The Lucknow Sentinel, 1938-05-19, Page 6•
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Conlmentary. on the
klifiblighb ,!/f the Week's News .
By Elizabeth Eedy
MOMENTOUS ANSI So Mach
• happening in the worid, tochoT,
vire/44 are moving r quickly on all
fronts, that. aituationa„of Momentous
•importance .in this quarter or that.
• go, practically. unnoticed. Our atten-
tion can be 'focussed Only or so niany
.points at'oncei Witching what Hitler
' is 'doing in Central Europe, what
Mussolini planning in :the Mediter,.
•. raneaUk is physically ini1301§ihle
• also -to keep our' eyesOn what .4
,
• happening in India, in Palestine,. in,
Iraq, •in Syria,mereeed,'.1d,..S.Outh
America ancl: Mexico (for world -
stirring events. are , brewing in ,eaphl
one 9f.theae corners' Of. 'the ;earth).
▪ We do welire able.te' watch
• the Progress of, the War in China andth
Spain.
. And in our own dear • Canada,
• -there's plenty going on,,.• Whether We
read the newspapers or net; to .find -
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:TEN,Powgn PACT: Urged by
•'Winston Churchill jest week in Lon-
don is wide European alliance of
ten peWers. calculated . to encircle
• the 'Gerniari Reich 'and block further
•• aggression on the part of the Nazis.
If ,such a'.front were:formed-of :the
'smaller nations of. Europe and. llus-
"sia behind' Franco and great 'Britain,
:uaing League of Nations .machinery;
7 Mr. Churchill.' declared, the :United• .
States would undoubtedly"signal
her encouragement; and sympathy."
Said Mr. Churchill: .."If we Can'
, •• •rally1:•eventen well -armed States in
:.'turePe, all banded.together Co attack
an aggressor, we'would be so strong,
that ' inirnetliate danger might be
warded, oft' and a breathing space
Would' be gained • ter, building later
"Wader -Strtietnie �1 peace."
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MINED BLESSING: 'With the soil
• of the, Prairiesmoitened by the, best
rainfall • in. 17 years; and crep...pros-
pects the Most favorable Since.1933,
• Weaterif farrnera * oft. the,;‘.0ieught-
, „
, stricken -areas are •nevertheless'-rOt.'
half, as happy: as we iinagine them to
be. For . two resigns: a good crop
means a much • lower price; will, he
"offered for ,wheat; a good crop nidaris
'nisi), that the.: mortgage .coinpaniee,
.
who .for so *long have neglected , to
; ,foreclose on farms,that, Were secm•-.
ingly Worth nothing, now are likely`
to blamp1:, down • on the debt -ridden
"'furriers:: •'11Wixt and the
• deep,.• ono, -Western neighbors' are
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• AN ELECTION IN .1908?: Qt-
'tawainsists, that there is no vo.lici
reason for an 413P,al, to the eountrY
In 1938,,no excuse for a Donainiell
election this, fall It is talking plaus
ibly,„,beeause. a trip to .the polls i
not really dile for another two Year
• Just the same the ,oprnipn is pre-
valent in some quarters that Parlia-
ment will be ,dissolved next Year,L
fourth year since the election—
but not this •fall, For anywhere near,
it. ,Should, however, 'ructions occur
betW.een the., provinces and the Fed-
eral :•.Goiierndlent,' that can't be
patched.. up` in, thev usual way, or
should national. ''''''expergency,".
arise, the 'government might' deCide'
to ball an election- this Year., „
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•
credited Herds
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Leads In Cattle, Free of T.B., aof.
Agriquitnral, Minister. Gardiner „
Agriculture .Minister Gradiner last
week informed thO House of Commons
949 beide of Purebred beef cattle in
Caneda, are accr,dited few tuberetilosis
,and found, tree, of the disease,
—and 112 he.rds are i ^ process of ac-
s creditatioe, The infornlatiOrl was
. sought by 1.1arryLeader. (Lib., Portage
14 Prairie),; 1, • ,
Seven rrOvineeS have tuberculosis.
free areas—Prirule
Nv firunswiell Quebec, Ontario, ga-
nitoba Saskatchewan aril 'british Co-
lumbia.
