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VOICE CANADA. THE L^MF'IRE of the THE WORLD AT LARGE PRESS Lew For President CANADA Relic of Early Railroading in Ontario An interestinjr proposal lias been made to the citizens of Toronto by a Catiadian of Knglish de cent born at tlolland Landinfr 72 years ago, and now living in Hritisli Columbia. His father followed railroadiiiK in the early days of Ontario, and was the first trackmastcr on the Ontario Siracoo Huron Union Railroad, which started from Toronto about 1845. In the year 1S54 the section mas- tern and men of (hat railroad pres- ented lii.-- father with a Rold watch suitably inscribed as a token of their esteem. The watch, still running Wei!, is a solid IKk. pold one niaac in London, Knp. On one side of the outer case is an cnsraving of a loco- motive of the old wood-burninK type. On the other side are cnsravinKS of a lion and unicorn of the Itoyal Ai-iiii;. The owner is ccttlng along in years, and is not well off financial- ly. "What better di.sposal could 1 make of the wat'.h," he asks, "than to get the loyal railroad men and citizens of Toronto to contribute, say 25 cent< or 50 cents each, to- waids making a present of this valu- aVde old relic of early day railroad- ing to the City of Toronto." This raihorid veteran is vvllliiij,' to sell the watch for the value of the gold in it, and su;,'OT.'^t? that it might be placed in a mu.seum in memory of lii:-! father, and as a relic of L-arly railroading in Canada. The proposal is worthy of con.sid',ration for, in this fa t moving age, the records of pion'jcring are loo often lost. â€" To- ronto .Mr'."! and Kmpire. Canada a War Prize Because the .Atlantic ocean separ- ates this country from the immediate scene of European war .scares, there is a feeling of security in Canada that probably is not justilied by ba.sic facts. That subject was re- ferred to the other day in Toronto by Sir Robert I'ali'oner, addressing the Women's Canadian Club. Tie pointed out that tiio natural riches of Canada would tempt a predatory enemy. If this were a poor country it would be safer, but being one of the richest domains in the world, it could not be overlooked by nations ovoreiowded by domestic population atid looking for an outlet for tV surplus. â€" Sarnia Canadian Observer. Advcrlisir.g Canada Tl.i^ man Dolan, wlio directs the Canadian Travel ISureau at Ottawa, i:; an energetic sort of a cuss and it is, rdnsenuciiUy, no surprise to learn that, in his elforts to gain (Canada fa. or.ible pul)Iicily tliroug'uiut the United States as a I'aiadiso for tourists, he has t)een successful in interesting the management of the Crowell Publishing Company, pub- lishers of the American Magazine, Collier's Weekly an<l other well l:nown periodicals, to such an extent that they are sending ten of their editoi'ial writers, including Walter Davenport, "one of the greatest re- porler.- in America," to cover Canada from coast to const during the com- ing .Summer and write articles on this country. In addition, )'.cx llcacli, the nov- elist .ind rportsnian, has been cn- Kagod by the Cosmoi)olitan Magazine to wiito a Keries of articles on Can- adian resorts for that magazine. â€" liroc'cvillc Recorder. Two Good "Sooites" Otic of the best publicity agents Bt tlie p)-osent time not only for Al- goin.i but for the whole of .\orthern Ontario i.-i Uriah McKaiblen, of Chat- liam, who never loses an opportunity to t?ll of the re ources and oppor- tuiiities for <leve!opnient that this vast territorj' afTcu-ds. This former Sooite, who since his reniov,"! to Chatham has become a favorite speaker in that part of the country, has a wide knowledge of Northern Ontario ami, as hia speech to the .Masons of Chatham recently shows, is able to i)resent it in illu- minating and entert.iining fashion. When another former Sooite„ Sir William llear.st, later Prime Mini.ster of the province, became Minister o' Lands and Forests, he, like the judpe, eagerly seized every chance to Hing the wonders of the territory from which he came. Indeed this proclivity, taken in conjunction with hit! well-known temperance princi- ples, made the theme of a song which was given with great effect at a Toronto new.