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3^ BRFITSH INTEREST IN CANADA wtio after a visit to Canada twelve years igo when be wrote "Canadian Trail*," is catherlac material (or a ii«w book. "Notwithstanding the cycle of human progress, never has a coun- try made the physical atridea accom- ' pushed by Canada in the last twelve 0»e very notworthy feature of the years," he sutes. "This evolution of year 1»24 which Hm conjpelled atten- ^^^^ Donjinlon Is absolutely beyond the tk>n In very many ways, has been a injaglnation of the average English- drawing cjoser of Canada and the Bri- ; „,^„ Speaking of Banff and the won- Uah lalei with the consequent achieve- ^erful development of the Rocky ment of a clearer understanding of ^ounuin region he says 'l And graded Canadian condition and need by the people of the British Isles which Is so much to be de»ired by the people of Canada. In a consideration of the wide distance separating the two coun- trle* with the tremendous difficulty of «de<iuate conception and tbe great {>ob- roads running for hundreds of miles in tbe Rockies, better kept and far superi- or to many of our celebrated English roads. If Bncllsh tourists knew this I am sure they would forsake the Con- tinent and come over here with their motor cars. Right at Banff, Canada •IhlllUes for misrepresentation, such a jj,, g^f ^ot sulphur baths, every bit coming together is fraught with a ^^ g^j^j a„j mediclnaUy as valuable a* good deal of signiflcance to the future ^^^ sptiS in Engtand and the famous Hercule:! Yourdo in Hungary. With these baths, with Canada's ezcelleat roads, and the marvellous scenery of the Rockies, this country sbonid soon become the tourit Mecca of the world." . British Unable to Conceive Canada's Progress. The Inevitable astonishment ex- hibited at the condition and state of development of the country '.eaves no doubt as to the inability of the great bulk of the people overseas to con- ^ celve of the Dominion as it ez'sts and progresses. For this reason such in- economic development of the Do- minion. In the course of the present summer more Canadians than ever before would seem to have visited the British Isles, and the British Empire Exhibi- tion ha.s been the occasion of the ad- i vent of many important delegations : and organizations, all missionaries to | preach Canadian opportunity and wipe oat misrepresentation. But at the tame time the Dominion has under- gone a particularly gratifying invasion •t th« hands of the British people, of ; societies and individuals standing at' the top of their professions and call- '«'"'*a°8e of visiu are of the greatest! tags, whose impre8«loaiJW*-rtsrfrar-S^"''** â- ^'^'^ '° ^e encouraged. Canada • Ukely to have" the greatest bearing on ^as nothing which she need hediute : Canadian future. '< ^" Instant la exhibiting to the impar- ,. , ...,., ,- .^. ! tiai visitor. She merely wishes to be Value of Wembley Exposition. | ^^^^^ generally known as she actually It Is difficult to overesdmate the value i js. It is noteworthy that, almost with- Of the British Empire Exhibition and f^^, exception, the overseas visitor who Canada's adequate represeptetion comes to Canada ignorant, but with an i there. Canada and all the Dominion ' open mind, returns to his homeland a! •Unds for has been more thoroughly jtaanch Canadian propagandist. Advertised, and to a greater number of people, than poesibly ever before. ; * Visitors not only from the British Isles In the Wind, but from all over the .American and ' j j^^g gll blowing things. European conUnents, have carried youth with tossed back hair, away impressioas of Canada portray- . ,j.i,g ^^ft garments of maidens whip- «d In the completest maaner. As many , pj^g against their limbs. «s two thousand Inquiries a day have ; ^rees new in leaf, long grass in the been received from people contem- . meadows plating emigrating to Canada. Busi- ' ^y^,^^^ ^^ves against a white skv, aess inquiries have come from all over ^he sails of fair ships. tte European continent, many origin-, _^ij ^^^^^^ ^^^^g ^n ^.jngg f^ee. •ting In sources in which Canada had _^„ thing,? happy in the wind. never dreamt of penetrating with her j j^yg g,, blowing things. TBE MOON MOT HER A Legend of the Calif oraia Intfian By Clara Spalding Brown. The country all around the present Not many months pMsed «efor« beautiful rily of Los Aageles was once there was manifested In the actions of Inhabiiated by a great tribe of Indians, the moon a shyness and timidity who spoke a soft and simple language which Qlled the bearti of the cbi'^rea abandoning In expressive terms. They with sorrow. were divided into forty aectlon.s. each Their thoughts by day and their having its own village and a chief for dreams at night were continually re- government. 