A : . (‘ } 4 | bE “a 4 ] / Bi j : a 4 I> i ’ q j 3 y : E fe : ' = EEE eee eee eee ——— 3 ."* ee ee eee PROSPECT OF SOLUTION OF IRISH TROUBLES BRICHTER THAN EVER BEFORE British Government; North Ulster and Sinn Fein Ali Presezt Difficulties Which May, However, be Adjusted When a Conference is Brought About. A despatch from London says:—The those enjoyed by Canidian provincial Congress of Empire Prime Ministers! legislatures. Po will aie is, for the time being, eclipsed by the a: peace negotiations being ‘conducted with the Sinn Fein leaders. Premier | central or Dublin Parli t 6.7 ari DAU tHe ment he vezt- ed with a wide megsure cf fiscal autonomy. The Sins Pein leader, ‘t is said, desires also that the {rish. Par- Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa | liament shall have the right of con- has thrown the full weight of his. great eloquence and his prestige on the side of an honorable settlement, The British press of all shades of politics are standing behind him, and’! this, aided by the favorable atmos- phere created by the presence of the trolling its own army and navy, if these should be found necezsary. It is believed, however, that he will advance this demand merely for the sake of bargaining and can -be induced to abandon it. He will demand -that the Irish control the police and pest-j Dominion Prime Ministers in London. office departments and will ask for has unquestiondbly brought the Irish problem nearer to solution than has been the case in the last quarter of a century. ‘ full recognition of the unity of the Irish nation. \ Prof. de Valera will ‘maintain that the Irish Parliament should be given the right to decide its It would be idle and wrong to pre-| own taxation policy and the manner tend, however, that vast- difficulties in which its revenue shall be expended, do not still stand in the way of an’ holding that the power of controlling agreement. So far Prémier Smuts the taxation of its constituents is in- has been successful, but those who, herent in Parliament. know what is transpiring behind the} scenes realize that real obstacles will be encountered when the three parties to the dispute—the British Govern- ment, North Ulster and the Sinn Fein ——meet face to face in conference. From an Irish Nationalist source closely in touch with Premier Smuts and the British Government in the negotiations proceeding, the corres- pondent has been able to learn what Eamonn de Valera is’ likely to pro- pose in the event of his coming to London. Briefly and roughly, it is this: He will abandon the claim for an Irish republic, but will insist upon n® measure of dominion home rule, with separate Parliament for North Ulster, vested with powers similar to! oe This, of course, involves giving Dublin a free voice in regard to in- come tax, customs, excise, and also the right of withholding any contri- bution towards the defence of the Em- pire, and it is likely to prove the shoa pire, and it is likely to prove the shoal split. It is almost certain that Pre- mier David Lloyd George will insist upon an Imperial contribution seeing that the Imperial Parliament would remain responsible for defence and forcign affairs, although, in a last re- sort he may agree that the Irish Par- liament should have some voice in the amount to be contributed as well as in the method by which the actual contribution would be raised from its constituents. The Leading Markets. Toronto, Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.82%; No. 2 Northern, $1.80%4; No. 3 Northern, $1.77%. Manitoba oats—-No. 2 CW, 47c; No. 3 CW, 44%c; extra No. 1 feed, 44% ¢; No. 1 feed, 42c; No. 2 feed, 41%4c. Manitoba barley—No. 3 CW, T76c; ip 4 CW, 71%; rejected, 66c; feed, C. All the above in store Fort William. American corn—No. 2 yellow, 75c; nominal, c.if., Bay ports. Phe oats—No, 2 white, 40 to c, Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, $1.48 to $1.55, nominal, per car lot; No. 2 Spring, $1.41 to $1.48, nominal; No. 2 Goose wheat, nominal, shipping points, according to freight. Peas—No. 2, nominal. Barley—Malting, 65 to 70c, accord- ing to freights outside. Buckwheat-—No. 