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fiiflirtment in flffalllllllil 11h‘ 1m" gimme for the coming S9111‘ m‘ ftéiééwd I irdnch lines into various constituen- up... chiefly in the West. One égiuiese lines. ten milcs m length. i.- yqmlgeu to Prince Edward Island qlmhin the next three years. Evident-

1y the branch line asked for by 1h“.

igcdple‘ of Rustico and New London if part of the fisheries dcvclopmrnr

‘l: amine of the Government ha; forgotten. A meeting was held $4119 people of the North Shore

ocniethree months ago. when the

aged of a branch line war;-

amigo stressed. in the general i11- of the country. but Dflflicu"

“fly to aid in developing the fishing‘

industry, which so far has received little encouragement from thc oovernment.

"Qffidlmaxitime Board of Trade, at Annual meetlnl. Passed a 5UP"? rljclution which, after raointin‘; “gig-mg g, great many of the im- ' ' z districts within the lVIaritimc mo...» are isolated and hemorr- ed jby-lsok of adequate transporta-

‘liqnlikeiuiies. urged upon the G0“.

Qgfmem the necessity of providing Full details of the require- cf the New London and Rus- tfqyiafifishcrmen were asked for by the psi-qt...- of the Maritime Board- wbfch were supplied and duly for- worded to the authorities at Ottawa. ,.'“'..'I‘lie New London Railway is an out‘... ion 1n Prince Edward I1.‘- A’ lldfidpolitics. The line was surveyed s; successive government-S. and in instances stakes indicating the

a Tdlllciiion remained in place until they

‘ {Qgfgdybut “the railway that thcy for never came.“ ‘The fedcrul members of Queens County now hzwc inlropportunity of pressing the claims dFthelr constituents 0n the 110F111 the Island. and undoubtedly ggf ghpy. press these claims they can

the, Government to imple- merit them. It will be little consola-

tion in the people of these pOtCll-i

tialily-rlch fishing .distrlcts to have their representatives apolozile f0!‘ thcflovernmeniis failure to build the ngopssary branch line and to put up llllillsible excuses for such failure. Thqpeople want this brunch linc; Hie Qmvipce needs it for the develop- dicntflof. its fisheries; and the Gov- drnnient is committed to the develop- your; of the fisheries wherever pos- Efblé. There is no place in the . fliritimes more in need of a ruihvaj.’ New London and Rustico. and there is no place in which there arc opportunities for dEVt-Elfllllllf’, the fishing industry than in this pnri Qf-ths constituency of Messrs Sin- emi- and Jenkins. With such an in- ' minim body as the Maritime Bonn‘: diffs-sac to back up their efforts. tpgrenecd now be no excuse for any 1mm: delay.

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, commend the resolution 0f County Fish and Game flmiective Association in the matter Af-Iprovldlng bird sanctuaries in the Mince. The Association takes o‘: the divided jurisdiction of ihc John]. and provincial governments lhcmatfer of game laws enforce- Ilnt and recommends that action be {Con It as early a date as possible taillsfinituly define the powers oi fflflgfllusoclntion resolved to again “IMP-Dominion Government

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savanna on Prince Edward Island,’

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There are maul‘ bays 110d ha?‘ Province. 011B 01'

