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PAGE FOUR The Oshawa Baily Times Succeeding except Sundays Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Shas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, Secre The Ushawa Daily Times is a member of the Cane Canadian Daily Newspapers' As sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: 10c a week. By mall: fn the Counties of Ontario, Durham and Northumberland, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE; 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Adelaide 0107. H, D. Tresidder, representative, REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1928 UKRANIANS MAKE GOOD } In Edmonton a festival is being planned to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival, 30 years ago, of the first Ukranian settlers in Alberta. They came in groups and settled as communities. They were real foreigners from the South of Russia, and were a motley and unlikely looking lot in their crude and gaudy native costumes. Many were the objections raised and the predictions of failure made, But they went right to work on the bare prairies and now have their fine farms and comfortable homes, and are making in the second generation as good Canadians as any British immigrants and better than many, They are making their way also to the front in public life, both in the Legislatures and Parliament, Michael Luckovich, M.P,, is only 36 but is a graduate of Manitoba Uni- versity and a successful teacher, who has so won the confidence of the public as to be selected and elected as their representative at Ottawa. How few boys of British or Canadian parents have done better in 80 years, The vast areas of fertile land in Western Canada still uncultivated are crying out for pettlers. By all means let us secure as many of British ancestry as are willing to "go in and possess the land," but let us also wel- come all desirable immigrants from the crowded lands of Northern Europe, so many of whom have already made good, Too many from Britain and from the U.S.A, come to Canada with a "superiority complex" from which they never recover, which, hinders them from "fitting in" and winning the esteem and confidence of the communities where their lot is cast, A PUBLIC NUISANCE Progress made and progress in the making are offered by invention in two such different contrivances as an electric erasing machine for libraries and a silencer for pneumatic and electric hammers which assail and distress the ear whenever the steel frame rises for a new building. Invention does much unnoticed, It al- ready has the electric eraser in operation in some large libraries and in the public schools where it is removing pencil marks that dis- figure millions of printed pages. School chil- dren and book borrowers can no more refrain from marking books than Lindbergh from flying. The silencer, however, is yet to be made a reality ; but tests are under way in Washing- ton under a $100,000 government appropria- tion, Noiseless steel construction is believed to be a probability of the near future. Therein will be a genuine contribution to the comfort of mankind. Of all disturbing and irritating noises produced by human activities and operations, it is safe to say that if a vote were taken the riveting ham- mer would be pronounced the worst. Speed the day when the silencer shall have arrived, . a boon and a balm to frazzled nerves. Another silencer humanity is sorely in need of is one for the automobile horn that is sounded at every intersection by the driver who proceeds on the assumption that he who blows ihe first and the loudest has the right of way. Four-wheel brakes, as a substitute for the horn, were made for this public nuisance but he prefers a hand on the button to a foot on the pedal. A CHANGE OF VIEWPOINT There is a habit, old among nations, of fooking upon any given nation as a poten- tial military force. Governments and peoples reckoned the number of men who could be put into the field, and the squadrons of battleships that could be sent to sea, by this or that country. Not merely general staffs but newspapers instinctively fostered this way of thinking of other nations in terms of war. To get rid of that ancient mental ob- session is one of the objects to which all champions of international peace should bend their efforts. Nor can they omit to fix their eyes upon other forms of national strength which may be viewed as leading to dislike or fear or actual rupture. There are, or may be, aspects of industrial or commercial or financial power which tend to provoke international jealousies or apprehensions. They represent under a peaceful guise a national "force" which may cause friction or dread or even animosity to spring up between nations. To meet and adjust this kind of clashing of in- terests across oceans or over borders will require constant and wise endeavors by statesmen and by all thoughtful people. May not the difficulty be at least partly removed if all nationalities accustom them- selves to think about nations as forces for good and good will? Let education, let the press, play a more definite and useful part in teaching the special contribution which each nation, justly proud of its own life and capabilities, may make to the common stock of benefits for the whole world. Every na- tion is a power for good, but in the eyes of all others it is too often regarded as a power for evil or no power at all. PROVINCE