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THE GUARDIAN

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Total City Zone Retail Trading Zone All Others 325 Iota! Net Paid . 18.043

Editor nntl Managing ')lroctor. I. It durnelt Associate Editor, ltrnnli Walker. - "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

CIIABLOTTETOWN. THURSDAY. DEC. 14. 1950

Time To Man The stockades

Back in the days when the West was still a wilderness of grasslands, buffalo herds and Indians, intrepid hornesteazlers frequently had to halt their covered wagon caravans, and fight off savage Indian at- tacks. Early settlements were protected by stockades, and part of the slim resources of the settlers- had to go for muskets and ball to provide defence against the savages. It seldom occurred to those early pioneers that life would be easy. They recognized that what little security they knew must be provided by dint of sacrificing creature comforts and working longer and harder hours.

Today Canadians still confront the sav- ages. The fact that they happen to be . , Russians and live outside our borders is a 3 difference only of degree. But they men- ' ace our way of life far more than did the

, Indians in the days of our forefatliei".

. The paradox of the Russian menace is l; that the Government of Canada through V responsible Ministers of the Crown says

that the people of this country can build

their stockades, stock up on musket and

ball, and still suffer no inconvenience in

their ordinary way of life. Labor Minister

Gregg said, in effect, just that, a few days

ago.

J It is a pity that Mr. Gregg and some of 0 his cabinet colleagues had not lived in the days of the covered wagon. For if they had, they would not talk such nonsense. Canadians cannot eat buffalo steak every night and man the stockades as well. If we are going to do both, people will have to work twice as hard as they do now. If they don't, one of two things will happen. Either the savages will climb the stockades and slaughter them, or buffalo steaks and everything else will get so scarce dollars wonlt buy them any more.

. Death on The streets

It seems so obvious that city streets are designed for traffic rather than as playgrounds that it should not have to be given a second thought. Yet one can see youngsters of all ages acting as if the con- trary were true. The older ones habitually play ball or hockey on the pavement, paus- ing only momentarily to allow traffic to pass. ' More seriously, tiny tots follow their elders example and may pop out any- where from behind parked cars, or play on the street around, and even on cars stop- ped for longer or shorter periods. It is not rare for a driver to put a car in motion only to get frantic signals that a tiny tot is clinging to his bumper. . . i Children cannot be expected to have

1 - i traffic sense, and it is the parents' duty to " i make it a firm disciplinary matter that smaller children stay off the street. .Qld&.I' ones who can take better care of themsel-

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ht ' the smaller children into danger. and

ii; . should at least do what they can to dis-

" tcourage imitation.

' Drivers, of ,course, must always assume that there is a child in any blind spot.

The calendar

- 1” As we near the end of another year ' and 1951 calendars make their. appearance it is worth taking a look at this venerable institution. Julius Caesar reformed the old goman. calendar in 46 B.C. with the help '1 of Sosigenese, an astronomer from Alex- ". . andria. The Julian calendar consisted oi E months-of alternately 30 and 31 days ex- ' cept February which had 29 or 30. Augus- t 1 V J tus later named the eighth month after 1 ' himself and gave it a day from February " ' in order to have as many as July. He also changed the last four months from 31, 30, "31, 30 to 30, 31, 30, 31 to avoid a series of three 31 day months. At the same time he adjusted leap year so that the average year was only 11 minutes. and 14 second; too ” long. . ' Pope Gregory XIII made a further cor- ' .' ,.ectgo'n- in 1582, providing that centurial would only be leap years if divisible .-.,-...;.by 4ti0.1nstead of 4. dropping 10 days to adjust the past error. A-This Gregorian cai- efidar is in general use today although not

. ndoiitonnln EH8!!!” . W” 1752- . 1 i -mgfwoiid Calendar-Association is ad- ' - " H calendar in ”' '30, 30, 31 days in 1' minor two "year will always full on

tho ioA 't.

' will not coincide,

If

- Ives must remember that they are enticing,

however. until 1956 so that it will be nec- essary to remember the jingle "Thirty days hath . .” for a few years yet even if the reform is decided upon.

FDI IURIAI. NO I ES

The railway labour dispute is about settled by Mr. Justice Kellock's decision, but the settlement will undoubtedly un- settle freight rates and other charges all over again.

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The Quebec Government is carrying out a survey of hotels and restaurants to find out how consumption of fish can be in- creased. Their findings will be watched with interest by this Province.

