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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS VOICE CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS CANADA The Trillium What native bloom should Ontario adoVtT There is a difference of opinion on the subject, although the Ontario Horticultural Society sponsors the three-pet?Jled lily, the trillium. The St. Thotafts Times-Journal which represent) a city which has become in recent years very much flower conscious, submits the following: The Ontario Legislature is divided ove.r a provincial floral emblem. We like the suggestion of Hon. George S. Heary that thp question be settled by referring it to the school children of the province. A referendum of the pupUe in the schools should not be difficult to take nor entail any great cost. It would give the pupils a feeling that they are worthy of being consulted and would have its educational effect as well. There is very much to be said for %iie vtew as expressed. The love of flowers and the spirit of kindness to animals should be inculcated into the llvea dt all children, both boys and girls. -- St. Catharines Standard. The Mcintosh Red The facts of the case are that a certain loan Mcintosh, who came to Canada ta 1801, bought a farm close to the St Lawrence in the county of puudag -Yhich he subsequently exchanged for the west half of lot No. $ fft the fifth concession of Matilda, TChelre he built a shack to which he moved his family. While he was making a clearance ou hi$ new property, he discovered a fejr wild apple trees which were spared the axe. One of them was carefully tended by his son, Allen, who propagate* a«d developed the species since itnown as the Mcintosh Red and established a nursery at Dundela which served as a centre for Mcintosh culture. The Mcintosh Red is now, of course, widely disseminated. It is stttl grown considerably in its native soil of Eastern Ontario, but in even greater numbers on the Pacific coast of both Canada and the United States, whence it is shipped to contribute to the food supply of more than one continent. -- Brockvilie Recorder and Times. $21,900,000 Windfall The late James Couzens of Detroit, a Canadian by birth, left an estate worth $31,000,000. By way of succession tax the United States Government takes $18,500,000 and the state of Michigan ?2,400,00\ Windfalls of this sort are a great aid to budget-balancing. -- Ottawa Journal. Saturday Night Ploug'uind and seeding operations generally may srait in two weeks and spring will bring with it the full glory of the shop ping on Saturday nights The sidewalks will be filled with people from eight till twelve o'clock. Saturday is a Ions wear yday for the people in the sjoi s. Anyone who will try it for one day will cease wondering why the people v ho serve in shops are unable to att. nd church on Sunday morning. Bu: a few have visits with good friends on Saturday evening and this iEtrr:: to be a compensation for a week c: hard work. In larger towns the f v n ■ « have to do their shopping earlie: i: Saturday nights, for the shop kee;i rs :ue compelled to close earlier. ••- ?r.t Rowan News. Smih To the gard.: wise, March bm which stand W brown earth bu and borders. At doing under th( If really in ear: the thought tha long chilly :ing the jonquils. Concern for | in the minds sclou isfs ul-!:.. >f Spring a , amateur or other-H are just something twteea him and good i:'m% i:ato life in beds :• id." the real flower |g how the tulips are r t jld white blanket. e?t he is harassed by • r. down-to-zero days rs may have reached k ', and cruelly killed rowing things is deep t many quite uncon-'. ng. Few pass a flor-»ut a thrill of in- :i Joui al. might have been worse. So long as the nations realise the cost of war they will refrain from embarking rashly on reckless adventure. There is yet hope that they will perceive clearly the great advantages to be gained by co-operation in promoting causes which concern the welfare of all. Greed, ambition and mutual distrust can produce nothing but disappointment in the long run. Belfast Telegraph. No Chance A Hollywood expert says that no man should propose who has not see/i the girl's lips without makeup, as "the shape of a woman's mouth gives the whole story rf her nature." On this basis, the true tendencies will seldom be known, as a speaker at a Rotary Club meeting in Montreal, In dealing with the cost of cosmetics, estimated that in one well-known university the coeds used as much lipstick in one year "as would paint four good-sized barns." good-sized barns -- Brantford Expositor. Not Ready to Rust The total number of railway passen gers carried in England during November was over one hundred millions. The iron horse is not by any means yet ready to rust on the scrap heap. -- Brantford Expositor. Ban Them All A despatch from St. Thomas states that since the imposition of the $.