I ir- KL JS if if Only a few of the hundreds of careless people who start fires like this every year ever see the damage they do Even if this hunters cabin survives it wont do future hunters much good therell be no hunting for years to come nor any homes news papers or books made from those burning trees From the Files of 25 and 50 Years Ago Arwh After an absence of six months in the Old Country Mr Rogers got back to Toronto on Sunday and was so much interested in the of the fire in Newmarket that he phoned his sympathy with the Board of Trustees and offered on behalf of the Pickering Col lege any assistance they could render in connection with school arrangements Garrett entertain ed a number of at bridge on Saturday afternoon when four tables were in play Mrs Garrett was formerly Miss of Newmarket Miss Annie has pur chased a house and lot situated on Park Ave from Mr David Soper of Mich Miss Annie enter tained the Comrades Class in the basement of the Christian church recently About were present and all report a jolly evening Dr J ft Wesley returned from New York on Sunday where he had a most interest ing time studying the xray demonstrations and improve ments in the several hospitals Mr C son of Reeve and Mrs A- Queen St has accepted a posi tion as assistant engineer at the International Nickel Mines Mrs J and children of Kearney are spend ing the Easter holidays with her father J Mr Gordon Thompson of Hamilton son of Mr and Mrs J Thompson Park Ave was home for the weekend Miss Rose and Mr J of St Toronto were over the weekend at Mr and Mrs Elijah Roses Millard Ave Mr Gordon Hunter and bride of Montreal are spending Easter vacation with his par- Mrs May Lamb of Goderich is spending a week or ten days with her mother Mrs C Jackson APRIL Mr Stephens of Brad ford who resided in Newmar ket years ago and was a member of the band was in town yesterday and gave us a call Miss Watson of To ronto spent Tuesday night with the Misses Richardson and at tended the Party Arthur Thompson son of Mr Albert Thompson at the North End fell through a hole in the mow at Mr Sam barn on Monday and sprained his wrist pretty badly One day last week Mr Si mon Thompson of East Gvil- father of Mr George Thompson on Gotham Street walked to a dist ance of miles and after re maining a couple of days walk ed home again Mr Thompson is in his year Rev Milton and bride of Brampton were the guests of Mr on Tuesday Mr George McDonald was home over Sunday and left on Tuesday for Winnipeg He may go out to the cost Mrs J and two small children were visiting her sister Mrs Hart- man last week Miss Stella Taylor who has been visiting her sister Mrs Hunter has returned to her home in Winnipeg Mr Vm of Sharon now occupies the Wesley farm on Gorham St which he recently purchased Mrs McDonagh is just get ting around again after suffer ing from a sprained ankle for over three weeks Mrs J principal of the Model School has ac cepted a similar position at Rat Portage with an increase in salary to take effect after the summer holidays Farm produce was as followi ducks to turkeys to to lb eggs to lie flour to per barrel peas per bushel to We WESTERN TRAINS FOR QUEENS PLATE ft I tV V Si 1 f s JhK a irrJS2 toodofJort of Cfrnrfofion a Cfan Port JOHN MB tot two jy ION OIOROE Sport Miter IAWRENCE RACINE Job Production RIAL PAGE PAGE TWO THURSDAY THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY- FIFTYTHREE INCREASING TAX RATES Newmarkets tax rate has been set at mills The town council had been faced with the problem of a mill rate of over when all school estimates and committee estimates were brought in Mr Herbert Gladman and his finance committee requested a close cutting of the years estimates Committees and boards went to work on reducing their budgets AH councils fear a large increase in the tax rate and the members of the Newmarket council would by no means feel at ease by introducing a mill rate of over Committees had to cancel some of their plans for improvements and it is possible that some had to make a pinch which under ordinary they would be ill advised to do It not revealed at the Monday council meeting as to What exactly was cut out of the program time will tell High costs of material and rising costs of labor play havoc tit committee planning from year to year The tax rate has been going up every year in at least the past ten Roads bridges sidewalks buildings must be maintained and there is always room for improve ments as the town grows In spite of these rising costs a council does not want to see the tax rate go up i As a solution to rising tax rates some people argue that Newmarket should have a larger population and to acquire a larger population more industry is needed they argue It is not a reasonable argument in this case of tax rates although there are other reasons why the town should have more industry With new industry comes more housing and with more housing comes an increased financial burden on the town for new streets and services It is a question whether the added assess ment on new industry and new homes offsets these high costs for services or not But what is necessary is an adequate assessment on each piece of property and every building in the community If some assessments are too low there is ah Unnecessary burden on the taxpayers The first thing council should do in the light of these rising tax rates is to be perfectly sure that assessments in the municipality are equalized and up to date NO PEACE FEARS I What so many people want to know these days is whether or not the peace moves by Russia are sincere ones With these thoughts about a true peace some people talk about the nations economy in a different light What will happen if we dont need these big plants some ask We really