Totalling 618
CHINESE CHANCES: A„ special
cable to the Toronto Telegram from
John ,Gunth4er, internationally known
journalist; new in Hankow; outlines
the main advantages weighing on the
Chinese side in favor of their ulti-
mate victory over the Japanese ,in-
Vaderii, First,the country is united
politically as never before, drawn
together by a genuine Willto resist
„Japan and, to fight to secr.
olfd, the ,facility of the .Japanese in
guerrilla. warfare;' third; help from
German technical advisers ' and Rus-
sian pilots; tourt.ht.the stupendously
difficult 'job ,he 'Japanese • have set
themselves; fifth, the fact that 1.a7'
pan's standard of living i bound to
fall as the war goes on. '
•
Mr. Gunther points to the reverse
side of the canvas, citing China's:
disadvantages: first, ' the Japanese
have Virtual 'dpmrnarid Of the air;
second; ,the
Chinese arfiiy is woeful-
deflcierit ti it'd; •t
aPatlese•w:, e er.,,provksiened, het -
Ler hinted; fourth, provincial feeling'
i5 still strong' Among the. Chinese,
and unification of the, armies is yet
, .
far from perfect. ;
EARLIER 'VE dE.TABLE S : The
spring season in Ontario, :advancing
apace,.: is dov,V,two Weeks ahead of
previous .years.'. Vegetables are corn-
ing 00 the market ;away', ahead Of
Schedule, '. and one dealer 'predicts
that we'll ‘11.aVe strawberries by the
'first of ;lime." , . ' . • .
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All ' lovely, • unless frosts
come, along and nip • Our Ontario
fruits-inthe bild. • "
ews In
:evie
.APproiTAgireemeot: '
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LONPON.: The-Houee-of-7'Commons:
last :Week approifed :Prime • Minister
• Cliarelierlain's?;."peace ,with Eire
agreement on third 4t4t:final reading
, .
without' a Vote., , It now , goes to the
house :ot., Lords. • • ..
Conqueror VVeldiitited • Write
tipilLiP; • Chan -COM.. ' idOlf ' Hitler
was reeelyed:.in: hii
onhis return' frOnf 141;4:With a turbu-
lence of almost hysterical enthapiairri
.,:and a sPienamir surpasaing iiie recep-
: atter_ his bloodless conquest -of
Austr a. ...•
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- Fierce tiarinb*rdnnertev.
Jepane.ec• landing'
• party of probably :at .least.,1,060 :hien
ecbtipied:;:the' eataterh .pare, of' Ann*
•ProViribe',' in ,SCafth-
•. eastern '.'ettina. over ' the, Week -end, af-
ter :day -long •fighting resulting in•
nierouai casual ties, particularly
the:Chinese defentier.i. • ''• •
f,teporti irern:witriess.ei in; the treaty
•••••_Pert ....telL.pc.a.:iceppeentrated attack,• '
ebinindriciii‘g at' daylight, by tWelVe.
Japanese WAraliipS and. twenty planes, ,
raining shells and. bOnibi ;that started
,; fires:which, aro still 'iaging•toni;ght.,
. 79. Killed In '1Viine Explosion
,tru'OK$AIN'Toisl,,,• Derbyshire, • Eng-
land —4n offielal death list Of seventy-
nine wee, counted last ‘Week 'atter tw,o
'explosions 'rocked the Markham COP
liery here.. .Mote than fifty 4ninera
Were inJured. drief.stricken -villagers
:said aitnest .every'ilhonielest it least
One Worker....
Desperate da long efforia'if 'resew
eis to 'teach 'forty:five miners tratip ed
nearly -half a 'Mile 'below :the :surface
:failed. '
More Air Crashes
LONDON:L-Vour.„airPlaiie „Crashes,
.14 .Whieli eight, tiers died thie. Week,
raised the total Of deatha In the Royal
'Air VOree`a preliar6dnese, :•prograin td
76 in 45 keeidenta .sinee /4st /.
Two
at WYtOn :fleld, ilantingdonshire,
*here three Wer s killed ItT one aaei.
dent and two In anOthBr.,' •
,
Income Tax:. Act fvahd
• CALGABY.'74be Alberta Income -
Tax Act, peeSed. • by . the PrdVindial
,liegbilaturel in .1932; Waelltieelared `.ul
tra VireS„ In part, in a llUdgMent .of
Mr tt1'tfceAg.1w1ngh1g , week,
tie ,held, that iliderpe dervd. freer'
Atherta, when 'not ti.sed hi the.
royince Is not taxable,
Empfre Flying In Two Years
OTTAWA.—Within . eighteen -months:.
or two Years. EMPire flying boafsiwlll
span', the world in regular .paseenger
and Mail flights, using Trans -Canada
Airlineaas the between_
:EtirOfie and: Asia,: according to infor-
mation -released here. • "
Negotiation for the transatlantic
' flights -have been: completed, and, the
'huge .flying ho'ais.' are now under
:Struetion,.... four- in Greet. Britain and
four : in the United. States.i, ;Test 'flights,
wiil :Start. in ;Tilly. or ' Angust;thie year
•about.s.the time the 'Trans -Canada Air-'
With "VancOuyer:
in 'regular service. . — '‘ •
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Spanish , WAF) DeadloCked:::.
itENDAYI;
gents and. Cloy4ritcteht armica. battled'
to :a deadlock this 'Week on -the vital
central fronts. ' • • • • •
--Aiding the coaSt. road to Alcala• de.
