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u in m imi imrni noted publisher dies la victoria publisher of vancouver sun was interna tionall yknown caadian victoria robert j cromie newspaper publisher traveller and commentator on world events died suddenly here fast week cardiac trouble was riven by coroner e c hart as tlie probable cause of death all iiiitish columbia and his scores of friends in canada and many lands mourned his death british colum bins loss is great said premier pattullo when informed of mr cromies death his expression was echoed everywhere mr cromie knew men in all walks of life and in all countries of the world a great traveller he visited foreign lands on every opportunity but it vviis the great pacific area that held his strongest interests mr cromie taiked often with gov- eminent leaders in china and ja pan after one visit to the orient he came back to canada more impress ed than ever with the importance of the pacific area the historic event of our time he said will not be the great war or the great depress ion it will be the modernization of asia appeared youthtul a vigorous man who looked even more youthful than his is years there was no indication to the casual observer thai he enjoyed anything but the best of health the travel portion of his life years which he devoted to study of world events in political economic social and cultural aspects and to a multitude of interests impossible to a man of less energy came after he had consolidated his position as a publisher the son of henry james cromie a native of ireland and sarah cromie a native of australia he received his early education in the public schools and a busines colege in the eastern townships of quebec he came west in 10011 worked in many capacities for three years all the time going to night school and bus iness college until he joined the staff of foley welch and stewart contractors with whom he was con nected for 10 years acquiring private means he enter ed the publishing field and reorgan ized and consolidated the vancouver sun the news advertiser and the vancouver world into the vancouver sun an evening newspaper he married uernadette grace mefesly daughter of k j mcfeely vancouver in 1012 four sons and one daughter survive could not sleep for neuritis how she found relief this woman suffered so much from neuritis that she found it difficult to get a good nights sleep other suf- fers will be interested in her letter some years ago 1 had a stubborn attack of neuritis in both arms at night i turned from side to side with out sleep then my right hand got so stiff i couldnt bend it next my left foot got so bad 1 got out of bed with difficulty so i had to have the doc tor and give up work i was afraid i couldnt get relief he told me quite casually to take a little salts every morning i tried a small dose of kruschen salts regularly and the remarkable difference it made in a few weeks was almost unbelievable xeedless to say 1 have continued it ever since miss kwii two of the ingredients of krus chen salts are notable for their work in dissolving uric acid frequently the cause of rheumatic pains other ingredients of kruschen assist na ture to expel the dissolved acid from the system obiroi tt mis mm irifain abets while the british press is busy grumbling about the new british budget the american press by and large expresses admiration for john bulls budgetbalancing feats and is inclined to ask how on earth he does it observes the montreal star the new york times pursues the subjo- far enough to show that the united stiites takes its taxation principal from the corporations and the big fellows whereas britain taxes the man in the street it produces a table of considerable interest show- iug how much income tax is paid in each country after deductions by a tyfieal taxpayer in this case a married man whose income is wholly eamed and who has to supoott two children personal income tax usa britain net income 1000 2000 5000 10000 100000 0 0 is 313 31702 0 imping accidents safely influence vital factor in ontario indus trial plants toronto if you dont stop ac cidents who will was the challenge given by e e sparrow of toronto retiring president of the industrial accident prevention association to 1370 plant executives and safety ex perts who assembled recently for their annual twoday convention at the royal york hotel in toronto industrial safeguarding of plants and workers was the chief respon sibility of employers mr sparrow de clared and every effort must be made to demonstrate to employees that accident prevention means actual cash to them this coupled with the steadily growing interest of ex ecutives showed that industry in ontario was taking advantage of the remarkable services rendered by the organization for employer and em- plryee at the opening of the convention meetings were heid of the ten safety associations representing 17 dif ferent classes of industry under com pensation which constitute the in dustrial accident prevention as sociations the members of these as sociations according to r b morley general manager make their safety influence left in nearly 10000 in dustrial plants in ontario with pay roll totalling over s250000000 an outstanding evidence of the in