The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

The Automobile THK AUTOMOBILE IIuw much is touriit d«velopnieat rea'.ly worth to Canada? Tiierc are two ways of looking at that quft^ion. The usual way is to view it through financial g'.asses. One needs only to glance at the tigures cit4-<l by various authorities to r«-a'.ize thut the money now spent in Canada every year by tourists from abroad has become one of the major items of our nationu! income. But there is another and perhaps equally important side of the ques- tion. Tourist development means a great deal more than the coming: of an army of free-spending vi-sitors. Th>re is also the enormous increase in the actual travelling: done within the Dominion by the Canadian people themselveK. The value of this fea- ture is not to bo measured in dollars and cents, but it bids fair to exert a priceless influence upon Canadian unity. It has long been a byword that Can- ada is a "difficult country to govern." Tho territory of the Dominion i.» not only far-flung but it is naturally bro- ken into sections which differ as radi- cally from each other in economic op- portunities a.s in physical character and location. How to uoify these sec- tions, how to get some real sympathy of outlook and mutual appreciation of TO UNITE CANADA. I their respective problems, ha« been the great task of Canadian citizenship •nd state-imanshlp. And th|,increaBed travel of tho Canadian people looms up as one of the most effective instru- ! ments for that purpose. ] Canadians to-<lay are almost I uniquely equipped to aee their coun- I try. It is an actual fact that the 9 I or 10 million people of Canada own more passenger aulos than any other nation on the face of the globe except I the United States. They own more ' passengers oars than tho 47,000,000 ' people of Great Britain or the 40,000,- ! 000 of France. The people of Ontario alone possess as many cars as the combined population of nearly 80,000,- , 000 living in Germany, Holland, Den- ' mark, Norway and Sweden. The cars owned by the whole of the Danish 1 people are just half the number of those owned by the people of Saskat- chewan. On January 1, 1925, Can- adians owned 597,278 cars. It will be a remarkable fact if, in a few years' time, the touring of Can- adians within the boundaries of tho Dominion does not succeed in sweep- ing away a great deal of tha diver- gence of outlook a.s betweon various parts of the Dominion which in past years was the natural outcome of lack ' of acquaintanceship. ~~vr; FLIMERICKS Mar-v'e r tammm F'eafre CROSS-WORD PUZZLE i 1 â-  I f r- t P ^ T" â-  w^ I â- Tvn 11 13 I 19 10 â-  15 â-  lb 17 id Zl â- i^ l\ w â-  â-  PI i5 â-  â-  2i> â-  pn n â-  z& :i i9 ii U 3i H^' « â-  in 1 3i» ik ^ 39 40 I Ml HJ 44 i Hb 47 E 48 â-  t 50 â-  m Br 52. 53 i ®THt INTtOMATIONAl (YMOICATC. SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs In each white space, words starting at the numbered squaroB and running either horizohtaUy or vertically or both. HORIZONTAL A very taiJ, spotted , , ^ (the tallcK uiiml) Tried often to kiss a young. But they couldn't . 'Till a knot in his. (younscow) (unite) _ (between h«d «nd body) Brought his height down to almost one . (one of two equal parti) *TJpon the line yrrite the word that is defined bslov it." A Song in Storm. Bo well assured thut on our side Tho abiding oceans firht. Though headlong wind and heaping tide iMake us their sport to-night; By force of weather not of war In Jeopardy we steer; Tlieu welcome Fate'.s discourtesy Whereby It .sliull appear. How In all time of our distress, And our deliveranoec too, The game la more than the player of the game, And the ship Is more than the trew! lii well assured, though wave and wind Have mightier blows In store, Thut we who keep llie watch assigned -MuBl stand to It the more; .\nd as our streaming bows rebuke Plach billow's baulked career, Bfng, welcome Kate's dlncourlesy Whereby It Is made (!lcur, How In all time o( our distress, And our deliverance too, Tho game is more than the player of the gams, And tho Hhip le more than tlio crew! No matter though our docks be swept .