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~ igo! fA nafl, a dab ot Neglect Means Early Decay And Property Loss Cero JTo:Owner ar round the countryside there are to Dé seen quiie a number of" wooden buildings in a rather dilapidated! - condition. They are mot only a blot on the landscape but. they are a distinct loss in property value to the owners. "A stitch in time saves nine" applies with force to THe upkeep of bujdtugs, paint, a new plece of Tumber in time, Jak only lowers cost repairs but adds much to the lengt of life of the buildings, ? . pug 2 : ; Water.tight Covering All wood and metal surfaces when protected by a coat of A ad whey years added to their life. The paint does much more than add to the ap- pearance. It serves as an air and water-tight covering which prevents moisture and oxygen acting upon the wood or the me.al, An unpainted board exposed to the weather will crack, check and warp. Take 'a similar piece of board, give it a good coat of paint on every surface and it will remain in good condition as long as the coat of paint remains in good condition. The moment, how- ever, tha: the paint begins to crack or to blister it begins to lose its pow- ers of protection, : ~*~ : Hastening Decay Wood that has rotted holds mols- ture and air in the:right combina- tions to hasten the' decay of wood with which it comes in contact. Be: cause there is no strength to the de- cayed part of the wood painting it does little or no good. If there is a 'rotten core heneath the surface, it is almost impossible to cover the sur face with a coat of paint that will pre- vent enough air and moisture enter- ing to keep up the decay. When the process is once started, very little air and moisture is required to keep it going. . i : Alternating Wet and Dry Wood that at one time is subjected to a good deal of moisture and at an- other is dried out. decays more ra- pidly than it does when subjected to moisture all the time, ~~ A post in the ground remains in good condition in that part 'that is __under the surface of the ground and ~ alto that part-exposed to the air, It rots away just at the surface of the ground where at times it is very wet and at others very dry. This change from wet to dryness sees to eat the post right away at this point. The part exposed to the air may check and crack, but it does not rot. The part that is buried, ifthe' ground is always damp at the point where it is buried, "will last indefinitely If the ground is wet pdrt of the time and very dry part of the time, it will rot out soon- er. 3 This means that all under-pinnings of buildings that are built close to the ground, so that the wooden underpin- ning is periodically wet and then dry, require careful attention. If no other it the building is-given atténtion; here underpinnings should be. It the timbers dre 'painted as thor- oughly as they can be, this will help given a most Holland made a bid at the recent International Scout Conference for the next World Scout Jamboree, which will be held in 1987. Decision will'be announced early in November. i: : * 3 0% : Members of St. Faith's Church Scout Troop of Edmonton, as win. ners of the Alberta junior first-aid shield, were presented with the shield and individdal medals by Lt.Gov. Walsh at a gathering in Masonic Temple, LE : -% = A party of Rover Sea Scouts from Cambridge University ealled 'in a small schooner to take part in the World Rover Scout Meet in Sweden, They went by way of the Kiel Canal, through Germany, where they were friendly reception. * LJ LJ] 'The 61st Toronto Sea Scoits were presented by Vice-Commodore T. K. Wade of the Royal Canadian, Yacht Club with a portable shed, which the boys turned into a combination boat. house and clubhouse on a site at Ashbridge's Bay, The troop owns two boats, e.2 ® The 2nd World Rover Meet, or in. held in Sweden in July, was attended by young men from 24 different countries. Canada was represented by a patrol of five, from different parts of the Dominion, : - *« * 3 "The danger of boys of adolescent age becoming discouraged because of inability to find employment is great- ternational gathering of Rover Scou's % Here » There TORE Everywhere ) A brother to every other Scout, without regard to race or creed ly lessened by: Scout training," said