FATHE-R_ RESCUES SON ON TRACK seconds before a speeding train poared by. The teenagers fled when the father arrived. NORWALK, Cali'f., — Seven: year-old Michael Evans shows how he was tied to railroad tracks by a pair of teenagers. His father, summoned by an- other boy, released his son only Less Than Normal Rainfall Is Threat To Wheat Crops By THE CANADIAN PRESS With crop seeding virtually complete, prairie farmers were anxiously watching the skies for much-needed rain as June swept In. Other parts of the country had optimistic reports of crop pros- pects. From April 1 to the end of May rainfall was 37 per cent below normal in Alberta, 56 per cent below normal in Saskatchewan and 72 per cent below normal in Manitoba. “If the rains do not come soon, some of the crops will definitely Ileteriorate, especially crops on light soil," a spokesman for the Manitoba agriculture department said a few days ago. . The warm, dry spring had brought dust storms and top breeding conditions for grasshop- pers in parts of Manitoba, Sas- k-atchewan and Alberta. PLANT MORE WHEAT . Manitoba seeding was reported - slightly behind the 1957 pace at the end of May, but wheat seed- ing was practically complete. Manitoba planted some 2,283,000 acres to wheat, compared with 2,114,000 last year. Seeding of coarse grains was about three- quarters finished. Lack of early rains and severe dust storms held back flax seed- ing, to about 50 -per cent of the intended acreage, and about 4,- 000 acres of sugar beets had to be reseeded after the storms. “There has been quite a bit of serious soil drifting," said H. A. Craig, director of publications in the Manitoba agriculture depart- ment. “But the actual damage cannot be counted now. Any de- lay in growing will be overcome with immediate soaking rains. “Sub-soil moisture is generally satisfactory, but the rapid growth of farm crops from now on will_ dinflnnish this reserve rapidly without fresh rains.” SASKATCHEWAN SLOW In Saskatchewan,‘ the planting season appeared slightly early at first, but winds and soil drifting slowed down operations. BY May, 26, about 96 per cent of the Wheat crop. 79 per cent of the oat crop a.nd 83 per cem of the barley crop were in the ‘ground. How it develops will de- pend entirely on whether the rains come. Wheat acreage will be down UNGRADED EGGS Our paying price to pro- d u c e r s for Imgraded eggs delivered Charlotte- town today is—— Grade A Large ..... 33c Grade A Medium .., 29c Grade A. Small 186 Grade B 18c Grade C 14c Cracks 14c For quick payment and prompt return of empty cases, ship your eggs to CANADA PACKERS LIMITED ’ Charlottetown WI-IIY HAVE SORE FEET? this year, as much as five per cent at about 12,700,000 acres, compared with last year’: 13,- 365,000. Saskatchewan’s oats acreage also show a decline, to 3,050,000 from 3,214,000 last year. Barley was up about 10 per cent to 4,- 170,000 from 3,791,000. ALBERTA PROSPECT In Albenta, seeding of wheat was almost completed a week be- fore the end of May. About two- thirds of the coarse grains were in the ground at the same time. Alberta was not troubled as much as Manitoba and Saskatch- ewan by lack of rain. Moisture conditions were generally good in the last half of the month, al- though high winds and hot weather depleted top-soil mois- ture in some areas. ‘ There has been little change in the crop pattern this year except for durum wheat, of which acre- age may be cut by as much as half from the 500,000 acres planted last year. surpluses, slow markets and the placing of durum under the quota delivery system have been blamed for the drop. More coarse grains and forage crops are ex- pected -to be planted instead of durum. MARITIMES EARLY The most enthusiastic seeding reports were from the Atlantic provinces where Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia all reported the season about two weeks earlier than normal. 0 In Newfoundland, where farm- ing is largely restricted to rocky -plots along the coast, a large part of the vegetable supply is imported even in siimmer. By the end of May, various greens were nearly ready for harvesting and early potatoes, turnips and cab- -bages-the ma-in crops--«will be harvested this month when the late crops are planted. - In Prince Edward Island, hay and pasture were reported two weeks ahead of last year, while some turnips and potatoes have been in the ground more than a -: month. A spokesman for the Nova Sco- tia agriculture department rated that province’s crop prospects as “exceedingly good.” He ex- pected the total cash value of crops to be slightly higher this year than the $40,000,000 value in « 1956. Most of Nova Scotia's farm land is used for hay crops. Last year, of 431,000 acres cultivated, 357,000 were in -the hay crops and only 48,000 in oats a-nd 11,000 in potatoes, the three main crops. New Brunswick reports sea- sonal conditions and seeding pro- grams about average. In the up- per Saint John River valley po- tatoes and grain were about 60 per cent seeded a week before the end of May. Elsewhere the percentage was a little less. Potatoes are the province's