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---- Ontario Hospital At Orillia Burned Patients Safe As Auditorium Is Destroyed--Patient Over- come by Smoke--Wiring is Blamed Orillia, Aug. 20.--Fire believed to have been caused by defgetive wiring destroyed the main auditorium of the Ontarlo Hospital building, one mile south of here, late Sunday, caused damage estimated at between $15,000 "and $20,000. The two large dining halls on the ground floor of the" building were also destroyed before the blaze was brought under ¢dntrol. Investigation conducted by Superin- tendent Dr. S. J. W, Horne revealed that the fire had broken out on the stage, at one end "ot the auditorium, "pod that it had worked itssway up the screens to the rafters, then setting the roof ablaze. All patients were removed without difficulty, Dr. Horne said. Fire Chief Joseph Blackey of Orillia, who hastened to the scene with as many men as could be mustered, sald improperly covered electric wires were the probable cause. Fireman Joseph Gibbons was slight. ly .injured when he was struck by a piece of slate falling from the roof of the burning building. One patient of the hospital was over- come temporarily by smoke when he was working in the biulding as a volun- teer of the squad which was fighting the flames. He was aided by flwemen and other patient-volunteers to a fire escape and thence to the ground, and revived soon in the open air. None of the patients who were moved at the outbreak of the fire was housed in the building. There were about 200 in the twe nearby dormitory buildings, separated by distance and thick brick walls from the structure in which, the fire occurred. Hospital officials, however, had the 200 moved to other buildings on the hospital grounds until all possible danger was ended by the extinction of the fire. Ten Lives Lost Off New Jersey Reported Drowned in Gale Between Atlantic and Ocean Cities Ocean City, N.J., Aug. 20.--Ten persons were reported to have been drowned today along thz Atlantic coast between here and Atlantic City in a furious gale which capsized sev- eral small boats. One of the victims of the storm - was Captain Theodore van Zandt, skipper of the sailing boat, Etta, The boat turned over a quarter of a mile off shore, near the Atlantic City inlet. Six fishermen aboard the Etta were paved by nearby sailing craft, The coast guard station here re- ported that at least five small boats rapsized during the storm, and efforts * mere being made to determine how many lives were lost, About 30 other boats, most of them fishing smacks, were standing off sliore, while others headed for Cape May and protection of the bay. Two toast guard patrol boats and a cutter were patrolling the area, searching for bodies and survivors of the dis- nsters, and warning other boats not to attempt to cross the bar here or at Atlantic City because of the heavy . Beas. - So-- Sb ----------e Ing>rsoll Bridge Falls into Thames River Ingersoll, 'Aug. 20.--The Wonham street bridge over the Thames River buckled and plurged into the water on Saturday afternoon, carrying with it an eleven-year-old lad who was fish- ing from the structure. The lad fared 1. worse than to have his hair damp- ened when the big splash came, A swiniming hole beneath the struc- ture was void of bathers at the time. For some years the bridge has been condemned, and the street which' held it closed to all vehicular' traffic. This was not so much on account of the condition of the bridge as because the street was considered private proper- ty of the Ingersoll Packing company. It was used considerably, however, by pedestrians. { The bridge was an important factor In a murder case back, in 1905. The remains of Isaiah Wright, a local colored man, were found in the water beneath the bridge after the man had been missing for a week. A jury found that death was not due to drowning, but to a wound at he back of the head. Five men were rrested, but were acquitted. --_---- Ontario' s'32 Gold Output Greater Than A All of U.S. Toronto, -- Ey, praiiar gold producing province, Ontarfo, produced more gold in 1932 than all of the nited Etates excluding the Philippine glands and Puerto Rico. Based on a old value of $20.67 an ounce, Ontario's utput totalled 2,287,280 fine ounces, alued at $47,282,272, whereas the nited States' final total was 2,219, 08 ounces, valued at $45,874,900, ac- ofding to recent figures. The premium to Ontario producers mounted to $6,420,933, bringing the fo return to $63,703,206.