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The Leader-Post from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada • 18

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TAGE EICMTrEJ THE LEA DEIt. It EG I N'A, SATURDAY. JANUARY 18, 133! Wooden-Legged "Billy" 9 th fonnder of the brigade 13 years ago and in addition to being c'lief no was acting chief for five years. Need of a hntiday wa the reaioa given by Mr. who added ihat he would retain hi connection wiih the bifcade.

their task, will ice bar entry to the harbor. Last fall, for Instance, the first dog team crossed the Churchill river lee on November 2i Four month of navigation, observer believe, if off-shore winds in late June carry ice-blocks out to open water, and if vagaries of sailing in ch strait do not delay entry to the Ua) or prevent egress. hand will scurry to their tasks: and a new western wheat fleet start Its dash to Liverpool. For four month or mere, if condition are perfect, the bay route will be open. In waning June, the year's second-highest tide will carry away Ice frozen four mil out from shore.

Not till late October, met en aids to navigation accomplish CRUCIAL TEST FOR CHURCHILL GOMES INI 932 NEW RETURNING OFFICERS NAMED BY OTTAWA Goldm Wedding PETEREORO. Ont-It 1 mors than half a century since the ro mance of Mr. and Mrs, Patrick Con- my started in a littl schooihouae In tana bee. yesterday it reached another culmination in th celebra se 'tt List of Chief Officials in All Federal Constituencies Is Announced la Two Years Will Be Know Whether New Port and Outlet Likely Success 3 7. tion of their golden wedding.

Mrs Conroy wa formerly Eilen Heffer-nan, of Douro. They were married by Rev. Dsniet O'Connor on January 7, DisO- The entire family, savt a son and a daughter who reside ir. the west, live within hailing distance Vj. ourih Concert BRITISH and CANADIAN MITQTf" QPPIFQ Orfni4 bflh, Dmpmrtmmnt al UlUOlVj l-O Move.

CfUriisa FaciAe Rmttmrnj on Uazictl street. There are IS granacniidTerr. Wemp's Brnthei-in-Law IWf -7 TORONTO Death occurred here following a sudden heart attack, of Mackenzie, J. E. Neuert, Inver-may.

Maple Creek, Henry P. Johnson, Seotsiruard. Mrlfort, I. A. Monuee, Melfort.

Melville, E. Hunt, Melville. Moose Jaw, Allan It. Morlnon, Moose Jaw. Prince Albert, George h.

Dempster, Prince Albert. Qii'AppRlle, James A. McCowan, Summerberry Heelna, J. K. Doerr RcRina.

Rosetown, H. H. Powell, Hometown. Saskatoon, F. M.

Borland, Faska-toon. South Battleford. J. M. Scott, tTnlty.

Swift Current, J. E. Hemenway, Swift Cur rent. Weyburu, Nelson Hoatetler, Ceylon Willow Bunch, C. P.

Ennals. Yorkton, R. piee, Torkton. Albert Acadia. C.

N. Tlnsle. lianna; D. A. Htack, St.

Paul; Battle River. Major W. J. Short-reed. TIardiety; Piw River, J.

A. MacKay; Iirumhaller; Calgary. East, 3 If. Adam. Calvary; Calitary, West, Henry" M.

MeAiltim, Calgary; Camrose, B. Ketr, Stettler, Edmonton, ftaat, Irvine; B. How-att, Edmonton; Edmonton, Went. Thomas M. Well, Kdmontnn; Leth-hrtitRu, O.

E. A- Rice. Lethhrldge; Marlevid, Frank Holmes, Beaver Mine: Medicine ffat, J. A. King, Mmticlne Hat; Peace River, R.

P. Butler, Hiiih Prairie; Red Deer, Al C. Bury. Oldu; Vesrrevllle. A II.

Olbaon, Fort Saskatchewan; Weta. kiw'n, N. A. Johnson, Wetaaklwin. RrtttNh Columbia O.

