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Art of Primitive Man Is De Described PUCK CI : Form of Portis Animals "Chief needs of human life were der First Were Represented in Sculpture and Rock 32 Paintings wid The art of primitive man was. the - subject of '& lecture last week by Dr, G. R. Lomer, librarian of ~ Mc- Gill, University, His: remarks cover. ed a period of 30,000 'years. The scribed 'as food, shelter,:and cloth- "ing, 'and {ft was in connection with the supply of food and clothing the primitive man came in contact with prehistoric: animals, whose forms a "he represented in sculplure and in a) rock paintings In the depths of the caves, Picture In Writing The . purpose of these paintings . has long been 'a subject of@contro- versy, he painted out, but there was 'little doubt that one of. their functions was that ot sympathetic magic," by means of which early man- attempted. to' secure success - fn hunting, The paintings are in_an otuline, in monochrome, and In polychrome, "aiid exhibit "a wide * rangg of. technical excellence. The importance of these pictures lies" CT CHASERS NEWS OF O.H.A. DOINGS Herbie "Sweets" Mortimer, is seriously threatening. Harry Me Queston's regular berth as goalie. for the Goodyear club, Mortimer held Hershey to a tie and scored a win oyer Atlantic City on t eir tour of the Eastern Hockey League. Port Colborne Sailors 'tour in February. {8 in for a great" season as net- minder for the Motor City boys. He appears to have plenty on the ball when it comes to: controlling "the puck during scranibles in front of his net, - Ossie Carnegie came through Catharines Indian Chiefs "as they defeated the Brights right in Niagara Falls, Only excellent goal-tending by Mowers, for the > down to a 8-1 vietory, * ~ Doug Runions moved over from -his win position to centre-ice for Port Colborne last week-and cele- brated the event' with 'a scoring bee of four goals and one assist. for a_total of five points. are scheduled: to make the same | -Jack McEwen of Oshawa G.M., with mighty fine effort for the St. - Falls, kept 'the St. Catharines boys a railtoad line between Senneterre and Jtouyn. The new Gagnon, Quebec's minister .of mines, who man of the Canadian National railways, cutting the golden, ribbon.to open the line. spike, to mark the completion of the line, was driven "by Hon. C. D. Howe, LEFT, federal minister of fransporf,, branch line was officially shown RIGHT, assisted by S. J, Hungerford, president and chair- The rich gold fields of Soren Quebec. nie direct transportation with the opening 'of a new - opened by. Hond Onesime The traditional gold i Britain _ News ° Parade By Elizabeth Eedy MYSTERY ' PASSENGERS: . Tha new Trans:Canada Airlines planes arén't carrying passengers yet, In - fact, you can't buy a ticket to fly aboard 'em. Their sole cargo 1s His Majesty's mall, Before the {naugur- ation of the Trans- -Canada' service, "1¢ Wwa§ announced Dy The powers: | thdt-be that vio 'dead-heads". ("no- pay" passengers) would be carried aboard the planes. Who then are the phantom passengers who step *out of Trans-Canada alr ships ev: ery time ohe lands at Malton, say, or - Montreal?" The planes are full of them. 'S a funny world!' TWO DEMOCRATS: Whit were some of the things that Primo - Minister Chamberlain of Great. and Premier Dalailier of France talked about when tl ev cone ferred in Paris? (Of come '5 a miracliT1o us that they cowie eit hear themselves speak above the noise" of civil strite, threaten. fnz cwices 'from Germany and They decided to defend their cou: 'ries by: Increase of French Favor Azores Route ~ For Winter r Flying MCSA Further investigation.' of the proposed winter transatlantic air route via tha Azores is recom- mended by Captain George Thoms son, special survey offizer for Im- perial Airways, London. He has returned to England after a year's study of flying. conditions. in the South Atlantic, the Som es tek to the nore 'diregt{route- from 'England to" New York Nia Ireland * and : Newfoundland, With co-operation. of Pot loiness - meteorological and radio services to Horta, he suggests a series: of © "flights could be use fully and safe- ly carried out dw ring the coming winter. ust, 1938, a purported secrot