1 verting to the strange change of de- Many of their rules and customs portment in their beloved mcon. It were su good that people might even ^^ not long before their grt«< tnraed now profit by them. They had no dis- [^ despair. tinguiahing name, until after the Span- .j.^^^ ^^^^ awakened In the night Ish came to live In the Sand, when they ^^ ^ strange cry. and found themselves gradually became known as the Cahull- ^^^ ^,„,y ,hrouded in darkness, but las. The word means "master," and abandoned by their father. The night was their salutation to the strange ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^gg^^^^ ^^ ^j^^j, people who had taken up their abode deserted and forlorn condition, and they were glad when tbe first rays of morning dispelled the gloom. There was a great surprise in store for them, for on the doorway of their habitation they observed a new-bom babe, the first they bad ever seen, their father, the spirit, was nowhere to be found, but In tbe midst of their sorrow and affliction the children de- voted themselves to the care of the helpl«ss infant. It was a long and tedious day for them â€" this first one that they had among them. Many were the pretty legends they delighted to relate to their children and among them was one called "The Moon Mother." and this I will tell you. Two great spirits, wise and kind, created tke earth and peopled It with tbe animal kingdom. This made them very tired and they rented awhile. . Then the eldest ascended to heaven, while the youngest remained upon the earth. But he became very lonesome and ] sad in the absence of his brother, and MANUFACTURING IN WESTERN CANADA began to consider what he could do to ever pa.5£ed without the protection of make his life more plea.^ant. He do- tlieir father. In suspense and anxiety cided to create some sons of earth, to '' »'ore away, and as the evening dwell with him and keep him from be- shades were drawing around them, ing lonely. So he fashioned them v^ry and they began to fear the blackness carefullv. and breathed the breath of °f another night, they beheld the full life into' them, and after that the days and blushing moon, arrayed in golden were spent by him and his sons in en- robe.^. ascend above tbe eastern hort- joying each other's company and glv- zon and enshrine herself in mid- ing and receiving instruction. heaven. At this time the moon inhabited iha -^' ^^^ majestic sight joy and glad- earth and each night, when tbe father i^ess filled their hearts, and with re- â€" and sons retired to their dwelling, she aewed pleasure they devoted them- and paper was important with a pro- came and kept watch at the entrance selves to rearing the beautiful pledge PLEASANT SMILES AT HIGH RIVER At E. P. Ranch, near High River, Alta.. the Prince of Wales is seen in conversation with Professor W. L. Carlyle, manager of th-e Ranch, and Mrs. Bertram Smith, of Calgary. duction oi J16,42S.610; in Saskatche- of their lodging place. products. The visit to Canada of the British Aasoclation for the Advance of Science will have effects it is difficult to over- wtlmate. The decision to hold the INDUSTRIAL DEVELOP- MENT PROCEEDS. -Beulah May. Color In Home. The old flat. drap. colorless Interiors i i^^aT meeting ot'such" an ii'p^rtant <>' » "decade ago are pa.5sing. Color Inj »wvir In rnn^Ha wnc In ifsBif a tHhntA ! the home is the modern home-makers Government Statistics Show the Growing Importance of Industry in Western Provinces. body in Canada was in Itself a tribute to the importance of Canada in the Weal V ^ », |4;'-sk\ <v > .â- Â«f^' ' . i^^^'^^^^^i^y^sl ^^^ .^ E MMWM <-«~*yy« J|* ^, «?< > W ^ , ^^Mi " mv ' dP^ «« m^^i^ * ^^, â€" -•v~-=^ !â- Â«â- -. * _-â€" . J.-J*" '-.* |. J j^-^k^-^--' ' lA ' K^^ *^. V . â-  " n l#^S I'^J ij^rf ..;. , .>^4 , «.