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' f1I-Ii,1R'SDAY, Jutay 13th,
ET:MORTAL atin
Joe Stalin probably is ohucicling
M
v"'etc the. exp1OitS, of his,, dupes in
Kora ;, but • the' last shot hasn't,
been -fired yet.
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,C:ommuniSts in glister ,tern Europe
j;�rge that American military
planes: have . been. tiyifig over Eas-
tern Germany Jana other lied ter-
ritory dropping potato bugs iu order
to destroy 'crops. Nothing 'seems
too ridiculous for Communist iiia-
gination: The bugs are buzzing .1111
their own. heads.
Fri
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A :bandmaster at • Sarnia asked
his audience to remain,seated, while
tQ -'Canada" was being played,
stating that "God Save the King"
was the -only" Canadian anthem.
There inay be• a difference of
clpinien on- the subjec't,• but it- is
_hardly 'within the province of a
bandmaster to make the decision.
'So thought a good ,number:of those
in the audience, who stood. while
"0 Canada" was played.
,The Country Mouse
in ., won
fOrestaEionr nowadays, and •dri.viaig
over, Ontario 'Tone. sees many poor
districts.. which' should i yer have,
been cleared. But I do not think;
there is much , of that in Huron..
however, friends on the farms,
Bove.- you a Rigel bare. hill where
little grows, or front which the
top soil ' runs away every spring,
or during every. heavy rain. The
,soil Acenservatiotti, is tell us.,What
. should be dune axed • I ant Attie trees
on top are one tiling. And that re.
minds • me tje what I saw one day
neat' Toronto. • We had just c t�c�csed
"a bridge over a Small Greek.. and
were going up the bank. On ono,
side . of the' road the field had been
contour -plowed, add on -the other
plowed tips end down rite hill. It
was &oue<, of the most -perfect ex-
,auaples of the right •and. wrong way
L ever sate.,
hope.1 have made you ,v1to are
away nostalgic for your own. par -
Ovular `corner of Huron, ur maybe
have reminded the people of iluron
of the beauties of'our oWti county.
We can a11' be proud ..of it --alae
county which I25' yearA ago was'
virgin forest -- the, great Huron
Tract—and i"s now a Land. of pros-
perous farms, , fine homes and scenic
beauty. And don't stick . "to .the
highways` to see them 'all. Some
of the loveliest sights are .' along
the little frequented sideroads.
Sincerely,
THE C'OLINTRYI;OI'til:.
Huron.
Dear FrientW--
Today I. drove past w field ef,
clover -'--and what a fresh, lovely
•spell! Some -folks complain about
country smells. 1 sometimes won-
der- where their noses. are in the
city. , I must say growing clover or
newwown ` hay Can far aurpass
gasoline
the -ety. fumes
And the close, hours
of a narrow, crowded- 'slum street
is no garden of roses! Of course,
alums should not exist in a young
i;ountry with the great spai;es to
be found', in C, ;nada, but, they do 1
And no one seems able to do much
about .it. •
13enlg good loyal Huronite, I
compare , Other partes of . Ontario
with our own home county' -us-
ually to, the disadvantage'. of' the
others. Lake .Ilurun certainly has
.the best water for downright eu-
joyable and refreshing bathing, un-
less you enjoy a tepid swine which
you find in some other places. And
Lake Huron sunsets • are fanious
wherever a sunset lover hasseen
elle here and returned borne to tell
About- it- I 'remember' hearing of
one sunimer visitor , in Goaericll
who was adnifring a particularly
tine sunset and wondering why the
liwhuie . town, wasn't lineds,.up . an
the bank of the -lake to see it!
The farms in Huron compare
very Well with those of any other
part of Ontario. • There are many'
'of what I cal dude-fariils° around:
Toronto, ' and 'of ,eQurse the build -
Ings 'and surroundings are more
pi osperous=looking than most of
those here. But, then, the farmers
in.. Huron are real down-to=earth,
practical farmers who make their
living on their farms. One thing
that .makes me rather -unhappy is
to-.dr•iy a for a mile or more past
deserted . farm homes. ' Of -course,
I realize ''that , with mechunizled
-farming one roan cult handle a
much larger faro{. that in pioneer
days, but the unoccupied houses, us-
'uall}' lalling down,• aiid the old
neglected. ,orchards :do not add to
the general air of prosperity—eX:-
cept in' the eyes of an artist!. The
,mixed farming parried on in Huron
appeat1s • to me were than the
spec'ialitzed farming ha the so-called
ban•ttna belt... 'It certainly ' makes
for a variety' of landscape.
