QBBOTSFORD. SUMAS AND MATSOUI NEWS ———S = a irst Crossing Of Atlantic By A Vessel Using Steam Was Made A Hundred Years Ago Famous “Bull-Dog Ants” the first crossing of the Atlantic - Ocean by a vessel using steam ll! professor States Primitive Australian the way. The historic voyage was Insects Are Viclous Creatures made by & Canadian-built wooden) 71 only formidable “animals” in paddle-steamer, the “Royal William.” trevAustrallan: wisherare in To commemorate this notable event | 2 en Saag snakes and the famous _ the Canadian Post Office Department ants,” according to Dr. William Mor- bd ee Laide poutsee stamp. | ton Wheeler, professor of entomology The “Royal William,” built at Que-| at Harvard Univesity. _ bec, was launched in April, 1831, and) The “ponerinae” or primitive ants towed to Montreal to be fitted with) o¢ australia sometimes reach more engines developing 200 horse-poWer. | than an inch in length, are “singular- Her cost when ready for sea Waal ly, alert, wasp-like, large-eyed, long- _ $75,000. Her dimensions were: length | jawed and flercely stinging creatures. over all 176 feet; depth of hold 18) qn jarger species live in mound nests fect; breadth over paddleboxes, 44/ nich may be from 1 to 5 feet in feet. She was intended to and the HACE _ ply between Montreal and Quebec and! ony js from 150 to 200 individuals,” Nova Scotia, and the enterprise of .aiq pr, Wheeler: building her was carried out by a group of Quebec and Halifax mer- chants, assisted by a grant of $15,000 from the Government of Lower Can- ada. Among the shareholders appear the names of three Cunard brothers, ‘one of whom later founded the pres- ent Cunard Line. After three mbderately successful voyages in 1831 to Halifax and inter- mediate ports she laid up for the win- ter. In 1832, owing to a cholera epi- demic, she made only one voyage, and her owners became bankrupt. In the spring of 1833 a new com- pany was formed, which purchased the vessel and, for a time, used el) for towing and local excursions. oben in June, 1833, she sailed on a trip | Russians Cannot Own Dogs Must Be Killed For Skins To Clothe Soviet Army In a short while there will be no dogs in Russia. A new Soviet decree orders all owners of dogs to deliver their animals immediately to special dog pounds. The animals will be killed and their skins sent to Govern- ment fur factories to be converted into clothing for the Soviet Army: It is expected that 3,000,000 skins will |be obtained-in this manner, sufficient for the army's requirements. Winnipeg Newspaper Union} Boston, where she was enthusiastical- - ly received as being the first steam-| ship flying the Union Jack to enter a United States port. ‘ On her return to Quebec her own- One Of Hlendon'ni My cttsies No One Knows Why City’s Smallest House Was Built Fruits Scarcer London's smallest house is now for| The Dominion Department of Agri- sale. Wedged in between two tall culture estimates the 1933 crops of mansions in Hyde Park Place, it is pears, peaches, grapes and plums will only six feet wide and just twenty|be lower than Jast year, but that ap- feet long. It consists of a tiny en-' ples will pe more plentiful. In a sur- trance hall and one room on the vey published recently, the depart- ground floor and two more rooms ment placed an estimate of 4,438,000 above. Joining them is a narrow iron barrels on the Canadian apple crop, Jadder which a fat man could not|compared with 3,977,000 barrels last possibly ascend. year. Still it is a real house with a num-| Canada’s pear crop this year was ber and a letter box, but no knocker |estimated at 434,000 bushels, com- or bell. No one has lived in it for) pared with 466,000 bushels last year, some time, though it has occasionally | The peach crop was placed at 813,000 been used as a servant's bed room| bushels, a drop of 91,000 bushels from by the owners of the house next door.|1932, The plum crop was estimated How such a tiny place came to be|at 22,000 bushels, only 79 per cent. built is one of London's little myster-|of last year’s total Due to failure in jes. It is said that about 60 years) Ontario, the commercial grape crop ago a certain Miss Jubb, who lived! was estimated at 44,568,000 pounds, next door, had it built for her maid| compared with 54,100,000 pounds last when she retired. It {s further a!leged | year. that miniature furniture was made to fit. It is thought that Barrie had the little house in mind when he de- scribed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Darling in “Little” White Bird." — London’ Correspondent. Canada’s Fn Chon rasa Will Be Plentiful But Other Trade Within Empire Canada’s Trade Shows Increasing Exports To Empire Countries All British Empire countries, but the British West Indies, imported more goods from Canada during the first four months of the current fis- cial year than for the corresponding period a year ago, according to fig- ures issued by the Dominion Bureau ‘of Statistics. Australia’s imports from Canada rose from $2,068,263 to $3,183,654 or 53.9 per cent., while those of the United Kingdom increased 34.8 per New Industry In Canada Montreal Factory Producing Nicotine Sulphate In Commercial Quantity Nicotin sulphate is now being pro- duced in Montreal in commercial quantity, according to the Markets Division of the Dominion Sted Branch. The plant is designed to manufacture in sufficient volume to! cent, from $46,907,811 to $63,222,280. meet Canadian requirements and sup-| Imports of Canadian goods into ply some export business as well-| British India rose 25.9 per cent. to Free nicotine js another product of | $989,146 and to South Africa 16.6 per the same plant. All the tobacco 48 cent. to $1,526,152. New Zealand's well as the chemicals used in this|jmports were up by 9.2 per cent. to new industry are of Canadian origin. | $1,005,533 and those of Newfoundland I Wheat Situation Is [5 PAE ce At Round Table Conference Of Pacific Relations Institute Unridden To The Last Discussion of the wheat situation and its effect upon international re- Bucking Horse Retires From Rodeos lations marked a round-table confer~ Still Unconquered ence of the Institute of Pacific Re- “Midnight,” wildest of western| lations. stampede horses, has made his Jast| A Canadian delegate opened the dis- appearance before a rodeo audience, at toe, with an authoritative account taking the final curtain call in a\of developments in Canadian wheat cloud of dust at the Cheyenne round-|since 1927, the emergence of a ser: Jup the other day. He will be retired|0us glut, measures taken to co to the green pastures. | with it, impact of foreign tariff upon “Midnight,” perhaps the greatest|Canada’s export trade, and negotia- bucking horse ever known to the/tions at Rome and elsewhere for rodeo world, plunged out of the Chey- coping with the situation. enne arena chute and, reaching for| Under present conditions the mem- the sky with his front feet, head | ber said, the view is impracticable down and hind feet poised ten feet|that the wheat growing industry of d, sent Turk Green-| Western Canada may be described as 1933 bankrupt, and {ts plight is being ag- rider | & by the chaotic condition of “Mid-| wheat acreage. He thought, however, there is considerable hope of advan- and a half seconds. The performance )tage of the wheat grower in some in- climaxed the big show and the Cana-| ternational arrangement between the |major wheat exporting countries dian horse was given a great hand by| the crowd in the grandstand. He was Rene, they would agree to estab- unridden to the last. lish between themselves a quota sys Mighty “Midnight” was once @ do-|tem for exports and to control de- cile, sturdy cow pony of the Alberta liveries. He believes such a scheme foothills. One day a tumbleweed blew | Was feasible, and would not only help under his belly and sent him on his) to raise the price level, but would, ip first bucking spree and on to fame!|@ few years, result in a curtailment For a decade he has furnished thrills|of acreage because farmers would not to rodeo crowds from Calgary to continue to grow wheat which they |Tucson and now at seventeen years|could not market. lot age he will be taken away for-| Jf an export quote system were lever from the arena by his owners, | introduced it would be necessary to Verne Elliott and Eddie McCarthy. | establish a wheat board which would ‘They are retiring him to their ranch keep export marketing within a in the foothills. single channel. | The celebrated bucking bronc easily| It was agreed if the process of in- ‘outstrips the meanest rodeo mount. dustrialization continues in Japan she [spore the groun ough of Red Lodge, Montana, Ch a P flying. Greenough stuck to night's” sleek, black back only two The low grade and waste tobacco) from the Ontario and Quebec crop serves as the raw material. The ers decided to send her to England nicotine sulphate manufactured there- 11 . 823,864. = perscents,tor$1.625,86 He is more powerful, bigger, faster. |He has the weight of a truck horse \and the speed of a mustang. He goes mad when released from a chute but Cougars Menace Ranchers will be bound to seek food supplies in the cheapest market and will prob- ably increase her import of wheat. A delegate from the Dutch East In- x e: ra - for sale. It was on this voyage that she made history, ating to the world the feasibility of navigat- ing the oceans by means of steam- vessels, the declaration of critics that ‘might as well talk of making a voy- age from Quebec to the moon.” "Barly in August, 1833, she left Quebec for Pictou, in the Northum- berland Strait, where she remained a few days coaling, storing, repairing | engines, and awaiting PE | Eventually, on August 17th, she steamed out of Pictou Harbour for England. Her clearance papers stated she was a vessel of 363 tons bound for London, that among the gocds carried were 254 chaldrons of coal (648 tons), a consignment of ship's spars, a box of stuffed birds, one harp, one box, one trunk, houschold furniture and seven