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Two recent council committee meetings have discussâ€" ed snow removal from city sidewalks. The last recomâ€" mendation was that an engineering report on the matter be deferred for consideration by a 1968 committee. It has been pointed out that implementation of the existing bylaw is almost impossible in all instances. Even without such difficulties it leaves much to be desired. One logical alternative is the promulgation of a new bylaw providing for sidewalk clearance by the gity. Stratford, among other cities in snowâ€"belt areas, emâ€" ploys a snow blower for such purposes. Its use here should not be dismissed too jauntily. Lawns, which are covered in snow anyway for winter months, would hardâ€" ly suffer unduly for an extra blanket blown on. Certainly they would seem a more desirable location for unwanted snow, than sidewalks that are in constapnt use. ~ City engineer D‘ Arcy Dutton has indicated that capâ€" ital outlay for such a scheme would be in the area of $35,000. While this may seem quite a sum, it should be remembered that impassable sidewalks are not the most desirable state of affairs either. The stores regularly put munication sets on their cc pressure from their youngs Most cities faced with winter take practical and effective mean erloo would do well to lead the dissenters to such methods in this Every year for the past three years, Ottawa‘s departâ€" ment of transport and many retailers engage in a ridicuâ€" lous Christmas ritual that should be promptly ended. The stores regularly put out walkieâ€"talkie radio comâ€" munication sets on their counters. Parents under strong pressure from their youngsters, buy the sets for presenâ€" tation on Christmas morning. The department of transâ€" port then comes up with a stiff reminder that children‘s games with walkieâ€"talkies are against the law. The sets on many occasions have been used to cause mischievous damage. In one instance, a crane operator was ordered by a child of uncertain age to let drop the material he was carrying. _ 22 % _ NS _ maillg AVURUURAEOEORE COOME UR EDRI U o e ts o On another occasion false marine distress calls went out bringing police and harbor authorities rushing to the aid of nonexistent sailors. The department has the regulatory powers to stop the abuse, if the problem is real. If the dangers are exagerâ€" ated then, let‘s cut out the official statiec and leave the cops and robbers game alone. Many adults have nostalgic memories of youthful expeditions to cut a Christmas tree. It was a wonderful outing for father and son an it is not unnatural that many persons would wish to pass on the experience to their own children. 1. w onl ol on $X AnLnas *n However not everyone lives on farms or woodlots with suitable trees. Most land « lated centres is now privately owned and to the public. sudne & a3 | 2 500 5A ht shiicditt6d Many of the trees which appear from the roadside to be eminently suited to the corner of one‘s livingroom are part of valuable forests or privately owned Christmas tree farms. Too often, gaps appear in such areas where an intruder has cut the top off a large tree and left the stump behind, or where several trees were wantonly cut and only the best taken. A criminal charge for theft can be laid against anyâ€" one apprehended in such acts. Giving such example to one‘s children is hardly a suitable preparation for Christâ€" mas, and leaving oneself open to such folly is hardly creditable or wise. 4 The Watericoo Chronicle, Wednesday, Decoember 13, A division of Baulk Publishers Ltd. Published every Wednesday at Waterloo Square, Waterloo, Ont. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Canada: one year $3.00; in United States and â€"foreign countries: one year $4.00 Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Waterloo Could Lead Leave Trees Alone They Violate Law ; faced with winter ice and snow hazards 1 and effective means to combat them. W atâ€" do well to lead the way for the pocket of such methods in this area. arge for theft can be laid against anyâ€" 1 in such acts. Giving such example to hardly a suitable preparation for Christâ€" y oneself open to such folly is hardly Established 1854 on farms or has access to Most land close to popuâ€" owned and not available One can stand on Parliament Hul and see, ut laree Qibirerent directions, lhe grey, _ wooden faces of 25â€"yearmâ€"oiu . structiures that sprang up uuring the Sccond World War as toumporary ofiuces for the influx ot civil servants. Last Juily tne revenue departâ€" ment threw a uule parcy to celeâ€" brate the 50th annmiversary of income tax, insu.iuted as a en porary measure in 1917 to finâ€" ance the First world War. By rENRY F. HEALD OTTAWA â€" The word "temâ€" porary" in Ottawa has a rather permanent connotation. FROM THE GALLERY Highlight of the celebration was a look at several million dolâ€" lars worth of electronic data proâ€" cessing equipment which will be installed in a very permanent building to keep track of what Canadians owe Lne government. No one was misled when Finâ€" ance Minister Sharp introduced his temporary fiveâ€"perâ€"cent hike in income tax and the boost in taxes on liquor and tobacco. One of the Oltlawa papers ran a graph showing that income tax hit its peak in 