JULY 8. 1950

CLEARING SALE . ARMY 3. AIR FORCE SURPLUS . MATERIALS 3

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HALIFAX TRADING CO. - omen AND WAREHOUSE

DEBERT. NOVA SCOTIAI TELEPHONE DEBERT 10

FOR SALE

AT FLAT RIVER, P. E. I.

Shorefront farm of 100 acres, consisting of 40 acres under cultivation, balance hardwood and soft wood. Build- ings good, especially house. On main highway to Wood Island ferry. To be sold with or without crop.

For particulars apply to:-

ALEX M. BEATON, Flat River

non SALE

Farm of 105 acres in a high state of cultivation. 75 acres under hay, 27 acres under mixed grain and balance in woodland.

Well watered and fenced. Dwelling and outbuild- ings in good condition. Automatic water system in house. -

For further particulars s.pply:-

' THE EASTERN TRUST COMPANY 154 Richmond Street

TENDERS WANTED .

Tenders will be received by the undersigned up until July 12th, 1950. for the fullpwlng: (1) Central heating system-Spring Park school. (2) Installation of lights-Spring Park School. (3) Plumbing and electric wiring for new schools at East Roy-

slty. Central Bonlty&d Winsloe.

Specifications for the above snsy be seen at the office of School

Unit No. 1 in Psrkdsle School.

(4) Tenders will also be received for supplying 'rsnspo :.t.lon for the children from South Wlnsloe to Winsloe Station, and from Union Road to East lloyslty.

d rs for transportation will describe type of vehicle to be used. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. GOEDON BIC!

Secretary School No. 1.

Persons submitting t

Phone 2711-B.

. CLEARING AUCTION SALE

At SPRINGFIELD, IDT 7

sold my farm I will sell by Auction on the Premises on TUESDAY, JULY'11th, be nning at 12 noon my entire stock, implements and house old furniture, in- cluding 3 young work horses; 2 extra good mllch cows; 10 head of young cattle; 5 pigs; 50 hens; farm wagon (extra good); dump cart; road wagon; lime sower; gang plow No. 136; set bob sleighs; wood sleigh; farm engine; boring ma- chine; all kinds harness, both double and slngle- roxl- mately 150 bushels oats; set blacksmith tools; and small articles found on a large farm; also a large amount of househod furniture including kitchen range (Record); 2 Cream separators (almost new); a larlu quantity lumber, both hard and soft wood,

Having

3 CASH. is unfit sale.will take place on Thursday. July

If 131:1! at 1 noon. ' EVERE'I'I' i-IASLAM, Owner. HUG!-I F. MORRISON. Auctioneer.

following is a continuation of the evidence taken on Tuesday, the 099010! (lily of the Commission in- quiry under Judge J. S. Desnoches into the operations of the Fisher- rnen's Loan Bosrd. The examina- tion of the witnesses was conduct- ed by Mr. J. O. C. Campbell, K. C.:

Evidence of Mrs. Kathleen Hig- son. clerk-stenogrspher for the Bosrd. continued:

IQ-There was some mention this m0mln.l Is to whether there would be someone sign with the fisher- man to guarantee. How would you describe that? A.-That wasn't re- Quired in the first years that I was in the Fishermen-ls Loan Board to have a second signature, but when the loans became larger it lwss decided to have two names on the notes. It wasn't done (mm the beginning.

Q-Loans become lsrger accord- lnl to Mr. Gallant sometime after '”a.ir 'f"'

not ce this one was &oo,oo, That's what you call a large lasn. A-Yes.

Q-Did you have to get someone 91-59 W Slzn? A.-Yes. at that time we required a second signature for loans of 3200. and over,

Q-Prior to that what had been lhelimit? A.-in the beginning the limit was 340.00. then it was raised to 375.00.

Q-What was it when you first came in? A.-It was 375.00.

Q-Do you know when the Jump from 340- I0 575. was made? A. - No, I don't. Before my time.

Q-Shortly before you came? A. - It couldn't have been very long before I came.

Dominion Assistance

Q.-The reason 1 ask is, the Do- mlnlon had stopped its assistance in 1039. A-Yes.

