i." IBQEEQQR THE GUARDIAN blorulng Dally (Founded In I581) Poet Office luthorhrd in nor-unit Clan: Stall. Urpnrlment, Oltnwn. The Inland (lunrdlnn Puhllnlrlnl Co. “n” ‘my Ma"¢‘|n| Inna-tor. J If. Burnett- Aurwlato Edltnr. Friinl: "other, "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than ti: Weakest Ink." FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1949 OHARLOTTETOWN , Potato Industry Goinmlttee The Prince Edward Island Potato Industry Promotion Committee, the personnellof which was announced in yesterday's Guardian. [i U19 first of its kind in Canada, bu-t already a bill_has been introduced in the New Brunswick Legisla- ture to provide the machinery for a similar or- gonization in our sister Province. In this Province the fund which the Com- mittee will administer was established original- ly as a plant disease indemnification fund. It helped to Ii-nance a ring-rot survey and other activities out of a contribution of one-half cent per hundred pounds on all potatoes, both seed and table stock, shipped from the Province. The Department of Agriculture collected the money, which was administered through . the Treasury Board. At the last session of the Legis- Iaturo this arrangement was changed; the fund was re-allocated for promotional purposes and provision was made for an administrative Com- mittee to comprise the Minister of Agriculture as chairman, three representatives of potato pro- ducers, two representatives of shippers and deal- ers, two members of the Dominion Department of Agriculture staff and one Provincial Depart- ment representative. The levy from the indus- try into the fund has been increased to one cent per 100 lbs. on all potatoes shipped. This sub- stantial revenue, which may amount to some $40,000 annually, wi-ll be expended for educa- tional and publicity purposes, for the extension of markets and the development of policies cal- culated to promote the best interests of the pa- ta-Io industry. _ Growers and shippers in the State of Maine have been operating under a similar promotional scheme, which has been productive of good re- sults. In New Brunswick, the legislation intro- duced by Agriculture Minister Taylor provides for the raising oif a fund for the some P"'P°5e by means of registration fees. The N. B. Potato Growers’ Council, on the recommendation of an Advisory Committee comprising one member of the N. B. Department of Agriculture, one mem- ber of the Dominion Department a-nd three members of the Council (two to represent the growers, one the shippers) will determine the use of the fund. The bill also provides for the setting up of disease control a-reas in which all potatoes planted shall be certified seed, arid authorizes the Government to establish regis- trotion areas. A Panlo Decision? Prior to an-nouncing the dissolution of Par- lioment this week Prime Minister St. Laurent told reporters on retu-rn from his trip to the ‘Pacific Coast that he had found "a general feeling that there should be an election soon." This, comments t-he Globe and Mail, is surely a very disingenuous statement for the Prime Min- ister to make. How exactly does one discover a fgeneral feeling" on such o point as this? What Mr. St. Laurent meant, presumably, was that after looking over the West, judging audience response and talking th-ings ov-er with Liberal Party advisers, he thought soon would be a better time than later for electing Liberal candidates. To make a decision on this basis was standard tactics. The privilege of choosing elec- tion dates is normally used by our Governments with an eye on party advantage. The interesting question is how Mr. St. Laurent arrived at the opinion that his pa-rty would stand a better chance of winning in early summer than in the airtumn—-the two times between which he was likely to make a choice. As our Toronto contemporary sees it, the chief reason fc-r an early vote, from the point of view of Liberal strategists, wqs a panic ap- prehension that they are continuing to lose ground. The Ivy-elections in Digby-Annnpolis- Kings and Nicolet-Yam-aska showed them that they had lost control in seats regarded as Lib- eral strongholds. The Quebec result, revealing a swing in the Province which has been the main- stay of the Liberal regime since 1921, was es- pecially significant. This was a serious setback and the eviden-co is that the downhill trend of Liberal prestige and popularity continues. ‘These signs may have persuaded Mr. St. Laurent and his colleagues that del-ay can only mean further losses in their vote-getting powers. At one time it was said the Quebec Liberals were anxious for an October election so