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Autumn Leaves Good Fertilizer Ifs A Great Waste To Bum Them, Soil Conservationists Say All over the country at this sea- son of the year the leaves fallen from the trees in millions of tons are being burned as the conveni- ent; way to dispose of them. Soil conservationists and agricultural chemists warn us that this is one of the most destructive practices that have come into vogue with modern civilization, says the Wood- stock Sentinel-Review. The leaves that we are burning up in these autumnal bonfires represent a large percentage of the nutrition that has been gathered from the soil and the air to nourish the trees and it ought to be restored to the earth to as great a degree as is possible. Makes A Rich Mould In the natural forests the leaves have been falling uder the trees for ages and forming a mould that ia rich in its capacity to produce vegetation. The story of the leaves is a long one but the point about, this burn- ing is that it ought to be abandon- ed. When householders have gone to the trouble of raking up leaves, the latter, instead of being burned ought to he put into a neat pile in the back yard, moistened and weighted down so that they will not blow away and in the course of time there will be a quantity of fertilizer that will make the garden glad. Puts Her Foot Down When Capt. Angus Walters, of the Bluenose, most famous of fish- ing schooners, gets married he will be through with sailing . . . or so the bride-to-be, pretty 22- year-old Mildred Butler, ABOVE, says. She wants Capt. Walters to stop getting involved in challenge races with the skipper of the Ger- trude L. Thebaud, perennial rival. New Gar Models Have Sun Roofs . At first glance it may seem hard to tell one; new car from another. But. there should be little difficulty in differentiating the new models from those of a year ago. There is a continuation of the trend towards stream-lining (except, where it in- terferes with brllt-in trunks), run- ning boards are disappearing, and there is a noticeable tendency to- wards a generous use of safety ' glass. The "European influence is also pronounced. The sliding sunshine roof has made its appearance On one moderate priced model, turn indicators worked from a button on the steering wheel are being tried out, and overdrives are being generally adopted. These over- drives can be used in second and high, thus increasing in effect the three usual forward speeds to five. in addition there are a number of small wrinkles which add to riding comfort. Sponge rubber is begin- ning to oust cotton padding for seats in one or two models, door- latches are even more secure, col- ored lights flash on some speedo- meter dials when excessive speeds are reached. Steering becomes still easier. Australia has the sweetest tooth in the world, according to an examination over an eleven- year period, which showed its, people consumed an average of 123.9 pounds of sugar while the World’s average was less than 60. 'â- 'All the great civilizations have sprung from thoroughly hy- â- " 1 populations.” Mews Parade By Elizabeth Eedy RADIO SCAREâ€"When innocent, but up-and-coming young Orson Welles planned his staging of the radio drama, “War of the Worlds”, he had no way of knowing ahead that it would induce a wave of mass hysteria in the eastern Unit- ed States and Canada and drive hundreds of people Into the woods with soaked handkerchiefs over their heads! The recent war scare prepared the ground. We had got so used to hearing the worst horrors news- cast from Europe, taking them as a matter of course, that the story of the invasion of this continent by monsters from Mars (as recounted by the radio play) was accepted on the Instant. It all goes to show. Now we know liow radio propagandizing works on the people of the totalitarian states! KICK THAT REGISTEREDâ€"It did not take long for. his story to get to headquarters. Top officials of an American airways concern took it up right away when a fanner near St. Thomas laughingly re- marked that big planes flying over were persistently dumping paper cups and dishes in his fields. The airways people came smack back with a denial of â-  their culpability. In the columns of the St. Thomas Times-Journal they de- clared themselves to be innocent. “LOST” COLONIESâ€"They’ve been laying the groundwork for five years to ask for the return of Ger- many’:? , “lost” colonies. WTe can tell now from the many bold ru- mors flying about that the stage is almost set for a No, 1 demand. Besides her former African col- oniesâ€"the Cameroons, Togoland, German Southwest Africa and Ger- man East Africa, now divided among mandates to France, Britain, Belgium and the Union of South Africaâ€"Germany’s pre-war over- seas possessions include the Caro- line and Marshall Islands in the Pacific (under Japanese mandate), New Guinea (mandated to Austra- lia), German Samoa (under New Zealand), and Kiaocliow, a German colony in China. CHANGES IN THE EASTâ€"The fall of the great South China city of Canton in October swiftly followed by the collapse of Hankow marks the beginning of the end for Brit- ish, French, United States trade in