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page two the tribune stouffville ont thursday sept 16th 1943 hi imtfftriu ujribimp established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario eight to twelve pages average paid circulation 1850 subscription kates per year in advance in canada 200 in usjl 9260 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments many travellers during weekends in spite of the numerous requests and warnings issued by transportation and military authorities asking civilians to refrain from travelling during weekends thus giving up the buses and trains to the soldiers it has more or less gone unheeded especially in districts like stouffville where we are so close to toronto has a cold shoulder been shown to the idea when you live 30 miles from a city it is a great temptation to go home since it is just as cheap to pay travelling expenses as to stay in the city consequently trains going to and from the city are crowded and busses continue to do a lively business during the rush weekends an instance of the patronage accorded the cnr can be seen any sunday evening despite the demand for space the railway has done well to provide accommodation and it is rarely that seating space cannot be found all in all the good spirit shown by the crowds goes a long way in helping out one sees only smiling faces hears only jocular remarks and thus any inconvenience is scarcely noticed and soon forgotten when met in this spirit train crews too handle the crowds without growing grou chy and peevish over the added business that has come their way slot machines still a headache because of certain aspects surrounding the seizure of slot machines in whitchurch township by the local police the municipal council considered it advisable last week to confer with the attorney generals department respecting the disposition of the machines in custody and if reports are reliable the department did not entirely solve the matter for the council it seems to be the custom that when slot machines are seized and a conviction registered the presiding magis trate issues an order for the demolition of the machines by the constable or constables making the seizure in this case the court at newmarket did not make any such order and there is a hint that the county police are endeavoring to get hold of the machines seized in whitchurch when demol- ised these machines might contain a dollar or 100 and this is supposed to be turned over to the crown in view of this fact the machines ought to be opened in the presence of several official parties if such a course was required by the attorney generals dept there would be no scramble about who did the opening a little more publicity on the slot machine game in york county would be wholesome it is needed otherwise it would not be necessary for a municipal council to take up the fight on behalf of its township constables who claim they are not getting the wholehearted support of the new market court mail christmas parcels overseas by november 1 christmas boxes will have a much longer distance to travel entailing more handling and reshipment to reach many members of canadas fighting services this year to enable all the dominions men and women overseas to re ceive their gifts from home in time for christmas day the postmaster general hon william p mulock calls on the public to mail early for christmas overseas not later than november 1 the date is 10 days earlier than last years closing a weekly editor looks at ottawa wiitln specialty ite fft wlty nwtpoprl of cohodo with the tag end of summer va cations the prime minister on the move between quebec washington and ottawa these have been hot days for news in ottawa although its business as usual with govern ment and departmental and bureaux activities continue apace there was even a little flurry of excitement over the prices board decision to cut out the hot dog roll it was even pressrumoured that public indigna- tion was causing the board to change its decision but that was promptly denied by the board one of the few times it has come ut publicly to bother denying vague rumours among the vast sprawling temp orary buildings which the war has brought to ottawa one finds that munitions and supply occupies a con siderable part with thousands busily engaged in this important activity m and s as it is known here sounds humdrsm unimportant but it has a tremendous job take just the pur chase of food for the armed forces alone one item i am told that for the first five months of 1943 this department negotiated the purchase of 22000 tons of meat 41000 tons vegetables 16000 tons bread 3200 tons butter 7250000 dozen esgs s00 tons coffee and tea 4000 tons evaporated milk see how its grow ing compare the 22000 tons of meat for 5 months as against the total of 32500 for all of the year 1941 mr churchills reference to rus sia in his recent canadian radio talk prompts me to gather a few items of interest of the billion dollar gift to britain last year supplies to the value of gl million dollars were transferred to russia canada has also sent russia more than 1400 canadian tanks 2000 universal cairiers naval guns bren guns antitank guns small arms machine tools clothing etc to a tremendous figure also a ten million dollar credit for wheat and flour and the people contributed millions to the red cross fund for russian relief our friendship for russia lis been translated into deeds fall fairs will have a new kind of exhibit this year a wartime feature as educative as colorful they tell mo at the wartime prices trade bd information ofllce here arranged by the consumers branch the display will be dominated by a color chart showing comparative prices in this war and world war i an enlarged gulliver poster portrays the part the women are playing in price control rationing and conservation will be described pictorially in a table dis play wherever a prices board booth there will be an officer of the con sumer branch from that community time but with many of our men serving in the mediterran ean areas etc the deadline has been advanced to meet the rapidly changing conditions drive away the shadows we have made reference in this column before about the inadequate lighting in front of some store premises when the order came out cutting off window display some merchants went out of their way to darken their premises until their places of business would give you the blues the fact is every merchant is entitled to have his store well lighted and to place sufficient light outside to show people where a step or a rise might be thus prevent ing accidents some stores have steps that might cause an accident if persons failed to see them and this might in volve the merchant in some action a small light that will properly show ydur customers the steps as well as the door handle will be appreciated and is due the patrons the western harvest one of our citizens mr isaac barkey has just returned from an extended trip through western canada being interested in farming and an observant traveller mr barkey could tell many things about what he saw through that great country his observations coincide with other reports on the western situation ideal weather for maturing the crop and for harvesting and threshing has prevailed in the prairie area the past few weeks where the crop has been ready to cut harvest work is well advanced elsewhere grain seems to be filling well and prospects appear to be better than formerly expected on the whole most observers put the total of grain production higher than they would have done a short time ago at one time 275 million bus was re garded as rather a high estimate for total wheat