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The Seaforth News, 1930-12-04, Page 7Prince of Wales Acknowledged Leading Royal Pilot of World London.—The Prince of Wales Was Sailed as the leading royal air pilot of the world reoentlj after he had flown snore than 200 mites and handled the controls of two machines within three. and one-half hours. In addition to Piloting the German flying, boat DO -X for 10 minutes over Gaishot on November 12th, the Prince Sew an amphibian plane from Hendon airdrome to Ca,lehot and return, There were eight passengers abo4rd. The alta of the DO-X,,lergest hear ier+than-air machine in the world, :ob- viously impresesed the prince. When he returned to the amphibian after fly. ing in the giant German machine, the Prince looked at the ordinary sized, .plane and exclaimed: "Good heavens! She's shrunk!"' Norway Recognizes Arctic as Canada's Friendly Note Removes Only Ground for Dispute Over Archipelago Ottawa—The Goverment of Norway :has formally recognized the Canadian title to the Arctic islands commonly known as the Sverdrup group, 'com- prising Axel 'Heiberg, Ellef. Ringnes, Amund Ringnes and King Christian. This friendly action on the part of the •Norwegian Government removes the only possible ground of dispute as to .Canadian sovereignty in the whole Arctic sector north of the Canadian mainland. Announcement that Norway has given formal recognition t0 the Can- adian title of these Northern islands was made recently by„Sir GeorgePer- Iey, Acting Prime Minister. The islands in question were discos, - 'redeem' explored'in the years 1898- 1902 by Commander Otto Sverdrup, leader of the Norwegian polar expedi- tion, in the Frain. 850 Miles Beyond !'Circle” Axel Heiberg, the largest of the tour islands, is situated approximate- :Iy-850 miles north of the Arctic Cirdie, and is one of the furthest northern island in the Canadian archipelago.; It is about 250 miles long and 100 miles wide. The other islands are smaller in size. The statement given says: "In the spring of 1900 Commander Sverdrup took possession of the islands in the name of his Sovereign, but no further act of occupationtook place. The Dominion of Canada has long claimed sovereignty over the entire area north of the mainland. On July 31, 1920, the rights acquired by Great Britain in this area were transferred to Can- ada by Order -in -Council providing that x11 British territories and possessions in North America and islands adjacent to such ter'rjtories and possessions which are not already included in the Dominion -of Canada, shall, with tire' exception of Newfoundland and its de- pendencies, be annexed to and form part of the said Dominion.' The title thus based on the geographical contiguity and Brltsle discovery and exploration was completes by effeo. tive occupation and administration. All Land Claimed "The Canadian Arctic sector has Jbeen indicated on official neaps and defined in official statements, notably try the Minister of the Interior in the Jionse of Commons in June, 1925. The snaps and public statements indicated - *hat Canada claims all the territory Porth of the Canadian mainland in the sector lying between meridians 60 and 141. "In view of the conflicting claims in the Sverdrup Islands area, the mat- ter was made the subject of discus- sion between the Norwegian and Can- adian Governments. A definite set- tlement of the issue has been form- ally expressed an exchange of notes !which was effected in London and iAsla." The administrative activities of the Canadian Government in its Arotic territories are extensive and continu- ous. The territories, the total area of which vepresenta 1,309,682 square, males, are administered under the Minister of the Interior, Hon. Thomas G. Murphy. Grant to Sverdrup,. Canada liquidated an obligation when, according to an' announcement by Hon. Gideon Robertson, Acting Minister of the Interior, the sum of $67,000 we paid to Commander O. T. Sverdrup, famous Norwegian explore er, in return for the services rende- ed by hint in his explorations and dis- coveries in the Antic islands. By this 'sum the Dominion also has pur- chased Sverdrup's original maps, notes, diaries and other documents relative to his eepeditione..: In his statement accompanying the announcement of the grant, Senator Robertson says: "The achievements of Commander Sverdrup in the furtherance of Arctic exploration, from the time he accom- panied Dr. Nansen in his voyage across Greenland, to itis relief etc pedition in the Antic within recent years, and more particularly his ex- ploration in the Axel Heiberg area, are familiar to :Canadians. His great personality makea him one of the most highly regarded heroic adven- turers whom Norway has sent forth:" Huge Eagle Shot Near Milton, Ont. Milton, Ont-Harry'Hilson,•or., of Milton Heights, shot a copper head- ed eagle while hunting near the Mountain at Speyeide, in Esquesing township. The eagle's