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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1941-04-24, Page 6Saving Ontario s Natural Resources !p Raising YOUrag Bass ° (No. 39) In my 'article last week I tolls Of the way in which the basses apawn in lette e. The ('_fame tied fisheries Department raise many thoasalids of young bass each year .aut they have to intitate rhe aiat- nrrai environment closely for full success. To do this is very expene- ;ive and tinger1iug bass cost much neero than fingerlings of trout or pickerel. It is this high cost that snakes it so difficult to raise young bass in quantities. In various places throughout the P.1'oviuce, the Department has !built a cumber of bass hatcheries. These consist of a series of ponds, rectangular iu shape and less thau an acre in extent. They are sep- arately fed and drained. The source of the water supply is usually a spring creek, the waters of which have been heated to some extent by holdiug them above a dam be- fore being distributed to the var- ious ponds. These ponds va.ry in depth from a knife edge to six feet at the outlet, where tie fish may be corralled in a small basin when the waters of the pond are low- ered. In Hatcheries If small mouth bass are being propagated nests are constructed of gravel, The diameter of this nest is approximately two feet and is so placed that when the pond is flooded, the depth of water over it will range from eighteen inches to two feet, Large mouth bass do not need nests for they will clean oat svitable areas themselves. Before the breeding season, the adult bass are introducd into the pond and if the temperature is right eventually a large number of young bass are produced. The greatest vigilance is needed to re- tain the heat in the pond. A cold spell, of cloudy days will cause ser- ious losees among the eggs, so the attendants, by various methods which they have learned, try to maintain a uniform temperature of the water. 'iV1ien the young bass rise to the surface they are col- lected in cheesecloth nets and plac- ed in retaining ponds where they are held and fed until they are ready for distribution in natural waters throughout Ontario. SCOUTING• The loss of 700 leaders through enlismeut in H. M. Farces was dis- closed in the recently issued An- nual Report of the Boy Snouts As- sociation for 1940. The effect of this loss upon boy membership was shown in a drop of 5.37 per eent. to 97,341. This figure, how- ever, was still in excess of the membership total of the pre-war year of 1938. * Memlberahip analysis: The 1940 total consisted of 40,353 Wolf Cubs, 45,489 Boy Scouts, 503 Lone Scouts, 883 Sea Scouts, 2,361 Rover Scouts, 227 Rover Sea Scouts and 7,969 leaders (not counting 444 Scooters registered as Rovers). * Membership by provinces show- ed: Prince Edward Island, 742; Nova Scotia, 5,375; New Bruns- wick, 55,782; Quebec, 8,849; On- tario, 41.095; Mauitoba, 7,181; Saskatchewan, 5,808; Alberta, 8,- 599; British Columbia, 8,168; La Federation des Scouts Catholiques, Quebec, 4,279; Life Saving Scouts of the Salvation Army, 1,460. * * * The various units included: 2,- 306 ;306 Scout Groups, which included 1,645 Wolf Cub Packs, 2,051 Boy Scout Troops, 221 Rover Scout Crews, 21 Sea Scout Troops, 8 Sea Scout Patrols end 11 Rover Sea Scout Crews, * * * Affiliations: Sponors of Scout Groups are given as follows: An- glican, 430; Baptist, 62; Canadian Legion, 35; Community, 747; Han- dicapped (Hospitals), 12; Hebrew, 23; Latter Day Saints, 30; Luth. eran, 4; Presbyteriau, 10S; Roman Catholic, 344; Salvation Army, 50; Service Clubs. 80; 'United Church, 276. Others, 113, This City Forgets To Hold Election The absent-minded professor didn't have a thing on North Kan- sas City. • The municipality forgot to hold its election. Mayor Edward A. Hecker, reading election returns, wonder- ed why balloting in the city was set for the following Tuesday in- stead of April 1 as in other Mis- souri towns, "I have the law right here," re.. 1 plied City Clerk Earl Sites to the mayor's query. It says... the first Tuesday after the first Mon- day . , .. Wait a, minute ---that's for general elections." The mayor, preparing for the belated; election contends he .0.411. bit kgivt4 TF1I IS WHAT MASS PRODUCTION OF BOMBERS MEANS. eeyeatasaseeee,.... Bodies of Martin B-26 medium bombers stretch out in long low .on assembly line awaiting wings and engines in Baltimore plant of Glenn L. Matin, which is producing thein in droves for U.S. Army, T H E W A R •WEE K --Commentary on Current Events New Russo - Japanese Pact ay Change War's Course Sir Robert Clive, the emiuent Britisher who has been Ambass- ador at Tokyo and Brussels and minister to the Vatican and Per- sia, and is now travelling on this contineut, very recently expressed the view that to a diplomat Russia and Japan appeared to hold the key to the future of the world. Ile predicted the early signing of an accord between the two countries. May Change War's Course Subsequent events dramatically bore out his prediction. Last week a Soviet -Japanese neutrality pact was signed, ending 24 years of strained Far Eastern relations and giving tite western cations a new poser to puzzle over. Most observ- ers agreed that the pact rivalled in world importance the ,non -ag- gression accord in 1929 between Germany and Russia and tit it would powerfully