rionumo cux-ling included rinks from Halifax, Saint John, Charlotte- town, Moncton. Summerslde R.C.

A.F. and Summerslde in the fourth iileagh Tinney lholdlns dog 'Dozer Glen Ramsay. Willa Somers. Milll

Summersidw Hi Front Row:

Jim MacGregor.

"Dutch" Underwood. Cece Carver.

; M Jo , Iren Ma - F d Joyce Emmett MacDonald 'Lez:dl RE)l:ine .i;i)sho:,mi-lazeieclark 1G'ee"””m'- Ea” R”53- K9" 01”" 1'2 u v ' '

day of Championship Bonspiel at clarkl. Alban Sllllphnnt. Norman C8"0'- 39? 5i"'Ph'”"'

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AFTERNOON CURLERS - were from Sackviiie, Moncton, New Glas- gow, and Montague. in the fourth day of the Martime Mixed Curling

Championship Bollspicl.

Front Row: Amos Tingley. Wllf

wmore. Basil Johnston. Ralph Full- erton.

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iTingiey, Elleendohnson, Ev Cud Paddy Fullerton, and Betty Tib-

more, Gladys Fisher.

2nd Row: Shirley Simpson, Rose-I mary Hill, Marg Gaudet. Vlney I Fisher. Bob Tibbetts, James Cud- Simmons, Georgie Seaman, Loison Doug Hill, Jim Keefe. Inez Gallant.

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l .3rd Row: Bert Greenough, Ber- tle Howatt, Doug Render, George

Horace IliacFarlane, Pat Weeks, Irenc Sillipilant.

(PHOTO BY WOTTON)

3rd Row: Harry Dye, Lloyd in- man, John Simmons, Jim Vance,

ibetts. (PHOTO av worrou)

TIMELY NOTES ON FIIR FARMING

FURS ON CREDIT Now that credit buying is a large part of mercantile transactions a despatch from Baltimore dated March 25 to Women's Wear Daily gives the low down on the way credit is handled by the fur mer- chants is one of the largest cities of the United States. . .Retail fur- riers here have not altered their credit facilities in the past year. They report that credit is quite liberal as it is, with up to

5 24 months to ply.

A spokesman for one outlet said

A that in some special. big fur sales.

when the customer is known cred- it is extended beyond the 24-month limit. A large department store's representative reported that 90 per cent of fur sales are charged. The reporting majority; which included specialty shops as well as depart- ment stores. said 50 per cent of all furs are sold on credit. 40 per- cent of which is short term, or 90 days or less.

Howard Street specialty stores and department stores play up the extended credit terms in newspap- er advertising and train saies-peo- ple to mention it, it was reported. Charles Street iurriers, however, are a bit more subtle, in most cas- es, in implying that extended terms exist. By and large. all applicants for credit are screened. But 0 ne speclaiiv shop owner pointed out that those who know their credit won't be approved, apparently don't apply. Non-payments account

a for less than one per cent of the

gross volume of business. It was generally reported. Down payment practices are

I flexible indeed. Department stores

do not require a down payment from old customers. A new account must pay at least 10 per cent. Specialty stores reported that one- third of the purchase price is gen- erally required but this rule is flexible to' the point that old cust- omers are excepted. Financing is about equally divided between the stores and banks, according to spokesmen.

Just ten years ago at the Can- adian Fur Auction Sales C0,. Ltd. sale held In Montreal silver fox and its mutations were very strong. in fact we remember the year quite clearly and how encouraged we all were with the future out- look. It was a big change from 1940 when the market went to pieces due to war breaking out

. in Europe. Here is a part of the

report of the Canadian Fur Auct- ion Sales Company Ltd. for that an e.

Special platinum fox pelts were 74 per cent sold at an average of 567.25; white marked silvers were 75 per cent sold at 342.33; half to three-quarters slivers were 76 per cent sold at 320.71; selected full slivers were 33 per cent sold at 939.83 and full silvers 30 per cent sold at 527.10.

That year and for the years 1947 and 1948 markets were good though not as strong as the 1946 sale. Then they started to tail off badly in 1949 and in 1950 the handwriting was very clear-that the business was doomed. Everyone started to

WESTERN

GUARDIAN

EASTER Cantata, Crapaud Unit ed Church, Sunday. April 8th. at 8.30 p.m.

