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Ottawa, Ont.--This is census year. In the first an army of government field workers. This work will begin soon, the pre- ' liminary organization haying been go: 8 Knight Commander of the Order of , Times for a number of years, was in- 'formed on Dec, 31, 1930, that in the list of honors bestowed by King 'ed a unique field for speedy expan- 'gers and freight, the exploration of 'illustrated by the fact that from 1924 to date, the total personnel carried ; 18 Totiouiag year, ing on in Ottawa for some months. At the turn'of the twentieth century 'Canadas' population was 5,371,315, and since then the country has made more rapid expansion than in any other eri of its history. The opening of ar of every decade Can: | ot : "official _ racial tendencies hoted and im: | 'portant facts and figures gathered by ceased. In 1921, ad the. lost taken, Canada's population was 8,788, officials estimate the Dominion has crossed the 10,000,000 mark and that the '1931 count will show this to be Canada's official popu- Intion. 170. Workers Buried By Huge Landslide Disaster in Ecuador Will Halt Traffic for Month Guayaquil, Ecuador. -- Emergency crews worked feverishly on Sunday to extricate the bodies of 170 track la- borers who were engulfed by a land- slide along the Guayaquil-Quito Rail way Saturday, but had little hope of finding any one alive, Railway officials said the slide was of such enormous proportions that the normal movement of trains will be im- peded for a month. The men buried were removing the debris: from an earlier slip, when they were overwhelmed. The great mass of dirt and stone poured down over their bodies and into the river along the tracks, thereby pushing a rush of waters toward the nearby town of Huigra, menacing it. Telegraph and telephone lines also were broken, but most of these have been repaired. . --e ees Canada Forges Ahead As Rubber Exporter The annual statistics of the United Kingdom for the calendar year 1929 again place Canada first ampng the external sources of supply of rubber footwear to this country, writes Ger: ald A. Newman, Assistant Canadian Trade Commissioner in Liverpool, in the forthcoming issue of -the Com- mercial Intelligence Journal. For that year the heading "rubber boots and shoes" is separated into '"rub- ber boots" and "rubber shoes, over- shoes and goloshes." In dozens of pairs the total for both of these com- modities is 4,045,769, valued at £1, 660,948, Canada supplying 238,232 dozen pairs (£669,747), as compared with the previous year's record of 233,803 dozen pairs (£702,288). Canvas shoes with rubber soles are likely to find an expanding market in this country, as there has been a marked increase in indoor winter games such as badminton. The heavy and very prevalent rains of the winter season make rubber boots (wellingtons) popular among women. Cuban and Louis-heeled shoes are the styles most in demand. Rubber hot-water bottles have a large winter sale, and are heavily ad- vertised by all drug and department stores. Household rubber gloves are receiving a good sale and are supplied chiefly by the United States and Germany. A : . . . English Journalist ; Honored By King Washington.--The large corps of domestic and foreign correspondents in the capital were congratulating one of the ablest and most popular of their number on the first of the New Year on the signal recognition extended him by his sovereign. Will Mott Harsant Lewis, Washing- ton correspondent of the London George of England he has been made the British Empire. Sir Will Mott has been in Washington since 1921, sean sft Dominion Air Transport Shows Big Development The growth of air transportation in Canada has been striking. The Dominion's vast distances have prov- sion in the transportation of passen- northern regions, and more recently in the establishment of alr mall routes, The rapidity of this tovelooniont is one mile (personnel-miles) increased from 856,000 to 12,399,000, the total eight or express from 77,000 Ibs. to |" ,904,000 1bs., and mall from 1,200 Ibs. to 431,000 Ibs. A still greater future undoubtedly 'les before aerial operations in Can- ada