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Canals Cost Set
At $988,794,100.
OTTAWA --- Canada has spent
$98$,794,1000 on the construet]on and.
.maintenance of Canadian canals since
Confederation, a report on the -water-
ways
aterways of the Dominion issued by the
Bureau of Statistics discloses. This
+ total was distributed in round 1gue
es as follows: Investments, $070,231,-
000; maintenance, operation and sub-
, sidies, $236,889001 dredging, , $82,-
173,800.
The total investment of the conn -
try in harbors and rivers, exclusive
of dredging, represented $6 per cap-,
uta.
The greater part of the shipping
engaged in the Canadian trade is of
the: steam or motor type -vessel with
a small percentage of sailing vessel>>l
in the fishing industry off the Atlan-
tie and Pacific ecoasts. No authentic
statistics regarding the total water-
borne freight tonnage in and out of
all Canadian ports has ever been
compiled, however, it is estimated
by the Bureau that the water -borne
commerce in and out of Canadian
'ports was between 35,000 and 40,-
000,000 tons for 1933, made up as
follows: Sea going, 17,360,000. tons;
Great Lakes, 15,000,000; Pacific
coastal trade (Canada only), $2,500,-
000; lower St. Lawrence and Atlan-
tic coastal (Canada only), 1.,000,000.
ON CALLING A PIG
One just can't pick up a newspaper
without learning something. Here is
a story about a hog -calling contest
sponsored by the University of Cali-
fornia at Berkeley. It was won by
a senior from Indiana, whose de-
clamation of "Who -e -e -e pig, pig,
pig" won high praise from the pro-
fessional judge. Other contestants, it
was reported, had good range, ade-
quate volume, fine tonal qualities, but
they made the grave error of call-
ing `Soo -a -e -e, pig, pig, pig," which
moans "scram" to a pig, it was ex-
plained carefully, and so presumably
disqualified those who said "Soo -e -e -
e" because after. all it was a calling
• contest.
What fascinates us in the story
•is the degree of culture possessed by
Californian pigs that it reveals. We
have serious doubts that Carleton
county pigs know "Who -e -e -e means
come to dinner and "Soo -a -e -e". means
scram. To tell the truth it is a Iong
time since we called pigs, but we do
not recall that they showed remark-
able intelligence or were conspicuous
for their regard to the niceties of
tone and pranounciation. Volume,
however, was imperative, and if the
call were loud enough it seems to
us the pigs didn't care much whether
one said "Who -e -e -e" or "Soo -e -e -e,"
or sang -about the Bicycle Built for
Two.
. _ I alifornia, though • it's •, ,dificr-
MAve
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• command to come and the order to
go hence, and hog -calling has become
an exact science. It must be the
climate, one supposes, or perhaps
the Berkeley . pigs have imbibed
something of learning from a schol-
astic environment. -Ottawa Journal.
RATIONS FOR DAIRY
COWS SET BY SUPPLY
Two important factors must be
considered in formulating suitable ra-
tions for dairy cows: The supply of
feed on hand, or available at a cost in
keeping with the value of -the product
to be produced, and the selection of
feeds that will supply the necessary
food nutriments In a palatable form.
plus sufficient variety and bulk.
Data secures at the Dominion Ex-
perimental Farm, Nappan, Nova Sco-
tia, show that the cheapest supply of
feed is secured from our own farms.
In other words, home-grown feeds are
the most economical.
It Is generally recognized that on
the majority of farms sufficient pro-
tein cannot be produced to supply the
dairy cows with the necessary re-
quirements. By producing clover or
alfalfa hay, however, along with roots
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, A ,brother to every other Scout, without regard W race or creed
( Shanghai. ----With the introduction
of mass ' marriages into China, the
Chinese Women's Temperance As-
sociation has suggested brides and
hridegroonls participating should re-
tcive a course of truction' in the
duties .of marrie(1 life before' going
to the altar.
In order to, improve Chinese fam-
ily conditions the association believes
brides should be trained in such mat-
tern as housekeeping and cooking and
should be taught to rear their and -
ren properly. Bridegrooms should be
given lessons on how to be good
husbands and 'fathers.
The fourth mass marriage was
performed here early in October, the
largest ever conducted in China, in-
volving 146 couples. The mass mar -
rinse plan, first started here, has
spread to Nanking, Hankow, Peiping
and many of China's larger cities..