\twl mast and timber crack, Wa can make goo<l all Ir.sa except The loss of turning back. So, 'twiict tlipHH Devils und our deep I.«t courteous trumpets sound. To welcome Kate's discourtesy, Whereby It will be found. Ilnw In all lime of our distress, And liUr deliverance too, The game Li more than the player of the game, "' And t'lo slilp la more than tin- crew! • -Uudyard Kiplinr- Furnaces Burning Continuous- ly for 1 Vz Yearo Testing Fuels. Two standard domestic hot water furnaces have l)cen in operation, niccht and day, for over oiiF. and a half years nt the Fu?l Te.stuii? laboratories of the Dept. of Mine-", (ietermininj^ the relative heating values of the various domestic fue'.s available in Eastern ("andaa. This is in accordance with the campaign of the Dominion Fuel Board, in an ofTort to improve ths situation in the domestic fu<-! markot.s of the Central Provinces by encouraging tho 'i.'-o of various aviii'.ab'.e substitute fue'.s. These furnaces, during tests, are constantly under the supervision of competent engineers and are fitted up to appi'oximats, ns closely as posiille, nciual operating conditions in house heating. In this wav not only are lie heating qualities of the various fuel'i ri'curately compareil, but tho bii-t op- cratinfT conditions, such as draft rc- fiuirements, depth ff fuel on grates and freiiuoncy of firing are deter.nin- ed for each fuel. Tha fuels under 'csl include all the domc.-itic fuels available for consumption in Kaslera Ci.nada and tho tests will indicate the method.-; that niu.'it be employed to (.fitain the best results. 'lhe.se experimentiJ are successfully d''termining the m-'thods and cor.di- tiens whereby tho v.irious fuels nvnil- ab'c- can be most < flicieutly utili/.ed. 1 â€" Pronoun 3â€" Definite article 8 â€" At the present time 9 â€" Twelve dozen 12 â€" To unclose (poet.) 14â€" Topoflraphical Engineer (abbr.) 18 â€" In this or that manner 16 â€" Man's name 18 â€" Not so much 2(V-French tor "born" 22â€" Tribe; people 23â€" One of British Isles (abbr.) 24â€" A familiar garden flower 25â€" Behold 26 â€" Scent 27 â€" To rend asunder bj^ force 28 â€" A votary of art â- * 32 â€" A volcano In Sicily 33â€" A title (abbr.) 34 â€" Girl's name 36 â€" A musical note 37 â€" Index-arm of a graduated circle 38 â€" Preposition 39 â€" Descendants 41 â€" ^coln ot Portugal and Brazil 42 â€" Presently 44 â€" Scotch word for "one" 45â€" Point of compass (abbr.) 46 â€" Prefix meaning "with" 48 â€" Spanish word for "one" 49 â€" To falter 61â€" Part of verb "to be" 62â€" United States Senate ^abbr.) 63 â€" Employment VERTICAL 2 â€" Colors aâ€" City In N. E. Italy 4 â€" Interjection 6â€" Noted manufacturing elty In Prussia 7 â€" By v/ord of mouth • 8 â€" A page of a book â€" Latin word «or "drop" (abbr.) 10â€" Cardinal point of tho compass (abbr.) 11â€" A light boat 13 â€" Future misery ss the condition of the wicked 17 â€" Deilveranco frtai sin and penalty 19 â€" Expands; develops 21 â€" Prefix meaning "good; well" 22 â€" Swift run or charge (pi.) 29 â€" American essayist and natural- ist (1817-1862) 30 â€" Desire with expectation 31â€" Allures 32 â€" Attempt 35â€" To irritate 40 â€" Not far 43 â€" Possessive pronoun 45 â€" Point of compass (abbr.) 47 â€" Conjunction 60 â€" Latin word for "against" (abbr.) j The groom at a we.lding, like an BUtomobllB engine, is unseen but very ni:ces*ary to make the thing go. Fish By-Products Are Valuable. Ueraoval of cortuln Govenunent re- gulations prohibitinB the use of pil- chards for tho manufacture Into vari- ous fish by iTodur.ts. Euch as fertiliz- ens, oll-i, fish raoals, etc. has given r.n added impetus to this, Hrltlsh Co- lumbia's newest industry. For some time past, operatior.s In converting fish ofTal into different commercial products, have been carried on In a more or Ims desultory manner owing to the fact that the sixty odd canner- ies on the coast were so .scatterod and so far apart that centralized reduction plants were not feasible and produc- tion was consequently limited. Des- pite iMa drawback, the output from provincial plants last year was 171.