- Quebec as the second largest producing pro- ince with output .of 401,106 ounces alued at $8,201,676, and was followed y British Columbia with 108,520 unces, valued at $4,103,772; Manitoba 21,982 ounces, - ;valwed at $2,621,692; ukon . Territory, 40,607 ounces at 839,421; Nova Scotia, 964 ounces, alued at $19,028; Alberta, 111 ounces, alued at $2,204, and Saskatchewan, 12 faces valued at $248. { Of the total Canadian output of 3, 50, 681 ounces valued at $62,061,103, ntarlo produced 76 per cent, i The noise of an dirplane in the air 1 made almost entirely by the propel- for blades beating on the air, not the motor. The Small- Town Paper (The Ottawa Journal) The Lindsay Post says that some of its personal friends have made it a point to "josh" it a little on a recent editorial mentioning that the Post was widely quoted: "Jokingly they demanded the names of papers that had quoted us and some of them were quite surprised to find how far editorials from the Post had travelled. "Most of the articles taken from this paper were reprinted by Ontario papers, but to glve readers an idea of the newspapers, outside of Ontario, that have quoted the Post in the month of June alone, we will pick a few ex- amples from the envelope of Clippings from the Dominion Press Clipping Agency for that month, "While none of thesé editorials could have been considered a 'world- shaker,! as one member of this staff used to dub them, we are flattered that they are used so widely and appreciate the interest Journalistic friends take in this page." The Journal has Baty reprint- ed excellent little articles from the Lindsay Post and in the editorial about which it has been "joshed" it was al- together too modest. No editor of a little-town paper needs to "sing small." Of all the newspaper editors he should be most "in touch" with what is being done and thought by the people who are the backbone of this country--by people who have time to think and who have opportunities for thinking straight because they have fewer dis- tractions, Some of the greatest influences for good" in the history of Canada have been editors of small-town papers. The Journal could enumerate quite a few little dailies and weeklies whose editorial comments have a refreshing spark and 'are worth reprinting. We wish more of these modest editors would write their views-----not on party life in the rural districts. They would be doing a service to their communi: ties and to their country, besides pro- viding enjoyment for themselves and interesting matter for such papers as The Journal, which every day starts its careful examination of exchanges with a new zest,.a new desire to find something worth while, ; _ In any event the idea that everything good, including good and great news- papers, must come from the large cities, is nonsense. In the United States, for years, the most quoted paper was not published in New York, but was the famous Springfield Re- publican; and what newspaperman does not recall Willlam Alen White's scathing editorial reply to the New Re- public's sarcastic query, "Where is Emporia?" The Emporia Gazette, in- cidentally, has its editorials quoted re- gularly In all the newspapers of this continent. eee fms Hit by Thrown Carrot Motorcyclist Loses Eye Sudbury, Aug. 20.--Harry Young, a well known Chinese commercial artist of Sudbury, will lose the sight-of one eye as the result of tle act of a man riding on the rear of a motor truck here today. Young was riding west on the Copper Cliff road on his motor- cycle when, as he approach:zd the rear of a truck travelling ahead of him, a passenger threw a carrot at him, striking him in the eye. He did not secure the number of the truck, and provincial police have been unable to locate it, OD . 