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Montreal Fur Sales (Canada) Ltd, will start holding floor sales In December. according to the President, Frances Beck, who states "when and how to sell in older to get the best average dol- lar returns for your raw furs, are the big questions to face. We be- mve we can help you to find the right answers, by undertaking to supply the market. gradually mmugh regular floor sales, instead nt allowing large accumulations of furs to be thrown on the market at sales too fin .apt:rt." '

The Maritime: Winter Fair. big- zest live stock show in the Mari- limes, opened Thursday. Nov. 1 at Amherst, N.S.. and will continue Ihrough to the following Wednes- day Nov. 7th. Foxes will be judg- ed on Monday. Nov. 5th., Tuesday. Nov. 6th and Wednesday. Nov. 7th. Douglas Bell of Carleton P. E.l.. official Dominion fur grader. will by the judge of foxes. No mention is made in the announced program nt judging mink but we presume the mink will be judged in the period allotted for foxes.

Pastel color fox is making the news in New York, where Grusklii and Feldman are building up their entire spring line around pastel foxes in a variety of stolcs and small pieces. The shades which are said to be of fast colors, include 5t'l'cral blues, greys, caramel. cin- namon and pink. New stoles in reg- ulation fox shades selling well cur- rently in New York are the boa which has been given new shaping l);.' rolling the edges, and the fiche. uorked on taffeta with taffeta tie that pulls through a slit.

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James Russell of Lampson. Fra- ser & l-iutli, Inc. speaking at the annual meeting of the Raw Fur Dealers Association of the state of Ntw York. said . . . "We hope the new restrictions on Russian furs into this country after Dec. alst will help our own furs to advance in price." In giving an idea of fur prices for the coming season. Mr. Russell said. "Canada is not buy-- ing due to the new tax on furs in that country. I feel prices should ht as follows: raccoon,l 32.25 to 32 50 for the best; mink 315 to 817. There are large carry-overs of mink. beaver and muskrat and manufacturers are not buying at the present time. Even though money is plentiful and wages high people are not buying furs. no doubt due to a 2097. increase in rents and high la.x'.os on fura."

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Last week's sale of mutation and ranch mink by Lampson. Fraser 8: Ruth in New York, reflected mod- erate interest with -levels reported ranging from unchanged in Sept- ember to 1060 easier. some 4.000 pastels (dressed) with 5094. sold at A top of 344; 1.000 Aleutian (Drew- ed) were 20",; sold at a top of :80: 4.000 Breath of spring platlnums. Stewart platinums and platinum: were 409:. sold unchanged in price. Breath of Spring platinums reach- ed a 360 top and Platlnums 341. A 15000 collection of ranch mink de- clined 81095 where sold. Sales room estimates were that overall there has no more than a l0'Xp softening of prices. Better quality pelts. it. was said. continued to command

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At the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company (Quebec) Ltd. iuantlties sold were small and

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prices lower than September. Can- adians were almost the only pur- chasers and contrary to experience in the'last sale Ame loans took no muskrat whatever a only a lim- ited quantity of mink. The mus- krat collection consisted of 05.000 skins. Eastern Ontario brought from 82.40 to 33.15; Quebec, sue to 83.00; Northern Ontario, 31.50 to 32.40; Newfoundland s1.10 to 31.60. Top for Silverblu mink was :32. Highest price in the miscellaneous mink offering was sill for 1 part 2 Aleutian mixed. 0 0

Reviewing the day's marketing. trade observers called attention to the disadvantages under which the Canadian buyer suffers owing to the recent denying of bank credit facilities plus a 25 per cent excise tax and a 10 per cent sales tax. the latter i7B)'Rl)lP by the manufactur-

