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opment of the sands was economically feas- ible.

no Second Clue Mall Poet office Department, ottawl. The lellnd Guardian fubllehlng co.

Authorised

The Blair report concluded that at a direct operating cost of 53.10.a barrel, a distillate could be produced from the

lloeldont and Associate Editor. Ian A. Imrnetl. Aeooclnte Editor. Frank Walker.

bitumen in the sands and delivered to the Lake Superior terminal of the oil pipeline

CIRCULATION , "Covers Prince Edward Island lure the dew”

(The Strongest Memory is Weaker noon - the Weakest Ink".

CHABLO'.I":IlETOVVN, IFIIIDAYI. APRIL 4. 10571:

Railway Proposal lleiiatoll

It is interesting to note from the discuss- ion in the Legislature yesterday that Gov- ernment members, for the most part, see pretty clearly the handwriting on the wall so far as rail passenger transportation in this Province is concerned, and would wel- come an improvement along the lines sug- gested in the C. N. R. application for bus licenses, it efficient service can be guaran- teed and other requirements met. It is up to the Railway authorities to furnish these assurances and to convince the committee, and through them the Legislature at the next session.-of their good faith and ability to place us in the van instead of in the rear of transportation services provincially.

The Federal Government appears to be satisfied on this point, for as will be noted in todays Ottawa despatches Transport Minister Chevrier had indorsed Mr. Donald Gordon's statement to Parliament that the plans provide for a better service for this Province.

One thing our, members cannot do, is put back the clock for all of Canada. At most they can retard progress in this Province; but if so, it will be to our own detriment and not of the Railway which will have no difficulty in finding other fields for its enterprise if the proposals for modernizing the system are turned down in Prince Ed- ward Island. As Premier Jones and Hon. Mr. Matheson remarked, the age will move in spite of us. however dearly we may be attached to the ways of our ancestors.

It is interesting to recall that many of our politicians were strongly against the railway when it was first mooted in this Province, and argued that it would never prove as efficient as the oldtime stage coach for mail and passenger transport. The bill passed by a slim majority and in- dignation meetings were subsequently held to stop the wheels of progress. Then as new, private interests were affected and a great many difficulties had to be straight- ened out before the first train whistle was heard. Transportation has come a long way since then. and quite lately we have had the dieselization of our whole system which has meant more and not less em- ployment, though many doubts were ex- pressed on this point at the time. The new proposal takes account of the fact that the public will not travel short distances by train where motor rvehicle service isiavail- able, and that no improvement in a system which is itself outmoded and uneconomic can save it from extinction.

The issue is a big one for the future of this Province. and the Government is to be commended on seeing it in this light, and in proposing to have the committee take full time to hear the arguments for and against the new service.

Private capital And Alberta

To those who bemoan the American control of Canadian oil resources. the an- nouncement that 10 Canadian independent oll companies will attempt the first develop- mental work in the oil sands region of Al- berta. should be welcome news. Mines Min- istcr Tanner. in making the announcement, said these companies meant business. And the exploitation of this vast and amazing petroleum jackpot has to be a businesslike proposition. It is 310 deal for the fly-by- night type of operator. It requires plenty of capital and lots of hard work. It is the field of the future so far as Alberta oil de- velopment is concerned.

The independent companies, which in-

tend to start a joint program of core drill-'

ing in the region this Spring. have leased an area of 250,000 acres in this oil-rich dis- trict which geologists have estimated may be as extensive as 30,000 square miles in area. The amount of oil thought to be held in this extraordinary natural treasury runs between 100 and 300 billion barrels, or ap- proximately four to eight times American .oil reserves.

Since the days of the 18th century for u-uppers, notes the Calgary Herald. this great deposit has been known to Canadians. Only in the past 40 years has any serious attention been paid to the possibilities avail- able. Two experimental plants have" been in operation in the region for a number of years. one run by the provincial govern-

to discover economic methods for '1'il&' culminated in the Blair

where it would be worth o3.50 a barrel. The incentive was there and private cap- ital has taken the plunge. T

EDITORIAL NOTES

"Prophets have honour save in their own country” is illustrated by the prominent part being played by Mrs. G. I. Inman, Montague, in the Women's Liberal Con- vention at present being held in Ottawa.

