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imp 4 .'i'(TND"Av-iiAY'i3."iTs1 Our Farm Edition

Prince Edward Island has long ,been known as ”the Garden of the Gulf". Our potentialities agricultural- were noted by the first British PI. governor, Walter Patterson. and our histon. as a farming community goes back still further to Acadian - psettlement days. when between the vears 1713 and 1763 thousands of acres nf land ware reclaimed or

, ,cleared and brought under cultiva- llli tion. We have been essentially a .'l' farming Province ever .sinC9:. Mid . 'farming as 3 way of life. with its t' intimate communion with nature and ' close contact with the miracles Of ' seedtime and harvest. has always I appealed strongly to 0111' P90Pl9- with .. 3 the passing years we have e-nrlched . our pioneer heritage. developing new techniques in production and pro- cessing, expanding our markets and improving our strains both in field crops and livestock. Today we are I among the leading agricultural PF0V' .l inces of Canada on a Per 939"” basis, and in recent years have made i outstanding advances in our stand- ' ards of qualitY- I We believe th at despite the T growth of secondary industries in ' the larger provinces. Bgflcllltllre Wm ' . continue to hold a vital place in our ;nstional economy and Prince Ed- iward Island products will be in greater and greater demand. We are ' entering a new age of faster trans- ;portatiOn, cheaper power facilities I” and wider opportimitles in which we i cannot fail to benefit. if we maintain ; faith in our Province and give en- ” ' couragement especially to the young- or generation upon whom our future Q so much depends.

Today's special issue of The lcuardian will, It is hoped. spark lfurther interest in this Imporhint

C . subject. We are indebted to all who I T 5 have contributed to its P8893: and 'we feel that our readers also will , appreciate the amount of work which has gone into the preparation of the numerous articles and reviews. This work, we may say. W88 dime mt only willingly but enthusiastically by our agricultural officials and other contributors, with whom it has been an inspiration to discuss our farm prospects and objectives. The over- . all picture they present is one of magnificent achievement: Ind who can doubt but that the some effort and initiative on the part of our . farmers. in the V9311 lh93d- Wm reap their due reward?

La Comedie Canacllenne

7 A permanent thestrs dedicated l- , to the production of French and ; English plays by Canadian authors I - ,is to be established in Montreal. This 5 I - I is a practical way to encourage Can- 'e l adian cultural development. some 3 will say that it is unfortunate that . the undertaking is being nnanoed . and that the theatre will be owned by a brewery. But that, of course, is Quebec's own business. and in any case it is quite within the fashion. It will be recalled that it was a distillery that was mainly re- sponsible for keeping the Dominion Drama Festival from succumbing to financial perils.

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most good theatres on this Contin-

ent-unlike the practice in ,most European countries--are too expen- sive .for persons of small incomes to patronize; yet, they need the cultural benefits as much as their more af- fluent neighbors.

A Juvenile Hoax Judging by his picture which ap- pears from time to time in the press, one would imagine that Colonel Nas- ser. the ruler of Egypt, is a man who can take a joke and give one- in other words. that he has a touch of humour in his makeup. But. ap- parently, he hasn't. At least, he gave no sign of it in his reaction to a letter which he received from fourteen Norwegian schoolboys.

A Reuters dispatch from Oslo says that the boys wrote to the Egyptian leader to ”thank" him for blocking the Suez Canal. They ex- plained that the action made oil so scarce in Norway that there was not enough of it to heat their shower- baths which under normal conditions they were obliged to take every afternoon after coming from gym- nasium classes. This they considered a great favor, as what boy wouldn't?

What did Mr. Nasser do on re. ceipt of this letter of appreciation? He immediately took pen in hand and thanked the Norwegian boys for their deep interest in "Egypt's just cause". And to show his grati- tude in a tangible manner he sent each of the fourteen an autographed picture of himself.

If ever he finds out that he has been the victim of a juvenile hoax -and surely someone will whisper it into his ear one of these days--he is going to be pretty angry. He might even block the Suez again in his fury.

