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0H South News, Cor. lvlilk and Washington 5b.,

Bolton llotaiini’: News Agency, Times Building, New York.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than ' the Weakest Ink.”

MONDAY, FEBRUARY as, 1m Manitoba Goes Ahead O

Herc is something for our legislators to lander uvcr. It is from a report 0f the activit- ies uf the Manitoba l‘u\\'cl' (Ioinniission in con- nection with rural electrification:

The summary of 1945 construction show- Cd service brought to 992 farms, involving 8K2 miles of line. Forty-ave towns are having lines extended lo them. The programme, calling for 674 faruis and 42 towns and villages, in- volved 193,455 llours of labor in four and one- half months. I,

Surveys are being continued and surpris- ingly enough a large proportion of tenant farm- ers are showing interest in the plan. There was doubt before the surveys as to the reaction of this group.

The I946 programme contemplates connec- tions for 5,000 farms and 33 towns, villages and hamlets. A group of foremen have been trained. The material, labor and transporta- tion problem: should be easier. The weather has not been calculated.

The programme, quite apart from the bene- fits it i: bringing to farms and small towns, has already resulted in one new industry in the province. Manitoba lack pine has been- fuund satisfatn-Jry for poles if given sufficient treatment. The forecast indicates some 70.000 will be used per year. They will cost $630,000.

The cost per farm is down to $631.81, due mainly to improved design in materials. This will be further reduced when digging mach- ines become available in the required numbers.

A map of the province shows the south- ern half of Manitoba almost completely cov- cred by complete surveys, surveys under way, surveys about to start and surveys requested.

The original plan under which 80 per cent of farmers must request service before con- :tructioii is started has been abandoned. The percentage is now 65. But as the commission points out, when it actually commences opera- tion in any given area, then the tremendous ad- vantages of elccrtic power will quickly bring in the abstainer.

Would that we could report similar pro- gress along this line in Prince Edward Island! As Premier Jones remarked at the Farmers‘ Federation meeting last week, rural electrifica- tion was one oi the chief planks in his platform and "something had to be done about it." Un- fortunately we have been doing nothing but mark time. The grandiose scheme of harnes- sing the Petitcodiac has come to naught, and the Federaticvrfs request two years ago for a survey of Island water power possibilities has been ignored. ll is true that the Advisory Re- construction Committee has made a report, but we do not know whether this has the aPPYOVBl or disapproval of the Regional Reconstruction Council which alone appears to have the car of the Miflister at Ottawa. Everything is at sixes and sevens at a time when other provinces are going ahead with well-concerted plans.

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Cancer Increase

lt is disquieting to note, on the authority of the Canadian Cancer Society, that cancer is on the increase in all CiVlllZCd countries. In Canada it is estimated there are at least 59,- 000 cases right now, and that one out of every II persons will contract the disease at some time in his life. The increase in cancer can partly be explained by the frict that more people are being saved each yea: from the diseases which used to kill their predecessors in middle life-anon: ticonle now live to reach the can- cer age-between 40 and 65. when cancer seems most Pfevalent. Also doctor: are better equip- ped to diagnose the disease. In_ former years many more people may have died of cancer than was recorded. _ _ The next few years ore bound to be vit- ‘ ally important in solving the problems of can- cer. lntensive research is goinr on all over the world, and at no time has the pro!!!“ M"! brighter of rci-illv finding out the cause 0f can- cer and how ll- treat it in a more 009111" Way-

A ' 3.000 Mile Trek

C , Operation Muskox, the 3,000-mile scien-

' elite trek, is on its WHYTCTOSS ‘the barren land:

pf tbpNorth, heading lll a great loop from ' - hill on therlm of Hudson Bay, acros: the Arétic, and thence south to Edmonton. The re, bail-rally a military venture. i: actu- more than that. It will give thi: country ‘data tan-clothing, foods, living conditions,

fuels. medldoeua: well u weapon: in: (tide the lnfornwlon and experi- Whrowwlde thedoor to : in T mittens! wealth‘ hither-

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beaidta hi: superior scientific md cultural knowledge, hi: bad habitn, ht: disease: and hi: profligate tendencies to exploit native peoples.

The Eskimo population, long on the wane in number, has been particularly susceptible to the incursions of the white man. The damage wrought in the matter of health is generally quite beyond the facilities of religious missions Zr police patrols Medicine, preventative and urative, should be extended into the sub-Arc- tic for the benefit -of the natives as much as for the benefit of new settlers."

Dr, Dennis Jordan of Toronto, for the past two years surgeon of the patrol of the Eastern Arctic, found that the Eskimos of the Hudson Bay region suffered from lack of medi- cal services. IL,- is convinced that the scattered population, the rigorous geographic and cli- matic conditicns. demand a much larger medi- cal and nursing service to care for the ltativcs than is presently provided by the (iovernmcllt 0f Canada.

