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Saving Ontario's Natural Resources G. C. Toner Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (No. 41) TWO KINGDOMS Carolus Linnaeus, J-.e ex-the- ologicUn, who was the author of the modern scheme of classifica- tion of all plants and animals, lived and did most of his work in the early part of the eighteenth century. The book in which he outlined his plan and named the animals and plants according to this plan he called "Systema N'a- turae" and was revised by him many times. We have agreed that our system shall be founded on the tenth edition of this book and any names proposed before that time shall be null and void. All biologists and naturalists must be familiar with the Systema Naturae for it is the backbone of their scientific work. It is writ- ten in Latin but fortunately for many of us it has been translated into English. However, often times the naturalist must consult the original when publishing sci- antific studies. My Latin is weak and I have torn my hair many times trying to get the exact meaning of the great naturalist's words. So the moral for my young readers is to study Lalin as ar- dently as they study the plants and animals. Plant* and Animal* It is a pity that the same term u used by the scientist for all living creatures except plants as SM used in common language for the four-footed hairy animals that suckle their young. The scientist divides all animate creatures into either the plant or animal king- doms. The plant kingdom in- cludes the bacteria, the blue scum on the water, the fungi and the biggest of trees. The animal kingdom includes the microscopic creatures of the water, the spong- es, ths lobsters and crabs, the in- sects, the fishes, the frogs and snakes, the birds and the mam- mals. It is the mammals that the ordinary folk call animals but my readers can readily see the dis- tinction I have outlined. Ani- mals, to the scientific mind, in- clude all living creatures that are not plants; mammals is the term used for the animals we know in everyday life. Poison Ivy Preventive Revealed by Doctor In New Ofleans last week for a dermatologists' convention, I>r. Bedford Shelmire had this tip to offer poison ivy sufferers: "lioil ivy leaves in ether, evaporate the ether and dilute the residue with corn oil. Make up capsules from this and swallow them ovt-r a period of months, gradually in- creasing the doses until you are taking 10 drops a day. It takes with most people, immunizing them." Health of Animals are 212 railway points in a* Dominion at whi'ch, accord* injc to regulations, all empty stock cars arriving or passing borough are cleansed and disin- ed under the supervision of Health oj Animals Division, ominion Department of ART!- ltur, unless the cars have al- ready been cleansed since last wed for stock. During the year nded March, .1940, 68, -168 can nd Mil truok* wer so treat <t. The Book Shell.. "THE HERITAGE OF HATCHER IDE" By Booth Tarkington This new novel from the pen of Booth Tarkington stands with the greatest of his work. In it Che famous author of "Penrod," "Seventeen," "Alice Adams," deals sympathetically, humorous- ly with the problems of present- day youth. Hatcher Ide, the story's hero, is a flesh-and-blood youny; man whose task it is to make a living in this day and age, to orient himself in the problems of love and the general complexities of existence. He lives in a once- prosperous mid-western town which might be any American town after the l!2i depression wave broke. His father's busi- ness is on the rocks; his father's friends keep up a bold front on / scanty incomes; the world Hatcher | knew as a child ii a different ; world now, none too cordial to j young men fresh from college. The book provides an amazing i picture of the times as well as | telling us the story of how Hatch- | er goes out to meet life and love. "The Heritage of Hatcher Ide" . . . by Booth Tarktngton . . . Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Publishers . . . $2.50. U.S. FLEET STEAMS NEARER TO BATTLE OF ATLANTIC As American warships assume their peril-fraught roles of "interested -bystanders" in the Battle of the Atlantic, the projected two-ocean U.S. Navy U estimated at Washington to be four years away from com- pletion. Nevertheless naval authorities are pleased by the way in which th shipyards are cutting consiruction time. Workmen in the U.S. Navy yards as well as in yards owned by private concerns are driving steadily ahead as fast as the material is delivered. A good sample is the 1650-ton destroyer Edison, now in commission. This vessel wa constructed in 10 months. Some years ago the regular period of construction was 31 