In Scotland

A means of providing expert as- sistance for dairy farmers in Scot- land who are ill. injured or simply in need of a holiday is now in oper- ation, according to a United King- dom information bulletin. Known as the Relief Milking Service, the or- ganization has headquarters at Ab- ington, Lanarkshire, and has 35 em- ployees who guarantee to provide a replacement on any farm anywhere in Scotland within twenty-four hours.

Unlike most people the dairy farmer cannot easily take time off from his work, but the Relief Milk- ing Service will undertake the entire management of dairy herds for in- definite periods; moreover, it sup- plies first class herdsmen and women to assist during emergencies. Many of the girls employed are ex-mem- bers of Britain's Land Army who did fine work on farms during World War Two. -

The Service has already come to the aid of such distinguished herds as Queen Elizabeth”: dairy unit at Balmorai. It is proposed to extend the activities eventually to cover all farm stock.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The United States has spent more than S62 billion in foreign aid of one kind and another since 1945. Of this sum, 546 billion went for outright

grants.

In Chicago a dog was given fif- teen pounds of steak and a silver dollar as a reward for running down a burglar. No doubt, the steak came in handy. As for the dollar. it was probably buried in the proper canine tradition.

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A scientific report says that the boa constrictor, the most dreaded of all reptiles. "prefers to flee from I man rather than attack him." That may be so: but he would be I rash man who would put It to the test knowingly.

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OTTAWA REPORT

Statistically

Ottawa! What do you know I- bout the three ”Pls"?

These are Prices. Production

and Population. ..Every day of the year - every civil service working day, that is - the Dominion Bureau of Stalls- iics. with its huge head office here in our capital, puts out a daily bulletin: this four or five page re port lists the dozen or so studies published on the day concerned. and also summarises their head- line facts. From these bulletins. we learn all about price increases r our prices never seem to de- crease these days. and production increases. and about our popula- tion and how it progresses In the material sense.

Here are some random ii:-ms nf information taken from recent 'DIlly Bulletins."

Prices are contulng to rise. as evidenced by our every-upward surging "consumer price index." Toronto is the most expensive of our big cities. with Vancouver I close second. Saint John. Otta- wa, Montreal, Halifax. Winnipeg, Saskatoon. Regina, Edmonton, Calgary and St. John's follow in that order.

In Vancouver. for example. the cost of living has risen to the ex- tent where the 1949 dollar is worth only iii cents today. Or, to put It Inother way. the average fam- ily's monthly purchases of essen- tlIls totalling S300 in 1049. today cost the same family 3367.50. Old age pensioners would be more in-

The Tower of London. scene of historic dramas of life and death. is about to witness I modern tress- ure hunt.

The treasure is believed to have been buried there nearly 300 yesrs Igo by Sir John Bnrkstesd. govern- or of the Tower during Oliver Cromwell's rule. Bnrkstead. Ic- cused of extorting money from roy- Illst prisoners. fled to Holland .when King Charles II restored the monarchy in 1090. The fugitive was later brought back and executed.

His hoard was never found. though Charles II encouraged the famous dim-int. Samuel Pepys, to make several searches for it. Re- cently. membe n of the British Spe- leological tcsve-exploringi socie- ty obtained the Government's per- mission to dig under the Bell Tow- er. A preliminsry test. using an American electronics detector. is reported to have indicated the pos- sible location of the fortune. es- timated to be now worth up to I million dollars.

MANY RIDING PLACES

Without clues. finding anything lost in the Tower of London would be Ill impossible task. This his- tory-stecped site beside the Tham- es holds not one but many towers

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(crested in the figure of 340: food. clothing and shelter. in amounts which cost 340 in Vancouver in I949. today cost S49. PRODUCTION BOOMB

Our production rises: for the latest three-months period report- ed, this totalled an annual rate of 31 billion dollars. compared to 26.9 billion dollars for 1055. Price increases accounted for about one- half of this latest increase in our gross national product. so only one- half of this healthy-looking in- crease was really represented by healthy nctunl increase in the phy- sicnl volume of p. fuctlon. The rcsi was Inflation.

if you want to know about the

' highlights of our production. the

Dominion Bureau of Statistics will tell you that too. in the latest your reported. for example. the manu- facture of .lp-fasteners in Canad- ian faciories jumped by nearly one-fifth s record value of 37.- 548.000. ut Canadians are not getting-;hetter fastened: we are just switching from fumbiing-fIs- tening to lightning-fastening. While production of zip-fasteners zipped upwards, our production of but- tons plummetted. Our plants pro- duced 57,168,000 fewer buttons than in the previous year.

