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vel S'eeve‘ Aprons ‘or the entire \, because a sufficiently By merely ‘st an ordinâ€" catching the ‘oserted strip er by tle ends 1 buttons, the ad sleeve line ‘ing detall in efes a embered: nairt e type siastie emble nts for in the thened i trast oâ€"‘nset * only by the 1# ach side embrold contrast. ed band ndepend. t‘ of the he ne plece T navy, nset of #89 as to d s _ *@Darate. Na.lY Bag sleeve, in C@V 6 °C appan im Portedg . S6pe rcelep ‘lking sting ‘‘aborg. at m § the #lbow Tad. they * of t3 y n toâ€" An increase of nearly $4,000,000 in the value of the mineral output of Briâ€" tish Columbia for 1928, as compared with that of the previous year, is noted in the pre ry report of the proviacial Ih.nmt.' The vralue of all minerals is placed at $64,687,691, The Dominion Bridge Company will shortly begin construction of the first unit of a structural steel fabricating plant in Burnaby, It will be operated in conjunction with the plant the com pany now owns on FalseCreek,. The new unit will dost about $1,500,009. Edmonton, Albertasâ€" According to announcement made by different bustâ€" ness firms and governmental bodies, over $7,000,000 in building is in sight for Edmonton this year. The provinâ€" clal government is planning to spend a&round $1,250,000 on new construction which includes a new normal school, $500,000 administrative building, and a $250,000 extension to the Univorslty‘ hospital is in prospect. Permits to date are six times greater than the total for the same period last year. From British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia.â€"Conâ€" struction has begun on the Marine Building which, when completed, will be the tailest building in Canada west of Toronto, towering 18 stories above the northwest corner of Burrard and Hastings Streets. _ _ A special trhin of tractors, valued at $1400,000, recently reached Regina. Titere were 2$0 machines, in all, oc cupying 70 railway cars. The tractors were distributed to farmer buyers in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Regina, Saskatchewan. â€"The butter production of the province in Fehâ€" ruary nearly doubled that of the preâ€" vious February, being 553,91%. pounds, as compared with 284,356 ‘pounds in February, 1928. The winter season as a whole has been an active ore in creamery circles with each n:onth showing an increase over the same month of the previous year. A special trhin of tractors, valued at $400,000, recently reached Regina. Titere were 280 machines, in all, ocâ€" mis by th in th to 102 as February were 595 Toronto, Ontario.â€"Canadian bond sales to date, according t> the weekly summary of A. E. Ames & Co., amount to $115,6514,289, a: compared with $60,â€" 215,607 for the corresponding period of 1923 and $93,920,507 for that of 1927. Government issued made up a total of $6,417,000; Municipal of $25,â€" 601,189, and Corporation of $33,636,â€" 100. Canada purchased to the extent of $31,030,289; the United states $30,â€" 121,000 and Great Britain $14,500,000. _ From the Prairies Winnipeg, Manitoba. â€" Homestead fllings for the two first months of the year numbered 1,416, as compared with 1,036 for the same two months of 1928. Alber‘i‘s entries amounted to 702 as against 502 in January and Fobruary of 1928; Saskatchewan‘s were 595 against 430;: Manitoba‘s 78 egainst 74 and BYitish Columbia‘s 41 large in volume as those for the same month last year, the largest buyers being the United Kingdom, South Atâ€" rica, Australia, British India and New Zealand, while there were also some sales to Argentina, Dutch East Indies, Egypt,. and the United States. Febr uary‘s exports of passenger cars amounted to $3,262,973, compared with $2479,515 in January and 81.491.0”; in February, 1928. Exports to trncksi amounted to $1,221,716, as against $1,â€"| 337,2077 in January and $551 February, 1923. bec is preparing for a is evidenced by the ac waterfront. Montreal, Quebecâ€"D of Statistics figures sl exports of automobiles &n ain Recent press dispatches have played u> rather prominently the gloomy forehodings of Britain‘s champion pessimist, Sir George PaisK> Sir George visited Canada in 1919 or there about and his interpretations of the world‘s economics were interestâ€" tIoag and to say the least, disconcertâ€" 4ag. He