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ODD BIRD - Joseph Welteroth
Jr. holds a strange bird. "Goofy"
has long pigeon legs but a
hooked beak like a chicken,
gray pigeon tail feathers hut
white chicken wing tips, a gray
pigeon head but many white
and blue chicken head feathers,
one pigeon eye and one chick-
en eye. Scrambled egg, maybe.
The exceptional quality of the
bushes he sells to the ordinary
run of his customers shows him
to be also an honest and genu-
ine trader. In addition to all this,
he happens to be a master show-
man.
He has whiskers as luxuriant
as his roses. He looks like a
stage version of an Edwardian
bicyclist. He dresses in immacu-
lately cut tweeds. In short, he
is a splendid advertisement for
the English rose.
His "Super Star" was produc-
ed this year with all the éclat
of a theatrical first night. On
a pedestal in the middle of his
stand it flashed out the signal,
"Here I Am!" in dazzling ver-
milion.
Its catalogue description reads
"pure self-vermilion, unfading,
with matchless texture, full,
fragrant and very long lasting."
Almost as absorbing as the ex-
hibits and exhibitors at the
Chelsea show are the people who
have paid to go in. There look-
ing at the sweet peas is a well-
known English duke with his
gardener.
Jostling him are pony-tailed
girls and delightfully old-fash-
ioned country cousins ttp in
London just for Chelsea. There
are greenthumbed housewives
and city businessmen with fin-
gers rough from gardening.
The Unblessed
A four-car highway accident
that killed nine people in New
Iberia, La., in a Season of many
shocking accidents in the- regiOni
moved the Roman Catholic Bish,
op of Lafayette to extraordinary
action last Month. The .Most IleV.
Maurice Scheknayder issued
harsh disoiplinary order Which
Could bar dlitigtiati burial to
Roman Catholic &Wert who die
in aeciderita iii which they are
&elated criminally negligent.
Whilethe order' has nothing to
de With the deceased's telvatiOn,
bishOP ScheiiiidYer explahied,
"to denY, Chriatiati burial la
about the most serious and dis,
grading piintshment you can
filet On the tauilty Of. a bath&
eapeolgity in a rural area
like Ottri"
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RAMBLING RAMP - Spiraling gracefully upward, this circular ramp was built especially for
cyclists and pedestrians at Dusseldorf, West ,Germany, MUch easier to ascend with a bike
than the traditional stairs, the ramp leads to the lofty Dusseldorfer Rhine Bridge.
THE FARM FROM
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UNDAYS0001
LESSON
Dy *toy lt, l)grclay iVarrett
Il A„ 0„0,
14uxury and idolatry Ruin
Nation:
Jlosea 10: 1-8, 12
Memory Selection.: Sow to.
yourselves In righteousness, reap.
in mow; break up your fallow
ground; for .4 its time to seek
the Lord, till 1I0 come and rattt.
righteousness upon you, fleaea
10;13.
Under the 41-year reign of King
Jeroboam II Israel experienced
its greatest era of prosperity
since the reign of King Solomon.
But there was a serious spiritual
decline, More and more the peo-
ple turned from the worship of
God to idols. Then they forgot
God's commandments and be-
came cruel, adulterous and given
to lying and stealing.
Since the beginning of World
War II most people in this Cowl-
try have had more things and
handled more money than ever
before. A higher percentage at
people have joined the church,
too. In view of these facts we
might dispute the• suggestioal
that luxury and departing front
God go hand in hand. However,
an examination of statistics on
such things as drunkenness,
adultery, fornication and thefts
prove that the nation is deteri-
orating morally, It is easy to
join the church today. If one
church will not receive you an-
other will. In the scramble for
more members churches seem
willing to lower the require-
ments. Some people use church
membership for prestige and a
camouflage for shady living.
The message of Hosea in the
memory selection is applicable
to us today. It is time to seek
the Lord. Prosperity can be dan-
gerous. -Agues proverb (Pro-
verbs 30: 8,9) is a wise one,
"Give me neither poverty nor
riches; feed me with food con-
venient for me: lest I be full
and deny Thee, and say, Who is
the Lord? or lest I be poor, and
steal, and take the name of my.
God in vain." Here is a wise
saying of our own day: "When
a man begins to get wealth,
either God gets a steward or the
devil gets a soul."
When we hear of the desper-
ate poverty of millions in Asia
and Africa how can we be happy
in selfishly bestowing on our-
selves so much that we do not
need. One of these days we shall
give an account of our steward-
ship. We should think more at
others and less of ourselves.
Efficiency experts -
At least those I've known-
Can cope with my troubles
But not with their own.
tORNADO Thti automobile in Schenectady, 'KY., waif
struck to hard by tornado Mods that oorttof engine Were
'ripped 6661 the nititoe block.
