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Pa 3 SH Li ve -world citizen. He is sen "kindly, idealistic, but clothed in a vast Watch your label; It tolls when your subscription expires. ' $1.50 per year in advance. § cents single copy. PORT PERRY, ONT, THURSDAY, MARCH 17th, 1938 "Such is the patriot's 'boast where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is at home." hyphens out of their name. sign of weakness. parties, vative Convention. >od CONGRATUATIONS The Conservatives have decided to take all That is a wise de- - cision, particularly if it will clarify the platform upon which the party will appeal to the country at the next Federal election. Hyphenslooked like Any party with a history like that of the Conservatives can afford to stand on its own feet, dressed in its own clothing, with no need to bofrow either finery or titles from. other We are looking forward to the platform that is to be announced after the next Conser- Christianity and years of age, not certain, He was evidently a man of attractive person- ality, who made friends where others failed-- among the warring chieftains. ship as a foundation St. With this friend- Patrick introduced induced Ireland to accept it as the national religioh--so far as Ireland could then be called a nation, : He established many churches, notably the church and monastery at Armagh of which he be- came the Bishop. St. Patrick lived to be 72 He spent the latter years of his life in meditation and worship. Just why March 17th is St, Patrick's Day is Both: the exact dates of his birth and death are unknown, THE EXCUSE OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION 'We who have little or nothing to do with poli- tics can well afford to hold up our hands in holy horror, when the subject of political corruption is discussed. --This extract from "Backstage at Ottawa" in Maclean's Magazine aptly describes the situation: "No progress will ever be made with the re- moval of campaign-fund chiselling until the two major parties get together on the matter, decide to end it for their common benefit. ..-be_done, if the parties could meet on fair 3 -- ground, both admitting their sins, and both deter- m, | d to make election laws and election practices * better and more honest and fairer for everybody, the thing might get somewhere." >od If Mr, Hepburn gains the right to ship power to the United States, he could well afford to con- cede the point adding "unemployment insurance" to the British North America Act. of the kind has to be done by someone if un- 3 If this could ming are free for the Something _ employment continues to be the great 'political handicap. FREY Ci : bed ST. PATRICK ~ © It is curious to study the qualities in a- man which give 'him- immortality in- history. St. Patrick (389-461) was apparently a simple man; but he became passionately attached to the - >04 VALUE OF RESEARCH TO THE FARMER If one could bring back the virgin soil of the pioneer farm, then there would be little need for the average farmer to study soils, eradicate - weeds, keep tab on markets, destroy pests, learn to drive machinery and keep it in repair, build fences that do not encourage snow drifts, keep hard-surfaced roads, and quick transportation in "These problems did not exist on the pioneer farm--but they do exist now, Farmers who let the Government pay for ex- perience are prospering in tnany cases. are learning what to raise and how to raise it, How to prepare it for market, and when. find out how to get rid of their enemies--weeds, pests, and disease. mum of expense by those who make use of farm bulletins intelligently--and most of the bulletins They "They All this is done at the mini- asking, What was good enough for our grandfathers' is NOT good enough for us, 'i= >0d British "war plans are so far advanced that 40,000,000 ration Christian faith, so great was his love of that faith that he devoted his whole life in an attempt to Christianize his native land. Canada last year, Il health produces' business for - manufactur ing medicines, of which over $19,000,- -000 worth are manufactured and sold in Canada. cards are printed and ready for Mistriiution, declares "World Events." >0 4 companies rod + | shortest route from Sarni ott 83,000,000 pounds of cheese were -- gy ; SHOES ROULETTE Bhi 10 Outavis most of it going to England, A Timely A Article from Maclean' 8 Magazine That the United States should take her place beside Great Britain in a determination to force peace upon a harassed and muddle-headed world, is the contention of Beverley Baxter, Canadian-born M.P., in his London Letter -which-appears-in-the;March-16 number of Maclean's Magazine. dPhe issue of peace or war in the world 'depends whether America--be- fore it is too late--pays something of her debt to Britain," he states; and continues: I am not referring to mere trades- men's debts on either side but to.a "debt so vast that it could not be com- puted in terms of money. The ordinary American is not. a He is sentimental, and self-satisfled ignorance about the history of every country including his own, He would be hurt and sincerely astonished to learn that his beloved country owes Gerat Britain that which could not be estimated in terms of all P i the wealth in the world. I believe that if he were told of- it, he would be ready and anxious to re- © pay. I would endeavor to achieve a mir- acle at Washington. It would pro- .