can.) Fgiig-uffl-Soonks sacred I n," pronounced habit!" 9" 4 h o; g atcchnlcal setback fte ' " ht of almost steady advance. ‘ " ‘mom; fitfuliy 1n the morn- ... definitely hwy 11M w! p?“ before the close, braced w reduce extrarne losses. ‘I'll! which had concentrated in M, Monday, was general except “mm professionals took ti: for an upward excursion on " that experiments with s; dammit; price might be un- 'n who, Volume tapered off _ dygppilll to 1,420,080 shares, d," down about .. points net ,4 Amcricdll Telephone, U, S. I preferred, Case, Consolidated .50," i-‘e, Union Pacific and 4 , Tobacco "B". Steel Com- m, Pont, Coca Cola, Sears‘ w; Allied Chemical, New York .‘ Public Service of New Jes- wiostera Union, air reduction .‘mgliblll Can eased a point or ~4 A iscellaneoas _ manual“ gal?) ie Cans ma, Aug — M‘ y. - 00kg»... Ad; Outs, Cann- Wcstcrn l\ 3 .42; Onts, Feed, Mo; Flour, spring wheat pat- flrsts 4,00: Flour, seconds 4.30: ' "0' Flour, Eggs, extras in 5.1341 Eggs, fresh firsts in ‘otutoes, new Quebec's SUGAR WYORIC, Aug 2-—llsw sugar ~|tsadicr today and prices ad- .. i point Io the basis of 3.08 . refiners shou-lng a little more t but only in positions to out. ybportcil included 28,000bags of llicnn for prompt shipment to 1 refiners at 8,08, and 86,000 of Philippines for Augn-Sep. ' uis to an outport refiner st . day's hilsincss hggregated only ' ions. Sept, close 1.02, Dec. 1,07; poi; Mch. 1,00; May, 1.12; July, M sugar was unchanged with tinned good withdrawal demand ' new business was light and ‘w. through second hands, All ‘were listing at 4,15 except .vhicb was quoting 4.10, re-sals . were available st from 8.95 to COTTON YORK, Aug f-Cotton futures steady- closing bids: Jan ‘i118: Ma 02d: Apr 632; May 610: ' M5; July 051: Aug 571: Sop 0st 580: Nov aun- Dec 604-05, cloicd quiet; hfiddliag 500, oo ...- t "qr - - ¢ 41$‘- ss-ss-s-vq-w .11.‘ zisarrd‘v w-ws-ss n swarms-ea: -5‘ 2'" =- spot small business done, 1 point higher, American fair 5.08: Strict good mid- ; z Good middling 4,08: middling 4.78: Middllng 4,08; -, low middling 4.63; Low mid- , Lllliiogtrlct ordinary 4.33; Good in ‘ includ- g plow-ere 14,000 bales l l N0 American, ,Pt ihrdln hrdlu hrdlu aoln nn ___________.. I reign Exchange ITBEAL, Aug 2—(By The Csns- Prem-Brltish and foreign in relation to the Canadian , as compiled by the Royal _of Canada closed today as foi- l- tiua Peso 0.2988. _ - lls Pound 8.2400. is Schilling Not quoted, um Bslga 0.1695, l hiilreis 0,0877. ' ris Lev Not quoted, Dias Hoar Kong Dollars Not hoslovakis Crown 0.0M. ark Krona 0.1505, ad Fialnark 001$, Franc 0.0450, lliy Rcicbsmark 0.2188, tBritnin Pound 4.0400, Drachma not quoted, d Florin 0.4020, v at quoted, ltullcs 0,3000. i“ l! Lire oooso, Ill Yea 0,8100. ‘ Mavis Dinar 0,0108 ', ll Pcscia 0,0020. tli Krone 0.2075. aedrlasnd Franc 0,2288, ti . _ - premmancs Dollar 141516 per FOREIGN EXCHANOI w YORK. Aug z-Forelgn lllx- Yirla. Great Britain 8,51%: 8.111e-10; ltl s.oo ~ n l- ~_ 37%: Germauy.k71,§, n’ a _______________ PRODUCE jMARICELGOSSIP ~Stocka unchanged Benuharnois A ... v. Oil Missouri .. . 11 11 British Ameri Oil Distiller Corp-Sen - 11 Dominion Stores .. c Walker, Hiram . values drifted to lower levels 2% cents lower was extremely indifferent and prac- 7 " (9 Press)» "flint Ans a-stsnsues of a M!“ are tended to give a firm- mdb; local butter and cheese Iilc h I silver wedding anniversary f" 11" , gsva s atbe mar- THE RDA Yo; flock theresbeub. International business machines was off s. P stocks were mixed, with a number of gains in less prominent issues. ‘Whilst housec were primed for the rssctioa- most sf them, la fact. 1W! "Noted it sooner, although the market's recent ability to, absorb realising had raised more, enthusiastic qua whether the antici ated "correction w though nevertheless the would Drove muc ‘of a deterrent. Normally the break from.s prolonged raliy'a highs ranges from 80 to b0 per cent Th ' 1 1 ; . of one to thre e ma" n m”. '3?