The Seaforth News, 1919-12-18, Page 6The Marchfof the White Guard
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By SIR GILBERT PARKER.
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CHAPTER III.—(Cont''.), had covered wide areas of country, di-
viding and meeting again after stated
house of, travel, but not a sign had
been seen; neither cairn nor staff nor
Immediately after, at a sign from
e Sub -factor, Cloud -in -the -Sky be-
en to transfer the burning wood
rorkl one fire to the. other until only any :nark of human presence., of Montreal complete reports were
of ashes,were left where a eat Jasper,- Hume had noticed Jeff st,bmitted by the Superintendents of
aze had been, Over these ashes pine Hyde's face when it was turned to the the Banit, dealing with trade and term-
•gs and branches were spread, and
eddying drifts of the north, and he Ing COe Dotions in minion. the ear zesrts covets,
' beer diem again blankets. The word
understood what was'•in the experience ofthe particular operations p
teas then given to turn in, and Jeff ed huntsman's mind. He knew that p ations carried ' out
Ends, Gaspe Toujours, and Late Cars- severe weather was before them, and In thevarious sections of the country
Callon laydown in this comfortable that the greatest difficulty of the jour- onthis account become of very
bed. Eawished to give wayto their' nay was to 'be. encountered. Yet, some- special interest to the mercantile and
hewth fire fear thatpossessed him when farming -. communities desirous'of
ptain, but he would nonconsent, and keeping' in touch with the important
r and Cloud-in-theeSky wrapped 6 69 had left h nib kasandkhe from
.leaped in is itis act, developments that are occurring
themselves in their blanket like mum -I of self-sacrifice a larger course arm throughout Canada, Our. Superin-
es, covering their heads completely, tendent reports as follows:
and under the Arctic sky they slept; rarer strength 'than that which had;
alone in an austere and tenantless heretofore n stdyed him on this ebeer-
world. They never know how loftily'less less jo night they saw Manitou Moun-
sardonic nature can be who have not taint cold,' colossal, harshly calm; and
sees that rand where the mercury' . .
CROP AND TRMiE CONDITIONS
THROUGHOUT THE DOMINION
Bank of Montreal Annual Meeting.
Con;; fete Reports Submitted on ConditionsQ In : Various Provinces of the
Dominion at Annual Meeting of the Bank of Montreal Will Be of
3peolat Interest to Mercantile and Farming Communities. _
At•the Annual Meeting of the Bank Both these situations aro improvin;
and larger production has taken place
at the gold mines.
Both wholesalers and retailers re-
port it easy to sell goods. Credits are
sh rtened .and bad debts negligible,
Larger expenditures were, generally
made by municipalities this year in an
effort to overtake works' postponed
during the war:
Population shows a general increase,
with a tendency to drift to urban and
manufacturing ceutt'es.
There has been a continued eatep-
slonin hydro -electric power during fate
past year, and works at Nipigon and
Chippewa, as well as at other places
loss important, will within the next
two years add very largely to the
available power for manufacturing and
other purposes throughout Ontario.
Generally speaking, the year has
been one of great activity throughout
the Province.
Prairie Provinces.
Ontario.
Manufacturing in Ontario has been
limited only by shortage of supplies
and disturbances in labor. Govern -
freezes in the tubes and there is light shr'ekin th that biting, fearfulht Ueorthrose a wind. have stimulated ment credits for goods
manufacturinto g, and
but no warmth in the smile of the It blew upon them in cruel menace of domestic demands have been insistent.
sun. Not Shirt in the heart of jus- conquest, in piercinginclemency.It New industries have been started,
trails with the mercury bursting the struck a freezin teror to theirhearts and a number' of successful manul'ac
fevered tubes, with the finger -nails g turrn
breaking like brittle glass, with the and grew in violent attack until, as if g concerns in the United States
lilt drying instantly on the pen, with repenting that it 'had foregone .its have been making enquiries with the
the hair falling off and fading, would, power to save, the sun suddenly grew intention of locatigg in OntatTb.
