1A i\‘-7A_IZ__YW8. 1938

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W. C. T. U. Notes

GIVE THANKS! ‘m, sweet i-mpns born, and for sor- For sung and fur fond Forwtchrafjs wp- ‘or the daily bread;

For llie race that. the faithful feel

rorhlilvnn strife, for the b1"-

poi-tlbfrlrvgnzciccds planned and 10f brave deeds donc:

For the truth that livelh forever- rIllggféW-fi graciously open dwfi the light. that shines from the .l . Givcotltxlfzrinksfnrgh’?! thanks! L01 the spirit saith. w eygrvilling ulllt hath W!“ °*‘ ii Givebrtrngkfi for life —for life and death.

MARATHON SNEEZER

When they tock Elaine aiarchl, 19-year-old Philadelphia girl to the hospital recently, she had bccn sneezing continuously for six hours. Doctors were unable to do anything

-Carlotta Perry. YOUTII

q-n,» Editor or Maclean’: sow the Naval Rcview at. Spithead from the déck‘ of Britain's newest cruiser. H 1y 5 Newcastle. A1110h8 the

lies-is on board were three Cana- Iiiliusclloolbovs, illc ship's Q1101“ 0f‘ {hi1 160 who went over to wit- ncss the Coronation, h

Onc of the bill's was h Franc ' Calladaln from Quebflc Chy- I“ i'\'lll\'f‘l' ntion with him. lhe 911110‘ lnkna what. of all the thil185 he incl sccil, llad inlpresscd him 1110517- ilnd 530i] illc Coronation 91°‘ x lll, watched tile r0yfl1 ‘Yacht p nine miles of EYES’ 19511115 iortrcsscs, seen ihc sky drakvnfi by p‘ancs oi the R0y111 A11‘ Force" ilc illougll for somc time beforrfi Iii‘ f\ll.‘l\\'Cl'f§I ill: 11119511011- The“ e said, “Vi/hat impressed me 111051 ills M: BzlldwilfS slwvvb 1° ‘he YJIIIII Rclli’ at Albert Hallfl"

’l'llc editor enquired. "Why?

Thc boy replied, “He told about tllc rcsponslbility oi You

be the cause of her ailment,

but that humour is not what yoll would call high-class thvulsllt A little imagination would, I bclicvc. cause most of us to vrccp rrlillcl- than to laugh when we soc solllc drunken person staggering up till- road were we to think just wllni

share his home- "Not long ago, I scene quite near to this Church. that I shall not soon forget. A poor drunken girl from the strccts was

llsr to continue her tragic in- anities. I think it. was onc of tllc most dreadful sights I have sccn. I do not think we should fiz-lrl

1- '1 n‘ t l T“ “am” g“ yum 1,, Canadag- is killed, of the children Wilt) incl: ‘Hoffa 11.101 a on“ “wed nbu; 1g boot-leather and even Ilollris-Il- YIS’ m. I f.‘ S ' ment because so littlc of ihc Sgcinkfinknts. o; the pagt money comes into home for the

necessities of life.

“I suppose there is not. a falllllv in England without onc of ll members ,either at the collirc cz- at the circumference. wllnsc lif" has not been ruined by drink"

months having subsided. I-hfltl kpCCCII of the tllcn Mister Bald- win —hl$ last public utterance as Prime Minister oi Britaih-Shmlhi bc rcrcad by ercry Canadianon the lllrculolu of mauhovd ""1 citizenship. It “'11s mild? 19910” representatives of the Y°111h o‘ every part of illc Enlplrc. 111111 the truths of slucll passages 55 the“ a ply to a :.

2W0 are passing. You are the government of the future. We vest in you tllc duty of_ guarding and safeguarding what. 1s worthy 611° ivcrih while in our past .011!‘ hefl‘ tagg and our traditions. You are in charge of our honor and of all our voles. ~

“And it lvill be IOI‘ you to rwiw tile dclnocracics in ivhatevcr Pa" of thc Elnpirc you may 111/9- They must be defended from without; and equally they have to be de- fcndcl froln within. And it may well b: that yflli will have to 5W9 ZIOIIIOCTIICY fronl itself.

