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Calgary, Feb. 24.--One of the most| us fires in the history of Soctnern Alberta razed the . entire|. district of Stavely, Alberta,| [I# ss south of here, to the ground 24 2 30 etoek Sunday morning, caus | ing property yok itmated at between RT was 90.000: fought by the wn az fire brigade, but when e uncontrollable a call was : it _becam sent in for the Calgary fire brigade, two hours" hard work, they |. in keeping the fire from eading. 'to the residential district. enteen buildings--practically the| hole business district--were razed to 'before the fire was placed trol. Less than half a dozen escaped the fury of the ch of re Bank of Commerce, Beach of a garage and several The Future Empress of Japan Princess Nagako Kuni, who was married recently to the Crown Prince and Regent, Hirohito, is shown in her | regal headdress previous to the wed- destroyed included , 1108: ------ : Foy buildings. This is the third big, [1a0d-feeding Necessary , has stricken Alberta towns to Save Bird Life Lo n 100 'miles radius of Calgary in 'six weeks. Niagara Falls, Ont,, Feb. 24.-- Never has there been a harder winter on birds, and the recent blizzard re- 0. toba. JoRONTO 1 Northern, fasiioba oats--~No. 8 CW, 46¢; No. "Hine barle; 2 Nominal, ai the hove 2its elt. bay fume Sloan Hing 2 yellow, 98%c. 7 2 Toe. to $1.50. e CORE ton, $381 i $1.02, outside. Quiasio No. 2 white aata--d1 to 43c. Flo fous Nie om ing) A ee if Dex cent. at, prompt 8 I ey To rid obey an; bulk seaboa: Manitoba a ols in jute Sackh $6.30 per rl nd pats., 'ay--Extra. No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, 14.60; to $15; No. 2, Hyd 0. 8, $12.50 to $13; mixed, Straw--Carlots, per ton, $9.50. Standard recleaned screen: b. bay ports ton, 920, 15 ay r n, Chacon late, 1 to 21c; 21% to to en will form one of the new Labor rnment's first considerations in|be seen roosting in a pine tree close to the home of A. J. Holman, Portage Road. They remain motionless with! _under wings until there is a stir|yo he door, when all come to life and fly down, begging for food. said that unless there is considerable] Ibs. handfeeding there will be very few oos birds left by the springtime. its pension legislation, "All three of the British parties are _mdre or less committeed to the prin.) dole, while many welfare organiza-|a are urging the adoption of some sort of relief for dependent widows, whose number has increased greatly since the war. Parliament is considering a scheme der every widow with de- ndent children under fourteen years 'age would receive sixteen shillings Seven Deaths From weekly, with six ix Shillings six pence 'additional _¢hild- hid: water four- Smallpox in Windsor| grain! g to phea-| It is 0 twins, 21 to Viner" pleta, 122%c¢; large, 27 Stile duced the numbers which had survived to 29¢; twins, ilany, ae 30¢; triplet, 30e. up to that time. All over the town-| ship the farmers are feedin and scraps to birds. Englis | sants, especially, re suffering, andy, Bi groups of these. are so tame that fresh firsts, 46 to 48c; extras, stora e, they are roosting beside houses and 41 to 42c; firsts, 89 to 40c; seconds, come forward like - chickens when 82 to 3de. London, Feb, 24.--Widows and chil<| grain is put out for them. A typical| group of several hundred birds is to. be: and over, 2 Buber Finest creamery P rints, 46, 47c; No. 1 creamary, 48 to 45¢; Ne. 2, 42 to 43c. | Extras, fresh, In cartons, 54 ; fresh extras, loose, 48 to b0c} chickens, 4 kens, 8 j, hens, over b Ibs., 224; oa (4%. Tha, 15 do, 8 to 41 16¢; | rooste: me, The; ficklings, over p2 1bs., 19¢; do, oe). dor dle 10.6 0 a turkeys, i ta sod up dc" chickens, 4 Ibs. and over, 80¢; chickens, 8 to 48 Hai hen, ater 5 lbs., 25 24¢; do, 8 to 4 lbs, ier, fhe dueling, over 8 Lei Pde; ig 26¢; young, Jo i B "up, 28 geese, | «Sade. Ib, Te; er imp. al tin, & 2.40 per Live over, Beer chi 1 yo a ya 0; m ddlings, 36; $32. Ea 2 white, 96¢ wl turke, turkeys, a ~10-1b. sins: 11 » 12¢; 5-1b. tins, Th to 12¢; 2%41b. tins, 12% to I=: comb honey, per 5 ab » $8.76 to $4: No. 2, a ov al pny med., 24 to , 36 to 87¢c; smoked "eat rolls, 22 fast. Yoon 6 og ers 2 a brand b ast bacon, 30 to 33¢; backs, boneless, 80 to 86c. Cured meats--T.ong clear bacon, 3 to 70 lbs, $18.50; 70 to 90 Ibs., $1 20 Ibs, and u $17; lightweight rolls, in barrels, bon heavyweight rolls, Lard--Pure tierces, 15 to 15%e; tubs, 16% to 16c; pails, 16 to 16%¢c; rat, 18% to 19c; shortening tierces, 434 fo 14%c; tubs, 14 to 15¢; pails, 15 to 15%%¢; prints, 17 to 17%e. Heavy steers, choice, $7.50 to $8.15; Bueller steele choice, $6.26 to $7; do Frode 30 to $6.00; do, med, to $5; on com., $3.50 to $4.25; refi heifers," choice, $6 to $6.75; do, med., $4.50 to do, com., $3.50 to $4.25; butcher eps chéice, $4.75 ke $5: do, med, to $4; canners and cutters, w to $2.00; but- er bulls, Sholce, $4.25 to $5. 