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tr NEESER PAR TURGIIR Y = Polish Balloonists Safe ~ After Long Forest Trek Craft Lands in Tree -- Dozen Oranges Only Food as Two Hike 90 Miles in' Quebec Two Polish balloonists walked safely into civilization in Quebec Saturday "night, entrants in the James Gordon Bénuett halloon race which began Sep- tember 2 in Chicago, Captain Francizek Tynek and Lieu- tenant Zbignski Burzyski arrived at the village of Riviere a Pierre, 60 miles qorthwest of Quebec city, after tramp- ing 90 miles through forests, hills and rivers duirng the five days they were missing. They had landed in the wild- erness and with only the 12 oranges which they had carried from Chicago two days prevously, started for civili- zation, 5 Canadian Ships Aid Governors of the annual balloon classic said that the Polish aces so far hold the lead in the year's race for distance, their point of landing lying roughly 820 miles from Chicago. Com- mander T, G. W, Settle, piloting the United States Navy entry, came down at Branford, Conn, 760 miles from * Chicago, and was considered the win- ner until the Poles reported. Their balloon landed in the top of a lofty tree 100 miles from Riviere a Peérre, The two men, with nothing to eat but a dozen oranges, then started a 'hike back to civilization which last ed until Sunday, when they struck the ailroad tracks which led them to.the village of Lemieux. From there they rode in to Riviere a Pierre. "Our balloon," sald Lieut. Burzyn- ski, "landed in the tree at 10.48 a.m., Monday, Chicago time, due to lack of which we think is a new record, We climbed out o fthe basket, takug (he dozen oranges with us, ; "For five solid days we walked through dense forests, not sighting a single soul until we struck the railroad tracks at noon yesterday. Then we found out that we were near the Vil- lage of Lemieux, where we were greet- ed warmly, We were given substan- tial meals--our first in five days. "The balloon is not damaged and I think they will send a plane to salvage it because it is in the mdst of a dense forest, : "We were aloft 3914 hours TI think that muerals caused our compass to vary, and for that reason I can't say exactly how far we were from this vil- lage. "We suffered no hardships other than acute hunger. On the third day after we landed we saw a lake and a canoe with fishing tackle, but since there was no road leading to the lake, we could not get to it. "We rationed ourselves to an orange a day each, and fortunately did not suffer from thirst as there was plenty of water along the way, At night we built fires and one of us slept for an hour at a time while the other stood guard, There was plenty of game around but we were helpless since we had no weapons of any kind. "When we finally reached this vil- lage we were amazed, to learn that the world considered us hopelessly lost and that we apparently had drifted out over the Atlantic. ' air. We had covered about 1,050 miles September Heat Breaks Record Thies Benthnre Marks at Lon- don Shattered by 95.7 Reading : London, Ont.--Smashing all records for the past three years--and perhaps for - longer than that--the mercury mounted Friday afternoon to 95.7 de- grees. " That line hag not beeil" officially touched since the official observatory was moved Lo the airport. The records for half a century before that have been moved to Toronto. The. season's previous high mark was 95.5, recorded on July 31. No rain has been registered at the observatory sinee August 14; and for a month be- fore that the farmers had complaned . of drought: -- The parching heat was part] re- sponsible for four grass fires to which the fire department was 'called. The veatherman said there have been two days above 90 this month, one n Aug- ust. five in July and seven in June, wll wo Toronto Shares Heat ... ..... Toronto and the surrounding district . shaved with Western Ontario the un- sugital. September heat wave. While the oflicial thermometer registered only 90 degrees as compared with almost 96 at London, Ontario, downtown workers were 'decidedly. uncomfortable during the afterngon. The lowest tempera- ture in Toronto was 62 degrees. - EA Drivers of Motor Boats Charged in Boat Tragedy i Cobourg.