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It IN:? '/'iitie' r ',iiii'ii,fffih'v' an " “wk u. iu. " Tests on wind pressures reveal that a suction aetion on the leeward “do of a skyscraper may produce seriou- elects In t high Mud. employed on a part-time basis. . "i Cape Argus.--Great Britain is Mitt American experts at iiyeres quickly.“ creditor country with overseas in- n“, upon the advisabiilty ot the vestments valued at E3,600,00i),000, parasites gathered in the field by the and she is quite capable ot restoring collectors, sand when: sumclent num- her tMirerse trade baltute9 and thug her are ready they are packed up stabilizing the pound at e. reseoneble end placed in cold storage on n ttttta. level. Moreover. she is now the lead- mw. They are then sent to Arling. or in an endeavour to secure that co. ton, Meet, where the bureau main operation tpun ttut ttold-hoarding tame a receiving station. Pram there I countries which ig essential to the “I? they are distributed throughout the vntion ot Europe end of European oornhortsr4ntested nreee. 1iIi,itttioy. It she succeeds there! When liberated the parasites arelwilt be e recovery of world prices. planted in colonies, to assure perme-‘The whole ,rorid, including tet) new, in their ,rartar. egelnst moiAirlce. will bertettt end the gold stand- corn borer. About 750.000 ttarasite I ard will soon function again " it did; new” at m. corn borer heve been before the Iver. If she tells there‘ liberated during the pest yeer. Since will " . succession ot erimm, each the importation, mu, over a decade more severe then its predecessor, un- "o. more that 2,500.00. penettee tit t1tuulr clviiizetion u we know it hare been liberated, m " loathe“. WM"- I twelve ot the twenty or so species in- -----+----- , tttlf, ere known to heve become Portable Theetm. To ' ruiy established. ..., " . Wind Dangerous Extended surveys ot native parasites ehowed that they killed less than 1 oer cent. ot the boron beyond the egg etate. Bo the Bureau ot Entomology looked abroad tor ttarasities that would enter the corn borer etteetlrtr. lr. Studlee boson in 1919, not long otter the corn borer wee found in the United Stat“. About twenty species here eo far been discovered: these fell lnto two general classes--.' wasp type end the " type. An examina- tion wee node to determine whether these peruttee were harmful to plants) and whether they could attack onel another. The teete showed that they were not harmful to plane. Hyeres wee chem he being a cen~' tral point for the eollectlons. The stat! ot the laboratory lncludee two Americans end more! European: ere employed on e pert-time hull. ltrmtn’e foes with which American agriculture has to deal. Gathered by specialists ot the Bureau ot Entomol- ogy assigned to the laboratory at Hreres, on the Mediterranean coast. this army of parasites will be released next Augirt to meet tho corn borer In the Irrincspal regions of infestation. During the winter this sUpment. wlth the others that are to follow, will be kept itt cold storage. Washintrton.-An initial shipment ot parasites. part of an army that my number '00,000 bo.' .re recruiting stops. In: 'roott r0. '1. '.ts United an!" " tho spirarhrct" cr the 1932 oilionsivo of tlt., P‘s-b: ', Government against the cum I. '."Jr, ans ot the most de. ltruruve foes with which American Experts Waging Parasite War On Corn Borer Kept in Cold Storage in Win. ter for Massed Attack in Summer tt Y' wort A TROUP OUTING The newly ton-mod Unlonvllle Troop. who were recently memben ot the Lone Scout Dpartmnt. paid a Halt to Toronto on December 29th. tor their Christmas Outing. They visited the Canadian Bank ot Commerce Building. which is the tallest building ln Toron- to, and Inspected it from cellar to root garden. la the afternoon they all went to a "Show," and were afterwards tttr' tertained to supper, followed by games and mm rminmont by the 3rd Toronto Troop I And Incidentally, now Is the time to prepare new bird houses for next you“: tannin. Don't forget that Good Turn, Louisa! All Lone Scouts are friends to the'tering birds, and in spite ot all the sign- otl Lam Spring. we .now that there is at"! ttelitist more cold weather to come. “0".othor , about arranging to feed your feathered Scouta friends? I heard ot one Scout who membe made use or his discarded Christmaa'mnme tree for this purpose, setting it up outlaw“; , ot doors