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l with be bought daily at any oi the following stores in - um I" . flooketore, Waco;- st, (3 1| p" y,“ On the whole activities st th Toronto mm. was» at. fiifZi-us-f Familial. sill. {gggllgerlfh-‘rgad Buigmerslgetogv; . e e-

ra durum» will deli m to carrier's»; n so per deybar u ‘n’ Mm‘ m [ire your order to the boy responsible ior dellveriu on your route. -Thls column is reserved for news B03110

Summenid b 10c per week. Phone 289-1 ior this “we”, o;

H009 and Calgary

lnents carried out during 19 ‘l and in 1938 the extension to epierand other ieizlllties helped consider- ably with handling thevolume oi trade that was brought to the

oi local interest but advertising oi Select Flour the popular brands at P It

n newry nature may In: inserted . Your dealers. at 4 cents e word etrlctl! Plr- J .____. able in advance. lbu-fi. JUSTIN Rotter

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-BURN DRY WOOD; it is quick flee o! and clean; buy Sweedlsh steel axes, memos Dlsslcn saws and ash are handles

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o . During the season 200.000 bush- ole oi’ potatoes leit the t oi Slunme “. Included in is iig- lire ls a. small quantity oi tumlps. ' One steamer took a cargo oi hay to Newfoundland, which is an un-

si Brawl 1-387-12-30-21. a ESABCE on»... sauce rosrs ‘Ebert? bI-oufieliilgrflilceéilm _""-' B! 5nd 1B8" at smell end. 8 to Summerside‘ two molasses wees] fiidfidsiflll'ila“ifwi“l’tlérfiltiii*°" lslz.~i.lzi.zzs'"s.z.rsr.m..~vnli Admls c. Also regal _ _ _ _ i

m“ ' “m mam -“] I‘ m 13 3° 31' goats‘ 111%? sixteTevn calls atnd the L_247_13_3!_u_ _ATTENTION ‘ K _ Elli”? V81 O cos. I 88.0191‘!

_ ____ > s Rmk opengwxonybwslglturfi‘ irom Europe brought coal ior R.

_.nm5n n54» AND c0515., December 31 1938 s sung mm '1‘. Holman and Joseph Read and A [flirty was before Mamet-age a m m p‘ n; _mmeuem ice and Co. one potato boat leit Summer- rmlv..°".,.l.'.eet.".tz."lmg=,.ylil mil-v m-‘w- iv- wu Mo» ziizpis'i?°z‘.i“i..i.“.i‘.se"z.'silsi r oun . ind lined $26-00 and costs-S y §Ln°§$°fi§“m“"“'$ 7°“ Mmls‘ onesteamerwent to Noriolk. Vir-

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—-RB8IGNS Flt/OM TEACHING STAFF-Nil‘. Calvin Bow-tress has resigned irom the leaching staii 0i the Biimmotside High School t9 take effect on the 1st. oi February when he leaves ior Toronto to Join,

his brother, Dr, Rendle Bownese-S

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QUEENS WHAIJI’

The Queen's Whari which is the oldest whari in Summers?‘ and which was deeded to the Dominion Government last year has had considerable improve- ments made to it during 1088. The Dominion Government spent .311,- 500 on it. The work consists oi 500 ieet oi new wall on each side

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Ly “v20 whfibfigldwgl; “u” The c353 was 5pm” made oi treosoted lumbe set into and other ueiness done. Biils =- the bflwh- with 5°“! 3°“! ted were, pom 11,5 g1 3Q P irom side to sije oi considerable- Unpgld $539,,“ Elm", h, d ersonals thickness u, sup ort the walls. bills $090.35: Unis-id. $103 1B. Elle —-—— This whari {luv dee shelter roi- usual “from. oi 400 was voted ior -Mrs. Elle Hinton oi Surnrner- “shim? bu“ “"3 15 "Bed 91mm‘ u"? m8 0°01“? H05 ital. A com- side left recently ior Thronto where “My durmi m‘? 115111118 5655m- municeii-lon mom the hool Board will spend the winter months.

