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u the georgetown herald sixtysixth year of publication the georgetown herald wednesday evening march 23rd 1932 150 per annum in advance 200 to llsa the caeoietovynuherald j m c i canadian weekly newspaper c n r tnno table standard ttana mac tvt passenger and mall 1020 am passenger 30 pm passenger and mall 6j0 pjn passenger stops- for passengers going bast and toronto 0jss pjn sundays going saat paaaenger 3j0 p passenger s13 pm passenger 066 pjn ma weal passenger and mall passenger passenger and mail passenger sunday passenger sunday getag nawia- kbit tn4 paaaengar s owing svwui mall and passenger 735 ajn 54 aou 108 pjn l3s pjn 831 ajn 1022 pjn 838 pjn arrow 1ncbeasc0 bus service basil in standard time leave georgetown dally westbound 50 1u0 pjn 360 pjn 710 pjn 860 pan daily ex cept saturday saturday only 1l60 pin 1010 saturday sunday and hall- days only leave georgetown daily bastbound 7i0 in 10a6 ajn 120 pjn 630 pjn a0 pjn toj pjn saturdays sundays and holidays only reduced fares to holder of season tickets tickcbts and infoiutation at longs de- iolef wow builds a complete line of fcton heavy duty trucks directory uk box dal irristar aad sauester oeorgetown ontario att ckrtnlm lcae bany dy 131 tack vkedboe track with soke body bcf ixnrerfnl track n olastxnok b wwwmn hallow or notary ratal offlsai ntlalll block oeorgetown ajfsinpion oaavso a oaasasaa a b qxabain bbmnbkm m lavmodon nana- aahohnc newsy pasoe first mortgage laonsrj to loan w e watson djm- kjtj maauon pauest lltft uah sal ru ef oweut carriage vaotory buurs ajn to am mia lamb bg day or weak rr aaajtawara anons oars c av k k cmropracnc a i if kjaa of track row chevrolet brines matchless economy of oil and upkeep to 5k heavy duty crack fidd more over the complete line of new chevrolet 2ton heavy puty trucks an built specifically for the strenuous kind of heavy hauling service for example chevrolet surcsxwler heavy dun tracks have the clark foilfloating rear axle especially devel oped for heavy doty work cutk heavy duty fourspeed transmission is wither feature of these trucks in addi tion chevrolet trades have a special sixcylinder track engine smoother faster more powerful and with longer life the pressed sceej diannel frame if excep- donalfydeep and rugged a special track clutch is pro vided wheels ate interchangeable throughout and there are several dre options chevrolet heavy duty trucks are bafflt on two wheel- bases standard 131inch and 157inch for lna bulky loads there is a wide variety of body types to sah every heavy knhng field before yon buy mmj heavy duty track get the new chevrolet specuficadoos yon will find a model exactly suited to the wotfc yon have to do a 2ton chevrolet heavy doty truck at one of the worlds lowest txock prices and with lowest tonmile oprt coats chevrolet crlhwer i kj4lk9 ctnvm j n oneill son phonb 14 gbobcunown traan cfrjb ckcl or cfca at sua xray service and saturday 1 ty aad 7 jo to sjo pjn by ai v 4 sat ass frank patcai abctfaonebk ef vase aad b men oaf astuaii guv a e mccujre anctioaeew sal batata laanhandlaa sou farm phone mrs oeorsetown ontario bya bar nose and throat specialist at georgetown wednesday evening batard afternoon and evening h a pjn tffl pan or by an- nmaunieotaiaasts stgadled office- it site itatthewv main bt borne phone 107 r itp j sanford slbwaiuuwai pliussm hamate cktatwoj ttvea pbooe 84 r 12 gntai rr no 2 monuments poucxscbigham gall ont- dcaicas an eeasnt jnapan our work in q o0aimtety woocl f or sate bw axnr pbhbw rmolae rttrdwood 9aeb and maple uo pat atngia cord ssos un baidwecd umba and tsoa siw ibatahdtokd afajtttj wood ha t nrdwool bamk and mapla tuo hwdwood wndfauo hart nabtfimt ran ia- jamvwtarood saiart lte xnr- baas butszty oantby quick the barns on nre dick johnsons wife was masting pies when tw glanced out the win- dow jtnd saw smoke curling up from the barn and dick was over at the blars helping with a load of hogs she ranto the telephone dick rushdd home with feed may and in a few minutes they had atamped out the smonlrtfting hay refbre the fire got really started that was a dose shave dick sajd we might have lojt every thing ifs utcky uhfv kept om telephone a p he wiu succeed he will succeed who gives his best to every task and every teat he will succeed who day by day plods steadfastly along his way for him the llgtlts of fame shall burn who never grows too wise to learn who rises with the morning sun intent on bettering what hes done wlaoaaks no favors from toe past buttmns yesleruay should last be wiu suoceed who understands f life has no place for idle hands who rightly 0i lifes history reads big men have always done big deeds be will suoteed who truly knows that merit often slowly