The Exeter Advocate, 1923-2-22, Page 3Canada from Coast to Coast
St. John's, Nfld.-1t is repoated''t"fat Timmins, 'Ont. -It is understood
ewiou,,t,u,„mcI Oil ,and Mineral, -Lim- that.,the Mellinger Consolidated.Gold:
ted, capitalized at- $2,000,000; ryas been Mines is being given the right to pro-
:inco.rpoeated for the purpose of de- eeed at once with the development of
v'eloaping and operating oil and .other •Island Falls, where iapproximately 16,-
areas on the west coast of Newfound-- 000 horeepewer may he generated at
land. . The company is English. In a 'cost of +between $3,000,000 and $4,-
.n come 158 mining locations of 320 000,000. Theplan of development on
a!ores each are ,said to have been taken Island Falls by the Hollinger is to
ftp and leases iesued by the Govern- meet a tranernis+siion line, cutting
meet across the T. & N. 0. Railway at a
Charlottetown, P.E.t.-It is esti- point about fourteen Inii.es north of
Mated that about 5,000 barrels 'of Cochrane.
.'oysters will be packed on Prince Ed- Winnipeg, Man. -Dairy production
ward; Island this year before the •sea- in the Province of Manitoba in 1922
son eloseas, an anerease of 1,300 +bar- was valued; at approximately $12,434,-
rets over 1921. The demand is •good., 223. The production of creamerytbut-
ithe price ranging from $6 to $8 perten reported by 44 creameries, am-
barrel. Some fishermen have already ountecl to 10,559,601 pounds, whieh is
Randers qty barrels_ each, 2,009,496 pounds more than in 1921,
• +Seeiney, N.S.-The British Empire an increase of 23.5 per •cent., and the
° Steel • Canporation,•has in prospect a selling pn^%ce at the creameries was
'fiery considerable, building equipment $3,695,860.
Program, aeeording to announcement. - Banff, Alta. -For the first tiuno in
There is contemplated a complete re- the history of Canadian winter carni
newal on a .Large scale of the teal valla ene hundred mile world's chain-
tearrying equipment, which will prob- pion dog race will be run in full view
ably' comprise an order of 200 forty- of the 'spectators at the seventh an
tori capacity steel car.s and, 500 fifteen,- nual winter earniyal here, Februairy
tan wooden hopper cars. 24 to Meech 5. Five thousand dollars
Fredericton, . N.B.-A surplus of has been contributed to finance this
$7.0,576 over . current expenditures ranee, and already seven teams from
f'e oeded by 'tbhe Provincial Govern- The Pas, Manitoba, have been entered.
•ment during 1922. This does not take .In addition to the Dog Derby, other
into consideration the Valley Railway sports will bei •ski=ing down the natur-
bond in!te:•est and other indebtedness, al slopes of Sulphur Mountain, skate
and which is not regarded as a legiti- ing one -the Bow River, hockey matches,_
Mute charge on' the revenue of the swimming in the hot sulphur springs,
province. The 'receipts from soccer- and attendant water sports.
cion duties last year were $261,597, as . Inveannere, B.C.-Twenty-two dol-
,c'oinparied with $151,325 in the pre- tars andfifteen cents worth of gold,
vioua year. taken from the craw of • a defunct
Montreal, Que.-For the purpose of goose by a housewife here, has caused
E,iteresting "Canadian importers -and a mild stampede up Brady Creek. The
exporters in the ,possibilities of trade goose was fattened in a barnyard that
with the West Coast -of Africa, an ex- includes the creek in its boundaries,
hibition+of West African produets will Thirty-five ,placer claims have no*
shortly be held an the quarters of the been filed on the creek and mining will
Montreal Board of Trade. 1 omm,enee when spring permits,.
CANADIAN GOODS I TO ASSIST POLAND
AT BRITISH EXHIBITION AGAINST GERMANY
Mb.ny Lines of Manufactures
to be Shown for First Time
at London Fair.
