Cenizralnndnarviiiani ,1 REV. H. D. RAYMOND speaks in Caledonlan Hall this evening on "The Life auld-lnlllllimie of Lord Shaftsbury." .. rri-i: oAm-iIIIRVE-‘frlis boat made the return-trip yesterday re- aching ‘hrmolltliie at 11,85 c. .ni ‘at 8.-20 p/m. The mall-train mac ed the city at ;_11»30,p. in, h. _ 1 of Wales ndv,._gv, selected __ tb Business Colleges, re- ieulted in a tied ‘score of 4—4. (f; ‘ntlnued from ‘Fla be‘ accorded the‘ ‘iMari ' s, but the iMarIli vovhggfis, ‘ :1 . I "tiaivhich shared In the coat As regards Agilioilituye 1 am tbs/é. ds for settlemelliii-KMY. fipeaker, that ‘ityhypry gl-Mlly- mnm, iingto an to know tilsltirovidclicc l “ocqnslls of Prince Edward ls- has during the past siéason b11611 Th“ n0, Con-federation (18321 very 500d to us, both in lilllPlylllil "d as £103,391 people, and we hadgcod crops and splendid prices for veséndiers in mhe House of COm-‘our farm produce. “n n; Ottawa. Today we have a We are ‘fortunate in having at nnnn or 88.000 and four Fed-due head of this department a prac- w embers. We also have lost tical farmer who knows and under- m lzlnntlis of our shippington- stands the wants of the ‘P601119. $1111 my will; the loss of our popula- who I am sure ‘we all feel is doiil! “npiussn-tntiou in Parliament his best with the limited resources “nipping must be added theiat his disposal ito advance the ndsqucut losses t0 our Prdvimz I farming iiiterests of our Province. "m n, trade gudiiyidustrvlkro - out‘ Sliver n»: Industry is still “an nnd school support, the dim- a good revenue producer, auid I Mod vnine 0y real estate and s would like to congratulate the Fox Later burden of‘ taxation that men of the Island in having secured “in upqll tlIle diminished number for Summerside the Experimental f taxpayers. Wle llsve ‘also to Fox Biieitlon, which means so much nslder ilie question-of exorbitant iii-Pi E- I- ngnt Rules, which at the present We are all delighted tlo llear that n. is under the control of the the attendance o! ‘pupil-s in the “flwuy Communion ngvqtpnwg _ schools last year attained its high- mt herev Mn snenkéngie, me vest record. and that the night afar to the efficient winter and schools which provide Short summon pgmnyunlggtion promised Courses in technical subjects have w us a, Cnn;e,|ennlion_ w; n" ma}. met‘ with a splendid response. lit that in supplying us with the , ‘The Government is to be 0011111111- Cflrtnerry {no Bowen Government ulated on the work done on our “its this Province the greatest main highways, and I um very M“ y“ nnjoyedl pm wnnlgw-llgqiepleaeed to note that the iPatrol w it necessary yo ‘En ilfely i153“; System and gravelling of roads not one“, me lbest banning“ in ‘n15 yet- attended to will receive atten- m,n,cn_ snnnnwmiqe gfivtgfgm nlon during the coming summer. ,9... had been ieéoptiu ‘ as“'tiis New, lMr. Speaker. 1 would like |,||l‘9 vinc . iii these 11111 CORRECTION-In reporting the meeting of the Presbytery oi P. E. il-sland in connection wit-h the Presbyterian Church in Canada. tlhe names of Messrs. John Campbell, George Paynter and Ira Douglas as representatives of the congrega- tions of Freetown and. Mount Stewart were omitted. RAvMoNn " A5 A REV. MR. Rector of St. Paul's appears on the public platform. as a lecturer, and the Caledonian Club is all the securing his services for tonight. His subject is an ilnviting one, the the distinguished publicist who did so much for fallen humanity in the nineteenth century. . ' DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIETY. -The Executive meeting _of the Diocesan Church Society wll be held in St. Paul's Parish Hall 0n Wednesday the 17th inst. at 2.15. The annual church service 'will be held in St. Peter's Cathedral at 7 p. m. The Rev. Charles Rand. Rector oi Crapfllidand Springfield will he the preacher. The annuali general ‘meeting will ‘be held in St. Peter's Cathedral Hall immediate- ly after church service, when the (‘hid port of commsinnlc t Mwithjfi? “Y 9- wmd °1' 1W” 11110111 0111' Rev. Dr. Moore, president of New Brunswick. Today i; uld-be ‘Premier. We have a 1111111 60111101- King's College will deliver an ad- much ‘a818,. f0, tl\ev)¢car‘ _ n“, 1n ling the affairs at Charlottetown dress, make Isiiminerslqs than "- pgn {Qv ‘wh-ich any Province might be proud make Borden, dying, to'the ppgn 0f. He has given the ‘Province for Mun, yn the inning, nnytmle 1ne|upwards of three years a good ec- limt- has arrived'that‘la.ael'ond Car-"lmmiflcal “11111111115111111011- Ferry should be supplied. and ‘with. efalslellivjhiliivl 21s 111111111118 iohiliio . \ - 1. I \ 5 w’ ca” 631.138 ‘t '“1‘&°°f';ng‘f‘ '1'“ igui-ppolltlcat-l] 1319 8110.185; in: corner of the ‘building and far from “"1111 l‘ Y "1°“,"..