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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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THE GUARDIAN

Autbifrlsod In Second Class MAI! Post office Deputment, Ottawa. The lslnhd Guardian Publlshlng Co.

President and Associate Editor, Auoclnu Editor. Frusk

Inn A. Burnett. Wllku.

CIRCULATION

"Coven Prluco Edward Illlml like the dew”

,"l'ho Strongest Memory is Wookor than ' tho Weakest Ink".

CHARLOTTETOWN, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1952.-

"Tlie clan Fraser of Lovat"

,In ancient days the big organized deer drives-called ”Tainchels", fronl the Gaelic ”Timcchioli", a circuit-played a most im- portant part in the social and military life of the (Fraser) clan, according to "The Clan Fraser of Lovat" by C. 1. Fraser of Reelig (Johnston's Clan Histories 32 pp. 5 shillings), and were the occasion of ”jump- ing, arching, shooting, throwing the barr, the stone, and all manner of manly exercise imaginable." They lasted for days, and were the genesis of the ”Highland Games" of today. No chief who wished to keep his clan "in good heart” could afford to neglect such functions, and the Lovat chiefs seldom did.

it seems that it was such a gathering in June of 1951 which led to the publication of the present little volume. On the south bank of the River Beauly stands Beaufort Castle, home of the Lovat Chiefs since 1511, and still inhabited by them. Just west of the present castle is the Field of Downie. where last year some 700 Lovat clansmen paraded, together with past and present members of the Lovat Scouts, raised by the father of the present Lord Lovat in 1900. The parade was the conclusion of a gath-

ering of some 4000 Frasers.

A connection with Canada is noted by the author. It was the 78th Regiment (Fraser's Highlanders) which fought so valiantly and was largely responsible for Wolfe's victory at Quebec. The regiment was disbanded in 1763, but a number were discharged in Canada at their own request and are amongst the earliest British set- tiers.

This authoritative account of the Clan is of special interest locally in View of the forthcoming visit,of Lord Lovat, who will he the guest of the Caledonian Club at the. Scottish gathering at Montague. on July) 15.

Farm Loan Figures

The figures quoted in Monday's Guard- ian from the farm improvement loans di- vision of the Department of Finance indicate that our Island farmers are participating in a greatly increased extent in the ad- vantages of this policy. They show also that across Carsda the industry is in a thoroughly solvent condition despite the serious marketing situation which has been emphasized in the brief presented to the Dominion Government by farm organiza- tions in the Prairie Provinces.

Under this Act, the chartered banks make loans to farnlers for such purposes as improvements of the farm and farm buildings, purchase of livestock and the

-purchase of machinery. The Government

guarantees the banks against loss up to 10 per cent of the amount loaned. ill the seven years since the Act came into force, loans have totalled 58255 millions. The borrowers have been so careful of their credit standings, so faithful in their repay- ment of their loans that the loss to the Gov- ernment through its guarantees in all that time has been only 526,000. This has been the cost to the Government of unlocking this large amount of productive credit. In the first four years of the Act's op- oration there were no claims for losses made on the Government by the banks. In 1949, the loss claim on the Government was hi0,- 264, and although there have been claims in each of the years since then, none has been as high as the 1949 amount. Last year, the claim was 36,499 or less than .008 per cent of the 3:85 millions loaned in that

V88? .

New lion in Franco

Until three months or so ago the name of Antoine Pinay was virtually unknown outside the small French provincial town where he happened to operate a tannery. Today in Paris and abroad he is referred to in admiring terms as "the strong man of France". The explanation for Monsieur Pinay's sudden emergence from compar- ative obscurity to the pinnacle which he now. occupies is the forthright common- sense which he has applied to the chronic economic ind political disorders which have bcdcvillodltheikepubllc ever since the end

World war ii. V .

-of chaos in the iiglren-cireconomyf-'Just as'hl

the recent Communist-inspired strikes and riots Premier Pinay refused to be intim- idated and adopted strong and forthright methods to restore order, so too has he done in matters economic. He has spurned the practice of meeting budgetary deficits by borrowing from the Bank of France! He has cracked down on those who evade payment of taxes. He has trimmed govern- mental expenditures to the bone. And he has already restored in some measure pub- lic confidence in the franc through his new 200 billion franc gold-linked bond issue.