--Charges of.criminal negli- geneg have been laid against the drivers of two motor boats which col- lided at Presqu' Isle 'last month, re- sulting in the drowning of Dorothy Lawls, five-year-old daughter of "Mr. nod Mrs. A. Lewis of Cosburn Avenue, Toronto. vo EE { The two men, Bert Meechim, of Monarch Park Avenue, Toronto, and larry Shewman, a Brighton boat- builder, will'appear_in Brighton Tues- Koay for preliminary hearing. 2 I The jury at the inquest held August 80, found both drivers had been care- oss. Meechim was in charge of the boat bearing Dorothy Lewis and 12 thers, while Shewman was driving a oat owned by Dr. Frank Dunnett of Brighton. , :, Ontario Revises Truck Regulation Bonding of v for Bravision Fruit Carriers Tempor- ¥ arily Suspended : « Toronto--Unti further notice fruit ruckers, dealers and others operating nder the new Ontarfo Fruit Act will o able to' operate by merely taking ut the $6 license, Hon, Thomas L. ennedy, Ontario Minister of Agricul- ure, announced here, - Inability of any frult truckers to meet the de- mands of bonding companies has urown aatorcement of the Act Into uch a confdsed state that tho action as forced, the Minister gaid, The new Act has {mplementary re ulations calling for the bonding of | very fruit trucker to the extent of 1,000, Cause of the trouble is that onding companies wanted the gecur- ty in cash and would not consider real slate or anything of that nature, it is de lust or = Motoring Offences Less In United Kingdom Iu England, one of the most dense- ly populated countries of the world, motoring offences appear to be much less numerous, proportionately, than in Canada, observes the Woodstock 'Sentinel-Review, It is difficult to make . exact comparisons, because available statistics are prepared in a manner different from. ours, but an item in News of the World re- veals thal in 1931 there were 338,662 motoring offences dealt with in Eng- land ----and Wales, 91,238 - being by police caution only. Thus there were 247,424 prosecutions, in which total were included 42,996 speed limit cases and 1,952 charges of driving while under influence of -drink--or drugs. The" current annual report from Ottawa of "Statistics of Crim- inal and Other Offences" shows that in Canada in 1931 there were 157. "2I8 "convictions (not prosecutions) for breach of street and traflic re- gulations; 26,467 drivers convicted of exceeding the speed limit, and 1,799 of driving while drunk. What these statistics prove, if anything, we do not attempt to ex- plain, -As to speeding, perhaps drivers in England do not have the same chance to "get going" as in our wider spaces. 'It would be in- teresting to know. how many motor- ing offences in Canada are disposed of "by police caution." Lady Macmillan : Raps Aping of Me Winnipeg.--"If won.en press for all the rights of men I am afraid we are lable to lose some precious privi- leges," declared Lady Macmilian fu Winnipeg with her husband, chalr. man of the Royal Commission on Banking. "I would prefer to 'see woman make a success of talents peculiar to herself rather than ape men a great deal--and women have talents and can do so many things which men' cannot," she said, , EE i Work For Thousands Assured in Quebec Chicoutimi, Que, -- Between 4,000 and 5,000 men will find work this Winter in the lumber camps of Price Brothers and Company and the Lake St, John Power and Paper Company, it was learned from an authorita- tive source. here. Price Brothers cut about 50,000,000 feet of timber for their mills at Kenogami and the Lake St. John Company will cut about 40,000,000 feet for itg mills at Dol. beau on Lake St, John, ms corse fp ton Canada Will Send ; Fruit Expert to U.K. Ottawa--A new trade commssioner is to be appointed to represent Canada in Britain, it is announced here, His special duties will be to develop trade in Canadian fruit in the United King- dom and he will receive an initial salary of $4,380 and full living;allow- ance, The Department of Trade and Commerce expects to secure an expert in Canadian fruit growing for the posi- tion. An expert in grain chemistry for the laboratory in Winnipeg Is also to be selected, Vol ian A' new disease of the loganberry cuused by a fungus hitherto unknown to the North American Continent is reported from British Columbia, The disease prevents pollination of a num- ber of the drupelets and deforms the fruit, ! Leaping from Boat to Save Six Alleged Bandit Felled in Fight Hamilton Victim Drags Stun- - ned Prisoner to Police Hamilton, Sept, 10.