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OIL FOR THE BRITISH NAVY The Gaspe Fields Are Considered Admirable the New Imperial Scheme. For A despatch from London Bays : In view ot the increasing attention which i being directed to the adop- tion of oil M fuel in the British na\v, it i> interesting to know that oil lauds in different parti of the Empire are being sedulously devel- oped. The decision of the Govern- ment secure supplies u far as possible within the Knipira has giv- en a new impetus to the learch for large oil deposits in different parts of the dominions, and it would be fitting that the premier dominion, Canada, should be reckoned amoug the fnel-oil sources of supply. In this connection Vincount Selby, win .- chairman of the Eastern Canada Company, and who has just returned from the Canadian fields, supplies interesting details. In the course of a conversation Lord Selby rrmarked that he was very greatly impressed with what he saw and hoard during the visit. The most favorably situated oil fields u Canada, from a geographical am strategical point of view, he states are those of Gaspe, which extent from the aeacoast on the Bay o Gaipe, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence for several miles in a north-wester ly direction. It was in the Larocque district, in the North-West, that a consider able number of wells were put down and good supplies of oil of a big] quality obtained. What is known as an anticlinal formation extend from this district in a south and easterly direction down to the coast. The opinions of experience< drilling men and geologists in tha country are to the effect that oi will be found there in largo quanti ties. Should this be the case, thi importance of the field from _ th points of supply for the Britial navy and for marine and industria purposes cannot be overestimated II NEWS in PARAGRAPH HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER THE Gl.OBK IN A M i Mil 1.1.. Canada, the Empire and the World in General Before Your Eyes. Canada. Toronto is to have th finest freight terminals in the world. John Griffin, of Toronto, plam to errct a $100,000 theatre in London. Kx-Ald A. R Whyto, of the Hamilton VVewtinghouse staff, is dwad. Tb<>*. Murphy. ag*xl 71, baggagr tran*f-r agent, of Cornwall, was taken ill at his work and died. A in, -.-,.. n building in erection at Hrautfond collaps-d on Thursday, ono mail, K. Deuiui, having his col- lar-bone broken. Lyman W. Cox, a commercial traveller, and a prominent curler, died of blood-poisoning at Truro, VS., on Friday. Jos. E. Morrinon, for twenty yrars professor of pharmacy, chem- istry and botany at the Montreal College tif Pharmacy, M dead. Jas. Andcrsou had his right arm torn off wlien he tried' to readjust . belt on a running rruu-lune at tho Lanibi-jLi Packing CO.'B factory *t Pftrolea. on Fridav. T. W, J. Faulty, 'of West London, AH' attacked by a cow and was nav-d fr<.;u being killed when the animal lnir!xl liim over a five-foot fence into an adjoining lot. Bruce Boyd, aged 14, of Guelph, who was visiting in Napance, and with oonaj/anions. for a lark siole a ride on a freight train to Belleville, foil in getting off to regain his hat ami lost las right leg below the knee. Mayor C. M. It. (Jraliam; of Lon- duii. announced that the vote on the Beck tK/heinc for the rehabilita- tion of T'JH London and Port Stan- ley Itailway by electrification will t-akeoi bfforo October 15tU. ' Frank Miller and Frank Rouleau, Provincial liquor detective*, the hm* only seventeen yearn of {re, were seut to the Central 1'rJAion for six month* at hard labor for ac r oepling a bribe of $25 from- Mrs. Margaret lirennan, a South Porcu- pine- saloonkeeper. * . - - Great Britain. A huge bonded, warehouse at Mam-he-ster won burned at a loss of 91,250,000. l-'i.-nii.