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The Seaforth News, 1926-02-18, Page 7G®! PROSPECTORS ..CO's 14O MILS Hundreds of Pack -teams Are i'relxing {hut."off Hudson on Rigorous Journey to Gold Area. A despatch from Torpnto says;— general excitement which always ac - The era of Canada's romance is not companies the -thought of gold. yet dead. That appears obvious, from If a person wishes to go into the the stories which are corning from the Red Lake district at this time of the Red Lake district, the latest. Canadian gold lure; and if the Spectacle which is now working itself out in the heart of winter, in the district of Patricia, somo,,hundred and forty miles from the nearest raiavay station, is anyin- dication of what is yet to come, then Canada, 'famed for gold rushes, is in for one of the greatest,rushes of its { history, The I•atest story to come out of the North is that which was told by Major C. •3. A. Cunningham -Den - lap, a mining engineer of Haileybury, Who has been in the gold zone for some weeks past staking: claims,_ and tvho` was able to lift .the curtain and show some of the scenes which are being witnessed daily in the great White North. Major Dunlop is so enthusias- tic over'the Red .Lake district and its possibiaties that he predicts that the these chiefly concerned the frost, the snow, the forest and the whims of the huskies. So far as transportation is concerned,- the gold rush appears to be a case of reverting to the primitive for all forms of transportation other than that of the dog -train have failed to stand the strain of a trip from Hudson to Red Lake. The reason in to be 1'qund, not so much,in the wide stretches of ice which must be cover- ed, as in the problem of penetrating the forest, `where the trails, though marked, are not such as would appeal to the average man. Because of that, the dog has already been quoted as a premium, as the pre- vailing price for good dogs, when Maj. Dunlop left Hudson a few days ago was $200 each, Even so, the demand year, hoes confronted with the prob- lem of covering 140 miles of snow -clad North, where the thermometer thinks nothing of dropping to 35 to 40 below, where the huskies moan in the cold,. where the snow whirls in blizzards over the frozen lakes, and 'where the, forests are lashed with the gales of winter. But in epito of the ,difzlcgl-, ties, hundreds of pack -trains are being made up, andthey are treking out of Hudson at the rate of from ten to twenty a day, each hound for Red Lake, where the only touch of civiliza- tion is a lone Hudson say Post,''with a factor in charge and with a few hunters and trappers who, of late, have turned their attention to hunt- ing for gold or packing in the belong- ings of the prospertors. Major Dunlop furnished a glimpse of the difficulties along the trail, and spring will see a gold rush such as has not been known since the palmy days of the Klondike. The Red' Lake district is so far from -the centres of civilization that the spectacle which it now presents has to do for the most part with the difficulties of transportation. The nearest railway station is Hudson, on the Canadian National line, and this has become the jumping-off place for the gold enthusiasts who are now dar- ing the North in the middle of winter. Hudson, from being a small and all - but -isolated centre of population, has suddenly sprung into a' place of im portance; and no, it is the scene of all those features of northernactivity which of late have been branded as AFTERMATH OF COBALT DISASTROUS FIRE. .Above is sibowu the ruine of the Flunter block in Cobalt' Ontario which � was destroyed by Tire with an esti- mated' los,s of $125,000. One man,was burned to death in the fire, which was the most disastrous that Cobalt has experienced in 15 years, CAPTAIN BATTLES ICE FLOES ABOVE RAPIDS First Greeting is rom Tele an g Announcing Death of Daugh- ter in Brockville. I R.M.C. RECRUIT MEETS MYSTERIOUS DEATH 'Found in His Room at Night IWith Rifle Bullet in Chest. A despaich from. Kingston, Ont,, says :—William Lewis Campbell, a re cruit at the Roy& Military College, was found in his room Wednesday i night about 11.46 shot ,through the chest by a bullet from his own rifle.I REVIVE