me CHARLOTTETOWN’ xcuaaniau

d: . f ‘ZJK. ilmlisw

or wit‘: can..." muo-

and classifiers

lie. Parvn Cass and

MaoDousall will be .

inch from earlv morning un~‘il

l! foxes to their

color obese sections and Pl""se'-". It

a lminlh asalmment but these

men have had n new deal of ex-

perience as graders with the Can-

n National. P ELI. Fur Pcol

mien Fur Pool and know

lr ees. As soon as the fox

fl Unified. the owner or his assis-

tr" receives I. Ucket wivinq clu<n

and section in which the fox will be miiblted.

In the Standard Silva“ "YW" are laases for mdiums. liizht ailvera. mo“. beavv veiled. and

li divers In thr- Standard Whit; PKQIPH‘ Silo-we thy": n‘! cldsscs for llizhi, BEIVETS and extra iiirhts and in Standirrd Platinum eludes for mr-zyums. lbh‘ and ex- li hta and thr- aime classes for

tra iz . Standard Pgitimizris. with two

acier Blue-s. 'I‘here are ips for all these different tvnev and some aroun classes as well Two acnegate ‘core tmnlfles will be awarded for Btandard Silver classes and one for new t-voe classes. Winners of. chamvioiialiios will receive eferlink lllver aooons. There are money brizes for each section. first urize $.00. second $7.00. thrd £5.00 and remain-ink ouallfyimz entries $3.00 each. It looks as thoiuzh all avail- able crates in the buildinl: will be utilized C: course there may be

t down the entry list bi

everv certainty that the show will be a biz one and the uualltv out- Itandina.

The fire-t fox show ever held in lie vaorld was at Grand Rapids. gllieiliimn. ‘n 1019 and W. Chester

l svetem for scorlnq foxes which was used throuahout the United Shiite and Canada He and Mr used the-score card svs-tem ll the Ivllinhirzan show. The follow- hl veer the first Canadian show was held in Montreal and there were man-v exhibitors from Ponce Edward Island with a few from Ontario agtd Quebec.

e to 58> them The novelty of e eve t attracted h lot. of snecta- on: no». tdnly deserved areat credit cannot. rerv-"nr" wl“ rivned unulon fox but we know that omili foxes. Callback foxes. Peter Clark foioea. Bovyer foxes and Aa- new form: were amen" the brin- civcel nrlzi- winners". The iudwes were W. Chester S. McLure and P.J. Drolet Dr. J.A. Allen was the veterinarian and W Fred Burke was his asslstan-t Mr. Dro- bt. Dr. Allen and Mr. Burke have Ieerc/ttablv missed away.

Everyone had a arand time at lint. show. Pfiors of livc foxcs wcrc exnerted ‘to be hiczh that fall. no me filurrd on the Americans out-

a 50 oer cent tariff on but when tha blow fell and the markets eollabacd. it was not. verv nleusant. The next show we attended ivasbt. Toronto in 1022 """n with the Royal _Wlntcr Fa . Th: man-

W8

was arrange‘; for. an

o .. - and l- Roahcad siznal liven.

It was an eucoeae. o

Tgufoxeo bolnl on ambition.

.1 in; was done in the centre o

the Main B ' and the llkht

was not sniJsIactm-y. close decisions l Nfl hh

e hmnerun to bring the foxes out to the frontof the Main Bulldina to decide the win- ners The next your the Midi-ring- cavllion was mull; and from then on ‘lie Island show continued to be the best in Canada. attracting a larger number of entries and a better quality than elsewhere. Two setbacks were ivceivedumie in i980 duo to an on? of distemoer iv before e show and in 1944 when a smilar occurrence caused oancella-Tion.

