The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-11-13
Talks To
Lions About
Canada

Gives Side Lights About
Life Across the Boraef.
ARE CHANGING IDEAS
ABOUT U. S. CITIZENS
Although a large number
of Libby Lions were out Mon
day looking for their meat,
nevertheless the meeting, in
the Presbyterian church par
lors, was unusually interest
ing for the few who attend
ed. Lion Jack Swarens pre-
sided in the absence Of Pres
ident Rowland, who was one
of the hunters.
A very little business was trar1s-
acted following the serving Of an
excellent dinner. One OF the Lions
present was Or. L. Mesuman, who
is transferring his membership from
Kirksville, Mo, to the Libby Club.
DR.. Mossman is native Canadian,
having spent his boyhood md young
manhood in the Winnipeg terri
tory. He was asked to speak to the
Lions on conditions in Canada and
did 50 in very interesting man.
ner for several minutes. He first
told Of the excellent soil through
out much OF the district with which
he was acquainted-a soil that is
absolutely black and 50 fertile that
so bushels OF wheat and Ito bushels
OF oats to an acre Is common &C.
currence. In speaking OF public
utilities, he said that great water
power plants have been developed
along the Winnipeg river and that
the electricity produced from these
plants is sold to consumers at very
low rate. He remarked that prob
ably the rate in that krea Is TIE
lowest ia the world and quoAod
figures that snhstaz1iat4d HI, A1nta-
ment. However, this was explain
able to some extent by the further
statement that wages were also
quite low.
DR.. Mossman was asked what
Canadians thought Of their neigh
bors in the United States. He said
the Canadians think most highly OF
President Roosevelt; in fact, they
love him. He also said that an err
roneous impression Of United
States citizens, held for years BY
practically all Canadians, is for
tunately rapidly being corrected.
He said that formerly Canadians
thought OF u. S. citizens as noisy
and blatant, ill-mannered and loud
dressers, men and women who
threw their money around indis-
criminately- In fact, said he, the av-
erage u. S. citizen, as the Canadian
saw him, was very much disliked.
Fortunately this mistaken opinion
is now being corrected quite rapidly,
said DR.. Mossman. What created
this mistaken notion was the fact
that certain uncultured Americans
who had become rich quickly, de-
cided to do lot of travelling in
Canada. They were all the Canad-
ians thought them to be: noisy, blat-
ant and ill-mannered. But now
that the Canadians are becoming
better acquainted with Americans
from this side Of the line, they are
finding that the II. S. citizen is nc
different from the Canadian, that
in fact, it is difficult to tell them
apart.
DR.. Mossman was also asked re-
garding law enforcement in Can
ada. He said laws in Canada are
made to be enforced and that they
are enforced. As an example, he
said that if there is a law against
carrying concealed weapons and II
a citizen is caught violating that
law he gets 80 days in Jail. There il
simply no evading the penalty. All
other law enforcement is equally
strict, he said. The Northwes1
Mounted Police are still as able anc
unrelenting in their pursuit of I
criminal as in the days that they
won for themselves the sobriquet
They get their man." He sale
they get their man today if he i.
still alive.
DR.. Mossman also said there /!
practically no corruption among
the police officers OF Canada.
few years ago corruption was sus
pected among the police force O
Winnipeg, he stated. A thorough in.
vestigation was made and out Of ;
police force large enough to tak'
care of that large city, only Is pc
hcemen were discharged. DR.. Moss
man also touched on the cost o
living in the United States and ii
Canada, and gave figures to shov
that he found cost Of living ex
ceedingly low while going to schoo
In Kirksville. However, quality O
vegetables and fruits is much below
what one finds In the west. D1
Mossman is planning to become
u. S. citizen.
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