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A SURE SIGN 0F GROWTH WITH THE MOUNTED POLICE 'A dos-patch from Ottawa. says: The northern wilds of Canada. will probably have a distinguished vis- itor this summer. Earl Grey, who last year visited the Yukon, is conâ€" templating a journey overland to Hudson Bay. if the present- plans aw carried out, the Governor Gren- erul will leave Ottawa in July for, ‘VViunipeg, and will there be taken Ry a. party of the Northwest Moun- x-vci Police over the route of the Hudson Bay Railroad to Hudson May. This will involve a very stiff new: of wilderness travelling, much of it by canoe. At Port Nol- In 5 Years Canada Has Risen From 10th Place in Wheat-Producing Countries. 'A despatch from Ottawa says: {A statement prepared by the Con- sus and Statistics branch of the Department of Agriculture shows that among wheatâ€"producing coun- trues of the world Canada now ranks fifth. In 1908 Canada rank- ed tenth. The total production of wheat; in Canada last year is given as 166,744,000 bushels, as compared with 112,434.000 bushels in 1908. The only localifiies from which xeturns were recewed on Thursday A despatch from Ottawa says: A report issued by the Labor De- partment reviewing the. building operations in Canada for 1909 shows that the total value of new buildings erected in 82 chief in- dustrial centres of the Dominion was $85$133.077, an increase of ap- proximately fifty per cent, as com- pared with the preceding year. Ncm-ly all the cities and towns showed substantial increases The Governor-General Will Explore the Northern Wilds. 3. will be a statutory holiday in Canada. although, in view ()If his Majesty’s proclamation that he would follow the precedent; of King Edward and keep May 24 as the Empire’s general holiday in hon-or of the Sovereign, there will be no general observance of next Friday as a holiday. Being a, statutory holiday, however, all banks will be closed, thus making the third bank holiday in Canada within two weeks. The Cabinet Council 011 Saturday decided that no procla- mation should be issued to exempt Friday next from the provisions of Labor Department Reports Increase of Fifty Per 08111;. in Building. MW IN THE FIFTH PLACE \\ALI1 £10,1073UUU U‘lfillkxl‘) All LUVKI: Last year the wheat; production by countries was as follows: Rus- sm, 78(‘i,47‘2.363 bushels; United Slates, 713,286,923 bushels; France. Scheme of Navigation to be Care- fully Investigated. A despatch from Ottawa says: A survey is to be immediately commenced to ascertain the possi- bility of making a navigable route between Edmonton and Winnipeg by way of the North SaskatcheWari River and Lake Winnipeg. Ex- plorers have reported that a, six or e‘ght foot waterway can be estab- lished on this route at a comparaâ€" tively low cost, with few lockages, as the river has a deep and broad channel for nearly the whole dis- tance. A Vote of ten thousand adtllars was made in Parliament last session to defray the cost of the SL rvev. The survey will be made under the direction of L. R. Bo- ligny. who was one of the sub- chiefs on the Georgian Bay Canal survey. Five parties will go in and carry on surveying operations on as many sections of the route. It is expected that the work will be finished this summer. Friday. June 3rd. Will be a Statu- 1 fm'y Holiday. A despatch from Ottawa says: The birthday of King George, June ED M 0 NTON TO WIN NIPEG. THE KING ’8 DIRT [ID AY. Sun or Churchill, or Hudson Bay, Y which-ever is chosen as the land ter- 1n;inus of the journey, the Gover- l norâ€"General will be met by the Gov. ‘ernment steamer Earl Grey, and in this vessel will journey through Hudson Bay and Hudson Straits, where commercial craft in a few 'ycars will be making regular voy- ages with cargoes of wheat and cat- tle 'from the Canadian west. The steamer will then come south and land His Excellency at Quebec. This will be the most ambitious piece of pioneer travelling ever atâ€" tcmptcd by a Governorâ€"General of to the effect that. the year was less active than in 1908 were Halifax and. Amherst, N.S.; Charlotte- tnwn, P.E.I.; Newcastle, *N.B.; Sherbrooke