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Zurich Herald, 1922-08-31, Page 7Canada Attains Second Place. This year will see Canadaattain to the position of hseeond 'biggest cif motor owning aorantelee, In fact it is not at all Improbable "that at this time Canada hake 'attained, to that status, fon since the beginning of the year car purchasers have been extremely active, gas• IS instanced 'by the increas- ing registrations in every "province. - At the end od 1921, however, Canada stotod third among the worl'cVs auto- mob.'ile owning nations. The United States naturally lead With a gross registration •of 10,488,632 cams and trucks, about 83 per ,cent. of all the aiutomobiles now in operation. Great Britain and Ireland ranked second with 497,532 cars and trucks., and 'Can- ada was a close third with 469,310 machines. Whale it is certainthr,t English and Scotch oar buyers have been active this year, this being established by the great volume of automobile ex- ports to the United Kingdom, as well as by the 'heavy peoductioai of oars by home factories, it is not regarded as probable that the purchases have been as numerous as those .effected in the dominion, and .consequently it is eon- didently predicted that by the -end of the year Canada whi1i be second only to the United States. There are sev- dial reasons why the United Kingdom cannot :expect to hold its lead over the dominion. One of these is that there is really less need' for motor ears, that they are less of a necessity there Alban here, for the older modes 'ef travel ,are .better established, and lihe railway 'services are immeasurably superior, particularly for local travel. Another reason de that automobile prices in the United Kingdom are very much in excess of prices xeaintainitig in Canada, usually about twice as' high. A third reason is that the auto- mobile ds very munch more heavily. taxed in Great Britain, and a fourth. is that the operating 'costs are about three times as high, the price of gaso- line per gallonfor instance, being alp most three times as much as in Canada. , In point of number of ears per milt of population Canada is 'already far ahead of Great Britain, as .is .evident from the fact that with •a population less than 25 per cent. of Great Bri tain's She owns only about ten per cent. less cars. And in point of in- vestment in automobiles, per capita, Canada is' probably leading the world, for, as is 'generally known, autoneobihle prices in the United States are ma- terially lower than in Canada, and those an Great Britain are not ,suffi- ciently highee to entail a greater per capita investment. It is interesting to note that France ranks third in importance among automobile inning countries, with a registration of 236,148 vehicles, While Australia is fourth wiht 81,000 ma chants. Argentina ranks fifth with 70,000 ears and trucks. Liberia is the least of all automobile owning coun- tries. ountries. It; ,boasts 17 machines. NEW FARMING AREAS OF SASKATCHEWAN VAST TRACTS OF FER- TILE LAND. Uninhabited Except for Indian Settlements, and Few Church Missions and. Fur Posts. In the tremendous, expansiveness of the Western Canadian;- provinces and their comparatively •recent date of set- tienaent, it may be generally' stated that the portions, of the province about which little or nothing is known. are more extensive than those which have been settled. The areas north of the settled regions, in fact, constitute the greater; portion of each province. ,In. Saskatchewan; ..after peeving, a ;little rth' of` the - askat e n i a S cIt wa river, a 'country` is penetrated which is entirely new, one not yet carefully .explored, and about which, for the main part, In- formation is nether vague. ' The map shows it to be a country well watered and the numerous posts of the Huta: eon's "Bay Company indicate that it is a profitable fur country. But of its ag- ricultural possibilities, little is general- ly known. Recently a collection has been made of the reports on this area, meagre enough, of the North -Weskit Territories. Government, the Department of the Interior of the Dominion government, • and of two exploration parties sent out by the Saskatchewan 'Government, which despite their fragmentary na- ture indicate that vast tracts of rich agricultural land, reaming into many millions of aeres, exist in this area directly attributable to present settle- ment, that climatic conditions. offer no obstacle to farming there, and that where experiments in agriculture have been attempted they have been suc- cessful, The presence of large bodies of water, it is stated, have a moderat- ing influence upon the climate, giving the area milder seasons than. sections of the ,province farther south, and the sceptical have but to gnve due con- sideration to the fact that the area is in the sane parallel as thte Peace. River country, looked to as one of the potentially greatest wheat growing areas of the Dominion and which pro- duced the world's prize wheat more than twenty years ago. Great. Agricultural Possibilities. To all intents, andpurposes tibie area ander consideration is uninhabited ex- cept for certain settlements of Indians and half-breeds, occasional church Mis- sions and a few scattered fur posts. The only agricultural production at- tempted