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Mr. Grant MacEwan, B.S.A.. M.Sc., M.L.A.. Alberta and Alder- man of the city of Calgary. ad- dressing the Canadian Club of P. E. Island at a dinner meeting held

Planning New V Theatre For

Charlottetown A new movie theatre will be built in Charlottetown by the RC.

Spencer Company Ltd.. replacing the Prince Edward which was des- troyed by fire December 14. That building had been owned by the Masonic Temple Co.

Mr. W.S. Hellman Area Manager of the Kenny Construction Co. Ltd. Yarmouth N.S. visited the City yesterday and. accompanied by G. A, Walters, local theatre super- visor, made an inspection of the F.G. Spencer Co. properties and proposed theatre sites in- the City- On the completion of Mr. Hallman report, the final plans r charl- ottetownis new theatre w be com- pleted with construction to start as early as possible.

Easiem Canada,

OTTAWA (CP) - Following are eastern Canadian directors elected Wednesday by the Progressive Conservative Associati " convention:

Newfoundland: W. R. Dawes, Mrs. Grace Sparks: and Alex Hen- ley. all of St. Johns, and H. V. Reader, Corner Brook.

Prince Edward Island: J. Angus Machean, MP for Queens; Mrs. W. H. V. Dunbar and Bennett Carr both of Charlottetown, and Claude Delaney, Albany. 4

Nova Scotia: George Nowlan. MP for Digb - Annapolis - Kings; Peter McDermald. Halifaxy; Mrs. W. T. Hayden. New Glasgow; Rob- ert McLelian. Sdne.

New Brunswcik: A. J. Brooks. MP for Royal: J. Edward limirphy, lioncton: Mrs. Hugh McKay, Roth- csay; Hon. Roger Pichette, pro- vincial minister of industries and development. :

Quebec: William Hamilton, MP for Montreal Notre - Dame - de- Grace: Frederic Dorion and Roger Gosselln. Quebec City, and Mrs. A. Fortin, Montreal.

MAULED BY BULLS

SOUTH ST. PAUL. Minn. (AP) -A 17-year-old youth was found dead Monday in a commission house livestock pen, apparently fatally mauled by a pair of horn- less bulls. Eugene R. Evans. em- ployed by a commission firm. had entered the pen to shut water running into a trough. There were no witnesses.

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C oming Events

Salvation Army Y. P. Hall rummage sale Tuesday. Jan. It at 2 pm.

Reserve Thursday. Feb. llth ix! K. of C. formal at tho Rollo-

Relerva Thursday, Feb. Dtii :;yK.elG. formal atthenoilo

Card party Town Hall. liens- lllton. sponsored by C.W.L. Fri- night. Everybody welcome,

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al ent known as Ruports land.

at the C” rlottetowii Hotel last night. Others pictured are. left; Mrs. T. W. L. Prowse. Dr. Frank NlBcKlllli0ll Club President and meeting chairman, His Honour

Mr. Grant MacEwan, B. S. A., M.Sc., M.L.A. in the Alberta Leg- islature and an Alderman of the City of Calgary. was guest slieakef at a dinner meeting of the Can- adian Club of Prince Edward is- land held in the Charlottetown Hotel last night -

Mr. MacEwan in the course of his address on the Canadian Mid- west. expressed the belief that re- sidents of the west areifar more conversant with the history of eastern Canada than the eastern people are with western Canada.

"My only claim to fame is that my mother was a Marltlmer, and it is always a great pleasure for me, to travel east and become better acquainted with this part of Canada." ” wish that more of the folk in this area could see more of the wax. and realize some of the vast development in your country and mine-Canada."

UGLY DUCKLNG

Mr. Mac (D. described the inld- west of 150 ago want it was JL

- I for a barren and uninvitiug. At that tlmd George Simpson of the Hudson's Bay company ruled half a contin-

He travelled the country visiting the Compan posts once a year by Canoe with all the pomp and cere- mony necessary to impress the lndlans and settlers with his great- ness. He even had his own personal musician. Colin Fraser sent to him and described as the "best piper in Scotland".

Forty years later. before the House of Commons. in London Simpson assessed Western Canada as an expert. declaring that by reason of the poverty of the soil. there was no future for the country except.in furs: a strange conclus- ion to reach regarding an area which is unsurpassed in fertill throughout the world. "However". the speaker said. "Simpson was mressing the sentiment of his

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Seventy years ago, a newspaper said in an Editorial that British Columbia was "not worth, and should never have been inhabited". While thelliudson's Bay Comp- any signed away all claim to the country in 1889. it was not until 1876 that the new Agricultural economy began. Three simultan- eous events, not connected with each othenisparked the beginning of this era.