h ior en ‘additional sum or money ior i-é tc.. was discussed and iurther discumion. A

school d e laid over ior

-rvir. and Mrs. Gerald Monlgom»

INCREASE IN VALUATION 0F PROPERTIES

rrsolutron oi thanks was passed to eiry or Mpngton were Twang vism," The year i938 has seen an in- all 060 who contributed to the lo Summersidc, having motored crease in thevalue oi property for Community Chest d and partic- oven-B assessment oi $91,000. This - lglarlv isslRoss and the distrl- eludes the new Selrlte Building ullng ‘ttee ior their stren- ._D;-_ wui Home; arrived in Built by Winsloe J. Lldstonie ior- i1°lj1<d° ‘l’; bagkgtlgfl-YIQIIK’; 101' 1nd Surnmerslde by plane on Thursday rner mayor" oi Summers!‘ . The ~ 5% - 1119f! m8 ld- on account o1 the illness oi his new Strong building next to

1. mother. Mrs. R, '1'. Holman-s Strongs store and additional

L ___ building to the P. E. I. Fur Pool i and C. N. S. F. B. A. buildings on

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Summerside

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The stage is set, everything in readiness to record the greatest drama of all — "I939".

We don't know what is in the script, but we hope there will be plenty of happy scenes for everyone, of you.

Your patronage made our 1938 one of tlie best yet. We appreciate it, and are out to give you better entertainment than ever in the New Year.

Water Street. BUILDING ACTIVITIES

Besides this there has been a Rood deal oi building going on in the residential part oi the town. Mr. LorneRead has just moved in to his very rncdem house on Church Street. Mr. W. A. Currie and Mr. H. T. Holman Jr., have erected neat little houses on Beaver Street. Norman Prlchard has built e. Dutch Colonial house on his fathers property on Duke Street.

M. s. Schurman and Company have put up two cottages on East Street, which are ve and suitable ior smal . ‘They also built a new parsonage ior the Central Christian Church, wthich is in th serial-bungalow s e

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Tanton’s Lumber Mills erected three nice dwellings on Russell Street. Allie Palmer built iour semi detached houses two on Kirk‘ street and two at the north oi Granville Street. Some of the large old houses have been turned into apartments, the tendency everywhere is to save on iuel. St. Paul's Rectory has been moved into the centre oi the lot and e cement ioundetion put under it. The parochial grounds now have a very nice appearance and with the coming oi’ spring the gardens can be laid out to much better advantage.

Mr. J. E. Dalton has purchased a small property on Notre Dame Street, almost opposite to 5t. Paul's Rectory and has remodeli- ed it, making it one oi’ the most

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Best shes For The New Year

May I939 bring you plenty of. smiles from Dame Fortune, joy. good health. Md euccees in all your efforts.

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desirable properties in the town. ‘rhere have been many other im- provements to roperties which all add to the va ue oil the proper- ties and s stance.

The Cour house ls the biggest building project undertaken ior some years, but alterations are not yet complete. when they are summerside will have a very iine building ior their Court house.

AIRPORT

Considerable work was done during 193B to the airport atSum- merslde. Gradln was carried on and a new ro made round the side oi the air field.

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made f0 the silencers oI-he en- gines at the Ziiectric Light Plant which h» sreatlv reduced the noise. g_

OYSTER INDUSTRY

The oyster industry in Prince County has developed rapidly dur- ing i938 and the development in the rivers and bays has been a- bout 100 per cent more than last year. Oysters shipped in 1937 were about 2.000 boners-and in 1938 a.- ‘600 which is almost double thatoi the previous year.

SILVER FOX FURS

Although the price oi the pelts to date has not been en- courflsius. lpbroximetely 90,000 pelts wen- handled up-to-datc ior sale or shipment.

