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CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward Island like the dew”

'Tho strongest memory is weaker than tho wookut ink".

CHARLOTTETOWN WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2. I953

Highlanders And islanders

A striking feature of the address of Major Calum I. N. Macleod to the Caledon- ian Club of Prince Edward Island was the parallel between conditions as he described them in the Highlands and the problems facing this Island as they are well known to his audience. His main interest, of cotirsc. was the preservation of Celtic cul- ture in all its aspects but he recognized that an essential prerequisite was the re- taining of Highlanders in the Highlands.

The lure of the cities continues to drain highland farmstead and fishing village of youth, a problem that can only be met by making it both economically desirable and socially attractive to remain in the High- land area. This means making farming and fishing profitable and developing industries to provide employment. The fisheries, for instance, are threatened by poachers who

inaiiage to outwit or outsail the protec- tive vessels. Adult education and technical training

are encouraged to enable young people to support themselves in their own localities at either full-time or part-time employ- ment. Electrification schemes are essential , for the development of larger industry in .9 I a country lacking other sources of power. - lilectrification projects are not aided by I the indifference of many croflers who ap- parently do not care to take advantage of the power when it is made available.

I The small population of the Highlands 2 in proportion to the rest of the country V works strongly against claims for neces- sary public works and the lack of adequate ; communications and other facilities in turn V . , tends to keep the population small.

I There were many other points raised by the speaker who is Gaelic advisor to a Nova Scotia government department. If he had deliberately set himself the task of comparing the economic problems which are being faced and overcome by Prince Edward Island and the Highlands of Scot- land he could not have produced more n1 .1 striking similarities.

;f.j Tragic Passing

Citizens who had the pleasure of meet- ing former Governor Kim Sigler of the State of Michigan during his visit here last August were shocked on reading yesterday of his death, with three companions, in in plane crash at Battle Creek. They were i1'3V9I1InE in Mr. Sigleris private plane which he brought to the Island less than -four months ago. Writing of his favorable impressions of his visit in a letter appear- ing in The Guardian of Sept. 21 last, Mr. Sigler said:

"It; has been my good fortune over the past few years to have flown my own plane into almost every nook and corner of the western hemisphere from the tip of South America to the Arctic Circle. In all those miles I have never found a more peace- ful and enjoyable spot than Prince Edward Island. Coming across from the mainland we were flying about six thousand feet, the sky was clear, the visibility was unlimited and there lying before us was that beauti- ful expanse of well-improved farm lands as far as the eye could see. As one looks at Prince Edward Island from the air, it looks like a veritable garden spot, so green and rich with its fields laid out in an interest- ing checker-board.

"When I was within radio distance of the airport I called on my two-wave radio and was immediately impressed with the friend- liness of the operator whom I had never met or seen. From then on during our en- tire stay that same spirit of l'riendliness prevailed."

The above tribute was quoted in full in the Senate Chamber on November 25 by Hon. .1. P. McIntyre, in the course of an ad- dress in which the advantages of the 13- land from a toiirist standpoint, as well as our farming, fishing and other activities, were attractively outlined. Always I great booster for the Island. Senator McIntyre in- vited the acting Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (I-Ion. Mr. Aaletine) and his wife to visit us when convenient, and it was in substantiation of his praise of the Island that he quoted Mr. Slgler's glowing tribute.

This Province has lost a good friend in ex-Governor Siam”: untimely death, and his native State an. outstanding citizen who, before "turning to politic-rhaa won renown " u a public cpraoeutor in sending numerous iuulnoionandgbnbyiou to prison for

bribery. As noted by Senator McIntyre, after his visit here Mr. Sigler had addres- sed an American audience on his pleasant experience in Prince Edward Island, and he was looking forward to an early renewal of the friendships he had made here.

New llatlonal Library

Construction of Canada's new National Library Building will start at Ottawa either in the summer or autumn of 1954, accord- ing to an announcement in the first annual report of the National Librarian, tabled in the Commons last week by State Secre- tary Pickersgiii and compiled by Dr. W. Kaye Lamb, National.Librarian. Cost of the building, which will take three or more years to complete, is placed at between 954,000,000 and Si?5,000,000. Dr. Lamb states that a very large amount of preparatory work is required in order that the collection of books and the new Li- brary's staff can move in efficiently and in an orderly manner to the new building. Among principal work being carried on to- day by National Library officials is listed: 1. Estimating the space and facilities required in a National Library building. 2. Compiling a National "master" cat- alogue of books for the new Library. 3. Compiling a monthly catalogue of new publications, either themselves Cana- dian or related to Canada. 4. Microfilming of rare books and per- iodlcals. It is noted in the report that there are some 35 federal government departmental, branch and division libraries. Catalogues of the books in these collections are being copied and incorporated in the ”master” book catalogue. The monthly catalogue of new publications of Canadian origin is not only valuable to the National Library it- self, but is in considerable demand through- out Canada. Its present circulation is 1,- 000, of which 550 subscribers are Canadian libraries.

