Gifts for Chriatanaa At this season at tlle year, apart from tlle attractive furniture presented by SlMPSON'S, we offer a spacial display of Toys, Novelties and Christmas Gilts. TRAINS, DRUMS, THE FAMOUS TRUDY DOLL, SLEDS, HOCKEY STICKS, GAMES are but a law of tlia toy lines. ELECTRIC TABLE STOVES, IRONS, TOAST- 5R5, and HEATING PADS feature our Ap- Iiance display.‘ ' and We believe you will enjoy the Christ- mas Show we have arranged for YOU. Everything is displayed an tlie ground floor to make your shopping oaay and eeeveai- ent. PICTURES, MIRRORS, SMOKERS, HAMP- ERS, LAMPS of all kinds and ORNA- MENTS are Practical Gifts you will like. F. A. S, JONES I29 Kent Street Charlottetown Dry Fall Leaves Water Shortage In Maritimes HALIFAX. Nov. I0 - (OP) — A prolonged autumn dry spell con- tinued to grin the time Maritime provinces tonight as several sec- tions of New Brunswick and Nova Bootia feared a water shortage dur- ing the coming winter unless there is sufficient rainfall before cold weather sew in. Some centres also fared a Poss- ible power shortage, while most pert-s of t-hs Maritlmes report at lent below-normal water supply in reservoirs. New Brunswick‘: largest cities lPNared to be in the most diffic- i-llt plight. In ltloncton. the water intwo Noervoira was far below normal for this time of the year 1nd with continuation of dry weather and an early freeze-up. ‘the situation will be critical riur 13g tne winter. The City Council has appealed to all users to conserve as much water as possible. Daily average ccnsllrnption is more than 4.000.000 gallons while the reservoirs at pleSClli. have only 255,000,006 gallons. Precautionary measures are af- fecting many business plants and may disrupt Marrtime Big Five hockey in the city because pressure is below that needed to operate the pumps at the rink. The source of 1819i‘ foqSslnt John was below normal as well and that part ct‘ the ctty may soon nave to curtail lls cunsum nun. However. Inch Lamond. which 6119' plies most of Saint Jolln. was not affected by th: long d'y spell be- cause the volume of water there is usually far above that needed. In the Halifax district. supply lakes were as much as 84 inchu below the levels at. the same time last year. Herve; WL. Donne. Public service Commission ml!!- ager, reported the lleed for a good heavy rainfall which would pour 400,000,000 gallons in the lakes be- mra the freeze-up. In addition to tne drought. de- — {active equipment was found to be . recto;- ln the low level of water. ‘qulcluas Normal In Charlottetown In Charlottetown. water supply was reported normal for a dry sea- son although three recent fires made a further cut into, reserve 1f the frost were delayed long enough. it was expected tbcle would be no severe shortage. Both in Sydney and New Glas- gow, drought conditions have not affected the water situation. The Sydney reservoir has been maintained at usual level although [lumping from me middle lake source has been more active during the past week. The New Glasgow water comes by deep springs. However. the Pic- wl: county Power Board, which supplies pow-er throughout the Soviets To Increase Number 0i Scientists MOSCOW. Nov. 19 --(AP)—— Sergei Vavilov. president of the Academy of Science. announced to- d-ay that the Academy's member- ship would be greatly increased be- cause 0f row tasks in which "Sov- iet scientists must not only over- take but. surpass in the near future the achievements of science beyond the borders of our country." He announced in the government newspaper Izvestla that permission had been granted the Academy to elect soon 43 new members and ll new corresponding members. bring- ing thetotal numberof Academic- ians to more than 160. The branches of science most heavily represented amor-r more than 800 for membership are physics. mathe- matics. technlcs. chemistry and biology. county. has been operating on stczrn for the last two lllonths be- cause the weter supply at the Sheet Harbor plant is poetical]? non- existent. There has beer- no slack- ening of service f0 users. though. because the Botrd has a hook-up with Stellarton and Trenton power houses. Residents of Frvderictovrl outside the district supplied by the water system have been faced with a famine during the Jli. two months a.