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The Seaforth News, 1923-04-05, Page 7. ; COASTGUARDS RDS RESCUE -.KEEPER, OF WATERWORKS CRIB IN WINDS :E T ERIE A despatch fon Cleveland, 0., .aye:—Successfully battling the waves of Lake Erie, United Staters coaetguards- early on Wednesday night brought to shore I-Iarry Hole- worth, who, fore24hours, lay a victim of pneumonia on the waterworks erib, ;of which he was the keeper, five miles out. It was` •one of the most thrilling rescues recorded in the annals of the -Great Lakes' history. The coastguard power boat, with a crew of eight men and a eaptain, set out for the crib late on Wednesday in the• teeth of a high wind, after .several previous, attempts had failed. An hour later,the boat itself became the object of a rescue. As the power boat reached the crib, John Hugo and Thomas : B. ' Keller, a Bolsworth's assistants; tied a rope around the sick man. Then as the boat manoeuvred in close, Holsworth was lowered 20 feet to the iee-coated cabinroof as tire, vessel: passed. • I3e was grabbed by two of the crew, who several times almost slipped into the water. Holsworth was finally placed inside the, cabin, where Dr. Harry L. Baird worked .over him as the boat buffeted the waves on her landward trip. Half way back to the coastguard station, the power boat's engine went dead, The crew of the Frank W., Which had been held in readiness by the Great Lakes Towing Company, steamed out into the lake and towed the boat to shore. An ambulance, held in 'readiness, rushed Holsworth to a hospital. His condition is extremely serious, Dr. Baird. declared. First word that Holsworth was ill was,_ picked up by an amateur radio operator early on Wednesday. He in turn notified the coastguard, but be- -cause of the heavy seas and high wind, the life -Saving crew was unable to approach the crib during the day. 7 KILLED IN WRECK OF BIG FOUR TRAIN Engine Strikes Auto at Colum- bue,;L' Ohio, :Many Being Injured.` A despatch from Columbus says:— Seven persons are known, to have been killed, and fifteen .injured, some seri- ously, when it fast Big Four puliman train, enroute-from Boston"to Cincin- nati, struck an automobile at a grade crossing at the North city limits -Fri- day morning. ' The engine left the tracks and turned over in the ditch, four puliman sleepers piling on top of it. All of, the cars in the train, with the exception of a dining ear left the track. The train, due in Columbus,-at_7.50 o'clock, was more than =an hour late and ' was running at an estimated speed of 65 or 70 miles an :hour. The.known dead are two firemen and the occupants of,the demolished automobile, Mrs.: Frank F. Fremminger of Columbus, and her two children. THREE L:IVS.' TAKEN BY BLIZZARD Outlying Newfoundland Set- tlements Not Yet 'Heard From. A despatch' from . St. John's, Nfld., says:—The blizzard that swept New- foundland last week cost at :least three lives, according to reports re- ceived here. Many outlying settle- ments had not been heard from. At Three Harbors, between St. John's and Cape Race, 60 miles from this city, three' Men who had `gone into the interior to cut,firewood, were over- taken by the storm and -perished. The blizzard had subsided, leavYing transportation by land and sea -clip- pled for the time. Steamers plying between Canadian ports and St John's wore held fast, in ice -fields. Heligoland9Fortress Now A Children's' Sanitarium A despatch „from Hamburg says:— Heligoland has become a children's health resort. The historically famous little isle, key to the Gorman Empire's. coastal defence system, henceforward will be devoted to the recuperative need of Germany's ailing little' ones. Where once mighty fortifications frowned upon the British, fleet across the North Sea,aplaygrounds are being laid out; and the buildings in which were quartered the crews of great gunsyare being converted into nurser- ies. Medical authorities describe Heligoland as ideally adapted to the treatment of .children, opring to.' the warm sunshine. and sheltered open spaces to be found. there. Caught in Shafting g Lad Meets Death Kingston, Ont., March 30.