A - despatch frons. London saes: -
That barge section of the Canadian
Public which believes that Canadian
exports to Britain are confined to bulk
foodstuffs and raw niaterial+s mak be
surprised to read that there will be
exhibited at the British Industries
Pair, which opens bene next week, the
following lines of manufactured goods
from, the Dominion;
Canned milk,. paper, -wood, fibre,
carvings and mouldings, +bootsand
awes, :breakfast foods,- whiskey, soap,
;q+arteats,• electric mI1s, ..toil:et prepara-
tions, wallpaper, etc..
There will be a special Canadian
.section at the Fair for the first time
in its, history. A recent cable, in which
the correspondent recorded the growth
of Canadian export trade to this coun-
try in such unexpected •lines as sugar,
sole leather, oobhlt oxides, wire nails,
etc., has been 'criticized as over opti-
mistic. The Dominion trade statistics
now to 4iand confirm the statements in
every particular. During the last six
Or seven months there has been a
maiul.ed.revivall iia Canadian trade with
this country.
Miss Canada strain. far .exceeded the yield of thy
welMarquis wheat:ie+
1 l.n own 1yI. •r urs at:
French Parliament Voted
400,000,000 Francs by Large
Majority.
A despatch from Paris says: -A
loan of 400,000,000 francs to Poland
was voted by the French Parliament
on Thursday. It is officially described
as "for the purpose of improving Po-
land's financial and economic situation,
so that it may resume its proper place
in the European concert of nations and
play the role to wlei'ch, its geographic-
al position and history entitle it"
The vole on the measure was 515 to
68. Many of those • who vated against
it declared that the loan, while destin-
ed ostensibly for the organiziation 4f
the Polish: army against "unwarrant-
ed attack from the east" was really
put through as "a means of ' coercion
against Germany from the west." The
engagement for the loan was under-
taken by the Briancl Government in
1921.
Opposition to the measure iin Par-
liament was based on the allegation
that. the .danger of an attack on Po-
land from the east now was inexiisstent
and thus the limey was being advanced:
for military purposes rio longer dee
fensive; but in reality offensive.
SUPERIOR VARIETY
OF WHEAT TESTED
Umiversitp of Alberta Proves
That New Strain Surpasses
Even. Marquis Yield.
• A despatch from Edanonton says;,--
Three-year
as:-Three-year wheat tests, carried on by
the Department of Field. Husbandry,
of the University- of Alberta, have evi-
deiitly resulted in the discovery of a
high producer.
The Vv. can even exceed the
1Ylarquis `yield. by as much -as nine
bushels an acre. • It. is quite evidenmtly
a superior variety to Margins, judg-
ing by the yield reported for. the last
three years,
Professor Cutler states the test in
1920 gays 49 bushels to the acre for
Marquis and 59 for Marquis III.,
which is the new variety. :In 1921 bhe
yield was 41 and 50 bushels respective
sly, while in 1922 it was, 26 and 35;
s'ho'wing that in each year the new
Miss Ierinnifred Blair, a charming
3-oung woman from St. John, has been
elected Queen of .the Provinces, as
"Miss Canada" at :Montreal's winter
-festival.' She. is -nineteen years of age,'
tall, dark and graceful, with lustrous,
eyes, which are her greatest beauty.
1be is an expert dancer and piiouictont
fYu most outdoon aparts; particularly
whiter sports. , She is the daughter of
a Canadian soldier, who died on ser-;
8 ^Ea ovmeefas.
aenensea
331•4ain; i utti g Military' .
and Naval Affairs in Order
A. ' fiooi Loudon ' says:-•
ravther'evidence of ttlie',genera,l tight-
ening up of the British military, naval`
weld air organizations, which has been
going on quietly* for some months, was
revealed bare on Thursday by a new
order of the army eonuncill to the tern
iboa'iail ,anti-aircraft emits of the air de-
fenee brigades. l t was officially an-
nounced that members of .these bri-
gadea would be recruited to serve der -
leg national ,emergencies, when called.
upon, even thongh no ender calling out
the territorial army for netwi hellitary
service is in force at this time.
