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juthorized as Second Class Mall Post 0Ii'lce- are 317137-Pd at any Obstacle Department, Ottawa. . . mountable." The Island (iiiardisn Publishing Co. i .

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For Safer Driving

President and Associate Editor. Ian A. Burnett. i Associate Editor, Frank wniim. !

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British Columbia is the latest Goverii- nieiit to adopt the so-called point system for dealing with liigliway traffic law infrac- llmis. says the Toronto Globe and Mail.

00 0 . V This system was fi.rst worked out in de- uf-it-lu Hall by the State of Connecticut. wbicli dis-

.crivered that about 80 per cent of the infrac- tions were due to only about 20 per cent of the drivers. To identify the 20 per cent, the point system was devised. This requires that a file be started on each motorist who receives a police WE1l'llil1f..'. This counts as one point against him. Going through a

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew”

"The strongest memory is weaker than lhl weakest ink".

CHAT!-I.-(?I;liE'I'0H'N, THl'RSl).'iIilHl:m

Soil Fertility

The soil survey of this Province (Hill the "ive years of field plot tests which followed ,1l'(H'l(iC valuable information to l”arii,ici'.s. fliirty different fertilizer treatments were- Xvpcrinicntcd with in three types of Island zoil. All resulted in sul:st;:iitially increased vicld. While a slifzlitly Better response lI”.'iS Toiind to pliospliorou.s on the O'Leary soil ind to potash on the (Tharlottetowii and tlullodcii soils. the rliflleiriice was not niark- Vi. Nitrogen lias been fotind to have the most marked effect. while phospliorous and pptash also proved their worth on all types

drunken driving or being responsible for a lhigliway fatality, ten points. "At various

ifs written to the offender: he is called in for a conference with the police, and after six points have been accuniulated, there is a court hearing, and the driver may lose his

of W” license. By this system, potential offenders . . . are discovered e-irlv in their ro ress, and 'Ilies:i rxpei'iiiicvil.s. of course, deal with -I ,. . H ( f - ,p. , . . . . I 0 ,0 0 0 Justice is served by the impaitiality of the the n1.r1oi cliciiiuuil icuuiiciiicnts. It would

record."

Another significaiit move in the cani- paign for liighway safety has been made ;by the National Safety Council of the Uni- ited States in sponsoring a national traffic

he of interest to have the experinieiit, ex- tended to lake in a number of the so-called trace clcniciiis. those which need only be present in minute quantities. Australia is in process of creating a ”fariii a fortnight" in N10 vast project involving some 750,000 ieres by this means. It was discovered that .vell-watered but strangely barren country

,in that country. Last year 799 cities with lniorc than S,()t)ti population won places on in south-eastern South Australia can liemw honor 1.0” .Of the COn.lest for going made richly productive liy supplying niiiiute I ye:xtgilzgufngesgggrg quantities of zinc. copper and iiiaii,'zaiiesel52 1CCidpm0(h,ioC Cit'i(.w Ow: tho preview sulphates and molybden, applied to the soilivealf i " A with supcrphosphatc. singly, or in mixtures.” Evasion mmoiq Wm the largept no- according to the particular LVDPS Of 50” death citv ywitli awpopulation of H73 600 Also of inlcrost is the mnmclion bixlwhile l3eiii'ioiit Mass. with a population of tween the presence of vltmce" elements andl27 400 won tog) honor; for Cities ybove 100 the condition of livestock. Sheep, for in-look) f , h ,. it d . L t. f stance, wasted awav with ”('oast discase''.' 01 . almg Compe e .Slx Fonsecu M? i years without a fatal traffic accident. But

their wool lost its crimp 'iiid became wirv . . . . tmuce.-him i ' the city which has a rightful claim to :1 0,0, km," ,,,.C,-95.,

and even whole flocks wrrc lost. It was fin- ally discovcred that lack of cobalt caused the trouble both in pastures and to live-

perfect record award. is the little city of llobart. Okla. with a population of 5.400. . A d rt i ll V t 1 ', stock. As little as one .'l0tl,()t)(t of an otiticn CCOI .m” 0 ,w 1 3 Iona silfety Couilm . . llobart has never had a traffic death since made all the difference between .4. ”t-oastv ': . , , . . . r tthc city was incorporated in 1901. animal and a healthy one. 0 . .

