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The right of succession of the heirs of Fuad will be established by agreeâ€" ment between the Government and the new Sultan, 3 SULTANATE OF EGYPT OFFERED PRINCE FUAD A despatch from Cairo, Egypt says: â€"Although the order of succession to the Sultanate remains to be settled, the British Agent has called upon Prince Fuad, brother of the late Sulâ€" tan Hussein Kemal, to assume the dit-‘ nity. A despatch from London says:â€" The German state railways ar> faced with a great shortage of fuel and drastic limitation of traffic has begun, according to reports reaching here. The railroads propose to levy heavy excess fares on express trains so as to discourage all except unavoidable busiâ€" ness journeys. A large number of fast trains have been eliminated from the Winter time tables. The Wurtâ€" temberg railways will charge heavy excess fares for traffic on Saturdayl afternoons and Sundays. GERMAN RAILWAY3 curious crowds which surrounded the house all day long. A despatch from Petrograd says:â€" Nicholas Romanoff, the former Emâ€" peror of Russia, and his family have been â€"transferred from Tobolsk, Siâ€" beria, to the Abolak Monastery, fourâ€" teen miles from Tobolsk. The transâ€" fer was made at the request of the former Emperor. He complained that his Tobolsk prison had no garden in which he could exercise and also that he and his family were annoyed by the NICHOLAS ROMANOFF Mr. Hanna said that a member of | his staff had been in New York tryâ€"| ing to secure even a moderate snp-l ply, but had not succeeded. The last consignment of raw sugar for Can-l ada was now on its way here. Mr. Hanna said that the amount | He gave to the public, without comâ€" of raw sugar available for the reâ€" ment as usual, three brief cablegrams, finers in Canada and the United disclosing that more than a year beâ€" States was so small as to be the subâ€" |fore submarine piracy drove America ject of alarm in both countries. Dur-ito war the Berlin Government was ing the past ten days a crisis had deâ€" instructing Ambassador von Bernstorff veloped, but drastic measures were to arrange for destruction of Canadian being taken by the Departments Of'railrouda and to use Irishâ€"Americans Food Control at Ottawa and Wash-.in carrying on sabotage in their own ington to insure a steady supply. country. They showed, too, that von Cuba, since the war began, was the|Bernstorff on his part was even at world‘s main source of sugar, and the;that early date seeking authority to United States was in close contact | support a c.mpa'yn to influence Conâ€" with the Island, and Canada was not.'gress. nno uit £a u8 P L L age was hinted by Food Controller Hanna in the course of his address to the Housewives‘ League here on Thursday. CANDIES AND JAM. TO DESTROY CPR. The King of Italy, accompanied by the on the Italian front. 1 A ARE SHORT OF FUEL OBTAINS TRANSFER says:| A despatch from Washington says: _ the| â€"Secretary Lansing drew upon his nery , collection of secret German diplomatic hortâ€" | correspondence again to shed further roller | light upon what the German Foreign ‘ss to| Office and General Staff were doing in on this country while at peace with the | United States. Several mutinous outbreaks also are reported to have occurred among soldiers at the front. These were not of such a grave character, the deâ€" spatch says. â€" A despatch from London says: The prospects of a return to heavy fightâ€" ‘ing in Rumania with the allies the aggressors seem good. On the Ruâ€" , manian plain and near Braila the Rusâ€" |sians have heavily bombarded the \ Teutonic allied position, while the Germans in reprisal shelled the im-{ portant Danubian town of Galatz, their shells causing several fires. On the northern sector of~ the eastern front near Riga the Germans, followâ€"| ing a heavy bombardment, pushed back the Russians in the vicinity of the Pskoff high road. â€"~| Mutiny on German Warships A despatch from London says:â€"A revolutionary outbreak on German warships