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the pole. Its purpose 1 Its work year In and ye ambush permanent 1 ”Amino around the pal regions. trom which co "parts on study wee The rasum will be given and not be ”like“ In hwy will. Nt In mum: to at I. woo-M by (In th is the only ttut Cut be “In?! work continued by an the land: ar,' aimed (mun. the This tit upoxuhro M th " wt the by " the d tt " 'tow Whit tron n full in " Mt than sum». rathe b. .. ,...,.. .._.W_ mun-"mun The Sounding of the Arctic Waters "hog tre' know that the tso-called ("Him-Hal lodge "lung tor a dis, m. w'. "i about 200 kilome .rs out trom In Mu =14 or My". America and Asia, ml that " has a depth of only 100 to at In In“ the Aero n I Hue-n turned to the airship only mum. of transportation , be used in the kind ot re. mrk now contemplated. . 1"ro-Aretic. Is not formed with of merely making a dash for . Its purpose I: to commit. year In and your out and to permanent meteorological around the pole in diluent trom which count-130m of mi study special robin-s. "- _,.. . - h by erety a Dash for " Dr. Nansen Off To North Pole By Airship Soon an Indy ot Iflom m In thU "Wiltlons? "he Distinguished Danish Ex- plorer, Peter Frenchen, Who is to Accompany Him. Writes of the ( Methods and Objects of the Coming Expedition In! " m1 h Mn: has i dept] but where the actual than to (he ,Gii mt n P rare t uh: What can a”. dangerous an y the methods but the aim [durations have changed in ' Modern invention: have -w means of transportation means of communication aim ot the globe. At the new problems have arisen f' (it-mam! solution."---- In The Artterlrarvscamir " 'tt more ‘11 tlt sing the any one hand then ll ar, " Frettcttett. "Sound. led n depth of more rs. Formerly it was kt Arctic Ocean was " this was due to the I mosh or! “ch can ctrlcitr. 18h Instr ted p r one country! " the smaller he expense of, it ll UM) surface of " the tiane be- ' the (numb and , the depth ot "mined. tnas. In roach th " Which hone in up A re +ter at h th ' It Is found l Observation on the tee, it " from th. Provision, In n inaccesible I take them " means of DDnratus. the Polo Water. The ' ttgain into "00ng to ice. ' has been reached uplane. and airship. mks like, and prob. tuture will assume P physlcal st6rine , the pole, for than e gained there and the returning ex. Mulls! Profes. changing Arctic waters but it will be ‘uments have by mum; of rt trt the but h , waters thr stationary", . ich '3 con. 2g a polar writ th [ if hri held In n n the sur- eaally be the sound water to V " con I the air, 2rtace ot all goes well, I ot a fresh . the North Ml that con- orld Mil be from Peter mmedlate but there 5 covered "Sound. ot more again Pd IW, show- Xpetlltlon w It will made be turn the n the aim based In ms have 'ortathm old. W hapbane l Ice above the pole {short-wave stem) Iconstnnt connectil ‘world, we shall, 0 I make our predicth 'accumcy. Indeed, systemath- and all to knowledge ot wi he In the near hm over the wholg ea The Seven Ye, "Another import knowledge of the help us to solve I A picture from The tahlishet when WE wnrl' u! (no radiator thing about the ettety apparatus in the ear tom. and they large] currents in the air a ocean. "When Med bases 'l "In this era of " may have observ {man and his tor, " standing Joke P"pet. the tishe Jand the general {consideration the in making their "h, not ndw posses flnstrumnnts whit-l have In the future I "In prognostiva it Is necessary t: who Installs a he: house must know, _ power of the radia thing about the ell apparatus in thrs a "But what is Deditinn, and 1 it? These are ally, and with 1 German aero- there Is no re error will be .. -__ ...., can“ zthe smaller one. . . "An experienced crew of thirty-five men with the most skiiful leaders to be found in Germany has been select- ed. In addition the airship will carry fifteen scientists. All that human foresight can do to ensure safety has been done, and I believe that any ac- cusation of undue risk can be refuted in advance. It may he. ',.1",'",ett,'rt1 that the failure of General 'Notrue,'sl trip was anticipated and predicted try! nan..."