a E. ' _ oose two adjacent hilltops. ‘ peeled to Will and Old Charley. if . Page TWO l i JVHISPERIN G ROCK by JOHN LEBAR CAP!!! ll Hadlhodum,‘ekel0!l0ld coins among them, Ruth could not have created more JOYWS B30199- " meat. ' While sh; and David were on fltheir way to the ranch house they fwem ovemhen by the breethlus " Alfredo. "Senora-please! The little nonse j has been finished these two weeks. Is it not good that my dove and 1- ' and also the good Don Brunei-sew r should enter on this next Satur- '~ day?" l Ruth guessed more from Aliredols maniicr than from his words the mature of his request, and she glad- ly encouraged him, not forgetting to ‘fficntloil the priest and the license. ‘ Aurelio assured her that every- rthing would be in order. He had jheerd that a priest was visiting lPalo Verde and had learned that ‘one of the Mexicans from thut _"_placc hurl a. Ford“ “essiug fricnri y\\'h0 would, no doubt, be glad to go yto town for the license. ’ O I Ruth told Snavely pf the celebra- tion. He had come into the kitchen Ion Friday morning while she and .Ann were baking pies and she had "told him almost blithely. The grim ,old cattlcman had merely looked at her-one steady glance which brought a catch of fear to her heart. "Ihen he had left without. a. word. later she had seen him riding away 71m his favorite horse, a blanket roll ;behind his saddle. It would have ‘been impossible for him to stay in "The vicinity of the celebrators. Prob- ably he camped near some distant wivutering place; he did not return _'ulitil Monday. , On the night before the fiesta iltuth and Ann got little rest. They lstayed up until ten fitting Magda .wlth~a wedding dress-e. dress, worn knot so long ago, by a. proud-eyed Zhride in a little church on the out- iskirts of Philadelphia. j By nine o'clock Saturday several flicrsemen and three wegonloads had icrrived; the unfmtunate heifer had {been cooking whole for some hours ifover a pit of fire, superinfcnded by ~Don Francisco whose culinary im- helements were a. pitchfork and an 41x. Old Charley and Will arrived iwitli Juana, Juana‘; wife, in the fancient automobile. Every one was ,dressed as they felt the spirit of 5. the occasion demanded. Ruth noticed that nearly every ‘rone looked, sooner or later, toward the gulch. Once or twice, also, she new a mother or father bring back acme youngster who had wandered ‘ma: the fence. I, Since the lidexica-n border runs lthrough the center of Palo Verde— "ficur houses being cin the Mexican "side and two on the American—not a few of the male guests came for- ltifled with refreshments. When the lino was formed at din- flier time the young man who was mominated by the green shirt went ‘~10 the aid of the solitary celebrator- f!!! t»z'.>\jfl'f".'f*. nglta-bqpb .. Trnnd brought him back so that he iphould not go hungry. Don Fran- ipisco cut great chunks of roasted {neat from the carcass and handed "' hem to Ann who folded them in a ijeumua and passed them to the lino i‘ grinning Mexicans. The wife of <- on Francisco's cousin from Palo § erde was in charge of the pies. All as silent lave the occasional crack of e bone under Don Francisco's ex grunt-s of the eaters. Ruth, Will, and Old Charley had u. ' ' eturned to thc ranch house porch n Pink Shirt and Green Shirt t off, arm ill arm, separating to She "Oh, I don't think they'll hurt rnything," said the old man. " They'll yell imtll they go dry and hen drop off to sleep. We can wake m up to-n-iorrow or next day." “There's another one well pne- for make-bite," observed Will, etching l. tall slender fellow with a lue sash who was talking volubly o Alfredo and gesturing toward the .anch house. “Umm-ever seen that boy be- firs, Ruth? ls he a friend of Al- ‘ f; redds?" Old Charley was eying . e actions of the man, critically, - 'Why, no, I don't think so," re- lied Ruth. eiore." "Locks as though hc was beginn- ig to take things seriously," ob- erved Will a moment later. Alfredo ad turned his back to the man, nly to be pulled about again by a erk on his shoulder. ‘Tve never sccn him W. C. T. U. Notes THE NEW YIAI. Another stage oi time is left behind us- One less to come. Another shorteniit of the link; thfll bind ul To Heaven. and home: An urgent call to keel) 0'41’ so bflflht, Our garments gtrded so, ‘Phat if the Master's summons CJillC tonight We stood prepared to g0- lamps