uTHE GUARDIAN

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Associate Editor. Frank Wsikor

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MONDAY. AUG-llS'I' 2, i954 It could no Worse

Just what effect the prolonged rainy' ipell has had on the agricultural economyi sf this Province has not yet been apprais-

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the Canadian scheme.

The initial project,

being discussed how, would cost 5270 mil- lion in the next eight years and produce

880,000 "horsepower in

electricity. Full

utilization of the water flow available, as required, would cost an estimated 5700 million and produce 5 million horsepower. It is understandable, looking at these fig- ures, that they are called plans for an ”in-

w-- dustrial empire.” -

The whole program, says the Montreal Gazette, illustrdtes again how different are the forces which are molding Canada than those which formed the great powers of history. The quest for food, or for trade with backward -areas, thrust forward the great explorers, soldiers and seamen of the

past.

ed; it seems certain, however, that some considerable damage has been done to the hay crop. This is unfortunate and will' not be made less so by knowledge of what: has been going on in other sections of the continent. At the same time, Island farm- ers who have lost valuable hay may per-

Canada is opening up vast areas of lher Northland for neither of these reasons.

She has entered into a metals-and-power

lera and these are the things she is seek-

ing and developing in such great strides.

Artificial lialn

Experiments in rain-making being car.

H The INeiglibors, 0. "H

Jy -George Cluri: ;

iflhr ;lr:?f?5i7 fear Qmes

' Drowsy ban. you cling to the lip

Of the buckwheat flower. You may . and dill. .

Eesvyl withdhoney. on "legs black-

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0 -legal Sins! 0 wings steel-

0 . Wings tco alight, surely, to ira- Your precious freight through this murrnurous sir.

Drowsy bee. you cling and sip

Pollszv.-dusted from head to tip.

In this small, golden and velvet hour

All summer sways on s buckwhost flower. .

-Ethel Jacobson in the New York ' -Times. -

Old Charlottetown us s. I. s. 9

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From the first annual report of

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:' '-NOTES" far Then 5 one big obstacle to any claim by'the Russians that they

agreed that the Greeks produced tbs 8osncr.G'roronto alter.

its very young of the human species is said to be the only an- imsl stupid enough to try to out anything it can pick up snd put in its mouth.-Kingston Whig-Sts.nd- ard.

We would be more interested in this sdvice about how to invest our savings if they'd explain where to get the savings.-Bram don sun. 1,

The father ad the bride should console himself.with the thought that, although he ma be losing a daughter. he is probably gaining d bathroosn.- Guelph Mercury.

You really used to be up and stirring to discover whet occurs in Sydney amid sunlight and show- ers in these latter days of July. Much is happening. to deal with a wholqosnc matter, in many a front snd back yard. The flowers that are blooming' and the vege-

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small boy from playing with me is s warmed sest. -Toronto Stu.

The some union is getting hind in its lying. To dstolltrhsslxlfy: said that s Russian run a mile in three minutes. -Kitchener. Waterloo Record.

The ides that Ontario may gm day be getting power from Labra- dor is not as far fetched u the

nt will be.-Obstiism Daily News.

Eloctrocution Of Fish

(Ottawa Citisen)

Inventions sometimes niu ., many problems as they solve, A new German device for the mag electrocution of salt water ihh would increase productivity, bu; mldht also open up fresh dimcul. ties for "conservation and market- ing authorities. This is not to any that the invention should not be widely used if extensive tests on it, soon to be undertaken are su,-, cessful. The Canadian fishing in.

haps be made a little less disconsolate by th. Oounnjttgg 0; mg ghuloggg. d t

. . . . . p s 11k that I reports which indicate that conditions arelried out in the Mayumbe region of the Bel- M”h'md' mmm" J” " ml” g"'b:;,g'”'"s”yf,n"e;,” "E931: fgulfnrtyrritr. deesoapds fa? l&'”Zu.3ll3.”f, "' PI.0n OlllO0f”l0n1o5(

Record.

some dsy on this contineut,we us going to have to think twice where we are going to run our new highways or establish our farm-consuming sii-fields. A hun- dred years from now our great- grendchildron may look back upon us of this period as about as wasteful of natural resources as today we regard that of our pion- eer great-grandftahers. - Hanover Post. '

