withjhea lonfscouts vtia 2 is spring here i a january suggestion for lone this week wo have had evidence la i patrols plenty that spring must be either partie3 are just around the corner or else that tho usual fashionable functions at this time ot the year and la past years several lone patrols havo organized very successful patrol banquets which have proved great fuu and which have been greatly en- joyed what about having a banquet i in your patrol and each member in- i vite another chap who 13 not yet a scout camp at ebor park in 1930 will scout doat fo t0 sead au avita remember mr luck the popular own- 0oa t0 e too er of the park he tells us that at the end of december it was much greener international brotherhood there than at the end of july and he j a boy scout is a friend to all and a sent us a dandelion which he picked brother to every every other scout it has been just fooling us a lone scout of the hound patrol at milfofd prince edward county has sent in to lone scout headquarters a pussywillow in full bloom which ho picked the other day those of you who attended the lone in tho park on december tu we also heard ot a gentleman who saw a pair of starlings teaching a according to tho 4th scout law thus we note that the members of the 4th melton leicestershire eng- young one to fly iu toronto a few days laa troop have sent a gift ot scout aso colors to tho members ot the 8th what about the birds jerusalem troop palestine thus fos- au lone scouts are friends to the tering this brotherly spirit hirds and in spite ot all the signs of j l scouts can do a great deal to spring we know that there is still i in tu way by corresponding with more cold weather to come how other lonles in this country or with about arranging to feed your feathered scouts in foreign countries every friends i heard o one scout who member ot the ontario lone scout de- made use of his discarded christmas partment should have at least one tree for this purpose setting it up out scout penfriend have you one i of doors and tyiug all sort3 of titbits not write to your scoutmaster and ask on to it which the birds thoroughlv en- joy and incidentally now i3 the time to prepare now bird houses for next years tenants dont forget that good turn lonies a troup outing the newly formed uulonville troop who were recently members of the him to get you one but dont forget to state it you want to write to an other canadian lonie or to a foreign scout the scout census louies ot this provinc will be in terested to know that according to a recent census ot the boy scout mem- lone scout dpartmnt paid a visit to bershin oc ontario there are 21793 toronto on december 29th for their scouts in this province including of christmas outing they visited the course rovers and wolf cubs canadian bank of commerce building i of this number 313 are lone scouts which is the tallest building in toroiiand the above figures shows a very to and inspected it from cellar to roof substantial increase over the figures garden iu the afternoon they all went returned a year ago we are growing to a show and were afterwards eu- lonies let us see to it that we grow tertaiued to supper followed by games in efficiency as well as in numbers dur- and entertainment by the 3rd toronto ing 1932 troop i particulars of the lena sfouts ot herds a good motto for 1932 ontario may be obtained from the always keep your tall wagging even lone scout departmeui the boy if you can only get the tip of it toscout3 association 330 bay street work i toronto 2 lone e weekend crashes take five lives variety of temperatures prevailing in canada toronto on friday canada was treated to a wide assortment of weath er it ranged from warm to warmer and from colder to considerably colder depending upon the particular locality starting way up north at aklavik jack frost shook a little 30 below down on tho residents then he hop ped around a bit at vancouver he turned ou the heat to the tune of 4i degrees above around alberta he blew a geutlo chinook wind and the thermometers rose accordingly iu saskatchewan however ho let the fire go out and tho mercury dropped to 19 below at saskatoon it warmed up a bit in ontario with cochrane scoring lowest point at zero even in other ontario centres straw hats appeared golfers were out in force and in western ontario particularly flood waters started to rise quebec also had golfing weather with montreal registering a high of 3g degrees new brunswick was very much in the same category with 40 degrees registered at saint john nova scotia had a fair share of fine weather halifax reporting 3s degrees land down at the very eastern point of charlottetown the thermometer regis tered a high of 3g degrees burning gasoline adds to injuries two may die loudon out frank morden aged 65 of 29 edgewood crescent north toronto was almost instantly killed saturday afternoon while stuart laurie aged 32 ot the same address his companion iied in st johephs hospital hers at 1220 sunday after noon as a of au auto crash at elginfteld lboiit 5 oclock saturday in which a car driven by laurie smashed into a truck driven by severne warner of exeter laurie wa3 driving towards london and had turned on to no 4 highway and is said by tho police to havo failed to notice the stop sign ho jammed ou his brakes at the intersection his machino swerved sharply and crashed into tha warner truck which was tra velling north tiio impact sent both machines crashing into opposite ditches mor den and laurie wero catapulted out ot their car oa to tho pavement into pools of blazing gasoline w both morden and laurie were criti cally burned a contributing faclor in the iatters death morden suffered fatal head injuries severno warner was accompanied by his brother orne at the time