=Fighting back after a hold-up man had twice clicked the trigger of a .32 calibre revolver while it was pressed against his ribs, 'Harry Rymal,' 279 Locke St. south, frustrated a robbery and handed over to Provincial Police the alleged ban- dit after he had beaten 'him uncon- 'scious, The man, who is alleged {o have attempted to rob Rymal while his car was" parked on the. York Road near the Clappison cut, at 12.30 o'clock a.m,, is in the General Hospital suffer- ing from a fractured skull and other injuries. He is under police guard, Two men took part in the attempt- ed 'robbery, according to Sergeant Oliver of the Provincial Police, who arrested a man who resided with the first prisoner. The second man faces a charge of vagrancy. The second man, it is said, took no part in the fight, but fled when Rymal attacked the bandit. The car owner fought with the' would-be robber on the roadside and again in a field when he attempted to escape. Rymal struck the man on the head with the butt end of the wea- pon, which he had wrested from his grasp, and he fell unconscious at his feet. When the gunman made two at- tempts in quick succession to fire, Ry- mal realized that to fight was his only chance, and a fierce struggle en- sued, He had been standing with his hands" in the air while the robber searched his clothing, Throwing him- self on the thug, he knocked him off his feet and then he grappled with him on the roadway. * b --p me Quebec Man Drowns Contrecoeur, Que., Sept, 10.--When he failed in his heroic effort to save his six companions from drowning in the St. Lawrence ship channel here, Normand Phillie, . 37, and three com: panions, lost their lives while three other men managed. to cling to a row- boat overturned by the swell of a pass- ing steamer. All were from Montreal. According to the story as told. by the survivors, the seven men were va- catiohing at a eamp here. and decided Saturday night to cross the river to Lanorate. : While returning in a single rowboat at about 9 o'clock, the reached the middle of the channel just as the swell of a passing steamer was about to overtake them. Knowing the craft to: be heavily loadéd and realizing the strength of the swell, Phillie volun- teered to lighten the boat and he plunged into the swift current. The other. victims were unable to "cling to the boat when it capsized and were carried away by the current, A pm Threshing Late In Saskatchewan Rains Soak Fields Again -- Hopes Concentrate on 1934 Crops Regina, Sept. 10.--Saskatchewan farmers look hopefully forward to eine next year and ruefully survey unthreshed wheat in the stook as they gaze out over muddy farm lands, soaked in heavy week-end rains. Threshing will be held up and 'wheat grade will drop, but signs for an abundant harvest next year, after five years of drought, are bright. Heavy rains, which poured down for two hours, were reported today 'from all points all over the south and central areas of the province. "The rain extended from points as far south of Estevan to points nofth of Sas- katoon, 7 Edmonton Bread | Prices" Increased Rdmonton. ~~. Retail bread prices here have advanced from one-half to l'two cents per loaf following a gen- eral mark-up by all city bakeries. The reason for the price rise was given by the Master Bakers' Association a a return to profitable selling levels after a recent "bread war' pushed the price down. : Argentine Now Signs World Wheat Accord London. --Thomas Le Breton, Ar- goentine representative here, last week signed an International agreement designed to 'raise wheat prices and brought to 22 the number of signa. torfes, . Delegates from the other three major wheat exporting coun. tries. Canada, the United States and Australia, wera presént. at the brief ceremony at which Le Breton added his name to the accord, Cyélsts to Ute Sidewalks Tuscaloods, Ala.--Years ABo It was against the law to ride a bicycle on the sidewalks of this city, And more than one daring person drew a stern' rebuke from the bewhiskéfed poiicé- man for pedelfng down the sidewalk, Jon: the chief of police, Mr, Billings- 0, Killed By Husband TE i Mrs. Eric McGillivray Wite or' a prominent Tiverton mab, who was shot and killed on Saturday 'by her husband, who subsequently took his own life, ! 