(htiev- where, Insurgents have been
atteral-2;ng to widen their *edge tri::
wards yeletfe:a and .Castellon de la
'Nana, 'Tvernment troopsblocked the
adv' nc from hilltop entrenchments.
•The..fighting centred'. on that ap-
proach the sea where insurgents"
attempted: to Widen their Seabbard,,
tite'dOvernMent. right
flank badit to the. ;mat, •
ilk May Make
w -car Finish.
Dairymen.Hear:of NoW,Biprod,a
.-WhiCh Cart Give Auto Bodies .
A :GlO3t. y Surface.
• Possibility hf onvorting Surplus
rPilk' into a • finishing =toile! for
710'4' t,-,,,Uralifkr'.1iiilt.4.,:istLISL722'm.ialMitI.:W
clairyinen ' meeting %at. Utica; N.Y.,teat, Week aS the. result of a...pi•oceas
,patented by :William S. Murray, re-
searchohernist and .,Itepubrican State
chairnian., • ;. •
Henry -FI. Rathbun; of .flew Hart-
ford; l'ocal :icirector. of the Dairy-
men's League ,Co•operatiY,d- AsSocia-,
said *Mir i'rray heobtained' a,
Patent for ti'diethOd ,of converting
miIk Solids into ,a plastia and had
assigned'. rights; of use to ,the
diative. •
• Mixture Of Milk Solid* .
•' The process, Itatlibtin, Said; would
perinit the Use. of Milk 'solids' istea
thiiih on. automebiles ahd •for. Other
ritirpoSeVlot. v7hfc:1) a -bard, 'glossy
atirface is.'deeired.
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The procesi,,•he Said, involves. the
mixture. Of milk solids, including
casein and litetoie; with a, Weak fleiti,
atanning agent.and an alkaline
ma-
e.ia1, Th. Mixture IS :treated with
water ' ata° tarnprattire of 106 to
120 degree'sceritigradoe,and then is 6
dried.
• ,Onitirio;.witli 618, th,i most ae7
eredtted'htrdS.• 'Manitoba has 1.33-.
,Saskhtehewan:90,,,;t1riebec82, 'Alberta
48, Prince: Aldwarti Island and Neva
Scotia, 4 each; New brunsWick 3 and.
British Columbia 1.
There. were 8,840500 cattle' in Can-
ada in 1937 and 9,610 .vvere expelled
to Great ..Britain. Irish expo -yrs to
Great Britain: last year totalled 815.0.e
Bulk of the beef cattle exported: to
the United Kingdom recentlyhas been
feeders or stort.s.
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Strong Thceps
For Dr:iy,pts
1STAN3UL.—Applicants for driv-
ers' licenses in Turkey's capital Must
have 'more than Mere skill. The mu-
nicipality has tightened', its require -L:
rnents•fer„ candidates,,who must have,
-"strong ..tbiceps, . physical' .endurance,
good height and. weight." •
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,Though We
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$15Q,Q0(10)0 Every Year in Co, .,
014,10opectors Are Told. 1
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P4TROLIA, Ont..; ,-- 'The annual .
loss in the PATO/ince '03t Ontarie dtIO
to the infestation .of weeds amount
ed to,botWeen .$15,206,000. and, $2,2',-,
500,(109, and the lesithroughout the
Dominion- is a.pproximately
.9.00,090;" ':statea, .4, D:...meLeud of .
tho Department of Apiculture, T� I . .
CANADA
•
!Tato, when addressing the annual
meeting of the Larobton ,CoUnty,
week' inspectors here. last Week. •
•"The CatiSe of the present Weed,
Problem is due to the . neglect in
sowing seeds in the„ past," he ,con -
tinned. He. said, ,this ".year',. consider,"
effort' Will be ruade',.to' clean Up
eeketeries. •:
• The Spealier: also advVated
clean-
ing of .threshing •machine's, and all
equipniont before moving as provided
for inIthe, Vee4 Cor4icil 'Act - and
stated this will. assist greatly in
controlling:the. spread of weed seeds
ontotheroadsides and on the neigh-
boring farms. It was pointed out
threshers should be vitally interested
in weed control as their business and
'revenu is governed by- the condition
of, the crep; •
,
• 'W. P. 'MacDonald, agricultural
representative for Lambton County,
said that because of the untiring, en-
ergy Of the 30 county weed inipec-
-tOrs,1*-Lambtonis not considered a
"weedy'''. county'
•
Twenty' years, ago , soniebody in-'
vented:a make of car in a story. It
had a dashboard device which flash-
ed a White light,at 15 m.p.h., a -green
. light At, 25 --rn.P;Ii,,-a--red-light.-at-740
ni.p.h., and played `,`Nearer, My God,
to Thee," at 60. miles an hour.