° -- _. w°°“~p,.n0, ma, me Ewen," a nmmn, tiis boiler. How it originated is Tmmefihle- 39111911 3.5311 ‘Bummer’ Ms services Is to b tonnpd m thalunknowin. hilt it is thought to have Sm c be arrangedi“ result of the tn e B _E| H ‘started between the ceiling of the ti! i-l Plllnt cl WfYIlld like (Onwhi h t ‘:99 Y 43¢ 0115- basement and “our ahovev The ‘qmim m“ the lhnoumble Arlhu" c re “med t We supporters by two sons oi Janitor Mitchell stuck ynnnnén said on the 31st n! March d majorities to assist Premier, , to their post. one of them ‘beiiif! 193-1 lilllleflfllllg 101' 1110111 111111)’ ImQtQWQH L“ carrying o“ a Busmesw badly singed and the other receiv- FIRE AT PRINCE bTREET SCHOOL. -A fire was discovered in the basement of Prince Street School last evening about 6o'clock. The blaze was in the north west ilusi 4nd West. "The Maritime mfe admlnlsbmuon‘ eil a bad cut in his hamd. They Provinces have their own com- ‘In "4511911131911 I 1m“ Yo“ wmsucceedeii, however, in extinguish- liiiilit that the burdens oi Cnn- punk)“ *1 p°"5°'m1 "efermme- Todayilllll the fire which hall spread to rilcrai‘ 1i were disproiportlqnegaly Pavy on tlicni, while theygpgptoo leagi-e ll. portion of the rewurdfiiie "as n t therefore ilie Speaker to isluiio‘ or miuimilie-saiesaomsisiu-t, iii assuming there is mierit in it, nil flint llllfQlfllglflvyhlgwgmn 13.4313 luritinle Provinces, surely the fact lull they have too great a share in ilie ivtuiiirizlc is no. reason why W1‘ 5111111111 Hive up tile struggle iti- loscihcr. We must make some readjustment along the line fair to the wholqgDemlnion." _ ‘I 11m sure thiit lllc Ililiise and the (‘ount-ry will iba grill to ‘lnmw that it is the intention of this Gov. ernnicnt very shortly to ltaks n; , n11 these limiters With,’- 1 sign] Government at Otta, “d t~ 1s 1101M iin matter wiim'fii'yirfflly" I, ve the honour i0 represent the nn nnnnn in the basement, The ovd Fifth District of Prince cuu.u,,,,,‘2.‘,‘,’,e,, wme W,“ on the scene my father represented jllfl-Lvnnd ngmplstod the good work of fifty years ago. I share with the the Janitor and his sons. Donald. the unique iposition of in the basement and school will 1181118 the tlliird generation of my be in session this morning as usvual. family tin-serve the Electors of this ' ' Province in the House o: As. se-nilbly. I hope and trust, Mr. Sneaker. flint I may be spared to be of some little use to this my native Province. ‘In scnonkiint: Bentley said: _ Ilcfnro prutwcoriing with my re- marks I wish to empress my grea I sorroyvin the loss sustained of an‘ esteemed flieild and a member of‘ BAY ViEW.——ilVlr. James Slml)‘ son is visiting in the City. While there he is the guest oi his 11111811- ters Mrs Tailt anldIMrs. Stewart.—— ‘llr. J. Claude Siinllpspu Ila-s taken over his office in Summerside- iCozey Corner ‘Rink has been k-elli» open in spite of tile" bad weather. the Aildrcss, Mini ing game o-f hockey was played 119' tween R-ustlco and Bayyiew teams. —Miss Eva Louise Simpson has re- durned to her homeIafIer viisitlng ‘- relatives in New‘ Glasgow and Hun- ter ltiver.—1Rupei=t G. 5111198011 W115 ll recent visitor to Keusingtom- Roland C. Buntain. spent the week elid at Bay V-iew iMIli-S.—~dv\/ll58 Ger- trude ‘Clarkais visiting in French River.——IMr. ~Avalek McCalIum is oonvalescing after his edrlous ac- cident, his many frien lwish hilm a. speedy recovery.—~ e" boys are certainly to be congratulated on helping in every waytlto keep the rinlk ageing. as they linyeremoved sigh-t feet seven inohesivof snow since the New Year wind im-Snow is a good thing ibut the Cavendish boys think we are having a little too much of that kind of,good thing (Continued on Page 4) k. Duo Insertion ., ....,..... 10o per Illa of I Iorils ~ ls nor iin u l Ioni- 7‘ III llnl If I ygnls Ion! Insert-Iona, ., IIIM hectic-u ...4-'.l.;... x4. vwwv we Agents wsntéid‘ AGENTS wan-ran --- ooze 4o FOR an. "Bucks" r e k , i ‘k1 t .12.