Lord "Baden-Powell in an during his recent: visit to Canada. fScouting builds up a boy's charac. ter, enabling him to stand up against misfortune, and to look beyond hii. self,» declared the Chief. Scout, $ + 3% Delegates from 24 countries attend. ed the 8th Biennial International Conference of Scout Leaders held in the Parliament Bujldings at Stock. holm, Sweden, in August. The as- sembly was opened by H.R.H. Prince Gustaf Adolf, President of the Swed- ish Scout Union, and was addre:sed by Lord Baden-Powell, * L * An interesting feature of the an. nual fall fair at Lloydminster, Sask., ted by the 15t Lloydminster Scout Troop. Various forms of cajup cook- ing, fires, beds, wash.siands, incine. rators, etc., were shown, and attrac. ted considerable attention, = The | Scouts alsp operated a checking tent, a messenger service and an informa. tion bureau. * 9 = 500 boys from the distressed areas of Monmouthshire and South Wales were given a free ten days' Scout camp .outing in Devonshire this sum- mer. The outing was made possible through the co-operation of the King George Jubilee Trust Fund, Major Ralph Raynor, the owner of the prop- erty, and the local Scoutmaster., The boys, non-Scouts, who \ been camping before, came in batch. es of 250. address.' this year was the model camp erec. had "never The Bupley Tobacco Marketing . |'Scheme has been officially approved upon the recommedadon of the Do- minion Marketing Board. The schem relates to the marketing of burle tobacco grown in t Province of Ontario, awd is, in 'most respects, similar to the Flue.Curéd Tobacco ! Marketing Scheme, ! There has been a lack of coordin- ated action in marketing wafeh has led to most unsaikfactory returns to the producer, according to the Do. minfon Marketifig Baard, and it is believed that improved conditions will result - from the operation of the scheme. By a system Of ory} apprais. al and the providing for negotiations besween producers and buyers it Is contemplated that price stabilization will be achieved. = : The local board will cofsist of fit- teen members representing Burley A-soclations, packers, and manufact- urers. There is'a Provisional Board named to hold office until the Local Board is elected in. October. The Head Office of the local Board will be in Chatham, Ont, 5,966 Novels Library At Wallaceburg Presents Report For Two Months Wallaceburg -- During July and August Wallaceburg book readers took out a total of 5,966 novels from the public library, Miss Della Gibb, librarian, reported .at a recent meet- ing of the library board, _. ~ The two months saw 4,987 fiction editions removed. Fifty-four books on general arts were «taken; 23 on philosophy; 14 on: religion; 268 on sociology; 234 on. natural science; 45 on useful arts; three on fine arts; - "A centipede was happy quite, until a frog in fun' oY Said: - 'Pray, which leg comes after waich? 5! This raised her mind to such a pitch; . She: lay distracted in the ditch con- gidering how to run." * LJ * ~Girl -- Ah, let me drink my fill of the exquisite beauties of this starry night! Boy Friend -- O.K. There's both the Big Dipper and Litt!e Dipper. - -- * LJ] LJ] Fo less and harmless as when they ap: pear in a flashlight of a banquet. £ LJ] » Friend -- 'My 'mother.in.law has visited my house only once since I got married. : Friéhd -- Man, you're lucky. Friend -- Lucky? She's never left, i some. As soon as there is any sign of decay in a timber it will be a good . Investment to replace it with a sound piece before the decay has continued on fintil the adjoining timbers are 'also decayed, _ It is surprising : how rapidly the average building: will "fall to pieces it it is abandoned. No" paint here, a decayed timber, there, and soon the "structure is weakened to such an ex- 'tent that it begins to fall to pieces. Before very long 'it is a pile of ruins. Just replace the weakened timber be. fore any harm has come to the build- ing. keep the building painted and it will last for hundreds of years. It is a case of giving attention in time, it buildings are to last. Every act of neglect may mean a loss later of many dollars in the value of the building. Labor-saving Devices Used" Even In Old Spinning Wheel Days London, - Ont.