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vrenucnt uni Auuclllp Editor. Inn A Ilurnstt. Associate Isdlwr. I-'rIn.k Walker.

CIRCULATION "Covers l'rlnco I'Jdwlud lsilnd like the dew"

"Inc strongest Memory is Woolm Hons tho Weakest In ".

CIIARLOTTETOWN, MONDAY. may 5. ins: Musical Festival Week

The opening today of the Musical Fest- ival eclipses all other events in public in- terest and this year a whole week is being devoted to the Festival activities. The en- tries are so numerous that three halls will he required for the contests. This great novement has swept Canada in recent years and nowhere has its popularity been more n evidence than in Prince Edward Island. it is planned to use the adjudicator's re- port form as supplied through the Feder- ation of Canada Music Festivals, with which the Provincial organization is affil- iated, the standard scale of marks being 50 for technique and, 50 for interpretation. Choral singing and folk dancing are in- rluded in the syllabus again this year and

'shouid prove more popular than ever.

The Festival this year will be the sev- enth to be held under the auspices of the Association. and in number and variety of entries. as well as in public interest, prom- ises to eclipse all past events of its kind. All parts of the Province will be represent- ed, and the participants will include choral reading classes, singing groups and rhythm bands as well as solo performers of vocal and instrumental music. While the com- petition will be keen. the rivalry will be of the friendliest order and will serve to bring together all classes of our commun- ity in the enjoyment of one of mankind's richest heritages.

Blood llonor clinics

months have now elapsed since any Blood Donor Clinics have been held in this Province. Fortunately the credit established by the Province at last December's clinics has just been sufficient to provide for the ever-increasing demands in our local hos- pitals with a small balance over and above to go towards the commitments for the armed services overseas. It is now time to replenish the supply in the bank to keep the service going for the next three months.

,Through the Red Cross Blood Transfus- ion Service blood is available free of any charge to all requiring this type of therapy. It follows that all who possibly can should make a. deposit in this bank for the good of their fellowman and in case of personal necessity. While citizens of Prince Edward Island have responded quite well in the past it is to be hoped that they will be even more generous on this occasion and exceed the required minimum of 950.

Mount Stewart J. ll. ll.

Tonight the newly organized Junior Chamber of Commerce at Mount Stewart is to receive its charter. It will be welcomed into a far flung organization which speaks out in the interest of the prosperity of Canada as a whole and yet which'is com- posed of the wide-awake business men of individual communities, large and small. who are banded together for the benefit of their own immediate community.

In a sense the Junior Chambers of Commerce are a pressure group. But that is only true in the sense that they are alert to the needs and possibilities of their own locality and draw the attention of other private individuals, organizations or govern- ments to those which they cannot deal with by their own unaided efforts.

Mount Stewart is a thriving village, known for the enterprise and public spirit of its citizens. and the new Chamber will undoubtedly be energetic in both local and more general affairs.

rower but larger rams

One. of the difficulties in providing mod- ern "services and facilities to rural areas across Canada is the fact that the popula- tion ln these areas is becoming more widely spaced. While the total occupied farm area increased in the decade between 1941 and 1951, the number of occupied famis is low- er. The average area per farm increased from 256 acres in 1941 to 281 acres in June of last year. The Census Bureau special compilation. based on the 1951 Agricultural Census. shows that there has been In un- broken upward trend in Iverage acres per

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smaller and the number of farm homes'

greater.

The data provided by the bureau shows that the total number of farms had decreas- ed in every province except British Colum- bia, where the increase i given as 21 per cent. Farm areas declined from 1941 to 1951 in each of the Maritime Provinces, Quebec and Ontario, the declines ranging from 6.3 per cent in Prince Edward Island to .17 per cent in New Brunswick and total- ling 3,994,480 acres. Gains in farm area took place in the Prairie Provinces to a total of 3,723,676 acres, while in British Columbia the farm area rose by 666,704 acres.

The number of occupied farms by the June, 1951. census was 623,091 for all Can- ada. or 619,465 exclusive of Newfoundland. In 1941 the total was 723,858, indicating a drop of 113.393 farms. However, as there was a change in definition of a farm holding from one acre with production value of 3350 in 1940 to one to three acres with a pro- duction value of 3250 in 1950, the decrease in occupied farms has been 58,000 or about nine per cent.

