3 a Come Under Reclamation Plan

_ ple, have farms in the drouth sec-

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Meer hoc OF Fines
Wheat Lands In West To

Reclamation of millions of acres of
the finest wheat land in the world,
desolated by successive years of! More Readable Type For Printing
drouth, is the immediate object of Bible Is Suggested
four governments in Canada, the fed-| | Church officials in convention at
eral, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and/ New Plymouth in New Zealand con-
Alberta, sidered the manner in which the

Plans have been laid already to} Bible is arranged and printed, and
relieve distress in the dried-out areas| their decision was that changes
of the prairies, feed the impoverished; Should be made. There Were sugges-
people, provide seed for next year's, tions of brighter covers, a better ar-
crops and look after millions of half-| rangement of the reading matter and
starved cattle and horses. But there| perhaps the use of some illustrations.
is another object in mind—how to re-| Such things may be all right, but
claim for the land its binding and, We were taken with the

Room For Improvement

How To Organize A Poultry Pool

Preparing Poultry For Shipment
Important Part Of Business

Producers’ poultry pools, where
farmers assemble, box pack and
make ready their own poultry, are
growing in popularity and utility in
practically every province of the Do-
minion, and the reason why there is
not a poultry pool in every district
is because the farmers, however
willing, have not had the time to find
out exactly how to proceed about the
business. Markets pay a premium
for poultry of the highest quality,
when properly graded, box packed,
and government inspected.

In all this work, the Poultry Ser-
vices of the Dominion Department of
Agriculture play a leading part, as-
sisting the farmers In very way in
organizing and carrying out the

freshness due to years of drouth. that there be more readable type
For months the Dominion depart-| used in printing the Bible. The New
ment of agriculture has been experi-' Zealand folk were certain that the
menting with grasses gathered from Book was too hard for people to read
all parts of the world to determine because it was in nearly all cases
the best to act as a binder to the printed in such small type.
wind-tossed soil of the prairies. Agri-| That protest should be sustained,
cultural experts believe many varts says the Stratford Beacon-Herald.
of the West never will regain their, The idea of the small print may be
paramount place as wheat producers to keep the book within reasonable
until the soil has been rebound and size, thus making it easy to carry.
rejuvenated. Eventually it may lead) But what is the use in making it easy
to reforestation and irrigation on a’ to carry and at the same time mak-
wide scale. ing it hard to read? The average
Some idea of the vastness of the/ Bible is not nearly as easy to read as
problem may be from these Pp and the reason is that
figures: In Manitoba, 1,000,000 acres| newspapers pay a great deal of at-
in 13 municipalities affected by the, tention to securing the most read-
drouth. Sixty per cent. of the Eat ably type faces. We hope the church
vated acreage of Saskatchewan has! folk in New Zealand do something
been dried out and 40 per cent. will ‘about it.
not produce a marketable crop this
year. The dry area in Alberta is)
2,000,000 acres, a decrease from last}
year. Some sections of the prairies |
have had five crop failures in a row. |
Agreements were signed last week
between the Canadian railways, the
federal government and the prairie
_ governments providing reduced rates
on livestock feed movel to the dry
sections and cattle and hoes ship-
ped to northern ranges. It will be
impossible to transfer «}l the half-
Starved stock from the dried-out
sreas and some are not worth the
cost of feeding. It may result in
wholesale slaughter of cattle to be
processed into hog feed.
A trickle of emigration has started
from the dry sections Lut this is not
_ regarded as practical en any large
scale. In Saskatchewan, for instance,
40,000 families, probably 200,000 peo-

Newspaper Union

Winnipeg

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tions. About 100 families have de-
serted their farms in the south and
selected new land in the north, but
this movement is limited to the avail-
able acreage of unbroken land of
good quality. In addition, western
farmers are the world’s best optim-
ists and, like everybody else, distike
leaving their settled farms.

