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ST TTTTHI . of the movement." So you can see Boy Scout News of what the Boy Scouts of Oshawa are doing contributed by the scout lead- ers. Contributions to this column will be welcomed, and should be sent to the Times office moming each week. The Patrol Den Now that we are back on stan- dard time, and the evenings are dark once again, and there is a bit of a nip in the air, it is time to consider the winter programme, So draw your chairs around the clubroom fire, fellows, and let's have a pow-wow about the joys and responsibilities of being a Patrol Leader. Phe Patrol," says the Chief, "jg the unit of 'scouting, and the Patrol leaders are the backbone how really important you P.L's are. To a very great extent the well-being of the scout movement depends on you, as was demon- strated hundreds of times during the war, when , troops whose scoutmasters were 'carrying on at the front, were run almost en- tirely by their Courts of Honor, and now, the success or failure of the troop depends largely on whe- ther you are good scouts or slack- ers. You ought therefore to consider it an honor to be a P.L. More- over, with your opportunities to take those six or eight fellows of yours and do your part in making them good scouts, to arrange your own patrol programmes, to have patrol hikes, to build up a real scouting patrol spirit, you will have scope for showing just how good a man you really are--and you will find that leading a patrol is the best fun in scouting. What can you do with your patrol? Well, among other things, why not have a Patrol Den? It's a great thing for making your patrol keen. You, and the scouts in your patrol, hunt around till you find some suitable place such as a loft in a barn or over a ga- rage, or some old shed that no- body uses, Sometimes a cellar makes a good den, but ag a rule it is best to avoid them if possible. The dingier and more dilapidated your den is to start with the bet- ter, because you'll have more work (and fun) cleaning it up, and will be more proud of it when it's finished. Don't forget you will need heat during the winter. Next you approach the owner. Some- times it is best if your S.M, does this, but it is nice if you can con- duct the negotiations yourself, Don't be discouraged if you fail the first time. Try somewhere else. Having obtained permission to use your den the first thing to do is to clean it up. You should allot each boy his share of the work, and don't forget to set an exam- ple by tackling a good share of it yourself. Clean the den thorongh- Iv at least once a month while in The den Is usually called after the patrol animal, such as' "The Foxes' Earth," "The Peewit's Nest," "The Tigers' Lair, or "The Bigles Eyrie," and may he used for Patrol Councils, Patrol Teas, Badge work, practising for Patro! Competition or as a clubroom. In fact to a good P.L. its uses are un- Timited. There is just room left here for a few hints on running the Den. Don't let it interfere with Troop work or Troop meetings. Be sure to look after your den properly, ang to conduct yourselves there in such a manner as to give no cause for complaint to the owner, Keep it elean and be very careful of fires and lights. Don't have the Jen open till late at night; have me for closin - Beto ito it. 8 344 a some future date we will give in this column some further ideas on this subject, and mean- while you should each get a copy Activities not later than Tuesday of the book, "The Patrol System" by Capt. Roland Phillips, which you will find will be a valuable source of information. The First Aid Competition The date for this event has not yet been definitely settled, but it will probably take place during' The 80 the first week of November. Jamboree Competitions were closely contested that the local "championship" depends on the result of the ambulance competi- tion which will, no doubt, be very keenly contested. Well---may the best team win. 5th Troop Notes The regular troop meeting on Friday last was postponed in or- der that the senior troop might meet with the C.O.H. to prepare a programme for the coming win- ter. Some changes to be made in the conktitution of the Junior troop will be announced this week, The troop rally will be held as usual Friday--7.30 to 9 p.m. Seventh Wolf Cub Pack The 7th Cub Pack will meet in St. George's parish hall, Centre Street, on Friday, October 9th, at 6.30 p.m. Cubs are reminded to bring their running shoes. The Sixers' Council will' meet im- mediately after the general Pack meeting. 1st Westmount Cubs This Cub Pack will meet every Friday at Westmount School from 6.30 to 7.30 o'clock and the Scouts which have just re- cently been organizec will meet at the school from 7.30 o'clock until 9 after the Cub meeting. MILLIONS IN GOLD REPORTED FOUND Centuries-Old Legend That Treasure Buried By Priests Paris.--A centuries-old legend that gold had been buried by priests . along the frontier of France and Belgium was reported recently to have led to the recov- ery of a hoard of long - hidden metal, Some newspaper reports said the gold store totalled $4.