EDI IORIAI. NOTES

St. Dunstan's officer cadets parade for

their annual inspection today. 0 O I According to the Canadian Daily News- papersl annual report, business is.booming all over the country including the oMari- times. ! 0 At Middleton, N. S., a farmer doing his spring ploughing turned up a quantity of Irish Cobblers in perfect condition. Per- haps, like Western wheat growers, our po- tato men may find themselves gathering

two crops in a season. I 0

Because of road conditions comparative- ly few Island centres are being visited by the mobile blood donor clinic. As the need has increased rather than lessened it means that more people than ever should try to attend the clinics being held.

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A proposal that Britain's Liberals should call themselves the radical party will be discussed at the annual Liberal as- sembly May 15-17 in the hope and expecta- tion of instilling new life into an exhausted body politic. ,

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Whooping cough and diphtheria are both communicable and preventable. Prevention, through co-operation with the regional im- munization clinics of the Department of Health and Welfare, is certainly better than taking a chance with these childhood dis-

eases.

At the Presbyterian College convoca- tion at Montreal Friday night Rev. R. J. Berlis. of St. Andrew and St. Paul's Church. had the DD degree conferred upon him. The Niall Hope Burnett prize for Boy Scout and mission work was awarded to John A. Jolmson, M.A. Dr. Berlis is well liked and popular here.

The Ontario Milk Producers Association proposed a plan to send surplus milk to Britain and needy couptries. The plan would set aside 10 cents for every hundred- weight of milk shipped to market. Butter and cheese producers and the Federal and Provincial Governments each would be asked to contribute the same amount to the milk fund. '

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Francis Bret Harte, American author, died fifty years ago today. Parodies such as his skit on Disraeli, and .humour such as "The Heathen Chinee" earned him a high reputation but his masterpieces were tales of mining life in California. "Luck of Roaring Camp", "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" and "Tennessee's Partner" are but a few in which he cast a spell of glamour over a rough life;

As Superintendent Montgomery pointed out at Summerside the other day, the pro- posed C.N.R. busline service will not mean less but more employment locally, in- asmuch as all the buses would be serviced here in the Province and not sent to the Railway shops at Moncton. This would mean extra men required to work at the repair depot which would be located in Charlotte- town.

Liberals in Parliament have been "spill- ing the beans" on what takes place in cau- cus. The Prlme Minister wamed his follow- ers that they must get through the agenda before prorogation as he was determined to have no more secret sessions with its con- sequent expense; Immediately the House

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met the leader of the Opposition appealed '1

to the Government to have their business so arranged to avoid the expense of I sec- ond session. Meuitlme individual Conser- vatives are sppsoling to the Government to increase membei-s' lndemnlties further and nottobeafi-Iidofrupercussionsoofsrss the Opposition is ooncorned. .

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The following excerpts from I report of the King's county Fair and Ethibition. held in the Drill Shed, Georgetown. in October. 1871. indicate the flourishing con- dition of local industries and handicrafts at the time:

"Mr. Donald M.aoLcod, of Moni- ague Bridge. exhibited some ex- cellent specimens of leather. par- ticularly an imitation of French calfskin: Mr. John Forbes. of Georgetown. made quite I. large display in the way of strong win- ter boots. garters. and neat. Ind well finished lsdies' boots; while Mr. MscLean. of Georgetown. had everything to himself in the her- ness line. his very handsome sliver mounted set. being deservedly Id- mired

"A fox trap and a collection of edged tools. and chisels, reflected much credit upon the inventive genius and workmanship of Messrs. D. 6; A. Mooney, of Little Harbour. the twovyoung men who manufactured them. The chlsels were well tempered, and keen enough to cut a hair. Mr. Moc- Lcan. of Dundas. exhibited I spinning wheel and jsok reel, which were well put. out of hand. The wooden plough of Mi-fl: wentherbie. of Georgetown, was justly entitled to the prize it re- ceived, as were also the iron plough of Mr. James Dewar. of Brudencll. and the moulding one exhibited by Nb-. Lovers of Georgetown. There was but one cart. on exhibition: it was from the establishment of Mr. MacLaren. of New Perth. Ind was strong and substantially built. "There wIs I larger number of wagons than in former yeIrI. Mr Sterns' single buggy was I splen- did piece of workmanship. and of course took the first prize Mr. Mill's two single wagons. Irid the Messrs. Campbell's double wagons were Very Kood of their kind. and occupy an honourable place in the price list. Nor must we overlook Mr. Lane's plain and fancy willow- baskets.

