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“The bicycling boom of the gay 90’s is being reenact- ed at present but under more hazardous conditions. “Unfortunately the great proportion of those who are now riding are not readers of the many warnings containâ€" ed in reports of accidents nor are they likely to peruse this column. These are the school children whose wheels again throng the streets of the towns and cities and fre- quently the highways. These boys and girls are often so intent upon their conversations with~others beside or be- hind them that danger is entirely forgotten. Their courses follow devious lines\and they are more than likely to do the unexpected to the horror of motorists. n UhLlVL Alla“ 4 A v A u . v u . . m . - V . . _ . 3. Our business men and merchants, unlike their out of town competitors, are vitally interested in the mainten- ance of public services to all worthy local enterprises. 4. They maintain established business locations in this town, and are eager to offer you serviceâ€"not merely for today, but throughout the year. __--r V'vll nv. “A. y-u-..‘.--~ -- 1. The merchants and business men who faithfully serve this community are among the largest taxpayers, and without them, this town would sink into oblivion. 2. Local industries mean employment for many of our citizens who, in turn, are enabled to pay taxes. rent and other financial obligations. 7 _ _ H _ SUPPORT HOME MERCHANTS One of the most essential factors in the life of any small community is a hearty spirit of co-operation among its citizens. It is vitally important that home industries, merchants and business men receive local support if the town is to make progress. During recent- years every com- munity such as Richmond Hill has become infested with representatives of large business firms who canvass from door to door in an effort to draw trade away from local merchants. When dealing with such individuals it would be well for all citizens to keep the following facts in mind: RECKLESS BICYCLE RIDERS There is a rising tide of resentment against the care- less and selfish bicycle rider and editors all over the prov- ince are voicing the opinion of motorists in this regard. One editor recently had the following to say:' v-lv n.---_r---_ . “Several lads riding abreast will continue this forma- tion Without heeding' the warning of a following car and this practice should be checked by the police. Careful motorists are quite satisfied to slow down to accommo- date bicyclists but they have every reason to resent the thoughtless way in which many ride. -. . .1, .1..va .. y-v...~ “Figuressththaivcheflih évery ten accidents on the highways of Ontario a cyclist was involved and it goes without saying that he_ su_ffere_d the .bran? of _the‘ crash. “if so-évrhschdfdly fair that those who drive should have to do most of the worrying for those who ride.” in the minds of thousands of Ameriéan and Canadian c1tlzens. y They founded the great clinic after learning the rudi- ments of surgery from their father, Dr. William W. Mayo, a pioneer surgeon in that area. In 1936 the clinic treatâ€" ed its one-millionth patient. -. . . 1 ~11 W niheréeioarfhat men do is oft interred with their bones,” is not applicable in the case of these great brothers. The clinic, which they fpunded,_ yi_ll remain as The wheat crop in the west seems safe now, and it’s a bumper one. With the price set at 70 cents, travellers from the west say that citizens out there are already be- ginning to spend as they haven’t done for some years. The aircraft industry in Canada is in the midst of a distinct boom, and with increasing orders from the old country there seems no end to the possibilities of the “hill-of which should be reflected before long in towns, villages and farming areas throughout Ontario. i THEY HAVE LEFT A GREAT HERITAGE A few weeks ago we chronicled the death of Dr. Charles Mayo, of Rochester, Minn., U.S.A., one of the heads of the world-famed clinic, a clinic that transformed a quiet town into a flourishing city. This week it is our sad duty to pay tribute to the other brother, Dr. William Mayo, whose death followed that of his brother with tragic speed. The world is left doubly bereft, therefore, of two men whom it could ill-afford to lose. In these days of modern materialism when the rank and file are wholly intent upon advancing their own personal interests and aims, the con- tinent-blessed “Mayo Brothers” were measuring their suc- cess in terms of service to humanity. Their one ideal was that of alleviating human suffering and they followed their ideal with a tenacity that will imprint their memory w- v-..v- w. an imperishable monument to their unselfish greatness, to the brilliance of their achievements and the skill and inspiration that has been passed on to those who will fol- low in their footsteps. May that Mayo torch be held high. Officials of the Canadian National Exhibition who have contact with all types of Canadian business declare that executives are optimistic, are buying more space at the Exhibition grounds to exhibit their wares. Only the uncertainty