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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-03-26, Page 6WeStern Fanners Meet Demands ,femarkable Increase ShOwn in Prepared Acreage Along Lines of .. the Canadian Northern Railway in Prairie Provinces. Within the next few +weeks the farmers in Canada will be engaged upon the work of seeding the great- est acreage which has ever been given over to the production of gain in the history athe Domin- ion. While statistics portraying the actual increase in area will Dot be given until the federal authori- ties' at Ottawa compile in the late spring the reports from their cor- respondents on walk done, the findings of investigations which have already been completed Point clearly to the conclusion that the additions throughout the Western provinces, at least, will be very considerable in extent. Officials of the Canadian Northern recently fin- ished a survey of fall plowing along the lines of that oompany in .Mani- toba, Saskatchewan and , Alberta. The figures which were sent in, of course, deal with the C.N.R. only, but they may be taken as an indi- cation of the manner in wb.ich the farmers west of the Great Lakes have responded to the call far a greater production of foodstuffs in Canada. Five hundred and -thirty- nine agents contributed to the re- port in order that it would be thor- oughly representative of the terri- tory served. Altogether, along the Canadian basis of last year the increased acreage would produce 37,759,389.04 bushels, But .1914 was an off year for grain production in the West, and that average will probably be exceeded in 1915. The largest acreage for any one station was reported from Star City, in the black loam district in Northern Saskatchewan. It was given as 110,000, and the increase over last year as 40 per cent. Naisberry, close to Star City, re- ported 75,000 acres. 14lelfort, near- by on the same line, claimed an increase of 100 per cent. Rosthern reported an increase of 300 percent. over last year. Duck Lake's 50,- 000 .acres is an increase of 75 per cent. To the north, Hafford,, on the new line connecting the cities of Prince Albert and North Battle - ford, reported 72,000 acres in area, 95 per cent. greater than in 1913. To the south, in Saskatchewan, De - lisle, on the Saskatoon -Calgary line, reported 88,000 acres, which is an increase of 30 per cent. Mar- shall, on the main line toward the Alberta boundary, returned 50,000 acres. In Alberta the town of Hama, reported 40,000 acres, an increase of 20 per cent. Stettler, in the central portion of the pro- vince, gave 30,000, an increase of Cutting Wheat on the Ergen Farre, Saskatoon, Canadian Northern Rail way. Northern lines in the prairie pro- vinces the increase may be aver- aged at forty per cent. The fig- ures give a total acreage plowed last fall of 6,181,376 acres. This is an increase of 1,766,108 acres• over the preceding year. Figured at 21.38 bushels to the acre—the fiat average of the yield in Western provinces in 1914 for wheat, oats, and barley the grain yield from fall -plowed lands along the Cana- dian Northern in Manitolea, Saskat- chewan and Alberta, would be 132,157,818.88 bushels. On the yield 20 per cent. Craigmyle, •close to Calgary, reported 40,000 acres, and Delia, the next station, 47,000, which is an increase of 200 per cent. Two towns on the same line, closer to the Saskatchewan -Alberta line— Cereal and Chinook—report. 15,000 acres each. In the former the in- crease is given at 1,400 per cent., while at the latter place there was no fall plowing done in 1913. Even in the older -settled parts of the West, there are gratifying increases. At Morris, in Manitoba, the .acreage is given at 30,000 and the increase 35 per cent. At Glad- stone, there are 20,000 acres, which represent a 25 per cent. increase. At Spirling, in the Carman sub- division, the agent reports 40,000i which is an inereaae of 15 per cent. At Dunrea in the Hartley Dis- trict the figures jump to 70,000, which: represents an increase of 70 per cent. Kipling reports 75,000, an increase of 90 per cent. As these are the conspicuous, returns only, it is apparent that Canada is doing her allotted part of the task which is at present confronting the Em- pire. x. Would Not Be So Cruel. Now that you've broken your en- gagement with Jack, you will of course return the diamond ring he gave you ?