JANUARY 21. 1941

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GOISERVAIIVE ASSIIBIITIIIII

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pg of all members | g Royalty Polls wilhbe hold in McLure Building, y Kent Street, Charlotte- iwn, on Wednesday, .Ian- s “fly 29th, i947, at 7:30

PM.

I. n. HOLMAN , President. '

Soil Erosion ls Alarming South Africa

I7 Bryon Young

PRETORIA, South Africa. IQ gs -<CP)—South Africa, now fully not-sire and. alarmed about the situ- ation, is begtnnirlg to take wide measures to save her soil and wat-

er.

The country's soil. most of which is not rich. ls eroding. and its wat- er, in a land of few lakes, meagre forrsts and amali rivers is steadily decreasing.

' able in sdvanoe.

(JBASWELL for Photographs.

CONFEDEBATION LIFE

lN- SURANCE. . ‘ llowiusn MoiNNiS' nttca i Footwear now located at 175

Queen Street.

HOLMAWS Charlottetown store will be closed Wednesday. Thurs. day and Friday oi this week for stock taking.

BISHOP RETURNS HOME His Excellency, the Most Reverend James Boyle. Bis-hop of Charlotte- town. returned to the City Satur-i day afternoon from Quebgc city Where he attended the funeral last; Friday oi the late Cardinal Ville- neuve.

CABS COLLIDE — Two can col- llded a few minutes after mid- night Sunday morning at the cor- ner oi Pleasant Street and long- worth Avenue. Drivers and gers escaped injury but both cars were considerably damaged.

LEARNS 0F BROTHERS DEATH —-A wire has been received by Mr. Abner Vesey. York. ccnveying the news of the death of his brother, Eustace M. Vcsey at Central Butte. Saskatchewan last Wednesday morning. The telegram also dis;

Batllethe ilhlppetl iii Man and Wile

fvou suderfre la seheJngor an.

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dor m” u” "f," “mil”! n h! hausends I o have depended gs 01st: f h {r-oubl . The followin le r infirm”: 1“

in a couple o: 33t- I ‘an The! pqnl 5° i‘ iillhlhsdieitnndtcouldwalk N- I! hulb d hld llll ll tool: 01ml a d tho no leis." o flfglighyriogrzrs my: do soda ml songs- B n My and Biad .1305‘? "9"" "f

m" drusslst snld give it s fslr trial eviibrgg:

Gllllll ELEVATOR

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tloned. available, when and as ro-

ilillred. 18 by having storage facil- ities located on Prince Edward Island that can bc filled before

.' the freeze-up each year. "Be 1t Therefore Resolved that , be "Bobility to give a steady volt-

we hereby petition the Dominion Government to erect and equip

_u'ith loading and unloading facil-

ities a grain elevator at Char- lottetown during the summer oi 1947, and furthermore that

"We respectfully request Honorable Mr.

culture to immediately make eas- ier the flow oi Western grain to the Maritime Provinces. than is now possible, and remove present

mestrictions that are now hinder- ling to the point of prevention.

scientists. eneinws sud ihtiii-‘it- “Md "i" ihtfdwii 0i h" hiis- And that a copy of the l. t- rialists studying the situation say bend proved such a shock to Mrs. '10,, be Se“, ,0 Mn Ga1idlxjo 1:“,

that South Africa's mining and in-

dustrial progress may be through lack of water come, and even today there is not enough water to meet the needs o1 m, country. One expert goes so far as to say that eventually the Union. will have to distii sea water on a tremendous scale to meet her bare requirements.

The government had adopted policy of encouraging industries to move into rural areas. but the shortage oi water makes this im- practicable except in a new favor- ed areas, and in many oi’ these the problem will become acute in the future.

To combat theee tendencies government has embarked on double 0108mm large irrigation projects and en- couraging soil conservation Broad-

the

iy speaking the Union's irrigation efforts are being directed i0 of the

"farming" out the waters Orange Riven-the country's 1M1- est river. This is to be done by bulidins more big diimfi 0i"- ihe 7w‘ ar and by diverting some 0f its W8}- ers in canals and tunnels to oihr rivers and dams in order to get, it to areas short oi water.

Cope Province Scheme

One scheme for the Cape ‘Prov- lF-it‘. still in the planning stage, will provide about 200000 acres with water and will cost 515000.000 ($60-- 030000) while 510000.000 is t0 b9 spent 0n irrigation of part of the Orange Free State-drryest of the inur provinces.