docu. ment sent by Mussolini to all hig ambassadors abroad sald that Italy "is determined In the near future to urge Hs claim to the Latin soll" of Tunis, adding that construction of 14-alrpoNs on the Libyan ~Tunis- ia £ has--beemr--ordercy; the route ink be' seriously con. sidered as an alternative -in win _ Ti tho Tact that man's ability. (6 ex presss himself 'graphically not only distinguished him from other anl- mals, but wds the first"step In the ' development of picture-writing, just as plcture-writing was a fore-run- ner of the writing of the Egyptians, 3abylonians, Chinese and ovr own modern script. The process uf cone veying ideas by means. of pictures "was-also illustrated by reference' to records of the Bushman and the North American Indian.. Reidel Robber Harry 'Perkins, 53, HAE robber who yas robbed; will be sentenced'at Montreal 'this week by -Judge Tetreau on a "charge of breaking into a sum- mer house at Laval-sur-le-Lac 'and stealing a leather | wind- breaker, -an ovetcoat, a suit and a pair of shoes. He pleaded ta, tho Runions is" [éader in the race * for the fur-lined glass jar, 'an honor accorded to the individual player who gathers the most points' in any one game. ST. CATHARINES ARENA Latest schedule points to the grand opefling of the new hockey arena in St. Catharines on Tues- day, December 20.- The Toronto Maple Leafs of -- the National ficials. to participate. inrthe grand opening ceremonies. St. Cath- 'arines' new hockey arena will- be the last . word "in artificial ice palaces and-the-Senior O.H:A; cfr- City teain and its new _ rink a3 members of circuit, ; ~ Need Of [Eskimo 'To Survive. in_the Far North, | L iy charg "Perkins is the man who told Quebeo Provincial Police, when arrested, that he had hidden his loot near Snowden, . but that "some dirty thief" had ii hold of it. Prqvincial Police are "now looking for the "dirty thief". "He Must Learn to Co.Oper- | ate With the Natives Who . Know Their Environmenet © "Co-operation of the' natives, who .have lived for centuries in the environment that is new to the white man, must be sought: if the present work in the Far North is "Wheat Sales "Séén Doubled This Year Export From Car Canada to Eur- ope Brisk, Grain Grades - . -------- Are High z* Report of Coniniissioners statistics branch states more than half of estimated - wheat exports probably will_have been shipped from Canada by the end of this year, The report says bariey exports are much higher -/ than a year ago. . ._. Czech Crlsis.Factor . Wheat - shipments - "destinations In October totalled 22,- 668,232 bushels compared to 13,796, 808 bushels in Beptember and 10, 684,433 bushels -in ~Oetober, 1937. Exports in the titst"three months of the crop year ending August 1st totalled 43,345,219 bushels compar- ed t6 24,142,663 bushels in the very ©. same period last year. 'This 1s an excellent showing al- though 'a: good deal of the export clearaiices in October represent the purchases made at the time of the Czechoslovakian - crisis when the < (NS Wed Po iia _ rules, it the ball goes behind the ~ war appeared to -be unavotdable," the report says. " Grading.of the crop continies to indicate the high quality. In the tiist three months 89.7 per cent. of "bread wheat varieties and 94.9 per gent. ot ~durums 'graded number thrée or better. i IY T -- y LE -- Pro Football Sot : "Likes Our Rules The United States Professional Football. League should adopt the ~ Canadian rules governing kicks be. hind the goal line to further pep up the United States game, Bud Sha: ver, vice-president of the Detroit Lions sald last week in an inter, view. Shaver, a "former | newspaper man --sald he sAw one Canadian foot "ball final, and the biggest thrill of , the game was to watch the players run the ball ont from behind the "goal Une. The Professional League, | always on tho lookout to increase crowd thrills, might make the change, he sald, Behind the Goal Line Under. the Canadian rules, it the "player is captured behind the goal . line or the ball goes to the dead line, a point is scored for the op- posing team. Under United States _line ona kick, it is placed 20 yards out and Jat in play. by the defond- Ing. feany ; the Board of Grain to overseas Keand