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By J. A. Clark. D50.

Gulf. on his right. and abov twenty-tivs miles from the Ctui., he passed a desert island, Abadsn. which had only a fringe of date palms and a my poor dwelltnztl Basra in Iraq. lies about twenty-W

Penlan Oil

. Persian Oil was Britain's great- est. overseas enterprise for earning dollars. Just fifty years ago. Wil- liam Knox D'Arcy. an Englishman from Dellonlhire, who became a millionaire from Mining gold In Australia. went to fun. He sailed up the Persian Gulf Jnto a very broad river. the shatt al Arab, which carries the water from the Tigris and the Euphrates into the

five miles northwest of Absdan. He had learned that somewhere. about one hundred miles to the northwest, Noah had lived. Ind had built an ark. tclen. 6: in "Make thee an Ark of sopher wood; rooms thou shalt make in the Ark, and thou shalt pitch it without and within with l7llCll-" He found that there was an abun- dance of pitch in that neighbor-l hood. in D'Arcy's travels in 1ran.. he saw the piece where there is at I

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huge flame burning as it comes out of the ground. This fire has! been there for thoussncu of wits. and it is burning there now. It is

I associated by some with itliel . p . --burning fiery Iurnace" no,

'1'!!! Dnlhlillils A SIS?) which smdmcky Mealuck Ind, DR? ROY L SM!-I-H m Abednego were cast. In his intezy

tigatlons he saw the ADD!!! . water that is mixed with clear all.

"Christian Advocate" ' ' ' white on sprinzs.

The problem of alcoholics and klww" R? d alcoholism has been getting con- Vine" A15” ll1llthmL”;”e:an:0 Tge wider-able attention in the news- 9”” Ml mhe m In: -hm 0.1 hi papers and I-lsewhere in recei1',l”pl"l” gllrerb :8”; months. and a whole galaxy oifom l” l C E ” ' l scientists have been called upon' H gto contribute their opinions. Strip- P'”P”"" 1" 0 red of all ilcienliflc terms. and: - gas, phrased in the language 'of the The-if atidd father; tirillmksgpa of street. the situation sums tzp lo.llWl- lxcllt” n me" was

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fine” sJ1:;nl'r- statement--tlie driiikerggrits.P3t;l;rcati;tfal:liatMany people B i l" . se thinf!8- bill ' It seems to he agreed among thelgniwcvaio: mltlgwed m mm wt .eameri ones that neoiaie drink for: f m . on mere existed In comgi the sake ni.iho affect of tlic R1-it cl lmnmies. He secured r robot on thcir licrroiis sisteni. The; melc-am: in 1901 from me Per, chemical cit:-ct of tlic cl,-tig. calglconcegovcmmmt m explore for B iied in tip: hlond-streani. is to re-islalllod O! SHIV years, me cemmryl (lure the sensitivity of the lildlVld'lgferPers:a 101: -my He agreed lmrl

ital. Vt , wc The psycholocist and the nbysl.-ll-. he l9”"d all chi: vgukgemg Ml nlnaist have eimlanatlons for ill L-lelr l'.0V'5mme” P drmed ni

. ' . e nl1Va6llilc5 1:0 considerable: depth, where he had located seep-, ages, but did not find Oil in 00"l'! merciai quantities. He had lleenla. rich man when he started. but n 3 low years he needed assistance to continue the walk.

A ivell-knoivn comP3ll.V- ll”. Burma Oil C0mPl"l.l'- Came '” ,m5i assistance. He then moved into: the foothills of the Zagros Moun-l tains. which rise to a hellllll 511 H.000 feet. He started drilling aty an elevation of 2.030 feet. at Mas-, lid i suldimsn. while at work he, received orders il0m l-0"d0" "1: abandon the project. but like Ncl-,

nsmch sound vcrv scliolarlv. Tlic". talk about tlic loss of the power of .-elf-crlticisni or the narcotic Pifect on ncrvecnlls. But it all means yin,-,t one thinc: alcohol is taken for the purnnsc of making the ririnkcr lets aware of the jolts and strain. of life. f

One of the first decisions cvt-rv individual has to make is this: what. attituric am I goimt in lakf toward the inevitable and incscap- able burdens of life?

