PAGE mom TODAY THE EASTERN GUARDIAN TOP LAUGHS WITH HENRY MORGAN “SO THIS IS NEW YORK" SHOWS 3:30 — 7 — 9 AGENT SOUIIS: hung-lag places in Montague: in Goo town! The Post Office; in loorls: u. Roper; In 8t. Peter's: AGENTS! MONTAGUE: Harold I‘. Landry, Albert Althea. In. Byna Blown". lllfl Harriet ODII. AGENT GEOIHETOWN: Waldon Elvin. Francis Chavarls no Guardian may be bought at my of tbs lilss l. A. lsswsliyn; airs. Oiny. Condoms and F‘ The Post Office. Jnuousu cums souvzu- tilt-C. R. Boehn . Jeweller. Montague. a.‘ ‘Mr. Howard Vickerson has . returned to his home in Monta- gue following a three weeks’ va- cation spent 1n BOIIDH, U. 8. A" where he visited his brothers Hoc- tor and William_ ‘Prince of Wales students home for the weekend included Miss Anna MacLaren, Montague, and Mr. Blair MacLaren. Braden- ell. ‘Miss Ruth Olements. member of the staff of Maritime Electric, spent the weekend in Mcntasue at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. K_ Clements. ..‘Mr. Bud Henderson, com- mercial traveller, spent the day in Montague and vicinity calling on his regular customers. ..‘Miss Eileen Anderson. Char- lottetown, was a. weekend visitor to Montague where she visited friends. . .‘Mr_ a. N. ucoiey. Montague. was a business visitor to Char- lottetown on Monday- Vfi ii W! uiiut Diiii. y ‘Miss Jennie MacLaren. mem- George Coulourls ber of the staff of the Income . u, Tax office. spent the week at the mud] J 7d Gourh home of her parents in Braden- of‘ 1M2" Ireland ell. Q wlbggn . ‘The friends of Mrs, Fred Webster will regret to learn that she has entered the King's County Hospital where she will receive treatment. tom CAPITQL rm. and SAT. SHOWS 3:30 -- 7 -8:45 News - Cartoon Comedy NG...TH£/R zusrro/e 01 1 ~ Timuuna... rue/n Bniiitlii M" Fmmm iowmic; firs); Bvuhusonnnlwauuasmr lllfi flmossu: W»... . . , " “A sac-as. . m, ._ - ALSO CHAPT. 4 CONGO IILL — DOG STORY tomcat EMPIRE rm. SAT. SHOWS 7 — 8:45 — MATINEE SAT. ONLY 2.30 “.1 i i Selections from Good News Maid of the Mountains Forty-five Minutes From P II E § E Ni I; s s The Only Bdfl-‘ldwuirigadoon Starring Doreen Home Jimmie Shields Edmond llookbrldgs ORCHESTRA mlri (HORUS ilwrivr |i..~ .(.,.-. m... ..( a’! C-vifiiivwv Wnriwilnqion cur/oral u‘. in-II (‘Nmhlu FHSCUHS. ....'H1| friends will bl pleased to learn that Mr. John T. Creed has returned to his home in Sturgeon following an operation for appendicitis at the King's County Hospital. Walter M. Beer, com- mercial traveller, was a business visitor to Montague and vicinity calling on his many cust ....‘Mrs. Emery l\iacNeil, Monta- gue, was a visitor to Charlotte- town on Sunday where hor hus- band is a patient at the Prince Edward Island Hospital. .. ‘Her many friends wil-l be pleased to learn that Mrs. sam- uel Wood, Montague, is improv- ing following her operation at the Prince Edtvard Island Hospi- tal. ' ‘Rev. lVlIv. and Mrs. Hetolal’. accompanied by their family have left recently on a (rip to Alabama where they will visit Mr. Fletch- er's family Rev. Fletcher is the minister of the Baptist Church ll'l Montague, and other adjacent communities. ‘Mrs. W. R. Gilbert entertain- ed at her home on Thursday night of last week in aid of the King‘: County Hospital. ‘HORSE DRAWN SLEIGRS 0N ICE -- On Monday the first horse drawn sleighs made their appearance on the river ice which in the cove and near the shore line is quite thick. but near the channel is as yct not too safe, Several crossings have been made, and on tests the ice proved to be from two to three inches thick. However it seems to be quite safe near the shore line. Since the season is so far advanced it is doubtful that the river will bc bushed this year since the normal river trail usually follows tho flats except in a few places. Last year private citizens in Lower Montague hushed the river. but the spring breakup soon followed so that the work was of little avail. How- ever, the interest shown by these people deserve mention, since the bushing is of great benefit to many farmers and loggers who haul their produce over the ice. Last year almost four hundred sleighs carrying produce moved on the ice during the season, but that number will not be in evidence this year owing to the late freeze- up_ Several men have been dis- cussing horse-racing on the ice during the past week started, un- doubtedly. because of the begin- ning of ice racing in Charlotte- town. There are many racing horses in Montague, with seven at the