- 000' gallons of fish oil and 1.017 ton.? ot meal. On a basis ot 30 cents a gallon for oil and $40 a ton for meal, tho ag- gregate value of rroduction In 1924 was over $D2,000. Tho most nece-sary requirement of this Industry ts abundant, cheap sup- plies of raw materials. Until the be- ginning ot the current year, a number of canneries, In addition to \hefr re- gular operations, , produced small quantities ot meal and oil from Hsh waste. There was little Inducement fciT tho e.~tab:ishnient of individual plants devoted to producing by-pro- duots from fish. With the abolition ot regulations governing tho disposal ot pilchard.'), however, a number of new factories have been established, usual- ly in <:onJunctlon with cannerie.s. The majority ot tl'.e.se are locate! on the \Ve.U coast of Vancouver island, oft which there are almost inexhaustible supplies ot pilcharde. Little trouble Is experienced in mar- keting tlie different pro'Jucls. There Is a consistent dc:nund from the United States and other countries for fish oil, meal and fertilizers, and it is said that a number ot the provincial plants have olVer.s of the purchase of their entire outyut for some consider- able time. Fi.sh oil is used in tho manufacturo ot paints, line soaps, leather, lubricants, medicines, eaamel-s for autgmobiles, and in tempering pro- cesses ot certain metals. The better grades of fish meal are used for cat- tle and poultry feed, and the lower grades tor fertilizer. Prospects are particularly encourag- ing for further expansion of this In- dustiry. The process ot extracting oil and making the meal from the pil- chards and tt.ih waste i.s simple, ma- chinery doing the entire work. Raw materials are plentiful; markets good, little labor la required. There Is every reason to_ believe that the six plants now operating in the province will bo considerably augineuted in the near future. The Etldnios and Jazz. The Kskimo loves music. H« wlU e4t on tfa» ice tor hoars. In a tempera- 1 tuce that would put nn ordloary ther- mometer out of business, and listen to the phonograph. | The Eskimo native nuvic is made on great hoops, as big around as dlah- pans, ever which a skin Is tightly Elretched. They are Earaething like drums and a good deal like tambour- Ices; you can take your choice which to call them. Bight muolciar..i and drura-tamboifines of different slzea maite an Kskimo orchestra. Each man pounds away with a little rod the lenglJi of a walking-stick. All the notes of the octave are thus produced. As the players slog r^ they play, and £.s they keep perfect time, the niuaie has gcod points of its own, but it has Etrict limits, so, wlien the Eskimo' hear.) real oroliestirai music it delights him extremoly. When McMillan, the Arctic explorer, last called tor the Arc- tic, a phonograph company sent blmj a tine portable machine and a number of recorda. In his winter quarters,' frozen t&^t to the Ice., w'thln nine de-- grees ot the North Pole, the Phono- ' graph was used continually, and con-] certa ot "canned maslc" were given to tiic Eskimo. I Then an amazing thing was found out. The nsklmo la not civilized, but | he can appreciate the most civilized- music. He Ukes it far better than the | barbaric strains of Jazzr Jazz may ap- peal to the African or the Indian, but the Eskimo is rather bored by it; he prefers Liszt. When the "Hungarian Rhapsody" was played, the lubber-lov- ing native would crouch down ou tho Ice and li&ten, and stay on as long as the nctes would fioat on the freezing air. "My heart at Thy Sweet Voice" was receivo.l with as much enthusi- asm as in the Paris Opera House. The voices of the stars of the Metropolitan company and the piano solos of Ja^et Hermann were all prime favorttei. Jazz was nowhere. The E5skimo musical taste is sound, it appears. Canadian Trade With Italy. Italy aow stands s«Tenth amouf th<^. foreign nations trading with Canada.'