Success is. not sold en the instal-
ment plan. You must pay for what
pi,rt al, 41 roiu take,
Constitution of Free State
Moulded on Canadian Status
A despatch from Laiuclon says:-
That the immunity:. of Ireland from
1pay ible British • aggression ,again
et
ase:;
her ew li•bexti.es, is based on the ati-
rr
Y.
enmity'
. • t Canada, i+, the ,
}z nut, of c .the uitea,;,-:Fia+g
statement - made :by'. M•icleael+ Cellan,
the late Irish leader, in a, book+liic:li "" .
hes' justbeen. published peel:hun-leash,'
ui Dubll n. It is, :of curse a matter
of :history rlrat.the constitution of the
Irish Free State a s mouldedwi•th�°'an
eye 'to ',Canadian ecedents,, but Got-
drive inakes it evident that it was the
o!bjeet lesson of : Canadian lib:ent)•
which they
.'rhe t7eaty maleces
that they could find: an acceptable
,compromise within the Empire.- "The
treacly ,cliauu!ses constitute :a. pledlge,"
says Conn!ine, ",that we shall bees c,a,:e
from in+berferenee es Canada, is safe,
owing to the fact that her .4,000 chiles
of •geogrepI Ball separations, Our i1n-
mvnite Can neve: be 'challenged with-
out
out thellenvging the immunity of Can-
ada.
ada. Having the same constitutional'
status ass Canada violation of ouie free -
dem wo-u1d be -e chalilenge to the free-
dom.
ree-doer.'of 'Canada. It -gives a. 'security
which we miigIt not nightly to despise,"
tfWi.4. .0F i €I I3O i
THE DUKE'S BRiDE COMES FROM ROMANTIC STOCK
Ie it is true that "All the World Loies a Lover," it is also true that a bride is an object of keen and sytn-
pathetic affection, especially when she is a charming and natural young girl whom fate haa chosen to live in the
shadow of a great throne. Lady Elizabeth Bowes -Lyon, wlia consented to become the bride of the Duke of York
after* he had proposed three times, comes of an ancient Scottish family. They have occupied Glamis Castle for
over six hundred years, and are descended from the Stuart kings. Glamis castle has bean the home of early Scot-
tish kings. Lady Elizabeth, it is said, withheld her consent to marry Prince Albert because of her natural dislike
to the formalities of Court life and the high associations her marriage would bring her. She is a retiring young
woman, who loves the outdoors and all outdoor activities, The Prince is an airman and previously was with the
navy, having served on Beatty's ship at Jutland. His hobbies are associated with the social and industrial con-
ditions of England and their betterment:' The picture shows Glamis Castle, and the parents of the young couple,
the King and Queen, and the Earl and Countess of Strathmore.
The Girl That Was Kept
Home .'rom School.
BY W. M. MORRIS.
In an address delivered at the An-
nual Convention of the National
Educational Association in Boston
last July, reference is made to a little
girl who fell behind her class in ,aribh-
inetie when she reached: the sixth
grade or senior third Hass in the ele-
mentary sehool. She was a pupil of
average intelligence and her failure in
arithmetic so aroused the curiosity of
her teacher that the ease was made
the subject of an investigation. It
turned eut that her mistakes in arith-
metic practically always ,came in mul-
tiplication, in the 7, 8 and 9 tables.
Upon learei-ng this the teacher; imme-
diately took steps to correct the weak-
ness, but the child's school career was
also traced back to the time when
,those table's were learned by the rest
of her crass, and: according to the
register the .oldid' was out of ,school
during that trine. The parents had
obtained a permit from the Attend-
ance Officer allowing her to remain
at home for a few weeks. • She was
promoted. with +the rest of the class
and left with that wealmess buried
under the accumulation off the new
things studied. The results of this
.absence faoin school 'became 'apparent
to pupil, teacher and parents a few
years later. Haw fortunate the child
was 'bo have a teacher who took the
trouble teinvesbi;g+ate.
It goes to dhow how some parents
May keep their children home from
school' fere a day, a week, or a month
without thdnlcing of the tremendous
loss to their:,otivn "ch+aldreiv.endl the rest
of the class. Go into any "school and
you will ahmst invariably find some
pupils dragging along>, keeping the
rest of the class hack and making it
necessary for the teacher to repeat
lessons taught the- previous week.