affect the course of the war, on every front. Interpretations Editorial writers all over the globe spread themselves on this latest international development. From amongst a score of inter• pretations we have selected sev- eral representative opinions which throw light on various angles of the situation: Toronto Globe and Mail: "The net result of the pact on the Euro- pean situation is that Russia can now poke a gun in Germany's ribs without fear of Japan. In the East the situation does not seem to be altered. Japan's most clogged en- emy is China, which received aid from the United States, from Bri- tain and front Russia, There is nothing in the new pact which pro- hibits Russia from continuing her aid to China. There was never any suggestion that. Russia might inter- c`Good Exposure" Not Recommended esJ Statistically, there should be Eplenty of house -room in London, ngland, today, so many millions have been evacuated. But the set of rules that now must be employ- ed to judge an apartment knocks statistics into a cocked hat. No longer is a top floor with a fine view desirable for an apartment. Instead, the apartment -hunter asks: Is it steel and concrete? Is it near a military objective? Is it close to the ground? fere with Japanese operations in the Southern Pacific, which is a matter which concerns only the' Netherlands. the United States, Britain and France, who would seem well able to take care of their interests so long as China hangs oat to Japan's coattails." Pravda, the Communist Party' organ in Moscow: "The neutrality pact and declaration are documents of vast political significance, since they constitute an important step for the improvement of relations between the U. S. S. R. and Japan, whose governments are guided in 4 this ease by a 'desire to strengthen peaceful and friendly relations be- tween the two countries.' The dec- laration puts an end to all petty -. frontier conflicts between the two." U. S. S. R. Talks With Turkey Dorothy Thompson, columnist:' "The pact is a definite gain for, Russia, for it means that Japan., bows out of the Axis as far as'Rus- sia is concerned. It is, therefore, it would seem, a loss for Germany, which has every interest in keep- ing Russia weak and occupied else- where than in the Middle East . The best -informed people all seen' certain that the Soviet Union will not enter the war against Germany' unless she is attacked, but official pronouncements from Moscow do. indicate that she is preparing to give 'Ain't aid she can. to Turkey,• the last non -violated nation in the Balkans. Naturally, Russia wants to be sure that, if she becomes en- gaged in war in the west, Saipan will not attack her in the east. The pact assures her of just this" Nicht Nichi, Tokyo: "The con- clusion of the new neutrality pact allows Japan to avoid two -front op- erations, that is, fighting both the United States and the Soviet Un- ion, in case of a positive advance of her southward policy and a oris - is in the Pacific." U. S. Unruffled? U. .S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull made a. formal statement with regard to the pact declaring: "Tawe significance of the pact between the Soviet Union and Japan relat- ing to neutrality could be over- estimated . - . The policy of this government, of course remains un- changed." More Help For Britain Nevertheless a number of steps were taken last week by the powers-that4be in the United States which served to bring the nation to the south. of us closer into the war: ten. coast guard •cutters were transferred to Britain for anti- submarine sea patrol; President Roosevelt reopened the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to American vee - Eels (U. S. ships now are permit • - ted to go all the way to the Suez Canal with supplies for the Allies) ; the United States pledged protec- tion to Greenland and obtained the right to build air bases and forti- fications there — the southern tip of Greenland was made the new , limit of western bemisphere de- fense; President Roosevelt made a declaration' that the United States will protect ber ships everywhere, except in combat zones; the U. S. navy began prefat'ations for the swift arming of some 1000 govern- ment and privately owned mer- chant vessels. With regard to the ticklish con- voy question which must be settled very soon if American -produced war material is to contiuue to reach Britain the New York Times said: • "The President has not yet reach- ed a decision. He will exhaust every other alternative before reaching any conclusion on the question of convoying merchant- men across the Atlantic by United States warships." The newspaper suggested that Mr. Roosevelt was considering a plan to allow Ameri- oan merchant ships to carry war materials to Halifax, to be trans- shipped overseas. Three Warnings Warnings that the United States was on the point of going to formal war with Germany came from the lips of at least three members of the President's Cabinet last week. Vice -President Wallace declared that the United States was ready dor war if American rights were transgressed. (Presumably he bad in mind the probability that U. S. ships, now going to Red Sea ports with war material for the British, would be attacked by the Axis at 'whatever time the Axis was will- ing to accept a formal state of war with the United States). Secretary of the