Lovers Prince Edward lslnnu Like the Dew

:“l3l.l§!’l@l'9 every week-day mornlniz at I65 Priiwr. Stu-.eI "l”’=*“'"tl-P10‘-vii. P.E..l., by the Thomson Company Ltd, [an A. Burnett. Publisher and General Manager

- Frank Walker. Editor Member Caonadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Member of l‘he Canadian Pren R Member Adult Bureau of Circulation: !'!1rh niiiees at Summcrside. Montague and Alberto:

arm:-so-ted Nationally by" Th Newspaper: Advertising Service 14 King Street west ’I‘nrr)nl.o, (im,

64.0 Cathcarl St. 'i\/Ionlreai 1030 West Georgia Street, Vancouver 8.! Carl‘.-er Charlottetown, Sumi-nerside $13.0!) pa .5. ‘mm Elsewhere in P.E.l $9.0C Other Provinces and US £12.00 vet annum

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Signs Oi Spring

one looks carefully these days al,o‘ng_'the flower border at the sunny of__ the house, one can see the criiciises, the daffodills and the hy- adihths peeping through the ground. Suu'e.messengers of Spring, whatever va§j;'ia.tions the weather may take in the next few weeks, they tell of the ‘perennial resurrection of life inherent

. inf-Nature’s pattern. Science cannot

eiéplain .it—-thank Heavens! --and scepticism cannot deny it. As for the foolish man,who says in his heart “l:hei'e is no’God”, there is no place his kind of thinking on a bright morning when daffodills and their kindred are looking ‘towards the sun. One is reminded of the philosopher

who declared that if he had but two,

loaves of bread he would sell one and’ buy hyacinths “for they would feed my soul”. (

;_The birds who thought it well to take the risk and stay on despite the wintry weather rather than fly to uncertainties unknown‘ are already showing 9. little less interest in the food which they have been receiving fromfriendly larders. Soon they will be going off into. wooded places,

grateful for what was done for them A

but anxious and ready to look after themselves. And the robin, the first of the summer birds, will be along any day now to look forward to many

exciting experiences and to bring a.,

little extra. enchantment into human

lives. I A Yes, winter is gradually surrender-

ing its hold and “in green undorwood

and." cover, blossom by blossom tho _ _

Spring begins.”

“Meclically Speaking

The Liberals have an able spokes-

Zl in Mr. J. 0. C. Campbell, whoa’:

brief address at Mr; Pearso'n’s meet-.1 ing in Charlottetown was a highlight of the evening. The Queen’: County

candidate was both persiisasive.and..

entertaining; but perhaps he ‘did not see the full implications of his com- parison of the Diefenbaker policy of public works and specialgrants to the Maritimes to one in which “the "patient was being offered a sedative while the doctor made no attempt to find a remedy.”

The ‘\‘patient” in this case was un- A

der treatment by Liberal physicians

for twenty-two years, during which or

time he went from bad to worse. His. moribund condition was well describ-

ed in the harrowing terms of the ‘

Gordon Report. The relatives became so alarmed thatthey called in a new, doctor nine months ago, whose first duty may well have been to adminis- ter a “sedative” to tide the victim

over his crisis. But other treatment

followed, which has proven so effec- tive that there is now no question as to the patient’s chances of survival and -ultimate recovery. Provided, of course, that he remains under the same expert care. '

Tunnel Agilalion Recalled

With the Northumberland Strait Causeway survey now definitely un- der way, it is worth recalling the long agitation for other means of linking thisoProvince with the mainland. A causeway appeared much less feas- ible at that time than a tunnel. The tunnel project seems first to have been broached seriously by Senator G. W. I-Iowlan in 1884. Two years later, government engineers made it survey of the rock formation in the bottom of the Strait. The borings proved that such a project was tech- nically possible. But nothing was done, though a second, confirming survey was made in 1887.

in 1891 the tunnel idea popped up again, this time as a result of a de- tailed survey and report made by Sir Douglas Fox. He gave specifications a,.nd"considei'e<i that a tunnel 18 feet in diameter could be «built for $11,,- 262500. But: again the project went no further than the planning stage.

Successive failures to provide sai- isfactory iceboat service gave the tunnel scheme another flurry on March 11, 1905, when a provincial res'olutioi1 called upon the Federal G(.‘\/'.El.’llYl'l€’.t1l. to “fulfill the iernis if union forthwith by (‘.?l.l.lSll1g a fyunnel toabo constructed. at the earliest pos- sible moment."