if he could, have exchanged his lot red and angry and spread out a shield Ontario farmers have been steadily
bettering their position in recent
for that of the White Guard. They are of blood along the bastions of the
in a frozen endlessnss that stretches west.. The wind shrunk back and grew years, installing modern equipment
away to a world where never voice of less murderous and ere the last red and improving their modes of living.
arrows shot upbehind the lonely west- past year has been one of fair
man or clip of wing or tread of animal y crops and high prices. A wet spring
is heard. It is the threshold of the • ern wall of white, the three knew that
undiscovered country, to that un- ite j the worst of the storm had passed and was followed by an exceptionally dry
that death had drawn back fora tome- summer, ,and grain crops, with the ex -
are only furuched rowewhose thelds a giant forces What Jasper I7ynme thought we shall caption of fall wheat, fell below the
of the elements; on whose frigid orn
gather from his diary; for ere he f andttomatoes weret pa recors wered yield: ood; etre
hearthstone no fire is ever lit; a place crawled in among t'he dogs and season was y
where the electric phantoms of a' stretched himself out beside Jacques, poor for all fruit except
a.
nightiess land pass and repass, and are he wrote these words with aching falling off. es. he Theese reisaioshon t shortage
never still; where the magic needle fingers: a hogs; sheep raising is on the increase.
points not toward the north but dark- "January 10: Camp 39.—A bitter The cattle situation is somewhat un-
ly downward, downward—where the' day We are facing three fears now: settled, owing to the limited amount
sun never stretches warm hands to l the fate of those we left behind; his of feed available for carrying through
him who dares confront the terrors: fate; and the going back. We are; the winter.
of eternal snow,thirty miles from Manitou Mountain. The production of lumber has been
The White Guard sleeps. I+ If he is found, I should not fear at all
p- the return journey• successgives hope. seriously reduced owing to shortage
CHAPTER IV. the trust in God:" of labor. 1919 has been an excellent
to
No, Captain• leave me here and 1 Another day passes and at night, Great Britt andinarketingathe with heavy
States,ales
push on to the Manitou Mountain. You after a hard march, they camp five and a steady domestic demand for all
ought to make it in two days. I'm just miles from Manitou Mountain. And,
as safe here as on the sleds and less not a sign! But Jasper Hume knows 'classes of high,umbeh Prices have been
trouble; a blind man's no good, I'll that there is a faint chance of Varre unusually there is no notwith.
have a goad rest while you're gone,; Lepage being found at this mountain:t tion of stocks on hand, and notwitlt-
His iron frame has borne the hard- standing the scarcity of labor and in -
and than perhaps ray rye. will come ships of this journey well; his valiant creased costs of operating, the year
out eleht. My feet is l_arly well, Phas been a successful one. Pulp and
now.' , heart better. But this night an un- paper have been in large and increas-
Yes• ,Ten Hyde was ercwlrline. This, i accountable weakness possesses him. ing demand, with soaring prices for
the giant of the part;•, had suffered: Mind and body are on the verge of the latter.
most. • I helplessness and faintness. JacquesMiningproduction during the year
But Jasper Hume :nil, "I won't seems to understand that, and when has been curtailed. The demand for
leave you alone, my man. The dogs' he is unhitched from the team of dogs, nickel fell off after the Armistice;
can carry you, as they've done for the, now dwindled to seven, he goes to his strikes lessened the silver out
last ten days. master and leaps upon his breast. It put.
