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2A6! 2. Newfoundland was long known as the “Ancient Colony” and, though no longer a colony on the former sense, is sometimes still referred to as such. Although lying alongside of Canada, as if guarding the mouth of the St. Lawrence, its relations with Canada were never intimate. Its industrz was essentially based unnn tho charipg, nnnn which at upon the fisheries, upon which at least eighty per cent of the papula- tion is dependent. Its exports for all the year consists mainly of fish in some form. Of recent years it has developed an iron industry of considerable proportions, its iron deposits being the chief source of supply for the Nova Scotia iron and steel works. There has also been developed a pulp and paper indus- try under- the control of .the North- clifl‘e interests. ' Newfoundland was represented at the Charlottetown and Quebec con- ference by Sir Ambrose Shea, pro- bably the most prominent figure in the colony’s recent history, and Honourable B. F. T. Carter, Speaker 01‘ the Island Parliament. Their re- port in favour of union was defeat- ed by two to one, and only once has there been a proposal to re-Open. the question. Even to-day on the Island there is a sort of supersti- tious dread about discussing the: question at all. The one occasion referred to was in 1895, when 3 del- egate came from Newfoundland to discuss the entrance of that colony into the Dominion. It was not be- cause the people there wanted Conâ€" federation. as a matter of fact at that time they were Opposed to it in sentiment. As stated by the Hon- ourable George Shea. nephew. of Sir Ambrose, in an interview. it apâ€" peared inevitable on financial grounds-«Newfoundland was very hard up.â€"-and it was upon these grounds. alone that the negotiations cundncted on our side by Sir George Foster, then Minister of Finance. were based. The latter did not. wish in assume liability which the pi'nposals 0f the delegates seemed to involve and the negotiations fell through. Various «minions have been ex- pressed as to why Newfoundland did nnt. cnme in in the first place. TVVn time been z’ldVancod, both of “him. vach in its O\\Il VV'za) ac- cuunt tm it. The hauiy folk 01‘ the viii CHIUHV did not liko t0 giVn up their inilépendence in the matter 0: Codedaation all After- Sixty Years of ’ Progress ‘v-ua-u ‘ -V, g1:'1~V1111i11:.' tt111i1 oVVn atl'airs. But tl111e VV as another reason. St. 51111113 is the 11.11111n111r1 ial metrlo 111li5 as VVell as the capital of .\eI.'V1foun1_.llan1l and the most influential opposition eame from the merchants of that (‘ltV. TheV VV11'e certain of their trade as it. was. but were afraid of losing that «11551111111 position under 1111111111l11ratio11. They were, afraid i11d1111d.ot‘ the merchants 11f Halitax. henmaphically. it belong~ to Can- 111la. .\l111'1111'.V'111 standing as it does as a sentinel 1111 the Atlantic to the meat mainland shores. it hasa stra- t11gic and commercial Value of 1'1 eat importance to Canada and the Em- pix-.11 If. liOVVeVer. the Ancient Gol- onV 11V111 enters Confederation. it VVill he 01 its 1'1VV11 free. VVill. It may be ‘hat the 111cent decision of the Judicial 1.11mmittee Of the PriVy 1 .mmcil VVl1ich has ""i\ en .‘1eVVfound- land a substanthial portion of what. VV11J~7 lHngaVa ceded to Quebec, VVilI hiing: about. negotiations faVounable to union. THE ROMANCE OF THE YUKON CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND The discovery of placer gold, in the. closing years of the. last, century on the Klondike River. a tributary 01' the mighty Yukon, was Canada’s greatest national romance. ‘0 \ The credit for the Yukon's discov- ery is now generally given to Rob- ert Henderson, an old pioneering miner. although (Larmiack, who was luckier than Henderson insomuch as he made a fortune. whereas Hen- derson did not. is sometimes mis- takenly mentioned as the discover- (‘1'. The news of the discovery in June, 1896. tiltered out into the world, and in 18.97 the rush started. Some tried to' reach the new camp overland from Saskatchewan and Alberta, and. decimated in numbers and Shattered in health. reached the northl'and after a year of hardships. Others proceedei‘t from Seattle and Vancouver tit‘teen hundred miles up the Pacitic to Dyea and Skagway, crossed the Chilcott Ranges on foot and floated five. hundred miles. down the Yuknn an improvised boats and rafts. II I ( .j. Canada has reason to be proud of her Yukon administration. The Royal Northwest Mounted Police, as the force was then called. was early on the scene and policed the country in a manner that gave safe- ty and stability to the new camps. The late William Ogilvy. who had spent many years in the northland for the Dominion Government, was appointed governor ‘of the new territory. Governed at. first by a council. appointednby Ottawa, the -AA‘ newly opened territory was soon given a measure of home rule gov- ernment. A railway was built from the Pacific to White Horse and a line of steamers soon plied on the Yukon. By this time there were regular sailings between Seattle. Vancouver and Skagway, and thus within three or four years of the first rush to this isolated hinter- land travellers could journey in the greatest comfort to the heart of the newly opened territory. At the same time the Dominion Government built an overland telegraph line, north from Ashcrot’t in British Columbia to Dawson, giving the new territory A -_.