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Zurich Herald, 1931-12-31, Page 2Scholarship ppportunItles For Lone Scouts Lone Scouts all over the Province Will learn -with great interest of the Competition arranged by the Fisher' Body Craftsman's Guild, sponsored by the Fisher Body Corporation, division of General Motors, which Is open to all Canadian and American boys be- tween the ages of 12 and 19. The prizes are four $5,000 Scholar- ships, which will carry the winners through any four year university course of their selection, and in addi- tion there will be district prizes rang- ing from $100 in gold and a free trip as an Honorary President of the Cana- dian Section of the Guild. Enrollment, or which there is no charge, can be„made with any dealer in General Motors automobiles, or by applying, direct to Fisher Body Crafts- man's Guild, `Oshawa; Ont. Oa receipt of the enrollment at Guild Headquarters the applicant will be sent a membership card, bronze button, booklet of rules and set of colour prints and instructions. Seven Canadian districts have been formed for the purpose of this com- petition and one of these comprises the Province of Ontario. Two Age Divisions.—The competi- to _ . _Lae uown to $15—a grand total amounting to $75,000. This is a veritable challenge to Scout Ingenuity and love of "making something,” for the competition con- sists of building a model coach in. the replica of the State Coach of the Em- peror Napoleon of France. The purpose of the competition is the encouragement of interest in fine craftsmanship and the development of craftsmen capable of applying such art to the designing and making of automobile bodies, furniture and other commodities in which the commercial art of our day finds a place. Aa far 'as Scouting is concerned it is interesting to note that the building of these models touches the require- neents of no less than eight Canadian Scout Proficiency Badges, and so much value is placed on this project that our Chief Executive Commissioner, Mr. john R. Stiles, has consented to act tion has been divided into two divi- sions, Junior, for boys 12 to 15 inclu- sive, and Senior, boys 16 to 19 inclu- sive. Lone Scouts who are interested in Handicraft work are urged to enroll in this competition, and to obtain all particulars about it as it constitutes a unique opportunity for your self im- provement which possibly will not again occur during your boyhood. Lone Scouts are reminded that the new 1932 Canadian Scout Diary is now available. This book is a mine of Scouting Information as well as serv- ing the purpose of an ordinary Diary. Every very Lonie should possess one of these and they may be obtained from Lone Scout Headquarters for 20c each, post paid. Order your copy to -day. Information regarding the Lone Scouts of Ontario may be -obtained from Lone Scout Headquarters, 330 Bay Street, Toronto 2. —"LONE E." Golden Era For World r'.>w• $su°w�, H zp r - .fin r• Raging gales ''rout the 4hav'el recently swept the southern English coast wading through Hooded pasture at 'Winalielsea. Here we s' -e cattle October ProductiOr To Search Arctic For Missing Scientists Of Gold '$4,927' Ontario Leads As Lang Producer -- Quebec Lower Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Department of the In- terior Co -Operate in Seeking for Krueger Party Among Far Northern Islands As soon as travelling conditions in Production of gold in Canada',duri. Canada's far northern islands permit October amounted to 238,397 45i3nea6;1 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police which is the equivalent': of $4., e•seefe will resume the search for Dr. H. K. This is a slight decline from the see., E. Krueger, the German scientist, and tember total of 240,222 ounces, ;ck',- his Danish assistant, Mr. R. A. Bjare, 965,388. It is, however, an increase ,rf , who have been. missing since 1930 27.6 per cent. over the output <of of -'somewhere northwest of Ellesmere IS- tober, 1930. During October, Ontario mines poo duced 181,871 ounces, made up of 580 ounces from Kirkland Lala,„,Canadian Mounted Police, arrange - 80,568 oun.es from the Porcupine ai,'er and 5,723 ounces from other soured. The return (less e- change) to Ontatiq operators for gold produced was $,, 759,607 in October. Quebec operations yielded 25,7el ounces as against 26,692 ounces it September; British Colt abia produp;, tion totalled 14,789 ounces; Manitobee 9,476 ounces, while the-Yukcn,r Nova Scotia produced the remaindeee The Canadian output dttri;ig the' land in the Canadian Arctic sector. Through the co-operation of the De- partment of the Interior and the Royal. -ments for the continuation of the search have been completed and with ' improved travelling conditions two parties will leave Canada's farthest north post of Bache Peninsula, Elles- mere Island, in an effort to re -trace the steps of the missing scientists. Last summer, while the S.S. Beo- thic was on its annual voyage carry- ing the Department of the Interiors expedition to the posts in the CCana- dian archipelago, repeated inquiries Life in Northern Alaska l s ay' Craig Harbour. Ellesmere Island; and Cape Sparbo and Dundas. Hale bour, Devon Island, were• points at which news of the ICru'3ger party was expected, but these were eisited by the 1931 expedition on board the Beothic without results, At Aobert- son Bay, North Greenland, the De- partment