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4 3 (3 {1 03 oe SHORT STORY The landslide occurred on March 8. It was the evening before that Lorelei and Stan quarreled. The real cause of the quarrel was Inez Thay- er, Deke Whitman's stepdaughter," Deke was the mine superintendent, and: Inez had come to spend a Comme oi weeks with hint. was disappointed in the Indz place. She had always thought of . "Arizona as a land' of desert. Warm, Romantic. Nobody had told her that there were mountains in and that up in those mountains the temperature in down below the freezing point, : She probably wouldn't have re- Arizona March got well mained a week if it hadn't been for Stan Seymeur. Stan was a-young engineer. Inez took one look at him and decided to stay. : A woman in love sees many things that others let pass by un- noticed. » Lorelei, daug "ter of Jim Tristram, the mine forerhan, had been in love with Stan who was the "since the day he arrived six months before, and he with her. Their' love was unspoken, but it lay between, them like a tdngible thing. Lorelei 'was glad now that ncither had put into words the thing that 'both had felt, for now there need be no explaining or embarrassments. Some day, she knew, the hurt that grew inside of her 'as she watched Stan yield to the polished charm of Inez Thayer would fade and vanish. Sa on the evening of March 7 Lorelei. and Stan quarreled. And each knew that Inez was the cause of the quarrel, though both'pretend- ed it was over the matter of holding 'the annual spring dance in Redstone: this ycar instead of at the mine. It was warm that night of March 7. Unnaturally warm, The heavy snows ~ atop the mountain range against the base of which the mine ~buildings nestled began to melt, and "on the morning of March 8 they be- gan to move, slipping down the mountain, loosening tons of earth and ice and rock. : Lorelei was coming up from the rural delivery. postoffice box with the mai), She heard the ominous roar and stopped. A moment before she had seen Stan and Inez enter the tiny engineer's field office, and, without thinking she started runn- ingtoward it, shouting at the top of her lungs. . Men appeared from other. build- ings and took up the cry, and before: long a great crowd was racing down the valley road out of the path of the onrushing avalanche. But Stan and Inez didn't appear in the doorway of the engineer's office and'Lorelei kept on running, screaming. Above the office was a sharp outcropping. or rock. When the avalanche, hit this it divided, and stones and earth were catapulted into space, gover the building. Lorelei had pushed open the door when this happened. She glimpsed Inez in Stan's arms. Then a falling timber crashed toward them and she screamed. Stan pushed [Inez away from himi+and almost. got cleat himself; but it grazed his shoulder and knocked him flat" For a moment Lorelei stood transfixed. Then she leaped forward and began prying at the timber, "Help mel" she cried." And she turned desperate eyes towardsinez. At the door, Inez turned. Her face was v. hite. "Don't be 4.fooll" she shricked. "Save yourself!" Then the roar and crash' became: louder, drowning out the words. The first avalanche had started a second. Inez flung open the door and rushed outside. Stan pulled Lorelei donw beside him "and yelled into her ear: "Go onl You've still got a chance. You can't save mel" But she only: stared at him in. horvor. Then she began picking up timbers and propping thent in a sort of lean- to against the one undamaged wall. Sheltering them. Rescug crews came in at amazed to find the two alive. They pried Stan loose 'and carried him away on a stretcher. One of his legs was broken, # When he came out of the ether Lorelei was beside his bed. She smiled and said, 'She's safe. She got clear and escaped without a bruise." : o : He looked af her and said noth ing. Then he took her hand and "drew her down close to him, "It's more important that you're safe--." nd were \ On January 1 the Old Age Sec- --urity. Act 1951 came into effect. Under it monthly payments aré to .be made without: a. means test to ~ all eligible-Capadians 70. years and over, The act will be administered wholly by the: federal government through the Department of National Health and Welfare, using the staff and facilities of the family allow- ances division at Ottawa and the regional capitals, There have been * many queries from, interested per- sons. concerning the: provisions of this far reaching