"The fair daughters of King's county nobly sustained the pre- vious hlxzh character of their do- mestic msnufactures. In the pro- ductlon of cloths. druggets. flan- nels. oounberpsnes. linen. carpets. hearthnlgs. bogging. socks Ind mittens, they are not easily sur- passed. Their shawls. plnids. hcsrthrugs Ind druggcts were beautiful. both in pattern and tin- ish. In fancy work. in bud Ind Berlin wool. there was I fair Is- sortment. Miss Hessian exhibited a. very fine ottoman and other fincry articles; Miss Cogswelh picture of David dancing before the uk: Mrs McGowan": water oolor pIlntlng' Ind Mrs. Lnnets pic. lure frames set in shells. cherry Ind plum stones; Ind Miss m. Loren and Miss MIcDonald'I bead work would be no discredit to Iny Exhibition." .

Old Age

(Winnipeg Free Press)

Amer ahohst is In old mun. Ac- cording to him, Is quoted In I re- cent news despobch. he was mar- ried. for the second time, in um and he was 120 years old then. On this showing 200 years of history -have swept put this tough old Egypttsn. Hundreds of millions of his fellow hldrtlll. including such compo:-Itl , fugitive Iplrm ll Napoleon. Voltoire, Shelley. Beho- penhnuer Ind Fraud. hove. "Ilka snow upon the dsIert'I dusty fsce. lighted I limo hour or two - and zone." Amor shuns: hu ouutsyoll them Ill. And now, by virtue of his staying power Ind thlt Ilons. he has been Iworded two uichoo of type on tho world's howl II!- I

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Until: Anna is ouusrsung. he could have been oonumpmry in tho llth century with Oouht Allu- Indro Oullootro. tho vwtd chom- pion olsimsnt to lonamty. limo: still has I my to so some hi on mulch oounro subcon- found mom of longevity. Outlo- Itroworooalunonsrlng vhtehho

says people who call them seclu-

'tion ssved money Ind dupllcdtion.

Not Socialized

(From the 0ttIwI. Journal by Bert L. Marsh). The boss of BrltI.ln'I rstlxoads

lzed' don't know whnt. they're alk- lng Ibout.

"British luilwsyl." their execu- tive chlef, Dsvld Bloc, uld in an interview, "are unified. That means the four groups thst. used to oper- ate separately now work ll one under I cent:-Il Idmlnisn-stton, with their own divlslonsl bosses.

"People keep Isklng me if soc- ialism is doing I better Job with the trains than did Izpltslism. It'll time they were told we Are NOT socinlized. They don't. know what they're talking about."

Blce wu not grinding In no to protect the British train service from what. he apparently though: was s msty word. If: is in cInIds drumming up business in hopes that thousands of Canadians will travel by nil in Britain this sum- mer.

But he was unhspPY'thIt many people outside Britain have an idea. that because the rstlrosds for which he worked In his life were brought together under the title "British Railways" four you-I Igo -during I socialist regime in Brit- sin - it follows thst they are So- cialized. '

"The fact is." he sold. "Winston

Churchill planned the uniflclstion II for back Is the only mos. Just because the socislists put it into effect when they got into power. everyone goes off hslf-cocked Ind calls us soclsllud." ,Blee. I former officisl of the Great Western R.Ii1wIy Compsny that joined the southern. London North Eastern and the London. Mldlsnd Ind Scottish. was convinc- ed thst their unlficstlon was there to stay.

He called it I nIturIl evoluron. After the first trslns started oper- sung in Britain. it took 15 to 20 years before the more thsn foo

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I heard the Whnle rejoice. As he splayed the waves to I fan; "And the Lord shlll sIy with his Voice. 'LeviIthsnl'

"The Lord shall

Tongue. Now let. all I-lesven give half In my Jest when I won young, In my very Whsle."

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Then the whale csreered in the 8

as. He floundered with flsi-ling toll: Flourished and rolilcked he. "Aha! Mine Emmeryl

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SAFER SKIING

051.0 --(OP)- No fewer than zoo local units of the Red Cross were on Ictive duty over the Eu- ter holidays when tens of thous- ands at Norweglsns went skiing in the Eastern Ind central moun- t.Iin regions. Easter lkllng has be- come I ti-Idltionol holiday in Nor- way.

companies merged into four. It wI.s Just s matter of t'me Ind letting things run their course. Blee II.ld. Now they Ire one.

For one thing. he sold, unified.

For Inother. the trains now .1-g run.l with two exceptions in the WP Jobs. by the some key rnllroId- on who ran the old compsnies (ha 08"” l-hem nouns). Blse Imwm to the R.IilwIy commissioners who "3 Wmel-hlnl like CInsds's Bond of Transport commissioners. rho Minister of Tflnlport is the overall boss but according to Blee. int main interest in trslns is riding them and telling Psrlisment they mike 11.250000 I. dIy.

