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TliE GHARLUTTETDWN GUARDIAN

President-W. Cheater l. lleLnro. i

Secretory-Lien, Col. D. A. IlnKlnnou,

Iditor and longer-J. B. Burnett.

Vleo-Pruldcut-d. l. Burnett. D. Ii. 0

Aaron-lute Edition-U. K. Currie.

Honing Dally (founded I001) $5.00 per your (in udvlnel) delivered.

“.60 per your

(in advance) mulled in Clludu

and United State;

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. 1930

L4 Bursar’: Qualification

Premier Lea. as an excuse for turn- ing down the Hon. W. Bruce Butler's

offer to accept the bursarshlp of Fal- eonwood in lieu of the portfolio of

Agriculture. says the trustees of the institution, after consulting the Medical Superintendent, decided “in justice to the patients," that an “as- ristan" with twining and

_..a “a \efia

Valcartier

An interesting suggestion from a tourist who recently visited Valcar- the Canadian

ltier, Quebec, where

published in the Ottawa Journal. At ‘present the old camp is so grown up ‘with birch and other trees as to be almost unrecognizable. The head- quarters where General Sam Hughes

a. knowledge of dentistry should be presided and where he was surround-

sccured. Since when was the import-

Q-s can;

converted into an assistant medical superintendentship? The positions are B wide apart as the poles asunder. The medical superintendent charge of the institution as a whole, with special supervision of the health

has

of the patients, his assistant in that]

capacity being the dispenser, an ofllce very ably and efficiently filled by w. Payne. The bursar, for which there is now a vacancy, is, as the name im- plies, the business manager. the store- keeper, the general supervisor apart from health. He carries out his duties underthe general supervision of the medical superintendent, and know- ledge of medicine or dentistry is riot, or should not be requisite. With a doctor and dispenser already in the institution, it is a practical, trained business man with the ability to maintain discipline that is required, and intended. It seems perfectly ev- ident some one with "pull" having the qualifications specified by Premier Lea. and probably deficient in the es- nntials of business experience and discipline, has got the support of Mr. be! for the job; hence the stressing of the former “qualification? to the exclusion of those which are absolute- ly necessary. who is it that is pulling the strings and making trouble for m. Lea and his government? Surely no friend of the Liberal party.

Well Merited Appointment

The successful career of Colonel Robert Weir, the new Minister of Agriculture in the Bennett Govern- ment, is an inspiring example of eff-lat can be accomplished by hard work and intelligent application. Born on a farm in Huron County. Ontario, lvir. Weir taught school and dug ditches to pay his way through college. Graduating in mathematics from the University of Toronto. he became professor of mathematics in, the Collegiate Institute at Rosina- That was sixteen years ago, just be- fore the outbreak of the Great War in which he enlisted and saw long; sea-vice overseas, being decorated for‘ bravery and attaining the title of major.

After the wai-"he became a school Pspeoifl in Saskatchewan, but, his health having been impaired at the front, he looked for outdoor work. assigning his educational post. he homesteaded in the newly-opened 3mm River oountrY- in nflrmef“ s“kQf,¢hQ\'flfi, As this was a bush district, he made up his mind that mad farming would pay. Purchas- Lng three Hereford cows at a sale in Rama, h; ecu-ted u; learn about cattle and dairying. Next he bought pgggheron horses. Berkshire slvine m4 shmpshire sheep. l-le had now mu“ m, pfljpgf sphere and gait. for in a few yea-rs he astonished ev- "wn, by carrying off the first prize y, m; Chicago fair for the best bull. ‘g4 the gold medal at the Toronto lwyal Winter Fair for the best group a reread-ans. "June" his original ‘my Percheron mare, which he had bought for $225 brought him in $3.- 900 1n win money during i929.

35m‘ “who up in the national movement led by the Hon. R. B. Ben- "gg, he wu persuaded to stand for the Meifort seat in the recent cani- pglgfl, and, though he entered the acid late in the day. he out “a Nah | vigqeuup fight and Wis so hiflhly “spam; that he turned I. Liberal majority 0f 072i’ 3,000 into I. Conserv- m‘... victory of over some 1.500. Here ‘s u men 0o whom the formers of Canada can look up and from whom

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office of bursar of Falccmwcsxi 19d

ed by his staff officers is now occup- as a school, and has nothing to indicate any former use.