legislation, and the following questions and answers have been prepared to serve as a brief guide. Q. Who may apply ? A. 1. Persons who are now 70 years of age or older and not re- ceiving old age pensions, pro- vided they can prove age and meet the residence require- ments. ; 2. Persotts who will be 70 years of age by. January 1, 1952, provided they can prove age' and meet th eresidence re- quirements. Q. Who should not apply ? A. 1, Persons who are already re- ceiving old age pensions, whether at the full rate or at a 'reduced rate. These will be automatically transferred to payments under the Old Age Security Act. 2. Persons who are not yet aged 694 years, ; Q. How can age be proved? cates are the best evidence, 2. Other - documents that will be given consideration in- "clude records in family Bibles, church rolls or registers, mar- riage records, communion certificates, military - dis- charges, naturalization certi- ficates, passports, acknow- ance companies. 3. Lacking evidence of this kind, any: documents supporting o claim of age should be for- warded with application. 4. If there is no documentary evidence of any kind, the ap- plication should be forwarded anyway with--the statement that evidence of age is lack- ing. The applicant will then be told what to do aboiit proving age. Q. What are the residence require- ments? A. 1. Applicants must have been resident in Canada for the past 20 years (sincé¢ Decem- ber 31, 1931). 2. If during the past 30 years the applicant has been resi- dent outside of Canada, it is likely that the legislation will - provide for eligibility if twice the period of time resident outside of Canada was spent .in Canada prior to December 31, 1931 (For example, if the applicant has lived for five years outside the country during the past 20 years, he must have resided at least ten years in Canada prior to Dec- _ember '31, 1931.) Q. How does one apply? "A: 1, Obtain an application form , ~ from a post office. : 2, Fill it out and mail, along with documents giving proof i of age, to the Regional Direc- _ tor of Old Age Security, De- partment of National Health and Welfare, in the provincial capital. ~ Northwest = Territorics' only should send their applications directly to the Director of "Old Age Security, Jackson Building, Ottawa. % J. To avoid delay in receipt: of "payments, those who cansider themselves eligible should apply at once. " ' GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Payments will not be made ex- cept to those already receiving Questions And Answers Fl : About The The Old Age Security Act --4 As of "March--3 + matically transferred to payments A. 1, Birth. and baptismal certifi- ledgements of age by insur- - treme 3. Residents of the Yukon and 3 i old agé pensions, unless an appli- cation is forwarded, $ "7 The first cheques will be issued | at the end of January, 1952, 3. Old age security: payments will be made without & means fest. persons were in' recel age pensions, These wi pt "of old 1 be auto- 'under the Old Age Security Act. An additional 413,000 persons over 70 but not now receiving pensions will be eligible under the néw programme, 2 5. It is estimated. that the total cost of old age security payments will be in the neighborhood of $343,000,000 a year. . 6. Indians and Eskimos will, for the first time, be eligible for old age assistance, blind pensions and old age security payments on the same basis as the white popula- tion, Some Queer Facts About Trade Early on in history, barter was _ the custom, A word which dates back to this time is fee. In its old form feoh, it stood for wages, money, property, or cattle. Goods were, in fact, the equivalent of money in those days. . Capital, .incidentally, is is mod- ern'zed version of capita, heads (of cattle), a man's ® wealth 'being: judged by the amount of livestock ~ he possessed. As 'money--in lieu of goods--be- came recognized currency; a. new profession came into heing, that of the banker, and among the first of these were the [.ombards, from Italy. Ese It is they who have given us the term, lumbér-foom, for an attic filled with furniture and odds and ends. The lumber, or Lombard room, however; once served a far more important purpose, being the store- house in which rich bankers and pawnbrokers kept their treasures. We are frequently using the lan- guage of shopkeepers. We talk of sending someone about his- busi- ness, of turning the scales; we say that 'a man is an ugly customer, or that a certain