-,-. shot a thousand leot in t/i,.' air. A runaway caunnd a panic among the thousands of petple who at- tended the funeral in Dublin of the man killed in the riots. Tho la/te Duke of Sutherland, who, during tho lat few years 'of his life became an extensive land- holder in Canada, left an estate, according to his will, of more than one inililion two hundred thousand pounds HU-rling. United -i n.-v Ono rpult of the recent railway wrecks in New England may be the pannage of legislation prohibiting the use of wooden oonohes. Mrs. Margaret A. Carter, a so- ciety woman of F.lyria, Ohio, in in the <xmty jail on a federal war rant, charging hep with lining the mall* to fraudulently secure $:i,000 from Mi-- Lillian Hinitington, wealthiest heirosw. JEROME ARRESTED. fo General. An <-<v'nt.ric AfiKM-ioa-n woman, who thr<-w a bouquet at (the Kaie>r in Berlin, was tx-niporarily arrest- ed. At th* Zionist r.vngress in Vin- jia i't- WAH M IM.I i.'.i tlwit tho mi-Hi bersbip 'hi;u increaM-d by 120,000, Mid that the national fund for pur cha of lan<l in I'ulrxtim; IUI-H an of l,37U,.V>a marks. Taken to Jail In Coaticook Gambling. A despatch from Coaticook, Que bee, says : William Travers Jeronw was arrested here on Frida) ciiarged with gambling. The com plaint was made by Milford Aid ridge, a citizen of Coaticook wl* nworet that he had seen Jerome playing poker in public on Thurs day. Jerome was taken to jai where Thaw was confined whet broug<ht here two weeks ago Thaw's lawyers disclaimed an; knowledge of the arrest. "Che be lief prevailed that it wa due solelj to ill-feeling among the town's people, who re-sented Jerome's presence. After Jerome was in jai almost an hour hU friends founc Magistrate. McKee, who admitte< Jerome to $500 bail. Attorney Ver ret, asisting the New York Stafc authorities, said that the cas< doutble. would be adjourned t* give Jerome opportunity to fulfi his mJasion to Canada should the immigration authorities deport Thaw. Jerome left the jail Brail ing. The special deputy attorney general sent to Canada by New York State to regain possession <>! Thaw, was led through the streoU with a hostile hooting, yelling, jeering mob of men and boys at hi? heels and was locked up in the name, cell that Thaw occupied w.lien he was first arrested on Canadian soil. The newspaper men who played with Joromo said the 'game was "penny anto" with a "ten-oent limit." Ono report said that Jer- ome lost fifty-four cents. MAJOR MdlARG IS CHAMPION. Won the lnilhiiln.il Piilma Match With un Army Rifle. A despatch from Camp Perry, Ohio, says: By 'winning tho indi- vidual I'alma match with an army rifle, on Thursday, Major George Hart McHarg, of the 6th Duko of Con-naught's Own Rifles, Vancou- ver, Canada, b<xsomes the indivi- dua.1 .champion of tho world by hav- ing a total of 220 out of a potKubk; 225 on the 800, 900, and 1,000 yard* ranges. Captain Neill Smith of the 24th Regiment, Chatham, Ont., was second with a score of 220, and Lieutenant George Mortimer of the Canadian Army Service Corps, Ot- tawa, Ont., was third with a score of 220. Places wero awarded ac- cording to merit. The, best score* on the long distance range counted for first place,, tho next best for sec- ond place, ri,o. 6.0M BARRELS PER DAT. Mammoth Flour Mill to Be Erected at Calgary. A despatch from Calgary, Alber- ta, says : A syndicate of local and Minneapolis capitalists will shortly commence tho creotion of what is claimed will be the largest flour mill in the British Empire. It will be built in four units, to <...!. $1,- 400,000 each, and when all the units are completed will havo a capacity of 0,000 barrels of flour per day. Work on the first unit will be com- menced immediately. A VAU'ABLE PICTURE. Poor Woman Sold It For Few Cents und CrcatcH a Hccnc. A despatch from Madrid, Spain, says : In an antiquary's shop win- dow there was exhibited a painting on Wednesday and a sign reading : Authentic picture by Goya, 7,000 pesetas" (1,!J5). A poor woman passing hy observed the sign and at once created a disturbance which attracted a big crowd. She declar- ed that the antiquary, who now wants to sell the picture at so great a price, on Tuesday bought it from her for 20 cents. Mr. J. P. J affray, Dominion Immigration Agent at Philadelphia. PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS BEPOHTH FROM THI LEADING TRAOI CENTRES OF AMERICA. Prlati of Catlls. Cram, Ctits* ". otr> reduM at Hems anal A kraal r*adstufft. Toronto. Sept. 9. Flour Ontario wheat flours. 