S'side Board

Meeting" Held Last Night

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- th resident John Munlall presIYiing.pthe sumnienlde Board of Trade met in the Magistrate)! court room on the second floor of 001:: no 1:..'t.........'""""-.....

Presi en III! since the previous meeting of the board much time had been spent in dealing with the matter-,of the cangdian N tional Railways ap- plication to withdraw mixed train

reparod by 010 gortation committee for prosecu- tion to the Legislative committee and that the said brief had been presented yesterday morning. On motion it was agreed that the action of the committee in pre- paring the brief be approved and the matter was left in thehands of this committee for further act-

ion.

Under reports 1 eommittees Edgar Cannon reported that Miss MacMui-do had been reappointed as supervisor of the Tourist Bur- eau at Reed's Corner for the com-

Cotincil are in an unenviable posi- tion at the present time. They are faced with more than their share of momentous decisions as spring looms up on the horizon

fully a middle path, with the cer- tain knowledge that they'll "be I blamed if they do and damned if

Snow Blocked Highways In West Prince

-A large number of hockey fans from Alberton. Tignlsh and.all sections west of 0'- ”-"3... ..""...i'..:?:.: Win ev w were prevented from attend-

, Aces 0'l.eary Maroon: playoffs by a heavy drift of snow which filled in the high cuttings in the area h t Elmsdale and Bloom- field Corner as quickly as they were ploughed out.

During the sash! part of the evening a Government plow opened up the road through to Albetton, being followed by fifteen motorists who had been stranded at various places along the highway. As far as could be learned from the plow dispatcher. plows would not be working last night but were , t i to op- erations today.

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ins !9350"- they don't" by different sections - H. K. Strlgbt. reporting for the of Q, 1 . retail merchants committee stated F cumin: e

that a meeting had been held of this committee at which such mat- ters at store closing hours and stores doing 5 ' on " had been taken up and discussed.

Dr. Gilbert Gallant was admit- ted to the board as an individual member and Amalgamated Dair- ies as a corporation member.

In the report of the unemploy-

DANGEROUS CROSSING SUSPENSE DRAMA CAPITOL THEATRE.

SUMMERSIDE

-Jeanne Crain and Michael. Rennie. popular film favorites, boarded a luxurious transatlantic liner on the screen of the Capitol Theatre. and undertook a "Dang- nus Crossing." For the beautiful Miss Crain was beset by a host of baffling and dangerous pre- cements and the compassionate Mr. Rennie took it upon himself to aid the fair damsel in distress. The new Twentieth Century-Fox mystery drama which is based on a story by John Dickson Carr, has had the entire first-day audi- ence on the edge of its seats; for those who like thrilling, chill- ing. and highly diverting enter- tainment, "Dangerous Crossing" is their dish

Suspense begins to mount right from the beginning when the newly-married Miss Crain boards the vessel with her hus- band. She goes up on deck to bid farewells, returns to find her spouse missing. Not only does he disappear unaccountably but everyone aboard denies ever having seen him. Later devel- opments indicate that the young bride is the target of a mur- derer. Only Michael Rennie, the ship's physician, offers to help the semi-hysterical girl. who is beginning to doubt it sanity.

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problem of an extensive repair program to which ly of taxpayers' money. Fortun- ately just about everybody agreed that this was a necessary under- taking. and a job well done on the part of the town fathers. Now they have other major problems to face. They have been rendered homeless by a udden and amaz- ingly rapid firc, and have to consider whether they will build new civic administration quarters. or renovate an existing ture and make it do. They have extra High School classrooms and a new auditorium to conside . and out on Notre Dame Street looms the "White Elephant" cal-

tbey have a large stake. and therefore a 'considerabl.: i ibility.

when matters were at their worst always gave the order to attack? The Town fathers may have to adopt this hold their. difficult problems. who have to pay the never very good judges of the quality of the music played. it is the Summerside citizens of the 1960's who will beat evaluate the forthcoming decisions Wedge Whatever they decide to do. they can at least console themselves with the thought that many of their critics. if placed in the same predicament. would probably not do any better.

on Die Adriatic. now is six miles inland because of the sea's reces- slon.

