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Zurich Herald, 1930-12-25, Page 6Dinosaurs Were Great Travellers North Footprints Found in Far Five Distinct Species Identified by Tracks Measuring from. Six to 25 Inches in Length Discovered by Dominion Explorer in B.C.-•-Mounds for National Museum Ottawa.—Far• up the Peace Ri'vel practically It aoo tto feet sure and British Cotm ubla, among the foothills sur it i en inches. •of the -Rocky Mountains, C. M. Stern- .although the whole district was berg, Canadian Government palaeon- hunted thoroughly, no dinosaur ehaia ggs talogist, has discovered the lirm- man Andrews eunea theas Rey C glia • of dinosaurs, huge reptiles that oa ed over parts of the North American , some time ago. Continent millions of years ago. It is The spot where the discovery was the most northerly point in the world made was close to the Hudson Hope where dinosaurs are known to have on the Peace River, about 475 miles existed and their discovery throws north of the international boundary considerable new light on the Life line. habits of these prehistoric animals. The greatest deposit at dinosaur Over 400 tracks were found in the bones and skeletons In Canada is near rocks, made by at least five distinct the Red Deer River in r ae species of dinosaurs. They range from Strangely enough, although there are six inches in length to 25 inches. The plenty of bones there only one track largest tracks were made by an animal has been discovered. at least 35 feet long and the smallest Mr, Sternberg removed the rock con - by a creature about 12 feet long. Mr. taining some of the more perfect Sternberg prepared moulds of some of tracks for preservation in the Nation - the tracks and these show the largest .al Museum in Ottawa. Iron Theory To Be King and Queen Probed by Province Differ Over 'Phone To Ascertain Value of De- Latter Insists on Old Style posits on Bank of Matta- Receiver, but Former Has gami River, Known French Type in Office for the Last 25 London, --Nee` telephones of the French `tall -in -one" type have just Years been installed in the study and private Toronto. — immediate commence- apartments of King George at Buck - meat of diamond -drilling operations ingham Palace. The phones are con - at Grand Rapids, on the *MIattagami netted with the general switchboard River, 60 miles north of Cochrane, to of the palace. prove or disprove the value of the The new telephones have revealed a iron indications at that point, was an- divergence of opinion in the royal nounced here on Dec. 12th by Hon. family. Despite the King's choice, Charles McCrea, Minister of Mines. Queen Mary still has the old type of Thomas F. Sutherland, Acting Dep• telephone in her apartments—and uty Minister to the department, will what is more, an official of the palace leave for the North shortly to super- stated, she does not want the new ones vise, personally, the .teginning of the under any circumstances. drilling. "King George dislikes the tele - Occurrence of iron ore at Grand phone," the official said, "but he car - Rapids has been known .for the past, ries on much state and personal busi- 25 years, and while reports ou it have) ness by phore and frequently calls been made to the department at dif- ferent times since 1904, it remained for Dr. M. E. Hurst of the Provincial Geologists' staff, through the informa- tion be collected in a survey of the deposit last summer, to advise the "proving" operations about to be i launched. The Iron outcrops at Grand Rapids show only in. the bed of the river and along the banks. - The surrounding' country is covered by glacial drift to a depth of :50 feet or more and the only way in which the value of the deposit can be ascertained is by drill- ing. The ore is a siderite with some limonite, of exceptionally good grade, and especially suitable for the mak- ing of sponge iron. A shipment of 300 pounds, taken out by Dr. Hurst, and forwarded to. the Ontario Re- search Foundation, gave 48 per cent. iron. The department plans to put down a series of shallow holes, vertically at distances of 75 feet apart and about 100 feet back from the Matta- gami River. The drill, to do the work, will be moved from the Gov- :• ernmcnt's lignite fields, which are Toys Firemen Mend only some 16 miles downstream. During stile HoursDr. Hurst, who will be in charge of ` the "proving" work, is firmly of the Boise, Ria.