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^MiMNtN^iiNM Canadian Scientists Seek Magnetic Pole Not long ago a Rroifti of natural scirntists (lew from t)tlawa and headed for the Arctic Arcliipclapro. Their purpose was to chart the exact position of tlic MaK>ictic North I'olc. DuririK the past decade tlie posi- tion of this pole, at which the aeedle of a magnetic compass al- ways points, has been elusive. Before that, its site appeared to be as definitely determined as that of the geofiraphic pole itself. It was on the west side of Boothia Pen- insula, the neck of land tliat juts into the archipelago from the Arctic mainland to the northwest of Hud- son Bay. • • » It would now appear that the magnetic pole has shifted in some incomprehensible way hy itself or that early calculations were out, for it is no longer there. Last summer an expedition from ' Ottawa â€" "Operation Poico" â€" lo- cated the pole in the nortli-wcstcrn part of Prince of Wales Island. The general area in which experts have now placed it is about 200 miles from its former location on Boothia Peninsula. In recent years at least three different positions have been suggested for it, and an idea was advanced that there might be more than one renter of magnetic attrac- tion. * * * The object of the present survey is "to determine with greater exact- ness the position of the North Mag- netic Pole." It will also, it is stated, complete the first reliable magnetic charts of Canada's Arctic regions. Magnetic observations will be taken from several islands lying between 70 and 80 degrees north latitude and between the 100 and 12S meridians of west longitude. Instruments designed by the leader of the magnetic party Paul H. Ser- «on, who took part in the expedition hst year, will be used to assist in the charting of the pole's position. Magnetic compasses never have proved an infallible guide to the pole. Anywhere near it, magnetic com^sses are erratic and unreliable. The gyroscope is the only really satisfactory compass for navigation in HudFon Bay. Awful Toll Taken By Modern Warfare If anything can possibly bring home to the people of this continent the full horrors of modern warfare, it is the report on the cost of the Second World War by the Revue Du Croit, of Geneva. According to the estimates of the Swiss journal, human loss was 78,000,000 lives â€" more than six times the population of Canada. Some 32,000,000 men were killed on the battlefields; 26,- 000,000 men, women and children were murdered in concentration camps and 20,000,000 persons were killed by air bombings. As for material loss, the figure is beyond the imagination of most people. It is estimated at $375,000,- 000,000 â€" about ten times the value of all gold extracted from the Earth since the days of tlie Pharaohs. Add to these costs the misery oc- casioned to millions during the war, the 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 render- ed destitute, and the countless moral and physical wrecks left over as a legacy, and it is night-marish to think about the possibility of an- other outbreak. "The figures of the cost of the Second World War should be broadcast to every corner of the globe and should be impressed on every child old enough to under- stand them," avers the Winnipeg paper. Richard Strauss was taught by hi^ather to read notes before let- ters, and to play the piano at the age of four. LIFE'S UKE THAT » f'. TEST YOUR 1. Q. •'•• â- ^ Ontario Hydro Supplies Additional Power for Mining Camps a fourth unit has been brought into production, boostinj? total Lookout, Dryden and other comm •This is a general view of the power house at Ear Falls where capacity to 25,000^h.p. Ear Falls serves mininp: camp.s, Sioux unities in Northwestern Ontario. mPASM FEONT Jolvix12LLs^eLL. -'^ Last week, in this column, I had something to say about cobalt de- ficiency in the soil, and about what it could mean in its effect on the health and well-being of your cattle and sheep. However, the import- ance of this common mineral is so vital â€" and of such recent wide rec- ognition â€" that a little more on the same line might not be out of the way. » ♦ ♦ It was more than half a century ago that agricultural scientists be- gan the investigations which fin- ally resulted in the great discovery. It all started "Down Under" where huge areas in Australia and New Zealand were found to be turning cattle and sheep â€" put out to graze on them â€" slowly but surely sick * * » This illness was variously called bush sickness, coastal disease, and "the skinnies". After considerable investigation the root of the trouble was diagnosed as lack of iron in the soil, causing anemia. But then it was found that â€" while an added supply of pure iron did no good â€" impure iron turned the trick. After many experiments it was discovered that this miracle-working "iinpur- ity" was cobalt. « • » It is only within the past fen years or so, however, that a great deal has been done along the lines of mineral deficiency on this cont- inent; but already it is being hailed as one of the most revolutionary discoveries