PACE. roux THE GUAlRDlAbl

Authorized II Secoiui Class Mail Post office Department, Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publishing Co.

five sheep would be roughly equal to one average cattle beast in point of productiv- ity) the livestock population figures for both counti'ies show 1.278 cattle units per thousand of human population at the turn of the century and 743 cattle units per thousand humans in 1953.

It means that although cattle numbers appear high in these tw'o countries, there is actually only 58 per cent as much po- tential for meat and milk production in re- lation to the people to be fed, as there was .33 years ago.

., 7- -T 5- M --V! '- Considering the Canadian nation by it- C"A”L”TT"3T9w,',h',,,3'"h."Al;.a:j-ll uh 1' um self, the figures tell roughly the same story. While the total cattic units per thousand

Rats lof human population at the beginninguof

. . e . . . . .. 'l - -',-ithc century were the same as in the li- vlmmwu dmmdl mu) M U1 mmm lited States, namely 1278. the number in

-' A ht" zb t liltli 'b(:stttftnenfd lllihmlltfllilsi llotnisithjy com. 1953 was down to 61 per cent or 784 cattle l en 1 y 0 . - .- -

rnon rat. Not conltcnt Uwitli: (fill Otlhfllihii;-he u S. expects to have 200 millions tvcii-carncd iutioiisof trill V1.17? an elbal of people to feed by 1975. At the Current zhc rascal m.(m.W.ls ;().f73M.l-llll.Q.() sllflhe ,5: rate of population increase in the two coun- lner anmlllmh lllml .(lnl. Cl ml-ll, ltries. the observer must wondei' how long mlmm lmsln ,(.o,( .5 0.-(ln. ..al l .. , llll. m: it will be before present food standards will lcshmlnm I? ll Ill-mN(H.d ll ml. lg ill have to be reduced or meat foods imported. will” Smlcdlllll lllllllllillllldnl mmmch l Canadian figures of per capita con- ml ions 0 0 d” d ( '. El sumption of meats in 19.33 will almost cer-

ldltor and Rlnnllxl-lI:l)Aif-d-LS'llt:r, Ian A. Burnett, Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

ciiior barlos

"(.'overl Prince P.ilw:irii islisiid like the dew"

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink".

wantoni

' nrittcr: worse. the rat is . , T.” nmkcll llr l : l,...m,n llllpl Degpllcitaiiily show a substantial increase over any 1 iv of 'I 2 S I I . . . . Jllllllllllm Al llll-l ml l L(ll.nN ...lll(.ll ll.ll.l. other recent vczir. Appctites for meals and 1 tr rc a ii i '0 it It I - i '

l.llothcr foods of animal orlyzin were never

been (lcviscri by ciicmists. trap-makci's. ai lo better.

the farmers thcmsclvcs. he continues flourish and to carry on his nefarious work as if he did not have :1 worry in the world. A fortune many times over awaits the? man who can find a. way to rid the world of this maraudinlz and destructive scoun- L3Ui'9'"- drel. Perhaps when the scientists have thought up a bomb for every letter of thc aiphabct they will have time on their hands. to (icai witii the problem in earnest.

An old magazine of 1847 gives whatl purports to bc a ”surc cure": common woodl ashcs. The ltll'ill('l' who wrote to the pct"-

ED-ITDRIAL NOT.i-ES

Birthday of Prime lViinistcr Louis S. St.

The Boy Scout financial campaign com- mences today witli Dr. George Fisher as Provincial chairman. Be prepared.

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A report from New Brunswick indicates that that Provinrc's biggest mining year in iodical about it said hc just throw the ashes hisiohy Closed with mamum fllntlh Selle”? from the kitchen siovc around the holes in new base metal Strikes mid dnumg Opel"

lhe ham and rubbed some of the boardsiations in a potential uranium deposit.

with it. That night he heard a terrific: I” 5 'd 1 l 7 . ll - squealing which he prcsumcd was from A5 has (hing "1 am a as 395” 10

"the caustic nature of the ashes that got Quechs bhihdd-V mid lidmia Dill M” )0

among their hair and on their bare feet.” Ceiehilaied i'359ih”' A5 the 24m of May

This went on for several nights: finally they fill: 3?nga”1:03:l3e3' l:e2ii;5&r;t:futtCh:fl?::: a I. l l .

