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hn Thy wag [MINING Inere would seem to ve something about tue spirit ot telephone service that moves telephone girls to be mindful, especially at Christmas time, of those not so privileged or so fortunate. It is a time-honored custom 'ot the operators at scores of Bell I'elephone ofhces all over Ontario and Que- bec to make up Christmas baskets for distribution to the poor in neighbering districts. The picture show. some typical groups engaged in this very commenaable Yuletide activity. TT -which a' share intérest fs held. ~~ tinue drilling on the vein on the May- Feat Sag Yok FLASHES "Que-On Mines has provided ' the treasury of Darval-Siscoe Uold Mines with approximately $100,000 since en- tering into the financing arrangement last Summer. Payments of about $20,000. monthly are belng made to finarce the large scale programme at the Dorval-Siscoe property adjoining Ciscoe Gold Mines. Shaft sinking has commenced on the No. 8 island of the company and it is proposed to carry the shaft down to a depth of 60 féet with the first level to be established at 300 feet and remaining horizons at 126-foot intervals. Complete equip. ment Is on the ground and in opera: tion, - Diamond drilling operations are continuing with three drills employ- ed, Que-on. Mines, in addition to fin- auncing operations at Dorval-Siscoe, is conducting extensive drilling on other ground in Quebec and Ontario, in ris m-- Bilmac Gold Mines has completed about 60 feet of drifting on the Evelyn vein on the 410-foot level and the work is designed to intercept another vein coming in from the east which might be an offshoot of the Evelyn vein, Drifting on this horizon, south face, has intersected a we!l-mineral- ized porphyry . section, which has shown free gold in two faces, with the porphyry varying in width from 24 to-68 Inches. About 800 feet of drilling has teeth completed to date with the Savlile vefn showing & feet of veifi mattér intersected in drilling from the 170-foot level at the north end of the drift, Assays will be made known in the near future. Thirty meén are employed at the property. ° Dunlop Cohsolidated Mines has se- cured: another diamond dril) 'to con. | BOOK ON HOCKEY A Great ok "How to } romthy A ager and cvach of the Montreal "Maroons" tius- trated and Seantating many valuable tips on how to play of 4 on 'the 76 an1 _100-166t levels. V {| the present probpc¢ting programme is rand group of claims, previously trac ed for approximately 350 feet, extend Ing southerly from the Lapa Cadillac boundary. Drilling is continuing on the Dunlop-Maritime "Cadillac border, with bedrock not yet reached, due to heavy overburden. La Reine Gold Mines first diamond drill hole, spotted 100 feet south of No. 1 vein and designed to cut the vein at a depth of 100 feet, or a drill depth of 160 feet: has already inter sected a new vein at a depth of 81 feet, which continued In the core to 84 feet. The new vein shows well mineralized quartz, Joseph McCarrol, mine manager, reports in a wire to local officials. The drill has now reached a depth of 112 feet with ap proximately 88 feet stil to be drilled to encounter No. 1 vein, Oremond Gold Mines, Jellicoe area o1 Ontario. has encountered two sul phide stringers in the face of the east drift op the 150-foot level, according to word received from the manager, D. H. Mackay. Cross-cutting 'north and south is starting immediately, while the 'drift is being advanced two rounds per day. George W. Morriy, vice-president of Crescent Kirkland Gold Mines, in a wire to local interests, reports that the new east-west véln oii the 300-foot level has now been opened for ap proximately 60 feet and returned val- ues for nearly th. entiré length. On Dec. 10th the face ran $26 over 2.4 feet, with one 6-inch section, accord ing to Mr, Morris, 'running $82 per ton, It 15 also stated that other faces have proven interesting and the dia mond wrill hole No, 2 cut 8 feet of vein miatérial at a depth of 540 fost. One 6inch section of the core rap 1 oz, in gold. Hole No. 4, west of the shaft, ¢it 2 velis; both showing good mineralization, with values as yet not obtained. "A complete underground survey has been made and a station has béen