of the Interfor''e expedition made arrangements for a number of Eskimos to crass Smith Sound to Bache Peninsula early in the year to assist the R.C.M.P, detachment in the proposed patrols. Corporal Stalworthy is in charge of the R.C.M.P. detachment at Bache Peninsula, the other members of which are Constables Hamilton and Munro. As at present arranged two search parties will leave Bache Pe- ninsula in March next 'year. Cor- poral Stalworthy and two natives and their dog teams will compose one party, while Constable Hamilton first 10 months of the current year were made at the various points vis- will also lead a , similarly equipped was recorded at 2,201,286 ounces,,or • ited while R.C.M.P. patrols were also expedition. One party will travel to 30.7 per cent. above the total for, #she ' active. Dr. Krueger and his assist- the north around Axel Heiberg Is - corresponding period of 1930 s, ,sej ant, accompanied by three natives land and the other will work to the Auriferous quartz' i,.rines accotineltor.,._]eft Bache Peninsula in March, 1930, south. Dr. Krueger was known to approximately 85•percent, of Canad efl:to.:carry on scientific investigations hold the theory that the mythical n the area north and west of Elles- Croker's land was somewhere north .:mere Island. Two of the natives re- of Axel Heiberg in the Canadian 'turned-to'the poet, on April 11 bear- sector. Amend Ringnes, Ellef Ring - Christian, ,,� ing letters from the leader of the nes King g Cornw all and expedition in which he stated that if possibly Borden Islands will also be the party did not return in August, visited by the polite in the hope of as they originally intended, they finding traces of the missing scien- would likely do so when travelling tists. Although wireless messages oonditions improved later in the are broadcast from the south to the year. These communications were police officers in the Far North there also accompanied by a sketch map is iso means at the post of reply - of the route the party intended to ing, so that no word of the success toll w. This may will be the basis of the search is expected until the for the proposed extensive search. annual ship goes north next summer. Canadian Salt Best On Market gold production. Alheethgolda;,mill recoveries from bliitereteinpel R' basic bullion producetb'ffr m Cat ores by Canadians �, an ries fi es,riiate, mated recove slags and conceterates exporter';;` foreign smelters, make up the reteai der of the total. ;: - British Broadcasting Coria i4iy To Curtail Prom:, s London.—The British Broadeseling, el Corporation is cutting out radio packs `-•-- -- Forecasted By Noted Economist ion books, plays .and films. Afteu the New Year no i eviews neecriticiimn will • e Sroa. cast •'aiiil-'2"ndliiltiti for'' "-Governments ernments Ac v tNow—Advises InternationaI Parley—Otherwise Chaos Will Follow London. --In a copyrighted exclusive Interview with the Associated Press, ;Sir George Paish, noted British econo- mist, declared on December 19th, if world governments take the proper fork, the greatest era of prosperity in history is just down the road. On the other hand, he expressed the view that if they continue on their ;present course, the international eco- nomic and credit fabric will go to 1 smash within two months. Continuing, he outlined to the Asso- ciated Press, the following steps, ,which he believes should be taken .to assure the one and avert the other. ,They were: 1—An international conference to consider rehabilitation measures. 2—Revision of Germany's repara- tions payments to insure eventual re- payment of her commercial debts. 3—Federal and state temporary bank guaranty acts in all nations. I Credit Breakdown Feared "I haven't any doubt but that we i are going into the greatest period of prosperity the world has ever seen," he said, "if necessary measures are taken. I'm sure that there are enough reasonable people in the world to see that these measures are taken, and that by 1933 we will see a very differ- ent situation. U.S, Should Call Conference Any great power could call such a conference, possibly as an outgrowth of the 1932 disarmament parley, he said, but the United States is in the best position to do so because it is detached from the principal arena and is able to form equitable judgments. In reference to reparations and war debts he blamed governments, not bankers, for the present morass. "The banks did not create the im- possible reparations payments," he said, -"or the situation of reparation and inter -allied debts extremely diffi- cult, or the tariff barriers of all na- tions which have blocked effectively the .currents of. commerce. "Indeed, but for the willingness of the bankers to grant credits there would have been a collapse when the Great War expenditures ended. No, One can do the impossible, not even the bankers. It is impossible to con- tinue when the whole world is over- borrowed, including the people of the United States."' Turning to the Ignited States, he "said credit must be made available to insure the free movement of trade and. the Federal Government must guarantee the solvency of state banks, World Should Stand Behind Banks "internal credit corporations in the Melted States help out," he continnecl, "but they don't meet the situation. They are to enable institutions to rea- lize en their good assets and for get- ting money, but they are not for the purpose of making good losses. It is the losses, not the lack of liquidity, that threatens stability. "I am thinking not of America only, but of the banks of all countries. The ' governments of the world should stand behind the banks to prevent the ma- chinery from breaking down." He Cited the French Government's back- ing of the Bank of France as an ex- ample. xamp]e. As hopeful signs on the horizon, he said Russia and Asia were awakening and 'demanding a higher standard of living, for which the material re- sources of the western world would be enlisted to play a great role. Publisher Opens Penny Cafeteria New York, N.Y.