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COAST TO COAST N«bradaui LBces Alberta. sixteen rear* ago tteorge A. Wtt- Wnsaa c«m» with hl» nlf« aad five ctiK()r»n fmni Bofttrioe, Nebruak*. about M indies from IJ1K.0I11, and Charlottetown, P. E. I. â€" Potatoes continue in good demand from outside poiiiU. On Monday, the atMmship «>(Mitht 820 acr€S of laiKi at f20 an Mutiliaton sai^d away for Norfolk, "cre In Iho Kdmon,ti>ii DWitrlot of Al- Virginia, w-ilh 36.000 aackii of seed »>«^a- "» "o" o*"^ "S" '^'"'^ *'''*^ potatoes from this diatrict valued at <»« readily be sold at $75 an acre. la ^8C,009. i ^^ Ottocu .ward b^ has farmed in Al- ' berta hia averaKe yleW of wheat has Halifax, N.S.â€"Charles Vincent ,>,>^ ^jjirty buFbjto to the Jicre and Sale, London Governor of the Hud- o^t^ alrty-flve tjshe"^. Las* y«ar the aon'a B«y O). Overseas Settlement.' „ijoat yloHed forty-flv« buiAela to the Lim'ted, lias asked for an extensive acre. Thla year the crop yl^ded from survey of the settlement prospects of twettty-nve to thirty busliela to the the Maritime Provinces, farticularly ^cre. There have been years when in reference to vacant farms, their ^he yteed of oa.ta ha« b€.(>Ji as hlgli a« character, nature of soil, productivity, 125 bushela to the acre, class of aKTiouUure they virould serve, -Are yOu satlafled wlUi Alberta?" ho prices at which they may be secured, waa Hsked. opportunities for markets and all "There la nowlxere as good aa Ab- other infoi-mation to enal/.e the pros- berta to ni«," answered Mr. WUkbisfm. pective settler with capital to know .-j c^me here first to look over the where he stand's. country In 1901 ami went back to Ne- Moiicton, N.B. â€" Frozen b'-neberries braaka. The following year I bought are now bcinu shipped in quantity to 160 "^fe« near Edmonton, which I Cleve'.and and other centres in the ^^ and later sold. In 1910 I daclded United Slates. So far eight carloads '<> move to Alberta with my family. have x'ft Moncton, iced so that the '*»« eJdeat of the children then being Iruit will remain frozen. Two more 16 y®*" old, and bought 320 acres In carloads are about to go forward. i the Nunayo district, near Edmonton. _ , _ T» , . . . â-  I still I've on thla farm, though two Quebec, Que.-Prehminary work on ^t my boya uro now workteg it. I have the pu.p a»d paper rni.ls of the St. another fann of 480 acnes at Bon Ac- Regis Paper Co. at Gap Rouge, nine ^^_ ^ j^^ ^jj^^ „£^ ^f ,ny home. mi.es woBt of Quebec, will start this ^^1^5, j bought throe years ago. This fa.? and the construction of the mi.ls i^ being farmed by another son. My wi.. be be^un in the spnng. according jhree aons are married to Canadian to information from the munu-ipahty. ^j^j^ ^nd my two daughters are mar- Wind.'wr, Ont. â€" Recent census taken Hod to Canadian farmes near EWmon- of the Border Cities â€" Windsor, Walk- ton." ecyille. Ford. Riverside. Sandwich and Mr. Wtlklnson, who Is 70 years of Ojibway â€" show a population at 100,- ago is now taking lifo easier. He la 000, or doub"e that of eix years ago * member of tho Kdmonton Rotary and triple th.it of twelve years I'^^k. Chib, and thoughh o has to motor ten The va'.ue of construction per capita mUea to Bdaionton he nevor mlssea exceeded that of any of the larger the weekJy lunrlieon. Ho believes Canadian cities, in 192-1, by 40 per t^at Albrta offers to Americans equal- cent.; in 1925 by 60 per cent, and In . 'X ''s sood opportunitlos for farming 1926 by fiO per cent. i^is In the United Slates, because land r.; : ., » J J , ! 1.S cheaper, wlU yield better crops, the ..nHnr^^' V Tv^ T ,«'""l/°'- cost of productlon H lees, and the mnking glas of aL kinds is found on ,1,^3 ,j ,„^ f„^,„ ^^^^^3 ,„ ,.^„. R^ck Is and in Lake Winnipeg, ac-^^ ^^ ^^ a« good as thoso In cording to a report iseu-Kl by the In- ^^0 States, In some ca.ee highw. dunna! Development Board of Man- ^^,,3 ^ ,<,^„,„ ^.,,,, ,^^,^^1 ^„ ^,. ! tain succcfls quicker, he con^jlders tho Moose Jaw. Sask. â€" Oil drilling will, first requisite Is a capacity for work, short'y begin ^i a new field four miles He advocates a settler folilo-*lng mixed r.