0 O C Ottawa spent about 3152,000,000 on buildings and public works, including land costs. This year expenditures will run at least 511,200,000 higher. Non-defence ex- penditures on equipment will run to about 527,700,000 - up about 54,246,000.

0 O O

With the snow fast disappearing on land, and the ice breaking up in the Straits, it will not be long now when the ladies will be abroad in all their spring finery, and men and boys twirling their baseball bats pre- paratory to outdoor exercise. Easter is in the offing, and after that our long winter will be but a memory.

0 0 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist. poet and dramatist, died this date 1774. Of large humanity, pathos, and humour, his novels, such as "The Vicar of Wakefield”, discard artificiality and false sentimentality and create life-like figures with, perhaps, an idyllic note. His poem, "The Deserted Vil- lage" brings out the then revolutionary idea that for a nation to be great each in-

dividual must have a share in itslblessings. O O O

The proposal to make all medical ex- penses deductible for income tax purposes without the present four per cent lower limit is a fair and welcome one. The C.C.F. proposal, approved unanimously in the Commons, would greatly extend the re- lief given by the deduction without.mak- ing it meaningless by being universal, as would be the case if every taxpayer paitl something like four per cent of his income for medical expenses. 0 it is now clear that Hon. Mr. Darby was referring to Federal undertakings when he said there had been no geological survey here since 1883. The survey carried out in 1948 was a Provincial one, chiefly to dis- cover gravel beds for road-making. It also. however, dealt with general geology, sed- iments, igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks, glacial deposits, silica sands and clays, peat: and limestones.

O O 0

It must be most discouraging to Mr. Albert Roop to have his still uncompletcd apartment house at Brighton practically gutted by fire. He showed great enterprise and self-sacrifice in stepping into the breach when the home demand was at a premium. and providing a building with no fewer than fourteen apartments. It is to be hoped he will rise above his present. ad- gversity, and succeed not only in restoring his present loss but adding to his invest- ment for the benefit of home hunters.

O O O The veteran Mr. P. W. Turner is not lmuch in the public eye these days, but time lwas when he was the cynosure of all eyes ,in the City. first as Councillor. then as Mayor. He will now represent Canada in the great World Convention of Rotary in Mexico to which the City of Aberdeen is sending its Librarian to represent Scotland. Mr. Turner has a lasting memorial in Char- lottetown in the Victoria Park driveway of which he was the instigator during his mayoralty.

0 When Scotland meets England in the Association Football International at Hamp- den Park, Glasgow, tomorrow. 140,000 peo- ple from all over the world will crowd the stands and terraces at Glasgowis most fam- ous football ground for what has become a great national occasion. Before Christmas the Scottish Football Association began their planning and distribution of tickets (more than half a million people applied) which brings the crowds by plane, car, bus, train and ship to I-fampden for the 3 p.m. kick-off. While the teams quietly pass the time before this great game-Scotland at the West coast seaside resort of Troon, and England at Large a few miles away-their sands prepare for the pilgrimage to Hamp- den. This year 130 soccer enthusiasts will fly from New York to Preetwlck, Scot- land's international airport, nowimanaged by an Islander. while others will fly from London's Heath Row. Others will travel by steamer from the Scottish Islands while many who arrive at Hampden on the Sat- urday will have travelled from Africa, Ma- laya and the Western Pacific after planning their United Kingdom holiday to coincide

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOT'l'ETOWN

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This column is open to the discuesio by correspondent: of questions of interest. The Guardian does not neouur lly endorse the opinion of ' correspondents.

PERSONAL TBIBUTB

Sir.-Permit me to express through your columns a few of the thoughts that are uppermost

in our minds when we pay fri- bule, hy no means the last, to one of the finest men that

Prince Edward Island has pro- duced: the type that we are proud to claim as our own. I re- fer to Mr. D. A. MacKinnon.