passengers, all British. Her master was “John Mc- Dougall. During the voyage the star- board engine was disabled and the vessel sprang a leak. After 25 event- ful days and nights the “Royal Wil- liam" arrived at Gravesend. Ten days later the vessel was sold for $50,000 and chartered to the Potuguese Gov- ernment as a troopship. Captain Mc- Dougall retained command and took her out to Lisbon, where she was suc- cessfully offered for sale to the Por- tuguese. In 1834 the ship was bought by the Spaniards, sent to Gravesend to be converted into a “war-steame and renamed the “‘Ysabel Segunda.” Later she returned to the Spanish coast, and on May 5, 1836, in the Bay of San Sebastian, she earned the dis- tinction of being the first steamer of war to fire a hostile shot. In 1840 she was sent to Bordeaux for repairs but was conyerted into a hulk. Her en- gines were transferred to a new ship of the same name, which ultimately sank off the Algerian coast during 2 violent storm in 1860, ‘And so, with her hull rotting in Bordeaux harbour, and her engines yying at the bottom of the Mediter- ranean Sea, the “Royal William” end- ed her distinguished and varied career. A memorial tablet in the Canad House of Commons ian | | | SL AND LINES HAS THIS LOVELY DAYTIME DRESS Here's a charming model for the heavier figure. The partial belt treat- iment creates a lengthened line. | ‘The skirt while slender, indicates an easy flare at the hemline. | It is simple, smart and becoming jin brown and white crinkly crepe silk against a bib-like yoke of white |crepe, It’s a dress that will carry ‘you through an entire day. Tt will cost you but a small sum to make it, and will take very little of your time. Plain grey, beige i or black with the first trans-Atlantic yoyage by the “Royal William.” ee ‘The Friendly Border Pat Campbell made the 500-mile trip from The Pas to Winnipeg with his dog outfit on the way to Chicago | Fair and on reaching the border found that he would have to put up $200 and $2 for each dog entering the land of the free. Once again, says the Straftord Beacon-Herald, that is the same friendly international bor- der about which orators speak at banquets, . ) —_—__—_—_— France js testing out a new type of vest pocket warship. hite is lovely. Style No. 643 is designed in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust. Size 36 requires 3% yards of $9- {inch material with 14 yard of 35-inch contrasting. | price of pattern 20 cents in stamps ‘or coin (coin is preferred). Wrap coin carefully. jw \ How To Order Patterns A2dress; Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg: Pattern Nou. .+5 0-000 SIO. seers nme Name .seeereres ad TOWD ...eeeeereeeeer eens —— ri W. N. U. 2000 from is of standard 40 per cent-) Residents Of West Corst Of Vancou- strength and appearance and vol)" ver Toland LoeeMLiveatock or su r to best ete from ance en rita Residents of Port Alice, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, walk the streets armed with shotguns and rifles to protect themselves and their ; Property against marauding cougars |that descend almost daily on the | town. Having exterminatéd the deer and More Farms In Canada Increase Has Been Only In Four Western Provinces During the last two decades there in Canada. In the five eastern prov- between Port Alice and Cape Scott, inces there was a total decrease of the cougars invade the yards and 51,703 farms, while there was an in- corrals of settlers and steal poultry, crease of 97,997 farms in the four pigs and heifers, practically all the western provinces. A gradual shifting dogs have fallen prey to them. from land ownership toward tenancy| ‘his information was brought by is taking place in all provinces ex- | Rey. William Gravier, of Port Alice. cept in Quebec where there is a slight “Unless drastic action is taken soon increase in land ownership. The shift-' many of the ranchers will be forced ing to tenancy is particularly notice-| to abandon their ranches,” Mr. Grav- able in western provinces. fer said. Standard Bushel Idea Did Not Work Unless a bushel by measure is spe-| Following complaints of smaller cially agreed upon, it must weigh the merchants that department stores in following number of Standard Cana-| Tokyo were injuring their bvsiness, dian pounds: Clover sced, beans, |the big stores in Tokyo were ordered wheat and peas, 60; Indian corn and to close three days evey month. Now rye, 56; barley, buckwheat, timothy the smaller merchants report that on seed, 48; hempseed, 44; castor beans, | those days shoppers stay at home and 40; malt, 36; oats, 34, and blue grass the sales of stores remaining open 14 pounds. have decreased. Of course Canada has a future.