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the tribune thursday march 23 1919 wxt 5frttmn james thomas editorlnchlef established 1888 charles h nolan publisher barrebeacock advertising manager ecitor1al dept ed scbroalar jlra holt display advertising oept lots wldwun ilaria efflmarsoa buswess office joan marshman dor o 0 c eil giant published every thursday t 54 main st sioufmile onl tel 6402101 toronto phone 3611680 single copies 20 e subscriptions s1000 per year in canada 2600 elsewhere member of canadian community newspapers association and ontario waauy newspapers asso second class mall registration number 0896 the tribune is one of the inland publishing co limited group of suburban newspapers which in cludes the ajax whitby pickering news advertiser brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke gazette liarkharn economist and sun newmarket aurora era oakvule beaver oshawa this week uississauga news oshawa this weekend acton free press milton canadian champion and the georgetown independent 6402100 3611680 editorials menace of pinball machines pinball machine operations sometimes under the guise of allencompassing ar- diades have politicians and police caught up in a vacuum as to who should impose and enforce controls the municipality or the province if it is the municipality then whitchurch- stouffville for example has other than through zoning no controls at all the towns wideranging amusement bylaw is extremely loose if it is the province then enforcement of whatever rules are applicable would appear to be ml authorities at one level or the other possibly both should take a fresh look at this type of recreation as far as were concerned its bad news at any location where young people with nothing to do tend to congregate fortunately this town isnt plagued by too many pinball hangouts however in our opinion too many is one an application for another is now being considered by council it should be rejected going by what weve seen legislators dont seem to understand the farreaching consequences such amusements can cause its a disease that prompts young people ten twelve fourteen years of age to cheat steal and gamble for what merely to win free games that further encourages more cheating more stealing and more gambling on top of all this someones reaping a fortune out of thousands of misguided kids kids so caught up in this moneygrubbing toy theyre hooked they cant let go we say tighten and enforce legislation on all pinball operations or ban them com pletely if lawmakers cannot appreciate the seriousness of the situation we suggest they contact the police or better still some of the thousands of concerned parents they know so do we the trcbune this time around it had better be right the towns golden mile over the years this newspaper has been critical of outmoded planning policies in the townships of whitchurch and markham that permitted the westend entrance to stouffville to be potmarked by everything from private residences to service stations this hodge podge of days past will prove costly to repair it can be accomplished only through the outright purchase of properties most at prices far and above their actualworth town planners it seems have come to appreciate the showwindow value of this onemile strip theyre determined that past errors will not be repeated while their goal to obtain new industry comparable to mcneil laboratories and cable tech may seem like so much pie in the sky we feel the municipality has every right to expect even demand nothing less in some instances its too late to remedy the damage already done in others its not we hope that irrespective of criticism whitchurchstouffville sticks by its guns and makes estate industrial and commercial development a top priority roaming around a hot time in an extra hot tub by jim thomas trapping made less cruel leghold traps are cruel weve said it so has the ontario humane society without result until now this week james auld the minister of natural resources announced the in troduction of a new trapping device that in the words of a department spokesman holds an animal firmly without pain or injury the ministry calls it a significant im provement whatever its imperfections its sure to be better than anything marketed before the honorable minister and his aids are to be commended for responding to the concerns of many people and this newspaper newspaper editors are always receiving invitations like general motors unveiling a new line of cars invite the press madame burjois opening a new ladies wear store the medias invited a ribboncutting at the holeinone donut shop the newspapers there not always because it wants to be but because it feels it should be a community service so to speak but not all you are invited cards are local on occasions they filter in from the city the big city that is these for the most part are readdressed mto spademans disposal there are exceptions however like the one signed simply the hot tub club 9 isabella street toronto the name intrigued me not to the extent that i immediately circled the date on my calendar but to the point that i thumbtacked it to my nb bulletin board however the written invitation wasnt enough on the day of the event i received a phone call the girl at least i thought it was a girl wanted to know if id be able to make it i told her i could and my intentions were good but as so often happens in this business something came up a meeting a picture to take an assignment more important than a dunk in a tub so i passed it up still i felt obligated a promise is a promise i said to myself when the time is right ill go that time was saturday on the pretext of keeping a business appointment downtown i left my wife and the kids at bridlewood mall warden avenue and finch the selfarranged interview wouldnt take over two hours i said from the outside the building had all the appearances of an unused factory in fact except for several signs posted in the win dows i would have passed it by howdifferent on the inside activity galore at the pay wicket a male with a rather highpitched voice made me welcome a locker is four dollars a room is six he stated whats the difference besides the money i asked the room is more private he explained with a wry smile it has a bed considering my privacy important in a place i knew nothing about i agreed to pay the extra the key was an additional 2 refundable on its return my room was no 60 go left then right then left again he