In the good old days it was Sil- ver IMXE: that held the limolizlit and in 1904 we oafii v re- member u mire ever black tin Wiflfiihi! the world's ohuimfonsh b for nuns at the Royal Winter Fair.

thaw who cremated it or",

As the trend towrrds liohter foxes was made fuhioiiable largely Fromm

ma. cousin. who were breedlm that tyre. the darker foxes had in stein out cf thi- octure and the hIifIht. “"323 came to the fore- front It- ls reurettable that. the tliraanuaflcrs and even half silvers have been discarded by my l-idv of fashion as in our onrlnion when of zood duality and color they were really beautiful

Around i941 new iyiiea made their appearance such as white faces and nlatlrium silvers and there had to be added classes. At. first they were few in number and those pos- seseiriw them were envied beyond ne 8 ooesesora of zold mines Ab their numbers new. more color chases were added and not onlv white faces but. rilaitinums. ulaliln-uzn sil- vers and near-l rilotlnums. vcs and mu glaciers. are now in the prize

Iiooklnz back over one of our old scrap books, we find that in i934 the adult male silver championship was won bv JR Lockerby. second C C. Baker. Yeai-llna mule by Ray Cam second, Walter McGreiIor and by the way. we lleve it was that vearllrw male which Ray Carr

minent breeder of Holsteins in Ontario. that became the nroizenitor of'somi=- of the bmt foxes in Ontario. The chamoion nub of the mow was won by Edwin C. Jolmston. second stewcri. d: Lewis. Chamlofon male of the show was won bv Raw Carr. second Wal- ter McGreeor. Champion female of the s-how was won by W.W Brown. second Ray Carr. Grand Chamloion was won by W.W. . second Ray Carr.

In I905 the Grand Champion fox Ira D

of the show was owned by . Oan‘. Covehead. and the Grand Chamnion bum of the show was owned by W.B Nina-Arthur. Ken» sinizvton. In 1936. the Grand Cllam~ nion of the show was owned by Rov Wcodaide. Maloeque and the chamoion mm of the show was owned bv Stewart. 6a Lewis. Surn~ merside. In 1937 the Grand Cham- nioii fox of the show was. owned liv Stewart 8a Icwls. and the Grand Chamoion mm of the show was owned bv Ira CW1‘. In i938. the chamnlon male Duo was owned by Poy Wzrodside and the mud chamnion fox of the show was owns-d h" l" ‘B. Mu-Ii'=‘hw' In 1°19 the chnmnion mm was ovfn-"d by Stewart & Lewis and the wand ClIBmTPTi fox of the show by R S

‘Humnhrev-

Chemiolon bun of show and Grand Chqninion of 1940 were comer‘ by H. fi Mvt-‘ai-l. Summer

side. It was the first year in which

l"i’i“"'it. dif‘! nit kn" 1' vti'v 11mm . whit-r nirrlzed loves were Whlhit/trl l o

bout xea then: Vimy Agnes, owned and bred by tn the oben as much as cossible. so he rear end cf the zrandeitand was ussizncd as quarters It was very cold bclii: late in November. lirid finally a large part of the otructure had to b: bCflYdHi in so ls to hermit some comfort. for juducs. cxliibtors riid foxes The world's championshin was won by Wimy Agnes. ovrncd and bred by the-writer. who manv of the other awards. Amcivz the other liivrli ex- hibitors we recollect vcrv dlstiiictlv Peter Ci Garlr. Georize A. Callback 5nd John A. Lea. ,

In 1923 the lnfe A H Mitchell Internal fional Fri: Show at Mechanics Hall.

of Boston nromoted a-n

they, in, any

and prominent Exhibitors were: Raoul Raymond, Roy Woodside, Ernest T. Hill. fwellington McNeill lwho‘ by the way

‘off most of the prizes.

Raoul Raymond of Southport we the wlnnitr of the Izrand u- donahiri and chamiulon male min in the elhow was also owned by Raoul Fravmond. In 1942. the Rrand c-hamnlon fox of the allow was cwnrd by W11. Tidmarsh and Cordon MacMillan was the owner of the aizizreizate scorn tronhv‘ Chamolon nun of tho show was owned by If. G. Muthut, summer- slde In i043. Chamrfon Pun of show wee owned bv Gordon Mec- Millan. Cornwall. and Mr Muc- Millan also owned the Grand

quantity

V80!

_ wrest in the work of the Bud

BGFCn. Pn‘rle= vwre rccelvrd from various Darts of the Uriltsd Shier and Priv- Wwrrd ‘rlind. The buildinw was excellent for the mir- Dose. there was a iii-ire attendance. cf siieciabor and evcrvthlmz cussed off verv n‘ v T“ "Mud CllfiYIlIl- iotishv was w n‘hv Prter C. Clark arid or=c‘i"'i"" "'1 rf t‘-~ ~~-**~’“~l prizes came to Prince Edward ls- land

Previous to the Intcmation-al

Chamoion fox of show.

