'F1it';zir0UR__ TIIE BIIAIILOTTETUWII GUARDIAN Iorning Daily (Founded in 183.1) Authorised as Second Class Mail. Post Oilioo Department. Ottawa. President. Ian A. Barnett; Vice-President, Wm It. Barnett; Seep-Tress" G. lll. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, .l. B. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank Walker. “The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink." FRIDAY, AUGUST l. 1947 Old Age Pensions As intimated in yesterday's issue, the Pro- vincial Government has signed a new agreement with Ottawa regarding pensions for aged and blind persons. This will insure-to the ex- tent of $5.00 a month-a higher standard of living for these people. ln rhe circumstances, it cannot be said that either the Federal or Pro-_ vincial authorities have actcd with undue gen- crosity. A Canadian Press survey shows that now all but three Provinces have accepted the Fed- eral proposal paving the way for this slightly increased security for the aged and blind. Under the new agreement, passed in the form of a bill at the recent session of Parliament, the Federal Government will pay up to 75 per cent of a $30- monthly maximum pension instead of 75 per cent up to $25 a month. The bill also lowers the qualification age for the blind from 40 years to 2l, thus adding thousands more to the total number of pensioners throughout Canada. The three Provinces which have not yet ac- cepted the proposals arc Alberta, with a pension of $30 monthly; Saskatchewan, with a monthly pension of $33.75; and British Columbia, with a pension of $35 monthly. Nova Scotio, Prince Edward lsland and New Brunswick have announced they will sign agreements with the Federal Government shortly. Some 35,000 pensioners are affected in the Mari. time Provinces area. Quebec with an estimated 58,000 pension- ers will have this total increased to about 65,000 and maximum monthly payments will be $30 in- stead of $25. _ Ontario accepted the proposals effective May I, increasing the maximum possible pens- ion to an individual from $28 a month to $40. Some 14,000 pensioners are situated there. It was a great disappointment to the Prov- inces as well as to the pensioners that the Fed- eral Government did not assume a greater share of responsibility in the payment of old age pen- sicns. lnstead of doing this, it has virtually "passed the buck" to the Provinces, adopting an attiiude entirely at variance with the report of the Rowell-Sirois Commission, which is the auth- oritative finding on this and other subjects of Dominion-Provincial relations The Price 0f yMllk There are two sides to every question, but fow will deny that the following farmer's letter in a Cornwall, Ontario, exchange, presents one side very" convincingly: "The price of milk seems to be your great worry now. And your solution for cheapening it is for the former to produce more of it. "There are two ways I could do this. First, I could milk more cows. My wife and I could get up at 3:30 instead of 4:30 and care for twice tho number we are now milking. Or I could shake my three youngsters awake at 4:30 and make them help, only they are children and growing and need their sleep. Besides who wants to benefit by child labor? "Second, I could buy a tractor and work my place better, buy o milking machine, a hay loader, a side delivery rake and hire a couple of men. That would mean a cash outlay of from $2,000 to $2,500, depending on the size of ma- chinery bought. Also a wage outlay of at least $I00 a month. "And to what end? So that the men who make that machinery and who work forty hours a week and are continually striking for higher pay, can buy cheaper milk. Brother, do you see any green in my eye?" The- llatlonal Parks In the dying stages of the last session of Parliament, a bill making certain amendments to the National Parks Act was debated both in the Senate and House of Commons. Certain sections of this bill related to changes in bound- lries. By gift, some four acres of historic