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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE ONT THURSDAY, OCT. 10, 1935 7 Scribbler--Writing puns is a ous proposition for Jokesmith 1 1 days. Dotter--What's the matter? Did Scribbler--No, but he broke or his ribs laughing over one of jokes he wrote. It won't be very long till frost is on the pumpkin and .gleeyes of last year's topcoat prove 'to be as frayed as we feared they would be. Hiram Henpeck--Me and my wife are goinfl: to the West Indjest Next Door Neighbor--Jamaica' Hiram Henpeck--Naw, she made Helping with the dishes all summer has more to do with wanting to rush back to college in the fall than the desire for a, higher education. Sourdough--I warned Billy that that girl would play the deuce married her. Shadbelly--Well, did she? Sourdough They've got twins. A farmer with hay fever this fall is in a heck of a shape. He needs a frost to stop the fever, and needs a frost free fall for his crops. Tommy--Say, dad, how much am I worth to you? Dad--All I have in "the world, Tommy. Tommy--Well, could you let me have a quarter in advance? Geometry would be one of the mcst interesting studies in the high school curriculum if it could show where the fullback should bisect the line and the best angle at which a halfback should run. Harvesting In Saskatchewan At 20 Below! Just about the middle of December, one of the most unique and interesting annual harvests to be garnered on the North American Continent will be in full swing. No! Not wheat -- but Mineral Salts. The scene will be Little Manitou Lake, Watrous Saskatchewan. The harvesters will be the employees of the Department of Natural Resources of Saskatchewan; and the harvest itself will consist of the tiny crystals of mineral salt which form in Little Manitou Lake each year at "freeze-up." It is one of the essential conditions that the harvest be completed within a period of ten days. When the Prairie winter comes in real earnest, and the thermometer shivers down to 20 below zero, the Departmental men, warmly attired, and wearing waist-high rubber boots, gather up these crystals with specially cdnstructed shovels, and store them in the Government warehouse at Watrous, from where they are later distributed. The medicinal qualities of this saline lal^e, known for many years, are becoming more and more widely recognized, and as a consequence these harvesting operations are assuming ever-increasing proportions, and the Lake is proving to be one of the Province's most important natural Canada's Trade With United Kingdom Vaudeville In New York (New York Times) Vaudeville's diminishing realm i; this city is now cut in two. Of eight theatres which have been showing the old-style variety along with movies, four theatres have gone over to straight pictures. The scholastics of the amusement business make a distinction between vaudeville and "stage shows." If the latter are included the eclipse is a little less complete, but it is a sad enough decline And yet it is the case here as with so many other conquests. The pictures and the radio, which have so nearly made an end of vaudeville, have assimilated perhaps its two principal features. Acrobats and trained animals and magic counted for a good deal, but the backbone of a vaudeville program was the comedy teams and the dancing. Radio has taken over the comedians, and any night they r/ay -be heard asking each other the quest-ons and springing the answers they sed to work 25 years ago. Movies have taken over the dancing. The Good Book tells whei LTOW the faithful slave girl A saved her master's life-how the robber was foiled through a great eastern custom regarding Salt--is told in picture and story in new book for Children! Yours free! Send coupon now for "Salt all over the World". Strange, engagin g Salt customs in many lands. Every Monthly Bulletin of the Canadia Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain. Canada has first place in th British market in imports of wheat e first six months of 1935 with 16,214,262 cwt., Argentine bein; second with 14,702,776, Australi; third with 9,221,482, and Roumania fourth with 353,886. Canada was third in barley with 1,453,938 cwt. out of a total of 1,-654jp6"7- Imports on oats by Great 473 in the same period two years ago, but the requirements from Canada have increased from 695,201 cwt. Canada was first in wheat-flour with 1,946,346 cwt., Australia being-second with 773,287, Francs third with 577,205, and Italy fourth with 224,741. Canada was second in the total of grain and flour with a value of of grain and flour with a value of £7,787,902, Argentine being first with £3,S48,163, Australia third with £3,072,733, and France fourth with £1,340,932. Canada was second in .cattle with 6,124 head- Canada was second in bacon with 535,918 cwt. Canada was second in hams with 104,891 cwt., the United States being first with 213,608, and Poland third with 9,708. Imports from the United States have been decreasing, but those from Canada have been increasing- Canada was second in apples with 900,867 cwt., Australia being first with 1,275,722, the United States third with 