qucsi. 1:011; around the more of which might well be select- ed as n sanctuary in which shooting should never be permitted. These are uhdcr ihc jurisdiction of the Domin- ion (‘lovm-nincnt, and could only be :01 nprri us sanctuaries by that b0017- ' '11.:- prutcciion of migmmib’ biYd-S i5 vrovidx; 5m» by treaty between Can- auu and the United States. 'l"‘~.c 11.11118 birds are llYotfi-‘led by ‘ provincial legislation, which may be strengthened from time to time, as we Fish and Game Associations may rccrnxzrxrnti. There should be sanc- L mt‘ Vie protection of our na- 1! live singing birds, and this comes ! under the jurisdiction, largehn- 0! the Provincial Government. 0111‘ A summer songsters have‘ become prac- tically oxzinct in the Province, not . only through the activities of sports- lmch. but. through the murderous hostility" of such birds as crows, hawks and thc ubiquitous English sparrows. An example of this may be seen in Victoria Park. Charlottetown, which has been taken possession of by a yearly increasing colony of crows. No ‘ other bird, chipmunk, squirrel, or any {other of the harmless and loveable ‘ little denizens of the wood, can get it look-in. These crows. now num- . bcrim; thousands. have prepared their own sanctuary in this part, and are l an intolerable nuisance to our citi- zens as \vcll ns destructive to the ‘more desirable wild life. The Eng- ‘ lisli sparrows also have their sanc- tuarics right in the city, and have made war on all other birds that dare to cuter. I Our Fish and Game Association, might v."cll undertake an agitation for i tho cxgulsion of the imdesirablc in- l habiiants of Victoria. Park, and de- ‘ \""e ways and means for the ‘accom- plishmcnt. of this programme. In ‘ some Canadian cities definite action l has bccn taken against the sparrows, i which, wherever they are, aré a nul- g sauce and n menace to better-birds. In many cases a bounty is paid for the capture of sparrows, and it has proved vcry successful. The ways and mcuhs. hoxvcvcif, arc matters for the Fish 11ml Gumc Protective Associa- lion, All nrc acquainted with the exper- ‘ lcuccs of Jack Minor and his success in providing n sanctuary in Western Cnturio. Wild gccsc. ducks and who.» migratory birds have come to krcw him and to fccl that when they iarrivc in his neighobrhood they are ctgoiiziclj‘ szxlc from sportsmen or other Similar work could in‘ (limo for Prince Edward Island.

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EDITORIAL NOTES. 111:1": it not Iuok as if it were time l for iii." Saunders Government to say something. if only to show that it exists? We note in a New Bruns- wickrxchunge that “Mr. J. J. John- ston. 1i. C. attorney general for P. 1 E. l.“ ls r-n u bus "sylsit to Mono- f ton. Eurclv our ncnrcst neighbors . orght to lac informed as 1o the per- ! scimil of our cabinet. he propostd icn mile branch line for this Province. forecast in the threc-ycars‘ railway programme. will certainly not cverbufden us with railway mileage, us compared with cur sislcz‘ Provinces. Today Ontario has over 11,000 miles, v/lth Saskat- chcwan cvcr 7,000. four other Pro- and ihc lfarliimcs with about 8.000. of which’ New Brunswick has 1.0.10. Nov: Scotla 1.427 and Prince Ed- ward Island 270.

mous of modern inventors. was born i in Ohio, on February 11. 1847 and has just now celebrated his birth an- niversary. As has been usual with, him in recent years. he was inter-I viewed and gave his views on a var- icty of subjects. including college edu- cation, happy life, etc.

1n his boyhood he had been denied the privilege of regular and contin- uous attendance at school and was under the necessity of earning his own living. I-le was fortunately both ambitious and precocious beyond oth- er boys of his time and he rapidly acquired a vast store of knowledge which he quickly turned to account in a practical way. Hence we flnd him now saying, "If a boy has ambition- he doesn't need to go to college." Before he was l2 years of age he found employment on a Grand Trunk train and learned telegraphy, and he at once began to study electric but- terles and instruments wherever he could find them. Quickly he begun to patent his inventions, all of which proved to be profitable, and with the proceeds he erected his famous lab- oratory at Newark, N. J., later remov- ed to Menlo Park. *

More than 300 patents are recorded in his name, chiefly covering new de- vices and appliances for utilizing electricity. Among the more i11lp0‘.'i'Bl1l of these may be named the phcuo- graph, a telephone for long distcncry a system of duplex telegraphy (after- ward extended to quadruplex and sex- tuplex) the carbon telephone trans - mltter, the micrometer. the aeroplane. megaphone, the incandescent electric lamp, Vthe kinetlsiopex. the storage battery for street cars and automo- biles. These have spread throughout the civilized world.

Now an old man and afflicted with deafness. he ls still busy in his great laboratory, his recent activities be- ing devoted to finding new raw ma.- terial from which rubber can be economically produced.