and already 6 important firms are manufacturing aircraft or air- craft accessories in Canada. le) el aren yy 5 Saskatchewan Wheat Champion Saskatoon. --George C. Canfield, of Wild Rose, Sask, is for the third time provincial wheat champion, his' sam-| of reward wheat wel 68 SA to the bushel being. dec finest ¢ of hard Fair, Mr. Canfield held the areal" . wheat in the 22nd Saskatchewan Se 1921 and 1922 and was runner up in ------ Winterless West Now Predicted Weather. Yearly Less Violent, Is Claim, and This Year 'Holds Record" 'Winnipeg. --Bare, dusty streets can be seen in Alberta cities and towns; Saskatchewan reports very little snow and Manitoba has yet to feel a real heavy stroke from the hand of oldman Winter. Throughout the Canadian West Jack Frost so far this season hag faficd to maintain the re- putation he has built himself on the prairies. 'Wild ducks are cavorting about the lakes of Manitoba, turning deaf ears to the call of the warm, sunny south, contented with the mild weather pre- vailing. Blackbirds have been re- ported in several districts, Old timers are wondering where Winter has gone, some even predict. ing that in 50 years' time there'll be no Winter on the prairies. They point to the fact that the weather has heen losing its violence yearly, There were no uplifted hands rub- bing frost-bitten ears in Winnipeg on Jan. 9th for the temperature was six above. A year ago citizens shiv- ered in weather 31 degrees under the zero mark. i Bell Telephone Plans Extensive 1931 Program Montreal.--C, F. Sise, of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada, announces that in 1931 the company will spend $20,000,000 on plant replacements, renewals, and ex- tensions. Mr. Sise points out that during the last five years, a period of great ex- pansion in business, the company has spent, in the aggregate, more than $116,000,000 in plantsextensions and improvements, or an average of a little over $23,000,000 a year. During 1930, he says, when the general business depression might haye led the company to defer much work that had been planned, "the company went ahead with its expan- sion program, and spent even more than in preceding years, thus consid- erably benefiling. the employment situation. Among the projects contemplated for 1931 are several new dial stations in Montreal and completion of the new toll headquarters buildings, ad- joining the company's head office building in this city. ¢ I ;L Bonnie Mealing Sets Unofficial Record Sydney, Australia--Bonnie Meal ing, Australian represemtative in the 1928 Olympiad, set an unofficial world's record for the 150-yard back- stroke swim here on Jan. 3rd. at 1 minute and 53 45 seconds. This betters by 45 seconds the best re- corded mark for the distance which she set herself but four days ago. . Miss Mealing set the mew mark it a race in which she finished third. It was a freestyle event and the first and second place swimmers used the crawl. Belgenland. Informal snapshot" of Prof. 'and Mrs. Einstein enjoying cool Pacific breezes, en route from Panama to San Diego, Calif, aboard the 8.8, Pe ---- World Wheat Yield Shows 9% Gain Washington, ~The t total 1930 wheat crop for 41 countries exclusive of Rus- sfa and China was estimated by the United States Department of Agricul ture at 3,649,656,000 bushels, This estimate, which included the | first official report on the Argentine crop, represented an increase of 9 per cent, over. the comparable 1929 total, These 41 countries a yeaf ago ac- counted for 96 per cent. of the esti- mated world crop. The current Argentine crop was placed at "271,104,000 bushels against 162,676,000 bushels a year ago, or an increase of 66 per cent. . While the total world crop for the 41 countries was increased, the 1930 production for the 25 European coun- tries so far reported, excluding Rus- sia, is 6.3 per cent. below the 1929 total for the same countries. Russian president ' production for 1930 was estimated at; to Reed Lake by dog team. 1,157,400,000 Hitshiels -agatifst '702,851, 000 bushels in 1920, En me Wasts Appl Product ' To Be Made Fruitful As a result of representations made by: the Nova" Scotia" Government, ar- rangements