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We noticed an article in a Hall- fax paper announcing the arrival there Oct. 23rd.. 1026, of Charles V. Sale, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. On that particular visit to Canada Mr. Sale and mem- bers of the Company stopped off at Charlottetown and purchased a. 51 per cent interest in the McLure and MacKiniioii Silver Fox Farm. Ltd. They also 'mxide an arrange- ment with Messrs, Mcliure and MacKinnon to buy silver fox pelts for the company to be marketed in London. This arrangement of buy- int: furs continued from 1926 to 1932 pnd in that time over s800.000 was paid to the fur farmers of this Province by McLure and MacKin- non for the H. B. C. The develop- ment of the marketing organiza- tions was the cause of the discon- tinuance of buying. The McLure and MiicKiiinon Fur Farms which came into being on January lat. I927. marketed all their pelts through the I-I.B.C. and in the years 1936 totalled over 553.000 and in 1937 approximately 354.000 In 1938 the Hudson's Bay Company retired from its partnership in the company. Mr. Charles V. sale passed through some very bad years. that is in the depression of i930 to 1935. It was he who built the new stores in Winnipeg. Van- couver and other western cities and made other changes whlchlgreat- ly enhanced the prestige of the oldest company in the British Em- pire.

We were greatly pleaseri to re- ceive the Octobcr number of the Alberta Fur Breeder which is pub- lished by the Alberta Fur Breeders Association. It is a very newsy journal with articles on pelting. "A Message to FtIr' Ranchers" from Dr. E.E. Bnllantyne. Director of Veterinary Services. on Distemper. Newsy Notes from various parts of the province. Schedule of Field Days for 1951. starting Oct. 23rd and taking in various centres from Slave Lake to Edmonton. an art- icle on "What is Wrong with Our Mink". and advice from J. Kokol- sky, Fur Farm supervisor on How To Improve Pelts. Hints on Man- agement and an article on distem- per which states distemper yaccine offers protection, not a cure. and news from various fur ranchers. Our congratulations to the wide- awake fox and mink breeders of' Alberta and also the Government for its keen interest in fur farm- ing.

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The miracle of Canada is the reward of its thrifty people; it 13 a standard of living wrought by men and women who believe in spending and saving wisely. The

average Canadian. for exflmple. owns his own carrand. his own home. He pays his billslwben due. His pattern of living ll excellent. Winn Iln pumin Emits

But unexpected emergencies do break the pattern. Usually the emergency requires more owner than he has available. This can happen to anyone. Then help must come from a dependable outside service. .

3 on of I (lions lioenliold HFC feels that no one should borrow unless a loan is the best solution to a money problem- Because HFC service is friendly, dependable. 3 out of 4 Canadian families prefer to borrow in amounts of 350 to 31000 from HOUSEHOLD FINANCE. Your telephone book lists the omen nearest YOU-

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extinguish their blazing clothing. 1 they were evacuated by helicopter loans. which float over the area to precautions taken by Allied and Re

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nuizn rrs NAME burns inflicted on one of 13 Ameri-

can G. I.'s when one of four hydrogen-filled balloons floating over neut- ral area surrounding cease-fire conference site at Panmunjom, Korea, exploded. setting all nearby landscape on fire. Before soldiers could

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The Birthday Murder

By Lange Lewis crmrnm FII-TEEN

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For the first time Victoria came aware of footsteps in house. A giant in a brown entered the dining room came toward them. Victoria was not wearing her harlequin zlass-

leadlng down into the wet seal. His long face, both and sallow. had groves at

clear brown, and they

prised at anything.

When he was Bernice. making the large an seem dlminuitive. he down at Victoria and said. "i'm Lieutenant Tuck of the Los Ange- les homicide squad." Lieutenant. Tuci.-.'s voice seemed to have ad- justed itself to a world of people who were smaller than he. It was a voice that held control. and it made Victoria think of the bulg- ing musoles of n wrestler's shoul- dcrs straining at the fabric of the coat which covered them.

Tuck turned to Bernice. "I prefer to have no one else present when I'm questioning a witness."

Bernice's voice. coming after his. seemed thin and a little frightened. "Oh. Oh. of She turned to Victoria and stiltedly. "I'll come by

to the dining room. Tuck's door closed softly after her.

chair facing the sofa. The was too small for him. His had a dogged. patient look. though he were used to cramped in chairs that were too small for him. He drew a black notebook from on inner coat pocket. Victoria was suddenly aware that s. houseboat on which daffodils i-omped was unhappily inappropriate attire for a wom- an whose husband has just died. She was also aware that her hair badly needed combing. As she struggled to a sitting position. she saw on the coffee table between them the script of "Ina I-lartz" "Do you know of any reason why your husband might have taken his life?" asked Lieutenant Tuck.

