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aT i : {took three judges ten hours to - $1.50 per year in advance 20h 5 cents single copy Watch your label; it tells when your . subscription expires. Es Aig PORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1934 . £ SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher "General News of the Week. Army leave has been concelled ind ugoslavia, * en Paris plans to hold an international exposition in 1987. * % 2 The new one dollar bills will bear the picture of King George. * % ¥ , Tho Albert Dorland trial has been postponed until December 18th. * % 8 ' Japan has invited France to join her in denouncing the Wash- ington Naval Treaty. 2 % % : Political rumor is 'greatly concerned as to the ultimate ob- jective of Hon, H. H, Stevens. : * kx Xx The Canadian Poultry Pool is shipping a million pounds of LP Quitry to Great Britain for Christmas trade. : * % ¥ Peter Siwokokski, a Ukranian resident of Oshawa, committed suicide by using both barrels of a shot gun. * % %x Conversations as to the St. Lawrence Seaway have again com- menced. The outcome i is, of course, uncertain. * % % Right Ton. Ww. L. MacKenzie King has returned from his trip to Europe. He has no comment for publication at present. L BN J * A caucus meeting of the Ontario Liberal members of Parlia- ment was held behind closed doors on Tuesday, November 21. FEE Goderich Welfare Board is re-organizing for the winter. No relief has been necessary in Goderich for the past seven months. : Cg The Sifton stables: of Toronto, rej ained for' Canada the Sir Clifford Sifton "Memorial Trophy : for a the Royal Winter Fair. Fit dare NR * % % Three. unused. Geneva five cent slemps dated 1843 sold for 4 $6,990. .. Another group of six stamps from the Arthur Hind 'col lection brought $8,430. ¥ % EI A survey is being made of rural hydro power lines. Only about fifty per cent. of the farms on 'the route of transmission lines, use electric power. * ox ox Hon, Duncan Marshall states that he will not support further grants to Ontario Agricultural Council, believing that that body should be self-sustaining. fig CH Lk: Rev. Dr. T. T. Shields has launched his attack on--not 80 much beer parlors--Premier Hepburn, who has retorted in kind according to Newspaper reports. CT ® % % The electric plant at Cobden, which was rendered useless by the washout of the dam, has again been put into operation, the dam having been repaired. SL Price spread investigations reveal substantial profits in the "Tamblyn and Liggett drug stores. Wages are relatively low; but not as low as in some other lines. . oi x %x Beer receipts have become a leading factor in the revenues of Ontario. Beer and liquor sales increased by five million dollars during the fiscal year just closed. 4 The Chicago Jury has ed Samuel Insull and his Asso- ciates on a charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. He has still to stand 1 trial op a charge of embezzlement, . AR indignant denial and tort has been voiced by managers and employes of chain stores against the charge of selling short weight goods. A dissenter from this view was howled down. Further-investigation as to the cause of death of Donald H. Wilson, of Port Hope, is still in progress. The suicide of his form- er wife and the death of the baby have not ended the proceedings. Hon. C. H. Cahan has ai Hon, H. H. Stevens what he is going to do with his recommendations re price spreads when he prepares them. = The question is pertinent and Jrbecome in sistent, : LAL + Sixteen strikers who rioted at Noranda Mines ore sentenced to a six 'moriths' term in jail by a Quebec Jodge whose comment was that "communistic principles will not be Agfpeaten in this district." FEU Eight hundred farm owners have found debt yelief undgt the mew Farmers' Creditor Arrangement Act. A survey reveals ~ the fact that some 40,000 farmers of Saskatchew in are without any crop: this year. a 2 The Chamber of Deputies approved appropr ations of $161, 862,000 for navy, and $95,989,000 for the air force of France. Armament makers are making hay while the sun slimes. Great is the power of fear. * % % Music of new kind was heard at the Royal Winter Fair, when "roller" canaries carried on the contest for billing superior- ity. Each of them had *- hao judged in a 80 roof room. oo decide who we rei winners, Hitler is mobilizing ons repatatory. to. the election