The Seaforth News, 1926-09-30, Page 3r
'ENORMOUS LOSS TO CROPS BY
--WINTRY :BLIZZARD .SWEEPING PRAIRIES
'Winnipeg The-rPlairie ..Provinces.•had, quite late on. Thursday, but the,
were experiencing winter storm con -I sky was overcast and a north weird
dations on Thursday night• heavy, prevailed.
winds were driving snow and sleet Snow was reported h many dis-
before them in many districts. - .toots of, Saskatchewan and Alberta,
•s and the weather forecast offered little
relief.. For Manitoba it read: Coldsi,
with local snowfalls.
A. serious,condition prevails in" all
provinces Many harvest .workers
brought in from Eastern Canada are,
stranded in the Western cities, with
no. prospects of v✓oals for 'Many days
to come while, the farmers of the West '
Winnipeg was in the grip of a sloe
storm Thursday night which was dis-
rupting .telegraphic communication,
Portage la Prairie, MaRtitoba, was re-
ported to be the centre of arblizzard
of .midwinter poportions, with.. tele-
phone poles blown down within the
town limits.
During the past 24. hours. Western
Canada has experienced weather con- have/ suffered losses aggregating mil-
ditions varied in the extreme, and in-; lions of dollars.
•
eluding rain, snow and hail in manyI Farmers of Manitoba, according to
districts, bringing, ; to a standstill all an estimate given out 'by the Provin-
field operations in the, Prairie Pro -1 tial Agriculture Dept., htive suffered
winces. I a loss of $12,000,000 as a result of the
All provinces have experienced) the inclement weather which has •prevail -
heavy hand of winter, and on Thurs-ed (luring • the threshing season.^ Oniy
clay the snow area was proving east- 0 per tenet, of the threshing has :'Seen
ward, with Brandon reporting the firstcompleted}n Manitoba.`Snskatohewan
fall of tho autumn. Winnipeg record -I bass. not suffered` so severely, but` in
ed a heavy rainfall during the past , Alberta; the heaviest hit of all West-
' 18 hours, and indications pointed to , orn sections, the loss, according to
rhe Coming of a wintry blanket, Rain local gram men, will be enormous.
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ARCTIC EXPEDITION Busy Times at Niagara Falls.
ARRIVED AT SYDNEY 1
Niagara Falls, Ont,—At this port
month of August 055,386
cast entered
1 Successful Tr''
y
Greenland. nd
1
Prof.uring the x o g
H Hobbs', Party Had I-Ilget-
tourists 's t d Canada
front the
1 tsD United States. This was an increase
of 51,517 over the previous month. In
; addition to the tourists, 306,501 per-
NorthSydney, N.S.=The schooner
Guy Mtsrissey, owned and cagtained sous returned to Canada during the
by Captain Robert Bartlett , same
; period, making the total entryat
, is lying in
baying, this port for 'the month nearly one
te •stream at p
h t 'the resent time,
returned from the Robbs Arctic ex -•'million souls,Activities are however,
a
has been SOARING
e returning .in the immediate demand f bush kers
best of and all at leu g d laborers and fruit pickers. Manufac ATLANTIC FREIGHT RATES
bast of health. Among those on board timing industries are running steadily, ter in Birmingham are paved with gold according to a press statement issued
are Prof. Hobbs,
Toronto Pays Farewell to Vice -Regal Couple
•
at will to
In
maleMomileesemoe
Lordpaid
activity
isThe i b ild'ng construction Iaitd silver.here.. P comprehensive plan involving the ac-
, Prof. George B. Putman, of _ ,xten ive road i rnediatel a they will be brought into effect coin- picturesque metaphor was .disolosed lumbering industry indicates that the tualom placing a people on the the fol
-
eon
g els very prononitced•. E, s Montreal.—Effective m y, t,
Serve and Mr. Peary, ruin alar e, er-cent. has cidenty yvnth the changes made by the by the discovery lltat the floorboards Thunder Bay district will have the lowed by an intelligent, friendly inter -
the GeologicalY, amproveutents ,are absorbing g general advance of 15 p
Admiral Peary, the discoverer, Atl t' Conference.. of a shop in the ]ewelry quarter when. biggest year in its leggin history. bei if f u 1e 4f
f1b
th freight rates from' Canadian Trans -Atlantic
tc ,est hit r welfare for a couple
Canadian ports to the United King -1 Thns all shippers on the North Am- I,reducedto as Timber operators o
Caned p l cions metal dust to cover life cost of district report their labor regtiilo-
eon o it amount of common labor. I been made to a zexg
of the North Pole. Praia Hobbs audl 1 hes yielded enough pre- T• b fp a fr m all' parts of years after settlement will bear fruit-
-fot Several of the expedition are leaving
to ni ht's 'train the chap provided that their goods new o g menus will be
h' h b g
Trans -Atlantic' � F gentler to pravnde financial assistance
'men o
this v-.
