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TllE CROW IN RELATION T0 WATERFOWL

15y ELLSWORII LUMLEY) The shortage of Waterfowl.

The crow has been sky-rocketed mo; public attention since 1933,. Until that year the shortage of waterfowl had been explained in sp0flillg magazines and before sporting organizations by drought, minage. advancement of civiliza- tion. disease. and many other fac- tors. The shortage had caused bag “mpg on waterfowl to be lowered 5nd seasons shortened. This natur- glly meant less shooting, with the consequent result that less am- munjflon was sold, and there was

‘m5 advertising in sporting maga- zines. To correct this, it was ne- wmry to get men into the field with guns. not one or two months oi each year, but if possible the whole twelve months. In order to do this the crow was picked as a fitting villain to excite the wrath of the hunters. On December 29, 193i. there was issued from the of~ flee 0f Field and Stream a form letter which ans sent to sporting organizations over the country. 'I‘lils lcllcr "Md in part: “If you have been following the reports from uiinuuu you know that practitdl)‘ every one competenr to judge is convince \_ that the great- est dieiroyer of North American Wildfowl is the crow. Canadian au- thorities are emphatic in ' their opinion that our duck shortage of the present day is duc more to crows than to drought and drain- age put together. Careful observa- tion lins proved ihnt a high as 50". cf all duck eggs laid in a given area are destroyed by crows before they hatch, and that a very considerable percentage of the ducklihgs that, are hatched are kn. led by crows."

Sir-mice indeed are the findings set forth in this letter. Only nine months before, April, i032, sports- men and their representatives had testified at the hearing of the Sen. ate Committee on the Conservation 0i Wild Life Resouces that drain- age and drought were chiefly re- sponsible for the duck shortage. The Chief 0i’ the Biological Survey, Mr. Paul Cv. Redington, testified: "Information as t0 the identity and actual effect of supposed enemies o! Wildfowl production is almost totally lacking." Crows were not .mentioiicd at this special Senate hcaring. Within the short space of? nine months it is alleged that the‘ lfidlmfilly Elven at the hearing was wrong. and that the uukown fac- tor, the crow, wns doing more harm than drought and‘ drainage to- gather.

Sporting magazines quickly fol-i l0\\'rd this up with anti-crow‘ pro» pacanda. Where before no major‘ articles had appealed against the‘, crow. now no sporting magazine,

was complete without such an article. Since January 1933, fhc sportsmen have been urged. beg- ired. pended with and threatened to get into the field and shoot the crow. Such articles as, Growing. How to Bag Those Pe=ky Crows. Jim Crow. Decoying C"ou's, The llftfllest Enemy, Something to Crow About, You can't Duck the Crow Question, Jim Crow, De- ceased, Good-by Crows, Crow Hunt- ink-How it is Done. The Case A- Bainst the Crow. and a multitude 0f others have flooded the maga-. lines in an effort to get men into‘ the fl€ld to ghgot

The crow does damage; upon this lll agree. There is considerable dis- agreement as to the amount of fudge done. Such statements as the crow destroys more ducks than the combined hunters of Canada and the United States" (The Greatest Enemy," Ficld and Sirmm. April. 102i»; “The Crow l-fi the cliickis ivorst enemy." ("You Clint Duck the Crow Question." Field and Stream. January, 1934i: T“ grcate t destroyer of North Amfllcilu Wildfowl is thc crow,"

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gospel truth.

The U. S. Bureau of Biological 3l1IVey has been reluctant to ac. Cept the statements of untrained out-of-doors men that crows are Pespflnsfble for the duck shortage. In October, 1933, W. C. Hender-

son, Associate Chief of the Blollfllcal Survey, warned: "Tod much importance should no; be

attached to control of crows as a method of increasing the numbers of wild fowl." In 1934. the Bioiogi. cal Survey exerted every effort r0 obtain a correct picture of the waterfowl situation. T r a i n ed naturalists studied the

on the nesting ground; the United States and Canada, A11

men sent to Canada were m. structed to keep records of the activities of crows in relation to

waterfowl. These men reported that lcrows were confined chiefly to the ‘agricultural area and common in the great breeding areas. Crows were observed do. 1'18 Wme damage; but insects, 95990111111’ BTBSSllQDIWT-‘i. appeared to be the chief food of the crows

