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diversified farming in the okanagan great development of mixed farming fu the okanagan valley hrltish col umbia has resulted from the growth of several minor agricultural indust ries in a series of articles by margar et a grmsby appearing in the van couver sunday province the writer states that these minor forms of agri cultural production are of increasing importance year by year and that they are the facts which will determine whether mixed farming will supersede fruitfarming in the nest phase of the development of the okanagan valley one of the most important of the smaller industries is tobaccogrowing which has long been carried on in the valley hut has been developed to a greater extent during the last siv years when furtraders first visited the valley early in the nineteenth cen- lury they found indians smoking to bacco certain species of which wero indigenous to the countr the eaily settlers also gathered the native plants and thus obtained a supply of tobhaco for their own use it a- not however until 1s94 mat experiments were made in growing it n a large scale attention is now jm entitled on growing the tobacco d lu attempt lis made to manuae- itre li it is old in its natural state liavid spencer limited vancouver his company is doing onsiderable lending and has undertaken to spe- iaiize in lirilisli columbia tobacco elling it under its own brand the uccess of this undertaking should act as a triage to he production of the i ommodity cantalopc tomatoes vinefruits another form of intensive cultiva tion is being carried on at oliver where cantaloupes were lirst grown in 1 the experiment revealed the fact that the oliver cantaloupe is a very superior product with a particu larly line flavor the early ripening season is also of advantage from a marketing point of view in 1127 tomato growing was also started and of late years cucumbers and grapes have been introduced the tomato industry has been strengthen ed by the erection of a cannery the production of of vinefruits is growing in importance every year the area around oliver has a natural ad vantage for this purpose and there is a marked demand for these ommodi- ties in canada it is therefore likely that the industry will reach larger pro portions in the next few- years and that treefruit production will be forc ed further north while subtropical fruits are being produced in the southern end of the valley large amounts of vegetables are being raised on truckgardens in the northern end vegetables have been grown for many years very successful ly in the vernon district at the present time 800 acres of land at vemou aro used for truckfar ming the vegetables include tomat oes cucumbers onions cabbage pota toes beets carrots parsnips turnips squash and pumpkins at armstrong the truckgardens produce principally lettuce and celery and during 1929 nearly 800 tons of the latter commo dity were exported france to mint silver money the french government has decided to ask parliament to authorize the minting of more silver money par ticularly fivefranc silver pieces be fore the stabilization law of 1928 can bo safely put into operation and the millions of dirty paper notes drawn from circulation and boiled down a project for the minting of the small denomination will be placed be fore parliament soon the govern ment has declared however that in the minting of these coins it will not be necessary to buy more silver silver on hand the mint has on hand a quantity of silver obtained from ue melting of pieces withdrawn from circulation particularly the napoleon pieces of the third empire there also is a quantity of silver left over from the poincare purchases in 1926 so that it may be five or more years before france will buy any silver under the 1928 law the bank of france notes of five 10 and 20 francs must be retired by the end of 1932 they must bo replaced by silver coins of 10 and 20 franc denomination for the 1928 law overlooked entirely the fivefranc pieces low value of franc chamber of commerce havo pro tested for the fivefranc piece corres ponds to 20 cents and is the most needed single piece of french money that is behind the governments de cision to start stamping out the coins which in view of the low value of the franc must be small in size the 20- franc notes have entirely disappeared from circulation but there still are three million francs worth of five and tenfranc notes in french pocketbooks o it was her first day on tho farm and the farmer told her to go out and collect as many eggs as sho could find after somo time she returned emp- tynandod havent you got any eggs in tulred tho farmer no she replied calmly but i mw dozens of heus lotting about gt britains royal family children of king george form loyal group amid artificiality by v w wilson in he n t times magazine kcr ih house of windsor as fjr the est of the world time asses quickly it u ten years sice prin cess mary was married to viscount lascelles nov earl of harewood ni years have elapsed since the chimes of westminster abbey were rung for the duke of york and his bride mary elizabeth boweslyon fhe matchmakers are much excited therefote over the pretty you g prin cess irgrid of sweden who has visit ed london his majesty king george v jas t face a fact unusual in roa fami lies he has five surviving children all but one have passed the age of 0 yet only two are married and one of these is the princess mary of the four sons three arc bachelors it was hoped against hope that the prime of wales now approaching the forties might find his second cousin a lorgought queen to share his pros- acts of the c one the prince how ever continues to be satisfied with the