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The Seaforth News, 1926-10-21, Page 3SHIP CANAL READY IN 1930 FORFORT l <lLL.. �IA TO PRESCOTT TNOkT Ottawa, Ont. --In .1930 Die' lenge cost and will- greatly reduce the cost lake` grain carriers will he, able of the' present andertaking to Canada. to take cargoes' from Fort William. to While the. rivalry for the uppe r Prescott, as in that year, the Depart- lakes export trade, •principal•ly in, went of Railways and •Canals expects grain, is now between Buffalo and to have. the new Welland' Canal ready Port Colborne, or in reality between) for navigation." It will permit of the the St. Lawrence route and the United' passage of veesele of 25 -foot draught, States Atlantic `seaboard, the come:lee and' of much -venter' length than any tion of the new Welland Canal will on the Great' Labia; or that wi'il be transfer much of thle rivalry to Os - for several decadbe .Reduction in lock- wego and Ogdoneburg in competition age and improvement in lockage facile with .Kiingstoii'and Presedttrfor points= ities are such that. little time will be of trans -shipment by river to Montreal lost in the passage from Lake Erie to or by rail and' the Erie Oswego Canal Lake Ontario. to 'New York. Already Oswego is The entire construction of the lVe1- building huge grant; elevators and land Canal is underway withexeep- modern harbor facilities tci' capture "tion -of 48, about 1,300 feet long, this lake traffic for the United States Which is the connecting link between points- In Canada there is nothing the new canal and that portion of the being done ;to retain ;Canadian trade old canal to be dredged to meet the in Canadian channels, Both inge requirements of the new' system. On Ston and Prescott' are demanding"the, March 31 last the percentage of week trans -shipment facilites be located on completed' on the new Welland Canal their respective harbors. It is believ- was, rock excavation 04 iier cent., ed' there will be ample business for earth excavation 55 per cent., water- both the large lake fatighters unload - tight embanknathts 70 per cent, con ing at IS.tngaton and; the smellercreft crete.64 per tent., reinforcingsteel 64 :going to Prescott. Itis essential that per cent„ and sheet piling 58 per cent: immediate' be taken to construct Since that date there has been onside ample trans -shipment facilitiesat one erably more work done; and at the or both of these porta, that when the close of the construction season this new Welland Canal• is opened CtVit . year there will be about 80 'per. cent. adieu trade through it will not be d1-. ,of 'the whole undertaking „completed.. verted to, the -United States. The new harbor at Port Feller do The new Welland Canal will be the Lake Ontario has been completed, and fourth across the Niagara Peninsula. there is under contract at Port Col- The first was completed in 1833, had borne on Lake Erie a 2,000 -foot break- 40 wooden locks, 110 by 22 feet, with water at right angles to the present a depth of nine feet. In 1845 the breakwater, which will' enclosea come canal was reconstructed, reducing the modious harbor, and afford ample pro- locks" o 27 and' increasing the depth tection from the western gales. in time toten feet. Then, again, in To March 51, 1926, the end of the 1882, came the canal now in use with last fiscal year, there had been expend- locks_270 by 45 feet, and a depth of ed on construction of the new Welland 12 std then 14 feet. The new Welland. Canal $62,732,557.88. When complete Ship Canal to be completed in 190 the total expenditure will approximate will have bat seven locks, and three close to $100,000,4300. The total cost of these awending the escarpment will of the Welland Canal now in use to be double locks in flight, enabling -date has been $45,645,959.87, of which boats. to ascend and deseand at the $29,907,288.18 has been capital out- same time. The time required for a lay, $7,351,149.82 administration, $3,- vessel to pass through one of these 167,734.87 heavy repairs and replace- locks,which are 800 by 80 feet, will menta, and $5,219,78'7.05 ordinary re- be 20 minutes, and the whole time re- "pairs and maintenance, Itis expected gutted for a loaded vessel to pass from when arrangements are completed for lake to lake will be eight hours. The