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25cts.

, T Established 1868

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1, 0111' Own Sver Polish

We now have a large stoc Own Silver Polish. Thi stood the test of years an itself t_o be the best.

_ During house-cleanin Silver Polish. Why not Phone us to send you a bottle. Price

s Polish has d has proven

you will need ave the best?

W. W. Wellner,

he Leading Jewellers

LET IJS demonstrate our,

skill by making for you’ the best portrait you have ever had. ~

The Cook Studio

l l

IME was when pictures were

a luxoicilry for ltjhe iavorﬁd {cw

-m ern p otograp y as changed‘ conditions.

Our children are growing up, but we can keep them as they are -can follow them through school | —can always be with them and have them with us in pictures.

The BAYER Studio

ion A coon PHOTO —VISIT THE- A. E. layolP-Istudio

Finest work, moderate prices.

Personal attention given to Amateur’s Work.

,Men’s Sh... $5.00 '

This year we have stocked the best line of men's $5.00 boots we could buy.

$5.00 A Pair

We have them in Gun Metal and the new DARK N. The newest shade. Button and Lace styles on the very latest shapes. We can ﬁt any foot, Try

DON'T FORGET BABY

Alley & Co.

J _ 107 Queen St. Charlottetown I 135 QM,“ S;

i‘ . ____,,, _ _____,__,_ _ _k____ ________i _ \-. . _ o - pointed by Col. Nell, principal veter- ‘The E as tar; Guardian “my

rim GUARDIAN

"l would like to add that nearly all

. .'l‘l' PAYB to buy in this Province.

, ..."l'. GORDON IVEB is Guardian agent in Montague.

senger Saturday to her home in Grand River irom St. Peter's Bay, where she bad been visiting her sister, Miss Freda and where they both played very acceptably at the concert held there Easter Monday night.

.. JNEW BOAT—Mr. Reginald Ding- weli, lobster packer, Bay Fortune. who is making extensive preparations ior the coming season, has purchased a new gasoline boat from James Chen- ell, oi Souris. Mr. Dingwell has sec- ured a splendid fishing boat, which will no doubt give a good account oi itself this sprlng.—-'

..‘8OURi8—Messrs. Charles Mc- Neil and George Mellick, Sourls, are making things "hum” iii Dr. F. S. Mc- Donald's sawmill, where they are bus- ily engaged sawing laths. Mrs. Reg- inald Dingweli, crossed from Bay For- tune to Souris on April 15th with his gasoline boat. He returned in the afternoon with a load oi general mer- chandise and factory supplies. This is the iirst boat to enter the harbor this year.-—*

..*C. M. B. A.—-At the regular meet- ing oi Branch 261 oi the C. M. B. A. Souris, held Tuesday evening, the 12th, inst. on the motion oi L. S. Mclnnis, seconded slid supported by P.-St. John. a__hearty vote oi thanks was tendered the Souris Dramatic Club ior the ex- cellent play entitled “Eileen Oge, which they rendered Easter Monday night, under the auspices oi’ Branch 261, in aid oi the Belgian Relief Fund. Mr. P. A. Scully, chairman oi the club committee on behalf oi the club made a neat reply-J “

Elllllllll] MARKETS

(Special to the Guardian.) CHICAGO, April 19.—Wheat, No. 2 Red, 51.02%; A, 51.63%; N0. 2 Hard, $l.63%; A.-$$l.63%. Corn, N0. 2 Y8ll0W. 811m: A, 79c; No. 4 Yellow, 76950.; A. 77140.; No. 4 White, 7714c. Oats. N0. 3 White, 57150.; A, 58c.; Standard, 58%c.; A, 59c. Rye, No. 2, $1.17. Barley, 75c; A, 81c. Timothy, $4.50; A. $6.25. Clover, £8; A, $13. Pork. $17.60. Lard, $10.12. Ribs, $9.25; A, $9.75. _

Our Constant Aim

is to make this grocerya better one, a more desirable source of sup ply, an eiﬁcient aid to thrifty hon sewlves.

We aim at perfection in\ali detail s—in qualit , price and servic e. li n_ot_ aready a cus- tomer ,we solicit an opportunity to pie ase you.

P . L. Smallwood

Ph one 12 ~ Grocer Upper Queen Street

“w. r. TAYLOR, M. 0., c. M. ' ("Gall-L UNIVERSITY)

Montague, P. E. I.

