By Thornton W B11116

LOOKING l'HlNGs OVER 'is.u.m lllalto belorel-tuleassis: ' I! . "mm mks bah" -titeddyv Fox.

llr. lteddy was vesterlns Redd! ox. iteddy had said that ill: ..-new

a hen nouse. he thought they igilt get into it they men. But in; this would be taking a ch. Jce. r... itedtly was so hungry that the a, quite ready to take a chance.

5 chance. ”ust tell

ttcr. "

an is 3 long way from here.' to it." retorted Mrs. Reddy. ar it is if ore is a chance for me to get

"1 don't care how

id Redd)'-

"I'm no more afraid than you 9, my dear, but I don't believe inking chances until one has to,

in Reddy. Ir

licilily saw that he couldn't put .-. llcddy off any longer. gm. my dear, we'll go over there

look around." said he. "All I want is a look at that hen snapped Mrs. Raddy. She 5 cross. She was cross because 9 was hungry. Empty stomachs

nsc."

aim people cross.

-twelve got to look things all over (are we even try to get at one

those hens," declared Redrly. is I told you before, we will be tum: chances. it is a foolish Fox no tries to take chances without N making sure just what those ap('('S are. You know that. my

ar as well as I do."

t started."

me where . that hen OUSE IS AND ru so over the" if if you're afraid." said She- I-we". I have to." declared itl'5. .ddy, "And the sooner you tell 4: where that hen house is the

HA"

Mrs. Reddy did know that. of urea. She is quite Reddy's equal 5lllaI'lllCSS. "Ali rlght." said she, veill look things over, but let's

brea' their trail

thing over thoroughly. And

Strange But True

By F; E. MacArthur

of suspended animation. But with the advent of spring

and activity is resumed.

the University cf- Virginia. In High Whycombe. Enlllllld

they quit.

dates back .to- 1282.

out of the public trough. Man sleeps fewer hours than any other animal. Most persons from

eight hours out sons of limited i terests take more slrep than the mentally alert. Of the latter group many get along nicely on five hours a night.

For those suffering. from in- somnia, Benjamin Franklin recom- mended twln beds. Moving from one to the other-so he said-brought on sound sleep. Anyway, should you miss one or two good night's sleep . member that it requires only one good night's rest to put

they stopped at a distance and be- gan to circle. This was to find cut all count the surroundings in case they sould have to run for their lives. Reddy was very particular about this. In their own neighbor- hood they know every loot of ground. They know every free. every hush. every his stone. lteddy felt that they should become lust as familiar with the surroundings here. Then if they were surprised by a Dog they would know Just where to go and just how best to

So fieddy insisted on lookinl

wasn' until just before down that they finally approached the lion house. There they had a very ','llt-Vii disappointment. The place where Reddy had thought they could set into that hen house had been re-

Can; 2.). . 008'!-PBICI HUI!”

national economy. IN

FARM GROUPS

where" .9-icniuu-e to SP.-yjve am. that South was asking him to hid

it with any reasonable standard of "mi mt scum Wm ttlltel slam only it he had club con- uvlng for the smell farmer. must IF 1 P", 0 -

"mam medcooperation and luppo” T. Peas 5: P"5 The other South antici atcd

of societ - and '0 . i 9 olv:hllu;t::lP:d.uom Ly; garb Inn Plu Norths reaction, and. intending to

paired. The hens in that house were

perfectly safe.

isuiiortseponltrvlndustrynl.

U M9,... um: income and was of other segments of our

Whereas this littlllloll. II we no

cultural organizations and Labour Unions appear to be on I most

A By: Josepiiin

CONTRA-ct BRIDGE

0-Culbertson

The bidding of the two Soul layers in s team-of-four mate

A the dual pressure N rth deal . 3 prblges and rising costs. gzui gldol evlruluersbie. and ' 4 wlm-9" the. matter of rising : Axes:

eosta has not been given sufficient . A313

pbu-ls. .5 5 8 annesolved that the Canadian Feil- A 95 8 mug. in Agriculture press for gun: N 9.)! our Federal Government to 'make 9 9 W E 0 Q 0574 2 .3 inquiry into the matter of A1" S 4.010 "cost-price squeeze in sgl'lcul- 43 turn. . :::co1o7es IDOL JMIC CONFERENCE . J 10 BETWEEN LABOUR AND g go

This was the auction at the nrst

The other south took a diffe at View of the matter-to wit:

DIFFERENT VIEWS

'iowed an interesting contrast in

During the frigid Arctic Winter months, the Alaskan blackfish is frozen solidly into the ice in a state

the ice melts. the fish thaws out

n this deal. A ll

12 tricks.