Annear and Inwery stables, and marry others around Monta- gue and vicinity. This would'be an ideal year to sponsor ice racing. and the many racing fans would be most pleased to have a recur- rence of s. former annual event. It might even be possible to have several classes, with heats in each class. as in summer racing, and make a real afternoon of enjoy- merit. ‘GRADE XI TAKE UP CURL- ING —- During the past week the Montague Curling Club began a new innovation in having the male students of Grade 1G Mon- tague High School undertake ths learning of the rudiments of curl- ing. Eight students, under the di- rection of Harold F, Landry, were given the fundamentals of the ex- cellent gamc, and although the first two ends were rather ragged. the next two ends were Wod. Em- phasis is being placed on delivery from the back with a. smooth, controlled motion, and the man- ner in which proper weight, is obtained. since the Easterners are somewhat lacking in sweeping ability as compared with the west- erners, an attempt will be- made to teach this western method to the students. It is the hope of the club that this course will serve to awaken in the youth s love for the curling game, and start them on their way early. The students themselves are actively interested, and every effort is being made to foster this interest. The curling club is also well on in the second schedule. and sev- eral thrilling games have been played between the contestants, Q Monday night the playoffs for" the Clarkson Shield will get un- derway in a three-way tie. Curl- ers expect to see some real curling in these finals, and it is expected that a full house will be on hand to witness the duels. The ice is now in first class condition, with each sheet practically level throughout. Tlhe many new curl- ers are taking advantage of the splendid ice to get in plenty of practice, and are showing the ef- fects of this practice with many excellent shots. Several teams are participating in competition for the British Consuls competition in Charlottetown this week, and with the lineup, it is hoped that there will be some favourable results when the competition gets under- way. Although the Gaboury Cup competition has been postponed. it is scheduled to be played in the near future, and the local curling club will have representation in this Island competition, BURNING DRAMA LONDON - (C?) -- Nearly 1.- 000 feet of a copy of the film “For Them ‘That Trespass" was burned when a lorry in which it was be- ing taken to Elstree caught fire recently. SUN CUBE Heliotherapy is the application of mnlight to the prevention. mrs or alleviation d outdo duller: t GUARDIAN. NOITII IIIIICAN llll l. S. STEVENSON V X no atcnmouosr Irislol and Viclnily Pip. George Dsveatu spent the week-end with his wife and family. Mr. Joseph Walsh was a busi- ness visitor to the city last week for a couple of days. A welcome arrival hers last week was a ca: of good coal for the Clo-Operative store customers, the coal was soon all taken up. Mr. and Mm. Reginald Mac- Donald. who have moved to the city to reside, were business visit- ors on Tuesday of last week. Miss Tillie Gauthier, Charlotte- town, spent the week-end with her mother here. returning to her duties on Monday morning. Mr. Wilfred MacDonald, sect- ion msn on the C.N.R. here, was in the city s. few days last week on business. Mrs. W. A. O'Brien and daughter Geraldine spent the week-end in Bristol witlrMi-s. O'Brien's parents. Mr. and Mrs. William MacDonald. returning tn the city on Monday morning. Mr. Anslem Lapierre and his brother Angus Lapicrre were busi- ness visitors to the city on Satur- day and report the bus several hours late getting in on the slipp- ery road. Mr. Frank MacDonald. who is employed on the new Woolworth building job, arrived home on Sat- urday evening for a week‘: stay while waiting for material to arrive. Wednesday was candlemas day, better known here as ground hog day. It is not believed thcre are any ground hogs on the Island but driving over the roads there are plenty of road hogs those days. Mr. Anslem Tbapierre. who has been head cook at the packing plants here for several years, in- forms us he expects to cook on one of the Government dredges this spring. i-Ie was on one for some time last fall. —B The study clubs in this vicinity under the (lo-Operative direction are at present talking about a starch factory. Years ago Bristol had a large modern starch factory operated by the late