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Zurich Herald, 1927-06-02, Page 7SECOND PRIZE ESSAY Bessits E, Griffin, of Fenelon Falls, Wins Second Place With Well Written Essay. Dear Editor; Complying with your request. that I write You a letter, it was with mu'cli .pi'eaeu e I reoeived the information that I had won second prize" in Canada Essay Contest, i fully realizeand tp- exaciae the Honor you have bestowed:; upon me, and I hope that eases essay +. may be of benefit to other young Ca- I adieus, in making bream realize what a really glorious country it is our privi- lege to own. As reg&rdts myself, I have not much to tell, I was born is Verrelam Town ship, on the farm, for which I am very glad, for in the country one is in direct touch with nature. Later ,1 attended Red Rock Public School, whtire I re sewecl my faundati'on in composition, 1 am now sixteen and attend the Fano- Ion Fails Continuation School. Com- posing 'Merles has ever been my pet subject. My- favorite pastime is read- i mg, especially the works of Charles bickens; also some of the modern authors. I belong to the United ; Church. That is all. As for wanting a career, shaps I do and perhaps not. Lives ere a young Canadian, where there is .such a wide range, of o ea u s who "fought for their old time supremacy. P g •Hofeible massacres .ensued, starling has not ambitions for the future, ins deed for a career? I the Hearts of the +snn•viv'iiig settlers, With three cheers • for the success of but at Mast the degrading firewater of our beautiful country, I am; the fur -traders and the •oppression. of Very sincerely, the white men had their effect. They BESSIE E. GRIFFIN. wandered further afield and the set- tlers came in and took their places. Still their presence left its. mark. Many of the large cities .of to--da3r have In- dian names and it was from the Indian name Kannata, meaning a collection Canada, our home and native land. of huts, that the beautiful name Can Let us pause for •a moment to let those ada was derived. old well' -worn words sink down into Under British Rule. our minds. A great thrill of pride' But the real change did net come passes through our beings as we real until 1763, with the capture of Quebec, izebeautiful, their full meaning. Canada, this when Canada changed from French bebountiful land, stretching to British rule, and to these brave sol- from ollrom ocean to ocean and ranking high Biers and their leader, Wolfe, we owe in the great nations of the world, is a great deal.. If it had not been for ours. We are Canadians. We were them perhaps "vve would never leave born fn Canada and as+e proud of it, had a Dominion of Canada They MISS BESSIE E. GRIFFIN. "CANADA" for what after al lis better than to be GREAT PRESSURE BURSTING DYKES • FOR FIFTY MILES Centre of Evangeline Country is Being Devastated by Flood Torrent. DEEDS OF HEROISM. Rescuers Emulate the. Cana- dian Voyageurs in Efforts to Save the Imperiled Families. New Orleans, La.—Rolling relent- lessly down the fertile west side of the Atchafalfa basin, flood.• water from ten major crevasses hi the Bayou Des Glaises levee to -day drew closer to St. Mary and St. Martin par- ishes, . spreading devastation on: its e fay to the Gulf of Mexico, . The threatened section is in the centre of "Evangeline country," made fa- mous by Longfellow. The Bayou Des Glaises crevasses are approximately 150 miles north- west of New Orleanson the west side of the Atchafalfa river. AvoYelles and S. Landry parishes, with their •green crops of .corn and sugar cane, have been submerged by the torrents tearing through the Bayou Des Glaises levees and thou- sands of persons have been driven from their homes. Other thousands are seeking safety. For thirty days crews have been strengthening embankments. Scores who had volunteered to aid in the work left for their homes to prepare to flee before the advancing tide. Army engineers estimated that the water flowing from Bayou Des Glais- es has covered 600 square miles. En- gineers said that the entire stretch of fifty miles of levees along Bayou ' Des Glaises probably would be car- ried away. 1 World's Poultry Congress. CANADA' AND THE UNITED STATES Ottawa. -- There wee' causidereble elation at beadquartere of World's' Pouitre Congress when not froetign was received that Roumania Mei Halted an oftie1al delegate to Congress ^" and would be repretfented by Heiler- Frozninent men of Both Countries f oin in the For!rr ation of able George A. Simard, Consul General the North American Relations, Foundation or Oan.ada.. The entry of Roumania trings the number of counties taking Ottawa --As tangible evidence of the :s.n•oe of friction stud lalsfeelang in re - part in the Congress to two score, deep appreciation and gratitude 'Yet When Canada invited the World's by Coracle, and