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f gifw iT- is front the Editors Notebook Spring weather seems to draw phony salesmen and jetty racketeers from the cities out to the small towns Last week it was reported that a man was selling advertising for the Ontario Amateur Softball association year by tele phone Selling his advertising on the basis that the project was sup ported by well Know local resi dents Including the Era arid Express sports editor the man a lady around to the var ious business establishments to try and collect money for the advertising In a news story last week we pointed out that the project was not endorsed by local people On a number of occasions the advertising solicitor had stated In telephone conversations that funds collected would be return to a Newmarket minor soft- ball program through grants for equipment The sports editor pointed out that the statements were false After last weeks paper had gone to press Sports Editor George learned from Frank Ontario Amateur Softball association secretary that the advertising solicitor gave his name to several prominent merchants as Stearns had been discharged by the year book producers four months ago Mr also reported that the OASA year book was being printed at the time the solicitor was sell ing advertising The official ad vertising campaign had closed several weeks ago It was also learned that Stearns had been using the same technique in other towns Eastern Ontario and the OA authorities were prepared to lay charges against him There have been no reports that police have caught up with the or two advertisements were sold in Newmarket last week Mr Feaver said he would try and place an ad purchased by Mr Ted Robinson of the Marigold Gift in one of the pages of the year book Another incident involving fraud occurred last week when a stranger gave a cheque to Mrs Muriel proprietor of the Kiddies Korner childrens shop for a childs outfit The stranger asked that the goods be shipped to Sudbury Mrs waited until the cheque was deposited to her account and then shipped the goods to Sudbury On the fol lowing day she was notified by the bank thai the cheque was not good She authorized the police de partment to telephone Sudbury police for her It was learned that the address to which the parcel had been mailed was that of a vacant house Police found i large number of parcels de livered to the house from vari ous towns in Sudbury police picked up the man when he arrived to collect the parcels and several charges have been laid against him These incidents should serve as a warning to merchants and citizens to be wary about deal with strangers Salesmen or canvassers should be asked for a Newmarket Chamber of Commerce card first In other words if you have any doubts about salesmen or canvassers dont buy unless the salesman has first had an interview with officials of the chamber From the Files of 25 and 50 YeAgq APRIL Congratulations to Miss Helen Marshall for obtaining the Underwood typists silver medal Miss Marshall is a pupil of Newmarket Business College Miss Esther Stark of Fort William who was home for the Easter holidays left shortly af ter her sisters wedding to re sume her duties at the Twin City Mrs Clara of ton spent a couple of days at MapJeton last week on her way home after spending Eas ter with her sister at Sutton The darn at Terrys pond in the township of King burst Friday night and in the town ship of East one large bridge collapsed and more than culverts were washed away The damage in this township is estimated at 10000 The mill owned by Archie Dike between Sharon and Mount Albert was badly damaged when the mill dam burst Mrs Jos of Bran- don Man and Mrs Vm Moore of Pittsburg Pa were visitors last week with Mrs If Millard Ave Hundreds of people tramped down to Water street on day to view the wreck and on Sunday afternoon the streets adjacent were lined with cars whose occupants had driven In to see the damage done by the Hood Upwards of one hundred Newmarket young people at tended the Christian Endeavor rally in Toronto on Monday night Mr and Mrs- If and daughter visited friends in I J rati foul on Sunday Mr and Mrs J If have returned after spending the winter in Toronto APRIL Mr and son are back from where they spent the winter with the for mers daughter Mr Eves returned home last Friday after spend ing a month with his brother in Rama township On Wednesday Mrs A had her hand very badly scalded by steam while making preparations for din ner She will probably have to carry her hand in a sling for several day The Dairy delivers milk around town in individual bottles city style Oyer years ago Francis Starr established the first milk route in- Newmarket which was continued by son Starr The business has changed hands several times since and how it is In the or iginal family again Mr A Starr lias excellent facilities for carrying on a milk business and can supply a good article either bottled or in bulk Mrs Cornell and children spent Easter holidays at the home of her father In Kingston J The Friends had a mission ary tea at the home of Mrs Rogers one day lost week Mr Allan Howard visited his sister Mrs Alfred Manning at a couple of days last Miss Mabel Cane entertained a number of young people on Tuesday evening Mr of Toronto and Miss Van Merc spent Eas ter with his mother Farm produce this week is as follows butler I to lb eggs to lie maple syrup per gal to apples to basket pota toes to a bag young pigs old hens to pig eons pair HBOMBS BEAUTY I I photo of the hydrogen in Pacific the effect forming two minutes after the hint mile from height reel and caught before it out to milt of Ten minute after the cloud bed pushed upward about rail into the Upmarket a and Serving Aurora and he rural of North York The Newmarket The Express Herald every Thursday at 142 Main St Newmarket by ihe Newmarket Era and Express Limited