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Making a Big Splash â€" That froth you see on the otherwise clear waters of Georgian Bay is not caused by a high wind, but by a bunch of Sea Cadets taking part in a swim class at the Princess Alice Camp on Minnicog Island. This an'^ the other Georgian Bay Camp â€" Queen Elizabeth on Beausoleil Island â€" are two of the Navy League's ten camps which have been in full swing across Canada recently. Wants More Facta About Comic Books Every once in so oftsn some per- â- on or group gives out with a loud blast against the comic books and/or the radio melodrama pro- grams which are luch favorites now- adays with millions of American children, says Collier's Weekly in an Editorial headed "Figures Would De Helpful." You're familiar with the com- plaint, no doubt â€" how it's alleged that these entertainments are too strenuous, and that they either tend to make nervous and emotional wrecks out of children or inspire tbera to go whooping out to com- mit murder or mayhem. What we always look eagerly for, and don't find, whenever this complaint comes up, is a nice selec- tion of statistics going to prove that the comic books and radio spine- wrinklers are as bad as all that. For example, how many children in the year 1947 actually did blow their emotional or nervous tops and have to be sent to rest-cure homes or insane asylums as a direct result of reading comic books or bending the ears too steadily into the radio? And how many children in the same year did no such thing? Again, how many children in 1947 •r any other period really did try to fly out the window or up onto the foof like Superman, or kill some little playmate in ways approved bx the various comic-book villians? And how many didn't? We never see figures bearing on these questions. Yet without such statistics, it seems to us the •nemies of present-day thrillers are merely blowing off a lot of unsup- ported theories. Until concrete, convincing, fully documented proofs of this kind are forthcoming, we think we'll just go Ml pretty much ignoring these •arnest and alarmed persons. Our own guess is that they are the •piritual heirs of the heavy thinkers who used to moan two generations •go about what the dime novel would do to the youngsters of that •ra, and of the alarmists of a gener- ation back who foresaw hideous «»fls flowing from the thni popular- hy of movie serials like The Perils of Pauline and The Iron Claw. None of the nightmares came true in cither case. Tierra Del Furgo, an island sep- arated from South America by the Strait of Magellan, means "Land of Fire." , "Nobody'u calling ME 'coo-coo' •Id getting away with Itl" THEPAEM FRONT JolmlSiismi. If there's any truth in the old adage about "an apple a day, etc." then C'. .adian doctors should be in lor a fairly lonesome time this eoming winter. That's because Can- ada's 1948 apple crop has been estimated at 17 million bushels, an i{icrease of 2 million over last year. To this huge amount British Columbia \.ill, quite naturally, con- tribute ,thc major share, that Pro- â-¼inre's 9 million bushels being about 25% above the 1947 figure. » * * The big problem now is how to dispose of this crop. Based on former figures, the maximum quan- tity Canada can e expected to use b less than 9 million bushels, and the export market is quite uncer- tain. Great Britain took no Cana- dian apples this year, and is not very likely to buy many of this season's production because of the money ;ituation and also because the United Kingdom is growing a whole lot more at home. So it looks as though worms and similar pests are not the only headaches our apple-growers have to contend with. • • * Some poultry raisers work two hours or more a day in caring for 1000 hens, or even fewer than that â€" and think they're being efficient about the job too. But figures do not bear out this belief, as the department of Agriculture at Wash- ington says that there arc poultry- men who require only 21 minutes a day to look after 1000 hens. * • * You've probably known this for years, but here's just g reminder that lightning has a tendency to strike the highest spot â€" and when you're alone in an otherwise empty field YOU are that high spot. Taking shelter under a tree, you're liable to get hit by a bolt which strikes the tree first. It's comparatively safe inside a Building â€" safer still if that building is one of a group. * * * There isn't as much wheat eaten on this continent â€" that is to say not so much per capitaâ€" as there was fifty years ago. Statistics from south of the border â€" and Canadian figures would probably not vary very great- ly â€" show that around the beginning of the century each person ate about five bushels of wheat. Last year it was down to less than four bushels. And here's something that might be of interest to our friends in the baking business. Nutrition experts believe that consumption of wheat ^-^ could be greatly increased very easily â€" simply by the bakers pro- ducing a tastier loaf of bread! • » ♦ While early fall plowing is un- doubtedly got d for weed control, soil specialists say that plowing in the late fall usually adds more nitrogen and organic matter to the earth. Besides that, late fall plow- ing will blow and wash less than the other unless some sort of cover crop comes up after the early fall plowing. * * • I've probably written about this before, but it's worth repeating â€" what a surprisingly small amount of salt will do in effecting great savings of expensive feed in hog- fattening. Recent controlled tests showed that each dollar's worth of salt saved twenty times that amount in feeding costs. The tests showed that pigs will eat just about the proper amount they need if given free access to a salt box in the feed lot. Mixing salt-, at the rate of one-half per cent of the entire ration was also found to work well, but it is advisable not to use larger amounts than this. • ^ • If bothered by dripping from the carburetor after the engine is stop- ped on your car or tractor, the chances are that it results from too high a fuel level in the carburetor bowl, and it may be that the float valve should have replacements. It is impossible to adjust a carburetor correctly with a too-high fuel level. ♦ ♦ ♦ Then there's the (Jldie about the visitor to the farm who looked out into a pasture field and saw the antics of an old horse. The nag was running around like mad bumping his head first against one tree, then another, and so on. "Is