at Wilhelmshaven about six weeks ago is reported in a Centfl News despatch from Copenhagen..Th uprising is said to have bhad all the elements of a widespread and organizâ€" ed revolt, and to have been suppressâ€" ed only with the greatest difficulty. A despatch from Washington says: â€"An ample supply of fuel oil for the British navy was assured at a conferâ€" { ence between their Government repâ€" regentatives, Standard Oil officials and ‘members of the Shipping Board. Oil reserves in Great Britain have run so flow, the conference disclosed, that ‘many British warships have been forced to remain inactive. HEAVY FIGHTING IN RUMANIA WITH ALLIES THE AGGRESSORS To remedy this situation the Shipâ€" ping Board will rush construction of 58 oil tankers recently commandeered in shipâ€"building yards, and is considâ€" ering building at least 40 more. The problem, is entirely one of tonnage, as there is an abundance of oil on this side of the Atlantic. i'to war the Berlin Government was instructing Ambassador von Bernstorff to arrange for destruction of Canadian ,railroads and to use Irishâ€"Americans in carrying on sabotage in their own country . They showed, too, that von ; Bernstorff on his part was even at that early date seeking authority to | support a campa'yn to influence Conâ€" PLENTY OF FUEL OIL Italian Official Photo. Duke of Connaught, at a decoration FOR BRITISH NAVY The Doings 0 Ive Been here qurre a | WHYâ€"Aâ€" HE HAD A WHILE NoW THINKkING MR. | LOT OF Work AT DUFF WoULD GET HOME.| HC OFFICE ToxiGnt PoEs BE STAN OUT THis | AND RAD To STAY & wz VE d 1 Late very ‘ The Usual Amount. _ "I can tell you how much water runs over Niagara Falls to a quart," said the undergraduate. "Well, how much ?" asked his companion. _ "Two pints," announced the wellâ€"educated young man. ' Toronto, _ Oct. 16.â€"Extra _ choice heavy steers, $11.00 to $12.50; do., good ‘heavy, $11.00 to $11.50; butchers‘ catâ€" ‘tle, choice, $10.10 to $10.60; do., good, , $9.50 to $9.8%5; do. medium, $9.00 to {$9.35; do., common, $7.75 to $8.25; | butchers‘ bulls, choice, $8.30 to $8.75; | do., good bulls, $7.40 to $7.8%5; do., medium bulls, $8.85 to $7.10; do., rough | bulls, $5.00 to $6.00; butchers‘ cows, choice, $8.25 to $8.75; do., good, $7.50 to $7.175; do. medium, $6.60 to $6.75; stockers, $7.50 to $8.75; feeders, $8.50 to $9.25; canners and cutters, $5.00 to : $6.00; milkers, good to choice, $99,00 !to $125.00; do., com. and med. $75,00 to , $85.00; springers, $90,00 to $125,00; ‘light ewes, $11.00 _ co $12:00; lhee&). |heavy, $5.75 to $7.50; yearlings, 312. 0 to $13.00; calves, good to choice, $15.00 to $15.50; S;:rlnl lambs, $16.00 to $16.75; hogs, fed and watered, $18.75; (.!o;’. 1\svei¢hed off cars, $19.00; do., f.0.b., 17.15. Montreal, Oct. 16. â€"Bulls, â€"$6.50 to $6.175; cows, $5.25 to $5.50; steers, $9.50 to $10; fair, $8.75 to $9.25; common, 38.00 to $8.50; butchers‘ cow£, 86.50‘-;9 8.25; bulls, $7.00 to $8.50; Ontarfo lambs, $14.175 to $15.25; Quebec, $13.50 to $14.25; sheep, $8.00 to $9.50; choice milkâ€"fed calves, $13.50 to $14.50; lower grndes. $7.00 to $14.50; selected hogs, 18.75 to $19.25. x Minneapolis, Oct. 16.â€"Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, $1.81 to ‘1.83. ,Oatsâ€"No. _3 white, 564 to 574. Flour unchanged. Bran. $30 to $31. Duluth, Oct. 16. â€"Linseed, $3.02% to $3.04; arrive, $3.03%; October, $3.02%; November, $3.02; December, $2.97 askâ€" ed; May, $8.02 asked. Winnipeg, Oct. 16.â€"Cash prices :â€" Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $2.21; No. 2, do., $2.18; No. 8, do., $2.15; No. 4, $2.09; No. 5, $1.94; No. 6, $1.86; feed, $1.75. Oatsâ€"No. 2 C.W., 66¢; No. 3, do., 63¢:; extra No. 1 feed, 63ic; No. 1 feed, 62c¢; No. 8%, do., 61%c. Barleyâ€"No. 3, $1.20; No. 4, $1.15; rejected and feed, $1.10. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N.â€"W.C., $2.93%; No. 2 C. W., $2.874; No. 3, do., $2.164. Montreal, â€" Oct. 16.