But Jeff replied. "I'm as safe here. was as if some instinct of sympathy,
as marching, and safer. When the dogs I of prescience, was passing between the
are not carrying me, you can get on man and the dog. Jasper Hume bent
fastIn-
as; now,don that means. everything to Etta t and is head rubbedown ahi Jacques
kindly; then
Jasper Hume met the eyes of Gaspe be said, with a tired accent, "It's all
Toujours. He read them, Then he right, nog: it's all right!"
said to Jeff Hyde, "It shall be as you Jasper Hume did not sleep well at
wish. Late Carscallen. Cloud -in -the-, first that night, but at length oblivion
Sky, and myself will push on to Mani- came, He waked to reel Jacques tug-
tou Mountain. You and Gaspe Tou- ging at his blankets, It was noon.
lours will remain here" a Late Carscallen and Cloud -in -the -Sky
Jeff Hyde's blind eyes turned toward were still sleeping—inanimate bundles
Gaspe Toujours, and Gaspe Toujours among the dogs. In an hour they were AUni ue
said, "Yes. We have plenty of tahac." on their way again, and toward sun- q Party. Tables were now brought in, and
A tent was set up, provisions were set they had reached the foot of Mani- "What kind of a time did you have for two hours progressive games fol -
put in it, a spirit -lamp and matches ton Mountain. Abruptly from the at Elizabeth's last night?" asked lowed. See our score cards?" and she
sere added, and the simple- menage plain rose this mighty mound, blue Mary's mother, dangled from her finger a cat about
was complete. Not quite. Jasper Hume and white upon a black base. A few "Just the jolliest kind of a time four inches high cut from black card -
looked round. There was not a tree straggling pines grew near its foot, imaginable! Betty is so original. She board, with eyes, mouth, and whiskers
in eight. He stooped and cut away defying latitude, as the mountain itself never does things like anybody else, drawn in with white ink..
inga the ole zuat nnerswas
ofused
the sleds; fastened anddefied
geoiogr'sts.lattA haltof gwas called.hers
You know, she and Edith Carlson gave . "It must have been a lot of work for
it firmly in the ground, and tied to it Late Carscallen and Cloud -in -the -Sky this party together, and we were all somebody," said Mary's mother.
a red woolen scarf, which he had used looked at the chief. His eyes were consumed with curiosity from the "Oh, the girls worked together get -
tor tightening his white blankets scanning the mountain closely. Sud- moment we received our linvitations. ting things ready, and they said it
round him. Then he said, "Be sure denly he paused. Five hudnred feet You recall how the envelope was seal- was great fun. The plan was carried
and keep that flying; men." up there is a great round hole in the ed with a cat cut from black paper, out in the dining room, too. The cloth
theJeff oHyde's Tface bh wasnd man'sd instinctand solid rock, and
smoke! holeJasm this per there
'e and two black cats decorated the head and napkins were decorated with black
was coining to him. Far off white ed- hand points where his eyes are fixed, of the sheet on vhicit the note of cats, 'and the cookies served with the
dying drifts were rising over long hit- The other two see. Cloud -in -the -Sky, invitation was written? Just theword- ice cream were cut in the shape of
,
locks of snow. When Jeff turned gives a wild whoop, such a whoop as' ing of it led us to expect one of Bet- cats. I don't see where they found so
round again his face was slightly only an Indian can give, and from the, ty's unique affairs, Don't you rem- many different shapes, but there 'seem -
troubled. It grew more troubled, then mountain there comes a moment after' ember, it read, "Two black cats invite ed to,be no two alike.
ft brightened up again, and he said t.t a faint replica of the sound, It is not i you to spend the evening of December "After supper we did one more
Jasper Hume, "Captain, would you an echo. for there appears at the tenth at The Elms, 203 High Street." stunt: Betty and Edith gave to each
leave that book with me till
back that about infirmities ylangecome them and makesmouth of the 4feeble sige an ns whforothem sees The girls showed me some of the notes of us a large sheet of drawing paper
and necessities? I knew a river -boss to come- In a few moments they are of acceptance they received, and they and a stink of charcoal, and told us
who used to carry an old spelling -book at the cave. As Jaspar Hume enters, were quite as original as the invite- to illustrate the jingle we found on
round with him for luck. It hal be- Cloud -in -the -Sky and the stalwart but tion. Clark Leeson wrote: the beck of our sheet. Mine was:
longed to a schoolmaster., who took emaciated Indian who had beckoned to "I'm glad to find I'm in good grate "Pussy.cat, pussy cat, where have you
hire in and did for hill"' when his father them speak to each other in tate Chi- With two black eats about this place; been?