“... 1&2"... 2:. ""1 “W A11“ . t ff . iicckties from factor}; ‘,to,‘we'al‘er»| B a Mge_ 80M 1° 21' [totalled at whnlesiilfl-‘l. price. FARM FOR SALE-JARM or 2a i li-cat sellers. Write Maritime acres‘ at Clyde River Apply 1.»\acricles..o.n a‘ .Jii,-11ii Nv 8v l’ ,c;0€0_,3§k“sl, 11v v e er MucLean. 5025 31121 mm.‘ ‘MAL . v vv '17 For Sale E-JIWO BROOD BOWS, v ‘v l _ v FOR ,SALE_ 4 A_NGL v this winter.—-1Miss AzaParlunan is ‘ Dllscellangoqg 11nd one hanging 1am: IhAM: visit-ini: in ‘Bay VieW.—-#Alh‘0d Silnin. , vM-ld» Mam,“ Ynrkv 3017_3_u:3, ‘son of St. ldleannrs. was a recent visitor to Bay View' Mills.-Our genial mall courier is going his roilto in spite of the Illiil condition of the roads, some days nearly im- pussable.—l’resiwn illodll was a rec- ent visitor to f‘avendish.-i.\lr. Chester Bulmau recently- paid a FOR SAL E — REGISTERED Sliortliorn Heifer. 30 mos, _l_), C. MIICLIJMI, DcSublo. 1 8028-3-11-21 ‘mo. A. mwomttn, nauseou- 111701‘. Heifmanvillo. ‘ Hula-zillion, FOUND-BUFFALO vRQBHE BE- iwceil Charlottetown, land [High- ilclil. Owner maydlave some by i __.__.__.________ 'F_OR ‘SALE-ONE YORKSHIRE i. iii-suing pm], n sow to furrow April 4th. —— flying visit to Hay View.~~C:lvcu-. til], Ann,’ Jev B): zliaihfisilgvgnzflf Arthur B. Roberts, Winsloe Roail. dish School is progressing fav-i ton. ‘ uurably under the capable manage‘ . v snzL Tvvilid-Zi-IO-Jli _ _ ' roe" SALE AT NEW PERTH “ store and dwelling house, good business stand. Apply to 1). l). iMalol-areil. New Perth. uicilt of Misti IMcKny of Clifton.» (loorizo Clark was among the falls at the Caimipbeliton game the other iilgilt. Lost i i EOSlLQ NE female MALE rdx ‘svs. 1a 111x 01.x. an. newlird- 8022-3-liM3i. “'11P "carts. Marslifield. . “an” iilae-a-io-ii iron SALE-AN EXCELLENT STERNS—~At tile P. E. island Hos- dairy farm with good buildings pltul, Mar. 10th to Mr and Mrs ‘near Charlottetown. Write F. E. i H0t¢li"1-"' f Qnrq Quarnnnn_ 7915§4¢ni4n Hurry Storms. ll daushtsr. ‘ FOR. .1 iQAl-E .— STUDEBAKER , . 1 v, _ _ ‘ _ . ‘Mun Md mev 2mm)“, n" CASfORD-A-t nviu r. n. I. llniipiiiii vi t. g "it! . ltfimmv a" h", m“ mwwnd mm m1 Mnrtii 4th, H126, to Mr. Illld Mrs. c r an“ v‘ “lg-n Orv For‘ a nurgahn Williitiil (iuiiliirfl n iluufllllili‘. E1611! o “Ihlione '4 ‘.1 8020 171m"- _ ____ ._ . ‘#1111111’: 115mb»?! h“. 111911 SNLI-a-OHOICE BU-ILDINGI DEATH“ 1 ,' '“"' Iot ails s4 it. front by 133 ft,1—_—_"*"‘ '""’—*—*_ i “Ne. dean nnvnnted on Bonn, 5MB WHITE-At Ilniitcr River mi cm.“ c°"'~l1'.1l 12M rooms. "Eustbn Street between Benjamin 51111111 5111- 1111111‘ ‘311111111111 W111i“ i‘ of wiileii willow-wits b Rogers and Mrs Bartlett. For "h" c°llililetoiy= remiqatved particularly apply to W. ll. aged 88 years. '- NICHOLSON-At II zclllrorrk. on: 211mb“ "l" fi!!"11..1'°‘f'. from‘ “m” filffiiiffik, March 9th. i026. Minna Sarah M.‘ “'1' lhfwflllo ‘ Odlildp ' Nicholson. agml 75 years. FuneraII Ind the Ullllil MINI IIIVO Wanted today, Thurailiiy, at lino o'clock '1' Iniolniie filblo,“ ""1110 t» all an’ from the home of hcr Blilliir MPH-i Edward MCNPVIII. i: m" o noun wawrsb . won 00 In melon; v in‘ 500:2)?“ B13001 at once, first “nstliijdm to ‘fillm 100 nor yearr-Apolévumélmzrd r. , v rev, Ruhr Nflgnzfzii *gi,RTA4-q | Cliarlottetowu "iTmmr ° ' “ ‘ Hotel Km ‘ * ~ c . ...,‘3.?..r-., i . , ,,_ N. MAcLtIANi IIYB Ill ... .1...- .. BYMN. EXIIIBII- v nnd nfl-“lns n; ganja“ on "nu-n consistent practice for the cominllprme Tehlled- iPracti- 111°11'11" .191 .Q°31"BQ1°WI1..M.1» . p-icauy no dsmesc was iloueerocvi skaters coming from all rparts orv Northern Queens.—-Quite an excit- ‘spring cont which gllondern-eiis to her lmnk‘. n iisttm- choice than a morlci w frihiitiiiigv. ‘Nils ‘Id all. bu» a1 soiillv foideh‘ collar or‘ m’ nwwviiiow . iltlds up aboift talk I‘!!- THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN lPotato Growers Meet ‘ ' (‘continued from Page 1) "b What we were able to pay-"go on. they said" and we did go on. Years ago, the speaker "said, when prices were low men to whom you were selling asked to have the _ Why did you novelty night. i-ho Juniors ursput-ilwlil? We reduced rim price to ting 10H an Indian Pow Wow.. 8.111155“ 11mm’ 111 V191" "1 1111111191 11011" aipparatlls work which alone will 1111M“- "111111118 thins ilcrhsi» be worth the-price ofwadvmissivn. waned ‘he “m” wall-me c011’ lmenmdlaies and Eznployed bu" tract at a low figure was wiped off are giving mat work. Studentsma slate’ themmr“ mum W“ “k dumibell. drlll and ithe Seniors ggzptiiatterlvltpaaéylflfé ‘m 1“t°l1'd°°n' - ‘ - . r apnea e to alilgiiivgilifitvlvifivlivlvivivevskthis some adviillwd the members to await word from th A . Wrestling, boxing and handball ,,,§,,.,§“‘,’§,§:f“f,’{,,§,'§,'{n§°§n‘,f, 1321.512? tAll tlhe classes are putting‘ In will also be features. know tile it tl Clowning will be looked after iby the membeisua tZn-alwg/y: relgoxg: the best in the, Province who is across with the goods. we can sure to make you laugh. therefore most all contracts nnd ‘Besides all the above Solos, satisfy our customers. Readings. Violin Selections by UDWards some of Chamlottetowws best. P01111068 have been shipped and we have nothing but the highest ' Fm: m pRmQE QTREET 9111159 for the manner in which we SCHOOIL-lldarly last evening 11161113“ 1111911 ircflisd by our custom- fire department respondet to an 9" ‘"11 We of iPrince lStreet School and on its 1111911111- 91°- arrival found a blaze in a room 1111111111111" "111 511011111 hard w get M’ but by hard work the seed out to farmers in New they were extinguished before-they Pmrsey “"11 141115 1511111111- walla. and the fire was put out m"! 1° wsmme“ as Wssmfi" without great damage. Its origin is unknown. Keiltucky is Yet 40 Miles From Port (Canadian Press) 31- ~1011'N‘5 N111» W111i‘- lo-mmllflexecutive have in hand all ii€i.°',$i.‘l’..“’§,’i.‘2,“’2’.“iii““‘fé..‘f.félf"°““ Y .- yesterday was made impossible by rough weather but the lratesvt mbeseum-gen quantifies would be sage from the steamer nlilti! t ‘ividnnncn belle,- ndvnntngn_ ia/Jvlivi virvilivlvvc; lviaovvcevilbiigumnkilv aiizizg-eriviivs to six thousand start this morning. _ The steamers Silvia and ‘Sable ilslanil are standlni! 11v and overv- thing is reported as going well. The Kentucky is forty miles east s! Si. Will Contest West Middlesex Sea ‘(ganadilnn pa“) to was organization, grprnA-plcpnioy, Ont., March 10.—|thii_lgs could not be kept tngetho The went lMldfllggex Q0nservntiv.v0,11.& working iuisis. The membe cs ini-vs ilecidcd to contest the el- who iuicrcsts Iilmself in cction of the Hon. J. C, Eliiottfllilg‘ nrgaiiizatiilii makes tiling newly appointed iMynisier n; Labor possible and smooth working at h, the King Cabinet at the nyniec, great saving to all hands. "It ma the future. V981‘, Will you make contracts ini We will have to other method for 192s, _ The mat tel‘ would therefore be more satisfac which is due May or June. 88111115 would be made as a resu i cars and ilistribiltiodl would be saved 0n fertilizer. 1;] ,t tn _q-n1 vwn {n6 dénilgélflénh-htll. keep the uiiiQiSi-tlrsoiigdy lifters éoniidershiéshfivii"; the. shocker said. discussion at the executive lvneet-1 ing ‘of the Conservative organiza- d tion this afternoon. A o---- - Wills Body to , Anatomical _ ‘ Society (Canadian Prue) VUIENINA, Marcia 10.—1Prof. Arledq ich Dimmer noted for_hls resear- ches iu optical surgery died today. aged seventy one. He willed his body to the anatomical school. ----<»o>--— id address by predicting that th ssociation would handle fore and that the better than ever. lie was lnudl ‘£118 Bulltllgate Company of Qilltianivas-ithe next speaker. informed the meeting that he liii 1118i returned to Cauiida an sent congenial relations betwee iward lsIa-nd and his firm woiil continue to exist for many year (Canadian Press) i“, come“ vMrv Thonlpson SYDNEY. Australia, March l0.- lt is reported that Premier J. Lang, of New South Wales, has cabled to tiiu New isouth Walesl Agent. General in London lntruc-‘ 2:15:12.‘w.::i:.;:*.?,:i::“1z‘ 1- call the New South Wales Govurv nor. Sir Dudley De Chair. because the Governor refuses to sanction was well worth the advel-tisin invited from time to to the legislative council. The opin- ion is widely expressed that. this request will he refused. Jildiviird island stock. He (3011 cluried by advising the farmers o Mr. J. C. Crippen, Virginia so wr-li as this year. lie assured ,Iil.