^rth of Read'.yn, directed by the Rib- farming In U'estern Cani. ia in order Blor.e-V/ainwright Oil >)., Ltd. Equip- to Insure tie greatest mea.suro of buo- ment i.s now en rouio to 'the field. The ceee. lease and oi: rights acquired from the Government cover several thousand acres. Calgary, Alia. â€" Alberta has now a Feeding the Winter Birds. Amoo« the many qaostlons we have to ansxver Is this one: "Is It natural to silver fox population of more than fo®d the birds; and If we do feed them, 2.000. Th<'se are being inspected and wJ^' It not spoil Uiein for doing the branded by H. S. Oulton of the Do- minion Dept. of Agricult:;ro. Victoria, B.C.â€" Famous Players- I^asl^y are to eAtablitih a p"ant in Brit- work Nature Intended?" CondltlonB are much chflng«vl in bird life. There was a time wheoi It wa» not ncee»ary to erect blrd-lu>iiuo« ; but now wo must Ish Columbia for film production it |f «^<» ^-^^t to attract them around our was announced In connection with the •^*""^' '^^^'y '« t^'*'^"!" "^tUed $15,000,000 conc'cni knovni as the Fa- mous Ptayers' '. wiadlan Qarporation Limited, of Toronto, SPENT HOLIDAY AS CARPENTER SUPERVISOR. AlMivo are shown Hon. P. J. A. Cardln. Canadian Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Madame Cardln and their hom<e In Sorel, Quebec. Mr. Cardln spent ft two weeks' holiday sui>ej-vl3lng and directing the work of a squad of carpenters who were renovating the house. The minister himself spnt near- ly two years na a carpenter In his youth. NatunJ Resources -Bulletin. FARM WORKERS MAY GET DOLE Deapite the f»ct i'uat trappers and traders have taken freely of the fur » •Aj-t /»«___u».^ â- > . a resources ot Canada, our fur trade »>^ VT^*"? *T£S ' now employs more capital, engages a TOT Uld p AgaUttt, Wlttl largT nuoiber of empk>yeea, and | Chatmieil in FaW* serves a grreater number of People. | ^^^ ^ exf.ewUne tb^ m^oh^ than at any previous time. The wond "• demand for furs has increased so crtHcteed "dole'' (unempjoynvent la- greatly that the fur industry is conr surance scheme) to agrieulra»«J work- fronted with new problems, among the «•» 'a Br«aln has b««omo a Ihre one. most imi>ortant of which is an assured Tfi« "dole" l»«tn Insurance bene41t paid supply of pood tiuality raw product ^^ by compoa«>ry contrlbutl<Hia part- such as Canada is able to furnish. â-  '^ "^»" the worker, partly trwa tl»e- The limited supply of high quality ©mptoyer and patly from the State. It furs in comparison to the demand, has provides a sustenance allowance to un- forced the industry to use pelts for- employed Industrial workers, of whom mr.rly considered of litf.e value, many there are now more than 1,000^00 In of which are imported from foreign Britain. countries. The public is deceived as to The system has been charked with the extent of th's practice by a var- plaiclng a premium upon Mdeness. On icty of trade names as applied to cer- the other hand the claim ts madro that tain furs among which the fur of the H relieves much geroiine distress and rabbit is perhaps outstanding. Ac- has proved to be popular. The Bri- cording to the statement, a list of mis- ; tlah Oovemmeint has thus been led to leading names as offered to the rabbit appoint an official commUtee under skin includes the fol-owing: I the ohalrmansMp of Sir R. Henry Raw American sepl, Arctic seal, ..Vii.stra- ] to consider extending It to agriculturai lian seal, riai'Pn seal, Bay seai, BtltiCi workers. seal, buckskin 8eal, coast seal, coney | This committee hss now issued a seal, electric seel, French seal, Hudsoi report which shows a division ot Bay seal, Laskin seal. La Muese seal, opinion. The chairman and Ave of the near seal, mn.