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10,456,000 hp. of: in Caiyon." power, a tor ; of ai Bower installations of Jaz, ii ree power per 1,000 population er Aahing dering: in the United States 1s.96. h.p. but. in construction. neat, ut TE Ca ow ontreal, Que.-- anada now Calgary, Alta.--Alberta seed grows has considerable.sums invested in for- ers are looking 10 this year beingithel oo ¥ itis if the statement of the most prosperofs ever known In tbe |Brankers' Trust of New York, which seed-growing industry. During theiy "Go 0" 0 atu] survey of foreign past Jaw Years they aye Brought investments held by Canadians. in great honor Rrovince any Ub accordance with the accepted Bri selves in securing the highest awards policy of financing buyers of domes available. at the Chicago International yoy ~ at "the- close 'of 1923 Can- Hay Jad Grain show. i Alberta grey adian banks were loaning to residents ers, in 1 produced ane pe the Of foreign countries in the fieighbor- more, registered Seed $ Un the hood of $350,000,000,. Direct foreign other provinces of Canada. In. the , oo in ants other than bank loans, marketing of this seed, it has been | egated in 1921 over $40,000,000 distributed throughout the Dominion | "SHS 0 pp CL LC ot well as many parts of the United bright for an active building progrem tates. here this year. . It is expected that a Regina, Sask--During the year| number of public buildings, such' as ended June 80, 1923, 1,462,288 pelts, | gehools, etc., will be erected, while sev- valued at $2,242,835, were taken in|era] industrial companies have an. the Province of Saskatchewan, ac-| nounced their intention of remodelling; cording to returns made by the chief or enlarging their plants, game warden. Of the total value,| Bridgewater, N.S.--The quanfity of muskrat accounted for more than 50| jymber and laths produced in this dis- per cent. Royalty collected by the| trict during the past winter is appre. province on these pelts totalled $89,- | cighly larger than in recent previous 568, seasons, and if satisfactory sales cand Winnipeg, Man.--Spring seeding | be made, considerable benefit. should has been carried on under favorable|be reflected from this source. Up. to, conditions and rapid progress has} the present time no difficulty has been been made. Although showery in some' experienced in disposing of laths. A fe. sey ~ Nominal All the above, c.i.f., bay ports. Ont. "barley--66 to 10¢. American cori--No. 2 yellow; 9b6e. Onto rye-74 to 78¢. Peas--No. 2, $1.40 to $1. 45. Millfeed-Del., Montreal . freights, bags included: "Bran, per ton, $23; shorts, per ton, $24; middlings, $30; good toad flour, $1. gb. Ont. wheat--No. 2 white, $1.10, Ont. No. 2 white osts--39 to dle. "1. Ont. corn--Nominal. Above is shown the "roll call" of the Strachan family from Dennistoun, Glasgow, who sailed to Canada from Glasgow on the Marburn, Mr, Strachan is a miner and he hopes to make miners out of the eight boys in his family of nine. 104 MILES AN HOUR IN S TORAGE ELEVATORS AT BRITISH PORTS "MILITARY ZENITH" Col. Vuillemin Wins French | Facilities for Moving Cana-| Aviation Trophy in 1,756- dian. Wheat Planned by Mile, All-day Flight. Labor Government. | A despatch from Paris says:--By| A despatch from London says:-- flying 1,756 miles over the "Military, Provision of storage elevators at Brit-| Zenith" course at a rate of 104 miles! ish ports to afford facilities for the] an hour, including stops, Colonel | movement of Canadian wheat in Brit-| : Vuillemin has established a new re-|ish bottoms from Vancouver is a plan cord and captured the most important | understood to be engaging the atten: French aviation trophy. tion of the Labor Government as an The "Military Zenith" competition | alternative to the Imperial Preference, involves an all day flight twice cover- 80" much interest has been taken by ing a circuit formed by a chain of | Labor members in the scheme that cities, including Paris, Tours, Cha-| Hon. Geo. Hoadley, Minister of Agri- teauroux, Lyons, Strasbourg, Metz, culture for Alberta, was asked to talk Dijon, and'a return to Paris. The 1,|it over with Labor members interested 766 mile route has tempted all the|in Empire affairs. Liberal members greatest military pilots. have also expressed approval of' the Colonel Vuillemin, flying the larger | scheme, of the day in heavy rain and | The plan wculd in all probability against a nasty wind for the rest ot] { ultimately resolve itself into a co- the journey, accomplished the total | operation agreement between the Al- distance in sixteen hours, fifty-four berta wheat pool and interests on this "minutes and thirty-four seconds, rep-|side; whether Governmental 'or pri- resenting an average speed of 104 vate, which would construst storage miles an hour. It is urged Ain its 'favor holder, Sergeant Major Bonnet, made that a lange part of the grain shipped| $4 a speed of 101 miles an hour. via eastern ports passes over Amer- Colonel Vulilemin started from the/ican railways, is loaded at American} EE illa-Coublay Areodrome Er ports and financed by American The previous record morning, Just after four o'clock, and | money. ten minutes after his long over the whole eastern half of 1 Twenty 'minutes later he 3 n for the second circuit. cked 'back at Villa-Coublay a mivutés before nine o'clock. a lion Vir A despatch from Paris says:i--A remarkable engineering feat; was' ac- Bediers, Ont. /flour--Ninety per cent, pat, in jute bags, Montreal, prompt gmp ment, $4.95; Toronto basis, $4.9 bulk 'seaboard, $4.60. 