1 Ontario Man Heads 'Canadian' Florists Guelph, Ont,--P, E. Angle, Richmond Hill, has been elected president of the Canadian Florists' and Gardeners' As: sociation. Other officers elected at the annual meeting here were: First Vice: President, A, (. P, Frost, Toronto; Second Vice-President, Leo McKenna, Montreal; Secretary-Treasurer, C, 8. Thomson, Peterborough; Committés for two.years, J. McKee, Ottawa; F. J. Edwards, Brockville, and J, H. Wels, » Brampton, politics so much as on other phases of Lad'Walks Around With Neck Broken St. Thomas Youth, Injured in Bathing, Has Condition Revealed While Wrestling, + St. Thomas, Aug. 20.--FEugene Steinhoff, 112 Forest Avenue, St. Thomas, son of Mr, and Mrs, W. A. Cteinhoff, walkéd around for nearly three weeks with a broken neck. Now an X-ray has revealed the fracture, and Steinhoff has been placed in a plaster cast where he will likély re- main for the best part of a year. Physicians of St. Thomas and London marvelled at the fracture rot becom- ing fatal at any tim2 following the accident, Young Steinhoff was camping' at Port Stanley with other young men, fellow students at the St. Thomas Collegiate Institute. While swimming in Lake Erie one of his comrades got up on Steinhoff's shoulders to dive into 'the water. His wet feet slipped, young Steinhoff's' head: hat, a distinct shock dyrough ", time, but after a few Aol <0 n the beach he felt better. It was not till two weeks later, while wrestling with one of his friends on the beath, that he exper-' ienced the same distressing feeling. in St. Thomas, and from. there to London whére the finginis was made. Wheat Reported: Good in Manitoba Very Satisfactory' Survey Shows Winnipeg, 'Man--With more than halt its wheat crop harvested, Mani- toba reports the grade so far excep- tionally good, it was stated by J. M. McKay, general agricultural agent, Canadian Pacific Railway, Western Lines, Cutting operations, delayed early in the week by rains, have been resumed, and at some points in the Red River Valley cutting is finished. Eastern and parts of ceritral Sas- katchewan and west central Alberta received welcome rain, beneficial to grain crops not yet matured and to feed grains and pasturage. Cutting is now general on the prairies, sayg the report, with northern and northwest- ern Alberta in the rearguard. Thresh- ing and combiping have started in some points, the yields, thus far, esti- mated as follows: oe Darlingford, Man., 13 bushels, No. 1 northern; MacDonald, Man, 10 to 26 bushels, grade 1; Burbett, Alberta, 18 bushels, grade 1;-Carnduff, Sask. 2 to 5 bushels; Holland, Man., 16 bushels; East End, Sask. 12 bushels. Rains have greatly helped coarse grains in various localities, but still more 'moisture would be welcomed in Southern Manitoba, southern and «west- ern Saskatchewan and- south central and southern Alberta, where the stand shows the effect of unfavorable early conditions. Several good crops are found in the north. and the boy's weight came down-on| He was taken to the family physician" Half is Harvested -- Grade| The U.S. war "department "is tssuflng a natty uniform to mem- bers of civilian conservation corps forést army, The headgear is re- " miniscent! 'of overseas 'days,: git -- Kingsford: Smith: to Fly "In 'Dual- Control Plane | Sydney, New South Wales.--Two planes will'fly abreast across'the Tas- mat from' Sydney to New' Zealand:in December, ' One will be an Australian | designed -machine built at Cockatoo Dock for Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and the. other the world-encircling]: Southern Cross. Sir Chatles explains' thal thé new machiné' has 'been. built 'for him as the foundation for his tender for the Singapore-Australia section of ' the london-Australia air mail contract, ~ -- Shaw-Addresses Canadians Makes Characteristic Speech London ~--At the reception given to, the 'visiting Canadian authors 'by the Forum Club, says "Canada;" the chief entertainment arranged was a speech by George Bernard Shaw. He was in characteristic vein. began with, 'OF course, you want to look at the animal," pirouetting oblig- ingly. Then, since a pretense of rude- ness is.at least arresting, he, as 80 of- ten, tried this trick: 'Of course, no one believed there was a Canadian literature,' and went-on to say he krrew nothing of Canada. 'On this one point, at least, retorted H. A. Kennedy, 'we are in agreement'." ee Drives in Six' Runs In the Same Inning _ Preston, Ont.--Two honiers in one inning and with the bases-loaded both times is the record held by Jim Allard, pitcher for .the Anglicans in the Church League here. Anglicans scor- ed 14 runs in the big inning of :the play-off game. Joe ] Roosevelt Signs the Codes 'Of Three Major Industries Washington, Aug. 20.