A France which is strong economically and stable politically is essential to" the security of Europe and the free world. Antoine Pinay, more than any amount of foreign aid, is the best promise the coil- tinent of Europe has provided since the defeat of Hitler's hordes that order, de-

cency and democracy will ultimately pre- ' V,

vail in an area of the world darkened by the shadow of the oriental totalitarianism of Moscow.

EBTFURIAL NOTES

Bligllt-resistant potato varieties Keswick and Canso promise to take some of the

.gamble out of the very uncertain business '

of potato growing. In developing such types the Federal Department of Agriculture per- forms a most valuable service to the farnl-

er and also to the consumer at home and-

abroad. O O 0

An extension of the lobster season for

ten days seems to be a very reasonable.

request on the part of the Fisheries Fed-

Reflecting Honour

eration. Experts have expressed the opin-"V .,V

ion that increasing the length of the openi

season would not ordinarily result in a larger annual catch nor in any depletion. This year seasonable operations will be con- siderably less than ordinary unless the ad- ditional time is granted. C O 0

A curious situation is revealed in thci figures submitted by' the Dominion Bureau of Statistics that for the first five months of the current year Creamery butter pro- duction jumped 78,000,000 pounds 28,700,000 in the same period last year. It was believed by some critics that the bot- tom had permanently fallen out of the dairy business, and that farmers shouldi devote their energies and enterprise ill oth- er directions.

Field-Marshal Douglas Haig, first Earl, was born this date 1861. Having passed Staff College he served in Egypt, the Sn- dan, South Africa, and as inspector-gelp eral of Indian cavalry. He commanded the 1st Army Corps of the B. E. F. and in 1915 became comlnander-in-chief. After the war his exertions were largely responsible for welding various ex-servicemenls groups into the British Legion. His popularity and high reputation as a soldier survived attacks in Lloyd George's memoirs.

O O Q

What's in a name? -An exchange notes that the U. S. State Department calls the pact signed with West Germany a "peace contract” to distinguish it from a final treaty. The "British call it a ”treaty with associated conventions." The French call it ”les arrangements contractuels", or con- tractual arrangements. The Germans at the outset called it the ”Friedensregelung", or peace settlement. They switched to ”Abkommen zur Abloesung des Besatzungs- statuts"-agreement to remove the occupa- tion statute. Finally, they simplified it to ”Deutschlandvertrag" - the German con- tract. The Russians have called it many things, all unkind.

C O I

A change is taking place in tile editor- ship of The Times, London. Sir William J. Haley resigned as director-general of the BBC to become editor of that leading news- paper. He succeeds Mr. W. F. Casey, who will resign after 39 years on The Times, the last four as editor. Sir William Haley, 51, has been head of the BBC since 1944. He formerly was managing director of the Manchester Guardian and served as a di- rector of Reuters news agency. He is ex- pected to take over the 167-year-old paper sometime this year, the BBC said.

I O

A hospital "case" record can not be con- sidered a "privileged document", especially when it is demanded by the patient. Mr. Justice Harry Batshaw ruled inlMontreal Superior Court. The decision as made on a motion -entered by George Henry Mellen, 4315 Meirose avenue, who is suing St. Mary's Hospital for 531,763 for injuries al- legedly suffered by his four-year-old son while a patient in the institution. Mr. Justice Batshaw said the father was unable to give particulars of the child's treatment in the hospital so he had asked for the case record. The request was refused. The hospital maintained the case record was a privileged document, and that, in any event, it would constitute "hearsay evidence." The point of "hearsay" evidence, His Lordship saldgdld nothriu At this stage because all that was sslmlct the-moment was the Li29i..1l'l,AlI4i-.ul,,(topy' of thfcase hlstoryn -

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SUMMER VISITORS

”Eacll year visitors from outside are finding their way quietly and in increasing numbers to this fair Isle. Entering the Province here or at Summerslde, they distribute themselves to the different points at which they have been inform- ed they can find suitable accom- modation. That most; in favour is

lthc quiet farmhouse in which 8. from law persons or a. family can be yaccommodated near to the sen.

At Mnlpcque a goodly number of visitors, some of them American, are to be found. At Rustlco, and Stanhope iMl'S. Shaw's), similar resorts exist. Near to Summerside, and other points on the south

llSh0l1C, where the atmosphere, dur- vlng summer, is suited to the wants .ol delicate persons and children,

nccommodntion is in growing de-

. mand.

