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BANFF WEATHER STATION.

Attractive-Point for Visitors to Canada.

On one of the nine peaks of Sut- phur Mountain, that stretch aver a distance of seven milos and reach a maximum altitudo of 8,030 foot at Banff in the Canadian Rockies, stande a staunch: 12-foot squaro hut. It is built of stono with foundations sunk deep into the mountain top, for it must withstand terrific winds, gales of from botwaon. forty and sixty miles an hour are common on top of Mt. Bulphur. On its roof is p spidory, stool tower from which

shservations are taken.

CAVE AND BASIN, ON

SULPHUR MOUNTAIN,

BANFF

For twenty years this station grouse, rabbits, boar, mountain

DOLT

H. D. SANSON

OBSERVATORE WATOR

| SULPHURIA HOURYAIK

This is one of the unusual has boon in chargo of Mr. N. B. gouts and on strange flower and things to do at Banff, another is Sanson, meteorologist

who lichens. On one Sept. 4th ho to bathe in the Government and tho Banff Springs Hotel glass-enclos- faithfully chronicled records of picked strawberries the weather on the mountains mountain's top, and once, in the ed swimming pools that are gon and in the surrounding valleys, dead of winter with the mercury stantly replenished by hot sulphur Mr. Sanson is a naturalist too, at 20 below zero, ho found two wator sent up from subterranean and the Banff Museum contains snow spidors walking on the springs undor Sulphur Mountain. spocimens of almost ovory bird, snow. They had spun wobs.ovor Outdoor bathing is enjoyed twelve mineral that exists in the district, footprints in the snow and thoro unique sport is that afforded by all collected by him.

they entrapped snow-flies. the Government Golf Course laid He has kept a diary through Mr. Sanson is also a noted out along the Bow Rivor among the years and it is filled with Alpinist and has climbed pract- great mountains and often cloud- fascinating observations on ically all the peaks in his district. Enfolded.

SPORTS PARS.

Interesting World Items.

"G. C. Korr, the Scottish high jump champion, cloarod 5 ft 11 in. at Stamford Bridge recently.

Thore is a proposal that a com- mittos of five bo appointed to select Wolsh Rugby international toame.

Mr. A Bunnott, lato of Third Lanark, has heen appointed manager of the Clydebank club.

Johnny Brown, St George's, the European bantam boxing cham. pion, gained a points decision over Bill Hindley, of Horwich, in a fifteen three minuta round con- test at Promiorland, London, recently,

The Bo'ness F. C. report for the season onded on 30th April shows profit of £202. The income from gato roceipts amounted to |£2073 and the expenditure to

£3919..

The Dundee Football Club team! beat a Spanish team at Corunna, yostorday recently by two goals to Init. The game was furiously. [contested, and great oxcitement provailed. The vigorous tactics of the visitors seemed to upset the home team, and the match finished in a fight amid the pro tests of the spectatora.

A.E.A

1924.

HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER.

America Leads All Other Countries.

UNITED STATES

584000 MILLION

KILOWATT HOURS-

GREAT BRITAIN GERMANY FRANCE- ITALY "SWITZERLAND.

TOTAL 356645 MILLION KILOWATT MOURS

United States has enough to sellTMTM to almost every nation heedingit.

Furthermore, this great power rosting in the United States) will enable America to outstrip other nations...ingposoo tima manufacturing, - ' This grout amount of powor will bo.. an insurmountabile handtoap to other nations in time of war,

Maj. Gen. Sir Philip Nash, an outstanding authority, showed that the coal, oil and water supply available" In 1920, in terms of millions of kilowatt hours, was diviðod ́as follows:-

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United States

Great Britain

584,000

165.000

149,000

29,050

Germany... France...... Italy............. Switzerland.......... 7,513

10,582

Of this potential energy, the United States consumed, only 84 por cont: Great Britain, 3.88 per cont: Germany, 6 per bent: France, 16,5 per cent; Italy 32.1 per cent, and. Switzerland, 36% por cont.

BRITAIN NEXT.