Because the field men or the Biological Survey have not found crows doing excessive damage m waterfowl. the Government has rc- fused to take part in crow control work. Government men failed t. find himiy crows in the northern breedmgxarea and in the agrjcu]. tural regions where crows are common. the damage done by "W15 BlYDeaied to be influenced by such factors as the following: lack of cover due to grazing and slash- lllg- liwk Of sufficient; water, caus- llIK undue concentration of water- fowl in favorable areas and molestation of breeding birds by men and animals.

In 1933. Dr. Miles D. Pirnie, Director of the W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, controlled the crows on the Sanctuary, and found flint 18 out of 20 mallard nests Produced full quotas of ducklings. In 1934, crows were not controlled, and the nesting ducks were as suc- cessful as in 1933. In his boot Michigan Waterfowl Mdnagem it. Pf- Plrnlc says: "shooting in nest- ing arena during the breeding Se... B011 l5 likely to do far more harm than the crows."

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m ou luilcr from Getting U I Nights. Ncrvnuluell. Leg Pains. Circles Backacbe, Swollen Joints, ing Passages, don't rely on ordinar cinea. Fig t such germs and troub ll with the docto ‘a preccri tlon (Inter. Crab: utartl wor ing in 3 ours and must prove entirely satisfactory in 1 week and be anot- ly the medicine ou need or money back.

sk your druggia fcr Cysts! (Sins-text to- day. he money back agreement prctcctllou-

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QUlGLEY-At New Cila88°W. P- E. Island, on Saturday, November. 13, i937, to RevXW. G. and Mrs. Quiglcy, a daughter (Opal Cor- ’ lime).

CONSTABLE-Al. Borden, P. E. 1., November i0. 1937. to M'r. and Mrs. Gcidon Constable a son (David Fletcher.)

MUIlPII\'—At the Prince County Hospital, Nov. 12, 1937. to Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Murphy, Burlington. a

BEliltS-At Hampton, Nov. l4. 1937. ivlrs. Mary Beers. aged 67- WHEY!"

ileltcr irmo Field and Stream); find “They (crows-r flock into the "Feline. areas of the North like 3'93!‘ lfnck clouds. seek out the "this of the Wildfowl and fatten Dfodlgiously on duck eggs." "Crow, Brother." National Sportsman. emu. i036) are not based upon the “minds of scientific IC-‘PIKTCII, but “f? mire propaganda. Yet such a-atements are published in the

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“SEMI Beveral hundreds of letters a ntlmccaved from persons who I,“ d n using Dr. Chase's u B 0i the following quotation la ected for today.

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Tuesday Nov. 16th at 2 P- m- "m" Hampton United Church. MucWILLlAMS-At Cape Tr"- crse Nov. 13th, 1937 George Mac- ; wuilnmg aged 79 years. Funeral < from his late residence on MOH- day. Nov. 15th. at 2 0"0l0<‘-l<- DUNN-At Summerside, Saturday. Nov. 13th. 1037. Mrs. Lucy Dunn (widow of the 1"“ cflpllllll Mal‘ thew Dunn) aged 84 years. Fune- rnl Monday afternoon at 2 oclock at the United Church. SEMPLE-At Prince Edward Is- land Hospital, Nov. 13th. 1937. Mrs. Semple aged 25 years. belov- ed w'ife of Mr. Georg? Sample- Kcnslngton. Funeral at Presby- terian Church on Tuesday at two o'clock. ‘ FORD-At the Prince County Hospital. Nov. 14th, 1037, Mrs. Kenneth Ford, aged 23 yellr-“V Funeral from the residence of her fniher-in-law. Mr. Jack Ford. at Noi-thnm on Wednesday, at 2 P-

aulina-A» New Glasgow. P- E- I. on Wednesday. 13- 1937- c Qgqrgc Wiutc. formerly of North River, aged 03 years. Funeral 0'0 Monday, November 15. at l o- clock from the home of Ml‘!- Melvin McLeod. New oiaszow- In- terment Cornwall Cemetery.