â€"Oatsâ€"Canadian Western, No. 2, 764c; No. 3, T5¢; extra No. 1 feed, T5¢; No. 2 local white, 72%¢; No. 3 local white, T1c. Barleyâ€" Manitoba feed, $1.29; malting, $1.30 to $1.31. _ Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $11.60; seconds, $11.10; strong bakers‘, $10.90; Winter patents, choice, $11.2%5; straight rollers, $10.70 to $11.00; do. bags, $5.20 to $5.35. Rolled oats=â€"Bbls. $8.30; do, bags, 90 lbs, $4.00, Bran, $35,00. Shorts, $40 to $42. M!ddli:,l.fs, $48 to $50. Mouillie, $55 to $60. ayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, $11.50 to $12.00. Cheeseâ€"Finest westerns, 21%¢; finest easterns, 21%c. Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, 454 to 46¢; seconds, 46c. Eggsâ€"Fresh, 53 to 54¢; gelected, 47 to 48¢; No. 1 stock, 43 to 44c; No. 2 stock, 40 to 41c. Potatoesâ€" Per bag, car lots,â€"$1.70. \ m d P e OR PE Lardâ€"Pure lard, tierces, 264 to 27¢; tubs, 26% to 274c; pails, 27 to 274¢; compound, tierces, 22 to 22%c; tubs, 224 to 224¢; pails, 224 to 23¢. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, medium, 30 to 81c; do., heavy, 26 to 27¢; cooked, 41 to 42¢; rolls, 27 to 2%e; breakfast bacon, 36 to 40¢; backs, plain, 39 to 40¢c; boneâ€" less 43 to 44c. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 273 Â¥n Wen ns atawe sc ruanci ces a nE Beansâ€"No Canadian beans on market until last of October; imperted handâ€" picked, $7.75 per bush; Limas, per 1b., 15%:to 16Â¥%c. Potatoes, on trackâ€"Ontario, bag, $1.40 to $1.50. _ Live poultryâ€"Turkeys, 22%¢; Spring chickens, lb. 20¢c; hens, 15 to 20¢c; ducks, Spring, 16; geese, 12¢. Honeyâ€"Combâ€"Extra _ fine, 16 0%., $3.2%5; 12 oz., $2.75; No. 2, $2.40 to $2.50. Strained, tins, 2@‘s and 5‘s, 18c per 1b; 10%8, 17 to 17%c; 60‘s, 164 to 17c. n on Gamk o Putiigndbdcie â€" P cA > 23 ~A rpad Cheeseâ€"New, large, 23 to 231% twins, 23% to 23%%c; triplets, 234 to c;_ old large, 30c; twins, 30%c¢; triplets, 30%c. Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 41¢; creamery prints, 45 to 46¢c; solids, 44 to Eggsâ€"New laid, in cartons, 51 to 53¢; out of cartons, 45¢. IZerased poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 25 2 mtE AAETE Y mR C Dressed poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 25 to 30¢c; fowl, 20 to 22¢; squabs, per dos., $4 to $4.50; turkeys, 28 to 32¢; ducks, Spring, 22¢; geese, 15¢. Butterâ€"Creamery, solids, per lb, 42% to 48¢; 3prinm, per lb, 434 to 44¢; dairy, per lb. 35 to 36c. Eggsâ€"Per dozen, 39¢. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices:â€" 45¢ __Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, in jute bags, $11.50; 2nd, do., $11; strong bakâ€" ers‘, do., $10.60, Toronto. less, 43 to 44c. Ryeâ€"â€"No.® 2, $1.15, according . to freights outside. Ontario flourâ€"Winter, accordlng to sample,. $9.80, in bags, Montreal; $9.60, Toronto, prompt shipment. Millfeedâ€"Car lotsâ€"Delivered â€" Montâ€" real freights, bags included, bran per ton, $35; shorts, do., $42; middlings, do., :;62510 $46; good feed flour, per bag. Hayâ€"No. 1, new, per ton, $12 to $13; mixed, do., $9 to $11, track Toronto. Stlr"a:-â€"(‘ar lots, per ton, $7 to $7.50, $wa . usls Strawâ€"Car lots track Toronto.. Toronto. Oct. 16. â€"Manitoba wheatâ€" No. 1 Northern 83.33;(No. 2 do., $2.20; No. 8 do., $2.17; No. 4 wheat, $2.11, in st.re Fort William, including 2c. tax. _ Manitoba catseâ€"No. 2 C.W., 66c; No. 3 CW . 63¢; extra No. 1 feed, 63ic; No. 1 feed, 62¢c. in store Fort ‘William. American cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, nominal. Ontario, catsâ€"No. 2 white, 62 to 63¢, nominal; No. 3, do.. 61 to 6%c, nominal, sccording towfreights outside. Ontario wheatâ€"â€"New, No. 2 Winter, $2.22; basis, in store, Montreal. Peasâ€"No. 2, nominal. Barleyâ€"Malting, $1.16 to $1.18, acâ€" cording to freights outside. Markets of the World Country Produceâ€"Wholesale United States Markets Live Provisionsâ€"Wholesale Montreal Markets TORONTO A small boy at the back of the class almost fell over in his eagerness to tell; "Somswhere," he said, breathâ€" lessly. "Quite right," said> the teacher, beaming. _ "Now can any of you give me