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n VOICE â€" o\ the CANADA, THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE PRESS CANADA I THE MEN BEHIND Mr. Howe, llio new Minister In cbargo of railways, canals and mar- In'', to d the Ottawa branch of the Kn. gluecriiig IniiiUulo ol Canada, when lis mtmliora were his hosts at dinner, tiat hi his tow dipiirtincuis wero 15;; professional enginoers. The Btal'mient gave point to hla observation that li wa« "a strange anomaly" that the Dominion Oovtrnniont, being po.sses- sed of so splindid a staff of technical expe.ts In Ottawa, so long should have turned over to small local staffs the problems of Canadian seaports. â€" Ottawa Ji>iiin;il. STEVE DIDNT JUMP Joe Ilnuiphries. famous ringside Hinounier. writing In a popular week- ly i)ublicallon spoils a great illusion tills week, lie declares that Steve Brodio. Faioon. keeper, never jumped from tho Urooklyn Bridge at all, but had a dummy thrown over loaded wilh lion, ancl himself and men wire In a boat below. Ilrodle merely got his troiii-r-r.s wet. and faked the story to biiiig trade to ^lis salon. And it CPr:ainly did. Too had to have the Blory about Itrodle ''taking a chance" debunkfd after all these years. â€" St. Calhiuines S'andard. CENSORSHIP We .Tre wi.iing to ydmit that books by such writers as James Joyce, D II. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley should rot perhaps bo permitted within reach of immature minds, for such minds •wou'.d only misunderstand thrm. But It is Intolerable that grown men and •jvonien should be denied Lawrence, uhllo chii'lren are given access to voUim''.s which Liwrcnce would have refused to have Inside his house. â€" llunii ton Herald. LEARNING TO FLY There is a record number of stu- diii-s taking Instruction for private end commercial pilot licenses at the W'innlp'K Flying Club this Winter. The curriculum Includes air regula- tions, theory of flight, aircraft, en- gineering, air pilotage and nicterology. And arii'.ngemeiits are bfing made to give cour.ses in blind (lying at tho besinning of the New Year. This Interest In flying by young Canadians is good news. In a coun- try with such long distances between centres of population, aviation must of necessity play an increasingly im- ixutant role. And It la corresponding- ly important that there be an active Bupp'.y and a reserve supply of fully qu:ilifled aviators and air engineers The Winnipeg Flying Clul)'s activi- ties in this diiection deserve commen- dation. â€" Winnipeg Free Press. HIGHWAY FREIGHT TRAINS Tiie niinialuro freight IraiiiH which DOW move over the roads of Ontario ere undoubtedly a source of consid- erab'o danger. It was bad enough meeting or passing large transports which had a tendency to hog the road fend to obscure vi.slon, but when trail- ers began to be attached to these transports, the dangers were doubled, ^sppcially at curves and on narrow â- tr.-.-tches of highway. Tho Introduction of such unwleldly Vo'.ilclos was not forseon when the blghwayH of tho province wore laid out. Their presence has added ma- terially to the hazards of trafllc and In transport concerns wlsJi to con- tinue to operate them. It would seem on'y right that they ahoiild pay more for the prIvlleRo. In view of tho steady rise In the number of vehicles engaged In trans- port serNlce, the time may come wJien It will be necessary to restrict their u.sR to certain roads In conges- ted districts, leaving other reads evallable only to light passenger trafllo. There can be little doubt that trane- poits, often with trallere attached, ere a source of ever-present danger end that the latter. In particular, are Yehicles the extension of which should be discouraged. â€" Brockvllle Re- corder. TREES FOR EUROPE As fur back as l'J20 the American Tree Association started sending leediing trees to the war-devasted countries of Europe, to be planted In zones where shell-flre had torn up (he landscape. Since then some mlL lions of trees have been sent over- teas in this way and Canadian trees have likewise been supplied. Today the results are a magnlll- cenl Jusliflcatlon of this splendid Idea. The trees are said to range from 15 to 20 feet high, are flourish- ing, splendidly, and have done much to