privilege of attending weddings as best man mary knew ner busines would allow nothing d nobody to inter fere with the normal life of her home she insisted that her sons though princes must be boys like ilhei- boys that her daughter though a priross must bt a girl among girls there in york cottage at sand- ringham the family lived as a family in a modest house and without osten tation for years the future queen was i ever seen at all by the crowds of london she was othiwise oc cupied the children dug in tleir gardens they played cricket they e- taken by their mother to visit places like ti- power of london they were tvaight by their tutors they said their prayers they attended church they learned the catechism and they were familiarized with the bible bove all they were rase to rea lize their relllon to the community from june to time toys were shared with te poor and at birthritys and christmas all cakes after tve enjoy- cnt were cut up and distributed in the minds of those children the dyn asty was established on a firm foun- aion of duty to the nation biilionsof words have been writ ten of the humor the gayet the tact the persistence the courage the pat riotism and the obstiiacy of the prince of wales who to this day has never failed to be prolific in para graphs what if they did assign two huge detectives to dog the infant foot steps of the prince he hau himself photographed between them and en titled the picture my nurses what if the cadets at dartmouth called hn sardine he replied to iiieffi ok the banjo i do not mind being killed in france said he to lord kitchener i have plenty of brothers to carry on to which th field marshal re torted grimly i do not mind you being killed but i cannot allow you to be taken prisoner and to lord haig the whereabouts of the boy day by day became an obsession not for an instant does the prince seem to be at a loss the mayor of a loyal borough forgot his part and stammered we welcome your royal highness not only not only there was an unearthly silence io only continued t prince calmly for the sake of the ancient throne which you represent but also for your own sake and the mayor was saved from uicide tho illness ol tho king rnd the economic crisis taken together have changed the prince of wales both mind and in appearance he talks no longer of throwing up the whole busi ness unless he is allowed to live his own life but appears on the plat form serious and determined as he u ges the nation to buy british educated like the prince of wales at the royal naval college dart mouth the duke of york nervous on tho platform has had to overcome a shy temperament and indifferent health people forget that rs a sub- lieutenant ha was on active service during the battle of jutland and later was promoted to be wing com mander in france nor is it remem bered that h is a student of econ omics and a frequent visito to in dustrial plants where his particular our crossword puzzle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 hi 12 li 14 15 16 1 18 19 ct- 20 i w 22 u 23 24 25 26 27 i 28 29 30 j 31 32 33 34 35 j 36 37 vii 38 19 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 4 retinning milk cans ico cream packers clictso hoops your old cans made like new for less than half cost of new pas teurizers retlnncd at your own plant toronto cadmium plating- tinning co ltd 190 edwin avenue 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portion 35 herb 3s to sort 39 aide 41 ocean 42 to join 44 pronoun 46 french conjunction runs upstairs at 92 daughters pride in active father i fee in duty bound writes mrs a j v to express my gratitude for the marvellous results my lather has obtained from kruschen salts they should really be called miracles he is ninetytwo years old and is as fit as a fiddle he can nip about and run up and down stairs his friends mar vel why it is he is always alert and never feels slack he always tells them the reason my regular dally dose of kruschen salts every morn ing we always recommend krus chen salts to all our friends to my idea no family should be without it- imrs a j w most people grow old long before their time because they neglect one i vital need of health the need for in ternal cleanliness eventually they start the healthy kruschen habit then they start getting rid every day of all waste matter from the system now healthy blood goes coursing through the veins aa t almost im mediately they feel their youth has returned they feel young energetic and happy in a word theyve got that famous kruschen feeling owl laffs interest is what has come u be called welfare the duke of york was the first prince of the blood to examine in per son the headquarters of a trade union aid every year he attends a camp where boys of humble birth are brought into jeisonal contaci with the aristocrats of eton and tl e other great schools twice he proposed to his future duchess and twice he vas refused it was queen mary who tcld ami that int heart never von fair lady aid urged him to try his luck for a third and as she insisted r last time faced by this ultimatum the little scottish lady acceoted iim in the abbey so pleased were they with each other after the benediction that they almost forgot a detail just in time the duke swept his duchess to the right turn nd facing the king and queen she dropped the most im portant curtsey of her dazzling career prince henry duke of glcucester was educated at eton and the mili tary academy at sandhurst in deb onair manner he is the official t ego of the prince of wales whose travels including a fall from a horse ansaer to lst weeks puzzle eh hit he has shared for the prince h frequently acts as deputy but his schedule of engagements is less crowded prince george