COMES TUMBLING DOWN This k the track of'doom for the
toppling steeple Of the 7d year-old St. Paul Lutheran Church In
Wausau, Wis. The 110-Faot spire and the `fest sof the church
Were rated to troke Way for o new One;
ACROSS
1. Father
6. Trench,
9 Fettival
(comb, form)
12, Stand fast
13. Beverage
14. River island
15. Motirning
garinents
18. Htitint
17, Poem
18, PoSseSSiVe
adjective
20. Worshiper
22. Flits money
to time
26. Animonla
compound
27. Girl s naine,
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80 flays debts
31. AtithoritatiVe
decree (Fr.)
32, 0111A college
t(inrn
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god . 37. hillse of poetry,,,
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roWth
(suffix)
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anitinier,
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67. Has food
and drink
DOWN
t. Handle
clumsily
2. A President's nickname a Cravat
4. Whirlpools
6. Musical
Symbols
G. Sorro %In .!
7. Name tor
Athena
8. Hanging ornament
O. Polynesian
native
10. Hell ed
11. Cubic meter
19. Gaze fixedly
21. Mystic Hindu
22. Int. Labor
Org.
ejaculations
23. At this
moment
24. Contend,
26. Scatter
29, Fisher for
certain fish
31, Those who
expiate
32. Rice paste
33. June bug
34. Mass. cape
35. As it Is
written (mum.)
38. State of
ancient Greece
37, Aftersong
38. Send payment
39. Proverb 3
41. Cross stroke
on a letter
43. Stumble
47. Tibetan
gazelle
49. The (Ger.)
50. Compass, point
51> Pet name for a
little girl
Western Canada's larger 'live-
stock ranches are attracting in-
creasing attention frcr'n Ameri-
can investors, and officia-i sxpec-
tations are that , Many millions
of dollars worth of these prop-
erties will be purchased by
United States buyers this year.
Some major deals already
have been closed and others are
in various stages of negotiation.
While western Canada's broad
agricultural empire always has
been a strong attraction to Ame-
ricans, the interest of American
capital in larger ranching opera-
tions there has shown a marked
upswing recently with the level-
ing out in values of the Cana-
dian and United States dollars.
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The former premium of 4, 5,
and 6 per cent of the Canadian
dollar over the United States
dollar had a tendency to dis-
courage purchases of vast ranch-
ing spreads in this country. Now
' that the two dollars are close in
value to each other, transactions
are encouraged,
Also strongly promoting Ame-
rican interest in ranching opera-
tions there is the fact that tens
of thousands of western Cana-
da's original ranchers and farm-
ers went there in the early years
of this century from various
parts of the United States, They
maintained their ties with their
former places of residence, in-
vited old friends and relatives
to visit them - and thus uncon-
sciously set the stage for future
land purchases as large proper-
ties in the United States be-
came scarce and costly,
Many of western Canada's
original settlers never did give
up their American citizenship.
In fact, at is estimated officially
that more than 87,000 of the
1,300,000 residents of Alberta
alone today- are full-fledged
United States citizens,
* * *
Western Canada's phenomenal
petroleum and natural gas de-
velopment boom since 1947 also
is a major factor in attracting
American interest to cattle,
sheep and thoroughbred horse
ranches here,
This boom has been financed
largely with American capital,
It has been directed and ex-
panded by thousands of execu-
tives and skilled workers who
went there from the oil and gas
fields of the United States, often
from states having extensive
ranching operations. * *
These petroleum industry
workers have been fascinated by
the ranching possibilities in
western Canada, particularly In
the Province of Alberta, which
is recognized as "the cradle of
Canada's cattle ranching." And
with prices in western Canada's
ranching operations substanti-
ally lower than for those in their
home states, many oil workers
started investing in spreads in
this country.
* *
All these pertinent factors
now have produced a snowball-
ing effect in the 'demand for
ranching operations in Alberta,
British Columbia, Saskatchewan,
and Manitoba, in that order of
preference, from prospective
buyers.
Hundreds of real estate deal-
ers across western Canada have
been commissioned to line up
promising ranching properties
for would-be American buyers.
This has had the recent effect
of owners boosting their asking
prices even when they decide to
sell.
Despite the unprecedented de-
mand for their spreads, few
ranchers are in a selling mood,
Most of the younger and middle-
aged ranchers regard meat pro-
duction as the brightest star in
the world's agricultural picture
and are determined to continue
producing cattle, lambs, and
hogs. Older ranchers prefer to
keep their spreads in their fami-
lies by passing them down to
their children and grandchildren.
*
Nevertheless, some ranches do
come onto the market in cases
where their owners decide to
retire and have no children to
take over and in cases where the
properties must be sold to settle
large and complicated estates.
