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Tho Green Thumb By Gordon L. Smith Speedy Growth ^ tioii, frrlilizcr. Rtal secret ot tender vo^;ctal)lcs Ls i)iiick, mieliecked gnnvtli. To K't tlr'i m('aii<i «'^iiting at tlic proper time, not too early witli tender tilings lliat fro.st or cold weather may ••lieck, and tluy must be harvested when just ri^lit. %i ^^ ;^- -. Old garden- W *^^ erspnsh growth ii, ^)[jJ alony quickly with plenty of ciiltiva- and water when necessary and if posjihle. They also spread nuvings out over at least several weeks so that yoiniK stuff is cominK along contii iiously. An- other trick they use is to plant sev- eral (lillcrent types â€" an early maturing sort, a medium and a late. Ill the seed catalogue usually will bf !iil?'l 'llic nunibcr of ^|ays to maturity. Thus we can pui'dhas(!, 9ay, peas that wi'.l be ready for the table in fifty days, some in si.xty and some in seventy. By using some of all three there will he a succes-sion of good crops instead of a regular feast followed by a famine. Most experienced gardeners continue mak- ing sowings of carrot?, beets, beans, lettuce and spinach from the time the ground is first ready up to mid- July. Of course, to get top quality there must be no time lost between pickini; and cooking. Double Harvests Where one aims at getting two crops of vegetables from the same ground, usually a combination is selected of something early and late suci as radish, lettuce, spinach and peas, followed by late beets, beans a d carrots. Ju.^t as soon as the .t-oil is fit to work one can put in the firt three me tioned. By the time these are ready tor the table there will still usuall) be time to make the last sowings of beans, beets, carrots, corn, etc. Another method of double crop- ping is to have alternate rows of quick maturing things with slower but larger growers. Thus in be- tween the rows of potatoes, beets, bcan.s, Mrn, etc., we will plant let- tuce, spinach and radish. The last will be used up and out of the way bettjre the first named require full space. « * • It would be interesting to know, now, how many of Spring's gard- eners will still be at it when the hot days of July and August roll around. That is when the test of the true gardener conies. So, just a word of warning to all those people who are grubbing in the earth these days â€" make up your ninds to stick to it for six months. If you don't all your efforts will be wasted. Eggs for Britain Britain will buy Australia's total export surplus of eggs and «^g products under a new five-year agncment. Australia is to increase her pro- duction to achiive an export target of 105,000,000 dozen eggs a season, ini ludmg egg products. The agree- nunt is designed to supply Britain with eggs during the winter when her other sources of supply are low. I'irst Australian eggs should be in liritish shops by September, ac- cording to the food minister's egg division. Keep on Trying "You know, old man, I'm half inrlincd to think â€" " "I'crscvere, old chap â€" persevere! •You'll make it yet." y5HOIlT5fef?V The Killer's Target By KATHYIIN WILSON Joe Sand, hank clerk, had decided to kill a man. I,ooking back on his 47 years, he realized how sp iicless they had Ikcii. Willioiit knowing ex- actly what to do about it, he had long since grown tired of fetching and carrying for exacting fLlmcr Dunning, president of Wchhyvillc's First National hank. And what had happened lately left his spirits flat- ter than any ledger line. John Morric, the cashier, resigned to take a job in an eastern city and the cashier job in old First National became the plum rcadj to drop into the lap of sonic lucky man. Joe was next in lin.e for promotion, hut he was worneii. He wanted to ask Dunning about the board's plans and didn't have the courage. The small blue eyes in his bony face filled with fcai at the thought of such audacity. Somehow he couldn't stretch the narrow should- ers on his short thin frame to the necessary width of confidence. In .short order Joe's hopes were dashed to oblivion. Why did some fellows have all the luck ? That young upstart, Harry Coats, who'd been brou;;ht on from New York, made casliicr over the heads of the four men having seniority in the bank's marble elegance! Resent- ment blazed high until the three younger nun got to liking Coats well enough to forgive him. But Joe Sand, thoroughly incensed, couldn't jorgn^e. He hated Coals, he hated Dwwiiig, he haledâ€" everybody. His thouyhls xvere cruel hot daggers stashing every moral fibre within him. He li'as determinedâ€"to kill! Dunning needn't think that Joe Sands, the slave, hadn't a chick- adee's guts. Just because he didn't parade a push and drive was no proof that he hadn't secret ambi- tions to rise in banking circles. Joe glanced quickly around his modest room in Mrs. Miller's select boarding house. Shak'ly, he took a gun out of the bottom drawer of the tired-looking pine bureau, thrust it into his pocket. The weapon had be- longed to his father and was rusty with neglect. It had been used for target practice in the Sand family's small back yard, but never to spill human blood. It hadn't been shot off in years. Joe hoped it wouldn't fail himâ€" everybody and evcrvthiiig else had. At the bank that noon Joe had to be reminded that it was time to go for his daily chocolate malt. Natu- rally taciturn, he was even more so now and his co-workers flung him questioning glances and whispered among themselves about what was "eating old Sandie." But through it all he was grimly determined. He was doing his last duty for the stal- wart old bank