The Exeter Times, 1923-12-6, Page 7Charlottetown, P.E.I,--A survey of
the agricultural resotieces of 'fee prov-
ince eecently condueted by the Pro-
ne:lel Government gives the follow -
g figures foi• 1923: field eroes, $19,-
,000; live stock, $8,150,000; dairy
products and eggs, $1,753,000; fisher
los, $1,600,000; foxes, $1,000.000,
Halifax N.S.—At least 65,000 sim-
mer touristgentered Nova Scotia dur-
ing 1923, according to estimates made
public by Premier Armstrong. This is
15,000 in excess of the estimated -tour-
ists to this province the previous year,
-and the increase is accredited to the
improved highways and widespread
activities of't,he Nova Scotia Tourist
Association.,
Fredericton N.13.—Re-seeding op-
erations have been carried on by the
Dept of Lands and 1Viiees to quite an
extent upon the Abusintac River in
Northumberland County, where fire
did heavy damage to forests last sum-
mer. These operations have been go-
ing on steadily during the autumn,
Quebec One—The series of falls
known as Grand Calumet, onethe Ot-
eawa River, aee to be dammed and
0 , ho sepower harnessed as a re-
eillt of tnegot ations, which have been
In progress 'beiWeen varions Quebec
and Ontario priv.ter.- interests and
have now come to a s'-'arNry con-
clusion. It is understood t work
will be started 'at •the Falls eaili next
expenditure 'of between, $3,000,00.0'
'spring and wlien completed meaffeeen
,$4,000,000. Most of the power develop-
ed Will be disposed of in Ontario.
Fort William, Qet.—For the first
time in the history or the Twin Ports,
as far as is known, eergoes of wheat
are clearieg for European ports. Two
of the Norwegian sea -going craft,
which have ben in the hike trade all
fall, haee taken their last cargoes.
Pboard and cleared for Ireland ' each
caerying 51,000 bushels of wheat.
'Winnipeg, Man.-- Manitoba has
been awarded first place in the Dornin-
ion educational butter scoring tests
held at Ottawa, in which all provinces
competed. The sample submitted by
the Holland Creameries of •Virden,
Kane received 98 points, with Nova
Scotia second and Quebec •third, with
scores a 97.5 and 97.3 respectively.
Edmonton, Alta.—The Dominion
Governmen't's seed grain "cleaning and
grading plant here 'has been opened
with -facilities for handling 150,000
bushels. The seed ,will go out, aftest
preparation, as first class, made -in -
Alberta, registered aod pedigreed seed
, Vancouver, B.C.—About 60,000
cases of sockeye sahnonhave been
shipped to England recently on con-
signment. Since the last of these were
shipped, it has been ascertained that
only one-third of the Siberian salmon
pack will be available for the world
markets as the balance of the 1923
pack has been commandeered by the
Japanese, Government for relief pur-
poses. This will strengthen the mar-
ket for British Columbia salmon in
the United Kingdom.'
• . .
• "Tay -Pay" Re-elected.
T. P. .. O'Connor, for nearly forty
years a Tmember of the British House
of Coinm-,
ons as a, Nationalist member.
recces enting the- Scotland division' of
ns-searesasisaatecnithy latessea-
don. "Tay Pay" has Bri-
tish institution.
NEWS REACHES ARCTIC
LIKE EVENING PAPER
Radio a Boon to Polar Explor-
ers During Long Winter
• „
Darkness.
despatch from Prince Rupert, 13.
C., says :—Wireless reports have been
received from nine different countries
and corrimunica•tion with a station in
Hwevaii has been eatablished by the
radio operator of the Bowdoin, now
760 miles from the North Pole, with
Captain Donald B. McMillan aboard,
according to a message received here
from the exploration party. Captain
rrgelillan said in his message that
news of the world was received like
evening paper, frora two European
ess stations." ,
ith the coming of the long night,
eur radio stations in tho Eastern
s are being picked up and heard
ittle more distinctly," the frie•seage
declared. "The Bowdoin wireless made
a record for itself on Friday night
when Mix, our operator, talked with
ainateur station 6 CEU in Hawaii.
