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ing attach- the trade on for two, have e would be d standup, ly, that it st exacting, ne of heavy) pper. The poatecned runs, and ave lt; Ries ind assures: wheel but traight up. resist wear ently. ney-saving nformation: ii) sell by 10, at the n w); 10-ft. er; 4-bot- ws; 2 14- 2 5ift. Vagon and 20-run Tank; 2 hn Deere 1g hp. ultivator; Chains, * Garage; lle; 2 sets on Chairs: jeboard; 2 Winnipes: er Stand; chine; 12- Blankets; RESERVE . 1093 2; High had spent family left y motor for they would am 1 + December 11th, the anniversary of The Nanton News VOLUME XXXVI NO, 13 NANTON, ALBERTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1939 Subscription Price: 2.00 per year; Foreign, 2.50 Behind the Headlines At Ottawa Time is Not Deliberately Wasted at Ottawa Much Accomplished, But Legislation Takes Time. Lapointe Gives New View- on Canada s Nation- gt; al Status, By Dean Wileon if ef ie pi ff oi jul i uu These wave-like expressions of displeasure and efforts to find fault with the work of the representa- jtives of all political parties in Canada are. the direct results of the. wrong impressions created roughout the country by the ,casual or .ordinary observers of the political scene who must. de- pend upon the usual stereotyped reports for their'information. On the other hand, observationsvbg the other hand observations be- hind the scenes in the. proper di- rections disclose the real signifi- cant news. The basic truth is that there is no lackadaisical atmosphere , in Ottawa and behind the scenes the legislators ate not only very busy but the activities along Parliament Hill suggest that some very im- portant matters will be debated in this session, including foreign af- fairs and various bills which are on the order paper. However, there are some unusual circum- stances, such as the visit of Their Majesties, the prospects of a gene- ral election, etc., which interfere momentarily with the plans for the immediate discussion and deci- sion of certain momentous prob- lems. This distinctive background of the political scene in the Capital) was disclosed in a startling man- ner when a bill was proposed in the House of Commons to make the Statute of Westminster, a pub- lic holiday in Canada, and inci dentally, the Right Honorable Ernest Lapointe, minister of jus- tice, in talking ont the bill, created a sensation by making certain re- marks and offering hints of a) history-making debate in the near future on the subject of Canada s Jegal status of full nationhood. . Undoubtedly it will surprise great many, Canadians to learn that Canada does not and cannot enjoy the status, of a full nation- NOTES FROM THE LEGISLATURE Irrigation Scandal Occupies Chief Interest By T. B, Windross Political attention is fixed this week on the Eastern Irrigation district at Brooks as the result: of allegations made. publicly outside the legislature by Premier Wiliam Aberhart. He issued statement talking about irregulatrities in the ad- ministration of the district, but did not mention the character of those irregularities. He did not mame any person responsible but Teferred to the manager. He knew that everyone would. know that the manager, retiring at the end of this month under plans announced many weeks ago, is E. L. Gray, M.L.A., who happens to be leader of the Liberal party in the province. And Mr. Gray resigned from the E.LN. position in order to devote his fall time to the Liberal leader- ship, with a provincial election coming near. As this week opened there still had been no official hint of the nature of the irregularities that the; premier talked about. The matter came up in the legislature only through questions addressed to the government, and through the demand of Liberal members of the house that the government establish a royal commission to in- vestgate the affairs of the irriga- tion district. Z Of all the irrigation projects in the province, the E.LD. alone is an outstanding success, and it has become one since Mr. Gray re- signed from his position as deputy minister of municipal affairs to take over the management in 1984. It has a bank balance of 500,000; a large proportion of the share- holder-farmers in the area now own their properties, The Premier did not issue his statement to newspapers until Mr. Gray -was -away from Edmonton, visiting Brooks as guest of honor at a dinner being given him by the shareholders. In his absence other Liberal members of the house declared the government s move to be just dirty politics and declared that the government also wanted to get its hands on the big bank balance. At Brooks, farmers condemned the charges and the dismissal of the E.LD. board of trustees in fa- vor of an administrator appointed by the government. Everything in the administration of the dis- trict was satisfactory :to them, they said, Observers in Edmonton said that unless the premier is, able to jus- tify and prove definite charges FARM WORK Weather has been generally fair and mild for this time of the year, during the yast week, with bright sunny days and light. frost at night. To date there has been very As the winter snowfall was very . light, there was little water left in the depressions in the fields regular pot-holes that will have to when seeding starts. WEATHER