- 000,000. The Government fiscal service was informed that archaeologists excavating in a 10th century sub- terranean passage between the French abbey of Cysoing and the Belgian abbey of Hertain, had discovered the cache with the aid of the celebrated "'Diviner', Fath- er Legrand. The '"'Diviner" was said to have found the gold hid- den beneath a field of sugar beets planted by a Belgian peasant, Government officials, ordering an investigation, sald they be- lieved it was likely that the gold had heen found because of an an- cient legend that it was hidden there, but they doubted it total- led $4,000,000. Soon friend and foe alike were completely covered with the black, slimy muck. Play was very close and for a time it looked as if the game would end in a score- less tie. "I distinctly remember," continued Mr. Stevenson, '"'won- dering where Jamieson disappear- ed after a play, Through the grow ing dusk it was hard to see but I finally discerned him lying in a pool of water with just his back showing!" "BUDDY" MARR AND HIS MARR SPECIAL Built of 93 per cent. Hudson and Essex parts. This car, which cost him only $1500 to build, has con- secutively beaten racing cars costing up to $15,000 ind has finished in 9th place in points in the 1031 4.A.A, Championship. Marr believes that the 1932 sweepstakes at Indianapolis will be won by a stock sar changed only to meet racing conditions, White Spruce is Menaced By Insect Pests in Gaspe Quebec.--Stands of white spruce in the Gaspe Peninsula are threat- ened with destruction as the result of the white spruce sawfly and bark beetle, and considerable uneasiness is felt among the large lumber companies that have limits in the | peninsula, An aerial survey of the districi was recently completed through the co-operation of the Quebec For est Industries Association, and it shows that foliage has been de stroyed on from 75 to 90 per cent of the old white spruce trees and the destruction of the weakened trees completed by bark beetles on the upper waters of the Cascapedia River, F. T. Jenkins, sales manager of the Canadian Airways, Limited, who made the survey, reported "The extent of the damage is great er than I anticipated, I should say that the worst manifestations are at the head-waters of the Ma tane, Cap Chat, Madeleine and Ste Anne Rivers, Along the lower slopes and ravines reaching from the Shick Shocks the damage there | is severe and in many cases ha extended even td hill tops between valleys. There is also an extensive damage at the headwaters going to the Bay of Chaleur, [I think thers is some Infestation at the head waters of rivers running into Gaspe Bay. Sawfly Also Present "Bark beetle damage is certainly intensive here, but I am almost certain that the sawfly is also pre sent on these rivers running into Gaspe Bay." A memorandum on an outbreak the sawfly attacking white spruce, in the Gaspe Peninsula, pre- pared by J. M. Swaine, associate Dominion entomologist, of the De- partment of Agriculture at Ottawa, reads: An outbreak by a defoliating in sect, which may be called the white spruce sawfly, is seriously affecting | the white spruce stands about the | headwaters of the Grand Cascape- dia River and elsewhere in the cen- tral part of the Gaspe Peninsula' This insect has never before been recognized as a serious forest ene- my. It is closely allied to the jack pine sawflies which have been so injurious in Central Ontario and Western Quebec during the last few years and to the common, but less injurious, fir and spruce sawfly, The adult of the white spruce sawfly is a small, dark-colored, four-winged fly, belonging to the genus neodiprion. It appears on the wing in early July and lays its eggs in slits which it cuts in the spruce needles. The larvae feed on the old foliage for several weeks and then descend to the ground and spin small brownish silken cocoons in the moss. They remain within these cocoons during the winter, pu- pate therein in the springtime, and emerge as adult flies in July. This species feeds chiefly on the foliage of fhe white spruce, but attacks the black spruce to a lesser degree, It feeds on the old foliage, leaving in- tact the neelles of the current year, Outbreak Investigated This outbreak came to our notice first in the summer of 1930 through reports received from foresters of several companies. Short surveys indicated that the outbreak oc red then over an area of some 7 square miles and that the infesta. tion was gevere enough to war a careful investigation, This a party of three entomolog charge of L. J. Simpson, J f Entomologist, of the Entomologica Laboratory, Fredericton, N.B,, | been investigating this outbreak from a centre known Kelley's camp on the upper waters of the Cascapedia, in the centre of the heaviest part of the outhreéak, Complete reports on the sum mer's work, have, of course, not yet been received, but a short gen eral statement on the injury can now be made, The injury caused the outbreak this on the upper waters of the Cascapedia has been particularly severe, On a large portion of the white spruce in that veion from 75 to 90 per cent of the old foliage has been destroyed and, while the foliage of the pre ent seasons has not been injured by the sawfly larvae, the majority of the