wings meas- ured seven feat from tip to tip, and its legs were fully as large as a man's wrist, and its claws as long and as thick as a man's angers. It was capable of carrying a small child or a lamb between its feet. Three bul- lets from a 22 calibre rifle were re- quired to kill the eagle, which has been sent to Toronto to be mounted. It is the largest eagle ever %eon in this district 1 "Dramatic action bas swept many a man off his feet." Bird -Banding Records The. Canadian official records of bird -banding returns, through which the migration of birds are traced and recorded, are kept an the National Parks of Canada' Branch, Department of the Interior, Ottawa. STEPPING UP CANADA'S WATER POWER DEVELOPMENT soesePOwal 8,000,000 6,00%090 4,090,000 aocooco 2,000,000 ,,woopoo 1910 19:5 1929 STILL FORGING AHEAD! In taking stock of Canada's position during the present period of world 'wide economic difficulty, one of the most inspiring features is the fact that IMho Dominion's Water -power resources furnish a seemingly Irrepressible Impetus to national progress. In the face of all the buffets of business cycles, water -power development continues to forge rapidly ahead. Since 1910' Canada's. water -power installation has risen from less than line million tq nearly silt million horse -power. The record of growth has been a `marvel of persistency. During the past twenty years, water -power development has maintained a sureness of advance through all obstacles— !through the pre-war slump; through the disruption of the war . itself, and .through the :drastic ups and downs of the last decade. And to -day, in the midst of world-wide depression, there is being carried forward the greatest program of hydro -electric installation in the history of the Dominion-' This ability of water -power development to hold its forward course fn the face of recession in almost every other major -iokt is one of the' most l factors affecting Canada's economic position fortunate and.favorable and progress, New "Speed Demon" Nickname for New Princess, Marg:.! ret Rose, is Puzzle London.—The choice tor an affection- ate nickname, or abbreviation of her own name, for the latest addition„ to the royal ;family, Princess Margaret Rose, is puzzling the British public, When Princess Elizabeth, elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, was .christened, she immediate ly 'became Princess Betty to the pub- lic, but the trouble in the case of her 'baby sister is that there are so many forms of "Margaret" to choose from. Though Margaret is a Scottish name, it not only hat many abbrevia- tions. in Scotland and England, but is also to be found all over Europe in one guise or another, Here are some of them: Margaret, Maggie, Marjory, Mar- jorie, Margery, Marguerite, Margarita, Marguerite, Meg, Mog, Madge, Maisie, Margarotta,', Margaritta, Margherita, Marghditta, Peg, Foggia, and Mar- garetcben, from which, it is believed, is derived Gretchen, Maggie is the favorite Scottish ab- breviation, and Madge or Peggie most used in England., It is expected that the baby Princess will be known as Princess Madge, There is historical, or literary war- rant for all the above alternatives. The name is also well represented on the map, for there are -:Margaret Bays, or lakes, or mountains as far apart as Canada and Australia and Abys- sinia and Antarctica. The outstanding cases in England are Margaret Red- ing and Maragaretting, both in Essex; the first is derived from St, Margaret and the second signifies "Margaret's Meadow." lightest housekeeping` of any women in the civilized. world?" "It takes the whole day," they pro- tested.' "Our furniture is so- low, we must forever be bending and stoop- ing. The woodwork which you like because it sem so plain acquires that satin sheen only through years of daily rubbing with slightly oily bath - water. "The paper' walls you admire must be: dusted with patters; our houses must be 'patted' clean every day, for we can not wash them, as you do win- dows, at long intervals. The mat - tinge to be spotless for stockinged feet must be incessantly scrubbed; before parties we shine every bit of it three times. -�� "And those bed-quilts—what an ar- duous labor,to,be forever rolling them away and hauling them out! Those sliding -doors. They can not be push- ed open, like yours. One,must kneel, Airplane Beacon Used to Drive and 'with three fingers, just so, press them noiselessly along the grooves. Wild Fowl From Fields of ]dice "And the decorations in the domicil! They are never finished, as in West- Littleern houses, but must be attended,to Rock, Ark.