joint development by .Canada and the canal for the present will have a depth United States of the St. Lawrence of: 25 fret, but,is so eenstructed that route; the expenditure on the new, this at any, time can be increased to Welland Canal will be included. in the 50 feet by dredging. • ASQUITH RESIGNS AS LIBERAL LEADER Choice of Successor Lies Be- tween Lloyd George and Sir,John Simon. London. -The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, better known in America and everywhere outside England by the simple title of Mr. Asquith, as he was known during his long career, culmin- : ating in his Premiership of Great Bri- tain at the outbreak of the Great War, has resigned the leadership of the Liberal party, thus providing a first- class sensation in British .political circles. His resignation is directly due to differences with former Premier David Lloyd George. These came .to a head during the great general strike last spring, when Lord Oxford opposed the strike with the utmost vigor as menac- e... " -' ling the destruction of parliamentary R. L. Brachia, K.C. government, whereas"' Lloyd George Member -for West Kent and pr em• inent failed to identify himself with this barrister,who died suddenly at Wiud- view. , Ever since then the dissension sor on Oetbber 11. Mr. Brackin was within the. Liberal ranks has been one of Ontario's` moat brilliant legis• acute, until it has finally culminated in. lators incl jury lawyers. this drastic. step by the aged veteran. Lord Oxford's resignattpn probably will he followed by the election of Lloyd George, now Liberal Parlia- mentary leader, to the leadership of the party, although there are other Anyone knowing of a child that is aspirants, notably Sir John Simon, one subject to cruelty and abuse, a child of the critics -a the former Premier in that is without proper guardianship recent months. or under degrading influence, should, communicate at once yvith The Chil- dren's Md Society. In addition to the! Unconscious Humor. work for children unmarried' mothers I . are assisted in securing maintenance l The unconscious humors are the for their offspring from the putative best. 'This is one of the things which fathers. Over $85,000 was collected actually happened undermy observe 'under this heading last year. ; tion at the Central Hall, Westminster, ALAN COBHAM Oyer whose return after a 28,000 -miles flight London has gone wild. The actual time was 320 flying hours: The de Haviland machine he used was the same in which' he flew 17,000 miles „to Rangoon and back, and 16,000 miles to South Attlee and 'back. Caiaaa from Cast to Cons i Halifax, N.S,—A new process for the rapid freezing of fish is reported as saccessfu1 by' the Atlantic Experi- mental Station for Fisheries: Fillets and fish were frozen ill strong brine in 60 minutes, whereas the ordinary process of refrigeration takes from 24 to 40 hours. Saint John, N.13.—Fish exports from, Canada continue to Increase. In the` twelve months' ending August, ,1926, thetotal value of fish shipments from the Dominion was $35,892,462, as compared with $34,952,900 in the twelve months. ending August, 1925, and $80,133,415 in the period ended Montreal, Que.—A cable from Lon- don, England, states that the London County Council is to setup six wooden houses made of Canadian lumber, after the Canadian pattern, as a try- out. These houses, semi-detached, will be erected under the supervision of the Council's architect at the new estate at Becontree,.' Toronto, Ont.—There is an urgent demand for .trained or partly trained help for the lumber camps just now. There is also a considerable demand for farm labor in various parts of the. province. " Winnipeg, Man.—The capacity of the grain dryers of the Government elevators In Saskatchewan will be in- creased immediately -from 20;000. to 69,000bushels per day, according to Leslie I3vyd of Fort William, chairman of the board of grain commissioners. Regina, Snake—Mere then 20,000,- 900 bushels of wheat have been handl- ed by the Saskatchewan pool elevators to date despite unfavorable weather conditions. The pool elevators broke their own records recently when they unloaded 605carloads, or the equival- ent of 850;000 bushels' of wheat`' in a day. The Saskatchewan wheat pool now has 575 country elevators in op, enation and six under construction. Lethbridge, Alta.