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‘‘Hey, you brought me the wrong pair of boots!‘‘ shouted the Major. ‘*Can‘t you see one‘s black and the other‘s brown?" ‘‘I know, sir,‘""‘ snufflied Private Ross, ‘‘but the other pair‘s the same “.a),.,’ There are now 4,138 industrial estahlishments in the province of Briâ€" tish Columbia with a annual payroll of $159,959,820, an increase over 1918 of 300 per cent. The principal indusâ€" tries of the province are lumber and shingle mills, mining, salmon, halibut and herring fisheries, foundries and structural steel works, sugar refining, pulp and paper, clothing, food proâ€" ducts, glass and rubber. 2 Riteâ€"Good 2 The publishers are The ‘Wisely Bragg Publishing Company Limited, at 16 Lagauchetiere street west, Montreal. In the capable hands of this wellâ€" known publishing firm, and edited by Mr. H. Wisely Bragg, familiar to all Municipal men for twenty years, it will indeed fill a longâ€"felt need, It is interesting to note that this Municipal Year Book, is to be followâ€" ed up by the publication, in about four months time, of a new work enâ€" titled ‘‘Municipal Who‘s W ho in Canâ€" ada,‘* which will be an interesting bioâ€" graphical book of reference, profusely illustrated, and constantly made use of in every busy newspaper office. The third part of the book is deâ€" voted to a Buyer‘s Guide, for the use of Municipal officials, and everything that they have occasion to require, is listed together with the names of the manufacturers and dealers. _ In conâ€" nection with this last part of_ the work there is also a free Buyer‘s Serâ€" vice which will prove of considerable assistance to Municipal men. The book is divided into three chapters, the first being an alphabeâ€" tical directory by provinces, of Muniâ€" cipal men from coast to coast, the larger places havin a full Muniâ€" cipal personnel included, and the rural communities, the officials. Part two deals with paxtwuldrn of a reference nd comparative nature, and provides the best and most comâ€" plete information on the financial standing of communities, and also. gives tabulated information on the very nrportant (question ~of waterâ€" works. There are also a number of leading articles that supply a fund of useful knowledge on several different subjects, all applicable to municipal endeavour. Theâ€"contents of the book are so arranged as to give municipal men the most comparative information and cannot fail to be of the greatest possible assistance to elected and apâ€" pointed officials, enabling them to compare one community with others of a similar size and population. ° It is further a book of considerable imâ€" portance in every Muanicipal office for no other work of this kind is pubâ€" lished in the Dominion, and no man interested in Municipal progress can afford to be without it. which this vast amount fo material has ‘been collected together, and so carcfully classified. The contents of the book have been standardized throughout and the alâ€" phabetical arrangement makes the inâ€" formation contained therein easily acâ€" cessible. In the introduction, the point is made that there are 4,300 selfâ€"governing communities in Canada with 59,000 oflicials engaged in conâ€" ducting the affairs of these many cities, towns and villages. It comes as a surprise that there are so many inâ€" dividual urban and rural communties and there is undoubtedly great credit due to the editor, Mr. H. Wisely Bragg, for the excellent manner in which this vast amount fo material! A most valuable work of reference has just come to hand, in the form of the Canadian Municipal Directory, for 1927. This volume is alone in its field, and fills a longâ€"felt want. Valuable Work of Reference in Regard to Municipalities, Oifâ€" cials and Other Particulars Follew the directions, dissolve ttP: co:xtont;d in 5 allono of ot water, a .ugar an and make yourse! Js.“ t trouble or muss, the hEST BE VERACE POSSIBLE. CANADIAN MUNICIPAL _ [FIFTEEN FLVING CLUBS DIREGTORY FOR 1926â€"9) 1N DPERATION 1 CANADA If your grocer or druggist canâ€" not supply you, it will be sent direct post paid by Combination Mailt Extract with Hop Flavour E. B. Neitel§eld Ca. 19 Front St.East Tazonto, 2 Ont. Reg‘d 90 Quebec Que St. Lawrence Preserving Co â€"Exchange he silver fox heads the list, this animal having been the forerunner of all other branches of furâ€"far ning development. He scouts the fear of overproduction which has been sug ’ Probably a greater number of peoâ€" ple than ever before is contemplating establishing in the furâ€"farming indusâ€" 'try in Canada this year. In 1926, acâ€" cording to the Government return, there were 2,700 fur farms operating in the Dominion, these taking no acâ€" count of establishments on which the domestic rearing of furâ€"bearing aniâ€" mals was followed as a side line. Inâ€" terest was at its greatest height in 1927 and there is every reason to supâ€" pose that more new establishments than ever will come into existence in the present year. It is in view of this that Robert W. Hodgson, compreâ€" hensively reviews the question * What animal should I start out to raise to make the biggest success and most money.