The suggestion is that the Historic Sites and Monuments‘ Board of Can- ada should as soon as possible have erected a monument there to mark a very remarkable crisis in the history of this country and to commemorate l the spot where so many of Canadas sons prepared themselves to fight in the cause of their Empire and for the defence of their own, or adopted, land. Valcartier is not historic in the light of centuries or even of a cen- tury. It was first settled about i830 and nothing marked its rather quiet career until the Great War broke out-but it was the site upon which was sown the seed of great and val- orous deeds, and it should be so dis- tinguished, as other historic sites have been, and are likely to be in the future.

A Serious Situation

When the King-Dunning budget was brought down it was pointed out that while showing anlncrease in the expenditure it gave no estimate of the probable revenue. The reason for this omission is now apparent, all in- ,dications being for a record deficit in ithe current fiscal year, which began iAprll first. The latest returns of the

revenue and expenditure give no evi- dence of improvement and based on the results in the four months that have elapsed the deficit may be any- where between sixty and a hundred {million dollars. The revenue has been falling of! at the rate of about five million dollars a month while the ex- penditure is up by twenty‘ million dollars, in part no doubt due to elec- tion expenditures. Should there be no further increase in the expendi- , ture the deficit is likely to be seventy

lor eighty million dollars unless an

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‘improvement takes place in the re-

Notes BL The Way

Ridicule hu ever been the meet l powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and, properly. the only antagonist that can ‘ be opposed to it with success.—0liver Goldsmith. l

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The 11-100 uahen in the age of air- ship traffic between the old and new worlds. It marks a new beginning in the history of intercontinental pas senger and mail traffic.

The Alberta Government has exer- cised its prerogative to protest against the incoming of European‘ settlers. Conditions have certainly changed when a Prairie Province ob-

soldiers trained in i914 and 1915. is _ jects to 200 additional settlers.

The Police Commissioners of Fort William have made an admirable reg- ulation requiring theUnion Jack to be carried at the head of all future parades. The decision was reached as a result of the May Day parades in that city when Communists creat- ed disturbances. The Union Jack is the last flag the Reds want to sea floating to the breeze. They have shown their feeling toward it in some cities by hauling it down: to be re- quired to hold it aloft should have a salutary effect.

We are now in the midst of the tourist season. and it is gratifying to

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know that the number of visitors is mmidefflbly in excess of that of for- mer years. This speaks well of our former experiences in this respect. Many of our present visitors had been here before and no doubt had enjoyed their stay among us. The tourist like every other business is based on the principle of benefit for benefit. There must be a quid pro quo and the quid must bear a reason- able relation to the quo. We have the quid in our own hands in the shape of service accommodation and hospi- tality. If we extend these in generous measure, the quo is assured. Our trade-at home or with other coun- tries must be on a reciprocal basis, if it is to be permanent. We do not‘ expect from the merchant a. gratuity‘ with each of our purchases; nor does , the merchant expect our money with-

out giving value for it. Similarly we I have no right to expect of our visit-

ors any more than we give them val-

ue for. The accommodation we of-l

fer them must be in proportion to the rate we charge them for; the service we give them must be proportioned to our charge for the same. Many re- sorts throughout Canada favorably situated for summer tourist business have lost their name and reputation. through the exhorbitarit exactings of certain individuals and business thus lost cannot be restored without diffi- culty if at all. Let us be generous to our visitors, give them fair value for their money and we shall expect to have them with us again in coming l seasons.

It was extremely generous of the whales to rome to our shores during the tourist season for they are natur- ally a greet attraction to our visitors -many of whom live in the interior of the country and have never there-

‘maming eight momhs of me yean fore, seen a whale. It is not likely

. that these vlsiors from the sea will The Finance Mmmer’ whoever may continue their stay with us rnuch,

, be chosen for that important position ‘ long“ but the hope 0g 5gg1ng them

THE CHARLUTTETOWN GUARDIAR

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Bylaws W. BlrbdLM-D

sf"'{.IS ABOUT NECKS or‘

TEETH

When we read the extravagant claims made of the merit of certain tooth pastes and powders we are in- clined to smile.

However these advertisements do a great service in calling attention to the value of keeping the teeth clean, and the circulation in the gums act- ive.

For instance the formation of tar- tar about the edges of the gums, and the formation of a yellowish white deposit also about the neck of the teeth are so common that very little attention is paid to them.

And yet as some one has well said "Perfectly normal teeth do not have this deposit or pus about the necks of teeth", therefore the presence of this exudate or deposits about the necks of ‘teeth is an indication of an in- fiammatory change in the gums."

This exudate has been examined and it. has been found that such di- seases as trench mouth, Vincent's Angina, and pyrrhoea are all differ- ent forms of this inflammation of the gums due to different organisms.

