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} i 1 f f _, ier," A farmer is--well tl Where Farmers Raise Skunks Frogs 'and. Birds, Too, Are Specialized In By California Agrarians -- A Farmer As We Know It Is A "Ranger" When you call a man a farm. er in California you have to be re- ferring to a special kind of 'spec alist. A standard straw-chewing, sod-busting _ agrarian in Califor- nia isn't a farmer; he's a "rang- for in- stance: ; .C. W. Mikel is a frog farmer, He has about 100,000 frogs, which he sells to schools. F. E, :Earnest is an alligator farmer, His 2,000 alligators ranging in age up to 500 years, he says, are potential women's' shoes and purses. LIONS, ALLIGATORS, WORMS Lion farming is the business of Charles Gay, He keeps 200 of them on exhibition, sells to zoos, rents to the movies, R. B. Bilkowsky is a worm farmer. He furnishes fishermen "with bait' and orchardists with worms to aerate their soil. Motion picture studios provide markets for a skunk farm, a snake farm, and a wild animal farm which raises everything from ocelots to elephants. The state operates an Arabian horse farm. There are numbers of mink and fox farms. There is even a humming bird farm, Blackbird Symphony Shiny little blackbirds Wrote a symphony "Out upon my back fence - By an elm tree, For there each wire was a line, Jach- gay note was a bird-- And such a lovely musicale You have ever heard; But they were never satisfied, And changes made all day. They'd have a perfect score and then-- A note would fly, away. Busy little blackbirds Writing music notes, As joyous, lilting symiphony Pours from swelling throats. : --Nell June McCall, in Christian, Science Monitor. Canada's "Weather Man" Dies he or Sir Frederic Stupart, Canada's grand old weather forecaster, who retired as Canada's 'director of meteorology in 1929, died in To- ronto_in his 83rd year. The Original 'Teddy Bear Australia's Koala Was In- spiration For Unknown Art. Ist Who Moulded It "into a Plaything { Koala, the only animal that lives exclusively on the feaves of a tree © and-never drinks water, is so in- timately ' }Jinked with some 'of' the reucalyptus that it forms-the world's most interesting example of animal and plant conjoint life. It {s known generally as the "Teddy Bear," be- 'eanse about the time that Theodore Roosevelt was President some un- known artist came across a de: scription, or saw a living koala, and molded it.into a plaything. Millions «of Ichildren the world over. have cuddled in loving embrace the wool Jy . repredentation of the world's most popular'and most interesting wild animal, Gbntle, harmless, lov- ing, trustful, without a suggestion + of igtifle or: dissimulation,' the koala +» + «accepts human more easily sand more tra y. than eyen.the . dog. Aboyt thirty inches inj height and weighing about thirty 'pounds at the ndost, the koala, Jf it were fiot go wArticular, In its feeding habits, go. wotld become as popu: lar a pF inthe flesh 'as it has | become ili toy reproddections, Anglers "Prince Albert Na. * tiona)- al in' Saskatchewan took 8,014. nyirthiern pike and 436 pick- jerel frofpithe. waters of Waskesia Lake dufifig the month of July, \ -_ Sat a Saving Ontario's Natural Resources. NO. 11 By G. C. Toner, Ontario Federation of Anglers Preserve Muskies In my last article a short re- sume of the natural history of the muskie was given, mainly as a background for the present ar- ticle, PM The most important point in the conservation of the muskie is the protection of the spawning fishes. They run up into shal low water to lay their eggs and at such times are particularly vul- nerable to the poachers, CRIMINAL POACHING Most of us would regard as very foolish any farmer who killed his cows just before they freshened. If this were a continued practice with him he would soon be with- out stock on his farm, The peocher when he takes the muskies on their spawning grounds is killing our stock, robbing the public just as surely as if he. took money from individual pockets, Another way in which destruc- tion of maskinonge takes place is through the lowering of the waters in late spring. When the spring 'floods are on, the adult muckies work well into the marshes to spawn, Here the water is warm and the eggs will develop rapidly. But far too of- ten these flood waters are need- ed to run the mills and they aro allowed away through the sluice. The eggs of the maskinonge, or the young fish, if they have hatched, are left high and dry for the birds. We are still studying these fishes so that we may know better ways to