graws i he will suoceed wholl worfc and wait and seek the knowledge of the great be will succeed whateer his berth who has the- ptock to prove his worth m j ryan fksends ctod give me friends to cheer rhe in the rain who understand and help me nulld again just friends tnat closer creep swhen sorrows press to fortify my life gainst hopelessness reflected they though dark may be the night 4cute purest gold beneath a radiant light ood give metrienos but may i hum bly learn true friendliness to give them in re- turn wills boey if any man now smm atrawgttt t by oerald mygatt the rector was aware that he was repeating the service mechanically only occasionally he reflected with a certain cynicism only once in a tjlue moan did he really feel like putting bis heart and soul into the intonation of those lapely and solemn old words which so irrevocably linked and a man till death at intervals of course there an obvious lovexnaceh ah how well he could tell and then his heart flooded with waumth and the beauty of the service and its significance seemed to- transform themselves into a light within him and that light he knew shone forth bat most of them were like todays a church tiow with faablonames and sermfashlcaunles the rays of sunnght rtantlngr through the atamed- glass windows and making faces look purple and red and yellow and blue and green the fragrance of too many flowers and the more highlykeyed fragrance of too much feminity in for mal array nearer directly before htm a bride and groom she a vague 1t of satiny white and he stiff and solemn in nh rigidlyworn black beyond the bride and groom the usual cordon of pasteltinted brlrranavls and mackdad ushers one or two of these latter inevitably winking in at tempts to eaten the eye of someone who also looked on marriage as a joke well marriage wasnroke the rector knew that be listened to tne sound of his own voice and found himself faintly surprised as he always was that the words could come forth in all their solemnity and careful intonation without any particular con scious gumance it was a habit na turally tmhad married many many have to say he replied with a certain dignity jennie mst the lioness was fac ing him with her hands on her hips her jaw projected forward and her eyes were narrowed youll tell your reason here and now she sakd the man smiled knowingly be shook his bead i u tell my reason when and as i choose someone whispered ses a- black mailer throw him out grunted a and the ward was taken up throw him out tne ushers looked at the rector toe rector looked at the man looked at tne assemblage and tnen in clined his head thats uoax said the uoneaa with vehemence- now everylaody att down the rector paced back up the aisle the waiving win go on said the t lioness definitely they round the bride in tne rectors study come back in here eat raanded her mother from the door the bride shrugged no use she said ralph has gone clone you mean ralphvi bone he took his hat and coat and he went said tne bride- and then utile hysterically she began to laugh at nine oclock that evening the groom sat in a room in an inoonspl- cuous hotel and called come in to someone wno knocked upon jrte door the door opened in walked the man who had stood up in the centre of the church tne groom reached for his wallet and counted out from it five oriehnndrednound notes heres the money said the groom the visitor pocketed the bitja i might as well tell you he said buttoning his coat that i was tempt ed to tell the truth there in tbecnuroh chat i was an acfor paid to apeak my lines and that youd found me only three or four hours before trie cere- many frankly i didnt like it i dont blame you said the groom she put it oyer on you at tnat he announced he patted a newsnaper that protruded from his coat pocket its in here be said van drama miss mattan eloped hranrrltatety af ter the ceremony with a man named snaflord their family chauffeur bow does that hkt you tm glad abe had the nerve com mented the broom nodding approba tion you see she never had the nerve to oppose her mother mcueh too much mother miss never told me of course but snaflord did great chap snasord i liked him he was watting there outside the church well rut said the actor the groom smiled again the only way to beat a woman like that is when she gives you an opening i had no money you know not a cent you certainly had 300 tne actor said lronicalry yes i had just tnai aaer the man had gone the groom began to smile again as if rerainia- eentty wrom bis waistcoat pocket he drew a card and he read on k with evident satisfaction to ralpn on his wedding day tram his motherinlaw across the lower righthand waa an admonition a single short sen tence in the form of a command use this taooo for