ANCIENT RITE. IN ENGLISH VILLAGE CradieRocked Before Altar to Symbolize Preselntati'o>n im the Temple. A despatch from London says;— The ancient ceremony of rocking the cradle before the altar, thus perpetu- ating a rite that is believed to have An inquest was held Thursday morn- originated in the village of Blidworth, ing, D. 3. Morrison acting es coroner, i Nottinghamshire, seven centuries ago, T. J, Rigney, Crown Attorney, Vas was performed by Right Rev, Dr. John Deceased was educated in the Eng- dish schools. His parents brought him from England to attend the R,M,C Edward Hine, bishop of Grantham, recently -in the Church of England at Blidworth before an immensely inter- ested and reverent congregation. He was an only son. His father is The ceremony of rocking the cradle symbolizes the presentation of the holy living at a hotel in Quebec City and his mother le at present visiting rela-I Infant in the tempi°, The cradle at fives in England. Campbell had been the ceremony was draped in white and in hospital for a couple of days with these vrero snowdrops and daffodils influenza,. being admitted on Feb, 5. spread around it, He was discharged on the 7th and had The bishop, after reading the les - been ordered for light duty only. He Bon describing the calling of Samuel, reported fit for duty and was feeling dedicated the infant chosen by . the well. church authorities for the occasion ae- From the surroundings in his room, cording to a form very much like that Campbell had been sitting on the edge of the baptismal service. Kissing the ofthe bed and the rifle had been dis- nabs the bishop then handed it to the charged in front of him. Lights were .vicar who placed it in the cradle, TS & WEEK'S �`t A ETS out and he had not yet turned down meanwhile rocking the cradle for sev- his bed. There was a bullet wound eral seconds. through his ehest. The bullet had A century age it was the custom at passed through the wall at the head this ceremony to carry the babe thus. TORONTO. Man, wheat --No, 1 North,, $1.69%; No. 2 North,, $1.55%; No. 8 North;, $1.62%. breakfast bacon; 33 to 39c; backs, Cured meats—Long clew: bacon 50 to 70 lbs:, $22; 70 to 90 lbs, $20.50; CW, nominal; 0 p, ; ig o g t boneless 37 to 45c - A despatch from Prescott says: Lro -3n oats—Nes 2 1 2 lbs and u $1950 1• btkw i h notquoted;No.l feed -- N rolls in barrels, $43,50; heavyweight r barrel. Lard—Pure tierces, 18% to 19c; to , 1ic; pails 20 to 20i/c• Bringing his shipsafelyinto eo c o, e b g port 2 feed, 46c; Western grain quotations, rolls, $39.50 pe after a, 24-hour fight against the ice- an track, bay ports. choked north channel of the St. Am. corn, track, Toronto—No, 2, tubs, 19 19 z , Lawrence River, Capt. Arnold Henry yellow, 91G; No. 8 yellow, 89c. Prints, 21 to 21%c; short -toning tierces, of the ferry Charles Lyon, plyiu'g be Millfeed—Del.. Montreal freigh>s, 14 toto14 e; tubs, 14 to Ibc; pails, tween Ogdensburg, N.Y., and Prescott, bags inciudedf Bran, per' ton, $80.26 1514e; blocks-es-111hto 17c. Ont., received : as his first greeting a to $31.25; shorts, per ton, $82.25 to Heavy steers, choice $7.60 to $8.26; telegram announcingthe death his $83.25' middlings, $89,25 to $40.25; do, good, $7.25 to' '$7.50; butcher good feed dour, ler bag, $2,50, steers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, good, 9- ser $6 to $6.75• butcher bei' y -old daughter Irene in a Brock- vilIe hospital. Torn between his duty #o his ship and devotion to his daughter, Capt. Henry,' who pilots the most powerful fiction and nothing more. But, accord= has been so keen that all the dogs in ice breaker in the river, elected to re- ing to Major Dun -ops all the scenes of the district have been bought up, to main with his shi anthe 12. mem- romance are there, with the dog -train, that any person wanting to go into p the pack and the packer, the snow- Red Lake must get .his dogs some- shoes, the Ojibway Indian, and0the where else. FIRING AT OFFICERL___... MINER KILLS CHUM Lethbridge Man is Shot in At - hers of 'his crew, who were marooned when the ferry was „caught in an ice jam just above the Long Sault Rapids. FIND BODIES OF THREE IN EL 1VIVALE RUINS Father, Mother and Son Per- isheal in Fire Which Des - Two members of the crew reached shore after a perilous trip over the broken ice -field, and brought back provisions. After hours of tedious work in zero weather, 25 men, using saws and tale on Provincial Constable. other ice -cutting tools, cut a channel troyed Business Block.A despatch from Lethbridge Alta through the 1.50 -foot stretch of 18 -inch A desp'•atell from Barrie says;—The says:— U.