Arizona republican., 1921-10-21

cast by long pole set at the proper angle.
 This dial is said to give accurate sun time, but the government does | not depend on it. Just back of the | sun dial is the government observa- l tory, which supplies standard time by 1 master clocks.
 Besides plant investigations, the government conducts poultry and stock experiments at the Ottawa farm. The poultry section has a sign out over one group of GOODS marked egg laying contest" Each year, it seems, Canadian farmers enter their | best hens in a government contest of this sort. The hens are boarded at the government farm and their lay | ing records carefully kept The win ner becomes famous bird, and other | hens that rank high art consequently valuable to their owners. Last year ! the winning bird laid 272 eggs.
 One of the features of Ottawa which attracts a good many Ameri- cans Is the archives building. The | United States has been talking for | good many years about suitable storage place for its valuable docu- ments and records. Canada has such a building. We read on the brass plate outside that it was suggested in 1731, but like the United States Cam
 ada did not wish to rush hastily into the matter. Nearly two centuries Of | thoughtful consideration intervened, and in 1906 Canada erected a gray l stone archives building. It is large building. but already the officials say l it is inadequate.
 Visitors see only the halls and the
 library on the first floor. Once a | good deal more was displayed to the [ public, and valuable documents
 shown. But tourists insisted on handling the fragile papers. and this
 resulted in crumpled edges. torn \ places. and dirty spots. Sogradual- ly the officials have become less
 hospitable.
 "Only last week" the guide re-
 marked in disgust a woman poked
 her umbrella through this valuable
 painting" And he pointed to an ob-
 viously patched place. She just
 wanted to show her friend something
 in the picture.
 The library of this building con
 tains a few of the old Canadian his-
 toric papers-protected under glass
 and watched by a guard. There are
 souvenirs of General Wolfe here, mo-
 tably his baby shoes and letter
 written by him. And there ,are many
 tattered old flags of Canadian wars. FlanS TOT a Museum A few exhibits of what is some day
 going to be a fine Canadian war mu-
 scum are here, too. Canada's war
 trophies and souvenirs are now , packed to the roof of a specially built warehouse. As yet no plans are go- ing for a museum, not until the war hand it's financial burdens are laid aside
 Of the war things here the one | ally interesting is the headdress of
 Prince Jaochim, one of the sons of
 the former kaiser. The cap is gray, l of Australian opposum, with a scar let wooden flap across the top and | osprey feathers sticking up in the . front.
 , It Is difficult to see Ottowa with , out comparing and contrasting il
 with Washington. Rireau hall, where 2 the governor general of Canada, now l Lord Byng, lives, is very different f from our White house. It is an old I farmhouse, set far back in a park of I | nearly 90 acres. 4 long avenue of | Canadian naples leads up to the mansion. Between the dense foliage
 and high fence all around the S grounds, visitors can only glimpse ! the house through the trees.
 Only by special permission or by - ] invitation do the gates open to
 strangers The Duke of Devonshire
 a former governor general did, how l ! ever. establish a precedent in this 1 connection. He opened part of Ri ,, deau hall grounds to the children ol y ! nearby homes. Slides, swings and d D sandpile are installed for them in a
 corner of the lawn, the only stipLa- = ton being that they must go nc : closer to the house than a set boun-
 dary
 The governor general is an inter- ,- esting institution. He is appointed by the king to represent the crown ,- in Canada. Yet he is practically q l. figurehead. It is his business tc # open the Canadian parliament, sit 1t ting on the throne in the senate l. chamber of the big parliament build. 10 ing. And he signs bills passed by e the legislatures mere formality Canadians say.
 Outside of this, his real onerOu. a duties are social. Ottawa, and all O g. Canada from distance looks to tn, d governor general and his lady to SC 10 the fashions, lead the winter sports " give garden parties, dedicate neV n statues. and be honorary officials J m organizations.
 ic Canadians hold that B, tain woul, 's not send them a governor genera - who would not he honestly regarde,
 as cOngenial to Canada. Canadia