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(ghost speaker at. the Lions Club M y night. dinnex meeting held in ‘ room of the International howl. was Cliflom L Gibson of Tim- ,T‘.":z' midi, veiifil’stion engineer for the On, -- ' ma} Mining Association.‘ .. w. Gitfion speaking of his recent -' A reader of these columns professes to be “ confused. He is unable, he says to decide Exactly where We stand in the field of politics, ‘ religion, civic administration, etc. We sus- - “pect he is not alone in his confusion In ’ fa‘ct, it is possible that a good-sized club cauld be formed of those who are unable to tag this writer with a satisfactory label. vv 'v'-_w‘Cv ' sviscmmon uns- . ' 0 CM ”.00 Per Year. _ U. 8. ”.0. P" y." jns Hear Talk On “Suppose the workers are earning an aver- age wage 0! $1. 00 per hour. The company offers an increase of 12c to $1.12, but the union turns down the offer because they think a government board may give them more. They go on strike and stay om; for eight weeks. “Each worker loses an average of $358 (.pay Mr 8 weeks of 40 hours at $1.12 ‘an hour). At the end of that time the government board awards 18c, 6c more than the company ofl’er- ed. The company accepts the award, and grants 18c, but it will take the workers near- 1y three years’ work before this extra 60'Wi11 amount to enough'to repay their loss. “If, as seems more likely,zthe company res. fuses to accept the award and gives only 3c more (15c in all), then it will take the workers nearly six years of work before their extra 3c per hour will add up to the amount they lost by the strike. If the extra 3c or Go breaks a price ceiling, workers may take losses they dun never regain. - 1;: “It on the other hand, the workers had avoi- ded the strike and used every means to build up a sound relationship of good Will between their union and the company, and both sides. nod turned their attention to getting but ptoduCtion they could have gained much more than the extra 3c or Go in further wage in- ctreases. They could have saved their strike 1658 and won public gOOd will by turning out 3*: products other \peOple were waiting to y" ‘ . 3 “Some Strikes are unavoidable because management refuses to bargain in good faith. The AFL maintains, however, that a strike Should be the last resort, used only after genuine efforts at collective bargaining, con- dilation and arbitration have failed. The mason for this is clear. Count the cofi of a strike to the workers: niunlst) party has as little- right. to speak for labor as it has for the ex-s'ervlcemen -- which 1:; recent bids for public support, it pretends t3 do. Actually, it can tmthtplly claim to. K. i For local consumpthon we offer the follow- ing quotation from “Labor’s Monthly Survey” published by the American Federation of La- bon..-â€"- an organization, which, like the 010., :claims to speak for the wanking man. Under .To those of you who disagree with our opinions, we would point out; that you’re quite welcome to" write one of your own and send it 111. For after all ....... 9‘9? “Newman. 7:11 ‘3 Mathis-go say I: bfl3%ci by Mr. E. J. Laakso; an article prais- ing§Mr R. J Ennis â€"â€" none of which we agree mm; entirely, but all of which present inter- esting material, and any of which may have éome nearer to truth than anything you may find .in these editorials. Thus, it is that neither Mr. King nor Mr. Bracken can claim all our love. Either or both of them, in our opinion, can make mistakes. Surveying the local scene we find that neither Mayor Brunette, nor his spar- ring partner, Councillor Bonhomme, nor even that independent member of COuncil, Miss Terry, have received our consistent loyalty. Sincere as they may be in their desire to serve the public prOperly, we think they have the odd offâ€" day. In another matter, we find that although both mine- owners and mine- workers are interested in the same thing -â€" making money --- there is some difficulty in deciding what proportion each should receive. ' So there you have us: unwilling to become the propagandist for any party, creed or class, but quite willing to voice our opinion on any subject in which we may feel interest- ed and to permit others the same privilege. Sl‘htis it is that we publish