in this region is such as is to be found at :these little settlements, be- ing necese.rily on a small scale, but having been carried on for, in some cases,, Mee space of half a century; a^hat `has been done, however, le suf- ficient to give.a fairly good indication of agricultural possibilities on a large scale when farm settlements, shall have filled up the area. The area considered in the survey la• that lying north of the towns of North, 'Battieford: and Prince Albert, between. the Saskatchewan and the Churchill Rivers; described as a gently rising country, Having tnueih the appearance North-Western aMao.itolet, the land be- teg well adapted to farming, The soil, for the nialh part is a rich loam with a subsoil of sandy clay, much of the land being sparsely covered with spruce and, pine. Local. differences make the pursuit of every kind • of aghtculture. possible, main growing being adapted toe large ot•en., t1u err. farming stag- geading iteee ne more ,prefita.bie to a I larger expanse, whilst certain sections are said to be unsurpassed in the West for cattle ranching. Along the Clear- water River and Valley Is described as splendid ranching country, with hay abounding and water and shelter be- ing easily available, the rolling hills blown clear of snow In the winter af- fordiing excellent range for stock. Equably fine range is to be found in the Pembina Valley, whilst the Meadow Lake district, which is practically prairie, is described by the explorers as some of the very best land in Cana- da. The Pembina a Most Fertile Valley. At Lae la Bongo, approximately one hundred miles north of Prince Albert, wheat has been raised for many years without suffering from frost, by the' missionaries, whilst . potatoes are raised every year with good results. In the Pembina Valley„'. muob: farther north, wheat' and oats have been grown In surreal quantities'successfully, whilst every variety of vegetables'was seen in the gardens,. thriving. in ;tins very best ef,00ndition potatoes, caul1. flower, lima beanie', green peas, carrots, turnips onions, lettuce, beets, parsnips and tomatoes. The Indians here grow a little barley and claim that they have never mad a failure;of this crop for fifty years . Small fruits • also grow ex- cellently, splendid crops being encoun- tered of currants, gooseberries, rasp- berries and strawberries, all large and mature. At. other places potatoes, oats and barley have Veen grown for thirty- five years without record of failure. Exploring parties have estimated that in: this area between the two rivers there are ten million acres of land, in large and small tracts, capable of producing crops whish will enable settlers to'make a bomfortable liveli- hood. Whilst the addition of these millions of acres to the province's available farminglandsmay not be an important consideration at the present tine when Saskatohewan has yet much, surveyed land to be settled, yet the disclosure of this'possession is signifi- cant of the almost limhittess possibili- ties of agriculture in, an: area already producing an annual volume of 188,- 000,000 bushels of wheat, or half the Dominion's yield of this crop. Looking back at Saskatchewan's sparse state of settlement a quarter of a century ago,. and in the light of its present pro- duction, it isnot difficult to foresee the time when these .northern tracts, sur- veyed and made more accessible, will by producing as fine crops as those raised at present in the sections, to the south. Scouts on Lonely Island. Boy Scouts the world over bids, fair to become true before long, for a troop bas just been estabhlished on Tristan da Mahe, in the South Atlantic, known as the world's loneliest island. The scoutmaster- is• the Rev. H. M. Rogers, British missionary, who took up his duties, on the island this spring, says• a London despatch. Twelve boys; have joined, and according to a letter from the Rev. Mr. Rogers they are full of enthusiasm. • "As the .boys constantly have to do without what we should call :necesad- ties,''" he writes, "and undergo all. kinds of hardships, there' is plenty of opportunity of practicing the eighth Scent law, 'a Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties, His Prize -Winning Memory. "How are you getting on in school?" asked Willie's uncle, "Fine," said the boy, "Get any prizes?" "Two," "What did yen get them for?" ',One was for good memos and the y, other -•---" Willie halted and scratch- ed his, head a inontent—"I forget what got the other one for.,' offewaiwond the worst Is t to chore 'No71GE:. KEEP 113/ ,P (we CL0 ,t slog Vaakila ,AI AGRICULTURE IN Dairying, Horses and Cattle. Dairying is an industry on which the Ireland particularly prides itself aLd PR, EDWARD ISLAND one in which every endeavor ismade to maintain thefine type of dairy cat- tle and improve the excellency cf the product. Only one of the signal achievements of the island in this re- gard was .the securing a short whdle ago of the four-year-old Canadian milk 'Production record by the Charlotte- town Ayrstbdre "Buttercup of Glen - holm" which under a 365 -day test pro- duced 16,444 pounds of milk and 662 ounds of fat, the milk production be- ing 400 pounds in excess of anyprevi- ous record in the class. There are )hirty five creameries' and cheese fac- ries on the .island which in 1921 THE PROVINCE OCCUPIES UNIQUE PLACE On the American Continent as a Purely Self -Supporting Farming Area.