‘H; ll.- DiiilQ: lottrtl i

' l’t' end.

t

at home and abroad.

stlc cred. tit": oi’ v .. Rood

rts well as furred. game.

mad in later years.

black fox. Trim? hich price,

Vliicnt

thwii

.kli‘k(‘(i degree.

the first attempts

l ~ late Robert Oulton.

trapping together for

tin.- first fox ranches. ‘G11 that island. The partner-

_ Oulter-i moved to Now Bruns- ' ftvi- the foxes had been divid- E", Dalton establishing a large >-l n’ ‘fltrnlsh. was not until 1910 that the tniarrled secrets enveloping ' industigv were given to the pub- Then a period of feverish spec- Atlon started, and during the boom than was such a scramble to get foundation stock, that $16,000 was rind for an nvemgo pnir of live fofﬂ in 1913. and some prime pairs Hid for nearly double that amount Fuwequently the industry. which ulis seriously affected by the Great War, recovered and became re-es- l F-‘llllhfd on its present sound pelt . hKiS. in 1m m. naitbn sold his ranch . l n. ' faxes at Tignish to the Charles , l iivvon Silver Black 11px company. . .. ~11 g capital of'$625,000. the foxes ‘ 1 maelves being capitalised at $30.- ln-m pa- pair. This was only one of w» many companies which were ‘MiLQPQmntIY organiled during the "boom."

llglally Honoured Yearly fifty years after his initial . dvllori". l‘ lﬁillI UlIQ ‘i, Q

m w

- w...» a»-»_nuuuuw -.- .... .

with a neplfloent - half llfo t, of a diver

were"...

Was Placer In GreaLIndustry

Accident of Nov. 21' Terminates

. Lieutenant Dovunori m-‘ld away 1n the Chat- lifﬁpltal at sao a. m.‘

Llul-zlliul accident Hon. zfirstralltedsurprislng- t d ‘b k n. 1 ‘i. 1 .. iiesiiocicbutaui-mg the‘ "en an p“ ‘c e Co“ ° dusk, his advanced years and ‘

Born in Tignlsh on June 9, I860. the son of Patrick Dalton and Mary Mwariiiyl Dalton, who settled 1n

i. this Province from Ireland in an early SLJZQ of the Island's develop- ment, Charlea Dalton grew up as a i

1- arm lad, and became an enthusi- mimer and hunter of feath-i

He

acquired first-hand knowledge ti animals which stood him 1n

In his

lwyhood. foxes wore very plentiful in ﬁne vicinity of ‘ﬁinlsh, and his ﬂea: ambition was to capture the the rarest of its kind. pelt always commanded a

riments in breeding these ani- in captivity, and the pheno- suoccss achieved after years experimentation. has 101d many times; by none bet- by Mr. Dalton himself. .- account forms an lnsepztr- var: of his biography, and is hlishod in today's Guardian, 1n he it is familiar to every Edward Islander, and poss- unfafling interest as a prac- lustrzttion of the value of the es of initiative and persever- "liitli were possessed by him=

finding of a beautiful spcisi- of .1 black fox in one of his . and the selling of the skin for lien considered a big

in h c. and his securing of the war n w“

~ =irv piiir which formed the! ~ n: m. stock of the new world-l : ‘ttr fox breeding industry. i ‘fr. Daltorfs association. of - Que, N. B.. who owned a small ~ ‘.1 Cascumpec Harbour. Oul-

‘Til Dalton had been gunning . years. ~ iii the latteris suggestion. wire wit-re

~ continued for ten Years, when t

Fatally In Death of One of Province’s Most Widely Known and Esteem£d_ Citizens.

an eloquent tribute Hon. Dr. Mac- millan said:

which he was dined.’ If tonight ‘we were to sweep up the years bc-

time tlree soar-e years and ten. we would find a young lad in West Prince. Like “undreds of other young lads of that period he was the product of pioneer parents and ancestors, without riches and with ‘little accumulation of the world's goods. His ancestors belonged, how- fever, to God's toiling aristocracy. men and women to whom life was no day dream, but real and hard.

