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' Monn.(iTJXi.iEXiiv. 9. 1956

A lrying Weekend Prince ladward island is usually free from violent disruptions of any kind, but the breakdown in power and communication services re- sulting from the week-end sleet storms falls well within this cate- gory. Many sections of the Prov- ince are still laboring under emer- gency conditions, and it will be weeks before the damage can be fully repaired. Thousands of tele- phone poles are down. and some tommu-nities are completely shut off from communicatioii of any kind. Many transmission lines have sti-ffered gas well, and those dcpcntl- ing upon electrical power for heat- ingfcookiiig, refrigeration and in- dtistriatl purposes h..'-ive had a tr)- ing time. Coiiipli-to rlisi-uptinii is W- ported from Summerside and vicin- ity, with little prospect of improve- ment for some days. This is a. time when the virtue of cooperation aniong neighbors and communities. which was a nmrked feature of our pioneer past, comes into full play. l-laniilies adversely iaflected are being zikled on a whole- sale scale by those. more foi'tuiiat.e- ly situated. Among the worst sui- ferers are small children, and in many cases these have been remov- ed from unheated homes to the genial A comfort of old-fashioned stoyegifand furnaces in neighboring housem" " ft in this battle with the eleincnts the unsung heroes are the linesmen of the telephone, telegraph and e1ect.u'c..companies who are working day a'i1'd”' night under tremendous difficulties. Now that the weathei has cleared, their work will be less '”'-b dangtintou-s” nd they will be able to ' mak5Ti6i7e rapid progress. All con- nected with these utilities are hand- ling heavy responsibilities at pre- sent. The public can help by being as patient as possible, for it is quitt: impossible to service all sections of the Prnviilce at once and emeigclicy reqiiirenient.s are being dealt with .; as quickly ns'l'ncilities permit.

This Province still has a long g way logo in rural eiecti'ification, but the havoc wrought. in disrup-

tion of rural services indicates the progress we have made in this re- spect in recent years. There is no benefit without some corresponding possibility of mischance. The ex- pcrleriirv oi the past few clays is for- tunately as rare as it is unwelcome; and it would be much worse. But it w c-oiistiliites H st-rioiis emergency 101' l thousuiitls of our citizens a-ml must be dealt with on that liasis.

Our New Building

; Last week was ”iiim'ing wt--ck" at. The Uuartliaii, every day being occupied wilii nioxing equipment

and nlRt'llllll3l') from the old I)llll(i- ing to the roiinnodlous new one on the opposite sl.le of Priiicr For several weeks before the t.'hrist- mas fidlldays preparations were. go- ing on, and the trziiisfer of one de- l partment after another to the new l )1 quarters, wlth as little disruption t as possible to the daily routine. has been expedited by the zeal and ('0- , operotion of all concerned. If llicriv f was I little sentimental regret at --i' leaving the old home. which had

. Iervdd its purpose so well for many 7 I: years, there was a great deal of sat-

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1 I it with tmisalng a single edlton, and t i in fhl prospect of working under . grea y improved conditions for all 3:5 meinlim of the start.

' 5 are, of course. proud of the new piuardlan Building and the W mdaflcent fucllltlol it provides for '., oervlgng Prince Edward ,Island .- dong" modern newspaper lines. It is - planned to have an official opening i h Sprhg. to which all our citi- be cordlnlly invited Ind at Ivory opportunity will be nuklm I full inspection of

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lsfacflon in being able to do so .

uid everyone ivho hu had occasion to move household belongings from one home to another will appreciate the nature of the task on the larger scale involved in the newspaper business.

It has been an exciting as well an arduous experience, for it has meant not only a change of domicile but new techniques, adjustments and improvements all along the line, in office and newsroom methods as well as in mechanical operation in the composing room, preu room and other departments. Many of these changes were overdue in view of The Guardianls increasing cir- culation and the demands on our advertising mace. Normally they would have come about gradually, but the modern design of the new building and the increased accom- modation provided enables them to he done more conveniently at this time.

