ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS A "jolly good” smoke “Chantecler you roll with fragrant, friendly Ogden's Fine Cut. The more particular you are about your cigarette tobacco the more you'll feel like giving a “hip! hip! hurrah!" for Ogden's — and a “tiger when you use the best papers or "Vogue". And, by the way, there's a bigger package of Ogden’s for 15c now. P.S.—Your Pipe Knows Ogden’s Cut Plug. \ Which no roller will deny / indeed, the cigarette National Radio Program A canvass of radio fans throughout the prairie provinces, if such a Burvey could be made reasonably representative of very diverse views, would undoubtedly reveal a mixed reception for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's plans, recently announced by L. W. Brockington, K.C., chair- man of the oard of gi ing held outside of Ottawa to date. Some of the plans announced at the close of the Regina sitting have caused meet with majority approval. maritimes, as well as other of that ituti foll There may be some who will see no good in anything that the Corporation proposes to do and it is quite possible there are a few who are ready to accept the announced program in toto and with every evidence of complete approval. For the average “listener-in”, who is not too discriminating, and that probably covers the majority, however, the objectives of the three-year program, which includes construct'on of four high-powered broadcasting stations in the period, two in the east, one on the prairies and one in the ‘ing its only meet- On the other hand some of them will of merit, P though some phases of the plans are It ts disappointing, for instance, to find that nothing is likely to be done towards the constructicn of a 50,000 watt station in the west for at least a couple of years, while Ontario ts, have disappointing. and Quebec, whose people have access to a number of good, high-powered stations on both sides of the inter- national boundary carrying excellent programs, are to be served immedi- ately with two such stations, as quickly as they can be built. In the western provinces there are a good many “blind spots” which are now either not reached at all by good or only i Until the p new iT high-p western station is construct- ed they will have to continue to go without a service or have to be satis- fied with a doubtful one. It is a matter for congratulation that during the past year or two there has been a gradual but quite perceptible improvement in the quality of the programs broadcast on the national chain, whether due to the change in administration or for some other serves to accentuate the disappointment in the delay in bringing these pro- grams to the door of everyone on the prairies able to own a receiving set. In view of the recent improvement in the programs there will also be @pproval for the announcement of the intention to extend the C.B.C. service from its present six hours schedule to 12 and perhaps 16 hours a day, al- ways provided, of course, that wave band agreements which may be made, will not confine the owner of the entertainment and instruction. As already stated, the quality of the programs broadcast over the national chain has materially improved, but that does not mean there is not room for further improvement. bridged before these programs can be classified with some of the best to be heard on the U.S. chains. For this reason the announcement of the Intention to arrange for more exchanges of programs will be generally welcomed in the Canadian west, For Tadio fan still desires not only to retain what selective right conflicting radio bands permit him, but is anxious that interference should be further reduced. This question of interference is still one of the greatest griev- ances of the listeners-in on the prairies. Possibly when the C.B.C. can offer programs of its own to match the best that is produced on the other prairie owners of receiving sets will not be so much concerned with inter- ference of reception from other stations. If expense which cannot be met out of revenue stands in the way, the sider the advisability of embarking in the commercial field, at least in an with safeguards against abuse by advertising media. One of the proposals of the C.B.C. which should be received with ap- experimental way and proval on all hands is the announced announcers. While there has been a marked sides of the international boundary in the past two or three years, result- ing in the disappearance of some of were subjected, in the use—or should it be abuse?7—of the king’s English, pronunciation and diction, to say nothing of modulation of voice, there is in this field also, scope for betterment. conducted should do much to fron out some remaining objectionable fea- tures indulged in by some announcers on occasion. By and large, the Canadian Broadcasting C and that is something for which ay gome ideas, reason, but this improvement only receiving set to one source for his There is yet a substantial gap to be the same reason, the average western side of the international boundary, Canadian Corporation might well con- intention to set up a school for radio improvement in announcing on both the worst crudities to which listeners A school for announcers, properly tion, shows that it has reclation should be ex- An educated syrup pot has been invented by Clyde Mustion, Oshkon- ong, Mo. When the lid descends after you pour the syrup, Mustion's pitcher wipes itself with a device attached to the