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The Brussels Post, 1926-12-1, Page 3••. st, A toitamommuumnoommal 73eataifiel Silverware eXodernNecessity Ann what better indication of taste and refinement than a service ot celebrated COMMUNITY PLATE The Tableware De Luc By reason ot our complete stocks this store is fast In:corning known as headquarters for this deliglat- ful ware., Prices Most Reasonable J. R. WENDT Jeweler • Wroxeter Ontario THE BRUSSELS POST ,rovev.ensalwa .....0145401•01reli.114114114CUT .4.121...masseermon.mr FF4011 The National Winter Game Hockey the Most Popular of OutcJoor Winter Sports in Canada Hockey is Canada's groat national winter sport Although many other forms of outdoor recreation are en- joyed duing the invigorating season of ice and snow none of them has attained the .position of popularity among all classes that is held by hockey. No other game riquitets so much speed, accuracy, endurance, strength, hardihood and quick -think- ing hi the player, nor does any other form of sport so fascinate and thrill the spectator. This great winter game holds among Canadians, both young and old, i position similar in many respects to that occupied by the.summer pastime, baseball, among the citizens of this continent. To the .yonger enthusiaste the (neared ice-surface,/whether it be on frozen stram, river, lake or in a back -yard, serves the same purpose for hockey that the sand -lot does for the playing of baseball, There the young kockey player receives his grounding in the game and there also is aroused the ambition to one day compete in the great amateur and profealionat ser- ies which are conducted ..itah winter throughoutthe Dominion. In hockey, as in most other sports, it is the rule that those who would become especially proficient must play the „game from childhood. The small neighborhood Anita and the rinks maintained by playground Commissions in the varicaus citiesare the proving grounds> for the future "big league" stars. There the youth- ful aspirant learns the principles of the gaine and develops the sturdiness of frame andco-ordination of.action of foot, hand, and brain Which iti•e so essential in the successful hockey player. However, hi the clear ht. vigorating air he . gains more than outstanding skill in a form of recre- ation: the foundations for good health and Sound literal ammeter are laid, initiatice is developed, as well as a spirit of fair play and good sportsmanship. Six players equipped with skates; and hockey sticks comprise a hockey team. Each team consists of a gout,. keener, two defence players, and three forwards; and these playere take up their positions facing their opponentsThe rules 01 the genie are very shnple and a new spectator' requires only a short instruction to be able to follow the play. Pini gen- eral object is to place the puck in - the opposing team's -goal the greatest number of tisnes during the period of the game, which is in league games sixty minutes. The first game of ice lsockeit in Canada of which there is any, official record was played in Kiitgstant Ont, in 1888. Whether- other wanes not recorded were played 'about that time is not clear but what is certain is• that fronts that date hockey develop- . ed rapidly in all parts of the Dom- inion. So greatis the popular inter- est in the gamo that:although flew and larger- rinks are constantly. be- ing erected, the demand is over for more accorhodation for players and spectators. The game is taking hold in the northern United States and gaining in popularity there as the chief winter Sport ice hockey has aleb obtained a definite foothold ill the United Kingdom and in 'seveeel of. the countries on the Ctotitinent, Literally hundreds of kockeY keg,. uee operate throughout the Dominion timing the winter setteon, providing sport and enjoyment for the mejer• ity of the population. The senior competitions are those for the Allan Cup and. the• Stanley Cep. The Al- lan Cup series is . among tit•e senior ateatdur teams of Canada for a tro•• • phy heated in 1,908 by Sir Monte- go Allen, of Montreal, in the phi- teasionel aekiell; wliich is similar to. the conteeta leading n pt o the World's besebrilli Sala in the United State, the Ultimale.object is theposeesmori of the •faltiOUS Stanley' Cup,. present - i'0 by Lord Stanley, while Governor , General of the Dominion, in 1h93, I which repra alit:, the championship o the world. Hockey is played in every prov- ince of the Dominion and is as much the game of the people in the great outlying farming districts and in the centres of the lumber and power in- dustries, as it is in the larger cities,. 