,. to progress than trouble of an . different kind that appears to be ;l?A'GE FOUR THE GUARDILANA Authorized In Second l'lnsn Mail Post Office . Depnrtnieni. tlttuwii. The Thomson ('0. Ltil. Editor and Manager. inn A. liuriit-it... Associate Editor, Frank Walker. f'IRL'l'1.ATl0N " "(fovcriu Prince I-Idwnnl lsliiiiil like the dew "The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink". , i CIIAIlL0TTETOWN..TTVl-fL'RSDAY. FEB. 11, H5! l Civic Elections another. Stewart has received , mandate from the citizens of Charlotte- town, and both he and all the members of the new City Council and Water Com- mission arc to be congratulated '.lD0ll their successful candidacy in yesterday's elec-' lion. The defeated candidates also are to be commended, in contributing to make the contest a lively and interesting one. The incoming nicnibers include a number, of new men, as well as others who havcl, had previous experience Mayor in civic adniinis-' tration. It will be their duty to work har- moniously and efficiently in the public in-: terest, and they will have a right to expect support and appreciation of theirgcfforts from our citizens generally. They will have. important problems to deal with during the next two years, including the financing, of. the new high school which is the major one from ii monetary standpoint. While the city had a satisfactory surplus on current account last year, the debt con- tinues to increase, with little prospect ofs reducing it substantially without a more generous distribution of tax revenues from Ottawa. This is the story all across Can-5 ada, so far as municipalities are conccrned.l There is every reason to expect that our claims in this respect, as in others. Will be pressed vigorously. and that economics will be practiced wherever possible without det- riment to the maintenance of existing ser- vices and the progress and development of the city. Next year we shall be observing our cen- tennial anniversary and the 0)” ill anl Canada will be on Cliarlottetowii at that pime, The preparations will involve It great deal of work, and the Mayor and Council will be responsible in large part for en- suring thc success of the celebration. Soviet Farm Policy According to an Asso('.i.'-itcri Press story. from New York, more than a million technically-trained Soviet farmers have been transferred in the last few months "-cm - -- an-In-m - bia, and, this would wash out much of the proposed route. Advocates of a northerly route for the Trans-Canada through Edmonton and the Yellowhead Pass are urging the difficul-. ties on the Big Bend dictate abandonment' of the route through Kicking Horse Pass. But a' considerable amount of work has al- ready been done in that section. and also along the prairie approaches. The B. C. government is planning a survey to see whether there is a practicable alternative to the Big Bend swing. A radical change in the route of the entire western section . of the Trans-Canada seems hardly likely at this fairly advanced stage. but formid- able engineering problems in B. C. could add substantially to the bill, which the fed- eral govcrnment must help pay. Feliruaryis lllsoliilln No one would say that February is the nicest month of the year in this part of the world. When winter behaves as it should this is the month of the deep snows. the chilling winds, and the,hard frosts, all of which bring inconveniences and a cer- tain amount of discomfort. Nevertheless there is a clean wholesomeness about Feb- ruary which atones, at least in part, for its angry manner. Every month has its special contribution to make to the soil; February's share seems to be that of dis- cipline without which nothing in Nature can do its best work or fulfill its mission of beauty. The whiteness of the land now will mean more sustenance for it later on when the days are longer and the sun more gracious. A walk in the woods in mid-winter, for course the same kind of experience as I just as profitable, for there are sights and sounds which come and go with February. l The few birds-crow, blue-jay, woodpecker, chickadee-which are still around are not numbered among the more glamorous citi- zens of the air; but that does not mean they are of no account. Their refusal to retreat under the pressure of violence which, however troublesome, cannot last for ever, and their determination to make the best possible use of what they have, in- 'stead of allowing temporary circumstances to drive them into a state of debility,.arc two lessons in living which cannot fail to impress anyone who is humble enough and ,wise enough to "go forth under the open sky and list to Nature's teaching." EDITORIAL NOTES from collective farm membership rolls to the staffs of state-owned agricultural machinery and tractor stations. There