--With codes for three major industries--steel, oil and lumber--signed by President Roosevelt, the National Recovery Ad- ministration turned tonight to perfec- tion of its program for a nation-wide campaign to put a Blue Eagle in every shop window. So gratified was Recovery Admini- strator Hugh S. Johnson with the re- sults of the dramatic week-end, that he did an unprecedented thing. He took a Sunday off. He had brought under the Blue Eagle three industries lof the "Big Five"--steel, coal, oil, lumber and automobiles. Coal and the automobile' industry remain to be dealt with, but were expected to be disposed of early this week. week-end has been the most import. ant in the history of the Recovery Act, The lumber code was signed by Mr. Roosevelt. . Last night just before the President left for Hyde Park, Johnson wearily laid the steel and oil codes on his desk. These had been agreed upon. only after dramatic midnight conferences in which Johnson rushed from office to office in 'an attempt to placate all factions, His success lent impetus to the entire recovery progfhm. John son feels that as soon as all the big industries are under the Blue Eagle his major task will have been, done and the little' fellows will scramble into-line, . There still confronts him, however, a mass of work, About 1,200 codes have been filed. Fifteen came in Thursday and 26 Friday, and' they weta nat unusually heavy days. Next week the N.R.A, will send N.R.A. officials considered that this |. Steel, Oil and brits Agree to'Provisions: After a Hard Battle=-1, 500,000 to Take Pait in Drive: With Prominent Speakers ' business houses and homes to com- plete the job of selling the recovery program to the public." It will be the most ambitious' campaign to enlist public opinion" since the World War. Every house in every' hamlet and city wil. be covered hy the army, equipped with 100,000,000 pieces of literature. Motion picture actors, politicians, businessmen and represen- tative. women will participate. . Workers in the canvass will wear 'a blue-button. insignia. On Monday Johnson resumed his éfforts to codify the bituminous coal industry. His problem will be to try to" reconcile 'all' the : divergent: views within" an industry which is so torn by dissension that 29 separate codes have been submitted. The®N.R.A., insists that the 29 codes must be supplanted by one agreement applying to all bituminous fields. Johnson conferred' 'with steel and "coal 'mén until long past midnight I'riday: Codification of the oil' indus- took the agreement drafted by Sec- retary of the Interior Ickes and blunt-| ly told the oil men they would have to- accept the code. Lumber proved less tdablestie, Wilson Compton, manager of the Na- tion Lumber' Manufacturers' Associa- tionl, said' the' industry "cordially" Be cepts" the code. Price control fis left' aliost entifely in the hands of the President or 'any 'agency designated 'by him. It allows | him "to -fix for a 00-day test period the basic price of gasoline, The price of crude oili would fluctuate in rela- tion to 'the 'gasoline. price. The Pros- ident is empowered to alter the for- 'mula at will 'and to'fix' maximam and 1,600,000 volunbeers on a canvass of sary. o { "I am told that he} 'try was achiéved only where Johnson|: 'national reached, hung over the delegates to the United, States Would Dump. 'Wheat On World Markets European, Arcelie Yield Mav. Offset North American Crop Failures--Grain Parley Reésemed London, Aug. 20.--Fear of a world wheat "dumping" war unless ansinter- production' agreement is Wheat Conference on the eve of, their resumption of deliberations here. The parley was spurred to a desire for swift action, after months ot delay and postponed parleys here and in Geneva, by a 72-hour ultimatum from the United States to "agree or we will dispose of our surplus by subsidiz- ing exports." : The conference meets in Canada House to draw up the terms of a wheat acreage limitation treaty for the next two years as one way of raising prices and assuring the farmer a fair return on grain, Twenty nations are répre- sented, including the "Big Four"--the United