101 recent/ years the installation of artificial ice -making plants in the rinks in the principal cities has lengthened the hockey -playing season by several weeks. Where artificial , ice may be had, skating .ond hockey are begun as early as the middle of October and continue until late in March. However among the great majority of skating and hockey en- thusiasts, and particularly among those who must depend on natured ice, the season does not get under way until the early part of Decem- m, and tha rnilcl woathar usually encountered in mid-March rings down the curtain on these recrea- tional activities as it does on many others. FOREST RESERVES —THEIR PURPOSE Setting Aside of These Arens En. ables Government to Carry Out Principles of Forestry With out Interruption There are some popular miscon- ceptions in the public mind nit to the object of the creation of Dominion Forest Reserves. The term "reserve" is pertains responsible in some degree for these misconceptions on the part • of Fnany who do not have ceumeion Lo inform themselves oie tlee intention of Parliament in settine uside these areas. For Instance, a coninme im- pression that neat; areas consist al- mosot entirely of mature stands of ,valuable timber which have been withch•awn from disposal and are be- ing held to supply a demand when timber from other source's will have • been used up. Those who hold this view usually comceive of a forest re- serve as being 'rigidly closed to the public, and think that no basinessor recreational pursuits of any .kind may be carried on within its houndaiee. Nowadays the term "forest' reserve" is being replaced- by the term ".nat- ionat forest", an expressions which ` more truly rtillects the fact that these areas are dedicated by Parliament to productive ese for the benefit of the people of Canada. ' The following are the mild fee, tors governing the setting aeide of Government lands as.forest reserves: (1) To ecure the protection, maintenance, and eproduction un- der scientific numagement of the tim- ber growing on the land. . (2) To devote to the growing of timber, lands which are primarily suited to that purpose and wnieh are not suited to agriculture. (8) To conserve the water supply of a watershed and prevent the rap- id run off, thus ensurifig the contin- uity of stream bow. ' • It will thus be seen that ..11 forest reserve may eontain areas of mat- ure timber, areas of young forest growth, and sparsely wooded or even treeleks totes. The mature stands of thnber are submitted to a eareful examination, and the quantity determined which can be removed without impairing the timber reproduction of the area. The toes to be removed are malted and the logging Tight; nn the -arca are disposed of by public •earimetit- aa the dernand =lama The area of yonng growth aeci studied tied the rate growth has- tened by thinning and the removal Of 'undesirable species. In the eparseTy Wooded districts, if . a stiflicient number of seed.etreea are mosent, tho area will gradually re- vert to forest by natural tepro.duc- thin, la districts Where .an inauffia .eient entliabet Of teed trOOS of. flair - NEW B. C. LEADER 73L"I'''l I e Hon. Dr, Simon F. Tolinie, For- mer Minister of Agriculture in the Meighen Government, who was elect - d leade rof th Conservative party in , British Columbia. t able species are present, artificial planting, or s•maling will have to be Iresorted to, in order that a satisfac- tory tree crop may be -the result. The more lightly wooded dietriete usually produce an elhandant drowth of forage plants, Where a demand exists, the residents of land% in the vicinity of the reserves are yellowed to pasture stock on these areas un- der certain regulations. The stock - owners are thus helped by the graz- ing facilities offered, and at the eame time, the reserve is benefltted by the removal of the forage growth which when dry constitutes a serious 'Are menace. It will be seen, therefore, that the main reason for the creation of for- est reserves is to enable the princi- ples of forestry to be carried out on these areas without interruption over a long period of years. In other words, these areas may be looked upon as large tree farms which are to be managed in such a way that they may be made to produce an undiminishing supply of timber, the output each year being governed by the annual increment in growth; or to use another comparison, the tim- ber On the forest reserves may be considered as forest capital, end the cutting pemitted each year as the interest obtained, the capital itself remaining uniupaired. STUDYING CONDITIONS IN NORTHERN CANADA Investigators Return From Arctic Coast --Situation of Natives and Their Food Supply Every Year sees an advance in the development of Canada's -northland, and brings into greater prominence the importance of having in. that re- gion a vigorous native population. Canada's duty and interest coincide in this regard, for if advancing civi- lization were to deprive the na9V08 of their old .means of livelihood, the Government as their guardian would be expectedto provide them with means of substinence, and on the other hand, no permanent Advance eon be made without a progressive and happy population. 