-EDITORIAI. NOTES-

Of 3i conlpan-ies \VlllCl’.' put up to loo per ccnt of their advertising appropriation in daily newspaper ails. the average gain in sales experi- enced was 22 per cent,

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A Committee of the Nova Scotia Progres- sive Conscrvzttive Association has been appoint- ed to consider the resignation of Mr. Leonard W. Fraser, party leader, and to bring in a rec- ommendation of a successor within the next nine months.

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Is the radio licence fee to be increased here? The British Labour Government, through its Minister of Information, Mr. E. j. Williams, has just announced a I00 per cent increase, from $2.50 to $5 per aniium. It is estimated this will bring an additional revenue of $25,000,000 to BBC, which carries no advertising.

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There's a grim one-horse hearse in a iolly round trot;

To the church-yard a partner's going I wot;

The road it is rough, and the hearse has no springs,

And- hark f: the dirge that the sad driver sings-

Rattle his bones over the stones,

He's only a taupe: whom nobody owns.

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A farmer recently in the city gave as one of the explanations of the drop in hog production, the fact that there is no longer any prospect of men being called for military servilr. So long as this was possible some farmers kept their sons on the farm. even without pay, and having to find something for them to do, followed hog production. Now, he says, such farmers have ceased to produce at a loss to"tlienisclvcs and the general output suffers. '

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Sir John 'l‘enuiel, English black and white artist, died this date 1914; one of the outstand- ing draughtsliicn of his day; he illustrated such world-fnuioils hooks its Lalta Rooke, {ngoldsby Legends, .4.'."cc In Wonderland, Through The Looking 67th:," notwithstanding that his style was severely classical, h_e was an outstanding cartoonist anzsiig a galaxy that made politics and public life "for to laugh” in the end of the nineteenth ant’. beginning of the twentieth cen- tury; he was a member of Punch staff for 40

years.

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The people of Britain are to get a fcw extra Cl0thing coupons, Sir Stafford Cripps, Presi- dent of the Board of 'l‘rade, announces iii Par- liament. He snid that from May l coupons would be issued at the rate of 42 yearly in- stead of 36 as now, and from September l he hoped to increase this again to 52 yearly. Trans- lated into actual values the additional six cou- pons will -cii:iblc a man to buy one extra shirt without collars, a woman will be able to add another blouse to her wardrobe or two pairs of stockings, uml a child can get one new pair of shoes.

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The Legionary, which ill have it: ioke, tells this one: ‘ The farmer ld his visitor that most of the men working in a field were ex- soldiers. “Oh, really! All privates, I suppose?" "Well, as a matter of fact they aren’t," said the

of them was a corporal. Therc’s a major and a colonel.” “Dear me! All good men?" “.Well, the privates are pretty good on the whole and the corporal isn’! too bad. The major’: so-so." "And the colonel?" The farmer hesitated. “I'm not going to say anything against a man who has been a colonel in the army; but I've made up my mind that, whatever happens. I'm not [gill to hire any generals." e e e r

The most hchful ally yet discovered in the battle against weeds is a new chemical known as 2-4 D with the D standing for dichlorophenoxy- acetic acid. This is the belief of George Knowles a weed expert of Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa following encouraging results of a series of elaborate experiments carried on in Ot- tawa loco-operation with t3 north central of the

one application of the powerful new chemical will kill many weed: more effectively than any other chemical and il-ariufacturera any that this chemi- cal will be on sale in quantities early this wring. It has no effm on was: but it doe: however temporarily eliminate clover which gradually grows again without rueeding. Amazingly the new devastating weed killer doe: no h: to any members of the grass family which‘ include wheat, oats, barley and rye. in explaining the potency of the ‘new chemical-Mr. Knowles and that a dense growth of mumrd and growing in an acre of grblu '

PRIIMiOnI (‘ofitllfling 1-4-0. Willi: u-W when used utl Canal: think in [rain crop:

not“ completely Iiillflillcvlloron: ‘ wletl ‘It wit: , badly m tack that field in: motion until nor- ly harvest time and "thee it w only firth:

‘tulle! ynngmeou. .

farmer. "There are one or two privates. One Ii

United States. Experiments have dimloscd that -

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NoteeBy 77:0 Way

"IIK are... "ll l 5°)‘ 0! i " nay fiather we: lo ignorant I could hardly stand 1° h!" lhrollnieii-ueuiio But 3°! J» Ii

A Kama: Old banker the 0th: guy flung? “Are you Worried : ut whether is: our" "i"

I n,’ con used the bank~ ii-hatam pa?” ‘g-Zumfl" “m”: ,, - er can 101K —l'\'0rn W“! Btrebt‘ ournal.