This is the reason therefore that some cases of “pyctrhoeafl as so

many of these cases are called, seem ‘, g0 to Bermuda, g0 breed and mo? n,‘ to act so differently in dlflerent peo- ’ goes there, taking three years to get}

ple.

The same thing occurs in the or- ganisms that are found in the ab- scess at the root of the teeth.

Some of these organisms are not very active and do little damage; whereas some are so strong and act- ive that they may do ten to twenty times as much damage.

The use of tooth powders and tooth pastes used vigorously is bound to be

‘ of some help in these cases, by stim-

ulating the circulation and removing part of the exudate. ‘

However the best plan is to visit your dentist at least twice a. year, and let him scrape away this ex- udate, and thus rid you of the infec- tion.

In the majority of cases your den- tist will do this for you. If it gets past a certain stage he may send you to the specialist in pyorrhoea, who wllllikely get the mouth in fair con- dition again by weekly treatments,

‘Sig:mdilgiaifiznigocggsfgresé i there. lfldfifime? "0111 $11911,- 15 the ly, however, the decency which per- S 5 iquestiori the scientists set themselves 515m among the millions of common

right down into the sac holding the deposit and draining it out.

Remember, various ailments from simple indigestion to actual heart diseaze may be traced to this innoc- ent looking exudate on the necks of the teeth. ‘

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‘Upon the musky altars of the earth‘

THE TRAVELLED EEL

A little Danish ship that hu been voysging in the Seven Bus in pur-

suit of the habits 01 the BUPPQW 0011

has returned full to the gunwaies of eel lore Fishermen spurn eels. This may be because the eel isscarcely 'digni.fied ll a fish. or because Isaak ' Walton never boasted of having ‘caught yards of eel. Eloquence can be expended on the pouudlgc of a pickerel, or the heft of a royal stur- lgeoi-i. Nobody wants to listen to the ‘tale of the eel, whether sheared or ‘lost. It is a slimy subject soon drop- ped. You never see coils of eel drap- ing the walls of sportsinenk club houses. How is this? The skins of snakeeidangle everrvvhere; the hides of vicious brutes are underfoot. Are the scales of an eel too olefactory for the society of even rugged sportsmen? l ‘The eel, quite obviously, is not social- ly, admitted in the best pisoatorial circles. It may have been lit. capture for the lad, but not for the boy grown ' man, stout and rich. The eel. to such, ‘is. mud. But he's a fascinating sub- , ject to the scientists.

‘= These tell us that all the eels

we've ever known come from the

E densest and deep-est waters of the At- i lantlc in the neighborhood of Bermu- da, They originate in the Sargasso ‘Sea. Of course there are other eels in other seas, and the greatest of all eels ells long and with bodies like cobras, are found in the rivers and lakes of Tahiti. They come out of the l Pacific, breeding near New Zealand.

l What kink of queerhess makes the 1 freshwater eel we. know, and all ,known in European rivers and ponds.

lthere, to spawn, and then never gets lback. It dies. Its orphaned offspring l, take three years to float on the waves linto some semblance to an eel even lbefore washed across thaAtlantic to lthe fresh-water stream from which itheir parents set out. CWhat marvel- ‘, lous, incredible, inexplicable, even ml- i raculous, force in Nature inspires i that wiggly bit of viscous spewiness to 3 ilnd its way back to the muddy pond j or lake where its parent, night after ‘ night, lPfLlBQCi the bait dangled before

hirn in the light of ihe lantemray l held by the boy prone on his stom- ach?

When we see an eel in the future , we're going to look upon his shiny , cylindricality with greater respect. i He's going to Bermuda, some day, and lwe're not. certainly he has been i there, for he couldirt have come from i anywhere else, so the Danish scientists i tell us. To explain‘ why the eel goes

‘when they set sail in their tiny . barque three years ago. It was the in- ispiration of a. voyage that partakes |not a little of the natural history ‘charm of Darwin's Beagle and of . John Murray's Challenger. But [though they've found the eel spawn- l lng and commitling hari-kari, they ‘wnzcnt found cut zvhy.