0 , The northern Indians are inhabi- tants of Canada's Great Northern ' Plain, sometimes erroneously called the "Barren Grounds," and the Pia- kimos dwell on the Arctic coaes and the archipelago. . Both Indians and Eskimos are dependent for their liv- ing linen the wild life of the COnn- try. With the advance of Emile and eivil•ization into the north .therehave been changes which have disturbed the old balance and have inside a 'greater drain upon some forms of wild life, both landiand .marine, than upon others, The possession of high- powered rifles and the use of some items of the white man's food and clothing are bringing' about hensitive modes of life far-ittaching changes, with their attendant dangers to the health and self-reliance of the peo- ple. The animal first affected by the changed cdnditiotts was the musk-ox and the hunting' and killing of this animal is now prohibited throughout eIl the north, The caribou has be- come considerably reduced ir TOM - berg and, •what is of almost equal inmortance to the natives, the cari- bou migration mites have been so changed as to cause them to be en- tirely absent from largo districts where, in season, they, were formerly plentiful. For the purpose of studying these problems the Department of the In- teaddr, through Athe North West Ter- ritories and Yukon Thema, has had several experienced • Aeon travel- ling in the north andelicing among the natives. Two of these explorers have just returned to Ottawas Mr. W. H. 13, Hoare, who loft for the north 10 Jame, 1924,, and Major le T. Bur - wash, who went out in July, 1925. Both lave had many years experience in the north, both speak the Eskimo language, and live and travel in .nat- ive fashion, with 'one or two native helpers. It is becalm of this famil- iarity with waive 112 s and habits of, thought that 'these linters have been nide to impress erten ihe nonnios the 'get at benefit to themselves and to their childeen of the whole -hearted carrying •out ef the principles of wild llte tonsereation as embodied in the Northwest dense •Act 'and depart- mental regplatiOria. • Mae:Hoare. initeetigAted. conditions on.augu.sftosesmat.oem WFDN'ESDAY, Didee J,enae, in the region between Coronation gulf on the north and Great Slave lake on the south; and from Bah - hu yet inlet on the east to Great Bear laku, on the weat—a district about four hundred miles equaro. anent the first winter 'n •traversine this urea from east to wade and -the stmend winter iu travelling it from north to south, and then back north- ward to the Arctic coast. In hat rage tied winter he diacovered the route of Um main migration of the caribou. Fornaerly they wintered east of Greet Slave lake and spent the summer en vietotea iiiland and other lalands of the Artaie archipelago; now they tUr:t eaAWard bfrfOre reaching the coast, and summer in the country west of TO VISIT CANADA Back river. Thie, of tours, greatly Sir Austen Chamberlain, British the livim; tho ; tho coast, who formerly wen nexus- 1,- embH er Herald says, will tomed to shoot a certain number of the caribou as they crossed river to and the United Stat, foi i•i,, miti.kter, who, II.. Lo visit I.,,iinada this winter. the Wands. Major Burwash established his win- ter quarters in a hut on King William island and from this base made trips in different directions by dog sled. The natives in this district he found healthy and vigorous but the caribou here acted in a similar manner to those farther west. .Formsrly the herds in this area ranged from Kas- ha lake near the north bound,ary of Manitoba to King William island ancl other, islands in the neighborhood; to -day they do not leave the main- land but spend the summer on Ade- laide peninsula. In the spring of• 1926 Major Biorwash sledded across to Repulse Bay, one of the indenta- tions of the northern end of Hudson bay, and thence travelled to Chester, field inlet by open boat. During the latter part of his journey and in Isis subsequent trip on Hudson bay by steamer he gave special attention to sea -life, especially seal, walrus, and whale. These invesigators present on zhe wl•ole a -hopeful view of the situation and they will make certain viscose- niendations as to changes in regula- C.1, e which, le is hoped, will benefit the native population and prevent further depletion of the ciel life of the country! In connection with 'du: investiga- tion one very encouraging sign ae re- gards the caribou is that, whereas they disappeared from the northern -part of Yukon when 'hunting to Alp - ply whaling ships with fies'n meet was at its height thirty years ago, they havenow come back to the great benefit of all the inhabitants. The numbers in whitia the caribmi have returned are indtcated in a re- port. made by Superintendent Tel- ford, stationed at 'Dawson, to Com- snissionee Starnes, of the Royal Caa- adian Mounted Police, an extract from which has been received by Mr. 0 S. Finnic>, Direeter of the North West Territories and Yukon Branch. The report states that while the Sup- erintendent was on an inspection