12 Man. flour--ast ats., in jute sacks, | * $6.50 per bbl; 2n pats., $6. | Hay--Extra No. 2 timothy, per wa, track, Toronto, $16; No. 2, $16; Zh bils em nS ewes $i to $10.60 bucks, to $18; do, culls, $14 to $15; 3 to 18¢; $8.80; do, off cars, fong haul, $8.40. MONTREAL. ° Oats, Can. west, No. 2, Son to Sle} | do, No. 3, 48% to 49c feed, 47% to 48c; No. eal waite, 44 to 4bc. Flour, Man, spring wheat ats., 1sts, $6.50; 2nds, $6; strong akers', .80; winter pats,, choice, $6.90 to $6; rolled oats, bag % Ibs. | 182.90 to $3, Bran, $23.26. .26. Middlings, $30.25. Hay, No. Tr ton, car lots, $16.50 to $17. utter, No. 1, pasteurized, 82%ec; iNo. 1 creamery, 31%c; seconds, ! 80%c: Eggs, resh specials, - 86¢; (fresh extras, 83c; fresh firsts, 20c.| We have about 50 ~~ we have: 'and $I. This silk has a beautiful WORE Hens : ae Well as for dre This is one of the o popular | Sloss, Plain Pink, R -the inventory "in the section, Peribonks and Chibogama for the The first report: received at the de-' tment here, though describing the ying as most successful, states that h-unusual amount of snow has Seen | rn sections just Corticelli Mercerise Boys' Khaki Shirts-and P : quality duck, size 124 | Boys' Coveralls i in i plain cated in the northe: reports, { railwa; at the heads "of the rivers are still! vered with ice, which is 'a rather, "The State Department ~ Jescribed| elation is over those reports, | 7 the pact in part as follows: as well as others coming from ather w. miles north of Lake St. John | Bo also refer to the facts; husual occurrence. This is a mixed lot~--they 2 At the Forest Protection aia "Each Government is to furnish sections of the province, which mean information, upon request, to the ap-| that the dangerous period is still far 8, $18 to $14; mixed $11 to $11. 6; Fria, per bag, car lots, $1. '40 » cerning clearances of vessels or the outbreaks recorded, dt is learned from lower grades, 's10 to $12. Straw..Carlots, per ten, $9.50 to} 2 ridhings.- Standard, reclearied, ¢! o.b, Bay ports, per ton, $16. Cheese--New, large, 16% » 17¢; twins, 17 to 18c; triplets, 18 to 19¢; ! Stiltors, 20¢. © Old, large, 22 to 23¢c twins, 28 to 24¢; triplets, 24 to 25c. | Butter-- Finest, creamery prints, 35 to 36¢; No, 1 creamery, 3 t0.85¢; No.d 2, 38 to 84c¢; dairy, 28 t) 80c. He Bggs--Extras, fresh, hi % cartons, 34i to 3bc; extra 'loose, 3%¢; firsts, 29¢; seconds, 25e. Live poultry, hens, over 5 Ibs. 26; | ized by George Binney will "shortly, cles, the importation of which is for- do, 4 to 5 1b§,, 24c; do, 3 to 4 Ibs. 16¢; { spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, Bei | roosters, 18¢c; ducklings, over § Ibs., 26¢4-do; 4 tab Ibs; Dressed ym en over b lbs, : [28 ; do, 8 to 4 Ibs., 18e; spring Shiek- } lens, 2 Tbs. and over, 60c; ducklings, | over' 5 lbs., | 22c. Beans----Can. handpicked, Ib. 6%c; | { the support of the Royal Geographical joa ance. | Primes, | Map products 8 Tup, per imp | gal, per. b-gal. tin, $2.40 per gal; a] sugar, lb, 25 to 26¢c. Honey--60-Ib. fing, i to 11%e per | Ib.; 10-lb. tins, 11.to 12¢; 5-lb.. tins, f11% to 12¢; 23-1b, tins, 12% to Jaci i {comb honey, per doz., No. 1, $3.75 t i No. 2, $325 to $8. 50. Smoked: meats--Hams, med, 23 to 24c; cooked hams, 84 to 36¢; smoked rolls, 17. to 18c; . cottage rolls, 18 to 20c; breakfast bacon 1 to 250; 8 e- cial brand breakfast bacon, 28'to abe; backs, boneless; 27 to 33c. Cured meats--Long clear baco: ta 70 lbs, $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs. ie 90 lbs, and u a $17; Tightweight rolls, in Jarrels. § Foavyweight rolls, $32. Pure "tierees, 14% to 15%e; ig "ht 15%e; pails, 16% to 16¢; brinta, 18 to 18%¢; shortening, tierces, 14 to 14%; tubs, 14% to 1bc; pails, 16 to 15%c; prints, 16% to 17¢. xport ster, choice, $8 to $8.15; do, good, $7.25 to $7.76; export heif- | ers, $7.25 to. $7.60; £0 780; butcher Cy ld the Trish Free State, has been ap:, The vessels of the Special - $ 75; do, good, to $6.75; do, hea $6.75 to Rh do, ht 5 to $5; ber heifers, ch $5.73 bo 351 butclir sows chale Bio ; bu Sows ni butcher bulls, $4.50 1 $5.25; ae $2.50 to $3.50; ;zanners and e cs $838 utters, ree see. BRITISH, EXPEDITION | TO EXPLORE ARCTIC Two Ships and Se Seaplane