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qjrmmmwmixmmmmm r i t 1 l 1ri i i rt yacat two the acton free press yhdrjsy april 7 1933 v th pomk of qhj artrnt jree rasa member canadian weekly newspaper asaoeiatkm member ontarfoquebec dirlskm c w n a the acton free press is published tnrery thursday evening at the free press bulldln mill street acton ontario the ascription price is oo per year te advance pouae u charged additional to offices in the united states the date to trmchsubseripttoneara paid is indicated on the address label advertisingrates for smsu unclassi fied advertisements and in other columns the rates will be fount at head of column dis play advertising rates on application g a dills editor and proprietor telephones- residence the wednesday half holiday the wednesday half hpliday much like the day light saving adoption is dealt with in many ways by as vmany different communities an item that is left to the indivfdual choice for fulfilment is usually carried out in an individual manner in actonas in other communities it is pretty much left to the requirements as viewed by the individual merchants some places of business close- each wednesday afternoon in every month except de- cember and on t in which a holiday occurs others observe the holiday only during the summer months- many places have now confined the holiday to the winter months uniformity in the plan would l i all i p h the board of trade passed the following resolution dealing with the question the board of trade recommends to the merchants of the town that the closing of stores for a half holiday during the winter months should be abolished at least during the present de pression and further that the merchants be asked to make such arrangements amongst themselves dur ing the summer months in which the general half holiday is observed one store in each class be open for emergencies so that the buying public may be served on sucfh half holidays editorial notes a few more applications of the closure in the dominion parliament and the twoparty system of government will be a thing of bygone- days xasfweelc friematt andempire observed its sixtieth birthday the free press joins with other newspapers in extending birthday felicitations more difficult position i a newspaper is in a more difficult position than an other business says the kingston whigstandard when there is a widespread business depression it can only curtail its costs by curtailing its service to the public and the moment it starts to do that it is inviting disaster a newspaper is built up on service it holds its place in the confidence and affection of the public because of the day in and day out service which it gives it must give this service whether it gives it at a profit or at a loss there are 46 normal schools in canada in which teachers for the public schools are trained canada also has 152 institutionsproviding higher tional faotlities r i 1- l i revising the calendar the calendar reform like daylight saving and many other reforms continues to demand an ever increasing interest unlike some of the other modern ideas which were adopted by some and rejected by others and only added to confusion the calendar reform is aimed to be adopted world wide and thus do away with confusion of the daylightsaving brand the original plan was of a thirteen month calendar and from the first opposition to such a plan was- found although it is possible that the public might have come to see the advantages another plan that i no q such a rauical change is the twelve month calendar with thirty days in every month excepting january april july and october this plan provides for the four quarters of the year all having an equal number of days it only provides for days in the year and it is proposed to have the extra day fall at the end of the year without any weekdayrrame and be calledayear day and be an international holiday the extra day of lean year would be another international holiday at the end of july and would have no weekday name the new calendar could be adopted it is said in 933 or 1939 since in both these years the year opens on a sunday- this twelve month calendar is very simple and since the last calendar change was back in 1582 and was adopted by england 170 years later it would seem that it was quite reasonable that the calendar arrangement came in for some revision there may be the odd spell of wintei at un seasonable times these days but when the spring sunshine gets to work it takes a husky blizzard to beat it for speed the- world is a looking glass and gives back to ever man the reflection of his own face frown at it and it in turn will look sourly at you laugh at it and it is a jolly kind companion chronicles of ginger farm written bpcelallj for the free preia by gwendoline p clabke these days x jan what you might call working under difficulties the usual procedure alter supper is dishes to wash children to send off to bed they havepf course got past the stage when they have to be put o bed but they still have to be sent off ifrea i go downs trie plu una a few cal oom etiquette of junqle a film company has been taking pic tures at a jwaterhole in the african jungle of animals- which go there to quench their thirst it is the etiquette of the jungle for the elephant to drink first no matter how many animals are around the waterhole they all stand aside for the greatest beast of all many of the animals come forty or fifty miles for a drink and there is a truce be tween even the most deadly enemies after the elephant comes the rhinoceros although most of the other nnlmils in 1931 a total of 151 canning establishments in canada canned or packed 5960388 casesof vege tables of which 2045858 were tomatoes 1356879 were corn 1118790 peas and the remainder beans asparagus spinach etc the pack of fruits was 734531 cases the leaders being peas peaches and i aspberries furniture manufactured in canada in 1930 was valued at 36866195 there are 366 establishments in the dominion lfsted in the furniture industry of which 213 are in ontario 71 in quebec 35 in british columbia 24 in manitoba and the remainder in the other provinces about 12000 persons are em ployed in the industry since january 1 1926 w