‘LG E FOU R 'I‘HE__GUARDIAN “wining Dally tfuuntlnl In IISTI. Aultiurtzed a- FPFHIHI c111»- untt, rim tntm tn-partun-nt. 0111mm. 111.- |~lt| 1 f-uurlllun Publlraltlng t... Iidltnr 11ml \nuuglllg Dir-ruling ,I N. "LIIIIEH- r\\'<l>l'l1\lB l'ltlltttr_ trunk “hiker. *—"fhe Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest ink" t"tti.tiii.-dtirc'rovv's. stvrvnoar. NOV. 12. 1111a - .. . .. ,<____~__.__- W Mr. llolan's Hay Fever Judging from a Canadian Press report ef the Domitiioti-Provintrial 'l'ourist. Confer- ence at Ottawa this week, we have not stif- ficiently publicized the fact that Prince Ed- ward Islilllfl is t1 haven of refuge to sufferers from buy fever. We have been told so by many of our summer visitors, but apparent- ly thc good news has not reached tl1e Fed- eral capital. The l1:1_v-l'c\.'ct' tiucstiott was raised at thc conference by P-lr. Leo Dolan, chairman of the meetings and head of the Canadian Gov- ernment 'l‘r:1vel Bureau. Mr. Dolan, himself :1 iaufferei" from away back, said this- pro- blem was “nothing t0 be sneezed at." He recalled the immense relief he experienced in visiting areas which were promoted as being “frcc of hay fever". He cited Gaspc and Port .i\rthur, but, alas! made no refer- ence to this Province. ilundretls of thousands of tourists in the l". 5.. Mr. Dolan said, “just cry for hay- levcr-frcti areas." Mr. Menzies, chief of the Public llculth engineering division, said the Federal llcaith Department has not taken an active interest in this subject, feeling that it is a local matter. However, the De- partment would be glad t0 assist any com- munity in a campaign to eradicate ragweed goldenrod, or anything else contributing tc. hay fever. Mr. Dolan urged the Provinces “to consider seriously the advisability ot eradicating ragweed in tourist areas." llcre. with comparatively little troublc. we could get rid of this pest completely, and add materially to our attractions as a sum- mer paradise. The campaign of eradication should be accompanied by due publicity, so that M1". Dolan, when next he visits us, will come prepared to enjoy the immunity and also to chant our praises at the next tour- ist convention. Traffic Lights Whether or not the City can afford to ln- stall traffic lights, it is evident from the letter of the Board of Trade to the Mayor and City Council, published in our Thurs- days issue. that the expense was not as great as was previously intimated. To ascer- tain the correct figures the Board went to considerable trouble, and its information from various municipal sources is evidently authoritative. The Board is discharging its proper func- tion of service to the community in mak- ing inquiries and proposals of this kind. The Council, as custodian of the taxpayers’ interests, must judge of such matters for itself; but in the past. it found the Board of Trade an invaluable aid as an advisory business body. It would be to the advantage of the public if, in addition to freer discuss- ion at open Council meetings, there was a return to closer harmony and co-operation bclwecti Council and Board representatives. Rent Control llttngllng tfoetst lo coast reaction t0 Finance Min- t<iei- Abbott's new rent regulations indicate that a majority of all interested parties arc chagrined by their blundering ineptitude. sttys the Globe and Mail. On behalf of the Government it is argued that the purpose \\ 11s to apply pressure upon tenants which v. culd influence them to become home buy- ers. That could he effective in respect of only a limited number of renters. All others would bc penalized in order t0 secure a pro- blematical increaisc of buyers under NHA auspices. The fact is that neither that nor any other Government policy has been offi- cially enunciated in justification of‘ the in- creases. The only discernible policy is in the fact itself: Rents have been raised without regard for possible injustices, on the one hand, or thc likelihood of any public benefit on the other. The total absence of a guiding principle of any kind is the chief character- istic of the new regulations. They leave rent