and Hull, Que.; Smith’s Falls, Collingwood, Nia- gara Falls, St. Catharines, Guelph, imlin, Stratford and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.; Edmonton, Alta., and Nelson, B.C. For the present; year the permits issued in nearly all the larger centres Show another large increase over last year’s re- cord. 301,050,500 bushels; British India, 253,592,377 bushels; Canada, 166,- 741,000 bushels; Italy, 155,711,230 bushels; Spain 144,511,581 bushels; Germany, 138,399,277 bushels; Arâ€" entina, 133,581,000 bushels; Hun- gary, 125,363,287 bushels; Austra- lia, 82,328.514 bushels; Great Bri- tain and Ireland, 64,525,212 bushâ€" (is. In 1908 the order of precedence in respect to production was as ful- lovss: United States, Russia, France. British India, Hungary, Argentina, Italy, Germany, Can‘ ada and Australia. the bills of exchange act, which de- clares that the King‘s birthday shall be a, statutory holiday. rfwo Men Had Plenty of Cause for Quarrelling. A despatclx from Wetaskiwin, Alberta, says: Louis Goldman, a. f( Imer butcher at this place, was shot on Tuesday by his father-in- law. Serene Amand. Goldman married Amand’s daughter six' months ago, and an announcement. (livvned from a paper was sent to G1 ldman’s wife in the old country. ‘ Amand heard of the first wife, andj also having trouble over a cattle! deal the men began quarrellingH and Goldman is reported to have' given the old man a horsewhipping. He. was dragged away by a maul named Irish. Goldman went back; at Amand again. when he received! two shots in the forehead, and died; shr rtly after. Amand was arrest-E Chas. 'l‘. McLaughlin. Sixteen Years Old, Arrested on Suspicion. A despatch from St. John, N. B., says: Charles T. McLaughlin, aged sixteen, war: arrested on Thursday on suspicion following a series of outrages in which children were the victims. In four or five cases within a month or so. boys or six or seven were taken by a youth to out-of-theâ€"way places, and there partly stripped and beaten severe- ly. a rope being used in one case, a belt in another. Four of the young boys and a girl of seven con- fronted McLaughlin after his arv test and said he was the one who attacked them. The Government is sending the :toamer Stanley with a surveymg C21 nada. *flrty to Hudson’s Bay. SHOT HIS SON-IN-LAW. WHIPPING CHILDREN. Montreal, May 31.â€"Oatsâ€"â€"N0. 2 Canadian Western, 37% to 38c; N0. 3, 361/2 to 37c; Ontario No. 2 white, ‘otc; do., No. 3, 350; (10.. No. 4, 34c. Barleyâ€"~No. 3, 563$; N0. 4, 55c; feed barley. 54c. Flourâ€"filaâ€" nitoba, Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; (10., secunds, $5.10; Wintt‘r wheat patents, $5.25 to Ma- nitoba strong bakers'. $1.90 to $5; in bags, $2.25 to $2.35; extrax, $2 to $2.10. FeedenLario bran, Millfeedâ€"Manitoba. bran, $19 per ton; shorts, $21 per ton, track, T41‘onto. Ontario bran, $20 per Lon; shorts, $22 per ton on track, Toronto. Rolls. smoked. 150 to 15%0; meâ€" dium and light hams, 18c to 18%0; heavy, IGZC to 170; bacon, 19c to 900. Barleyâ€"No. 2, file to 520; No. 3 extra, 490. to 600; No. 3, 46c to 470 outside; Manitoba, 1N0. 4, 490 on track, lake ports. Peas-No. 2, 700 to 710. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 670 to 680. Buckwheatâ€"N0. 2, 51c. Manitoba Flourâ€"Quotations at Tuonbo are :â€"â€"First patents, $5.50; second patents, $5; strong bakers’, $4 80; 90 per cent, Glasgow heights. 27s. ()Htario Flourâ€"Winter wheat patents for export, $3.75 to $3.80 in buyers} 133,ng outside. Toronto, May 31.â€"â€"Ontario Wheat ~â€"No. 2 mixed winter wheat, 990 to 83.? outside. Smoked and Dry Salted Meats â€" L« ng clear bacon, tons and cases, 15%c t0 15%0; backs (plain), 21c to 21%0; backs (peaâ€"meal), 21%0 to 226; shoulder hams, 14c to 14%0; green meats out of pickle, 10 less than smoked. Cornâ€"American No. 2 kiln-dried yellow, (S4210; No. 3 yellow, kiln- dx‘ied, 67%0; No. 3 yellow. 660; (Ja- nadian cam, 61a to 62c, Toronto fruights.‘ Oatsâ€"Canada. Western, No. 2, 350; No. 3 C.W., 340 at lake ports for immediate shipment; Ontario To. 2 white, 330 to 34c outside; No. 3 white, 320 to 33c outside, 360 _on‘ back, Toronto. Butterâ€"Creamery prints. 