Our optometrists will note with regret I decline of 22 per cent in manufacturers' sales of tele- vision sets, compared to the peak of 764.957 sets sold in 1955. How- ever, 1956 saw the percentage of

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households which are equipped with television rise from 39 to 54. POPULATION ..ln the year ended on lst March, our population rose by 448.000. This compares with population in- creases of 385,000. 425,000. 432,000 and 394.000 respectively In the pre- vious years, reading backwards. Our most recent increase of 448.- 000 during s twelve month per- iod was made up as to one-third by immigration and as to two- thirds by the excess of births ov- er deaths. It would of course be crazy to suggest that our increas- ed need for housing is reflected exactly by our numerical increase in population. For whereas an im- migrant family needs its own liv- ing facilities. Canadian babies fit - more or less snugly - into their fImllies' existing homcs..

But with our population now ris- ing at the rate of about half I million per year, it is less than cheerful news to be told that our seriously cut back. ll.000 fewer homes were under construction It year end than at the previous Year end; and in addition to this 14 per cent drop in homes being built. there has been I further drop of 8 per cent In new homes started-

OUR YESTERDAYS

From the Guardian Flies

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (May 13. I982)

The Supreme Court of Canada today reserved judgement in an appeal by the City of Charlotte- town In which the appellant. is seeking to collect taxes amount- ing to 87.81250 from the Founda- tion Maritime Company Llnuted. The Company built I C.N.R. Ho lei in the City Ind the city is en- desvoring to collect taxes at the i-Ice of one and one-quarter per cent.

The c.o.s. Montcalm Irrived in port yesterday morning from Sydney where she spent the win-

I ed to have taken place in the Bloody Tower, one of is spaced around the inner wall. During his long confinement in the boys' quarters. Sir Walter Raleigh wrote "The History of the World."

The Bell Tower. scene of the cur- rent Bsrksiesd treasure hunt. stands west of Bloody Tower. A- mong other involuntary guests. its walls enclosed Sir Thomas More Ind Elizabeth I, when she was I young princess .

THE KING'S HOUSE

Adjoining the Bell Tower is the governor's gablcd home. now known as the "King's House." Anne Boleyn. second wife of Hell- ry VIII. spent her last night there before losing her head on the Tower-green. There. for I few days in 1941. HIlIQl"R deputy. Rudolf Hess. was detained.

Millions of visitors I you come in see the Tower's historic silos. its exhibits of arms and armor. and the display of Crown Jewels. But. the Tower is more than I museum. Within its wIlls. some 300 people live Ind work - Imong them the Resident Governor. I military gsrrlson. Ind the pictures- que Yeomen Warden or "Boe- Iesters" who also servo as guides.

And. finslly. there In the ra- vcns. Kept by tradition Ind fed In official daily ration. the birds have hopped Ind crooked on these greens for centuries. should they ever leave, Iccording to I diction credited to Charles II. III- lsld would fall.

l0CIAl.Il'I' OPPIIITIOH BORN (AP) - The opposition Socisilsts Friday asked the Inn- to bIn the '

fer. The ship came here to pines the larger buoys. The C. G. B. Brant left Charlottetown yester- dIy to plate th samller buoys It Mucouclie In Borden.

TEN YEARS AGO (May 1!. I017)

P.E.l. will be the first province of Canada whose railways will be completely powered with new die- sel engines. Transport Minister Chevier told the House of Com- mons yesterday afternoon in re- ply to I question asked previous- ly by Mr. 0. C. Black. This state- ment confirms reports that exist- ing power units on the island were to be replaced by diesel.

The day shift of longshoremen loading the Swedish motor ship Boriesson It Summerside with po- tatoes for Britain went on strlh

their demands were granted. Ap- Pfoximstely 150 men are employ- Ind Ibout half of these went on strike for higher pay.