26. o, com, $2. to $8.00; feeding steers, good, $5.50 to $6.50; ; do fair, $4 to 5 olsckorss good, $4 to $4.75; do, fi 8.50. to $4; milkers and spring- ad ' $70 to $100; salves choice, $11 to $12; ; do, med., $8 to $10; do, com., $5 vd $7; do, grassers,"$3 to $4.50; Janta, choice ewes, $14.50 to $16; do, bucks, $10.50 to $12; do, fat, heavy, i to $4.50; do, 'culls, $7 to $8; sheep, ght ewes, $7.50 to "$8; do, culls, Jz to fh ; hogs, fed und watered, $8; f.o.b., $7.60; Jo. Seuntry points, $7. =~ do, selects, '$8.80, MONTREAL. Oats--Can, West, No. 2, 66 to 4/b6%¢; do, No. 8, 53% to de} extra No. 1 feed, 52% to 63c; No. 2 local white, 50% to b le. 'Flour--Man. spring wheat pats, 1sts, $6.30; do, 2nds, $5.80; strong bakers, $5.60; win- tor pats., choice, $5.65 to $5.75. Rolled oats_--Bay of 90 Ths. $2.90. Bran-- $28.26. Shorts--$380.26. Middlin do, 336. 26, Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, 18 ter, No. 1, pasteurized, 41% to 42¢;.do, No. 1 creamery, 40% to 4lec. o, 'seconds, 39% to 40c. Eggs, fresh extras, 53c; do, fresh firsts, 48¢c. Po- tatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.40 to $1.45. Com. dairy type cows, $3 to $3.50; do, better ones, $4; canners, iad calves, med. quality, $9 to $9.50; do, poor ones, $8; hogs, thick, smooths, sestiils orities will plead, as an offset to the' heavy public debts that Russia owes to Great Britain, the damage incurred' by Russia through the civil war car-| ried on in the early days by the So- viets by such White leaders as Deni-| kine and Kolchak. With regard to the Russian war debts, if the Soviet acknowledges them, it is not unlikely that the ques- | tion of settlement will be allowed to | stand over until the problem of the. settlement of all other war debts comes ' up, but the British Government may take a more stringent line concerning, Russia's pre-war debts and other gilt- edged securities, like railroad bonds. the pelts now taken, a re 15 by the Bureau of Statistics fi 1921-22 giving the former as $1,- 861,479 for the 111,165 beaver pelts and $1, 083,539 for the 616,800 muskrat skins market- ed. There was a total of 1,101,656 pelts of wild animals taken in Ontario in the season 1921-22, valued at $4,959,492. The total for Canada in the same year was 4,866,790, valued at $175 488,867. A great danger exists ||| that the intensive trapping of wild life may seriously deplete many species, as apart from the inroads made by man, edch ani- mal class has its own enemies, which naturally keep its infer- iors within a safe range of mul- tiplication. The takings of fur- bearers, tharefore, must be kept within reasonable limits, by the observance of game laws based upon accurate information of the rate of increase. The Hud- son's Bay Co. has kept records of thelr fur trade since 1821, and these show very wide flue- tuations in the number of dif- ferent species taken, the in- crease and decrease occurring in regular cycles. Sir William Wheeler President of the Royal 'College of Surgeons, of Ireland, proved in an address recently that a child born to- day had 12 more years to live than a child born 26 years ago, due to strides in medicine. Bag of Flour Costs $50 Up.in Newest Ontario A despatch, fromb Sault Ste. Marie says: --Flour costs $30 to $50 a bag in Ontario's newest district, said Ernest Paice, Warden of the Game and Fish- eries Dept, who has just returned from Patricia, where he took the law of Ontario for the first time to the half-breed traders, fur companies and trappers. He was stationed at Island Lake, just inside the Manitoba boun- -------- SETTLEMENT OF DOCK WORKERS' STRIKE Employers Agree to Advance Men One Shilling Now and Another First of June. A despatch from London says:-- The dock workers' strike is considered virtually ended, although final nego- tiations may be protracted. The em- ployers have