Write.3 R. C. Reade In Toront
Star Weekly—Canadian News,
papernian Is Often Editor, Re
porter,, Pressman, ,Type-etter
Delivery Boy Rolled Into One.
0 after the paper -had been darimened
7 and left weighted down_ for several'
.•hours. The type Was all set by hand
,.
' VVe Used to adjust it in the fOrins
with a piece of paper here -ind' there
• or a whittled -,down 'match.",
'. The thrill and ,the skill of news.
paper Work are ab monopoly of the
:large Centres:, ;Assiirve'y;•:of 'Cana daks
smell weeklies • froin. eoast. to c.oast.
shows ' that theY clo not need:. p#6-
grav.tire to . give' • theni
have_it'in the editerial, chair.1'
' `What
• ' LoOking thetri oyer from' coat Lo
Coast,. from • james'Edward Patrick
'Butler, editor of 'the Newcastle
..Advocate . in New Brunswick,
whb.•Was_not:afraid to tell his town
that kipt "a'arpi•Isipnoky-hplot1;,7 etfq cgel;
.,Savage, Who calls himself"go.Verni
ing director"- of the, Covvichan Loader
in Duncan, 'a Sinai! town : 40 • Miles
.'north . of Victoria on 'VariceiiVei.:1S7'
140, afitt,:hasnlived a1 acore of lives
as soldier.' and sailor, fernier, ,gold
miner; storekeeper„.: Shakespearean
.reieardher,dieur. Miller:. and 'AI.P.P.•
as well as editor, .1 am ',forcedto ex-
claim again, and 'again, '.."Whata
nian!" , • : ••
Veterans of the Game
The real veterans of the Weekly
genie are. in • Ontario'. , The .dean' of
thorn .'all is • W. H., Tlinfaton, cditoz
of the -FleSherton'AdVarree • now in
his 79th: year but 'still' rePorting, the
news of •:, the • Flealierton...4elistrict . in
which .he was born. He ie,'..orie of,
the nieny.,•..who are printers , as well
as 'editors, He 'began 'newspaper life
60 years' ago
brother edits', the BobeeygeOn.
.Wright,', editor ..of the
Mount 'Forest :'Confederate, is Older,
in: years though, vent-Ter:in Weekly
eerkice• kle is 88;: 'hat did not etiter
jeUrnalisai ;until .1901, when: he re,
tired fiom the 'teaching :profession.
HOWne .for: 15 years-EnglishMaster
ri collegiate. His Paper, .he is
enfident;:' is the only o'rle • in, ':.,the
world that,. is galled ."Confederate".
ta • first Issue appeared one .Weck
af-
er the British North America Act
stablished the/boriiiiilon. of Canada,
• iiother cotot-J'uI �h} -tine:' Li Jas.
editor the Carp Revie*,.
Carp,' Ont.,, 'one'of thoCe" 'universai.
men for whom. ,weekly journalisin is
'mous:: He is ' linetyp.e, operater,.
resSipan and, refirter, as well as
ditor . and PUblisher.. And he ; still
nds, tirrie to cat'ch, More large basS
ban any.. other fishermaji. in the-'.dia,
It is hatf a centurY since he got
his first job With a Weekly 'newspa-
per and, Unlike the ;majoritY of his
confreres in the weekly tisld, he NO
never tried his hand at anything
else. He has pla)yed „ an important
:part in the politieal, history 'of the
province..' Hot Keinpt-
'ilIo
Telegram to launch , 0:2 Howard
Ferguson into public life. He sold
the paper to Mr. Ferghson but con-
tinued to , rhanag'e‘it until,' a, few
Years age, he fOunded, the Carp
,
Re-
vie-;
'Viler, I began us a Printer's
evili", he says, "the Principal 'Piece
f ,thaehrrierY. was , a hand press on
hich the fent ,ages Were printed
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: •-•That_ Printer's. Error •
Ed.. Stacey, editor of the weekly:
,Teesivate,r' News; gives as his most
amusing case of,printer's '‘,pi",• a
combination of sport and society
news : He wrote about a, former Kin-.
card n hockey• player Who ' Was •• going
to :England. Startled 'subscribers
kept ririging the phone for days rn
order to tell him that the joke was
on him. His I article, read "Murray
- Munro i starting on the forward
line in . a-Iblack coat with-l'ersian
lamb ten/linings and blaek hat With
:matching accessories,'
Say reenland-Was.
