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aa i . @ : THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1931 . . = A PAGE SEVEN ces of Ahi rers. , announced : on it is his oe orf more. active part in gl al much interest in political and in- tellectual circles, as the professor never took an active part in pub- lic life, and this new attitude on his part is considered in some quarters quite a departure from dee rooted traditions, * In.answer to & number of ques- tl Prof. Montpetit replied as follows: ' "Society may be considered as a d in two groups, one compos- od people actively engaged ,in politics and generally called poli- ticiahs and the other .of theorists or 'intellectuals, whose action is rather limited to their university lectiires or their office research work. "Strange to say, many peopie contend that the theorists do not take an active enough part fn the d ssion of public affairs. It is no doubt due to their lack of active | participation in public meetings, or §n the discussion of public is- sues that they are considercd onl as theorists--idealists, = without immediate contact with reality. "From my point of view there exists, in French Canada at any rate; a sort of deadlock between thee two groups I have just ok; en 'of. i "Do you not believe that this state of affairs is deplorable? It prolifbits, in a certain way, people from exprossing freely th views on Matters of national importance. Many' voices are mot heard and will not be heard, although the na- tion {8 composed of all elements and each and every ome have at least an equal say on im- portant public issues. "It 'free speech is granted to all other classes, why should universi- ty be excluded? In the diss opie of public problems the theorists, precisely on mecount of thefr university training, are in- clined to consider public issues from all angles. weighing carefully the arguments offered for = and against, before pronouncing an opinion or giving a judgment, The opinion of the theorist is, 'gen: | erally speaking, moderate, couched in careful terms, becatize of the fact that he is not himself per sonally interested in the fight. It is not so long ago that Prof. Adelard Godbout, one of the agri- cultural experts attached to St. Ann de la Pocatiere College, ran for office in L'Islet county. His election was the occasion of much rejoicing, because 'Prof. Godbout, whose' experience had been limit- ed to theory, took immediate con- tact with the rural class of this province. In a short time he was made Minister of Agriculture in the Quebec Legislature." Prof. Montpetit hopes to come should Representative of the Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada OSHAWA AND A. S. ROSS and S. F. EVERSON ' DOMINION BANK CHAMBERS Telephone 1834 \ of the Montreal Ski Club. /, ih PRR 1) / The highest chute in the world, 148 feet from concrete base to Gtiom; at Lucerne-in-Quebee, will be the scene of the jumping events during the Province of Quebec Ski will attract the finest skiers in Canada and the Eastern United States and willreveal Canadian Olympic prospects for the 1932 Games at Lake Placid. The tower is higher than the parapet of the 12-storey Dominion Square Building in Montreal, and the chute is 300 feet long. The Nelsen, ski instructor at the Log Chateau, and the Eastern hampionshi Get New Thrill / . | « 7 ' HRs fh Ye \ "oa tn he was pulled p by a glaring red sign, "Stop." The a or limiting the speeches were similar to those used in traffic: A green light with the "Go," a warning yellow. light in the centre, Jand a red light, "Stop" at the top. Fe BELIEVE TOW HAS BURIED GOLD Digging in Streets in South Africa Feb. 11.--Some citizens of Roode- and, - having obtained permission from the authorities, are prepar-. ing to begin digging for it. J. van Heerden and J. H, Coetzee, of Roodepoort, have applied to the jove Council for permission to dig or supposed buried treasure in Klein street, and, on their satis- fying the Council' that the police will supervise the digging, have been granted the privilege. . The searchers for buried preci. ous metal have given a guarantee that the ground on which the dig- People Given Privilége of Johannesburg, South Africa, poort, Orange Free State, ..think: ER MILLION . a -------- 8 x packets sold EVERY DAY This figest tribute to quality--is held by LYONS' TEA RED BLUE LABEL LABEL 38: 30. HALF POUND Lyons & Co. (Canada) Limited, Toronto there is buried gold in that town,' stored to its present condition when the quest is finished, wheth- er it ends in disappointment or in a fortune to them. When the ap- plication was before the town Council the Mayor, M. J, du Ples- sls, remarked amidst laughter: "I was not aware we had buried treasure in the streets of Roode. poort." Klein street is not really a street in the accepted sense of the term, the Town Clerk explained, as it has not yet been defined. No inconveniences would be caused to anyone by the digging, he sald. The Mayor asked how the municl. pality weuld stand in case a find being made, the clerk replied: 'We get a percéntage." Roodepoort is not the first town on the West Rand to give permission for digging for sup- posed buried treasure. It is sup- posed that the gold was buried during the Boer War, and various places have been guessed at in this connection, NOVEL RULE FOR WAITERS London, Feb, 11.