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Mains ALLEN an Thornton holds the last re melninng section of the big atum ing chain his father David Allen used to pull pine stumps from the soil of his farm Stump Fences Vanish Effort Needed TO Build By BRIAN BAKER rest vanishing from the coun try scene are the old pine stump fences fences that have served their purpose well for over half century confronting dissatis fled livestock with formidable barrier of great fluted stumps armed with sharp stubby roots Who built those fences and who pulled the stumps to build them Few people living today have seen the operation much less done it Bu Gilmore Reeve so resident of Churchill has In about 1000 he cleared the etum from his old farm on the line of lnnielil the one since and until recently owned by Harklay Allen new of Bar In the first place the plans that row on these atumlge form an important part of virgin forestethat covered Sim coo They were huge treos three and four feet through and very tall Says Gilmore lilost of the Sines were cut down before my me But can remember my father Robert mentioning that when he hauled logs from Vine to the Belle Ewart sawmills log with single knot in it was rejected The alloy then iwos to out no legs mm above where the first limbs started WEATHER Forecasts issued by the Tar onto weather office at 480 am Synopsiax southward move insnt of warm air does not give romise of on improvingtrend the weather for Ontario to day complex storm over southwestern Kentucky threat in Southern Ontario with light enew most of the day By early Sunday however this Kentucky system should be for enough to the east that the fair but cold ivesther which has been prevail ing ever Northern Ontario will spread into Southern Ontario Warmer air over the Prairies will spread through Northern Ontario Sunday giving cloudy skies and some light snow Lake St Clair Lake Erie Southern Lake Huron regions Windsor London Cloudy with occasional light snow and risk of few periods of freezing driz sie today little colder Clear ing overnight Sunday partly cloudy and colder Winds north east 10 to 80 decreasing to light tonight and light Sunday Niagara region Cloudy with snow or freezing drizzle chcng ing to snowfiurrics and few enawsqualls overnight Temper nturCs much the some as Fri day Sunday cloudy with snow flurrlos becoming partly cloudy during the afternoon Winds northeast 15 to 25 decreasing to light Sunday Lake Ontario region Toronto Hamilton Cloudy with oeca stonal light snow today littla colder Sunday partly cloudy find much colder Winds north dost 15 to 25 decreasing to light early Sunday Northern Lake Huron South ern Georgian Bay Haliburton mgions Cloudy with occasional light snow today Continuing cold Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday Winds northeast to to is decreasing to light overnight White River Cochrane re gions Sunny and very cold to day Cloudy Sunday with few periods of light snow Winds light today becoming southerly 00 to 80 Sunday Aigoma Timngami Northern Georgian Bay regions Sault Ste Marie North Bay Sudbury Sunny and cold today Sunday sunny becoming cloudy during the afternoon with periods of light snow late in the day Winds northeast it today light Evidenth knotty lElna had not been ought an PULLED LATER Nobody thought of pulling ih stumps until 20 or so years af ter the trees had been out This allowed some oi the smaller roots to rot off But anybody today who has attempted to pull one of these stumps with modern tractor almost we years after they were cut will realize the hard work that must have been in volved to remove them more so years later The method Gilmore used to remove stumps called for powerful horse gear winch hold above the stump on heavy timber frame horse circling the stump revolved long lever post that conveyed torque to the winch By drawing up heavy chain hooked down onto eat the Winch slowly heaved ou the stump Meanwhile however pics with shovels and crowbars had to be dislodgllng masses of earth packed in roots while eth srs with axes chopped away res straining roots This work was very hard on the men declares Gilmore And dontt think it wasnt dan gerous Chains and towing gear would snap and fly back One man was knocked uncon scious when the gear lever FORECAST tonight and Sunday becoming southerly is to 25 late in the Forecast Temperatures Low tonight High Sunday Windsor 16 St Thomas 15 London l2 Kitchener 12 Wingham 10 Hamilton is St Catharines 1o Toronto 12 Fcierbareugh Trenton Kiilaiac iiiuskoka North Bay Sudbury Earlton Kapaskaalng White River Moasonce 10 10 do do 10 DEATHS By The CANADIAN Passe OttawaDr Barton 70 federal deputy minister of agriculture from Iiisz to 1019 who represented Canada at nu merous agricultural conferences abroad and played prominent role in the operation oi the Food and Agriculture Organization of theiUnited Nations after Tits formationin 1045 saskatoonCharles Agar 79 Liberal member of the Saskat ehswan legislature for as years who was first elected as Pro gressive Conservative member for Henley in 1921 and served as Speaker for five sessions Toronto Thomas Demand 01 veteran of the Royal Ar tillery in the Sudan campaigns of the late 1800s who came to Canada in loos and