as to war holds back a tremendous rush, they feel. business. tn... ruuvu, ----~- Reports from government sources tell us that Can- adian exports have jumped tremendously of late, which means more employment for Canadian labour. New homes, new offices, new factories are springing up noticeably throughout the country. The Ontario Min- iister of Labor, Hon. N. O. Hipel, says his department has approved in the last three months some $2,482,885 worth of projected factories, shops and office buildings. In the city of Toronto, the building trades employees are going to work with full dinner pails: Many Canadian business houses, reading the signs, are laying in increased stocks in readiness for accented buying by the general public in the fall. ' Officials of the Canadian National Exhibition who have contact with all types of Canadian business declare COMING INTO PROSPERITY As the stars come out at night, first one or two and then the rest in large numbers, so come the signs that Canada is coming into a period of prosperity again. In the past few weeks, there has been indications that better times are on the way and with the news that British and foreign capital is coming into this country for industrial purposes, these indications grow stronger. _ . A,‘1 H, ‘1__A_ n“... Advertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LTD. Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Subscription $1.50 per year â€" To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada's Best Suburban District / Established 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RIGHMOND HILL J. Eachern Smith, Manager I PAGE TWO THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th, 1939. “THE LIBERAL” The bookies were shouting them- selves hoarse on the latest odds, the mutual boards were undergoing con- stant changes, track loafers and railbirds mingled with the elite of the world’s society as the racing steeds of 24 states and several for- eign countries waited for the gun that would send them creeping and trundeling along to new speed re- cords at the Fair. The World’s fast. est turtles were the competitors, turtles shipped from all parts of the United States and from distant con- tinents, turtles to make the chef’s mouth water and his eyes dilate with maledictious greed. Favorites for the Ibig derlby were Crusader, Calrod‘ and Nina, the “dark turtle” of the event. Crusader won the world’s turtle racing championship earlier in the year when he dashed across the ten foot diameter of the racing circle in the astounding time of eleven and a half seconds. lCalrod‘ came very near this time, and was working un- der the handicap of a missing- flip- per.‘ In other words, Calrod' is a three-legged turtle. Nina is a Flor- ida turtle and has been clocked in time bettering the record of Cru- sader. Rules governing the race were strict and included an iron- bound edict that all turtles failing to start within five minutes after the gun had‘ foeen fired would be elim- inated. Sporting final results were not ready when we went to press, as this was written just as the ’big card was scheduled to get under way. Results will be pufblished at. a. later‘ dla-te, however. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia has an- nounced> a scheme to alleviate the falling-attendance problem and it is felt by many that his plan, if ac- cepted' lby Fair officials and New York business houses, will greatly boost the totals that are each even- ing‘ rung up on the huge National Cash Register in the Amusement Area. MayonLaGuardia states that every person in the City of New York should be accorded the oppor- tunity of seeing the World of To- morrow. So he is recommending to all business firms that they close their plants or rotate their employâ€" ees, if the former is impossilble on Saturdays, 50 that all may have time to visit the Fair when the new fifty cent admission price is in effect. He also recommends that the Fair give a greatly reduced rate to persons on relief, a rate that would make it pessible for those of the most limited means to see the big show. We were emphatically informed [by Mr. Russell, publicity manager of the N.T.G. Congress of Beauty, that his show has no intention of closing immediately, as was reported from some .sources. He surmised that the report might have been started by persons who were peeved over the fact that the N.T.G. didn’t advertise in certain pwblications. New York City and Long ISIand have :been in the grip of a drought which is seriously threatening creps. Insect pests are worrying the gard- eners also. One neighbor in Flush- ing remarked to us: “If my potatoes "aren’t burned up for lack of rain they’ll be eaten up \by potato bugs. I wish I knew a method of extermin- ating the things.” So we told .him about a farmer in New Brunswick’s upper Saint John valley, one of the east's greatest potato producing areas, who found a “sure death for potato bugs.” He answered an adâ€" ‘vertisement and sent one dime for the “sure death”. He received a small package. It contained a wood- The Imperial Pearl Syndicate exâ€" hibit in the Consumer’s