—Frank Babcock, agednineteen, employed in ,the grist mill of Robert Rickey, Mill - .haven, shortly after eleven o'clock yesterday morning was caught in the' shafting and terribly injured. He died at three o'clock this afternon. Seh tgr:i B l�Ots I3e is taking a prominent' part in: the dilsicussion in respect to •: the Heppe eoal'fie1di, which it rs elainiedare cap- able of supplying Canada, from On- tarlo 6o the Pacific, with all. the coal that ianeeded.,'.',. The Final -Curtain Drops. Sara Bernhardt, -the world's greatest tragedienne, died March 26,. In Paris. She was not only an actress, but also a writer, an artist and sculptor. She was accorded a State funeral and was buried in a ooflin which she purchaseiT thirty yearn ago and in which she of- ten slept. She was the idol of three generations, having been 61 years on the stage. As a girl she was forced on the stage against her wishes, as she wanted to become a nun. ROYAL SPONSORS FOR "BABY LASCELLES" The King and Queen at Bap- tismal Font of Their First Grandchild. k despatch from Goldsborough, Yorkshire, England, says: — The Archbishop of York on Palm Sunday christened "Baby Lascelles," the in- fant son of Viscount Lascelles and Princess Mary, in the presence of King George and Queen Mary and other members of the royal household. Villagers, tenants and dependents of the'Harewood estate of Viscount'Las- celles were given the preference over visitors to the village desirous of wit- nessing the ceremony. The christening took place after' the morning service in. the little village chureh. It was a gdiet' and simple: ceremony;. the only incident was the. lusty crying of the baby, which could be heard throughout the church. The - infant ewes given the 'name George Henry Hubert-Lascelles. King George and Queen Mary were the chief sponsors. Present with them •• at the baptismal fent were two other sponsors, the Countess of Harewood and Colonel Lane -Fox. Ptopr addie tional sponsors who were represented by proxies are Dowager Queen Alex-;, andra,. Lady! Patricia Ramsay, the Earlkuf Harewoodand General SID George Higginson. After the baptism Zing George and Queen Mary and the Countess of Harewood and Colonel' THEA PROVINCS OF ONTARIO 13 HOST TO QUEBEC To further the interest -of the "beano entente" between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, Co1, Oockshutt, Lieutenant -Governor of Ontarlo, invited Quebec to be the guest of Ontario. The Lieutenant -Governor of Quebec, Sir Oharles'Fitzpatelek, Premier Teach ereau, Mayor -Martin of Montreal, and: a •host of government officials and business men were ineludod .in the party. The pictures :show, from left to right: Mrs. Cockslentt, the hostess at GowenmentHouse, Toronto; Sir Charles, Fitzpatrick and Premier Tasehereau among her guests, and Lleutenant- Goveinor Cockshutt, Attempt May be Made to Refloat Wrecked Cruiser A despatch from. St. John's, Nfld., says:—The possibility of refloating the British cruiser Raleigh, which went ashore in the Straits of Belle Isle last summer, and was abandoned as a total loss, has been revived, Re- ports made to the British Admiralty that the wreck had•been moved by the pressure of the ice pack this winter led the British authorities to investi- gate the cruiser's present position on the Labrador rocks. 'On Tuesday an aviator flew from Botwood,.on the north-east coast of Newfoundland, to. Point Forteau, on the south coast of Labrador, and made photographs of the • Raleigh as she now lies. If the hulk has been freed from 'the reeks that held her an effort will be made to refloat the cruiser. Aeroplane tob a Used in r Charting Labrador Gold Area A despatch from St. John's, Nfid., says: -Areas in the northern section of Labrador where gold was said to have been discovered last fall art to be mapped by aeroplane, it has been announced here: Three machines will fly along the coast to the little-known districts of the north, and the rivers and other topographical features will be charted. • Murderer Sentenced. to Hang on June 23 Next Stettler, Alta., March 80,—Fred Kelvin was found guilty by a jury last night of the murder of John Kaslanko and was sentenced by Mr. Justice Simmons to hang at Fort Saskat- chewan on' June 23 next. The de- liberations of the jury lasted for five hours. The accused took the sentence stoically aid'showed no emotion. ' _Discovered New Anaesthetic: Dr. J ,II. Cotton, a young Toronto doctor, who, during the war discovered a new anaesthetic, ethylene, under Lane -Fox planted memorial treesen which a patient retain his conecious- the Harewood estate in honor of the nest during an operation, without suf- infant, felting pain. The anaesthetic has just Thousands of visitors came to the been claimed by