worked themselves into such a had nervousl l p Y" condition that they lost all appetite foi'lM0”da-V p1'('C”0d"lg the 29th loll May food and, consequently. ,all died from mal-l 0 0 -

nutrition. Without wishing for one moment; Research on forest blolbgy fol. the foul. TO douht iht? V0?-"1Ciiy Of that P31'tiCuhh'- Atlantic Provinces will be carried on at the farmer, who is not around now to defend Federal Depal-(mom of Ag,-lcupule label-a. himself. we suspect that succeeding gcneia-llm-y at U. N. B, The infol-malloll so op. tions of rats have built up enough lnlnlulliiyllailled may well Cont;-"mule heavily to the to the HEWE-fraying Qualities Of ashes mlfuture wealth of the other three Provinces Kuarahiee that their CV” race will hot die and be of some. although lesser, value to out. Just the same it might be worth aipl-gm-9 Ed...-Md 1g1-(ma.

try. If successful. wc shall want full credit

1 't;ths"..'..lllbeldth'i "' n(:)Ilhllngom(e;:,::l:l(ll0l:l:lgl.1a ga 0 Call The Parliament House at Quebec burn.

.cd a hundred years ago today, with de- 'struction of the library and philosophical lapparalus. It is interesting to note that lwomen could sit and vote in the first Par- liament which met there in 1792. a priv- ilege which then went into abeyance for al- most a hundred years.

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Life Insurance

Two facts stand out in the report of the Life Insurance Association on the busi- ness done in 1033. New life insurance totalling f?2..3()(),Ut)(i,(ltiti was taken out. The- total insurance now in force is 020,500.- . 000,000 or 511,370 for every man. woman. and child in the country. This is indeed a proud record of saving and thrill.

Tlic second fact, notcs an cxcliancc, is cvcn more arrcstiniz. Wiicii the life insur-it :incc business was first begun in this coun- try by a group of lwisinrss men at Hamil- ton. Ontario. the ptirpvisc was to insure against death: to cnabic it man to provid; for his wilc and faintly. Gradually, how- ever. the emphasis on lifc insui'an(-c has shifted from this original purpose. Today; ' " " life insurance is more concerned with life? The recent development of Canadian iha" Wiih fimihl Ttiiiil ll-1.i'mciits niadc natural resources. points out the president. by life insurance t-ompanics in 19.33 wcr-; of the Canadian pulp and I7apQl' A550:-la. 3255 millions Whicli is -910 millions in c.v.-ltion. was caused by growth of world de- ccss of 1932. and .1 new i'cc:)i't'l. mands to the point where our resources

But illc llllll0l'l-'lIll fcziturc iicic is that could be cconomicaliy exploited. "These more than half of these payments were forces of demand are certain to grow in made '0 llVlIlL' li0ll('.V llnldcrs on maturcri the next 25 years." In othcr words. al- cndowmcnts. annuity pnyinciits. dividend.-: though there may be ups and downs. tho ahfi the hi” Til” (10?-”lil0fl lizurr TOY lb? cencrai trend of the Canadian economy will nine months cndcd September 30. 1933. are inevitably be ulm.-al-d,

377 millions paid on death claims and 55119 millions to living policy lioldcrs. i

Many writers of science fiction have had their imaginative speculations made a real- ity by scientific developments in recent years. The latest case of fiction becoming fact is that of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". The Vienna Psychiatric Clinic now has a drug which in- duces split personality. It. is stated that an injection can temporarily release a second personality. The grape has been doing: the same thing throufzhout history.

"Twentieth Century civilization appear- cd to have reached a peak of some sort the other day with the announcement that. science has produced it television set that

Anyone who entertains concern aboutlrecelves and exhibits two different pro- future markets for animal products, writcsl grams at the same time." says the Victoria Grant MacEwcn in the Winnipeg FrcclTimes. "This enables the owner to super. Press. would do well to cxaniinc the Inns:-iimposc. for instance, a ten-year-old cowboy time trend in livestock numbcrs as it is rc-ymovie with J! present-day plot. on I pres- llted t0 human D0DUlr'1il0"- lcnt-day comedian with ten-year-old jokes.

Canada and the United States. consid-lThc result. is discntanglcd with polaroid ered jointly. had 41 per cent more cattle lenses similar to 3D spectacles and is guar- ln 1953 than they had Ri ihc hciiinnini: ofianteed to please at least two members of the present century but, only 66 per centlevery TV family. Only one frail defence as many cattle t'or every thousand of hu- stands between us and this latest inhumane min P0DUl&tion. At 1900 the two countries invasion. The price of the new double- had 900 cattle per thousand human popula-xlealing set is 32.000. But science is work- tion and in 1953. with A total of 103.696.-ling on this problem. too. and threatens to ooo. cattle. the"? Were only 600 head pcrtlower the cost to 8600. Then will man's thousand De0Pl9- ldownfall be complete-until someone in-

The situation is not materially different ' vents I three-way program set-Ind in liv- when cheep and pigs are considered. Re- lmz-rooms all over the land two horrors ' ' riltattle, sheep and pigs to cattle will bloom where. there was but one be- (it hing assumed that three pigs or fore."

cattle Markets

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

Lighting The Pathway To Health.