Building is attracting a lot of attention of late, with a display of actual pearl divâ€" ing‘ and fishing by Japanese pro- fessional pearlâ€"divers. The pearl- divers, incidentally, are young ladies. The visitor is shown just how the industry is carried on in the com- pany’s pearl farms in the South Seas Islands. Baskets in the water show how the oysters are planted on the pearl farms and how they are raised. en Iblock and a little hammer, and the terse directions: “Lay them on the block and hit ’em hard”. America’s finest accordion bands, drummers, hands and‘ bugle corps competed for championship trophies in the Court of Peace recently as one of the highlights of the Asso- ciation of Music Merchants Day at the Fair. Band's competing came from all parts of the nation. One of them, the Wurlitzer Accordion Band, contained 1,000 pieces. A group of 21 college students re- presenting the International Confed- eration of Students arrived at the Fair recently for a two weeks’ tour of the exhibits. They came from all parts of the world, including Asiatic and African as well as European countries. They ranged in age from 18 to 26. DOIN’ THE WORLD’S FAIR THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO By Byron M. Fisher We have long wondered just what per centage of Fair-goers were from New York and what from out-of- town. Accurate figures aren’t avail- able, so we decided (to do a little snooping. We came to the conclu‘ sion that either the outâ€"ofâ€"town trade is as great or greater than the local, )or else very few New Yorkers come to the Fair in cars. We went to a parking lot and picked' out a dozencars at random. Here’s the tale of the license plates: Flor- ida, Missouri, New York, Quebec, New Jersey, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Alberta and Ohio. To generalize on such meagre data would 'be to court the aAzernal condemnation of all statis- ticians living, dead' and yet unborn, buthwe were very interested‘ in that line of parked autos. Turnstiles chattered in merrier swingtime than has been their wont gyriiig the last month or more, broad smiles replaced the worried frowns that had wrinkled the faces of Fair officials, and the grounds which had at times been almost de- serted teemed once more with peo- ple during the last few days and that in spite of a sweltering- heat wave. Several reasons were given for the sudden increase in attend- ance record's acress the top of the giant cash register in the Amuseâ€" ment Area, but probably the great- est contributing fac-tOr was the re- duction in entrance fee from seven- ty-five to fifty cents for the week- end, which brought New Yorkers pouring in. The first “reduction weekend” saw well over 400,000 peo- ple shell forth their ducats, where- as 125,000 per day had recently been considered a good weekend figure. Succeeding days held up admirably, however, hitting above the 100,000 mark in comparison to recent 75,000 bands. Comes the first comprehens- ive official resume of Fair gate re- ceipts this week also. During the first 66 days of the Fair (up until early in July), the average daily attendance was around 85,000. Av- erage daily “gate” was roughly $65,- 000. And the total gate hit the $4,- 370,000 mark. Last week was “Farm and Home Week,” and the conquerOrs of the soil were monarchs of all they surâ€" veyed in the World of Tomorrow. The festivities got away with the “wedding” of Laird Della, the prize bull from the Electrified Farm, and Miss Elsie, attractive young cow from the Bord‘en Milk Exhibit. Much splendor attended the affair, one of the most outstanding weddings of the current social season. Miss Elsie was becomingly clad in a hide which had been carefully groomed for the occasion, while the groom wore an expression .of bovine dignity befitt- ing his exalted position in the F‘air’a livestock world. A series of inter- esting displays, ceremonies and tours had been arranged for the visiting rural folk. One hundred and fourteen “champion farmers” were honored by the Fair Corporation and signed the distinguished guest book. Each was a champion in some form of agriculture. They came from evâ€" ery corner of the United States. Thousands of Canadian farmers joined hands with their southern brethren of the sod in celebrating the week’s events. One unusual con~ test on the program was a “duck for ducks" affair. Twa hundred ducks were freed in the pool on Constitution Mall and‘ the guests waded in and tried to capture them. Another was the weight-guessing contest. Farmers competed for prizes in guessing the weights of cattle, calves and horses. Addressed by distinguished agriculturists and‘ dignitaries in other fields featured the week’s program and emphasized the important rules played by farm- ers in the life of the nation. If you'want something distinofiy different in the way of nonâ€"alco- holic fruit drinks, try a glass of naranjilla juice. It’s obtainable at the Ecuador Pavilion for a dime per bottle. Naranjilla is a small greenâ€" ish fruit of the tomato family which grows in no other country but Ecua- dor, and there only at an altitude of 6,000 feet. It