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v the motion that was withdrawn j by w m morris as you are no doubt well informed another urging school boards to study afin this matter i want to ask your the school regulations with a view qii to providing secondary ecucation for v ce about a resolution our school th j unam d has sent in with mo to be en- gome two hundred such conventions 5iiad by tho convention today wc j becn he in a1 parts of ontario iseasej a meetin of the bo a few last easter and the above rcso- t jugfcts ago and one of the members j was tj nea approach to brought up this adolescent act and y at or suspension of the you know tho farmers are pretty hard adolescent school attendance act tit this year with low prices for what tfce attendance at these meetings has they have to s3 and high prices for jga a tj way fro twenty peo- what they have fobuy so we just pje to j huisired people such sub- thought if this act is going to add j stii0o attendance health to our lxtdn3 we can do without it b continuation schools con fer a while yet hero is the motion so schools the curriculum of the beard sent in resolved that the a r school the status and quali- adolescent school attendance act is fictions of the teacher have all been not practicable in rural schools and am mo of various will only add to the rxready heavy y proposed but this was the only burden of taxation and should there- occas where a resolution was pro- fore be repealed now i have not to repca this act and it was had much experience in putting mo- withdrawn it stands to the credit tions and thought we might talk the o tho rural people of ontario that matter over before tho convention j y iiave a been anxious to opens tho above conversation took j their children educated that place in the sitting room of one of the t townships and counties have been hotels of a small ontario town in in t van of moral progress is evi- may 1922 two men had driven eight dont oy the expulsion of the barroom jnile3 that morning through a drench- f ra areas long before the large ing rain to attend a trustees and ur centres could be convinced of ratepayers convention for the coun- the evils of the liquor traffic a very fcj- and had brought a resolution with muc larger percentage of the adol- them and two other men had driven osce in tho country are found in by auto some forty mites to speak atj reffu church service than in the tho same convention a rotunda or towns and cities if country parents eftting room of a hotel is a most con genial place for men to get acquaint ed and men will express themselves frankly and freely in a small group when they hesitate to stand and ad dress an audience the whole ques tion of tho adolescent school attend ance act and rural education was threshed out by the four men and all where canadas coins are made there are only four branches of tho royal mint in the empire three in australia at sydney melbourne and perth and tho fourth at ottawa the beautiful building shown in the picture it is under the direction of a deputy mint master from london perhaps few canadians realise that british gold sovereigns as well as canadian coins are minted in ottawa each coin has a small c on its reverse side the ottawa mint was opened in 190d nearly canada from coast to coast st johns nfld a despatch from the british empire steej corporation headquarters posted at bell island announces that the iron mines there tract and lies in tho foothill country west of cardston ibis project is of 24000 irrigable acres tfco two pro jects will bring 130000 acres of land crop had been shipped to long island ny to the state of virginia and other southern united states points all were certified seed potatoes halifax ns one of the largest apple crops in the history of nova scotia is now practicaey all marketed though actual figures are not avail- nine hundred years after the first british mint was jgg ssgsg tho conqueror in london coins were once issued by any private individuals j k wm af vi who wanted to do so but coining is now restricted to governments south american countries have their money mado in the mints of europe wih reopen immediately in full swing under the ditch or tho equivalent of and that a fuh staff of two thousand almost six townships men wib be taken on the news has j port alberni bc construction of given general satisfaction especially j a lumber plant which wel be tho larg- around conception bay from which est lumber producing mill on van- section most of the miners came iccuver island will be started hera charlottetown pei at a recent i shortly by c j v spratt prominent meeting of the potato growers aso- lumberman ho is also president of elation it was announced that 90000- the victoria machinery depot bushels of green mountain and 60000 j bushels of irish cobblers of the past season prince edward island potato newfoundland seal fishermen to use plane canada can supply promised cattle agreed that tho motion should be laid before the convention it was real ized by all four that a meeting held under the auspices of tho trustees ond ratepayers association could not kavo a better subject to diseus3 than just such a resolution they all believed in the motto progress by discussion and based all discussion on tho fundamental principle of con fidence faith and understanding it was time to go to tho conven tion and walking down tho street through tho rain one of them recalled to his own mind the words of amos shall two walk together except they have agreed ttio bond of friend ship established in the hotel grew stronger until there was a sincere willingness on all sides to arrive at the truth and a desire to discover the very best kind of education for rural ckmreh the spirit of mutual good