8, nominal. Rye—-No. 2, $1.25, according to freights outside. Maniteba flour—First pats., $10.50; : second pats., $10, Toronto. } Ontario flour—$7.40, bulk, seaboard. Millfeed — Deliverc?, Montreal freight, bags included: Bran, per ton, $23 to $25; shorts, per ton, $23 to $27; good feed flour, $1.60 to $1.75 per bag. Hay—No. 1, per ton, $17 to $19;) 58c; rolls, 27 to 28c; cottage rolls, 28 to 29c; breakfast bacon, 83 to 88; special brand breakfast bacon, 45 to 47c; backs, boneless, 42 to 47c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 17 j to 19%e; clear bellies; 1944¢. Lard, pure tierces, 141% to 15c; tubs; 115 to t5%c; pails, 15% to 16c; prints, 16 to 17c. Shortening, tierces, 1144 to 12¢; tubs, 12 to 124%4c; ‘pails, 12% to 13¢c; prints, 14% to 15c. Goed heavy steers, $7.25 to $7.75; butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, good, $6.50 to $7; do, med., $5 to $6.50; do, com., $3 to $4.50; butcher heifers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, med., $6.50 to $7; butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to $5.50; do, med., $3 to $4.50; canners | $6; do, fair, $5 to $5.50; mixed, $8 to $10; straw, car lots, per ton, $10. Cheese—New, large, 21 to 21%c; twins, 21% to 22¢c; triplets, 22 to 22%c; old, large, 33 to 34c; do, twins, 33846 to 34%c; triplets, 34% to 35c; new, Stilton, 28c, Butter—-Fresh dairy, choice, 25 to and cutters, $1 to $2.50; butcher bulls, good, $4.25 to $5.25; do, com., $3 to $4; feeders, good, 900-lbs., $5.50 to milkers and springers, choice, $40 to $60; calves, choice, $7.50 to $8; do, med:, $6 to $7.50; do. com., $3 to $5; lambs, year- lings, $7 .to $8; do, spring, $11.50 to $12.50; sheep, choice, $4.50 to $5.50; do, good, $4 to $4.50; do, heavy and bucks, $2 to $8.50; hogs, fed and watered, $11.50; do, country points, $10.50; do, f.o.b., $10.75. Montreal. Oats, Can. West., No. 2,. 5914 to 6044¢e; Can. West. No. 3, 5414 to 55l4c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat pats., firsts, $10.50. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $8.05. Bran, $25.25. Shorts, $27.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, $22, in car lots. Oheese, finest Easterns, 20 to 2014c. Butter, choicest creamery, 3414 to 35c, Eggs, selected, 40 to 42c. Common thin cows, small bulls, $2 to $3; calves, $2 to $6; choice milk-fed calves, $7; good lambs, $8 to $8.50; common light stock, $5; sheep, $2 to $4.50. Young hogs, med., $12.50 to 26c; creamery, prints, fresh, No. 1, be ne ROYAL VISIT = A TO BELFAST a+ ewe ee x <2 tee oe AVIS T The Queen talking to the Lord Lieutenant, Viscount FitzAlan. 0 THE NIAGARA PENINSULA The Garden of Ontario—A Engineering Feats. District Sacred to Canadian Hearts and Replete With Interest Alike to the Historian and the Industralist—Nature’s Masterpiece and Man’s scape in Ontario. the Niagara distric: for the 1c.. time Our native 3»!, Pastings County, is nitty and roc<7, with chains of pretty litle lakes and streams; winding reads show beautiful vistas waich we love. But tne beauty of Niagara has # charm and fase.nation entiiety dif- ferent. We are visiting friends in Toronto and took the C.N.R. boat one morn- ing for Port Dalhousie. There the electric car stood waiting to convey us to Niagara Falls. It was a marvel and a joy, that ride. The roadbed is so smooth—and the countryside! Level pastures broken by acres and acres of peach orchards and vineyards. Low and branchy are the peach trees with long, graceful, light-green leaves. The grapevines are trained over wire fences, in rows abovt ten-feet apart, the ground carefully cultivated, not a By Frances Lee ‘here is a great diversity of land- Colborne on Lake Erie and Port Wel- We noticel it par- twiJarly th> other :'.y when we saw ler on Lake Ontario. The new canal will be twenty-five miles long, short- ening the distance between the lakes by five miles. te We stop at some good-sized towns on. our way, Merritton and Thorold are two names noticed, bustling cen- tres of activity in the midst of the lovely fields and orchards. Near Thor- old was fought the Battle of Beaver Dams, where the British withstood