The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

2-.orono weekly times, april_24th, 1974 oronoweeklytimes UpAndDow Mayrevampee Second-2Iass Mail Registration Number 6368 The Book Stacks fo r a nimal disposalI Published every Wednesday at the office of publication SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada $3.00 . ....U.S.A. $4.50 WHO WILL GET CAUGHT IN THE CORNER One thing the minority gavernment has accomplished, without any doubt, is that it has provided the opportunity for everyone to speculate when the next federal election will be forced upon the government. For the last year and a half we have had many lows and highs in speculation for an election and we again find ourselves with prediction coming out of the federal capital that we can prepare for a June election. News out of Ottawa is more on how or when the next election will be held and just who may force the issue. David Lewis is about the claim of possible withdrawal of support from the liberals again and of course Bob Stanfield has generally voiced the same opinion that an election is necessary. But time after time the house of commons has survived ail the threats and when Lewis goes against legislation affecting the big corporations Stanfield keeps the government in power with his support of the legislation. In other legislation the NDP hold the balance of power and they then in turn support the government, but under restraints. This, in our opinion will continue again this year and weshould have little to fear, other than boisterous claims that it wont work, or it is too little too late, when the forthcoming budget comes down. In 1973 the finance minister gained the necessary support and this could well ahppen again. No one in political life is ever over joyed with elections. They are costly, time consuming and it must also. be remembered that new legislation which is to come into effect later this year concerning elections may just favor the NDP. Add to this tbe fact that some fifty members will be eleigible for their handsome pension after June and one could well envision many wanting to hold onto office for some onths yet to come. The gallup polls, although they have moved up and down since the last election, now stand just about where they were when the electorate voted in the minority government. We say po election this year. NOW WHO DQWE TURN TO Over the past few years the speculator bas taken the brunt for the rising costs in housing. He and the developers have been prime targets for the politician every time the problem of rising housing costs is brought before them. Certainly the rising costs of housing can't be laid at the door step of the raw land speculator nor at the feet of the developer. Raw land that has increased in costs to even $1o,000 an acre brings the cost of a building lot in the area of only $3,000 and in todavs total cost this is only a monir portion of the total. The developer on the otber hand is more than likely providing accommodation cheaper than one could now contract the work done tbemselves as was so often tbe case in years gone by. Too often it bas been forgotten that the speculator would also include the thousands of individuals wh'o speculate with their own property for the majority of sales are not on new houses but on those that are being re-sold. The government of Ontario recently presented legislation whereby they are to tax the speculator on wind-fall profits on raw land. This sbould have been done some years ago but it nust also be realized that this is only one factor gaverning the rise in housing costs. The building itself, according to report, bas risen by twenty-five percent over the past year and no doubt these increases are all along the ine for such items as water and sewage services, raods, street lighting etc. And in these latter services tbe new home owners not only pays for bis own services but he then assists witb those of yesteryears that are being debentured. Handleman, the new minister of housing, is to bring some 30,000 new building lots on the market with the hope of at least retarding the rise in costs. This cold have been done years ago but the politician as the individual is quite well aware that tbey may create another disaster by forcing prices down for those wbo have already purchased their inflated house. Unfortunately our economy has survived on the principal that tbere is a rise in value and infaltion has played its part to keep the economy surging ahead. Don't look for cheap bousing in the future, unless of :ourse we go through a depression. CLARFE1-UBLIC LIBRAR-Y Sale od Discards .10 cents. THURS. APR. 25th, 74 ADULT Fashions for the Home by Margaret G. Butler and Beryl S. Greves (how to make drapes, cushion covers, etc.) Can I Sue? by Steven N. Spetz (ad introduction to Canadian tort law) The Battered Child in Canada by mary Van Stolk Pubs and Tourist Sights in Britain by Egon Ronay A Shadow of Himself by Michael Delving (Mystery) A Small Bequest by Edmund G. Love (novel) JUNIOR Life Before Man by Z.V. Spinar (evoultion of living things on earth) The Nation Builders by John F. Hayes (story of Confeder- ation) Insect Zoo by Constance Ewbank (how to collect and care for insects) Deenie By Judy Blume EASY READING & PICTURE BOOKS King Tree by Fiona French If I Drove a Bus by Miriam Young Madeleine Hadley Considering the euthanizing service offered to the Town of Newcastle by a Toronto group, Animals for Research (AR) and the prices the town charges for those services, Mayor Garnet Rickard sug- gested Newcastle's animal control program be revamped to make it more effective at Monday's community services meeting. The committee recomm. ended that council continue to use the services offered by AR, which sends a truck and a veterinary medical student to the town once each week to destroy those animals that are not wanted. The dogs and cats that aren't destroyed are taken by the AR people for research work at the University of Toronto said Charles Kilpat- rick, the town's animal con- trôl officer. "It (the euthanization ser- vice offered by AR) will save us a lot of time and money," said Mr. Kilpatrick, pointing out that the town is reimburs- ed for each of the animals the Toronto group takes for research. He said the dogs which must be destroyed would be put to sleep right on the truck, which the