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~ tl Ne ENN To an MEE Ae vw Sts * x Rl a ee Er TERR . the upholstery, £9 £5 > TAL 3 i : SAEs oa % S That "Used" Car- Better Check It With constant Tnings telling about people who ldve been tricked by shyster dealers and unethical firms, it 'would seem that the aver- age person would be extremely care- ful before making such an expendi- ture as is involved in buying a second, hand automobile. Yet year- ly th.re are still hundreds who find themselves victimized, Clear The most important thing to con- sider in 'buying a used car is the reputation of-the dealer from whom you purchase it, because "the used car you buy is not likely to be any better than the dealer who sells it." It must be borne in mind, of course, that there are a considerable num- ber of well-known and reputable used-car dealers "in' most vicinities with whom the public may with every confidence. Title Important After you have definitely estab- lished the integrity of your dealer, it is essential to establish whether * or not the scller can give you. a 'clear title to the car you wish to purchase, If the title is not in order, you may lose not only your car, but your own down payment as well Check Engine There are a number bf mechanical items to be checked before coming to a final decision, Of course, you must remember that a used car is exactly that ... used. It is not new merchandise, and you cannot expect a used car, no matter how -.good, to be in new-car condition. However, these are some things you should check on, even in a used car. Doubtless the most im- portant. thing is the engine. A" good _ engine runs smoothly and quietly. It does not rattle. Some engines naturally run more quietly than others, but too much noise invari- ably indicates worn moving parts. When th. engine. is running idly at a moderate speed, care should be taken to make sure that there is no "knock". This very often'means that there are loose cohnecting-rod bear ings, and sometimes one loose bear- ing means that others are loose, and bearings that are loose enough to knock can mean that the engine is .in bad shape. When looking at and listening to the engine, check the gaskets and the water pump for leaks, and find out if the engine overheats after running for 20 or 30 minutes, a Brakes, Tires, Batteries Next most important _ item is the brakes. Your life may depend upon them. You should find out the kind of brakes in the car, and the condition of the brake linings. Brakes should begin to take hold when the brake pedal has been de- pressed about 4 quarter of the way to the floor. Check the tires carefully. Inspect the steering gear to find out if it is loose, 'if the car "shimmies" when it is going at low speed, and at high speed. Finally, the are the batteries, correct focus of headlights, the muffler, and check- ing for body: ueaks. Check Contract Always remember; the fact that you are offered a used car at a particularly low price does not mean that_you are getting a bar- gain. he reputable dealer gives his guarantee, and 'he cannot afford to do that unless' he knows "the car is right, } Watch alco for the total amount you have to pay. including finance charges, charges for insurance, ete, on: the face of the contract you sign, Be sure you understand the contract before you sign, and ob- tain a copy.for your protection as well as for vour information, fea deal "its relief. had to Uraninite Find in Haliburton--Northern Haliburton County is experiencing a rush. of. pros- pectors since the proving of a commercial ore body of uraninite at Wilberforce, on the prop- erty of Fission Mines, . Radium Lake (above) is on the Fission Mines property. have been found to be radio-active. This property may be producing uranium by the end of the year. Gravel and silt on the lake bottom The ore is flurospar and uranium, the lighter ore with purplish tinge indicating the presence of fluorite, from which flurospar is obtained. Secret Of the Locket EDWARD LEE Silas Henbury, 'wedged into a chair tilted against the counter, was slipping into his regular after-dinner srooze when the door opened. ~The customer was an. elderly woman. Silas rose and the chair creaked He clumped behind the counter and said: "Good evéning, ma'am. Something 1 can do for you?" ; "Why-why, yes, I suppose so. At least, I hope so." ) "Anything within reason. That's why I'm called 'Uncle Silas." My customers are just like relatives to "» me. "That makes it easier. I never ~ "A" woman wouldn't stay-married { forty years unless she loved her husband a great deal," Silas said. pawn anything before. Buti..." : Her voice trailed -into~ silence. Silas knew that when she continued, throughout her story would run the same theme as countless others to which he had listened during his 40 years in the pawnbroker business. He nodded his head -encouragingly. "This gold locket," she said, un- folding her hands 'to reveal the trinket, "was presented to me by my husband when we were marrjed. No matter how often we moved GENTLEMEN INVITED MOPSY by GLADYS PARKER trying to befter our circumstances, they never improved. 