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The "Lord Selkirk" soululs well, and it is certainly appropriate to have the new Wood Islands .ferry called after the Scottish noblclnan who brought three siiiploads of sturdy Highland settlers to the Bel- fast District here in 1803. The Red River settlement came later, but many of our parliamentarians at Ottawa appear to be unaware of Selkirk's connection with this Prov- inve. Canadian history textbooks have treated us shabbily in this re- 5l)Ct'l, and it is time that the story of our Skye pioneers, and particu- larly of the early Selkirk settlers, l'ecoived more attention. The new ferry will help to publicize this in- tern-sting bit of Island history. I

In the meantime, it should be noted that credit for inducing the authorities to fix on Lord Selkirk's name goes to Mr. George V. Fraser, ;iirector of the Prince Edward Is- land Travel Bureau, who conducted a great deal of correspondence on the subject. and argued persuasive- ly with our Federal representatives and others in support of Selkirk's plaims to recognition. He has won his point with the Transport De- partment against the somewhat am- biguous name ”Islander" which had previously been suggested. and our members at Ottawa, both from this Province and Nova Scotia approve unanimously. The Lord Selkirk-to- be is now under construction at Pic- tou. At her chistening we should have those ”hundred Pipers" who could be heard all across Nova Scotia when they opened the Canso causeway. '

A Timely Resolution

A resolution passed by the Mon- tague Town Council at its regular meeting on Monday evening last de- Ierves special mention and com- mendation and, withal. the serious consideration of Provincial auth- orities. It calls attention to the pol- lution of the Valleyfield stream, which has been going on for several years, and asks the Department of Industries and Natural Resources to put a stop to the practice. The pol- lution referred to has been caused by the washing of gravel used in road building and maintenance In the area.

1 Until these gravel washing mach- Ines were set up on the banks of the Valleyfield, this was one of the best fishing streams in the eastern part of the Island. Now, it is nothing but yn unsightly mud-ridden flow of water for most of the summer sea- son. deserted by trout and shunned by tourists and other visitors who used to find it a place of beauty. Nor is the Valleyfield the only Is- land stream that has been allowed to come under pollution. Wherever one goes one finds the same deplor- able condition, whether from road- iiullding operations or careless and negligent sawmill practices. If the conditions are permitted -to con- tinue, it wont be long before the Is- fjand will have lost I great deal of It scenic beauty. There must be home way surely for the Provincial Government to intervene before igroparable damage has been done- , indeed, it has not been done al-

ready. The Bigi3 Meeting

iwhile the representatives of the Ig Three of the Arab world-- '. Saudi Arabia, and Syria- . inclined to be secretive about I . e decisions reached at their sum- t meeting. It is possible to see in - e official , communique certain ntntlvc In-cements on matters ich are now keeping the Middle I in turmoil. The most obvious that! is the declaration of I .... . front" against any poI- , i ll attack on any one of . . , ,Il,,dfc0IlPlO. was to be ex- I I does, however. lose some I--..--tr.::"'...-W-r ..-.x.::.: -6--

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time. Although they did not say so in as many words. the representa- tives left no doubt in anyonels mind that the Baghdad Pact is causing them a lot of uneasiness. There is nothing in the communique itself to indicate that their hope that the Pact will be shattered by defec- tion of its Arab members, Iran and Iraq, rests on solid evidence.

As for Jordan, the country of little wealth and a strong army, there is nothing to show that the summit meeting succeeded in isolat- ing her entirely from Western friendship. There may be little In this, though. to warrant the as- remgnn friendly to Britain, her best friend. It may mean simply that the mom-y which the British Govern- ment has been pouring into Jordan's l1'cusu1'y for many years is more at- tractive than anything the Big Three could promise. Perhaps, all in all. the most hopeful bit of informa- tion to come out of the meeting I5 that the Arab "solirlarity" about which Premier Xa.ssel' of Egypt has been talking iclu-nicntly ever since. he assumed office has its manifest weaknesses. It is hopeful. because so long as Illcse w cakncsses exist, them may be less Inclination to em- bark on military adventures.