DEATHS RECORDED

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During the year Just passed Summerslrle has lost some oi its most outstanding citizens in the persons oi the late Archdeacon C. deWolie White, D.D., Rector oi St. Mary's Church, summer- slde and oi St. John's Church, 5t. Eleanor-s; the late Dr. E. E. Sinclair a native oi’ the town and practicin physician ior about 25 years. e late J. A. Brace, and James R. Kenny, two oi Surnmcr- sides oldest business men, doing business on water Street ior over heii a century; Judge G. S. In- man and H. H. Leiurgey, other well known citizens who died just before the New Year oi 1938. Mrs. Edward C. Strong. moth-er oi the present Stipendialy Magistrate for

‘ the town and oi Mr. Heath Strong,

KC, passed on in 1938 and in her Surnmerslde lost one oi her oldest and best beloved citizens.

View Demand Obstacle To Peace Efforts

IDNDON, Dec. 39 —(AP) Lon- don political observers saw Ger- many's demand today ior sub- marine pariiy with Great Britain as a psaibl-e blow to Prim: Min- ister Chamberlain's hopes ior Eu- ropean weasernent.

Although there was no present

evidence the 1985 Anglo-German Naval Treety is to be denounced or even threatened. observers ielt the German demand was certain to be interpreted by sections oi the British public as an abrogation oi the spirit oi this pact in defiance x Chamberlain's peace ei- or . ‘They recalled the Munich Anglo- Germm “no war" declaration. an- nounced alter the Four-Power Pact, pointed sgpeciilcall to the Anglo-Gennan Naval eaty as one c! the evidenc" oi the desire oi the German '0 British peo- pies never to go - war again.

British oifiicials, explaininr Ger- many was tfilkhlq advantage oi a loophole in the 1936 treaty did not

lose what reasons she gave ior her decision. but they described thorn as “very general." on submarines and enjoying a 100-36 ratio over Ger- many under their 1005 treaty, Bri- tain put in clauses permitting sub- marine Parity to Ger- ear that Britain would British submarine 1X11“ keep. Germany rom ev- eilieciiive unda-wemr

ieet.

Since the treaty was signed. however. Britain increas her submarine tonnage 1mm 50.000 l0 70,000 tons.

British naval circles ieeregli (éier; many was building e. vast 99 ° ingenious “minnow” submarines Ibiperts soy this new type 0i su-’b- mersible weighs only 250 tons and can be turner‘ out by mam 91°‘ duct-ion methods. It is said i» have aulificient cruising radius to go ircm Germany. around the Illa and

back without re-

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One ioreign naval expert oom- menting on Germany's announce‘- ment today said: "with Germanys air i-crce and a swarm oi these things, the British Navy

never can blockade Germany again."

say all the nice things we wish for you in 1980.0 So you'll lust hove-to take-them u; sold in ' .

HAPPY NEW YEAR 1'0 ALL

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(Conflnued 1mm page 8, e people that he met than

th . 1h thatcaseheproved dmthecould control the travels oi his mind cl iair as g: 3st section obi, a dream svel- " mania. WIHM certain associations, go back ox- actly ere he wanted to go." The author iinallv asks: "Ii

still in store ior us, and it live again in that section

en it is going to be possible to do the ior the future section? shall aible to think oi something

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(So the article ends in s Tm- tion and it is not certain the we should be any the happier ii we could answer it in the aiiiiirnative. iltsllcsit oi

catastrophic and inevitable; the subject never- hook warning. Most oi them. and especially those oi Delphi were ambiguous and in- accurate as our author ints out. However here is someth ng ior us to discuss in the long winter nights!)

NOTES 0N ISLAND PLANTS

The Pinaceae (Continued) The camlbium or inner bark the While Pine was eaiten, raw or cooked, by the Indians in times oi scarcity. and “tea" was made horn the roots oi the larch.