"Last year a few groups of Can- adian and American visitors who spent a few months with us, fur- nished a'plea.sant. element to the society of the place, and found for themselves health, pleasure and new friends. Could we not advantageously encourage t. hi s business? With the town as gen- eral headquarters, Rocky Point, West. River. North River, the H:irI.iour's Mouth, Southport and Kcppocil might receive and com- fortably accommodate a large number of desirable strangers. Could those who may have suit- able accommodation to offer, not leave information at the news- paper offices, in 5. form immedi- ately avsilable to strangers on their arrival? This would not seri- iously affect the interests of our hotels, or of such an establish- ment as the Seaside Hotel at Rustico. General travel would fol- low in the wake of an enlarged volume of holiday seekers... -

"The proprietors of the Osborne House evidently have faith in the possibility of accommodating pro- fitably a larger number of guests than they can receive at present. The Revere House, recently en- largcd and improved, indicates progress in ii similar direction. Let. us have faith in the possi- bilities of our position, and they will soon become actualities. There

iis no reason, if we show well-cori-

sidered enterprise, why our fall- Island should not become the pleasure-ground of the eastern part of the Dominion, and of some of the States of the neigh- boring Republic."

-The Examiner, April 21, 1883.

We ?oe&'i Gum

ENDURING THING!

only a man harrowing-clods Iln a slow, silent walk . with an old horse that stumbles and nods Half asleep as they stalk.

only thin smoke without flame From the heaps of couchigrnu; Yet this will go onward the some Through Dynasties pus.

Yonder I maid and her wlght ' Come whispering by: War's annals will cloud into

night. Ere their story die. --'rhoi”tlu7 Hardy. -o-Q-co-Q-out-0

The Age-illil s;....'

.ooo lsnctlfy the Lord of buII'hllII- Ie-If: and let him bi your fur, and let him be your anal. , And he shall be for I unctury: but for 3 stone of stumbling and for 1: rock of oils houses of final.

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Departing Soviet Ambsssado Panyushkin expressed his "deep feelings for the peace-loving people of America." Since the language of diplomacy has become the language of insult his words must be elcome" as more than a "diplomatic" comp1iment..- (Chris- tian Science Monitor).

To plant trees that take about fourscole years to reach maturity is to look a long way into the fu- ture. It. is, however, the only plan for anyone who possesses a forest property and is determined that its value will not deteriorate: It is the modern practice which concerns with hulze capital investments at stake must adopt. The old sys- tem, still obtaining with -lu.mber- men in this country, of cutting out la. stand and then abandoning it in order to set up a mill elsewhere where timber is available, is mere- ly spreading destruction. - St John's Telegram.

Alderman Mrs. Violet Grantham. widow of a former Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, has been selected Lord Mhyor of the city. She is the first woman civic head of Newcastle in more than 700 years. Alderman Mrs. Lilian Farm- er was elected Mayor of I-lythe, Kent. The borough has been choos- ing civic leaders since 1086. and Mrs. Farmer is the first woman to be elected. The first woman civic leader at Boston. Llncolnshlre, in WI years, Councillor Mrs. Alice S. Johnson, was also elected. It was announced that the new Mayor would be addressed as "Mr. Mayor.” The style "Madiun Mhyor" employed in some towns. 1'5 was stated, lacked any historical precedent. -London Times Week-

ly.

Marin. Sumnt. in. midwife 01 Aubagne. near Marseilles. has been presented with an award by the French Minister of Public Health, n, distinction acknowledging her service to the community by MV- lng brought 4,045 babies into the world. On the same day in Chi- cago, Judge Joseph Sabalh, 81. who has heard evidence in more than 100,000 divorce cases. retired after 43 years on the bench. A lit- tle more tolerance, he said, would have saved many I mmlase. We worship numbers. we bow in adu- lation before quantity. More bab- ies, more divorces, and more of everything. It tickles our sense of importance based on size. But 0. Henry would have told us the story of a. few babies, and one or two divorces. and we would have known so much more about both Madame Sumat. and Judge Sabath. -London Free Press.

