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Indians Adm ceFanning
Dr. Duman 0, Scott, Deputy Superip-
oe Indian Affairs).
three-quarters of .a million MiShe1S of
Brain, the Indians produced more than
70,000 bu•Shels of potatoes and 47,820
tons of hay. They also sunnmer•fal-
lowed to much old land and "brolle"
so much new land that it is expected
that they will have a larger area under
crop ;this year than last. In the waY
of live stock, they own 18,000 horses'
and have over 28,000 head of cattle,
They leased 200,000 acres of land for
grazing purposes.
Large as these figures are in the ag-
gregate, they are all the more import-
ant when it is remembered how short
is the time which the Indians have
been farming. These gratifying re-
sults are both a reward of the faith of
those who planned and parried out
the training system .and also a pro -
nese of still greaterthings in the
future. •
When Hon. Charles Stewart, Minis-
ter of the Interior; who is also head
of the Department of Indian Affairs,
and Dr. Duncan C. Scott, the Deputy
Superintendent General, visited a num-
ber of the western reserves on a tour
of inspection last autumn, harvesting
was in progress and they were struck
with thebig crops being garnered and
also with the efmicient farming meth-
ods used by many of the Indians, es-
pecially those who had been trained in
industrial schools,. They felt sure that
the final returns • would show good
results for the season's operations,
and the figures given above amply con -
addition to this' total of well up to firm their expectations.
(Prepared under the direction et
"fendent General
'When the btsan disappeared from
the weeterii 'plains of Canada,. the In -
diem, about thirty thousand iii nuns
ber, beesam'e a charge on the people of
( e,nada. There were some persons
Who held that nothing better was to be
expected tban that the redmen would
have to be rationed and oared for by
the Government as long as any o1
them remained. The Department of
Indian Affairs, however, believed that,
igen opportunity and training, the In-
dians would in time become self-sup-
porting, and thus an asset instead of
•a liability of the Dominion.
In the nearly forty years that have
passed since the Indians of the Prairie
Provinces had to change their mode
,of living, the ofiioers of the depart-
ment have steadily labored to bring
this about, often in the face of eels-
•understending and discouragement.
'However, the efforts of the Indian in-
dustrial schools and the training given
by the farm superintendents on the
reserve have had their effect and to-
day the outlook is most encouraging.
The- Indians in the West are not
dying out, but are very gradually in-
creasing in numbers and the results of
their farming operations in 1922 show
how far they have advanced In the way
of ,self-support and independence. In
the three Prairie Provinces of Mani-
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, In-
dian farmers harvested 746,669 bushels
of grain. •This grain was. about equal-
ly divided between wheat and oats. In
The Belfry of Mons.
At Mons there is a belfry tall
That chimes from noon to noon;
At every quarter of the hour
It scatters forth a lovely shower
Of little notes that from tibia tower
A11 flutter down in tune,
At Mons from out the•Market Place
The streets rise up the hill
Where ring the chimes that year by
year
Cry out, "Look upward, lads, and
steer!
For God's own Kingdom now and here,
And peace and right good -will."
At Mons there lie a most o' lads
A -row and underground.
That shall not hear the belfry ring
Nor human voice nor anything,
Until at the last summoning
They bear the trumpet sound.
--Wilfrid Thorley.
The Sort of Determination
That Wins Out.
While talking to an ,ambitions, young
man about his future, he said to me:
I do not propose -to be a cipher in the
world. I am determined to stand for
something, to make my life count. I
am going to try with all my might to
make good in the largest possible way.
I am resolved not to be an idler. I am
going to push. things. I am going to
work for results. I am not looking for
an easy job. I am not afraid of hard
work.
"I do not propose to be thin-skinned,
to quail at rebuffs,. I will neither be
cajoled or ridiculed out of my resolve
to get to the front in my vocation. I
am determined to be king in my line.
I don't propose to accept my second-
best without a terrific protest.