--Labor-saving de- vices were the rage even in the days when an old spinning wheel was to be found in every home, Professor Fred Landon, University of Western ~ Ontario librarian has discovered: The library has just been presént- ed with an old spinning wheel that had a device on it to save a lot of work on the part of the person do- ing the spinning. It is known as a swinging spin- ning wheel. ~~ Instead of walking back and forth with the yarn, the spinner sits still, and lets the wheel swing toward him, and back again. The relic was 'presented to the lib- rary by the Lobo union school picnic committee, after it had been, re- paired and reconstricted by J. E. Byeraft of Hderton. } Mrs. Bycraft 'also presented. the university with a flax holder of a flax spinning wheel. In the holder | was some flax prepared for spin- ning more than half a century ago, by Catherine Hamptoh, Mts. By- FOR YO UR( CASH SPARE TIME REY TUS 5 p : Dignified Agents Wanted Full or part time work for men and women who need extra money for Christmas--selling high quality "Im- perial Art" and "Windsor" personal Christmas cards to friends, neighbours and_relatives. Last year an accountant made $80.00" weeks--A. school teacher Rined 00. N6 money to in- vest--nothing to buy. No sales experi- 'ence necessary. - Liberal. commissions. Special prize contdst." Sample bdok and business cards supplied free, also box- ed assortménts. Write--British Can- adian Publishing Co. .Limited, Room 450, 51 Wellington St. West, Toronto, Never do' mién Took quite so help- Three men whose was the oldest profession! Said the Surgeon The Bible mine the oldest profession, An engineering job came before that. In six days the Earth was created out of chaos. chaos? ta 4 + + 'The only 'women who make good * v - too proud to: take 'alimony, LJ LE J well? Friend -- He must. him tell her she is L I CONCLUSION getting real fat. * That summer's riding for a falk = fis. Nath Bt Ethel -- Nancy says that she likes the tone of Jefferson's voice, ring in it. * * SCRAPS -- The wages of sin is what the lawyers get, -- The crowd may be laughing at ypur jokes, or it may be your grammar. -- The only person who can tell your fortune cor- rectly is your banker, -- A fellow's assets 'don't give his liabilities enough of a race to make it Interesting -- The terrble thing about divorce is the statement you get from your lawyer --Long green is the most comfort. ing color: The job you like that pays a living is the most priceless of all possessions, -- When we are right "we credit our judgment, Waen we're wrong we curse our luck, -- We can't truly serve'another unless we <catisfy his self-interest -- Unless a woman {8 willing to see that the buttons are on a 'man's clothes, she ought never to marry. eraft's grandmother. « "Why, So | wiiagrigiies i prevents goitre 1. faa [purest | teri Fa Y th ! and' Today | were arguing over says that Eve was made by carving a rib out of Adam. I guess th&t makes: Said the Engineer -- Not at all. Said the Banker -- Who created wives are those who get angry en. ough to seek a divorce, but who are , Man -- Does he know her very I overheard This isto' remind you, one and all, Mary -- Yes, she thinks there's a 69 on literature or philology; 36 on history 71 on travel; 16 on - bi- ography, and 146 books of reference. The total receipts for the two months amounted to $22.61. Twenty- eight. new applications. were grant- ed; 76 applications renewed, and 102 cards cancelled. During July there were ,1276 borrowers, and during August 2,179. The books kept in cir- culation through repair totaled 314, and the books added to the library, 13. Canada's Prairie Provinces Ottawa, . Canada--Great progress in agricultural development has been witnessed in the Prairie Prov- inces of Canada during, the last 35 years, During the years 1901 to 1931 the area of occupied farm land in the prairie region increased from 15 million acres to 110 million acres, or more than sevenfold. In 1901 the Prairie ~ Provinces = contained 24.3 |'per cent of the total occupied farm acreage in the Dominion and by 1931 this acreage had increased to 67:3 per cent. of the total. In the same period the improved farm acreage increased from 18.5 per cent. to 69.8 per cent. and the field crop acreage from 18.2 per cent. to 69.1 per cent. The decade 1901 to 1911 witnessed 