replace forests blasted out of ex- istence along the battle lines in France and Belgium. Other trees are growing In England and Scotland, to replace trees cut down for war ma- terials. â€" Quebec Ohronlcle . Tele- graph. A KING WORKS HARD There is a tendency to look upon posilions with the Crown as velvety jobs. It Is a mistaken Idea, Some of the hardest worked men at Ottawa Knitting Trade Reports Gains Industry Employing More Workers, Official says At Toronto WANT DUST-FREE HIGHWAYS IN '36 are tho secretaries to the Governor General. That was the case particu- larly witii E. C. Melville and A. F. Lascelles who were secretaries to Lord Wlillngdon and Lord Bessbor- ough. They had many responsibilities and they handled them well. It Is not Burpiising therefore to find that Mr. Lascelles has been made assistant private secretary to King George. That will be a heavy task, too. There are people who think that royalty has an easy life; that with | all manner of aides and servants and [ attention they have little else to do < but enjoy themaelves. ! That Is another mistake. Their Majesties are under constant strain , in receiving deputations, entertain- ig and going about the country lay. I ig corner stones, opening public! huildinga and doing all Uie other < things that the people expect mon- archs to do. We can imagine nothing | more tiresome than to bo constantly! on the go attending public functions, j changing from one costume into an- ; other, probably being compelled to talk to i)eopIe W'ho are most unlntor-' esling and going ilirou^li all tho cere- monies until their tiresome end Is reached. ] Beiug the occupant of a d(^iiiocra- ' tic throne Is far from being wliat l.s , commonly called a soft snap. â€" | Lethbrlik-e Herald. | LINDSAY COW MAKES GOOD ' T'lio hardy pioneer stock of Ontario is again suggested in a story from Lindsay, Out., about a farmer and a cow. The row disappeared on a farm near Kirkfield. The fnrnKr kept on looking tor her. I)ut it was 23 ilay.s later that ho discoven'd her wedged between two trees in a piece of "hush" at the rear of his farm. T-!icre she had been 23 days, without food, and subject to the expoisuro of the late November and early December weather. But tie story says she Is coming along under treatment, a little thin and battered, but still a going concern. Tliero was nothlni; weak or pam- pered about that Kirkfleld cow and she should be used for breeding stock. There maybe a groat Held for the cow business If farmers can get a breed Uiat will bo able to go 23 (lays without eating. About five good meals would carry tliem through Irom end of grass season to the now herbage crop next .Spring. Is tho Saskatchewan deiiarlment of agriculture prepared to go Into this matter? â€" Uoglna Leader-Post. CONGRATULATIONS FROM CLINTON For nineteen days, from Nov. 15tto to December 7th. The Stratford Bea- con. Herald was printed In The Times office, St. Thomas, but Monday the paper was printed at home again, af- ter a strenuous week-end getting ready for It. The Beacon-Herald Is to be congratulated on getting the paper out so regularly, without a day's Intermission, since Uie Are which so bailly dumagrd tho plant the middle of last month. â€" Clinton Nows-Uecord. Toronto. â€" Tlie woolen and knitting Industry has been steadiiy increas- ing In Canada during the past five years, and October of this year saw , an all-time high record for employ- ' ment in the industry, with 34,000 employees working in 2p7 milli in 137 municipalities throughout the Dominion. Thi.i statement was made ^ by H. \V. Lundy of Paris, Ontario, ! president of the Canadian Woolen I and Knit Goods Manufacturers' As-' s^ciation, at the seventeenth annual convention of the organization Lere [ recTPily. j For evtry 10 persona employed in the industry iu 1930, there are 129 With the makeup of the popula- tion in Canada, and the geographical position of the country, Mr. Lundy ' said that t'aradians have the desira ] for rii'.rabi.ity and quaii'.y which is' British, the flair for ."ityle that is French, the seeking: for new meth- ods and equipment wii-.ch is Ameri-| can, and the adaplibilify to meet conditiuns. wtich i^ C-.'