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ydiideville This Year The Best‘ l, -.._ (fhat Has Ever Been Booked

' By The Association.

L...‘ w," h“ been received by Sec- nm.’ gqujter from Wirth and “mid, New York. stating that the Bonn“,- gmup consisting oi Profes- sor gonhsir and _four sons, will ar- flvg gt Quebec tomorrow evening di- rect 1mm France and will Pfwefid n; once b0 UuaIIOtDBBOWII, where they will make their first appear- ance 1n America. They are booked m, forty-two weeks continuous per-

101111511088 through leading outdoor

{oil-s and in the winter season will app”;- in vaudeville.

1111s ls one oi the best acrobatic mmedy gets that has ever been brought to (Yharlottetown and should get a good reception.

' Another splendid act that will ap- pear at this year's Exhibition ts Miss Ellen Harvey, known as the "Jazz girl on the Wire." Miss Harvey has toured both continents and is with- out, o peer as a wire act artist. She

has a magnetic personality, a beautiful figure and is gorgeously attired. Everyone should see her in the Charleston. the sensational “black bottom’ and all other latest dances in midair. Her grace, beauty and costuming will certainly charm the people.

The third act on the program this year will be "Skyrocket 6r 00.", in sensational diving set. No press notices are going to be given regard- ing this act. We are going to leave You in suspense whore you will be when it takes place, for it is oer- tainly a. thriller and perhaps you will have to close your eyes.

During the performances oi vau- deville the Canadia.n Legion Band- consisting oi twenty-two pieces will render a splendid program oi band music, which they have prepared for this year's Exhibition. 3i

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Despite the wet weather oi yester- day, there were a large number of visitors to the Exhibition race track stables to look over the horses. It was an ideal day for trainers, as the

i track was so soft and muddy that

no work could be done on it.

Volo Rico, 2.04, the big free-for- aller in the MacKinnon stables, nearly made a. get-away. He lifted the stick which was keeping him in his stall by placing his neck un- dei- it and escaped through the door to freedom on the ‘track. He was like the boys, “fresh from school," kicking up hisvheels and‘ dancing around and. laughing at efforts to catch him. Finally by presenting him with a bucket with some nice oats and other eatables his atten- tion was diverted enough to grasp his head halter, and he was led quietly to his stall.

Bonnie M., 2.02% from the Reed Stables, IFort Fhirfield, Me., with whom Volo Rico had many battles on the Grand Circuit, had a dip in the briny yesterday. He enjoyed it immensely and was heard to remark going back to his stall that, "this is the best place he struck yet, as no- where else has he had a chance to have a swim."

In, writing up the horses, we should have mentioned more par- ticularly Abbie Worthy, 2.04%, own- ed by Mrs. Charles Ballard, North Sydney. us. This beautiful“ horse took his record at Lexington,‘ Ky.,’ last isll and has won every‘ he started in this year. He will be in the 2.14 trot on Wednesday and will meet Edna Kylo, 2.10, Hollywood Lee, Johnny Miles and other bear- cats. ' '

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Montague Races “This Afternoon

At a. meeting of the Directors of the Montague Driving Park held yesterday it was decided to hold the postponed horse races this ai- ternoon at 2 o'clock. The horses are all nicely taken care of at Mon- tague and will be ready for the sisrtel-‘s word this afternoon.

Yesterday a large gang of men were employed cutting drains to carry ofl’ the water, and last even- ing the track was declared dry as a bone. This morning it will be har- rowed and should be in fine shape and it wouldn't be surprising if a new track record is hung up.

JUGS 0F GOLD CAUSE 5 SUITS

BUFFALO, Ill., Aug. 13.-(U.P.)— Two brown jugs, filled to the top with gold coins totaling $6,028 and found hidden underground, here, have started authorities into search- ing old laws to determine which of six claimants to the "treasure" is entitled to it.

The jugs were buried, it is be- liever, 50 years ago by Peter T. Leeds, a physician and pioneer resident. They were found several weeks ago by workmen digging a sewer trench in the center oi the business district, which at one time was part of Leeds’ land.

E. G. Jack and James J. Dog- ‘ers, the two workmen who found the jugs, discovered them when the Blinds oi one of them scraped

lssinst their sides.

Immediately there was a minis- ture gold rush, but it finally sub- sided and was followed by disputes over ownership.

Alexander Booth, present owner oi the property, not only claimed the gold, but took possession oi it.