the east which flourished at its most prosperous in the ‘‘Open Door” era. Hong-kong, important British possession a few miles off Canton, is likely to wither up and die through lack of trade activity. To the Chinese, the fall of these two cities means a cutting off of 60 percent, of» munitions supplies. Only a fraction of these an be re- placedâ€"until next year at leastâ€" by imports routed over the still un- finished high-,. ~y from Burma to Yunnan or the French narrow- gauge railway from Indo-China. Without Hankow as an operat- ing base, the Chinese must radical- ly alter the character of their de- fense, scatter unwieldy armies, op- pose the Japanese only at strategic points, and attempt to draw them into the vast, wild stretches of Southwestern China. “Man as he is at present is in- capable of using wisely some of the best gifts of science, as a child is incapable of using safely a sharp knife. â€"Bishop of Winchester Sfee May Become Britain’s New Fashion Queen The Countess Beatty, formerly Mrs. Dorot’ â- Â»> of Vir- ginia, may succeed Marina, Duchess of Kent, e on queen and style-setter when the latter and her hiisba.r,.>,_ ent, leave to become distant Australia’s “first family”. The c8um»ss~«* pictured . here with-Earl Beatty as they arrived in Toronto during their present visit to Canada. World Police Force Wanted Saskatchewan Farmers League Calls for Formation of An Effective Peace Instrument Establishment of an interna- tional police force to enforce dic- tates of a central league in pre- serving world peace was advocat- ed by George Bickerton, president of the United Farmers of Can- ada, Saskatchewan section, at the organization's 35th annual con- vention ih • Saskatoon. Outlining his plan Mr. Bicker- ton suggested each nation _ con- tribute financially and physically to establishment of a force of 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 men train- ed in all branches of modern war- fare under administration of a committee of the central league. In event of national or interna- tional; disturbance, the police could! be called to stand guard and enforce discontinuance of ag- gression fhtiTTO) . ::ir$hvdâ€"fia»- tiens. “1 am convinced that 90 per cent, of the urge and desire for senseless conflict and wholesale destruction of human life and property would be removed by the creation of an efficient interna- tional police force,” he said. Canada’s Queer Marriage Laws There Are Some Funny Incon- sistencies In Dominion Stat- utes Following is the Dominion stat- ute governing marriages in Canada:, Degrees of affinity and consan- guinity which, under the statutes in that behalf, bar the lawful sol- emnization of marriage. A man may not marry his grand- mother, grandfather’s wife, wife’s grandmother, aunt, uncle’s wife’1"?, wife’s aunt, mother, stepmother, wife’s mother, daughter, wife’s daughter, son’s wife, sister, grand- daughter, grandson’s wife, wife’s granddaughter, niece, nephew’s wife, wife’s niece,* brother’s wife,** A woman may not marry her grandfather, grandmother’s hus- band, husband’s grandfather, uncle, aunt’s husband, husband’s uncle, father, stepfather, husband’s fath- er, son, husband’s son, daughter’s husband, brother, grandson, grand- daughter’s husband, husband's grandson, nephew, niece’s husband, husband’s nephew*, husband’s bro- ther**. The relationships set forth in this table include all such relationships, whether by the whole ot, half blood, and whether legitimate- or illegiti- mate. *By the Revised Statutes of Can- ada, 1927, c. 127, s. 2, il, is enacted that “A marriage is hot invalid merely because the Woman is a sister of a deceased vite, or a. daughter of a sister of a deceased wife of the man." **By the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927, c. 127, s. 3, it is en- acted that “A marriage is not in- valid merely because the man is a brother of. a deceased husband of the woman or is a son of such bro- ther.” Safety Pointers For Pedestrians As far as pedestrians are con- cerned, certain rules have been de- veloped for the safe walker which everyone of Us ought to obey: 1. The safe walker does not step out carelessly from behind parked cars or obstructions. 2. He does not try to weave his way through traffic. 3. He crosses streets at right an- gles. 4. He uses care in getting on and off vehicles in traffic. 5. He looks left and then right when crossing the street. 6. He obeys traffic signals. 7. He holds his conferences on sidewalks and not in the middle of the streets. 8. Children do not play in or on the streets. 9. The pedestrian walks toward the traffic, and not With it, on the open highways. 10. He uses particular precau- tions when walking at night. WAITING FOR YOU! In town is your copy of this week’s Toronto Star '(I Weekly â€" don’t Forget it. I VOICE OF ! THE PRESS CANADA WORLD TRADE Australian corn for Canadian consumption, brought to Quebec by a Greek ship, provides some idea of the ramification of world trade.