—Bernard MacFad- den, publisher, announces he intends to establish the first penny restaurant ever operated in New York, as a meas- ure of relief for those in need. The dining institution, he said, will be run as a cafeteria, with' each article of food costing one cent and a five -course meal for a nickel. MacFadden said that the only rea- son why any charge whatever is be ing made for the food served in the restaurant is because he does not wish those who are to be served to feel that they are receiving charity. The food to be served will consist of soup, one cent; bread, one cent; coffee, one cent; and various vegetables at cent per portion. The new restaurant will be estab- lished in the downtown section of Manhattan, and will have a seating' capacity of about fifteen hundred per; sons, he stated. N♦ Cattle on Indian Reserves in the West Canada's Indian wards an reserves in the Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, had in 1930 a fatal of 22,385 head . of cattle of all classes according to the figures of . the Department of Indian Affairs Ile contemplated sleeping at a mall cauntry inn, and was inclined to be fussy. "Are you perfectly sure," he inquired, "that the sheets on the bed are quite clean?" "Cleans" cried the landlady, indignantly; "of course they ate! They've just come from the laundry, I+'el then—they're still damp!" Beyond the Arctic Circle in tee , village of Wiseman, Alaska, with a population of only 127, • is- tile farth- est -north settlement in that region, The people live supply• and' have- at- talned a higher state of happiness than is to be found' in, the, snore' thickly populaced sections of the United States, according' to Robert' Marshall, son of” the late Louie. Mar» shall, Robert. Mhrsiiaib recently res - turned from a fifteen months' t:up in Alaska, where lis was- engaged'. Sit investigations of forest conditions and in soeiolegicai' studies: Mr. Marshall; in speaking before - the student body- of the New. York: State College of Fbrestey at Serer case, N.Y., said the 4 for years the white. trail' of the dog teanes.nd' sled' has been' the only - link with Wise•'' man and' the outsid'e„'• world', but now an airplane landing •spear the villtrge has been establiseeed. According to the young, explorer" the:country is inhabited by men who' were lured' by visions of geed. 'Rome ' found their treasare-teovee spent 11 and remained; others failed in the quest, but unable to shake off they spell of the Yukon, have remained',. preferring Alaska to a home in` the States. Mr, Marshall states that the• people of Wiseman are hanny. heel - thy and free from elass diatinct'ou and devoid of race prejudice. Eski• mos and whites intermingle as equals. Many of the. native people are *very intelligent and all are trust- worthy. The business is principal;* gold mining, trapping, salmon fish ing. Crime is seldom encountered and the voters are mare interested in their social affairs, particularly in the candidatesETAOINUNU,ls.. bmm dancing, which always follows an election, than in the candidates run- ning for office. Every holiday Is an occasion for an all-night dance in which the oldest and the youngest participate. plays or films will be refereet"to only incidentally in talks on literature and the drama. The decision was 'reached following complaints by publishers, theatre and cinema producers that "one man" criticism of productions depending on their success upon public support may not be justifidel when broadcast 'to about 5,000,000 listeners. "Tendencies in the arts rether.than eat ialities in current production," will.• be broadcast in future, • Science Seeks to Aid fi "�,�, Fog Visibility in Air' New York. -In all forms of transpor- tation, but particularly in aviation, fog is proving to be one of the hardest na- tural hazards that must be overcome before safety approaches present standards of power and speed.'Sclence Is now endeavoring to solve thisl'bee fling problem by taking experimenta- tion from out-of-doors into the quiet, darkened laboratory, where the hinder- ing, variable conditions present in na- tural surroundings are brought under minute and .much desired control. Pro- mising resultsare at hand. s g Playing Card Industry Thrives Berlin. — Other German industries may be hard hit, but the playing card makers are busy. Latest figures place the year's sales at 10,400,000 decks, of which 2,000,000 were sold abroad ; Business is so quiet you can. hear the passing of dividends. Run -Off Conditions in Quebec ' Thee Dominl'on' •Water Power and $ydrometric Bureau, Department of thr Interior, reports that run-off in Quebec; during October was below normal .except in the eastern portion of the province. North of the St. Lawrence the run-off was only about 80 per cent. - and the precipitation only about 60 per cent. of the Octo- ber average; in the Eastern Town- ships the runoff was under 70 per cent. and the precipitation about 55 per cent. normal, whilst further east and soeth of the St. Lawrence the .average runoff and precipitation were roughly 50 per cent. above normal. In the northern portion of the prov- ince records on the Harricanaw River at Amos indicated approximately average conditions of flow and rain- fall. i The Ring -Fence of E'anpire Loudon Daily Mail (Ind. Cons.)