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Pages from the Editors Notebook We were in Bradford and at the Holland Marsh last Friday when Mr Robert Saunders chairman of Ontario Hydro in spected the trailer camp being used for emergency housing and the pumping operations along the dyke near No highway Mr Saunders is a friendly man and he seems to have a great deal of energy We do not envy him in his job the chairmanship of a large organ ization owned by the public During conversations with the Marsh relief committee words of praise were spoken by mem bers of the committee for On tario Hydro which has under taken the great pumping pro ject and which has helped out with temporary housing Mr Saunders gave the credit to Hy dro crews I sit in a nice com fortable office down In Toronto and tell people to do things he said The crews and other employees of Hydro are the ones who should receive the credit They are doing a won derful job In casual conversation Mr Saunders reflected on the old familiar name Hog Town which has been given to Toron to by people who do not live in that city- You know I it must be a term of en- he said with a smile When this disaster hit the Tor onto area the country got be hind it and money has poured in from all of Canada Some people feared at first that the Marsh would not be producing crops again for ano ther two years Now it seems that there is a possibility that it will produce a crop in If all goes well the Marsh will be pumped dry in another days and seeding will be done in the spring Nevertheless effects of the crop losses year will be serious The Marsh supplies vegetables fox a large part of Southern Ontario during a tain period in the year Already a shipment of carrots has arrived from California for storage at Bradford In a nor mal carrots are not im ported until February We the younger generation on its behavior on Hallowed There was little damage We should congratulate parents as well because they must have had something to do with it We received only one report about damage An outhouse re- erected near the fair grounds ball diamond at a cost of was overturned From the Files of 25 and 50 Years Am NOV The finest livestock hotel known is the Royal Winter Fair It will house 2000 sheep and swine A new judg ing ring augments the huge arena in the Royal Coliseum the central building of the show There are rest and lounge rooms shower baths end warm sleeping quarters for attendants and exhibitors Work is progressing as fast as possible on the construction of the new County bridge on Water Street A large gang of men are working from am to midnight The centre con crete pier Is almost completed and concrete work is being pushed at both ends of the structure By another week the foundation work will prob ably be ready for the steel su perstructure In spite of the inclement weather the chicken supper at the Friends church last Thurs day night was a S0nBycces3 Over people were the beautifully decorated din ing room decoration car ried the Halloween effect Supper was served promptly at 530 At oclock every available seat in the auditorium was filled chairs being placed in the aisles and at the Winchester Harmonica Band began its splendid concert which was well received by the crowded house and the ap plause for encores showed their approval of the On Friday evening of last week Mr and Mrs John Gor don entertained the ladies five pin bowling club at progres sive euchre and a social even ing Dr Wilkinson of To ronto was calling on old friends in town yesterday Mrs accomp anied by her sisterinlaw Mrs Weir of Agiticourf are spend ing a week with friends in De troit Mr and Mr J Moss and family and Mr Weir have returned after an enjoy able motor trip to Kirkland Lake NOV The Young Mens Social So ciety has completed arrange ments for the famous Colored Jubilee Singers and Imperial Orchestra to give one of their popular concerts consisting of solos duets quartettes etc They will sing the grand old plantation songs melodies and sacred hymns and in addition will charm you with their Im perial Orchestra Mr George Mills horse got frightened on St on Thursday of last week upset the rig broke the and got away Mr Mills had his thumb badly hurt Here is something for the lady readers of the Era and will no doubt be read with in terest- The hew shades of loveliest materials have the funniest names nowadays in rose petal cinnamon bear brown purple pillar box serge with bright at the pointed pleats on the skirt a plain Eaton jacket over a red blouse ftnofy tucked with touch of red is a chic walking dress Miss Fanning Peter borough is spending a holiday with her sister Mrs Driver Mr Art Goring spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Henry Cur tis Among the specials on sale at Hunter Bros this week were as follows new cooking figs 5c lb seeded raisins special good cleaned currants lb good cooking raisins lb good cooking dates lb prunes lb ginger snaps lb mixed biscuits 3 lbs for soda biscuits lb Mr Silas Toole of Whit church had a visit last week by his cousin Mr John Toole of County The latter was on his way home from Manitoba where he hod been on a to see the coun try and he was greatly delight ed with it Mr and Mrs