the attack of American troops. and won a victory on June 24th, 1813. Every foot of ground down to Niag- ara-on-the-Lake echoed to the tramp of marching men in the troublous days of 1812-1814, when our heroes fought and died that Canada might remain a part of Britain. River As we near the Niagara we see another and more wonderful industrial project. It ‘has the appearance of an enormous ‘ditch in which men, who look like small black beetles, are at work, op- erating a mighty electric shovel lift- 83 to 35¢c cooking, 22 to 24c. Dressed poultry—Snring chickens, 402; roosters, 20c; fowl, 80c; duck- lings, 35c; turkeys, 60c. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 30c; roosters, 16c;. fowl, 2c: ducklings, 80c; turkeys, 50c. Eges—No. 1, 89c; selects, 41 to 42c; eartons, 43 to 44c, Beans—Canadian, hand-pick, bus., $2.85 to $3; primes, $2.40 to $2.50. Maple products—Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5 imp. gals., $2.35. Maple sugar, lbs., 19 to 22c. Honey—-60-30-lb. tins, 19 to 20e per Yb.; 5-2%4-lb. tins, 20 to 21c per lb.; Ontario comb honey, at $7 per 15- section case, Smoked meats—Hams, med., 36 to 38¢; heavy, 80 to 81c; cooked, 54 to $13.50; sows and heavies, $6 to $7. —_—_—--—e-—--—- Upper Silesia Freed of Rebels A despatch from London says: —The evacuation of Upper Sil- esia by the insurgent forces was officially completed at midnight Wednesday, according to a Lon- don ‘limes despatch from Katto- witz. British forees, it is added, now occupy the Polish frontier as far as Beuthen, while the french are Shipping on the Welland Canal. in control of Kanigshutte, Kat-| weed to he seen. ‘ ; Some of these orch- towitz and the southern region. ards and vineyards extend as far as BUCKINGHAM PALACE COURT the eye can reach. Leaning back in the comfortable seat beside the wide window, the rush of scented air against our faces, we revelled in the beauty of the scene. The first town we reachedewas St. Catharines, famed for lovely gardens: HOLDS FIRST FUNCTION SINCE 1914 A. despatch from London says:—The first court ball since 1914 was. riven at Buckingham Palace on Thursday night im honor of the King and Queen of the Belgians, It was the only function of the present London sea- #0 Whigh recalled the splendor and gaiety of the days before the war. There were 2,000 guests, and the old aristocracy of England, many of whom now belong to a class known as the “new poor,’ came out of their enforced retirement for the occasion. Their women folk eame decked in’ those jewels which are family heir- looms and which have been treasured aespite present hard times in hopes of happier days to come, and as full} uniform or court dress was de rigeur! Roses everywhere, larkspur and holly- hocks; they bloom earlier here than down east. Roses also at.the farm houses; the wire fencés were covered for men, the scene was one of dazzl- ing brilliancy. By Queen Mary’s orders long trains and feathers in the hair, ‘which used to be distinguishing char-| “° acteristics of court dress for women, with. them. | had been done away with, and the gen-| A gezy Paneer meanders through eral feminine view was’ that the in-| ‘Me rich meadows; it is the oldest of novation was “all to the good.” | the Welland canals. We crossed the | Most of those whom Queen Victoria| eremens sh ye ea okie nk splat | called common Duchesses, to distin- |; a Fan ee Nigh te se od arent | uish them from members of the! baat cage Rig age AS arable Royal family who have Ducal title, | ford passage to ocean liners and con- were present, and among them the| 2¢ct UP the whole of the Great Lakes American-born Duchess of Roxburgh , System with the Atlantic Ocean. attracted special attention by her | a newe at! be Bg he -ateg fe csohe oe dress and ornaments. ' Erie to Lake Ontario and the new girls present no one ‘canal will have only seven locks in- Of the young) looked more | charming that Miss Megan Lloyd stead of twenty-five as in the present George, daughter of the Premier, ira | system Fhe Canadian National: Mlec- frock of white satin and silver lace. ing eight cubic yards of earth with one scoop and leading