the United States, for Poultry Cougress to hold its 1927 meeting in the capital of the Dominion over a :eelntury of unbroken filleud8h11) there was same skepticism eepreseed lend as en earnest ;of even closer fel- that forty nations, the objective set, lewsbip to follow, there has just been would be .achieved. Honorable W. R, former by .the foremost men of both Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture, a entries what is known aa the North who le Honorary Chairman of Con- gress, expressed the keenest gratiaca Amea+iean Reiations Foundation, tion that the mask bad been reached, The objects are des•er'ibed asi fol- He said that although he had planned Mows: a. trip to Great Britain and the can- (a) To promote, maintain and safe- CE1V[EENTT CENTURY OF FRIENDSHIP talent this year in connection with im- portant business connected with his departnient.•arlld the marketing prob- lem, he had decided -to forego this, and "saeethe Congress through." It is the intention of the Minister to accompany those foreign delegates who will tour Canada from coust to coast in a special Rivaling the skill of Canadian voy- ageurs in the handling of their surf-' boats amid the treacherous whirlpools the waves of the ocean, living amid all "See Canada" train. Mme. Jane Sion Arrives for S'dvim Events. Quebec—After having on no less than three occasions failed to conquer the English Channel Move, Jane Sion, Brussels, European lady swimming champion, is now turning her eyes to - ward's the marathon swimming race that is to be held off Toronto Bay next Labor Day. Mme. Sion reached Can- ada Friday, so as to properly tune up for several long distance raoes in Canadian and American waters. Mme. Sion, who, 3n addition toen- tering the Toronto swim, is also sched- uled to participate in the Lake George event during the summer, was one of the first women to try the feat of swim- ming the channel, and on her initial attempt gat to within two miles of Dover when she had to give up. This was in 1923 when she swam 37 miles In 14 hours. The next year she strug- gled to within four miles of the Dover cliffs when forced out of the water, while in 1925 she got to within a mile and a half of her objective. I She has won several marathons, and last year captured the European wom- en'e igwimming champlonshd,p by cov- ering 1,609 metres in one hour, a Canadian, free and unpampered as opened the door for those who were to and roaring rapids of the crevasses,' fallow., �,, _ _•__ 1300 muscular and fearless members the .grandeur and beauty which ouI•' in the United States of the coastguard rescued 1,800 men, women and children from crumbling levees and floating house tops of the west Atchafalfa basin. Performing feats in s0 feet surf- boats which many veteran boatmen of the Mississippi would not dare, the coastguard crews repeatedly shot their :small craft through the cre- vasses- to take families to safety. Soaked with spray time and again, the surfboat crews careened dizzily through the narrow gaps. Every life was saved, the coast guardsmen hav- ing' met the severest rescue test of the flood. Dame the United Empire Loyalists., country provides for its people. And indeed we are not vainly, un- I brave, loyal British subjects who en duly proud of our Dominion. Sheeis dured untold hardships that they dulrplly both rich and beautful, might remain true to the British flag. Many and varied are the lyrics penned How evhi oy they battled the perils in her praise by'admiring Canadians of a new comfort country. We who livet. Were who have been fired with enthusiasm day rifot comfort know very little. at by her magnificent scenery. Her they rpt worthy ancestors of the great thriving cities speak more than words who statesmen and philosophers who were to fallow and guide our conn can tell of her prosperity. A brief sketch gives an idea of her vast na- , tural resources.' To the north is her great timber area. Thes splendid for- ests standing so silent and powerful against the sky contain millions of dol- lars worth of lumber. The broad sixtieth anniversary of our Dominion; sweeping rivers in their rush to the sixty years since one of the greatest ocean provide waterpower unequalled anywhere else in the world. Her roll- ing plains are lovely and productive. Her fertile prairies with their fields of - waving wheat, the silent growth of the . food of millions contains a stirring romance as well as a great dividend in dollars and cents. The Rockies, the ' fame of whose grandeur has spread all over the world, hidden embedded within their layers of ageless wealth untold., Such is our Dominion. Why should we not be proud of her? Viewing the Past. But it is only when we look back in- to the past• that we fully realize haw Canada has advanced. A few hundred years ago our now peaoefui and