—To safeguard the been lent by the General Electric riee crops of Grand Prairie from fu- ture damage by the thousands of wild fowl that arrive each fall while the harvest is under way, the Arkansas Power and Light Company will con- duct experiments with an airplane beacon on the farm of C. C. Cox, south of Stuttgart; it became known recent- ly. If is believed that the beacon will afford protection from the wild fowl from a distance of four to five' miles in each direction, enabling groups of farmers to band together and install and -operate such lights at minimum cost. Both white and red rays will be tested. The beacon, which has New. air-rail'speed, car which was tried ;out at. Hanover, Germany, re- cently, attaining speed of, 100 miles per hour. Company for the experiments, is said to be used successfully in the West by farmers . for protection against coyotes. There the animals appear is -fear the ted light more than the. White. Wild ducks and geese do .the great- est damage to the rice crop. Poorly drained fields with large' puddles of water near the harvested rice teem to be particularly alluring. The fowls attack the shocks viciously, pull the .cap of the sheaves to pieces and then strip the grain from the long heads of the bundles beneath. Thousands of dollars worth •of grain are destroy- ed in this manner annually. Japanese Leading Dual Existence Housewives Prefer Western Comfort—Grandmothers • Clings to'OId Tradi tions Having chilblain's is no fun. And the fact that you were wearing ple- turesnue and romantio clothes when you eeught the indisposition does tea thing to relieve your discomfort.'And, finally, if the picturesque and roman- tic clothes are the cause of the trou- ble, you are likely to adopt less color sal but, warmer garb. It's reasoning such as the forego- ing that is responsible for the west- ernization of Japan, we judge as we read Miriam Beard's new volume on "Realism in Romantic Japan" (Mac- millan). "Why do you do it?" Miss Beard used to ask her Nipponese friends sadly as "she saw them discarding kimonos and sashes and houses of painted screens in favor of Occidental tweeds, serges, and thick, solid walla. And they would always reply that al- though the old-time Japanese gar- ments and houses are pretty to look at, they. were not the most convenient things to live in. The arguments would go on, in this manner, with Orientals 'upholding Western ways, and an Occidental up- holding Eastern ways. Miss Beard would say: '.'Why do you want to give up your Japanese houses? They must be so easy to take, care of cad so informal to live 1n. Why do .yon wish to change the kimono? Nothing looks more comfortable." • And then I would find myself con- fronted by a wholesale indictment of native domesticity, to which each wo- man contributed her favorite argu- Men t. From my window I had perhaps seen these women approaching down the Maly street, and thought with pleasure how like the prints were their slim, swaying figure:a, in the dis- tance. As they hurried along, drag- ging their wooden sandals, their' soak- ed -skirts dung and flapped, and their long sieves unscrolled in the wind. They clutched at the scarfs about their necks, and tried to shelter, their bare heads behind big paper !um- brellas, To an outlander, the plc-. tare was gratifying. With plaints, however, they entered our quarters. Their wet feet were cold, The wind had sought all the loose .edges of sleeves and chilled them. The drenched skirts of their robes would be hours adrying. And', before I could reassure them that, anyway, they had looked 1fke the dream of an artist, they declared em- phathically and unpoelieal•ly that, above .all things, they detested haying chilblains. At home, too, apparently, they were always shiveringly conscious' of win- ter cold. To keep warm, they knelt close to the brazier, huddling above a glow that scarcely heated duger-tips and, gave .out, besides,.a noxious gas. All vitality, they insisted, went into the effort of fighting chill; and the day -long, shrinking toward the fire was .not 'without ,a cramping effect upon the mind. When I suggested a furnace, know- ing now ing that these particular friends could well afford it, they objected that Jap- anese houses had no cellars; when I mentioned stoves, they answered: "Heat warps delicate wood and lac- quer. It has been tried again and again, always disastrously. Furni- ture unglues, cups chip, beams split, paper rolls up, family treasures wrinkle and crack." Winter, I murmured, would soon be over, and what could be jollier than a light Japanese dwelling in warm weather? "Ah," they sighed; "when the walls are open, flying insects dash in, beat- ing against the papier-screens and lanterns. Reading at night is al- most impossible, and even sitting up is no pleasure." My enthusiasm for the picnic- chaa'acter of the home was not wholly -dampened "surely, they ' had the regularly, put up in boxes correctly labeled and tied with brocade cords; the scrolls must be carefully rolled; and not even a great master of flower arrangement can achieve a „Correct design in, a moment.:We have no time for social life." "But you all have servants," Miss Beard exclaimed, bewildered; "three or four at least, instead of just one or two :as you might in the West" And in reply: "Slow and 'inefficient!" they wailed, as housewives all over the world have a habit of doing. "They never get tiu'ough the daily tasks. And besides, so much of our housekeeping must, according to all tradition, be done 17 us. We are taught to look on it as a ritual, each act with a flawless form- ula; we alone can teed the tokonoma, take care of the finest pottery, Children can make more noise and mischief in a Japanese house, un- questionably, than in any other, They can punch holes in paper walls, reach and upset anything left on the low tables and shelves, and whenever they shriek it can be heard through thin partitions by the neighborhood. Watching them is an engrossing oc- cupation; , women have acquired the habit of wearing the babies on their' backs. even indoors, to hush them. Contemporary men and women re- quire more quiet and privacy than their ancestors. The official, the writer, 0t' the business man, who brings home his papers for evening work, is distracted by countless noises and interruptions. Through flimsy walls is transmitted every cough, every flap of the duster. closing of a shutter cry of a tradesman, or patter of wooden shoes on stepping -stones. The babies bounce in, and find it very easy to clamber over a crouching father, and spill the ink on the foot - high desk. Of such incidents are modern Japanese stage comedies made. Among the less affluent members of Japanese society there are difHcui- ties in the way of adopting the more convenient Western ideas. But among the rich, of course, there is no such trouble. if the rich "wish Gold Production In Canada For 1929 Ontario Continues to Lead Provinces As Gold Producer Canada's gold production again alia tabiishedra new high record in 1929, while hi the first half of the present year a new high figure was also re- corded. The gold production of 2929 according to finally revised official statistics, was 1,928,308 fine ounces, valued at $39,861,663. This compared with an output or 1,390,592 fine ounces, in 1928, valued at $39,082,005. For, the first half of 1930 the output, ac- cording to pr'eliminary figures, wee 970,235 fine ounces, with a value of $20,130,568. The Dominion is now giv- ing the United States a close run for second position among the gold pre- ducing countries of the world, the in creasing Canadian output, of recent years having steadily narrowed the Margin between these two countries. Ontario was the largest producer of gold among the provinces of Canada last year, as it. has bean for a number of years. The production in this pro- vince in 1920 was'1,022,267 fine ounces valued at $33,535,234. British Colum- bia came second with 154,204 ounces worth $3,187,680, with Quebec third at 90,798 fine ounces, worth $1,876,961. Smaller quantities of gold were pro- duced in Nova Scotia, Manitoba, At- berta and the Yukon. Ontario's Output In the first six months of the pre- sent year, Ontario produced nearly 86 percent, of the total gold production of the Dominion. This province's out- put was 837,097 fine ounces, of which 420,421 ounces came from the Porcu- pine camp, 403,109 ounces from the Kirkland Lake camp, 5,382 ounces from other Ontario gold mines and 8,135 ounces from nickel -copper and silver -lead -zinc mines, The Dome mine, in the Porcupine area, was not in production during the half year, but reported a small amount of gold recovered from the mill that was des troyed by fire on October 23, 1929. ' A new mill is being built. On Stine 19, 1930, announcement was made that I work would start at once on the con- t 'tinction of a new mill of 2,000 tons daily capacity at the McIntyre mine. Completion is expected by April, 1931. The method of ore treatment to be em- ployed is an adaptation of the flotation process worked out by the company's metallurgist. The Howey mine in the Red Lake district of north-west Ontario came into production in April of this year. Canada has been a gold producing country for over 70 years. The chief field in the early days was in British Columbia, when alluvial gold was dis- covered along the Thompson in the late 50's of last century. The famous Fraser gold rush took place in 1858. The outstanding Canadian gold field at the close of the last century was the Yukon, where one of the greatest gold rushes in history took place. The large scale development of the indue- try in northern Ontario dates from 1912, when the first permanent camp was established in the Porcupine area. The first gold discovery in the Kirk- land irkland Lake field was in 1911 on a claim now forming part of the Vat-Wit-Har- greaves right-Hargreaves mine. Over half the world's gold now being produced comes from the Union of South Africa. The United States ranks second with 10.9 per cent. of the total output, while Canada is third with 9,6 per cent.. The latest figures of world output are for 1928, when the production of the Union of South