Another lelf is tinned of Lifefis strange story. Its lines still wet; slory. Forever sot; The new, unsullied page bef0r£ lb lies; The path as yet untrod, If marked by hope or surprise, Is only known to God- Our part, in lowly service still ful- fill‘ Each day's demands, With girded heart and hands by grace made willing As Hc (Ofllilllllds. One sfrn today. tomorrow one step moi| The pa‘. ru‘. feet shall win. Till Wllfl," the homellght shows our Father's door His love shall lead us in. sorrowful --J.L.H. “ONE YEAR OF REPEAL" The utter rotteiiness of the liquor trade both in Canada and the Unit- ed States is being held in view by the pens of strong and reliable writers. Johnriaynes Holmes in the Nov- ember "Christian Hemld," has vrrlt- ten an indictment of social condi- tions begotten by the twenty-first amendment to the American Con- stitution, which displaced the Pro- hibition Amendment under which the American Republic enjoyed inor- al and economical advantages that are now being realized es lost under legalized liquor sale and which had been in force for over a year. This writer recalls the wet prop- aganda it furnished the same promises that were made to do the damage in Canada when Canadians were persuaded to yield provincial prohibition for so-called Govern- ment control of liquor. A month before repeal took ef- fect. s. Massachusetts deputation came over to Quebec, as the fame of the Quebec liquor control law had travnlled far, thanks to wet propaganda. This deputation had to retinn with the disheartening m- face to face, and every one was watching. Suddenly, the man swept off his big hat with his left hand and crouched low. Ruth, who in spite of Old Charley had stopped to watch through the window, saw l. knife glint in his right hand. Al- fredo, also, now crouched, knife in hand, with his hat held out as a shield. The two men circled slowly about each other like a pair of game cocks. Will broke into a run. But Indian Ann was first. In two strides she had walked up to the man in the blue sash. She hit him once behind the ear with her fist. then returned to the barbecue pit when: she had been cutting off the remaining meal. with thc idea. oi hash . Will helped to revive the stricken men and later led him to where his saddle horse was tied. He talked with him for a. moment, thou the man mounted and jogged f rm the road, homeward. At one o'clock the priest arrived" in e buckboard drawn by a pair of burros. Ruth went to greet him and found that he could not speak e word of English. He was fat, dirty, stupid, and the least interesting of her guests. “When shall the marriage be?" asked Ruth as Alfredo cums listless- ly up to the ranch house porch about three o'clock. Alfredo shrugged; his face was pitiful. “The papers have not come," he said mournfully, looking down the road. "What in thunder will we do?" Old Charley appealed to Ruth. "We've got the bride, tho m, the priest, the music and the aud- ience. The priest knows enough not to marry ‘cm without a license." Ruth frowned thoughtfulbn “Dc you sgnpose the priest can reed English?" ‘ixDonl suppose he can read any- h .. “Wait a minute!" Ruth entered the house and rc- turncd shortly with a roll of parch- ment tied wlth a blue ribbon. She uni-oiled the crackling paper, and exhibited it silently to Old Charley and Will. It had a beautiful red sea. “Bay. You're a wcndorl" Will turned to his father. "Now whet do you my l wlleee diploma. is good for, hey? ' Later that day Ruth wrote in her notebook: “The wedding was sol- einnized on the front porch of thc bride and groom's future home. The bride wore n beautiful veil of old Spanuh lace, e. handsome gown of white satin with a large shawl cireped tastefully about the shoul- ders. The ensemble was strikingly set off by a pair of red pumps. The groom wore the conventional black corduroys." Ruth's lest memory of that day, n she slipped into sleep. was the 5011M of suitor». mmcoiim, a flute and a violin from the direction of the new little adobe. The music was being played with steadfast purpose, as though it would still be playing when she awoke. And she could bill’. M? And lflr 01!, a long quud- crlng ye of some he mom] a hilltop. p” m its picture shaded up from Grin. tu THE ‘CHARUYVPEWWN GUARDIAN PROVED BY 2 GENERATIONS port that the le/w “fostered boot- legging." The Washington Government