and mother went into Kingdom Come. nook language, the jargon common to And since I find I'm on their slate, I've been to London to visit the queen,
It seems to me as if that book of all Indians of the west. I'll meet them on the given date. "In a few minutes the girls collect -
yours, Captain, would bring luck to ,Taspar Hume saw a form reclining "Did they carry out the ,idea ed our sketches and exhibited them
this part of the White Guard, that on a great bundle of pine branches
befn' out at the heels like has to stay, and he knew what Rose Lepage had throughout the edening, Mary?" one at a time, asking the audience to
behind." , prayed had corns to pass. By the"Indeed they did. During the half- guess What Mother Goose or nursery
Jasper Hume had Lorne the suffer -;flickering light of a handful of fire he hour while the guests were assemble rhyme the drawing was eupposed to
ings of his life with courage; he had saw Varre Lepage --rather what was ing, envelops containing pictures of represent. If tile sketch was so im-
led this terrible tramp with no tremor left of him—a shadow of energy, a cats sliced,in irregular sections were possible that no one could guess it
at his heart for himself; he was seek -'heap of nerveless bones. His eyes handed us, and we worked together in the artist was compelled to rise and
ing to perform a perilous act without: were shut, but as Jasper Hume, with little groups of two and threes to recite hie verse. Some of them were
anat
quest-waisatheh greatest but t ialeofsthis, his iver heart, stoodoforaan sympathy
and place them correctly, This broke the very cleverly done, especially;
momentous period in his life. This' looked at the man whom he had cher- ice, and prevented any stiffness at the "Heigh diddle diddle, the cat and the
book had not left his breast, save when ished as a friend and found an enemy, beginning. Soon after the last ar- fiddle,
he slept, for twenty years. To give .it the pale lips of Varre Lepage moved rival we were each given a card about The cow jumped over the moon.
up was like throwing open the doors and a weak voice said, "Who—is six inches square, decorated with two "Ding," dong, bell, pueny's in the well.
of his nature to such weaknesses that there?" blank cats, and containing a list of „
assail and conquer most men at. some; "A friend," twenty short definitions • describingIt certainly closed one of the jot -
time or other in their lives. I{ "A.friendl Come near me friend!"h best evenings we've had this year
Jeff Hyde felt, if he could not seen! Jasper Hume made a motion to Later seine word the first syllable of which
the hesitation of his chief. His rough; Carscallen, who was heating"some was !cat' Let me get mine and see if and Mary ''caned back in her chair
but kind instincts told him something liquid at the fire, and he came near you can guess any better than I did:" with a sigh of satisfaction.
was wrong in his request, and be hasan and stooped and lifted up the sick Mary ran from the room and quick-
ened.to add, "P -cg .our pardon, sir, it man's head and took his hand. ly returned with the card from which
ain't no matter; I oughtn't to have; (To be continued,) she read, "r, waterfall."
asked you for it. But it's just like me; l 1 "Cataract," replied her metres
I've been a chain on tib leg of the' Legs and Necks. promptly. "That is easy."