highly civilized country was almost a jungle in whose depths wild animals• prowled, ada. hall the noble efforts of our pre - and uninhabited by humans save by decessors be in vain. She has tre- the different tribes of savage Redmen mendous possibilities, and in our hands who painted their bodies with red lies the "making of her future. Shall ochre and warred an one another, j it be undying, worthy to be cherished hunted, fished, and did a little prima- ; by the generations to come, Canada tive farming. Then came the paleface 1 has had a great past, is,having a great explorers and their, advent marked a , present, and will have what. promises new day in the history of Canada and ' to be a greater future. She is young the Indian. Gone forever was their and has accomplished much, and. how free, unquestic red sovereignty and,in much more she will accomplish is not its place they found their right usurp- for us, who can neither forsee or for - ed by the white men, who laid their tell the future, to say. • We must leave hands on everything, olaiming it for it to the guidance of the Great Father, themselves and their -country. It was who s•o far has been with u•s•, and who, inevitable the Indian ,must go, but not I we humbly pray, will continue to be without a struggle. Desperately they • through the ensuing years. try safely through :the troubled waters of racial bitterness, inevitable' in the history of any prosperous nation. A Period of Progress. We will this year be celebrating the feats in history in the minds. of Cana- dians was accomplished by the Fathers of Confederation, fax men, who caught visions of that which we have lived to realize, a great, throbbing, united nation, and staked their all to attain it. But while we rejoice, let us not forget • the' struggles,. and disap- pointments., the worry, toil and di:s- oouragements involved and be proud and thankful that we carr boast of such noble mon, who through their wisdom and devotion brought about that which will remain, in Canadian history, im- mortal mmortal throughout all the ages, Glorious Our Future. • And now that we have reviewed the past, let us look into the future` What is to be the crowning destiny of Can- - NEW STATION dependent drive circuits will be !noon poratecl to maintain constancy of frequency and w<avel,en,gth, Energy for FOR CRoDON the transmitters is to be supplied by a jr common motor alternator group, the pewee from which may be switched on to any of the transmitters, The new wireless direction' finding receiver for Croydon, specially de- signed for this work by the research department of the Marconi Company, has remarkably selective character- istics and incorporates the latest filter- ingarn.d amplifying devices, It is ar- ranged so that, if required, two or more circuits can be operated on different wavelengtbe for the reception of tele- phony and telegraphy on the same aerials. en order to keep the neighborhood. of the airdrome as free as possible from: obstrection the wireless masts and transmitters will be erected twe or three miles from the airport and operated 'by the "remote control" sys- tem. Extensive Radio Development Planned for Big British Airport. London—Ammong the developments now in hand for the reorganization of the London Air Port at Croydon is the provision of 'a new wireless station, which is to be erected for the Air Ministry by Marconi's Wireless Tele- graph Company to replaoe the one that has done duty there for the last seven years. When this station is complete Croydon will possess vastly improved airdrome wireless equipment; which will considerably extend itsi raise of communication ' with ether terminal airdromes and, with airplanes in flight, The new . station will consist of a gaup of four 3 -kilowatt wireless tranetnitters operated in conjunction with a wireless direction finding: re- ceiver, The transmitters will be cap- able of telephonic and continuous wave and interrupted continuous wave tele✓ graphic transm1os1en, the wave range beau from X00 to 2,000 meters. Ire In 1920 the area sown to alfalfa in Canada was 1"88,000 acres. Sire years later it was 868,000 acres. At the be. ginning of thus period Canada import- ed 16,000 bushels of alfalfa seed per year but by 1926 this trade ihoveinent was changed into an export of 60,000 bushels. • The Powers and China Yorkshire Weekly Post (Cons.): There is cumulative evidence which, suggests that thoseexperts upon. Chinese affairs were right who fore. told that the outherners would revise their views of the value of Russian Communist advice and assistance so soon as- they had used their propagan- dist methods sufficiently to make them masters of Shanghai and its revenues. But, warned by experience of the rapid- ity with which situations are apt to change In China, for reasons that can at best