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OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES-GAZE An independent newspaper published daily except Sunday by The Times Publishing Company of Oshawa, Limited, Arthur R. Alloway, President and Managing Director. . COMPLETE CANADIAN PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE The Times-Gazette is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week, $12.00 per year. By mail, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere in Canada and Englana $7.00 per year, $3.50 for 6 months, $2.00 for 3 months. U.S. subscriptions $0.00 per year. Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 7 7 3 3 e® 15 Years Ago Head of a special city council com- mittee, Ald. 8. J. Babe announced that one month's supplies for the 'new 'city relief depot had been pur- chased. Bread and milk tickets were also to be distributed by the com- mittee. Congregation of Christ Church honored G. A. Dewberry, church warden, who was leaving for Eng- land, with a reception and gifts. Work on a news stand at the cor- ner of Bond and Simcoe Streets be- gan. On completion, the stand was to be operated by David Morrison. ~ An old scow at the lakeshore in front of the water works puniping station menaced the lives of' bath- ers who wanted to use this stretch of beach, With the water level much higher than usual, the scow was practically submerged. Action by the P.U.C. for the protection of the pub- lic was predicted. ' The Oshawa Baseball Club report- ed that 120 passes had ben issued to unemployed in the city for the next senior league game. Major Hamil- ton and his staff at the Employment Bureau were in charge of this ac- tivity, initiated by the baseball club as a good will gesture to unemploy- ed. fans, APRIL, 1947 MONDAY, MAY 12, 1947 Good Manners In recognition of their good manners several hundred Boston school children have been given an award of $5. The reason for the awards as cited by the school principal was that they were based not only on courtesy and good man- ners but on honesty, friendliness and good character. Perhaps a similar idea might be adopted in Oshawa. For a considerable time there have been expressions of in- dignation from residents who had occasion to walk along Simcoe Street North when pupils of the O.C.V.I. were com- ing from school. Heedless of good manners and common courtesy pupils have adopted the practice of walking in such a manner as to force other pedestrians to take to the lawn or boulevard to get past. In our opinjon it is not the responsibility of teachers but rather of pent. Children should be taught to give a practical demonstration of the Golden Rule at an early age. Good manners, courtesy and friendliness are not frills. They are qualities which contribute to pleasant and profitable living. - Underground Wires Toronto, which prides itself on being a step ahead of Jesser communities in the province, for once must take a backseat to Oshawa. Last week a good deal of publicity was given in the metropolitan press to the fact that if Ontario Hydro consented to set up 4 reserve fund for the purpose the Queen City would place hydro wires in the business sections underground and some 12,000 wooden poles would be removed. ' It was a coincidence that on the same day the story appeared in the press work was commenced on Simcoe Street South on the first section of the project to place wires * underground and remove poles in Oshawa. The work being carried on by the Public Utilities Commission will result in the appearance of the business section being much improved. The new system will also mean that the maintenance problem will be solved to a degree. The sleet and wind storms to which the district is subjected have caused interruptions in power service. These will be a thing of the past after the wites are placed underground. Then there is the matter of fires. In such cases high tension wires are always a menace and the work of the Fire Department is hindered by the large number of wires and poles along our streets. There is also the all important question of appearance. Our downtown streets are too narrow to be beautiful and the presence of a veritable birdcage of wires does not en- hance it. Although the removal of overhead wires will not make our business area beautiful, it will go a long way to- ward making it more modern. Must Know Soils A conservationist in a recent address in Toronto em- phasized that but six inches stands between the world and starvation. That six inches is the fertile top soil from which crops draw their nourishment. To prevent the loss of this soil large scale reforestation projects