` Prince Edward Island received the name of "The Million Acre Farm, "The Denmark of. Canada" and oth soubriquets, devised in ` an endeavore responsible for producing 1,681',- to succinctly describe the unique' 774 pounds of cheese worth $294,155 place the little island province occu-e.,;ate 1,169,098 pounds, .of butter worth pies• in Canadian agricultural'•1ife: The $440,050. . island is, in reality, one large farm of ' The province has, 31,311 horses and 1,398,000 acres," of gently undulating; surface and copses of stately trees and clumps of brush, with wild bits of woodland, and arms of the.sea'outting, in to the land in all directions: it a region of transcendent fovea-ne. and ` ruraltranquility;, where beauty blends : with agricultural' ty; to the inhabitants just aa.fa land," for to' those.: who live up It is without rival „among the bright jewels of the ocean. t'1 Agriculture affords direct livelihood° to fully eighty per cent. of the pro- vince's population of 88,615 people and indirectly to a large percentage of the remainder. While the domestic rear.' ing of foxes has of late years some-, what overshadowed other phases : of agriculture, a revenue of $1,240,000 be ing•produced from • this source in 1921, it is the most economic province o the Dominion, pre lucing enough a nually to supply its own needs and having enough, left over to engage sub- stantially in export. In its limited area it leas more till- able land than any of the ether .Mari- time provinces and practically the whole island is under cultivation, Mixed farming and scientific dairying are the most profitable phases of its agriculture, while beef cattle are raised in sufficient quantities, to supply local needs and. permit of export to tbs mainland. Expert poultry raising has resulted in a voluminous egg export trade; whilst the flavor of island mut- toneand lamb h. -,r long established its popularity. Fruit growing is a pursuit which has attained important propor- tions and yet leaves, considerable room for expansiow. Nearly 14,000 Farms In Operation. There are in Princes Edward Island 13,888 farms which- in 1921 accounted for a crop production of nearly fifteen million dollars and in the previous year of higher agricultural prices, for more than nineteen mitten dollars., In 1921, 34,106 <agree of wheat returning an average rate of 16.75 bushels per acre, gave a total provincial yield of 573,000 bushels. The oat acreage of 189,453, at an average og 27 bushels to the acre, yielded 5,118,000 bushels. " A total of 6,334 acres of barley at 23.25 Little seven-year old James came bushels to the acre, accounted for a home from school the first day with gross production of 147,400 bushels, a determined look on his face. Ile There were 212 acres seeded to peas was (Melded on one point. which yielded,23.50 bushels to the acre ''Mother," he cried, "I'm going to or a total of 5,000 bushels. Ail acreage leave school and become a school of 36,921 of potatoes, at an average of teacherr: 162 bushels, returned 5,965,810 bushrele. "Why, James, said his mother, The 255,010 acres of hay and clover at laughing, ?:`lbw can you? You don't an average of .8 of a ton, returned a know enough" total of 215,174 tons. "Don't know enough! exclaimed the would-be teacher, "Youdon't have to know 'anything! AU you have to do to ask questions!" 138,195 cattle uniformally of exceptirn- al breeding. There, are.71,923 sheep, 59840 lambs and 42,447 swine. Whilst Prince Edward Island is the 5rnallest ,province of the Dominion it produces roportionately more cattle than .any tate of the American Union with the gie exception of Iowa.- Island sheep '.. el :. a' n- g ley , g,I,ked , co• _rid , rabtg:. imius- whiele-thhe rolling lands : are ec'ally well adapted, and in 1921, 8`,797 pounds of wool were received at harlottetown by the Prince Edward Island Sheepbreeders' Association. Nearly one million dozen eggs are sold ananaily, ` productive of a revenue of nearly half ;a million dollars. `Prince Edward Island is almost Unique on the Americancontinent as a purely-.: self-supporting agricultural area. It is a region of prosperous farms . and picturesque comfortable m homes, where the tranquil serene Of the countryside is reminiscent of world scenery, and the most d•e- irable of living conditions prevail. For ese who would combine the life eautifuhl with the pleasantest of agri- `culturah activities, no spot could be found more delectable than little Prince Edward Island over whose roll- ing' farm lands blow the fresh salt breezes from the Atlantic. Britain to Buy Art Works. Real 'masterpieces of English, art ,and, literature can be purchased by the government, according to a decision which has been reached by treasury officials. There has been strenuous agitation for the past few months for some: meaars of preventing American collectors from getting the cream of pictures and first editions offered for sale.: The trustees of the national gal - 'my, who have only limited funds at their disposal, appealed to the gov- ernment for aid and it was discovered that under a century -old precedent the treasury would be able to retake grants for special purposes, which