• ays, Karl ' '' l ice between the ferry and open water. remains of Lawrence McWatteis of Once in open water craft,t Charles Lyon, rested late on:Thursday and charged �a 1,600 -ton steep worth"$400,- Elmva:e, who, 'with' his father and with` murder in connection with the 000, crashed hers waythrough four mother was burned t g u mg ern on Thursday morning of miles ofice-jam. Some of the cakes Walter Vere, 18 -year-old miner. Per- v'ero 10 ,feet high, covered in the ruins Thursday morn due is ,stated to halve made a confess ` The ferry d 10 1 dof a i Perdue, aged 28, was are urns o death m the ! ., f fire which destroyed the block in which eese h i their store was situated, were dis- carne car oa s ing. Only a few fragmentary bones cion which will be admittedcaa bat t remained to show the place y Bence at the inquest to be held Frida .1 p a in which Friday .1 perished, within about ten feet of The police refuse to reveal coin Emigrants to British Colonies 2 as points.' oats -42 to 44c; f.o.b.,' shipping $6.50 to $7.35; do, good, d cin 6 00 Qnt, good.milling wheat 1.36 to .to $6.60; do, med., $5.608 to $6 do $1,37, f.o.b. shipping points, accord con., $5 to $6:60; -butcher cows, ing to freights, choice, $5.60; do, fair to good, Barley—Malting, 63 to Giic, $4' to. $4.50; butcher bulls, good, $4.50 Buckwheat—No. 3, 63c. to. $6.60; bolognas; 83.25 to $3.75; Rye—No. 2, 85c. canners and cutters, $2.25 to $8 • Man, flour—First pat., $9.10, To- springers, choice, $85 to $100; good ionto; do, second pat., $8,60, milch cows, $70 to $80; medium cows, Ont. 'flour Toronto, 90 per cent, $46 to $60; feeders, good, $5.75 to pat, per barrel, in carious, Toronto, good,'$ 75ftor$$5 50; dto o, far,s$4.50 to $6.05; seaboard, in bulk, $6,16. $4.75; .76 calves,choicer $13.50 to $14' Screenings—Standard, per ton, $9 to $0.50.. do, good, $12to $12.25; do, grassers, recleaned, f. o.b.' bay ports, per ton, 820. $5to $6,25; good light sheep, $7 to Cheese—New, lar a 220 twins,$8, heavies and bucks, $5,50 to $6,50; large,good lambs, $18 to $13.50; do, med., 22%c; triplets, 28c; Stiltons, 24c, Old,:12 to $12,10; do, bucks, $9 to $10.60; large, 28 to 80c; twins, 29 to 31c; do, culls, $10 to $11; hogs, thick triplets, 30 to 32c. smooths, fed and watered, $13.85; do, Butter—Fine:l creams prints . 48a; No. 1 creamery, 46 to creamery No; 2 ,f•o:b,; $13.60; do, country pointe, 45 to 46c. Dairyy' ' ,1$1&25; do, off cars, $14.50; select prints, 41 to 42c, i premium, $2.77. Eggs—Fresh extras, in cartons,, MONTREAL. 42 to 43c; fresh extras, Inose, 41 to' Oats, Can, West., No. 2, 618; CW, 42c; fresh firsts, 37 to 38c storage. No. 3,57c; extra extras, Sac; storage firsts, 80e; stor-a No. 1 feed, 54c. ge seconds, 24 to 26a. . Flour, 11Ian, spring wheat pats., -rsts, Dresser} poultry—‘14 spring, 89.10; seconds, $8,60; strong bakers, I 32c; hens, over 4 to 5 lbs.,24 to $8,20 to $8,40. Bran„ $30.26 to $35.26. Sc; do, 8 to 4 lbs., 22c; roostes 18e; Shorts, $32;26. $33,26, Middlings, dueklings, 6 lbs, and p, 30 to 32c; $39.25 to $40,25: Hay, N. 2, per ton, turkeys, 35c. car lots, $13 to $13,50. Beans—Can. hand-picked. Ili„ 6c Cheese—Finest wests, 21 to 21afic; P 5 to' 6 c. ; Butter, No. 1, pasteurized, 44 to 4Maple produce—Syrup, per lm Eggs, No. 1 creamery, 43 to era e. gal., $2,40; per 5 -gal, tin, $2,80 p• Eggs, storage extras, 30c; storage gal.; maple sugar, IL, 25 to 26e, per &eta,,25c; storage seconds, 19 to 20c, oneaple sugar, tins, 11;5. to 12e Per fresh extras, 44c; fresh firsts, 34c. p Potatoes, Quebec, per bag, ear lots, lb:, 10 -Ib, tins, 11• to 12c; 5-111, tins, $3 to $3.10, 2 to 12%c; 2% -ib, tins, 14 to 14,fic Canner cows, $2.25 to .$2,50; dairy Smoked meats -I -lams, med„ 28 to type cows, fair quality, 83.50 to $4.25; Oc; cooked hams, 42 to 45c; smoked veal calves,.