The Cape scheme involves the building of a tunnel 6 miles ‘font! l0 take watetr from one storage 118m to another. from where it will l” diverted into a huge valley-d“ Fish River Valley~which badly hoods improved lrrifliiiitiii-

The Flree State wh9m¢—i° 561'“ its ncrthem area-will also need Pri extensive system of tunnels to ir- rigate 120000 parched sort!!-

fn the fight against soil erflslti“ time i5 nn increased awarfhtis nmonnst progressive farmers o. the dwindling fertility of the soil. but a large percentage are still hard t0 wean from the destructive farmlntt methods of their forbeers. ijovyever. an increasing numb" 0- ¢°°d fanning‘ laws are being 005505 by parliament. and a. Soil Conservatllih Board has been set uli-

____________ HINT FOR AMATEUR

William I-Iunt. the artist. was out one day with his pupils skeivhhii- One oi the young men was Paint‘ ling a landscape bathed in the Elm)’ of the setting sun. There ‘we! l large barn in the foreground. Mr. Hunt observed the yoim! "i!" ouietiy for n while and then ssid in him impressively, so much time in painting the shins:- les on that Barn you will never have

Vesey that she was suddenly strick-

left to moum.

SORORITY MEETING — Alpha Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at the home c,f Mrs. JJI‘. Lines on Wednesday evening. January 22nd,

succeeds the past president. Jean! Macdonald. who has accepted position in Toronto. The program. in charge of Mrs. A.J. Murchison. program converter. was an interest- ing one. consisting of short talks

by various members on “My Sister- hood", engendering the ilveiy dis-l

8S5.

Mr. and Mrs. J. M. G. Jants wore among the passengers ulho ar- rived on Tuesday. They were met in Sackville by Mrs. Janos parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mulch, Cherry Valley.

_0.0.F. Would Boost 10kt Ago Pensions

OTTAWA. Jan. 26~tCP) —The 6.01‘. party announced plans to- night to stage a Dominion-wide, campaign for old are pensions of $59 nt age B5 and to carry the matter to the floor of the House; of Commons in the coming session‘ which opens next Thursday. »

In its concluding session oi a

‘three-day meeting the national council of the party, meetini; jointly with a parliamentary cau- cus of the party's Z8 member‘! 91 the Commons, endorsed a resolu- tion making these demands in- re-

E gards to old age pensions for Can- adians:

1. A pension of not less than $50 per month (ti. age 85 Withwl a

" moans test.

. 2. Such a pension to be paid in

I full by the Dominion Government.

3. The pension to be paid to- gether with a cost-of-iiving sup- plement, an invalidity supplement land free medical, dental. optical and hospital care. _

l The 0C1". old age pension pro- _gram compares with the present ~general pension of $25 pet‘ month

' at age '70 with a means test, the cost shared by Federal and Pro- vincial Governments. The _Donlin- ion has proposed $30 pensions at ,'i0 years of age with a means test_ to be paid in full by the Domin- ion and old-age assistance with means test for those aged 65 to fill

Provinces.

Finance Minister Abbott has 5

time to pllfll; the “"590 Y” Wm warned that these latter prpposa

have to choose between the two."

stuns. nunnuses. lures 50c Per insertion

cause of the recent higher subsidy payment proposals made to the Pro/vinccs in Dominion-Provincial financial talks.

‘will have to be reconsidered be-

HAMILTON’, Bermuda, Jan. $- (CP Cableb-Tlle Canadian destroy- ers Nootka and Micmac. after s rouph four-day voyage from Hali- fax, arrived here Saturday for three

'weeits oi training. The two warships

our P. E. Island representatives in raltgdig agrgxsldfissiaisflwag aslzfmlftgfif‘ , in the House of Commons. Senate y ' ‘m an?‘ r a e and local members."