And now, what do you think people are going to smoke? Ba- guse, of all things! What's ba- gnsse? Well, according to the pa- ientcr of this new. alleged smoke, in sugar cane from which the Juice has all been extracted. This residue is beaten, out and abused,

uhed and the fibres screened And put through 3 paper-muklntz

schlne. At this point the product has the color of t bsoco. chemicals are then added to give it the to- bacco tau and smell. Then it can be used in cigarettes. cigars or plpe. But it's milder than the real thing, much milder. Probably so intld one wouldn't know it was supposed to uucll like tobacco. Probblsly tutu like the mullen loaves of yore. The big question is: if someone did develop this syn- thetic tobacco from blnuc, would Hon. Douglu Abbott tax it as heavily on the real thlng7- Leth- bridu Herald. g l

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A Irlp thunk Ontario at this time of the you demonstrates how far Ahead latex Conn is. in growth of crops. ins":-elation to more sum-ly snmnotthcrlp pal-is

utter: should onto that

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;'zNoi:: By The w.-.334

of the province.

this Ads. ttr-true lines to the prance-

Whlle wheat and rye are in the head in this south- western area of Ontario. grain in the easterly districts of Ontario is only a. very few inches above the ground. That means wheat. and rye will be harvested in Essex County before these crops are ”headed out" in some other parts of Ontario. One also finds it dil- flcult to convince some of our fel- low-Canadians hmv far south Es- sex County is. When told it is ill the same latitude as Northern California. many just snort. with scorn-until they look at the map and gasp. Our southerly position, of course, is the source of our specialized crops. our fruit. and vegetable industries. Our early potatoes will be dug before many of those in Eastern and Central Ontario are out in bloom.-tWind- sor Daily Star).

The National llairdressel-of Fed- eration in the United Kingdom has noted the trend of men to longer hair. it also has been not.- iced on this continent, with young men about town having the hair on the sides of their head about as long as the top, usually oiled and siicked back smoothly. Men- folk, down through the ages, have not shown much originality in hair styles, though the trend through the generations has been to short- er hnir. All have seen the pictures of kings and other nobles of the past with their long hair or, at times, with wigs. The Chinese had queues and the North American Indians their long, black manes. And, as recently as the period of the American Revolution, men wore their hair long, tied with a string at the back of their heads to keep it from blowing about. - Windsor Star.

No Need To Giid Canada's Lily

(Victoria, B. C... Daliy.Timcs)

Progressive Conservative J. Angus MacLean has brought an important point to the attention of Parliament in his discussion of immigration appeal. Many of our new settlers, he says, are coming to Canada under the impression that it -is a land flowing with milk and honey. only to find that there are still hardships to be overcome and problems to be fac- ed.

He suggests that the National Film Board produce documentar- ies to furnish a completely real- istic picture of the country so that newcomers will know what they face and will not'nrrlve with false impressions.

it is the belief of most Can- ndlans that their country offers opportunities and A standard of living virtually unsurpassed in the world. In comparison with condi- tions on other parts of the globe the nation probably qualifies as the land flowing with milk and honey. But the cows still have to be milked and the honey has still

immigrant realizes that. I O I O

on the other hand, it is con- ceivable that some create an erroneous picture, of Canada from the accounts glvenlto them. The immigrant cannot step onto Can- adian earth and find I convertible Cadillac waiting to carry him to I new and modern home equipped with All the Amenities of A Holly- wood luxury film. He has to work for what he gets-and work hard to Achieve success.

Canada” has no need to be ashamed of the future it offers the newcomer who is prepared to put his ,shoulder to the wheel. The country, on the other hand, does not want imported parasites who are not ready to do their Ihnrc of war .

If the outlook presented to the otontlal immigrant is inexact, if

CRANK! I

It is not only in the big things 01 hiSt0I"y that so-called cranks have rendered signal service. Their lnfluence has been felt, too, in the little things that happen from day to day. In my time I have come across quite a number or . them. and almost invariably they

have done me good,

The first that comes to mind was a middle-aged farmer, whom I will call Sandy, though. that was not his real name. He lived on a small farm in the eastern section of this Island. There were two things about Sandy that At. tracted attention. He was always late with his planting, and his flower garden was always in mu bloom long before Anyone elIe's. This had been going up (or go long that some of the neighbour; said he was lazy. athers main. tained that he.wss not quite right in his head. Both groups of crlt. 193 WE” WFOHE. He worked Just 35 hllrd among his flowers as his neighbours did in their fields, And his mind, w'- . . I chanced to see him. appeared to be as clear as A bell. The only trouble with him, so far as I could see, was that he had A passionate affec- tion tor any and every flower. Even A weed with A bloom .wns 1" him I Pl.Ctu.ra.to delight in.