ground were added to Fort Beauseiour Park in the Mari- timcs. A section of land on the edge of Rid- ing Mountain Park in Manitoba was exchanged for a privately owned section well within it. Buf- folo Pork near Wainwright, from which the buf- falo wero removed about I940, was abolished al- together; but by a compensatory move, 24 square miles were added to Elk lsland Park, also in Alberta, for the benefit of the animals now liv- ing there. Thus far the changes appeared reasonable enough on the whole, and one of the parks gain- ed by the addition of a small but historically valuable piece of ground. lut there were other alterations, and these were in a different cate- gory altogether. - because it was claimed by the government that the lricnoso in the antelope population no longer made necessary u special domain for their protection, the Nemiskam Pork near Fore- most in southern Alberta was wiped out of ex- istence. _ Tho latter tract, said Mr. Howe, who as acting Minister of Minas and Resources was piloting tho bill through the Commons, was "un- suitable for notional park development." He applied the some phrase to a much greater withdrawal, the lopplng off of three parcels of land from Prince Albert Notional Pork in north- ern Saskatchewan, totalling 373 square miles. That was o folrly sizable fraction of the pork‘: total area of some I,700 square miles. Several members rose to protest against the Nemiskam Park abolition and against the mutil- ations of Waterton and Prince Albert. Social Credit and C. C. F. MSIITIJGI‘: seemed to be part- ly reassured by statements to the effect that the ; provincial governments of Alberta and Saskatche- wan were in agreement with the move to turn these areas over to the provinces concerned. llut more difficult to convince were three of the Conservatives. Most aroused of all was Mr. J. R. Mac-l Nicol of Davenport, who has made conservation- a lifetime interest. The minister's explanation: was that 340 of the 373 square miles being token | out of Prince Albert Park were needed for a muskrat project already in operation outside the park boundaries; while l0 square miles were be- ing added to an Indian reserve, and the remain- ing 23 would be available for agricultural settle- inent. The member for Davenport countered with arguments that ill: great expanses of l lreality a breeding area for elk and other big muskeg "unsuitable for park purposes" were in game; and, which was lo him an even more im- portant consideration, the denudation of forested land which mi ht follow would have a serious effect on the Montreal iiver watershed. Other speakers made a case for leaving alone the Watcrton and Nemiskam Parks. With regard to the latter, there was no validity in the minister's claim that it was no longer needed. A day might very well arrive when the numbers of antelope or some other wild animal were once cgain reduced to the danger point, when the surrender of the park would prove to have been a big mistake. - EDITORIAL NOTES - Lammos Day (loaf mass) August I, when a loaf was offered as first-fruits. Reduction of Britain's military strength will throw a greater burden on Canada's services and Canada's taxpayer.‘ The Battle of Minden this date I759, when the Prussians and British allies defeated the French, leading to the upbuilding of Germany as a military power dominating Europe. In view of the disasterous explosions of ammonium nitrate in Texas City and in Brest farmers are apt to be a bit dubious about put- ting the stuff through o manure spreader. Q l I I Visitors to the Cloutie Well at Culloden by their thousands toss in a coin and make o wish. After the hopeful ones have departed the canny Heelanders salvage the coin and use it for a hos- pital fund. e n w o Trade Union's success in getting wage in- creases in every direction may be the factor which will postpone indefinitely the recession predicted by the experts. k i t it Lloyds is sure getting it in losses through wreck of supply vessels-the Charlottetown, the