This distance of 5 000.miles is possibly
the world's record for s'hort-wave sta-
tions. We have heard stations in Eng-
land, G 0 7 ermany, Holland Mexico
France, Norway, Italy, Japan, and
• Spain. We receive news of the world
from stations in Oxford, England, and
Natiete Germany, and look forward
each day to our 'evening paper.'
-"The lo -rig Arctic night, so much
dreaded by explorers of old, and so
vividly described with all its conse-
quences in their' narrative, has no
terrors for the crew- of the Bowdoin.
Our living conditions are vastly dif-
ferent and all -conducive to good health
and happiness."
New Free State "Loan
Payable in British Currency
A despatch from Dublin says:**
An interesting point in connection
with •the new national loan as to
whether its service would be in Irish
ofr British currency was settled by an
official an/lout-moment that interest
and principal would be paid out in
British sterling. .
, Among the subscribers to the loan
are the Dublin Port and Docks
13oarcl. L50,000; Great Northern Rail-
way, £50,000, and the Dublin Distiller-
s Company, L25,000.
SeVentY -bushels of wheat to the.
acre, all grading number one, on one
hundred acres,: is reported erorn the
'Pincher Creek, district. This Is the
record far SeutherreAlbeeta this 'year.
PARIS PRQPOSES NEW
ANGLO-FRENCH PACT
France Can H ndle Continent-
al Situation But Suggests
Aerial and Naval Entente.
,A despatch from Paris says:—
France's reply to the sItalo-Spanish
_Mediterranean alliance is a proposal
for a Franco -British aerial and naval
The inspired Temps ,answers Reu-
ter's semi-official statementfrom Lon-
don sources that Germany is arming
and recruiting trciops by stating that
there is no danger' of -the Reich be-
coming a military menace for a long
But the suggested Italo-Spanish
pact might threaten the French com-
neunications`With African colonies and
the British lines of transport to India
via. Gibraltar and Suez.
France does not ask and ,does not
need military aid on the Continent
The Temps states, as the French
army is sufficiently strong to handle
any situation which might develop in
G-ermany. •
British naval co-operation ;in the
North Sea and Baltic would suffice.
British aviation forces reinforcing the
Fiench flying fleet is urged however
to prevent Germany from overwhelm-
ing France in the air suddenly, and
then crossing the Channel and resum-
ing the bombing of London.
It is pointed out that attempts at
defensive alliances between France
and Great Britain hitherto have failed
because the French always have
sought to guarantee a certain number
of divisions of British troops to be
landed on the Continent within a
stipulated time after hostilities open.
FIGHTING FORCE BEING
FORMED IN GERMANY
Concern m London Over Re-°
port of Recruiting and
• Rearming.
A despatch from London says:---
"Didturbing information concerning
the extent to which Germany is re-
cruiting and re -arming has been re-
ceived by the British Government,"
says a Reuter's news item.
"Although the view is taken offi-
cially that this information is po-
tential rather than imminent danger,
the British authorities aro frankly
concerned over the situation and its
bearing on the peace of Europe."
"It is known that rapid military
training of large numbers Of men in
excess of the Versailles Treaty stipu-
lations has been progressing," says
the Reuter artis.le, "This, it is de-
clared, is -more than ever the case
since the Allied military control ceas-
ed nearly a year ago. Recruiting has
been especially active in Bavaria,
where the security police have been
engaged in manoeuvres with the army,
Th training of students also is in
constant progress. Hitherto all at-
tempts to induce Germany to produce
recruiting returns in order to enable
the Allies to check up the paper
strength of the German army at any
given moment of inspection, with the
number of recruits actually trained,
has been unsuccessful." •
Make Search for Scallops
and Find Them in Beds
A despatch from Ottawa says,
Discovery of three new scallop beds
situated near the Lurcher lightship,
off the Coast of Yarmouth county,
Nova Scotia, i$ announced by the De -
parlament of lerarine arid Fisheries.