-? c ^•i M *^'»' '. * â-  , >'\*-.n .-: • 1 ^ %^;-:- â- >'Vu>--. â- '<*',. -' 0^.yi â-  j A party of surveyors of the Topograpkical Survey of Canada, with bones and outfit, axe shown Boating down the Peace River to the location ot their seastin's work farther dwnsiream. •olentlflo world, and the Dominion's i toreahadowed influence on future ' world progress by reason of its won- , 4erful and vast natural possessions. I The uuiform astonishment at the rate of Canadian development of all kind, ! tnd at the great possibilities of expan- 1 â- K>n, aptly typified the inadequate knowledge on such affairs existing in the British Islets, whilst at the same. time indicating what a power for truth- (nl and reliable representation these ' Mople win be on return to the British ul«l ! Scottish Editors Impressed With Canada. Nothing so benefits Canada as the visits ot such bodies who receive their tanpresAlons at first hand and cannot but return to their native lands as ac- ttre Canadian propagandists. This was well represented in tbe recent visit of five important Scottish editors wbo toured the Dominion Investigat- ing condition with a view to discover- ing for themselves bow their country- men thrived there. Autimm Days. Along the line of smoky hills The crimson forest stands. .\nd all the day the bUie-Jay calls Throughout the autumn lands. Now by tbe brook the maple leans. With all hi,s glory spread. .\nd all the sumachs on the bill Have turned their green to red. Now by great marshes wrapt in mist Or past some river's mouth. It Is difficult to visualize the West of tbe Dominion in any other but an agricultural perspective. Tbe vast panorama of farming land, virgin and j productive, the vista of countless tarm- i steads and ranches, completely holde i the view to tbe exclusion ot other ; phase sf activity. In the startling ag- ! ricultural development Western Can- 1 ada has experienced, the allied in- j dustrial march has been overshtdow- ' ed, though as persistently advancing ! and making as lespPctively big strides : as the first occupation of the land. Re- j cently published Government statis- I tics illustrate the growing rate of im- I portance of rndu3tr>- in the Western Canadian provinces. In the year i922. with which these statistics deal, there were 3.264 indus- trial establishments in the provinces west of Ontario. 76S of these being in Manitoba. 60 6in Saskatcheman, 6o'Z in Alberta, and 1.23S in British Columbia. ' In these there was a total of $366.40".- I 40S invested, divided as to $S4.662.37S ! In .Manitoba. $30,268,144 in Saskatche- ' wan. J51.2S3.9!v2 in Alberta, and ?200.- j 192.904 in British Columbia. .\ total of 51.367 persoas found employment in Western Canadian industry, receiv- ing in salaries and wages a total of } $63,143,892. Tb value of the industrial ] production o( these provinces was in j Manltcba. $94.417, 60S: Saskatchewan, j $3S,672.S2S; .\lberta. S.il..">09.SS7: and I British CoIumbi:i. $l4S.99o.46S: mak- wan non-metallic minerals ranged high with $9,552,997; and wcod and paper stands third on tbe list in .-Vlberta with $3,563,433. By individual industries flour and grist mills beaded the manufacturing activities of Manitoba with a capital investment o( $7. 226. 455 and a produc- tion value of $15,955,796. followed by slaughtering and meat packing, in which $4,540,162 was invested, and which had a. production of $12,874,950, The butter and cheese manufacturing industry, which comes next, had a pro- duction value ot" $6.459.S36. Printing and publishing accounted for a produc- tion value of $0,642,393. and tbe manu- facture of cotton and jute bags for $4,- 428.652. The manufacture of electric light and power, coffee and spi«;es. prining and bookbinding. A love for this kind moon sprang up in tbe hearts of the children, which ripened into intense affection. Happl-| ness was tbe lot of all. while the child- ren by day received the parental iu- which had been intrusted to their care by the Great Spirit and the moon when they ascPnded from the earth. With unceasing watchfulness the first female child on earth grew up, fresh as the morning and beautiful as structlon of their father, and by night light. For long years afterward the tbe affectionate care of their com- periodical appearance of the moon in panion. and