is very perishable and cannot be exported. but the juice is now being sent abroad by this progressive South American country. The juice is very sweet and very palatable, but aside from that we can’t describe it. It‘s like nothing we‘ve ever come across pre- viously. Farmers came to the Fair last week from far distant points, but we believe we discovered the long. est-distance couple when they visit- ed! the New Brunswick booth. It’s Mr. and Mrs. James V. Meyers of Berwyn, Alberta. They left their home on June 2nd and arrived at the Fair just in time for Farm Week. During the intervening time they’ve travelled some 7,000 milesâ€" not in a straight line, of course, since they visited relatives on the way. Berwyn is near Peace River, which is 460 miles northwest of Edmonton, the “key” to Canada’s north. Now they plan .to drive back through New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and' the West to arrive home in time to harvest their 1100 acres of crops. A lady came up to a New Bruns- wick ‘booth attendant the other day and said: “I know New Brunswick. I’m from there. What do you mean by mentioning paved roads? There isn't a mile in the province}: The attendant blinked. “My dear woman, practically all of the trunk high- ways are surfaced with .the highest grade asphalt.” She snorted. “And’ that magnetic hill you’re talking a- bout is silly. I’ll bet you don’t know what it‘s all about.” The attendant explained the illusion which causes a motorist to think his car is “back- ing up hill" very carefully. After some more similar remarks the vis- itor broke down.‘ “I guess you know your stuff,” she admitted. “I was ijt trying to see if you were some Broadiway cowboy who’d been hired for this job, or if you were really a New Brunswicker." Heigh-ho! What will they try next on the harrassed counter swain? Fair officials have exercised the utmost care in keeping- “fakes” of every kind out of the World of To- morrow and the freaks on display in “Nature’s Mistakes” ~â€" living, healthy animials born with some strange deformity â€" are all on the Th; Committee wish to acknowledge and thank the donat- and OLD BOYS’ RE-UNION Saturday, August 19th LASKAY MEN’S SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT OPEN TO ALL lst Prize $12.00; 2nd Prize $8.00 iUEKYfikKWTiéffiZS; 2nd $15; 3rd $16 CENTURY BOYS ORCHESTRA LADIES’ SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT OPEN TO ALL lst Prize $12.00, 2nd Prize $8.00 Entries to be in the hands of Secretary by August 18th Draw to take place at 12.30 p.111. sharp. Tournaments must be finished. Prizes will not be split. In the Park by the Humber 200 yards for Menâ€"Prizes donated by E. G. Burton 100 yards for Ladiesâ€"-Prizes donated by W. C. Harris 100 yards for Girls, 14 years and under. 100 yards for Boys, 14 years and under. 25 yards for Girls, 10 years and under. 25 yards for Boys, 10 years and under. REFRESHMENT BOOTHS. LUNCHES SERVED by Presbyterian & United Churches HORSESHOESâ€"Professional & Amateur LARGEST FAMILY ON GROUNDS lst Prizeâ€"Barrel of Flour. 2nd Prize-â€"Half Barrel of Flour OLDEST COUPLE 0N GROUNDS Bring your Bucksaw for the sawing contest. lst Prize, a little pig donated by E. J. Patton OLDE TYME DANCE ON PLATFORM AMATEUR TAP DANCING CONTEST Open to King and Vaughan only. Previous winners not eligible. ‘ lst Prize $5.00, donated by Dunn & Levack AMATEUR BOXING & WRESTLING ors toward the field day. D. G. PATON, Hon. President E. J. PA’I'I‘ON. President, telephone King 9-r-41 P. J. SMELTZER, Treasurer, telephone King 9-r-22 R. C. WILLIAMS, Secretary HIGHLAND PIPERS ON GROUNDS HUMAN WHEELBARROW RACE Pillow Fighting 0n Pole over Water FIELD DAY Foot Races and NOvelty Races open to all. Good prizes given for all events. 100 yards for Men, open to King and Vaughan Miss F. Kemp’s Trophy ADMISSION to Grounds â€" Adults 25c. Children under 12 Free. Pfize dornated by Baldwin Flour Mills. OPEN TO ALL â€" Prizes awarded. MILT ABRAHAM, Floor Manager SWIMMING EVENTS SAWING CONTEST OBSTACLE RACE FOOT RACES THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th, 1939. “Care, thoughtfulness and mutual consideration,” ~ according to Mrs. Harry Shaw, Orangeville, is the re. cipe of herself and her husband‘fo'r happy wedded' 1:fe. They celebratexf thei]: Slst wedding anniversary last wee . upâ€"and_up. Mast valuable is Dolly, a huge 1500 pound cow who has two heads. She breathes and sees with both heads, but can eat with only one of her mouths. Other unusual specimens include cats with only one pair of legs- and which resemble kangar005 when standing erect, a horse with two sets of hooves on each foot, a cow with five legs, an- other With the tail halfway up .the back and another with the face of a bulldog. Dolly, incidentally, is said to be insured for $100,000. You’ve probably all heard by this time of the honest gentleman who mailed the World’s Fair two cents because he unthinkineg carried a. pop bottle away with him. MASSEY-HARRIS AGENT Farm Implements, Machinery and Repa-irs Telephone Richmond Hill 39 Beatty Farm Equipment Charles Graham Prizes for Dancing FREE PARKING