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llurnlne Dally (Founded ln I567) Authorised u rlecunrl Clues flail, Pool Oliioe Department, Ottawa. The inland Guardian Publiehial Ce- Ildlsor aiiu Alillslllill‘ Director, J. ts. liurnlfits

Alwcllla Editor, Frank Walker

fThe Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk."

CHABLOTTETOWN, WEDNESDAY, AUG. l8, 194i

Mr. Mayhew and Ills Oysters

With Mr. Mayhew visiting our shores at this time. the following editorial from the Otta- wa Journal will be read with more than passing interest.

"Fisheries Minister Mayhew is one of the few living men in whose honor an "Oyster Field Day" is being held. At the invitation of his oarliamentary assistant, Mr. MacN-auglll’, M» 1'- lor Prince, P. E. l., Mr. Mayhew is spending tome days in the lsland Province next week and vill visit the biological station at Bideford and ryster farms on Molpeque Bayfmhome of the

' aristocracy of the shellfish world. '

"Program of the Oyster Field Day is en route to The Journal by special courier, but advance reports indicate it will include the crowning of a beauteous "Miss Molpeque. 1948", re-enactment of the Oyster Scene from ‘Through the Looking Gloss’, complete with wal- rus and carpenter, and (in deference to the oys- sters) absence of all speeches except for a brief declaration of war to the end against the star- fish. The Prince Edward islanders will extend to the Minister that charocteriwic hospitality of the Province whose first principle is that no trouble is too grea-t and nothing is too good for a guest, and invite him to share their pride in development of one of the choicest l-uxury pro- ducts of Canada's coastal waters.

"Oyster farmers of Malpeque Bay have agreed not even to mention the fact that the oyster is indigenous to British Columbia waters lest Mr. Mayhew feel embarrassed at the con- trast between the West Coast oyster and Prince Edward island's own superior, succulent sun- bathed species.

"lt was the privilege of one of The .lournal’s reporters last month to visit the Fisheries De- partment's biological station on a tidal river in Prince County with Mr. Len Murphy, senior de- partmental inspector at Summerside, and to marvel at the precision arid the "know-how” of its staff engaged on oyster culture. Of equal interest was the reporter's view of a large-scale commercial oyster farm some l5 miles from the station and to note the well-night incredible details of the "farming” operations fathoms be- low the surface of the sea. By selective meth- ods the operator of this farm had developed a perfectly symmetrical cup-shaped oyster with a rich bronze sheen around the base of the shell

"But returning to our Oyster Field Day, this is one occasion when the oysters will win out over their Minister. Mr. Mayhew can see them, feel them, weigh them and even photograph them, but since there is no "R" in August, he can't eat them."

But by way of compensation there will be plenty of lsland cold turkey and chicken at to- day's big event at Bideford.

- The llanso Causeway

A Canadian Press dispatch from Ottawa bays "some little time" may yet elapse before a report is forthcoming from the board of engin- eers who are investigating the feasibility and cost of spanning the Strait of Conso with a railway bridge or causeway. The board con- sists of three members,—Professor D. S. Ellis, Dean of Engineering at Queen's University, Dr. Arthur Surveyer and Dr. P. L. Pratley, Montreal consulting engineers. Mr. Pratley was nomin- ated to(the board by Hon. Angus Macdonald, Premier of Nova Scotia.

The board was appointed-Jest February and may therefore be presumed to have been on the job now for about six months,-a greater length of time than the investigation was ex- pected to require when it was instituted. The report may,—-or may not,-—-be ready for sub- mission to the Government's concerned some time next month.

The feasibility of this undertaking was reported upon favourably to the Department of Transport by its owrengineers a year and a half ago, when the cost of a bridge was placed at $54,000,000 and of a causeway at $35,000,- 000. Obviously the expenditures will cover a period of two to three years. This necessary work, says the Sydney Post-Record, will have to be brought to completion before Nova Scotia can be said to enjoy anything resembling modern Ironsportation facilities, comparable to those which exist in the_ larger Provinces of Central Canada. And before the great Cape Breton in- dustries can strike a reasonable radius of ex- pansion. lf there is much further delay in a definite announcement with respect to so vital a public undertaking as the spanning of the Strait of Canso, it will be difficult to escape the conviction that the project is being ax- ploited as a political football by the Liberal Governments at Ottawa and Halifax

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Steam boats invented this date i807.

The Governor-General in residence here. I I I I

Western Hospital, Alborton, opening today. I I I I

Oyster Growers Association Field Day at lideford. . . .

‘lritish Notional Fire Service, which in-

Tomorrow, laying the corner stone of the new; "Y" by His Excellency the Governor-Gen- era.

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Tomorrow, His Excellency Field Marshal Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Her Excellency the Viscountess, and family, Hons. Rose, Shane and Brian, take leave of Dolvay, after an enjoy- able vacation at the north shore.