cut at the 4th level where drifting {8 now underway. Cuniptaii Mines, Memagami forest reserve area, has completed ¢ addi- says of the cores sald to have indi. cated new ore. This dats is now be- ing correlated with the former under- 'ground work and the recent geophy- slca) survey madé by Hans Lundberg Lt® The recent drilling consisted of a number of horizontal holes put out from the 100-foot level, and consider- dble quantities of ore of an average grace of $12 have been indicated to that depth, The underground work. ings at the Alexo property of Cunip- tdu are being examined &nd #aripled hile the game. ¥ ro Jraming) oo "dividual ry oft -. Blineo ~ Key ) Robi ve Kerr So Sir neon ; ker J ich | GE yo o Your choice of the above & Fl & label from a tin of HRD BRAND or "LILY ITE' Corn Syrup.~Write on the back your name and address -- plainly -- and the onda Hack k" or the Loins plpiciiubdy ind each 1). Mall the label to the | ' below. 4 CROWN BRAND ------------ THE FAMOUS ENERGY FOOD | underway, the mill and smelter have been temporarily closed down. The' company reports no difficulty in dis- posing of {ts product will be met, as a number of overtures from prospec tive buyers have already been re- calved. : 1 Kin of Ex-Kaiser' To Wed Commotiér BERLIN.--Announcement has been made here that the step-daughter of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm will marry a com- moner, Princess - Hermine of Reuss, who married the former Kaiser in 1922 at Doorn, the Netherlands, and who is called "Kaiserin" by some, ah nounced the engagement of her youngest daughter, Princess Carmo Zu Schoeriaich-Catolath, to Hugo artung, a merchant. Pi rs Carmo (an abbreviation for Catoline) is 26 and her fance is § Tha CANADA ANY Limited. i lb 28, tiona. diamond drill holés, with as-- Tourists Buy Very LittleIn U.S. A. tlie Bapint Total Only 6 p.c. of Figure Sei by Critics i OTTAWA, -- Seven months' oper- ation of the exemption privilege. has resulted in the free importation of about $3,225,000 worth of goods that would otherwise have paid duty, a lit tle more than 6 per cent of the $50, adian business for a.year as predict. ed by critics last session, ; Of the total amount exempted fm. ports in the seven months of the cur rent tlscal year, slightly over $2,650, 000 were from the Urited States, For tho month of November alone tho. to- tal from all counties was $407,000, and from the United States about $366,000. The Nqvember figures show indicates that the exemption privilege is primarily enjoyed by automobile tourists, of commodities in the exempted ini- portations, the total for the seven months. being -$1,617,600 from all the countries, of which $1,331.000 was from the United States. Miscellaneous commodities 'came next with a total from dll coufitires of about $768,000, including $516,000 from the United States, furniture and household ap- pliances, $410,000, including $387,000 from U, 8.; boots and shoes $284,000 and $266,000; automobile accessories, $94,189 and $94,1444; auto tires and tubes $46,164 and $46,120; foodstuffs $13,798 and a ez, Nearly _$200,000 worth of élothing was brought in on |Work of the R.C.AF. | square miles | work by Royal ( ve cers at the éna of 1935, Squadron "| the omy photogtaphy. done in Can- 000,000 estimated inroa¢ upon Can. 'a'drop from thé monthly average that: Clothing continués to lead the list Topographical MONTREAL-- More than 700,000 of Canadian LAersitory way photographed for topographica by ne fttin para hieal Leader A. L. Morfee of Ottawa, said ina luncheon address here recently, | He said only 15 per cent. of Can-! ada's area is agricultural land, the rediainder is lake-strewn forest .dis- tricts. Development of the forest; 'lareag requires complete mapping and | [the Royal Canadian Air Force is playing an important part in this un- vs 0 he declared, : | Seaplanes were used for nearly all ada, the s;dddron leader said. Specie) mobile 'detachments ¢omprised of two alréraft und five men, two pilots, two aero-engine fitters and one air-frame rigger, were organized for this pur- The work was usually done be- tween six and seven o'clock in the morning. He said the seaplanes car- rled three electrically operated cam. eras and photographs from tlie three placéd 'together formed a wide panorama. Music Declared A Key to Peace Gladys Swarthout Believes Gpera Stars in Films Beat Pacts NEW YARK.