protectress, the moon. I her splendor was ever hailed with de- But. after a time, this state of un-j light, in remembrance of her ancient alloyed contentment was interrupted , solicitude for the welfare of man. as in consequence of the discovery by the' well as with filial feelings for the ma- sons that the affection of their father, temal ancestor of the human family. was Ijestowed less upon themselves than upon tbe nightly guardian. He so far forgot them that he frequently de- serted their dormitory and spent whole nights enjoying tbe light of the moon. while the fickleness of her daughters, instead of disarming love, has always been tbe subject of leniency, in con- sideration of the changeful nature of the first maternal parent, the "Moon Mother." former being worth in production $14.- bread and ! 733,685 and the latter $13,684,369. The bakery products ail accounted for pro- ! ductions in excess of $3,000,000, and woodworking and sash and door fac- tories produced in excess of a value of $2,000,000. Results In Saskatchewan and Alberta. F'lour and grist mills lead in Sas- katchewan with a capital investment oi $3,744,079 and a production value of $12,390,891. followed by tbe manufac- ture of butter and cheese, which was worth $4,553,541 in output. Electric light and power and bread and bakery products were worth in excess of $2,- 000,000, and woodworking and sash and door factories more than $1,500.-' 000. Other important Industries are dyeing and cleaning, aerated and min- eral waters, saw. lath and shingle mills and printing and botJltbiiiding. in the order named. Flour and gri^t mills again lead in tbe case of .\lberta with a capital in- mantifacture of electric light and ; power was worth $7,500,000. and slaughtering and meat packing $7,250.- 000. Fruit and vegetable canner!e.-=. ' bread and bakery products and butter and cheese were all worth mere than â-  $3,000,000 in production; sheet metal products and coffee and spice mills produced in excess of $2,000,000; dye- ing and Cleaning, flour and grist mills, planing mills and coke ranged between $1,500,000 and J2,000.000 in the value of their annual prcduction. and piinting and bookbinding is worth $1,400,000. â-  Western Canada has nearly twenty cities and towns important industrial- ly with productions valued annually in excftss of a million dollars. The city 1" Winnipeg: isads among these, with an annual manufacturing production in 1922 of $67,894,075. followed closely by Vancouver with $63,172,964. Cal- gary, the third in industrial import- vestment of $8,527,767 and a produc- , ance falls far behind with $17.83.S.762. tion value . of $12,389,873. .V close second was slaughtering and meat packing, with a capital investment of $5,303,592 and a production value . of $10,703,983. The manufacture of but- ter and cheese was worth $6,831,470: that of electric light and power in ex- cess of $3.OOO.0iH>: and that of print- ing a total Industrial production value i ing and publishing and bread and for Western Canada of $:i3.. '196.791. i Vegetable and Animal Products Lead. I Naturally the manufacture of vege- ! table and animal products leads in an ' area so essentially agricultural as i Western Canada, these representing ; respectively, in the value of produc- ; tlon. $87,709,646 and $73,148,209. In British Columbia however, the manu "â-  w-M^'r', '"' 'T/ ^''" ?h"™° '^^ 'acture of wood and paper leads with a; ^-"s'^'^r**.?;. bis branch of activity. total production valued at $61,833,933.; ^.j^.^,^ ^^^ ^ production valued at $39.- bakery products more than $2,000,000. Breweries prvduced to the exent of nearly $2,000,000. biscuits and confec- tionery and printing and bookbinding and sash and door factories nearly reach this figtire. Situation in British Columbia. Sawmills naturally lead iu British Columbia there being an investment ot cult to wash should be employed as a almost equalled by Edmonton in the same province with J17. 386.618. The toUowing come in order: â€" Regina. $14,228,413: St. Boniface. $11,394,288; Victoria. $8,777,622; Moose Jaw. S8.- 758.133: Medicine Hat. $7.;505.99S: Saskatchewan. $7,272,562: New West- minster. $6.."j61.061: and Brandon. $4.- 005.810. .