-100 license fee, there is not one slot machine left in that city. The St. Thomas authorities made it a point In their by-law to tax all machines whether they were in use or not. This provision is said to make the by-law doubly effective. -- St. Catharines Standard. THE EMPIRE Population That population problems are intimately tied up with economics normally intelligent people have long re- ognised. But that does not mean that those who govern our present system of society have achieved that recog- itlon. To them Mr. Keynes has de- id, lead to a breakdown in distortion, increasing unemployment, and the final collapse of the capitalist system. Or it can make easy the raising of "the standard of life to what it should be." These are the alternatives. Which road are we to tread? --London Daily Herald. For Higher Wages What is the average wage in industry? Not many pub, club or cafe political arguments end without a clash on that question. Now the Ministry of Labour says it is 43s a week; at least that is the figure which results from a private census of two million workers in these trades: Textiles, clothing, brick, pottery, glass and chemicals. The figures are sixteen months out of date, and there has been some improvement. But the highest wage making the average given is 87s lOd, so that there's still plenty to do in levelling up wages.'-- London Daily Express. | News in Review | Pensions at 40 OTTAWA--This week saw the bill to amend tha Old Age Pensions Act, so blind persons at the age of 40 will receive r.-jnsions, was rushed through second and third readings at one sitting. Fnan?e Minister Dunning, piloting the measure, said be was anxious to get it through so that action on it might be taken by the Provincial Legislatures now in session. The pension scheme is a joint undertaking of the Dominion and Provinces, the Dominion contributing 75 per cent of the cost of pensions and the Provinces 25 per cent for the ad- Piar.e Ambulance EDMONTON -- "Scotty" McLennan, Arctic trapper, rested, in hospital here aftei flying 1,500 miles with Pilot Rudy Heuss in one of the North Country's longest ambulance flights. McLennan, suffering gangrene following freezing of both feet, was brought from Bnrnside Harbor, on the Arctic coast. Pilot Heuss flew 500 miles north from Great Bear Lake to get McLennan, then vetiaced his path, continuing to Edmonton. Two hundred miles of bleak Arctic coast, most feared by northern airmen due to bad flying conditions at any time of the year, were beaten. Ideal Astronomer NEW YORK--The weary salesgirl neatly folded another Easter handkerchief and looked up with a tired smile. "My idea of the perfect customer" she said: She doesn't push and shove. She takes her turn being waited on. .She doesn't muss up everything on the counter. She doesn't complain in a whiney voice to the floor walker when she return? merchandise and has to wait a few seconds for an O.K. on the return. And she never shouts at the salesgirl under any circumstances." The "ideal" customer makes up her mind, at least partially, about what she is going to buy. When the salesgirl asks her. 'May I help you " she can answer, "Yes, I am looking for a purse. I want it to carry with a dark brown tweed suit. And I want something that, is large enough to hold lots of things. What have you for about $5?" Canvassers Protected TORONTO--The Province's mini-luum-wage-for-men legislation, before the Legislature for approval, is intended to apply to workers on' coinmi.--.sion, it was learned this week, establish" rates Ifhii eft!?OTVcNxw<U*<> provisions will be given power to deal with this special phase. Canvassers of all sorts who are paid commission will be affected. "And there will be no way of getting around it by having large concerns, depending on door-to-door solicitation, sell their goods to their salesmen and thus evading the the commission angle," it was explained. 211 Crossing Deaths OTTAWA-- Number of persons killed in railway crossing accidents in Canada during 1936, was 211, according to Transport Minister Howe. There were 243 accidents, the Minister stated. At protected crossings 113 persons were killed and 367 injured; at unprotected crossings 98 were killed and 322 injured. Taxi Not Fast Enough CHATHAM--Garnet Shuttleworth lost no time hurrying a colored woman to the hospital in his taxi in a race with the stork, but lost. The Won't Slide for a While There's a toy ha Pontiac, Michigan who nrobatly hasjjeen cured of the~ habit of sliding ('own the school bannisters. The t the; day he was indulging in his favorite pastime when a celluloid cemt n his hip pocket caught fire. 1 rsf >. ing him in such a spot that he $■ Mteg all his studying In an erect ponttfon. -- Niagara Falls Review. Looking Backward As the fcur: r decade of the twentieth century it ws nearer its close, we look back ) er many regrettable Incidents, esp* s. ly the conquest of Abyssinia, but we can console ourselves with the >< llection that matters The Right People Should Go Hungry TORONTO. -- All the problems in the world could be solved "if you would make the right people go hungry," Mrs. Nelie McClung, noted writer, told an audience recently. Before any person served on an unemployment commission ho should be made to look for a job for two weeks, sleep on park benches and have doors .slammed in his face. Occasionally, she admitted, people got good ideas but they usually took them to a political party. "You can divide a