Chicago doctors as village fromethe. surrounding country an accidental discovery, The Cotton in the hope that they would be able anaesthetic has been in use since 1917. to,,gain admission to the christening; butas the village church only seats about 250, they were disappointed. Divers Again Seeking Sunken Liner's Gold A despatch from London says:— The ays:—The..British Admiralty in the next few ,dayg will send out its salvage ship and divers; inan endeavor to re- cover more gold -,from -the liner Laur- entic, which was sunk off the north- ern Irish coast` by a torpedo in 1917 while carrying $25,000,090 in gold bul- lion, to the United States. To date, $8,000,000 . -worth of the bullion has been brought up tom the bottom of the tricky waters of that section of the coabt, and Admiralty officials hope to get two or three more millions up this summer, .but ' they 'are not too sure of it. The wreck is in very bad shape and divers working fifteen miles from land and at a .depth of twenty fath- oms have met with difficulties, includ- ing attacks from male dogfish, chat- lenging the intrusion upon their realm.: "Worry," says a recent book on nerves, "is a complete circle of ineffi- cient thought whirling round a pivot of- fear." torninion News in Brief Dawson, - Y.T.=Reports received here indicate that Keno Mines have been produing steadily this winter,. and the estimated :'8,000"tons of ore will be ready fon shipment' at Mayo Landing when navigation opens: The' caterpillar -` tractor has proved a •success •in the silver area. Even the coldest weather did not hamper the operation of the un- gainly machines, which carried their 60 tons per trip in all weathers. Vancouver,'B.C..Vane"duver, as a grain port has "gone over the top," and is assured of achieving the 15,- 000,000 5;000,000 bushel objective set for the 1922-23 crop year, according to a statement issued by the Vancouver Merchants' Exchange, Grain men are , predicting that. .`Vancouver's total shipments of grain for the year will approximate 20,000,000 bushels. Edmonton, ,Alfa. -A total of 1,283 students registered at the Alberta University for the present term, ac- cording to c-cording-.to the annual report of that institution. Of these 336 are first year students, 265 second year'stu- dents, 208 in third year and 104 in the fourth year, with 68 graduates. The remainder includes 123 corresponding students, 74 summer session students, 59 special students, 10 public health nurses and 9 B. D. students. Regina, Sask.—From 1911 to 1922 Saskatchewan farmers have. won 229 prizes for their -grain, grasses and vegetables at international shows held h Canada and the United States. Of these a total of 84 were either sweep- stakes or first prizes. In addition a large number of prizes have been won for livestock raised in the province, the exhibition of which has been a. prominent feature at all the shows where they have been shown. Winnipeg, Man. — Approximately three hundred silos were sold in West- ern Canada last year, acebrding to. figures compiled by the Nor -West Farmer from reports received from manufacturers and distributors. In! addition a large number of home made silos'were erected, bringing they total up to between 900 and 1,000. It is estimated that approximately double that number will be erected during 1923. Port ' Arthur, Ont.—The Port A,ra thur, division of the Provincial Paper Mills, Ltd., turned out'its first paper on March sixth. The first run was of newsprint and the quality of the pro- duct is up to the expectations pf the company officials. The plant will con -1 thine operations on -a continuous 24-1 hour day. basis, About six .hundred employees will constitute blie' regular force of the mill and paper depart - mentis. - Quebec, Que.-It iii reported that incoming ships 'this coming season may not stop at Grosse Isle for the medical examination of passengers. The ships, if new arrangements can satisfactorily be made, will stop at Father Point only, where the doctors will board the boats at the same time as the mails and the pilots are trans- ferred. Sydney, N.S.