conserve them and this research can be left to the sci- entist. However, every conserva- tionist can help to control the poacher and the water levels. They are the important matters at the present time. Incidentally, the finest fishing picture I have ever seen was shown at the Amerjcan Fisheries Society in Toronto by Wm, Lang of the Toronto Anglers. It dealt with the muskie and was in full colour, Get -your local fish and game association to invite Mr, Lang to show his pictures in your town. You will help along the cause of conservation and you will certainly not be disappointed in the pictures. The Book Shelf -{--in-it. The United. States and Rus- "AS 1 REMEMBER HIM" (The Biography of R. 8.) By Hans Zinsser The author of "Rats, Lice and History" here gives us the infor- mal biography of a physician by the name of "R. S." (in reality himself) who was also a philoso- pher, a poet, and a good friend. Medicine took R. S. to the far corners of the eacth, Wherever there were war and infection, thére he was found In Siberia in 1914-15, in the American Army in 'France, in Russia after the great famine, in Mexico and in China, he fought as_a scien- tist. Last month as Hans Zinsser he died of an obscure di , Hugh Dowding, chief of Britain's fighter command, been made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. RIGHT, has Idolized 4 his junior officers who affectionately refer to him as "Stuffy," Sir ugh is credited with Britain's stiff resistance to the Nazis in the air. In the face of severe opposition and criticism he convinced the air coun- ¢il to put eight synchronized machine-guns on the British fighter planes and thus gained for them a marked superiority over the Nazis. THE WAR-WEEK--Commentary on Current Events JAP-AXIS PACT PLACES RUSSIA, U.S. ON SPOT Though many may have anti- cipated its signing, the momentous tripartite agreement entered into last week by Germany, Italy and Japan, made the rest of the world catch its breath, With the an- nouncement of the pact, the con- flicts raging in Europe, Africa and the Far East swiftly became one. The Second World War was a reality. - World War Begins Of the six great powers left upon the globe, four were already sia, remaining, were now on the spot. Of these two victims of the Jap-Axis ~ "squecze play} the United" States was already throw- ing its weight on the side of Brit- ain; and Russia, the uncertain quantity, held the balance of power between the two blocs, de- mocwratic and anti-democratic, Russia Holds Balance Which way would Stalin jump? To join with Britain against Ger- many? If the US.S.R. were to enter the struggle, more than half the German air force would have 'to 'operate in 'eastern Europe, Lplus <a tremendous mechanized army consuming vital . gasoline leukemia, after. living for two .years in the knowledge that it was slowly killing him." He tells his story in a fascinating way, with deep learning and salty wit; and his book now becomes a mag- "nificent memorial to a very hu- ma man who led an extremely useful and "interesting life. 'As 1 Remember Him" . . . by Hans Zinsser . . . Toronto; Mc- Clelland and Stewart . , . $3.25. Carol Carried Million Away . On Special Train, When He Escaped Into Exile--Metal Packed Into Three 'Wooden Crates Rumanian govérnment officials allege that three wooden crates containing more' than "$1,000,000 worth of gold left the country on abdicated King Carol's - special train. The gold was said tobe in coins . minted last spring to commemor- ate the 10th anniversary of Car- ol's reign Lut never issued. These informants #aid the National Bank 'wag considering the ques- "Alon of who holds title-to the gold. IN GOLD COINS It was said that Carol had en- countered difficulty 'with the Spanish government and that his passage through Spain to Portu- gal had been delayed. At the same time it was disclosed that the Rumanian government hos 'taken steps to have Ernest Ur: darianu, who was minister of stale without portfolio under Carol, re- turned to stand trial, raupph the defeat of Germany would be certain. (Russia in the meantime, however, would have ito be fighting Japan at her back ~door). To join with the new Triple Alliance against the British-U.S. bloc? Very unlikely. It would be much more reasonable to place credence in the statement of the Russians' themselves, that the So- vit 'Union 'would remain firmly neutral. Sighing of a non-aggres- sion pact with Japan would be a definite possibility. Again, Russia might lend more and more sup- iport to .sore-pressed China, let- ting Japan bleed herself white trying to conquer the Chinese. U.S. Accepts Challenge JThe United States, far from be- ing scared off by new Japanese threats, last week moved closer stil: to her ally-except-in-name, Britain, Washington = corridors buzzed with talk of "flying fort- resses" to go abroad in exchange for British bases in the Pacific; loans- of money to England; fur- ther U.S.