-bably be: madness even to think of ~puch a thing, but supposing the in- credible happened and the impossible occurred. Supposing, as a result of our conversation, President Roosevelt went to the microphone and made a speech somewhat along these lines? "My friends, before I start my ad- dress tonight I want to tell you a lit le . story. Many years ago th is cou oo YE was at war with Spain in Ye Pac >a pursuance of our 'belligerent 1 we had announced a blockade anilla Harbor by our F Fleet. 'Now, it happened. that. dmiral Ch Chichoater avy, was of the Brith nel rhood with a' number of i en a strong section of the Ger- ma Fleet furned up. flermany had wn ideas gbout the Pacific being Co af Bio Tidnids, atid the German ad sent word to the British Big asking what he would my ships- -will-do.>---- do if the Germans decided to force the, blockade. ~ "He expected--or, 2 any rate, hoped--that the British would remain neutral. Admiral Chichester's reply was: 'America's admiral knows what "Once more the British Fleet kept intact the world that was necessary to American prosperity and American happiness. We came in eventually, but though. we could not repay Britain's dead, we demanded that she should guarantee the repayment of "{Vheréupon the British took up a position between the Germans and ourselves, Their bluff having been called, the German ships went back 'home, "Many of you have been taught to look upon Britain as otir enemy. It is true we fought her for our existence 'as a Republic. "Yet I say to you that, next to the character and the strength of our peo- ple, the greatest contribution to the happiness and prosperity of the U. S. has been made by the unfailing friend- liness and assistance of Great Britain. "When our Civil War left us ex- hausted, British capital poured in by endless millions to assist in building up the nation we know today. "Controlling as he did a quarter of the earth's surface, Britain was pow- erful enough to put a wall about her Empire and shut out all nations. In- -| stead, she refused to do so, and under a policy of free trade, made her own wealth a source of wealth to all. ~-"We have traded and still trade in every British port, secure in the honor of British commercial standards and in the protection of the British Fleet. "When China ceded part of a swamp called Shanghai to Britain 'and it was transformed by Biitish genius and British capital into the great dommes metropolis of the "Far , it was the beginning of our own immoras expansion of 'trade' i : "day, with half her investments, we do twice the Ry that Britain does. wi h China, % "In t e Great War, the forces of militant autocracy challenged the forces of democracy and lemanged that they stand aside. For many reasons, some noble and some ignoble, we refused to-play-our- part, while the young men of France and Britain held the last outposts of - civilization, our dollars loaned to the Allies. The dollar had become more- sacred than human-life------ Continuing, Mr. Baxter states: America and Britain face a dreadful menace in the Far East. on from outrage to outrage in the be- lief that America will not take her stand with Britain. So does Mussolini. So, to a lesser extent, does Hitler. Yet America and Britain could re- store peace to the Far East without firing a gun. Britain, and France to- gether could clear the Mediterranean of every Italian ship in twenty-four hours, and lock the Garman) Navy in the Baltic. Does America, in spite of Roose- velt's warnings, still believe that she can live on her own flesh and keep the evils of the world outside her borders ? The most half-wittéd Babbitt in the Smallest town in Illinois: knows that such a policy is impossible, Then is America still willing to live and trade and prosper because Britain makes all possible for her so to do? Or, con- versely, is she willing to see all that go rather than support Britain? I believe that the Americans. would like to know those truths. I wish President Roosevelt, would make some such speech as I have in- dicated. ton ar ein DIES FROM TRUCK COLLISION -Fred- Mark, resident of Oakwood, died in hospital in Lindsay late Sat- urday night from