AND CONSERVATIVES SELECT OFFICERS . AT CONVENTION Bde. Gen. Stewart is the Principal Speaker at Conservative Rally Held in Macleod Last Week Conservatives of the Macleod little wind, The snow is all gone, federal riding met in it and fields are drying up rapidly. the town hall in RES at wee mesday, March 22nd, when officers were elected for the ensuing. year, and unless there is.a heavy fall of 04 the advisability of nominating moisture there will be few of the candidate discussed Brigadier General J. S. Stewart of Leth- be left because they are too wet bridge was the principal speaker, and delivered an inspiring address So far as could be learned, there claiming that the principal pro- has been no grain seeded yet. Sev- gressive steps of recent years have eral farmers have started plowing been initiated by the conservative and spring cultivating. They report party. that the soil is in excellent con- : electi dition for working, but that ite tae Se rimaorrcny e serves of moisture are less than a eaaie pea : elected president's chair. serene ACTING PFU LUE. VME (at ont ekmidiatty PONG Sa wee laser rere the Hon, Dr. Manion and D. M. ROYAL MLD. RE-ELECTS i Duggan, MILA: Six vice-prtsi. REEVE F. BENNETT Gents were chosen, with the idea of ees their representing the various Ts ae ietine Unite parta of large riding, and these ae on lt;were: George Young of High River, Dr. G, M. Carson of Vulean, At the regular March meeting of F, E, Bennett was re-elected reeve for the ensuing year and George Gordon wes named deputy-reeve for the next six months, G. D. Bateman was appointed as repre- sentative on the Foothills Health Unit Board. i Considerable discussion regard- ing the increased taxation for schools under the large unit sys- tem took place, it being noted that the requisition from the Leth-/ bridge district was three times the average requisition in previous years. It was decided that the mu- nicipal district take up with the department of. education the: mat- ter of boundaries of the school units and endeavor to have all of the M. D, of Royal included in the Foothills. School Division, Tax. rates were set. at six mills for the Foothills Unit and seven mills for the Macleod Unit to meet the 1939 requisitions. The setting of the tax rate for the Lethbridge Unit was left over until the next meeting. Vulcan , Municipal Hospital District tax jrate was.set at one and one half jRiver Hospital. vaccinated against a possible out- the Municipal District of Royal, - 0. Allison of Pincher Creek, 8. G. Bannan of Blairmore; J. R. Watt, K.C., of Claresholm; Nor- man Grier of Macleod. R. C. Jes- Sup of Macleod was chosen as sec- retary. The executive committee is to be nominated by the. vice- presidents, who will be expected to have their committeemen named by May 16th. The president was Glected as representative to the Alberta National Conservative As- sociation, and the matter of calling a nominating convention was left in the hands of the executive com- mittee. ; Jack Mathewson of High River, J. M. Ritchie of Lethbridge, and Dr. G. M. Carson addressed the meeting previous to the election of officers, and all stressed the need for organization. Mr. Mattnew- son and Dr. Carson spoke favor- ably of a policy of co-operation with other parties in the nomina- tion of an independent candidate, feeling that the policy recently adopted for the provincial field might well be carried into the federal election instead of di the votes and making the election of a social credit, member that much easier. mills, as was the rate for High break of sleeping sickness was dis- cussed and it was felt that all co- The campaign to haye all horses operation should be given this un- dertaking. iS feu eee NEWS? SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST WILL END SATURDAY NIGHT of the trustees will prove a terif. fic boonierang for Aberhart and his following. The government hood under the present setup of has no financial interest in the E. . though other British Dominions, to create and amend its constitu- in Parliament that Canada is not .the Statute of. Westminster, 1D... but it has statutory control are full nations. The principles of international law define a sover- eign state. thie Deane which y Dossesses by wn or- ganized government, an inde dent sovereignty and a) over all persons and 8 tion: and to Ax all laws without the intervention of a foreign power, with the additional capa- city to make wars and peace or to have any other relations with the other relations of the world. The minister of justice stated frankly in this clase and he offered three reasons for this startling state- ment. First, how can Canada be a sovereign nation when the condi- tions of her charter provide that) the only way to effect a constitu- tional change iin the structure is by the action of the Parliament of another country? Second, if liti- gants from Canada have to go to) the Mother country to get a final decision in purely Canadian cases, then does not the sovereignty of Canada reside in the judicial com- mittee of the Privy Council of Great Britain? Third, how is it now possible. to have equality of status and full sovereignty until) there is a distinct Canadian flag according to the rules of inter- national law? At the same time it was empha- sized that