will pervadad the convention the adolescent school attendance act was studied from every angle the people all pulled together to devise tho best ways and means of giving a square educational deal to the rural child and finally the resolution to abolish the act was withdrawn and complete sghootset free to boys and girls guard their adolescents morally and provide for them religiously it is un reasonable to suppose they will neg lect them educationally has it not always been tho recruits from the country homes graduating from our colleges and universities coming to our great industrial centres with good consciences and high moral standards commissioner of agriculture says shipping is available for the purpose half barrels of good commercial fruit was produced last season there have been slightly larger crops har vested in the annapolis valley but taking quality into consideration tho crop of 1922 leads montreal que tho southern can- tliis outfit complete 1 school case 1 pencil box 2 rubber tipped load ponclis 1 special drawing pcncij 1 compass 1 pen holder 2 pen points 1 box of crayons 1 eraser 2 packages union jack flag stickers so that you can put the flag on your school books letters eic svo will give you this whole school outfit free of all charge if you will sell just 3 worth of lovely embossed easter post cards at 10c a packago send us your name and wo will send prou tho cards to sell when sold send pa tho money and we will send you the wholo outfit address homer warren co dcpt 23 toronto who have preserved the life of great cities from decay another resolution there is another motion re the adolescent school attendance act be fore the wholo of ontario just now a bill has been laid before the legis lature to suspend tin- act until janu ary 1928 every rural member of the legislature would do well to oppose this retrograde measure democracy calls for a high standard of education for all the people it would be a crime against tho youth of ontario to allow them to leave school at fourteen and face the keen competition of the world unprepared the act is work ing fairly smoothly and effectively with very little hardship to rural people but stimulating us all to make provision for the proper education of adolescents we need a different kind of school rather than the abolition of the act and let us study how to pro vide it may we hope for the with drawal or defeat of this motion be fore tho legislature the process of education has only well commenced at fourteen years of age adolescence is preeminently tho criminal age when most first commitments occur and when most vicious careers are begun it is the adolescent years rather than the first seven years that count we must keep fully abreast in educational standards with the people a despatch from london says scepticism is being expressed in some quarters in england whether canada can fucfil her embargo campaign promise to ship 200000 cattle annual ly to britain and the assertion is be ing mado that sufficient steamship accommodation cannot bo obtained to transport them during the season in ballast the organization would call for considerable capital outlay which is not likely tobe forthcoming without definite assurance that the j ada power co which operates on tho trade would be permanent j st francis river quebec is about to with the prospect of the american undertake the development of another market again becoming available 30000 horsepower in order to meet canadian breeders are not in a posi- the growing demand for power from tion to give any such guarantee hon d marshall canadian com missioner of agriculture dismissed this pessimistic piedietion with the statement that tho canadian govern ment merchant marine with its 60 manufacturing enterprises this and other work in prospect will mean the increasing of the capital of the com pany from 6000000 to 20000000 st catharines ont a signal honor has been won by a puccini a despatch from st johns nfld says the newfoundland seal fish ing season will open march 7 it was announced on thursday an aeroplane will be used to spot the seal herds on tho ice tho sealing fleet has now been re duced to eight vessels seven of these will operate on the grand banks and one in the gulf of st lawrence an aeroplane used by the antarctic steamer quest will bo employed in connection with the grand banks con tingent of vessels it will be conveyed on a special platform built on tho steamer thetis more than 2000000 pounds of honey were produced in the province of man itoba in 1922 an average of 122 pounds per colony according to l t floyd provincial apiarist member ship in the manitoba beekeepers as sociation increased by almost 400 per cent during the past year the asso ciation began the year with 46 mem bers and now 190 are enrolled ships could alone take over almost largo manufacturer of macaroni of the whole quota in three trips but besides this the white star donaldi w weddell and company the well son and canadian pacific companies known london produce firm in a re- also proposed to handle the trade view of the frozen meat trade said canada had sent almost 100000 cat- the maximum number of cattle the tie over before the embargo and can- steamers could carry is about 1000 ada and the united states last year head each which means 200 shiploads j sent together about 150000 and as the trade is seasonal the ves sels would have to arrive on an aver age of one every day and the rates would have to cover the return voyage dont look for trouble unless you know what to do with it when you find it heads health campaign dr cordon bates who has just coin- pleted a tour of new brunswick which with whom we intermingle and trade covered 2000 miles conducting an in- now what are the educational