Work in the press room is still going on and it will be some months before the full press facilities will be available. But today sees our first edition from the new plant. and the t-liuii,r:eover finally accomplished after months of planning and pre- pareitioii. We trust that we shall nieiisure up to our new opPbrtuni- tics and responsibilities in every- thing: that concerns the interests of our community and Province, and with full faith and confidence in the glowing predictions made -in the New Year's greetings from our gov- ernment and municipal leaders with regard to Prince Edward Island's future. l

Farm Revenue Problem

mien Parliament meets this week it will face many problems. but one of the most important, sure- i), is that of farm, income. In prac- tically every other major field. Caiiadals economy is booming. But farm revenue mi; been declining and no gains elsewhere can compen- sate for this regression.

In his statement to the federal- provmcial agricultural conference last month, Mr. H. H. Hannam, pre- sident of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, pointed to some of the reasons for this disturbing trend. ”Canadian agriculture," he said, "finds itself caught by the pil- ing up of world agricultural produc- tion, which is, temporarily at least, running ahead of effective demand for its products.

”While world trade in non-agrl- cultural goods is 40 percent above pre-war, world trade in farm pro- ducts is about on the same level as in the immediate pre-war period. The position of agriculture in Can-

ada, faced with .1. lagging world.

trade in farm products, would un- doubtedly be disastrous, were it not for the high general level of con-

sumer purchasing power in the do-

mestic market; a measure of"secur- ity provided by farm price Iupportl; the advantages of orderly market- ing through marketing boards, pro- ducer cooperatives and the Cana- dian Wheat Board, and other val- uable features of our farm pro- gram."

Canada is by no means unique in this contrast between the position of agriculture andthnt of the rest of the economy. In the United States, in spite of a price support program for basic commodities at much higher let els than in Canada, prices of farm products are steadily slipping. The last conference of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) re ported that producers were in some degree of difficulty in nearly all farming regions, especially in coun- tries which are important agricul- tural exporters.

EDITORAL NOTES

Officials and keepers at London Zoo are now beginning their biggest job of the year-counting the var- ious inmates in the 80-odd houses and enclosures. No stone will be left unturnerl during the annual

ick-taking-especially in the rep tilc house Mil0I'C tne staff have to search for their tinier charges un- der pieces of rock. I I 0

According to I mport In -the New York Times, Canadian Af- fairs Minister Pearson found on his visit to India that the people of that country appear to be more grateful to the Soviet Union for tho "prom- lu" of 81(1) million than they are to the United StItaI fdr giving them outright more than four times as much. i

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Waller Fluoridation

l)t.t.pvwn Citizen

in view of the renewed interest in water fluoridation following the Brantford. Ontario, and fxeirburgh, N. Y.. reports. a recent iiulgmcnt of the Supreme Court of New Bruns- wick is of some interest

Chief Justice lilciV2-tir iulctl that under the provisions in the Public Hellth Act of New Brunswick it in illegal to add fluorides to a mun- icipal water supply. lle agreed that fluorine was a substance which. under certain conditions and in cer- tain quantities. could prove harm- ful

Propohents of fluoridation fear that Chief Justice McNair's ruling may be misinterpred. They point out that far from condemning fluoridation as -it is being pract- iced today he was, in effect. mer- ely stating that the prcunt Pub- lic Health Act makes no provision for the addition of fluorine to mun- icipnl water supplies. ATIENDMENT T0 ACT

Certainly this appears to be the in-terpi-elation placed on the judg- ment by the provincial govern- ment, which has given notice that it will seek an amendment to the act which will legalize the use of fluorides.

Those who have closely studied the subject are the first to admit that an excess of fluoride is Just an undesirable as a total lack of it.

Thier investigations h a v e dis- closed that while the pi'csciict- of fluorides in water to the proportion of 1.02 to 1.2 parts per million of water reduces tooth decay in child- ren, mottling of teeth begins to occur when the fluoride content ex- ceeds 1.5 parts per million. At this piont mottling could be noticed only by a dentist. but when the fluoride content I ” three or four parts per million then discoloration would be upparenl tn the ordinary ob- server.

