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“THE LIBERAL” Estabfished 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RIGHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LTD. J. Eachern Smith, Manager (ember Canadian Weekly NewspaperlAssociation Subscription $1.50 per year -â€" To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada's Best Suburban District Advertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd, 1940. a VOTE FOR MULOCK IN NORTH YORK The speech of (‘01. W. P. Mulock in accepting the nomination as a candidate for reâ€"election in North York showed a thorough grasp of Canada's National problems and a burning desire to help in their successful solution. The name Mulock is so closely linked with all that is highâ€" est and best in Canada’s national life that it was no sur- prise that Col. Mulock‘s acceptance speech was on such a high plane in discussing the issues of the present cam- paign. Entirer free from any partisanship the North York member gave a clear. loncise and straight-from-theâ€" .thoulder picture of Canada's war effort and with intense sincerity declared his support for the present government. At the same time anticipating war developments of the next few months he expressed fear of the consequence of the delay and interruption which would be the result of a change in administration at this critical hour. In matters pertaining to the defence of Canada and our fighting forces Col. Mulock is well qualified to speak. A veteran of the last Great War he was one of the few men in Canada who several years ago advocated increased expenditures for national defence, and thus paved the way for such increased expenditures by informing public opin- ion of the threatening dangers of dictator countries. Since the outbreak of war he has been in close touch with war organization work throughout Canada and there are few men So well informed on Canada’s defences and Canada’s war plans. In the light of Col. Mulock’s knowledge of the real facts, in the light of his devoted loyalty to Canada and his love of the Empire and British institutions his declar- ations and statements concerning Canada’s war effort have the most outstanding significance. There have been many Wild and reckless statements made already in this can‘â€" paign and there will no doubt be many more, but the cool reasoning of the electors will have to separate the gold from the dross. The North York candidate makes it very clear that the successful prosecution of the war is his chief concern at the moment and declares that he will not hesi- tate to put country before party in carrying through that objective. These are the sincere declarations of a Canadian citiâ€" zen whose background and record in public life are the very essence of everything that is loyal and British to the core. It is an open declaration which will have ready endorsation in every home in North York. The statement reflects the character and sincerity of the type of man needed in Canada’s public life today. Electors of North York are privileged in this election in having the opporâ€" tunity of returning to Parliament as their representative 3 man of the calibre of Col. W. P. Mulock. ***>'.<**** HON. DR. MANION’S NATIONAL PLEA The rather feeble attempt of the Hon. Dr. Manion to spread the impression that he is appealing to the people on the platform of a Union or Natibnal government is not “going over” across Canada. In the first place Canadians have not forgotten the record of Union government at the -time of the last war, and secondly the nominating of Conservative candidates and merely tagging on the label “national” does not make a union government. In the current issue of “Canadian Business” is the following comment, “the election campaign is a straight party fight and not a union government vs. the field as it was in 1917.” Continuing it says, “there is no chance of a na- tional government. If Dr. Manion should win at the polls it is doubtful if there would be room in his cabinet for members of other parties after the many “best brains” in the Conservative fold had been included. National gov- ernment in other words does not seem to be an impressive slogan.” Commenting on the Hepburn-Drew criticism from Ontario of Canada’s war effort the same paper says: “Ontario’s attack makes no more sense than some of Mr. Hepburn’s other outbursts against the man at Ottawa who refused to take a Hepburn nominee into his Federal Cab- inet in 1935 and the man who since has been able with extra-mundane help to resist the onslaughts of the flapper Premier of Ontario. Hepburn and Drew speechify about an inadequate war effort but they don’t seem to realize that this is a new war. They cannot fight it on the lines of the 1914 struggle. They don’t yet realize Britain in- sists that materials are the most important contribution from Canada, not men. The steady flow of Canadian ma- terials, including munitions and foodstuffs, in the face of incessant commerce raiding by the Germans, actually de- serves high praise.” *****!tt3 FEED THE BIRDS Each year a friend reminds us to write an editorial reminding readers to think