white spruce in that region have very little of the old foliage left intact. In addition to the in jury caused the white spruce sawfly, the weakened spruce are be ing gttacked vigorously. by the rn spruce bark-beetle, den- droctonus piceaperda, and in some localities large numbers of the in jured spruce have alre vy been killed by the bark-bettles. The combination of the sawfly and bark-beetles threatens a large part of the white spruce stand in that region with swift destruction, Strip cruises are being the present time by a cruiser of the International Paper mipany and Mr. Simpson's party to determine precisely the degrees of injury that has occurred, On these strips the trees will be tallied to species and to injury by both the sawfly and the bark-beetles, Reconnaissance trips have been made to many places in the Gaspe Peninsula this season in an effort to determine the distribution of the outbreak; bit owing to the nature of the country and the pressure of other work, it will be impossible this season by ground work alone to determine the extent of even the heaviest infestation, It has been determined, however, that the area of heaviest infestation occurs in the general region of the upper waters of the Grand Chsca- as by year by eas made at These 1931 Low Prices Are Something To Be Thankful For 8 Misses' Oxfords and ; Stra $1.75, Ps $1.95, $2.25, $2.75 "Fall weight" $395 % 4° Gi - The Mewest Fall Boys' Oxfords and Boots $1.95 to $2.95 Styles at These Prices yk Toe Style. 'Men's $95 Tinted to match gown. sizes, 3 10 8, AA to C width. All Boudoir Slippers Many styles and colors, 69¢, 95¢, $1.35, $1.95. pedia, but a light infestation of the sawfly occurs across the Causaps- cal watershed and as far as the upper waters of the Matapedia. Firms to Explore Limits Several of the companies own- ing limits in the Gaspe Peninsula have undertaken to explore their own limits this season for evidence of the sawfly injury. At the close of the season there should be avail able: much more information than we have at present on the distri bution of the outbreak; but as al- ready stated ground work alone will apparently be insufficient to give a satisfactory picture of the distribution of the injury, The outbreak appears at present to be limited to the central part of the peninsula on the south eastern side of the main watershed; but it is important to point out that the upper waters of the Ste, Anne river about Ste, Anne Lake are included in the heavy infestation and the upper waters of the Madeleine RI ver are not far removed from fit, if not already infested, There would appear to be a danger, therefore, {that the sawfly infestation may ies down the valleys of both of these rivers, To what extent the Cap-Chat and Matane watersheds | may be endangered cannot be stat- ed at the present time, Vague re- | port have been received that the | sawfly has already been found on the north side of the main water shed; but these reports have not vet been definitely confirmed, It may be stated frankly that the outbreak of this white spruce sawfly followed by the eastern spruce bark-beetle is the most seri- ous insect infestation our forest en- tomologists have ever known on eastern white spruce, It is appar- ent that, unless the outbreak di- minishes very rapidly, the white | spruce stand in the-area now hea- | vily infested is threatened with a very high mortality; and an exten- gion of the injury into other parts of the Peninsula is to be expected. It is possible that the sawfly out- break may subside next year through a rapid increase of para- sites or through adverse weather conditions, and in that case many of the injured trees would doubt- less recover; but little evidence of parasitism is apparent at the pre- sent time and adverse weather conditions cannot be foretold, In the area of heavy sawfly infestation, also, the eastern spruce bark-beetle is developing rapidly and an exten- sion of its activities, which is very probable, would result in an ex- tremely heavy mortality in the stands. weakened by the sawfly, In the area of heavy injury the danger of mortality is too great to warrant the application of any ex- pensive control measures; salvage is the only method of avolding se- vere loss applicable to the area of severe injury, There is, however, the possibility that if the outbreak spreads further into valuable stands of white spruce, airplane dusting with calcium arsenate might be re- sorted to with practical results. There i8 mo doubt that airplane dusting would destroy the caterpil- lars readily. The question-of dan- gerous flying and costs would have to be considered; but this method of control is a possibility, at least, in some parts of the threatened ter- ritory. Thursday's practice was devot- ed entirely to conditioning: and perfecting the mew plays. The Juniors and Seniors lined up against each other and first one team and then the other, would have the ball and shove--or try to shove--the other down the field. § As wo entered his room, he looked up from his desk at which he was seated and asked if there was anything we wished, Perhaps he thought we came for some help on that devilish formula, 8 equals ut plus Y%at (squared). But when we informed him of the purpose of our visit, he at once complied with the following story. Genuine Gratitude Compels Tribute. Mr. Victor Hills of Thomtey eath, 8i---"For years have suffered with that dis Somplaint constipation, and its at- 'tendant effects of sick-headache and indigestion, It was a red-letter day for me when a friend recommended me a treatment of Carter's Little Liver Pills, and I can honestly say. that results have been truly 'velous. I now enjoy good he and feel that life is worth living. The relief I have rienced come. me to add my: pela tribute." {Take Carter's Little Liver Pills. All 76¢ NEW PIECE-WORK SYSTEM IN RUSSIA Basic Wage Scales Raised 35 Per Cent and Gen- erous Bonuses Moscow. ~- The development of Joset V. Stalin's formula for higher pay for better work in the last week, has disclosed a unique system of wages in Soviet Rus- sia, carrying the piece-work idea to an even greater extreme than in capitalistic industry, The "piece-work plus" system, which now applies to the coal and metallurgy branches, but later will be extended, proved to be more drastic than the official an- nouncement indicated two weeks ago. It penalizes the lazy or in- oificient worker severely in sharp contrast to the earlier Communis- tic system, Combined with a generous bo- nus system, it is expected to place a tremendous new burden on the already overloaded finan- cial budget, Some quarters feared it would lead to a reduced pur- chasing value for the ruble, that is, a sharpening of the indirect "inflation." The Government, liowever, has contended that in- creesed productivity of labor will make up the difference, The basic wage scales, upon which the new plan rests, have been raised about 35 per cent for the mass of workers, THe in- crease was greater, up to 100 per cent in some cases, for more high- ly skilled workers, At the same time large bonuses will be paid autematically to the technical ad- pinistrative employes if work pro¢pers. The graduated or progressive wages for coal, iron, steel and 1aetal workers were nicely caleu- lated to exact the utmost produc- tion from every worker. Not only will they be paid according to | quantity and quality, but pay-| ment increases as the quantity rises, Daily quotas for every! type of work will be established | and these quotas will be divided into three parts. The first third wil) be paid for at a certain rate; 'the second third at a higher rate and the last third will net apout 50 per cent more than the first. The cash incentive to workers will be much greater than on piece-work in capitalistic coun- tries. By putting the plan on a daily basis rather than weekly or monthly, the Government hopes to keep industry of workers at a high level. To clarify the system, an offi- cial example wag given as follows: "Take for example, a furnace tender in the steel mill, with a daily quota of 325 tons, For the first 108 tons he receives 2.8 ko- pecks per ton: for the next 108 tons he receives 3.4 kopecks and for the last 109 tons he receives 4.2 kopecks per ton; for every- thing above his quota he receives 5.6 kopecks per ton." To protect workers agalnst ex- cessive quotas the decree speci- fled that once established they cannot be Increased for a year oxcept when introduction of new machinery or other forms or "ra- Come Saturday Morning to the : Dominion Clot! For the Following Specials NO PHONE ORDERS FOR THESE SPECIALS hing Co. 3 3 Dos. 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Phone 2141 tionalization" 'justifies such an in- | crease, IMPORTERS SEEK RELIEF FROM DUTY, Recent Dumping Regula- tions Cause For Strong Protest | | | : | Montreal Montreal import- | ers belonging to the Board of | Trade have drafted a resolution | rrotesting against the recent | dumping duty imposed by the | Government, and this resolution is to be taken to Ottawa, sume | time soon it is hoped. | An appointment with the | Prime Minister or some of the | Government officials is being | sought and when arrangements | for the appointment are comple- ted, it is expected that some, if not all of the importers' commit- tee, headed by W. 8. Leslie, will go to Ottawa to plead Montreal fmmporters' case, | It is understood that Montreal jmporters are by no means iso- | lated in their stand for allevia- tion from heavy dumping duties, | local business members. state that Toronto has taken similar action, Vancouver is aroused, and | Saint John is commencing to feel | the urge for action. | Board of Trade 'officials state that Jetters and telephone com- plaints are coming in all the time from importers who claim it el not only very difficult, but almost | impossible to carry on their im- | port trade with the new drastic' | W, | people now paid 60 per cent more regulations, In connection with the first meeting of the importers, when Levy was quoted as saying for their goods than before the new duties were applied, what he did say was that the 60 per cent referred to the extra duty pay- able on the ad valorem rate at par of exchange as against cur- rent rate, Vicar: "Good morning, Mrs. Gilli- gan, how is Patrick this morning?" 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