PKIN€E GEORGE STAR Timber Cut Is Heaviest On Record For the .first time in five months the timber cut for the will run under one Census of Canada's Available Men Will Be Taken in January A dispatch from Ottawa says. "Preparations are being made by R. B. Bennett, M.P., and the, _. national service directorate for! ofall classes of logs. This brings the proposed ''National Service1; the total cut for the ten months week," the first of January.] up to 827,087,410 feet, and is Within the next two weeks sev- better by over 138 million feet eral hundred thousand circulars than the cut for the whole of will be sent out. and this will bei 1915. With two months to go| followed l>y an extensive adver-j there appears to be no doubt while fully a | that the record for this year province h u nil red. ra i Hi on feet. for October will run The cut 83,000,000 tising campaign million postcards will be issued, filled in and re- They are to be turned. The idea in view is to make will run well over the ten hun- an inventory of the man-power in Canada and to ascertain definitely what each able-bodied man is doing, whether serving the empire at home or abroad, engaged in an industry vital to the country or disqualified physically for service, and whether the work of each is of su *h a character as could be done by women, or whether no real barrier to enlistment exists. • From such stocktaking it is hoped that not only will the country's industries secure the men they need, but that any deficiency ino recruiting to the promised total will be supplied It is being emphasized anew however, that the popular conception of the National Service commission is wrong. It is not a recruiting commission. That work still rests with the military organization. It is design ed to ascertain the man-px)_\yei of the country. ------;--------------:----- France Mobilising Civilian Population Paris, Nov. 27,—A mass mob} lization of the civilians of France is^being seriously con sidered as a counter-measure to that of Germany, according to the Temps. "A simultaneous effort on the part of the allies must be the the Temps. G be beaten. dred million mark, and will be close to double the production j for the year 1914, when the! output was 555,801,197 feet. Government Receving Money From Farmers Ottowa, Nov. 28.— Approximately §3,000,000 of the $12,000,-000, lent to western farmers for the purchase of seed grain two v ears ago has been repaid to the government. The payments this ear have been practically double those of last year. ,- Apple Delicacies for Autumn Menus answer, many must The y duty of each of us at this tragic hour, when the fate-of the country and civilization is being decided, is to work entirely and without reserve, for the national defence ancf the cause of liberty. No one has a right at this time to avoid respqnsibi 1 ity, nor to dodge his duty." tVpple Pie Pare, core and cut into eighths 4 or 5 sour apples; fill a plate that has been lined with paste; mix one third cup of sugar, one eighth teaspoon salt, quarter teaspoon nutmeg, teaspoon lemon juice, a few gratings of lemon rind, sprinkle over the apples; dot over with one teaspoon butter cut into bits. Wet edges of crust, cover with upper crust and bake 40 to 45 minutes in moderate oven. 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