The pnumumiis person faces flit- facts. He knows he must meet on- r-osition. (lisaimoiiilment frustra- tions and delavs. fie fashions for himself a faith which r-niibles him

to look souarclv into the eyes n(.son. with his blind eye 10 U." meal

train. and nrapnle with it in manly scope. D'Arcy Tlelus"-l '0 W1" "91

fashion until ho has tYt'Fl'Cnnlt' it. at. 12.000 IPBV. lll-3 drill 5lm,ck uf D'Arcy had sv.ccee.lcd: This lit"

The weaklin: and the timid scck - ,.;,,m.,' was a gusher that threw a foun J

Alcohol has ht-vcr snlvcti all'-',i.1lll oi oil 15 feet :nto the air. pvnhlpm for anti man. It has onlvl rffereri the ririnker a tPriil'0”l”l'( escape from his difficulties The. man who loses his ioh, nr s:ificrs' l some other dc-teal. rlncs not act Bland D'Arcy chose the. desert is-. new job. nor does he achicve an"'land of Aliadan for his refinery- viglory, bv collinr: drunk. lie 0i1l.i'lHe formed a new company. 083195, cell: a brici vacation from his an-izhe Anglo-Persian Oil Company-l XlI,'l'lFS. Whrn ho snbcrs ii-'i all lll3,'1'he l30 miles of pipe Elldj problems stand Walilll" for him. fitheir first refinery. l)F0C955' the very noini i-.lirivs- hr lcft tlwm 400,000 tons of oil per allliUm- lllere It often hannms. lnrlccri, flint lllf".'lcomplel.ECl in 191i. The company. l-ave multiolicri while he has boeiih-ma spent two and one half mil-i

Abmlan Refinery

This crude oil had to be refined

off on a hinge. ylion pounds. and at last were" The hostess who sorres drinks '0 mady to sell oil. 1 "liven tin ilic narly" is. in iacll The British Government. in

contessinr: that she cannot (l0l'li'illfl;1913' was experimenting in chanz-E imon licr cucsls to he llll(ti'PFllnEllng from coal to oil for the British! rntil ilir-v harc liven ('lrll'1'Zf'd Slvlnpvv. When it was decided to: le sarinlf. in r-ffrct. that inilcss mmgc me change Churchill Ikvasl tlmv haw alrnlml in W" hl"9”' First Lord of the Admiralty. andl stream in siiiiicicnt oiiantlticsp to Fish” wag pnt, sea Lord. They' 1-rrider them poi-tiallv insciisiblc. Sam. u” H one Lhmx to decldel gm; u"... ,.g-.. cnlll,” to be in.suffcr- that the navy shall burn oil in the; 2”" "ll" 3"” 5l”'lld- 'fuii;re, but where will the oil come Thcrc ls somr-lliiiir: chilrlisli ahoiiillwmr, We ought H, "L wmg Con- this pro-rai-n of csrntw. fl. is pro-tum of the on source," They gap-y ,.,.,.1v at this iioliil that a ri'eailv:-1pmached me new company and -"mil l"”k”5 VB '""”"-ll C""”""”i'rave it a his order. They Wlzcstr. g,..r. in rfvx it firms not nfirr aiygd mm we Company issue 2,033,: rsrane from our i'llill9'llll”5: lW2c.7 new shares. and that the Corr: .'v':'nislics us the Ci'llll'3'!P to tacklgcmmcm would ,3” 51 pa, cam of ; ii-.rm and the jiidiznicnt. to solvtjhoih the old and the new shares.

ll”"l- I i ti became law a few. . ,, .ranch iin". Next week we' hope what the psvchnlogists call "aii'::..: iftcgnflle World War was de-ll:rc:pFvl:?::' tegazufggganmd. ”:h' to have" a full account.

est.-.nc mefhnlllsmu is held in tiioi;-kmred in M”, and me Navy Mstpoomv for 75000 en:pIDI(:leY;lnl nlil, . .

