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Tastefully Designed â€" FLORAL TRIBUTES National Parks Spiritual as Well as Material Asset Last year The Advance published the series of addresses given by Hon. T. A. Crerar, Minister of Mines and Natural kKesources, believing these to be of speâ€" cial interest and value. This year Hon. Mr. Crerar is delivering another series of irformative addresses, and these are also being reproduced in these columns lor the benefit cf readers of The Adâ€" vance. The third in the series is on "The National Parks of Canada," and is as. follows:â€" Hon. T. A. Crerar Classes Parks as Among Canada‘s Truly National Natural Resources. Parks Play Great Part in Attracting Tourist Trade. Value of Parks to the Nation Last week I spoke about the forest: wealth of Canada. Toâ€"night I wish to| a.scuss ancther of our important reâ€" sourcesâ€"cur National Park system, the pdministration of which is one of the functions of the Department of Mines and Resources. The popularity of our rational parks not only with Canadians, but with visiâ€" tors from abroad, is reflected in the figures for tourist travel to these areas durirg the nine months ending Decemâ€" ber 31, 1936, when more than 896,000 visitors entered the National Parks of Canada. This is an allâ€"time record, cnd represents an increase of more than fifteen per cent. over the total for the preceding twelve mornths. The swift onrush of settlement, and the advance of industry have brought about, in many countries, needless desâ€" truction of natural beauty and wild life, and widespread alienation of pubâ€" lic lands. When the necessity for conâ€" servation became apparent, Canada still possessed large tracts where primitive and unspoiled conditions prevailed, and wisely set apart large and representaâ€" tive areas for the benefit, education, and enjoymenrt of the people. The establishment of Naticnal Parks is one of the more interesting develoyâ€" ments of the preser‘i century. Originâ€" ally set aside to preserve the scenery, the natural and objects, and the wild life of the country so as to l«ave theom urimpaired for the use of future generaticns,.they have proved to be one of the major attra@ions for the tourist trade, an industry which last year reached a ‘@lue of more than $250,000,000. ; R In these are preserved the scenery the flora, and fauna, typical of that part of Canada in which the park is gsituated. From the snowcapped peaks of the Rockies to the surfâ€"washed cliffs of Cape Breton Islard, these great naâ€"~ tural playgrounds offer to the visitor exceptional opportunities for the reâ€" newal of health and vigour in the stimâ€" u‘lating atmcsphere of the great outâ€" dcors. The establishment of Canada‘s origlâ€" ral park grew out of an incident in the building of our first transcontinenâ€" tal raillway. When the railroad was being pushed westward from the prairâ€" ies, construction engineers discovered lot sulphur springs on the eastern slope ol the Rocky Mountains. The curative nroperties of these waters gave rise to many offers for the purchase or lease of the site; and in order to preserve the springs for all time for the people of Canada, the Dominion Government, in 1885, set aside a surrounding area ci ten square miles. So impressed were early travellers with thescenery in the locality that the Government was urgâ€" ed to substartially enlarge this reserâ€" vation as a public domain, and in 1887 sn Act of Parliament was passed, establishing what is now the Banff Fational Park. Since that time the system of Nationâ€" al Parks has been built up by the addiâ€" Wreaths, Sprays, Bouquets Flowers of Quality Mrs. Shephard. ticn of other areas, urtil it now conâ€" sists of twenty separate park units, having a total area of more than 12,â€" £00 square miles, which is almost equal to the combined areas of the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Within the parks, the Government is responsible for all local administraâ€" tion. This includes protection from the menace of fire, guarding the wild life, preserving the natural beauty of the landscape, opening up outstanding points of interest by the construction of roads and trails, and making proviâ€" sion for the convenience and comfort of visiters. Since the establishment of the first national park of the Governâ€" ment has invested approximately $30,â€" 000,000, including administrative costs, in develcping and maintaining our naâ€" tional scenic and recreational areas. Canada is row receiving dividends on this investment through the expendiâ€" The great mountain playgrounds inâ€" clude Banff, Jasper, and Waterton Lakes Parks in Alberta, and Kootenay, Yoho, Glacier, and Mount Revelstoke Farks in British Coluimbia. Here amid. a sea of mountains are scenes of magâ€" nificent alpine grandeur. Majestic peaks, many of them snowâ€"capped, with