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H T fcr W C- Pages fromthe Editors Notebook The new registry office is a welcomed asset to the town ex cept that it is hidden behind the fire hall and the old regis try office building- The most impressive part of the building is the interior The improved working conditions will be ap preciated by the staff and mem bers of the legal profession One criticism is that the en trance is in a side alley The new office entrance has a pleasing suggestion of Greek architecture but is hardly noticed by passersby We wonder why property was not purchased south of the build ing so that an entrance could be made to the new office from Millard Avenue If that had been done the front door of the office would be opposite a new Bel Telephone exchange build ing now being constructed The Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a preelection pub lic meeting this year to be held on a night other than nomina tion night This suggestion has been made several times during the last few years but never carried out before So much time is taken up by nomination procedures at the regular meeting that there is insufficient time for all speak ers to put forward their opin ions on town affairs Another problem is that the first speak ers take up considerable time and by the time the last ones have their chance at the plat form most of the attending electors have gone home The Chamber of Commerce is to be congratulated for taking the initiative We only hope that all candidates will take ad vantage of the opportunity and that there will be a good at tendance at this meeting Nov ember We suggest that advance notice be given the public to name the speakers who will be at the meeting Possibly an in dication in the press of some topics to be discussed by candi dates would encourage a good turnout From the Files of 25 and 50 Years Ago 17 Skies of Erin Ireland has been called the Gem of the Sea and is one of the greatest pleas- sure countries of the world Tribute has been paid to the Skies of by artists again and again and few towns can in so few minutes offer such ready access to such a variety of beauty as Belfast the capi tal of the North It is not a city of antiquity but Mother Nature has been generous with her gifts of picturesque beauty The city breathes a cultural at mosphere which emanates from its splendid university It is noted for its magnificent harbor with excellent steam ship service railroad and bus lines that branch out to the principal points of interest in the North Mr and Mrs If Eves spent the weekend with their daughter Miss Olive at St Thomas Her school chums here will be pleased to learn that she won the senior cham pionship at the athletic games and was presented with a silver cup by- Rev Wilson former pastor of Keswick Methodist church She also won five rib bons Mr Leslie Evans of Toronto spent the weekend with Mr Ronald Miss Williams of London England is visiting with Mrs Hunter Lome Avenue Miss Dennis from Ottawa is spending the with Mrs A Evans Miss Fay Wagner was visit ing her grandparents Mr and Mrs Julius Rogers over the weekend Mr and Mrs of To ronto spent the weekend at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Rushbrook Mr and Mrs A of Sutton West spent a couple of days last week with Mr and Mrs Newmar ket Mr of Toron to formerly miller at Mill was in town last Saturday and was pleased to meet old friends Among those who were suc cessful in Bachelor of Arts at Queens University Kingston was Mr Sinclair of Newmarket Mr Cecil Bond from New motored down on Saturday to take his wife back home She lias been spending a few weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs October Mr Cyrus reports a second crop coming on his berry bushes It has been such a delightfully bright and mild fall Male Chorus For some years the musical talent of the town has been lying dormant We are pleased to learn that in ad dition to resuscitating the band efforts are being made to or ganize a male chorus Some have signified their willingness to assist in this laudable object and any other musically inclin ed men young or old who would like to further this pro ject should send their names to Mr Schmidt manager of the Specially Works The annual meeting of the Curling club was held at For syth House on Monday even ing That the good old game is on the boom in Newmarket was by the large number of young and old curl ers present Town Band The set of band instruments belonging to the town which were sent to To ronto for repairs arrived here on Monday and the newly or ganized band met for practice in the fire hall on Tuesday ev ening The repairs cost Which was generously contrib uted by our factories and busi ness people Mr and Mrs Lehman al so Mrs Ed Cleland left on Thursday to visit friends at St Thomas previous to attending the convention at London next week Mr and Mrs Elliott of were guests at Maple- ton a couple of days this week Mr Elliott was on expert judge on cattle and sheep Brad ford fair on Wednesday About ladles of the Orillia met the home of Mrs J P Belfry one afternoon last week and in recognition of her tabors in the Interests of the work conferred the distin guished honor of making Mrs Belfry a life member