are . reported to have been made by the Federal Depart- ment of Agriculture to establish re- search laboratories in the Annapolis Valley for the purpose of utilizing apple by-products and extending the market for surplus apples, Two laboratories are to be estab- lished, the larger one, for research work, will be located in the new plant now under construction at Mid- dleton, and will cover all apple by- products except vinegar, while the vinegar research plent will be in Bridgetown. rer A ns Ontario Led Gold Output Ontario was the largest producer of gold among the provinces of Canada last year, as it has been for a number of years. The production in this pro- vince in 1929 was 1,622,267 fine ounces, valued at $33,535,234. British Columbia came second with 164,204 ounces, worth $3,187,680, with Quebec third at 90,798 fine ounces, worth $1,876,961. Smaller quantities of gold were produced in Nova Scotia Manitoba, Alberta and the "Yukon. mons 43 os pn "I see," sald Smith, "that a famous 'man has been saying four hour's sleep is enough for anyone." "Pooh!" said Jones, "that's nothing. I've a that a year ago." Septic Sore Throat Feared in Manitoba The PasgMan,--Possibility of an outbreak of septic sore throat, the disease that took a toll of lives .in Kirkland Lake, Ont., last fall, is feared by residents of Reed Lake, a small community 19 miles inland from Mile 55 on the Hudson Bay Railway. According to provincial health au- thorities, the disease may prove to be diphtheria. It was not divulged how many persons were suffering from the disease at Reed Lake but at Mile 327 Mr. and Mrs, Walter Asmus and two children were stricken by the un- known malady and rushed to. hospital at The Pas. A third child, it was stated, had died from ths sickness at Mile 327. Dr. H. H. Elligtt, commissioner of health for Northern Manitoba, stated two-year-old boy at home, who knew 'that Dr. A. Larose was rushed by spe- cial to Mile 556 where he struck inland "We are 'not sare that it is diph- theria," Dr, Elliott stated. * "There is, the possibility it may be septic sore throat." The condition of all four members of the Asmus family is reported as "serious." When Dr. Larose reached Reed Lake, he inoculated all the child- ren in the little settlement which has a population of 20 persons. EA nmi W.il /aier Being Sold By Gallon in Hamilton Hamilton.--In the heart of Hamil ton, where hundreds of thousands of* gallons of city water flow from house- hold - faucets .daily, drinking water from a well is being sold to the citi- zens in gallon containers, This fact came to light over the week-end while city authorities were investigating stories that phenol and chlorine in the city water had rendered it unpalat- able to many consumers. One citizen, it was learned, was doing a good busi- ness from his well, PIROLE. Fur Farming In Canada Dates Back to 1878 The fur farming industry of Can: ada is each year becoming of greater importance. On a commercial scale it dates from about 1878 when a num- ber of foxes were raised on a farm near Tignish, Prince Edward Island. The industry grew rapidly; but, even as late as 1922-23, ranch-bred animals represented only about 3% per cent. of the total number of pelts obtain- ed by trappers and from ranchers. In the year just mentioned the total number of pelts taken was 4,963,996. a. Danny Hearn suspended in mid-air above five bar reli as he gives an exhibition pet his skill on s'col | blades at annual New Year's Day meet of Middle Atla ntic Skating Assoclation at Newburgh, N.Y. Steel Blade Expert of the mos, valuable historical collec- up-of 1,068 original official letters Memoranda written in Western .Cagfada in the period 1830-59, has been uired for the province by John Howie, provincial archivist, The collection was gecured from the estate of the late George Graham of the Hudson's Bay Company, through his widow, at Fort William, Ont. Out- standing are lengthy letters from the pen of Sir George Simpson, famous fur trader, who was governor of Rup- _ Old Letters Acquired From Widow Reveal Historical Facts of B. C. Victoria, Jan. 11.