terest in the work of the associations was indicate by the international greetings that had been received fiom safety orjniatiers in 5 dif fer nt countries a feature of the convention was the rehabilitation clinic which had been moved from the workmens compensation board headquarters for the convention so that its methods and results could be thor oughly appreciated by those in at tendance london the british govern ment has presented a fourpoint proposal for uniform international regulation of the arms traffic to the royal arms commission it embraced a foreign office memorandum described as the re sult of 14 years of experience in in ternational discussions the government it was stated considered an achievement of great value could be obtained if the prin cipal arms manufacturing countries would agree to a convention accept ing the colouring principles 1 strict national control of arms manufacture 2 publicity for arms produced ex ported and imported 3 establishment of tional supervisory organ 4 responsibility of tional supervisory organ 4 responsibility to that organ for the accuracy of returns on manufac ture and trade the memorandum also stated the government favored conclusion of an international agreement regarding arms manufacture and trade the royal commission has been investigating private arms manufac ture interna- interna- 481 155 4t33t 1000000 g7s310 g323 it will be seen at once that the briton in the lower and middle brackets pays far more than his american equivalent it is only when the very highest brackets are reached that the american ap proaches and in the case of the mil- lionayear man outstrips the briton as an incometax milch cow in other words this burden is far more widely distributed in great britain it should be added of course that the federal income tax does not tell anything like the entire story in american since various states also mulct the citizen in income taxes and since the united states provides a plethora of nuisance taxes such as the new york city sales tax much as we do in canada but the general picture remains tolerably true with the americans soaking the rich more and more deaih takes no holiday observes the manchester sunday chronicle the holidays mean more ears on the road more people walk ing around and that means more accidents here is an appeal to driv ers heed it remember death never takes a holiday with the rest of the world in berlin a noisy automobile is confiscated by the police and fitted with a muffler at the owners expense one seldom hears of a woman cashier running away with her em ployers money says an exchange but when she does she generally tak es the boss along with her old friend im glad to find you as you are your great wealth hasnt changed you candid millionaire well it has changed me in one thing im now occentrie where i used to be im polite and deliberately witty where i used to be rude the young man grasped the hand rail of the last car and swung him self up to the rear platform gasping for breath it was plain that he was quite winded a bronzed heavyset middleaged man eyed him with dis favor when i was your age young man he remarked i could sprint down the station walk and catch a train without puffing like that yes but i missed this one at the last station panted the new arrival king solomon he of the thousand wives was called to tho telephone it was his physician on the wire doctor enthusiastically i have big news for you king solomon what is it doctor excitedly thus for to day you are the father of 10 chil dren king solomon just a moment ill connect you with the bookkeeping department man you seem to have a had cold old man what are you doing for it friend today im doing what tones told me to do its smiths day tomorrow and the next is and ersons if im not better by monday and if im still alive i will try your remedy will you please write it out for me on this memo pad ere here th everywhere a brother to every other scout without regara to race or creed most of us are hard up or very poor these days and we are looking eagerly forward to the time when our pocketbooks will be full of crisp bills again and when that time comes we will begin to complain because times are not better and tho money is not rolling in faster no matter how much we may succeed in accumu lating we arc never satisfied to start drilling gateway property arrangements have been complet ed for drilling at the gateway pa tricia property adjoining central pa tricia it was announced by the mines development department of h r bain and company who are under writing the property boyle brothers of port arthur who will conduct the drilling will take the drill into the property as soon as aeroplane trans- pcrtation to the field is resumed this is expected almost immediately diamond drilling follows a complete land survey of the claims which had already been arranged gateway patricia 10s0 acres in area is the property immediately ad joining central patricia on the west with definite values reported by pre vious owners who conducted a small exploratory drilling campaign on a few of the northern claims additional interest attaches to the present drill ing owing to the fact ihat about a month ago it was reported in the northern miner that central pa