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wtir ir itta wmjktwo the acton free press thcttspavymarpbt 44632 tlv i in artnn jfo jrrfib limn weeklnewspaber oclatlon wki a far t to alny building the sobacrlptlon press 4 published foj sutsdayeveniee t tbefree press 11 street acton ontario the in price per ear ta achance poauge la charged additional to offices to lye united states the date to which aobscrlptlons are pud is indicated on the address label advertising katesor smell -nttelasal- bed adtertiaementa and in other columns the ra wiltbertounaatjieailolcohimn dis play advertising rates on application a dills editor and proprietor editorial and business umce kealdence a few years ago fhe baseball team o a university was defeated after confidently expecting a season of unbrokenvictbries the piayerwent back to the university humiliatedand heavyhearted choosing a train that vrjovid bring them in at an hour wheb vetyhqdywouji be in bgd ad jieep they arrived at halfpast one oclock in the morning however they foun the college band on hand to welcome them and bverjr student but to- cheer- think what such a greeting meant to those humiliated disappointed boys plenty of people are always hear to cheer the successful there are always bands to meet the fellows who come home victorious these university students who turned oujt to give a rousing welcome toa defeated team however were in tire right it is the- friend who has failed who needs our help and encouragement when some onje you know- has- encountered defeat an dlis crushed shamed andipossibly embittered that is the time for- tfie band tor play chronicles of written bpeelalrj far ctvendotjne f ci not experimental time at the tiriresvhen everyone else is expected to decrease costs and give lower prices the provincial and dominion governments are increasing the taxa tion to meet the costs of administration a typical example of the last relief legislation which has been administered is rather startling it is said there was 74i5973 days of work provided t a cost to the country bfifejqqq00 or over 10 per day it would appear that all the governments might well get out of the industrial field when such figtfres are given there were few of the men employed who reeejved much of the 10 per day to pay for this expenditure taxes must be raised from somewhere the jast levies on business and increases at the common pocketbook did not measure- up to- expectations sjfhere wasat as much business done and therefore there wasnt ther revenue as anticipated further levies on business will not bring added tevenue jthe robb budgets that lowered taxation were productive pfsufficienttomeet all requirernentsand consistently loweredcosts to the peoplejafjiyera circums wearehavingan experiment intheotherangle atla time when it would seem that every inducement was necessary to promote greater activity in business and trade jiist hqw far the pocketbook that has been badly shattered can maintain the demands of in creased levies wttl remain to be seen but the present does not seem the most opportune time for experimental purposes too free the action of the government in increasingthe radio licensefee from one dollar to a two dollar assessment has apparently brought into being a new organization with the sole purpose of- saving the dear public some moneykjmd at the same time put up a stiff opposition backed by innumerable solicited rq e tnn rtnun of pri ownershi of the radio broadcasting the radio owners have been supplied with a card tosimply sign and return to this philanthropic organization and told of the wonderful- benefits of the present system and then h the whole matter win det adjusted w fui cost to him were always just a little bit cautious about these gift articles that dont cost anyhing the return- postage on the reply card was even paid were hot suspicious but just who is supplying the fundsfor this neworganization we wondered but like a lot of other things we receive we read the argument then our mind went back to the pro grammes we receiveover the radio we summed up to6 how many times that we turned off the machine in disgust we also recollected a conversa tion with sir harry brittain of acton england a little pver a year ago in whidh the programmes as given under government control in the old land were discussed the increase in fee from oneo two dollars by the government does not seem justified if no value is to be given by the government in return for the additional revenue but the time would seem ripe when a fee mightbe collected sufficient to insure better programmes over the air and a way out of the confusibn and babel that often come from the un attended receiving set possibly a larger fee would be the means toward improvement but we felt rather cautious toward the no expense signature we were requested to make and our post card went to tme wastepaper basket after all we have n6 assurance that government control of the radio 0 more stimngmore stench- the nidre stirring about that occurs in the politic al slush fund that was provided from beauharrtois the more urgent seems the demand for complete in- gmgiojiljhgjd9 so earnestly by the enquiry into the aird business were too in- sigmflcant7to consideredas-vaiuable-by-the-pro- yincial government in fact up to the present it has seemed that the attitude of the provincial govern ment has been that the whole affair has been too last week my typewriter weut on strike and so this week i quite expected to make a trip to the clly instead of which every daj and most ol every flight hasseeji taken up with nursing our daughter for twowefeks she has not been well enough to send to school andiyet not sick enough to stay in bed or even to keeptothe hoijsebut the list few days have tbeen what one