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Pl“. ’cds International Fixed Calendar Wants Leap-Day As 8th Day in Last Week of June To Be Called “Leap-Day” Is this 1935 Feb. 29 to be the Iasté Leap-Day to leap into that locationei asks a dispatch from New York.l There is a possibility and even a! strong; mobility that it is, because1 the Leaguor of Nation's Special Committee appointed to recommend the best means for improving the Calendar. will from Mar’ch 1, con- sider tin. pl'OpOSalS of the Inter- national Fixed Calendar League to move Leap-Day to be June 29 in the improved Calendar of 4-week months they aro- ux'ging all nations to adopt on Jan. l. l928, before next Leap- Day CUII‘H'S m that year. The lntvrnational Fixed Caléndar League: wants Leap-Day to be incluoiml as an extra 8th day, in thc‘ tast \u Wk oi June. to be named Leap- Day uni}. without any \u-vkâ€" day name» and 'lutvd June 29, in Leap- )‘i'ars. 'l‘lio-y advocate that it should bi» mailc- an international holiday, bmraiisc- it is an extra day beyond the 36.3 clays tit ordinary years. 'l‘lioy duvlarw that. it now inflicts injustice upon all yo-arly salaried and monthly paiil \Vtil’kt‘t" throughout tho" world. who in” that iii-foot in the (Zali'mtar aw l'wrm'd M work each Leap-Day l'm' unilmm. Allow y-mx‘ nt‘ practical inwstig- Minus. the Fixml Calendar Lvugue‘ mrmmws in NW different, nations urc‘ mmnm-cl that the office wnrk etc" nmx' olmw .Hn l.v:1p-Day.(.~tmld b0 hvttvr clnno- un the Munday following. as xxnt'loznl's would tlu'n rvsumv .luli.-< mum» Vigulxx-¢>usly aftm' beings: r-wn,m'2:t.e,-(l by the Saturday after-â€" mum. Imamâ€"fray and Sunday lhvy c-mzltl tho-n mostly Spf‘ml in the lm‘lgumling fresh air. during that must glorious part of the ymfr. Leapâ€"Uzi)“ as an internatimalli hoiiday would be of little benit’it on :\ Feb. 29th when the weather is usuatiy about the worst in the yum-J The late British King dexard \‘Il.l_ used good sense when he found th: t ll he was born in November, \vlm‘. ( weather for National Celebratimm i was so had that. it would be better \ to cell-hrate his birthday in .llillt‘.3S 1 was done all through his reign. { Apparentlv the reason VVh} Leap- z [My happened to be dumped d-mn t on Felt. 29th by the Rom-w Caesar» :1 was. that l’eh. 28th ended mlinary ': y .-i::.-<. so Leapâ€" Day hooked "l! in ‘nel ' .‘lll‘ :ltitith day in Leap-years. .9"; Vet». will. i Since then the beginning of years? has ehanged to January 1. and nearlv ‘ 3AM“ years time elapsed since Roma's l Caesars made their crude mistakes; in their basis of forming our eatenâ€"2 :iar. 'l'iw Fixed t‘lzilendar League} elm-Hires we need to improve the! Calendar to meet. the requirements of our generation. Therefore their; Dir-'rlol'. Moses H. tintswm'ih. is now 2 speeding: across the Atlantic to! GereVa. to help the League of Nations Committee and the Stand- ardizwgiun Ce‘vnu'uittees in the leading; nations of Europe to internationally (levise the best possible plan fort Humming the Calendar. by fixingr l~lzi>ter and all day-names to permâ€" an. nt. «fates. 'l’he fixing of leap-Day‘s in.’~.‘.ertion1 dates in years, has puzzled designersi of calendars more than 53.000 years.