told members of the Ottawa Junior Board of Trade last week. "They alone fully understand the_ + conditions under which the human being must - live in, the North. They not only. Have survived, but have managed to make a great deal of progress." ~~ > How They Live', . In a country - where - nothing grows cxcept moss, the Eskimo "depended on the animals of the sea for food, and the whité fox as a- medium of exchange. He was not' interested in wood, but for \ heat and light had" developed an efficient seal-oil lamp. His people lived in scattered groups of two' or three' families, eating Lariboo.: meat and fish, and wearing white' fox clothing, and. sealskin mitts - and* boots, Oysters Must 'Be Cultivated P.E. IL Would Restore De-" pléted Fiching = "Grounds ' As far as 'Prince Edward Island - 1°18 concerned, oyster 'fishing. has been a declining Industry in. the bination-of closed areas, sclentific experimentation and - cultivation, ~gain-its former status, - "The beds in tho far-famed Mal peque Bay region," fn-the western part_gf:the island, which produced oysters noted the world over for their quality, have been reduced to extremely low levels.. .:Overfishing, Disease Do It g According to A. W. L. Needler of - the Prince Edward Island . Oyster Experimental Station, the decline 1s a direct result of gver-fishing, di. seaso and the oyster's greatest en emy, the starfish, Starfish eat the spawn and attack tully-developed . oysters, open the ela, and devour. "the meat." : Only possible way to prevent ex- tinction of the industry, Mr. Need. Tor sald, 18 by cultivation of the or: stor, i 1 'Howlers! . Prize Errors Picked' From .. Examination Papers ; Agobraical symbols are those u us. ed when you do not know Li you are talking about. rr-- In this country you have to pro-- duce 'a certificate before you can prove you are born, 'Hockey League have accepted the : "invitation; of the Garden City of< " ! long discussion, to take over Sky- cuit is proud to have the Garden : "White Man Has __to be successful," Major -D, I. Me- | If the Industry i is to Survive - _-- last few years, but with-the com- _ hopes are held the industry will re Canada's First County Airport . Huron Council Takes Over the Operations of Sky Harbour At Goderich . . " Huron' County Council, at' its { an important decision, , after a - Harbor airport, just north of _Goderich, "Ont., and in - future ~conduct-it-as-a -county municipal * airport, probably the first of its "kind in-Canada. The county will only take over the private lease for the present and will take out the 1939 license 'in che -municipality's name. It also will hence%orth maintain the landing - field. The day wag yisioned when the closing session in Novembey, made VOICE OF THE PRESS UNIFICATION Those people who are looking. Sor a man to uhite all Canada can take hope, Santa Claus will soon be here. -- Toronto Saturday Night, FEED THEM WELL Canada could take more advan- "tage of the United States inarket it our live stock raisers would: put -more-grain into thelr cattle. --Far- pier's Advocate BLOOM IN. DECEMBER After being dead all summer, a large: locust trée at Albuquerque, in New Mexico, has suddenly come to 1ité and is now in full bloom. Most municipal candidates are the same - He claimed "The Prairies wero trapped, vera. drawn, LL pI New Outlet Vital For Wheat Crops Place in World Markets Declar-_ ed Only Solution for Prairie Problems Unless Cahada blasts a place for western wheat In world 'markets, the Prairies wil] .not be able to a Canadian standard of living, Prof. Jacob Viner, 'of the University of Chicago, declaréd at Ottawa last 'support "thelr existing population on - Week. before the Royal Commission - on Dominion-Provincial 'Relations, Subsidies would be a kind of al- ternative to now markets but they and Canada ald not have unlimited revenue sources from which to sup-' port itg wheat. The warning signals had been gl- ven far back in the last century. people of tho with a factory manufacturing air- planes. "This will go down in history as the first county in Canada to es- tablish an airport," 'said Reeve, Turner, of- Goderich. ' "We are. setting the example nd it is not .