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vBBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSOUI NEWS

}ome Encouraging Signs Show
Better Planning of Towns is

Now Taking Hold in Canada

- Town planning is makine slow but
rls progress in-Canada, accord- |
_ ing to the report of the committee on
planning of the Dominion Land |
veyors’ Association, compiled by |

). H. Bartley, D.LS.
‘ committee finds, in reviewing
i© progress of the year in this

world-wide movement, that there are|
some encouraging signs that better |
_ planning of towns and cities is cateh- |
ing on in the Dominion. From east.to|
west it {s found that In the larger|
Gite there Is an awakening con-
ess as to the benefits ta be
erlved. In Montreal the movement
} voluntary, an organization having
formed for the development of!

1 which can hardly fail to result |

“the operation of an official city |

a | Sponsored and financed by the

‘In Vancouver action followed the
passing of a provincial. Town Plan-

Danzig Families for West

Canada is Report
According to reports, arrangements
have been completed for the bringing
out to the west of several hundred
families from the Danzig Free State.

This information is given by Rey. E.|

Schmok, Winnipeg, manager of the
Lutheran Immigration Board, who
has returned from a trip to Europe.
While there he visited Germany
where he interviewed the government
officials of that country on emigra-
tion. As a result of his interview he
expects heavier immigration from
that country, this year.

The_ Lutheran
connections have been enlarged
Europe, and 10,000 agricultural
tlers will be brought
through activitles of that organiza-
tion, according to Mr. Schmok.

in
set-

immigration Board}

to Canada}

Describes Edison’s Work

J. W. Lieb Tells Electric Light Body
of Development of Lamp

John W. Lieb, vice-president and
| general manager of ‘the New York
Edison Company, told how Thomas A.
| Edison developed a commercially
| practicable incandescent lamp, at the
| dinner of the engineering section of
the National Electric Light Associa-

; Several Hundred to be Brought to/ tion. He said that before Edison be-

| Ban research work on the lamp he
| devoted six or eight months’ study to
| the gas indust providing the
| closest parallel; that underground dis-
| tribution similar to that used by gas
companies was essential. He then
| calculated that an electric light to be
| successful must have a resistance of
Jat least 100 ohms, which was far
| Sreater than that aimed at by other
| experimenters, and on that basis be-
| gan his search for a filament which
| would carry a tension of 100 volts.
A revolution in the electric indus-
try which will be comparable to the
revolution caused by the use of al-
ternating current was predicted by
Dr. C. F. Hirschfield. of the Detroit
Edison Company. He sald he did not
know what form the revolution would
take, but was satisfied that research

as

Should Be Compelled
To Learn English |

Immigrants Who Understand Lan-|
guage Make Better Citizens |

An Ontario Magistrate recently
made the suggestion that foreigners
Who could not speak English after so
Many years’ residence in Canada
should be given some form of punish- |
ment.

Rather drastic. But
should be done about it,
seem to have the right
Australia.

Every immigrant has to pass a lan- |
fuage test. The failure to pass
“No admittance.”

If immigrants are never going to!
learn any language but their own,|
they should stay in their own land.|
Unless they get a working knowl-
edge of/the speech of the country
they have come to they will never}
become citizens of their adopted
land. It seems that they will herd to-|
gether, forming “Little Italys,” “Little
Germanys,” or whatever country!
they come from, continuing the hab-|
its of their native soil, making no at-}|
tempt to Canadianize themselves so|
long as they rub along and make al
living comfortably.

something

and they |
method in|

| Rape,

| cabbage make excellent

Question of National Defence
Is Engaging Serious Attention
Of Authorities in Canada

Since the definite declaration by
the Imperial Conference of the in-
dependent status of the Dominions
there h a good
| cussion in