lid. The unlucklest card in a pack of playing cards is the eight of spades, according to superstition. Napoleon Bonaparte ascribed his defeats to its fofiuence. Upon being created a Knight of| the Garter, a man must wear part of the insignia of the order day and night. Most of the knights wear the silver badge of the order during their Bleep. “Once a road is laid down proper- ly," says a building expert, “it shouldn't be taken up {n a hurry.” It isn’t; the authorities spend months and months on the job. 2205 Losses Were Lighter Freight Car Robbers Not As Success- ful Last Year Raids by swooping bandits on U.S. passenger trains did not long sur- vive their most eminent practitioner, Jesse James. Much different in tech- nique are the raids still made on freight trains. Freight car robbers work often on moving trains, choose sparsely settled country where a highway runs beside the tracks. Swinging off from box car roofs on rope lad- ders, they break the seals on the doors, climb in and toss out every- thing they can lay their hands on. Confederates in trucks pick up the loot. The Association of American Rail- roads reported that claims result- ing from freight car thefts in the U.S. and Canada totalled $688,792 in 1936, lowest for any year on record. Biggest losses were in coal and coke, stolen not only by organized gangs but by individuals who needed fuel. —Time. SELECTED RECIPES — 1% cups juice from canned red cherries 3 tablespoons Benson's Corn Starch % cup cold cherry juice or water 2 tablespoons lemon juice % cup sugar Method: Heat cherry juice to boll- ing in a saucepan. Mix Benson's Corn Starch and sugar to a paste with cold cherry juice; stir into hot juice. Cook over low heat for five minutes, stirring constantly. Add lemon juice; cook for 1 minute longer. Mould; chill thoroughly. Serve with whipped cream or “Crown Brand” Corn Syrup. Th mud-skipper fish of Portuguese West Africa cannot swim. This curiosity breathes through its tafl and drowns if it goes out of its depth. Many Sensations Provided World By Sir Herbert Wilkins Sir Hubert Wikins, who has had applications from 4,000 people an- of the relations of the Dominion and | xious to accompany him on a sub-| marine journey to the North Pole, ts probably the most adventurous liv- ing Australian. For many years he has periodic- ally provided sensations for ance. he was signed on by a Parisian firm |as newsreel photographer at $10,000) presumes the desire of the people of When he} the different sections to get along was 24 he became photographic cor-| together as well as they can. Tho respondent with the Turkish army in| more they can pull toegther, the bet- a year while still a minor, the Balkan War of 1912-13. Has Had Many Adventures | For People Of Different Sections Should the) will accrue from clearing away the world in feats of daring and endur-| confusion that has existed for years Born at Mount Bryan East,| and deciding upon a division of re- South Australia, in 1888, at twenty) sponsibilities which !s actually best he set out on a round-the-world yoy-| suited to present conditions with the age which took him to 26 countries.| social services and other problems Already an enterprising camera-man, | that have come along in recent years. Deniion And Provinces Try To Pull Together In approaching the large question | the Provinces, as the country is do- ing now, everything depends upon the adoption by Canadiana of a real- istic, practical-minded attitude and appreciation of the great benefit that The existence of a Confederation His first taste of Polar exploration| clinging to provincial jurisdictions | was in 1913, with Stefansson's Cana- ‘dian Arctic expedition. Marooned in ter for all. There has been a natural and authority, but when a change in| WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE— And You'll Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Rarin’ to go should pour out two qult iilene uid bile Into Yo ls not flowing (reely, your food docan't digest. It j decays in the bowels, unda of bile flor feel “up and up’ mak» the bile flow freely, They ‘of calomel but have no ealomel or mercury in them, Aak for Carter's Little Liver Pills by e! Stubbornly refuse anything else. 25c. Sed panne In Future Scientists Warn That United States Must Adopt Soll Fertility Measures Scientists on a works progress ad- ministration soil inventory project that agriculture in the this respect is To! La | Arctic wastes, Wilkins did not learn) should be practical and wise enough | | | to France, In May, 1917, he system, which! la commission with the Australian Flying Corps and later was made official photographer in the Aus-| system that will facilitate greater | he believed was the first of its kind While in| national tralian historical section. | | retards the progress of the country, | with a better-ordered and efficient! progress.Winnipeg Free France he was wounded nine times,| Press. | twice mentioned in despatches, and | awarded a military cross and bar. | Since the war he has participated in ja number or daring Arctic and Ant- arctic expeditions. Train Pilots In Vancouver Reported Men Chosen For New Trans-Canada Air Line Will Be Trained At Coast City The Vancouver Daily Province in a newspage story said it had learned pilots chosen for the new trans-Can- ada air line will be trained in Van- couver this summer. The paper said that by fall it was | Intelligence Not Impaired Woman With Half Brain Superior Adult Mind A 38-year-old Pittsburgh