The White Spruce Piece can. adensis, sometimes called the Cat Spruce, is a harldsome tree and widely distributed in Comrade. It is mainly valued as a source oi’ pulp- wood. Scrm points oi distinction are the glam-sue twios and the slender ale leaves, which er": un- plea-snt v scented ("cat some”). The con-e is longer than those oi our other spruces. The Rad Spruce, P , the owl's covered with short downy heirs (pubescent), leaves mostly slender. dark sreen. some- times wiiih a yellow tinge, and cones ovoid-shamed. and reddish brown. This is the most valuable o! our spruces, used {or con- ilooring. end pulp. Peattle notes that red spruce is considered the best American wood ior rescundirc beards oi musical instruments. In the days oi “sail- ing vessels" the timber oi this spruce was great request. both in the United States and Britain for sail-yards.

The Black Spruce, P. marlnns, (formerly P. nigra). has pubes- cent twiss too. but the leaves are short, and "oi a pale bluish men. with a strong whitish bloom" says Gray. e cones short, almost gicbcse. “dull grayish brown, per- sisting for several years." This tree is not commended ior limber. but is said to be e. great source oi paper pul/p. The young twigs however give the flavor to “spruce beer," and before the introduction 0i’ chicle, the sap oi the black spruce was used as a ‘oundation oi chewing

is an elegant, tapering tree, with syonmetricallv divided branches. says Bain. The leaves are arranged all in one plane on the young sterile twigs; the cones are long erect cylindrical. and at iirst vio- let-blue in color, their scales fell- ing away from the skis at matur- ity. ‘I'll-e timber oi this iir is soit an-cl light. end oi comparatively lit- tle use. except as fuel The resin and “Canada Balsam." iound in stem-blisters m siurmer, ore used

in industry ) and in scien- 53 popu" iii-l ch ‘a n gum oi the schoolboy. In my note- book oi parasitic diseases this ire-i

The town has laid nearly hi0 iii"- il r tr ts this il-urc Fingers and nails stained with owed vim lo heirliu m un- [Qpfis Ifllfiblbiéehedfll‘ the ‘.32 ‘sxgtreleiis veaetaglemplarirgizea? gwbfiiilélgéldfl 311g reached, and thrill,“ pm; “m”. h en YGDGWE . 1168f 500D QC 8 i j f [h Eileen. astral: lifts?” arises “'“ "' ° "“‘“"' °“"°""'"' A ‘ ‘ti: . well into lihe centre 0i the lemon. & L . Water lpes have been laid on —--—- I q .

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Street. A new s ll Y FUND °

the West-Hind well. to ensure a. beiore it has to be n-icatmihal- Sllfllmflrlide

continuous water supply should lows the starch 8111M l" he illllf;

anything go wrong. Changes were to swell. so that the batter is lg -_- ‘

——_= i ‘ ___ ‘i i l 1 Good Fortune In I939 p 4 i Our wish ll qnh ‘ ' 0 m! mo: H. ‘all: bu” u“ - g ‘ llllil-‘llglnis and the goodwill of

i; Mag the New Yéortuelfir in an era of ‘

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> swan" at“; . gamma-dd, . onunerstreel. llmmeeeide

is conspicuous es having three or

gun. The Balsam Fir. Abiea balsamen S1

as any other o! me Iamily. And whet is still worse in certain . lccslitiu it is aeln killed our. by e lull white, mo y insect known Bark house (Drey-

eristbe Hemlock. rsodt

in tannin and is used ior tenni leaves were boiled e

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are aural]. mattered. ilst iliild whitened below, and the cones are mall and ndulcus irom the ends oi the t gs. lomlly but Cedar,’ now botanists as Th a oc- , is a large: rou trtele. ound mos y “l? Prince Coimty The wood is the most durable oi our native “ s and is much in demand ior ierice and teleph , sills for buildings, and ior best clam oi shingles: it is very soft and light and fragrant. Iit burns with an aiblc odor, and thisorsoimesim artreewasused in secrliidai ceremonies by the ancient Greeks, h