90 per cent., made of new wheat, mm on EVENTS Cheap Living, But No Ruth. The increasing coat of living In a world- wiJ phenomenon, but there are spots that have remained unaffected by it. A Brit- Inh traveler informs an eager world that the cheapen! place to live in le riorth- *-et*i-n Syria, and especially Antloch. He lived '.'-i- .-* a whole winter on a pound a week, though he had a fine house and eer- vi.-.:.. A friend bnd told him that ou could llr* there comfortably on 1200 a yer. Verily, with eggs at 2 emits a dozen, frin's and vegetable* for a ridiculously email sum a week, mutton at 7 cent*, An- tloch in an ideal placo. Yt you need not, if you plan an immediate removal to An- tloch or vicinity, fear a ruah and J*m. Antioch m all right, especially in winter, but thre le no life there. We are not after cheap living, but after cheaper liv- ing right Where we are, where we work and play and enjoy social and political and H>-"ihctl<i advantages. There's no pliu-n like home, if we can afford to stay there and pay the btlli. Wondtr* of FUtur* Journalism. . In a presidential address a London edi- tor spoke glowingly of the future of the dully newspaper on itn technical and com nuTi-i ! aide. Papers will be distributed by i'ii-- uin '<! tubes; editions will 'appear hourly; lasy persons will not iiiwii to read even the he.idllnes, for the gramophone will below the news to theim In their of- flcea or room*; reporters will carry tele- phones with them and send items by th wireless system ; and so on. Al! tliis is quite possible. Tet there are many newspaper men who are not entuu- sUellc over ilna striking picture. Some- thing that is not in the picture ii present in their minds. They like to think of the great riewspa/per as an educator and pur- veyor of news that cannot be bellowed at men and women. They like to think of the qniet enjoyment of reported debate, correspondence articles, reviews, editori- als by men and women who love thiugn of the Intellect and of the spirit. What of these readers? Technical mar- vela are not nearly so important to them MAGIC BAKING POWDER flBBc^llimillimillllUllllllllflillllMilf TO GUARD AGAINST ALUM IN BAKING POWDER SEE THAT ALL INGREDIENT* ARC PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LABEL.AND THAT ALUM OR SULPHATE OF ALUMINA OR 8ODIC ALUMINIC SUL- PHATE 18 NOT ONE or THEM. THE WORDS "NO ALUM" WITHOUT THE IN- GREDIENTS 18 NOT SUFFI- CIENT. MAGIC BAKING POWDER COSTS NO MORE THAN THE ORDINARY KINDS. FOR ECONOMY, BUY THE ONE POUND TINS., E. W. GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED WINNIPEG TORONTO. ONT. MONTREAL 1 1 1 1 immiiiiii iuiimiinif mini in iimiimnifiiuifiiiiitimiifmmii i induce scores of attempts to extract a living from soil never meant to yield it. Plane for the recuperation of the area. 1 most of whn-'i Is suitable only for timber production, hf.ve been prepared following the survey. Perhaps when these are brought forward for consideration the hu- manitarian side of the question may give i the problem an interest it would never i pongees as a matter of mere reforestation. aboVrd " Ma'niwb. Fim D ai n Ju bag. |i; ""SS ? Jcds. P tronir bakr' in utaThmM 14 70 ' " '' a. troth. aocuW. diinfty. intlli B ene < responsibility In Journalism. But how n uamM they would rejoice in a technical inven- Maitoba hea-fo 1 iJSrthery 'to. on tion tbat ..tom.tieallr k.pt out of ^ws- track. Bay ports; No. 2 at 9fc; No. 1 pperkim the yellow seiuatioualisti and 9Jl-Zc. Bay port*; new. No. 1 Northern ... ports; new. No. 1 Wo. Heptember delivery, and No. 2 at 94c Ontario wheat New No. 2 wheat at Mo to B6c. ontslde. Data No. 2 Ontario oats. 33 to 3Jl-2c, outside, and at ,'.