^iiappr dinner at whicn Sir William was n guest. It went something like tliis: Whnls the matter with William? William iloward Hearst? What's the matter with William? Thei'e's nothing but hia thirst. William thirsts to sally forth And rave and rave of the wonderful north â€" What's the mailer with William? Thero'.s nothing but his thiist. Sir William did a great work in making the north known to tl:e rest of the province, and Judge McFad- dun, who is afflicted with much the same thirst, is doing us a great ser- vice today. â€" Sault Sle. Marie Star. Band Has a Blow-Out Wednesday evenin.;' of la.st week, after the liand had exhausted all their wind blowing horns, the cham- pion lariat thrower of the band, Cecil Denniss, gave an exhibition, and adroitly caught the newly mar- ried bandsman, Fred Hi.skin, and after carefully tying him up, the band paraded him to his home and handed him safely to Mrs. Hi.skin, who with the help of Miss Irwin, brought forth victuals to .soften the hearts of the bandsmen. Some suit- able songs, especially composed for the occasion by one of the band boys, were sung by the octette. â€" j Strathroy .4ge-Disiv.itch. j They Pay As They Go ' For several years Peterboro has followed the plan of paying its re- lief bills out of cui-reiit revenue. In that way the obligation of 1!)30 Is dealt with in that year, and we be- lieve that plan will yet have to be generally adopted. For this reason: Relief expenditure ;s not something which is going to disappear. It has taken its place as a fixture the same as education, public services, etc. ! Wo believe it will diminish, but it will not disappear. The period of idleness has brought into existence a class of people who may not be employed again ; tlie places they u.sed to occupy will not apain be open for them, and relief will have to be continued for their sake. A munici- pality does not issue debentures to pay for its regular services; it col- lects from the taxpayers regularly for the purpose, ajid relief has ar- j rived at the point where it will have I to be dealt with in a similar way. j Cities which keep on issuing de- 1 bentiires to pay relief costs have i failed to recognize the permanency I of relief, and by resorting repeated- ly to debentures they have made cer- tain of trouble enough with their tax rates of the future. â€" Peterboro E.x- aminer. â-  Soaking the Car Owner I There are, in real life, cases where one may kill the goose which lays the golden egg. Ten years ago, when a tax on gasoline was first imi)0.sed in the pro- \ \ ince of New Rrunswick, automobile | and truck owners contributed in i license fees and gas taxes a total | of $071,726, or 15.9 per rent, of the total ordinary revenue, S1,20C,- Farm Problems Conducted by PROFESSOR HENRY G. BELL wilh the co-operation of the various depart.-nent* of Ontario Agricultural College. I're.s:denlial Secretary Mar\in H. Mclnlyre (right) receiving thiee Hawaiian lei.s from Territorial Delegate Samuel W. King which were sent to the President by by Governor of Hawaii as part of fii-st shipment of air exjjre-s flown from the Islands. The bjsinccs of farming is yearly becom:n3 more and more dependent upon facta that have been gathered regarding livestock and livestock manaj.ment, crop production, soil manaeement, disease and insect con- trol and business organizations of the farming industry. Individual prot>- lems Invo ving one or more of these, and man/ other phases of agriculture engags the attention of Ontario far- mers from day to day During the winter months there Is a little more time for study of the most acute prob- lems. Through tl-.'.s co:'.:rr.n farmers may secure the latact information pertain- ing to their difficulties. To introduce this service Professor Eell has pre- pared the following typical problems to indicate the inforTnation which should be given in order that a satis- factory ansv/er can be made. If answer is desired by letter en- close stamped and addressed envel- ope for reply. Add.ess ail inquiries to Professor Henry G. Bell, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto Ontario. For Tiny Girls 853. This was 'a good-sized golden egg, >vlien compared with the revenue derived from all ether sources. Hut the motor driver was consid- ered a very willing goose, and each year the egg demanded of him grew larger and larger until during the last year it was nearly three limes the size of that gathered in 1020, and for the last three years repres- ented approximately .'