- ___----, A . _ Thus the lar, better chance the smaller 0 ,,,...-..v nun-u HIE lee that forms by the condensation of lvapor on the balloon body. Bo tar no (means have been found to prevent this formation; but it must be remem~l bered that, while the surface exposed! to the vapor increases with the second; power as the airship grows larger, the; volume and component carrying one! pacily increases with um nu... M...“ I "The greatest ml Arctic regions has ice that forum in, n l and with Justiee, are asked. 'o Make More Accurate Weather Forecasting In this era of the radio, everym , have observed that the weathc " t worth the cost? Let ls Itrgt consider the word 'dangerous.' "It. cannot be denied that to 'the hymn General Noblle's adventure will tor yenrs to come sum! as a dis- couraging example. People will rea- lmn that one alrshlp is very muchgllko Puotturr, and what may befall one may! l befall another. "To this I I absolutely no Italia and the mart governmc and will put t solve Is that ot the m/Ll ordinary t?odtisstt when It L! usually ibout seven years 'e has It been and what has .0 " In these years? What round about the pole am have an observatory on the the pole itself provided with [ stations whirl: maintain onnection with the outside shall. ot course, be able'to prediction: with 9r grguer Indeed. we shnli have I solve is Id almost intambiGiiidi", of what the weather will r future. ero-tm-hniclans, and 0 reason to believe I be rppoated. at is the purpose ot md what can he gal a are questions that If! to kn 1 a heating this I will answer that there ia van”, Just 35 R man Year; Old Cottttsh Biamnt, Germany, shown; nu“ l mam-we nut any ae. undue risk can be refuted It may be remembered earth, Just as "es with the th trger airship w} :e of making its ir plans. And yet we “was the meteorological tich We shall no doubt aka. C hex-man u Publi, ant problem which polar regions will '. toe ot alrshlpa in the has hitherto been the by the continuation of in any has been select. he- airship will carry All that human ‘0 ensure safety has believe that any ac. radio, everyone tat the weather 3 are no longer The intelligent i or shipowner, e all take into :her predictions us. and I think lwlieve that his the he gained by weather conditions maintain , outside y ahle-to , greater marrying ca, third power. Will have a " way than the ex natur. h i "The science of oceanography ts therefore of tar greater importance in our daily life than has hitherto been supposed. We are beginning to and out how much the Arctic regions mean in the ecnnomtc lite ot the {amid the economic loss of vain wait. :lng for fish that does not apppar. And {this 18 not impossible; when our 'knowledge becomes wider and more accurate. we shall be able to follow the fish on Its travels. We shill be able to tell when and where the fish had especially good hattthimrtomiition, in a certain year, and by tracing its tur. ther passage we shall know where to look tor it. D tl w ha I IIIHSHQ3S or algae and microscopic fplants are carried in here daily, but I cannot develop and grow. l "Ocean currents move the water and lthe stagnant plant life with it. They [are carried over the pole and its 'vicinity, but nothing happens there. The organic life is still dormant. i "Then, suddenly. as the powerful ocean currents convey the masses of plant. life from under the ice out into the open water ot the north Atlantic. Oman. there is a tremendous, almost explosive development. All the dori mam plant life bursts forth and be. comes active. First there are formed small driftingr organisms called plank- tons, which tend an um .1tr.6.,-.s, an l "It is a well-known 'plant life requires lit 'an dthrive. But the en Iii,' covered with lee " imrht can penetrate. an ithe. organic matter wl :out into it by the great Fla arrested in its tr 'primltlve plants called carried by the ocean cu under the ire, where because the light