$11; good quality hogs, oils, 22c; cottage, 25 to 27c; break- mixed lots, $54.75; sows, $12,50 to est bacon, 32 to 86cspecial brand $12,75, ateliers Entertain Prince farms in Leicestershire haWales and Two of His Brothers often galloped, and sometimes rolled __ when he 0010 a cropper,. while follow - A despatch from Melton Mowbray, ing the hounds. The arm in the sling ng,, says:—With one arm in a spy is a consequence of one of these tumbles ev1- for a t ast. the back door, where his father's body •• tents of\the alleged confession, + Now Receive Training mother's charred • � ! corpse buta few feet away, From the position in which the re- mains e s an attempt an the life of Constable emigrants' mains' were found' it is thonolit that Carr of the Alberta Provincial Peace. 'shed at Mundforel Norfolk t was found,with the h Vero was shot and killed at 3 a.m. t ay, Thursday in what was believed to bei A despatch to London . says:—An university recently estab the parents would have been saved Two men called the constable to the pare hien and women of education, had they not turned' back at the door door' of his home. The constable be- `character, physique and financial when they found that their son did °ane suspicious and grappled with the means for life in British overseas do - not follow thein, as they expected, The : man nearest the door, whereupon his minions presents a student body which 1 son, it is believed, must have stumbled comp fired two shots from near is in strong contrast to most of the and fa}len, or been overcome by the the gate. • iminigrahts enterin the '[lit 3 Both shots hit Vere and he died al- Statesg n °a x smoke and flames when he was hitt , even under the present re- f a few yards from the door. Tile triple most instantly. The man who fired the etricted American policy. funeral took place Friday afternoon, • fatal shots made his escape and the Instead of povort -stricken and ' Dr. Corcoran, the Coroner, after in-' arrest of Perdue followed an'all-day'trained =immigrants, the British col- vestigating the circumstances decided . search, onies demand• the best blood and that an inquest was unnecessary. --»y-- • brawn theirmother country has to Joseph M W osep McWatters xs had been a rest. This demand has a traId m; French Farms .Are Valuable. ' rho establishment of the training ! 1 YenC arnl offerresult dent of Elmvale for five years, mow ing. there from .Waverley, where he) :A despatch from Pariscentre in Norfolk, a certificate from l s had a store: for several years. lie p sayer—Tho which insuros immediate' acceptance?e served two years on the Years- Hoale soil of France represents a total value: of en immigrant bythe colonil - 'fa of -144,0.00,000,000 francs, affording an g g0v s Board of Police Trustees, was a come! annual revenue of - . 4,500,000,000 gfin nci ermine/its. Farms are providedthose and ; financial: "assistance given who ° rapped closely to his body and wait- The Duke of York and Prince upon by a bevy of rosy-checkedles rivers' daughters, the Prince of also e guests• of the e far of Wales Nales had a feast here with a crowd afstem personal fiend. And, many f lace fanners, of them personal friends. And it was ills hosts were men ever whose a free and easy dinner and a homely, fare was placed on the table. les y constable, an Anglican, and anlfrancs. Orangeman. have passed Leets for fitness. London -Paris Planes Provide Easy Chair for Sleeping A despatch from London says: -- Lulled by the ceaseless drone of en- gines, so high in the air that there' is little sensation of speed, and with landmarks of • England and the Con- tinent fax below, many air passengers, it is found, fall asleep while in planes between London and Paris. • To provide - greater comfort •- for these mid-air nappees, a new armchair has been designed for giant air ex- press planes new being constructed. Luxuriously upholstered, the new seats have high, sloping backs and are fitted with softly' padded head -rests. These will pillow the' head of' the traveller who Wlshes to contemplate low seasick he would have been i.na cross-Chatihel. steamer, or will ease' the agony of air -sick passengers sweeping along in the mists or'sun- shine high above the land and sea. Winter Wh Acreage Shows"lasrgee 'Reduction