Known throughout tbs world as- 11 o; mum“ , he lqllllflt t»: the silver to: indus- dlnmunm' “d m g . t‘ of the late Lieutenant lmton will be held ' ~.~. e-tl-em in this Province 0 ' for hi8 DI@BOI‘ activities n fox bleeding. but ll a public innit-z -r ..:..l philanthropist, whose lie was iiil vhlffll)!‘ to patriotic cit- liwﬂﬁlli‘) and whose sterling qualities

but at the same time the finest hii- rnan material that ever existed on earth for a nation's structural strength. He was fortunate to be

ten forget, that this settled by Dioneer rﬂurtuzv devel- oped bf.‘ pioneer Plllvlllfiﬁ“ and bles-

ition was the greatest inheritance he received. We sometimes think that time and geography misplaced young Dalton. Seventy-five yenr< I and even fifty years lwfore hz- t\'.i= born. Canada was still Witnrssinif ithe development o.’ the fur trail- ‘and some of the greni ‘ipirv. of ‘that industry were will familiar to the people Among thorn were James UPC-ill. iyzimcitalt- d in tie‘ University which bears iris name Simon .\TCT.'l\'l5l’l. the members of the companies of the North-West‘ and Hudson Bay. followed later byl Donald Snrith and afterwards Lord Stmthenna Heel Dalton lived in ,thnt era, hr‘ would doubtless have ‘been one of that great group who left their mark so deep and endur- ing on Canadian life from the At- lantic to the Pacific. But kind Providence fortunately decreed that ,he would be left to Prince Edward . Island where his efforts would bring lasting benefit to the people."

(ienomua Benefaetlons

‘The wealth that came to Mr. Dal- ton as a result of his pioneer genius 1n the 1m: industry was spent gen- eromly- in the interests of the Pro-

‘vincc. seeing the need of an in- istitritinn for the care and treatment of sufferers from tuberculosis, he established at North Wiltshire in 1914 the Dalton Sanatorium, first of its ltintl to be built in Prince Ed- ‘WIlTd island. and to which lie con- ‘itributcd 560.000. This magnificent ‘bcnefaction. through no fault of its ‘donor, met with ill success. During , the Great War it was taken over by the Dominion Government as a home for convalescent soldiers, and was considerably enlarged. After handed back to the ‘Provincial Government. The attit- ude of the then premier, the late Hon. Mr. Bell, and his associates in the Bell Government. was adverse to undertaking the responsibility of maintaining the Sanatorlllm as a provincial institution, notwithstand- ing the admittedly great need for the facilities it provided. lt was |therefore handed back to Mr. Dal- l ton, and later was entirely scrapped, ‘part of the equipment being given to one of the hospitals Subsequent- l_v the lack of a Sanatorium became so pressing that a new institution had to be erected by public sub- seription. |‘ Mr. Bolton's patriotism was shown during the early stages of the War.

“It is particularly fitting that this sazumut .i»~ ‘he result of a fall on banquet should be held in Summer- an fr; ‘fopaili on November 21. 816$ in the county town of Prince.

~ nrd family wens with for. hare was the lock from which he was hewn: here was the pit from

LATE LIEUTENANT GOV. DALTON

THE

I

Gfkionegr Success , In The For. Industry

reaching success :

I was born at Tlﬂlla on June 0th. 1850. My ta e

from Ireland settled in Prince iﬂwani Island ln their early youth. The country was thui in its early

active political life in 1019, after being defywi along with his party in the gci i-al election of that year. f Hon. Mr. Dalton! kecn interest in i political affairs was eildcnced in another direction. when The’ Guardian newspaper was acquired by a company organized by the then Premier ltirtfhieson, Hon. Mr. Dal- ,ton was one of the principal sub- lscribers and ultimately was elected President. u position which he held until 192: when The Guardian was

transferred to its pnzseiit ownership. sire for For some years following the War. more as I advanced 1n yea-rs. I liv- bqm 1n a pfgvlﬂgg when 51m n». , Mr Dilmn resided with his family ed adjacent to a body of water cal- membgfs “that our children mo M- >at Brooklme, ltfuss, where he pur- led Nail Rand-one of Nature's country wasw-hlised a Elllltliﬂble proprcrtyi. Driiirigig greatest game sanctuaries-where "the llPI10 . owever, e nva a Y various kinds of wild birds ltich as mos ‘ [returned to his iintive Province each gauge, brunt and ducks wounded/overt lmhalgmsvcgntlaliaehmglzfsr 3:‘ o’ pun w of nvrd and lies-rt won for him secl by pioneer religion. ‘rim: lliili- iyvur to mnew old friendships In"! Otter (now extinct) inuakrat and for thousands u! wand personal friends

{to indulge ;of shooting and fishing.

Appointed to Governmrhlp

In November, i930 Mr c. .18 appointed Licutciiaiit Gover- izor of Prince Edwiirrl island, suc- ,ereding the Hon. F. R Hcartz. His ,-.tlocf.ion as the King's representa- in‘? for ill’. imtzzc Province was ‘hailed with general satisfaction. was felt that the highest honour in the gift of the Crown was a well merited one for the services which this distinguished Islander had per- formed. Then in his 81st year. Mr. Dalton possessed an extraordinary measure of physical and mental v1- gor, and the conscientious man- ner in which he discharged the responsible duties of his office tfp to the time of his fatal accident, fully justified the choice made in his ap- pointmcnt.