that they could spend the summer recouping the ground they sow they had lost when the Nicolet- ‘Yamaska returns caime in. Now this hope has apparently been abandoned- Meanwhile, the Globe and Mail notes that the work of the present session of Parliameirt - -8 not half d-ono. The Budget is yet to be passed. Estimates have not been considered. Little im- portuit legislative business, except the New- foundland union and the Atlantic Pact, has gone through. In asking for a speedy dissolution the ' Government ll in effect proposing to rule the Ordor-ln-Couricil while paying expen- c. aviator-General’: warrant. on: by Irwfllldland’: Population Th: lunar: of Statistic: at Ottawa has iust ‘.1 _' reload iinrmsrmrowrhwitrmrtlqv- comes, token In I945. The population ' o _ at 321,819 we: 1gp“ cont’ h3g1 .. “ ‘ “who or con e p 220,904. I whlcliharlsteodat to 44,603 as compared with 39,886 in i935. But the Greater St. John's area, including a number of adioining district and settlements, had a total of 57,496. The populations of the remaining cen- tres of more than 2,500 in 1945 are thus listed: Bel-l Island, 8,171; Bishop's Falls, 2,522; Botwood 2,744; Ca-rbonear, 3,472; Corner Brook, 8,711; Grand Falls, 4,552; Windsor, 2,772. Newfoundland‘: population increase since the 1945 census can only be guessed, but it must have been considerable, and it would probably be well within the mark to estimate the total now at 350,000, or about three-quarters of New Bruns- wick’: present figure. The new Province's next census will be taken, along with that of Canada as a whole, sometime about the middle of I951. It is likely the I951 census will show Canada's population to be in the vicinity of 14,000,000. It was 11,506,665 in I941. J tDlTURIAk NOTES]. Polish art treasures, like favourite volumes in a library, are not easily recovered, far less restored, when once they are lent to friends for whatever purpose thfiey ‘may have in view. In Saint John, N. B. an attempt is being made to make a Saturday half holiday in stores compulsory with the right of the stores to re- main open on Friday till 9 P.M. The Common Council has adjourned to enable a proper all- coverage by-law on thefiubiiect to be drafted- Ice and weather conditions seem to be favouring fishermen at the opening of the sea- son. If similar conditions hold for the lobster season opening Monday it should go far to off- set the comparotivelytlov‘: piices. Now, with the dissolution of Parliament, there will be many expectant, more-or-less de- serving Liberal democrats made happy with jobs; while as many times more will be in the dumps through being somehow over-looked as the ripe fruit falls. to the ground’! missing their clutches. Beware of swee-pstoike salesmen. The police of Montreal have just arrested three men on the eve of their departure for the Maritimes with between 20,000 and 25,000 fake tickets to sell at from 50c ta'$2.50 each. They already had 10,000 receipt stubs for tickets sold in their pos- session. I I R The National Research Council has an- nounced the development of a wax-like rain-re- pellent substance to eliminate optical errors caused by rain on the windshield of an air- plane. Perhaps in the automobile field it might do away with the necessity of using a wind- shield wiper. I I I A new feature of Liberal policy since Prime Minister St. Laurent assu-med office is a turn- ing away from isolationism. Unlike his predeces- sor and the "Little Englanders" of the Old Country, Mr. St. Laurent is a supporter of such things as the Atlantic Pact and, in spite of his absence from the present Prime Ministers’ con- ference, COIIPIIIOIWIKILIPIuCO-DPQNFIOII. I ‘Numerous experiments have been attempt- ed in transplanting fis-h from the East coast to the Pacific. The most recent such test has been the dropping of Arctic cod into the warm waters off California. The U. S. Navy and Stanford University are interested in how the codifish will adapt themselves to the change. U U U Britain is establishing air corridors ten miles wide. They will form a system of aviation high- ways ait heights of between 5000 and 11,000 feet. This will ensure safer flying and prevent collisions between aircraft even in poo-r visibility. Boll: civil and military plans will be expected to conform to this new form of traffic control. The move- ments of the aircraft will be organized from ground radio stations which will transmit instruc- tions to the pilot. i The Hon. Mr. Abbott, Finance Minister has been of all ministers the most unfortunate in the comebacks to his lpse dixlts in the House. His latest: Commenting on Mr. Drew's protest that time did not permit