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4WJTH-THE "M DNESCOUTS to*-. Ii Spring Here? This week wo have had evidence In plenty that Spring must be cither "Just Around the Corner" or else that it has been "Just fooling us." A Lone Scout of the "Hound" I'utrol A January Suggestion For Lone Patrols Parties are tho usual fashionable functions at this time of the year, and In past years several Lone Patrols have organized very successful Patrol at Milford. Prince Edward County, has Ha wh|ch havo great sent in to Lone Scout Headquarters a f ftn( , wh , ch haye beea grefttl en . pussywillow" In full bloom, which joyed wh>t about hal a b ^ he picked the other day. , Q ur ,, atrol am , each member )n . Those of you who attended the Lone v , te am(lher (1 , who , Mt rt a Scout Camp at Ebor Park In 1930 will. Sc0ttt? Don't forget to send an Invlta- remember Mr. Lnck. tho popular own- t|on to , <Une E .. too , er of the park. He tells us that at the end of December it was much greener i International Brotherhood there than at tho end of July, and he A BQJ, S( . out is a friend to all and a sent us a dandelion which he picked i, ro ther to every every other Scout, in the park on December 28th. according to the 4th Scout Law. We also heard of a gentleman who ( Thus we note tllat the members of saw a pair of starlings teaching a lhe 4th Melton (Leicestershire, Eng- young one- to fly In Toronto a fpw days | and) Troop have Hen t a gift of Scout **"' Colors to the members of the 8th What About the Birds? 'Jerusalem Troop, Palestine, thus fos- All Lone Scouts are friends to the tering this brotherly spirit, birds, and in spite of all the signs ofj Lo ne Scouts can do a great deal to Spring, we know that there is still he i p ln lnig way by corresponding with more- cold weather to come. How other Lc-nies in this country or with about arranging to feed your feathered Scouts in foreign countries. Every friends? I heard of one Scout who member of the Ontario Lone Scout De- made use of his discarded Christmas partment should have at least one tree for this purpose-, setting it up out Scout Pen-Friend. Have you one? If of doors and tying all sorts of titbits j noti wr |te to your Scoutmaster and ask on to It which the birds thoroughly en- n j m to get you one. but don't forget Joy. ! to '.'.' if you want to write to an And Incidentally, now i-, thu Unit to otner Canadian Lonle or to a Foreign prepare new bird houses for next gcout. year's tenants. Don't forget that Gond Turn, Lon:. The Scout Censu! A TROUP OUTING i Louies of this provlncj will bo in " Cloud Movie' Finances of Province of Ontario Are in Most Sound Condition Though Provincial Treasurer's Report Shows Deficit For This Year, Government Are Making Every Endeavor to Have Balanced Budget Next Year The latest invention from Germany is the "cloud movie.' Her e w see Dr. H. Mannhelmer of Berlin demonstrating his machine which projects short films on clouds to a distance of 2,000 meters. Gold Findings In B.C. Grand Forks, B.C. Recent uncov- ering of ore running $75 to the ton OQ the Gold Drop Mines In the Jewel Camp Is said to be the most sensa- tional find In boundary district mining in recent years. Picked samples are said to have ru nmuch higher. Several samples brought to Grand Forks have large spots of free gold and a-<-ays have been running around $30. The newly formed Unlonville Troop, , terested to know that according to a ^ ^ ^ found ln & hlgh erade who were recently members of the ' recent census of the Hoy Scout Mem- Lone Scout Dpartmnt, paid a visit to bership of Ontario there are 21,793 Toronto on December 29th, for their Scouts In this province, Including, of Christmas Outing. They visited the 'course. Rovers and Wolf Cubs. Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, | Of this number 313 are Lone Scouts, which I- the tallest building in Toron- and the above figures shows a very to. and inspected it from cellar to roof substantial Increase over the figures garden. In tho afternoon they all went! returned a year ago. We are growing, to a "Show." and were afterwards on-^Lonles! Let us see to it that we grow tertalned to supper, followed by games , in efficiency as well as In numbers dur- and ont rtalument by tho 3rd Toronto Ing 1932! Tn*>[>. Particular* of the Lonu Scouts of Here's a Good Motto For 1932 , Ontario may be obtained from the Always keep your tall wagging, even Lone Scout Department, The Boy If you can duly -.