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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1928. 3 The U. S. Market | Profitable Business and Canada^ Cattle Spectacular Robberies Over ' Ten Years Net Hold-up Not a Head Shipped to England in a Year Men Over Half a Million The export of Canadian cattle cou- No(. g,nee mg ^ theTe tinues on the rise, according to a re- ,jaring a train robbery in Toronto cent bulletin of the Canadian Pacific that perpetrated on the C.N.R. ex-Railway In the twelve months ended press recently at the Union Station, in April a total of 288,190 head with But there have been spectacular rob-in Ayiu » i berles involving larse amounts of a value of $13,900,932 left the Domin-, ej ^ ^ mg ^ ion, as compared with 218,367 head prevloua robberles involved $276,000, worth $11,351,049 in the previous cor- ^ ^ responding twelve months, and 294,319 {he tQtal tQ ?f-76 head worth $17,947,910 in the twelve mg ^ 24_Exipre9S car OI months ended April, 1926 With the \ nto^ Tobbed by two exception of a few head all cattle ex-, ^ b()arded the oar at the Unlon ported in the past year went to the &na jumped ofl ^ Sunnys,ae> United States, trade fl^re* $20,000 taken, $8,000 of this recover- MW^J^WW*^ John Lett sentenced to ten years, Gordon Dougall sent to reform-1 j.oo.uxx ""^"atory f,or two years, Walter Lett gii previous correspond- ^ moved across the border in the period as compared with 156,011 head worth $5,069,507 in the previous correspond- , ing twelve months, and 171,707 head, worth $5,335,514 in the ewelve months • 2_Union Bank_ church previous to that, n the recent twelve | Wellesley> %12W slolen, robber months not a singe ^d of Canadian( ^ ^ cattle left Canada for the United King- i8-Bank of Hamilton, <-om, whereas 58,775 head worth $6,-' 108,841 were shipped to that country the year before, and 117,029 head W0,^ \12^M\Vn tW6lVe m0a,h3i /ei922. Jan. 16-Penny Bank. loss. $1, ended April, 1926. | R<>0 "The insistent demand for Canadian cattle in the United States," says the bulletin, "and the very high prices 1 charge of 1 , $3,000 stole offered has resulted in a diversion the flow overseas across the border to the south and the United States is absorbing all available animals. The first shipment of cattle to leave for England since March, 1927, was made from Montreal recently and consisted of 300 head. It was merely a stray consignment, however, and 1 taken as the forerunner of shipments to the United Kingdom. There is every indication that the movement to the United States will continue for a considerable time, resulting in very satisfactory profits to Canadian breeders. With other possible export markets existing in the United Kingdom and elsewhere the future for those engaging in the industry may be considered bright, indeed. "The cattle industry is consequently on the upgrade in Western Canada, with a prospect of more stable 1923, April 5--$100,000 In Victory bonds stolen from mail van between Toronto St. and Union Station. Four were arrested and ono man was found guilty of receiving and was sentenced to five years. The others were allowed to go. About $96,000 of the bonds were recovered. 1923, July 24--Bank messengers held up at Melinda and Jordan, $82, 000 stolen, two bank messengers nmed severely wounded. 1923, Sept. 28--Bank of Nova Scotia. Oakwood and St. Clair, loss $15,000. Ryan gang convicted and sent to prison. 1925, Aug. 10--Imperial Bank, Kingston road and Balsam, loss, men captured in a few minutes and convicted. 1926, Oct. 4--Standard Bank, Mc-Caul and Elm Sts., loss $6,000. No 1927, April 22--Bank of Toronto branch, King and Bathurst Sts. ditto than have existed for somS' bed by three men, loss $17,84 Herds are being expanded and ■ngage in th.e indus- Xo Among other sections the Peace ;r country is being favored and r. increasing evidence of develop-t into a great cattle raising coun- topped the market at Edm 1 after | No the trail ore being loaded on railway cars travel to the Alberta capital. A new phase of the cattle industry icli has been taking place at St. notice, since it is possessed of isiderable significance. A large ;etable cannery there' engaged in canning of peas and corn by-produce several thousand tons peavine and corn husks annually, cc there are few live stock kept in surrounding country this material ? almost a total waste. Through action of the Development Branch, ladian Pacific Railway, the cannery . placed in touch with a Westei npa.ny engaged in fattening beef tic and arrangements made for the ction of a feeding plant- and the nsfer of Western cattle to be fated there for the Eastern or export 1927, Oct. 20--Bank of Nova Scotia. Dundas and Ossington, robbed by three men, loss $6,900. No arrests. 