Somehow. despite his dilatory hablth Sandy managed to "make in liviyfli" on the farm. but he "V95 fully and completely only when he was standing or kneeling in his flower garden. He had, as I Felmmber. many hundreds of

N 19, 1952

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By Observer ' HAVE KNOW?

Story-" All such criticism. both ered him not at all. Indeed think he relished it. When ll... day's work was done. and sum.-. times before, he ,would settle 1., his favourite chair and allow hi. soul to soar far up on the Wing: of poetry. While others talked about the weather, the crops the prices of fertilizers, and .';1;,,.,. important things. he convex-sod with Scott, Burns, Southey, Wm-(15, worth, Longfellow, and other: he the great and near-great. He even professed a liking for Walt Vvlm. man. which proves that, beslm, being a lover of poetry, he Wm,

man of deep charity, R

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Speuklnz of charity, on. of we most charming cranks 1 lm, known earned the title simply bv exhtbltlnz an unusual measure of ""13 Supreme virtue. Somehow he could never bring himself to. speak ill of any i-nan or woman even in jest. His friend: found trait extremely cxaspex-Aging, Chielly. no doubt, because it fre- quently put them to shame. "i'n. kind gossip". he used to say -4,. the worst sin there is." ilihai showed. of course. lamentable 1;. norance in the matter of mom theolosy. But it showed other thlnfl. 100. that made up 10,- such ignorance. To him time was no such thing as A bad man but only a good man who lmf temporarily lost his way. Once when Ivislted him he told me About his two sons. John and Bill. John lived at home and Bpparently. was everything A ml;

to be gathered. Every sensible

them of all sizes. hues, and frag. rances. He would give them away to anyone. especially children, who asked for them, but he would nev. er sell so much as a petal. Once, W my 1"” , t regret, I ventur. ed to suggest that he should go into the business of growing flowers for sale as quite obvious- ly he had more interest in And more Aptitude for that sort of thing than for general farming. He did not make any answer in WOFM. but he save me A look of utter amazement, and I could see pain and distress written in his face. It was clear that I could not have hurt him more had I suggested that he sell one of his ' ' sons or daughters.

One day during I particularly Wet Spring I happened to remark that it was pretty bad growing weather. "Bad for the crops", he replied. "What about the flowers?" I asked. "My friend." he said, "flowers will grow in any kind of weather, good or bad, if you un. derstand them and know how to care for them."

The man who was "queer" about flowers has been gone for. several years now. and I would not wish to speculate on where his spirit may be or what it may be doing. But I do hope that All each Spring comes. around those who knew him will take iii little time off from their hasty plant- ing and drop I violet or daffodil on his resting place. Perhaps Sandy will know nothing about it. On the other hand, he may. Who knows?

should be.

the one boy and the other, but it that way. "John boy," he told me, had A better know", he Added, whisper. "it! Bill over his little tr be every bit As

day he will." I

his brethren who apparent "twist" were quite sure

to pray about it

comes his way. thing was that whom I Am wrltl

came. He simply that was the end here so long ns til up with me" I say.

As it matter of his congregation

I remember another farmer (this one did not happen to live on the Island) who used to waste A lot of time, so his neighbours said. In reading poetry. Because much of his talk was interspersed with quotations from various clas- sical writers. most of the peo- ple in the district could not make "head or tail" of what he was driving at. Consequently they said he was a bit weak ''In the upper

was strange and Whether he was

position to say.

Bill was away unfortunately, drank than was Eood for him. pected him to speak glowlngly of

one".

Anni. much nlnrc I ex-

disparaglngly of didn't turn out is a wonderful "no' father errr "But, you almost in ;. could only get ouhle he would good. and some could not help

thinking of the preamble to am of the greatest stories ever told: "A certain man had two sons."

The younz clergyman in A small charge who consistently declined calls to larger and more lucrative spheres deserves mention. Most of

knew about tliix in his make-up that he was an

eccentric. as I suppose he was. The common practice. when A call came to a bigger church. was

and then M-

cept without too much delay. And one must admit that the practice was both devout and realistic. man can hardly be blamed for hot- terlnlz himself when the chance

A

The strange the man about nlz was neither

devout nor realistic in this re- spect. He did not even bother to pray about calls when

they said "no", and of it. "I'll stay

e people can put once heard hlln

fact, no one in knew Anything

about any calls he had had. inl- he was not in the habit of saying anything about them. Thift, inn,

most unusual. right or wrong.

wise or foolish. I am not in 5

There may be

others like him, but I fancy they are few and far between.

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