pictured the post war con dition as one where the world had rolled over a deep chasm and that 1t was then falling to the everlasting and cternal bow wows. Recently Sir George the gloomy has burst forth again. The world is on the verge of financial « »llapse. The writer is no dee. thinking economic highbrow but he can read and partialâ€" ly understand the written word. . It the following news dispatches from coast to coast in Canada mean any» thing they mean that Sir Ceqrga wlion as rolled ove was then and ctern Brandom, Manitobaâ€"A season of rd building "activity is promised he number of projects at present he planaing stag> or nctnlly?fi ess. In fact, there is every proâ€" _of last year‘s active season be Ii Sir George Paish Wrong Few Items Gleaned From Canadian Sources From Coast to Coast Does Not From Ontario From the E Look Like It Face Canada? â€"Dominion Bureau 3 show February‘s iles to be twice as ast 1son as n« the Lt /Canvassing farmâ€"workers with a candidate An many of his supporters as possible. * ~ > Some more howlers for the examâ€" inations: Joan of Arce‘s fgther was a pheasant. Perkin Warbeck satd he was the son of 3 king but he was really the somn of respectable. people. A skeleton is a man with his inside out and outside off. When there is a parasite in the areopiane the pilot is not afraid to jump out. An optician is a cheerful eye s ~cialist A patrt tlan is an Irish nobleman. Ail Scotchâ€" men wear quilts. "The Last Rose of Summer". was written by the man who wrote, "Caller Herring." Wolfe said he would .rather write an elegy in a country irchyard than fight the batâ€" tle of Quebec. f R _ Revises Its Motor | Vehicle Code Where an accident results in injury or death, or causes property damage to the apparent extent of $50 or more, the driver must immediately report to the proper authority. ‘ ~ f Jail sentence without the option of fine for persons convicted of driving while intoxicated. Persons over 16 years of age with licenses obtained in the country of their residence may operate a car in New Brunswick for not longer than ninety days in any one year. New Brunswick Thus it will be found inconvenient to do anything at this sesston about the border business. No parking on curvres or intersec tions. The Canadian Province of New Brunswick has recently remodeled its motor vehicle laws. Among the salient features of the new regulations are: Open country speed ‘bf fort per hour. yoiiee ;. | _ Ottawaâ€"Whatever form the negoti f ation between Ottawa and Washingâ€" ; | ton over the Canadian schooner I‘m t Alone may take it is certain that the y sinking of this boat has destroyed whatever small chance existed that , | Parliament would do something to , | meet the request of the United States $ for a tighter control over the border _ | liquor trade. Naturally this state | ment is not possible of exact proof, ,| but undoubtedly it 4s true that public g opinion in this country has been |shocked and astounded by the long pursuit and deliberate sinking of the |I‘m Alone by armed American Coast |Guard patrols, 200â€"mileg offâ€"shore. Before Parliament there are nuâ€" merous petitions from probibition orâ€" ganizations praying that it be made a crime in Canada to ship ltauor over the international frontier, but in ofâ€" ficial circles it is held unofficially that these documents are signed by the sort of uncompromising drys who, in the United States, would be members | of the AntiSaloon League and thaz, they â€"do not speak for he greart body ’of the people. [ ’ Why should Canada, it is asked,| concern itselt with this purely doâ€"| mestic American problem, and make| a crime out of what is now legitimate | « trading on this side of the line, when | : on all the evidence millions of Ameriâ€"| f cans break the prohibition law daily| and even men in important officia! s posts seem to show no mrticu!nr’u solicitude for it. i I‘m Alone Case Turns Public Opinion Against Request for Tighter Border Control Disposed to Bar Rum Running «+ ould Canada, it is asked, tselft with this purely doâ€" rerican problem, and make t of what is now legitimate this side of the line, when evidence millions of Ameriâ€" c the prohibition law daily men in important official i to show no narticnlar 129,858 in 1931. , In that order, for â€" her, my carefully.