is sh masm-s of algae am plants an- carried ln h cannot den-loo and Prnu lman's net, and why is it fumes the fisheries 'suddent they have formerly J abundance? WHITE cumsmu FORTH: as common: or Brttisi soldiers Whe pom inttuertees carry It ls REGARDED Tunnel through Ben L meter, through which Wat liam to create nnwpr for. ' bl " at” an of u an It reate power for the r, and why is it that some- fisheries suddenly fail where m formerly yielded an British Still Carry tt )pmont. All bursts forth Pirst there ar ulres light to blossom' It the entire polar basin! h ice so thick that no: trate, and consequently! :atter which its carried he great Siberian rivers 1 its growth. Small [ :3 called diatomes are!‘ wean currents close up l where they stagnate', ht ls shut nut. Great t Rae and microscopiv l jed In here daily, but :i and grow. I toward the fisher DED As GREATEST ENGINEERING FEAT en Nevis, Scotland. 15 miles long and Iii feet in dik water will be carried to a power station at Fort Wil- sold ierl mareti enormous , regions the seals then the Where Scotland Scores that all British Aluminum C'ompany, m ant WATCH ON THE RHINE Sure mg I with Bhel to believe th good twentyn recently. ir health of the a' catastrophe a hundred chi m to 'smyuoe--My wife's aunt is slayi "tth us this week. Society Editm he's your house guest? Smythe ure.' Did you think We were km tr her in the garage? m spar tl Le M who are menu a Smyt [no less courage and pe the old, but the llama is a thing ot the past the past, for it is on gpast that the specialist: ‘huild. The mam: wlm W h edge and rais trying to l Jer Dretext rkers from um wil "vorld, and as the struggle j tents grows ever tiercer, we a fall the knowledge we can oh I Why Nansen In Lead: I "It is Frldtjot Nansen who Isumed leadership ot the new I jploration. In his youth he (creator ot the technique then :polar travelling. The goals ‘time are not those of the pres. no longer seek to establish a or make a. dash to the pole. has unrlnrstoml the requlrem the new age. Ills mlghty j spans t)rN' Hm Hull-M Sunday Work and Sunday Play IA- Monde Ouvrivr (XML): Tito 10 are opposed to Sunday mm]: mts are the same who are 0ppos, the n-durtlon of wnrlzinu h.,,..., in Germany e did not die o; v ginning without Hi: Is possible." as along the river In a snow-tom on wit 'lte " Kn ya man. wuat was considered inty,.years ago, and even quite ir to-day injurious to the , the community, Just beca e 'ophe occurred last year id d children lost their lives? uonue qun‘er (Ind.): Those re opposed to Sunday amuse- are the same who are opposed reduction ot working hours in n It the workman had more ime during the week, after his 'as over, there might perhaps y, point in suppressing his Sun. Jsements. But it Is not neces- stop the whole plant because here or there Is not working. " put sand on a bearing when, won't turn, hm "n I. h. _,. worth do, Ming res 1e tstructt 1 make It of value. new exploration u :ourage and parse-VG hut the hamuzard any But at t turn, but oil. It Is km Sunday amusemm of keeping hundreds I work, that we si; y success. Why ask P. specialists ot many who her] W wul'nman mm more r, the week, after his there might perhaps suppressing his Sun. But it Is not neces- whole plant because here Is not working. d on a hearing when k um youth he was the :echnlque then used In (. The goals ot that use ot the present. We to establish a record to the pole. Nansen the requirements ot Ills mlghty intellect. he various natural ther man's. What he1 now can be doua and ing. We are Justified at the struggle for exis, ow can be done and ltr. We are Joti.tie4 its that will slowly 'e of human knowi. of value. nation will require r, we shall need can obtain. I Leader ls slaying I who has new polar His: mg vessels reported in a ever before and freight at trathe were proportionatly ', In Maven months to flu vember Canadian newspri, duced 271985 tons more "orrespottding period of r, ing an Increase of 14 per some extent the industry I trom over development, but been