like that which will be started this month on the Ganaraska watershed, north west of Port Hope are being undertaken. Down through the years intensive farming with little thought for the future has depleted the soil in many sections of the province wit': the result that one sees many aban- doned farms with buildings falling into decay. Farmers are beginning to heed nature's warning and more scientific methods are being adopted. They are learning that to keep pace with the demand for increased output they must adopt methods which their fathers would have considered silly and extravagant. It is folly for farmers to go on year after year without knowing the exact constituents, of the soil on their lands. As the years go by it means substantial losses. For this reason there can be no mistake in what the scientists say that one of the most important questions with which agri- cultural science has to deal is the analysis and conservation of the various kinds of soil. In the early days when the country was new there was not the same necessity for this as there is at the present time. Now it is vital that the farm- er should know the condition of the soils on his farm in order to determine what crops to sow. Farmers are being urged to take samples of soil from their farms and send them to the Ontario Agricultural Coi- | lege at Guelph for analysis. The mineral content 'is deter- mined and recommendations made as to the best fertilizers to use to bring a return of peak productivity. ® Other Editors CALM BEFORE THE STORM (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix) The early days of spring bring the calm before the storm windows are due to be taken down, AGREEMENT ON GERMANY (Winnipeg Tribune) You were right, Sherman--except that war's the only time when all hands agree on what ought to be done to Germany. SAME SILENCE (Kitchener Record) London, Ont,, police are baff- led by a girl who refuses to talk. Seems the Hamilton police had the same trouble recently, SO HE GOT OFF (Hamilton Spectator) Charged with speeding, a New York man claimed he was on his way to pay his income tax. The court let him off, saying nothing on the books could cope with a yarn like that. HOW MAN SUFFERS (Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph) When a wife is suffering in sil- ence she fills the whole house with it. A man never suffers in silence a he fills the house to over-flow- POOR POLITICIANS? (St. Catharines Standard) When the hard-shelled member of the Progressive Conservative party reads the budget he is most apt to comment sadly and with Solonic wisdom: "It is the same old story, We Tories are always honest administrators * but poor politicians." : THE TEST (Peterborough Examiner) What is statesmanship? asks the Ottawa Journal. After some pond- ering we venture the opinion that statesmanship in politics is like professionalism in law or medicine: it is the happy condition where one's mistakes are so* complicated and costly that they can safely be represented to the layman as ggin- avoidable happenings. HEIGHT OF TACT (Sunshine Magazine) One of the duties of a college administrative officer is to write letters of recommendation, One of these administrators was at a loss to know what to write con- cerning a doubtful applicant, A retired faculty member suggested that he write as follows "Dear Sir: When you come to know the applicant as we know him, you will come to appreciate him as we appreciate him." NOT THE TIME (Winnipeg Free Press) That the civic authorities of Win- nipeg are looking forward to the construction of a new city hall is understandable, since the existing structure obviously is not adequate for the needs of a community of this size. But it is highly question able that a new city hall should be built now. This is a time of shortages when building materials are required throughout the nation for the con- struction of essential housing. It is a time also of high prices which it is to be expected will decline later. In the Float? or DETROIT FACING GRAND CIRCUS 'PARK, The Tuller, @ modern hotel for those who want the best! Con- venient jo Offices, Theaters, and Shops. Friendly; courte- ous service and real Hotel Comfort. The Tuller Coffee Shop or Cafeteria for your Dining Pleasure at modast prices. It pays to stay of A Hotel Tuller. VISIT Our COCKTAIL LOUNGE ONE OF DETROIT'S FINEST 800 ROOMS $78 WITH BATH FROM HOTEL TULLER HARRY F. O'BRIEN, Mgr How Much for This? e For A Laugh He: I couldn't" see clear to propose to you at wild party last night. She: What stood in your way? He: Four pink, elephants, two green snakes and a flying dragon. It's a Boy Bachelor Uncle: "How old is the