In the absence of similar records of safety in Canada it is not known if any city in this country can match Hobart, but if a national traffic safety contest can produce such splendid results in the United States, the plan should be tried out here.

Importance of

Tlfule. thel'nitcd States air base in northern Greenland. has been nientionctl several times of late since the official wrap- pinizs were taken off the military outpost late last year. It is proving invaluable to the advaiicciiieiit of civil aviation as well .A'idnnlIV pl-isomers in am Summersidc as assurance for the ITnited States and jail 170110000 that they wen. entitled to a ll:-:l"llll Fllllljst 3: "ll llllllnlllaal l7r"l;0 ':'l”lll:;SCC0ll(i chance. The three who escaped ti 00 Willi -1 "5 IWVS ls 0 W P 0" la second time after using force on the assist- ; SC3llfllllI”Vlllll -'lll'lllll9-90 Flap”: lgllll 003"). 3 ant jailer seem intent on forcing society to

yiniz to (orea, toot tie -oar-l ortiwest take the nyogl gm-pm n1ea5u1'(i50 Passaae route via Thule. Anchorage (Alas-, - 6 - kal and Sllcliiya in the Aleutians The British pharniaceutical industry has

Compared with the conventional route dpcidgd to adopt the met1.i(. system rm. l'rmn 0.-"lo to Knrczi. which would all via weights and ineasui-es, instead of grains and ('.cncv:t. Route. lx':ir:iclii, Raiigzooii and (lynching, Tho;-0 (10.-.5 not seem 10 hp ,1 Bangkok and would take a total time of foundation in fact for the glory that 5001;. some forty-six lmtnrs. the Polar mule over men for whom four draclinis or a half- tlio Nortlivxest ll:1.ss':i:'r' SFH'Ptl ill? N0!" ounce of whisky was prescribed were in the lV"'a'l?lll lllilll” lllllllillhlllllllflly lW9l?l.V ll0llli-hi linbif of iiidulging in four dranis to the The flizhl from Oslo to Thule, a distancc detriment of their sohriciv. of 1821 iinuticzil iiiilog. took nine lioiirs. v it '-

The hop to A-ll('ilt)l'llCll. :1 distance of 1778 At this time when an appeal is bcint.: miles, look evzht liours: from Aiiclioi'a':e1nn(lo in the people of this P1';)v'inc(1 to ,-0. to Sliciiiyn. l3E)'.i niiltis. ziiiotlier seven liouiis plenish the Red (jmgg Blood Bank n jg M6,; flying time was criiistiiiictl and the last lap to hgpd lhp rpn1in(Ip1' of Capt. 1'00 g,-ism took nine liours. niakin: ll total of tliir:y- gommzmding officer of the Far East com. lllI'0P ll.l'lll'l ll'lUl'S. Th? lll.'.'.hl WIS llnflcf maizd blood bank that alll10LlS',il all hospitals the direction of illP.N(l1'W(l,'.'lllll llclvlwc Di" 0 in Korea have some whole blood on hand, pnrtment and the ;iirci'aft flew forty mcm- they nyp ",-mmjm; pl-nu... ghm-1". Conn-jh. hers of N0l'll'0Qinll relief personnel to th:- tiling to the blood bank here indirectly

eoir'(iRiAtWhio"iEs

Norwegian i'iOSDliEli in Korea. A I)(T-till. hglps to 1.-hop up inn Supply 0.-on so fa,- aircraft was used for the epoclial fligzht. 41..-0y as tho fighting fy()nt' Thule's importance looms tip even great-, - t it

or with eacli event to which it is linl.'cd.l Gm.,,,.1 Jospphhh'OlSCl(1!t'X,'is(-Ount W015-0. Last Novemlicr a ivc.-” to east flizht was toy, British soldier, was born this date 1833. made fmm California. Edmonton and Thule H0 onto.-(-(1 the Army in 1352, semen in the l0 C0Il9lllla29ll- lll ll? P0Slll0ll l9-W lll?lh'Burmese War of 1833, in the Crimea, was