Many. parents think that attending
seho-ol ie similar to doing any .other
piece of work. They harbor the no-
tion that a boy or girl who. is absent
far a clay or cavo may start in again
just where work was left off. They
overlook the feet that the class has
moved on in the meantime and that
the absentees are being pronated with
a handicap or compelled to spend an -
ether terni`in the same grade.
We do not appreciate the semens
,Less of the gap created do a pupil's
school ,course by 's'hort 'absences orf a
day one week, a few days another
week and then afew weeks at a time.
For one pupil;' who is backward, in
spite "of regular attendance, there are
'`hundreds' whe are lagging .behind and
keeping the rest, of the class. hack be-
cause of abeentatione The ;gre'ater.
number of failures, to qualify for pro -
illation from grade to .gxiade is directly
traeeal)le , to • hteg•ular ',attendance;
When a pupil falls b•eliaiiid" the rest of
the class, the extra effort to master
the subject matter he has missed, and
at the :same time the new material
based an the facts he has not yet
acquired', discourages hint and he gets
a distaste for school and school tasks,
The only way for a child to succeed
at school is to get every lesson that is
taught and master each day's work as
it conies.
There is an investment of $70,000,-
000
$70,000;000 in the sites, buildings and furni-
ture of the elementary schools of On-
tario. Add to this another $30,000,000
spent annually on the, maintenance
and upkeep of 'these schools. Of course
the greater amount of this investment
W. M. Morrie
Ontario School Trustees' and
Ratepayers' Assocla son.
and expenditure is in the towns and
cities. The city of Toronto, for in-
stance; has $13,389,927 invested in the
public elementary -schools• and spends
annually $6,260,612 on their mainten-
ance. The investment in separate
echiools in Toronto is $2,863,995 and
the annual expenditure en the same
$514,626. The cities of Ontario have
made great progress in the taste:leeacle
in providing schools. These free ele-
mentary schools have been establish-
ed and are maintained :,by levying a
school tai an the property of all the
ratepayers.. In the days of Dr. Ryer-
eon, ;the founder of our \ ed tcational
systenla5when free schools were first
provided, . men said, "You may as well
bake my oxen to plow my neighbor's
field as take my taxes to edueate his
childr=en." I suppose there are some;
people yet who think that way, never-
theless the non-resident ratepayer and
the clilildless ratepayer ere both taxed
b6 provide free elementary edusartioii
for all the children. . It is unjust,
therefore, to allow indifferent inereen-
aey parents to :defeat the end in view
by keeping their %Academe hio'nie from
.school without good and •sufficient rea-
sons. • It is very gratifying to Learn
that the - eeerage attendance for the
province has reached 86 per cent of
enrolment. This is 6 per cent. Nigher'
WE'RE c,lN
G A•MII_KINQ, SIR, THEY SAiD_
-ahem the News,pnd Mercury, Birmingham, England
than formerly and is, no doubt, owing
to'the valuable services of School At-
tendance Officers. We may not hope
for 100 pee cent. attendance, although
Japan can boast of 973 per cent. and
yet if the average is 10 per cent. less
than it might'be, the province is 1•asiuig
10 per ceu. o f the interest on the
$70,000,000 eapitnt investment and 10
per cent. of the annual $30,000,000
expenditure or approximately $6,000,-
000 a year. Most industrial' concerns,
in face :of a situation like this, would,
.immediately engage an efficiency ex -
Pert. There are fifteen thousand em-
ployees in the educational system of
Ontario and an 'effort .should be made
by all trustees, ratepayers and par-
ents to secure the highest possible
average attendance that the most divi-
dend's in intelligence and character
may be derived from the capital in-
vested.
British Air Ministry
Orders New Airplane Engine
A despatch from ,London says: -
The Air Ministry has ordered a new
airplane engine, two of which axe said
to be capable of carrying an air liner
with eighty passengers across the
Atlantic in sixteen hours.
The engines will develop 1,600
horsepower on a semi -Diesel principle,
burning oil instead of ,gasoline.
ONLY 12,230 TONS OF
COAL SENT TO FRANCE
Food Scarcity. .Threatened
While Prices Constantly on
Increase.