No sooner had Booth tucked the "find" away than a second claim- ant appeared. in the person of oi- oiiicials of Sangalnon County. They based the county claim on an 1874 law providing that found property belongs to the county, unless the vflslnai ssor oi the land, or his heirs. make s claim. They also contended that ownership would

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MCLEOD-At Brookfleld, August 13th. Roderick_ McLeod, aged 0'1 Furs. Funeral from his late resi- dence Saturday, August 15th, service starting at 2.90. Interment, Brook- field Cemetery.

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have to be proved by the original possessor, or his heirs.

While Booth and county offi- cers wrangled, two granddaughters of Leeds, who died 50 years ago, started court proceedings to gain the gold.

Then came Jack and Rogers, who filed a trover suit, claiming that un- der an old English law the finder of “hidden treasure" is entitled to keep it.

PRINTER DUKE LEAVES TO TAKE OVER ESTATE

AMARILLO, Tex, Aug. i3.—(U.P.). —-It's a long, long way to Tipper- ary but when the titles and orig- inal estate oi the Duke of Wel-

tance is considerably shortened. So thought James Wellington, wandering printer, who walked in- to thecomposing room oi the News- Globe here and walked out with a royal title and an estate. Wellington is the sun of Orms- ley Augustus Wellington, who chose poverty and Ameficsn freedom to the teachings oi a private tutor in the Castle oi Wellington, Ireland. When James visited the office here, he learned his father had died last March at Shamrock, Texas. James. Wellington, itinerant printer, had become Lord of Nenagh, County of Tipperary, Ireland. . Lord Wellington immediately set out for Tipperary to take possession of the original estate oi the Duke oi Wellington, oi whom he is a direct

“Germany wants the right to do as she wants, and what she wants is her own aiisir."-Genera1 von Seeckt. .__.-._

"1 would ‘u liei poison people Is tell untruths about themfl-Billlw Woodcock.

"All good lawyers are Irishman in courtP-Max stew. ‘i '

lington awaits one there, the dis-i-

Canada is Summersi "e;l'l‘he=

well be proud.

Summerside, the second- largest town in Prince Edward Island and the capital of Prince County, has grown rapidly since its incorporation in 1875, and enjoys the distinction of being the headquarters of the Canadian National Silver Fox Breed- ers’ Association. From a few scattered houses and one or two stores in 1850 it _has grown to its present area with a popula- tion approaching four thousand persons. It is governed by a Mayor and six Coun- cillors, the first Mayor being elected in 1889. The town is now considered one of the most progressive in the Maritime Prov- inces.

In its early days Summerside was the hub of the ship-building trade. That has now given place to the fox industry, which

_ was commenced by Sir Charles Dalton and

the late Robert T. Oulton in 1894, at Al- berton. At the present time fox ranches abound all over Prince County, with Sum- merslde as the marketing headquarters.

Of a total of 5,314 live foxes shipped from the Island in 1929 more than half were shipped from Summerside.

Busy Fox Centre.

The Canadian National Silver Fox Breed- ers Association, which was granted a char- ter by the Dominion Government in 1920, has its handsome brick building on the principal business street in Summerside and handles enormous quantities of Silver Fox skins for its patrons. This year the re- turns from the various fur sales were in excess of a quarter of a million dollars. There are other large fur companies in the town handling tremendous quantities of furs and live foxes each year. All of them have pelting and cleaning plants in connec- tion with their offices. This year the volume of business done in live foxes and furs in Summerside has increased considerably over that of previous years. Fur buyers from Montreal, New York, London and other European centres make Summerside their headquarters, and thousandsof skins, sil- ver and black fox, mink, chinchilla, musk- rat, and other furs are bought by these men annually.

The Dominion Government has its Ex- perimental Fox Farm located at the north- ern extremity of the town. The farm is in charge of Dr. Ennis Smith.

Modern Conveniences

Among the factors contributing to the up-building of the town and affording op- portunity to manufacturing concerns is the‘ fact that there has been recently installed a most modern and splendidly equipped electric plant, where electricity for light and power is genel-aicdby powerful Full Diesel crude oil-burning engines. The service given is most efficient and power is supplied at a very cheap rate for industrial purposes. There is also a splendid, system supplying ivater throughout the town, of a quality which has one of the highest official tests in Canada and is obtained from arleslan wells, pumped to a standpipe by electricity. It is supplied throughout the town at a pressure of about sixty pounds. There is also a perfect sewerage system and all these utilities are municipally owned and operated. '

Among the leading industries already established are an extensive wood working, sash and door factory and lumber yard, an agricultural machinery manufacturing plant, a modern and capacious Cold Storage plant, a foundry and machine shop, a flour and grist mill, a creamery supplying pas- teurized milk and butter and also making ice cream for distribution in‘ the western part of the Island, two grain cleaning plants, several lobster canning establish- ments and other utilities. There are four newspapers published at Summerside which

" is probably a record for any town of its size

in North America. Two of these are weekly agricultural journals.

