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GLASSES SUPPLIED AND FITTED. CAREFUL ATTENTION GIVEN TO REPAIR WORK, J. W. JOHNSTON Registered Optometrist I57 Kent Street Phone 752-]. Charlottetown 5-004‘ Insidious kkkkmAmLkmAk-kg’: '.1l'iiensotlve power of the ‘ ‘= :.::'::.:....--- ---~ - Normll 97"‘ it ls computed who about W» oi tnulvem ludfl. but when Eyestrain is present. a nseen letter Film. ls required. Ilenee defective throldh their consumption excessive amount of horn may seriously functioning of other . l!" MI: sod ream E d IAYI YOUR ITII IXAIINID G. E Hutcheson ' omens-rem 064449000000004900 Dulhousie University g HALIFAX, N. S. Arts. Science, Commerce. Music, Pharmacy. Fisheries, Engineering, Household Science. Education. Law, Medicine, Dentistry. VALUABLE SCHOLARSHIPS : Nine of value $300 to $100, award. ecl on results of matriculation examinations. September 24th to 27th, 1929. Many more equally valuable scholarships and prizes awarded at end of each ygm- of course. SHIRREFF HALL: Tho residence for women, u- commodates one hundred stud. cnts. Rflsistratlon for Arts and Science Students: September 23rd for new students from Halifax and Dartmouth; September 24th for other new students; September 25th to 28th (l2 o'clock noon) for other than new students. Registration for Law, and Dental Students: September l0th and 11th. FOR FULL INFORMATION. APPIY in person or by letter to the Registrar. Medical Chile plans to spend $1,000,000 in‘ building eight tuberculosis hospitals with a total of 1.400 beds, and branches, ABEGWEIT IIOTEI. BORDEN. P. E. I. Modem accommodation, rum“. W"! III W"! room. looms with baths. Individual garages, he. ‘u. IlllflMNrdayJleelsservedatalI Morl- lseclsi Bosh: dinner run 1 to t P. M. ‘ (Signed) MRI. B. L. CIlI-"ffl, 8082-7-27-61. ve-eee-oeb-eo-ee-eo- 00-00-00-000 IIAVI TOUI I'll IXAKINID IN” GLASSIS IITTID IT E. E. PARKMAN Iegisiered Optolflill Montague, P. 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S.. are spending a vacation at their home in Georgetown, A. . .'Mr. and Mrs. DeWolfefU. S. A-. are visiting in Georgetown the guest of Miss Beatrice skinner. A. . .'Mr. John Victor, Wilfred Victor. Herman Thistle, and Harry Thistle. motored , to Charlottetown from Georgetown on Monday. A. ..'lVfLss Ethel Kenton, Stenc- grapher, Experimental station. Charlottetown. is visiting at her home in Georgetown. A. ..'Miss Mildred Donovan, Stenc- grapher, Experimental Station. Charlottetown. is spending a vaca- tion st her home in Georgetown . A. ..‘Mrs. Clark and daughter, Dolly, Charlottetown, recently visited Georgetown. the guest of Mr and Mrs. Melville Ross. A. ..'M!rs. Dort and two daughters. Evelyn and May, who have been visiting friends in Georgetown left Iridsy, for their home in ‘Trenton, N. S. A. ..'Mrs. ‘lbombe and. daughter Miriam who have been visiting in Georgetown, the guests of Mrs. Toombe’ daughter, Mrs. Ben. Stewart, left ‘Thursday for Mount Stewart. A. Overalls of egg blue linen with helmet tomatch were worn by s women motorist in s rece in Mndon recently. . A‘ eral rains have relieved the drought n ruin CIMPLQTTIQIQWN cwctvw- m...e__.__‘-- Crop‘Report. / Below will be found s. brief syu-_ opeis o1 telegraphic reports received st the Ilead Office of the Bank of Montreal from its Branches. The ‘ M have ,‘ ‘ and intimate knowledge of each local situation and are in close touch with crop conditions in all sections of the districts mentioned. General Hot dry winds in Alberta and Southern Saskatchewan have caused further damage and the yield oven on summer fallow and breaking will be low. Good rains have improved prospects in Manitoba. and in North- ern Saskatchewan they are now fair- ly satisfactory. In Quebec crops in general look promising. In Ontario s good average crop of fall wheat is being harvested but other grains will probably be below average. Rein is now required in most localities. In the Maritime Provinces all crops look well except hay which will be light, in many districts. Rain is need- ed in the interior o1 British Colum- bia but the crop situation generally i: favourable. Details follow:- Prairies