is the Notebook We were interested in the story about United church centenary reported last week Our King correspond ent informs us that the original price paid for the site of land for the church was much less than it would cost today The church has had various lighting systems in its lifetime It is believed that candles used at first before the coal Oil lamps A great improve ment introduced over years ago was a gas lighting system gas was produced at a plant at the pond and pip ed to the church As the church was some dis tance from the pond there was a wonderful opportunity for pranksters years ago From the main line were short lines connected to various houses and at the main taps used to increase or decrease the amount of gas going through pipes Boys would lower the power during church service A church official would hurry to the plant to locate the trouble but by the time he arrived at the scene of crime the boys would have increased the flow again Aladdin lamps were intro duced in and everyone ex pected that they would provide better lighting system But the smoked if turned too high and church service would be interrupted while a person adjusted them It was a happy day when the church was wired for electricity worries were over We had the impression of a marked change in the council session Monday night The new council chambers in the town hall auditorium added dignity to the meeting The mayor sits high above the other members of council on a dais the title chief magis trate seems more fitting when the mayor sits up on the dais The mayor himself had sug gested that the press represent atives sit high on the dais above council with the mayor in front of the dais at a desk This idea was abandoned True it may not be appropri ate for the press to appear to be on a higher level than coun cil The placing of the press in the centre of a semicircle of councillors was also consider ed This would have permitted the reporters to catch every word or sound uttered by coun cil On the other hand re porters could have cut off coun cillors vision or would have been caught in council cross fire So the press table was mov ed away to one side Press rep resentatives have a completely detached view of council It is as it should be ft Aurora and rural districts of North York newspapers Era 1 Th Express Herald Worn the Files of and 50 Years Ago OCTOBER Mr and Mrs John Johnston and family together with her parents Mr and Mrs J Davidson are moving to Brooklyn next week- Mr and Mrs A of Sutton West spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs after a in Au rora with their daughter Mrs Mr and Mrs of Vancouver have taken up their residence in their old home town for the winter at least Glad to have them back Mrs McKay and Mr and Mrs Stanley Watt of Toronto also Mr and Mrs Ed Watt of Mount Albert attended the celebration of the birthday of Mrs Watt Elm St last Sunday Mr and Mrs Robinson of Wallace visited sister Mrs I J Anderson on way home from the General Of the United church in Winni peg Mr and Mrs Meek of also Mr and Mrs Mills of Mono Mills with their two sons made Mr and Mrs Meek a pleasant visit over the weekend Mrs Mills is staying for a few days Mr and Mrs Stephens of Farm New market were At Home to their many friends Friday evening it being their 25th wedding an niversary AH the family were present and many useful gifts were received A very enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Mr and Mrs C Morrison ley St on Saturday by a large gathering from Aurora and To ronto the occasion being a corn and roast Among those present were Mr and Mrs A and Miss Edith Aurora Mr and Mrs W Hill Mr and Mrs I Crawford Mr and Mrs If Kaiser Mr K Kaiser and Mrs It Wilson of Toronto and Mr and Mrs Usher of Weston Mr and Mrs Walter spent the weekend with their daughter Mrs Rev Park at and at tended a chicken supper and concert Monday nfght OCTOBER 16 Mr who fell and broke his arm near the shoulder four weeks ago is only just able to leave his bed room this week Owing to the nature of the break the knit ting of the bone has been very painful The granolithic walk on the west side of Main St was com pleted on Saturday and has the appearance of being an excell ent job It is the remark of visitors generally that the old town woke up at last We hope next year that the east side will receive similar treat ment The attractive display fancy pastry in the window of Hills Bakery is the admiration of the passing crowd and the new baker is getting lots of praise Out at Mr Vernons farm at Whitchurch Mr Richard Has- got a had fall on Monday evening of last week He was in the mow getting some hay when a sheaf hat he stepped upon slipped and he fell on the barn floor No bones were broken but he was hurt inter nally and has been under the doctors tare ever since He just able to around a little Mr Lues by the old English gardener has finished the grading sodding etc on the premises on Eagle St recently purchased by Mr Gilford Mann and has changed he ap pearance of the place wonder fully Miss Stella Anderson and Mr of Toronto spent Thanksgiving at the home of Mr Lewis Mr Holmes of the To ronto police force who has been home on furlough for days returned to the city for duty on Tuesday night Mr Albert of Hol land Landing has recently been added to the list of county con stables by appointment of Judge Winchester Miss daughter of the late of Sha ron now of Chicago is visiting relatives and friends in town and vicinity Mrs Irwin of Weston has been spending the veek in town and vicinity TO TOWN Published every Thursday of Main St Newmarket by the Newmarket Era and Express Limited 4 tor years for one year in advance Single copies ore each Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weakly Newspapers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second Class Mall Post Office Department Ottawa JOHN Managing Editor ION Womens GEOtOI LAWRENCE RACINE Job Mntteg and Production THE EDITOR ALP AGE THURSDAY THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND OPPORTUNITY FOR BETTER LIBRARY Newmarket now has the opportunity to acquire a library that would be a credit to a town of this A proposal has been presented to town council to increase the per capita library grant and if this grant is approved plans to purchase a large old residence at the north east comer of Church St and Park Ave probably will be completed The present per capita grant to the library is considerably less than council is required to pay according to the provincial act By paying 20 cents more than the required per capita grant of cents Newmarket will be able