glacierâ€"covered slopes, rise to tremendâ€" ous heights. In between lie beautiful valleys, clothed with the diverse greens of forests, ard set with sparkling lakes, beautiful in. colour. On the upper siopes are the alplandsâ€"wildflower gardens with a profusion of colour. Madly tumbling torrents rush from the icy summits, and waterfalls drop for a thousand feet down the sides of canyon and gorge. Within the area of the mountain parks is the great Columbia iceâ€"field, the accumulation of snows and ice for untold cenrturies, the area of which has rcen estimated at abcout 110 square miles. Lifted high on the shoulders of tures made by the everâ€"increasing stream of tourists who annually visit these holiday lands, as well as dividends in health and enjoyment of her own pecple. a score of mighty peaks, it forms the geographical centure of the water sysâ€" tem of. oneâ€"quarter of the continent, and feeds the glaciers that move slowly down the valleys below. It has been viell called the "Mother of Rivers," for from this sea of ice issue streams which take their way finally to three oceans, the Pacific, the Arctic, and the Atâ€" lartic through Hudson Bay. The prairie provinces of Saskatcheâ€" wan and Manitoba also have their sliare of National Parks. North of the sreat grain belt in Saskatchewan lies P‘rince Albert Park. Here szcores of lakes, ranging from tiny rock basins to bodies of water fifty miles long, are woven into continuous waterways bi innumerable small rivers, With its background of romance and adventure dating from the days of the fur trade, Prince Albert Park has a particular appeal to the camper, fisherman, and canoeist. Along the water highways that lie like a network over the northâ€" ern part of the park, the trader, trapâ€" per, and voyageur travelled to and from the Mackenzie Valley, and Hudson Bay. Riding Mountain Park in Manitoba is located north of the most thickly populated area cf the Canadian prairies, and attracts many visitors from this section, and from the Mississippi Valâ€" ley in the United States, which is servâ€" ed by the famous Jefferson highway that stretches from the Gulf of Mexiâ€" offer to the people in that part of Canâ€" ada. and to residents of nearby cities and towns across the International Boundary, opportunities for relaxation comparatively close at hand. Conseâ€" quently these parks are extremely popu lar, and the number of visitors runs to hundreds of thousands each season, In Ontario there are three National Parks, namely, Point Pelee Park, exâ€" tending into Lake Erie; Georgian Bay Islands Parks, consisting of a group of islands in the famed Georgian Bay region; and 8t. Lawrence Islands Park in the Thousand Islands area, comprisâ€" ing a number of islands and a mainâ€" lana reservation. The Domirion Government, with the coâ€"cperation of the two provinces, has recently been able to establish parks in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The Cape Breton Highlands Park in Nova Scotia includes an area of 458 square miles in the northern part of Cape Breton Island. Its many attractions include the rugged,but picâ€" turesque coastline, with its mountain background. The Prince Edward Isâ€" land site is a strip approximately twenâ€" ty miles in length along the north shore of the Island; and through its ecstablishment as a Park area some of The demand for good roads is one of the developments of modern motor travel. Realizing the importance of providing dustless allâ€"weather routes into the national parks, the Governâ€" ment of Canada is coâ€"operating with the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta in the improvement of approach roads to the parks in these provinces. The aim is to provide in British Columâ€" bia a dustâ€"free standard road from kingsgate at the International Bounâ€" cary to the western gateway of our National Parks Mountain highway sysâ€" tem at Radium Hot Springs; and in A‘berta a similar road from the Interâ€" national Boundary at Waterton Lakes Park to cornect with the Banff highway on the east. When these rcads are completed visiting. tourâ€" ists from the United States; who are accustomedâ€"to â€"travel=~on ‘dustless roads will have opened up to them some of the finest scenic attractions on the North American continent the finest saltâ€"water bathing beaches in Eastern Canada will be preserved as a national playground. It was early realized that cne of the first essentials to the full enjoyment of the parks development is the construcâ€" tion of roads and trails leading to outâ€" standing points of beauty and interest. Since the incepticn of the National Parks Service, more than 700 miles of motor highways and secondary roads have been constructed. AÂ¥Mt the adminâ€" istrative centres of the larger parks picturesque towns have grown .up, in which the buildings erected harmonize with the beauty