â€":lroughtâ€"out supply â€"for the. day‘s work. having given out by the middle of the@ mornâ€" ing. By 6.30 p.m. she left fresh and smiling, with a doliar and & garter in her pocket, leaving behind her. a completely exhausted ‘Missus.‘ Evenâ€" tually I found myself far more tired after my day‘s help than any other day in the week, so I gave it up, exâ€" cept about once a month, and when I had given time and thought to préâ€" LLOYD GEORGE~BELIEVES iN at | than to mal he| few years, | in| one must fir r3 | certain amou at | feel justified iv | ning. _ Thei: "I decided to have a ‘girl‘ once a week to give me a hand, but I had no idea how to prepare for this ‘at. tack.‘ She would appear soon after 8 a.m. and expect to work without any interval, except a halfâ€"hour for lunch, until 630 in the evening, and I found it almost impossible to Leep the supâ€" piy of work equal to the demand. My vision of a restful day, getting through arrears of darning, letterâ€" writing, and perchance a little readâ€" ing, soon vanished. I would settle down in a comfortable chair with a lapful of socks to mend, when round the ‘door would pop Marieâ€"Rose, ‘And now what, Missus?" and 1 would have to think out some furthe> occupati~ a | "It is astonishing how much one can save if one tries, and living exâ€" penses in Nortzern Ontario where we live are very much lower than at home; so are rates and taxes. We decided, to begin with, to employ no labor in the house or outside except on special occasions, and as I had heard that a servant was difficult to get I thought I world try to carry on without help, though I found it was always possible to get a ‘girl‘ The ‘gir?‘ is usualiy Frenchâ€"Canadian, talks very little English, receives not less than $20, the equivalent to £4, a month, or it employed by the day from $1.25, and will do any and every kind of Job. up this house in Ca it would have bee cording. to this seit tinues : conveniences, saving device were having one was a i § | The bitter disappointment experiâ€" enced by some English emigrants, c|who tried life in Canada as workers during the harvest time on Canadian farms last summer, has been noted in these pages, with the press explanaâ€" would not hare been successful anyâ€" tion that some of the disillustoned ‘| where on a farm, and that others had l' jJourneyed to Canada from England f merely as an experiment. But now & [ concrete case of the happiness found Joa a Canadian farm by a British j couple and their children is recorded in the London Times by the wife of a farmer who has been in the Dominion Oofr six full years. She and her husâ€" band decided to emigrate, we are told, because Canada offered more scope for a smal{l family with limited means than anything they could hope for in the British Isies, and they picked out the Province of Ontario I“greatl,v on acount of its proximity to England; the idea of being only ’nine days from London rather appealâ€" ed to us." At the outset in Canada, it is further stated, they decided that "they were there more to save money than to make money" for the first few years, because to make money one must first be willing to sink a certain amount, which they did not C feel justified in doing at the beginâ€" ning. â€" Their initfal effort, it seems, E was the purchase of a fairâ€"sized farm,| * with a few tumbleâ€"down buildings, in | P one of which they lived while thar O Story of One Immigrant Tells That Success is Possible in Northern Ontario Ontario Home Old Wartime Leader °2 22. bekIEVES IN LEARNING CONDITIONS First Hano _/ * > the Eddisbury division coustituency.* He follows the well known DPlan of giving personal help to CLIMATE PRAISED T% vding many laborâ€" ‘he cost of putting inada was less than en in England, ac ler‘s wile, who conâ€" down buildings, in lived while they e built.... Thke new m bungalow, with being divided into d with all modern es Ne »xdern Starts His Campaign _ That Canada is not AW#eceiving a sufficient proportion of Britons afim- migrants worries some Canadian *@nd some‘ English editors, ~ At present, remarks the London Daily Express, two Europeans are entering Canada for every Briton, and this fact is conâ€" sidered "ominous for the Canadian future." _ Says the Montreal® Daily Star: ] ‘"In spite of the fact that immis.. "I dd not think it will come