Feed Supply Essential

The meeting opened

Slfllf,

it was absolutely necessary

required increase.

l Mr. B. Graham Rogers,‘ of gthe bush,“ cussion which followed. A dainty Maritime Transportation Co U! e5“ g 1110909911 was "Wed by the 1105i‘ y sleu. reviewed transportation costs ,and difficulties. He said that fifty years ago there was more busin- rss done here than there ls to- so many small industries had been Today the Province is in-tporling $20,- 000000 of goods annually, exclus- ive of gasoline. machinery and cars. or n total of about $30,000.- Isiand imports last year in- cluded 2,012 cars of feed, 300 cars of flour. valued at about $4.000,- 000. also 1.393 cars oi fertilizer by rail. valued at. $1,253,700. exclus; steamer. and ‘l9’! cars of lime. ‘The 8 per cent sales tax on imports 4 per cont of the cost of manufactured ‘Me airport 04mm“, “h; goods, he said, is paid in income ' All fcdcral taxes from im- ports into this Province amount

day. due to the fact. that

forced out of existence.

000.

ivc of that brought. here

was added to the costs.

tax. i0 $54 per caplta. Removal of

increased cost of 50 cents

farmers. sidy

fllerll. at Ottawa. tent that it could not ernment has requested. far otltwelllhs .ceivcd. Over 54.000900 ninno, Mr, GIL-lies contended. lndorsed the of Western feed transportation.

Olin Elevator Eltitfllli!

Mr. Harold Hearts, East I alty.

years. He \ent hasized the

vantages of a cern of 8850.000 It"

in twenty-four hours.

leaving

ltive untierltnndlnl that tr you are not Wire efficient iob for some pin. '7.‘c'€“8§§3{o'.'.i’o'r'.n i2" {gfiiwmv xuonthan the "ch-publicized When the National Research

meiunlrlute. Electrons, minute negative

Gardiner to use his offices as Minister o1’ Agri-i .

with a short address by Mr. J. A. Gillies, manager of the P. E. I. Livestock with the new president. Mrs, Tom ,Marketing Board. who commented 5 DeBlolg in the chair. iVlrs. DcBiois r on tilc ial-gc representation pre- includlng many from out- a i side sections who were interested in the increased production of all farm products. He stressed that t0 have sufficient feed to secure the

the free freight. subsidy on Western feed grains. Mr. Gillies said, would mean an per hundredwelght on feeds to Island The Province should. he insisted, he guaranteed this sub- in the five-YE" 18X 88199‘ which is being negotiated Loss of the subsidy would cripple Prince Edward 15-. innd agriculture to such an ex- increase productlon as the Dominion Gov- ‘Ihe a- mount now being paid into the Federal treasury from the Island all the monies re- is being paid prr annum in freight ratesl

Mr. R. R. Bell, M.L.A.. strongly statements made ivith respect to the importance

5.0)’- a member oi the agricult~ . . ra committee of the P.E.I. Ad- ‘n W“ 509"‘! shared by the Dominion and the' $1501” Reconstruction Commhtee, spoke on soil erosion and emph- iaslzed that erosion damaflt? W85 attributable in considerable meas- ure to the excessive growing of grains in t-his Province in eariisr

a . grain elevator and‘ stated that he had obtained an edinaie from a Montreal con- an elevator‘, with a mtiillon bushels capacity. equipped to unload steamers with- A boat Churchill with a capacity bushels could make

ere “eduied to leave here Fdb. 12

Burns for the Caribbean.

llllNAULT-At hi! restdancql ' Bunion Street, Giariottetown, on Bunday, Jan. N. Joseph Felix It-senault in his 81st year. Fisher- sl arrangements twill be sn- | houneed later. i IOIWIIJe-At. tin P. I. Illend hospital. Saturday. Jen. -$, Hrs. I Edward nomli, Victoria. Funeral from Vhtoria United Ohutch ati 330 today.

llflfiAlo-At Stanley bridle. killi- II. im. ma. Glories nip-nasal Oi years. Imnsins resting at‘ Devlson rumor Parlors. Ken-l linlton. until ‘nlsedav, thence to .

Premier-tan ‘Church. Clifton.‘ ' m.“ w, tummy, wiser-e funeral service will be held on “n.5,: n; n5 AM," .13.. f i l-l- Tiif-lfll"? Gui"- lae, a committee comprising Keene. J. A. Gilles. I. Graham Mm:":..".- *-.......'- N‘ D‘ M80143!" l?‘ '32s on "the shlzct. for distri- ' ' v ' button to the Federal Miniister of UNDIRTAKIR lflbultire,rfla)pli.elt\ty“gveetiseral and ‘MBAIJTIR _ ‘E At the close of the meeting a laaplioi vi llr. Wm. Stone, vote of thanks was moved by He.

midtown II . o! Plsetpaton, Ont, while hunt- ing in the woods dame scross this very large eat owl which took caveat iota before it cease don.