QLIEIICEB 2

Mcosllized the possibility of it slam

Obviously, this message got across. and North. with such strength in the red suits, and the possibly-vab uable spade jack, gladly accepted

tween the two groups at a policy forming level.

sns1'.s:AmNo aovninrisino or MEATS

medial action to overcome such misleadin, advertising in connect- Ion with meats, as well as in con- .- nection with other food products,

cordial bull; North East south Well

Resolved that the Maritime Fed- 1' Pass 1 A I PI-I8 eration of An-lculture sussest to 39 Pm 3-I-l-it P” the Canadian Federation of Agri- am has 54 PW culture that the time has come 0. Pass Pass PIII the invitation. when they should do all they can to promote the fonnntion of some . ' form of economic conferences be- Cabinet s is for necessary F0-

21 Kllledln Bombay Riots

As can be seen at a glance. 't.hcre was no great difficulty in winning

Now let's appraise the two so-

When North bid two diamonds on the second round, both Souths

The first South expressed this idea by Jumping straight to five spades. but his effort was fruitless. North read the bid as the announcement of an extraordinary spade suit, but also as indicating that South him- self could not control the upbld suit. clubs. Thus, this North leit

bid five spades later. first bid clubs so that North would not have to worry about losing two club tricks.

Shooting the rapids is a favor- ite pastime with elder ducks. Once

Cigarette smoke. given in small doses showed no bad effects on 019 lungs of mice in an experiment at

public officials are weighed when they take office and slain when This curious custom when the people felt that no public of- ficial or servant should get a front porch to his anatomy while callus

15 to 50 years of age average about f the 24. But per-

over. they will fly back and shoot

the shoots again and again.

considered as aching MP

to become misled. and

meats. and the Canada Food and

persons or firms carrying on mis- leading advertising;

Resolved that the Canadian Fed- eration of Agriculture be asked to include in their presentation to

the deaths, but of the numbe who are injured and nerve shocked. We need figures on the financial loss which must be very great. We need full reports on the arrests and ent of those who are brought to justice-yes and we need Justice for high and low alike. An Irishman, after paying ills

Whereas meats sold under the advertised headlnl of "Choice and Prime Western Beef" can Ind fre- quently does contain cow beef. and other relatively low grades. which under no circumstances can be

quality and therefore cause con-

Whereas consumption of beef may, be lessened as a result. and Whereas the Canada Department of Agriculture In their publicity and market reports associate the word "Choice" with top quality

Drug Act provides penalties for

and consumer goods generally. GRADE "3" EGGS

Whereas at certain seasons of the year a relatively high percent- age of the eggs received at re- gistered cgg grading stations have I so-called thin albumen and. Whereas according to the pre- sent grading regulations these eggs must go into Grade "b" al- though they are fresh eggs result- ing in reduced returns for the poultry producer. Resolved that the C. F. A. ap- proach the Canada Department of Agriculture to study the prohi-.-m In an effort to determine the cause of this deterioration in egg quality. .

REVISION OF HOG GRADES Whereas present hog grades have been in effect for some fif- teen to twenty years with little or no change, and Whereas experience and chang- ing consumer demands clearly in- dicate the need for an early re- vision;

Rt 'ved that the C. F. A. con- tinueto press for an early revision particularly with respect to a gen- eral lowering of the weight range.

BOMBAY, India illeuters)-Pm lice killed 21 persons Wednesday when they opened fire about 20 times in riot-torn Bombay. They fired on mobs protesting against a government decision to place the city under the central govern- ment's administration.

Police estimates were that at least another 100 were wounded during this third day of rioting.

The toll of injured was expected In rise higher. since demonstrators carried off many of their w f' ”

By DON HOYT Canadian Press staff Writer EASTPOET. Me.

UNI seurtly

power development.

Maine and New Brunswick. ,

to drop it." HOUSING T33 1.000

to accommodate an infantry bat

to house 1,000.

for between 375.000 and 5100.000. E 'Adminlstratlve buildings and playgrounds are virtually unused. A chapel and hospital are deserted. Rust has begun to coat the tracks of the village railway spur.

