12 BIG MEETING "IN GRANT HALL Premier Drury Speaks on "Forest Conservation And Reforestation." Hon. E. C. Drury, L.L.D.Xpremier of Ontario, was the principal speak- er on Wednesday evening in Grant Hall, Queen's University, at a social gathering, held under the auspices of the Kingston Agricultural Fair Association, which was attended by hupdreds of farmers with their wives and families from near-by townships, as well as by many citi- zens of Kingston. The premier was warmly received, and was followed with the closest attention as he dealt with the sub- ject of "Forest Conservation and Re- forestation." He showed the great importance of the timber resources of the provinces of Ontario and the urgent need for conservation. New Ontario, where there are still ROBERT J. BUSHELL Secretary and Manager of the King- ston Industrial Fair Association, who arranged for Premier Drury's visit to Kingston. large areas of virgin forest, he ad- vocated a policy of protection against fires ; in old Ontario where much land had been denuded of trees that ought never to have been cut because of the unsuitability of the soil for agriculture, he proposed tree planting by the municipalities, and the formation of municipal re- gerves. He would also exempt the holders of wood lots from taxation because of the great public sérvice they were rendering by conserving * their timber holdings. Principal Taylor occupied the chair, and introduced the speaker. Rural Life Conditions. Dr. Reynolds, principal of Guelph Agricultural College, was the first | speaker, but his address, while en- tertaining, was confined to the change in the social and economic | conditions of rural life, brought about by the wonderful strides in agricultural machinery during the past thirty years that facilitated production, and reduced the man- power needed for seeding and har- vesting from ten men to one. This was a very remarkable thing, parti- cularly in view of the fact that agri- cultural methods had been at a standstill for fully five thousand years. He told of farming methods thirty years ago, when it took ten men to cut and bind fifteen acres of grain in a day. To-day, one man did the work alone, wiih the wonderful machinery produced by the ingenu- ity and epterprise of Canadian manufacturers. In consequence of this revolution in industry, the ru- ral population of Ontario 'had been reduced by 150,000 during the past ten years. And along with the change that had taken place, he re- gretted that the rural village lost its carpenter, blacksmith, shoe- maker, tailor and stone mason, a The Real Old Fashion 'Mahogany and 4 Walnut Furniture not only lasts longer, looks nicer, and cost less in the long run. It will pay you to investigate. CABINET MAKERS and POLISHERS on the premises--Mr. Frank Summerville, who remodels and repairs--he is an expert, LESSES, 'Antique Shop 507 Princess Street Phone 1045w. In! life 1 distinet loss to the social community. Discussing the high prices of fa produce during nolds declared that an increase of 1 | pre-war prices, obliged to hire wages at rates representing an in- crease of 137 per over the pre-war rates, and therefore, he was inot a profiteer He was the fir t feel the reduction of prices ¢ {the past year, which represer {cut of fifty per cent. This idisadvantage, but if everything else | falls, agriculture, which is the main- stay of the country, will remain while harvests can be gathered, as | it is the backbone, but you cannot | put too much on that backbone. | The speaker read from published | reports on' the decrease of popula- tion in the eastern states and Ohio. | While there has been a falling off in {Ontario the remaining population can carry-on all right with the self- | binder, but there was a great re-| duction in grain acreage and a cor- responding increase in the acreag® under hay and grass. The acreage under cultivation to-day cannot sup- port as many people as it did thirty years ago. The farmer was moral- |ly bound to ask himself to-day, "Is | wheat bgtter than when I began to grow itf" He gave figures to show | {the comhparative costs of staple ar-; ticles of food in the different pro- | | vinces. While agriculture was a {basic industry, some people might ask what have the agricultural col- |leges been doing ? He claimed that they had an effect, but the rush to the cities was overpowering. The (remedy was to be found among peo- (ple with the natural rural taste and | training, and who are content to itve in the country because they like jit. | Dr. Taylor told of people leaying the beautiful islands on the west coast of Scotland for Glasgow, | where they were content 1o shovel | {coal in mines and work in dirt and | smoke, yet life on those islands was vastly superior. i the war; while there yer cent the farmer, help, had wl cent to wa *\ \ Premier Drury Greeted. Premier Drury was greeted applause when he rose to speak. He eaid he was going to avoid controve ibjects, and deal with someth that he regarded as of very great fm- portance to the people of Ontario, and something that required their co- operation. This was forest conserva- tion and reforestation. "This is a thing that we must do. We must not neglect the wider view of conditions that we will leave for our children | and children's children. The problem of forest conservation has not been | taken up. Our timber resources are of importance to the industrial life | of the province, We have a large area of land that is fit only for