in whom at the moment mankind takes an especial interest was trained at dartmouth for the navy an like his father he spent many years with the fleet as a lieutenant stationed in the far east he has chased chinese up the yailt river and if today he is drafted into e fwejgn service in do you know that one of the prettiest of indian legends concerns this rock which stands besldo the shore o stanley park vancouver british columbia it is known as siwash itock and at high tldo is surrounded by water tho legend has to do with- a young bravo who eloped with tho daughter of the chief of a rival tribe the girls father and his warriors gave chase and were about to catch tho lovers when tho girl called on manitou to save them as they stood in the canoo clasped rn each others arms manitou transformed them into this rock siwash rock was a favorlto spot with pauline johnson the great indian poetess of canada and after her death her ashes were strewn on the water besido it in accordance with her request photograph canadian national railways kitty why are you angry with max ethel he promised not to kis me and kept his word the teacher was putting questions to the class teache- what do we call a wo man who keeps on talking when peo ple are no longer interested small boy please sir a teacher whitehall it is for reasons of health the suggested wedding can hardly be said to affect the succession the throne today would pass thus 1 prince of wales 2 duke of york 3 princess elizabeth eldest daugh ter of the duke ef york 4 prin cess margaret rose seconi daughter a the duke of york 5 duke ol gloucester and 6 prince george also if there were further children born to the duke of york or if the duke of gloucester married and had children all of these cirs would pre- e ie prince george and his children on the other hand prince george and hit family would precede princess mary and her two boys the lascel- 1 now at eton with every year that passes the princess elizabeth of york known as lilibet who has celebrated her sixth birthday draws the greater crowd the people arc as eager to see her as they are to see the king and queen themselves and for a sin reason daily she becomes more important she can only be deprived of the succession by a younger r other if in due course he should to rive her sister margaret rose born amid a tempest in th- historic stronghold of gamis castle is only second to elizabeth in hei nearness to the throne this royal family founded afresh or a human basis depending for the first time on purely hunan values and regarding pageantry and privil ege and pedigree as factors subordi nate to t normalcies which are com mon to all families is thus consider ing one more event in its agelong an nals ten years twenty years thirty years hence how will the new methol of sovereignty have stood the test of iime the holly green groweth the holly so doth the ivy though winter blasts blow- never so high green groweth the holly ascssholly groweth green and never cnssg hue so i am ever hath been unto my lady true as the holly groweth greeu with ivy all alone when flowers cannot be seen and green wood leaves be gone now unto my lady promise to her i mako from all other only to her i me betake arieu mine own lady arieu my special who hath my heart truly be sure and ever shall king henry viii from the ox ford book of sixteenth century verse chosen by e k chambers oxford university press french court upholds noisy critic of film paris spectators at public enter tainments and at theatres have a legal right to demonstrate their disapproval by whistling and shouting according to judgment just rendered by the civil tribunal of st etiennc near lyons the case as one of a spectator who having loudly protested against the quality of a motion picture perform ance was refused admission to an other show by the proprietor of the cinema on tho grounds that his be havior interfered with the perform ances te judgment of the french tribun al states that the act of criticizing tho poor organization of an enter tainment even when done noisily can be construed as the legal exercise of right to criticize and the manifesta tion of dissatisfaction cannot serve as a pretext by the director of a theatre for refusing to admit a spectator tho cinema proprietor was sentenced to pay 100 francs damages 9 s mrs frazzlo gushingly dyou know mr grimlelgh im often mistak en for my daughter mr grimlelgh gallantly by jove j fancy you having a daughter as old- looking as you are jim will be in the hospital a long time why have you seen the doctor no the nurse his little slam wife so you think my new ball gown looks like the deuce hub in the card sense my dear the douce you know is the lowest possible cut face the sun dont hunt after trouble but look for success youll find what you look or dont look for distress if you see but your shadow remember 1 pray that the sun is still shining but youre in the way dont grumble dont bluster dont dream and dont shirk dont think of your worries but think of your work the worries will vanish the work will be done no man faces his shadow who faces the sun spasms never interrupt your wife when she is telling you something for your own good let us whisper it girls but the man who writes the best love letters doesnt necessarily make the best bus- band in these fickle times a love af fair seldom outlasts one application of lipstick the fish we catch are usual ly the most expensive ones that we eat she oh john this is lemon pie how could you nothing makes a fellow feel so good as the nice things they say about him at his funeral a scotch clergyman noted for jiis thrifty habits sent a telegram to a parishioner 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