-i hearers that they could ge 111111 0f business and more in Pen- iisilvailla. in fact the whole stntc ‘ivns going in for potatoes. upwards of 160,000 acres was planted inst your all over. Ml‘. Crippen stated thut the humor oi’ soft potatoes uililerneath the cargo was false as fni- asvhe knew. an ull P. IC. lslanil potatoes arriving in South Carn- liiill were_in good shape. Ho. stressed the point however that great care should Ibo taken in the loading of cars, especially nmii-lld the doors where frost was apt to got in. Mr. Thompson added that trelli- milloiis improvement in the sewing of sacks over other years was noticed last season. ‘but the slick on u whole should ‘he in good iiiinpe when shipping. ‘ Much regret was felt by tho iliceti-ng over-“the non arrival of llr. H. P. Gnssow. of Ottawa. who ivns slated‘ to give an address. but ilue to ice conditions in the Strait. the llr. who got as far as Sack- ville was regrettably forced to‘ re- turn home. The nleeiing then opens" "or dis- cussion. Mr. Boulterflr remarks rm community organization were followed with great interest. He = laid stress on the fact that it was difficult for the Association to ao- qunint themselves with the time of loading as they did‘ not know lust who is ready. He susftested that the farmers organize lnwliatriets and geaatogeiher with one ainmili view. t t is in making the work k: 11:33 0:3‘: ‘imvtmelgnt wnnnen more easy for all concerned. mivoriui is uiiussu . for- - the coat. M" J'i/T'°'“°" 3°'1'~‘."'d'~“1”° ~ l; ve some very timely angst‘ Tho woman u-im wishes to own a imparts v added figure cannot ed ins can w all do of 400,000 bushels of could have_ shipped LEcv-TURER?“ l5 not one“ the nun-m (m. a “re 1n we bnnemnntimore and more but for the tie-up Seed potatoes Mr. be moved the cellar that was used for stor-|,'"°“m1 111° 20111 111 MflNh. 111 ordol‘ more fortunate on that account in Ing waste paper. The flames weréim 51v“ 1181116" 11 @1110“ 10 11111119 He be- Life and Work of Lord Shaftsbury had managed to creep between tiiemwed 1“ 111° @1119" "11°*""11@ 115 The Association has yet a large number of the very lbest class of men on whom they can depend for How about another 11011811112 governed by conditions? consider some as to present contracts with tile growers, this is something the d will be With reference to fertilizer the speaker said that to purchase in tn a say from tons, prices wry. and to hold up each year for the Association steamer instead > It as the fertilizer would come direct to the province, loaded on our own planned for as many who wish to take advant- 886 of it: by so doing considerable Ail- ofher thing the speaker referred without it promot- tion which is to beheld on March '11s that the management has dint 2n The nomlnauon convention wlindnne things us they should have, b8 held on Mummy next Mnncn if such is the case, get a new inali- Associa- The Speaker concluded ills splen- more potatoes this year than ever be- Pntuto Growers! Association would be stronger and applauded ‘by the‘ large gathering. Mr. C. C. Tilninpsoii, agent for Vir- He brought with him tile kindest rc- Eflfds from the Southgiite Organiz- ation and the hope that the pre- the Potato Growers of Prince Ed- COll-l 1111111118 his remarks laid stress on! the m“ that m“, returns at flmesvCillltliliilll offices had deuia-ndeil a and that new territory was being sought for P. E. lslalnd seed. F011 . North Cur- olins, farmers from vicinity were , time to soc how the Island seed worked out. Thompson said. the farmers were "nanlmmlsly n“ nworv and that m a to his former agricultural pursuits. short ‘time all the farmers flown; there will he looking for Prince Prince Edward Island to stand by thevilr contracts and all would g0 W0 . ‘spoke briefly, oin nn to . fhit . M] Jmaay he navel? Saw set‘? knelmlllidcr the terms oi‘ the agreement Evening Bflllen At the evening session, at which the President Mr. A. is. Dewar, presided, the first speaker was Mr. Evans, representing the Canadian Soldiers Settlement Board. Mr. Evan's mission here was first ex- plained by Mr. C. M. Williams, the local official of the Board, who said that -he came here in response to an invitation extended by the Secretary of Agriculture. Mr. Evans, whose speech was an appeal to the farmers for their cn-operation n 111g were learning something about progressive agriculture. l-le wished to say a few words regarding the new Dominion land settlement