1928, April 26--Standard Bank, Mc-Caul and Elm St.s., robbed by two men, loss $23,740 cash and securities. "The plant was erected and 500 head of cattle moved and fed upon the peavine and corn husks with the greatest success. In the average of fifty clays of feeding the average gain per • limal was forty-eight pounds, an average per animal of about a pound per day. The Western company has a ten-year contract for the by-products of the plant and with full operation Edison Visits Ancestral Home Toronto, Ont.--Vienna, a sleepy village on the shores of Lake Erie, in Elgin County, Ontario, will hold a reunion July 1. Famous sons from far and near will be welcomed, but th( most famous of these will be Thomas Alva Edison. The world-renowned inventor has accepted the invitation, "health permitting." He is now eighty years old, but it is expected he will soon wander again over paths of his boyhood, see again the old fishing hole and visit the place of hallowed memories, overgrown with golden rod and grass, where his grandparents are buried. Even the old homestead where the boy watched the miracles of culinary art, performed by his grandmother, still stands. The Canadian cousins member him as a jolly, chubby little chap in those days. First Edison Loyalists There are some in Canada who like to think that but for the Rebellion of 1837 Edison would have been born Canada. His father, Samuel Edisi a captain of Mackenzie's forces Regards Radium as Cancer Cure Thirty Years Ago And Now! First Paid Radio Message Sent By Lord Kelvin 30 Years Ago London.--Thirty years go this officially London Woman Surgeon Tells of Work Done in Hospital London--Miss Maud Chad/burn, senior surgeon at the South London Hos- month radio telegraphy pital for Women at a meeting of the I ied ag a publlc meaM of com< Cancer Research Association, declar- (munlcation when Lord Kelv)n pald ed, "There is a great deal of real evi- Senatore Marconi one shmlng for the ddence that canoer can be cured by transmission of the flrst pald message. radium. Our committee, which is, ThJg hfstorlc mesgage wag gent „y composed of surgeons, was fire* in-|Lord Kelvln> wfl0 at that tlme> w,ti, olined to think that an operation was Lady KeWn and Lor(J TeunysoDj wa8 the best treatment, but results obtain-; yIgItlng Senatore Marconi's experimen-ed by radium are so excellent and sur- tal wlreleS8 statlon at Needles, Isle prising that we hae become willing to ' of Wight In order to snow nis ap. advise the use of radium in early preclatlon of the work the inventor instead of an operation. lof radio had accompiished and to illus- trate his belief in its commercial fu- "Radium does not omre every inoperable case but patients too far advanced for an operation and with symptoms intolerable to themselves and others leave the iospttal without these symptoms and remain without e, Lord Kelvin insisted upon paying ) shilling each for wireless totems he sent to Sir George Stokes, Cambridge; to Lord Rayleigh and Mr. W. H. Preece, in London, and to AEROPLANE USED IN SEARCH FOR ITALIA CREW Lieut. Luetzow-Holm's plane is hoisted on board the Norwegian Icebreaker Hobby at Tromse, Denmark, before the ship' for the crew of the Italia. i departure to search Boy Scout to Go to South Pole With Byrd Expedition Nation-Wide Contest to Be Held to Select Youth . Byrd t Town "To Let" Houses, Stores Rent-Free-- Only Mayor Survives in Deserted Georgian Bay Village On Georgian Bay there is a town to let. Houses, stores, churches, saw mills, all await any tenant--rent free. The Mayor, Robert A. Young, is a sociable old chap, and as it has been twenty years since the 1st of the voters that elected him to his high office left him alone in his glory, he them even if the disease tas spread Dr.' McLean, his chief assistant in the and is incurable and at the worst live physicai iaboratory of the University the rest of their lives in a more toler- o{ (>raSg0W. able condition and at the best some Tne me8sage from Lord Kelvin to inoperable cases are cured. At times Slr George Stokes was as follows: we feel, on the brink of a discovery I «Thls ia gentj commercially paid, at as to the cause of cancer." [Alum Bay, for transmission through Miss Chadburn gave statistics show- etber. Gne shilling to Bournemouth ing that out of 200 advanced cases and thence by postal telegraph, 15 operated upon, 70 died whereas with pence> to Cambridge." the same number using the radium During the thirty years which have treatment one per cent, succumbed, elapsed since this incident at the Isle .