'After his death last year things became worse. I sold most of my valu- ables. But this ... I just couldn't. -I- only want a loar on this locket," for soni¢ 'day I shall redeem it. "But to every pawn shop I've gone, they refuse to, lend me any money. enough to be held as security. "We'll soon sce," said Silas. He' lightly scratched the surface of the locket with a penknife. Into' that shallow furrow he let fall a few drops of acid; then shook his head as a greenish tinge appeared, say- "ing: "I'm sorry, but this' locket's only value is as a keepsake. It's tin." i The woman looked bewildered. "I... I can't understand it. There must be some mistake. Look here," she directed, unfastening the trinket. It's two heart-shaped halves swung open and she pointed tp metal that encircled two miniature portraits. "Sce how bright and solid that is?" "That photograph favors you, ma'am, even though it was taken when you were younger." "Forty years younger, to be exact, when I was married. The opposite one is of my husband. It favors him too." : "I'm sure it docs. looks like he was a fine man." "He was. reliable and irresponsible. I sup- They say it'is not valuable Folks said he was un- pose Henry was, in a way. But they were his only faults." "Pardon my a:king, Dut, you loved him a great deal" "Yes, and, 1 still do," she answer- ed. Then, regarding him with a quizz ask?" "Well, I just kind of thought a. woman wouldn't stay married forty years unless she loved her hus: band a great deal." "You make me feel noble," she replied. "Now concerning this locket." Bin Her words recalled Silas to the business at hand. He said: "I was mistaken. The inside was what con- vinced me." Silas gave her the money she re- quested and closed the deal. Her fervent thanks made him glad that he had gone through with the de- ception. For, he had recognized Agnes Trumbull's picture. That was how she had looked when she had re- jected him to marry his cousin, Henry, whose photograph appeared in the locket's other half, Silas had known Henry was un- reliable and irresponsible but he did not "criticize him to her. Leaving home, he had never written or re- turned.- Thus, Silas had. lost all trace of Henry and Agnes until to- night when he had recognized her picture in the locket. Silas knew Agnes still loved Henry and, would be hurt to learn the truth. And, Silas still loved her so much that he had created a cer: tain way to insure her remaining ical "Took, said: "Why did you~ ignorant of Henry's deception. That" was, to advance so large an amount on the locket that she would never 'be able to redeem it. - -- 2 No Kush For half a cerithry, Willian Shep herd, as 'sexton, has helped marry people of the parish of Envilley fgland. AEE) ack in 1913, the: Church Counci! gave him another yard to tend, an Began 'considering a pay boost for him, Tony, 35 years later, he got the raise, It was eight shilling (about $1.60) a week -- doublin his pay. ; - "These things take a bit of think- ing out," said Mr. Shepherd. "They mustn't be rushed." f vad Argentine Keen Competitor In Cottle Mavkeat Those who have been arguing that Canada is chasing a will o' the wisp in trying to hold. any part of the British market for surplus Can- adian beef will find their argument strengthened in a Buenos Aires dis- patch stating that -a new high for Argentine cattle was established the other day. The price was 58.6 centa vos as against an average of 38 cen - tavos in 1945-46. Which according to the Lethbridge Herald, means that the Argeniinians are now get- ting 6.3 cents live weight per pound for their beef cattle as against a former price of fufir cents. Alberta Aig producers, who are telling us that they cannot feed coarse grailis at present prices to . 15-cent beef and make ends meet, will wonder how Argentina ranch- res can sell for 6.3 cents a pound. Argentina is a South Adrian couniry of just people, mostly. of Spanish descent. It is a great livestock producer and has some 33,000,000 cattle and 44,- 090,000 sheep as against our 8,000,- 030 cattle and barely 3,000,000 sheep. Being in the northern part of the South Temperate zone, it has. no. Win.er feeding problem so fir as livestock are concerned, producing them very cheaply on native grass, of the range lands, called the Pam- pas, on alfalfa, and on rye and oats cereal pasture grown for, winter pas- ture and used in much the same way as we use our cover crop while the native grasslands are resting. Canada's only outlet for our sur- ~plus_of good. beef animals_is. the United States. Uncle Sam has of- fered us a quota of 400,000 head a year at a duty of 114 cents a pound livewcight.. We. had' better forget _ dreams of the British market for beef and get down to a realistic consideration of the only worth- while market which is available to us. p 5 ..grow peaches or pears. "article over 13,0007000 * Some Notes From The Farm Front. . Of Special Interest To Rural Readers By John Russell =~." =- If you want more ¢ggs on less, hens too -- feed -- and hecitlies keep your layers confined in sum- mer as well as in winter, At least, that's what an expert at a State Agricultural College says. Ex, eriments recently carried out showed that cor fined flocks laid 13 eggs more per bird, ate a pound less feed per dozen eggs, returned 18 per cent more -rofit and had - 15 per ceni less mortality than flocks that were turned out during the summer. The fresh. air and sun: shine the birds get when outside are not eno gh to offset the diseases they pick up. . * * * Here's a tip for orchardists who How the same stunt woule ork with apple o. oth. © fruit trees we cannot say. Most orchardists try to keep their trees as low as possible, consistent with