stand- tensive public health campaign on be ards of these people ontario is more haif of the canadian social hygiene immediately surrounded by the states i council of new york pennsylvania ohio and michigan than any other territory i the people of ontario will have to competo with the people of those states in all industrial agricultural and commercial pursuits in none of these states is the age of fulltime or- parttime compulsory education below sixteen years in michigan new york and illinois it is eighteen years and in wisconsin seventeen years we have as bright minds and as keen in tellects in the youth of ontario as are found anywhere let us give rhem a square deal natural resources bulletin the natural resources intel ligence servic of the depart ment of the terior at ottawa says one of tho fascinations of living in a new country is the constant revelation of previous ly unknown resotirccs it is but a comparatively few years since northern ontario was on the map merely as so much space today from out of that area are coming minerals which make ontario the largest min eral producing province in can ada and from its timbered areas millions of cords of pulp- wood are being cut it is re ported that flowing into james bay are seventyfour rivers each with its banks covered with pulpwood species ontario certainly has a proverbial gold mine in her northern areas the man who does what he pleases is seldom pleased with what he does j for the purpose of encouraging iml i migrants of the farmer and domestic i senant class an orderincouncil has j been signed removing the continuous journey restrictions wherebv imnii- j grants of the above classes who have resided for a time in some country other than their own can emigrate thence to canada a further order- i incouncil repeals the provision of a 5 fee for vise of the passport in the emigrants own country the pass- ports of immigrants of other than british or united states origin demanded with a view to ha i record of their nationalities this city at the international expo sition held in rome italy the can adian was awarded tho gold medal gold cross and diploma sigsed by the italian minister of foreign affairs and the british consul at rome his exhibit of macaroni winning the grand prize winnipeg man last year 2113 men and 553 boats were employed in the manitoba fiesh water fisheries with an equipment valued at 695414 over 1125500 pounds of fish were caught under domestic license while the commercial fisheries realized over sixteen and a half million pounds saskatoon sask- fiftynine cream eries yere operating in the province of saskatchewan in 1922 according to the report of the secretary of the saskatchewan dairy association they manufactured 8901105 pounds of butter an increase of nearly 2- 000000 pounds over the pievious year lethbridge alta two large irri gation undertakings in southern al berta will be brought under the ditch this year the larger of these pro jects is the lethbridge northern irri gation district comprising some 220- 000 acres of land of which 105000 acres are irrigable the smaller is known as tho united irrigation dis- gets big job s j hungerford who has been ap pointed vicepresident in charge of the operating and maintenance of the canadian national railways in the re organization has assumed the biggest job of its kind in the world having charge of 22202 miles of railway he is a nativeborn canadian- weekly fa rket report toronto manitoba wheat no- 1 northern 125 manitoba oats nominal manitoba barley tominal all the above track bay ports american corn no 3 yellow 91c no 2 90c barley malting 59 to 61c accord ing to freights outside buckwheat no 2 78 to 80c rye no 2 84 to 86c peasno 2 145 to 150 millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 26 shorts per ton 28 middlings 2850 good feed flour 2 ontario wheat no 2 white 114 to 116 according to freights outside ontario no 2 white cats 48 to 50c ontario corn nominal to 6 do com 5 to 550 butcher heifers choice 625 to 650 do med 550 to 6 do com 5to 550 butcher cows choice 450 to 525 do med 3 to 4 canners and cut- tors 2 to 250 butcher bulls good 4 to 5 do com 3 to 4 feeder steers good 650 to 650 do fair 4 to 5 stackers good 4 to 450 do fair 250 to 350 calves choico 13 to 1350 do mod 9 to 1150- do com 5 to 8 milch cows choice 70 to 90 springers choice 80 to 100 lambs choice 13 to 14 sheep choice 7 to 750 do culls 3 to4 hogs fed and watered 1075 to 11- d0 f- to 510 do countrf points 975 to 10 hogs quotations are based on tho prices of thick smooth hogs sold on graded basis or selects sold on a flat ontario flour ninety per cent pat rale bacon selects7goldon the gxat m jute bags montreal prompt ship- ed basis bring a premium of 10 n- stff t to tom ov apmsls 50o to 15 bulk seaboard 19o hogs to 5 manitoba flour 1st pats in cotton acks 710 per bbl 2nd pats 660 hay extra no 2 per ton track do no 3 59 to60c extrano tfced montreal corn am no 2 yemow 94 to 95c oats can western no 2 04 to 65c toronto 14 mixed 11 clover 8 56 to 57c no 2 loeil white 54 to itc c n i floav spring wheat pats lsts n3zz iots per ton track flo 2nds 660 strong baw toronto 950 ong bakers c i v 9o10 winter pats choice so 50 smoked meats hams med 26 to rolled oats bag 90 lbv 3 15 to s3 s 28c cooked ham 38 to 40c smoked bran20 to 28 shortt s2fi j n rolls 20 to 28c cottego rolls 32 to midd ings 33 to 35 h no 2 35c breakfast bacon 32 to 35c spe cial brand breakfast bacon 38 to 40c i backs boneless 36 to 42c cured meats per ton car lots 14 to 15 cheese finest easterns 27v to 28c butter choicest creamery 49 to 50c long clear bacon 50 eggs fresh 48 to 50c potato n to 70 lbs 20 70 to 90 lbs 19 90 bag car lots 95c to 1 0cawea p ilbs and up 18 lightweight rolls in com quality