| Prices of agricultural products In They're selling 1934 calendars now. J Chile are increasing. EXPLORER’S WIFE PREFERS HOME Expeditions to the north and south poles are thrilling, but Lady Hubert Wilkins, wife of the famous Australian explorer, prefers the less adven- turous joys of domestic life. She is now in New York while her husband 1s with the Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition. Lady Wilkins plans to accompany ‘her husband on one more polar trip and then settle down to real home life, has been an increase of 46,325 farms fur-bearing animals in the district | =| years ago are being unearthed near) ‘the village of Cassington, a few miles New Zealand Will Not Become An dies declared the tendency of Java to import wheat is increasing. Ex- pansion of the wheat market avail- able in China is problematical, it was indicated, as many Chinese do not consider wheat flour a supsrior article of food, and there is also an increase of local wheat producti otherwise is kind and docile. “Born |to buck—that animal,” said an old- |time cowboy recently, And that about sums it up Lives High Above World | bina jerome: Of Forest Reserve Guardian 8,130 Feet Above Sea Level Perched on a narrow patch cf, U.S. Citizen Appointed crumbled rock, 8,130 feet above sea| = level, where he lives all summer as| Hon. Newton Baker Selected Chair- one of the provincial government's | man Of Pacific Relations Council Bow River forest reserve guardians,| Hon. Newton D. Baker, secretary Arthur Shantz told a reporter that’of war in the Wilson administration | “it'd be all right if I could keep the! of United States, has been appointed place warm and the government) chairman of the Council of the Insti- | would give me enough paint to coy- tue of Pacific Relations, succeed.ng ler the cabin.” Jerome D-. Greene, Wilson professor | ‘Those were the only complaints) at the University College of Wales. Jabout a job which keeps him high) Acknowledging the honor which above the world, sometimes tor murs had been conferred on him, Mr. Bak- than a month without seeing another er told a general mecting of confer- |human being. His domain is only 30 ence members most o {the troubles in ‘feet wide by 50 feet long. the world came from misunderstand- | The lumber for the shack occupied ing and, therefore, the institute had by Shantz, who likes to call himself a high duty in searching out and the “Old Man of the ins,” was’ sp in order to lay \hauled up the mountain by hand at/a basis for understanding through considerable risk and expense. | approaching, in a hopeful and scien- —_——_ tific way the great international | Relic Of Bronze Age | problem which had come to be the- world’s chief preoccupation and con- |Interesting Discovery Made Near cern. Oxford, England Burials which took place 4,000 mn. Remain Within Empire from Oxford, where a by-pass road is being constructed to divert traf-| Up to the present New Zealand has fic from the university city. taken no steps to adopt the statute of Seven skeletons, in the “crouched”! westminster, according to a paper position, which denotes that thelr presented at the fifth biennial con- burial took place in the bronze age! vention of the Institute of Pacific have already come to light. A not-| Relations by W. A. Curzon-Siggers, able feature in each case was that jecturer in public international law the bodies had been buried facing the gt the University of Otago. setting sun. Independent Soyerelgn State According to Mr. Curzon-Siggers it {1s doubtful if New Zealand govern- | ment will proceed any further with the statute of Westminster which | Production Of Creamery Butter For gives greater independence to the Do- | July Sets New Record minions. New Zealand is satisfied Saskatchewan's output of creamery with her present position within the butter during July has set a new high) British Empire and will not become record, it was announced. Total output for the month totalled 3,251,998 pounds, This represents an increase of 712,783 pounds, or 28.1 f per cent. over the corresponding fig- Windsor, Ontario, will again strict- Teer tuk) cametmon thot ADERAL ree curfew law which pre- though the increase is most marked] Y!°* that. all: children. under the. £6 in the northeastern part of the pr Saskatchewan Butter Output |“an independent sovereign state.” Curfew For Parents of sixteen shall be in their homes bj @ pm. The next array Ince, the increase is quite general). P™ e be for one of the parents to be home over the entire province < lto receive them for experience shows Put To Some Use that it is usually gadabout progeni- In a curio exhibition held in con-| tors who have & dabout kids, states /nection with a village Hower show at/ the Brantford Expositor, | Knoddishall, Suffolk, the other day,| — . lthe second prize was awarded for a May Have Trip Te Canads walking-stick made from the paper) Mr. and Mrs. W. Lawrence, who of 3,000 love letters. have looked after the comfort of ———— canadian Bisley teams in the Cana- The beauty of the house ts order;/dian hut at the great empire rife the blessing of the house 1s content-| meetings at Bisley, England, for the ment; the glory of the house is bos-| past 30 years, will be given a holiday | pitatity; the crown of the house is] trip to Canada if plans of Canadiae | godliness. marksmen mature.