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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1935-04-11, Page 6CANADA THE EMPIRE ci‘cste 0 CANADA OLD CARS It is not fair to the people of On- tario, who have spent millions of dollars in the building ot highways, or to that section ot the blie which has invested huge sums of money in dependabier,ears, to allow irrespou- 14, sable pea'. cas to venture out on the highways- •ith old and dilapidated cars which have been purchased for $15 to $20 in some backyard. The department would have the support of the ;vast majority of the people if it ineesaeAea a more rigorous examl- xiation9r ...ad and used cars before they are-liceused.—Brantford Exposi- tor. A BAD THING TO START A German society woman was be- headed in Berlin for revealing state Becrets. If all the women in every country who revealed secrets were executed it would be necessary to set up the guillotine a,gain.--Ches- ley Enterprise. DON'T TRY IT. Car driven by man from Toronto collided with another car near Brampton. It rolled over three times atter which the occupants crawled out uthurt. Don't try it. -Only a car driver from Toronto can get away with tricks like that.—Stratford Bea- con -Herald. "THE KING'S FOREST." In England the forestry commis, aioners have obtained His Majesty's permission to name a tract of 600 acres that they have acquired for aff- orestation The King's Forest, With- in it they intend to plant a three - Mile avenue of beech trees to be teamed Queen. Mary's Avenue. The forestry commissioners have likewise bean granted leave to name an area in Wales, hitherto known as Vaugla In's Forest, Coedy-Brenin which again means King's Forest; and it 4s announced that they intend to se- lect a. similar area. in Scotland to be named iu association with the Ring, All this is connected with the Jue • biles and the idea, enthusiastically jeceived to all appearances, of link - iting.—Salat John TelegraplajbArnal. MUSTARD FROM PRAIRIES.' Canada's prairie provinces provide many items for the world's menu cards—even mustard. A carload of that commodity was shipped from Al- berta recently. This was the first iconsignanent of an entirely new -Venture on the part of two prairie tamers, who had some 41,000 pounds cf mustard to sell. , It would seem that mustard growing should become g profitable undertaking for the fer- tile soil of the province yielded an average of 400 pounds to the acre — Empire Review. OLD SONGS Some of us remember that "Man ou the Flying Trapeze" being sung in our childhood days, ailthough it Las been mentioned as a new song. Wow a copy, printed 70 years ago, as been discovered in London. As 4 matter of 'fact, it Snight be a good 1.hing to go over some of the old 09n313 itsstead of some of the things iiIoh laughingly were called songs ith. music nowadays—Niagara Falls eview, WHY IS HE POPULAR? One reason the Prince of Wales is ad popular ilea in his sense of fun nd in his humorous reaction to the Vany honors that are thrust upon Min by virtue of his position. too ess kve THE WORLD AT LARGE Trucks Dumped In Toledo Drivers' Strike The other day when addressing the Worshipful Conine:ay of Gardeners. in London, the Pique said be was a freeman of :six city companles. "MY only claim to be a member of the musielans' Company," he said, "is that I *wrote recently what I do not think a eery good slow march for the pipes, "I am also master of tie Merchant Marine Company. 'I hold that very high rank of admiral in the navy, but I would never advise anyone to sail in a ship in which I was captain and in charge of the navigation." That is the spirit which brings him close to the nation. He is, however, a real enthusiast for gardeuing, as his 'activities at his own properties show, and on this oc- casion he said that "Though only a young and amateur gardener," he found himself at borne among gar- deners. He hopes one day to carry away a number of prizes at horticul- tural exhibitions. More power to himt—Sault Ste. Mario Star, - WITHOUT A RIVAL. It has been demonstrated, in a hundred and one ways, that newspap- er advertising is without a rival, whether one wants to attract tour- ists or sell a bill of goods. While travel and other literature have their value, they cannot begin to compare, as a medium of publicity, with the newspaper advertisement. As we have pointect out on other oc- casions, advertising of all kinds at- tracts some readers, but all readers see newspaper announcements. — Border Cities Star. BRIGHTER DAYS. The tax rate in St. Catharines may be 41 mills as last year. But there is this much to be said about it, St. Catharines is 'maintaining itself in a mighty sound condition and if this is done, there is a much brighter day ahead for the taxpayer, because debt in the nextalive years will be greatly reduced.