Anne Gavin. of Tlgniah, and their surviving children are as follows: Charles Howard, MD, C.M., Bom- mcrvillc, Mass; Freda, wife of A.‘ J. Ortscifcn, Chicago: Nora. wife of Paul A. Murray. Charlottetown; Zi-

MassJ Edith, wifc Spillane, Newton, Masai. Miss Irene. Charlottetown.

Gerald.

A younger son.

1932. n sad loco which was deeply felt, father and son having

oomrifdcship.

be most sincerely extended.

American General Offered to Bring Troops t0 N.S.

(Canadian Press) HALIFAX, Dec &~"The | ney general may invite his corres-. pendent: to come here with his flf- . teen or twenty thousand troops as soon as he wishes l shall be ready for him " This curt. defiant retort from Lieutenant-Governor Sir Hastings

‘when he presented to the Canadian lGovernmem a fully equipped motor‘ lambulnnce. He volunteered to 80‘ himself as ambulance driver to the Front and was greatly disappointed when told that as he was consider- ably past the are limit. this offer r-nuld not be accepted. Nevertheless. I he continued tn follow the progress of the war with the keenest inter- est, and did great service 1n en- couraging younger men to enlist. and in supporting every patriotic effort during thc momentous months and years preceding the Armistice. A devoted member of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Dalton also contributed very generously to relig- ious and educational movements. Realizing the benefits of 8t. Dun- starfs University. he established there the magnificent Dalton Hall. which will remain an enduring memorial in its founder. Home years later, he built a new school in his native parish at Tignilh, and on many other occasions came for-

Beoognitlort of his services in this

Oolnmande of the Order of ‘A131! I ltaunchdionaervatlve pdltlm I0. Dalton entered ae- tivﬂ the I- a member of the Legio- fd‘ the H112 Dil-

ldsn museum came u; w. Dalton h‘! ImvYI-l ‘$0.0m!!! the assistance lﬂﬂwhen there was conferred up~ neverhas bsnlnldl, UR "It that with falrsunnﬁfhad nhlltbylllollneasﬁrpe Bene-utlme rune Parades sun billlslnorder dict xv Ibo distinguished title of'held in the streets of

were reflected 1n- preaented by PIN. l filld and in 1912 0f the QIIOOII‘! | print copies

Doyle to Martin I. Wilkins, attor- ney-gcneral in 186B. put at rest re- ports that an unnamed general was prepared to bring troops from Phil- adtvphia to lend physical support to Rn anti-confederation campaign in Nova Scoiia

‘The offer. purportedly made Bep- tember 5. 1868. two dnys after pub- licaton of a speech by the attor- ney general in the House of As-i

C. Harvey. Provincial Archivist. Blr Bastian read reports of the speech which advanced strong pro- annexation policy and he wrote immediately to Wilkins. asking him to confirm or deny accuracy Of the reoord, Prof. Harvey showed. But the Attorney-general in volumin- ous vva ndence gave his assur. ance of his loyalty to the Queen, the Empire. -and the Lieutenant Governor. The threatened move

Indnoatlomdtfb

“"""'*&

neighbors dug out a fox pen and In 1874 Mr. Dalton married Mlss.captured four black fox pups. He took them bomearid put themina wheel Dunne the merit. the mother fox, Elllded the place when her little family ‘was lm I l Wu“ J C x Bﬂmom through the roof of the shed. dug a ta, wi e o am . 0;: wan” A: 125% under it and restored the pupa

B.A.. Thouspon. who lived near North 13.30., of Chicago, died uneiqxcted-Cape. found the den of .a mother ly of litmorrhage ‘in Florida in July to: and captured vwo pups. Ha sold verythcm to a. baa-Haywood 0f ‘ﬂgnlsh for about fifty dollars. been on termsof the moot intimate kept this pair ln a building for a yep: and they produced a litter of

To the bereaved family at this two pups. which he pelted that fall. time. the sympathy of the entire The following year. the male kill- Rrovinee, and of the many friends ed its mate and Haywood pelted in other parts of the continent, will the male. I bought the skins and sold tbem in Halifax for two hund- red dollars. '

FIRBTBRIIIDIIRB

founding of the industry. Rlvvrtlns tn the Antloostl fonia. My. m fame of the Dalton as I did not vdentobnod arouwaslarniyduetomefulse folsl. I killed this pair and theli-‘Of outstanding individual typq 03km; and nest secured a in; 9f Nlllllﬁll lllﬂra from a Mr. John ‘in the Martin or Banmr. Lot so. r also planned boutht two and Innis Rolland

.",lt would a ngg~

stage of development. Agricptlure was, as it still is the chief occupa- tion. and the wozideotia fertility of the virgin aoil amply rewarded the unremitting toll. energy and nedur- anoe of those pioneer settler. They lived simple liven and with an abid- ing faith in 1,119 future of this new

the people prospered and were happy.