On first meeting him one got, an impression of Bigness: bigness of stature, bigness of heart. big-

ness of soul, and after over thirty years those impressions were the more intensified by a closer relationship. His genuine

courtesy, his refined manner, his gracious spirit immediately plac- ed upon him the seal of the per- fect gentleman. In his quiet un-

assuming way he proved a "Tried nnd valued friend” to many throughout. the city and

province who will "Long keep his memory green in their souls." In his religious life as well as in his business relations he was in Trueblue and at the same time was kindly in his judgments. and tolerant in his outlook. "So when a great mnn dies. For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies l'pon the paths of men." I am, Sir. etc. - W. J. MacLEOD.

rnucknns--ii-Ares 13o LOW

Sir.-I have been reading letters in the newspapers from time to time regarding the plight of the man that is trying to feed him- self and his family by trucking in this Province, and I have rea- son to believe that he has grounds for his complaint.

Although I do not own I. truck, I do, however, know some- thing about their cost and their up-keep. and I have no doubt but that the heads of our De- partment of Public Works know something about that also. These costs are going higher and higher. while the earning power of the truck is getting smaller and Imel- ler. and the truck and its owner are getting more neglected as time goes on.

I fall to understand the view- point. of the heads of the above mentioned Department for keep- ing the rates so low for the work -that these machines have to do. It has reached a point. where ev- ery mile that a load is hauled the ouncr of the machine is just. that much worse off. until he is forced out. of the business. And by that

with this event. Does sport flourish in

indicated on: devel-

Scotland!-

Old Cha rlolletown (And r. r. r. )

CBAPAUD ITABCII FACTORY

"On Wednesday evening. the 23rd, an important meeting of farmers and others took place in Crapaud Hall to consider the es- tablishment of A starch factory at or near I-lowatt'I Mills. Mr. George Lowther was called to the chair. and Mr. D. Farquhauon, M.P.P.. pf Charlottetown, present- ed the object of the meeting in convincing language.

"Mr. William Lea advocated prin- clpally the establishment 'of a cheese factory. and expressed his willingness to 'go in for in starch factory, along with the rest! Mr. Farquharson promised that, should the committee appointed be able to get a sufficient number of po- tatoes and a sufficient number of cow: signed for. both businesses should be carried on-the number of acres,to be three hundred and cows four hundred. at the least.

"Mr. William MacDonald strong- ly advocated the establishment of a starch factory. He considered that fourteen cents per 60 pounds for the clan of potatoes required by the factory. and the time gain- ed by delivery. would pay the farmer better than if he received twenty cents a bushel for shipping potatoes.

"The meeting was almost un- anlmous as to the desirability of a -factory being established in Crapaud, and at the close, a list was at once opened to receive names of all who would subscribe. The committee appointed have since canvassed the district. with every possibility of success."

-The Examiner, Jan. 31. 1883.

both. Then consider wet days and preakdowns; all this keeps trucks from doing work on the roads, no you can see that the man living by what. he gets from trucking is getting it pretty rough. xwhcn we consider all those things. and then 0 think again that a lot of these troubles could be i.aken' away or at least sent somewhere else Just by e nod of the head from the right person, I think that in fairness to the man with the truck, some head should nod before this year's trucking eeuon starts, and let the truckman have something to live on while he is working, as well as something also to live on during the time idiot he cannot put his truck on the road. I am, Blr, etc.. W. 3. Mcl.ELLAN. Alma, P. I. 1. WHY llx AND UNDER? air,-According to your issue under date of April an! it is re- ported that under amendments to the Highways Act in the Provin- clol Legislature, provision is made "that. no driver of e-motor veh- icle shall fall to stop such motor

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TIME Men cannot. call the brimming instant. back; i Time's an affair of instant: gun to days; , If man must make an instant gold. or black. . Let him. he may. but Time must so his ways.

we my be duller for an fnetantle D

blaze,

Life": an affair of indent; min: to years,

instants are only cause of all there tears.

-John Muefleld.

MacMillan Irish

(The Scotsman)

A book just published on the history of the Macmillan: proves that they do indeed rank with the very earliest of our clans. The author is the Rev. some:-led Mac- Mlllan. a Glasgow clergyman who is Bard of the Clan MecMlllan society.

The founder of the family, the eon of an Ulster King, lived in the early years of the eleventh century. Few can boast. of a pedi- itree as long. one that extends be- yond samcrleds time and the foundation of the clam descended from him, like the Mocbougells and Macbonalds.