Something New

When the heart stops beating, life has fled. That, at least, is the accepted belief. However, it may be in for reappraisal if the recently an- nounced theory of a scientist at the National Institute for Medical Re- search in London, Eng, is given general scientific sanction. T h e scientist has been experimenting in freezing "dead" hamsters as a pre- lude to restoring them to health and strength, and she has had some suc- cess-so much success, in fact, that she is of the opinion that in 50 years or so the stories of Rip Van Wrinkle and the Sleeping Beauty will not be fantasy. On the basis of her experi- ence. the scientist says flatly: ”The stopping of heartbeats and breath- ing does not mean an animal is dead". She is not sure yet that this might also be true of humans; but she is now working on that question and hopes soon to be able to an- nounce that freezing is the one sure way to preserve life. She puts it this way: "When pilots and seamen are in accidents in frozen "areas it is difficult to locate them. They might be exposed for a long time before being found. Instead of giving them up for dead. I think we should have a shot at resuscitation as we have done successfully with animals".

If this had been revealed only ten or fifteen years ago the whole -thing would have been put down as a. joke or, perhaps, the raving of I -crackpot. But now, with new and startling discoveries coming to light almost daily, anything is believable. Who knows? the day may come when a news item like this one will be commonplace: "So and so whose heart beattand breathing stopped last week is recovering very nicely in the public refrigerator”.

EDITORIAL NOTES

An anti-moth discovery in Brit- ain will be hailed with special joy by clothes cleaning firms. It is deadly to moths, killing them off at the grub stage. It will not, however, survive dry cleaning. The chemical has to be put on fresh after each cleaning.

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There is always something new popping up in political wrinkles. The latest comes from a town meeting in a certain Maine community where citizens were to dccide'for or against a merger of two neighbouring high schools. Leaders on both sides-'of the controversy offered voters the usual free transportation-and baby-sit- ters.

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The clearing out of diseased trees is, of course, beneficial. But surely no one is naive enough to ac- cept the proposition that most, or any appreciable amount, of the pulpwood cutting on the Island in recent years was in the "diseased tree" category: It doesn't matter what the soil is like in any particu- Iar region; the only way to make sure of forest replacement In heav- ily depleted areas is by I thorough system of reforestation. It is non- sense to pretend anything else. Mr. sIvlIle was merely repeating expert opinion when he said that In In- other few Yllfl. unieu nmedm tncnum be tuken soon. the timber

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!- U ATION Sir. --The I-Education Week (Inm-

mittee and its sponsoring groups wish to thank you, Sir. for your splendid editorial during Educa- tion Week.

We are grateful to you for the many other times you have made a contribution to education through the medium of your paper. Now that education is so much in the news it is gratifying to those of us who are so vitally interested. to havc such sane comments made by the editor of The Guardian.

I am. Sir, etc.. ESTELLE BOWNESS Sccrctary. Education Week Committee P. E. I. Teacherls Federation

DAYLIGHT-STANDARD BLUES

Sir. - Each time we read the Island news we get the Daylight- Standard blucs. We are amazed how men agree on matters to the umpih degree. The Opposition did not pause in sponsoring the Cause- way cause. Without a nervous blink or shake, the worthy powers undertake to launch I project that may sag with three odd million in the bag. but when it's time to shift the clock these boys are given quite a shock. They twist and turn. splitter and squall, and come up with the same old stall. They give us. in this Island clime. the pain of l)aylight-Standard time.

The advocates of I)aylighi time can spill out words in the sublime to prove the island. as a whole, is eager for the Daylight goal. whilc sponsors of the Standard rod point out their choice was born of God. Let us be fair in thought and speech: thcrc's virtuc on the side of each. but Daylight Saving-Stand alrld style is nothing short of juve- n e

What is thc law? How do you read who is the keeper of the crccd that pnnits a finger at the rlnck and calls the tunc that It must talk? Bcgonc with all this bickering and such unwholr-some snickcringi If Daylight Saving - lot it be! If Standard time. let us agree: but please. 0 please swear with an oath that you will not shame us with both!

I am. Sir, elr.. S. BARLOW BIRD Freetown, P. E. I.

(TAll.'x'l-IVI'AY LETTI-IR

The Guardian has reccivcd a letter for publlt-alum under A nom de "plume on the subject of the proposed Northumberland Strait causeway. Thc letter will be pub- lishcd at once when we receive the writer's nalne In confidence, as evidence of good faith.--Ed. G.

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APPEARANCE OF PICKWICK. I336

Astronomers know a nova when they sight it: '

Explosion of an inconspicuous star

As If someone had held a wand to light it.

Its whole hcnrl flares up, prodig- Ite and far.

