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Swims In Pool With Big Shark Girl Thought She Could Beat Him In A Race SYDNEY,, Australia.â€"Leila Step- pe, a blonde American girl, swam in the; same pool as Skipper V, 10- foot grey nurse shark, at Taronga Park aquarium. She appeared to be more con- cerned about the coldness of the water than the presence in it of the shark. Huddled in a fur coat, she dipped one toe into the water and shiver- ed. ‘Say, this is certainly going to be a cold job,” she said. After she had dived: she called gaily to the watchful keepers: ‘‘It isn’t so bad when you get in." “That will be ail for today,” she said, climbing out of the pool. Asked if she had been afraid. Miss Steppe replied: "No, .1 was not very scared. Old man shark seemed rather sluggish. “If lie had come at me, I g>ess I could have beaten him to one side of the pool or the other.” Have Expensive Tastes Sti'ange grasshopper stories are being told in Saskatchewan these days. This was a worn, but per- fect $1 bill, when Buster Truker happened to drop it from his pock- et while stooking wheat on his farm near Craik. He discovered the loss four hours later, hunted until he found the spot he drop- ped it. The bill was covered with grasshoppers when Buster picked it up. They had eaten big pieces out as can be seen. A ’hopper is seen in the palm of one hand. Sharp Increase In Freight on Lakes Bigger Western Crops To Boost Activity of Shippers SARNIA.--A sharp increase in the number of lake vessels in oper- ation was reported in Marine cir- cles here, with the added expecta- tion that fall movement of vessels will at least be on a par with last year. A number of extra freighters are being placed in the grain-carry- ing trade in view of the bigger Western crops which are being moved to the Head of the Lakes. Tree Line Navigation Company officials said several of their ships will shift from the package freight to the grain business. Three freight- ers which have been tied up here for some weeks expect to get mov- ing orders. A great improvement in steel and iron ore shipping lias also been noticed in the last few weeks. This increase is mainly due to the pick- up in the automobile trad'd, it is stated. Work Of Artist Even Fools Rats Royal Steadman, who for 23 years has. made models and pic- tures for the United States De- partment of Agriculture files and bulletins, said last week that one of his paintings was so lifelike it fooled even the rats. “I finished a painting of an apple, cut in half and showing seeds exposed," Steadman said. “I put it on a Window sill to dry. The next morning I found it on the floor with tracks of rats over it and the painted seeds eaten off." Noel Coward is trying to pro- vide better movie shows aboard ship for the British Navy. Both part of the Canadian National Exhibition spectacle, the milling crowd of pleasure-seekers along1 the fair’s midway at. Exhibition City of Toronto, and the prize Hereford bull, present a striking contrast. His Highness (at the right) got quite a bit of attention from agriculturally- minded visitors himself; at the moment he seems to be surveying the crowds, amusing themselves in other ways, rather grimly. Canadian-Born Peer.Gets Varsity Degree Viscount Greenwood, Canadian-born peer who graduated from Uni- versity of Toronto 43 years ago, and later became a. member of the Imperial cabinet and- of the House of Lords, came back to his Alma Mater to receive an honorary LL.D. degree. The peer is pictured, left, with Sir William Mulock, veteran jurist and chancellor of the Univer- sity, following the bestowal of the degree at special convocation. Discover Mound Near WIngham Find Interests Historians-â€"May Be Work of Prehistoric Mound Builders What is expected to be an im- portant find, from the standpoint of historical interest, in west Wawa- npsll Township, Huron County, near Wingham, will in all likeli- hood be brought to the attention of proper authorities for an investiga- tion. The find is a large mound of earth believed to be the work of the Mound Builders. Located near the site of an old Indian camp, near the famous Mud Lake, the mound, although in a swamp, is made of clay. This also strengthens the belief that the clay has been carried for some distance to build the mound. It ib almost seventy yards around the mound, which rises in