--One of 1 smaller hotels of the exclusive sort in the West End of London has a decree that the waiters must grow side-whiskers. This is in order that they may be identified as walters. It Is understood that at the hotel where the side-whis- kers cult has been ordained for waiters, patience is exercised over new comers on the staff. The re- sponsibilities of a page promoted to waiting are, of course, increased. . resent record is a jump of 217 feet, made by Nels anadian record of 178 feet is held by Arne Finsberg ging is to take 'place shall be re- February 14 and 16. The meet in closer contact with the people of this province, to debate in pub- lic some of the theories evolved be- fore the limited number of pupils who have listened to his lectures for tho past fifteen years. INDIAN DEVOTES HIS LIFE WORK TO PROTECT BEAVER Apache Naturalist Has Un- ique Farm in Northern Quebec Montreal, Feh. 11.--What Jack Miner has done for wild fowl Grey Owl is doing for the beaver, and the gaunt and braided. Apache recently unfolded here a rare tale of propagating Canada's national animal. Grev Owl, whose address and that of his heavers is Cabino Station, Temiskaming, Northern Quebec, sat in his steam-heatea hotel room with a faney green tele. hone. His buckskin coat with reskin buttons, his gaudy cein- ture and Indian foot wony, seomed a strange contrast to the surround- ings. His wife, who wears no wedding ring, Indian fa<hion, but who smokes cigarettes, formed an interesting background for gaunt r n so far from haunts of his fathers. Grey Owl is an Avache. From far Arizona, amid the Giecarilla tribe. living along the north shore of the Rio Grande, he came to join Buffalo Bill's circus. He carned $60 a month doing war dances .twice daily befcre Ameri- cans, and to the delight of pop- eyed London audiences when the circus visited London. He told a reporter: "I trapped up and down through Northern On- tario and Quebec for three years and got perhaps six beavers. In my opinion, the beaver as a wild animal is done. One day, my wife suggested, after I had killed the peaver parents, that 1 keep the baby beavers. We .did. Today the most retiring and shy of all wood animals is with us as tame as a dog or a cat. the "The beaver is very intelligent. REMEMBER... The price is and get RARE you E @ COMFORT 34 RIDING [he Challenger ROSS. AMES & GARTSHORE CO. LTD 35 King Street West Oshawa | away. of our shack and come in. A bea- ver will take a bottle and drink out of it, squeezing it all the time with his paws as he does, He "talks" all the time also. "I killed 'beavers for years. Now I am sacrificing everything to raise beavers, Perhaps it is idealism-- you can call it what you will-- but I am trying to make up now for the beavers I killed. I am sorry I ever killed any. They are sacred to me now. "You would like to see the bea- vers glide down the river at dusk and then come in to the shack and get an app! If you are a stranger they viliire you quite you they wall t to push you If anybody the beavers do not know, lands at our dock, the beavérs will try to put then# off, "You can call the beavers in and tell them to wrestle and they will wrestle for you." "Have you any farm for them?" "No," replied this Indian. Then he said paradoxically: "We keep them by letting them go." KIDNAPPED WHILE A GHILD, YOUTH Father and Mother Re- siding in Calgary Calgary, Alta., Feb, 11.---Kid- napped in Barre, Vermont, at the age of three and one half years and kept in ignorance of his par entage for more than 15 years, Eldridge McDonald has found his parents. Twenty years ago, Mr. and Mrs. James McDonald, now resident iu Calgary, were living fn Barre. One evening it was discovered that their little son was missing. Po- lice were notified fmmedfately but, «despite searches in the district, no trace of the lad was found. For years felt by the parents and, finally, the memory was only as of one who had died. While playing in front of his home young Eldridge was grab. bed and hurried away to the home of a German couple, Where he was reared, believing for 15 years that the German couple were his par- ents. His first memories after Barre were of Cincinnatf, whero they lived until 1910, and then of Hollywood, California. Five years ago there was a do- mestic quarrel and the 'father' hotly told the young man that he was no son of his, Neither the man nor the woman could tell Eldridge the name of his parents--in fact, could give no information save that his father followed the monument business. Then started the young man's search which took him several times across the continent, through 43 states and - from one end of Canada to the otper. His father, at time of kid- foreman in one of the leading