—Toys—mended toys— opinion that the iron will be of great: hundreds of them, spread out on the floor the length of a bare gynasium. people ouiride the palace. "On the other hand, the Queeu dis- likes using the telephone and only does so once in a while to communi- cate'with other parts of the palace." Although the apartments of the King and Quee.. are connected with the outside world by telephone, only a handful of person:, can "ring up" Britain's rulers. How they get their calls past the giant switchboardof Buckingham Palace is one of the most closely guarded of all royal secrets. The Few telephones which have been installed in the King's apartments and other parts of the palace are noted for their clearness. They are said to have a sixteen -mile "range advantage" over other types, which makes them particularly suitable for long-distance calls. The palace telephone system, how- ever, is less modern than that of most office buildings and hotels in that there is no house telephone. Every call. internal as well as external, must go through the general switchboard. A Merry Christmas To All Happy New Year A happy New Year to you all. Another milestone passed; another leaf turned over in this book of life!. Fresh resolutions made and deter- minations registered—how often in the past have we done these things and declared that we would learn by the failures of former years, but with the fresh start many of us set. a pace we have not maintained. We might have done so much bet- ter had we not been so- clumsy. Still, if we are to do better, we must switch our attention from past mistakes and centre it upon the present, looking hopefully ahead. It is, too, our happy privilege to be scorers much more frequently than we imagine. We are just starting a fresh game in the league of our exist- ence. We can both head and kick goals if we so determine. Many of us have not made good because we did not take sufficient pleasure in our play. Let life be serious, cer- tainly; but it is always well to leaven it with humour. Living is a grand thing if you take it philosophically, always remembering that "the best is High School Reporter wins Exclusive "Scoop" From Einstein New York. --Saki the editor at the relative bigness of the world al Newtown High School K -Bay to Wil- liam "Blimp" Friedman, his star re- porter; "Dash over and get an ex- clusive interview with Doc Einstein." And "Blimp" did. The German scien- tist autographed his notes. Friedman, who has beared nine celebrites at 18, sudenly appeared be- fore the savant of the liner Belgen- land and began to fire questions. Q.—"How mach math4matics is necessary to the high school student? A.—Mathematics itself is not as es - Interesting Tests Made With Crabs A recent government. Blue Book de- scribes some extraordinary experi- ments'that have been carried out with crabs. Everyone knows that the crab has pincers, but most of us think of hirn as nipping rather than nippy. You wouldn't imagine, would you, that a creature that makes s habit of pro- ceeding sideways could indulge in very long walks? During recent experiments crabs were removed fromtheir original home to a place where there was far more food for them and where it was thought they would settle down quite happily. But they did not. No sooner had they been. turned Into the sea than they all started' for home. And in a surprisingly short time the majority 'of them had walked, or sidled, the 78 miles back again. Each of the walkers carried his own identification disc, for he was marked by means of a label attached to his biggest claw.—From it -Bits. mathematics in which we live. • Q.—What mesago bas the professor to send to us as the future citizens of the world? A.—Although practical mathemat- ics builds the world, its usefulness is Wattled by the extent to which the spirit of mathematics may let it travel. In conclusion, I wish to con-, vey my best wishes to these students for -a Iife of usefulness in this'world of mathematics. Then he smiled, shook the boy':i sential as getting the .spirit of the hand and the interview was over. Stamp Collection Newsprint Output •On Cottage Walls 67.6 P.C. of Capacity Paris.—The most freakish and one Canadian Mills Produced 40,- of the most valuable stamp collections 372 Tons in November in France is pasted on the walls of the cottage of a priest in the Savoy*Alps. Montreal._Production of newsprint Collectors who have found the in Canada during November, 1930, stamps have bid fabulous prices for amounted to 201,703 tons and ship• the right to steam the collection from merits to 213,673 w as 82,337r ductlon in tous, and the walls, but since church property 'United3 belongs td the French Government, shipments 93,631 tons, making a total the stamps must remain pasted up un- United States and Canadian newsprint til they are spoiled by time. production of 294,000 tons and ship - The collection was started half a remits of 