are 9.000 such stations, each serving about ten collective farms. The station docs part of the work for the farms in plowing, sow- ing, harvesting and hauling under contract. In return it takes a sizeablc part of the crop, and also acts as collector for the gov- ernment's share. That requires more than half the crop. Not even the remainder is shared by the farmers, for the farm ad- ministration must provide seed for the next year and certain other allocations out of this. This move towards greater ization of Soviet farming means tighter state control. The machinery and tractor stations are the arms of state power in the country. Whatever little independence Soviet collective farms and farmers had in the past is obviously gone now. The farms used to select their own heads; now the government appoints them. Trans-Canada Highway One effect of the investigation into charges of swindling in the Fort William division of the Ontario department of high- ways, notes the Ottawa Citizen, is the cal- ling of a temporary halt to federal contribu- tions townrd construction of the Trans- Canada highway, until the probe is coni- pleted. From'tlic national standpoint the scandal-if it turns out to he that-is one more example of the difficulties that have been encountered in liiiildiiig a modern all- weather, hard-surfaced road from coast. to coast. The incident in Ontario, adds lawn paper, may prove less of an the Ol- obstacle entirely develop- ing in British Columbia. There, the road- block is lmposcd by nature and by a pro- spective power dcvclopment scheme. The route preferred by the B. C. government - at the time federal-provincial agreements 1 for the Trans-Canada were drawn up fol- l lows n southerly route through the Kicking Horse Pass. The prairie provinces are plamiing their own construction according- ly. Part of the highway will folloiv the Big Band of the Columbia River: because, while If!) mllesjonger. it seems to offer 'swei- engineering difficulties than if ll mm" age were attempted. But there is W. Ictlvel talk of a huge water storage gwrjmf-(R power purposes on the Colum- . A s induslrial- , The completion of the new bridge at -Montague marks another milestone in the march of progress of the town. Its open- ing for service will be eagerly awaited. That our public officials are kept up to date in the matter of civil defence is im- portant. Preparedness, as was aptly deni- lonstrated during the last war, is essential. O O 0 Our hog producers will take encourage- .ment and satisfaction in the remarkable achievement of Island bred Yorkshires as lannounced by Mr. H. W. Clay. senior live- stock field man. stressing quality has brought results to this branch of ourg Is- tland industry and long may it continue. i O 0 0 I; The need for improved naval training l facilities here has been recognized for some -time. That this will have the strong back- ing of Commodore Kenneth F. Adams, C.D., R.C.N., Commanding Officer Naval Divi- sions, is heartening and should lend added ;incentive to local effort to achieve long- Lsought results. I O O A game-rifle factory near Kiel, Ger- ;many, is the only one in the world which l mass-produces three-barrelled rifles in three The monthly production is labout 6(D three-barrelled rifles. 30 per ' working shifts. l Afghanistan. British author and parliamentarian, crnnr-General of Canada, oral. His numerous publications "The Thirty-Nine Steps". "Montrose" and "Memory Hold The Door". hours per week instead of 44. nought) in which the whole is equal to the other words,'a six cent stamp would mean only 36 .hours, seven cents a 32-hour week. those who have the heart for it, is not of stroll in mid-summer. It may, however, be lcent of the production goes to export to Europe and overseas. Recently 300 special- gised long-barrelled rifles were delivered to John Buchan, first Baron Tweedsmuir, Gov- died this date 1940. He led an active life in public serv- ice, literature, publishing and church. He was raised to the peerage in 1935 to suc- coed Lord Bessborough as Governor-Gem include The additional one cent increase 'en- ables post office employees to work 40 Thus, the one cent rise means a four-hour reduction 'ln work. . This. says "Industry", -is known as the doughnut theory (pronounced do- part or even more, or less. Clear? In sTHE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN 301' AND SNOW Red cheeks flaming. eyes aglow, A boy comes in, all snow air. White powdered thickly every- where. - I take the broom, we go outside; I brush and brush from side to side Until the boy is swept and clean; Only some random flakes are seen. Red cheeks flaming. eyes so bright. A boy sits in the fireliirht, Munchiiig on apples. crunching oorii. ' Today while winter he has womp -Louise Darcy in the New York Herald-Tribune. harlo EARLY SETTLEMENT DAYS From "A Ha-ridbvill of Farms to be let an advantageous Charlottetown, Fe-b712, 1794: "Murray Harbour . . . .An agree- wliich is greatly increasing , . . rmomz the settlers is a sweral Coopers, Cnrpciiters other Mechanics. next. pprlng. Christianity. without the Pcculiaritles of the Denominations of Christians." Indemnilies (Winnipeg Free Pr:-ml A certain crinbarriisment an the boosting their lndemnilies from part. of Members of Piirllnment. in 56,000 to 910,000 is perhaps under- stlndazble. For the conteiitlon that the indemnity as now fixed fsllsl to draw into public lifr, the men of all Parties best. qualified to, v.