A desptttch from Essen says: -The
total number of coal trucks the French
have taken out of the Ruhr from the
oceupation to midnight of Feb, 12 its
1,223, aeeoa Bing to reliable souece5..
Bach track ee+a'rries tem tons of coal.
These do not include the trucks which
were in the Rhineland an the way to
France when the i,rrvesion began, nor
do they iuierude a email amount of coal
sent by river and eana+iv
To create the ampresrioo that a eon-
tinuous ,,,supply of coal trucks'. have
been going to France the French have
been .sending loaded trucks back to
repeat the trip. The methodical Ger-
mans have been checking pretty care-
fully, however, and the ruse did net
work on them.
So far as can be learned seven men
and one little girl have been killed so
far in the Ruhr "war." German and
French counts vary s+o widely it is im-
possible to fix individual responsibility
for the incidents.
A despatch from Dueseidorf says: -e
The threatened food; scarcity and ton.
scantly increasing prices of necessary
ie:s are causing amxiety to botli•French
and German officials in the 'Ruhr, due
to disrupted transportation. Meat,
bread, butter, eggs and other daily re-
quirements have doubled in price
within a weak in various districts, para
ticularly the industrials centres; which
are without railway 'service. Fresh
milk can hardly be procured.
The Germans contend the speculat-
ors, taking advantage of the helpless
populations, are as much responsible
for the mounting prices es the *cell"
I pation is for the abnormal conditions.
The newspapers are urging the auth-
orities to take drastic measures to halt
the soaring prices and punish the
speculators.
President Cosgrave of the Irish
Free State. '
He announces that,be is willing to
leave the settlement of Ireland's future
to the vote of the Irish,to decide
whether or not the present govern-
ment will be replaced by a republic.
De Valera, declares he will accept the
decision.
Weekly Ma rket Report
Toronto.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern,
$1.281.
Manitoba oats -Nominal.
Manitoba barley -Nominal.
All the above, track, Bay ports.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, 91e;
No. 2, 89%c.
Barley-Maltin'g., 59 to 61e, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Buckvehsat-No. 2, 78 to 80c.
Rye -No. 2, 84 to 86e.
Peas -No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50.
Mi111feed-Del., Montreal :freights, JJ
bags included: Bran, per ton, $26;
shorts, per ton, $28; middlings, $28,50;
good feed -flour, $2.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, $1.14
to $1.16, according to freights outside.
. Ontario No. 2 white cats -48 to 50c.
Ontario tome -Nominal.
Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat.,
in
ute bags, Montreal, prompt :ship-
ment, $5.10 to $5,20; Toronto Iasis,
$5.05 to $:55.15; bulk, :seaboard, $4.95
to $5.
Manitoba flour let -pats., in cotton
sacks, $7.10 per bbt,• 2nd pats., $6:60.
Hay: -Extra No. 2, per tori, Track,
Toronto, $14; mixed, 111; clover, $8 to
$12.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, track, To -
route, $9.60. '
Butte -a -Finest pasteurized ereana
eery: solids, 42 to 43c; prints, 43 to
44;c; ordinary creamery, ,sol -ids, 40 to
41e; pls_ints,. 41 to 42c; dairy, 29c;
cooking, 15 to 18c.
Eggs ---Fresh gathered, 86 to ago;
M, 2S`•to 29c.
'hive poniltry---Chick ens, milk-fecl,
eves 5 lbs, 22c; do, 4 to 5 lbs, 18e;
do, aver 5 lbs., 18 to 20e; do, 4 to t
lbs., 18 to 20c; do, 2 to 4 lbs+,, 15 to
18e; bene, over 5 Ifae., 22e; do, : 4 to 6
lbs., 23e; do, 3 to 4 Thee 15 to 1.8e;
roosters, 12 to 15c; ducklings, over 5
lbs, 25 to 80e; do, 4 to 5 abs.., 22. to 25e;
turkeys, young, 10 Ibe. and up, 25e,`
do, old, 15c.