.adian. The woolen industry employs 8,000 | more workers today Lnan in 1930, ' said Louis Blake Duff, WellanJ, ar.d last year in two Ontarii towns, lies- 1 peJcr and r'-ro, more tiian $i.009,- 000 wa.s paid out to employees in the industry. He, too, stres.sed the fact that the woolen industry in Ca- | nada is contributing greatly toward the business recovery of the small towns of ihe country. i LORD TWEEDSMDiR STUDIES SKIING New rjO'/ernor-General Fast \\ inniin!; Hearts of Canadians THE EMPIRE TRANSATLANTIC AIR ROUTES I'robahly the first laiidlng.i)laco on the American coasts will be at Har- bour Grace In Newfoundland, with a Canadian terminal In Nova ,Scotla. In this coutry t^e chances of various sites have been canvassed. Experts of the Air Ministry have recently been examining several places In Ire- land. Possibly Cork or Bantry Bay may be selected. There Is even some talk of placing the British terminus on the Clyde, thougli this seems highly Improbable, since It would mean that a longer distance would have to be crossed, A terminal Eng- lish site somewhere on the soutiii coast would be more convenient for Imperial Airways' projected Atlantic service by the Azores, of which the first stage â€" New York to Bormuda â€" is also to begun next year. The Azores route offers considerably bet- ter weather than that between Ire. land and Canada. On the other hand, It Is much more roundabout, and one single stage Is longer than the entire distance between Ireland anil St. John's. â€" Manchester Guardian. SPORT AND POLITICS Sport has always been popularly supposed to be a gieat leveller. Such apparently Is not Ihe view of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, which has received a se- vere snub from the Home Secretary for Us effort to prevent the Interna- tional mnt(^ with Germany recently played In England. The Council pro- tested to the Home Ofllce on the ri- diculous ground that as a large number of German supporters wore coming over for the match they might regard tho event as being of some political importance. " - _. Ottawa. â€" Lord Tweedsmuir, Can- ada's (lovernor-Gcr.erul, has not waited li'njj to initiate himself into the spirit of this country's invigor- ating' winter. His Excellency is learning to ski and is rapidly be- 1 coming an a<iept. I In his public addresses Lord Tweedsmuir has more than fulfilled demands. He has attended numerous functions and has spoken at all of; them. His deliveries reveal the craftsman in tho KiigUsh language,; the ninster of "the polished diction and tho lounded phrase." | Even when lie has prepared no set i nddiess His Exiellency speaks fault-' lessly and fluently. i Not unnaturally, iiis literary works are enjoying a great vcgue in Can- ada. .^s a historjui His ExceIIen;\v , wrote a monumental lii.tory of the Great War. ami also one of his own regiment. The Royal Scottish Fusil- iers. His philosophical studies, as exemplified in "Men and Deeds," are scarcely so well known as his nov- els wherein his heroes, young wen of upright character, get into allj manner of scrapes and. His Excel-' lency being a good story-teller, em- erges from them triumphantly. ' It has been indicate i that "John Buchan" will write a story of Can- ada, accunniluting material during^ his five years in the Dominion. Number Crossing Border Increases In November Fort Erie â€" Figures rclea.sed here recently showed that 00,291 more persona crossed the border by tho Peace Hridtve during November than in the same month a year ago. In November, 1934, the number was 179,157; in November, 1935, the to- tal was 217, 119. Movement of mo- tor cars iicro.ss the horder increased from 07,01'2 to 84,7r?l, in November this year as compared with the same month in 1934, Co-operation T o Increase Tourist Traffic Asked For â€" Committee Report OTTAWA â€" Development jf Can- ada's tourist trade which brings millions of dollars into the country every year will be achieved by co- operative methods between the Do- minion and provinces, it was decid- ed recently by a committee ot the Dominion-provincial conference. DUST NUISANCE EXPRESSING the conviction the dust nuisance on many highways jeopardized the tourist industry, the report urged a comprehensive plan to "achieve a condition of dust free highways." The committee recommended a na- tional committee to work in conjunc- tion with tourist bureaus; develop- ment of national parks and their establishment in provinces now with out them. The committee reported as follows 1. Whereas the scenic and recrea- tional attractions of Canada from the basis upon which tlie ever-in- ircasing tourist traffic depends and Whereas tlie preservation and de- velopment of such historic, scenic and recreational attractions are vit- al to the promotional efforts now being made hy the different tourist agencies in Canada, both imblic and private. DEFINITE PLAN Therefore be it re.soIvc<i that the Dominion, the provinces and the lo- cal niuniii|ialities or di.