Q-Dominion aid was from '36 to '30. Would you know when'the jump from 340. up took place - from '39 on? A-Yes.

Q-During the period of Domin- ion Aid,-340.00 was the limit. A.- Yes.

Q.-Then your opinion is that between '39 and '41 the change was made? A.-Yes.

Q-When you got there is '41. - 375.00 was the maximum? A. - Yes.

Q.-For those you JIld.l.'l'L require another signer. A.-No.

Q-When did it begin to jump to two and three hundred dollars. A. -Not until the men came back from the war.

3-That would be about 1045. A - es.

Q.-Stay up to 375.00 during the war? A.-Went up to 3200. first. then to 3300.00.

Q-When did it go up to 3200.00? A.-Couldn't. say what year. It

' would be by 1945 I guess.

Q-Went up to 3200. first and then ll little later it was raised to 3300.00. A-Yes

Q. - That must have been be- tween 1945 and 1048 because this fellow got 3300.00. A. - Yes.

Q-Did it stay st that until the end of the term? A.--Yes.

Q-Of course, when you say the limit was 3300. there were some larger loans to the associations. A. -Oh yes. Thst. 8300.00 limit was to the individual fisherman.

Q-Those were all made on notes? A.-When the note was re- turned signed, we sent them an order on the merchant for the amount that was loaned. .

Q-(Examining order form book) This is a book of order forms. A.-

Yes.

Q-Made his application on November lath and got his loan on January 21th. A.--Yes.

Q-You sent it. to the fisherman which he took to the merchant. A. -Yes.

Q.-It was addressed to the merchant suthorizing him to give goods to that amount. A - Yes.

Q-After he got his order. what did merchant do after that? A. - The merchant was obliged to give us a properly executed bill.

Q-Did he return the order to you? A. - It wasn't required that he return it.

Q.--He had to send a bill in not to exceed that amount. A.-Yes.

Q.-You wouldn't. be able to know the amount - it might be less. A. - It might be less.

Q.-And if it was less? A. - If it was less, we send s new note.

Q. - If the order was for 3300.00 and he only got 3250.00 worth of merchsndize, you sent him out an- other note for 3250.00 to substitute. A.-Yes.

Q.-I suppose usually the am- ount he bought equalled the amount of the note. A.-Yes.

Q. - Then the merchant sent in this bill and you had a check is- sued to cover it. A. - Then I pre- sented vouchers and the merch- snt's bill had to be attached to the voucher, also the flshermsn's for the amount and it was sent to the auditor to be approved by him. and after he approved it it wu sent to the Treasurer and the check was issued.

Q. - You keep all these orig- inal notes? A. - They were kept in the Treasury.

Q.-Are they still all kept there? A.-No, they are in our office now since the new Bosrd was formed. (Voucher placed in evidence).

Q,-'-on that I check was issued for 3000. and mailed direct to the msl-chsnt. A.- And mailed direct from the Treasury to the march- ant.

Q.-1 would Just like to inter- polate at this point that a great deal of trouble could have been svldod if checks had been payable to both parties.

Mr. Dsslloches (Commissioner): I gather that much.

Mr. Campbell: it check had been issued to the follow to sign with the merchant, then you would know that they were both satisfied -make check payable to both.

Ilr. Dssneclles: The insurance

g , crus GUARDIAN cHAlu.o;r'rl:rowN Inquiry into Fishel'men's Loan Board Operatlons

companies, in case of fire, pro- tect themselves that way too.

Mr. Campbell: I can't see why it wasn't-possible. for an unscrupul- ous merchant to pay a bill for an amount less ten dollars which he returned to his own use - the fisherman signed his note for S300.00. From then on he saw no one. Now that mpletes the transaction? A. - (Mrs. I-ligson) Yes. Q. - And were they all done that way? A. - Yes.

Belief Money

Q.-As to the point of relief - you weren't there when that relief money was given at the time of that storm. A. - No.

Q. - But the old loans that had taken place before your time - have you heard any ill X as secretary of the Board, that those thirty dollar loans might be con- sidered ss relief? A. - Yes.