oi 300,000 five or six trips to Charlottetown

after harvest in the West. Wheap could be taken from Ohurohili, more cheaply.

than it can be done in Montreal,‘ h i l- e

and milled here

Hearts believed.

l". I. Andrew questioned whether the Province would have sale for all the livestock it could produce. On this point Mr. Fred Motlhe. ever had any‘ trouble in soiling livestock. m. McRae replied that he never had.

pg ‘loved fi 1k. T. Anti-on seconded ll! Kr. Inland lhollonaisi. SoIIIDOH. 1M

ihior Home and seconded by Mr. Iruco M-Kinicy, Springfield. to Mr. and Mrs. Beaten for their bospitaliu

Winsioe. was asked if he "

‘Ilse resolution above quoted

__'_rl_t_lr CHARLOTTETOWN

G,UARDIAN____

Poor Man's Atom Smasher 00st $50,000

OTTAWA. Jan. 2s _ ._ . niclarls at the Natlomicplieseraera Council laboratories here are build. “'8 What mic-ht be termed "s poo; llilcrguatom smasher."

"4 l mere $550000, compared zlgni-he University of California's" m "s 551100.000 effort. the Con. l ‘m m°d°1 L! Qxfieflted to do a

Council made public an outline of 1" “Wk 0011108 the first yeas- oi m. °°"V°1’51°i1. the electrostatic gener- Jawtcr was given s mere four lines. 0st of its ottaus and the results 01' the experiments remain on tho secret list. Research physicists say the [e51 pvaiue cf the Canadian project will

y use at various levels of generation. | Welshing about 2o tons, the machine consists of two motors fluhlch send an endless belt of nylon ‘spinning to the top of a 16-foot 5W0“ at e speed of 3,500 feet s

electrical charges. are sprayed on the belt as it moves. They an c". ried into a collection uhillibé!‘ con- ltaining air compressed to 27 tint-oi, [its normal density.

Elwfron Bullets

PIGSSI-lre from this chamber is driven down a tube to the base oi the machine where it attacks the material which is to be smashed. The material then becomes rad-io-

had been beaten.

War Bride ' Checks Baby's Weight Proudly

' .lutlgmont_ Given iFor lion-Suit In ‘Gar Purchase Base

I i

s Fhliw/ing is the text of s judg-

the case of Russel McIntyre, plain- tiff’. vl. Samuel Kennedy, s ior.

In this case, piaintif; Q5 do. k000i!" 10f $160. for part of the ‘Pilfihflfifl lirlee oi a car purchased ‘by the plaintiff from the defend- ant or his son about August 1045, VfOr e price which is admittedly ‘$350. above the “ceiling price" fixed I

-Pr'i_~=es and Trade Board. 3°91 Parties knew that the price was above the

FOUND DEAD ON SIDEWALK taking measures to rctdcav-or to

F0 lcoyer up the transaction. 1y“ linldhon a sidewalk 1n Brook-l But it is contended that. nut- w a uwostura and thqwlihstimsiine the fact that both

. .. ,. 30rd Nazi carved on his chest. IDaHLBFi kinew they were committing ‘"00"!’ Glories 'I‘rabasco, ponghra breach of the regulations. the “@9519. N- Y., died 45 minutes purchaser can turn around and sue later without regaining compile Vendor for tho surplus price, sciousness. The student, dnessedyand recover. _ 001i’ in pyjamas and underwear, "Th0 59011011 of the regulations on In addition to twthich the plaintiff relics is as to]- other injuries, hie skull was n“. lows" (Order-in-Councii till“- ~ 8528 0i NOR i. 1941 as amended) Sec. l4. No petlsorl silaii have any "Sh! 1o enforce 0r. receive ilaylntxllt of more than the amount or any Sl-‘Mific or maximum price -— pro- scribed under these regulations or fixed by or under authority of the board or concurred in by tile board. .0310 any person who illiyS ally ‘ETN-ler amount may rrcov-el- the ex- cess. notwithstanding thnt such Pefivh may have been guilty oi an “mm? 1h 50 haying such greater amount. “The prohibition in the first part 10f the section is against the per-

nitm so proud or nun," Said [he

active under pressure from the electron bullets.