tricia in an exploratory campaign had intersected 14 ore 1200 feet nearer the gateway boundary in addition gateway is on the line of strike of central patricias main ore bodies for a distance of one mile in addition to the drilling campaign a complete electrical survey of the property will be undertaken to finance development 700000 shares of gateway are being current ly offered to the public remaining in the treasury for future develop ment are 1500000 shares of half the original capital of 3000000 shares fights deportation 1000 boy scouts from 50 counties of england scotland and wales ga thered at windsor castle for the third national scout service sun day april 19th and were addressed by king edward it was the first scout function attended by his majes ty since his accession to the throne- in the course ot his address tho king thus referred to the internation al importance of scouting the scout movement in its best and wid est form is international and that in these days is a thing of very great importance i would like you all to remember when vol have grown up when your scouting days are behind you and you are working in some form ol employment this internation al aspect because this country will always have to take a leading part in the affairs of the world tho ii000 college scholarship of fered by tho comedian eddie cantor for the best peace essay was award- a patent was recently issued on n method for coating autcs with ru- ler for shipment the rubber in sprayed on in liquid form liver bile- and youll jump out of bed in tho morning sarin to go the liver shook pour out two pounds of liquid bile into your bowels daily if this bila is not flowing freely your food doesntdiccsu it just decays in the boweb gas bloau up yourstomnch youjrct constipated harmful poisons sro into the body and you feci sour sunk and the world looks punk a mere bowel movement doesnt si ways cot nt the cause you need something that works on the liver as well it takes those kockj old carters little liver pills to set theso two pounds of bile flowing freely and mnko you feel up and up hirmless and rcntlc they mako tho bile low freely they do the work of calomel but have no calomel or mercury in them ask for carters littlo liver pilu by name stubbornly refuse any thine else 25a rabbits rabbbts will pay highest market prices for live rabbits 5 lbs and over for immediate delivery write m legrand 450 main st granby que ed to an american boy scout owen w matthews o portland oregon numbers of scout troops this spring made and sold bird houses for the double purpose of encouraging local interest in the attracting of birds and adding to their troop camping funds at a meeting of the niagara-on-tlie- laltc scout association it was agreed that an annual fee of 50 cents would be paid by the group members pay able each june the fee will be used toward taking care of the annual scout troop registration the 13th london wolf cub pack is anxious to secure a tiger skin to lay on tho council itock during meet ing perhaps some one in tho city has an old one stored away in the attic which they liko to donate to a real cause jungle atmosphere tho 2nd chatham troop ont are learning how things go on one evening while half ot the troop was witnessing the operation of a mov ing picture machino at the capitol theatre the other was studying the xray equipment in lr cordon rich ardsons surgery- y twentyfive years ago with the advice and assistance of the provin cial government hoy scouts of on tario will assist farmers this summer in tho harvesting of crops only boys who arc over m years of age and phy sically fit will be selected and they will bo placed in congenial surround ings board and lodging and at least 5 cents a day will bo allowed each boy who will ho rendering valuable service to the empire the news alexandria ont poultry and animals for farm anlmati mccd it unequalled ufa if for wir cull galli eracktd ttats brulmi sortt combt ol poultry and skin maladitl of dogi end call 25c 35c 30c 100 mecca ointment issue no 21 36 4c rastus jackson and his wife had separated and a neighbor was inter ested when sho saw rastus slip into the yard and disappear into their house deciding to investigate the neighbor hurried to the back door and met rastus emerging with a washtub tightly clasped in his arms and dragging a washboard and clothes wringer after him neighbor whut yo kwine to do wid dem nigguh rastus very emphatic pawn em dat woman aint gwine to vamp no other nigguh wid mah weddin presents david ogilvie s3 of st paul minn oldest americanborn world war veteran who is being aided by veteran organizations in fight to remain in united states too old to join army during war he joined british forces and he- came british subject save the wild flowers every crossword puzzle fan is sitting up nights trying to invent something that will take its place and make as much monev daughter as the radio ground out the last notes of the latest thing in jazz did you ever hear anything so perfectly wonderful father no i cant say i have al though i once heard a collision be tween a truck ioad of empty milk cans and a freight car filled with live ducks and geese did they kill him while building a small structure in his back yard last week tracey