this week, the cm ion of Mr. H. R Carlin; the criticism bfl' duby Mr. E. J. Laakso; an article prais- But, in more impressionable years, we came across Christopher Marley’s injunction to do our own thinking and to say what we thought. Thereafter, we found ouselves unable to vote consistently for any one political party; to believe entirely in the doctrine or any one church; to decide whether wealth, or the lack of it, caused the more trouble. ' For there is satisfaction in labels. And it is upsetting not to be able to tag ”a man, aqprganization or a journal as Conservative, EpiscOpalean and anti-labor,.or Liberal, Sec- conci Adventist and anti-capitalist. ginour opinion the Labqt‘iprogresslve (com- m ° RE humility: WHAT DOES A STRIKE COST? :9 South Amerlca. illustrated his 53: with slides and outlined the Where do YOU stand? WHO SAID THAT? m. “3° ”‘9"? 5”“? and‘recemly spent several months in sihcésis prevention work for the Min- ing Association of South America The spester was 1h1roduoed by Doug Carriere and thanked for his address by Maya: J. Me Brunette ., V During the business session. Jean Menard chairman of the newspaper committee announced that the special Lion’s edition of the Daily Press was scheduled (gr Jun. 8 and asked mem. bers to give the}: full ctr-operation in mm the 01le 4: access. Properly speaking, we suppose we should all go to church every Sunday. - So many of us don’t. For i. that reason we are taking the liberty of suggesting you make at least one trip to the church of your choosing ar- this Sunday, at least. We do not, believe labor will welcome the communists as spakesmen. In support of this, we ofler the following quotations: ‘ . ~ (l)â€"“The Communists look upon -‘ democ- r‘acy as'a bourgeois .fraud . . . A preference for dictatorship .lnfests their internal organ- ization . . . The Labor Party has nothing to fear from competition under democratic rulbs, but the same party, which ls a negligible opponent in open contests can be a serious menace as a fifth column working from with- in." p l ' \Last week in an editorial concerningplub 46 of South Porcupine,, we. stated that the club had the use or the high school gym- nasium. Our wish was rather tothe thought in- this matter â€"- the Club has yet to re- ceive permission. ' . There are so few things to hold on to these days; . Material values, mental conditions change rapidly -- affected directly and quick- ly by the Strife, turmoil and economical up- heavals of recent years. There remains un- shaken the solace and peace to be found in church. . Come to church Eas'ter'Sunday. Go to the ‘church of your choice.‘ You need the comfort and companionship to be found there” Go to church to celebrate this great day in accord- ance With your beliefs; You'll find a warm welcOme and a great benefit in“ the speCial Easter Sunday services planned by each. Come to church on Easter Sunday! ‘ If we have omitted any church, we are sorry. It was our intention to list them all, because, as we see it, the primary object in going to Church is to worship God â€"- not necessarily to increase the membership of any particular group of worshippers. ., We'are glad to hear, hoWever,Ithat they have hopes of lining up several gym instruc- Bresses for the classes they plan to conduct. (2)â€"“A recent study of two typical electric power plants contrasts the achievement of free enterprise with that of a government- controlled industry. The two plants were similar in size and other respects; one was lo- cated in Soviet Russia, the otherlin the United States. The Russian government-controlled plant required .11 workers per 1000 kilowatts of electric power produced; the American plant needed only 1.3 workers per 1000 kilowatts. We owe our high living standards to the efficiency of the free enterprise system. ” a No, it was not from any “capitalistic press” that the above qhotations originated. . Quota- tion No. 1*is from a Speech made by Ernest Bevin, foreign secretary of Britain’s E’abor government, to 300 Labor M.P.’s, in rejecting a formal Communist bid for affiliation. (His policy was endorsed by a vote of 260-to-6.) ‘ Street corner tax experts have in the past week made much of the fact that if the mines paid more money to the