Dickens. on taking Pickwick from hi: pocket.

Burst into such a blaze of rhetoric.

The critic said, "He goes up like I rocket,

And soon you'll see him come down like the stick."

Astronomers know better than to limit so llrange a star by fnrmuln and

ru 2. While It withstand: all dnrkneu

tlllt would dim It And pain the Intern-light of rid- leulo. .

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the ground. rm note if that chIrred nick tau ya been fopni. -Betty lrldlmu in the an-nun lacuna lulu

SIMILAR VISION

Mile Zero On Alaskan Highway

By Sam McCnbc Canadian Press. Dawson Creek, 3. C.

Dawson Creek makes a lot out (if nothing.

A fancy sign in the middle of the town's main intersection is con- sidered here to mark "Mile Zero" of the 1.528-mile Alaska highway.

Atop the sign is a board show- ing that Fort Nelson. B.C., is 300 miles away. Whitehorse, in the Yukon, 918 miles off and Fair- banks, Alaska. 1,523 miles "up the highway."

Just as Calgary distributes white cowboy hats to distinguished visit- ors. officials of this Peace River community of 6,500 hand out min- ialurcs of the "mile zero" post to prominent persons.

SOLD T0 TOURISTS

They are displayed in many of- ficcs in town and are sold to tour- ists headed over the motorist's version of the Northwest Passage.

The tlllile Zero" promotion doesn't stop with the sign post erected by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. There's I Mile Zero Hotel, a Mile Zero cafe, I Mile Zero service station and a local soft drink company bottles "Zero" in nine different flavors.

Another slogan goes far back into the town's history and says:

”One hundred and sixty years ago. Alexander Mackenzie slept here. Nobody is asleep here now."

The place where Mackenzie slept has grown into a community nes- llcd against the foothills of the Rocky mountains. 738 miles from Vancouver and 452 by highway from Edmonton.

Practically ever yo n e in the Peace River country, roughly 80.- 000 square miles in northern Brit- ish Columbia and Alberta. talks boom in the most flowery chamber of commerce terms. The population is numbered In thousands but many feel the country can support at least l,00(I.000 persons.

RICH GRAINLANDS

Trucks haul more than 3,00fi,Il0fl bushels of grain in year to the Northern Alberta Railway. Livo- slock sales bring in more than Sl.200.000. Millions of feet of lum- ber are cut in the area each year.

Dawson Creek is the end of the railway line in the northwest. Trucks take over from locomotives and it's a rare minute when giant diesels or other trucks nrcirt pull- imz alongside a freight car to take away pipe for the oil industry or bringing in a load of grain from the fields of "the Peace."

Although the c 0 m m u in ty' is classed as a village under British Columbia law. it would rank 17th among 34 l'IiIf'S in the province if it assumed city status. Incorpor- alrd with an area of loss than 100 acres in lllflti. it has ovlcndcd its boundaries four times since ISISI and now has an area of 2.606 B('l'('S.

Similar l.:l'l)WlII has occurrctl in the rival town of Graudc Prairie, Alta. 72 miles to the southeast. where the population. set at 2,664 In the l95l census, now is esti- mated at about 6.200,

Even the small town of (Brim- shaw. Alla. the lumping-ol'f point for the Mackenzie lurzhway that loads to the shore of Great Slave lake in the Northwest Territories. has doubled its population In 10 years to about 800 GAS. Oil. RESOURCES

Gas and oil development and ex- pansion of the economy of the Northwest Territories and tho Yu- kon are major masons for the growth of the Peace River area.

Discovery of natural gas reserve: on both sides of the provincial bor- der has loci in plans for the 3151.- 000.000 Westcnast Transmission Co. pipeline to the Pacific coast. ('IcaI'- ing gangs have started slashing I route for the line through the bush of northeastern British Columbia.

Construction of the line will mean the building of an 88,000.00 gnu scrubbing plant It Taylor Flats. 36 miles up the ,Alaska highway from here. Tests Ire under way at I Pacific Petroleum Co. well near Fort St. John to pave the wIy for the plant's removal of by-products from the gas.

Two oil refineries are being built here -ml at GrInde Prairie. Each will have I capacity of more than 2.000 barrels I dly.

Rockies to the Pacific coast.

The Peace River boom has re- sulted in housing difficulties in growing centres.