The plan was devised to 'combat
the wasteful Chinese habit of spend-
ing enormous sums on weddings. Por
centuries the custom has been to go
deeply into debt to stage sumptuous
wedding celebrations. The mass mar-
riage plan placeo a frugal limit upon
the cost of wedding celebrations.
'fiver Cbl itese
Brides alld Grooms to be
T'aUght Duties of
Matrimony
The old saying "Once a Scout Al-
ways a Scout," was again borne out
when old boys of the 45th Toronto
(Leslie Street School) Scout • Troup
attended a Meeting called for the
formation of a Group Committee:
The history of the 45th Troop dates
back to pre-war days, and many of
the former Scoots are now occupying
important positions in the com-
munity.
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Banff Scouts made a special door-
to-door canvas for used clothing and.
footwear for their friends the Stony
Indians on the reserve at Morley
Alta.
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For Remembrance Day Sunday at
Mount Dennis, Ont., Girl Guides and
Brownies and Cubs, Scouts and
Rovers of the 29th Toronto
(Mount Dennis) Group paraded to
the Church of the Good Shepherd
for a service presided over by the
rector, Rev. R.,P. Walker, Members
of the Group Committee also were
present. Following the service the
various units formed up in square
for an address and the presentation
of a warrant by Major D. T. McMan-
us, District Commissioner, to Scout
master .Diane.
* * *
A baby bear has been acquired by
the Scouts of WynyaH, Sask., as a
'troop mascot.
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The Log Cabin at the Tourist
Camp at Lansdowne Park, Ottawa,
has again been placed at the disposal
of several Scout. Troops as a winter
meeting place by the Capital's Tour-
ist and Publicity Commission. One of
the. � appreciated features �
features of the
cabin is a large fireplace.
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The supplying of needed eye-
glasses for children of parents not
in a position to purchase them is a
new form of good turn discovered
by the Boy Scouts of Orillia, Ont.
Funds raised by them in their recent
Scout Apple Day will go for this pur-
pose.
• • •
Sea Secouts of Niagara -on -the -
Lake have as their winter quarters
a room on the third floor of the
county Court House, placed at their
disposal by the Town Council.
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Under District Scoutmaster IH. W.
Taylor, 100 Parry Sound Scouts
and Cubs, headed by the Parry
Sound Band, paraded to Trinity
Anglican Church for a service of
dedication of new colors. Rev.. S.
Turner officiated, and gave an in-
interesting address on the "Scout
Promise.".
* * *
Thirty-one Scouts and three.
Scouters of the 26th Toronto Troop
made a bus trip to Windsor for : a
two-day visit over Remembrance
Day to the 10th Border Cities Troop.
They joined the Border Cities
Scouts for the services at the
Cenotaph.
* * *
Two discarded cabooses given
them by the C.N.R. are being turned
info a novel headquarters by the
Scouts of Watrous, Sask. The cars
were moved to a vacant Iot donated
by the Town Council. The Council
also supplied workmen to assist in
fixing them up for the boys.
or ensilage and the common cereal
crop's, it has been demonstrated here
during the past three years that the
only feed purchases necessary are
small amounts of high protein supple-
ments. One supplement that is pro-
duced in Eastern Canada is fish meal
Experiments have been conducted
during the last three winters compar-
ing fish meal with linseed oil meal
when used to balance a home-grown
ration. It was found that equally as
good production, at as low a cost,
could be expected from a grain rat-
ion made up of 300 pounds of ground
oats and barley, or oats, wheat and
barley, plus 50 pounds high grade
fish meal as when 125 pounds of lin-
seed oilmeal was used to replace the
fish meal: In either case the ration
contained__ slightly_ over 19 per... Cent
p otein. Good quality hay and swecles
were fed as sources of roughage.
• With any i ration made e upof feeds
grown in Eastern Canada, a mineral
supplement such as ground limestone
and bone char is necessary. When the
fish meal is fed, this is not so essen.
tial, but it is excellent insurance In
any case.
Phhhy Anecdotes
Of the Famous
Max Beerbohm and his friend,
Sir William Rothenstein, noted artist,
once went to call on the George
Calderone, at Hampstead. Now Cal-
deron had lately written a novel,
"Dwala," and Mrs. Calderon was de-
lighted when she found that.Max had
—or rather, said he had—read it.
, (How easily it is to say "Yes" under
such circumstances!) She plied hint
with questions, wishing to know
what parts of the book he most ad-
mired. But alas, Max had not read
"Dwala"!