Dressed pouuliry-Chickens, milk-
feel, air 5 lba,, 28e; de 4 to 5 lbs+.,
24c; de, over 6 lba, 25c; do, 4 to 5 Ma,
22c; do, 2 to 4 ;Lbs., 22e; helve:, over 6'
lbs., 25c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 230; do, 8 to 4
lbs., 22c; roosters, 22c; ducklings, over.
5 l+bs., 28 to 30e; do, 4 to 5 1'bs., 22 to
Sc;2tuzkeys, young 10 lbs., and up,
25e; do, odd, 20e
Potatoes. --On teack., Toronto-, 55 to
60e per 90 -lb. bag.
,Sm,oked! -moats: Hams, risers., 26 to
28e; cooked Pham, 38 to 40e; smoked
rolls, 26 to 28c; cottage rats, 32 to
35c; breakfast bacon, 32 to 35c;'spe-
cral brand breakfast bacon, 38 to 40e;
backs, boneless, 36 to 42c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50.
to 70 lbs., $20; 70 to 90 lbs., $19; 90
lbs. and up, $18; lightweight rayls, in
bbist, $38; heavyweight rolls, $35.
Lard -Poore tierces, 16%•ire.; tubs, lie;
pails, 17?4,,'s; prints, 18tac. Shorten-
ing, . tierces, 141 to 15c; t>.iba, 15 to
1514,c; pails, 15',y to 16e; prints, 17%
to 18e.
Heavy steers, choice, $7 to $7.75;
butcher steers. choice, 1 6 _to $6.50; do,
good; $5.50 to $6; do, need., $5 to $5.50;
do, com., $'4 to $5; butcher ii:eifens,
choice, $6 to $6.50; do, med., $5 to
$5.50; do, carn.., $4.25 to $4.75; ou.toher
cows, choice, $4.50 to $5.25: do, med,,
$3 to $4; canners and cutters, $1.75 to
$2.25; butcherbulls, good, $4 to $4.50;
do, cone, $2.25 to $2.50; feeder steers.
good, $5.50 to $6.50; do, fair,` $4 to $5;
stockers, ,good, $4 to $4.50; do, fair,
$2.50 to $3.6.0; calves, 'choice, $12 to
$13; do, med., $9 to $11; <lo, coni„ $5
to $8; miloli cows, cheiee,,.$70 to $90;
springers, choice, $80 to $100; Jambe;;-
choice, $12 to, $13; eboop, choice, $6.50
to $7; do, culls, $3 to $4; hogs, fed and
watered, $10.550; do, fob., $9.75; do,
counbry points, '$9.50. -
Hogs quotations are based on the
prices of thick, ,sneooth hags, solid en a
graded basis:; or eelects, s:•abcl +a>.v a #rat.
rate. Paean selects, sold on the grad-
ed bring basis, b .. , 1 ri
avg a•pxeinivan of 10 per
cent. over 'theerice of thick,•smvooth -
p
hogs.,
Montreal.
Caen, American No, 2 yellow, 96'.bbo
97e. Cate, Qan�.4dien western, No. 2,'
,tp, 6.5c. do,'N?o. 3, 59 to 6Oe; extra
No. 1 feed, 56 to 57e; No 2heedd white,
54 to 55e. 'Flour, Man spring "Wheat
plates., fins, $7.10; seconds, $6.60;
strong ,balce,re', $6,40; winter pats.,
eboias, $6,60. Rolled osts, beg 90
8,1$ +Foo $3:26. BAR, $24 to $287
ports $28 bo $30. Iffiddlitge, $33 to
$.5. ay, hl o. 2, :per ton, ear lots,
$14 to $16:
Cheese finest Ees,tertue, 25% to 26c.
Butter, /choicest creamery, 45. to 45%e.
Eggs, fresh, 44 to 45e; Selected, 36e;
No, 1 stock, 32e. Potatoes, per bag,
car lots, $1.05.
tio,ri+, dig irr� typo' ,00ws and lieifera,
.8 to $4; cmannei"s anid'eutteibs,, $3..75 to
$x.76' own. bulb, $8 or better;'bettor
qual+ite bulla, $4; calves, goody $10.50
to $11; cam,, $996 to SID mass 'eali'os,
$4; good hoge, $11 poorer thuahby
e
$10:50 to $16,76.