—Concord grapes are being successfully grown in Al- berta. The Hutterite colony, south of this city, gathered 17 large baskets of .lusty fruit this year from Soiith Dakota plants, Vancouver, B.C.--The first ship- ment of Eritiah Columbia apples to the United Kingdom aboard an "apple ship"—S.S. "Narenta"—went forward this week, 20,000 boxes of the fruit. Space has been taken on three refrig- erator lines to carry 800,000 boxes of this year's crop. Efforts are now being made by apple producers to obtain a refrigerator ship that will take from 100;000 to 200,000 boxes to South Am- erica, thus opening up a new market for B.C. apples. . Passengers Saved as Last Yukon Boat Sinks' Vancouver, B.C.—The stern -wheel steamer Dawson, the last boat of the season to leave Dawson for White Horse, on the Yukon River, struck a rook and went down near' Carmacks, 215 miles south of Dawson, Wednes- day according to information reach - QUEEN'S iJNIVERSITY . made with those of the general student The vessel sailed last Saturday from CONDUCT MENTALTEST Determine Whether Students Have Chance, of Success illi Their Chosen Professions. Ifingston.—Within the next few weeks the Department bf Philosophy of, Queen's University will givea ser- ies of mental tests to all freshmen and sophomores in the university. As a result of tbe tests it is hoped to gain much information which will be of, value in assisting students to pick courses• suited to their various types of mentality. It -will also be possible to determine with a fair. degree of ac- curacy whether or not students will have a reasonable chance of success in the professions they propose to fol- low after leaving.. college. The tests will be given by A. W. Farlinger, an undergraduate doing special work -in psychology, and will be under the direct supervision of Dr. George Humphrey, head of the Dept. of Philosophy. Dr. Humphrey and Mr. Farlinger are working in co- operation with a committee of the con- ference of Canadian universities, and it hoped from the results obtained to further standardize the mental tests. - In addition to testing freshmen and sophomores, W. P. Hughes, famous Queen's football coach and director of athletics at the -University, is co- operating with the Dept, of Philosophy in having members of the football, hockey and basketball teams take the tests. Members of the first, second and third teams will take the tests. Comparisons will be made to deter- mine whether orpot the members of first team,ss have higher intelligence quotient`s,•than those who fail to •make the first teams and consequently have to play on ;intermediate and junior teams. A comparison of the mental- ities of university athletes will also be body, and theoften challenged state- Dawson .and she was' carrying heavy gold shipments and mails, and between 70 and 80 passengers, mostly from Dawson, and all are reported safe. ,The message reporting the accident, and which gave no details beyond the 'fact that all passengers were safe, was sent by the purser of the vessel, Kenneth Fife, to relatives in Van- couver. vent that student athletes have keener minds than the average undergradu- ate, will be proved, or disproved. As the. tests are partly based on one's ability to think swiftly and- ac- curately, the first requisite of a suc- cessful athlete; it may be possible to discover athletically untrained stu- dents who with good coaching may de- velop into star athletes. Helping Children' and Mothers. a few nights ago, says a correspondent - in the Christian World. The audience, before the meeting was begun, was singing some lusty choruses, and was in the middle of one of them when the side door opened, and the speekors and other important persons streamed on to the platform. There they were marshalled to their places by the busy secretary—"The Bishop of Omega will eft on the right of the Chairman: . Ste Alpha. Beta, wilt you come for- ward?" and so on; and while si ethis shepherding was proceeding the par- ticular chorus which the. audience was singing with all their might and many was "Bring them tit! Bring them ill Bring thein i -in from the fields of silt" Paper Mills of Canada. There are 116 pulp and paper mills iu Canada Oleg :about -three quarters of a million horsepower of lipdro-elec- tric energy, Many of these plants are located in the midst of their own 'Um. • n''`, ber limits, constituting a complete in- dustrial settlement .in , what would otherwise have remained an unsettled wilderness: It Is, this very isolation beside - cheaply developed water' powers' and close to virgin forest growths that has : giv,sn Canadian paper milds such a commanding economic advantage in the world of newsprint manufacture. ' YI Alleged Drug Ring in B.C. Being. Rounded' Up Vancouver, B.C.