^trictn should decide upon a definite plan designed: (a) To carry out a stock-taking of all Canada's tourist attractions, po- tential and actual; (b) Evolve a co- operative iiolicy to ensure the pre- servation of all such resources; (c) To stimulate public intere.= t in the iiiea of leavinv; notliinor undone in tile matter of making as well as keeping Canada beautiful. 2. Whereas the tourist industry is of vital interest to Canada. Tlicrefore, bo it resolved that the promotional work already done by t!o various official touii t bureaus 'â- >e ac!:nowlei'"ed and that tVse serv- ices be continued and augmented, where pos. iWe. PERMANENT COMMITTEE And he it further resolved that a permanent committee be set up re- tire enting the various official tour- st bureaus to maintain contact and :o meet at least once a year for the Durpose of co-operation and co- jrdinntinn of services. 3. Whereas federal authority has establi.-ht'd national parks in several of the provinces, and Whereas said parks provide recre- ational centres within the provinces and afford attractions to tourists wliii li are of substantial economic importance, and Whereas certain provinces have no national parks and, in consideration of the importance of such national parks ns a factor in expanding tour- ist traffic, are consequently depriv- ed of advanta;,'es enjoyed by other province.:, NATIONAL PARKS Therefore, be it resolved that such provinces tis are not now provided oiijiortunity to have such parks es- tablished within their borders to en- able them to participate in all the advantages accruing from such de- velopment. 4. Whereas the future of our tour- ist industry may be jeopardized by the dust nuisance on many highways Therefore, be it resolved that it is vital to the best interests of all the provinces that a comprehensive plan be devised nn<l put into execution to achieve « condition of dust-free liighways. NEW METHOD OF ASSAYING Enables Determination In 20 20 Minutes of Gold Values â€" Micro Spot Test Rays Stronger Magnetic Field Of Earthy Extends More Than 100 Miles HAMILTON. â€" A new method of assaying ore, known as the "micri*- spot" test and discovered by the science department of McMaster T'riiversity, was announced in a. re- cent issue of the McMaster Silhou- ette. Professor W. 0. Walker of the chemistry department and Miss Doris I Hiscox, B.A., discovered and de- veloped the method. I The discovery is said to be of great assistance to prospectors and will en- jable them to determine in 20 min- jutes the gold values of ores to an I accuracy of one part of 500,000. "Until now the problem of assay- ing has been the check-rein of gold mining, hindering the prospector in I his coverage of the field," said Prof. j Walker. "Prospectors hitherto have been forced to load themselves with the different samples of ore ana ' bring them long distances to the as.-ay offices, which in many cases requires weeks." I The test will provide a prelimin- ary indication as to whether ore con- ! tains gold- It will in no way compete I with present as.-aying offices. Prof. Walker said he hoped the I test may be developed to a point I where it will tell definitely whether sold is present in ore to a sufficient degree to warr.mt mining; whether i it is present in amounts worth from i $5 to $10 a ton. ( j The tests will bo carried out with a small, compact kit costing about ; ' $20 and no more bulky than a shoe â-  box. Its contents will be a few liquids in specially constructed bot- t!c.