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Canadian Bird Banders Active Waterfowl, Principally Ducks, Are Receiving A Great Deal i of Attention This Year -- 200 Voluntary Workers Do Most Fie Banding -- Bird-banding returns received by the National Parks Bureau of the aan Department of Mines and Resource. [es show that 23,433 birds were {banded in Canada in the first ten months of 1940. As many of the-- banders do not send in thelr re- ports until the end of the year, it fs estimated that when complete figures are received the number "of individual birds banded during the year will be In excess of 40,000, Waterfowl, principally ducks, ap- pear to be receiving speclal atten. tion from banders In Canada this year, and hunters who have found banded birds can -assist this jm- portant work by reporting the facts to the Bureau. ALL-YEAR:ROUND WORK Although bird life becomes scurc- er in the more northern and in the :central parts of the country with the approach of winter, bird band- fng is a year-round activity in the Dominion. Many of the bird-band- ing stations do extensive banding work when the snow is on the ground for at this time of the year some inland stations are visited by redpolls, snow buntings, blue Jays, purple finches, pine siskins, grosbeaks, and other winter birds. In Canadian localities where water: fowl winter, large numbers of these birds are banded during the win ter months. - d AN INTERNATIONAL JOB Most of the bird banding in Can- ada is carried on by about 200 vol untary workers, who hold bird- banding permits under the author- ity of the Migratory Birds Cons vention Act. The official bands are of aluminum and ze inscribed with a serial number and lotter or number designation. Because birds } are Intermational, the work of banding them is. conducted in full co-operation between the Dominion and United States Governments, and to a certain extentewith Now- foundland, Mexico, and South Am- erican countries. Dog Rescues Man * From Icy River At Yale, B.C. Malemute Saves His Master's Life--Is Award- * ed Dog World's International Diploma J For rescuing his owner, James D. McLean, 4166 Kingaway, New Westminster, from the Fraser Riv- er in October, 1939, "Alaska," 92- pound Malemute has been awarded the Dog World's International Di- ploma, 5 The rescue took place at Yale, where McLean was employed as au investigator with the Canadian Na- élonal Railways. McLean and the dog were crossing the river in a rowhoat, which was crushed by & submerged floating log. Man and dog were forced to swim for shore, and McLea suffered a cramp in his leg. Hoeeding the call of his master, the 'log. turned back and went straight for him. McLean threw his arm around the dog's neck and finally they reached shore, where McLean lapsed into unconscious- ness. When he revived, he found the dog licking his face. New Comet Visible Middle of Month Canadians Will Be Able To See It In Southern Sky Canada's star-gazers for the first time will be able to see tho ngwly- discovered Cunningham comet with the naked eye in mid-January. R. Meldrum Stewart, chief as- tronomer at the Dominion Observ- atory, Ottawa, said that about that time tho comet will be the bright: est object fn the southern sky." "DISCOVERED LAST SEPT, The comet, belleved by astrono- - mers to be equal In brilliance to the famous Halley's comet in 1910, was discovered by Leland L. Cun: ningham, of Harvard Observatory, last September. Dr. Stewart sald the comet may have a tail millions of miles lODE. It {8 approaching the sun now and as it gets closer it will attain a speed of more than 30 miles a sec: ond. pet we Snowshoe Congress The annual international snow. ghoers' congress is to be held fa Quebed City during January 25 and 26, according to an announcement by the Canadian National Rail |" ways, which organization is now 3 hes plinth 1 hg the operation of special trains = to transport § cor cod nthusiasts from Montreal and. the Eastern 'Townships, A considerable number This picture was taken from the deck of a destroyer voy steaming towards Great Britain in defiance of Hitler's well as armed vessels of the British navy escort these precious car raiders or undersea enemy craft. port safely and unscathed. For every ship the 2 of the Royal Canadian Navy, and shows a con- iracy on the high seas, roes, always on the lookout for surface azis are able to cripple or sink; hundreds reach Canadian warships as -- HEALTH TOPICS Peer CIIVeIIPTITELIITE UDA Ten Pointers On Warding Off Colds Nothing makes a person feel more aged than a bad cold and these recurrent maladies lower the state of health and set the - stage for more serious illness. We should do everything we can to avoid them. Here are a few simple rules gathered from many sources, writes Josephine Lowmn in the Toronto Globe and Mail: 1. Eat simply. Do not stuff, and avoid overindulgence in the carbohydrate foods. 2, At times of mental and emotional stress watch out for a cold. 3. Don't keep your house too hot or too dry. Don't dress: too warily. Take cold showers and salt rubs. if you react to them happily. 