and tying all sorts ot titUte 'not, wr on to it which the birds thoroughly ell-INIn to tor. il' All no! We also heard ot a gentleman who saw a pair of starlings teaching n young one to tty In Toronto a few den Those of you who “tended the Lone Scout Camp at Ebor Park In 1930 will remember Mr. Luck, the popular own. er ot the park. He tells us that at the end of December it was much greener there than " the end ot July, end he sent us a dandelion which he picked in the park on December 28th. This week we have had evidence in plenty that Spring must tte. either "Just Around the Corner" or else that it bu been “Just tooling us." A Lone Scout of the "Hound" Patrol " Milford. Prince Edward County, has sent In to Lone Scout Headquarters n "pussy-willow" in full bloom, which he picked the other day. Here's a Mt What About the Birds? " Spring Here? " Goad Motto For 193, To Slump: mo For 1932 til waning. even the tip ot it to theatres. l Madrld.-trpatsiatt students are pre- paring I nation-wide tour for 1938 to exhibit classic plays in Greek. Latin and Spanish with the hope ot Improv- ing the country’s culture under the republic. They will travel in motor buses and trucks, carrying portable i The N.Y. frtsraltrTritume.--oae gift ibrought only by a Northern winter is ithe sense and mood ot cozineas. Where snow never tails, where wind never butts and pulls against the frosted l pane, they don't know what ooxlnese is. It goes with the delicious greet. ing of warmth and with mellow lamp light on box: and apples. You feel it, intonaely when, coming home chilled) anti “at. you (limb the last icy stem/ to be met by that first breath of the comfortable indoors. Something good is roasting in the ortta-sotnetttittg substantial and savory. Already dent- ed by the stretching cat, the party, worn chair is waiting with open arms. The faithful furnace glows reassur. ingly. Dumplings! To get home on such a night is worth a. winter. I Particulars ot the Lone Scouts ot ‘Ontario may be obtained from the Lone Scout Department. The Boy Scouts Association. 330 Bay Street, Iroronto 2.-"LONE E." [ The plane will be larger and more powerful than the Farman craft, which has been prepared tor a similar tiight, " disclosed last week. The Par. man plane will make the attempt " soon as weather conditions are favor- able. but the Guerclmis attempt will be delayed until spring. The Guerehais plane will be of 700 horsepower. capable ot some 200 miles an hour. It will have a sealed duralu. min cabin. Pierre Guerchals, aeronautical engi- neer, to secretly preparing a plane tor a night some ten miles or more above the earth, where Professor Aug- usto Pieeard last summer made the first experiment by balloon. Paris-A second Preach project to send an airplane into the stratosphere was disclosed recently. Of this number 313 are Lone Scouts. and the above figures shows a very substantial Increase over the ttgurus returned a rear ago. We are growing, Lonles! Let us see to it that we grow in oiticiencr as well as in numbers dur. ing 1902'. Second French Plane - To Fly Stratosphere [moles of this provinca will be in- terested to know that according to I recent (mans ot the Boy Scout Mem. bership of Ontario there are 21,793 Scouts in this province, including. ot course, Rovers and Wolf Cubs. l Lone Scouts can do a great deal to help in this way try corresponding with .othor Louie: in this country or with Scouts in foreign countries. Every member ot the Ontario Lone Scout Do. Partntttttt should have at least one Scout Pou~Friend. Have you one? It not, write to your Seoutrnatrter and ask him to get you one, but don’t forget to state it you want to write to an- other Canadian Louie or to a Foreign Scout. 1 Thus we note that the members of the 4th Melton (Leieetrtershire, Eng- land) Troop have sent a gift of Scout Colors to the members or the 8th Jerusalem Troop, Palestlne, thus to+ tering this brotherly spirit. l A January Suggestion For Lone Patrols l Parties are the usual fashionable functions at this time or the year, and ‘in past years several Lone Patrols hare organized very successful Patrol Banquets, which hare prayed great tun, and which have been greatly en- Joyed. What about having a banquet in your Patrol, and each member in. rite another chap who is not yet a Scout? Don't forget to send an invita- tion to "Lone W' too,' [ International Brotherhood A Boy Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every every other Scout. according to the 4th Scout Law. Great Britain's Task The Cosy Season The Scout Census merma n Every man In -oeeasiomui, what he ought to be perpetuallr.