LARGE-At the 9.15.1. Hospital. on Saturday, Nov. 13. 1937, John N. Large. aged 37 venru- Purim“ from his late residence. 249 Pow- niu Street. Monday. Nov- 1501-591‘- vice starting at 3 o'clock, funeral leaving at :30. Interment in

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‘Qflfiifgfiin. 20,0 Kent Street on Friday. Nov. l2. i937. Mrs. Mon- tuguc Warren in 11H‘ 64m W1"-

Funcriil from MncLean Fimflfll Home hieuiay- NOV- “ml-- 5e" Inter-

vice starting at 2 o'clock- ment in Pcopl" mmflfly‘ Re" mine resting at unclean Fun- l erll Home.

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, CONFEDEBATION LIFE IN-

SURANCE l..-6'l89-‘I-I2-312 srswanrs massa- makes bet- for bread. L55i-9-14-tf CONFEDERATION ure- m- SURANCE L-mas-i-iz-aiz

I. 0. 0. F. regular meeting st, Lawrence Nov. 15. Special enter- tainment. Fuli Attendance request- ed Come early. L1794-1i-i5-ii

POLICE COURT —At the Po- lice Court Saturday a woman ap- peared charged with contributing to juvenile delinquency, The case was adjourned.

THE WELLINGTON Y. P. Un- ion will stage their 3 Act Comedy

condition "Love A La Cartc" in St. Reaper's both in Hall on Tuesday night, Nov. 16th.

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CIIARLOTTETOWN Fur Sales require 3000 or more good colored half to full silvers by Nov. 22nd. Liberal advances paid. quick re-

wgre nut! turns and strong price; expected.

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LEAVE FOR ROYAL FAIR- Mr. and Mrs. Brent Hewett” East Royalty. left this morning for To- onto, vPre they will visit the Royal Winter Fair and Fox Show. Mr. l-lowatt was a prominent winner at the Charlottetown Fox Show recently. and Mrs. A. G. Bruce.

LADIES INVITED T0 MEET- Iu co-operation with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind there will be a. meeting held in the Canadian National Hotel, Charlottetown on Tuesday (to. mon-ow) afternoon at 3 o'clock. All ladies interested in this worthy cause are invited to attend promptly.

FIREMEN ANSWER CALLS — Firemen were called last evening for a slight blaze in a barn ori Dorchester Street east. There was practically no damage. they said. Shortly before noon on Saturday a blaze at the residence of William Martin, Dorchestc-r- Street west caused some damage. An over- heated stove was believed to have been the cause. Chemicals were used by firemen to extinguish the iflames.

SOCIAL-DANCE-On Saturday evening the Charlottetown "Y- Knot" Club sponsored a social- dance in the Y. M. C. A. gym- nasium. About one hundred and fifty young people danced to the music of George Irlam and his Troubadors. A feature of the eve- ning was a spot dance. This novel event was won .by Miss Eileen Higgins and Mr. Leslie Stewart. The chapcrons for the evening were Mr. J. C. Curran

DAMAGES CLAIM PRVENTS REPAIR-Failure in adjusting the claim for damages was the reason why the town clock on the Court House building, damugcd by fire a few days ago, was not operating, authorities said Saturday. It would be necessary to renew the glass dials and have the mechanism overhauled before the clock would run, lt was said.

TROUT BEARING PONDS — Ttvcnty-four trout rearing ponds under construction at Alleys Mills, at the head of Cardigan "River. would be in opera.- tion next year. Mr. Allison Tait, of the Biological Department of Ol- tawa. in charge of the work. rm- nounced Friday. When in 0pc‘- tion each pond will contain 35,000 to 30.000 fry in their early stage 0f maturity and will be fed and kept until they become fingerlings about four to five inches long when they will be distributed in rivers of the Island free to the public to fish.

