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. First Council j In Northwest Yellowknife's' Municipal Body Only One in All of Territor- 1es Two prominent mining men are now acting as councillors of Yel Jowknife administrative district fol. . lowing the first municipal election ever held In the Northwest Terri. tories. id . "J. McNiven, superintendent of Negus Mines Limited, and George Carter, ground crew chief of Con. solidated Mining and Smelting Co., were elected in voting early in De- cember at' this mining centre 676 alr miles north of Edmonton, © 675-Miles From Edmonton: ~ Two other members will be ap. pointed by the federal government, and to complete the council, J, Gibbon, resident - magistrate _ for the Northwest Territories, will act as chairman, The Northwest Territories Coun- cil réjected a petition signed by 850 voters asking postponement of establishment of a local adminis. tration in Yellowknife district, Voters of the district asked for postponement because they felt the war might retard mining develop- ment and the settlement was not in a position to pay the additional tax- ation necessary to conduct a loca administration. = Quebec Crest Is Rectified Remove Pearls, Correct Fleurs- de-lys in Coat of Arms - Quebec province plans to correct "Inaccuracies" in the coat of arms it has used since 1908, : Maurice Brodeur, heraldic expert of the Provincial Tourist Bureau, has announced that the Crown sur- mounting the emblem henceforth will rest slightly above the shield instead of touching it. To make the Crown "thoroughly authentic," of- ficlals also will'remove from it the pearls bordering its top. AR More Maple Leaves Removed Other changes will include re- moval of all maple leaves except the 3 on a common stem, located at the bottom of the shield, and elim- ination of tho two "erroneous" fleurs-de-lys in the emblem's top 'section, They will be replaced by. three tleur-de-lys reproduced from. the coat ot arms-of King Francis I who occupled the throne of France when Canada was discovered. Polish People Facing Famine Most Disastrous Famine Since "Middle Ages Is Expected As Result of Nazi Looting Reliable reports reaching = Rum- anlan border towns from German occupied Poland indicate that the most disastrous famine since the . "middle ages is expected since the Germans are systematically remov- ing the country's supplies. "This, added to the general havoc, 2> resulting from the war last Sept- ember, is expected to create a dis- aster such as has not been seen in modern' times, the reports said. _ Removing Countries' Supplies The worst devastation was sald to exist in that part of the coun-. try where 100,000 Germans evacua- ted from Russia are to be settled. Despite wholesale evictions of the "Polish inhabitanfs not enough homes are available, it was sald, to shelter al] the incoming Germans. Hypnotized Bird With Flashlight Leamingt on 'Man 'Brings Can- : ada Goose Back Alive From Hunt - : As a marksman, Wally Wallace, Leamington, (Ont.) grocer, lays no claim to fame, but when he goes after a Canada goose he brings it back ~-- alive, : Wally went out and got himselt a goose one night In about three minutes flat, His bird was no plker for size elther; it topped the scales In Wal- ly's grocery at soven.pounds., What is: more he didn't have to go far afield to bring home the prospec. tive Christmas dinner. It practical Jy walked into his yard, Better Than Salt-Sprinkling The goose-hunt was carried out at Sturgeon Creek, where the Lea: mington man has a summer cot ' tage, Wally paid a visit to the sum. mer residence fo see that all was In order and was conducting a tour of inspection when ho heard a very lonely "honking" in the vicinity, .' Armed only with a flashlight, had it all over the time -honored salt sprinkling recipe, The goose stood. bowlldered until he 'landed and then the battle was on. In the darkness the goose and its would: bo captor threshed about on the sand iand eventually the huntsman conquered, . be reunited with thelr parents. .- pared to open . .. to introduce en. 