OF A NEWSPAPER It would be comical, were it not somewhat pathetic, the way newspaper offices are be- seiged every day by their friends, urging them to "roast" this and that; to "see to it" that this and that is corrected; to have this and that donei n the city or county; to start this and that kind of movement to correct evils in the government, These friends ac- tually appear to believe that it is the news» paper's business to handle all these affairs, But a self-respecting newspaper, though ready to carry all reasonable responsibility, must remind its readers that they--the people--are the authority upon whom rests responsibility for the present state of af- fairs local, provincial, and national, A self-respecting newspaper tries to re- port the news of what actually happens, not what it might wish had happened. The rela- tion of a self-respecting newspaper to the general public is not always understood, It is the duty of a newspaper to be in a posi- tion to support any good act and criticize any bad act of pubic policy. This relationship cannot exist where fa- vors are asked and granted, Honesty is the only policy for a newspaper, TINKERS Dictionaries define a tinker as a mender of household utensils, one who goes from door to door with tools and appliances for mending. One authority adds that tinkers have usually been regarded as the lowest order of craftsmen. But the tinkering that has become a popular modern pastime has no such professional meaning, though it is often "mending or repairing in a clumsy, bungling way." Almost all men tinker with something these days, and some find their greatest re- creation in tinkering. There are men who buy old watches, automobiles, motorcycles, ete., for the joy of taking them apart--in short, tinkering. An interest in automobiles and gasoline launches is almost a career in itself--and a sort of culture. Should anyone insinuate that tinkering is a waste of time there would be an army of handy men ready to arise in defense of the tinker. Had it not been for the tinker, most in- ventions would still be ideas awaiting some tinkering genius to put it to practical use. A great deal of industrial progress can be credited to the ability or brilliant men who, not content with things as they were, tinker- ed with first one combination and then an- other until they had something new; some thing that had a profound influence on the lives of others. ¢ Blessed is the wife of a tinker! Things get done in and about her home without the costly aid of carpenters, painters, plumbers and electricians. | Bit of Verse THE BIRD Hither thou comest, the busy wind all night Blew through thy lodging, where thy own warm wing Thy pillow was. Many a sullen storm, For which coarse man seems much fitter born, Rain'd on thy bed And harmless head. And now as fresh and cheerful as the light Thy little heart in early hymns doth sing Unto that Providence, whose unseen arm Curb'd them, and cloth'd thee well and warm. All things that be praise Him; and had Their lesson taught them when first made. --Henry Vaughan, in Poems. Nature News (Supplied by members of the Bur- roughs' Field-Naturalists' Club of Oshawa). ALS BIRD ARRIV. Robin--March 11th; singing from maple in Collegiate grounds. Bluebirds--March 13th; com- mon; reported a few days earlier in Toronto by Mr. McArthur. Song Sparrows--March 13th; singing at foot of Louisa Street mear creek; common around Nas- sau Street and Oshawa Creek, on March 22nd. Bronsed Grackles--March 26th; common in spruces around Collegi- ate today. Phoebe--April 3; heard calling in tree at "Parkwood" on 91st an- niversary of John Burroughs' birth- day (the naturalist after whom our club is named). He always ex- pected it at Roxbury-in-the-Cats- kills about this time. Killdeer Plover--April §; in field near Fittings, Ltd. Meadowlarks--April 6th, sing- April 10, 1928 GREAT AND SURE PROMISES --Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, they steps shall not be straitened; and when thou run- nest, thou shalt not stumble.-- Prov. 4:10, 11, 12, PRAYER -- Speak, Lord, Thy servant heareth. for a day later. Brown Creepers--April 6th; thick, in trees about Rogers' Farm, King Street East. Black-and-white Creeping Warb- Jer--April 6th; woods at Harmony. Golden-crowned Kinglets-- April 6th; in willow trees mear second bridge at Harmony. Vesper Sparrows and Savannah Sparrows--Common in fields about Harmony School on April 6th; sing- ing. Prairie-horned Larks -- April 6th; very numerous in fields ad- joining old electric railway at Har- mony; singing. Red-winged blackbirds and a mourning dove have also been not- eed by the secretary. A gentle- man residing on Burk Street re- ports a pheasant feeding with the chickens, Saturday, April Tth,--one of the lately introduced birds. While on an excursion to Harmony district Saturday, April 7th, most of the above species of birds were again noted. The grass on some of the southern slopes was very green. There is plenty of water in the Harmony Creek but not so much as in other years at this sea- son. A few insects were about. Members of the Star groun have been watching the changes in the evening sky. The brilliant winter constellations are now moving into the sunset glow, giving place to the less conspicuous spring and sum- mer constellations. Orion, with Si- rus, is low in the south-west. Leo is the outstanding constellation, to be observed high overhead. No bright planets are to be seen in the evening sky, but Neptune can be picked out with the telescope. The flower group reports the hepatica buds above ground. Rhu- barb is beginning to show through the soil in some gardens. The or- ange garden lilies, flags, and star of Bethlehem have been up sev- ing. Commoner and in full song eral days. horse chestnuts, cottonwoods, ma- ples and lMlacs are showing sigms of greater activity under the warm April sun. "Sucker" fishing has begun. The earthworms, small and large. are on hand to supply the hungry robins. The red squirrel has been seen more often lately. MOUNT FOREST MAN KILLED IN LEVEL CROSSING CRASH Guelph, Ont.,, April 9.