ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS ee ir ENTERS MINISTRY WORLD HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY TOLD Reserve championship for Percher- ons at the Calgary exhibition was won by Konzeur, owned by Mitchell and Reith of Eximonton. Harvard observatory has announced the discovery by Dr. P. Finsler, pro- fessor of mathematics at the Uni- versity of Zurich, Switzerland, ofa new comet of the seventh magnitude. T. H. Bickle, son of Edward Bickle, Toronto broker, died by asphyxiation at the bottom of the St, Lawrence river while he worked in diving equipment attempting to recover an outboard motor. Twenty-two more employees of the Soviet Far Eastern Railways have been executed as “agents of the Japa- nese intelligence service, spies and diversionists,” Khabarovsk press ad- vices reported. Prime Minister Chamberlain has accepted an invitation to become British Columbia's first woman candidate for the ministry of the United Church is Miss Norah L. Hughes, graduate of the University of British Columbia, and lately an assistant in botany at the provincial honorary president of the League of| university. Nations union, it became known, but = coupled his acceptance with a strong 4 warning the union must be strictly Rusted Seed Wheat non-party in character. t Shows Qual- A contract for the construction of ities Not Pp For Exhibition Purposes LEADER By Anne Adams Surgical Operations On Dogs And Horses Should Be Prohibited A Toronto magistrate dismissed a charge of cruelty to animals pre- ferred against a veterinary surgeon who clipped a dog’s ears and put a wooden frame on the animal's head to keep the mutilated, ears in place. The evidence revealed that the dog had been ina fight with another dog and his ears had been so lacerated that it was necessary to perform surgical repairs. The erroneous im- pression was given that the ear-clip- ping process was for the purpose of preparing the dog for exhibition pur- poses. The magistrate remarked that if it had been established that the operation was merely to have the dog’s head conform to certain show- ring fashions, his decision would have been different. This case brings to recollection that there has been sharp disputes concerning show requirements in the cases of horses and dogs. It was the custom to dock the tails of horses in certain classes, for exhibi- tion purposes, and it was also the custom to clip the ears of certain breeds of dogs and put them into a wooden frame so that they would stand up to give the animal an alert ‘an aircraft carrier as part of the 1937) ‘The use of rusted seed in certain naval wallding ‘ has been ts carried out by the field to Vi rm. Ltd., crop branch of the Saskatchewan de- of B in-Furness, the y partment of agriculture in 1935 and 1986 suggested that this seed de- veloped as well as the more expen- siye seeds used under similar condi- tions, S. H. Vigor, field crops repre- announced. The warship is to be named H.M.S. Indomitable. Canada should have a coast-to- coast line of beams to safeguard air travel, Hugh B. Monaghan, past) sentative of the provincial govern- president of Hamilton Aero Club,| ment, told members of the Western said on his return from a trip to| C: Society of Ag at the These surgical operations were painful, there can be no doubt about MAKE THIS MODEL AT HOME— a eee 7” se SLIMMING FROCK A STYLE The Age Of Haste y! Little Time Now In Which To Cultl-| |» vato The Graces _ The eighteenth century was & rf classical period. It looked back to LEAGUE "3 6 CANADA the ancient days for its models in art and literature—even in architecture. For its eloquence it looked to Pericles and Demosthenes and Cicero, It was presents a spacious period. It had leisure to cultivate the graces. TOPICS We live in a different age, in a of world grown infinitely small. We VITAL have so much to do and s0 little time INTEREST]. in which to do it that we have no leisure to listen while men develop their ideas at length or let their fancy roam or indulge in eloquent perorations. Our problems are press- ing. We have no time or think we have no time, to subject them to the slow solvent of deliberation. We like to break them open with a steam hammer or blow them up with pow- der and get at their interior. It is all of a piece with our hurry. We fly where our ancestors rode in an ox cart. We telephone where they wrote a letter. We use the closure in our parliaments, we syn- copate our music, we eat a large per- centage of our meals at the quick lunches. It is all this rather than the radio that has interfered with the old-time oratory. No one, of course, can pic- ture Mr. Speaker holding