Under the terms of the National Library

Act, Canadian publishers are required to forward to the National Librarian, 130 r.

copies of every book they publish. Lamb says that with very few exceptions, the publishers comply cheerfully with this section of the Act. The staff of the Na- tional Library is aided by a National Ad- visory Council of 15 members, including li- brary and educational authorities from each of the 10 provinces.

EDITORIAL NOT ES

Icy streets can be expected from now on Motorists can no longer depend upon ef- fective braking and in the interest of safety must considerably reduce driving speeds.

Charlottetown citizens will have an op- portunity of comparing handicraft work in this Province with that of the rest of the Maritimes. While the Maritime exhibit re- mains open a brief showing of the products of the occupational therapy activity at Fal- conwood Hospital will also be made.

The preliminary music festival planned for Summerside is the natural outgrowth of the success of the Provincial Music Festival. This and, it is tb be hoped, other prelim- inary festivals should enable the ever in- creasing number of contestants to have a hearing without unduly burdening the syl- labus of the Provincial Festival.

Sir Winston Churchill is due to arrive in Bermuda today to play host to Premier Joseph Laniel who is to arrive Thursday and President Eisenhower who is due Fri- day. There are no exaggerated hopes for what maycome out of the meeting but on the other hand there is no cynical dis- counting of its usefulness. The world seems to have got on a sufficiently even keel to accept lntemational moves as being useful or hurtful but not always as being either the crossroads of history or a silly farce.

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Sir Sidney Lee, editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, was,born- this date 1859. He contributed numerous articles to the work and wrote the memoirs of Ed- ward VII. His other works include "Strat- ford-on-Avon from the Earliest Times tp the Death of Shakespeare,” "A Life of William Shakespeare", "A Life of Queen Victoria" and "Great Englishmen of the 16th Century."

At the request of the National Depart- ment of Health and Welfare the Canadian Red Cross Society has undertaken the col- lection of blood for the manufacture of gamma globulin to help in the fight against polio in addition to its ordinary commit- ments to supply blood needed by patients in our local hospitals as well as for the armed services overseas and the civilian defence stockpile. It is to be hoped that the appeal will be widely responded to this

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You to the left: and I to the right,

For the ways of men must sever--

And it may be for It day and A night,

And it well may be forever. -

But whether we meet or whether one part,

(For our ways are past our know-

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A pledge from the heart to its fel- low heart,

On the ways we all are goinzl

Here's luck!

For we know not where we are going.

-Richard I-luvey

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BELFAST IN I'l'II

From an anonymous letter dated "Island of St. John,,Nov. 8," ap- pearing in the London Gentle- man's Magazine of 1771:

"We arrived here safe the mid- dle of August. I have since been over several parts of the Island which exceeds, in most respects, my expectations. I saw the re- mains of many barns, and other buildings for farmers, as large as any I remember in Berkshire, and the lands appear to be excellent for wheat, and all sorts of grain and herbage. There are many or- chards, which produce very good apples, and other frults;. goose- herries. eurmn-la and strawberries seem to be native: of the Island, is they are met everywhere in abundance. Governor, Patterson and his family arrived I. my days after us; I have seen him several times; he seems good natured, and fit. to struggle with the difficul- ties that most. attend the settle- ment of such an infant colony.

"A mnn-of-war, called the Mer- maid, touched here; the Captain has got. A. fine Lot. of 20,000 acres. which has the good remains of a village upon it, with 3. church; it was called Prim by the French, but he intends to name it Belfast, af- ter n. village in Ireland. 1 men- tion this circumstance, as I landed on. the mat and ate some excel- lent fruits of his orchard. which though overgrown with weeds, pro- duce plenitzy, and them appear to be six or seven hundred acres of clear land belonging to it.