Two auction sales of silver fo and new tvries were held on Wed riesdav afternoon on St. Peter‘! Road near Charlottetown. In the mornuisz Dou Mayne sold auite a few of his e lvers and some clat- inilms and white faces. receiving $200.00 for a oiatinum and Rood briccs for ‘the other tybes. Ho , also sold some more in the late show there had been "n Evhihltion afternoon at eounllv izuod iiriccs. at the Royal inter Fair. Toronto. The advertised sale of the re- nt which the slam-l foxes cnntiired malnder I he in"; of m; 9g. most of til.- nrizcs. rm- Royal Wln- late of 3. one Clark- drew k Pair co-ntiribid ‘o b=- the show lune numbgr of foxmen tn it. an Mace for Cam-is until in the rarlv there was risk biddiiiu. some bummer of 1M9 th-cu-Ih the efforts told and the overlie wu ver avast» A s Robertson. J. Wal- rratifvin: to the Eutzrn Tru

Jones end others. a Charlotte Cmnoanv who are hail linz‘ the

WANTED Musltnarg-inmlt. p

We nqnm larfle quantum of Muskrat and Mink‘ illlcilately to fill order for a large ‘ manufacturer. You are assured of

uliiai price when you "cell your. run to us.

Wlpvblye” M1050!‘ express on all alilp- out‘ blip" your flyfirnrto: A ‘ Ifl»_1‘eudorl at N! ‘

furl immediately

i». one». cmmir. sum

nih d to Mt. A. J. Mzgibrbxillolt o?‘ vibmva. B. 0.. for c verv informative l fer. which hi?‘ ‘filmy “Orzo gs welio {Cg ' st i-iutowy of

f! Mocormac “writes; noticed a recent ue o your "Nevin! %otes" in The ouucau. a further reference to Camobelis History of P1}. Island.

“I have a ooov of this history. Duiblkhtd by Dr. Duncan Camb- beil and nrlxitcd bv Bummer Br0~ there. Charlottetown. in 1876. Cumobell wrote a history of

tic which was used in a oolu thfi u a textbook. Ho went to P . in 1815 for the name uni-bole. dim three months there in ma erina data and wri- tinz his book. which consists of 272 Danes. The uerlod from the British occuoetion to Confeder- ation is covuud. Much aoaoe was devoted to the Lon Question and Confedemf-ibp: in not the moat lu and concise . of these (fusions that I ever saw.

"In the oreface Dr. Cumobell says his intention was to te story. which would be accurate and-Embattled. In refer- ence to the nd Question. he stu- ted that he came in oomoarative iznorance of the whole subject. therefore unoreiudiced by ideas and associations which it might bc inibossible for a native of the Island to t hims

he thanks the oeoule of P.E.I. for their kind- neesea and orders for 2'10 conies of his unoublished work.

"It is my belief that this book was used in the Island schools as a histo. textbook but. the v I have in tIO marked. I llll o the ooiiiion it was in use when I went to school .

“Refeninaz to the list of names of uersons in the 1796 census or- dered- bv Governor Fanninz and commilod by Robert . Surveyor. which the book ooiitainl. and to which you nfer. it is of in- terest to me u it. contain: e names of two of aw areat-arand- fatli . . reference to

I., pub-

and was a very useful work. The list of nuns which it oubliahed. wu of the advance subscribers. There was some excitmnent when the books were delivered and ltwelve dolllrs demanded nayment. Peiiiaus you could find someone who could write the inside story

of the PEI. Atlad. " book. oublished met l.

“I t Mewhfii-Z Add“

Red inn the

in i861. I may say that I

Rev. GCONB Sutherland in Sas- katchewan. about the end of the 19th century. who was a native of Plctou and seemed have a knowledue of PEI.‘ _

“Could not nometliinn be do rear-int these old works on PILL. and also the boolu bv other of its inhabitants? I have in mind John Stewart's book. Camnbella’ history. the works of Hunter Duvar. Wan. burtonb history. Bath's books

u‘! o:

ddre

- NEwsY NOTES ‘- -

limulnuh

“Nlturll uutorv o! r11". well liitdtlccvod with nuts lowered: over a oeriod of yeuaymgbr in- gfiwuaofi: olfugiruenrnivon. _

and

gamma of the abnotixuz of e ‘int

at on the Island, and so on. I have two other mutilated cooies

Bainb History. in very bld abaoe. One was found behind the Wainscot of a house which was bl repaired. The

o . cw families were they oreserveii as they should have been. Elven he bookaellers didn't BIDDTQCITKC the value of such works._About' 25 years no an acquaintance saw a forlorn stack of boo in a book- store and eu ed them. ‘rhev were Bainb History. He made an offer and not them for somethlnz under half urice. A oostcard to the Public Libraries in the USA broiuiht immediate reolles and he d the histories for four time: w tlieocld.