'the-greatest expan- sion, due to the rush of homestead- ers into Saskatchewan and Alberta. Occupied farm land increased from 16 million acres to over 57 million acres. Of the improved land in the Prairie Provinces in 1931, 67 per cent, was in field crops. Farming in the Prairie Provinces comprises four 'more-or-less distinct types--wheat growing, mixed farm- ing, dairying (usually associated with mixed farming), and ranching. Wheat growing predominates. in southwestern and central Alberta, throughout the whole of Saskat- chewan except the northern and eastern fringe und the dry belt, and in southern Manitoba, although in the latter area, the proportion of other cereals and forage crops is growing rapidly. Mixed farming is found in northern and western Al- berta and in the northern and east- Manitoba--in other words over pra< ctically the whole of the park belt. Mixed farming is also the dominant type in dhe irrigated districts. The greatest development in dairying has occutred in eastern Manitoba, north- eastern Saskatchewan and north- western Alberta. Ranching is practi- cally confined to the dry area in southwestern Saskalchewan and southeastern Alberta and to a. strip of land extending from the inter- natiorial boundary: northward along the fodthills to beyond Calgary. MAGNETOS All Makes Sold and Repaired Generator Exchange Service AUTO STARTER LIMITED '18. Breadalbane Ht, Toronto La 46 Another View ern parts ofsboth Saskatchewan and On Abyssinia With correspondents writing dally thelr impressions of Abyssinia, the reader has collected a more or less jumbled picture, Therefore, it 1s with a distinct sense of relief that one reads the first-hand testimony of ong who is, so far as can be judg- ed, a truth.seeking witness. Mr. Dad- jelac Farago, a young Hungarian journalist, was asked by his chief if he could be ready to leave at ten days notice to act as war correspond. ent in the obviosly imminent war, He arrived at the capital settling in a hotel where the bathroom contain. ed every possible requisite for a bath except water. He writes of his first visit to the law courtsy ' «pxecutioners entered and held a glowing iron on the thief's forehead. the swindler was bound hand and foot and laid on the ground, Then the real work began. Brandishing hip- popotamus whips, a metre long, they came down once, twice--twen.y-five times, until full justice had been done. The liar's ankles were tied: loosely together with a chain, and so he had to stay until the end of his sentence. Hundreds of these offenders are to be geen in the stree.s, hopping along. Whaen bandits become particularly active in the provinces, a punitive expedition may be dispatched to the infested area to hang everyone it can catch, regardless of gulit or ipna- cence, Everywhere, with one immensely important exception, Mr. Farago tound corruption, lazine:s, crafty stupidity, obstruction, ignorance and delay. The exception was the Emper- or himself, Haile Selassie, King of Kings, Lion of Judah. He is cultured and enlightened, the personification of the modern Abyssinia that he is ying, ing odds, to create. He 18 unique. And he is desperately, and tragically, alone. Nothing can happen without the Emperor. Everything must be planned, organized, and carried out by him. Amidst the thousands of gereaming beggars, servants, parasites, soldiers, and lazy minis ers, amidst decaying buildings and gorgeous gilded halls, the Emperor of Abyssinia leads a lone- ly lite. He is the most hard-worklilg citizen in the country, rising at 4 a.m. and receiving the first interview- ers of the ddy an hour later. And lho has several powerful ene- mies. The first of these is the Force of rradition Ahich, in. every country and in every tentury, is a deadweight ot inertia. There are always -diehards who - believe that what was good | eriqugh for their fathers will be good enough for their children. a strong Conservative wing among the lesser Abyssinian chiefs who regard the Emperor, with his new-fangled ideas and his dangerous desire to abolish slavery, as a sort of home- grown Bolshevik, Then there is the Church, And as if that was not enough for any man to face, a new enemy is massing all the blessings of civiliza- tion--bombs, gases, tanks, chemicals, and shells--upon his