in the entire history of agriculture. * * * One of the most striking of many cases reported comes from a sec- tion of Wisconsin where sheep owners had been having terrible luck with their flocks. Losses of 20 to 50 per cent of lambs were not uncommon. One man saw his flock â€" which numbered 1.100 after the lambing season in the spring of 1944 â€" dwindle to less than 200 by the fall. * * * At first parasites were blamed, but careful tests and treatment proved that it wasn't those para- sites which made the sheep so an- emic-looking. They just hadn't any appetite â€" wouldn't eat â€" and so be- came weakened to such an extent that they were easy prey for pneu- monia, parasites, or anything that came along. * * * But as soon as the animals were By Fred Neher supplied with cobalt, the difference was really amazing. Death losses in the same farmer's flock during the next pasture season â€" 1945 â€" were reduced to nothing, and all but three of that crop of lambs brought top market price. And sim- ilar results have been reported from sixteen different Wisconsin counties. * « « The value of sufficient cobalt to cattle has been proven just as con- clusively, even if not quite so ex- tensively, as it has been with sheep, Aitti the best part of it is that sup- plying this vital necessity is both easy and cheap, as mineralized salt is becoming available to farmers at little more than the price of reg- ular stock salt. And as one widely known animal-nutritionist puts it â€" "It's the best insurance I know!" * » * Of course there are many areas where the necessary minerals, in- cluding cobalt, are supplied by the natural pasturage. In such places, of course, no additional amounts would be required. But farmers â€" no matter where they live â€" who are not fully satisfied with the way their cattle and sheep are do- ing, might be well advised to look into this matter of cobalt really thoroughly. « * * And nicntiorting the word "in- surance" a couple of paragraphs ago reminded me of something else it would be well for all farmers â€" and all other home-owners too â€" to give some tliought to. It's the mat- ter of tire insurance â€" and No, I'm not trying to sell you a policy. ♦ * » But the â-  fact is that there are thousands who imagine that they are amply covered with fire insur- ance yet who â€" should fire wipe them out â€" would discover, to their surprise and sorrow, that their pro- tection wasn't large enough by half. « * * It's all a (|ucstion of the rising costs of building and construction. A man might value his property at . â€" say â€" five thousand dollars a few years ago, and take out fire insur- ance on the l)asis of that valuation. But today, if he had to replace those buildings, it would cost him at least double that amount to do so. In our opinion it's something well wortli thinking over, if you haven't already done so. Ambition There was once a little animal no bigger than a fox, And on five toes he scampered over Tertiary rocks. They called him Eohippus, and they called him very small, And they thought him of no valueâ€" when they thought of him at all. For the lumpish old Dinoceras and Coryphodon so slow Were the heavy aristocracy in days of long ago. Said the little Eohippus "I'm going to be a horse! And on my middle finger nails to run my earthly course! I'm going to have a flowing tail! I'm going to have a mane! I'm going to stand fourteen hands high on the psychozoic plain!" The Coryphodon was horrified, the Dinoceras was shocked; And they chased young Eohippus but he skipped away and mocked. And they laughed enormous laughter and they groaned enormous groans, And they bade young Eohippus go view his father's bones. Said they, "You always were as small and mean as now we see. And that's conclusive evidence that you're always going to be. \Vhatl Be a great, tall handsome beast with hoofs to gallop on? Whyl You'd have to change your nature!" said the Lo.xolophodon. They considered him disposed of and retired with gait serene; That was the way they argued in the "early Eocene". From "Similar Cases" by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman SONG QUIZ Here are some questions all based on well-known songs â€" so well- known that you shouldn't have any trouble answering them. After you've finished you can check with the correct answers which will be found upside down below. 1. What is the title of the song whose chorus begins, "Just' a song a* twilight"? 2. In what famous waltz, do you "hear sweet music softly saying 'I love you' "? 3. Who was taken home from Aunt Dinah's quilting party? 4. On what river do the old folk- stay r 5. What song begins, "Seated one day at tlie organ, I was weary and ill at ease"? 6. How is the last rose of summer left? 7. In wliat song does the second verse begin "I sent thee late a rosy wreath"? 8. What well known Christmas hymn w^as composed because an or- gan broke down and a simple tune had to be composed for guitar ac- companiment? y. What do the herald angels sing? 10. How does the song LONG LONG AGO begin? 11. 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