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High quality fish on Canadian dinner tables is the aim of Fisheries Minister Mayhew. It seems simple but involved are problems of pack- ing, transportation, storage and distribution, not to speak of cooking. '

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The potato is reported to be the cause of the index of Prince Edward Island farm prices being much higher than the Canadian average. lt worked at both ends, making lower the l935-39 average which is taken as I00, ‘and raising current cash income.

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The Economic and Social Council of the United Notions has a North American problem on its hands. An organization of Indians has petitioned for the protection of lndian minority rights. Whatever the merits of the case may be it will be interesting to sec how far this country and the United States will go in submitting to U. N. authority.

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American industries using aluminum are seeking greater sudplies from Canada but the increased demand cannot be met because of thepower shortage which holds output at 700 million pounds a year. Plans for building a new plant in British Columbia are under study and if construction is decided on, a complete plant and power house will be built and a town established to house workers.

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lt has become a matter of habit to chron- icle the ever rising index of the cost of livin-g. lt is becoming increasingly apparent thqr Wm- time success in controlling prices was due to the whole-hearted co-operation of the women of this country responding to the call of patriotism. Recent Government efforts without such sup- port have been a notable failure.

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Two Manitoba newspapers are sponsoring an archaeological expedition to ystudy Viking settlements in the West dating from much earlier times than Columbus’ famous voyages. lf there were such settlements on any large scale ‘if seems strange that lndian legend should contain no reference to them.

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‘According to the Bureau of Statistics, all provinces but Prince Edward lsland showed population gains last year. Wonder how they got_ their estimate? The lsland’s population, according to the estimate, declined l,000 from 94,000 to 93,000. If those figures of the Bur- eau be correct they emphasize the importance of devel-oping industries so that our young pee- ple will not have to emigrate as their only chance of making a satisfactory living.

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British critics of American movies are fond of condemning the un-English accents and Americanism of the actors. But evidently they live in glass houses, according to Mr. Kenneth Downey over the BBC. l remember years ago," he said, "going with my father into East Lon- don, and hearing a newsboy shouting ’. . mayor . moyer. My father asked the boy 'What did you say sonny?’ . mayer’ he said. ’But what do you [mean by that? Do you meg“ paper? Ycs, said the boy. ‘Well, then, why dont you say paper?’ asked my father. ‘Be- cause if l did’ said the boy--'no one would

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Frederick tho Great of Prussia, died this date l786. In i756 he overran Saxony, antici- puting an attack of his enemies, Austria and Russia, and beginning the Seven Years’ War through which he added enormously lo his terri- tory. An opportunist, a philosopher despot, o great administrator, cynical, ‘selfish, industrious, tolerant, Frederick mode his country the first German state, which Bismarck Inter created on Empire. He left upcn Prussian policy a trait of unscrupulousncss which reached its acme of evil in the plotting and conduct of Great Wa' ll. "Don't forget your great guns, which are the most repectcble arguments of the rights of kings. . . . Every man has a wild beast within him." ' I I I I

Sir W. Beach Thomas, writing in The Spec- tutor, has this to say of our soon-to-be l0th Province: "Politics have brought Newfoundland, our oldest colony, into the limelight, and l find myself objecting strongly to some accounts of the country and its people that the crisis has prompted. Even the old foolish nation that the country is enveloped in mist has been revived. Now if one desires beautiful clean weather in beautiful surroundings, Newfoundland is an early recommendation September and October weather is wont to be summery, and for my- sclf I have never seen other autumnal colouring that can compete. It is of a different nature from ours, for it is spread by bush and lowly plant rather than by forest tree, though often the flourish is seen by flames of the Canadian maple. A quantity of berries (some of the fil- berry nature) combine their ruddy hues with the purple of the currants and yellow of the golden rod-s. One of the commonest wild plants most of us are too English to indulge in is the coni- fer, but at least its permanent greenness sets off such circles of colour. Some day the marshes, which are neither beautiful nor useful, will be drained info good agricultural land." Which is

eluded repeseototivas from the Charlottetown H!!!“ Si! B!‘ Q“- ..

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MY ooooucss- r oo HOPE wisosr ENOUGH TEACHERS HERE on rm»:

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Old Charlottetown (And r. a. l.) '

THE "EMPR-ESS” ARRIVES

The new twin-screw, triple ex- pansion steamer "Empress" built for the Steam Navigation Com- pany by Sivan, Hunter A: Wlg. ham Richardson, Ltd, Newcasue. on-Tyne England, arrived in chm. hiietwlln about 1 o'clock thls morning 1nd today is being 1n. apected by hundredsof visitors.

