Show PUZZLE OVER ODD WEAThER Americans and Canadians Wire Each Other for Reasons n By Dr Ill I'll CIS D CARLSTEAD 1923 1923 1 23 MONTREAL TREAL Dec At 2 22 At At the lAme Larne time that American spa ne pers pera ero ero 1 0 wiring their Canadian tod toda for theories thorle on the y mildness of o the th weather r Cana Canadian newspaper were ero experts taking asking for theories as S to t the tir cause of the follo following Ing Puss Pusa PusS will willows 0 s out Lilacs LIaC blooming blooming- Duck and geese gees on slouch aol and butterflies captured at Edmonton I tIbet to ta Golfers on Winnipeg links with witt mercury at H 44 above zero Ripe picked at I Stratford Ontario Lumbermen feeding Idle horsen horse I In n northern nOI thern Ontario o Woods ls unable C haul aul logs because of oC lack of snow o I Farmer doing winter 1 10 Ing log In I northern Alberta ThADE SUFFERS I Christmas trade trad suffering keen keen- keenly k enly ly 13 In Montreal and Toronto I bo-I be- be because cause a ft warm sun SUD melted what lit lit- littie lit little tie tle Yuletide en a feeble 1 snoW had deposited last week i All AU these theBe things are ar usually In snow at this season and with Ith ith the temperature temp way bo- bo bolow below bolow I low seio ero Nor are ir the humans human the only liv liv- liv jog Ing creatures who sho are ar where Rudard Rud ard Kipling got cot his lAdy of o The Th Sno s stuff i So far tar as Quebec Is 13 concerned declare that unless the th mildness continues for or some Mme coho II the game t and birds will not suffer oJ mu much muth h Tin Tile partridge Is the tho only bird that will alit suffer nt at atall all tUl dampness being It Its chief enI enem en en- en I em m and usually resulting In tile the bird contracting diseases and dy- dy dying dy ing oft off As Au for or d dar d- dand h- h hand and moose I Ithe the tho opinion Is that they th y will be better bettH off o for or the present mild spell LAKES J OPEN None one of o the largo lakes up north are frozen and only a few ew of o the smaller ones according to reports re here hero In no part o of Can Can- Canada Canada Canada ada has hns such a s mild season been boen before n and nd students of weather conditions are ar at n a loss for or an on In the tho 25 years durin during which weather records h hive he e been kept at nt Edmon Edmon- Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton ton never neer net er before has hu there beena been II a December two-thirds two of o which has hM parsed sed without a zero read read- reading reading lIng ing The official weather talk about cold cold wave wae lying In the tho area of o low pressure In northern S-katche S Sa an and api not coming do doen n to spread over oer the country as usual The Th most mo easily understood however Is that supported b by the tho th Newfoundland and Labrador fishermen who siy y that an earl and sudden suddon cold snap tip III north created an Ice Ico barrier across the Davis that has hoa prevented the Or ice floes does from rom enter I enter enter- 1 tog the gulf and the cold cola coldI with them fearing Bearing this out Is th the I fact tact that the northern coast Is la fl fife fieo eo of ice Store Store- Storekeepers Stor keepers In hi the tho big towns are aro not so much concerned about Ice lc bar bar- barriers barriers up north They want to see soe some down doen do n here for or a a green bar I Christmas means 00 full ull shelves shelve |