The discovery was made by the fish-
eries proteetion vessel Arleux, which
made a search for new scallop beds
recently off the western end of Nova
Scotia. The beds are said to contain
scallops in such quantities as to give
good returns to boats properly equips
ped for oatcaing then,
"BRITAIN MOURNS,HER HEROES AT REST"
./On Arnaistiee Day • the British Isles heard the notes of the "Last POSt"
idcasted by radio from London. The picture above shows the buglers
esssi.ding it, and inset, is a picture of "Old Bill," a London omnibus Which
Cd"rried, some of the "Old Contemptibles" to Mons during the first battle at
that town in 1914. It is now ell duty in London again, and was decked with
flowers for the Armistice parade.
Att
TORONTO.
Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern,
$1.0414.
Manitoba oats—No. 3 CW, 48c; No.
1 extra feed,•41%c.
Manitoba barley --Nominal. -
All the above, track, bay ports.
American corn—Track, Toronto,
No. 2 yellow, $1.17.
Ontario barley -58 to 60c.
Buckwheat—No. 2, 72 to 75c.
'Ontario rye—No. 2, 73 to 75e.
Peas—Sample, $1.50 to $1.55.
Millfeed—Del., Montreal freights,
bags included: Bra, per ton, $27;
shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, $36;
good feed flour, $2.05.
Ontario wheat—No. 2 white, 94 to
96c, outside.
Ont. N. 2 white oats -38 to 40c.
Ontario corn—Nominal.
Ontario flour—Ninety per cent. pat.,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship-
ment, $4.75; Toronto basis, $4.75;
bulk-, seaboard, $4.25. •
Manitoba flour—lst pats., in jute
sacks, $6.30 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $5.80.
Hay—Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto, $14.50 •to $15; No. 2,
314.50; No. 3, $12.50; mixed, $12.
Straw—Car lots, per tons $9.
Cheese—New, large, 23 to 24c
twins, 24 to 25c; triplets, 25 •to 26c
Stiltons, 25 to 26c. Old, large, 30 to
alc; twins,- 31 to 32c.
Butter ----Finest creamery prints, 41
to 43c; No. 1 creamery, 38 to 40c; No
2, 86 to 38c. -
Eggs—Extras, fresh, in cartons, 70
to 74c; extras, storage, in cartons, 45
to 47c; extras, 42 to 43c; firsts, 38
to 39c; -seconds, 80 to 82c.
'L'ie poultry—Spring chickens, 4
lbs. and over, 25c; chickens, 3 to 4
lbs., 22c; hens, over 5 lbs., 22c; do, 4
to -5 lbs., 15c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 150
roosters, 15c; ducklings, over, 5 lbs.
20c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c; turkeys
young, 10 lbs. and up, 23c. •
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 4
lbs. and over, 33c; chickens, 3 to 4
lbs., 30c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4
to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18c;
roosters, 18c; ducklings: over 5 lbs.,
28c; do, 4 "to 5 lbs., 25c; • turkeys,
young 10 lbs. and up, 33c.
choice, 4 t S4.50; ; do, med., $3 to 4;
canners and cutters, $1.50 to $2.50;
butcher bulls, good, $3.50 to $4.50; do,
corn., $2.50 to $3,50; feeding steers,
good; $5 to $5.50; do, fair, •$4.50 to
$5; stockers; good, $4 to $5; do, fair,
33.50 to $4; milkers and springers,
$80 to $110; calves, choice, $10 to
$11; do, mod., $8 to $9; do, come $4
to $5; do, -grassers, $3.50 to $4.50;
Iambs, choice, $10.25 to $10.75; do,
bucks, $9 to $9.25'; do, coma $8 to
$8:50; sheep, light ewes, good, $6 to
$6.50; do, fat, heavy, $4 to $5; do,
culls, $2 to $2.59; hogs. thick, srnooth,
F.W., $8; do, f.o.b., 87.50; do country
points, $7.25; do, selects, $8.85.
MONTREAL.