only be conjectured, and are often altogether obscure, the foreign Governments concerned are not likely to slacken their precautions, nor to suspend the machinery which forme lates their collective policy. April Fool. "Dropped your pocketbook, mister." "April Fool! I did not. I always put mp pocketbook in the safe when ep,ect to Veal matters. Other, objects enum'erarted are: Thin promotion, of exchange .of a sociationa among .edu ntioael instituteme cf the United Shades and'. the Brit'i'sh Com- monwe'aith, by e<atrabiishing •interna 'Weal ac rolersbipe amid ,leotureabipe and interchanging teach;ere ,and etude tote; the een.00u,ragement of internee tional, oom'petitione hi amateur althea. ties and sports and awarding of trophies; the erecting of inennorlal,g ntermattonal amity and friend.: elma' the lswher in�ternereional border and guard i elsewhere, "'coanzn.eSwarating ,emliha• ly .relations between the people seethe eizing and perpetuating the senttm rt United. Starter and Canada, and 'other of friendship"; and generally "to un portions of the British Commonwealth dertake alit practical and effective of Nations, and of eosteiing co -opera- means to ,prnnvote, improrve and sus. tine in all matters affecting the moral, tale at their highest 'ievels, /those sten& fascial, area economic development ,of lads and ideals of 'international reSa- ' the •peoples of these couutmiies. tionship which are the common herr (b) To prepare, publish, arehaiatri- , tage of the peoples of these neighbor- 'bute, under the direction of an advls- ing countries, and to preserve the ory and editorial eouneil, firstly, as a , name intact and unbroken for all time presentation voanne to 'shareholders, and afterward to sell: subsequent edi- tions of the ,same, as a revenueaearn- ing activity, a Centenary Volume of North America—the said volume to ' and $50, mepsectively, to be paid into be in the nature of a literary memorial a trust company, and any profits arise to the hundred and more years of Wing `from its business will be applied peace between Canada• and the solely in furtheranoe of the aims of the United States of America; and such foundation. The hhead offioe of the other publications of a like nature as 'directors will, be in Toronto. may be determined from time to time, The petition for incorporation was To Disseminate Information signed by Livingston Farrand of Car - (c) To collect, formulate, edit, pub- nell University, William R. Riddell :of :lisle, and -otherwise disseminate time- i Toronto, S. P. Oapen of Buffalo Uni- ly information, and relevant and bee versity, Sdr Henry M. Follett of To - formative literature, relating to pertin- !route, James A. Russell and E. L. ent questions or situations of an in Brooks of Akron, O; G. M. -Wrong, H. ternational nature, which may from P. Whalen, Joseph Montgomery sea time to time arise; and to organzie E. L. McCormick of Toronto. It is and direct the influence and actieltieus :understood that President Coolidge, of public-spirited citizens of the afore-' the American Premier, W. L. Mac- ead countries tin regard thereto, with a lcenzie King and ath.er leading men in view to the improvement of interna- the United States and Canada are sop- banal understanding, and the avoid-, porting the movement. to oome." The capital stock of the foundation. will: be $1,250,000, and three classes of shares will be sold, at $1,250, $1,000, A FORTUNF! HOW COME? A good story is bold of Cecil Rhodes, the maker af modelle South Africa. When he a td his brother, Colonel Frank Rhodes, were young, they did not have too much money or too ex- tensive wardrobes. So one day, when Cecil wanted to SERVICE THE SECRET OF attend an evening function in London, MODERN BUSINESS he had to ask Frank to lend firm a SUCCESS. shirt. Frank •refused --he wanted the shirt What Men Have Done Theyhimself that evening. And knowing Cecil, he watched him. He saw him Can Do Again — And the off an the •train!' and took particular Lad of To -day, With Only , note of the fact that he was not wear - Six else in His Pocket, May ' ibitng the shirt and had no luggage with P, be a Captain of Industry,( This seemed good enough, but when Controlling Vast Business ; Frank went to get the stint it had. Interests, To -morrow, These 'his br�otherr asked When how he Cecil eameback disTrue Stories Show How 'manager to get away with the garment. Giant Concerns Can Grow "1 put it on under the old one," was From Small Beginnings. the reply. There is a story behind many of the greatest 'modern businesses. Take Lever Brotherly founded by the late Lord Leverhulme, who died two years I'm out with this dame." ago. This great business man started life in his father's grocer's shop in "We didn't understand some of the Bolton. While :still in the, early twen- things you said in that