220 to 23c; Separator prints. 200 to 210; Dairy prints, choice, 190 to 200; In- fmior, 150 to 16c. Potatoestelawares. 550 to 600 per bag out of store and at 45c to 50:“ on track Toronto, and Ontarios 350 to 40c per bag on track. Mr. H. Marchessault, High Con- stable of the. Province of Quebec, who lives at St. Byacinthe, thought he was going to be disabied for life. A terrible pain in the back kept him in the house and under the doctor's care for months. Nothing seemed to give relief. ‘ ' Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 north- ern, 970; No. 2 northern, 950 at lake ports for immediate shipment: to 200 per dozen in case lots. / flawsâ€"$2 to $2.10 per bushel for primes and $2.10 to $2.20 for hand- 1.“."cked. .Wholesale quotations :â€" Pork-Short cut, $31 to $31.50 per barrel; mess, $28.50 to $29. LardL-Fimiftierces, 160; tubs, 163/40; pails, 176%; stqus ye}; light. DISEASE DEFIED TREATMENT “HAS CURED AT ONCE BY “FRUIT-A-TIVES.” Then he tried “Fruit-a-tives.” the famous fruit medicine. Note the re- sults. for large and 12%0 fa twins. Old cheese, 12%0 for large and 13c for twins. THE WORLD’S MARKETS REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. "Fruit‘a-tives" cured me at chronic pain in the back that was so severe that 1 could not drive my horse," writes Mr. Marchessault. ' If you have VVealc Kidneys and that Biting Pain in the Back, by all means try "Fruit-a-tives,” which is made of fruit juices. 500 a box. 6 for $2.50, or trla’l box. 25c. At all dealers, or from Fruit-a- tives, Limited, Ottawa. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. PAIN ALMOST DBUVE HIM WILD ‘ BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PROVISIONS. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, May 31.â€"-Prime beeves sold at from 6% to 7%0 per pound; pretty good animals, 5%; to 6%0, and the common stock at 472 to 5%0 per 1b. ; mil‘ch cows, $30 to $60 each; calves from $3 to $10 each, or 3% to 60 per 1b.; sheep, 5 to Go per 1b.; lambs at $4.50 to $6 each. Gnod lots of fat hogs sold at 10 to 10% cper 1b. Toronto, Ma-y 31.â€"A limited num- ber of choice heavy cattle are quot- ed as high as $7 and $7.30, but the average range for the best butcher stock was from $6.40 to $660. The medium and common grades. of butcher cattle brought frcm $5.50 to $6.25. Cows and bulls 'for butcher purposes, $5.90 and $6 per cwt. for the best qua- lity, with secondary grades from $4.50 to $5.25. Milkers and spring- eys, $65 and $74 per head, with the $19.50 to $20; Ontario middlings, $2? to $23; Manitoba bran, $18.50 to $19; Manitoba shorts, $21 to $22: pure grain mouillie, $32 to $33; mixed mouillie, $25 to $28. Cheeseâ€"10% to 11%0. Butter â€" Flom 23% to 24%0. Eggsâ€"Select- ed stock, 22 to 22%0; straight re- ceipts at 19 to 200 per dozen. A despatch from Toronto says: Mr. William WhyEe, Second Vice-- President; of the Canadian Pacific Rzilway, prescribes mixed farming for the western wheat grower. “I know of no more indolent life than that of the wheatâ€"grower,” said Mr. Whyte, in an interview the other day. “After he has gathered his crop there is absolutely nothing for him to do until the following spring. Because of this we find the merage westerner leaving his hold- ings and wintering at the coast or in California. I think if he could be induced to take up the feeding of cattle in the stalls and the rais- ing of hogs, that it would be a blessing to him and to the great plains country as well.” “Years 3'30,” said Mr- Whyte~l€f~etting that number; and what will “southern Alberta was one vast. the situation be as the acreage ex- grazing country. Countless herds tends? ranged there. Toâ€"day the great: "This year the area- sown in bulk of that land has been transâ€"3 W3,eat in the, Provinces of Manito- formed into wheat lands. Unlessiba‘ Alberta and Saskatchewan will the farmer takes up the work offibe from eight to eight and a half feeding cattle in the stalls I doimillion acres. Saskatchewan alone Mt know Where the meat SUPDIY‘ “ill have about 4,600,000 acres, and of the world is to come from. And there are ninety