mariner had the misfortune to step into a hole wrenching his back badly knowing the need of the family sev eral neighbors chipped in and com pleted the job mrs yciiinghride telephoning grocer i want you to send me two pounds of beefsteak grocer what kind would you like mrs youngbride id iike it rare please calgary housing conditions bad calgary the health depart ment could declare no end of places as being unfit for human habitation but its hands arc tied as people can not he turned out into the streets dr w h hill city health officer reported to mayor andrew davison in a statement concerning investiga tions into calgarys housing condi tions one of i he reasons i dont want to leave canada for england is i would hate to be so far away from the unit ed states stephen leicocfc every spring nature lovers are saddened by the wanton destruction of wild flowers that add a touch of color to the woods observes the kitchener record the violets spring beauties and trilliums that once graced hill and dale in profusion are becoming scarcer from year to year it is a pity to sec these wild flowers gradually disappearing if at all possible they should be preserved for posterity probably it is too much to ask people to refrain from picking the blooms but they should at least com ply with the request not to uproot them keep slim with tonton prescription tablets an aid to body chemical balance a helpful prepar ation to eliminate waste- matt inl price 100 ami 3200 i box out of town customers so money witli order tonton products beffd molo dis tributor for tin dominion of canaan bos 122 station h 1120 st catliertno s wcbt montreal 8racle y does not require refrigeration will do your baking in 5 hour taactf rfasr 7a dysons miracle yeast bakes dread n rolls in 5 hour purdryft rising price 10c package if your grocer has not re colved his sup ply send 10 cents coin for 1 oz re kular slzo pncc- nero n o u k h for jo bak- frkis sample to lngs or wrtto for dysons limited dcpt a winnipeg canada had what cant be acquired when klie spivak of toronto was judging violin classes at the stratford musical festival he listened to the playing ot a young man from london and gave him 92 marks which is run ning high comments tho peterborough examiner one must indeed show a merit to go over the 90 mark at the stratford festival in making his com ment mr- spivak said in part the boy had that amazing quality of great ness he has a quality that cannot be acquired that is interesting a quality that catiuot be acquired it means that no amount ot hard work which another less gifted person might put on the work would produce use quality that this contestant from london possess es wo believe mr spivak would ag ree with the claim that a teacher could not impart that quality to a stu dent tho teacher might instruct in methods of technique might perfect tho style but back of it al would be that strange thing a quality which cannot be acquired that view runs at cross purposes to the claim that genius is actually the capacity for hard work according to the finding of klie spivak himself a musician of rare accomplishment two people could devote the same energy and at tention to tho study ot the violin and ono would outstrip the other because ho might have that quality which cannot be acquired we are inclined to believe that view is correct and can bo substantiated by experience and example in many lines of effort such a contest as that at stratford gives opportunity to bring talent to the surface it can there be submit ted to those who are competent to recognize it and pass judgment upon it to tho ono who has it in any par ticular line of musical effort the jud ges can state with a certain degree of assurance that there is a future for the competitor who has that quality or talent which cannot be acquired tho development of that talent will ultimately give us great musicians in our own right and the truth is we need tlfm- rame rapis immigration is not a welcome word in theso days of unemployment but i believe the time is not far distant when a selective form of immigra tion will be both desirable and pos sible i have in mind particularly tltoso fitted and willing to engage in mixed farming on small holdings on a basis of sefsttstainment rather than for export true large areas in the west are not suietl for mixed farm ing and he local market there is definitely limited but wheal will con tinue for years to be the major item ot agricultural production on the prairies fortunately the world out look for wheat is gradually brighten ing some progress is being made in regaining for canadian wheat the goodwill of millers and the wheat trade generally in great britain nut present and prospective prices are such as to call for the minimum ot production costs and the highest pos sible grades only in this way may our wheat farmers compete success fully in world markets meanwhile canada as a whole must seek to ob tain by trade agreements and other wise markets that have been lost in great britain continental europe and tho orient i think we have learned tho lesson that our business is to sell it at world prices rather than to hold it for speculation or with a view to forcing higher 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