tt-n nt hy the scientists. Tho trio 0 x s ' .' - r '

of vliciicliolocicol sci!-ncc is aimed tnl”'”””'l M M 01' 13:55 lsldulilllal insurance and At this the close of another

a.g.:sv lllfi Iiiriividual in "facinvrl' Enlund ommuml jnnestlrlehicanctllre. it provides. the year we take the opportunlty of

rr.1llt)"' Tlirrc is snmcthlnc weakl inn wnzaliioglso I" dm: nl;'ll'C'-llc.lllll'llilll8 9”? Tamer.” "37 "he"

an plH3')l(' nlimll the person who, .; . p y 0-,. j ' . T5 B." C8 Oi-'many kind remarks and sugges- ' 10.1 the; Anglo PC” In l kf.cers iiho treat all school cliil-film; regarding our Quart. so

cannot do that. The really stronvv.-Com H H Id p , ,x pal-iy had only one o e . ;".i"..'3”i"'.2?.'.'"..”.3 .'.'2i.".'ihl2.;i”.'.'i..".: and pro-main-' 1009-009 W: ” V F” of oil per annum. This oil was!

pt-in-rs and inlclli-zciine. I h D St uam , so they g,, , , I ,pH,,noto te t: q 5., .

Rig: ':Jf1';k:L':.: ll. is” started scientific prospecting fill. ' ' , ', , i other oil fields in Persia. This . ,. A l-1' tan oil Company have Fhilosfophy sa,vsm'l'l-IINK yoti. n.n3:ne:”1lm" M expel,” in "mi W” ""' Old Country, working to solve

"Bepeal says-DRINK Muir way mm. pmmemsl and are apmdmg

" 750,003 pounds per year in making

c,1.D”"”" "”"sPEND W" W” their industry more efficient. in , . . their search for new oil .flelds in 050"" "3-LEGISLATE yomnl Persia. they drilled holes more i . . , than two miles deep. These bore ojckn" "LHWWVENT "Wm WM holes were from nzne to twelve , , . inches in diameter at the surface. m,l,"d”"” "-”CwORK W" "V and w re lined with steel tubes. ' g Originally. the all at Abudan w,f:”'f,l,f't"l"1”m 5"” STRIKE "W" was merely distilled. but the new ' '- g demands required better products. wxll:,t,?,r'mn1 "ya FIGHT your and processes were introduced 1'-he nib". ,M.,,pRAy m.,, w,., that called for cracking. that is. M". om the molecules of oil are split and chm, ,,,,..,,1 AM 1-Hg; way reformed into more valuable pro- ovyy-, ' . ducts. When the second World

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Fifty Single and DOlll)ll' Rooms with and without

bath. . . Two minutes walk from Cornwallis Park. Railway Station.

steamship Piers. Business and Theatrical District.

Toiletries. Magazines. snack Bar. Pow Office. Barber Shop. Splc A- Spon Dry Cleaners in

y Hotel.

-'i B Radios available. Free Parkinl.

rims 32.50 to use PEI our

FOR YOU! SAFETY AND PROTECTION

This Hotel is equipped with it NEW AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM in every room. Fire Alarm Bells and steel rm Ils-

eapoa for craft: exits in case of argmsrriergeney. IOI uh! IOONOIIY It the '00BNfALnl Il0I'll."

' fully equipping

i'lhis great enterprise wvorklncfkets not only in the United states "'33l" in lllllllort of vital lndus-and Canada but also in Europe. tries. lwc. like other fox ranchers, are

on mmr----- ,very hopeful that this once great i GIBRALTAR. Dec, 28 - (Rail-Land profitable industry wi.ll soon

THE GUARDIAN. Cl-lARLO'l'l'ETOWN

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TIMELY sores on mics comiecrsn wmi Silver Fox and

Mink F arming

want them. but will take kindly to pelts of 1951 when they !ro offer- ed. The pelts taken off this year will number not more than 30 to 40 thousand and that is only a drop in the bucket if demand is any- ways keen.