Nascopie, and now the Neophyte. Hope the Abegweit reaches here safe and sound in due SEGSOH. w a v: a This Province cannot get calcium chloride‘ or oil to keep down road dust, and at the some time there is a lay-off of workers in the salt in- dustry in Amherst, because of the slump in the fishing industry. Perhaps some mutually ad- vantageous arrangement could be made. New Brunswick now claims that its order for potatoes from the Argentine amounts to 340,000 crates instead of 320,000 crates orig- inally reported. Tho value is quoted as $800,- 000, with on additional $250,000 for crates to contain Il0 lbs., equal to 13,700 tons. n n w a Prime Minister Attlee received o vote of confidence from his Parliamentary supporters in caucus. But no sooner did the import of his speech to them leak out, than there was a gigan- tic tumble in quotations on the stock exchange. O Q Q i ‘ "Taking the volume of newspaper adver- tising as a fair reflex of the general situation, it is reasonable to assume (says the Sydney Post- Recard) that business across the Dominion as a whole, including production, trans ortation, the wholesale turnover and the retail rodasJis at the present time at least 25 per cent greater in volume,—and even more than that in value,— than it was a year ago." a a Cosmo dc Medicis,.iho elder, died at Flor- ence this date I464; was founde. of the family which flourished in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. By commercial enterprise he acquired wealth comparable to that of kings, which enabled him to be the friend of the poor, to enrich his friends, to ornament his native city with superb edifices, and to call to Florence tlie Greek savants chased out of Constantinople. His counsels were during thirty years, the lows of the republic, and his benefactions its sole intrigues. Florence by commoii l. ' in- scribed his tomb with the noble legend: he Father of His Country," later applied to George Washington. ‘ n a L l: u one Ono of the more important items of legis- lation passed in the dying hours of Parliament was the approval by the Commons of-a Senate bill to amend tho Trust Companies Act in a number of respects. The changes will increase the maximum number of directors allowed such companies from 2I to 30 to increase geographi- cal ropresentatian; allow them to divide their cap- ‘ ital into shares of $10 each or any multiple of tint amount up to $100; extend the period for holding real estate from seven to l2 years; pro- scribe investment rules and permit the amount of the aggregate of borrowed money and that en- trusted to any company for investment to be l0 rather than seven timorlho amount of tho com- Pfllifs unimpaired paid-up capitol and mom. in at friendly strangers. THE CHARLOTTETOWN _ GUARDIAN llotes By The Vlay Remember when terrified hos-no; QIPITNG THE EARLY PATTERN used to bolt. at the slxht of an auto. mobile? Well, now they have in tear down a blacknnltlf shop g1; the village of Springfield bong” ll interferes with the view of mag. orlsts.—Windsor Star. As a result of the war and the will have a record number 0f chil. dren at the school ages in m; 1950's. In fact, more than 5.000.000 children will probably be added to the elementary school populatlnn of our country within the next. dec- ade. The effect. of the recent r15; in the birth rate ls already not.- lceable in the lower grades of the schools. and it wlll be felt with increasing force in the years to come. —Metropolitan Life Bulle- tin. ' Young fathers and mothers who know only too well the high de- struction rate of babies‘ feeding bottles will welcome the ingenuity of the inventor who has designed a plastic bottle which can be throuin away after it is used once, at a cost. of about one cent a bot- tle, says The Boston Post. The young king or queen who rules mast households with chubby little hands is no respecter of glass bot- tles nor of the expense entailed| every time he or she sends one crashing to fragments on the floor. There ls a