close scrutiny of esti- mates, Mr. Abbott was claiming that no member cver really discussed the separate estimate items. "Let us not try to fool ourselves even if we are trying to fool the public," Mr. Abbott exclaimed and the I-louse rocked with laughter. I ‘k Sir Thomas Beecham, English musical com- poser, conductor and operatic impresscrio born this date 1879. Has done much by the establish- ment in London of a notable opera company to spread musical culture and to educate and elevate the public taste in music. As an orches- tra conductor he holds a unique place in the musical world, his services having been obtain- ed ‘in all leading cities where orchestras an maintained to conduct festivals of classical m_u- sic. Has a hasty temper and does not hesitate to exercise it when he thinks occasion de- mands. He was born a pill millionaire, but early in life gave up the art of» the physician for the art of music, and had a hard row to hoe before -he attained to the top of that profession. Boys and youths who-do not do well at school and college or: apt to quote Winston Churchill o: a proof that the boy is riot neces- sarily the father of the man in this respect. Winston. went on record as having been on in- different scholar who could never nvaster Lorin or Greek to be able to read or quote with facility the master-minds of literature. Now w: are told B. L. Montgomery, aged 17, was ‘hallm- bockward for his age." In divinity and English he was_"fair on the whole, may: rather wodi." flis mathematics were “backward but improv- ing," hi: drawing "faIn-doos all Iie can," and his science "backward but tries and improvu." However, said the St. Ppul’: school report stern- ly, "to have a serious chance for Sandhiint, he iriurt give more time to work" for "he I: too easily satisfied with hi: work." At a National Book League exhibition of classroom relies, Lon- doner: first work got this enjoyable 44-year-old scholastic sldellght or: the comr of l. L., now rniii MarlhalVilcount Montgomery. ;... rim _G_IJARDIAN._ PUBLIC FORUM This column l: open to the dllouulon by correspondent: o! queatloiu of interest. The omen» doe: not neoxr- Ily endorse the oplnlun oi relpondeau. ME. DOUGLAS‘ QUALIFICATIONS Sun-The recent Interview with Mr. J. Lester Douglas, M-I-X- re- speotlng the appointment of Sen- ators on Prince Edward Island, 1n which Mr. Douglas remarked that "his own political record spoke for Itself regardlni a claim to the above-mentioned post", Qongflturgd the greatest pilece of under-slate- ment yet published In your news- paper. ' MMBIY ls s. virtue pratsewor- thy In ell men. Mr. Douglas did not enumerate this own and ht: family's Ilfelong loyalty and sup- port of the Liberal party. and what Iii more commendable the service to the country rendered by his fii-ailly through two world wars, when four brothers, one of vnhom paid the supreme seer-Inca. servedInWbrIdWsi-‘Luidln nddltton to his own son no less than time nephews 11nd slx cous- Ins served over-sens with the Cm- irdlan Forces In World War II. If service to lane's Province and the nation as a whole merits re- ward. certainly the record _crf Mr. Douglas and this family hhould not para without recognition of the highest order. ouch as might be conferred by his appointment to the Senate of Canada. I om, SIr, etc, "tum PLAY.” “I. F. W." QUESTIONED BIL-I note that “J.F.W." has token up tits role as forecasting ream for the Liberal Party. He refers to Mr. Robert McKeown (not McEwen as he states) and 111s writings. Apparently he does not know much about Mr. Mc- Keoiwn either or he Iii just. play- ing down the facts that he ls a Liberal and wrItes with e strong Iilberal bias. If he wants to get. a good picture of Mr. St. moment's chances let. him read last week's "Time" and get o. good report on lust how flat his Western cem- palgn was and how promising the outlook Is for "the up-and-comlng Progressive Conservative Party". Actually he should have been at. the Commonwealth Conference with all the other Prime Mlnls- ters at the time but that mlgrit be offensive to his still-British followers. In one of rhls former letters he raised a storm of protest by et- temptlng to instlt/ute a. smear campaign against a. men who by his eblllty and seIf-siwrlflce for his country holds n position of very high esteem es a Oenndlan citizen. "Spectator" says that "he made a. mistake In hls guess". It ls true he does ii lot of guessing but this Is down-right political prejudice. He either knew noth- ing about the man he attempted to wrlte about In public or deIIb- erately misrepresented the facts. As he shoubi know one may be eXCIISEd for being wrong