--Considered one ert's Land, Other documents were written by Peter Skene Ogden, Dr. John McLoughlin, Sir James Douglas, John Work, Robert Campbell, Peter W. Dease, Judge Thom, Alexander Ross, Sir John Pelly, Sir John Rich- ardson and many others. Included in the collection are the personal letters of Rev, J, Smelthurst (Florence Nightingales' lover) to vari- ous persons in Upper Canada. A re- markable portrait in oil from the brush of Paul Kane, in 1816, discloses a fine representation of Douald Ross, chief factor of the fur trading com- pany in Sat day. Daring Rescue . Saves Three Lives } ---- 3 Skater at Sault Holds Up Girl Companion Until Rescuers Arrive Sault Ste, Marie, Ont, Jan, 11.-- Chilled to the point of exhaustion, Wil- frid Sanderson and Gladys Boville, had a narrow escape from death when they broke through the ice on the St. Mary's River, near the pavilion. They were some distance from shore and in deep water, After several skaters had regarded it as almost impossible to reach the pair, who were clinging to the ice, Gordon McDonald and George Draper, who were skating on the river, came to their rescue. McDonald push- ed a plank to the pair and went out on it. He first pulled the girl to safety and then rescued Sanderson just when the waters were about to claim his lite. © Spectators declare that Sander- son showed great heroism. Warns His Companion He broke through the ice*®st, then warned his companion tq circle back to safety as soon as possible. She was apparently unnerved by the accident and fell, breaking through imanothsr place. Sanderson broke his way to until the rescuers arrived. When the people gathered near by I. pleaded with them to make an effort to save the girl and let him perish.. The girl was much weakened by ex posure and was unable to Stand alter i she was pulled out of the water. San- derson suffered from chills, Welland Child Saved Welland, Jan. 11; --Betty Bramfield, G-year-old daughter of Mr. and R. Bramfield, had a narrow es pe aj the ice on Chippawa Creek. The lit- tle one succeeded in holding to. the ragged edges until cries for help were answered by A. E. Raby, a civic em- ployee. He, under great difficulties, child just as she wag of J. McMillan where she was attend suffering from shock. Canadians to See Prince Open Fair in Argentina Montreal. --Canada's delegation to Argentina will reach Buenos Ayres in time for the official inaugurgtion on March 14 of the British Empire Trade Fair by the Prince of Wales, as the departure of the mission from Halifax has been advanced by, nine days. An- nouncement to this effect is made by Angus McLean, president of the Cana- dian Chamber of Commert® and El mer Davis, president of the Canadian Mannfacturers' Association, institu- tions sponsoring the visit-ata South America. Under the altered itinerary the Cana- dian National S.S. Prince Robert will sail from Halifax on February 21, stop at various ports en route and reach Buenos Ayres on March 13, placing the trade delegates in the Argentine capital a full day before the exhibition is opened officially. Ten days will be passed in Argen- tina, departure on the return to Can- ada taking place on March 22. The liner should reach Halifax on April 11th ! ental Ll of Welland Ship Canal Adds to Efficiency In water fransportation facilities the opening this year of the new Welland Ship Canal will mark a new era, It provides greatly improved canal facilities hetween lakes Ontario and. Erie, . Built at a cost estimated in excess - of. $103,000,000, it has an actual length of 25 miles, is 200 feet wide, and has a minimum depth of 27% feet. E.zht locks replace the 26 locks used in the old canal. It will be possitia for the large freighters of the upp: lakes, some of them over G00 feet !ong, to travel a distance of 953 mi! : farther towards the seaboard, to Pr icott, on the St. Lawrence River, v' re grain eleva: tors are being coma ed., x Sempmr----tiy re -- New Hocksy mls Montreal.