Conference, -announcement ; w considering a special treatment, since lumbering became
fug been issued by A. 0; Mif of
, { visas s`-ct road sweepings in inn gold, and all h chief winter industry of Northern
conference secretary, on. a tic in order to extract the
•Reasons given. for this rise in rates A9 t' Conference. va ua a e —.se--
coal
Up.
c attributed to the increasing sitycost of Government 1 • S Painting
liar: Laud Owners ant Marine is not amour -boa of the End
dean by the steamship lines represent- erlcan Continent will be affected by l the fel results. It will be absolutely es -
etc eines y -.Canadian fl grin and the labor of laying at .least one-third great -
for t I 4 a r ed fe the exit by, 'it. down. The city salvage de»tttanent
are waiting are carried'to the United Kingder than last year, which was one ofto worthy: selected families to enable i :::. s sitting in 1R n0 g the best yearsnada must
while the rest of the party l , , k t f ha
going • on the ^,,+'�;r l owned by companies stt g
shin, � vultich is ;,o g 11 them to make the move. ' Ga
for the ..hu,
t
Sydney, new
North Atlantic -Untied King-, the acquire the habit of thinking in terms
marine she u . y clney, to have a t a Y behalf the with the
shaft put it b..foi c proceeding to Its h Ontario. acq e
companies concerned � d Freight conference and the Can •I vii dist t of tens of millions of dollars if we are
destination.
ad•an Trans tan is on I 1 bi dust
to get anywhere with an effective plan
The Canadian Govez 4.'anada 1 � of agricultural development.
s v .'Intelligentlyhandled a investment
f
e ..
Immigration.
if; ..
13i "Incrasase' 1n LrYr3ni�r&'tIQ&1 � ;. �)`f,1 "�'g.,, �
� b d this we can malcewill yield greater returns
,av ;It is noir mown z P paint ,varn
Ottawa, Ont.—Immigration to Can- 1,a€���
t d
coal and to the necessity for ships Canadian Tx t z.;-At:antic 'Conference.' Wage War on Gleaners Ottawa,. Ont,—The consumption of
having to take coater aboard' in] 'f thecompany- will l -- and falx is considered a very
country for the round trip, thus re_ -1 theconference sill = Ruth stir Naomi of Biblical fame ofgeneral prosperity
clueing the amount of their available follow the lead ofp goad mdtcation p p
ping lines. •
voted have a hard time plata an h t t Based t ties
cargo -carrying space. Since the beginning of the coal: existence from English grain Melds
1 be ff t- I 1
nay those • forcemeat of an etnbargo'on coal ex -1 thing in their power to stamp out
than providing a large capital to' be
utilized as direct loans o experience
ada for the first seven months of 1926.
was 63 per cent, Freater than for the
sante period. a year ago, according to'
official figures made public by the
Dept, ,pf Immigration and Co'-oniza- I•
tion. The total immigration ition for the
first' seven months of this ,yew' was
86,480 compared with 51,400 for the
same period in 1925. JtSly
Immigration for the month of l
showed an increase of 99 per cent.
over July a year ago, the figures being;
16,227 and 8,159 respectively. Of the-
July imm�gration 5,298• were British,'
2,197 from the United States .and 8,-
737 front oilier countries. In adt}ation
to the above immigration, during July'
6,487 Canadians aver recorded as re-;
burning from the United States afters c
having entered that country with the
intention of remaining there perntan-
ently, These new declare their'inten- i
tion of permanently residing in Can-
ada. - �s
Chas O Shaw dem.
