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the tribune stoufmlle ont thursday may 25 1950 drive and walk witit care as motor traffic increases minister of higbwap rave by motorist and pedestrians promts to reach a iww peak volume this year the seasonal upswing in holiday motor travel has begun more vehicles than ever before are operating on ontario streets and highways pedestrian hazards are increased extreme care must be exercised by all to prevent accident pedestrians are urged to walk carefully motorists v check your car and be assured that it is in a safe condittosb v check your driving and be assured of a safe journey drnve smtv i i i walk safety ontario department of highways geo b doucett mhk1h loses suit over newmarket bull an action brought by lewis l strauss of brandy rock farm brandy va to recover the price he paid for an aberdeenangus bull which he claimed would not breed was dismissed by mr justice barlow last week a member of the atomic energy commission mr strauss sued joli n bowser of newmarket claiming 1s00 the price of the bull and 1500 for expenses mr justice barlow accepted bowsers statement that the bull was sound when sold strauss based his claim on a warranty issued by bowser which said the bull has sired calves on my farm- is right and sound in every way and 1 guarantee him to lie a breeder for you the bull was taken with two others by truck some 800 miles to the strauss farm a sevenday trip strauss claimed the bull was later found to have a deformity which made it unsuitable for breeding his lordship stated the bull might have been injured during the long truck drive editors mail toronto ont may 19th 1950 editor the tribune stouffviile ont dear sir your editorial on beef prices are high tempts me to send along a few words commenting on the following opening paragraph beef prices are up around a dollar a pound for the better cuts in some canadian cities claims the calgary herald even hamburger is selling around 80 cents con sumers are getting sore about it and some are demanding that a stop be put to the export of beef cattle to the united states the paper says as one of my neighbors tartly puts it we had margarine come on the market so cream prices are down 10c a pound last fall 1 sold hogs at 52 a head this spring at 10 a head eggs are down 150 for a fifteendozen case the only bright spot is beef which is about the right price according to what we have to pay for the things we buy from urban canadians well mr editor something that the farmer sells has to remain high so long as operating costs remain at todays levels the trouble is that apparently urban workers seem to have one eye shut and with the other directed at the payenvelope seem obsessed with the thought that if farm prices could be lowered every thing would be just love first of all it may do no harm to remind them that the farm share of the urban meat hollar is just 70 tents secondly they should try to remember that if they squeeze the margin of profit out of the farm price that means no purchasing- power for rural canadians from this latter point to unemployment and tough times up in the city is a brief step as the old hymn puts it all one body we is also true in the marketplace farmers son may quern reigns at makkham dance renee munro 14 was crowned may queen of markham high school friday night after being chosen by the schools boy students in a vote three weeks ago she led in a dance around the traditional pink white and green trade in your old watch on a new bulova waggs jewellery store loin our layaway plan stouffv1lle ont maypole to mark her coronation at the schools annual may queen ball on friday night dressed in white the may queen was attended by beth boadway of unionville and lorraine kirby of milliken she was crowned by last years queen jocelyn smith the new queen is a grade nine student regardless whether you plant radish beet or lettuce seeds the same kind of weeds seem to come up make a date with a a date with a smooth and smart young beauty with an exciting habit of 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of flood in manitoba and fires in quebec have held top interest in parliament this past week it was indeed a week of national tragedy the events for which represent atives of all parties in parliament expressed profound sympathy and regret were the manitoba floods which steadily rising have left thousands homeless and fires which wiped out a large portion of the town of rimouski que and swept the little milling town of cabano que the rimouski fire of may 6 and 7 is reported to have been started by a power line which fell into a great yard of drying lumber the loss there is estimated to be 20- 000000 and 2500 of the 15000 inhabitants have been left home less the cabano fire of may 9 report edly started in a lumber pile ignited by sparks from the chim ney of a planing mill and occasioned loss estimated at be tween 5000000 and 10000000 in cabano which is only 50 miles from rimouski 1800 are reported homeless the manitoba floods at latest estimate have inundated hundreds of square miles and rendered many thousands of southern manitobans homeless thousands have fled their homes in the winnipeg area and mass evacuation of all low- lying parts of greater winnipeg has taken place as the red river surged upward from already record levels there wore impressive moments in the chamber when the pm read messages of sympathy from the united kingdom prime min ister and from the government of the united states the disasters will cost the people of canada many millions of dollars and plans will be speeded up for conservation projects to avoid recurrence of the floods checking expenditures in his budget speech hon d c abbott sounded a warning that the rising costs of government and social services called for the most careful attention of members since then there has been con siderable discussion on the subject of economy and the present methods used by parliament in considering estimates for the com ing year and in scrutinizing past expenditures the leader of the opposition has suggested a royal commission be appointed to enquire into the whole question of government expenditures many here however have not too much faith in getting results from a royal commission and favor having whatever is done carried out by a committee of the house out of all the discussion some good is sure to result and i think early next session if not at this one a special committee represent ative of all parties will be set up with the special responsibility of giving close scrutiny to all expen ditures and the cost of government with the hope of bringing about some really worthwhile economies