<<. on track. Toronto Western Canada old oats, 391-2c for No 2. and at 381-2o for No. 3, Bay ports. Pewr- Nominal at U to 85o outside. Barley- SO to 52c. outside; 65c Toronto. Corn No. 2 American corn. 781-2c, o.l.f., Midland. Eye ^0 to 6So per bashel. Buckwheat -Nominal. Bran- Manitoba bran, 121 a ton. In bags, Toronto freights, tJhorU), $22, Toronto. Country Product. Wholesale dealers' quotations to retail ere are: Butter-Choice dairy. 22 to 24o: Interior, 17 to 19c; creamery. 26 to 27c for rolta 24 to 25c for solids. Eggs -Case lots of new laid, 26 to 28o per dosen; fresh. 22 to 24c . and eeoonds. 17 to 18c. Honey Extracted, in tins, large, and 143-4c for twins. Beans-Hand-picked. 12.25 to 12.35 per bushel; primes. tl.Ti to 12. Honey -Extracted, in tins. 101-2 to 12o per Ib. for No. t wholesale; combs. 1260 to 2.75 per doien for No. 1. and $2.25 82.60 for No. !. to Poultry- Hens. 16 to 17c per Ib; Spring chickens. 20 to 21o; .In. k- 14 to ITo; gi-esu, i to 1.4.-; turkeys, 18 to 20e. Potatoes Ontario*. 80 to 85c per bag. on track. Provision*. Bacon Long clear. 16c per Ib. In ease lots. Pork .Short cut. $20; do.. mW8. $24. Hams Medium to light. 21 1-2>- to 22c: heavy, 20 l-2e to 21c; rolls. 17c: breakfast palls. ba<-on, 21 to 2V; backs. 24 to . Lard Tierces, 14c; tubs, 141-4c; 14 l-2u. Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay- No. 1 hay, $13 to 814 on trax-k, Toronto, and No. 2 at $11 to $12; No. 3. (9 to $10. Baled straw- 88 to $8.50, on track. To- ronto. Montreal Markets. Montreal. Sept. 9 -Oato Canadian Wwt- rn. No. 2. 401-2 to 41c; Canadian Went- rn. No. 3. 39 1-2 to 40<i; extra No. 1 foi-d. 10 to 401-2c. Barley Manitoba feed, 50 to >lc; malting, 62 to 64o. Buckwheat -No. 2, >8 to 60t-. Flour- Manitoba Suriiig -wheat jatcnlH. flrntN. $5.60; ,..../>. I .. $5.10; strong lakers', $4.90; Winter patpnts, choice, $5.25 to $5.50: straight rollers. $5 to 45.10; traight roller*, bngs. $220 to $2.40 Roll- .1 o;,;, . barrels, $4.75; do., bags, 90 lb., 2.25. Bran, $21. Khorto. $23. MiddllngH, ;26. Mouillie, $27 to $29. Hay. No. 2. per .on, car lota. $12 to $13. Cheese Finmt Westerns, 13 to 133-8c: finest Knnterns. 23-4 to 13c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 43-4 to 25c; aooondii, 241-4 to 241-2c. KICKS Fresh. 32c; MHrtN, -" . No. 1 Block. 26c; No. 2 stock, 20c. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, fle.pt. 9. Conh Wheat No. 1 Jorthern. 891-4c; No. 2 do.. 863-4o; No. 3 lo., B41-4c; No. 1 rejected seeds, 83cj No. do.. 81c. Oats-No. 2 C.W., 35c; No. J O. W., 331-2c; extra No. 1 feed, 34c; No. 1 eed, 331-2c; No. 2 fued, 32<\ Barley No. 3. 60; No. 4, 441-Zo; rejected. 41c; feed. 41o. 'lax -No. 1 N.W.C., $1.331-2; No. 2 C.W.. 1.21 1-2; No. 3 C.W.. $1.17 1-2. United States Markets Minneapolis, Hept. 9. Wheat Heptember, 61-4<r; December, 893V,; May. 94 3-4o. No. hard. 893-4c; No. 1 Northern. 873-4 to 91-4c; No. 2 Northern. 87 to 87 l-4o. No. i yellow corn, 72 to 72 l-2o. No. 3 white oats. 03-4 to 411-4c. No. 2 rye, 61 to 63 1-Se. Flour. Bret patents, $4.50 to $475; Bcvond i, 1 1. lit-. $4.15 to $4.50; nrt clears, $3.20 to 13.50; . ,.,.mi clears, $2.75 to $3.10. Bran oouannd. I in 1 11 1. li. Sept. 9. -Wheat No. 1 hard, No. 1 Northern, 885-8c; No. 2 North . irn, 865-8 to 873-8c; September, 8778c bid; )eccniber, 897-8c apked; May. 95 l-8c. Clone Linseed, $1.505-8; heptembur, $1.491-8 ank- d; October, $1.503-4 bid; November, $1.507-8 ... IM-.I. December, $1.461-2. Llvo Stock Markttt. Montreal. Hept. 9. Thn prices paid for .ull were from 31-4 to 33-4 pound, for slwkers and grass 1-2 to 41-4; prime beeves, 61-4 to 61-2; in'ii i urn, 41-2 to 6; and common. 