= ‘ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS_ EE RY, R ‘AND MATSQUI APRs SF ROT eee NEWS. | WORLD HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY TOLD Three hundred and fifty Canadian Pilgrims headed by Cardinal Rouleau Of Quebec, were received in audience recently by Pope Pius. A permit to develop an area of 5,- 120 acres of bituminous sands in \Al- berta has been granted to Walter P. Hinton, Toronto, according to the current issues of the Canada Gazette. | The recently signed parcel post Agreement between Cuba and Canada | fs expected to be a precursor to a complete commercial treaty between the two nations. The French military tribunal has been dissolved and the possession of buildings, including the military pris- on, handed over to the German au- thorities.~ J. G. A. Creighton, CM.G,, K.C., law clerk of the Sengte, dropped dead in the Rideau Club, Ottawa. He was 80. He had occupied his post 48 years, and had also been parliamen- tary counsel of the Senate since 1909. On June 27, the King and Queen of Iceland and Denmark, assisted by the cabinet, ci and Americans of Icelandic descent, at the foot of the famous Rock of Laws, in Thingvallir Plain. Two hundred members of the Sons of Freedom, Doukhobor sect, passed peacefully through Nelson, on their way from Porto Rico, B.C., _ their home for the past year, to join the main Doukhobor settlement at Bril- liant. Announcement has been made that the Canadian Holstein Friesian As- sociation will this year pay out $15,- 000 in prize money to breeder-ex- hibits of Holstein cattle in addition to the amounts paid out by fair boards throughout the Dominion. The third No. 4 Canadian General Hospital Scholarship of $250 in the faculty of medicine at the University of Toronto, has been awarded to D. W. Johnston, Regina, Sask. It is a War memorial scholarship given by the Alumni Federation of the Uni- | | | | Stefansson Believes Arctic Route Best Only Practical Way To Link Europe To America By Air On the success and decision of th | expedition which is to set out under | Capt. G. R. Watkins, to investigate | the possibilities of an air route from | eee to Wianiber ‘vis Getetlane: | into the sea near Matanzas, Cuba, | will depend a matter of great im- | portance to the British Empire, said | noted Mr. Stefansson, was in London, England, to address the Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, the British Polar Congress on the econo mic aspects of the Arctic. The explorer believed the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Green “There is not a Stefansson, “and a route from Britain to America by way of | the | land and the Baffin Islands was the | only practical route by which Europe could be linked with America by air. single jump of more than 300 miles along this réad,” declared Mr. will not be a cold journey for the Watkins party as the temperature of the south coast of Iceland, even in winter, is only the same as that of the east coast of Scotland at the same period of,year.” - There would, however, he added, be one cold section over Greenland, [where a ‘plane would have to fly at about two miles above the sea level in order to escape the mountains. The only possible alternative to this route, the explorer that planned by an American com- pany which proposed to place floating island in the ocean half-way between New York and Bermuda. ’~ it explained, was Experiment a Total Loss: Giant Tube To Convert Gulf Stream To Electrical Energy Collapses A giant tube built at a cost of | more than $1,000,000 and designed to harness the waters of the Gulf Stream to.convert them into elec- | trical energy, collapsed when sunk 6 and was destroyed. The tube was designed by Georges Claude, French scientist. It was built of corrugated steel, was 1,800 meters long and required three months to | build. “| ‘The plan was to place the great tube in a channel on the bootom of the sea to serve as pipe line from the | Gulf Stream té a power plant erect- iE lea at Professor Claude's laboratory along the gulf shore, near Matanzas. Professor Claude's theory was that the Gulf Stream water, being sub- jected to vacuum would rise to the boiling point and produce steam suf- ficient to turn great turbines for gen- erating electrical power. Good Roads Program Extensive Mileage In the National Parks Being Built This Year Good roads are being extended to every part of Canada. In the rural districts of every province there is a network of paved or surfaced roads, which