MARCH 20. 1931

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WHOLLY BENEFICIAL HAWKS.

(Continued) we will now take up each class and examine the food habits o1 ilhe several species more or less in detail. The harmless kinds in- elude the four kites, Which, if not a; beneficial as some of the hawks, are at least perfectly nannies; The everglade kite is found within our borders in Florida only, when it is restricted to the middle and southern portions. If feeds ex. clusively ‘mi large fresh-water snail, which abounds the shallow lakes and over-flowed sections. The swallow-tailed. Mimimrppi, and white-tailed kites feed largely upon reptiles and insects. and never so far as known attack birds, The swallow-tailed is reported m feed extensively on the cotton worm during the summer and early fall. If this is l common habit. it at once brings the bird into promhr- ence as of economic importance and of great value to the southern planter. The Mississippi kite and its white-tailed ally devour large numbers of lizards, small snakes, and insects, especially gi-ggghomm, rrs and beetles,

The rough-leaped hawk. and me tciruginous roughleg, or squirrel hawk, as it is sometimes called on account of its fondness for, ground Squirrels. 50 destructive in the West, are among our largest and most beneficial hawks. The former breeds wholly north of the United States, migrating south in Sept- ember and October and romain- ing until the following April, The latter breeds extensively through the Great Plains region. The winter range of the roughleg is determined more by the mi] Q1 snow than by the intensity of cold, the main body advancing and re- ‘trating as the barrier of show meits or accumulates. Meadow mice and lemmings from the staple food of this bird. In this country lemmings do not reach territory except in Alaska, but in the north of Europe they occasion- ally from into vast, mlrgrating, devastating hmdes which carry destruction to crops in the czountry invaded. The vole, or meadow mouse. is common in many parts °Y $01‘ 001111011. and east of the Mlw-uinpi River without doubt is the most destructive mammal to agriculture. It destroys meadows by tunneling under them and eat- ing the roots of grass. 11115 mQiig-e also destroys grain and various kinds of vegetables, especially lubefs- but Ilrobably does even "W? dllmflle by glrdling young fruit trees. In 1892 considerable

FALSE ALARM

WINNEEG-(CP) —An excited virutor to the Legislative Bufidings here did not know the blinkng dome light merely indicated a night seslon was in progress. I-Ie thought it was a f‘re and rang the alarm. The fire-fighters sit him rig .

BIRTHS LANDRIGAN-On March l8. 1937. to Mr. and Mrs. Percy Landrigan, 40 School St, Charlottetown, a SO11.

PHILLIPS~At the Charlottetown Hmipltal March 12.1937, to Ml". and Mrs. Leonard Phillips, City a son. (IALLANT —At the Charlottetown HQ-ililllal March 19, 1937. to Mr. and

Mrs. Gordon Gallant City 8- daughter. _

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IVAKELIN — at 220 must-on Street- Iu Friday, March 19th, 1937. Jchn William Wakelin. aged 3 mini-IB- ron of Mr. cal Mrs. Cecil Wake"!!- Puneral from 11's parents’ resderce on Sunday March 21st. snrvivf starting at 2 o'clock. Interment P600103 celmete y. .

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areas in southeastern So~btiand were overrun by meadow mice and B. BT80 amount of property was dB-itwyed during the "vole pague." Just such invasions are to be ex- pected in any country where Pfidaceous mammals and birds are reduced to a minimum in the sup- posed interesirof game preserva- tion. This wholly upsets nature's balance, and the injurious rodents are left practically without an enemy to controbtheir increase, Attempts have been made in some of our States to reduce the number of hawks and owls by offering bounties for their heads, butfor- tunately the work has not been carried far enough to do the hann that has resuted from the long- continued efforts of garnekeepers in Great Britain.

