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~EURSDAY, SEPTEMEER 11, 1941 TEE CANADIAN STATESMAji, BOWMANVILLE, ONTAIITO PAGE TItREZ -4 - -n- - I- -rs- -n-I Dy John C. Kfrkwood I have been having numerous and this means rapid growth for conversations recently with a man certain vegetables. Who has returned from Green-JcX land, after a sojourn there of Greenland isa as slnKa fourteen months. He resided for large in area as British Columbia the most part ini a place called and the Prairie Provinces'put ta- Godthaab, a* community of 700 gether, as large as the United persns, ainl Grenlaners.States east of the Mississippi! But Greenlanders, let it be said, are a five-sixths of its area is covered with ice a mile and more thick, hybrid people - a crossbreed of and this icecap rises to a height Eskimos and Danes. They are an ýo! from 6,000 to 10,000 feet above established type. the sea level. It has been said About a year ago Greenland that if Green4and's icecap melted, signified to most persons on this the ocean would rise 25 feet - continent nothing at ail except and if that ever happened, what an empty island in the Arctic. It a terrible disaster it would be! was just a geographicai expres- On this icecap no animal or vege- sion. It possessed not a particle o! table or bird life can endure, and Our- interest. Yet for 200 years the temperatures may fali to 100 Greenland-or part o! it-can be degrees below zero. The winds said to be a civilized community. that inove southward over the To-day, if you were going to Atlantic are born on this icecap. Greenland to spend some montha, For many, many years there have you should take dress clothes been reports sent daily, by radio, with you, for quite formai din- by wind observers to metrologi- ne.'s are served there by the resi- cal stations in Europe and Ameni- dent Danes. Yet you would not ca for the informing of sea and have to take a huge amount of aerial navigators. Greenland has warin clothing for winter wear. its radio stations, for the recep- Last winter, for example, the tion o! news and for the dispatch temperature in Godthaab nieyer o! news. Every Danish home has fell below 10 degrees above zero! a radio set; and probably a gramo- We have it much colder than that phone set; and in the better-class in Toronto and ail over Ontario. Danish homes are pianos. Perhaps it is due you to say that Southern Greeniand has a daily last winter in southern Greenland newspaper with. its news in the was a miid one. In summer they native language, for Greenianders have mosquitoes in Greenland, are,'almost ail o! them, able to and butterfiies and, bees - and read. This newspaper is mimeo- hundreds of varieties of flowers. graphed locally, in each communi- And they grow carrots and rad- ty, from copy sent from New ishes and beets and potatoes. AI York by radio to Godthaab, certain variety of berry is plenti- whence i s radioed to local edi- fui. In the summer they have 24 tors who do the local mimeo- hours o! daylight in Greeniand, graphing. This newspaper is dis- _______________________tributed free. Also, Greenland has a printed monthly magazine. services free - education, doctors' services, hospitalization, educa- EN W tion, and so on. This leads me to say that the system o! gavera- N ~ment in Greenland may bo cailed TURD ITESState regulatesanréietth ~~FEE IN G ~ vaniety o! necessitios. It pays the cost o! administering Greenland affairs. Greenlanders are not W w. ~ taxed. In each 'colony' or com- munity may be a gonerai store, state-owned and administerod. Tis store is in charge of a 'trader' fstV& rVI~ who is not permitted to trade for HfW EL SP E E T personai profit. Csoeso h CON TIP TIO want. Te do not exchange pro- -dr-f0- taand fish and eggs they may have for sale are sold to the store for Ju/k» té a~é~# cash. But natives, have iittle to soîl. What they gather !rom their. hunting and fishing hs consumed by them, for the most part. Geenlanders