For Fattening Cattle
— |

Kale and Cabbage Make.
Excellent Pasture for Sheep,
Swine and Cattle
Rape, kale and some varieties ot!
pasture for
sheep, swine and cattle, being par- |
Ucularly valuable for young cattle
and fattening steers. Grown in poul-
try runs, they make a satisfactory
free-range food for most kinds of
poultry. They occupy permanent The Ottawa Citizen thinks that the
Place- in the regular farm rotation in| Royal Canadian Naval Air Service
many European countries. They are, | should be revived. It speaks of the
however, not yet utilized in Canada| Work which it did during the war in
to the extent that their value war-| Protecting Canada’s sea lines of com-

Tants and in order to bring them to| munication and it says:

the attention of farmers the Domin-| “Canada should have a minimum
ion Experimental Farms Branch has/| number of cruisers, mine-layers, de-
recently issued a pamphlet entitled | stroyers and auxiliary ships for naval
“Fleshy Annual Pastures” giving in-| service; but most effective, without
formation concerning these crops in| Sreat expense, would be the revival
the hope of bringing about their moral of the Royal Canadian Naval Air Ser-

been deal of dis
Sanada of the question of
defence. Reports from
Ottawa intimate that the principal
feature of the estimates for
Department of Defence will be an in-
crease in the appropriation for the
air force with the object of build-
| ing up that branch.

national

the

ng Act. The city promptly ap- ae work now going on would bring it = general use. vice. An eflicient air service cannot
nted a town planning commission < Of course in time their children These fleshy annual pastures thrive| be hastily conjured up overnight. The
ss about in the near future. = y pa: e: |
ae consultant and staff to create a [DEAL_ will attend Canadian schools and | under a great variety of climate and| Whole success of flying depends upon
comprehensive plan for the city and ~ ‘e . . . speak the. English language but they| oi: conditionse hdl they <yidlaretics} Deelicitnatyiorcanten tins
€ tax on 0 aSMOns-F Dentist Advises Use of Milk | int sti only bo hat Capadiantz sat : : ‘ 5
environs at a cost of $40,000, spread y be ha ana 2 prisingly well even where- the sum- The development of civil aviation
lance Min- because the influence and the com

‘over three years. Surrounding mun-
icipalities probably will agree on a

Says Average Modern Diet Lacking
in Calcium and Phosphorous

mon tongue of the home will remain

New land may| Will furnish the very best Kind of re-
for growing} Serve for national defence. In the

mer rainfall is light.
be used to advantage

what it was in the land the family
came from. It will take generations

regional plan.

i | them, and on muck soils they are fre-| development of an air force reserve,
Industrial companies who are es-

At the Board of Trade meeting |
quently more profitable than any| however, one of the first steps should

here, Dr. Wallace Seccombe, Dean of

: 4
4 % Fin Bi Semi lo7y

_ tablishing great enterprises in Can-

ca ada are keenly alive to the advan-
5

rs ‘tages of correct planning of their

the Faculty of Dentistry of the Uni-
versity of Toronto, took issue with

for immigrants of this type to become
Canadians, whereas the process of
making over should commence from

Other forage crop. The pamphlet,| be to take the administration of civil
which may be obtained from the Pub-| aviation out of military control. Civil
lications Branch, Department of| government flying and commercial

= the suggestion of Dr. J. Sim Wallace,
dated ; Pe srecigs ai eae aires of Sob isaal who has been lecturing Ge ee ee ehagkengi com Agriculture, Ottawa, gives general in-| aviation should be administered as
three cents : eae me 2 pte throughout Canada that milk should a F Z bie 5 D | formation on the cultivation of these| are mercrant shipping and railways,
pany of Canada is Ol haacontiiued Ut dies dick hevond adult immigrants and -everyone or) crops and the uses to which they| by civilian officials.
It ls most = Jaying out the nucleus of a city for two years of age, after the deciduous | ‘M@™ ™ade to attend special classes] may be put “Ta Great Britain, where there 1s
rice of the : a its employees on former raw lands rae aoe ee er aaeaey for foreigners, so that they cannot| F wae a separate Air Ministry, the depart-
in any way comprising some 600 acres. They stated that the average modern diet | ™@* the excuse that they do not Account Book for Farmers | ment of civil aviation is administered
on. are proceeding on carefully prepared ly Tacking tan a nitial know the language because there iin ES quite apart from the Royal Air Foree
plans designed for an ultimate pop- SON Co ghee Seka were no facilities to teach them. Department of Agriculture Prepares! —, 7 2 ay