The roughleg is one of man's most impotrant allies against meadow mice, feeding on little else during its six month's sojourn in in the United States. It thus rend- ers important service in checkin the ravages of these small but formidable pests. The roughleg is somewhat crepuscular in habits, be- ing on the alert during twilght and early dawn, when small mam- mals are most active, Other mice, rabbits, and ground squirrels are eaten occasionally, and some of the older writers state that waterfowl are captured by this bird. The writer has made careful inquires of a consider-ave number of persons who have had extensive field ex- perience where these birds are common, and in no instance has he heard of their attacking birds. Even better evidence is found in the fact that stomachs of speci- mens shot in locations teemingi with waterfowl contained nothing but the remains of meadow mice.

The ferruginous roughleg is as fully beneficial as its relative, though the character of its food differs somewhat. In many part of the country inhabited by it, meadow mice, which play such an import- ant part in the economy of the other-bird, are scarce or wanting, but are replaced by nearly as des- tructive rodents. the ground squir- rels. Upon these this large and handsome hawkwages continuous warfare, and great is the service it performs in keeping their numbers in check. Rabbim, prairie clogs, and occasionally pouched gophers are eaten. It is humiliating to think how many of these two noble hawks are rutnessly 1nurder- ed. and to reflect that legislators put bounties on their heads‘ to satisfy the ignorant prejudices of their constituents.

(To Be Continued)

GOVERNMENT

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ating under cover of darkness and rain. Commuulques said Government "clean up squads" captured more than 200 prisoners. many from hiding places in basements of the war-torn village. Insurgents were said to have ab- andoned an important supply of war materials. including 00 trucks, 20 machine guns and l0 ficid pieces. General Misla. defence com- mander of Madrid. reported ho had ordered guns mounted 011 hall- top emplacements as soon as the village was taken so they would be ready to rake the Insurgents’ new lines. Most of thc captives, advices from the front said, were Italians. The Madrid press hailed thc re- ports in headlines ucclaiming thc rout of "Italian battalions." All the newspapers and thc Feb- us (Spanish) news agency said an Italian general was killed when his automobile turned over and pin- ned him under the wreckage. None of the reports identified him. (An official Spanish news agency report, received in London, declar- ed two shiploads of Ethiopians, now Italiancolonials. were enroute to Spain to fight with the Iusur-' gents.

(The Spanish Government was informed by "official sources," the agency's report said. that 400 Eth- iopians were aboard the vessel

I The Central Guardian c . f. . _ .. _. ~ rze stricken wuo wm. be Miss Prince za- ward Irland? 11-756-3-20-21. Aggumuansnon Lllls msua- ‘°°“II““°" "m" "l" 1) _ a Lraqnaxblmelz ed about in the rain, picking up 55E LOGAN’ smyum And the school books blown hundreds of

feet away and carting them away iin tin buckets. Coffee in huge buc- I39“ W95 Pflssed around among fatigue-sodden worker;

Tribes Sisters Wednesday night, L-756-8~20-2i.

KeIrEACgeEIIg WIQIAZPQ towgpevclfi Just before dawn, Mrs. Tracy

pflcesh L_,'I5O_3_2O_2L‘Tai.e. school teacher, was lifted _ I alive from the bottom of wreckage

i piled 20 feet high.

Said worker H. G. McDonald:

"I put my hand on her leg as I

|helped haul her from the debris

land I felt the muscles of her leg

CAN MlLBUnN beat Andrew? 50c them Wednetday night. L-756-3-20-2i.

SEE THE "ROWDY GENTLE- MAN” Prince Edward Theatre, Easter Monday afternoon and eve- ning in aid of the Charlottetown Hospital. 1.453.

FURNACE PIPE CAUSES FIRE --Firemen were called to the Par- ker House on Kent St. about 7.15 last evening. An overheated fur- 110“ P196 in the basement was causing a blaze. Only chemicals were used. There was no damage.

THE BAPTIST CHUIUCH —- The Rev. H. L. Demon speaking to an excellent congregation last night stressed, in discussion of “what the church means to me," our need of the church-and the need of the church for us. The Misses Down sang very sweetly. “I Come to the Garden."