good yields, in order to make spraying and picking easier. But a man out on the west coast 'has gone even further. His trees have practic- ally no trunks at all. When he plants a pear or peach tree h ~uts it off, heading it back so that the three to five leaders s1ved are about eighteen inches from the ground. Then, when the trees mature, they are 1ever so high that he can't pick th. fruit with eight- foot ladders. How about yields? Well, he has ten year old peach trees bearing 18 tons to the acre. * * There's no easier way of starting an argument almost anywhere than to mention 'Government price caon- trols--and farmers-have more reason to tak~ deep interest in such things than most folks, So I thought that you might find worth-while reading in the following quotation from an "y Henry Hazlitt appearing in News Week Magazine. 'However, before you start, I might warn you that both t' magazine and the writer are dead set against every < t of Government control or inter- ference with "free enterprise". The Argentine Goyernment -sells wheat for export at $5.07 or more per bushel in United States dollars -- Mr. Hazlitt says, It pays the Argentine farmer .the equivalent of $1.59 to $1.83 a bushel and pockets the uifference. The Canadian farmer is allowed only $1.35 a bushel plus a "partici- pation certificate" worth about 20 cents, The United States farmer { 's a free market price of about $2.80 a bushel. (Prices cited are those ' p. .vailing when the article was written.) What has been the consequence of these policies? -- the writer goes. In spite of the desperate on.to ask. world shortage of wheat, the 1947 acreage of wheat in' Argentina was 22 per cent below the 1935-1939 level. [In Canada the 1947 acreage of wheat Skin Eruptions Here is a clean, stainless, penetrating antiseptic oll that brings speedy rellef from - tbe itching and discomfort. "Not only. does this healing antiseptis oll | 'promote rapid and healthy healing in open sores and wounds but boils and simple ulcers are also relleved. In skin affections the itching of Eczema Is quickly stopped. Pimples--skin eruptions dry up and scale off in a very few days. The same Is true of Barber's Itch, Salt 'Rheum, Itching Toes and Feet and other mflammatory skin disorders. You can obtain Moone's Emerald Oll {n the original bottle at any modern drus store. Satisfaction or money back. : TR xia ama . For Quality -- Mildness --Value- was down 7 per _cent below prewar, Neither decrease can be blamed on the weather; in both' countries the acreage for the two preceding years was also below the prewar level. an the United States, on the other hand, wheat acreage expanded as pi. es rose. In 1947 it was 29 per cent abe 2 the prewar level. In brief -- the writer sums it up -- fartiiers in his hemisphere re- sponded to price incentives or their asher rather than to verbal ex- hortations. 'The farmers obliged to take lov wheat prices contracted their acreage. The farmers permit ! high prices i creased theirs, quot ; and whether the writer. is right or wrong when 'e maintains that Government controls spell "dis- aster" | am not prepaied to even guess, Certainly he neglects to men tion what would happen to al' those U.S. farmers wh' "have sunk their everything into increased wheat acreage should there be-a sudden. and drastic slump in prices. At all event there's foo. for thought, and material for argument, in what he says. It Paid to Insure' In Those Days Back in Colonial days, the fire insurance - companies are said to have enjoyed a profitable "tie-in with some of the early Fire Brigades, When a house was reported to be on fire, and the brigade came dash- ing to the scene, the brigade leader i would examine the front of the burning house, and take a glance at nearby properties. Then, as like as not, he and his men would just sit down and watcl the house burn to the ground." These . doings were caused bya system known as "House Marks", Metal plates bearing the emblem of an insurance company' were plac on the fronts of all" houses and buildings that were insured, If such a plate was on the burning building, the fire brigade went into action, And if not--naot. . Very often the brigade leader was himself an insurance man and if the building was not insured by his own or a friendly company--and if its burning did not endanger the property of any man in the brigade --the fireman simply wouldn't botlier to fight the flames. ton : Next to cotton and jute, iron ranks highest among India's indus- tries. 7 GROSSCHIEBER { UMD | SCHWARZHANDLER Signs Of The Times In Germany--Germans in Munich, birth- place of Naziism, stage a hunger demonstration to demand action against black marketeers and an increase in the food . ration. The demonstration was sponsored by the Secial Demo- cratic Party. Signs read (left to right): "Death Sentence for Big Operators and Black Marketeers," "Give Us Workers Our Homes and Gardens Back Now in the Third Year," "Give Us : Workers Our Worker's Settlements Back." r ~ during the navigation' season. Cut In Half--Bridgemaster C. R. Williams literally cuts the City of Welland in_half at least once every daylight hour Cla His job is to guide 2,300 tons . of steel and concrete to a lofty perch above the Welland. Canal 143 for. shipping to pass. REET \ ' THIS IS PERFECT / \. DROP YOUR HOOK. N\PULLINA WHALE 1 By Arthur Pointer 50. You'RE THE BUM ) "WHO'S BEEN FISHING =f EE aa a] £ 0