One deterre t to

l)‘: "HIFPIIINNdnIII-hl M much eev er r t n . l .

gifilétwlelgliglce mun” o“ a“ een oo m

lri this Colilllcefllgaflzlledrl-l "Maw

neys- were] of the various pro

vlnce: should Issue order; [gr much

grlctel‘ sentences. Rgjlflrqliqn

i.’.‘.‘.fl.l‘°l“‘i'l.'lv.ll.‘llii.lfi° ‘f2. m“

9118M‘? Herald. i c mm _

mlx u ' Ith - _ forcement pthbv too-Ifroelbliiziitmvlvegiis- "II about environment and lack ollopmtunlty I: to ope. the “w, at ll ther to the mallgmmz and false pliéemlse that any _ re:ll_ b

be Justified if the full ‘flincligiecseiilnrlg mere known. --HamIlton Bpectgt-

ha: tlllllldgl w“. e e o ven. lllfleetlme.

"PM! the discov- eries of science, we no on, people, allowing health and 1m to be sacrificed because we do not tnlre the trouble to keep suffig. Iently informed of lclentiflc ro- zreu and do not press for leg sla- “NI Fell“!!! to measures for the prevention of sickness and the con- servation of llfe. -Montreal Star.

A new loom whlcb ha: no ahnt- tle but which lays the weft "ems; 9 W" by a carrIer moved to and fro Y a special spring device he: been developed by e United Kingdom firm. The head of the flrm believes that the loom

lead to a revival of home weavln because It can be Installed 1n spare room, can produce a wlde vlirlety of fabrics and l: without the clatter made by the ordinary loom. It Is claimed that one eldll- ed operator and-an asslstant could mind twenty-four of these looms wlttihout difficulty. —Kitchener Ree. or .

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The hardeet material made by man, and the noblest known-bor- on carblde-ls slowlv flndlntr its place In Industry. It ls so-hurd that only a diamond can scratch It, and so noble that no acids, alkalls, water, rust, aIr, heat or cold make any Impresllon on It. But there ls one fly In th, ointment: it Is extremely brittle. Where thl: has been overcome boron carbide has made enormous strldes. It length- ens the llfe of sandblast nozzles, gages for accurate measurement and of specialized-cumin: tools Ilt. erally thousands of times. —F‘rom Scientific American,

Apparently Brazil I: atlll grow- ing coffee to burn. Thelr surpluses are great, and the war period was rough upon the planters. Bo that her chemists are working out a formula for converting coffee beans Into plastics, The Brandon Sun re- ports, Each year four million sacks of Brazil's coffee have been dump- ed or burned. This is 528 million pounds. Maneuver, ll costs $2,000- 000 e ear to burn the coffee. Kero- sene s used because of the cof- fee‘: high .water content. It wtll not burn nnlei: fuel l: used. So a wheat iurplus should not be :0 much worry to Canadlans.

Never In American history did a more vltuperatlve cantankerous. lvitem erate practlfloner of the art of p0 ltlcsl ballyhoo use a cabinet member's desk a: a tub to thump, ’.l'lie Buffalo OourIer-lbcpress de- clares. Ickes made more noise and more trouble than any nix o her polltlclans in Washington. or nlzh on 18 years, the men ha: been a Eeln In the neck to the judicious; a1 elt a thlng of joy to the true believers who gather around the aneke oIl aaleaman’; nulplt. He irked us, this Ickes: and he irks us still. But he Is an honest old blow- hard and a brave one. We almost hate to see him go.

If he’: nea he’: conceited. l! he‘: careleu, e‘: a bum. It he’: gleuant, he’: a fllrt. If he's brief,

overlook: things.‘ If he take: hi: time he’: lazy. If you get otnchcd, he had It In for you. If he’: en- ergetic, he’; trying to make record. If he’: dellberate, he’: too now to catch : cold. If u strike Itn, he’: a coward. If. e ltrlke: you beck, he’: a bull . If wit: u, he’: a ane . him lm, he’: a bonehe make: a good catch, be’: lucky. If he mine: it he’: e :tmp. If he get: promoted, he’: got pull. If he

what: the uu? -

doesn't neuter.‘ Film Gazette.

M. T—ui|: eowi High the:- ogovernment, 11:1,;

to the rlnclple of Internetlonel ee-opcr: on. (this mean: more more word: more even than Intelligent, far-elglited collaboration In the olttteal where. It mun: aho a l It manure of economic auttance to the many war-leaned nation: when: pro: rlty I: encu- tlal to our own. tht: and,

neu to’ accept neeeuary prlvatlon:

not enoulh. ‘fhe- rim month of effective Amer? bblldhoratlon In the put-war world I: a h1g6. healthy A 89000!!!)'- vidence J

Iii"; of no gallomrot Mold im , than three-quarter»! : of on: of the

a“ . '9

I them. Them ha: the the-Attor- w;

e‘: a grouch. If he hurries, he to

comm tted themulve: unreeervedly of

Iplrlt of eta-operation and a willing. m are neceulry but they alone are ‘

urdlv’: Guardfa our farmers. with

who. entering the the areatest

be encouraged to

that his 970005313 effective at once so culars of Year

stone’: own home satisfaction to

axed to follo Probably nothing

a nearance of Prince farm homes than

tlon presented to t that his info Pheasants

the policy of Federation.