certain festival at- mosphere about North Bay when tlie United States tourists begin to arrive in large numbers. They frankly enjoy themselves and their good humor is remarkably infec- tious. Native sans and daughters can spot them ln an instant and find themselves grinning amlably A favorite pastime around North Bay is to lry and distinguish the state from which tourists r-ome by their ac- cents and many a surreptitious cop- per is dropped into parking meters by citizens who see a "violation" sign rising beside an American car. -North Bay Nuggett. The starlings have not yet be- gun to make nuisances of themsel- ves, but nature-lovers have already had occasion to notice the increas- ing degradations of crows. the black ugly birds which each year do a great deal more harm than good, both from the farmers and tlie naturalists point. of view. NOW would be a good time for naturalists. fish and game enthusiasts and urban and county otflclals to get. together to plan a sound campaign flgfllnsli both starlings and crows. The vile mess and the unholy racket of the starlings are still vivid memclfl“ from last summer and fall; every effort, should be made to prevent a repetition of the PWBUE- Ami anyone who has xvabched a CYBW rob nests. pillage H0195 and be 5 general nuisance will agree tl1at| an nnti-strirling campaign (‘mild ygry wall be expanded to include s. drlve against. crows. - Wood- stock Sentinel-Review’. The Fort William chamber of commerce passes on a story which carries n good Punch lll"! 0f 5'9"‘ ial interest ln this time of advfmfied prices. In a letter from a lumber house in the middle west. this ln- cldent was unfolded. “We hid l farmer ln the front office the other (lav after nineteen bundles of No. 1 ‘red cedar shingles. When he heard the price. $16-35 PET Wunei he didn't. quite blow off the roof. but be walked out. with marked in- dications of dIsaPlIFUYBI- "He W“ back an hour 01' so later, however, u» take the shingles. exala1nlns= “I've been thlnklnis- Seven veers ago it would have taken the PM" of a. hag to roof that. building, and it's still just one hog." —Port Wil- llam Times-Journal. Frequently the word "bayonet? ll used when the reference is to a soldier, thus: “Three million bayo- nets line the border 0t Rurltanlaf or this or that. country can pro- duce so many "hayonets." Its a misnomer. says The WOOGBVJCK sentinel-Review. If the people W110 use the word want to talk about soldiers. the" they should say 5°- because the bayonet-MW eXlsl-S (my). [or pwo purposes: (a) l5 l pretty Loy for ceremonial parades. and (bl for opening cans. It might. be sala that the later spike model makes a very inefficient. can open- er, as Canadian troops ln the Sec- ond World War qulckly discovered. The o.d bladed type of bayonet had its uses, such as paring nails’ lop- plng small branches off trees and butchering cattle "killed hy enemy action." But it isn't likely that the people who talk about bayflfle“ lining the border are thinking a- long such utilitarian lines. The modern homing pigeon must feel pretty frustrated. It. was bad enough when the telegraph ran him out of the stock market busi- ness and most. communications em- ployment. But the competition of telegraph, telephone and radio at. least was invisible, and the pigeon still could consider himself the fastest known means of getting a message in its orlalnal form from one point. to another. Even that couldn't last. Today a homing pig- eon with pride in his speed, seeing a man-made contraption shoot post. a dozen times his own pace, must feel like letting himself go into a flat spin and never coming out. ‘rhe speed record set by n Godar- fch pigeon was a1 1-2 miles per hour. A couple of days previously an American jet. plans had streak- ed through the sky at 623.8 miles per hour. What chance has a hard- = working pigeon against competition like that? — Sault. Ste. Marie Star. -i.,____ COTTON PAPER The ear-Pest paper was made of action. UNDILWATII Wlllllt The fountain pan was