-aitn. is the latest victim in Montreal. The evidence showed that the windows ot the automobile were tightly closed, as were the windows ot the garage itself, while the door ot the latter was almost closed. It does seem astonish- ing that so many people who are ‘connected with the operation ot automobiles tail to observe the moat) elementary precautions when hand. ling cars in garages. Had the chauffeur in this particular instance taken care; to open the garage window and door and the windows ot the machine. he would probably be alive and well to- Mr. I He-"Yes, but when a. tellow'l Just missed a two-toot putt is not the time tor it." She-vie', a. time tor sym- pathy." The Montreal Daily Star. - The death toll from the inhalation ot car- boa monoxide gas in automobile gar- ages is steadily mounting. A chaulteur The new find has been inspected by P. B. Freeland, Government min- ing engineer. who states that ore ot similar type has been found before in the district. The ore was found in a high grade shoot containing teliurido and tree gold and is a parallel vein from which some 17 tons ot ore running 330 to the ton was recently shipped. Gold Findings In B.C. Grand Forks, B.C-Reeent uncov- ering ot are running $75 to the ton on the Gold Drop Mines in the Jewel Camp is said to be the most sense- ‘tionnl and in boundary district mining in recent years. Picked samples are said to have m nmuch higher. Several samples brought to Grand Forks have large spots ot free gold and assays have been running around too. Shango hag Just experienced his tirat plane ride, a mu Ostend to London. Evident]; it tntpt have been". tn The latest invention from Germany is the see Dr. H. Mannhelmer ot Berlin demons!“ projects short tihna on clouds to a. distance a Death in the Garage Tiger "Flying High" i trom Germany is the "cloud movie." Here we r ot Berlin demonstrating his machine which clouds to . distance ot 2,000 meters. "Chmd Movie" "A book is like the widow's cruse ot oil; you dip into it again and again, and the contents remain exactly what they were. Investment In books ia a. capital investment. the capital ot which never undergoes wastage or " teriorauoa."--g. Ramsay MacDonald. 1 75 and " degrees most varieties tail " rapidlly in germination; at " de. grees permination is “most entirely stopped in most varieties. Ptr, Treatment Used i In Lettuce Seed Germination New Yor1r.--0ermination ot lettuce seed although ground temperatures may be high by a new plan ot seed .zreatment has been worked out by iProtegsor H. A. Borthwlck ot the bot. any division of the branch ot the College ot Agriculture ot the Univer- sity ot California. Professor Barth-1 Ft', has recently returned trom lei perial Valley, Cal., where he demon. strated the results ot his methods to the growers ot that district. Lettuce seed. it is explained, require for germination an adequate supply ot moisture. good aeration and a low temperature. High percentages ot germination are secured over a wide range of temperature from freezing i) about 75 degrees Fahrenheit; between ot lee, which forms a clearly destined line of demarcation between the Are. tie conditions maintaining above its surface and those in the water be. neath, the result being that-the gen- eral conditions in the Arctic waters are similar to those found in more temperate zones. These conditions are clearly reflected in the character of sea lite found north ot the Arctic (Circle. The herds of the sea mammals have not only supported the local in- habitants tor many generations but have also entered the world markets. The fisheries, while as yet undevel- oped. hare long been an important factor in the domestic economy ot the country. The supply of molluscs support many of the larger set mam- mals, while the smaller varieties ot sea lite maintain the fish and some of the small mammals. The marine vegetation is plentiful and is drawn upon by all forms ot animal life as an aid to their subsistence. l, The climate ot the Canadian North does not adversely affect sea. life, according to the records or the Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch ot the Department ot the la. terior at Ottawa. During the winter much of the surface ot the water is covered by approximately tire feet) Climate and Life i.ke. tlte_Widow's Cruse ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO plane ride all the way have btetCiy bumpy trip. “W‘w‘b In Canadian North Wt ---e--. Bo are that it will not ignite even when e lighted match " applied to It. e new fuel for “when he. been Introduced. . . I - _ 7 ,_V_-. uvw "Haul-I1 "I. Bueno. Jut'o.