taken to achieve s what has become one ot lines of Canadian business In the year tire ulna '2',ih',,3/e,0,,0,ee on good mo automobiles wprn In"! as At Montres Couver on ing Vessels ever before Name were thiarite still is the fuel In Ontario and progress being In button of Welsh I brought closed to ply. During the, coal shipped to l amounted to 1,750,t Figures compiled that 3,590,896 freig pd, compared with has been mined a years. although the tend into Ontario th, Alberta product has 1 spicuous successA Mineral output estimated at not 000, greater thar raven: of first imr rangement which teresis virtual con nickel market. an advance in nioke year was worth ' holders in this cc, , The new ve r construction. with buildings under. id b . a Opens with in ,a:,tsi,ii,','iii, to the estimated value of $472.- ou ted spirit of optimism '"tvtP"ttl000,aoo, an increase or 2 per cent. over in the Maritime Provinces, not ionrthe pro-war record years of 1912 and ago steeped in depression and faced beating 1927 by 12.6 per cent. " by grave economic problems. Produc. is predicted with contideace that the tlun and distribution in the industrill halt-billion lurk will be reached in greats of Ontario and Quebec are go-lthe present twelve mouths. Ontario ll’lg from record to record. The Prairie attd Manitoba reported alight de Provinces are reaping the iirtarteltuicrevset, trom 1927 but in the other benefit of a crop beyond all piiiiiii)iii,?1'ir', increase; went from 25 per E'ndAin'the tar West British Columbin mm h, mm». m......u.. .A _ILLl precedented expansion line of Caandian trade, industry, was but the b era of sound deVelopme is not possible at this limit. A study ot Canada's past year and I the progress our country has made cannot but be gratifying to any patriotic citizen. Whether our lot is cast in city, town, village or farm we must directly and indirectly benettt by our country's steady advance along the highway ot nationhood. This is to he a story of Canadian 'prosperity, with such statistics " are necessary to illustrate the dramatic ascent to a tiriplace in business among the nations of a country which l has fewer than ten million people in- 1 habitlng but a fringe ot a geographical , area greater than the square mileage I of the United States and Alaska com- ' bined. With remarkable unanimity} bankers. tittanclers and other yejiijiit' ities agree that 1928, which saw un-l. (Canada', Praérgss l Show) ReCOI'dYear : With Future Bright Christm- Ftom Ocean to Ocean the Country Shared in Un- precedented Business in I928 OUTLOOK GOOD on the Mineral U 'eat 11m In nickel stock it Worth $100,000,000 1 this country. , 1 output for the l at not less ll: Aer than ever first importance rented expansion in almost. every , Caandtan trade. business and F, was but the beginning of an sound development to which it possible at this time to set I -u wun 3,283,647 in 1927. _ on the Atlantic and Van. he Paeitie more ocean-go- reported in and out than and freight and pasanger proportionatly greater! months to the and ot No. tdian newsprint mills pro- 5 tons more than in the g period of 1927, this be- sse of 14 per cent. To the industry has trutreredi velopment, but steps have to achieve stability in come one ot the major' 'dlan business. , Ir the nine “mud-‘- , mou the year , to Montreal 550,000 tons Oiled to De freight. cars over the correspond r. This trade was tart Britain and the Uni ugh It is interesting than ever before. An importance was the ar. tich trave Canadian itt- control over the world's and it he declared the and Qu made h coal J"' ulna province on good roads an WPI‘P built and so] Output Increased the I ror the past year is less than $260,000.