OFFICE OF LATE DR. FBASIR-

“Perfection” is ad- mired by all -

That is why we

The Edison Ambrola

The machine that is per-

--,.p_- ,.,.._...a S’SIDE MARKETS (Corrected Wednesday) Barley, bus" . .1. ,- .6; to _90 Buckwheat. - ~.~_, Z00 ,90 Butter, lb. (dairy) < .20 ,z4 Butter. lb. (creamery) .22 .2; Caliskins, lb. .10 _10 Eggs, doz. 15 Hay. loose ton 810.00 11.00 Hay. pressed 10.00 12.00 Hides, lb. ' _10 Lamb pelts .30 ,5" Oatmeal, per 100 3,75 Oats, (white) bus. .55 ,0 oats (black) bus. .00 .05 Potatoes, bus. .25 Roller Mill ﬂour, per 100 3.25 3.50 Straw, pressed, ton 5,00 Turhips, bus. .15 Wheat, bus. 1.50 1.60 Wool, lb. 4J0 OITTOWN MARKETS o ._._.. Oats (white) 53c. Oats (black) 60o. Straw (per ton) 36,00 Hay, pressed, (per ton) 814.00 Eggs (per dozen) 19c, Print butter (per lb.) 27c. Fowl (per lb.) 10c, Chickens 11 to 13c. Wheat (per bushel) 81.00 to 81.25 Buckwheat 70c. Barley 1o to 75c. Tub butter (per lb.) 25c. Potatoes (per busiicl) 30c. Turllips (per bushel) 20c. Hldﬁ! 10c, Caliskins 10c. Best (ib.) 1 to lo

Sausages (ihJ 15a

fect in every detail, from

Pork (perm?) 91/5 the workmanship to the

We can offer_ you a wide variety of choice in R_EC _ in the discs and the cylinders

Music in all it's Forms

demonstrate these machines and records will be a pleasure to us, and to

Ellis’ Pharmacy Ltd

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..‘Miss Stella McNeiii was a. pas-

o $9000 profit that was going to young

whom the Government had depended was appointed by the late Government lie had been suspended pending iull

‘ONE CENT . d h I other purchasers oi horses in Nova V“ w" "c n‘ Bcotla were Liberals. I-ir. Walter sertion ior advertising in this column. cmwe. m cape Breton, is one o‘ the

Cash must accompany order. strongest standard bearers oi the Lib-

Q eral party, and has been ior tweilty- ' live years. He was not selected ior ~ political reasons. In justice to Mr. H Foster l would like to point out that | Mr. Foster's horses were purchased at the lowest price of any purchased in Nova Scatis. Tile islanders here are all well and "I B8)’ 80 llll‘ 8B MP- F0818!“ 11D- anxious to leave ior the front. pointment is concerned, that Col. Neil The many ‘fiends of Mr Claude should never have appointed him, and Murphy, oi Tignish, will be pleggqd Mr. Foster should never have accept- to hear oi his promotion to Lance- ed the Position. (Conservative cheers.) COPDONI- "I have no hesitation in saying that

i 8 I sergh Nicholson’ o, Hunter Ewen no member oi Parliament should have had the honour oi having command oi been ll-Dilﬂllll-ed l" 111110111159 WPPHW

the suard who escorted the German for the Government. it was a most Prlsmwr” “m” me “Mk m m“ I-C-n- unfortunate and regrettable thing that station yesterday. '- , a , he should have ever undertaken such The many friends 0f w. Clow will l1 lluly- - be pleased to hear oi his promotion to “Having undertaken such a duty, it Lmce'c°rp°ral" devolved upon him as a member of The Islanders have take“ “m, Parliament to see that he gave the Kmmener in their views as to “Co. most careiul and scrupulous account.

llolic drinks, as everyone oi them is (liere, here, irom Conservative belle- on the water Waggon. h“) s a s ‘

l1 i

Private Flood, of Southport, who has been ill for a last iew days, is rapidly Wll-l- |NVE$TIGATE Hi5 PART- comlng around and is expected to re-

sume his duties on Monday. accounts he should have had. He was

THE UIPLEHS Will

H u given $73,000 to buy horses and we have no proper accounting from liiin.

BE It has been urged on his behalf that

iii the purchase oi animals the animals themselves were receipts. I say no (Continued from page four) SllCll procedure sliOlllil be tolerated. No vouchers have been made to pro- duce tlienl. Tile matter has been treated in the most casual manner.

"In the reports oi the committee there was evidence given oi fraud practised upon Mr. Foster. in the evl-. deuce there are some oi‘ the most cyn- ical phrases ever uttered bciore the Public accounts Committee. Some men frankly said they knew they were defrauding the Government and they

"His own evidence convinces me that he did not have regard to the

down in the department since this Government came ill, in 1911. “Those officers do not believe that Col. Jones ever made this statement and I don't think he ever said any- thing oi the kiud,"said Sir Robertﬂli he did say it, ii he cannot deny that he made such a statement, he is no longer ﬁt to retain the position he holds in the public service. l do him the cred-

thnt l think he never uttered the state- ment attributed to him. lle comes from my county and l-s a soil oi Alfred G. Jones, once lieutenant-governor oi‘ Nova Scotla. I refuse to believe that Guy Carlton Jones ever told Shaver

restitution, that restitution will he cil- forced. li the walls of ii penitentiary can encircle those mcll they will go there. (Conservative cllcersJ)

"Tile duty oi the Government is to

that there is a proper accounting from all persons concerned ior the $73,000. Our duty does .ilot stop there. Horses bought in Nova Scotia, New Bruns- wick and other provinces will be ill- vestigated."