*â€"Globe and Mail. NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CAUTION Have you driven for years with- out an accident? So had four of five drivers who were involved in automobile accidents last year. Experience is no substitute for caution. â€" Woodstock Sentinel- Review. A BIT HAZY A car on a Western Ontario hill is said to have rolled over five times and the occupants said they were not able to give any clear statement of what took place. You know â€" we’re rather inclined to believe that statement. â€"Peterborough Examiner. WHEAT’S DOWN; WHAT’S UP? Ontario wheat was quoted this time last year at between $1.02 and $1.04, is now selling at 56 and 58 cents. There’s been no alarming drop in the price of bread. How long does, it usually take the millers and bakers to realize that wheat’s down? Far longer, it’s true, than to find that it’s up.â€"Owen Sound Sun-Times. LONG ELECTION CAMPAIGN A Dominion general election in 1936 is now regarded by political prognostication as a certainty, If polling does take place next year, a late election day is more likely than an early one, for it is now obvious that Premier King cannot take on a speaking tour of the Do- minion before the next session, whereas the Conservative leader, Hon. R. J. Manion, is now carry- ing out a platform itinerary of the Western Provinces. A. strenu- ous pre-election session and a. long, campaign will give the people of Canada an ample supply of politi- cal pyrotechnics in the year that lies ahead.â€"Sydney Post-Record. The EMPIRE STICK BY FRANCE As an expression of sentiment the Chamberlain-Hitler statement I ' . “Meanest”. A new "meanest crime” was added to Calgary police rec- ords last Week. â-  At the time of the accident in which five-year-eld Billy Clark was killed by a street car, the victim’s elder brother, Robert, 16, had his bicycle stolen. Young Robert was among the members of the Clark fam- ily to go to the scene when news of the tragedy was receiv- ed. He laid his bicycle down near the crowd. Someone in the crowd rode it away. is impeccableâ€"Britain has no de- sire to fight any Power. But it is not alone a practical basis of European peace. On the contrary. If there is to be any hope of real European appeasement, it cannot be done bilaterally. It can be achieved only at a. conference of all the Powers. Any breaking of Anglo-French co-operation, any pledge to Germany running coun- ter to our existing pledge to de-' fend if necessary the integrity of France, any attempt to isolate Russia must be fought absolutely, for such a policy would be disas- trous to European peace, and, from the standpoint of Britain’s real interestsâ€"suicidal. â€" Daily Herald, London. Charles II suppressed the cof- fee-houses as being “seminaries of sedition,” and though Lloyd’s famous coffee-house became the centre at which ship owners ex- changed information and “from it has grown the vast Lloyd’s in- surance organization of today,” coffee consumption makes little progress in. the British home. 1 COLDS Simply Follow Thee Easy Directions to Ease ife Fain ansi Discomfort aid Sore Throat Accompanying Colls. It’s the way. thousands know to get almost immediate relief. Male sure you get “Aspirins’' Tablets. The simple way pictured above often brings amazingly fast relief from discomfort and sore throat accompanying colds. Try it. Thenâ€"see your doctor. He probably will tell you to continue with “Aspirin” because it acts so fast to relieve discomforts of a cold. And to reduce fever. This simple way, backed by scien- tific authority, has largely supplanted the use of strong medicines in easing cold symptoms. Perhaps tire easiest, most effective way yet discovered. Demand and Set “ASPIRIN TRADE-MARK REG, WONDERLAND OF GZ “’That,” replied’ the Wizard, "is the Royal Athletic College of Oz,” “Let’s stop/' suggested Dorothy. So they drew up in front of the build- ing and they were met at the door by the Woggle-Bug himself. : He seemed fully as tail as the Wizard. He was neatly dressed. “Welcome, Dorothy,” said the Woggle-Bug, “and welcome to all your friends. We are indeed pleased to receive you at this great Temple of Learn- ing.” “I thought it was'an Athletic Col- lege”* said Uncle Henry, ' "It1 is, sir,” answered the Woggle-Bug. "Here it is we teach scientific Col- lege Athletics-â€"in all their purity.” “Don’t you teach them anything , else?” asked Dorothy. “Oh, yes,” returned the Professor. “But such things occupy little of their time. Please follow me and I will show you how my scholars are occupied. This is a class hour and they are all busy.” He led them to a big field back of the college building, where several hundred young.-Ozites were at their classes. In one place they played football, in another baseball. Some f> la ye d t en his, .so m e g o 1 f ; som e w e r c swimming in a big pool. Other groups, of students played .basket- ball, while in one place a ring was roped in to permit boxing and wrestling. AH the c<#ïlegians seem- : ed busy and there was much lam1 : or and shouting. By L. Frank Baum Copyrighted 11*32. Reilly & Lee Co. Ï1» is undisputed, and we are turning; out many valuable citizens every year.” "But when (10 they study?” risked Dorothy. “Study?” said the Woggle-Bug-, looking perplexed at the question. “Yes: when do they get their lessons?" asked the girl. "Oh, they take doses of those every night and morning,” was the reply.