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Most Northern Medical Doctor OH k Canadian Government Man At Aklavik Says the North Is Prospering Known as the world’s most nor- thern medical practitioner, Dr. J. A. Urquhart, Dominion .Government doctor at Aklavik, N.W.T., for 10 years, has arrived in Ottawa for three months leave before assum- ing a similar post at Fort Smith, 900 miles south of his former post. Travelled 40,000 Miles During the decade he was at AklavMt, Dr. Urquhart estimated that he travelled more than 40,000 miles on patrol In the vast district of more than 90,000 square miles which made up the Aklavik medical district. Aklavik is more than 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Of the 40,009 miles, he travelled 10,000 by dog team in winter, 20,- 000 by boat in summer and the other 10,000 by airplane. It has been four years since Dr. Urquhart has been down from the north and he said conditions there were good. Game was plentiful and fur-hunt- ing good. Lower prices for fur, however, had an adverse effect. Largest Sugar Beet Acreage Haig Farm Near Thedford, On- tario, Grows Crop On 100 Acres SARNIA.â€"-Receiving stations for delivery of sugar beets ill Lambtou âounty opened the first week in Oc- tober, Frederick Groombridge, of Petrolia, field representative for the Canada and Dominion Sugar Com- pany at Chatham and Wallaceburg, announced. In all there ar,e 21 sta- tions, the majority of them situat- ed in the. northern sections of the county. The weigh stations are at London Road, Blackwell, Perch, Al- dington, Thedford, Kingscourt and Holmesdale. The crop this year around Black- well, where the largest acreage in the county is harvested, shows the usual good run. The largest con- tract is at the Hale farm near Thedford, where there are approxi- mately 100 acres of sugar beets. Russian Children Learning Music Emphasis Is Being Placed On Peculiar National Art Forms And Folk Instruments Children of the national minor- ities of Soviet Russia, says the Christian Science Monitor, are in- structed in the music culture of their particular regions with em- phasis placed on the peculiar nati- onal art forms and folk instru- ments. This, the Soviet music edu- cator believes, is vital, if music is to become an integral part of the child’s life. Such national minorities in the USSR as the Kazak, Tatar, Kash- kir, Turkmen, and Uzbek maintain studios at the Moscow Conserva- tory of Music where advanced study in their own national music is av- ailable to talented young persons from these localities. An Hour A Week The Soviet child gets an hour a week of music appreciation during his elementary and secondary school education which takes in musical biography, theory, choral singing, and reading music as well as an understanding of the more important music, forms such as the opera, symphony, overture, sona- ta, etc., knowledge of the structure of different musical instruments, and conducting in the advanced grades. We’re..the World’s Best Fed People Belief Canadians ‘‘are the best- fed people in the world,” was ex- pressed at Langstaff, Ontario, last week by Sir Edward Melianby, the secretary-general of England’s med- ical research council. “If you are not, you are at least very near it," he said. Chief reason for bad teeth in England is probably because not enough milk is drunk, he said. Milk is pasteurized in London and except for there the milk supply is not very good in England. “Poverty,” is another reason for the low con- sumption of milk tie said. Sir Edward stayed at- the farm home of Dr. F. F. Tisdall near Lang- staff, about 16 miles north of Tor- onto, NAMES in the N E'W.S MARGARET (PUDDIN’) ESSON Margaret (Puddin’) Esson, golf- ing sensation of the Canadian wo- men’s open championship who hails from Rose town, Sask., and who celebrated her 17th birthday in May, never had a golf lesson in her life. Asked how she came to take up the game she told the Ottawa Journal: “Oh, I just started fooling around with a club when I was 12. 1 only had one club then, an old number two iron, and one day I told my brother Bill, who’s a good golfer, that I had gone around our nine-hole course at. home In 53. ‘ Only Seventeen “He didn’t believe at first I had done the • nine holes in 53 with a two-iron, but I made him believe me, all right. Father’s not such a good golfer but he understands my game and if I've had a teacher *ie’s the only one. I’ve never takeV a lesson in my life." “Puddin’ " reached the quarter fi- nals of the tourney before bowing to Mrs. A. B. Walker, a member o£ the British Curtis Cup team. Her long drives and putting were sen- sational, but she seemed unnerved on the first nine holes of her match with Mrs. Walker and went down to a four and two defeat. Swing Not New Says Sir Ernest Derived From Colored Rhythm Canadian Symphony Con- ductor Avers VANCOUVER.