by which the Saar valley will decide whether its allegiance shall be given to Germany or France. Considerable uneasiness is being felt as to the outcome of the election, and violent d turbances are expected. rs i 1 Chicago has had another shooting epidode in 'which one Fed- eral agent-was mortally wounded, and anothers 80 seriously weijiited that there is little hope of his recovery, . is an after- math of the Dillinger killings. » ee horse Jung team at] -- - "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Much has been written and said about the '"free- dom of the press" and properly so: it is an important right of democracy. But what about the right of the private citizen to speak without being misquoted and sensationalized? If this type of publicity continues to be carried on, men and women in public life will be unable to make any protests against existing evils, because their statements are liable to misrepresenta- tion, and the individual may be dismissed or sus- pended for daring to bring to the attention of those who ought to know, abuses that should be remedied. The first business of the newspapers is to protect those ideals of life that spell progressive and whole- some standards of life. If a man were to report an oubreak of typhoid fever in a community it would not ~ be considered good form to pillory the informant, es- pecially if the report was made to the health officers. Why then should a man be pilloried if-he reports cer- tain contagious conditions that are affecting the moral Has he no right to report this health of our people? state of affairs to the ministers of the -church, whose business it is to promnte high ideals of citizenship? Should it be suggested that such a man should be" - "ridden on a rail'? The level headed course in such a case would be to institute an investigation as to the reliability of the report. Undue publicity at this stage effectually pre- vents successful and fair-minded investigation. The newspaper should respect the right of "free- "dom of speech" for others, conyergation, To the extent that- sonst onilisi is "Allowed to' "beconiée dominant ifi this country, to that extent will - and the, Fights of - private. the moral tone of our people be lowered, and with it _ their general efficiency. There are grave evils threatening the 'wells Delng of the people, and the way to perpetuate those evils is to say "pooh pooh" to all warnings, and to pillory the man who has courage enough to bring these evils to our attention. SE Is Port Perry Christrins Fairi is Set for Thurs, Dec. 20. 1 LT hh COUNTY COUNCIL NOTES The hospital accounts for indigent patients totalled $5,709.60 in Ontario County since June, and $3,968.69 was ' Fuel and Oil spent in various branches of Child-| Office ren's Aid work. : oF oA Mrs. Mabel Darragh has been ap-| pointed as nurse at the House of Refuge 'at a salary of $40 per nionth. ; * * * . The total expenditurd oi Gal, Pensions for 12 months ending Oct. 31st, 1934, in Ontario County totalled $136,776.90. Of this the County paid ten per cent.--$13,677.69. 654 per- sons are receiving pensions in amounts varying from $20 per month to $6.00 per month, 464 being in the $20 class. * * » Brooklin- has been made a Police Village. Trustees are to be nominated, and, if necessary, elected, in the usual municipal fashion, January 7, 1935. * x Grants' to urban roads to the amount of $5,447. 38, being fifty per cent, of road tax for 1033, were paid by the | county Council this year according to a report presented by D. J. Kean, County Road Supt.,, to the County Council. The grants were as follows: Town of Whitby, 50% of road tax, 1933 .... Village of Port Perry, By- Law No, 1061 Town of Uxbridge, By-law NO. 1072 ui Village of Beaverton Village of Cannington ... $1795.62 eee CIR A A 470.66 527.68 eens Where Money Went , Total expenditures on roads and bridges for the tén months' of this year, January 1st to November 1st, amounting to $116,761.08 Summariz- ed these were: Roads, Bridges and Cul- verts Persea Urban Roads, subsidizable.. 2798.66 Urban Roads, not subsidiz- able: i. viii on 2068.2 Superintendence, «* including 1326.80 $5447.38 ceeini 0. $97669.02 County car ............. 2579.62 Machinery and Tools ...... 5500.86 ial wah wows spine 2095.59 Expense, including Assistant's salary ....... 1760.19 Workmen's Compensation .. 1195.01 Insurance on Roads, Storage Building and Truck ...... 