SPORTING mrrmvr

AssboyIhada-ninhsnatde- sport, which developed.

its author through so many difficulties to such ﬁnal and

{him 11ft- neremt a at, m“; mac:

In get-

ﬂlll ﬁll-

Th f“ _ l {the}. -_au1lilIenxeamit.une‘1'i1o&m-atba.

e o owing persona account o te Lieutenant ; ""' hukﬁl u "m! Governor Daltorfs achievement inestablishing the silver fox i” mum “u”, aha; industry is reprinted from The Guardian of July 13, r999. It most 3am; t wags: mm 1n is from an address which Hon. Mr. Dalton ‘delivered at s i" PNIWM- tallied upon me and complimentary dinner tendered in his honour by the Canadian “'5” m‘ a‘ ‘Ilmlmﬂl I f0 0-. National Silver Fox Breeders Association. As an authentic taint "QM, I m‘ m“ ' record of the founding of an industry now become “mid up“ m ‘m q ha”: wide, it is of great historic value, and reveals, in its modest d "1 51% m! statement of facts, the sterling qualities whi qrrigd 5:: zdngrpiwffm m;

far-

toearemrandfssdthnfounand iontﬁloeadecllne HQ vlneeatoiaypwml Wlldlnglnueale

andwestartsd to bulldpmsiothellver varletleaidtishaabeon feet square. We built several of R0111! on for aomo years, until at those. and the foul, when pug in the present tlma you will scarcely them. seemed by their contentment R1111» 0B0 hundred dollas fOf s W slve a silent “thank you" their change in environment.

i a

Brunswick. We then divided u" Nature has no far defied the art loses according to our amemerit. of man in the imitation of silver Mr. Oulton taking his she's m4 1 skin. What we Q11 the gﬂygg- 1; taklngmlnsbsoktongnishyhﬂ, all m tbelong guardfur ofthe by mu time I ma stabllalted a fw- The Illlld hairs of the rui- 11m ranch. l-Pe ulually about three inches long

A Fm‘ mmun from the tin outward. They are

in his Yﬂvvflw 890m mink were to be found also alongthe unkind

this stream and foxes roamed the] new” “w” m “any m”, m. balm“! m.“ “n”! woods at will-until I took a hand before hL: death I went, to see him. I in the 38mg At every OPPOrtunity-when leaving hlrn, h, Qgﬁg-“gd ~ '1 i mu ~ ' Dalton tuh£te age:

1n my passion for the soon became an expert

shot and trapper. The fox was my. want to go where yqu g9," 1 mm; sfvaglogiieftlve. and the very gum: that. this was the finest tumm- o": oiﬂpoeseasedana ~01; i tlon for mo beyond any other al- t mud be m“ by . mend‘ n lwements of smrt. You may imag- dtie my pleasure and surprise, there- fore, when on visiting my traps one morning, 1 mum a beautiful speci- men of the wondtful black fox securely fastened and my captive. As he was badly injured I had to kill him. I sold his pelt in Halifax. {mus came my first experience with what is now know-n as the silver fox.

EARLY XEIINOB ﬂiortly after this 012 of my

byunerrlriglrwtlnstw .foroedherwayln

their native haunts.

Someyoarilatcpinannanaed

Haywood

HYB- $100

My next venture in live foxes was i‘ when l noticed an advwtlaomont “m4 "l?" ""1 wherein allnPupeofAntiooatl n- “ “m” “"31" t" l“ b“. llnd oﬂvred I Pﬂlr of silver foxes w” “um m" 1°“ i‘ “ ‘f W". ‘nob for sale. ‘rhls was an opportunity I "w" t)” ‘u’ ‘i “'9 W9-

had long looked for. I made tender of one hundred douse; mu

fortunate enough to got the

foxes. They were a very nine pair.‘ about one-half silvered and welli

.Ikopttbemforonayeari

fin-red and they produced four cross pupa. manure?! Ithmnatiu-alﬂer "m.

r wo -. ietles- e red and tho ﬁkvtoy milk and sometimes young calvps. sllvcr in can pmtmo lmlol the w” 4“ W! N11111: durlnc the lat- cmases are produced from imported stock.» ,