are not very provi- aet are the Eskimos who 0 0 0liv i NothrnGreeniand. They st'are opportunists ia regard to their »eb; fodsupply-this speaking broad- 00 l.They cannot say just when an whene seals and walrÜses and tured surey. Itis différent in re- ~l afspect of eggs of wiid!owlan wildfowl themseives, for they are more abundant and can ho ob- ained with greater suroness. In .outh Greeniand are about 10,000 , -heep - providing more mutton ~han can be consumed domestical- 'y. The surplus mutton is put in )arrels-in brine, and exported. Few cattle are to, bo found, for -qttle cannaI f eed themseives in Cficç the winter monhs as can sheep. Thr are no horses - perhaps only half a dozen Icelaad ponies. "Wish are plentiful. Whales are few and uncertaîn. Life is a ra- ther precarious thing-and can be Milly laxatv.Aru a perilous experience. The aver- Cid ta keplng fit age age of Greenianders hs 26 for and cert. 8241 males and 28 for women-which and aer?. 1241 suggests two thinga-the adven- turous way of living, and the pre- IAn Important Message To Every ilouse *holder: We sincerely advise you ta make arrangements now ta get youn next winter's fuel suppiy. There hs plenty o! coal availabie at the present time and prices are definiteiy at their 10w. No one can. pre- dict what the situation wifl h next. fail, but we are certain pnices cannot be iower than they are now arid the possibllity is they might ho considerabWy higiser. You have nothing ta lose and everythlng ta gain, by ordering at this tiane. You'll save money: you'll have your coai in your binanad you'il be safe ia an emergency. It is alsa a decided idvantage ta order "blue coal," be- cause thia trademarked anthracite assures you o! getting what you asked for-tise wold's finest anthracite. Tliese days, witi soS maay fuel prablems, substitution or mjxing may o! necessity ho more prevaleat tisan before and this means infeiar heat and more cost to you. But with "«blue coal," thse blue colour tisat you can see at a glance, guarantees tise quality-and guarantees delivery of thse coal you ordered. Why not get la'toucis with us by phone to-day--and we are sure you will tisank us aext fail for thse suggestion we are making ta you now, because we sincereiy be- Ileve that what wo say la true: you'll be botter off in many ways by gotlng "blue coal" and ordening il nlght now. Sheppard &SUiI Lumber Co. Limited Phono 715 Bowmauvllle B»u e«a FHE ODE N FU I V R SO-IDC( F R valence of T. B. T. B. is a wide- spread disease, owing ta the un- sanitary habitations. In South Grealand the houses are wooden -sucis as are seen ia Canadian nortisern haiets; but fartisen north the peoplelilve in smail 1- raam atone huts, which are aimost snow-buried, ln winter, and which may houso ar dozen people. In summer these stono homes are abandoaed for lents made of skia. JC K The total population o! al Greenland is about 18,000-17,000 living on the siseltered west coast, and about 1,000 on the bieak east coast, exposed always ta the se- veriîxes o! tise coid coming down !rom the Arctic-cold in tise !orm of winds and seas. Thene is prac- tically speaking no communica- tion betweea tho dweilers on tise west coast and those living on the east coast. For only two months in the year are any east coast harbons open, and entranco to tisem may be difficuit because of ice conditions. On thse west coast are numerous fine fjands, and il is on the ahanes o! .tisese fjords that tise people have their homes. The 17,000 west coast dwellers extend ail along tise west coast from tise far north ta Cape Fare- well at tise southenn extremity a! Greenlaad, la the same latitude o! Oslo and Leningrad. There are about 500 Danes ail told in Green- laad-mostiy officiais. T h e s e Danes in normal times revisit their own country every 2-3 years. Just naw, because o! the war, they have ta romain in Green- land on else visit Nonths Amenica. Nonmaliy Danish ciildren go ta Denmark after their