—Incorporations~of the North Atlantic Salt and Chemical Co., Ltd., to manufacture high grade fish and meat packing salt, is an- nounced here. They propose` to erect plants at`Buelclaw, N.S., and Getter- eau, N.B...Hitherto Cape: Breton fish=: ermen have not been able to secure al I uniforni grade of salt, and the new company's product, which will be kept at a uniform standard, will permit the packing of a higher grade of fish than before. The Week's markets .. TORONTO. Manitoba wheat -=No. 1 Northern, Manitoba oats—Nominal. Manitoba barley—Nominal. All the above track, Bay ports, Am. corn' -�No. 3 yellow, 91%c; No, 2, 89%,e. Barley -Malting, 59 to 61c, accord- ing'to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2, 75 to 77c. Rye—Nu, 2, 77 to 79c. Peas—No, 2, $1.45 to $1.50. Millfeed—Del,, - Montreal freights, bags included Bran per ton, $26; shorts, per ton; $28; middlings, $28.50; good feed dour, $2. Ontario wheat—No. 2 white, $1.14 to -$1.16, according to freights outside. Ontario No. 2 white oats -49 to 51e. Ontario ,corn ---Nominal. Ontario flour—Ninety per cent. pat., in jute bags, Montreal,, prompt ship- ment, .$5.10 to $5.20; Toronto basis, $5.05 to $5,15; bulk seaboard,. $4.95 to $5. Manitoba flour -1st pate., in cotton sacks,. $7.10 per bbl, • 2nd pats., $6:60. Hay -Extra No. 2, per ton, track, Toronto, $14; mixed, $11; clover, $8. Straw ---Car lots, per ton, track, Toronto, $9. Cheese—New, large, 29c; twins, 29r/zc; triplets, 31c; Stiltons, 32c. Old, large, 31 to 82c; twins, 83 to 34c; Butter—Finest creamery prints, 53 to 55c; ordinary creamery prints, 50 to 62c; dairy, 84 to 37c; cooking, 24e. Eggs—New Iaids, loose, 32 to 38c; new laids, in cartons, 36 to 37c. Live Poultry --Chickens, milk -fed, over 5 lbs., 25c; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 250: do, over -5 lbs., 24c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 21 to 24c; do, 2 to 4 lbs., 18 to 21c; hens, over 5 lbs., 81e; do, 4 to '6 lbs., 29c; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 28c; roosters, 23c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 83e; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 28c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs, and up, 81.c; geese, 18c. • Dressed poultry --Chickens, milk - fed, over 5 lbs. 85e; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 38c; do, over_5 lbs., 80c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c; do, 2 to 4 lbs„ 250;' hens, over 5 lbs., 80c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 80c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 25c; roosters, 25c ducklings, over 5 lbs., 85c; do, 4 to 6 lbs., 38c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 43c; geese, 25c. Oleomargarine, lb., 21 to 27c. Beans -Can., hand-picked, lb,, 7c; primes 6%c.Maple products—Syrup,er imp. gal., $2.50; per' 6 -gal tin, $2.40 per gal. .Maple sugar, lb., 23 to 25c. Honey 60 -lb. tins, 11'%/a to 12c per lb.;.5.and 2% -lb. tins 12% to 13%c per .T.; :Ontario comb honey, per doz., $3.75 to $4.50. Potatoes, Ontarios-No. 1, 85c to $1; No. 2, 75 to 850 Smoked meats—Hams, med., 26 to 29c; cooked hams, 36 to 42c; smoked rolls, 26 to 28c; cottage rolls, 82 to 35c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 83c;spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 35 to 88c; backs, boneless, 84 to 40c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, ,50 to 70 lbs., $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs., $18; 90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight rolls, in barrels, $88; heavyweight rolls, $36. Lard—Pure tierces, 16 to 16%sc; tubs, -16% to 17c;-pails,'17 to 17%c; prints, 18ac. Shortening, tierces, 14% to 153io; tubs, 154 to 15%,c; pails, 16% to -16%c; prints, 1'7% to 18Vac. Heavy steers, choice, $7.50 to $8; butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, good, $6.25 to $6.75' do, med., $5,25 to $6; butcher heifers, choice, $6.75 to- $7.25; do, med., $6 to $6.50; do, com., $4,50 to $5; butcher cows, choice, ,$4 to $6; do, nied,, $8 to. $4; canners and cutters, ',$1.50 to $2; butcher bulls, good, $4 to $5' do, com', $8 to $4; feeding steers, good, $6.75 to $6.25;' do, fair, $5,50 to $6; stockers, good, $5 to $5.50; do, fair, $4 to $5; calves, choice, $10 to $12,50; do, med,, $8 to $10• do, com., $4 to $8; milch cows, choice, $70 to $90; springers choice, $80 to $100 i lamjs, choice, $1d to $15.50; do, spring, each, $8.50 to $17.50; sheep, choice, $8 to $9; de, culls, $4 to $5; hogs, fed and watered, $10.751 do, .:f.o,b., $10; do, country points, $9.75. MONTREAL. ONLY STORE CATTLE MAY ENTER BRITAIN Legislation Raising Embargo Has No Application to Fat Animals. A despatch from L`onon says.:-_ The Minister of; Agriculture has is- sued an announcement