- stock issues u,000,000 to share- ltry, More coal an for several movement to ex- ft market for the not met with con- Pennsylvania an- n’orlte 11ousehotd, uebee, with ttonto, e in the dish-H I as its price tel a American trup- ear Nova Scotlar urea] by water 2t'tg ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO don 'and sold show load, 1927. Van- Strung, ot 'rorh :6th mchinu. . . l.......u a weapon ot lhis against th ‘RepuhHr-an Party, exaggprated the tig. rurea which they published In order to make things look very black. But ‘the Minister of Labor tumult In. re- .Cognlzed the tableau ot ”menu. uh I Atiiion unemployed. It I. not so very much out of mm: o! 88‘ mlmon workers. but It 1. too much tt Mountain no. hare boon derr9eed of work anon-I- ' _ " United - -'""'H Le Canada (Lib): 1 {denying the {not tin industrial prosperity [Staten unemployment [there for some time.. ‘who, before the electi nuke a woman ot r, Republican My, exam uro- which they out" the last w session is likely to business rather than h business today Is the I of most Canadian. and ket ranks with the tre subject of popular into: the green light shinlt: ment Hill they expect prone}: ot a general P Mill distant. retteeted orous opposition and ke public issues. But, tn Deals for Bemble m the Rreen 'OOO. Customs and excise V i for 1928 umounted to $340,t f increase ot $21,r?7'.t,1tti. '1 There are today torty-tm '.bors in the Dominion, as wt to twentrtive tt year ago, Bi lr‘pianes in operation, or n l three tunes the, number re {the end of 1926. For ten n Inadinn railroads uhowed u ,of $47,520,675 in gross reve I an increase of 3215688065 in [ sting revenues. F'or the ttrm (Canadian National System fable out of profit: to meet ti tions of securities held by t ,and to make some return t, tional Treasury. Thou t whose habit it has been to ' alarm the rail transportation require no better evidence ot economic stability and progr Having before it all of tt many other proof: chum he titreatre a. an“ hm: ”9‘5. than.ever before In a alnxlo your. 2'W,2,I output for ten months was 221.- ,lmlty'133 can; and trucks, end there its m- "hor’ltlo doubt that complete Mures will V “ll"lhow the Dominion has penned Enz- "err land and France to attaln second I and place only to the United States ratio " " of one to tlee persons. I eh it New Building Record 1 ret I New records were net In the tield of? construction. with bulldlngi under, "I" taken to the estimated value of $472.-‘ tiertt l 000,000, an Increase ot 2 per cent. over; 10115“ the Dre-war record years of 1912 and! " 0 ‘ers.nre in active pmspm-v. whh'll "4w" 'completpd, wilt result in In “ditto- ito the total installation in the ihe gmlnlon ot more than 2,000,000 home. fpower, requiring an investment of at {least an additional $200,000,000. I Other Evidence. of Prosperity l The people ot Canada carry life tn. surance to the amount of $5,500,000,. 000, or about $570 per capita, and an increase during the year ot $700,000,- 000. Customs and excise mlleollonn 'tor 1923 amounted to $340,750,625. an increase during the war of 8700.000,- 000. Custom. mm A"... __.. .. I loss of public interest in securitiel. I During the year 550,000 horsepower for electrical energy developed from Canadian rivers was added to the 4,800,00o horsepower availublv at the beginning of the year. and Htrs "re-vi total now is twice that .availuble " the end of 1923. To-day $20,900.00» is invested in Canadian hydroelectric plants. Numerous projects are in the initial stages of develonmont and "in, provinces increases went from " per lent. in British Columbia to more than 400 per cent. in Nova Booth. I Trading in listed stocks on the Toronto Ercltange increased " per teem. and established a new high at 10,000,000 shares tor the year. On the Toronto Curb Market the turn- over amounted to 4,820,501 shares. comrarnd to 3,594.14: in 1927. Other Canadian exrlmngvs without exception were all!» to report similar activity, and in umw of the tune the new year opens is than: any indication of I. loss of pulpliv illiPro-m in emu-rm.