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: Dinosaurs Were Great Travellers Footprints Found in Far North Five Distinct Species Identified by Tracks Measuring frcjm Six to 25 Inches in Length Discovered by Dominion Explorer in B.C. Mounds for National Museum 1)1 law*. Far up (lie Pi-are River, in British Columbia, among the tOOthlUa of the Rorky Mountains. 1'. M. Stern- berc Canadian Government palaeon-. tulimi-t. has (li-.riii.n-d tin- footprints ! of dini'Miurs. him,- reptiles that roam-! ed iiver parts of t!i<? North American COMIIIK-M millions of years ago. It Is' tin- imi!- 1 northerly point in the world ! when- dinosaur* are known to have \ist.-t! ami their discovery throws -on-itb-rnt.if new light on the life h.ihit- i>f tln-se prehistoric animals. Over -Jin track* WIT- found in the rock*, made hj ai lea-i live distinct | t!iiio.>anrs. They range from six inches in lenKth to 25 inches. The largi--t 'LICKS wi-n- made by uii animal at least 3i feet long ami the smallest by a creature about 12 feet long. Mr. S-t i ill.. ;;: |,i epm .-<t moulds i>f some of the track* and th.- .-how the largest ' to be practically two feet square and sunk into the rock about seven Inches.' Although the wholo district was hunted thoroughly, no dinosaur eggs were discovered, such as Roy Chap- man Andrews unearthed in Mongolia some time ago. The spot wher,> the discovery was made was close to the Hudson Hope on tlie Peace River, about 475 miles north of the International boundary line. The. greatest deposit of dinosaur bones and skeletons In Canada is near! the Red Deer River in Alberta. Strangely enough, although there are plenty of Iniiies there only one track ha- IM-I-II discovered. Mr. StrTiiberg removed the rock con- taining some of the more perfect tracks for preservation In the Nation- al Mn-t-uni in Ottawa. Iron Theory To Be Probed by Province To Ascertain Value of De- posits on Bank of Matta- garni River, Known for the Last 2S Years TI>I-III Immediate cummence- nit-tit i.: diamond drilling operations t (irarnl Rapids, on the Mattagami River, tjc miles north of Cm hrane. to prove or disprove the value of the imitations at that point, was an- ised here on Dec. Uih by lion. 1 f'rca. Minister of .Mines. Tii(i!i.a-> F. Sutherland, Acting Dep- uty \linii-t.-r to Hi., department, will l'-i'.. fur the North shortly to s>np"i'- Vi-.- per- iiially, tile .|. -ginning of the drilling. 11 IK-.- of iron ore al Grand I: ln-p-ii known for ihe pa*t -. .i:id while M-p.rt-i on it have be.. n made to the department at dif -' time* -.ii',. I'.u'l. it remained Tor Dr. .M. K. Hurst : the. Provincial ' -taff. through the infonna- ti >'i in- ollei ie,| in a survey of the < ' 'a- 1 summer, to aclvis- the 'proving" rperatlnn-i about to be laani : Tli<- hoi, outcrop, al Grand Rapids > iiiy in Hi.- bed of the river and a'.oiiK Hie banks. The HiiiToiinjlni; country i- covered by glucial drift to depth of :,o feet or more and the only way in which l!ie value of [he ran be asc.-, talned is by drill- in^. Th" me IH a Hitlerite with some linioiiite, of exceptionally good grade, i. i peclally suitable for the niak- i:i.-. -if .-.p'liiKe Iron. A shipment of 3'>i> pounds taken out by Dr. Hurst, v > forwarded to I lie Ontario it.- -.'.II Foundation, tav,- 4a p.-r ci-nt Iron T'.' ii> i'>>i t no-lit plans lo put down ti - i'f shallow boles, vertically a' ilisiiiiic'H of "."> f<-i-i apart and bout Inc l.-i-l back from the .Malta- Kami I; icr. The drill, to d.i tlie work, will be moved from the Gov- ernment's liKUltu llelils. which are oiiii . 16 mil'M downstream. I) II. list, who will be In charge, of tli" 'proving" work, li llrmly of Hit! opinion that the Iron will be <il :!>' economic imimrtuncu If any to .sitl .. ';'. l^ proved up. King and Queen Differ Over 'Phone High School Reporter Gains Exclusive "Scoop" From Einstein New York. Said the editor of the \ewtown High School X-Ray io Wil- liam "Blimp" Friedman, his star re- porter: "Dash over and get an ex- clusive interview wit!. Doe Einstein." And "Blimp" did. The German scien- tist autographed his notes. Friedman, who has beared nine celebrites at 18, sudenly appeared be- fore the savan f of the liner Belgen- iand and began to fire questions. Q. "How rr.jch math.-matics is necessary to the high school student? A. Mathematics itself is not as es- sential as getting the spirit of the relative ou : of the world ol mathematics in which we live. Q. What mesafje has th piofessor to send to us as the future citizens of the world? A. Although practical mathemat- ics builds the world, its '.sefulness is bounded by the extent to which th spirit of mathematics may let it travel. In conclusion, I wish to con- vey "my best wishes to these student* for a life of usefulness in this world of mathematics. Then he smiled, shook the boy'i hand and the interview was over. A Merry Christmas To All Appeal is Sent to Ontario To Eat More Maritime Fish H A in-t-uuM i., It. \V. K. t Hn'..i i . .Mar ill inn Trail.