‘ an“); the main factor in the less display of the local list, Bridge lost brought extreme gains points in a number of favorites, had Montreal Market p Slilelights . (Canadian s) The local market was a highly ir- “when,” m regular affair today with the close n," l. m showing eight gains and nine losses, hiie the index ssgged [22, which loss compare ively small, idest sustained in more than s month. Weakness in New York, where the close showed losses o points general, WII WII steady noggin‘ 59mm, to ‘o m‘ an,” mm 2% points, Power lost nearly n point. o" 9g n, “tempt to "1 new] l‘ "F while fractional recessions were sus- eu cents, the theory apparently bs-_ ing that with several other com- taiued by such issues as CcColl, Mos- scy. Cockahutt, Cement. Canadian gndumn‘, h“ “a ‘um com Pacific, Shawinigan and Steel of Can- siilsrably firmer an advance stimulate buying, What the Stock Market did: Number of advances Number of declines . Total issues traded .'....-oa1 172a Montreal Curb Market Stocks Canada hlnlting . . Imperial Oil . . ... 07a Imperial Tobacco .. 8% Inter, Petroleum . . . 1 Norande .. .. 1 Siscop Minna .. ... 76% - Wright Hargrnve l. Grain Market ~ (Canadian Press) \VINNIPIG WINNIPBG, Allg 2—Affscfed b! tbs weakness of wheat prices at Liverpool, and lack of export busi- nosl of the holiday week-end, wllsleat ere today. Values at the close were 2 to than Saturday's close. October closed at 5754, Dec. at 58% and May at 62%, , Trading throughout was dull and routine, until the closing hour when selling s developed which gave some impetus to the downward trend, Weakness at Liverpool was based on the improved condition of European crops, . Traders bars appeared to be wait- lng for the private reports on spring wheat and there was no inclination to press the selling side of the market in early trade, Support from the start ticully no resistance was offered, - Markets to the south exhibited on easier trend due chiefly to private United States crop estimates which were construed as bearish, Flvo re- ports indicatcd an average winter crop of 440,000,000 bushels and a spring wheat crop of £13,000,- ooo bushels, 1i Light showers fell in most por- tions of the three prairie provinces inches over the week-end and tem- perstures were favorable ,for the filling and ripening of the wheat crops. improvement was noted in cash wheat with spreads fractinnslly het- ter. Coarse grains were featureless. Wheat: Oct 07%: Dec 58KB; May o‘. = oe ma: Dee 2m. B:rley:c0ct, 3214B: Dec 325M. . cssn PRICES Wheat: l hard, 5634: No, 1 nor, 55% 2 nor, 02%: 8 nor. 51%; Ne. 4 nor- , 45%: No, d, 89%; Feed, 88%: Track, 5534a: No,1 Durnm 0%, .ac w. z ' mt; 1 réea ley: a C. W. 38%: M; 0C. W, CHICAGO CHICAGO. Aug z-Fsced by llfl- officlsl estimates that the 1082 North, American wheat yield would be only 8000.000 buahcla less than in 193i, wheat values suffered material down- turns today. Export business aggregating 1,000,- 000 bushels of wheat failed to rally prices, The movement of the new do- mestic spring vvhest crop vvaa re- ported incresaing fast. Wheat closed unsteady, 150235 11"‘ der yesterday's finish, Corn 7.456 down, oats 115-15 off and provisions; n . to l0 cents ovvrr. gal/fig ;ll1un4: ahl surrlhrd hdl luuu B NDED WHEAT Npw YORK, Aug 2—Bonded wheat closed weak. Closinr-Oct 52%; D"- 54%. Canadian Can't. Bond Quotations W 81%’ 4 . . . 24%; Track, Canada Canada Canada ‘A goo . nada s' 1840 Wrilhl B" - ' nada . 