not only are of benefit to the motorists, but to the farmers. In the National Parks of Canada, the great playgrounds of the country, main- tained by the Canadian Government, there is an extensiye mileage of im- proved roads. The road building pro- Placed On Their Honor Germans Now Have Full Control Of Rhine Area The French Army marching out of the Rhineland, turned back full con- trol of the occupied territory. There were a half million troops along the Rhine after. the armistice, French, Belgian, British, Italian and th-se from the United States, but as other nations withdrew and the zones Were evacuated the army of occupa- tion dwindled to about 25,000 men these last few months, and now all Word of honor has replaced force George Bernard Shaw, according to readers of The Spectator, the well- known London weekly review, pos- sesses the best brains in the country. The is a journal circulat ing among the more thoughtful class of people whose opinions in regard to mental ability are worth considering. The result of the recent vote is in- teresting in many ways. Here are the leading men in their “order of merit”; Bernard Shaw, 214; Sir - Oliver Lodge, 183; Lord Birkenhead, 162; Winston Ch 95; Dean the Gé 1923, was the high point in: action, in controversy and in psychological effect during the ten and a half years of the occupation under the Treaty of Versailles. for German reparations. The Young plan with its bank of In- ternational settlements and the re- cent issues of German Reparation bonds in nine countries, now has the half-century job of settling German waz indemnities to the Allies. versity. High In Mental Ability are gone. George Shaw Man | as “In England According To Vote Taken The occupation of the Ruhr which in these parks this year is a substantial one and the provincial governments are constructing sec- tions to connect the roads in the parks with the principal provincial highways. Build Annex To Elevator Monster Inter- Provincial Picnic Will Celebrate Linking Of Manitoba and S At Award Justly Made Winner Of Capper Prize Took Guess- work Out Of Dairying The Capper prize, consisting of a gold medal and $5,000 for the most Gateway On Labor Day Arrangements are rapidly being pushed forward for the monster Inter-Provincial Picnic, on Labor Day, on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan boundary west of Roblin. An enthus- iastic meeting of the representatives of various fes in dist! service to American agriculture has been awarded t6é Stephen M. Babcock, inventor of the test which bears his name for butter content of milk. It is only one of many honors bestowed on the eminent chemist who took the guesswork out, of dairying. and Saskatchewan sponsoring this celebration met recently at Roblin, and spent a busy afternoon discussing different items in connection with the picnic. The genial general chairman of the Association, Art Stelck, Dauphin, kept the boys working hard on their various problems. A wel- come visitor on the occasion was “Ace Emmett, of the Manitoba Mo- tor League, who, in his enthusiasm for anything which makes for devel- opment of tourist traffic and good roads, made a special solo trip from Winnipeg to attend the meeting. Fol- lowing the business séssion, and spurred by the enthusiasm of H. J. Bowley, the energetic chairman of the grounds committee of the Mani- toba section, the meeting adjourned to the picnic grounds in the beautiful Assiniboine Valley, eight miles west of Roblin to view the site chosen for the picnic. At this point Manitoba Scenic Highway No. 5 joins Sas- katchewan Highway No. ‘10. All were delighted with the wonderful natural amphitheatre and picnic grounds available through the courtesy of the owner “Bill” Thompson, an old timer of the Roblin district. At the site chosen for the picnic, which will be of the basket variety, there is a beautiful level meadow bordered by low lying bushes and with the Assiniboine River on the western limit. Rising from the meadow which is on the floor of the A Valley, at that point Big Grain Storage El At Fort William To Be Enlarged _ Erection of a grain storage annex of 1,600,000 bushels capacity to the Fort William terminal elevator of N. about a mile wide, there is a natural bowl amphitheatre formed out of the banks of the valley, practically free of trees, and ideally suited. for ac- M. Paterson and Company, is an- nounced by Norman M. Paterson, president, at a cost of approximately $250,000. Construction will start