'on England, "combed! Ha would have been stag- -- " stroyer flotilla to carry out fir- "of it as well as they know their to Stromness and Kirkwall? a. NEWS PARADE ... Before the year 1939 drew to a close the®war with Germany had already begun to be overshadow... ed in significarice by the war in Finland, Events of the first week of 1940 threw it still forther in the shade. World attention then was concentrating more and more closely on the Russo-Finnish con- flict, seeing in it the beginning: of a new Armageddon in which all the Western powers would be fighting against a combined Rus- sia' and Germany, Wily not Germany on our side against Russia? Not at all likely. Four months of watching the Eure opean conflict have led us to the beliet that Russia and Germany cannot be separated by mere wish. ful thinking on our part; that these two nations are united in a com- mon purpose; and that to defeat one, the Allies may have to defeat both, It appeared last week to be only a question of time before Eng- land and France would be (nvolved fn 'wars (all part of the same war) on new and far-flung fronts -- in Finland, in the Balkans, fa Iraq (300,000: Allfed troops were con- centrated In nearby Syria), in Af- ghanistan (intense border concen- trations reported on both sides). In Germany Hitler was seen to be swinging more and more to the loft, prophesying in his New Year speech that "the Jewish capitalis- tio world will not survive the 20th century" . . . . So, turning the corner into 19490, the world came face to face with the prospect of a long-drawn con- flict, with outcome unpredictable, But cheer up! In Canada that same week the Dionne Quintuplets announced that they would shortly In Ontario: the Legislature pre- abling legislation for the St. Law- rence waterway project . .. and re- introduce the amusement tax . . , A plebiscite-held fn Toronto show- ed that its citizens: were in line with people' in a half-Cozen other centres (Hamilton, - Londor, Kitch. .ener, Brantford, Chatham, Inger- soll) who voted-against suspending municipal elections for the. dura. tion of the war. © Highlights of the war-week: safe landing of the second contingent of Canadian troops on British soll , .'.- the unprecedented toll of earth. quake victims: in Turkey . . . an Anglo-Swedish "trade agreement was signed , . . Britain-and France sent more armed ald to Finland , . . « » & whole Russian division was reported by the Finns to have been cut to pleces . ,". Japan and Russia reached a new accord... King George VI signed a proclamation making 2,000,000 men liable to ser- vice within the next few months in Great Britaln's army, navy or air force ... Germany threatened anew. to make disastrous air raids Scapa Flow Said Large Enough to 'Hold All Navies. Of World, And Room to Spare - --100 Square-Mile Area of Deep Water Admirable Base Usually Calm in Autumn. When that gallant ship the Roy- al Oak went to the bottoru of Sca- pa Flow and. speculation was rife about what had become of the Ger- man submarine and its audacious erew, an armchair critic sitting among his smoke-rogm friends sug- gested that the harbor should be gered to learn that there are about one hundred square miles of deep water in that marvelous anchorage, . Fifteen Miles Long All the navies in the world could be accommodated there,'and it would still be possible for a de- ing or torpedo practice in a corn er kept clear for the manoeuvre, There is nothing in these facts which gives away official secrets; any reliable guide-book or encyclo- pedia will reveal to the inquirer that the Flow is about 15 miles long from north to south and a mean eight miles broad, The Gér- man navy must know every inch own anchorages, and who can say how many. spies -in the guise of holiday-makers have made those delightful sea trips in the autumn . "Cyclone Area Why autumn particularly? A considerable experience of Orkney weather revealed that that is the best time, of all the yedr to visit those islands, Summer conditions arrive tardily there, and pitiless hail as late as July is quite a com. mon experience. It is eyclonic area --one of the worst in'the' British - well as experts. $3.50. "the C,A.H.A. for the eastern Jun- a Maritime team reach- the final . of March: An effort will be made to Mi. Vincent. Massey, visiting London for is shown inspecting ranks of the'all-C v anadian air squadron. , the Canadian high commissioner, and the Hon. + ig Y 1 T. H. Crerar, Canadian niuscer, conferences of dominions ministers, visited the all-Canadian air squadron which has been formed at the suggestion of the Canadian government, from men