3 --~Courtesy Toronto Mail and Empire, Dancer is Heroine Of Auto Accident Remains With Fatally Injured Companion All Night and Administers First Aid Santa Fe, NM --Serlously injured in an automobile accidént that cost the life 'of Willlani Hunter, 28, of Buffalo, N.Y., her companion, Jane McLean, Sarita Fe dancer, made a gruelling climb from thé bottom of a 1,000-foot canyon and obtained aid from a pass- ing 'motorist, The car in which Hunter and the girl were riding plunged from the road at the head of Taos Canon, about 15 miles south of Taos, and hurtled down the slope 'when Hunter became blind- ed by the lights of an, approaching automobile. { Mss McLean was thrown clear of the car when it had rolled about half away down.} Hunter was trapped in the machine and went the full distance. The girl tried to lift him, but he was pinned under the car. She bathed his face and bandaged him, using part of her clothing, and put a cushion un- der his head, not discovering until later that he was dead. She remained with him all night, though she was blood» She climbed to the road in the morning and hailed the first car pass- ing. ; : --y ree 80. Outlook Reported . Small Crop in United States Stirs Hope in Matfitime : Provinces , Halifax,--With the United States department of agriculture 'forecast ing one of the lowest potato crops in 30 years, farmers of-the Maritime Provinces are anticipating higher prices and a ready. market for, their offerings this year, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Isiand report indications of - an averagz crop, depending of course on regular rains, --. An official of 'the Nova Scotia De- partment of Agriculture said the low yield in the United States undoubted- ly would open up a- healthy market for Maritime potatoes. It would not be the early market, he said, but the late market with prices high enough to that duty against Canadian pota- toes 'would not prevent sales at good profits. ie The prospects in the United States were reviewed as follows in a bul- letin issued by the Nova Scotia De- partment of Agriculture: 5 "The August 1st estimate of potatu production for the United States 13 292,778,000 bushels as compared with last year's crop of 857,679,000 bush- els. In only three years since 1900 has the August condition been at such a low point, namely-- 1901, 1V11 and 1921,, The potato acreage in Maine this year has been reduced from 1¢3,- 000 acres to 135,000 to 140,960 or 15 to, 20° per cent. The heat and dry weather in many parts of the Mid- West had very materially further cut the pield as compared evén with July, Prospects for good réturns for potato growers after bad yeéars are bright. The States are going to ba cleaned up early this year so that Maine pota- toes will 'start to move as soon as ready while last year they had to compete with potatoes from the East- ern Shore." ore a Canadian Weekly Papers "Receive Annual Awards Aboard 8.8. Princess Joan, en route to Powell River, B.C.--Annual awards of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Associaton were made on board this ship, while the 'convention delegates Vere Ton aa r to were en route Powell River. They aré; ris, 4 C,, C. A, Barber, y, invites all bloycle riders to use the sidewalks in the residential sec- tions for their cycling to avold colll- sion with automobiles in' riding down tho streets, Hugh Savage Shield, less than 1,000 circulation--Observer, B,C, Peter Campbell. rent, Sask. 8S. Moore, -badly cut and bruised and losing much: Good For Potatoes Quarrel Over Dance Leads to Tiverton, Ont,, Sept 10.--A murder and suicide that arose out of a quarrel ovel a dance has left pretty little Shirley McGillivray, 4, without par4 ents. Her father killed his wife with a single revolver 'shot, then took his own life with the same weapon, Meeting her hugband for the first time in several months in the dancing pavilion at Inverhuron Beach, near here, Mrs. McGillivray, 23, refused his invitation to dance, She was shot an' hour later on 'the verandah of her 1:cther's summer home, only 100 yards away from the dance hall, and' died before she could be taken to a dodtor. i : McGillivray, the police said, became infuriated at his estranged wife's re- fusal to dance with him. They said he walked from the pavilion to his mother-in-law's home, waited for Mrs. McGillivray's return on the verandah, Tiverton Man Shoots Wife at Summer Home and Takes His Own Life .