AR people operate. "I could do it myself," said the mail packet gets smaller The amil packet over the past few days has been getting smaller and smaller due to the now nation-wide strike.We are favoured only with local service and rural mail delivery. The postal department, must find itself, between the devil and the deep blue sea. On the one hand it is intent on providing a better mail service through coding and automation and as a resuit it finds that although the majority of the nation may well agree the need for a speed up their employees don't. But strike of this nature are becoming a nuisance to the country and add very little to our way of life or to our economy. Wilmot to be treated for Iamprey A stream treatment unît of the Sea Lamprey Control Centre is moving to the Junior Forest Ranger camp in Ux- bridge to begin treating five selected sea lampery streams that drain into Lake Ontario. The control centre, located at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., is an office of the Canada depart- ment of the environment's fisheries and marine service. It acts as the Canadian agent of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission - the body re- sponsible for implementing sea lamprey control in th Great Lakes. The five Lake Ontario streams scheduled for treat- ment ate the Bronte, Bolv- manville, Wilmot, Cobourg and Shelter Valley Creeks. The sea lamprey control program was brought to the Lake Ontario watershead in 1971 when all of the 23 Canadian Streams known to be infested with sea lamprey were treated with lampricide for the first time. The sea lamprey streams on the American side were treated in 1972 and several streams on botb sides were retreated in 1973. Officials report the stream treatments reduced the abundance of sea lamprey in Lake Ontario last year. They base this on the lower incidence of wounds on coho salmon returning to the Credit River. TRHis spring there have also been indications of re- duced wounding of suckers entering Lake Ontario tribut- aries, say officials. Officials at the control centre emphasize that stream treatment units sent out by the centre have enjoyed "an excellent relationship", with the public dùring their field operations. Permission for the unit to enter private land is always requested and, said one offic- ial, has never been denied. The process of treating streams to destory sea lamp- rey has been developed into an extra and carefuily con- trolled technique during the 15 years that is has been employed. The lampricide, a liquid formulation of a chemicail selectively toxic to lamprey, is applied at one or more points on each watershead at rates calculated to kill lamp- rey but not fish. Mr. Kilpatrick, "but to use a needle I'd have to be under the direct supervision of a vet," something that would consume valuable time and cost much more than the AR people. In any event, if an animal has to be destroyed because of disease or pain, a local veterinarian will do the job with Mr. Kilpatrick's author- ization rather than see the animal suffer or the commun- ity in danger. But, despite what it felt was a high level of services offered to the town's pet owners, the committee felt that the animal control policy itself was working against the efforts of the control officer and the town. The present policy stipul- ates the cost of destroying a dog would be $5 if the owner brings the animal into the pound for the job. But, if the dog is found running loose and the owner can't be traced, said Mr. Kilpatrick, the cost is borne by the municipality. He said, as a result "we're being overrun by'dogs people are turning loose because they don't care about them and don't want to pay the $5. To remedy the situation, Mayor Rickard said it would be cheaper in the long run for the town to offer the exter- mination service for free if the owners brought their animals in to the pound, since it wodld save the time and expense of Mr. Kilpatrick tracking the beasts down once they were set free to attack sheep or fend for themselves. As a result the community service committee will re- commend to council the fee for exterminating animals be abolished if the owner brings the pet to the pound. The $5 charge will still stand if Mr. Kilpatrick has to go and get the animal. The recommendation musi 'o before cuuncil inthe form of an amendment to the existing animal control by- law REGIONAL WORKS TO KEE- CONTROL The Public Works Commit- tee of the Regional Govern- ment have made it known that they intend to assume all the works functions laid down in the legislation. This came before the committee when Ajax asked that certain main- tenance work and operation of public works including water and sewage be left with the local level of government at a recent meeting. The department hopes to make all transfers by mid- June and Orono is to be transfered sometime in the middle of April. It was felt that duplication would exist if the Region left some duties at the local level and was not in accord with the regional legislation or the intent of regional government If Ajax were to-retain some maintenance and operations functions with the region. supervising. through its ap- provals, said Mr. Richardson, there could arise the situation of the "checkers checking the checkers.". There could be "little pockets all over the place," where rome municip- alities were doing jobs that neighboring municipalities had transferred to the region, he addie<I He WHO WISHES TO BURN 1HI5 NAME IN TUE ROtLOF qONOUR, MUST FOCUS NgS POWERS. Orono Towiug GENERAL REPAIRS Phone 983-5249 Orono ONTARIO 1NISTEROF NATURAL R E SOU RC ES (DIVISION 0F MINES) Form5 THE PITS AND QUARRIES CONTRIOL ACT, 1971 NOTICE 0F APPL1CATION HGHLAND CREEK SAND & GRAVEL CO. LIMrFED, Box 130, West Hill, Ontario ME;4R4 hereby give notice that application has been made for a licence to ope, establish or operate a pit on the lands described as follows: parts of Lots 24 and 25 Concession 13 and part of Lot'25 Concession 12 Township 0f Manvers urha, consistingof 64 acres more or less. Theestimnated amount of sand and gravel to be extracted anually is 800,000 tons. The operation will be a permanent operation with a perm ient plant nstalation The last day upon which written objections may be filled with the Minister of Natural Resources is JUNE D.C, SCHMIEGELOW MANAGING DIRECTOR