municipalities, mun- icipal taxes would be considerably decreased. In this they-~are guite correct, but the state'- ment is usually accompanied by a leer that in- sinua‘tes that the mine-owners could, if they wished, take much of the tax burden off our shoulders, Elsewhere in this issue there appears an advertisement. which seeks to encourage people to come to Church on Easter Sunday, and which lists the Sunday and other Easter services of the various churches in the camp. _ Qubtation No. 2 is from a survey Imblished by the_American Federation of Labor. ‘ speak only far Soviet. Russia, whose poorly conceived child it happens to he. ‘ ~ We disagree With the insinuation. Nothing 'is more certain than death and taxes except the fact that those taxes are paid when and where the government decrees. Gold comes under the heading of natural resources, and as such is not a matter for municipal adminis- tration. The mines pay their taxes to the government. It is the government which de- cides What amount of that tax money shall be returned to the municipality. ‘If their decis- ion" fails to deflect the. tax rate from its as- cending course, the mines cannot be blamed. Rather, the complaints on this score would be more correctly, addressed if they were for- warded to our provincial and dominion mem- bers of parliament, who are presumably elect- ed â€"- and paid â€"â€" to draw attention to the plight of the “neglected north”. ' Line of the Red 218 and asked “BE KIND TO MINES” WEEK CORRECTION, PLEASE! COME TO CHURCH an- Members of the Ca-Bo-Gl Club have decided to abandon the project of presenting their play in Klrkland Lake on Apr. 28. but the bowling team- went". also scheduled for that date, will take place as planned. A glee club is to be formed under the leaderShlp of Leo Plncham, it has Tvv qvuâ€"‘wâ€"w â€"â€"â€"â€"r been dec‘ldéd Members ai'e eagerly awaiting the Club newspaper. which 18 Bernie Hines of the Kii’kland Lake Lions Club. {as a guest at the meeting. :obeiséngaonsunday.my 12. 1 The Ginb‘s men’s «night is scheddled for Sunday, Ah: :1 . v Joseph McGrath. a patient, in the Private Patient); Pavilion, Toronto. CA-BO- 1 CLUB , ~ PLANS M N’S NIGHT ' Heavier municipal taxations, added .to speculative and prohibitive prices on real estate and homes will make home ownership impossible. Rents and other costs of living will drive the‘workers living conditions -below the danger point of existence. It is evident. that the workers cannot accept and carry this burden. . Moreover. an examina- tion of mere rudimentary facts will show such a policy is merely an addi- tional way of eXploiting the miners in the interests of profits for big'zitiining corporations. ‘ ‘ in midi; .on to heavy mm: taxes on. low incomes and a reply increase in the coat of living. in ’the mining municimmies of; Northern Ontario are penalised by inflame]? heavy municipal taxation. The 1946 budget for the Town of Timmins. as one example of this. provides for an {increase of 31.2 per cent tor public school supporters and an increase of 37.8 per cent for separate so ill sup- porters. The comparative rate appears as follows: Public School Supporters ., 1945 5608: mills 1946 - 77.0 mills Increase 16.2 mills 'Separate SchoOl Supporters 1945 - 61.7 mills 1946 - 85.03 mills Increase 23.33 mills Based upon the current taxation rates this meansa person with a pro- perty valued at $5,000.00 in Timmins will pay $425.00 in taxes for the current year if he is a sepai ate school suppor- .ter and $355. 00 if he is a public school supporter. The amount paid for education out of this tax revenue amounts to,11.97 mills for public schools, or $101,500.00 a decrease of 1.63 mills from last year. Separate schools .will take $116,000.00 or an increase of 5.5 mills over last, years allotment. This is roughly Hit]: of the total expenditures for 1946 as estimated at $1,107,210.00. The out- standing debenture debt amounts to some $600.000.00. This criminal economic assault upon the health and welfare of the workers of the North must come. w a halt. Without such a change, it will be use- less and in fact a; mockery to spend public funds as a mere pretence to The big question facing the .people of Timmins and other mining municipali- ties is how to meet these