of the society Mrs Stevenson who was vis iting at the Bowery for a couple of weeks returned to the city yesterday accompan ied by Mrs On Thursday evening of last week a parly of Newmarket people were entertained at Prof Coomers art gallery Aurora Canada Plowing Champion v- Oil photo Winner of Canada top plowing trophy for the second Urns la three years Bob Timbers center of Timbers who was Canadian champion in won the Esse Plow at the International Plowing Match near Leaming ton again last week Runnernp was Jerry Ferguson lct Edwin Mickey of Portage Man came third awl will travel to England with next year to compete for the world title Ferguson qualified for the trip because no province remitted sacra oat mm on least Serving Newmarket Aurora and the rural of North York The Newmarket Era The Expross Herald every Thursday of Main St Newmarket by the fro end Express limited for two years for one year in advance Single copies each Member of Class A Weeklies of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Audi Bureau of Authorised a Second Class Mail Pott Office Department Ottawa JOHN CAKOIINE Womens RACINE Job Printing and THE EDITORIAL PAGE THURSDAY THE TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND HIGH STANDARDS IN COURT HUMAN RIGHTS are precious Most people take them for granted forgetting that it took centuries of struggle in Britain to win them and further vigilance in this country to keep them The average citizen seems little concerned about guarding the rights of the indi vidual But the practicing lawyers the judges the crown attorneys and the magistrates in our courts are the guardians When a charge is laid against the individual he has the right to a fair trial According to the law in our democracy he is innocent until proved guilty The members of the legal profession and of the courts must see that our high standards in the administration of justice are maintained and in this duty is included a responsibility for the rights of the individual In a recent case at the Newmarket court Magis trate 0 S reviewed the charges against three men in connection with the keeping of a common gaming house The magistrate refused to convict one of the three men because of a lack of sufficient evi dence presented to the court The local magistrate has shown on many occasions that he has tolerance for flimsy evidence an indication that the rights of the in dividual are conscientiously upheld There was a day when the duties of magistrate were token by an ordinary citizen who had no legal ex perience and probably little education It was possible that the local plumber or blacksmith was the magistrate The tendency to conclude that a person is guilty because the police say so once threatened the rights of the in dividual and even today the attitude sometimes needs to be corrected in some courts But generally speaking we can take pride in the high standards in magistrates courts of today TOWNS COOPERATE THREE TOWNS Bracebridge and Gravenhurst cooperated in a general promotional cam paign this fall for the Cavalcade of Color when On tario residents were urged to visit the holiday district and see the fall colors when the woods were at their best Large colored foliage posters were distributed in many parts of Ontario to lure visitors to the scenic won derland this past month It was a good example of how neighboring munici palities can cooperate for the good of all concerned if they want to do so This newspaper has been trying to put forward the idea that much good would come out of cooperation between the neighboring municipalities in this district particularly in planning for future de velopment of the area COULD HAVE LED REFORM THE NEWMARKET council has turned down the proposal for increased salaries for members of council We refrain from using the term raising their sal aries because that was not the purpose of the motion by Councillors A and Alex Hands The spon sors of the proposal were of the opinion that salaries including maximum of annually after three years of service and for the mayor would result in strengthening the basis for good local government Some members candidly stated that it was political sui cide Others not come out and say it but it could guessed that they had the same fears So the members of town council will continue to receive five dollars each for every regular meeting of town council They will continue to attend numerous committee meetings special meetings meet visiting de legations hear problems and carry out a variety of public services as a matter of civic pride but at the of their own businesses or jobs Possibly future members of the local government will faced with the temptation of accepting political favors pos sibly they will itiopl ilium to offset the material losses incurred in serving Iho public These are some of the theoretical flaws in the system which Councillor was trying to overcome Wo are that council did not go through with the proposal No doubt a of council thought there would lo a lot of bail publicity and that their own political careers might come to an end We do admit that wo could foresco candidate up oh tho nomination platform in a few weeks saying will servo town for practically nothing if these men wont But