. Huron -does not lack for •vairiety
of scenery. Think of the very "flat'
plain near the lake—that is once -
you get 'up the steep bank from the
lake shore. 'Then - drive east. and
before long you are among gently'
rolling 'hills with deeply .cut• river
valleys. The _ river 'scenery alone
is worth going miles to see. It• is
mit as' wildly _primaeval as in north-
ern Ontario, „noir as. ruggedly pic=-
turesque as Malty parts of the east,
but' it has its -own • quietbeaus •.,
Think over some 'fuvot ite . spots on
the Maitland River or its tribu-
taries. .Even , the Nine mile has
rpiitny beauty spots •Then -in im-
agination, go to the top of the high-
est 1ri41•,you know in Huron. Can
you think of* any pastoral 'view
more beautiful? Particularly now
with the great variety of color to
be found in. the • fiords, 1°roni the
brawn- ',of' the wsu-rumer farilow
through the various greens of the
growing and.ripening grain to the
lush green of the pasture. And. a
view which encompasses fit em, bush,
swamp, 'river or lathe IS 'breath-
takingly beautiful. •
I wonder .how many of you, real-
ize what beautiful trees we have in
HU•ron—maybe not CS many. Vari-
eties as -in some places, but some
magnificent specimens. FQr .many
years 1 have watehed with great
anticipation for a sight''of one par=
ticulat 'era tree in Goderich -rainy
?ship. It is one of the most sym-,
metrical trees I ever saw. I sup-
-dose it is . wha f tiled to .be Called,
a fencecorner elm. I. sometimes
think thee.+e should be • tt. penalty
for cutting down. Bitch tree's, useless
they are deca %ing.. They may_
.choke out or 'shade out a few
square yards of grain, but they~
attract the birds which are the
natural enemies of the Insects
which destroy much more .of tlui
crops. Again, thinly of the' beauti-
ful hard maple trees= -sugar maples,
I guess they .are. Or again', a row
of Lombardy poplars, or some of
those huge old willoWs. I; have
been watching the'•trembling, leaves
The Minister +if' Jtistic•e has ap.
,pointed .a Committee, headed by
Mr. Justice .i. H. :vieQularrie of the
Supreme Court ' of Nova i ccotia, to'
.sta*dy the' Combines Investigation
Act,' With 'a view to. making it "a
more effective instruaieut for the
encouraging and s'elfeg'Uarding : of
Our free economy." The ' committee
"in turn seep the :views of
• zatious,' firing and -individuals on
this subject. 'All represen)atioiis
received 'by the :committee will be
treated ,as confidential., So, ,if any
orgii'niZation, fun! 'or' individual
• :adithin the .orbit of thispaper has.
any ideas for the improvement of
. the 1`onibines ineestigatiler Act,
this is the opportunity to present
such ideas to the committee. t:ou.-
cerned:
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Opinion, on the (tuestiun tvitether.
• The' United Nausss should have
- interfered in„i•Korea Lis ''as nearly'
:unaninaobs as 'opinion oIa , any Such
Matter c4uhi be, forty .sight of
.:.fifty. -riffs'' ineIubers orf- tb. 1`.N. or:
ganizationhai'e e.pressc:il their ap-
proval of ,the course taken. ''Three
nations --• Russia. 1'ulund. ' and
.Czechoslovakia—are .oppoi ed. and
, others have not- been heard from
.21. British (.'a4binet . Minister .put it
succinctly •when, be. said that if the
.., I7I:tite'tl Nations h_'tt_d not acted t
• Would have been the end of the
United Nation . The League of
Nation, Which o uglat to maintain
peane after '1Vortd SVaar I collapsed
when • i.t pros -ed povlerless t,la. keep
the • tggresslre nations .in ('Beck.
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. 'The 'clamor for "severity" iia a
strange •dovelopment- n p&litie ri •af
fairs: - Who . ran give' security?
Parliament is oar a Committee Of
the people. It gannot grow.a crop.;
it.cannot build 0 barn or a factory.
'It 'tan direct the, issue of 'limey;
butthe more . money ito issues the
less ,, the money is worth. Security
-depends upon' ProvideOe and' the
labor, physical and mental; 'of 'man.