At Summerside

-The coming radio auction was the main topic under discussion at the weekly meeting of the Summerside Y's Men's Club. President Jim Murphy chaired the meeting with Harry Bishop as songleade and Ralph Mac- Farlane acting as finesmaster. The treasurer, Keith Lapp, gave a report on club and service funds

Four recommendations from the executive were brought before the meeting and passed as fol- lows:

That Don Adams be publicity chairman for the club in regard to the Maritime's regional con- vention being held in Saint John; 2. That Murray Willet be appoint- ed to make arrangements for a proposed church parade to be held in the near future; 8. That George Meikle and Harold Rodd be placed in charge of Summer- side's part in the Maritime's re- gional convention program; 4. That Ralph MacFarlane act as official delegate for the club to the international convention.

John Ellis reported that the radio auction town canvass had been complet ”. Roy Boates. co- chairman for this year's radio auction told the members that goods have been coming in ex- tremely well. and that the qual- ity of the items is the highest yet. He stated that some 600 regular and 40 special listings have been completed so far. and that there should eventually be from 700-800 items up for sale this year. He called for volun- teers for every night up to next Wednesday when the auction will take place. In the course of his report. he stated that all mem- bers would be taking advance

Last year the Council faced the

the Town's streets, J a ” -hi-vout-

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Western Guardian

-SKATING Iedeqne link to- nlglit, Friday.

-CARD PARTY. View hall. Friday. March eth. not Ene. Saturday. .

-RAYMOND GRANT. Optomet- rist, will be in his O'LeI11 Office. Saturday. March II.

-PANTRY MLI. Go-op ltore. lummersid . Saturday, March 5th. at 1 p. in. Hampton Women's Aa- socistion.

-FREE "CHURCH I laotland. lervices for March 0th. Desable 11.00 a.m.; Cape Traverse 8.00 p. m.; Summer-side 1.00 pm. Rev. Wm. R. Maclfay. B.Se.. -lnlster.

-Till CENTRAE. Bedeque Un- ited Bapda Church services Sun-

day 11 a.m. the ordinance of the Whi

Lord's Supper will be observed. Rev. Chas. A. Britten. minister.

-TRYON UNITED CHURCHES. Services Sunday. March 0th. Cape Traverse 11 a. m. Crapaud I p. in. Tryon no p.m. Rev. Lloyd Archer. Minister.

-FREE CLEANING for St. Patrick's Day. Any green article dr.--cleaned free with another ck-y cleaning Offer clheee March 18th. Victor! C' .. summers? .

-ALBERTON Pastoral Charge. the United Church of Canada. Rev. Murray Gardner, minister. March

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Canada. services for Sunday, March 0th. school 10.00 a.m. Divine service 11.00 a.m. Freetown 8.00 p.m. Keir Memorial. p.m. A cordial welcome to all. Rev. E. I. lean. I.A.. B.D.. min- later.

day afternoon at her home. The apenlng hymn "Work for leard at the piano was follow with the Invocation by the presi- dent. Mrs. "I Am's" of Christ were read in unison. Mrs. Robert Palmer report- ed that the artlcles needed for the

log. The scripture Matthew 13 on the feeding of the five thousand was read by Mrs. W. G. Ellis after which the president gave a most interesting story on how Christ had blessed the giving of the Iloaves and fishes by the

love to Thee. O lowed with dent. Mrs. the Mission Study on "The Mir- cle of Healing" concluding with the poem '

with the M ah benediction. A so- cial hour fo owed when delicious refreshments were served by the

bids on the goods for sale, these bids to be in by Wednesday noon. Six volunteers for last night were asked to help in the radio auc- tion dlsplay rooms.

George Clarke. for the radio auction rooms committee. said that the Y Centre rooms would be made ready on Friday and asked for volunteers to prepare clipping boards on Sunday after- noon.

The president. Jim Murphy. ap- pointed Bill Warwick to act as auditor for the treasurer's report. Ross Maclfenzle, Fred Bingham and Harold Rodd were appointed as nominating committee to bring in a new slate of officers.

George Clarke. chairman of the building extension committee. told the club that the Y's Men, in sponsoring Boy Scouts and Cubs in Summerside had taken on a large Job. involving some 250 boys. The Y Centre as it is, he stated. is not large enough to carry on this work properly. An extension of some 40 feet to the building is necessary to provide room enough for all the activities carried on in it. This would have to he done between the months of June and September. so as not to interfere with youth work now going on. He told the mem- bers that plans for the proposed extension had been drawn up and that with the club's permission. the building committee would call for cost estimates from contrac- tors for the job.