—Raids made -rime ultaneosuly in the Chhi#•itowns of Van- couver and Vioto 'a, by Royal Can- adian Mounted Po=ice fund' Customs officers,. which resulted in three ar- rests on warrants charging conspiracy are believed to be first steps in a move- ment to bring to justice an alleged narcotic ring operating in the two cities. ' Lim Jim and Wong Lei Tong, both Chinese, were taken into custody here, and D. Crisofi is being brought from Victoria to face trial. It is said that further arrests are likely to be made and' that sensational evidence will be given at the trials. Two speedboats, the ,Dynamite, of Vancouver, and the M-168, of Seattle, were seized in the harbor here. Hon. Geo. 3. Henry l mister of Public. Werke in the On- tario government, who liars been elect. ed president of the Good Roads As- sociation of Canadee , There are 20,000 families In Italy with over ten children, The Scottish Board of Agriculture has intimated that thtee official dele- gates will be named to attend the World's Poultry Congress at Ottawa, July 27 to August 4, 1927. "Poultry Farming for Women" will be the sub- ject of a paper -by Mrs. Maciver of the Scottish Board of Agriculture. Mrs. Maciver is a keen-poultrywoman and well qualified to handle -this im- portant topic. _ • Color. Scheme in London Hospital. Adoption of a color scheme for hos- pitals has made St. John's hospital in Shepherd's Bush the cheeriest of. Lon- don hospitals. The secretary and matron say that Mr. Waleh's ideas that restful, health - giving colors should replace white walls and red coverlets ies been car- ried out by them arra:. excellent re- sults. Delicate shades of green, yel- low and mauve in the wards, worked out by a color expert, have proved so beneficial that patients leave the hos- pital three days sooner than before the change was made. Their tempers are better, the colors influence sleep, and in one case, attar placing an insomnia patient in a mauve room sleep came within an hour, the officials said. By the canal system of Canada, 1830 miles of waterways have been opened up to navigation. During the navig- able season 30,700 vessels aggregating 16,800,000 tong passed thybugh these canals carrying over 200,000 passen- gers` and nearly 13 million tons of freight: Natural Resources Bunetin. The waterways` of the prairie pro- vince's have -little commercial import anee in the arenaportation systems of to -day. They are, however, rich ih the ;romance of history. The earliest explorers: to reach the prairies came by: canoe. The rapidly expanding fur trade soon created activity along the many water routes embraced within the• limits of the province and made famous by two centuries of use by canoe, York boat and scow. The As siniboine, Qu'Appeile and Souris, with Manitoba's famous 'Red River, were for long years the, highways of com memo and discovery for the adventure .ers of New. France, who came by way ' of Lake Superior, or the traders of the Hudson's Bay Co. striking in from York Factory, both anxious to outdo the other in securing' the pelts of ethe prairies or 'gaming a foothold in the 11 f th'" Missouri The mighty vaeyo e Saskatchewan, most famous of all and which gives its name to this province; Is the outstanding river of the prairies' of Canada. Two main branches, the north and the south, which with their tributaries constitute the entire drain- age of three hundred miles of the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains, unite below Prince Albertand enter Lake Winnipeg.