--A new rule regarding the handling of the puck during Na- tional Hockey League games was an- nounced by President Frank Calder. The revised, regulation, whica went into effect on January 3rd, reads: = "A minor penalty shall ba imposed on any player, with the 'exception of the goalkeeper, +» catches and holds the puck, momentarily while it is in the air or on the ice" Mrs. | crawled over thin ice and caught the | relinquishing | her grip. She was taken to the home | ed to before bajng taken to her home, | her, and for ten minutes held her up | The Markets PRODUCE QUO QUOTATIONS Toronto dealers are buying froduce at the following prices: Eggs--Ungraded, ca. returned, frosh extras, 30c¢; fresh firsts, 26c; seconds, 20¢; pullet extras, Butter--No, 1 Ontari io ¢ solids, 31%%¢; No. 2, 80% Churning crea »--Spe 30c¢;" No. 1, 28 to 29¢; No. Cheese--No. 1 large, Ay pees Sned and government graded, 13% t. 1c. od camery, : _ 29 2 Quotations to poultry shippers ave as follows: Poultry, "A" rade, Alive--Spring chickens, 6 lbs. each, 26c; over H to Ibs., 19¢; over 4% to 5 lbs., 17¢; over 4 to ay Ibs., 16c; 4 lbs. and under, de. Fatted hens, over 5 ibs., 21e; over 4 to 5 lbs. 19¢; over 38% to 4 1bs., 15. Old roosters; over 5 lbs, 15¢, White ducklings, over 5 lbs,, 21¢; over 4 to 5 Ibs, 19¢. Colored ducklings 2c 9. less. Guinea fowl, per pair, $1.25, Poultry "A" grade, dressed--Spring 5 to 000 chickens, 6 lbs. each, 25¢; over 6 lbs. 23c; over 4% to 5 Ibs, over 4 to 4% lbs., 20c; 4 lbs. eac under, 18c. Fatted hens. over b Ibs, 23c; over 4 to 5'1bs., 21c; over 3 4 lbs, 18c. Young turkey lbs., 83¢; over 12 to 15 1b 10 to 12 lbs. "to 10 Hh) 28¢; ovar to § 5., 20c. Geese, over 8 to 12 Tos i 24¢; nh other weights, 22¢ over 5 lbs, 2025 2c. Old rcosters, p ings, over 5 lbs. *. Colerad ¢ PROVISION PRICE Whole ale from drowning when she fell through | | | 1 provision quoting the following prices to reo dealers: Smoked me 3 osm oked to smok loins 21e; bk 26¢; do, Pork | butts, Cured me Special p shortening--Tiereos 15¢; tubs, 15%e¢; pails, 16e. GRAIN QUOTATIONS Grain dealers on the Toronto Board of are making the following quotations for car lots: Manitoba wheat--No, 1 h: rd, 60; Northern, 2 do, No. 3. do. do, i Yoo=, od No. 1 rR Ie ee aol (c.i.f. Pout Col- del., borne). Millfeed, bags included--Bran, Montreal per ton, 5; middlings, freigh shorts, 30.25. "Ontario grain--Whaat, 67¢; barle 30c; cats, 28¢; rye, \_ buckwheat, 48c. HAY AND STRAW PRICES. Dealers are quoting shippers for hay and straw, carload lots, delivered on track, Toronto, the following prices: No. 2 Timothy, ton, $13.5 No. 3, do, $12 to $13.50; wheat straw, $8; cat straw, $8.50. LIVE STOCK. Heavy beef steers, $6 to $7 butcher steers, choice, $7.25 to $7 do, fair to good, $6.25 to $7; do, com, $5.75 to $6: butcher heifers, choice, $7.25 to $7.75; do. fair to good, $6.50 to $7; do, com., 35.50 to $6; butcher per ton, § 0 to $14, cows, good .to, choice, $4.50 to $5.50; do, med., $3.50 to $4.25: canners and cutters, $2 to $2.75: butcher bulls, good to ice, $4.50 to $5.50; do, bolognas, 50: baby beef, $8 to $10; feeders, good. $5.25 to $6.25; stockers, $4.50 to $5.75; calves, good "to choice, $10.50 to $11; do. med., $8.50 to $10 do, com., $7 to $8: do, gr: lambs, choice, $9.75 to $10; lambs, $7.75 to $8; milkers $60: springers, $60 to $8 to $5; hogs. bacon, w.o. trucked in, H0c cwt. under w.o.c.; do, butchers, $1 per hog "discount; do, selects, SL per hog premium. PRB Nearly 400-Mile Speed Goal for Schneider Cup London. -- Speed approaching 400 miles an hour will be developed at the Schneider Cup airplane races .in 1931, it was prophesied by experts at the Royal Aero Club, The club received notification that France would enter three seaplanegs in -the 1931 races. Italy already had an- nounced: it: would be represented by four planes, and the British, of course, will be represented in what is regard- ed as the keenest alr competttion yet developed. The races probably will be held over the Solent, as in 1929. The So- lent is an arm of the English Channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of England. It is seventeen miles long and from two to five miles in width, b "Anglic" Uses Spelling Forms; Students Read, Speak It After 20 Lessons Stockholm, Sweden.