--Various methods of preventing war, ranging from "econ- omic understandings" to musical pic- tures, were presented by speakers at the final world peace dinner of the National Council of Women's two- day forum. Gladys Swarthout, comely Ameri- can opera star, told representatives of 20 leading national women's or- ganizations that music would do the trick. i Instead of peace pacts, lis: Swar- thout listed film performances by Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore, Lily Pons and Nino Martini as leading items 'in "promoting international understanding." Resolutions adopted at the forum's closing session urged: Supporting measures establishing equal pay and opportunity for gain- fully employed men and women. Enforcement of state laws impar- tially, irrespective of sex or race. President Roosevelt and all gover- nors to name a "fair proportion" of wonten to appointive posts. Work by women through political parties of their choice to gain "more equitable representation" in party and official offices. The Greatest Things The 'best day: Today. i The greatest deceiver: One wno deceives himself. The greatest mistake: Giving up. The most expensive indulgence: Hate. " The cheapest, stupidest, ana eas- fest thing to do: finding fault. The greatest trouble maker: Talk- ing_too much. . The worst bankrupt: The soul that has lost its enthusiasm, THe gréitest teacher: makés you want to learn, The best part of anyone's rélig- ion: Gentleress and cheérfulness. The muoanest fleeing: Jealous .. One who the exemption privilege in November, The greatest need: Common sense. oR te A South Australian Boy Scout "Cor. roboree" opens at Adelaide, on Dec. 26th, running until Jan, 4th, The event will bring togethér some 8,000 Scotitd from all parts of Australia and New Zéaland. Cofitingénts algo are expécted from Sotth Africa, Japan and thé Udited States. The World Chief Scout, Lord Bdden-Powell, will bo represented at the gathering by the British Deputy Chief Commis- sioner, Sir Percy Everett, * oo What was described by President Lloyd of the British Columbia Fruit Groting Absoclation as the quéerest apple-pickinz crew he had ever seen reported at his orchard, néar Kelow-' na to gather apples for 'a car- of fruit to be shippe" fom the district, into the drought-stricken section of Sdskatchewan, The apple-plcking "crew," all quite small, consisted of two little Japanese boys, 1 Chinese, a Hindu, two white boys afid two girls, and was headed by a Boy Scout, The children picked 150 boxés of apples. * 9 The bronze cast of a footprint of Lord Baden-Powe.l, Chiet Scout of thé World, was a gift. of the Boy Scots of Batavia, Java, to the Board of Education of that country. The gift was receélvad on behalf of the boar1 by Dr. De' Kat Angelino, Direc- tor of Educ, tion and a strong sup- "les a place of honor in the diceting "oom ¢f the Javanare Department of Tlucation. The cast wa: made from 4 "spoor," or foot impression, made by the World Chief Scout when he visited Java in 192°, 4 + [J This story of the unlque way in vhich Scouting came to Poland was told by a Polish:Canadfan Scoutnias- ter, Frank Zapotoczny of Winnipeg, recently returned from a visit to his native land. "Some 20 years ago Sir Alleged : WIT ALL SHARE IN CHRISTMAS It has been #ald tha! Christmas bronigs blessings to rich and poor alike--the rich that of giving, and the poor that of receiving, . . Christ: mas {8 the possessions of all, , , There is mo barbed wire fence to keep any- one out; all fay share its wealth of good 'cliéer, and join In the singing of the carols or praise. , . From the commonest blessings come the rich: est delights. '. , Health, friendship, love of home, are familiar examples and furnish the very best bléssings, and 'some 'of 'these 'are within the reach of all, and béstow equal pleas- ure to all who partake, 'CHRISTMAS sTOCKINGS. Dainty little 'stockings hanging in a row, Blue and gray and scarlet; in the fire- light glow. Curly-pated sleepers safely tucked in bed; Dreams of wondrous toy-shops danc ing through 'edch head, Father ~ Christmas creeping, with