In his opinions but never for being wrong In his feels. If he were Interested In having them correct In this case It would have been very easy to get the necessary tn- formation. Ph-om his veiled Inslnuallons one mtg-til think that. his party's cam- palgnlng as shown In the Inst Provincial election here and In the recent Federal by-eleotlons could be nothing but above reproach. H55 he forgotten or did he just. c1959 his eyes to the disgraceful over-expenditures In Public Works and Welfare. the Flshennens Loan scandal and the huge slush fund so evident everywhere? In the two recent Federal by- glergtlgns (no doubt he predicted I-he Liberals would wln those too) which were definitely "the hund- wrItIng on the wall" 1m’ thfll party we see further exarnvle! ‘l! what B. desperate group will do. In Nlcolet-Yemaska It has been (qtlmabed that the LI-laerals spent. $135,000. Thrv used three Cabinet. Ministers and thlriy Federal mem- bers of Parliament, plus all I11! racial and religious haired f-hflv could faster. In their srnsaiionol upset’ the prggfggslvQ-COHSQPVR- lives are estimated to have ex- pended $35.00!) and their effoiws were practically 100% 10681- In Diaby-Annapolls-Klngs the some pattern was In eyldenc! ihei-ei The Prime Mlnlstere pre- sence Iri the constituency, act-Ive aartlclbatlfih by ml! '1 dwell Cabinet Ministers and mm!’ m0" Dominion and Provincial mem- bers Including the Premier of ‘fie PTqf-nce. an ,;,-__\:i.-\i~l-I-,' lzirsrro ist- ibie supply of resources. n crim- patgn of abuse and mlsrebflienl" atlon. yet the Pfvlffifil" CW‘ servettves with their compariihlve- iv modest means won a resound- Iniz vlctorv In n stron! 1459"“ i-ldlng. There were some rel faces around Ottawa. some limb ago when It was polnted out that double the amount of the has! estimate for tree conversion had been spent lest fall. Hon. Robert Winters, Minister of Recamtrue- gon from ms. nod-there shit»- ments to mike In n text 1:118:10! t.» that lay-election: ‘GUN-hf votes Is not .1 meta; ogmmlgrr! handouts. 0f Wm” ' selves to outsoelsltu the Bootst- ists. More we: done fair this eon- st-Itxieney by WW 0f direct flann- ctnl boneflolmca, iiim whirl! any ottier mummy In ven- ode. and you know what hm!“- ed’. 1 would suggest that "MP-WP dlzeofllltttlb wrrlnr M: he“ I" the rend like the oaMab-lnd ll?‘ the mu and dent with them feti-Iy. In vlnr of Ill lull hll lotion: LUIJI I om, Btr, do. cnxnuqrrerown . "igneous CONTIIIUAU-Y srrnoiuii oil ‘rim itmoitnoo, new A8001’ once AND no: ALL eaioome Tllli c-AP r soracwiiree y tlvate the-Canadian blueberry on tlc to beused In ouch en experi- wIiIch will put to useful upon which nothing else of value wlll grow. —— BrockvIIIe Recorder and Times. ' Despite the fact that surface Irrl- fallen: occur between the elected representatives and the hired staff. the point should not be Ignored loyalty to the clty and the cltl- zenii who compose It. The mayor and alderman, of course, are Inter- ested In seeing that the portion of the tax dollar which goes Into wages and salaries brings the best return possible. The employees, on the other hand, are just as natur- ally Interested In acqulrlng a! large a share of that. tax dollar as they can. -- Vlctorla fflmes. Absent - ulndedneu, especlnlly where one I: engligecl in a hazard- ou: undertaking, Is always danger- ous and often fetal. The other day the operator of a loading crane lost hi: Ilfe because he was absent- minded. He forgot to block the wheels of his machine and when he World Traffic Code (B; Kathleen Tettsch In the New York Times) Lake Success - The tiourtzig American motorist who fInds film- self abroad, confronted by be- wildering foreIgn sIgn-posts and unnmfltar traffic laws. may noon fInI conditions more to his ltktng --'I the United Nations has Its "Q" This summer. for the first time In hLsboi-y, European and Amer-I- can travel experts wIII all down together to draw up a new set of rules and regulations for the road which wlll be xecogntzed on both sides of the Atlanttc. These ex- perts, from sixty-eight different. countries. have been Invited by the UnIted Nations Jo attend n world-wide Conference on Road and Motor ‘lvexisport. Out of this conference. ll Is hop- ed, wIII come a simplified signal system, standardlzed and easily dlscemlble danger and dIrectIonaI sign-pasta and more exact regula- tions as to the type of headlights, brakes end vehicular appliances needed for foreign travel. Under the present haphazard arrangement n European tourist motorlng- In this country might find, for example. that. In some,of the forty-eight states the head- lights on his particular lturopenn- manufactured automobile