With Mud

Today's world still makes wide- SDl'i?Hd use of I down-to-earth building material-eailii itself.

Along the Nile, mud bricks that

, To-"m won't. wash away in the rain prom- Our little system have their day: ise to solve I 6,000-year-old hous- They have their tiny and ceasr to mg problem 0; me Egypmm V31. 135: ingrr, the fellah. They are but broken lights of thee. Modem motels and museums go. And thou, 0 Lord, art more than mg up in Arizona and New Mex.

FROM IN MEM0lllAYt'l

l-hCl'- ice are made of mud and straw.

In Israel, Rhodesll Ind Australia

WC have bill Mil-hi WE C8l'm0i crdinary dirt is pounded into know. walls of new houses. i

For knowledge is of tiiiiigs we st-c;l A11 ac.-055 the pal-mfg dripr Mid Yet We iYU5'- ll Chm” from ri-fzions, the National Geographic Chee. society says, men build with earth A beam in darkness; let It ii'WW- in three chief ways: simple mud blocks. Idobe. Incl pise de terre or Let knowledge grow from more to rammed earth, more. - But more of rnvcrcncc in us dwells 'fh.'it mind and soul. zzcrurrlim: wcll. l,y5( sll-,.l,.-.1 mull squafcs and soil May make one musr: as before. lllcm guy, to dry in thy: sun is un.i t known. For It least 6.000 yearsi But vaailer. We are fools and slight: such bricks have sheltered Egyp. We mock thee when we do not fear; tisns ekii-ix their living from the But help my fochsh ones to bear. Nile Valley. Mesopotamian and Help thy vain Ivoritis to bear thy oarly Greek civilizations were lillhin .foundcrl on humble mud blocks.

0 How long (ago prehistoric man

In Egypt the making of sun- drled mud brick hIs not changed one jot since before the Phar- aohs. Dark gray Nile slit. mixed with sand or barley straw, is shztpcd in lhc snnic wooden mold and left to dry in the same an-i cicat manner.

0

-Lord Tennyson

liicreasiiil; Our

Knowledge

(International Union for the Pro-l

When infrequent but torrentiIl' tection of Nature) 1”"?! ' gilhhgeggxff llgflni Ij,ll.S S AW '. ,'. "l . . Rabbits. myxumamsisl and NW cvcr, ll Point Four technical l("llIlll t.ure's equilibrium. - If there be Minckcd "la nwblcnh d'."'h'”."gl one aspect of Nature Protectionla wM."."Msm"' mud bmlk with . - materials available. to the villagers. mm” "mi i""”h"- "3'C”””d Wt Vfud mixed with emulsified as- strike the imagination and make nllnll pl,” mllm. mplllml. nl conln the public aware of the iinport- lu ,',,ud ll.,,.ll.l(' wall. wllll ml"; ancc of :1 i'caron:vblc and xiicllllll-"aging mlllnllll, ulralllll. has my thought, out. applwatiou of Nature ' . coiiservation, it is that of me con.l '-T I-PjTT"T"l sequences of H rupture of niitu'ral,f0 spelifd 111 In l1M'm-inf! mllmef-l equilibrium. brought about by theill 1! hired lrhklv V-he home bred deliberate or 1il'iCDll:Cl0US inter-idomestic rabbit may be infected? vention of Man. The l.U.P.N, is with even greater virulence and constantly plrocciipicd by thcl rapidity than the others. The AI- nccessity of ca hug attciitioii to thci S0015"-l0l1 recommmds lhe Emilio!” morc striking examples of suchlment. of I vnccin to render these ruptures. The case of rabbits and- animals immune. such I; has been. myxomatosls illustrates. unfortun-iaiready employed in France. but lately; only too perfectly, the do.--lit. action is only partial and not trlnc we have bccn at pains toltntally effective. The disease seems lilclilflalc. Ei'cl'ynnI: kiinwr. Ilic his-lll0W to have reached the country tory of the Iilii'0(ii.iCll(ill of the north of Cololmi" 1" Fmh" "'DF0', F-l1Y0Denn rabbit. In ALi.sll'illi.'I inicussioiis multiply and the most' 1859 and their rapid expansion violent controversies have followed. during the succeeding years despite Sportsmen. deprived of their name the various means nmployed toiarc naturally furious, but: some destroy them; (llll;10PS. birds oil foi'c5ters, on the other hand. con- prcy, snakes. pmsnn. bull liO7.Pl'S, izrntulnte themselves on the extinc- ctr. ACC(7iitllll,'.' to rrrrnt st.ntistics,ltion of rabbits. and have visions these rabbits Ric up as much grass of the revival of iu.ani' HUYSETY as would have fed forty milltonlplnntations, especially of young shepp. lbrlch frees, up to the present often As a last rcsorl, R virus, destroyed by these rodents. The My'X()illlliU:lS, ltillcii spre:ids' heiihousese are meantime decimat- throug.i msccts iniusquuocsi andi cd by foxes, who used to like rab- birds was employed. It. l'.IUS(lSlbliS, but now attack poultry, and tumours, purulent coiijuiictivitusf a'so pheusaiits and partridge, much scvcre oedema and is tmnliy fatal to the disgust of sportsmen. to wild as well as domesticated I ' '