307,304 tons. Miring Novena century ago by a young priest who ber 24,208 tons of newsprint were had no other distraction in the mown- made in Newfoundland and 1,268 tone tain village. The Community is an in Mexico, so that the total North hour's walk and climb from the near- American production for the month est road. But the priest received a amounted. to 319,516 tons,. according great quantity of mail, and friends to the newsprint Service, New York. sent him stamps to add to his collet- The Canadian mills produced 182, - tion. 403 tons less in the first 11 months of He started pasting stamps on the 1930 than in the first 11 months of bare walls in place of wall paper. And 1929, which was a decrease of 7 per then, as the collection grew, he pasted cent. The United States output was more on top, making Greek designs 91,557 tons or 7 per cent. less than out of the issues of various countries. for the first 11 months of 1929. Pro - There are nearly 250,000 old postage duction in Newfoundland was 29,234 stamps on the four walls of the salon, tons or 12 per cent. more in the first many of them now rare issues much 11 months of 1930 than in 1929, and in sought after by collectors. Mexico 4,483 tons less, making a total The French collection is particularly .decrease of 249,212 tons or 6 per cent. rich, with copies even of the famous During November the Canadian balloon stamps issued for air mail by mills operated at 67.6 per cent. of gasbag, when Paris was being besieg- rated capacity. United States mills al ed by the Germans in the war of 1870. 68.0 per cent. and Newfoundland mills There is a rare triangular stamp at 105.1 per cent. Stocks of newsprinl from the Cape of Good. Hope, some paper at Canadian mills totalled 40,372 rare vaticau stamps of the first issue tons at the end of November, and at before Italy took over the pontificial United States mills 31,818 tons, mak territory, war stamps from 1870 from ing a combined total of 72,190 tons, Alsace and Lorraine, the first issues which was equivalent to 4.2 days' aver - of Norway, the famous Greek mercury age production. series, and countless others. yet to be." Pompeii Yields If, then, our resolatious this year Rich Treasure are to be improvements upon previous ones, we mush remember that the Pompeii, Italy: A rich store of gold rend silver vessels from the days of 79 world is bigi to hold us all A.D., when an eruption of Mount ,Ve- suvius burled this city, was tound re- cently by Government excavators who uncovered a large house. Archaeologists said the find would rival in quantity and artistic and his- toric value the famous treasure un- covered at Poscoreale in 1895. This is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris. economic importance If any co..sid erable body is proved up. Appeal is Sent to Ontario To Eat More Maritime Fish The place is the central fire station, and here is the story. In the summer the proprietor of a large department store inquired of the firemen if they would care to mend Halifax—A message to R. W. E. the broken toys from his store and Burnaby, Maritime Trade Connnris- give them to children having few play- things. The. firemen accepted the of- fer. The toys arrived in two enormous boxes, a motley mass of detached parts. They were placed on four long tables he the gymnasium with au over- flow of two small piles on the floor. Then, like working out the puzzle of a dissected map, the firemen, during their spare hours, segregated the broken toys and joined their parts to- gether, sometimes using two to make one, and by Christmas they had chauged the confusion into an orderly assortment of toys ready for service. The firemen procured the names of poor children and filled boxes for each family, and at Christmas time de- livered them personally. aioner at Toronto, requesting the good offices of his department in helping to create an immediate improvement in the demand for fresh fish was for- warded recently by Dr. Richard Ham- er, Secretary of the United Maritime Fishermen. "It. seems to me that possibly you could assist in some way in educating the ,consuming public of Ontario and Quebec to ask not anly for more fish, but also for the fresh- est fish that can be caught," the message stated. "Anything you can elo to relieve the present depression in our Canadian markets for fresh fish at present would help to improve conditions for the winter In the homes of several thousand Maritime fishermen." anti that every other roan has a mn right to live as we have—Perhaps more sol To put it another way,•we must banish the impression that we are always right and the other fel- low wrong. It would be a fine thing