the centre to a height of fourteen or fifteen feet. On top of the mound there are two stumps of trees, which by their ap- pearance have been cut for at .least 800 years. In size they are larger than any known in the country. Farmers in the neighborhood of- ten speak of finding Indian relics in plowing, and older residents do state that in the days of the early settlement the farm on which the mound is located and now owned by Albert E. Johnson, was the loca- tion of an Indian camp. Farmers of Brace Form “Junk Pool” Organized, They Get Profitable Return for Selves Instead Of Peddlers Something new by way of a ‘‘wrinkle” was disclosed in Wing- ham, as five Bruce county farmers received word of their “junk pool.” The purpose of the co-operative or- ganization was to make as much money as possible from the scrap iron and junk which accumulates around a farm. For the past few months tlic-y have been gathering up the crap iron and other-metal waste on their farms. Shipped Scrap to the City When they had a truckload, they shipped it to Toronto on a hired truck. Batteries, scrap iron, parts of an old steam engine, implements and even feathers were all bundled up and shipped. Returns saw each of them getting over $10 after the trucking costs were paid. Reluctant to allow names to be used, in such a way as to be named a,s organizers of “junk pools," they did say, “we are sick and tired of junk dealers coming along and of- fering 25 and 50 cents for a whole pile of crap iron. We used to take it and be glad to get the stuff off the farm. Now we are determined that if they can make money at it, s-o can we.” Trappers Choose ' Voluntary Exile With 4500 Pounds of Supplies Three . Men Start for Their Home 80 Miles From the Arctic Ocean-â€"Remain For Trapping Season, Their 20-foot kicker-powered boat loaded with 4,500 pounds of sup- plies, Matt Murphy and ills, two sons, Cyril and Neil, have left Peace River for their trapping camp in the Arctic Circle. The older Murphy is a veteran of many years’ trapping in the Barren Islands.- His eldest son, Cyril, is going in for his eighth year, while 18-year-old Neil is making his first acquaintance with the far north. To reach their Arctic camp the Murphys will travel 1,200 miles all down the Mackenzie river to Fort Reliance, from where they will fly 250 miles further north ,to their Back River home, 80 miles from the Arctic Ocean on Bathurst Island. There they will remain until the spring, when they fly out with their season’s catch. Success of the trapping expedi- tion depends on finding the cariboo herds which serve as feed for both men and dogs. Their skins make moccasins and are useful in cover- ing the roof of dug-outs or making repairs to the tent. During one stay in the north they had to throw butter to the dogs when they were frozen in short oi . their base. That year it was March before the first cariboo was shot. On another occasion, Mr. Murphy said he estimated a herd of 10,900 cariboo took nine days to pass his camp. VOICE OF j THE PRESS 1 CANADA “WIDER STILL AND WIDER” A year ago there was a rift be- tween Premier Hepburn and Mr, King, a few months ago it became a gulf, now it is a chasm. â€" St. Catharines Standard. GOOD RATTING AVERAGE Police record in the town of Leamington for the past month show's 25 prosecutions and 25 con- victions. And even in the big- leagues they do not bat that way. IN OPPOSITION TO RENO Now the thing has been started, under the auspices of Hon. Harry Nixon, of allowing- a marriage of outsiders to take place at Callan- der that place may ultimately be- come as popular for unions as Reno is for divorces.â€"Brantford Expositor, THE AGRICULTURAL REPRE- SENTATIVE Premier Hepburn has been pay- ing public tribute to the assistance he, as a farmer, has received from the district agricultural represen- tative stationed at St. Thomas. These officials do render a fine type of service to agriculture and the people engaged in it which does not always receive the recog- nition which is its due.â€"Brock- ville Recorder and Times. PATHS ON HIGHWAYS A great deal of highway build- ing has been and is being done, but not much provision has been made for pedestrians or cyclists. In other countries, when highways are built, so also are footpaths for the pedestrians and in some lands, lanes also are made for the use of cyclists. Probably if that were done here, it would reduce high- way accidents and restore the pleasure we once enjoyed of walk- ing in the country, now possible only at the cost of being ready at any instant to jump into a ditch whether it is filled with water or not.