of the birds during the win- ter when so much snow is on the ground. This habit of throwing bread crumbs in the back yard after each meal is simple to acquire, costs nothing but a minute amount of effort, and yet can mean so much. Very little snow need fall to cover all natural sources of food for the feathered friends. A few crumbs may mean the difference between survival and death. It is an act which all of us can perform at least once a day, and enjoy doing it, too. THE WORLD’S GOOD NEWS will come to your home every day through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An International Daily Newspaper It records ior you the world's clean. constructive doings. The Monitor does not exploit crime or sensation; neither does it ignore them. but deals correctively with them. Features for busy men and all the family. including the Weekly Magazine Section. The Christian Science Publishan Society One. Norway Street. Boston. Massachuwtts Please enter my subscription to The Christian Science Monitor tor a period of 1 year $12.00 6 months $6.00 3 months $3.00 1 month 51.00 Saturday issue. including Magazine Section: 1 year $2.60. 6 issues 25:: Name . _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ . . . _ _ _ . . _ . _ _ . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ . _ _ . _ . _ _ . . Address __________________________________________________ _ Sample Copy on Request THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO Scenes I Have Visited (Special to The Liberal) I awakened early one summer morningr to find a real storm raging and the ship not moving. I got. up and looked out of my port hole and by the light of severe lightning. I could see that we were anchored just outside the brcaluvatcr on the Atlantic side of the Panama ('aral. At last I was to see the Panama Canal and its surroundings. It. was one of the many things that in- trigucd in my stulv of geography. That was one morning that I was ready to be an early riser. After‘ the storm and able subsided I \\'1i>‘ to get out on deck, I (Tlisr'ovcrcxl ’Illt‘l't' \\'tl‘(‘ three boat..- wrlitirg to journey through the canal to the Pacific “(will in what. most. people think is a westerly (lilti'lltin. The canal inns northwest to southlast and the Pacific end is I\\‘(‘lil_\'â€">('\'Cll‘ miles east of the Atlantic enl. “The Pennsylvania". one of Panama Pacific Linc. was our and we were the stcon/l ship to (-n-‘ ter the canal. The passenger boats do not. stop at the end of the canal; at which they enter long enough for passengers to get off the boat. There is a stop of several hours at. the other end and; you can (‘lo all the sight seeing you wish. The life at both ends is very siiiiiilar with ad- vantage, I think, being on the Paciific side as Panama City, the, capital of Panama, is located thm‘e. You can fly over the Isthmus Ol‘i take a train if you have not seen enough from the boat. The Panama Canal is the lock and lake type of canal and is 50.72 miles (statute long from deep water to deep water and from shore line to shore line is 42 miles. Our first interesting event was being hitched to the electric “mules” which proâ€" pel us through the locks. They run on tracks with cogged center rails. 'After six were fastened to our boat, three on each side, we were ready to climb 85 feet from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gatun Lake via the Gatun Locks. We dlld this by three steps or locks. It was to me quite fascinating and did not become tire- some even though the sun was warm. The vessel is'lifted at the rate of 3 feet a minute to the Gatun Lake taking about an hour to go through this finst set of locks. Each chamlber holds about 6 million cubic feet of water and uses 3 million at a filling. The principle employed is that of letting the water run down hillâ€"no pumps are employed. Three culverts albout the size of the Hudâ€" son I'llbel‘ tiuibe extend under the walls of each look and small cul’veirbs Tbranch from them and from these the water enters the looks through many holes in the floor. The great valves controlling the flow of water are electrically operated as are the gates. We now reach Gatun Lake, an artificial lake formed by the dam across the Chagres River. Its area is 164 square miles, being equal to that of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. In traversing the lake we see a trace of the old French canal and at one point an island is called the De Lesserps Island. Further along the canal we see some remains cf the French machinery. The trip itself to the istunprise of many, is very (beautiful. The deep green of the {islands and hillsides; the colors of the flowers; mile after mile of ban- ana plantations each with its palm thatched houses; the purple slopes 01' the continental divide; the red: Iroofedl military stations; the spot- vless towns in the canal zone; and the bizarre Srpanish cities of Colon and Panama all make it most in- lteresting and picturesque. In the Gatun Lake on Bari-o Col- lorado Isl-and the government has a wild life preserve, also an institute for scientific research which scient- Iists from all over the world viisit. When