y a “pts elements of calcium and phosphorous although, of course, there is the
ute lation of 40,000. Construction of 270 andmireed that -ralliehecoatinaearis One for General Use closest co-operation in building up an
etler)—"My- houses was included in last year's the Rtscan aaa and also of adults Advantages of the Country Frequent reference has been made! afr force reserve. It would be an
heimer—" ‘Program, and plans include develop- Becdisarit Shia wage Meal — in recent issues of the farm press] economy for Canada to bring civil
you spell ment of roads, sanitary and fire pro- fieierocs of ‘he vitdivelements than Subjects of Interest More Varied] to the desirability of making an in-| aviation, shipping, radio-telegraphy,
bette tection and landscape treatment. Mratcaitainea ine wie ite food E Than Those in City ventory or taking stock of farm sup-| railways and canals under one minis-
the way, _ In Western Canada the town plan- ; Te wascalen seL ae Sica a It is a matter of common observa-| plies, implements, liye stock, etc., ter, ima Department of Communica-

letter “My ‘ning moyement is gathering momen- tials ths ae, ap the be were suf-| 40m that countrybred people are not| during the month of March. The sug-| tions.’
ear and tear tum. Certain of the municipalities zi more dullwitted than townsfolk.| gestion {s a good one, and the Domin- The Citizen suggests that Major-

ound Winnipeg sare taking steps
ard the formation of town plans
ler Manitoba laws, and the City
of Edmonton has announced its in-
te | Of proceeding similarly. Kit-
Victoria and Ottawa are other
Gian cities in which definite

gress has been made.
eport concludes: “It is sug-
that the dominant course for
rapid advancement of town plan-
| Canada is a matter of educa-
md persuasion and that the
necessary enactments will inevilably
20 ~ If in the development of our
Canadian cities and towns we
by wise planning, avoid the crea-
ion of slum and tenement districts,
we will be in a far more advanced
_ position than could be secured by any
ra itle efforts in the future to develop
wish civic monuments in an attempt
) conceal the squalor of the neglect-

ed district

- The Village Blacksmith
Pegs —
a Business Was Never Better in This
‘Trade Than It Is Today
_ Those who lament the passing of
‘the village blacksmith with his mus-
sled arms and musical anvil, will dry
their tears when they learn that the
a business of the village smithy was
_ ‘Never better than it is today.
‘This ‘fact was brought out at the
annual convention of the Manitoba
- Assoclation of Blacksmiths, Horse-
hoers and Woodworkers, held in
_ Winnipeg.

Although the old grey mare is giy-
ing way to the new “tin lizzie’ the
acksmith still finds his. brow damp

_ with honest perspiration, Instead of
a dobbin with a new set of iron
p oes, he is called upon to fix a brok-
nm gadget on the tractor and other

echanical repairs.
- Business 1s good in the blacksmith
le, but is dificult to get the rising
ition to take it up. Black-

hs immigrating from

golng in the next generation,
sald.

—"What are you so furious

. Europe |
t be relied upon to keep the)

ie—"Dalsy called me an old}
as } dam,

“Why, you're not so old.”
iy

A New Bloomer Dress

Charmingly simple is the attractive
bloomer dress pictured here and a
style very easily fashioned. The front
and back are gathered to a fitted yoke
opening on the kimona shoulders
while a trim belt fastens in front. The
bloomers have elastic run through a
top casing and at the lower edge of
the legs. No, 1492 is in sizes 2, 4, 6
and 8 years. Size 4 years requires
25g yards 36-inch material, or 15%
yards 54-inch, and % yard 36-inch
contrasting for yoke and belt. Price
20 cents the pattern,

Our new Fashion Book contains
many styles showing how to dress
boys and girls. Simplicity is the rule
for well-dressed children. Clothes of
character and individuality for the
junior folks are hard to buy, but easy
to make with our patterns, A small
amount of money spent on good ma~
terials, cut on simple Unes, will give
children the privilege of wearing
adorable things. Price of the book
10 cents the copy.