90K cgn Rly i550 17301 l! Missouri Do Can Nat Do Can Nat rv 5-41 We congratulated I llily W h" 100% mg twenty iive yam "i"! i!" semfmsn. ~nueasunoemsomewhg| was when 1 first got hold of him. which, touched closed the day gain at 1% Brazilian, and in Quebec Power, both of which also fractional advances. A feature of the rlsy was the further advances in the hank group. Volume continued light on the decline lo sag, while Railway and (‘nnndn at 9. 0-126 Howey . . ‘ceic 4000 Koot Flor .. 3000 Macossa . 1500 Mslsrtic s 11-100 hioff Hall 21% Noranda . 3000 Old ColonY . T600 Olga 200 Premier . . 4020 Sherritt .- 6020 Slscoa .. 10500 Stadacons . - 2o Sud 3000 Sylvanito . . 1000 Tasbota . .- 1136 ‘I Hughes .- 5000 Thoma Cad . 1000 Vac Gill 1210 Bud Bay 2am m Nickel .. 1100a McLeod . .. 5300 Ventures . mum udu’. On the other hand, a continued good demand was apparent in sickle as high as 7% _ and with fractional net showed uorvcrnnsnj Aug 2—(By r1... Can- Prlco . hangs: Montreal Power, Canadian cColi Frontenac was off adinn Press)—An irregular tone pro- vailed on the Montreal Stock Ex- ubnngo today. mixed with losses and gains evenly distributed. The general list, tended the bank shares lout considerable support to the list. Pacific international Nickle furnished the bulk of trading. After opening unchanged at SEX-Montreal Power sold off during tho clay and High Low Close closed at 32% for a loss of V5, C. P. 75 lid R. was subject to some selling and closed 55 lower at down to 0V1 in ‘VOTE 14%. After selling the morning nlcklo recovered its loss and closed at 7%, up ‘A. , Dominion Bridge suffered a loss of 21,5 at 0%, Massey Harris , Notional Steel Car at 8% and Shaw- lnignn Power st 18% Mitchell Rob and co, .. M a‘ (‘anmlian industrial alcohol at (lurds at 13%. Power Corporation of National Brflreflrs at 16%, Steel of Canada at 18%, disn Car at 5% and Car Preferred at i5 were all unchanged, , Moving against ‘the trend in general list Brsaiiian Traction, gain- ing 1,5 to 0% and Quebec Power, up l4 at 14%. Famous players made its first appearance for sever selling at ‘l’, up a point. Canadian Bank of Commerce Bank of Montreal both advanced nine points to 150 nd 108 Royal Bank of Canada closed st 140. D Montreal Power Debentures were unchanged at 30%. at 4% lost 1,5 each. st 0 . 1 . Cans- the sl months, and respectively. Total sales were 7,758 shares and $58,850 bonds. The Pound Starling closed nt $4.- 1030 .. 20214 mo .. 112.0 0375 and the United States Dollar at a premium of l4 15-16 per cent. S to ck Averages (Copyright ms amassed Statistics Co. 501ml 20 rr 20 ut ll0to Today . 411s 10.1 no.2 . L‘. P, . .. , flsoaavfiie ' ' Mining Stocks (Canadian Press) TORONTO, Aug, 2-0411"!!! as — Sales Stock 000 Acme .. c. a. 300 Max .1000 Area .. at .- 29 ., 5500Arno .. .. l. ' “I , aaoo n Boning ' 2000 Bagamsc . 300 ll"bridge ... .. 1000 Fed Kirk 1410 Granada . till! Holllnger 500 Hmstcsd . y .. .. ‘I00 Kirk Lake w: ea . Q h} A a-a ' ~l3@ e ' 3k! 85 Lake Shore . Jib? 20 Mcintyre . 450 Min Corp . . ,_,. c as)‘: 500 Novrbec .- 1:343 500 North Can oi’: s are mo m: cable b 700 5 Antonio kids: Basin g 2b. '°~'S'8 §§fkx 200 Treadvrcli Vlpond :23; ‘sflales 933.099 "'1'"- UNLNII-‘D §§§§*§=*”§ a. 22': as CURB sooo Aironouil - - ooo AQK .- sa ea 1 “Au ma“ ‘m; Agflimg, Every- 10500 Argonne .. ... e knows bow attach of "m" m» our victim‘ “m” i“ ma. long. Morninl 11M! mil; unfilled roi- s any“: 4 business m an yet. m m“ 1 suffering lnd lack of rest w! amass by the smart '1" °‘ a n. saloon Mb!" ""‘°‘"' 55E??? rgrr 5000 Baldwin 5000 Bobio . .94 .320“ Jae for coo illto . . H P 2500 lack lifan O-ss moo Mslrohl “a? gangsta ... “as drive l!