For instance. allliuugli the water supply of the city of Stratfurd con- tains 1.6 ppm. of natural fluorine, the residents have remarkably fine teeth and any mottling which oc- curs can be detected only by n dentist looking for signs of it.

Strangely enough, the beneficial results to be obtained from the con- trolled usc of fluorides were dis- covered durlng an investigation in- to the mottling of the teeth of school children in Colorado Springs. Dr. Frederick MCKSY, a dentist, discovered that when mottled en- Imel was found the incidence of tooth decay was lower than usual.

Investigating the mottled teeth phenomenon, he found one smal village where all of the teeth of all of the children were actually black. Yet at the same time hardly any of the children had any tooth de- cIy. lie prrsiiadcd the village auth- orities to find another water supply, Ind at the end of eight years he returned to find the children brought up on the new supply all had white teeth. But to his dismay, he also found that the incidence of tooth decay was amazingly high.

Apparently Dr. McKay now be- gan to realize. or at least .-its-pect. that the preiimt-c or abiienre of fluoride; liId much to do with the presence or absence of mottled teeth and tooth decay. CONVINCING REPORTS t

one cIn skip the long interven- ing years of research and study into fluoridation which have cul- minated in the Brnntford and New- burgli reports. in brief. these stud- ln revealed that thr right per- centage of fluorine in the water meons Iounrl teeth. The studies IlIo showed that while many wells likes and streams contain fluorine. moot lbrgcr lnkea and rivers from which municipal water nupplleii nro obtained contain little if any.

Artlflclol fluurldntlon Ippurod to be the Answer.

At "e anti-fluorldatlonhilr be- gun to nine tlin fluorides applied by Ilture were present in a dif- ferent from from time applied by men. But their Irgument failed to hold up when they were unable to

dlsclou in win! form fluoride in lmolll in inter. No one known h who! form fluoride in pre- uulacbaucdau-lnauncc.wliere

of water. No one Q to than IA Ind-

ium fluoride. calcium fluorble, magnesium fluoride. Ind Io on.

The simple reason for this lack of knowledge is that the fluoride content is generally so small, as compared to the other naturally ori-iiri-ing mineral constituents. that it is difficult to determine which particular mineral it is bound up with.

So far as the sea in concerned it Wlllld appear that nature has made an almost perfect job of fluoridating it. one can't drink sel water. of course. because of its high salt content. but the people of India. who obtain their unit sup- ply from the sea, have exception- ally good teeth.

A good many thousand Canad- ians have been drinking naturally fluoridated water all their lives, many of them quite unaware of this fact. This occurs where they obrain their drinking water from wells, the water of which has pas- sed through fluorldltod strata of the earth.

IN rooD.' T00 And sometimes. as "

Beauty that shares repose and unrepose. The spiritual form of God's own A , face I "1 In ” t- of -" ' grace.

ROSES WlL'l'

WHEN

Wllcl. roses will. and withered grapevine: freeze

Against gray walls no longer L-lambers.

When moaning winds among the leafless trees

Discourse anew of long-ago Dec- embers.

And the dusk ShUddGX'a as pale shadows dart

Into an ever-darkening tomorrow

That lengthen: onward -- for the

. grieving heart

Whit IolIce, atoning these, up heal luck sorrow?

What solace? - Sorrows ulf. The selfsame grief

That blends the which man with the wilted rose

Unblends them to reveal, in bu- relief,

when lifc

Colorado, some Canadians get too much. In cooperation with the New Brunswick health authorities. the University of New Brunswick recently conducted an investigat- ion into the fluoride content of com- mercinl wells in various parts of th: province. While it was found that the majority of water: tested had a fluoride content of less than 0.3 ppm., some went In high Is L36 ppm. tPIrkside School. In the Moncton area); Ind Ivan 2.66. p which was discovered at the Cover- dale Naval Station.

Her Nature had certainly over- done her job.