are deemed too small and, therefore, Illegal. WhIIe U. N. experts do not ex- pect to reconcile all the variations In traffic laws, they hope to make a beginning at. least In thls field. The conference has been given e. twofold Job: to remove handicaps to free foreign travel and, sec- ondly, to promote safety -by reduc- ing accident r‘1k. U. N. officials feel that If they can make headway on these two points, the calling of a global conference wIII be more than justIfIed. - The conference, which wlll open In August, wIII be held In Geneva, where the League of Nations first. trled to draw up Internationally acceptable rules for _t.he road. While the League did succeed In drafting a proposed convention governing highway travel In I926, the Untied States never approved the program. Attempts to revise the League's old convention were Interrupted by the ‘war and It has finally been decided that the obsolete conven- tion should be scrapped entirely In favor of new. modern road rLula- tlons. The experts w‘ro wlll undertake to ivrlte the I949 convention wIII not start. from scratch, however. During the last year specialists of the Economic Commission for Europe have been preparing e pre- liminary convention. A second "working paper" has been submit.- ted to the conference by signator- Ies of the, Inter-American Auto- motive Trafflc Convention signed In Washington slx years ago. e o Using the two papers as the basis for debate, the members of the Geneva conference expect to cc/iplete tn slx to etglii weeks an fiIILIILlY new and compact conven- Llon. Both drafts contain ‘certatn baelc provision: whtch must be‘ Included In this yeiu-‘s convention. These cover such requirements as horns. emergency brakes, mufflers, mttrore and wlndehteld wipers. Aside from thlii, however, the draft. of the Eoonomtc Commission for lhirope contain: a detatled analysts of safety requirements. It considers also the need to adopt mInImum . Iiulldtng requirements for bridges and underpssaer, :0 that truck: or oar: wtth lirstler: uxbv?tllzlmlibllu.ltylfjbh y <1, It e e . bhbjpltl- toilets of the commlaslw also ex- Plored the possibility of fur-tho:- etondudfzlnl the dlffersnt alga nyrtsm: ‘Whllo letter-n! sign: are ulld Imus-all! In the Unlted State: It he: been found that than dure- us»: create difficulties In lira-ope. Wllfiimllllfltlokteusnglztitgnu con- flonl; o mo a 0st eve troubles ' » q I I l ‘i... lhto- reasonJJ-ie rpsolnlfm bevs- that. s system ‘of Plflllfl‘ I "W" us“. m: Jmoking locomotive would worn nexes wIII be observed generally, signers can be attained for threw on the power It crashed Into a platform and overturned, pinning him beneath and kIIIIng hlm. Many other Instance: of fatalities attribut- able to men and women forgetting could he related. Whlle one Is en- gaged In anything In which there l: an element of danger, one should be continually on the alert, with the mind constantly on the thing in hand. Thl: I: the only way to evotd disaster. The Increase In Inventions has undoubtedly Increased the haz- ard: of IIfe. A man of to-day may be stricken down In more ways than could his grandfather. He must ever be on guard against danger.~_ Guelph Mercury. slippery when wet. A triangular ‘sign displaying a that the approaching rellroad crossing Is not equipped with gates. ‘Two dromedary-llke humps on a. triangular sign would be translated to mean that e. bumpy stretch of road ls ahead. In any country, the outline of two children's figures on a sIgn would serve as a. signal for the motorlst no slow down and watch for a school or playground near the highway. A man digging would be read simply as a. warning to be wary of workers along the hIgh- way. Whlle It Is hoped that. these signs wIII receive the whole- hearted endosement of the Gen- eva experts, the commission has arranged to Include the proposed slgns In an annex to the mam convention, so that. nations which desire to adhere to the convention may become parties to It wtthout taklng on the responslblltty of alt- ering their present. signposts on I nation-wide basis. This system of putting contro- versial brovlslons In separate an- Edlnburglfs statue of Klrig Char- les II Ia once more looking for a home. The Capital's oldest statue and probably the oldest lead statue In Britain, It. has been "on the move" many time; slnce It was erected In 1685. At one time ii even lay for n while wlthln the Old Calton Juli. In less than 50 years from the tlme of Its erection It was in need of repair, and periodically ever since It has been subjected to restorative treatment, The last re- pairs were made as recently as 1922, but three less of the