-rite the laws of the land lm0llni.U. if press:-d too far, to something like I slur on the present. member- ship. Historically. an indemnity has never be-evif regarded as n mon- etary l'E'WIl'd in the sense that I salary or profit is the rewnrd of labor and enterprise. It was originally intended to make ac-I onomicslly possible. the parti- clpntlon of relatively poor man in legislative processes. But. for niunbers. whether rich or poor, the ntlsfactlons of Parliamentary service were deemed to be of a quite different order. In this historic per, tlvn an increase of half the amount. pro- boled might. well have satisfied any real need which presently ex- ists. Certainly the argument. thatl M. P): must not have occasion to worry about ddbfs or other rm- barrauments lest they lose their objective wproiich can-lea much too for. For the citizenry nffectedi by legislation worry much iibnutl debts and other cmbnrrnsxnentn and I complete detachment from, mch Cl!!! on the part. of those: who legislate might thereforn con-I stluite the vary reverse of ob- Joctlvlty. C 0 Another argument has been of-' fared in the Unltad States In sustain lngrv-as-s of much ui-oat-.r inunlt.1irle.'rhe senator or Re-. white with White on 'his backL his legs, his tcrnis.” issued by John Cambridgc. FAq., at able settlement is already formed, miles. and from thence down to the Harbour nine Miles and I I-fall . . . the whole opened, ex- cetpf. five Miles, to be completed "The Subscriber intends to pro- ligtous Worship. with I view to promote the This. Principles of regarding various Congratulations, Mr. Stewart, Councillors And Commissioners! T A ' " t My: the earth has a vibration all its own, as we wiio live by railway tracks had :1- ready noted."-Brandon Sun. British Ioholln don't. like the atomic adjective "fisslonable" and prefer "fisslle.' If the shelter is deep enough in the earth well set- tlr for either.-Hamilton Specta- tor. "Tho Cuudinn trucking industry had the best year in its history in 1953, a record which it enjoyed in common with many other busi- nesses. Even so. human demands for goods and services are far from satisfied. and in fact many famil- ies in Canada still live I marginal existence. There is need for more production records to be broken." -Ottawa Citizen. Doctor: and insurance companies look sskance at fat man and urge strongly that their waist. line he kept. down. to lessen the possibility of heart trouble. Now it professor of a leading American college de- plores the "bean pole" children from ”bcan pole" parents. What. hi the average person who wants to do the proper thing going to do? It seems one is between the devil and the deep blue sea, so the happy middle course, if that in possible. and not. worry too much about lt..-Klt.chener-Wat.er- loo Record. 1 .. Eur pinco we read about one smith. ' of those terrific electronic brains and I that gives itself a complete physical 3 check-up every 3.2 seconds we have "There is a road from Char-ihoped that. machines weren't deve- lotte Town through Vernon River. Settlement to the Head of Murray an int,-averted 3”, gm, new we River, which in distance is Ell loplng the "iinxlety neuroses" of read wlt.h'pleasure that they are still maintaining the healthy ox- trovertcd spirit. of dei-ring-do that characterized the age of the Model T. An official of the Royal Greenwich Observatory tells it cure it School-Master for the "cs-mm Education of Children. and to presentatlve who drew 310,000 in tract I Meeuniz-House for RP-I 1939 and who draws 315,000 today would. under present. propoasla. qualify for 021,500. aside from his travel expense allowance. (It. is to say the least. scarcely evident. proposition that the call-' bro of the average Cong;-eggman ll self-' 1; Notes. By The Wax 1. British audience that natural scientists are planiiiiig to send an unmanned rocket. to the moon to take photos and bring them back. Just like that. All by itself. -Christian science Monitor. "A man, sir, should keep his friendship in repalf." said Doctor Samuel Johnson. The worthy doc- tor know what he was talking ii- bovut. for he had many friends and managed to keep most. of them through his long life. Although Johnson was dispulatious by na- ture and was not above criticizing his friends at times. he would not allow any one else to criticise them in his presence. This strong: but. intense loyallzy, allied to I nature that. under a lzruff ex- terior, was warm and affectionate, enabled him to maint.