‘"‘ PFURâ€"FARMING INCREASING IN POPULARITY IN CANADA Two planes are provided each apâ€" proved club and an additional plane is issued for each one which the organiâ€" zation purchases itself. While ownerâ€" ship of the planes is retained by the department, no charge is made for their use unless they are damaged by negligent handling. Approved clubs are located as folâ€" lows: Halifax, Granby, P.Q., Montâ€" real, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, Borâ€" der Cities, Winnipeg, Regina, Mooseâ€" jaw, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouâ€" ver and V ictoria. More than 100 Moth planes use throughout Canada, Air officials stated Saturday. â€" F these are privatelyâ€"owned. than 100 members of the clu solo flvers, According to official advices from| Cana« Ottawa, fifteen flying clubs have been formed in Canada since May when the| NOR!"] (Government‘s plan to encourage civil x aviation was put into effect, while apâ€" plications for two more clubs are at|. Pa¢ present being considered by the Air|188ues Board. 10â€" C the Air Board has Applications for Two More Clubs, These Being Now Considered. â€"Grahamâ€"Paige broke all sales records for any month in eighteen years; the last week in July being the greatest week in the company‘s history. Andâ€"for five consecutive months, Grahamâ€"Paige has established new allâ€"time sales records. Five chassisâ€"sixes and eightsâ€"prices ranging from $1145 to $3540. Car illustrated is Model 614, fiveâ€" passenger Sedan, with 4â€"speed transmission, (standard gear shift), $1810. All prices £.0.b. Windsor, taxes paid. AGAIN in Julyâ€"when motor car sales generally slacken Half of More lubs are are in Board Canada‘s newest national park will be officially opened on August 10 by Right Honorable W. L. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada. Prince Albert National Park is the name given to the area of 1400 square miles in the Northern part of the proâ€" vince of Saskatchewan set aside *‘ to preserve a portion of the primitive forest and lake country‘‘ as a great recreational area. Sault Ste. Marie to North Bayâ€" 273 miles. _ Sault Ste. Marie to Echo Bay â€"in good condition. Echo Bay to Webbwood to Sudburyâ€"in good conâ€" dition, Sudbury to htul«m(m Falls â€" in fairly good ('nndltlon, the eastern section belng slightly rough. _ Sturâ€" geon Falls to North Bayâ€"Generally in fair condition. , Each week the Ontario Government ,issues an official bulletin in regard to the condition of the various roads ,throughou-t the province. The inforâ€" | mation given is for the advantage of tourists and others. The following is the current bulletin in regard to Norâ€" thern Ontario Development Dept. :â€" ing the heavy storm have been repairâ€" ed and filled in. ‘The remainder of the road is in fair condition. North Bay to Cochraneâ€"274 miles. North Bay to South Boundary : Timaâ€" gami Reserveâ€"mostly in good condiâ€" tion. South Boundary, Timagami Reâ€" serve to New Liskeard generally in fair condition, rough places will be encountered at intervals over this seeâ€" tion. . New Liskeard to Englehart in fairly good condition. Englehart to Swastika, generally in fair condiâ€" tion with rough spots at intervals. Swastika to Cochrane: This stretch has improved considerably and is now in fairly good condition. msevern to North Bayâ€"14. miles. The sectmn from Severn to Braceâ€" bridge is improving daily. Several small washâ€"outs, which occurred durâ€" gested, pointing out that in 1927, the greatest pelting year in the history of theâ€"industry, prices advanced in a remarkable manner. The demand for these pelts is greater than ever and no one need hesitate to go into the raising of silver foxes on this score, there being absolutely no fear of an overproduction within the present genâ€" eration.â€"‘‘ Agricultural Progress in NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT ROADS OFFICIAL BULLETIN THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO CANADA‘S NEWEST PARK Record Porcupine Garage Fourth Avenue, Timmins During the past week . three men esâ€" ‘aped from the Burwash prison farm near Sudbury. _ Robert Thomas, 17 f‘\(.