‘Sir Robert said that the horses were bought and purchased under the great-

department." Regarding all thc transactions with the Government Sir ltobert added that he did not propose to shield either Liberal or Conservative, but to mete out Just treaqnent to everyone con- cerned ili any transactions." T_hc Prime Minister referred to the

ed away steps were taken to protect the purchasing oi‘ all horses. Sir Ad- ani Beck, a mail nbovc suspicion. uias appointed in Eastern Canada, and a mail whom he was certain was thoro- ughly safeguarding the public ill- terests was appointed ill Western Canada. He poliited out that they had bought so far thirty thousand horses. notwithstanding all the clamor which

Powell, equal to tell years’ salary at ills present rate, aild the restitution oi the $6,300 that had been paid him by the Government. This happened aiter tile resolution was introduced iii the Public Accounts Committee to re- ier the matter to the Justice DB9"!- ment.

ln the matter oi the binoculars, 166 glasses out oi 2175 were found to be

ior them. The Department of Justice

.- . d had been asked to take proceedmgm mize what had taken place it seeine

asking ior the earliest possible in- vestigation before a judge or other- wise, oi his contract with Mr. Elli-s.

said Sir llobert, "ii any oi tho charg- es are unfounded, it is only fair that tile trutii should be known. But if there has been fraud we wpnt thoro- ugh inquiries. I don't know the excess price paid ior the binoculars, but we propose through the Justice Depart-

..(Kllig's), said:

“I sent‘ ior Mr. Foster and uskcd aboutllis connection with the pur- chase of horses and wily he allowed himself to be appointed.

"l-le said Kings County ilcilclulcd

‘ _ oven rejoiced in it. li’ thc law of tllc it, however, in the meantime. to say country permits [he courts ,0 for“ “ g339_4_3|,<,-_,,_

Yesterday, said so Robert, he recelv- ‘° lmlftflh“: 2"?’ "If °"gf'zfr‘flf°°“ stand the atmospheric conditions of this Province. ea a letter irom '1‘. M. Blrkerl- minor "e" ° ‘a m‘ m“ ' Coiled Spring Wire is justly celebrated for its strength and ASKED MR FOSTER To EXPLA,“ elasticity. It lS tempered Just right.

House-Cleaning Time ls Sherwin Williams Paint Time

Now is the time to do a little ﬁxing around the house and S. W. Paints & Varnishes are the pro r kinds to use. Why? Because they are unusually use and praised throughput the universe.

A little paint or varnish will work wonders. The old worn ﬂoors can be made to look bright and fresh with Sherwin Williams inside ﬂoor paint or Floorlac.

~~ Don't throw away the old furniture but make it look bright any new by giving it acoat of S. W. Varnish stain.

Everything throughout the home can be renewed with S. W. products and renewed in such a way as to guaran- tee cfomplete satisfaction and durability. Ask for color car s.

Sherwin Williams House Paint (45 colors) $2.50 per gal.

“ Floor 55c quart

“ “ F loorlac 50c tin

‘f “ Flattone _ 65c per qt,

“ “ Varnish Stain 15.25 and 50c per tin

“ “ Floor Wax ' 50c per lb. Floor glaze the master floor enamel 65c per qt.

Simon W. Crabbe

The Leading Paint Store

"m" we" he a“ """""1-""‘ ‘IKTSZIZLKILTZZ e§§§§£§‘.‘.?.i°.§"{i§".'3; Your Early Requirements

‘ such standard was laid down by the

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est stress. Alter the urgency had pass- Shguld be Secured now_

While it lasts, our present stock of,

BARB WIRE No. 9 COILED SPRING WIRE 12 COIED SPRING WIRE BRACE WIRE WEAVING WIRE LACIN G WIRE, etc.

I m m had been raised and all that had been will be sold on the basis of last season's cost. Prices mmrm" “d m“ Wm’ e money p“ said, and without attempting to nmn- have advanced Later _you_ will pay more. _ _ Remember our wire 1S specially galvanized to 'W1lll1- Our

_ The Prime Minister, referring par- A .'f.“°..‘iZZE."-‘"IZ“‘ .=:::*:;::.:z:::.:.:: l» 0' Poole & lhom son Ltd ‘u y l’ “ ' land (Carleton) illui Mr. Fnsiirr

Montague P. E. I.

largely on the apple crop, which Wilﬁ a failure last year, and the pcoplc thought that horses should be purchas- ed there ratllcr than in parts when: conditions were bottcr. l-le went to Col. Neil, principal vctcriilary ofilcor

nleut or otherwise to have the fullest, ircest and iuost searching inquiry that can be desired, and we propose that prompt and energetic means shall be taken ior restitution and punishment

Delicious Jams and Jellies»- Preserves and Marmalades

so iar as the law will permit in all cases of wrong doing."