How To Order Patterns

Address—Winnipeg Newspaper Union,
175 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg.

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TOWD .oe---eers

Seemed Good Suggestion

Fair buyer in store:—I want a pres-
ent for a gentleman; will you assist
me in my choice?

Polite salesman:—Certainly,
Would a tie be suitable?
Fair buyer:—No. He has a beard
Salesman:—How fancy

ma-

about a

a S.,
__ Dad—My dear girl, has he given| Waistcoat.

any encouragement?

Fair buyer:—No. He has a very

Well, last night he asked it} !ons beard.

id mother were pleasant peo-|

to live with,

: EE

® word “highway” is said
id -which was

elevated as

|
|

to
|
from the name of the old Ro-|*

Says a scientist.

But the grapefruit is the only one | test.

if feet above the surface | that strikes back!

=ts

ee

oney never makes men.

fering by over-indulgence in sweets
and soft foods. Milk is an excellent
food but should not be used for soak-
ing other articles of diet. The food
should be so prepared that thorough
mastification will be necessary, and
this will assist materially in main-
taining dental health.

The World's Prize Optimist

The world’s leading feminine opti-
mist lives in Crockett, Texas. She is
Mrs. M. A. Woelfey. Mrs. Woelfey
has written to the editor of an At-
lanta paper asking him to help her
find her first husband who she hasn't
heard from since the Civil war, She
said he fought in the army under
General Wheeler and enlisted in
Georgia. The first husband’s name
was M. C. A. Smith.

A woman writer advises girls ney-
er to marry men who talk loud. This
advice is certainly sound,

Daniel is the only man we ever
heard of who wasn’t spoiled by being

lionized.

Rather have they stores of wisdom
which the feverish distractions of
townlife do not breed.

For the purpose of education the
country provides for more favorable
material in some ways than the town.
One does not need to be a Words-
worth or a Jefferies to find inexhaus-
tible subjects of interest and inquiry
in the earth and every common life.

The boy who lives amid meadows,
mountains, woods and streams is at
an advantage as compared with his
fellow whose horizon is bounded by
bricks and mortar, the endless
monotony the streets and the endless
bustle of the factory and workshop.

Ted—“Here comes Dave! He won
a golf cup and he'll talk us to death.”
. Jerry—‘Hurrah! And here comes
my cousin. He just bought a new
radio. Let's introduce them to each
other and leave them to their fate,”

Though a man conquer a thousand
men in battle, a greater conqueror}
still is he who conquers himself,

|

|record for milk and butte

Jersey in the world to give over 1,000 pounds of butter during
She also yielded during the same period 14,955 pow

| milk.

si a6 im
Champion Jersey of the World

| A Jersey: calf, drawn in a Government calf club
Salesman:—Then how about a pair|has turned out to be the
j of carpet slippers?

champion Jersey cow of the world,
production over a period of ten
Pretoria Oxford Janet is the name of this distinguished champion
Fruits and vegetables can feel pain, is owned by Harry Whittaker of Armstrong, B.C.

sedis

at Armstrong, B.c,!
holding the
months, |
and
{sg the only
a ten months |
nds of the purest

The cow

| anythin

| The champion is seen looking conténtedly from a Canadian Pacific

Men semetimes make money, bui|}Express car on her arrival at Vancouver rc cently to be exhiblted at the!