!0 per cent, of the total provincial receipts. â€" Saint John Telegraph-Journal. THE EMPIRE Saving British Bridges A great number of old bridges, which are among tlic greatest struc- tural beauties of rural and urban England, are threatened by the un- conscionable loading of modern lor- ries. An expert committee is now engaged in research work, under- taken on their behalf. Three bridges (one in Ruckinghamsliire) have been finally condemned since they are past saving, and have been consigned to the research workers for exi)ert- mental purposes. If it is discovered just what weight they can safely carry, their dissolution may save the life of many another bridge. An ingenious method for testing their strength has been devised and is being practised. Instead of the more obvious method of i)iling weights on the top till the breaking or cracking point is icactied, weights are suspended from a chain encircl- ing the arch, and the effect of the increased strain is wat 'bed from a barge beneath. We cannot spare our old liriilges. Such stone arches an<l parapei^t a- bridge the Ousc between Hunting- done and (lodmanchester â€" to give one illustrationâ€" are as glorious, u. say the arc!ic*'o[ the almost mediae- val grammar school or the adjacent mill that was not so long ago de- stroyed by muni'ipal Goths. â€" London Spectator. Xolhing loiiid be simpler iliuu this wee diuss ti> fashion. The brief Freucli bodice eilect and eapulet shoulders, give much cachet to this fresh dimity print frock. The white organdie blouse boasts of its shirt collar and puf- fed sleeves. For warm day.s in summer, this dress is adorable worn with- out the blouse. For warm days in summer, this dress is adorable worn williout the blouse. Style No. 2730 is designed for sizes 2, 4 and fi years, hize 4 re- (|Uires 1% yards of S5-inch ma- terial for dress with 1 yard of 31)- inch material for blouse. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and addreit plainly, giving number and iize of pattern wanted. Enclose 15c in • tamps or coin (coin preferred); wrap it carefully and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Me 'aide Street, Toronto. Empire Defence The (| le.-tion of I'.mpire migration is an econoniic problem. It is prim- arily a matter for the Dominions thenvsclvcs. But the (luestion of Km- pire defence is liritain's own concern. In the Mouse of Commons, Mr. Kden says: "Whatever course events may take, the one essential element is that r.ritain must be slr.itig." W^isc words. l!ut in rebuilding lier own strength liritain must secure co-or- dination of the defenie of the whole Empire. The most vulnerable part is .Australia. â€" London Sunday Kx- pres-s. Kitten Swallowed Engagement Ring LOXnOX. â€" Miss Ivy We.sley of the Civil Service Stores in the Strand, left her engagement ring in a room when she went to wash her hands. When she returned the ring was mis ing. The only other occu- pant of the room was a kitten, which Miss Wes'cy had liefrien<le<l as a stray, and to wlii<h she had given the Tuune of Friday. Friday began mewing dismally. Mis.s Wesley concluded he luul tak- en something that disagreed with him. .^n X-ray picture showed the ring in the littlo cat's inside. Should Friday undergo a hazardous oper- ation or should she lose her ring'.' This was Miss Wesley's s(df-imposcd problem. Miss Wesley plum|)ed for the op- eration. She has now recovered her ring, and Friday, apart from .some loss of fur, has also.recovered. A block of flats constructed in the I Hackney section of London last year provides baby carriage accommoda- tions at six cents a week as well as one-room flats for widows and a mortuary chapel. I _ ,»4 Doctor Descriks Lie of Eskimos Dr. I. M. Rabinowitch Tells CaiKidaii Club of Ex- periences in North .MONTUKAL. â€" The Eskimos in lludson straits and Hudson's Bay are i-apidly degenerating and dis- appearing l)ut further north in the Eastern Arctic the population is in- creasing, according to Dr. 1. M. Ra- binowich, director of the department of metabolism and tcxicologist of the Montreal General Hospital, in an address here, on his investigations last summer in the Eastern Arctic regions. The Eskimo shows remarkable re- sistance to fatigue, extreme temper- ature and pain but was not resistant to the infections that the white man brought in. i There was much tuberculosis and i arterio-sclerosis, teeth were cleaner, 1 but on the whole not very healthy, ] and pyorrhoea was common in the i south, further north teeth were more dirty but more healthy, although | they were worn away because of the ' peculiar huliit of constantly chewing: leather. .