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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1935-01-03, Page 2f • =ss Columbia Dain Site Caulada; The Empty I °the W4rld: at Large - w aaa a.7 ....-*, oice of the PresS.. , CANADA NEGLECTED ORCHARDS•" All oven 'baiterio there are a2,,iple orchards that have been pernat,ted to deteriorate because their owners did mot Consider it worth whiff to. devote the special attention to"then necessary for the production of first. class fruit, It is recognized now that this neglect was a mistake,; since. the markt for apples has expanded enormously and this fruit crop is now a mainstay of "agriculture whore other sources of revenue have failed. —Sarnia Canadian -Observer. KEEP OUT Now and again adventurous souls have crossed the frontier into Can- ada carrying their gangster devices north of the boundary Fortunately they found themselves facing a dif- ferent set of conditions and discov- ered that Canadian soil was not an exactly healthy place in which to ply their trade. Long .may it :con- tinue so.—Halifax Chronicle. MOSQUIT ERMINATI.ON New York aldermen have learned that a ..4squito extermination. pro- ject in. the Bronx is still in progress and thatt has 95 supervisors to .91: laborers. At this time of year, we suppose, it would take more men to find the mosquitoes than to exter- minate them.—Kingston Whig- Stand ard, HYOCRITES Many a man won't join a church because there are hypocrites in it. He remains outside wherg`••there are more hypocrites.—Niag „Falls Re - View.. . 's - PRESERVATION OF NIAGARA FALLS Of course, it is not suggested that complete destruction of the Ni- fgara Falls could be accomplished even by a much faster rate of erosion than is now apparent, within several thousand years. En- gineers express the opinion, reveta. theless, the protectvie work should N undev,f en at: an early...date. in �. girder acro, :ord much heavi r expendi- to have the most support is oh - :whereby artificial . weirs would be constructed on the river bed above the falls to divert the flow of water more evenly over the brink,—Wood- stock Sentinel -Review. parking:. •. offences live motorists were fined one dollar: There rix a` nutshell is one of the reasons why Winnipeg has traffic difficulties, arid why jfatalities and aeOasnts are numerous.—Winnipeg Whittle;' THE SILVER DOLLAR It is, a graceful gesture of the Mint to strike a silver dollarto coma mernorate the. 25th anniteersary of the Ding's ascension, although Can- adians need no added inducement to show their 'respect and affection for His Majesty.—,—Winnipeg Free Press. CAUGHT, NOT TAUGHT The colored man who said he never stole chickens any more because he had "got" religion, uttered a truth:, without Vowing it—if any colored man ev. aiid say such a thing. So - wise ;c as Dean Inge, recently retiredrf ern St. Paul's Cathedral, ut- tered this obiter dictum the other. day: "Religion is caught, not taught.—St. Thomas Times -Jour- nal. BASIC CONSERVATISM Of ourse, the Englishman is con- servative. And after reading the fol- lowing -a'• advertisement from the London Standard, we would say from the skin out; A rapidly chang- ing word regards with basic increas- ing admiration the wise conserva- tism of the Englishman and in no sphere is this more eloquently ev- pressed than in his underwear.— St. Catharines Standard. TRADE WITH FOREIGNERS More purchases from foreigners are urged as a way out of the de- pression, but a friend protests: "I get my vegetables at an Italian's, my meals at a Greek's, my 'shoes at a Russian's, my shoes are repaired by a guy from Czechoslovakia, my laundyman is a Chinese; and .I for- get the others, so how in the name, of the League of Nations am I to do more business with foreigners?" —Hamilton Spectator. - APPROVED WARFARE "•Mussolini has declared rear on the mosquito -44,. ti ij ;fig ,pn_e forte of w CP" whrohjTMr MORE MILLIONAIRES General Johnson says the NRA is as dead as a dodo and while this seems to be a pretty strong state- ment on the part of the former ad- ministrator, some convincing figures released at Washington would indi- cate that it has not done much in the way of wider distribution of the ration's wealth. The figures show that in 1933 the number of persons who received incomes of less than '$25,000 dropped below the 1932 level, but the number and total in- come in the classes from $25,000 up- wards increased. Those receiving in- comes of $1,000,000 or more in- creased from 20 to 46.