- I'onnms- | loner a i. Toronto, i.-.|iii-si inn the good odi ' < of his department In helping ! t'i <n a an imniHiiiatA Improvement I In tin- .|i mand fur tre,li flsli was for- nanled recently by Dr. Itlchard flam- 1 r, Secretary of the United Maritime ' Fishermen. "It seems to me thai V .-.-ibly you could assist in some way in 1'iliH atlng the consuming public' o! Ontaiio and yii-iier lo ask not jnly ' for more fish, but also for the fresh- ! e^t Huh that can be raiiKht," the' motsage utated. "AnythliiK you can ] d<j to relieve tho present depression ' In our Canadian markets for iresh | tl-ili at !>ri-si>ni would help to Improve condillong for the winter in the! homes of neveral thousand Marillme. flghernu-n." ^ . - A _____ Wooden Drainboard How to keep a wooden drainbuaid cl'Miu and nice looking In a problem for nearly every woman who li.it one In her kitchen. Horn In the way one woman solved It most successfully. Tht> (I ruin boa i it, of pine wood, was flr-: made Bpotlessly white and cl-au by i nliblirg It with Hleel wool and a i HI, iir/ powder. When absolnldy dry, II \\ as polished with a little boil il IliiHced oil. and after this had 8iiU 'I i'i well, was dried with a (lean cloth Next, four coats of heavy, dtn.iMi- varnish were applied, each , coat hHiiK allowed to become entire- ly dry before the noxl wag put on. Til.- result wan a truly beautiful dralnhonrd. Its hard surface, look inr- nlnioHt. like glaiiii, was Impervloua to hot water, and hot knttlei could be et on It without the Bllghtem Injury. It required no donning other than a quick washing off. f II* "Would it be vary wrung to kin your hand?' She "I think It would b Ttr? out ( Latter Insists on Old Style Receiver, but Former Has French Type in Office London. New telephones of the French "all-in-one" type have just been installed in the study and private apartments of King George at Buck- ingham Palace. The phon s r.re con- nected with the general switchboard of the palace. The new telephones have revealed a divergence of opinion in the roval family. Despite the King's choice, Queen Mary still has the old type of telephone in her apartments and what is more, an official of the palace stated, she does not want the new one-, tinder any circumstances. "King George dislikes the tele- phone," the official said, "but he car- ries on much state a'i'l personal busi- ness by pin-re and fi(-(|uently ca'ls people on 'tie the palac". "On the other hand, the Queen di-t- likes iisinfr the telephone and only does so once in a while to communi- cate with other parts of the palace." Although the apartments of the King- and Qucc are connected with the outside world by telephone, only a handful of person: can "rinij up" Uritain's rulers. Ilnw the.v get th'.-ir calls past the i;int switchboard of Buckingham Palace is one of Ihe most closely guarded of all roy;il secrets. The i ow telephones which have U-en installed in the King's apartments and other parts of the palace are noted for th.'ir clearness. The.v are said lo ha 1 e :< sixteen-Mile "range advantage" over other type-, which makes them particularly suitable for long-distance calls. The palace telephone .y.-tem, how- ever, is less modern than that of most office buildings and hotels in that tlie ri- is no house telephone. Every call, internal as well as external, must K through the general switchboard. Firemen Mend Toys During Idle Hours lloise. Ida Toys iin-nded loy- hiiinlreiU of them, spread out on the Moor lh length of n bare gyiiasium. The. place Is the, central lire station, and here is Ihe story. In the summer the proprietor of a largo department store iniiuirejl of the Hi emeu if they would care to mend the broken toys from bis store and give them to rhlldrt'n having few play- things. Tlu tin-men accepted the of- The loys anivi'd in two enormous boxen, a iiiol ley mass of detached part*. They wero placed on four long tables In the gymnasium with an over- flow of I wo sin. i II piles on the floor. Then, like working out tha IKI !, of a dissected map, the tin-men, during their Mparo hours, segregated I lit* broken loys and joined their parts to- gether, sunn-times using two lo make one, and liy Christmas they had changed the confusion into an orderly assortment of toys ready for service. Tho firemen procured the names of poor children and filled boxes for each family, and lit