CITY SCHOOLS T0 CLOSE MONDAY-Charlottetown school: close at l0 o'clock on Monday for the Easter holidays, Major T. E. MacNutt, secretary of the School Board announced Ian. night. The gchools re-open on March 30th at

a. m.

EXPECTED HOIVIZE TODAY ._ His Worship Mayor P. W. Turner and Coun. George W. MacLeod, chairman of the finance committee are expected to arrive home today. They left for the Dominion capital late last week to attend the Dom- inion Conference of Mayors and the Union of Canadian Municipal- ities, The two bodies were amal- gamated and Mayor Turner was appointed to the executive of the new organization, the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Muni- cipalities. ‘

VIMY REUNION-HS‘! -- Infor- mation has just beon released from the Headquarters of The Canadian Legion that they have made nr- rangements with three of the large steamship lines for a Vimy Reun- ion during the coming summer for members of the Canadian Legion and their families or dependents of deceased vetsrans. There will tuo sailings one on the 9th and one on the 16th of July. Arrange- ments will be made for all those taking part in this reunion to be at Virny Ridge on the 25th July. the Sunday nearest the anniversary of the unveiling of the monument. Provision will be made for visits to the battlefields and the cemeteries, or for alternative tours at mini- mum cost to cover other parts of Europe. The fares have been ar- ranged to cover an all-inclusive cost tour from port to port and will give two clear weeks in France and Eingland. The rates vary from $375.00 Cabin to $256.00 Third Class. Any person desiring further details may obtain same at any branch of The Canadian Legion for the present but full particu ars will soon be available at the offices of the steamship and railway com- panics.

SEE THE “ROWDY GENTLE- MAN" Prince Edward Theatre, Easter Monday afternoon and eve- ning in aid of the Charlottetown Hospital. L-753-

Personals

Dr. H.C. I-iodgson. vice-president of the Modern Paving Cc., Mout- real, arrived in Charlottetown last night.

Dr. W. S. ‘Stanbury of Hamilton, Ontario, is in Charlottetown. He. is staying at the Canadian Nat- ional Hotel.

Mr. Fred Dalgiel of the staff of R. E. Mutch and Co, is progress- ing favorably after his reoent op- eration in the P.E.I. Hospital.

Brigadier H. F. H. Hertzberg. G. M.D., DS.O..'M.C., commander of Military District No. 6. Halifax. who will attend I-Iis Honour Lieut. Governor DeBlols at the opening of the Legislature Monday. arrived

Domine bound for Ceuta, Spanish Morocco, and 2,000 others passed through the Suez Canal aboard the Italian ship Casari Battisti).

ADDITIONAL

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station, Fredericton, N. B. $15,000; expenses of the office of the High 6-. nmissioner for Canada in Lon- d011, ahgiahc $10,000; expenses u! the Royal Commission on textile industry $45,000. Governor Genera-Vs warrants are used when an immediate M84 l5 presented and the amoums are vot- ed by the House later.

Card of Than/ts

Mrs. William Nunn and family wish to thank their many 11'9""! for messfllcs of symPlI-IIY- wt‘ °I kindness and floral tributes. durins their recent aa<1herenvgu1mi-_” _

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N. D. MacLean UNDERTAKER anaacman Charlottetown and

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the locality and climate,

in Charlottetown last night.

Try Home Tress For Coronation

LONDON. March Iii-Bearing in mind great trees now dotting dis- tant parts of the Empire from atripllngs spaded in at bygone cor- onations, forestry experts look for a world-wide wave of planting in commemoration of the crowning of George VI on May I2 and are of- fering advice accordingly.

It is pointed- out by R. St. Barbe Baker, founder of the "Men of the Trees Society." that trees native to rather than "fancy variegated" imports. should be used in Coronation tree plantlnlt- Re 3112808066 first of all the soil and situation should be considered. Then tree-planters must discover if the chosen , tree would thrive in the local condit-

ions.

Dcaiing with trees in smoky cit- ies, Mr. Baker calls attention to London's plan. "The catapa, or In- dian bean, may be grown in smoky localities. The elm. though not gen- erally recommended in London, will also withstand smoke."