Founder and patron of the famous l
The commodities that war a ec strike in Great Britain, and the en- f since the farmers are doing every -
ed by this surcharge are o
included in the list: dealt with under i portation from the United Kingdom gleaning, ion Bureau of Statistics, which shows
the jurisdiction of the conference.
the British Government, coal -burn- ' The latest plan is to leave a solitary an increase of 9 per cont, in produc-
Cattle; flour and rates, 'are not
afoot.;ing vessels coming to this continent shack of wheat is the centre of the
ed' b the new ' as these do not tad to take field because under the law any field, tion' of paints, pigments and varnishes
ySlott British ports have bad in Canada during the year 1026' as
come under purview of the lines as a on sufficient fuel on this side for the no platter how large, that captains a
whole. return voyage. Cargo space has bad single shack of grain is considered not 1925 d t
No change has 'been made in the I do be utilized for the eccommodxition reaped and gleaners are barred.
freight rates to the continent, the as -1E° the extra amount of coal, and this
gumption being
throughout a country. of farinors settling on our vacant spares,
principle, prosperity in Canada is de { ata very low rate of interest with a
oidedly on the up grade, according to t repayment cried of from 20 to 39
a statement just issued by the Doman yer, this capital to constitute a re-
volving fund, . Private interests have
not hesitated to adopt this pokey in
the west and in :a volume running into
compared with the previous year. The millions. The only bona fide colonize-
production in was value a
time in Canada to -day, in fact, secured
+ on this basis. The first prairie settle-
922,234,268.
ettle-
22 234 268. r Canada was organ-
ized
r an-
$ , � anent of We -stern n g
ized on that plan. The early Mennen -
Son of Charles Dickens f ate colonization in Manitoba was based
Celebrates Golden Wedding on Federal: financial assistance, $100,-
__ 000 was advanced to these people and
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Leedom—Sir Henry Dickens, son of faithfully repaid with 6 per cent. in -
Charles. Dickens, will celebrate his gol- tenet, in full, within six or seven
den wedding here Saturday. The fa- years.
No class of people have a greater in-
terest in the solution of our popula-
tion problem 'than the country towns'
of Canada, where deve'lopmen't has
been comparatively slow for many
years. Added population will give
them an increased trading field and, in
Eastern Canada at least, lead to the
establishinent of prosperous local in-
dustry, because the decided tendency
now is for industrial concerns to lo-
cate in the smaller communities,
wheee the -cost of living is more mod-
erate than in the Larger cities and
where general conditions for labor are
more favorable, entirely aside from
the fact that the burden of taxation
would be much lighter. With an in-
creased producing and consuming
populates» our smaller urban centre
will again become what it has been in
the past, and is in other countries, the
backbone of the nation.
that ships can coal at has affected the cargo -carrying caps- Scotch Boy's Appetite
f theportst which they dts '
any o -a I city of the coal -burners.
charge cargo outside the United Icing:
iskind of wild justice, An experiment at an Ayrshire min -
the North At- 'Revenge a tai revealed .that
is learned thatschool in Scotland n• It ht
Huntsville Bend (Anglo -Canadian co
eat bend) who' announces that the lantic-United Kingdom freight confer -i which.the-mare man's .nature �u�utto, one boy could eat. five learning rolls
or,gn.nizati a is being disbanded. NIr.I.enco has had a similar increase of , the mute ought Law to weed i and a large slice of bread and better,
Sitaw' played a cornet in his own band rates under consideration, and that Francis Bacon. with a big pot of tea for nue
butter,
and tools the keenest personal Interest, -
n its activities. '
Tested' by Experiment
Tornado Twists its Way
Along Lake' Erie
Sandusky, Ohio.—A torpedo twisted
its 'way along a 12 -mile stretch of
Lake Erie near here, whisked through',
the centre of Intron, 9 miles from here
and disappeared- into Lake Erie. No
fatalities were reported following a
check up or the district. The damage
at Huron was paced at between 910,-
000 and 920,000. Barnsoveie unroof
-
d d trees uprooted in the vicinity..