project, and he had a special reason in speaking ‘before Island farmers because the Feder- al Government appreciated the fact that the island stood firm as an agricultural province. general- ly speaking things were more pros- perous on the Island than the Can- adian average. Farmers here were so well organized that ‘new comers could come into tile iProv- ince and find it comparatively easy to get along. Speaking of the policy past and future of the Soldiers‘ Settlement Board, lie said that after it had found farms for all the soldiers wishing to take ad- vantage of its opportunities, there had still been left over about 3000 farms. The number of returned soldiers failiilies settled was about 30,000, and the amount of land they hail taken over alllliililflled fivc and a halt million acres. in the Milrllimei! 1564 families hall been placed. oi which 379 were on Prince Edward Island. Oi‘ these 41 hail paid for their farms i-n full. and the Board was well pleased ILlack of vigor 12 fields. Insect. lniury 2 fields. _ ‘Early flight 5 Yisldlj I. Ouibblera passed 41191 acres. ‘I Cobblers not , sed 132 acres. G. Mountains passed 2315 acres. G. Mountains not passed 665 ac- res. There had been s reduction. Mr. Penni-n said, of about twenty per cent in production of seed potatoes from the year previous. Basing the selling price of a bushel of seed potatoes .81. ‘lhlhe had su‘m- med up the losses‘ r the year ‘ One of the 1 p cited production of potatoes on the Is- land, including commercial stock. was taken in, the loss approached the startling sum of $2,200,000. This should be a lesson to growers to place some faith in Bourdeaux mixture thoroughly applied. al- tion of sprays had to early. bad scare last year. oes shipped to the States. the speaker was pleased to say that in speaking to Mr. O.(‘. Thompson, who had been in Vir- ginia recently, he had found that this year they were almost entirely free from it. The numbered tags gave a good chance to locate the man who was shipping affected stock. lil answer to a question MI‘. Peppin said that rhixaictonia was u disease that did -not affect tile tubers themselves, and lie would not recommend fields being roguerl for it. lt was a soil fungus thut attacked the growing plant and ate the stalk, causing lesions or with ilie result of nil collections made in the last year. Sixty sev- en percent oi the amount- 11119 111 date had been realized. This evi- deuce of prosperity was d118, i119 speaker had no doubt. to the behe- fits of ctr-operative farming. The surplus of farms on ha-nrl had led to an agreement with Great Britain to settle iii Canada in the next three years 3000 families n! immigrants. and the work of Innk- ing after tlicse and seeing that r they got a right start. had been l‘ H mcnt Board. II y country. ilid results hail been already at‘ fully developed. , The speaker then gave n few in estances to show what first came out. and it Y tier by ‘giving him d " $1500. as a il-illl equip his home 11 {figrcgfisnifév Thhazzgéiyii-slighlgz; lion. and he didn't blame owners with applications from people whom" kmkmg against n’ being d s 1 scheme. but good standard of fitness as a citl izeu before the application was ilc cepteil. ll own selection of the district in ‘LIOII was to see that he was put l-zl an environment that was suitable The immigrants were met by offi- cers m‘ the Board and everything possible was done to give them a warm welcome. The neighbiirs almost invariably did all they could to make tile newcomers feel at home a-nd usiullly prepared the jhnme inr their reception, under {the silpervisioil of the Board. 1| iio effort was made t0 sell the ifni-m to tile settler. He hired out ‘to neighbors for a year and spent ‘tililt Lillie lu acquiring experience. ‘in this Province, and both we '1 lilakiiig cxirellent progress. Next lyeai‘ if was hoped to settle at leasi| [Hlhfllllllllfifl here. and a thousand‘ ‘tliioughoiit the whole of Canada. From figures available it was. shown that no other Province lll| tiic Dominion offered such good Ipossibilities for this work us l’. l-L, l. ivnd the Board would like lo be! able tn hold it up as an example} of the success that could accom-| pniiy the immigration proieci. But without the assistance of locitl farmers it couldn't go far. and a good opportunity in build up the population would be lost. v_ Mr. George Peppiu, chief potato‘ Inspector, then ‘gave a-talk on cer- tification of palates, and said nt the outset that it was regrettable that Dr. Gussow, Dominion Botan- ist. was tied up at Sackvllle and was therefore not able to be pi-u sen! and deliver his ail- drosa c-i this same silh- lect. ReiW-rring to the work of the past sensnn he said that not so high a standard had ‘been found as in the year preceding. He gave the following summary of inspect- ion results. Impectlon Results -No. of fields i:l.