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jpij t yfy iijy- v v i v wlki ziij j m0b two t the acton free press -vw- muksnx jrorib- 2 1632 a w tome of member canadian weekly newananer association member ontana-quebec- pirision c wn ar the acton free press ia published erery thursday crtning at the freepreaa building mill street acton ontario the subscription price is litoswsryearrln adrance jpoitaae is charged additional to offices in the united states the date to which subscriptions are paid is indicated on the address label advertising ratesfor small nncfisst- fieri advertisements and in other columns the 1 rates will be found at head of colnsu dis play advertising rates on application g a dills editor and proprietor telephones editorial and business residence i experience necessary the sudden death of reeve barber has made a nomination necessary to fulfil the vacancy at the council and the resignation of mr jameshudsbn has brought about a midyear vacancy on the school board erarnbsa township finds itself in the same position owing to the death of reeve wood these are strenuous and exacting times for those in public positions who are endeavoring to carry the load of government- of any body and the strain is heavy on those who assume these positions- to come in at the middle of the term will be a particularly difficult task for anyone wlio is not acquainted with the routine of municipal business it is to be hoped that citizens who are versed in municipalaffairs maybe persuad- ed to aspirejorthejoffice and c on the unexpired terms of these officials record for through cargoes xhe st lawrence canals set a record in 1931 for the number of thrdngh cargoes passing through sfeventyfbur cargofe mbvetf wirhrout transhipment oyer the great lakesst lawrence system to and from outside points during the navigation season -of- 1931 the inbound movement consisted bf ten cargbesttrbm europe and twentysix from atlantic points jiuropean traffic included wood pulp from sweden coal china clay and merchandise from the british isles and pebbles front copenhagen traffic from the atlantic- ports was made up of sugar from halifax and saint john for fort william and port arthur nails froni sydney gypsum from cheticamp nova scotia and paper from bathurst new bruns wick the thirtyeight outbound cargoes included eight of flour to aberdeen and glasgow scotland from fort william and portf cblbqrne five cargoes of flour and mill produces tosfrjobsrnewfourtd land one copper cargo to france and twentyfour cargoes of flour to maritime province ports the total freight tonnage of 16196715 passed through thetseveral canals in canada last year of which 6036- 980 tons were handled by the st lawrence canals not too early to plan it is not too earty to lay plans for the diamond celebration of actons founding if it is to be fittingly observed next summer a good many have very pleasant recollections of the splendid time that was held when acton observed the passing of the half century mark many who were present on that oc- casion willnot be present next summer many will plan for this coming anniversary who will nofreach it yet for those away f roripthe old home town who y will want to come back an early start shouldberaade if the birthday is to be observed soifie may say -that- under present conditions such an undertaking should not be planned conditions are always chang ing ajnd it is much more probable that they will be better than that they will be worse if you think acton should celebrate its diamond jubilee talk about it and keep your grey matter at work in mak- ing plans for its success crop conditions the bank of montreal in its last bulletin gives the following jctop summary agricultural opera tions in every province of the dominion have been delayed by a cold wet spring- and in consequence the planting and seeding of the principal crops will prob ably not be completed until from ten days to three weeks later than was the case last year when field work was ahead of the average in the prairie- pro vinces the land prepared for seeding at the opening of the season- is estimated at 2000000 acres which compares with 1900000 acres last year moisture conditions are better than for the past three years- and the seed bed is in good condition- for germina tion in all areas rain and snow which delayed field work for about ten days has made seeding some what later than usual but wheat seeding is now gen eral being 30 completed in ajberta 35 tn sas katchewan and 75 in manitoba indications point to a decrease in wheat acreage arid an increase in the acreage of coarse grains seeding of which has hardly commenced in quebec province ery little spring ploughing has been done tautrecent rains and milder weather have been benefioal work on the land is just commencing in eastern ontario and s the re mainder of the province seeding is general and the land working up in a very friable condition in the maritime provinces little or no work has yet been done on the land and seeding will be later than usual in british columbia where there is an unusual amount of moisture in the ground ploughing and seeding arewelf under way with the season three weeks later than usual f il r loyalty rr every fine spirit is- loyal- that is one of the in dispensable qualities in people we admire one may be able charming attractive butunless these qual ities arebuilt on the bed rock of t cannot trust mm we cannot give him more than superficial admiration of course we all like to hfiliyewe are loyal we take that for granted but how does our conduct measure up to our belief do we stand by the old friend when a new acquaintance comes along who can dp so much more for us in a social way are we loyal to the friend who is being criticized or made fun of do we fire up alfweshould if we ourselves were being criticized or do we titter knowingly to show that our sympathies are all with the critic are we loyal to the friend who js f our friends a human beings with innumerable- weaknesses wken a friend has lost his temper and made a spectacle of himself then we have a chance to show our loyalty or our lack of it loyalty is that one of the traits a person is bound to remember when he thinks of you if not at is a pity what price accidents the average citizen when he picks up the paper