Mot
London, Sept. 23.—The motor ves-
sel Modavia, which is being built by
Vickers, limited, for'the Donaldson
Steamship ` Line, :.Montreal, was
the nava cons rut ion
Motor Vessel Launched for
Canadisua Cattle 'Trade
Ilaunched at1 t t
works at ,Barrow -in -,Furness, Lance -
;shire, to -day. ,,The new boat'is,de-
1 signed for service ho the Canadian
;cattle trade' and "also for carrying re-
-frigerated foodstuffs and a general
cargo.
�, y
dada from Coast to Coast
Saint John, N.B.---There will be in 1925, 30,069 in 1924 _and.19,383 in
thirty-three sailing from the Port of 1923. '
Saint John for the Canadian Pacific! Regina, Sask.—Production of wheat
Steamships; according to 'the winter en the, three Prairie Provinces, as esti-
schedule just announced pe against mated
now75,697,000by the ureau cif
s, ascompared
is
twenty six in the last winter Season.
Steamship officials all express conic- with the filially estimated. production
dance to a bis growth pf traffic and of:•832,9219,000 eat ;year, ' Estimates
believe that the large vellum ea busi_ for other 'grains, with the finally esti-
ness on the 'St, Lawrence this year mated production of 1925: within,
will: in ell likelihood extend to the.brackets, are -as ;follows: oats 289,:
Saint John season, warranting adds- (,98,000 (322,254,000) ; barley 94,433,-
tional sailings. 000 (94.1.41,100) ; ,rye, 11,334,900 (11,
Montreal, Que.--An interesting estia' 545,0001 ; flaxseed, 7,221,500 (9,138,-
m -eta of Canada's per capita wenah . 000) I;,Ipnitoba shows more sed yields
.•.•-.- has been made by the: Legg whent,;berley•,
ue of Na- 'of
a
--`tions,. with ''comnparative'figures 0.2'22-w1• at rye and :iiaxseed;-and $as-
years ago. In 1925 the per capita ketol van,.' da ni e IC fly. 'ted that
wealth in this country axnountsd to Calgary, pe.
$2 406, as ce•ttrasted with $1,100 per traffic over the new highway between
d Golden, through one cf the
Oats, No. 2 CW 68%e; No. 3 CW,
ea • extra No. 1 Need, 601¢yc. --Flour,
$ h io 918 d Great Brt wi x be Possible y i 65th r Dr. Vagt d d CI ke spring 60c,
• 92,459e • capita, respectively. This will providetriangle P Mandelss to 14 lbs., 32c; do, spring, spring g whew n bakers,
tam p c P P thence to e Toronto Conservatory of 561050c since 191,3. scabs, 1' 1 nail strip. t Bats firsts, $
— elation of Calgary to :Golden via Fi. d, had been musics, of th q a. 42c do 8 to 4 lbs., 38c; de,.seconds,,$Z80, dt; strong kers,
Toronto, Ont... The. pop. and back the famous
_ Windermere .. y tend conducted
Gho4a in about 60. local cancerts, and on tours with .over 4 .lbs., 1 lbs., 33c 'do 2 to 2> ,$6.30 t0
of Toronto now stands at, 566, WDr. VogtHell do, ere to •3 4 b , , , 97.50; winter pats. choice,
the, city ,... , • indermere highway. eatseoe
over theBanff-� B love s at Garnegi•e F1aal; New 'York 4 times, Boston Symphoa3 s t), hetes, over 6 lbs., 28e;_ do 4 3.6.40, 1Lolled eats, Dag 901 s $mgd,
ch
91, which shows ata increase o be carried right through great. st s
of 263 the roadwil•1 $ nestra'ilala 8 times; i3LLYia1o, F1lmwoota.Musac Iitll, 7'tlmes; to 6 lbs., 26c; do; 3 to 4 lbs 24c; •Urian, p29.w> N 2 per ton
figures for the hast fiscal year 7,Ltve, and Chicago Orcl
1' 1th Vance x d d til wOr'k5 Drahms tis tie ducklings, 6 lbs and g$89.25.1 to $1"
capita in 1cun Qui of tri+', lr nations Fieid tsn n etches•rn the word THE LATE DR. A. S. VOLT
the United finest 'mountain t t nail tamou1. Storage extras, 43c, ole, firsts, 39c, do,
listed, showi;t tanks third, tl el next summer. ere nist and minket &rectos', and founder ' of the internal o y seconds, 34 to 35c.