might call a grand finale when a tempera ture reaches 104 degrees ohe naturally begins to sit up and take notice it js then wevreaiizelthe doctor is our best- friend incidentally- just at present he is the bestirlend to half the- people in the district apparently pat is not con tent with a merodoctor as he said to me the other daymurnmy i wish jesus ws still on earth theq he could just touch us and we should be well again i could not help feeling amused and perhaps a- little annoyedjwlth ou docto mb aire yfinnra when botl enjii tie w e came he was fining a btr te with medicine when i asked bim robert ruggendork the heaviest man in germany died not long ago at ruu- hurg an enormous being he welghod over 400 lbs and made a living by exhibiting his prodigious bulk he could not travel by train except in a baggage car so he toured in a motorlorry cap able of carrying a manmo whose flesh and fat approached aqfiarter bt5t ton tlie front door of his- house thaa to be twice as wide as that of his neighbors f was robert the german was almost a middleweight compared with edward brght an englishman who weighed 60o lbs when he died he measured five feet six inches around the chest six feet eleven inches round- the abdomen and two feet six inches round the middle of his arm he was never eximblted but went about his business as a grocer until increasing weight brought him to his- deathbed daniel lambert the biggest man on record surpassed bright to afatgreater extent than bright exceeded the ger man a few days before his death tarnbrtwelglied over 700 lbs this stupendous man measured nine feet four inches round the body and thlrbyseven inches round tht leg his tailor charg ed hlrn twenty pounds for a suit bom at leicester lambert was no freak with only his size to commend mlie ij re a test hairaiu in monrishmenl i coat as crown to5sb famooa acononty food bfacy trocar aaluit swlt for oanadaa phm raclnaa 3h practical homataatad ndfrn emvabjsbuiljg emmsmm thecanadastarchoo limited monrrkral v 4 soscopr of m ttm luclpwi tnrlo isc for malnaa bio addusl if he would rather have a smaffer bottle tng bear was trifling to warrant a thorough investigation that an insistent public keeps demanding the charges against the senators have brought more items to light that have kept the pubjlic in a foment 6h the question now thehighcpmmissiqner to london is to rush home the question to the- average in dividual is what is he coming for just to clear his own and the partys name or to give real information thatt will place all the blame where it belongs as the matte rests at present it would appear that the sole desire of both parties has been to clear ftheir own skirts and stop the investigations when it be comes dangerous to entangling them with such a stigma over both parties the further negotiatiotrsnn thue st- lawrence projegt would sem to be just as wellto bide a wee until it can be negotiated for the interests of the general publictwho will be called upon to foot the bill editorial notes a newspaper heading last week said that sports man kills doe leaves carcase even the wild animafs are having motor terms affixed to their anatomy to labor with zest a give of your best for the sweetness and joy of the giving to help folks along with a hand and a song why theres the real sun shine of living bridev andthe wedding7writeup read when they returrttrbm the honeyihoonthe newlyweds will live wrflf the brides father it would- appear that the politicalvalley- of humiliation was about due for an increase in popu lation and an overcrowding unless some of the supposed inhabitants move out st patricks day was loyally observed by all true irishman 15si thursdayahdmany who wotiltlhave difficulty in tracing irish ancestry paid tribute to ireland and the irish by thewearing of the green burlington hasbeen forced to abandon its water extension following the refusal of the banks to ad vance the loan a smal loan may be sought these are days when caution is necessary iri all e activi canadas gold production in 1931 reached the new high record of 2682776 ounces valued at 55- 457900 this is 276 per cent above the 1930 pro duction of the total the province of ontario ac counted for 2079752 ounces valued at 42992288 the transient guests who find a nights lodging at the town hall each night do not seem to diminish it is noticeable hweverthat the oldfashioned fessional tramp is strangely absent and it is a class of young men who habitate this refuge each night as a shelter from the weather the toronto mailers union comes forward with a solution for raising some government revenue it suggested taxing american newspaper suftday rii- tions five cents per copy this would possibiy ac complish a double duty if it didnt raise revenue it would at least curtail a very undesirable sort of literature there are over 450 miresof motor highways 100 miles of roads 3492 miles of trails and 1400 miles of telephone lines in the twenty natonal paiks of canada when cover an area of over 13800 square miles in different parts of the dominion these parks hich are sanctuaries for wild- life of great variety are also wonderlands of forest streams lakes mountains glaciers hot springs etc they j not an improvement and it is quite evident are open to tourists for whom special camping ht tljey s rbom for ah improvement i facilities are open oh no he said what is left over will come inor the rest of the family now wasnt that a cheerful thing to say3 tf it wflra not for the fact that the doctors are almost rushed to death these days i might almost think he was working on the theojy of outo- tlon thls flu epidemic is not without its humor everyone seems to have a pet cure to cbrnbatitrbut i notice none of them amount to much if the inslrtlona little flu germ decides