To men like former Maine state senator F. C. Emery and incum- bent Oscar H. Brown, 'Quoddy village is a tangible reminder of a project proposed 30 years ago by American engineer Dexter Cooper. Neither speaks favorably of the go-it-alone development tried in 1036. Both are in the van of a U.S.-Canadian program to draw pow ' from the surging Fundy

(CF)-Passsr uoddy village nestles in ob- amld the rolling hills of south-eastern Maine, but to many It symbolizes the capital of tidal

It was built in 1036 for 22.500.000 by the United States government to house part of a 5.000-man work- lssg force. employed in an ill- fated attemPf.10 produce cheap electricity from 10-foot Bay of rundytldes which surge up Passa- maquoddy bay to the shores of

The four-year life span of the planned community was cut short in 1936 when. as a former Maine state senator phrased it. "lhe all- Amerlcdn project got to be such a hot potato Presiden Roosevelt had

sprawled across 100 acres, 'Quoddy village has the facilities

tallon. An estimated 250 persons now live in the village designed

"For sale" signs dot scores of houses as a private firm goes ahead with piecemeal disposal of the community it purchased in 1952

tides . HOPE FOR G0-AHEAD

Their hopes rest with the US- Bouae of Representatives. expected to vote in February on a Senate- approved survey to determine the project's economic feasibility. '

New Brunswick, meanwhile. is waiting patiently for its southern neighbor to decide the value of in- vestigating the hitherto untapped

resource.

"Anything having to do with our coasts is naturally of interest to ua..' said Premier Hugh John Flemming in an interview. "But I don't think action is up to New Brunswick. . . it's an international matter."

Canada's Labor Minister Gregg has said the U.S. should take the lead because the project "it mo!!! American than Canadian." s

SAY SURVEY ESSENTIAL

The 100-squaremlle Passarna- quoddy bay, kingpin of the devel- opment. lies almost entirely on the

Plassamaqiuoddy Awaiting - Ticiai Power Development

water." he said.

UNKNOWN P0”'2N'l'lAL

Dr. E. J. llowley. a member of the 1' .v Bunswick Electric Power Commission and .1 the

- ; .

Friday. Jan. 20. 1956 .TPF..G".EL”1'-

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500 FIOI-ROIIOCMD,

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heard. is equally sure that the an- user to 'QIloddy feasibility lies in s survey.

will know how much the develop-

ment will cost or how much horse- power there ls." he said.

An important phase of any in- quiry would be research into ef- fects of the project on the fish- eries that hem the southern shores If Maine and New Brunswick. Dr. S. Noel Tibbo. director of herring research at the St. An- di .ws, N.B.. biological research ltltioll. said "there's no doubt there would be a definite effect on the fisheries.

- Canadian side of the international boundary. Cohscook bay. which would also be utilized in the two- basin development, is A ' .

Authorities in both countries agree that a survey of the area ll necessary before talk of the pro- ject's 1.000.000 horsepower poten- tial can be taken seriously.

Prof. W. Y. Smith of the Uni- versity of New Brunswick. I DID- vincial economic consultant, said "I certainly think a survey is worthwhile."

"Technical opinion is converse." he continued. "but the concensus is that Qnoddy is not feasible."

Professor Smith said the biggest drawback would be construction of dams and lock gates strong enough to resist the battering of Fundy tides.

"There would also be a fairly low head but that isn't serious as long as you have the volume of

HOLY REDEEMER C. W. L.

"Until there is a survey no one ch

CLEYE ND (Afr - A dip in autosno ve requirements may make it easier to t flat- rolled steel in the United tea is the T quarter of 1956. Steel Magazine says Saturday.

The metal-working weekly say.- other consumers are eager to take UP lllly slack in automotive pur-

asea. g

Steel says some top sources in the U. pS. machine tool industry expect it to use a billion dollars worth of steel in .1956 and tool ""1 die shipments will be up 10 per cent to s75o.ooo.ooo. . Steel's price composite on (in- ished steel advanced last week 1.; 3128pa net ion. from 3127.60. re. fiecting price rises in such prod- ucts as buttweld pipe and man. ufacturcrs bright wire. The Inag. azine's composite on scrap rose in 353.33 a gross ton, up 51.16 rm...

last week.

P11-st-tits

CONCERT

Time: 8:30 P.M.

By Notre Dame d'Acaciie Choir

Of MON CPON

COMMUNITY CENTER f-Stewart St.) on Saturday, January Zlsr. 1956

Tickets: 50c

before they could ho counted. Police charged with slaves about 50 times into the crowds. trying to break up the (i('llltli'lSl.f8ll0IlS. They detained more than 400 per- sons, including S. A. Dange, Bom. boy's top Communist party leader.

WON'T INTERVENI-I A spokesman for tho federal gov- ernment said: "We naturally arr much con- cerned with theso developments but there is nothing we can do about it.

"The question of army units step- ing in would arise only if civil authorities find they are unable to cope with the situation, and only at their request."

