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The Papers simïssramsswa œsnsrïCTHsai Say EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. CANADA Publicly Whipped Marshal Edward Carpenter, of Powhatan, Powhatan, Ohio, has an idea as to how to keep down the amount of juvenile delinquency delinquency in his village. It has proven successful, and has secured the approval approval of a pastor, a, probate judge and the mayor. Briefly, the Marshal's plan Is to publicly whip young offenders in the public square, so that any, or all, of tha,, 2,500 inhabitants can attend and sée the punishment administered. It has been given to 21 youngsters who were caught playing hookey from the school, and they have been taught their lesson. Marshal Carpenter declares declares that he is going to follow the practice as long as he is in office. While public whippings may- become something of exhibitions, there is little little doubt but that the idea will have a good effect on the victims. Not only does a whipping of such nature hurt a boy physically, but it hurts his ego. No boy likes to be the laughing stock of other boys, or to have, to cry out In their presence. So the youth of the town of Powhatan are cutting out the illegal capers. -- Windsor Star. Our National Anthem A now stanza for either "God Save the King," or "My Country 'Tis of Thee" was sung on the Canada-U.S. international boundary line the other day by delegates attending the Pan- Pacific Women's Conference in Vancouver. Vancouver. It went like this: "wo Empires by the sea, nations great and free, . One anthem raise. One race of ancient fame, One tongue, one faith we claim, One God, one glorious name We love and praise." The addition admirably expresses the closely allied ideals and aspirations aspirations of Canada and the United States and embodies a worthy and, indeed, a liable sentiment. --■ Brantford Expositor. Expositor. Child Brides ' in Ontario We are accustomed to raise our hands in something approaching holy hojror "wfito we read of child brides different parts of the United States, fine the annual report of the Registrar General for Ontario just to hand also shows that the exceptionally youthful wife is by no means a rarity in this rt of the world. - Tills report shows that in the year 1935 there were no fewer than 111 girls under the age of 16 who contracted contracted matrimony in Ontario, Four of these were married to boys under 18 years of age and fwo of them were united with men of 38 years of age. .There were 352 brides of the age of 16, 775 of the age of 17, and 2,175 of the age of 18. -- Brockville Recorder and Times. "Not-Over-50" "Join the Not-Over-50 Club" is the appeal featured in a series of small advertisements appearing in the Beacon-Herald. Beacon-Herald. Members receive an emb- 16m. to paste on a rear window of the ear, and a little red arrow, bearing the warning "Not-Over-50," to be placid placid opposite the 50 mark on the automobile automobile speedometer. It is a good idea If every motorist pledged himself not to exceed a speed of 50 miles per hour on tlie highway, our accident score certainly would drop. -- Stratford Beacon Herald. The Value of Trees The most important factor in improving improving forest conditions in any community community is the private individual. He must have a realization that the presence presence of trees in any form is beneficial beneficial to his property. This can be demonstrated demonstrated in town and country alike by the planting of individual trees all around buildings, on the lawn, a country country lane and on th roadside. For the protection of farm property windbreaks windbreaks of evergreen species such as spruce, pine or cedar, may be planted. .Such windbreaks will have a beneficial beneficial effect on crops, particularly fall wheat, and will give a splendid protection protection in the winter to farm buildings and in this way lessen the amount of fuel used. If the farm property has no woodlot, in addition to planting windbreaks, windbreaks, to set out a few acres of trees particularly on areas of the farm that are not well suited to agriculture such as steep hillsides, rocky areas or sections sections of the property cut off by the streams, railroads or highways, -- Belleville Intelligencer. Good in Science The second flight of the Russian air men from Moscow to the United States within the space of a few weeks has brought about some conjectures conjectures as to just what It proves. There are those who see proof that Russia is merely perfecting another war weapon against anyone within a 6,000-mile radius of Moscow. Others see the aviation horizon vastly widened, widened, with scientific benefits to all who are interested in flying, as well as a better understanding between nations. Brazil demonstrated the first attitude attitude two years ago when it refused the Russians the privilege of terminating terminating a long distance flight in Per- riambuco. But it seems that the United States and Canada, in lending whatever whatever aid was deemed necessary to make the flights a success, have set a better example. -- Kitchener Record. Record. Said It First It was J. T. Clark who wrote in the late nineties that the twentieth century century was to be Canada's century. The saying has frequently been credited to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and no doubt he, too, used it; but the original prophecy prophecy was Clark's. -- Toronto Star. Life and Income The average doctor has a working life of 42 years and the present value" of his earnings is $108,000. Next is the lawyer with $105,000 in 43 years, The engineer earns $93,000 and the architect $62,500. The college teacher and the clergyman, both of whom average average 44 years, obtain $69,000 and $41,- 000 respectively; while the worker In the skilled trades with the same working working life span only makes $28,600. Averaging Averaging 40 