trip by steamer on the Yukon river this year, so many earthen Were encoun- tered swimming across the river that It was necessa17 to steer very care- fully and on several occasions te stop Cie- steamer in melee to avoid hitting the animals. • • • + + HOMEBREW + + + + h + (By "Skeptic") A woman often gets tired of her own cooking. In some cases one can't blame her. Hard work brings ILICCOSii, and success ninanS hard work. Lots of girls would rather spend an hour making fudge than five min- utes darning socks. In the older days they ueeil• to "dance till the cows came home," Now they "jazz until the calves are rill lin." "Just because the girls put per- fume on their faces and handker- chiefs, at dances," says the main street business ghl, "is no reason why the men should put perfume in their hip porkets ancl months." When a mail accompanies a friend in the lattor's Ana ke goes riding. After he owns one himself, he goes motoring. The hack pew critic declare.; nail - lines% and dressmakers are not 'en- tirely eesponsible for church elamai- ence, but they help some. The chief fault with 4.4 Is mesh - ably the stamps do not stiek en so well, "Jelces on marriage," Silos soz, "are only funny to those, who ate not inareied." Well balanceespeeches are usual. Iy the result of weighing every ward. IHere andllere I Toronto. ---For the first 'tam, sin•e silver foxes.' tVlea ex.hibited at the Royal Winter Fair here, On- tario hi•eeders have seriously chal- lenged thsi eupietinecy of the Prince Edward Island fox farmers. Immigration to Canada for the first nine months. of the calendar year 1926 shows an increase Of 66 per cent over the same period a year ago according to a statement issued recently by the Department of Immigration Colonization. Moncton, New Brut:see:A.—Frozen blueberries> are now being shipped in quantity to Cleveland and other centres in the United States. So Lar eight carloads have left MoD - ton, iced so that the fruit will re- main frozen. Two Tore catloadS are about to go forward. victoria, Britieh . Columbia, — Famous Players-Lashy ane to estab- lish a plant in Britieh Cohimbia for film production, it was announced in connection with the S15,000,000 concera known as the Famous Play- ers' Canadien Corporation, Limited, of Teronto. Traffic in grain from Winnipeg • along the Cenedian Pacific Railway lines this yea s hos been heavier than last y br over 12,000,000 bushels. 110,20,0S5 bushels inarketed Lid 01,619 cars loaded the increases oN"..1' feat year's ten month period were 12,188,407 bushels and 1515 ears. Aetwerp, Belgium. — When the Canedian Peon: steamer Mean arrived. resentle, she was given an .o.".ficial welcome and a great - popu- lar. demonstration as the ten thou- sandth veasel to enter the port of Antwerp this year. An elaborate programme was arranged in her honor. Saint John.---i'doose areNported nearly three times as plentiful this year than last hi 1 he Tnhique dis- trict, accordieg 50 Durum. I...Moore, well-known. guide. The rapid in- crease, uf -tiles!• game animals points to mieratiooe nee the terrie. tory. Guide and aportamen have not yet ch.citi.41 the soUrce of the movement. •t --- A great service to th., travellers I on the C. P11. ;inc., will be put into effect with the firs; sailiaig of the winter teseson ea to, p, neer "Melita," whee for the sailings of C. P. Biwa from. Saint John to Europe between Deaember 1st and April 1210, three eh tourist steeples; cars 5511 he elenated C.P.R. trains from Wineipeg direct to the ship's side at the New Bru•nswick port,•• Desirous of popish rizing old Fretwh-Caoadian folk mins among the English-speaking people of thia - country, the National Council of ledutiation, on the initiative of Major F. J. Noy, made eeeent arrangd- ioents with Charles Marchand, well- known singer, Inc a comprehensive tour of the Canadian west. The folk songs which Mr. Marchand will ren- der in English have been specially translated by J, Murvay Gibbon, dean of publieity of the. Camadien Pacifie Railwey. piversion of six relies of Canadian Pacific Railway tracks ha* now been yompleted and raising, uf three additional nulls abtraelei is WOO' way hi the Gatineau Valley, accord - Mg to word received at headquar- ters of the . company recently. This diversion ha's occurred hea tweep Mile 8 and Mile la, and effects the etatione of 'renege, Itirk's Ferry, 1.a Charite, end Cascades, we:I-known sionmar resorts in that diatriciewhile the atatimi attested by the raising the treeka la that ttf Farm Point, The Work haLboonin progrezs siace " " 1 HUNTING IN CANADA GAINS IN POPULARITY1 — . Increasing Numbers of Hunters. En- ter Forests Each Fall in Quest at.. countries in regard to tsoureci of fame Canada is ono of the n10:31,". fortun- in big game. Practh•ally t01-ry pro- tv 11 ateeked with sytI life and as a result the meinbees genie bunters; both from wit/iia the Dominion sind from elooal whe ter our forests yeah pen' aro increasing. The hunting period ali the