Historic Relic

By KEVIN 0'NElL Canadian Press Correspondent CORNER BROOK. Nfld. (CP)- Ashes from a volcano that once wiped out a city. fiintheads used by Indians. and the solidified foot- print of an Indian Cinderella will find a resting place among other historic relics in the Newfoundland Museum at St. John's.

The souvenirs of past ages will be presented by local residents

Newfoundland Museum

e For

ashes from the erupting volcano.

In the final exuption. some of the flying chunks of red hot lava ad ash were blown on the winds more than 200 miles to the island of Barbados, where s Newfound- land schooner was taking aboard a cargo of molasses.

One of the Newfoundland crew swept the deck of the vessel and saved is bottle of ashes. He brought it back to Newfoundland and pre-

Y. M. C. A. 'l00l'II ANNUAL MEETING

and CENTURY BANOUET russsmv, JANUARY 24th, 1956 -. 3:15 PM. will be addressed by

DR. HUGH L. KEENLEYSIDE I. - M.A., PI-1.D., LL.D., F.R. Hlst.S., F.R.G.S. "Ht

Director-General T.A.A., United Nations, A ff

One of Canadais foremost speakers. Subject:

"ms: CRISIS wit me-

Tickets available at Y. M. C. A. Desk until 3:00 pm. Friday

or From Directors.

seated it to Mr. Barrett at Curling. The fossilized footprint of the Indian is perfectly preserved. It was discovered many years ago in the Lomond river area by John Tappcr. whose relatives now re- side at Deer Lake.

The belief is that the print was made following a heavy rain shower when the soil h soft clay and other minerals filled the depression to make a perfect cast. Other fossilized prints were broken in attempts to remove them.

The one saved is about the size of a 4 or 4'15 eh" 'most a Cin- derella size.

The flinthead arrow pieces and another knife-like object are dug up from an old lndlan campsite on the shores of Sandy lake. They are about three inches long. and an

who came into possession of them over the years and saved them as family heirlooms. They are being donated by'Ens C. Barrett of Curling, who feels they will serve a better purpose in a public display.

The volcanic ashes are a re- minder of the calamity which be- feil the city of St.'Picrre on the island of Martinique in the West Indies when Mount Pelee erupted in 1902.

HISTORIC DISASTER

Though residents of lxlartinlque living in the shadow of the'vol- cano received amplc warning, more than 16.000 persons were trapped and perished when molten lava seared its way across the city. Many of the :1-10,000 residents

you in ship shape condition again. A pair of condors produce only one egg every two years, and it takes 40 da'ys to incubate.

An eleven foot wing span makes the California Condor the largest bird in the new world.

Other officials said Prime Min- lster Nchru would sit tight and not ”dignify the unruly elements who are responsible for the disorders"

respects in the village cemetery, walked about ' ' i , over some of the old tombstones. He stopped be- fore one, on which was engraved: Here Lies Sandy MacC.regor. A generous father and a pious man.

"Huh!" exclaimed Pat, "just It would seem to be an ap- like the Scotch-three men in one propriate time to discuss the word nave," . "accident" ”Ilfd 'enll' the frightful At this time another New Years carnage on our highways by its has stepped across the threshold correct name. of time. and we pause for a mom- lf I driver is drunk and kills or ent to reflect upon what has been injures someone. that is no sc- accomplished and look forward to cldent. if a driver falls asleep at what must be done in 1956. The the wheel and kills or injures some- past will be forgotten, for we one that is no accident. If a driver Prince Edward Islanders are look- has faulty brakes. etc.. etc. The tag to the future in our "constant deaths and injuries are actually desire to become a most efficient caused by drivers who either de- people in promoting the cause of llberately break the law or are price among all men of good

will

and with respect to the "B" grade, which as at present set up fails to properly describe the wide range In quality which now falls within WM, 3 personal visit to Bombay. that grade. . The officials added that if the cur- ;-ARM FORUM g FOURTH NIGHT few and other restrictions do not

Th b d t f J , restore order, the government

R '93 C” 0 5"'""'y Wm would consider drastic measures. vrlslrlle at the Annual Meelms of Police clamped a curfew on the the Canadian Federation of Assn industrial area as the u'isturbances culture held in Hamilton. and will worsened and ten . wing leaders deal with the wheat marketing pro-

called a general strike. hlems in Western Canada. The lcftists are supporting the

claim of nearly half of Bombay's PROUD HUNTER mixed population that the city KELOWNA. B. C., (CPI -Lee

should become part of the new

Marathi-speaking state of Mahar- Eldstrom. 10, is a proud young hunter. He killed a deer on the