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the d/urezbillty oi the wood. The minute, scale-like leaves-made into an ointment, were ‘used by the In- guns. as a remedy ior rheuma-

We he/ve, e/t least. two cis oi Juniper. the last oi our and we must be camiul to dis- tinguish them, since the pop» lore gives the naime "Juni " t0 who/t is very d erent . The J I is a prostrate evergreen shrub, bearing, not cones, but a blush-black berry th a bloom. and e. resinzus taste. This an‘? in spite oi its ine taste. was

ten tli In ians, hope ior m e proper-ac; The

its in-etlc Juniper berries used in the- man- uiacture oi Hollands gin, are gath- ered and sent to that country ircon

Oi the iour circumpolar, con- stellations Ursa Major is the beet known since it is made up oi the Great Dipper, and many other les- ser stars, the whole Bfllptiifiilg to the popular imagination oi the anicienis as the outline oi a Great Bee-r. which circles round the North Pole. The seven stars oom- ing the Dipper mark out the all and loins oi the Bear. or as an old writer inel»: aptly puts it. "the Bear's tail and rumpz" six of the stars are oi second, and one oi third magnitude brlghtnes. The rw oii stars the outline

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What we call the Dipper, is cal- led in England “The Plough," and the handle. represents the plough "stiltsz" still another name was “Charles Wain" (wagon) the handle being the wagon "shell-s."

, ' a n "King Henry IV" makes one oi his characters say: . ‘Charles’ Wain is aver the newi chimney. and our horse is not -

pao . Ankoid Greek legend aiccountsI iortheGreeitBeai-byrelatingthat Callisto. the do oi n.

oi Arcadia. having amused the jealousy oi Juno, was trans- formed (

into a bear, by Jupiter. through the trldr and sent Diane in slay the bee: inbfliepzlihese; h“

Jupiter countered v acing iavorite out oi harm's way in the heavens. C ' son. e the con-

Arcas, sites-wards becam steilation of ‘Ursa Minor, the Illirtle

Juno sa/w

iour limes the numb-x" oi diseases

I‘; hundreds oi veers, then men

A NEW YEAR MESSAGE I

symbolortn peasingoithne iii- moi-row, News Year's Day, in viewed in a mlny diiierent vinyl a: there are people. Lei or hope tbs

pg leather. The n and ti:

,, has brood

1° injured. 01‘ hmnelem cats-a total

return home are too often

111*" and make serious iruoads on the biritis oi the region- I

rest oi the have looked up st the iigure oi’ the Greet Bear, which seemed to them a

a. diiierent tale. the Dipper have their own proper motion, bearing them away iroln

tant “some day" there will Dipper es we know it. We ang '

the course oi llie time, but that is only

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I CONSERVATION I

I OOLUII OE PIAUIIOAL OPINION! ON I'll VITAL IIIUII LITIOTINO ‘I'll U!!! AND AIUIII OI‘ RATUIAL IIOOUIDII l! Ml. LUDDOW IINIIII. IAIGIIIIHD

T!!! HOUSE OAT I'll!!!

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young poultry the-n ell the native netual enemies armikiifiied.‘ ghee‘: glxchickens in e- day, a ieat unequalled by any predflcwufi animals with e possible exception oi the mink, Others in the course oi a. season have prectlcallv- dw- yroyed whole conveys oi quail or $2.‘? "i“°t'iiii“iéio‘iin’°‘iilfiliilfi estilnotes that in the New England States alone one and onehali rnil- lions cl birds are destroyed annual-y lyTlegecgiltierlder is not so often the lmownonis tlie woag cat or “wild cat." In 1905 the Society ior the Prevention oi Cruelty to Animals in New York City lrillai monthly an average oi six thousand slclr.

ior the year oii over sevenitly thous- and. A considerable proportion oi these were pets abandoned b!’

le who had Bone to the coun-

ior the slimmer. Moreover. summer visitors to the mountains or seashore sometimes take with them their cats, which. on their leit be- overflow