=5, a few candles and rea'^ents for dissolving the KoM out of the ore. It is claimed no scientific knowledge is necessary for applying the tests. Through the "micro-spot" test it is believed persons xvithout experi- ence can compete with veteran pros- pectors, and in this way the mining fields of northern Canada w'ill be I more quickly developed. Paradeno, Calif.â€" Robert A. Mllli.' kan, California's specialist on cotmit rays, dispels another fallacy of ter- restrial magnetism. The earth's magnetic field was formerly thou^t to be effective at no greater heishta than 100 miles and essentially uni- form in strength throughout. In the course of his cosmic ray r*> search, however, Dr. Millikan finda that the earth's field extends at least lO.OOO mi!e« into space with an in- tensity stronger on the side of the globe exactly opposite to North Am- erica. His results were all obtained »a the surface of the earth and showed a greater cosmic ray intensity from the north pole to the equator in the region of India than in comparable latitudes in America. He extended these results out into space using the simple laws of magrnetism which govern such things as motors and electromagnets. Ore Sample! Supplied The Ontario department of mines aiTunjred to have ore sanioles sup- plied Prof. W. O. Walker, discoverer of a new assay method, T. F. Suth- erland, deputy ivini?ter, said- Samples were sent from the mines to IMcMaster T'niversity in Hamilton, where Prof. Walker and M's; Doris Hiscox, B.A., can-ied out tests in deve'opmcnt of t'le new method. ^Ir. Sutiierla.id sail the depart- ment had no comment to make on the di.'icoverv. Air Tr^swRrjort To The Rescue Coast Boasts Rare Old Pippin Vancouver.â€" Seeded 110 years ago, the oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest at Vancouver, on the low- er Columbia, still flourishes. There was romance in its planting, and the history of it was written many years ago by Dr. J. R. Card well, a veteran horticulturist of Oregon and long president of the state horticul- tural society. "The introduction of the first cul- tivated fruits in the country in 1824, by employees of the Hudson's Bay Company, is a pretty story with • touch of romance. At a d'nner giv- en in London in 1824 to several young men in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company, bound for the far distant Pacific Coast, a young gentleman ate an apple, care- fully wrapped the seeds in a paper and placed them in the vest pocket of the young gentleman, with the request that, when he arrived in the Oregon country, he should plant them and grow apple trees. "The act was noted, and in a spir- it of merriment other ladies pres- ent from the fruits of the table, put seeds of apples, pears, peaches anu grapes into the pockets of a'.l the young gentlemen. On their arrive, at the Hudson's Bay Company f i rt at Vancouver the young gentlemen gave the seeds to the company's gardener, James Bruce, who planted them in the spring of IS'lo. From these seeds came the trees now growing on the grounds of the Van- couver barracks, as transferred to the government on the disbanding of the H. B. Company. One of these trees has recently been identi- fied, marked and protected. ''Seeds from trees in the Hud- son's Bay orchard were brought to the interior by employees of the company." Stay Married CHICAGO â€" With 8,000 reconcil- iations of parted couples to his cred- it, Superior Court Judge Joseph '. Sabath celebrated his 25th anniver- ' sary on the Uench last week by dis- 1 closed his formula for happy marr- iage: "The only way to stay married â€" is to stay married." The 4r>,000 marital rifU he has handled during a ((uarter of a cen- tury has convinced him, he said, that divorces are always caused by "a little foolishness." Whether it concerns finances, or a , third per.