years, the lowest of all the groups, the nurse earns $23,300. In 46 years the journalist with $41,500 does a little better than the clergyman, clergyman, The unskilled laborer averages 44 years of work to mP-ke $15,200. The highest in average working years, each at 51, the farmer earns $12,500 and the farm worker 110,400, the two lowest amounts of the; sixteen groups. --The Kingston Whig Standard. Forest -Conservation A most valuable asset is being rapidly rapidly used up, and its on,e that cannot be replaced except over a long period of time. Succeeding generations may have cause to lament the prodigality of preceding ones unless a plan of progressive reforestation is adopted. Our spruce and fir grows as rapidly as in uny other country, but it takes a lonÿ time for nature to make a saw- log. The time for a vigorous conservation conservation policy is now. -- St. John Times-Globe. No Danger Present A new comet is rushing towards the earth, but as it is computed that it will not come nearer than fifty million miles there is no need for this globe to become even more jittery than at present.--Brantford Expositor. THE EMPIRE Empire Trade Nowadays, while an insane "race of armaments" is -proceeding in many of our lands, it is comforting to reflect that no part of the British territories today is arming against its neighbour. Moreover, there lias been a definite effort made, following the Ottawa Conference, to place trade within the Empire on a co-ordinated footing. Exaggerated Exaggerated views are held in some of the quarters as to what was done at Ottawa, Britain and her Dominions continue to make purchases of the products of- foreign countires worth many millions each year. In fact, we are the best customers of many such nations, who would otherwise suffer much more severely than they do from the lofty walls of trade restrictions restrictions built up by their neighbours. There is, indeed, still room for an extension extension of the principle of Imperial Preference to a very considerable extent, extent, without adopting an exclusive attitude towards imports from lands outside the Empire. A policy of the latter kind would be suicidal for a country like Britain, but there are other ways of dealing with tlie needs of the economic situation. -- Belfast Telegraph. Britain's Limits It is possibly true that Britain will find that in practice she cannot keep out of Europe. But she can, and she should, avoid too definitely taking of sides. If the present commitment to France, which at least has the merit of being reciprocal, is to be made permanent, permanent, it must be framed with care. It may be worth Britain's while to guarantee France against unprovoked aggression. But that ought to be the limit limit of British commitments on the continent. It can never profit this country (or advance peace in Europe) to underwrite the security of France against all eventualities. For France can all too easily become involved in a European war as a result of her own commitments in Eastern Europe. Reconciliation Reconciliation between France and Germany Germany is the key to a solution of at least half of Europe's present trouble. And in her satisfaction at an alliance with this country France would be only too likely to throw away the key, or at least mislay it while it was still useful, -- Glasgow Herald. "No panacea will cure all our troubles. We must deal with each separate question in the most practical practical way open to us." --Prince Konoye. "Theories have no place in our scheme of. things." --Adolf Hitler. News In Brief j Britsh Group Accepts Abitibi Plan TORONTO, -- A spokesman for the Abitibi Power and Paper Co., Bondholders' Representative Committee Committee states that their official organization organization plan has been approved by a committee of the Association of British Investment Trusts. This committee was appointed to watch the interests of the association in the Abitibi reorganization. The spokesman spokesman understands that more than $4 millions par value of the first mortgage bonds are held by this group. Eden Nominated for Nobel Prize LONDON, -- Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden's efforts to keep Great Britain at peace at almost any price are about to receive the highest highest recognition available such diplomacy diplomacy -- nomination for the Nobel peace prize. Capt Eden's sponsor is not Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, or the Spanish combatants, to whom he has so often turned a charitably blind eye and, when necesary, the other cheek, but the Norwegians. U. S. Corn. Crop Best Since 1029 CHICAGO--A corn crop valued at $1,750,000,000, the biggest money crop United States farmers have had since 1929, was ripening in the corn belt, the August estimates of six Chicago grain experts indicated this week. Basing their estimates on reports from farriers throughout the producing producing area and on the latest official acreage figures, tire private crop authorities authorities here, most of whom have just, returned from personal field inspection inspection trips, forecast, 1937 domestic corn production would total 2,771,000,000 bushels. This would be the biggest, United States crop since the record-breaking harvest in 1932 of 2,926,000,000 bushels. bushels. It would be more than a billion bushels larger than the crop of 1,524,- 317,000 harvested in 1936. The estimates of the private authorities authorities ranged from 2,715,000,000 bushels bushels to 2,834,000,000 but the average was 2,771,000,000. This represents an increase of 200,000,000 bushels compared compared with the latest Government figures figures based on conditions as of July 1, Dies After Claiming Huge Fortune MELBOURNE, Australia. -- Mrs. A Houston a claimant to the estimated estimated $24,893,750 estate left by the late Lady Houston in England, died this week. Mrs. Houston was an elderly woman in poor circumstances. She