3 to 41-2; IOWH, $30 to $65 each; calves, 3 to il-2; -n. , ii about 4 cents; lambs about 61-4; logs. 10 1-2. Toronto. Hept. 9. Cattle Choice export. the fakers! Trad* of tho Country. In spite of the financial stringency Can- ada's trade Is more than holding Its own. The returns for the last four months of the current fiscal year show a substantial increase orer the same time in the pre- TIOUS year. The total Canadian trade for the four months ending on July 31st, was $158.488.000. compared with $328.635.000 for the corresponding period in 1912. This makra an Increase of nearly 130.000.000. Thore was an increase in the Imports of about $16.500.000 and in the export* of about $10.000,000. Thia year's figure!, if the same progress is anything like main- tained, will add about $100.000.000 to the total trade of the country. But It will be necessary to wait for a couple of months before one can safely estimate up- on khe year's business. Bo far tbe results are tetter than anticipated. Pur* Food. A* eternal vigilance is the price of lib- erty so it Is also the price of purity. If the people will Insist on all occasions ou avoiding what Is doubtful and upon being erred only with goods that have been proved again and again to be above sus- picion, a change will soon be brought about- In this way adulteration will soon cease to pay and ceasing to pay will soon cease to be practised. Tbe Government, through their inspectors and analyses, are doing what they can in this matter, but their efforts can be only partially success fill unli-rw public support Is accorded in very full measure. British Crown Colonltt. According to a report presented to the British House of Commons by Mr. Lewis Ilarcourt. the Colonial Secretary. th Crown Colonies are growing and prosper ing in n most satisfactory manner, am are everywhere sharing with tho United Kingdom the present wave of material prosperity. The trade and commerce ol these colonies are particularly encourag Ing. Exports are rapidly growing, new indnotrieft are developing, and wealth is increasing. I'll" growUi of cotton in the Empire is one of the most notable indications of the rapidly Increasing prosperity of the colo- nies. A few years ago Lancashire cotton mills were wholly dependent for their ma terial on foreign countries; and the bulk of tho supply caine from the United States. There were regions within the Einpire suitable for the growth of cotton, but they made no attempt to cultivate it. un il H subsidy of #.--0.000 a. year was granted to tlio British Cotton Growers' Associa- tion by the British Exchequer. That wrought a great change. In seven years the exports of raw cotton from the Crown Colonies havo almost doubled, while the exports of cotton wed have increased in still larger proportion. Africa takes front rank In this now In- dustry. Cotton-raining has also taken a hold in Ceylon and the Went Indie*. Now the Empire may be said to be producing Its own raw material for the mills in Lancashire. In rubber production alone the exports from CVylon and the Malay Htraits have n i M. between 1905-12. from six million pounds to fifty-one million pounds. Tea- growing M a new enterprise In Nyassa- lund. ThiTo is also a satisfactory export trade in bananas. The whaling in the South Atlantic also shows a progressive spirit in the colonies. A Thrifty People. The facility with which the Canadian GEORGE A. BARNES KILLED. Neck Dislocated by Fall From Horizontal Bars. A despatch from Toronto aays: Mr. Georg* A. Barnes, who came to Toronto loss than a woek ago from his home in Sherbrooke, Que- 1 bee, to assume the duties of physi- cal director in the new Toronto Y.M.C.A., met death with tragic suddenness on Friday night. He was on the gymnasium with a class of pupils and was engaged in de- monstrating certain exercises on the horizontal bars, when in some unaccountable manner ho suddenly slipped and fell. For a moment nothing was thought of the mishap, but when the young athlete did not rise immediately those present saw that he had bee-n seriously injured. With all possible rapidity he was rushed to Grace Hospital. It was found, however, that the- fall had disJocated his neck, and within ten minutes of his arrival at the hospi- tal death ensued. immigrant nuds prosperity is perhaps nui- h duo to the h iiui of thrift he oo- uuires as to the opportunities