—Forder Cities Star. FAT PRICES Three Swiss stamps dated 1843 have just been sold in England for 47,000 apiece. When you figure the size, the weight, the cost of pro- duction of the stamps, it must be admitted it is a profitable transac- tion. An Englishman recently made a nice profit on two pictures. He picked them up for $50 from the estate of two old maids, shortlq af- ter their death. Two weeks later he sold them for $50,000. Of 'course one doesn't find a great master ev- ery day: Le Soleil, Quebec. VULGARITY IN BOOKS Library boards may hesitate to in- clude on their shelves novels dealing with certain problems of morality or sex where the individual reader of wider taste is quite ready to read such presentation. But surely vul- garity is inexcusable in any book claiming literary merit. In the long run it is doubtful if either writers or publishers will benefit by using filthywords or vulgar expressions. They certainly add nothing to the virility of narrative while they are decidedly offensive to tens of thous- ands of readers. ---•Edmonton Jour :) PERHAPS SO The passing generation is so bailed because it is passing at the rate of about 60 miles an hour on wheels, -- Quebec Chronicle»Tele- rapb, LI.CHT. FINES For running through stop signs or red -lights, six motorists were fined lane dollar in city police court For DRDAFOE Dr. Dafoe has been , C anunend- ed for the Nobel Medical Prize in recognition of his care of the Dionne quintuplets. Itis also rumored that the Callander doctor is likely to be included in the list of recommenda- tions for the' Xing's New Year's hon- ors. The Order of the Bath, no doubt.—Chesley Enterprise. FIVE -CENT FARE FAILURE The results of the first week's ex- periment with a 5 -cent car fare are not particularly encouraging, re- garded as so much statistics, for while during the week which ended Thursday 8.85 per cent. more pas - lie harness s', town at the site o he Columbia, turbulent river of the nor thwest, gets :under way as workmen construct "Mason City" contract, rand Coulee reclamation dam. and pow er project in Washingt sengers were carried than in tt responding week of last =ref revenue was 12:81 per, cent. lies Calgary Albertan, THE EMPIRE ORIGIN OF HANSARD, re �e The death is announced of i ss -a u1i used a ed 96 who J a ,Ha , g , 'ts'. great=greaft-granddaughter of .1.11,se Hansa'-d..t1752-1828), printer *m 1774 until his death on the "air nals , of. the House of Goin' im ." Luke Hansard's son, Thomas '(ur- son Hansard (1776-1833) stalled a press of his own in Paternost- row, and in 1803 began to print the "Parliamentary Debates," wide -Imre still • known as "Hansard," though that name has not now appeared on the imprint for 43 years.=From the London Daily Telegraph.) EX -KAISER'S WEALTH" Exiled monarchs have not always fared so badly as, the ex -King of Spain. The three richest are reputed to be .the ex -Kaiser, ex -King Ferdin- and of Bulgaria and the •Due. de Guise, the .French pretender. The ex -Kaiser is still the richest and owner in Gemany. His landed w a lth there represents between 20,00.0 000 lbs, and; 25,000,000 lbs.—Fro 'o` - he London Daily Telegraph. £ lit there is .more ain thealt.-Lace to Australsa than jua5t:, daring• Our Empire our once far-flung Empire, is drawing physically closer to- gether every day. Already the air has made it a far more compact and accessible continent' than America was when the Union was founded.—London Sunday Referee. LEVEL CROSSINGS Yesterday an engine dashed into a lorry at a level crossing. Two men were killed and many injured. End the level crossing. And do it quick- ly. It belongs to a past age. It is cumbersome. It wastes time. It wears out nerves. And it is not even safe. —London Daily Express. 'Neath Sunny Skies As annual eXedus from the • icy north gets under way, visitors ,0 the sunny southiend will find lovely let's. John Jay 0'13rien, nee Attie 13owles Volhard of Roanoke, on hand to greet arrivals in Mie Beach, She's wife of head of Fleetwood Hotel- Catch Cancer Early One of the chief dangers of can- cer is that people have been too thoroughly,..persuaded that it is utter- ly incurable,, In that belief and greatly feri3'ing the malady, many of them fail to seek medical treatment in time—and thus their fear as to cancer's incurability becomes a fact. The Director of the New York City 'Cancer Institute is quoted as having remarked lately -that fully forty percent. of the ca 4,e »- 'nix- ing be-ing cared for' as hopeless, need not have been so if the patients, had sought aid from the proper sources early enough. Health authorities everywhere are convinced that if both the public and the doctors can be'.e'ducated to recog- nize and deal with the first danger signals of cancer, and if' the public can be safeguarded from quack rem- edies, the death rate from this par- ticular cause can be appreciably re- duced.