tender care, How to give each dreamer just an equal share. = + Funny littls stockings hanging in a row, plans Stuffed with sweet surprises, down from top to toe. Skates - and balls, and trumpets. dishes, tops and drums, Books and dolls and candies, nuts and sugar-plums. Little sleepers waking; bless mae, what a noise! : Wish you Merry Christmas, Happy girls and boys! *. & 0 We like to think that the spirit of Christmas {fs the spirit of every day ou. effort 1. please our readers. We pu' forth a sincere effort to give those who partake of the column .of jest a smile, a giggle and an occa- sional laugh. The material that makes up this column is gleaned from every- where, IL makes » attempt to be all original. We rather. prefer to give you the bert of much. And, inciden- tally, much of the contents of this edlumn {3 contributen, Many items a e sent In by interested local con- tributors. And, at this gladsome sea- son, we .ake this opportunity of t. axking them for'their interest, and 1o ex ess the sincere hope that they wrtinue *o "help out" with bits of goo humor, squibs, ete. LJ ' "wo ae Friends . . . another year has rolled aroiind , . . another Christmas séason Is with us . . , bringing good. cheer and happiness . . . May we all lay AWAY , , . If only for an hour ,.. the cares and responsibilities of our busy lives and remember our friends with & pleasant thought and, a kindly greeting . . . We chanced upon a few lines recently . , . penned by an un- known author , , . that to us contain the very essence of a successful life + +» + Here they are, and we hope that you enjoy them as much as we do: "I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good things, therefore, that I can do, Or any kjndness that I can show a A fellow, being, ' Let me do It now. Let me not defer or neglect it, For I shall not pass thi§ way again." + The -man who conforms his life to the above code, hag gone a long way in solving the riddle of the ages -- how to be happy... This. , then ,.. is our Christmas greeting to you . . . ma) you find the secret of happiness .. + and may contentment and ptos- [erity be your portions in life, ® ow Harry--Oh, Lily, dear, this will be the happiest Christmas I ever spent. Now that we're engaged, I think only of the future. Lily--Do you? Well, at this time. of the year I think only of the pres- ent, 4 *® 9° They met under the mistletoe, but they didn't kiss, for they were just a couple of men, No Fun in Camps Writes the Sault Ste. Marie Star: "There is no fun in the camps to- day at all," Adelard Chautiand told the Star in lamenting the gradual disappearance from the Algoma woods of the old-time French-Can- adian lumberjack. The Finns and Russians m the lumber camps, he said, are good workers, none better, but they "get through their day's work and go to bed to awaken to another" day's work." ' So, declares this observer, much of the color that used to characterize the lumber woods has gone. It is perhaps, just another evidence that ing the place of the adventurous spirit that used to permeate opera- tions in the bush. A Those familiar with the entertain. ments put on by the Seult's Lamp Post Troubadours will hear of this change with regret. This group of French-Canadian bushmen in their programs give the old bush songs, the chansons that have been handed down from the days of the voyageur, the dances with which the lumber men gave snap to the evenings In camp, the violin tunes that have be- come memorable, One of the yarns that an old-timer was fond of telling beside the stove tain municipal election of his young days. This is it: Two were after a vacant seat on the.counci). One was the local black- smith, and the other a convivial cattleman of some standing in the comimunity. Both enlisted the aid of the pen, believiiig it mightier than the sword, to say nothing of fisticuffs, and some choice of campaigning lit. erature circulated. One of the black- smith's handwritten bills read thus: "I'm not a man as ever brags, But I tires your wagons and shoes your nags; + sharps your harrows and mends i your plow. And I satifies all, 'cause 1 know how. "1 also reckons ] knows how to do a good job as councillor; so, strike while the iron's hot, like 1 does, and