A young man arrived in Winni- peg .wiih an order for 5.000 bushels of wheat. He was able to purchase only iiiti bushels. all that the west had to offer ill years ago. This was the initial shipment of western wheat.

1.000 miles farther west. at Fort Mscbeod, Royal Northwest Mount- ed Police who had been -sent to that area to bring order, where crime and debauche y prevailed a developed where, accord- ing to tradition 24 cows and I null. driven from Montana fell into the hands of a member of the organ- ization in a poker game.

Failing to be able to dispose of them at one dollar per head. he set them loose. despite warnings

some area. 50 million bus 1 of was time the wheat production

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CHARD0ll"l'ET0WN. CANADA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1956

Governor Prowse, Mrs. George Fisher and Hon. A. W. Matheson, Premier.

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that the Indians would them or the charging herds of buffalo. numbering a quarter of a million on their way to Texas for winter pasturage, would sweep them down. Early the following spring, curiosity found the Mountie looking for his cattle. Two days later he drove back to MacLeod with every cow. plus a calf.

HARPER RANCH

Mr. MacEwan told the story of the Harper ranch. which brand is still in use. Harper was unable to dispose of his cattle and decided to drive them to a market. Ha started with his herd of 000 for Chicago, through the states of Washington. Oregon, Idaho and Utah, over mountains and plains. In Utah he was told about the pos- sibilities at San Francisco, where arrived 18 months after leaving" MacLeod. marking up the,begln- gyng of a new era in the fur coun-

Twenty-five years later, in the

snowballcd to 800 million bushels in 1962. i i T OIL

Mr. MacEwan then described the development of the oil situa- tion in Alberta. aii the rapid growth of the business which start- ed on Feb. 13. 1946 when the first oil hell was brought into produc- tion. In 1955, 100 nillllon barrels of oil came out of the 5,000 pro- ducing wells and the latest esti- mate gives the reserve as exceed- ing five billion barrels. The fabu- luous north McMurray tar sand area is not included in this esli mate.

The first oil brought into produc- lion in the Turner Valley petered

ty out after ion million barrels had

been taken from the area. Mr. MacEwan said that the best ex- ample of the present situation at McMurray, was to regard it as tin- cquivaient of 2.500 Turner Valley fields rolled into one. "This is the biggest known oil area in the world and is roughly the equival- ent of all known oil deposits in the world". Mr. MacEwau said.

INDUSTRIES

Mr. MacEwan also tou ” J on the development of the beet sugar industry. pulp, fish and other in- terests which have kept pace with the provinces growing needs and added to the economy of the mid- west. He touched on the develop ment of the wheat taming situa- tion in Saskatchewan which has regained its former position in many areas. The possibilities of the z".-velopment of Zinc. Coppei, gold and potash disc eries were described as ”fahuluous".

Mr. MacEwan also pointed out that lB.000 mineral claims were staked. mostly in the uranium belt There are more than 500 oil are duclng wells in Manitoba.

Describing the changes in Brit fsh Columbia. Mr. MacEwan said

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Visitors From Indiana Consider Settling l-lore

Confdrrlng yesterday with Agri- culture Minister Eugene Cullen and other officials of the Depart- l1ochslct- ler and Mr. Alvin Yokei of Nap- anee. Indians. Both visitors are members of the.- prominent in a number of parts of the United States. During their stay here they are anxious to gather information regarding farming conditions, the type of soil. crops grown etc. Both admitted that the winter was not the most opportune time to obtain such information first hand and ex- pressed the opinion that they would probably return during the sum- mer months. WOULD CONSIDER SETTLING In an ineterview. the men said that they were consid ing the pos-

,. slbility of settling on the Island if

it could be arranged. The average . farm in their home community, P they said was about ill acres with ' all of the field work being done ; by horses. ”We love our horses". i they said. Each farm has its wood- . lot and from the general-conver-

sation it was gathered that the people of this sect live a modest quiet existence.

The Amish sect have a way of life peculiar to themselves. They do not necessa ll, live in communi- ties by the-mse'vcs like some other related forms of religion but their life is dedicated to worship which is carried out daily in every home and where they are the only people attending a public school. strict re llgious obseivances are the rule. FULL BEARDS

A man may remain beardless while he is single but after his marriage he is not permitted to use a razor. They do not study rc- ilgion at a recognized university but pointed out that their training begins as a child. Religious meet- ings take place within the homes of the community where from 20 to 30 gather. All the service both singing and preaching is carried out in the German language. Many of the Amish fiath have lived in the United States for four genera- tlons. Marriage outside their own faith is not permitted. A very strict moral code is observed with- in their ranks.