-without the bounds reason, with. the - British rR airport would be a _ training | _ground, perhaps a .testipg ficld spending millions" for air_Jefence, ways -- St. Catherines Standard. -PROGRESS dtowas a news item when- a rehurch fn Petrolia recently decided to pull down- the, driving shed In _ which horses, used to bo tied during * church servides. But will the next news item from the same church, concern the parking problem? --¥ Kingston Whig- Siandard. - in on the basis of Fiosgacts, grossly exaggerated," "It is incenceivable lo me' that all the propaganda issued for set- ~ tlement purposes was believed In by those who prepared it," Dr. Vin- er, appearing for the Manitoba Gov- ernment, said. "Source of these ag- encles still issue the same type of. --propaganda. --Chlcago jieWspapers ---that--Sky--Harbor--may---deveciop some day into Aa Bg Bigs industry." Royal ltinerary Being Prepared Ottawa to he Centre of Activi- ties During the Visit of King and Queen to 'Canada Next Year ~ Ottawa is proposed as' particular cererionial centre for the visit of Their. Majesties the King and the . Queen. The stay in Ottawa as now "planned - tentaflvely, will be -the- * longest by reason of it belag. the _hational capltal.- Ceremonials At Each Place _~ The {tinerary has not yet been worked. out finally and 'when it is the Royal sanction will be required 'but the present prospécts are for 15, go, the next day, to Montreal and arrive fn Ottawa. Wodnesday 'night or 'Thursday, to stay four or five gaye, The King's birthday, will - be specially obsérved-on May 20th, That week-end and probably Mon- day will be spent In Ottawa. _ - There will, -of courge,'be proper __caremonlals at every place visited ~but the greatest number of func- tions will-be for Ottawa. Both there and in other places, there: will be carg to ensure that the population at 'large have an opportunity of 'seeing the King and 'Queen, That, in fact, is described as the primary objective of the tour. : arrival at Quebec on Monday, May - 'ROADS IN THE NORTH It is unbelievable that any sec- tion of the South should protest de- velopment of the North. Practically every dollar expended by northern' industries finds Its way to south- ern Ontarfo to keep manufacturing plants In operation and to sustain wholesale houses and contribute fo the welfare of producers of farm products. What would Ontario be without the North? -- North Bay: Nugget. "AS IT WAS IN. TH ii BEGINNING™ © - A letter from Quebec reads, in part, as_follpws: "Everything looks 1 gloomy with us; to all-appearénce "the ensuing winter wlll be a very 'troublesome "ono , . . Emigration, tho very lifeblood of a colony, has almost - ceased; neglected; the ordinary trade of the country depressed; all energy _ and'enterprise paralyzed, and confl- dence between man aad. man, al " most destroyed." No, it was not -written this year; it was sent to tho' London. Times 100 years ago. --- Edmonton Journal. Kuroinoitios of Japan may be "equipped with a-carburetor attach- 'ment, just invented by a Tokio man, which is said to greatly re- duce gasoline consumption. . : During the' imposing of speed limits in Bombay, it was-empha- sized that Bombay City is on an island and has only one road con- nection with the rest of India, agriculture" quite "unity, which fs evel oud ments of land Western Canada." opportunities In I i fo: We Are Ignorant Of French Canada "One of the Greatest Barriers to Canadian Unity," -Mont- rea Barrister Declares--Ad- " vocates Understanding One Another J. Alex Edmison, Montreal attor- ney, addressing an audience in Ot- -tawa last -week sald -that-"one of the greatest _barriers to Canadian unity is the great ignorance of the most. people, particularly Ontario concerning the French-Canadian." Mr. Edmison, tpld his listeners he spoke, "as one who has spent the last 10 years in the province of Qebec, after spending 25 years In Ontarlo." Many Misconceptions "When I lived in Ontario, I bad a complete misnderstanding of the French-Canadians, 'and a prejudice against them based on current mis- conceptions, "The sooner the people of On: tarlo get to-know fhe French-Can- adlan, get to appreciate his view- point and understandings, his aspir- .atlons and ambitions, the sooner we will brdug about Interprovincial absolutely