‘ The Leap-Day error of the. (Ieasars caused ll Leap-Days too many to be. inserted between 46 B. C. and 1752 A. D. when the it days had to be left out which changed George Washington‘s birthday from Feb. 11 to Feb. 22 on which we celebrate it. That accumulating error increased to 13 days by 1923. at the end of which most nations of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. left out 13 days‘ when they adopted the Gregorian Calendar. in preparation for the final change in 1928. Only. NOT TO BE RBGBBTTED. \h‘ (Ehairmfili’ said the vorator mama interruptions and so much ribaldry from all parts of the hall that, I can scarcely hear myself spoakiug." u" A. g‘mn l‘lllr‘. Coming Home to Boost. { (Brook‘yn Eagle.) France has made a profound mis- take in carrying on with a dishonest budget for the past five years. Graft, and waste were encouraged by the s ogan. “The Germans “Will Pay." Twâ€"tlay the. nation is waking up to the truth that, although Germany has been ruined, France has also hmn injured by the same policy “hich brought that ruin le-ut. ’ Thursday, larch 13, um (1.â€"â€"\\- hat is Canadian Alsike? :tâ€"(lanadian Alsike is a kind of hax that is tpr’oving suitable for cultuw in Canada. in fact, it is claimed to be the best in the world, and is in increasing demand thmugho 1t Europe. It was brouglit Originalh tn Canada from Sweden. Alsike is closely allied to Timothy. (1â€"4“ here does Alberta stal relatix e_l_y in daiuing p1 éduction? Aâ€"Atberta is steadily increasing hor dairy production, now taking first place among the western provâ€" inces in butter production and third place in the Dominion. The cream buttm- production in 1923 was 18.?»00.fl'\(| lbs and 1.500.000 pounds 0f Cht't'b't'. Not only has the dairy out- put of this province increased in quantity but in quality as well. Landing of Selkirk Settlers. Q-â€"«\\'hcn did tlu- sclkit‘k settlers land in Winnipeg? __ __ _ ;\.â€"â€"’l‘he first Selkirk settlers; for tlu- Red River valley of Manitoba sailmi from Stornoway, Scotland, on July :6, 1811, reaching York Factory on thv 24th September. 1811. where they wintered. They continued their journey to the RH! River valley on tlw 6th of July. 1812. and after much suffering and hardship. the advance party vouched its destination on 30th Hf August. 1812. The journey of 728 milvs from York Factory to tho [pH-firm sito- of tho city of '\\'innipvg was madv in .35) days. AI ”a 'l'ht- sew-0nd party «if settlers. including \vnmvn and children, l'i'm'hmltllv "Land ufPl'nmiSP” 011 Hu- 27th nf Hoinlwr. iSIi’. .-\.--~.\mung_: ('nuntrirs which have been granted women‘s suffrage, are in additiun to Canada. United States fire-at Britain. Australia, New Zeal- aml. Uprniany. Finland. Poland, Austria. (lzechu-Slovia. Hungary, Holland. British East Africa, Beilgium. Rhtivdosia, Sweden. Norway. Mviivn. ’mssia, MC. .-\~â€"~;\l.-cox'ding to tho Dominion (Zensus Canada’s national net income in 1920. from various classes of prodâ€" uction and aftcr allowing for over- lapping totallml the large sum, 0! 83.681.948.905“ Manufactures led with $1.5? 2544,1935, followed by am'iculturc with $1,519,8i2376; for- l'stl‘y lhil'cl. $408,831,482 mining. 333.041.3952 construction. 133,87 4,056: Q‘ll‘l‘tl’ll‘ pnwvl‘. 9565305,“). cuslom :msl n-puil'. $33,962.896g fishe'révs .1- AH‘I‘. 0).“ . Canada’s National Net. Income. . (3. - \\'h:1* is Canada's National Net mrnmv? _ , -x V Women’s. Suffrage. â€" n....-\\ hut cmmtx‘ivs tum) Lwcn :mntml \wmw'ns suffrag, v? I any,“ ‘ ‘;Q' and trappmg. \ L v .. . . . O- film-How old is the aulum'mlo? .\- 'l‘lw first, aulnmbilo was sold in lS‘JtLrâ€"a quartm‘ of a coal-mm; ago. During Hu- first. year only ‘21 cars \x'vx'o' will. 'l‘lw growth of the i::«‘il‘>l1‘)' *lllm‘ lhvn has been won- derful. Canada has a million cars, nr “up In t‘\(‘1'}' nine of the? popu- lation. and Hw l’nitnd States has ten million cars. The Bank Of The Windmill ’(‘l--\\'lwti and whm-n was llw‘ Battle of the Windmill fought? .