FIRES CAUSE LOSSPThc house and barns of Mrs. Albert Ockcs. ivestmoreland, were de- stroyed by fire‘ early Thursday morning. Loss was estimated at $2000.00 only partially covered by insurance. The fire was believed to have originated around the kitchen stove. Occupants of the house were awakened by the cracking of flames at midnight. Fire spread rapidly and near-by barns containing the year's crop were soon enveloped in flames. Friday morning n barn owned by Mr. John O. Boultcr. R036 Valley», was burned. The fire, which had mnde considerable headway. was discovered when Mr- Boufter arose at d o'clock. Origin of the fire was unknown but the belief was held that tramps sleeping in the barn might have been re- rponsible. Loss was placed at ap- proximately $400. partially cover- ed by insurance.

FUNERAL 0'!‘ MR. GOODWIN -The funeral of the late ma...» Goodwin, B5, whose death took place in Charlottetown recently was hold from the Roman Catholic Church at St. Teresa. where he formerly resided. on Friday. De- spite cold weather a large crowd attended. High Mass of Requiem was celebrated by the Rev- Ber- nard Croken. Pull-bearers were Messrs. Jack Gormlcy. Joseph Cui- len, Urban Bradey. Adrian Brad- ley. William Goodwin. and Henry. Goodwin. The la't four named are cousins of the dcteased. Tie late Mr. Goodwin is survived by five sons and four daughters. Jmieph, Augustus and George of New York City; Leonard and patrolman Francis Goodwin on the Boston Police Department; Mrs, H. Dri‘cc‘l. Rosindale. Mas"... Mrs. John Clifford and Mrs L Lund. Lynn. Mass. and Mtas Marie Goodwin who arrived from Maine and accompanied her father's re- mains ‘rom Charlottetown to St. Teresa. Two sisters. Mrs. M. Kel- iiher of Havel-hill, Mass, and Mrs.

P. Walsh. Siimmeraide, P- E. 1-. also nmwive. 1,. 134- 1. u, _,

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The Executive of the Boy ‘Scout: Council denim to t- orus their great appreciation of the splendid port given to their annual Apple Day appeal. Every one was sympa- thetic and most people generous in their patronage. The Ex- ecutive especially voice their indebtedness to their Patron. Illa Honour Lieutenant Governor DoBloia for hi: never fall- agcment and generous financial assistance.

Hon. W. H. Dennis, worthlly deserve apeclgLtlin-nlts for the the sale of Island McIntosh Red apple: through the medium of the Boy Scouts organiza-

L. D. MURRAY. Provincial President. I. l. MORRIS, Provincial Commissioner.

TOWN GUARDIAN

APPRECIATION

The ultnrc, and the Minister, the

TAKE MONEY FROM CUBS. CHARGE-Two boys charged with taking a. can of money from two Cubs during the Boy Scout “apple day" sales on Saturday would av- pear in llivenile court shortly, po- lice said last night.

VILLAGE GREEN MAN FINED -A resident of Village Green was fined C200 and costs or three months in jail‘ on a Prohibition Act charge and $100 and costs or three months on an Excise Act charge by Magistrate G. J. Tweedy last week. Charges were laid by Mounted Police following seizure of three kegs of rum and a keg of wine recently. ' nor scours ENTERTAIN-i The Boy Scouts of the ‘First Char- ‘ lottetown Troop entertained over I sixty of their friends at a. delight- , ful masquerade party on Novem-i ber first at their hall 0n Rich- mond Street. The prlzas for best cortumes went to Camille Peters as "Colonial Lady" and Michael Kelly as “George Washington". The evening was spent in games and singing and at ten o'clock all joined in a "Grand Chain" and left- for their homes.

