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V tfi J- io i- Pages from the Editor s Notebook A correspondent from writes us about how the crop of Merit Goodwin who was raised in Newmarket and settled near some years ago was put in by his neigh bors when Mr Goodwin be came ill Her letter follows True community spirit and love for a neighbor was shown here at Cando this spring and summer when the people of this district banded together to help a farmer who was sick in the General hospital and unable to do his own farm work The farmer which this com munity dug in and worked for was Merit Goodwin who farms mile east of the town of Cando He has been since March l- On Tuesday May 22 21 farm ers with their tractors and one- ways pulled in on Merits farm A swath was realized each round and by supper time acres of wheat oats and rye were seeded 200 acres harrow ed and acres summer fal lowed Farmers came in from a ra dius of eight miles and several men from town assisted in hauling seed and filling grain boxes Local garage man Fred Shakotko donated any welding needed by the farmers that day None of the farmers present that day had their own seed ing done some having as many as acres yet to seed but they wouldnt let their neigh bor down The ladies did their share by donating pies and several as sisted in helping prepare meals Twentyeight men sat down to dinner Lunch was served in field to the men and 32 men were served supper at the house Groceries were donated by local stores the hotel Just a short time ago Don and Bud Swanton and Vern Garrett from came in with their own outfit and completed the summer fallow Mr Goodwin has always been a friend lo his neighbors in time of trouble He has been active in community work He has been president Mountrosc Rural Tele phone Co for over years on the Unitetd church board and school board A telegram was sent to him in the General hospital when the boys finished Speedy recovery Your crop is all in Details to follow by letter Cando Community The writer of the letter Mrs Albert is correspon dent for for the Saska toon Star and the North Battle- ford News She included a picture of the operation which showed the outfits against the endless sweep of the prairie You can see from the picture how big the fields here really are The one in this picture was a mile and a half long making three miles in one round she writes Canadian poets usually re serve their songs for our color ful autumn or for the first touches of spring green in the muddy fields But these are the extremes of the season they should give a little thought to the beauty around us now when the wind traces its flight over the tawny wheat and the fields of alfalfa are a fresh green This is a lovely part of Ontario and it shows to bestadvantage in the soft dusk when the elms droop gracefully and the silver birch leaves are quiet or in the morning when there is a bit of mist still linger ing in the valleys The autumn inspires reflec tion upon the endless cycle of growth and decay and the spring offers hope but mid summer is a fruitful promise of heavy harvest Swing Newmarket Aurora and the rural districts of North York Newmarket Era 1 852 The Express Herold Published every Thursday at 142 Main St Newmarket by the era and Express limited Subscription lor two yews for one year in advance Singh copies are each Member or Class A of Canada Canadian Weekly Association and the Audit Bureau of Crcuafronj Authorized as Second Mail Post Office Department Ottawa JOHN A MEYER Managing editor JOHN Newt Editor CAROLINE Womans Editor V GEORGE HA5KETT Sport LAWRENCE RACINE Job Printing and Production THE EDITORIAL PAGE m Off ice Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger PAGE FOUR from the Files of and 50 Years Ago JULY The ruling prices for butter and eggs on the market last Saturday were and cents Miss Smith and Miss Beryl left on Sun day to spend two weeks vaca tion in Port Huron Detroit and Toledo Mayor J M Walton Mrs Walton and daughter Aurora left on Monday for Philadel phia to attend the annual division of the Sons of Temper ance of which Mr Walton is head Mr the teacher at Holland Landing public school has taken a school at Latch- ford The pupils presented him with an umbrella and Doris Evans read the address Rev Frank Cornell has re signed as the pastor of the Friends church at Winchester Indiana and he and Mrs Cor nell are moving to Florida early in October Mr Cornell was a former pastor at the Friends church in Newmarket Iast Friday evening the baseball team defeated Au rora by a score of in a game played at Newmarket and N e made home runs Sterling Cody pre sented William who was recently married with a beautiful clock in appreciation of his service on the ball team Mr J Muir left on Friday night to join the Toronto Ma sons in their excursion to Port Arthur He is representing Tuscan at the Grand this week Members of St Andrews choir presented Mrs Louis Knowles Bessie Kershaw with silver bread tray Spontaneous combustion of coal caused a slight fire at the United church on Friday after noon which was quickly extin guished Smoke damage was confined to the gym and boiler room JULY The granite block has arrived in town for the Haines memor ial The horticultural exhibition which was held at the skating rink on Tuesday and Wednes day was a decided success The building was decorated with evergreens flags and bun ting The entries totalled the largest ever The Citizens band provided music the first evening and on Wednesday the Newmarket