~ipected—‘lil80. | 1N0. of acres-innpscted-‘filfil. Percentage average passed-Sail ffoulacreage No. 2 passed-SIR. . lAiyerage percentage of disease in_ iniipetiisd fielilii_,_ Bleokflleg. 38,. fleet Roi ‘.06. Mosaic l.._i6.-,-Flits .06. "- v "fields praised .32 .004. .26. . fvlfletlenla for-mindful. . _,,_,, m. hriwn suede iiuistiilsuoswow ‘l . . “f: ( Ions along, the 30% edsggi i l ' aniu " .1‘ "t; llkfflldl- . “my M. v. -' handed ‘WM m ‘T",f“§°}‘,',‘e°"§,,§,°k“1§§ difference between a good and llnd the Board was iloulllell and no ud- c701’ the “ext Yam‘ ilitionul expense was put on the Tile idea was still in the experimental stages, but splen- hieved. and the work seemed to have splendid opportunities when could he fioile by ‘the Ciillndfan (antlers by assisting these farincr_s when they was with this in iniild that lie asked for their confidence fliflll help for the Board. He said that tile British Govern- ment helped tlie prospective set- his passage money tn Canada, and providing a lnan that was in cases as high as fund to start in with, and farm. This was repaid on a twenty five |\Vi51l€d to take advantage 0i‘ the theprganization hail gone slowly and smoothly. and then After selections had been, made the applicant had made hisivl-Ie was satisfied that missing was which he wished to locate, and all‘ that the Board had to do with loca- Two families so far had settled 1‘ .nn nntairies that were nnl vr-riificrl wounds. which ii they girdled the plant stopped the passage of footi ‘both ways and stunted the growth of the tuber. But when the scar was only partial tile potato was quite healthy and grew to good size. and if tile potatoes were dug sufficiently early in the fall their ‘were no serious after effects. Biit if turning the fiélii. was delayed. nilere was usually trouble and all |experiment conducted to discover just what result the disease had. led to the information that seven {weeks delay could make all the Early plant- ling of the crop was also to be re- icnmmelliled, and 311101110!‘ reason lfor this was that the inspectors‘ _‘were seriously inconvenienced b)‘ ‘growers who were > late stiirtiilg _,iod. iveek in July. or the WDIIIII have to iThe speakers own opinion u/lloui imisscs was that about five‘ |pcrccnt were going to occur any- way and he could see no good roa- S021 why the regulations this year were goingfn make IIIIRSGR fl con- ‘ilitioii for the rejection of fields. Mr. Gussow's idea was evidently that a large percentage of misses was an indication bf the presence 0f' disease. Personally he disre- gariis misses as a factor in inspec- i ;brougiit into the regulations gov- erning inspection. He ‘believed if the situation was explained clear- ly to the Dominion Botadiist the ,new rule would be rescinded, oth- [orwise the inspectors would have lto abide by it or lose their jobs. tho result of the mechanical faults of the seeder or from faulty hand planting. and that disease did not _eilter greatly into its cause. How- vever some diseases did not show at linll iii the tuber and the only way ,io tell was from the plant. He warned the members of the As- sociation not tn sell Green Moun- ‘tains, unless they lonew their full i history covering a period of at least two years. Answering a question ho said iliat ton percent 0i’ scab on an otherwise (‘lean in 88817111181111]; the - . , that were preventable as follows: a case where a tvqged n the Association ‘for its kindness in Mum“ lcme“ 5401111131“) “Mei” grower l“ o! extending the invitation and 5% $15000 selling imparts other said that although it was‘ the-first M153“ 5% 8100mm gflevaflces o! the “o ma- time that he had visited the Islalnd. Early 311E111. 5% Ugg-Ogg o’ Mr §mv1wa "ma" .