controls partly in, partly out and partly no one knows just where. All increases which become effective are compounded on the general 10 per cent in- crease of May, 1947; on the additional 5 per cent of October, 1948 (or 1O per cent where the first increase was not accepted by land- lords); and upon the third increase for ten- ants in multiple-family units, of 4 per cent of August this ycar, which was retroactive to January 1. The confusion of the situation is illus- trated in this manner: Practically every category of tenant is on a different basis. Some already are free of all control; some are renting under conditional controls; oth- era are secured In their tenancies for a year -.--lf they pay the new rate. Otherwise, they . y-vhcpfn their leases and try to get more eco- ln the uncontrolled field. But all control will end on lllarch 31--unless the Supreme Court coufirtns Ottawa's authority, in which case the [federal rental authority will continue to function for an additional jycar. But all this mixtureof mandatory, conditional and completely’ absent controls will be set aside—ittcluding the new rent in- creases~it1 any Province which announces its willingness to take over the administra- tion of continuing rental supervision. In thc circumstances, thc complete abandon- ment of ceilings, but with continuance of power to prosecute landlords for rent goug- ing. would have been preferable. l:Dl IORIAL NUTES Tomorrow 22nd Sllllfltl)‘ after Trinity. a u o Our exhibitors at Amherst return laden with honours. o a o The expected happened in British Colum- bia Provincial Campaign. the Coalition romping home, leaving a ghost for an Op- position. I 0 I Excessive cost is a good reason for the city 11ot installing traffic lights but the tnea- sure of what is reasonable is how much would be saved in damage to limbs and property by their installation. O The King will make his annual Christ- mas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth at 3 p.111. G.M.T. (ll a.1n. A.S.T.l Dec. 25, it is announced. His speech, expected to be broadcast from the royal country residence at Sandringham, Norfolk, will follow a Round-tlie-Commonwealth program. 0 0 O Hunting should be banned in Quebec Province for a period of from two to five years, the Association of Hunting and Fish- ing Clubs of the St. Maurice district decid- ed at a meeting i11 Quebec. Delegates en- dorsed a resolution approving the ban and noted that game animals are disappearing from the prnviltcc. The revised method of assessing license fees for trucks, charging according to weight of thc truck rather than its capacity may not be based strictly on resulting wear and tear on the highways but it at least established a fixed standard for fees without the room for variation possible under the former method. Q I c <- 0 Mr. Kickham, l\’I.P.. was the last speak- er in the Budget debate, and he made the most of his opportunity to impress his fellow members with the importance of the Island potato industry to both Canada and the United States, emphasizing the fact that the Province supplies over 55 per cent of Cana- dian requirements for certified potato seed. It was a good maiden speech of which his constituents have reason to feel appreciative. I W Q It is a good sign when members of an organization like the Qtteeifs County Pro- gressive Conservative Association start dis- cussions on the conduct and management of its affairs. It means the rank-and-file want to get out of a rut. and “go places“. It's a sad reflection for instance, as Mr. MacLear. stated that this gallant patriotic Province should not have one war veteran represent- ing it at Ottawa. The Portland, lvlaine. judge who convict- ed a Canadian and two Norwegian seamen 011 drunken disturbance charges was 11n- doubtcdly right but his comment that, "We do not tolerate anyone sitiging ‘We Love Joc Stalin‘ or sitigitig any other stirgs which are not patriotic to us" was ltardlyi in the best tradition of American justice. lt would be asking a good deal to expect all visiting sailors to be patriotic Americans while i11 United States ports. v 0 a Jacob Epstein, American sculptor, born this date 1880, his parents being Russian- Polish immigrants. He executed the eight- een figures which decorate the building of the British Medical Association in London. Among his other works may be mentioned the tomb of Oscar Wilde, Pere Lachalse, Paris; also the (lecorations of Church Square, Pretoria. His “Christ”, exhibited in 1920, provoked much criticism for being contrary to the accepted conception and idealism as- sociated with the “Saviour of the World." 