Q. - That's the attitude that most of the Board members look while Mrs. l-Iigson has been there - that that money was relief. Have you any idea as to what percent- -age of those old 330. loans would be repaid. A.-I couldn't say accur- ately, but I don't think that it was a very great amount. Odd cases that have been settled.

Q. - Odd cases. As a general rule those old loans - ones of small amounts have not been re- paid? A. - No.

Q. - in the same way when they would have applications for gaso- line rebates - a good many of them would get their gasoline re- bates without it. coming off their loan. A. - A great many cases - all we would take would be a very small amount off.

Q. -- The practice of the office was to treat them in the way of relief. A. - Yes, uncollectable.

Q.-But as I understood from Mr. Gallant, thst's'-not the practice with the larger loans - you have made a practice of collecting them. A. - Yes.

Q. - Now can you ssist us any with regard to irregularities -can you give us anything there is upon some matters which gave rise to this inquiry which had to do with the year 1947 - were there any abnormal number of applications in that year? A.-I didn't think so --that we were any busier than any other year.

Q - Did you hear Mr. Gallant say that he used to get about 30,- 000 a year. A. - Yes.

Q - 1 suppose you ran over it. A. - Not very often. We have run over.

Q. - Has the effort been made to keep within that amount each year? A. - Yes.

Q. - That amount of thirty thousand has been fairly constant. A. - Yes.

Q. - Been an average of about 30,000 - 450.000 - just over 500.- 000. Could you give us a list of the fish houses that you have. A.-Yes. I could. I could get you a proper list of them.

Q. - They spread out over the Islsnd? A. - There aren't many on the South side. There's one at Flat River Mr. Gallant didn't mention this morning.

Q.-These houses were set up at fishing centers?. A.-Yes.-

Mr. DesRoches: I note that you assisted needy farmers and fisher- men. I suppose git doesn't include loans to fnrmersf

Mr. Campbell: There were never any loans made to farmers. That amendment was made at the end of the war. (To witness) You never made loans to farmers? A. - No.

Q.-They have other means of rehabilitation for farmers. A. (Witnus). A man might be a farmer sud s fisherman both, and getting the loan as s fisherman.

Q- - You never made a loan for a tractor? A. - No. Just fishing equipment.

Principal Difference

Q. - The principal difference between the present set-up of the Fisherman's Losn Board and the old type of loan was that now un- der the new regulations we don't lend for anything that's expend- able. A. - That's correct.

Q. - You don't lend money for 1191-8. tear. ropes or lobster traps or anything that might be lost. Now you only lend on boats and eng- ines and things that can be seen at all times. A. - Yes.

Q. - Also loaned on boats? A. - Yes, the larger loans were for boats.

Mr. Campbell: I am hot sure that Mrs. Hlgson. apart from furnishing the names of all the Chairmen and their duties. and the list of fish houses. can be of any further as- sistance at the present time. We can use Mrs. I-flgson further later on.

Mr. Desnoches: I am quite sal-

lsfied with the picture at the mo- ment. - Mr. Campbell: A list of all the fish houses. There was something about puncheons. Besides building fish houses - to supply puncheons. A. - (Witness). Ya, we gave them puncheons.

Q. - The present Board was asked to continue them. Those puncheous cost nearly as much ss the fish houses. A. - Hardly that.

Mr. Deslloches: On an avenge how much?

A. -(witness). About 3310.

Mr. Campbell: How many would you supply? A. - Tbs Board would get A csrlosd and divide them. -

Q.-How much the csrlosdf A.- 340000

0. - You supplied them where? A. - We divided them up - forty or fifty to each poison that needed them - in llustlco - Oyster Ind Dridgc. .

Q. - we will have to come back

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i don't believe that any useful pug. pose would be served by our sub- poening various witnesses from among the fishermen st Rustico. The only way we could do it is to go through the books - in Exhibit "B" there are a number of names in Rustico and vicinity - pick- ed at random-those people might not be required to come or desire to come.