Launched on March 2am, me left Newcastle on May 31 and but for the fog off the Cape Breton coast would have easily reached port on Sunday mrornlng, The passengers who came on the ship from England were; m. A. E. Large, Mrs. and Miss Blan. Chard end Bent. Roam, Jr. Capt. William Richards, president of Steam Navigation Company, who ls now in England and wlllleeve foi- home shortly. The officer; who came out were: Captain _ Alex Cameron; Chief Officer _- A. w, McLeod; 2nd Chief Offloer _. John lvlcDc-nald; Chief Etfglneer‘ J. A. Rowe; 2nd Engineer _ John Sutherland; 3rd Bkrgineer- ._ James Faradfly; 4th Englneq- _. W1111am Turner: Chlef Stoker _ John Grimes; Stewart. — H. MC. Conlrey; 2nd Stewart -_ Alex McCormack. There were severab deck hands and firemen, nine men In all who shipped qt New. castle for the voyage out. They expect to res-train lri Canada. Th; rest of the crew went, out from Charlottetown to Newcgstlq

All who have seen the steamer speak in highest terms of her- e1- ifilciency. She win receive some finishing touches, including the 131K108 of a false floor in {he hold, before she leaves Charlottetown. She will go to Summerslde on Sunday to be ready to start the service on Monday when the Northumberlarrd leaves for- Plctou to go on the allp. _

-Islarid Guardian, June 1g, 1903,

“History Is Bunk”- At Least Some Of It

(Wallet Mrmfrlod Ln the Milwau- kee Journal) Everybody knows the story u- buut Lincoln and the drinking rabits of Gen. Grant. It. goes like this: When some of Grarrl. ii": ivishers complained that he “as drinking pretty heavily, Llncoi." replied: "I wish I knew what. brarld of whisky he drinks so I could send a barrel of lt lo my

other generals."

That. is a very bright. little anec- tiotc. wfh but one flaw: Lincoln. rever said lt..There ls enoitre. famous quotation that. ls always tscrlbed to Honest Abe: "You C411 fool some of the people all of LJE time. and all of the people some -f the time. but you can't fool a3 the people all the time." Search as you will, you will never fzzid this axiom in any of the Li.ico.r' writings or sayings.

It ls simply one of those thing. that. everybody knows —but Isn't so. "Everybody talks about Lni. weather lsrrt nobody Joe: airy- ihing about it." It. is often ist- lrlbuted to Mark Twain, but i‘. was really Charles Dudley Warn- er's ivltticlsm. "Go west. young man", and Horace Greeley arc forever associated. although it, was a Torre Haute (Ind) editor. Julir. L. Soule, who first. gave that. sage advice.

"Speak softly and carry a big stick" was not originated bv Theodore Roosevelt but merely borrowed by him from an African proverb. Barnumk immortal ‘There's a sucker born every min- ure" was coined by his eminent rival in the circus world, Adam Forepaugh.

People know so many things that. aren't so! "A male dog will never attack a female." Nonsense! "Man; people are drowned by an anaer- tow." More nonsense - there vs no auch things as an under-lov- which sucks people down to death.

A red cloth angers a bull more than anything eke." No slrl A bull is color blind. “Green apples cause stomach aches.” No more so than rlpe apples.

There are countlel mlsapp -.- nensiona and fallaelc that. flesh is heir to. Orville A. Unaqulst, o former professor at Oberlin Col- lege. for many years has made it u habit to collect these mistaken notions and hsa found more on United States hls than any other subject excep animals. A

something our agricultural food produce ex- porters may well bear in mind.

pamphlet recently published by

napoimrrnuasoamaams,

"Common Fallacies Regarding United Strata History,‘ embodies lrrs findings.

Let us start with certain beliefs on Christopher Columbus. Many persons think that. Columbus, a Spaniard. discovered America an a voyage financed by Queen Isa- bella's pawned jewels and that. he died a pauper in prison. Here are misbeliefs ln abundance. Co- lumbus actually was on Italian. I-Ie was precede! to America ' by Leif Erlcson. The Queen of spam merely offered to pawn her jewels to aid him, and Columbus at. hi. death. was s man of some moans and not a prisoner.

Dvesplte Felicia Hejnans’ lines o. ‘breaking waves dashed high on is stern and rockbound coast", the Pilgrims landed on a sandy strorc.

Pocahontas, the romantic 1.1- dian maid. was not a princess. because the Indians had no royal families. Si: Walter Raleigh. 1hr patron saint; of pipe smokers, help- ccl to make smoking popular La Europe, but he didn't introduce tobacco there. A Spaniard, Ro- clrlgo de Jerez. did.

The Pennsylvania Dutch came from Germany. not Holland. as you may suppose. Henry Hudson was not. a Dutchman, but 85'. Englishman (though his riawie when he served the Dutch India Co. was spelled "HEHCTLCkHH and he did not. discover the Hudson river. An Italian, Verrazzano. beat hlm by 86 years. ‘And in Salem they burned no witches (but thcy did hang 19.)