Wilson, Prince Georfre; Oomox Alhernt, P. An-derton, Courtenay; p'raner Valley, J. A. Mclver, Port Hammond; Kootnnny Hast. F.

K. Lttwe. PVrnle: Kootcnny Went, A. M. Grtmmett, Revelfltoke; Nanalmo, Francis Simp William G.

Sanderson. 22 Norton avenue, KarHnourt. of 1 Mayor-elect Bert Wrap. Mr. Sanderson waa bora In Toronto and educated In the public schools.

He was later apprenticed to the watch case making trade, In which he wa engaged for a number of years, bo-ng In th employ of th American Watch Case Company. By GIIXIS rtRCF.LL (Canadian Press Staff Writer) WINNIPEG, Jan. 17 At Churchill, the. spirit of the pioneer looks proudly out over Hudson Bay. Manitoba' muskeg barrens have vn eubjugited by the 511-mile railway from The Pa to the sea.

The next achievement is to be th conquest of the 3,000 railing mile between the port of the prairie and thi harbors of Britain and Europe. But there are toiler to take up th task. Additional dock work, which cn-not be completed entirely until 1832, most be done. Aa elevator must be built next summer, more terminal trackage must be laid, a town must be. constructed.

Most important of all th northern sea route must give proof of it practicability from the point of view of profit. Two and one-half centuries ago, sailing craft from over the seas were plying through Hudson strait into th bay. In spring they awaited break-up of ice in the narrow be TMt AUSrKIS OP Brigadier-Gensral Embury Chapter Devonshire Chapter JOHN GOSS Celebrated ENGLISH BARITONE in a aeries of English Ballads AT THE OTTAWA. Jan. 17.

The revieed Dominion Election Act provide that the returning oftlrer for federal elections be annotated by the chief electoral oflloer. The object was to take the election rnaehinerv out of politics. Re-fore the chnnce was made Inst 8 ion the return nz nflloer were appointed hv the government and often new ones were named for each pcneral election. Jules Cflstonsrimv, chief electoral officer, today made public his appointments for every constituency In Canada. These returnlnu officer can only be clinmlseed for enuxe und, accordingly, it Is expcted much per-ninnency will be added to the election machinery.

The appoint ments for the western province follow: KiwkHtx-hftwiin Allan L. Nlr.hols.on. Oxbow North Battleford, Hugh Maher, North Hatrlcford. Humboldt, A. Dolron, Vonda.

Kindersley, John J. Adamw, Kln-dr-rslov. Lust Mountain, Dortald Adnms, Pennine. Lon Luke, IIufrh Gill leu, Bcthune. When you get Ernie Reese' "eoat" you gel one with a.

wooden leg. Four years ago Ree, an Omaha fanner, cut th leg off on of bia goata while eutttnjf hay. Instead of shooting the animal he doctored It and when tha leg had healed, fashioned a wooden support for tha anlmaL Tho goat la perfectly at noma on hi "peg-leg" now and wanders around contentedly consuming as many stray cans and clothes as it did bsfore It lost Its member. Marksman Buried TORONTO. Many men prominent rn military and business circles attended the funeral of Captain John MrVittie of the 48th Highlander, and one of the (nest marksmer.

who rt-. 4. -jii. lor r.o ever represented Canada ag the Bi- ley shoot. Capt.

McVittie, Wfll-know broiler, died en Saturday in Ss the VVelleslcy hospital after a brief Talking Films Give Saskatchewan Girl A Chance To "Star illness. He wa born In Langnolm, f' Scotland, In W74, and came to Canada tween Baffin Island and Quebec desolate northern shore; as autumn days shortened, thev braved gather tr as a young man. He was an expert Hotel Saskatchewan'" shot and wa en the Canadian Uiaiey team six times. Mr. Mosea MeCraney ing' bergs before the freeae-up and rushed their rich cargoes from the new land to the ocean.