increased costs. of municipal government and services. Nearly all of the home own- ers are workers employed by..the- big mining Eorporations. Their .. cost of living is already above the margin of bare existence provided by wages mid to the gold miners .of‘the no'rtfi. ’Aud the living qcsts are mounting. "~ ; 1' Naturally the debt has giadually diminished during the war when or- dinary municipal expenditures have been lower. Shortages on manpowu and materials for local improvement werk have helped to balance the meagre budgets of the municipalities. This process has now come to an end. The 1945 fiscal year in Timmins began with a surplus of $24,000.00. in the civic budget and has ended with a deficit of $42,000.00. The period ahead will demand, extraordinary expendi- tures to catch up with work that has been defer-red during the war. Absence of proper Federal and Pro- vincial responsibility for social and welfare work will place a heavier bur- den upon the post-war budgets of municipalities.’ The lack of, Federal legislation to provide for subsidized low rental housing will add: heavy costs to civic budgets for housing orn- grams that must be undertaken. at once. Added to all this is the. sky- rocketing of prices. This trend is re- flected in the civic budgets for the current “year. which in the. case of Timmins amounts tb an increase of $149,912.00 in estimated expenditures over that of laStyear. ‘ It will be found best to divide the quantity of seed required into two parts. Then so“? in One direc-’ tion, using one-half the seed, after which sow in the opposite direction, using the other half 01 the seed. Go to even great pains to provide an even distribution of the seed. Sow on a calm day as it is impos- sible tqmake an even seeding on a windy gay. » Cheap seeds are fnféribi‘ in vi- tality and contain much inert chaff, low grade grasses and dangerous wqeds. By' DEAN HALLIDAY ‘ Released by Central Press Canadian Careful sowing or grass seed is Two patterns ‘ obviously a first step‘ towards a seed evenly are : goOd lawn. And after the labor or -companying Gard preparing the soil,’ ’don’t'be‘ “penny Figure on five wise and pound‘foolish“ by trying to seed per 1,000 sqx ecgnornize with cheap seed. , half pound per 1 yifir “’ [0- 3 .’ ; ’ GARDEWGRADH To sow GRASS _' ‘* EVENLY, 59W ‘ ‘ " " T. THE EDITOR; I. EDITOR’S NOTE: That Mr. Laakso should have takenihe trouble to write the above letter for publication, speaks highly of his interest in public affairs. We are glad to publish it in full without alterations. promote public health and welhre m the community. - Fully two-thirds not current, revenue in the Ton of 'l‘lnunlne ~earnee‘ lroxu taxes on homes and real'egtate. x't‘he workers pay nearly all ”of this. As compared with 1944. last years" revenue from government grants and subsldles, including the special school grant. was cut by some $15,000.00. Only $900.03 were received from gasoline taxes. Pr)- vlnclal grants account for less than 8 per cent of total revenue. Local bush- ess taxes account for about 4 per cent Industrial taxes are nll. For citizens of Timmins this inequit- ous 'itaxat cn swindle will hat end there. As if (to add insult to injury, the town of 'I‘immins has a contract with the Hollinger Gold Mines Ltd. for the pur- chase of the Town's water supply. It is safe to say that over the past twenty years Timmins residents have paid in the neighborhood of one million dollars for water in this -way. In addition to this the Town has helped to pay for a waterworks system in which it holds no equity. A judicial inquiry into this deal has been promised and should produce some interesting information. The struggle fer proper ,leglslations and subsidies from the federal and provincial governments and the struggle for wages are tied together. In all of this the people have to make common cause for justice. The work- ing peOple are the ones who suffer. They and they alone can assume the leadership that. is needed now to help the people forward to a better life in the postwar world. 