PROGRESS TOWARDS DISASTER’ Scientists plead for preservation of our wildlife NEWSPAPER item a few : days ago reported that a survey by the Ontario Water Resources Commission discover- ed serious pollution of the Thames River at London and Ingersoll. Perhaps [ could have _ saved them the cost of a survey by telling the that years ago. As a boy in London, Ont., during the Forties, I can recall the sudden appearance in the river of thousands of dead ad dying ~ 4, white bellies up, a ‘tribute of thei. surrender to the poison in the waters. For weeks after the dead fish wculd lie rotting and stinking along the shores of the river. “Ve wcze only boys, b-‘ it hurt to see this ugly destruction. Today it is no easier to -cad that the “once-cleai Kawarthas get dirtier year by year.” Towi.s - dump semi-treated sew 2 into the lakes and rivers; commercial fertilizer used by farmers drains off into the waters; im,.-perly installed septic tanks at lakeside cottages add to the damage. Over a period of a dozen years in London I saw the gra- dual path of destruction. There it was worse because industrial wastes were also dumped into the water. The water temperature rises. People stop swimming in the river because it’s dizty cid un- safe. Game fish disappear and suckers and carp nultiply. Algae begin to grow and choke the stream. Water levels drop. Two chapters in Fish and those present. full attention. And then: J.$. Wallace He has a scheme which he uses a lot To do good by stealth and arrange to get caught But since he’s not here for the sake of his health He only does good when it adds to his wealth. T WAS THE WIND-UP banquet of a patriotic fund drive in Halifax. When a $1,000 donation was announced from Senator Dennis, there was effusive applause. For it was an impressive amount at that time and in that place. And besides, Senator.Dennis controlled the morning and after- noon papers: they could aid or end the careers of most of One of these was Dr. Arthur C. Hawkins, Mayor of the City. He rose to his feet and waited until he had the “There’s a girl working for Mahons, Ltd. who gets only $6 a week. Out of that sum she is contributing 25 > cents a week. I didn’t hear any cheers for her. But I heard cheers for Senator Dennis who is only giving back five percent of what he made out of the war.” ‘ The Halifax Herald and The Evening Mail had a slogan: side “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” What Dr. Hawkins said wasn’t found fit to print. But they didn’t stay silent: they found and made issues until they drove him out of office. He didn’t stay silent either but, though in his late sixties, kept on learning and kept on fighting until he was shoulder to shoulder with the Communists. I counted it a solemn honor when I served as one of his pallbearers. e INALLY ARRIVING back in my natal city I became friends with the Sutcliffe family and was often struck by the way the political development of John I. paral- leled that of Dr. Hawkins. Then I learned that he came from Nova Scotia. A little later I learned what school he had gone to as a boy. It was in a village whose name I’m not quite sure of now but then I Knew it was the same school Arthur Hawkins went to. I toyed with the idea they might have known and influenced each other. No, Hawkins was too old at that time. But they both had had the same teacher. That was over 100 years ago; what could ‘that teacher have known then? One thing if no more than one thing: he knew how to teach two of his pupils to think. a It will be a long wait for our young anglers unless pollution of our lakes and rivers is end@ Wildwilfe tell the frightening story of the “progress toward disaster” on the Great Lakes. Over 100 years ago salmon and sturgeon could be caught easily in Lake Ontario. Today the in- ferior catch is lake he-zing and perch. Tomorrow perhaps it will be carp and catfish. HOW TO MAKE BETTER BATTER OES YOUR fried chicken have a nice crispy crust or does the coating come off during frying? Food scientists say there’s a trick to making the batter stick. Instead of rolling the uncooked chicken in the batter, cook it first. Then dip the fried pieces in batter and fry them in deep fat just long enough to brown and cook the coating. Although the tests were made with commercial frozen _pro- ducts, the method should work equally well with meats cooked in the home and served imme- diately. In case you wondered, here’s why the batter tends to come off when it’s applied before the ' chicken is cooked: Chicken parts lose about one-fourth of their weight during frying — from evaporation of moisture. When raw pieces dipped in batter are cooked, the batter coagulates before the meat shrinks. Then the shrinkage and pressure from steam cause a loose-fitting coat- ing that peels readily. The scientists also found that dredging the meat in flour or some other thickener before dipping it in batter does not reduce this peeling. The thicker the coatings are, the more readi- ly they peel. Starchy thickening ingredients have only a slight effect on the color of the coating, and they make little difference in how well the coating sticks to the meat. Egg content also has little effect on adhesion, but it does- add color to the batters. Recently it was charged in the Ontario Legislature that the Great Lakes are becoming a septic tank. The charge was made by Fred Young (NDP, Yorkview), who based it on a rc nt study condzsted by the Great Lakes Institute. Fish and Wildlife is a collec- - tion of articles by 16 writers. Fourteen are scientists; the other two are Gregory Clarkc and Bob Turnbull, outtoorsmen ....d woll- known writers. The book is a tribute to the scientific work of W:iliam Harkness and to his contribution to conservation. There is in the book a love of nature and a philosophy of man’s need to commute with nature. There is an apz2a! throughout for enlightened public pressur2 for conservation. Perhaps one could ../ that conservation has to “9 with hoy? W are or should £2 preserving nature. Pollution has to do with ho-v we are destroying her. Per- haps we are destroying more quickly than we are preserving. I would have liked to see more about this in the t->k, How great a role does indus- } TRAVEL VISIT MOSCOW KIEV LENINGRAD and other cities in the Soviet Union Special Ist Class Rates Only $15.00 Per Day contact: GLOBE TOURS i 3 - | M615 SELKIRK AVE. - WINNIPEG, MANITOBA - JU-° FREE: travel bag with every overseas air ticket FFELELOCSLCOS SSI SIOOD SG LLOGIS: a June 5, 1964—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—P99 ure try play in ruining Be waters? Cities ard. 0 Sportsmen? 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