--Jack Doyle, of Mount Forest, died in the General Hospital tonight as result of injuries reecived whem a car in which he was a passenger was struck by the 5.30 C.P.R. passenger train from Hamilton, at the Allen Bridge level crossing. Jiacome Car- rere, driver of the car, was injured, while Wiiliam Ancell, from Guelph, suffered only a. slight shaking up. The ca" whi: 7.» proceeding to- ward the downtown district, was 1aGly wrecked. Cerone Dr. T, Hot. (n examined th3 Lody tenight, and ordered an inquest for the morning. ROUMANIA ONLY COUNTRY WHERE SUBKOFF CAN GO Brussels, April 9.--Alexander Subkoff, the muchly-exiled husband of Princess Victoria, of Schaum- burg-Lippe, has gone to Roumania, the only country he could find in Europe that was prepared to give hin» hospitality. He came to this decision after a conference with his wife, his moth- er and one of his wife's ladies in waiting which, it is understood, was held Friday at Tulje. The princess fervently embraced Subkoff when they met, and gave him an Easter egg which she had women went back there after the meeting and Subkoff returned to Verviers to pack. Tyrone, April 9.--Mr. H. C. Allin, of Bowmanville, was a Sunday guest at the home of Mr. C. H. Bigelow. Mr. Levi Annis, of Toromto, is spending Easter and the holidays at home. Miss Turner is spending her holi- days at her home in Pickering. Mr. Brentemn McCulloch, of Osh- awa' was home for the week end. Messrs. C. D. Hodgson and J. C. Aldred are sporting new trucks. Our young people are starting a "Come to League" contest this week with Miss Ruby Virtue and Mr. Floyd Dudley as Captains. The contest is to last for six weeks, and with these captains, will no doubt be a beneficial one eas well. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Woodley were at home to a number of friends on Friday evening. Rev. J. R. Trumpour preached most splendid Easter sermon on Sunday evening. Good music was rendered by the choir. The Anntal Thank Offering of the W.M.S. has been arranged for Sunday, April 22, at 10.30 a.m. Dr, Birks, of Bowmanville, is expected to give an address on "China and the male choir will furnish music, The condition of the Manver's Road is rather worse than hereto- fore. Our venerable mail carrier, Mr. Moore had a sort of breakdown on Saturday when he followed a heavy truck which had cut the road to pleces. COOLIDGE 1S EMPOWERED TO REGULATE THE TARIFF Washington, D.C., April 9.-- Congress was declared by the Su- preme Court today to have author ity to delegate power to the Pres- ident to raise or lower customs duties to equalize the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad, 37 MILLION IS ESTIMATE OF TOLL OF LIVES IN WAR aris, April 9. -- The Great War cost humanity nearly 37,000,000 lives, according to statistics in a pamphlet just published by Jacques' Seydoux and Robert Lange, delegates to a League of Nations committee. They estimate that, whereas the actual toll of life during the war was 10,135,000 the diminue tion in births as a result of the war amounted to 20,850,000 and the increased civillan mortality to 6,016,000. The pamphlet states that the 585 nations comprising the League have a total population of 1,400,« 000,000. BRITISH STEAMER FLOATED AFTER CARGO JETTISONED Westerly, R.I, April 9. -- The British freight steamer Ellaston, from Vancouver, B.C., which grounded in a fog off Watch Hill yesterday, was floated three hours before high water tonight and taken in tow for New Landon, Conn., her destination. Lightening of the grounded steamer's bow by jettisoning seve eral thousand feet of her decke load o flumber enabled the New York tug Resolute and two coast guard cutters to pull her off short- ly after 11 o'clock, -------- TEN PERSONS ARE DROWNED ON LAKE COMO EXCURSION Como, Italy, April 9.--~Ten ex« cursionists were drowned near the Grotto Del Nino on Lake Como today when the steering gear of a motorboat broke and the crafty capsized. i -- IAN GIANT fey TEE Tht AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES Za a oe] UCO--the magic finish that changed the trend of an entire industry--is an outstaading triumph of the chemical engineer, In less than two years Duco has become the established finish of most of the great automobile manufacturers, Duco is now accepted as the standard by which other finishes are judged for furniture, railway equipment, interiors of buildings and hundreds of other uses, Fuint NEw Process PAINTS AND VARNISEBES are produced under the same rigid chemical control that has made Duco world famous, a system that makes uniform quality a scientific certainty and not a chance or gamble, Flint Paint and Varnish Limited benefits by the vast resources that Canadian Industries Limited places at its disposal. 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