mawahtng that win make you and my daughter happy ontario legislature ontario legislature mar it 1933 a h budget for 1933 together with a surplus estimated at s38soo0 was announced by hon e a dunlop provincial treasurer in the budget tabled in the ontahb legislature last week increased tj amounting to tiuoooo coupled with governmen tal economies and exprmditure cuts of kffisom are shown in the budget increases in taiwlrm are announced these include raising of g tax by 1 cent to 8 cents a gallon a tax of 10 cents a bottle on all imported liquors and wines and a tax of 2s cents a gsatton on domestic wines ex tension of the atnusenunt tax to in clude tickets as low as 25 cents and abri of all exenapuons except rejjgayxa ohawitable pat and nhtsufxtrogao bodies increased taxes under ttos um tax act and in creased ehnraes tot law stamnw these fares an einpnctad to net the following corporation tax 2000- 000 amusement tax 303000 gas tax tl330000 liquor taxes tsomoo wine tax 00000 law stamps s100000 rfr revenue for 1993 ha placed at t58ooso00 sad estfensfeed expendi ture s5mov00o leaving the estimated surplus as sgainatthe deficit in 1831 of 4s69u2 in anixwxnclng the budget hon mr dunlop pointed to many features of policy tfcnt the government has adopt ed in order to ha la nor the budget there is to be a rigorous retrench ment poueot under which expenditures are cut try hjsoojb00 and stressing the need fox- more efficiency and economy in all departments bvery department is showing a decreased expenditure for the year in connection with the liquor control act hon mr dunlop out that the taxpayers of juad benefited by over 43- sinoe the acts inception the provinces credit he declared had been matntalned despite such dlfllcult times capital expenditures had been held at a low level and n connection vote he could be 100 per cent certain of being the communist element in kjenora power to decalre a moratorium in the case of a municipality in default of payment on its bonds is provided for in the newly created ontario mu nicipal board under provisions of a bib introduceo to she legislature by attorneygeneral price the bill mer ges the ontario railway and munici pal board and the bureau offfltmlci- paj afhurs into one board being com missioned to renderrubon any muni cipal matter and n empowered to acrutinlbe the debenture of any munfr cipality and declare a moratorium wnen a municipality is in default and thds prevents suits against the muni cipality the board may inquire into the affairs upon the request of nouru cipality itself or of 20 per cent lies creditors easter oh of sbgael tttwns and new indus- trtfes some of bntarios dailies have the past week wen discussing the advis anility oftnew industries coming to pantrlaipselectrng the small town as a suttahle location for their plant at agreed that the de- attractions of a garden job printing a speciality be dldnt know this groom that is he bad met him only hurriedly be young and quiet more or less penniless but with a name a nine chap rather bewildered by all this pomp even now tg there stiffly beads of moisture were oozing out up on bis forehead- nervous of course well they usually were particularly wnen they were inaiiylng money the rector recxthsg the words of th- servlee wondered where the alattans had found this young man for find hhm they certainly had there in the front pew sat jennie mattan known in certain curies as the lioness she was plump but she was also as the rector had learn ed from experience an exosediinza firm person the boy was not marry ing merely the ni beside htm be was marrying a motherinlaw wno could easily have been the orgtoal all the motqerbxiaw jokes well thought the rector after all it was notkny buatoeas but the mat- tans if they wnnsed a title in the family they soon would have it very likely the marriage would turn out to be a howling sooonav one never could ten th days mow the lector paused pauvwl at this point in the o it was merely an tnsstnctnw pause fruit of that instinct for the diarnaalc wnrich possibly had drawn him tnto the clergy then be heardl his voice tntonnag faaxtleady irjhrto tab holy these two persona present come now to he joined if any man can show just cause why tney may not l be joined together let him now speak or else hereafter t bold his peace a faint sttr moved the church at it always did tnen there fell silence one of the ushers wlhktng broadly array sttenmt at to been coughed hi a burlesque attempt the pews giggled it was then that a man rose to nu feet about hallway bank to the enure he stood them nvxmemartty luldhx up lua hands nervously be was a midd aged man- dressed just a minute be said the rector jaw dropped open heads turned abruptly with mot rustling of auk and a sudden