- Betty—Certainly not ; it would be a constant reminder of the happi- ness he had -Missed. From Frying Pan Into Fire. .She—I bought a cookbook for our new cook. He --+Goodness, doesn't she cook badly enough as it, is? . .. ENN E Cal LIMITED, ,ADELAIDE and JARVIS STREETS, ii�OROVTO, ONT. Also et My"ont,ee], Winnipeg, Ouootrvet. .... �. .nl b• ! F 1 SPRING. DPRRITIBS IN THIS BLOOD A Tonic Medicine is a Neces- sity at This Season Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are an all year round tonic, blood -builder and . nerve -restorer, But they are especially valuable in the ,spring when the system is load- ed with impurities as a, result of the ' indoor life of the winter months. There is. no,.other season when the •blood is so inucliin need of purifying and enriching, and every dose of these Pills helps to make new, rich, red blood. In the spring one feels 'weak and tired -- Dr. Williams' Pink Pills develop the appetite, tone the stomach and aid weak digestion. It is in the spring that poisons in the blood find an outlet in disfiguring pim- ples, eruptions and boils—Dr. Wil- liams Pink Pills speedily clear the skin because they go to the root of the trouble in the blood. In the spring anaemia, rheumatism, indi- gestion, neuralgia, erysipelas and many other` troubles are most per- sistent because of poor, weak blood, and it is at this time when all nature takes on new life that the blood most seriously needs at- tention. Some people dose them- selves with purgatives at this sea- son, but 'these -only further weaken themselves. A purgative merely gallops through the system, ''empty- ing the bowels, but it does not cure anything. On the ether hand Dr... Williams' Pink Pills actually make new blood, which reaches . every nerve and organ in the' body, bringing new strength, new health and vigor to weak, .eaa,saly tired men, women and children. Try. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Palls this spring—they will not disappoint you. You can get these health -renew- ing Pills through 'any medicine dealer or by mail post paid at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brocktillfe, Ont. RELICS OF OUR BRUTE PAST. When Man Lived Hundreds of Centuries Ago. .Run your forefinger around the rim of each ear. You: are rtr:tost; sti're to' find iii one' of their, .:'and' quite pessibly in both, .a tiny hard lump. It is only a, relic of the days when, innumerable hundreds of centuries ago, man was only one of the animals of the wild, and had a pointed ear, like a wolf's or dog's. What good is the little furrow that runs down: from the nose to the middle of the upper lip? None. But it, too, has a history. It is a legacy from the time when the human upper lip was in two parts— a hare lip, like that of the rat tribe, The split has healed up long ago, but the new skin is so recent inthe history of the race that hair re-. fuses to grow on that furrow. When ,'fly settles on you any- where, can you serenely twitch that patch of skin and shake him off ? Probably 'not, but once these skin muscles, now almost dead after centuries of clothes wearing, were as active as those of a horse. A few—a very few -people can twitch their ears like adog, and do s3 instinctively when startled, and cases do occasionally occur in which the scalp can be moved at will. But, generally speaking, our. skin ,muscles -are even more dead nowadays than our ear muscles. We've neglected there. The only g'et still in use are those we em- ploy when we want to raise our eyebrows. The appendix is another thing we could do quite well without. It IS a relic from old vegetarian days. It has been workless ever since mankind started eating sheat eats ing and is apt to get in the war: The large intestine, too, is a thing we ,clon't need nowadays. The many coils of this long tube .are„ kind to the doctors, quite -unneces- sary, now mankind has become a .flesh -eating, animal, • and merely provide a resting place for .germ.S. Surgeons have .often cut out a few old •coils and stitched the ends to gether. We don't really need.' to carry a great intestine about With us. .Another thing we don't need much nowadays is the instinct to walkon hands and feet together. You •think walking upright the only natural way for man? It isn't. if ever you have to make your way along some narrow plank or some narrow, dizzy mountain ledge, you will find the old instinct etrong in you. Guineas were last issued in Eng- land in 1.813. PARIS OFtit STEWS' EUROPE. • Warsaw Has Many Inieresting,arltd Some Beautiful Buildings. Warsaw, the chief city of. Russian Poland, which the Germans have made no less than three 'brave but unsuccessful attempts .to capture, was originally not a Polish city at all. When we first hear of it in the ninth century, it was the residence of the Dukes of. Mazovia, and Me zovia did not belong to Poland un- til 1526, although the inhabitants.of' both regions were probably of the same stock. Nat long after, 1520, however, Lithaa,nia,q which is the: regiorn'that lies to the eastw•`ard. of Prussia, was also united to Poland ; and Warsaw, because it was more centrally situated than Cracow, the caipital of old Poland, or Vilno, the chief city of Lithuania, became the capital of the enlarged kingdom. Such it remained through the cen- tury when Poland was at the height of its power, and through the years of slow humiliation that led to its downfall When Poland was divided among the nations, Russia got possession of Warsaw; but singularly enough. in 1795, the city was banded over to Prussia, which is now fighting so hard to get hold of it again. Na- poleon delivered Warsaw from the hands of the Germans, and made it the capital city of an independent duchy. But the. duchy did not last long. After