â€"Sir Ernest Mc- Millan, of Toronto, Canadian com- poser and symphony, conductor, claims “jitterbugs," “jam sessions" and swing music are nothing new. Sir Ernest was. guest conductor for the Vancouver Symphony Or- chestra concert here. All popular present day music is derived from coloured rhythm, said Sir Ernest last week. He did not believe “swing music” would be permanent. “ ‘Jittery’ music is probably the result of the ‘jittery’ nervous life people lead today,” he said. Farmers of Russia are to hold a chess tournament in Moscow. Cgîêman RADIANT HEATER Makes and burns own gas from “coaî oil." Fuel cost leas than 2e an hour, Radiates a flood of clean, healthful heat,. Ideal for chilly autumn and spring days or as an auxiliary heater all winter long. See dealer or write . . « THE COLEMAN LAMP S ÇÎOVg Ç0., LTB, Dept. WO-408, Toronto, Ont. ' - COPR. 1938 BY NEA SERVICE. .INa FOR centuries it was contended that the African elephant could fiot be domesticated, but the Belgian government is offering very tangible proof to the- contrary It costs between 750 and 1000 dollars to train one of the beasts, but he pays good dividends when put to work on the Congo plantations. NEXT: Wliat would happen if the earth rotated much faster than it docs? VOICE OF THE PRESS Attraction Is Gone Shortage of teachers keeps thirty schools closed in Alberta. Time was when the western provinces were a great attraction to Ontario teachers. â€" Kingston Whig-Stand- ard. Keeping Its Distance At the present time, Greenland is said to be moving away from Eur- ope at the rate of about fifty feet per year. “Nobody can blame Greenland very much,”â€" St. Thom- as Times-Journal. Hair - Raising Speed A Peterborough motorist chased a rabbit for over two miles at first, 25 miles an hour and then 32 or 33, and finally passed it The automo- bile thus won the race by a hare.â€" Toronto Star. .Better Highways Needed Canada has everything to offer the tourist but. up-to-date highways in a general way. It is the Prairie Provinces that make the poorest showing in all-weather highways. â€" Regina Leader-Post Safe Jobs Next Time Funny to hear some of the old Canadian crocks to the Great War picking out the right kind of jobs for themselves in any war to come. The underground bakeshop of the Army Service Corps seems to be a strong choice â€" St. Catharines Standard. Junior Farmer Moement Since assuming office as Provin- cial Minister of Agriculture, Hon. P. M. Dewan has taken a lively in- terest in the junior farmer move- ment. Educating of rural boys and girls of today in up-to-date meth- ods of farm practice, he recognizes as of the utmost importance to ag- riculture of tomorrow. â€". Guelph Mercury. Left Hand, Right Hand Over in Dover, New Jersey, the town's poplation of 11,000 “will cease all activity on Friday in a one-minute prayer for world peace." The bulk of the town’s industry is centred in “huge munitions plants." Contradictions like that are the things that keep the. public mind in a constant state of bewilderment in these times. People making muni- tions of warâ€" and praying for peace! And beyond any doubt, their prayers are sincere. It is ail so bi- zarre, so fantastic, so utterly in- comprehensible. The unreality of it is “real” only to megalomaniacs and would-be “Napoleons" who rule by fear and force. Brightening Up Garden Comers Partition Off Neglected Bite And Make Each One a Thing Of Beauty One of the changes most fre- quently wanted is to enlarge the garden. Such a move, however, is best not made without careful con- sideration! It is not wise: to add a “new room” until the existing one is so well furnished and arranged that maintenance time saved will be sufficient to build and furnish the additional one. Where enlarging is out of the question or deemed inadvisable, the existing garden often may be made more Interesting by “partitioning off" certain nooks, or enclosing a neglected corner, just as we make the attic into a room. Such nooks or compartments, divided by small hedges, and used as special places for special things, will increase the element of wonder and surprise, which even familiarity will not wholly destroy. An artist said of a certain house: “I like it because the outside appearance does not be- tray what is inside,” and the same thought expresses a garden quality. Simplicity in design need not be ob- viousness. Hunting Deer Requires Skill There hardly is a more popular big game animal with hunters than the whitetailed deer. Where there is adequate forage of the right kind, these animals are to be found in good numbers, and over a wide- spread area. They are keen witted, crafty, and call for veal skill on the part of the hunt,er in pursuing them successfully. In a region where they are hunted extensively, the deer exer- cise uncanny intelligence in eluding their enemies. While they are able to see at some distance, particular- ly strange movements, they depend mostly upon their sense of smell and hearing to warn them of ap- proaching danger. The hunter must proceed against the wind to get within firing range, if still-hunting, and he must learn how to walk through the woods as noiselessly as possible, and without making quick motions, if he is to bag a prize buck. He must not cough, talk to his companions, or smoke while stalking the wary whitetails. The most ’favorable conditions, of 'course, are when the leaves are off the trees, the ground