' At mu time 1 realised that foxes In: with our whole weight on um

IIWQ

0011M be successfully bed in cap- part, which process does not leave tlvllv 1nd the rm possibilities of my blood 0n the nun, we u", .mh an indium bsnntoloom up In» the blackout and the peter! my mind's eye. This was furred foxes. which at that tum

the different celebrations I have foxes. In those good _ attended this summer ahould have Sign of the industry was the “Jet ll with Black Pox”

Dill‘

ﬂlrffﬂmlﬂlsllﬂﬁﬂoi

ward~as benefactor and phllanthro- "if "l "'0'- I and fosllihtion mu a In now tlan put in supwft of worth-while cam- Hmlwgvafnqmzgg‘ PMmmma-wm dlver n: III-siding m. u, m,

and was a strong factor 1n develop- m! the famous Dalton strain of silver foxes. I remember on one occasion a fox escaped from hi; ranch on the Island. He called me tctahedownmydogandgunas the ice was forming fast around the shores of the Island and danger on the he was imminent. The fur "I than Pﬂme and we decided to 850% the fox. The foe was about NIB-quarter of an inch in tama-

LY started after the fox. We 0d him off several times and both- orodhlmmbadlythathedeoided to take t0 the loe He was mlti pretty well on the ice when tho' dog Int a full view of him. The ice would not coxry the dogand he. had to plunge leap after leap. The

an exciting swimming race between the two. The fox was no match for 60¢

é‘

bring-bade the fox and he seemed’ to under-Rand perfectly. He imma- diatsly Inks another track out to

f drk blue color for nearly two T7118 N! 0111mm was one of

0h". than come abowbalf la on -

the ‘nch of blank." u, which giva

silver shade and d in Fears and in all our dealings tip of black. This gmigfnatlon. word passed between us. Shortly ‘silver’ and cannot bmmplimeeq b! the fur dyors.

me and said. "Charlie. I'm not go- . lng to live long. but when I die I

I

League of Nations Notes I. O. D. E.

Mr. Oulton was s giegg 19mm

This article is the last of the wriaa The I-ODI. wish to enpreu heir alppteolafloa 0o the Pied for the many oourtsdea received dur- lng the ptfallmtlon of this work. WORK OI’ T!!! IIAGUI I

m SUPIBEBING TE UNLAWFUL D500 TRAFFIC

It noted wfﬂi estimation that

since 1Q the rworted manufawus-q

M We willed the dos- Gulch‘ Tpercentformarphlnattpercent jorheroiirandltlpezoentfq-eo- ulna In compared with 19D. l

‘mesa xeoultoweredue to the application of the Geneva (maven? Itionof 1% bytbe contracting partiesandwthamirltofoo-oper-

praoti I ‘lbooouncllalnnotcdtbetthe danﬂsrtbtthlklyand

It unma- him. 113878 0n the initiative of the C'hln-‘

for. biwsht him but. and

wordllald.

IAN-LY BUOOEII

Mr. Oulton and I had wondazftil luck and our losses were almost nil. In those days we know no parasites m wmlta, no worm trouble or tailmita ll we oall it hero. We fed chiefly on horsemat. bread and

i“ part of December. We tum e1 "Insulation by putting our foot

members. llﬂtlnl with over the lungs or heart and pug- on” tanned b, m. "Silent Nltht" and the roll call was answered with "Inexpensive Gifts

h“ for Christmas."

The minutes of the previous mating were IIIUVHI and

color

Aflertwo yuan

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WOMAN'S WHOLE EXISTENCE IS LOVE-

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Ann Carver}

PROFESSION

added till the next meeting. .The for the evenini KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec 1v- constisted of a recitation by Joanna Leyland Lino ﬂsents here have McIntyre. On motion to adjourn been informed of the sale of sev- the meeting closed by llnslnl 1M en steamers. engaged in the west National Anthem. The next meet-i Indies, uulf and Mexican trades. lngtobebeldatthehouneofllrslmgathcr with the goodwill to Frank McIntyre. meeting to be Messrs. T. a J. Harrison. opmed with the Creed followed by Y“ , i of the steamers is_ln the Institute Ode, roll call to be pursuance of tho policy of the m answered with “New Activities for ternational Mercantile Marine Co- the “‘ ." A delicious lunch 1hr]; shareholders 1n the LEYlllld was then served by the hostess u- line. One of the company's earl!" isted by Misses Joanna McIntyre. services was in the Mediterranean Itsary Donovan and Winnie Mo- trade. but. that was disposed of tr Intyn. Blr John lllerman.

(Canadfaa Press)

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