—St. Catharines Standard. HONOR GUEST. Mr. Welch had been dining out six nights in succession. On the seventh night he turned up at home for the eTensurameataa-arersarene-avaa aearene Mrs. Welch then rose and addressed the other occupants Of the table: "Children, we have with us to- night a guest whom you have all heard, even if you do not know him personally. He is a man. who has a reputation for good cheer in every club in the city, and this evening we are to have the honor and pleasure of being numbered among the admits. ers •of his entertaining Qualities. It is with the greatest pleasure that I present to you—your fat-herr—Van- couver Province. GOOD ADVICE. Dr. Wynne, New York's health commissioner, flays the golden rule of health is "Keep Your Mouth Shut." But Isn't that the golden rule of human intercourse generally?" — Winnipeg Tribune. A REGINA CENTENARIAN The Leader -Post herewith offers hearty felicitations to Mrs. Annie Morrison, 2070 Garnet Street, Regina, 'who on Sunday last marked her 100th birthday anniversary, Mrs. Morrison, a native of Inverness, Scot- land, and who came to -Regina from the Wapella district, where she set- tled with her late husband in 1883, observed her Century of life with children, grandchildren and great grandchildren about her. ...... ,It is well to reflect upon some of the formulae of longevity that per - A "pick-up" crew isrighting an overturne d truck during a hill in milk drivers strike in Toledo. O. Deliveries to all but infants and the infirm were prevented in determined fight for union recognition. sons of such advanced years as Mrs. Annie Morrison offer in response to inquiries Amongthe suggestions of- fered by this centenariau daughter of the Scottish highlands, is hard work and regular and adequate sleeping hours. Sleep eight hours a day, she suggests. In this age of tuamoil and rush, it is to be feared this good ha- bit is neglected by many. — Regina Leader -Post. REAL HEADLINERS Papa and Muria Dionne make brave efforts to keep in the headlines but when all is said and done there is more excitement over the first tooth in a quintuplet's gum than In all the doing of their parents.—Ed- monton Journal. THE EMPIRE IN COLD CASH. The loss of India would be even more serious than the loss of the Great War would have been. In one way or another it would deprive this Country of something between £40,- 000,000 and £60,000000 yearly, waiich represents the profits of Great Brit- ain's association with India. It is only -with the aid of such income that we are able to meet our over -see irdra—fabersternsaiestissrikiTY'lrOAS, THE DEATH DUTIES. • When. one man's estate yields in death duties more than the increase in the Estimates for the three de- fence Services it can hardly be de- nied that millionaires are useful. Death duties alone last year yielded £75,488,476—more than enough to pay the country's education bill. Of this ,sum nearly £13,000,000 came from the 226,000,000 estate of the late Sir John Elleaman. However, much wealth a man or a family may amass, most of it comes back to the public funds in two or three genera, tions.—Manchester Sunday Chronicle. HOUSING AND HEALTH. A couple of documents are just published which are worth the atten- tion of good citizens. The first is the annual report on the Army. It re- veals that only abdut a third of the applicants, for the Army were accept- ed. Bad health was the main reason for rejection. The second is the third volume of the Registrar -General's Statistical Review for 1932. It shows that bad ahealth is directly related to economic position, and that the ine- quality which disfigures the oommun- ity extends even into the chance each individual has of keeping alive and fit. Of every 1,000 children born in areas where the density was 0.7 persons per room, 58 died before their first birthday. Where the den- 'NAUGHTY MARIE sity was 1.15 persons a room, 93 died. Who will defend this?