Proposed changes in the club constitution and by-laws were given to the members for study.

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'Stir me. 0 Lord." A lrcle of prayer was concluded

P.E.I. Yorlisliires This Year

A good demand for Island Yorkahlres throughout 1055 is an- ticipated by the Federal Depart- ment of Agriculture. Mr. R. W.

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Clay.seniorileldmanfrthed- C purunent hm, ,.,..,,,d",.,,,e..d,', . P. 2.1. use no .4 to an "mud meeting of mg p. N.8. & N.B. 58.0 41.0 1.0 E.I. Swine Breeders Association. 3")? 3-: Mr. Clay said that in February Main 603 ”'6 i, one boar was shipped to Alberta, Sui 62's :71 070 five to Ontario, and eight to An. wig "'9 f, New Brunswick. A number of sows i ' I i were lhililled 10 0Ilt&rl0- Some swine nutritionists ad- "We have been advised," he vance the theory that feeding is

added. "that a breeder from Al- berta will be here in May to select a carload of 70 head. We have an inquiry from Newfound- land for fifty head to be shipped next spring. In the face of these orders. we may have difficulty to find the required number of animals from sows scoring 85 or over. If such sales maintain this rate or if they increase we will have to enter more sows in Ad- vanccd Registry. otherwise we will not have the stock to sell. I would advise all breeders to test more young sows and keep only those which score 85 or over. "A year.nr more ago. we found a number of deformities showing up in some of our key breeding stock. Fortunately. we were able to pinpoint this trouble with the result that now we feel confident that we are well. on the waythto iglsnphugfmg tafoufgmcuglggsgn tn: requirements to bring a pig from when any megmyiw of com”. 30 lbs. to 200 lbs. live weight mm”. 15 found, the sow and the was 595 lbs. Some hogs consum- boar responsible should be re- 9d as 1”w 3.5 500 "75: I” make moved from our breeding pm, the same wei;:ht.gThere appeared gram smct adherence to this to be no relationship between Suggegtion Wm to , long way to feed consumed and type of car- keep our herds clean. cass score. In. fact. two of the "R N I . ed re art test groups using the least feed of a:i”93wyrsow;eceel;;'ered'in pAdg scored 92 and 89. There seems to

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"mced Registry In Oman" d".rI I,Ee8flS(Ill(I)lge will .-Zaloll mII:Ittkelihii'eli(:zXIigt mg the P3” yea” 325 mws fall" on even less feed than the short ed to qualify for testing for small thick animal.

liters and other reasons. The sur-

prising fact is that over 22 per- cent of these failed to go on test due to disqualifications such as ruptures. ridglings. hermaphrod- ites, and other deformities. In P. E. 1.. we had 108 sows which failed to qualify for test, and of these only 5 percent were dis- qualified because of deformities."

LAST YEAR'S ACHIEVEMENT

the important factor in the pro- duction of Grade "A" hogs. Here we have a range from 85.8 per- cent down to 46.9 percent when all the hogs were on the same feed. We know that breeding is responsible for the great im- piovemen in P.E.I. hogs. "Further evidence of the stand- ing of P.E.l. hogs is the fact that in the past year we quali- fied 75 per cent of all sows test- ed. The rest of Canada qualified 41 percent. In the same year. we qualified 71) boars. All other pro- vinces qualified 34.

"Since the inception of the Ad- vanced Regiatry policy over twenty years ago, we have no- ulated a vast amount of in- formation of the feed required to develop a pig from weaning age in market weight. During the past year. from records on 1820 hogs on test, the average feed

BREEDING STOCK SALES "Sales of breeding stock dur- ing the past year have shown a great increase over the pre- ceding years. Carlot shipments went to Quebec and Saskatche- wan. An increasing number of sales have been made to breed- ers in Ontario. Upwarris of thirty boars were shipped to New Bruns- wick. with a smaller number to Nova Scotia. These sales have been so heavy during the last half of- 1954 that some orders could not be filled.

"Both NS. and N.B. now have a Boar Bonus Policy somewhat similar to that in effect in this province. This means that a boar must be out of a sow scor- ing 35 or over to qualify for the top bonus. Even in the sales of sows to outside points. the buy- ers insist on stock from such high scoring sows.