main crop. Last year more than 12,000,000 bushels were produced, .making up most of the $25,035,000 cash value of the principal ‘crops. QUEBEC READY In Quebec, seeding was almost finished. The depantment of (agri- culture said the Montreal area was about three weeks late, due to continuous rains, but the farm- ers were able to get on the ground in the last half of May and seed- ing was pnoceeding quickly. With some 7,900,000 acres under cul-timation, it was expected that about 1,258,000 would be sown in cats, 190,000 in mixed grain, 3,- 497,000 in hay and 97,900 in pa- tatoes. About 2,662,000 acres are set aside for pasture land. Seeding of Ontario farmlands is “pretty well completed,” an ag- ricultural department spokesman said in Toronto. The only excep- tions were 'some pants of eastern Ontario which have had ‘ heavy rains. .- An unusually warm April brought firuit crops ahead quickly 'but—-with a lack of rain—stunted hay and pasture. However the crops prospects generally “look very’ good,” the spokesman said. INCREASE BEETS ‘ One development in the usually - stable Ontario agricul- Irurai picture was a sharp in- -".\':2.<e ..I the planting of sugar beers. The spokesman reported an l!"I'(‘2i'l'8 incroacc to 30,000 from 20.000, altribu \’ In the new government, floor pl. '0. The more than 12,500,000 acres under cultivation in the province are divided among a multitude of crops. Hay takes the largest acreage, more than 3,000,000, with cats occupying about half that area. The British Columbia crop was virtually all in by the end of May. Following a mild winter and early spring, the season was about a week or 10 days ahead of la.st year. The earlier season could help Peace River district farmers, who have a tight race each year to finish harvesting before fall rains and snow. Th e agriculture department said B.C. acreage planted in the main crops was: Oats 87,000; barley 67,500 and wheat 45,600. Hope To Recover Dynamite Cargo QUEBEC (O'P)—-—<Wonk is sched- uled to start Monday in the St. Lawrence River near the island of Orleans to recover 125 tons of dynamite in the battered hold of a. schooner which sank after a collision with an ocean - going freighter Oct. 23, 1955. Universal Diving and Marine Salvage Limited of Toronto is to carry out the work about 1,800 feet from the island shore near the parish of St. Jean. The dynamite is being removed because it is considered a danger to navigation. The transport department or- dered the work carried out some time ago but no contractor to C8-IT)’ out the salvage operation was found until recently. It is es- timated the job will be completed in about six weeks. The schooner Rag-uenau was on its way to Sept-Iles when it col- lided with the Swiss vessel Suna- melia. Explains How Irish First Here ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP)——Irish Trade Commissioner Charles D. Kelly has an explanation of how North America was discovered which may be acceptable to Nova Scotians a nd Newfoundlanders who both claim ltalian John Ca- bot landed on their shores first. Mr. Kelly said when early set- tlers came to North America they found evidences of Chris- tianity among the natives, such as totem poles with crosses on them. The theory is Irish Catholic missionaries worked among the natives years before Columbus and Cabot arrived. It was thought by some that Irish diips trading with Iceland lost their way and ended up in North America. At any rate,” Mr. Kelly says, "we lay claim to that fame." CENTRAL 136 PRINCE STREET Comma Prmlm I for faster service call 8506 PRINTERY CHARLOTTETOWN \ , Travelling in the lI.K.? Keep in touch CANADA \ AT NEWS AGENTS Only 64 per copy ON SALE EVERY FRIDAY everywhere in the UK, with home—1-cad REVIEW Keep in touch with home news - sports, finance, politics and current events. Canada Weekly Review - the only Canadian paper edited and published in Great Britain is on sale of leading hotels and news-stands. Fast cable news gives you a weekly report on Canadian affairs and hop- penings. CHOOSE CMA HEAD MONTREAL (CP) — Ian F. MicRae of Toronto, chairman of the board of Canadian General Electric Company Limited, Thursday was elected president. of the Canadian Man-u£auctu«rers' Association for the next’ year. He ‘Conflicting Views Given On I By JOHN LeBLANC OTTAWA (CP) — A tangle of conflicting interests gave evi- dence before the board of trans- port commissioners Thursday on whether rail freight rates on lum- ber in the East and in the West should be equalized. Two Western provinces and two Western lumber groups opposed one another. The railways and eastern lumber men lined up with one’ western alignment against equalization. The Western split came be- tween the British Columbia gov- ernment and the B.C. Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, rep- resenting coastal operators, on the one hand, and a group of in- terior B.C. and Alberta lumber producers on the other. The Alberta government sided with its producers and the inter- ior B.C. operators in calling for equalization of rates on lumber in Eastern and Western Canada. After 1% days of hearings on the issue, the board adjourned sessions until today. The board has been holding the lumber inquiry as part of a con- tinuing study on freight rate eq-ualization ordered by Parlia- ment in 1952. WANTS LUMBER EXCLUDED For the B.C. government and coast operators—biggest segment Freight Rates On Lumber rate equalization generally might be a good thing but lumber should be an exception. The coast producers have a spe- cial rate running about as far as Winnipeg, putting them roughly on a par with parallel United States tolls over this haul. Mr. Alley’s statement to the -board came after Harry Tisdell of Calgary, industrial traffic ex- pert representing the B.C. inter- ior producers, had made it clear to the board that his clients are pressing for equalization of the Eastern rates with the generally- higher western charges. For the Alberta government and the Alberta lumber industry, counsel J. J. Frawley said that his principles are demanding a decrease from existing “high” ra.tes in the West. He attacked a claim of the Canadian Lumbermen’s Associa- tion-—representiiig the bulk of On- tario and Quebec 0pera~tors—that an increase in Eastern rates to match those in the West might force Eastern mills to switch from railways to truckers. “T-hat’s just not a sensible pro- position," he said. The eastern producers could afford to pay “a little more” in freight because of lower wage costs. _ The CNR and the CPR re- peatedcontentions that the lum- of the B.C. lumber trade——cou-nsel John Alley of Vancouver said ber rates cannot be equalized practically. HALIFAX (CP) — Shipping agents said Thursday that cargo“ thefts on the Halifax waterfront are no worse than in any other Canadian port. The agents and Halifax Long- shoremen’s president J. J. Camp- bell criticized a statement by K. J. Creber of the Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters that a "bad pilvferage situation” exists in Halifax and Vancouver. Mr. Creber, chairman of the un- derwriters’ executive committee, made the remank to the Canadian Importers and Traders Associa- tion in Toronto. F. G. Hatcher, assistant man- ager for Furness Withy and Com- pany, said the number of cargo thefts at Halifax is “not unusual." He said, “often items are short- handed or gone astray. . . . It dsosn’.t prove it was stolen." He said there are bound to be “odd claims” for lost shipments but “it certainly isn’t any more unusual at this port than at any others in Canada." A spolkesman for I. H. Mathers and Son said, ‘.‘I wouldn’t say it was any worse here than in any CALCIUM CHLORIDE To end dust--to weight tractor tires, to absorb dampness and many other uses. 100 lbs. 4.80. 25 lbs.'1.8l The Rogers Hardware ,Co. Ltd. succeeds Harold V. Lush of To- ronto. _ call on Insurance Underwriters, is Q CHARLOTTETOWN Q MONTAGUE IN THE MIDST OF SUCCESS ’ YOU MAY SUFFER DISASTER! Although you cannot stbp the windstorm, or the lightning or the earthquake, or always the fire, you can erect an economic wall by means of Insurance. A lifetime of gathering and saving may disappear in a few minutes. Why take chances? The only safeguard is adequate Insurance, including Supplemental Covers. Consult our Agents, or write or HYNDMAN & co. LTD. 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One of his first moves to add stature to the CSAC will be to.g_o after the 80,000 other federal civil Burke Electric Authorized @ Dealer, Electrical Wiring’ Repairing and ‘ Supplies Oil Heating , Household Appliances Television 112 Kent ST. ' DIAL 402'I WALK-IN BOXES ’ I Open and Closed ‘DIS-PLAY COUN-'I"ER$‘» - - SHELVING CHECK-OUT COUNTERS cio M P L E T E EQUIPMENT FOR cARTs WIRING CEAIGI NI COMMERCIAL F000 REFRIGERATION 1 servants still not 0213115194- uwevre after Just as many of them as we can get," the six-foot- One native of Nova Scotia said in an interview. He also seelos 1 collectivle bar- ainifi agreement for civi serv- ants. It would have to be spe- cffilly drafted to meet the pecu- liar situation in which the em- ployer is the federal government. The CSAC was formed this month wtih the merger of the Civil Service Associationof Ot- tawia, of which Mr. Best was vice-president, and the Amalga- mated Civil Servants of Canada. - Mr. Best, a co11ective-barga.in- mg expert with the federal labor department. was elected first presj CSAC for a two-year te salary of $9,000 annua]1yI:m’ ‘I O NOVA SCOTIA NATIVE Cal Best was born gow, N.S. His father, , Barbados, recently reifirngdfivefl more than 40 years as on the Canadian National ways. After graduating housie University with a lor of Arts degree started takin King’s College. At college he was .‘ pondent for the former’ Chronicle. s J'ournaIIs,,; IF YOUR GUARDIAN IS LATE OR Mlssm 02%!) “*1: in New 91,, if wril “ail-‘ from D B . in 194$}: , “. corks‘ . ‘I. I 8 ‘W: DIAL missed. 6561 and a paper will be delivered right to your, " V , , Special delivery service a.va.ilable ” am. to 9:00 am. if ‘ your paper is late -- ‘ ED‘S DIAL 173 Great George St. /I For the Fastest Service in Town, Can. 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