-Poreutur" my be.I nun my tee,, The fruit PP be come naturalized claim of Argentine, gathered tttttore Callus Dar, or nay- ' body my take It. A proverb an: after two you! reliance. provided ' they loom the 3m [same and When Genus Day In M whatever hare no um“... or doctrines om fruit rennin: hanging " mag." to the Argentine tom of government. ----W----. under a decree Issued recently by the A mun we. complaining ot the Government. In" A' -‘--‘L ' -. - Dtttroit.--Ttte first mechanical toys were Invented by the Persians 7001 , years ego, Sir E. Denleon Ron, pro- fessor at Persian. art and literature at the University ot London, stated in a recent lecture here. Ross said the Persian. devised intricate toys early] [in the thirteenth century. Elaborate; 'drewiuge ot their devices are includ-i ed in books illustrated by Persian art-l iste. he laid. The itrtt talltlng picture theatre was opened itt Sslgon. French IndotChinn, in the fan of 1930 and showed Ameri- can ttttng. This venture was at ttrat . success. but although lube crowds came to see the novelty, they could not understand the words and shortly lost interest. The theatre ls now showing only French ttukim.--u. S. Commerce‘ t te ports. [mic-Chino Theatres Prefer French Talkies , German School Boys , Stage "G.B.S." Play , Hamburg.--German school children. ' especially boys, who have attained an age at which literature can be appre- ciated. are trrorertritutr fond of the German classics. according to a cor- respondent ot The Christian Science l Monitor. They are well read in Eng- ' liah classic and dramatic literature al- so. It is no uncommon thing tor them to act the whole or s large part ot a 8ttakespeariaa Nay " breaking up or} on a similar fete day and do it admir- ably. A new departure was recently undertaken by the sixth-form bore- primaner, as they are termed here- iof the Hamburg Herder School. They ventured on a performance ot G. Ber-: nerd Shaw's “St. Joan" in the trans~ lation by Siegfried Terbitsch. The boys in their enthusiasm made no cuts; and presented a play lasting over four hours. No one in the audience. which filled the large hall ot the school to _overtiowinir, appeared bored, however, ‘but on the contrary. The services of a talented young actress, Barbara! Schuchard. had been obtained tor the name part, but otherwise all roles were given, and g'vert admirably, by the boys. Scenery and etlects and in- cidental music by the school orchestrs were highly comendabie. It was a performance that might have delight. ed "O, B. s: himself. 1 Modern Toys Rules Foe Citi-toak, "A habit has grown up in certain quarters ot comparing the f1ttatteet, of Ontario with Quebec. People are told that Quebec's debt is much smaller and that they generally hare a surplus. it those who want to discuss the subject desire to be honest about it and give the peo- a chance without fear ot any more taxation or disability to go ahead and make progress. Ontario is be- hind her citizens in this. in Ontario is ten than almont any other Province in Canada. The social services " well " the mate- rial bemrttta are so outstanding as to place Ontario in a class by her. self. The public must pay for them. It in no time, however, to consider the) expansion ot any of these, there must be a marking ot time, no matter how good a project there must be no more expenditure until we retrench and catch up. The citizen himself must be given "The Province will carry out its Debt Retirement Policy and will pay up to date and will, during the your 182, pay up last year’s instalment. and whatever detieits have accrued. The Province is determined to do this and balance its 'budgeit next year. There will be no more de. tieitg. In order to make sure that this would be accomplished, not only have we decided to cut our Ordinary Expenditure, but the Province has placed a slightly higher license tee for motor care and trash so that this service itself will he self-eul- tainlng. "The tituutetM ot