that horse blind?" the visitor inquired. "Naw, he ain't blind," was the prompt reply. "He can see as well as anybody, but he just don't give a good gol-daml" The news we hear from Europe and elsewhere these days makes a whole lot of humans feel much the same way too. Maybe the Farmer Isn't So "Ignorant" "The trouble with the farmer is that he's ignorant,'' says an editorial writer in the Calgary Herald, whose pen must have been dipped in satire. "He doesn't know about social justice, economic planning, about forward-looking concepts of dy- namic democracy. In fact he doesn't know much about anything, except maybe farming." No wonder then â€" the editorial goes on â€" that the Socialists wring their hands over him. Until the farmers are won over to Socialism, the CCF can't possibly hope to win power. Professor G. M. A. "Grube, of the University of Toronto, an executive member of the CCF national Coun- cil, notes that the farmers of South- ern and Eastern Ontario seem re- luctant to vote for Socialism. How can they be converted? "This is not so much £1 question of program â€" the program is there â€" but a matter of education, which takes both time and money." The professcjr can then get busy with his task of education leading off with some bright remark like "Don't you think it's terrible, the price Toronto's suffering masses have to pay for butter?" or "I'm sure we can count on your support during the next packinghouse strike." Little visits of this nature between professors and farmers should be of great value, we think, to the CCF's educational campaign. Of course, some boorish agrarians might resent being educated. Some professors might find themselves confronted with the business end of a pitchfork. But every noble cause jnust have its martyrs. And what cause could be more noble than spreading the true faith among benighted heathens? New â€" And All Of Them Useful Helium gas, at the end of World War I, cost about $2,.'i00 per cubic foot, todav, it costs about 2 cents. Just For Fun A teacher in a school just out- side Belfast Ireland, tells of a pupil of his who had been taken to the launching of His Majesty's Aircraft Carrier "Bulwark" and wrote of the big moment thus: "The Countess broke a bottle of champagne against the bow and then, to the delight of the crowd, she slid slowly and majesticaltv down the greasy slipway into the sea." New-Type Soldering Iron. Re- quires no electrical current or ex- ternal heat. Operated by a cartridge which heats iron to working tem- perature in five seconds and main- tains intense heat for at least ten minutes. Cartridge, which is about same size as small flashlight bat- tery, is ignited on same principle as firing a bullet. Automobile Sun Visor. Will fit all 1911 and later car models. Made of transparent smoky green plexi- glas, the visor lies flush against in- side upper surface of windshield, covering approximately its upper third and extending across the full width. It slips under and is held, in position by rubber molding strip of windshield channel. Visor and windshield are automatically sealed so no dust collects between them. Claimed also to reduce internal frosting in winter driving. Pipe-Filling Tobacco Pouch. New plastic pouch which not only is claimed to keep tobacco fresher but permits smokers to pack a pipe without spilling. Piston-like plunger packs tobacco into pipe and tamps it firmly into bowl. Pressing th« plunger back into place closes and locks pouch. Portable Pumping Unit. Meas- ures approximately 20" x 22" x 25" and can be had either with hand carrying frame, a barrow carriage type with pneumatic tires, or for stationary mounting, this unit is a complete pumping system ready for immediate use. Typical uses â€" emer- gency fire equipment; high-pressure washing; pumping water from base- ments or excavations; emptying or filling tanks or tank cars; well sink- ing; irrigation, etc, etc. Self-power- ed centrifugal type of pump. Nylon Carpets. Now available for home use, nylon carpets offer a luxurious floor covering that should last for many years. Carpet responds to shampoo treatment an4 spots can be cleaned at home with soap and water. Needs no special protection from moths as nylon does not at- tract these pests. Safety Razor For Corns. Specially designed for safe trimming of corns and calluses. Flexible blade is slip- ped under safety guard which can be adjusted for thick or thin paring. Leaps From Moving Train To Save Drowning Boy WINS DOW AWARD D. L. WAGNER OF ST. THOMAS, ONTARIO Performs daring rescue of 7-year-old boy from quarry Xhe freight train chugged laboriously along the C.P.R. line near St. Mary's, Ontario. Trainman D. L. Wagner, riding atop one of the cars, was sudden- ly startled' by the sound of shouting. Several boys, obvious- ly excited, were standing at the edge of a deep, water-filled quarry . . . pointing downwards at someone in the water. DIVES 30 FEET INTO QUARRY Realizing that something was seriously wrong, Wagner leaped from the moving train and ran to the top of the quarry. 30 feet below, floundering in the water, was a young boy. Without even taking time to remove his shoes, the trainman dove to the rescue â-  . . and after several attempts managed to bring the almost unconscious youngster to the surface . . . and then in to the edge of the quarry and safety. The heroic action of ihis 32-year-old trainman has already been brought to the attention of his employers. We are proud to express our appreciation of his gallantry by paying tribute to D. L. Wagner of St. Thomas, Ontario, through the presenta- tion of The Dow Award. THE DOW AWARD ii a citation for outstanding hero- urn and includes, as a tangible extnessior^^of afipreciation, a Jioo Canada Savings Bond. •Winners are selected by the Dow Award Committee, a oup of editors of leading 'dnadian newspaperi. In a matter of seconds the gallant trainman had covered the distance to the quarry. Then, not even pausing to remove his shoes, he dove 30 feet into the water below. After several attempts, Wagner suc- ceeded in bringing the 7-year-old, semi-conscious youngster to the sur- face , . . and then swam with him to to the quarry's edge where the lad soon recovered. g: ARCHIE Montana A Practical Tale "Everything you say about mod- ernizing the place is perfectly true, son," a farmer remarked to his boy home for his vacation from college. "But just remember that while a cow may not have as good-looking a tail as a peacock, she ran brush off a lot more flies with it." X