Oats, N. 2 CW, 53 to 54c; No. 3 CW,
52 te 53e; extra No. 1 feed, 50%, to
51%c; No. 2 'local white, 494 to
50%c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats.,
lsts, $6.30; 2nds, $5.80; strong baker,
$5.60; winter pats., chcice, $5,75 to
$5.85. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $2.95.
Bran, $27.25. Shorts, $30.25. Mid-
dlings, $36.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton,
car lots, $15 to $16.
Cheese, finest westerns, 17% to
18%c; finest easterns, 17% to 177/sc;
B t • N
3 -n
3972e,
; special pasteurized, 401/2c; No. 1 pas-
; teurized, 40c. , Eggs, extras, 40c; No.
1 stock, 36 to 37c; No. 2 stock, 30 to
c.
Canner cows,- 81.25 to $1.50; cut-
ters, $1.75 to $2.25; dairy type cows,
$2.35 to $3; good veals, $9.50 to 810;
hogs, $8.50 to „$8.75 for thick,smoothS
and butcher; 'selects, $9.25.
Beans --Canadian hancl-Picked, lb.,
7c; primes, 61,c. .
Maple products—Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 12 to 13c per
Ib.; 10-1b. tins, 12 to 13c; 5-1b. tins,
to 14c; 21/2 -lb. .tins, 14 to I5c;
comb honey, per doz., No. 1, $3.75 to
$4; No. 2, $3.25 to $3.n.
Smoked meats—Hams, med., 26 to
27e; cooked hams, 37 to 39c; smoked
rolls, 21 to 230; cottage rolls, 22 to
24c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; spe-
ial brand breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c;
backs, boneless, 30 to 35c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., $17.50; 90 lbs. and up
-$16.50; lightweight rolls, in barrels;
$36; heavyweight rolls, $33.
Lard, pure tierces, 18 to 18%e;
First Woman Mayor
'Norwich,
Miss Ethel Colman, of.
. •,.
England, recently' elected • mayor ef
that city, photographed: for the first
time in her robes of office., ,
A new plaster quarry has been
opened a short distance from' Clarkst
ville Station, N.S., by the Windsor
tubs, 18% to 19c; pails, 19 to 19%c; Plaster Co. It is the intention of the
prints, 20% to 21%c• shortening company to ship about 5,0,00 tons to
tierces, 154 to 15%c;• tubs, 151/2 to
16c; pails, 16 to 16; prints, 18%
to 182/sc.--
Heavy steers, choice, $6.75 to $7;
butcher steers? choice, $5.75 to $6.50;
do, corn., $3 to $4; butcher heifers,
choice, $5.75 to $6.25; do, med, $4 to
$5; do, coma $3 to 83.50; butcher cows,
their mill per annum. There are large
deposits of -limestone in the same vi-
cinity; also a kind of :marble.'
If Straightened out, an ounce of
spider -web, would., extend three hun-
dred -and fifty miles. ,
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e •
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"UT, DOC, IT AIN'T DOING ME ANY `GOOD!"
--•Inieby, In the Nov,'
ore eVeeld.
Our Good Roads Wea
Canada is spending millions of dol-
lars annually upon eoad construction
• .
in an effort to provide toe the increas-
ing traffic that is using the highways
for purposes of communication,
What is to be the future of these
roads? Will they wear? Will they
contieue to provide a satisfactory sur-
face for the present traffic and for
any future vehicles that will make use
of them and what will the cost, of up-
keep be? The people of Canada are
keenly interested in this subject and
want to know. They are largely de-
pendent for communication*, upon our
network of highways, due to the seat,
tered settlement in many portions of
the Dominion. A bulletin issued by
the Highways Branch of the Depart-
ment of Railways and CanaTs states
that off January 1, 1922, there were
447,384 miles of highways under con-
trol of the provinces, counties, town-
ships and rural municipalities. When
the mileage of streets in certain
centres is added it will be realized
how important is the selection of suit-
able material for construction pur-
poses.
The Mines Branch of the Dept. of
Mines is giving particular attention to
the various materials entering into
the construction of new roads and the
surfacing of others. Under the direc-
tion of Mr. Howells Frechette, Chief
of the Road Materials Division, Mr.