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Yet he managed to leave his di.ost-
ess with her first impression unspoilt
—a marvellous thing to have done,
says Rothenstein, admiringly ( in
"Men and Memories"), for mordant
as Max can be with his pencil, he
cannot bear to hurt anyone's feel..
Ings.
"So honeyed his tongue, so polish-
ed his. manner," adds Sir William,
"that beside him one feels oneself
a clod -hopper."
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Among Sir William Rothenstein's
famous sitters was Professor pin -
stein, whose portrait he did in Lon-
don.
"During one of the sittings," says
Rothenstein, a solemn stranger, look.
ing, I thought, like au old tortoise,
sat listening to Einstein; who, so far
as I could understand was putting
forward tenative theories, his ex-
pressive fade radiant, as he expound-
ed his ideas.
"From time to time the stranger
shook his heavy head, whereupon
Einstein paused, reflected, and then
started another train of thought,;
When I was leaving, the presence of
a third party was explained.
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:My a till.
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examines probiefns
wdich 1 put before him, and checks
!their validity. You see 1 am not :my-
self a good mathematician!' "
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Warden Lewis of Sing Sing Prison
tells a story an "22,000 Years in Sing
st
Horses Coming Back
Canada's horse population has de-
clinedgreatly during the past fifteen
years, due principally,. to the invasion
of the motor vehicle into the field of
endeavour so long ruled by the
equines. Unable to compete with the
speed and convenience of automo-
biles as a mode of transportation,
tile. horse naturally suffered prestige,
land with the adoption of power
machinery on farms his sphere of
usefulness became even snore limited
with the result that the number of
Sing") about a certain judge who,)
visiting Sing Sing was shaved by a
prisoner — an Italian — he had sen-
tenced to a long term many years
before. The passing years had alter-
ed the appearance of the judge, and'
the prisoner, so that neither reeog
nized the other. It was only when
the barber, In keeping with the tra-
ditions of his calling, waxed eloquent
about the injustice that the judge be-
came interested.
"Who was the judge?" be asked
the voluble prisoner.
* * *
The latter mentioned the name.
The judge became tense. The razor
was grazing his Adam's apple: The
blood left his face. He held up his
hand. •
"Wait.' a minute,my man," he said`
quickly, "I forgot to telephone to
New York. I'll finish the . shave later,
And he made a rapid exit from the
barber's shop:
It was a ticklish moment for the1
judge and perhaps a fortunate one
(adds Warden Lawes). When told,
later, the identity of his "customer,"
the prisoner simply shrugged -his
shoulders and smiled.
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A story of Winston S. Churchill --
told by Gertrude Atherton (in
venture's of a Novelist"). .
"Shortly after he left the Conser-
vative side of the House (of Com-
mons) for the Liberal, he was taking
a certain young woman down to
dinner, when she looked up at him
coquettishly and remarked with the
audacity of her kind: •
" `There are two things I don't
like, aliout you, Mr. Churchill.' j
" 'And what are they?' asked .the
budding statesman indifferently.
" 'Your now politics and your new
moustache.'
" 'My dear madame,' he replied
suavely, 'pray do not disturb your-
self, You are not likely to come in
contact with either.'
"One for Winston," adds Mrs.
Atherton.
Invention Allows
'Stomach Fishing'
Chicago. — Surgeons can "go fish-
ing" in the human stomach with a
novel instrument announced recently.
in the journal of the American Medi-
cal Association,
The invention, developed by Dr.1
Gabriel Tucker, of Philadelphia, is
reported as the newest method of re.
moving foreign objects patients have,
swallowed. In effect, the instrument
is a tiny pain' of pliers hidden in the
end of a long rubber tube bhat Oen
be lowered into the stomach and
moved about until the "catch" is.
"booked."
It is a sequel of Dr, Tacker's dc- 1
velopnient a year ago of a method of
locating foreign bodies in the stomach
by introducing an opaque feeding
tubo through the esophagus and 11..
laminating and inflating the stomach.
FARMS FOR SALE
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ABISIC1lLTU1hAL LOANS
Parliantent Aids%, - Toronto
horses in Canada declines' from
3,610,494 in 1921 to 2,933,492 in
1934, notwithstanding the growth of
the country during that period.