bjssnag of whispered and startled queries the man stood there stiffly bis angers twitched ha gatped i believe i can show r just cause n stated people were staxidlng up now wo mens hats blocked sny view of use intruder except for tnoae nearest him the ushers started bodily down use ate their jaws set grimly the rector cosnpleteiy astounded raised his hand never before in ms experience or in taw exp of aijcr of xils confherea nad a thing has tttts happened why if was unbelievabkel it was horrible hto strode down the aisle people gave way before na robes this wont do said the rector de fiantly two of the rjabera had closed around the rnan the reotor turned s his am widely over the congregation be looked about rum his head lifted sternly the people sh i aat this man must be heard the reo tor aun mow he turned to the jx you baa anryuung to aay v although reck gardens very popular in great bril europe tor many years r b onty com paratively recently that they have be come common in panada bug now many neis have them and numer ous gardens are being started each year a rook border has been estab lished at the kxpeatmerual perm ot tawa where rook and alpine plants are being tested to determine which win suoceed under conditions that anyone may imitate what is it that makes rock gar dens so attracttvet one tmtportant reason is that tne greatest amount of bloom is tarty tan the spring when en thusiasm for gardening is at tta high est and when flowcia in the tardea are- most appreciated another a of the rook garden is that more de pends on trrdrrriduel effort than per haps with any other type of garden ing the rocks may be arranged so thai they gtva a very unnatural effect not to be desired or they may be placed in such a way that the setting for the plants auums very natuno bven with out a small area to work on there are many pravrwe wan of snangmg the stones and in laying out the garden and ones re ness is brought taste play m tryinar to make the most pleasing and natural with the lo e in the gasoline tax he pointed out that auto tees in on tario are lover than any other pro vince to trie lxnzdlon the pr motor vehicle and gasoline tax to gether am 16 snort of road main tenance interest and debt retirement the temlsaxming and northern on tario railway pays 880000 interest to the treabuny hydro i melius increased from 8otoj00 in 1m2 to in 1s31 wriue the ontario savings offices and farm loan board both show a substantial surplus the sheet shows assets exceeding ltah by over m 000000 whue the existing is less than s4 of total revenue there is to be included 300000 for direct relief for tmsmnloryinent in the expenditure but the treasurer stress ed a note of keen opunrusm in look- bog to tn future we look to the future with con fidence and with courage said bon mr dunsop speaking on the new t bon mr dunlop declared that the goverrrment would not curtail its ex penditure na the maintenance of es sential and necessary services to the people but because ordinary sources of revenue fall a guvtimnead in time of econoaxue stress found tt necessary to seek new means of income souncee of revenue which in nor mal tanea would prove ample to pro vide for an the expendlturee of gov ernment are nov today sofitsxent to take care of the mrnhtmirn of the expendaure which is absolutely neces sary to carry on the said hon- ssr ijunlop and maintain its ni iuiiiw i j and wwrnllal services and nrawxuasuusding savings and eoon omtes which have been effected amraincrntt to close to tsjooojooo it is unfortunately necessary in order that seeans gem centraufxation w industry is desirable where good transportation- facilities can be otatainedvalong with reasonably cheap power in a small town it can offer many advantages wheh the large cesxtre cannot one of tbrontos dail ies declares its approval of a large master of industrial points throughout the province partly on the ground that such centres afford local markets for the neighboring farmers they al- axtord more opportunities for bealtoful happy living recently the bjideoabssex oo se lected tilbury a village of less than 3000 people for lbs new canadian fac tory the small towns of ontario should be able to secure their snare of the increased industriausation which seems destined to come to can ada in the next decade or so if they go after it arthur enterprisenews in the old days bella of resurrection again you joyful ring and with your glad direction we praise our gracious king but there s a long drawn shadow across our path today that not the sun or starlight or moon can drive away o er all the world it lingers no bless ing in it for it points with bloody fingers that cruol dark phantom war oh bells of blessed easter tls not so long ago j that other voices