the pro-| auction of forest products. We have been destroying vast quantities of valuable timber by fires and wasteful cutting. Land was cleared that should | never have been cleared, and unless wise and active steps are taken for | continued production, we are rapid-! {ly approaching within sight of the 'end of supply. Our timber resources, | when maintained and rightly handled will pay forever the entire expendi- tures of this province. These resour- ces lie in the old forest areas of old Ontario, and in northern Ontario. "In order to remedy what has been done, I intend to put into effect a forest policy for this province that will be on a par with that of any country," said the premier, who des- cribed the forest areas beginning on the border of old Ontario and ex- tending north and west to Manitoba. "In the centre we have the great clay belt. This is the main area, unpopu- lated and only fit for forest. We have destroyed more timber than we have gctually used. We allowed lumber | companies to cut where and how they | pleased, with the result that fire | traps exist everywhere, and young seedlings have been destroyed." Mr. Drury described what he saw on a tour of investigation. Wasteful methods were evident from the quan- | tity of debris found in large areas of standing timber, forming ready fuel for a conflagration. Fires des- troyed large areas of standing tim-| ber as a consequence of these bad | methods in lumbering. "In the north country we cannot replant, and it would be no use to try, for the, soil | with that once coverel the rocky hills has | aisappeared. But we can see that fires are prevented. Must Be Co-operation. "There must be co-operation be- tween the governments and lumber companies iny order effectively to car- ry out fire prevention. We will com- pell companies to destroy tree tops | and rubbish, and not leave it for | fires. The railways, too, have been the cause of much loss by fire for miles on either side of the lines. But in many places spruce is found grow- ing from seed. We want the people of old Ontario to begin reforestation on sections of land unfit for cultiva- tion. We are beginning in Simcoe ccunty, where there are hundreds of acres of desert land good only for timber. This land was never good for anything else and might now be cov- ered with timber. You have the same condition in the east. This is a matter of intense interest to the peo- ple, for before very long lumber is going to be a. very scarce commodity in the New World. In northern On- tario we are trying to withhold cer- tain areas from cutting and estab 'Canada Life Assurance Co. 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The munici- pality, however, has the taxing pow- that will kecp this land within easy reach. 1 make the offer that where any municipality acquires such lands, the government will re- create forests er forest it and turn if over to the muni- | cipality when it is ready to adminis- ter it as a municipal forest reserve The way is open for a great public service, and I would have you know that timber does not take as long to grow as some people think." Premier Drury urged his hearers to take this matter into serious con- sideration. There was the far {wood lot that presented educational opportunities. In his opinion, the municipalities should exempt the holders of such wood lots from tax- service they were rendering to, their comm I believe," said he hat people of old Ontario slow in taking this matt luding his m ructive address, Mr. will REYNOLDS p Ontari iltural ieiph f at Grant Premier Drur Hal t » A i. GE Ratan expressed his very great pleasure at | hg 15 Kingston and me tha people. He received prolonged piause as he took his .eat. John Sibbett, president of the Fair Association, who occupied the plat- form with .he di ors, tende.ed a warm vote of the and Dr. Reynolds for their splen visiting d addresses, on behalf of the officers | i R. | and members of the association, J. Bushell, manager of the fair, told the audienca what was being planned for the coming year, and thanked the premier for coming to Kingston. Dance Followed Speeches. The dance, following the speech- making at Grant Hall, was a very pleasant affair. Several hundred people waited for this part of tha programme, «nd they enjoyed them- selves 'to the limit. The dance pro- gramme consisted of twelve num- bers, with an abundance of encores, | and the music rendered by the Sym- pathy Six Orchestra was all that could be desired Fox trot, one step were the Dainty refreshments the dances at entered into. were served during cafeteria. R. J. Bushell ably master of ceremonies, aad, corps of assistants, feel happy. The event was brought to a close in the wee presided as The entire ¢vent was a great ruc- cess and the members of the Kings- ton Industrial Agricultural Associa- | old | tion are to Le congratulated. folk, as wel! as the young, mingled in the dancing, and as a special feature for the "old timers," square dances were put on the pro- gramme, and they made a great hit, The patronesses for the were Mrs. J. S. Sibbett, Mrs. J. J. Wilmot, J. J. J: Ln FP. Mrs. A. C. Day, Mrs. E. Cooke, Mrs. Colin Rogers, Mrs. R. d_ Moore, Mrs. J. A. Wilson, Mrs. James Baxter, Mrs. H. C. Orser and Mrs. R. J. Bushell. A man has no trouble in getling| married if he is fixed so that he is ic a position to pay alimony, re satisfactory. apply onderful course. A personal inter by ~~ 67 CLARENCE STARET "v Bun TOS. Genernl Agehit, Canunda Life Assurance Company, + KINGSTON, ONTARIO FRED WINFIELD, OF OTTAWA Who is to meet Billy Hughes in a ten round decision match to-night 3¢ the Armouries. | pervades the whole story and which | is so startlingly cleared up ap- | ks to Mr. Drury waltz, | popular | !dances, and they were very heartily with his | made everyone | sma' hours, | | with everyone perhaps a little tired, | but still happy. three or four | dance | Mrs. | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. 