587.51 O. G. R: Association ...5-... 15.00 " $116, 761.08 Total Man-labor to Nov, 1--$52,287.14 Amt. received from Pro- vince as 2% man-labor to end of July, 1934...... $18,800.96 Oshawa Suburban Roads On the Oshawa Suburban Road sys- tem there was expended $9,874.98. For construction the sum was $5,847.74, which included 1.46 miles of Retread road laid through. concession 4 of East Whitby, a total of 17,130 square yards. I'or maintenance and repair there was expended $4,027.24, Township Grants Amounts spent in each township for maintenance and construction were. East Whitby ............. $219.96 West Whitby .............. 347.76 Pickering Township ........ 9,719.06 Uxbridge Township ..... 4,408.71 Scott Township .......... 7,416.70 Reach Township ........... 2,724.61 Scugog Township .......... 9,836.30 Brock Township ........... 4,691.36 Thorah Township .......... 844.37 Mara Township ............ 4,769.22 Rama Township ........... 8,432,37 * & *% Mr. Wm. Parrott has resigned his position as chairman of the Education- al" Committee of the County Council. * % A program of road improvement is being considered by the County Coun- cil; but the details will not be adopted until the January session. * * * The following recommendations were made by the Agricultural Com mittee. the January session.' The report recommended the efforts being put forth to eradicate the [imposing space in all the dailies. The report was tabled until | warble and Bot flies and recommend- ed that the government be. urged to 'continue its efforts to completely de- stroy these pests. The government was also urged to give financial assist- ance to rural municipalities to build traps for the purpose of lessening the menace of Starlings. It 'was also recommended that a thorough investigation be made of the rates and charges by . commission houses for selling at the stock yards; of the prices charged for feed and bedding; stock yard fees; freight on car loads and mixed car loads of live- stock, and also of insurance rates. The committee considered that the items mentionéd could be substantially re- duced. .The committee recommended that barley used for brewing in Ontario should be grain grown only within the boundaries of the province and that the price be set at $1 a bushel. It was also set forth that as under the present system of grading eggs, there were too many classifications -| which left loop holes to mislead the public. It was recommended that all eggs be candled for quality and then sold by weight. . Second grade eggs should be marked as storage, the re- port stated. The committee expressed the op- inion that the prosperity of Ontario depended upon the healthy condition of 'wmgriculture; and for that reason urged upon the government not to be too drastic in the reductions to be made in the estimates of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. It was also urged that as there was a surplus of electrical energy in the province that the Hydro Electric Pawer Commission reduce service charges, and by so doing encourage further extensions of its lines in rural sections. This would also have the Yost of creating 'employment. THIS THING CALLED NEWS. (High River, Alberta Times) .~Not the least noticeable difference between weekly and daily press is the type of news which is carried. What is considered important to a rural | community is often covered in a few lines by the city papers, and stories which are headlined in the dailies are compressed to half a dozen lines in the weeklies, or often passed up alto- gether. Much of this is due-to the = | greatly restricted space on the part of the weeklies. But there also seems to be a different viewpoint on what is of real importance, or even of interest. One case in point might be the re- curring reconciliations or estrange- ment of Douglas Fairbanks and friend 'Mary. Intermittently the latest dope on how Doug. feels about Mary, or Mary about Doug., flares up in most But no weekly paper has donated more than a few lines to this monotonous type of free 'publicity. It just doesn't seem to matter, = Again, the Dionne quintuplets are good for headlines almost any day in the city papers and the have been alloted reams of copy. If one quin- tuppy pinches her adjacent sister, the news is blazoned round the world, bringing more tokens from afar. Yet so far as is known these five Dionne babies have never been accorded more