M whom‘: Alas was uublisbed in 880. and 30 years afterwards I heard echoes of the exasneration caused bv the unexoeoted brine. In i010 the work could be had foi $5. mid I lourchlaised a second-hand oonv or t at o ce.

About the turn of U16 Kiwi-Ill‘! the Island seems to have been a iiauoy hun-tiniz-zround tor itinerant‘ booksellers who talked the un- vyary inlo slzriiiiz on the dotted line. for books. and sets of books. of very doubtful value. The vic- tim seldom read or understood the contract he sinned. and often "bumt. his finizeis". The oublic at last woke uii "and the olazue was stayed." 'L.atcr ‘came the B-RCIll-S for farm mazazlnes and the like. but these nave stood value. thoilllh a bit of a nuisance as beinu "nev- er off the dooraten." f. like my oorresoondent. should like to hour the circumstances conec with the sale of the Atlu. ~

Bmides the books and manu- scriuts mentioned by Mr. McCor- mock. there is or was an unuubr lished "Geolozy of PEI." bv the late Lawrence W. Watson. t-lio. MB of which I once had the blea- aurc of readlna. cellent work and wondered what became of it. The late R/ov. T. Svoencer. who be- fr ended me when I wasa stranger in the land ‘and whom I still hold in affectionate remembrance, once wld me that he had a areat num- be: of manuscrlnte relatlmz to the early history of his oastoi-ate. I have tried. but without success. to find out what became of these records. For mv own uart. I have nreaerved many historical articles which l"lVQ aobeared in_tho local new“): no: amom them beinu “The Parish 0f Milton and Hus

. the late Charles E. Mc- : “Old Times South of the I-lillsboi-o." by the late Ludlow Jenkins: "A sketch of Harbor." (author not known Postaae Stamns of P.E.I. Aizrioltlg: "Some Lsltmd Sums and elr derivations"; "Brackley Point in Earlier Dave". bv the l-I : and manv these are worthy of beixia roorlnted by the Society I am o.

Murray ) ; “Old ": bv

mes

. m much unoubilshed material. Re . Donald McDonald's mom and noems. Moon's booms. and other: which no doubt exist. Yours truly. A. J. MCCOflIlBCk."

As this excellent letter shows. there has been more literature orinted concemtm the Inland than one suouosed. I. too. believe that much of it is worthy of roJ nrintina and had I been twenty years vounizer. would have set my- self the task. But alas. bv the time one has accumulated the mental 5722331101108 501s llllfuieSSgybe

enemy e WiLfliIlR- What is wanted is some active oer< son to form a "PEI. Historic Society" with the object of q» orlntiniz ‘the works mentioned. The members subscrintlons should be 10W. $1. or even 50 cts. annually. when sufficient funds have ac- cumulated. a simll booklet like the attractive “Birds of PEI." (Blini could be renrinted. and the sales DUShBd. The orice should be knit as low as nosslible. to create an iii-

ctv. A small oroflt would not be inad- missible however. and would heln the fund iii reorlntina another book. In Newcastle on ‘Tyne the Surtees Sooelty" Norinted all the ancient books and MSS connected with the three Nort ern Colinflgg and but them into he handy; c; the common neoolc’ irigtgulm the libraries of the wealthy and the treasure-chests of thc' anti- ouaries. (Robert Sui-tees. I m" exiglainf was a local hL-itoi-ian, or no . h . . mental gfaifiby," °orwf>"iir'i..fmf5'°ii".'a the Society oeroetuated his name and services in its title.