Victoria gathered herself to- gether. "No. He was not-an emo- tional man. And he was too much of, an egoist, to take his life in any circumstances."

Mr. Tuck's forehead wrinkled into horizontal creases as he rais- ed his eyeborws.

"Look." said Victoria. I realise that there are certain convention- al poses to be adopted by s be- reaved wife. You want the truth. I'm a writer, and people are my

eyes

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es; she saw him in detail Snly as he reached the three shallow steps living ' room. His hair was the color of a.

tan either side of the firm. full-lipped mouth. His brown eyes were narrow. of a looked as though they would never be sur-

standing beside wom- looked

course." said, later. darling." She essayed a smile. and turned and went up the steps in- head turned to watch her go. The front

Then he seated himself in a chair

as being

business, and I more about Albert

probably know than anyone

alive. And his death does not canonize him."

Tuck said: "We're going to get on well, M.rs. 1-lime."

They did. Mr. Tuck asked in- numerable questions; Victoria. on-

swered with all the precision she could muster. Their quiet voices came to have a fantastic sound to her, as though the two of them were playing an elaborate word game while outside the orange curtained windows the world lay in the ruins of some final Arma- gcddon.

Although the long face oppos- ite her remained impasslve, during most of the questioning. this im- passivity broke three times. The first time when he said: "I have been wondering why you did not hsar some disturbance in the night. Although the symptoms Preceding cans and death must have been brief, they must also have been very painful. He cer-

tainly would have called for you. Yet you did not hear him."

"i had taken a sleeping pill." Then came the reaction. Mi-.

Tuck's brows rose and the fore. head folded into creases.

"I often do." Victoria said de-

fensively. "And last night the peo- ple next door were having a loud

party." "It's an excellent explanation of why you didn't hear him." he

.said...mildly..-Victoria had the no-

tion that it might seem a too excellent.

The second reaction came when she said she had in part prepared and had served the last meal Al- bert ate. and that just the two of them had dined together. She ex- plalned about the Thursday night casserole. Once more Mu-. Tuck's forehead creased.

"You also ate some of the cas. serole?" '

"Yes."

There was It moment's silence while Tuck jetted down these facts. It was some dozen questions later that he asked: "Didn't it oc- cur to you to leave word for your servant not to wash those supper dishes? You knew from what Dr. Mahler had told you that your

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it occur to you that he might have died from something he use here, and that the soiled dishes con. stituted possibly important eva. denoe?"

"No." said Victoria. "1: diam occur to me that he could have died from something he ate here. Because he couldn't have. We both ate exactly the sa.Ine food. From exactly the sonic casseroles the same salad bowl. the same pot of coffee. Wait. I didn't have have any coffee: there wasn't enough for both of us. And. yes. Albert used some sugar. I didn't."

"Do you know whether your husband had anything to eat or drink before he came home?"

"Yes. He -” , 4 to "

that he had a cup of coffee with some business associates."

(To Be Continued) -

by Ken Reynolds

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Cl-IARLOTTETOWN

D00-1 P. E. Inland Motoorologlcal services

The first systematic weather ob- servations for Prince lkiward Is- land were made in Charlottetown by Mr. Arthur Ncwberry, who started these in 1873. with instru- ments provided by the Observa- tory in Ibrorito. These instru- ments were set up in his garden in Haviland street. with the ane- movane on top of the house where they had a fairly normal urban exposure. The observations were recorded, coded and for- warded to Toronto by telegram twice each day. In 1803. the sun- shine recorder was movcd across the street, I short distance, to Mr Davls'..whcre it had a better ex- posure. These observations were continued at that site until 1922.

From 192 to 1904 the anemo- vane, sunshine ieoordcr with the screen, instruments and rain guage were set up on the roof of th Marine Building, Great George Street, Charlottetown, and obser- vations in code were forwarded, twice daily, by telegraph, to Tor- onto by Leith Wright. This was a non-standard exposure.