(annual lvestock exhibition at Spencers.

|
company.

jon Experimental Farms System has
published an extremely simple
Farmer’s Account Book in which are
several pages especially designed to
assist the farmer in niaking such an
inventory. To “keep accounts” in
this book requires no special know-
ledge of accounting, simply the ability
to write and add, and a record of
transactions can often be made in
less than one hour a week. The book
may be obtained from the Publica-
tions Branch of the Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa, at a nominal
charge of ten cents. No postage need
be placed on letters of application.

General MacBrien, who has just re-
signed as chief of staff of the Depart-
ment of Defence, would be a good
man to put in charge of the develop-
ment of civil aviation. He has quali-
fied as an air-pilot—Manitoba Free
Press.

Round Up of Wild Horses

Campaign in British Columbia
Make a Clean-Up of Roving
Bands

Hundreds of wild horses that have
been roaming the bunch grass and
sage brush country and the Cariboo
mountains in British Columbia, are
to be rounded up and slaughtered by
horse hazers engaged by the Provin-
cial Government.

The campaign has been carried on
in a desultory fashion for several
years, but this year the Government
hopes to make a lean-up” of the
the old country this year and it 1. roving bands that have been eating
going to start very early.” Col. Am-| cow and sheep pasturage and causing
brose Smith, Winnipeg, declared on} depredations among domesticated
his return from a two months’ yisit to| stock,
the British Isles. The shipping of- | It fs estimated there are 10,000
fices are being besieged with people! wild hors In British Columbia, most
inquiring for ps es, he said, add-|of them descendants of the stock
ing that Canada was more in the pub- | brought into the Cariboo gold coun-
lc eye at the present time than any) try by the miners of half a century
of the other Dominions® or other! ago
countries to which the  Britisher According to officials of the Govern-
usually emigrated. ment who are planning the round-up,
ay TTT | there is no cause for sentimental re-

Plans South Pole Flight |gret. The majority of the horses are
— [not of the high-spirited, graceful

Commander Byrd is Willing to Make! mustang of the fiction type, but brok-
Hazardous Trip en-down, half-crippled animals whose

An airplane dash over the South| killing would be an act of kindness.
Pole, re: far dificult It has not will
than his flight over the North Pole, is| be done with the caveasses, but it ts
being planned by Commander Rich-| probable they will be shipped across
ard Byrd, he told the the United States to a plant
gion Posts at Kansas City. | where such used

Byrd said plans for the expedition! for the manufacti
would require two He out-
lined the manifold 1} of the
South Pole region, an area twice the|
size of the United States.

The would
1,000 miles from the
said,

to

Britishers Coming to Canada

This Country New More in the Public
Eye Than any of the Other
Dominions

“Western Canada is going to see a
tremendous influx of immigrants from

ded as more been decided what

border
Material is being
> or fertilizer

American Le-

ye

ards An Extraordinary Forest
What is probably the
ordinary forest in the world oceuplies
a tablelafid
near the West C
| tre
although their trunks are as much as
No trees beir
, and the latter
long.— Popular

most extra

base be established

objective,

in width,
The
only reach a height of one foot,

X miles
t of Africa

some
he

Sharks May Furnish Leather
Sharks may rival cattle
of the

| ;
| four feet in diameter
some day than two leave

feet

more
“r producers
fof Martin M

ntative of a Seattle leather -———-

After spending 18 mo: Swedish-Belgian “No War” Pact

in Japan instructing fisher-| ‘ Royal Swedish-Belgian matri

men in the yalue of ‘ steers” hides | monial alliance bet

he predicts that sharks, once used}

only for food in the Orient, soon will

be a substantial source of raw leath-

0
er.

world, in
Chelguist,

fre often six
Science.

repres

Japanese

and Crown Prince

followed by

the two countries never

over subject,
xeluded, “vital
Jonal honor.”

has been
between to

war any even
——— inter-
was

As a farmer
city, he asked his wife

for
if there wa
she wanted, and she
plied: “You might drop into one of| my hair Is gray?

those stores and get a jar of that} Hubby—Why_ not?_I'ye loved you
‘traffic Jam’ I see advertise&k” { through three shades of hair already,

leaving

Wife—John, will you love me when