"When the establishment of 's Mechanic! Institute was first mooted, it was looked upon as s mere chimes-. or fancy of the brain; but its success so far has been most encouraging. During the recess, the committee have col- lected, by purchase, donations snd loans, nearly three hundred vol- umes of useful works, consisting of general and polite literature, of treatises upon sciences and the arts, history, blot! y and other instructive books. ey have or- dered tlues of the best periodicals that are published in England and Scotland, viz., Blackwood's Maga- zine, and the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews. They have de- voted as much of the funds of the Institute as could be spared, in obtaining apparatus to assist lec- turers in illustrating scientific and

Infinitely worse elsewhere. gian Congo are proving the value of an in-

All the way from Texas to the Dakotaslexpensive method of provoking artificial 1nd from Mississippi to the Rocky Moun-'rain. The process being tested by the Congo tains the continued drought has put sick- Agricultural Association and the Belgian rning fear into the hearts of ranchers who Congo Meteorological Service was first per- have vivid and painful memories of thefecied in France, According to a report by middle thirties wlicn thousands of acres oflunesco authorities, it Consists of releasing uland were ruined and hordes of cattle from the ground pamicies of silver iodide slaughtered because there was nothing for which not only precipitate the Hun from ihem f0 9af- They We afraid that this large cloud formations but also help clouds war may see a return to that deplorable to form. The silver iodide particles are ?0Hdiii0H;, iIid09d. the PY9diCfi0n is fhaf. if given off from fires built of wood charcoal the rains do not come soon, the condition impregnated with silver iodide in the pm. Will be EVER worse. Hot winds, tem- portion 0f gray-ns per kilogram of char. peraturcs hovering well above the hundred coal, and a fire bums approximately one

modern techniques. But the out man method would aggravate ex. tsting conditions.

The elecuocution of fish is no in itself now. Mass annihilation of lamprey: on the Great Lakes attempted by sottlnl up olectnml fences at the mouths of ltreaml flowing into the lakes. A year 9, so ago there was talk on the West Coast oi an electric mechanism which could guide fish in given directions (fish are sensitive to electrical impulses). The Gel-mm device would stun fish, and send them tumbling into the nets oi trawlers. Its main value would evidently lie in picking up grounq fish, or bottom feeders, such u cod. halibut, or haddock. school fish, including herring, sardines, and smelt. are easy enough to mg: once they are located by echo

air-cooled offices 1''

'sland Molorisl In Germany

By Audrey Dolloll

Ilbr five blocks there seemed to be nothing but grey white stone and cement. Trees had not yet been planted. A signpost saying Dachau we left behind us.

After leaving the Autobahn at Rosenheim we passed through the Austro-German border and started slowly to climb the Tyrol mountains, passing by small Aust- rian villages almost smothered in

While it is agreed among most people who have travelled in Eu- rope that the "English are very courteous, and not at all cold''; the French ”are gay and know how to cook a good meal” the Italians are quick to laughter, tears and singing opera. discord of opinion follows when Germany is discus- sed. "The Germans are subdubed" or "the Germans are arrogant"

yard to the high castle wall where several window frames were still intact, and watch as the birds laz- ily fiew through the window spaces above the jagged walls out into the blue sky and across the Neck- er River.

mark. are ('0mm0nDl308 in Widely Scaftef” kilogram per hour. The fires are spaced at ed arms; many 596110115 haV9 "Of had 8 intervals of just over half a mile in a line drop Of rain f0? almost two m0nihS- COT”: forming a sort of barrier whose position the major Product Of the Mid West: 15 all depends on weather conditions indicated most a total failure; thousands of acres of by the Meteorological service.

it already have been literally burned on If the successful results of preliminary the parched gF0Und- Pastures ha” dried tests are maintained, the.wider application up: Cattle and Sheep ha” had to be ma” of this economical method of rain-making kefed long before they Wefe ready? Prices will produce an appreciable increase in the for livestock have dropped sharply, while,ag,.icu1tu,.a1 production of the region.