1 O O I Prime Minister St. Laurent told a Lib- eral Party gathering at Montreal that the "tremendous victory" last June 27 was easy "because all the trump cards were on our side." The Prime Minister spoke during a reception at the Reform Club in honor of Wilfrid Hamel, Liberal Party organizer for the Quebec district during the Federal elec- tion. Analyzing the causes of the Liberal victory, Mr. St. Laurent said “the country was prosperous, and the people were in good humor." However, he said, “to profit from the good situation we needed good candl- dates, a good program and a good organ- IPHE UU-ARDIAN, ‘UHARLU'I"I'E'I‘OWN The Glory ls "lids vyvfltflr‘ \- . Reflected PLiBLlfl FORUM ‘I'M: column t: open to the discussion by correspondent B! questions of lnterelt. The Guardian does nut necessar- ll! endorse the opinion 0f correapandentu ¢-us-cvn3tn>co-&>ct@ ~- BOILING CULL POTATOES Sir,—With cull potatoes so plentiful and the starch factory only able to handle a very small part of them, hog raiser: can more than cut their feed bill in half by boiling cull potatoes. 1 llwllght. a good many fellow farmers might be interested l11 making a very cheap but effective boiler. Let them get of sheet of iron 3x8x26 gauge and make a box 6' long, 2' wide and 1 1-2' deep without any bottom. Then fold the sheet of iron evenly over the sides and cut (but do not cut the sheet at the COTIIOI‘), nail it along the top with roofing nails; dig a trench a piece away from thc buildings; lay two rods of iron across the trench, place the boiler on the irons, place the stones along They can light their fires at either end whichever way the wind stilts. This boiler will hold six bags of p1 tatoes and about six buckets of water. Put about a bushel of ground grain or hog grower on top to hold the steam down. Two armfuls of wood or two fires will cook this boiler. _ I um, Sir. etc. ELDON DRUMMOND. Freetown. {>vv'€$0§0®€>00<£¢94p Notes From m A-Iolher Island ‘Wt 1 as, "Anson" a: 8y LONDON, England-S0mc of the pictures which appear in our newspapers are very excellent ex- amples of the photographer's skill and split-second timing. In thc in- stant of the camera shutters click, n moment of history is recorded; it may not; be a great moment in the progress of the world or even of the nation, but it is n moment in the life of somebody-one of the countless moments that make up the world. Now and then. however, the camera clicks 11nd the nations mood is recorded in that fraction of a second as surely and as faith- fully as it could be in a whole volume ot vritten words. Such n moment occurred the other clay. when a press photographer took a picture of a group of people stand- ing outside the home of the Prime Minister, No. 10, Downing Street, in London. n a a This was no crowd of demon- tstrators, Nobody had gone there tn cheer or to boo. It was just the sort of crowd that always collects outside ‘.'No, l0" whenever 11")" thing special is expected to hap- pen in Parliament —tl1ey just gn to see the Prime Minister leuvc for the Commons. The photo- graph in itself was nothing new. We have all seen it, or something like it, before-it happens every day, when the same sort of crowd collects outside No. 11, Downing Street, the home of thc Chancel- lor of the Exchequer. to see him leaving for Parliament with his box of budget secrets. But there was something about the group of people we saw the other day that tnctdc the Film!