"The soil is very deep in many places of the Island. and must produce hemp and flax, but Ill look: torlorn, for want. of cultiva- tion; however, the Inland must noon wear I. new face. if the Pro- prietors do their duty. There are about three hundred t" come from England and Scotland this summer; those from Scotland brought. a Prnbytei-fan Parson with them, I. very good Iort of in. man. People that come hither from Europer should act. out in April, to have the summer before them, to provide houses and otoek for the winter, which in now be- ginning to not in.

"They Inland in upwards of 100 miles long, and about so or 40 broad, with many fine rivers that intersect the whole. and mini. nnko cu-rllu our. Hero I am told on nofou.uon t.hooontinont..wMcii in 31006. circumstance. I With other people were animatod with the .u.n1e spirit. for ulnlemnm that I am; if that were the one, I think thil lllahd, in I way my yum. would make a great figure in the exports of corn, fish, pork, etc, but am afraid it .will be kept back by pople at home, who have not grant: without intention of settllnl the land. - "1 am in treaty for half 1 lot, or 10,000 aci-cl. and expect. to let it. cheaper than it I had. pur- chased in London. I now not with

my syn open; knowing the sim- tlon and quality of the foods to be good. We can have cattle. pm.

Archaeology

Manitolm rich in archaeolo- gical history and the intriguing story of the past. is now being interpreted in the light of an- cient village sites, burial grounds and the like, with the Ice Age acting as the focal point for such studies. Plainview Men, for ex- ample. are now known to have existed in the region some 10.- 000 years ago-following the re- cession of the glaciers but prior to the final drainage of glacial Lake Agassiz.

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Relics of Indian culture of several hundred years have been uncovered while in the Rock Lake and Whiteshcll areas the presence ofa "mid-period", or lakcshore. culture, dating back about 5,000 years has been ric-

termineri. This mid-period culture is found only in the highlands of Manitoba, never in the basins of the glacial lake, which indicates it. too existed before the final drainage of Lake. Alzassiz. .

The Provincial Government with the protection of such sites in mind, several years ago pass- ed the Historic Sites Preserva- tion Act, which prohibits all but qualified archaeologists from dis- iurbing these IilSi.Ol'lC'lIliI(S with the past. That the fflovernnient has been heedful of the impor- tance of preserving historic sites is Indicated by its restoration of the famous Archway Building at Norway House a couple OI FONS ago; by the assistance given the city of Winnipeg in preserving Ross House on Alexander Avenue. the West's first post office, and by the work now being done in restoring two log buildings at Emerson-the early jail. possibly the first such in Manitoba out- side Fort Garry; and one of the earliest and best-known stopping houses on the water, and land route between Winnipeg and St. Paul. Minn. Last year these were moved to the new park beside the recently-completed liigliway bridge at Emerson. and at pre- sent are being put on concrete foundations to preserve them.

But there has been one notable failure on the Government's part

gils failure in prnscrvr the boulder mosaics in the VVhiIe- shell Forest. Reserve. These are

unique in North America. Cov- ering large areas, the rocks are laid out to form the outlines of turtles, birds and snakes. Some

Continent. at very easy ternis: those who bring out coarse wool- lens, and other goods lit. for this climate. and an infant. oolony, mim make great. profit on them. I would not have people come without. some small property. or n. lmmvledge of husbandry, fishery, building, nnithln work, etc. Idle folks will not do here. Fish is in unoziric plenty all round the Island; the" cod fishery must be very valuable in time, but my

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Although the age of these has not been determined, the heavily- lichened rocks and the discolor- ation of the smooth pi-e-Cambrian outcrops on which the stones are

laid indicate they have been there several hundred years. M o s t anthropologists believe

these mosaics to be the work of

some Algonquin culture; that they were ceremonial grounds. The snake, thunderbirds and turtle are important symbols in

the primitive religion of various Algonquin groups.

In North Dakota, one turtle mosaic was carefully moved in 1909 to the grounds surrounding the Capitol at Bismarck. How- ever the bird and snake mosaics are found nowhere outside the Whiteshell.

When some new important fig- ures were discovered a few years ago during road construction in the Whituheli, A minor effort was made to protect them.

Unfortunately some of these have been disturbed, either through wanton destrucliveness or ignorance, despite applications to the Government to preserve them.

Dr. Richard S. MacNeish, sen- ior nrchaeologlst with the Na- tional Museum at Ottawa, who in the past few years has done a considerable amount of archaeolo- gical work in Manitoba, has ex- pressed concern over this. His, suggestion is that for a relatively small sum fences could be built around the mosaics. with plat- forms surroundlng the more no- cessible ones. These would pro- vide nn excellent view of the mosaics and would help protect them from vandals.

