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was the home of their traditional enemies, the Blackfeet, Cree and Assiniboirie Indians.

When United States troops prevented herds of Buffalo from migrating north and intertribai

Morning Daily (Founded in i887) ' Alt-herbal aa '_Seeond cu.- iisini. rim 081cc Department. Ottawa.

Preailent. Inn A. Burnett; Vice-hesldent. Wm. l. Seep-Trees. G. M. Burnett; Editor and Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor.

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friction increased because of the scarcity of food, the Sioux agreed to accept amnesty and go home.

They gathered at Legare‘s ranch to pre- pare for the trek, and during the trip to the Uni- ted States were fed by Legare. His descend- ants are still trying to get paid for the food, al-

“Tha Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink."

though the Canadian government awarded Le- gore $2,500 compensation.

RIONDAY. AUGUST l. 1947

r- EDITORIAL NOTES -—

Army Trade Schools

The Financial Post comes forward with the suggestion that Canada's three-year-old chain af veterans’ technical schools should be con- tinued, after serving lieir immediate purpose, 1B a nucleus of Canada's first permanent sys- This might prove an excellent idea so far as the school in Charlotte- town at any rate is concerned, which cost a sub- stantial amount, both to the Provincial and Fed- eral Governments. Tho full total is not avail- able, but according to a return tabled at the last session af the Provincial Legislature, the cost be- tween April l, i946 and Feb. 28, i947, was $45,- Government

tem of training workers.

566, towards which the Federal

granted $30,000.

The Post rightly says that one reason_for the indifference af youti to technical vocations has been lack of training facilities. Vocational high schools, even if available, can do only u

small part of this big iab. Tlfough the present set-up of "rehab" schools has been labelled temporary and

non-civilian, the D0mlfll3l1 lcgislation-—the Vo-

cational Training Ca-erdination Act of l942— under which it operates, and the equipment and staffs organized to train veter- ans, are available as permanent establishments. The Provinces need such establishments and will continue to need them for many years t0 COMB- “M least/i’ me Tgfgfflg papc_r urges, "let's not have these schools closed up and their staffs dismissed and their extensive equipment dis- persed before a careful study has been made f0 sea hq~.v they could be inwrporated into our per- manent educational system."

Lend-Lease 8i Newfoundland

ill a leading article on "The State 0f file Fisheries" the Halifax Chronicle gives various rea- sons for the present depression in the Nova Scetin industry, among them being the serigus competition offered by Newfoundland. In large part," says the Chronicle. "W5 '5 d" i'° the erection by American lend-lease money of two huge fast-freezing plants in Newfoundland. No Newfoundland capital W05 lHVOll/ed l" ill“ construction, but these establishments have giv- en the Newfoundlanders a tremendous fillip in the fresh fish business."

This statement draws strong protest from the St. John's (Nfld.) Telegram, which declares categorically that Newfoundland "did not bene: fit by a single dime under lend-lease. ‘ECW4- ing to any information ever made available. Her streets and roads were left in a sorry condition after the war as the result of the operations of monster vehicles and loads which they had not been constructed to carry. The Canadian as well as the United States war establishments were responsible for the deterioration, and never a cent by way of compensation was re- ceived. ' The Newfoundland railway system was gtrained far beyond its strength in meeting the demands of the American and Canadian defence operations. Practically all that is to be shown for this is the present annual deficit of 9.500.000. largely due to the efforts to restore the system to efficient working order."

Newfoundlandk only share in lend-lease,

according to our 5t. John's contemporary, was the parting with bases to the United States for a period of ninety-nine years. Within these leased areas, the lows of Newfoundland do not run; they are to all purposes American colonies. They did not evcn form a part of the eX€l10l\9° mode for other parts of the Empire of worn-out e rs. d shill; Journal maintains that Newfound- land’; fresh fish industry owes its development to private enterprise, and it suggests that if out- side markets ccin be supplied at a lower price than the Nova Scatian plants find possible, then our Maritime producers had better get a move an.

Bill For Feeding Sioux

Sixty-six years ago, John Legare fed ‘NR9 Bull and a band cf Sioux Indians. Today, his grandson, E. N. Legare of Moose Jaw, is trying to collect $13,000 which, he says, his grandfather spent on the Indians.

After the famous battle of Little Big Horn in i877, when Gen. George A. Custer and 264 men of the 7th United States Cavalry were slaughtered by the Sioux inder Sitting Bull,"tho famous chief and his warriors fled north to Canadian territory to escape pursuing United States troops.

veterans’

premises,

Some people ore worrying unnecessarily about the disposal of funds deposited on behalf of the late Adolph Hitler. After taxes there won't be anything to worry about.