1943 when a $5,000â€"aâ€"yearâ€"man paid out $1,000 in income tax. Shortly after the war it dropâ€" ped to the $500 to $600 range and has not varied very mucn. What the graph doesn‘t say, of course, is that 1943‘s $5,000 earner could live a lot more comfortably on his remaining $4,000 than today‘s worker on his $4,500. In defence of Mr. Sharp it must be said that he handled the political side of his budget speech rather well. He skated so neatly around the medicare isâ€" sue that it took a second reading to realize that he had not irreâ€" vocably committed himself to a July 1, 1968 deadline. He silenced critics of big govâ€" ernment with the fact that the service has remained near oneâ€" perâ€"cent of the population for the past 15 years and for the past six years has been declining as a percentage of the labor force. Then he quoted Opposition Leader Stanfield who told a magâ€" azine interviewer that it was imâ€" possible, in this modern age, to assume that government expendiâ€" tures can be cut radically. Apart from an agonizing five minutes read in French (part of the government‘s promotion of bilingualism seems to be to have every Liberal snokesman give at least part of every speech in French) it was a commendable performance. _ _The official criticism of the four opposition parties was preâ€" Nothing‘s Temporary in Ottawa dictable. What is disturbing is the _ unofficial, _ overâ€"theâ€"coffeeâ€" cups â€" concern _ expressed _ by thoughiful MPs of all parties, not the least the Liberals. It falls into two general cateâ€" gories. One is the recognition that various regions of Canada do not necessarly require the same kind of momentary policy at the same time. With this goes the fecling that the government does not really have the tools, then, to solve its most basic problem. The other is the feeling that the government has lost the conâ€" fidence of the public. One vetâ€" etn Liberal put it this way; It isn‘t what happens in the Comâ€" mons that affects public opinion, it is the impression people get about what happens there. And the people have the impression PDec. 8. A lively discussion took place in council concerning the new Bickle hook and ladder truck purchased for the fire deâ€" partment. It seemed that some members of council did not think the fourâ€"cylinder engine was powâ€" erful _ enough. _ One â€" alderman claimed it would not go up the Allen Street hill in high gear. Council approved a petition by local barbers to have shops closâ€" ed cach day, except Saturday, by 7 p.m. Walter Bean,. son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Alex Bean, suffered seâ€" vere facial injuriecs during a SPA junior hockey semifinal game beâ€" tween the Marlboros and the University of Toronto. 30 YEARS AGO Nec. 14. An employee at Sunâ€" shine Waterloo Co. learned a painful lesson, not to stick out his tongue while working. A piece of steel became imbedded in his tongue which took a docâ€" tor a long time to remove. Contract for the Carlingâ€"Kuntz brewery addition was given to Dunker Construction. The brewâ€" ery also erected a large neon sign complete with clock and thermometer at the corner of King and William Streets. Local cattle breeders were calâ€" ling for a compulsory TB testing of all cattle as a result of a large number of infected western catâ€" FILES OF YESTERYEAR 40 YEARS AGO YOU LOSE that the government is not in control. Nobody resigns from the Pearson cabinet on matters of principle, and even more imâ€" portant, nobody gets fired. The answer to the first critiâ€" cism may require a degree of totalitarian â€" economic â€" planning that is unacceptable in this country, but the answer to the other is readily available. The rumors of disagreements within the cabinet have been too regular and too persistant to be written off as speculation. Why then has not someone been someone been shown the door? Prime Minister Pearson is likeâ€" ly to find that the oil he pours on the troubled waters of cabinet disunity will grease the skids that slide the Liberals out of office. tle being shipped into the area. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 12. Twelve Twin City resiâ€" dents were fined for having liqâ€" uor in their possession, on which no excise tax had been paid. All the accused were employed at Seagram Distillery, all 12 lost their employment. Jerome _ Bohnert _ fortunately escaped injury when his truck was completely wrecked in a collision with a CNR freight train at the St. Leger Street. Kitâ€" chener crossing. The truck was dragged 40 yards and Mr. Bohâ€" nert climbed out without a seratch. 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 12. Edward Snider, retail businessman purchased the Braeâ€" side Home building in Preston. He will operate it as an apartâ€" ment house, his plans also includâ€" ed the construction of a retail shop on the grounds facing King Street. Christmas carols will be broadâ€" cast from the top of the Waterloo city hall or fire station during the Yuletide season. Nicholas Wiens, recreation director, was in charge of the carols. Council gave a third reading for the bylaw approving the sale of natural gas. The Ontario fuel board gave their approval two weeks previous and it is expectâ€" ed that citizens would begin reâ€" ceiving gas by the end of De cember. â€"9