GUNS, CALLERS AND GAME SEIZED- Surprised Saturday morning by the game officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Po- lice shooting geese over live decoys on Savage Harbor sand bar, three residents of Savage Harbor will appear in court charged with an infraction of the Migratory Birds Convention Act, police said last night. Charges would be laid un- der the section of, the Act pro- hiblting use of live birds as decoys. police added. Three double-barrel- led shotguns and a rifle found in the pit, in addition to two live birds and two geese shot that morning were seized and taken to police headquarters. The season in this Province on geese and dunks of all kinds closed on Sat- urdny.

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Week's Review 0f Activities At Y. M. 0. ll.-

A largely attended meeting of the Girls and Boys Hobbies Ex- hibition Board of Directors was he'd on Tuesday.

A meeting of the Advisory Com- mittee on work with Women and Girls was held during the week. It was planned to hold a meeting of the mothers of the girls en- rolled in Y. M. C. A- classes on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 24th. The purpose of the meeting’ will be to acquaint the mothers with the purposes and plans of the Association in its work with women and girls.

Mr. C. A. Schell, Administration Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Na- tional Council visited the local Association last Wednesday and spoke to the Hi-Y Grads at their weekly supper gathering.

The S. C. M. Study Group of Prince of Waics College met at the Y. M. C. A- on Wednesday

evening under the leader-hip of Prof. J. G. Patterson. The Y. Knots Club held a

‘ "cely attended social at its As- soclaiion on Saturday evening under the patronage of Mrs. J. L. Curran ‘ind Mrs. Arthur Bruce.

Personals Mr Stephen Murnnghan of Johnston's River and Leo Mc-

Dougall of Tracadie Cross made a visit to Summerside yesterday.

Miss Mary R. MeNab and Eunice Murnaghan of Charlottetown were vslting friends in Johnston's River.

Condition of Mr. Wilfred Forbes. Charlottetown. undergoing treat- ment in the Prince Edward Island Hospital was ‘"improviiig" hospital authorities said last night.

Mr. A. D. Merkel. Halifax. sup- erintendent of the Canadian Press. Atlantic Region. accompanied by Mrs. Merkel and their daughter Mary Elizabeth, arrived in Char- lottetown Saturday. They are planning to return to the main- land Tuesday. .

In Memoriam

In Loving Memory of DONALD F. LAMONT Died November I5, 1933

Ever remembered by Father and Mother, Slater and Brothers.

In Memoriarn

MR. JOHN N. LARGE

The death occurred at the P. E. Island Hospital early Saturday morning of Mr. John N. Large, 37 year old son of Mrs. and the lav: Albert N. Large after a short ill- nws.

Nor enjoying the best of health during the past summer. he contin- ued his duties at the Livery Stable, and gas station of Large Bros. un- til about two weeks ago when he entered the hospital for treatment to which he failed to respond.

Of a most friendly and genial dis- position. the late Mr. Large enjoy- ed a large circle of friends, not only in this city, but throughout the en- tire province, all of whom wiil learn with regret of his passing in the prime of life.

1' was a. capable and efficient member of the local fire department for a number of years, being at- tached to the hook and ladder Co.

To the sorrowlng widow, his mother and two young children the Guardian extends sincere sympathy.

The funeral will be held this Monday afternoon from h‘s late residence, 249 Pownal Street.

MR. FREDERICK POWER

The following tribute from the asociates in the C. N. R. offices has been received by the family of the late Frederick Power:-

Many times when it falls our lot to chronicle the demise of a friend "gone ahead" we are naturally most desirous to embellish the good qual- ities and try in so far as possible to rhapsodizc over the good alone and depart from tho actual truth.

In the case of our friend Fred Power such elaborations are not ne- cessary. as he vras a man himself of fine and sterling qualities. Born at Tracadie in 1877, he worked with his parents on the home farm until October, 1099 when he Joined the railway as a trainmau and worked as such until December, 1900. when, while switching at North Wiltshire he had the msfortune of slipping

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changing conditions.

LIKE MOST Niiw’ nouns, i: curried quite a heavy mortgage at first. Then this mun from the Great-West Life showed them a practical way to cover the mortgage and make the home secure for the family even if the husband were taken awa . From time to time he has helped them to mo ify their programme of protection to nicer