caroled their hearts with love aglow their hymns were full of glory where peace and hope abide and joyful was their story each hal lowed eastertide there was no ears to smother no sighs on winds were borne there wjkb nojaues to cover that re- surrectlon morn i oh bells of easter joyful still be the song you sing and raise the heart of sorrow to see the radiant king peal forth hut hush one moment when oo the scented air in the obi days before mayonnaise became epidemic table scraps wr hash instead of salad and you coukd tell wtaat the darned thing was qrandrnothers handtag may have conotlned a lot of foolish things but it never contained a lipstick or ciga rette case every boy asks for more than tie expects to get the worn who used to be ashamed of her past is now having ft syndicated an op- umast is a guy who thinks bis wife has quit pkitiv cigarettes when he finds cigar butts around his house more than one girl has given a boy friend the bounce tor rubbering at other girts you can tell good litera ture- the publishers give you a set of at free when you nuy a set of brash well credit admiral byrd with find ing sl that land down at the south pole but just the same bow is he go ing to get tt defrosted naturally sums women think better of their first hw after they have been hooked up a few years with aheir second of spring across the meadow comes toreet compassions prayer o be a holy hearld to every heart that dwells in loneliness and sadness blest resur rection bells aileerj ward easter j halton countt baseball league another great attraction of the rock garden is rn the study which it is nec essary to give to each kind at plant so- that tt win set a favorable amount of sunshine also know whether the plant sunceeda best under very dry conditions whether tt needs a moderate or liberal supply of moisture the indrridnal needs of each ispnctes m regard to drainage must also be learned there is a charm about rock plants how ever not possessed by tnest other planta there are not many of them that are suitable for cutting tnetr attractions lying in their dainty and brightly colored flowers and in the case of many sp in the mass of the past year that revenue was 54 0000 as oxnpared with a revenue in 1030 of tovusjott an increase to cffdmary revenue for the year of j3- 185473 ordinary expmdtture for 1981 waa omtfti exclusive of debt chargm aa oompared wh the similar esrflendlurre for the year of 1030 of t3ms01t or an increase for urn year of 0300114 charges on account of provincial debt were ll1383 last year as co with w79c0s3 in the pravkaa year a total expenditure in 1031 of s4imoa04 mcosnpared with gox810m in 10s0 ro provision has been made ha the year juat closed for debt reureament on provincial account arbougb debs retnrement m full on broom which forms a veritable otrgftstjjmorjont of y advanced by the he at- ibyoroeaecttrks power orsjimlstaon has the rock garden also has the traction of bawtrkg the largest uuuab of species in the smallest space and tbe nuusber of kiiatrs of rook and alpine plants that tt is possible to grow is very large thta is what xssasea rock gardening so attractive to those in dtlss who have but a limited area an a arnal kit there is endless variety and endless experimenting to find which will suc ceed some of the rock plants sue very tiny and these have a great charm for the fl ami lover b is na tural for both men and women to be attracted to aad to care for things whether tt be children hold pen or plants and rock aad alpine flowers are the jewels among plants as children are the jewels drunken dbivkbs the 8t marys paper is not wide of tta mark when k to tne following optnlon- oan learn from the old chantry in tbe matter of dealing with drunken drivers a few days asm a naoaist m aberdeen was fined tsoq and had nto uomse sus pended for ten wears in that ease a boy was seriously injured the st case of a dnniksn driver injure anybody laahg cadnot 31b aad loanghta ttoeraw for tab yeera h- aon labour kenora to adopt the om country in pbxe of our meagre penahsaa the nurnber of drunken drivers would he zwjsned and our busy lagh- tv aridan i ways wotud he awn this nrovtnse may present a balanced budget to the public to raise addition- al revenue this year to the extent of about stdoojooo flkiiliawliai expenditure on direct relief the treasurer declared ontario last year would have had a surplus of 090000 of one thing i am certain said hon mr dunlop aad that is that canada was not suffering under the of her tilistory nor were ssreat britain and the united states facjnat the most critical econo mic crises of their ftnanrlsl history four of five tunes in the past century as serious and even more serious de- have occurred closer re lations and interdependeart made