calling atten- tion to the fact that the provision for the importation of Canadian store cat- tle applies only to store cattle as de- fined in the Act, namely, animals in- tended for feeding purposes and not for immediate slaughter. It' -isnot the intention of the Min- istry to allow fat cattle to be treated as store cattle and permit themto pass through the places of landing to the inland markets ,and slaughter houses. Such cattle will be removed to the category of slaughter animals and will have to be killed at the places ofelanding. The line to walk is that which lies i between self -depreciation ; and self- assertion. Calgary's present population is 70,- 000, according to the estimate of City 'Cleric J. M. Miller, who bases his figures on the waterworks services now in use. t l6oVow W RSO wire DISCO E te+r'iEP ICA 9 •• IA CI !? l 2-- co GNl- AS Ti'i 1415 Te L ePt4o. NulmE' Cc f°i� 'f�-ffiNerS Dined With the King. Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the Labor party In Britain, who was a guest of the King at a semi -state din- ner recently, given to a party of great political leaders, Public Uneasy at Risks Taken by the Prince A despatch from London says:— The Prince of Wales' love for steeple- chasing is beginning to cause public anxiety, owing to the frequency with which he meets mishap. The Prince himself, however, makes light of bis risks. The Heir Apparent had another mishap on Wednesday, when, partici- pating with Prince George in the Mel- ton steeplechases and riding in the 1,adies' Plate, his mount, "Little Christy," was brought down by the balking of another horse at the seventh fence. After making six un- successfel' attempts to get his mount over the Prince gave up, The Prince Also, for the first time, competed against professional jock- eysin an open race and ' came in fourth, after a narrow escape from being unseated. Canada exported meats and allied products to the value of $30,752,000 last year, and imported to thevalue of $10,266,000, leaving a favorable balance of $20,487,000, according to a statement issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. It is expected that shipments to the United Kingdom in 1923 will show a substantial in- crease over those of 1922, in view of the lifting of the, embargo on Can- adian cattle by the British Govern- ment. Corn Am, No. 2 yellow, 93 to 94c; Oats, No. 2 CW, 86 to 66e;; No. 8 CW, 60 to 61c; extra No. 1 feed, 583, to 59%c; No. 2 local white, 573 to 58c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., lsts, $7,10; 2nds, $6.60; strong bakers, $6.40; winter pats,, choice, $6 to $6.25. rolled oats, 90 -Ib. bag, $3.10 to $3.20. Bran, $26 to $28; shorts, $28 to $30; middlings, $38 to $85. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13 to $14. Cheese, finest easterns, 25e. Butter, choicest creamery, 47r%a to 48e, Eggs, selected, 86 to 37c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1, Hogs, $11; calves, $5.50 to $5.76. The French Government has appro- priated 8,750,000 francs to expend upon the Canadian Travelling Exhi- bition, according to advices received from Paris. ` It proposes to accord Canada the same facilities as- were accorded to France by Canada in the French travelling exhibition of 1921. The program provides for construc- `tion of a convoy composed of a number of motor lorries which will ' draw trains pf special cars built to receive the exhibits. After touring the prov- inces, the exhibit will be returned to Paris where it will be installed in a large building. • Natural Resources" Bulletin. The Natural Resoogoos Intel- ligence Service .of the Depart,:' mentof the Interior at Ottawa. says: , It takes 64 years for a white spruce tree -to attain a height of 63 feet and a diameter of 10 'inches under nofmal condi- tions, ; Nine such .trees are re- quired to make one "ton of paper; The January output of newsprint alone in Canada was 99,797 tons, which would re- quire 900,000 'treesof this size to providthe raw wood , ma - torte' for one month only. In 1922 the output of newsprint in Canada was 1,082,000 tons, re- quiring 9,738,000'trhes: In ad- dition to newsprint there are many other varieties of paper manufactured, as well as box: boards, etc. We also send abroad enormous amounts of woodpulp and pulpwood, Well may thg ;paper com- panies look into the future with anxietyas to the -:continuous supply of woodpulp and en cleaver, by conservation `of