to fasten its ten- acles on to some part of r our anatomy on- every hand one hears you ought to try hot lemon drinks its the best cure i know ginger tea is a splen did remedy for a cold camomile tea is the finest thing out to- break up a cold you cant beat a hot drink ol good old scotch i always take as pirin dont take anything but water for rortyelghthoursand your cold will soon disappear jmother always said stuff a cold and starve a fever and so u ad infinitum gan- ithe that the little flu germs are possessed of a per verted sense of humor is 1 that they allow us a certain liberty and then just as we think we are getting nicely away they claim us as their own certain it is they are worth watering as their antics are never the same- in- any two cases molly i am thankful to say is very muoh better ther is plenty of medi cine left but i refuse to accept the doctors suggestion that it will d6 for the rest of the family as a precau tion no one was allowed to- go into mollys room but myself of course the medicine may be required but i dont believe in taking any kind of trouble or sickness as a foregone conclusion to do so is invariably the first step to- my bottle fed baby atthebanh5 alsobeenunder the weather and i had to put it on a diet of raw eggs tffl morning she was a lot better and bawl ing for her breakfast so i thought it a good time tbwean her from the bottle t put the milk in a p the l darling drank as though she had never been used to anything else now i ask youswhy cant every calf behave ltsf in like manner when the calf was taking its feed i thought how glad every prohibitionist would be if inveterate topers of the human species could be wearied from the bottle as easily as my barn baby on the other hand it would hardly be satisfactory if like my calf they took to the pall instead yesterday pats own heifer proudly produced a calf this time it was by no means a jack rabbit in fact if one might stretch the potsupithe calf look almost as big as its mother so now we have four calves three ayrshlres and one jersey but i am afraid the torspy is the only one destined to reach a ripe old age the biddies are still trying obeat their own record each day and succeed ing very well but alas there has been tragedy in the henhouse one of our good roosters put hisjiead down a hole and twisted his neckr i rescued him before he had been trapped very long and made him a comfortable nest in the hay but in a little while partner came along and told me uu roosterhad passed away we have since bought- anotherbirdto replace him in fac he is brother to the roosters we already have but they have been parted so long i very much fear their affection for each other has become alienated and when they meet as meet they must bloodshed will be the inevitable result speaking cf bloodshed reminds me of pat he has been saving up his weekly nickel and bought himself a jackknife only been in hlvpofispsslmtwo4 days and already his hands are liber ally decorated with adhesive plaster and are invariably dirty and bloodstained it is torture to me to see him whittling away with his knife but i dont inter fere because i look upon it as part of his education even little boys must learn by experience and to remove danger is no way to teach a child to combat it 1vost discharged maid you described me as dishonest to that lady i cannot find words to express my indignation exmistress and we cant and four pairs of silk stocmrlgs and three table- cloths i weight with ease avehundrea and when a perform lambert beat the infuriated beast with his fists until he let the dog go and backed out of the fight as a young man he was a wonderful swimmer his mammoth bulk floating so high in tne water that his back made a taft on which two ordinary men found support made of canadian wheat if ipil hands off pisa tower no sir the citizens of pisa wont taive their famous attraction the lean ing tower straightened an italian cleric father plccardo who specializes in building church towers wants to straighten it he wants to make an excavation below the foundations on the side opposite the lean the tower would be rested on jacks whilethis is going on and then would be lowered gently until it was upright he is confident he can jo the job but pisa derives a great rev enue from this tower every year it is the drawing card for many tourists who speud mu f trmt reason pisa prefers that father plccardo do his digging elswhere economical healthful- satisfying the canadian shredded wheat cohpany ltd for better business in 1932- actvertbse more x 0 nov i hewe ourit thai tight hatdthtll rirfihdan easter hunny to march with me the world to tell oi carroir taecyou money i satisfaction you customer arc our firat consideration your satisfaction is insisted upon in every carroll store should anything fail to please you we want to know about it promptly satisfaction or yoiir money refunded has been the carroll policy throughout our 40 years of grocery retailing sfkop at carrolls for certain satisfaction and great savings 4 cim3ftvts umira natures best choice quality tomatoes j urge tins j 5 c special singapore sliced pineapple jl tm mom exit chskhrqiralii peaches z- sanu cura mwium six new prunes 3 25 valar i cjwjot qualkr blueberries n 10 ayltt- swmuntd applesauce 10 aylmcr choics quality raspberries n jt5 aylmr 0mic quality strawberries v 25 carrolli spcil ceylon tea vm 39c cwroll silnr star l flour 5 carroll pt li baking powder pickles qi7lt rirtt economy alwayi large navel pranges per dozen medium ngyeu oranges per dozen small navel oranges of per dozen ovl 60c 40c lemons special per dozen 2 spinach bs for 3c sc i ripe tomatoes special per id scotch kippers per package jt fillet of haddie j per tbi 20c 15c mill street phone 158 k 7- w- 7 wrsiii