HERE were 1021 last season. Thev forest fires reported in Ontario igilanece of the fire rangers kept 83 per cent. of these down to a size not exceeding five acres. But yet the total area to Cochrane. equal to a strip of forest burned was over 346,000 acres-- mile wide from Toronte I] PAC Of the total number, only 52 were lightning fires. In other words, out of every 100 fires, 59 fires were due to mgn's carelessness and were preventable. by oO Accordingly, the Ontario ealls for the ship of the Province. pro If ve lem. co-operation of the whole citizen- PRUs] pEACLS] of forest protection in nable care be exercised by everyone in the woods to prevent the start of fire, our R [2] forests will be safe. spectors, lumber firms, 3S ay officials, campers, pro- {ers, construction firms--all can help by being careful of fire in. the woods, and by joining hands with the press, the leaders of public Ei opinion, and the business en of Ontario, in prompting : educational propaganda to reduce forestfires. HG Ings TE , Toronto, Ont. it Resume of Events and Legislative Enactments by recent Parliament -during the past year as they affect Agriculture (By the Hon. W. R. Motherwell) OTTAWA, July 9th, 1923 An effort has been made by not altogether disinterested parties, 'belittle the net results of the recen session of Parliament. Speaking more particularly to = v ment since Confederation that pas more beneficial legislation on beh: of agriculture than the one wvecentl; | prorogued. True, five months was 2a long time to spend in performing' the work but that is one of the prices we "must pay for groups in Parliament, ail of whom have to have their say. A number of acts have been passed,' such as "An act to amend and consol- idate the acts respecting Live Stock." and "An act to regulate the sale and inspection of Fruit and Fruit Contain- ers," which can be merely referred to here as containing very important an up-to-date legislation in their respec- tive fields. The same may be said of the amendment to Feeding Stuffs Act and the Dairy Industry Act, the latter of which provides for the prohibition of the manufacture and importation of filled butter, filled milk and fllec cream--three pernicious pratices were quietly but persistently establish- ing a foothold in Canada to the great detriment of the dairy industry. In addition to this important legis- lation affecting one of our chief cor- ner stones of Canadian agriculture-- dairying--was the fight to a finish during the last Session on the question of whether the prohibition of the man- a ufacture and importation of Oleo. would be agaln roverted fo, as it ex- jsted for thirty years prior to 1917. By a non-party vote of fifty-four to one hundred and twenty-five, Oleo, for the time being, received a solar plexus blow that will take some recover from. Nothing daunted, however, the packers' professional lobbyist was an anxious inguireer around the corrid the week following the vote, doubtless with a view to renewing the battle at some later date. The report of Dairy Commissioner Mr J. A. Ruddick and Mr W. A. Wil- son on their return from New Zealand and Australia, coupled with all the before-mentioned beneficial legislation o nibehalf of the dairy industry, mal the last Sess'on of Parliament an out- standing one, so far as the da dustry of Canada is concerned. ing 3 Se | with ; respect to agriculture, I may say that. I cannot recall any Session of Parlia-| Although the removal of the British Embargo on Canadian cattle did not require legislative action on the part of the Canadian Parliament, it did on the part of the Imperial Government which was the outcome of a conference between the Imperial and Canadian Authorities--hence, properly referred to in this article as one of the advanc- ied steps taken on behalf of agriculture {during the past year. The removal of the British Embargo Canadian cattle has had a ater diveet result in improving the : ket than any other single been accomplished 'dur- st few years. in the unfortunate Was pos the live the Bs end. 1 "An agitation has been carried on, both in Great Britain and Canada for a number of years for the removal of the Embargo, and a great many people on hoth sides of the water have given valu stance in this effort, and ew of them claim that the removal of the Embargo is entirely ie to their cfforts. But to say that a great many people helped in bring- ing this about, is much nearer the lable markets for her ro accomplished this / not : au two or three years, was generally expected that thargo would 'he ultimately re- 1, it was of vital interest to the busine f raising cattle in Canada, that it should be removed quickly, and the delay w not. only disappointing, but it was ruinous to the cattle bus- iness. The present Canadian govern- ment not only acted promptly, but effectively, in this matter, and when the Ministers of the government and the o.cials of the Department of Agri- culture entered into 2 confereence with the members of the British Govern- ment and officials of the British Min- istry