“You have to show the world- llnd in many parts of it an OXCBEd’; lngly critical world. but. the"? 15 noillilu: ill denlocracy and its principles, its l>111‘P°‘1‘5 m‘ 115 mcillnlls which naturally breed tlnlidiiy of outlook or- n1Pd10CT11Y oiacllicvclllcllt. Courage. 111501911119 and oificicllcy are as necessary 1° democracy l“ 111W are 1° ‘my dictatorship, nlld democracy 1m‘ >llcs alld demands leadership 11$ c.<=clllllllly' rs ally dictatorship, 191‘ It a lradcrship which has not

A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION- LOYALTY

How may I be a more loyal White Rlbboner in 1938 tllall err": before?

1, By being punctual and regu- lar in attendance at every mcct- lng of my Union which I can possibly attend-

2. By being faithful I0'.'lll_\‘ fakk which may be assigned to mo.

3, By glad and generous support of the temperance cllusc “As God has prospered."

4 By faithful helpfulness to tllc elected officers who arc slble for definite tasks

5, By consistent living that 'Illl1.I

seeking to adorn tllc tcmilcralicc cause by blameless conduct in evcry emergency: by sookillf! to win others to sce thc valuc of total abstinence for the sake of III“ Ill- dividlla‘, the home community and the Kingdom of God on ca-sill.

olvranlos 1.10pm: nlu.

The official figures were r“poi'l~ ed on Dec. 2nd to fllc Ontario legislature by Chalrlnan l‘? fl Odette of the Lique Control hoard

fol-cc behind it; it is the leader- 311937‘ sllip ol faith alld character. and Liquor Control Board Sales $14- dunocrzlci’ is crying to you tOdfly 015399’ fcl- illc lcadcrsllip of the next Increase over previous ycnr $4- gcllcrlltioll." 530,133

Net profits of the Board sll non,- 601

The Board paid tllc Provincial TTERSIITOI’ from its surplus account

REV. "DICK" SHEPPARD AND DRINK In ollc cf the broadcasts when

Ilf‘ was‘ liccior of St. Martins-ln- $9_500‘000_

llw-Flcllls, London. the Rev. $513 of permits netted S-lflirlflfi ‘"Dick" Sheppard said: "Will y°11 Sales oi domestic wines I)_\' , Il'_\‘ not to laugh at drunkenness wirerles 31530537‘

not (‘lllll when you see it. depicted Increase in domestic bcor saics. ,

on lllc stage? Of course. I know $2,314,774 or 7 5 per ccni.

about it. and believed hysterh \o_

that. may be meaning to those who ,

wi lncsscd n 1

surrounded by a crowd of pcoplcl --I am ashamed to say the maj- ‘ orlty were men -who were laulzll- ‘ ing at her antics. and cncourzlnilii.’ ‘

it funny if we though for onc i‘|l")— .

rpspfill- ,

honor Christ and His tcrlclllllg: bv ‘

for the fiscal year ending Aral-ch '

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MAR SHFIELD-

C ONSER VA TI ON

A WEEKLY COLUMN OI‘ PRACTICAL OPINIONS ON T"! VITAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE USES AND ABUSIS 0! . NATURAL I-ESOUICII BI III. LUIIIDW JENKINS.

PUISONING PREDATORY ANIMALS

Prcdatoly wild animals, both lllnnllnals and birds, have become i (‘lll to conservationists solely l of tllc unbalance 0i Na- i illrl- created by man's civilization. Tllcrc ls no use denying that a ])I'LiI’tIOI'y animal problem exists, and if is a mistake to take the cxlrclnc attitude that the pennan- clll. cure is to let Nature restore its own lullance. He who takes such an altitude overlooks the plain fac ihnt ihcccnditlons of clvfiza- Lion result in man's stealing the naulral range of wild animals for his civilized purposes. Civilization nlaizcs- ii impossible for wild animals to move freely from one place t0 another to escape Lilelr natural enemies, and man must, therefore, recognize that there is some obligation to endeavor to re- store some sort of balance, even by arlificlnl means.