both escaped injury laurio was coming to london to intend tiie weekend with his parents mr and mrs joseph laurie 9s gar field avenue ho had resided in to- rono for four or flvo years a preliminary inquest was held tvo dead seven hurt windsor ont two dead seven in hospital two in a serious condition rand one under arrest is the result of an auto crash on no 2 highway near maidstone sunday night the dead are mrs fred perry ot sandwich and eightyearold juno ki- viugo ot east windsor the injured are eric elvidge 30 back injuries his wife greda 2s cuts about tho neck their daughter bar bara 3 face cuts and severe shock may not live a baby son aged is months slightly injured mrs mary jano durdle c3 mother of mrs el vidge face cuts and internal injuries condition very serious mrs besslo taylor 26 rodney back injuries carl taylor 7 back injuries carl taylor sr ot rodney u being detained by tho police pending further inquiry into tho accident taylor was not injured nor were tom taylor aged 9 or perry according to statemonts mada to tho police taylor was driving oast when a car in front ot him stopped suddenly he applied his brakea and bkiddod on tho slippery pavement di rectly in front of the elvldgo car mov ing west it women evor dominate the world d no think the capacity to bo otvlltmttloa must perish gilbert k k00 mother depends on tho capacity qheslertoa i to run house lady rhondda tornado follows floods propose weekly holiday on alberta farms calgary aricng tho numerous re solutions to be presented at the united farmers ot alberta annual convention in edmonton jan 19 is one proposing a radical change in fanner life a half- holiday each week for the tillers of the soil during summer mouths this re solution will bo presented by the re presentatives from the federal con stituency association ot the ufa at jwetaskiwin i the days when tho alberta farmer arose betoro dawn and labored until aftor sunset should end it was de clared machirtery has lessened the farmers work and it is tho wetaskl win associations belief that he should bo given moro opportunity of taking part in community events such as business conferences picnics swim ming parties and addresses on current topics one misfortune after another when the mississippi tore through the levees flooding tho country side a tornado whizzed overhead here is all that remains of a home near mageo miss finances of province of ontario are in most sound condition ninth young life taken by infection st thomas schoolboy dies of streptococcus epidemic st thomas after a lapse of nearly plans two months st thomas has had an other tragic death from streptococus infection making the ninth victim tor the city since the disease broke out last september the last victim liyearold robert nathaniel watson attended school on thursday but complained ot illness on saturday evening he wa3 dead saving his parents mr and mr3 mel- though provincial treasurers report shows deficit for this year government are making every endeavor to have balanced budget next year despite the deficit as announced advanced to the hydro electric by hon a e dunlop provincial power commission ot ontario for treasurer the financies of the provi the purpose of carrying out their ince3 are in sound condition and a undertaking and that tho province readjustment ot expenditures and ha3 back of that a utility owned by retrenchment all along the line will the public through its municipalities give the government tho opportunj they will al3o tell the public ity of balancing its budget next year that we have invested over 40000- this i3 one of the statements made 000 in the temiskatring northern j rocently by the provinces attorney- ontario railway and that that 13 general col w h price when he part ot our capital debt but that j addressed 1500 toronto businessmen we own that road they might high lights in col prices speech also say that quebec own3 no hydro are as follows i electric service and owns no roil- the province will carry out lt3 road and ha3 not issued bonds for debt retirement policy and will pay t the purpose of construction of such up to date and will during the year assets 1932 pay up last years instalment they might go forth and say that and whatever deficits have accrued j wo have spent 125000000 in prov- the province is determined to do incial roads and that quebecs roads thl3 and balance its budgelt next cannot be compared with ontario noon year there will be no more de- roads they are not as wide as flcit3 in order to make 3uro that ontario roads they are not as firm- this would be accomplished not only ly constructed and in most places tho board o education of have we decided to cut our ordinary they are not in any way as goou fumigate and canada and the provinces they holi f s marys is under treat- must help to finance our railways raeat ia tue isolation hospital and is and our big public undertakings they must stand behind our munici palities although there has been overexpenditure this function of our chartered banks in canada is being carried out in a very helpful way i think probably they went when times were good moosonee name of northern seaport has placed a slightly higher license fee for motor cars and trucks so that this service itselt will be selfsus taining tho finances of the province are in sound condition tho taxation in ontario is les3 than almost any other province in canada the social services as well as the mate rial benefits ar so outstanding as to place ontario in a class by her self the public must pay for them it is no time howove- to j too far roso watson 90 scott street a sister marguerite and grand parents mr and mrs m d gee ot stratford and r a watson ot paisley the young lad wa3 a student at scott street school played school rug