-- and killed her after a brief quarrel,' The couple, married five years ago,! had not lived together for several months, i 2 Mrs. McGillivray went to the dance with a friend, Mrs, Sara Shepherd of Toronto. Friends said she danced with a number of men durizg the evening, while McGillivray danced two or three times before asking his wife to dance. He left the pavilion immediately on her refusal, : An all-night search was made for McGillivray after his wife slumped to the verandah steps with a bulletin ker heart. The police believed the scion of one of Bruce County's best- known families had escaped in a car. But at daybréak his body' was found a short distance from his mother-in- law's home. He apparently fired 'a 'bullet into his head a few minutes wfter the murder, EE -- Provides Chauffeur For Alleged Bandits Pair Took Pants from First Driver and Freed Him : Police Claim North - Bay,. Sept. 10.--A village policeman provided two women with a chauffeur for 'an allegedly stolen automobile. The women, subsequently, arrested, have been sent to Huntsville, 80 miles south of here, to face a charge of stealing the car, ; : The police: said the women, one married and one single, from Niagara Falls, N.Y. stopped a Huntsville youth on the street there, pressed an imitation pistol against him, and forced him to act as their. chauffeur from Huntsville to Sundridge, 35 miles north. They needed a driver, it is said, because their male escorts: had Leen detained by the Huntsville police ona liquor charge. ; When the women proceeded on to} Callander, it is reported, Constable Payee of that village, unaware that they were "wanted," provided them with another chauffeur to drive them to North Bay, where they "were ar- rested by Constable Belanger. \ -------- Twenty Thousand Spectators Withness Death Jump St. Paul--Willlam - Ash, -34, para- chute. jumper, was killed when he' at- tempted a 6,000-foot jump at the Min- nesota State Fair on Friday. = - . j Twent. thousand persons looked on as Ash jumped from an airplane with a sack of flour under his arm. He opened the sack and a white trail fol- lowed as he crashed to the ground. Ash' had two parachutes, which wit- nesses said did not open. . Whether Ash failed to pull the rip cord on his parachute or whether the apparatus tangled could not be deter- mined. --_-- At Least Eight Drown South Dakota Lowlands Chambérlain, S.D., Sept. 10.--A cloudburst sent a four-foot high wall of water rolling over the lowlands near Crow Creek Indian Reservation and drowned at'least eight persons. It was feared that others might have lost their. lives when the wall of water swept down suddenly and unexpected- 'ly over the low country. . foot and in rowboats, and aviators in airplanes searched the fringe of the newly formed lake today and tonight. : amma? Wild Ducks Dying ~ By the Hundreds Toxic Poisoning is Caused by Low Water in Saskatch- ewan Lake ". © Regina, --It looks like a bad year for wild ducks in this Prairie prov- ince. They are dying by the hun- dreds in Lake Johnson, in the couth- west part of Saskatchewan, Toxic polsoning 1s given as the cause of many deaths among the duck population on the lake, This is causéd by low water and ifpur- ities seeping up from: the bottom. Hundreds of wild ducks are:to be seen floating on the surface, The Government will he asked for an appropriation sufficient to nigve the invalids to fresh water, Game officialg state there are more ducks on Lake Johnson this season than there have been for many years, In Northeast Saskatchewan, ducks Mason Trophy, 2,000 circulation of | to shobt some over--News, Vernon, B.C.--W, 8, Har-| ot others out of the couttry. 5. 