It is impossible to say how much
the Dominion will spend this year in
drouth relief. It has been placed be-

- tween $15,000,000 and $20,000,000 in
addition to direct relief for the peo-
ple. It will be impossible to give an
estimate until a decision is made on
the campaign to reclaim the jand and
this is not expected for some time.

The Dominion already has taken
steps to thwart speculators in hay,
due to the needs of the west and
the small Canadian crop. It has pass-
ed regulations forbidding the export
of hay without license. This will con-
serve the Canadian supply in view
of crop failures in the United States
and Washington's removal of the $5
a ton tariff.

A Remarkable Test

Wireless Telephone Talk Heard Dis-
tinctly Over Extremely Long SMART WOMEN
Distance You'll like to-day's model for its
Wireless telephone link has been) smart individuality,

established between India and Lon-| It is grey-blue, plaided in wine
don and recently a telephone Com ve avon ear aweola Jeccet
yersation between the Collector of} collar, with wine button trim.
Karachi and a London Post omtice| The jacket is the youthful boxy
official was heard distinctly when the| type. The dress has easy to handle
frat teat was made of the propose alan flees, The bodice, button
wireless telephone service between) ming line, Plaits lend animation to
the two cities. This is remarkable, | the slender skirt.
because the voice traverses 2,000} Angora plaids in bright colors,
miles of land line, via Lahore, Agra,

crepe marocain, heavy novelty crepe
and Surat, before being sent out from |S; lightweight woolens, etc,, are
the Kirkee wireless station.

JACKET DRESSES ARE ALWAYS
FAVORITES FOR IN-BETWEEN
SEASON WEAR WITH

nice ideas for its development,
Style No. 484 is designed for sizes
14, 16, 18 years, 36, 38 and 40 inches

bust. See pattern envelope for ma-
7 1B:
The Latest Umbrella , | terial requirements,

|

Umbrellas for shoppers have jus' Price of pattern 20 cents in stamps
appeared in London. The top of the|or coin (coin is preferred). Wrap
handle contains a dainty pencil. The, ©! carefully,
entire handle may be turned and lift-|
ed to expose a surface on which| How To Order Patterns
shopping and other notes may be a.
made and easily deleted.

| Address: Winnipeg Newspaper Union,
175 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg

always the bright side.|

There's | 5
You can't poke the same finger into| Pattern N . Size. ;
an clectric fan twice. retrk ie rn ate is

Gold, mixed with molten glass, pro-
duces the finest of all tinted glasses, |
a rich, royal ruby.

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working ar of pools. These
services have just issued a pamphlet
on why and how to organize a poul-
try pooi, and the pamphlet is all the
more welcome to the many farmers
interested in that it places the mat-
ter in a nutshell. It shows that the
assembling and preparing of poultry |
for shipment is as much the business
of producers as the actual growing
of the birds, and the overhead ex-
penses of preparing for shipping is
largely governed by whether or not
eévry member of the pool does his
share of the work. The steps to be
taken to form a pool are clearly set
forth. :

Aid U.S. Farmers

Large Sums To Be Paid Out To Help
Agriculturists In States

More than $1,000,000,000 is destined
to go into the pockets of United
States farmers through the agricul-
ture adjustment administration be-
fore the end of 1935.

Cotton, tobacco, wheat and corn-
hog benefit payments will total $779,-
402,000, officials estimated. Of this
sum $282,882,519.21 had been paid
out up to August 25.

Of the latter payments, cotton
farmers have received the lion's
share, $152,510,793. Wheat farmers
netted $67,781,951; corn-hog farmers,
$46,815,988, and tobacco growers,
$15,773,785.

In addition to the $779,402,000—
which is being paid out to farmers
for controlling production — cattle
raisers will net about $120,000,000
and sheepmen approximately $7,500,-
000 by selling drouth-stricken ani-
mals to the government. This raises
the total for farm adjustments close
to $1,000,0000,000.