Linked With Norway
Polar Expedition Suspects.- Land
'Exists In Arctic That Once
Linked the Two Continents
• !.COPENHAGEN.--Dr:•Latige•Koch;
Danih explOrer, departed' by see
, .
plane last week .'for the Spitzliergen,
group Of Norwegian, Arctic islands;
to stag a polar: expedition to 'eager-
tairi whether firm .land exists be-
twben ,Spitihergen and North Green-
,
Koch, Who has. ObierVed:'-the
area frein• the ',air; centendsthat,
front a geographical viewpoint,'there
probably is, land there, because the
'northern and *::.'eastern • Alp -chains
Would intersect, between Spitzbergen
and North" Greenland. , ,•
. Saw It Once Far Off ..
' Dr': Koch's ..incle; captain P.
Voeli,'repelled.... in :;1907 he had
:sighted land. Members Of -another
expe.dition in 1912 :said they had
Se.en' itbut enly.,.at: a. 'distance. Last
winter, Soviet,. explorers drifting
down from the: North Pole on an ice
fide thought they . sighted ,land
through the Arctic darkness. •
The Danish government has: plaeed
the. vessel Gustav Holni at
.vdit ..se0e as 4 base of loperations
which '1Dr. Koch file's from ;Spitiber--
„gen to Peary -Land arid bablc,paSaing,
over the area where. the, existence
of land is suspected.•
.• : . PhOlogi:aphielSurVey •
. If Dr. yoc sights no land, fowl
theair. a co'inPletephotograPhic sur-
vey `will be undertaken from Peary
Land.. • ,'
, The Spitzbergen .oreup, ries, about,
400 lnilee off the ,eXtreine northern:
"coast of Norway and abbot the:Same,
distance:West Of Peary Lend; wideli
is the'northerninbet tip of North
Greenland,. 456 Miles' frorn:the:NOtly
.
• ke tare Of the petice,"'goel the
Old •sayitig., •One' young American
undergraduate has •jtiat taken a'
European hOliday on the savingS,
12 years -tall in coppers and thktis
"1 saved foi a tinN, day—not•
rainy orte,"*Was htr otn1111nt•
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0.r.r•rrrrrrr
Not To Be sneOe4.At.
)..Onterlo is Platinhig a -drive agains
hay Sever and. that is 'a movereen
that ia not to be. sneezed at.—Peter.
,boreugh. Examiner,
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OF GO To Grandma's ,funeral•
r of . tie
The provineK,doinetroller'
t.
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Mice reveals that 'every,. ditizen 'of On
tarlo works 54 days a year to support
the government." it ,we itnew 'Which
(Jaya of the year they were, we might
be, tempted to stay home on some of
them.7,.t. J. P.,th Stratford 'Beacon!
Herald.
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The Good Old Days.. •
Serneone, euggesti that whenwe be. pining,for •the'"good old daYs!" we
•should 'run the atttomobile Into the
lake throw the radio into the garbage
can, tear the: telephone off: the wall
And throw the tieetric Itght switch.
,out of the windoW. Yea,and take the
airplane 'down- out, Of . the sky , while
we hitch up the ox team —Lethbridge
Herald. r
Canadians Ate. Less, Meat
The Canadian" people consumed
porkIn 1931 than_beet.and_veal„,_
This .was the experience in. 1936; bit
in 1935 'and 1934 they ,consumed More
beef than pork. In /937 the consurnp•
. .
(ion of pork was 6.4.35 pounds per cap-
.itaas-a-oalast:16-;89-ponncladtheef and.
Th '" II i ankt.l.re
I
1936.}. was 67.08 .pounds.per. capita and
of beef and veal:60.48 ponnds. On the
,
whole
therefore,' the Canadian people'
ate, less meat last Yearthan they did
in the 'pr,evipus Year, -St. Catharines
Standard. • . ,. •
The: •
As Spring opens up andmetorin
for -pleasure or business becomes mere
Intensive, . the hitclkhilthig pufsande.,
increases.' .Few people .object to giY-
ing a 1lift to some needy person; but
the galling- part (with emphasis on:
the gall) is that most of thewould be
riders are people who Can Well .afford,
to :pay their' . way. They use simply
this', means Of transportation that they
'May..he spared the ,purdhase of a ticket
on, recognized carriera..-,--St-Ithornas
Times Journal ".