5 way as to absolve the mine owners from responsibility for municipal taxes. That is true of Tech Township in re- lation to Kirkland Lake. It is true of the Porcupine Mining camp with its‘ seven gold producers within the Township of Tisdale. while Timmins as the largest municipality has not a single producer within its limits. Look at Sudbury and every other important mining town large or small and we find the same condition. Laws governing taxation of the mining industry are framed in such'a way as to aid huge profit accumulation and gigantic expansion at the expense of the workers’ standard of living. The mining municipalities of the North face the need of common action to force a reorganization .of municipal areas and a change in legislation to shift a greater share of the tax burden for municipal services away from-the workers and onto the backs of rich coupon clippers who can afford to take a turn at paying their ' wav for a change. _"'â€" â€"r"'d' New lawn should not be out until the lawn has reached a height of two inches. Do not cut the grass closer than to a height of 1% inches. A good appearing lawn is one that is not only cut to the proper height but evenly. , , -. While the Porcupine Mines distu- buted over $10, 000000.00 in clear pro- fits last year the town of Timmins ze~ ceived only $19,000.00 out of mines profits taxes. In 1944 Timmins gut $29. 757. 00 from this source as compa °J with $568, 000. 00 in prOperty taxes. Du:- ing the war this measly re'venue from gold mining taxation has dropped by 75 per cent. In every instance throughout the North the mining municipalities estab- lished to serve the people who work in the mines have been located in such The situation. moreover, calls for partnership as between the organized miners and all other sections of people in our mining towns in the' much needed efforts to raise the wage income of the workers. It you are' no? tértunate enough to have rain following the seeding. water the area lightly. using almost a {gist-like spray. _ It is clear the blame for the heavy burden of taxation, stagnant wage rates and mounting prices are products of an economic Vand political policy that favors big business monOply as against the common people. After sowing "the seed. - rake it into the soil lightly. not deeper than oneeeighth at an inch. Then to}! the area lightly. - Figure oh five poundâ€"3 of grass seed per 1,000 square feet. or one- half__pound per 100 square feet. Two patterns for sowing grass seed evenly are shown in the ac- cor_n_panying Garden-Graph. We are unable to' keep our own nose ANOTHER PATTERN ’ To Axiom . ‘ ~ \$POTTY 1 ._.. GROWTH g, E. J. LAAKSO mug 1 g: E? vâ€"v â€"‘w “ ‘wvâ€"v-vâ€" mun-com: for water in this way." shy: Mr. mm. adding, “In addition to this. the Town has helped to pay for, a waterworks system in which It holds no equity." populated by millions of eager and in- dustrious immigrants from the Old World. There were no little Canadiana in those days. Sir Wilfred, Laurier was a man or vision. and one .of the first things he did when he came to power in“ 1896 was to appoint Cliiiord Stitch as Minister of the Interior. ‘ Sitton at once went to work to or- ganize the first great inimigration movement in Canada. He established immigration omces all Over Great Britain and in Scandinavia, and he started a vigorous campaign which re- sulted in an ingrease of 1.800300 in _ A‘ Canada has the room and the res sources {or the maintenance 01 a great population, and it is sheer selfishness and short-sightedness to shut out gates against the immigration of en- ergetic people who have no room or apporunity for enterprise in the web crotvded . countries of the Old World. The heritage which Canadians now enjoy was created and pausduon to them by their immigrant ancestors. chiefly (mm the British Isles. The! were an adventurous and hard-w people and they suflered all kinds ” hardships cheerfully. 