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Now about. the Boston Lea party —the liberty boys became angry rot. because the price was raised but because it. was lowered, and this cut their smuggling pi-oflr... Paul Revere was a doughty mes- senger. but. he wasn't first into Concord, with the fateful nevvs of British manoeuvres. Sam Prescott and Solomon Brown were there ahead of him. Paul having been captured en route. The battle c. Dunker Hill was fought. on Brecfs Hill, not. Bunker. The ensuing Declaration of Independence was not. signed until August of 1776 (but, It was adopted on July 4.»

Betsy Ross has always received a lot. of undue credit, too. slie didn't, design Old Glory. A patriot and muslclau named Francis liopklnson has the best claim.

A most. familiar picture of the

revered Gen. Washington show." him out/fours on his knees in prayers at Valley Forge — but

there ls no proof of 1t. If he pray- cd there (which is probable». It ls more likely that he did it. ln pri- vale. Nor clid Washington ivcar a wig. The hair in hls poriralus, queue and all. ls slrlctl_v his ow...

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Another popular legend has the Revolutionary traitor, Benedict. Arnold, pleading on hls dcazli- bed: "Lei. me die lll my Ameri- can uniform." Nothing to this. either. In fact, Arnold had a throat ailment. and couldn't speak in h;s uylng clays. Virtually every pzc- ture of the frontlersmiin Dnrrl Boone shows him wearing a coon- skln rap. Actually he hated coon- skln caps and always wore a regu- lar hot.

Robert Fulton didn't. lnvtriL the steamboat. He made the first com- mercial use of the type of craft. Invented l6 years earlier by Johr. Fitch. The commonest. report a bout. the warrior President Andy Jackson ls that, he won hls great est battle at. New Orleans after the end of’ the War of l8l2. Not. so. The war was not ofllclauy concluded until 37 clays after that battle. Ia it true that. the Uni:- ed States has been victor in every war’! No. indeed. We didn't. win the War of 1812. We didn't. gain a single point for which we fougns.

It. is commonly believed that. the first emigrants to the West went. in covered wagons. Acton.- ly, the Oregon trail was used by pioneers on foot. and on horse- back for several decades before the first movement wt covered wagons started from St. Louis a- bout I880.

Richmond P. I-fobcori, who sank a colller in the Santiago harbor channel in an effort. to imprison the epmiih fleet. was dellfwlm? acclaimed by multitudes, WhO overlooked the fact. that. Robson's mission was a total failure. ‘Lie legend of Teddy Roosevelt leas- lhl the Rough Riders in their lone storming of San Juan hlll shows the dashing hero at. his most dashing. Actually the Rough Rid- era were mmariried by LeOlllId Wood and were accompanied an! ably assisted by the regular Army

1t wasn't Gen. Pershing who r

COOL TOMBS

When Abraham Lincoln was shov- elled into the tpmba, he for- got the copperheads and the assassin . . . In the dust. ln the cool bombs.

And Ulysses Grant lost all thought of con men and Wall Street, cash and collateral turned ashes . . . in the dust, In the

‘cool tombs.

Pocahontas’ body. lovely as a pop- lar. sweet as a red haw in November. or a pawpaw in May-did she wonder? does she remember? . . . in the dust, in the cool tombs?

Take any streetful of people buy- ing clothes and groceries. cheering a hero or throwing confetti arid blowing tin horns . . . tell me if any get more than the lovers . . . in the dust. In the cool tombs.

-Cerl Sandburg.

Human Factor In Traffic

(Ottawa Journal)

Whenever Lrafllc conditions are the subject. for discussion there is a tendency to consider parking. lights, stop streets and traffic of- ficers as the only answers to is problem that is growing in every clty. Seldom ls the human element. considered. the drivers of the cars and trucks that. congest. our streets and the way they handle their vehicles. The impression is given that. every driver is s. per- fect operator, knows all the rules and ways of easy and smart. driv- ing and does little or nothing to hamper the swift. and easy flow of traffic.

A few minutes’ observation at any busy street intersection or stop light would prove to any keen observer that. traffic la slowed-up. impeded often to a. snall's pace, simply because too many drivers are not alert, do not. know the ordinary rules of handling a veh. iole in trafilo and are generally careless. These is room for s. lot of education among ca; drive",

§l0l1l>9§1 by a red light many s. driver will engage 1n conversation and look away from m; right, W111 use the time to light. s. pipe °1‘ Qlssrette. or fall to change into 10W Bear. The result 1s that when the light. changes he is not ready to proceed. wastes time and pos- sibly only three oars gel.‘ through on the green light when alxmight. if all were ready. Or s driver- Wflnlinl to make a left burn at a light. stop will straddle hls lane. 1101mm up all cars behind until s. chance to turn comes. This L; 011! of the most frequent causes of traffic delays rim-mg m, “m, hours.