the worldnrlde in rs effect touching in the increase on the gas oline tax bon mr dunlop amid to ewmmale att rebates of this tax ex cepting to ifarmer or osberman in the pursuit of tnen respective callings hon mr dunlop pointed out in connection with financial activities of the haaon county basebal league wbl hold their annual meeting and banojuet on saturday march 26th at the nhjton hotel in milton with fin sident j k jutten and secretary w j snyder of the oaaa in at tendance it is proposed to expand the league tins year with the addl- tktnal liae inert l group and a new junior aeries which will in all prob ability he known to future as the hcal- tonwexttworfch league acton mil ton georgetown and oakvifle are the intermediate clubs with teams from bronte burlington oaaxpbeuvllle hal- bride waterdbwn and hamilton form ing the other group the juvenile a made up from dubs in oak- ville acton and milton will have trwo new teams while a junior series will be formed to take care of the boys from the juvenile series anyone in terested is required to communicate with robert carney 3 pine avenue oafcville- as this life has grown easier the life beyond has receded in lhnportance it is not talked or thought about so much as a generation or so backv there is less concern about preparing for it and deserving its le yet the verity of that life to come was never more profound than now seer and scientist now stand along side the religionist in declaring it preservation not destruction is the law of the universe so science is re vealing i feel in myself the future life wrote victor hugo the nearer i approach the end the plainer i hear around me the immortal syrnphonles of the world which invite me it is marvelous yet simple it is a fairy tale and it is history when i go down to the grave i can say like so many others i have finished my life but my days work will begin again the next morning the tomb is not a blind auley it is a thcrougnfare it closes on the twilight to open on the dawn easter is the sign as well as the re minder of a future life for he whose own resurrection it conrunemorates gave also thus promise according to john 14 19 because i live ye shall live also food to keep you fit many madical men are urging housewives to build up resistance among members of the faintly by us ing items of diet which are known to combat colds and ward off infection milk egxjs butter and certain fruits which all cantata the anxltnfectlve vitamin a and whole wheat foods whloh iinparc body heat are parti cularly valuable shredded wheat is a striking ex ample of a whole wheat product which can be served in many appetising combinations with the vitamin a foods suggested shredded wheat is made entirely of canadian whole wheat with nothing added and noth ing taken away it is inexpensive and two biscuits of it served with whote milk and fruit make a perfectly bal anced meal for cluldren or tdults must stamp cheques auto owner pay onethird of revenue the new additional tax on gasoune will mean that onethird of the total revenue of the province comes from motor vehlclea said w o robertson general manager of the ontario mo tor league cotntnentlrrg on the ad- ontario tax on gasoline tne tax of one cent per gal lon trkeether with use increase in irensei fees itravwrd earlier in the year meant that ontario motorists if they continue to use automobiles and bum gasoline to the same extent as in the past will be taxed between 20- 000000 and 21000000 which should more than cover the outlay on high ways for the whole province the leagues point of view was that in terests other than motorists should help defray this expense such as those deriving benefit from the tourist trade agriculture mail delivery and school attendance been prawoed tor from thai uquor control board the anvernmea raid l 10030000 the profits of the board had been 01- 500348 leas han this ngure the dlf- ference being reallxed fiuau the aur phis proms in the hands of the board any statement however that the gov- ernment had robb the board were entirely etronasous tribute waa paid to use pntario civil servauius by the treasurer for their numlrjagmtorl wftatrantoss to accept salary cuts as a contribution to ecuaa while it was hoped they would be of a temporary nature referring to the recent 35000000 bond issue ron mr dunlop defended the rates of interest paid declaring the loan baring done much to stabi lise the nmrartal situation in oanada and tbe province generally a bussell wnastu conservative rwjonilsy tysonto la spearing on the budget detnte read a report from the toorntt boone dealing with in vestigations toward oomriwrnaat clubs in toronto mr w pointed out that while oxmrnunlst leaders were in penitentiary three schools exist in to ronto