—Queber Chronicle -Telegraph. After Thirty Once a woman has pased the thir- ty mark, she must pay special at- tention to her figure. The old ounce - of prevention - is - worth a - pound - of - cure rule certainly applieswhere weight is concerned. It is much easier to keep from gain- ing surplus pounds;'; than to lose, them. su .th vi diet. Dori' beecp lr (aria s Jon i ,A•r......rr WI curb your craving for sweets and." ether fattening items. Ask your" doctor to' give you a list of foods. that are necessary to your general health, include them in your daily diet rand then eat sparingly' of things you like but which aren't par- ticularly beneficial or which tend to make you gain. Incidentally, every mature woman should see a physician oncea year. If you have minor skin eruptions, chronic :nuddishness, puffs under the eyes or an unusually tired, drawn look, a doctor undoubtedly can do more for you than any amount of creams and lotions, applied exter- nally. To retain the supple carriage of youth and to keep your body slen- der and firm, take plenty of exercise in the open air. Instead of driving or taking a bus when you go down- town to shop, walk at least part of the way. Play tennis, golf or any other game that keeps you physical- ly fit. Swimming equalizes the weight. Riding is excellent for the legs, thighs and waistline. I significant and hopeful step in the re- covery of Canadian agriculture. • "fie total increase of $112,901,600 $112,9100,600 over the 1933. valuation is largely accounted for by increases of $37,000,000 in hay and clover, .$36,- 500,000 in wheat, $31,000,000 in oats, and $10,500,000 in barley. The estim- ated value of the potato crop is plac- ed at $9,000,0000 lower than in 1933, despite the higher production in 1934 "The low prices of potatoes and turnips result in the lowering of the estimates in the Maritimes. Prince Edward Island is the only province showing a reduced value of field crops ooampared with last year and the reduction is very slight. Both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick show increases due mainly to the improvement in hay prices. "In Quebec, a fairly general bet- terment in yields and prices causes an increase of over $30,OoO,000: or 45• per cent in the value of field drops. In Ontario higher prices for grains and fodder offset the effects of the isievere drought on production and the estimated value of field crops is up $17,500;000 or 14 per cent. Alberta is also about 37 per cent, and amount to $28,250,000. Brash Columbia also shows a slight.betterment over 1933 valuations. SixYears "Solitary" Dortumun, Germany—Eighty-two persons have been sentenced to terms ranging from one years in jail to six years' solitary confinement when convicted of plotting against the security of the state. Field Crops Total Bigger $536,198,600 Value to Canada Best Since 1930 Ottawa, — The value of Canada's .field crops for 1934 was estimated by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in a crop report tested at $536,498,600. This is $112,901,000 ever the 1933 vai• luations. It is the largest value Since 1930. The estimated value fol' the four years previous follow: 1930, $662,040; 900; 1931, $435,966,400;; 1932, $452,- 526,900 1933, $423,597,000. The greatest value increases this year as compared with last year were shown for the grains and fodder, off- set to some extent by a"sharp decline in potatoes and a lesser decline In sugar beets The greaitest value increases this year as coampared with last year were shown for the grains and fodder, off- set to some extent by 'a sharp decline in potatoes and a, lesser deolne in su- gar beets. 'If ttlie prevailing prices are ` main - twined through the balance of the marketing season, the estimated va- lue of field crops grown in 104 will be the highest since 1930, This is a Jack Rabbit • , Rodeo Latest idtk a ,,, v..4-,7LX,;Ia Thousands of Thein'TO Save Pastures Dodge City, Ilan. — The greatest outd000rsport in Western Kansas these winter days is the jack rabbit rodeo. • Heretofore -'-the rangy wlongeared jacks have loped over the prairies without any much to worry about •ex-• oept farm dogs, a few hunters 'and speeding motorists. But now a whole army `is after them. The farmers figure it is good busi- ness to reduce" the rabbit population, especially when it is estimated that 25 jacks eat as much pasture as • .one cow. Conservative estimates place the rabbit population in eacrh• county at about 100,000. The round -up starts with men ',and hoys of a community taking -places' about a square several miles in area arid moving toward the centre of this square the hunters drive the jacks before them into a wire mesh en- closure. nclosure. Then everyone. joins in the kill .usling clubs. ` •- Anmals fit for eating are nhipped to relief agencies. The kill at each round -up ranges from