of the Dominion serving with the Royal Air Force. The squadron is about to take its place in the air defence of the Empiré. The Hon, T. H. Crevar The Book Shelf "AMERICAN SKIING" By Otto Eugen Schniebs Otto Eugen Schniebs, America's foremost authority on skiing, In presenting "this new 'method for skiers on this continent, has writ ten the first comprehensive book of ski-ing _devoted entirely, in word and 'picture, to American techs niques and American terrain, A | large book, it has some of the most beautiful illustrations we have ever seen, including- many action shots and moyie strips. It is the best work available for beginners as Note: Schniebs has developed a School 'of Ski-ing which Is neither Swiss, Austrian, Norwegian, nor of any foreign school, but rather com- bines the best features of all. "American Skiing" . .. by Otto Eugerie Schnlebs .. . Toronto: Sml: thers & Bonelli, 170 Bay St. , . .. Puck Chasers TOPICS OF THE CURRENT "HOCKEY SEASON .- MEMORIAL CUP DATES ay-off. dates have been set by for hockey finals before ho win: ning team leaves for the West and the Memorial Cup finals. Seties "A" will have Maritimes at Ottawa on March 19, 21 and 23, Series "B" presents 'the winners of series "A" at Quebec with the first game at Ottawa on March 26th, and remain ing games .In the Quebec branch on-March-29 and -April-1st--- The Eastern Junior finals wlll be play- ed at either Ottawa or Quebec on April 3, with following games at : Toronto on April .6 and 8. Should round, all games will"then be play. ed In Toronto. : u ALLAN CUP DATES Arrangements this year for the . Allan Cup play-downs in Eastern Canada will follow along the. suc- cessful lines set last spring. The O.H.A. (including the N.O.HA,) must have a winner by farch 27th and tho Quebec Association has the first of April as their deadline. Ot- tawa and District and Maritimes. start their championship teams on the road to Allan Cup fame by 18th start the Allag Cup final serles.on | April 12, ox April 13, as Saturday, April 13, has been set as the open- ing date for the C.A.H.A, annual meeting In Montreal, "In the téntative Allan Cup play- oft dates for Eastern Canada for series "A" Ottawa plays at" Mari times on March 18 and 20, return games in Ottawa, March 23, 25 and 27. Series "B" presents he winner of series "A" against the 0. H. A. winners with the firet game in Ot- tawa March 30th, and the two. re- maining -games at Toronto, April 1 and 3. The final series in East- ern Canada winners of "A" and "B" gerles-meet the Quebec Assoc- fation winner with definito dates to be arranged later. - MICKIE SAYS-- "WHEN You BRING AN ORDER. FER PRINTING 0 US, YOU ARE HELPIN' uS YO PUT OUT A BETTER. NEWSPAPER.) WITCH HELPS OUR > TOWN J Channel Tunnel Again Proposed Planned For. After the War -- British Support Is Pledged to France in Long-Mooted Pro- ect : Construction of the long.discus- sed tunpel under the English chan- Rel is likely to be one of the first big allled post-war undertakings, The French public works minis: ter, Anatole de Monzle, disclosed this to the chamber of deputies © government had obtained a prom- 000,000,000 francs (about $150,000, 000), would be less than the money. , needed to build three ships ot the line. : go through each way daily, trans- porting two equipment. Patricia Road Dominion 'Government Survey- are poring over aerial photographs of the Rocky Lake ".North-western Ontario in an en- deavor to lay out a motor road into one of Canada's most north. erly areas, Northwestern Ontario. gost project so far undertaken un. der the mining road program in- _ augurated by the Dominion Gov- ernment two years which Dominion and Provincial Governments jointly finance the construction: of roads into other- wise inacessible mining areas. several producing gold properties and the proposed road would run- from a point in the main line of the Canadian National Railways,' 's Ld during debate on his ministry's budget, Do Monzle sald the French ise of support "in principle" for the scheme from "a high British pers sonage." Construction Started Once Before Construction of such an undor: water artery actually was started more than 60 years ago, but was Lalted by the protests of Victorian isolationists, who feared a French invasion. - Raoul Dautry, French transport specialist, and former director of the French