there was much moro to bo gained Newmarket could shown its courage in leading the way to reform in the municipal government system Al though the adoption of the salary system on a perman ent basis would mean two additional mills on the tax rate in a year the plan could have been implemented easily on a trial basis for this year Salaries would have been effective for only two more months and the results of the test would have been indicated in the number of new candidates at nomination meeting at the end of November If the test proved to be a fail ure the salary system could have been put back on the old basis SALARIES JUSTIFIED THE PROPOSED salary increase would have meant approximately two additional mills on the tax rate another burden some ratepayers might have said Yet with an elected body the members of which receive Vespectable remuneration for their services no doubt the two mills could be saved After all the council operating a business which spends a half million dol lars a year If the same efficiency were demanded of the elected representatives as found in the operation of a private corporation possibly taxes would not be so high As the municipal system now functions a con siderable allowance for error must be given to Vol unteers who are administering this public corporation on a parttime basis Policies which should have been adopted to prevent high taxes have required a long time to be implemented One of them is a policy of requir ing subdividers to pay extra amounts of money on resi dential development projects to offset town costs At present there is a restriction on subdividing until indus trial development takes place but the time will come when further residential growth will take place Will again be free to exploit the town without paying the usual extra municipal charges as levied in other municipalities We do not think that the ratepayers of this municip ality would have any objection to paying reasonable sal aries to the elected representatives when the town is being administered well We congratulate Councillors and Hands for acting according to their convic tions Councillor Hands who says that he plans to stand for reelection showed courage in supporting the pro posal a few weeks before election time WHY KILL MOURNING DOVES Fergus NewsRecord Admittedly the ways off the Department of Game and Fisheries are sometimes beyond reason but its hard to believe that an open season has been declared and hunters can go out and kill off that rare and beautiful bird the mourning dove Many people never seen a mourning dove A few get so annoyed at the sound of what a dove con siders a love call that they would to take a shot at one But the bird lovers and other inhabitants of small towns and countryside regard the shy dove as one of Ontarios most beautiful birds The species is not largo enough to provide a meal for anything larger than an owl Why in world should some moron in Queens Park suddenly decide that the mourning dove is a game bird Only one argument seems to have been advanced Its legal to shoot mourning doves in some states so we may as well shoot them here too Tho argument doesnt carry much weight In southern states there is no penalty for shooting robins or young negroes FOR SAFER CARS PROM A SPECIAL committee of California doc tors who have seen and treated a lot of traffic injuries come suggestions that are decidedly worth serious consideration of the car designers reports Financial Post To protect the pedestrian and children on bicycles these doctors advocate rubber bumpers smooth rounded front ends and elimination of ornaments protruding handles and other points that may spear or catch To protect driver and his passengers would tie down things firmly inside A person has times a hotter chance of staying if he is kept inside tho car rather than thrown out Virtually all the changes recommended by this committee nothing to do with how well the car operates Wisely the doctors concentrated on their own field tho saving of life Recently in new car models some of these safety suggestions been carried out and for its own sake it is to bo hoped that the public or at least the saner part of it will approve The etate is the servant not the master of the people the state is their guarantee against infringement on their rights their agent in international and national issues it is not the function of the state to assume the direc tum of those activities test on individual ATI nS5S Oft ice Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men Anon Slim and Uncle Chazz have been loading up the Pierce Arrow in preparation for the annual hunting trip walked over to the rear of place east of the railway tracks Saturday Slim was strapping duffle bags to the roof rack and alongside the bonnet From inside the Arrow came muffled voice think we need to shift this bag off coal here to the centre or add some ballast on top of the tent there otherwise her centre of be wrong and the list to port Wheres the bad tire port or starboard asked Slint I switched her onto one of the spare rims replied Wall I think she travel okay said Slim stand ing back and taking a long look at the old seven passenger sedan The Arrow is a beautiful vehicle more like a craft than an