of Agriculture, they had a very difficult task on their hands. They accomplished something however, of tory settlement of the case, which, as a matter of fact, was only concluded the morning after the Lloyd George overnment had resigned. A new ~ A § Government took office in n and it looked like anothert{ffr Britain, and then for a time it looked ike another year's delay. A special ssion of the new Parliament was 'called in November to pass the Irish . The Canadian Government press- | to have the legislation removing Tmbarge enacted at this special | Ge -- rgely shut out of American tariff and real importance for the Canadian farmer when they came to a satisfac- I : ? i session, but the new government urg-; 'ed that it had just taken office, that this sescsion was for a special pur- pose and that the Embargo legislation should remain in abeyance until the regular session after the first of the Ei it was only after repeated and b pe . ~ oat at thie Ames- Canadian Government that this ques- on which had been of such strong standing was finally solved "by the British Government passing an Act removing the Embargo, which came into effect April 1st of this year. ti / There is not a live-stock man in Canada but recognizes clearly the tremendous advantage it would have been to have had this market last fall, and what a calamity it would have heen were it not available this year b Mention might also be made of the granting of' a certain bounty on {wine and cordage made from hemp, for the purpose of establishing a hemp indus- try in Western Canada--a movement "well worthy of a moment's consider- ation. Canada last year became famous by having arrived at the stage of being i - the largest exporter of wheat in the world. In the face of this it does seem a mistake to longer continue to ce- pend upon foreign countries for the twine with which to tie nine-tenths of this crop. can be grown successfully, almost Tuxuzantly, in many part of the west and east, with or without irrigation. It grows freely in this country, and should supply unlimited quantities of raw material for the successful esta- blishment of a hemp industry, the fu- ture production of which for both home consumption and export ne man can estimate. As important as this should be to every Western man, strange to say only three Western members supported it. Following the reduction of freight rates by the restoration of the Crow's islation has heen passed. designed to control and regulate lake rates, which soared to such alavming proportions last fall. The personnel and inewly-appointed Royal , Grain En- quiry Commission, presided over by « Mr Justice Turgeon, is another indica- tion of the desire of the present Gowv- ernment to serve agriculture faith- fully and well. ; The increase in the estimates over half a million dollars for the Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis, twenty-five thousand for further ex- periments in the exportation of chilled beef and ten thousand for experimen- work of the of tation with the dehydrating of fruit, sersistant urging on the part of the | Hemp is a product which' Nest Pass Agreement, important leg-' Bedworth School Report : Results. of Promotion Examinations Senior iv---Marian Johnston, Jim Davidson. Junior iv. Honours--DNMario ese, Pass--orest Plotts. Senior 1: Henourrs=--Alfred Milan- SENIOY Mi. KUHO ese, : Recommended--Agnes Clausen Ver- non Rutter. Junior iii. Honours--Albert Mascetti Alice Wilkinson. Pass--Patricia White, Lilah Clau- sen, Gerald Plotts, Evar Moline. Senior ii. Honours--Florence til. Pass--Guido Zentil. Recorumended--Harold Rutter. Junior ii. Honours--Laura Davidson Pass--Vendlo Moline, Henry Pech. Recommended--Willie Evans. ! Senior i. Honours--Inez Mascetti. Pass--Jessie Monty, Garde Rutter, Ernest Monty™* Junior i--Bruno Zentil. Milan- Zen- Walter Evans, Edward Petch. \ Junior Primary--Willie Rutter, Ar- nold Clausen, Clarence I[llson, Arthur Tllson, Katherine Evans. " Beginners--Norman. Zentil. M. E. KAAKE all speak for themselves and indicate SITES i § Senior Primary--Lillian Wilkinson, a further desire to grapple with first' things first in the solution of Can- ada's many agricultural problems. Live-stock men generally will great- ly appreciate the valuable importation of the various purebred breeding ani- . mals imported and selected personally. by Mr Archibald, director of Exper- imental Farms. These animals are intended for distribution among the various Ixperimental Farms, from , which farmers may replenish "their | breeding stock to advantage as des- dred. i A question of 'more than usual sig- "nificance to western agriculture was "the three-year Canadian National "Railway Construction programme, "passed by the House of Commons and approved of by the country generally, more particularly by the west. Im- agine with what consternation it was learned that the irresponsible Senate stepped in and thwarted the will of the people by giving this railway pro- gramme the six months hoist. As if to add insult to injury, some western senators have