This book is a handsome vol- ume of 126 pages. and among its contents are elaborate family trees. The photographs include one of the chief. Lleut.-General sir Gordon H. A. Mecwllan of Knap.

The Clan MacMlllan'l earliest home in Scotland was in the Loch Lomond area. where they were neighbours of the Buchenem. Theirs is A "church name". on its Gaelic equivalent shows ("Son of the Tonsured One"), but who this "tonsured one” was history does not conclusively show.

From Loch Lomondslde the MncMllla a spread far. They op- pear to ave penetrated by Loch- eber. and were transplanted to Argyllshlre. which is now consid- ered to be the county of their clan lands-though, in fact, they have no land.

lfnnpdnle Home

Knnp. in Knapdale, was their home for so long that the ooh- nectlon became proverbial And the Gaelic saying expreesu ftb thus: "Coir Mhlc Mhaolafnn air 1' Chnap, fad 's a bhueilsae tonh air crclg". (”MacMlllens claim on the chap. as long on wave strike! the rock."l

But the time came when the

1. Notes ' Bx

in china. our car strike in

ly refused to collect fuel.- Arthur News-chronicle.

contest in search of e "Miss India" who will compete in Hollywood for the title "Mlle Universe." That's an example of Westerng "culture" which Indie might well -Ottawa Journal.

juice. will be used to turn out newsprint in a new process, comes from the U. 8. why not leave the juice where it is and sweeten up the news? Then, after reading a newwaper, it could be born into shreds and dumped into tee or cof- :ee.- North Bay Nugget.

that the Ranln legions used to ford the River Thames - on toot -- where Westminster Bridge now stands. so he put. his theory to the test, but found he had to swim. Maybe something has "appened to the channel since Caesar": day. But. it was I good effort. and shows that Britons; even in these dreary days, can think of other things be- sides real-moment. and the dollar crisis.-Ottawa Citizen.

its name of their favorite can- didate presented something of a challenge to many Minnesota vot- ers who laboriously wrote him into the primary ballot. For those who, grappled unsuccessfully with the spelling, the phonetic approach was the moat. common: "' r." or "Is. ” " some pursued the German theme all the way through

They do thine better eonotlnoe e recent street- enghel the can ran ll ulual.-The conductors mere; Poi-

New Delhlifl having a boeuty

overlook.

Word that sour oene, xnlnul its

Anglnzlleli poor has a theory,

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An Anorloen mung. wt predict: that round trip: to 1:: moon will be possible in on ,..m. tune. Men is unveiling the gem, o. the universe at. 5 foster pm than ever before in hhtory, am the greatest physical secret or at seems to remain for from solution. MW thousand: oz yam of of-rife, men have not yet learned the sec- ret of living in peace with them. selves and their neighbors.-Otta. we Citizen.

The - Way I.

A group of 20! huelneu And pro. feeolonal men, and their wlveg from Syrlcuee. N. Y., plans to via. It Ottawa in May. Ottawa's cam hletory will probably be of little interest. to them, since it is Ilmilar to that of many North American towns. But. they will likely find the Peace Tower and the noun. tlel fascinating, for these are sym- balk: at Canada, and there is noth-

ing like them in the United States

-oottawa Citizen.

The eehenio to send three Lon- don buses on a trip around the United states in behalf of the British tourist industry is the best promotion idea we have heard or "since the 20-mule-team borax train was trotted out of Death Valley 1 generation ago. These big. red doubledecker buses -from Buck. lnghsm Palace Road, Charm: Cross. and points thataway, are as British es the Thames fog and as famous as the London Bridge. The warm excitement they created the other any as they I. tied up Mad- lson Avenue from the liner Parthin will be multiplied a million told when they embark on their 8.000- mlle transcontinental trip through to American cities. No doubt but many on American living between the Hudson River end.the Golden

and came out with "Elsenheuer." Many wrote "Ike" and let it go at that. Their ballots were counted: It would have been much easier; to have written "Tl! ."-New York, Herald Tribune.

Gate, with spore dollars in the bulk and a hankering to travel in his breast, will succumb to the genial psychological conditioning of t.hle."'rrsvel to Brltalnmnppeal, --New York Herald Tribune.

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