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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. .
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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.
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Dismissal Said Due
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- Portland U.R1 The Board
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land Housing Authority Satur
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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.
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