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the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 17 1949 the stouffville tribune established 1883 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized as second class mall post office department ottawa issued every thursday at stouffviye ontario in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments the brink of winter the editor of the ottawa journal must have lived in the country some time or other and a way back quite a few years too for what he decrobes in an outburst of editor ial writing is or was quite correct 25 years ago so far as the habits of the animals go they do not change but many farm homes have changed to cement foundation and in stead of burning pine stumps most of them around this district use coal and some use electricity or gas for cooking however the journals article is a grim reminder of the weather ahead it reads november is the shadow of things to come this is the end of a cycle woodchucks are curled in their grasslined dens below frost line queen bumblebees are in hibernation beneath logs and rocks skunks come around farm buildings and muskrats in the swamp put last touches on their grass jjrjoos farmers bank their houses and make farm buildings snug against oncoming winter men go to pine groves for loads of kindling material and check the tiers in the wood shed winter birds come around the farmstead and look for food on the windowsill feeder day by day the time of cold draws nearer you can hear the wild laughter of the giants in the hills and wind howls around the house corners a sound that one will hear often in the next four months he who is wise accepts the seasons as they come the cycling months are part of a primal force november is not the most enjoyable time of year but in its gradual chill and shortening days in its light and storm man can glimpse the great power that regulates the seasons of this small bit of matter we label a planet opposition ideas during the era of rt hon w l mackenzie king there always was great reluctance by the government to accepting any amendments offered by opposition members the atti tude appeared to be that it would be demeaning to admit that opposition members would have anything constructive to offer but often after the lapse of a year- the government would bring in a measure itself claiming it as its own idea along the lines originally suggested by the opposition rt hon louis s st laurent doesnt seem to hold with this theory says the windsor star that nothing good can come from opposition benches so he has accepted an important amendment offered by ccf leader m j cold- well to the bill which empowers canada to amend its own constitution mr coldwell urged this power of amendment should not extend to the british north america act stipu lations that a parliamentary term must not exceed five years and that parliament must meet at least once every 12 months the purpose is to make it difficult for any par liament to extend its own life temporarily or permanently or for any government to rule without recourse to parlia ment the government has added a proviso of its own to this proposal by mr coldwell a government may extend its life by a twothirds majority of parliament in event of war or other emergency there is no quarrel with that the point is mr st laurent was willing to accept what was a sound suggestion by an opposition party can pop affect liverlike whisky by experiments on white rats and dogs a team of toronto research workers discovered cirrhosis of the liver can be contracted as easily by soft drinks as it can by drink ing whisky too much sugar they found causes the same type of liver damage as alcohol they suggest that choline a vita min can help protect the liver from fatty degeneration a symptom of too much alcohol or sugar the scientists say their findings after several years work has upset a widespread belief among medical men that cirrhosis of the liver is caused by the poisonous effect of alcohol the experiments were carried out in torontos banting institute by dr charles best head of the research depart ment dr w s hartroft dr c c lucas and dr jessie h rideout their report was published in the current issue of the british medical journal the report cited the case of a man a victim of the malady who was a teetotaller but who drank a dozen bottles of soft drinks daily he worked hard and didnt eat properly the scientists say the key to the situation is the com pound choline a member of the vitamin family if enough choline or substances which permit the body to produce choline is present in the system the liver is protected from fatty degeneration could history repeat no doors slammed no tappings drummed a tattoo on the crumbling walls there wasnt even a ghost left in the lost city in the heart of the desert of death in afghan istan which three american anthropologists rushing through the blazing heat rediscovered last august that is what the boston post says of peshawarun once a thriving metropolis in the time of the crusades the leg ions of alexander the great were billeted there when he was conquering the world six miles long and four miles wide with a population than ran as high as 100000 it dropped from the sight of man for centuries and from the minds of all save scholarly historians who wondered what happened to it says the post if there was disappointment for the areheologists and the biblical students of the world that several expeditions this summer to mt ararat failed to find the remains of noahs fabulous ark peshawarun makes up for it it seems incredible that a whole city occupying a land area that would run from the state house on beacon hill to franklin park in dorchester should cease to be the buildings aqueducts and fountains still stand relatively intact but no human remains so gib it defied the desert sands to burying it com pletely from sight it stands in testimony to what some of us moderns forget life is basic peshawarun didnt die it was not buried like herculaneum it was deserted its pop ulation fled leaving homes and treasures behind because of a compelling need search for water drove them over the desert to greener distances where springs bubbled peshawaruns fate is not new the rings in the wooden roof beams of the deserted homes of the cliff dwellers of our southwest narrowing year after year iri size tell a similar story of drought causing abandonment of whole settlements it was water or perish of late there have been strident voices raised in our land conservationists have warned us that if we continue to strip our forests impoverish our top soil and waste the water which the rains and moistures provide future gen erations not too far off are going to face an appalling prob lem they have sought to awaken us to a future plight with some success they are making progress but much needs to be done peshawarun the city that was should warn us prodigal canadians not to destroy our substance everybodys business by everyone should bluff soatetimet of course 1 do not approve of the kind of bluffing which conceals unworthy motives but in certain situations i think it is desirable and even necessary to hide our real feel ings from others for example a doctor of my acquaintance always appeared to be in good spirits highly successful and widely beloved in his community he radiated cheerfulness and goodwill to ward all and his conversation was invariably spiced with humorous comments and stories yet for the