The can-tains of the 17th century left a legacy of venturous bravery that persists today. Few Cargoes Next Year In 1931, the bay route will undergo Its first new-era test. A few wheat mmm Jeanette toff, Tormerly of Wadena, Makes Fine Pro-gress at Hollywood yolce culture in 1026, Mis Loff Immediately wa advised to go on the screen. It was not eaay. She registered at easting office and saw the casting director of all the companies.

Ianpnrssed De Mllle Durlnsr this period of tha novice, son, victoria. New Westminster, K. K. Reld. New Westminster; Hkeena, Edwnrd Hampden Mortimer, Prince Rupert; Vancouver Burrard, Edwar B.

Mo-Maater, Vancouver; Vancouver Centre, R. M. Edfrar, Vancouver; Vancouver North, William Stirling Mitchell, North Vancouver; South Vancouver, William Burton Robinson, Vancouver; Victoria, Henry K. E. Courtney, Yale, H.

V. Grain, Kelowna. Yukon TerritoryFrank Careeal-len, barrister, Mayo. 4 cargoes, perhaps, may leave Church- From Hollywood cornea tha story Thursday, January 30th 8.30 p.m. Tcefs fl.10 Beating Plan and Tickets at HOTEL SASKATCHEWAN Tickets may also be purchased from any Member of Chanters.

MRS. H. A. OTTON Sfrrr-tafy Tpptien. SSA4.

of a Saskatchewan gtrl. who having she played small bits in "Uncle Torn' ckU'i inrll Th Colle mt bar feet on the. long and ar duous road to movi stardom, has accomplished another step la her career. Thla young woman, a product of Norway and Ienmark, via baekat- 'THE SKY-HAWK' AT he wan and Idaho, Jeanette Loff, lived while a girl in the little town of Wadena, Haskatchewaa, although the film people call it a BRONTE. Ont.

link with Bronte's early history has been broken In the death of Mrs, Mose MeCraney, at the age of W. at her home in Toronto. She was formerly Sarah Thompson, a daughter ef one of the pioneers of this district the farm on the corner of the Toronto-Hamilton highway and the Nelson-Trafalgar townllne being known yet as the Thompson farm. The "Pig and Whistle," English Inn, Is located on the property. History of Bronte BRONTE, Ont.

An attractive program wa presented at the Jan-nary meeting of the Bronte Home snd School club, when W. H. Speers, 70, a resident of Bronte for 85 years, graphically depicted the history of Bronte aa he remembered it, and also from the diary of "Squire Sovereign," a pioner of this district. v- Veterast Teamstmr Die OTTAWA, Ont. James Bat-ton, veteran teamster at the Dominion Experimental Farm, was crushed to death here after being thrown from hi seat on a heavily loaded sleigh.

When the sleigh struck a bumpy stretch of roadway Barton was toppled under the runners. MET. IS THRILLER "small city." Iuting her residence Ill before winter clamps it lock on the harbor; some ship-hold of machinery for the department of railways and canal maybe a load or two of coal from Wale will make the incoming trip. And by 1932, the Manitoba seaport' trial of value will be well under way. Admittedly, hundreds of miles of rail transportation can be eliminated by the Churchill route to Europ and Britain; how profitably the wa path can be traversed how safely ard how often in a season will be dm-ontrated In 1932.

Train after rumbling train tf prairie wheat will roll north-east from The Manitoba, over the Hudson Bay Railway. Hundreds of loaded ear will shunt Into storage In the Churchill yards, where 1,000,000 bushels can be held on track. A new 2 000.000-bushel elevator will disgorge its contents time and again ir to gaping shop holds; and waiting grain car in the four-track elevator yard will refill the depleted bins Captains will bark out orders; deck and even made a great Impression on the well-known director, Cecil B. De Mille. For him she made "My Friend From India," and "Man Made Women." She also appeared in other pictures, Mtss Loff was born in Oroflno, a little lumber centre In the Idaho mountains.

Her father, M. J. Loff, a Dane from Copenhagen, waa a violinist, and his daughter inherited all of hi musical ability and appreciation. The mother was of Danish and Norwegian extraction. While Jeanette was still an infant, her parents moved to Wadena.