-cy the tip of It to Scouts Association, 330 Bay Street, work' 'Toronto 2. "LONK K." shoot containing telluride and free gold and Is a parallel vein from which some 17 tons of ore running $'0 to the ton was recently shipped. The new find has been Inspected by P. B. Freeland, Government min- ing engineer, who states that ore of Climate and Life In Canadian North The climate of the- Canadian N'orth does not adversely affect sea life, according to the records of the Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the In- terior at Ottawa. During the winter miii-li of the surface of the water Is covered by approximately five feet of ice, which forms a clearly defined line of demarcation between the Arc- tic conditions maintaining above its surface and those In the water be- neath, the result being that the gen- eral condition* in the Arctic waters are similar to those found in more temperate zones. These conditions are clearly reflected in the character Hlmilar type has been foun.l before In of sea ,.,; foum , nonu of tne Arctlc the district. Death in the Garage The Montreal itailv Star. circle. The herds of the sea mammals have not only supported the local in- | habitants for many generations but The have also entered the world markets. Experts Waging Parasite War On Corn Borer Kept in Cold Storage in Win- ter for Massed Attack in Summer Washington. An inilijl Miipnient of parasites, part of an army that may number 500.000 beforo recruiting stops, will soon reach the. United States as the spearhead of tho 1932 oflleiislve of tho Fcd'-fal Government against the corn IXJHI, ono of tho most de- structive f.,. . with which American agriculture hus to deal. Gathered by !>< clallsu n! tho Iiiirr.au of Kntomol- ogy assigned to the laboratory at Hyeres, on the Mediterranean coast, this army of parasites will be released next Augj t to meet the corn borer In tho principal regions of infestation. During the winter this shipment, with the others that are to follow, will be kept in mid .storage. KxteniUd surveys of native parasites bowed that they killed less than 1 per cent, of the borers beyond tho egg state. So tho llnreau of Entomology looked abroad for parasltles that would attack tho corn borer effective- ly. Studios began In 1919, not long after the corn borer was found in the United States. About twenty species have so far beon discovered; these fall Into two general classes the wasp typo and the fly type. An examina- tion was in. id. > to determlno whether these parasites were harmful to plants and whether they could attack one another. Tho tests showed that they were not harmful to plans. Hyeres was chosen as being a cen- tral point for the collections. Tho Htaff of the laboratory Includes two Americans and several Europeans; are employed on a part-time baxl. American exports at Hyores fjulckly pass upon the advisability of the parasites gathered In the field by the collectors, aand when a sufficient num- ber are ready they are packed up Second French Plane To Fly Stratosphere Paris. A second French project to sond an airplane Into the stratosphere was disclosed recently. I'lerra Guerchals, aeronautical engi- neer, is secretly preparing a plane for a (light some ten miles or more above the earth, where Professor Aug- uste Plccard last summer made the i first experiment by balloon. Tae Guerchais plane will be of 700 horsepower, capable of some 200 miles an hour. It will have a sealed duralu- death toll from the Inhalation of car- The lisheries, while as yet uudevel- bon monoxide gas in automobile gar- 'oped, have long been an important ages Is steadily mounting. A chauffeur factor in the domestic economy of Is the latest victim in Montreal. The. the country. The supply of molluscs evidence showed that tho windows support many of the larger sea mam- of the automobile \u>r; tightly closed, mals. while the smaller varieties of as were the windows of the garage sea life maintain the fish and^ some itself, while tho door of the latter was of the small mammals. The marine almost closed. It dues seem astonish- vegetation is plentiful and is drawn Ing that so many i>e<jple who are upon by ail forms of animal life connected with the operation of an aid to their subsistence, automobiles fall to observe the most : elementary precaution* when hand- Nfiw T reatment Used ling cars in garages. Had the chauffeur In this particular Instance taken care