were wise enough to realize that (lie probicm oi smuSBllII/S Wvllld have to be. comoatted. and two months before liquor-selling was rlegal it voted ti4.w0.000 M‘ the {provision of all kinds of contrap- liioiis with svhich~ to guard the coastline. This was a new and great EXpBDCllLUYU. Liquor was lngllikcxi early in N0- vember and in the following Jan- uary. to use a quotation, "America is drinking muih liquor of poorer quality than prohibition bootleg.” This up.» tllc pronouncement of the United. Prcss. The secretary oi Ric ‘Treasury “as qumed as saying, "the booting ring still has the country by thc illrozll." Two months later, the (lhiilllllilll of thc Oregon State 111W uor Control Commission said he behcted that the bootieggers were doing ‘f5 per cent. of the business. 1n April Joseph H. Choate, Jr., director of the Federal Alcohol Gon- trol Administration. said in regard to his department, "the United Slates ls living in a fool's Paradise" 1n an exhaustive prcsentanion of facts" in regard to thc American liquor situation gives the following indictable conclusions: l. Repeal has ri-Tcased a flood of liquor which has intrcased beyond anything known in the last decade. 2. Much of the drinking is hard drinking. 3. Drunken driving has become a. momentous problem. 4. The saloon is back. ' 5, Bootlcgginv ls with us in un- dlmliished abundance. 6. The speakeasy is still alive. 7. Lawlessness and crime are as rampant as ever. Mr. Earle W. Evans, president of the Amcrlcan Bar Association has declared lliat “crime threatens not only the prosperity and ha?" piness of our people. but the very life of the nation itself." The conclusion of the whole mat- ter is that liquor cannot be control- led. It must be either accepted or fought, this traffic must either en- joy the protection of the law, or be an outlaw. As an outlaw, "we can treat liquor as we halve for years past treated poisons. as a danger to be fought and de- mentalities of law. llbr the prohi- bition policy in itself is nothing new or strange." SCIENTIFIC TElVlPER-ANCE IN DAY SCHOOLS ( "The Future belongs to the child- nen. The three enemies of child- life are ignorance, poverty and al- able." (Rt. Hon. Sir Donald Mac- land.) “Expenditure on alcohol is non- cumulative. It does not create in the spender s. will to work harder or to increase his ambition to get a. larger income and to be a good citizen." (Sir Joseph Stamp, before thc Royal Commission on Licens- ins.) " we are going to found the prosperity of the. country, its com- mercial prosperity, its industrial pros-parity upon an lmpregnable basis, we must cleanse the founda- tions of the rot of alcohol." (Rt Hon. David UOYd George.) Are 301i familiar with these state- ments by men of note? Where are they to be found? In the "Sublects and Suggestions" leaflets for con- tests by the ‘Poachers and Universe Students. both in i938 and 1934. Will you endeavor to secure essays on these topics? If our educzrlonal leaders are to become interested in Scientific Temperance, the muss of the so-called Temperance pnoplu must themselves become interested first. Io it not true that lack of in- terest promotes inuumlmce. and who can afford to be indifferent as long as the liquor traffic meneces our fair land? ON Till] WAY TO MARKET SOUL AND BODY Casting science, histozy. exper- ience, and discretion to thc winds, America is on the way to market with her body and soul. Half the heroism and self-denial that it took to establish this government would save it On the walls of our legislative chambers should be written in black letters: "Departed Glory," "After Us the Deluge." For the hope of e few dollars v.1 are sowing to the winds, knowing full well that our children must reap whirlwinds of sorrow and woe. Esau did not make a mistake; iv.- dellberatcly sold out. We are doing the some. ‘ Like Ebau. America. is not bonk- flmt~only hlilflfYi her fields have not refused to yield; her mines ere as rich as over and the rains from heaven have not been withheld. Toughened by these years of linen- ciel stringency. her people are pre- pared to grapple with the situation into which we are plunged by the madness of a. world war. Our common people are voting upon themselves the teak of buying and drinking enough beer to light- en the tax loud o1 our lordly rich, '":..'.