And thou dirlst divide the sen before uicm. no that they went through the midst: of the no on the dry land; and their persecu- ton thou tluewut Into the doom. no I stone into the mighty wltars. Moreover thou ledrleli; them In the day by a cloudy pillar: and in the night by I pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

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GITAWA. (OP) - The RCAF Association, numbering 15.000 mem- bers norms the country. - ' Tuesday its 1054 annual convention will be held in Ottawa May 1'1 and 18. It is expected about 150 rep- resentatives of 'In winn from Hull- fax to Vancouver will attend.

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When Henry Ford invented the motor car he should have invent- ed I. portable parking space too. -London Free Press

The person who approaches everything in life with an open mind--whether it be somethin simple like food, something subiifg like art. or something complicated like politics-will certainly still find that there are things he does not like; but these will be genuine dislikes, not prejudices. And it is only for the person free of pre- judice that life can really be full.

e-Hamilton Spectator.

One. of the best examples. of how immigrants to Canada. are becoming Cemrdians in every sense of the word. and making major oontributions to the greatness of the Dominion, was that demonstra- ted at the annual fail fair at Orangeviile. Four Latvian-born y stem took the cream of the prizes in the junior dairy class at. the fair. The proud father. a practising dentist in Riga before becoming an Ontario farmer four years ago, said: "They raised the animals themselves on our farm at. Amaranth and sure are proud to be Canadians." -Sudbury Star

The Canadian Government has made a constructive move in the interest of the Eskimo: of the Eastern Arctic by the employment by the Resources Department of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Houston. It. is I. step in the direction of sav- ing considerable numbers of worth- while state pau.pers.' It will tend to overcome the serious dislocation of Eskimo economy brought about by the practical disappearance of the caribou in some areas, the diminishing numbers of this and other game animals in others, and the disastrous fall in the market for Arctic fox skins. For already, within the rather sramped frame- work of a tentative understanding between the Government and the Canadian I-fatndicrafts Guild, the I-loustons have produced remark- able results in the past. two years. -(Montreal Gazette.)

There is I topical note for St. Andrews Day in the newspaper story of the Scottish firm which offered to procure several hundred

DECliIMBER;2.. 1953

In '-"III. where these comniodilir-5 are no longer used as curreiicv but where they still may ,, pm'L' in religious ceremonies. It 15 Q”. flcult to imagine off-hand when any mm could at a. moments no- tice procure even a dozen of such rare articles as whales' teeth but the seat is traditionally 3' ,9. sourceful individual, and the firm was apparently able to fulfill its undertaking -Halifax Chronicle- Herald

Taber is down in Alberta's ban. ans belt. It. has one of the long. est growing seasons to be found anywhere in the province. Bin, even at Taber, strawberries in November are a. rarity. The Taber Tlmee says "it seems unbeiiei. table" but a lady in the north end of town picked delicious bemes -from her gardien in No-aembm. That's not2hin'. Lara Wiilumgex, Calgary contractor and iiortlculi turist. had ripe strawberries M. iii, farm at Okotoks in December last year. And Okotoks is in the foot- hills frost. belt. so the balmy 1.11 of 1963 still has a long way ,,,, so to equal that of last. year. And rbe.:..:::: h::..:..::w is -- Albertan a wry - This. story come: from. Romp where an earnest young .-.t...,.,,,' 111 the, Vatican Library was engag. ed in reading the works of a now. obscure philosopher who died 1'70 V93” 3&0 P-Il0Vi'I-n6I doggedly through the folio, he came sudden. ly upon a piece of paper on which was written, "The finder of rim is advised to go to the Probatg Court and look up File 102 R.t.- Romc, ,Februa.uy 5, 1734." Tm. paper bore the deceased philoso- phers signature: The student fol- lowed through on the file to dis. cover that the author had left hi: entire fortunw-mow totalling aomq 300,000 pounds, to the first person sufficiently interested in his worli to get so far through the volume, The result of the student's wind- fall was two-fold: the student himself flew to the French Riviera, and the next. day the rush on Efghbeenth - Century phlllosophy tomes in the Vatican Library re. sembled the first day's ticket sale for a new Rodgers and Hammer- stein musical. -Bennett. Cerf,

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