1.000 miles from the barren North llOiP.0pr9SCl1l at the relief of Lucknow and other

Thule ls Dll0l'ln'1 in he m01'0 than .lUSl ll"! eiiqagements of the Indian Mutiny. He name Of an lmlillofl Ullllefl lslale: Kl? has” N commanded the Canadian Red River expedi- brought along by the unsettled international . tlon of 1870 to put down the first of two conditions since the termination of World , rebellions by haipb.-0005 100 by R391. Later War II. During the short season in alllho fought in the Ashanti war, in Egypt probiabllity tnrovldcrl Denmark axzroes. be and led the expedition which attempted to cause she holds jurisdiction over Gi'een-ii-gin-ye Gene;-at Gm-don, land). more commercial flights will he: ' 0 0 ,scheduled over the top of the World. ,F The Defence Research Board and the "The Only 8SD9Cl Ol ill? TllUl0 S('l-lID,Defence Scientific Service have published at not yet Completed '0 llle 58llSlBC1l0n Of booklet telling something of their vital work the military f1Ulll0l'lll95 ll9l'0-"- S8yS 8 N0W- for Canada's defence. As indicated in the foyndland exchange, "is the matter of coni- foreword, "the responsible agency recog. municati0nS- It tilt?-9 3 long lime l0 gttllnizes that security can be used as a cloak 8 message I0 01' from TlWl9- Fully aware fof'inefficlency as well as a means of de- ofthe United States skill and determination nying infonnation to potential enemies, It in oVeI"co'rniiiZ the almost lmD0SSlbl9. W0 recognizes also its obligation to avoid mis- can look. forwardtsoon to being able l0 Rel use of -the public trust by keeping the peo- A better communication service with the pie of Canada fully informed of those Gs-unlnrid base. - Communications in this aspects of Its work not requiring secrecy.” qgpyi of the world are hard to establishuind The motive is admirable and thejreport is mfficult to mllntiln Even our link one of which Canadians may well be proud, ,0?IYl! not yet P9l'f9Ct- We take as are the research scientists engaged In for granted in this era of mechsn- the work,

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izatioii that when we run up against a problem like the Thule communications we insur-

Siop sign counts two points. speeding three.l

stages," says the Toronto paper, ”a letter"

safety contest among cities. large and small,,

UHA R LOTTETOVVN

GUARDIAN.

Needed In A Hurry

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I Spelling 'EnI Down PUBLIC FORUM ' cm

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We extend our hnmagem not -uii- ? -- .i, i.. t Miss Eliz- This column is open tea the gels: :33 13,00, P.h0en0x' discussion by correspon en 5 MHZ” who has emerged as champy

of questions of interest. The l. . H 0 h-C I Guardian does not necessiIr- Wm among ll held M Dr "gran I

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H ichampions in the KYFHL Nallamll y Ispelllng Bee.

endorse the opinion of

;0fl'Elp0Il(lCIIil.