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H 1.600 years before Amer Bhshst 3"'lV0d "Don the lkybtlln scene. And Ions before me. ho mama. he hId joined in DIvld'I laughter It JonIthIn'I inimitable wit.

If Count Cogllosti-I Ind Amer BhIhIt hnd visited Mexico, they might Iftcr I. not dIy'I journey. hsve found refuge from the bin. in! " sun benooth the spi-ending bunches of- I cyprua tree It Morin dsi Tule. Both Amor ahIhIt Ind the cyprsn tn-9 mu flourish. But thst tree wu old when Amer was I child. 1: wu old when csglloou-I wIs barn, even if we take thot quite unre- liable person It his word Ind msko him contemporary with Helen of Tray. For It rule. the Illulosn cypress. is utimlted to be am you: old. Bl: thoulond IolIr cycles of this whirling globe my be re. earned in Ila narrow ring! of much. Twenty-oight mm with ouumtchod Ifml can bsroiy ctr- cls In 112 foot trunk lid its brsnohoo out I Ihldov 150 foot ncrog. Mouurod Igoinst this porsnnisl ulsndu tho grlulod old Ilmtun is 5 more inuht Ind tho fabulous count I tnnuont upstart. '

OBIOMIO. In fl"-Nor-old w to. foinolo fox Nfrllf not I new hon tho Anorlosn Bunions Auoolstim to- ur for noun tho lives of

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whom the cities depend for food

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Press.

The robbers who (with I gunln Los Angelcs tavern piano player to keep dispensing restful music while they complet- ed their holdup showed I nice feeling for the cultural things in life-especially II they Illowed the pianist to keep his money. But ll courts Iro ulunlly con- ducted without music. no such sentiments nre likely to nntmate the judge should they appear be- fore him.-Ottsws Citizen.

Property owners should not be

seumcnt. by making minor oddi- tlons. alterations or repairs. or by keeping up the appearance of their property by In occasion ' Ip- pilcstlon of paint. These owners Ire not only keepln, up. or im- proving thelr own premises. but they Ire x-Ilsing the level or all surrounding properties. Certainly hiking assessments for showing 1 certain Imount of civic pride is not conducive to keep up the gen- srIi Ippesrsnce of the town.- atrathroy Age-Dispatch.

lloartenlnk word indeed Is the news that the winter resort sec- tions of New England did I big- ger b ' th's but seuon than ever before Ind thm. they are not through yet. In the regions 'Bl'- ther north in higher altitudes they In talking about June business. They would like to have July 4 end their season In Labour Day hu been ending the business of

xblotes By The 'Wax

toous. He lesves gates open. breaks bar and October. for downfencos. shoots at anything unmatched sparkle.

thIt moves. scares stock. Inc is s New England's gensrsl nulunce. Tho former. on Why: must be found to "sell" them

is within his rights in seeklpg melsure of , hunters thIn he.now possesses. - London Free

persuaded

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finest montm . to the country. Boston Pon.

Sport has become I

lucrstivc business. To gi'.:'i'ri:'pf.'S? llc speetnblos ii. likes is ns leu- illmste as giving it theatrical or movlng picture shows. But. com- mercialized sport should be close. ly supervised by the authorities. Its clientele 1! made up of thous- ands of followers who. in on am- phltheatrc. undergo without. real. ising it. Ill the mob emotions Mob madness is I well-known pheno. menon. it passes quickly from ,n. thuslnsm to madness. Knowing this. the organ'zcrs of spam events assume the responsibility or keeping order in their establish- ments. Panic may follow any dis. order. But how make sure that the manifestations of I crowd of spectators does not pass the pain: of supreme joy or Inger. However desirable discipline may be, u, 1., not. learned in n day.---L'Evene- . ment-Joumal. Quebec.

Two doting Filipinos have oh- taincd permission from the gov. emment to seek buried treasure in the very heart of Manila The story is that the Japanese con- querors buried gold and jewels in the Augustinian Monks' compound hear the end of the wIr. The Aug- ustinian compound is in the his- toric wallcd city. Intrsmuros, in Manila. American artillery bound. ed the walled city into rubble. and infsntrymen had to blast the JIp- Inese from the wreckage. building by building. Today the wncknge is untouched-a graveyard of mines. booby trans and unexplod- ed ammunition. The tressure hunt to be conducted by the two Fli- ipinos may not be c heIlth'uI one. If they survive. they are to keep

the summer resorts. It. would be I grest thing for New England if, the winter sports bus'neIs could-

,be extended to July. but it would'

40 percent of what they find. with the rest split between the govern- ment and the monks.-New York Herald Tribune