last ten years of his life this man was suffering from an incurable and painful disease no one except his wife knew his fatal secret a secret he kept to the very end vihat a magnificent bluff what an inspiring example for all of us to follow when we are ill out of sorts worried or depressed by the same token surely it is also a good policy to conceal most of our minor disappoint ments annoyances and dislikes if you are at all concerned about your own or your familys financial security do not con ceal that fact from everyone confide in your life insurance agent hes a trained and will ing advisor who can help you build a sound financial plan for the future 0 from stouffville to australia continued from front page mesa pulled off the road on to the desert and parked for lunch quite an experience late in the afternoon we arrived in las vegas everything here was in screaming contrast to the sur rounding desert bright lights traffic jams a riot of beautiful grass lawns palm trees wide streets and people everywhere we found a very nice trailer camp one of the most modern we had been in this was on the west side of the town on the same highway where the famous flamingo club is situatedno we didnt stay home after we got the trailer parked we wanted to see what was cook ing in town so after a bite to eat we went searching for the bright lights i wish to say here and now that las vegas at night is a unique experience the place runs wide open 24 hours a day except of course some of the more sedate department stores anywhere on the main street you can stand still and listen to the chler of hundreds of slot machines you go to buy groceries there slot machines on the way out the door so you can conveniently deposit your loose change the main gambling houses are of course the number one pas time interest and business i took some coloured shots of these at night the streets are lit up so brightly that im sure they will result in something interesting next day we looked over the scene in daylight and it was just as colourful in the morning i went picturetaking by myself and with my gift for exploring the unknown 1 got myself into several of the more exclusive places it seems these big gambling houses are just about everything to all people the better ones are a combination hotel museum swim ming pool tropical gardens nurs ery dance hall gift shop riding school golf course in short just about everything except a meat counter and grocery store heavens i almost forgot one of them boasts a little church on the front lawn where you can get married with all trimmings at short notice what a place what a town another spot worth mentioning is the hitching post this is a wedding chapel open 24 hours a day a large sign on the front lawn advertises immediate arrangements including license organ music corsages pictures recordings 1 took a coloured picture of that one we went into town again to do some shopping in the afternoon and a canadian from nova scotia saw our license plate and stopped to ask us about canada he was in the us air school a few miles out of las vegas we drove down to have a look at boulder dam but arrived rather late in the day to do it up right however peter and i went on the main lecture tour which took about threequarters of an hour both of us were duly awed by the stupendous workings inside the dam it was dark when we got back up to the car again so we bought three 35mm slides of the dam in lieu of taking our own pictures i can only add here that our stay at las vegas nevada is something we can never forget talk about the wild and wooly west wow on sunday we said farewell to las vegas and were soon pulling the old trailer across more desert near the california border vegeta tion of any sort disappeared com pletely and the desert became salt flats and 1 mean flat we took pictures as usual of the california state line and continued on our way through more salt flats then we started to climb this was by far the longest hill i have ever seen we climbed steadily for several miles then at an elevation of about 5000 feet we looked on the desert and hills behind us to be quite frank we were tempor arily disappointed in california it looked too much like nevada and arizona to fit in with our pre conceptions we watched the sun go down as we traversed the mountain pass and finally found a trailer park at baker this was operated by the death valley garage the pro prietor had a little monkey whose i antics had the children in tits of laughter for the rest of the even ing a look around revealed a bob tail cat in a cage behind the gas station the flower beds consisted mostly of skulls and bones of animals which we presume perish ed in death valley a few miles north of baker after supper doris and i had a musical evening at the piano in the restaurant adjoining the garage this was very welcome as we had not run across a piano in any of the previ ous places we had stayed monday morning we set out for big bear lake where we were to meet our friends audrey and bruce sutherland california con tinued to be mostly desert until we came into barstow where we stopped for gas milk ice etc after lunch we drove on through victorville and then on to the foot of the san bernardino mountains will save the rest for the next release cliff reeve declares county council not necessary cobourg nov s reeve w g dowles of cartwright township said monday that county councils have outlived their usefulness and only duplicate what can be done just as easily by township councils he told the opening session of the northumberland and durham council i remember one day we came here and voted to attend the horse races i get 70 for attending the sessions and frankly i dont earn the money nor do you people either grandmothers kettle grandmothers eyes would really bug out if she could see what is going on at canada packers ltd these days because one of the most tiresome of her household chores soap making is now be ing done in four hours actually grandmothers labori ous method is not as outdated as it might seem most soap produced commercially is still made by her method in kettles and it still takes about a week the main difference is in the size of the kettles the new fast continuous flow method known as the sharpies process is the first major improve ment in soap manufacture since pioneer days many women raised in rural areas can still remember the soap making job fat was scarce and carefully hoarded all dripping was saved from the cooking and went into the big soap kettle along with the fat from the butchering of farm animals the lye was leached from ashes of burned hard wood the rendered fat was mixed with lye and boiled the spent lye was allowed to settle and drawn off modern soap manufacturers have been using the same recipe substituting kettles holding 50 tons for grandmothers 50 pound kettle live steam has replaced the old fire but the slow process of allowing the spent lye crude glycerine and other impurities to settle to the bottom is still in use today in most of the soaps which are on the market and the process still takes about a week in the new sharpies method a series of supercentrifuges five feet high replace the old iron kettle they whirl at 15000 revolutions per minute and create a force 13200 times that of gravity the fat and lye are poured into mixers and the terrific force of the centrifuges speeds up the process of separating the soap from the 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