to resolve that we will practise this during the year. ing the year. Every year should be better and better for as, and if we have not found the past year so, then we must look within our own lives; the explanation, of errors will be found there. This year, then, may you all be fined with a joy• that- will Increase; this must inevitably be so it you per- mit the best in you to come to the top and crush :down the ill -feelings of life. So let's forget the things behind and face the future with a smile. Let's live fu the sunshine of happy things. We cannot afford to neglect happi- ness; we must possess it and pass it Wooden Drainboard How to keep a wooden drainboard ,clean and nice looking is a problem for nearly every woman who has one in her kitchen. Here is the way one woman solved it most successfully. The drainboard, of pine wood, was first made spotlessly white and clean by rubbing it with steel wool and a scouring powder. When absolutely dry, it was polished witha little boil-; ted linseed oil, and after this had soak- ed in well, was dried with a clean; cloth. Next, four coats of heavy, 1 durable varnish were applied, each Boat being allowed to become entire- ly dry before the next was put on. The result was a truly beautiful kirainboard. Its hard surface, look- ing almost like glass, was impervious ous to hot water, and hot kettles could be set on it without the slightest injury. It required no cleaning rather than a quick washing off, Ile—"Would it be verb' wrong to ]cies our hand?' She --"T thtnlc it would be *Ort OM of p1e00. on. Determine, therefore, that pettY irritations and miserable gossip and unfriendly living shall not be yours. Open your eyes and heart to the light and go on and win. Very heartily I wish for you that this year may be the best you have yet known.—BY "Best Wishes." . New London Well Pumps 2,200,000 Gals. In Day Loudon, Ont. — London's amazing new water well on the 4th concession continues to far out distance even the optimistic 1,600,000 gallons per day capacity estimated by engineers on Dec, 9th. On Dec. 10th, from 2 p.m. the well was pumping more than 2,200,090 gallons per day, or about 1,528 gallons per minute, with no sign of any dins- inution in the supply. , Willie: 'Mamma, which would you rather have for a Christmas "rte ora sealskin gift, an automob sack?" Mamma. "A sealskin sack, dear." Willie;"Well, I've got 7 cents. iI i'i-t shop around and see what li can do,' Kind Old. G4entiemau--"A.re You 1* pain, MP` little titan?" ' 13ot--•"No-ol. The pain's in 1ue." Mrs. A.: "Do you ever give your husband. Christmas hints?" - Mrs. B.: "Of course I do." Mrs. A.: "Do you! Why the least hint makes my husband so mad." Mrs. B.: "Poor- dear, you don't know the combination. I tell my husband I don't `want what I want and then I get it." Sambo: "Didn't you tell me that `procrastinate' menus to 'put off?'" Professor: "Dat am the significa- tion of the word—yes, sir!" Sambo: "Den why did that street car conductor laugh when I says: 'Procrastinate me at Twenty. -First street?' ".—"Northern Messenger". ..-4.--- Cora—"So rCora—"So Frank Is engaged, is he? And is Clara the bride -to -he?" Dulcie— "No; she is the tried -to -be." Plan 1,850 Miles New Animal Bill To Be Passed In Holland Amsterdam, Holland.—The different organizations for the protection of ani- mals Hydro Lines mals and the prevention of cruelty to animals in the Netherlands have re - Additions to Serve 9,700 cently. given practical proof of their willingness to bo -operate in humanf- Rural Consumers and tarian aims by appointing a mixed Cost $4,380,000 judicial committee front their number Toronto.—Plans have been made by to draft a bill for the protection ot the Ontario Hydro -Electric Commis- animals. sion. to build more than 1,850 miles of The names of several eminent law - primary lines during 1931, in addition Yers and scholars appear on the com- to the 7,100 miles already constructed, mittee and the assistance of a large Officials of the commission announced number of experts will be available to recently. It is estimated that these consider the possibility of basing the additional lines will •serve more than new law .on modern conditions, giving 9,700 rural consumers and cost ap- definite rights to animals. Proximately $4,380,000. These rights comprise that of pro - Farmers of the province will benefit tection against ill-use and ill -treat - directly by the expansion, it is stated, went, of good treatment and care and During the month ending November working day with reasonable animal 30, 40 applications for rural service the right of not more than a 10 -hour were received which will