1 "The Shepherd of the Hills," articular and sentimental inter- Ameritans centers about the 1 of "The Shepherd of the Hills," ization ot which is showing s city at the Grand Opera for the last time to-night. A ; more typically American could Lot be written. The scenes are laid in the Ozask 'lountains, a part of the United Sta- | tes WHich may be said to have been discovered by Harold Bell Wright, as it is a region little known to the aver- age person beyond those in that im- diate vicinity, before the advent of "The Shepherd of the Hills." It has since become a national vacation ground, visited by thousands of tour- | :sts every year. A casual visit there showed Mr. Wright its possibilities and he remained to write a story of present day life in that country. This story i8 now known in every land, and any one who has read the book can immediately understand how wonderfully it could be shown in pic- tures. The picturesque and sturdy s, Fred Turner, May- lefield, Robert | ites also ap- Julia Craw- | nario and ponsible for | | cisco, Milton Sill {ms Kelso, Lucien Lit | Bolder, and other favor pear in the all-star cast. j ford Ivers wrote the tJameg C. Van Trees is r | the remarkable photography.--Advt, i At Griffin's, Eddie Collins' Big 'Musical Review {will again be the attraction at Grif- | tin's for today, Friday and Saturday, | but in an entirely new play with new | Patrons | songs and new costumes. who saw this clever company during the last few days need not fear to hear repeated songs or jokes for everything will be entirely different, and thoroughly enjoyable, The man- agement of this theatre being desir- ous of offering their patrons some- ured this original company with riuch difficulty, and novelties during the last half of the | week, and are sure to win all hearts. | A selected programme of motion pic- | tures will be run off in conjunction with this vaudeville bill, which can- | not fail to please all.--Advt. -- At The Allen, | he mountaineers are faithfully portray- ed, and the scenic background is lav- | .£h in its display of Nature's beauties | in Southwestern Missouri. The dra- | the element of mystery which | fally of the play.--Advt. at phe end \ | "Maytime." | "Maytime"" will play still another | | return engagement in this city for | one day beginning Jan. 20th, when! the Messrs. Shubert will present this charming play with music at the | Grand Opera House. All those who | want to hear and see it again, while those who have overlooked this ance with its haunting music should ! not fail to take it in during the com- ing week. "Maytime" blends with {1are charm most of the delights of the theatre. There is a constantly ap- pealing story, .with many scenes of tender romance; there is at least one { hig dramatic climax--a situation as powerful as that revealed in most raodern plays. There is lovely music throughout, and at least a dozen uni- jue and altogether charming dances; | there are hosts of pretty. girls in the fashionable gowns of four decided | periods of dress, and last of all, the three lier acts are laid in "little old New York" when that big city across the boundary was a burg of picturesquesness and tranquility. he company which will be seen here is of the same high order and first quality as the original cast that appeared in '"Maytime' for two years in New York.--Advt. | Martin Harvey on Actor and Audi- ence, here is more than meets the eye { in the rapport between actor and au- { dience, according to the famous Eng- lish actor-manager, Martin Harvey, who will be seen here at the Grand Opera House in "Garrick," and on Friday evening and Saturday mati- !nee, "The Burgomaster of Stile- monde' and Saturday evening. Dis- | cussing his emotions on the stage, Mr. Harvey told an interviewer the other day: My most favorite part is the part, whichever it is, that I am playing. When I am setting forth his features, Reresby, that gallant fellow and bro- | ther man-hero of 'The Breed of the Treshams', is my most favorite part. that wonderfully attractive figure, Sidney Carton, he becomes what I can only describe®as my most favo- rite part. When I play Hamlet, Count | Kariatine, the Brothers dei Franchi, | Garrick, or the Burgomaster in Mae- terlinck's great play, "The Burgo- master of Stilemonde," and so on, amongst my nimerous assumptions it {is always the same,--I find the part | which I am engaged in presenting is the part which I love the most, "Whether an actor can give the | highest and the best that is in him depends largely, if not wholly, upon his audience, and it is only when the soul of 'the audience and actors are, as it were, fused together, that these spontaneous flashes of sensibility | can appear.