4, Avoid loss of sleep. When - you can't -help it, then make it up the next night. Many nights when you are shortchanged on sleep will almost surely find you with a cold. 5. Eat cnough of the alkalin . forming foods so that your gys- tem will not be too acid. 6. If you are subject to sinus or ear trouble, wear a hat when you go out into the cold. ~ 7. Gargle with cold salt water daily. The salt is a disinfectant and the cold water . conditions the membranes to damp air. 8. Spend as much time as you can in the sun and take halibut liver oli in the winter time. Give special attention to your vite 9. Drink eight glasses of wai- er a day. : 10. If you have fever or a sore throat be sure to see doctor. Neg- lected colds may become serious and carly advice will save trouble later. n . The value of work performed by power laundries and cleaning and dyeing establishments in Canada during 1939 totalled $22,026,474. Swiss President Dr. Ernst Wetter, 08-year-old. | candidate of the Swiss Liberal . Radical party, who was elected plesiaen of the Swiss federation 0 r a one-year term, . Dr, Philip. prom Etter, 49, was named vice dent, : J Boxcar Houses Smallest Library The little town of Colmor, N.M.,, population 756 persons, claims to have the smallest lib- raty in the world--the only library in a boxcar -- and the only lihvary paid for with pen- nies. Several women launched a drive for a mile of pennies to build a library. With the pen- nies they purchased a boxcar, moved it to a vacant lot, and in- stalled some books. "Today the library has more than 1,700 vol- umes, EE aE EE EY What Science Is Doing EEE RE ATE ERS 2 ' TELEVISION RESEARCH N COSTLY Le Although television may up- pear to be meaking slow progress, a vast amount of research is be. ing done in this field, This is indicated by the report of the U.S, Federal Communications Com- mission that more than $3,000, 000 is to be spent in research by those who received the ten licens. es for experimental television work last month, This brings the- total to $8,000,000, the remaind- er having * been spent on more than thirty earlier licensed pro- jects. SEWAGE GASES DRIVE BUSES Stockholm is producing some of its own motor fuel from an unusual souice: its sewage-dispos- al plants are designed so methane gas can be recovered from their operations, Each of- the disposal plants produces 3,600 cubic met- ers of methane every twenty-four hours. This is compressed into steel drums and is n being used as motor 'fuel for ~forty buses. One cubic meter of the gas is the equivalent, in power pro- duction, of 1.8 liters (about two quarts) of gasoline. ately BLACKOUT BY LIGHT The blacking out of a city for air raid protection without pull. ing down a window shade is pos- sible by use of lighting experi- ments being conducted at Sche- nectady, N.Y. By putting one color light against another in the window glass scientists hope to neutralize or "black out" the rays so they are invisible, or nearly so, from the other side of the window. Goose's Breeding Ground Found A mystery in North American ornithology has been.solved with the discovery of the breeding grounds of Ross' goose in the Arctic, i . For 80 years all Arctic explor- ers and. hunters have sought the breeding grounds, Two Hudson's Bay Company post managets, An. gus Gavin 2 , Ernest Donovan, were successful this past summer, . They found the! birds nest on islands in an d lake at the head of an unmapped tributary of the Perry River, about 26 miles . southeast of its mouth in Chester Bay, Queen Maude Gulf on the Arctic Opean, Production of motor vehicles in Canada during the first ten months of 1940 totalled 176,099 units, including 87,669 passenger cars and ~ 88,840 commercial vehicles. 3 BY ANNE ASHLEY | How Can I? t Q. How can I remove wax which has collected on silver or brass candlesticks? A. Never try to scrape it off and run the risk of scratching the surface, Merely plunge the parts with wax on them into boiling water. The wax will melt and disappear. Q. How can 1 whiten the hands? A. Mix onc ounce of glycer- ine, three ounces of bay rum, 3% dram oil bergamot, and ap- ply. Or, rub well at might with olive oil and wear sleeping gloves. Q. How can I clean windows during freezing weather? If the weather is so "cold that water cannot be applied to the windows without freezing, soften and To Visit Bermuda Commissioner Benjamin Or- ames, territorial commander of the Salvation Army -for--GCanada,} Alaska, Newfoundland and * Ber- muda, who sails from New York Feb. 6th for his annual inspec- tion of the Bermuda area. Com- missioner Oranmes expects to re- turn to New York on Feb, 20th. dampen a piece of with kerosene and the windows can b eaned quickly. Q. How can I take care of geraniums, for winter blooming? A. Geraniums should nqt be kept too warm or watered too much for winter blooming. They should be kept just wet enough so that the ground looks dry most of the time. They do best in full sunlight. Q. How can I easily soften butter which is too hard to spread easily? A. Heat a bowl. by putting hot water in it. Then place this bowl upside down over the but- ter dish for a few minutes. This will 'sbften the butter without melting it. Locomotives Now Go ; Twice The Distance Locomotives of the Canadian Na- tional System now travel more than twice as far as formerly: before it 1s necessary to'stop for coal and 'water, Iucreased tender capacity | makes this possible, To PN cheesecloth . HAVE - YOU HEARD? The new customer walked [nto the