“ 1 tum.” _ , - gygq liens tee last Q5 ZQQHFQZPQQ °@ r512“? 2' *2, ' " '°' “E '2'. as "a.- g’ so: arrg28"s".:g h... . 3* ‘Qgia 3-" to their homes s month hence as s l°°°mpmh°d ‘mmumm’ lays e report. l} the Canadian Na- Ltionsl Railways. The boys who hunt for game and gold along the shoresof Hudson Bay ssy it is Ilflt fun. school f tb Arctic "M" m" '1” b‘ m" b7 m” msinmalsfeedcloxtgshoifelntbe Stock Exchange Stocks Ai Chemical ... American Can Aim Tel c son . Auburn Auto Baltimore Ohio Beth Steel .. Bricks .. .. Can Pacific ... .. Case Thresh Chrysler Motors Col Goa E c .. ... Consolidated Gas Corn Products .. U-lvrirhc .. 1 Dupont Fox Film .. ... ... Gen Electric ... Gen Foods ... .... Gen Motors ... .. Goodyear Rub Houston Oil . Hudson Motors Hum) Motors . int Harvesters . Int Nickel .. .. ... Int Telephone .. ... Ken Copper ... ... Lambert Co ... ... M Pacific .. .. ... M Pacific Pfd .. .. Montgomery Ward Nash Motors .. New York Cent . Packard Motors . Paramount Pub . Pub Sorv of N J’ .. Ii d C orp . Keith Orph . Roebuck . . . . 15 Pacific , , Railway Brands . U B Rubber ... U S Steel .. ... . Van Steel .. ... ... Van Steel .. ... . Warn Bros Co . .. Westinghouse Elec Woolworth Co .. .. Worth Pump ... Montreal Stock Market ‘Quotation. (Canadian Press) Stocks High Low Close Bail Telephone .. .. 80 88 88 Brazilian ... . . . .. . 0% 0% I96 20% Can . 15 _Cau .. 4% (‘an lnd Alcohol Can Steam Pfd . Can Pacific .. Cockshut Plow . Cons Smoltlng . Qryden Paper ..om Bridge Dom Textile Pf Lindsay Co Pfd . ... Massey Harris .. ... McCall-Front ... Mont Power Mont Pow 3% deb . Nat Breweries Power Corp .. Quebec Power 14 Sbswlnigsn ... ... 14 8t Lawrence .. ... Steel of Canada .. .. 10 Visu Biscuit Com .. BANK! 137i 13% 03% 13% 45 180/, 1:0’, Commercs\.. ... .. 1 1 Nova Scotia .. 244 24a oysl .. .. ..¢ New York Curb iss- (Canadian Press) St High Low Close Amer Super Pow .. 2 Amer Cysnamld B . Cities Service Co ... Cord Corp .. .. ... lilec Bond Share ... 0% Gulf Oil Corp .. i... imperial Oil ... .. lnt Petroleum .. Niagara Hudson Std Oil Indiana Sid Oil Kentucky Un Lt Power A ... FAIRY GODMOTIIEII-S TO FAT- TEN CHILDREN 9% V. 12:2 m’. 21 207. MONTREAL, Aug. l.-(O.P.)—- One dozen of the thinnest little girls in Montreal are of! for n spec- ial type of holiday. They will be guests for a month at the summer home of s g. ‘uate of a local hoe- pitsl training school and of the lilo- Gillkflohool for Graduate Nurses who has been particularly interest- ed in public basil-h nursing. When thh “fairy godmother" de- cided to take a number of under- nourished mildren under her wins. she preached the v ctnrim Order of Nurses, which then communicat- ed the offer to the Child Welfare Association. llsch, it was decided, would provide six littls'glris, "feath- ervveights.’ A feature of the won- derful holidsy is that there will be riding. and the small girls are eu- tstie over the Prospect of returning eoftbev.O.N.stsflissao-- flange day of her vscstionto take the ll sraaliholiday-mskera country toawllll Conviction Quashed In Appeal Court Text of judgment dellevsred re- g] , n“ 081101! by Judge Arsensuit Ill u" ‘- h, " case of Matthew Vesssy, appellant, vs. Bennett J. Haywood, respond- ent, being a-n appeal from s. con- viction under the Prohibition Act made by the City Magistrate. Mr. R. R. Bell represented the appel- lant Vessey, and Mr. Albsn Farm- er for the respondent. This ls an appeal from s convic- tion made by the Btipendiary Mag- istrate for the City of Charlotte- town by which the Respondent was convicted of an offence against the provisions of the Prohibition Act, 1918, for having intoxicating l1- quors in his possession and