and reads about an automobile accident mayfeel a fleeting moment af sympathy for the victim but he dismisses the incident from iris mindas something that doesnot concern him personally if he stopped to think he would realize that every automobile accident involving injury or loss of life affects his pocketbopk nearly every such accident calls for emergencyhqspjtalizationand this in its turn costs money to this cost must be added the expense of automatic signals court and traffic squads insur ance rates also increase so that any way one figures the matter out the burden of such accidents falls upon the just and the unjust alike in the year 1931 there were some 30o6qojp automobile accidents in the united states with 1000000 people killed or injiired this is too appalling to even comment upon the destruction of life and property in the endtouches everybodys pocketbook much more than the cost which the accidents involve the sum total of all these charges should be great enough to make the people of the united states bend every effort to reduce autpmobile hazard the remedy lies solely with the people themselves -r- the argonaut san frariciscor editorial notes undoubtedly a winning ball team will be the best attraction for bigger crowds at the local games the canadian bureau of statistics estimates the gross agricultural wealth of canada for 1931 at 6- 768595000 in 1931 canada exported 2589269 pounds of honey the principal purchaser was the united kingdom with the netherlands second and germany third grownup persons have a lot to be thankful for they havent any inclination to play on the streets and being humans they arent tied up all summer they should never sigh for their days of childhood again ronicles of r farm written bpecjally for tba free press bj gwekdoijne p clarke oh dear oh dear my hands my bafckl oh dear me yes this week chronicle is linbleto be punc- tuafect by a series of groans and grunts you see i have been diggingsmugging wet sod twelve feet of it and three feet wide and each- lump of sod was a good hundred pounds or felt like it on the end of thie spade bu i wanted a new buftoht flower bed and i have got it my back i started it the digging i mean while partner was away to town so he wasnt there to tell me what i shouldnt do- of course he hadnt been home five minutes before he told me the ground was far too wet for digging i knewit but i had certain little ideas of nay own for counteracting any baking tendencies after a while i saw part ner come out bf the driving shed oh glory i thought hes coming to help mel i bent diligently to my work as though i had not seen him but after a while when i did not hear anything of his step behind me i looked around and there was partner away out in the field shovelling ditches 1 i might have known it of course proper drainage in a field is very necessary and more important than a flower garden but somehow one does not think of that when there is still a big piece bf digging to be done and blisters on ones hands and a kink in ones back and a sure and certain knowledge that if one made the least compjalnt partner would say why not leave it for the present maybe in a day or two i can help you with it while i was busy in the garden a neighbor came over with the news that poor old stump was lying dead in his hack held but hecould not-tell- how he met his death poor old stump i cant think what happened to him as he would not more think of chasing a goose or worrying a sheep than i would and now hes gone it cant be helped but still one gets fond of dumb friends and hates to lose them peter and patch are still antagonistic at least patch is peter is far too anxious to have a good time to worry about being bad friends with anything oj anybody tonight i am sorry to say mn peter got a good licking i caught him just ready to pounce on a chicken but peter got pounced on first next time he went by the chicken coop he couldnt get by fast enough for his own satisfaction last week we were worrying because everything was too dry and now if we get any more rain everything will be too wet just at present the whole countryside is looking delightful pas tures whorcthere ire any are2ez- one writer points out that the c n r financial showing being made the targent recently by the gov ernment is better than that which the government as critic supplied during the same period the inquiry into the aird payments may at least make the hydro cautious regarding payment for ser vices real and imaginary and wbile the inquiry may have been costly the thirteenth power bijlsof future years may shosy better credits to the consumers the amherstburg echo claims it was the first paper to forecast a federal election this fall after the meeting of the imperial conference now daily ppjrsaretaking up the matter and quite openly announce that an election is on the programme for september and that- political parties are completing all necessary- preparations for a campaign st marys journalargus ginning to look more healthy and glory be the cows are turned out to grass i dont think i was ever more thankful now with less chores to do perhaps i can get some housecleanlng done before it gets too hot as a change from farming and its joys and sorrows i have been reading a most interesting book discretions by the countess of warwick there was one little piece in it which may be of par ticular interest to bridge fiends an ex tract from a letter written by king ed ward at that time prince of wales in which he said that some of his royal friends had been trying to introduce a new form of whist called bridge king edward did not think it particularly in teresting or likely to become popular afterwards during a spell of wet weather at cannes he became more interested and rapidly developed in to a first class player shades of king edward what would he think today if he could but see the modern craze over the- game which he thought would never become popular apropos of bridge i was quite amused the other day when a friend of mine was decidedly surprised when i admit- tedto knowing how to play it i havent time to go to bridge parties but as for knowing how to play bridge why i was almost brought up on it and wits so surprised when i came to canada to find that no one at that time knew anything about it in the west