education in pimary schools. Now tisey are gaing ta New York, Pisiladeiphia or Toronto, ta attend higher scisools. Nearly ail Danes speak Englisis, and the children are taught Englisis. Greeniand has one important industry-tise miniag a! cryolite, aminerai used in connection with temanufacture o! aiuminum. The only commercial cryolite mine in the wonld hs in Ivigtut, soutis Greeniand. Il is the money derived fnom tise sale o! cryolite which pays the coats o! adminis- tering the affains o! Greeniand. Since Greeniand h naw effecI- ually separated !rom its parent, Denmark, il hs being iooked aften by the Danisis Legation at Wasis- ington, in associatian with tise United States and Caaada. Over a yean ago bath the United States and Canada sent consuls ta Greenland, 10 be official guar- dians o! Greenland. To-day the protection o! Gneeniand against any German menace is being Èiv- en' y the United States. It has coastal patrol vessels in and about Greealand waters anidahanes, and in other ways la guarding tis 'orphan island'. There are na sol- dions in Greealand, no fortifica- tions. Iceiand la distant fromn Gneealaad about 200-250 miles, and is a partial defence o! Green- land. At thse. upper part o! tise strait separating Greenland !romn Canada, the channel is but 12 miles wide. J CK But do not -plan ta vhsit Green- land. As a tourisl you would not be allowed ta land; Greenlaad does not want tounlats. Evea if you were permitted ta land, there would ho no place wisere you could stay-ao hotel or isotels, no boarding houses. If you are an angior, thon know that Greenland fias, înciuding superfine salmon, are flot caugist witis rod and line; they fish witis nets in Greenland. Tisere are no roads, and no rail- roads, and so there are no maton cars. Betweea Godthaab and tise south one travels by motor baat. Fanther north dog-drawn sleds may ho used. You would not see any imposing buildings. Green- land has a parliament, which moots once a year, but not lnaa parliament building; a scisool- house suffices. You'll see no trees -just a few stunted birches and willows, which have aat tise sta- ture o! trees. You'll see lots o! icebergs in summentime, for Greenland is an iceberg factory. You'Ii see the nathera ligisîs, but these are seen ta btter advaa- age from Labrador. I suggest that you get your knowledge of' Greeniand fromn books, o! which there are many- say, My Arctic Advonture, by Peter Freudien, and Salomina, by Rockwell Kent. You wili behoiearing and read- ing more about Greealand !rom now on, because the wan has made this country important. What I have written mav serve as an in- "Lord Elgin"" Hotel in Ottawa Foi Use of Travelling Public "The Lord Elgin Hotel stands as an outstandiag exampie o! what can ho accomplished through tise co-operation o! different public bodies," said Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King wisen address- ing a dhstînguhshed gathening at tise formai opening o! tise mag- nificent new isostolny necently. Tise Prime MIilten was refer- ring ta the part taken by tise Fed- oral Govornment, the city o! 0t- tawa and tise Ford Hotels Camp- any in tise erectian o! the $1,500,- 000 building. "We are napidly coming 10 a time wisen tisat klad a! co-operation wili become more and more necessany in ander ta accompîis evenything la the la- torest o! aIl," tise Prime Minlater added. A successful isotel mugt enjay tise goodwill o! the commuaity. The isotel and tise community are a partnership in lise service o! Inaveliers who are thein guests. Recognition o! this facI and ils practical application are exemp- lijied la Oltawa's new Lord Elgin 'Hotel. Federal and municipal nuIsanit- les nealized the impenative noces- sity o! increased modern, fireproof isotel accommodation in tise Na- lion's capital. Leading citizons ne- lually interested themselves in tise pnoject anid con!erned witis exec- utives of tise Ford Hoteis Com. pany. Il was explaiaed that Ottawa desired