Eiiropeaii rabbits. In a few mnnt.hs.i Then the hiircd. I species un- sattsfnr-,tm-y fctsltlls wcic fli)li'iln(ill.l friendly to the rabbit. and their and many hundred millions ofirncial enemy, have taken I new these rodents were destroyed. Hnw- lease of life Ind begin to increase ever the Parisian Review "La NI- - but latest. accounts seem to ture", already last March. called report. that hares may not be lin- ntbcntion to the fact. that one nflmuno from the possibility of the animals thwt. pi-eyed on t.hc rub-l myxomatoxis - and thus an oscil- bits, the dingo. or wild dog. isillatiruz modification of animal now troubling the sheep fai'mci-sqequtltbiluni is going on in France chiefly in Queensland. They nrcliodny, and will, without doubt, invading the country in qurst. nflnccur in Europe tomorrow. There new preys, to replace the exter- is another grave consequence, the. mlnated rabbits. which used In pro-l epizootlc disease seems to induce vidc their customary fond. To get maladies Iinomz game keepers Ind rid of thrm. the employirniit of consumers of these deId rabbits, poisoned baited food is suggested. such as I febril state. conjunctivitis But. will the chain of destruction and inflammation of the mucous end there? membranes of the mouth. An in- f 0 0 qulry is nid to belopened for un- The ravages in France from the intentional injury. Furriers, of clandestine lntrorluctioii of the course. have to export. their rab- snme virus by a Doctor A. Delillc. bit. skin: from Ibroiid. are well known. Not. unlike that Better Itill. In mwrprofeuiomil w-tr.ard'I Ipprentlce. and wishing association. grouping aunsrnlthl. to get rid of the rabbits on his fur merchants Ind sportsmen. hu property, he inoculated two of been formed to defend their inter- tht-Ie nnimnlii in June, 1952. At. the ests against the consequencu of present. moment hall mu: tropai-l- myxomatom. And. though this re- ments of France are infected: in port. is not yet confirmed. In echo certain districts nine tenths of the reaches us t.hIt Ittempta have been wild rabbits hIve been killed. made to introduce the American Domestic i-Ibblta Ire Ilso hit in rabbit. tsylvmgus) into In cc. their turn. The disease did not with the object. of i-epo ulstlng er- stop It the French frontier: Bel- taln shooting groun I. If this slum, Holland. the Rhlnelnnd, and rumour be exact, further dli-asters quite recently England. where Dr. will lie ahead. because the spectra Dellilets experiment seems to have of rabbit in question has no edible been repeated. are also contamln- viiluc. ltd hide ll worth nothlnu

I d. and its -iidnptlve quIllt.leI to the a September, 1953. the Ger- moat various hIbltItI exceptional. man. Hunters Club. becomlnx How (Ir will this disturbance

Ilsnned, thought it expedient to caused by the oont.IinlnIt.lon of publish I Ipeclsi notice about the just two rabbit: in? A dilturbonce

Ippesred first In the Mannheim I slight. flick of the fingers nukes

(National Geogr

apartment house:

And Earth

Iphlc Society)

vised adobe construction in the southwest United States.

When the first Spanish explor- er: and missionaries came to New Mexico. they found Indian pueblo with golden- hued wIlls. Elsewhere, long be- fore Europeans came, Indians were living in earth-covered hogans.

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The Indians built without bricks. pouring wet. mud like concrete or using it like plaster. The SpIri- ish, helrs of Egyptian brickmIk- iiig methods via North Africa's Moors, brought that art. to the Americas.

Adobe": renaissance today after: more than just reglonIl atmos- phere. Thick esrth wplia Ire warm in winter. cool in summer, and inrxprnsivc. On A blazing day cast- ern visitors somctimcs walk into an adobe hotel room and demand. "Shut off that air-conditioning."