H. D. Mac- Ewen and son1e others. The late Alfred McEwen was foreman for many years and the mill operated about two months each fall and again in the spring and gave em- ployment tc a lot of men; teams lined up for a mile each way all day and night waiting to be un. loaded. It is recalled one year when some thing like one hundred thousand tons of starch was made here and an order was received to have the raw starch ground for candy and other uses. But sad to say the Bristol starch factory was allowed to go into decay and fall down and the Bristol mills the some way until today there is just the old cellar where (he mighty factory once stood. ORDERED T0 PAY UP OTTAWA, Feb, l-(OH-Ray Bliilivsn, Toronto “broker” was ordered by the Supreme Court of Canada today to repay $5.479 which he won in horse-race bets in 1945 from a Peterborough, Ont., hotel- man. Donald A. McCvillis. MoGil- lis testified he bet heavily on horse races through. Sullivan, In one week in May, i945, he drop- ped $5,479 and gave Sullivan his cheque for that amount. Next week he won $4.181, but the evi- dence was that Sullivan refused to pay off. WELSH BIOGRAPHIES FLINT. Wales - (CP) — Flint- shiro county council is to give £1,- (BO ($4,320) toward the cost of compiling a new Welsh biographical dictionary. Thermogene Wool? Thermogsne is s specially medicated wool wadding that generates heat to relieve pain. lt'a clean and easy-tools. Has brought comfort to millions- and will help you tool For sufferers from Chest Cold. Sore Throat, Bronchitis. Neuralgiajaumbagoficlatl , and minor Rheumatic aches TIIERMOOEIIE Medicated WOOI. 1b*blfidll@flliu' PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA m. s... Louis S. Si. Laurent, t... M.P. SPEAKS TONIGHT "Conodo'= on Adult Notion" CBA The Crown Life Insurance Company Mr. H. D. Burns, President. Crown Life Insurance Co. in his address at their annual meeting. January 28, i949 said in part: Purchase of new life insurance policies during 1948 continued on approximately the same impressive scale as had characterized the pre- ceding record year of 1047. This was true both of Canada and of the United States, as shown by the aggregate figures of the com- panics which are compiled and published month by month. In other countries where certain of the Canadian companies are esta- blished, particularly in the British Isles and the West Indies. life in- surance has also been very active. The growth of the Crown Life in 1948 was vigorous and well balanced. Its total of policies in force increased to 9614 millions; its assets increased to 8118 millions; while the total of its general sur- plus, policyholders’ dividend reserve and contingency reserve now ex- ceeds $8 millions. These and all other figures appearing in the Balance sheet are after substantial write-downs which we have made in order to adjust sterling and sterling-related currencies to the present official rates of exchange. The Company has almost doubled in size in the short space of five years. and its financial position is stronger today than at any previ- ous time. While no one can be sure that the upward movement of prices brought about by the second world war has run its course, there is a good deal to suggest that the in- flationary pressures are slackening. The price level in the United States has ceased rising. The di- rection of basic commodity prices in U.S. markets has been general- ly downward for nearly a year. Quotations for most agricultural products have declined, more than offsetting the further advances in the prices of metals. For tho first time in years, the weekly index of general wholesale prices in the United states has fallen below the level prevailing a year earlier. Behind this change are a. num- ber of fundamental developments. One is the gradual recovery cf production in war-ravaged coun- tries which has eased the extrema urgency of their needs. The de- (‘line in the prices of agricultural products in the United States is thus a reflection of improved out- put in Europe as well asof large crops on this continent. Generally speaking. the world-wide shortages of basic commodities have become less acute and though the demand is still great it is increasingly price conscious. Even with the aid ' CHOCOLATE OIP ON SALE AT All Perfection Dealers ICREA . ‘in of the European Recovery Program. the countries of Etuope and other continents have found it necessary fa control their imports carefully, particularly from