injuries received on Thursday. He was a passenger in a car driven hy Rohert Copeland of Oak- woad, which was wrecked in a collision with a truck driven by L. P. Hobden of Eagle Lake. An inquest will be held. ' Mr. John Mark, of Seagrave, ahd Mra, W. J. Martin of Prince Albert, 'story that the Minister, in i tion of -a through highway from Sar- Japan goes| -- To the Editor of Globe and Mail: The remarks of the Hon. T. B, Mec- Quenten, at Hamilton, on Feb, 15, con- cerning the construction of a four- lane highway from Windsor to the Quebec border, with section from Hamilton to the frontier and from To- ronto to Oshawa to be pressed for- ward should not be allowad to pass unnoticed. "Also, an item in the Lon- don Press Press on Feb. 12 read, mn part, as follows: "At the present time it is believed the Ontario High- ways Department is more interested in its new dual-traffic highway from Windsor east ward to Montreal than in making any changes to the Sarnia route," These newspaper reports add point: ed significance to the locally current turning thumbs down on some prejected work, gave as an excuse the necessity of costly road construction in the North. Now another very costly excuse is ad- vanced for the policy of parsimony rather than economy which is, if re- ports be true, to be applied to the heart of Western Ontario peninsula this year, To a very large geographical sec- tion of Ontario, north of No, 7 High- way, both east and west, the comple- The nia to Ottawa via Elginficld, Mitchell, Orangeville, Newmarket, Uxbridge, Port Perry, Cavan then by No. 28 to No. 7 south of Peterborough and on to Ottawa is more than a purely local affair, It isa Provincial necessity of first magnitude. - It will give the peo- ple of the eastern portion of the Pro- vince such access to the heart of the western peninsula as they have not heretofore had. It will provide the (n distance of approximately 435 miles, as against 455 miles via London No. 2 and No. 16), a highway free from the trafli¢ hazards of congested centres of population, and a scenic route through a magnificent aguri- cultural section of Western Ontario as well as through the beautiful lake region of the cast." Lastly, it will give the incoming tourist traflie, through both Sarnia and Windsor, the freest access to the southerly and eastern portions of Georgian Bay, to Muskoka, Kawartha lakes and on to. Ottawa, - _-- Against. this the Sinister "pits the speedway from "his---own riding of Hamilton to the frontier, and from large. Toronto, where his present office is, At a largely attended meeting of the Union Rod and Gun Club of Osh- awa, held on Tuesday evening of last week, Mr. J. C. Cockburn, of Pon Perry, was the guest speaker. "Mr, Cockburn first discussed the matter of raising the water level in Lake Scugog. He said that an addi- tional foot of water in the lake would do much toward protecting the muski- nonge spawn. like curtains on the stalks of weeds and rice, and the rooting of carp de-| stroys. the support of these curtains of lunge spawn, and leave them float- ing on the water and exposed to sun and wind. Higher water levels would give larger spawning beds, which would be of great advantage. } The matter of getting rid of carp. This would require special effort to fot rid of the large carp. The other arge fish.in the lake will destroy the small carp--their natural food, The question as to whether pike and lunge would live together in the same lake was answered--yes. The Lake of the Woods provided the best lunge fishing in the world. Mr, Cock- burn says he can remember the time when there was_nothing but pike in 'that lake--back in 1881, The Gov- Mr, Fred. Mark was_a_ brother oly Smal stocked it with lunge. 'I returned to the water, and they have Now these fish moat be over 20-1hs: or-be Lunge spawn hangs| been caught as high as 60 Ibs, a to Oshawa, his own constituency and Toronto being already connected by the magnificent No. 2A - Highway. Wonderful highways there are, and will be, on which "a motorist could travel 500 miles per day without fa- tigue,"" the Minister is repauted as saying, How one could travel 500 miles in a reasonable day's driving without exceeding in many a mile the statutory speed limit is more than I, a not inexperienced long-distance driver, can explain, The Highways Department, whose primary duty is to serve the best in- terests of all the Province, is, of course, well aware of the importance of this Central Ontario highway, but the general public has not yet per- haps grasped what it will mean, Most of our highways radiate from the large centres of population, with the exception of No. 7, which follows a very irregular course west to Peter- borough. way Cross, takes a direct route and will feeding and being fed by No. 4 at Blginfield, No. 8 