Provinces. ALBERTA WESTERN AREA. YeekAncientMines On Lonely Island SCIENTISTS INVADE “GRAVE- YARD OI‘ GREAT LAKIS" IN SEARCH FOR. PBEIIIBTOBIC MINE PITS WINDSOR. Ont" July 29. - me graveyard of the Great Lakes-Isis Royale in Lake Superior-will be in- vaded this summer by the forces of science in en attempt to make it yield the keys to riddles as old as this continent. The first oi a party cent out by the University of Michi- gan at the request of the state, be- gan an investigation of the island's strange plant and. animal life early in July, and it Ls expected that the summer of i830 will also peas away before the investigation is concluded. The object of the investigation is primarily to study prehistoric mine pits from which an unknown people took the native copper centuries be- fore the "discovery" of the American continent, but it is expected that the party may also find wreckage from many lake boats which have piled up on the rock-bound coast of the Is- land. It was in the neighborhood of Isle Royale that the steamer Kam- loops struck during the storm of De- cember 6, 7 and 8, i927, and sank Prospects in the North continue fair and an average crop in the south’ is expected. The central portion has‘ suffered from hot dry winds but n fair crop is expected from summer fallow and breaking. The sugar beet. crop is satisfactory. _Hay on irrigated land is good. ALBERTA NORTH- EASTERN AREA. Conditions gener- ally are poor and only a small yield is likely even on summer fallow and breaking. A shortage of feed is fear- ed in some districts. ALBERTA SOUTHEASTERN AREA. Excessive heat has damaged crops which are deteriorating daily. SASKATCHEWAN NORTHERN AREA. Practically all of the wheat is headed out and crops are making good progress. The wea- ther has been mostly favourable but there have been hot winds in some districts and a good rainfall would be welcome. The growth is from sev- en to ten days behind average but prospects generally are fairly satia- factory. SASKATCHEWAN sourn- ERN AREA. Most of the wheat is in head but not filling out satisfac- torily, crops are short and thin and prospects are well below average. Rain is urgently needed. The sit- uation is less serious in the extreme southwest. MANITOBA. Heavy gen- condition to some extent and all grains are now filling although the stand is shot-E More moisture and heat are required to bring crops to maturity. ' Province of Quebec. Hay cutting in most districts is well advanced with ideal curing con- ditions. A better than average crop is expected. Grain crops show con- tinued good growth. Potatoes and other root crops are making satis- factory progress. Pastures continue good. Fruit trees have a good ap- pearance and are well laden. Small fruits are abundant. > Province of Ontario. Excellent haying weather has pre- vailed and a good crop has been cured. Spring wheat, barley and out heads have filled well but ‘the straw is short and the yield will probably be below average. Corn is showing satisfactory growth. Early potatoes are s. good crop and sugar beets show improvement since last week. Apples continue very good. Plums are average. Raspberries are somewhat small and require rain. Grapes prom- ise an average yield. Grass pastures have been affected by the lack oi moisture. Tobacco has shown good osoctConusi [20/11011 w’ by PUTNAMZS j most respects as unknown to man as ’ of average. peers 05%; peaches 15%; with all hands. The Altedoc, mo. came to grief in this vicinity at the "nme time. The island ls 45 miles long by nine liles wide. and is shaped somewhat like s. battleship. steaming in l north-easterly direction. with small- er island like destroyers cruising at its bow. It lies 55 miles north of Keeweenaw point, which iiiddl! i5 dreaded by inland mariners, and i8 miles south of the Canadian shore. Archaeologists, botanists and soo- loglsts, armed with the most modern equipment. will make up the investi- gating party. and are undsuntcd by the spirits which legend says have had the island under their protection for untold ages. The oldest Indian tribes of the Chippewas found by Jesuit father! when they penetrated to the upper lakes in the late Seventeenth Cen- tury. said Isle HDYIIQ was the home oi the Great Manltou and the fierce storms and treacherous waters de- fended it against invasion. However. the old legends have long since van- ished under the cold scrutiny of the white man. Mlnong, the ancient name of the island. is no longer be- lievcd to be a single huge mass of copper floating about Lake Superior. lt has been exactly mapped: l’! 