STATION wagon leaving Sum- merslde daily for Charlottetown Dial 2822 for information and res- ervations.

BEDEQUE PASTORAL Charge. The United Church of Canada. Rev. p G. A. Cowper-Smith. Minister. Ser- vices on Sunday. April 8. Albany 9.30 a.m.; Bedeque 11 am. Bor- den 7.30 p.m. '

LADIES AUXILIARY will pre- sent "Aunt Minnie from Minnes- ota" in Legion Home. Borden, Sat- urday. April 7 at 3 p.m. Tuesday. April 10. ll p.m. Admission Satur- day 50 and 25. Tuesday 60 and 30.

..LEGION MEETS - The regular meeting of the 0'Leary branch oi the Canadian Legion was held Monday evening with President J. B. MacKay presiding. Minutes were read and approved. Harold Mc- Connick was appointed Sergeant- at-Arms. Hillard Johnston was app- ointed canteen steward for a year. Branch padre Peter Pate was wei- comed back after an absence oi several months through illness. The entertainment committee reported plans to-have square dances every Saturday night.

IEDEOUE NOTES

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold MacLean and their two children. Charlotte-1 town, were recent visitors at the home of Mrs. MacLean's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gardiner of this village

Mrs. Wallace MacLeod, Sack- ville. N. 13.. spent several days in BEdetil:re the guest of her mother. Mrs. S. Weeks and Mr. Weeks. She also visited with her sister. Mrs. Lecky, and Mr. Lecky. Sum- merside.

Among those who attended the lee Follies, Moncton, last week were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Af- fleck. Mrs. Calvin Leard. Miss Clara Affleck. and Miss 'Georgle Murray. all of Bedgque. and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph ailbeck. Miss Mildred Callback. Mr. Edison Wright and Mr. Albert Wright. all oi Central Bedequo. and Mrs. Roy Cutcliffa. Agustine Cove.

Mrs. T.J. Inman. Central Bed- cque is still confined to her home through illness. All wish her a lpeedy recovery.

Mrs. ifeber Myers. Carleton. is still confined to her home an ac- count of illness.

Miss Geor e Murray and Miss Catherine Cal beck. limit "10 W103-

RAYMOND GRANT. optometrist will Saturday, April 7th.

CENTRAL BEDEQUE United Church service Sunday 11 a. m. Rev. Charles A. Britten, Minister.

SMILING Bill show will be ap- pearing in the Miscouche Legion Hall Tuesday, April 10 at 0.30. Fol- lowed by a dance. Admission 50

I and 35 cents.

KENSINGTON United C h u r ch Sunday. April 8th. Church School 10.00 a.m.: Morning Worship 11.00 am.; Evening Worship 7.30 p.m.; Summerfield 2.30 p.m.: Rev. Lew- is M. Murray, B.A.. B.D. Minister.

ANGLICAN Church Services in the New London Parish April 8th. First Sunday after Easter. Rector: Rev. W. Eric lngraham. St. Mark s Kensingto , Holy Communion 8.30 and Sunday School 10.00; St. Thom as' French River. Holy Commlm lon 11.00; St. Stephen's Burlington. Evensong 2.30; St. Mark's Kensing ton. Evensong 7.30.

be in his Tignlsh oiiicel

Toronto Stocks

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Personals

Miss Georgina Cairns and Mr. Douglas Ferguson spent Easter Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Cairns.

Mrs. Allan Elder, Summerslde. has entered the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, where she will undergo surgery. Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery.

ERIE: Condition Finds Coroner's Jury

The inquest into the death oi Ken neth Campbell, which occurred very suddenly at his home in 0'- Lenry on March lath was held last even' .11 in the 0'Leary public hall.

Coroner Dr. Charles Dewar read the report of the Provincial Path- ologist. Dr. J.H. Shaw which indie- ated heart disease as the primary cause and that there was a neg-

lndicatcd the injestion of alcohol

probably death.