the Province Are , gonna condition. The taxation Despite the deficit as announced by Hon. A. E. Dunlap, Provincial Treasurer, the ilnnncies ot the Prov- inces are in sound condition, and n readjustment ot expenditures, and retrenchment all along the line will give the Government the opportun- ity of balancing it's budget next year. This " one ot the statements made recently by the Province's Attorney- General, Col. W. H. Price, when he addressed 1500 Toronto businessmen, High lights in Col. Price's speech are as follows: Finances of Province of Ontario 77 Are in Most Sound Condition ”ded' tough Provincial Treasurer's Report Shows De This Year, Government Are Making Every Endeavor to Have Balanced Budget Next Year To Persia "___ _"'.. ""'"'"99" house in which he wu mm. “In take the "rthnt It a bad enough," In lied add. “but at nigh; I frequently “he " a". 3nd heir my‘teeth chattering a " tpjre-ln; table.” A nun In. complaining of the lack ot warmth In the bacillu- 1....-- " --i._., " al Bountiful Fruit Harvest new. um any species of bird aciuu- gmateml- given " continuullly from in mates in mid-air. lminerele which contain hdlum or . . . . t . {other radioactive elements in a use The song of an English ttightirtgate ' which mixee with the atmosphere and was broadeaat to the world when icontlnuea to be redloactlve for several Beatrice Harrison, English musician. dun. It ll ran from thll see Which lured one ot the feathered song-Jere believed to be reeponeible for the store to a microphone conceeled in greeter electrical conductivity of the In thicket on her estate in Sample” neer the radium trainee and it ie The bird wu etlmulatod to enter not unlikely, the Cucho-Slovnklu the thicket and sin: when the muai~ scientists believe. that even tiny extra cien played a cello and an; eoftly. qmtltlee at thle redloactive gate in Many unencceutul eiforte had been the air may not no a bodily stimu- made previously and when on. bird lent on vultora to Kuiebad end aiml- bem to ling in front ot the micro- lar resort.- and may be the chief rea- phone it In "ruched on the air eon for the benelte reported. and all other presume interrupted. ---H---- The nightingale’: eon: we picked Rd FBI-H no distinctly in the United Steteel "d,,, . and Aotratia.-"Animat Lite." m.“ and Humming birds, a 1nd martin: cannot ‘ I. horizontal surface. humming birds are Interesting Facts On Bird Life :snd our big nubile :'tttrtetel “they must stunt! behind our munici-l Lee/e although there has been I .over-expenditure. This function of; Iour chartered Banks in Glands. tgl {being enrried out in u very helpful war. I think prohsbly they went ’too far, when times were good, in ndvsnclng money, but they are today 'tstanding behind I." public bodies in! an attempt to work out A solution of our problems. It is idle, there-i fore, to say that, because there are such tremendous deposits in Can-' ada, the Banks can do every thing? There is always I limit to what _ credit can be given. The less thil, Banks have to do in raising money}; tor Governments and Municipalities l and other bodies the more will ther;, have for the use ot business and the [ help of our people in getting our),' business structure back to normal.";. l “They will nllo tell the public 'thu we hare invested over 840.000,- 000 In the Ttrtnitskatnitte & Northern 'Ontarlo Railway and that that I: but ot our Ctrttital Debt, but that we own that road. They might also say that Quebec own: no Hydro Electric service nnd own: no Ran. roud Ind hu not Issued bonds tor I'the purpose of construction ot such "Ther might go forth and any that we have spent $125,000,000 in Prov. lnclal road: and that Quebec's roads cmnot be compared with thttarto roads. They Are not u wide " Ontario total, they are not an tirtn- Ir constructed and In moat places they are not in my way as good. "The nunnchl structure in Cumin in sound. Our Bunk: Ire evolving cud performing their functions. True, they must unit In munch; Clnldn and the Provinces. They must help to tittanee our railway- pie the tnctl, they will tell them ct once that part ot Ontario's debt, amounting to $186,000,000, nu been advanced to the Hydro Electric Power Commission or Onturio tor the purpose at cumin: out their undertaking, and that the Province bu back of that a utility owned by the public through ita municipalities. Shows Deficit For' 3lologlm Swain" electric conductivity ot the nit 'er arm mambo ha been found In the msightrors ttt pair whllolhood of tho tatnotm heath retort a me naturalist. ilnrllbul and eluwhero. One ot the of bird "ttmt-int) than on etehnrhso- ...