served with the Northwest Mounted Police WinnipegReginald Dean 58 president and general man ager of National Grain Com pany Limited San Antonio TomFrank Pancho Snyder 07 onetime star catcher in thsNotional League who started with St Louis Cardinals in 1912 sornia George it Ttnuey oi icave ofEnniskilleh Town ship for the last two years slammed hack into his fore head Once the stump was free we would cut off the long roots and clean the rest of the earth out STOMP BOAT Then we would drew slump boot up beside the stump and have team oi horses tn the stump onto the beat end then away to the fence we would go to line it up with the other sturflis slump boat which bor rowed from my neighbor the inte David Allen resembled very large stonebost only it had runners more like sleigh tlifiou had to have one befauso sumps were very envy and 10 or 12 feet across the roots when you had the stamps lined up side by side you had darn good fence Nothing would go hrough it its trua we did have to plug the wear ionui hole to stop the pigs you know pigs He went on to explain that these pitchy old stumps produc ed an intense heat when bum ed 50 in later years shot of other fuel wood farmers began burning stump fencing to boil maple syrup ALLEN METHOD iim Allen RR Thornton son oi David Allen mentioned above recalls hearin his fath er dcscrlbehow be cared the stamps in the loans from the farm Jim still owns Apparently David decided the stamps had to go when he tired of cradleacything the grain around them where the reaper couldnt get So he and his brother isaac Alien set to Work to clear both their forms using different technique First they would lay heavy log is feet long and 20 inches through with its centre resting against the base of stump Around the centre of this log they hooked huge chalnprob ably so feet long with links threequarters of an inch thick The opposite end they hooked around the stump giving half twist That left possibly 10 or 12 feet of slack between the log and the stump Next they ltched two heavy teams of horses to the log one team at each end so that the log resembled doubletree Then they drove the horses hard away from the stump trailing the leg as unique means of building up extra kin etic force to be added to that of the horses Then all of this was expended in one powerful tug when the chain slammed titght thus slightly twisting the ump They repeated this operation each time from different an gle tul tho stump twisted loose and could be tigped onto tha stump boat and suled to the fence My father said they some times snapped that big log clean in two and frequently broke the stumping chain Jim relates Its wonder they never got killed 12FEET HIGH can remember when we were kids climbing up into the roots of these stumps Some were 12 feet high They said when they pulled them out there were left holes as wide across as fairsized rooms if you look under stump fences youll still see piles of earth that has long since washed out of the roots Between seeding and haying David and Isaac could just about clean up one IZaere field But they found it much harder to pull stumps from the clay soil of Davids farm than from the lighter sell of Isaacs farm It will not be long before all the old pine stump fences will be gone and with themone more of the few remaining re mlndors we have of the deter mined pioneers who made pos sible the modern communities in which we live 11 BARBIE new WAY JANUARY DB E31 To Be Staffer For Thompson LONDON Reuters Prin cess Margarets husband for mer society photographer An thony Armstrong Jones will return to prolesinnai photogra phy as paid artistic adviser to the Canadian owned London Sunday Times starting Feb it was announced Friday The announcement that the princess husband new the Earl of Snowdonwas taking job with the paper headed by Canadian publisher Roy Thom son was made by his John Griffin press secretary at Clar cace House home of Queen liiother Elisabeth Griffin said Lord Snowdon had discussed the job with the Sunday Times with Princess Margaret and with Queen Eliss beth before accepting it Snowdon will also retain his current post as an unpaid ad viser to the Council for indus trial Design The editor of the Sunday Tim Hamilton des Politico By Instinct Is Said Of Sukarno Ry ROD CURRIE Canadian Press Staff Writer Indonesias President Sukarno has been described as poll tician by instinct Now his instinct has led him in pursuit of land of swamp and jungle that is one of the mast underdeveloped countries in the world The Netherlands which clung to largely impenetrable West New Guinea and its 700000 pov erty stricken Papuan inhabi tants when Netherlands East Indies become Indonesia in me looks on the territory as great liability What then is the great at trnctlon of the island which the indoneeions already csli West Iriont CLAIMS SOVEREIGN The word prestige pops up time and again as writers and fiommentators ponder the sltua on Sukarno points to the loss agreement saying it gave In donesia sovereignty over the whole territory of The Nether lands indiee West New Guinea should hav been included and his country was shortchenged he says bosstfully promising his Suicidal Fish Cause Concern Baffle Australian Scientists SYDNEY AP Australian scientists