White Guard this whole frame)." „
The moment of hesitation had pass -I Naturalists assure us that, with a They made the first easy to en -
ed before Jeff Hyde had said half -a-' few exceptions, there is a marked courage us, I guess. They are not all
dozen words, and Jaspar Hume put the' equality betweer. the lengths of the so simple. Let me read you several
nook in his hands with the words, "No,•ischia and of the logs of both birds fa om the list just to show you what
Jeff Hyde; take it. It will bring luck' and quadrupeds. Whether they, be they were like: An uneansrious state;
tothe rriede Guard. Put .t where. I; long or whether they be short is de- 'A calamity,"An ancient burial peace,'
I con'ie bacave k." and keepp it safe until;, terminad, it seems, chiefly by the man- 'A beam at a ship's end.' No one had
Jeff Hyde placed the book in hes ner In which the animal feeds, • over seventee of the twenty correct,
bosom, but hearing a guttural "Ugh"1 Crocodiles, lizards and fish' have' but we had lots of fun figuring them
behind him he turned round defiantly.. virtually no necks. Fowls that feed in out. If we had been allowed to con -
The Indian touched his arm and said, the water also offer an example of this suit the dictionary we might all have
"Good! Strong -back book—good:''Jeff I correspondence between the members; f1'one much better. We were allowed
was sthisfied, with the exception of swans and geese. twenyty.minutes in which to make our
At this point they parted, Jeff Hyde:
and Gaspe Toujours remaining, and'
During part of the past season ex-
tensive areas in Saskatchewan and Al-
berta experienced, in common with the
North-Western States, severe drought
and loss of crops, but owing to good
yields in other areas and to high
prices, the value of grains raised ex-
ceeded that of the year 1915, when the
largest crops in the history of the
West was produced.
Failure of pasture and hay in cer-
tain districts mulled anxiety to ranch-
ers, and while autumn rains brought
relief, the scarcity and high price of
feed for winter use forced the sale of
some unfinished cattle at prices ad-
versely attacked by worse conditions
in the United States.
The West, on the whole has had a
prosperous year, exceptions being the
districts in which crops were lost
through drought.
.. British Columbia.
Grain crops were affected by drought
and were below the average. Fruit and
vegetables have been good crops with
prices ruling high, -More attention is
being given to agriculture, and farmers
and growers generally have bad to
profitable season.
Wholesale trade lies been good and
retail trade active,
The population has increased, .and
further immigration is expected dur-
ing the coming year.
Conditionsthroughout the province
on the whole are better than they have
been for some years, and prospects
appear good for continued business
activity into the new year.
---. -- attempt, and then Betty read the cor-
I xsper Hume and his two followers . The first postage stamp was printed rect answers and we checked ours. A
poin ;' an toward Manitou Mountain.; in Great Bolitadn in 1840; it was black pretty calendar with a picture of kit -
There seemed' little probability that in color. kens on ,it was the first prize, while a
1 arc's Lepage would he found, In their I
progress'eastward and ccc-rthwc,rd they ipinard'e Liniment Cures Colas. Sao.
Light for the Short Days.
It is a rather° strange thing that
with tremendous impro'vement along
every other line ,of ,agricultural activ-
ity the provision of good modern light-
ing systems should have been so long
in coming. Untpl the last three or
four years the great majority of farm
homes still got along with the old
kerosene lantern for 'barn and yard
work and with the lamp for the house,
In the house these lamps were not
very satisfactory at best. Cleaning
and filling thenp took a lot of some-
one's time, and unless there were a
number of them used, it was usually
a matter of those nearest the lamp
getting the light and those farthest
away getting-ajong without it. There
had to be lamps to carry, upstairs at
bed time, one for each room. And
copy of the `Black C'at. Magazine; tied these meant more cleaning and filling,
With black ribbon, was the consolati:on._concddereble inconvenienceand an
Cever-presept Lire hazard, To be•sure
they were a lot better than 'the candles
rid tallow daps of the ;generation bee
fore, but they left a lot to be desired,
tc a.
Tn the barn it was a .more serious
natter. A lantern was the poorest
kind of a makeshift. Large open pas-
sageways •and open lofts without any
papered walls to reflect the light made
the lantern a mere' point of light, the
rays from which' "seemed to be ins -
mediately absorbed in the darkness.
It was a ease of 'holding the lantern
idose to the.work in hand' in order -to
see at all. The lantern'ha'd to be pick-
ed up and carried from job to job, and
this made a man one -handed and con-,
sumed a lot of extra time. Finally in
the barnthe fire hazard was •immeas
urably greater than in the 'house. A
lantern -balanced unatably on a straw -
Covered floor had an excellent chance
of being upset, And once turned over,
Hie burning liquid kerosene had every
chance for destruction.