the name of a town in France?" "France," came the answer from chorus of voices. ally ?" Accordingly, the teacher started off with the question: "Now in this presâ€" ent terrible war who is our principal The geography lesson was about to begin, and the subject of it was France. Constable Dunn of the Provincial Police at North Battleford, has orâ€" ganized a company, which has left for the scene of the conflagration. A gale is blowing and heavy damage is feared. Much Property Destroyed North of North® Battleford. A despatch from Prince Albert, Sask., says:â€"A disastrous prairie and bush fire is sweeping over a fifteenâ€" mile front in the country 30, miles north of North Battleford. A number of settlers have suffered losses, inâ€" cluding George â€"Power, district magisâ€" trate, who has had all of his farm buildings and crops destroyed. 1 A despatch from London says:â€" "‘Two interesting points emerged from the latest battle of Flanders. _ First, the enemy system of echelonment proved a failure. Second, the substiâ€" tution of prepared lines of shell craters for battered trench lines is almost valueless, because after a heavy shoellâ€" ing the craters are little good as shel-‘ ters. Prisoners admit that the higher command realize that during heavy fire ‘ the men cannot be trusted to hold them. _ At the moment of attack the men are either not at their posts or are in a frame of mind which makes surre.ider the wiser course than fightâ€" ing." MEN PREFER TO SURRENDER TO HOLDING SHELL CRATERS The work was carried on in 400 factories in Canada, threeâ€"fifths in the manufacture .of shells and twoâ€"fifths on components, basic supplies and shipbuilding. A despatch from Montreal says:â€" Canada has shipped sufficient tonnage of shells to the Old Country to build nineteen bridges across the St. Lawrence, each equal to the Quebec Bridge, or sufficienit to build sixtyâ€"six battleships ‘of 18,000 tons each, so Brigadierâ€"General Sir Alexander Berâ€" tram told the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers in an address on Thursday night. Sir Alexander said the total value of all the munitions and supplies sent overseas since Sept., 1914, hadi reached the enormous total 0% $700,â€" 000,000. | j "During the day the two artilleries ; were active at various points along the front, particultarly in the region of ,L’Epine de Chevregny, south of the Butte du Mesnil, where our fire arâ€" frested enemy groups who attempted ‘to reach our small posts, and on the *right bank of the Mcuse. There were no infaptry actions. ‘~"In Belgium during the night we |broke up a German attack delivered. east of Dracibank against our posiâ€" tions between Victoire farm and Paâ€" |tegoet farm. \ 344, the Germans made an attack which enabled them to gain a footing momentatily in portions of one of our advanced trenches. _ After a spirited engagement we repulsed the adversary and â€" remained masters of our posiâ€" tions." f $700,000,000 IN SHELLS "On the Aisne front an enemy paâ€" trol which was seeking to approach our lines in the region of Cerny ‘was dispersed by our fire. "On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun t}-ont) in the region of Hill German Efforts Repulsed on Verdun Front and inâ€" Champagne. & A despatch from Paris says:â€"The official communication issued by the W}i Office on Thursday says:â€" PRAIRIE FIRE RAGING ENEMY ATTACKS A New Town. SENT FROM CANADA And the baby fingers and a woman‘s love drew him back from the gatherâ€" ing shadows. He is now at home with his wife and boy. | _ Straight away they are reassured, where happily possible, as to the imâ€" mediate condition of their men, driven up to the hostel for a meal, and, perâ€" ihaps, restâ€"according to the hourâ€" and then to the hospital. Sometimes they arrive too late. Sometimes not even the tidings that his nearest and dearest are speeding towards him as fast as boat and train lcan bring them can stay the Weary soul of the stricken warrior. It is not an easy task to meet a relative under such