invented not New’. BFJFiTiJEE “And The Lights Go On llE-LUnrepresented In Saskatchewan (St. John Telegraph Journal) ' The appointment of a five-man fish prices support board has just been announced at Ottawa. This OI‘ PUBLIC POWER DEVELOPMENT I Professional Bards l r DI. 0.S. NOIDLAND Veterinary Sargon; Mount Edward Bond Charlottetown, 2.5.1- A TIAVH. amass‘ I. 1m Public owner-ship of the genera- tion and transmission of electrical energy. like public owncrship of highways and the postal and tele- bpost-war boom in births, the U5_ phone systems. has long been rec- lognlzed ‘In Canada as the most sensible and efficient method of handling such facilities t.» give the the utmost service. 1x515 15 5n by virtue of the fact that power is a monopolistic enterprise. saskatch- ‘ewan's acceptance o! the principle ‘dates back to 1929, when the Saskat- chewan Pciwer Ccmmlsslon commen- ced operations Conditions prevailing in the 110-7101" ileld ‘In the provlnro during 1926 anc‘. 192'! aroused alarm in many people's minds. Prior to that time, electrical energy 1n Saskatq chewan was generated largely in, plants 00111611 by local mtlnittipal ‘bodies. But during ilicsi» years pri- lvate "interests. took um. rim‘ steps in buying franchises and lbuildlng distribution ll: cs. This led to passage of legislation in the provincial hausewhich made can- strucllon of all power llizs-s subject to government approval and in- spection the first government‘ control over’ power 1n tlie prcvln-l ,ce's history‘. l Franchises were acqured by var- ious companies 1n several sections of the province. The Northern Light and Power Company was granted franchises on t-‘ie CPR. is n step in the right direction, and is taken none too soon, because fish prices have been sagging late- 1y and the whole industry is in New Brunswfckers will be pleas- ed thnt the support board has fi- nally been set. up. But; they will definitely not be pleased by its‘ composition. On it. are two Nova l scotlans, two British Colombians,‘ and one member from Quebec. New Brunswick is left without repre-r sentatton, and this seems to be an astounding oversight. Our fisheries in terms of produc- tion value and number of men speak for Nova Scotla, New Bruns- employed. rank third in Canada. led only by British Columbia and Nova Scotla. Quebec runs a poor fourth, with annual output worth about. half as much as that of New Brunswick. Yet Quebec ls repre- sented, and New Brunswick is not! The unfairness of this ls even more striking when it is considered that in big rich Quebec. fishing ls an insignificant branch of economic activity, whereas in small New Brunswick it. ls of major import- ance to the provincial economy. Presumably, federal authorities were under the erroneous impres- slon that. when they named tnvo Nova Scotlans these men would wick ~and Prince Edward Island. Ottawa has a bad habit of lump- lnr: us together as the "Mnritlmes" a highly unsettled condition. l Highroad and Glory Highway and Seeking stlll the mgm-qgd and lvyroad and llttlol paths betrween. Those were made through the dusk and dawn ‘for faring little meadows green. lovely in the morning for the d!" to look 011°"- l Wheat field. and cairn field. Ind, Highway and byway. and little roads that. lend. Where adventure beckons ta-r bo- yond the bill. Where the little breclel murmur beauty’: creed. l And the ma,“ branches bend to bea.it/y's will. byroad and lllilfl lanes that dare. I Duck of hEIfliUCk forest. green of} wonderland glade. l put)“, c1 peace and quiet where thail heart. may share of the noon sur. healing shade- bslm of: byway. across the weather. po-wi. the shining rivers, past tlde_ brimming streams. mfigtf slopes- where the heart. may anther w. dreams. i nRabiria Monkmnn in ’l‘nronta Dally Star. Phone ltd PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER Illlmrrlnhhis cards and olloflg. concert programs. eon-aggro Wpilll Ind bookkeeping HELEN GIDDBN Telephone IISO-l Alri- No. L Oonnsllht Apt; Pavrnal Street NEIL