woman with only half a brain has learned in’ six months to do nearly everything | Has whole brain. With the half brain she rates an “intelligence quotient” of 115, on the Stanford-Binet scale. This is the mark-of a superior adult mind and equals her once whole mind. Her case, due to a recent opera- tion in which the entire right brain believed there will be trained personnel to operate the Lethbridge-Winnipeg branch of the trans-Canada line.” Although Major D. R. MacLaren, appointed to the administrative staff of the new line, has made no official announcement, the paper said it was “understood” the line would take over the Vancouver-Seattle air mail route and two planes now owned by Canadian Airways, Ltd. Synthetic Rubber To Be Manufactured In London On A Large Scale Much interest has been aroused in commercial, scientific, and indus- trial circles by the recent announce- ment that synthetic rubber is to be ured on a ‘ble scale | $137,000,000. Then there was the for the first time in this country. | direct levy upon the State of Michi- The new material, whose chief 641 and the various communities are coal, and to $1,629,000 in extra re- was |, was re- ported to the American Psychiatric Association by Dr. Stuart N, Rowe of Pittsburgh. She does not readily recall events since the operation but she remem- bers perfectly telephone numbers and addresses she knew before. Usually Come High Whatever The Outcome Strikes Are Very Costly Things An observer estimates that the strikes in cost a total of $477,000,000. Of this amount $267,000,000 represented automobiles scheduled for construc- tion; $45,000,000 in wages lost by workers; industries supplying glass, wheels and other equipment lost rock salt, is to be called “neoprene,” and its pfoduction is to be in the hands of Imperial Chemical Indus- tries, Ltd—London Observer. Champion Letter Writer Algernon Bennet Ashton, who styled himself the “champlon letter writer to the British Press,” died re- cently, aged 77. He had other recre- ations besides the 2,000 letters he had published since 1900. He liked looking at ancient buildings, criticiz- Ing modern buildings, listening to de- .| around $18,800,000 in sales. lef costs, National Guard mainten- United States must “die of its own jof the Great War until 1915, and it to make it as far as this is required neglect” within 200 years and “the | was 1917 before he was able to get) to replace an ill-balanced and rather population follow suit” unless soil fertility measures are instituted. The project, which state WPA Ad- ministrator William H. J. Ely sald fn the world, is directed by Dr. Jacob C. Lipman, chief of the divi- sion of soils and crops at the New Jersey agricultural experiment sta- tion at New Brunswick. Using soil samples from 48 states to determine chemical resources, the WPA workers calculated that nitro- | gen, vital to plant life, will be ex- hausted from the soil within 224 years, sulphur will haye disappeared she once could do when she had a by 2062, and “the eventual result will be a China-like famine in the rich- est country in the world.” “The soil nutrient losses were blamed on erosion, leaching (the action of water seeping through the earth); harvesting, livestock, burn- ing and the rapid oxidation of organic matter in the soil. Not Hard To Do Writing An Advertisement Does Not Require Any Great Skill The remark is frequently made by ~ merchants, that they believe in ad- vertising, but they do not know just how to write an effective ad. To which the reply is simple, that it does not take any particular skill to write a good selling notice. Of course, a clever writer may do some- what better than others, but in the main what the public wants is in- formation about goods, not smart wit and selling stuff. If a merchant will simply tell the facts which in his opinion make cer- tain goods a bargain, and give the prices of the goods, those simple things are enough to constitute a good advertisement. They interest the public, which is always looking for values. The description of any bargain is as interesting as any news in the —Sarnia C: ance and lost sales taxes. and storekeepers, it is estimated, lost Regard- léss of the cause or the outcome, strikes are costly undertakings. February, on the’ average, is Lon- don's least rainy month, while October is the rainiest. “Wrestling is an excellent aid to health,” says a writer, “A grapple a day keeps the doctor away.” Observer. Has Its Drawbacks If the house trairer has done noth- ing more it has put the country on a cash basis, at least for groceries. No merchant is going to depend on a backfire to warn him that a de- — linquent creditor is stealing away. You may have your belongings on credit, but you will pay cash for the bacon, ff you live in a trailer, bates in the House of C and billiards, draughts, chess and cards. | Broke A Precedent | The Duchess of Hamilton, one of Queen Mother Mary’s friends, broke @ precedent at the coronation. She | Was the only duchess not wearing ermine. It was a gesture in her campaign against trapping fur-bear- ing animals. She wore rabbit in- | stead. WW zr SAS S = SS SSS “Can I interest you in our new gas stove, madam? your nelghbour,”—Tl 420 Florence. T've just sold one to Presto-Pack is a new and revolutionary way of handling Household Waxed Tissue. 45 sheets packed in an envelope which you hang on the wall. Then as you require it, just draw out a sheet at a time. 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