Here she wa educated and trained in music. It was here, too, she played the organ for the movie-house, probably dreaming of appearing on the screen herself, but with no hope of auch a future as now opens for her through her new contrast. She is five feet two inches tall, weighs 100 pounds, has large dark blue eyes and a profusion of golden hair which has never been bobbed. Zeppelin Eaid Over London in War Faithfully Shown on Screen In Wadena she played the organ in the local movie-house. There were born her first vague ambition that finally have led her to a pinnacle in the world of the screen.

In Pictures Since lii2 Miss Loff ha been in pictures since 1926, when she appeared atmospherically In "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and In "Tha Collegians." But It remained for the opportunity which one song in "The King of Jazz" gave her for this talented girl to demonstrate her unique and compelling ability. The Universal Film president. Carl Laemmle, ha placed the beautiful blonde girt from Haekatche-wan under a long term contract and the casting directors hav given her four more numbers of sonir In the Absorbinejr TMr ANTISFPTtC UNIMf- MT TDK prepared for those fre-13 Quent "S-O-S." eafli To see a Zeppelin leave It lair for a raid over London and to see a itme crippled and outcast airman In a crock of a machine leave earth and mutt into the cloud and hntfls with the 55cp over London with the reuniting victory for the airman, Is a thrill that the Metropolitan Theatre la showing: today "The Hky-Hawk," This feature of British make In on that can be safely recommended It I a higb-clasa production and dramatically portrayed John Carrlck aws the "white-feathered" airman ahowa his friends he from the children for First Aid SALADAquality will always i A I buy tie the finest you can EASTERN CANADA NEWS IN BRIEF Keep a omim oi nawmmnc, ji always handy. For cuts, bums, bruises, sprains and strains tail famous liniment and antiseptic invaluable. No wound i so slight new film, "The King of Ja" In! this picture, Paul Whitenvan.

master! Carlefon Symphony Band JAMES ROBERT GILLETTE, Conductor NOVEL INSTRUMENTATION Soloist: DOROTHEA HELENIUS, Soprano AFTERNOON CONCERT SPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR SCHOOL PUPILS ONLY 4.00 P.M. 25c Evening, 8.30 p.m. $1.00 and $1.50 METROPOLITAN CHURCH, JAN. 22 SEAT TLAN AT SCYTHES' i not yellow. 1-leien Chandler, vlio pUiy fart of the girl that laves Colony LenoVr Drt fin i ri ks niif.

WELLAND, Ont. Nick T. Albert, Em w- a I MCI Jazz artixt of the United States, la starring, under the direction of John Murray Andcrsos. Should Become a Slur This is what the Universal people ny of Jeanette Loff. "There Is every reason why.

In the talking picture age Jeanette Loff should become a great atar. In the past era, Miap prominent resident of Crowland that it may not become infected and cause serious trouble if neglected. Whenever an accident happens, wash the cut or bruiss immediately and thoroughly wits Absorbine, Jr. It takes out tht ended his' life at the waiting room MIA of the Niagaras. Catharines and Toronto Railway at k.olon Mills, in Thorold township, by shooting himself with a revolver.

Albert was a pain and inflammation and pr was a charming photographic personality, but so were thousand leader of the foreign colony In Crowland and contested the second III vents infection. $1.25 at yow I ill ftnrtnt'. of other girls walking about Holly deputy reeveshlp In Crowland town Bim, stick by nrnt deopite a break In their enKagement, Wily Bevan as Tom Berry, Carrlck' mechanic, i superb. London during a Zeppelin raid Is faithfully portrayed: the shrieking sirens; bustling crowds seeking shelter and polica datihiivg about dii-playing alKs warning all to tuko and the Impelling blackness of London night during the war me depicted realUticnlly. Comedy bobs up now and again to relieve the tensene which grips one in watching the little 'plane creeping vcrr the sky to grapple with the giant Zeppelin.