vote for me, boys!" Ccpies of this were tack: in pro- minent places through the village and up and down the side roads, and the worthy smith's éffort was judged "a real smart bit o writing, by golly!" : Not to be outdone, the forthright cattleman also chew~d his pen, and caused the following to be sent abroad: "I amenot a blacksmith, thank heavén! But a man of herds of cat- tle, like Moses, the great lawmaker of old. Being in the same line of Robért -Baden-Powell," relates the Po- lish-Catiadlan Scouter, "met a Polish judge. Later he sent this leafned man a copy of his book 'Scouting for Boys,' in English, The judge . one ddy carried the book into court; by mistake. Among those brought be- fore him that day was a student, Dis: covering that the young man could spéak English, the judge 'sentenced' him to translate the English book in- to Polish. The student carried. out. the 'penalty,' and, as a result. not only became greatly interested him. self, but convinced a group of prom. inent men of the vali of this new boy movement, at Lwow, The move. ment spread rapidly, and today there are over 66,000 Boy Scouts in Poland." * porter of Scouting in that tropical country, The bronze cast now oceu- "Tass No, 52 -- '36 Lusiness, I believe I should make a good law-maker, too. You have been told to strike while the iron is hot, but them as meddles with hot iron are upt to get their fingers burnt; so I says vote for me, and, like a real cattleman, I'll lead ye into green pastures where the picking is good." This lucubration was acclaimed as a perfect masterpiece, especially the last part of it, that promised so much in such elegant language. Needless to say this tooting of the cattleman's own horn completely downed the clanking of the smithy orchestra and Learn to Dance 25¢ Coin. or Foxtrot & Waltz -Btamps Beginner's Course at Home New 16-page hook, 30 photographs Write Dept, No, 13, PROF. VACHON Box 104, Station "G", Montreal Some Humorous Touches In Old-Time Elections of his village store concerned a cer: gaired for this second Moses the co. veted office "amid the plaudits of ad- miring crowds. -- By Ernest H. A. Home in the London Free Press. Training Girls In Machine Care LONDON--- Domestic servants in many parts of the country are hav- Just no v--to attend classes on the use and care of electrical labor- savers. At the end of the year practical tests will be held. The maid who knows now to use her electric rooker, what to dv when the iron stops iron- ing, how to keep the cleaner in good order, how to read the meter and why fuses hlow up will earn a certi- ficate and badge. Classified Advertising ATED [Hues WANTED--WILL BUY PUPMES OF all breeds Write letter with ull varticu- lars, breeds, sex, age, colour. Cash prices. Prompt reply desired, dugs for Christmas de llvery, Bulmers Kennels, 740 Guy Btreet, Montreal. STAMP COLLECTING | LLUBTRATED CATALOGUE = FREER =~ United States, Canadian, British Colonials, Jubllees, Edwards, sets. Sent for postage or entirely free. EMPIRE STAMP CO., Dept. PC., Toronto, Canada. 8TA MMERING GQVAMMERING CORRECTED. Write -- free' helpful booklet. Willlam Dennison, 119 Carlton Street, Toronto, INVENTORS AN OFFER TO EVERY INVENTOR. List of Wanted Inventions and full information sent free. THE RAMSAY Company, World Daten Attorneys, 273 Bank Street, Ottawa, Canada, "All Men Use Them and Save Dollars Manufacturer wants to introduce quickly, modern business technique is tak-| -- i Sp Detroit Free Press Writes: --Here, fellow- car-owners, are some figures for you to think over. They are culled from an array taken by The Detroiter from findings based in pre- liminary reports of the United States Bureau of the Census on 1935 retail business. In the year indicated Stations sell- ing gasoline and lubricating oil did a total net business of $1,061,780, 000. : ; Out' of this amount the stations 118,000 in taxes, $616,852,000 going into state treasuries and the Federal Government getting the rest. = The - net 'business. transacfed by the service stations was about 6 per cent. of the volume of all the retail business of every sort doné in the United States, : * And if all retail business had been taxed as heavily as the gasqline and oil business was taxed the