which had supported him for 20 years. He had to git everything in order before they took him awayâ€" after the killing. He had brought his records up to date near closing time when he hap- S5DE GLANCES By Galbraith pened to notice Harry Coats doing a peculiar thing. Harry, white-faced, was coming out of the vault, his arms loaded with currency. Joe wheeled and faced a masked mail on the customer's side of the cashier's wirtdow. The gun pointed at Joe was no toy. "Put 'em up or I'll drill yuh!" The intruder's gaze shifted to the roll of bills. Joe's right hand drop- ped to his coat pocket. Just in lime, Joe dodged the bullet that ivhizzcd past. But the shot he fired nas follozvcd immediately by the stranger's curse as he hit the flour. As though jet propelled, Joe dart- ed from behind the counter, and up tc the still body. "Careful, Joe!" warned Coats. "It's a trickâ€" he'll shoot!" But Joe ignored caution, knelt be- side the hefty stranger, laid a hand on his bloody shirt front. Then he got quickly to his feet and announc- ed dramatically. "The skunk's dead â€" oiiite ^cad!" Sottiething like knighthood valor went sailing through Joe. Why, this w. i odd ! Never had he felt so- masterful. Why, he couldn't feel in- ferior to anybody or anything after this ! Nor afraid. Not even of him- self. It was a lucky break that he hadn't gotten around to that killing he'd planned to do today. After all, it would be a pity to disgrace the Sand name. No man ever got even with anybody by putting a bullet through his own head. A Few Thoughts About Motoring A Bad Bet â€" IJ you're 35 years old, you have, on the . average, about seventeen million more minutes to safety to save just 60 seconds or so. live. When you gamble with your you're betting all those remaining minutes on the chance. Traffic Jam â€" That's when you sit in your car and watch the pedestrians whiz by you. Average Motorist. â€" .\ man or wo- man who, after passing a wreck on the road, drives really carefully for the next two minutes. Speed. â€" There are stop-watches which split a second into tenths and even twentieths. But the shortest perceptible units of time too short for any watch to catch â€" is the dif- ference between the moment when the traffic light changes, and the oaf behind you honks for you to go. Neiw Cars. â€" Don't worry if there's a slight knock in that new car of yours. If you forget about it, be- fore long it will work itself out â€" or else an even louder rattle will develop which will divert your at- tntion. Plenty of Them. â€" A bore is a man who persists in talking about his own car when you're just dying to talk about yours. Subsidies to British farmers were introduced in 1924. New RSM Badge â€" Canadian Regimental Sergeant-Majors soon will- be sporting a new badge of rank â€" one tiiat for the first time in the history of the Canadian Army will be distinc- tively Canadian in design. In describing the badge, Ottawa authorities said it is more color- ful than, and differs greatly from the badge now being worn which is of Imperial design. The badge is three inches high and two and a half inches wide. It will be worn by all Warrant Officers, Class I, replacing both the RSM's badge and Conduc- tor's (RCOC) badge now in use. Quite a Difference Political Speaker. â€" What we need is a working ma.'ority and thenâ€" A voice.â€" Better reverse it, mis- ter â€" what we really need is a ma- jority working. Anyway, They Don't Fingerprint You! When a visiting motorist drives into the ivince of Alberta he must register with the provinci; 1 author- ities within 36 hours. Just why, no- body seems ti know. Such a rule 'oes not apply in any other prov- ince, or in the majority of states south of til border. And it certainly cannot be any a,;r;iCtion for tourists intending to visit Alberta. Commenting on this strange state of affairs The Financial Post says that i s about time officials in some of our provinces grew up and real- d that they are not admini'^trat- ing a sovereign state, but merely part of a big, and what should be a free country. "In a world that' is cursed with restrictions surely â-  within our own boundaries we catk set an e-xample." Fine and Cooler Judge (in traffic court)â€" "I'll let you off with a fine this time, but another day I'll send you to jail." Driverâ€" "Sort of a weather fore- cast, eh, Judge?" Judgeâ€" "What do you mean?" Driver â€" "Fine today â€" cooler, to- morrow." HEMORRHOIDS 2 Special Remedies by tiM Malwra off Mecca Ointin«fi( Ueecs Pne Remedy No. 1 li for Pratrudini Blcedioc PUea, and la sold in Tube, with plp«, or Intenial appUeation. Price 7fic. Mecca Pile tcmedy No. 2la for External Itcbiog Piles. SoM D Jar, and la for external use only. Price SOe. Mar by number from you Dniggiat. / won't let me play with th»tn â€" they tay my Minn was an •fficerl" MODERATION ♦ ♦♦THE WISDOM OF. MATURITY < True, -we are a 701111^ country. In less than a century 'we have ^isen fr<Hn colonial < youth to nationhood of a sta hue enjoyed by'ito other people of our numbers. Canada has earned this. Througli the yeaio we have kept our sense of values . . . been moderate in our pleasures . • . moderate in our thinking. Today* we continue to bear ourselves with the self-respect of a moderate people. We are moderate in our spending, in our thinking ... moderate in our pleasures, moderate in the enjoyment of whisky ... moderate in all things. We arc young, yes. But we have come of age, for moderation is the 'wisdom of maturity. THE HOUSE OF SEAGRAM If A- A. » /* #- >« * 4 A. A- > r A t A -4. 4 k 4 t 4 » â-º r Bs3.W...>v-- jintiR â- *