necessitate holiday. the construction of 149 miles of line. There are at present more than 149 Second Albino Otter miles of line 'constructed, which will Trapped lri Canada serve • the demands of 40 additional Fredericton—The rarest of North ly $303,00 ,,and will cost approximate- American fur -bearing animals, an ly he f, 11 Albino otter,, was trapped a few days The following summary of lines ago on the northwest branch of the shows the progress in diifererct sec = Oromocto River near Tracy, Sunbury tions of Ontario: County, and is in the possession ot a Program year Progress date for Fredericton fur dealer. It will lit : - Southwestern year 193110 mounted and sold to one of the rail - Southwestern .. 1,051 109 ways for exhibition purposes. 292 20 Resolved by One Homemaker This letter came a bit late, but even resolutions are better late than never, , so I pass them on. If the writer sue- ceeds in following these resolutions• through to December, 1931, she will undoubtedly be a better mother, man- age a better home, and be healthier and happier. For the new year of 1931 I resolve Northern Eastern 519 20 So far as is known, the animal, which was taken by George A: Nason, of Tracy, Is the ssecon.d of its kind to be caught in Canada. The animal was caught just 10 miles for a disgruntled mother often makes . • fitted family. a disgruntled Dress attractively every day, even in the morning, and be mistress of myself as well as my household. to: - 1'Iave a window cut in the West end of my kitchen (even if I have to do i • it myself) to give better ventilaton. and more light. Have my work table raised three round t xou he inches higher to.f orestall shoulders that are becoming evident, Take more time for reading and community activities that I may be a better companion for my two girls, R. mentborinif that overwork ..re. quires double time to recuperate, I will plan for daily rest and recreation, Totals 1,862 149 New Process Makes from where the first one reported in Canada was caught by Locke Phillips: Cotton From Iron) bf Tracy, tour years ago. The first was bought by the same dealer, was mounted and sold to the province of New Brunswick, and has been exhibit- ed at sportsmen's. shows. New Orleans, La.—Carleton Eilis, of New York, told the annual convention. ot the American Institute of Chemical Engineers here on Dec. 9th of a new Gorman process for making cotton from iron. Except for the color, which li is blackish, he said it looks and feels like cotton and will burn about as easily as cotton. Mr, Ellis also told of the German process for producing urea, made from a mixture of ammonia and carbon dioxide Urea,he explained, i gasses. o not only is suitable for fertilizer but for manufacture of unbreakable china - Plan the meals a week in advance, thus having myself worry and provid- ing nay fancily with a more balanced diet. Plan my housework at least a week in advance to be able to accomplish more with less work and worry. Beep a reminder pad handy to jot down needed supplies and things to attend to, and not tax my memory with these itenee. Put home -keeping ahead of house- keeping,db . My family neea erace rtul spirit, guidance, and interest more than they need perfect cleanliness and fancy cooking. I will take daily refit and recreation, and somehow find time to read, and keep ups With l the We?$ —Mrs, B. F. ware. Motorists may look for further im- provement of gasoline and lubricants from the hydrogenation process, said H. E. Howe, editor of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, who predicted it could be made to convert crude petroleum completely into 'gasoline of high quality. Farmers 'Use Barley as Fuel Roland, Man.—Farmers in this dis- trict are using their barley for fuel instead of coal or vi They y con - ns cider the grain cheaper than either although it will not retain fire all night, it ie found quite satisfacto>try for daytime firing, One busing all day bolo wilt keep n a good in*4menh«« Argentine Railor ad Lines Face Crisis Buenos Aires, Arg.—The railroads of Argentina are experiencing one of the most acute crises in their history, F. D. Guerrico, attorney for the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, stated Dec. 4, in response to recommenda- tions by the Minister of Agriculture i • that the railroads lower freight rates en agricultural products. Reduction of rates under the pres- ent circumstances, Mr. Guerrico dei dared, -would be a grave economic error, affecting the stability of the railroads besides preventing develop- ment evep ment of the communication lines and' the zones served by thein. Bug: "Why the knot?" Worm "Christmas shopping list,"