- wells have dried up. The city en- gineer's department has kept these people supplied from time to time .water hauled from the near- est hydrant by tank-trucks. A The city proper and the former town of Devon have sufficient water but the town of Marysville, some three miles aural. has also been affected by the dry weather. The Gibson mill or‘ the Canad- iar. Oottons there had iult mouth with auxiliary pumps in the Nash- waak River and haullnfl °l Ell" overcoming the thortage behind a dam which usually auppllea the plant. The tow-n itself has been haul- ing water for washing by tank- truck while drinking water in small trickle! has been mullns throuell the town's mains during the odd hour of tho day and in fairly heavy supply at night. By Ken Reynolds In London the Soviet News Agency Tass reported an announce- ment by the Soviet Minister of Higher Education. Sergei Kaftanov. that Russia planned to train 2.000.- 000 “now experts" in technical schools during the next five years. IIITIDI NIWIPAIIIWOILI VISIT! CANADA ml “Paints Vern feature writer of the London ‘ my» 1w. fa abown at Montreal Alt- pcet early Saturday (Nov. 10th) ll ' - Nlflllnl a ‘Prone-Oua- watcliferlttol-wtlydolft‘ ads Air Line plane for Toronto after reaching Canada a few. hours earlier on the traue-Atlan- ; tic flight of the ‘ma. During a Mo! 1n this country of approa- lmatel! five months she will make e thorough tour and study of the Dominion gathering ma- candidates l . with whom he had served in the ‘and consisted among other things n G (‘lbe following scmunt of a. vials to Prince Ildward Island is by In. PJ. Friend. editor and proprietor of ‘Ibo Weekly Advzlrlce. Kemptviile OntorIO. who attended the recent annual Weekly Newspaper can. Vdtrtion at Halifax and visited her-a with his wile before returning heme. Mr. Rland la e veteran of World War l and was a Sergeant lathe old 2nd Heavy Battery. He saw service in Franco, Belgium and Germany, having enlisted in November, ma. when the Battery was formed in I-lailisx I-Ie remain- ed with the unit until December, i018. when because of tllneaa he was forced to return to England while the Battery was serving with the Army of Occupation. The "get- together" referred to in Mr. filend’! article was held at the Legion moans. Oilarlorteto-url, and fourteen of his old oversea-s comrades were‘ on hand to greet nlm. Did the boys give him a welcome? They certainly did Friendships formed under active servitc conditions are die Friend of D Subsection was given a ml "spild Island wel- come") Last week we landed our readers on "AbegweiW which means “The Home Cradled on the Waves" as the Micmac Indians called it and the visitor is at once impressed with the redness of the ootl which by legend is attributed to an Indian god who took a fairy paint brush and coloured the rocks and earth of Abegweit red to make it a ooay ques Cartier was the first white man to visit the island and Obs-m- plain named it Isle st, Jean and Walter Patterson was the first Clov- emor. t The Press Party on landing from their planes. of which a souvenir photo was given to each one by the Maritime Central Airways. they town Hotel and wele allotted their various places to stay as the hotel could not accommodate all the party. ‘tendered Government Dinner That evening an tnlnrmal din- ment of Prince Edward Island all mouth-Governor J. A. Bernard and Mrs. Bernard; Chiel Justice Thane A. Campbell and Mrs Campbell; Premier J. Walter Jones and Mrs. Jones and Mayor B. Earle Mac- Donald and Mrs. MacDonald. The Premier gave a brief history of the, island which is one of the most interesting histories of any part of our great Domizron. Settlers on the Island include Scotch. Irish and English and United Stairs loyalists and many places are named after members of the Royal Flamlly. Conrad's visit automobile was made and shown a: Rusfco by a. French settler M. Racicot on June 24. ‘i866, l) visit was paid by many to the historic Province House where .the loom known as the Confeder- latlon Chamber may be seen and ‘is known also