But not only do thousand of Can-

After hearing about him for weeks on the "jungle telegraph," A primitive lost tribe In New Guinea's wild centrll mountains has finally met the white mIn fare to face.

An Australian patrol. searching for airport sites in the area. found the tribe in I small chain of vai- leys isolated by dense rain forests northwest of the administrative outpost of Tart.

The natives. culled Dunns by Australians. indlcnted by signs that. though they'd never before se:n white men, they knew they had dropped from the sky.

It was A sound piece of native reasoning since plnnes hId made an extensive aerial survey of the region before the patrol hacked it! way In during I foot-wurylng 6!- day journey. The Dunn lud 'lIeIrd the jungle drums rap" iut I mes- sage that the big pines belonged to white men.

WEAR FANCY W10!

Membern of the Auntralian pu- rol found the Dunn friendly, but the fancy wigs. pierced noses Ind earlobes of most of the trlbesmcn gave them I grim Ippuunco It first glance.

The My Ire one of the most an-lking footuru of the Dunn. vbo Ire lyplcll mountain mon.Iborf and sturdy with well developed chests. Each wig In elaborately nude Ind reveals the Dunu' pride -and mlafry in person! crumm- fntloii. lame are made from vul- ouI shade! of opossum fur. lull dry leovol are cunnlngly and for other: to achieve I llnli cult of- fect. with ouch luf ovorhpplnj n- other.

New Guinea's Lost Tribe

by Rex lulu Associated Preu. Canberra

-Percy Mncxlyo in the New York TimoI.

Idlnl got their fluorine daily VII nItunl wator Iuppllu but every single citizen regularly consumes fluorides in the food that he ecu.

Canned ulmon, for ' stance, lI high in fluorldu-from 8.5 In 9.0 ppm.

Rye bread contIl.Iu 5.3 parts per million of fluoride: dry in, no to so put: (one cup of tea from I to 12 para, liver 1.5 to 1.8 puts. chicken 1.7 parts. but 1.! porn.

And the lowly but populIr frank- furter contulns 1.1 pu-tic.

The arrows are designed with typical nItive cruelly Ind cunning. some are elaborately cnrvnd Ind and in long needle points ringed with n lhIllow cut to mnke certain they break off in the wounds. Others have sharp teeth cut into

Medically t Speaking

WORRY AND FEAR MAKE

LABOR MORE DIEFICULT.

Don't far childbirth!

worry and far about labor pain only uuku the Min worse. If we can dispel the fear many expectlnt mother: hIvo. pi-Ictlcally Ill un- complicated labor cues may be- come vii-tuIlly rhnleu.

In fact. I British surgeon, Dr. Gnarly Dick RoId,predlcts se- vere pain can be avoided or abol- lllhod entirely in at lens! 90 per oont of deliveries by eliminating tuulon Indfear,

The muons for this are rela- tively simple.

Both fur and pain are mecha- nlnns dolilned to protect your body. They alert it to the threat or presence of injury.

Fear cIuIeI tendon in the uter- uI during lnbor and pain usually results.

Writing in the Western Journal of Surgery Dr. Read explains this Ictlon.

Muscles supplied by the sym- pIt.betlc nervous system contract when I person experiences fear.

CIRCULAR FIBERS

The ,cl.rculIr fibers are the only muscles of the uterus with I sym pathetic nerve supply. 'f'h.srefore, contrIct.lon of these muscles dur- In labor inhibits the natural ef- fort: (I the longitudinal muscles to enlarge the cervix to expel the lllby. -

This combination of pain arid fen results in I vicious cycle. The far cIuaes the pain and the pain intenolfles the fear. This in turn Increases the tension. Use of an- uthuln, luckily, permits us to in- terrupt this cycle. But we must do more than use drugs to solve the problem.

We've got to replace ignorance and fear of childbirth with under- stInding Ind confidence.

If you are expecting a baby. have your physician explain the entire mechanism of delivery. Alsu. seek hisadvlce about personal hyg- iene and physical fitness. Then follow his advice.