3 permits are actully being given Ih Charles Clark Trophy, 1,000 to 2,000 cages where farmers are able to sign circulation--Progress, Chilliwack, B.' necessary afiidavits, Salmon Arm,' orn to Eastern Canada for the first | thirty-one Weeks of 1933 totalled 33,946 Bbkt Front Page--Sun, Switt Cur- as agaist' 23,191 Head 'In the corres are waxing fat on bountiful crops of grain. They are so plentiful that farmers are appealing to the Govern. ment for afd, They want the right 'and frighten: thousands' ach rd Shipments of live stock from Weést- hite men on horses, Indians on| The Markets = PRODUCE PRICES. Toronto dealers are buying produce at the following prices: E Eggs--Prices to farmers and coun- try shippers: Ungraded, cases return- ed fresh extras, 18%c;. fresh firsts, 16%c; seconds, 10%e, Graded, cases free, 20c for fresh extras, 17c for fresh firsts, 13¢c for seconds. Butter--Ontario creamery solids, No. 1, 18%c; No. 2, 17%c. 5 Churning cream--Special, 20c; No. 1, 18c; No. 2, 16¢, f.o.b. shipping points. : Cheese--No. 1 large, colored, paraf- fined and government graded, 10% to 10%c; twins, 10% to llc; triplets, 11 to lYe, "oon ; Poultry, alive, A grade--Spring chickens, over 6 lbs., 16¢c; over '5% to 6 lbs., 16¢c; over b to 6% lbs, 14c; over 4 to b lbs. 12¢c; over 23: to 4 1 Voice of the Press Shooting 'Steady Gains Babson's reports on conditions 'o 'Canada this month says business im- 'provement is being steadily maintain: ed 'over this Domiulon. The current | bulletin says that while general busi- ness ir the United States is showing a tendecy to flatten off into a tetaporary ia sidewise movement, there is no lanter- 2 ruption in 'the upward sweep of major industries throughout the Domfinion,-- } | Brandon 'Sup, EIA ' Wie Population Growth. There are 73,000,000 more people 1a the world to-day than there were four years ago, according to Sir Charles Close," president of the International Population Union, who: apparently keeps close tab on births and deaths. " ¢ Getting Business Under the new trade treaties Can- ada's ~xports to France have increased by 73 per cent, in the past yéar, and. those to~South Africa are up 65 per cent. That's talking business.--Border Cities Star. « la Sun Tan Plan « ! The girl who used to blacken her leg to hide a hide a hole in h@ stock: ing now tans both legd and wears né . stockings at all.--St, Thomas Times- Jourpal, ; No Time to Laugh 2 A woman teacher at Vancouver re cently offered to resign her post ft it ~ were granted to a male teacher with: out a job, In which case she would 'marry her successor. The School Board "laughed her proposal out of : court." One of the great causes of the present wave of unemployment, ac - cording. to many authorities, {is the fact that millions of women have re fused to display the spirit -that thls Vancouver teacher is so eager to do Not only is she willing to maka room for a workless man, but she Is willing to do it knowing that: it means-the . sacrifice of financial independence on her part. Her belief that she wiil be more than compensated for-thai sacri : lbs, 10c. Broilers, over 1% to 2% lbs., ¥1c. Fatted hens, l over 4 to b lbs., 8c; over 3% to 4 1bs,, Tc; over 3 to 3% lbs, Gc. Old roost- ers, over 5 10s, 5c. Domestic robbits, over 4 lbs., 3c. 'White duckliags, over 5 lbs;, 9c; do; 4°to 5°1bs., Te. Colored, 2 cents less. . SEE Poultry; A grade, dresser.--Spring chickens, over 6 lbs., 19¢; over b% to 6 1bs., 18c; over. b to 534 lbs., 17¢c; over 4 to b lbs, 15c; over 2% to 4 lbs, 13c. Broilers, over 1% to 2% lbs, 14c. = Fatted hens, over 6 lbs, 1lc; over 4 to b lbs, 10c; over 3% to 4 lbs., 9c; over 3 to 33% lbs, 8c. B grade poultry 2c lb. less than A, C grade, 2c lb. less than B, Pullets, not over 3% lbs. each, 2¢ per lb, above chicken prices. Ca WHOLESALE PROVISIONS." 'Wholesale provision -dealers are quotin the following prices to retail dealers: : Pork--Hams, 17c; shoulders, 14c; butts, 16¢; pork loins, 18%c; picnics, 12¢. : llc; pails, 11%e¢; prints, 11%c. Shortening--Tierces, 9%e; tubs, 10¢; pails, 11c; prints, 11 to 11%e. LOCAL GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Following are Toronto quotations on grain transactions for car lots, prices on basis c.i.f. Bay ports: ~ Man, wheat--No. 1 North., 72%¢; No. 2 North.,, 70%c; No. 3 North, 695%c. IR Man. oats--No. 2 C.W.,, 42%c; No. 3 C.W., 88%c;. No. 1 feed, 37%c; mixed feed oats, 28c. ~ Man. barley--No. 3 C.W,, 44%c. South African corn--7bc. Ontario rain, approximate prices track shipping point--Wheat, 64 to 65c; oats, 82 to 34c; barley, 40 to 43c; rye, 46 to 46e; LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS. Steers, up to 1,060 lbs., good and choice, $4.25 to $4.40; do, med., $3.76 to $4; do, com., $2 t0.