Many other scene call for comment but let It. he ssiu again that "The Sky-Hawk" It a Picture than can be wifely recommended If thrill are wanted. wood. But talking pictures disclosed to her a voice and a musical ability ship. Financial dimculties are said to be responsible for hi act tw and education which immediately 4Fresh from the gardens1 made her greatly effective on the Ontario Civil Servant screen.

The Saskatchewan girl has bad Following 1 the per sonnel of the M'iO officer and mem experience both on the silent screen bers of the executive committee of the Civil Servant' Association of and In the "talkies." Coming to I-os Angeles from Portland, where she finished her musical education specializing in the pip organ and UTSTANDING! Ontario, according to V. 15, Starratt. returning officer: President. L. J.

Lee; first vice-president, VV. It. Ledger; second vice-president, C. Angell; secretary, Sidney Wood; treasurer, 8. J.

Herbert. Executive: A. W. Ni-col, Selby Draper, William Arnold, Alex. Braid wood, J.

B. Malone, W. C. Merrick, J. R.

Jennings and Miss Ora VVickware. Tho president and first vice-president were accorded acclamations, as also was MJ Wick-ware, the only woman nominated for tho executive. BSOLUTELY! Native of Newfoundland TORONTO. Mrs. Pnra Co7cn willow or I.ihn IP OLPJJiJ ill ewiMTiini iAii miflirti i gnerl manager of the John Mac-donald Company, who died in 1926, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Thomas Harbron, 75 fctiathallari Boulevurd, In her 80th year.

Airs, Peace, who wa of a niliif Arwl rtiHntv .1 i nnit i.tr nsiu- ftfte fineft of fine beers. $1000 landing reward to the fir it parry proving that in (he brewing of ses.scd strong personality and eifts $298'00 29800 or organization, which were In connection with the work of the Church of the Messiah. A native of Newfoundland, she came to Toronto ISStf Willi her husband. mm If -rill i i ir! Complete tvith Tubes Complete with Tubes ItatppaverV Cliisb, LONG BRANCH. Out.

Bertram It. Cook, Liinwlowno avenue. Long Branch, will appear before Douglas Davidson on a charge of common assault upon Garfield Adams as a sequel to an alleged argument, resulting in blows, at a meeting of Long Branch ratepayers at the public school. any kind of malt substitutes are used. Hie exclusive art used in (he brewing of Heads Canadian Club GANANOglJK, ont VV.

Wilson wa re-elected president of Onr.a-noquo Canadian Club at the annual meeting. Reports of the secretary snd treasurer showed that the closed the year with a surplus. Pieaident Wilson pronidtd Found Dead In Itetf CORNWALL, Ont. Rev. John Graham Mclvor, D.I) pustor of tbf United Church at Moulinette, w.i Child Cower Piano Co.

and R. H. Williams Sons, Ltd. Retina's Prominent Music Dealers Cordially Invite You To Hear This New Low Priced Deforest Crosley Radio 'Phonograph Combination EASY TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED MANUFACTURED BY THE DEFOREST CROSLEY LTD. LARGEST RADIO MANUFACTURERS IN THE EMPIRE louno oeaa in Den si tne parsonnjte On Sunday Dr.

Mclvor had conduct ed th. services on his circuit, preaching at Mouline'ta In the morning, at Wales in the afternoon, and at Mills Roches In the evening. When he re-tired on Sunday evening he wa apparently in hi usual good health 60th Annlvernnry OTTAWA. Ont. Mr! and' Mrs Henry B.

Smith, whoe sons a seo; of years ago issued a challenge tr. any hockey team In tho world composed of brothers, are to celebrate their Both wedding anniversary net Monday. Their children, and great-grandchildren from many provinces will nattier at the gives it a tafte, tang and flavor all its own. sged couplu' home here for the cele bration. It Fire hlef Retire TORONTO.

Afler having served a chief of the Mount Dennis fire brigade for the past two years, A NiKlitiiignlu retired from thst pavilion at the InnlallaMon of nr. "Vci. Chief Niiihunuala u. uut 0.

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