Despite the deficit as announced by Hon. A. E. Dunlop, Provincial Treasurer, the financies of the Prov- inces are in sound condition, and a readjustment of expenditures, and retrenchment all along the line will give the Government the opportun- ity of balancing it's budget next year, j This la one of the statements made recently by the Province's Attorney- i General, Col. W. H. Price, when he , addressed 1500 Toronto businessmen. High lights in Col. Price's speech ; are as follows: "The Province will carry out its Debt Retirement Policy and will pay up to date and will, during the year 1932, pay up last year's Instalment, ' and whatever deficits have accrued. The Province is determined to do this and balance its 'budgeft next year. There will be no more de- ficits. In order to make sure that this would be accomplished, not only have we decided to cut our Ordinary Expenditure, but the Province has placed a slightly higher license fee for motor cars and trucks so that this service itself will be sel '-sus- taining. "The finances of the Province are In sound condition. The taxation In Ontario Is less than almost any other Province in Canada. The social services as well as the mate- rial benefits are so outstanding as to place Ontario in a class by her- self. The public must pay for them. It Is no time, howeve.-, to consider the expansion of any of these, there must be a marking of time, no matter how good a project there must be no more expenditure until we retrench and catch up. The citizen himself must be given a chance without fear of any more taxation or disability to go ahead and make progress. Ontario Is be- hind her citizens in this. "A habit has grown up in certain quarters of comparing the finances of Ontario with Quebec. People are told that Quebec's debt Is much smaller and that they generally have a surplus. discuss the If those who want to subject desire to be honest about it and give the pie the facts, they will tell them at once that part of Ontario's debt, amounting to $186,000,000, has teen advanced to the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario foi the purpose of carrying out theii undertaking, and that the Province has back of that a utility owned by the public through its municipalities. "They will also tell the public that we have invested over $40,000,- 000 in the Temiskatr.lng & Northern Ontario Railway and that that ii part of our Capital Debt, but that we own that road. They might also say that Quebec owns no Hydro Klectric service and owns no Rail- road and has not Issued bonds for the purpose of construction of such assets. "They might go forth and say that we have spent $125,000,000 in Prov- incial roads and that Quebec's roads cannot be compared with Ontario roads. They are not as wide as Ontario roads, they are not as firm- ly constructed and in most places they are not in any way as gooci. "The financial structure in Canada in sound. Our Banks are evolving and performing their functions. True, they must assist in financing Canada and the Provinces. They must help to finance our railways and our big public undertakings. They must stand behind onr munici- palities although there has been over-expenditure. This function of our chartered Banks in Canada is being carried out in a very helpful way. I think probably they went too far, when times were good, in advancing money, but they are today standing behind all public bodies in an attempt to work out a solution of our problems. It is idle, there- fore, to say that, because there are such tremendous deposits in Can- ada, the Banks can do every thing. There is always a limit to what credit can be given. The less the Banks have to do in raising money for Governments and Municipalities and other bodies the more will HIP? have for the use of business and th help of our people in getting oni business structure back to normal.' In Lettuce Seed Germination to open the garago window and door ' New York. Germination of lettuce i 1 and the windows of the madiine. he seed although ground temperature. ao - It is no uncommon th.ng for them German School Boys Stage "G.B.S." Play Hamburg. German school children, especially boys, who have attained an age at which literature can be appre- ciated, are proverbially fond of the German classics, according to a cor- respondent of 'The Christian Science Monitor. They are well read in Kng- and dramatic literature al- Interesting Facts On Bird Life would probably he alive and well to- may he high by a new plan of seed min cabin. The plauo will be larger and more i. .