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The proposed residence for P. W. C. will not be available for as long, probably, as it has taken to provide us with a new Car Ferry. Still, the location has been sctiled upon.

They all seem to be doing it now. A Turk- 's'n delegation has left for Canada, the United States and Argentina to study the building and working of silos and the storing, loading and transport af grain. it i A joint committee of the three fighting ser- vices is reported to have agreed on a common style of uniform based on the battle dress. lt will be indeed surprising, however, if the matelats do not manage to give their version of it a dis- tinctively nautical fir.‘ a‘ Montreal has issued a pamphlet setting out in detail the services of the different branches of its public works department. lt is not clear whether this is for the information of the public or to tell civic employees what they are suppose! to be doing.

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Mayor Ahern of Halifax describes as "a good stroke of business" the securing of $300,- 000 and $65,000 a year from the C. N. R. on tax- free properties. For better or for worse it is out of the question new for the C. N. R. to con- tinue to enjoy tax immunity in other Maritime cities.

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ln California, if you have money, you need not serve a prison sentence passed on you. Ac- cused of keeping a Negro woman, Miss Jones, in slavery, Mrs. Alfred Wesley lngalls, was sent- enced to three years impr' ment. Subsequent- ly the Judge repented and changed the sent- cnce to $6,000 compensation to Miss Jones and a $2,500 fine.

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The Montreal Gazette has made a plea for

a sinking fund for the taxpayer. lt points out the allowance is made for other wasting assets

llotes By- The Way

A friend o! ours whs back In a lumbet yard recently, and noticed n big pile of oak flooring, which lo very scarce. later. in the front office of the lumber yard, a strong. er came in and asked the price o! oak flooring. "Ain't. got none." snapped the proprietor, and the stranger went out. Our friend ask- ed why-whether the pile of oak flooring he sew 1n the rear of the yard was already sold. "Nope." sold the proprietor. "but ain't got no oak‘ flooring for nobody as wants to know the price first." _Klpllnger Magazine:

Not that we expect our Isnnll voice to be heard, but because we have felt e11 along that. the Olym- pic Games. carded for 1948 at Wem- _bley, England, might well be drop- ped, The Beacon-Herald reiterates its belief that true sport would gain considerably if the event. were can. celled permanently. The Olympic Games have 10st their meaning and their motive —have lost all justifi- cation and all hope of returning to their original function as u uio- mater of international goodwill. They continue to be operated an an impossible premise of true ame- teurism, and narrow nationalism has taken over. --Stratford Beac- on-Hereld.

There is a news interest in men's clothes, or how would fashions ever change? A group photograph of 1910 will show the men looking as out. of date as the women, and no matter how a man may affect to de- spise clothes he 1s peeved if his new suit is unnoticed. It is possible to prgue that men are more dis- crlminatlng th‘an women. A change of fashion in a man's suit. may merly be s. difference in the cut of a lapel or the width of e trous- er cuff. To alter the fashion in women's dresses the designers have to add or subtract several inches from the length of the skirt and move the waist-line from the hips txi the shoulders. Attempts to get

l\\'l'lO constitute the sane,

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l PUBLIC FORUM

this eolasaa b epaa to the discussion by eon-n- apondente oi’ aleatinnl ll lnte The Charlottetown Guardian doea not neeeesar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondent;

DEMOCRACY, IJBERALISM 8 FAIR PLAY

Sin-During the recent Liberal convention at Bradalbane, which the ivriter attended as an interest- ed onlooker, Mr. Dougeld McKin- non said; "Gentlemen. tonight you have seen democracy at work.“ For that supreme effort, uttered no doubt to appease the anger of many of the delegates and electors, lie should be rewarded with the position of Plenipotentiary Ex- traordinary to stiengrl La. Surely if Mr. McKlnnon knew the senti- ments of many of those present. as he undoubtedly did, his statement was so much "malerkey".

From the current rumors, to my mind what those present actually saw was a packed convention end the old political machine with new parts and well oiled cogs functioning under the gulle and promises of a political dlsorganizer. I think I write the sentiments of the independent voters when I sey they resented the assumption o! pontlflcel right and authority ne- sumed by certain unscrupulous ln- cllvlduals in organizing and advis- ing the delegates what man should be selected as their candidate. The more intelligent electors of the First District of Queens. that is those who call their souls their own, who are too independent to submit. to party discipline. and sensible thinking element of the Liberal Party in the District will not soon forget the reported reprehensible methods adopted in securing the nomination of the Attorney Gen- eral. Let. it. be distinctly under- stood that the majority of the delegates did not represent those electors who believe in true Dema-

men "to accept more comfortable clothing succeed slowly, but e. man dressed lri the lightest tropir-ai worsted sult is still carrying sever-- nl ounces more weight than his womenfolk think requisite for eith- er comfort. or decency. Perhaps men would be better off if they gave more encouragement to the desirin- ere of their fashions. A little lm- agination applied to the business suit could work wonders. —- The Pr-lnted Word.