production on the small acreage of less than 17 million acres which is put into wheat now although they will not allow them selves to be quoted some cautious observers admit that the crop may yield over 300 million bushels where cutting has been done farmers have been get ting ahead with their work the weather has done more to relieve labor shortage than all the combined plans for supplying extra harvest help uninterrupted work for a week by all the farmers of the west with their machinery going at capacity could not be equalled in many weeks by all the extra labor that might be brought to do the task moreover the total amount of work to be done is greatly lightened by favorable weather twopant suits have a joker twopant suits are out for the duration under order a207 of the wartime prices and trade board but only if the extra trousers are made wholly or partly of wool this ruling was made in hamilton court when a wptb case against tip top tailors was thrown out because the board failed to prove the extra pants contained wool six witnesses testified they had purchased suits at the hamilton store of the firm and that they had gone back a few days later and ordered an extra pair of pants of the same material three of them swore they had no intention of buying extra pants until it was suggested to them by the clerk in charge in each case the suit with the extra pair of pants was delivered at the same time defence counsel arthur slaght pointed out that the firm was not charged with selling extra pants but with cutting cloth made of wool or partly of wool for the purpose of making a suit with more than one pair of pants magistrate burbidge ruled that the crown must prove the cloth was made wholly or partly of wool wartime controls are necessary for the protection of those who make the sacrifices said the magistrate but in this case the crown has tied its own hands by insert ing the clause made of wool or partly of wool anyone knows that tip top would be the first td dispute that their cloth contained no wool yet on this assumption the case against them was dismissed some thing of a joker the general public will realize prepared to answer questions house members on the war ex penditures committee will be back in ottawa to start work on sept 13 the spade work is done by subcom mittees and in the past two years has already turned in some search ing reports on many phases of the war effort i talked with the chair man recently hughes cleaver lib eral halton and he feels the com mittee has a tremendously import ant function and he likes the way members of all political affiliations get together around the committee table and dig into a job he is a devotee of canoeing lots of sunshine and his tanned brick red face shows hes stored in lots of energy for the work ahead there are 2 1 members of parliament on the committee it may not he soup and fish news but jack johnson the great colored pugilist of former days and once champion of ihe world visiting ottawa has been addressing service clubs qnito neatly and making per sonal appearances helping to sell war bonds as his contribution to the war effort just goes to show everyone can do something statistics seem to grow on trees in ottawa but they usually show some extensive phase of our wide spread economy heres something which interests rural peoole there are 22 projects or phases of farm work under study on the 161 illus tration stations and 15 district ex perimental stations throughout the dominion in 1042 and during that year 14s field days were held when nearby farmers visited the stations with a total attendance of about 20000 persons or an average of 131 per meeting neighboring larmerm are of course welcome to visit the stations at any time and observe how the projects suitable to their own districts are progressing up at my home station in swift current sask it is nothing unusual to have 2000 brierbush hospital government licensed member of the allied private hospital association main street east stouftvlllo maternity medical and surgical ambulance service day and night service mrs e r good phone 191 stouffville floral j roses wedding bouquets funeral designs cut flowers milt smith prop telephone 7001 7002 thtoiirhqfflrfgwn by stanley people at the annual field day director of national selective ser vice arthur macnamara says that sooner o later an order will be issu ed requiring employers to satisfy themselves that all male employees in age and marital classes designated under mobilization regulations have papers to show that they have been l ejected or discharged from the i forces or otherwise that they have complied with the regulations i which seems to put it up to the em- i ployers an experimental farm tip for those interested where cull apples can be secured at a low cost conversion of the fruit into ensilage is an econ omical method of supplying succu lent foods for the production of milk and beef at the present time with an acute labor shortage many farmers find it difficult to grow- either roots or corn the two chief sources of succulence for winter use to prevent leakage of juices they should have an aibsorbent such as alfalfa or grass hay the army has just got off the presses a new booklet entitled for your information please third re vised edition of a 1rookies bible with much pert information such as dont wear your socks if they need darning to the proper procedure at funerals lehmans shoe store footwear for all the family womens hosiery gloves shoes socks boots and mitts stouffville phone hoi opposite the town clock a s farmer licensed austioneer 20 years experience 24 20 years experience york county uxbridge and picier- ing townships farm stock and furniture satles a specialty telephone stouffville 7368 address gormley po business directory dental e s barker lds dds honor graduate of royal colleg of dental surgeons and ot the university of toronto office in grubins block phone 274 markham every tuesday office in wear block clarke prentice phone agjncourt 52 av3 millfte licensed auctioneer for the counties of york and on tario successor for corpl ken prentice of casf and of the late j h prentice former prentfce prentice farm and farm stock sales a specialty at fair and reason able rates stouffville marble granite works orders promptly executed p tarr proprietor phone 4303 insurance medical dr s s ball physician and surgeon xray office cor obrien and main phone 196 corone for york county dr arthur l hore physician and surgeon general medicine and obstetric also eye ear nose and throat eyes tested glasses fitted school children tested free markham ont phone 7 r g clendening funeral director ambulance service thomas birkett general insurance agency stouffville ontario established 190s insurance in reliable companies ti reasonable rates promt service i phone 25902 stoufftffle h o klinck phone 3307 stoufftfse fire auto burglary sickness uic accident fidelity bonds the standard life assurance ob the pioneer of canadian life insurance a mutual company with 117 yettip experience strength and service unexcelled a c burkholder insurance canada life assurance -also- automobile and fire barristers phone markham 9000 atc kennedy chiropractor church street stouffvllu moaday wednesday friday 9 to 12 am office phone residence puob 3160 3514 arthur w s greer barrister solicitor notary pobute 0 king street east oshawa ontario resident partner branch office wcpolalrdkc pert perry uxbridge ontario phone is office phone elgin 7021 residence phone mo 8 samuel d borens barrister solicitor etc 503 temple bldg 62 richmond street west toronto l e oneill stouffville funeral director an embalmer continuous telephone serrtc day and night