0% needs to -‘ -“ A“ then the home use“ at “I” is probably valued at 810.00. to ”5.0.05 Tlmmtns assessment vet-es hum not kept pace with market values; hence. in pert. the rather Nth mill-mic. (3) Mr. Laakso claims that ‘Th’nmms has not a single proaucer within its limits.” ..We would point out that the Iiollingcr is still producing, and is still within Timmins’ limits. At that time there were about seven million people in Canada, and it must be said to the creditcoi those oration. cal politicians and preachers that they had a vision or those wide spaces hem populated by millions of eager and in- dustrious immigrants from the Old World. There were no little Canadian‘: in those days. Sir Wilfred, Laurier was a man of vision. and one ‘01 the first things he did when he came to "v- v â€"v"_â€"â€". immigrationhomces all over Great chiefly from the British Isles. Britain and in Scandinavia, and he were on adventurous and hard-w started 9. vigorous campaign which rc- people and they sutured an kinch " suited .in an incmase of 1.800.000 in banishing cheerfully. _ needs to population durinfit the decade 1900-10 be. refreshed by' that pioneer from immigration alone. ' spirit today is we are to me a nu-r This figure was the main .. factor in ion worthy of our great heritage. ‘ ' (2) An even more marked error arises when Mr. Lnakso dbcum’ the amount the town has peld to Bollin- ger for water. “Over the put 20 yea: 'l‘lmmlns mldents have paid in the neighborhood of one million dollars Checking this million-dollar figure at the town hall, we find it to be actu- ally $417,389. There is no “in addition to this." -- the figure we have quoted, is stated to include payment for water received and used; and any payments made on plant and equipment. ijasca. Porcupine Gold Mines Limited Advised March 27th, 1946, that extentlonsions granged on options held by H. W. Burch so that 100,000 shares at 7%c,‘ payable by May, lst, .1946; 100,000 at 10c, by July lst, 1946; 100,000 at 12%;c, by September 1st, 1946; 200,000 at 15c, by November lst,_194'6; 200,000 at 15c, by January lst, 1947; 200,000 at 20c. by March lst, 1947; _ Don’t forget to attend the annual Easter Ball, to be held 011 Monday evening, Apr. 22, at the Rivexside Pa- vilion. _ Henry .Kelneckt and his or- chestra will be in attendance. of the whole of Canada. Great Bri- tain. with a population of about. 45 millions, is much smaller than Ontario. which is inhabited by less than four million people. I have made these comparisons in order .to show how big and, at the same time, how little this Canada really is. When a Canadian is speaking ,-boast- fully 01 Canada he is usually thinking of its vast territory. When I arrived in this country as an immigrant 35 years ago, the first thing that im- pressed me was its spaciousness. as compared with England, and the great distances one could travel without lee- ing much sign of human habitation. Political ‘ orators and preachers in those days fused to -rhapsodiz'e on the vastness of this Dominion. «Betlnning with Cape Breton. they would sweep in imagination across the farm lands and “vir’gin forests" of the eastern provinces. pause to admire the Prair' ies, ‘clothed with golden grain," “the granary of the-Empire!” and finish up with a peroration .on' the mashincen-t. sunsets over the ARockies.’ Sir Wilfred Laurier declared‘t‘hat the “twentieth century belonged to Can- ada,” and he ushered in a period or eXpansion and prosperity ,Whieh is re« membered as “Canada's Gold n Age." He did not anticipate that 6‘ great international conflicts which have intervened. But those conflicts are now behind us and Camp yet fulfil the prephecy of tha ' . ‘ _ states-t man. We need such men envision, of faith and courageous enterprise too day. The vast empty spaces of this Do- :minion are yearning for human in- habitants. and even in the settled re« alone there is ample r times the present populist for ever being [Emind ’ needs foreign markets 1 products, and that is very true. but it is true largely because our home market . pepulation - is too small._ By means of an immigration move- ment we can enlarge our home market and save the cost of tea tation. ”910 people will mean We _ 5 fm- tho. nmduntn of mu- far'mn and Belgium is one of the smallest coun- tries in the world it could be tucked away in one corner of Ontario, and yet it has a population equal to that of the whole of Canada. Great Bri- tain; with a population of about. 45 millions, is much smaller than Ontario. which is inhabited by less than four million people. Canada is one of the largest coun- tries in the world, and yet it is one of the. smallest nations in the World.' With a territory stretching over fivo thousand miles from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and an average breadth of about 500 miles of lived-on laudai'rom the United States border, northward; this Dominion. has a population of only eleven and a. half .mi-llionpeople.