$3.60; steers, over 1,050 1bs., good and choice, $4 to $4.50; do, med., $3.50 to $4; do, com,, $3 to $8.50; heifers, good and choice, $4.25 to $4.40; do, med.,. $3.50 to $4; do, com., $2 to $8.50; Ted calves, good and choice, $6.25 to $7; do, med., $6 to 36; cows, good, $2 to $2.60; do, med, $2 to $2.26; do, com. $1.50 to $2; canners and cutters, $1 to $1.50; bulls, , $2.50 to $2.76; do, com, $1.60 $2.26; stockers, and feeder steers, $3 to $3.10; do, com, $2 to $2.76; milkété and springers, $26 to $50; calves, good and choice veals, $6.60 to $6.50; do, com: and med., $3 to $5; grassers, $2 to $2.60; hogs, bacon, f.o.b, $6.60; do, off trucks, $6.70; do, off cars, $7; good ewe and wether lambs, $5.50; do med. $56 to $56.25; do, bucks, $4.60 to $4.75; culls, $4 to $:.60; sheep, good light, $2.26 to $2.50; do, heavies, $1.70 to $2.25; do, culls, $1 to $1.50. Ni Fred Perry Wins U.S. Forest Hills, N.Y., Sept. 10--With a sudden, dynamic surge that swept everything before him and broke up an otherwise dramatically close battle for points, dark-haired, 24-year-old Frederick J. Perry of England whip- ped the gtéat Jack Crawford of Aus- 'tralid in five sets today for the tennis championship of the United. States, . Monitreal Youth Drowns ways employe, from Montreal, was drowfied here yesterday in the swim- ming pool of a hotel." An inquest will be opened tomorrow. It was under- stood that Gillis wént to Montréal nondine neriod of last vear. from his ome in Iona. N.S, b { 3 op, i} over b lbs., 9¢; | Journal. Lard--Pure, tierces, 10%c; tubs, | Tennis Title} Ly Hot ¢t Bathing Pool : Gillis, 22, Canadian, National Rail-| fice_ Is beside the point.--Edmonton Sein 'Big Business and President Rooscvelt Big business, supported the dictators e in 'Italy and Germany and continues : : to support. them; There was a time ~~ qo when neither Mussolini nor Hitler & could have gone forward without this : backing, .Perhaps both are independ. - ent of it to-day, Nevertheless, it re- * mains their stout ally. In the United States big businegs has not been 0° pa : cordial to Roosevelt. He has had to ] 3 employ pressure, and even' yet it re mains to be seen whether the great in- dustries will heartily co-operate with him. But-itis-plain enough that it the great financial and industrial interests. are secretly in' favour of some sort of dictatorship, Roosevelt is 'not their idea of a dictator.--Toronto Mail and Empire. : : ' i fs \ Destruction of Forests The shortsightedniess of many of our I pioneers has turned very considerable areas of Canada into veritable deserts. ° Due to the thoughtless cutting of wood, ? od lands that were once farmed success: fully are now little more than "blow: sand country, But what our pioneert did under the urge of necessity, we continue to do to-day without thal urge, We are denuding our woodland: everywhc. e for present profit withouf thought for the future.--Winnipeg Trl -bune = Think Things Through Thinking things through to the bit ter end is a difficult task for most mes and women, but how. much saner and logical the result when it is done. It is a habit that should be cultivated by of all and especially by those who are ot would be leaders.--Edmounton Journal Drainage ard Droufjht Governments may be permitted tc grant a bonus for each acre of lan reclaimed from swampy areas, and €« pay a farmer for draining his own land But .the time may come when these water reservoirs will be wished for be cause they are moisture preserves.--- Sherbrooke Record. > ow Halter-Skelter i The New York Sun has © paragraph: The Dutch, destroying- bulbs, ' and the Souther: farmers plowing cotton under, might use barter to advantage. puteh bulbs might be as much of a ovelty in the south as cotton: plants would bein the Netherlands, Nothing could indicate the helter elter condition of the world more an the fact that they destroyed large quantities of wheat in Kansas, they have burnt thousands of tons of coffee n Brazil and for scores of primary pro- ducts ike sugar, rubber, ete, the mar ket price has been below the actual .- cost of 'production. Right at home here last year, hundreds of tons of good grapes'were left on the vies, . . Tho rgterence is, of course, to lasl year and a comiparisgn with thiy year affords big hope and. encouragement all round --St, Catharines Standard, THE UNITED sTATES Should Know Béttér ~The world, according to science, fa 2,000,000 years old, The man in tha I'street thinks "fiat at this age it ought 'to ktiow better than to met ag it does. y --New York Suu, : fq Cr & ~o