The figures do not include benefit
payments under the sugar program
which is still being drafted.

Inventors Seldom Get Rich

Thousands Of Gadgets Are Never
Granted A Patent

A window pane, which, on being
broken by a burglar, creates an in-
tense vacuum, drawing the hapless
intruder into the room and holding
him on the floor until captured, was
among the 20,000 inventions of last
year which were not granted patents.
“Perpetual motion machines are the
most popular, and about a hundred
‘fresh’ discoveries of this kind are
made every year,” a Well-known firm
of patent agents informed a repre-
sentative.

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Who knows but that as now power-
ful engines pull the freight cars,
some day a powerful plane will pull
half a dozen gliders at its heels—
the freight train of the air.

Lifeguards to the number of 4,000
are on duty in England during the

summer. More than 1,500 are women.

Reindeer In North

Four Year Trek Expected To End}
This Fall |

After a trek of four years across}
Alaska and the northern corner of

Pe lfatarestind History Of Panama
Dates Back To The Time Of

the Yukon, nearly 3000 racer) Lhe Earliest European Explorers

which were purchased by the Cana-

dian government in 1929, are now at
the west side of the delta of the
Mackenzie river in the Northwest
Territories, and wait the coming of New Government Map Shows Large
winter when they will cross the} Sheep Ranches
mouth of the Mackenzie on the ice. A map showing the location cf all
Under the direction of experienced) large sheep ranches jn Western Can-
reindeer herders the herd began the|ada has been prepared by the De-
arduous 1,000-mile journey across the| partment of the Interior at the in-
roof of the world from Napaktoolek | stance of the Economics Brancn cot
in Western Alaska to the Mackenzie|the Dominion Department of Agri-

Sheep In Western Canada

river delta in December, 1929. Early| culture to assist sheep ~anchers,
in January, 1934, the herd started on| f.rmers, and feeders to make con-
the 70-mile dash across the mouth] tacts with one another. The map

of the Mackenzie from the west to
the east side, but once out on the
frozen river it was discovered that,
owing to the high winds and bliz-
zards which had prevailed during the
winter, large stretches of the ice had
been blown clear of snow, and as the
deer cannot travel on glare ice it was
necessary to make frequent and long
detours from the route originally
selected in order to get footing for
the animals. To still further intensify
the difficulties, after they had been
out for more than 48 hours on the
ice a heavy blizzard arose and in the
midst of this the deer stampeded
back along their trail to the grazing
area near Shingle Point where they
had spent last summer.

Another attempt to cross the Mac-
Kenzie will be made in the autumn
of this year when the delta freezes
over again and with the selection of

may be obtained from G. S. Her-
ringer, sccretary of the South-west-
ern Saskatchewan Wool Growers’
Association, Maple Creek, Sask.; N.
T. McLeod, secretary of the Southern
Alberta Sheep Breeders, Ltd., 1221
2nd Ave., Lethbridge, Alta.; Miss M.
E. Lauder, <ecretary, British Colum-
bia Sheep Breeders' Association,
Kamloops, B.C., or the Economica
Branch, Department of Agriculture,
Ottawa.

The purpose of the map is to im-
Prove the contact between ranchers
and those wishing to feed lambs or
purchase sheep, It is pointed 2ut
that there is a considerable move-
ment of such livestock from ranches
to farms particularly during the fall
of the year for feeding purposes.
Lambs are often contracted to farm-
ers and breeding ewes are sometimes

The Republic of Panama, divided
by the narrow canal zone strip, is
one of the least known of the nations
on the Western Hemisphere, and yet
practically every school child knows
of the Panama Canal, the great
American - built, American - owned
waterway connecting the Atlantic
with the Pacific.

Panama the Republic is one of the
infants of the New World, both in
area and age, yet its history dates
back to the time of the earliest
European explorers of America.