Christmas time tie luetvil them personally. - : Happy New Year A happy New Year lo you all. Another milestone passed; another leaf turned over in this book of lite! Fresh resolutions made and deter- minations registered how ofte'i in the past have we done these thing!) and declared that we would learn by the- failures of former years, but with the fresh start many of us set a pace we have not maintained. We might have done so much bet- ter had we not been so clumsy. Still, if we are to do better, we must switch our atte.niion from past mistakes and centre it upon Hie present, looking hopefully ahead. II is. too. our happy privllegti to be scorers much nnm* frequently than we imagine. We ar" just starting a fresh same In the leagiu of our exist- ence. We can bolli head and kick goals if we BO determine. Many of us have not made good because we did not take sufficient plea-m-e In our play. Let life be aeriou . cer- tainly; but It ig always well to eaven it with humour. Living I* a grand thin; if you taKo it philosophically, always remembering that "the be-ti is yet to be." If, then, our resolntions lhi< year are to be. Improvements upon previous ones, w^ must rti'nember that the world is big enough to hold us all 1 and that every other man has a much Huh lo live as we have perhaps more so' To put il another way, we must lianisli the Impression thai we MI e always right and the other fel- low wrong. Il would be a tine thing to resolve that we will practise this during the, year, ing tho year. Kvery year should h belter ami. better for us, and if WH have not found tli" IMISI year so. then we must look within our own lives; the explanation of errors will he found there. This year, then, may you all be filled with a Joy that will Increase: this must inevitably be so if you per- mit the best In you to come to the top nnd crush down the ill feelings of life. So let's forget lint things behind and face the future >. iili a smile. Let's live in tint sunshine of happy things. We n ii. i afford lo neglect happi- ness; we must possess II and pass It on. Dot ermine, therefore. that petty Irritations and miserable gossip and unfriendly living shall not be yours. open your eyes and heart to the light and ^n on and win. Very heartily I wish for you that this year may be the best you have yet known By "Hest Wishes." Interesting Tests Made With Crabs A recent government Blue Book de- scribes some extraordinary experi- ments that have been carried out with crabs. Everyone knows that the crab has pincers, but most of us think of him as nipping rather than nippy. You wouldn't imagine, would you, that a creature that makes r habit of pro- ceeding sideways could indulge in very long walks? During recent experiments crabs were removed from their origin*! home to a place where there was far n ore food for them and where it was thought they would settle down quito happily. But they did not. No sooner had they been turned into the sea than they all started for home. And in a surprisingly short time the majority of them had walked, or sidled, the 78 miles back again. Fach of the walkers carried his own identification disc, for he was marked by means of a label attached to his t claw. From it-Bits. Stamp Collection On Cottage Walls Paris. The most freakish and one ! of the most valuable stamp collections in France is pasted on the walls of the cottage of a priest In the Savoy Alps. Collectors who have found the stamps have bid fabulous prices for! the right to steam the collection from the walls, but since church property belongs to the French Government, the stamps must remain pasted up un- til they are spoiled by time. The collection was started half a century ago by a young priest who had no other distraction in the moun- tain village. The Community is an hour's walk and climb from tlie near- est road. But the priest received a great quantity of mail, and friends sent him stamp* to add to his collec- tion. He started pasting stamps on the bara walls In place ot wall paper. And then, as the collection grew, he pasted more on top, making Greek designs out of the issues of various countries. There are nearly L'50,000 old postage stamps on the four walls of tlie salon, many of them now rare issues much sought after by collectors. The French collection is particularly rich, with copies even of tae famous balloon stamps issued for air mail by gasbag, when Paris was being besieg- ed by the Germans in the war of 1S70. There is a rare triangular stamp from the Cape of Good Hope, some rare vatira'i stamps of the first issue before Italy took over the pontihVial territory, war stamps from 1870 from Alsace, and Lorraine, the first issues of