wonder if some people are afraid that there will be no threat of war and that the prosperity of our country will be retarded by the effects on the economy With the peace moves it was noted that the stock market took a drop and financial publications and daily papers carried editorials this week to dispel the idea that Industrialists and financiers fear peace The Financial Post said If can be achieved even some measure of it then we can get ahead with the real job of making possible a better life for more people in more parts of the world and if we manage our affairs wisely prosper in doing It m f m Toronto Globe and Mall commented on recent news stories from New York that suggest that be- cause stock values have fallen the Western World fears peace in Korea and with the Communist world in general The impression is left that a switch from a war to a peace economy would be injurious to our basic economy That of course is not true the Globe and Mail goes on Any change in the pattern of industrial ac tivity causes stock market reactions The possibility of peace does not depress the market any more than it attracts other buyers That is especially so when there is selling but only enough liquidation to accounts And that is all that has been happening these last ten daya m that we will never hear again that Cana dians or others in the western world fear or would regret a state of world peace Yet undoubtedly there are in- whose is greater than their desire peaceful world The existence of such people also provides the best propaganda material SOCIETY IN DISTRESS From all reports the North York Humane Society is having a large share of financial difficulties The main rtason for the societys problems seems to lie with the owners of dogs who either refuse to buy licences or ignore their duty The society depends on licence fees to finance its operations The first year it took over dog control in Newmarket and other municipalities of North York it received public funds to start its pro gram Newmarket paid to the society for on dog control responsibilities with the understand ing that during subsequent years it would depend on income from dog licences Last fall the society moved its headquarters and kennels from Newmarket to a new location at Aurora A considerable amount of money Was used for the new location and at present there is a shortage of cash to put the new headquarters into a suitable condition Meanwhile the dog licence is not going well The North York Humane societys inspector calls on residents to collect licence fees Fewer fees are being collected than there were when Newmarket had its own collector In one year around was col lected in Newmarket before the society took over dog control responsibility Last year only was collect ed by the Humane Society inspector From Aurora was collected and from Richmond Hill 218 was collected There is a vicious circle found in the societys pvoblem The inspector who has the authority of a police officer calls at homes to collect the dog licence Owners of pets refuse to pay the fee but the inspector does not have the time nor does the society have the money which it should have from fees to carry on court cases The inspector can seize pets and impound them but this practice also proves expensive as there seems to be few pet owners who will pay the money to retrieve their impounded pets Cost of feeding the animals in the pound is too great for the society in its present finan cial position The solution is more money and more cooperation on the part of persons who own dogs If they want to keep dogs they should like them enough to be willing to pay a licence fee If people continue to keep dogs but refuse to pay the fee the community will still have a problem in the dog nuisance and the community will still need the Humane Society to combat it No matter how one looks at it it is still a public problem LESS PROGRESS IN NORTH Although the third and final reading of provincial Bill has not yet been passed to create a metropolitan area of Toronto and southern York municipalities a metropolitan council has been set up headed by Mr Fred G Gardiner former reeve of Forest Hill Village An inaugural meeting of the council is to be held on April Rapid progress is being made in the south to iron out the metropolitan area problems but there seems to be less progress among the representatives of the north- em municipalities which will constitute the remainder of York county The southern municipalities who form the new metropolitan area are already taking part in the work and planning which will set up their new government There little heard about northern govern menttobe and it appears that some or all of tho plan ning may be done by old York County council which still includes representatives from the southern metropolitan municipalities Is the planning for future to be done by representatives from metro politan municipalities The rural representatives of the county are takingno part in metropolitan plans and there is no reason the future of rural county should not bo guided by representatives from its com ponent municipalities only The southern representa tives should be left out of the picture It would sound reasonable to suggest that the north ern representatives should be now to decide how roads are going to be financed and to iron out other problems The final reading of Bill will be passed by next fall and northern municipalities should be pondering early about what amendments are needed The filly which is owned by J A Ihm thm not Mr ff 9 j i wMIi If Ltifc www Office Cat Catnips By Comers be hold ing two festivals this year The first will commemorate the day the first milk route was start ed in the Corners on May On May 29 this year Slim natural born