All this docs not mean that we must go ilredator-mad and over- do so-caled control. There are n: my phases of the present situa- ilon that the majority of con- scl-vlllionists find hard to swallow. 'I‘llcrc i. something in the human nlilld that reacts against unnecessary crudcllcss and cruelty. It may be that we have to put even human beings out of the way when they are a lrlellacc to society but we CIllillH‘ illl- most humane methods

possible. We also endeavor b0 , clll ., such methods as will harm only those individuals directly

rcpollsiblc. For this reason, the American Nature Association has allva_vs takcll a stand against the

usc of poison in the control of ilrcrlaiory anizlmls. , Practical-minded stockmen of

,tllc Wl-st, and practical-minded Grim: Commissioners of states that dcrivc rzrvcnuc from wild game. wnfrllllt the predator problem and iI"l'III(‘ illllt tllcy must attack it by lvlldicvcr means come to hand. Such pcoire have demanded and

sccul-cll tile dedication of public l rclilf and public works funds to flrifiillflflfli projects for poisoning

ltcriain forms of wild life. They have llrgcd the use of poison for two reasons -first, because they l-calin- that it takes skill to destroy predators by rreans other than poison, and that such skill is not

' Lnlllc or is too expensive. The oilu-l- argument is that poison is bclicvcd to produce greater results ill ‘tcl-nls of deatll of supposedly ullll.. .ab!c wild creatures. Here ngin we are confronted with the ‘ ck of scientific knowledge and an atient unwillingness to face the

fa

T115‘ Bureau of Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture has been under constant. attack from various group: because this is the agency lllroulrll WIIICII the Federal Gov- crlllllclli llas gone into the busi- l1i‘.~':€ nl" illc destruction of wild life by poison. Lined up in this attack lll)')l\ the United States Biological

l Survey are some strangely as- ,» sol-lad groups. some, with the l lll .st idealism, are fighting

‘ b‘-i:lrlly' according to the dictates ‘of an llollcst conscience. Others nrc fighting for a particular pur- po c or n particular interest which affects illcln, In all this there has I71‘I‘II ‘iiilc or not. impartial scienti- fic study of the problem. The Islnlodical Slll-vcy in its predatory annual activities works something y likc illc Federal Bureau of Pub- , lic Roads. It lakes money appro- prilll-crl by the several states where l tlll- prcrlatory problem is severe, i nlzllr-llcs it with an equal amount l of lilcdcral money. and, with that total, carries on the work. These mcll ill illc Biological Survey, who have lwcn actively in touch with illc situation for years, seem to illc thoroughly ingrained x cf that poison is the only way that. tllcy can kill enough preda- tors lo nlniniain the necessary arti- ficial balance of Nature. without curling more money than the cclllbincd state and Federal totals. attack of

. So illcy nllswrr every

reason or other it .was loft of! the

final program —probably because the government bureaus and some of the game interests thelnseycs felt that in the waterfowl situa- tion they had enough to quarrel about.

Meanwhile, in that supposed hol- becl of predators and anti-predator sentiment, the great Southwest, there has arisen for the first time a constructive attack from the scientific and practical viewpoint. The Southwestem Conervation League, with ileadquarters in New Mexico, with the cooperation of the American Nature Association. is endeavoring to work out. a prac- tical study and test. Even the stockmen who claim to be among the most. seriously injuried parties, and the New Mexico Game Com- mission. which carries a strong anti-predator bias,‘ are wonder- ing about this poison business and would like to find some practical means of meeting their problems without poison. In the Southwest the Bloioigical Survey has some years been carrying on its anti-predator activities. using poisons developed by the Survey and applying them according to methods which they claim to be harmless to anima‘s other than those sought to be poisoned. Not only is this claim open to serious question. but, also. the results have been far from satisfactory. The testimony as to the effectiveness and destructivenes; of poison var- ies according to the individual making the report. There are those who believe that the coyote of the prwent clay in far more destructive and far more of a-killer of other wild life and livestock than he

, used to be, largely because genera-

tions of poisoning have brought about n. gradual evdution in the wyote himself. Taught by the use of poison to shun carrlon and dead baits. he has become a killer of animals such as be never was be- fore. This is presumed to be due not merely to the actual use of Poison on baits set for coyotes, but, 11150, to the destruction of the small rodents on which the coyote formerly lived quite largely. Made ill from the second-hand poison ob- tained from eating polson-kllfed or poison-weakened rodents, the coyote concentrates less on rodents and more upon deer. This is a theory; it is not given as a scienti- fically proved fact.