> Oldest U.S. Date Tree. Tbe oldest date pa'ui in the L'ni;ed States was planted near Sun Diego by the Spanish missionary Junipero Serra in 1776. Use p'.air. straight, widc-moathed jujrs for milk. No vessel that is diffi- Wild birds are flying south â€"Wilfred Campbell. « Latch-K;3y Lore. .Most of i!s. when wq,il3« a latch-key iu entering a house. h%ve no thought of the historical significance of the ac- tion. Yet the latch-key has a symbol- ism entirely its own. Examine the images of the Egyptian deities in tho British .Museum, and you will notice in the hands of some Our Scottish peo- of them a cross with a circular handle. whilst ncn-metalllc mineral products was important with $9,317,627, In Manitoba the manuCacttire of wood miik-holder. .\ common cause of milk turni.ng: sour is the imperfect c'eans- 42:1.368. Fish curing and packing run ing of juf^s, owing to their construe- closely together for second place, the tion. pie are most desirable settlers for this land," said one of them. "You have a grett deal to offer them in the way of great rewards for hard work. .\11 over couatry we have talked to con- It represents the Ankh. or key of life, one of the olde.>t of all religious sym- bols, denoting tho power to open and close the doors to heaven. The key had a magical meaning for 1 t^ted Scotsmen who agree that their the Greeks and Romans. Their god9 labor brings Just rewards." . . . â-  were often given the title of Key-bear. "On my return," stated another, "1 In- er, as for example. Janus, the god cf tMkd to deny emphatically all stories gates, who wes supijosed to unlock the portrayttkg the horror* ot Canadian doors of war and peace. In early euv life, especially on the prairies. Christian histor*- the symbol ot the Cheap motor eas and the radio are key wa.^ associated with St. Peter. •TeflTwhere In evidence. I met an ex- [ with his two key<! of gold and Iron. In the Middle .\ges ;he key was used to assist in the ideniflcation of guilty \ persons. If. for instance, a theft had been committed, a key was laid on the open page cf a Bible, when It was sup- to move towards the culprit. tremely large number ot my country- ; men In all walks of Ufo, all happy In their new. land." I B. O. Walker Expresac* Oellshted | Surprlae. | TIM poMlbllltles ot a greater British PO"«d tavtot traflk: were noted recently by i Wedding rings had their origin In the key preeented to the Roman bride by , her hovband, as a algn ot her aathorlty I la hi* boaeebold. t ; a. Walker, editor o( the "Bristol ObNrT*r." the "Bristol Krenlng Kavt" i«ad the 'Western Dally Press," : ^. ;. mathematical in- siruotor M ihe CniversKyot Tasmania, who has been stricken with blindness, is said to be the wcrld",s greatest auth- ority on quarternions. He has invent- ed aa apparatus by means ot which he _3 Royal Japanese in Peril as Sleep Malady Gains â- \ •-iia'igna:-.: crivioniic of sleeping hickness. spreading throughout the main island o' Japan, took a death toll of l.'ZSO out of 4.200 cases reported during .•\.u?jst. Physicians are at a loss to combat the spread of disease as the medical authorities here have been unable to isolate the germ. .â- V few scattered cases of tho disease were reported in Japan three or four years ago, but until this year the number cf sufferers has never approached the present pro- portions. Tho epidemic has spread to Tokio, where fear is being expressed for thfl .safety of the Prince Repent and the Crown Princess. Plans ff r the Prince Regcf.t to supervise the military man- oeuvres in Toyama prefecture, whers the malady first was reported. hav« been canceled unless the epidemic is under control before Novetnber. th« date set for the military demonstra- lior. Tho greatgrandfather of all boat ra«« is the uatlonal race in ih> hn.bcr o! .Malta en ih. ;:nn.ve..ar> oi. u:e tl:.;.^ of thc^ t3v.:t b; t»'e Turks la 15*5, ca annual event since that ilmo- Memorial Chapd at Ypres Planned for Mourners Church of England authorities have .ompleted pUns for the erection in or ;;ear Ypres of a me»Tiorial church to b« -.'scd by tiie iK.iny thousand.': of per- sons arr.ua'.ly making pilgrimages to the gra''?' of the Eritisl^ dead who fell duiii^g the four rears' itgfvting in the Y'f^- salient. The church will be designed b^f ons ; of th? forer;ost of BritiA arcWtects land wi:! bo arected in tha-.^rtn of • 1 cross, with bvlfry. char.o^ and t^avL