A despatch from. London says:— The .Ministry ays:—The,Ministry of Agriculture has re- ceived information- from the Interne- tional. Agriculture Institute in' Rome that 6,968,000 acres are under winter( wheat in Roumania, a decrease of nearly 340,000 acres compared with the previous season, Production ell wheat' in New Zealand is estimated at. 2,460,000 hundredweight, a reduction of 460,000 hundredweight compared with the previous season. An Expensive Metal, Iridium is next to radium as 'the. West'expensive metal in general use. of the bed about ten'feet from the honored in a cradle through the vii - floor. There were .powder stains on lags, but consideration for the health the boy's body, indicating that the of the child led to the abandonment rifle was very close to him when it of thin part of the religious observ- was discharged. The gun had appar- once. ently been. in position for cleaning. Campbell had been summoned to B. S. M. Davis' room for the purpose of Natural Resources Bulletin. rubbing him down with liniment, What does the development of her Davis having played hockey earlier in natural resources mean to Canada? the evening' with the College against To a young country, with no accu Queen's. Davis stated that Campbell mutations of created wealth dating rubbed him down, and a few minutes' back for centuries, natural resources later he heard the report. Campbell's mean everything—growth :of popula- room was next to his. He heard a tion, advancement of industry, em groan and rushed into. Campbell's ployment for labor and capital, and room. Campbell was tying on the prosperity. floor, face down. There was a spot' Canada is heavily endowed with na- of blood on his shirt and the light in tural resources, but leeks capital for the room was 011, having been turned development. There" is reason to feel, on by the first man to rush in. The however, that this problem is being light was out when the shot was fired, overcome as - new industries are being Answering a question, witness stet established to utilize our native raw ed that it was' against the rules for materials. In a government organize - cadets to. have ammunition in their tion such as the Dept. of the Interior, rooms, and there was a severe punish- of which Hon. Charles Stewart is min- ment for breach of the regulation. In later, this interest is very evident. CampbeIl's roma there were three Deailing with the wide variety of re - other ro(inds' besides the one that was sources, as this department does, such' Bred. as forests, water powers, lands, mines Cadet Robert Graham said he was end minerals, fisheries in certain with Campbell early in the evening areas, and even of water supplies, the hadend been Campbell Was happy then. 'He advancement may be the more readily getting along welt in class. noted. The jury returned the following Dailyy-enquiries aro reeeived as to verdict alter delibertsing for over half possibilities in Canada, from the hum- an hour: "We, the jery assembled to ble farm laborer to the captain of in - inquire into the death of William dustry, each in his sphere essential to Lewis Campbell, find that he met Canada, and, while immediate results death from a rifle bullet fired in an are not sways traceable, it is the long unaccountable manner from a rifle in pia':l that counts. Eventually we twill hie own custody and charge," see' our natural resources being de- veloped to supply raw materials, and British Lead in Foreign we wiz see also the raw materials Poreedation of Yokohama being utilized, in Canadian manufac- turing, A despatch from Tokio says: -The An additional. interesting feature is foreign population of Yokohama, evidenced by the enquiries. The here - which has- been steadily increasing tofore out-of-the-way places of Can - since the earthquake of 1923, reached ada are becoming known, and it will i 995 at the end of 1925, according to be but a comparatively short time the Government's Census Bureau stn- unt l development of many now dis- •tiatice. tant patural resources will be under - The British are far in the lead with taken. As an illustration, it is only 288 persons in 133 households. Amer- a few years since:gold was discovered icons are second with a total of 