than casual passing comment in the country. One wonders why this is so. Perhaps it is because biological ex- travagances are less startling in rural parts, and perhaps because of a spirit of sportsmanship. Such a to-do about a Frenchman who accidentally achieved five - babies at one throw when all round about are people con- scientiously producing offspring, one by one, without one word of cheer. Viewed from the angle of merit, the doctor is the only one who seems to rate headlines. The country papers, of necessity, pass up a great deal of very important news, in favor of the small commun- ity happenings. And it is perhaps notable that in the selection of world or national events, very few weeklies give space to the grotesque, the ab- normal or the superficial. This may be more rural simplicity, or it may be because of the belief that the readers of the weeklies are more interested in normal achievement than in freak occurences, They are more interested in local progress than in far off frailities or catastrophes. This viewpoint may be narrow but it is more restful. It may not rightly gauge the tastes of the readers. But right or wrong it seems to be the policy of rural papers. Junior Junior On the other hand the city press is obliged to cater to a much more varied army of readers, It must have some- thing for every taste. And a study of any daily shows the immense range of news covered systematically issue by issue. rel EPP ONT ARIO COUNTY FARM BOYS VISIT TORONTO One hunderd and twenty-five teen age boys from every township in On- tario County except Rama visited To- ronto on Wednesday, November 21st, as guests of the Massey Harris Co, the Toronto. Kiwanis Club and the Royal Winter Fair. These boys were members of various Agricultural Club projects such as Calf Clubs, Swine Clubs, Potato Clubs and Home Garden Clubs, which are carried on each year under the direction of Agricultural Representative W. M. Croskery. Club projects are arranged so that boys from all sections of the County have the opportunity to take part and even Rama township which was not repre- sented probably on account of the greater distance to go to Toronto, had three boys who were eligible to go. The boys arrived at the Massey- Harris Co. plant at 10 a.m. where they met a similar group from York Coun- ty and were shown through the many sections of this wonderful farm im- plement Co. At 12.30 they were taken to luncheon in the Royal York Hotel by the Toronto Kiwanis Club who for some years now have shown a keen interest in Junior Farmer activities in Ontario and York Counties. Mr. Paul Fisher, a well known and successful Fruit and Poultry farmer from Burl- ington was the Guest speaker at the luncheon. "The following Ontario County boys who. had done outstanding work in their respective activities were intro duced to the large gathering of over | four hundred "by Agricultural Repre- sentative W, M. Croskery. Boys' Foal Club--Lewis Vipond, of Brooklin. Boys' Dairy Club--George Willson, of Locust Hil. Junior Swine Club-----Raymond Fralick, of Scugog. ' Dooley Potato Club--Richard H. Rynard, Zephyr. Senior Dooley Potato Club -- Eldon Staley, Goodwood. Irish Cobbler Potato Club-- Arthur Staley, Goodwood, Home Garden Club--Avrchie G. Millan, Beaverton. At the conclusion of the Banquet the boys went out to the Royal Fair for the afternoon and evening. This annual outing has come to be looked forward to as a real windup to Club projects by scores of Ontario County farm boys. Mec. -- APE THE YOUNG MEN'S BIBLE CLASS We had thirty-two men out last Sunday and 'are still aiming higher, The membership has been divided into groups and group leaders have been appointed. "The men are interested") was the remark passed by two of the men who were present for "the first time. The men know and feel that the class affords them a chance to ex- press themselves in a friendly way. We are beginning to look forward to our gatherings, The interest was so keen last Sunday that one of the men asked for a longer session. We have discussed in the past two Sundays, Christianity with reference to the church and its members. We concluded that nothing "enii "pé' said against the principles and ideals of the church itself, but that we as its mem- bers are sometimes mighty poor ex- amples and representatives of that arcat omranization, One man has suggested that the class reporter has great power of