"HARLEY I;)R JAPAN"

l The word on which icdoubtable Miss Elizabeth vanquished her Iiiicst troublesome compeltitor. MR5"

sir.--I read that lead eclltoi-in'.,ler Raymond Sokolov. aged 11- Of

"Barley For It is ccrtninl

,)0p0n”ll)eti'olt, was 0 " y.w'.iicli he iiijlldlClCIl"l)' put one 't

”sperniaceti" into

srnzirt. news to lmrii that. wliereas inn nli1n3'- ll Sll0l"5 lmw 9 Mlle "L-i' "in the period 1929-1939 Japan tilfi inolozy will 5t"tmPl.lnltCS hell) .i0l1flv0ll'lJ not. buy a single bushel of barley In The Clul-Vllvp Tll"l' Q35 lea it: from Canada”. in . the last crop Whllle 01 ll ll0”lv W” MW-.5” year, 1951-52. "she took over 15,- Master Ray-m-oiid had only itemem; 000.000 bushels, and was our 5 -. tiered the radical cetus--ceaoe1;iu. and-best customer for the gi'aln'; Cclollts-t" lllld 50 0"” me we mg also that, "In the first seven bee might Sllll g0lll-ll ""- months nf the present cmp ,vc.:ir,l ADf1t1T9llU.V M”-5 EllZ3bet'h Hill?" Japan" inipdrted xi-Carly 19,000.000ikn0ll'S ill? WM 01' had bee" Tfl”,3'r'F bushels". .Moby Dick, for "spermaceti isiit when nne renieiiibors that .Iap- 1 the sort of one 3'0” 539 0? hm? Vt'1'y IIIPS import. quota under the In-Volten IlOWB.ClayS,-Eilzi.1G'liK.l'I, a hun- ternationzil Wheat Af.!l't)6mClll alsiilldmd years R20 "1 Vlclnlty of New calls for just 37,ooo.ooo bushels of Bedlord. Mass" it may have been the major breadgraiii. cibviously,,.lll5C ah0Ul"3-5 C0lllm0llrPl3Cc. 35 our prairie farmers will be inter-"'Cl110PCDh.Vll is now. And with-

csting themselves in the economic and social and political well-being of this great new customer. inela-

Iout the help of etymology it is hard to see how both Elizabeth and Ray- mond could have wrestled success-

Dhuricallv speaking. on their wcst- fully. 38 they did With "56-Vlulhec em (lgo1'5,le'p?r ' daliae." (Our guess without look-

The references in the above ins 7"- fl,l'llC””"31'Y,l5 that ,"' has editorial to the successful indust-'10 fl0 Vlflth 'v.50mel1hmK lmvmtz 50 rialization of barley tthe Japanese more feet than it centlptfded Blll word for it is "Se'ib:iku"i are most. as for some of the other words left siziiificatit, and likely to play an in lhe C0lll85l-BN5. ”C0nClnnll.V important role not alone in l.lie;and ”marce.went.' for example. We

izlobal war on hunger but--quitcic-'4n Only 31137. like AFWYNIS WW5- as important, from the pi;imaryllrhRl- W9 "Ski-lT5?l.V "0 Vhfll H1059 producers viewrpoint-also, in the air," . direction of taLomising' the price-l

ldGSil'03'il1jr purplus and. coiisc-i ----A

.quen'.ly, tending to stabilize barley

lvaliiatioiis from season to season") 4? E l I"l'0ln this i'ead:r's angle. a suc-' -

ressful technique for the proccssuizv 0

and i'ndust.rlalizing of any of thcl yoga a world's small grains-barley onts.l

rorn. rice, wlieat--is to be iip- -

.pl."uded. as an clfective aizcl dtir- SPRING WAR5-ING

lablc ally in the entllcss .- 'u;:Ic mu 7

as-aiiist ,-czioitiil faniin: lliul (ll.'i- Wm,” (he Krpcn (mm. hm,” upon lcntc. which sicni frrm (i.'tlll'llll H", mpk . I '

and ficorl and 1illll'lCllCily w ihyi-. His lask yCm,.s skin like a bubble:

i'PlS0ll.Iii), I was inipr liv-

when the bright eyed crow with rusty cry surveys the cornfield stubble

i Till. as-scrticn by cm: of the tcrii farm iiiitlic-rifles llluii. .l.i . Broiiiilcei to the ctfcct iizit lie would not be siiiprirrd ll llic J.lDFlIl('EC ptcplc, within tlir nrxt .qu.ii'tcr-cciitiii'y ar.:I ('.r-rliinly v llliin the 20:11 Century, would be 1lmp0l'lil'lf.( as much Cruiadlan wlieatl

