J i Pages Note Two letters from United Kingdom and Netherla re resentatives sent to Newmar ket convey the appreciation of the people of both countries for financial assistance following the disastrous floods in laie part of the winter raised over through donations by its As various sums were sent to the relief organizations Newmarket letter of Kepi coming to the local flood relief On Monday night the town cleric Mr Wesley two of such letters at a meeting of council from the Neth erlands Embassy at Ottawa and the ether from the office of the high commissioner- the gratitude of those who suffered lost possess ions daring The floods in Eng land an- The special which organized and directed the the who money are to be on success of effort A church corner Main and Park this week The tree had to come down to make way for a wider Main St and a better sidewalk and comer There was still more concern when the town engineer Mr announced that the old iron trough where many a horse has been water ed in the old days was to be removed- Some sentimental councillors balked at the sug gestion on Monday night We do not know what famous men have watered their horses at the old trough It is the last evidence of the horse and days on Main St The its installation is not known to us Governor or Sir John Franklin or Sam uel may or may not have watered their horses at the old trough Anyway the trough must go But Mr has promis ed that it will not be discarded and forgotten will find a suitable place for it he said of the councils special committee or the Main project Charles that in general people around Main St have been and Main St committee the Warren Paving engineering staff have received no com plaints about the work and they would like to thank the people for their patience said this week A few sentimentalists shed a tear on the removal of the large elm tree at the United We knew the goose neck parking meters which appeared in the town hall parking lot this week reminded us of something There was some thing in the back of our mind but we could not just decide what it was for a day or two On thinking about these new double headed meters we re called our school days and old history courses It came back to us then The double headed parking meters reminded us of the double headed Eagle em blem of the who at one time ruled Austria The new parking meters have that century Central European look Pmm the Files of and 50 Years A 919 JUNE Last Saturday afternoon a bridge party of three tables was given at the home of Miss Beryl Bogart in honor of Miss Helen a bridetobe re ceived a lovely miscellaneous shower in recognition of her friendship and a token of well- wishes Mr and Mrs Richardson Miss Helen and Miss Rich ardson attended the graduation of Miss Florence Rogers at Hamilton General hospital on Saturday afternoon Mrs Ross of Government House presented the diplomas- Court street seems to be get ting more than its share of building operations Mr Gor man of Woodstock has bought a lot opposite the residence of Mr his soninJaw and has commenced the erection of a new brick residence which he and his wife intend to occupy as soon as Miss Marguerite Boyle pro fessional graduate Owen Smily Studio has had very great suc cess with her pupils two of whom Miss Mary Paterson and Miss Mildred Wright appeared in Hall on May when they met with great ap plause The tulips are just now at their best and it is realty worth while to take a walk along Court street and see the won derful display in Mrs Kidds garden Many people have al ready passed by to admire the grouped display of colors Mrs Meek is visiting for a short time with her daughter Mrs in Toronto where her brother Professor McBride of University visited her in a hurried trip through the city after a trip with his students inspecting the mines of Northern Ontario Mr J of Manitoba writes I started taking your paper in J and have been reading it ever since I cant get along without it for it gives more news than a letter from home JUNE 1M3 Ever since Monday morning the Metropolitan passenger cars have been running to Huron St but the power is inadequate to a satisfactory service The premises vacated by Mr a few months ago on the east side of Main St will be reopened next Saturday by Mrs Flanagan of Toronto with a stock of new groceries Ice cream parlor will be opened later Mrs John of Ham ilton spent over Sunday at The Bowery and left on Tuesday to visit her sister Mrs Belfry at Parry Sound Mr sailed from New York last Fri day for Liverpool to buy goods for the firm and expects to be gone for six weeks Among those who have won honors at the recent Univer sity exams we notice that two Newmarket boys have brought distinction upon themselves and honor to their native town in the Faculty of Arts second year Mr A Miller son of Mrs Miller won the S Sinclair prize in philosophy Mr M Wesley son of Mr Jos Wesley won the Kirsch- man scholarship in philosophy of optics Mr Ed Thompson of Fort William son of Mrs Bell Pros pect Ave is spending a few days in town having been granted a months leave of ab sence He is looking well and reports that the Fort is build ing up rapidly Mrs Perry and little boy of St Louis Mo who has been in Canada since Christmas and was visiting her sister Mr J a