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ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION Applications om be to-

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While palliative: may I109 3” signs of trouble. they 40 Ml hm the csncer lself. And Wit-bollt treatment cancer will Il?l'GId-

I'I"s CURABLE --

Cancer of the stomach Cllllel more deaths than cancer of any other organ. yet it can be cured - if it is treated early 9"0"8h- Caiues of cancer of the stoni- Ich are still unknown. However. we do have some knowledge Ibout

this disease. we know. begin

Some cases. , with polyosis. the formation of

little grape-like tumors. ' We also have evidence indicat- ing that fat persons tend to devel- op stomach csncer more often than do thin persons. We know. too. that there is some relation between P91" nicious anemia and stomach can- cer. Just how they are connect- ed. we do not know. .

If you've got pernicious anemia though. you should be especially alert for any singnals which might indicate cancer of the stomach. Among these are a vague uneas- iness after eating; slight indiges- tion; slight difficulty in swallowing distaste for certain foods. espec- ially meat: the sensation that something is sticking low down in the chest. .

Another symptom might be the tasting of sour liquids or undiges- ted food after eating.

PAST AGE so . .. For those of you past the age of 40, the onset of indigestion should be looked into quickly.

While pain usually is not I symp- tom of early cancer of the atom- Ich, it sometimes does occur af- ter eating. either Immediately or several hours later.

This pain might make you think you have ulcers since the symp- toms are similar.

Ulcers of the stomach may be malignant. although ulcers in the doudenum or small intestine sel- dom are cancerous.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

Mrs. J.C.: What is the cause of heart palpitstion or nervous hurt? Do these symptoms Indicate beau trouble?

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approaching in dlso rly fashion along. or even Istride the middle line is dlscomforting to the motor- ists. Worse still if the frightening experience as the swarm roars past like so many angry wasps. -Globe and Mail

swim across it, it has our enthus- iastic endorsement, and I limi- Isr project under Lake Ontu-lo should be seriously considered- Orlllls Packet and Times

CHARLOTTETOWN TAX NOTICE

All persons in arrears of taxes in respect of educat- ional and personal property tax are reminded that it is imperative that such taxes be paid in full on or before December 31, 1957. Time is a factor in arranging satis. factory settiement as installments may be paid on a weekly. semi monthly or monthly basis. Do not wait until contacted by the tax collector.-Eventually-why not now?

J. SPURGEON JENIQNS, City Tax Collector

NOTICE TO CHARLOTTETOWN TAX DEFAULTERS

The names of all property owners In arrears of taxes in respect of real estate will be published on the first Monday in October, 1957. Monthly reminders to this effect will be published in the interval so as to give our citizens every opportunity to avoid the embarassment of this action.

J. SPURGEON JENKINS. City Tax Collector.

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Answer: As I rule. this condi- tion is not due to a ” of the heart itself. but rather to nervous or emotional disorders.

The Age Old Story

This book . . . shall not depart out of my mouth: but than shall meditate therein. . . that thou may- est observe to do according to all that is written therein; for than thou shalt make they way prosper- ous. Ind then thou shalt hue good success.

JOYOUS AS TRUMPET!

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trumpets blow.

Between one hour Ind one that follows, spring

Has keyed the door for all of blos- Ioming.

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Prlnco Edward Island Federation of Agriculture

NOTICE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETINGS WEDNESDAY, MAY I5, 1957, 3.30 P. M.

These meetings provide an opportun- ity for farmers to renew or take out acci- dent insurance of 55.00. I

Agriculture needs the Federation- furmors are urged to attend these moot- inqs and support the Federation with their

membership. Rosorvs May 15 for those meetings. NOTE: The Federation at Agriculture office is now located on Richmond Street

over the Patriot Office and adlolning the offices of the Women's Institute.

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ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION ANNUAL MEETINGS

MONTAGUE AND DISTRICT CLUB- Canadinn Legion Hall. 8:30 p.m. Tues. May 14th

EAST KING'S CLUB- United Church Han, Souris, Wed, May 15th

TYNE VALLEY AND DISTRICT CLUB- Tyno Valley Hall, 8:30 p.m. Thurs. May 16th

ILL CATTLE IBEDES WHDOII.

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