instructed the interior was a labrynth of corridors so dark and confusing i kept walking in circles en route i bumped into several half- naked men i think all equally confused as i where in s the tub asked one lost soul search me i replied im still looking for my room the fourth time around i found it nothing like a unit in the holiday inn but adequate space needed to change ones clothes like the chap before me i too couldnt find the tub my eyes just wouldnt adjust to the dark so i asked and was directed to a sizeable open space at the far end the vats were huge shaped something like the old wooden buckets we used to hold apple butter down on the farm only one was occupied two guys sat on the edge dangling their feet in the drinjra t fy and no wonder they dangled it was boiling the water rushing in from two sides creating a kind of whirlpool in the centre while the two chaps seemed to resent the intrusion i sat between them they made no mention of me waiting until they were through besides there was plenty of room for three u immersion to the waist was all i could stand even at that i felt like a cannibals breakfast the other two obviously more experienced than i went all the way after ten minutes id had enough i stumbled and bumbled my way back to the room changed into my clothes turned back the key and returned to the street with barely enough time to make it to bridlewood by four there my wife was waiting my but you look chipper she said displaying the things she had bought chipper i replied in the other world ive just come from they use a different word she didnt ask what and i didnt tell window on wildlife woodchuck sentry of the fields by ari- briggs-jude- a ribbon of steel a ribbon of steel looking east along cpr line from the level crossing south of glen major uxbridge township 7th concession of jim thomas apart from the arrival of the longtailed blackbirds and the cheerup song of the friendly robin a sure sign of spring is the appearance in the fields of the woodchuck this chunkey catsized mammal with a short tail can be seen these days scurrying across patches of melting snow or foraging for food on the sunny slopes of last summers pasture and forage they must at this season for the grass and plant shoots on which they thrive do not always appear at the same time as these impatient animals and while this emergence from hibernation is supposedly connected with a shadow sighting on feb 2 in our part of the continent at least these groundhogs are still asleep on that date actually its the male woodchucks that come out first we saw one march 3 and they immediately begin searching for a mate and a meal but with the lack of tall grass cover and leafless shrubs and trees they are especially vulnerable many chucks end up in the jaws of a sly fox or a crafty coyote while others fall victim to the hazards of the highway a woodchuck hole is a long passage ex tending from 20 to 40 feet underground it has the customary pile of loose dirt around the main entrance but no earth is visible in the area of their second opening a well con cealed emergency exit when woodchucks go into hibernation in october they foresake their usual summer haunts choosing instead a burrow in a neighbouring woodlot often when such holes are deserted by these animals they are taken over at various seasons by others cottontail rabbits and skunks find them ideal havens while foxes often enlarge them for use as a nursery den when a woodchuck digs a burrow be chooses the sight wisely usually it is the highest section of the meadow or on the slope of a hill crop fields adjacent to wooded areas are favorite den sights for here the ground- hogs have the best of two worlds for feeding but whether its a winter burrow or summer hollow you can rest assured it will be situated in an area that is dry and normally not subject to flooding there are exceptions last spring for instance while out looking for early migrants i spotted what i thought was a raccoon perched on an old section of rail fence above a flooded field a closer look with the binoculars however showed a very con- cerned woodchuck waiting for the water to subside during the long hibernation period woodchucks live off the layers of fat they build up in late summer and early autumn and while a male may weight in the neighborhood of 10 pounds when he goes into his deep sleep the same animal weights little over 6 pounds when he emerges in the late winter a month from now or about the time the dandelions and coltsfoot are showing their yellow heads four or more young will be born in the depths of the burrow at first the tiny offspring are like little bears naked and weighing only an ounce or so they grow rapidly however and soon are moving about in order to keep them confined to- the natal chamber before weaning nature keeps their eyes closed for the first four weeks at five weeks of age however the young woodchucks can be seen romping around the entrance hole where a sharp warning whistle from the mother sends them scurrying below for like many other animals and birds the father is seldom seen nearby after the young- are born the youngsters stay with their mother til about midsummer when they must fend for themselves and find a new territory in the lush greenery of the summer landscape such an undertaking is not too difficult although the daily bid for survival against predators often is where woodchucks are very numerous especially in closely cultivated farmland they do create problems here their burrows present a potential danger to the legs of horses and cattle while their stripping of corn and other grain causes some crop loss their dependence on young garden vegetables are well known to most of us who put a spade in the soil in fact in some places a fine chicken wire fence is needed to save the local bean and lettuce but controlling and reducing its numbers does not mean its total elimination for how less interesting would our landscape be without the brown form of a squat woodchuck sitting sentrylike beside his mounded fox- y hole editors mail dear editor j one thing is sure our mayor eldred king will never be accused of wasting taxpayers money its obvious from his comments he guards our tax dollars like they were his own and this is fine however by pinching pennies he can 9 strangle the town by this i mean nothing is accomplished without spearheading certain projects this in my opinion is what com munity spirit is all about daniel ryan tenth line south stoaffvuie