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a. nu: J3` the "Council desire p;:;Hm- nary! sugv` , levels and._-otheyV_`*.wpr1;' 1, """"" ;3m=113?=eg A it -', a ., J vvuuu J. 1llL`Ul'lll you Maj01' Tracey was master of the ship, R. A. Thomas and self, seamen. Such soundings and inspections as I was able to make` of the - river convin-ced me that although the $1000.00 now provided was a nice sum for preliminary survey it would not permit of me carrying ' out in full quite as much as spoken of,as` in my opinion all Work per- formed `should be complete, with ex- ception of about 3 miles of river which is almost continuous rapids. s -This part mightbe less expensive ` to make complete cross sections` -when waters of river are at low stage next summer, I at same time it would be necessary to run a line of levels up centre of river to en-- able complete prole. There are lmany factors to be considered in connection with such an extensive survey, viz., as to extent river is ' frozen over at rapids, depth of snow and thickness of ice. The work undertaken not only in myopi_nion requires information as to advis- ,_~abi,lit'y of undertaking and resu1_ts;but V Work. `f also should represent $1000.00 value under proceedure of the drainage .We had of course some r*""`-" ~ . The extent of -work involved may be judged of by the fact that it took ` our good snip two days -to make the trip from Angus brigdge to the mouth of` the Notawasaigal River and return to Knox s camp. aging our -bo_at around` jams in _`the' river, especially, will you. know when I inform your that Major Tracev wan mnafnw mt 4.1.- nL3_. `F delays port-"V guuoasusau , 1:3 au UuU6rBuK1l1g ts-.t1yng-. a very considerasble ' amount of survey work and in order that such` survey work, so far as _it ex-, tends be of $1000.00 value in con- nection with -proceedings _under .-said drainage act will require to be conducted in _a careful and system- eplete. atic manner so that prole, cross sectmns and rlver survey be com: A i, I `beg to, report in pursuance of . a . letter, dated 28th ult.,' `received from Clerk of your Municipality, relative to the improvement of the Nottawasaga. River, under the Municipal Drainage Act ;, having other business at, Barrie on 5th _inst., had an interview With. Town- V ship Solicitor, Township Clerk and others interested therein. The` scheme is -an undertaking` necessi- tntinm a um... .......-:.1-_.-.1-1. G.ent1`emen.--. To the Reeve an-d Coecil, Township of Vespra. I`! .1 NOITAWASAGA DRAINAGE AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT ' every Province of Canada. with direct to resentetion in timber, of branches in don, Eng., New York, d_., with Agents and The Canadian Bank of Commerce, reason of its larg. `_ Sen Francisco. Seattle, Portland, Ore., M codand St. ohn's Correspondents in every part of the world, is able to o er-un travelling public, enabling them to obtain money in the sirnpl at my point on their journey the world over. The Travellers Cheques and rs of Credit issued by this Bank overcome the annoying dimculties of obtaining it: abroad. especially in places where identication is diicult. pknnnnn noel '\-.&- -_ -II AL- -__-_-W! V - D -0 ` ` ` Qua r.-um vvuvuv nuvuuuuuuuu ID cumcuu. Cheques and Drum on all the covunn-ion of` the world, dn H" hurling. francs, mu-In. u. kronon, _ctc., canto cubed or purchuod at~ruuonIblo;_ too. > 3,; I'\A3II\l: lnlllnnnnnna n CAPITAL, $15,000,000 i sin AL:xANnnn1uunn= - ' - General Maniac: ' Joan `: eat L aincc mo. ., in Cams. . BfARR' lE_'__|`-i7{l'\i'('3"-I-3|" "an: 2; ii.&s'x~:'1`1*. m...m.' Again: if it be decided. that a line of levels and soundings be vken entire` length of river from the bay to. the mouth of the Mad River` and as much other valuable survey Work us can be performed `TOURISTS LLERS The main quiet stretches of river. vary little in depth, being 8 to '9 feet_ in depth, shallower parts being- 4 to 6. feet and _on rapids depth varies at present time, _from 1 `foot to 4 feet in depth, with many large `boulders close : to. surface. 