“ graph just that. little bit differ- ent. It was thc expressions on the faces of those in the group. It was the day on which Prime Minister Attlee was to make his crlglg, We had been warned for weeks beforehand that whut he would say would be very unpleas- ant. We were told that the aus- terity life we had been llvlng for so long was comparative luxury to what was in store for us; that we‘ should all have to knuckle llafrlgoratlon i saws 1111a sutcvtou Repairs To All Makes MOTCRS ' Rewinding and Repairs ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE Repairs Palmar Electric lzatlon." Obviotfily, he added, all three re- quisites were well fulfilled. PHONE 1444 . l the sides then bunk it with clay.. Bovine Ettgitteetj (Wall Street Journals Al’ "l9 "Pber end of Manhattan Island, on the heights overlook- ing the I-Iudson river, millionuiri C. K. G. Billings built himself :1 palatial mansion. While the huge edifice was going up, h;- addres. sed himself to the problem of constructing a roadway up the steep and rocky l1lll to the house. and consulted a friend as to how tlrtie task might best be accomplish- i‘ . "If you are in a hurr_v." the fr‘ "d refilled, "get a cow to help ou." "A cow?" Billings rejoined. "Yes", thc friend explained. "Give her a stall on the top of a hill. then take her down to the bottom every day, and lct her find her way back. Then just trust her to lay out a path on the easiest and most comfortable grade." Billings adopted the idea. and at length the cows meandering v.'.-1_\ was perpetuated in n smooth. winding asphalt highwumv ‘< t‘\‘(‘ll even down to even harder work, more restrictions. and an lower standard of living. t I O O Something of a crisis to r-iul all crises was at hand, and the 11a- tion got ready for the worst. 'l‘ho.sr people who happened to be near Downing Street hung around to see the Prime hllnister going off; to Parliament, where he would tell the horrid facts. It was n serimis; time, and everybody knew it, You‘ could see it in the faces of every-I. body in the photograph, b\1t one‘ thing you could not see was IPHT.) nor was there anything like de- spair. y Nobody was smiling. Some look- ed anxious, some plainly troublctl. n few quite apprehensive. but all) looked very‘ cool and vcry. very" determined. 'l‘l1ere was a "This is,’ it" atmosphere about the gather- ing, as though they ull knew that} here was the final and most rill-l ficult trial. which lmd to he fucetlt and had to be overcome, or else —.§ - o u n There was the face of England. and when the Prime Minister had made his announccntent, and it seemed that whnf was coming tn us was not as bad ns we lutd been led to believe, thc expression n11 thc face did not change. for some- how, people who thought. could not prevent. the belief that what the Premier had called for was not enough. Popular newspapci- comment strengthened that belief in the dnys which followed. nnrl we now have the spectacle of ordinary men and women stating their opinion. in letters to the newspapers, that statement on the latest economy , measures to overcome our rlollnr‘ we should be asked or even made ~ to makc Zfvfllci" sacrifices still. in a supreme effort to finish with the constantly recurring crises once and for all. O o a If seems as though the old reztd~l iness in let matters tnite thiicl course nntl let our troubles snlvei themselves ltas given wtiy lo :1 dc. sire to speed 11p the journey along this long, long road to recovery‘, no platter what it entails. That We have 11 ltartl job to rln nnhotlv denies; b11t that we nre tletcrmint-d tn Stet it done. nobody coulrl doubt ll the people in this unpnsed spur- of-the-mnmcnt photograph tire rep- resentative of the nation us a TO A SPARROW Because you have no fear to mingle Wings with tthose of greater part St: like mo. with song I single Your sweet. tmpudcnce of heart. And when prouder feathers where Summer holds her leafy show. You Sllll ume to us from nowhere Like gray leaves across the snow. KO In back ways where odd and end g0 To your meals you drop down sure. Knowing every broken window Of the hospitable poor. ‘llhcre is no bird half so ltarmlcss. None so sweetly rude as you. None so common and so charmlms. None ef virtues nude as you. But for all your faults I love you. Rn you linger with us still. Thong-h the wintry winds reprovc \'O\l. Amt the snow ls on the hlll. -—Francls Ledwidge. QCOD l Old Charlottetown “ud P. l. l) i...