orchestra and Mr Blake Hewitt who gave several songs entertained The brick work of the new hoot factory Aurora is finished but a slight delay in finishing is expected because the engine and boiler have not arrived Miss Clara daughter of County councillor Lundy is home from Toronto hospital for a months vacation Rev J Newcastle formerly of St Pauls church Newmarket has been called to the of St Matthews parish Toronto Messrs Walter and Walter left on Tuesday for the PanAmerican Early Sunday morning light ning struck the barn belonging to William three miles east of Sharon and it burned to the ground This years crop of hay some grain implements and three valuable horses also destroyed Mrs A Walker New Mex ico is visiting her sister Mrs Jos Kitchen at for several Mr and Mrs A K were the guests of Mr and Mrs J Cane last week on their houseboat near Raspberries arc very plenti ful in this vicinity Mr Jesse Kes wick had his barn raising last Thursday Mr Smith has the contract to overhaul and build new side walks in Zephyr THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY heck ALL GET IS PICTURES THAT DUST IN KANSAS rir NEWMARKET TRADE FAIR Preparations are completion for Newmar kets annual Trade Fair It promises to be larger than last year when the arena was filled for three days as visitors from miles around examined the goods and services available from Newmarket businessmen This year the fair has been extended a day the variety of exhibitors increased the odd flaw of last year remedied But even with the care and attention of its spon sors a committee of the Newmarket Horticultural Society it is noticeable that lack of space limits the scope of the fair It has been suggested that a second exhi bition held in the spring could accommodate those unable to show at the summer event We would suggest a further step the separation of the event from the Horticultural Society The fair had its origin in an effort to direct greater attention to the societys annual gladiolus show Three years ago in the town hall six merchandise exhibits and a variety of arts and crafts were included in the oneday gladiolus show Last year the show was enlarged but was exclusively business exhibits with the gladiolus show on the last day and the additional attraction of the Lions club bingo It is now so well established that we suggest it no longer needs the support of the Horticultural Soc iety There is no reason why the exhibitors cannot administer the event themselves The date is now deter mined by the Horticultural Societys gladiolus show Perhaps a later date might be more feasible or two a spring and fall show And the Horticultural Society freed of the respon sibility for the Trade Fair could perform the same func tion for the arts and craft workers that it did for the bus inessmen encourage the establishment of an annual show There have been excellent art shows the crafts men have their annual show too If both groups could be brought together as well as individual workers and groups from the district Newmarket would have a show without comparison LOOKS LIKE DEAD ISSUE The amalgamation issue seems to have become a dead issue at least it no longer commands the head lines it did a year ago when the municipalities were still laboring under the ultimatum of Premier Frost to amalgamate or else On the other hand there is evi dence of a new attitude on the part of the province in the establishment of a committee to review relations between municipalities and the province with par ticular emphasis upon financial matters It was largely to solve financial problems that the proposal for amalgamation was made We unblushingly admit great satisfaction in tins trend of events We opposed amalgamation from the start and take no small satisfaction in seeing it fade We may be celebrating too soon the final decision is not yet handed down but there is growing evidence that common sense will prevail despite the Globe and Mail which has earnestly promoted the proposal Amalgamation would be a painful blow to the county as it is now constituted specifically it would mean a higher lax rate for the municipalities in the north end We could never see why the north end municipalities should dip into their jackets to support the economic anachronism called Toronto And that is what amalgamation boils down lo Toronto in its haste to become the largest city in Canada is hastening the economic bankruptcy that attends the major cities on the continent Why should we in the north end be made unwilling parly to it The advantage of amalgamation uniformity in civic services and very much lo be desired could bo accomplished just as well by the alternate proposal by the county of intermunicipal LOSS OF INDIVIDUALITY Progressive education lias never become the issue in Canada that it has in the United Stales Generally Canadian educators have been content lo observe the experiment and where justified graft some part of the process onto our Canadian school systems Hut the belief that the purpose of a school was to adjust the child to society has never made much headway among Canadian teachers And it is a very good thing It would be if such an antithesis of democratic principle were lo become the rallying cry of a new school of education in opposition lo considering each child as an individual with individual talent and ability lo be developed and encouraged Wo mention the mailer because while progres sive education has not become a part of our educa tional processes the jargon of that educational