Columbus cruised in Panamanian
bays on his fourth voyage in search
of a short cut from Europe to
Cathay. Balboe crossed this lean
neck of land to discover the Pacific
ocean. Later it enjoyed high rank
among the leading Spanish colonies
because rich men on the West coast
of South America preferred to cross
it rather than to “double’’ Cape Horn
on their way to Europe.

Panama's real advancement, how-
ever, dates from 1903, when the
country changed from a department
of Colombia to an independent state.

In 1902 the United States by treaty
offered to pay the government of
Colombia $10,000,000 in gold for con-
cessions which would make possible
the building of a canal across Pana-
ma and provided for an annuity of
$250,000, nine days after

, | Sold to farmers on a f
another route across the ice, which es

the of this ag It

lamb basis. Copies of con-
tracts used for such purposes may
also be obtained upon request from
those mentioned above.

In the case of ewes purchased un-
der contract it is the custom for the
rancher to deal directly with the
farmer, This makes it desirable that
the farmer be located within driving
distance or a maximum of approxi-
mately fifty miles from the rancher
with whom he is dealing.

The location and address of sheep
| tanchers is given on the map and
| those interested in the feeding of
If They Could Get Better Price For) lambs or in the purchase of ews un-

Their Bread | der contract or otherwise may corre-

A five-year plan is underway in| spond directly with ranchers or with
Great Britain in an effort to add to| the secretaries of the associations
the of of bread
and in some way obtain price regula-
tion, stated J. H. Merrett, of Cardiff,
one of 12 members of the Natlonal
Association of Master Bakers and
Confectioners visiting Canada.

Both Mr. Merrett and William

past experience indicates is more sat-
isfactory, it is believed the herd will
be safely delivered to the Department
of the Interior, who will place them
on the winter grazing range to the
east of the delta of the Mackenzie,
and the work of building up a new
source of supply of food and clothing
for future generations of the Do-
minion's northern natives will begin.

English Bakers Would
Want Canadian Flour

‘The preparation of this map is one
of the results of an economic survey
carried on in behalf of the sheep
ranchers of Western Canada by the
Economics Branch of the Department
of Agriculture with the co-9>+ration

further provided that the territory
comprising the canal zone should be
neutral and under the guarantee of
both countries. ‘

The Colombian senate voted
against the acceptance of the treaty,
and as a result ,on November 4, 1903,
Panama declared itself an independ-
ent republic. The United States
troops prevented the land of Colom-
bian forces at Colon and Acapulco,
and the new republic was formally
recognized by the United States on
November 13, 1903. The treaty with
the new republic was concluded a
week later.

Under the treaty the Republic of
Panama granted to the United
States a zone of land ten miles in
width and extending five miles on
either side of the centre of the canal,
with the proviso that the cities of
Panama and Colon should not be in-
cluded within the grant. The com-
pensation granted to Panama for

is was the same as pro-

of the Dominion Farms
and Livestock Branches.

Aid For Sheep Breeders

Rambouillet Rams To Be Imported

Collier of Leigh, past president of
the association, said a bread price
war had prevailed in Britain for the
last two years. In the Manchester
and Liverpool district, they said, un-
til four months ago bread sold as
low “as a penny a pound delivered From Montana
to) the' door.” ; In order to improve the type of
If the bakers can obtain a better! socks by the introduction of new
price for their bread, they added, they }1o9q, southern Alberta sheep breed-
will demand the higher quality flour! 615 wil receive Dominion aid in the
from Canada. They declared the| nuchase of Rambouillet rams in
percentage of Canadian wheat in Montana for thelr local herds, ac-
thelr bread was not as high as it} cording to N. T. Macleod, secretary
should beat, present | of the Alberta Sheep Breeders’ Asso-
Sane ae lciation, The Southern Alberta and
Grows) Coffee! Plants | Southern Saskatchewan Sheep Grow-
While on a trip through Michigan ers’ Associations will share in the
@ year ago, a London, Ont., resident | purchase and while the federal assist-
tasted coffee and peaches grown| ance will not meet the requirements
there. On his return he brought seeds/ of the breeders, it will be substantial.
of both plants. Now he has three | A. A. Macmillan, head of the sheep
coffee plants and a peach vine. The | and swine division of the Ottawa gov-
peaches taste like Canadian-grown,| ernment has been in Montana and
but grow on a vine instead of a tree.| nas spotted the rams from which it
There are no pits and are about the| is expected W. S. Benson, field man
size of a goose egg. |for the Canadian Co-operative Wool
| Growers’ Association, will make the
Lightning conductors will be fitted| gnal choice. The Dominion govern-