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Premier Smallwoodls extensive plans for Maritime industrial development are not, he says. ”socialistic”. Perhaps the St. Laurent description of ttLiberal in a hurry” is the cap that fits.

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Orders for 560,000,000 worth of food- stuffs for 1951 from Britain is something to crow over, double the present years to- tal, and which does not include wheat. A separate deal has to be made for the Prairie's produce.

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We are reminded that under a judg- ment of Magistrate Hinton. Summerside, the unrestricted sale of ”Shako" is not illegal here. To make it so the present law must be amended, which cannot be done before the nextemeeting of the Legislature.

Crime may not be a serious threat in this Province but the break into the Sum- merside office of the Attorney-General seems to indicate that law enforcement is not much of a threat to the criminal eith-

er.

The immediate effect of Summerside's agreement with the Maritime Electric Co. Ltd. seems to be to continue the Town as supplier of power to the airport for the next year, but with compensation on an

emergency basis.

Europe is not yet undergoing a "war scare" according to reports. but when cor- respondents consider it appropriate to note that cities are not being evacuated, the situation can hardly be regarded as nor-

mal.

An unusually productive cow. Itls quads on the Baker farm in Jacksonville, Tex. The mother is Baker's Jersey cow, to whom two heifers and two bulls were born. All are normal, healthy animals. Last year, the cow gave birth to twins.

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The H. M. S. "Maggie" rockers for the Nelson Smith children at St. Eleanor's have now safely reached port and been presented by an officer representing the Navy, Lieut. J. Richards, of H.M.S. Queen Charlotte. It has been an interesting in- terlude in naval routine, and will become historical.

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With two official candidates in the field for election to represent Queen's in the House .of Commons, announcement should not be delayed in declaring the election date. Perhaps it may be fixed for some- time in January. Meantime the Federal Government is saving the annual indem- nities of some 336,000 which rightly belongs to the Senator-to-be and M.P. respectively.

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. .The King's Birthday. His Most Excel- lent Majesty George the Sixth, second son of His late Majesty King George V, born in York Cottage, Sandringham, this date 1895.. He succeeded to the throne Decem- ber 11, 1936, and was crowned May 12, 1937, having married April 26, 1923,,the Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, daugh- ter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kingborne.

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Egg prices on December 8 this year and previous years. .The prices quoted below are for Grade A Large. At Montreal and Toronto the prices. are those at, which graded shipments are selling to whole-

salers. At other points quotations are prices to shippers for ungraded eggs. 1950 1949 1948

Montreal . 62 47-4714 52-53 Toronto 61-62 46-47 50-51 Winnipeg ...... .. 52 42 46 Vancouver 60 41 431,4; Edmonton 52 40 44 Regina . 55-57 40-42 48 Charlottetown 49-50 41 46-47

Weight of Live and Dressed-Poultry at Registered Stations week ending

Nov. 25 Nov. 18 Nov. 11

Province lb. lb. ' lb. B. C. 117,449 105,050 105,175 Alta. .. 487,842 272,025 176,007 Sask. . 474,343 302,829 293,788 Man. 324,481 372,474 344,880 Ont. 981,841 972,749 1,102,120 Que. ....... 651,293 630,396 N. B. .... .. . 7,845 15,895 8,424 N..S. ......... 24.471 19.158 18,312 69,918

P. E. I. ......... ..' 98,085 81,249

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THE GUARDIAN.

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Getting In Tune Vlltl Tho-Tiim

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myself this time...

This column is open an the dincdssion by correspondent! of questions of Inocrut. The Guardian doesnut necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

COVEHEAD HARBOUR. 1170

Sir,-I have just read your "Marked Changes in P. E. I. Shoreline" and it brings. to mind a bit of early Island 1 story.

On June 3rd, 1770. e good ship "Falmouth” with Lord Montgom- ery's settlers for Lot 34 arrived off East. Point but could not get to Charlottetown on aowunt of ice. She then sailed westward along in to Prince- town lMalpeque) where she re- mained for two days and three nights.

on June 6th she sailed Eastward where Captain Higgins boarded the ship and piloted them into Covehead Harbor.

Lawrence Giles Brown was Lord Montgomery's Superintendent and families of Lawson's and Auld's were also among the settlers.

Captain Higgins was already resident on the Island and a mem- ber of its first House. of which his brother Captain David Higgins was Speaker.

There are desccndantsofall the above families still in Charlotte- town and other parts of Queen's County.