Speaking generally the oak, ash. sycamore, bcsch and walnut were all trees of long life, while. the popar grew much more rapidly but did not live so long. Inllngiand thc fig would flourish in cities and the cherry was ndcptabi to ta.

The hardy white poplar would grow well by the ll, also the ash.

ltwitch. She died as they placed

her in an ambulance."

3°45 9700501’. husky negro. said from the corner of a gold-toothed mouth: “Boy. ah ‘m goin’ w sleep for weeks." Like many, he had sweated and labored trojan-like for 20 hours straight on a cup of coffee.

Mus Burial Unlikely

Mass burial talk was hushed by fathers and mothers who arranged to have their tots’ bodies sent to other cities, or who buried them themselves in rude graves. 011 c0m~ Dany workers dug graves for em- nulyces‘ children and furhhhed money in the emergency.

Arrival of Albert Evans, disaster relief director for the American Red Cross. started quick organiz- ation of relief agencies.

At one hospital an anxious father inquired if a "black haired girl" about seven, had been brought there. ‘There was none of that des- cription.

As he left thc room a doctor said the child was in a nearby morgue. crammed into a small room with some 20 additional children.

"I simply cannot tell another par- ent his child is dead." the doctor said. "He will have to go to the morgue to find out,"

It was the same story in cacli hospital. "Yes, we have some sur- vivors here," said one physician, "but they are decreasing We lcrt two in the last hour and probably four more will die shortly." The fatality li't was bound to increase,

Horror Seals Faces

In a. morgue in Henderson 40 embzilmers labored over 140 bodies, hororr sealed on tho faces of the child victims.

“I heard many stories, cf hero- ism," raid Richard McAllls-fer, a news photographer, "but one that will stick with me was about a teacher who shoved a youngster. who had been reciting, under her desk when she feIt the first tremor of the blast and then dropped be- side the desk herself.

“Both were later taken from the wreckage, the teacher badly hurt, the youngster without a scratch. Same 30 others who had been lis- tening to thc recitation will never hear another.”

Li tening to broadcasts describ- ing the explosion horror, Wesley I-I. Pitkin, 38, an oil field worker at Believille, Tex, became mentally unbalanced and was shot to death by flputy sheriff E. F. Relnecker, who sought in vainlo ccntrol him.

"Reinecker had to shoot my brother or my brother would have killed both Rcinecker and me,’ said Clcarburu Pitkiu, in a state- ment to Austin County officials.

Houses Open To All

Oil field homes were thrown open indiscriminately to any one who asked for bed". No question". were asked 9s to what a guest for the night bid, or where he was from.

President Roosevelt put the full force of the United States Govern- ment mhind relief work; he and Mrs. Roosevelt commented feeling- ly; a trade school in Japan cabled condolences; Adolf Hitler express- ed sympathy. ,

'I‘he task of identification was one of the most difficult presen- ted by thc disaster and was thc cause of scenes of pathos.

Lang lines of the bereaved mov- ed wearily through improvised mor- gues, peering with fcarf-ul eyes to pick their missing children from the rows of sheeied bodies.

Morticians from Dallas, more than 100 miles away, and from even greater distances, hurried here in care for the dead. One of that number, Jerome Crane of Dallas. returned there with the express belief that at least 20 of 75 unidentified bodies he saw at one time in an Overton mortuafy 09W!‘ would be fully identified. "unless parents are able to do so from remnants of clothing that rtill re- malncd."

WELLINGTON CENTRE SCHOOL

Wellington Centre School for the month of February:

Grade l; Sip-Pearl Ayers.

Grade X Jr.-I. Everett Camer- oh; z. Hubert Ayers: B. Russell McKinnon and Laura Gillie, (eq- ual). ,

Grade VIII-l. Dorothy Glilis; 2 Lauretta Lecky.

Grade VII-Elizabeth Giliis.