piou . t . - - . Bil g. l i kitt . t.t tl Id- ris we send Bl'lllllll 1.1:. year. I fscll ”" 23133151”: cm ml 0 le m

ythnt this is the rn:id tn l)f'(lCCi . , , mud pmm,., but I 3.” (rd mm Hiwitli a tumble timer and loud. t

c traffic is to cnrluro, in win

And waits the early nioriiiiuz plow-

Inc: the i.bai'ii-cal, - d

when striped and

have in lcnrn in buy as wrll as who" 'Ll1l:lH";l””' llmflk izors wild '. ii. '. . '. - : ' . it W1 ' -W Tndn N no om ll U S1 cm i tnd shrill delirious frogs;

I am, Sir, et.c., l'

..nLUENoSE..0 when thin

willows fly blooms

:And eowslips ride the tings:

3 zmo o;&mo-:lA-.

?iiie Age Old Story

-uqunuuuuuuuu-uuu.4uuu

lwhen overnight the lilac leaves Hurst. small.-it's time to tetlicr Our heart to R butternut tree for

nu-your

fear

It'll blow off in such weather.

t You have sown mulch. and hrln;:- ,

Iln little; ye eat. but ye Iinve will -'F”mr” Pros." lnnouxh; you drink, but ye are Iiotl (filled with drink; ye clothe 3nu.l ilutt there is mine warm: and he Iihnt enrnoih wages l'III'IIl"”l wnza-1 Ito put it into I hit: with holes. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Con- sider your ways.

KINGSTON, England. tCPt-Ar- chaeolozlsts have formed a "de- serted vlllnze medieval res-eai-olit group to investigate and catalogue remains of ancient British and Ro- man villages in England. In York- shire alone about 1.000 such vil- m lages are known to exist.

I yell-aw

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NARROW ESCAPE .

lllay River, Lot 47', WMS selling it fox trap at. a bait placed for that purpose, on the evcnim: of the 7th inst.. one of his l0iIZiliJOTS came along with his gun. to watch for a fox he had some time previous- ly seen there: and mistaking the object. he saw at the bait (the night being somewliat reynard. he lodging in Mr. Macdonald's thighs. at a distance yards. Fortunately,

to render his case dangerous."

LONDON, (OP)--Domestic accl-

it current home office report. shows. In the period 1940-49 there were 48,000 road deaths. In the same

their scalds, suffocation and gas poison- lng.

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CANADA'S FINEST CIGARETTE

"While I)oniildvltIlicdnnald. ,i'r., of 3- sale? business by Kllflllk

dark) for deputy deliberately fired. department of reform the contents nf his gun advocates

however, the shot did not. penetrate far enough yantnges of

dents outnumber t.raf'flc fatalities. omically

period. some 60.000 persons died. in '0

homes from falls. burns. Free pl-055),

t &oooucu Q fl (Notes By The WaXL l A at

Nominated in Winnipeg for the

Manitoba Legislature is a gent; who will run as candidate of the Pros- Iperlty for Posterity party. It is safe to predict a chilly response lrrom the electorate; what did pos- lterity ever do for us?-(Toronto Telegram).

i Mr. James Sinclair. federal min.

estlniate that while Canada's per capitn consumption of food is 1,500 pounds annually, only 14 pounds of the total amount is represented by fish. The flsliliig industry is faced with market resistance, but if Canadlaiis would eat one pound more fish per cnpitn each year, the problem would be solved.-tflalifaxi Chronicle-Herald). Perhaps for th: lust government sat. down

time, n recently to,

of the women who clean the floorsl of its offices. It happened wheni a delegation front the Newfound-' land Federation of Labor met. thci Cabinet in f " session to discuss vgovernment policy towards labor. One of the Federation delegates. was a lady who works regularly as' 8. charlady in the Colonial Build- ing. A striking and significant In- dex of the tlmc--at least so the

lface of years of

tfideiice. Credit tare about equal for

mid customers. The latter have

has costs to pay before

the settlement of obstacle races. service

to the honest. folk whose margin of credit is equal to their ability to

this form of social L'Evenement Journal, Quebec.