-British co-operation in the Far East. Stronger hints were forthcoming that the United States might soon accept the challenge of Japan, now so badly bugged-down in China, The col- lapse of 'the Rising -Sun Empire could be brought about by a strict American embargo on war supplies, aid to China, and a blockade of the passages from the Indian Ocean in the Pacific. But not until after the November el ctions, anyway . . . Indian Summer Invasion? Meantime what was happening in the Battle of Britain? A Nan invasion seemed less probable than it had the previous week. British defense against air bomb- ings were obviously improving, while the R.A.F. offensive against the Nazis was growing stronger. But everyone was. convinced that the air war would continue throughout the winter, with the Germans attempting to wear down the British air force and shut; off England from food and war supplies from overseas while Nazi military operations develop- ed on fronts farther distant. Another big crisis this month was nevertheless expecied by the head men in London. Predicting an Axis campaign against Gib- raltar in October coupled with an Indian summer attempt to invade England, Lord ' Beaverbrook's Daily Express said: 'The most likely Axis strategy would be thrusts at Gibraltar (with Spain's connivance) and Bizerte (French Tunisia), in an effort to draw the British home fleet to the Medi- terranean and leave the English Channel less hazardous for. invas- ion barges." Southern Theatre 'May Decide Also on Hitler's program, ex- perts last week agreed, were ex- tension of political, or possibly military, control over the Balkans; substantial contribution to 'the Italian drive towards the Suez Canal, Hitler might also 'be con- _ bases in templating, they said, an invasion of Sweden this winter to clinch his hold on iron ore supplies and to .giva Russia something more to worry about; engineering of a Moslem revolt. against: Britain; and seizure of French colonies in Africa, from which to launch at- tacks on outposts of the British Empire,--although if the 'British made 'another attempt at Dakar, they might beat him to it. "Time" Newsmagazine, Sept. | 30, declared: "If the Battle of Britain should turn adversely for the Axis, or if it should become a long drawn-out affair of bomb- ings and blockade, the Southern Theatre might well be the deciding area of combat ., . If the Axis wuld gain control of the extremi- ties of the Mediterranean, Britain's fight would be far harder, might be impossible, Without the oil fields of Iraq, without tenabla the Mediterranean to harry the Axis on its southern flank, without the help of the Moslem world and without the last shred of support in the Bai- kans, Britain would be hard put to it to win." Whither China? in its fourth year of resistance to the Japanese ag- gression, last -week faced with comparative equanimity the new- est turn of affairs whereby Ja- pan was enabled to attack her in the rear through French Indo- China. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek was determined to hang on til the end. He still had en- ough ammunition left for another year of fighting; the morale of the Chinese army was never high- er, But within the inner councils of the Chungking government it was felt that aid would have to come to China from somewhere outside. Were Britain and the United States really ready to help in a substantial way? Or, would China turn in finality to Russia? These were her two alternatives. China, "Escape" School * Taught Nazis Enemy Prisoters Were Taught In Advance How to Pick Lock and Dig Tunnels; Two of Gestapo In Canadian Internment Camp Careful investigation of Geiman war prisoners in Canada has shown that a number ot them are grad. uates of a German school organized for the specific purpose of teach. ing prisoners how to escape. Preparing -in advance for their soldiers being captured, the Ger mans held classes in lock picking, tumieling, and other ways of break. Ing out of camps. In one Canadian camp there are at least twenty men who have learned scientific ways of opening locks without keys. Two of them are members of the German Gestapo. Authorities are now able To ex- plain how a