Important Fisheries 0i. considerable importance is IIIEVIISIIIHK

industry. Largo factories are situated along the water front and each, season can-

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THE PRINCE COUNTY CAPITAL

One of the Progressive towns in Eastern

ollowing interesting article

by the Chief Magistrate of the Prince County capital tells a story of achievement of which any community might

BY WINSTON J. LIDSTOHIEVE,’ Mayor of Sumnlerslkie. (From ‘The Golden Future)

ned and live lobsters are shipped, chiefly to the Boston market. In the smelt fishing season enormous quantities of smells are sent daily to the Boston and New York markets. The latest seasonal figures for these shipments are: Live lobster shipped from Bummerside, 190,000 lbs.; smelts, 188, 000 lbs.

Summerside harbour is one of the finest harbours on the Atlantic seaboard, capable of accommodating ships up to a draft of twenty-three feet. During the season of 1929 this port had a total of ten steamers call here, landing around seven thousand tons of cargo (chiefly fertilizer) and load- ing a half million bushels of potatoes. Ex- cellent faciliiies are afforded for the hand- ling of these and other commodities. The Marine Wharf is especially designed to facilitate the loading and unloading of steamers, which can be accomodated with excellent fresh water at the pier.

Large Mercantile Trade.

Perhaps no town cast of Montreal does as large a mercantile trade for its size as Summerside. Some of the firms are noted throughout Canada as being the largest mercantile houses, for the size of the town, and they do an enormous shipping trade throughout Canada and the United States. Of recent years a trade has been develop- ed between Western Canada and the Is- land for potatoes and other requirements of the western people, which has grown to large proportions. The C. N. R. has at this point a large and up-to-date freight shed with every shipping facility.

The trade formerly done between the western towns and United States centers lying within close proximity to them is now gradually being directed to the Island, the chief shipment being potatoes.

An enormous trade in farm produce and other special lines is also done by these firms. The dry goods stores are noted for their fine showing of goods of every de- scription. Additions are continually being made to the business houses, which indi- cates a steady advancement in trade. There have been two disastrous fires within a few years of one another, which badly gutted the business section of the town; but new buildings have taken the place of the old ones and theleading business street now presents a very imposing appearance.

Branches of four of Canada's leading banks are represented and several reliable stock brokerage firms have offices in the town.

The professional class is well represented by men of high standing in the Province.

R. T. Holman, Ltd., have a. very efficient Broadcasting Station C. H. G. S. which broadcasts daily throughout the Maritimes and Eastern Canada. In all, Summerside easily holds a very prominent position as one of ‘the best business centers in the Maritimes. »

Active Board Of Trude.

There is a very live Board of Trade, which ls affiliated with the Associated Boards of Trade of Prince Edward Island, the Maritime Board of Trade and the Can- adian Chamber of Commerce. Through its associations with these organizations it functions in a much wider sphere than would otherwise be possible. It was mainly through this association that Summerside was made a port of call by the air mail service. Negotiations are pending which may result in having a landing field for aeroplanes.

The Prince County Hospital is situated in Summerslde. Mr. Thomas E. Ramsay was the founder. The original hospital was in- corporated in 1910 and was opened in 1912 by His Royal Highness the Duke of Con- nauglit. Since then it has grown to twice its size with the addition of a maternity ward. Two years ago it was made a Stand- ardized Hospital approved unconditional- ly by the American College of Surgeons of North America. It has an accommodation of 60 beds; an X-Ray Department with labor- story facilities and a very modern operat- ing room with the most up-to-date equip- ment. There are male and female public wards containing about ten beds each. For- ty t'o sixty patients are treated daily. The staff consists of the Matron and Assistant Matron and sixteen‘ nurses. It has its own

EXIHBIIIIIN

August 17th In the, Pavilion atj7.30 p. m. i

First game: Pittsburgh,“ New York ...

1. O’ Csnads!—l..egion Band-La- vallee.

2. Duet (a),—The Island Hymn- Wfltson; (b), The Sweetest Song ever told-Stults - Miss Margaret Stems and Mrs. J. A. Lawson.

3. Address-The President.

4. Piano Solo—Capriccio in D.

Second game: Pittsburgh ... ... New York ... ...