GANGLANIYS

ETARADISE

(Manitoba Free Press)

Cynical humor gets free play in the so-called investigation of Ch‘.- lcago gangland started by the Chi-

out completely, other newspapermen had become involved. One voter-m of the Chicago News, who hall been helping ton-in a speakeaey. was fired. Another was found to have bad a definite connection with a profession- al informer who was sprayed by ma- chine-gun bullets some months ago. The city editor of the Chicago Am- erican, it. appeared, hm been a‘ guest of Scarface Capoiieh on a junket to Havana. The private life of Chicago's he ,. permen received so thorough an airing that most of them will probably stay home and learn to crochet for many months to come. There is no suggestion here that all Chicanos newspapermen are racketeers. Far from it. A reporter's, work in any town takes him from, time to time into strange places and] dubious company. But it is obvious, that. a handful of Chicago men were i is‘ good deal tser to gargland than. ipubiic or p te duty demdnded. It. lis pretty ob ous, too, that the news- ‘papers knew it. . i How much they knew, of course, will always remain doubtful, but the New Republic suggests that the how's- ,papers themselves were responsible -‘for giving gangsters their first big ,sta.rt in Chicago. The papers. it is‘ ',suggested, imported rival troupes of ‘plug-uglies to keep one mother's ivendcrs cfl the streets. But there u, Lao use in going back to first causesi ,now. Long ago the plug-uglies gave, i place to gentlemen who use machine guns instead of the simple, clean-cut , . methods cf an old-fashioned bar-Z . room rough house. The diflerence isI l \

‘ one that implies a change not of de- lgree but of kind. l, But the fact that the New York’ ' Republic is driven to such statements is some indication that ordinary pro- icesses of reasoning break down be- ifore the fact of Chicago. Here is a - community riin amok. In most cities in which corruption and crime make

ilarge-scale appearance there is a go to the expense, of buying an 591135191"? enamel top for it, cover it with inlaid

isclid backbone of moral

iwhich makes continuation of those 131101

}L‘DI‘ldlbiOIlS impossible. In Chicago,

apparently, this is not the case. There is a desire for better conditions, but nobody wants them enough to fight ; for them. Everybody in control of the i -natural instruments of reform ap-l ipears to be smeared in one way or Qanother with gangland pitch. The icode of public morality has been .tnristed beyond recognition. Ethics: have been turned upside down, and i the result is chaos. All thLs has been written and re- i written about Chicago, and in biblic- ial days a furious Jehovah could be trusted to take a hand when things reached such a pass. But in our age ' such intervention is unlikely. Probab-

people in Chicago will eventually shape its weapons of attack. But this is not. likely until gangland has overreached itself and has encom- ' passed its own destruction. .

When having painting done, beg a small can of paint from the painter '30 you are prepared if anyone should brush against the paint while it is rtlil wet. You will be able to repair '".':.e damage immediately.

i? JR. 1.. B. EVANS is oz LONDON. ENG.

I . Th’ ripened gold o: com u m‘ °'cago Tribune, when one of its re-,

keep. Noted physician treated luc- ‘ ipsrters, Alfred Linglc, was shot to,

ccesfully and obtained per-

i after it is relinquished by the Prem-

next suiuine: v.1‘. be an added at-

~ ier will have no easy task.

‘His apples turn the ruddy cheelu of

The Good Roads Conference" l We note that Hon. J. P. McIntyre. lMinister of Public Works, will rep- ; resent this Province at the l'lth an- ihual convention of the Canadian i Good Roads Association, to be heid l in Quebec City on September l6, 17. ‘lan 1B. The Canadian Good Roads i‘ Association has strongly indorsed the ,policy enunciated by Premier Ben- nett in the recent campaign of fed- ‘ eral asistance to provincial highway construction. Mr. McIntyre opposed this policy when he supported the Liberal candidates during the con- . test, It is to be hoped that when he attends the Good Road; Conference ,l1e will have forgotten party polit- ics and will feel his responsibiiltv of supporting any mess w calculated to be in the interests of this Prov- ince and the Dominion generally.

Editorial Notes

cal policy. It is the fatal, inevitable.

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result of the destruction of Canada's ' Z . MATE!) tariff defences, and of the opening up fm MA“ Pom“ ca!

of our home market to our most for-ii d bi d ost high-protected

triad: ifivalbnacrxlfss the internationali WELLINGTON N’ z“ A“: n-

bordcr In the circumstances the mosti e “m1” 0f m‘ "mum M

m t cove em cm Lin n the sir ifaul Pomare in California has ' y lcaused what is described as g, "wave

(Clnlflllm Preal)

moment is to apply palliative: t.o a condition which must eventually be remedied by e strong and sane tariff

Air transportation. says the Van- couver Province. is destroying all the

in; horror" among the Maori: of Taranaki, his native people. '

l Sir Maui was a former member of