.The Editorials... PARRA THE WATCHFUL EYE. eANY municipalities. and other j incorporated bodies ~ throughout the Province’ have expressed disappoint- Rxeyi municipal. affairs, that: by-law expenditures be drastic- = ally. reduced or deferred at this time. ~ * While this may have no real meaning to -this district : at this: ‘time, we merely mention it here to point out that - there is ‘a careful and experienced eye watching the affair . of all incorporated districts. The move is plainly designed ».to: conserve municipal funds for a later date, when such expenditures will do the most: good, when commodities have reached a happier level in prices and the first flush of an anticipated “spending spree’. has passed. There are many in the North Saanich district and par- ticularly in Sidney who would investigate further the “possibilities of incorporation, first as a village and later, perhaps, as a municipality. The Review has long held that: such investigation would '- be of interest. A fact-finding committee has so far not oy brought in any facts. There is, in other words, a lack of drive in-this project which has, for various reasons, halted ‘further investigation. One of the chief reasons why addi- tional information has not yet been presented to the public is that most of the public-spirited men who have devoted ‘Re-establishment Committees for the returned men and women of the services. ...We.would mention, however, that the recent curb 7 ‘bladed: ‘on. the spending of. public monies by the deputy “minister. of municipal affairs. shows how well the affairs “8: ‘the people are watched. «With little or no knowledge of the subject people have ‘given voice to the opinion that with incorporation large and..expensive money by-laws would be forced upon the people if a too-free group of commissioners were appointed to office. -The ‘recent ‘announcement by the deputy minister will t least’ ‘quell this rumor... There is a watchful eye... -and if we want to mix-up the metaphors a bit we can say vt that: it. has pect in it! . : SAVE A LiF E WITH A SEAL Eapondenter one of those. bright. gay stamps | which, hile so small, do such a large: job. oo ae over a-request from B.:C.-Bracewell, deputy minister . time to’such projects are busy with such vital matters as . bile. ‘itvis:by*the use of. these ‘small , ‘stamps that the Oi le Ray. Units travel. the country, investigating. ‘and At: ‘may. well. be! that: your: small: SALT SPRING ISLAND A view of Salt Spring Island, typical of: the beauty and serenity of the district. QV CORRESPONDENCE CQRDCRRV-V0006ET00EE0D04T 060000007 REMINDER Dear Sir: When winter comes .on With the snow, rain and hail, The partridges and pheasants Come round with the quail Treat them kindly And feed them with grain They'll go back te the bush All happy again. A. E. JOHNSON. NOTES IMPROVEMENT Dear Sir:—I must write to con- gratulate you on the vast im- provement which you have brought to bear on the Islands paper. I am enclosing for your kind acceptance a number of post cards of Salt Spring Island views, taken during. the years 1911-14. They may be of interest. for reproduc- tion purposes or as an historical record for future generations, any way I don’t want them back. — With compliments and thanks. -Yours faithfully, ALC. ALAN WILLIAMS, ~~ Lt. -Col. 2 Ash. Groye, Chester, Eng. "Editor's Note:The Review. is - indebted to Lt.-Col. Williams for ‘some: ‘interesting and © historical photographs. We hope that in an sin cece e would: erve: a. very useful: ‘purpose. Right ' now it: ‘could: ‘let. the purchasing “public. know’ “th Chi : y been left in the past ane ae last. ‘ mittee ‘to handle this. ‘problem 1 will be of service to: “many. SURPLUS | WAR MATERIALS ‘HERE: is, a regrettable tendency. among « our. AS 8 political. football... This, not: only being: most unfair, ‘is definitely injurious to the country. War Assets Corpora- ‘tion, a government agency. set up to dispose: of material declared. surplus,’ should: not