-Xniong the pure Eskimos' the people were not only healthy but : suffered from a condition which] might be described r.s too nuich health. I Dr. Kabinowich said tliat there! was no sanitation among the Eski- mos, their homes were uniformly fil- thy, but among the pure Eskimos | filth was compatible with good I health because the organisms to which he was exposed were not sol virulent as the ones civilized people were exposed to, and if the white man did not bring in other organ- isms, ho kept healthy. The F^skimo is not a lazy person, remarked the speaker, for laziness was incompalibie with life in the Eastern Arctic and the severity of life was seen in his food. An animal gorged itself because it did not know ; when it would have hia next meal, j and the same applied to the Eskimo ' â€"he would eat five or ten pounds of meat at once. Most meat was eaten raw, some of it parboiled. I "He does not crave any variety ' and when it is pletnfiul he caches it under rocks and there is marked pu- trefaction. One can tell when one is within a mile or two of a walrus ; cache but at the same time we must remember that some of us eat cheese," remarked Dr. Uabinowitch. i "The Eskimos are the only prim- itive people in the world that do not - know aU'oliol because there is very lit- tle vegetation to ferment for the production of alcohol. He is very: happy because he is contented wilh things we regard as trivial and he is very co-operative â€" the struggle for existence has taught him to be co-operative." Qiiesiiou â€" How would you fighi. tlie Cabbage or Onion Maggot? Answer â€" I suppose what is meant is what is the best way to liiilit both of t'hese insects. Against the cab- bage maggot, the best thing to use U corrosive sublimate at the strength of 1 ounce to 10 gals, of water. The poisou is dissolved by putting it first into a littlo water, ju.u enough to nicely cover it when it is all crushed, then add more water and stir well. If all is not yet dissolved, add a littl^ more water and continue stirring until it Is dissolved. It will dissolve much (luicker In hot water if this Is con- venient. After dissolving add the necessary amount of water to bring it up to the above proportion ot 1 ounce to 10 gallons. This liquid s.hou!d be made up and kept in wooden vessels as it corrodes met- als it it Is left In them for any ap- preciable length of time. It should be applied at the rate of from one- By KEN EDWARDS Diabetes Death Rate Increases DETHOIT. â€" During the last four years diabetes has been one of the principal causes of death in De- troit, tlie department of health an- nounced in the weekly health re- view, 'fhe mortality rate of diabetes ranges from a low of 12.1 per 100,- 000 population, in ini!>, to 20.5 in 1935. Statistics compiled by the depart- ment show that of a total of 3,ini;i deaths from diabetes during the last two decades, 2,15(1, or G1.5 per cent., occurred among females. For the weeic ended March 7, 180 cases of whooping cough, resulting in one death, were reported. The norm is !>7. Pneumonia cases were also over the norm for the same period. There were 107 cases reported while the norm is 127. Sprlncer De Luxe Glen Cunningham, world famous runner, a few weeks a.go, defeated his old eastL'rn rivals. Gene Venzke of Pennsylvania and Joe Mangan of Cornell. The Iowa city world-record holder held back considerably at the start, later turned it on out<printing both rivals. The last (piarter of this race, clocked in 55.8 .seconds, was the fastest ever recorded in a mile race. Two years ago Glen Cunningham set his world indoor mi'e re"ord of 4.08.0 in this event. He will throw his hoofs arouiul for L'nrle Sam this summer at the Olympics. That world-famous Gene Venzke, the 27-year-old University of Penii. senior recently ran 1500 meters in 3:40.0, chalking up a tipw world's record. Kemcmher the great Joe Mangan? He defeated Cunningham not long ago. Joe looms as leading U.S con- tender for the mile honours in the Olympic games. Since Lou Gehrig, the star New York Yankee first baseman and slug- ger teamed up with the Yanks in 1025, he has played in LCV? conse- cutive games. The former record was 1,.'