-.j.- of Wight wireless telegraphy has d £ \x7l** d* achieved all and more than Lord Kel- Kange Ot White rine Vin could have foreseen, and to-day White pine which is often called yel-' there is hardly a corner of the world low pine, and is known in England as | which cannot be reached by wireless Quebec pine, grows throughout East- communication in which wireless does ern Canada, being most abundant in |not take its part in daily c north-eastern Ontario and Quebec. tion routine. Round Africa and Return being continued in subsequent years. This pioneer development is important and significant from several points of view. A large amount of valuable material from being a total waste is now being profitably utilized and animals are being fattened close to the great Eastern market. An additional industry with its attendant advantages has been given to this Quebec point and may set the example for other similar establishments. Among Eastern Canada's many vegetable canneries there are probably others where such intensive utilization of by-products could be made, haps points the way to more economic cal operation of the vegetable canning industry just getting under way in Alberta, with plants projected at Edmonton, Medicine Hat and Magrath." Prairie Air Mail Planned In Canadian Route Survey Ottawa--Plans are being pushed by the Postofflce Department for conducting the survey of aerial mail routes projected by Hon. Peter Veniot in the House of Commons recently. It is proposed to examine the possibilities of establishing routes from Toronto to Buffalo and Windsor and to the prairie provinces. With respect to the prairie air mail It was explained by departmental officials that many consideraions had to be looked into. Mail requirements, the establishment of emergency landing fields and other factors determine the air route, and In founding a domestic air mail service such as is contemplated all of these must receive their attention. Milan, Ohio, in 1842. There the inventor was born, in 1847. Always the history and fortunes of the" Edisons have been interwoven with action, romance, initiative and pioneering in the broadest sense. About 1730 the earliest known members of the family came to America from Holland, landing at Elizabeth-port, N.J. They went inland to the village of Caldwell, where they were prosperous and happy until their fortunes were changed by the American Revolution. The first Thomas Edison and his son, John, were Loyalists and so after the war they found it n« sary to come to Canada. As a boy, Edison was taught at home by his mother, who was Miss Nancy Elliott, daughter of the Rev. John Elliott, a Baptist of Scottish descent. She had taught in the Vienna High School and was able to give her son a sound, educational background. Still Remembered as "Al" As a very young man, Edison worked for a short period in the Grand Trunk Station of Stratford, Ont., but his visit this year to Vienna will be the first to the village since his boyhood. One of the links which bound him tightly to Vienna will be gone when he returns this year, for his favorite uncle, a man scarcely older than himself died a few years ago. He lived to see his nephew attain fame throughout the world. Mrs. Os-Edison and her three daughters still reside in Vienna, as well as several cousins of the inventor. "Too many wives cry out for the luxuries they want," declares a County eeurt judge. Yes, and too many hu>ba»ds have to cheque those-4ears. New York--A boy scoi with Commander Richard the South Pole, according to an announcement just made by James E. West, Chief Scout Executive here. This boy will be picked from the "wouid "welcome" ne' Scout organization this summer. This i French River, now deserted except lie the third big expedition with for its perpetual Mayor, may any day scouts as members. There are blossom three boy scouts tourist resort. Since population vanished the black bass Mrs. Martin Johnson in Africa. Last have increased. Now its only visitors year the entire deck crew of the are fishermen who periodically dis-polar ship Northern Light, of the John COTer tne deserted village. Borden-Chicago Field Museum Exjedi-1 When tne saw mills closed and the the Arctic, was made up of ratepayers lost their jobs