Ajury brought in a verdict that

the deceased came to his death at his home In O'Leary on March 18, due to a heart condition and also recommended that In the future. rubbing alcohol be obtained only by a doctor's perscription. Members oi the jury were Al- ton Boulter (foreman) Joseph M. Gallant. I Tsar L. Harris, William M. Ellis. Charles B. Foley. Edsel Dunville, Wilbur Gray.

IHNIIC IODY

ative reaction to tests for the pres-, ence oi methyl alcohol. Findings .32

in an amount to cause coma sndl

”mining was up it. Canadian Pac l Vs Id '

Eureka both added '20. Brazilian Traction and Preston East Dome both lost '-it and Shawinigan fell 54;.

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mo ms Ill is f I t mmm, mg: 151;, my, 1:-M Lzlkehead prices or cass wo. xsecur Free 4750 no 350 IWA and domestic wheat dropped 130"”! "W 3' 3” 5'” ” lie cent except for class two dur- ggmgtu o"'m::,?,," 3 "J 1ums which lvcre unchanged. sltanwell ass 70 15 1;: -lg Closing prices: ::::::.: :3: ..-. :. my am: ny 76-: oct- xTrans Can mo: 24:. no 2.13 4-5 73x&n. :::::::.':: .3131: :::..::.. &Perg5Y;,,lg;Ya1-15””:"V1-0”" xTreml Peta 10000 )7 ill 11 ' ' F ' xTriad on ma us no Mo 4 max; May 4,1-zlgb; Jly 4.0216- xgnl 01" lfggj 1;: 7;: 4 4.03; Oct. 3.-16b. EH11 Ewlhspao 12097 14 as 24 Rye: May 1.30; Jly 1.wVa-lib; :: :.r on W- iw NM, ,,,, .,,,,, 1, ,, 1. Prices for class two wheat for xwllrich moo am on on 4.2 eXP0l"t to countries outside IWA. xW Decnlll 22290100 172 175 M 1 nor 17491;; No. 2 l.705i; No. 3 xlfcaunrbcaauck 11000 21 21 :2 H 1.64:5; No. 4 1'56yu Nap 5 1.34; g No. 6 130; 1 durum 254- No 2 xmmw” 1”nBA1Nlll'('S” 2” I 250; No. 3 2.44. IWA and'domes- Ito 5.-sv. am 5w. -1 tic prices: 1 nor 1.7m; No. 2 Nova Scotia 410 60 SW4 .0738 - IA 1701”. Nop 3 1.5455- Na 4 1.5551,: ,C:,',",';:',:'f' m 2:,” :3” :3 -is No 5,134; No. 6 i.30; 1 durum my"; 199 gal; u u -1sg 2043; N0. 2 2.020; No 3 3.0l9h. Tor Dom on .-we as aw. r PEI . m C . .. .. p d n Mag mo lull 14 lsu. - at r0 uce n Steal also no am am - an Slmlmhl 3540 31 "V W4 4' 95 MONTREAL (CP)-Agriculture M 3,3” :1” ti” pg department uotations: Total sales on Toronto Stock Exchange Eg a: Small cases. extra-large AW" 91 17-1110-000 49; Targe 48-49; medium 47-483 small 45; B 42; C 37. Receipts: 399.

N' Y' SFOcks Butter: current receipts. 57Va: NEW roux (AP)-The stock "is: ?,'i5'Q,."'f"f,'”,f' ”Z,"i,",,,,i”,.'3 nkthlt th hlhrri-P” ” ' ” me”

I" T 9 8"” 91' new 8 able 53-58Vll storage saw. Re- day-lts third this week. mpts. ML

Ellellslve Price increases were Cheese; f.o.h. factory, Ontario common umons higher priced ls- whitc sou: colored am: delivered sues. Gains of 4 to 7 points were Montreal, Quebec white 2934; col- scored. There were many snlns oi .orcd 30Va; wholesale Ontario white I to 3 points. Losses usually were am; colored MSG: wholesale Que- rather small. but they were num- bcc white 3050; colored am. Re- erous. ceipis: nil.