baby?" Proud Father: "Six months." Bachelor Uncle: "Talk yet?" Proud ther: "No, not yet." Bachelor Uncle: "Boy, eh?" my way that No Worries "I don't know, George; marriage seems such 2 solemn thing. Have you counted the cost?" "The cost, darling! cousin's a clergyman. us for nothing." LIKE TO KNOW : "I wish I knew where George was," remarked the young wife. "I presume, my dear," said her mother-in-law, "that you mean you wish you knew where he is?" "Oh, no, I don't," was the firm retort. I know where he is. He's in bed with a black eye and a headache. I want to know where he was!" Why, my He'll marry Won't Be Long He was one of those young men who never seems to know when to go. She had yawned several times, when' a clock in the hall struck midnight. "Is that an eight-day clock?" he asked. "Well," said the girl, stiffling on- other yawn, "why don't you stay a little longer and find out?" Vicky in The News Chronicle (London) o A Bit of Verse TOURING Whe days are sunny, bright and warm, : then we go a-touring, Down country lanes so full of charm 'Mid scenes that are alluring: And seek the spots where trees shake hands Across the road, above, And sunshine filters through the leaves, Oh! that is what I love. Or where a rise appears ahead, And blanks the view beyond, And sometimes wheh you reach the top, You see a pretty pond. Adown and just beside the road, Where turtles bask and play, Then wriggle off the rocks and logs Because you come that way. Where water-lilies yellow, bloom, And s white ones, too, And where the mirror of the pond Reflects a sky of blue. And here a field of grain, and there A fleld of clover sweet. And fleeting glimpses of & bird In a cedar hedge retreat. And sheltered by a pine-stump fence From North's unfriendly blow, Wild columbines of red and gold, And dainty blue phlox grow. And this 1s joy enough for me If I may sometimes go Away from city's man-made things To where God's flowers grow. --Pearl Catharine Yates. | 46 Strange St.,, Guelph. ONLY ONE HESPELER Hespeler, Ont.-- (CP) This Western Ontario town is unique in one respect--it is the only community in the world so nam- ed. This was discovered when of- ficials of the third Hespeler Old Boys' Reunion, June 30 to July 6, searched world gazeteers and other references for another Hes- | peler, NoRomeAlliance, Protestants Told London, May 12--(AP) -- The World Evangelical Alliance coun selled Protestant churches today to "avoid alliance of any description with Rome." The Alliance is a group operating among Britain's non-conformist churches. "History may well prove Roman Catholicism, with its corruption of Christianity, to be a greater enemy to the church of Christ than Com« munism," the group declared. "Residence in Roman Catholic Italy o Spain would confirm that opine on." Parishes Argue Over Atomic Energy Plant Harwell, Bershire, England--(OP) --Chilton and Harwell, parishes be tween which lies the atomic energy station liere, both claim the station should lie wholly within their boundaries in order to enhance tax values. Chilton has asked the Berkshire County Council to revise the inter- parish boundary to include the whole station in the parish because its headquarters already are in Chilton. Harwell parish -- inside which is most of the station grounds --has protested against such re- vision and parish. leaders describe it as "an attempted smash-and- grab raid." Chilton property now is assessed at £2,083 ($8,332) and Harwell pro- perty at £23,661. y THE FARM WORKER THE NICKEL WORKER depend on each. other IN THE CITY OF SUDBURY and in the surround- ing mining district in the Sudbury area, about 60,000 people are living today. This is a mining region where little farming is carried on. In the course of a year these people .purchase food to the value of about 9 million dollars, most of which comes from farms in other parts of Canada. The farmer, on the other hand, must have machinery that is tough, strong and durable. So into the tractors, combines, mowers and Canapian Nicken : i Yi Boa Families of Nickel employees are heavy purchaswe ~ is of meat, dairy products, bread and cerealss of nickel which help to keep wear and breakage down to the very minimum. The Nickel worker could 'not subsist without the Canadian farmer. The farmer sows and harvests his crop more economically because of that amazing metal produced by the Nickel worker. No matter how we earn a living we are all one family, each depending other farm machines go increasing quantities Nr on the others. wr "al AS "The Romance @ Nickel" a 60-page book fully illum trated, eoill be send free on request 19 anyone interestode DA, LIMITED, 25 KING STREET W., TORO {