authority will'now be used for the purobase of masterpiecesif their present owners are forced to place them on the mar- ket. Just Ask Questions. Prince Edward Island potatoes have for some years been renowtred over the continent and in general demand for seed. Experhnents concluded in the states. of Virginia, New Jersey, Maine and 'Vermont definitely estab- lished the fact that island grown pota- Canada's Timber Industry, The Forestry Branch, Department of the Interior, has issued Circular No. to seed meet all the reguirenenta of• 15, ""Historical Sketch of Canada's these state§• and there has consequent- Timber Industry:" As its naive indi- ly been importation of considerable Cates, this document of twelve pages volume. In the year 1'921, 60 carloads, gives a sketch of how Canada's tflrtber or 48,000 bushels of certified .Seed Pete- has leen handled tram the earliest toes were shipped from Pried° 'Ed- times down to the present. Copies may had. Upon ward TsIand to various pots of the y be free ul ai application to United stethe, the Director of Forestry, Ottawa, Concerning Conduct of High School Glee aubs A Resume of a Recent Address on Choral Work in 1 -lig Schools by An Experienced Music Supervisor. Possibly the °Meet form of organi- zation~ oannected with high schobi music is that popularly known as the glee club. Long before serious atten- tion was given to a syteniatic course :of tnusie in the high s•oltool, glee clubs were nourishing, whether the sobool had a music director or not. Some member of the teaching force,• who was a lover of music and had more or less of a voice,or could play the piano, assembled a group of those students who were inteiested and started, e glee club. That be had no special training in teaching music, and no. knowledge of the voice problems pe- culiar to young people of high sebiool age, did not . at all dampen. his em thusiasm: The immediate occasion of the for- mation of many a club rose from some program which was to be given—a Christmas entertainment or a patriotic celebration; a class, day or a com- mencement program, where a vocal en- semble number was desired.' Me so- called "beet singers of the school" were gathered together, and, for want of a better name, called the glee club. With no carefully tested and classi- fied voices with no training other than to use all the voice they could possibly command, they proceeded to make -ready for the great event. To Become a Permanent Organization I wish I might leave the foregoing condition in the past tense; but you know that it is painfully present in many schools even to -day. But we fondly hope' and believe that its doom is, not far distant. Superintendents and principals of high schools are scouring she country everywhere for available men and women who have the special training, the personality, the "pep" and the nerve to organize and develop •a thoroughgoing music department. The glee club of the new era is a permanent organization made up of from twelve to twenty or thirty mem- bers. The director of music ,has charge of the rehearsals, which occur once er twice each week, usually atter school hours. The members are select- ed by the director during, the first few weeks of the school year while he is putting the entire . student body through the process of voicetesting and classification. Careful attention is given to range and quality of voice and to ability to sing simple music at sight. It is the aim of the director to select the, best voices in the wheel for the clubs and to keep out any who. Might in any way hinder the clubs from winning a place of l.ighh standing and usefulness, The Bpys' Glee Club, The boys' glee club is the most dial/ cult problem of high school music, The :general condition of tae troy voice during this period is sue, as to maks a suetarined effort in singing unwise, if not actually impossible. The curse of public school music is non-classifiee" or wrongly pleesilled voices, together with unsuitable material. Boys who should be permitted to sing a first tenor part in a glee club are very, very few, and are always found among the oldest boys in the school --+the ones' who leave just about the time you get your glee club well under way, It has been found distinctly advan- tageous to begin the year's work with boys in an effort to get a -good, sonor- ous unison. The songs used should be of easy range for all voices and sing- able and attractive. This is the time and the place to begin forming good vocal habits. Loud voices should be' softened; open tones covered; attack, enunciation and other details given careful attention. Later, part tongs are studied and our, glee club member gets his, first knowledge of the inn. portance of the melody line as it. moves from one part to another, His harinondc feeling is given an oppor- tunity for expression and development. The Girls' Glee Club. The girls' glee club should receive the same careful attention as the boys'. The director must remember that the girl voice is also undergoing a desided change. Two mistakes are very com- mon in this connection, One is the as- signing of sopranos to an alto part; the other is the continued use of ma- terial that gives• the alto no oppor- tunity to use her upper tones. I wish to go on record as saying that I do not