Again the schernz-. sliiiiibered until

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reawakened after the loss of the SS. Charlottetown and the long de- lay in getting work started on her successor. The tunnel possibility was freely discussed at the 1943 and 1944 sessions of the Legislature and on April 10, 1944, Transport Minister Michaud announced at Ottawa that engineers would make an on—the-spot survey in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick “to consider where the depth of a tunnel below highwater would be within practical engineering limitations.” The proposed construc- tion between Carleton Point and Cape Jourimain, he added, “appears to be of doubtful possibility. The main depth at which work would have to be executed between these two points cannot be less than 131 feet while the report on the proposal submitted by Sir Douglas Fox in 1891 placed the depth at 146 feet. Engineering prac- tice has not yet provided means whereby men could work in compress- ed air compartments beyond a ‘greater depth than .115'feet. Since no one can guarantee that a tunnel could be con- structed under the Northumberland. Strait using compressed air, the pro- ject would appear impracticable at that location.”

A year later Mr. Michaud turned “thumbs down" to the whole idea when he announced, in an-interview given at Halifax (March 9, 1945) that of the two proposals “the car ferry system seems to be the most prac- tical.” He added, however, that “none of the post-war projects has been definitely decided upon, agreed upon, or mapped out." . ~

There the‘ matter seems to have rested’ until the agitation in recent years for s. Causeway connection. As pointed out by Premier Matheson in the Legislature, this is now a much more feasible scheme. It is to be hoped that no further time will be lost in completing the survey and getting on with the work if the re- port should be favorable. It is fortunately not a. ‘political issue, as

both the major parties are pledged to action in this event.

TEDITORIAL NOTES

If the Christian Science Monitor says that a summit meeting will be held late this summer‘ in Nova Scotia, we are inclined to think there‘ is some- thing in it, despite official denial: from Washington. «The Monitor is noted for its emphasis on reliable reporting. It .1 1 l in .7

In their joy at giving consi ‘enable boost cheques in the course -of last year’: session, Liberal‘ -members of the

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public the necessity for the increase or the arbitrary manner in \which it

doubt, they will get around to it. C’ V “R " l

The gist of the election campaign is thus summed up by the. Winnipeg Tribune: “Mr. Diefenbaker is going around the country asking why the Liberals, who promised to cuttaxes to relieve unemployment, didn’t do so while in office. The answer, plainly, is that the country wasn’t faced with the current serious unemployment situation when the Liberals were in ‘office. The unemployment situation to which we refer, of course, is that of the lLiberals who are now out of office.” ‘ ‘ ‘ - -E i c

There is a difference of opinion between the U. S. Administration and the Congress on what measures would be more likely to ease unem- ployment. The Administration thinks‘ a large-scale tax reduction would be the more appropriate, while the Con- gress favours a “massive” public works program. A somewhat similar controversy marks the present elec- tion campaign in Canada. Perhaps a. reasonable combination of the two would help; That, of course, would "require deficit financing; butneither side to the dispute seems to think that would be unwise in the present circumstances.

a o w “The most embarrassing thing We

United Church Observer. “is when a _ well-meaning brother announces that those who give‘ cheques or make

donations in envelopes will get re-

ceipts for income tax purposes. We have no objection to claiming ex- emption‘ for charitable and church contributions. should be issued. We even wish the government would raise the exemp- tion permitted. But it’s bad taste to labor it in a service of worship. It’s obvious, too, that church people gen- erally" are very well informed on the matter. Sometimes we think it's good for us to give something to the

Lord. without getting credit for it from Ottawa.“

thénigéiéig a - in their pay‘

Legislature forgot to explain to the

was brought about. This‘ year, no,‘

hear in a religious service”, says the '

We think receipts “

, coincidence that the first Prime

» proportion in their numbers in the

‘ oooperage plant.

