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a a i. _ the third Thursday of each month. . A suitable and pleasing program will speaker. * School session in the afternoon of Men. I.E. Gale will be at hosts. on UNITED CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY * The Sunday School Anniversary of the Port Perry United Church will be held on Sunday, December 15th, Special music is being prepared under the leadership of Mr. V. P. Stouffer. be given at both morning and evening service. Rev. Mr. Richards will be the There will-be no Sunday Sunday, December 16th. Get your skates sharpened by D. Underwood Sr. Accuracy Sanctioned by J. N. Kimball, Intermediate Et J supplied the copy used by contestants. Conducted direction of Fred Jarrett, Canadian Contest Judge. A LETTER FROM Mr. JOHNSTON at one time--not one but a lot of them. Berkley, Cal, Nov. 26th, 1929 5 550 ¢, 100,000 little chicks being Mr. W. H. Harris, Port Perry; Dear Mr. Harris:--Some weétks ago ® morning. Wheat, barley, ". ote, |i you asked me to let you hive information about Californias. © ~My experience of the country iin a measure limited. My first visit was I Corbman. We regret to hear that Mr. John Cherrie was knocked down and badly bruised and shaken by an automobile. *- He is doing as well as can be expected. ple, 1 was thoroughly captivated by the climate and the natural beauties to be found throughout the State. My next two visits were in the winters of 1928 and 1924, spent mostly in the in the winter of 1918. Like most peo- |. 3. A MOST INFORMING ADDRESS. Ridout, of Toronto, gave a very fine On Tuesday evening, under the auspices of the Young People's So- ciety of the United Church, Rev. D. G. address, 'illustrated by slides and by moving pictures. These pictures were taken by Mr. Ridout on his twenty thousand mile trip to the countries of Great Britain and Europe, where he visited the home lands of the Can- adian immigrants, and studied the conditions under which they lived. One feature of the address which clearly showed the reasons for emi- gration from those countries of Cen- tral Europe, described the fourfold |. disability under which these people lived in over crowded Europe. These disabilities he said were first--minor- |. ity areas, in which, owing to the re- adjustments of boundaries following |. the war, millions of people find them- selves under foreign rule, and often under the control of a Government of |. a different religious faith, The second disability was the ferment of political entanglements, with all the suffering | that comes with that state of unrest. In some parts of Europe there are as many as thirty parties contesting the right to govern that particular part of the world. The third disability is the surplus population. While our population in Canada is about three to the square mile on the average, in some parts of Europe it is over 500 to the square mile. The fourth dis- ability is the natural out of the other three--extreme poverty. As one man expressed the situation, the worker never hoped to earn more than enough to keep body and soul to- gether Women work in the fields for eleven hours at a wage of 66¢c per day. Incidentally, this surplus of popula: tion hinders the introduction of ma- chinery, for man power is so plentiful and so cheap that machinery is out of the question, especially on the little farms, OOO THE CHRISTMAS TREE BUSINESS The Christmas tree business grows annually. Last year approximately seven million trees were used in North American, about a fifth of which were used in Canada, and this year the business promises to be larger. Why net select your tree from pas- _ ture land, choose cedar or balsam fir does California. southern part of the State. January, 1926, and with the exception of five months in 1927, I have been in California nearly all the time. I have. myself motored the length and breadth of the State. And I must say, that I scarcely believe any other area of |. like extent on the surface of the earth presents such a diversity of climate and native and cultivated products, as Since Now as to name, There are two principal opinions regarding its origin. One is that the Spanish conquerors designated the country California on 'account of the torrid heat which they encountered here. It seems doubtful, 'however, that this ist he real origin of the name. It seems to be more likely that some such name was al- ready in use by the Indians long be- fore the coming of thé Spaniards. The Indian term 'means "The seashore and the mountains", and refers to the proximity of the two. Now if you will glance at the map of the state, you will observe that the southern boundary lies between the 32nd and 38rd parallells of north latitude and that the state extends in a north, north-westly direction to the 42nd parallel. Its length is close to 700 miles and its width varies from about 125 to 200 miles. Within this area are levels extending 260 feet below that of the sea to mountain tops over 14,000 feet high. Between these two there are many different kinds of 14 +. The 24 +. +h though, are not entirely determined by elevation. During the summer months for instance, Berkeley is gen- erally quite cool, but one has only to cross the Berkeley Hills, a distance of four or five miles and he will feel like disrobing himself entirely, I was in Fresno in the San Joanquin Valley |. 