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the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 7 1s46 established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations average paidinadvance circulation as of aug 1st 2457 issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa s250 a- v nolan son publishers notes and comments the years bring many changes people who live in small places seldom note the passage of the years other than by the change of the seasons or the growing up of children however persons who return to their birthplace after a number of years often have a rude shock in store for them recently when the opportunity presented itself we paid a visit to the town of our birth in which we were brought up despite the fact that 20 years had passed since we lived there our hopes were high of meeting old chums seeing some of the people we had known and renewing old friendships like many others who have gone back to the old home town we did not reckon with the changes that time brings walking up and down the main street we were only able to find four or five of the chums we had known a quarter century ago many others were dead and many had moved away then there was that group of men who were older than we and who impressed our life and imprinted their likeness on our mind so that we never forget them- not one of them is there now we saw a number of men and women who remotely remembered us but that was all even the village or town whose every garden and lane we had once known like the palm of our hand seemed to have changed they and the house around seemed to have shrunken they were not so pretentious few of the stores are operated today by the same owners as we had known and their fronts or windows didnt impress up like they once did everything today it seemed needed paint and the pkl jail which we thought was a most impossing public building now gives up the ideal of a third rate pump house yes if you want to feel the years or guage the change in your outlook or viewpoint or estimate how time can change your opinion of things make a trip to the old home town editorial of the month the weekly editor the only magazine published exclusively in the interests of the canadian weekly news paper field has chosen an editorial from the columns of the tribune as the editorial of the month the editorial which so appealed to the magazine editor made reference to the devasting effect strikes have for not only the strikers but all the people the editorial further pointed out that the cause of strikes could be laid at the door of capital as well as labor and that capital is not too badly treated then the article sighted how rich americans nere bidding 40000 for single fur coats indicating that a certain section of people had money to burn friday saturday xov 1 2 enocchio disnev cartoon dont fence me in roy rogers coming our way while many of our feathered friends have taken them selves south with the approach of chilly weather that does not mean that the birds have all gone to many a bird ontario is practically tropical during late autumn and winter we may observe birds which we cannot see at any other season of the year ornithologists of theroyal ontario museum declare among these birds are the familiar ones such as the slaty grey junco sometimes called the black snowbird youll know him at once by the white feather at either side of his tail in company with tree sparrows also clown for the winter the juncoes feast on weed seeds that remain above the snow level snow buntings too whirl up from fields of weed seeds like a flock of snowflakes blown by the wind the bohemian waxwing is a jaunty fellow in grey and brown and yellow with blobs of red on each wing like drops of sealing wax the scarlet berries of the mountain ash are his favourite snack he is a little smaller than robin as are the pine grosbeaks and the evening grosbeaks also winter guests the pine grosbeak is rosy red in colour and youll see him searching out the seeds of the ash tree- the evening grosbeak is a dashing fellow in canary colours he prefers the seeds of the manitoba maple or box elder the northern shrike with the black mask over his eyes may be a desperado but hes not all bad mice form the greater part of his food he hangs them on a thorn or barbed wire fence until his lunch hour comes accounting for his name the butcher bird aurora borealis higher wages may boost freight rates the expected has happened increased wage rates have brought a request for higher freight rates the 1945 annual reports of our canadian railways showed sharp increases in operating costs above prewar levels labor costs accounted for most of this it appeared in direct wages and in higher costs of materials we watched these changes we knew they were taking place labor received its increases in 1945 came back re ceived them again in 1946 the inevitable happened these increases impinged on costs of moving the goods when costs rise freight rates must go up something must be done we cannot see the arteries of trade and commence weakened from malnutrition the railways of canada must be put in a position to carry on r j deachman writer pointed out these things times without number but if there is one purpose clearly fixed in the mind of the public it is this it will not anticipate events the announcement of coming wage increases did not cause a ripple on the shores of canadian thought we have a large and powerful government owned railway and no govern ment owing a railway is in a position to negotiate with the workers of that railway on rates of pay it will always have the strongest possible temptation to yield the farmers who should be vocal in these matters are tonguetied they are hoping to raise world wheat prices by cartel control of wheat marketing those of us who like to do a bit of sky gazing particu larly when out in the country of an evening have at some time seen a vivid display of the northern lights or the aurora borealis when the show is at its best you see shafts of light shooting from the northern horizon toward the zenith great streamers now colorless white now tinged with rose and green and yellow move back and forth across the sky the colors change quickly and the movement of the light streamers are extremely swift and erratic at times they resemble lace curtains blowing out of an open window writing in the beaver magazine bennie bengston says that auroras occur at heights varying from 40 to 600 miles the greatest number occurring at the lower heights these have been accurately measured by specially designed cameras pictures of the same aurora being taken simultane ously from several positions 50 miles or more apart the negatives are then compared the background of the stars showing a shifting the distance between the cameras be ing known this gives one side of the triangle two angles are secured and so the other two sides and the distance to the aurora is figured many are the theories that have been evolved to explain this remarkable phenomenon of the sky in regard to these the author of the article in the beaver says it is known that auroral displays are most frequent during periods of great sunspot activity hence it seems likely there is some connection between the two that the electrical or magnetic disturbance causing the aurora has its source in the sun our capital correspondent written exclusively for the stouff ville tribune by m l sschwartz the answer to the whispers