Oils, alrcraits. and ChemlCu:n Potatoes: N. 3. new white 75! were foremost in the advance to- 2.00-2.25: N. B 50: 1.35-1.50: N. B. gether with a number of individu- 10s 32-.331 QIIGDGC N0 1 75! 1” ally strong stocks. 175: P.E.I No 1 75s 240-ll);

The Associated Press average of Florida White 508 3.50-I-75: C115! 60 stocks was up 51.10 of 3191.50 red 50: 2.60.

.a record high mark. The ihdustria component of the avora e aincd .60 at a new high .20. lftalls were up It cents at M4610 ;;id7J.IIlllLl8I added 30 cents at 4

Volume was not very large at 2.000.000 shares. That compares with 2,950,000 shares traded Thurs- day when the market declined.

Call zine gained 116 at m in a late flurry activity to be- come the day's active issue.

Canadian Issues were mixed. Granhy Mining Illd International Nickel both added it. Hudloll Ba l

fic gained I on Sea- gram advanced to. Mcintyro fell . Walker - Gooderhall 1 and Aluminium Ltd. was it.

Currencies

MONTREAL (CP) - The US. dollar closed Friday at a discount of .'H0 per cent in terms of Cana- dian funds. down I-32. It took 99 13-10 cents Canadian to buy

1 American. P n u n d sterling

.90 .'I-10, unchanged.

ORDIIED TO RETURN

COPENHAGEN (AP) - Son 80,000 striking Danish transport workers started back to work Fri- day. obeying an order from Parlia- meat. Fifty thousand other work- ers. not affected by the perils- mmw decree. were otil on. some .000 Danish woman have been Idle since March 19 when

transport and building is-

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cut down but very few went out of business completely except the small ranchers. We held on hoping that things would change. until fin- ally nearly everyone killed off their faxes and decided the business was a hopeless one to engage in.

At present the majority of the foxes in Canada are owned in Prince Edward Island or at least the majority of those registered are owned here, although Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia still have a certain number. It may be that

HOWLAN

On Friday March 10 Mr. Frank Doiron School inspector spent the day in Howlan School.

Miss Diane Gallant quietly cel- ebrated her. birthday on St. Patrick day. March 17.

Sympathy goes out to Mrs. Ken- neth Campbell and family on the sudden death of Mr. C F " at their home in 0'Lcary early on Sunday morning March III." also to his aged mother Mrs. D.D. Camp- bell and all his sisters and brother Lorne.

Arnold Wood a farmer resident of Howian. left on a trip to Flor- ida on Monday Mar. 19 accompan- ied by Earnard Shea of 0'Leary.

Pauline Finnan was among the many who took part in the ice sport in Charlottetown.

Some of the farmers who held on to their potatoes are how busy grading and the price seems some what better.

Mr. Herb Avery of Alberton re- cently was storm stayed in How- lan where he spent a few days with relatives and friends.

Chicken pox is now on the go among the children in Howlan. The snow plow is having a stren- uous time since Tuesday 20th try- ing to open the Howlan Road. Now two plows are reported broken. People are getting impatient with a very sick patient to be taken home from P.C. Hospital.

There left by plane on Friday March 23. on return to their homes Mrs. Oscar Gallant of Halifax, Rob- ert Dolron of Guelph, Ont. and An Doiron of Sudsbury. Ont. after a short visit to their rnothe Mrs. Felix Doiron who is conval- esclng at the home of her daughter and son In law Mr. and Mrs. Ant- hony Flnnan Rowlan.

Messrs. John Arsenalllt and Clair Gallant left on Monday Mar. 20 lo: Toronto, Ont. to seek employ- men .

Friends of C. J. Gallant are sorry to note that he is now a patient In Western Hospital.

Lorraine Gallant was surprlsedl one morning last week when he found one of his cows had present- ed him with twin calves.

Mr. and Mrs. A.s. Gallant and dnushtce of Charlottetown are via- Itlll in Woodstock.

Mrs. Jerry Arsenault and son

Norman recently spent a few days i never.

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in future years these beautiful furs will once again become popular and we hope so. because those who have the faith to keep the industry alive will certainly deserve any re- wards that may come their way.