to teach children how to ha un police report urged that tswrtotr be baroluced r rnatav was poll rfartsatl he sucu ancletiea laeyjraembasl ijonakl at hogarth corawrrattwafdrt arthur also on the rjudget debate oharged bail hutohfn knot with kavlnwbeei been assnr later in the uprising against coiv- atltawkrrral turtnorky m wlmiipeg in 1010 heiubjer lateral or ocoservallre retain mr rtratchlnaon in why worry it is probably not commonly known that there is a penalty of 50 max imum provided by law for the party who presents to a hank a cheque for an amount exceeding 5 which does not bear the necessary twocent ex cise or postage stamp anil further more with a view to curtailing the large and increasing number of un stamped cheques which axe going through the department of national revenue is threatening to take ac tion in the matter cnr demonstration trains benefit farmers in canada these airiealtural trains are vbtaally travenuus- colleges inarmed by technical agriculturalists whose purpose is to improve barm fang methods we wonder why folks worry there are oxuy two reasons for worry blther you are successful or you are not suoeessful if you are successful these ks nothing to worry about if you are not successful there are only two things to worry about tour health a either good or youre sick if your health fas good there is nothing to worry about if youre sick there are only two things to worry about you are etuiesv going to get well or you are goiraz ipdie if you are going to get well there b nothing to worry about if you are going to rae there are ocdy two things to worry about you are either going o heaven or you are not going to heaven and if you are going to heaven there la nothing to worry about if sou are going to the other place you be so darn busy shaking hands with old friends ydu wont hawe time to worry so why worry the oliver shield in can ada lurrrtwrman scholastic economy if the province intends to cut down its grants towards education it should start with tbe higherups many par- trclpanti in higher education undouba edty should pay more for the privilege of tbe few the cost of public edu cation is the largest single item in the tax burden in these days the people should get their moneys worth tbe public schools are doing more to teach the larger number and de- lneduoable students and the university is filling the professions with tlm onty baa many krao are unfit to practice them money wasted on education has fan many cases nrtned a firstclass garage mwihartlc or shoe aslssnavy brandon nearly 3o0oo farmers in ontario quebec banrarrhewan and british columbia benefitted directly last year through the operation of four agricul tural demonstration trains by the canadian national railways working in cooperation with the various pro vincial governments these trains are virtually travelling oollegea and are fitted with charts samples and experimentall apparatus and are rnann- ed by techjilcl agricururansta then- main purpose being to improve farm ing methods in the dominion each train is devoted to the study of one or two specific problems in cluding the breeding feeding and management of uvestock the use o clean seed the management of field craps the use of fertilisers and farm economics particular eoiphssis was placed last year in quebec on the use of crushed agricultural limeaavone as a soil improver investigations con ducted by the ipartxnent of agri culture of uhe canadian national rail ways have shown that tbe producti vity of quebec soils has inxoroved very little in recent years and that crop yields in many districts have been ex ceedingly low particularly in the old er cornmunluess where iannlna has practiced for a number of years of the primary reusta of this actory condition is soil acldt- which can be eheapv and effec tively corrected by the use of crushed limestone as a result of the work of the quebec soil improvement train the use of this son corrective in the province has increased 100 per cent in two years the actual amount car ried from the quebec quarries to the farms of the province in 1031 was well over 30000 tone in 1038 it was only 4838 tons a as one means of jfnjireablng he farmers with the necessity of treat ing their soils for excess acid they were invited to bring samples of their own soils to the train for testing over 10000 of these samples were dealt with on the spot and the fanners con cerned advised on the amount of limestone required by their own par- serve the most coninderatlon and thel tloular solas for qmhiiz nave been operated by the canadian err national railways in every provtoce with tho exception of prince bdward bdand and lecturesand demonstra- ttons conducted on the trains have been attended by no less than lmjooo 4 i f 4 ii f