780,790, and New Zealand fourth with 277,480. Canada was first in lobsters with 9,753 cwt, out of a total of 11,012. Canada was second with unmanufactured tobacco with 5,984,714 pounds. Canada was first in copper ore with 8,723 tons, Spain being second with 1,429. Canada was second in wood and timber with £1,900,696. Canada was second in hides and skins with a value of £918,851.. the United States being first with £1,-486,420. Canada was second in unwrought copper with 26,879 tons, United States being first with 28,130. In the two previous years Canada was far ahead of all other countries with that commodity. Canada was second in pig lead with 47,292 tons, Australia being first with 92,028, British India third with 24,050, and Mexico fourth with 8,350. Canada was first in crude th 48,222. tons, Belgium being-second with 12,139, Australia third with 5,975. Canada was first in the total of n-ferrous metals and manufac-res with a value of £3,139,481, Chile being second with £1,925,374, Australia third with £1,302,583, Northern Rhodesia fourth with £1,-246,188, and United States fifth with £1,181,057. Canada was third in machinery th a value of £418,369; the United States being first with £2,959,-'420. Germany was second with £1,-759,767. Canada was first in patent leather with 6,288 cwt., the United States second with 2,458, Germany third with 520. Canada was second in newsprint with 783,788 cwt, Newfoundland being first with 982,691, Finland third with 690,101, Norway fourth with 272,389. Canada was fourth in the total of paper with a value of £693,611, Sweden being first with £1,325,239, Germany second with £842,906, Finland third with £751,989. Canada was first in rubber manufacturers with a value of £287,978, Germany second with £108,467, United States third with £82,293, Japan fourth with £18,974. Your Mouthwash WINDSOR SALT Jiteaspoonful in glass SCOUTING Here There nere Everywher A brother to every other Scout, without regard SALT DIVISION WINDSOR, ONT. 'ithout obligation please send special CMdren's Booklet, %ALT ah or-• " | Tribute to a namelesi construction ; worker who gave his life during the building of the C. P. R. through Northern Ontario was paid by Sudbury Boy Scouts while camping this summer. The boys erected a cross, and using the legal name for an unknown person, added the inscription: "John Doe, who gave his life in the upbuilding of Canada. Erected by the Boy Scouts." Nearly 5,000 Wolf Cubs, Boy Scouts and Rovers took part in the annual Scout parade this year on the closing day of the Toronto fair. The boys marched through the Prince's Gate to the Grand Tlaza, where they were reviewed and addressed by Lieut-Gov. Bruce. As usual many hundreds of boys were taught swimming at the camp of the 1st Smooth Rock Falls Troop, Ont. A dozen boys learned to swim, four Wolf Cubs passed the Cub swimming tes:, tw0 Scouts won the Swim- A SAFE OINTMENT Issue No. 40 -- '35 g5c,35c (tube),50c, ?1 mer's Badge and three Scouts passed the exacting test for the Rescuer's Badge. As a district event Border Cities Scouts started the new season with a big Scou; rally at Sheul's bush and a Cub rally a week later at Amherst-burg. Further reports of American Boy Scouts visiting Canada this year include a party of 32 Illinois Scouts at Halifax, New England Scouts at Montreal and Oregon Scouts at Winnipeg and Victoria, B. C. The American lads originally had planned to attend the cancelled Washington Jamboree. A first aid kit found new use in the hands of boys of the 1st Chester-ville Scout Troop on their way home from the summer camp. Investigation of motor trouble revealed that the motor fan had cut through the rubber hose of the colling system losing the water. Out came the first aid kit, there was a good job with adhesive tape, fresh water for the radiator, and the truck was 'away with little delay. Mr. A. G. MacKinnon, K.C., recently appointed District Court Judge at Shaunavon, Sask., is Scoutmaster of the 17th Regina Troop, of Holy Rosary Cathedral, a member of the Pro- Ecstasy beside the sea, No cloud o'erspread the glowing Heavens, no sail shone lumin- And far beyond the bounds of earth ny searching vision pressed To learn the secrets Nature holds safe-guarded in her breast, The mountains, woods, the silvery stars--the soft surge of the *a- All seemed to speak of some strange Power that ruled their destiny. I asked the stars, infinite hosts, those glittering points of gold ■ That through the boundless tracts of Heaven eternally have rolled, And to the swelling waves I spoke, with white and curling crests, To gain the secret of that force naught hinders nor arrests-- And in the voice harmonious, sweet, all spoke in glad accord Saying, "It is from One Divine--the Mighty Sovereign Lord!" Alice Kathryn Gould. Smith Falls, Ont. O.K. BY ME| 1\ "Fresh and mellow, lasting, too, Dixie Plug is the smoke for you. I've tried them all and I'll agree That Dixie Plug's O.K. by me 1" LARGE PLUG 20c DIXIE PLUG SMOKING TOBACCO What "Main Street" Represents Heating Hints I BUILDING a fire is a very simple job but, as in everything else, there is a right and wrong way of doing it. From my