state railways, appoint. - ed minister for armaments last September, emphasized the strat- egie wartime value of such a tun- nel in an article in the Spectator, British Conservative review, in the fall of last year. He listed the fol- lowing arguments in its favor: Arguments In Its Favor 1. The nature of the subsoil would' make its construction relat- ively easy. = 2, Its cost estimated at about 5,- f 3. In case of war, 150 trains could division with full Being Mapped " ors Are. Working Out a Mot- or Road Through One Of Ontario's Most Isolated Ar- eas Dominion Government surveyors country in gold mining district of isolated Patricia' and the Under Mining Road Prograg If built, the road will be the big- ago under ° The Patricia district contains VOICE of the PRESS HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT The Ottawa Journal carried an editorial Headed, "Thue-great Canad: fan hog comes into tho picture. It wasn't a story about Toronto ~- Timmins Press. VIGILANT CITIZENS Otterville, Ont,, is a town which doesn't seem to nead a police force. The gunman who robbed the local branch of the Royal Bank of Can- ada was easily taken fu hand by a vigilant group of citizens © who caught the bandit after 'a chase' down the main street. -- Buffalo Courier « Express, PLACE FOR THE K.C. There is a place for the distine- tion of K.C, If it is to have mean- ing, the number in the province should 'be limited. New K.C's should be limited. New K.C.'s also should be created only when death makes a vacancy, And the distine- tion should be conferred only on recommendation of a representat- ive non-political body, -- Winnipeg Tribune, REALLY NOT PENNIES A million United States "pen- nies" were reported shipped to Tor- onto to make up the Christmas cent-shortage here. The happy re- lations existing between the two countries finds an illustration in this (reo circulation of small coins which everyono accepted without question, But they cease to be cal- led "pennies" when they enter Ca- nada. To Canadians a penny is still two cents, not one, altliough our ° own pennies are nearly all out of circulation now, and have vot been coined for many, many years, --- Toronto Star Weekly. cast of Sioux Lookout, to Lake St. -Joseph, approximately 100 miles. Study Aerial Photographs With aerial photographs of that . whole area of muskeg, lake, rock and bush on file in the Department of -Mines and Resources, it is pos- sible to plot the route of the road through rocky hills, across gvood- ed valleys, around lakes and mus- keg bogs in the comfort of Gov- ernment offices. - After a study of the photo- graphs, however, it may he neces- sary to fly over the: proposed - route in order to settle the best way of traversing or' getting ar- "ound some of the many/Sbstacles, Canada's domestic exports in the first ten months of 1939 totalled $726,741,865 compared with $682,. 716,799 in the corresponding per-. iod of 1938. . i in pete 1 World Wheat Keeps At Studies Lloyd Rigby of Wembley, Alta., Expects to Graduate From University With Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricul- ture Francis Lloyd Rigby, 21-year-old Uniyeraity of Alberta agricultural Student twice crowned world wheat champion, sald recently he will not ombark on a series of labora- tory tests to determine the milling _ qualities i J River wheat un til after he Ms graduated. Tho Wembley, Alta, youth, who decided to test the quality of grain grown in his own. district after he won his. second championship at the Chicago Hay and Grain Show recently, must study two more years before graduating with a B.Sc. degree in agriculture, | He thinks that his knowledge of theor etical agriculture at that time will equip him better for ho job than at present, The Value of a Word A word's very little thing, But it may have a friendly ring Or it may bear a poisoned sting; Be thoughtful ere you give it wing. A word's a very precious thing; ~ And, oh, what joy a word may bring When, from the heart, youn let it spring! Be thoughtful ere «wing. you give it 121} LIFE'SLIKE THAT | ls = FU O NEHES "My Dentist Told Me to Stop Biting Quartors." Isles, REG'LAR FELLERS--The Proper Spirit i By GENE BYRNES" > A \ N 2 WN PUBLLE LIBRARY | 2 oy C 25 2°%% VA ar V2 ZZ: ; = 4 Z 4 ~-- A ) } Syrup : By Fred Neher REAR 1 Ow a DY SEA a See nt We ahr, np en Ta -- = fa Ao