^quash seal, northern members hold that agrlculturaJ work- seal, polar seal. Red River seal, Roman era should be brougiit under the seal, Sealette, sealine, Ba'tie white scheme. The other five members, fox, fox huir, coney kit, Baltic leopird, headed by SHr Thomas Davles, Govem- coney leopard, French leopard. Rus- or of the Royal Agricultural CoUeg>e, sian leopard, leopardine, Baltic lion, Cirencester, oppose this view. Belgian lynx, Black lynx. Rus'ian! The majority arguments are based lynx, coney beaver, electric beaver, upon the contemtlon that, alihough mendoza beaver, nutria beaver, beav- , British agricultural workers may hlth- erctte, erminette, Baltic black and, ""to have been comparatively Immune brown fox. | from unemployment, this happy state This form of selling has received i of tWnss canoot be expected to con- considerable condemnation from an In- j tinue. Lack of security against unem- fluential body of the fur retailers and ' ployment. the majority a!so say, tends certain principles in this regard have ' to prevent men who have left the land been agreed upon. The fur industry | from seeking to return to II. the ex- will undoubtedly not be content with!c^l«i» of farm .vorkera from unem- the continued substitution of these; Ployment insurance beln« thus prejudi- low grade pelts and other means of | claJ to agrlcnituTe. Increasing the supply of better grade " furs will be eagerly welcomed. Fox farming has already become a Changes wouH have to be ma<ie In the existing system, the majority think, however, In order to et»able It well estabjshed industry and the to be made applicable to agrieiUtunJ farming of wild fur-bearers on pri- workers. One of the dlfflcultiesi poSntetl London Tries Sample Rubber- Paved Road. The believers In rubber as the Ideal surface for city roadways are nothing Passengers on Train in Canada Hear Mexican Music Pa«sngeirs In the observation car of a Canadian National traasoontlnental vately-owned lands and tho utiliation of waste lands and water areas is ad- vanced as a suggestion which may out Is that at the present level of agri- cultural wages the amount of ben-efit payabli* to a married man with family I places. I The natural food of winter birds has 1 1 â€" « â€" _ - Â¥ 9^ m Eh* V^^m ^ a t^H |i Sffi ^^^^^ ir H HnH Bi^^nw^A^' '^M sSSk Hjl â- H Hl^^^j^vJI |^h| H| ^â- k^^fl''*^ I^Jjfl ^j n^m^'''J nj^H Ivanl )^hK ^^xSS^-is^ ift ^M ffla f^ft, ^'^^1 ^sjOh^ 9 mL% Sf been practically destroyed, and If we want to attract birds and keep thorn with us the year round. It is neces- Kary to feed them throughout the win- tor. As soon as the bugs appear In the springtime, the birds will desert your foodlng-slatlonii rubber surface "crept." Now a new system of what are known as the Oulsman blocks Is being tried on a stretch of about 40 yards In Upper Bridge Street between LuOgate Circus and tlie river. The t(wl here will be as seveire as In amy place In London, as the heaviest traffic of all sorts pas»©e aAong In a constant stream. Heavy terra-cotta b'ocks 10V4 In- ches by 8 Inches have fixed to them tt rubber cap flve-elghtha of an inch thick which, It la claimed, wlM stand the hoavlest pounding of the lorries. This has been no- i '****'"*"''* ""^ '"***'""' "^'^' "'"'«" "*'®'" ]tlc6d by all trained observers, l-^eed- j "' Tlie.He blocks nro laid on a 12.1nch Ing the birds during the time that ^"^^'*„ ^^*1- They are apparently their uatunvl food supply Is at lu, I very well made with straight-cut, true lowest ebb, wm help you draw the â-  ^«!f ' ^"l" '^ff*^ '"'^ '"'''>«» ^. * birds closer to your home, ptx^vent i "'«":*, "^ f"'"":"- ."^"^ '"""»^° "«• many blxd. f«>m starving, wlU keep "^.^'^-f ''*'»'•'», '«y'"« ♦"''•/^^^'Jâ„¢* .^vm^ rrf «,., ,„!„-„ »..„.i„ u ... I mixture Is poured on the surface Joints some of our migratory birds with us throughout the year, will bring a bet- ter understanding l>otwcen birds and mankind and. In addition, have them ready for the bug's when they appear In the spring. The foods geaonaKy used are suet or otlier fat. pork rinds, bones with shrods of meait, cooked meats, meal- worms, bird-seed, nut meats of all kinds, buckwheat chaff, hayseed, mil- let, whole or rolled oats, pop-corn, „,.... , , , ,, pumpkin, squash and sunflower seed. Pandit, attorney, srJiolar, and writer. ^^^ „^ ^^,^ ^^ ^,,^^, ^^^^^ ^^- Sakhavam Qanesh lyon Aiig(>lcs, who, althougii a Hindu has beta .ulniltted to rights of full L'nitcd Htubes RltlZL'n.4?ilp. Appealed eguln.vi by th.0 immigration authori- ties, his right was aQlrmed. More Berries. In pn.rtH of Hungary, farm laborers plee, lettuce, cabbage, carmta, etc. Put out soino tine gravel, sand, grit and Hlftlngs from coal ashes. As to feedJng-statlons, birds aro not particular. A food^tray or shelf may be put on a tree or pole or fastened daunted that their elTorts have so far erprees recently listened to music not met with ofniiplete success. The broadcast by Vera Cruz. Mexico, while stretch which wts laid down round | their train was thundering along at the Cenotaph In Whitehall about two sixty miles an hour near Edmonton, years ago had to be taken up, as the ; Alberta. Prior to thla, while pa»sln« tlirough Manitoba, thoy were rega<l«d wllh tangoes and fandangos direct from Mexico City. According to Roy Cuinmlngs. a mem- ber of the service engineering staff of tlie Garod Corpou-atlon. this Is but one example of tho remarkable distant re- oeptton possible on the northern trains. Mr. Cummlngs has Just returned from one of his periodical Inspections of the inataJtlatlona maintained by the Canadian railroad. Three years ago the Canadian N«- llonal, seeking to relieve the monotony of long train Journeys, decided to equip all of Its de luxe trains with radio. The choice of a sitandard re- ceiver was made and the Installation begun. All the sots are permanently fitted Into the observation cairs, and a pair ot ear phones placed on each chair, eo designed that the broadcast- ing could be oleariy heard above the roar of the tratne. The InstalJattons Jiave been com- pletely successful during the three yiears of oi)eTatlon. ami so far as the reoeptkm of distant stations Is con- oornwi. have exceeded expectations. This has proven very entertaining to the i>ay8c.ngerK, because In addition to receiving the latest n-ews and flnancJal reports from Canadian and American stations, they have boon able to enjoy the music of other eouotriee. Experi- ence has shown that Inteireference Is practlcaJ'ly negiliglble even when the weather rapidly varies from falling snow to torrid heat. In the scheme whereby the total amount of weekly benefit pail to an Individual wase-eanic-r la respect ot so that what Is practically a complete rubber surface is the result. To look at the roadway gives the Impression of tllee while the toel Is that ot pure •rubber. A g<K>d comparison wlM be possible at the spot chosen as half tho width of the road will be tho ordinary wood surface and tho other half the Oala- nian rubber. A Manchester company is carrying out tho experiment and will maintain the surface for two years, after which the Corporation wiilij, It satlefied, enter Into a mahiten- anoe contract. During an arttflclial test In Manchester a 13-tou lorry was sent over jwi experimental sti^tch 1000 times In a day. This destroyed the granite sides of the road, but the are paid In vegetables. Occasionally. 1 boxes or houses built with a niof will we SUI.POS.N a workman will ask for protect the food and also tho binis an Increase In his week's celery. Deaf and Dumb Form Club. Paris has n club formed exclusively of 'U<it nn'I (lu'Til) persoiis. against the house. Wind plays havoc I r"'"*', ""* w ,"" !" ""* ^T' , " '"" ...i.i. .u. ..., _.. ,. â- â€ž . . "^!l>o curious If Umdon goes back to tho days of the HomanH In Ilrltaln In the use of teirarotta. with the food on slielvea. therefore 1 during stormy weather. By tho time a man learns to keep silent ho knows .much that is worth saying. Perfume Retains Fraorance. When oiMMied recently 11 UOOO-y ear- old Jar of i)erfume found in an Kgyp- tian louih still retained Its fragniace. provide a solution at least in part of 1 ^^"""i* ^ practically equivalent, In .an adequate fur sunply. Already a j some localities, to his week:v wage I nurabeV of experiments in Canada i a°d, if ha had a large family, tt would ; long these lines have met with con- i aubstantiolly exceed It. Isiderable success. "Dry farming" or I 0° the other hand, the report