several hundred to as high as 5,0000, depending on the size of the round -up. Tyneside Recovery Gains 40 Per Cent, During Eight Month Newcastle -on -Tyne,' Eng. Signs of improved trod are evident in Tyne- side, one of Britain's derelict areas, 1 For the first eight months of 1934 there is a 40 per cent improvement over the corresponding period of 1933 'said official figures submitted to the River Tyne Commission: I 1 1, An increase ` in :coal exports of 1,000,000 tons. 2. An increase of'21'1;000 tons In. imports of raw materials and gen eral .msrohan& se." 3. A decrease from 122 to 83 in; the , number of ships lying idle in the ria' ver. 4. A rise of 1600 in the nurniber of workmen carried acrosls the -ferry be- tween North and South Shields. Even In shipbuilding—elle,of the worst sufferers from sack trade -- launchings on the Tyne during that period numbered 12 against..1 during the whole of 1933, In Tyneside engin- eering industries there have been successive reductions in the tinent- ployment figures in every quarter since the end of 1932. In marine etn. gineering there are more men work- ing on the • Tyne that at any nine• in the lsast four yearns. . Night Institutes In London Mark Growthili 184 Adult Education :;. Aides During 21 Years of Pioneering, London; livening institutes ()lave brought after-sebeol education Within thereach of the great major. ity of Londoners recently celebrated their "cording of age' at a Pageant of Progress in the Royal Albert Hall. The London County Concil now runs 184 institutes scattered over the city. Only 21 years ago, London knew little better in the way of adult e.du• cation than the night schools; and the night schools knew little better than LiteI teaching .of reading and writing to those artisans and factory workers who attended them. No one had realized that, since ab- ilities are not liberated, in board schools by the light of nature, "mute 'inglorious Miltons" are apt to remain mute and inglorious unlesls somebody of pioneer ininstincts digs them out. To launch •'the present system of organized course's in evening instit- ute, in polytechnic, in settlement and in. college was no light task, since strenuous o-pposition was offered in the early days and official opinion was slow to recognize that courses run on uniform lines and compelling those who took them to attend reg- ?aaka; aer-e-RtxablA ' 'hazard =boatingg -Milani as in in only now and again "according to inclination," But the task was undertaken and held up, with the result that the en- rollment of students in a recent year reached" a total of nearly 350 ,000. whiob Fish Source of Vitamins And of Mineral Salts Importance of this Food in Children's Diets ---Roe Nourishes Nervous Systems Fish is usually classified for diet- etic purposes according to whether the fat is distributed throughout the flesh or is stored in the liver of the fish. writes Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane in New Health agasine. In the flesh of white fish such as haddock, whit- ing, sole and cod, there is very little fat; and what fat there is being stor- ed in the liver. In contrast, a consid- erable amount of fat is distributed in the flenb. of salmon, herring, eels, 'mackerel, sardines and halibut. It is to be noted from the dietetic point of view that the "presence of fat between the muscl fibres adds considerably to the caloric value of the fish but that it tends to diminish its digeetib- %lity. Thus while all healthy people should be able to digest all kinds of fish quite easily it is not advisable that fatty fish, should be given to in- valids. There are two other good reasons wily fish are of high value from the staudpoint.of -human. -nuitribion. First fish are a good source of certain vit- amins, and secondly they are a good source of mineral .'alts. The Bell fats whether in the flesh or the liver, are enriched with the fatsoiuble vitamins A and D. These vitamins are of im- mense importance during the grow- ing period of lire Vitamin A stimul- ates physical grayso.h and develop- ment evelopmerit and protects against germ in- fections while' vitamin D is required for the construction of healthy bones and teeth, its absence or deficiency being the imine•diate cause of rickets. Clearly, these ams indications for in- cluding ample supplies, of the fatty fish in the dietaries of children. Pi;ili roe, which is "simply the re- productive elemets, is also rich in vitamin A and: to some extent in it i- tamin B. It also contains consider- able quantiides of the organically combined phosphates or lipoids which .provide the 'necessary material for . the antral,* of the .nervous system. The roc dietetically Is a valuable part df theavailabfi 1t and should be eaten whenle.