it on a car seventy feet above the level on which the shovel stands. _It is the Chippewa- Queenston Power Canal.. This amaz- ing engineering enterprise is 12% miles long with the intake at Hog Island, Chippewa, about two miles above Niagara Falls and the tailrace on the Niagara River about a mile above Queenston, The power house to be located at the bottom of the gorge will be the greatest in the world. Seven thousand men are at present engaged on this gigantic work, the number at times has reached nine thousand. The canal is expected to develop 300,000 horse-power and is costing between forty and fifty mil- lion dollars. It will be in full opera- tion next year. Presently the car reaches the rail- road bridge at the head of the Whirl- pool Rapids and, turns north towards ‘the Falls. A few minutes of eager expectation and the boom of the mighty cataract sounds. in our ears. Then we see white clouds of spray ascending in a giant mist, the rain- orvte Rockies — Some Beauties of the + The Chateau Lake Louise, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canadian weekly newspaper men on their — —) <r — a + ape The Editors of the Canadian .. the grandest scenery in the world. This is the Fraser River Canyon, B.C. tour of the West, | i a weekly newspapers travelling on the C. P. BR. passed some of bow arched above; the Falls in all their: grandeur and majesty before our wondering eyes. As Fanny Kemble says: “T saw Niagara. O God! describe that sight?’’ One recalls also what Tom Moore wrote in 1804: “I have. seen the Falls, and am all rapture and amazement. I felt as if approaching the residence of the Deity; the tears started to my eyes; and I remained, for moments after we had lost sight of the scene, in the delicious absorption which en- thusiasm alone can produce. It is impossible by pen or pencil to give even a faint idea of -their magnifi- cence. Painting is lifeless, and the most burning words of poetry have all been lavished upon inferior and ordinary subjects. We must have new combinations of language to describe the Falls of Niagara.” We spent the day viewing the Falls from different aspects and at six o’clock took the C.N.R. radial again for the hour’s return ride to Port Dalhousie and the Toronto boat. HALF A MILLION IDLE IN ITALY Who can has now half a million unemployed, a large number considering her indus- trial limitations. It is calculated this figure means at least 2,000,000 in- habitants affected by the present crisis. The Government must face workmen’s subsidies to the value of a billion lire yearly, and payment will begin at the earliest possible moment. * At the same time an effort to limit: unemployment and prevent pauper- ization is being made in another di- rection. Public works on a large scale are to be undertaken, including road- making, bridge-building and the erec- tion of cheap ‘houses, especially in Southern Italy, where unemployment grows among the agricultural popula- tion, though general industrial depres- sion is responsible for the greater part of the unemployment, the fact re- Canadian News in Brief — Victoria, B.C.—It is estimated that gold production in British Columbia this year will aggregate $3,500,000, or nearly one million better than last year. The Rossland Mines, which now in use and sales for 1921 will | piobably reach the 7,500 mark, Ottawa, Ont.—A total of 268,000,000 young whitefish were liberated in the Great Lakes and the Lake of the =| | | : } { A despatch from Rome says:—lItaly ' Woods by the Dominion fisheries | branch during the past year. This is | an increase of 50,000,000 on the num- | ber liberated by the hatcheries in 1920. | A large proportion of the eggs are se- | cured from the commercial catch of | fish, which, but for the activities of | yielded gold to the value of around $600,000 last year, will have an out- put this year of $1,500,000. The next largest producer will be the Surf In- let Mine, of Princess Royal Island, with a production of about $1,000,000. Calgary, Alta.