frontiers. Mr. Farago in slzing up the chances of the two armies has some very clear cut views: Italy's capacity to defeat the Abys- sinlans is aided by "the lack of rifles and ammunition at the dispo:al of the Negus and the appalling difficult- fes of transportation owing to the al- most complete . absence of roads. There are also a number of chieftains who will undoubtedly go over to Italy, leaders of tribes which are not, strict- ly speaking, Abyssinian at all. Again the Emperor has no medical equip- ment and no doctors. "We are all going out to dle," said a cultured Abyssinian to Mr. ¥Farago. On the other side of the picture are some of the difficulties which the Italians will encounter. Grim, water- less places. Mr, Farago took a trip to see these two provinces for him- gel and here is his description: "Ogaden looks as {t it had already been rent by war. There are deep ruptures n the ground that look like | patural trenches, but are only the 'result of the perpetual drought . . . sand desert follows on stony desert, bush on steppeland . .. in these pitl- lezs surroundings live fierce men and wild heasts, There {8 ample opportunity for am- bush among the rocks and cactus and the whole province is ideal for guerrilla warfare of the savage and merciless type that the Spanish peas- antry employed with such deadly ef- fect against the French invaders in the Peninsular War. And if the Abys- ginfan3 can be persuaded by their shrewd military adviser, General virgin, of the Swedish Army, to adopt this form of taciics, Italy's task will be impossible. / THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FELLOW. SHIP For those with grievous troubles, gates for sures. It glves men a chance to get | problemd "oft thelr chests" and i thereby obtain a new grasp on them- | selves. Wo have all seen this work out; we seldom, if ever, stop to real- {fze how p:ychologically 'sound and Issue No. 39 -- '35 {tiow humanly fmportant it fs. ~Dr. Amos O, Bquire, former chief physi. olan at Sing Sing prison, against 'almost overwhelm- There' is, the friendly atmosphere opens the relieving mental - pres. 0 Ayy # IS Th fh 0): ol _HANDIEST BOOKLE of A Chanlecler- CIGARETTE . PAPERS T. I Queen Victoria's - Voice Survives in Message to King Writes the Manchéster Guardian: --"Some time in the eighties a Mr. Gouraut, agent of the Edison.Bell Company, introduced the first phono- graph into England. Queen Victoria consented to allow her -volce to be recorded, and chose for the subject | of her speech a message of goodwill to the Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia. This was dispa:ched to Abyssinia by speclal courier, with the instruction that when the Emperor had heard it it was to be destroyed. A few days ago a record of this message was discovered in the store- rooms of the company in London, It was covered with fungus, and so far only the words 'the goodwill of my people" can be heard. It is hoped, however, that by a careful system of ' cleaning and electrical amplification | the whole message will be audible. It this is achieved the sound will then be transferred from its old-fashioned cylinder to a modérn disc record. An official of the Edison-Bell Com. pany said last week: "Three cylin- ders of every speech were always made on the old phonographs, and we thought that all three of Queen Victoria's message had been destroy- ad. However, one has been found -- presumably the one which Gouraut kept in his possession,-since all trac- es of the one sent to Abyssinia and Queen Victorla"s copy have been lost. We are waiting now to hear what the whole message reveals. We cannot say whether the record will be sold to the public, In view of the Queen's command ~that- it stiould be destroy- ed when the Emperor had heard it." There could not be a more appro- priate moment than the present to hear an English Sovereign's message to Abyssinia. . In the same o!d "record-hox in which Queen Victoria's. record lay records of the volces of Florence Nightingale, Disraeli, and. Gladstone have also been found. Florence Nightingale is speaking on nursing and on cancer, . It is recorded in the official docu- ments of the Edison.Bell Company that Mr. Gouraut introduced the phonograph at a dinner {n London at which many celebrites were pres- ent. Among