~.r.s"' . Bugarfoot was tied up. The little ‘""M‘N' 408 Bat at the extreme end of the a“ °""Pd' W‘ aazzrztel rue-w“ °.:....~:...."-....- P . Ill - mu n David who nu re- x _ “'"'""*~"I"I' now ' . ..‘ g ' bow NlNARQQS LlNlMEhFl ..... .4 m-smni MOI-E IEMINIBCENCIS _> Om of the Western Provinces i6 1B8 8509-" The 5°05 B0811?» hi! Ml- Ivlm to keep Boxing Day. I see. Britons, especially this glaikit south ern sort, would tell you that Box- ing Dey is the day after Christmas: more explicitly that it is the next week day after that festival, es Sunday cannot be Boxing Day. Its origin has a pleasant Dickensian flavor: in olden times merchants displayed s slotted box on the main counter, with a notification that this was a “Christmas Box" for the benefit of the apprentices and es- sistants. The customers dropped in copper or silver coins. as the spirit moved tltem; and the box was open- ed and its contents divided, on the 26th d8)! of December. Such e.n event was, in the long run. bound lo lend a festive character to the day, and eventually it became a public holiday under the name of "Boxing Day,” although the box has llong disappeared from the counter. The British public, however, still keep up the practice of giving a. “Christmas B0x"—-now understood to be n. small sum of money-direct- ly to the errand boy. Postman, mail merrier, and others who had served them well and faithfull during the year. During my sojourn in P. E. I. I lived for some years in s locality where each boxholder, at Christ- mas time. put a. piece of money in an envelope addressed to the cour- ier, in his mail box. A kindly cus- tom, and deserving of imitetisn. About the year 588 King Aethelric founded the Kingdom of Nor-thum- brie, which stretched ftom the river Huinbrle. (whence the name) north to the Firth o_' Forth. The lowland Scot was, ln that sense, a North- uznbrian and remained so till the Norman Conquest parted the two nations. The Cheviot Hills became the natural boundary between the Kingdoms of bcotlend and England. The Scot nevertheless had an abiding interest in the affairs of his southem neighbour: his slogan was "Ay gang sooth!" whether for plunder, or in later days, commerce Newcastle upon Tyne was the first large city south of the Border and a great part 0f the population was Scottish: some estimated that fifty fir; cent could claim that nation- a y. This mods Newcastle s. very live- n“, ly place around the Winter solstice, name macs, pmmmtion, slavery’ duelmg_ for the true Northumbrian planned tues as Amity, Gratitude. etc, the his Christians with all the cheer Sbmyed by the demowmc msmh and good things he could afford, and Quickstep, the Good Samaritan, and a week later his Scottish ’ hbor solooed his exile by keeping New Year's Dov in national style, which in flame days meant usquebeuch galore! The oldeet church in Newcastle, was dedicated to Scotland's patron Mrs‘ w_ n Mumonmd’ Lynda,’ wit. 8t. Andrew-which by the way the bot-ts. and above all. sold the Ont l not prevent his countrymen from bombarding flag gdinq», m4 g- most running it when they beseiged the town in i014 and an inscrip- whokflvery one o, the“, “Wm,” tion on the chancel arch states that Maggie Mucklebeckit. and the Gui. it was built 1n the year 1100. With mm Minis,“ o, mm“ _ Em? a. recmd like that one could have sat for hm- model. The looked for our cafcflsnlan friends to "play up to" the 01s church- but no. for some unexplained reason they preferred to gather in st. Nlchmas?! Square on the New Year's Eve-hundreds of them. All the var- ieties of the “Doris" were blended in n. merry medley. but I cannot lec- “llm of hlvinz heard the Gaelic. The X1018: and laughter were deaf. 8111118. and everybody seemed w be talking at once. The square W35 brilliantly lishtcd up and in the centre was the clock tower of St. Nicholas‘: Cathedral with its illum- inated dials high above all. As the winters near the midnight hour the Home increases. and the inevitable mreeilll bottle is produced from the 1115155 900-00“ pocket! Then comes a thundroue stroke from the "WET" bell. eleven times solemn- ly repeated: (the "Major" could be heard seven miles away on e still 1118M.) ’I‘he.t is the signal all have Mn Waiting for. and the bottles are Dassed from hand to hand as the bearers Wish each other I guid New Year. Half an hour later, e. solitary Policeman. like Marius 1.. the ruins of Carthage, pkjkg his way CB-Tfillllly among the bmkgi} 81858. One New Year's day the authorities removed three cartioadg of broken bottles. This did not terminate the nikhtpg adventures. The "Kindly 5cm," ghen went first-footing. This was famer a FBTlOIi-i business in one way, since Dfflfiperlty in the coming year was “liked 11D with the personality of m6 firs?’ Rift to cross the threshold on New Year's day. No man 11 he h" "d 1181!‘. nor any woman whether red. blonde, or brunette: could be a first foot without bring- l-"K bud luck to ell in the house. In thc old paintings of the Last Sup- P01‘ Judas is painted with a no head and‘ bend merely to dtgfln‘. uish him from the rest of the dis- flbles: and from this has come down a belief that a "red-head" es a first-foot is unlucky. In order to further enhance the value of hi; visit the first foot brought in s gift, "will! l Ne" 0! 0081. Nwesent- ing the source of Tyneglde‘; pm‘. verity. The host then produced a plstcful of splce-lcaf—wl'iioh is here declnier of the national beverage to which full justice was done! Thirty or forty years ago the three-viii bottle u» pint and e. lulu) cost three shillings for whiskey of fI-ir quality. and flve shillings for the best. This explains the obund. huinceeoedf ‘Phewolirndswutlwbuisolc " www- wwnei-ity, m: the Boob‘ ca” shrewd to ‘Mlle in an occupation which wont“ blent? of herd work, and of advancement. In- field, we find that he preferred, a z-Jcenedlen wren- either as uni-chant or en- why lie closed Peterbcraugh Oath- how humble cdrnl- pulpit to was its commencement it was not preachers I Me r-lriod till he we: holdllll n ale members of nu responsible posltlm in his chosen offifended because other than An- pol The lmgliehman when glican clergyman had been iuvifad daily work wuover, tin-nod to topnech time. . uni immigrant was u... u. u llttlg - smear. and no mu.‘ i occupation. i... NEWSY,N07ES_ celled fruit cake I believe-Ind I you, MvHMwvtaetcinai-eamtm W141“: 01mm that tmprm some form of annulment and above everything, obivclod to "talk- un under some tutor who was able to "give him points" which would be useful late;- on. Newcastle owed its letter do)’ prosperity to the genius of s del- ccndnnt of a Scottish family. Wil- liam Armstrong was a young law- yer who hung out his shingle in the ancient “toon," but his’ blends not- ed with misgiving, that he spent much of his spare time in a little shack he had rented on the banks of the river. This was shortly nfw‘ the Crimean War. and Armstrong was eigpximegting with field and siege guns, w ich up to that time had been muzzle-loaders firing round shot. The young inventor perfected e. breech-loading rifled cannon firing an elongated shell, which proved so effective that the British government adopted it, and knighted the inventor. A factory arose on the site of the old shack and Ln the course of the years in- creased in extent and capacity; be- fore I left that locality it had stretched along the riverside for mice miles and ifboested of being able to build and launch a. wer- ship, fit it with engines, arm it with cannon and ammunition and tum it out of the ‘Tyne ready for action -except in the matter of provisions. This factory employed 24,000 men in good times, it never fell below 8,000. and it was a remarkable sight to see that immense human tide surge from the factory gates after work was over for the day. Natur- ally such activity was very attrac- tive to our Scottish friends and many ‘* storekeepe. , fore- men and draught-amen at "Arm- strongfis." Oils of the Armstrong ‘IO-pound- ers fired g six-inch shell through eleven inches of wrought iron, dur- ing an omclal test. Now for a. changv: let us talk about the fisher-folk. Near the mouth of the Tyne was the little fishing village of Oullercoets, with a fleet (in those days) of forty coblea. as the boats were called. These boats were regarded with considerable interest by the casual visitor, on account of the ingenuity expended in naming them; some bore the name of mother. wife or sweetheart, others the of some of‘ the vir- quaintest were the Cock Robin, the the Ancient Promise. Toelch coblewlslcnowofthm inenandnbombutthelucceisof they ‘ dependedvarymuehon the women who were hclpmocts in- deed. The "fish-wives" prepared the bait. carried the fishing-gear to fish in all the towns and village on Tynedde. 