â€".--‘QAA‘:A“ uu‘VUVDD’ C- . .._ a‘i’rect telegrapfic communication with the outerwqudru â€"-__A_ â€"Afi‘n ”WU UL lev vâ€"-- .. _rv _ _ mitive metMiBJt was in 190545:- 1905 that the first of the big dredges was shipped north, and these, working in the vast river bottoms during the hundred days from frost to frost, gouged daily out of the gravel some five dollars’ worth of virgin gold. .It was some six years after the‘ discovery that the gold production of Yukon reached its highest and‘ from that time, in spite of other discoveries outside the watershed of the Klondike River, the on ut steadily declined. The ,Klon 'ke gold deposits were of a Iavishness that is . only uncovered once or twice in a century. .To-day Dawson and the Yukon Territory is peopled by a“ few white people, some of whom reached the northland short- ly after the ori -'nal . discovery. These men are stil hoping for an- other “Klondike”. at which they Will be among the first on the ° scene. The hopes of those who still remain in the north awaiting another gold discovery, are not unreasonable. In the vast area of aYukon, icehound for over twoâ€"thirds of each year, there must still be hidden vast deposns of gold that time and chance will yct uncover. CONSERVING THE FOREST . The whole of Canada was covered with forest,â€"The prairie of course was not then in Canada. Before a farmer could plow an acre of land he had to destroy an acre of lforest, saving only enough logs to build a house and barn. W‘hen he had cleared as much land as he had any ambition to cnltivate,‘he spared The forest. was an enemy, to the early settler in Canada, a heavy handicap. Toâ€"da'y it is one of our most valued assets, yielding a har- vest only second to that of our farms. ETitfiERfibH iot, just to'keefi-up a supply of firewood and fencing, with sugar from the maples. ' he trees that he cut when clear- ing, he burned. Presently he found that, wood ashes, properly saved, had a cash value,â€"they were used in making soap. These ashes were the first cr0p, and often the only crop for years that a pioneer farm- er had to sell. - As villages and towns arose, and little ships were built, a lumber in- dustry grew up, but slowly, till the beginning of the 19th century. Then it went ahead by leaps and bounds, for Napoleon’s conquest of Europe threatened to cut ofl’ the supply of timber from the Baltic for the Bri- tish navy, and the mother country stimulated the supply from Canada by heavy duties on the foreign ar- ticle. These duties finally vanished in 1860; but when the Dominion eame into being seven years later the lumber industry was standing strong on its own feet. Since then, despite occasional set‘ backs, the woodworking industry has made enormous strides. Other materials have taken the place of wood, but wood has also taken the place of other articles. Canada’s net forestry production in 1924 was val- uml at $311,265,874 including $78,- 309,517 in logs for lumber, $52,036,â€" 749 in saw-mill products. $44,241,584 in puipwood, and $46,082,388 in pulp mill products. 01' Canada’s total manufacture that year nearly one fourth or $300,’25,516 consisted of wood and paper. In the first year of Confederation our exports of‘l'or- est product including $551,958 in manufactured articles of wood, were valued at $18.814,188; in the year 1925-6 they amounted to $279,â€" 917.656. 0mm PAPERS’ OPINIONS Thornton On The Press It is not the custom of the daily press to go about seeking tributes to its honesty and integrity; nor are such tributes a common occurrence in the routine of the newspaper world. But when a public man of such prominence as Sir Henry Thornton sees fit to testify to the fair play he has received at the hands of the newspaper and news- ipaper men of Canada, there is legi- 'timate excuse for expressing satis- faction. Sir Henry evidently pick- ed his words for they reveal a deâ€" liberateness that it not accidental. He said, in an address at Winnipeg yesterday: “It is my honest opin- ion that no country has a more courageous, a cleaner, a fairer, more honest press than the Dominion of Canada.” That is high eulogy in- deed, and coming from a man who has often been the target of severe criticism in the press, it is all the more significant. -. The Montreal Star, among other newspapers, has had occasion from time to time to differ from Sir Henry Thornton on matters of pub- lic moment. But it would be worse than ungracious on our part not to acknowledge the gracefulness 0:? his tribute to the press of this Dominâ€" ion. Sir Henry is a man who can give and receive hard knockswith- out any feeling of animus. He has the courage of his convictions at all times, and what he says he means. If the newspapers of Canada are fair. it must be said also that men of Sir Henry Thornton‘s stamp make the work of newspaper criticism a less irksome and less embarrassing task than it might easily be, and make it possible to oppose the pol- icy of a great railway chief while holding the man himself in the highest esteemâ€"Montreal Star. The Flag Que§tion The Owen Sound Sun-Times in an editorial on August 19 says “All .are agreed that the English Ensign must continue to be