‘“ of age, sentenced for stealing a car owned by a pw\mcml policeâ€" man, and Patrick Fitzgerald, 25, servâ€" ing a six months‘ term for uttempt- ing surcide, made the escape tocrether l‘hev were with the "bull gang‘"‘ pw]\mg berries when they took an opportunity to evade the guards. No trace of them had been found at the time of writing this. The third es-‘ cape was that of Paul De mers, aged 28 years. He was employed in the Lmndny at the farm and consequently was able to make a clean getâ€"away. l | Fitzgerald had only a short time to |put in to complete his sentence. All rt}nee men were wearing the regulaâ€" tion Burwash farm clothes so will |find it necessary to get other apparel before they will be able to feel free from danger of recognition at first glance. It is in O'ettlng in touch with friends to procure the required change of elothes, or attempting to fill the need by stealing clothes, that escaped prisoners usual]v leave clues that lead to their eapture. _ Comparatively speaking, there are few escapes from Burwash farm. As one former inâ€" mate of the jail farm said, it is easy enough to get away, but 1t foolish to try. Uusually men are well used at| {Bur\\ash and it does not take long l to put in the terms there. In case of ,ebcape, the prisoner has another term on top of the one he was serving, and also he may be sent to a place far less comfortable than Burwash. THREE MEN MAKE ESCAPE FROM BURWASH JAIL FPARM Constable MacCuaig was engaged in contracting as a carpenter in different parts of the north, notably Boston Creek and Kirkland Lake, and he has been in this section of the country for years. Constable MacCuaig has been stationed at district headquartâ€" ers here for a few days, but is to be located at Boston Creek, where a new post is to be established according to Inspector W. T. Moore. Cuaig is the latest addition to the ranks of the provincial police force in this district. The new officer arrived from Toronto after undergoing a period of training at headquarters there. Prior to taking up police work, A despatch from Cobalt this week says that Constable Roderick Macâ€" PROVINCIAL OFFICER TO BE AT BOSTON CREEK. Seot: ‘‘Is that so _ Ministers gen erally say that, but we a‘ under stand.‘! Baker a Third Ave, Scot (handing bottle of whisky to fellowâ€"passenger, a minister with a very red nose) : ‘‘Help yersel‘, sir, 1 see that ye tak it.‘‘ «~Minister: ‘‘Noâ€" thank you, sir, you‘re mistaken, I never touch it. My nose is red with indigestion,."‘ PERFECT BREAD AND ROLLS Our bread and rolls are made in compliance with timeâ€"proved reâ€" cipes and no homeâ€"made loaf or roll can surpass our particular proâ€" duct. We use the best ard purest ingredients and we bake just the right way. You can get our breads and rolls fresh every day. Form the habit of serving them and give the family all that they care to eat. This is proviug in this immediate section of the North the finest year in many a year for blueberries. The crop is a bumper one and the blueâ€" berries are noteworthy for their size and quality. Raspberries this year are not so good, the heavy rains no doubt being more or less responsible for this. There is a chance, however that with favourable weather there may ‘be a second crop of raspeberries that may be a specially good one. BLUEBERRIES A NOTABLE CROP IN THIS GOOD YEAR (13090â€"446") â€"Exchange of Clean, Entertaining and Amusing RUBIN CHERRY Shows M I D W A Y In all its Branches with $125,000 Prize List ED. AUG. 29 â€" WED. SEPT. 5 AGR 3rd WRIGLEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP $50,000 1929 MOTOR CARS 2000 VOICE EXHIBITION CHORUS Dr. H. A. Fricker, M.A., F.R.C.O., Conductor Accompanied by H.M. Royal Air Force Band ROYAL AIR FORCE BAND /S Snss A Spectacular Golden Jubil;:e Stand Extravaganza by 1,500 Pc on the World‘s Largest Stage. THAVIU the Master Musiâ€" cian and His California Concert BAND MARSHALL DOCKING, President A. P. JENNINGS, Secretary dnA _2 Cw CV Windsor and Quebec at Op Day Ceremonies, Friday, Aug meets every ist and 4th Wednesday in each month in the Miners‘ Union Thrilling Displays Reminiscent of War Days Air Battlesâ€"Thrilling Formations by 30 Planes in One Flightâ€"Comâ€" mercial and Stunt Flying Demonâ€" strationsâ€"Airplane Exhibits in the Aircraft Display Buildingâ€"Inaug» uration of Airmail Service betweer An Entirely New and Different Aug24= ARMCO Concert BAND The International Sporting Spectacle of the Year Thursday, Aug. 16th, 1928 A Fantasy in Fairyland Reduced railway and steamship rates. Ample accommodation. Send for information. Sons of England Triumphal Concerts First International First Showing IN TWO EVENTS His Majesty‘s Middletown, Ohio THOMAS BRADSHAw U. W. WATERS, CGeneral Manager President