There is always a rush of buyers
for these ranches, and none of
them remains on the market for
long if the price is reasonable.
Many of them are acquired 'by
American interests, writes George
A, Yackulie in the Christian
cience Monitor.
Inlicativa of the stampede for
available spreads was the ex-
perience of one elderly couple in
Alberta's foothills country who
decided to retire this year and
let the 'word out that their 12,-
000-acre ranch might be avail-
able as a going concern.
The word spread like a prairie
fire throughout Canada and the
United States, and prospective
buyers began overwhelming the
couple with rising offers. The
ranch, located in some of the
world's best cattle-ranching
country, attracted offers ranging
from %500,000 at first to alma
$1,000;000.
When such amounts are in-
volved, the purchasing party
usually is a syndicate, partner-
ship, or corporation, and cash
deals are possible.
That WAS true recently for the
transaction in Whieh the Casorso
Ranch, built up in the Okanagan
Vallpy of interior 13ritish Colum-
bia by the late Joe Casorso, was
sold to a group of United States
businessmen for more than $400,-
000,
This ranch consists of 19,000
acres of deeded lands, plus
leases and forest grazing permits
on which 700 head of cattle and
2,000 sheep are maintained. It
was bought by Jack Stewart and
Associates of New Mexico. The
spread is continuing as a cattle-
sheep ranch, with Mr. Stewart as
resident manager for his grottp.
*
One of the largest Canadian
ranch properties involved in sell-
ing negotiations for years in the
100-year-old Chile°. Ranch near
Williams Lake, 200 miles north
of Vancouver, B.C. This proper-
ty consists of around 1,000,000
acres and includes seven original
ranches. It is so large that its
250 miles of fencing don't be-
gin to enclose it
In recent negotiations $2,500,-•
000 was being ''asked for the
ranching operaticin,agie' price in-
cluding 4,000 head of Hereford
beef cattle. The ranch also is
noted for its production of lum-
ber and Christmas trees.
Like most available spreads in
Western Canada, this vast prop-
erty attracted much attention
from American interests.
Laugh A Lot
To. Keep Fit
Laughed a lot lately? If so;
you're probably feeling pretty fit
and in good humour.
Who says so? A team of laugh-
ter research scientists in the
United States: Laughter is one of
the best possible exercises, espe-
cially for people with sit-down
jobs, they tell us.
When we 'laugh we exercise
scores of different muscles which
in turn "have a massaging effect
upon the body," they have found.
Sad-looking people who rarely
laugh can never be truly happy,
they say. At the same time they
recognize that some folk find it
almost impossible to laugh heart-
ily. They're like the German
general, Helmuth von Moltke,
who when he died nearly seven-
ty years ago was said to have
laughed only twice after he was
twenty-one.
Let's face it - the older we
grow the less we laugh. You've
probably noticed that children
and teenagers laugh much more
than older people.
There are people who never
laugh. A small outcast tribe in
Ceylon known as the Veddas, for
instance. When asked why, they
usually retort: "What on earth
is there to laugh at?"
The answer, of course, is:
"Plenty."
A Paris psychologist, who be-
lieves that the relaxed feeling
that laughter brings help to
prolong life, gives lessons in
laughter. Sounds silly, doesn't it?
But don't laugh at the Idea until
you learn how he makes his pu-
pils laugh,
He plays a laughing record on
an old-fashioned phonograph,
forerunner of to-day's gramo-
phone. They are soon splitting
their sides!
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With spring and ca`iy-$11111.
11leT garden tasks out of the way,
we have time now to plant per
ennial anti biennial seed for
next year's borders, Raising our
own plants from seed is inter-
esting, economical, and reward-
you en.r go to your favorite
nursery next spring and buy
new plants - and perhaps you,
will anyway, But those you raise
from seed will have a special
place in your interest and affec-
tion. it is one of the educational
dividends of gardening, and an
experience that ought not to be
missed. As for economy, for the
price of a packet, plus a little
affectionate tending, you can
have a dozen or more plants for
less than the price of the one
purchased plant,
Furthermore, you can choose
your varieties, Study your seed
catalogues under "seeds of har-
dy flowers, perennials, and bi-
ennials" and shop for the mag-
nificent delphinium Pacific hy-
brids, the cup-and-saucer can-
-terbury bells, the velvety deep-
red sweet williarn, the single
;Shasta daisies.
Your nurseryman may not
have just the colors or name
-varieties you want in plants. Or
the plants may be quite expen-
sive if you want the real beau-
-ties. Between now, and then you
can raise your own for a song.
A cold frame is the best place
for starting seeds of perennials
and biennials in midsummer.