circumstances, although all that sympathetic hearts and hands can do is done by the Y.M.C.A. workers. But there are happier times. There are numerous instances where a loved hand or the sound of a fnmiliu‘ voice has had power to call back a life slipping beyond, to instil fresh | energy for the fight. One dangerous-‘ ly wounded man opened his tired eyes | and looked on the face of a baby son| he had never seen, and into a woman‘s eyes that last smiled on him in a Welsh village. _ Anxious and worried, these relatives come to a country where, as a rule, they neither understand the language nor the customs, and to have their difficulties dissolved by the Y.M.C.A. officials is the greatest of boons.â€" En route they are met and convoyed from point to point, and when they reach their final destination one of the Y. M.C.A. lady workers awaits them on the platform. : ed!" is the first cry on both sides, and they take precedence before all other passengers of whatever kind. ° Both on this side of the channel and on the other side the first people to pass the military and civil authorities at the embarkation and landing stage are those visiting badlyâ€"wounded men in France. "Relatives of the woundâ€" Caring For the Relatives Who Visit the Wounded in France. There is no more appealing side of the Y.M.C.A. work in France than their care of the relatives of the wounded, says a woman worker in France. ONE PHASE OF Y.M.C.A. WORK "Early on Wednesday naval© raids were made on the Thorout and Lichâ€" tervelde railway junctions and trains. Large quantities of explosives were dropped. All our machines returned." "On Tuesday and Wednesday naval air patrols attacked enemy trenches by machine gun fire.~ One pilot, being heavily shelled by antiâ€"aircraft guns, deéscended and attacked the gun crews, scattering them and silencing the guns. A despatch from London says: An: A despatch from London says: officialâ€"statement on British aerial Majorâ€"General Frederick B. Maurice, operations issued on Thursday says: |Chief Director of Military Operations Descends and Silences Enemy "Steamâ€"Roller" Is Right Word, Machine Gun Fire. | Majorâ€"General Maurice Says. BRITISH AIRMAN: ATTACKS GUNNERS Something they will never do for the Fatherland.â€"Vancouver Province obor |see the Eskimo at any season of the ‘|year, says D. MacMillan, the Arctic ‘|explorer. _ He is a wonderful lesson l!‘in courage and cheerfulness. Exceptâ€" |ing possibly the inhabitants of Terra |del Fuega, I know of no people so | scantily. endowed with advantages of environment. _ Yet the Eskimo is | perennially lightâ€"hearted and optimâ€" ; { istic. | "The primary accomplishment for matrimony is the bride‘s ability to ‘chew the boot,‘ which signifies the operation of preparing boots and apâ€" parel generally for the procpectivel husband. The girls are considered ‘mature and marriageable at 12 or 18.[ |\ Wives are always at a premium in an |Eskimo tribe, because there is a pre-l | ponderance of men. nc y s â€" oc ol g oc 0 2e 0Grvies h e needs a good wife to help him. However, he is more apt to succeed in the end than the fellow who waits till he has saved the purchase price in small amounts,â€"the price of land may inâ€" crease faster than his bank account, The young man who gogs in debt heavily for a farm has to stick to his farm work like a leach; and he needs "Perhaps it is fthis cireumstance that has led to the swapping of wives. The changes in the domestic lineâ€"up seem to be considered very satisfacâ€" tory. In fact, there is quite a comâ€" munistic tendency among the Eskimos, anyway. One on good terms with an Eskimo is considered entitled to the use of anything the latter maseascas » Characteristics Of the Inhabitants of The Frozen North "People who gelieve that ice and snow and months of darkness make for morbid psychological traits should . _ A despatch from London uyl:Eluubfnd and four sons were all in Majorâ€"General Frederick B. Maurice,| khaki during the first year of the war, | Chief Director of Military Operations|always