to have a new library The present library is far from being one of those community centres to h h a citizen points with pride It is on the second floor of an apartment build ing and many years have gone by since the rooms were last decorated Old people cannot climb the long stairs and for years citizens have been criticizing the library because of its limited facilities and poor location The Newmarket library board and the staff should be con gratulated on the services they have been able to provide the community in the past With the limited funds from a previous cents per capita grant and the poor accom modation they have done a commendable job in provid ing a good range of material in the library The new building provide the board with the necessities for a good library It will be able to aug ment its services to the town It is possible that part of the proposed building will allow extra room for community meetings so badly needed in Newmarket A special committee has been appointed by town council to make further investigations with a committee of the Newmarket Rotary club on the financing of a new library With an increased annual grant it has been stated the board would be able to cany the necessary debenture required to pay for the building Certainly it will not be reckless spending on councils part to approve of a one dollar per capita grant Many other towns make the same annual grant And council will not be favoring one particular group in taking this action A library is an asset to a community in which every citizen has a share ROTARIANS OFFER The Rotary clubs offer to help acquire a bolter library building for Newmarket certainly justifies the existence of service clubs in a community if such justi fication bo necessary Rotary club has entered an entirely different field for service clubs in Newmarket The Lions help the needy children The Optimists pro vide leadership and opportunity to take part in athletics for young boys The Rotary club now offers to provide funds amounting to as much as for a new com munity library The saw the need for a library the value and pleasure that people of all ages receive from books Should the proposal bo carried through for the now lib the Rotary club will bo making a valued contri bution to the community to be counted as no less im portant than the contributions of other organizations in town Should the town make its contribution toward the new library will pay off a mort gage and provide the necessary repairs to the building being considered POLICY OF TENDERS BEST Town council decided few weeks ago that all tho municipal fuel needs should bo purchased after a call for tenders from the various fuel agents We fail to see why there should ho any criticism of this method as there was at a meeting of council on Monday night Councillor Dales and Councillor Wrlghtman op posed to giving out any favors to local businesses cape- dally when higher rates than necessary were being paid by the corporation It was Mr Dales who introduced a motion to call for tenders If specifications are outlined and everyone in busi ness is given an equal opportunity to tender it Is the most fair and the most economical system That the tender system the best system exemplified In the case of fuel oil when a local agent submitted a price that was lower than other local and lower than other agents outside of the municipality The local agent won the contract Should the municipality on the other hand divide up the business among local agents without calling for tenders it could be giving out favors to a special group Although taxpayers are interested in supporting local businesses they are not obligated to pay what could possibly bo interpreted as a subsidy to them The policy of sharing the business therefore is a debatable one where there a possibility that council could be benefit ting a particular group at the expense of the taxpayers The issue may seem like a small one but the principle involved is important And in the particular case of the fuel oil several hundreds of dollars were saved by call ing for tenders LOWER PAY FOR OLDER MEN Community employers and older workers them selves have to revise their ideas about when old age begins and when a man or woman ought to consider its time to knock off work for good and take it easy writes J associate editor of The and Mail in the current issue of Health magazine We are living much longer lives than we used to thanks to health laws medical science a good diet and other causes and it stands to reason that a longer lifespan should mean a longer workspan with benefit to both the individual and society Mr quotes Dr A J Carlson an author ity on industrial health on the principle that rates of pay for older workers past the peak of their product ive power but still able to contribute to the economy should be adjusted to meet the realities of this situa tion The formula suggested would provide maximum pay for the fully adult worker whose skill strength experience and endurance are at or near maximum and a somewhat lower pay for younger men who havent arrived at that maximum and for the older men who have fallen below it I suppose that a plan of that sort applied in any business or industry would have to lie arbitrary in de fining age groups let us say top pay from to somewhat lower rates before and after and that would be unfair to some exceptionally upandcoming young men and to some exceptionally durable oldor men continues the article But we cant have perfect justice in this highly mechanized world rough justice is the best we can hope for This formula certainly corresponds to known facts about human nature and human physique and perhaps it points the way to job security for the older man DIFFERENCE IN FARM TAX RETURNS Kvory time a now set of tax returns is issued a fuss is raised in Western Canada over very much higher farm income taxes collected in Prairie Pro the Financial Post points out Bluntly it Is suggested that eastern farmers and especially those in Quebec are not paying their share And tho reason for this it is also bluntly suggested is that western farmers derive moat of their Income from grain which is sold through a single government agency and banco is easily checked Ontario or Quebec agriculturist runs tho argument markets a variety of produce and through a variety of channels hence cannot bo effectively checked That criticism is hardly fair main reason for difference is a simple Returns farmer In Western Canada are vory much higher than in parts of Canada and particu larly in Quebec In the province tho average farm holding is close to