- i."."'" " “urn-my unpopulnr malady. III i"ht use ot red Inn! was wall nigh , universal Among men. regudleu ot ttil;71; they won clerks, (armor. '2ulrritiiei'iii;.ri1u"lhUfe'a"g'. Ct'mlout in October, um vu ushered to I“. Oil-“I " -. _ L" a? t lttl 'f',','?.,)';', ',r::i,),j,.'i,,tii',_i','i vli..)r,'i'ii,'i','tj, I; y iii';,'! il.;; ly _ - " u... nu; custom or . ho (Anion diam! " In. Ltettgeii,iiiiiiT'i'"c"liu,'ht'd Gi m 1““qu on n cloth..- rlllno. and tho light ot on. would 't ' Vin old memories. tt would cor gum; mu us (03ml. uh nonm- rhOumUlI. may" that [my be, will tenuou- with tho old- tlno underwear, but It It dom, tho locum: will be obvious. “no. tho 'llettteraiTi""iii"lr"'o1'l “or...“ on may humor“. Who. 0mm In. Pregnant rim- v... In warm, and in “new! to until tt “to hem to when. which Inset In ht. In April. Tho Hutton! (Cont) Courier. - Forty you-- :30. when rheumatism V“ a deservedly unpopuhr manly, tho In. ot rel tunnel In won nln universal anon; Inca. rentals-- ot whether ther W0" cloth. I'm-mm -.. an: u]. namm mine. and it I: not unlikely. the Caoetustgtorakia. scientist- beueve. that "on any out" qmtmel ot thU Minoan gal II the air my act u . bodily stimu- hnt on riaitom to Ku‘lsbul sud aiml- lar resort- ud my be the chief rea- son for an treneitta reported. lit! ot PM!" already have indicated that the electrical conductivity ot the air neu- the famou- tadium mines in tho Joachim Valley in more than uric. u mat as in Prague innit or in other normal localities. Sonia increase in ,,___, - -- --"". “new In Ite erecting of the more, end the Il braking end tumbling down of huge I tttoem, together with its neemeu 1.11“ um, which Mded n alight 'i element ot tear-it combined to n give to it the character of true lub- l Unity. I "1rttnautytdroetutnamswaa. nu I have and. of on indigo color, litta base crueted with frozen foul; “and no tt grew thin end trnnepnr. Giii towards the edges nnd top, Sta 1 color eluded " mm deep blue ' to the whiteness of now. it seemed l to be drifting nlowly toward- the F north, no thnt we kept nwny end Ii'ii'ia it. it won in eight ell the dternoon; end when we not to the " leeward ot it, the wind died awny, Po that we lay-to quite near " for " the greater pert of the night. mr. ifortunntely, there we; no moon, but Iit we! n clear night, and we could lphlnly mark the long,rexulnr heu- ilng of the stupendous mesa, an it. 1edges moved slowly "nine! the Esters. Several timee on our watch. iloud creeks wire hound. which geounded u though they must have run through the whole length of the iceberg, end several pieced fell down with n thundering crash, plunging henvily into the eon. Toward: morn- ing, A etronx breeze sprung up, end 'we tttted nwny, had left it lantern. and " daylight it we: out of sight --Riehard Henry Dan... in "The Lure of the Bea." Edited by P. H. Lee l But no description can Rive any ids: of the strangeness, splendour, and - the luhlimity ot the sight. [to great size-tor it must have been two to three miles in trireunt, Iterence and sever-1 hundred feet In r",tusigttt-ita liow motion, as its bu. GG ma Ink in the “tor, and it. {high point- nodded “tins! the ‘cloudl; the dashing of the was upon it, which, braking high with groan, lined in bun with a whim Ion-t: um the thundering Bound at I!!! hue, In top end point: cov- ered with new, and Its center of e deep Indigo color. This we: an Ice- tree%andetetutamemt the, a one at our men all who bed been In the Nonhem ocean. " hr u the en could reach, the no. in every direct!” wee ot e deep blue color, the were. running high end fresh, and sparkling In the light, and in the millet lay this Immense moun- tain4alngsd, ite cavities and valley. the" Into deep allude: and " points and pinned“ glittering in the sun. All bends were soon on deck, looking " It. and admiring In venom wayl its beauty and gran- deur. There lar, ttoatine on the are“, comm mun oil. an immense, Irreg- A [gantry of it cumul- of Cl unm- to u 07 the In I In: Ind " and th r, or "It tn an no ot In In" Old: the shot 0. them knee t “You tl .ND al low Ion: In: Mor h. TIN " after hr. hunt “lands tary to t “not ll noun-1|- 1 “feet. 1 . “arm MT “Ewen "ro 'urltt -irtts, wt whit