by and belonged to the cadets he was a member of centre street baptist church sunday school and trail ran gers the funeral was heid sunday after- the service was held from the verandah of his home and friends azed at his body lying inside a front consider the expansion of any of advancing money but they are today these thero must bo a marking ot standing behind all public bodies in time no matter how good a project an attempt to work out a solution j j there must bo no more expenditure j of our problems it ia idle there until we retrench and catch up fore to say that because there are tho citizen himself must be given such tremendous deposits in can- a chance without fear of any more j ada the banks can do every thing taxation or disability to go ahead j there is always a limit to what and make progress ontario 13 be- credit can be given the less tho hind her citizens in this banks have to do in raising money a habit has grown up in certain for governments and municipalities quartor3 ot comparing the finances j and other bodies the moro will they of ontario with quebec pcoplo aro havo for the use of business and tho average value of pound 409 january 16 to 31 ottawa from january is to janu- lary 31 inclusive tho averago value of the pound sterling declared by the de partment ot national revenue for spe cial duty purposes will bo 109 under tho provisions of the orderincoundl last october which fixed tho valuo of the pound at 110 a dumping duty ot 31 cents for each pound sterling will between the dates noted be imposed on importations from the united kingdom told that quebecs debt is much smaller and that thoy generally havo a surplus if those who want to discuss tho subjeot de3ire to be honest about it and give tho peo ple tho facts they will tell them at once that part of ontarios debt help ot our people in getting our business structure back to normal making good progress several other case3 of suspected septic sore throat are said to be under observation o understanding through travel declares prince of wales london the prince ot wales ap pears a3 an apostle of travel in a the travel association calendar for great britain and ireland issued re cently as an inducement to dominion and foreign travelers to visit britain tho moro i have travelqd my self tho moro convinced i have he- come that travel is essential to a better understanding between na tions and to tho realization la tho silver lining by heck fair taxation urged for farmer plans for erection of hotel trucks by president of massey harri are discussed at con- i november saw a larger passenger car output terence j 1931 has turned mine operating loss north bay m0030 harbor on- to a profitmaker in the red lake tarios northern seaport will hence dutrict forth be known as moosonee the new j on account of tho duty stickiejr name was decided upon at a confer- bros vf grand papids mich have once at toronto between premier g made arrangements with a firm ia s henry of ontario and george w j owen sound to man jfacture their una lee chairman of the timiskaming of wood furniture heavy export of wheat is reported by the merchants exchange nearly 7 seven million bushels of wheat were exported since the 10th of de cember lions club of toronto distributed toys and warm woollies to over 2000 kiddies ottawa householders are banding themselves into an employment body when it is expected men will be given odd jobs paying 12 to 15 a week declaring that there never was any sound reason for the price collapse ot wheat dr swanson head of the dept of economics at the university of sas katchewan stated also that the wheat panic was over a movement is on foot to seek larger uso of canadian ports and is urging an imperial parley to take up the matter lake huron fishermen are kept busy owing to the mild weather and expect a mild winter ore running at 75 to the ton at gold drop mines in british columoia considered a real gold find james bay railway growth is ex emplified by first mixed train which brought residents and construction employees south tor xmas future is brightened is the verdict of the british press when considering the basle finding on payment of mar debts gifts donated by toronto societicii were distributed t 3000 homeless un employed illuminating gas tobe made in bra zil from low grade coffee a despatch from detroit states that manufacturers produced only 225000 units during the final quarter ot 103l but that orders amounted to 310000 so that an improvement is now oeing felt throughout the automotive indus try pig iron production increased in canada during december there are two furnaces working in sault ste marie one in sydney ns and an other in hamilton united press states that production of various necessities having dropped to unwarranted low levels recovery northern ontario railway commis sion moosonee i3 not a now name for outario3 ocean port but has been used by tho indians of that district for many years an hotel of the bungalow typo with from 10 to 20 rooms will be built ic wa3 decided at the conference pian3 will be drawn up at once tho hotel will be at hunters point which com mands an excellent view of the moose river plans tor the laying out of a town site a moosonee will bo discussed be tween chief eugiueer s b clement and au authority oa town planuiug parks playgrounds administrative buildings and school will be provided for in the plan3 for tho small modern town a combination passenger sta tion and freight shed will be erected to serve the town at a point where it will not obstruct the erection ot a per manent building iu the future the chlet engineer was authorized at the recent conference to confer with tho dominion department ot pub lic work3 in connection with the con struction ot wharves to take care