we found it was all five hundred and in ontario nothing hut euchre but now bridge seems to have stvuck the country like a cyclone and carries everyone along with it i suppose there must always be a- craze of some kind or another another thing partner and i were noticing was the almost universal fond ness for awarding cups why a cup supposing a girl or boy is an allround athlete or particularly gutea with as compllshments is there not a danger that they will be fairly swamped with cups and by reason of their number lose some of their value a cup is about the only thing that can be awarded for team work and nothing could be nicer but for individual prizes couldnt there be more variety my father in his day won a great many prizes- for sports and i re member with what pride we used to use the silver teapot the biscuit barrel salad bowl etc etc and i still treasure very dearly a splendid par of carvers which came to me at my mothers death then was only one cup among his trophies and because it was the only one we naturally prized it very highly sup posing all his- prizes had been cups i am almost sure they would not have given as much pleasure as they could not have been made a part of fevery day life as were the more useful prizes which my father was fortunate to win from time to time- that of course is merely bur opinion and may not be worth con sidering but at any rate i pass it on for what it may or may not bo worth to anyone who 1 interested scientists ovmmke to study northern phenomena visiting canada lot- the purpose of studying meteorological and geophys ical problemsof high latitudes the brit ish polar year expedition of six mem bers led by j m btagg of the british metorological qfrice will arrive in can ada shortly arid will spend several months in camp near port rae north west territories mr stagg leader of the party together with 15 stephenson have alrendy reached montreal and they will be fpuwed shortly by messrs p a sheperd wr morgans w a- grin- stead and j i kennedy several tons of scientific mstruments and supplies have already reached canada and have been forwarded westwards the mem bers of the british party disembarking at montreal will travel westward via ottawa oyer canadian nattonalail ways to edmonton thence by rail to waterways alta from where they will complete their trip by canoe and other means fifty- years ago parties of geologists were stationed along tle northern part of canada for a period of about one year making observations of weather condlt- lons this year is another polar year and parties consisting each of four or six men are being sent north in canada canadian groups will be at chester- field on the hudson bay and at the mouth of the coppermine river the third group now en route to canada will be the british group located at portkae ux the great slave lake area the aim is to study meteorology ter- xestrlal magnetism aurora and atmos pheric electricity and by correlating the data from allstations to obtain a synop tic view of these various fields through the period jbf one year from august 1932 this is expected to provide valu able insight into the phenomena as they occur tn high latitudes and into general problems which have presented them selves in these subjects in all latitudes the m for 40 years salada has given the finest quality in tea present prices are the lowest in 1 years gqiiden moment a heavy cost price if- the smiles that you radiate at school or work are acquired only after working off a breakfast grouch on your family the cost of production is ttio great if you really must have morning grouches- rise ah hour earlier and work them- off on yourself in your own room so that you can smile at breakfast your family will appreciate it better still analyze the cause of the particular brand of grouch that you exploit maybe you are giving to the pursuit of pleasure an extra hour that could better be given to sleep cook yes maam im leavln in exactly three minutes mrs west then put the eggs on to boil arid well have them- right for once girls prize racket in leaptyear women may propose but still and heres the sting the tfmid bashful victim knows that he must buy the ring give her a tin medal svensson is so conceited yes- on ills last birthday he sent r a telegram of congratulation to hia mother church line s master what is the feminine of bachelor tommy tommy please sir er a lady-in- waiting power packed food popular for over 35 years because it is nourishing tasty and economical made in canada with canadian wheat the canadian shredded wheat company ltd 0 tim sheit hard to make ends meet the nimble dollars run aicay but cheer up save onirhat you eat by carroll shopping erery day 40 years ago m w the old gray mare wu a colt and auto mobiles were fairy tale carrolls began selling groceries with one store honest business principles quality goods only consistently lower prices and loyal customer support have built the colossal allcanadian carroll chain of today carrolls special prices for june 2 to 9 limited carrolls rich old cheese lb 21c hetlmanr blilc ribbon mayonnaise jar 23c libbys prepared mustard 2 jars 25c hires root pr ginger beer extract btl29c mclarens atsorted punch drinks btl 25c montserrat lime juice 13oibtl 36c golden bantam corn aylmc- choice no 2 o til vc kelloggs corn flakes packages 23 raisins jumbo sweet peas no 2 tin 5 natures best choice qulity tomatoes- n 3 20c heinz tomato ketchup chief of appetisers ig btls npetisers 37 1 lb tins carrolls sticect wrapped bacon pound 16c export quality pure lard pound 10 silver star pastry flour 24lb ba 55c carrolls pure baking powder llb a 23c eg0 readymixed cake and cake pan pkg 26c sim maid puffed pound 15c lido liquid coffee new economical bottle 35c carrolls golden tip tea pound o5c pure bulk cocqa 2 n- 29c 1 pink british columbia umlted quantity 3 fttc 25 snow cap british columbia pilchards freshtasting fish llb tins 21 quaker irradiated muffets 2 21c surprise soap 10 ic australian choice quality peaches slices or halves c cjalttr hrstkxjnomx always 1 i i i i i i pineapples large pineapples ol each lt 1 c per dozen 245 large sunkist qc 1 pineapples oranges per doz jlc i medium pineapples 1 o small skist oranges doz 23c each ioc new cabbage per lb 9cl per dozen k85 mill street fhoneiss actpnvoitatarip i 1 r