Subscription 4 for two years for one year in advance Single copies are 5c each Member at Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department Ottawa JOHN Managing Editor ION Women GEORGE Sports IAWRHNCE RACINE Job Printing and Production THE ED IT OR I AL PAGE PAGE TWO CONSERVATION REPORT The report on a survey of the Holland River water shed brought out by the conservation branch of the Ontario Department of Planning and Development will stir up the interest of many people in the preservation of historical sites and of the natural resources of the immediate district around Aurora Newmarket and Hoi- land Landing Presented to the Upper Holland Valley conservation authority last week it stresses the fact that conservation does not only concern tree planting and prevention of soil erosion The report shows that an intensive study has been made by specialists on various aspects concerning the watershed history land use forestry water anil wild life What would appear to be the most urgent recom mendations are those concerning pollution of the Holland River Immediate enlargement of the Aurora sewage treatment plant is recommended and it is suggested that the conservation authority apply to the Pollution Con trol Board of Ontario to have the problem of pollution at Newmarket given immediate attention The prob lem of pollution at Newmarket is the fact that this m community of people has no sewage disposal plant Sewage is dumped into the Holland River which is a small creek with small flow of water as the flow of m m mm the Holland decreases the flow of the sewage from this growing community increases Pollution has been recognized by members of the Newmarket town council as a number one problem but any action which has been considered for the construc tion of si sewage disposal plant has been postponed for a number of years Members of council during the past few years understandably have shied away from the subject The cost would be great more than a quarter million dollars at least If no action is taken this year Newmarket council wilt lid faced increas ed pressure from the Department of Health the Pollu tion Control Board and neighboring municipalities The report also recommends that the authority urge the establishment of proper settling beds for tannery wastes Holland Landing and the use of for the control of There would be little gained by the control of pollution at Newmarket without control farther along the river so the recommendation to clean up the Landing situation naturally follows Large ex penditures will be required to follow these recommenda tions made in the report but there are mapy other re commendations which do not require so much money as interest and effort Measures can be taken by the conservation authority community organ izations and private individuals to conserve the assets we have in this river valley Reforestation historical collections the establishment of farm ponds and trout ponds might require little money Between Newmarket and Holland Landing the three concrete dams and lock gates constructed many years ago for the canal to Lake which was never completed could now utilized At the Holland Landing locks logs placed in the locks once raised the water level in the river by several feet They were removed during a flood and never replaced At very little cost the river level could be raised southeast of the Landing also at the second concession of East and to a certain extent at Newmarket Prop erty owners along the river bank southeast of Holland Landing could develop their land as a summer cottage area around a small lake backed up by the canal locks When the disposal plant is built at Newmarket it is possible that the Holland River between here and the Landing will again be a favorite spot for anglers THURSDAY THE FIF DAY OF APRIL NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYFOUR EASTER TIME There is probably no other holiday or holy day not excepting Christmas which causes such an upsurg ing of hope in the thoughts and minds of those who call themselves Christians All the hopes that season on time had been built on the coming of a Saviour who had in the course of a short lifetime suffered injury and insult and eventual death But in spite of all this He had promised his resurrection and it had happened and all the promise which began with the birth of a Christ Child was fulfilled This holy time has been culled Easter ami is ob served on the first Sunday following the paschal full moon and this word paschal links up the old with the new testament in that it is derived from the word That name recalls the act of the Destroy ing Angel in passing over the households of trie Heb rews when he smote the Egyptians So that this Easter festival commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Hebrew celebration of the original Passover That it fails in the spring of the year makes Easter fundamentally a season of hope AH the trivial bits of ceremony which we have come to associate with Easter have in their way a significance Th baby ani mals the first spring flowers the candy eggs even Easter finery are marks of a and happier season The winter snow and ice are going new life is breaking through the cold earth on every side the lambs are out on all the hills and gardens and buds are straining to burst their bonds Easter is a happy and a hopeful time NATIONAL LOTTERIES Should Canada have national lotteries Recently The Financial Post asked a group of citizens about the suggested move A largo number of those answering were opposed to lotteries in any shape or form terming them a form of gambling Those in favor said people are going to take a chance anyway so why not keep the money in Canada that lack of uni formity and ambiguity in preseut laws and their enforce ment needs clarification The latter group stressed strict supervision in any operation of lotteries