request is -a tall order. F-19530; 73 Men Of Stone--"Two Men" is the title of this sculpture which won ' the $3500 first prize for Minna Harkavy in a national contest sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The figures are on : display in the museum, When we make a thorough as- sessment of someone's 'character, we probably declare that we are taking stock of 'him. Such a meta- phor is very apt, for the proprie- 'tor of a shop, taking stock, makes an inventory of all his goods be- fore deciding just how profitable his business is. One of the crafts -from which we have inherited a good many pithy sayings is that of the smith. A horseshoe must be shaped while the metal is glowing, and so we have the injunction, strike while - the iron is hot. We refer, too, to hammniering out an argument, describe a person's temper as being at white heat, and say that a man who dabbles in many interests has too many irons in the fire. All these phrases come from the smith, The baker has given us the term, baker's dozen, for thirteen. At one time the man_who sold short weight was subject 'to extremely heavy penalties. So in order to keep on the right side of the law, a baker selling a dozen loaves added an. extra one, sometimes --ealled "the vantage loaf." With both home and community freezers increasing in popularity the following findings made in the Government Fruit and Products Laboratory in British Columbia should be of interest. ] 3 * * Improperly packaged food pro-. ducts, especially meat, poultry, and fish, are subject. to serious desicca- tion (drying-out) in the freezer. This lessens_the food value and "fresh" appearance of the product. In ex- cases freezer-burn results, and thc product becomes brown in- color and woody in texture. In meat and poultry products the fut under- 'neath the driedout areas bccomes oxidized and rancid. The protein be- comes permanently dehydrated and the tissue tough and dry. . * x * The underlying cause of desicca- tion is the humidity of the air in the freezer. room. Air has a normal hioisture holding capacity; that of warm air being greater than that of cold. The frozen product .and the air in close proximity to it, is relatively warmer than. the air in surface contact .withe the freezing coils, Thus, the circulating air ab- sorbs moisture from the frozen pro . Ne BY «| HAROLD | :™% ASE TE " /! THE FARM PROV fi i duct and deposits it ton the coils' or plates, in the form of frost. This continuous cycle, over a period of months, can 'result in considerable moisture loss. Proper packaging can do- much to lessen desiccation. A poorly packaged product may lose weight in excess of three per cent over a 12-mouth storage period at zero. A heavy wax coating on the outer and inner surfaces of the container, or coated cellophane will control moisture loss to one per. cent or less. * * * Desiccati-n has® a wore marked effect on some foods than on others. In frozen fruits, especially syrup packs, it is negligible and 'does not seriously affect quality. Experiments indicate, however, that itis impor- tant to pack vegetables in moisture- vapor-proof containers and to fill the containers completely full. This practice reduces moisture loss to a minimum, thus conserving quality and palatability. * * * The market-gardener who is look- "ing for an carly cabbage variety he can sell in quantity at pre-sca- sonal high prices will have td wait until 1954 for such dreams to come true, although such a cabbage var: jety now exists, Named Canadian Acre, its development was brought to a successful. conclusion in 1950 following a 15-year program of se- lection of suitable strains that had their origin in the Golden Acre, a popular Canadian cabbage -variety. . * * * Sced of the Canadian Acre sliould have become available for the 1952 planting season, but inclement wea- ther conditions in 1951 caused the destruction of the entire seed crop planted in the Fraser Valley in 1950. The next seed-planting is scheduled' for- 1952 and, since it takes the come to seed, no commercial-scale planting 'of Canadian Acre will be possible until 1954, * 1] * Canadian Acre was developed by W. Ferguson and L. H. Lyall in the Division of Horticulture of the Fe- - deral Department of Agriculture. This cahbage is noted for its ex- mity of size and time of maturity. About five inches in diameter and weighing about four pounds, it is marketable a week in advance of other early varieties. j * * . * At the recent joint meeting of delegates