nat just anotisenisotel, but mIsher one whichis n appeananco management and service could be classed with tise leading isotels a! lise continent and yet cisarged rates acceptable tolise majanity o! tise travelling public. Even ta sucis expenienced opera- tors as tise Fond Hotels Company tis was an unique situation. Buti in view o! tise cisaracter andain-i Icerity o! the interviewing commit-1 tee, and cansidenjng tise dogre of co-aperation propased by bath Federal and Municipal authonilies, further conferences wene held. Agreements were reachod and tise Lord Elgin Holol is tise resull. In ail sinceriîy tise Ford Halels Company deaires ta state tisaI il ontered whoioiseartedly mb otise spirit of tise undentaking. The Lord Elgin has been built ta the spocifications oullined as desir- able by tise Federal and Munic- ipal autisonities. la fact, tise com- pany bas in numenous instances gone fanther than suggested in meeting wishes stated or irnplied. To cite jusl one case, it decided, aI considerable additianal expense la tone face tise near a! tise hotel because it wauld ho open ta pub- lic view. The Fard Hotls Com- pany wishos publicly ta express ils appreciation o! tise magnific- ent ca-operation exlended an al aides. The Dominion Gavernment, tise City of Ottawa. architecta, contractons, artisans and laborers, supply houses, la fact ail who had any connoction witis lie un- dertakjng have exceeded tise ex- pectations of tise company la tise ca-openation accorded. For its part, Fond Habela Company prom. Ises a service ta tise travelling public which will ho worthy o! the traditions of Ottawa and in keeping with policies wiic have made its hoteis in Toronto, Mont- neai and in Amenican cities favor- ites with traveliers. Its policy in operation, as la construction, wiUl ho ta employ Ottawa personnel and ta make its punchases in 0t- tawa insofan as passible. Every ho- tel la the Ford syatom isas explicit instructions in lino with this pol- icy. Thse Lord Elgin hs dedicàted ta thse transient public. In plan- ning it the management necog- nized how adequately Ottawa al- ready la served for public !unc- tions and local ententalament. IN THE DIM AND DISTANT PAST Froni The Statesman Fies TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO From The Canadia Statesman, September 14, 1916 catch a train as they wore leaving on isolidays. For this tise scisool board dismiased tisem. Now tisey are suing for two montisa' salary as' tieir contmact cails for two manlisa' notice. traductiýon ta abettèr undeérstand- Dr. John Haskin delivened a-- Hampton: - Women's Inatitule ing a! a land whicis aforelime may very appropniate address at Gra- met at Mns. Chas. Hastings' and have been negarded by you as a duation Day at Bawmaaviiie Has- pnepared ciothing which wili be place a! desolation. pitl. Other speakers were J. H. sent la Matheson ta aid tisose wbo H. Jury and Mrs. L. A. W. Taie were burned out in lise recent WAR MU ITINS Miss Rota Cale was soioist.~ fines, . . . Dr. and Mrs. Lamne WARMU ITINSWord has been received tisat Hastings have returned ta iss DEPEND ON RAIL Majon Arthur E. McLaughiin, -'other's after isoiidaying at Lake TR NSOR ATON bannisten, la. dead from 'wouads Sugog. TRA SP RT TI N eceived in actian aItishe Front. Oshawa: A fire in tise houer Re!nnngtatie vsi o tseroom o!flise big McLaughlmn "Ilis h o casidnaton 35i B otise s o teWonks was soon under contrai. "I swory o osdrto 3t att. th ewcastle Inde- En!