are baffled by the case of the suicidal fish For four days beaches on the northern coast of New South Wales were littered with hun dreds of thousands of dead or dying fish When people throw them back into the water the Farmers Seek Community Land Improvements ST JANVIER Que CPI This small agricultural cemmu nity has set up program to make farming pay more First step was forrnatlea of consolidation ittee headed by Mayor Reginald Tur mel The program covers com petition for what the committee calls rational improvement of farms But basic aim of the schema is to establish what crop the villageso miles southwest of Quebec City should promote for specialization The committee planned to make an inventory of agricul tural resources in the parish determining arable acreage and forestry resources plan was suggested for comprehensive study of land drainage Support has been given by the Quebec agriculture department In statement the department aaid other communities should be encouraged to follow St Jen vier example gt Result would be generalim provement of Quebecs farm production St Jnnvier is locatedin an area where there are many farms established as far back the French regime in Can But the village sprang up only 30 years ago Population is 1033 RUMBIINGS from ROCK and ROLL RANCH near GRUMBIElIILL RR THORNTON Three of our imported each carrying the only International cribed Snowdons new post as the logical sequel to Lord Snowdons earlier photographic career Hamilton added that snowman occasionally would take pictures himself in his new post but was not going to work on the hot side of newspaper work which Eight be an embarrassment to Hamilton added We shall not betaking advantage in any way of his connection with the Royal Family by way of asking him to take any royal pictures Publisher Roy Thomson said Princess Margarets husband has been hired as lfutl time executive His responsibility within the Thomson publishing enterprises in Britain would be magazine desizn Planning and picture layout He would be concerned particularly with new maga zine section ef the London Suns day Times but would also be an adviser for other magazines published by Mr Thomson people he will set the account straight 0n the other side the Dutch have been sinking up to $30000 000 year to keep West New Guinea afloat Despite the expense they are reluctant to give up their last possession in the Pacific and see it as an escape for some of the 200000 Eurasians who might wish to leave Indonesia But their main opposition to Sukamos take over bid is that Indonesia has no ethnic linguis tic or religious fraternity with the Papuans To Sukarnos cry that heseeks to break the grip of colonial power the Dutch reply that if they handed over the island it would simply become colony of indonesia instead of The Neth erlaods Also the Dutch and many Western countries are reluctant to see people delivered into the hands of government that has shown itself to be so reek less particularly in the hen dling of Dutch residents of In doncsia following independence Whatever happens the country that takes up half the island of New Guinea will need outside help for long long time Aus tralnmsn climbs through the window of wrecked pes senger ear of an Italian train that was hit in rearend cel The Town of Siaynsr and the Townships of Sunnidaie and Not tawasaga will hold their inaug grai council meetings on Mon sy Stayner town council will take its oaths at 11 em from town clerk Culham In addi tion to the new mayor Elmer Dority there are three new trails administers the other half By FORBES RHUDE Canadian Press Business Editor Canadian business activity in 1962 will show moderate ralt ther than vigorous expansion says iHerbcrt Smith presi dent af Canadian General Elec tric Co Ltd in review of de velopments in the electrical manufacturing industry Mr Smiths forecast more rc strained than many other year end statements adds There is still existing over capacity in many heavy indus tries served by electricai manu facturers which will be ovar come only when the total econ omy moves forward in dynamic fashion Only then will expan sion plans already formulated in these industries be implemented with resultant rise in demand for electrical capital goods Demand for electrical con sumer goods in 1561 re mained soft No major change in this sector is expected in 1962 although sales of teiavls ion receivers and eterelthlgfl rec ord players are expected to show some improvements REFLECTS VIGOR Mr Smith cements that since electrical manufacturing serves all sectors of the soon omy its activity is necessarily reflection of the vlgor of the overall economy Historically he adds business levels in elec trical manufacturing expand or contract somewhat later than any ovenall expansion or con traction in the total economy fish struggled to shore again in vertical position with heads out of the water reporter who went to sea in trawler to observe the phenomenon said later saw the amazing sight of fish swim ming in an upright position gasping for breaththen dying They swam craziiy on their tails round and round in small cir clesan biexplieable spiraling death dance The main death area was Evans Head Sis miles north of Sydney but the affected area