6. Solo—The Spring Song of the

Second game: Robin Woman - Cadman - Miss

months old, and normal except for four handsome legs, is the property

of Glenn Hisel, farmer, The chick S; Louis‘ en weighs slightly under three INTERNAT“) pounds. '——-----# First game: AUSTIN, TeX., AUE- 13-41119 jail Montreal ... .. in which O. Henry was held on a Nswuk _ _ _ _ __ ___

charge of emoezzjhg bank funds Will’! he was a yltiii; seltr Wll‘, be torn down next 1-1-1 tr. to nxake Newark ___ ray for a four-stray state office building. -

Second game:

First game: Buffalo .. . ...

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(Canadian Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE

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THE FORUM DANCE-Six him- dred‘ people enjoyed excellent dancing last evening at the Forum, the floor of which was recently

laid for the occasion. The lnterio] of the big rink was a riot 0f de-

. vironment conducive to mirth and jollity. The music provided by Dix- on's Orchestra was of the usual, high standard which the dancing public has come to expect from those musicians. The large crowd 1 present voted the event, which was sponsored by the Aizcgweit Club, a great success.

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a i?‘ ___ u, 5 3 Mr. Howard Young, of Toronto, is visiting friends on the Island and is at present the guest of Mr. and

Mrs/Frank Murray, Grafton St,

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Cincinnati ... ... 4 9 2 Mr. and Mrs. G. Burton 10rd and

Mamaret siems‘ Boston . . , ... 2 4 i son George left here yesterday for

7' Addmskimn- Hem" I-‘ea- Chicago . . . . .. . . . 3 ‘I 0 their home in Fitchburg, Mass, ai-

8- Address-His Wmhll’ Maw Philadelphia . . . . . .. 4 4 o ter a pleasant visit to Mrs. Lord's

Pmwse- AMERICAN LEAGUE sister, Mrs. i001.) n. A. MacKinnon, 591mm" bl’ the Blmd- n. n. s. Fitzroy Street West. ————-——- Philadelphia s 10 l -_-

HEN BOASTS FOUR LEGS ugh-o“ ___ _,_ ___ 2 4 1 Mr. and Mrs. Palfrey have had

as their guests for the past six

FAIRFIEID, 1a., Aug iii-A Barr ‘tiashlnflgn ___ _ _ _ _ __ 3 7 3 weeks, Miss Bessie Merrick, Master

ed Rock bullet more than ‘three Chm,“ ___ ___ 10 1g 5 Ronald Merrick; also Mrs. A. Kline

and daughter Edith, all of Halifax. Mrs. Kline leaves today for Upper Cape, N.B., where she will be the guest oi Miss F. Main, former dea- . coness oi the Methodist Church in Halifax.

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balconies and sun-parlors for convalescing patients. The nurses receive a three years’ training course and" some of the graduates of this Institution now occupy leading po- sitions in many parts of North America. This property represents an investment of over one hundred thousand dollars, and is liberally supported by donations from all parts of Prince County. Poor patients are admitted to the public wards free of charge and some of the private rooms have been furnished and maintained by private individuals and various societies.

The Nurses’ Home, adjoining the hospital‘ grounds. accommodates sixteen nurses and represents qan investment of ten thousand dollars. _

Educational Facilities.

There is an excellent Public High School, which is capable of accommodating over five hundred and ninety-two. There pare ten grades taught in the school. The school was founded in 1880 in the time of the admin- istration of Sir Louis H. Davies, and was known as the Davies School. In 1913 addi- tions were made and the school now has twelve class rooms, and a fine Assembly Hall. It is equipped with every modern furnishing, standard fire equipment with hose, fire escape, eic., sanitary drinking fountains, central heating and electric light. The basement is fitted up for a gym- nasium. There are also boys’ and girls’ play grounds. The school grounds comprise over three acres of landI The school is so arranged that additional class rooms can be added at any time. The instruc- Qilon of pupils is supervised by the Minister

Building Activities.

Building activities in Summerside have been very brisk in the last two or three years. The depression which was apparent during the World War and for a year or two afterwards has been followed by a per- iod of activity in the building line, which has no equal since the town was incorpor- ated. As no building permits are required for the erection of buildings in Summer- side it is impossible to give any figures which would show the increase in value of the property recently erected in the town.

It is sufficient to say that there have been several large business premises erect- ed and a great number of new residences. The northern section of the town is build- ing up rapidly with very handsome resid- ences. The following comparisons show the increase in assessment on real estate with- in the last eight years, which is an indica- tion of the growth of the town. The valua- iion, according to the Assessors’ roll of real estate as shown in the financial statement of the town for the year 1921, was $1,468,- 225.00. In 1929 it had increased to $1,713,- 500.00. These figures are very encouraging.