has a premonition before acâ€" at the War Office; in his weekly talk cidents happen to any member of her on Thursday with the Associated family. | Press, after an optimistic review of| Lieut. C. F. Baldersten is reported the past week‘s work on the British to have died of wounds according to front in Flanders, said: # !informntion received in Victoria. He "We have every right to be confi-,left shortly following the outbreak of ‘dent when we see what our men have| War with the first draft of the 5th â€"done. But the fighting is hard, and Regiment. _ we do not think that the present seâ€"| News has just recently been reâ€", _ries of battles in Flanders is going to ceived by friends that Pte. Wensley end the war. There is a great du[iOtber Scott, who for three years prior more hard fighting before us 1 to enlisting for service oversehs made would say that the importance of his home in Victoria, has been killed lgetting the American troops here as in action. quickly as possizl'e and in the greatâ€"|_ Vancouver, through its city officials, 'est possible numbers has not been \has handed an ultimatum to coal dealâ€" diminished; | ers to cut the price of coal or the city \"The word ‘steamâ€"roller,‘ which was so often used in the early days of the war «in connection with the Russian army, is exactly the right word to characterize the British adâ€" vance in Flanders. It is an advance not rapid, but insistent, irresistible. It goes up hill very slowly, but now it is going down hill, and battles are following each other more and more rapidly." THE LIGHTâ€"HEARTED ESKIMO HAIG‘S TROOPS anything th_e latter p;;le';ur' il“ougbt as a Volunteer Under Gariâ€" baldi For the Freedom of Italy. An Englishman living at Exeter, now seventyâ€"four years of age, who at the age of seventeen fought as a volunteer under Garibaldi in Southern Italy and Sicily, is gallantly doing his "bit" to free England from th»e Gerâ€" man submarine menace, as he fought to free Italy many years ago from the yoke of Austria. On his allotment in Emhhmwingtbeltofwhelt, which he sowed last October. Since his Italian campaign he has served over twenty years as a Devon Volunâ€" teer, and has a son and two grand, sons serving at the present moment in France, hmhROddfl:uhctthtln 1911 was present at jubilee of Italiâ€" an independence, held in Rome, with ::v.:n oclu-‘ Bl'ltl! survivors of the Grain in the Fraser valley will be a medium crop, according to a special report on the condition of field crops throughout Canada, issued by the Census and Statistics Office. The Vancouver Musical Society have just issued their prospectus for the season of 1917â€"18. Among the works to be put in rehearsal are the "Creaâ€" tion" and "Messiah." The Vancouver Board of Trade has received from the Dominion Departâ€" ment of Trade and Commerce some information regarding the unsuccessâ€" ful efforts of the British importers, along with the growers of Canada, to have the embargo on apples lifted. | Strong protest against the 100 per cent. increase in taxation on farmers which has been imposed by the Brewâ€" | ster government is voiced in a resoluâ€" ‘ tion passed by the Kootenay River Farmers‘ Institute. In a trial run, held under the auâ€" spices of the Pacific Coast Defence League, Hal Stone, a former Vanderâ€" bilt cup contender, drove a car from Victoria to Tiajuana, Mexico, in 92 hours u}d 4 minutes running tim». First being torpedoed by a Hun subâ€" marine and later striking a mine which sunk the transport on which he was travelling to Mesopotamia, was the experience which happened to Gerâ€" ald Kitcheson, of Mission City. A GALLANT BRITISH VETERAN. The advent of rains in many secâ€" tions of the Province at the end of last week has put an end to the forest fire danger, according to the report issued by the Forest Branch of the Departâ€" ment of Lands, B.C. Cloholm Lake, which is located back of Sechelt, seems to be a Â¥sherman‘s paradise, judging by the experiences of a party of New Westminster men who spent a week there and brought