months. This now has been slashed until the average is 15 months. The two most welcome additions to the navy of co urse are the battleships North Carolina and Washington, the first completed since 1921. They both are 35,000-ton vessels. Their main armament is 16-inch guns, mounted in three turrets, three per turret. They also carry a heavy battery of anti-aircraft and secondary broadside guns. They are propelled by turbines developing 115,000 horsepower from oil-fired boilers and giving a speed of 27 knots. Each is equipped to carry three planes. THE WAR-WEE K Commentary on Current Events HIGHEST TAXES LEVIED IN CANADIAN HISTORY "We must be prepared for an extension of fighting over wida area* . . . Canada is determin- ed to spare neither her resourc- es nor her manpower ..." Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Never before ill their History have Canadians been called upon to make such a tremwidous contri- bution to the national coffers as that demanded by Finance Minister Ilsley in liis Budget address last week before the House of Com- mons. Out of every dollar earned this year by Canadian men and women. 45 ceutg will go out of ttieir pockets by way of taxw or loan to finance the war. If provincial and municipal evie-s are also takeu In- to accoun', 55 cents out of every dollar will be needed. Hardest On Income New and increased taxes design- ed to increase Canada's tax rev- enue in 1941-42 to the all-time huh of $1,400,000,000 Included: A new national gasoline tax, tipping the price 3c a gallon; increase In tax on automobiles valued tip to $900, from 20 to "5 per cent; motiorv picture shows, beer, wine, playing cards, carbonic .icid gas used in "pop," clgaret paper tubes, cigaret lighters, Hll pay uew or increased levies; a 10 per cent tax on all railway, bus or airplane tickets costing over 50 cents; tux on cos- metics, toilet goods, rose from 10 to 25 per cent. But nothing In the Budget hit the average Canadian as hard as did the increases in the defence lax anil lite income taxes personal income tax rates were upped to 15 per cent on thd tirot $1,000 ot taxable income, froui the present rates of 6 and 8 p<?r cent. In Britain's Dark Hour Tliia Hisses t Budget, brought down at the end ot a month when the fortunes of Great Britain had fallen to one* of the lowest points in her proud record, made history by including provision, for the first lim*. of direct aid to Britain. From $800,11(10.000 to JSlOO.llflO.OOO was ii.ski-d. to jissist in I'iniiticiiiK Bri- tish purchase* in Canada this year. Mr. Ilsley'i record-breaker fol- lowed by one day Prime Minister King's statement to ths reconven- ed House in which he declared tuat Canada would spare neither her resource* nor her manpower la tUs forthcoming battle. During' tha week, too, more than 5,000 of ths four-month 21-year-old trainee* were conscripted into tha Canadian army and preparations wore made to draft many more young men thlR summer. Belt Across Atlantic But it was larg'ely to the United State* that Great Britain looked In her hour of dlre-st nee*. And last week the President, to lid Britain by cutting lowes of Lows- Lend materials shipped overseas (rumors suid 10 per cant of them were bciug nunk), took actloa which brought th American na- tion "oaily one step from w*r." Hs establisbt.il the equivalent ot a con- voy system In the North Atlaatlo. As far as the coastal waters of lea- land i a belligerent zone) th U. 8. ii;ivy began sending warships, pa- rol bombers and in all probability carrier-bused aircraft, to play A vital role iu th "Battle of His Ati.itufc." The- potential effective- ness of tbis whole far-flung sur- face and air patrol In dealing with is';u! submarine-si and raiders was seen as tremendous. "Red Fleet," organ of the Soviet navy declared that the extruded U. S. naval patrol in the Atlantic would enable the United States and Britain to "es- tablish a solid belt from Canada to Britain, tliortnisbly protected from the air." Words of Cheer Speaking more hopefully of ' e outcome of the Battle of the Balk- ans than many of liia contempor- aries, Major Guorge Fielding Eliot, I'.S. military expert said: "The facts are that, the Balkan war ha* lieeu a net gain for .Britain a long as Suez and Alexandria be not lost; that i>reclou time has been gained, that Germany has ben compelled to usi 1 up resources of which sue has none too great a reserve; and that the Island of Great Britain remains unconquer- ed. Nor has anything which ham happened In the Balkans brought Germany nearer to that conquest; indeed the reverse is the case. The war will be won or lost In Great Britain and its waters of approach; It Is there- that Hitler must, soon- er or later, face