8i: WNW! Scott in the “Anti- Qll-"Y." makes us familiar with lei-coats fish-wife might well have fish-wife was short and heavily built, and in- variably clad in a blue serge Jacket and short petticoats with arrwple skirts and tucks. A large blue apron and a. black straw close-fitting bon- net completed her costume: and with a. heavy creel of fish on her wonders. me trudged m- miles, "l"!!! 1n shrill but not urimusical tones, “Buy fee-sh!" As readers are aware, the rail- way passenger-coaches are divided into compartments in Britain. an lfgjii-gflehilalxtlnvghicgi 13:14“ itself to 0 I! passenger traffic. This just suited the fish- WlV-YS Who kept to their own com- partment with their odcrous stock- in-trade. So matters went on for yea-rs till the NJSR. Co. electrified the local lines and introduced thc 10118 coaches with a central aisle. The flshwlves were filinstrained to "Se the coaches but didn't the other passenger object! After e great deal of complaint, the railway company PWDOSBd to run special carriages for our heroines, who Wlliifd indig. nent at the ides of segregation, and a most acrimonious correspondence look place in the newspapers. All these difficulties, I am told, were solved by the advent of the auto- mobile. and no longer do mu; mu. wives petrol the streets and country rules! ivorls on "roncl coivivscnn vm-u Silver For Farming 453N107! 7th sale the following is the number of skins lbpcrfcd for the various companies. Hudson's Company 26,000, C. M. Lampoon 6s Co. 24.000, Roderick Hutu & Oo- l'1.000, Anning d: Cobb 10.000, tote-l 16,000. Other concerns approxim- ately 4,000, making a grand total of upwards of 80,000 skins, the largest number ever offered at n January sale in London. Where did ‘they come from? Nor- way, Sweden, United States, West- ern Canada, Quebec, New Bruns- wick, Prince Edward lslahd. Of that, vnst number we think a safe guess would be 15,000 from Prince Edward Island. Our season being late we are not represented as heavily at this auction in fondon u we usu- ally erg in January. We hope the auction companies will exercise a reasonable discretion in selling the above pelts which no doubt they will. The greet trouble is that it is impossible for the buy- ers to give even a cursory inspection to such a. vast number. Many of them arrive in London only e.‘ few days before the sales start and have the opportunity of seeing only one concerns furs and not all of them. The present procedure is for Hud- Sfilfs Bay to lead off, followed by LumpsonS. Huth and Arming s. Cobb in the order named. As soon as thc Hudson's Bey have finished selling the auctioneer will telke up the cudgel for Lampsons and 5g on, The selling is ell done at the Huu. son's Bay Company's auction room, rm- those who are not familiar with the method of procedure in auctioning furs, perhaps it would be well for us to go over it in short metre. Presuming one is in ‘ in' Frederick Huth a Company's Silver Fox sale, he goes to that Company's place of business in Lon. don and registers as a buyer, giving name and address. If credentials are satisfactory he is handed a white coat and e. catalogue and shown to the fur warerooms where the Silver Fbx is on display. Helpers are furnished who take the furs of! the racks according to the numbers ‘ ' The buyer place; them on one of the tables, looks them over, marks descriptions and prices witch he deems they are catalogue. A vei-y smart chap can let through about H.000 skins be- tween I.30 A. M. and 4 P. M. At the auction room the auction- eer calls out the lot number which il also indicated by numbers shown star-tint of! with a moderate one himself. Bids come thick and fest if the article is desired and it is quickly knocked down to the high- est. About 200 lots can be auctioned ofl in an hour usually. As the skins N? Put up in lots varying ..