States, Canada, Australia and Argentina. The delegates held private informal conversations with the experts pend- ing a busy day on the agendi. Thg members of the United States group told the United Press in private conversation that they regard the chalices of an'agreément "about even," 'but foresee a terrific filght on'the part of the wheat importing countries; . The Americans are convinced a two- year wheat curtailment period is neces- sary, but the majority dread the poliet cal consequences, "The sharp breaks on the Chicago and p 'Winnipeg 'wheat markets recently, des- pit a¢tious crop damage throughout North" America due to drought and other natural causes, again were re- garded as having emphasized the ur- gent necessity of curtailment of wheat growling, 'the experts declaréd. i 'During the recent World Economic Conference, the principal wheat export- ing countries agreed to 'regulate their the importing nations give their co- operation, That co-operation will be ons of the chiet points sought at this week's parley here. , Wheat reports from Canada so far' indicate that the crop there will be about 260,000,000 bushels this season. compared with 431,000,000 Iast year. I Excessive rain in certain areas and drought in others is responsible for this situation, experts pointed out; and likewise in the. United. States--whero the yield is estimated: at 496,000,000 bushels as comparéd with 2, 000,000 bushels last year. . In other parts of the world, However, 'figures available at the conference here indicate bumper crops. Rome re- ports of a -wheat shortdge notwith- standing, For example, harvest pros- pects in Europe 'are good. "A record crop is promised of about 193,000,000 bushels as: compared with 186,000,000 | bushels last year, 'The Argentine crop Is reported good. : he Evening: "Gown i is Made of 'Glass - London "Eng.--An evening gown 'made entirely of glass was shown in London recently. It was worn by 'Cloria, one of London's loveliest man- 'nequins, She looked as 'if 'she were clothed in shimmering silver tissue] flecked with pin-point damonds. But, unlike tissue, the fabric was transparent--crystal clear, in fact. It was made from thousands of short hair-like threads of spun glass press- ed together i in three layers, not Woven, LIt is a little ticklish to wear," said * Gloria, "but is about; the weight of a normal silk frock. I have not vet sat down _in it, but I think it would be quite safe." The material is supple-and falls in easy folds. 'It can be cut with ordi- nary scissors, but must be stitched by hand, The "model shown, simple-in style, occupied three seamstresses for a day. It was made on a white net foundation. The edges of the ruffle which hemmed the skirt were left raw, for threads formed a natural fringe, re : Boarding-School Girl - Gets Style Attention New York.--The girl' who will be going away to school is the object of special attention these days as the new fall clothes fill the windows of smart shops. Angora suits and two- piece dresses are to be seen every- where, leading candidates for the in- dispensable classroom dress. Colors to catch the eye of any girl are to be found. Wine reds, _purple and shade of Concord "grapes, green with a grayish cast' and even a goldenrod shade of gold are offered, together, with many blues and blacks. A noteworthy' tendency i is the wear- ing of hats of the same shade, even of the same material as the dress. With a contrast of accessories they 'make a most effective picture. The new shoes réveal a renewed vogue for oxfords, with a high straight heel and many perforations, Buckles are seen less often, but bows at the side agdd an attractive line to the profile of the pumps. ; -------- Woman's Screaine Put Savage Bull to Flight When Pitchfork Fails Warwick, N.Y. Aug. 20.--When an enraged bull attacked James Ball to- day, the latter's brother, George, at- tempted to turn the beast aside by jab- bing it with a pitchfork. He was not having much success when his wife ap- peared on the scene and let go with a few piercing shrieks. The bull, which had ignored the pitchfork thrusts, turned one startled' look in the direction of Mrd. Ball and then fled to the far end of the pasture, Révelstoke Manor House Burns Down Port Hope, Ont.