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of noyetnber saying i am quite wan i the people of canada endorsed union oo at the polls on monday by a large majority in balton dr an- dersen the unionist dwa a majority of aml t t1 second ammof pobue entertain ment given by the boy scouts was held las friday evening it was highly creditable and aplendldly entertamlnt a hfe aarlnc tnadal was presented to p barold kennedy dud 9abbxr at the general hospital rtl owatpb on wednesday december ai tt3 u h 13th 1h7 ada may irishman wife of oeorgw barber amehoan orhl jwar b tree the slave ta uaoolnfc thin- oh johnny i gave you schooling and cave a trade llkawiw you need not joined the army if you to brighten the the homos of the des titute farmers of daskwtchewan from an old man of the prairies near saskatoon a true story m the hills of spencer county in diana is mtfea f the ahlo hirer nientjieeditohsuidedin tvictidc fives cleanse with the burning log op oak the canker of thy care deck with the scarletberried bough the temple of the fair spread purewhite linen far a feast ferehance some guest may share vou need not joined the army when cannons joud to roar to go and meet your enemy upon a foreign shore oh how my blood would fly through tay reins to bear dan sine- his war songs don was taken prisoner and taken far south and put in a prison cam where the food and sanitation was bad but whan the prisoners were dying off fast hut it did noe bother dan he was so hardy for over twenty years dan used to tell about the pension that was own ing to htm from being in the war they sot nun on the train for washington but he got drunk and lost hls ticket or something and came back to acton people used to laugh about dan and his pension but shout 34 years after the war some man took dan down to wash ington and got dans pension interest and compound interest a lot of money oh how many friends dan hnd nowl he used to go through the streets of acton throwing 5c and 10c pieces to a lrowd or children who followed him re did not live long he had lots or money could bo drunk all the time and sopn pasted away i often think of tht friend or my boyhood dan who i aj sleeps in a soldiers grave don fought to free the slaves so dan sleeps in a soldiers grave some are unkind enough to may dan sleeps in another kind of grave i wonder bow many of us who grumble at being poor and who want to be rich might hnd a lot ol money the ont curse they could possibly have i often wonder how long dan might have lived if be had never had his pension he was never known to be sick before he got his pension may tub actom fan press long come acton for foewst pubfosbs kpertmenu and fieldwork conducted by the dominion forest service of the department of mines and resources in coo with various other organ isation have proved the value of air photographs for forest surveys already over one hundred thousand square miles of forests have bean classified from air photographs and one hundred and thirty- two maps prepared for various projects m british columbia saskatchewan j manitoba ontario quebec new bruns wick and nova scotia these air surveys were later provectio be as accurate as expensive ground sur veys in all cases where air photographs are used for mapping and estimating umber their effect has been tocut ground work to a minimum aval to reduce the tune required to produce an estimate air photography which has been em ployed with such remarkable suocess in canada for the preparation ol topo graphic maps now permit a minute examination or umber holdings and is being used to prepare forest inventories a good air photograph faithfully records a wealth of information that may later be employed to classlf and map the forest types and by means of special methods recently developed tt provide surprisingly accurate estimates ol exist- j lng stands of timber the estimating of umber stands from the air is an accomplished fact and a science ropidlyadvahcvig through research lnsututed and developed by the dominion forest service to this end methods of determining the heights of trees have been developed by measuring then images or shadows in the photo graphs not only are air photograph being used to advantage in mapptng and es timating forest types but berthholders are employtng them for actual woods operation bqulpped with air photo- and a stctmshjbpc the woods foreman can obtain a clear enough pic ture of the area in which operations are to be conducted- to enable him to lay out logging unit and cutting areas and to locate logging roads dam sites and camps to the beat advantage without the necessity of a preliminary survey of the where a umberstood analysis rather than a topographic map is the objective it is found that photograph taken at on angle of about 40 degrees below the hortsuatol provide more detailed forest infonnauon than the usual vertical photograph and are more satisfactory than the ordinary obliques the expert- txnts thus far conducted indicate the uew m and instrument must still be developed to answer fully farestr icqutremeots i the magic carpet of air photography ho made it possible for th modern