good portion of the time left tor her home last week Mr Alex Millard was in town yesterday His trip to California did him a lot of good Mr Milton of Toronto spent over Sunday with his uncle Rev J COVERS RAID St i r 4 Aurora owl very for one year copie each of of North York The Era and limited SubtaipHcn for two yon A Wee of Canada Canadian Wfkiy Association and Audit Bureau of Circuotion Second Class Mail Post Ottawa JOHN Of RACINE Job Printing THE EDITORIAL PAGE PAGE TWO THURSDAY THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY- THREE WHAT ABOUT DOG CONTROL It appears that the North York Humane Society will no longer function since the three municipalities Newmarket Aurora and Richmond Hill have refused to grant the required financial assistance to continue operations The Humane Society had asked for from the three municipalities The lack of public contributions to the society to gether with the societys failure to collect all dog taxes were blamed for its financial condition The societys first headquarters north of Newmarket had to be vacated and that necessitated a capital expenditure for new property and buildings at Aurora The society seemed to be plagued with bad luck from the start Without the Humane Society Newmarket will have no dog control Last year council felt that the neces sity of dog control was important enough to spend toward the Humane Societys operation After the first year the society would have operated on the money re ceived from dog taxes Members of council obviously thought that control was worth the money spent Nearly every member of council testified to the number of telephone calls he had received from residents com plaining about dogs running at large It is not likely that the dog nuisance has diminished since last year If council saw fit to authorize the ex penditure of last year no doubt it will be anxious to find a solution to the problem again Councillor Lome has predicted that Newmarket will find out that it will need the Humane Society again but it is not likely that a group of citizens will want to give their time to an organization after it has failed once The dog control problem rests with council It is not likely that council will find the funds for elaborate dog control measures this year Council probably will appoint a dog tax collector for the remain- tier of this year and hope that the complaints are not too numerous But considering the steady growth of the community some further means of controlling dogs will be required soon SOUTH END IMPROVEMENT I I The Newmarket councils road and bridge commit tee has recommended the purchase of property on the northwest corner of Main and Water Sts with a view to improving the south end entrance to the business section It would mean the demolition of the brick apartment building now standing at the comer The committee also recommends that the other two right angle corners on the way in from Eagle St be rounded off To improve the south end entrance to Main St the best suggestion seemed to he the one previously made by DeputyReeve Herbert who wanted a sweep ing curve from Eagle St through private property and the water works property onto Main St Such an im provement would eliminate three right angle corners According to the committees information however it would be too costly expropriating the private property The improvements suggested by the committee would mean another according to the chairman Mr Charles VanZant The new Citizens Association has reported that it is in favor of the purchase of the old building The committees suggestion has not yet been discussed by council but has been announced to the members for discussion at the next meeting Council will no doubt compare the cost of such an improvement with the original suggestion made by DeputyReeve Should council lean toward favoring the improve ment of existing corners it would be acting wisely to first make sure that Mr suggestion for a single sweeping curve as a new entrance to the business section would not worth the extra expenditure NEXT DOOR TO LONDON When this country was finally put together years ago its greatest handicap was distance Then and for at least a quarter of a century following there were well grounded fears that we might fall apart again Ottawa was literally weeks away from Victoria One of the amazing things about the Coronation was the ease with which distance was obliterated the Financial Post points out Citizens in the most remote corners of Canada as well as the rest of the world were able to hear each word of the sacred ceremony as it was spoken Within a few hours of that ceremony those within reach of a television transmitter were able to see pictures taken in London that same morning- Kenneth Williams left of Areola stands by while PO Joseph H of Victoria the medical assistant in Athsbaskan examines head injuries of one of two wounded South Korean soldiers brought on board the Canadian destroyer Trie were among who raided the North Korean to seek information on enemy troop movements Hie covered the withdrawal of the raiders and cared for Modern communications have brought the new Queen very close to every Canadian When her great- greatgrandmother Victoria was crowned a village in nearby Surrey was further removed