The Women's Institutes in the North of Emrland-and oer-hag; elsewhere-have done kood work by Putt-Ina into. rint old traditions and histories w lch but for their efforts. ffiiililt well have uassed into the limbo of forgotten thin“,

~l myself have n coiiy of flainfo

estate. It will be ffiembe l. about 100 of than fo wregrt earlier g1 the fgl to . Gnu or ofst. ertiewowibiseetgm there. It is

. . If ‘men the buyer has iriugiggftug ity of havinl e brie: not uixm the fox bv other “helium.

Elsewhei‘! ‘in mu mac will be lfound nurticullrl I tn

~ , .l I 0F AFILIOAI DIIOINT

iiltiiihalt f ltd-low

' NOTICE PllliLTllY WAIT 0

Iii alum formerly name by ,.

Australian Cove-artist: ‘

Militarv necmslty forced the Australians to construct a motor- road from the south to the north. rumiiniz uo throuizh the heart of the Island Continent. Like the construction of our Alcan high- way it was no llizht task. but ilhe obstacles were exactly diffeiient. The Alcan obstacle was largely moisture und forest: the Aussies had to overcome the desert. Forty-two oer cent. of the total area of Australia is true desert. correaoondina with. other areat. deserts in similar latitude. tlii Atacama desert of South America. and the Knlahare of south Africa. 1T0 diverqe for a moment. there is a desert belt in Uhe Northern Hemlsohere also. beizlnninz with the Amona desert. cross-ins: to the irhan. thence to the Thar f In-

a and irregularly to the sert of Gobi.)

W-hen the road reached the Gulf of Caruentsu-la. it was in the ter- ritory of the Myalls. once one of the moat sevuire and maul. num- erous of the aborlizlnal tribes. Dwiiidling now, the tribe is mainly confined to the imnenetiuble scrub country west of the Gulf. -A route ‘march of the "boys in khaki" led to the discovery of a cave which‘ had been used from oiieliistoric times for vall ceremonial-s. had been ndonad aecmiiuz a- bout u century no. Many ancient woabons and imnlemcnts rested on the ladies. and the walls of the cave were err

covered with drawings -_ mod

a tli earth pilg-

the cavemen of Euione. the abori- rzines had diboed tleir hands iii the colored clays u d left their imurints on ting wal . Set aboufl the bottom of t e wals were manv short. hollow lofts. th r ds stu - fed with bark. One of the soldiers removed the bark and li/oended : c hecaip of a _ roll out the loor.

The dank heat lnd the smell of the five. finally dtbvcout x1e oar- tv. e matter was‘ reuc ed on res-mini: catnu. and next dav an Ofllovlhc ‘ .ofa “ ‘ i

it: a cave. llin the nicer; iwuow lode.

k I

merits-of men and" animals. Like u

By Frank

\

4 mar in ‘

vumnuimuuitu m rgawpsr

In the autumn of

Mr. Laird set. out for 111i "W"! West. ‘Territories there Wu all continuous rail or nor ecu» municuuon. The moat oonveiiifiiit route lav across the 0N“ U"! bv boo then overland on In American railroad to

i eiz. and then ov wairon troll glgflfll the brairies. It was a lotil journey broken by _8l0l)§ In tuin annulus or the services of Ruides. >

To 1mg‘ in

ei- enc -

$1 a nut. adventure vltlllfllOyi-til westward on uiomerlnn tr in ssi uu Her Majesty's aovernment in the vast hinterlands of a new nation.“ n8 IW _ ficultiea involved in trntinm wi frequently holtill Indium halfbreeds in order to ob in the Illlhb-S to their lands f0 ld~ vancament

settlement.

firmness. diolon-mcy. and

to be in -

in order to avoid N" volt. Moreover. he was on his own initiative: lie was to be the Gov- ernment of Canada to the North West for the contacts with 0t- taiva would be few and far be- tween. It was not In can tllk M had shouldered. and it. was ovi

couraue and determin . Battleford had been decimated as the scat of aovemment for the Territories. But at the time of the new Governor's mini in November the official buildinu were under construction. 0 quently. for the winter of - . Mr. Laird made his heldouartc at Livinnotone. Swan River. not fa: from the American border and near the Hudson's Bay COIIIDBJIY’! oost. rt‘ Pellv. With him was hi: secretary . Amedu Forget. (who later became Licu~ tenant Governor Saakatchr wan). a small stuff. and a de- tachment of Mounted Police. They arrived lust in time to settle in their new uuartcrs before winter broke noon them.