tunnel was completed for Gunther Lorentz's escape from a Muskoka camp without a pile of earth disclosing excavation opera- tions. Handling prisoner's mail pre- sents a problem. An average day brings 120 bags of mail through _ the clearing house In Ottawa and this has to be scanned for code messages, for invisible ink, for com- passes hidden in jars of preserves. SCOUTING . . . When a train was wrecked near Blue River, B.C, and a number of soldiers and other passengers Injured, two North Battleford, Sask., Boy Scouts, Jerry Asmussen and "Scotty" Buchanan, enroute to Vancouver, found thelr Scout train ing valuable. With the exception of a few scratches the boys were uninjured, and were promptly ren- dering first aid to their less for- tunate fellow travellers, * LJ] . Boy Scout training in fire fight. Ing enabled two Scouts of St. Johns, Nfld., to master a fire which broke out at night in a summer cottago at Mount Pearl Park. So success- ful were tho boys' efforts that the services of a fire englno were not required when it arrived: on the scene. * + An outstanding story of Boy Scout gallantry was that of Troop » nd Leader Donald Jones of a Kentish town, acting as an Afr Raid Ward. en. When a number of bombs drop- ped in his-area'he hurried to tho scene, and found 'three persons trapped under a collapsed house, Jones wormed his way beneath the timbers until: he gained a posl- tion where his body could protect the upturned faces of the victims, Ho held this position for no less than four houts, during which time he kept up a cheerful conversation to allay the fears of the trapped persons, and guided the work of the rescue party. . . . A unique wartime job under taken by the Boy Scouts of Acton, England, has been the providing ot "listeners" at church, The boys listen closely for alr rald sirens during the singing of hymns, when other members of the congregation may not hear. The church also has its own fire-fighting squad, which Includes Scouts, I Third Set Teeth Coming At 80 Calgary - Woman, Now Teeth- Ing, Has Already Worn Out Two Sets of False Ones Mrs. Elizabeth Hope Ross of Calgary, who is more than 80 years of age, is getting her third set of teeth. After having uscd false teeth long enough to have worn aut two pairs, and having started on her" third, a new set of molars is com- ing through her gums. Mrs. Ross said she first bepan to notice signs of the new teeth about last Christmas. During the last few. days the first of them broke through. Appearances in- dicate others will follow soon, as there are evidences of 12 in all Amazed to be teething "at my age," Mrs. Ross said she suffered some distress but found relief in taking powders similar to those given to teething infants. Mrs. Ross, who has 10 child- ren, 23 grandchldren and two great-grandechildren, now has only one regret. It's in connection with a new set of "store" teeth. "They're a lovely set," she said. "almost mew--and I won't need them." VOICE OF THE PRESS THEY ECONOMIZED "We must cut down everything by at least one-thrd," said a lec- turer on cconomy recently, At the conclusion of his remarks the audience gave him two hearty cheers, --- Montreal Star. FOR EASIER TAXES Making the last day of every month civic tax-payment day would entail some extra book- keeping -- but it would be a less painful method of financial ex- traction as far as the taxpayers are concerned. -- Brantford Ex. positor. WOMEN DRIVERS' MILEAGE Women worse drivers than men? Last year more than 94 per cent, of the drivers in all On- tario accidents and practically 96 per cent of the drivers in fatal accidents, were male. No one knows, however, what mileage was driven by males and what mileage by females -- information which wuold be necessary to a real com- parison. -- ty WE ARE_*"DISCOVERED" It is only in recent months that, in news sense, we have been Aliscovered" by ow friends of the great republic. Not much news from this country got into the United States papers unless it concerned the quintuplets or the Mounted Police. Over here we paid our debts, we did not go in for revolutions, from the for- eign ¢orrespondents' point of view we had a lamentable shortage of assassinations and intrigue, and the reader of the average Ameri- can newspaper found far more about Mexico than about Can- ada.-- Ottawa Journal. ~ Canada is the world's largest producer of the platinum metals, Gasoline consumed by civil air- craft in Canada during 1939 to- talled 3,297,410 gallons compared with 2,857,847 gallons in 1938. 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