minister of the

such

countries with success.

valuable. Men in prison should be t

their dependents. -

lster of fisheries. has repeated thel

lshoes .and discuss matters of policy with onet-

Abbot.t's wise'iidvlce they will ,do me

JUNF 4,

A British -I . . the fact that kll::':(l)Il:d.n

NW0 weeks in British

ll . in British farmer coui knl”5llll.lll ll

,years. It just goes to

cultivation doesn't pm. l”'jlr out "liam Times-Journal. ' PM” Wit. Ottawa's traffic an -. pear to think that tlliiinrm,” alv- cure for any pmblcm Ulllil'.lt' 500 of name hgma Tlw .Il1t)Iil('! thins: can be ciirricd tntilU,..'l”” 01 must wonder wlu-tiwr ;,.,f ,') ,”l'lll:v' ill!!! limit. has 1” ""1-'

1" 3'01-ll-ll. tlI'l1EVI:I'('ill& ldrass its feet in heavy 1,.

Swiflly V35 8VEry moment.

0 Kiphn: this when he wrote tiur forgiving inlnutc sliouhi

,with 60 secands' wm-iii of gun. This does not incnu inn: (should be working all lilr. built for the iuinnl, pm

each minute should hv

lmd 9nl0yed, not :iliu'.'.vu 0.

by needlessly.

Cabinet ll10llgi1l.- (St. Jolin'slw1sh' M1911 .V0ull::, thnl, I112,-'l.lf1li:li Telegrami. always wear its he.-2-.x ..,,.,.; y V W ll-Iainilton Speclntni". At the present time uptimlstsl . '”i' anticipate an era of prosperity' 1'3" Wlll disagree with the P(iltl that nothing can prevent, tn the at me Clcrk 01 A Imivlriii lncal

abundance. The authority Wh” ”dVl5” l .'Finnnce Minister is right to warn iponslble ll" til” dmmllli "l ri.'I.r- lpeople against this excessive con- "11 doculilems m mconvemenceslthnt is simple and clear. merclmmslitig official vcrbia:'.e and iiig short, to pay a premium for this sort of A Pamgmlill from ll 1'll'Ull-lrlssucd loam. It is seldom that the lender by. me . is completely repaid the whole of l"”ll'-id l” R Wolvssmual gouml his credit. And the dilatory debtor nmsuiatesl l'0""9'i- ill” Eilll that finishing often separates precept and in-n. ms debts. In ticc: "CESSIIUOII of puyniciii hr 0 Quebec it appears that the credit ”0"”"3Ce55il0”5 mild 1” 0 llflllllal vogue has got. the big stored into Whmll ml” is "Oi 1” By following Mr. priority classes.

" use

C0llVCl'SIlil0lltll

sntiic autlinritv

should dlscmitiii uan cc of (Manchester Giiardiaiiv.

ny Ray. earned more 1:.1,mW' J0hn.

Perhaps mlr Show

nnr of the

I953

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”'D

uiifiui. I

. ml. 1 lliolidays, then Cliflngos 00 s n the N

a r,

filslllllcia one Line to

s. .0lPt1 sit;

limp re.

iilll 'u.1,:0

:-'.l b :. ti outs ”

and n.

rcsiilt Ill. nicnls ;

pay, They will be wise people who looked Ht great events. so if is gtirifi will lmve'the courage to practise news that Prince Plinrlcs economy.- permitted to attend at least pn of the Coronation cm-riiu.vii:r in London. Again colonel G. lledlcy flasher. Prince Clmrlrs. brim:

Little boys ,R'llJillllIll)' are over.