îold: Miss Mildned Core, that tise service wbici tise raiiway pondent said tisat Newcastle is Hampton, is teaching hoe. . . Jas. systenis and facililies o! Canada justly proud a! its jocord in tise Gietbspriae e are per!orming has a value at this war. Beisind tise cavalcade o! 300 Cisbevrt aiet..Mn.and ans.oh time tisaI is ahove price," says soldions were tisnee teams and McCuliach have gone ta Manitoba J. Alex Aikin, in an article in tise wagons canrying tise equipment. ta visit their daugister., Canadian National Mag a z ine. A stook o! oats in Wm. Sug- "Tise facl i.9 obviaus toalal tint gitt's field, Opa Township, was Maple Grave: Russell Worden's munitions in Ibis war, more tisan slnuck by ligistning and wauid bar n is neaning completion, la ever bofore, cail for tise handling have heen consumed but for tise built on a new cement wall and a! much iseavy freigil, Iran and Hardy braIsons who were wark- will have good stabling. steel, coal and lumben, nickle and ing la a field. Iî was tise langeaI (Tise Statesman a! 50 years ago aiuminumn, copper and lead, ta- sisock in a field cantaining 58 is missing this week.) gether with tise construction ma- siseaves.___________ teniais needed fan tiseisousing of Wisile tise centre span on tise mon in tise services and fan tise new Quebec bridge, tise last link TEMPERATENESS plants and equipmnent." in tise National Transcontinental, Cars are naw being loaded aI R. R. was being piaced in position i Tise golden rule in life la mod- lise rate o! 2,000,000 a week, be Monday marning the stnucture enation la ahl thinga.-Tenence. points ouI. collapsed and eleven mon were Il la cortainly a very important Ia addition, tisene is lise move- cannied away. lesson, ta leara how tao njoy ment o! troapa. Richard McGilI, 68, Manvers, ordinany thinga, and ta ho ahle ta died in Toronto Sept. 81is follow- relias your being, witisoul tise To have a respect for aurselves ing an operation. transport a! same passion, or tise guides aur marais; and ta have a Tise big tonnado played havoc gratificatida a! sanie appetite.- defereace fan othens goveras aur at Squire Loveksa's nean New- -Steele. manners.-Sterne. castie. At Kiacaiman Farm tise Be tomperate In thaugist, word, I find tise great thing in Ibis stan nreacised ts climn , ilo and deed. Meekness and temper- worid is nat 50 mucis whene we wns' wnecked, a barnrui ofe ance are tise jewels o! Love, set la stand, as la what direction we are and a lo!ty spruce tree uproatod. wisdom.-Mnry, Baker Eddy. moving.-Oiiver Wendell Holmes. Goidsmith's silo wns aisa demol- It is necessary ta tise happinesa isised. Ail grawtis thislana townncd o! man tisat ho ho mentally faits-1 Two Midlnnd scbooi teachers God, is growing ta decay.-George fui ta hlmsef.-Thomas Paine. dismissed clnss an hour early ta Macdanald. There is no bail room and fia grill. Ottawa has both and there are no finon anywhero. Likewise the bevenage rooms are on a mod- est scale for tise con,%enience of transient guests. In short tise functional facilitios o! the Lord Elgin have boon keyed to the ne- quirements o! transients, since thé need did nat exist for more func- tianai accommodation in Ottawa. The Lord Elgin was plannod, er. ected and wfli ho operated, not ta, compote with existing facilities, but to provide a service ta transi- enta flot herotofore availablo. Aiways before thse management will be the ca-operativo spirit in which thse hotel was conceived and constructod. Il wiil be oper- ated jn a business-iike manner- it must be ta succeed-but the basic operating motive wiii be cammunity service rathor than commercial profit. Ottawa's Beautiful"New Hotel "The Lord Elgin" INEDU aI BaiI SOLDIERS' LETTERS TO LIONS CLUB Here are oxcerpts from aven- seas lettons received by Bowman- ville Lioris Club: From Gordon Flaxman, Surrey, England: For some time now I have been away from my compaay on a techical course. On my roturn I found a package o! cigarettes from you. Since thon 1 put off wniling and have roceivod an- other package. My mail has evi- dently been held up a bit s0 this time I have two parcels ta thank yau for. The cigarettes are very welcome. Most shapiseepers ra- tion their custamers ta five or Ion cigarettes a day. We would be in a bad way if it weroa't for the gif t pancels from home. From C 585, Bdr. Ed. Hooper, No. 1 Can. Artillery Holding Unit, "A" Baty. R.C.A., C.A.O. Dean Sir: We ail appreciate youn gift O! smokes which