- Far many years the Canadian Pa- cific was the only railway of Western Canada and, as it crossed the southern parts of the prairies, the Saskatchew- an River became the highway of com- merce for the north. Flat-bottomed, stern -wheeled boats plied regularly the waters of the main branch from Grand Rapids at Lake Winnipeg to Prince 'Albert, Battleford, Fort Pitt (now in ruins), and even up to Ed- monton, in the adjoining province of Alberta. The south branch '.vasalso navigated past the present city- of Saskatoon, around the "big bend," and up to theforksof the Red River, at the western boundary of the province, i lard sometimes beyond as far as Medi- ' Hat. Like the historic boats of the Mississippi, those of the Saskat- chewan have almost disappeared, as then mare speedy Y overland routes have Pd encroached on their territory. The 7 . Battle, Carrot and . Torch rivers are 1 tributaries now chiefly used in rafting logs to the mills, Another famous waterway is the Churchill River. Colossal fortunes in furs were transported by this route. The Athabasca brigades, paddling up the Clearwater and packing their bur- dens .across the Methye, or "long" David Gillies For many years Liberal' representative for Pontale, P.Q., in the federal house, who died recently. He was a pioneer portage, followed this famous route to of Carleton Place, Ontario, Hudson Bay. Tt is a decidedly pictur- esque route. Unlike the Saskatchewan, which retains its uniformity through- out, the Churchill becomes a series of crystal lakes, nestling among hills of The province of British Columbia Granite, `dotted with myriads' of beau- contains two-thirds of the merchant- tiful islands, and connected by short able saw -timber in Canada. Since the stretches of river proper. These usu- onening 01 the Panama Canal many ally contain rapids and falls, which Timber in B.C. new markets have ,been developed for compel the voyageur to portage his Pacific Coast lumber. Iu fact, several canoe, and forbid the passage at any enterprising companies ship Douglas haaard o£ power boats. In place of fir and other valuable British Colum- the meadows and fertile valley of bin, woods • by boat to the St. Lawrence the Saskatchewan are found low River and there saw them up into lum- swamps of spruce and tamarack, or her for distribution throughout the rugged hills of upheaved rocks,.partly Eastern States and Cauada. bare and partly wooded with groves of jackpine and clusters of birch. His Majesty Creates Byng of Vimy a Viscount London.—The announcement made unofficially that Baron Byng of Vimy, former Governor-General of Canada, had been created a Viscount, is now officially confirmed. THE WEEK'S MARKETS TORONTO. Man. wheat—No. 1 North., $1.46; No. 2 North., $1.42; No. 3 North., $1.39. Man. oats -No. 2 CW, nominal; No. 3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 61c; No. 2 feed, nominal; Western grain quota- tions in c.i.f. ports. Am. corn, track, Toronto—No, 2 yellow, 91e; No. 3 yellow, 89c. Afillfeed—Del. Montreal freights, Ib. tins, 12% to 13c; 5-1b. tins, 13 to 13%e; 2%-1b. tins, 13% to 14c. Ccmb honey -$3.40 to $4 per dozen. Smoked meats—Hams, med., 83 to 34e; cooked hams, 47 to 48c; smoked rolls, 28 to 30e; breakfast bacon, 35 to 40c; backs, boneless, 37 to 45c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to '70 lbs., $23; 70''to 90 lbs. $21.50; z 20 ' lbs. and up, $22.34; lightweight cells in barrels, $42.50; heavyweight 1s ^139.50 per bbl bags included: Bran, per ton, $2825; Lard—Pure tierces, 16 to 17e;, shorts, per ton,. $30.25; middlings. tubs, 17i to 18e; pails, 18 to 18%e; $40.26; good feed -flour, per bag, 32.30. prints, 19 to 19%c; shortening, tierces, Ontario oats -48c, f.o.b. shipping 18% to 13 tubs, 14 to 14%; pails, points. 14V to 15c blocks, 16 to 16rh•c. Ont. good milling- wheat -$1.23 to heavy steers choice, $7 to $7.50; $1.25, f.o.b. shipping points, according do, good, $6.00 to 60.75; buteler steets, and Fond du Lae, The Cree River choice, $6.50 to $6.75; do, good, $6 to enters Black Lake from the south, to I3iarnclieYhts,—kissing, 59 ,to c, eeeee dc,cem., $4.50 to $5,50; butcher (tvhi:e to the north a canoe route, Buckwheat -85c, nominal:62cot+., choice, $4,75' to $a; do, fair to broken by numerous portages, leads to the home of the Eskimo, in the great silent "barren lands." Though not of great commercial importance,, these northern water routes offer unpar- alleled attractions to the lover of the great lone land who seeks an oppor- tunity to enjoy en outing far from the nerve-wracking worries of his every -day duties. Lake Athabaska