good apple until it'.s nothing but applesauce," she said. "You can saw a log so often it becomes sawdust. That's how it is with progressive people. If we could take one thing and act on It, we wouldn't have unemployment prob- Mrs. McClung was at her best, however, in describing the life she enjoys in Victoria with its "quiet dignity." A cross-roads sign in Ontario reads just "cross-road" for the benefit of motorists. In Victoria it reads "intercommunicating highways." Where the sign reads "go slow" in Ontario, it says "proceed with caution" in Victoria. Someone had told her he'd seen a dog chasing a cat and they were both walking. "But you see, people come to see if these things about Victoria's dignity are true," ste said. "So, year by year our tourist trade is rising. I'm trying to show you there's a dividend in everything if you have enouah of it." COLBORNE, THURSDAY, MARCH 25th, 1937 bi th took place in the cab, with G. E. S. Bcattie, being assisted 'hospttal nur-.es. who worked with shlights. Mrs!:: in the Schools TORONTO -- Sir Ernest MacMil-speaking in Toronto, and Ed-w ird Johnson, general manager of ipolitan Opera Association, jaking in New York, criticized the st hool music tanning system in Can-d urged wider education in tl is field in all schools in the Do-m in ion. fohnson criticized what he tc rmed the inadfouacy of music in-st 'uction in tire Doi buildirg of concert halls in the c ties and towns throughout Can-His suggestions met with very >mpt agreement from Sir Ernest scl'iiian. 'School music in Canada leaves n uch to be desired," Sir Ernest s pd. "None will be more heartily i i accord with him than those who a|'0 struggling with inadequate fi-n ancial support to raise the standard Ci f training. 1 am glad, however, t lat the present Ontario Depart-i lent of Education is alive to the s tuation, and, judging by the pub-1 c utterances cf the Minister and Bcputy Minister, we shall see an i nproveir.ent in this Province before 1 ing. Bi't there is no sense in our e xpecting to develop an adequate s ststem of musica'. instruction with-cut being prepared to spend money cn it." 304 Have $50,000 Income ■| OTTAWA-- National revenue figures disclose thoie were 304 Canadians with incomes of more than $50,000 per yesr who contributed $11,055,666 in income tax in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1036. Their average payments to the federal treasury amounted to $36,367 each. Total number of individual income taxpayers was 199,102 and the total paid was $32,983,232. Those in the income class under $2,000 numbered 89,724 and contributed $987,387. In the $2,000 to $3,000 group there were 46,198 who paid $1,042,133. Doe Shooting TORONTO -- Shooting of does would be permitted in Ontario under an amendment to the Game and Fisheries Act introduced by the Government in the Legislature this week. The amendment would provide that two or more persons hunting deer together and holding licenses tnight kill one female of any age, or i>ne male under one year for every two persons in the hunting party, j Another amendment would pro-hnde for the commercial raising of ■heasants under license from the de- •eslruction oi "tner aens" ' bearing animals other than wolves, bears and skunk? would be prohibit-1 by another amendment. The Government also moved to prohibit the use of snares for any purpose iOOGbi Wren Killed In Texas Oil Explosion Victoria, Peterborough^ Hastings, Lennox, Addington, Fron-tenac, Leeds, GrenvHle, Peel and 'Carlton Counties. How You're Going To Keep Daughters Down on the Farm Ames. Iowa.--Iowa farm boys want their future wives to know their way around the chicken house and corn crib The Iowa agriculturalist, state college extension service magazine, said a survey showed agriculture students insist that their brides come from the farm. The students, the magazine said, also favor brunettes who are "not bad looking." O'-^r.'o Gr?ding Of Farm Products Wide Powers Granied to Government Inspectors Toronto.--Repeal of the present Marketing and Fair Industry Acts and the Government grading of a wide range of farm products is provided in a bill introduced in the Legislature by Hon. Duncan Marshall, Minister of Agriculture. Extensive powers of enforcement are taken by the Government in the bill, inspectors will be able to enter any premises to inspect anj farm product or they may stop any truck, boat or other conveyance at any time to make an inspection. Samples of goods for inspection are to be provided at the owner's expense. The inspector may also require production of any books, bills or records relating to products. MANY PRODUCTS LISTED The bill authorizes the Provinvial Cabinet to set grades for animals, meats, eggs, poultry, wool, dairy products, fruit, fruit products, maple products honey, tobacco and such other natural products of agriculture as the Cabinet may order. . The Cabinet is also authorized to empower the Agriculture Minister to establish grades for "such articles of food or drink manufactured or derived in whole or in part from any products as the Cabinet may designate." The Crown may confiscate any farm product of which the owner is convicted of an offense