o.hers, Gladstone and Disraeli were asked to record thelr voices. Disraeli spoke of "the possi- bilities of --- this marvellous speech- carrfer," but Gladstone was so elo- quent in his prefactory remarks that before he had begun his set speech for recording the cylinder on the phonograph was seen to be finished. Mr. Gouraut, however, was not put off by this, and called on him the next morhing. He found him in bed, whence Gladstone recorded w message of thanks tg Mr. Edison.Bell for enab- ling him to record "the relic of an organ the employment of which has heen overstrained." Records have also been discov- ered of the voices of General Booth and Lord Rosebery, although it is not yet known that these are In good enough condition for amplify- ing and recording. The company hope thal they may find other records made late last century, as there are still parts of thelr storerooms unexplored. It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with. -- Mathew Henry. The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and mag- nificently when he descends to human affairs.--Cicero. Canada's Fisheries Show Improvment -- OTTAWA, Canada, -- In common with others, Canada's extensive fish. ing industry suffered as a result ot the recent world-wide trade rece: sion, but statistics for 1934 indicate that the tide had turned and somo be'terment was under way. Persons omployed in the fishing industry in 1934 numbered 83,396 compared with 79,648 in 1933 a gain of 5 per cent Capital investment in plant, gear, and equipment in use in the industry rose. from $40,914,067 to $43,377,631, an in. crease of 6 per cent, Marketed value of the production from inland fish. erles showed an increa-e of about 18 per cent, amoun.ing to $4,780,685 compared with $4,063,368 in. 1933, © Marketed value of tho sea fisheries production was 26 per cent more than in 1933, amounting to $29,341,386 com pared with $23,4335688. The biggest single gain in market. ed value in 1934 was $3,166,600, re- corded by the salmon fishery. Most of this gain, or $2,098,000 was account. for by the increased outpu: of can- ned salmon In British Columbia. The cod fishery, mainly an Atlantic coast fichery, "contributed an additional $728,800 to the marketed value, Lob- sters accounted for an extra $'46,-. 400 and the returns from British Columbia's pllchard indus ry were greater by nearly $472,600. Many other varieties in both sea and in. land fisheries also made substantial gains in marketed values, Veteran Tram Driver Says Women Are Bad Pedestrians Halifax--After watching traffic . from street car cabs for 42 years, grey-haired Thomas McLaughlin has come to the conclusion that women make worse pedestrians and auto- mobile "drivers than men. "The men are better drivers," he says. "A woman gets all muddled up when anything goes wrong." About women pedestrians: "They will -go across the street re- gardless. Men are more cautious, The women: seem more independent. But, of .course, children take the cake. You have to watch for them every minute." The veteran tram driver should know. Since 1893 he has travelled 2,2600,000 miles to nowhere in parti- cular, averag:ng around 150 miles a day. He does considerably lezs than that now cn Route No. 2 here--382.72 miles a day. | Classified Advertising INVENTORS! AN OFFER TO EVERY INVENTOR List of wanted Inventions and tull information sent free. Tho Mamsay World, Patent Attorneys, 273 Company, Ottawa, Canada. Bank Street, AGENTS WANTED RESILVER- v $8 00 AND UP DAILY, . ing mirrors, making .glass signs, plating auto parts, ete. Opportu- nity to travel Box 604, Mirroreraft, Vancouver, B.C. yg i A Caked Udder Cleared Experienced dairymen find Minard's | rticularly good for treating caked Mader, lumps, bruises, colie, ete. Kee bottles in stable and house. 9 from Art). GRAND FIRST PRIZE of a our Landscape Course valued wide, made from this the most popular youn British Empire. Entry enters this contest, October 31, 1936. GIFF BAKER MONTHLY PRIZE CONTESTS For Amateur Artists (That is any- one who is not earning a living Com- mercial Art Course or a Water Col- at $50.00 for the best copy, four inches portrait of man in the ee; Twenty- five cents for each entry submitted. A valuable prize for everyone who whick closes 39 LEE AVE., TORONTO, ONT.