these conditions exist and they retard Canada s growth and progress as a nation, though they. do exist through the will of the people of this country and it was hinted that these obstacles will be removed in the very near future through the provincial irrigation council, and the provincial auditor examines the district s accounts, by law.. Liberal members revealed that Provincial. Solon Low, a member of, the tion council, himself re cently in the Brooks, area. * a Election This Year Considered Meantime a provinel election this summer is being rumored as more and more likely. Observers here say in many developmenta the laying of a basis for a new appeal to the electorate by Aberhart and his following within the next fow months, at some time before the federal election is held. ceee Social Cregit Board Submits cent years another session of the Report The annual report of the pro- vince s Social Credit board was made public at the end of last week. That report represents the (Continued on Page Two) in order to make Canada free and equal in status and capacity in every respect to the other members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, with the questions of loyalty to the Crown or of separa- tion not. even entering into the discussions. This is a concrete and typical example of the intense activities which are taking place behind the -scenes along Parliament . Hill in preparation for the full dress de- bates that are to be held later In, the session on some very important matters which will involve momen- tous and historical decisions on the part of the respective parties or individual members of the House of Commons. Leading Candidates Are Running Close Race and Final Outcome Still in Doubt Prizes to be Awarded Immediately After Tabulation of Votes in Sealed Ballot Box. HERE'S HOW THEY STAND NOW Miss Mary McRae, Nanton Miss Dorothy Carmack, Albert Alexander, Nanton -- - 606,100 --- -605,500 594,000 Nanton . Miss Kathleen Ede, Nanton- -- - ; Philip MacPherson, Durward Bob MePherson, Cayley Nearly five weeks of hard work and anxiety on the part of partici- pants will culminate Saturday eve- ning at six o'clock, when the Nan- heir friends and there are only a few more hours to rally to the support of your favorite and help out, or keep him or her in a win- ning position, Subscriptions may ton News subscription contest be eft here at the News office comes to a close. An hour later and votes will be issued to the the winner of first place will be worker of your choice. . awarded the grand prize, a com-; plete nine-months busiress course at Garbutt College, valued at 180.00. Second place winner will be paid 75.00 in cesh and third place will- receive 50.00, Fourth Count In order to maintain the strict- lest secrecy as to the number of subscriptions turned in during the last days of the contest, all sub- scriptions will be deposited by the place winner will be paid 20 ee as sealed ballot bex lo. cash commission on all monies col- lected with the balance of the workers receiving ten per cent. The question right now is, who will have the honor of being de- clared the winner of that first grand prize? Leading candidates cated in the News office. In this way, no one, not even the contest manager or the publisher will know the final voting strength of ony contestant. When the closing hour arrives, six o'clock Saturday night, April are running so close that it is im- Ist, the sealed box will be opened, Possible to predict the winners intents tabulated and the win- until the final votes are counted. Friends Must Help ners determined. This will take about one hour and the prizes will All workers tell us they have be awarded as soon thereafter aa many unredeemed promises among possible, LADY CURLERS BANQUET HELD Officers and Committees for Next Season Elected Officers. and committees for the 1939-40 curling season were elected at the annual meeting of the la- dies curling club,- held in the Parish hall last Monday evening. About forty members were pres- ent, and Leroy Himby, ice maker at the curling rink, attended as a guest. The W. A. of the church of England, catered. b During the evening, Mrs. J. Dick Jr a8 skip of the winning rink, was presented with the A. E Gross cup and four silver bowis. Mrs, A. Cummings, retiring secre- tary-treasurer, and Mrs. E. Briggs, ratiring. president, were given a vote of thanks for their untiring elforts during the past ceasun. The officers elected were: Mrs, J. C. Hiebert, president; Mrs. D. McMasters, vice-president; Mrs. H. McKenzi gt;, secretary. Committees: Executive Miss Jagoe, Mrs. S..T. Armstrong, Mrs. J. S. Taylor, Mrs. E, Moran; Draw Mrs. Coutts, Mrs. Mack; Membership Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Wm. Campbell, Mrs P. . Loree; Grievance Mrs. M. W. McKenzie, Mrs Pinder. TENNIS CLUB ORGANIZED Tre following officers were elect- ed at the annual meeting of the Nanton Tennis club, held last Fri- day: President, Mrs. J. C. Hiebert; Vice-president, James Creighton; Secretary-Treasurer, Harold Bout- land. Committees Grounds and Rules: Howard Armstrong, Russell Curningham,: Gordon Lee; Tourna ment and Entertainment: Florence Kitchen, Dot Ransom, Pat Feth- jerston, Dora McPherson, Roy Hal- lett, John Stewart; Membership jand Finance: Harold Boutland, Veda Brown, Ted