sary In the future it Canada is to neces. fake the leading part she should in-- world affairs." SPacy; . THE PAY-OFF: "erness' of the "urtiil ry forces in the Far East to Supp! ment British defenses; ap- pro' of the Hitler-Daladier Peaco purchase by France of: 6,000 wi. planes, mostly fn Canada (on credits cextended. from London); .expiession by Chamberiain of his re olive to fry and get national mil: {tary conscription voted in in the United Kingdom. You surely didn't think that Mussolini gave Hitler a biz hand in the Czoéhoslovak busi nes free, gratis- and for nothing, did you, without any expectation of reward? If such was your naive be- lief, you' underestimated the clev-" Duce, or_should wo say the diabolleat ingenuity . of "Mussolinl plus Hitler--equals "the Rome-Berlin axis." The payoff comes now, in the aftérmath of Munich and the signing of the Ang- lo-Italian accord, when Hitler Is helping Mussolini (in, oh," such a very subtle way) to advance his . oppose him. "which willsmake a speedy cani-- paign possible." * Mussolini's next objective fe me complete doniination of the Medi. terranean basin and the Suez Can- al. Towards this he wilt be helped first by the reduction of France to' a state of vassalage (with Hit- ler's aid); then' by the overthrow - of Britain-as.a. world power (with Japan's aid, too), ' SIGN OF THE TIMES: Is pramiers, Hepburn losing his hold in Ont- ario? We pose the question, ade curious by the resulfs of the mayor- - Salty contest m= \Windsor; David Croll, app, won out there by ma- jority of 5,000, in spite of the Pre- miei's intervention, personally, to THE WEEK'S QUESTION: "What "new type of legislation is likely to be Introduced at the next session of the Federal Government, opens i claims on Yranee's Corsica, Savoy, ing iyp- January? Answer: Unem« Ringe Panis == = iP ployment ANSUTARCT TCAs uTUs AUG oe As long ago as the first of Aug- a marketing program, [2 Tus. C Wc By William URIOUS V YorLD Ferguson [] = = AND CAACIERS ARE MADE uP OF -- PE, NOT. ONLY SET PLANTLETS . ALL OVER THEIR. LEAVES AND STEMS. COPR. 1938 BY NEA SERVICE. ING. HOW MUOCH TIME ELAPSES ON EARTH BETWEEN. THE ENDING OF FEB. 1ST, AND \THE BEGINNING OF FEB. BROT ANSWER, TOMORROW. ------WE-are apt to-think-of- the- mighty--ice- assay ol the-north-es frozen from large quantities of open water. "sheets that held whole continents during the Ice Age were formed ~~ by. the packing, partial melting and re-freezing of countless billions of tiny snowflakes. Yet all the great 'WONDERLAND. OF 0Z + By L. Frank Baum AN ! . z t 1 if ph 3 f 2 \ i? 3 v > Beside 'the path 'werd paper troes As the visitors passed along the Some of the paper.people were on On ono -flde of the street was a - all gut olit very neatly and painted street, a goad, many paper, dolls the street walking along of congre- i. SR A CAP ber boy Kos % A : a very brijliant green color. Back of ©. amo to the doors and windows of ___° gated In groups talking, but. as soon Accidental tha yellow Hen hap Pe LENE A the trees were rows 'cardboard thelr houses to 100k at them cur- ' as th oy maw the strangers they flut- to brush against this boy ati VN fiouyes painted jn various colors, the 'ously. Hann oo olls were all the ~~ + tered into the house as fast as they > hae wing, and he flew into the a \ + most of the aving green blinds, samo but were in Mifferent could go, 80 ns to be out of danger. and fell Into, a 3 Some vent: a 6' and some were ee sOMe being fat and some be- "Excuse me if I go edgewise," sajd -- he stuck until t { ©, oo yery smal fi the front yards ing léan, Th girl dolls wore many the captain, as they camo to a slight . ul + were beds 'of a flowers quite beautiful pL umes of tissue paper, hill. "I can get along faster this ha wont 80Aring inte th tigi aatural In appearance. Over same of making th em ite fluffy; but their | way; and got flutter so much' ing She paper-water, hile the pa« the porches Jaber. vines were twin- heads and han wera ~no "thicker f "That's all right sald Dorothy. par Bent nearly double. "Grace giving L em a cozy and shady than the paper "ot which they were | Lg "We don't mind how you go, Iam oun ald 1 lina, "what If T flap. 1 ade, a c sure" ped my wings? 1 \ 2 ¥ RRL Ea A ae