the audicity to say (as {per Senate Debates) that the Govern- | ment so enacted this legislation that |it would court the disaster that befell i How false this statement is, no- si | lit. [body knows better than the ones who j make it, 2 SWS way IN Montreal. -- On August 23rd, George H. Ham, "the Grand Old Man of the Cana Pacific," celebrated his seventy-{ifth birthday and received congratulations from all over Canada. Vancouver~--Railways in Canada are in an excellent position to handle the bumper grain crop of the prairie provinces. There are also 10,000 cars in the western division of the C.P.R. ready to handle grain mow- ing westward from the prairie grain fields, officials of the railway state. - GL A. Cotterell, assistant general superintendent of the C.P.R. west ern lines, stated that heavy ship- ments will be made to the Orient through this port. 3 ad Torento.--American tourists las year spent $75,000,000 in Canada, according to an estimate made in an official report of the Dominion Gov ernment's Parks Department. Last year more than 100,000 tours ist motor cars entered Canada; tha would mean upward of half a mil- lion tourists. This year the number will be much greater, for the tide is growing rapidly. The railwaye are having a very busy season. Winnipeg.--After a careful suse vey of reports received from C.P.R. agents throughout the West, it ia estimated that this year's crop will approximate 317,000,000 bushel according to the weekly crop repe: of the C.P.R. agricultural depart- ment issued here. Reports indicate that the Wester crop generally is turning out well. Even in areas where poor yields were looked for, the conditions have proved better than anticipated. Vernon.--Present indications are that the 1922 British Columbia ap- ple crop will total about 2700 ow 5000 cars. Last season was the province's big crop year, when approximately 38500 cars were packed out. .The C.P.R. has made many pre- visions to take care of the valley's transportation demands. On near- ly every side between here and Cal- gary refrigerator cars are waiting to be shunted to the packing houses, while houses are well stocked. y Calgary--While Calvin Coolidge, Vice-President of the United States, was not inclined to talk abeut trade relations, tariffs or anything of that nature when he arrived here on the Trans-Canada train of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway, he waxed most eloquent in his wvraises of Banff and Lake Louise and of the 'Canadian Rockies along the route by which he had travelled. "Ne wonder you Canadians are proud of your mountains," he as- serted; "they are magnificent." : The Vice-President spent some time in conversation with J. M. Cameron, general superintendent of the Alberta Divisién of the C.P.R. v _ Montreal--Accordimg to a joint circular issued by the Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pa- cific Steamships Limited, Mr. Allan Cameron is appointed Griental man- ager, with office at Homg Kong, ef- fective October 1. It is understood that Mr. Cam- eron will be in charge of both traf- fic and operating departments. The extensive growth in recent years of Canadian Pacific activities in the Orient, with enlarged fleets and ser- vices which have added Manila te the ports of call, has involved alse the transfer of the administrative headquarters from Yokohama te Hong Kong. Mr. Cameron is fa- miliar with Hong Kong, as. from January, 1901, to September, 1906, he was located there as general agent of the Asiatic business of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company's line of steamers. Mr. Cameron's first connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway was at Winnipeg as clerk of the local freight office in 1887. Moose Jaw.--®. C. Coleman, vice- president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, was a visitor in the city for a few hours, while en route to Victoria. " Mr. Coleman made the announce ment that the Canadian Pacific Rail: way Company had leased the last of its terminal elevators at the head of the Great Lakes, on a long term lease, to the Consolidated Elevator Co. interests. The capacity of the elevator is eight million bushels. The lessees will assume possession on September 1. The leasing of the elevator is in conformity with the announced in- tention of the railway executives to go out of the terminal elevato business. ; Asked as to the completion of the Assiniboia-Lethbridge line gap, Mr. Coleman stated that it was antici- pated that the gap would be com- pleted late this fall. Much, how- ever, would depend on whether the contractor would be able to hold his - men during the harvest season. Relative to the grading on the line from Consul, east, Mr. Coleman stated that the first thirty miles had been completed and the cone tractor was now working on the second thirty miles. "Ye Olde Firm" Yo. ! " TTL Treintzman & Compenny, Wid Kenora Branch The best ia PIANOS AND PHONOGRAPHS Old instruments taken in exchange New instruments sold on easy terms # ok Rk IRA J. WILDE in charge '