In the Rhone Valley of France farmhouses that Ire occupied to- day were built of rammed earth- "pise do terrc"- 600 to non years ago.

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Pise is sandy loam pounded be- tween wooden forms until it rings with hardness. Then the forms are moved upward. and another scctlnn of wall is tampcd into place. The final product is like siindstone, ii weather - resistant monolithic slab.

A house of rammed earth built in St. Augustine. Florida, in 1556 still stands. Thomas Jefferson built. several outbuildings It Mont- itclio of pounded dirt. A thri-on storcy rammed earth mansion built in 1773 stood in Washington. DC. until it was torn down in 1950. In l'l5CPnt Yl'll"!, plsc has attracted arciiitccts' attention all river the worlfl, and many A person has

lhuilt his own home from the good

r.-irth on which it stands.

Old Charlottetown um P. I. i.)

CALEDONPAN GATHERING

"'I'hc first. annual gutitie-i'lnx of the Caledonia Club took place on Government House grounds on Wednesday last. and Wu in all re- specta I most. creditable affair. The managing committee spared neithr-r pains nor expense in mak- ing their arrangements. The space allotted for the oompet.lt.ors.judize-sl and membem of the Club was neatly enclosed. In addition to temporary benches inside the en- closure. I large unwalled shcd. with raised seats, was erected It. one side of it for” the accom- modatlon of the fair sex. In the centre of Lhc she:-l' were cushioned chairs for Mrs, Dundu. His Ex- cellency the Lieutenant. Governor. and his Iuitc.

"At ten o'clock the lll"nll)9l'5 of the Club. together wihh ilhc of- fvcei-I of t.hr Benevolent Irish sa- ctety, formed I proeeuimi It Masonic Hall. and with banners flying. marched to the m-minds to the wild thrilling Iti-ninI of the bag-plpcs, Thr number ofspectators was between three and four thous- and. From In early hour in bhn morning they were pouring into the City from all the Idzlacent dis- tficia. King's and Prince Oountlc-I contributed their quotas. Nova scotin, too. sent her representa- tlves. Indeed, the gathering was one of which Scotchmen might well be proud. The bent. of order and harmony pi-culled during the day. We did not see I dninlfcn man in the whole Issemlblauc. The frames. etc. commenced Ibout. ll o'clock. Ind were kept. up with great spirit Ind nnlmatlon till 6 p m. 'mlI was the first I.t.tAmpt of anything at tfl-ilI kind in Prince Edward Island."

--The Islander, Aug. l0. IMO

I lH'IH'I',h you therefore. breth- ran, by the monies of God. that ye present your bodies I livtlix

Gal, which II your rononohle Ian- vlee. And be not conformed to Halo world: but be ye trons! ... ed bytbercnewlngofyoninhid. tint ye may prove what is that good, and i-eceptable, Ind perfect.

invasion of myxomatosls. which I which reminds one exactly of how

dlatrlct. and has since continued I whole house of card: collapse?

will of Gui.

''than their mothers were

Iacrlflcr. holy, Iceepuhle unt.o'

1; Notes B):

An ability to

caddie.-Hamilton Spectator.

High school xii-ls arr same age.

through middle age . . . problem.-Sault Ste. Marie Star.

cident.

vanced for his good

-Sudbury Star.

tlonsl disgrace. that never ends.

ican casiialtlcs were

the United States and of about ll5,000 were f:italitics-al- most fivc limcs as miny as caus- ed by war!-Mount Ycrnon. N.Y.. Argus.

Unfortunately many hotel own- ers view the beverarc room as their "pot of gold." Many. in fact, Pflit"l' the hotel busiiicss sole- l:.- for the purpose of mrikinz money from beer rooms. In fact many wouldn't be hotelmen but for thIt quest for liquor gold. On the other hand Owen Sound of- fers very definite evidence that there is good money in thc iinfci business nsldc cntirclv from the liquor revenues. This cityx two main hotels rank high with any to be found in other centres of similar size.-Owcn Sound Sim- Times.

winter climate, there are few who travel by snowshoe. But in some parts of Canada. it isn't I lost art. More than 3.000 men and women are attending the Annual inter- national Snowshoe-rs convention at St. Johns. Quebec. Two walked up from the New Emzland states on snowshoes, one 265 miles and the other 319. Snowshoes made I most valuable contribution to the uiriy exploration and development of Canada. The voymzcurs used their canoes and batcaux durini: summer. In wlnlnr they muthcd on snowshoes behind their dog- teams or. indeed. often ahead to break trail. In the-' Narthliind. thev still are R boon to trappers and others who travel over the tundra.--Windsor Daily Star.