amiss to say, for the benefit of mothers goâ€" ing out with small famililes, that it is a marvelously healthy country for children. Last winter there were only two days on which the children ha‘d to be kept indoors; and certainly the openâ€"air life in Canada, with naâ€" ture as nurse and schoolâ€"teacher, is one of the best upbringings ,mentally, morally, and physically. â€" It makes the children independent in the right way, observant, able to fen@ for themâ€" selves," F 8 o‘clock, leaving all tea and supper washingâ€"up to be done the following morning ,supper uszally having been prepared earlier in the day. I always try to put in half an hour resting and reading from 3 to 8.30, and then I &0 out, very often driving into town with the children to shop or to see friends, or possibly going ot a neighâ€" boring farm with a message from my husband. [ "If by any chance the work is finishâ€" ed five minutes beforo scheduled time it gives one the feeling of leisure, whereas if there is a great deal to do and one sets oneself no time limit one is always chasing and rushing round. I don‘t work so very hard either. 1 never start before 7 a.m., and make a rule to knock o!‘ all housework and domestic work at w n k cas i â€" _ ing any lightâ€"colored garments to the hands of a washerwoman." The secret of success, according to this farmer‘s wife, is working by the clock, setting aside definite times for each job, and beginning and ending at the set=time.. One soon learns how long various jobs take, and we read : paring a . One soon everything things su« ‘out.‘ but ibe Called one of German warship J the surface again. it s such as washing can \ but it is advisable to t the water supply before iny lightâ€"colored garments reall full ten bours of work, _ gets accustomed to doing 3 oneself, though certain ch as washing can be done it is advisable to inquire water supply before entrustâ€" SCUTTLED cruiser fact that immigra , â€" _ Out of the Depths Again _ f the most remarkable salvage Kaiser, scuttled 10 years agso i 1s$ FLOATED AT scapa "We bhave decided thr be an artist." "Has he net?" "Yes; he can.go out food." The Mexican rebels will any battles as long as the: Federals to _1108t men are not at home in evenâ€" ing .clothes, if they have any other place to go. . "This means that tion from the United . during the past year immigration from G creased by 4 per cent "If we have had fewer British imâ€" migrants to welcome during the past year, we have had more from the Uniâ€" ted States. In 1927 the number of settlers who crossed the international boundary to settle"in this country was 18,663. During 1928 this fumber has risen to 23,329, due, probably, to inâ€" creasing unemployment in the Uniâ€" ted States. "Most men tion into Canada 124,362 in 1927 to number of Britis a decrease from . 229 in 1928 jexch vesters. . . _ E9 AT SCAPA FLow . vage feats in marine history, the go in Scapa Flow, is brought to as long as they allow ua: write the official reports. anada has increased from 927 to 132,398 in 1928, the British immigrants shots ‘lded thr! my son shall "Has he a special talâ€" ® can.â€"go a .week withâ€" excluding the t 45,012 in never win 1927 to 43, . minerâ€"har In the. adversity of our best friend | â€" Policoman at Wl]ludon -flx â€""I toid the we often find something that is .m.’ffle:‘.w_' was a policcmar and he From a comparatively obscurs posiâ€" tion in 1900 with a production of less than ©$65,000,000, Canada ts steadily sdvancing to the front rank of the ineralâ€"producing countries of the warld with a totkl production in 1923] valued at $271,000,000.. ° ‘~ _ â€" ~* I Called as an expert witress because of his long experiente with such erâ€" plosive gases in mines and elsewhere, Professor Haldane suggested this start ling microbe theory‘ of the orfgin of the gas. "c is A It is well known, heâ€" said, that mi ‘ crobes which live Jn the mud ot swamps are able to manfacture the gas called methane,.which â€"explodes violently when mixed with air and tauched off by a match or a spark. This is the "marsh gas" which bubbles ’ out of such swamps, and which . is possible, the distinguished blolocut) believes, that these same microbes live in vast numbers in the molst, dirty subâ€"soil of a city and slowly proâ€" duce this same explosive gas. _ Paveâ€" ments