Black of King spent Sunday with Mr Mrs Win Webster Vie- Ave SPUD IS AT AH CLUB CONTEST Although everyone potatoes seldom does the lowly spud the fond attention and scientific inspection accorded entries In the Ontario club championships at Plan Wilson above of Is an expert on potatoes and this tins She one of teenagers who had en- In grain cattle poultry tractor competitions The With a membership of across Canada stands lor heart head hand and health Upmarket MEM A Serving Newmarket Aurora and rural districts of North York The Newmarket Era The Express Herald NEWSPAPER Published ever Thursday of Main St Newmarket by the Newmarket Era and Express Limited Subscription for two year for one year advance Single copies are each Member of Class A Weeklies of Canada Canadian Weekly Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulations Authorized as Second Class Moil Post Office Department Ottawa JOHN E Managing Editor JON Womens Edfor GEORGE Sports editor LAWRENCE RACINE Job and Production THE EDITORIAL PAGE PAGE TWO THURSDAY THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYFOUR DORMITORY MUNICIPALITY Newmarket has been growing rapidly in the past few years but it has been a residential growth There have been no increases in industrial assessments worth noting Because Newmarket is only miles from Tor onto the residential growth has been greater than that of many Ontario towns People who kept their jobs in Toronto have come to live in Newmarket The re sult is that residential assessment is greater than the industrial assessment and the town is already faced with school problems Mr Frederick G Gardiner speaking at the annual meeting of the Newmarket Chamber of Com merce Monday night about the municipality of Metro politan Toronto gave some idea of the problems result ing from an unhealthy growth from the municipal point of view of North York township In North York the population increased from in to 125000 this year that is by four times in 10 years North York is what the chairman of Metropolitan Toronto calls a dor mitory municipality The residents go there to live and elsewhere to work It developed into a residential area for people of moderate means In the absence of industrial development he said there was not sufficient assessment to pay for water supply sewage disposal roads sidewalks lights and educational facilities for the children of the young families which settled within its borders That situation was duplicated in varying degrees in other suburban municipalities By next year with the completion of subdivisions now being developed and three large apartment buildings Newmarkets residential assessment will be considerably greater than that of industry The school problem has caught up with Newmarket already Kin dergarten classes were cancelled this year a new four room wing is under construction at one of the schools statistics show that another new public school building will be needed next year Referring to the Toronto area Air Gardiner said that as time went on suburban municipalities were able to finance services which they required but others were hot Some were prosperous while others were going broke Forest Hill boasted that it had the finest system of education Canada But it is a small high class residential community about a mile square with a population of less than 20000 and the highest assessment per capita in Canada Other municipalities however were unable to provide their children with a minimum standard of education without financial dif ficulty Newmarket needs mora industrial assessment to help pay for new schools A number of Newmarkets municipal leaders and possibly some wouldbeleaders heard Mr Gardiner ex plain what happened in the suburbs after subdivisions mushroomed up in the years following the war They must realize that Newmarket is now facing a period of development similar to the one experienced earlier by communities to the south of us Up to this year tho assessment picture has not been out of balance But the next five years in New market will be critical Without new industry the town will experience of the problems like North York has Vast new subdivisions may dazzle the eyes of some they will say You cant stand in way of progress We hear the argument that commuters or dormi tory dwellers wilt bring business to town will pay high taxes and so forth But we do not believe that civic leaders will want to let Newmarket become a bedroom municipality It started out as an industrial town a centre of trade and commerce and now it is tho county town Wo hope that our representatives will ho stirred to act and prevent it from becoming one of Torontos bedrooms LITTLE BOXES TIMES THEIR WORTH They are fortunate people in Newmarket who live in the fine old residences of sound construction Which have spacious grounds and largo rooms These old homes were not built by wealthy people many built by persons had moderate incomes but they were built building costs in to incomes were low compared to what they are today Tho price of a tiny bungalow today would have built a spacious in or room home years ago It is a pity that we see few large homes being built One of the best known architects on the continent now years of age