be accused of unfairness in its dealings. ‘Yet we have at this moment:a minor controversy concerning ‘the sale of Fairmile vessels for’ sums in the : ‘neighborhood of $8,000, ©... coc An especially unfair aspect. of . this attack upon the ~ government is that the very wealthy are receiving unkind an notices: concerning their purchase of these veasels, on elt scems to be 'a strange paradox in.this Dominion of ours) .. a man may slave in-his youth, live an exemplary ‘life-and amass -by skill, ability and courage, a: fortune; juateas soon as. he: bogins: to ‘spend. it,--for.. the. betterment of those workers: who: would: follow him,’ he is immediately, ‘accused of. ‘stealing his wealthe: . wey In-the.case of these surplus I ainmniles’ iti is pretty obvious: ‘thal, the purchase price is the least-of the expense incurred by: those who buy. them, Only: last week hopeful workers in shipyards expressed: the. belief that the converting of such surplus naval vessels for. private - owners would pro- vide asubstantial payroll for some months, The conver-— sion of these vessels is a costly. business, The average man, abandon: tho‘iden. when:faced with the. cost of conversion, anchorages. Tt is: sound. business ‘to: “cut your. losses’ put: to'some' ‘sound: ey and employs. men to do it, so: much. the better, a ’ Jo The cur ‘vent’ iondoney with. some of 0 our larger diilios to : “att ack the government on this subject is not only unfair, , .. it is’ destructive, There are lots of other, more important items, to he singled out for constructive criticism, War Aasets Corporation is doing a diffienlt job ex-- tvemely well, Let us help them. with fairness. and wnder- standing: in the heartbreaking job of disposing of the used tools of war into.useful products of. peace, AAAAN AAA UAAAAAAAAAAAARAAATAIIIAAUEAAAAADABAMAAAAAAALAAAA, “Canadians: Drank Over a. .period of yoars Sun _ wheat has produeed. larger risldy More Last: ‘Year 2 than ainy other’ variety of ‘ oe wheat: In. -vartat figures: tabled claatweok: in. Come. : mons rahowad. ..'These, are. the gale. Aonage figures: | — of all’ the kinds toatod at the Your onding ‘March. 31 ene Dominion Experimental. Splvita, 8,148,716; beer, “0,70 Sannichton, porennial rye nnd or- “8473 wine, 4,608, 4a, chard gran have shown greater Year: ending: Mareh- p, 1046: 2 Splrita,.9,710,0183. boer,. 10, art ; BIB}: wine, 8,712,486, Bag Kine to agronomints nnd to: those Jhoth hay and paatnes. than, an othar: kinds. ve y “produce some. of the » ‘photographs, : # mentioned. i we as started the few: retail ‘dairy farm: ers.-served /the* people’ with: milk A few. farmers’ sold: their: stock- they : could not ‘obtain - “help—th ‘among the: dairy: armers brought D that about. - : I le moment. “The ‘public. will I invariably. “fall in-line’. : there is nothing: more. ‘disappointing ‘than - to )B: shopping. centre. only. to. find. that the Shops. orld, there: is mich, diseussion:of ‘the need for ‘preventing a .war- ‘making: “peace by the use of atomic, bombs, | _ There ‘is, : tv. menace® to’ the- ‘world: than even | pie the.atomic bomb: uccording to. the - publishers : of The. Printed: Word. daily. néwie.’ “papers: to treat the subject: of: surplus war materials: “pmong the : allies, aven if: he had: a.yearning: to: buy: a: Fairmile; would soon | Ifwe do: not sell these vessels: fora low. ‘gum then the « chances are: that. they will: le: and vot ‘in some aceluded ‘ ‘dispose of the material at any cost’. .y if that material is” fall Ayinis. conducted | “Denpite rationing ~Qanadiana we?! the Dominion Wxporlmental dink pity rat, hoor ind wine ‘ tation; Sannichtan 9 inthe yen & inded: Marvel's ie 104G, A sete sie wine than in the | prayious . fisenl your, | Many: varietion of graseov are. Intereated in. hay and, pasture but. “Station, : adaptability and | usofulnona’ for - early. issue: we will. be: able.to :re- = . SIDNEY -MILK* SITUATION” “Dear” “oSir :— Since ; “the > eived high gr. the. -eompetition : “Lately? a §0- -called 1ilk Co- oper T hi : In : a the “English- -speaking : nation from. destroying _however, a . greater | This is’ the’ danger. of -a split Stressing © the importance of maintaining’ friend. ‘ship. and co-operation. between the British. and American people The .. Printed Word notes that in com- = ments of editors in-many parts of the United: States, there has been nu sad, even ominous reversion to tail-twisting which the British Lion - may find discomforting, “Enough of this gort of thing is going on to suggest that . there nay be an organized cumpaigu against England,” says the writer. “ti wouldn't matter much if we eould set the elock buck a halt- century or so, But the world to- day cannot exist in compartments any cmores than ‘the ‘half-dozen petty’ kingdoms of’ Bnglind a thousand yea ago’ could survive: independently once an few roads’ pissable to horsomen nnd baggage traing had. hoon jpailt, Mes that to milHons upon millions, the Scolosy) senda, its atlermitly erente Immensy op. portunity,” says Swerling, “Dur. “ing: Bix: yenrs caf: war, Canadinis “have been | showing himiuapocted qualities of. iiventivencas,: ingonue - ity and adaptability in “fighting the ¢gnomy: ine the Meldsand ‘fronr - When old-ideas and. - ‘mothods failed to grot results, new : tha factory, ones wore introduced. .'Tha same spinit: must not bo lost witite we . build panes.” * * Thounmids of hoots were harvested this fall by prisoners of war from Canndian camps, These snme groups were Alo a proat vid this spring when, fleld labor was searee and blogked and thinned a good portion of the - beot evopa at and Ontario. privoners — were. truck to the Alberta, Manitoba tranaported | _ Mndor armed: guard, Mbashe bhey wore, qua vurod. in ‘ampa log atod: heat RrOWINE distrlet. of. invorent to volorant ia the. Nowa that thay may now use their . re-cniablishment eredlit to. asalst them he the eet of. n part- norsblp inn business ready. op- Ahe, votorans intand Ao, purlicipato " But: peace What. more vould. you. “want: as. By. ALEXIS, _ tatoes.. ~Without suecess, war his brought little but misery, © suffering, saurifies and pain on a) “And. yet, war-cand’ chads tried ‘and ended his . opistle With: “What shall Tdo now?! In acres oof sugar: Tivory morning ‘hy : fields whore tee 7 workad. ine grotipa of ton or more: Working: in: throughout. the ee oraling or lag. eapltal Investment. . inca new... partnership, » providing |; © SAANTOM Prams a Te ation sends out a man by bus from Victoria to canvass the dis- trict for milk customers, telling the. people his milk is 2e cheaper a quart than the local milk. He, of course, does not tell the people that their.milk is around 3% % compared to the local milk turned out at 5%. The remark was made that they intended putting the local dairies Valediction What more would you want than the purring song Of a stream-lined coach as it rolls along, A way that is straight, and a road right or wrong, And a siren to sit by you? What more would you want than a crisp baked ’bow, From the shade of a rock: in the stream below, Baked in the embers’. ‘ruddy glow, And a siren to’ feast with you? What more would you want when the sun is.set,; Than ‘a ‘camp-fire bright and a cigarette,. The hills -and trees. transformed to jet, a And a siren’ to ake with you. z What more “would: you want when’ your beard. is grey, : ; . And - the fires ‘of: youth have ‘gone their way, ee and “plenty i— with -money- to: ‘pays oe ca ‘And a siren to’ ‘wheedle| you. a you limp: about; oy With” a:: knotted: cane dnd”? ry “touch of- gout, "Shoal Harbour B.C | sopnepepEISA pearegage cata sfpeeeereennrevbuveneanineedeenni ‘notlvely?. in “stick ~ yasiness.. The partnership is not ‘limited: to: any particular, number of veterans and all the partners need not. be: (eX. ‘service men or women. ; ; a + "Nothing has éon said yet about minding the baby-or even: washing : the family dog but.a new washing ~ “machine, expected ‘to be ready by’. “January .1,.1946,