at Mitehell, the new" Wingham-Elmira Highway "at Listowel, No. 9 at Teliotdale, No. 6 at Arthur, No. 10 at Orangeville, No, 27 at Schomberg, No. 11 at Newmarket, Nos, 7 and 12 near Port Perry, and then into No, 28. I believe that all the route from Ot- tawa to Sarnia has been taken over by the Highways Department, with the exception of a few miles between Schomberg and Newmarket, and it may yet be. thought advisable to shorten the distance between Elgin- field and Sarnia upward of seven miles by improving an already fair road over a distance of about twelve miles by way of Bowood and Fernhill In conclusion may.I ask: why spend millions on super-highways until the road from No. 28, via Cavan, Port Perry and Uxbridge, to Newmarket is paved? Why spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on the Blue Water Bridge approaches and not make adequate provision at once for distributing "the expected traflic com- ing into Ontario by the new bridge? Lastly why spend millions unneces- sarily on a bridge over the Niagara gorge and balk at taking over the im- portant Schomberg-Newmarket tion of a highway destined to render important service to our Province at A better answer than has yet See been given will be necessary satisfying a large section of Ontario. Kirkton, Ont, C. A. rural Campbell. MR. J. C. COCKBURN VISITS OSHAWA "Can the adult pike take care of themselves?" was the next question. The answer was yes. [ven at six nonths these fish can hold their own. Nor are they likely to be fed on by the young lunge, as they belong to the same family. Can "young bass. be obtained from the Government hatcheries. Bass are hard to raise. They have to be placed in small ponds with gravel bottom. In thig gravel the spawning bass make nests in which they deposit their eggs. The edges of these little ponds are banked with manure from which are bred all kinds of feed, such as little red manure worms, water flies, ete. The parent fish at a certain stage in the hatching season are taken out of the ponds, and the young fry are left until they are old enough to be taken out to other waters, Young lunge cannot be obtained in any practical way for stocking pur- poses, They have to be placed in the waters as soon as hatched; and then they are eaten up~by the other fish, Though the Fisheries Department has been studying the question of artific- iallly feeding young lunge for the past fifty years, they have made no progress in the matter. What effect have the carp on duck shooting? Carp destroy the rice. What with. carp and .the lateness of! the open season, duck shooting is a failure, The Central Ontario high={ before PORT PERRY STAR The meeting of the shareholders of the Port Perry Rink Company was well attended, when one considers that | for many years it has been ditlicult to fget "a corporal"s guard" out to show "an interest in what has been done or "could be done. Letcher pre- sided. | Of course the proposal to move the Rink has created fresh interest in its affairs. Then, too, this has been a | pretty succe wstul season, It is true that no large amount of money has been made; but many groups that had been beginning to Jose interest have come back and contributed their shave toward the success of this Jvinter's Rink operations, The idea of interesting the young married couples was good, Wednesday cvening found these tolk enjoying a pleasant social event week after week. the Rural Clubs. did their part, and with their Midgets and suveniles, gave a big hit to continued mterest, Reeve the Lions was the carnival which will long be remembered as a very successful affair, Election of Officers. After the general Reports by Secre- tary Archie Farmer, the matter of lection of officers was considered, It The high light of the season] SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. Advocates Central The Rink Meeting Ontario Highway (The Globe and Mail) Ronald Peel, Mrs. I. R. Bentley. The directors will elect their officers at a subsequent meeting. The follow: ing resolution amending the Rink By- laws was carried: Moved by Frank Shepherd, second- ed by Oscar S. Beare, that Clause No. 7 7of the By-laws of the Port Perry Rink Company be amended to read as follows: "Ihe Annual Meeting of the Shave- holders shall be held at the call of the Directors at such date in the months of 'March or April of cach year, as may best be suited to review the work of the scason; and the Semi- Annual meeting shall be held at the call of the Directors at a suitable date in the month of November of cach year, Special meetings may be held at any time at the call of the President. Notice of such meetings to be given in a newspaper in Port Perry, or mailed, at least seven days before the date of such meeting, Discussion re Moving the Rink. A very frank discussion