was interviewed by a Toronto news paper recently about new developments and he had this to say about modern housing These houses little boxes for which people pay three times what they are worth They are a place for making ham and eggs and having a good snore How different from the old resi dences where if you want to read a book and be away from the rest of the household you can find a quiet room for just that purpose About realtors the architect said I feel unkindly towards realtors They call themselves developers but they devastators Our housing is a disgrace to our civilization because they give people what they think they should have not what they want About hous ing experts he said There is nothing more offensive to the human soul than housing experts The reporter said there was nothing malicious in his criticisms but that they were simply expressions of the virtues he holds highest honesty and integrity Too many people are living in cramped quarters these days Big families live in tiny dwellings of four to six rooms with riot enough space to turn around Members of the household get on each others nerves in many cases they must sleep eat and read the evening newspaper within a radius of 12 or feet How dif ferent it would be for them to live in one of the fine old residences On the other hand some people like small houses WHAT NO CANDIDATES Reliable reports have reached us that two mem bers of Newmarket town council will not be standing for office this year We recall hearing such reports other years and at the last minute the persons have changed their minds A third member of council is stepping up to be a candidate for the office of deputy- reeve With three of the present six councillors not likely seeking reelection as councillors and possibly more it is time that the electorate started to think about now candidates Wo hope that there will be no repetitk of two years ago when an effort had to be made to drum up candidates for election by acclamation That was a sad state of municipal affairs Up to the present time we have not heard a single rumor about one new candidate for office in and nomination day is o three weeks away IN FAVOR OF DAMS Fergus NewsRecord All of a sudden big dams have become immensely popular in Ontario People who have maintained for years that floods could bo held by trees and furrows are favoring big dams And others who thought con servation dams might be all right but were too expens ive are balancing the cost of dams against property damage and then adding the weight of human lives to the scale They are wondering why dams not built before this tragedy People living near Grand river south of Fer gus and on the Thames near London thanking God for tho Shand Dam and Dam Wo have been saying for years that big dams pro vide only euro for serious floods We know true Any doubts that wo may have had yearn ago when work began on tho Shand Dam have long ago disappeared We know what that dam has done year after year Its not adequate But it has undoubtedly saved its cost two or three times over There people walking around in Gait and who would have been In the cemetery if Dam had not been there We do not know who they are They havent any suspicion their own narrow escapes but they are a great flood comes its wonderful to be able to halt con rs as easily as you turn off the kitchen tap Nobody suggests that one big dam and one can stop floods on the Grand They dont but valuable when one can hold back even part of the flood until the danger is past A hurricane had to come along before would believe it Nearly a hundred lives had to be lost the state Is the servants not tho master of tho people is against Infringement on their rights their agent international and It net function of state to assume tho direction of those on individual choice Office Cat Reports Catnips By Ginger It has been reassuring to hear from a number of our readers that this most important col has been missing for the past three issues Your favorite correspondent has been flooded out so to speak by a volume of more important material con cerning the recent hurricane and other matters When the deadline comes in hectic weeks when mere is too much material for the news paper the boss scans his great eye over all the type until he finds this column and we are the first to be melted We dread those fatal deadline words of his Ginger must go He points his long finger at the melting pot and our great writ ings turn to liquid But as we have said it is reassuring to hear the great de mands for this column to re appear Three of the read ers of this column have en quired Our editorial adviser Slim has not been around since the flood He has been working hard at his piano box mansion down by the tracks was covered by silt from the flood waters The first day Slim dug in the wrong place and was deep ly concerned when he did not find his shack Later he used a divining rod and mathematics and located it Slim compared this to the search for the ancient tomb Cheops and made a fantasy of the whole affair Theres like the thrill of a search among ruins Im as much satisfaction out of this here as a Slim the other day as he dug away and came upon a pair of old trousers buried