ot present needs a new extension ot the railway will be officiality opened in june and by that time it 13 hoped considerable progress will have been made with the league of nations forsees a strengthened china geneva the studies which lea gue ot nations experts have made ot the composition ot the new chinese government greatly increase its significance in their eyes they declare it is the first one ia a iong time to constitute a really national government in that all the important chinese elements are rep resented according to their analysis not merely the ministries but the presi dencies and vice presidencies ot the yuans are almost symmetrically divided among the friends of the three strongest leaders hu hanwin wang chingwei and chiang kalshek who themselves now constitute the j must begin soon and factories stores kuomintangs permanent com- an railroads will be busy furnishing mittee of three the secretariat of the league be lieves that the real control however is now in the hands of canton which has been less friendly to geneva than nanking but the coalition gives partisans ot the lea gues tactios in the manchurian af fair some hope of persuading the chinese leaders ot their wisdom young canadian discovers butter form of honey ithaca ny discovery of a new method ot preserving honey as an opaque graywhite butter instead ot a golden liquid was announced at cornell university the now proauct called crystal honey has a slightly different flavor it neither drip3 nor sproad3 sticky smears and has been offered by the university to tho honey industry the discovery is the accomplish ment of a young canadian dr e j needs of the public that have accumu lated in the past two years plattsville ont now has a new fac tory employing 25 persons making sand paper and sand cloth a branch of canada sand papers limited ct preston ont ottawa statistics released by tho government show that exports ars in creasing whole sale prices are on a definite upward trend retail saes aro steadily gaining and improvement ia sctn in employment throughouc tho dominion the promise of 1932 leveuement quebec iud among tho proinise3 ot the future wo would put in the first rank the prospect ot better prices for canadian wheat and the other cereals which canada growa in abundance wellinformed obser vers both iu europe and in america advise canadian graingrowers not to reduco their acreage and they also predict a more active demand for bar- dyce who mado a gift ot the pro world today that the wolfaro country is bound up with that ot luiistz 1 i tri03 small and great uao been amounting to 136000000 has been ter another toes out thon on the other hand a bache lors life is just one undarued thing at- happy recollections will come to sea all others i hope that those to whom our country i3 still unfamiliar will be stirred by this llttlo book to set out on a visit to our shores and wiat others to whom it may bring process a3 part of hi3 thesis for ob taining the degree ot doctor o philosophy and worked under super vision of dr e f phillips profes sor ot agriculture us again mississippi breaks through again forced to come to canada to keep tholr trade hero their number will soou tend to becomo considerable for it is certain that the nations of the empire led by britain herself will sign a treaty of protection and recipro cal preference from the day that treaty i3 signed every great american or foreign industry which wants to compete in british market3 will havo to establish plants in one ot the united countries and canada offers the best geographical situation of them all lil ny agricultural station study quick freezing process interested iu overy venture that gives promise of opening up a now market for tho farmers products tha youthful farmer wins state potato yield prize clarksburg w va west vir ginias record potato yield this year wa3 grown by ralph russell ot mm creek randolph county according to the report ot mr w clayton jes ter county farm agent russell produced 511 bushels on one acre and won a prizo ot 50 awarded by tho bank of mill creek russells cost ot production for his acre was 33v2 cents a bushel bring ing him a substantial profit as tho crop sold for 50 to 75 cents a bushel new w state agricultural export- in computing costs allowance wa t station in geneva has been co- made for rent of land and for stor- i operating with a foods corporation age as well a for labor seed fertl- j eus 13 sut f lsyslto uju and vegetables grown on tho 1vujooh iu v station grounds moro than 3000 methods recommended by the agrl- ii samples wore packod last season cultural extension department ot tho stato university and these will be observod for tholr keeping qualities and tho compara tive value ot tho different varietle for preservation by this method old man river overflows again hero we aoe a sixtyfoot gash in tallahatoute rirer leve near minims miss where the lowlandi aro flooded out training farm fits jobless boys for jobs kilwinning scot practical agrlcul- q g jg92 tural training for unemployed boys p who might otherwiso drift on thai jllu in uperation streets la provided on tha training keokuk iowa speaking ot motor- farm hero ot the scottish labor ool- cars mr frank knight has one ony association i h just took out hu thirtieth extensions and improvements tn the annual ilccnso on tho machine hi farms facilities have just boon com pleted at present 16 boys are inten sively cultivating the farms 40 acres through the training received hew many boys have already found per manent employment on arms through out scotland huilt it lilmaolt back 1392 and lt4 still going liconsos were flrat r quired la loa in 1903 j ho who eayi thero is no such thlaj as an honest man you may bo sun it himself a knave bishop borkloy