from some 25 breeders' associations and officials of the Do- minion Dept. of Agriculture the main proposal was for a standard registration certificate applicable to all breeds of livestock with infor- mation reduced to barest essentials. The new arrangement, if endors- ed by the associations at their re- spective annual meetings will result _ registration service on the part of the Capadian National Live Stock 'Records to all Canadian breeders, On the other hand, asgociations themselves will have a larger share of the responsibilities whieh "have piled up with time, and for the last fort-five years, have assumed in most cases by the Canadian Na- tional Live Stock Records Office * * '* Specific proposals adopted at this Ottawa meeting and which again will have to be submitted. to the breeders can be summarized as fol- lows: - * * * 1. The inclusion on registration certificates of the minimum of in- formation required {0 establish iden- tification and ancestry. * * * 2. The use of a standard certifi- cate of registration by all associa- tions. : * * L i 3. The discontinuance of the plac- ing of special deposits to the credit of an association by the Canadian National Live Stock Records office. * * * 4. The transfer from the Records * Office of such duties and services as may be adequately conducted by association secretaries. Additional services now given include collec: tion of membership fee arrears; pre- pdration of a membership list for the annual meetings; interpretation of inaccuracies in constitution and bylaws; settlement of disputes among members, etc. * . * Fl The adoption of the above pro- posals would . necessitate adoption of amendments to corresponding ar icles of affiliation. In brief, the list of amendments approved at the mecting stipulates that the Records Office should cease to act as a banker and lawyer for associations; that its responsibilities- should be limited to the issuance of short pe- digrees. Longer pedigrees would be provided by the.association, the fee to be charged by them for such a service being in accordance with the amount of work involved 'in cach case. No charges have been made to the article dealing with the conditions of withdrawal of an association' from the affiliation. Department and Records officials would continue to be at the disposal of associations -and members for advice-on -any problems related to new responsibilities assumed by as- sociations. in a simpler and prompter livetock: cabbage two growing seasons td vil ceptional compactness arid unifor- - Safe Deposit By RICHARD KLEINER The day after New York's mock |__air_raid, an_excited old man _bucst 1. into the Manhattan offices of the Iron . Mountain ~ Atomit "Storage Corp. "I want to rent some space 4hat --4---witl-be-safe-fronr-bombs;*-he- said "How! much _ vault?" } Sales 'manager Joseph T, Gar- land calmly found out how much room the man would need, did some quick reckoning and announced that to rent a storage ""I'm a nice guy," the old man whined. "I'm afraid my clothes $50 will you?" Except for an occasional crack- pot like that, the Iron -Mountain Atomic Storage Corp, is doing a very quiet and profitable business. The company. owns Iron Mountain, near Germantown, which it calls "a solid mass of magnetic iron rock that is impregnable to any force ever conceived by man or naturel" . + . : Inside the formidable administra- tion building there is a 38-ton vault door. Behind that, built in the cor- ridors of the abandoned mine, are an assortment of storage vaults, Some are only as big as an out- size closet. Others range up to 12,000 cubic feet in area. In these vaults, some of America's largest corporations and banks are storing their 'vital papers 'and plans. "Other spaces have been rented to art galleries, for safekeeping price- less treasures; to libraries and uni- versities, for guarding valuable books; to department stores, for storing treasured accounts receiv- able. Under a new plan, the company" is ready fo expand its bomb-proof _fAcilities to the average citizen. They will store a scaled envelope, of a standard size they will pro- vide, in one of their vaults. In it, anyone can put documents that can- PER pe Vault To Protect Na Valuables From Atom Bombs «the anuual rental. would be $900. will blow up._Do it for me for - FORTRESS: Behind this formidab ing run the corridors of an abandoned iron mine, now lined with ; - vaults to protect valuables in the atom age.. deed to a house, and so on. . . feet