'one June night, three years back when the heat was terrible, No one there would divulge what the temperature was and I couldn't find a thermometer, but in Los Angeles a few days later the morning papers announced that the heat wave in Fresno had broken and the temperature had dropped to 104° in the shade. The heat, though uncomfortable, was not debilitating and it is quite seldom that sunstrokes are reported. As 'to farm products, there is a great variety. Cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry, ete., do very well. Some of the largest poultry establishments thing--If_we require really good pre- eal } their stock of millinery. Underwood 1 te) diate thy Oshawa Ye ; ' all mew winter styles in Doro hummer eerless > vty aie ow, mealies Underwood Td ute | Elaine Hill Peerless BC. 'nd 8Be, to clear-at 25 cents. Toews Accuracy © Colle F Bi ' Searls, reg. $1.35 and $150} (jderwood Novice Accuracy Bernice Bommel Peerless BC. for $1.25, > , who ~ Jt is an interesting sight to watch crated for shipment in the course off = are grown in abundance. Green garden peas are available every day /An the year. Green beans may be had "through about five or six months Two or three crops of alfalfa are common- ly harvested in the course of a year. Apples are produced in some abund- ance, but not = quality approaching that of Ontario apples. The pears are excellent and grown in enormous quantitied; 60,000 tons of them went to waste on the trees in 1928. The oT = : at very moderste prices. W. T. Rodman PR and Overcoats |- Jrotly reduend oF el oe your order | All Kinds of our New Merchant Tailor Over Tel. Office Port Perry "Yk the same thing happened with grapes. It was not there was insufficient mavket for them in the east, but transporta- tion and other factors made their handling unprofitable," You are als ready familiar with the oranges and lemons grown here. They are good, but a long way from being the best. Avocador are becoming an important product in the south. They da not do well in central or northern California though. Frost frequently does great damage to the citrus crops and indeed in the spring of this year other things suf- fered heavily. tomatoes were set out three times-- In the central valley, Now here isa curious and interesting |. served cherries, raspberries or straw berries, wee have to get them from the east and that in spite of the large quanties grown here, As for the people themselves--like everywhere else, there are all kinds. I have some very dear friends here, whose acquaintanceship I cherish. But how they put up with the laws I can fathom. Yours sincerely, Robt, A. A. Johnston. --OO CHRISTMAS CONCERT A concert and Christmas Tree will be held at the Yellow School, on Tues- day, Decemb "mission 26¢. INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS The ingtallation of officers of Old England Lodge, wil Ibe held on Tues: members are urged to be present. Bro. John Noble, of Whitby, will be 'the installing officer. ee QO Pr CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION Sunday, December 15th. 8 p.m.--~Sunday School. 7 p.m.--Evensong 4 Friday at T.45--weeknight service. Monday, 8 pm.--A. Y. P. A, re (rene. have capacities up_to two million eggs Order from 17th, at 8 pm. Ad- day evening, December 17th. - All] Fer * Washing Dry Closning Oshawalaundry Dry Cleaning Cot H. H. H. STONE'S "THE STORE FOR MEN" CONTEST than previous affairs, DECEMBER, 1929, TYPEWRITING Oshavia, Dec. 4, The typewriting 'contest for the cups emblomatie of of the champibnship of Oshawa wnd district 'in six different classes was held last night and proved even more successful Nearly twice as many took part as in the two pre- vious contests, and the results were 'most gratifying to the trainers of the and their administration is 'more 'than |. ; ~ Auditorium of the High School ~ December 18 & 19 a by P.P.HS. Glee Club and Mr. Andrus' Orchestra ~~ Valedictorian, Miss Davey Presentation of Di Presentation of P omas, Deo. 18, es, Dec. 19 - Canadian Terminal Svsiem. Lid. Gold Bonds --Serios "pn 3 Deénominations--1000 500 100. RICBpar and seer interest 10 ied 0% Witison Neely Corporation Id, Toran at 8.16 p.m. pe ne