-. i nil than the Farman craft, which has been prepared for a similar flight, as disclosed last week. The Far- man plane will make tho attempt as oon as weather conditions are favor- able, but the Guerchals attempt will be delayed until spring. ^ ._ The Cosy Season The N.Y. Herald-Tribune. --One gift brought only by a Northern winter is tho sense and mood of coziness. Where snow never falls, whero wind never huffs and puffs against the frosted pane, they don't know what cozluess is. It goes with the delicious greet- ing of warmth and with mellow lamp- light on book and apples. You feel it Intensely when, coming homo chilled and wet, you climb the last Icy stops to bo met by that first breath of the comfortable Indoors. Something good is roasting In the oven something substantial and savory. Already dent- ed by tho stretching cat, the porty, worn chair Is waiting with open arras. The faithful furnaco glows reassur- ingly. Dumplings! To Bet homo on such a night Is worth a winter. Great Britain's Task Capo Argus. Great Britain Is still a creditor country with overseas in- j vestments valued at 3,500,000,000, \ and she Is quite capable of restoring her adverse trade balance and thus stabilizing the pound ut a reasonable level. Moreover, she Is now tho load day. treatment has been worked out by Professor H. A. Horthwlck of the hot- to act the whole or a large part of a Shakespearian play at bnaklng up or on a similar fete duy and do it aclmir- anv division of the branch of the ! *ly. A new departure was recently College of Agriculture of the Univer- undertaken by the sixth-form boy- sltv of California. Professor Borth- | wick has recently returned from 1m- 'peril! Valley, Cal., where he demon ' primauer, as they are termed here of the Hamburg Herder School. They ventured on a performance of G. I - , ., xtratod the results of his methods to ! nard Shaw's "St. Joan" In the trans- the growers of that district. latlon Siegfried Terbltsch. The . Lettuce seed, it is explained, require i bo >' s in their p thllslasl " ?ad cuts for germination an adequate supply and presented a play lasting over four | of moisture, good aeration and a low houra - No one '" tl)1 a'" 11 * 111 ' 6 - wlllcl1 OT.||'_M|I temperature. High percentages of ^ermiuatiou are secured over a wide range of temperature from freezing to about 75 degrees Fahrenheit ; between . 75 and 85 degrees most varieties fall 'off rapidity In germination; at S5 de- I grees pertninution is almost entirely stopp-d in most varieties. She "There's a time for sym- pathy." He "Yes, but when a fellow's just missed a two toot putt is not tho II mo for It." Like the Widow's Cruse "A book is liku the widow's cruse of oil; you dip into it again and again, and the contents remain exactly what ^ . they were. Investment In books is a Kvery man Is occasionally what capital investment, the capital of he ought to be perpetually. 7.1m- which never unde-rgoes wastage or de- merman, terioration." .1. IMmsay Mac U.uiald. filled the large hall of the school to overflowing, appeared bored, however, but on the contrary. The services of a talented young actress, Barbara Schuchard, had been obtained for the name part, but otherwise all roles were given, and g'vea admirably, by the boys. Scenery and effects and in- cidental music by the school orchestra were highly comendable. It was a performance that might have delight- ed "G. B. S.' himself. Humming birds, swifts, swallowi and martins cannot walk or hop on a horizontal surface. Of these the humming birds are the most help- less on the ground. Swifts, swallows and martins have small, weak feet, which are adapted only to perching and to clinging to perpendicular surfaces. These birds spend much of their time on the wing and it has been suggested that some of tha swifts may spend the entire night on the wing at great heights. They seldom if ever alight on the ground and they capture insects for food, scoop water from ponds and lakes fon drink, and pluck twigs from trees and gather other material for their nests, all while on tha wing. When some species of swifts are placed on the ground they can arise only by moans of clumsy efforts. What is even more remarkable, ac- cording to the U.S. Biological Sur- vey, "both the chimney swift and the white-throated swift pair while in