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•Araridthe.,Natioris•
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la, Washington, where there.,is mere,
talk. than Usual aboutarmarnentS, they..
have been 'compilingtiateLomthe-na-Val
strengtbs Of vatiellS nStleils• The
Spviet Russia, it appears, lias the
4.5.,9- Of then], ital,Y. P9113eagiecOad, wlth
84 ships builtand,1.4":hinkling, France
411::OP9'2. .04; A4taltino.071?e'retr1213.1e,17.i!a:ie411:1' 4Qur;e°'
'Odor -Sea • craft, in the werld, today
than diirlag the height. of sabinarizie
Warfare in 1917,Ottawa.Journal
Pull:for tIe Prairies • ••:
Faith la, theprairies is. nOt confined
to .these who dwell on these once. fer-
tile ,grain lands, for 'Senator Oa C.
rains, ..w4b -knows the. prairies „from,
'former, residence Until lago In the
West, .voices‘ the, opiulou that,: given
rein: 'hi June and July, the :prEiiries
can raiae. 'the linest Wheat in ', the
. • , •
,
An, that opinion she is simply ex-
pressing thegeneral view held by far-
mers in' the, West. They knb'w that
given reasonablo-weether 'cep:did:Mae-
dtiring ..the ,tne land
will yield. an abundant crop, ,but they
also are aware, -•frotr.4, itter expert.:
leinttelee; otrbnaot 02uierldge..r,:aildrbeetigli.e:peecotplittiregon4.
'tbe. land.—Moose Jaw Timehlournar,..
Australia's Warning
Iri .every democracy the public mast
newaddress, itself to •the...realities of
11-th,tre9.1,..:hemeirawarylice
ea
Is , problematical; , but this mach may
be ,proclaiined as 'certain,' that unless
the opponents—Whereyer they' May he
fplind—of -Thge in internatieilq
danger, trio chances.. of aVerting ulti-
mate .,war must be cei..ntecl negligible.
W e ditist face .the vital ;tact' that Ger
-
Many, 'Italy. Anil ..lapen are today mos
bilized for war. In' .the,'Mediterran4n
(Spain), in China in ,AuStria, without
declaration of bOatilities, defying tree.
ties •and ;careless in 'excusee, they are
.simply ravaging defenceless neighliers
for 'their! own gain,. In each .of these
veatures -no Itinit Is set to the olijec•
tiVes; and . no,-..spectittir can propound
a formula . for diplomatic bargelniog,.
in cheek to thia,..process, which will
not leave the marauder ttli at 'least,
a_part of his loot,...Thie-we,regard as
the grayest aspect of .t.fie. wood situ:
atiorr in its .challengenew unmistaii-
abletO eVery. people ' that possesses
anything , worth coveiting.',. 'The moral
t) us here in Australia is ineiCaPable.
—Syd neyi-He r aid. '
• • • •
Selling Our Wheat
ln Many Countries
Canada Is'Again.WOrrying About
the Problem Of :.World :Markets
With prospects :for the hest. Cana...,
:tla'an wheat 'crop in „many • years ' eyes'
YOf.the growers thin again to the .probi
lem of world maikets S quickly cfoes
.the Picttire shift that,:natione once re-
garded is,•formida.ble, competitors T0.
export may be forced by a •bad .seasOn.
to le•ok..-fOr• imports, And some of the;
competitorwhich the Dominion •fear-
ed- iriOst not long age, nothbly:RilSeitt,
.h:avebeen forced by Internal ' &Matti.
ons
to 'sleeken . pressure it . selling.
nbroad, shys. the Hamilton Spectator.
' United nitidoin. Best .cuStomer.- •
. . .
.nr.rhie.Conneetion the figures' isSued.
ly tie:Canadian -beard Of 'Grain .01inz„.
thieSionera. Covering exports: , for . the
crop ,year. 1936,37 are, reVealing, • It Is
shown.Lthat. /240 united riagdom Is,
still Our hest wheat chetorner, 'a feet
Which is •frequently' overlooked, The.
..oself-eutilciency!” 'drive •whidh has led.
:Franee and .'ClerMany to 'grOW—even
at great cost—the wheat they.,need,
'
has Cut .&.o*n thee (Mee substantial
. ,
customers of the .Doniiniencs. grain to -
'relatively ;small, linyera, •
Poi. 'our . total, exports,. of 146,886,1,72
bushels ehlef destinations:Were As. fol-
--,7).-6,994;766
'• . . 6,900,636 ,
?ranee ' 6,255,301
' 'Italy. • 4;887,132
Lrish Free:State • 4,507;684.,
Denmark . . 4,491,399.: .
Nor3vaY -
_ Gerrhany ••:•,••1 ...eii 3.76-4,40..;6
-"," 80%604i -id . ,366;092
Preece . i ,44 ' 2,137;226
Morocco
•SePtin . .. 1,762,406
Finland .