W. HIGGINS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Currie Building Charlottetown Tel. I636 P.O. Box 45‘) J. A. McGUIGAN, IA NOTARY. no. annals-ran. SOLICITOI comm; BUILDING PALMER 8r HASLAM A. l. HASLAM. B.A., LLB. ' BARRISTER. ETC. Bast of Nona Sootia Chambq Charlottetown. lll. MONEY TO LOAN A“ me, 80mm harvggts of H5 rich. ovoooooeowwveoeooo-o-ono-o H. R. DOANE 8r CO. Chartered Accountants 53 Grafton Street ‘main line by such and treating us as though we were one unit lnstead of three separate and distinct provinces, each with its own special problems and con- dltlons. It ls time to enlighten the pow- cwns as Indian Head. Wolseiey and Grenfell. ‘these were rater taken over by ‘Midwest Utilities Limited, which later became (Mnadlazi Utilities 0000-00-000-0-00-0400-0-006-04-0-0 g Old Charlottetown é Randolph w‘ Mum“ cAui l-include a laree area cast. of Re- Llmited, and this company ex- panded its distribution system to gina as far as the Manitoba boun- dary. The Prairie Power Company Limited. a subsidiary of the Mon- treal Ezrgincering Ccmpilfty Llm- ited, became 1hr, bolder c-E franchises on the Soo line. All those franchises came the holder of franchises on the S00 linc. All phese francluses ran for l0 years iii vtiL-iges and 5collab fishing industry has been bullt up on entirely different. lines What is good for Nova Scotla fish- ermen may not be good for those oi’ New Brunswick. and vice verso. ers that. be on this score. Nova from that of New Brunswick, and m waters far distant from those fished by New Brunswick boats. Our industry will emphatically arrived from Ski's‘. one in the Belfast district trained in (uch dlutrlct had one or more unsel- (And P.E.I-) ’ BELFAST MDW“ ES .5;:.:;" :25" .31. s22: "°""“ "i" °°“"*"* Donald Munro‘ of Albert‘); Plains chnuma Awmmunh there was n0 medicine. {wring that period i lantern Trust Building Phone H47 - Boa l“ Charlottetown for 20 years in towns and cities, but up to 1928 no francnlses had been granted by cities. American capital Came into the province and established numerous smaller power companies, whlo-h within a short time were amalgam- ated as the Dominion Electric Power Limited. Royal Commission Brunswlcker as a suitable repre- sentative capable of serving our best. interests. 222.2: i:“i‘.‘:"‘..:°..:;::. ‘mi: o‘ s s “s” °* Rb d l m es rm. prices support board’ and will 7};°,,,§‘°5f,§;,§5 ,f,,,“,‘§,,§,_ fiihriugh Resident Partner not consider anybody but. n New the“, intenggeny “Hex-gm; and d... g M voted care many lives were save-dd but the death toll from tuberculas-I is, diphtheria, scarlet fever. croup,‘ pneumonia, and epidemics that fre- ooooooooooofi-O But people in the province were becoming disturbed by the trend toward private OWTlPISIIlLl. Despite ‘lDeparlmcnt the fact trhni all these VHKEYpTESOS had to have the consent. of the o; Rallwalx, Labor and Industries which was respon- ‘sible for regulating pouer inter- ‘ests. organized farmers and labor generallv brought their influence to bear on the government and as a result a Royal Cc-mimssion on Saskatchewan‘: power resources was set. up in January of 1927. The commission was asked to investi- gate thoroughly the available and potentia. power resources of the province. methods of power gori- eratlan and distribution. and me- thods 0-f handnng the whale power question. LA. Thornton was chair- man of the commission. Arthur Hitchcock and Professor AR Grelg were members, and RN. Blackburn was secretary. Exten- slve hearings were conduitod and investigations made. and h firm of I-lydrn Investigation The possibility of watt-r power development on the Saskatchewan River was thoroughly investigated for the llovetnmont during 1930‘ and 193d. by a flrm of consulting any of Niagara Falls. Complete surveys and boring tests were made at the site chosen as most favor- able for a dam and hydro plant, For! a .a Come, n point. 