covered 160 miles of Coastline One trawlenworking half mile off Evans Head and in 180 feet of water hauled up 200 pounds of dead fish in two drags The fish included snap per muiict break Jewflsb yel lowtail mackerel whiting and pilchards Some people ascribed the mystery death wave to bomb lag practice by the Australian Air Force but experts pointed out that bomb blast would kill fish only in the immediate area marine biologist suggested three possible explanations chemical contamination of fire Evans River which flows into the sea at Evans IIead an out break of disease peculiar to cer tain spades of fish and form of plankton that produces chem icalspolsonous to fish The curator of invertebrates at the Australian Museum Miss Pope said the fish probably had been poisoned by red tidea floating mass of or ganisms that consume oxygen in the water and force fish to surface After four days the fantastic episode suddenly ended Fish in the area again swam horizon tally and again struggled for their lives when caught CAMPBELL LTD Furniture Moving and Storage Commercial Warehousing shipments by Canadian electri cal manufacturers in 1961 were at about the same level as the 31165000000 of 1960 and $1166 DD0000 of 1959 service of Ankonlan 3537 Grand Ch us Bull in Canada were week of January 1962 Twoof them favoured with heifer calves on New Years Day EDWiN WILSON BSA DO Agents for North American Vaa ines PA 66555 SEEET FOR TING HOMES ROLLS €5Mi9 AberdeenAngus cows the ampion AberdeenAng due to calve the first qs Ite estimates that factory listen with another train at Trevlglio Italy Thursday fluee ersons were killed and so ured in the smash which occurred when the one councillors Ken Kerr William Knox and Gordon Flock Reeve Hill More was councillor last ear The first regular meet will be held in the evening Sunnidalo council will take their oaths from clerk Herb Barker on Monday afternoon at the Community Hall in New Lowell There will be no chan May Sell More Stereo Equipment Harding Carpets Ltd Brant ferd Ont says in its annual report thatJhe average price of carpets in Canada has de creased about so per cent in the last 10 yearsthe result of in troduction of new fibres and newer and more economical manufacturing techniques The overall Canadian market for carpeting continues to in crease the report states with Canadian manufacturers taking greater percentage of the market but per capita con sumption is still well below that in the United States harassed use of synthetic fibres the company comments makes it less exposed to the fluctuations of world markets in raw materials in the fiscal year ended Oct 51 fibre con sumption for pile fibres was ap proximately 57 per cent wool and 43 per cent synthetic fibres PRISONER WALKS AWAY SUDBURY CP James Reinar 21 of Walkerton eslt raped from Burwash industrial farm Friday when he walked away from brush clearing gang He was sentenced last May to la months definite and 12 months indefinite for break ing dad entering OUT IN HALF During Safe Driving Week Dec to traffic fatalities were cut in half in Ontario Four in day are exde at this time of year but only 14 were totalled up during Safe Driving Week By ctroperating for safety drivers and pedestrians can help save IichI Cooperation gets results in Insurance ton Through CIA coepcratlvely minded Ontario people are pro viding themselves withinsurancc protection automobile urban fire gt accident and sleimesl family liability farm family protection For more information about CIA lust call WltBUR WALTON 52 Newton st rs 34000 TIM CRAWFORD 155 Psaetong st PA 64791 sin Councillors Insurenee Association another TRlilNlVlliN LEAVES THROUGH WINDOW train was hit in the rear by after it had been fisg ed to etc because of des man loan lying on the tracks gas in personnel as the reeve eputy reeve and councillors were returned by ncciamation After the swearingin ceremony the council will begin its first regular session at the new year Nottawasaga Council will hold its swearingin ceremony and first regular meeting on Mon doy with Township Clerk McLeod administering the oaths ofoiiice former councillor Bert Swanson will return to council chambers this year Re turning to office will be Reeve Dick McQueen Deputy Reeve Arnold Vsncise and Councillors Edgar Currie and Frank Hew sen The council normally meets the first Saturday of each month at Duntroon Vespra Township Council will meet at 1030 oclock Monday morning New Year Crusade Begins Sunday Eve The Barrie and District Min isterial Association will begin their annual New Year Crusade tomorrow evening at oclock in St Andrews Presbyterian Church The special speaker for the event will be Rev John Wiikc MA RD of Deer Park United Church inToronto These services will continue through until Thursday NonNO DOWN Easy payments over vshns on monthly gas bills $14 assures2 gliding Irtoer and In rials to connect Iltl mater ssec CHANGEOVER CAN BE DONE IN FEW HOURS Units for all types of home heating FREE BURNER SERVICE Your car company sou not am to donnin oooruiuman nortlls haul cuivaiuu For inlarmation about sum round by the ammo full Bond to sell and lasts see ooulamsnt call or volts losrunsni of Eu e1 sonoyro as as cross Stayner And Townships Hold Inaugurals Monday