-aln the love of a lame, brilliant circle. Of all human associations friendship is the one that parishes fastest through neglect. Friendship is A word that is often loosely applied to relationships that could be des- cribed more accurately asacqualnb anceshlp. The qualities that dis- tinguish A friend from an ac- quaintance are absoliitc trust and loyalty It is only when one an- pllcs these values sererelv to so- .ealled friends that one realizes how rare is friendship-from an edi- torial for young people, Hamilton .FEi3RUARY 11. 195. Are there any boundu-le.s'be- yond which social hysteria, once it has been set in motion, will not go? It will be remembered tihat .l few months ago a heated con- troversy took pllce Among mem- bers of the school board in A cer- tain American city over whether or not the story of Robin Hood should be allowed to remain in the libraries of the public schools. The questlon came up when a lady member of the board stated, quite seriously. that the notorious Robin must. have had Communist learn- lngs. since he had advocated rob- bing the rich and giving to the r. At. the same time some of the old nursery rhymes aloo were sub- jected to investigation on similar grounds. Even little Jock Horner who sat in a corner was summon- ed before in committee. I do not recall just what. it was that the litt.le'follow was supposed to have done to put him on the subver- sive llst; anyway. it doesn't matter qultted after a lengthy investi- gation The case of Robin Hood is still pending. but his acqulttwl, too. seems assured. thanks chief- ly to the severe protests which came from all parts of the free world 0 0 O Thn news that a niay written by the Athenian Aristophanes in or about the year 400 B. C. has been censored and indeed mutilat- ed by l committee of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. be- cause of its alleged "Communist sympathy," tells A story just as ludicrous as tho Robin Hood epi- sode. In fact, It is even more so: while the adventurous Robin did have certain radical and unsnclal tendencies, old Aristophanes was. for his day. the iwrsnnlficzitlnn of the spirit of the status min. This. anyone must believe. unless it can be shown tihst. all of Arlstophnner bioxnphers lied flagrantly in their Appraisals of his life and work. It is it libel on his memory to suggest that he was am-thing but In incorrigible and unrepent- ant conservative in his politics and in his social manners In a time when the old gods were losing favour among the in- tlellectunb Aristophniies hold firm in his beliefs and ways of wor- ship. In the field of education he dett-sled every new method. for no other reason than that. it was now; he did not bother even to look into. its claims, (The John Dcweys of his dav must have had a izruelllrvz time at his hands.) No one evev used the tool of ridicule with more glee or with more devastat- lniz effort. All one of his blograpli- ers puts it. "his love was for the traditional glories of Athens, how- ever dim the past. to which tlvay belonged; his nbhorrence was for the in.novat.ion.s and pretensions of he present." ft. is important to remember that Aristophanes. was neither ii politician nor a philosopher who dabbled in politics: he was a nnei. ii comic poet to be exact. That is to say his poetry was written under the guise of comedy. not that he was fl funny man who wrote poetry. The comedy, how- ever, was not intended merely to amuse: its chief purpose was to preserve the so-called pure. demo- Stpec tutor. People who luvs long been con- vinced that the traffic bully -the impatient. linrn-blower. the in- tersectlon smart-iileck. the high- way weaver- in 3 mental case get some satisfaction from 9. report made to the National Safety Coun- cil of the United States by Dr. Alan Canty, psychiatrist. of Dr- troit's traffic clinic. Dr. Cniity said ilhfli. of 10,000 problmi driv- ers" refered to the clinic by the courts. 100 were found to be crazy enough to be committed to an asylum. 850 were feeble-minded iind'l.000 were former inmates of mental hospitals. Most of the re- m it 1 n d e r. iupperently, were " ” lly unstable." Now all t.hal.'I needed is some way of spotting these people before they get. licences to drive. -Saturday Night. over these you-s has been pnnionntoly higher the Canadian M. it claimed, such him been the impact of inflation and of higher taxes that, even at 327,500 the 1964 Con. gressman will be better only 81,322 t.hl.n deceuor. slgniflcnnce should be grasped by "Cry M.P. For rlolliir dcbuemeni 1'9"?”