the forests and replanting,'to pro long the supply. And forest fires destroy more timber than is used. Toronto Professors Honored. Rather especial honors have just come to two members of the staff of the University of Toronto. Dr. J. 3, R. Macleod, Professor of Physiology and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, has been asked to deliver the famous Cameron Series of medical lectures at the University of Edin- burgh during next October, and the Board of Governors, at a recent meet- ing, granted Dr. Macleod leave of ab- sence for the month of October so that he may deliver these lectures. Dr. Samuel Beatty, Associate Profes- sor of Mathematics, has been granted leave of absence for next year to join the staff of the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth. For over a year Dr. W. H. Young, head of the Dept. of Mathematics in the Univer- sity College of Wales, has been trying to secure Prof. Beatty's services for one year. Prof. Beatty will give one undergraduate course and one or more graduate courses while in Wales. I-Ialf of One P r Cent. The population of Russia in Europe is about 130,060,000. The number of Communists in Russia"'is 817,000, ac- cording to the official census of that party. Of those in good and regular standing, with a right to have their say in all matters affeeting Russia and the Soviets, there are 410,430. This same census shows 117,924 candi- dates for full party membership .and 289,889 young 'Communists. The Red Army and Navy shelter' 90;000 of the regular members and 83,690 feed at the public trough as Government em- ployes. mployes. All then of the acknowledged Com- munists in communist Russia, includ- ing 'candidates, probationaries and young Reds; total but a fraction more than one-half of 1 per cent. of the European Russians. • They are the rulers of about 130,000,000 west of the Urals and possibly 35,000,000 'Siber- cans: ' After- a fashion/their writs run from the Dneiper and the Baltic to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Straits of 13ering. They have 800,000 bayonets and have kept themselves in power for five years. Yet there are skeptical souls who are inclined to hoot at the power, of an organized minorityl Over fifteen' million pounds of but- ter were manufactured in the Pro- vince of Alberta during the past year, an increase of a million and a quarter pounds over the previous year. The selling value of the product last year was $5,028,000, as against $4,548,007 in 1921. An idea of the increased value of the butter industry in thg province is shown by the fact that in 1912 -there was $23,500 worth of but- ter manufactured as .compared with $5,088,625 for -the year just passed. That Alberta is eminently suitable for the growing of corn is demon- strated by experiments conducted by E. B. Doten of the Gleichen district. Last year, hereported having grown 90 acres of corn, harvesting more than 1,000 bushels of perfectly ma- tured seed. This gave him feed for his hogs and other stock, leaving him a surplus for sale es seed, • Both Saskatchewan and Manitoba have now endorsed the system ot. cream grading as followed in Alberta i. through their dairymen's conventions and itis likely. that legislation will be introduced' in the two provinces to enforce the system. Cream buying stations were abolished in both prov- inces two years, ago. The average value of occupied farm lands in Canada folr the year 1922 is $44 per acre, 'according to a report' issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, : This included improve& and unimproved land, together with' houses, barns, and other buildings on the , farms. The average value Tia 1921 was $40 ,per acre, while it woe;, $48 in 1920 and $85 in.1915.,Averagss' valuer are higher in British Columbiai, where, the tore is given aa $120 a[t acre. The other provinces vary from $64 in.Onterio :to $24 in Alberta. VII. ODMMONWEALTH INVESTMENTS LI ici men Write fin list or Citra'eut Imisstittest opportiutttai G,t.wiitiGAYWAq, 20q4rl#n�► 0i MbNTRtt,ii.' TOR'' o+t , • 60: Jabl`isoa Building' oTTAwA ' Natural Resources" Bulletin. The Natural Resoogoos Intel- ligence Service .of the Depart,:' mentof the Interior at Ottawa. says: , It takes 64 years for a white spruce tree -to attain a height of 63 feet and a diameter of 10 'inches under nofmal condi- tions, ; Nine such .trees are re- quired to make one "ton of paper; The January output of newsprint