You can control the conditions
and keep track of the seed-
lings. But lacking a cold frame,
choose a protected, partly shaded
place for a seed bed. The soil
should be finely sifted, with
well-decayed manure, humus, or
prepared plant food mixed with
it, conditioned with peat moss,
or if heavy, with a little sand.
Sow the seed in rows, and be
.sure to mark your rows. Cover
the seed about three times its
size and firm with a board. Very
fine seed siaould be only lightly
pressed into the soil. Water with
a fine spray, and do not let the
rows dry out. Remember that
seeds want to grow, and they
will do all they can, but they
need moisture and light.
In northern climates it is best
not to transplant seedlings into
the borders until spring. In mild
climates they can be trans-
planted in early autumn. Before
then they can be transplanted
into pots or other parts of the
cold frame to give them more
room, For wintering over, they
will need protection, writes Mil-
licent Taylor in the Christian
Science Monitor.
Some gardeners plant their
seed in flats, later transplanting
the seedlings into pots and
plunging the pots to their rims
in the cold frame for the winter.
I have raised faVorite colbrs
of sweet william each summer
in a little out-of-the-way bed
not far from the cold frame (so
I would remember to 'keep, it
moist when I was watering the
seedlings in the cold frame).
With a light winter cover the
bed is easily carried over until
the next spring, and I Can then
transplant young plants into va-
rious gaps in the borders. This
keeps good varieties of sweet
william coming along - colors I
like better than the more ordi-
nary ones available in flats at
most nurseries.
It is possible to raise some
perennials right in the border,
too, if one remembers to attend
to them. Oriental poppies can be
watched where the seeds„'of the
parent plant are dropped. Tiger
lily seed can be pressed in and
nursed along as it germinates.
ISSUE 31 - 1960
CROSSWORD
PUZZLE
.wranniala and bien-
nia'i Irani :;,'ad only my. way
of more. 11 .1,1
with 1:!.irdy astors phlox, and
ruat cut tin aa, with Japanest-
anemones or gyimePhilN, in-
crease varietio4 one already .has
New plants also will come from
stem cuttings of certain young
growth rooted in sand in early
.summer. But raising plants from
seed enables us to acquire new
and .expensive varieties or to
add colors not. already in the
garden.
British Gardens
Burgeon Anew
Flowers are busting o u t all
over in this affluent era through
which the British people are
passing.
England was always a country
of magnificent baronial floral
vistas and beautiful little cottage
gardens. And today an appreci-
able portion ol the nation's new
wealth is being turned to flow-
eraVshrubs, trees, tools for mak-
ing gardening easier, and fas-
cinating modern garden furni-
ture in which to loll and admire
the fruits of digging, weeding,
mowing, pruning, and tying up,
This seems to be an admir-
able counter to the pessimistic
talk about the materialism of
this age. The simple fact is that
the quest in Britain for beauty
through flowers and gardens is
spreading by leaps and bounds,
The realization of the sense of
fulfillment through growing
things is more and more appre-
ciated by all classes and most
income groups.
Evidence of this is seen in the
expanding plant advertisements
in the newspapers, in the in-
creasing space given up by de-
partment stores to garden equip-
ment, in the new periodicals ca-
tering for gardeners, in the cre-
dit buying being introduced for
garden aids.
But perhaps the most convinc-
ing evidence of all is the fabu-
lous success of the flower shows
up and down the country. The
high spot of them all - the
Chelsea Flower Show - has just
been held in London. It sur-
passed all records and in doing
so presented the problem of how
to contend with the ever-mount-
ing enthusiasm for gardening.
The Chelsea Flower Show is
held for four days near the cen-
ter of London in the grounds of
Chelsea Hospital, which is the
home of those colourful Chelsea
pensioners - veterans of Bri-
tain's bygone wars.
This year the total attendance
for the four days was around
250,000. This really requires
some tight packing considering
the total area of the site is only
20 acres. But the tightest crush
of all takes place in the central
flower tent, which claims to be
the biggest tent in the world
covering an area ot 31/2 acres all
under one big top.
Specially magnificent was the
display of orchids given top pro-
minence in honour of the Inter-
national Orchid Conference, held
in London immediately after the
Chelsea show.
More than 600 stems of orchids
were flown from Malay a.
French, West German, and Ken-
ya orchid societies also sent
some of their finest products.
The great massed orchid stands
included dendrobiums, odonti-
odes, odontoglossums, and pha-
laenopses, writes Peter Lyne in
the Christian Science Monitor.
Next in magnificence were the
roses - the traditional flower of
England. Each year lately has
seen startling new variations on
this traditional flower. The cen-
terpiece novelty this year was
Harry Wheatcroft's "Super
Star."
Mr. Wheatcroft is one of the
world's greatest rose growers.
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