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'the standard of citizenship be raised. 1 Jy pp {HE DRYDEN OBSERVER Health Talks By Dr. J. J. MIDDLETON Dr. Middleton will be glad to answer all questions on Public Health matters! through this column. 'Address him af Spadina House, Spadina Crescent, Toronto, Ont. amin Does poverty affect the health of children and contribute to the high death rate among infants? All indi- cations point to the fact that it does. There are many causes' of infant mortality. Lack of knowledge on the part of the parent is supposed to be responsible for many of these deaths, but this is not the only cause. What about poverty? What about low wages that compel a family to eke out an existence just above what is re- quired to keep body and soul together? } There are any such pitiable plights of families, snd the sooner such con- | ditions are put right, the sooner will | Tlie nation that in war time permits its soldiers to make war upon women 1 and children 8 yightly considered as | beyond the pale of citizenship.. What may be said about the nation that in| peace time allows its infants to be | murdered? Is Canada such a nation? ! It is to be hoped mot, and yet our in- fant mortality rate ig far too high. Oil-Cooled Engine The only Perfect Engine on the market / CLOVER HULLERS 4 mad SEPARATORS OIL PULLS RIE Spi TRACTQRS = BURNS KEROSENE Lowest 'Operating Cost on Test Yee us before you decide on your tracter What is the relationship between this infant mortality rate and the family income? Vancouver, B.C., has an in-| fant mortality rate of "fifty-five (one | of the lowest in the Dominion of Can- | ada) and the average salary of Van- couver parents is more than $1,250. In Montreal where the infant .mor- be tality rate is above 155, the' average' earning capacity is less than $450.00 per year. i United States are somewhat here. | a «Qix careful and panstaking surveys others government seem to fas- humidity. ten the indictment of baby murderers 'there cannot be 2 condition to suit all vegetables cellar or storage building. pears, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, soon deteriorate in very dry storage; lon the other hand winter made by the upon us as a mation," says one writer. «We are murdering babies by permit- ting their parents to be paid so little in wages that the babies die without a chance of life." ! The latest revelation of 'that condi- pumpkins, tion comes from Gary, Judge Gary's by the steel trust. bureau of the The children's 1 THE STORAGE OF FRUIT AND The storage of fruit and vegetables for home and market. must 'greater attention than it has hitherto ennually is step towards eliminating this, every i farmer or household with Living conditions in Canada and the land to grow vegetables, and perhaps similar,' fruit trees, and what we know of conditions there about storing the crop. Some crops may be an index of what is prevalent keep best in an atmosphere that has Indiana, old cr «Model Village," built" and rots soon destroy them. department of labour dry one and you wigh to keep apples, has just completed a year's study of 'ete., in it, make provisions for adding ore moisture to the air by introduc- ing wet sacks gpread out or by sprink- ling the floor, the idea being that a large surface must be wet and evapor- ation quick. The atmospheric humid- ity can be tested with a wet and dry bulb thermometer. Take the readings and check up on the chart 'which is supplied with it. A Humidity ranging from 75 to 8b is satisfactory. VEGETABLES (Experimental Farms Note) receive The amount of waste As a first en accorded. very great. sufficient In case of squash and pumpkins, should understand more ete, any frost proof place which is pantry for instance, high = moisture content, whereas jpassage. require a low percentage of i poor ventilation. Qo it will be seen that to carry off ing When severe weather occurs, the ventilators. volume of any from the field unless you in the same Apples, and fruits while squash, marrows and other such ops like a dry atmosphere. Moulds If you know your cellar is a very must help when asked to do so infant mortality there which shows: A case of infant mortality correspond-| ing to the £all of the earnings of the} chief bread winners. When the earn- i ings amounted to at least $1850 a year the infant death rate was 89.4.1 When the. earnings ranged between i $1050 and $1850 the death rate was | 127.1. When the earnings fell below } $1050 the death rate rose 'fo 137.8. . | Said the Bureaus report: "The heavier toll was taken by the gastric and intestinal diseases due to the in- ability of the mothers to feed their | . babes at the breast, inability to pur- chase enough wholesome milk, bad, housing and lack of sanitation. Tt should be the wish of 'every citi- zen and the aim of every statesman to maintain and increase the stan- dards of living which exist in our; country. There is some faint hope that the industrial outlook on this con- - tinent may lead us to believe that.pov- erty as a cause of infant mortality | may soon be considerably reduced. | PPO SVE SD