—Lon- don Daily Herald. PREPARING- FOR THE JUBILEE. And the news which was published last week from Yorkshire helped to show the progress that is being made with, the scheme for the chains of beacons to be lit by the Boy Scouts on high land all aver the British Isles half an hour after sunset on Jubilee Day. Once and for all, Mac- aulay has sung of the beacons spring- ing from end to end of the country. They will spring again next May as they sprang on that summer night in 1588; but the cause will not be -wrath and fear, it will be joy and good will, All true expressions of that joy and good will are to be welcomed; but all will be incomplete without the beat, which is the least spectacular of all; and that is a contribution to the well-being of the King's people —by choice through the National Ju- bilee Thaukoffering.—London Times. TOPSOIL CAN RE RESTORED Slow Process—Air, Sunshine, Fishworrns Are Factors Syraeuse, N.Y.—Air and sunshine will 'supply new topsoil for areas now eroding in the midwest, if the proper holding vegetation is plant- ed. This means literally that just plain air and sunshine turn into dirt— converted by the action of plants. The process is slow but can be seen and measured in a human life- time. Sonia studies proving this have been made in the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse Uni- versity. Prof. S. 0. Heiberg has samples of soil showing the whole process, both destruction and replacement, as it took place in New York State. The most dramatic exhibit shows the -Work of the "Builder -Upper,".. 'the esettribution of air and sunshine. This is soil from the oldest planta- tion in New York State, the Wood - gate Place, at White Lake. • The soil from that place is laid out in a panel, cross-sectioned, to a depth of abotit two feet. Various layers show what happened to that soil for more than a century. • For the last 60 years it has been forest. In that period the topsoil has built up by depths of one to two. inches. This build-up is plant de- cay. The decay is not primarily the nu- trients already in the soil which were drawn up through the plant roots. Ten per cent. of the new soil is that kind. Ninety per cent. of the new top- soil is actually air and sunshine con- verted into loam. This 90 per cent. is carbon extracted from the air by plants in breathing carbon dioxide. Under the influence of light, the plants change the carbon dioxide chemically into starches and sugars. They also use a little of the other elements from the air. The light's energy passes into the sugars and starches, and remains there. Professor Heiberg's studies show that fishworms may be the most lin- portant factor in restoring fertility to a denuded soil, provided nature's other agencies are given an oppor- tunity to replenish the lost organic and other soil materials. Fishworms churn and mix the soil better than steam shovels. They may turn over annually something like 15 tons. of soil an acre, where con- ditions.s are right for their work. HARNESS WINDS Tests Made With INindrniliS In Northern Russia In the north of Soviet Russia lies the dreary tundra—a frozen desert. Geologists have reported that be- neath that waste, covered only with lichens, are rich stores of coal and treat. But mining seemed a hope- less undertaking. How are coal and peat to be transported in the ab- sence of a railroad? Soviet engineers of the Central Institute for Wind Energy at Mos- cow have reached the conclusion that the windmill may solve the pro- blems thus presented. At Moscow the average velocity of the wind is only four meters (13.12 feet) a sec- ond, but north of Latitude 62 de- grees it is twice as high. Moreover,' the winds in 'the tundra are fairly constant and particularly strong dur- ing the long, cold Arctic night, pre- cisely the period when the sparse population of the tundra takes to its hutsanck cowers there in the gloom, So the experiment of developing the tundra with windmills is to be made. Experiment With Windmills Fortunes have been lost in vain attempts to couple windmills to electric generators in the hope of charging storage batteries and thus tapping an inexhaustible source of energy at low cost. The outlook in the tundra . seems particularly un -- promising for wind power because of the severe eonditions that must be faced. Moving parts, except the vanes, must be protected; the driv- ing mechanism must be stout enough to withstand blizzards; repairs are sometimes impossible . to make in W i ny t er , Sixears ago an engineering ex- pedition set up an experimental windmill in Novaya Zernbla. The mechanism had two vanes, each 3.28 meters (10,76 ft.) in diameter. Enoughelectric energy was goner- ated and stored