Catiade shipped her Wheat direCt to
thirty countries' in all, n commentary
. On the 'extent and variety'of bur ''fckr-
---7?
Si:16dr° Bit
Ainan who bit his neighber'S deg
has'ibeen used by the owner for tb"10:
.datnages against probably loss Of the
tutteidi; at Garkh, 'India.; Defendant
'idde'411ed that the' :doe -ottaf,41.0.--hiA;
86 he, soiled it ;bY the scruff.- of the
.A-0' nod: atht,bit It„ toteaCh it i
..• • •
1
ne
SHELF
. By, ELIZABETtLEEDY.
•"LITTLE LAMB"
• By Dahris Martin
tit large and:winsome pictures and
with .one of those .chiming little
stories, that. :repeat, the plight of a'
steal! :lamb whose woolly coat came
Off in patchesis unfolded ,,here for
very small people, Baba did notlike
the idea at all; . he :had been, ' all
white, all oyer.. He Was new ,begin-
,ning to showi , pink .spots where :the
Skin had no wool at all. it: did ' not, .
look .right • to •• him, and .he ,did not
think it lookedrightt anybody. So
he went to the merchant .for a new
Coat,' and this Worthy sent him to the.
tailor, and he to the Weever, with
at: last the shepherd,‘, melted by the
tears of Baba—and anything more
.moving., than this. picture Of Baba in
, tears it would be hard for a baby
to find--aent hitt' to Black Sheep.
"That. wise arimal laughed and laugh-.
. ed. • Baba's n,eiv• Coat Was corning in;
this was Why the Old one wag coining
out in spots and the story ,ends with
a skipping • lamb singing about hs
brand-new Coat, white.„As,11144,soft„,„
,AlthOugh the atoty is for very „lit-
tle•Iisteriera, the Pictures :will be ap-
pealing, to almost any child'up•to and
including the age when first teeth
begin; to we;lt idose.
"Little Lamb,'' by bahris Martin.
Pictures in 'color' by Lilly Somppi,'
36 pp." ' TOronto.:- `Musson :13nok
$1:75, • •
/Spanish Silvet Paves
Old Mexican' Streets
Streets of --several --Mc,dean min -
trig. towns liteal1y arid paved wth ,
silver, the National •Geographic
ciety reports. . , . '
. "tatty .Spanish processes .of;
ep-
arating ilor froirr the ordwer'e
crude.. and left retleh sliver. in 'the,
tailing," the poci,etk said, - "rhe ,t
tailings 'oft..etv were used for road'sur'=, t
-lacing; ..*.irdn'..the Slitter , Content is.
fmrtictilarly ' the, "tailings are
due up and 4,e-swerked,'''
,
ewer
ine
...
oi.e-Japanese.
0-B..iitiFh Columbia, Survey Re.,
--,--,-,
ve45 ,-,— Latter' Race IS Spread-
ing Y.P.41Y '
. ./...„... , ,
The Japanese segment ia Azif.11v.
ing, r 1!n.P1413.7: on ?British. CeistnPrin'.ii ,
tacier.chart• . : '. • • , '
11,•Ritloeg134:.:.atrilrhec:timean:.g.013hwtullortifetaliet:ht!he:Boparrisra.t.tical. cOlcait'i7,0'orSiv9P:eitmn4cbaeerid'a:'.:..:
population is shown in. a statistical ,
Picture; arnwn bY A.. W. Carrothers
'-
found the 'Japanese population in- ;
Creased 85 ,per Cent: in the' past 15 '.
years, . It has 'heengoing ahead' at • ..
the rate of aPPreiciniately • 700 :
year. M•
'of' c ---•.:Tap' WOMen IiH'erel''
., 'Meanwhile the .Chinese population, ,•,;
„under' preSsure, of .:stiff immigration • -
restrictions, lies been decreasing at ...
therate of nearly 1,000..a•year. Chi:, ' •
nese now number ' only about .19,500 '-
ic9mePhasroenr
d: forthewith
n
25,878Japanese.
ietseESin
the Japanese , popUlatiOn 1, and- -,cle7 '
crease among the Chinese are these:, ;
Women Makeup a large .proportion
, of Japanese inainigration; Japanese .
make. their bodies% here. and hr,hig ..