And. above all. don't. worry about that approaching blessed event. Women have been having babies. you know. for a long. long time.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

Mrs. 0.M.: 1 have been tvhl I will have twins next month. Can I breast-feed both babies?

Answer: Yes. there should be no reason why you cannot breast-feed both babies.

A New City (Ottawa Citizen)

As of Januuy l. Canada has at new city. It comes into being on the west coast. of Newfoundland llld it is the ruult of the welding together of four separlte com- rn ”' all dependent on the pulp Ind pIper industry. into one munlclpIl administration. The films of this new city will already be fImlllIr to most CInadlans- Corner Brook. It is pleasant to know thIf It hasn't acquired I more pretentious label along with cltyhood.

Although this region has been

” quite rapidly in recent years. the population of enlarged Corner Brook in no more than H.000. But if Newfoundland is given every opportunity to share ill the nItlonnl -development there seems sco reason why Corner Brook ould not flourish, and at number of other centers as well. This h on of the matters under review by the Gordon t ' on CInIdI's economic prospects u it makes its broad survey of the nation.

The Age Old Story

the word that I said unto you.. "The nervlnt in not greater thin bl: Lord."

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The smali garden patches cleared in the forest show the lack of steel tools. and tree stumps have a chewed off appearance caused by the thousands of blows from the Dunas' small stone axes

the aide: Ind Ire painted red or

which Iu used to fell trees.

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ofthecar.Theopg-ate;-gqggmor vehicle must oxerciu wary pog. slble preuutlon, but tn. pgdggt. rim too bu ruponllbllmu. -OttIwI Journal.

Why does I ski nllce on snow! Dr. F. P.. Bowdeu, reader In phyu. cal chemistry at Cambridge Us lverslty and an enthunllltic skin. has been making some txpoz-imam, Skis move forward on the fun film of water fgrmod when friction makes the snow melt. The wax ou- lncquer with which skis are tuned helps to produce the right kind of friction.

Mqiy people take pic cl; laying out some kind of feed for me birds during Winter, but it may not occur to them t.hIt birds need water also. They thlnt up well as hunger, and a saucer or some other dishful of water uhould supplement the food. Only those who give food to.the little feathered creature: who brave- ly stay here all Winter know the satisfaction of seeing them nutm- down in an instant and'swarm ovr the bread or grain, twittering and chattering their gratitude m. St. Thomas Times-Journal.

To those who live in Labrador WE-TIBVC a clear and direct obli- gation. 'f'hey.arc cltizeiu of New- foundland. They must have equal services and economic protection or aid, But we do not have people to worry about In the hinterland of bahitadur and there the quest- ion is whether the creation of new wealth can benefit us most through the establishment of Newfoundland colonies in these areas or the use of revenues derived from new in- dustries for the purpose or strength. 011108 the economy of the island of V:-wfoundlanrl 48' '-lmx vows.

ln allowing both the s and 11.. K forms I for pronouncing Celtic). the dictionary goes on to state the latter is especially British. Which y be su, but our own recollect-

ions run to the contrary. Invd;-1. ,

ably Celtic. as opposed to Kellie, was used. as we remember. In an case of the well known football club at Parkhead. in Glasguwls east end, it is the Celtic, with lhg individual players Celts. That is what. their supporters call them.

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What other clubs and fan: b ' ' g them might say is I quite amu- ent matter having no place in this comment. Oiielm ch.-onicie Tclegraiili.

Ctuunla'n annual mvunwry of un- claimed wealth lists the subllantlol and attractive sum of 3.'i8,I0o,No. Mostly it is tn the bonds and av- ings certificates of two wan. Some of it has gone unclaimed tu- as long as 40 years. Some of it never will reach its owners, for death doubtless has removed many of them. Yet the fact that some securities have gathered dust for three or four decades don not mean they will go by deflult. Ot. tawa reports that a few months ago 371 in World War 1 swing certificates were submitted for payment. its an odd quirk of hu- man nature that presumed heir! to bogus estates will pay good money lo press their "clnimn." yet more than in sound securities goes begging for owners, decade after decade. -Windsor

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