"In the discussion of sales. we should note that all outside in- quiries insist on straight Island breeding. Buyers from the West, Ontario and Quebec do not want stock from this Province if it carries breeding which can be secured nearer home at less cost. We have breeders in Ontario who have their third island boar. Many of the orders from the West. Ontario. and Quebec are repeat orders."

Reasons for "satisfaction and encouragement" in swine produc- tion progress in this Province during 1954 were found by Mr. Clay. "While both the Provincial and Federal Departments may feel that more farmers should place greater emphasis on hog production. our main objective is to improve utility value and carcass quality." he said. "Dur- ing the past year our efforts in this direction have been success- ful beyond our expectations." "I feel that the -evidence over the past ten years or more has proven that the farmer who stays in hog production is usually the winner while those who practise an in and out policy often lose their beta. The following state- ment emphasizea this lack of stability: W

Hogs shipped through inspected plants in 1954 by Island produc- ere

Year Hogs per caplta M--he-g consumption (continued from page in - 12:0 105.119 1145 19 7.495 34 . 1953 77.992 133 ci W mm M Briefs Presenle

Mr. Pate admitted that the passenger service on the Island was not paying but said the train between Tlgnish and " side was the best paying on the Is- land from a passenger stand- point. It was only a few years ago that the Federal Government had paid off the deficit of the C.N.R. "Are we going to pay for deficits in other parts of Canada

"It is interesting to note. that variation in annual hog produc- tion shows little relation to the annual meat consumption. "The most outstanding feature of Island swine production has been the steady annual increase in the percentage of Grade "A" holgls as the following statement w testify:-

Year Grade A Grade A while our own service is elimin- P.E.l. Canada sled?" 1941 35.0 31.5 When questioned whether he 1944 41-1 28.2 was able to obtain some figures 1947 43-9 31-5 to freight revenue on the Island 1195330 for the past year. Mr. Pate said mm 53.8 15'” that from a reasonably correct

source be was informed that the revenue was Sl4,000,000. Asked whether the proposed curtailment would effect the mail service in the western part of the Island, Mr. Pate said that a letter now mailed at Charlottetown at 3:00 p.m. would reach 0'Leary at 0:30 the same evening but if this ser- vice were taken off a delay of 24 hours could be expected.

, The Canadian Legion brief cal- led attention to the fact that a

"In fourteen years. the percent- age of Grade "A" hogs in P.E.I. has increased from 35.0 percent to 53.8 while in the same period the Canadian ye. entage has drofped from 31.5 to 25.9. The credit for. this showing is due to our Island breeders who have demonstrated what can be ac- compllshed when everyone wdrks together for a common purpose. This present high stands as of

Foresees Good Demand F or'

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Parliament at Ottawa. Mr. Shaw felt that some favorable arrange- ment is possible with use United States authorities on this matter.

FARM FEDERATION Mr. D. A. MacDonald speaking on "Potato Matters" said that Canada was being treated unfair- ly stressing that .we would have received 23 cents bushel more for our Potatoes I3: year if we had been given the same protec- tion as the farmers of the Un- lted States.

"Unless something is done to correct this situation, Canada could be dependent at the United States for vegetables." Mr. Mac- Donald said. "We are now buying 27 million dollars worth of these products from that country and sellinz them three million dol- lars worth."

He said that without restrict- ions on potatoes this year, about the same quantity had been ship- ped from this province as the previous year. There are about 3.000 cars left on the Island and there should be no difficulty in moving the balance of the crop before mid-June. Frost in Florida had put back the crop there two of three weeks which would bring their new potatoes on the mar- ket late in April which possibly might strengthen the market late in the season.

”l3.000 new acres of good soil have been put under potato cul- tivation this year in California and increases elsewhe :

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marketing next year. may make consiitions very disagreeable." he sai .

PROVINCIAL STANDPOINT ”Speaking from a provincial standpoint, the Department of Agriculture has been advising farmers to grow only seed. The board office is at your disposal in directing you to seed available in or near your district. in any var- iety.

"Marketing potatoes is like marketing any other commodity." Mr. MacDonald said. "and should be backed up by a strong program of advertising." The results of such a program were described as he told of the superior position obtained by potatoes in Idaho where five dollars per car had been levied on the farmers to be used In advertising. and they are going to use more money for this purpose next year.