the basis of the Can- adian Flag. The only question is as to what it is to carry on the fly.” From the tone of the article we gather that the Owen Sound editor is not averse to a distinctive design] for a flag for Canada. The article is somewhat on a par with many such published in the Toronto Star during the past few years. It is rather curious that while certain publications are forever harping on the adOption of a flag for Canada and at the same time protesting tht the question must not be made a political football yet, those who ad- vocate the movement. appear to be all on one side of the fence. It is curious too that these same jour- nals, with few exceptions, are also advocating the adoption of “0 Can- ada” as the National Anthem of this country. The very words of the song deny it a place in even the suggestion of a change. “We stand on guard for Thee.” How much do we stand on guard for Canada? A generous estimate places the pro- portion of protection that. we pay at two cents per annum for every hu- man in the Dominion. The Liberal party, whenever it has been in power, has consistently impover- ished not only what Canada possess;- es in the way of a navy but any future prospects of maintaining de. fence for our coasts and the militia estimates have been pared down so that. the land defence is not much more than a skeleton. “We stand on guard for thee." Who is it that stands on guard for Canada? None but the British taxpayer. He it is who is paying to protect our sea routes and who would be called upon to defend us if we were atâ€" tacked from the air or upon land. The old Union Jack for a flag and “God Save the King” for a national anthem are all we need and it is high time that the hypocrisy of certain sections of the Canadian press were abated. In the wordsof the vulgar tongue, let them put up or shut up.â€"â€"Shelburne Free Press. knot on the hip. The blouse has long tight sleeves which are handed at the cufi with the darker shade of the material. These darker bands besides borderâ€" ing the kerchief are around the hem of the skirt and where the blouse terminates at the hip line. The skirt is knife pleated. With the dress is worn a small hat of French felt to match the lighter shade of the material and has be- side the hand of grosgrain ribbon, the small animal motif on the crown. NEW NIGHT RIDING PAUL REVERE SEEN IN RUSSIAN FILM Thrilling Scene Pictured in Photo- play “The Volga Boatman”. Quiet. night at a village on the Volga River, Russia, is shattered by a twentieth century Paul Revere, who shouts from a motorboat “reâ€" volution, we are free”. Immediate- ly the town awakes, cartloads of mixed, ragged uniforms, offsized and antiquatod guns are passed outâ€"and a Red Army composed of peasants takes the field. Such is one of the striking, color- in] scenes of Cecil Dc‘ Mille’s pro- duction, “The Volga Boatm'an” which is his second independently directed offering for Producers Disâ€" tributing Corporation and which will be shown at the Veterans’ Star Theatre next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It is part of the color- ful dramatic fabric of the most rc- markable revolution of modern times against which plays a throb- bim. \‘irile love story between a rough Vo ga Boatman, a human mule pullina' craft along the river, and a high- )orn aristocrat, a prin- cess of the blood. De Mille declares it “the greatest screen romance I have ever done.” A Ketchiof Collar A .list of historical news items pubhshed by “Der Montag”, Berlin, Gelimany. statesz .mnn - -I..:...L A! UUL WGLIJ, uwyvv - That as late as 1739 a sleightpof- hand artist was \put on the rack In Poland ‘until he confessed in witch- craft. , ~ _ _ . That in 1799 complaining against the Government Was punished in Denmark with two weeks in jail on a diet of bread and water. -1. That when 3. Col. Schumacher 0f- fered the first coal for sale he was threatened with arrest “for having fraudulently attempted to sell black stones for fuel.” He managed to escgpe by the skit}. of his teth. ‘1‘ LI__ ‘A‘A vuvurv ”J V"; ~â€"â€"___ V” _ That the executioner of the late Prince-Bishop of Bamherg prided himself on having executed 1,600 in- dividuals. The executioner died in To drink a cup is a revolution. Try it. mo' DE’JANEI no The Royal Bank of Canada Durham Branch - I- A- Rowland, Manager I .Thnflm. September 1. 1937 He was an elder of his kirk in a small Scottish town. and had con- suited a specialist about his health, Told that he had. a floating kidney he was much disturbed, for the complaint had all the terror of mys- tery. prayers of the congregation might, be ofi‘ered. . “I don’t know,” said the minister. “I am afraid that at the mention of a floating kidney the congregation might laught’:_ f A- 1---..1- -1". ___- ”Dc--- -â€"'o__' “I see yothing to laugh at,” re- plied the sufferer. “It was only last. Sabbath that you prayed for loose .“A man was brought to_ us at the 01mm today who had qulte forgot- ten that, he was mappied.” _ livers; vâ€"- vâ€"â€"‘ â€" “Give me his address at once. I must ask him how he manamd it BARCELONA This Mummy mumi snmv light rain ha< enough tn du min-h Thu majm-ily aw \\ rain as summm tall ground arr had!) in I A few ul' uur 'l‘m't \‘isilurs \Vcrv: Mr. 111 Mclman and daughh! 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