Ses . }
on historic trees in Czecho-Slovakia. -| ment will pay Mr. Benson's expenses|

SPEEDY CANADIAN GIRLS CREATED NEW RECORD

= and the freight from Montana to|
the various destinations in Alberta|

On the first day of the British
. {Stadium at London, this Canadian quartette created a new British record of
1 minute 142-5 seconds in the Women's 660 Yards Rela
to right: A. Dearnley, E, Meacher, L. Palmer and B, White.

| and . ‘The
| are expected to total two car-loads,

A Timely Warning

If there are still people who will
{nyest in unknown stocks on the
advice of someone they don’t know}
on a telephone tip, their friends
|should watch them. With the new
| popularity of gold mine stocks, the
[telephone racketcers are busy again,

vided in the former offer to Colombia.
The area measures 32,358 square
miles, with a population of half a
million. .

Actual work on the canal was
started in 1904, but little progress
was made until 1907, when the work
was turned over to the engineer
corps of the regular army under the
direction of General G. W. Goethals,
under whose efficient administration
the gigantic work was brought to a
successful issue in August, 1914.

Shaped like a crawling caterpil-
lar, with its head touching Costa
Rica on the north and its tail reach-
ing southward to the forested moun-
tains of Colombia, Panama, equal in
area to the State of Maine, is known
to few people beyond its borders he-
cause its fame is overshadowed by
the importance to the world 7f the
Panama Canal and the Panama Canal
Zone.

Panama City, visited by nearly
every passenger who debarks at
Colon, from the frequent Mauretania
cruises, the largest to call at Colon,
fis on the Pacific side of the canal.
They find Panama City a shoppers’
paradise. The bay is still a fisher-
man’s paradise. “Panama”, in the
native Indian tongue, means “abund-
ant fish”.

When Morgan, the pirate, sacked
old Panama City in 1671 more than
175 pack animals were needed to

| carry away the gold, silver and other

loot previously looted from the
natives of the Spaniards.

The old city was founded in 1516
and is the oldest town on the main-

land of America. Tourists never fail

| It is not the old direct long distance

phone call scheme, it has local varia-|
| tions, but is still a trap to sell shares
|to dupes ready to part with good
| money in blind hints on the advice
| of strangers over camouflaged tele-
| phone calls——Brandon Sun.

Only One Worthy
Although he has been dead S4
years, Henri de Balzac has just been
awarded a literary prize of $625. The

| Paris, has decided that no living
| writer was worthy to receive the
award this year. The money will be
Empire Games at the White City | given to the Balzac House in Paris.

y Race,

From left |
{his famous poem, “In Memoriam",

French Society of Men of Letters, in in
for a few minutes

deceptive, or
ment in respect to eggs offered for
Tennyson took 17 years to write! sje or distribution

to visit the old cathedral, the tower
of which still stands although the
greater part of the church’s walls
have fallen in. A tree is growing
where the centre aisle used to be
Well Defined

An English bishop has said that
he is not sure what a beauty parlor
is. A beauty parlor is a place where
a woman is quite content to look her
worst for several hours on any day
which she wants to look her best

No person shall vablish an untrue,

misleading advertise-

says Ue Cana-

jdian egg regulations.

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