im- mediately by the Fegles Construction Company, of Minneapolis and Fort William. It will be completed and ready for storage by about October ing t of specta- tors, A platform can be erected at the base of the hills and speakers can be seen and heard by thousands of | Dr. B: was born in 1843; his active life spanned a period in which farm methods underwent so many radical changes that ° to say they were revolutionized is to un- derstate the fact. He produced his epoch making invention forty years ago. In selecting him for the dis- | tinction it conferred on him the | committee had opportunity to choose from a long list of those who have sought to aid agriculture. It is in- teresting and instructive to observe that the committee selected to re- ceive this distinction a scientist, not 4 politician, an; inventor of a ma- chine, not an author of a statute, a school master, not the organizer of @ party. The .award to Dr. Babcock is justly made. He did more for farmers than was accomplished by all the politicians of the generations contemporary with him. Cree Indian Has Made Grain Entry Serum Saves Children Serum Treatment For Infantile Paralysis Used Successfully Such tremendous strides have been made in curing infantile paralysis that not one victim in the province of Ontario last year who received serum on the first day of illness, was paralyzed. Neither was there a death among them. These facts are con- tained in a pamphlet published by the Federal Department of National Health under the supervision of Dr. Helen Macmurchy, chief of the divi- sion of child welfare. Because of the large number of cases of this disease in Canada last year, and particularly in Ontario, the department published the booklet which gives, in clear and understand- able language, directions to mothers for taking care of stricken children. Last year there were 834 cases in Canada, of which 558 were in On- tario, and 90 in Quebec. No province was free from cases. ‘There were 70 deaths. An Expensive “Toy” Perfect Model Of London's Under- * ground Shows Safety Of System Perhaps the most expensive “toy” in the world, and one which has cer- tainly filled the hearts of boys of all ages with envy, was put on show at Interesting Ceremony Meeting At Thingvelli A bronze tablet, bearing ness of Thomas H. John time minister of public later attorney-general of 1, was unveiled, at Thingvellir, by Hi W. J. Major and officially pre d to Iceland as Manitoba's gift. The tablet, which bears an cellent likeness of the first Ice to occupy a cabinet position in ; Canadian legislature, hangs on the wall of the antechamber in the par- liament building. A large number of Canadian Icelanders were in attend. % ance and after Mr. Major's address “O Canada” sounded for the first time in Icelandic legislature halls. The ceremony closed with the Ice-. landic and British National Anthems, The gift of the United States was officially presented by Senator Burt- ness and Dr. Sveinbjoern Johnson. Arni Eggertson officially presented the resolution passed by the last session of the Canadian parliament, declaring its desire to honor Iceland with a gift which would be most ac- — ceptable. The character of the gift will be determined by the recommen- dation of the Canadian’ representa- tives upon their return. ‘ Germany's gift to Iceland on this is i for 'y. For the build- Cree Indian farmer of the Jasqua Band, located near Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. He has made entry to the World’s Grain Exhibition and Conference to be held in Regina. Muskenew is confident of winning a place and of the Possibility too’ of be- ing crowned the world’s wheat king,” or the “oat king,” or the “barley king,” or some of the other “kings” to be decorated in 1932. This portion of the Cree tribe selected exceedingly good land for their reserves. M: ly of the present generation have always been inter- ested in farming and the raising of cattle. They were friendly to the government during the Northwest with comfort. The festivities are} slated to start about 11 a.m., when | bands from points in Manitoba and | Saskatchewan will be presenting a} musical pri until the noon 1. Engineers of the Fegles C will prepare for construction to-be- gin within a fortnight. called “Ti in When Germany was declared in “wilful default” by the reparations Inge, 91; H. G. Wells, 86; Lord Mel- chett, 62; Lloyd George, 50; Phillip Snowden, 48; Sir John Simon, 45. The present prime minister does not receive a vote and Mr. B. Jan. 9. 