ODD a we Dick Trist hevden Livery, Transfer © and $ @ Exchange Bara § DRYDEN = ONT} pO Bel! FEPELTOBILEy CONVENIENCE OF SETTLERS . (from News Chronicle) | Port Arthur has been placed on the same basis as towns and cities in the western provinces with respect to the handling of incoming settlers' effects for those taking up lands in this dis-: trict, by the Department of Customs and Excse. This eliminates the neces-' sity of settlers filing statements of effect through authorized customs yrokers and attending in person at | ge <larations. a i gome weeks ago Coloney Milton Francis, Ppresident of the Port Arthur J up the | Chamber of Commerce, took matter with | toms and Excise at Ottawa and today; stating that the re-| received 2 jetter strictions had been removed and that' settlers' effects would be received : through the Customs ab Port Arthur without the necessity of settlers mak-, : ig the declarations as heretofore. ee ------------r ermevererizTT? 3 the Department of Gus-§, ere tn © had it, one of the bandits was wounded dry is suitable--the top shelf of the ored this morning to the barn where or shelves in the the car ; Quality is often lowered by: Toronto bank Where crops are; day morning stored in large quantities ventilators | relive detectives who had remained on should be open as much as possible | duty at the scene all night. The fresh the gases and heat com- from a large bulk of any crop. close up Do not store a large crop while it is warm know that vou cn reduce the heat by proper ven- tilation. More attention must be paid to this when commercial storage is be- ing dene in the fall and our growers Bandits Car Found Fk ok ® Confirms report that ene of, the des- .peradoes wounded in robbery. First definite clues to whereabouts of +. gang--seeking finger prints. i Toronto, July 29--One definate step! toward the solution of the $82.000 Tor- onto bank robbery mystery, which had its' inception when six unknown des- perades held up bank messengers at Jordan and Melinda streets day morning last came tonight when the Toronto police recovered the rob- bers' car from an isolated barn on the Dunlop farm, about ten miles north cast of Toronto city limits. The car was found by W. BR. Sexton of Toron- to as he and two friends were being | shown over the farm. Examination of the car revealed two of the stolen | bags, one of which was blood stained lon the inside, indicating that, as rumor i {in the running fight with. the messen- l gers. The bags also contained a large | number of bank cheques.' On the left hand side of the car, at the rear and a few inches above the gasoline tank, ig an indentation, mmade by a bullet tand one of the glass lights in the back "of the cover is gone. § The car will be examined for finger prints and any other marks by which "a cuee may be obtained. i The police haev a theory now that "the robbers returned to the city after hiding the car, while another theory entertained in some quarters is that the gang is in hiding in the bushres North of Toronto. "Are they in woods 7 -- Toronto, July 30--Inspector William competition and 1 Sharkey Gels 166 Miles FROM THREE GALLONS OF GAS * ok kX | High Mileage Got From Chevrolet 490 Sedan in Economy Test. cr--m---- (By H. H. Needham) The low cost of operating a Chevro- let automobile was well demonstrated on Tues-lon Saturday, July 7th, on Portage avenue when the Edmonton entries for the Chevrolet National Economy Test demonstrated just how good their cars were and how cheaply they could be operated. Ten- Edmonton cars entered this the models ranged from 1918 vintage 4-90 models to the new 1923 superior model Chevrolet and the mileage these cars, got varied from 31.4 miles to b5.4 miles to the gallon of gasoline. This test prveod beyond a doubt that if the car is reasonably well cared for and the engine kept clean that the cost of operating can be reduced con siderably. It has been proven before and has been proven once again that by taking your car to the official ser- vice station to be tuned up, that it will well pay for the small cost of such service. Tih Several of the cars that participated had their engines tuned up, such work as having the valves ground, carbon removed and the carburetor adjusted, being done to them. All cars were absolutely stock models and the terms of the contest being that no special "Wallace and a squad of police 'head- quarters and divisional dectives mot- of the bandits who robbed messengers last Tues- was found yesterday to squad set immediately, to work in the hopes of finding something which might serve as clue towards the appre- hension of the desperadoes. Immediately behind. the barn is a thick woods and the spot is a lonely one, despite = the fact that it is not more than 500 yards from the Donalda farm. It is believed that the bandits made 'the thicket their "home'" since the robbery. Motor Transport Through West Coast Archipelago A 1. Gem like islets thrusting up from smi- ling summer seas. 2. The *' Motor Prin- cess' after launching. HE magnificent chain of fine & motor roads which wind through the Selkirks and the Canadian