States showing �, alt a t fan 1e tri ' from Poultry,
�ohn Choir,. who died on 'September 17, h} his year,
v MOUS novelist's set has six children
'Two hours later he consumed two and sixteet' grand -children living. His
more rolls, and was prepared to WV, youngest.eon wee killed in the war.
tinue, but the officials called, a halt. Sir Henry', who resembles the por-
Seottlee morttlttg rolls are yeti traits of his father, -is a Criminal
largo and heavy. One, or at most two, Court Jul- a He possesses many vain-
are sufilelent tor most adults. abk ra• n en s of the novelist.
TBE W'S MARKETS
TORONTO. Comb honey --$3.40 to 94 per dozen.
Man. wheat -No. 1 North., $L54%; Smoked meats—Hams, pled., 83 to
No. 2 North., $1.471; No. " North„ 84e; cooked8 to
hhams,
m sbreakfast48
o0c; mo�36
ed
$7•42�e• u to 40c; becks, boneless, 41 to 46c.
Man, oats—No. Il 2 , pommel; Nv.
3; not quoted; No, 1 feed, see; Ne. 2to Cured meats—Long 9clear bacon, 50
feed, nominal; Western grain quota -
20% lbs. and3up 20
$22.34; llig{ltv✓eight
tions in c.i.f. ports. rolls in barrels, $42,601 lteavyweigh
Am. corn, track, Toronto—No. 2 calls, $39.60 per bbl
yellow, 93c; No, 3 seireat it Lard—Pure tierces, 16 to 17o;
Millfeed—Del. Hh,prea. freights,
bags invluded. Bien, Por. ton 'i29•?6; tubs, 17% to 18c; pails, 18 to 18ihc;
shorts, per -tore "31.25; nuddlittgs, prints, 19 to 191%; shortening,tiers,
$28e5; good feed flour, per bag, $230. 4 to Inc; tubs, 1434 to 14%,e; pile,
Ont. oats-42 t 441fab slipping 16 to 15%e; blocks, 161 to 17c.
• `
pints.
oa s— o Fieavy steers choice, '$7,50 to.
$8;
points. Farmers Can Now Make Hay
Ont. good milling wheat—$1:20 to do, good, $7 to $7,'25; 'butcher steers,
$1,22, f.o.b..sipping points,.75 to $7 • do good $g
r.7o""• but -
h' according 000118 $6 v , ,
When Sun Isn't Shining
to freights. 136.50; do, Com., 94.50 to $i ;
Barley -•-Malting, 56 to 61c. cher cows, choice, $6 to $5.60; do, Princeton, N.J.—Farmers can make
Buckwheat—Nom-nal; 1fair to good, $4'to $4.76; butcher bull s, hay when the sun isn't shining, if the
;pod, 4.50 to,, 5.50; bolognas, $3,st1 to
Rye—No, 2; 85c. i $ $ invention of Arthur Meson of Chi
Man. flourond pat .p 7.8 $8.30, 'To-( good
canners and cutters, 10.60 tong; cago, which had its first demonstra-
ronin; do, ur-_T pact , 90 I goad hoice sows, $7011 $1; spring- tion jat the Walker Gordon Dairies,
Ont, flour -=Toronto, 90 per :cons. era, choice, $8U to $116; med. $6.50; near
patent, per barrel. in carrots, Toronto, 1 45 to 960; feeders, good,
96 to $6.cho50; near Maso
n, becomenponuta . alfalfa
i, x.70; seabaat;;d, in bulk , $5,60. do, fair, $5 to 96;
Cheese—Newt large, 20 ei 201%c; � $12.50 to $13.50; de, good, 99 to $11; green from the field, dries it and
, twins, 2014 to 21e; triplets, 22c, Still do, med., $7 to $9; grassers, 94.50 to grinds it to meal, el within SO rein -
air 23c; Old, large, 21ic; twins, 27c; $G; good lambs, $1:1 do bucks. $1:0- utes. A strong air furnace forces
triplets, 30c. I good light sheep, $6 to 96.50; heavy I gases at the temperature of:250 de
Butter—Finest ere.'n,e'y prints, sheep and bucks„ 34; hogs, hick over the grass a ft de-
36to37c; No. 1 creamery, 85 to 36c; smooths fed and watered $12,60; 50,1.grees
No. 2, 80 to lir. Dairy prints, 29'4 f.o.b., $12;;':do, country points, 811.76;' through a 159 -foot oven
ontan en the
ss
to 30e: do. off cars, $13; select premium, l belt. Smoked hay, Eggs—Fresh extras, in cartons, 51 $2.46. new pro ess assert, is more palatable,
to 52c; fresh extras, louse' 26 ; troch r- ---0
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Man
45e fresh seconds, ,u to 86c• , MONTREi13.