store, «<"How many chickens have you today?" "Oh, about six, ma'am." Tough, or tender?" "Some are tough and some ten. der." "well, I keep boarders, Pick out threo of the toughest, please." To this unusual request the de- lighted grocer complied at once, saying, "Please ma'am, here are the tough ones!" Whereupon the customer coolly lald her hand on the others and sald, "Then I'll take these." a "Well, | got the license to- day." "OH, GEORGE!" r "1 mean my pilot's license." "Oh, George." eT "This is a moat," sald Guide Mec- Adam, who was showing a party about an old castle. "Now, .would anybody like to ask a question?" "Yes," replied inquisitive Tourist McKay; I want to know how any- body could get one of them in his eye?" Qe "i've sold everything out of that room," sald the helper at - the rummage sale, proudly. "Dear, dear," cried the min- Ister's wife, "that was the cloakroom!" --0-- / Rastus--Sambo, what am de use fullest animals der is? Sambo--Chickens, sah,' Rastus--Why chickens? Sambo--'Cause yo' can eat 'em befo' dey is born and after dey is dead. ---- Man entering store: 1 want two tuna fish. Lo Grocer: You'd better stick to , pianos. EY --0-- Explorer: "Yes, Major, but it this jungle Is absolutely impene- trable in all directions, how did we manage to get to the middle of it?" Canadian National Railways Revenues The gross revenues of the all: Inclusive Canadian National Rall ways System for the week ending December 7, 1940, were $5,086,829 4,623,160 as compared with ... for the corresponding per- iod of 1929, an increase of § 463,669 or 109%. " GROWN IN SUNNY "It DOES taste good In a pipe!" HANDY SEAL-IGHT POUCH » 15¢ 14-18, "LOK-TOP" TIN . 65¢ also packed in 'Pocket Tins SOUTHERN ONTARIO Modern . Etiguette BY ROBERTA CEE Py aaa that it be turned off? use a finger 'bowl? health? Answers 1. Yes. neighbors, and also ate, 2. with the napkin on.- the knees. 3. Never, The sona questions. seau says, creetly pressed upon us, when we are only serves to increase our pain, and to rerder our grief more poignant." 5. No. This is very tiresome to the persons who must listen and show interest. 6. Not longer than two hours. ~ Shrewd Farmers : Um often shocked over how little I remember of all I was supposed to learn in school writes Fred C. Kelley in "Your Life from a course in economics is one little paragraph in which the author sought to illustrate how a plan 'intended to accomplish'ione opposite effect. In a western 1. When you are a guest in a home, where the habit scems to be to keep the radio on all the time, would. it be all right to ask 2, What is the proper way to 8, Should one ever ask per- sonal questions of acquaintances? 4. Isn't it wrong for a per son to thrust words of condol- . ence upon you when this person kows that you would rather pre. fer not to discuss your sorrow? 5. Is it good form for a per son to talk at length about his 6. How long should a bride remain at her wedding reception? Do not hesitate to do so. This is' a habit which is very annoying to guests, as well as to inconsider- Dip the fingers of one hand at a time, not both together, into the water; then dry them majority of people resent being asked per- 4. Yes. As Ros- -"Consolation "indis- suffering 'under affliction, Magazine." About all I recall thing may often have an entirely | county wolves were destroying so many sheep that a reward of $5 a head was offered for every wolf killed. The result was that shrewd' farmers started to raise wolves." by Indian Crafts Make Progress Progress in Indian handicraft fndustries on reserves in Eastern Canada is reported by the Indian Affairs Branch, Department ot Mines and Resources. Many tradi. tional arts and crafts have been revived, 'and the sales of 'thelr handicraft products are tending to make the Indlan people more selt- supporting. As a step towards the extension of these home {rdustries among the Indians of Western Can- * ada, six Indian workers (rom On- tarlo and Quebec are at present taking part in a demonstration ot" Indian handicraft at the Winnipeg store of the Hudson's Bay Com pany. .USEFUL ARTICLES Articles on display and for sale at this exhibit Include baskets, wood caryings, woven and knitted goods, and other Indian-made mer- chandise. The tribal custom ot making beautiful articles from splints pounded from black ash logs and woven with sweot grass from*the marshes is being demon: strated by noted basket makers. Although their craft fs an ancient one, these Indian workers have ad- \ apted themselves to making artic. les which aro useful today. These fnclude sewing stands, work bas. kets of all types, knitting bags, waste baskets, shopping boxes, fruit trays, and other similar items, For the children there are tiny cradles, papoose dolls,' canoes, tomahawks, paddles, paper knives, bows and arrows, and ather artic. "les. J FEATHERS WANTED '| GOOSE AND DUCK Highest V'rices 'ald Immediate Remittance CANADA COMFORTER CO. 736 Dundas St. BE. -- Toronto -- ...CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS... ACCOMMODATION es WHEN IN TORONTO DURING NEW .Year's stay at Elm House, 18 Elm Street, near Yonge. 7- + FARM-EQUIPMENT FANNING MILL (Kline) BEST Seed Grader, Wild Oat Separator, Kline 'Manufacturing, 420 Willard Avenue, Toronto. 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