Norway, the famous Greek mercury series, and countless others. Newsprint Output 67.6 P.C. of Capacity Canadian Mills Produced 40,- 372 Tons in November Montreal. Production of newsprint in Canada during November, 19::0, amounted to 201,703 tons and ship- ments to 213,673 tons. Production ID United States was 82,337 tons, and shipments 93.631 tous, making a total United States and Canadian newsprint production of 294.000 tons and ship- ments of 307,304 tous. During Novem- ber 24.208 tons of newsprint were made in Newfoundland and 1,263 ton* in Mexico, so tha' the total North American production for the month amounted to 319.515 tons, according to the newsprint Service, New York. The Canadian mills produced 182,- 403 tons less in the first 11 months of 1930 than In the first 11 months ot 1929. which was a decrease of 7 per cent. The United States output was 91,557 tons or 7 per cent, less than for the first H months ot 1929. Pro- duction In Newfoundland was 29.2:;* tons or 12 per cent, more In the first 11 months of 1930 than in 1929. and ID Mexico 4,483 tons less, making a total decrease of 249,212 tous or 6 per cent During November the Canadian mills operated at 67.15 per cent, ol rated capacity. United States mills al tiS.O per cent, and Newfoundland mill at 103.1 per cent. Stocks of newsprint paper at Canadian mills totalled I". :71 tons at the end of November, and at United States mills 31.813 tons, mak- ing a combined total of 72.190 tons, which was equivalent to 4.2 days' aver- age production. -f. Pompeii Yields Rich Treasure Pompeii. Italy. A rich sloro of gold and silver vessels from the days of 79 A.D.. when an eruption of Mount Ve- suvius bin led this city, was found re- cently by (iovt'i nment . \cavators who uncovered a large house Archaeologists said th_> find would rival in quantity and artistic ami his- toric value (lie famous treasure un- covered at I'nscoreale in ISliJ. This is now in Hi" l.oiivri- Mi'-t-iim In Purls. New London Well Pumps 2,200,000 Gals. In Day London, Out. London's amazing new water well on the -Ith concession continues to far out-distance, even the optimistic 1.600,000 gallons per day capacity estimated by engineers on j Dec. 9th. On Due. 10th, from 2 p.m. the ' well was pumping more, than 2,200,000 | gallons per day. or about 1,52s gallons per minute, with no sign of any dim- inution in Ihe supply. Mrs. A.: "Do >on , vev give your husband Christ mas hints'.'" MI-H. H.: "Of cnure I do." Mrs. A.: "Do you! Why the least hint makes my husband so mad." Mrs. n.: "Poor dear, you don't know the combination. I tell iny husband I don't want what I want and then I get il." Sambo: "Didn't you tell me that i 'procrastinate' means to 'put off'.''" Professor: "Oat am the slgulflca- ! tloii of the word -yes, sir!" Hambo: "Den why did (hat street car conductor laugh when 1 says: 'Procrastinate me at Twenty-First j street'. 1 ' " "Northern Messenger". Cora "So Frank is engaged. Is ho? Ami is Clara the bride-to-be?" Hulcie | "No; she Is Ilio tried-to-be." Resolved by One Homemaker This letter came n bit late, 'nut e.veu resolutions are better lain than never, HO I pass them on. If tlm writer suc- ceeds In following these resolutions through to December, 1931, she will uniltiublfdly ho a better mother, man- age a better home, and he ht\illble.r and happier. For the, new year of I!l3t I resolve Willie. ; Mamma, which would j yon nilhi'i' have for a Christ mas j Rift, an automobile or a sealskin ; sa-k?" Mamma: "A salnklu sack, dear." Willie: "Well, !> got 7 uenti. I'll ihop around and nee what I can do." Kind Old OnUeu>*n |i,iln. my MttU umnT" I II > illlil - lU iU ' "Are you lo Boy "Nool tin,.' n window cut In the wuat end of my kllcliMii (even If 1 have to do It myself) to give better ventilation and more light. Have my work table, rained three Inches higher to forestall the round shoulder* that are becoming evident. '1',-iiiH more time for reading and community activities that I may be a better companion for my two girls. Remembering that overwork re- q^lrM double time to recuperate. I win plan for dally rt*t and rci -nation. for a dlsgi untied mother often in. ikes a disgruntled family. Dress attractively every day. even In the morning, and be mislre-ns of myself as well ns my household. Plajn tjut meals a week In advance, thus having myself worry and provid- ing my family with a more balanced diet. Plan my housHWork al least a week In advance to be able to accomplish more with Inss work and worry. Keep a remlndor pad handy to Jot down needed supplies and things to attend to, and not tax my memory with theite Heine. Put home-kenping ahead of house- keeping. My family needa a