of the pros. and cons of Rink moving followed. The general feeling of the meeting was that something would have to be done in the matter. If a proper site could Be secured and the rink-moved wits found that some persons in at- tendance were: not shareholders but have shown very practical intevest in| Rink alfairs, this discovery A pleasing outcome of was that about ten of them stated their willingness to be- shareholders. The "Directors then proceeded with the collowing heing chosen: Messrs, WM. Letcher, 1 Avcher, Jim Cawker, G. Manmng, A. LL. McDermott, W. M. Peel, Archie Farmer, M.A. come election of Bowes, Il. Gerrow. It was suggested that a board of Lady formed and the following ladies were chosen: Miss Grace Davis, Mes, M. Beare, Mrs. Associate Directors be and enlarged it could become of much greater value to the town, If this plan was not found to be feasible, then very cousiderable repairs must be made tg the present structure, and unfortunately owing to foundation conditions, there could be no guaran- tee that the repaivs would be perma- nent. Consequently the Directors were in- structed to thoroughly investigate the whole problem, the moving if a hth al plan could be made. % The matter of location is now under consideration, and it is probable that and to proceed with W. M. Leteher, Mes, HL LL Stone, Mrs. The Chiroprators, of Ameviea have decided to ereet a memorial to David Daniel Palmer, who was born in Port Perry in 18338, and who was the found- chiropractic art. At the we cannot give de- tails of the memorial; but it has been devided that a shall be erected, er of the present moment memorial On Saturday evening last about one and fifty. chiropractors held at the Royal York. and ten citizens were present as guests: Reeve W. M. Letcher and Mus. Leteber, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ro Baird, Mr. and Mrs. 10 BL Reesor, Me. and Mrs, CCC Jeffrey, and Me. and Mrs. W. ML Bowes, hundred a banquet of our During the proceedings the matter of the memorial was discussed, and Redve Letcher was ealled upon to ad- further report wil be forth coming' shortly. : The Palmer Memorial This municipality was prepared to honor the late D. D. Palmer, foundé of the chiropractic profession, with a memorial park. Port Perey had given SiroJas. MaeBrien and Dr. Herbert Bruce to Canada, but she had given Dh. D. Palmer to the continent and humanity. A opecial committee composed of J, <0 Clubine, J. N. Schnick and J. C. [Hetherington, representing the Asso- ciated Chiropractors of ce pled the offer, he International Executive to official- ly dedieate the park when the conven- rion meets at the Royal York in July. There are 13,000 Chiropractors in the United States and Canada, and cvery member of the Association is expected to the mem- orial. Of this matter move to contribute will be said in dress the gathering, He said in part: Resolution Passed Moved by Jos. Ro Baird, seconded by Geo. TL Bridger, "That, Chiropractors' Association of Canada and the United dates? has made known its intention a memorial to the late DoD. founder of Chiropractics, at Port Perry, and has Corporation of the Vil Perry to grant the us whereas, the fo oereet Palmer, the ho was born requested the lage of Port of a suitable site; And whereas such: site is available in the property on LaKe Scugog pur: chased in 1937, as an addition to the Corporation Park, Now therefore be it resolved by the members of the Council of this Corporation as follows 1. That the Chiropractic Associn- tion of Canada and the United States i) ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs, RC. Mills, Scugog, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret, to Leonard | Stainton, son "of Myr, and Mrs, I. "Stainton, Hampton. The marriage to [= place the latter part of March. later issues of the Star. by the Port Perry Council: be granted the use of such part of this Lake Front Park Property pur- chased in 1937, or some other site as may be necessary for the erection of an International Memorial; to the late D. D. Palmer, and that property shall be known and designated as "Palmer Memorial Park." 2. That a Committee be appointed representing the Council of this Cor- poration, the Business Men's Associa- tion, and the Lions Club of Port Perry to act in conjunction with a commit- Chiropractors "Association United States to tee of the of Canada and the select a suitable Memorial and to make arrangements for a Palmer Memorial Dedication Day at Port during the International Con- Toronto, in July, 1938." Perry vention at ret g---------- Spring 18 Coming Crows ave cawing! Geese are fly- ing north! Cheer up; Spring is coming! And --to crown. all---the streets. are being washed. ' o And robins have been seen! 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