the failure of Na+pole-' on'•s Moscow campaign, Russia again overran the country, and re- asserted a sovereignty that has never been successfully challenged —although the Poles have never ac- quiesced in it. The riots and uprisings that, have disturbed the city during the last century have been many. The most tragic was that of 1863, whieh not only failed to restore the independ- ence of Poland, but which 'brought down on the unhappy Poles the most terrible punishment and the loss of whatever ,shreds of national- ity had been left to them. Only ten years ago, too, there were fresh disorders and a good deal of blood- shed, the only result of which was the further repression of Polish spirit by Russian authority. Warsaw, in spite of its vicissi- tudes and misfortunes, has always been prosperous. It is the natural centre of a large and prodrictive re- gion. It stands on a great navig- able river the .Vistula—and busi-, nesshas` inevitably flowed in upon it. It has increased in popula- tion during the last century from 125.000 to 900,000. One-third of that number are Jews. It is a great centre for manufactures in iron and steel, leather;. clothing, tobac- co, sugar, and objects of art. As the chief city of a numerous, culti- vated, and enterptiing people, it is well built, with many handsome public squares and gardens; and the `.animation and charm of its so- cial life have led its admirers to speak of it as "The Paris of East- ern Europe." No ,ether Russian city has the attractiveness and ::modishness" of Warsaw. Petra. grad is gloomy ; Moscow is odd and half Oriental; Warsaw is a. bney yet beautiful modern city 1t has a university, but the natur- al growth of that institution has been much interfered with by the Russians. They suppressed it en- tirely from 1832 to 1863, and then refused to permit its professors to teach in Polish. By insisting on making it wholly .a Russian univer- sity, they have alienated the sup- port of the Poles without gaining for it the attendance of 'many de- sirable Russians.. It .is, however, much resorted to by the Jews. Among the interesting atlel bra•-- tiful buildings are the old royal palace, begun several centuries ago- by the •Mazovian dukes; the Church of the 'Holy Ghost, in which lies buried the heart of Chopin, the mu. sioiau ; the Church of the Transfig- uration, ,which John Sobieski built in commemoration of his victory aver the Turks in 1683, and in which his heart lies buried; the ancient E C t .UMI1 . tEYT COMPANY � NjipOG ONTO.,OpN11y6A�', .•. MOST PERFECT MADE THE INCREASED ,NUTRITI- OUS VALUE OF BREAD MADE IN THE HOME WITH ROYAL YEAST CAKES 8HOULD BE SUFFICIENT INCENTIVE TO THE' CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE TO GIVE THIS IMPORTANT FOOD ITEM THE ATTENTION TO WHICH 1T IS JUSTLY. EN- TITLED. HOME BREA.D.BAKING RE- DUCES THE HIGH COST OF LIVING BY. LESSENING THE AMOUNT OF EXPENSIVE MEATS REQUIRED TO SUP-' PLYTHE NECESSARY NO_UR- ISH'MENT TO THE BODY. E. W: GILLETT CO:- LTD. TORONTO, ONT WINNIPEG MONTRE'AL Cathedral of Saint John ;-the town hall, • andthe national Polish Thea- tre. In the old part of tihe town, the narrow, crooked streets and quaint old buildings, not unlike' those in some of the more interest- ing German towns, are fascinating. The most interesting thing about the city, however, is the Lazienki Gardens, which were laid out by' King ,Stanislas Poniato-wski in an. old river bed of the Vistula. The gardens stand at the end of a tre•e- lined avenue the chief promenade and "show street" of the city. They , contain numerous villas, an open- air theatre, and an. elegant little palace, which is the summer resi dente of the governor-general of Poland. Startling AusWers. Mr. Brown has just had a tele- phone put in connecting his office and house, and ;was very much - pleased with it. "'I telly you the telephone is a wonderful thing. I want yeti to dine with me this evening, and I will notify ;Mrs. Brown to eiepeet you." Speaking through the Itel•e- phone; "My friend, Smith, will dine with us this evening." Then listen and hear how plain her reply comes !back With startling distinct- ness" : "Ask your friend, Smith, if he thinks we keep a hotel." Modern Children. First Modern Parent — Aren't your children ,something' of a pro- blem? ,Second Modern Parent—Ye,s, in- deed. They go away to school for 38 weeks, to camp for 10, and that leaves four whole weeks when I don't know where to send them. The game of lacrosse is of purely Red Indian origin. The manager of a factory is re- ported to• have assembled his men together in the time office and told them to vote in a municipal election as they pleased. "In fact, I •shunt' tell you how I ani going to vote," he 'said, "but after it is all over I sha.4 have a barrel of beer brought into the yard." ("Hear! hear'!" shouted the men). "But I shan't tap it unless Mr. Blank gets in." "Catarrhozone" Prevents Bad Cords ti.ngt1iens Weak Irritable Throats Employs Nature's Own Methods quickly, cures thoroughly catarrh, and is Invariably Successful. E ew will escape a cold' this