provincee is in the fall a at the acreage season is of annul two months duration, cloeing, wit n a few fexeeptione, in November or Hecom• iteporta from (1.Ilierent parts of Canada indicate that big ;same is• exeeptionelly plentiful this season and in consequence the influx of . hunters is large. The presence of big 55010 itt close proximity to the centrts of popula- tion occurs in nearly all the smooth- ces in Eastern Canada. In Noata, Scotia and New Brunswivk there is presented to the hunter a choice of I territory that is easily accessible. !However it is to the more remote dis- tricts, which are usually reached by !wagon road, trail or canoe route, that the big game sportsman must turn for moose, deer, bear, and wild- cat. The provinces of Ontario and Quevec include within their bound- aries some of the finest hunting ter- ritory in America. Although in some clietriets,in Quebec the hunting rights on certain tracts of land are leased to organized hunting clubs, there is still much public land where excel- lent hunting may be had. Moose and deer may be found in abundanee and there is good caribou, bear, and wolf hunting. In Ontario there is such a large number of -excellent hunting districts which are readily eccessible that the hunter in snaking a choice needs' only be governed by tha dis- tance he wishes to travel and the •kinds of game he peefees to hunt. Doer may be had in forestet area' - close to settled dietricts in southern Ontario, and there is in addition the famous big game region in thc vast territory lying north and west of the French river. The forested areas of the peovin- cos of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alherta are likewise visited by in creasing n.umbers of hunters. Smal' game abounds in the open Am:Celia of these the- • erneinces. In the more weeder' :..1•• :leathern sectim,, there is an abundance of large: game such as moose, deer, and caribon, axle bear and wolf are also, mot • with. Buffalo, elk, and antelope ere rieedly protected. The mountain areas of Alberti ona of the province of British Caiunthie present a striking contrait to the other sections of the Dominien both in kinds of game available anti th•• methods of hunting. Besides the mountain goat, mountain sheep, eou- gar and grizzly; moose, caribou, (Icor and bear are found. The usual meth- od of hunting involves the use of a peek train. ' The wiedom and foresight of the Governments, both Fedora ano Pro- vincial, in enacting euitahle game lima and in strictly enforeing them enables Canada to provide -1 means of healthful recreation for all C-n- adians and an inducement en foreign snortsman to visit the Dominion share in this wonderful heritage. • Many of those who aro taltim in never allow this fact to be found 5115, wsorm,numstmotale tememnetrwramaurzad:Ornaant., rearxesemectosnannonmemet HITS CRITICS Premier Bruce, of Australia, oche has replied to criticism of the Mime. cial position of his country :and whe states that there is no doubt of Atte- tralia's growing' financial indivend-. en C0 . AUTO PRODUCTION FOR 1926 MAY REACH 4,500,000 MARK Cars and trucks to a total of -4,- 500,000 may comprise the enhance bile output of the North American continent for the year 1926. Re- ports recently published show that, quantity production with quality is • winning its way, and some leadiregi manufacturers are talking of expan- sion to catch up with orders. Sept- tember exceeded August :n output, and October was also a big monde November is forging ahead of lea year's figure. Should the 4,500,060 mark be reached, it will constitute a new record. Growth of export business hec been a Material factor in increasing output. Before this year close; there will have been exported from th.e United States and Canada 600,009 cars, and these will have been verse to 105 foreign countries. Canadian ',plants, it is expectel will increase their output this year from 160,000 to 200,000 automativs• vehicles. Indications point to they 'number of ear* in operation in!the, iDolmeinion doubling (within a inshort IS CRITICAL Viscount Cecil, whoa' ,leelara 00 disarmament has -attracted wide. - spread attention.' According to Ms statement no real progress has been tneide in this work in the past sever years. If gasoline drops from the caldera etor when the engine is stopped the boat level should be <shocked and if found adjusted to the proner level the needle valve and seat ah mid be replaced. Keep the lamp braekets tight. Vibration mimed by a loose bracket frequently breaks the filament in liko. head lamp globes. ,eavearmagatcrawasvrackitecalsnamrmarlast il.r0,.....01.1031.1`111.1112a.11111.1...311.MIMPIMM- ijI There are a great many ways to do a job of printing ; but quality printing is only done one way—THE BEST. We do printing of all kinds, and no matter what your needs may be, from name card to booklet, . we do it the quality way. P. 8.—We also do it in• a way to save you money, • The Post Publishing ,House