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. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1936 i sss THE HAILEYBURIAN Page 7 The Ottawa Spotlight By Wilfrid Eggleston Ottawa, August 18--The capi- tal is waking up from the lethar- gy and inactivity which usually descend upon it with the hot weather; and with the return from Europe of several ministers a good deal will be done in the next four or five weeks, before Premier Mackenzie King sets off to represent Canada at Geneva. About forty appointments are re- ported to be pending, including a Board of Governors, a General Manager and an assistant for the | new Broadcasting Corporation, several new directors of the Bank 'of Canada, a new directorate for the Canadian National Railways. There are the government de- partments yet to amalgamate, Railways and Canals being joined with Marine, plus the civil avia- tion branch of National Defence; and) Hlontam AuiGreravis) miscel- Jany, including Interior, Immigra- tion, Indian Affairs, Northwest Territories and Yukon and Mines. Ask I diate A t The first thing to be dealt with is the fodder problem in western Canada; which is urgent. Ranch- ers don't know whether to sacri- fice their cattle now, thin and fat alike, or hang on and take a chance that fodder will be so costly that it will ruin them. They want an immediate an- nouncement of policy from the government. Continuous and ex- tensive negotiations have been going on, with the railways, the packers and others, as well as the federal and provincial gov- ernments. The railways are will- ing to take a one-third cut in rates on cattle and fodder, if the government will pay The packers are willing to handle up to 100,000 head of thin animals and canners, etc., at cost. paying the owner a nominal initial price. perhaps a cent a pound, if the federal government will guaran- tee them against loss. It boils down to the question how much Ottawa is willing to cough up. As Ottawa has been going through that process pretty steadily now for years, she is probably getting used to it. A National Calamity . The western drought again ranks as a national calamity; and there is no fear that the ne- cessary funds will not be forth- coming, to care for the people and their animals through the winter and to finance the planting of the next crop. In addition to allevi- ation of the immediate distress, a long range rehabilitation prog- ram for the drought areas will be prosecuted. But this govern- ment realizes that unemployment and drought relief can only come from one source: from the poc- kets of the people in other parts of the country, most of whom have troubles of their own. There will -be as little waste and extra- vagance as possible in the oper- ation. The federal government wants to know, before a number of drought and fodder projects are authorized, what the bill is going to be. Are Prosperity Bonds Legal? Official Ottawa moves with even more than habitual caution on the request of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce to rule that the "Prosperity Certificates" out in Alberta are against the law. It would not take a layman five minutes to decide, with the pertinent documents befcre him, whether stamp scrip could legally be issued by a provincial govern- ment or not. But it will take the law officers of the Crown longer to probe the constitutional and judicial refinements of it. And the longer they take, presumably, the better Premier Mackenzie King and his colleaugues will like it. Ottawa has no desire to get- ting mixed up in a dispute about Social Credit. They don't want to be listed as obstacles to the revival of prosperity in Alberta. Of course if it comes to a show- down, they may have to rule on the matter. If they say that Al- berta can issue stamp-scrip, they surrender some of their rights under the constitution; and they also make it official for any other similar body to issue substitutes for money. It's like a gigantic chess game: Edmonton had the last move, and now it's up to Ottawa. Like chess games in private life, there may be quitea while before the next move. The farmer's bins were well scraped this summer, judging by the wheat crop carry-over. Only about five million bushels were believed to be still on the farms * at the end of the crop year (July 0244s ssso® © the rest. |" 31). Last year the estimate was nearly eight millions, and most years it is higher still. Farmers were either hard up for cash--a chronic condition on all the farms I know--or they were afraid that the 1936-1937 official price was going to be lower than 87% cents. That was the appearance, a few weeks ago. But now it looks as though 87% cents will be retain- ed, with the board hoping that the current market stays up above a dollar meantime. Town Truck in Collision After Driver Gets License The truck belonging to the town of Haileybury, purchased a few weeks ago for usé in the var- ious works departments, was rather badly damaged in a colli- sion on the highway between here and Cobalt on Saturday night. The driver, Jos. Coe, was returning from Cobalt, where he had taken a test and secured a chauffeur's license, when the ve- hicle came into contact witha car driven by C. Davis of Kirkland Lake. Both vehicles were dam- aged, but none of the occupants of either one received serious in- juries. Chief of Police MacGirr went immediately to the scene of the crash, near the entrance to Silverland Cemetery, and as a re- sult of his investigation a charge of reckless driving was _ laid against Davis, who, it is stated, has also filed a similar complaint against the truck driver. @ FANCIFUL FABLES OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MY FRIEND! | CAME OvT To GET SOME COLOR IN MY FACE ANYWAY! eSNAPSHOT CUIL Making a Hobby of One Kind of Picture Subject of Many amateurs make hobbies of finding subjects with which to typify a single idea, phase of life or