as the “Cradle of confederation". The Nmlfl now con- tains many historic articles. On Sunday morning the various churches of Charlottetown saw many strange faces among the con- gregations in spite of heavy rains at church time. and you: editor had , llha privilege of attending the ser- vice in Trinity United Church wherein, McLonnun is pastor and on the honour roll of the church saw names of a number of men First Great War. ‘Owing tlo much rain the pro- gramme of thr afternoon was much curtailed but all .eit on basses for a visit’ to Sununerslrle. the road be- ing one continuous clinb up steep llllla and down again with neat farms on oli sides. line Farm Building After seeing many farms in Ont- aria in poor state of repair one is struck by the good state of baud- inga and farm homes in P E1. which proves that the farmers pay much attention to their property and very few buildings were to be seen in bad state of repair. The Islanders are proud of the fact that they have the champion Holstein cow of Canada although their herds appeared to be much smaller than mar-side His Worship. Mayor Arn- ott and Oounctl wclocnled the Party and a drive through the town was enjoyed with homes looking bright and ay in beautiful flowers and well t. lawns. The National lb! Breeders’ Eirperlmental m: hem was visited there where Ia ladies aw many "neck-pieces on the foot" and in many varied colors aleo. ‘the dinner served by the ‘flown wee one which will long be nat- embered. It was a Seafood Dinner of {Nah boiled lobster and oysters galore (for tboee who llhe them) ‘Ibo famous lllalpoaile oyster is avi- natty well liked and well known ivy-Canadian; judging by the way the Iditol-g and some wives them away and kept the “oyster opener" going steady for pearl! two house and a angel and a box of tarial after which she will coa- n1 fur ltnpi ‘ ilc of Great Britain eerlea ll the mm. rm. ve- non bu only recently joined the paper after obtaining bee-release. i0 the 9th- through al from ne: wartime fob-In diner" cf welfare‘ m all entertainment groups connected with the lett- lee-w ' efllllitllllltmtfllml" was ma» Priea laaold boeete If“; aitlfllflflflja try to can. why simply nctning doing. even factory the next day. not one could be purchased. The market Just ilowlsllldoeegoodfol-tboharey fiahermlt at this Island and N04 teas can be oecuud witboummicb effort. Due thanks were ellileaaed by a1: and Ontario Newspaper Editor Meets World War 1 Comrades 0n Visit To Island Province xiii; indeed lasting, and sergeant rred-. nook for himself to retire to. Jac-. were taken to the fine Charlotte-I ner of welcome was ‘tendered the, party as the guests of The Govern» had the opportunity cf meeting] Ontario herds. 0n arrival at Sum- - when your wrltlr visited a canning . Montreal and home while e few clued to M further aoquafafed with the ‘Island’. Your Ildftor vulted and renewed friendships with some of his friends whom he had last seen in Germany in 1918 and in the evening a "reunion" was held in the Legion rooms when some twelve or more “old Sweets" met and e real good time was spent in hearing atorlea of things that took place. in barracks in the "Orderly Room" and on the battle field also. and although" l some thirty years have passed all were "young and gay" again for a short and happy reunion among the “spud Ialanders". It We great to see old chums again During the day Editor snd wife visited the famous home of L. M. Montgomery, auth- or of "Anne of Green Gables" and had the pleasure o! having them- selves taken la moving pictures at the "little bridge over the babbling brook." These and nlunz-rous other pictures taken by Editor Rice of Huntsville will be shown at llolnc future convention. We also visited Cavendish Beach which is feat bel- a nwvt popular raaort and oelaeag tholidsy playground. We also visited the port of Rustico where lobateni and oysters are landed and we saw the famous cod fish being canned in very clean and neat buildings/y ‘A strange sigh: greeted us on one highway when we saw half of the road covered with what is known as "Irish Moss" whlcl. is gathered at low tide an the shore and laid on the highway by