Inadequate inspection was partly re- sponsible for the purchase oi the in- ferior glasses, and the inspector on

who said that horses were being pur- chased elsewhere. Tile iloxt day Col. Nell informed him tiint~ 600 horses were waulicd lll haste and asked Mr. Foster to get tlicin with the lcast pos- sible delay.

(Continued on Page Eight)

investigation.

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ord , V0111?" w W0 a young saetlsfactory coal

ha tiemegallisesa! it? iooaisui blelerranaesnnd k also steam our- popss. m do ou 17¢: quire? Pceaalwarl l- ’

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amends-

oi a billiard than w to cable,

are oi more value to

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dad lac, o our: iqvhlle we 't deliver tiisin lvr winced Mll- liver than quickly.

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S‘ Protect Your Eyes ~

from the fvery trying glare of bright snow an sun by using a pair of our .

Glare Tilaues

Various shades-Amber, Fienzal and Smoke to choose from.

All moderately priced.

G.l".. llutcheson

ISBN-ittaigpuch/n

REGRETS MR. KING'S EMPLOY- - m, n" “MENt to ina 1 cashier; Taking up the purchase of horses Igfggcn m

lli the maritime Provinces. Sir Robert m l "m "a." W“ '

bald that the system in vogue in tho andcaﬂnllrtelh ﬁr“! Militia Department under the late “h” “an, ,b°,’h,,," "u mgnqm Government was to pay the man who ‘Mulllzih-“Whill "*5"- plirchased horses a sum covering cost oi horses, travelling expenses, and rc- . muneration without any particular dc- viding line. General l-lughes decided E to pay a distinct rate for expenses and remuneration so as to know the exact price of the horses. A pur- _ , _ chasing agent and a veterinary surge- Because the QYCS “re 8881131. on made the purchasemnd payment of same f°lk5 s3)’ ‘hey 37¢ "Qt we"- tiie horuesvwas made by cheque or or- In 100518111111 c3599 there ls eye‘ der against a credit provided,‘ and each stmm- , , cheque l... n. be endorsed s, u... sel- Neslecledeyestraln is sure to ler. This was an effective safeguard. Brod?“ sickness- The Prime Minister added that the “e mse- . ' member ibi- King's (Dewitt Foster) a" 9°11!" W“ examliled- had been employed to buy horses in the" en,“ condition from Nova Scotla and bought 428. a“ expert Optician-

pointed purchasing agent without the

knowledge or aproval of any member H. J. M

oi the Government. i would have pre- vented it iii had known and so would Dﬂilﬂlbt &0|RlCl8ll, ~ P. E. island

"The member ior King's was ap- Saﬁsfacuon Guaxanteed \

: Beer & Golf: llgee,

_ The"? i? nothing ¢1Ba.n§r..,_,purer.oif more delic- lous in the line of Jams and Jellies than the products of the world-famed ﬁrm Cross & Blackwell. The products _of this ﬁrm is a standard by which good Jams and Jellies are Judged-they are recognized by particular housewives as a pinnacle of Jam and jelly perfection. .

Right now we have a nice new line of Cross 81 Blackwell's Raspberry. Strawberry, Plum, Apricot, Gooseberry, Red Currant and Black Currant Jams and Jellies. These are put up in dainty one pound glass bottles._ Also a good supply of Raspberry and Strawberry Jams are here in 7 pound tins. Try a one pound bottle and_you'll blly a large tin. The deliclousness of these Jams will delight you.

We have Dnilrr's llriulil oi We have Grilpc Fruit and grélgrltloégiz‘Slglgzxggraﬁd (linger Marmalade iii nest glass “mm 1.5mm are ‘put up m Ilotilcs. This llnc certainly rivals "gm, g pound gin,“ bolmm tho merit oi this firms lloet pru-

_ _ ilirol. liow about some prcscrv-

Y°“" W511i} 911991)’ “f (""85 ell Pears, Peaches, Plums or and Iilankwelis Orange Marma- Cherries? lade, it is put up in one alld two pound glass bottles—also in 7 We have ihem lil syrup, 2 pound this. pound bottles. e _ There's qality, purity and wholesomenessjn every item listed above. Eve article was selected with the ul- most care-the most ate pleasing Jams, Jellies possible prﬁserves and marina ades to procure at our price or any ot er.

the Minister oi Militia. lie was sp- 501mg’