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the tribune stouffville ont thursday april 22 194s the stouffville tribune established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations paidinadvance circulation as of september 30 2575 issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa s25c a- v- nolan son publishers notes and comments hows your diction if you can read the following paragraph in 15 seconds vour diction is well above average i bought a batch of baking powder and baked a batch of biscuits i brought a big basket of biscuits back to the bakery and baked a basket of big biscuits then i took the big basket of biscuits and the basket of big biscuits and mixed the big baskets biscuits with the basket of biscuits that was next to the big basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the baskets into a box then i took the box of mixed biscuits and a biscuit mixer and the biscuit basket and brought the basket of biscuits and the box of mixed biscuits and the biscuit mixer back to the bakery and opened a can of sardines spring house cleaning if there is one thing a mans fancy definitely does not turn to it is spring house cleaning for days weeks some timeshe knows not the swift completion of his daily rounds he has homework the favorite chair nestles no more bv the fire but barricades the hall the tramp of determined feet on bare floors drowns out the radio commentator meals once loving and expansive become meagre under the pressure the husband is relegated to kitchen police he scrubs he mops he notes by the cob webs that the spiders have been busier that he around the house the expedition to the attic becomes lost in nostalgic treasures at the end the house is so clean its hard to one method is to throw out the heirlooms the elaborate carvings that give dust so affectionate a sanct uary thats too easy and against sentiment the high shrill buzz of the vacuum cleaner penetrates the land like the whine of a bagpipe the flog of the rug resounds from every yard stepladders teeter and barely recover from each agonized lunge for the elusive curtain ring storm windows and screens are excruciating exercises of balance and muscle the painstaking detail of cleaning venetian blinds taxes the philosophers patience in really energetic house holds the ear shivers in the screech of the floorscraper home is neither sweet nor a house and sounds of spring are anything but peaceful like income tax time spring is also a totalling up and reckoning where are the home projects of yesteryear he finds unfinished symphonies of carpentry everywhere every spring they increase and multiply and fill the house the backlog is mans refuge and rebuttal to womans work never being done was this the year he would relax more rejoin the tennis club enjoy some baseball for the last time and once again he learns it takes the weight of num bers to clean a house and keep it that way spring is the time when man signs the declaration of interdependence at the point of a broom added protection at one time in the province for that matter across the dominion and in the united states one of the big rackets particularly in the rural districts was the sale of lightning rods there were no controls and as a result inferior equipment which gave little or no protection was installed in 1921 the ontario legislature took action to curb malpractice among those engaged in this trade with the result that purchasers were assured of value for their money at its session last week another general revision of the terms of the lightning rods act was brought down by the legislature for the purpose of further controlling and regulating the sale and installation of lightning rods all persons selling or installing the rods must be licensed by the ontario fire marshall who retains the right to suspend or revoke the license appointment of inspectors to enforce the act and regulations is provided for licensees are allowed to sell and install only those types of lightning rods which they are licensed to handle pen alties up to 200 or six months imprisonment are provided for under the act where lightning rods have been installed for less than 10 years and the owner of the building has suffered loss by reason of damage from lightning he may bring action against the licensee for recovery of the amount of loss which is not to exceed the total cost of the installation peculiar business snarl what the judge himself described as a gibertian situation is reported in the overseas and transatlantic mail when her husband died mrs agnes wade became sole owner of all shares in a company which operates a small coastal steamer on bristol channel the widow could not administer the affairs of the firm because she was not a director only a general meeting of the company could make her a director but as sole shareholder she couldnt call a general meeting because a rule provided that such a meeting must be convened by two members of the company to get the matter straightened out mrs wade went to the cardiff county court judge l c thomas gave her permission to hold a meeting with herself and elect herself a director then he awarded costs in the action in favor of mrs wade against thejebmpany which of course is mrs wade had this been in canada under section 179 of the dominion companies act we suppose that as mrs wade owned more than a fourth part of the value of subscribed stock she could have called a general meeting by signing a written requisition for one and sending it to herself for more tender lighter more uniform pastry use flour i with the proposed freight rate increase expected to produce more inflationary pressures throughout this country particularly in the maritimes british columbia and the prairie provinces the objec tions to this decision are increasing rather than decreasing with time judging from reports heard along parliament hill with protests com ing here from all parts of canada as the premiers of seven provinces are scott township council opposes daylight saying time bitterly opposed to daylight sav ing time being adopted by the towns and villages scott township council took a step in opposition to daylight time which certainly is very awkward for farmers to oper ate on when where they have to take into consideration early morn ing rising the dew and the oppor tunity for work in daylight during most of the summer however while scott township cracks down on daylight time we have the peculiar spectacle of see ing uxbridge township council adopting it for that municipality wonder what support this council has for their action the town of uxbridge with scott preparing to take appropriate action j bordering on their northern boundy to appeal this decision when they and in stiir opposition to daylight and uxbridge township all around them and favoring the fast time the merchants in the northern town must be perplexed if they have sympathy for both municipalities here is a report from the ux bridge times relative to the position in the township of scott and a resolution passed by the township council moved by mr blackburn seconded by mr graham that whereas rural people in general on our farms find much inconvenience in having daylight saving time forced upon us by our local towns this council does hereby request councils of local towns and villages to remain on standard time for this reason it is well known that for several years at the instance of urban peoples who want long evenings of leisure urban councils have adopt ed during summer months what they call daylight saving time to get off work an hour earlier in