H. Montgomery. vice Presid-

J. ent of the Mutation Mink Breeders

Association. Wetsskawin. Alt.a., has very kindly sent us the catal- ogue of the Alberta rur Breeders Association Nth Annual Mink shows. held at Edmonton, Dec. 11th and 12th. A live mink show will be held January 8th. 9th and 10th, lD52. in the livestock pavll-' ion, Exhibition grounds Edmonton. Our congratulations to the Alber- ta Fur Breeders on their catalogue which is one of the finest we have seen and it has been well support- ed with advertising. . . Fur bearing animals are one the his revenue producers for province of Alberta and the gov- ernment gives a good deal of sup- port to the ranchers and trappers. Pox farming was on an enormous scale there some years ago when ness is intensified so that in DN- the Colpltts Bros. were in their cess of manufacture a lot of troub- heyday. also other quite lai-geiie would he developed. As far as ranchers, but like here, foxes liavelmit Pl'0VlllCB is Cmlctmed "9 d0 been cut down to small proporL- not think there are any great num- ions. Mr. Montgomery, who i-afs-,ller 0f D9113 U131 mil"? 13"" hem ed several hundred of them this for more than a year and they season, is cutting down his breed- should not deteriorate so badly in era and will probably not produce lllal llm9- bill me”? mu” be 5 more than A couple of hiindredlf-II'eill Pi”0blCm C0ll"0nllnB W9" next year. ranchers as Fromm Bros. and the . . . Neinian Company that were each A couple of days ago we met B..in the habit of producing upwards Graham Rogers and rcceii-ed qujlel or 40,000 pelts annually. They must a bit of hopeful inspiration l... have very large stocks in cold stor- talking with him. He was plmf. ace and if so their losses will be iiing that day to go up to sum.i tcrrlfic. meislde and kill off some 40 pups.l we asked, "Are you going out or The first. Finnish Fur auction the business?" and lie said "on, sales or the new season were held no. I have more fn'.th now than 1i in Helsinki Dec. 20th to 22nd with had this time last year." and he fox, muskrat, ermine. Titch and mentioned having had a talk WltllllTlB!'lBfl offered. Another sale will Dr. E. Rendie Bowness. Dr.;be held January 15th to 19th and Bowiiess. he said. claims that foxes ll Febliliary iiliCll0l'- U19 31” Mid will he back in the not too distant' Wild- future, that the pe.'.s on hand now

use

Clifford MacDonald told us that he visited New York some time ago and made it his business to see a number of fur men there. several of them spoke about the dissatis- faction they had with silver fox pelts, claiming that in process of tanning and makeup they tore quite badly and that meant a loss at to them. No doubt it was the thesame state of affairs that Dr. 'Bowiiess referred to. Pelts kept in cold storage for a length of tlmt become yellowish and brittle and no doubt in tanning that brittle-

one

are old pelts and the trade doesn't The December fur sale held at 'Oslo. Norway, the 16th, drew a

V lgood attendance from foreign

War came in 1939. Lord TCdCl9l'lbll)'ETS with a splendid demand said to the Anglo-lrnnlan Oillfor mink skins. A total of 9,138 C0mP?"ll'i ”ill this Wiir the R. A. iiox skins was 83 per cent sold F- "W Walllv an aviation spirit ofiwith the average price 138 kroncr'

quality which no at; force has ever (equal to about &20l and the topi

used before." 2'10 kroner izibout 554.) An Offer- This iiiiiIlll.i' at the close of mg of 10,459 blue fox was 55 per the first world war would cent sold at an average price of 92