winter, but alas! many colds run into Catarrh. Neglected Catarrh is the straight gateway to consumption, Catarrhozone is a germ-killer—des- troys erm killer—des-troys microbes that cause Catarrh. It heals and soothes, relieves the cough, gives throat and lungs a chance, cleanses the nostrils, clears out the phlegm. You feel better in an hour. In a day you're greatly relieved, and on goes the curing of Catarrhozone tin you're well. No treatment so' direct, Catarrho- sone goes right to the spot—acts' 2504 at dealers everywhere. bronchitis and all throat affections. "Nothing could kill a :cold so fast as Catarrhozone," writes Amey E. Snel- ling, from St. Johns, "Last month I had a frightful cold in my head, suffer- ed from itching nose, running eyes and torturing.headaahe. Ten minutes with "Catarrhozone" inhaler gave relief and in one hour I teas well of my cold. Catarrhozone 1 consider a marvel." Carry "Catarrhozone" inhaler in your pocket or purse—take it to church —to the theatre—to work,— use it in bed. It prevents and cures all manner of nose and throat troubles•. Complete outfit, guaranteed $1,00; small size 50e.; sample size QUEER SPEECHES BY KINKS GEORGE IV. MADE SCIS ADVIS- ERS LOO1;. FOOLISH. Emperor of Germany Not the 0111y Monarch • Wirose Oratory 11as Arnazetl.. When . King ,George • ills Parliament' the scene isd� always state1y,.dec+orous,•and duly+form il. But, in 'bygone days, ..talo rela- tions between Ring arid Parliament, —especially between the King and his Lords—were far from :amicable, says :London Answers. On one occasion, records Mr, C. Roylance Kent, in his "History of the Tories," that joking and irre• e;pon•si'ble monarch, King Cherie; not wishing to have to ,give as. sent to a Bill he disliked, arranged that it should be .stolen ,from tha table in the Lords while he' kepi the peers engaged in listening to his speech! This ,scheme was carried out to• the full, and that Bill disappeared entirely. When Ring William IV. went to one opening of Parliament he ask- ed the Lard Chancellor to stand at the ,'far end of the .House while he re.dd his speech, ate as to .discover if the Btoyal voice•ocnild be -heard clearly !by all. The Royal Contempt. • Afterwards. King William asked the ,Chancellor: "Did 'I read my speech well, any load?" "Admirably, your Majesty, re- plied the courtier. "That's a bleissiiaig," : remarked the sailor -king bluntly; "fort there was .nothing do it worth, hearing, 1 assure you!" George IV., whose contempt, not only for Parliaments, but for many other serious affairs of State, was known to most of his subjects, was never tired of making !both the Lords and Commons .look foolish if he got the opportunity. On one occasion he even express- ed his opinion that the House of Peers was such a somnolent, ridi- culous, and ignorant lot of old fogies that they would never know what he had said or not 'said when delivering his• speech :at the opening` of Parliament. To a friend who questioned whe- ther the Lords were as foolish . as all that, George IV. offered to bet -a lair sum that, when next reading his ,speech, he would interpose sev- eral "Baas" in au:ocession just like a. sheep, and that more than half the House would never notice he had,done this. The bet was taken, and the Ring ,actually did as he had said. Undoubtedly one or two of the peers present noticed the strange inclusion by the Sovereign of sever- al "Baas" right in the middle of the speech,gbut 'certainly the large majority did not.. . It is' on record, too, that one of our monarchs who was often "hard up" for ready cash once attended the Lards when a Money Bill was b.edng considered. Yards Of It. The .clauses introduced made the Bill so lengthy that it •stre behed hall -way across the chamber when fully opened. This •so delighted the Ring that he got down off the throne in great excitement, went up to the Bill, and actually began to measure it with the sceptre. It was our James I. who insisted on writing out his own speech. When delivering it he inflicted en the suffering and impatient Peers no less than seven thousand words thus written. Naturally, they were terribly angry; but surely the cli- max was reached when . the Ring concluded by ,saying : `'And your lordships can always rely on ethis kind of eloquence from. ma!" The House has so seldom beet). scandalized, however, by a Sove- reign's remarks during his speech as it once was when the cheenhei:e became particularly dark, owing tqa bad weather, whilst Ring William IV. was engaged in reading out the custamttry scroll. His Majesty suddenly stopped as the darkness increased; got Tato a temper, and pushed the speech to- wards the Lord .Chancellor near ,him. "------ if I can ,see the thing at all!,° exclaimed he. "What's that word? Why the - ;clou't they make it plainer?" ' Our own Ring George is hardly likely, to shoals his "well -,beloved" Lord's and Commons in any of these ways when Making his usual speech. By 'ousting Indian indigo from British works, Germany roblbed In- dia -of n-d'ia-of •five anallions +sterling a year in exports.