40 miles east of Prince Albert. below the junction of the north and south branches of the river. Received by the government ln i931. their re- port stated that the project was physically and economically fess- lble, and particularly so as a public enterprise They declared that. the site could be economically devel- oped (or 125.000 horsepower of in- wnsulmli Pngmee" "Z5395 l‘) stalled capacity, at- an actlmated make technical studies of the paiver cosy of 512397331 To m1; woum “eld- have to be added hhe cost of sub- Thelr reports were received by the government in July.. 192B. and their primary recommendation, that the'power business 1n the province be organized under one authority, was quickly implement- ed. The Saskatchewan Power Cem- mlsslon was organized finder the chairmanship of Mr. Thornton anal say-y (“n55 Wm, which 3,, gxpgnd been oii-slnefs In February. 1929.115 plant. Negotiations between In the 13 Year!» Slime- fiaskalch‘ city officials and the provincial ewaifs power system has undcr- government resulted in sale at the zone tramsiidsus development. de-‘munieipsi plant to the province spite continue-ids depression durzng “n3... a wnlrac; by wmch m; half that period, and has brought province agfegd to supply bulk the lifeblood c1 modern living andlpawer to the clty for 25 years at lndlliiry l" '31“ 51d 0f a i511‘? Pa“ cast. Purchase price was the am- of the province's urban iwavisfonlsum of m. outstanding debent- at progresslveiy decreasing cast. um on we pimr, Regjvonslblllfly NW9"!!! 1UP“? 0" m" Onlarmlior the Saskatoon plant was hand- HYdFO iysfem- ‘whim had 2° W5“ ed ovcr to the Power Cimmlsslon successful operating experience. when 1t, w“ set up. and profiting from expsrzen-ncs in, The commlsaiong m“ y“, of NOW SPOMB- New Bmnfiwlik and operatic-n. 1929. sawnn extensive Manitoba. the Sasnutchewan Power adduion to ‘he saskatffltn 91mg, ‘Commlfilfm’! lllllmale 8"] ellvls‘ purchase of several municipal gen-l 107180 Pl W“ limo W“ l‘i"°l°ldi crating units, and n start. made to- Ilenefll-Iil" “<3 ‘llslrliwllm ‘if wrrd tlhe construction of trans lpower by tho cheapest and most may,“ m,“ practical methods considering the provlncors aoattercd population, pg.“ ‘s. p-igug and public ownership and opera- tion of all power lines ln the prov- stailons snd transmission lines to servo the principal centres, bring- lng the total capital cost to $18,- 067,136. However, nothing was done. In 1928 the city of’ Saskatoon needed more electric power but was reluctant to borrow ilce neces- Durlng the following year. con- lnce. situation o! trarsmisslon liner . passed the Loco-mu» mark with Public Power Syiiti-m . the help of favorable weather conditions. prevailing low prices of The Commission was ‘rrt up as mater-lulu, and a plentiful. labor an Independent body. with a C8D- supply. lial advance from the Provincial The commlglgn‘; [lg-gt major braved miles and bitter storms. they made way F§l‘§”§f".‘i.'l.ii‘£li‘°'i..l’é“ll.‘i liiilllll. W. R. OARSUII li-arely. if eve“. equalled under slm-; engineers, HG. Acres and Comp-{The Island." centres were enlarged "HI q-uently sir-rapt. over the country, l’ CHARLES R. MCQUAID much coal from the Estevan riras heavy. 'I‘t.ese ‘men d.d invalu- 4 LA. area as was economically feas- able work. but the midwives of “ma” souamn lblo. Belfast. exhibited a skill beyond all Nam-L n, The tihlrd alternative was od- praise. They were equal to any opted mainly because of the per- emergency. Tney never turned s hsm-‘m Tm“ B‘II‘I"I- lode of usefulness still left in the deg! car t.» a call for help and chlflsmw" 18ft!" city plants. without thought of reward they Phone i711 o! miserable roads Fina ily. nrhcn the modern . 0 “oooooooovooouo-ooooo for iler CircumstnHRS. i chmm"°m -MacQueen‘.= "Sky Pioneers and PaL-ner Graduate Charlottetown _---—-———~——+——— II. Prince St. Phone It'll red $326,936. although during that. year tlie loss was only 1570.