\~'l'lxe~ Hattlu- nf tlw Windmill was l'nughl «in Nuvvmbcr '13, 183830 Eastern n’;,)nt.zu~in. An historic tab- int null-king 21w spot reads: The Balilv nl' liw Windmill. '13, 1838. Pro l’utriu. ln nwmoryol’ Lioutvnam William Sli-atfm'd .‘luhnston. 83ml Rugimnnt. Lieutenant. Elias Duimagc. ,(hwwillv Militia, and {he non- ivummissinnml mm of “16' 83rd A ‘I - _- 9...; ‘nr-A-\ RP'lllMlii Rnyal Marines. Glengai'ry Highlamius. 9th Provincial Batt- alion. Dumias Militia. Grenville Militia and the Brockville and Prescott Independent. (Immianies. killvd in this action. "I‘m the present generation, possibly the name. “Buffalo Bull” does not IH'IUIIIE llxunv. n-au.v-.- w- _. the l'nited States Goyernment. Col. Cody died some years ago and is bur- ied out near Colorado Springs. 001., in the ground he loved so well, and within sight of Pike's Peak. up whose steep sides he often rode in his reconnoitering expeditions. The following poem is taken from last week‘s issue of The Billboard, alidds‘ by Henry Polk Lowenstein : ’ I Stood at the grave of Bufl‘alo Bi‘ll, High on the mountain crest, . lAnd bowed my head in homage still ‘1 As the sun went. down in‘the West. g I thought of the hardships he had borne Away out on the plains As he sat in his saddle in the early morn And tightly held the reins. Again, I thought or the after years, Before child and man and king, How he drove away the frowns and tears . . With laughter‘s Joyous ring. I t I offered up a silent prayer For his soul that had gone before, {\nd in vision saw the golden stair That led him to the door. The Celestial Portal opened wide To receive the honored guest, And. bowing 10w. he stepped inside ' To his home of eternal rest. , Illt’dll IIL|IUII’â€"â€"lnvu..‘y v;--_-<_;- ' falo Bill (Col. \V. F: body) “as a r931 man. and in the 605 and :05 was he‘lping makn hlstory as a Scout 0! ."Il , l A - nA-vnnnmnn* nnl THE GRAVE 0P BUFFALO BILL The Age Of The Auto Dairying in Alberta stand n, w) mssionur ans In Jones , {'13 m cum or cnnu (London Advertser.) “the curse of China.” ‘ That 5 what W. A. Minshaév; mis- sionary, says of Hah-Jongg.M1;.Min- straw is 313311 of 18 years experi- ence in the Orient and he spoke to The Advertiser with an air of con- viction. .0- l “It is not Fan Ian that takes the Chinese popular fancy,” Mr. Min- shaw declared. “It has always been Mah Jongg. Opium is not half the' menace to Chinese progress as this amusing pastime which only recentâ€" ly took the imagination ot'Americ‘a. l “They‘ll gamble. their last ‘cash,’ and even their clothes playing the 'gamé.” he added. : Mr. Minshaw says the correct pl‘O- lmmciation of the name is phoneti- Ically, Maw Shong. It is spelled var- : iouslyâ€"Mah Jong, Mar Jung and Mah '; .longg. This white-haired, cultured mi;- sfon worker, with his w,ife stayed at the Tecumseh House Sunday. He comes from Pittsburg and is in Mon- treal to-day to take a boat to Eng- gland. Mah .iungg is the Chinese national game. Richshaw men squat on the ground in narrow lanes and side 31-. lays adjacent to their stands and wli'ile awaiting a call to servicv play intently with dirty docks. The "tilt-S" 0f hour and bamboo blocks aw too exiwnsiw for them to use. Mr. Minshaw, whu lived in Shang- lmi for two years, said ho never saw Chinese \vomcn’playing Man Jonggg‘ I'lngagmi in outside labor. working 0.“ an equality with .mvn am; at the name unskillvd vmplbyment, they have little Limo in vast. much loss to gamble. But. for the mom who plan. the losses. althmvrh infiniteâ€" Sim-a] \\ hen compared with those of this countm. are 1'(‘311V' hoaxier and KllUI‘O disastrous because thcv earn anywhere frum 35 c '1118 to JO cents 1m: DURHAM CHRONICLE ""112” ' .. 