for a radio station. and for electric illumination, Two years ago the biological station on the Murmansk coast was supplied with a windmill eight meters (26.24 feet) in diameter. It is said that the energy generated was fed direct- ly into a transmission line, althdugh it is not revealed how voltages were maintained and interruptions of ser- vice avoided in periods cs.” .calm. With these successes ' credit the Central Institute • ed to design a still larger windmill—one with three vanes twelve meters (39.36 feet) in diameter. With this plant 580 kilowatt-hours are to be supplied in June and 875 in De- cember. The cost of the energy is said to be about 7 cents a kilowatt- hour. While this seems comparable with the household rate charged by highly efficient central station com- panies in large American cities, -it must not be taken too seriously. Cost accounting in Soviet Russia is not what it is in capitalistic coun- tries. Possibilities of the Plan High runs the hope that gales will develop -the resources of the North. Fishing smacks with electric motors and lights are to charge their batteries at shore stations. There are plans for a factory at Kildinsk to extract iodine from sea -weed. Wind -electric sawmills 'are to 'be erected in the forests south of the tundra. After having demonstrated exPeri- mentally that strawberries, . onions, cucumbers and other scurvy -pre- venting fruits and vegetables can be grown under ultra -violet light, Pro- fessor N. A. Artemyev of the Mos- cow Agricultural Academy indulges in visions of electrically operated truck farms in a northern wilder-. ness where only tough lichens now flourish,. The crowning touch is a picture of electrically illuminated igloos so fascinating to nomadic tribes that they will settle down and enjoy -the blessings of stable govern- ment. Fashion and Potatoes The slump of the potato market is blamed by some as the direct result of dieting by women on a large scale. They have read that potatoes are fattening and now potatoes are added to the long list of foods that are banned from the diet of the wo- men who is making a slave of her- self for Dame Fashion. Life among certain groups of peo. ple is just one long controversy over balanced ratiori, proteins and carbo- hydrates, and this will go on and on while Fashion dictates the type of figure that is in style. And Damo Fashion, if we can believe the de signers who pretend to be on the inside, insists that there is but one type of figure—the. one you see hi women's magazines. And the worsi of it is that many women, old enough to know better, prefer to believe it, with the result that they diet an drug themselves in an effort ti change the dimensions Mother Na, ture ordained for them. PRETTY SMOOTH Fergus News -Record The palm for this , week's best simile goes to Art Wesley, of the Walkerton Herald -Times, who de. scribes a burglar entering a local hotel beverage room "noiselessly a4 an eel slipping through a barrel oi oil." 21 The. Princess Marie runs away from her cruel Uncle; the Prince, and her aged tuitet, Don Carlos. Dis- goieed as het own maid, Marietta, she is going to ' sail to Louleiana with the Casquette girls who ate . to marry the Freneh colonists, But on her way to the boat she ia frightened on seeing a poster an - rooming large reward for any information core. eerairut her whereabouts. Marie reaeltes-ase boat and mingles with the other. girls. But before they sail the police board the ship. They are looking for the Princess. Quaking in. wardly she allows them to examine her papapott and creclentiale. They glance aroutus d suspicuslyo To seem more convincing, IVierie asks another girl' for some bread, then stuffs it in her mouth and eats it in a course ill.bred manner., The police leave and the ship gets under way with sails full-spteed, while everyone aboard singe a rousing embarkation song. The days pass pleasantly as the boat sails over the white -capped waves and Marie makes friend with all the girls. At night she sings to them, and they listen for hours, entreated. Soon the day'' arrives when their destination is in sight. One night as they sail along the Louisiana coast, a mile from shore, a shrill cry reale the air. It is the Lookout For, paddling furiously toward thera hs the path of the moonlight, are a number of smiling , ukiffs--filled with pirates. What will they do? Has Marie escaped from one danger to fell into another? Don't miss tomorrow% exciting mstallment of "VaUghty Marietta."