Fetherston, Plans for the coming season were discussed. The club is now free from debt and possesses the finest courts and equipment in southern Alberta, Much enthusiasm was shown by those present, and with the addition of many new prospec- tive members, a very successful season is anticipated, Nanton-Claresholm. Unity Movement A preliminary meeting to discuss plans for organization in the ,in- terests of a unity movement in provincial politics was held in Stavely Wednesday afternoon with perhaps fifty men from all parts of the constituency present. Thos, Hagerman of Parkland was elected chairman of the meeting, Gordon Walker acting as secretary. Sin: there is doubt as to the status of this constituency under redistribu- tion noyreal organization progress was made. A committee with: Mr. Hagerman as chairman and six members selected two each from the south, the center and the north of the constituency was named to survey the situation and draft a program to be- submitted at a regularly called convention at a later date. The committee consists of: R. L. King and Ray Miller, Jr., Glaresholm; Frelan Wilford and R. N. Ralph, Stavely; H. F. Spencer, Parkland, and W. C. Cooper, Nan- ton. RS, GEO. BLAKE HONORED : A dinner, in honor of Mrs. George Blake, who observed the anniversary of her birth that day, was held last Friday at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blake, About twenty-five guests were present. Many others were prevented from attending because of the epidemic of influenza, Mrs. Blake is one of Alberta s old-timers, having come to the CC ranch from England in 1892, as governess for the son of W. E, Cochrane, Four years later she and Mr, Blake were married, and they have since lived on their DB ranch, west of Nanton: Pre- sentations were made to Mrs, Blake previous to the dinner. CURLING CLUB ANNUAL MEETING Officers Elected Banquet and Program Held Officers of Nanton Curling club hwere elected at the annual meet- ing, held in Grace church Wednes- day evening, following the annual banquet, The financial statement showed the club to be in an ex- cellent position financially. H. G. Loree; president, presided, Officers elected were: O. G. Par- sons, president; Glen Robbie, first vice-president; S. E. Spring, sec- ond vice-president; H. D. B. Clarke, secretary-treasurer; GH. Legler, auditor; H. F. Spencer, chaplain. Executive Ross Sweet- en, E. E, Coutts, A. E. Greig, J. W. Boyce, E. E. Arnold, After the election of- officers; the newly-elected president, O. G, Par- sons, assumed his duties, and pre- sided for the remainder of the meeting. : A committee was aprointed to interview the town: in connection with repairs to the roof of the curling rink. Another committee was appointed to attend the meet- ing of the Foothills. curling asso- ciation, which will be held here this fall. The president thanked those of the different committees, who had assisted during the past year in making the season so successful. Banquet: and Program The business meeting and elec- tion was preceded by the annual banquet, which was held in Grace + church, and was attended by about 120. This year, the members of the ladies curling club were pres- ent as guests. THe banquet opened with the singing of O, Canada, and the saying of grace by the chaplair, Hagh Spencer. Miniature curling ston s and brooms decor- ated the walls, Following supper, the president, H. G. Loree, called for order. A vote of thanks to the ladies, who provided the supper, was passed. Mrs. R. M. Walker led in communi- ty singing, while the tables were being cleared. The program was as follows: President Loree gave a resuune of the season's flay, Courcillor Smith brought greetings from the town of Nanton. Mrs. E. Briggs spoke for the lady curlers. Two harmoni- ca solos were played by John Pat- tergon, F. T. Hallett gave a rem- iniscent talk on curling in the early duys. H. E. Tustian spoke for the Parkland members of the club. Dr. G. E. McKeage gave two humorous readings. Trophies were presented to the winniny skins by the president. Secretary Clarke read te Seen and Heard paper. 0. E. Smith, on behalf of the draw committee, presented President Leree with a souvenir picture. The male quartet, consisting of W. S, Donnelly, Rev. C. S.-Pinder, P. C. Loree and H. D. B. Clarke, rend- ered two numbers Winners of Trophies The Bank of Commerce cup was won by ore of the Parklard rinks, composed of A. E. Greig (skip), Prjebe, Hamilton and Jones. The H. M. Shaw cup was won by the rink composed of 0. G. Parsons (skip); H. D. B, Clarke, Trond Berger and W. McMeekan, The main event, the J. T. Coop- er shield and: prizes were won by the rink composed of E. Coutts, (skip), H. Patterson, C. Pickering and R. Rench, Roy Fanning, skip of the runner-up rink in this event, received recognition. Town Assessments Are Lowered The assessment, of property in 20 , and shou cordingly, was tl sed by the tow meeting, held on Quesday, As a result, 1989 assessMugts will be lowered by that percentage law providing for the exemption in 1939 of one-third of the value of improvements on land in the town, was passed. The meeting was attended by Mayor G. H. Bak- er, and Councillors Shaw, McKeage, S opinion expres- council, at a Denoon, Lee and Smith.
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