the final show- down. It Is precisely there that the power of the American people can make Itself felt with full force." Battle of Egypt Aside from the Battle ot the At- lantic the question of where the war would move next In Eur- ope engrofised moat minds here ajid abroad. Prim* Minister Churchill'* Sunday speech Indicat- ed that London expected the next Axis stab to come somewhere along the Mediterranean, through Tur- key or Spain. Some exparts belief- *d Hitler'* armies would play leaip- frog from one Aegean island to another and go at Suei without touching Turkey. One London source spoke of the coming engage iinMii. as the "Battle ot Egypt" and told the United Press Its outcome might decide whether Japan and Spain would enter the w*r as ac- tive Axis allies. Britten prepar- ations for the teat Included ap- pointment of Viscount Gort u com- munder-in-chlef at Gibraltar and Implied announcement that a sec- ond Mediterranean mine field, 800,- 000 miles square, had been laid to protect the Dardanelles and Suez. Reports from Vichy hinted of an approaching showdown, with Hit- ler forcing the Turks to grant him military right of way to the Per- sian Gulf of Suez. Behind the Turks Recent developments In the Near East have led to the assumption that the Turks, when the Hitler- squeeze finally comes, will be guid- ed by the wishes of the Soviet Un- ion. Associated Press correspondent Dewltt Mackenzie last week wrote that Turkey was believed ready to defy the German demands If she got tha high-sign from tbe Kremlin. That this encouragement from Rus- sia might very well be forthcoming was seen iu reports of increasing tension between Germany and the Soviet Union 12,000 German troope, equipped with tanks and artillery arrived In Finland, Rus- sia's nearest northern neighbor; and the Soviet Union took stops to regulate strictly all shipment of goods to Germany, clamping a ban on passage of any war mater- ial through the Soviet Union from east to west, or vice versa. VOICE OF T H E PRESS WHAT DOESN'T APPEAR Most of Che people who claim th horn* town paper doesn't print all *e news should be glad it doesn't. Hanover Post o RUSH JOBS NOT WANTED W do not believe it ii wise to rush medical students through university, through 'their courses, whether for the army or not, for there is nothing more potentially dangerous than a poorly-trained medical man. Niagara Falls Review Sweeten Cereal, Puddings and m Fresh Fruit, WOMEN ON JURIES It seems strange that so simple a matter as women serving 011 juries should have proven so diffi- cult for tha legislature to reach a decision upon. While the men hesitate, large numbers of women continue in forthright manner to shoulder home and public respon- sibilities, admirably performing tasks which require the exercia*) of knowledge, judgment, skill, precision and tact. Many havs replaced men in industry, com- merce, professions, etc., who havs thus been released for military service. Many women are doing work which it was thought only men could do. Thousands of wo- men are earning a livelihood for themselves and supporting do- pendents and while doing this are also running their homes, bringing up children, and in addi- tion some are active in public affairs. Toronto Star Forty rabbits will eat as much fodder as a dairy cow; only four rabbits are required to out-eat sheep. Mother's Day TO MOST of us, our first inspirations to face life squarely, to find and give the best, have come through the teaching and example of a good Mother. It is our Mother who by her unwearying devotion to her children has instilled into our mindg the virtues of a fu!l and unselfish life. All too often as we get older and have to face the responsi- bilities of life alone, we overlook the debt we owe Mother. W do not altogether forget. But somehow, there are so many de- mands on us, we just take Mother for granted. W know Mother'* love never grows cold. It is there for us to command. Sunday ii Mother'i Day! Let tu do something this Sunday to show Mother w think a lot of her. You will never be able to pay back all you owe her. But soras littls tangible token of your affection will- feed the soul . . . your own ai weft as your Mother'sl QUEUES OF HOUSEWIVES FORM BEFORE LONDON FOOD STORES faces of these London housewives refloct the increasing shortage of foodstuffs in the British , due to th ever- lightening German count.r-block.de. Eg<rs from Canada, along with other provisions are dol out on u i 3iti on on 3 us. REG'LAR FELLERS The Mechanical Lady By GENE BYRNES CAN Y'&cAT TWI3?\| A UE M DETECTOR .' WHEN Y'Tei-L. A / LIE IT JIGCiUES f UP AN' DOWN J.1KE THIS/ J / HtV, WNHEAD/\ oiojft EVER see Oe OF THO3E MACHINES THAT CAN TEU WHEN