gran- ite works in Barre. After moving from there he came fo Calgary, where he established his own busi. ness, Chance brought the son back to his parents' arms. While ' in Boston, last fall, Eldridge heard the story of the kidnapping of a lad in Barre and héard that the father's name was McDonald. In- quiries among friends in Boston disclosed that the McDonald whose son was kidnapped 'had gone to Calgary, ana, linwediately the lad set out for the Alberta. city. He reached Calgary and speedily found fis father, After a short holiday in Calgary the boy became a partner with his father in business and is now back in the Verm city where he is learning sand ting in one We have them push open the doors} of the larger plants of the granite center, He will return to his par- ents in the very near future, ALBERTA ENJOYS | UNIQUE WINTER 'Boys Play Marbles While Housewives Com, lain of Dust Storms Calgary, Alta., Feb. 11.---Birds nesting and grasshoppers cavorting in the thin grass, along with boys playing marbles and dust storms disturbing housewives, have made Alberta's winter unique. Oldtimers of 1960 may talk about it as the oldtimers of today talk about the {famed winter of 1881, Only twice since the cold spell! of last October has the mercury dropped within a shade of zero, | and- the majority of days have) been bright and warm, with pre- ! letrees above zero. LOCATES PARENTS this! Eldridge McDfald Finds loss was acutely | 5, ks aud ather fowl have not left napping, was employed as head SPEECH-LIMIT SIGN : calling tomperatures around 40 Calgary Is not alone in its en- )yment of warm weather. The sight sun and balmy breezes | a eo blesred all of southern Al- erta aud even extended Into putherp' Saskatchewan. Chinooks have prevailed as in no other years that ploneers can recall. Clouds of dust in the Gleichen irea have spoiled the pleasure of warm days: "At Strathmore, the warmest day of any winter has been registered---56 degrees above zero, Farmers are rejoicing. Fuel bills have been cut to s minimum, Live- tock continues to feed outside and stores of feed have remained untouched. Reports from the MacLeod dis- trict indicate that trees are bud- ding, while the marble playing tage has been reached there as well as at Calargy, A farmer near MacLeod recently took live speei- mens of grasshoppers to the town. He found them in his fields. Lakes have remained open and the province, Geese have been seen flying northward, something uni./ que for this time of the year. | Immediately over the Albey(a | boundary in the Rocky Mountpins, old timers state that they /have never seen the peaks so c)éar of snow, A ranger who early/in Jan- uary undertook a trip t/ distant valleys reported that evgd at 7,000 feet. snow was not ¢/ sufficient shoes. . Prairie fires ha/e been more numerous due to/lack of snow. 1 dog derby, The Pas horse racing and fol. lowers of the sport déclare it is the farthest north that equines have raced on this continent. A carload of horses arrived at the Northern Manitoba town re-! cently and were sold to local horsemen. The horses, all trotters, will compete on a prepared track on the ice of the Saskatchewan ' river, The races will be 2 new featurf of Dog Derby Week this, year. 2 IS NEW INNOVATION London, Feb. 11.--A "'gpesch- Hmit sign" for speakers was a novel feature at a recent dinner given by the National Safety First Association members. . of the.) Royal Commission, on Transport at the Vintners' Hall, and ft aroused considerable hilarity while the speaking was on, The first victim to the sign was the chief guest at the dinner, Sir A. Griffith. Boscawen, Chairman of the Transport 'Commission, ..who wag proceeding merrily with his speech beyond the limit set when | rs head depth to cause the yse of snow. SIX DECADES ASSETS 1880 $473,000 1890 $2,473,000 1900 $10,486,000 1910 $38,164,000 1920 $114,839,000 1930 $588,733,000 , SIX DECADES ASSURANCES IN FORCE 1880 $3,907,000 1890 $16,759,000 . 1900 $57,980,000 1910 $143,549,000 1920 $486,641,000 1930 $2,863,701,000 SIXTY YEARS OF PROGRESS , STATEMENT FOR 1930 New Assurances Paid for (net) - - - - =. Assurances in Force (net) - - - - - . $2,863,701,000 Total Income (net) - - - - « $186,662,000 Payments to Policyholders and Beneficiaries in1930 $81,274,000 8, " # "since organization $500,949,000 Total Liabilities (including paid up Capital Stock) $552,201,000 Surplus and Contingency Reserve '- - $36,532,000 Assets, at December 31st, 1930 - - . . . $588,733,000 NOTES FROM DIRECTORS' REPORT SAE] VSL SE T0S | "ii ce 0 romans -- progress. New es for 0 ase of $51,227/652.32, both the $ ) | ordinary pet cents sad departments an increase of $462,464,542.58, Profits to policybolders during the year amounted to rot og $25,60133 ok persistency, indicating the their contracts with the certificates out. $705,678,000 the close of the of prices #4 Profits o De hoiders cored participate during year will be agaia allotted on the scals st present in operation: aatans hecial Mauriny Dividend is also continued on the basis SSURANCE