- BAPTIST CHURCH OPENED "On Sunday last. a new edifice, beautifully situated at the upper end of Prince Street, was opened and sct apart for thc worship of God. according to the forms of the Baptist body. Sermons were preached o11 the occasion by the Rev. Dr. l\lacla,v. of New York, and Mr. Knox of Lot 48. to crowd- ed audiences. Collections were taken up amounting to £l2 10s. The rapidity with which this b11ild- ing has been got tip and finished reflects great credit on those in- dividuals who have chiefly exerted themselves in thc cause. it being gcne'.'11ll_v known that the mem- bers of that denomination are no’. numerous in CImrIotteIowur." -—llo_val Gazette, Aug. 27, I845. whole, Perhaps it wns n pity that if. did not nppcur until it was too late for the Prime Minister to ziltcr his l)ll\ItS. If he hud seen lt i11 time it might have ertcouruuetl him to be n lot ntore severe i his economy‘ measures than he was. ltnd, strange us it may seem. whilst the people are in that kind of mood. he might have been tlimuzltt of mitt-h more highly than he is. smtctitmsr nms MOUNT DORA. Fla" Nov. ll - lCPi _ D1". ‘Vllllam A. Chtshnlnt. H3. a native of Antlqonlslt, NF». and fornter New York City eat". nose 11nd throat. specialist. died here Wednesday, ll. “'11s learnczl today. Now in the time In order that bltulc-tti-lllcasttre Tuxedo or Full Dress for the Christmas Festivities. TUXEDOES FULL DRESS $69.00 11nd up . . $15.00 u_nd up J. P. Maclfherson d: Son I57 QUEEN ST. BUY TO SAVE Buy Life Insurance It is good business to The Great-West Life is 8t Save Your Money buy Lif Insurance. the Champion of Thrift and the Guardian of thousands of Canadian Homes. Consult your nearest Agent or write or call on HYNDMAN 81 Provincial I Offices: Charlottetown - co. uutrrtt Managers ' Summerslm. - Montague Agents Throughout The Province. x Centenary Of Memorable i Voyage Clf The “Fannyu This dale. Novetnbcr l2. that-k.- the l00tl1 anniversary of the sall- ing of thc goodsl1ip"1"anny“fron1 Charlottetown round Cape Horn to California, carrying a large ls- sel UP. and land contingent. to share in tl1c {event “we . most famous gold rush in American feet of piitZmiiEt-tiQ‘ ‘hoard. 5M history- the qtxartcwdeck ayacrelfndflll The gold fever had broken ou: cedar boat. was Illlat!‘ da “Vt-tn; a few years previously in Cali- nmid5h;ps_ fusmnpd e_ 9" blttfh foruia, and a number of Prince. p,“ ,1 new“. Lmynlii’ Sffttrely Edward Islanders then in thc Vuyzlgv‘ tLtt during 1h. Eastern States had hurried thithct- to tnuke their fortunes. News did not travcl fast in those days; but Peter Poolc-‘s fcrvid description of thc richness of thc new-found fields, with a strong invitation to come out and part1- cipate in the treasure, had reach- cd his brother Tom, in Charlotte- town, and was quickly con11111111i- catcd to the whole population of this Island. Sill-fillies were toes. cct-tcs. medicine, some The outfit ' instruments m Formed Association A company was speedily formed under the name of the Charlotte- totvu-Califoruia A,ociation. A substantial ship was obtained from James Pcakc. Esq“ tn the brig "Fannyu" built in Charlottetown by Joseph Pippy, of 240 tons bur- den. The price exacted was N,- . 000, Island currency. ’I‘l1c sharcsl of the company were placed at' $100 each. After a voyage of seven and one-half months the “Fanny" ar- rived at San Francisco in June. i850. where the vessel and cargo were sold. Each of the owners, af- tcr gclttttg his share of thc price, went. his way, some to the gold- mines, others remaining in the city. At that time cholera was raging the 12th in California. Captain Irving, one w: of the shareholders, contracted the h disease and died. On the stxty- ' L“ gusqmkrF-v-lq, third anniversary of this memor- able event, in 1912, only two sur- vivors were known to be livinz. They WPFG John Henry Gates. one of fhe shareholders, and Duncan McGowan. of Malpcquc. Mr. Gates died in