forester to sit at headquarters and at the im- time soar over every nook and center of bis limit not in a cursory wo but tn a manner that reveaki with uiaoanny accuracy th extent of his hold- i lng from a study of air photographs he may plan whmt where when and how to out and manage hi forest property to for they were lent to thee put out to usury thy dross one talent galneth three perchance the hungered and che poor may pray to ood for thee once a pole star rose in the east for watching herds is lee and weakness came to bethlehem and strength to oalilse perchance if thou dost keep thy tryst a star may rise for thee old bngllsh christmas poem the editor has handed me a letter from an old man of the prairies perhaps youll enjoy reading it as much as i did att any rate it s going to have a place this week in my column perhaps some of you recall dan i myself cant just place htm editor pan passe hb i enjoy the letters from the old man of the big clock tower and others i thought i would tell about dan who was born in scotland scot land was the birthplace of many hardy men but few more hard than dan hu falling was drink x first met him when a small boy over 70 years ago he used to work in erin and esquealng fourth fifth and sixth lines he could work for a week or ten days then he would get his pay go to acton if he needed boots hr got them he always got them a alse toil big so they always went on any other things he had to wear he got before he got drunk then he got two or three bottle of the strongest liquor and started for the country he would find a log or stump to it on and drink lay down beside the log and sleep it might anew or rain but dan woulfl sleep in a couple of days dan was wry hungry and his stomach was burned by the strong liquor oh how he could eat when he came to o farmers house he could almost drink gravy oh could he eat fat meat it helped his burnt stomach he was a temperance mn then he was through with drink for letter from jack agnew in hartney manitoba i wont pubush it in full but jack said merry christmas and happy new year to me and a double dose of happiness to truck sfcwwytand the boys and girls of other days snti today too i believe this weeks article will be in the special christmas edition of tsnt fats pesos i guess im just real old fashioned i cant get all worked up to this christinas shopping early idea i know its the right thing and a big help in the stores and everything is in favor of the argument but some way i never was much good at hiding things uary always found them of course sh never let on and acted surprised whtn she opened them on christmas anyway there a some christmas chop ping that i don t do early you can can the idea oldfashioned i can it experience so im going to wait unul next week to extend my christmas greet ings i certainly like to get these letters from the boys of former years htstosty uvx a vaisyy of santa cuius bmtana tfkfy fczj feixows pint salesman what do ou sell second batenmnn salt first why im a aellpr too second shake night breathing teacher every day we breath oxy gen what do we breathe at night wmle wulle nitrogen hints on fashions by usbetb swine skirts are popular with sweet young things plcftu ah the way ttound this was dans ufe ram 1867 when i was a boy how i used to enjo aartaslnirt ne had such a sweet voice he would sing to me the old song they song in such to me the army in the picobac pipc tobacco for a mild cool smoke newer dresses have tucked fronts some times the tucks are stitched all the way down and sometimes not various treat ments are used but it always is a dis tinguished styling swing it sister in this dress abote the latest in swing stln and oru 4yrattyanieshlj anne it wearing a youthful ensemble of french alue taffeta with ttu skirt acoordeon pleated all round the hem being slightly pressed out the bolero u of transparent velvet with elboa length sleeves which tops a frill blouse of mlutr mousacline a boanlr cap of the velvet suede pumps that match it in color and htt suedr gloves complete the outfit tuck and pleau lire growing in faior the season advance many of the in whitl and silver heav lute satin embroidered in silver moke this empire gown worn b juan fontaine in a recent picture the low ut squared bodice l ftly gailier rd into a smooth titling iluliic the dres u made with thr oli rter in front lunger ui back akin a dtanii nd i in in thr shape of an re hid j w rn nt the wlib and a luxurious full wng h while f x cape comp t ua hr c mtunir boyhood home cf abraham unooln the ltue town of santa cuus many years before lincolns father decided to seek a new home there came to southern indiana a small gr of oerman settle s and decided hem they would establish their new homes soon other heard or this fertile land and came to indiana within a few after the coming of the first settlers store was built and more houses until it was a community of quite the name of santa ffe was given this settlement one day in 145 some of the more ambitious settlers decided that the village should have a post office before a post office could be established it was necessary to have the village