fined g in the sum of two hundred dollars and in default of payment to im- prisonment for a. term of three months. The only witness in support of the conviction at the hearing on "Piles! was an old lady who swore 5‘ that she on one morning went into s. house occupied and in pomession u‘ of Respondent's father to deliver s. message from the owner, s Mrs. O'Brien. On the first occasion she 55 did not see the Respondent but talked to his brother. She says she y‘ was sent back there within a short time and that on this second oc- casion the respondent was at the door, that she smelled rum and that she saw a. small jug behind the door with rum in it and that the Respondent gave her about two teaspoonfulls of it in a glass. She says moreover that she had never known the Respondent before ex- cept to sec him. The Respondent admits that he sew this old lady on this occasion, that he had some rumlnssmalljumfllatitwashis father's and that he on doctors recommendation used to mix s. lit- tle of it with orange Juice for his father, who is ill and who can only take liquid nourishment. That on this occasion he was on c... y .'._ " ' ...,‘ his way u. the kitchen to steriliae "1 some utensils and to mix this rum Can so for his father, but that he did not i Y" give this old lady any of the rum. The medical doctor attending on Respondent's father says that he prescribed stimulants for the fath- er for heart condition such as dig- “ ltstis and nttro glycerine and that he may have recommended brandy, whiskey or rum for the same pur- Pose. The evidence in this case does not Justify s conviction. This old lady wanted to rent this house and the owner Mrs. O'Brien wanted to get clear of the tenants for the purpose of renting to the witness Mrs. Haines. Mrs. I-lsincs is not s sister, s disinterested party, as would lend weight to hor evidence. It is moreover quite unlikely that 14° 14° a person such as the Respondent duld offer e. drink of liquor to / one who was a stranger in him and whowastnthehousstoconvcy l mmlse from the landlord to the effect that they were to vacate the y, house. I csn give no sufficient credence to Justify e. the circumstances. uviction in The Attorney for the Crown urged that the Respondent by ad- ,‘ mitting that he had some rum in I lug made himself liable to the offence as he had liqour in bis possession, not in s bottle or con- tainer on which a vendor label was attached. The possession of the liquor in this case was not in the Respond- ent but in his father, and the Rs- spondent does not come within the class of clerk, mentioned in Section ea of the said Act. servant or agent Th0 novhlons - ' the Pmhlbitflm Act are sufficiently severe and stringent to cover all legitimate cases and f will not stretch them teooverscaseofthls klnd,ln which the evidence is of the very slimmest nature and open to grave suspicion as well. The decision 0f the Magistrate ll reversed end the appeal allowed. ‘iii-i. SNOWBALLING WHALES IS LATIII,‘ PASTKI IN NORTH The Nortbisndu newest sport is throwing snowballs at white whales, lrly summer and northlanders my tired of merely watching the bigfellows. Sotbey started to throwsuowbails. strikeawbsle andhethreshnwildlyinthews- termrasaoondorso andtbsu dives. Themoresuspioiousgiants ‘sttributftlssblow toaflolicsome neishbwsndesnbeooilntedonto masts. Tlssutfsisnuwbsllergets selosa-upHasVagis-md-tunshie. sassasasaaaass ANDOFOND QUO 1'14 TIONS cranial. ruinous vrsrrmu JUDGE-Judge John ‘ S. Campbell, St. Cstberines, On- tario, is visiting tbs City st the present time. He arrived in the Province last evening, and expects 00 remain here several weeks on s. vacation trip. He is registered st the Canadian National Hotel. PERSONALS Mr. Walter Mclsellsn has arrived home from New York on s visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. sextus MsoLelian. Mr. Jack Johnsmn, formerly of this city but now located in New York City, where he is employed with the Chase National Bunk, ar- rived home Monday night on a month's visit to his parents, Ir. and Mrs. J. J. Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. MscLeod, Fred E. Mscmod, Miss Doris Mac- Lcod, city, and Mrs. Brenton Dollar of Brookfleld, left; this morning on an extended motor trip‘ which will take thorn in various large Ameri- can clties. ' Mr. C. Fred Black, Waterloo, Ontario, who is connected with the actuarial department of the Mu- tual Life of Canada, arrived home last night on o. visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Black. MT. STEWART WOMEN'S IN- STITUTE The regular monthly meeting of the Mt. Stewart W. I. was held in their club room with 18 membe and 4 visitors present. The meet- ing opened by singing "O Canada." followed by the Creed in unison. Roll call was responded to by "Re- peating a Verse from a. Canadian Poet." The minutes of the previous meeting were rend and adopted and financial report given and ap- proved. The report of the play and sale of ice cream was given and approved. Some discussion took place on subscribing for magazines for the Institute in addition to one already subscribed for. It was moved and seconded that the In- stitute subecrlbc for two copies of the "Chatelaine" magazine for one year. It was unanimously agreed that the "Twilight Supper" be omitted and some other form of en- tertainment he substituted. It was moved and seconded that $50.00 be transferred from current account to savings accoun‘. Motion carried. No report was given by school committee. The sick com- mittee on north side visited one member and brought fruit. On south side one member was visited and fruit given. New sick and school committees were appointed. A collection was taken up and the meeting was brought to a close by singing the National Anthem. A delicious luncheon was served by the hostesses, Mrs. James Atkins, Mrs. lrn Clarke and Mrs. Fred Mac- Donald. RIPOBTIBS MUST "LISTEN WISELY" OTTAWA, Aug. iL-The man who designed the Canadian parliament buildings must have possessed an ironic sense of humor. The press conferences of the Imperial Confer- ence are held in apartment of the Speaker of the Senate. Twice a day, official communiques are de- livered-csrefully worded. Across an archway in the room is carved a Latin phrase: “Slime Audi," which might be translated u “Listen wisely." Newspaper-men agree the phrase is apt-s. keen ear. a sense of humor and s flourishing imagination are necessary to trans- late the oommuniques into news. The teacher was using the phono- graph to make the children familiar with good music. Two famous open singers bad just finished a duet. and the teach- er ssid : "Now, children, who can tell me the names of the singers we have inst heard?" "Caruso," replied s. small boy. "Yes, and who was singing with Caruso?" "l-lis man Friday." W" "I! 0M0!!- oerting answer. Old man-What's that you say? liderly woman, to old man-I hear you have hurled your wife. Old man, putting his hand beck of his ear- What did you say? Elderly wanes. louder-J hear you have buried your wife. Cid man-What's that you say? Elderly woman, yelling-I hear you have buried your wife. Old rnan, quietly-Oh, yes, she died, and I hldto. ‘poms-consensus. '- x Gets Pearls In Ontario s-—__ HAMIl/ION. 1W8. 