108, in Northern Ontario, and yet this di,3- 64 men and 44 women, in fifty-eighcovert' has led to the establishment of housoheIds. Third place goes to the a large number of healthy municipal - Germans, who number 71, and fourth ities, to the development of water pow - to the French, who total 42. ere for the operation of mines and Other nationalities are listed as fol - mills, to the advent of railways to lows: Canadians, 9; Indians, 7; Filip- provide transportation for freight and pings, 6; Russians, 19; Italiana, 7; passengers, and, with the coming of Dutch, 9; Portugue�`, 26; Swiss, 38; the railways, the further development Swedish, 6; Danes, 0'; Armenians, 16 of forest resources. a The numerous natural resources in in dude which Canada has almost a world con- trol has attracted the attention of outside capital and is leading to de- velopment, while in other instances accessibility of supplies has been the deciding factor. New methods of re- duction and refining ars making avail- able for commercial use many.of our minerals heretofore considered econ- omically valueless, and their exploita tion at an early date may be expected. Canada's natural resources are abundant in almost all lines, and on their wise development and use the prosperity and the future of our corn- try depend, London Goes.Back to 1840 nd others, 19. 'These figures do not cue the Chinese, who are by fax e most numerous of the non -Japan - e residents in Yokohama. Queen of Holland Celebrates Silver Wedding Anniversary A despatch from The Plague says :—Holland and her colonies made extensive pre5larations to celebrate the silver wedding of Queen Wilhel- mena and her consort, Prince Henry, a Mecklenburg duke, There were mar- ried here arried'here February 7, 1901. The only child of the union is Princess Juliana, .sixteen years old. The Queen has added greatly to her. popularity lately by her visits to the flooded regions, where she personally comforted the stricken population. It had been planned that the nation should present the couple with a suit- able gift, but the Queen let it be known that she would prefer the money be applied to the relief of the fiend sufferers. Apart from . -a general disp:ay of,. bunting andtreatsto school children, the celebrations were mainly of a religious character. The royal couple attended a choral service in the Groote I£erk, at The Hague, and there was a gala performance at the Royal The- atre of a Dutch patriotic play. $2,800,000 Rubber Lands Sold A despatch from London says:— Reuter's understands that. Sumatra ish East Indies Plantationed by the Dhave nH plantations Co., have Gripes esserse ?:r e trOt3MED vessel. C.1.11,11,4 ED - been sold to .1. A. Wattle & Coe of This photo ivas made from the liner li+es2plrirl:a;zs she stool by theLondon, for 10.000000000 li•eightor Al.aa,l, ;ilh the pas• -edgers lintel :.loin; the riiil latching the i -' kroner moval 02 time brew of 27 from the founderingslit , Th e(about,00$2,500,000.)d I e r°soue vt:is si;uld'ar Lo that froth the Antfuoo recently. The i�llcai; was�r.. , The deal inoludes to pteveat her from becoming a menace to navigation. 1 ...tm set on fico acres. un lamed and 6 Q00 D d !;' f hoty�close rho Westphalia stood to the Allca3d. ' p � planted 7lro photo elves a good. idea a g soros. to Obtain Styles for Men A despatch from London says:— London's well-dressed men have reach- ed back into the 1840 period for some of their styles of 1926. The Prince of Wales and other young Londoners whoare responsible for the leading fashions have revived the blade evening waistcoat, double- breasted, with heavy lapels, and cut straight at the waist line: This is. made very much after the styles of eighty years ago, modified here and there to meet certain requirements. A new evening tailed coat with small, short lapels and case fit at the waist line, also bears resemblance to the garments of other days. In the latest styles, however, whe- ther for day or evening wear, men are, seeking a slimness of silhouette with almost the seine fervor the women have shown in recent years, A Helping Hand. Irate Parent—"I'i1 teach you to make Iove to my daughter, sir," Young 14Iwn—"I wi,sii your would, old bay, I'm not malting mob headway."