Despite the continued decline in
recent years, indications point to
better days ahead for "Old Dobbin,"
with both horse population and de-
mand on the increase. An estimate of
the number of horses in Manitoba as
at June, 1935, places the Horse pop-
ulation at 297,000, an increase of
1,000 over the preceding year. An-
onther favorable indication is the dis-
tinct increase in horse -breeding act-
ivities. Horse breeders' clubs in the
Prairie Provinces numbered 166 in
1934, an increase of more than 30
per cent over the number in operate
in 1933, and a
nuiber
Ms "reported to
secduisrte-,
satisfactory stallions. Imports of
pure=bred stallions and mares of the
draft breeds nn3nbered 50 in 1033,
and this Xiumher was more that
doubled in '1934.
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that you have seen what it is.
CANADIAN REPRESENTATIVE
Werner Ha, official ta-
tive of the Germaagn State Rrepresenailways,
who has recently opened an Informa-
tion Bureau for the Gorman State
Railways in Canada at Toronto, Mr.
Haag ,comes to Canada after many
years' association with the German
State ° Railways Offices in Berlin,
London and Paris and he is also the
official representative of the .organ-
ising committee for the XIth Olympic
Games in 1936, in Berlin.
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Woman Submits Plan That
Sounds Simple
New York.—Bearing a world peace
plan so simple she believes "every-
body will be for it and no one against
it," Mrs. Grace Oswalt Is in New
York from West LaFayette, Ind.
A plump, grandmotherly person
who manages a worman's dormitory
at Purdue University, Mrs. Oswalt
gave newspapermen a preliminary
insight into her plan.
She proposes to allow other na-
tions to pay into the international
bank at Basle the war debts owed
the United States. This sum would
be the nucleus for the democratic
support of the League of Nations, the
World Court, the international Red
Cross and all other peace agencies
now in existence, working as part of
the machinery of a united states of
the world, guaranteeing economic
security to all the nations, thereby
eliminating the need of armaments.
.;The president of the united states of
the wor13,vould be, elected by ,popu='
"lar vot8 of all peoples on the earth.
Mis. Oswalt's idea first came to
New York in a letter to the League
of Political education at Town Hall
after a broadcast in which citizens
were asked to submit their ideas
about possible ways of effecting
world peace. Her letter, selected from
3,000 responses, was considered by
bhe league to contain an idea that
would be the simplest of attainnnent.
One woman is reported to have
recently said: "We women would be
just as well satisfied if old Santa
Claus would just take the runs out
of our stockings."
Place N,.: nes
If any person looks at an official
map, he will find a well known com-
munity in Wolford township designa-
ted "Easton" observes the Brockville
Recorder. But if a letter be address-
ed to such a destination, it will prob-
ably reach the Dead Letter Office or
else be delivered to a place of the
same name in Nova Scotia. Similarly,
a village in rear of Leeds and Lans-
downe is officially designated by the
map -makers as "Seeley Bay." But
the post office in the village is of-
ficially styled "Seeley's Bay" by the
Post Office Department.
The map -makers are also respon-
sible for such versions as "Row
Corners," "Seeley," "Macintosh,"
"Lake Loyada' and Sweet Corners,"
whereas these places have been
known for generations and are still
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known as "Row's Corners," "See-
ly's," "Macintosh Mills," "Lake
Eloida" and "Sweet's Corners.'
It all started some years ago when
some busybody attached to the Geo-
graphic Board of Canada set out to
rename communities in the counties
of Leeds and Grenville, regardless of
the wishes or the customs of the in.
habitants. There is no evidence that
he or his associates consulted any-
body in making these and other de-
cisions. They simply made them and
expected people to follow suit.
We humbly submit that before of-
ficialdom tries to shift familiar
old place-names, it should fled out
what the residents of the communi-
ties concerned think about it and
certainly the spectacle of a village
possessing one official name on the
map and another official name in the
post office directory is ridiculous in
the extreme.
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Amateur Short. Story Contest
'Ns 2nd contest closes on Dec. 14, 1935. The Entry Fee is Twenty"
Five Cents, no postage stamps. The first prize will be 25 percent.
of the entire contest receipts, second prize 15 percent, third
prize 10 percent. A constructive criticism on each story submitted
is given, a auggested market for very practical story offered. Each
entrant must send in 'a signed statement that their story is either
original fiction or a true life story, your
name and
address,
and
o 1,000 words
number of words in the story not over , enclose return
postage. Typewrite if possible or even legible handwriting accepted.
he winnore of the first Story Co5test were M. Passmore of Elora,
M.; lilies A. 3. Card of mora, and I2ins E. M. Schultz of Milverton, Ont.
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