-om one to twenty, quite s number can be disposed of in s day. The auctioneers who handle the above work for all the companies are E. A. Goad d: Sons. Auction- eering is a hereditary occupation with them, Good Senior‘: fethu, grandfather and greet-grandfather 118N111! been auctioneers in London, the original founder of the firm handling the gavel for the Hudson's {la Company in or around the year Two sheep were slaughtered at the animal nutrition laboratory at Cornell University recently aged onc~ and one-half years. They had never eaten a blade _of grass but lived solely for science on "synthetic dicta" and ended their lives with s perfect health record. They were fed e "synthetic" mixture of caseine (the solid part of milk) and cellu- lose from wood pulp mills, starch. vltamlne concentrates and solids. They matured rapidly and were free from the usual parasites which ef- fect sheep. It is hoped n a result of these experiments that much in- formation has been gained which will be available for use in nutri- tional problems of other animals. The third annual fox show of the lanes. They enter the market in their own private cars and become the mothers of children too mag-ni- flceut to follow the retail trade. All things arc become new, and the spirit of has driven out their laden creels. and their rows of tucks! WHY THE DROUGHT? It has long been the opinion oi scientists that the Age is still on the wane. point out the _ ‘ l recession of Alpine and other glaciers as proof. Ari article in a contemporary, by M. B. Ootsworth, of mndcn, Eng- land, links this up with the droughts which have afflicted this continent for some yclrl put, and have also been felt in Britain. "m. Grand Pacific and the Muir glaciers in Alaska. have melted beck from the front more than half a mile each . some of land yearly." The winds which formerly brought the mois- ture from these areas to the south- ern sections of Alberta and Bee- ketchewen. Ind the northern sec- tions of Montana and Dakota, are now dry winds. The moilture in div- erlod in a northor direetfm creasing in thickness. ‘rim great ‘Muir glacier is known to have re- KBIPB IULPIT ANGLIOANB mrmaonouou. mime, am. Press) —lfxpll.ining IDI. nonoonfcrmltt Bishop l interest foe" l! 9° A the Oreelsnd ice-cap, which fl in- twenty-one miles since me. fisfififi California Fox and Fur Breeders‘ Association held in December was a great success. The judging was done in the opcn air but the light was modified by cotton awnings over the tables. The surprise of the show was the improvement made in the quality of the foxes railed at see level in the vicinity of Log Angeles. The All Star ranch was the wlnnei of the grand show champion and most of the cups and first prim bbons. ' worth opposite the numbers in the o; on the platform, and uks m ma, m, blending oral years cf intensified work. All furs will fade out and Silver Foxes are no exception, but rusty silver when “ will re- tain the rich, dork shade two or three time: than silvers that nave not been blended Blending rusty silvers _will increase their value almost double if not more, when made up. The blending requires from two to three weeks. Acco to reports received from the Paris sale December 30th Silver Fox sold well, the ak.ns best in de- mand being those priced below $50. Murray Harbor and surroundings is quite a successful Silver Fox ranching one and among the prom- inent raiwharl there is Ii. J. Lume- den. Perhaps a few perticuia-rs as to how he got his start will not prove uninteresting. In 1013 Celeb Jordan purchased three pairs of Al- aska cross foxes from the Canada. Fox llhfchange, Charlottetown and one pair consisting of an Alaskan male and n. silver female from the Cox ranch at Morell. From that pair E, J. Lunsden. son-in-law of m. Jordan, who was rancher, ruled three good crosses and a pair of silvers and fmm the pair of silvers he raised eleven lit- ters of silvers consistin of 48 pups, and from those 48 pups there has been some thousand descei......l.s. In the ranch also was added in the fail of i018 a silver black mule pure B. I. Rayner strain. The crossing of these various animals has produced splendid types of pelts and the enterprise carried on luc- cessfully since 1018 by Mr. Jordl-Il in association with Mr. Lumsden for some years, or up until his death, end later by Mr. Lumsden. This year Mr. Lumsden has as us- ual quiic a large number of desir- able pelts. -These In being forward- ed to the London soles whore they have from time to time been disposed of at very satisfactory prices. ‘ With reference to the three pairs crosses mentioned shove they were the largest foxes tho writer ever sew, as big u sheep with fur fully two inches deep. handsome. magnificent animals. To show how swift} transportation was in those days the writer can remember that Charlottetown fiffcen days later, a feet that probably