of the surrcunding landscape. The many natural advantages of the parks have been fully utilized to proâ€" vide facilities for outdoor recreation. Boating, Bathing, Mountainâ€"climbing, hiking, and trailâ€"riding in the summer, and skiâ€"ing in the winter are forms of sport, the enjoyment of which requires but little more than Nature‘s handiâ€" craft. Fine golf courses and tennis courts have been constructed in six of the western parks, all of which proâ€" vide opportunitiee for the enjoyment cf these popular forms of recreation. Bathing pools and supervised swimming beaches, community buildings, park museums, and playgrounds also add to the pleasure of visitors. Excellent hotel and bungalow camp accommodation in many of the parks has been augmented by wellâ€"equipped motor campgrounds situated in the park townsites and along the Park highways. The Banff and Mountain Revelstroke parks are now regarded as notable viinter sports centres, and each season tmousands of enthusiasts are drawn to these areas. The winter carnival held annually in Banff attracts skiers, curlâ€" ers, skaters, and ‘other participants in winter sport from Canada and Uniiea States. One of the great attractions of the parks is the variety and extent of their wild life, All National Parks are mainâ€" tained as sanctuaries for wild animal bird life, where no trap may be set and no gun fired.. The protection afâ€" forded the creatures of the wild has resulted in large increases in their r.umbers, and many areas formerly d>â€" pnleted of game have been reâ€"populated with species native to the region, The absence of pursuit of viocience of any kind has freed the arimals from fear of man, and in many parks they have become quite tame. Deer, elk, and bear approach to within a few yards of human habitation, and on the mcuntain highways Bighorn sheep alâ€" low visitors within camera range. The parks are thus becoming reserves for big game, and the overflow which spreads beyond the park borders is reâ€" stocking the surrounding districts. In order to preserve for the future such species as the buffalo and the antelope, whose habitant is the open prairie, the Dominion Government established four wild animal parks in Alberts. Bufflalo Park negar Wainâ€" wright and Elk Island Park near Laâ€" mont contain more than 7,000 buffalo, herd of about 700 head, purchased in 1907 when the species was on the verge of extinction. The Nemiskam and Was puronghcrned antelope, a species which only two decades past had almost disâ€" toric sites By the selection of sites commemorative of events of outstandâ€" ing importance in the history of the Dominion, not only are they preserved for the education of future generations, but by constantly reminding us of the glories and the sacrifices of the past, they contribute to national pride and love of country. Canada has been forâ€" tunate in saving thesse memmorials before it was too late. In the work of selectâ€" ing sites worthy of marking, the Deâ€" partment of Mines and Resources has the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canadaâ€"a group uf eminent citizens who are recognizâ€" ed as authorities on the history of the different sections cof the Dominion which they represent. More than a thousand sites havs heen considered by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, and of tnesc well over 300 have been recommended t~ the Department for marking and preservation.. From the Atlantic to the Pacific stirring events in the history of cur country are being recalled by tabâ€" lets and monuments erected by the Department;.and at Fort Anne in Nova Scotia,, and Fort Beausejour in New Brunswick, small raticral parks nave been created to mark forever the events with which those old names are assoâ€" ciated in Canadian .history. ‘_In this hurrying age, when the stress of life is socmetimes almost unbearable, and when much in which we have placâ€" ed our faith ‘seems urcertain, we do well to turn from time to time to the beauty and the majesty of Nature, unâ€" spoiled by the hand of man. I am sure you will agree with me that, quite apart from their commercial imporiâ€" ance, they have an intangible value as a restorer of mind and spirit. Long centuries ago the Psalmist in his perâ€" plexity turned his eyes to the hill: ‘"‘Where silencse hushes discontent, And petty fears are lost in space . . . By fcllowing his example we too may perhaps rediscover the poise and the vision, and the sense of ultimate values which.alone can make our nation great. In the National Parks the people of Canada have a spiritual as well as a material resource which, if wisely preâ€" served, will be forever a fcoundaticn Portland Express:â€"Quick communiâ€" cation is a great thing these days. For example, it was borne to our ears a few hours after it happened that the Duke of Windsor had a Scotch and soda and played