2-—(By Th: Canadian Preach-Pearl fishing in Ontario? It doesn't sound likely but it's a fact. A returned soldier, George Ro- binson, who came out of the war Iasscd and crippled to tackle the problem of providing for a family of youngsic s, has been harvesting clams for the past seven years and making a living out of it. The scene of his operations is the Grand River st Caledonia, Ont. Pearls are a secondary consi- deration with Robinson. ‘rile shells are shipped to the United States. where they are ultimately convert- ed into pesrl buttons. Every clam is examined for its possible pearl content and Robinson has gamer- ed a. collection of beautiful gems. Shortly after dawn each day Robinson and his three eldest eons arrive st the river and plan out the day's operations. The boys start out with flat bottomed boats. poliug in shallow water until they find a prospect. In knee deep wa- ter, they scoop into the rnud with their hands-the government does not allow harvesting clams with touts-lifting the giant clams from the mud and tossing them into the boat. In deeper water they use s. wire snare. The clnrn, like the oys- ter, lets the water flow between its valves or shells and feeds on the organic mutter brought to it. The harvest is taken to the cook- ing plant. on shore where Robin- son has a huge steel bottomed tank, about eight feet long. built over a fireplace. The clams are thrown inip the tank and cooked, after 15 minutes the meat swells up, spreading the shells and tear- ing free. Robinson makes an exo- mlnstion of the mollusks for pearls. The meat too is dissected as carefully as n surgeon would make a. , “ological examination. Occasionally a pearl rewards the search. Frequently ‘L oi-pearl slugs are taken from the mem- brsnes. The government collects s roy- alty of $5 on every ton of clams taken from the river and Robinson is licensed in addition. He has but one pay day a year. "We wait until fall and then ship a csrload," he said. "I grade my own shell now and it runs f8 percent perfect." Grand River clams are divided into eight breeds: muckcts, nigger- toes, sand shells, large pocket- books, crystsl backs, equuw-foots, three ridges and pig toes. ‘rho last three are of no commercial value, being off-color, two small or too uneven in structure. Robinson's is the only commer- cial clam bed on the Grand River. Fished judicially it will be worked for 18 or 20 years but the commer- cinl is to rest the bed in five year cycles. ONTARIO PEACHES PLENTIFUL A CROP OTTAWA, Aug. 2.—-Considersble varistion in the production and prospects for fruit crops through- out the Domlnion is reported in s review issued by the Dominion Bureau of statistics tonight. In general, the production in the Maritime Provinces will be lower than a year ago, the cool, Spring with local frosts reducing the pos- sibilities of harvest. In Queoec production will be slightly in cr, while in Ontario the outlook varies. Raspberry and strawberry produc- tion was less than last year and a greatly reduced apple crop ccm- psred with i931 is in prospect, says the bureau. Cherries,‘ peaches, pears and grapes, on the other hand, probably will yield better than last year in Ontario. The season has been favorable in British Columbia, and apples and cherries will probably yield better than a year ago. DELEGATES AGREE UPON PREFERENCE TO CANADA GRAIN OTTAWA, Aug. 2.—Agreement on the principle of a preference on been reached updn between Canada and the United Kingdom. Discus- sions are taking place on this bss- is. No definite suggestion as to what the amount of the preference should be has been made by either country. Representatives of the western wheat pools, who are here, are said to be veering around from their former adherence to free trade in wheat, toward acceptance of the preference p.