Once more Sable Island has lived up‘ to its sinister reputation, rom- ments The Saint. John Telegraph- Journal. Well it ls named the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Any vessel that grounds off Sable Is- land ls s good as doomed. Rarely does a ship so situated escape those shitting, clutching sands. When

but that so far the taxpayer's own earnings are taxed as though his earning capacity were des- tined te continue forever. An exception to this .is the deduction allowed for payments into group insurance in certain industries.‘ A’ t X It

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's birthday- l900-—now forty-seven and still going strong in‘ popular affection as regards health, work and popularity. We have had no King's life-partner who has endeared herself so generally to all classes as has this daughter of the ancient Scottish house of Stralhmore and Kingborne, whose ancestral homeat Glarnis, Forfarshire, is associated with Shakespeare's Macbeth. She is also the mother of a prospective Queen in her own right.

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C. C. F.'s in Saskatchewan are not find- ing their position of employers a bed of roses. They expropriated a box-making plant to be run ‘by themselves because the owning company evaded signing a collective bargaining agree- ment with a union. Now the employees are on stiilie, because the Government, having dismis- sed two of their numb-er for "gross inefficiency", declines to take them buck. I I

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The Canadian Press requires to edit more carefully the news it receives from American sources re the Palestine situation. It’ must be awar-e that the British Army is not a rabble orn- inafed by feelings of revenge, but a disciplined force doing nothing except under orders from above. Hence it is gross misrepresentation to. report that the heinous crime of the lrgun terror- istr "brought a bloody response from enraged British troops." They don't do that in the Army. fi R X I

Hardy a compliment to Scotland's heavenly music. Remington-Rand Company, N.Y., called a1 the bagpipes to combat strike propaganda. When a sound truck of striking Local 308 of the United Electrical Workers (CLO-l began giving advice to non-strikers in the Remington- Rond plant, it was drowned out by bagpipe music broadcast aver company amplifiers. The noise battle, growing ever ‘ouder, went on until police asked bath sides to stop. fi e ' i Ii fi

Wholesale trade in the Maritimes continues

Legare conducted the tribe back, to the United States territory after a four-year stay in‘ Canada, and his family now claim the $3,000, which he said United States military authorities agreed to pay him. Bu.‘ the United States gov-l ernnient has ruled that military officials had no; authority to make such an agreement.

Legare was a trader at Wood Mountain, 80 miles south of Moose Jaw on international bor- der when Sitting‘ Bull aud his band reached Canada and claimed sanctuary.

Confronted by R. C. M. P. officers, Sitting lull ls said to have pulled a large medal from beneath his blanket and said: got this for fightiifg for King George in the Am-

, erleaii revolution and, new in the hour of dange

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‘dried fish is strong and prices firm. Wartime controls on dried fish exports were lifted at the end of June. Catch of fresh fish was on the same level as the corresponding month last r. Manufacturers are busy. Shipyards and building plants "My grandfather shipyard at Saint Jphn has laid off a large pm, portion of employees with little work on hand. This year's potato crop is maliing favourable

brisk with sales during June exceeding the level of a year ago (says the Bank of Montreal Sum- mary). Retail sales compared favourably with the some month lost year. Many shortages still exist. ‘Collections are good. Sawmills are busy. Shipments overseas of pit props and pulpwoeii continue in substantial quantities. Demand for

hip- in Nova Scotia ere active. The

The cautious navigator gives sable Island e. wide berth, but accidents

news came recently that the Greek vessel Manhassct was aground and that help was being dispatch-

rracy, the principles of Liberalism and the meaning of Fair Play. At election time they will remember that. old adage. “Beware the Greeks when they came bearing gifts." If. 1s perhaps too much to ex- pect Mr. Large to withdraw his nomination but. in the best inter- ests o! the Party it. ls considered the Premier would be well advis- ed to suggest to hlm that he do so as his certain defeat is inevitable. And what of Mr. McDonald, the defeated nominee. e man of ster- ling character, honesty. integrity and independence; n firm believer in the principles of Liberalism and one who would not stoop 1.0 underhand tactics to obtain his own nomination? 1s it to be under- stood by his friends. admirers and supporters that he does not propose to submit a violent protest to the Premlertand declare openly that neither he nor his followers can no longer support the Liberal

ed, those who know the record of Sable Island shook their heads.

to save the ships company. This fortunately has been accomplished in spite of sandbars, sea and fog.