^ In 1923 a "favored nation" trade ««rae- ment was entered Into between Cfta^ a4a and Italy which did muoh to brlnir about a revival of Interest and. cons*- quent Increase In the volume of trade. The chleritem ot export to Italy during the past two or three yM«» has been wheat and wheat flour. In the last fidcal yearâ€" 19241925 â€" over »11,- 000,000 worth of wheat and its pro- ducts were shipped to that market. In aiddition Italy Imports form Canada constdeo^ble quantities of dried fish, Rsbestos, nickel, tinned salmon, sugar, rausage casing.-?, wallpaper, chemical wcodpulp tor manufacture of artificial silk, rubber goods, pianos, some chemi- cal an-d other manufactured articles. Curiously Canada's greate&t article of Import from Italy during the past fiscal year was agriculturak and vege- table products, which amcmnted in value to ?911,955. Other imports prere ca toUows: animal and animal pro- ducts', $117,664; fU)res, textile and tex-" tile products, $580,401; wood, wood products and paper, $20,151; iron and. its products, $24,473; non-ferrous met- als and their products, $32,107; non-^ metallic minerals and tteir i;<roiIucta, $.'.0,743; and nil&cellaneous coommodl- ti€,3-, $115,429. It is estimated that there are now about one^liundred Canadian firms en- gaged In export trade with Italy. Theie com,paniera only represent a small number of those who could en- gage hi this trade wece their products more fuCIy exploited in Italy or had' they personal contact with Italian Im- porting firmis. There are a number of products in Canada, such as agricul- tural machines, furs, vaxioua food- stuffs and paper and v.-ood pulp, vrtilch are in demand by Italians, but accord- ing to Mr. W. McL. Clarke, Canadian Trade Commissioaer to Italy, owing to lack "of proper appreciation of the magnitude of that m.arket, many splen- did opportunities for more estonsive trade with Italy have been overlooked by Canadian manufacturers. Answer to last week's puz:;'e; iMlAlSlTlElRtaBlnlolAlclHl Q__gia[s]Bi]iiE]aii â-¡ tierald Maher, youthful horseman, of Fergus FalCs, who carried off $1,150 in prizea at the Minnesota si'ate fa:cr at St. Paul. , B amaa iiqbb m Grocers !.nd dry gooda merchants have to pay for a lot ot autouuiblles they don't own. The Lsdy or the Bear. Bears, says Sir Rlritni 3. Maxim in My Life, do not jiiake eafe peta. If you step on a dog's foot, the dog has brains enough to know that it is an accident and actually expects you to pet and pity him for your blunder, which no doubt you will do. Uut If you step on a boar's toot, the bear will not stop to reason. He will retaliate by taking about a pound ot steak out of the calf ot your leg. .My uncle, Hiram Stevens, ufter whom I wc.s named, captured a small cub and brought It up as a pet. !t would eat almost anything and about as much of it as a pfg, so It soon at- tained considerable size" and had very peculiar wuys of showing Its affection. At that time iny uncle was paying his | respects to the young lody who after- ward became his cife. and siie object- ed very strongly to the bear. The next Sunday night, therefpre, tny undo locked the beair securely In the woodshed, but he had .not been very long v.ith his ladylove "when the front door was burst in and the bear ru-shed In and laiitled in l:is lap." That brought mattjrs to a crisis; the young lady delivered her ultimatum,â€" he must either break of.' the engagement or kill the bear, â€" and so the Interesting pet was sacrificed on the altar ot Cupid the next day. Didn't Know. Bill- "Are you out with your girl much?" Will- "Haven't looked at my bank- hook this month." O When One Goes Deeper. A lltilo philosophy Incllneth man's mind to atheism, but depth In phllo- fiophy brlHKeth men's minds about to religion.- J>anci3 Bacon. * Coat of World War. The new estimate of the co;3t ot a'© World War is more than $80,000,000- 000. MUTT AND JEFFâ€" By Bud Fisher. Mutt Shifts from a New England State to the Middle West.