a stop by DR. J. W. S. MSCULLOUGH ARTICLE No. 1 PREVALENCE OF CANCER Cancer is rather prevalent all over the world. Knowledge of this fact causes uneasiness in the minds of some middle-aged persons. But can- cer is not nearly so prevalent as heart disease and few persons lose any sleep over the thought that they may de from heart disease. Statistics are quoted to show how rapidly cancer is increasing. The figures published by statisticians, who revel in figures, would lead one to think that cancer is increasing very rapidly. In spite of this, one doubts if there is any considerable increase of cancer cases from year that; but show-ring fashions are im- mutable, like the laws of the Medes and Persians. However, many hu- mane persons do not think much >f these modes for dogs’ ears and horses’ tails. They are sufficiently normal to believe that it is hard to improve on nature when it comes to Moose Jaw via the air route. Radio| University of Saskatchewan. was needed for safety, he said. ‘The conditions under which the A homing pigeon, “Lady Churchill,” grain was seeded, Mr. Vigor said, released at The Pas, Man., May 18,| were approximately normal. The has completed its flight home to San rusted wheat germinated as well as Antonio, Texas, a distance of 2,039| similar samples not rusted and the miles, a communication from Texas| young plants seemed quite as healthy. stated. The 43-day hop was con-|Later in the season the crop was sidered by birdmen to i a dtoap d drouth and world’s record. 7 hot weather. The crop grown from an A rusted seed apparently stood up as Method Has Been Improved well as the other crops in the same Engines Oiled While Train Is Moving vicinity. Other members of the group in- Means Increased Speed Recent improvements in the stanced similar experiments and found similar results. There was, i methods of lubrication, to keep mov- nDypenesay tore ing parts-properly oiled while a train is in motion, enables locomotives to drawn from the experiments so far carried out. It was believed that more experimental work might be meet the growing for in- creased speed and extended runs. ae ly prove the This was one of the developments de- comparative value Ch oa seed wheat. scribed to the mechanical division of the Association of American Rail- roads, in convention in Atlantic City. Many locomotives now are Another matter respecting the in- fluence of the rate of sowing on the development of weeds received some attention. Several members suggest- ed that heavier seeding helped in the reduction of weeds in the®crop and thus reduced the amount of dockage in the marketed crop. which keep roller bearings, side rods and other® moving parts oiled ade- quately, thus avoiding wear and fric- tion. Not only does his make pos- sible greater efficiency, but it also reduces terminal servicing of loco- motives. Steam locomotives in num- erous cases now operate on continu- ous runs of nearly 1,000 miles, while in the passenger service on certain railroads. Diesel locomotives operate on continuous runs in excess of 2,000 miles—Buffalo Courier-Express. Baulking The Auto Thief New Style Of License Plate Designed Factory Closed Many Years Employer In Somerset Town Had Dispute With Labor Twenty years ago one of the lead- ing glove masters in Yeovil, Somer- set, resented the demands of his em- ployees, said “all right, I can do without you.” Within a few minutes his last in- structions were obeyed. Work ceas- ed and the great oil engine which For Drivers’ Protection gave power to the glove machines d A license plate intended to baulk petered ae eis rea eee aa the most wary auto thief by making out ‘through: the: doors for =the: 18 him a mark for policemi itiz time. The factory had closed down. Satin aetna & eae ens) rr, Gould died, but the “ghost fac- e tries to slip away UN-|+.y remained closed—until recently noticed in a stolen car has been in- ted by Mi Philip Park when an army of workmen entered. vented by Messrs. Philip Parkes and) yey found dust inches thick over Thomas Richardson, of Winnipeg. floors and benches; the sewing ma- When the car-owner parks his 4 chines rust-bound and choked, still machine he pulls out a section of the 4 jlks threaded through the plate, cut to slide easily into place pte Se 5 needles. nee & pica aed With spade, brush and shovel ,this large factory had its clean-up. A re- pe ees an incomplete plate eat vival of industry in this busy ‘a Aes Pepin se neu Raye plainly: "I demands it. Floor space is urgently belong to a stolen car, Come and to cope with Yeovil’s increas- get me.” A car thief cannot get far ee ete pe with the red spot showing. But the rightful owner