A Benign Providence has been very kind to our city and province in many ways during the first half of the winter of 1929. We have abund- ant cause for thankfulness to the. Giver of all good gifts which it befits us to recall at the week end. Our land has been exempt from the win- ter storms and blizzards and the ex- treme cold. which has caused so much suffering in Europe, but we have had to take thought of the iri- creased mortality in many homes caused by the "flu." This affliction may best be turned to good account by the reflection that it has been 1n- tended for our lasting good. A great fault of the age in which we live is that 1t is bent on pleasures that are not elevating to the exclusion of what should tend toward self improvement. Everybody is busy amid ever-increa- sing distractions, so that the lives of the multitude are hurried beyond all precedent. Perhaps 1t‘may afford some consolation if we reflect how much greater this hurry and rush is even greater in other lands than it is here at home. V’

Favorable weather conditions have enabled the Car ‘Ferry to run 1n mid- winter for days almost as steadily as in summer. and this with her for- ward propeller, hitherto thought to be an absolutely necessary part of her now severed. What the new ferry steamer will be like is still up in the air so far as we can Ieam. It is earn- estly to be hoped that the Ottawa economists will not palm 011’ on us an icebreaker with no propellers at all. either at bow or stern. as a wag suggests they may do.

The Stanley was long famous for hcr achievements 1n the winter ser- vice, but is now sadly enfeebled by long hard service. Built on honor. ‘she withstood more battering and hard usage than any vessel of her size in the western hemisphere and her hull and framework are now as staunch and strong as ever.

Is Postmaster General Venlot about to take charge of the newspapers? It looks like that, according to Ot- tawa despatches telling of the bill to amend U10 Post Oflice Act. It is aim- ed at the entire secular press of the country, and while containing some good and needfui provisions is in oth- er respects objectionable.

Insurance against “the flu" 1s be- ing‘ written by Lloyds in England. The number of applications for this form of insurance is very large. so many fear that they may contract the disease, and f1’ it comes they want some compensation along with it. A rather good idea that. meters. nurses and undertaker: must be rc- munerated for their skill, care and attention. and the "flu" has kept them unusually busy for weeks past.

Lyon. France, is to hold s fair in March, ' France is importing more coaLthAn any othertountry in ,i.he world.

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' Bu Iamu W Barlon. M-D- WHY THE COLD IS S0 COMMON.

A short time ago I spoke about the oldest ailment known to mankind. rheumatism, and pointed out that it was still-a‘ great hindrance to health and happines". in the world. And this. despite the fact that we know now so much more about its cause —infection from teeth, tonsils, and so forth-and how to treat it.

However, if you were asked what was ‘the commonest or most frequent ailment ycu would state at once, that it was the “common cold." ' You now know that there are as many colds in Califonia at certain seasons of the year as there are in Maine. and that investigation shmvs. that in an area of say a. width of fif- ty miles extending from Amino to California the number of individuals affected by colds would be practical- ly the some everywhere in proportion to number- of people.

Now you don't have these colds during the warm bright weather. ex- cepl. of course the rose 2nd hay fever colds. but as soon as the indoor life begins thesc colds become common. Is it the cold weather itself that is responsible?

No. the cool weather is really brac- ing and gives you a sense of well- being, but your habits of life change, and it is your own habits of life rather than. the cold weather. that cause the trouble.

There are two things about your habits that change with the weather. One is that you are indoors more. and the room heated over 70 F.. so interferes with the protective organs in your nose and throat. thotwheh you breathe 1n the harmful organ- isms which are floating in the air your protective organisms are so weak that they do not destroy them. Thus they get their start and the common cold is established . A

Second. as you begin to live more indoors you find that the cooler wea- ther has made you eat a little more than usual. and yet you do riot get outdoors as much to work or walk off this extra food. Thus you have more “wastes" in the body.

These ‘extra wastes certainly inter- fere with the ability of the protective organisms of the body (including those in the nosei to fight off invad- ing organisms.

I believe you can easily see the way to protect yourself against the common cold. Keep the temperature of your home at 68o or 70o R. and take enough exercise to work off the food you eat. All wastes must be removed if your fighting organisms are to do their work properly.

THE POET'S CORNER

NIGHT IN TIIE DESERT (Lord Dunsany in the "Atlantlc.")

Nightfalls on the lone Sahara. and spark by spark

Arabs I have not known Light fires in the dark.

Of the specks of ash in the smoke. Which atom knows

From what fire 1t awoke. Or whither it goes?

In the wilds of Space. in the dark. Spiral nebulae _

Twirl spark upon spark, Whereof one are we.

Who can say for what-task‘ They arose. or whither they slip? Ano all the Spirits I ark ‘Stand finger on lip.

Little Korea now has 770 cattle markets supervised by the govern- ment.

Shanghai, China. is to have a large new Federal building.

Only seven oflevery 800 people in France are receiving unemployment ‘aid.