?07. PLEASE NOTE â€" TK.-,nks very kindly all you fans for your many letters. To-day's colunin is dedicat- ed to Misn Lavinia Wi'son of Mon- treal, Quebec. Send your spovl questions to Ken Edwards, c o National Press, 57 Bloor St. W., Toronto, they will be answered through this column. third to one-half cupful of the li- quid to each piant. Pour it direct- ly around the base of the stem. Tha first application should be made tliruo or four days after the plants ;ue set out, provided tihat Europ- ean plums have reached the stage of full bloom. It the plants hare been set out before the plums reach that stage, delay the applica- tion until the plums are ia bloom. Repeat in a week. If there are any seed beds they may be treated at the above times by using a water- ing can with sprinkling knob on tue end. If raiiishes are to bo treated they sliould be grown in rows and the liquid poa.ed along directly on tiio plants in the row by means of a watering can without a knob on the apout. Treat them just as sooo as thpy are nicely through the ;.uui!d and not more than >,2 inch higli. One treatment is all that can be afforded on radishes. Be sure to wet the soil well for half an inch on sach side of the plants. C.XUTION â€" Corrosive sublim- afe is deadly poison if taken In- ternally. The onion maggot is not nearly So easily controlled as the cabbage maggot and in many districts where damage is not very serious it will probably not pay to use any con- trol measure because of the cost. One control meuhod Is by usins corrosive sublimate at the same strength given above. It should be applied as soon as the onion plants can be seen clearly enough to make out the rows and v,-hile they are not higher than an Inch above the ground. Repeat preferably twice at intervals of a week. A wate:ing can with a little spread- ing device at the top of tiie spout may be used, or some use knap- sack wilh a rubber tube extending from an opening near the bottom to the groLnd. A -stick may have to be fastened to this tube to direct the spray where needed. By pres- sing the thumb and finger against the rubber the liquid can bo pre- vented from running out if neces- sary. Anot-'ier more iwpular an 1 cheap- er method Is to use a two per cent lubricating oil omulsion. Directions for making this can he obtained from the Department of I-in .-.mo- logy at the O.A.C. Guelph. The oil emuls'on should be combined with Bordeaux mixture (4-4-40). The first application should be made at the same lime as indicat- ed above for corrosive sublimate. Two more applications at intervals of a week are required for the best results. The emulsion is applied as a spray, the nozzle being held a few inches from the plants to con- centrate the spray directly upon them. Be sure to wet the surface of the soil around the plants. The oil controls by repelling the tlies from laying eggs. L. Caesar, Department of Ento- mology, O. A. C. Iliyi From Tax on fine 10 Cents Per Gallon Levy Will Be Abolished By Ontario TOIIOXTO, â€" From the tax of 10 cents a gallon on native wine, wihich the government has decided to abol- ish, the province dirived $11,190.11 so far this year and the amount may reach $i;;o.OOO by March 31, end of the fiscal year. Premier Hepburn said ia his budget speech. Amiouneomcnt of the removal of the tax was made l)y the premier two weeks ago ami a bill providing for this is now before the liegislature. The tax. which came into effect in l!iS2, is being repealed beeau.se ' It Is obnoxious to the grape-growers." the premier said. II,e added it was more diffieut to collect than might bo es- pecled because it does not apply upon a e.^ made to purchasers outside the I'rovince. Worth $3,500,60 OTTAWA-News that the sap is lunning in tht maple trees caused the Department of Ag-iculLiira to disclose that the white man's maple sugar industry in Canada is 230 years old this spring, and that about 50,000 farmers from Western Ont- ario to the .Atlantic seaboard share in the harvest. The department estim..tcs that about 70,000,000 maple trees produce sap in Eastern Canada, but that only about one-third ot that number are tapped. Nevertheless the value of last year's sugar and syrup harvest was $3,522,420, an increase in a year of $481,820. The industry was start- ed in 1700 at Sault au Recollet, new Montreal. '"1 Jk i