“ SMOKE. CIGARS AT TWO Eugene Carbello, 255 you: old. Everett, Mus" bu been a clan smoker sine; he was I year old. Ind he seam to thrive on the habit. other nd ft co to the amount of $5,50( rr about $570 per capita, at me during the year ot $70t Customs and excise collec "28 amounted to $340,'tr,0,ip..r, 88 during the year of $700 (“us-toms and exclse collec 28 amounted to "40,'i'so,te.s, se ot $21,r?7'.toui. her then by: pom 19 Machine ling h no; that, despite tho perky of the United )yment has been rife tlate., The Democrnu‘ r elections. wished to: , of this "was! it! P, I Year "o, Peration, or the numb" the " secure In '. Parliament 7 with sides L shining. 0 expect to " neral eiorettr" " In and “not t't"itte".--siieii"i'ii nuuon, or more than he number recorded " 6. For ten months Ca. " showed an Increase In gross revenue, and 321.5688065 in no! Inm- ""'"e'r u...“ the primary mncem I and the stock mar- N can course " . . interest. gross revenue: and 315688065 in net opera For the ttrat time the ... "hum-mama In secure in the pro:- Parllament will u- with skies fair and hiulng. On Para. pert to tind the up- 11 election, though ted In a more vir, "119103118“ There-c Sygtem has , meet the c eener debate G l the main, the be marked by spar, _ the Obllgl. the public to the tta. Canadian. , view with (ttt problem ot the new an be no these and an Mt m and oth air har, otnpared I Mt nir. alncbl been if :5 I” , Ae I I E}; / “ _r,i)ii. k. J, J ' L” rv :' l c' - gay _'illej,i,'; 4 it}. 'f' , tions , and Io-o of my ttttmst peroramm have “I “to!“ whoa I have been my} "I“. c Renew-ant but: In a pour 'er, Juana!” bunker.-- Wtrratoq NOT NECECCAR‘LY BETTER Ut Gll'llo: You lay you like. h"- Nealu tttN I better man? M Glrllo: No-t Petter mar: , ounces ot Platfn ‘black sands of the Canadian t Tmeul- are ohm men: or the Sud (Copper Matte. residues are " over New" I treated, to that bear attr dean quantity of matte cular Year. fthe surface um” 'otricers and New Home!" had be, Well. In "rtapint Whey had brought 1an that held it f, Had it Ind been I for 400 yards, bun He Illd it has that of the other to "do all they C ot the ships they their bearings a] 'tMrest land. and whenever it was ti l 3:73 7», -",,k11 ""i-f,/ii' i'iill! j..')),.,'.., -'/,'_'l.,)-,i"-'/,'l"i:',)ss'r--, _ 4; 9 Bur lug rest ed With the and they found th In the iron mr-shes, Cot them tree and an hour on a mum and the destroyer I They zlguggwi fur tone again and tho a behind. Cork Line Marke Thls kept on for electrteit.v was rm. night tell the Hun Incl] ttre. add the m, In: Deanne nobody at troyer thought ot looki idiom on the sand ban foamy and left them, and 'tlu ball"! tanks and p "em' the submarine 1; deep warn. Near the English ma another deulmyar. din yurdu. out! at olnhan heard an explosion I though it was heron: the depth homh, Tltoy Wet net and only the deep tii them. But tlt,, shil- u I On emerging the crtsw In: the destroyer tor n HI out. In driving mist and bl their hearing- on tt cha Suddenly their puruuer t They went into I half di they did no found they u. "on: “do of the marker, ran aground and the wave, them “in foam like Xingu rel-on they were not um shell are. said the an“... ‘ "ratre. Mine Cabin “We lubmerged," said tl “and maid. ot In]! an hou the Iron able- that hold l scratching the side ot tlie lent 100 “not. tr any Il., III" had hooked on one " been ttttist-d." m. they surface Mm. Baron tip; Willelm. was a who in! become an an. Commander t lull U-boats during In [I at present 1.;le the Graham-Paige ' may. and attended Show In New York In his room. at the I told ot the thrills am of Illa-Tine "mun A day In April, P. I English Channel In uas, he sud. was l, Itqrontr-tour. hours of The ship came to t morning a way out rm to: In crowded M ill vthey Vera on tlto Ftr, Fit" low tide." he mi on! Impression was t 'n cuvhr sandwich." r them a twist of Hu- ii, the wrong dirertr meant Ginsu-r. And wu about ttalt way I [load at destroyer pts other side. Platinum in C Commander of U-fi, Now Manages an A, Company in (in). WORST 24 l Ii ) [Sea Raider TL; 3:1”; I Auto Exeryrr, platinum otrtat Sudl m 'm of!) I It etehteen ”Plasma Wu before u. th. Thor We an Periods la trea m id the Bar nobody tths. t of lookiu sand hunk " en WE ll rect" min; 1m trt Or inada Bar the from t H " "I "d We