â€"-Niagara Falls Review. YOUNG PEOPLE CUT OF WORK An Ottawa despatch announces that 240,000 young men in the cities and towns of Canada still are searching for something to do. Of these 70,000 between the ages of 16 and- 29 have never had jobs, and it is claimed that one- third of them are on relief: It is specified that this estimates does not include rural youth, who “have been unable to strike out for themselves,- and have been com- pelled to stay on the home farm.” But isn’t that one of the chief aims of providing work; getting young people on /the land, even if there be little remuneration? Better have farm boys familiar with the work helping in agricul- ture than sending to the farmers ’ help that knows nothing of what has to be done. These days it is a fortunate youth who has,a home farm on which to work and be as- sured of a reasonably good living. â€"Toronto Globe and Mail, FARMING'S NO CHILD. 3 PLAY It would come as a shock to' unthinking city dwellers to know what a variety of knowledge a successful farmer must include in his equipment before he can so much as begin to farm.' He must be a chemist, a carpenter, a wea- ther prophet, a farrier, a water diviner, a blacksmith, a doctor, a wheelwright, a bookkeeper, a vet- erinary surgeon, a bricklayer, a mechanic, a thatcher cv tiler, a plasterer, and something of a lin- guist. When he has assimilated a sound working knowledge of these trades and professions the fanner may turn his attention to extract- ing- the best from his lands. â€" Johannesburg Times. Bermuda Imposes Ban On Potatoes Maritime province potato grow- ers who depend on Bermuda for their markets are faced this year with prohibitory regulations em- bodied in an act entitled “the Im- portation of Potatoes Act, 1938," passed by the colony’s legislature. The provisions of the act prevent importers bringing potatoes into Bermuda during August and Sep- tember, and a penalty has been fixed of four shillings a bushel. The act was proclaimed officially August 18,'and though the time specified in the act is August and September, the .Governor-in-Council Is empowered to lift the restric- tions if on the recommendation of the Board of Agriculture he learns the local supply will not meet the demand. LIFE’S LIKE THAI’ By Fred NEHER “The one with the nipple on is Junior’s" As they heard the terrible beast speak, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were both startled and then Unc-le Henry remembered that this must bo the Lion of which Dorothy had spoken. “Hold on, Em!” he ex- claimed. “Quit the conquest and take courage. 1 guess this is the Cowardly Lion Dorothy has told us about.” “Oh, is it?” she asked, relieved. “When he spoke I got the idea, and when he looked so ashamed t was sure," Uncle Henry continued. THE WONDERLAND OF OZ ^Copyrighted 1932, Reilly & Lee Co. Aunt Era regarded the animal with new interest. “Are you the Cowardly Lion?” she inquired. “Are you Dorothy’s friend?" “Tes, ma’- am," answered the Lion, meekly. “Dorothy and I are old chums and are very fond of each other; I am the King of Beasts, .you know, and the Hungry Tiger and I serve Prin- cess Ozma as her personal body guards/’ “To be su re.” said Aunt Em, nodding. “But the King of Beasts should not be cowardly./’ “I’ve heard * that said before,” re- marked the Lion, yawning until he Showed his twQ great rows of sharp white teeth; “but that does not keep me from being’ frightened whenever I go into battle. “What do you do, run?” asked Uncle Henry. “No, that would be foolish, for the enemy would run after me," declared the Lion. “So I tremble with fear and pitch in as hard as l ean. So far 1 have always won my fights/’ “Were you- scared when 1 looked at you just now?” inquired Aunt Em. “Terribly,” answered the Lion, “for at first I thought you were go- ing to have a fit. The human eye is a fearful weapon,” he continued, scratching his nose very softly with his paw to. hide a sly smile. "Had I not known, you were Dorothy's friends I might have torn you both into shreds.” At this both Aunt Em and Uncle'Henry shuddered and said a hasty good-bye.