fishermen to dry. It is later baled and oent . away and fetches ‘Ir pound and is very valuable for i iodine con- ltont and other chemicals. We thought of such a tnlng being done on the highways of Ontario and what a lot of “cycle-oops" would have been quickly on the Job. But jthen the roads in PJLI. do not have quite e0 much traffic as in Orltario. With two oyster shells lwe brought home a peice of moss gvrhich the flahernnor to whom we spoke gave us. On ‘Ibleeday afternoon we visited other parts of the Island and saw more of Charlottetown arid its old Pbrt Edward Baltery i‘s waterfront prominage and heauliful homes and shopping centres sl. of which seemed to be prosperous and up and doing all the time Wednesday morning saw us up ealrly to catch the 7:45 train for Port Borden where the coach was lshunted on board the “SS. Prince |Edward Island" for a pleasant 45 nlinutes across the Norlllumberland strait m Cape Torlnentine and to Moncton where we "caught" on with the express from Halifax and enjoyed the hospitality of service of the C N. Railway. LAKE VESSEL HOME. .. ‘ N0 BHLOF ROSES TORONTO. Nov. l9 —(CP) — ‘Toronto's housing shortage doesn't bother Harry Platt. For the inst four years. oe and his wife have lived in a. "ha-use" with 300 rooms to spare. Their home is the old O S.L over- night pasaenger steamer Toronto which has lain at. dead-end sn- chorage in ‘Ibl-onio Harbor for the last eight year. And Platt works at home. too, for he l5 ivatchman of lWliI-IK NQVEMBR _ 19“ m FOOD SAVINGS FRIDAY, SATURDAY and MONDAY 'i'iiis.s...~es..r.llt=rl."Pr. rzl. lIIIRI-IIIINITiES Iloz.’ - 29c éfixwllgrllRlllT 3 m“, 55¢ a for ‘ale AYLMER FANCY QUALITY t . ' C For - t - ' 10 0:. Tin .. $2.39 TOMATO JUICE 20‘ oz, Tin‘ 12c 2 CALIFORNIA . 2g» TABLE BATES cg. n9‘ CHOICE GRAPES MAXWELL HOUSE OR CHASE AND SAN BORN! COFFEE °" GRIND-l Ll. "rm ..... ..... VERIBEST nuur ran LB. MARTELLO ARTICICIAL VANILLA 5.1."??? .".‘.“‘ 55c ........ .. 23c CUT MIXED PEEL- ASSORTED GLACE FRUITS CATSUP LARGE AYLMER TOMATO ¢. Till 28 oz. LARGE l6 OZ. BOT. .. . . . . . .. 29d PEAS and OARIIOTS " 20 oz. Tin 1-2 Lb. Pkg. l1: Tasty Frosted Foods including GREEN PEAS, WAX IEANS, WHOLE KERNEL CORN, SPINACH, ASPARAGUS TIPS, CAULIFLOWER, STRAWBERRIES, RASPIIERRIES, ETC. l H. C. ATKINSON PHONE 2246 - 2147 I GRAFTON ST. ll (GROCETERIA) (at anchor» ‘or Th‘: Piatts. The nearest telephone is half a mile distant at an oil company yard Mrs. Plait trelrs n mile and a half into the city three limes a week to buy her groceries. Outside of this there are only the noises to cope with "There are damnable noises. thousands of them" said Plait. “But you get used to them. and I an‘. always able to figure out.‘ what causes them." It is worst in vllntcr when the this end of tlle lake, the air under the ice lill to blut._ At time; it sounds llre a regiment of soldiers tramping from one enri of the ship to the other." On one occaslor. the ropes hold- ing the gangplsnlr oroke The ship started scraping on the cement pier aa it moved back and forth. "We had everything from a high falsetto to deep bass." said Plstt "I couldn't find any ropes in the dark. so l finally ‘led a couple of towels together and hoisted the to the Platte comss in ellmllla when they flan hear the c|r| “draining and roiling like pig in the mud." SWEET JOB EENOSTUN-ON-THAMES. Big- lsnd —(OP) - Sir Hartley Slur cross, the attorney-general. ha been appointed rel-order of King- ston on Thames. TTBUIIJOIIII em- oluments of the recorder are t sugar loaves The post involves ill the big. four-deck side-wheeler. [ But it isn't all smooth sailing 38 below zero. "When an east wind gangplank with them." work since the recorder never llll blows and plies the water up in temperature may drop as low as l About the only welcome sound race all day on aafe can. J taking can in theltnaklag of slide Lpufit A (LCM. joycycle la bull! like a quality oeeei tubing frame, free-nun: in’, salts-isle handlebar IOYCYCIJIIG IS 600D EXCISE! 600D IIEAlTlI! YOUNG xuscus yarungnlndl. III’ lmetlledevelopddlnthefQllac,q I tlllle kaobetnerwayoldolagirsbon -i'ortbochildnnlovoitaad ride -runalag. oolllartlbleand with bear- oeat and