-I Public policy and public Dolley has been M.P.s If Parliament seaolonnl lndemnltlu Pkrtliunmf. should reflect. upon pas lnflatlunar coin-s . I hm” nude mam, muxuglencflftlalg be some for export from the :IN""fmllll1):' Well be closer scru- "Y 0 W C Oxnendlturs And n' in every Eskimo lglon and . mm. wholesome rt-luctan ' ' mm” wenmm Ce Junction plated radar to match it.-Vam The North's Eskimos could eas- ily become the next generation's wealthy cattle ranchers. All that's needed to transform them from wards of the government to A in-ll-to-do people is proper estab- on by lishment of the reindeer industry. Ma 1930 D”. Opposition members at Ottawa l Dm- than that. of But. it is have urged the government to increase reindeer herds on the re- serve near Aklavlk. Resource: Mlnlslcr Lt-sage said there are now only 'l.77l reindeer in Can- i.rln's Nnrthlnnd. Vancouver's How- umcemu 3' nrd Green quoted from an article "5 " 5 Ilalinl the area could support i"'""k3l"'”- 40,000,000. Forty million of 'em il I lot of meat. And thardd surely This is moot lniprutiric and its the North to Canadian cities. Then there might be two snowmobiles couver Sun. Protect The Good: And Property Yoiillavo Accumulated By llaril Work over The Years This is sound business practice and relieves you from the burden of fear. All lines of insurance effected. Fire. Casualty. - Plate Glass and Special. We would like to discuss your Insurance requirements with you. - Phone 4311 or call Ii. Office. II. M. DAVISON LTD. I P. W. Turner, President I Manner. C.P.R. Ticket Office. PROFESSIONAL CARD? The Passing Scene By Observer A-IIIETOPHANEB WAS NOT BUBVERSIVE cracy, the name given by :1 . tarinns to the system of ;;..:i,: ment which ruled Athens at um. lime i' ' . . . The comic poets exei'cl.se.i I great deal of influence. Tilclr chief weapons were ridicule. satlr. denunciation. and burlesquey an of which could be nnd were used ex truvagantly and without. fear 0-; libel laws which. in fact, am no, exist, Nothing escaped the tliri:.m of Aristophanes and his km. morality, religion. statcsman5i,'.p'. education. literature. social t-..i,.' trims . . . all were fair gam-3 Nag turally, this sort of license in 1'”. hands of radical reformers cnulrl be dangerous and iver,V disturbl-,. in the hand: of lui.stophnn.."ii was used not to dlslzurb ti... mm qua but rather to keep it (-,-.,,n harm He believed in freedom or speech for the very practical rm son that only in such frkgriom could the democracy he knew Md loved retain its strength and pnpu. now for I understand he was sc- lai-lty . . . l Unlike many modern aili V ,. 0! democf-"C.V. Aristophanes .4 not believe that Anything could i,, gained by forceful suppression of any essential freedom. His method was to ridicule all radical in.” and viewpoints with such l'FilI'- mc-nt mockerv that they imum ..,,, M Mid "ll ti" DCUPWA affectlniia Perhaps there was not much ;-.1 son to this, but there was n irr- ' amount of feeling ta 1; which served the purpose just in well. The London Punch is aim; the only moderri literary ninmlgx in Emzllsh, that shows my ,-"Rf resemblance to the comedy (.1 on comic poets, i ' The "FW3 T9901”? does not buy just what it was in ATiSL0lill".l'int' ."Women in Politics" that off,-M. rd the sensibilities of the 31.". human censors. Probably ii W" nothing more exciting than . humouroua rill: at some nmicim sham, which in translation hail been torn from its original mean. int: because it didn't seem in make sense. somebody got an. notion that it must be subvoi-. slve. Whatever it was it was”-. oommunlstlc and ihivre would i., H0?-hint-I in it to threaten the security of the United States nr of Democracy. No Wonflar -1.. London Daily Mail is "Silrwkrq and saddened." It will be illi4'TP:'- mg to see what Punch has to 153' about it. ill Stony The works of the Lord im- great, sought out of III them thin have plauure therein. His work in honourable Ind glorlouu: and his righteousness ondureth for ever. . . . The works of his hands tum verity and judgment; all his coin- iniindmcntii am sure. They stand fuiii; for over nnd over. and Ira done In truth and uprightm-u. , CLIM'BEBS' FAVORITE The 14.775-foot Matterhorn pcrik ii. the Alps was first climbed in 1565. Frederic A. Large. O.C. Barrister. solicitor. Notary Royal Bank of Canada Bulldliil Ciiulotmfown. P. E. I. (nun on City and Farm Properties MucPiiee 8: Trainer II. F. Mu-PHISE, I!.A.. Q-0. IL SOMIBLED TBAINOB, B.A. hrrintnn, In Guilder 8: Hazard GILBEIIT A GAUDET. B.A.. LLB Barristers Ind Solicitor. Money in Dunn Cuudlui Bank of Commerce aldlt. A. Waitiien Gander. LL.I. BABBISTIZB. SOLICITOB. Etc. 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