horse. even when reinforced. seem Insuf- flclent base for a statue slx tons in weight. Edinburgh Lord Pro- vost’: cornmlttee decided recently that the ltatue should be removed from Its pedestal In Parliament Square, and the latest suggestion for an alternative site l: the Inner courtyard of the Palace _of Holy- road-houae. The statue portrays the King as I Roman general wear- Ing a cheplet of laurel. — Edin- burgh Scotsman. so that the maximum number of the new global convention. d Story .1 Ifnnflin I The needy lhm not always be forgotten, the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 74¢ £§T 702%’ Gum THE REVELATION A glance down any one of many lanes In the clty serves to show that not a few Wlnnipeggerg have fallen Into untldy habits. House- holders are supposed to prqvlde proper garbage containers with cov- ers to prevent dogs from scatter- Ing the refuse. The fact Is, how- ever, that In many cases garbage Is placed In containers wlthout pro- per Ilds with the result that gar- bage la littered aver yards‘ and lanes. This careless rs Is an open Invitation to rats. Iglnce the clty ha: been burning garbage in iii;- riew Incinerator. rats which infest. ed the old dump have spread out In search of food, Those houeeh ‘j. ere who dispose of their garbage In Improper containers are asklrig An Idle poet, here and there. Looks round him; but, for all the rest, The world, unfathomably fair. Is duller than a. wtillngs jest. Love wakes men. once a life-time each; They llft. their heavy lids, and look; And 1o, what one sweet. page can teach They read with joy, then shut the book, to run on wheels, and a malt kIIn to run on wheels to accompany It: It. wlll dry 5 or more bushels at u tlme astonishingly qulck and of the first quality. Plan: will be given of the sold klln and brewing boll- er free of expense on application The holler can he procured for one- seventh port of the prlce of a cop- per capable of brewing the some elven auenlllv at a time; It wlll be more convenient to private fa. mIlIea In consequence of their be. Ari-d some glve thanks; and some blaspheme. And mosi forget; but, either wiry, Thai. and the Chllde unneeded drerm Is all the llghl. of all theIr d-ay. -Oovenlry Petmore (1823-96). FQQqQQQQQQ ltfllhéflllllédnl’? Tove It from Iiouse o cure, w t e greatest ease; Ii. ChBTlOHGTOH/fl wall pierform the flpEflillbfl In any a ua on t _ ion-I r- r- I-i n. n,» pT§§ui§§“ii.l.°'iishi-,pl'l§i .___ lone wlll be enabled to procure beer, otter. ale. kc, at the low price of one penny ferthlng pei quart, and -af the first quality. "He wlll also give Information to any person who I: desirous of be- Init Instructed In distilling malt lplrlts, and nplrlt: from unmalled gnln: of every description; also from molnuél. pumpkl _ poiaroes, and the sap of the maple and birch If": the nitrite wlll consist n! whiskey, arrnck, gln. brandy, Am. erlcen rum, beslde: compounds and cordial: of every description. The mode of eirtrectlng splrlt: by vin. our fermentation from unmelted grain can be accomplished with such great ease and faelllty, 1h: productlonbelng at Ieut double the qunntlty of what can be extracted "l ll" Plln. the rplrlt: be- In! Particularly healthy, and much Writ than the common malt splrlt. a: to make It well worth the rit- BOOTLEGGERS‘ DREAM MAN This ls republished wllhaut the authority of the Attorney General. It ls from the Prince Edward Iii- Iand Register of February 21, 1828; “To Farmers, Innkeepe n and Private Families: "Rlchd. Stevens Inform: the Ir:- habltants of this Island that he In- tend: glvlng Information to any persons who are desirous of being Instructed in making malt, and brewing malt, or other Ilquarl, such a: beer. porter, burton ale. malt spruce beer. and spruce and ginger beer, all of the firs; quality on the malt. reasonable terml; and also to make n brewing holler of wood WlTheIIlTllflC0nnh' J. P. llaoPienor l 8o: Men’ Canton: lnllt and ltoek (nothing r F011 o. r. l-luteheson a s» ' oirouqhstm as Gr. s»... Strait mourns-rue i r an .."‘m'. V, oer on- b: s rruntpq “that, "i! k165i’!!! . _' ' There l: talk of attempts to eul- the pent, sol] of Scotland where other crops have billed and. Indeed, 40 plants have crossed the Atlan- ment. They have done so well that already the Scots are talklng about the creation of a new Industry service "thousands of acres of -peaty solI that both shat! a high degree of OR iliiriiiiooiie iiisiiniiios I i Consult » -- - , , L. the folfewliigiogflenlir‘ J1.’ G ii} these rats to move In with their: During the war there was some ex. cuse for this condition because oi the difficulty of obtalnlng stiltable garbage containers, but thl: Excuse Is no longer valid. In the Inter- ests of publlc health and clvjg cleanliness, the health department should draw the attention of house- holders ta the bad hablti Into which they have fallem-Wlnnlpeg Tn, bune. " A resolution whlch duertbed It, self as registering a proton by “we, the people of Prince Albert, ni- sembled in-a public meeting" w“ declared passed when It received the support of "about seven" of u... "approximately 45 persons present" at the meeting addressed by M", Dorlse Nielsen under‘ the auspices of the local "Labor Progresslv: Party Club." The ‘words Within quotation marks In the foregoing are from the detailed report at i5, meeting. The resolution was rielth. er moved nor seconded. Such ex. presslons of the "wlll of the pea. pIe" of course, have been popular for a great mBflY Years. The molt famous example dates from early In the 17th century when Parlia- ment. received a petition rrirneno- lng: “We, the people of England - - -" 1t was discovered that all Its signers-the whole nine of them —were tailors on Tooley street, near London Bridge. — Prince AI- bert Herald. Bi-Italn now lilo almost complet- ed repali-s ta the tens of thousand: of houses damaged by bomb: dun In: the war, as well a: the program of specially prefabricated houses to provide emergency shelter. Thl: has been done while about 240.000 new permanent housing llflllJ have been constructed annually. Th1: being the altuatlon. It I: polslblo to give thought to a longer rang: program. The bulldlng of new homes, of course. must be con- tinued. But there also I: the talk of reconditioning many old houses. or changing them over to meet modern needs. Bi-ItaIn I: a country of 01d homes. many of them state. ly, more of them modest. Though they were bullt to stand through the decades, and Jnany of them through centuries, they are not modern by present standards. They are draughty and obsolete In erchl- lecture. The plan In to extend fIn- anclal aid to both local council: and private owners, so that these older lhouses can be made more conifer-o table. And, In the care of large, ,' rambling structures, so they can be converted Into flats to afford ox- tra accommodatlom- Wlndsor Star. OId-tlmers who recall the day: when a chew of Copenhagen snuff was one of the prerequisite: to : brisk day In the hay mow, may be Interested In the announcement by the Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa. that snuffers are snlfflng Iesr. ‘In February of this year Canadian: used 68.000 pounds compgred with 87.000 pounds In January, and 78.- 000 in February, 1948. No explan- ation Is offered but the reason prob- ably Is that It was an oId-tlrnerr’ habit-except with snIIormen-and the younger generation prefer: oth- er addictions. The new: recall: o story we recelved once from u old Scottish physician who had wlb nessecl It at Glasgow when he we: a medical student. One of the em- inent surgeons of the day. perform- lng an operation. paused briefly during the work, to stand back and take n pinch of snuff. After that he flnlshed the operation, and In due time the patlent recovered. Times and manners change both a: to surgeons, and antlaepsls, and Copenhagen. However, we still ' have ii handful of anuffers left who get rid of more than 60.000 pound: a month. so that the habit may b: PXDecIed to linger for some time YBI- — London Free Press. tentlon of those who mean to prac- tlre In the profession. "He can ere-ct a steam-still made of wood for any person who with" the same at a very moderate ex- panse, which wIII make the splrill purer than the common still. and enable the distiller to bring splrlll to market, extracted from unmirlted Krill". In the short space of three days: thls machine wIII be of so simple a nature that any person can work It without the least fear of a0- cldent. Instruction wIII also be Si“ on on Rectification, by Agitation, and Distillation. In all rbranches. "All applications made at thl Commercial Inn, Charlottetown. 0P the Traveller's Rest, St. Peter’: R080. will he duly attended Io. All letters to be post paid." WAS BIG LANDOWNER LONDON, April 26 — (AP). - Lord Portman, Iionrton’: second- blggest landowner, left SAAQSJN 017.984.1720). when he dled last lBeptember. a . probate announce- ment disclosed bodly_ Lord Partmlll owned 200 acre: In ‘London. fink‘ In! second only to the Duke v! Westminster as adamant: land- lord. ' Avon‘ s1". LAWRENCE. 1W" tontstilve, Engllnd -- (OP) -V:I- em: playwright George Bernard snow, nearly It. he: become I ll" member of a South Beater-drill!‘ Society for ptelervln] the coun- n-yiiae. 1 a - _....___;____,-—-' FIIIE Phone 320 liblflu