"I am not going to complain, to pity,
or coddle myself. If things go hard,
experiences are painful, I propose to
show my grit, to stick and hang and
never acknowledge defeat, nor am I
going to accept misfortune. I air go-
ing to regard myself as lucky, fortun-
ate. I"know that I was made, planned,
iaitended for the best, for prosperity,
for comfort, even luxury. My whole
constitution is fitted for the best. I
am going to look for the things that
are my birthright—for plenty, happi-
ness I know the way to get these
Mining With a Feather.
Placer mininginMongolia is a prima
Live process compared even with the
.A.merican'pioneer method of washing
out gold in. a pan. The Mongol—so Dr.
Ferdinand Oss,endowaki tells us in his
book, Beasts, Men and GodS—lies flat
onthe ground, brusher the sand aside
with a feather and keeps blowing into
the little excavation so 'formed. From
time to time he wets his finger and,
Ticking up on it a small bit of grain
gold or a diminutive nugget, drops it
into a little bag hanging under his
Chin. In that way he collects about a
quarter of -an ounce, of five dollars'
worth, of gold a day.
On His Last Trip.
"Extravagant chap—always travel-
ing on board ship! Wonder where
he's going now?"
"On his last journey—in a receiver-
ship."
o "Good
The RanfUWhderrnere
hway•
Wonders of This New Scenic Route Through the Rocky s ,
Grand Circle Tout.
An attractive pamphlet is jue't being ed it as a desirable route for a motefe
highwsame time •
issued by the Canadian .National Parka I'�n up the ;glories of ay which would at tt'e hhe central
Branch of the Ikepartment of the It- Rockies and -give aeeeae, to Banff Na'
tional Park,
Every. Mile a Surprlee.
The booklet is illustrated with .3ik
halftone engravings which indicate the
beauty and grandeur 'of the -scenery
through which the road passes, One
of the most striking of these is Sin -
°lair canyon, where the road has been
blasted through towering walls of red
rock. "To one who has not known
them," says the writer, "it is impos-
sible to describe the delights of the
new motor highway. From the east-
ern wall of the Rockies to the Colum
bio valley is a little more than 125
terior describing the new BanftWind-
ermere highway traversing Banff and
Kootenay national parks', which will
be ofilcially opened for travel on June
30 next. The road, which was built by
the engineering division of the Cana-
dian National Parke Branch, is inx-
portant because it is the lirst highway
across the central Rookies and also
ibecause it forms the last link in the
, great 6,000 -mile Circle Tour, a system
1 of motor highways which extends
down the Pacific coast from Seattle to
southern California, returning via the
Grand Canyon, the Yellovestone and
the United States Glacier national to the Canadian boundary, Tmiles, and every milia is a surprise and
parks to , an enchantment. It does not matter
booklet deep not profess to be a cam -I whether the motorist enter by the
plate guide but tells in an interesting ieastern or western gateway, he is
Way the story of the construction of' wwept at once into an enobanted world.
the road and gives a brief description
of some of the attractive points along
the route.
TWO "GOOD SCOUTS"
"You're a good Scout," said Sir Robert Baden-Powell as he bade au revoir
to Mr. G. D. Fishwick,. R.N.R., purser of the Canadian Pacific liner "Marloch"
at St. John. The "Chief Scout" came to Canada primarily to attend the
National Conference on Education and Citizenship in Toronto at Easter, but
Scout officials and organizations throughout the 'country are anxious to bring
themselves once more under the eye of the originator of the Boy Scout move-
ment, and he has ample opportunity of seeing some of the far-reaching effects
of his work in this connection. Baden-Powell was accompanied on the "Mar -
loch" and to Toronto by Lady Baden-Powell, and Sir Michael and Lady Sad-
ler, who are also well known authorities on matters pertaining to education,
Lady Baden-Powell is accompanying him on 'a tour of the Dominion.
Cheaply Earned Fame.
A ..person who speaks English 15
reasonably sure of being understood in
any good hotel on the Continent. Some-
times, however, the rule fails, and then
one's native ingenuity and resource-
fulness are put to the test. George
Bernard Shaw is a man of varied ac-
quirements, but, it is said, a knowledge
of Italian is not among them.