--Advt. | At The Strand. Everyone has possibly read of the wise old owl who sat in an oak, who held his own tongue but saw and heard a great deal, yet few of us perhaps realize the virtue of such advice as 'think more and say less" until we have had the lesson brought home to us in some impressive way. The picture at the Strand theatre for Thursday, Friday and Saturday which is entitled "The Furnace," and is a new Realart Special Production by William D. Taylor, smashes this lesson home in a way that many will remember for a long time to come. In that production which is based on the new novel by the English author "Pan," the idle threat made just before her marriage by Folly Vallance, a popular London actress and the bride-to-be of Anthony Bond, a wealthy social favorite, is the basis for all the tragedy that follows the marriage. The girl was heard to re- mark lightly that if Anthony jilted her, she would sue him for breach Lof promise. This was sald in jest, bu: when the girl's fiance heard of tte remark, just before the wedding, he interpreted it as méaning that the girl did not really love him. He goes akead with the marriage but re- pudiates her as his wife. Some of the most powerful dramatic situa- tions ever screened follow the estrangement. Agnes Ayres plays the role of Folly Vallagee and Anthony | Bond is ably portrayed by Jerome | Patrick, the well-known legitimate actor and screen favorite. Theodore 5 | which women's | os {and men's lives snuffed out. | quaint, brilliant, and beautiful rom- | When I am depicting the phases of | One of the striking scenes in * Yellow Typhoon," Harold MacGrath's | greatest adventure story in which Anita Stewart stars, is that of a | great Oriental gambling hall in Shan- matic possibilities of the book 'lend | Ee China. g : | themselves admirably as well, espec- | National picture will be shown at the This remarkable First Allen theatre on Thursday, Friday |and Saturday this week. It is a typi- cal Chinese gambling hall of the port cities, that caters to wealthy foreign- ers, It is rich with Oriental tapestries, inlaid tables of marble and teak wood, and Chinees paintings with all their gorgeous colorings. | { And in this great gaming place, | {Tun by the woman known as The Yellow Typhoon, are all the devices | | of chance by which men win and lose | have seen and heard it before will | fortunes in a night, and because of | souls are wrecked It is there that the Yellow Typhoon | herself stakes all her wealth against | a pricel,'s necklace of perfectly mat- | ched jewels that had been stolen dur- !ing 4 revolution from a royal Euro- | pean house--and- loses. But the gam- | | ing instinct is in her soul. And she | stakes that soul against all the pos- | sessions of the man who is infatuat- | |ed with her--and again loses. Cruel, ruthless, unscrupulous, she | still possesses the sporting instincts | [of the old Vikings from whom she | has descended, and abides by the turn {of the wheel--and she leaves for | Manila with the winner, a spy in the | |employ of a government at war with her own country and becomes his tool.--Advt. | SPORTING NEWS Queen's wiy From Frontenac A. Queen's third defeated Frenten- acs A by 8 to 3 in the local junior O.H.A. group on Wednesday night. Althouga very much more interest- ing than the game which followed, the first tusstle was poor hockey. Lanos, at centre, played the most of the game for Frontenacs. He was in it all the time, and Merelith follow- 21 him a close second. Of the three tallies, Meredith secured two anu Watts the other on a lone rusk anu some nice sticknandling. | For the tricolor, all played a good game, with Nickle the most eftective. Nope of the team overworked in the iast period, merely contenting them selves with breaking up the rushes of Frontenacs. Nickle notched four t beautiful shots in the Second, which | was his contribution for the evening. McDonald secured two in the first, and -Reynolds-- made an end-to-end rush and scored in the same period. Queen's Frontenacs A. thing unusual in entertainment sec- | recommend | their plays very highly. The pretty | chorus of girls will render many new Quinn McCulla Reynolds Emery McDonald Johnston Nickle Dungan McKay Germond Referee--Arthur Brouse. goal defence Lanos | Minifie Meredith Shipton centre wings spares R. M. C, Defeat Frontenacs B. The second game was a farce. R. M.C. scored practically at will, once they had started, and the final score score, Mackenzie, the R.M.C. centre, notched a good baker's dozen, while two were credited to the little Carr- Harris. Mundell, in goal for the cad- ets, had nothing to do but give in- structions to his players as to how tc use the game to the best advan- tage for practice purposes. Derry, getting away nicely in the second per- icd, fooled him for ome, however, on a neat shot, Davidson and Derry worked hard at other times but fail- ed to catch Mundell sleeping again. Montgomery, in goal for Frontenacs, was the busiest man on the ice. Out uf seventy-five or eighty wicked shots, twenty got past him, which isn't such a bad average for a young lad. He made some good saves. R. M. C. Frontenacs B. Mundell Montgomery MacPherson Sutherland Hamilton Weaver Madkenzie Davidson Carr-Harris Angrove Swaby Derry Grayden Hawkins Rooney Taugher Referec--George Van Horne. goal defence centre wings spares N.H.A. Games Wednesday, St. Patricks 6, Hamilton 2. Ottawa 2, Canadiens 0, Points Competition. At the curling rink on Wednesday {evening the games in the points com- | petition were commenced. These {games will continue for some weeks Ice in Good Shape. iand Thursday made it possible for ithe jcemakers Watts | Taylor | Lalend | stood 20 to 1 in their favor. 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