In New Mexico it, is now prqpgg- ed that the various interests shall sit down together and select a 11111811 mountainous area in the State, wherein the use of poison will not only be forbidden by co- operative agreement between the Bioligical Survey and the other parties, but where the private use 0f poison will be discouraged by the cooperative efforts of all the 1111110118 EPOIIPS. The project wou'd be supervised in the field by a special agent of the Southwestern Conservation League. The employ of 1-1115 88cm: for_ the study of the

P19115103’ problem has already bee" .1111"!!! Possible by a. grant to 111G SOUIIIWGSIEIII Conservation

Mil-sue from the Charles Inthrop Pack Forestry Foundation. ‘The present costs of predator control by poisoning methods are known. Over a period of two years or more, a careful study will be made of other methods of predator coll- IPOI. to the degree that may be actually necessary to dgtgrmjne What. 11 any. difference there is in cost. and whether a satisfactory dfilree of control can be evolved. At_ the some time, a careful check W11 be kept uPon the so-called Dredators within the area, and upon the reactions of persons liv- lng therein and hunters who are accustomed to blame their failure 1° Z99 Bmne- upon the destruction of game by predators. In the end, it is hoped that there will be avail- able some actual data on this whole controversy, which has hiill- erto been so unburdcned by facts. The findings will be promulgated as widely as possible. It is believed by conservationists that the scienti- fic approach by test projects will

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TIMELY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

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Sam osniisumc, uortullc, Presi- dent of ihc Silver Fox Breeders’ and Exhibitors‘ Association was a visitor to thr- Clty the carly part of this week. He brought. ill some pelts from ills ranch, among them several outstanding specimens. There is a probability Illat Mr. John tone may movc to the vicin- ity of Cllarlottctolvn next fall. Hc has made a grcci. success nf silvcl" .'~x farming and won som" 1'10!- nb'e prizes at the Provincial Fox Exhibition.

Jim Tuplin, one 0i’ the fcw rc- maining pioneers of the silver fox industry, whose ranch at Black Banks was celebrated because of the marvelous silvers raised, and which was afterward: sold to the late J. Stanley late W. K. Rogers, has been ill. in, fact dangerously ill, although to sec him stepping around Char- lottetown on Tuesday and Wccl- nesday you could hardy believe it. A life-long friend of the writers. I had the pleasure of an intercol- ing conversation with him, during the coursc of which he said that he was very close to tllr- Pearly Gates, and gave credit for his rc- covery to Dr. Tanton of Summer- side, and Dr. Tanton of O'Leary, who ll=ed every resource known lo medical science to brill”; 111111 around to health again. Jim llarl four weeks of jaundice. plcurisy and pncunlonia, and was report- ed dead. So far did the news cir- culate that tclcvrax; 'i".'I letters poured in expressing regret at his illness or demise. It. is I\Il'. Tup- lln's intention to takc a trip to Montreal in the near future and call on his friend Dr. Dave llfac- Kenzie for a check-up.

Tuplln foxes were the foilndm- tion for some of tllc bcst blood ill .‘ .

this Province. The Lantz and Carrutbers ranch contained Tup- lin foxes and it was from this ranch that the foundation stock for George E. Brown's foxes was obtained. Our readers all know what the George E. Brolvn strain has clone for so many I7l‘f‘f.‘fif‘l'.~ who are now tops in the show ring. Bonnlcvicw 41B and near rc- lativcs appear with ilcrststcnt regularity in tho? that march away with the cups.

It is with grcat pleasure illai wc record the return to hcallll of George E. Brown, founder of the Brown foxes referred to above. MI‘. Brown was ill for several months, but. is now practically ns stood as ever and left yesterday for lvfnnt- rcal to visit his son and daughter who arc living there.

In an effort to snatch the In- dian from lethargy and hopeless- ness and at the same time rc- build the fllr industry, the Hild- 5011's Bay Colllpany wifl start a campaign of game preservation in the Canadian North this season.

Ralph Parsons. Fur Trade Com- missioner of the oldest fur com-

l'I'll|IlIl‘I HrIII~I| Rllllli‘ Fully Gunrlllllr-cd Ahvllyn lh-pn-nllllhlo

lIRI-KII. In IIII‘ IIII-IIIIPIHIM‘ win- for Illnl-cill-Illv Illlll llvillnlly IilIIh licks, Ilvv. mllcu on y" “11““1‘~ h0g9, poultry and l-ufilc. nml lirn- l-l-ntll iulllu-lllllto rc-illfcslllllflll- URI-III]. In Imll-lmlflnliivul, nun- lrrilnllng, only In n10. DIKI-RII. nllvvu _\'l1|| I0 lvlmt yml nut-lul- Order lHll-Iill. Iron! _\'0||r Ihfllll- Ilnrvhvnrc, l-‘ocll llllil Son-ll Store. or u to

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l puny lll lilo uulud, slales that vig- lorous support will be given Gov- iCFlllllCllI. proposals to set aside ,lar;.'c arcns for exclusive hunting W)" thinning privileges or In- ,(Il.'ll‘lS. E-kilnocs and half-breeds. ‘Mr. Pal-sons ful-thcr states that I115 Cinllpnny hopes to develop illTlN in Wr-stcm provinces in c0- oycraiion willl Provincial Gov- ‘i‘l'lllllf'lli.. Nruollations are mo. curling ullll this cnd in vicw.