advanced her claim only three days previously on the grounds that her husband, George Muir Houston, was a nephew of Sir Robert Houston, who amassed the huge fortune in shipping. How Indians Should-Be Treated WINNIPEG, -- Grey Owl, well- , known Prince Albert naturalist, is advocating a new attitude towards Indians- He said "Treat toe Indian as an Indian and don't try to change him. My suggestion would be that the Indians be put to work conserving conserving wild life. There's nothing left to hunt, so they can't live hunting and trapping as they used to do, but they could conserve what animal life there is left," he said. C. N. Revenue Up 10 Millions VANCOUVER,--President S. J. Hun- gerford of Canadian National Railways Railways estimated in an address to Vancouver Vancouver Board of Trade this Week that operating revenues of the C.N.R. system system during the seven months of 1937 have been $10,000,000 more than in the same period last year. Mr. Hungerford said he was "un ticipating the actual, figures a little," but he also estimated net operating revenue had been about $4,500,00 above the corresponding period o" 1936. The C.N.R. President on a tour ol inspection of the railway system, said the railway directors had looked forward forward to a continuation of these revenue revenue increases, but now "it seems certain certain that on our Western lines which have been built and equipped to handle a very large volume of wheat tonnage, the amount of wheat which we will have to move in this year's crop season season will be far less than could have been anticipated." Health Record Toronto in 1936 had only one resident'die resident'die of typhoid fever; one of measles; measles; one of infantile paralysis ; two of diphtheria; none of smallpox. Diphtheria, Diphtheria, smallpox, typhoid, those once- great scourges, are yielding to toxoid, vaccination and the purification ol water and milk supplies. Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is also coming under control. Including Including the deaths of Toronto people 1 in sanatoria, the tuberculosis victims - in 1936 numbered .275. If the pre-war ' rate had been in effect; they would have numbered 74-2. Record Number of Farm Jobs OTTAWA--Reporting the best farm > placement record ever experienced at ' the Government employment office, ' George Hamilton, superintendent has ■ told The Journal that 275 men had ' been sent to good farm jobs during the month of July. "It was an exceptionally good month 1 and I a in ,r ery pleased," Mr. Hamilton said. He estimated the men placed would have work of varying periods, probably until the end of August. The wages being paid to the men range from $25 to $30 and keep, with many farmers offering the straight one dollar a day. Bride First Time at 78 LOS ANGELES--Annie M. Cotton, 78, "can hardly wait" until Friday to marry John E. Scott, 79. That's what ■ she said when they drove up to the marriage license bureau and wrot( out an application at the curb because because of their infirmity. It will be Miss Cotton's first wedding, the fourth for Scott. Rattlesnake Killed 1 at Niagara NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.-- Four men walking in the Niagara Glen came across across a four-foot rattlesnake with three rattles and killed it after a short skirmish. skirmish. Roger Hunt, John Disher and his son Engin and Norman Irvine, all of Niagara Falls were walking in the Glen when Hunt, at -the rear of the party, heard a noise about his head. Hunt turned his flashlight up and saw the snake coiled on a ledge above his head. I-Ie shouted to his companions, who aided him in killing it. Lindbergh Passes Unnoticed PARIS,--Interrupting a flight It England, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget Airfield to thank the commander for radio ad- vice given him on recent flights around around Europe. His visit to the field, where lie completed his trail-blazing trans-Atlantic flight 10 years ago, went unnoticed for half an hour. He was on his way home after a week-end with Dr. Alexis Carrel, with whom he invented the "artificial heart," at Dr. Carrel's home on St. Gil das Island off the coast of Brittany. Qoeen Mary's Brother Visits Duke LONDON,--Princess Alice, granddaughter granddaughter of Queen Victoria, left today with her husband, the Earl of Athlone, for an automobile tour of the continent. continent. They planned to visit the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Lord Athlone Athlone is Queen Mary's brother. THE WONDERLAND OF OZ By L Frank Baum J -- "Isn't it a trick?" asked the Tin Woodman, anxiously,. "Never mind," replied Ozma, reassuringly, "we came here to rescue the poqr Queen of Ev and her children* and we must run some risks to do so." "The Gnome King is said to ,be hon-est and good- natured," remarked Tiktok. "You can ÊTOSt him to So what is right." Copyrighted 1982. iteJUy & Lee Co. Jrrri i ^ So Ôzma and Dorothy lqd the way. They passed through the rock doorway doorway and entered a long passage which was lighted by jewels set in the walls with lamps behind them. There was no one to escort them or to show them the way, but all the party pressed through the passage until they came' to a round domed cavern. àiÆMâ The room was bare, save for a throne carved out of a solid boulder of rock. It was rude and rugged in shape but it glittered with great rubies and diamonds and emeralds on every part of its surface. And upon this throne sat. the Gnome King clothed in gray-brown garments that Were thp exact color of the throne in which he sat. He wore no crown of any sort, and his only ornament was a broad, jewel-studded belt that encircled his fat little body. As for his features, they seefned kindly and good-humored, good-humored, and his- eyes were turned 'merrily upon his- visitors as Ozma and Dorothy stobd before him with their followers ranged behind them. "He looks like Santa Claus," whispered Dorothy. v