Nevertheless, a report got currency
that he • could speak Italian fluently,
and a representative of the Giornale
d'Italia came to interview him in con
sequence. This is the explanatioa
which the great pian is ' said to have
given for the genesis of the report:
"Once I was in Milan .with a party.
of English folk. We were dining at a
restaurant and our waiter knew no
language other than his own. When--
the
hen`the moment came to pay we were en -
things • is to expect thein" able to crake him }ivaerstand that we
Is it satrpiising that a man with such wanted not one bill, but twenty-four
a determination should have advanced separate ones.
"My friends insisted that I must
know Italian; so to act as interpreter
I racked my memory for chips from
the language of Dante, but in vain.
" f a sudden a line from the
'TheHu nuenots' flashed
throwh my inn— ;
by marvelous strides to the front of
his business and.be recommended to-
day as, a leader in his community? -
0. S. Marden.
The Vermilion Pass.
It is interesting to note that so long
ago as 1858, Sir James Hector, geolo-
gist tq the Palliser Expedition; who
explored this region in connection
with his search for a suitable pass for
a railway, pointed out the feasibility
of the route for a road. "Of all the
passes traversed by our expedition,"
he wrote, "the most favorable and in-
expensive to render available for
wheeled conveyance would be Ver-
milion Pass, as the ascent to the I blue, the shifting play, of light and
height of land is the most gradual of shade, the indescribable variation of
The magnificence of the mountain
ranges and the immensity of the scale
on which they have been laid out, re-
fuse to be put into words. Something
le left out in every picture or . photo-
graph, Only the eye can gather the
sense of height and vastness, the in.
finite serenity and majesty, which
thrill the beholder on 'his first glimpse
of the Canadian Rockies. The endless
succession of ranges billowing off to
the distance as far as the eye can see,
the countless. varietyof forms, peak
after peak rearing its glorious bulk
more than a mile up into the radiant
them all." After Heotor's discovery of
the Kiekinghorse pass and its selec-
tion for the route of the Canadian Pa-
cific railway, the Vermillion pass was
practically forgotten, but when the
project of a transmontane motor high-
way was formulated in 1912 the low
elevation of this. pass at once suggest -
Dolor, yea, the very opulence of the
sunshine itself, are a joy and a revela-
tion."
evels
tion."
Copies of the pamphlet may be ob•
Mined upon application. to the. Com-
missioner of the Canadian National
Parks, Department of the Interior, Ot-
tawa. -
The Coming Holocaust.
By Dr. C. D. Howe, Dean of the Faculty
of Forestry, University of Toronto.
She --"Wiry is it you prefer a rusty
old pipe to cigarettes?"
He—"Can't afford cigarettes. The
girls graft 'em all."
How Canada's Lands Are
Divided for Use.
Of the total area of Canada, eighty
er cent. is non-agricultural and ex -
Some day in Canada there will be a 'cept where timber is growing very -lit-
forest disaster indeed. The rain wind tle of this, great non -arable section iso
not always lend its protecting in- � producing any considerable. wealth.
fluence. Not only in the colonizing ! In France, Switzerland, Sweden,
areas are conditions ripening, but Norway and others of the more ex -
throughout the forested areas as well. i perienced countries, the so-called
In fact, there never has be•eru so muck, i waste •lands are set 'to work producing,
slash and debris in the forests await-
ing a 'pecacnged drought to convert
them 'into highly inflammable tinder.
Lumbering operations every year are
becoming more highly intensified; verity -of tii,c•se lands, Sweden and
more trees are cut on a given area and Norway maintain a high average of
more . slash is left on the ground. personal income 'and yet one half of
Larger openings are made in the forest
and the duff and litter on the forest
floor are more, rapidly and more thor-
oughly dried out—often so dry that
they crumble to powder when taken
in the hands. This highly dangerous
condition is augmented a thousandfold
by the ravages of the bud -worm and
timber and forest crops; which are
taken off year by year without depreci-
ating the "capital stock" of the forest
itself, account largely for • the pros -
the whole national area is permanent-
ly under timber and all of scienttfical
ly operated. No one in Sweden is per-
mitted to operate for lumber or pulp
except under the guidance of a trained
forester whose business it is to look
after the reproduction, of the forests.