. urns’ endorse the opinion o! correc-

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Canadian - .Sco»i’rish ,iEnferprise . By Patrick Nicholson Special Correspondent for The Guardian

Glasgowfscotland: It was no

Minister of the Canadian confed-

eration was a man of Scottish -

birth. who had emigrated to Can- ada as the proverbial “barefoot boy.” ‘ ‘

,Scots have contributed to the development of Canada to a de- gree wluch has been out of all

Dominion. V ‘

So it was with. pride that I- learn éthat» this famous Clydeside port-city. which gave Canada Sir John A. Maodonald among many other welcome immigrants, has now received from Canada a con; tribution which is unique in -the British Isles. This is the prvate- enterprise Scottish Television sta- tion (STVl, which was founded hero in the lamoim old Theatre Royal by Canadian newspaper pu- blisher Roy Thomson last August, and which is already growing so fast that it has expanded all ov- or the old Hiram Walker whisky»- bottle store and the iour-storey

Unlikexcanada. Britain enjoys private TV stations competing di- rectly with -those of the state- controlled British Broadcasting Corporation. So it must be with considerable satisfaction to the bawbee-conscious Scots, who have Mr. Thomson’: STV, which the to pay a licence fee of $8.50 per year support the BBC they can alternatively tune in to station identification. slide -pro-

PU BLlC FORUM

This coliunn is open to the discus- sion by correspondent: of quentibn ol interest. The Guardian does not nucl-

pondeiits.

THE WESTERN ROAD

Sir.-On reading your paper to- day I noticed where a large dele- gation from the western part of the Island waited upon the Min- ister of Highways requesting that the proposed pavement between Albérton and Tignish take a course through Greenmount area

It stated that this brief was signed by almost 200 names. I wonder where the people live who signed that paper. It is easy to get up a petition and get people to sign it, but it is another thing to have their addresses and ages on it. I think they must have gone to those schools and got the chil- dren to sign it, because it looks like children's work with all th deceptive statements. ‘

In the first place the road, is just as short, just as scenic, and

I am personally convinced that i

there are just as many highly productive farms and potato ware- houses being serviced by the Wes- tern Road as by the Greenmount route. -It is also stated that all the market -lobsters are trucked by Greenmount. This is utterly ridiculous. There are far, more lobsters trucked by the Western Road because it is the centre route for all fishing produce to be trucked to market from Tig- nish run to Miminegash Harbour. As for the buses, they always travel the Western Road, ‘spring, summer, autumn and winter.

In the second place I would like to point out that there are not seventy-three houses on that road. One would be lucky to find one-“ third of that number on it. .

The electric power line also fol- lows the Western Road to St. Louis and Palmer Road (which we also hope to have paved soon).

Finally when the Hon. George Macliay called for tenders for the paving of Alberton to Tignish via Montrose and Western Road, it certainly wasn’t for private or selfish reasons. He was trying to give the best possible service to the most people at the least cost to the Government, as this road is already paved with a ‘lighl pavement. lthal can't si,and all the heavy trucking of the farmers and fishermen for Western Prince

Cioiinty. 1 gm, Sir, etc...

claims pointedly as “Your ‘free television service.”

CANADA WINS TH-E SCOTS Four out of five Scottish homes are within range‘ of STV. Its po- -tential audience is twice as large as Toronto and Montreal combin-

' ed. Of those who can tune in to

STV. a staggering majority pre- fer it over the ‘.B.B.vC. program- mes. Last Sunday for example, the official rating by the TV Aud- ience Research Committee show- ed that, of all the sets tuned hi. at the popular Research Com- mittee showed that, of all‘ the sets tuned in at the popular viewing hours of 3.30‘ pm. and 9 p.m.. 99 per cent and 93. per cent respec- tivelyrwere watching STV rather than the B.B.C.

Both the B.B.G. and '!‘»h-oanson stations in Scotland use a major- ity of “imported” prograrmnes, most from England, some from the States and a few from Can- ada. STV produces double the a- mount of local programmes that

die .~B.B.c. offers its viewers, and

these are‘ Scottish programmes

Programme director is {Roi Pur-

LT, ~is' production chief; and Montreal’: Don Cummings han- dles promotion. 1

Perhaps Scotland’: favourite program is the “one, o’clock “Gang." which draws home-bod- ies to their bets five days a week,

are pulled to the Theatre Royal studio ‘to watch the production. This luncih-hour show is produc- ed by Lorne Freed, formerly with the Kingston, Ontario, TV station. Then there is “This Wonderful World,” a. documentary “person- alised diary” produced by the former head of the Canadian Film Board, Dr. John Greierson. This programme is so popular

witha deeidedlycanadian accent.-r

our: YESTERDAYS ,

(From The Guardian, Files)

.'1‘WEN9,l‘Y-FIVE YEARS AGO (March 13, 1933)‘

The distribution of unemploy- ment relief was the subject of considerable discussion at the regular meeting of the City Coun- cil last evening, as the result of intimations made by the Provin- cial Government that relief bills were considered too high. Ways and means of effecting a saving were discussed. '

A shipment of nine head of Jerseys has just. arrived in Char- lottetown from Lennoxvillc, Que- bec, consigned to‘Dr. J. P. Lantz. The cattle are in charge of A. E. Aldrich. well known Quebec bree- der who selected the cattle for Dr. Lantz.