Wihen the onachine is complete it will be shipped to the governments atomic research plant near Chalk‘ River, Ont.. in the Ottawa mliey. i

Another machine undergoing pr

iiminary tests at tho N.R.C. labor-i health nurse. Miss Eleanor Whoi-i

atorles is a 1.000.000-voit lightring generator. Many manufacturing] cmrupanies have sent their new. equipment to the laboratory to have it tested under the pressure of man-E made lightning. If the equipment; withstands ~N.R.C.'s test it can‘ take pretty well anything nature, can hand out. l

Winter drivers. brewers and pulp producer's may benefit from a. thirdl experiment. at one laboratory. It, is the “PH Monitor." n. device for automaticliy preserving equilibrium between acids and aiilaiis ' in any; solution.

Attached to the radiator of a car,i it can preserve the acid-alkali bai-i once and prevent corrosion durirn, cold weather. The acid content of brewing and pulp solutions is a prime factor in their production and the new device is expected to aid both industries considerably inl this regard.

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The crash ca-me a day after are: other DC-Ii smashed up at Owl/don Airport. London. ltlllms 12 persons-

Miss Moore's last song, sung at her final concert Saturday night in cnpsrnogerrs largest concert hall. was "Chiri Biri Bin", a composition‘ ind helped make famous. _

She had left the United States last July for a concert tour in Eur- ope and appearances before Amer’, can soldiers on occupation duty-j She starred in many movies, includ-i in; "One Night of Love". i

A complete list of tthe passehfleri; aboard the airliner was not, available immediately. bi" the!’ m‘! eluded the pianist ""~"'=~i"i>*">’"‘i‘

nlGOfE, Louis P017191’-

Swedén was thrown into motif"- ning by the death o s Pr-ri t- Thegtre performances ‘were ounce?‘ ed. Court mourning Will b3 dcc-"rd in both Sweden and Dermal-k to-

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Mr. Abbott, explaining the W0- ponis to a press conference. said he believed the Dominion had reached the limit of its financial concessions.

To obtain the h merits from. the Dominioin. the‘: Provinces would have to S" Dominion vlrslhillyonilillrsgecoge i the person nc e ' gratlon tax fields. Ii they wished they could share the inheritance tax field with the Dominion. bill their pnyynents would be reduced ‘fifhiiiiincnts would be calcu- lated at the rate of $13-70 P" tmpiin on the basis of the 1943

increased pay-

d ration taxes i313’ DRY. oilfil-v wield-ice As’ an alternative they 6°01‘! it us the stet- llattiyulsllirglglél? fir? Abbott sail alternative formula talus: work out more favorably for riihe scotia and ‘Saskatchewan. x gubgidies provided _ or America Act Prince lilti-

‘sill? Albott said if the Provin-

ed the molt favorable Esmmarile ion semen" "ti" be u "ma". ‘m. the guaranteed in-l in breoketsl~

pflkngnldwlfl Ifllltiil- @3959” (giotyooo); Nova Sootta $12.- “(nnn (U0310900): New Bruns- “qcyn “$33,000 tbtfldiilltti: 900' m. emoticon <mm1iiitii= 0"‘ tarlo. l708U-000 _ Munch.’ "gibbon tslsslzoon». Saskatchewan. 019N400‘) "15-’ 250,000); A rta. 014310.000 ($13.- oosoool; an ‘British Oohimbil. masons (slsnsoooot. who agreements would run for five years and payments could not til-op below the fixed minimum. They would. however. increase es the population and value of gross

English war bride as she happily.

l difficult. icrfoxmation," the force

son “enforcing or receiving" a

displayed h. _. ‘r we“ “mmslwd- greater amount than the ceiling

buck-Eyed. rosy checked, 15 1,1,5

581W to Miss Wiis Di public Health Nursggy afieczgg ‘carries with it the implication cf a Sumlncrside Well Baby Clinic gum’ mwledge “f a 55"’ ‘n ex‘

icess of the "ceiling". But it docs not suggest or attempt to condone a Elllliy knowledge on the part of the qlurchaser.

"siwh an interpretation o,f the ,section would result in terrible chaos and an over-throwing of many ‘well established rules of law.

"Following this iiliCl'i'7i‘€i¥lllCt'.1, imi’ D9180“ 0011161 buy a car and

°nduct°d by the district public airs. Arsenault is a regular f 9h ant at the Baby Clinic as .l1e said she was taught in school that this was the right thing to d“ she i5 5° Pleased with hcr new life in Canada and although Only here a few mont-hs, she cas-