is navigable for N 2 34 t 3oe Dairy prints ...pee find h ks, yS, hogs, ti- ck smooths, steamers Steamboat communication is .to oOc. Eggs—Fresh extras, in cartons, 52 fill "o, do. country points; ail.; do, to 53c; fresh extras, loose, 51e; fresh off car;, $'1225; select premium, $2.3'?, firsts 46e. fresh seconds, 35 ,to 36c, r — " Ctorage, extras, 430; do, firsts, .40e; do, MOA4Ti2EAL. se ds 34 to 36c Oats C.W. No. 2, 70c; do No. Near the Saskatchewan -Manitoba boundary there is an alternative "route, which the early traders usually tra- versed. Leaving the Churchill at Prez po1•tage, the way lay nearly south, following a chain of lakes leading to the Sturgeon -weir river, thence by way of Amisk, Namew and Cumber- land lakes to join the Saskatchewan. This diversion brought the French traders to their. posts at The Pas, and' allowed the English to reach tide water at York Factory by way of Hayes River, their principal route. The main tributary of the Churchill' above Frog portage' is the Beaver River, a swift -flowing stream, heading near lac la Biohe, and flowing through a valley rich in timber and grazing lands. A. short distance below the. portage Reindeer River enters the Churchill, flowing southerly from .the great lake whose name it bears. The far northern waters of . Sas- katchewan offer the adventurer an in- teresting route leading from Reindeer Lake on the east to Athabaska Lake on the west by way of Wollaston. Hatchet and Black lakes, Black fiver Rye—No. 2, SRc. Man. flour—First pat., 38.10, To- ronto; do, second pat., 37.60. Ont. flour—Toronto, 90 per cent. good,33.75 to 34.50 butcher bulls, good 34,50 to 35.50; bolognas, 33.50 to 34, canners and cutters, 3225 to 33; good milcli cows, $70 to $;1G0; spring. patent, per barrel, in earlobe, Toronto era choice, $80 to 3110; med. cows, $5.70 seaboard, in bulk, $5.70. $45 to $60; feeders, good, $G to $6.50; fiheese—New, .large, e,0 to 20%e; dofair,;5 to $6; do, med., $7 to twills, 20% to 21e; triplets; 22e. Stile '$9 calves, choice, 313 to $14; do, tons, 23e. Old large, 26e; twins 27c; good $o to $12;- do, med., $7 to 39; triplets, 28c; old �5tatons 30e grassers,$4 50 to $G good lambs, $12 13utter--Finest ore v. prints to afig o; do hacks,. $9 to $9.75; good 86 to 37e :No. 1 creamery, 35 to '36 fight Jeep, $6 to $600, heavy sheep • °� o • fed and watered, $11.75; do, f,o:b.; maintained from this lake to the end of steel at Waterways, on the Alberta and ' Great Waterways Railway,, through the Athabaska and Clear- water rivers. Poultry, dressed—Cl•itken, sprinb� - - 66e; extiat No. 1 feed, G7c. Flour, Po squabs, 1 to 1% lbs., 32 to 85c; do, Man. spring wheat pais., lsts, $8.10; spring, over •4 lbs., 38 to :40c; do, do, ands, 37.60; do, strong bakers, spring, 3 to 4 lbs., 32 to 356; do, 214 $7.40; do, winter pats., cheice, 36,30 to to 5% lbs., 30 to 83c do, 2 to 2%, $6.40. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., 38.75, lbs., 35c hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4 Bran, 328.25. Sheila, 330.25. Mid - to 5 lbs., 26e; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 24c dintgs, 339 25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, t 22 ;lecrlings 5 lbs and car tote, 414 to $15, p, an do eastern-, lomat to 16yfae.Batter- Beans—Can. hand-picked, :$2.80 per; Aro 1 pastsurized, 81r to 82c. Eggs bus roosters, c, Cheep finest wests., 16% to 16%e; u bushel; primes, $2.50 to $2.60 b e . gaMl.,apl32.2e 11 produto$-ce—.30;Syrup,per5 g , $ Pal 215 THE GREAT SUZANNE Aboveis aPhotographic study of r 25 leu, in the Toronto'suite of to $2.25: per gal.; maele suger, lb., ''Ville. Leng the tennis champion. to 26e. FTpney-60-ib. tins, 12}y to 13c; 10- -Storage extras, 42 to 43c; do, firsts, 38 to 39c; no, secelids, 83 to 34e; fresh extras, 50 to 52e; do, firsts, 46 to 470. Calves, 311.50; hogs, thick smooths, 312; selects, 312.75. One of the most variable Canadian export products is hay, according to the Natural Resources Inteiligeiien' Service of the Dept, of the Interior. Exports of hay vary roughly between 50,000 and 500,000 tons annually, chiefly to the United States, Britain, France, Newfoundland and the West ' Indies. In the latter islands Canadian hay has to meet competition from sugar cane leaves which aro used as a fodder and sold rte very low prices.