Successor To . C. M. Williams On Farm loan Bd. A

Mr. Frank Chester, Commission- er of (2 din Farm Loan ment

. . Ismail- agar of the Prince E ward Island Branch. He succeeds Mr. C. M. Williams. retired.

Mr. Lawson joined the Prince Edward Island Board a year after it was formed and until his pre- sent appointment has worked on occasions as appraiser, inspector and receiver. -

Mr. Williams took charge of the office of the local Farm Loan Board in 1935 when it began oper- ations in this Province. Previous to this time he had been employed with the Soldier's Settlement Board. He is a veteran of both World Wars having retired with the rank of Major.

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Slewardess Has life Saved By Curious Dog

SEPT-ILES. Que. (CP) - Stew-

rdess Denise Jobidon, the only woman aboard a twin-engine DC-3 that crashed in remote bushland, W55 T9C0V9l'ii1L: from her injuries in hospital Wednesday-her life saved by a curious husky dog.

Miss Jobidun, 23, of Quebec City. lay unconscious for almost six hours under two feet of snow. fol- lowing the crash in which three persons were killed. Spike, a husky from a nearby railway camp. fin- ally sniffed her out and barked to attract three men searching for survivors.

A search part was still looking Wednesday for the body of co- pilot Daniel Sit-ard. 28. believed buried beneath the fuselage of the plane on lonely Lake Achouanlpi 186 miles north of here on the Quebec-Labrador border. BODIES RECOVERED

The bodies of the two other vic- tims-pilot Gerard Belanger. 32. of Sherbrooke. Que, and passenger Roland Bernatchcz. 24, of Sept- Ilcs-have beenirt-covered. Besides Miss Jobidon. one passenger was injured-Joseph Dominique. 21, a Montagnais Indian laborer. Thirteen PBSSCIIECFS who escaped unhurt pra' ” Miss Jobldon's her- oism before the crash. They said ahe went calmly about her work. advising passengers to fasten their safety belts, .and never indicating that the plane was going down. The aircraft, bound from Knob Lake. mining headquarters of the Iron Ore Company of Canada, to Sept-lies. crashed three-quarters of a mile from a railway camp. Three men from the camp came out and guided the 13 passengers to safety. '

Army will LE2 samouiilld. Eerce...

BERLIN (AP)-East Germany's Parliament voted Wednesday for a new "people's army" but it will be the old Russian-organizd bar-i racks police with Soviet-type uni- forms which was set up six years ago. p

The Communists claim they need an army to stop an "impe- rialist invasion" which they charge ls being planned in West Germany. Deputy Premier Willi Stoph said an army also is needed so East Germany can fulfill its obligations under last year's Warsaw Pact set- ting up a unified Communist bloc command to counterbalance NATO.

MONTREAL (CP) - Careless maintenance of oil burners and lack of understanding of their operation are responsible for most deaths in house fires across Can- ada, the Dominion Board of Insur- ance Underwriters said Wednes- da .

Commenting on I wave of disas- trous fires in recent weeks. a spokesman said statistics showed

top of the list. They either were

often enough.

He said many householders did not seem to know how to handle oil burners.

Other fire causes included care- less . uninspected and faulty heating systems: faulty or overloaded electrical circuits; starting ii fire with gasoline or cleaning with gasoline: defective chimneys; improper storage of paints and fillers; combustible roofs: accumulation of rubbish and unwatched stove burners.

The official listed the following preventive Iteps: y

Underwriters Give Report On Causes Of House Fires

defective oil burners were at the

improperly cleaned or not serviced

1. Keep matches away from mil- dren. 2. Never smoke in bed

3. Guard against the misuse of electricity-overloaded circuits or faulty electrical equipment.

chimneys inspected annually.

5. Have fire-resistant roofing.

6. Do not keep gas, benzine or uhcr inflammable liquids in the home and never use them to kindle fires.

7. Do not let rubbish or com- bustlble items accumulate in the h' 'lB.

The first rule of fire prevention is good housekeeping. the board said.

If a fire does start. the board warns against opening doors be- fore first dctermining whether they are hot. If they are. block them with furnniture or a wet mattress.

if you are trapped by fire. re- member the air is always better near the floor. the board says. Jump from upper-storey windows only as a last resort.

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'MONTREAL (CP) Canada's best future role is to remain a hewer of wood and drawer of wa- ter. says R. M. Fowler, president of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association.

This challenging view, submitted before the Gordon economic com- mission Wednesday conflicted with that of shippers, arms producers and machinery as ' turers.