is wet or cov- ered with, a good tracking snow; and there is no wind blowing. But we can’t always pick the best times for our hunts, so must rely upon skill and a knowledge of the habits of the deer to secure our trophies. News Parade By Elizabeth Eedy THE FIGHTING SPIRITâ€"If more people were like her. Adolf Hitler’s aggressions in Central Europe would have been stopped long ago. A septuagenarian lady of daunt- less spirit who lives in an Ontario town and is respected by all its in- habitants listened to Hitler’s Berlin speech (as we all did).' She had not hearkened long to the hysteri- cal mouthings of the dictator before a furious anger against him rose up in her. She kicked the radio, and kicked it hard. The loudspeaker was damaged to the extent of $3,75. Something went wrong with the power lines outside of her house and the town will be presenting-her with the bill, as a result. Nevertheless the lady insists the kick was worth it. WHITHER FRANCE? â€" It looks now as if France, once the strong- est democracy on the Continent of Europe, is to be relegated to the role of a second-rate power. How else could you interpret her pres- ent position? Just four years ago. France count- ed her European allies and friends on both hands: Belgium, Czechoslo- vakia, Poland, Rumania, Yugosla- via, Soviet Russia, Greece, Turkey. British friendship was assured. Germany was well encircled. Today French statesmen admit privately that their country is dependent solely on Britain’s, goodwill for her future. This autumn of 1938, France in- stead of Germany is .encircled. At her back door she lias insurgent Spain with its hostile airdromes only a few miles from the border. In the Mediterranean she faces the threat of the Italian fleet cutting her off from her reserves in North Africa. In the east her “impreg- nable” Maginot line of defense, against Germany is built on the same engineering principles as the Czech fortifications whose secrets the Germans now possess. Nothing seems to be left for France to do, but to revolve as Britain’s satellite. LAST IN EUROPEâ€"In Adolf Hit- ler’s speech to the world Septem- ber 26, he declared that the Sude- ten areas were the last territorial demand he would make in Europe. “In Europe,” mind. That says nothing about the Brit- ish African colonies which he wan I s. ME, TOOâ€"As. soon as Germany had been granted the settlement of the Sudeten minority problem in Czechoslovakia, Poland got her ultimatum In at Prague, demand- ing the cession of the areas where the Polish minority lives. Now Hungary has set up a howl on be- half of the Magyars in Czechoslo- vakia. â-  At home the British Government is confronted by the Welsh Nation- alists who want their minority problem taken up; by Prime Minis- ter de Valera of .Eire who wants a plebiscite in certain areas of Nor- thern Ireland. If such were held, Interested In Election David Â. tiroll, K.C., former member of the, Hepburn Cabinet, who, according to reports, may re- tire from provincial politics and run for Dominion House in the next general election. Sees Closer Union Willi the Slates Premier Hepburn Predicts That In Era to Come Canada and the U. S. Will be Drawn Closer Together A closer union between Canada and the United States arising from the struggle of European countries to become self-sustainifig was en- visioned by Premier Hepburn. Mr. Hepburn told, the American Transit Association that Japan, Italy and Germany revealed in the recent world crisis they had seri- ous designs upon the rest of the world,, seeking to make themselves self-sustaining at the expense of other countries. Becoming Self-Contained Canada and the United States â-  never had feared invasion, but they should give serious thought to be- coming self-contained. Both “won- derful countries”, they were peo- pled by the same people who had provided the necessary material to maintain free democracies. Economic consequences, thus, of the European situation, coupled with the geographical position of Canada and the United States would bring the two countries clos- er together In a new era that ...st come if the whole economic struc- ture were not to tumble. Mr. de Valera believes, four of the six counties of Ulsterâ€"Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Antrim, Londonderryâ€"would wish to join Eire (formerly (lie Irish Free State). Mr, de Valera must have had his tongue in his cheek when he said that “Ireland cannot be left out of any general settlement of the mi- nority problem in Europe.” THE WEEK’S QUESTIONâ€"How does the price paid this fall for Ontario wheat compare with a year ago? Answerâ€"The same wheat which last year brought in $1.02 to $1,04 is now selling at 56: to- 58 cents. Prove for yourself „; ; as over 100,000 Canadian housewives have already proved... that 'blue coal' gives the highest available standard of heating value and satisfaction» Order from your nearest ‘blue coal’ dealer today. Ask him also about the ‘blue coal' Heat Regulator which provides automatic heat with your present equipment. Tune in “The Shadow” every Sat., 7 p.m., CBL, Toronto, or 6.30 p.m., CBO, Ottawa. 1 aaf-A-rtt ... : .