n tilley k c has been paid 64440 by the ontario hydro for legal servicesrendered inadditionhexeceived494609 which was paid out to solicitors for searching titles etc and the worst of it all would seem to be that after all the expensive legal work the hydro is not out of the bush yet back- to the house tat halfanhour or so back to the bam agai feed more calves and help separate then partner still has a few odd chores to do and i the milk pails to wash but after that we call it a day and about ninethirty we feel entitled to sit down and enjoy our leisure time one night this week partner went to a special legion meeting and what a scramble it was for him to get aiway the next night i had a ticket for a local play but i just couldht get up enough energy to go every cow in the stable is milking and there are no less than six calves five of them are ayr- shires and to tell them apart is worse than a chinese puzzle last night part ner said you might let esther and patrick out to feed sure thing simple enough isnt it to let two calves out of a pen but waitl in the pen wltn esther and patrick were also the twins nnrijt lo at firs one calf and th another they all have brown ears white jiosesjind a brown patchover each eye they are marked a little differently to the body but can anyone study anything so intricate as coat markings when the little wretches wont stand still long enough for anyone to tell the tother from which uiore by luck than good management the calves eventually were escorted to their rightful mothers fresh cows make plenty of work and the other day when partner seemed rather fed up with carrying water through the mud i tried to console him by remarking how thankful we should be that the hens dont have to be led out to water oh for the pen of an artist i have such a delightful mental pliture of a typical farmer leading out hs biddies to water one by one on a string after all who kilows every respectable chicken thee days is blood tested and government ap proved so the time may come when we shall read in the ads our chickens are guaranteed individually hand fed and watered rations fed exactly according to hoyle and watered at stated intervals with special government approved filter ed water please- state on order which key you wish your hens to cackle in our chicks are guaranteed to reach gall curci pitch at maturity in spite of all obstacles i did manage to get into hamilton this week went down on the noon bus and was bacs home again by seven oclock not ao very long to be away from home yet long enough to do everything necessary in hamilton it was easy enough to get pnes shopping done quickly the only place where i saw any kind of a crowd was in the fifteen cent store in all the other places there seemed as many clerks as customers and i was told that the large department stores put on a sale a e two days to gctanythl sold at all even at that from what i oduld see most of the people seemed to be window shoppers it is all so pitiful one wonders how much longer it is possible for people to carry on and how long it will be before the new era of prosperity makes itself felt everything xed cheap enough and had i been dby desire inste of my pocket observe the waterhole truce faithfully two rhinos will fight over their prece dence after the rhi the giraffes drink their fill followed by zebras zebras always travel in herds an some- times forty or flity wlu arrive waterhole at a time according to the etiquette of the jungle however they only come in fourth for the drinking stakes why love xed jfeom holly wood so the marriage of those two movie- stars has been called off erl they couldnt agree as to whose name should be first on the wedding invitations tait optical co 110 wyndham street guelph setting fence posts the proper way to set wooden fence posts is to place them with the large end down the ground around them should be tamped as it is filled in so as to hold them firm posts with big ends down ast longer than posts that are sharpened and driven and are much more stable for corner pssts concrete is good providing the fence is to be a permanent one of course a concrete post is rather tedious to build and a large wooden past makes a very service able corner post setting a corner post in concrete ordinarily will not increase its length of life at all and has a tendenc to shorten it it is possible to increa3i the life of apast setln cqncxeteif enough care is taken in order to makj a wooden post last in concrete the con crete should be mixed very rich rhe mixture should be one part of cement two parts of snjnd and three parts of gravel or crushed rock in the bottom of the hole four or five inches of this mixture should be first added so as to raise the bottom of the post off the ground if paint or asphalt is applied to the post from the top down to the concrete it wrtll keep the water out and act as a preservative why did the moon beam because it saw the stars twinkle j cadesky optometrist will visit acton on monday may 2nd anyone suffering from eyestrain defective vision or headache should not miss the opportunity of consulting this eyesight specialist appointments may be made with mr a t brown druggist consultation free office hour 9 a m tin 4 pw m a nourishing and delicious food that builds healthy bodies particularly re commended for growing children by expert dietitians an economy food that the whole family will enjoy sendlc for canada prl recipe m0 practical bometeated recipes the canada starch co- limited montreal itpaysme it pays mk not ft this the way you feel about your preacril yitem of food buying arc you sure you arc spending your grocery allowance to best advantage if you dont know youre aaving money the chances are you are not w iay com- are our prices wfigh our values- savings are not confined to special advertised bargains all our prices are tuned to give you day in and day out value dont be in the dark practice noticeable economy tsy buving all your groceries ar carroll carrots quality first economy always limited t t t i k the decrease in world trade wortd trade in 131 decreased by approximately 27 per cent compared with 1930 and by approxim ately 41 per cent compared with 1929 according to fairly complete figures