11'1- lets and bays and rocky headlanda appear on the malls Q! i!" like 8111" vey. More than half a century ago government Bwlfiglsts PBMIIW "5 densely forested slopes and charted the composition of its rocks. And yet, this bit of virgin wilderness is in when it first emerged beneath, the last great glacial ice-sheet. More than 3.000 moose room i110 island. Caribou haunt the under- brush and marshes of the interior. The gtreams, which rush down liko miniature torrents from the lonl ridge that rises 700 feet above the level of the lake, are the homes of lakes on the island teem with fish and the brooks with brook trout. But it is not so much as a sporte- man‘: paradise that the island holds its greatest attraction for university scientists. It ls rather because there growth and to, ' has commenced. An average crop is FY0011!"- Maritime, Provinces. Potato plants are blossoming well and are showing good growth. Ap- ples are sizing well and the crop is now estlmstcdat 1,500,000 ban-els or 40% above five year average. Grads pasture is very good. noun. Columbia. Apple picking has started in early varieties. Good crops of raspberries The early potato crop hes been good. um varieties or tomatoes and oth- er vegetebles ere in good condition. n. estimated yield of epplsa u mt the beaver and the mink. The 4'1 ~ and logenberries are bola! marketed. ‘ new Puallifld $196110"!- undismayed by tbefsilurl of oth- ers, the archaeologists of the party will inspect every cave and rock shelter, every pit and mine dump which Midi any promise at all. in their search for some relic that will help to identify the pro-historic miners and, perhaps, link them indisputably with the mysteriousrece of mound builders. . It has been estimated that the is- land contains at lea-st 15,005 pits bearing evidence of ancient mining operations. _ Fire was built on the trap rock and the matrix wee cracked by a sudden flooding with cold water. Mounds of broken hammer stones or pounders of s. stone native to the Minnesota shore indicate they were brought in quantity to the ‘niinm to be used in freezing the copptr and were discard- ed when they became too chipped to be useful. stones found by previous explorations not one has been discovered undam Of the thousands of these ged. One scientist has estimated that. working so slowly, at least 10.000 men laboring for 1,000 years. would be necessary to produce this scarring of the rock. Island copper. like no other in the world. is distinguished in its native state by flocks of pure sil- Tools and ornaments bearing ‘mark of origin ver. this unquestion" have been found in mounds in nearly every state of the Union. and u far south as the Gulf of Mexico. Apparently this strange race van- ished as suddenly as it came. Not one skeletnn, hearth or kitchen has been found to hint. of their life and habits. The party will consist of Adolph Murie, assistant curator of mammals at the University of Michigan; Nor- man A. Wood, university ornitholo- glst; and Dr. Walter N. Koelz, Ich- thyologist. hey nope will be found the answer to Avduc/ {cf/nor Mhvm/ Jar/by: 1/4.’ 631101’. Afd CARVER. BROS. mar/am». 45/ pIJ/r/Zuh/J Nearly 270000.000 pounds of dried Automobile dealers in Greece In prunes were sent from the United selling cars on very smell down psy- Ststes to other countries last year. merits and 80 months‘ credit WDIILIPS - GREATEST - TRAVEL - SYSTEM’ Corn Extractor pluml. prunes and apricots 00%; hops 100%. aw... EMPRESS ofCANADA andPeople You Know ' . . . Sailing from Quebec to Europe G. I. CARTII. Dist. Pase. Agent. Can. Pac. Railway, d0 King Street, Saint John, N. l. 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