‘ he had alreadylearned a good deal Late Blight» 15% *3 '0 ' ' ' , 3- ' 1 ~ about the Province He was T°ml'“$555'00° Myers‘ “m! Mr‘ ' WP“ i much interested in all conventions T1115 11° “Md w“ busmg both me w“ appointed m 3'01"‘ 1i of the nature of the one now be- 1111c“ and the was“ f1‘: “"1582?” Ho’: aikgnf 11:: “Mien! " ing held, as he felt that all attend» “"9 esumnte» a“ i e an re ° m’ n ° e l" ° these and rectify ‘In speaking of t g moz- aic. Mr. Peppiu‘ egperi- I merits were now am i'i f; Ililinois to try and cause *“ . of this disease. 0 4st be- lieved he llad iou lgin ill though the Early Blight was some- , the maggcl of the c ‘in but. what resistent to this method oiitilis was simply t treatment, and in its case applies-hm‘, man and would ave to 118 li11111i3,be taken at its iac But he not In potatoes afiectelhwould strongly adv era 1° by this blight had caused quite aikeep their sets awa wbblsh 95D9¢11111Y|heaps and to store when it had been found in potat-itnag were clean of Blltnnd had received a f bluestone at some t lug 1M‘ year. He also advis 9P‘ 01 , guaranteed treatnle 511111)‘ ing seed and plant. g sari! , ,; flint (Ylutions dill no se 10° s ‘ lulu-h the strength o olutio nil w used. I11 coilclusioil h ailg’ III’ v ml to lnlrropei- ti-se infill d" ‘ill i lion. tag-i and saiil te 1111" provided a sentence in lars in cases of C/JIlVi for 11111‘ offense. I ‘r l6 l! 1. ' Y Bow . .- '1 CQMMIERCIAL U5 ‘ Moore & Mdileod ed 1119 n ‘Commercial League b18115 f when they defeated P by 53 pins. Scores are as fol 1 Iand whose fields could not there- ‘ fore he inspected at the usual per- J- 'l~‘ields simply had to he in 1~ cilllilitioii for inspection in tile lust l‘?- inspectors 1’- rcfiise inspection. ll. itliilurilfiu Llnlment n}. colds. potato was allowed to puss. llfi admitted illni there were flaws iill the inspmvilo-ri service, particular-z lv when it allowed warehouse meni in use the tags. It was true. ihati those dealers bought seed. but‘ nu‘ were the inspectors in know that iliev did not. also put the tags nnnd mil] Mime from fields flint w-ui-o 110i passed. HUGHES’ Horse Worm Powders -_.__ . Arc uh tmuse and expeila ' all worms, they also thor- oughly invigorate the dines- tlve organs and bowels. I115 Improve the general appur- aiice of your horse. if your hone has Worm! 0i‘ bots. full Mm a package of Hughes Worm Pandora. _ Mailed to any address on receipt of price 50 cents. if you have a elek or blemished animal, consult us. Over fifty year's experience In the treatment and are of 4 animals. "Hughes Drugtle 8ii30-3-llihi3i. *notsico.,m l, loot. ammo, uneq- Shaw and Pcardon by 11R pins hi’ the second game of the Commerc- ial ILeague. Scores are as follows: W. Prowse . . . . . 107 1'34 122 '.v P, lIIacMillan .. . 128 91 154 W. Whitlock . . . .. 203 J59 189 A. Henry . . . . . . . . .. 100 180 126 G. Vanbuskiiuk 141 158 166 , 697 722 707 Total—2126. r" . r. Chandler 141 12o JGI ‘ V. Vickerson .. .. 147 176 112 St. Matiheson 118 119 80 M. ‘Cannon . 193 142 ~16? \\’. Ford . . . . . . . . .. 124 102 105 724 659 69g 'l‘0tul—2008. Valuable Property Seaman, to sell by Public Auction on Monday. March 15th, commone- ing at 12 o'clock‘ neon, her valuable dwelling houge, rooms, all situated 03 King Street. inspection at any time. Terms at sale. cs of sellarfl growth with molllhil jiiil or a fine of a .82‘ i101‘ Moore 8t Mc ~ I Moore . . . . . . . . . . 8 99 Q27 Henry -. 11 95 1411 , Kelly . . . . .. . l1 19s til ,5 J. ilcartz 14 9'1 161 1 .-\. Kelly . . . . . . . .. 101 1.1a 41 s56 m 96 ruiui-zlis. _ /‘ "i"- Patonivi, Ltd," v I . lkvhlollareu . . ._ 126 167 ‘i ‘ bfclluren 118 95 16 iloifcettc .- .. 191 171 l7 ivku-tii .. 124 133 $4 , lmuccttc . . . . . . .. 112 96 23 671 662 11-1 111131-2047. PPDWSQ .Bi'os., defeated Stanley __ 7 Prowse Bros. I 1 Stanley Shaw and Pelrden w. ._ ..-. _‘-.~__;.~.-.- For Sale in Charlottetown We are instructed by Mrs. Lydia containing 13 modern conveniences. azm. castes a soiu. Auctioneers. Queen Hotel Olnee telling ever this Hotel we have coon! many thousands of dollar! In repairs and improvements. It In now the Illicit Hotel d! lb elueln the Maritime Ho» Imu- lt appeals to Nicol who we»! a untenable Hotel and lplenlld hbio and excellent service at a mo!» ate prleo. Rates 0M0 a m. Qarlettetewn PNIPIODPI