under a shielding of magnetig iron rock. The company says, mod- estly, the vaults offer complete pro=- tection against "blast of atomic or other bomb} atoniie radiation; firg fe theft, submersion by flooding, or natural catastrophe," ; = The mountain was an operating fron mine until 1898, when high costs of working forced its aban: donment. Up until last year, the present owner of the property, Her- man Knaust, used its cave-like cor- ridors to grow, mushrooms. Knaust is .the "world's largest mushroom producer, operating in caves in the castern New York area. Among his employees are a group of DPs. They told him of the heart- break they had been caused be- cause their irreplacable-- documents were lost in bombings. And they convinced him that conversion of Iron Mountain to a vast safe-deposit vault would be a profitable scheme. . 0" So far Knaust has developed 185,000 cubic feet, He estimates that ultimately 4,000,000 cubic fees "of the mountain's catacomb-like in- terior can be made into storage vaults, Garland, the sales manager, who "lg Knaust's son-in-law, and a formee college and service football star, says that most people are interested in the mountain's facilities, but he doesn't feel they are at all panicky. "Strange thing about this," says Garland. "Women seem to be more worried about atom bombing than men." " A hen at Cartagena, Spain, laid an egg with three yolks and two hours later followed through with a similar triumph. In recognition . of this feat, the town council has given the hen a new. coop with a silver lining. le-looking administration byjld- Maybe You're Right Maybe You're Wrong Many people think lightning never strikes in the same place twice, that green apples are indi- gestible, that a frightened ostrich buries its head in the sand, that one must feed a cold and starve a fever -- and that's where they're wrong! Scientists have been looking into these queer mistakes we all make. As far as the green apples myth goes, it's swallowing fruit in chunks that causes the discomfort; as for feeding colds, the familiar saying is a misquotation of the famous Dr. Abernethy, who declared: "If you "feed a cold you shall have to starve a fever," meaning that stuffing "a person laid. up with a cold would soon bring on a fever. ' If you think your heart is on the left side, you're entertaining anoth- er fallacy. It happens to be neither left-nor right, but one-third is right of dead centre. Shaving doesn't make hair grow faster. Experts have measured un- der a microscope that length of hair that grows, day by day, he- tween shaves, and havé compared this rate with the daily growth in people who don't shave. The aver- age is exactly the same! Is night air bad, for you and sca air good? Be Bfreful how you answer. Night air is only danger- ous in malarial districts where mosquitoes niay enter an open wins dow and infect a sleeper. Seaside air contains more ozone, but the slight difference is of practically no value to health. ; : Maybe you imagine that powder- ed glass is a dangerous poison, Actually, it is not as bad as Rous sensational story writers would have you believe, The great pow- dered glass delusion goes back to the days when arsenic, which really is a deadly poison, was manufactur- ed in a form that looked rather like glass. a In America, a scientist declared that, thanks to sunspots, there would be no floods in the Middle West. An article from his pen ap- peared just as the worst floods in history were sweeping the Mid- West. Anyone there who managed to get his arms above water could read the reassuring news that he was safe fram floods that year! Even policemen sometimes ima- gine that the faces of dishonest people are especially narrow be- tween the eyes. Actual photographs of swindlers and other criminals show no trace of such narrowness, Thousands of the weather-wise declare that lightning never strikes twice in the same place--yet the Empire State Building, in Ney York, is struck during every severe storm. ; : How casily are you deluded? Do you imagine that rheumatic pains can forecast a damp spell ahead? No? Then you're wrong again, for changes in atmospheric. pressure have a real effect on rheumatic joints. ; ay In proving many "popular fal lacies" wrong, the scientists have proved plenty of others right! JITTER = PUBLIC LI TH ol ® 03 -- FF Sr gil ATER hs, A 2 x FE EN] By Arthur Pointer. not be replaged--Dbirth certificate, > __'Fhe-vauhts-ire-ali- at cast AE Pe A Tn Ni i En i Pe ~ ronnie