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bird-s and

rural beautification eonteat

rovelnent appearance of t eti- hnme: during

8 P . , better fenotna. It Is certainly to be ho

be anounced at on The appearance of Colonel John-

standtnlz-a ddtrht ' who drives that. way, a. source of continuous J05 and

himself an his gglglélv as well a: to the neighbor-

If ‘many othersmcould belencour- w s though on a lesser scale. the rain to the Province would be 1mm

culatedto more uulcklv bi-In neat ‘ vement

welcomed the Opportunity .to club

i tu=c.¢uAai2.o§\r"» l1~ "

sm-I ' ' ueh interacted Colonel ..n'$i$ri§itg: I'm-i-

in a r a nlnnber of

to thou

valuable Wiles offered

' contest. make In the

that colonel Johnstone’: m; 31

such an extent. may be made that the partl-

‘s contest could

early date.

Is~ very out- to everybody and must be

example. even ense. cal- about in t 0p- Edward Island such a contest

would be

as Ls suggested by Colonel John- one.

I am, Sir, ROBERT

GAME PERMITS Slim-In reference to the resolu-

etc. L. COTTON.

he P. E. Island

Farmers’ Federation by Mr. L. P. Mclsuac we would like to point out i-ination ls nusleadtng; and ff an invitation had been extended. a deleaatfon from Island Unlimited

would have state to the

The suggested pennlt I: not, a: Mr. Mcfeaac stated. two dollars. but a suggested fee of one dollar" and every dollar collected would no to the nronaqatto the development of

of game

’ lat- fo ‘

nude 'i‘l?-"..........e7 o s to more : more “equeble” jdhtrlbut- - °"l;.°".i.. -- .t°'.'.'..""s..l‘

I 0 Q ~ Ialdlznuirederatlaiipglf Agriculture. _.

I am, Blr, etc... I.

complete nature of the re

bor Union um previous et-

penaatlon Act peeled In this Pro- . some pievlou: Provincial Anem- bly, I ::td “one remedy for that would be adequate re reun- tatlon, accordéng ‘to ‘populst on. for

tempts to haven Workmenk Cum- lllmmll’! vlnce, had been "lobbied" out Vof 15°"

NEIL W. H

_ Chiirlottel Tel. 589

the City of On

‘LA g‘ a

events, the reliance of-the

best: of 16,000 Dflllulatlon lt I: zen?

five, perhaps six m mber: slttlng _ in-the preaent thtrfy-meii House: a: It stand: we have only two." I allo remarked that "the prelent unbalanc ’ atnfe of representation between Char ottetown and the.

longed for :0 lung that the Pro- vlnclal Government was generally operated with little or no regard for the welfare of the OepItalCIty of thi: Province." In regard to rural taxation I nld that "the average farmer In this Province, by comparison to the buslness and rofeaslonsl man, knows-very lIt- e of the ndlnz burden of tax- ation, part eularly the Dominlon Income fix." A reference to the figures of taxe: paid under the War Income Tex Act by farmer: In thI: Province, compare total coIIectIon, In the years 10M to ‘to-will leave little doubt in the mlnd of the falr man that I um not too far astray ln such a cement. I alao that "'1! the rural communltle: were toenjoy the educational facllltle: they are entitled to, the rural people murt

prominent lace In that took p we It

wide of the mark. c: could be lowing resolution

illllN.” ' ‘ In

lndenatle.

n"""'"-'~'"-"" i ‘glen fgaugtggben e

Mllito‘ b"?

Whirl-f

~ I r ' Imlfiedlil-rgiinhiillilelbfenied quite In order, while other: appeared

aczllalon of" the llederatlon

ma... i.‘ l?!" "' ‘t?’

Secretary.

Island Pheasants Unlimited. IIID OIAIN IHPOITATIONI Bil-Jib: ltveitock feed rlmution , _ ll all: Province held

e rather the dl ' ‘

erally agreed that wa lhould have 99°

rural district: had been uncbal- 7

taxes the war offered radio was no

I LONDON—-(CP)—HBH'Y Powell, p} (l, of Brighton, married. wIth 12 chlldren, was mummy lm...'

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tli w was un- °»-°’*~.-i§*il§.-‘Ihilé'=.tur en .

ti: :11 the advan- tban : hullettn service -: led so hard to Illn

y lost.

which

nntenced t9 :Ix ‘ for ‘ .