under the act. Penalties range from $10 to $50 for first offenses and $50 to $100 thereafter. False information, obstruction of inspection and misrepresentation are punishable offenses. An amendment to the Dairy Products Act and the Plant Diseases Act, 1937, which takes the place of the Fruit Pests Act, the Corn-Borer Act and the Barberry Shrub Act were also introduced by Mr. Marshall. MAY CANCEL PERMITS Under the amendment to the Dairy Products Act, it is provided that a building ihall not be constructed or reconstructed for use as a cheese factory, creamery, milk or cream shipping or receiving station unless the Minister has granted per-Th^Mnk^Con- ter may grant licenses for such establishments and may cancel or suspend the permits. Violation of the licensing provision shall incur a $10 fine every day of violation. . Under the Plar-t Diseases Act, permits must be obtained to operate a nursery. No person shall bring any plant or fruit infested with any disease into the Province, nor buy, sell or exchange such a plant. The Lieuteriant-Gove'nor-in-Councii miy upon recommendations of the Minister provide for inspection of nurseries, farms, orchards and market and may provide for seiz-removal, destruction and confiscation of any plant, fruit or container infested with a plant dis- Horschel, Germany, requires newly-married couptes to plant two fruit trees for the municipality to celebrate their wedding. Jolly Pirates Play Victims Caught By Falling Wall* Parents Frantic--Martial Law In Force--Bricks Hurled Half a Mile Away By Force of Blast. Overton, Tex.--More than 500 children and several score teachers were reported dead Thursday night as a result of a terrific gas explosion which shattered the New London school building near here. Some estimate'*, placed the death toll in excess of 600. Mangled bodies were being held in a dozen communities in this teeming East Texas oil field. Hysterical parents and a growing army of relief workers choked the roads until martial law had to be declared. The explosion occurred at 3.55 p.m. (E.S.T. Thursday and by 9 p.m. two churches in Overton and five in Henderson, as well as undertaking parlors and school buildings were filled with bodies and injured children. A scattering cf casualties also were reported in Kilgore and smaller communities. Erupbing suddenly with such a force that bricks were hurled a half-' mile away, the building was torn apart and hours after the blast, there were confused estimates of the dead. Principal Troy Durnan's figure was 670, and he estimated 300 bodies had then been recov- Governor James V. Allred of Texas declared martial law at tha vicinity of the New London disaster after ordering troops to proceed there. The Governor acted on information the State highway patrol and other officers were unable to control the throngs that blocked highways, and were reported impeding relief work. Seven hundred pupils and forty teachers were in the building--most of them in the auditorium. Witnesses said there was an ear-hammering explosion after the rumbling roar that preceded the blast. The roof then, they said, moved up, the walls crashed outward, and the roof fell Into the wreckage, crushing those within. Superintendent W. C. Shaw theorized that accumulated gas in a space between the floor of the building and the ground undoubtedly caused the explosion. The building was heated by gas-steam radiators, and there wag no main boiler. Raymond Bonner, clerk of tha Tidewater Association Oil Company, who was standing on a porch near orting Comment By KEN EDWARDS Manager Pie Tray: 'horse" around with the horsehid j San Bernardino, CaL Todd and Coach Gooch (left to right), of the Pittsburgh Urates, as they start limbering up for the season at the Pirates camp at Sport examination day, my lads. How many can "you" answer? 1. Who was the swim the English" Channel? -- Captain Matthew Webb of England in 1875. 2. Who was known as the "Fighting Marine"? -- Gene Tunney. 3. Who is known in the tennis world as "Poker Face?"--Helen Wills Moody. 4. What is a camel's record for the mile? -- 3 min., and 40 seconds. 5. What is a birdie? -- Making a hole in under par. What is the technical definition of the word "green" -- Twenty feet any direction of the cup. 7. Do you know the name of the boxing champion who was a deacon of a church and who recited to himself the 144th Psalm before each con-tPSt? -- He was Theodore "Tiger" Flowers, who took the middleweight crown from the late Harry Grebb. Now for a few interesting facts that are worth placing in that old dog-eared scrap books of yours. Some years ago there was a feather-weight champion named Eugene Cri-qui, who fought his way to a boxing title despite the fact that part of his jaw had been shot away in the Great War and he had a sheep nose bone •:;ftcd i to the remaining part. I time battler, John L. Sullivan, toured the country playing Simon Legree in "Uncle Tom's Cabin". It's a fact, too, that Hank Gowdy of the Boston Nationals was the first major league baseball player to enlist in the army after America entered the It would bite his nails t< that the size of the fin Statute of Liberty are We'll be knockin' or