Parliament can take from 'one man,
or set'of mien, sortie portion 4f their
possessions and give ,it to Others;
but it cannot guarantee that. there
• 'will ciia,tinue 'to be any•source •tram
-which such transfer of possessions
can be made: The best. that Parlia-
mentcan do is 'to ' assist as it can,
in promoting production: aiid to •see
that no injustice is -hone in' the
distribution of the things produced.,
"Security" is not' of this 'world,
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On" the question of .Senate re'fornt
The Torpnto Telegram says:
"Direct represeentation of the,
Provinces in the Senate,might
►night
-101Ard- otbers aspens- I -have beu
catling them, and .I hope ' keen
}•ight.' There are a, few beeches
here •and there which are beautt-
ful—even+ When there are no nuts!
And. since I have•`talked abgrita treca,
you just keep on tliinkin+g' of your
favorites. •.
I wonder how . much of Huron
edunty has been, unduly deforested.
:We hear and read a lot about re -
ARE COUNTY 'COUNCILS,
OUTDATED'?
hundred' ; years. ' Oriicinally ,the
panty system. of government:as it
grew iiz the V440103: s14r s was.
based .0 . n the e cleney of-trans-
itportttian as it e tod at that time.
The horse, Was the :only means .of
Test, transit, but more often, the bul-
lock -cart or en, foot ,was the method
employed by business tueu atiof
getl
�ticilil(catri tofrom pla4e to place;
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Thus, the size of the territory bevT
erred by a:' cotnty'riruuicip;l>`; body
was restricted to that which Cou.it _
be covered in tt day or two. by the.
transportation facilities then oper-,
atitig.
Thio yste1U was adopted .in, On-
tario ,' by the British. settlers.' who
e°auie here in the early days and
It has .been retained until tie pre-
sent. The c'oun'ty boundaries al-
though they have, been adjusted,
are 'practicglly ,the ,s'ame as when,
't'tiId , ottt •;more than a .century age,
despite the fact that• road. systems,
today, •coupled with this tatitenibbile
and thOotrain, have decreased the
time it takes to traverse any given
area from a; matter of days or
hours • to minutes' turd `seven, s. •In
other words, itis poss3b1e today
for a county, udlninistratien body
to handle several tides the areat
now. under its jurisdiction and _thus
to reduce the overall costs of ad-
ministration. o
. The Provincial Government has
in the past ,quarter—century taken
over more and more of the funic
tions of local government and is
at present paying a large part'°ttf
the cpsts of 'road and other main-
tenabce, t r th the townships• door
the talc Molleetiane,. It is pp.
that the county bodies are l axn
lig simply' -a .-sort • of 'mere .or leas
expensive go-
between between. the
township and the PrOViue.
T. HENS .."
ST, ,
itiii L_+ NS, duly 10, Mr.E E
George DieRoberts and Mr. and Mrs.
(St, Marys Journal -Argus)
_11•,1-�.. More, as the costs of
government in Ontario increase and.
the efficiency 'of ,tran porttttion and
road systerus• develop, people begin
to •study ways and means of de-
creasing ,the duplication whicb has
appat;ently-• developed over :tile past -•
becoming sectional.” Parlia-
tent consists of the ,.Senate
and the Cornttons, and the
members in bath are supposed
to look at public questions from
a• national standpoint. It would
be ,unfortunate ifthe method
-of appointing Senators lea—,
thein to feel 'that they were .
simply the spokesmen, for Gov-
ernments 'til the Provincial
cap'ita'ls- tilvii—There 111 ll—ti -
take sectional stands." •
Another, relailt w ouid be to in-
troduce Federal affairs in Pilovin-
• sial politics. Provirncial elections
' might be Conyerted,.,.zntn.- a test` as
' to' whethei the Legislature should
'. appoittt :t Grit, it 'Tory„or ai C.C.P.
member to .the Senate i.n;tea.d of
such electi ns' . being devoted to,
Proviaeial affairs :as •tlie should
Ise. ,. We 'have et rough, iueh coni.
"pliCatibias abroad, , let us keep clear
-of any more, This column is Still
o {opinion that ;the • best •• practic-
Able m tliod of reforniing • the
Senate would be to set a diner •to
the i enatoriatt term, saty tett Years.
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