'GllAlSiETT.a lhnager; ll of. a class and such character j might be included at costvof future proceedure under The Municipal. Drainage . Act, ` would . be prepared to proceed with Work when , ice 'n 1 proper order, in the -new year and expend the money -allowance, viz., $1000.00, to best advantage I can. such grant not to be exceeded without further orders to be-given" for purpose of extending ..work a` little further up stream,` In` `any case would sound and extend single `line levels of bottom of river up to mouthof the mad River and carry. out as much other work as possible within nam'ed`limit. I leading article, Expedition in-. to the Arctic Regions, is de- scriptive of a [trip to Bain s Bay, by- a hardy company of adventurers led by Lucky Scott of Toronto, and is illustrated .by some striking photographs taken `on. the -trip. Of particular interest are the replies '_to Mr. Hamilton Fisher -3 -article in.` the November `number on Bull, ` Moose and their Hor_ns; . -Mr. R. J. Fraser s well written article. on 0 The American Indian Language; Prints. from Y an amusing :1 H. Mortimer Batten s Canadian Trails; story entitled The. Burning Moose, etc., etc. The number is an except- ionally good one, the `regular de- partments being replete with inter- esting information. Under the Trap appears `an _acc_o_unt of the Grand 502 The musical world aslts for no greater treat th I, -----n union: 3.. the fire and realism of her superb interpretation are be ond Clo wonderful re`corcls-not only 0 Thais "-but of other fy _ avorite for Columbia. her ncorcls to-clay in your own liolne-`Wile THE CRATE FATTENING OF POULTRY Practical experience has shown thatcrate feeding is not only a very satisfactory but also an economical method of fatteningypoultry. The savingin the amount of feed re-I quired {to produce one pound of gain is quite marked, and the feeder is. enabled to observe to greater ad- ...,v 4.a.L.u\ u.1UalL uxuiuu Language"; Mortimer Moose, _partments esting information`. the an account of the International .Tournament held at ` St. Thomas Dec. 1st to 5th. Old Chief Inlet decorates the cover of the January issue of Rod and Gun in [Canada, published by W.` J. Tay- ['1or, Ltd., Woodstock, Ont. The `leading article, 11 _Exp3ditjon in-. `'10 H10 A uni: in Nassau of ` Admiralty uqasgva 'J.l&6IlIl(UEW q\;|N- , '0 My trip was ` undeftakeu with e_Vunderst_an ding.'_that I receive $20.00 `for trip,` and expenses. ptherwise :to ,?be tbourne. Major Tracey and .;R. A. Thomas cashed.` up outlay ex- pen-Se, all of which I trust will -be provided_for otherwise than out of! "$1000.00 e_now, "up for` survey; ' Yours truly, A. G. CAVANA, D.L.s. an; approximate 7es;timate'., of mist} of -`work "could `be vaitrived at and conclusion -.arri_ve at" as to advisability. of proceeding with same under Drainage Act. In .. 4...! `I JANUARY ROD A1571) _GUN tlI\`l `I In .NoRffrHERN ADvA1$ti:EL , vuwu Ivv wuss L cvu. V1.1 111- G [which explains clearly the construc~ way. The feeder requires to under- stand the principles of what he is at and to give the necessary at-I tention to _the details of his work. In order to teach the properpmpthod of feeding poultry in crates the Live Stock Commissioner at Ot- tawa has had prepared a seasonable illustrated pamphlet on `the subject tion of a fattening crate, the constituents and preparation `of proper rations, the method of feed- I ` vantage the progress being made by- I individual birds. He can also, if necessary, curtail. the duration of the feeding period in the case of birds which have attained A their maximum weight and` are ready to` be placed in then nishing crate. Crate fattening cannot with suc- cess be carried on in. a haphazard mow mt... :.m,a.... ....-.-:..-- L- --:--4 .; 74,564 16,401 ' I i .79....` . u 0 0 o 0 0`; 9 C`, c v o o Cong'r'ega'tibnaIi-sts .. .. .. 34,054 4 28,293 4; -'Looking at the record by Provinces it is observed that Quebec shows a total number of Roman Catholics of 1,724,683; Ontario, 484,- 997, and Nova _Scotia and "New Brunswick, `each `about 145,000. Of the Anglican community there are in the Province of Ontario 489,704; British Columbia furnishing" the next higsest gure, 104,972; Quebec being` third with 102,684.` I i"~'I?")., those5interesteclj.in` a_`n',dj after all who is not, 'the.. census. returns"f;'g_)fs'ithe religions of the 1 ,Ca*na;dian-- people recently `published fwil-l '-a'ord;' ,of_ careful consideration. Of the total population ".'`of the Dominion`, of 7,206,643, has taken in 1911, our Roman Catholic,. friends.