"I came up here last October and it was more than two months before I could find a place for my family,” said a Dawson Creek busi- ucssman. t()ne fellow said he wanted 318.000 for his house and when I asked him how much cash was needed he said. 318.0003 "

A, E. Galway, secretary of the Glande Prairie Chamber of Com- mcrcc. recalled he had a tough job finding homes for the first oil

company workers in the area. Their office space was in I curl- ing: rink.

Now builders are finishing 105 new homes in our development an dhuilding permits for 1955 totalled si,983.-(I57.

All the shopping districts in ma- jor towns boast new buildings or display signs that new buildings are coming soon.

In Grimshaw. collslrucliun totall- ed 5285.966 In I955. PROPORTIONATELY LARGE

Mayor Fred Kennedy said: "That might sound like a drop In the bucket to someone from n cily. but for the size of the town it is prportionatcly more building than there was in Edmonton.”

To maokc room for now building. Dawson Crock has started to sub- divide its old air field. with the village commi.ssnincrs committed to finding space for a new land- ing place.

The Dawson Crock office of the National Employment Service in I955 placed close to 3.000 workers. the equivalent of almost one-half the population of the community. Manager W. Wilson said the work of his office has tripled in three years.

Mr, Wilson said the number of workers who can he placed in the the tight

area is determined by housing siluatoln. One dark spot in the Peace

Ilivcr picture is the drain market- inu situation. Asked how farmcrs' inability to sell their crops was after-ting business, a bank mann- nr-r snrli tfurlncrs haven't lint money so tlu-y're not spending it.' He said snnm farmers have not brcn able to meet commitments such as ordinary bank loans.

OUR YESTERDAYS From The Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (March I5. 1931) Messrs. .1 W. I-lnultcr and S.G Pcppin. who Wl'r(' speakers at two meetings Wednesday. nno at Fort- unc and the other at Elmira. cm- phasized inrrcnscd production in potato crops without an increase

in arrcallo.

At a public meeting held In Cambridge Hall on Tuesday. a pet- ition was framed urging the Fed- eral Parliament to construct a railway hrnnch line nltcrscrling Murray Harbour North. Gaspar- eaux. Sturgeon. Peters Ronrl. Al- Iislon. Glcn William. St. lIi:iIys Road. Caledonia. (ilcn Martin. Brooklyn, Albion and other con- tiguous sections.

Ncarly all the farmers of Mur- ray Ilarbour North are busy draw- ing out the crop these days. Trav- el on the ice to Murray Ilarbour is good. thomzh the travelled roads are full of pitch holes. The cold weather is, not enough to freeze the well covered potatoes.

Tl-IN YEARS AGO (March I5. I940)

one of the best financial years In the lustory of the Prince Ed- ward Island Pouto Growers AI- socilllon. with I volume of busi- ncss Iggrcgntlniz two million dol- lars, was reported It the AsIoclI- tlnn'I annual meeting yesterday.

The question of converting the locnl airport into I munlcIpIIIy- owned and opc-rnted business, was discussed at City Hall yesterday by the Mayor and City Council and Mr. .l.P.R. Vachon representing the Air Transport Sou-d. Ottawa. No definite conclpion hu yet been reached.

Price Iolrd offlclnls slid lodly but the export of Maritime tot- Itou to Quebec Ind Ontario I! beeupllonlnermlthunlsbo can If I XI!!! I D

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C0-OPERATION WILL HELP BEAT RIIEUMATIC FEVER lmlllullanmntlc pleglfr c lnug I e I more

- rm up n; cu among children between the ages of 5 Ind 15 thui my other Illment. Thin dread disease In second only to cancer In the cause of death In this same In group.

Yet. even though we don't know the cause of this disease. we now hnve wenponu to forestall initial rheumntle fever attacks and the recurrence: which increase the thrent of damage to young hearts.

Knowledge is our most Impor- tant weapon. Rheumatic fever can be checked. but we've got to have Your help. With the cooperation of you parents. teachers. nurses and social workers, we can make rheu- matlc fever I rarity.

DANGER SIGNALS

But. to help. you've got to know what rheumatic fever is. how to recognize the danger signals, how the disease can be treated and how to care for a victim. The more you know. the moi-e' protec- tion you can offer your child.

Often termed the greatest health hurdle of childhood. rheumatic fev- er generally begins between the ages of 5 and 15. Even if a child has had I previous attack. his chances of suffering rcrllrrillg at- tanks are lessened as he reaches adolescence. After the age of 15 or 16, he may be relatively safe.