revenues would have been over $12,000,000,- 000, an amount larger than all taxes collected from all sources by all gov- ernment and subdivisions of govern- ment. f One more point. Service station payrolls in 1985 amounted to $173,- 967,000. This was about 21 per cent. of the taxes collected for government by the stations. In other words, the government recejved from station proprietors nearly five dollars to every dollar given employees. A stranger in this Country reading these figures might excusably con- clude that automobile service stations are a government enterprise, doing business for its benefit. That, of course, is noi true. lt it is pretty evident that government, without uny investment and without paying any of the expenses, makes a lot mor: money out of the ncces- I'sities the stations sell, largely to workers and others in moderate cir- cumstances, than any other sing'e factor in the picture doe:. Crops Value Much Hislhcr $594,139.000 TOTAL Although -yields were lower the ag- gregate marketing value amounted to $5694,139.000 compared with $508,- 910,00 in 1935. ' High prices were chiefly resnonsi- ble for giving 1936 crops a hirher {value than in any year since 1950, Although the wheat yield was down 44,000,000 bushels, an increase for scne of about 26 cents a bushel in the price gave an advance of $30,000,000 nuross- vatue. The oat crop wae worth $16,000,000 more due to a 16- cent bushel vicar, aimitarly . ba ley production was up $19,000,000 more, Decrease in value are¢ shown for rye, peas, corn and husking. foddcr corn and brain hay. but in the agere- gate they did not appreciabl, affect the relatively large -- increase for wheat, oats, barley, buckwheat, mix- ed grains, potatoes, turnips. hay and clover and alfalfa. TOTALS BY PROVINC.SS Ey provinces in order of mogni- tude, the total values are as follows with the 1936 figures in brackets: Ontarto, $166.213.000 ($132,086 0.0); Saskatchewan, $132,301,000 ($115, 094.600); :Quebec,$97,371,000 ($83,- 616,000); Alberta, $97../44,000 ($U0,- 732,000); Munitoba $51.451.000 ($34. 486,000); New Brunsw'ck, $20.214.- 000 ($14,642,000); British Co'umb.a, $16,802,000 ($13,046,800) ; Nova: Scotia $13,407.00 ($11,748.000) ; Prince Edward Island. $10.236.000 ($8,661,000). For the three Prairie Prov.nces the total values of the five principal grain crops in 1936 are estimated as fo'- lowe, with the 1936 values in brack- ets: Wheat, $182.890,000 ($156,945 ,- 000); oats, $42,399.000 ($41.417,000) ; barley. -$28,236,000 ($15,097.000); rye, $1,644,000 ($2,095.000) ;flaxsecd, $2,375000 ($1,611,000). The total value of the five crops for the three provinces « amounted to $257,514,000 in 1936 as compared wth $217.165,- 000 in 1935. ALL SHOW INCREASES All provinces show increases al- though the gains are unevenly dis- tributed. The increases in the Mari- time Provinces are largely accounted for by improved total values of po- tatoes, hay and clover, and oats In Quebec, oats and potatoes large- ly cuntribute to the increase in 1936. Wheat, oats, barley, mixed grains and: potatoes in Ontario show large gains in total value. Wheat and bar- ley contribute $19,000,000 to the in- crease in Manitoba, while in Sask- atchewan the betterment is nearly all attributed to the greaterivalue of the 1936 wheat crop. Altho gh the 1936 wheat crop in Alberta is worth $3,400,000 less than that of 1935, higher values for oats and barley more than offset this declina and bring the total value for 1936 slightly above that of 1936. Gains are shown for all crops in the Province of British Columbia. 'Singer De Luxe Razor Blades ~~ New Process Latest Type Double Age -- Fine est, Bmoothest Cutting Edge--~None Made Better -- For All New and Old Double |' Edge Razors -Free Samples will be mail- |i ed on request ~ Send 100 to eover cost of packing and posting. DIRECT BALES DEPT. W.P. Pest Office. Bo: 72, Guelph, Ontarin C--1 CEASUN'S GREETINGS. May your stocking bulge, And your belt be tight, And your heart full Jt cheer; May you have good health, And you share of wealth, And be happy through the year. turned over to government $806, } PRE be bo LS Ta ee b mag wrt ate pr i Re x A gn Jol, fr a ES rnc AR en WE RT Wy a Bri er re -- \ Pei, Ear a » oo i TE dry oh 2,