Ilcavy decline: in the fur catch- cs this season WIlICh followed IOWUl‘ priccs added’ to the diffi- (1lllil".“. of illc natives, rcsilltlng in much hardship, who lvllcn condi- iions like tllcsc arisn fee! the lcffccis of the strenuous competi-

tion froln lyllite trappcrs.

l Particulars rcgarding C. M. Lampson (V Conlpanvis silver fox sale, whir-ll W11: held on the 15th. ‘to l7fh.-oi' Doz-ilrbel" in London, {have come to hand. It states that llherc was a large attendance of _bll_yl=rs and ihct France and other iflfilllillflllfll countries wcre well 1'1‘D!‘CF(‘ili"(I. Conlpctlllon was very kocll anll priccs sllorvcrl an appre-

,cab!(- ll .c ovcr those realized iin Nor ncr. Lots containing ylargc quantities were kccnly com. pctcd for by important buyers

l T11 total oficrinc consi tcd of 2a- 325 sl; . of wllicll about 85 per ccllt \\ s. sold.

Conlmcnting 0n tho above re- lpori Ccloncl U. G. Damon o! the lClznz-lrlficiown Filr Sales. Lld., ‘said illat ll" llnd made an zltlaysis ,of IIlf‘ stclicnu-llf and found that M111? Moss average of the entire M23000 skins srfd was $25.82: the liltlfll lnfcriors averaged $14.75; ' ‘ and tlark silvers 1 ; the 1.050 quarter 000; 4.000 half- ‘sllvcrs avcraqcd W». 0; 9,158 three- l quarto!" sivrrs f1\'f‘l'i'i'.',[‘(I $2850 and

4.524 full slivers averaged $32.00.

Crlloncl Dawson had a cable yes-

i icrcillv from J. D .7. Forbes. Man- flagcl- of tile London Fur Auction, lixllvlul. wllosc sale took place "l'llll:‘~l':l_v and ycsicrrlay’. It. states llllc attendance was large, the de- mand kr-cn with 75 pcr cent of

l lhc Norwczian “and 5O per cent of ithe Canadian condgnmcnt sold. |lvith PFIPPS about the same as illc prcrioils sale. Mr. Fbrbes be-

licvcrl tllc entire offering colfd

‘llcvc been disposed of had the ‘ conslgllors been prcpared to mcept ifllo llnrkct price offered by the

buyers. Next illfonday morning at tcn 0‘c'ock the Hudsolrs Bay Com-

pany will offcr a large numbcrof lsllver fox pelts at auction. There ,was a prc-ricw of IIIOJ-l" skills on Weclnc day, Thursday‘. Friday and isaturflay of this wcck. The sale llvill ilrobably continue until Wed- llcsrlav at. noon or possibly later, ‘and will bc followed by the auc- .tinn szllcs of C. M. Lampson dz Cflhlllzil '. Aiming & Cobb and I-Icnry Kicvcr. Adviccs from Lon- ‘(I011 slrlfc tllai illcrc arc large

l qualliilims of silver fox pcfts offer-

I ing but. that illcrc is kccn demand .1 for the product at l)u_vcrs' prices, lwllicll arc substantially lower than ' a year ago.

Thc wrilcrls vicw of the sit- l uaiion is lllal illc average is clown from firc to scrcn dollars pcr

|pclt with I(‘\\'l‘l' outstanding pelts Ibizlllgin: high priccs. For instance ‘in the Ilflllillfiflll salc of Dr-ccnlber lin which lllcrc was some 23.000 {skins sold, Ell of illc tops in ille

yillrcc IILYIlPSI. pTICPfI categories. .nanlcl_v, sclcct nlcrliinns. self-ct ‘IIll'Pf‘-qll."l'iL‘l‘5. and sclcct fllll Isllrilrs. avcrazcd a net of about i 7.0.’). 'I‘llc- rcporl. illaf lllc Nor- skllls arc scfillg faster