experience, the quickest and easiest way to light a fire is this: pirst of all, if there is a layer of ashes on the grates, leave it there. About two inches of ashes on the grates help a lot. Then spread about two inches of coal uniformly over the ashes. On top of this fresh coal put a good charge of kindling, consisting of newspapers and light .wood. Be sure that . . the Turn Damper in the smoke-pipe and the Ashpit Damper are wide open and the Check „, Damper closed. "SS" This will create thestrongdraft ^--=-* which is needed to ignite the fire. Now light the kindling and when it is burning freely, slowly ad*d more coal. The kindling will ignite the fresh coal both above and below it, and you can then add more coal and thus quickly build up a good deep fire. Occasionally you may find, when the kindling wood begins to burn, that smoke starts coming out through the crevices around the furnace doors. This is due to the fact that the chimney, being cold, does not provide sufficient draft to carry off the smoke. This condition can be quickly remedied by opening wide the slide in the fire door--or by partially or entirely closing the ashpit damper--or by a combination of the two._(1) vincial Council 0f the Boy Scouts Association, and Chairman of the provincial Board of Honour, which deals wi.h appointments of Scout leaders and awards for Scout act; of gallantry and outstanding service. Seven teams of Rover Scouts representing the 4th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 17th, 18th and 33rd Rover crews took part in this summer's annual Winnipeg Rover 24-Hour Hike Competition. The contest includes hiking equipment carried; the making of ■maps and notes, details of the overnight camp site and conditions of site after use. The Longer Evenings Complex, develop a power nemory, learn the secrc leeess, and improve you write to The Institute of Practical and Applied Psychology 910 Confederation Building-MONTBEAL, QUEBEC A phrase or title invented by an author can so stick in the public mind that it becomes a nuisance. Kipling's line about Canada being Lady of the Snows never brought joy to the travel agencies. And Sinclair Lewis's "Main Street" gave too many city folk an unwarranted sense of superiority over those who live in small towns. The meaning of the word main is --important, essential to results, momentous in consequences. In the trade affairs of this Dominion, Canada's Main Streets are precisely that. In the 125,000 independent stores, of which a large percentage line streets such as these, is done sixty-nine per cent, of the country's retail business. The 146 departmental stores in Canada do thirteen per cent, of the total business. The 8,476 chain stores, eighteen per cent. Ponder that fact. Sixty-nine of every hundred retail sales are made not by the big departmental stores; not by mail order houses in big cities; not by the chain stores. They are made over the counters of stores on the corners of country -roads, on the Main Streets of tillages, towns and cities. And owners of those stores are individual citizens, not corporations. They are Main. They are essential to results in merchandising; they are momentous in consequences. As a people we have been too ready to think that it is size that counts; that power always must lie in concentration. Manufacturers, mesmerized by Mass Buying, have too often neglected to enquire into the importance of the well-established independent dealer; the buying importance of the community he serves. "Remember the Maine" once roused the United States to patriotic fervor. "Remember Main Street" can show results too.--Maclean's Magazine. RETURNS FROM EXPEDITION "When tunnies refuse to bite, or the weather is too rough to go after these giant fish, have a little revol. ver practice by shooting at porpoises," says Mr. W. W. Dowding, the young British sportsman, who returned to Scarborough after a tunny-fishing expedition on which he caught a 484-pounder. "Porpoises," says Mr. Dowding, "are very numerous, more numerous than tunny at times, and it is great sport taking potshots at them. It is just about impossible to get a porpoise to take bait on a line. The only way to kill them, is to shoot them, in which case you have very litSe chance of landing the fish, or si harpooning them, which is very difficult indeed." --Scarborough Evening News and Daily Post. Classified Advertising WOOL CARDERS IN UP-TO-DATE STABLES --Old Reliable Minard's When horses come in to stable with wire- Like to le at once, as Mr. Dowd o litoba, knows. He writes: like your Minard's Linimen j it in the house. I have louna your ard's Liniment especially good tor imily doctor prepared Minard's Liniment : 60 years ago. Still invaluable in nslston fWue;coar MONTHLY PRIZE CONTESTS For Amateur Artists (That is anyone who is not earning a living from Art). GRAND FIRST PRIZE of a Commercial Art Course or a Water Colour Landscape Course valued at $50.00 for the best copy, four inches wide, made from this portrait of ]3r1ti?hSEmp?r".aEntrynFeT^T\venty- A valuable prize for everyone who enters this contest, which closes October 31, 1935. GIFF BAKER 39 LEE AVE., TORONTO, ONT.