with the decrease came increased unemployment increased bread lines in most countries and decreased dividends by business corporations all contributing to decrease still further the purchasing power of the masses and to make the hopedfor expansion of trade in 1932 still more difficult imports into britain decreased bv j 66 per cent compared with 1930 exports from britain decreased by 318 per cent imports into the united states declined by 32 per cent while exports from the united states declined 37 per cent of46important countriesforwhich completedetails of 1931 trade are available australia showed the largest percentage decrease in imports namely 54 per cent this was brought about by the highest tariff walljn the world and by import restrictions and quotastaustralian exports declined by only 17 per cent canadiati imports dec by 3s per cent while her exports decreased 32 per cent german imports decreased 35 per cent exports only 20 pencent italian imports decreased 33 per cent exports 17 per cent of the 16 counties listed separately switzerland had the smallest percentage reduction of imports 12 per cent the belgo- luxemburg economic union had the smallest per- s decrease of exports 11 per cent editor malcolm mcbeth of milverton was chosen president of the ontario educational association last week mr mcbeth has come to the top of his branches of activity having headed the can adian weekly newspaper association and also the educational assoication and- the milverton sun in spite of the other activities of its busy editor continues to shine brilliantly canadianhardwood is being used in the manu facture of british motor cars recently a substan tial order fpr hardwood from the provinces of new brunswick and nova scotia was received from a british firm of motor car makers a shipment of 12 carloads of the order will go forward from hali fax about the middle- ofapnl the famous collingwood kiltie band has decided to disband since the council reduced the yearly grant from 1300 to 1000 it is 3aid it is impossible to mamtain the organization at less than 1300 per year the equipment will be returned tothe cor poration these are times when the cheering in fluence of music seems most necessary but calling wood it appears will have to foregq thisenjoyment britain is balancing her budget and paying her way and the pound sterling is rising the united states is having difficulty balancing the budget and the american dollar is declining from its high mark in britain they have a coalition government this plan of having all in harmony seems to vprk well in times of stress wonder why canada dont try this procedure is it because it is not yet neces sary should have needed the bus to mysef to bring home all my purchases after i came home fhat night i was reading an article on the five year plan in russia present conditions in russia make intensely interesting study and while one naturally deplores the anti- religious movement yet there is a lpt of good sound common sense in some of the russian theories for instance ts qbtf from the article i was reading their aim is to become self supporting raise the standard of llfet e as quickly as possible reducehours ot labor and increase wages the state prospers the result is that the entile population live on very simple russian f pd wear old and have no home luxuries whatever at first sight the two paragraphs seem conflicting until one remembers that present actual living conditions are heroically endured for the hope of a universally higher standard or life as the state prospers a soviet- government is the last thing one would wah to see in ones own country yet one cannot help but admire the determined individual effort of the russian people for what they consider to be in the interest of their own country we can hardly think of the problems of canada and russia as being parallel yet it may be that before conditions can improve very much in canada our in dividual sense of values must go through a course of adjustment in the mean time if we are content with just marking time and wait for the government ta pull us out or the mire then we stand jn danger of losing our independence and the ability to stand on our own feet charity begins at home so does prel mlnary economic reform carroll frh first eggs doz 19c choice pkij dates 2 lbs 25c krntv enalith mustard 14c24c 48c lanrolis own coffee 33c 39c 45c fat fin bakh crisco lib tin 24c qukr irrdlctd muffbts 2 pkg 2jc s uptons strqwbgrr jam 2 1 59 i special 5 roses fanc new prunes i lb 2u fancy tabfe figs 1 lbs 29c sctdtd vauncu raisins lb isc i ntur bft tcnnat juice 2 no i tint 13c aylmcr ontario strawberries n tin 25c iilc r t mothers can easily know when their children are troubled with worms and they lose n time in applying a relablo remedy mother graves worm exterm inator- two men please god who serves him in all his heart because he knows him who seeks him with all his heart be cause he knows him notj ivan panin carnation bvaporalad milk 2 h- 23c arlrnat r4 ras tin 23c canal ra pkg 23c sun3r kaflocta aiitbran pkg 12c fancy shellac walnuts 1lb 22c chok quality pumpkin tins 19c lincoln cut asparagus tin 19 clrki conlwd spaghetti tlci 10c aylmar had plttaal cherries 3 tins 2 jc flour 379 special carrolls fresh rolled oats 6 i- 19 special clarks pork and 2 no 3 tins special green valley tender no 2 tins 1 special mccoctnicki lemon nectar sandwich biscuits ib 21 special crisp tender swept mixed pickles iff- 25 special del monte tctra choice dried reaches i 29 pud whlu soap 10 br 39c hawes floor wan llbtln 43c infants delight soap 5 k 25c ir for paipt cleaning gillex pie- 10c salada hlb pk tea brown labt special 27 toddy llb tin food and drink special 45 jelly po 5p 25 homes de luxe tomatoes 3 t 20 a liner choice corn 4 t 25- essex svsetr while t 6 grapefruit special of small size for wdc 5 medium grape- otc fruit for ctoc 3 large grapefruit of for li c leaf lettuce special per bunch 2 head lettuce extra large for large navel oranges per dozen black ceylon tea special per tt 3 lbs for 100 c i medium navel jc i oranges per dozen 25c 57c 35c 45c small navel oranges oc per dozen jjc celery oa jc well bleachedsvl xajv mill street phone 158 acton ontario f sat itptj r j3a