-.on, or something else, the stumbling block usually is a trivial- ity," the veteran jurist asserted. The judge himself has been hap- pily married since 1887. He has three children, and seven grand- children, most of whom dropped In- to his courtroom to congratulate blm. Canadian Flax Seed For Northern Ireland For the first live year.s the Fibre Division has been renderim; an ex- tremely important marketing ser- vice. Canadian flax growers have found a ready and remunerative mar- ket In the North of Ireland for spe- cial pedigree fibre flax-seed. Original test propagations of Irish seed wore made in Canada In the years 192S. 1929 and 19.10 under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture ot North- I'l'ii Ireland and in co-operutlou of the Fibre Division, and each year since has seen an increased doiiiand n Ire- land for Canadian grown 8"ed. The excellent results that have been ob- tained are indicative of an encourag- ing future for Canadian libra flax- seed growers. Continued assistance in this Important marketing program Is assured by the Olvlslou. u. S. Farm Incomes Jump 844 Millions "Life Is no 'brief candle' for me.. It la a sort of splendid torch, which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make It burn as bright, ly as possible before handing It on to future generations." â€" Qeorge Ber- nard Shaw. Washington â€" An |841,0iHi,O00 Iu- crease iu the gross Income from 1935 farm products as compared with 1934 was estimated recently by tJio United Stales agriculture department. The monthly crop report set the value ot farm products at $8,110,000,000, while the 1934 value was $7,266,000,000. "Mow we waste the precious time, the Irretrievable momenta, ot one short llfel" â€" Andre Maurols. How a young bride outwitted tho elements threatening to delay her marriage in Honolulu by resource- fulness plus the aid of modern air transport, was the romantic story le'.aled in Victoria, B. C, by Miss Jennifer Greenwood of Elslree, Eng- land. The bride. Miss Cwynydd Watson <if Devizes, Kxe'er, was married to (leoffrey Dawson of Honolulu imme- diately following the arrival of the Knipress of Japan at the Hawaiian port on December 5. Hut for the resourcefulness and assistance of Miss Greenwood, how- ever, it is feared Cupid would have suffered a temporary defeat. The storm experienced by the .Aquitania on the Atlantic was re- sponsible for the predicament the bride found herself in on arrival at New York. 1 Lashed Ijj' success've gales on the I voyage from Southampton the Aq- ! uitania reached New York late. I Miss Watson's train itinerary was ! arranged to pei uiit her to catch the ! Empress of Japan at Victoria and the bride was frantic when she dis- covered she had missed her connec- tions. Miss Greenwood came to the res- cue and suggested to the bride that it might be possible to keep her wedding date if she hopped aboard a plane to overtake the "Kmpire lUiildcr" steaming westward. Miss Watson acted with decision. seized a grip, flung her wedding ' gown and intimate accessories into I it, and climbed aboard a plane for I Chicago. j She was unable to make the con- nection at Chicago, so continued by another air liner to St. Paul, where she caught up with her train and entered Canada at Moose Jaw, con- I tinning to the Coast and embarking on the Empress of Japan, which eaU- ed from Victoria November 30 for Hawaii and the Orient. I With the bride's baggage, consist- ! ing of a large number of trunks. Miss Greenwood reached Victoria I December 4 and sailed by the mo- tor liner Aorangi for Honolulu. She will be too late for the wedding, at which she expected to be a guest, but she was able to aid her friend in her dilemma. Miss Greenwood is going to visit her uncle, Mr. W. P. W. Tumor. British Consul at Honolulu. By KEN. EDWARDS Human Rockets Ski-ing with a balloon at 80 miles an hour sounds impos.sible to many of us on this side of the globe, how- ever in some countries this sport has been accepted with great enthusiasm Zepplin ski-ing is « combination of two of the risltie.st snorts ever de- vised by man. In England a ban was put on pas bag .lumping due to the apn->lling death rate that result cd- The modus operandi was for the participant to harnetis himself to a balloon but counter-balance his weight, then to step over hedges, barns or other structures by gently springins: into the ozone. Annlying the same princlnle to sW- .iumDin<^ vou have the whole story la above i'lustr.ition. Leo Gasnerl, the Austrian, ama7ed and astounded snpctators bv attaining a speed of 84 mi'es an hour with streamlined g«»' ••sg and wei'^'ted .iVis of this desgln. v,'<r,,ve T In illii<itration shows postt- !•>« pn^ a'-tton, figiire H s>'ows foot oTid v.,„,) >rj,i,,,^ ffo-nre Til show* ..,„;.»'-*^,^ ^i-j, Faeh one has 61 «.».•.. '- pvenlv distributed over lt«,