Grade VI-i. Emmett Ayers; I. Doris Steele; 3. Michael a Lorne Gallant; 4. Delores McNeiil.

Grade v-1. nehry McKinmm; i! Lorne McNeil].

Grade IV-l. Eileen Steele; 2. George Cameron.

Grade 111-1. Myrtle Ramsay: i. Emmett Cameron; 3. Leo McNeill; 4. Mary Cameron.

Grade 1f Sr.-I. Donnie BnrloIv; 2. Faustino McNeil!-

Grade II JL-Hilda Cameron.

Grade I A-1. Gertrude Gillis; 2. Patricia McNeill; 3. Urban Cam- eron; 4. Emmett Cameron.

Grade I B. - Anna Marie Mc-

Neill. Perfect attendance: Emmett Ay- rrs, Pearl Ayers. Donnie Barlow. Dorothy Gillis, Elizabeth Gillie, Henry McKinnon, Myrtle Ramsay, Doris Steele.

Doris E. McKenna. teacher.

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limo, plane. sycamore. pinu- and spruce. Pyrus, mountain uh, quince,

pear and apple were recommended gor- ihe English garden and weep-

BEBINS SEBIIND IE6 IIF AERIAI IJA S H T II I] AY

Aviatrix To Fly From Honolulu To How- land Island O v e r Unblazed Trail.

(A.I’. by Guardian's Special Wire]

HONOLULU, March l9 —Eugin- cers found “a potential disaster" threat in Amelia Earharts $80,000 flying laboratory today but failed to deter her in preparing, for one of the most dangerous phases of her projected aerial dash around the world.

Wilbur Thomas,

motor expert.

said an examination disclosed thc

propeller bearings were almost dry when shc sped in to Honolulu yes- terday at the finish of a record flight from Oakland, Calif.

"Faced Forced Landing

.l-le asserted the condition might have forced Miss Earhart dow11 at sea and had she taken of! yester- day as originally planned on thc lap to tiny Howland Island, 1,532 miles to thc southwest, never be- fore covered by an airplane.

The expert, who came here es- pecially to check the plane's mot- ors. said improper lubricants at Oakland, starting point of the world flight, caused the dangerous situation.

While mechanics worked to gel. the plane in shape, Miss Earhart had gone ahead with plans for the hop to Howland beginning at dusk (about 12:30 am. AST).

Second Flight

Although she landed at Wheeler Field, 35 miles from hcve, 011 thc record-breaking flight of 15 hours. 511.3, minutes from tho California mainland, Miss Earhart. elccicd 1o use Luke Field, the army airport, for the I-Iowland takeoff. There she had the advantagoof u con- crete runway.

Miss Earhart and her navigators deliberately chosc in tuckiv (he hu- blazmi trail in Plowizmd at. iiigm so they could have the slars as. uuvi- gallon aids. In daylight. Lhovvnuilri have had only thc sun, which might have been obscured by clouds.

'I‘hcy expected in reach thc tiny spot in I0 to 1? hours.

Saskatchewa n Ma n Winner Of $50,000

(By The Canadian Press) Luck of the draw brought for- tune and happiness to several Canadian homes where thc ivliccl

of chance scni. the right. rickets from ihc Iri<li Hospital swerv- stnkcs on ihn Grand National Steeplechase.

The biggest flood of gold hit the Canadian West where $105,000 was tipped into the pockets of Dave Wood, 55-year-old bachelor of Yorkton. Susk., 125 miles northeast of Regina. Hc held a ticket on Royal Mail, thc stccplechasc win- ner, to out the largest slice from the melon of more than $556,000 spread through Cnaacla from the sweeps.

Wood,silcnt and calm. got $150,- 000 first-prize moncy but he drily announced there was $15,000 to tack 011 to that because he sold himself the winning ticket and stands to collect i0 per cent on the salc. He was silent regarding his plans, refused to say whether he would cross thc Atlantic to collect but he did consult his lawyer, A.C. Stewart, K.C., and then visited a steamship ticket office.