Party until 1t ls purged of that. destructive element lVhdCh has sl- Thelr misgivings vrere soon jiistl- "Sad-V “n9 5° mum harm l“ l“ lied. There was no saving the M:in- Dlslrl”? I" l5 hellfled Ml- M0‘ hasset. and the best um (‘Olfld be 13ml?“ h“ done by see and air parllgs w“ fortitude to take such steps as he rind his friends consider desirable nrid necessary to Queens to its honoured rind not. permit 1t laughing stock of the rest of the

sufficient lntestlnri l

Sea Birds Of Gaspe

(James Montague; iruthe (tn-lotion Science Monitor) While ocean liners puss close to the little Wench-Canadian vuuice of Perce, no man-made boommz o} ma: hams sound above the pounding a1 ini- surf, the thunder- an, banning of countless wings, and the rsuooue calling of tens of thou-sands of birds. ‘Ikiougih Perce Ls one of the first slEh-‘fi <1! iimd an ocean ceptiiin sees after his crossing. his whistles keep still, his salutes after a successful crossing wait urtll he is farther up the Gaspe coast of Canada. f0!‘ the regulations tall for _no mflfl-KT-"de noise blasts of. the little vlllll80 a! Peres.

For i-iitt this llttle fisher-men's village, with ‘its Hench-spell“!!! Scots and Irish, are tine two lest breeding places on this continent 0! many types of seabirds. ivhlch flocked the coasts m countless mil- uimn when the first explorers d15- covered witiat is new the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Today PEYCP Rock. d“ “he lllile village, and Bflnflventuru Island, three miles out to ecu trim Pcrccul are the remaining breeding paces o; “finals, cormirrants, pufflns. gulls, eixks. murres and other si-zi- Iawl. Loud blasts from bz-its would startle the birds: they \\".1\ll(l upset [hgh- Qggs 1n their haste to take flight.

Bonavenure Island ls about lhrl‘? mile; long and a mile and u half

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SERVICE

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thank God. saimeiwhet better, I am coming to church. I qriust. leave, I four. before the service is conclud- ed, that I may watch at his bed- side. Cari you not say a few words in prayer ln the early part of the scrvlce, that. I may Join with you in prayer for my husband before I return to hlm?"

The clays of watching d wait- lng which followed war full of anxiety, the patient hovering all the while between life and death.

wide, Q11 its, seaward sldc are 8"" Q1111; at red sandstone. whose broad ledges .orm secure nesting places for throngs of seabirds. It. is like a 111191 Bflafimc"! 0°15" fmil birds, with a see view on all Sidvs- Perce Rock is an ‘isolated lime- stone mass about 1.500 11"!’- lvllB- 300 feet wide. and about as nigh above the see.

Brightly

stlncts of lxeedinf; blfdi. which pick hidden niece-s w 1w eggs and haicih their Ymmg-

Island bus ii few homes,

sides slipping almost sirazqnt downy into ime ‘vwndiiig S"- sme ,2 1 families live on Bonaventure I t 13nd, but batkln moo ii was “lfde- , 1y» known to fishermen, The bl; 5 were so numerous they were (kc a .158» m quote the early cxp._or- ers.

Lam- Bonaventure

P colored, rugged with Pmccs exhausted condition which t9 y.“ munch cannot be easily threatened n collapse at any mo- fiurfklgegl 3,18“ W0 nesting fgqkglmEnl, came with almost startling are secluded. mcordmg u, me in- suddenncss.

the“ by one graphic writer. iiam Gull, the Royal physician, had

‘ ,‘.,h,byt,,,._ys done rill that the highest human exgsgenlmYkuShfidcgonre ":0 Swot, skill could suggest; he felt that.

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for one best citmbes Bcnnil/‘glntitiig mtg" sit: was now n hg er ands . T’ d n walk up and down tihe terrace

chluim‘ mnflsngnorlfsldg .2: at?" when one of the nurses came run-l be P-‘lmiml T ‘ rilng to hlm with pellid face end startled eyes.

room. she added bitterly, "I do not believe God answers prayer. Ls all England praying that he may bflam? me recover, and he going to dle.

but the Princess held to the good ‘hope, inspired by that text which had came to her a5 a message dl- rect from God. And her hopefulneis was justified by the course of events. S-he had called UpOn -God in the day of her trouble. a-nd de- liverance was drawing near. Dur- inc that week the crisis was safely ed. and an improvement ln the

I! is thus the story has been told Sir W11-

He- was taking a short

“Oih. come. Sir Wil- lam." she seid. “there l5 e change, he Prince is worse." And, es doc- or and nurse hurried to the sick