keep the gas from escaping into the air. Accordingly & may acâ€" cumulate in seldomâ€"opened condults or manholes, prepared to send the whole| street skyward if ‘someonse fncauâ€"] tiously introduces a light, That . explosion . undoubtedly was caused by a gas of some kind which collected in condnits and manholos underneath the street and exploded violently "when one of the . manholes was opened and a light struck inside it. _ The problem with which Loaâ€" don authoritics are ‘how â€"wrbBstling is to decide whef@ .the explostre gas came from. _ . * ( Canada‘s Mini _ _London â€"The newest danger of cities, m microbe that lives in the ground benemth them and does its best to blow them up, is suspected in London by the distinguished British biologist, Professor J.. ‘S. Haldane, as. an explanation of a mysterfous explo? sion which tore up.long sections of street paving in the Holborn dtstriet last December. â€"> C Germs Now Said to Causer : Explosions Old London ’ The House ?s delighted. For at its best it has.the psychology of a coiâ€" lection of schoolboys. _ And Mr. Baidâ€" win with aâ€"boy‘s instinct, has made just the reply that the captain of the school would have made if someonse hld.fllked him‘ why he had taken of an efficient bowler and gone on to bow! himself. Tt had seemed to him that it was the interests of the nme.i That settled it. Microbes Blamed â€" for Street Blowâ€"Up 5 > ul y P10 WO e CnTr,09 04 TTCCCE® C We & poucomat and b. 1 a * * . *Ct ‘t cate a dâ€"â€"â€" iT Aleplenaig.oefa â€" Rocheton |roplied: "I shouldn‘t care a 4â€"~ a Political Leapfrog When Mr. Baldwin Awras {nrther tacked with the impropriety of a Prime Minister "going over the heud‘ of a trusted Minh'hl;'he evidently toâ€" garded the process as a sort of everyâ€" day political leapfrog, and replied with joyous determination: "I never feel any hesitation in doing so if think it desirable in the public mm-' est." "In the same way I always receive them," replied the Prime Minister; "a courteous reply to a courteous reâ€" quest." * When Pharaoh Refused The Press desired to dfscuss with the P.M.G. a question of pubiic policy. The PM.G. was sulky ant~ inaccesâ€" sible and on two occasions when they called he peeped at them over the blinds, but was not at home. S¢ they went to see Mr. Baldwin instead. and had a hearttoâ€"heart talk,. and came away happy. € ‘ Qur P.M.G. should read about Pharaoh. When he refused to see _ é@eputations he found his rollâ€"top desk swarming®* with fat, healthy frogs the next morning. Our modâ€" ern Pharaohs should study history. The House of Commons wanted to know all about the incident, and Mr.‘ Baldwin was asked why he had reâ€" ceived the Press representatives that the P.M.G. had refused to receive, *"I alxays think," said Mr. Baldwin, "one of the great charms of my sex is that the best of us remain: boys to the end," and it is that characteristic of our Prime Minister that has gainâ€" ed him a place in the hearts of the. people. Mr. Baldwin made @ pleasant speech the other day, takin{ as his text Byron‘s line: Ah, happy years‘" Once more who would not be a boy? It is a great thing for a man in pubâ€" lic life to have kept the spirit of boyâ€" hood in him and the honesty to acâ€" knowledge it unabashed. ous request." Sir Edward Parry sugâ€" gests that this might be a slogan for mons which showed him as the kenzie Valley, Northâ€" strong man with the manner that is west Territories firm, though gentle. The Postmasterâ€" General had refused to see a deputa.| Modern improvements in means of tion on an important national ques. *"Ansportation and communication are tlon. _ ‘The Premier saw the deputaâ€" P!aF!n& an increasing part in the exâ€" tion himself, and, in his own words,|{@"8i0n and improvement of Canada‘s gave a "courteous reply to a courte-] mail service. Early this year both the ous request." Sir Edward Parry sug. 80°0DPlane and the radio were utilized gests that this might be a slogan for for the inauguration of a new service Whitehall, & [to ameliorate the postal isolation of rsmag > * It‘.w imhabitants of the Northwest Terâ€" *ir. anes a ce sn on wl i Mr. Baldwin bas just Agured in an. diarks _ Juccess! Mi w a,/00 fp * o A incident in the British House of Comâ€"! * "&hts to Points in Mac By SIR EDWwaAro saray ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Have in * © YTVRiEP:â€"ALD Wie B WO i. (2. 