alone in Canada was 99,797 tons, which would re- quire 900,000 'treesof this size to providthe raw wood , ma - torte' for one month only. In 1922 the output of newsprint in Canada was 1,082,000 tons, re- quiring 9,738,000'trhes: In ad- dition to newsprint there are many other varieties of paper manufactured, as well as box: boards, etc. We also send abroad enormous amounts of woodpulp and pulpwood, Well may thg ;paper com- panies look into the future with anxietyas to the -:continuous supply of woodpulp and en cleaver, by conservation `of the forests and replanting,'to pro long the supply. And forest fires destroy more timber than is used. Toronto Professors Honored. Rather especial honors have just come to two members of the staff of the University of Toronto. Dr. J. 3, R. Macleod, Professor of Physiology and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, has been asked to deliver the famous Cameron Series of medical lectures at the University of Edin- burgh during next October, and the Board of Governors, at a recent meet- ing, granted Dr. Macleod leave of ab- sence for the month of October so that he may deliver these lectures. Dr. Samuel Beatty, Associate Profes- sor of Mathematics, has been granted leave of absence for next year to join the staff of the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth. For over a year Dr. W. H. Young, head of the Dept. of Mathematics in the Univer- sity College of Wales, has been trying to secure Prof. Beatty's services for one year. Prof. Beatty will give one undergraduate course and one or more graduate courses while in Wales. I-Ialf of One P r Cent. The population of Russia in Europe is about 130,060,000. The number of Communists in Russia"'is 817,000, ac- cording to the official census of that party. Of those in good and regular standing, with a right to have their say in all matters affeeting Russia and the Soviets, there are 410,430. This same census shows 117,924 candi- dates for full party membership .and 289,889 young 'Communists. The Red Army and Navy shelter' 90;000 of the regular members and 83,690 feed at the public trough as Government em- ployes. mployes. All then of the acknowledged Com- munists in communist Russia, includ- ing 'candidates, probationaries and young Reds; total but a fraction more than one-half of 1 per cent. of the European Russians. • They are the rulers of about 130,000,000 west of the Urals and possibly 35,000,000 'Siber- cans: ' After- a fashion/their writs run from the Dneiper and the Baltic to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Straits of 13ering. They have 800,000 bayonets and have kept themselves in power for five years. Yet there are skeptical souls who are inclined to hoot at the power, of an organized minorityl Over fifteen' million pounds of but- ter were manufactured in the Pro- vince of Alberta during the past year, an increase of a million and a quarter pounds over the previous year. The selling value of the product last year was $5,028,000, as against $4,548,007 in 1921. An idea of the increased value of the butter industry in thg province is shown by the fact that in 1912 -there was $23,500 worth of but- ter manufactured as .compared with $5,088,625 for -the year just passed. That Alberta is eminently suitable for the growing of corn is demon- strated by experiments conducted by E. B. Doten of the Gleichen district. Last year, hereported having grown 90 acres of corn, harvesting more than 1,000 bushels of perfectly ma- tured seed. This gave him feed for his hogs and other stock, leaving him a surplus for sale es seed, • Both Saskatchewan and Manitoba have now endorsed the system ot. cream grading as followed in Alberta i. through their dairymen's conventions and itis likely. that legislation will be introduced' in the two provinces to enforce the system. Cream buying stations were abolished in both prov- inces two years, ago. The average value of occupied farm lands in Canada folr the year 1922 is $44 per acre, 'according to a report' issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, : This included improve& and unimproved land, together with' houses, barns, and other buildings on the , farms. The average value Tia 1921 was $40 ,per acre, while it woe;, $48 in 1920 and $85 in.1915.,Averagss' valuer are higher in British Columbiai, where, the tore is given aa $120 a[t acre. The other provinces vary from $64 in.Onterio :to $24 in Alberta.