, out their,. wives: The, birth: izate,-;'.4of
high—bout 25. in'every 1,,090,......dii-
nese keep their ,theirwiveS:in-;:htie,
' ' '. . '
icon
land, Obedient to.tradit (._„....tbe.chk,
-nisi:- Man 'returns to his own, soil
to die near his familY:
Illustrative ofthis tiferid;'govern-
, • -' •A , ..;
inqnt iltailStiCS Show thae ate.A.I,I5,
Japanese,. weni'en, 'in , ,Sti'fish.1coliini-
'Ilia; enly:2,525.7chint,$'a .4„ijuiii6i.
,
!event
f Immature
Legislation Is urged to Curb The
OfitariO .
Thesuggestiozi .has been Mad,: '-bY
the COnservation' iand 'reforestation • .
• . ,
committees that sanction from sbme
authority be obtained. 'b,efo're
.ture WoOd...grOvVtii could be cut. in
Ontario,. Says _the.% Farmer's•! Adve-
• , Th?, • thought—, htuik .of the "rocani.,...
mendation, twin:oh:4)# ' the'N.utting of
immature wood growth Is AO "Von. -
serve our forest . and woodlots and ,
not Allow thein .to be. slaughtered''
by timherilianters, too many of Whorp
think only of immediate gain, Th,, -
are, now rrieri. who hae made- a liv-
ing out of buying ',standing tiniber.
who are ready to endorae the recom-
mendation. „ because triercharitable .
'timber is becorning so scare° that
their Jiv11hcjod is. -threatened
Thousands .of Acres Cut Over
'Certainly the proposed' legislation • ,
w"tlidinbrie°rt'ogr63.:eoeS.21for'raWsotod.'Parrut,6hibire-t..
the property, owner taking out need-
eci.,
pairs. The i•eguletion?Ought ieven. ,tO„
I.Pbeu:rnh ceifrivueintoar... .
that treatment itwould' be More .
*-prOfitable. to „What it. Shonici
prevent. is 'thousends[„Of acres- --
over „land, ivirhed and uAdles.s. '\
In' the +opiniori.', Of the '.Farmers •
Advocate the 'reeve or the "clerk ,Of
tho, totsinallip",shoUld-',;,be the One to
_decide When iininature wpod growth
should ' or ,should not be cut.'
Absent- Mindedness
. .
It Will Astound You to Learn of
"TThheC Thwgs Tat Office
Turn Up
In
• AS ,a •general. thing, ,where. absent. ;
mindedness Is mentioned :ooe'S, mind
reverts to 'eollege:p:rofessere, old. indri
SndoIcl wdmeh, • but Jir'Londati, absent,. .
•,inbidednese 3s,Jrespeasible for a •very .
:thriving .ind,ti'et-ry: '
s.
And that,isi.th6. hest 'Property Offide
of the London Passenger Transport ,
Board. Situatedlit baker. Street; iri that
elty ,Thia. office ' ponSiste Of •an Im-
men.se 'three sioreY :WarehouSe.',.FrOnis 7
.. • . • • •
.this office .each,' night a fleet Of lorries • '
goes but 'to coll�ct lost. lropertr that"
,ha, been foinid at 'un'tierground, .hus. and train. dopot all dvei London.,
,Soft .1-fate:.to 'steel' Helmets
• f•rem' hildnightkonthese lOrries hoe' 4:
to,:headquartere, loaded W.'.
Capaeity..: 'with
-71-litt`.'at'zi.iils.tedF1i'dfrifeta;.-",filiiii--einijhi --
drone' to mixed Pieltlea; from fur': .
Coats to football beets.; frOin , •
horse, pistals: to silk stocking, `,
Soine Idea' of the itninetisityet thisi
Industry Can be gathered -from' the fig..1
urea 'Of .the rapt: 'flrianelal .ettiternent.
which records that Within the paetil-j"
twelvd.'men the tITe Lost ProPerty.''Of-Y,'.•
lice tea:tittered 112,972 unibrellas„ 49,,
6:99::paire: gloves and 19,79$ .single
gloves;; 88,611 pieces of clothing; 2r
949 Attache etieec. 24669 .bookW'aiit
168 plecee: • of ...Undefined...property., In •
Parcele,'6,895.' pant ot spectacles;
78 005 "Aiti°8+ 'all4 '2'017 ditS•
ferdilt pieceof foodatliffe indludifig
In Pohltrrartrelifieet
all,..there were 348,477•artielee. .
,
Usually An Umbrella ,
It. Is .hattly to he .1!ieittlered at that
but oe,these b1Il1oii of traVelera,. there.,
Wereetilhe theimands. of ahseue4iiind- ,
ed' persons, , Andin theory.. it Moans:
hat; every minute arida halt of every
laY, In the year.,,,'s.etrie.'absentitnindeti,'
bed' leaVes soniethiag behind 111 tube, „
boa, or treini and . every five 'ininlItee.
hie Senietifing Is an
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