In many parts of France and Swit-
other death dealing parasites. It is zerland the pieces of forest, owned by
estimated that the budworin alone has ,the "communes" or municipalities, pay
k!Uled over 30;000,0.00 cords of balsam all the taxes and furnish the local
r for Rock Blasting.
Water in Eastern Canada within, the past few population with wood requirements
There has been more or less em with practically
I years. This means that more than a no
costs of trans�por-
bloyad a Hydraulic contrivance fortation.
half billion :trees will go to the group
blowing tip rocks, and reinforced canes in the next few years and will increase
All o
opera g
A. report has been made by the Agri- g i d 'Ognuno per sQ crate foundations that is based on the by just so much the inliammability of
' 'Ever, man for principle- of the hydraulic press. BY' the forest,
Science Allows Us Only
cultural Department of the Federated per tutti 11 °cele. _ ('EveryFour Tastes.
bin self; and Heaven for all'). I de- means of a pipe line pressure la trans -The rain will not always intervene.
Malay States on the oil from the seedsSoule day there will be a holocaust in- -A good deal of our "tasting" is done
of rubber trees as a 'substitute for lin- claimed it. The army of waiters was mitted to a ,cylinder 85 millimeters in
'seed oil. The ell is said to be of high doubled up with laughter; my friends diameter, in which are eight pistons' extent of the by organs of smell con
-
in
but little refining, applauded wildly, and my fame as an tbattelescope, one within another. The deed. The Canada will not devastation an vey smell!to the Then their oof smell
of our
anality, to req B ated� in thousands of acres, nor in food before true "tastes" operate at
and ao Dame from a quantity
product that townships, but in whole districts and all. We actually taste, however, with
is available in great quantity and that the piste s d i en home one regions The loss
is easy to collect.
Experiments with a consignment of
thirty tons of seeds sent to England
resulted in a yield of $260 a ton for
the oil and $40 a ton for the residual
cake. Linseed oil at that time was
selling for $300 a ton.
Rubberseed Oil.
Italian scholar has' been on thie in
crease ever since.
Stamp Machine.
_ French postale authorities have and quarries where the use of explo-
stalled a machine that prints 2,000s,ives;w•ould: be dangerous.
sheets of 100 stainps, perforates, num- a� ---
bers, cuts, counts and makes them up Over 500 tons of flowers are sent
into bundles in an hour. annually from the Scilly Islands.
—AND THE WORST IS YET TO
cylinder •is inserted in a hole drilled
in the rock that is to be'broken, afterand
n are. ry ,
another, - by the water pressure. The
machine. las proved useful in mines
lose • in human life, in
farm and mill property, in conim.ercin'.
timber, in game and in failing water -
powers will stagger the iniinagination.
At the first shock we shall be starked
and gaped with' horror; upon medita-
tion we shall be bowed down with
•s d if reproach
The Forests of the Empire
At a time when authorities all over
the American continent are giving
Careful consideration to the necessity
of developing a more rational forest
Policy, it is most appropriate and for-
tunate that Canada should have been
selected as the place of -meeting for
the 1923 Empire Forestry Conference.
The first conference of this character
was held in London in the summer of
1920, and was attended by foresters
from nearly every part of the Empire.
Representatives from the United King-
dom, Canada, Australia, New Zea-
land, India, South Africa, Newfound and in doing this the information fur-
nished by the deliberations of this
most valuable characteristic, and the
whole 'object of forestry is to take full
advantage of this regenerative power,
and through it to provide timber sup-
plies. for this and succeeding genera-
tions without diminution in woods
capital.