agreed to advance the | men one shilling now and another shil- ling on the first of June, and there will be what is termed a '"satisfac- tory inquiry" into the question of de-! casualization of an agreement for no; reprisals. These are unofficially stated to be the terms of the settlement, but they will not be officially made known until the delegate conference of the men's representatives has decided whether to accept the terms. It had been hoped that the. decision would have been given Thursday night, but the confer- ence merely adjourned until Friday without reaching #*final conclusion be- | cause the different port areas are sharply divided. London, Hull and Southampton favor the terms of set- tlement, but Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool oppose them, and other 2, J ; In 1917 to 107.40, in 1918 to and in 1919 to 108.03--the figure. Since then the sur Tax of boys over girls has continued Prussia, the most military of the German states, leads in this replace ment of war's losses, the proportion of boys to girls during and since the Bavaria 107.05, In Sax- ony 107.06 and in Baden 106.03. As an indication that nature's selective birth system is governed by war statistics may be cited from a Denmark and Switzerland, where the proportion of boys to girls sank in stead of rising during the war years, PE a, Antwerp Diamond Cutters Discover New Process A despatch from Paris says:--Dia- monds will gleam with fourfold bril- Hance, yet cost considerably less, if the invention of two Antwerp gem cutters is perfected. Working in a | gloomy, poorly equippéd shop, these two men, whose names have not been revealed, suddenly decided that pro | gress in their art had not kept pace with other industrial science, After six months' research, often | working till nearly daybreak, they found a method of cutting and polish ing diamonds which gave 585 reflec. tions, instead of the usual 175, besides | yielding a fire that had not been ob tained since the days of ancient Egypt. Moreover, under this process, y | the rough stone loses almost nothing in its cutting and the smallest chips may be made to glow as brightly as any princely gift of several carats. Some American diamond buyers have been negotiating for American rights to the invention, but the Bel gians refuse to. sell until they have revolutionized the industry. mn w----) Fish to Share War Memorial With Birds and Animals A despatch from London says: --A monument in memory of the birds, beasts and fish that died in the sere vice of the British Empire will be bee gun this year and placed at Hyde | Park Corner, close to the horse | troughs on the north side of Knights bridge, with which it will form a BTOYP. The plan, which is to cost alm $10,000,. has aroused. a -ggod deal -of criticism, many people -arguing that it is ridiculous to erect such a me. morial when the money would be bet ter spent in providing homes for lost dogs, or in some other work for anle mal welfare. The fact that fish are included in the design has led to much witticism. "Sentimentalism run mad® is a popular description of the whole idea. On the other hand, the money was subscribed definitely for the pure pose of such a memorial, and it is ports are doubtful. Soy. auch. 'maple sugar, Each "orphan. would also get "Windsor; Feb. b. 24--Five persons Se ins, tg to 11%c per and shop, $8.25. dary, where he collected the royalties felt that the faithful service of the' shillings six pence. weekly, with x estimated cost of the scheme pi Government. is. £15,000,000 annu- | Detroit. Irvin di -- | stitution has been placed ve .antine.. nih as, whch an. so have died from smallpox in Windsor and its environs within the past 48 hours, bringing the' total death list up to seven. Fifty new cases. were reported to-day, The latest victims are: James | Irvin; 28 years old, 108 Elm Avenue, ( Windsor, and Hen ony Dubey, aged 44, at Grace Hospi 'tal Saturday afternoon, and 'that in under Rr the ermine, the stor early or 4 fan boats, anissatior. Th gome cars are 1,500 VIA V. port ic Coto Ue Opens. 1,500 CARS OF GRAIN ICOUVER PORT for Ex- avigation " Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 24.--Fifteen hundred cars of grain are reparted loaded on the prairies to-day for the Vancouver route. 