Judge DesRoches (Commission- er): I think my recommendations ,cover what I had intended to say to the public. that this inquiry is open to anyone who is in a posi- tion to supply me with informa- tion on the subject matters dealing with the Commission. There is a question of accounts - that will be for the staff - Mrs. l-Iigson will have to supply that information. As to irregularitiu. if any. that is of an entirely different nature. The attorneys for the Department most likely have some information there, if not, there might be some forthcoming.

I should like to see counsel ap- pear here for individual organiz- ations or anyone else who is ln- terested in this or who is able to give information - trained per- sonncl - to get at the pith and circumstances of the inquiry. 1 am not concerned with rumors - I want evidence in this Court.

I think your suggestion to meet in Rustico on the 10th is possibly the best. we can do at the mom- ent. If it doesn't work out, we shall have to issue subpoenas. There may be no information there. We will give them an op- portunity to appear. I suppose it is easier for this Commission to go there than for them to come here.

Court adjourned until Monday July 10th at 10 A. M. at North Rus- tlco.

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CANADA

PROVINCE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

IN THE PROBATE COURT

The 23rd day of June A. D. 1950.

In Re Estate of ANNIE GILLIS formerly of Jamaica Plain. later of Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts one of the Unit- ed States of America. Single Wo- man deceased. testate.

To the Sheriff of the County of Queen's County or any Constable or literate person within said County in said Province of Prince Edward Island

Greeting: '

Whereas upon reading the peti- tion on file of William D. Glllis of Charlottetown in Queen's County aforesaid. Coal Merchant, and H. Francis MacPhee of Char- lottetown aforesaid, barrister. the executors of the above named estate praying that a citation may be issued for the purpose here- inafter set forth: You are there- fore hereby required to cite all persons interested in the said Estate to be and appear before the Judge present at a Probate Court to be held in the Court House in Charlottetown in Queen's County in the said Province, on Wednesday the 26th day of July next coming. at the hour of eleven o'clock forenoon of the some day to shew cause if any they can why the Accounts of the sold Estate should not be passed and the Estate closed as prayed for In said petition and on motion of .1. Arthur McGuilzan, Esquire. Proc- tor for said Petitioner.

And it is hereby ordered lhal a true copy hereof be forthwith published in some newspaper pub- iished in Charlottetown aforesaid once in each week for at least four consecutive weeks from the date hereof and that a true copy hereof be forthwith posted in the following public places respective- ly. namely. in the lln!l of the Court House in Charlottetown aforesaid, st or near the Royll Bank of Canada in Charlottetown aforesaid. and at or near the Bank of Nova Scotls in Charlottetown aforesaid. so that all persons in-

terested in the said Eststo as aforesaid may have due notice thereof.

Witness His Honour lisrold Leo- nard Palmer. -ludse of the said

Probate Court at Charlottetown In Queen's County. the day and year first above wrlttem By the Court (L.S.) (Sill) E. Margaret Andrew, Registrar.

True Success story

By I. II. MacArthur

, Abraham Lincoln (1800-1865), an American statesman and sixteenth President of the United States was born in a log cabin in the State of Kentucky. Lincoln had no oppor- tunities to acquire an education, his parents being poor pioneers.

At the age of seven Lincoln was taken by his parents to Indiana. where his mother died in 1818. Within the year his father married again, and luckily for the boy she proved a good stepmother and en- couraged him in every way she could to study. The backwoods boy took up a variety of humble tasks and for the next ten years earned his own living. ,

In 1839 the family moved to I11- inois and young Abraham helped his father clear a farm. llbelre lay. lng the foundation for the nick- name rail-splitter, which in later years assisted him in his candidacy for public office. While in New Orleans he got a first-hand pic- ture of how slaves were sold like common cattle and often mistreat-

ed.

Up to this time he had received less than one year of regular schooling. but now he went in for the study of law while clerking at New Salem. l-Ie' enlisted in the Black Hawk War in 1332 and rose to the rank of Captain.

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When he came back to civilian life he was a candidate for the Leg- islature, though defeated. Later. however, he served three success- ive terms in the Legislature, and in 1837 he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Springfield, the State capital. 5