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h r ' e - . Q Canadian Cities Show Reflection Of Evervdav Livinq in America By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Ottawa, Canada From base ball scores to bran flakes, Can ada fs "almost completely de pendent upon the United States." . This observation by a Canadi an who has risen high in the Department of External Affairs (Canada State Department) lends some authority to what is plainly seen by the most casual observer from the U. S. Canada likes and consumes in great quantities American products, ideas and customs of everyday life. This is no less true in the small logging center of Renfrew than in this capital of the vast Canadian dominion. Same Brand Names In a Renfrew super-market, a grocery list prepared in Wash ington, D. C, could be filled with few substitutes, even as to brand name products. Some American firms have built plants in Canada to serve this big market north of the border, but they turn out bran flakes, shredded wheat and othr prod ucts of American origin. From scup to nuts, the story is re peated. And like Kilroy, the ubiqui tous Coca Cola salesman has lone been here. Cigarettes are something of an exception. Canadians are ex horting by billboards to light up - a Black Cat, a Pleasure or a Sweet Caporal at prices sub stantially higher than Ameri cans are accustomed to paying. A pack of McDonalds, its cover marked by a lady highlander in kilts, runs 34 cents. Close in spection discloses that its tobac co is imported from the com monwealth of Virginia, U.S.A . The latest Yankee and Dodger baseball scores are as important here as they are in Portland or Seattle, for the stars of today for Montreal or Toronto in the International League are tomor row's performers in the majors. Cr Object of Curiosity In driving into this proud member of Her Majesty's king dom, we3iad supposed we would feel quite at home in our English-made auto. But flashing by In their Plymouths arid Oldsmo biles, Canadians found our "for eign car" as much an object of cariosity as had our fellow Americans. American car man ufacturers have a big market here. Only Ford appeared to produce a Canadian model which is different from its American counter-part only in chrome trim. Gasoline sells for about 42 cents per gallon , here, but station attendants say their gallon is bigger than ours. .Driving across the province of Ontario, one hears by car radio Canadian disk jockeys spinning the latest hit record ings from Tin Pan alley, for this country is as dependent upon Hollywood and New York as is the U. S. for its entertainment fare. It was a singularly unique experience to stop by the side of the road one Sunday after noon and hear the authentic whining of a bagpipe drifting out from a plain frame house many miles west of the capital. Proud of Swimmer Canada is obviously . busting with pride over the accomplish ment of aocal girl. And when headline writers here simplytall her Marilyn, Canadian readers know they are referring not to Hollywood's Miss Monroe but to Toronto's Miss Bell who is just back from her successful swim of the English channel. Otherwise the Canadian press reflects a great deal of Ameri can life and events. Many of their editorial pages carry the same syndicated American ' col umnists that U. S. dailies rely upon for current commentary. Canada's leading newspapers send correspondents to the U. S. capital because, as one reporter here put it, "Canada knows that her real capital is Washington, D. C." The big news in Renfrew was that Radio Corp. of America had begun production in a new ven ture located there, boosting the town's economy that has rested on lumbering and a woolen mill that produced mackinaws. The RCA enterprise is typical of the investment capital now going into this country from American big business. And like the Pacific Northwest, Canada badly needs this sort of new in dustry if it is to make the com plete transition from being sim ply a source of raw materials for American mills to becoming a producer of finished products for its own and the U. S. market. As the Montreal Gazette ob served editorially, Canada will suffer as she does today from a disturbing condition of unem ployment until she makes this transition. No longer do giant resource development projects, in which Canada now abounds, take up the slack in employ ment as they did 20 years' ago in the days of the great depres sion. Men's inventiveness has produced complex earthmoving machines and other power de vices that today take the place of pick and shovel brigades once needed for road building,' dam construction and pipeline lay ing. That this drive to turn its own commodities in its own domestic plants will turn Canada into a more keen competitor for mar kets now dominated by Ameri can producers, can hardly be doubted. Pacific Northwestern ers will feel that competition in the battle for full develop ment of the Columbia River as it flows through both countries Commercial Fishing Resumes on Columbia Astoria (U.R Commercial fishing opens again Saturday on the Columbia river both above and below Bonneville dam. It will continue through Dec. 1. Gillnet fishermen said that, because of the recent lack of rain, they figured fishing should be good in the lower Columbia. Sports fishermen have reported good catches for the past several days. . Weekend' closures, in effect during the fall season, will start Sept. 16 and run each week from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday. Astoria fishermen said most of the catches would be made at night because the water was too clear for daytime fishing. Last year, the best catches were re ported in the St. Helens area where .some nettings ran as high as two tons. . The August "season, ; which closed just before the lower Columbia river salmon . derbies got under way, was considered the best in the past four years. . tl JUST RECEIVED ftf HI 1000 Yards New fll Kitchen & Pillow Case U BORDER PRINTS O First quality. Wash fast. 36 in. width I I "'37' 1 W YARD Uj. and offers a tremendous