What a difference there is now in
many country 'homes. Instead of the
coal oil lamp lighting just the centre
of the living room, carried from room
to room when light was needed,..and
cleaned and filled every day, we find
elegant electric fixtures. On the liv-
ing ream table -is a reading lamp with
a shade that softens the bright rays of
the electric bulbs, but allows them to
reach the farthest corners of the room.
Bracket 'lights on the wails and a
special lamp on the piano give plenty
of extra light whenever it is needed.
Simpler but just as effective fixtures
are in all the other rooms of the house,
upstairs as weld as down,, in the hall-
ways and basement and on the porch-
es. Hall lights can be turned on from
upstairs or, down, and verandah lights
are controlled from inside the house-'
In the' barn the old lantern is known
no more. Electric lamps are strung
everywhere they will do the most good
and the switches are conveniently lo-
cated. No more carrying lanterns or
worrying about fire.
The farm of to -day is -enjoying just
as complete electrical service as the
city home; because electricity on the
farm affords poweta as well as light.
Pumps, washing machine's, separators, .
churns and a wide variety of other I
light power appliances are run to -day
with small electric motors at a great
saving of both time and labor.
All this service is developed right
on the farm by a small electric plant
, cementing of. a generating unit and a
set of sternge electric -plants in the
last few years that to -day thee are
more ,easily: taken come of than the
average -farm implement. They in-
corporate the best featured of meth'
apical and electrical; design.
ROV IL
Bovril
taken
The great t6 key
food" that makes
other foods more
nourishing.
Powwerer
Poof idind
o
noe-rli takoo
8¢t a"are'e Linimont Opt'os Diphtheria.
An es'tim'ate 'of the total wheat pro-
duction for Western Canada for 1013
is 166,225,000 ,bashe'ls.
When
Fatigued
AcupofOXO
is both ,re-
freshing and.
invigorating.
Ready in a min-
ute—the minute
Jou want it,
Truer• •ta , 25r;, 81,15, 82.25, C ii` a
4oy Ai
Assessment System
, Whole Fancily insurance. -
' The Order furnishes insurance to its
members at Ontario Government Stand-
ard rates,
Sick and Funeral Benefits are also
given if desired,
The .Juvenile Department furnishes
the best possible insurance benefits to
the children of our adult members.
The Order has already paid over 6080,-
000,00 in Sick and Funeral Benefits, and.
nearly Seven Millions of Dollars in In -
000 Councils in Canada. .If there is
noFornsfuin yiouorino'eictny wreirte ho•udy boe2.
the following Officer's:
J. L. Davidson. li'. F. Montague,
C,rand aCouuc:lllor cirand Recorder
\y.
F. Campbell J. Ih Dell; M.D.
Grand Organizer. Grand Merl. 701,
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You want him big and strong.
Then give him a pure wool jersey,
Made by his friend, Bob Long.
Let him romp with all his vigor
He's the best boy In the land,
And he'll always be bright and
smiling,
11 he wears a Bob Long Brand.
Ssi Long.
Independent scientific, experintenca• heed
neln,io,Iy pyroo,d that the Boda.buifding
Powerto moons I, Boonl0 to 20 tine,
II
All grades. e Write for prices.
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COAL SUPPLY
MINERS' . 'STRIKE R1KE IdF THE:
UNITED STATES. '
Dominion, Feeling Pinch of
Shortage,. Plans Enlarging
"Her Own. Output.
tz
The reeurrentshortages in fuel give
rise to a"renowecl •movement to make
Canada more seif'dependent so far as
bituminous coal is concerned; Officers,
of the mines department are authority
for the statement .. that' Ih.ere is as.
much soft coal in Canada ae in. the
United States. Half a billion tons, it.
is asserted, could be mined annually,.
if necessary; it all reduces itself to
an economic duestion of getting laborto work the mines, equipineut to de-
velop them and, above all, a market,
for the product.