nineâ€"pins one day last week. upon which to build and maintain our national character. King Gustav saluting upon his arrival in Brussels, is accompanied byâ€"King Leopold of the Belgians from the railway station. This is an official visit to Belgium by the Swedish monarch. ‘ /A READY SO SOON? | THOUGHT BREADâ€"BAKING WAS AN ALL DAY JOB"â€" Always the Same Always t!c Best WHEN TWO MONARCHS MEET Always the Same @ Always t for Bread, Cakes and Pastry Half Annual Iiness Called Preventable Proper Organization and Care Would Reduce Health, Says the Health League of Canada With adequate community orgamza- tion and personal discipline devoted to the conservation of health, the fosterâ€" ing of fitness, the prevent oi disease and the curing of iliness, it is not too much to predict that some day the expectaticn of life at birth may be 70 yearsâ€"manr‘s allotted spanâ€"states an cducational message prepared and reâ€" leased â€"throughout Canada by the Health League of Canada. Between a third and a half of the annual iliness in Canada is preventable, the Health League asserts. Yet it is siill with us. The longevity cf the people has inâ€" creased in Carada as in other counâ€" tries, the educational message reads. "We are literally. an older nation. This does not mean that our chances cf living to 100 are much betâ€" ter. We are not living to more exâ€" treme old age than our fathers, but niore of us are. surviving the risks of death in irfancy, childhood and young adult life. It is, then, the average length of life that has been extended. The latest estimate for Canada (1931) places this average expectation of life at birth for men at 59 1â€"3 years, and for women at 61% years. This record compares fairly with that of other countries. The following most recent statistics for men and women combinâ€" ed are not strictly comparable because they do not correspond to the same years. New Zealand (1931) ........ 61% years Holland (1921â€"30) .... nearly 63 years (1926â€"30) ...... C 62 years Denmark (1926â€"30) ....nearly 62 years Australia (1920â€"2) ............ 61 years United States (1933) ........ 61 years Germany (1924â€"6) .......... 57 yeatr‘s Italy (1930â€"2) ........,;........ 55 years U.S.S.R. (European area 192§â€"7) @...... Ees se se n ie 44 years Japan (1921â€"5) .............. 42 yeats ~When ccntrasted with conditions in the sixtsenth century in Geneva when the average length of life was 21 years, it %fluly. , not give it a trial? Send coupon below today for fi:u IBB copy o‘ the booklet "The Quaker Method of sy Bread Baking." And in the meantime you‘ll be delighted at the delicious results you can fief with Quaker Flour ... the quality flour for bread, rolls, cakes, pastry and all baking. Your grocer has it ... a product of The Quaker Oats Company, who also make Quaker Oats, Quaker Muffets, Q}l,ll er Corn Flakes, etc. Quaker Flour carries a "moneyâ€"back*" guarantee of satisfaction on every sack. ' . The Quaker Easy Way is tremendously popular throughout* Cuuu;l:y +‘s tgousands of housgwm use *" effort. UseQuaker Flour .. . and the Quaker Method of Easy Baking ... that eliminates kneading, overnight setâ€" ting and results are always the same . . . always delicious. BAK.B bread and rolls in balf the time ... .\ w1Tth half the eKHart Tl«saQOhmnmakerFimg~_ and theUmakare Mathad af Save Baking. Txme .and. Trouble With Quaker Flour and the Easy Quaker:Method csmm these figures suggest that there are some advantages of being born in the troubled 20th Century:» 198 * ud ">* a most exact. index ‘of hygienic‘ and social conditions. For example in England the averagelife exbettancs i6 the past century has risen from 41 years (1836â€"54) to 59 years (1928). This rise is but the reflection of deaths preâ€" vented by the improved medical serâ€" vices, the new public health services, and the exterded "methods of social amelioration which have been develop- ed during that 100 years. It will be readily seem that this averâ€" age expectation of lifé at birth forms The Canadian reports show a similar record of proicnged life. In Ontario, in 1885 the Provincial Bcard of Health had just been formed three years. A ccmparison between conditions then and after 50 years of organized public health effort is revealing. In Ontario typhoid fever in 1885 caused 462 deaths, in 1935 there were 38 deaths. Dipnâ€" theria‘s 1885 toll of 1006 has been reâ€" duced to 33 in 1935. Tuberculosis of the lungs has been cut in more than half from 2,313 death in 1885 to 1096 deaths in 1935. And these reductions were made while the provincial popuâ€" laticn doubled. In Torcnto in 1900, 880 babies died before they reached their first yea. If they had been boern in 1934 about 600 of them would have been gaved, such has been the improvemert in our infant care. h Surveyors Recommend Clarifying Mining Act Fifteen hundred mining claims