‘ "Mind it we stay in the vestry for a day or two “hile we look for an apartment. "" ‘ MINING NOTES EASTER BALL ALI; SET FOR MONDAY- SALLY'S. .SAJ-L'IES' CANADA’S GOLDEN AGE » BY LEWIS MILLIGAN porch; with t pipe We would rather sit. and wallow. it» a home in our Snob Hollow. We are fed up with the clatter of the press. we are feeling rather lazy and our mind is far too busy. .to sit up nightly typing out. this meSS. v.â€" â€" â€"â€"v vâ€"- v--â€" We“ see no aenae in early rlslng to solicit advertising. from where we slt. the paper's doing well. It ,you do really do not mlnd. let’s pretend that. we’ve reslgned. and you 'de'ai‘ Irlenck.’ may, wlth all posslble celerlty and dis- patch. proceed to that 'reglon whloh can be adequately lndloated by the downward 12°ng of the index finger of elthcr hand. . '1 an tired of sitting solemn. in this m. writing colunins. *1 an weary (I! that! constant need for \Type. It I could have nu wishes. I’d be chasing affix-fishes. or sitting on the sun By means of an immigration move« meal: we can enlarge our home market and save the cost of its. tatton. More people will mean alumina“ tor the products or our farm: and (victories. more business for our stores and commercial institutions. and more freight and passengers for our great and underworked railway system. The,_ figures for immigration arrival were actually reduced from 1,166,004 in mafiaâ€"year period 1921-31 to an all-time-low of 140,361 in the ten yeaxs of 1931-41. .1 The vast empty spaces of this Du- mtnion are yearning for human in- habltants. and even in the settled rec gions there is ample r times the present populgt for ever being rétntnd needs foreign markets 1 products. and that is very true. but it is true largely because our home market - papulatlon - is too small.» the gain of 34.17 per cent". which' to total population of Canada. registered in {those ten years, and which was relatively larger than the :lgvowh of any modern country during that per- iod. The next decade started out with an intensification of this immigration movement, but a recessionset in with the Outbreak of the First World War. jiw . Verse. and more or it. as mother used to say when she cra'cked us over the head with her thimbie. 'Actually. we are not sure whether om'"ipresent attitude is due’ to the ’weather, or to the strain of trying to ignorethe fact that today is our birthday. Something is definitely bothering us “-wwe keep thinking the oddest thoughts; Only yesterday. when we were setting forth to interview the enterprising manager of one of Timmins’ new industries, we began wondering, as we walked down Pine Street. about how Venetian blinds are made. , -- Then softly, in a billowy thiil'. oi’ sooty smoke from across the tracks. came the answer: You-can make a Venetian blind simply by throwing soapy water in his eyes. ~ Temporarily, that is. jlw ~ - We can't imagine what you- are still hanging around for. unless it's that you are itching to hear how we are making out with our newly acquired Flufl’y Ruffle Petunia. We 3r; glad to paSs on the news that things in the petunia department are ‘very much to the good. Its original blossom was pinched off in the process or introduc- ing it into a flower pot, but a new Fluffy Rufl’ie has bloomed in its place. Mother Nature is right in“. there, pitch- ing. All departments of the municipal building and the town library will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday, it is stated; 5 ‘ Town Hall And Library. Take Easter . HQIiday we hie vexzy; much. What. we did not like was the remark he passed when he offered us the fish. ' ' “Sweets to the sweet’fl‘he “sigid, “Hav‘é’ some of these! fish. ” ‘ ' Forgottenin this list of good things that happened to us last; ‘week is a potted violet When it bioOms. we will let you know -- don’t keep pestering us with phone calls. jtw Another neighbour has been king! enough to donate a, bucket of- smelté. freshly shipped to him on ice. .These l and wand/eon to nmlsrant ancestors. British Isles. may as and hard-w sutured all kind: 'â€" ly. 0% negdl to ‘0 You