activity. Here are two pictures from an amus- ing collection picturing "Innocuous Desuetude." HEALTHY art collectors often indulge their fancy by special- izing in one kind of picture sub- ject, such as landscapes, marine views, genre sketches or portraits, and assembling the pictures in a separate exhibit. As an amateur photographer you do not have to be wealthy to enjoy a similar hobby. With your camera you, too, can make a specialty of one kind of subject and derive even more pleasure than does the art collector, because you have made the pictures yourself. Choices for a one-subject photo- »graphic collection are endless. There are all sorts of appealing in- dividual objects, types of which may be selected; there are the dif- ferent activities and phases of life, the various phenomena of nature, and the characteristics of human nature, all of which may be por- trayed th interesting pictures, if you will cultivate a discerning eye for them, and have your camera with you when you go places. We know a clever amateur who chose as his subject WIND--big winds, hurricanes, cyclones, bDliz- zards, breezes and zephyrs. He was so enthusiastic that he would hard- ly take his camera out if the wind were not blowing. His pictures con- sist of things in movement under the impetus of wind, or the results thereof--trees bending under the force of a storm, pretty girls with tresses and garments fluttering in the breeze, white caps at sea, wind- blown snow drifts, whirling chim- ney smoke, wind-whipped flags and bunting, and the havoc wrought by wind. Another has specialized in faces of cows and produced a collection of cow portraits wonderful to be- hold. It is surprising how much amusing variety there is in the ex- pressi of cows, éspecially those taken when the cow is alarmed. All who see this collection laugh. "Imnocuous Desuetude" is the subject of another collection, being "off-guard" snapshots of human beings in all sorts of attitudes of repose, and chuck-full of human interest--bench warmers in the park, tramps, dozing fishermen, water-front loafers, and gossipers on the steps of the country store. Still another, a circus fan, spe- cializes on circus pictures, inside of the big tent and out. No one can see his snapshot collection. of side- show freaks, clowns, barkers, ele- phants and gaping spectators with- out immediately yearning for pea- nuts and pink lemonade. Picture hobbies of others are fires, lightning, waterfalls, yachts, rail- road locomotives, and so forth. Pick your subject and try it. There's a world of fun and adven- ture in it, and a great chance to use your artistic talent in the pho- tography. 98 JOHN VAN GUILDER A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE ANSURANCE COMPADNES IN CAMADA THE VALUE OF PAIN We all hate pain. We would do practically anything to get rid| of it and would take anything that comes in a bottle or as a pill to kill it. But we seldom stop to think that pain is really one of the best friends we have! Why? All around us in our everyday life we are surrounded by signals. Gells and wigwags at,the railroad crossing, red lights at the "no thoroughfare" sign, indicators for the oil, the gas and the radiator on our dashboard. These are danger signals. We may grum- ble volubly when we see a detour sign or have the crossing gates block our pathway, but deep in our hearts we are thankful for these warnings. So should we feel towards pain, for pain is Nature's danger signal that something has gone wrong. Instead of smothering it at once, we should endeavor to find out just why we have that pain. The time to detect a_ gastric ulcer, or an inamed appendix, ora decaye dtooth is early -- before irreparable damage takes place and something can still be done to correct the trouble. The old proverb "out of sight, out of mind", might have been written "out of pain, out of mind" for all too often th eindividual forgets about his resolution to see a doctor the moment the pain eases up. Doctors who have di- agnosed some urgent surgical condition, such as a perforated stomach ulcer, or a gangrenous appendix, and realize that only drastic measures can save the patient, often face the predica- WELL BABY CLINIC Upstairs, Northwest .Classroom Public School THURSDAYS 2 to 4 p.m. ment that the patient, as soon as| justified in waiting for pain to the pai nhas been relieved bylappear. If there is a lump, OF opiates, refuses to go to hospital|there is unusual bleeding, or any or to submit to surgery.. jother change which cannot be Unfortunately--and we mean 'readily explained by some simple unfortunately--pain is not always cause se your doctor. And an.early symptom. This is fre-|@ven if the explanation does seem quently noted in cancer and the obvious, go to him if there is any Sabre inet Whe. keane may| doubt in your mind at al!, for it have made considerable progress|'S better to be safe than sorry. . . Questions conceinmg Health, addres- before the patient notices the| .o4 to the Canadian Medical Associa- other changes or makes up his| tion, 184 College Street, Toronto, will or her mind that these symptoms!be answered personally by letter. or signs are sufficiently serious to! see a doctor. Therefore we must] remember that we are not always| Try Our Want. Ads. MAKING UP A SHOPPING LIST The hall needs a new rug. More towels are needed for the bathioom, and the kitchen floor could certainly stand a coat of paint. ~ The children need shoes. The car will soon need tires. Well, we buy a hundred new things every year. Scattered throughout Canada are manufacturers who make the very things we need. Their products are on sale in certain stores within easy reach. Certain of these products, aad certain of thesé stores, are espe- cially fitted to take care of our special need. But which products and which stores? Which can we afford, and which do we think best? 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