Belgium expects 1920 to be one of its most prosperous years.

Korea has a plan to increase the number of cattle in the country to 2.300.000.

Nearly 12,000,000 ounces of sold

were produced ln South Africa last year.

Wages of workers in general in Belgium arc being increased.

Italy's birth rate is declining.

The first sawogs department of a bank ln Mexico has Just been opened.

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The Intimate Papers I Of Colonel House

The Friend And Adviser Of President W'il-. son Recounis In l-Iis Diary The Great Events, Oi’ The WVar In Which His

Country Was Concerned. (Copyright)

CHAPTE R ONE

AMERICA DEC IIJIRES WAR

‘The day has comm’, said President Wilson to Congress on_ April 2. 1917. when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the prin- ciples that gave her birtli and happi- ness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her she can do no other.’ With these words he launched the United States cn what he regarded as a crusade for a new international order; a steadfast con-- cert for peace’ that should guaran- tee the ‘rights, of nations great and small and the privilege of mcn cvcry- irhere to choose their ivay of lifetand oi obedience.’ With equal force he revealed his conviction that only through the overthrow of tho mili- tary master of Germany could the object be attained. ‘We are glad. now that we sec the facts with no veil of false pretense about them, to

fight thus for the ultimate pence of '

the world and for the liberation oi its peoples.’

On the Western Front the carc- fully laid plans were continuing the Somme offensive were disturbed by a change in the Allied command, rc- sultlng in the defeat of General Ni- velle on the Chcmin dcs Dames in April. A crisis of war-wcarincss followed in France. For the remain- dcr of the year French armies, under- going a moral and material reorgan- ization under General Pctain, were unable to attempt any major offen- sive. In the East, the Russian re- volution cf lifarch led to the cruinb-

Maritime Transport Executive. ‘and all theniuin European allies W918 in imminent danger of starvation... The opening success of the new cam- paign was staggering. In the first three months 4'10 ocean-going ships (including all classes of ships the totnl was 1000) had been sunk, in a single fortnight in April 122 ocean- going vessels were lost. The rate of the British loss in ocean-going ton- nagc during this fortnight was equi- valent to an average round voyage loss of 25 per cent-one out of ‘every four ships leaving the United King- dom for an overseas voyage was be- ing lost bclore its return. The con- tinuance of this rate of loss would have brought disaster upon the Al- lied campaigns, and might well have involved an unconditional surrender.‘ The Unofficial Official

In this new war organization Col- cucl I-louse held no formal position and exercised no official functions. The President had offered with the deepest pleasure and alacrity’ to plucc him wherever he was willing to be placed. But House preferred al- ways to ovoid office. Because of his pcrscnal relations with Wilson and ‘at the Presidents desire he was none the less drawn into an unbroken ser- Iies of informal conferences, the gist of which ivlicn important was sent down to Washington, and when un- important shuntcd aside and pre- vented from confusing the already

overburdened officials. Although he

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ling of all organization, whether cc- onomic or military. The dissolving of the ideal and forms of discipline had its inevitable effects. Behind the lines the sprlt of chaos penetrat- ed the economic life of Russia, at the same time that it attacked the army and navy. No longer could lino Allies count on help from the colossus of the East which had prov- ed of such avail in 1914 and 1916. The U-Bont Campaign

While events on tho two main fighting fronts thus rescued Ger- many from the defeat that seemed to be impending after the Battle of the Somme, she launched the sub- marine ottack upon which her lczid- ers had gambled to achieve positive victory- At the time it was a gamble perhaps-but not a wild one.’ Great Britain had become the mainstay of the Entente; her troops must take up the ‘offersive during the period that Petain had tbispzpd in nursing his armies back to vigor; her munitions, her tonnage, her financial credit had becom critical factors in a war that would be decided by the side with most reserves. France had borne the brunt of the great German at- tacks of 1914 and 1916; 1t was now the turn of the British. Thus there was much to encourage the Germans in their hope that if the submarine could isolate England and destroy hcrrmorcantlla marine. they would end the war vlcloriously. And if the succgls of. the intensive submarine campaign after three months was lei-i than had been promlsed. it was sizfficcnt to bring the Brllsh and the

‘mutations s whole‘ into very real bu“ I ‘The whole war effort of the Aliles‘ Italy has banned me exhibition olnassoon threatened with disaster. writeutheohairmsn of the Allied