flight," although some naturalists doubt that any species of bird actual- ly mates in mid-air. Ttgsr "Flying High" and placed In cold storage on a stoa- , J mer. They are. then Hent to Arllng- r Iu " *'lvour to HC-ur that co- lon, Mass, where the bureau main- ' <>P'tlo from the gold-hoarding tains receiving station. From .here ''""'' *>"* '" tlil l , '"' ^ they are distributed throughout the vatUjn _ _of Europ^and^o^Kuu.poan oorn-borer-lnfestod areas. When liberated tho parasites are planted In colonies, to assure perma- nency In their warfare against the civilization. If she succeeds there will bo a recovery of world prices. The whnlo world, including South Africa, will benefit and the gold stand- ard will soon function again as It did before tha war. If she falls there will be a succession of crises, each enemies of the corn borer have been liberated during tho past year. Since the Importation,, began, over a decade "^ ''' lts I'".,-, ur. ago, more than 2,500,000 parasites "' y 'lvlHallon as wo know , have beon liberated, and at least . ' rn ks ""'". ^ twelve of the twenty or so species In- troduced are known to have become Portable Theatres To firmly ostnblinhed. Tour Spain * i Madrid. Spanish students are prc paring a nation-wide tour for 1932 to oxhililt classic plays In Greek, Latin und Spanish with tho hope of Improv- Tests on wind pressures reveal that j | nR tho country's culture undor the suction action on the leeward side republic. They will travel In motor of a sky.scrapnr may produce serious ( j,uso and trucks, carrying portable effects In a high wind. theatre*. Wind Dangerous To Skyscraper Modern Toys Traced To Persia Detroit. The first mechanical toys were invented by the Persians 700 years ago, Sir 10. Denison Ross, pro- fessor of Persian art and literature at the University of London, stated in a recent lecture here. Hoss said the Persians devised intricate toys early in the thirteenth century. Elaborate drawings of their devices are includ- ed In books illustrated by Persian art- l-.'s, lie said. ndo-Chino Theatres Prefer French Talkies The first talking picture theatre was penod in Saigon, French Iudo?China, .1 the fall of 1930 and showed Ameri- ,iu films. This venture was at first a uccess, but although large crowds ;une to see the novelty, they could not 'iidorstand tho words and shortly lost iierest. The theatre Is now showing i!y French talkies. t'. S. Commerce ports. Rules For Citizens-to-Be i'.ucnos Aires. Foreigners may be- :ue naturalized citizens of Argentina ter two years' residence, provided ,->y learu the Spanish language and ve no "ideas" or doctrines opposed the Argentine form of government, I dcr a decree issued recently by tho The song of an English nightingale was broadcast to the world when Beatrice Harrison, English musician, lured one of the feathered song- i sters to a microphone concealed la ( a thicket on her estate in Surrey, i The bird was stimulated to enter the thicket and sing when the must- | clan played a cello and sang softly. Many unsuccessful efforts had be?n made previously and when the oird began to sing in front of the micro- phone It was switched on the air iind tll other programs interrupted. The nightingale's song was picked up distinctly in the United Sfates and Australia. "Animal Life." Shango lias just experien; o,l his (\r.<t pl.iin rtl> all lii i .n Ostend to London. KviUenily ii i.iu , l..i\.- i> \MI a bumpy i> So safe that it will not Ignite VIMI when a lighted match is applied i it. a now fuel for airplanes has ''.-en intrmlucfid. Bountiful Fruit Harvest In Southern Germany The fruit harvest in south Germany this year was large, according to i correspondent of the Christian Scieucf Monitor. Cheap loans for the trana port and purchase of fruit have been granted. The shores on the Gemini side of Lake Constance are an e-s pecially rich fruit region. In som> I'arts of this land an interesting ol< ustoni still prevails. Until Octob* ". fruit may remain on the trees, bu i! 'it longer, no matter how brightly the '.in may shine. The fruit must b gathered before "Gallus Day," or auy- body may take It. A proverb says: 'When Gallus Hay is past, whatever fruit remains luiimiii is mine." A man was complaining of tho lack of warmth in the boardlng- liouse In which ho was staying. "In the daytime It is bad enough," ha said, "but at night I frequently wake up and hear my teeth chattering on the dressing table." T 4 I >