from Westminster than New Westminster on the Pacific Coast is today about McCarthy Fort Erie TimesReview Traditionally it has been Canadas role to act as unofficial interpreter between Britain and the United States in matters of social custom We are of the New World but because of our Commonwealth association are a part of the Old Theie would seem to be no greater need for such in terpretation as at the moment when the loud noises uttered by the Senator McCarthy type are alienating British goodwill for the United States The British so far from the grass roots of American life tend to accept the bellowing of the blowhard as representative of American popular feeling We in Canada know better We know that rudeness insult character assassination and the smear tech nique are not typical of the American people nor of the vast majority of Americans in public life WHAT GARDINER SAYS What do farmers think of the federal governments record in agriculture Every political organizer with his ear to the ground knows this will be one of the key factors in the forthcoming federal general election It can swing the vote in a majority of federal constituen cies Agriculture Minister James Gardiner thinks farmers will continue to support the present govern ment This may be scarcely an unbiased view of the elec tion outlook but Gardiner is an old hand at gauging public feeling and he backs up his forecast with a recital of facts and figures Here are some of the reasons why Gardiner thinks the farm vote will back the government again First he cites the record of expenditures on agri culture The government in spent during its last year in office The follow ing year the new Liberal government under Mackenzie King asked Parliament for million When the Con servative government under Bennett was returned in the outlay was reduced again to Last year the St Laurent administration spent more than million on its agriculture programs Then Gardiner cites the governments record in farm legislation Libera administrations he says have approved vast new programs of special assistance to agriculture the prairie and maritime farm rehabilita tion acts the agricultural cooperative marketing act the prairie farm assistance act providing drought in surance 144 million in the past years and many others One of the agriculture departments most ambitious and successful programs has been the policy of movement of feed grains from the great prairie breadbasket area to livestock producers in eastern Canada and on the west coast The program under which a freight subsidy is paid on feed grain shipments has involved expenditure of million It has given eastern and west coast livestock producers the oppor tunity to purchase feed at a reasonable price and at the same time has encouraged production of feed grains on the prairies Gardiners proudest achievement was the passage of the agricultural prices support act in guaran teeing farmers a reasonably stable return for their produce Today for example the government main tains a price of 58 cents a pound on butter during the summer months The Agricultural Prices Support Board purchases surplus butter in the summer stores it and sells it to the wholesale trade in the wintertime with carrying costs added What about opposition charges that Canada fias lost the British market for meat and dairy products Here is Gardiners answer Britain is buying carcass beef in London at cents a pound We are selling ours at cents a pound in Montreal Britain is buying her bacon at cents a pound We are selling ours at cents in Montreal Britain is buying her butter at 41 cents a pound We are selling ours for cents in Montreal Britain is buying her cheese from New Zealand at 24 cents a pound We are selling ours at cents in Montreal Britain is buying her eggs at cents a dozen We are selling ours at cents a dozen Why should we wish to sell those products in London at those prices in prefer ence to prices received in Montreal or Toronto he asks i If not MhM Catnips By Chaos is of hand on the special committee of the Cuttin Corners council which will look after the Pickled Festival coming up soon writes Slim our part time Corners corres pondent Complications has set in Slim continues Complica tions of a particularly nature As you know the Pickled Festival a pro motional stunt thought up by William Rudolph Cursed Jr editor of the Corners Clarion Blast to promote a local pro duct namely the crop of the surrounding district of East Thimbleberry township was slugged for a certain date But with an election in the wind a local political associa tion has booked the town hall for a big rally and special speech by a prominent party personality Through some oversight the Pickled Festival committee had went and fergot to book the halt first Now you can imagine what chaos there is in the Corners- Mayor Maynott will not be able to crown Miss Pickled of local girl in the seat of government They are also worried about which way the crowds will go But worse of all this here ticklish situation has split both council and its committee into twain There is now the Pick led Festival camp and the certain political party camp As Councillor Col in put it you cant serve two loyalties Who will turn out for the feSr v 7 Pickle Festival and who