cheerful spirit, guidance, and Interest more than they need perfect cleaallness and fancy cooking. I will t*k dfctty re*t and recreation, and somebow flud Urn* to rend, anil keep up with th* worM. Mrs. 11. F. Plan 1,850 Miles New Hydro Lines Additions to Serve ^700 Rural Consumers and Cost $4,380.000 Toronto. Plans have been made by the Ontario Hydro-Kleclric Commis- sion to build more than 1.850 miles of primary lines during l!i:;i. in addition to the 7,100 miles already constructed, officials of the commission announced recently. It is estimated that .these additional lines will verve more than 9.700 rural consumers and cost ap- proximately $4,:!SO,000. Farmers of the province will benefit directly by the expansion. It is stated. During the month ending November 30. 40 applications for rural service were received which will necessitate the construction of 149 miles of line. There are. at present more than 149 miles of line constructed, which will serve the demands of 40 additional consumers, and will cost approximate- ly $303.000. The following summary of Hues shows the progress in different sec- tions of Ontario: Program Progress for for year 1931 to date Southwestern .. 1.051 109 Northern 292 20 Eastern 519 20 Totals 1.SS2 1(9 New Process Makes Cotton From Iron New Orleans, I.a. C'arletou Kllis, of New York, told the annual convention of the American Institute of Chemical Kugiueers here, on Dec. 9th of a new Cerman process for making cotton from Iron. Kxcept for the color, which is blackish, he suid it looks and feels like cotton and will burn about as easily as cotton. Mr. Elll.-i also told of the Cerman process for producing urea, made from a mixture of ammonia and carbon dioxide gasaes. Trea, he explained, uot only la suitable for fertilizer but for manufacture of unbreakable china- j ware. Motorists may look for further Im- provement ot gasoline and lubricants' from the hydvogeuatlon process, said I II. 1-3. Howe, editor of Industrial and I Knylneering Chemistry, who predicted it could be made to convert crude petroleum completely into gasoline of high quality. Farmers Use Barley as Fuel Roland, Man. Farmers in this dis- trict are using their barley for, fuel; instead of coal or wood. They con- aider the grain cheaper than either although it will not retain flre nil night, it U found quite satisfactory for daytime firing. One bushel of tttvhqr wiH keep In * good flre an day In * sjn*U heater. New Animal Bill To Be Passed In Holland in, Holland. The different organizations for the protecliou of ani- mals and Ihe prevention of cruelty tu animals In the Netherlands have re- cently given practical proof of tlieit willingness to co-operate in humani- tarian aims by appointing a mixed judicial committee from their number to draft a bill for the protection of animals. The names of several eminent law- yeis and scholars appear on the com- mittee and the assistance of a large number of experts will be available to consider the possibility of basing the new law on modern conditions, giving definite rights to animals. These rights comprise lhat of pro- tection against ill-use and ill-treat- ment, of good treatment and care- au'd working day with reasonable animal the right of not more than a 10-hour holiday. Second Albino Otter Trapped in Canada Fredericton The rarest of Norta American fur-bearing animals, an Albino otler, was trapped a few day* ago on' the northwest branch of the Oromocto River near Tracy, Sunbury County, and is in the possession of a Kredenctou fur dealer. It will bt mounted and sold to one of the fall- ways for exhibition purposes. So far as is known, the animal. which was taken by George A. Nason, of Tracy, Is the second of Its kind to be caught in Canada. The animal was caught just 10 mile* from wherj the nrst one reported in Canada was caught by Ix>cke PulHips, ol Tracy, four years ago. The first was bought by the same dealer, was mounted and sold to the province of New Brunswick, and has been exhibit- ed at sportsmen's shows. Argentine Railroad Line* Face Crisis Buenos Aires, Arg. The railroad* of Argentina ar experiencing one ot the most acute crises In their history, P. 1). Guerrico, attorney for the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, stated Dec. 4, In response to recommenda- tions by the Minister of Agriculture tliat the railroads lower freight rate* on agricultural products. Keduction of rates under the pres- ent circumstances, Mr. Guerrico de- clared, would be a grave economic error, affecting the stability ot the railroads besides preventing develop- ment of the communication lines and the zones served by them. Bug: "Why the knot?" Worm: "Christmas list."