acres In the west it runs into several hundreds In last three or four years of big wheat crops there wore many In Saskatchewan and Alberta with wheat sales running into to each season During same period the farmer might not take in more than a thousand In cash One would bo liable for substantial tax noth ing Undoubtedly with far more diversity in marketing there is greater opportunity for tax evasion But the main reason for tho big difference in total payments is the fact that the western farmer has a far greater Indi vidual income Its exactly tho same thing with cor porate taxation only the geography is reversed Eastern industry much bigger than western industry and so are the taxes it if m ess mm KIM to m ami Mm If Office Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger The city dweller drives through country and through the little towns He envies the people who live In the small community Here you can walk down the main and speak to everyone you incut there you con drop into the restaurant for a coffee and chat about local politics the duck season with anyone who has a little time to spare The city dweller picks up the weekly newspaper of the com munity The Corners Clarion Blast he reads cham pion of the rights of citi zens of Corners and township William Rudolph Cursed Jr editor and owner At the top of the hill the newspaper office and printing plant It is Friday Editor Cursed is no doubt preparing next weeks editorials and the plant is no doubt humming with activity readying for the next weeks issue He opens the door Editor Cursed is on the tele phone Yes Mis no Mis yes Mrs did ap preciate you sending in the 17- page writeup of the annual banquet for the Sewing Club no Mrs we were full up couldnt get it in Oh yes main we will certainly publish the whole account plus an apology next week Mrs A picture Well it is this way Mrs No doubt the printing plant is humming with activity In the buck composing room a linotype machine is humming Here is where the work is done Skilled hands make it possible that the printed word fa distri buted to the citizens of this community The observer steps aside so as not to get in the way of a gangling printers devil who is pulling a sheet from the proof press The at his handiwork with satisfac tion He scratches in a card- hoard box on a window sill and finds a thumb tack- He walk out to the door of the editors office and pins to the door the printed sign which exclaims In large bold type Insane Asy lum Our observer walks over to ward the humming linotype There no doubt he will find the operator typesetting an impor tant editorial for the next weeks issue no doubt one that champions the rights of the citizens of Cuttin Corners and township But there slumped over the key board is a short heavy fellow sound asleep on his foam rub ber stool On the copy tray is a pocket book entitled Try and Stop Me a book of good jokes and short stories Our observer goes away thinking that no doubt Friday is a day when there is a certain amount of relaxing an easing of tension following the previous publication day No doubt edi tor Cursed is a reasonable man and there is no doubt that his staff relations are nothing but the best Yet as he leaves this tranquil scene the sign on the editors door puzzles him It is possible that our city friend does not un derstand not at all by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches The weather Is nice the leaves are turning and the other usual appearances of the fall ore on us too Somebody asked us about quotas the other day The most equitable and proper setting of quotas has been one of the major head aches of the fluid milk business We were feeling light headed mid giddy that day from no thing though that was aged in wood and here is our answer Fust of all let us start looking at it from a different angle altogether The quota of one can of milk should mean two tilings First it should mean an obligation on the part the dairy to pay a price for ail of that can of milk at the fluid milk wholesale price ar rived at by negotiations Sec ondly it should moan an obli gation the part of the pro ducer to produce that can of milk every day for the dairy of the quality that required by him or by health regula tions If both parties live up to this the milk business could be a healthy and sound busi ness lieforc we go on we should point out what thu quota of one can of milk mean It does not mean the right to buy some milk at one price and some at another or the of several prices of and all other mils Neither does it mean that on the coat tall of a one can quota a man can ship two more at a lower price that he can try to squeeze out larger maximum prlco on basis of that one can or that pro ducer can leave the breeding of cows to the green pasture the of the whim of a temperamental bull In our opinion wo are in fluid milk business wo have a hard time to make it pay and wo certainly cannot produce with overhead surplus milk How 1o arrive at an equitable quota Well here it goes Let the distributors and the producers organizations get together and decide how many cans of milk the demand for in the city Let them simply thresh this out and really spend time doing some research at it Let them arrive at a figure af ter careful consideration- When they have done this there will be a figure to show that there is a market for a number cans a day the year around Say number is cans Then let producers organization hold huge auc tion sale let them sell the rights to these cans to the highest bidders Now be fore you throw your hands up in despair let it be remembered that the right to ship one can of milk involves obligation to ship this can or the right is lost In other words there is no point in buying tho right to ship cans when man only has a farm a herd or facilities to ship six cans Let this right be openly on the market at all timet Let producers sell it or buy at their will to the highest bid iler You would see that very soon a very stable situation would develop It would mean that a man going out of busi ness would sell his rights like he sells his or if he moves to bigger farm he could buy out somebody elses rights It will mean that each pro ducer can plan years ahead and thus produce with a better chance of a living Let the pro ceeds from this sale go into a fund to be administered by some appointed or body the interest to be used in the publicizing or advertising of milk It would be something like a It would encourage man to go into business be cause it would assure him a re turn It would help to put tho fluid milk production on a sound CAIRN MONMb I I