offered him in the way of employment, though na- turally the two are closely related. Lux- ury, whether in tho form of extravagant living or superfluous pleasures, is not yet sapping the vitality of tbe nation. The eagerness of working people to put a lit- tle by for a rainy day was recently de- monstrated at Vancouver. A local news- paper offfrod a pocket savings bank and a first deposit of fifty cents to every per- son who cured to apply for the same, on 1hc sole . ,n,ilii!.m that they would open a savings account in a local bank. The bank in question offered interest at four pur cent, per annum, compounded every three months, the money so deposited to be available for withdrawal by cheque at any time. Two thousand persons availed themselves of the offer in a single day. The total deposited in savings banks of all kinds in Canada is. roughly, $925,000,- -,, -. 000 for a population of about 7,000.000, or were from 31-4 to 33-4 cents Pri m , ar i y ( olir t i ra , ,, much as Is deposited fed oalve, , n , he iv^t-oBice Havings Bank In Brit- SLIPPERY RAILS THE CAUSE. John Campbell Was Badly Hurt in a Collision. A despatch from London, Ont., says: John Campbell, of 33 Emery Street, London, a conductor on a London and Lake Erie Radial Rail- way car, was badly hurt on Wed- nesday when his car collided with a threshing outfit owned by Willis and Davis, a short distance south of Lambeth. -Campbell was in charge of the car, relieving his re- gular motor, and had an unob- structed view of the crossing where the accident occurred. Slippery rails prevented the halting of the car, however, and he crashed into the thresher while travelling at a considerable speed. FARMERS HAVEN'T TIME. Statute Labor in Brantford Town- ship Will be Commuted. A despatch from Brantford says t The prospects are that there will ba no more statute labor in the Town- ship of Brantford. At the present time there are portions which have been commuted, but the remainder has been under statute labor. Tho work has not been satisfactory, and on Wednesday afternoon the coun- cillors stated that the conditions were such that they would be forced to commute it and place the entire township roads and local improve- ment work also under a competent supervisor. The trouble was then that the farmers have been too busy to leave their farm work to attend to the roads, which are in bad con- dition. No definite action was tak- en, but later in the year it is likely that all statute labor in the town- ship will be commuted. RADIUM WAS STOLEN. But the Thief Was Afraid of it nnd Sent it Back. A despatch from Vancouver, B. C., says : The tiny particle of radi- um, worth about $3.500, which was stolen from the offices of Dr. G. L. Devorteuil recently, was returned through the mail on Wednesday morning. It is thought that the thief, having read of the deadly ef- fects of radium in inexperienced hands, became frightened and de- cided to return the metal. HOT SPRINGS DEVASTATED. Eastern Edge of the Business Dis- trict Destroyed. A despatch from Hot Springs, Arkansas, says : More than thirty blocks on the eastern edge of the business district of Hot Springs had been swept cle^ar on Friday night by a fire which at 9 o'clock threat- ened to eat it way toward Central Avenue, the main business thor- oughfare. A high wind was blow- ing, and the Hot Springs and Little Rock fire departments, the latter hurried to this city aboard speciaf trains, had made but little head- way in cliecking the flames. At 9 o'clock Sydney Dillon, Commission- er of Public Utilities, estimated tha loss would reach at least $4,000,000. HARRY K. THAW'S CASE. New Mo?e Means Ten Day's Delay In Proceedings. A despatch from Coaticook, Que- bec, says: Harry K. Thaw will be produced before the full King's Bench, appeal side, at Montreal, Que., on the morning of September 15. Meantime he may be detained here or at Sherbrooke, or taken to Montreal on a moment's notice, at the discretion of the- immigration autlioritieis. Two of his counsel, J. N. Greenshields and N. K. La- Flarnme, obtained a double writ habeas corpus aud prohibition at Montreal on Friday, and whirled in a special train into Coaticook, whore- not long before the immigra- tion authorities had ordered Thaw's deportation from the Dominion. WELLAND CANAL CONTRACT M. J. O'Brien and Hugh Doughney the Successful Tenderers for Section Three. 