believe any high school girl can be placed on a second alto part with- out disastrous results to her voice, There is an abundance of nelson and two or three-part material that will meet all the needs of our girls' glee clubs. The greatest incentive to serious work with our clubs is the opportunity to appear in public, not merely in the high school assembles; but also in the community. If properly organized and wisely conducted; the glee club should prove an incentive to every student in. bhle school to fit himself to meet the requirements of membership in the club. Mirror Myths, Probably because of the fact that there is supposed to be some connec- tion between the -reflection -of a person in a mirror and the person himself, a number of superstitions have . en- twined themselves. around the looking - glass, . In many parts of Britain it Is be- lieved that it .is fatal to allow an in- fant to look in a minor before it is a year old, while Swedes maintain that a girl must not look in the glass after dark by the aid of any artificial light, under pain of losing all attraction for the opposite sex. Almost'' general is the superstition that breaking a mirror brings seven years bad luck, and here we have a folk tale founded on fact, for there was a time when the shattering of a mirror truly meant seven years of ill fortune. This was several centuries ago, when glass was far more expensive than at is to -day, and it took the sav- ings of years. to pay for a piece large enough to snake a mirror. Looking -glasses, therefore, were highly esteemed,, and th,e person who broke one had to watch his pennies very carefully for a long time in order to replace it. A New Way to Face the Enemy. An army that cloes not believe in in- juring an enemy seems a preposterous Mea. Yet, we learn from Mr. Harold Speakman in Beyond Shanghai., the Ping -poo, the ancient Chinese war council, would not think of violence even when it was most anxious to rout a hostile force. Not more than sixty years ago, says Mr. Speakman, the Ping -poo was still sending out instructions to the Chiuese infantry to make faces in order to frighten the enemy! And the dread name of that august body was rho po- tent that a battalion of loyal troops is said to have dispersed a large army of rebels by merely making faces at them and shouting in unison,, "Ping -poo!" Enclosed Please Don't Find. A certain young man wrote the fol- lowing letter to a prominent business firm, ordering a razor: Dear Sirs—Please and enclosed 50c for one of your razors as advertised and oblige, It JOHN JONES. P.S.—I forgot to enclose the 50c, but no doubt a firm of your high standing; will send the razor anyway. The ficin addressed received the let- ter and replied as follows: Dear Sir—Your most valued order received the ether clay and will say in reply that we are sending the razor as per request, and hope that it will prove satisfactory, P,S.--'4Ve forgot to enclose the .razor, but no doubt a main with your cheek will have no need of it. The -rasa ors intro'uced h'huck wheat into England from Asia. Gold by the Pound. A nugget of pure gold weighing no less than live pounds was found recent- ly ecent- l in ,California. Its ere ere Y discoo rsw two elderly men who had worked as, miners for most of their lives. The actual value- of this 'wonderful block of gold, was about $1,875, but It will probably realize $5,000 or more on account of its amazing size. This is by no means the world's re- cord nuget, though it is the largest' ' that has been found in the United States. Huge lumps of gold have been dis- covered by lucky digers in many other parts of the world South Africa can show some remarkable specimens, but the record is held by Australia. A nuget was unearth souse years ago in the wonderful Ballarat goldfields which turned the scale at nearly twen- ty pounds. It was a lump of yellow metal that could be held easily in two hands. Yet its assay value was some- thing $, h like 6 600. g There is a certain amount of gold in Ireland, Cornwall, and Scotland. The largest British nugget weighted just under three ounces. Song. Dawn and the glow of gold -kissed hills, The scent of rose and claffodils, The west winds laughing whisperings, And the trembling hymn the bluebird sings! The shimmer of moonbeams as they dance, Shadows agleam—toe night wind's sigh, 'Dnsk and the sun's last vagrant glance— And the blackbird's sobbing lullaby! —Will Lawrence, Buttercup Porridge. The seeds of the buttercup are so small that we would scarcely think of then- as a source of food ter human beings; yet it is said that the Indians formerly gathered them for that pur- pose. At first thought, collecting them in sufficient quantity, would sheen like an almost endless task. But after one has seen them growing as thickly as grain the 'situation takes on a new light. e'•– Sarcastic. Jack --"1 spent last evening to the company of the one 7 love tine best in all the world." Phyllis, -•--"Indeed! And didn't you get tired of being alone?" A university education is est -feel um datrbtsday, but to what avail is it to hone who does 'not know how .to tai boiled corn pl+operly? Take the ear el corn and, with a sharp knifta, shit open eai row cit grains, -alt, butters, if you •hoose -thea •sail in. Use only sugar torn or coin s'e.