sug- gestion, Concluding that the result of his past remarks about food brought about the announcement of a banauet to he held by the class in the basement of the United Church, Mon- day evening, December 3rd. Our president has announced that we will Wallace of the Central Office of the United Church speak at the banquet. That jovial gentleman with the flow- ing hair is an authority on young peo- ple's work and writes many articles for the Church papers, Iixcellent provision and entertainment has been arranged. Tickets at the price of a quarter of a dollar will be distributed by the executive. This charge is to cover expenses. We wish to invite the Prince Albert Young Men's Class and everybody who is interested. Till we meet again. BAD SHOOTING | :ACCIDENT + [i On Saturday of last week Ernest Nutt, of Toronto, was the victim of a bad shooting accident. He, with some companions, had been duck shooting and the party thought that they would round out the days sport by a trip for a rabbit hunt. They accordingly rowed to shore, and all of them had landed safely except Mr. Nutt, He reached to take a gun from the boat. 'The muzzle was pointing to. ward him, and the weapon was loaded. In drawing out the gun from under the seat of the boat the trigger was pulled with the usual result. The charge entered the arm between the elbow and the shoulder, almost entire- ly blowing away the muscles. The unfortunate man was rushed to Dr. Rennie's office, who found it necessary to make immediate amputation. The victim of the accident was a veteran and his health has previously been im. paired by a gas attack. Mr. Nutt was taken to St. Michael's Hospital. PN ---- SCUGOG NOMINATIONS At the Municipal Nominations on Friday, November 23rd, there was a 'good attendance. The following nomi- nations were made. For Reeve--Messrs. Jonathan Aldred, Frank Gerrow, and Russell Hood. Messrs, Aldred and Gerrow qualified, - For Councillors--Messrs. R. J. Carter, George Hood, Earl Heayn, Wm, Jef- frey, Alfred Prentice, Robt. Pren- tice, Jr.; Geo. Sweetman, Jesse Demara, Geo. Jackson, Geo. Sweet- man, Jess Demara, Carleton Gra- ham, Clarance L. Fralick, Charlie Samells, Fred Jackson. Messrs. Hood, Heayn, Jeffrey, Robt. Prentice, Jr.,, Demara and Samells qualified. No particular criticisms were made at the meeting, the ratepayers appar- ently being well satisfied with the work of the council. tee Here is a sample of some of the favours we are asked to carry out. "Please send a few copies of the paper containing the obituary of my aunt. Also publish the enclosed clipping on the marriage of my niece who lives in Saugerties. And I wish you would mention in your local column, if it doesn't cost anything that I have two nice puppies for sale. As my sub- scription has run out, please stop the paper, as times are too hard to waste money on newspapers. --From the St. Catharines Standard. An editorial in a California paper says that after fifteen years in the business, a newspaperman becomes reconciled to the following facts: (1) ' He will always be regarded as some A SUES sort of a freak; (2) That the favors gs he does will usually go unnoticed, but 41 'his "mistakes, never; #3) That when : he gets in a erowd. someone will say jocularly, "Don't talk in front of So- and-So, he'll put it in the paper"; (4) That once a week someone will re- mark that "newspaper work is fas- cinating." a RS REIN SCS 1 Cy 0 INDIES MARKET CANADIAN FLOUR HOLD WEST Canadian flour commands the mark- ct in the British West Indies. Canada is the chief supplier: and due to the requirements for a better quality flour it would scem will continue to hold the market. There is a direct steam- ship service between Canada and these o£ Iimpire colonies of the Caribbean pro- os vided by vessels of the C.N.R. Steam- nik ' ships and this is a great factor in the NEM export trade of Canada, RRL aly ih 3 Ah SL "The FIRESIDE A Fk PHILOSOPHER' Eo By ALFRED BIGGS ANY ARN have the pleasure of hearing Archer! figotism 1s mental constipation. IR eo oo A YG: Real beauty comes from the mind. sae Th ee R 45 } No bank account Is as good as good 3 he health. QM o.oo» H YR 3 Adversity often brings out the best in 3° a man. ' # Radel LJ * LJ Continual dropping of tears will wear NS away love. Te ff eo 0 S Ho Do you realize how much you have that BASE you could live without? RR oe VR Believe In yourself If you expect others Ry to belfeve In you. yi EL