H. Gauthier is making a special in-
vestigation into the endurance of re":
cently built highways in Ontario and
Quebec and Mr. R. H. Pitcher is car-
rying out a survey of the road ma-
terials adjacent to the highways which
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have
included in their programs for road
improvement.
The laboratories of the Mines
Branch sire equipped for Complete
physical tests on rocks, sand and
gravel used as road:building material,
as well as for general construction.
Tests hi the laboratory are -made for
two purposes: to determine in the
materials tested their characteristic
qualities, and whether they conform
to a previously determined standard
established by the test of service.
After it has been determined that a
material is satisfactory, specifications
can be made with an assurance that
the material specified will meet re-
quirements. There are five standard
tests regularly made in the laboratory
upon road -building rock whichsfurnish
a ready means of judging the compar-
ative value of a rock as a road metal.
The most important are those for re-
sistance to abrasion (percentage a
wear) and far resistance to impact
(toughness). The others are for hard-
ness, specific "'gravity and absorption.
Gravels are examined to determine
their adaptability for the construction
, of gravel and concrete roads and to
obtain some laiowledge of their ability
to resist wear and to bind; also to ob-
tain.information en the probable
strength of •coecrete in which the
gravels might be used as the ag-
egregate.
The very general' occurrence o
limestones in many parts of Canada
has led to their use as road metal,
, The durability of limestones, eowever,
varies with their composition and tex-
ture, aceording to the Mines Branch.
The ner an more evenly -grained
varieties, as a rule, are the snore dur-
able. A tough, hard limestone will
give as good results in some cases as
the more durable igneous rock, but the
great majority of limestones are soft
and wear rapidly.
The need of the work which the
Mines Branch is carrying on is evi-
denced by the statement of Mr. A. W
'Campbell, Chief Commissioner of
Highways, in his annual report for
1922: "Some of the subjects in which
highway engineers are not agreed
and in which research is necessary are
the causes of waving of gravel and
itunnnous mixtures, of 'cracking' in
Portland arid bituminous concrete
pavements, and of the formation of
'cup' •holes and pockets in wearing
surfaces; desirable ingredients and
proportions of materials, such as
'filler,' in the less common desiges, and
of practices of construction, proper
number and thiclmess of applications,
etc."
According to the same report, road
improvement work in the several prov-
inces under agreement between the
provinces and Dominion, to be paid
for jointly under the Canada High-
ways Act, amounted in value to $27,-
542,456, covering 4,820 miles. Quebec
has' a total length of roads of 4,500
miles of improved roads out of a total
of 45,000 miles of roadways in the
province, and has expended thereon
$40,000‘,000. Manitoba, likewise, has
built 3,001 miles of rc 'a:3 to the stan-
dard required under the Canada High-
ways Act, at a.n expenditure of $9,-
182,921. Ontario has spent on good
road building during the three years'
1919-1922, $64,148,252, of which coun-
ties and townships contributed 827,-)
528,521 and the province $36,619,730.
The total mileage of improved roads
in Ontario up to the end of 1922 was
approximately, 28,000 miles or 56 per-
cent of the total 'road mileage
•
The enormous sums of public money
being invested in the building of high-
ways demands absolute knowledge of
the materials being used, in order that
the investment may be protected. To
provide this assurance the public are
looking the the Mines Department for
guidance, and the experts of' that de-
partment are engaged in an intensive
study of these important subjects.
The 1923 Loan.
• If further proof were needed at the
present time of Canada's sound econ-
omic position and national stability
and prosperity, it was recently given
in the rapid attainment of the objec-
tive and the over -subscription of the
Dominion of Canada 1923 refunding
loan. The whole loan was subscribed
in Canada within record time, indicat-
ing a -substantial volume of surplus
wealth in the country and a faith in
its future, which prompted people to
invest in the development -of the coun-
try in preference to other forms of
investment. The flotation, had it done
no less, was of inestimable benefit to
Canada as an advertisement to those
abroad of the prosperity of Canada
and the ability of a new and young
country to do at least some of its own
financing.