TEN YEARS AGO /(March 13, 1943) o

In a brief. ceremony at Govern- ment House last night, I-Ion. A1-

. TAKE IT EASY

- that, while you need your daily

ex W. Mathcson. K. (1., took the i

Age No our

To Exercise

ny Herman N. Bundesen. M. D. No matter how old you are. you still need a. certain amount bl‘ exercise. With the elderly, this should not present. a real problem, if they od not overdo it or underdo it.

I exercise each day. and have adopted 3 simple met'h0fl which many of you businessmen might copy.

STAIRS N01‘ CROWDED

My office is on the lihird. floor. We have elevator service. of course, and most of our employees use it all the time, regardless of age. But we also have stair-ways. You would be surprised how im- crowded they are!

Whenever I have to go to the fourth door, I walk. Whenever I have to. go down to the second or first floors, I walk. I make it a rule always to walk up one flight and down‘ as many as two.

But when I walk upstairs I go up but three steps. then hesitate just a second, place both feet on the one stop, then continue up- stairs.

This, I think. is good advice for most of you, whether you are, youngsters in the prime of life. middle - aged. or approaching ,what.some may refer loss the “declining years.” .

If you have-heart trouble or high blood pressure, however, you probably should avoid all stair-climbing.

DON’T DO TOO MUCH

There are many forms of ex- ercise, of course. Most impor- tant thing for all “of you over the age of 40 to remember is

exercise, you must not do too much.

You must learn to stop any activity, especially if it is stren- uous, before you become tired. As, one doctor advised his pa-

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Man’: capacity for‘ Justice makes democracy possible, but mnnfs inclination to injustice makes. democracy necessary.

can making firm operates a man- ufacturing plant. Mr. Casey suc- ceeds Frank Charbormeau who

NOTES BY

would do Canacl-iangs any good, would be a bill to prohibit minor- ities from controlling the activi- ties of majorities. This should be the basic rule of all democracies. but it would be difficult to find any country in the world where a, determined minority does not make the laws.—=.Sault Ste. “Zarie Star

tients, halt when you are “pleas- antly pooped."

Rapid beating of the heart and quick breathing should sub- side within. a few minutes. If it doesn't, it’s an indication that you have tried to do too much.

It you haven’t been exercising much. your muscles and joints probably will ache after the first few attempts. Resting two or three hours should. take care of all the muscular aches and pains. If it doesn't, better see your doctor. Maybe you have suffered a strain or sprain.

It's essential to continue your exercise regularly, even if it is simply walking to the train, in order to get the full benefits. OLD ROCKING CHAIR

Now, one important word for

those of you who are about to retire or have recently retired: Call‘ the Salvation Army, the Goodwill Industries, or some such organization, and give them the old rocking chair. . You can't retain ood phy-sioal~ or mental health 3 st sittin‘ and rockin‘. . QUESTION AND ANSWER.

L. T.: I heard that smoking increases a tendency towards cancer of the lung. Would using a smoking filter help prevent this? ;' ' _

Answer: if the filter could be changed after every few smokes, «it probably would help prevent cancer iiithose who are suscept- ible to it.

The Age Old Story

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oath of office as Minister of the Provincial Department of Public Health and Welfare. He’ succeeds ' Hon. William ughes who has re-

Mr. Frank C. Casey, who has

can Can Company for the past

tired from th t portfolio as well , g as from that‘ of Provincial Se"c= _ ti dy, from Toronto; Allan Steven- ‘A relary and Treasurer’ ‘ son, formerly with Toronto's CB~ 1

been associated with the Ameri-

while huge out-of-town audiences I . . . . ti_s1ng presentation.

that it has achieved the record of,

twenty years, has been put in charge of the Company’s inter- ests in Charlottetown. where the

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