The writer secured on aneroid barometer, maximum and mini- mum standard thermometers and a rain guage from the Physics Department of the Ontario Agri- cultural College at Guelph, and set them up with a standard rule exposure at his farm at Bay View. P. E. Island in 1906. Observations were forwarded monthly to Guelph. Previous to that date, meteoeol ical observations had been recorded for some years from a. location at Kilmahumaig. near Tignish, P. E. Island, and by the Biological Station at Hamilton, near Malpeque, P. E. Island. These early records from the three points along the North Shore of the Island are of great interest when compared with the observa- tions made at Charlottetown. Mot- eorological records have since been kept at the Biological Station at Bideford. P. E. Island.

Improved Services

When the Dominion Experi- mental station was organized at Charlottetown in August. 1900. the meteorological instruments were taken from Bay View and set up at the Station. The Obser- vatory at Toronto added to these a sunshine recorder, which was placed on the cupola of the Sup- erintendent's residence. It re- mained there for about twenty years, and the sunshine cards were replaced every evening after sunset. It was afterwards replac- ed on top of a. high post in the orchard area. Additional instru- ments were secured. and detailed reports were sent to the Director of" Meteo?6l'dg'i&al "Services at Tor- onto. Monthly summaries of these and the annual phonological data for P. E. Island were sent to the Central Experimental Farm. Ot- tawa. ' In 1934. meteorological equip- ment that had been in use at the Marine Building, was transferred to the Experimental Station. and the anemovane was set up on the Cereal Building. This wind-record- ing instrument was later placed on a. high, steel tower on the horse barn. so that it was well above the surrounding' trees. A standard screen was located with an ap- proved exposure for o. hydrograph and the ' ” of ther MM

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NOTES - - i just north of the aid office build- ing. These additio 1 instruments and the changes of location men- tioned, complied with the Iegulg- tlons to make this Station 1"irsl: Class.

From this time on. Mr. warren Bums, weather observer. sent full synoptic reports in code to Toronto. at the standard hours of 8.30 a. m. and 8.30 p. In AST, daily. From July 1st, 1939 to July lst,l9-19, he sent an additional synoptic report daily at 230 p. m. AST. Since July 1st, 1949. detail- ed monthly reports have been for- warded by this Station. The syn- optic reports since that date, have been sent'by teletypc to the Hall- fax Dominion Public Weather Of- fice, by the Officers of the Radio Range at the Charlottetown Air- port.

The Airport Elation

With the establishment of No. 31 General Reconnaissance School by the R. A. F. at Charlotte- town, British meteorologists came to the Charlottetown air- port. a full set of meteorological instruments was supplied to the Radio Range, and. starting Oc- tober lst, 19-01. the Radio Range sent out all required hourly and synoptic reporw for the Charlotte- town Airport. similar equipment and services were established at Summerside and at many other points in the Gulf of 51:. Lawrence area. These were connected by a teletype system.

A school for meteorologists was organized by the R. A. I". at Char- lottetown. During the year and a half that it was in operation, the nieteoroiogicall equipment from the Radio Range was transferred to the school. Full kept by them and forwarded to Meteorological Services. When the R. A. F. was transferred from Charlottetown and the R. C. A. F. took over, the meteorological in- struments and equipment were re- turned to the Radio Range, De- partment of Transport. Their of- ficers send all required hourly and synoptic reports for the Char- lottetown Airport and since July lst. 1949 have supplied all neces- sary meteorological data from Charlottetown to the Halifax Dominion Public Weather Office

Seeks-pproval for Butler Deal

OTTAWA. Nov. 2 - (CPI Ag- riculture Minister Gardiner gave notice today that he will seek parliamentary approval of admin- istrative -machinery --for govern- ment purchase and stile of. butter.

The work of buying butter to counter a possible shortage next winter is being canted out by the Agricultural Products Board.

Mr. Gardiner gave notice of a

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motion on the Commons order paper to finance the board through a revolving fund to be

maintained at a minimum amount of 315,000,000.

The government has been pur- chasing butter from New Zealand and European countries during the summer months and will sell this to the trade during the off-sea- son winter months.

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