The announcement of the Minister
of Finance that he was about to at,••
tempt the fletation of the loan in Can-
ada, instead of throwing it on the
richer and more, expensive markets of
New York or London, was met with a
general: scepticism and -doubt as to the
outcome. There was a prevalent lack
of belief in the ability of Canada to
absorb the entire amount, or if it did
so, only after a lengthy and extended
period of time, which would, to some
extent, affect the objects of the loan.
A banking syndicate of twenty-eight
leading financial firms and banks was
formed, and a larger selling syndicate,
comprised of over two hundred and
twenty investment houses all over
the country, followed.
' The actual result has beeri astonish-
ing and most gratifying. ' The full
$172,000,000 objective was reached
after only eight days of public offer-
ing, which, if ihe Sunday be exeluded,
gives 'an average daily subscription
of approximately $26,000,000. • Thus*
within little more than a week of flo-
tation the entire refunding 6! the 1923
Victory loan was taken care of.
Special big subscriptions-. to the
loan artionnted to nearly one-quarter
of the total; some of these being Sun
Life of Canada, $10,000,000; Can-
_
adian Pacific Railway; $2,000,000;
Montreal' City and District Savings
Bank, $130,000; Imperial Life Insur-
ance Co., $1,250,000; Eastern Trust,
Co., $1,000,000; Dominien Textile Co.,
$1,000,000* and elentreel Cottons, $1,-
000,000. The remainder was made up
of email general cash subscriptions
and a fairly extensive conversion of
maturing Government bonds.
In the rapid subscription of the
1923 loan there is caune for gratifi-
cation, not only from the 'standpoint
of the country's financing, but as the
very best, eational advertisement at a
period when such publicity is most
valuable. Tho SUCC0SS Of the flotation
Dr. A. S. Lamb, B.P.E.
Director of the Department of Physi-
cal Education of McGill University,
who is to be' one of the .staff in charge
of the preparation of Canadian
athletes for the Olympic contests in
France next summer.
bears a deep significance. It shows
that the Canadian people believe in
the future of their own country, and
that whilst money will be required
from other sources for future develop-
ment no mean part of it can be re-
ceived from the surplus earriings of
Canadian's. • It should also have a
beneficial influence in stimulating im-
migration because it illustrates the
opportunities open to worthy new-
comers.
Among the big Alberta wheat yields
this year is that of J. J. Wanoop, of
Parkland, who threshed an average of
57 bushels from a field of 110 acres.
An unusually large demand for
Prince Edward Island certified pota
toes h a declded stimulusto
the seed potato industry of the prov-
ince. Double the quaetity produced
could have been dispoed of to Amer-!
lean buyers at $1.10 a bushel. It isi
estimated that -the acreage will be in-
creased fully 50 per cent, for 1924.
Tho last shipment of certified seed Po-
tatoes from the island left for Vir-
ginia 'with a cargo of 65,000 bushels.
• During the fiscal year 1922-28, ac-
cording to tee Provincial Dept, of
Agriculture, tiler° ivero in Qiiel)ec
7,199 laeckeepers, coinpared with 7,559
in 1021-22. Honey extracted In 1e22-
23 amounted to 3,e05,041 pounds, com-
pared with 8,064,029 poimds in 1921-
e2, The amount of wax produced this
year, 41,457 pbends, and 35,335
pounds in the previous fiscal year. The
Value of production ea 1922-23 Was
91,983,351, compared with 92,198,711
in the previous year.
Natural Resource
13ulletio.