heard that canada was supposedly aiming more to keep wheat prices at a proper level rather than to feed starving nations these whispers coming from outside this country it can be emphasized in the strongest language possible that canadian authorities it is hinted in ottawa are moving wheat abroad by all facilities of transportation over land and water and at as rapid a pace as possible indeed it is appropriate to report that canadian wheat bas been moving to britain and the old continent at about a million bushels daily for the past three years with wheat and wheal products being exported by canada under mutual aid and after the end of mutual aid under provisions of credits furthermore whispers about the huge amount of canadian wheat available for export could be toned down considerably in face of the good crop this year reports in ottawa suggest and it believed that the exportable surplus may not be as great as initial enthusiam esti mated particularly in estimates made outside of this country it is stressed in ottawa that before wheat is shipped abroad provisions must be made to fill the contracts with britain to carry out obliga tions within this country for domestic requirements including flour needs and a holdover no matter how small must be account ed for this year this capital has witnessed the arrival and departure of several heads of provincial governments with these premiers coming here to discuss with officials the possibility of arrangements being completed on tax matters so that the 1012 war time agreements might be replaced by new agreements in line with the pattern set by the federal govern ment on june 27 of this year when the budget was handed down al ready premier macdonald of novaj relationship between these two scrtia premier garson of manitoba countries so that no ceiling in premier mcxair of xew nninstnited states miebt produce higher wick and premier jones of prince prices or new subsidies in canada edward island have been noted though it is known that the can- amorgs those present in this capndian government is aiming to re- tal and delegations from otheriduce or to eliminate subsidies provinces are either on the way at the time of this report or are about to be heading for ottawa it is reported significantly enough that cheques cashed across canada for the first nine months of this year were greater than in any other year in history the increase over 1929 was 495 per cent while a gain of 130 per cent was shown over 193s the last peacetime year although priority certificates for the purchases of mens suits in canada ace no longer necessary since the first of november and this might be interpreted that at least so per cent more such suits would be available since this was the percentage of suits put aside by merchants for exservicemen with such certificates yet it is reported that throughout canada there is still an acute shortage of mens suits and little optimism prevails that this severe situation in supplies will improve for at least several months in fact in many localities stores stock of mens suits are amazingly low and merchants are entirely unable to meet the demands nor to obtain deliveries from manufacturers or distributors various explanations can bo heard in ottawa for the situation throughout canada and one of these is that materials for making such suits are not arriving in this coun try on time orders being unfilled for manv months another reason commonly given bere is that foreign sources for suitings from which mens garments are made prefer to ship these suitings to other coun tries where price ceilings are prac tically none existing insinuating that under the canadian price ceilings their profits would be much lower in any event it looks none too good for the poor males chances of cettine a new suit easily in face of the removal of the priorities on such suits following numerous thoueh gradual decontrol actions in wash- incton including on meats dairv products wheat etc there has been a virtual wave of rumours of what may be forthcoming in ottawa ince there is an artmitfodlv close rather than to increase their num ber or extent however the best information available so far does not suggest any large sudden de control of prices soon in ottawa but rather an extension of the canadian governments authority or power over prices when the national emergency powers act expires in march 1947 with decon trol over prices gradually in 1947 as conditions will allow or even sooner according to a report of the de partment of veterans affairs it would be clear that discharged veterans in canada are homelovers after they leave the services be cause during the month of august alone no less than 42672 exservice men and women accepted reestab lishment credits for 5371457 to buy furniture and household equipment across canada eighteen estonian refugees who had made their long voyage in a small fishing boat to miami florida were not admissible to canada if they tried to get into this country after their 6000 miles sea trip officials hinted here mines min ister j a glen has returned to this capital following official inspection trips to famous gold mining areas of northern canada as well as jas per and banff national parks it is understood in ottawa that the federal government has been given a resolution from the provincial ministers of mines urging the adop tion of an aggressive road building policy though these ministers did not press the issue since this is tied up closely with dominionprovincial agreements which are still pending william m pappin who has been cleared of charges arising out of the royal commission probe or espionage activities in canada is back at his government job in the passport office in this capital teodoro erdmann lan 44 who was arreted in united states as a former nazi spy is said to have interviewed canadian firms alleged ly interested in the export business claiming to be in the hosiery busi ness in argentina state secre tary paul martin has forecast in ottawa that the greatest number of patent applications in canadian history will be made this year and that there will likely be a reorgan ization of the patent office reproduction prohibited 1946 federal features syndicate from international idve stock exposition chicago october 29 recent ontario entries for the 1946 inter national live stock exposition and horse show were made here by several well known stockmen of this province they are john miller of ashburn w e parker and sons of watford and s g bennett of georgetown all of whom will exhibit purebred shorthorn cattle at the chicago show walter biggar internationally known cattleman and judge of dalbeattie scotland has been named to judge all of the individual steer classes at this years show it will be the 13th since 1920 that biggar has officiated in this capac ity sixty per cent of stf rents v e teky xs about sixty per cent of the freshmen registering at the ontario agriculture college last month were exservice men it is reported by john eccles dean of men ai the college the freshmen class num bers close to 500 and with approxi mately 600 students in the second third and fourth years and with a record enrolment at the onlario veterinary college the campus is crowded with boys and girts the girls being students of the mac- donald institute which has re opened for a one year homemaker course with a registration of 108 girls among the students 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