—The United Farm- ers of Alberta, the premier agricultur-' the Department, would be wasted. al society of the province, has of late! Montreal, Que—An optimist fore-_ years increased in-its membership by|¢ast of the possibilities of Canadian | leaps and bounds, now numbering, ‘tade with Italy is contained in a re- | 82,000. agent in Milan, Italy. Writing to the | - 'establishment of the new service to: Regina, Sask.—The first Better Bun, Naples and Genoa by the Canadian train to be operated in Canada will be! pacific he points out that conditions run by the Livestock branch of the ae particularly favorable for Can- Saskatchewan Department of Agri-| adian traders and urges personal culture in connection with the cam-' visits as well as exports of goods. paign for the improvement of sires | Fredericton, N.B.—Interest has beer used in herds and flocks of this, groysed here over the revort that the province, according to an announce- Anglo-Persian Oil Company, of which ment made by J. G. Robertson, live-| the British Government is the con- stock commissioner. This experiment trolling shareholder, will develaa tre of carrying purebred bulls to the 6i)-shale deposits in this province. It farmer is being tried out on a fairly | is understood that large sums have small scale this year in Saskatchewan,! peen spent on these dercsils, cnd that and if it proves successful, it is eX-) capital is available to undertake largre- pected that Better Bull specials will! -caie production should markets ap- operate in all parts of the province, pear favorable. cS } next year. Yarmouth, N. S.—Approximately Winnipeg, Man.—Last year 10,279\ twenty thousand cratc: of live leb- tractors were sold in Western Canada, | sters have been shipped from this distributed as follows: Manitoba, 3,-| point to Boston during the past sea- 671; Saskatchewan, 4,229; Alberta,! son, where they have been'‘disposed of 2,379. The number of tractors sold in, at an average price of $25 per.erate. the West during the past four years| The fishermen netted on titis operation: is as follows: 1917, 5,000; 1918, 7,000;) after deducting transportation 1919, 9,000; 1920, 10,279. It is esti-| charges and commission about $400,- ' mated that there are 338,000 tractors 000. PETS < Smee oe : apigntes - : , - p> baerbienieall ease ; Suear KK Rord mains that America’s new immigra- ugar Keeps borceaux, tion laws are hitting Southern Italy| That granulated. sugar will keep very- hard, and causing all the un-| Bordeaux spray mixture from ' de- employment in agricultural regions. | teriorating is the discovery cf. the utente oe laa — lle ” ' pe a | tric Line runs to both terminals, Port ree ee “ sa At = he ue E Seed So iy Oregon Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion, It is well known by orchardists By Jack Rabbit . —_ WH WITH ME = SREAT EXERC DON) “OU COME FISHING TS THE EXERCISE THAT'S BUNK! WHERE DOES ey a COME (N ” Ch “ ww “4 yo be MAS fae ta ee | — 4 tin rs aN / y mare ae Pe aPecishinuit ? =f) sf —— ei) = ¢ 4 | Fae digs ht : ae fo% OTe eae he See he ae OS A a ol oe ‘Ts a Great Life If You Don’t Weaken that. Bordeaux becomes alimostoworth- less used shortly after: heing mixed. This trouble can be overcome by adding one-eighth ounce of wrans ulated sugar’ dicwolved. in water for bach of copper sulphate Gblue ae, | tena) ae oe L.-T i | pound vitriol or bluestone) used, Whe? sugar fas ITS A GREAT , | LIFE \F YOUR | WEAKEN § /,°? - 24 g is used in the proportion mentioned | the spray mixture will not spoil on account of a breakdown or delay on. | account of rain. Mor a two-hundret-rallon tank of 6-6-50 Bordeaux, which. will require twenty-four pounds. of. bluestone, dis- solve three ounces~. (seven heaving teaspoons) of sugar in alittle water and add slowly to. the tank of . spray, agitating until. thoroughly mixed, Too much sugar must not herused: Por small amounts of spray, dissolve one well-rounded, “but: not héaping, tea- spoon of sugar in-one quart of water, | then use at the rate of one-half pint) | of this solution for each pound of: i blyestone going into the amount of — oe aw eS - —_ — so 7 sg a CT es Bae eT ts ae ae ee SERA yo ee ee a ee ee ca pe oe 4 : eae ee Se ES EY, OST Ra a en ee Pe ey a Bordéaux required. i! mal : a