in Ontario were surveyed in 1936, the Min. ing Committee of the Asspzsiation of Ontario Land Surveyors reported last week at Toronto to the Associatiorr conâ€" vention at the Royal York Hotel. Ontario‘s mining law . is considered on2 of the best in the world. the comâ€" mittee said. In referring.to mining deâ€" velopment in this Province it pointed out that in 1891 mining was first reâ€" cognized by the Provincial Government by the estabiishment of a Bureau of Mines, with a staff of three persons.. Such then are sceme of ‘the *"‘silent victories of public health," but the task is by no means over. Between 1â€"3 to % of the anrual illness in Canada is preventable ard yet still with us. Four sreat principles should guide us in its e‘iminaticn : 1. Conserve health. 2. Foster fitness. _ 3. Prevent disease. 4. Cure illness. With adequate community organizâ€", ation ard personal discipline devoted to these ends it is nct too much to preâ€" diz, that some day the expectation of life at birth may be 70 ears,â€"man‘s allotted span. And the giory of this will not be in its lengv of, years but in the fullness of a healthy life. At that time Ontario‘s total mineral production was valued at ~$9,520,269. Last year it had reached $179,230,000 or $52 per capita of population, the highâ€" est per capita figure of any ~state: or country in the world. Amendments were recommended to the Mining Act to clarify details conâ€" nected with clainmn surveying and to assist the prospector. Is Your Car in Good Shape? A Red Indian Battery guaranteed from 12 months to 2 years, will give your car new pep. See‘us about a new battery toâ€"day. The Red Indian is the lowest priced Highâ€"Test Battery you can buy. Schumacher Highway New Battery for Spring Red Indian Service ; Dealer‘s Name s4 t-----------.-\-_.----- un me an «m Valuable Baking Book FREE The Quaker Oats Company, Dept. Saskatoon, Sask. : Â¥W 9 -â€"â€"â€"'-‘--:‘. e_send. me copy of booklet "The Quaker Mcthol«)} o? Easy Bakiug.'y * CASOLINE AND OILS, .-...Q': v.npg’ w# Why not put in a Some Recipes for Use of Potatoes on Menu Cream of Potato Soup, Poâ€" tato Fish Pie. Potatoes in Their Jackets. The following is from the Dominion Dept. of Agriculture:â€" Potatoes in the Menu The potato is preâ€"emirent among the vegetables used for food. Not only does the potato furnish considerable nutriment but supplies it in an easily digestible form, because the starch in ‘pctatoes is more readily digested than the starch cof some other starcnâ€"proâ€" ‘Uucing focds. The mineral contained in potatoes is relatively larger in proâ€" portion to other foods. The potato cortains vitamins A. B, C, and G and modern science has shown that it is less fattening than many of the ordinâ€" ‘arily used foods. However, the potato is somewhat deficient in protein and fats and should not be used exclusively in the diet but should be cgmbmed with meat, eggs, or other protein or fatâ€"supplying food. s _ The best way to cook a potato is to bake, boil, or steam it in its jacket, beâ€" _cause much of the protein and mineral matter lies directly under the skin. A pot.ato quickly boiled is a potato quickly _ spoiled. The following are recipes with potatces as an ingredient: ‘ Cream of Potato Soup _1 to 2 cups chopped, cooked, boiled or steamed potatoes. 2 cups potato water s3 cups hot milk 1‘ oz. butter 1%% oz. four 1 small onicn chopped finely 1 teaspoon chopped parsley Salt and pepper to taste. Place potatoes in a saucepan. Add potato water and chopped onion and parsley. Cover and simmer for 20 minâ€" ‘utes. Melt butter in ancther pan, stir | in flour, off the heat, ard when flour is smooth stir in hot milk by degrees. Return to heat and stir till boiling. Add the potato broth which may be whisked or sieved. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add parsley. Enough feor 4 to 6 persons. Potato Fish Pie 3 cups hot mashed potatoes 3 cups leftâ€"over baked, boiled or steamed fish. pint white coating sauce, well 2 tablespoons melted butter 1 teaspoon chopped parsley. Fiake the fish into sauce. Add parâ€" sley. Ecur the fish with the sauce into buttered fireproof dish. â€"Cover with the potato. Ornament with a fork. Sprinkle with melted butter. Bake in moderate oven (400 degrases F.) until krown on top and well heated through. Enough for 6 persons. When salmon pie is warted, substitute 1 lb. can for the fish. Remove the skin and bones. Add 1 tablespoon chopped capers to the white sauce, or 2 hard boiled chopâ€" ped eggs. Sudbury Star:â€"An observer suggests Athat the Dionnes will be hard to beat L3 a collective bargaining group when it comes to adopting an attitude on spinach. "I always use Quaker Flour and the Quaker Easy Method of Baking," says Mrs. J. Whitâ€" more, Dauphin, Man. "It saves so much time, trouble and work and 1 find 1 get more uniform and better results." MRS. J. WHITMORE