are scance hene. I recently had tise pleasure of meeting a weil known Bowmanville Lion and citizen, Capt. W. F. Banister. Ho was visit- ing padro' at one o! the Artiiiery services a few days ago. I1 was unable ta attend the services but from the boys I hea . tise service was certainly appneciated. I ho- lieve tise padres work as hard as anyone in tise anmy. Tisey are mare or bass sulent workers. Many a lad has goltea himseif out of trouble by haviag aucis mon han- dy. Sa ta such mon we ail say "Thank you and tise best o! luck." C610, Gnr. S. G. Beckett, R.H.A. 2nd Field Regt. R.C.A., C.A.O. Dear Sirs: Juat ta lot you know I am fine and that I neceived the cigarettes yostorday. Please change my address from Pte. ta Gar. - it wiil make it eaaion get- ting them as we haven't any pni- vates in this out-fit. E. Bird, C.A.O. Dean Sirs: One mare o! your Bowmanville boys wnites yau la appreciation o! the cigarettes. I suppose you gel tired o! tise aid saying "tisanks,"ý but wisat mono can we say? Was swimming in the chanael ta-day-aol as good as Lake Ontario. zest o! luck and thanka again. From: C5329, L.ICpi. A. F. Densem, Hastings & P. E. RegI. C.A.S.F. Firat Can. Division C.A.O. Hello Gang: Jual a line o t iank you for cigarettes arrived about two hours aga and at tieseanme lime I gat sanie from my goad wife. They came jusl in time as I smoked my lasI this marning. Tise air raids now are mostly R.A.F. - nat German like at this time last year. 1 counted 50 la lise lot tisat started out a while 'Dr E PIA TO CONSERVE RUBBER To Aid Our Ar.ed Forces and To Save Tou Mo.oy By Maki.g Tour Tires Last Longer!.- Rubber la vital to Victory... an essentiaL material for a&U aur ARMED FORCES. Tiseir nequirements ... and tise nequiremnenla of aur War Industries... muet came firsI. It la the duty of eveny Canadien motorist ta sec Ihat they do corne flrst. . . ta conserve rubben by making tires lest as long as possible, consistent with .aféty, during this emergency. Ta heip Canadien motoriste ta carry aut Ihus pat- otic duty. *. . and at the same lime save money by maldng tiseir tir ests longer ... Dunlop-Canada bas initiated Ibis War Saving Plan for Tires. Under this plan Dunlop Dealers Iliraugliaut Canada place themelve . .. and ail the skifl and experience of thein organizations. . . at thse service cf motoriste. Simply by presenting your Service Card et your nearest Dunlop Dealer you will be entitled ta pro- ferred service on every tire check-up listed isere, at minimum labour cost. Thiak wisat Ibis Dunlap plan inoans ta you: the apportunity ta serve Canada in yel anather useful way; the chance lousve money by getling more mile- age Iban you ever enjoyed before from your tire,; the increased driving safety Ihal will lie yours by having your lires regularly inspected and main. tained in perfect running arder. Drive la, fodoa y ou'arai.t Dunlop Dealer. 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PERMANENT PROTECTION The "Victory Policy"l is a per- manent plan of life insurance., It has been specially prepared to meet your immediate needs and to provide future protec- tion as well. It is especially aitractive to men and womea with modest incomes. Ask your nearest Mutuel Life representa tive for complète de- tails of thia plan. Or write to The Mutuel Life of Canada, Wa terloo, on t. TUE 09CANADA Bu "Owa.d by Meh.PW5yho5Àrs" Brandi Office: 435 GEORGE ST. *PETERBOROUG, ONT. ago. I hope my next trip to France wiii no be like the last. We clid flot stay long, but that waa not our fault. Was in Kew gardons vesterday and saw bananas nd lemons growing under glass. The riag Pole there came fram B.C. just like the one at the C.N.E. i3ob Hayes la tise only local boy I've seen latoly. Rusa Candler is with another outfit about 15 miles away. ANNOUNCINO A VITAL MEASURE TO HELP CANADAS WAR. EFFORT 'FOR TIRES THE CANADIAN STATMMAX. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE tRUMDAY$ SEPIMMIM . 11,1941