I am. sir, etc. ISLANDBR

THE MUSEUM PROBLEM

Sir.-No one should be discour- aged by Premier Jones' letter to the Summerside Council regard- ing a Provincial Museum.

Mr. Jones was correct. A de- cision for the erection of a mus- eum certainly isn't imminent. nor will it be for a good many years unless more people interest them- selves in the question.

Our greatest need now is not n decision by the Government, but a. decision by the people. We must each of us decide how much we are willing to pay toward hav- ing a museum.

To insure its permanent opera- tion. the maintaining of a museum must be 8 public expense, as all public education is. but if the people want to indicate to the Government, their sincere inter- est in this project, they could do no better as individuals and groups, than to subscribe a sub- stantial proportion of the cost of the building.

The constitution of the P. E. 1. Arts and Crafts Guild outlines its aims so for as preserving the his- iorieal material in this Province is concerned. and the Guild giving constant attention to the question. More than a year ago. the board of the Guild discussed a plan to invite the public to sub- scribe to the cost of a museum. but it felt at the time not nearly enough were interested. More publicity was required to make people "museum minded" so to speak. There has been more pub- licity in the past year. The 1.0. DI... the Women's Institutes and other groups as well as the Guild have helped to point out the need for a museum. More recently the Councils of Summerside and Char- lottetown and the Boards of Trade have taken up the question. But this still isn't enough publicity to have reached into every coin- munlly in the Island and made it want to give its support to the museum project.

If everybody on the Island made ,1 New Year's resolution to put one penny away every day during 1951 for I museum. we”d have enough money by next Christmas, with- out going to the Government. to erect a bulldlnl which would be the pride of the Mu-itiknes and Ill Ciinudn. One more good mun- cum is an Inc! to the whole coun- try. And even if the war situa- tion should worsen, having the money gathered together would be a guarantee of going ahead with'the project It the earliest convenience as well u pivvldiriz employment for those who may need it. ' ,

Would it. be worthwhile having all the organizations in the Pro- vince unite themselves in In of- fort to encourage all their mem- bers lo uke part in iuch n cav- ing: plan? Attractive little bank: with appropriate wording on than could be mad: fairly cheaply Ind widely attributed. with or- ganizations accepting the respon- liblllty for making monthly col- lections. -

such I parade of pennies would”

ui-vs in a, daily reminder of our

gocl for n niiucul.i'woui'd anoint

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ANCHORAGE nuns

From the Speech from the- Throne by Lieutenant Governor Sir Alexander Bannarmnn, in pro- roguing the Legislative Assembly. April 16, 1853:

"A few days ago I received from Washington a. voluminous report on the fisheries. In a note sp- pended to that report, page 462. it is stated: "I'h.is year every vessel which visits the harbours of Prince Edward Island is obliged to pay another tax, which is call- ed anchorage ducs. As almost all of our vessels visit. this Island. this new duty about doubles the tax on them. It is said that the duty paid by our vessels is for the sup- port of their lighthouses. But. where are the lighthouses? There is no light on the whole northern coast of Prince Edward Island. which is most visited by our fish- ermen. Our fishing vessels alone pay light duty in have the coast well lighted. The officers who col- lect these duties admit that they are unjust; but still they say, their Government must impose t.hem. The officers at the Island offer to take anything. when the captain hesitates about the pay- ing of specie: they will take mol- asses, pork, and even oil-cloths. This is a nice way to smuggle in the goods.'

j'As two thousand copies of this report have been ordered to be printed for the use of Congress, that body might justly consider that the subjects of ii. friendly power were not very courteousiy treated in Prince Edward Island, if such statements were allowed to pass unnoticed and unexplained.

"Now, -it is admitted that 'al- most. all the American fishing ves- sels visit the Island! This ad- mission is an important one; for it proves the value which is at- tached to such 3 fishing station in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. But they not only tvlsit the Island', but they fish within half a. mile of its shores, and during the season they frequent and occupy our harbours in fifties and ii. hundred at a time. And if they are charg- ed anchorage duties for such so- commodation, the Act which ini- poses ii tax on American vessels levies the some tax on Pro- vincial fishlng vessels, and all British ships. and the ships of

everyone on the Island to take

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tei-est in using the museum Ifter it is established.

This is just I suggestion. There may be many other and better ways to raise the moneyrequlred. The important fact is that people all over the Province must give it their thought, and they must do it together.