--The fine old Rev- elstoke Manor House, situated about five miles west of here, has been burn- ed to the ground. It was' built about G0_years 'ago 'b Ball. The old-fashioned « Victorian parlor contained part of the drawing room furniture used by the, Hon. Sid- ney Smith at Hamilton House when the Prince of Wales visited Canada in 18 Naz is Bar Smokers from. _Berlin.--~Women ed "cosmetics in the future will be barred from lower Frankish Nazi women's organjzations' meetings, it has been aunounced, and minimum prices if he finds it neces- smokers will be ousted from the ~ groups. the late Albert N.| ~| up the farmers' crops and pastures, the is Bos 51 s Orga nizations d Ee Se .P. ERE Export of Altos June Exceeds 1932--Only 4 Percent Below May, U.S. Reports + Canadian export trade in motor ve- hicles and parts during the month of June was reported by the U.S. Com! merce Department's automotive: :aero- nautics trade division at Washington to have practically maintained the level reached ~in May=the record month of 1933. ~~ i The total value of June shipments. the department 'said, amounted to $1,- 072,240, a figure only 4 per cent. below that of May and more than 200 per cent. above exports I June of last year. - Passenger cars declined 17 per cent. in number from 2;194 units in May to 1,806 in June, and 1 per cent. in value, from $869,636 to $847,627. The small decrease in"value was accounted for by 'the decline in the exports of pas- senger cars valued at $500 or less from 1,814 to 1,142 units, while those valued from $500 to $1,000 increased from 347 to 627 units, Trucks declined from 496 to 442 units (10.8 per cent.) and from 187,196 to $170,409 in value (8.9 per cent), Exports of motor vehicle parts drop- ped from $71,841 in May to $52,304 in June, while in June, 1932, they totaled 34,024, - - Shipments of all automotive pro: ducts reached a valuation of $4,182,084 during the first half' of '1933 as com- pared with 1,530,884 in the sanie period of 1932,an increase of 173 per cent. -_ Passenger car exports increased by 284.8 per cent. in number and 239.7 in value, while thé gain in truck ship- ments was not so great, being 63 per cent. in number and 76 per cent. in value, Exports of automotive parts showed a gain of T1 per cent., $459,340 in the first half of 1933 and $268,620 in 1932, - . Magistrate's Car Hits Woman, Boy Police Test Brakes on Mimico Officials Auto After Eger TTT 'Accident lH A car driven by Magistrate Douglas | Davidson of Mimico yesterday after- noon knocked down and: severely in- jured an elderly woman "and a fotr- year-old child as they stepped out from a parked auto to cross number 7 high- way half a mile east of Markham vil- lage. Mrs. S. J. Imber, of Brampton, and 'four- .year-old Kenneth Imber, were takqn to the office of Dr, J. T. Orford, of Markham, who hurried them to St. Joseph's Hospital, Toronto. Mrs, Im- ber was thought to have a fractared skull' and X-rays were taken lastnight, She also suffered body bruises and her ron 'was' considered fairly sori. broken and he was badly brulsed. Constable James Walker of Mark: ham, who investigated the accident, tested the brakes on the magistrate's car and found them in good coridition, No charge was laid: a Hem ee vasa = Flower Show Cancelled Guelph, Ont.--In addition to burning production but only on condition that*- Steady in Canada| The little boy's 'right leg was] Voice of the Press ye CANADA! Fighting MosHuitoss From Orillia, where concerted efforts to eliminate the mosquito pest have beén attended by such success that what Was once the bane of the Sum. mer season is now virtually non-exist- ent, there comes word of a further ad: vance being scored against this unde 'sired frequenter of Ontario's Summer resorts. It is in the form of an elec trically charged screen door to be at tached to cottages and other buildings and its inventor is confident that its . general use will completely safeguard buildings in which it is installed from all fnsect pests,--Brockville Recorder, Beauty of the Rallways The average traveller who uses the Canadian railways is constantly ad. miring the beauty of the yarus about the railway depots, The two big com- panies and their employees appear to be enaged in a permanent effort to. prove that horticulture and railroading go hand in hand.' Some of the flower gardens thus prepared are places ol real beauty,--Port ArthurNews-Chron- fele, : The Restless Age The restless spirit of a community is well indicated by the fact that Tor 'onto's new telephone hook records 85, 000 recent changes of address.