Paci- fic Rockies to Vancouver and points on the southern British Columbia border, thence through 'the western states of America, touching as they do the finest of the Canadian and American National Parks, need no introduction to the world of motor- dom. Every mile of roadway, espe- motor or carburettor equipment must be used The most remarkable performance made by any of the local contestants was made by Mr Jack Starky, the well-know manager of the Penn Coal Mine Co., Ltd., who rolled up the huge mileage of 166.2 miles on three gallons of "Red Star" gasoline. Previuos to this * record Mr Starkey made 49.9 miles on one gallon of gasoline on Thursday and this performance was advertised in sthe. Journal. Many people were sceptical about the accur- acy of this announcement, as only a few friends of Mr Starkey's and others |interested in the sale of Chevrolet cars were present when this test was pulled off, so the: officials 'of 'the Nor-West Mortors Lid. well advertised the com- ing test that was held on Saturday and a good crowd of spectators was on hand to witness the large runs we made. Mr Starkey started on his test at 17.25 pan. with the measured three gal- i lons of gasoline and after running be- ! ween the speeds of 15 and 18 miles per hour he came to a stop at 4.45 a.m. Sunday morning with his car- pburettor and tank as dry as a Metho- dist conference meeting. The speed- ometer checked this run at 166.2 miles: and the run was made over a measur ed course on Portage avenue. Mr Starkey carried three passengers dur- ing the test. cially through the Canadian Parks ; ; where it has, in many plates, beell| good roads, scenic properties and cut out of solid rock and at stupend- | tourist accommodation is Vancouver ous cost, has been built with an eye | Island. The city of Victoria at the to easy travelling and scenic | southern extremity of the island is deur, and from early spring until| the hub from which the "round the late in the fall a co tinuous stream and shorter roads radiate, of automobiles, hearin licences | and the town itself, with its broom issued in every 'town OR the con-| decked hills, its thousand gardens, tinent, pour along the highway. No- its avenues of hawthorne, acacia, where else call ist obtain | lyburnum and other fragrant trees is such a long run through such ever who having covered changing scenes of natural beauty. scenic routes of the mainland During the past few years #t has | would still enjoy the pleasures of become quite the thing ¢ | the road without travelling the same me, al oad again, and those who are at- 1 racted to the island by its particular oran- gral beauty, which is after the style with "just enough of | e of : | the troplon thrown in." | mani ing the 1 "done." The passage to the Island is 'throug usudlly made by ferry from Van- have willingls tl u vy. | couver, Or Bellingham in the State: No less attractive cn acount of its tof N Tashington to Victoria or one of the west coast ports nearby. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has this year put into service 8 NOW automobile ferry, the "Motor Prin- cess," a motor driven vessel whieh operates between Bellingham and Victoria and which, with a capacity for fifty automobiles and well a@- pointed accommodation for passengers, plies twice daily. The route traversed by the ferry is marked by islands, some of Wi are miles in extent, others gem like islets thrusting up from smiling seas, making the waterway a succes- sion of pictures to which the most famous of salon hangings cannot compare. She lordly Mount Baker is also seen from. the ferry to ade vantage, standing as it does #8 8 mantle of dazzling snow amid the foothills of the mainland. Amongst the other remarkable runs i made during the test were those made by Mr C. N. Goodwin in his 1918 'model 4.90 touring car and Mr Alec Hudson with his 1919 model 4-90 touring. Both these cars turned in a mileage of 119 miles for three gallons of gasoline This is an average of 39.9 miles to the gallon. Mr D. L. Campbell put the distance of 114.6 miles under his tires before his three gallons of gas gave out. He was driving a 1922 model 4-90 tour- ing cat. Another high mileage was made by 'Mr TH. Sullivan in his 1923 Superior modeel touring car, the speedometer | showing that 114.6 miles were 'obtain- ing car drove 110 miles. Mr W. S. McKenzie driving s 1928 Superior model got an average mile- age of 35.9 miles to the gallon of gas and Mr Young in his 1918 model 4-90 sedan got the high mileage of 104.1 miles. Ty The other contestants 'got the fo lowing high mileage from their Che rolets during the test and all we made on the measured three gallo of gasoline: El B i Mr Roy McClure, 102.8 miles. Canadian Explosives Ltd., 95 mi Lest2er Werner, 94.4 miles. During the test Mr A. A, Mc] ; gave a demonstration run on one - } jon of gasoline and made the wo i ful mileage of 49.9 miles. Mr "| Lean during this test carried | passengers including the writer. | pverage speed of 22 miles peel was maintained during this Yu L i | { ed from the three gallons of gas. Mr Geo. East driving a 1922 model tour-