automobile They dont make cars as good nowadays It has plush upholstery and blind In the rear window Its so high that Urchin the press man can stand up inside it Urchin who is mechanically minded takes a great interest In the Arrow and works on the motor every Saturday night Urchin says that he is going to do something to the valves shell be more powerful the trip this fall Urchin is going along as chief engineer in charge of the motor Hes pretty ingenious with en gines He put a piece of sole leather on a piston rod end which was all worn flat and it works tine now Uncle Charlie said that was something like a suggestion a fellow once made to overcome the noise from flat wheels on street cars Make the tracks sponge rubber he said The Arrow has two opera seats which fold out of bock of the front seat They are very handy when youre up against overloading prob lems Slim and have a tank of outboard strapped in one and a barret of cider in the other claimed to be most essential for hunting By four oclock they had the whole thing loaded for the hunting trip well in advance of schedule They dont hunt for another two weeks Every things in now but the grub declared Slim surveying the scene There wasnt much of the Arrow which you could see There was everything strapped to it a set of oars duffle bags the punt on the back end a Buffalo robe over the hood gear on the roof and the fend ers loaded with extra used tires rope logging chains and tanks of gas I dont think we could get another thing in it or on it said theres what I calls efficient by cracky said Slim They were to be disappoint ed Just then Urchin drove into place with his mod ified Whippet Six and rushed over to the scene of Have you got the spare he cried Spare questioned Slim Weve got six spares We got em from the disposal yard hind Hands place No I mean the spare en gine said Urchin impatiently Never knew we had one declared Uncle Chan You dopes We have to have a spare engine I dont know whether them hold which I put in last Saturday night If they go we cant re pair the original so I got this spare motor here at the back of your place Slim Guess you missed by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches We were up la the air the other day the second time within the last few weeks as a matter of fact We dont mean up in the air in the sense this expression is usually employed We are up in the air more often than that We were in an aeroplane on a nice sunny day travelling over the fall country Much has been said about the beauty of the country People write about walking in It or driving in it they describe see ing It from the train from the from the shores of lakes and oceans We can as sure you that there unmatch ed beauty to be found looking at it from up above It isnt poetry are trying to convey to you today nor are we trying to sell you plane tickets We do wish though that every farmer could have a chance to see his land from up above That Is before he retires and the family finds oc casion to print the customary in about him There ore few things pret tier air than a plowed field Nor are there any mis takes that dont show up Front five rods away on the ground you may not where a stone threw the plow out hut may we assure you that from feet above it is plainly visible If you are trying to sell the farm and are not particular about telling about that bare knoll all buyer will have to do is to go up in a plane and he will see it all right You would also be amazed at the intricate patch that cows on pasture will carve out and how plainly visible the untidy spots are As a matter of fact It would be interesting to have a farmjudging competition based on an aerial view or even aerial photographs The country around the Nia gara fruit belt was especially beautiful- small well- pruned fruit trees looked like ft deep pattern in some furniture covering and the grapes were like small patches of handi craft Later on the other side of the border we were over part of Pennsylvania and Ohio There Is a lot contour farm ing While it Is more accepted there than it is here a farm worked and laid out that way makes more sense from the air There is a lot to be learned from these views and aerial for most of the country are now available We are even convinced that a very good approach to the use of fer tilizing could be achieved by looking the vegetation from Nor is farm land the only thing changed and new from the air New highways are intricate braiding quite beauti fully designed that seem to tie the country like a large parcel tied with strings Cities appear at night like colored beads stretched out in straight rows and the great lakes are like solid sheet of rolled into sort of corduroy by the wind sometimes with small rows of white marks the Flying a Very enjoyable experience because of the view down below and because we only have to trust one driver which you must admit Is an improvement on highway driving RECORD CROWD HONORS Onto Probably the only US Import who has played fiftfe ball continuously since guard Herb Is with has wife at stadium Montreal where a record crowd atXSM joined in Herb Wagner day tired but still is a bulwark on the Montreal Use fa Wagner received silver trays and at halftune game won by Montreal