the cost of hay and corn has jumped in EDITORIAL NOTES

the other direction. To make matters worse, some areas are going through the g fourth consecutive drought season. Blenheim, 1704. Added to all these troubles is the short- 0 age of water for ordinary domestic pur- poses; in hundreds of communities it has to be hauled at great expense from far-off places. Then there are the choking dust storms, raging like demons across the hot l lands, ruining property. aEgf3Vating 111'

' The Walter Callow wheel chair coach now visiting Charlottetown is doubly val- uable to invalids and shut-ins. It is means of taking otherwise impossible trips and at the same time a reminder of what the al- d d . most totally disabled can accomplish.

nesses of various kin 5. an even, In S0019 0 0 0 . cases. Causing death-. YES3 mil much "my A new fish-processing plant is being es-

weather in hay-making time 15 3" 3n”0Y';tablished at .Pictou with British and Am-

hnce; but our farmers (30 not "95-'d beierican capital. The trawlers to supply the told how fortunate they are that conditions plant Wm be competing with Island fisherg are no worse. men for the catch, but the development should help to establish large-scale mar- kets for fish products of the Maritimes. O O O Cigarette lighters that look like auto- matic pistols have very little to commend them. A very serious consequence is indi- cated by an Associated Press report that a Southern Nevada lady is in hospital be- cause of trying to light her cigarette with what turned out to be a real pistol.

Agricultural surpluses

What is known as the give-away pro- grams in agricultural surpluses for under- developed countries came in for construc- tive criticism from Mr. H. H. Hannam, President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, at last weeks semi-annual meetihg of the Federation at Amherst. In brief, Mr. Hannam maintained that such a program affords no permanent or funda. The weather is 8. traditional starting mental solution for the over-all problem of mint f0? COUVEYSBUOUS between indwlduals helping these countries to develop their and it may SEW? the Same "semi PUYPOSE own resources and a standard of life and between 1'18f10nS- At any rate Gt Washing- economic status equal to the rest of thelton and Geneva Communist and non-Com- l world, munist countries have agreed on a common E , Many leaders in the international field, weather reporting code. .

l Mr. Hannam said, had come to recognize ' ' ' that the disposal of farm surpluses in this manner was only a temporary relief meas- ure. If such programs were continued, the point would be reached some day when there were no more surpluses; the pro- duccrs of these surpluses would not have gained anything in the way of markets, world markets generally would be under- mined, and the peoples of the recipient countries would be worse off than ever. The recognized need, as was emphasized by several speakers at the conference, was for aid to under-developed countries, not ?only in the means of food production, but in development of all their resources, thus ;helping them to acquire purchasing power ?and take their place with other nations in the field of international trade. There still remains, of course, the question of how , this long-range plan can be put into effect- live operation.

Another group of Canadians have fin- ished their year as exchange teachers in Britain and consider it, "one of the most interesting years we have spent," accord- ing to a report from London. Teaching methods are very different and some of them propose to try out the new methods on their return to this country.

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Canadians are becoming used to the in. creased respect paid this country by Am- ericans since our dollar has been quoted at a premium over the American dollar. It seems, however, that Britons share that respect. At least the Toronto Globe and Mail carries a report that there has been a distinct change in attitude, an increased respect for Canadians, in the United King- dom since the Canadlan dollar started climb. , u 3

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Paul von I-Iindenburg, German soldier and President of the German Republic, died this date 1934. He served in the After several years of preliminary ex- All-!tP0-Pmlllfln Wllf 01' 1955. the Franco- iplorstions. a private company has begun Pmsllan War of 1370-71. W38 0n the cen- , talks in British Columbia concerning alefal Stiff in 1373. the WI? ministry in giant hydro-electric scheme which wouldl1889 and retired in 1911- He was simple harness the Yukon and provide power for and direct Ind tried -to cultivate a sense

is newindustrlal area in the Canadian of chivalry among his officers,'efflclency ,"Nostthwat. The Federal Government pr!v- and discipline in the battalions. He was I I i-armed an American company per- recalled in 1914-and inflicted several de- dlvert the Yukon northward, to -. a development in Alaska. l WIHIGIE involved are in both Yulaon territory. such

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are frequent statements said by the tourist. Because of these conflict- ing opinions I was most curious to see Germany and to know Ger- mans.