a y suggest the provinces should handle their own lotteries for provincial pur poses once federal approval is given Some also sug gested that most of the income should be distributed as prize money the smaller portion going to such things as hospitals medical research scholarships and straight purposes MARK UP NOT PROFIT Net profits over the past decade have averaged only about five cents of the Canadian sales dollar and while corporation profits after taxes have been on the decline wages and salaries have been rising steadily the Canadian Chamber of Commerce reported last week A table in its booklet entitled What About Profits shows that profits in and 1945 averaged loss than four cents on the sales dollar were slightly over five cents in and had dropped below five cents in the latest year on which complete figures are available If the company for which you work continues year after year to show a loss instead of a profitthen you may soon be looking for another job states the Chamber booklet On the other hand if it makes a decent profit it can grow and expand and you will stand a good chance of getting an even better job Profits arc the excess of income over costs and the booklet reduces litis definition to simple terms by say ing The profits of a business are the amounts remain ing from the sale of products of that business after payment for such items as labor rent materials certain taxes other than corporate income taxes interest maintenance of plan and equipment light heating cleaning etc and other operating costs When you subtract the income taxes which the business had to pay from this then you- have the net profit or the amount that is available to the owners of the business There is much confusion profits says the Chamber booklet pointing out that some people forget some of the things that go into the price of article Somebody for example it is stated that the owner of a store buys an article from- the factory or from the wholesaler at say and sells it for It is often thought that the difference between the two prices is profit They forget that the store owner has to pay the rent of Ills store that he has to pay for heating that ho has salaries to pay to his clerks that he has to advertise keep his store clean pay taxes tie up money in slock all of which has to bo paid for out of the difference of what he paid for the goods and his selling price A manufacturer buys lumber out of which he makes a table The difference between what he pays for his raw material and his selling price has got to include all of the costs of labor machinery taxes and the rest There is a vast difference between what is known as murk up and profit fof It Htm master of is inhingmmmnt on righto In ami national It It not ftmeffon of to of on Town of Newmarket NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS To all persons owning or harboring a ilogr in the town of Newmarket who have not yet a license for the year There will be a house to house canvass startlns the clay of Slay this year and any person who has not obtained a dog for will be summonsed to court A license may be obtained from the Town Clerks office St Newmarket BYRON Chief of Police Town of Newmarket NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS Residents of the town of Newmarket are notified that the provisions of the bylaw relating to dogs will be The bylaw provides in part that Any dog running at large contrary to the provisions of this bylaw may be sehed and impounded or killed or sold or otherwise disposed of by any police constable pound keeper or by such other persons as may be author teed so to do Except where any dog Is on the premises of the owner or keeper thereof any do which not on a leash and under the Immediate charge and control of a competent person shall for the purpose of this by law be deemed to be running at large The foregoing provisions apply whether or no the dog is licensed and is in effect from the first day of April to the first day of October Dogs which have been impounded and not redeemed within hours will be destroyed Dated at Newmarket this first day of April BYRON Chief of Police CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND Resolved that WHEREAS The Canadian National Institute for the Blind has faithfully served the needs of the Wind in this community and throughout Canada since and WHEREAS the many services to the blind the near blind and in fact all residents of this area who benefit from the Institutes blindness prevention are now housed in old inadequate buildings in many scattered locations and WHEREAS the objective Building Fund of The Canadian National Institute for the Blind is to finance construction of a new service training and rehabilitation centre which will directly serve the blind in this community and WHEREAS the Building Fund is the first appeal for capital funds in the 35year history of the Institute in this area THEREFORE we urge all citizens of East to wholeheartedly support and generously give to the CNI Building Fund JOHN RYE Reeve J Clerk PROCLAMATION DAYLIGHT SAVING NEWMARKET April to September J Whereas the Council by resolution adopted tin March 1951 has me to Issue a the citizens to observe iwrlod of Daylight Savins for current year am on April and continuing until oclock am lo carry out this request of the Town Council it will he necessary that all CLOCKS AND WATCHES ADVANCED AT OCLOCK AM ON SUNDAY i Council most asks the hearty cooperation of all citizens in making a success of this movement for the nubile benefit Proclaimed pursuant to the instructions of the Council this lath day of April 1951 II Mayor THERES MONEY FERTILIZER attkeBoffM The of fertilizer menmes the need for it cornea at a whets then are lot Utile income that headache dm year See of manager about a loan Repayment I are a rtsuire- Drop in at your neareit BofM branch Bank of Montreal CANADIANS Of iH