evenings in complete disregard to the needs or to the great inconven ience of those who work on the lands and supply the towns with their very means of living it is well known that the farmer cannot run to town at any and all hours during the day to procure emerg ency repairs for machinery and other needs particularly at his most important time of the year haying and harvest he cannot start an hour earlier in the morning to haul in his hay and grain on account of natural conditions but when the workmen in town gets off an hour earlier in the evening the farm worker feels the same is coming to him it is looked forward to the thought that town residents will show their appreciation for the loyal support they receive from the farms and for the future operate on what the kansas farmer says is gods time standard time meet here on april 24 in addition it is understood that layers are studying points of appeal too furthermore it is significant that whispers heard on parliament hill now show the development of an opinion that political social and economic angles of this decision should be reviewed instead of the cold railroad economics the matter of the freight rate questions is to my mind still in the iending stage said transport minister chevrier in the house of commons during a debate on this issue there has been tendency in this debate today to confuse two issues the one which was the increase recommended by the board of transport commis sioners and the other which was the equalization of the rates or to use the expression mentioned at various times in the debate a dis crimination in the rates across canada mr chevrier made it clear that those two issues are quite separate one from the other the board in this case was deal ing with one specific matter name ly an application not by the gov ernment of canada but by the rail ways though the railway associa tion of canada representing some twenty railways to the board for an increase in freight rates declared mr chevrier emphasizing that if anyone reads the judgment carefully he can come to no other conclusion than that the board had not before it an application to con sider or investigate or make a sur vey of the equalization of rates from one part of the country to the other according to stories heard back stage on parliament hill now days it would not be surprising in the least if the costs of building new homes in canada will start a downward movement within the next few months and this should be good news for thousands of canadians who are suffering hard ships during this housing crisis apparently with some exceptions building supplies are becoming more plentiful and more construc tion work will be undertaken with general buyers resistance to high prices among prospective home builders causing definite effects as a result of this tightening up of available cash prices should start double the deficiency mast be paii by addressee if poslage is underpaid dont lake chances one sheet of average lightweight air mail paper and one lipht- keighl air mail envelope weigh ounce or les the air mail rale i- lse per i ounce to great britain hire and europe ak at your local post office for rat eehcre have lelleri weighed vhcn in doubt downward before long iu4 by ohnty o4 hen emtt brtrorvd k c mp 737 in the midst of passing hundreds of millions of dollars to run the nations business the house of commons has also included a one dollar item in nov 1915 sgt frank r snow of winnipeg applied for veterans insurance of 1000 and paid the premium one month later he died the application had not been finally approved and it could not be legally paid since the insur ance scheme was young then invol ving delays before the forms reach ed ottawa ever since then the department of veterans has sought a way to pay the claim to the widow feeling a moral obligation finally it was discovered that if parliament approved the 1 pay ment the dva will have to pay the 4000 this was done and explains the 1 item hidden among the many millions officials here seem to be under the impression that the new freight rates will inevitably lead to increases in prices all along the line in many directions though they are still studying the likely effects on the nations price structure col h m bankhead commercial attache at the us embassy here since 1933 is about to retire at the end of june with this official being one of the most popular figures along parliament hill and widely known for his friendship to can adians plans for further expansion of the national research council labora tories in this capital are seen in the expropriation of 200 acres of farm land near the present buildings and headquarters of the dominion bureau of statistics here it is forecast in unofficial circles on the hill that the present butter shortage will continue until the end of april at least the soft coal strike in the us has interftrred with train travel between this country and the us ince normal schedules became abnormal xewlyannounced revisions of salaries for scientific professional and technical civil servants are expected to lead in attracting large number of graduates from canadian universities to the government services perhaps stopping the mad rush to other countries on the part of such young graduates i reproduction prohibited 194s federal features syndicate this knowledge q how can i polish ebony toilet articles a they- can be given a brilliant polish by rubbing a little white vaseline jelly into them with a soft cloth it is necessary to keep rubb ing until the wood has absorbed all the jelly q how can i avoid accidents caused by a stepladder slipping on wet floors a find an old worn out over shoe cut out a few small rectangular pieces to tit the bottoms of the step- ladder legs and tack or glue a piece to the bottom of each leg q what can 1 do to foot that has become too salty a place a wet cloth over the vessel in which the food is cooking and the steam will draw the salt into the cloth q how can i avoid shiny seams after ironing a when the seams of a garment are shiny after ironing touch them lightly with a piece of cheesecloth wrung out of tepid water q how can i take proper care of ferns 1 a a fern should not be moved from place to place and should not be kept in a very strong sunlight do not water it every day but soak it thoroughly every third day q how can i prevent wooden utensils from cracking a when drying any wooden utensils place them where they are not near the fire the heat will crack them q how can i treat a rag rug that has been washed so that it will lie flat on the floor a- try starching it somewhat heavily this will make it lie flat and it will keep clean longer and will be much easier to wash the next time q- how can i remove melted wax from the sides of good candles a try dipping the candles into- hot water q how can 1 whiten and purify sponges a soak in milk then rinse thoroughly in warm water with a little carbolic acid watch the advs for weekly specials the local merchants give you good leads revival services stouffville united missionary church april 18 to may 2 inclusive services each week night at 8 pm except saturday sundays at 1100 and 730 pm rev m t sellars of lockporr new york will be the evangelist you are invited to hear this dynamic preacher of the gospel this is your invitation to attend h s hallman pastor phone 8107 stouffville see your favorite picture first at the stanley theatre sfflfilfa i friday and sariirtlny april 21 24 lady luck robert young thunder mountain tim holt 0 monday tuesday miy t i louisiana jimmy davis hard boiled mahoney l gorcey