source of cheap power for new indus try. But Canada's drive can perhaps be just as' easily under stood with sympathy by Pacific Northwesterners whose econom ic ambitions for their region are no less determined to overcome the long subservience to the manufacturing and financial dominance of the eastern United States. Canada has always been like America's little brother, said one observer here in sizin up relations between the two North American neighbors. But now little brother is growing up. Teamsters Deny Responsibility in Sabotage Cases Sebastopol U.R) AFL Teamster officials Saturday de nied responsibility for alleged sabotage against trucks moving products of eight struck Sebas topol apple canneries. Peter Andrade. director of the Western Cannery council of the Teamsters, said the union had no knowledge of the inci dents. "We are conducting peaceful picketing and do not condone any acts of violence. Such acts would be to our distinct disad vantage," he stated. Charles E. Gibbs, executive secretary of the Associated Far mers - of California, charged Friday that "hoodlums" were interfering with truck shipments to and from Sebastopol and ap pealed to Gov. Goodwin J. Knight for Highway patrol pro tection. ' Gibbs said molasses was plac ed in the gas tanks of two trucks while another truck loaded with canned apples, was set afire near Vallejo. Meanwhile, a National Labor Relations board hearing resumes in Santa Rosa today on charges that the Sebastopol Apple Grow ers union, a cooperative, fired some 100 employees prior to an NLRB representation election. Maine has probably ten times as many deer as it did when the first settlers arrived. Fifteen years ago the annual deer kill was only about . 22,000 in con trast to 37,000 in 1954. TRYING TIMES IN TURKEY Turkish Army tanks are mobilized in the streets of Istanbul after the government proclaimed martial law in three major cities. A special session of the National Assembly was called to deal with the aftermath of violent anti-Greek rioting and destruction. In Istanbul alone, an estimated 300 persons were injured, 30 of them seriously. Police arrested 2057 rioters. U.S. Said Planning To Launch Six of Small Satellites Brussels (U.R) The United States plans to launch six to 10 basketball-sized satellites into the stratosphere before the end of 1958, it was disclosed Friday at the Conference for the Inter national Geophysical Year. The disclosure was made to scientists from both sides of the Iron Curtain by Dr. Homer E. Newell, a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory rocket expert. New ell outlined the American pro gram for the 1957-58 geophysical year before a special committee meeting to coordinate national plans. No Red- Data Soviet delegates attended the meeting, but volunteered no-in formation about Russia's satellite plans. A Russian expert said the delegation included no rocket experts. He added that he "had no information on that subject" when asked ' if any were ex pected . before the conference ends next Monday. Twice during his report New ell appealed, without mentioning the Soviet Union, for coopera tion in the rocket and satellite programs. Trespasser Puzzled; Must Have Been Asleep Portland (U.R) Charles A. Doll, 26, arrested on a trespassing charge, told police he didn't know how he came to be found inside a locked Portland cafe unless he fell asleep in the basement before it closed. Doll, in response to ques tioning, told officers he moved the juke box 40 feet into the kitchen "to entertain me until I could get out." Sunday, September 11, 195S MEDP-ORD (OREGOK) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Historical Aberneth Treo Gives Up to Age, Disease Salem (U.R) Old age and j disease have caught up with a historical Oregon tree. The State Highway depart-j ment said Saturday it was re gretful to announce that the Ab ernethy Catalpa tree near ' the west edge of McLoughlin blvd. at 18th street in Oregon City must be cut down. The tree recently developed a lateral crack near its base which has caused considerable concern as the tree leans far out over the heavily traveled Pacific highway. Planted Long Ago The tree was planted more than -100 years ago by George Abernethy, provisional govern or of Oregon from 1845 to 1849. It was set in his backyard at the time, when the road north ward out of Oregon City ran along the edge of the Willamette river in front of his home. The residence was destroyed by high water in the flood of 1861. Several years ago the Susan nah Lee Barlow Chapter of the Daughters of the American Rev olution called the attention to the Highway department to the historic value of the tree. Given Protection Steps were taken immediate ly to give it maximum protec tion by building a curb around the tree and placing' a heavy chain above the main crotch to prevent the tree from splitting. Catalpa trees normally reach maturity in about 100 years. Be cause of the age of this tree, increment borings - were made by Alvin Parker, farm forester for Clackamas county and they disclosed that the" trunk was badly decayed. So the Highway department decided to cut down the Catalpa to prevent a fur ther hazard to highway traffic. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sundays 10:15 A.M. THERE ARE NO FINER DECORATING COLORS Ready to u$ No mixing or matching Dismissal Said Due To Economy Program - Portland U.R1 The Board of Commissioners of the Port land Housing Authority Satur day declared the dismissal of Floyd S. Ratchford as executive director was motivated by a de sire to curtail expenses. The authority, in a written statement, said the dismissal "was not prompted nor oc casioned by any charges of im proprieties. The action, they said, "was in the best interests of the housing authority" and should not reflect on Ratchford's reputation. Ratchford appeared before the board Tuesday to defend his poli cies, but the board made it clear those policies had no bearing on his dismissal. Choice of finish In """"V VJ ' " or ruber ?"" 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