out over 700 trout. Vancouver, through its city officials, has handed an ultimatum to coal dealâ€" ers to cut the price of coal or the city will step in and sell some on its own account far below the price generalâ€" ly charged. year. In the mining camp of Sandon and surrounding mining camps, the minâ€" ers have refused to be docked a day‘s pay a month by the companies for the patriotic fund. According to information from the sources of supply there will be no shortage of tin cans or plate in Britâ€" ish Columbia this gear and there is small likelihood of a shortage next lel'l. hu“-;u;" ;ent"h;;ne a â€"waterâ€" color of Sir. Herbert Tree, painted from memory. y« a The total catch of whales up to Sept. 8 at the Canadian station on the Paâ€" cific coast is as follows: Sechart, 90; Kyuquot, 170; and Rose Harbor, 97; & total of 857. Lieut. â€"B. E. Scott, of Victoria, has beéen awarded the Military Cross. Lieut. M. Scott, a younger brother, ten months ago, won the Military Medal. Noel Bursill, an artist, of Vancouâ€" ver, who has been wounded while overâ€" arrived at Vancouver on her maiden trip, bringing a cargo of tea and rubâ€" ber from Colombo. Mayor MacBeath of Vancouver has granted permission for a tag day for Jewish war sufferers in Russia, Ruâ€" mania and Palestine, The Norwegian steamer '_I‘hordil'hu While we are displaying the 11 front of the house, let us kee dowr in the rear and see garbage pail gets no more th Root cellars will t ®eason as never befo kbre urged to seek practical men who k mvoid disappointment z:?" "No; seco he saw her } was an heiress." Five and one qus of wheat will mai lion barrels of fio: flour, under prese rope, will feed or and and child for : the wheat wasted these three provin that lost in transi :pln everywhe elevators, wou four or five mont} ean feed human be erop in Woester; this source wou of m million bus the stack cause more than a mi hundred million m low estimate theshing. Quite plus the smaller stacking the pr that is threshe amount to two n per cent. of the lossâ€"that is, the unthreshed in t! frequently estim; or four million b €rop, a total of | after the crop is the rack bottoms is carelessly hand Nor‘west Farmer It is estima threshing rig w grain a setting A case of love Would Feed 1 Note Bees have a) wintered outâ€"of mental Farm at the cold is still than at Ottawa mental Stations Pocatiere, Qu« good one, bec other warm. back with the opposite sides The arr gether in date the ce brought out flight onwa well. The bees p sing flight ab three or fou There was a son sumption of stores in the colonies lefi those wintered in breeding commenc« outside wintered co were usually emer Caverage, April 11 wintered colonies : these latter colonic: at that time. An important advant wintering over cellar y found in the protection . wintering case and pack spring. The colonies : always built up much spring than those that out of the cellar and y mo protection. The his in the wintering cases y eases being deep enoup super inches on top. Th placed in bran sack The outside entr eut in the case as ticable, measured ; by 1% inches high revolving on a scre trance to % of an inches high during Bheltering the ay from wind was fou portant. At Ottav mapiary is thus pro board fence 6 feet would hbe better for or one hundred colo spruce trees have | to the fence to take to come. parti +ne wintering cases large enough to take f Langstroth hives with three inches of planer sides between the hives Oof the case, and also th derneath the hives, and inches on top. The to placed in bran sacks for The outside entrances out in the case as far «eondition, judged by {] eolonies found to he ®pring and the numbe each hive found to be at the first examinatior &e_ end of April, THE WHEAT w3 H-au Show Ad + Cellar Winte Experiments in wint #ide, placing four color & case, were started a Experimental Farm, 0 winter of 1912â€"13) and omi WINTERING BE every ve wir andon For Fou Months. com TY They nd ut th winter merp he 1ar . ibout t n w red the iary an ama WA It th