‘ Th6 Commission, however. had built uP considerable depreciation reserves and had acquired valuable holdings 1n plants anq transmission lines. There were at that time L435 miles o! transmission lines in operation. and Commission services were av- ailable ti- 129 towns and villages, as well as the cities of Saskatoon. North Bntileford and Svrlft Cur- > Froilsrli: A. Largo, ltJl. BARRISTEE. SOLICITOR- NOTARY Royli Bank of Canada Chambers Ch-Jottetown. EEJ. Successor to George J. Tweedy. LO- .\ rerlblesplte the Power Commission's A. waltllfll Gallllol. LL.‘- conilnuoug operation 1n the red Blfflltfl‘. Solicitor, Ito. Phillips Building lll Grafton St. (lolllflflflfi throughout its first. 10 yanrs of ex- istencl, enthusiasm for public ownership never dampened. No "WWW-lull!- voices cried out against this form i o! ownership. Saskatchewan recog- nued m, benefit; of public own- ership and management of its‘ power resources. During the war Years the Corn-l mission! construction program largely took the form of extensions to military Installations and air, t int schools tbraufhnut. thevkéwg s W3»; prraoviriige at. Donilntori expense." 0' Some generating plants tit larger Q MATHESON and PEAK! 1'8 I'l- forced with more powerful equlp-fi s. w. MATl-IESON. n.0, merit. Each year an increasing rut-l A. B. PEAKE. B.A-. lilo!- Ii i l DR. A. R. SMITH DINTIST l1! Grafton Street Offloa Ilolra: 9 to AH to I telephone SIM Plus W" "°“°d “P I" l“ (“h Barristers etc. drlwel- ‘I°“'I-" whlmmg ‘hm the Collections. - lliifney to Lou $327900 deficit which d accum- 90 Great George Street "ulatieg iifgb-ogy tligsriiil' saiili- mill 2 ch"I°m"°'n “ a ° 3 ‘ resumes-sea c“ ‘ the books stood at only $74.58!. GAUDET 8. HASZARD Solicitors. Notaries. lll Canadian Bank of Commerce Sldl~ ————-*—-- MONEY T0 LOAN G0 ON DIET GILBERT A. GAUDET. B.A.. LLB Ani-eeiers can so far is“: Pet-murmur... Bonk of Comma?“ aids- tods without. food, egg-hogan‘ bflLKWEI-ID -SUOAR Sugar was made from Milkweed n, by the Wench Canadians. I l BELL 8. MATHIESON ~ Barristers. solicitors. lo. It. B. BELL. M.LA.. B. L. MATHIESON. LI..B.. L0. Attorneys-allow LOAN! 0N CITY AND IAII PBOPIBTIS! m Richmond St. ‘treasurer 0n which lnicrest was to be psid. The Power Commission Act, together with the rdscussian of the wnessure fnihe legislature. made it clear that the Commission was int-nded not merely as a reg- qlgtory body to gupes-vlsn the oper- ation of various utilities compan- les. but was also establlshcd to in- stitute and operate a wrovlnclsl power’ system under public owner- shl . sIhver-al problems confronted the Commission: ~1. Whether to bass the prov- ince's power system on a hydro plant on the Bank iichewan River, with existing steam plants It. Saskatoon. Prince Albert, Moore Jaw arid Resins being maintained to supplement the hydro power; _ 2. Whether to bus the syr- tern on an enlarged steam plant in the Estevan coal fields. sup- plemented by power [nu-aerated at the above city plank»; I. Whether to bare the sys- tem. to: lame time at least. on dieting city plants, using as purchase from one of the private utilities companies was aoecrnp- lished that. year. The Wan-out and Nokomls plants were bought from Canadian Utilities Lknit-cd. i toga- tl-ier with transmission lines serv- lng l0 towns, at n. cost. of $166,000. This was the ooaiilnl sun ln l campaign to mhleve provincial ownership qt power genontlon and distribution. Accumulated Deficits But this campaign, ‘together with the Commission's construction program received n. serious ut- bsck wltli the arrival of a depres- slon. During the deprosnion years the Commission bought up munic- Jpll plants here and there through- out the prowl-tics. and built a num- bcr of lines, all the while fighting dropping revenues and iuing in- terest rates. But no largo scale purchases were made. Alter mut- ing interest chariot on capital ad- ALBlilll NUT anil IIIVERIIESS We an unloading Albjon Nut and lnvornus Cool today, both suitable hr tho range. , A. Pleltaril 8i 00 PHONE 240 vsnces. the Commission anon you piled Ix manipulating dafloltl. sin-i illW o endof iildltwllin tho . C-‘i-rlottotoirll. 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