we lemembe'r that the canal is only 9 degrees from the Equator, Iwe can realize how interesting the plant and animal life is to these of .us: from northern climates. In trav- elling along it is hard to distinguish the ‘ boat «between a log on the [shore and a croc‘idile sunning himself in the mud. The bird life is interestingâ€"â€" -the pelicans and large. frigate birds are numerous. The black crane and [the white crane are also seen as well as many brilliant colored birds including parrots and parakeets. ‘IOne place can be seen a fine grove of parpaya trees, “the melon that grows on trees", a staple fruit of the Isthmus. There are other tropâ€" Iical- fruits to be found‘ too espe- cially the banana which I .have alâ€" ready mentioned. The crop numbers over the million mark in bunches for a year. The bread fruit tree was of special interest to me and I found the bread fruit was used much the same as we use the potato. ‘ Our next point of interest is theI (iaillard Cut, formerly known as the Willobra Cut. “'e actually steam through the backbone of the \Vestâ€" ei'n Ilcmisphcre. It was here that the (-itgiincrs encountered their greatest problemâ€"the slides. Many of the slides were really the upward and outward bulgingr of th earth below the caiial's level caused by the Weight, of the hills pi'tssiiig out softer materials at their base. We now approatli the Pedro Miqncl locks with two chambers and one set of locks. the first step down to the Pacific Ocean, Film those, licks we >ll'2llli across the Minn i'lorts Lake which rccciy'e» its water from the tin (il'llllilt‘ River and scv- ci'al smaller outs. It is interesting to note that the water is partly salt. due to 1ch mixture in the locks of the \\':ll(i‘ from the I‘ac'fic, All the wattr lctwccii this llll\'(‘ and the (Gatun locks is fresh \Vlll.t 1'. As we .Q'o through the Mii'aflorcs Locks two our boat. is lvwci‘cd 51 level of the in lllllillll('i'. 'l'ccl. t.) the :uons'sts- of a tidal channel 8 miles long extending from the Miraflores limcks to the deep water in Panama ,lBay. The first three llllllGS the Ihanncl .follows the Old valley of the Rio Grand. I should have said \that the locks are double so boats may pass in the locks. It was very interesting as we were passing a- 'long to meet boats coming the other «direction -and be able to pass so Islose to them and see flags of many .countries flying. Although boats \scldom pass through the canal at night, it is well lighted and can be fused. \Ve are now docked at Balboa. the Pacific port where we left the boat several hours. Fourth of July Avenue divides the residence dis- ‘tricts Olf Ancon and Panama City. 'One side of the street. is typically ’Aimerican and the other side is typi- ‘cally Spanish. There are many. lmany things of historic interest in the Panama Canal region connected ’vVltll Columibuls, Sir Francis Drake, lMiorgan the Pirate, the COM Rush bf ‘48" which cannot be dealt with \in this article. After several hours of interesting sight seeing and shopping we returned to our boat and sailed out into the Pacific Ocean. TESTON Last Sunday evening the Y.P.U. meeting was taken by the convenor, Ed. James. The meeting opened with a reading entitled “Call to Worâ€" ship”, by Ed. James. Hymn 293 fol- lowed by the convenor leading in prayer. Scripture reading 2 Tim. 2-13-21, by Peter Rodgers, followed by singing hymn 374. Scott Clark- son gave a reading “Anxiety”. The topic “Lincoln being (lead yet speak- et ”, was taken by Ed. James. This topic was very interesting and in- structive. Hymn 32 and the Mizpah benediction closed a very good meet- ing. J. A. Rose, Maple, the Temperance Federation, visited the Sunday School last Sabbath morning and gave a very timely ad- dress on temperance and its work- ings. Also he called attention to the coming convention at. King on March 1st and urged all workers of the SS. to be present. There will be an oratorical contest for the senâ€" ior scholars and recitations for the This is an opportunity for for representing juniors. ‘the boys and girls to enter the con- test and speak on the subject of Temperance. The members of the 8.3. of the Misses Mary and Hazel Car- son spent a very jolly time last Sat- urday afternoon, the occasion being a sleighing party on the hills near Lewis Diceman’s on the 6th. Several from Teston enjoyed the euchre party at Laskay on Friday evening, February 16th. Mr. and Mrs. Garner and Miss Norma Garner Were Sunday visitors with Alex and Mrs. MacDonald. Mrs. Hamilton has sold her farm, formerly the Jake Malloy property, to Mr. Ab. Rumble, Maple. classes HERE'SOUR ADVICEâ€"- COME HERE WITH SPEED- AND GET THE LUMBER Y NEED LUMBER CO. RICHMOND HILL Pacific ‘ Ocean. The le"lfl(' end of the canal, l l held The annual meeting of the County" Orange Lodge of North in Aurora on .thc following officers were elected: i Worshipful l King; Ilolt; chaplain, Rev. secretary, W. H. Taylor; treasurer. tL. C. Lee, Aurora; financial secre- arv, marshal, A. G. Parks. Mount Albert; .â€" l NORTH YORK THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22nd, 1940. 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