With reference to the easy credit system mentioned earlier in these notes, a despatch from Detroit in the latest Women's Wear Daily has the following: "If people can't pay for furs. I'd rather not sell them," one furrier said here speaking of liberallzing credit. This reasoning, also shared by other Detroit fur- riers, appears to be the reason re- tailers are opposed to liberalized credit terms for fur purchases. In general. one year is thedongest credit allowed. many stores try to enforce a six months credit per- iod. "Once you excecd 10-or 12- month credit terms for furs youlrc stepping on dangerous ground," said one.

The one store contacted which had relaxed credit restrictions dur- ing the last year reported it a suc- cessful means of drawing new cust- omers. The store changed from of- ferlng six-month to 12-month cred- it. and also offered a lower down payment. A fur buyer of a higher- prlced specialty shop said that the use of liberalized credit in too many places was hurting the fur industry by cheapening furs.

"'hile most stores were unable to give a breakdown of the per- centages of furs sold on credit, the few answers received ranged from 5 per cent to 95 per cent on a combination of long and short term credit. If credit is mentioned in advertisements it is usually includ- ed in small type. For departments

regular store policy on credit. Ono

terms prominently in ads report- ed that the customer is urged to use the normal credit arrange- ments unless she speciflcaily de- mands the easier advertised terms.

"cw purchasers of furs applying for credit are turned down, stores revealed. However, several furriers said that if a customer's credit record is shaky, they try to ex- tract as large a down payment as possible. Twenty per cent to one- third down is the average down payment requirement in stores here. Nearly all stores finance their own credit plans.

A desire by customers to avoid paying interest was noted by one furrier whose store does not charge the interest on extended payments, if merchandise should be paid for within six months. An amazing number of customers paid the full amount within the six-month per- iod. and a number paid completely after two or three payments. The percentage of non-payments was one per cent or under for stores contacted.

And now we hear from Mil- waukee: Most Milwaukee furriers think it would be a mistake to lib- eralize credit facilities. Finns here do not believe that credit terms should extend beyond a year and most of them keep it on a 00 to 90 day basis. "We have not liber- alized credit facilities." the owner of a downtown fur store said. "I don't think we could stay in bus- iness if we did. Furthermore, I don't believe in selling credit. I believe in giving 100 per cent value in furs. Carrying charges bring the cost up considerably." Another fur- rier said he has not liberalized credit because he doesn't handle cheap furs. This furrier said! he doesn't want or cater to the type of customer that requires addit- ional credit facilities.

family who have resided on the farm of Alban Arsenault during the past 5 years have returned to their own home on Tuesday March 20

'Mr. Joe Peters who spent the winter months in Charlottetown has been visiting with Robert Arsen- ault a few days.

Mrs. Henry Perry of Charlottet- own recently spent a day or two visiting relatives in Howlan.

HIGH SPEED MAIN CAUSE

EDMONTON. (CF) -- Proper en- forcement can save lives and the elimination of human error can prevent 92 per cent of Canada's highway fatalities. says W. M. V. Ash of Toronto. chairman of the Canadian Highway Safety Confer- ence. Mr. Ash told the Alberta safety Council that high speed is responsible for 46 per cent of all Canadian highway deaths.

Kensingion Rink

First game for champion- ship North and South Shore League for Baker Trophy.

APRIL 7t.h FREETOWN versus NEW ANNAN

Goals to count.

Course At Tignish

A one-day short course for fish- ermen. sponsored by the extension

Gpanmcnt of St. Dunstan's Univer- oily. was held in Tignish Commu lly Hall Thursday afternoon and evening with about sixty-five fish- ermen from the area in attendance.

.Mr.. Wilson Shea, manager of Tlgnlsh Fisheries, p r e s i d e d. lD'- H- F0111-lore, acting director of :lhe Technological station at Hal- ifax. N.S.. addressed the meeting on all phases of salt fish curing alld Processing, At five o'clock a dinner was served the assembly by the women's auxilliary of the Tlgnlsh Branch of the Canadian Legion, Mr. William Murphy, lab- oratory technician, Dept. of Fish- cries. Charlottetown, lectured brief- 4 Other speakers were Rev. Wm. lslmllson, Extension Dept; R. D. lMrKillllun, fishery officer at Alber- inn: Rev. Dennis Gallant. Tignish;