Af- rica was 10,354,264 fine ounces, that of the United States 2,144,720 ounces and Canada 1,890,592 ounces. In the eight years preceding the date just mentioned, there had been a decline of over 300,000 ounce in the production of the United States, while the produc- tion tion of Canada had increased by mete than 1,000,000 ounces. Illinois Rock Yields Worms Fossils of Silurian Age Fossils of worms, which lived in the Chicago area 390,000,000 years ago in the Silurian age, have been col!eet- ed for the Field Museum of Natural History by Bryan Patterson, of the institution's department of geology. They are found in rock in a limited area along the Sag Canal about a mile southwest of Blue Island, Illinois, "Worms, being soft -bodied creatures, are comparatively rare as fossils, and usually the only traces of them are their burrows and tracks," Mr. Patter- son said. "To find them in abund- ance, pressed flat between layers of a shaly rock and preserved as a thln sheet of carbonaceous matter, as was the case in this near -by Chicago local- ity, is a .rare thing," In addition to the worms, which were by tar the most common fossils in the locality, a few associated foe - sae of animals known as brachipods and graptelites were found. Dish Towels Three -quarter -yard dish toweling is enough for one towel, Hem ends, then applique 00. small cups, plates, pitchers, or teapot, in contrasting plain colors. Holders to match are pretty, and make a good, combina- tion for a gift to the housewife or hopechester. Of course, as, many of • each ntay be given in accordance with your pocketbook. Tee trouble with business is theta It has too many prophets and 7ia'� enough profits. to entertain more, or - be more com- fortable, they simply hide an archi- tect and buitd a complete foreign man - sloe, send their children abroad to learn the appropriate behavior, or hire tutors to teach them how to ac- quire it on the spot" Reading on: Impeccable were such of these. homes as I saw; and their owners: appeared wholly at ease in. the new environment. One nobleman had built a great English country place, faithfully reproduced from the ivy that clambered over stone walls to the. velvety lawn, from the baronial half with its oil -paintings to the Japanese servants who not only wore the livery of English butlers, but had somehow absorbed the exact, suavely bland ex- pression of their British prototypes. Another estate held a French chat- eau, where in a boudoir of rose, gilt, and crystal, on brocaded sofas, sat jeunes Blies, some in kimono and oth- ers in Paris frocks, discussing the poems of. Paul Claude!. Tet another home was German from cellar to pointed roof and, of course, Provided with a musieroom; while a fourth was a purely American domicil, with low bookcases and wide fireplace, roomy couches, and a sun -parlor look- ing out on a court where vigorous girls were laughing and playing ten- nis. It is 11 more modest circles, na- turally, that the hot debate over the new home occurs. Thousands of business and professional men who spend the clay in "down town" offices at night return to kimono and cush- ion; tens of thousands of university 'and high-school boys and girls who were foreign dress to classes, sit on benches or chairs, and practise athle- tics, find kneeling on the floor at home positively painful; multitudes of mothers who want a more modern hygienic bringing-up for their chil- dren can not without sacrifice and struggle pay for much improvement. Some solve their difficulty by mov- ing to the new suburban '"garden cities" and .renting a concrete "for- eign -style" house. A few semi - Japanese apartments have been re- cently erected in Tokyo with provi- sion for community laundry and cook- ing. Many persons add various arti- cles to their residences, regardless of esthetic principles; they hide a tele- phone behind a screen, put a lantern around the electric bulbs, conceal a phonograph near the tokonoma, spread a ing over the chilly matting, or bold- ly install a wicker chair or two and a desk, in spite of the fact that they do Iook like mastodons in the low- ceilinged room. "The foreign -style parlor;". a room attached to the Japanese abode like a trailer to a motor -car, is the solu- tion pr'efer'red by many, Business men may entertain customers here; daugh- ter may practise on the piano and learn foreign etiquette in the right surroundings; sou may, sit at a desk for his studies. Sometimes the whole faintly prefers this wing, while only graedmother remains faithful to the former apartments. Thus very strange dual life is led. Before long, I decided that to live with one cultar'o alone was distinctly monotonous. . The jack of all trades is the dollar. Soccer on Horseback New form of soccer was Introduced for the first time at the regent Berlin, Germany, horse show. .addle -soccer and the feet of the riders are used to propel the ball along to the goal. i It is called