in the As soon as Slim gets rehabili tated he will be coining back to work at the office We received an interesting letter fro one who signs his name He has made a suggestion and we plan to follow his advice in future- In appreciation we insert the tetter hereunder My Dear Ginger Often I think you are as clever as you are Take time on the fence some dark night to think that one out You and Slim somehow do not seem to have the enthusiasm as that famous knight of Don Quixote in your vari ous adventures I think it is because you lack an encouraging motto on your shield Why not adopt one A slogan A warcry among the ancient Highlanders of Scot land But the word has been depreciated today to mean a smart advertising phrase However you could make use of a slogan a real warcry I suggest this to you because the smart fellow who fills up the space on the left hand has printed at the bottom of the page a very learned group of words which I think come from some old Greek philosopher and he the smart fellow prints to impress his readers with his massive learning and intelli gence Why cant you be equally smart and show the extent of your knowledge Lei people see that you are a student an author whose all grades of human knowledge and whose writings art quoted as often as those of Shake if not the au thor Anon christian or given name unknown Therefore you head your column the so gin written by Mr Anon A little nonsense and then is relished by the wisest men Your unblushing admirer We have read some of A- works and we have a respect for htm We plan to adopt the suggested slogan We have also read some writ ings by person using the Horn do plume Mouse sometimes spelled anonymous and we wonder if our friend knows of him The mouse incidentally is a species of Saskatchewan field rodent r by Dairy Farmer The Top Six Inches Over half the basesetting period is gone and the first milk cheque isnt here yet so that we could see how close the supply is to the requirements of the distributors but it would be surprising if supplies were too far ahead of the demand Pasture was good for a large part of the early fall but cows stayed out longer and we are wondering if it was a harder break when they were finally put in the barn Reports from feed men about large demands for concentrates indicate heavy feeding which also means that the cows had to be fed in order to maintain pro duction This new system which has the blessing of some of the most prominent experts on milk marketing is a step in the right direction provided that two factors are enforced and pro perly interpreted One of course is the ability of the producers to ensure that dairies do pay what they un dertook to pay namely the per centage of the base at full price We can assure you that the ma chinery to ensure this exists According to the new milk act now proclaimed and in force the dairy commissioner has power to ensure this We are hoping that the dair ies will appreciate new system which wilt assure of the milk they must have to operate o the extent of giving us what is our rightful due The second factor is that the supply can he kept even and the only way this will be done is to enforce the rule which cuts a shippers base if ho can- not keep it up We believe that there is a weakness in the agreement on this point A shippers base isnt cut unless he fails to ship his base for two months Since three months in the spring are excluded from this there are altogether five months in the year when a producer must stick with his base We doubt very much that the summer months of June and Au gust are likely to be short months Actually a man only keep his base up for six mouths of the year We are wonder ing if the new system coming without announcement or with out preparation really will give a fair picture of the milk available We are almost in clined to feel that it would have been fairer to take from the first of October alt the way to the first of April this year for base and to dispense with a similar period for next year There is too much as it is today that some of the injustices of the old quota set ting period will creep in namely a base for the year which is not really the true picture of a mans ability to produce Now that the old system is over we are told how close it got to chaos and a complete breakdown There seems to have been a great many special considerations and we all know of cases where men have been penalized and just about put out of business by the very factor which was supposed to have ensured them a livelihood Others who gave little heed warnings kept flooding the dairies and the next stage would have been a break in the price Soon we will all know it will be for years to come and in meantime we hope that our di rectors will take a positive and energetic attitude toward en forcement They have tools and they have the organizations to do it Ribbon rail in foot length is being tried out on a tenmile stretch of the main line near Belleville by the Canadian National The ribbons will reduce maintenance costs and eliminate the familiar are made of standard lengths welded together This Globe and Mail photo shows the rail being unloaded by anchoring it at one end and drawing the cars out from under it