I am, Sir, etc. A. M. CLARK President, P.E.T.

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L The Age-old Story

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Wherawith shall ! come before the Lord, and bow myself More the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings. with calvel of I year old? will the Lord be pleased with thousands of runs. or with ten thousand: of rivers of oil? Shnll I (Ive my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of n.y body for the sin of my WI"? "9 hnth shewed thee. 0 man. what In good; and what doth the Lord re- quire of thee. but to do justly. and to love mercy. and to will humbly with thy God?

j:-:r other nations. The duties collected are cxpreuly appropriated by law for the purpose of navigation, in erecting beacons and lights, and laying down buoys, and however often ships may enter our ports. anchorage dues are only exacted from each of them once within the year.

"It is also stated, 'there is no light on the northern coast of Prince Edward Isla.nd.' with regret I admit the fact. But I am happy to think that several are now in the progress of construction; and I trust the Colony will follow the example of the Lighthouse Board. recently established in the Unit- ed states. who wisely refer the sites to be chosen for lights to ex- perienced hydrogrsphers.

"Lastly, if any anchorage dues have been collected in this Colony in the sinmllnr way alluded to in the statement, it is unknown to me. and the Government associat- ed with me in the Executive, who will order a strict investigation to be made on this subject."

Kennedy and Mustard

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In on any don of Inch .3 mi... old-tuner was chosen as jiutico of used f':r''::it:i.l:i:' 1: the peace. He know little lswnnnd when a one came before him he would take out, with . noumh, . fine-I ” - book. inside of which in he had fastened on Entonb cctn- nouu::pcw11:o;e;oS::eL?mE"t'- lotus. In one can in thumbed night; and luminous iaai5e.e""- the N801. Win 111! flutes on n in; like neons. -Halifax chsh" point. mo and: "You In fined ole-1-iernid. "in M38". The defendant got up to .L.. pxomt. "sit. down," his lawyer. cautioned. "You're just. plain United Kingdom cloth am lucky he turned to ram inmna on are giving a lead to mf” of Pianos." - Prom Brooks Bulle- hrichtneu in men's sittings 0 tin. -or the latest ideas is to "weal? I highly colored threads in with ml After six years of meuen, ntiuleter tones. so that they ,,,.,' Leeds, England, firm has produc- through and give a bloom of coil ed new colored min which mu, to the whole fabric without ,in,,(,” i- volutionfu pong; 34".,-t,m,,,.,lnnting it. According to the still The inks are much brighter than 01' Welve. these colors m" natural colors and. it is claimed, come out gs flecked ell.-Si glow as brilliantly as neon simglor the mlnutcst of checks 0. at four times the distance. They '5 l calmed eye in a birds. show to their best advantage uileye pattern. Often in the ini- dawn, dusk or in bad light, and,-Mt Worsteda. it is impossible u placed beside daffodils in the augig,Ipick out the color threads vmy the new yellow ink will glow”-he naked eye. But they are then brightly u the yellow of the cm. Ind they leaven the whole. Multi- fodiis fades. Described In hon-fox-'00l0X'0d neck effects are also be. lo and harmless, the inks are nowzlnc vromoted in fine Cheviot (M51

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DECEMBER

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bond-squares and flags. The ,1 offer no comment on the possm

sport tirouserlngs. These igilgg , lead from the colorful Duliegal tweed but are very much llglne,

in weight and more closely um-5,. "135 3313'? 590339118 homespun. Le:-A restricted to the subtle ziii;imm.; are designers styling cloilis lo, the sunshine markets. Bi-imp, pm, blue, Burgundy red, golden llilil-Ze and I burnt straw tone are in one new range of gubai-dines, to give a diagonal cord effect am finished with a decided Fllllie 0;

Thou art the first of all the lushre on,the surface wliicli lh m0Mh5 W besin , makers cull ."lrldesceiii" pa, '- Th” F-74110115 Ul7Wl3'd Cllmblnl cord-weave worsteds, with the ml to Jun, and-down rib, like riding clam. Back to the blossoms richly scent- 3,. mo being promoted for lei "1 3'93 sure wear. They are the imdltlor Bock Itgwthvehiffarlef T050 "id 391' nl fnwns and in a sunny maltle.

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Warming the world with rune. 'I'houg.h not one leaf of green is in thy hands

Thou art the true beginning of the . Y0-'3-P.

And from thy lengthened nights and frozen lands

Come Om-es' harvest and Apollo's

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