put on a regular malt route an application for a post office was made and the folks or santa fe hoped th hear from uncle sam before christmas lftsff everybody was greatly excited at the thought ol getting their christmas gifts from the new post office it was the day before christmas when there arrived a large white envclopcsealed with the impor tant red seals of the united 8tates gov ernment everyone crowded around to see what the letter contained they were sadly disappointed at the news there already was a town in indiana by the name of santo fe and the post office department stated the petition would have to specify a different name before a post office could be granted determined to get their post office just a quickly as possible the cltlsens of santo ft decided to discuss the matter that very night christmas eve it was the custom for everyone to gather in the building which served as a church and meeting hall to celebrate the advent of another christmas it was while gather ed here celebrating this gala event that they decided to give their little town the name of santa claus a new petition was sent the next day the postmasteroeneral in washing ton after some time the commission for the santa claus post office was re ceived and the opening of the post office i great event in the uvea of the i santa claus folk this little hamlet was practically un- i known to the outside world until 12 1 years ago when the picture of the santa clous post office and jim martin the postmaster at that time appeared in ripley s famous cartoon believe it or not during that year and ever since the little town has been visited by many newspaper reporters magazine writers motion picture people and tourists from parts of the united states and even from foreign countries the beloved jim martin who died in 1935 was the postmaster and the me chant in the town for so years and by the waj he was a member of the league afier his death ocar phillips was ap poinud postmaster and ht is the sunta rit f fipnta claus now and mr phillip is ajsorojague member during lho crhrtstmoa season many wishing to moke the ssjetldc more realist ulc and surprise thelrtrji nds or patrons send or bring thilr letten greeting cards or packages to the santa claus office to have thrm posted wiui the official santa claus postmark each vear for the past ftw ears ihe- oovernment has installed an electric cancelling machine bo that all moil could be posted before christmas with in the last year the santa claus re- moiling corporation was organised for the purpose of making it possible far large business firms to send their mails to the corporation and have it nicely decorated for the holiday season and have it moiled out of the santo claus post office this corporsuon has mov ed four large lnterurban cars to the little village where the decorating and classifying of moils ill be done before taking it to the santa clous post office while uncle sam s business bos been booming- tn santo claus there hsve also been other important activities going on in the little town a few ears ago santo claus of santo clous inc was organised leases and options aa real estate were obtained in ctlsrns tnr the pnrposr of building a toy village the candy castle and others hove been completed and other houses are under construction accord lng to off totals there will be at least 30 houses built thcee houses will be leased to toy candy and christmas guods manufacturer in which to dls- pu their goods no doubt within a few years the old buildings of the town will be replaced with coy houses and santa claus wfll be transformed into a real toy village rhr postmasters advocate a gift that will guarctoiir w childs health milk i food known and yet maybrthe most dangerous mhk has been responsible forspfeadlng many disease such as scarlet pever septic sare throat diphtheria typhoid fever dysentery undulent fever and tuberculosis pasteurization js a preventative as complete as la vaccination against smallpox or innoculation against diph theria jook at your bottle cap aee if it is labelled pasteur ized that is your guarantee of safe milk johnstons dairy sole dfatributora of pasteurized milk in acton and erin guaomtuf ute eit women ore keen shoppers- instinctively they buy the best values it is stouiucont thai most motor coach travetlets are all coach travel taloraanoa ot harold wiles phone 58 hi acton stores can fulfill your needs- give them first chance the dominion department of agriculture las issued report describing what every farmer should know about the british market for canadian farm products it deals with beef and store cattle dairy cattle dressed beef horses bacon and ham cheese butter condensed milk dressed poultry eggs canned fruits and vege tables fresh fruit honey maple products tobacco hay alfalfa meal qrass and uover seedstfurr vou may have a copy free wnl to fc dirrrtur markrlltig smw department of agrmulturr otiaw inuril umirr iireimht ill i furii nrr mtnltlrr muggs and ske puna ounculabatf tush note on th humt man a sur omiop that mara a by wally bishop much as x katc tt do rr z ss that xvfc csr jaak eu up ohi cur4vtmas evfe