--A new world language called "Anglic," based on modern English but in simplified spell- - ing, has been launched by a Swedish professor, R. E. Zachrison, of Upsula University. The advocates of this manner of ex- pression, who include a number of spelling reformers in Great Britain and the United States, claim that "An- glic" has an excellent chance of be coming the dominating world language of the future. Teaching experiments conducted by Professor Zachrison and started im- mediately following the publication of his linguistic system a few months ago are reported to have given successful results, Professor Zachrison's stu 4 dents were reported able to read and converse readily in his English after a course in They took twenty minutes each. Experiments were said to have shown that the students who previous- ly had no knowledge of the English language had almost no difficulty in reading English books even in ordin- ary spelling. Representatives of the Swedish State School Board who con- trolled the final examinations express- ed surprise as to the rapid progress achieved in these first teaching experi- ments in "Anglic. All sounds in "Anglic," as a rule, are represented by a single symbol in let- ters. While the "i" sound in ordinary English is expressed by a variety of "reformed" "Anglic." lessons of ninety letters or combinations of letters, this sound in "Anglic" is invariably ex- pressed by the letters "ei." The statis. ticlans showed that the most frequent combination of 'letters for this sound in common English was Thus light" in "leit" 'riday becomes * and buy, "bel" right is PERAERGIIAGE MA Ros | Perto Rico Finds English Prefer Small Grapefruit 1 R.--Between the Arn English ® markets Porto efruit growers are able to products regardless of size, of the island's leading fruit men reports. American buyers demand a good sized fruit which when halved makes a satisfactory juicy brearfast course. Anything else is contemptu- branded undérsized and passed ously by. English, on the other hand, the smaller fruit, and their nce is so decided that they are g to pay much more a box for choice than are the Americans the larger product. Because of different points of view, of the island their for the e from 15 to 20 per cent, grapefruit crop that would otherwise two be thrown market, aside, finds a profitable FEELIN en Ancient Pagodas Now Used As Billboards Peiping, China.--The anclent pa- godas of China, built to attract bles- sings from heaven, are being utilized to-day as billboards on which to post advertising slogans. These tall, slender towers, crown- ing hill tops and rising abruptly from level plains, are always the most com splcuous objects of the Chinese land scape. Their advantages as advertis ing mediums has been recognized by the national government at Nanking, which has pasted political catch words on them. Competing with the government for these prize advertising positions are some of the tobacco companies oper- ating in China, One recently indlcat- ed it4 determination to place its cig- arette posters on every pagoda in the country. The Kuomintanz, or Nationalist party, which has been pasting its blue and white posters on these venerable edifices does not feel that it is com- mitting any sacrilege, for the govern- ment is waging an active campaigm against the old superstitions of China and it no longer regards the anclent pagoda as sacred. -- ee Oldest Paris Cafe Closes After 246-Year Run -- Paris's oldest and original closed its doors after an exist- e of 246 years, Ope ei in the Latin Quarter in 1684, the Cafe Procops has echoed the voices of such men great in politics and literature as Rousseau, Voltaire, Fontenelle and Marmontel. Two years ago the cafe became a vegetarian restaurant frequented by impecunious students, Now the pick and shovel will soon make it only a memory, a -- . Bears Postpone Hibernating Saranac Lake, N.Y.--Bears were still out of their dens in this vicinity as late as mid-December. Two were seen in the Underwood section by & | party of motorists from Elizabeth town, Oldtimers say that when bears are so late in starting their wind sleep it is a sure sign that the 3 portion of the winter is to be unusy ally 'mild. Adirondac'; bears u br are in their dens before thig ¢ Simpied v * Ns a SE EL aN RE Aw fy HE XT ES : hE § 8 | H HH H if if i ht & i! it i i i i