` number a_ little over` one-third-, the gures being 2,833,- _041. in Of the Protestant denominations the curious fact is apparent that the ,Methodists,` who numerically ranked second in 1901, are now third, having changed places with our Presbyterian friends. The Churchgof England in the ten years: has, however, made the greatest strides, due lpossibly to the large immigration of English people in recent years, `and at the next census it will `not be surprising if the gures show t that they are the strongest Protestant denomination. ; ma :sl\ ~L..L4_.A__L -1! F 1` v....,.., ..,...VJv- 1.359 may UULVAJEODU .l-lUIliIla1-ll! UUHUUIIIIHMUII. ~ The comparative tatement fiof gux.-es, of `the principal ' religioug bodies , is certainly worthy of 9 consideration. It., 18 as follows: , . A g ' , 1911 1901 -Roman Catholics . . . . . . . . . . . .2,833,041 2,229,600 Presbyterians . . .7. . . ." . . . . . . . . .'1,115,324 . 842,442 Methodists . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . .1,079,892 916,886 Anglicans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' .1,043,017 - 681,494 Baptists . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 382,666 318,005 Lutherans .. . .' . . . . . . ._. 4. . , . . . . 9 . . 229,864 92,524 Greek Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,507 15,630 Jews .2 . . . .. 74,564 16,401 Mennonit_.es_ . .. . . 44,611 31,797 Cong'r'egati}>naIi-sts . . . . . .. . .. . . . . `Looking Provinces number-.nf -Rnmnn (`!al-Imlina mi? 1 mm 1209. n_1_._-_ It'll 1 I Roman .. .. . .. LutheransA... .. G1-ee1nChurch.... .. .. .[ Mennonites .. \ Congr'ega'tib'nraIi-sts . . . . . .V on THE7 RELIGIONSIN CANADA _.......d ......w "U vvuulull b DU w-suau1e(1_ to ask to learn us` how to eat gen- teel and talk proper! Ain t it grand,` Benjamin? Now, if we only had somebody in the family that we wouldn t be ashamed wfn only `I\ `an... ---' `A Well, Maria, I ve `been guring up my holdings to-day, and" as near- IV as I can make out I m worth $50,000,000. ' fling, killing and dressing birds and information regarding packing for market. The work which is `de- signated Pamphlet No. 2 of the Live Stock Branch is `available to ~21! who apply for it while the edition lasts to the Publications Branch of the Department ' of Fgriculture` at Ottawa. J ALL THEY LACKED "Thais "- fall -distributed to grade up stream. ' mouth` of the Mad River,` this with gnprobably clearances along _both sides - In proceeding d-ownthe Nottawa- saga River from Angus, the flow of -river `had a moderate velocity for stretches, but the greater part of course was very sluggish, with ex- ception of outlet of Jack Lake and the 3 mile stretch of rapids previ-` ously referred to. Rapids apparently are composed of gravel, clay and boulder material which may have been originally caused to form by 'lodgement of trees, stumps and other `blocking materials nally causing `almost a complete dam in several places. These dame of course will under a drainage scheme be required to -be ' taken out` and total Such removal will cause a fair cur- rent all the way down from the - f 'wid'exi`itngs of what is termed .the V neck` of bottles and cutting away all trees likely to fall into rivereand ~ (of course` together with removal of Tobstructing ` materials of :`~_rive"r ;`i3 hould'. do much to relieve tro.u4ble,~ rat any rate high opd state,,wpuld' : `the .-shorter of duration all-J rdinary 1 water ow `much more; 7;: Two`-`Irishman Bad just met am] after .intr'o'ducing' themselvc-.~:, said to the other, So your n-am Riley-, is it? Are ye any r-Iatirm Vto Barney Riley of lower t0\\'n{ rother, Oi was me mother: m child, and Barney ,was her thiI't.r_-en. 4-L 77 - - 0119 Bis" _ v___ _-_.-3u-an \l!JII Sold by bes. dealetq St. lnrelca Sugar Reneries. Limited. ve)-'r.L . V V _-`1--N , thewo1-at is to come. . How is _that? ' We.h8Ve yet`to break the ; to /Sis relatives. Pure sugar is necessa of young or old. G candy, sugar on po bread--not only stimulates. Buy St. Lawrence Extr Granu in bags and be sure the 1 fure cane sugar, untouc ed by] tom factory to your ki hen. Bags xoo1bs., 2: 1115., 2 lbs., Cartons 31bs.,21 A:1i'`;J:;Vvilt recover. sgggngi :_]:I[.D.. `Yes, the WW is J_AN" FULL VVEIGH1: ` (`-147 L. l ` Ont. .,.uuuAa.l.C'l : suur finest ,untouc byhand `rouf Han new!