of the car, returning to his parking place and finding his Not Very Grateful machine where he left it, merely slips] ™ Kansas City a woman was the missing part back into place and| nocked down by a car. Out popped goes on his way with a complete Sir Walter Raleigh in the person of license. — Brockville Recorder and Johnny Carroll, grocer. Sir John Times. brushed the lady off, took her into in the case of all ani- mals, Horses and dogs, who are the faithful servants and companions of human beings, ought not to be sub- jected to unnecessary pain just be- cause someone has thought of a freak fashion. The way to cure that idea is to clip the ears of exhibitors and put them in wooden frames until they heal. One experiment of that kind would end any inclination to try it out on the dog—Woodstock Sen- tinel-Review. Woman Has Strange Pets Wife Of British Consul In Detroit Devoted To Snakes Additions to the exhibits at the new Detroit Insect Zoo in Convention Hall included three snakes loaned by Mrs. L. C. Hughes-Hallett, wife of the British Consul in Detroit, who finds that snakes make “marvelous pets.” Mrs. Hughes-Hallett lent to the zoo an Arizona bull snake, a California pull snake and a pilot black snake caught near Albion, Mich. “Snakes are not just a hobby with me,” Mrs. Hughes-Hallett said. “TI am devoted to them and they are de- watch or Edmund Burke or Demos- thenes submitting himself to the dis- cipline of a radio, studio. But can *|anyone picture Burke or Demos- thenes living in our age? They would be as much out of place as the to year. due to greater skill of doctors in find- ing cases of cancer; to the better records of mortality in the last gen- eration and to greater knowledge of disease among the people themselves. 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Porsild was in the head- jines on many occasions in connec- tion with the reindeer drive from New York Society Would Bar Them] alaska to the Mackenzie district of Dogs Are Disease Carriers yoted to me.” She acquired a fondness for the brief training., would sit for hours in front of my chair without moving,” she said. “I it for automobile rides.” France is getting a law to abolish tipping. Next in order is a law regu- creatures in India, where she WAS! gelyes as dog lovers who felt that the born, she said, and has caught, raised| animal would be better off in the and trained them since she was @|country or suburbs, declared that, small girl. She is delighted particu-|though loveable in some respects, larly by their responsiveness after| dogs were the city’s worst disease “The California bull snake, which) tentatively called the Animal Wel- I have had for more than two years,| fare Society. became very fond of it, even taking} 000 From City the North West Territories. He Formation of a society to bring| made an investigation of the grazing about the let: i it of| p ilities of the ie district | dogs from New York City is an-) and later superintended the arrival nounced. of the herd, lecturing on his adven- The sponsors, describing them-| tures before the Royal Geographical Society. Want To Solve Puzzle {s| How Eel Turns Food Into Electricity Problem For Scientists How would an eel turn its dinner of fresh fish into 500 volts of elec- tricity? Two scientists who have just returned from Brazil after spend- ing two months studying the electric eel are looking for the answer. ‘The electric eel is said to be part fish and part power plant. “We kept a careful record of electrical discharges distributor. | The organization SS —_—— Hawaii produces about 216,000,- cans of pineapple annually. Placed side by side, these cans would reach halfway around the world. See Increased living costs is becoming lating the tides and the sunsets. his store, gave her a glass of water Sodium Sulphaté Production and inquired if there wasn't some- me | thing else he could do for her. ‘The natural sodium sulphate et “well,” she said, “I've got to get try fe Brow ine eps Seas | some groceries before I go home. ee) ee pee ee shor | Will you take me across the street according to “Canadian Finance” to the chalnistorey Sodium sulphate is used in the manu- facture of craft paper, and in the smelting of nickel-copper ores. It is also used in the glass, dye and tex- tile trades, and for medicinal and tanning purposes. . St First Guest—‘What's holding the wedding up?” Second guest—‘Oh, the bride's bring her.” There are 800 theatres in New York City. Of these, 252 are legiti- a Stamps Depict Food Stuffs the balance movie Official stamps depicting foodstuffs| mate theatres, ere issued by Liberia (pineapple), | houses. South Africa (orange tree), Ecuador ———— (cocoa bean), Dahomey (date palm), Occasionally a man gets #0 Liberia (pepper), Kedah (rice), and| couraged that he feels like wri Mozambique (corn). poetry- 2 dis- father is a plumber and he forgot to} ting |helping @ courtier to make 211 |his beard. An amusing episode in the Pageant of Surrey summer in London as an aid to hospital charities. ELIZABETH TRIMS A COURTIER’S BEARD p for his a serious problem in Bolivia. = of 27 eels’ one scientist reported, “and we found that the smallest eel —only eight inches in length—gave off a regular impulse of not less than 110 volts. The most potent discharges recorded was one of 50 volts from an cel aboyit a yard in length.” In- dians dwelling along the shores where the eels are found fear the high tension creatures as much as any beast of the jungle.—Peterbor- ough Examiner. ——— “A Profitable Business purchased 18 different bedroom suites, are now spending their honey- moon in prison. Through Hitler’s “aid to newly-weds" plan, they ob- tained special coupons to enable them to get furniture on the hire purchase system. Before they were caught they had sold their 17 surplus suites, realizing about $20,000. SS Forced To Use Concrete In the midst of a great construc- tion boom, Argentina is faced with a serious shortage of fron and steel. Recently the government, which ap- of former generations. Fifteen years on the average have been added to the life of man since 1900. cancer is a disease chiefly of middle life and after, the longer people live cent. of all cancers occur after 35 years. The prevalence of cancer, while serious enough, need not un- necessarily alarm the public. Newly-wed couple in Munich who} Travel In , people of the present gen- eration are living longer than those Since the better opportunity there is for them to develop cancer. Ninety per Even at this cancer is a serious malady. It stands second in the list of the “killing” diseases. In the last 30 years cancer has displaced tuber- culosis from this position. The affec- tion costs Canada between 10,000 and 11,000 lives each year. Countries with a higher average age in its population appear to have — more cancer, judging by the death rates, than countries where this average is low. Great Britain and the continental countries of Europe, have, for this reason, more cancer than young countries like Canada, where the ages of the people are on the whole, lower. Similarly, there is, for the same reason, more cancer in the older provinces than there is in the prairie provinces. The latter's population is on the average younger than that of the Maritimes, Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. As our country gets older, and the popula- tion assumes a higher average age, the incidence of cancer is likely to increase. Article No. Cancer?” = => Good Place To-Live Will Not Allow At Any Time Angora, which has just issued a decree prohibiting unnecessary noises in the streets, has nothing on the city of Hefsingfors in the matter of quiet- ness. In the big Finnish seaport motor horns and sirens are banned, there {s a similar veto -~ tramcar bells and ships’ hooters, newsboys are forbidden to shout, hawkers have to peddle their wares sotto voce while even street corner orators are com- pelled to spout indoors. As a result a sort of Sabbatarian calm prevails ft the busiet hours, and profoundly impresses the average visitor.—Glas- gow Bulletin. 2 will be “What Is Helsingfors Nolse Poison Snakes For Zoo Separate Boxes From Calcutta To London Sinister arrivals at the London zoo are eight Indian banded krait and seven Russell's vipers, among the deadliest poison snakes in existence. These newcomers to the reptile house travelled all the way from Calcutta, each in a separate box. They needed no food during their long voyage, but had periodically to be sprinkled with water through the perforated lids of their cases. . EE ee Airplane Fowls “Say,” said the woman customer proved an building prog including the erection of several steel- structured departmental buildings, has changed its. plans and will now use reinforced concrete instead. >», Why don't the experts on the use of leisure figure out something for people to do Sunday afternoon be- sides piling into automobiles and kill- ing themselves. being performed this Blizabeth of York is part in the pageant by trimming over the ‘p “the next time I order chicken, don't send me any more airplane fowls.” “what do you mean— airplane fowls?” asked the butcher. “you know what I mean: All wings and machinery and no body Beaver dams were important and helpful in controlling erosion in this ae country before man’s arrival. 4 ise i)