16.60 to M, ii. choice 16.50; good medium, food ii) . to 5; butchers, $6.25 to 15.65 to 5.90; com- .. canners, $2 to $2.50; cuttors, 13 to $3.25; fat cows. $A 50 to $5.25; .v>m- mon cows. $3.50 to $4. Calves-Good veal, 15 to $7.25; choice. $8.25 to $9; common, $3 o $3.50. Htockers and feeders 8teer, 700 o 800 pounds. $4.50 to 85; oitra choice heavy fOMCTI, 900 to 1.050 pounds, $5.25 to 560; rough eastern. 400 to 650 pounds, 1250 to $4.25; light bulls. $2.75 to $J. Hhfep nd lambs Light ewes, $4.25 to $4.50; eavy, $3 to $350; Inn-ks, $3 to 13.50; priiig Inmbs, $6.25 to $6.75. Ilogn. $9.65 .o.b.; $10 fed and watcnd. and $10.26 off urs. KING ALFONSO'S RKQl'EST. WuntH to Commute Death Sentence of nu Assassin. A despatch from Madrid says : ting Alfonso has earnestly request- ed Premier Romanones to propose ,hat the death sentence of Raphael Sancho Alegre, who tried to -as- nassinate him last April, be com- muted. The Government will cora- ily with the request. verslty. While this survey wus for i,iu i., . of making un inventory of ain. whi<re the population ia live times as great. A Bad State of Affairs. In the fourth annual report of the Com- mi- ,i, m of Conservation there Is a brief account of a survey of the Trent Canal watershed above Poterboro made lit summer by Dr. Fcrnow. of Toronto Uni- the ,..., __ , the timber resources of the area in connec- tion with a reforestation Question, the conditioiiH under which tne scattered fannH were tilled forced themselves ou the notice of the Hurveying party. In some of the back townships north of Peterboro the soil covering over tlie rocks is so tliin that tho pocket (arms aro prac- tically incapable of sustaining a family. Rome of the families trying to eke out an existence on them aro. It in stated, ra- pidly becoming degenerate. In 1911 195 (arms wero for sale for taxes averaging a rate of 6 cents an acre. From 100 to 500 families, or froan 500 to 1,000 persons, are living In a state of poverty and often depravity that would shock the people of this province were tho full details U) come to light. Of the truth of what Dr. Fcrnow says. Police Court rerords of cases of a most degrading character from thono squalid farms furnish eloquent testimony. Life In some of three remote, farmhouses hat) sunk to a level not far removed from mere ani- in.iliHin, as ministers who have traversed tlon of about 15 per cent., which imlicaUw a migration to better conditions, but financial holplesenesi and Ignorance (till A despatch from Ottawa says : At a brief meeting of the Cabinet- Council on Thursday afternoon the contract for Section 3 of the- new Welland CanaJ was awarded to M. J. O'Brien and Hugh Doughnoy for approximately ten million dollars. There were ten tenders under con- sideration, including two British and two American firms. Work will be started at once by the successful tenderers, who will make ThorolU their headquarters. The contract calls for the oomple-tion of the work by April, 1917. The contract for Section 2 of the canal will be kvt later. Tho contract for Section 1 was let some time ago. No action has yet been taken in regard to -awarding the contract for the Dom- inion Groverumeut sdiare of the To- ronto harbor work. More Tenders Soon. A despatch from St. Catharines says : Chief Engineer Weller stated that tenders for No. 2 Section of tho Welland Ship Canal, extending from the fourth concession line in Orantiham Township to near Thor- old, the northerly boundary of No. 3 Section, would be called for with- in a week. Three wek loiter No. 4 Section, south of Thorold, with heavy rock excavation, will be ready for the call.