and drifted Chicago sea scouts ,'on to other towns, the mayor got a the Martin Johnson ex- J°b tending the range lights for the pedition. the Boy Scout who will ac- j Department of Marine The pay is company Commander Byrd will he 1 small but livinS c(>st3 are practically picked for his peculiar fitness to ' zem- and the recluse mayor enjoys make this trip. To determine this a nls iob- _ [petition will be held. Most of the' g » « j ~" older Boy Scouts, it is expected, will rlUSDanU OIK)! take part in this contest. It win be j naion-wide. There are 825,000 mem-! bers of the Boy Scout organization, j ^r^two mTmherip Wife Was Ignorant of EW- in the Scout movement, attaining first ness of Successful ass or "able sea Scout" rank. . Man Thie age limits are from 17 to 20 XT years. Preference will be given to 1 New York' N.Y.--Police killing of a boys who have achieved Scout merit ■ mat! ln Brook|yn revealed to a young badges in the study of astronomy, i nioth<<;1' «*«i«y that the business of aviation, electricity, handicraft, hik- *er successful" husband was burning, pathfinding. photography, pion- jlar/' , , on ' , . eering, signaling, stalking, radio sea-! Joseph Rlcardo, 30 years old, slam j HOME FROM THEIR LONG FLIGHT manship, blacksmithins, carpentry,!'n a pol,ce .c^l%a*ter Trobbln| threel sir AIa" a"d Lady Oobham snapped as their airplane landed in Plyr conservation, interpreting, journalism, I ^^!^^^d^U^ Harbor after a 22,000 mile trip circumnavigating the African Continent. leather work, machinery, painting,! who hved w,th hls Wlfe and chlld ln ' ^----- plumbing, surveying and taxidermy I an exPenslve apartment and enjoyed Among other detailed requirements , fin« Jep^atl™; are that the parents of the boy approve his going. Was a Burglar for vacation. Find Human Bones 50,000 Years Old Orusco, Spain.--Human bones esti-1 abroad this mated to be 50,000 years old were! -*- found in a cave here, 350 miles from "Drink Canada dry," reads an ad-Madrid. A quantity of peculiar vases vertlsement. Well, any number of 1 Americans have been trying to do 'hat very thing. 'What is wrong with this picture?" wife never knew that he had were the word8 in heavy type beneath served terms in Sing Sing and a New' the sketch showing a man and woman Jersey Penitentiary, or that on the: walking down the street arm-in-arm. nights he was "detained by business", Robert, aged six, read the words and he was robbing houses. His business1 studied the picture in silence for had lately been so good, Brewis had! some minutes. Then he turned to his recently informed her, they would go; father. "Dad," he said, with a wicked 1 found with the bones. grin, "I bet I know what's wrong with this.' "H'm!" His father looked at the sketch. "What is it?" "Well," returned the boy, "I'll bet it ain't his ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES--By O. Jacobsson. Band Speeds Travelers At Station in Chile Arica, Chile.--Travelers to Bolivia are given a merry farewell here. A military band plays at the railroad station during the half hour preceding the train's departure. This long-established custom formerly was utilized to hi3 advantage by a foreign official, who when tourists from his country arrived en route to Bolivia, told them he "would have the band out to see them off." The tourists modestly objected, but he insisted. The band played at the station and the travelers departed, greatly impressed by the attentions of the official and totally that the celebration wa pressly in their honor. Objectionable Advertisements Washington Post: It is generally realized among publishers of the better sort that a great mass of objec-tionab.e advertising matter appears continually. Fake cures, dishonest get-rich-quick schemes and announcements inserted by fly-by-night concerns cost the public a heavy sum annually. Publishers for years have exercised a self-imposed censorship over such matters, but it still creep* into the advertising columns ot newspapers and magazines. Nordic^ and Meditejranefins^ Cincinnati Times-Star; Hollywood's chief rojnanjic^ act^or ya^s Mediterranean, the Italian Valentino, Whatever their race, the polished screen villains all look like" itaiialf counts. In a hundred ways Hollys wood rouges up the rather dim Spanish pas-t of that part gf tha work?. -^resronS a^TVcTptin? tKe TledTterranean physiognomy, o{ wiraf Graitoh Elliott Smith called the "garfic-eating races" as ideal for, movies heroes. As to the all-conquering Nordics, they are tolerate^ as roughnecks.