— 'rbe negotiation of a general scheme of Empire preferences is the more im- portant because there les. distinct ten- dency throughout the world for coun- tries to enclose themselves in systems of tariffs which act as ring -fences. Some of these countries. are self -depen- dent, or nearly so, and could dispense with foreign trade in an emergency. But if the ring -fence system is to be maintained or further extended abroad then for the very existence of Great Britain some sort of fence must be put up round the Empire. Within its territories everything that civilized man requires can be produced. Washed, Refined, Iodised, Never Touched by Human Hand Ottawa.—According to a recent re- port the salt mines of Canada not only produce the finest and purest salt in the world, but contain sufficient quan- tities to supply the needs of this coun- try for hundreds of years to come. Imported salt is declared not as good as Canadian salt, as it is packed under conditions not as scientific as the plants in Canada where no human hands touch the salt from the mines to your table. in the case of iodized salt, which contains a definite, minute quantity of iodine, the quantity of iodine is ap- proved by the Provincial Board of Health of Ontario, whereas imported salt may have iodine added to it in a haphazard manner. For their own protection, and for the suport of Canadian employment, used in developing Canadian resources Canadian buyers are urged to buy salt mixed and packed in Canada. 35,500,000 Fish For California Sacramento, Calif.—A total of 35,- 500,000 trout and salmon have been planted in California streams this year by the state division of fish and game. The "plantings' 'are expected to reach approximately 40,000,000 before the end of the year, Future Coon Coats hour yotutg coons bra's tthere a lot of fur coats :Na •i: to tee evan ee 1e the me .ing. 'rb.rir habitat is the Lake Baikal district ' aP 'Liu s'a Flowers And Sleep. No adequate reason is known, ex- perts of the American Medical Asso- ciation state in reply to an inquirer, for the almost universal custom, even in hospitals, of taking vases of cut Rowers out of a sick room at night. Probably the habit is a mere super- stition, formed long before modern medical science was developed and when some mysterious effluvium was supposed to Row out of all dead things, even out of cut Rowers. It is true, the Association's experts admit, that cut Rowers may give off a little carbon dioxide gas, either at night or in the daytime, but this gas always is present in the air anyway and can do no harm, even in a small room. If the odor of the.•flowar4. 02, 4010 pollendust which they may give off are bad fox the patient at night, it seems logical to assume that these things would bet just as bad for the patient in the daytime. One hospital authority mentions in support of the custom of removing flowers the possible psy- chological effect on the patient of having apparently fresh Rowers brought back in the morning, which rather feeble reasons seems to be the only one that anyone can find. Ap- parentlly even the superstitious -hat- ing medical profession stands con- victed of clinging to at least one cus- tom which has nothing but supersti- tion behind it. Interesting Notes on Bird -Banding Bird banding has afforded much new and valuable scientific informer tion concerning Canada's native wild birds and any person who finds a banded bird is requested to help in the advancement of this work by re- porting the details to the Commis- sioner,'National Parks of Canada, De- partment partment of the Interior, Ottawa. An interesting fact brought out by a re- cently reported banding operation is recounted here. Official band 182287 was placed on a purple finch by Mrs. Frank Hubbard at New Haven, Connecticut, on March 23, 1026. The finch was next found, with a broken wing, by Miss Blanebe Spurr at Deep Brook, Nova Scotia, on July 4, 1931. Miss Spurr took thebird home and placed it in a large,acreen- ed•in-porch, where, with care, the finch recovered its power of flight sufficient- ly to be released on August 16, 1,931. As the finch was still wearing 'the band when it was liberated, it is pos- sible that it may be again reported: New Radium Source is Found A new radium source has been found in Canada at La Bine Point. The pitchblende discovery from which ra- dium is extracted, is expected to end the Belgium monopoly. "Oh, Bob, did father seem pleased when you told him of the $500 you had ;saved-" "I think so—he borrowed it." Young Angus had been out late with his gir], When he came home his father was still sitting up, "Has ye been oat wi' yon lassie again?" he asked. "Aye, dad," replied Angus; "Why do ye look sae worried?" "I was jest :wondering hoty much the evening cost." "No more than half a croon, Oa." "Aye? That was no sae much." "It '$'t a'. site hal'