Phan is Grown Up at 26,
Says London $us Firm
Lill -
when is a mall grown up? Not
til he is 26, says the . London General
Omnibus Company, which eraP'leya
o link. vn r ce 'among a, es chin s, ay,- o,. ,
statement made Public t up •ntau Cuevolamd, twine; etc, P dtt rocs i' ;. Wee . several thousand drivers and conduct-
ccIne00a to a s s At y, car lots, � 4 0,
pa rate' Ne.san,.B.C.—Announcement of a Gray'S a Nueva," Bacla's B minor Mass, up, , ,, finest oasts, 171te. Butter, No. 1 pas- ors in eAberiaag the Louden area with
by the Chief City Assessor., The b the West and Verdi Requiems, V elf-&�errart s V t heel -picked, $2;60 per to third big development nc Y 1 Pi sae "Child Beans—Can. eel -P " p finest eats 171/2e. Butter No. 1 pas- its network of speedy bus services,
increase in pulat d11 bushel. of Po
1
Compare favorably with
,lags This f t 11 t i 18'/ -14 1L tans 1 1,Si to 1 � $6 54i
ion is state it - - -
Kootena ]'ewer and'Light Co., to cost 'several of Elgar'ry obeliad ivories, and
cease -- -tic x„ , N.
many a capPo a we� is i e clued Cite luM el primes, e- per baste'. 2 s storage extras, The company believes that youths
th that of other y - olefid e-Taywr's larger choral works. Bic e p+
ad's b. Mr. L. Camp- ear's• Crusade and Q g ,• Melee protease—Syrup, per Imp, teurlv�d, 4e. Eggs, � � narmal�lydevelop their sense of re-
evinces
$300;000, was m y r , 'linivemsity of Toran�ta; 111 1917. , $2.25 to X2.30; per 6 -gal„ $2.16 43ci storage firsts; 39c; store sec -
i t polis vaixsal eel. 34c; fresh extras; 52c; fresh i. itt to full itch between the
per
•, ac.
1
• not
al'a
it
will 8 t
firsts, Th 40c. ages of 24 and 2 ,
efforts, In conjunction with file tale r t unt
and unselfish effor
ear it is estimated o o'
weaker, to c o i. 40: 1 coin. ' e
hat 40,000 acres haee been planted to Lower Bennington Falls,
Toronto t
+ears, , an' This will manager of that tom 053155 of of -Faculty
Doctor (1 o
sblA
general ma 2al • mm_le vugcr tb 25 ends,spun Y
Winnipeg, � Man.—Greater interest is bell
rs o the Prairie,.. y be the hydraulic de Was Dean of -faculty o`f 11'Iusi. University ie wilt 6 It was through -on too ` 2 5 6
'ing taken by farms f int of 60,000 h.p.,, ore mile S d smooth l $12 75 t $18;
su bowers for'volopm untiring a f t
$
hs
ahoy -60-.b. tins, 72' to 13c; 10- Thick logs, , o oe�pt as drivars sten who have net
• ad veal calves, 12; good sheep, $8
ovincesin growrng n
t i d wn rho' Keotenay Rivsr from the
that the conservatory in 1919 became pact S the University o 1b tuts 1-35 t i s, , F lb tins, 13 0 o h lam $11 reached thelatter age,
finer B t Pas arid work �
zol _ �
�h, iaflowers, ai8 compared with 36,723. will be started ireme4 y
1