RARE CASES

Adults also may be stricken. II- ihough cases over 30 are rare. Some 40.000 members of the arm- ed forces became rheumatic fever victims during World War II It was the first attack for many of them. as far as could be deter- mined.

This chronic crlppier may affect any part of the body. particularly the heart, blood vessels, joints. skin or brain. Heart damage may be serious or oven fatal. while ef- fects on other parts of the body usually are temporary.

During the acute stage, the heart muscle itself may be affect- ed temporarily. If it is. the heart becomes weakened and often en- larged. As the infection subsides, the heart may get smaller and frequently returns to normal or near normal size.

T '-IRMANENT INJURY

Now if rheumatic fever leaves the heart permanently Injured. tho Injury usually is caused by Inflam- mation of either or both of the valves on the left side of the heart.

Leasening of the Inflammation causes the affected valve to heal, leaving I scar. The roughenlng or deformity caused by this scar may prevent the valve from opening or closlng properly, thus interfering with the normal flow of blood. This leaves the victim with iheumatic heart disease.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

L. M.: In there such I disorder In "hyper-insulinism"? I have been treated for this In an after effect of unclulant fever.

Answer: There is such I dis- order.

In this condition. there is exces- sive secretioncl insulin by the gland known in the pancreas. This c.:cesslvc secretion causes I lowering of the amount of sugar in the blood. It may cause faint- ing attacks or excessive hunger.

The Age Old Story

Praise ye the lord. 0 give thanks unto the Lord: for he is good: for hls mercy endureth for ever . . . Blessed Ire they that keep Judg- ment. and he that docth .IghtcoIu- hen It III times.

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..'l'hI trusty of our times-III let us make no mistake, these are tragic dlyl-Ila in the mlcllken philosophy that hupplneu lies in I mullitudo of poueuions that uve labor and provide effortleu amuuuneut. AI h result. Inbor hn lost lt.I dignity Ind possessions any real vnlue. Gone. too, is the pride In I job well done and the

satisfaction that coma from law-

Ing created something. however simple.-Hamilton Spectator.

A mun cIIIcd on I 1Irge dc- partment store one morning and wu Interested to see that all the clerk: were In fine humor. "I not- ice that your clerks are all feel- ing terrlfic today." he said to the owner! "Have you been raising their wages or something?" "Not so that you could notice it," said the barking boss. "To be frank with you. It's just that my wife has been in. It tickles those peo- ple to death to see someone bos- sing me around."--Wall Street Journal. '

It may be noted in passing that union leaders who think that Can adian workers have a natural claim to the United States scale of wages always seem to have in mind the highest wage scale paid anywhere In the United States. It is probable that, if wages and all living conditions In a Canadian in- dustrial town were compared with those of a similar town across the llne. the balance in terms of good living, would be on the Canadian side. If it were not so. or if there were a great advantage to be found south of the border, the ma)- ority of Canadians would have em- lgrated long ago.-The Printed Word. '

It Is not out of more clprlcg mg the courts of this country inn. upon I fitting dignity within that 'wIIII. We have. most of in, segl the revolting pictures taken In I southern court room during I. re cent notorious cue. with court of near: and spectators alike sitting about In Ihli-tsleevu and amok- lng. An atmosphere like this is bound to reflect Itself in the kind of "Justice" meted out. We want none of it here.-Kingston Whig. Standard.

Sir Anthony Eden II the cool. correct old school tie. arlslocram Englishman. who hide: his feel. Inga. It has always been a main; cause of misunderstanding by those who do not know the 31-11. lsh that they confuse inartlculate. ness. understatement and a lacl. of surface warmth for an absenc. of emotion. On the contrary, the" are few more emotional people 1, the world than the British and if It came to the pinch we would know it.-New York Times.

The Ontario Education Asiloclut. ion is said to be concerned enouui with the matter of spelling as It be reviving the spelling bee on I province wide scale. Commend- able as this ls.itwilll1avelhcE'r.. able as this Is. it will have flu effect of bringing good spellers to gather and of bringing honor in some schools. But what about tho rank and file of students who are only mediocre in their ability in form words”! It may be that sprll. Ing matches are still regularlv held. But what bothers many is this: If adequate attention is being given in spelling why isn't the rc- sult more encoin'aging'?-Sarnnu

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