Charlottetown in I918. Too Lute The "Fanny" contingent was n year too late in arriving. Some threc years after their departure from Charlottetown on November 12. i849. those of the company who had not died or gone to Aus- tralia where newer gold fields had been opened. returned home quiet- ly, several of them lower in poc- kc-l than when they had sct sail. Even those considered successful brought home no more than mod- erate wages for the time they were ; absent. The last of the company to re- turn was John Hawkins. who came home in the fall of i874 af- ter an absence in California of twenty-seven years. The most distinguished member of the band was James C. Pope. later to become one of the Island's most prc-itincwt statesmen. Naturally there was great. ex- citement i11 Charlottetown over the sailing of the "Fanny". Tvrelve. of the Company were on the ship's articles to qualify them to take charge of the vessel on her arrival out. The captain and first mate were engaged for three years. the second mate and five or six seamen were shipped only for the run. for which lhcy were to rc- reccive flvc pounds cash. chatacler and erica. The Fanny town. that of an heartfelt interest i11 the Colony, hope their venture. morning the s11n fulgence and the out. the day w" an omcn of sut prising W ll I-I l ped c q" p Rose, \\'ill1 about for three large llultsts yea tcttdcd to last three 111g of bread, bet-f a, flour and thc bottles of brandy and 9x31190112 lroublcsotne stored for emcrgciiqpgx also A poon. spears, shark 51..., books and a spy-glass. N one carried some “ea of pistol or gun, cllnl-cmlloflry Account From an Island ‘fembeb 1549- “P ttuuifjpilric (lint: 111g account of the drpariure: "Sailecl from C'i1;11~lii;1¢i°“.n M 1nst., followed by m‘ good wishes and prayerl of nevmi hundreds, the brig Fanny, dim] for San Francisco, calling |t m; Janen-o and Valparaiso. This be1n| thc first vessel from this Island to thc ncwly discovered Pactolus, dg. serves more than a passing 11cm, The Fanny is owned and fitted out by an Asociation of forty person: —-mcchan1c.=. clerks, farmers. -all active. steady. soblr turn of good industrious habitt acutuated for the ntest part, as v1 believe, with a laudable desire l0 better the condition of themaelt-u and their IEIIIIIIOS, by sharin| in thc trade s1 ddenly opened up n11 the western shores of North Am- voyugcrs. persons on board. 11.1w Dut 011 board in Nears, cons“ 1d pork‘ W“ tlrdznary gm Juice, m {WC-Pits for teeth w,“ lliCllldQd h“ k. 1111mm ‘M19131 sevg early gm, 00h tn (pm has all hcr avail- able spacc occupied by lumber l (three house framesi. bricks, coll. etc, and provisions of such kind! 1a: \\‘lll keep for two years. "As no event of a like nature has cver occurred before in this emigration from our shores of pursuits similarly cir- cumstanced. so no event has ulletl forth. to an equal degree, tin and sympathy for the adventure. some of whom are young incn, cotmected with the oldest and most cxtcnsive farniltel while OlllPH themselves fathers of family, win leave wives and children to grim their present. departure and t0 for the successful issue ti! ll‘! "It. added to the temporary in- terest of the scene that 1n tit! arose 1n full cl- \\'f‘fllllt"l' through- "lflit and fine . .. s 1.1 the enter- Tlir steamer llllPC hundred took the Fannl‘ The ship was equipped with :1 _ _ _ m“ set of the best charts that conld tit tow at two ocluck. and tnfimv be procured at Boston: a set of an _hn\lt' site was firs" “blow; Marrlafs signals, chronomclcr. ‘WSSHIE tlu- eimpsbf 1.11: “hfltlkout- barine barometer. three or four The whnrves wltttni _t-IA"\;S~PX_ compasses. a set of spare sails. lht‘ dill’ hfld “P” "i"‘“‘lfs_nn‘ bk £100 worth of new spare ronc. etc" and £800 to 21.000 in species. The freight consisted of frames biioressto cess with ryviot: came gradually drseitrd. NFITCARID < lniike and ll ._¢- ‘Ciolitinttcd on llillli‘ l‘ Dr. J. C. Gallant. AND B, Sc. CQMPANY tiauruvr Plckurtl llulldlnlsL |5| (‘ gt Gcnrllt‘ CRABTERLU orihrsrnt x-RAY ACCOUNTANT Mo“, ,6... 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