will turn out for the rally As chief magistrate of this here corners it is up to the mayor welcome dig nitaries says Councillor Bust Mayor should not be his time a Miss Pickle but should be on hand to welcome a leader of our national life he Mayor is on a spot and he knows it Councillors are also afraid to attend to one or the other a they might reveal their true colors True colors aint to be reveal ed some say Now councillors are among themselves At the last meeting Mayor Maynott got peeved and demanded to know who got them all Involved in this here Pickled Festival In a fit of rage he shouted that he didnt care whether he ever saw let alone tasted another thimbleberry in his life again This here was low point for council and the community in general Mayor went on to say that pickled made him sick anyways The mayor was obviously in a cor ner Pickled Festi val day is fast approaching What events will transpire in this new situation is anybodys guess There is always a new crisis in this here jewel com munity in East to Corners writes Slim Our special Corners correspondent al ways has his finger on the pulse of the community and is sure to keep us well informed The Top Six Inches by Dairy Farmer It would be easy enough to write half a page about the weather and still not be finish ed with what we think of It but we shall exercise self control arid just not think about it However when we dont think of the weather we have to think of hog cholera and the price of hogs and that is just about as bad as the weather Even while we pocket as much we have had for a pig in three years we are wondering where it is nil going to lead Somehow it gives us that roller coaster feeling In about months time what with low fall wheat prices and a half de cent crop hogs should be down to where they were last fall In the meantime our over head will increase a lot of feed ers will pay 15 for weaning pigs and a number of inexperi enced people will get caught By the time hogs hit again there wont be any money in at all There isnt much use complaining we havent got the solution anyhow The beef fellows will get a bit of the benefit of it and they did need a pat on the back af ter what they have been put ting up with for the last year Of course the cholera didnt help matters very much and on this account we think the blame should go where it belongs Nobody can help the outbreak itself It was always present in the States where they learn ed to live with it There is enough traffic back and forth from there to pick up the disease and drag it in But to any clear thinking person it should have been obvious that the sales barn this new phen omenon in Ontario livestock marketing will be the place to spread any disease that breaks out Sales barns wore spring ing up nil over the country and their very popularity was proof that there was need for them They were the open market place where you could sell something at little cost and where you were sure you knew what the going price was It was a good place to pick up a veal calf or sell a few pigs It must have hurt the dealers a bit too the people who went around buying stock at so much a head sometimes from farm ers who werent too well in formed or who were hard up- But all this is no excuse for the health and other agricul tural authorities to decide not to have anything to do with them It isnt that we need regimentation or that we want everything ruled by civil ser vants It is rather that the true function of any govern ment is to protect the public and give service Neither these actions has been carried out in the case of sales barns We know of no health stand ard that had to be observed We are not aware of any in spection either of the stock to be sold or of the premises When the hog cholera was first noticed it was all over the province spread through these We shudder to think what could have been done with foot and dis ease had it popped up in On tario The argument against in spection by the health of ani mals branch is of course that they are short staffed and can not get enough gradu ate veterinarians to work for them This is true up to a point But if the department would not ask veterinarians to per form services that any man with a high school education could they could spread the qualified help out better We could never see why a vet was required to inspect a white washing job while there are not enough of them around to have testing done CONQUER NATURE AT HER GRIMMEST r As fitting climax to the most important day of her life Queen Elizabeth was presented with a spectacular gift to mark the oc casion the planting of the Union Jack on icy Everest the tallest mountain in the world by two members of the British expedition The men P Hillary a New Zealand beekeeper seen centre with a porter and a companion and Tensing the most famous climber of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal reached the peak of 29000foot mountain in the Himalayas over a route pioneered by a British expedition In This years ex pedition had hoped to climb it in to send the news to London an a Coronation present for the Queen The party formed the tewn nine of which were Britain to try to the mountain in 30 years All the previous attempts had failed claiming the lives of in the effort