Janie. my travelling companion and I decided we would leave cold. bare England behind and search for the snow that we missed. To ski in the Tyrol mountains was our first ambition and then to visit France, Italy, Germany and Spain. We had a route mapped out to North Africa too. However. as we travelled plans were revised daily and long range plans were dis- missed ss we met friends skiing who would say "meet us in Heidel- berg, Copenhagen or Caen."

On a Wednesday morning in Jan- uary, 1953. we went down to the German Consulate for our visas in a little 1936 Austin car we had just bought, at a great bar- gain, so we were told. After col- lecting our visas. we started back to Sloane square. London. to Dick suitcases. But the car began to wobble and the wheels to wander while driving along PicadiliY- W9 stopped and rushed to a red tele- phone booth and called the me- chanlc who had sold us the car. He drove over to have a look: His verdict was "It's all right if it doesn't brealvdown: if it does the wheels will come off." With these four small worries on our mind the Austin managed to do 4,000 miles on the Continent without the wheels flying off. Except when we intentionally removed one to change a flat.

For The Continent

The next day after pushing the car 300 yds. to a gas station on the quay at Dover. the car was put on a platform and hoisted a- board the ferry for Bololni; A9 last! we set forth for the continent with seven suitcases and a library of maps from the Automobile As- socistion-and full of anticipation

Having spent the first two nights in France and changing two flat tires with the help of the French army. we crossed -into Germany. Border and custom officials stood erect wearing thelr.trim military green uniform with their brass but- tons and high leather boots gleam- ing. This along with the fact that all males from the age of two to eighty-two years were a black army cap (which was frequently seen in the news reels of,German soldiers) gave me a momentary start. This was later forgotten when one realized that it was for economy rather than 1atent.putriot- ism that these caps were still in vogue.

During our third night on the continent we were driving along the magnificent Autobahn throulh the Black Forest in a heavy snow storm. At 10 pm. cold and hun- gry we began to search for a restaurant or hotel, when to our delight we saw the of what we imagined to be a cosy German chalet hugging the side of a low This we thought was just what one saw on the travel posters. picturesque and remote. We trudged toward the chalet. As we entered we were welcomed with the hit tune "Wish You were Here" cominl juice boar in the corner. signs say- ing "Hot Dogs 25c" and shakes" we were posted on all four

What a discovery to find in the middle of Gcnnsnyl

American Atmosphere

. mint 6 man chm km. enmAsn:ricsn. cIf;l'.Il'l!:

I in U. 8. military script. 0! Will we had none. The German waitress realised our difficulty, cepted German marks. The last fifty miles to of Ulm was made of an American 0. I. iunsteir married girl. Every fifteen minutes he would step ahead of us in his jug to rub odour ice covered win shield. - r The next ulbrning we an th city of mm and

nose cum un:uauununnn

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from the purple me that he hsd'

snow. The narrow mountain roads were flanked on the left side by tall pine trees laden with snow, and on the right side by deep rocky ravines. We were climbingto a height of 5,000 feet. We finally reached Kitzbuhel at dusk, as the skiers with their sklis on their backs were returning for an an- tlclpated warm dinner.

Know P. E. I.

Guenther was a German mining engineer by profession who lived in the Ruhr district. We were in ski school together. one day while we were having s cup of hot choc- olste between ski runs he asked me, twhere are you from in Can- ada?" "Prince Edward Island," I replied, "But you probably won't know where that is. It's on the...." Guenther interrupted me, "Ja, it is on the east coast not far from the Islands of St. Pierre and Min- uelon in the Gulf of at. Lawrence, near Halifax". "How did you know all that"? as I sat back amazed. "Oh! I was a U-boat commander and we were near there during the war”.

After speaking with Guenthe and his friends one realized the reasons for. the startling recovery of Germany. As a mining engin- eer he worked twelve to fourteen hours a day including Saturday. 1-Iis fortnight holiday in Kltzbuhel was his first break in four years.

During the month of April 1953. I drove with a Dutch girl, Riet from Amsterdam to Heidelberg which is located in the U. &. sone ofwestern Germany. Heidelberg. which is s. university town snd the setting for Romberg's operctta ”The Student Prince", is one of the most charming towns in Eu- rope. It is one of the few towns in Germany untouched by the war, and gives one the impression that this was the town where the ad- venturous Prince. having won his fair maiden "lived happily ever after".