philos ophy is being heard with increasing frequency indeed the practice of progressive education is becoming more general albeit unconsciously What more obvious THURSDAY THE TWENTYSIXTH PAY O JULY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYONE evidence of adjustment to society their own anyway than the way our young people submerge their individu ality in pursuit of the latest fad Their parents too for that matter And how frequently we hear the well meaning urging towards reconciliation with society the adop tion of the ways of the mass Our laws our tradition and our culture place heavy emphasis upon the individ ual we are continually strengthening the guarantees of individuality At the same time under the pressure of contemporary mores we submit daily to the demand for conformity for adjustment of our own ways to those of our neighbor GALE DECISION IMPORTANT Mr Justice Gale recently quashed a decision of the Ontario Labor Relations Board on grounds arising out of the manner in which the hearing was conducted The decision has since been appealed The matter would no doubt have rested there but for three circum stances the case involved the Globe and Mail circulation department it provoked wild outbursts from labor leaders and finally it may prove a welcome check on the practice of assigning judicial powers to adminis trative commissions by the government The first circumstances requires little comment beyond to note that the case because it involved a news paper has received a thorough airing Had the case involved an employer with less ready means of pub lication there might have been little note As it turned out the public has been provided with texts and facts as well as comment The second circumstance should be noted because it reveals a curious attitude on the part of some labor leaders an attitude that reflects no credit on them whatever For example here is what Sir Russell Har vey of representative on the board is reported to have said in part There is no room for the artificiality of law in the area of labor relations We must guard against being drawn under the law We will come under the law but never to the extent where our right to strike is diminished He Air Justice Gale viewed this as a court where there are two parties each with equal right Mr Justice Gale applied the ageold concept of law to the board But they are not concepts that have been recognized by Ontario legislation to be concepts of labor law Mr William president of the Toronto Labor Council went a step further The old way of fighting is more effective Lets say we will bypass the act either the act satisfies us or we wont accept it From their statements it is apparent that these labor leaders believe there are two kinds of law law for labor and law for the rest of us and that law for labor transcends the latter Their attitude should not he surprising indeed it is inevitable when the fre quency with which organized labor has taken the law into its own hands is remembered We refer to the numerous instances when picket lines in direct defiance of the Criminal ode have forcibly prevented entry into struck plants The petulance of labor is not the major issue The issue is that the Gale decision by reasserting the authority of the courts may check the practice of governments of assigning to commissions and boards whose task it is to administer specific legislation powers of the judiciary Two dangers of this practice are brought to light by I he Gale decision The first is that groups which are administered by such boards have a tendency to regard their particular board as the final word The second is that conduct of these boards has a tendency lo become arbitrary The Gate decision questions the manner in which the Labor Hoard conducted its hearing the reaction to such doubl is an outburst of denunciation There is a third danger which has in creasingly evident since the issue arose and that is the political danger Such hoards and the legislation which supports their existence are excellent menus to bargain with pressure groups Thus Labor Minister Daley although he deprecates the extreme statements of Mr Harvey and others nonetheless placates them With the assurance that the government is maintaining a watching brief over labor legislation and if there are any loopholes they will bo plugged What is the citizen to conclude from this What else is there to conclude but a subservience to a specific group regardless of lite rest of the public The outcries of labor are extreme to the point whore they may obscure the larger issue that of establishing hoards from which there is to appeal The significance of the Gala decision is that it helps bring such a practice buck to the where issues arising out of of legislation should bo settled in the first place with all I he protection of law and not by government appointed hoards i of people is their guaranty in and nation issues it of activities which rest is nor the of v v r Hie office of Slim has released Information on the recent Sinner decision on the Ash Can dispute A between Persians and tabbies over the order of handling in vestigating commissions to be on the way to a solution The Ash Can dispute started last week when a group of tab- hies disputed the right of entry of two large Persians into ash cans behind some stores on the southern continuation of Cedar St lane The nocturnal dispute reach ed such a low level that it re suited in a number of chewed ears clawed necks and the loss of several square