‘ ‘,‘ . According to one pool representative, the grain farmers are in the mood to clutch at any straw which rnsy be thrown their way, and even if the prefer- ence isn't. of much value, their lead- ere are cvpecled to secure it for been. ~ Georgetown Miss Lavina Morris, Boston, spent the weekendinf‘ _towu.tha guest of hfrs. Wade Hughes. His many friends are sorry te hear that‘ Mr. Howard Stewart while returning from Georgetown to his home in Boston, met with an accident. At present Mr. Stew- art is in the hospital. Miss Camp- bell was also injured. The other occupants of the car, Mrs. Stewart and her brother, Mr. Campbell, ea- caped injuries. Miss Ldllinn Walker is visiting friends in Bouris. Miss Beth Graham recently vis- ited Georgetown, the guest of Mrs W. McNeil]. Miss Mildred Wight, R.N., of the City Hospital, recently visited here The Girl! Club held one of the best times in the Town Hall that has been held for some time. Ex- cellent music was furnished by Misses Genevieve Solomon and Isabel Lnvers. Violin selections by Mr. Jack Gotell. Mrs. Eddy Clark and daughter Marion returned to their home 1h Mount Stewart after visiting is Georgetown, the guest of Mrs Clark's mother, Mrs. Gotell. Miss Elizabeth Douglas, assistarr supervisor of the Falconer Hospital Jamaica Plain, who has bee: spending s. vacation at her home left Saturday to resume her dutiez The Georgetown and Montague ferry steamer left Saturday for Plcbou to go on the slips. She wil be absent about a. week.‘ The many friends in Georgetown will regret to learn of the sudden death of Capt. Don. MacDonald, which occurred at New York. Sin- cere sympathy is extended to his wife and brothers, also his uncle, Mr. Charles A. MacDonald, Monts- gue. Misses Agnesand Freda Eolo- mon, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. 1". J. Solomon, have been successfully operated on for tonsils and ade- uolds, also Genevieve Sigswortb, Canadian wheat, it is learned, has V daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Blgs- worth. The many friends of Joseph Mc- Pherson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fran! McPherson, will be pleased to hear that be has been successfully op- erated on by Dre. Kennedy and McIntyre. Dr. and Mrs. P. McIntyre, Mon- tague, recently visited Georgetown Professor MacDonald, accompan- ied by Mr. and Mrs. E. J. H. Mor- rlssey, motored to Georgetown from Charlottetown recently. The many friends of Mrs. Thos Henry are pleased to hear that slu is recovering from her recent ill- ness. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dslaiel. l6- cornpanied by their sons Frank and Jack, and little daughter Betty. Borden, are visiting in Georgetown the guests of Mrs. Daniel's mother, Mrs. Smith. Miss Helen Donovan, who has been the guest of Mrs. Weir, Cum- berland street, Charlottetown, re- turned to her home in Georgetown Mrs. (Capt). Sigswortb, Newport recently visited Georgetown. Mrs. Allan, Boughton Island, re cently visited Gw._etown. The many riends of Mr. Wsrres Hcmphili are sorry to hear that he had the misfortune when get- ting out of an auto in break s bone in his leg. All hope for s speedy recovery. Misses Mary David, Jane McKay Annie Murphy and Mrs. Lnvendier motored to Bourie from George- town. Mr. James Henry, Georgetown, is visiting in Boston, Mass, the guest of his daughter, Mrs. lodge. M: Henry is 7s years old and he is ll active as a man of sixty. Mrs. William Murphy and little son Arnold and little daughter Louise, accompanied by Miss Helen Mooney, returned to Georgetown from Sourls. Mr. and Mrs. James Condon and little son Rowe, motored to Char- lottetown from Gcorgctnwru-A. 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