speech of 1 ties, he embarked on a venture of his yours," remarked a constituent to the own also in the grocery line—at Member of the Legislature. "Then," replied the member gently, "you should net find fault with me. What you do not thoroughly understand you cannot intelligently disapprove of!" Winan. After building up this es when a railway employee; he was rid- tobliehment into a very ilonrrishing rugg a en a locamative, and dropped a concern, he sold out la sum of money—the wages of a Just before this he had bought a small soap factory at Warrington. He great many railwaymen beside a now threw himself into this., and spent stream. If it had fallen into the a great part of the :money he had got stream, he added, it would have taken" for his grocery business on expert- him many years to wipe out his case- ments In soap. The result was a' iessuess. household soap which would last and "I could go straight to the spot tow' not turn rancid. , day," said Carnegie, many years later, Here is part, at least, of the secret "and often as I passed over that line et the Lever success --courage to afterwards I never failed to see the strike out in a new line and to spend light brown package lying on the bank, lavishly to secure an encl. The name It seemed to be calling: 'All right, my he gave the soap--"Sunlight('—was boy! The good gods are with you, but another hint of the young man's i don't do it again!' " quality. There is money in a name' Creating New Wealth like that. ( A case in which luck was the be - An Eye for Position ginning of a huge fortune was that of *And Lever did all that he could to Senor Simon Patina, supposed to be bring it to public notice. No man knew the richest South American. A quarter better than he the value of advertising. of a century ago he was a salesman Indeed, it is told of hili that, in later 'employed by a Bolivian company. years, when he controlled a great chain They semi hint to collect a £50 debt. of businesses stretching all over the Finding the debtor unable to pay, world, he visited South Airless and Senor Patina accepted a deed giving was greatly impressed by the majestic the title to a piece of land • aspeot of Table Mountain, which do- This deed seemed worthless to the mistakes, Cape Town and the surround- company, and Patine was discharged. ing country, In a day or two the So he kept the deed. Tin was found South African Government was offered an the land, and Senor Patine is now a large sum to allow the words "Sun- supposed to be worth some 2300,000,- 11g -ht. Soap" to be printed in huge let- 000. ters along the mountain -tap. Cases like this are, of course, very It was a good publicity idea, but exceptional, Mostly courage, energy, fortunately, from the a•es_thetic stand- rssourcefu?ness, initiative count far paint, the authorities did rat see their more than luck in fortune -building. way clear to help in the malting of There Is another thing that •counts advertising history. The . offer was ---service. If lona waait to help your- turneddowsr, '.self to a fortune, you've first•get to The story, however, serves to show help the world to something else•-- Lord'Leverhulme's,flair :for good pub- something that it either hasn't got at Beaty. And it: is probably safe to say' all, or that you can give it It, a new that, wherever success depends upon, way, and better than :ether people. obtaining public support, no large-scale That is why Mr. John. D. Rockefeller businees can be built up without ad- vertising. "Dona Do It Agarol" have been made in the development of � Perhaps that is the real secret of new countries, and by the discovery of the big fortunes, The men who have such things as gold, diamoiuds, acid • made them have either given th.e world oil. These conte in a somewhat difie.renti something 1new, or they have loris category, but, In the main, the men some old•thing in a different arid bete Caiiadea Minister Immigration, Hall, Il,obt. Forke and Mrs. Forks, who "lake their pile by reel" moans tem way. In cattier case they Have E 1a•nd probably reated a.r rriort`�reeltlt tl:a who realest tall week for teglan.d to study, first hand, the, immigrant liana rnuoii Qie same gnalitt:es as those u has to offer and his proble ee at hooter. who win. su'ecess in other fields. they havecgaisiedfyr thatiu=a� a yes ' Telling the story to a friend, Colonel Rhodes added: "That's Cecil!" It does illustrate the resource, the "never -say -die" spirit that helped to build Cecil Rhodes' fortune, as they' have helped to build so many others. There is, however, the element of luck. Haw far does it count in the making of great wealth? Andrew Carnegie has related how, once said that the ambitious shotald strike out on new litres rather than travel the "worn paths of accepted There axe, of course, fortunes which wtmeess'" of