million acres of fake hogs. At the present market arable land between the 49th and price of pork it is quite possible for, 55th parallels of latitude in that a farmer to make his poor grade Province alone. We have only wheat, or the damaged variety, touched the fringe as yet.” NEED 0E MIXED EAEEING For full particulars, rates, booklets, schedule of sailings, etc., apply any steamship agent, nr write to H. C. BOURLIER. Gen. Agent Canadian Northern Sieunqhips‘, Limited, Toronto, Canada; or Guy Tombc. Acting General Freight and Passenger Agent, Montreal ; or “Ian. Stzlpletun, Genera! Agent, VViamipcg. Mr. William Whyte’s Prescription «For the Prairie Provinces. Triple Screws, M-u‘eoui \Vireless, Deep Sea Telephones, Passenger Elevators, 6 Passenger Decks, 12,000 tons. SAILINGS Royal Edward m Royal George Montreal and Quebec to Bristol THE ‘ROYAL’ LINE T0 EUROPE The Most Pic- turesque Port. Only four days at sea. Best Appointed Steamers. FROM BRISTOL Thursday, mav TRIPLE TURBINE EXPRESS STEAMSHIPS ISTOL STEAMER FROM M may 26â€"Royal George Thursday, June 9â€"Royal Edward “ June 23â€"Royal Gearge “ July 1â€"Royal Edward “ July 2bâ€"Royal George “ Rug. 4â€"Royal Edward “ AND FORTNIGHTLY THEREAFTER The twin ships, the “Royal Edward” and th. “ Royal George ” are the fastest triple screw tur- bine boats in the Canadian service. The British port is Bristol (two hours nearer than Liverpool). Special trains alongside steamers within no min~ utes of London. The steamers are driven by the newest type of turbine engines, insuring a. maxi“! mum of speed and minimum of vibration. Theiri equipment is the finest ever seen in the St. Law- rence. Large staterooms, spacious social apart- ments. sheltered promenade decks, artistic furnish. ings, perfect service, and ventilation by thermo. tank system, the fresh air being warmed or cooled as required. SAILING FROM 11%; No. 3 red, $1.05 to $1.09; No 2 hard, $1.08 to 31.11%; No. 3 hard $1; No. 1 Northern, $1.11; No. 2 Northern. {131.07% to $1.10; No. 3 Spring. $1 to 851.07%. Cornâ€"N0. fl FBI/.2 to 60c; N0. 2 white. 62% to 02%0; No. 2 yellow, 60% to 61c No. 3, 58% to 600; N0. 3 white, 611, to 620; No. 3 yellow, 59% to 60“ No. 4, 55% to 5772c; No. 4 white, 56% to 600; N0. 4 yellow, 55% ta 56c. Oatsâ€"N0. 2. 38 to 38%c;vNo, 2 white, 40% to 41c; No. 3 white, 371/; to 39%c; N0. 4 white, 35 in 370‘; standard, 40% to 41c. Minneapolis, May 31.â€"â€"-Wheat A May, $1.08; July, $1.07 to 351.07%; Snptember, 96%c. Cashâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.11% to $1.115/8; No. 1 Northern, 851.08% to $1.10%; No. 2 Northern, 351.06% to $1.08%; No. 3, 231.03% to 351.05%. Branâ€"$18 to $18.25. Flourâ€"First patents, $5.< 30 to $5.50; second patents, $5.16 to $5.30; first clears, $4.15 to $4: 25; second clears. $2.90 to $3.20. easily worth three dollars a bush e1 Western packers tell me there is no better tasting or sweeter baâ€" cm than that raised on wheat. Sc 3'! u can see to what advantage the big wheat-grower could turn his' sulplus crop, provided he did so without making a regular business 3f it and so glutting the market!“ “Anyway.” he continued, “the “meterner is being forced into diâ€" versified farming because of the difficulty in procuring men to har- vest his Wheat. Look at the great crop there now. It has all to be gathered in a short time or else the wind will break the husks and half of it will be lost. Last year we ta,0k out for him an army of 30,000 ‘mcn. We had some difficulty in netting that number; and what will low figure of the range fixed mount. $45. Sheep and lambs were steady. Hogs weaker at $9.50 to $9.75. Chicago, May 31.â€"Cash grain â€"â€"- Wheatâ€"No. 2 red, $1.10% to _$_1.< “This year the area- sown in wheat in the Provinces of Manito- ba. Alberta and Saskatchewan will be from eight to eight and a half million acres. Saskatchewan alone “111 have about 4,600,000 acres, and there are ninety million acres of arable land between the 49th and 55th parallels of latitude in that Province alone. We have only touched the fringe as yet.” UNITED STATES MARKETS. FROM MONTREAL June 9 June 23 July I July 21 Aug. 4 91113. 18