1923, Premier Raymond Poincare took possession of the Ruhr, one of the richest spots in the world, with 4,000,000 inhabit- ants. gets but 13. The Archbishop of Can- terbury, Dr. Lang, finds no place but the Archbishop of York (Dr. Tam- ple), with 32 votes follows closely up- on the heels of Lord Reading, who obtained 35. Sir James Barrie is “placed” by 15 voters and follows G. K. Chesterton's 17. ~ Regina’s Population Increases Population Is Now Estimated To Be Nearly 67,000 Population of greater Regina is now 66,996 according to figures re- leased by the Regina Board of Trade. Builds Remarkable Road One Just Opened In Norway Master- piece Of Engineering - The transportation problem in Norway, especially since the develop- ment of motor traffic, has presented serious difficulties to the government, For Norway is a long, narrow, moun- tainous country, and though the dis- tance from the southermost point to the North Cape is approximately 1,- 000 miles, the total population is le&s than 3,000,000, A remarkable new road has been opened to the public within the last year, It connects -The figures ) the of the city on June 1, it was said. This figure shows a growth of 4,515 | It on the Bergen Railroad, with Eidfjord, on the Hardangerfjord. is said to be a masterpiece of en- over the previous figure of 62,481 compiled by Henderson's direc- tories and the Regina Board of Trade, reported for June 1, 1929. Bred In Western Cahada A great majority of the people have the mistaken idea that the wild duck supply comes from remote northern fastnesses. Most of the ducks ordinarily hunted for game, except the black duck, and perhaps the green-winged teal, to a certain extent, are western in their iz and a thorough P test of driving skill, combined with perfect safety, Eastbound cars must start from certain spots on the even hour or half hours, westbound cars waiting at designated places, are no speed limits and no “speed cops,” because there is no incentive for speeding over such an eyer-cury- ing and potentially dangerous road. There Canadian Bond Sales range. The canvas-backs, red-heads, mallards and scaups, which are shot in Ontario and Quebec in the open season, are bred in Western Canada. The front pew in the church may Jack the required degree of uphol- stery, but at least there’s no wind- chield to take a header through un- expectedly. se in pl a In Hollywood WwW. _N. —_——— a put sales total $292,677,277, as with $228,765,612 for the similar per- fod of 1929, and $210,285,660 for that of 1928. Two thirds of the whole, or $214,899,277, were purchased in Can- ada, while the remainder, amounting | to $77,778,999 were bought in the United States. 7 it Being In Bonds Speaks Well For Prosperity Of Dominion The first five months of the pres- ent calendar year sow Canadian bond Winnipeg Newspaper Union hour. Picnic basket Iunch will take | about one hour, to be followed by a/ symbolic ceremony to indicate the linking up of the good road highway ‘y is of and ewan at that point. Honorable W. R. Clubb, Manitoba Minister of Public Works and Honorable A. C. Stewart, Rebellion, and have been generally Prosperous, increasing in number and wealth. Some idea of the mag- nitude of the Indian operations in the three prairie provinces may be obtained from the fact that there are now in these provinces 2,180 In- dian farmers cultivating over 100,000 acres. In 1928 their crops totalled nearly 1,250,000 bushels, of which 594,000 odd bushels was wheat. Rye, | oats and barley constituted the bulk of the balance. of Hig ys for ewan, are expected to function as the chief participants in this symboli¢ iy. Governor Chr of (By Annebelle Worthington.) ty S is apparent The Good Even If Old Students of Ottawa University have been served plum jam which had been buried in the scholastic grounds for twenty-seven years; liked it. Forty quarts of the -pre- and they Tves were found buried several feet the earth by exoavators, working on the location of the old kitchen destroyed by fire in 1903. Carrier Pigeons Beat 'Plane Five carrier pigeons beat an atir- lane travelling 105 miles an hour in race from Oslo to Jesshim, a dis- tance of 70 miles, The pigeons were chosen from the fastest in Norway and were pitted against one of the small The ‘plane took off at the moment the pigeons were released. ‘planes used by the air force, in a printed crepe silk with flared cap sleeves and bow neckline. 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