primitive artist and editorial advisor part time will drive the first milk wagon to ply the streets of Cuttin Corners The second festival will be the Pickled festival to be held in July when a Miss Pickled Thimble- berry of will be chosen from a bevy of lovely young Comians Williams Cursed Jr in the Cuttin Corners Clarion Blast published once every two weeks writes that pickled thimbleberries represent Cuttin Corners greatest and fastest growing industry Seventyfive percent of the pickled consum ed in the province are grown and pickled within a ninemile radius of Corners the Clarion Blast states In an editorial William Cursed Jr writes that Cuttin Corners citizens had better be proud of their great industry There be a great and huge Pickled bleberry Festival in July and it is the duty of all citizens of Corners to get out and throng the streets muster feel ings of civic pride which should burst from them in the form of loud and spontaneous cheers When Miss Pickled of rides down the street on Cuttin Corners first s and original milk wa gon a feeling of civic pride will be noted among the turfing throngs of who realize what the community in a local beauty and relic of bygone days the editorial goes on to say Corners seems to be proud of its civic heritage but there also appears to be some doubt as to whether the pick led represent Cuttin Corners most important industry or not Twenty years ago of course distilla tion was the thriving the district A controversy has arisen in council reports our Corner correspondent Slim Although the thimbleberry is the emblem of East Thimble township Co lin arose in a recent of council and said that not pickled but the famous bottled Fuzzy Wa ters was the most important product which contain secret qualities writes Fuzzy Waters sales have been very low since the mod ern pop has been brought on the market In a battling plant had been opened in the Corners and its product had advertised as a but the company has never grown to be a very large organization Council dont appear hasty in discriminate between local industries Slim reports In spite of this controversy it appears that the civic pro motion association is going ahead with plans for the Pick led Festival The Top Six Inches by Dairy Farmer to Now that the sun is shining and the land is drying fast and the season seems just about four weeks early and maybe more we are on the spot If one goes ahead and does as the weather says and then it turns cold and wet as it well may it would be not so good If we do as the weather indicates we may miss a gol den opportunity that presents itself to get a head start one that may not occur again for years It makes one wonder what would farming and work on the farm be like if we had four to six weeks more of a growing season Just let us suppose for fun that we could count on the first of April to be frost- free roads all dried up the sun shining and the land ready to drive on It would mean pasture around the first of May and on some land ear lier We could grow some more fall rye and have it top dressed in the spring and then have very early pasture Corn would be easy to grow and haying would be no prob lem and since we would be sure of three cuttings we could keep more animals per acre of land or grow more cash crops per farm Since we would have more time to do the work In the season we could get along with implements of smaller value All this would happen if we had a season that was four to six weeks longer Well we havent got it and if this happens to be one it a freak and certainly the ex ception to the rule But let ua not forget that there are parts of this continent that are this way and let us remember that we have to compete with them for markets Now that beef prices have been sagging away and there is a surplus of dairy products on either side of the border this competition becomes very contest in which we have to put up a much larger effort to get the same result It is only by using the best methods available the best seeds and the latest information that we can keep up with a natural ad vantage of six weeks extra sunshine But this reasoning has to go further If we use the best machinery the best seeds and best of breeding stock add ed to the best possible devices and practices then we have to have better educated farm ers better informed farmen and better organized farm groups to do it And if carries this to the logical con clusion then we will have to have a better government which we probably have at that and in general be a more intelligent and mote advanced country than our competition You will have to admit that we have some to go to get this But unless we realize the need for it we will never have it The challenge in fanning today is undoubtedly this very item not only the use of all that has been found by re search and study but also the fanner who has the knowledge to use It Well that was long stretch from a bit of sunshine out of season But it is hard to deny that if there ever was a year when we needed this extra en couragement and help this is the year when we do need it As for ourselves we will slick our neck out forget what date it is and go by the weather NAVY LEARNS HOW ARMY OPERATES After an eightday tour of Canadian army positions in three sailors from HMCS Crescent have decided that hi hammock In a destroyer at sea is more comfortable than a cot in an army tent The first Canadian to the tour or which is to the navy with operate the trio after leaving their in Kurev flown to Seoul Korea to the com they spent four day about eray life then the artillery of the where they peni two day A trip to a Canadian poet at the front a final two dayi back with the Tata competed Above AB Keith Bennett given lowrwn by Don Mason of Victoria J