to be Used by Bitiney Exploration A "despatch from" London says:-- The British Arctic "expedition organ-| sail from Newcastle. Two ships have been chartered--a 800-ton Norwegian | sloop. . A seaplane specially designed for Arctic reconnaigsance work will j@ccompany the ex tion, .which has' Society, the Air Survey Committee of the War Office and the Air Minister. The chief object of the expedition' is to explore North Eastland, an island to the northwest of the main' Spitsbergen Island: Other -objects are to beat the farthest north recor: lof. sailing in navigable waters and to investigate the northwest of the Franz Joseph. Archipelago, -- Col. 8, E. Tennant is to lead the sledging party in 'North Eastland, 'and Lieut. Aldans will conduct the 50} ground survey. The party will include Captain Helmer Hansen, who was at the South Pole with Amundsen. A despatch from Dublin says: -- | Official announcement was made that Hugh Kennedy, Attorney-General for pointed Chief Justice and Timothy Sullivan, president of the High Court! pi seat in the Dail Eireann ani vi post to of Attorney-General Mr; Ket are yg known Ij jad transportation of cargoes, shipments unofficial sources, but they haye been | or. loads of articles across the inter-! checked with success, and originated national boundary when the importa-| on "lots. tion of the articles transported by! Jost ei at this time ae Provinces land is subject to the payment of du-; Was glready by fo fires: ties; oalso irformation respecting clearances of vessels to any ports when there is ground to suspect that the owners or persons in possession of the cargo intend to smuggle it into American or Canadian _erritory.}: i Cleardnces are to be denied to ves-i' sels carrying cargo consisting of arti- ' bidden by either country, when it is | evident from the tonnage, size or gen- { eral character of the-vessel, or the twhaler-and a small Norwegian sealing length of the voyage of certain other conditions that the vessel will be un- able to carry the cargo to the desti- nation proposed in the application for "Arrangement is made for the li , turn, under reagonable conditions, of property brought, into either country | from the territory of the other when |. the owners are nationals of such other country. [ i "There is agreement that both countries shall exchange information ' concerning the names and activities! of persons known to be engaged in the violation of the narcotic laws of the two countries, "The convention also provides for] the attendance of Government officials i" of oné country as witnesses in the other, and. the prodiction of records cil reveal It at a League of Mm and files or certified copies thereof in % i the trial of civil 'and criminal cases. er Squadron Visits Honolulu : En Route to Canada Cl mme---- i Park Lane will goon loge ' 'A despatch' from' Lotidon says: | Loudon's moet aristocr 'Service if | Squadron, which is touring the Em- ak he. command. of: Vice-| be re in the om 75 to|of Justice. 'Mr. Kennedy resigned | bie, Adil Sir Frederick Field, ara due| portant aren Lintend 1 arrive soon at Honolulu, the first Shel, of other power at which. they. 8 8 propriate officers of the other, con-jaway. There have been a few small]. Service of the Department of the In- .{ abundant = and 7| their ther complied. by. an Bis in Thursday's final of the an- 'nual conference of the ciety 'of Locomotive -Enginecrs 'and { Firemen, which instructed delegates {to return to t! for a nation- Sctiots | preite ssking an ate realy from the compapie t thet 'for. pln of 'the classifica : § promotion system of locomotive fire- = men, and for full pay for Sunda +4 work whether or: nots full day's w is done. Natural Resources B Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intelligence terior at Ottawa says: The industrial structure of Canada 4 rests in u udgution degree upon the utilization of Wer, the. extension of the a yr been Dorable 'with regard to both The actual extent of Canada's water- powers has been by no means fully © '! 1 ascertained, but they are known to be well . distributed - throughout the Dominion, Which, with tributaries, form important f zones for settlement and industria yxpansion. Foremost amongst the onistandiig poweér rivers in Canada is the St. Lawrence, not only because of its 'enormous discharge, but also due to almost complete natural storage the "| of the Great Lakes which feed it. This great river is capable of furnishing over 8,500,000" horse-power, of which less than 1,600,000 horse-power is in the TE reach and would 8 in tobe apportioned between Can- ited tates. large rivers flow- = be into the St. Lawrence from the northern Laurentian, plateau is the "| Ottawa, for most of its length lying between Quebec and Ontario. On the "river development has 'been ; oniined. to ens Shu 100000 horse- surveys Br i A Ti yh ra RR UL So CS Ohagp 1