11 grain moved | from the prairies until lake el) tion opens must go out.of the country through the Pacific gateway. The ele, vators and mill space at country points and in Winnipeg can more, at the Lake has reached the terminal ele- will be, it is estimated, a "} phine. ing made that interior Government terminal elevators have not been stor- ed to capacity and the trade cannot understand why this additional space is not made available, since some seventy-five million bushels of grain are still in farmers' hands on the prairies. Only Sixth of Opium Out. put Used for Legitimate Needs A despatch from Geneva says:-- Twenty-five hundred tons of opium in excess of the amount justified by medical and scientific use is produced yearly, according to the health organ- ization of the gue of Nations. The total Worlds 's annual ouipat is 3, tons and tl sicians and ex- ne of the gi esti- mate that 6500 tons is ample for legiti- mate needs of the world for opium and its derivatives, including . mor-. what a ok ot Stand. 2 pounds to and li fees from the trappers and traders on the fur being taken out of Patricia into Manitoba. For three months he lived in the wilds, and he tells a most absorbing story of the life and inhabitants in Patricia, and relates his journeying from the time he left the Sault till he returned to it, four months later. Having made a round trip of 500 miles by dog team, walking and trot- ting behind his team of huskies for that distance, Paice brings back with him possibly more data of the interior than has yet been furnished. Er, aoA\.PMPbuL Lady Strathcona Gives $120,000 to McGill A despatch from Montreal says:-- The Governors of McGill University, have been notified of a donation of! : BENGAL SWARAJISTS DEFEATED BY ONE VOTE Lose by Bad Tactics in Effort to Pass "No Confidence" Motion. A despatch from Calcutta says: -- The Bengal Swarajists are very sore over their first defeat in the new Council by one vote. They failed to secure the passage of their motion of no confidence in the Ministers. The defeat was partly due to the bad tac- tics employed by the Swarajists, who declined to put up their best efforts to force an early division, and partly to the spirited speech of Fazal Hug, the new Minister of Education, who, with 1 for the 'Ministers the right to vote according to thelr -convicitions, and $120,000 by Lady Strathcona and d d the Swarajists' autocracy Mount Royal to provide a per t endowment for the Department of Zoology. ------e About some people the worst thing you can say is the truth. 'b it has t to substitute for the old bureaucracy. No doubt the Home Rulers will try again on the budget with considerable hopes of sue- cess, but the setback is of great im- portance to a country like In where the triumphs of C. R. Das. the people to believe him invincible. bof gi voices the i ness uropean community oes casioned by the coincidence of the postponement of Lord Oliver's state ment with the Indep Labor party's manifesto call A a con- ference to accelerate Tndian self- vernment and wonders whether Sir dalcolm Hailey, w] were warmly 3 pe FRYE : pears. in Hor Govern, 0 toga ver by te animals is worthy of commemoration and at least deserves one out of the thousand war memorials in Engl It is also 'argued that if the memo is really well done it will touch the imagination of passersby for genera tions to come and thus make them think more of animals, There were almost four hundred thousand casualties among horses in the British armies during the wam while dogs listed for various purposes died in thousands. Camels, eludes elephants and oxen died on transpo! work, cats were killed in work, many carrier pigeons died od duty or struggled home mo wounded with thelr messages, mice, canaries and small birds of varke ous kinds were sacrificed in the deteqs d| tion of pofson gas. Goldfish were used to test water in which gas hele mets were washed, to indicate the nature of chemicals ue used n° the gases. Nature.o on Hier | Mettle. When Nature is doing her best sh can accomplish bly things In time, This month the gardeners at Kew, London, will be putting in the seed of the Victoria Regia, the glant Amason 'Water Lily, which grows | na great tank | none of the big houses In the gardens. By the middle of August this Labor | miracle of rapid growth will be at per- fection, having produced a' dozen or mote huge leaves and many flowers of by belng vek are six fest fn on the Surtans of