The Natural Resources Intel-
iigence Seswice of the Depart-
ment of the Interior at Ottewa
say
Folloviege his -trip to North-
ern Qnterio, His Honor Lim:.
tenant -Governor Cockshutt
ad-
dres0ed the Toroigo Beard of
Tsede, Smite extracts of his
74,eileess, the views of one so
olesely identihed end interested
in the province's development,
give an iciee, to the potential
valu,e of the resources of the
r o ri bern district,
"In the north, there are ini-
mense possibilities in developed
and undeveloped mineral, forest,
•
agricultural and fishery pro-
ducts, and enormous water-
poWer, In these there is a po-
-tency of almost incalculable
wealth in which, in. my opinion,
It ought to, be your fixed deter-
mination; as a natural right, to
share. In the meantime you
ellen:: in it as a possession; you
share in the responsibilities of
its government; you bear 110
small share in the C0111111011 res-
ponsibility for the welfare of its
inhabitants and -it should fellow
that you should reasonably
share in the commercial advan-
tages incident to the develop-
ment of its natural resonrces.
"I have said that the develop-
ment of the north has only be-
gun. The mineral resources will.
no doubt bring large capital to
their developinent in the very
near future and the timber is
still and will for years, be a
source of much employment and
profit, and also a large farm
area, or I should say, two areas
—one from New Liskeard to
Englehart, extending a long dis-
tance from east to west and one
beyond Mathesen to Cochrane,
which is known as the main
Clay Belt, capable • of bearing
comfortably hundreds of , thou-
sands of tillers of the soil.
• "I have been in the north, and
for myself I have seen some lit-
tle of its treasure. I have faith
in the north, and I entertain no
doubt whatever that the time is
not far off when a steam rail-
way will reach James Bay to
bear the minerals, the 'fish pro-
ducts, the furs, the tirreber and
farm produce too, to- the mar-
- kets of South 'Ontario."
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Boys' Parliament of Ontario.
The Thifel n tario Boys' Parlia-
ment is called toeineet on Decembes,
27th, 28th and 29th, iffethe Legislative
Assembly Chambers1111111botTatteret -- •
Buildings, Toronto, ,and indicdtions
point t a membership ef probably
ninety-five boys from the one hundred
and six constituencies in the provinces.
At the same time Parliaments will be
held in Manitoba and Alberta and in
each province regularly elected repre-
sentative boys between the ages, of
sixteen and twenty will seriously con-
sider the problems of work with boys
and pass legislation improving and
modifying the Canadian Standard Ef-
ficiency Program.
What is CdS•E.T.? It is a Chris-
tian Program for boys between the
ages of twelve and eighteen, promot-
inv'a four -fold development, intellec-
tual, physical, religious and social,
based on the development of the boy
Jesus as recorded in St. Luke 2:52,
"And Jesus increa.secl in wisdom and
stature and in favour with God and
man." It is the official program of
the Churches of Canada for organized
Sunday School classes and in their
opinion the best known plan for the
developTnent of . Canadian Christian
Citizenship, •
The older boys, through the Parilaa
ment, are shouldering the responsibil-
ity for the prOmotion and support of
work with boys in the province and'
the Cabinet Ministers particularly as.
sume responsibility for certain areae
during the year. ,
Much interest was aroused throughs
out the province in thelocal election
campaigns which preceded the voting
day, November 24th. There couldn't
help but be warm and lively contests
when about 10,000 boys in the prov-
ince were interested voters.
The travelling expenses of the
members elected are pooled, and se
the boy from North Bay or Windsor
may attend quite as easily as the
member from Toronto. '
It le a wonderful experience for
these boys, and men and women inten.
ested in boy life will find much to
learn in observing the sess:ons of , the
Pai•lianeent from the public galleries
in the LegislatiVe Chambers, during
Christmas week.
Work attheDes Quin'ee rapids,
Quebec where the Des Quinzo Power
Co. is electing an immense dam to
eeploit the water powers, is progrese-,
trig erery rapidly. Some 500 men are
now engaged in various weelts in that
section and the transmission lines are
being installed in the Ontario mining
districts
A saw mill at Prince Rupert, with
large timber tracts nearby held he the
Prince Rupert Holding' Co., Ltd., are
reported to have been 'sold to a group
of California and Iowa capitalists for
alimpsreoresiiriliutis
be
y $151ev00ec1,interid
000,Thetodpero:
e
velop a pulp and paper nedustry. The
seaownst itildla`lly.ae a cut of about 125 000
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