--Tor onto Globe. v _ Staying Married" A Hollywood star and his wife have gone' to the pains'of fnserting 'a notice in the newspapers to. ihe effect that they have beer 'married®11 years' and hope to remain go for many more'des- pite stories appédring' from 'time ta time in the gossip sheets. The latter have not yet let'it be known' whether they can see their way clear to accept Ing this state of affairs reRdMonton Journal. Fruit Farming The fruit farmer certainly musi gamble. He doesn't know whether there will be a bumper crop which gluts the market and-ruing prices ot one which will be ruined by drought and pests.--St. Cathariies Standard. Sleep For those to whom the pOppy-crown or, Dr. George L. Walton, neurologist offers encouragement in. his hood, "Why Worry?" when he wrote: fi is astonishing how much sleép can be rlost without Jarw, grayidad. its loss ii forgotten, » Again, he declared, t o it 1s not work but worry which caus the nervousness which precludes er Nor should the sufferer, he says, jumg to the conclusion that it is loss ol sleep rather than the worry which - makes him wrétched. This expert, a consultant at the Massachusetts Gen: eral Hospital, goes on to say that tha best immediate preparstion for sleep' is the comidence that one will sleep, and indifference if one does not.-- Moncton Transcript, ; Laurier Shrine a In Arthabasca, Quebec; the old homa of Sir Wilfrid Laurier is being trans formed into a national shrine, -Eyery- thing is to be restored as Sir Wilfrid will be preserved as it w. + when the great Liberal leader 'made' the house his home and retreat. This is some thing in which all Canadians, regard less of party allegiance, might wish ta have a part. In- -perpetuating his name and"his' fame' Canadians honor them: selves.--Iondon 'Free Press: _ Suitable Answer: Every teacher:should ponder the re nidrk: of a five-year-old girl," In a phychology test she was asked: "Ara you a boy or.a girl," She looked the teaches squarely in the eyes and sol- emnly replied "Boy." Later she told her mother, "When a person asks you a dumb question it's all right to give a dumb answer."--Fredericton Mall, Billboard Danger The billboard has long been famous as a nuisance: Now it is becoming ap- parent that'it is actually dangerous as well, Col. Frederick S. Greene, super- intendent of public works of New York State, declares that the billboard dis tracts the attention of speeding motor. ista on country BIRR ahd (hereby causes traffic accidents. -- Vancouver Sun, A Seller's Market Soon . For the past two or three years Can: ada has been enjoying a buyers" 'mar ket. Prices have been'so low that the bottom has dropped out of values, Al though thdy did not take advantage of it, people with money to spend were able to secure gréater value for theft money that' for 'many years, ' Now a change 'is on' thd way. It is coming" as a result of economic improvemeént, and as a result of the application of natural forces.--Oshawa Times. Pioneer In Appendix: Removal _ Thé claim advanced in behalt'of an Ontario surgeon'that he performod th Rest operation for appendicitis 'is de- Sled by friends of none other:than Dr, ot Cardinal, who is still engaged fn practice in the neighbor he city of Og- n densbiirg, Nolwithsta the fa that he graduated from McGill Uni: - fought and heat. of recent weeks wrecked prospects of a flower show un- oréover, the operation which Dr, Mes Imoyl performed én a girl on Grind der the auspices of the Guelph Hortl- cultural Society this year, 'At a mest Ang. of the organization it was decided 'the annual show would have to be dis-. pended with this. year. 4 be recognized Ly the American edi¢al Association as the 'first au "ed god Morpheus is a reluctant visit . pond ; left it, and a room he devoted to pic tures and statuary of'old rural Quebec + CP H. A. Mcllmoyl, a native of the vicinity 555 versity as long ago as the year 1876, Th stone Island, opposite' Clayton, in the' | St. Lawrence, .on May 5, 1881, fa said thentic case of ts kind In the world.~ Brockville Recorder.