inches of fur both tabby and Persian An arbitration board was set up composed of members from both sides This however be came a bad thing because the arbitration board got crazy with power and started making dictatorial demands on all par ties involved It appeared that the board itself had taken over sole right of entry into all cans in town to the exclusion of all other cats the board Tabby leaders were roused to high wrath and made state ments about overriding the law lock stock and ash can Unfortunately the tabbies ar ranged a meeting in the old fair grounds the same night that the Persians arranged a meeting in the old fair grounds The entire membership factions arrived at the same place the same A pitched battle ensued Later that night the arbitration board was sought out and badly handled by about enraged cats Last night tabby picket lines were in control of the fair grounds meeting and ex cept for sporadic outbursts of from ambushed Persians things had quietened down Things had become quiet enough that some of both tab bies and Persians regained enough good judgment to ap point your favorite correspond ent for a sensible judicial set tlement The facts arising out of Ginger decision of course hem withheld until this The office of Slim temporary public relations and screening department released the information today The decision has noted that no faction has a right to the fair grounds anyway because it had been taken over as a pub lic ball park and that the cats could never get to first base Very shortly floodlights would be erected and it would make a poor meeting place for cats at night considering the glare The release went on to say that neither tabbies nor Persians any right to over- step the that anycedy had a right to any ash can- Slim brought a he has out he delivered before a massed if cats tonight public relations official Sura Writes my speech es after fact i give aim Til Slim I have this her rpeech A a urea mind la that it and for a the authority have also as old British vig With curls hch viii wear pomp on delivering the final decision add a of to your The is the part of the text which SB compose and light in the alleys we will the ash cars we never steep to noting in a lie place And judge of situation I hereby imposes penalty of future overstepping of the And I hereby imposes that ash cans Will declared qui of bounds for all only the judge will be allowed entry into any trash cans cans or garbage sails All relating or pertaining to ash cans will become the pro perty of the judge There is nothing quite like the handing down of a simple judicial decision by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches There is not much doubt that this year will go down in the history of Ontario farming as one of the hardest years to get a crop of hay in There are few heartbreaks as hard to take as a good crop of hay in the field just a few rods away from where it could mean security and contented cattle and yet miles from being able to har vest it This wasnt made any easier by the fact that it was a great crop for quality Well it is getting in slowly and by the time the wheat gets cut and some of it stooked the haying should be well on to the finish This haying taught us a lot of things some new and some that we thought we knew and which we forgot First that when hay reaches a certain stage of maturity it will cure very readily and will take quite a hit of rain with out loosing all it leaves and col or What kind of hay it will make is another question But some hay we got in with two heavy rains on it looked better Inter in the season than some with less rain earlier on Secondly we realized over again that there is nothing bet ter for all around all purpose hay making than alfalfa Two years when the weather was dry it was the only thing that Stood up This year in an extremely wet year it was the alfalfa again that would take the heating mid still look like hay We dont think that red clover came through so well When it gets soaked so far it is hard to dry and turns black and very soggy We think that a good mixture of alfalfa and some grasses is the right thing for hay We will let add other things for special requirements and pasture and so on But when the chips are down it Is alfalfa for us Thirdly it was again a ques tion of luck if we cut the right time we could get around some rain and if we didnt we were caught The thing is that we never knew when it the right time until afterwards It takes quite a bit of timing and good fortune to hit it right and we dont think that our bat ting average is too high finally settled on a system letting the hay get soaked be fore raking if it had to soak sometimes we figured that was the time to let it happen And finally we learned it again for whatever good it will do us that when the going was good there wasnt enough of anything to do it with be it labor or machinery or time If two or three more wagons could have hauled the hay and if two or three more men could have- pitched on it might have saved some more good hay Welt the proof of the pudding is in the eating of it as they say What we still dont know is how good or bad the hay really is and we wont know until we put it in front of the greatest panel of judges any fair has seen And that is the cows We hope they will give us rib- for it and approve of the taste of it Then we will economically produced milk Which will bo a satisfaction anyway since that is the reward the producer gets these days INVESTIGATE r- iV fl l a iw