5 d3} in the treaty pails. of the East. The profit for Mah Jongg import- _,ers Mr. Minshaw. said, has been ex- traordinary. A man can buy at most any retail shop of the better class in the European qtarters of Shang- hai, which is the centre of the Chi- 'He was an honest man, and yet I never liked him very muchâ€"â€" His strict opinion of a debt. Was. one that pity couldn‘t touch. $30.00 or $40.00. IIGI, "H II." no Ill-V VV uv-v v- -â€" nese trade in Mah Jongg a set for $4.00 which wOuld retail here for He paid his hills. But that was all Of him that men could ever say; And those? \vh'o owed him, large or small, ~ ' ' To him were also forced to pay. I knew him for an honest manâ€"â€" I wish éomewhere that. I could find Along the/path his journey rap So bitterly he preséed each claim- That. looking back, it. seems to me He proved (I write it to his shame) How cruol van a Virtue be. Honnr is not enough to hold .- One mav be that and still remain Bitter oi heart. and icy cold. \ And deaf to every cry of pain. In honor-‘5 name a man may fail 'l‘n light, with joy one. dreary place “1' loziw along his selfish trail .-\ smiling 01‘ a fi-nindly face. Bv [mm-st, son of mine, and pay 'l‘hv final penny you may own: Imt. no man living of you say You do not some as you go. Sofne liitle proof that he was kind. BB HONEST AND KORE Bimâ€"In Béntinck, on March 10, to Mr. and Mrs. John Biggs, a. daygh- .Lake.â€"In Durham, March 11, . to Mr. and MIS. William Lake, a son. Sau'ndortâ€"In Durham Hospital, on Sunday, March 9, tq’Mr. and Mrs. Bert. Saunders, a son. ’ Gordonâ€"Very Suddenly. on Sun- day morning, March 9,1924, at. Pn- vate Pavilion, Toronto General Hos- pital. Joanna McLeod Gordon,‘of‘223 G’lenholme avenue, Toronto, beloved wife of the lat}: Alexander Gordon, formerly of Durham, (ML, and lat- terly of Weyburn, Sask. CARD OP THANKS ' ' , M1. W‘illiam Burnett and familx wish to com ey their heartfelt grati- tude for the kindness shoxm in the hours of sickness and death. which has cast. a deep gloom over the home. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS m CO-OPERAT|ON wrm ONTARIO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF COLONIZATION \wm. AGAiN ASSIST FARMERS IN szcumnc FARM HELP. HERE will be an urgent demand all over Canada this I year. If you need farm help applyearly. The Canadian National Railways Colonization and Devvbpmcnt Dr part- ment, through its representatives in Great Britain. Scandinavian and other European countries, offers :3 inc service to {arm-rs. Order our farm help as early as possible in order that they will reach Eanada in time for Spring. / BLANK APPLICATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ANY - A CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS AGENT DIED , {m J"; cit FARM HELP DEPARTMENT OF COLONIZAT‘DI AND DEVELOPHENI 0>2>U_>Z 2.5402)... 325238 30213)... 0cm. MISSES TRUAX ARE HAVING theix‘ first showing of Spring Millin- ery on Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15, 1 LOST. ~â€"â€"Black vacuum strap nurse, with name “Iva“ on plate. containing small amount of siiv'm \Vill finder please rvtum to 0mm ha Saun- ders. Durhqm. 3 13 find FARM FOR SALE.â€"{>3 ACRES 0N Gore A. Egremout. 92% miips east of Varney; easy. tvrms. Apply to Mrs. Rohvrt Mchokon. RR. 1. Vamey, Ont. 3 13 u BABY CHICKSâ€"4 AM NOW TAKING orders fur Baby Chicks. so would 3d- x‘isc all who rmm-mplato buying to {.1300 their on 01‘ val-By to insure get,- t.ing them at the time they desire. \Vhito Loghm‘ns', Whit“ \V’yandot-tos. and Barn-d Rocks. 20 cents each; $19.00 per lmndxwL-â€"-â€".\Irs. J. C. Heu- tlm‘son. Box 30. Durham. Out. 313 LI (Too m for Monica.) " PAGE FIVE