Canada, so far as the Empire be con-
cerned, is recognized as the one large
sourceof contferouti timber, that is the
soft woods, therefore, in viewing this
subject, Canada has to take into con-'
sideration the home demand, the de-
mure! from the different parts of the
Empire, and the general export trade,
);and, and the Crown Colonies took
Bart and frankly discussed the forest-
ry problems presented to the individ-
ual constituents of the Umpire and
the Empire as a whole.
From the statistics presented at the
'conference it was quite clear that, if
the forests be adequately protected
and peoperly managed, there is every
hssttranee that the Empire will be
made entirely' eeif-sustaining, so far a$
timber supply .is concerned for all
time. It was evident, however, that to
Place the Empire. on the desirable
(iasis •suggested, very much more care
must be given, in all parts of the Ern=
Aire, to the protection and manage -
anent of the forest resources. Par-
titularly in thee.e quarters where the
'Pioneering stage has not been passed,
there Is still a dangerous, tendency to
regard the forest as s "timber urine,"
Tether than as a cro))' tapable of being
perpetuated. The reproductive power
of the tree is its most important and
gathering will be of great value.
Empire Timber Supplies.
The Empire Forestry • Conference
which is to be held next summer will
go carefully into the question of Em-
pire timber supplies; the forest poli-
cies of all constituents will be care-
fully reviewed and definite conciu
s•ions reached as to whero improve-
ments may be effected. The business
meetings of the Conference will be
held in Ottawa, but e tour is being 'ar-.
ranged to give the rleleg•ates an op-
portunity of studying forest conditions
and observing forest industries in the
various provinces of the Dominion. A
unique opportunity will Ilius be af-
forded to Canadian lumber and piilp -
manufacturers to demonstrate their 1
commodities and processes of nianu•,
facture, and assist in removing some
of the prejudices which have so' tai` 1
Operated to restrict, in a Meesere, our IEmpire trade.
NINTH STRIKE iN
IFIREE?If1E5 A1"
COME
rWNAGSe
W
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g
the tongue. This has on it a number
of tiny "pimples," and one of their pur-
poses is to taste for us. Tb,ey contain
cells which are connected with nerves
through which a message can be pass-
ed to the brain.
Scientifically, there are only four
home an se real tastes --sweet, biter, acid, and
This is no time for captious criti- salt; and the cells whose job it is to
clam,
This is no time for evasion of re-
sponsebility. We must spread the
knowledge of public ownership in
crown forest lands and we must ,de-
velop the •responsibility of trusteeship
which this ownership involves.
We must gain the co-operation of all port to headquarters, really as Na-
who use the foments for business of ture's warning, and 90 we say we
pleasure. "taste."
We must support our forest protec-
tion service with all the intelligence
and als1 the means at our command.
Conditions must be made safe far
the pioneering agriculturist.
report the presence of any one of these
tastes lie in different parts of the
tongue. The "sweet" cells are mostly
towards the tip, the "bitter" •cells to
the back, and so on.
Each group of cells, on touching
food that stimulates it, sends its re -
Sycophancy.
There Is a story of a chemist whn
was lecturing before a European
sovereign who had professed a curious
Our lumbering interests, our pulp interest in that branch of science. At
and paper business—all our wood use Ia critical moment in an experiment thse
Ing industries, must not only live, but chemist announced with a low bow to
must grow in stature .and wealth prothe king:
during power, or else Canada declines • "Sire, these two gases will now have
and becomes a weakling in the great the distinguished honor to combine in.
family of nations that look up to one
flag.
No obligation of citizenship rests
more firmly on our shoulders than the
protection of our forests from fire.
Gypsum Buttons.
Buttons are being made of powdered
gypsatm, which, is pressed in tuolds and
moistened with water to make it
harden.
Thinking of the absolute
good, the absolute peace, the
absolute perfection of every.
thing that God has made, and
contemplating God's world of
perfection, tends to bring the
• miitid into tune with the In.
'finite , i�!Ii><1id
the presence of your majesty.'
Which they accordingly did!
•
Unheeded Advice,
"This grand d piano bat gone wrong."
"1 adviseit you tb get an upright olio
you know