cannot be dupli- cated today except by old of aero- planes. Qultc e number have been writ- ing in asking for s. good feed form- ula for this month. The following formula is used by e. large ranch near Charlottetown with pretty set- isfactory results for winter feedng. It gave an average of three to the pair for every pair in the ranch. over 4. Towards part of April there were some litters lost, but not so many in the earlier part. This formula is not recommended as the best but es the one we are most familiar with. Them are several good feeds 0n the market that give formulas to use th them. can be obtained from any. of the dealers handling their yrmducta. For one hundred foxes feeding one feed s day, grind up fresh bone- less beef l5 ib|., boneless ” ‘ 15 lbl., tripe 16 1170., liver 6% lbs, ground fresh bone 3 lbs., wheat germ 2 lbs, biscuits or other cereal 5 lbs., beets 2% lbs., tomatoes 5i lb.. flshmeal l lb., yeast powder or flakes 4 0a., salt 2 our. md liver oil a on, iodine of potash in solution 10 grainb. The above must be very thoroughly mixed. There are many who do not have facilities for grinding and to whom a simpler formula will appeal. We have had excellent results in the past by feeding horsemeut or beef turn about with some liver, biscuits or cereal, using about 75% meat and ‘ on», Tweel Building. wane-any} ,,, .. sANUAxv s. 193s fumes I _ Anuiuu un-znma . The Annual General Meeting 01' the Charlottetown Driving Park m Provincial Inhibition Amniotic; - the ' Secretary‘: : Jllllll-r: 9, I985 3 P. M. at the hour J. w. BOULTER, Secretory 5 norm-n fs u» intention u postpone the above lnoethp 1mm Ztho following Monday afternoon, January ll. at 2 P. M. L-3369-1-4-3l. ounces of solid food once daily Fish can be substituted for the meat feed once or twice a week. | rnv rim I . New Tillyer Lonsel , ‘ When next you need glasses. Tholr worth has been proved. We It up in latest style or frames or mountingl. E. w. ravioli C‘ ‘ tetovvn J. S. TAYLOR Albert-on The Cost 0f An , Eye Service. Any person who considers the colt ol an eye service from the proper angle never oom- plains of the price. yone reach-in; old in seeing h los- ing more u a result of his er- ror; of vision than it would coll to have‘ them corrected. Thenisnoeoettoalltiefao- toryoyeeervloe. Ithaetculy payer of dividends. G. F. Hutcheson OPIOMITIIBT Professional Bards McLEOD 6r BENTLEY J. A. BINTLIY W. I. IINTLII, l. C, Bnrlster and Attorney-abut NONI! ‘I0 LOAN Oflloe: 1M Richmond Street BELL 6° MATHIESUN l». l. Bell D. L. Msthiesou. LLB Bun-Islets O nllclton Money to Loan Cameron Blochflharloflctowuxhlil A- J. HASLAM, B.A.. LLB. aunts some , Noznpbroce 55113:; “To Trainor I I MacGuiEan & Mark B. uigan, K. C. A C. 8t. Clair ‘lb-minor, B. A. Borristeri. Solicitors. etc. MONEY T0 LOAN Office: Over Provincial Bonk, Richmond Street, Charlottetown. J. A. MacDonald, ILG. BARIJBTBB. soucnoe. as ll Bull l0! Charlottetown. P. E. Island. lleney to Loin and Collection: given the very beet lttnntlon. ilb-fl-ii-imonth. H. F. MacPHEE, B. A ‘NOTARY. Ito. BABBISTEB. BOLICITOB nliley Buildlnl. Charlottetown "It will be of interest to Princ. Edward Islanders to kn wf-thut t. Ali Star ranch was s ked will foxes obtained from the All Star ranch at Winnipeg, which is lue-n- aged by Arthur Doyle, formerly oi ‘lryon. P. I. 1.. and the foxes are aioll-l! descendants from Illand strains purchased from Tom Hamill, Tignish. using the exhaust gas from auto- mobiles fo kill their pelten with. A wooden box about the sill of a stripping crate is constnictod with light weight lumber, with ltwo handles on each end. A removable wire shelf is placed on the bottom to prevent the foxol New 1m, norm-y 4n. ma will continue for one week. A and impieuive space in the ol m the us... stem ranchers s." Prepare your foxel for color. able. . “For highest priced Manufacturers : mranul. IIIBWT BIIIPII cmmumvq. e. I. i. _ Attention, Fox Rancher! “Let's Speak of Felts” peltlng season by ub- oral feeding of IMPERIAL FOX BISCUITS. No fox food can surpass themiin promoting growth of superior thick-skinned pelts of finest future, fully flu-red with diamond-like shun. retaining their beautiful and desirable prime If not now feeding ‘FIMPERIALS,’ delay. no. longer for delays are dengeroummd unpeoiiv, pelt, mi "zurrnmss 1 Y, Ltll. y. i _.-.._..._-_-_.__...---.--..__-2._.