says, the raising of such fur-bearer as thel^^^e ore obvious objections to the muskrat, in pens apart from their ' establishment ot a lower scale ot l«ne- I natural habitat, is also an important f^' 'or workers In agriculturt, than for departure of intense interest which is those in industry, k sugKests, iho-re- being developed. If successful, this : fore, that provision should hu made practice wLl materially add to the sup- ply of raw pelts of high grade. As a result of the increa.siiu){ de- mand for information in regard to lil^selt and his dependents shculd In Canada's resources of fur bearing! "^" ^^o «''<"'«*^'^ '^^ ^""^ of the weekly wild life and the raising of fur bearing | *'^»« '^^ **''' o^"»"8 vhon he becama animals in captivity, tho Natural Re- unemployed. - â€" • ~ . . The minority repcrt refusM even thla qualllled measuro ot approval to the scheme. The Imrauiilty from risk ot unemployment, which workers lu agriculture enjoyed in 1920, it says, ooutlnue-s lu no lessened degree to- day. The minority also quotes the cost to tho Industry and oppoaltlon of empJoyorK and workers as reasons for rejecting the proposal outright. C> Men Think Better Under Strain. Your easy-going, p'.eisant fellow isn't going to get there as fast as the man who grits his teeth, knits hia quiries relative to Canada's present' brows and holds Ms mu.scles tense. A and prospective fur resources and | series of psychological tests recently especial'ly the raising of fur bearers j was tried on persons -..liile they were in captivity are coming, not alone] gripping a dynamometer, a pair ot from Canada, but from the United I hand grips with meter attached, and States and foreign countries, includ-'then repeated while the subjects were ing both Europe and Asia. j sitting In relaxed iiosltlons. The re- *• suits showd that poroous can think A New Tool. I much better and taster when their "My carbirretor Is out ot cnler, but muscles are under tension. I think I can llx It." sources Intelligence Service ha.s pre- pared a number of monographs in English and French on Canada's fur bearers and their domestication, in- cluding beaver, fisher, muskrat, mink, marten, otter, raccoon, chinchilla rabbit, stunk and blue fox. The.se re- ports contain data relative to descrip- tion, habitat, production, trapping me- thods, breeding, feeding, ranch prac- tice, skinning, pelt value."), breeding stock values, markets, manufacture and various aspects of their economic and commercial importance. It is interesting to note that in- Urge 44-Hour Week. An effort Is being made to extend the torty-four-hour week, now effective In New South Wales, to all States of Australia. "Have you a mechanical bent?" - "No. but perhaps ray neighbor haa one. I'll borrow It." Motion Carried. Senator's Wife â€" "What Is your pltxi- sure In regard to the dinner, my dear Chlness Eat Boiled Crickets. The Chinese be-Iiovo boiled chlckets to be very efllcaclous us blood puri- fiers. New Maps. The extraordinary activity In tha Ued Lake district and adjolniog areas emphasizes the valuo of accurate mapa as an aid In ti"av»;iiug through now _ country and in prospecting. The Topo- SeuitOT (Just "retili^ ' from sas- B^P^l^al Survey. Dop.^rtme:u of the 8loD)-"I move that It belaid on the i '"^teric-r, has publlsa <d several maps (^(,1^ .. ot this area, from Information obtalnc-d 4k . from aerial photographs based on Unfortunately. ground control awrveys. The Lac Seul, The Prodigy's Motherâ€" "Of course, ' rointo du U0I3, and Carroll Lako 1 know she makes Utile mistakes sheets on a scale nf one Inch to four Eometlmcs, but, you see. she plays en- miles and the Hed I^ake sheet on a tlrely by ear." scale of one inch to two miles, cover The Prodigy's Uncleâ€" "Unfortunate- a large part of tho urea In which pros- ly, that's the way I listen." pvdlng Is now lieiiig done. MUTT AND JEFFâ€" By Bud FUher. Ca've HAD Bftt> t«/cvc eves SiNCe X WeNT TO SLeCP lAJ TH6 BAft&CS'S CHAIR. /\wt> He. SH/Mueb oFF WAWT M»SS SCHuLTi. TO see Me \M\xyK a FAcc une Wait Till Jeff Gels Hold of That Barber.