (made an effort) 'Upon the line write the word that is defined below it'O MUTT T Joe Spivs is Doping Out a Cross Word Puzzle. A1NV JEAr r ---.Lay ADuu a ',mass.... ------- "t •T•RYIN6 wNAT r5 IT you uvANT ;,1 s ' � ' \%. • �' 1r `i a• • ,? -,� 1 zlie wotiJ" is • - - $PCLLCD II i• P -P c)..-, P -a -T -A -M -u -S. 3.. � Y i ; v �."• ., 4. r._ h f .t.... I•`.../ -/ i ' + elle. II liil tiri� 8vT HYPOCRITE, Nor A 1 � , I ^. PA PC at r 1 .J V IvGt.0 J .• - +,,.0. K �� t�:r. ._..� •� : ; �� I r ,I� 'I il' 7 -,". ''€C -S, 5PtVt5.- `fou (rV4$N T� ....coteVe.RSC- WITH ,iC e? 1tbLD. TNS. WtRc . �-� IT"s ct{ecRlo, SPiU1S. wHAT'soaf YOUR; 641/.,•o? • suite L CAN N -I -P -P -o-, -MMM-''-'. - _ Just .A sccoivD �c ��• ,.N otyr -- I. AIN'T Ot • ,, JEFF,' -QUtTG spec -tet.. It' :' SURe O O 'L woNbac?:) V•Jt AT Pie ' ill's SPELLC-D .-H-I-P=P-p. Ii�r_TTele. `CNG (.1 -ser' - !-!- -ip-P-O' y n {Ig!" rte, I rc J .., v rrfJANTS % • .. '. • any//// ii .4 - � ; { Illlail. r,-- •'i ll,! - • °� //i~ , ���• x. » r % elle , :. ¢ •�. ill •.. ! til ER- MI -I -p -P -C1' " ^ vii'7e 91 vow, ',off,. rti , y -:. - Yt`e^' .I • '"46,' .-,..a i //2 I. ' / •G" s , ' b �'GG , �k r �1` - Fl o: \\ L ',.-. 1i �aa "� jf ps 0 4• .,_.-,- / �' r� •%, ' + ( . ry lj c ,a ->MO ' - .,, d 3 k,. } i. - •...—.�^ ' it 'ta 4 :.. /..fJ>«"•• .' F .,I.-..>.. I! III ':IL /Eli '�1\x„ \ ,,' r r ,t�. I r.. W . 4r� �J I,—l, I ",cam, �. s .«. 1 yy�y ,� � l l I i\• � ✓/* Y . r- i .:, L .. elle tCe0 r10.1 jpY, :1, I" .' r .I,r 0 n IL .$, P.0..12r....d '.'-elle.,. _