They said Canada's great need is to build up manufacturing skills to turn the country's raw materials into finished goods. Protection had to be given to development of sec- ondary industrles, even to tiiel point of strengthening tariffs.

wii.L man saw LYATERIALS l

fade i royal commission on radial and ii vision. The world in the future will require huge quantities

industries demanded an expansion! in population.

But. suggested Mr. Fowler, it would he better for Canada to have 25,000,000 people by 1980 with jobs and high living standards than 30,000.'000 "busily engaged taking in each others washing."

"Thu long-range trend appears to be e of mounting pressure on the supply of raw materials. if this is so,'it may be a very good thing indeed to be a hewer of wood and a drawer or water.

He spoke for three hours on a

50,000-word submission. Commis- sion questions on his views will be fired today.

The Canadian s2,000,000.000 pulp and largest enterprise. producing half the world's newsprint. Canada's r'rief export commodity.

DEMAND WILL RISE

Mr. Fowler predicted newspaper" advertising and circulation will increase in the next 25 years and demand for Canadian newsprint will double to 12,500,000 tons by! 938.

In that period the industry willl

in expansion. The newsprint cliiefl wrr sure Canada's forests can

tives ind other forest management help. . The five-man Gordon comriis-

ture over the next quarter-century, heard opposing views from other Canadian industries.

F. G. Ferrabee, President of Canada's Machinery and Equip- ment Manufacturers' Association, proposed ' J ' dumping duties be extended to increase the indus- tryis protection against imports of competing products.

He said a larger population is needed to consolidate Canada's past manufacturing gains and pro- vide a firm foundation for future manufacturing nsion.

,aper industry is Canada's'

Suggests Canadians Plan To Supply Raw Materials

'l'. R. McLagan, president of the lcanadian Shipbuilders' Association a..d C a n a d a Steamship Lines, called for restrictions on coastal trade and federal encouragement of Canadian shipbuilding.

Transportation costs might rise if Canada” let her decimated fleet completely disappear and she be- came totally dependent on foreign freighters.

He questioned whether the St. Lawrence seaway will -educe ship- ping charges as much as had been repo rd in some quarters. A lot would depend on goveruinent-set tolls and elimination of entry de-

lapend an estimated 54.000,000,000.lays in the Welland canal.

Commission member Raymond Gushue of St. John's, Nfld.,,ob-

Not so, said Mr. Fowler, re-yield the extra pulpwood providing serving that Mr. McLagan wanted centii appointed chairman of the there is federal aid in tax iucenv United Kingdom ships restricted

from C nadian coastal trade, asked if he would also apply sim- ilar curbs on U. K. automobiles

of raw materials. Manufacturersi sion, gathering material to help in coming to Canada. suggested build-up of secondary forecasting Canada's econoi-nlc fu-

Mr. McLagan said that was the same as asking if he favored buy- lug automobiles in the United States where the price was lower than in Canada. He would rather buy a Canadian automobile and build up the Canadian economy.

The Canadian Industrial Prepar- edness Association proposed Can- ada should produce most of the arms she requires even if it means higher costs. This would increase her indepeud of foreign sup- pliers and give her the production skills required for fast expansion in case of war.

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OTTAWA (Special) - llfrom the office of Public Works Minister Winters, Neil A. Matheson, Lib- eral M.P. for Queens learned Wed nesday that tenders for the con- struction of an R. C. M. P. build- ing at Charlottetown wlir be ad- vertised befora the end of the pre- sent month. Plans for the new structure have been completed'and both Works Department and R. C. M. P. au- thorlties are preparing estimates of the cost. Probable cost has not been revealed and only a small sum has been placed in parlia- mentary estimates to cover cost of plans. The new building will be erect- ed on n Malpequo Road site. It is to be a two-storey and basement structure with -brick facing and precast concrete trim. The base- ment will be of reinfoced concrete and walls of brick and concrete! block. reinforced with steel to tliei roof. The entire building will be” used by the Charlottetown detach- ment of the force. Basement areas will consist of a bollerroom ships, laboratories and storage. Oh the first floor will be . C. M. P. offices and a radio room. The second fllor will pro- vide sleeping acommodatlon and recreational facilities for 18 single

LBURIED, EATS RAZOR BLADES

CREMA. ltaly (Reuters)- An Italian faklr celebrated his return to life above ground here Wednesday -- after 144 hours buried under five feet of eart-h-with a dinner of razor blades and old crock- ery. washed down by a few glasses of gasoline.

He claimed the world's. championship for underground starvation.

The faklr. 4!-year-old Rem- Tenca. had himself buried Sai- urday night. leaving a narrow air inlet as his only contact with the surface.

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