hard-currency areas, as we in Canada are bs- coming very clearly aware. Another factor behind the flat- tening out in prices is the notable progress which has been made on this continent in me ting the ac- cumulated requiremens of con- sumers and business. With the large production and higher prices of the last few years, the back- logs of demands for consumer foods. and even for housing, have been much reduced and in some cases fully met. Inventories in most parts of the business structure have been built up and in only a few fields are regarded as insuf- ficient. Moreover, a great deal haa been accomplished in modernizing and expanding capital equipment and while more still remains to be done particularly in such fields as electric power and transporta- tion, it would be surprising if the level of capital investment on this continent were to be maintained for long at the extraordinary rate which characterized the past year. Mr. H. R. Stephenson, Managing Director said in part: The amount of new policies issued in 1948 was i121 millions. which exceeded the issue of any previous year. The increase of insurance in force after deducting all policies terminated for whatever cause also exceeded the increase of any pre- vious year before the exchange revaluation made by the Company. under which all year-end items in sterling and related currency were converted at the rate of £1 equals $4.00 instead of at the rate of £l equals $4.05, as was done in i941. All comparisons between figures of the two years must be read with T: POULTRY REMEDIES WHAT YOU WANT — WHEN You WANT ITI FEBRUARY_ s, K1949 LIVESTOCK AIII NOWIN STOCK rutvrx suns, ' on. Hess raooucrs ’ Dr. ‘OH’! Medical 7 lbs. $1.25 — I5 Ibr. $2.25 Ponomin— Poultry Conditioner . 35c and $1.25 Stock Tonic, 5 lbs. ,.....,85c Wonder ..............$l.25 Poultry Tablets $1.00 — 50c Flemming: Heovs Powders $135 Louss Kilier ...._._§..,_...4$C Dani,“ Hoof ointment 73E Hog Special Tcnic— Swim‘: Compound --.-$i.l0 Soyoss . . . . . Absorbins Tuttle's Elixir . . . . .. WWI? Udder Ointment . . . . . .65: POW!" .- - - . - - - . - ~45: HQG v cucorsrs ' Rl-KIL W°RM '54 n. ideal TONIC Delousing ' THENYALHRUG stuns "mid" 3 lbs. 65¢ ”" no OUEENST - anon: m 2 lb. Tin 75¢ The increase of insurance in farce in 1948 was l8! millions be- fore and 872.5 millions after this change. The increase of assets was $13.5 millions before and 810.5 millions after this change - and similarly for all other year-end items including both assets and liabilities. The average size of the Com- pany‘s policies has increased rapid- ly since the end of the war. The average of all policies issued in 194s was $3.633. as compared with the average of all policies in force at December 8i. i945, of $2.4M. m other words, the average also of policies now being issued is about 50% larger than of those in force three years agq. Premium income wal Ill-T mil- lions; amounts deposited 83-1 mli- lions; investment income $3 mil- lions. making the total 1M8 income $26.7 millions. Death claims, less reinsurance. were $2.3 millions; matured and surrendered policies $2.4 11111110115; annuity and deposit disbursements .4. nrillions; and dividends to this change in mind. OUT OUR WAY tiles i ‘ ' _. ClUlt BOARDING HOUSE. IN YOUR 4 10c »Q THEETIEASPIEFITT "tiiikiiéwcr MIKE "me MOOCl-i TOLD ma CROCODlLE-FACC % ems. vou "rest sees FOR ME -- PM OFF, CHUM, Ber-one ‘i. DRILL A s51‘ OF- ossx Pmseou-Hotss policyholders 3-K 17111130118- . . .. z" _. "’/ cuesr! __ Jwiutio"? ‘ MIKE "me MOOCH , CRACK an ms crzocx A FAMILY, OF MICE coum time INF“? / so cm, BLAST ME! I Kriow / You WOAYT-wYOI-YVE GOT //.> no MORE weave THAN‘ / ,, A Porzcetanojoou-i! ' \ it Additions $6.7 millions. policyholders’ dividend 3° P030? reserves we" reserve was increased 8.4 millions ""1 Ifliflfll surplus ts millions while a contingency reserve of v5’ millions was held. H hgha cmnpfl-YIY hi»! consistently a a most favourable mortality rats for many years put, and m“ was continued in i948; in mo: m, i048 mortality rate was the hi... lowest in its history. ins-Ii - EGGS - Ws are in a position to boy large quantities of ungrgdq] u" at the following prlcegg._ A Large A Medium A Puljq. s1 i-l 35 1-2 l0 Grade I Grads C l8 8i. (delivered at cor grading Ihtion) Ws gIva quick and efficient ser- vIeI. Shipments graded and cases returned immediately. Try our GRUB-GAIN FEEDS, l J. MACDOUGALL. '. Vernon. P. l. l. . ByVJ. R. Williams . §3§ I'{\\ ‘R i Maior Hill?“ HAS GOT A