Last year Canadian mines produced-
17,636,198 short tons of bituminous
coal, 3,226,331 tons of lignite and 115,-
405
15,406 'tons of anthracite. In the same
period the country bought 22,678,587
tons from the United States, of which
4,785,160 tons were anthracite.
Where the economic problem arises,
primarily, is from the fact that the Ca-
nadian mines are remote from -those
parts where the market Is the largest.
There are splendidly productive de-
posits in. Cape Breton in the extreme
east and in British Columbia and
nortltwesterit. Alberta in the extreme
west. ,The biggest consumption, how-
ever, is centralized in Ontario and
Quebec. About two million tons of
Nova Scotia coal finds its why annually
to the Montreal market' by way of the
St. Lawrence route, but navigation
opens only in April and, closes early in
November, so with limited shipping
facilities this market never goes be-,
yond a certain point.
American mines, therefore, have al-
ways been able to compete for Quebec
business and, especially, for 'that of
Ontario, situated as it is much closer
to Pennsylvania and Ohio. The result
las been that Nova Scotia coal sloes.
not get much west of Montreal, while
he western coal does not come east of,
Winnipeg, whereas it is in the 'central
provinces that the demand ;is the
argent, To haul coal such long dis-
antes is regarded as impracticable
miens worst conies to worst, and it
presents special difficulties just now
owing to car shortages,
Urge Canadian Development.
The question, however, is being dis.
cussed freely, and many people, while
not discounting the geographical dia-
advantages, are urging that Canada
should develop more fully her own
mining deposits rather than face re-
currently suffering and partial Indus -
nal and transportation paralysis
whenever trouble develops across the
corder.
t
I
t
1
Great interest is displayed in the .
coming inquiry by the International
Joint Commision into the proposed •
navigation and water power develop- ' .
meats of the St. Lawrence, jointly by
the United States and Canada.
The general idea is to deepen the
St. Lawrence by a series of dams so
that ocean shipping, which now stops
at Montreal, shay go to Toronto and
Detroit and so on up the great lakes
to Duluth, Chicago, Fort William and
Port Arthur. Incidental to this expan-
sion of navigation is the development
of four millions of potential water
power, to be divided jointly between
the United States and Canada.
The undertaking would involve very
heavy expense—at least $300,000,000,
but public setiment, seemingly, is
I strongly in favor of it. The new -Wel- .
land Canal, now in course of construe -
Lion, will accommodate ships with a
- —7, draught of 85 feet, and it constitutes
really the first vital link in the scheme,
The questions of reference are now
geleIII before the United States and Cane."
Nl ; dian governments and it is erected
te-- that inquiry by the international Joint
.11 "
11," i
Commission will be begun very short
ly.
Golf, in the Royal family., .
There is a story told of.a secretary
at a well-known golf club in Fiance
who is notorious for his , dry humor
and his disposition to treat everybody
and everything with the mpst pro-
nounced non-chalance. One day dur-
ing the war a young British officer pre-
sented himself at the club and in-
quired of the secretary, "Can 'I.play
golf?"
"How should I know," came the re-
ply, "but here are the links," The
face of the visitor relaxed Into a broad
smile as he remarked: "Very good,
indeed." It was the Prjnce of Wales:
The Prince has spent many ,enjoy•
able hours on the private course, at
Windsor, and -has said that as soon as '
he can spare the necessary time he in-
tends to give more attention to golf
than heretofore. There are now tnany,
golfers in the royal family, several' of
whoni can afford to give the Prince a
substantial .handicap; The Princess
Royal in her 'younger dais was1)119b:
ably
ably the best golfer the royal faintly
ever possessed, but recently she` has "
played little, "
At present Princess Arthur of Con-.
naught excels: She playe well, as does
her °sister, Princess Maud. Prince
Henry is a flee player:, Curiottaia:'
enough, the King, who, is, fond of,'''
sports, has little liking for golf,,wliile
the Queen frankly confesses thin she
scarcoly knows one"club from' another,
nen