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P THE CANADIAN SPORTSMEN‘S show will start in high gear t&'fldnand‘hlhwhnmideavhatnwfuturufin be presented, we imagine there will be some of them. hnnkli.‘wenldomattandtbem'uvemtoohha up with what is new in fishing tackle and guns each year to \ worry whether Sparky the seal still has his seaworthy qualities ‘or not. > ~ j IKf you‘ll take a tip from an oldâ€"timer‘who has been pushed in every possible direction by the crowds, you will attend this ts * feature sometime during the week, you will aiso make your entrance during the afternoon before all the Torontonians get away from their work. * Best of all, if you happen to hold a job where steel toes are necessary in your shoes, then wear this pair to the Sportsâ€" men‘s Show. You‘ll need them when the crowd starts to get bad. MANY CROWS HAVE REâ€" TURNED to this and other disâ€" tricts and the vermin hunters are building up a big head of steam as they ready their verâ€" mint rifles, crow calls, owl decoys and shotguns. _ Possibly because the hand of every man is turned against Not only is he extremely reâ€" ‘uctant to let you get within <hooting distance, but he has a bag of tricks all his own when you do start tossing lead. For a bird that at first glance appears awkward, he can do more fancy cavorting around the sky than anything else we know of. He may present a fair target area if you count his wings, but there sure isn‘t him, the crow is one of the smartest of all our birds not cxcepting the Canada goose and the cock pheasant. thers. The crow is vermin, a bag egg, regardless of how you look. He would rather rob a mallards nest than he would caw and this is saying quite a bit. He gets into trouble either through robbery or sheer hellry and does it easier than any other bird or ani_mal. There is nothing good about the crow, although their are those uneducated â€" individuals who claim he is of great beneâ€" fit in controlling such insect pests as the grasshopper. Only time a crow will bother with grasshoppers is when he can‘t take anything else. Nothing so trifling as a bug will inâ€" terest him if he can get at a young bird or and ear of Yet, despite his well earnâ€" °d reputation as a bad actor, the crow has won the admirâ€" ition of vermin hunters, who in the past ten years have spent. thousands of hours hunting "im and millions of shells tryâ€" iag to knock him out of the y. He is one of the few reâ€" <wining wild birds that you ~in shoot until you run out of "olls . . . if you can convince im to come within range, SAME HUNTING LOCALLY is over for another year and the came stapid restrictions that cxisted last year are on again in regard to crow and groundâ€" hog shooting. In other words, if you are willing to spend time and money on keeping down the vermin population, you must pay for the privilege (?) in every damn county you 10 in to shoot. The Department of Lands and Forests have in the past few years made some excellent inside those feaâ€" § ““'5 CHIGKS FOR MORE PROFITS Day Old Or Started Chicks Canada ml;tereq__llmbm advances, but this bit of stupidâ€" ity is a blotch on an otherwise intelligent effort. We had a couple of L & F overseers try to sell us the idea that having a vermin licâ€" ense good only in one district was basically the idea of farmâ€" ers. We did a lot of checking and have yet to find a farmer who agreed. They have no love for the crow. for the crow. One group we did not check was county councils. These people, through the _ weak kneed policy of the Departâ€" ment, have become virtual dicâ€" tators over hunting in the past few years, and they could be pressuring some of the more pliant (that‘s a nice _ polite word) members of the L & F. Consideration by a governâ€" ment body to small pressure groups is pretty much a thing of the past, although ten years ago it was common enough. However, there is actually no need of it and the Department should stand on its own iwo feet and make its own deciâ€" sions. We think they‘ll find ’they have plenty of backing. SOMEWHAT ALONG THE SAME â€" LINE . . . two _ years ago when the Department of Lands and Forests opened a season on Mourning Doves, a small pressure group of so called bird lovers were able to get them to _ca_ncel the seaâ€" son for the following year.. Sportsmen did not back up the Department with the result that American gunners have had a ball shooting Canadian raised and protected doves. Recently, sportsmens groups have come to their senses and are now putting pressure on the L & F for a return of the dove season. We wouldn‘t be too much surprised if the_y get it, but how much better it would have been for all conâ€" cerned if there hadn‘t been a cancellation in the first place. WATERLOO ROD AND GUN CLUB NEWS by Freddie Shanks First off we wish to thank all the women who helped out at the club last Saturday. They did a fine job in the kitchen and also in serving the meals. We also would like to thank Clarence Schegel for cooking our very delicate meal. Our own chef Uncle Dudley (Walâ€" ter Heldman) also did an exâ€" cellent job as usual, as did the rest of the committee. All in Frey‘s Hatchery all our annual Hunter‘s Banâ€" quet was a tremendous suc cess, thanks to all our guecil PFhone MOhawk 4â€" St. Jacobs, Ont. in full swing every Friday night, with the teams battling: it out for first position. Cun Rumig‘s team is at present in the first spot and has been for sometime. Bud Jeffros‘s team is second and Itch Miller‘s team is close behind. And behind the behind and in the very last . is those very famâ€" ous Barber Felts, captained by managed to get four points but they had to have some outâ€" side help to do it. This week I am told . we are going out ness knows who we might have to hire to accomplish this fete. At any rate it is plenty of fun each week and the rivalry is keen, why not come out and cheer for your favourite team. On â€" Thursday, March 26th, the United Sportsmen‘s Asâ€" sociation is having a social evening and dance at our club house, all members of the club are invited to attend. This would be an excellent opportâ€" unity to meet the members of the various clubs and it is hoped our members will come out and do just that. Brantwist â€" â€" Saxonytwist â€" _ Carvecraft A few of our complete range of Harding carpets See our new display W Il;:":.l:.. INSTALLATION SERVICE . WALLPAPEFR BauPJ y FLOOR TILE TOYS R g BROADLOOM TOYS o# _ PAINTS . INTERIORS LTD. PICTURES Harding 110 KING ST. â€" ABOUT OUR WALLâ€"TOâ€"WALL He has a long record of serâ€" vice in the cooperative move ment, having organized or been a director of more than ten eoâ€"operatives and credit xmicml.J He was viceâ€"president, and is presently on the board of dir= ecters of the B.C. teachers‘ coâ€" operative housing association, which has helped build milâ€" lions of dollars worth of houâ€" sing for its members. He was chairman of the committee that organized the B.C. Teachers‘ Federation Credit Union. He was the first president of the New â€" Westminster â€" Teachers‘ lCouncil and has been the treaâ€" EYES EXAMINED we w« GLASSES FITTED FORMERLY YOUNG‘S BETTER VISION GLASSES NEW ADDRESS y PHONE SH 2â€"1971 zo QUEEN ST. NORTR ImenENERE: ONTARLO FOR APPOINTMENT . R. NIMMO OPTOMETRIST Waterloo SH 3â€"5283 BROADLOOM WALL TILE CUSTOM DRAPES years he mh‘, as their glo- w and mfim‘; forms before he was old enough to vote. By the time he could vote, he refused a Conservative nomination for his home conâ€" stituency because he had come to realize that only through the Coâ€"operative Commonwealth Federation would our governâ€" ment ever become the servant of the masses of the people. He has supported the C.CF. ever since. Mr. Regicâ€"~ in addition to beâ€" ing ‘a Member of Parliament, is also a member of the nationâ€" al executive of the C.CF. In 1958, he was appointed chairâ€" man of the national CCF. Organization Committee. it raD platâ€"