Grost Britain is the only other Industrial nation capable of great- ly increasing its electrical out- put. But oven at that, the United Staton had almost four times na much power available.

In 1921 the United States pro- duced. 41,000 kilowatt houm against 4900 for Groat Britain, 4300 for Italy and 3130 for Switzerland,

Lord Derby, has adopted a

Besides this great advantage, practical method of enabling tho

ABOVE A GIGANTIC AMERICAN POWER DAM. BELOW Americs has developed ́sapori many employees upon his ex- —A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE POWER DEVELOPED BY power. This is a term appiled to THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER NATIONS. IN INSET- the system, whereby almost all of tonsive estate at Knowsley to

MAJOR GENERAL SIR PHILIP A, M, NABH, EMINENT BRITISH the power producem are linked ENGINEER. participate in the recent victory

togothor. When one system re+? of Sansovine at Epsom. He has made the following communica-

•quires more power, it draws upon London; July 28th.-Tho his estato:-"I am

Hydro-electris power, engineers another. When another has a Ition to

United States is destined to bo- concodo, is anxious that everybody in my

the future power. surplus, it sells to a third. employ should have something come the greatest engineering The United States already has This means that power can be with which to buy them, if they power in the world.

developed more than any other This fact was brought out at nation in the world. And it can to eliminated. It means that the mobilized. It means that wastą wish, 'o' small souvenir of

the World Conference ou Power, develop greater quantities than surplus can be disposed of. I want you to pay everybody an Wembley. Engineers-British extra wook's wages,

beast, reptilo, insect, plant and the hollows made by a man's months in the year. Another Sansovino's victory, and therefore hold at the Empire Exhibition at any other nation in the world.

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OTHER GIFTS OF THE FINER SORT such as smart mesh bags, cigaretto cases, silverware here in dazzling array. The prices are

reasonable and are marked in plain figures.

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Tho South African cricket team were the guests at a Colchester concert presided over by Mrs. Alderton, who is the first lady Mayor of that borough, and the first and only woman prosi- ident of an English county cricket week committoe. Mrs Alderton is not unknown to Edinburgh people, particularly those in the South Parliamentary Division.

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The Welsh Rugby Union have: a crodit balance of £5558. The bulanco-shoot shows an income of £14,428, of which £391) was brought forward from season 1922.23. The international match with England at Swansea yielded an income of £5021, and the Irish match at Cardiff £4392. Tho exponse in connection with the four international matches, in- cluding the games in Walos, amounted to £2663.

Eight Scots, including W. R. Seagrove, were included in the British Olympic athletic team :- F. H. Liddell (200 and 400 metres), W. R. Seagrove (300 metres), D M'L Wright (Marathon); D Cummings (atosplechave), G.C Korr (high jurup), C. E. W. Mackintosh (broad jump), T. R. Nicoleon (hammer throwing), and Dr A. P. Spark (pentathlon and decathlon.) That is a pretty good representation,

All the diffoultion betweon Lord Wodehouse and the Soleb- tion Committee of the British polo team to play America in September-having been settled, it in understood that his Lordship will play for England.

The 'now golf champion of |Amerios, Cyril-Walker, wan-pro- fessional at Prestwich, Manchon- *ter, and holde the record for the |courao--63. · Boforo that he was with Jack Morris at Hoylako; who always declared he would be

a great player. And he was right,

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A girl of 13, Miss Betty Nuthall, put up a remarkable gamo against Mrs. Mallory, the American at the Middlesex lawn toanis obäin... pionships. After losing a sat by | 6-1, the youngstar was leading by 8-5 in the usound, and only làng ít

and American-tastified to this destiny. It is true, they said because ~

It also moane that coal and oil

AN APPRECIABLE SURPLUS.. can be conservad to a greater. Other nations are reaching the extent than possible in other maximum production of coal, ol! countries. and hydro-electria power. The It is the lover by......which. any United States is the only nation United States can exercise in- with an appreciable surplus.-The tornational economic ́ supremacy.

Amorica has more available hydroelectric power than other nation in the world.

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