36 Print t ces ho 4. islsâ€" | the United States there are ‘more ' than 100, and he expressed the opinion that Canada, in this respect, occupted a more advantageous posttton thas the United States. Keen Interest wasg evinced in the remarkable develop mont of electrieal enérgy in Canadea and the mineral development in ths morthern portions o% Quebec, Ontarte and Manitoba. "The viceâ€"president of a very imâ€" portant railway commenteg on the fact that in Canada we hadâ€" Iy only two railway -rm-.m . "Without gxception® â€"sald Sir Reâ€" bert, "they evinced the utmost faith in the future of our Dominion, and emphasized its abundant resources, A leading New York banker spoke with great admiration of our banking sys tem and of its remarkable success. | Sit R. Borden Says U.S. Has l Friendly Fecling for [x% * Dominion _A fewâ€"days were spent in New York, Where Sir Robert had the privilege of meeting at dinner, a gathering comprising..many men very prominâ€" ent in finance, industry and transportâ€" ation. He was particularly Impresâ€" sed with their friendly attitude and with their warm appreciation of Canâ€" adtan development, progress and inâ€" stitutions. * . Ottawaâ€"Steadily invreastng realizaâ€" tion ‘of Canadian possibilities is beâ€" coming very evident in the United States, according to the Right Hon. Bir Robert Borden, who has returned. to the capital after spending tweo months in the south> Possibilities In _Canada Realized thea | Postme *~r General to authorize another flight from McMurray to take accumulated mail from intermediate points to posts farther northâ€"Wrig. ley, Norman, and Good Hopeâ€"a total distance . of 1,293 miles, This was safely carried out during the first week in March, Similar services in Northern Canada were those being carried on between Whitchorse, Mayo and Dawson in Â¥ukon Territory. Up to January 18, nine roundâ€"trips had been made this winter, and the speed with which the services bave been perfumed is again in striléing coutrast to that of the tractor and horseâ€"drawn equipment used until recentiy, Striking evidence of the appreciaâ€" tion of these outlying places is afforded by a letter of thauks sent to the Postmaster General by the white residents of Resolution, N.W.T., in which they point out that the air mait service has given them more mail in two trips than they had received durâ€" ing #fe last four winters by ordinary On February 6 a second trip was made with a capacity load, leaving McMurray at 815 a m., proceeding to Resolution and returning to MeMurray at 4140 pm.. Firstâ€"class mail fgom Resolution, Fitegeratd and Fort *mith was brought out on the return crip. All the accumulated mail at MeMurâ€" ray was moved, and the success atâ€" tending these operations induced the Postm: **r Meneral to â€" nuthoriza of the next day, having remained over night at Providence. Unfavorable weather prevented the commencement of the return flight until the morning of January 27, ‘The plane fiew from Simpson to Resolution on Great Blave Lake and completed the 400â€"mile trip from that point to McMurray in # hours and 40 minutes. this way preparatfons for.t‘e specdy handling of. the mail was completed, 0o Janvary *3 PHot Dickins left Mcâ€" Murray‘at 1250 pim. in his Fokker plane and reached Fort Smith at & o‘clock the same day, At 10.30 a.m. on the 25th he continued on to Simpâ€" son, which was reached the morning af the nort Aav haring knz 5o (1 C I In January Hon, P. J. Veniot, Postâ€" master General, fearned that the Western Canada Airways Company had arranged a schedule of ten #ogh‘s down the Mackenzie from Waterways, Alberta, to Simpson, in the Northwest Territories. Pilot C. H. Dickens had been detailed for the work in a Fokker plane equipped with skis. ‘The Post master General immediately made arâ€" rangements to take advantage of this circumstance. Considerable mail had accumulated at MeMurray, near Watâ€" erways, to be transported by dogâ€"team, and authority was granted to move this mail by plane on one or more trips. In order to compiete arrangements for the new service, radio messages were sent out from Edmonton to the postmasters at the different posts at which it was intended 46 cal‘ snd in rito Extending Canada‘s Air Mail Service