U. S. Navy, Frank Knox, told the House naval affairs com- mittee that: "I don't like to be a scare uaonger, but from the inform-, ation I have, I say we are now In the midst of the decisive per- iod of this war." Secretary of War Henry (Stimson, testifying at a Con- gressional hearing on United States defense problems, warned that the United States "is facing a ,dangerous emergency which may be' very prolonged." He .said also that it might become necessary for the United States to wage war, in its own defense, outside the Ameri- cas. The Book Shelf .. "FANNY BY GASLIGHT" By Michael Sadleir In "Fanny by Gaslight" Mr. Sad- leir re-creates a London of seventy years ago when the dark streets of the Empire capital were lit after dark by as yellow flicker of street lamps. He draws au exciting pic- ture, of the taverns, nighthouses and. scupper -rooms of the period, full of motley London crowds, But through them moves a small, brown -haired, bright-eyed girl, who aneets life with cheerful gallantry and whose love -story is both tender and passionate. The girl Fanny was a child with no background save one of viol- ence and catastrophe, a child who grows up into a life of courage, gaiety and self -forgetful devotion. As an old woman, living iu a small town in France, she tells her story to a sympathetic Englishman. "Fanny by Gaslight" .. by Mich- ael Sadleir. . Toronto: Macmil- lan Company of Canada .. - $2,75, Swift Action A New Yorlc man, given a job as postal 'clerk, was arrested an hour and a half later on a charge of robbing the nails, The motto .bf our Sovereign, "Dieu et Mon Droit" (God and My :sight), was first used by Richard the Lion Heart in the twelfth century. Says City Folk Are More Virile Doctor Claims Rural Resi- dents, Contrary to Long Be. lief, Are Not As Healthy Contrary to a long popular be- lief, the city mart is more virile than the man in the country, ac- cording to Dr. Oswald Swinney Lowsley, Dr, 'Lowsley, head of the de- partment of urology at the New York Hospital of New York city, said the city man is more virile because he is beginning to appre- ciate the benefits of exercise and right living. "MANKIND IS IMPROVING", "Mankind is improving," he said. Men and women should system- atically work to attain the best physical condition in the face of world crisis and nerves, Dr. Lowsley said, They will need this bolstering to be able to "take it," he emphasized. "The lot of the man on the street is highly important today," he declared. Add to Milk—Serve on Puddings—Spread on Bread and Butter 43.1 Scientist Sister Proud Of ' ilikie's Attitude Brilliant woman chemist devotes time to research on Ontario Wines Points to Benefits When Wendell Willkie visited Toronto, one of those waiting on the city hall steps was his sister Julia whose quiet life devoted to scientific pursuits is in sharp con- trast to the tumultuous public life of the great American champion of democracy. Crowds swept the police aside, perhaps for the first time in the city's history, as the triumphal procession swept up Yonge street to the cheers of the Canadians assembled to honour the man who had travelled to Groat Britain to report on the Empire's war effort. Miss Willkie had come from St. Catharine.,, somewhat nervously, wondering why Toronto should be interested in her all of a sudden. Canadians wanted to express their gratitude to Wendell Willkie by giving his sister a day she'll never 1 orget. But now that the shout- ing is over, she has resumed her quiet life in St. Catharines, de- voting her time to her book -filled room and her laboratory. She is a wine chemist. But her status has altered. She is no longer just a serious, middle-aged woman, but a celebrity, the sister of the man who many believe may be the next 0 1 president of the United States. She told reporters she believes that the occasion of dinner should be made into a more convivial affair with wines. "In time," she said, "the custom would have a beneficial effect on the national digestion and would probably make Canadians into a nation of brilliantly witty conversationists." One suggestion Miss Willkie made was that Canadian wines should be given navies that breathe the spirit of Canada in- stead of recalling old France. French wine, she. thinks, eau never be made in Canada and comparisons between Canadian and French wines are a waste of time. • "Our climate is so different from that of France. We could give our wine the same sort of bouquet but we are chiefly con- cerned with making a palatable product from Canadian grapes. The result must be judged on the merit of the product. Because they taste differently, Ontario wines are in no wise inferior," she said, adding that the cutting off of French wine supplies would snake very little difference to Canadian wine consumption be- cause importations were never on a large scale. Orchids grown from seed re- quire a period of anything from seven to twelve years to reach the blossoming stage. LIFE'S LIKE THAT REG'LAR FELLERS --Retiring YOU LL NEVER BE RICH, PINHEAD! . YOU TOO MUCH./ from Business RATS! By Fred Neher "Sp ng training starts today!" ., By GENE BYRNES WHEN r DO THIS LAWN I'LL. HAVE A QUARTER AN YOU'LL. BE eRol4E BUT IT WILL.; BE YOUR OWN FAULT/T ITIOU OOS P HOORAY.` FOUND A I.4AFFA DOLLAR/ rl r; /,i !,air. s. O. 4f1 c1ahla vb', - rx>...,arn,mncvnis �•ver...mwo uaa$al,:wNgse.. „