ll”? .C05l Bbollt 598.00 per gallon, lzroner (S18 40) and it top of 150 bill the Company only asked Lord-"kroner (530.) ass platinum fox Tedder how much he needed. Hel pelts were 82 per cent sold at an wanted it for all air craft said: "I want it for everythingitop of 330 kroner (s66 ). In stan- . . . There must he one spil'lt.l(lard mink 99 per cent of the al- rmd that of the highest quality in most 5,000 skins was sold at an the world." The Abadan reflnerylavcrage of S28 and a top of 535. was producing more of this qual-'32.0o0 females were sold at an ll.i'. before the war ended. thanlorcriige of szo and a top of 521. MW Oi-her r0ilnel'.V in the world. lsilverblus ones and twos brought Pictures we have seen of the an average of S88. Breath of Ahada" Rmneill show many Sprin" Silvei-blu offerings brought 7'9” 5”” i?0lll'.mi!. twenty feet iii'aii average of :44 Pastel ones diameter. and over one hundred and twos averaged 542. Prices on feet high. each unit will pl'0Ct!S5!5llVC)'blllB and standard mink were OD? million gallons per day. lti'about is per cent. below last De- 1943. 25 million tons of oil wereicember. Blue fox was 20 i- cent ”""9di Md ll"? i'9llll9l'y was pro-uiider. The average price for blue W61": eiinzv l1F0d'l('t that the oillfox was sumo. business requires. . . . - " day '""d"' l ;h:c::t:rrii:ilai?nI:lulheAlilglogius Sales The modern, Bl-mg - pcompariy (Quebec) Ltd. offered at Abadan of l'l5.0ooh pel:;l:3'll,.:' ggitfor sale 1.500 sllverblus including built by the Company in '1”, inlatinums, white marked and years, 1; ha, mam, wide mum. standards, 45.000 ranch mink and fringed streets of '.vorkers' houses'L9"wo mutation mink including that nee subsmnmam, bum of Sllverbiu, Pastel. Breath of Spring in-lclr, gach Wm, H We" tendedland other types. The ranch mink lawn. There 3,... ,,mo,. avenues i :5 said to be one of the finest qual- ana gm-ub planted uamc clmlesjlity Canadian offerings ever pre. The company spent 2,o00'oo0.ser.tcd. The collection includes pounds 0,. educamn alone. bu”d-lw0stel”l'l Ontario, Royal Cambrai. jug they, the Hm,” lechmcnL;Labrador and eastern types. The achool in pm-sin. mm burldmg RndlnllllflilOn mink oiferngs includes seventeen Wbncipelts. from the Canadian and Mu- angels, mm providmz bubslanmrintzon Mink Breeders Association. nnowances for theiir Pmhn.ive will all be looking forward to ;cache,.s. If pm,,,.ded Wm” w'm.;;s,.ilie reports from this sale which ,, ,,,...e,,,ge system wads. '. will give an indication as to how

l' C and cm, lights, It lmbmhe:t'g:e:.thc market is for sllverblus and

dren free. we trust that may shortly be

'1.-rovide them with information on Ell iizreementlthc fur industry. To do we keep reached to start in touch with the leading mar-

be on its way back to normal. One sign is a picture in News Week taken at the London Coliseum showing Princess Elizabeth shak- ing hands with Ava. Gardner after a performance in aid of some worthy object. The Princess is wearing a Platinum fox stole. And now we close our column for 1951. wishing each and every one of you a very Happy and Prosper- ous New Year.

'0”)-A fleet of 32 Soviet ti-awlers ranging from 05 to 35 tons and J the tanker lrtlah jnchofgd in the commercial anchor. Ff 9” "13 Sllanish coast at La Lnea. They will stay a few days to take on stores and fuel. A sen- ior Soviet naval officer on board 55” "'9 Ship! were bound from Kalinlnmd iK0eniltsberg) in the Baltic for Vladivostok. through the Sun Canal.

and'ziverage of 175 kroner 1335.) and at

ll.'l lleiloqus school Christmas concert

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-Oii Tliursday evening Decem- ber 20th. the pupils of North Bedequs school held their concert under the direction of their tes- chers. Mrs. Dorothy Moase and Miss Florence Cahlll. Maxine Campbell, a Grade VIII pupil. was lhi V917 efficient pianist.

Rev. Kenneth Campbell cspabiy acted as chairman and the follow- ing program was carried out:

Chorus: "Jingle Bells" - by the pupils.

Recitation: "Welcome - Ronnie MacDonald:

Drill: "Why we Like Santa" ,- Betty Mallett. Joyce Birch, Elaine and Vivian Waugh, Hazel Avery, Mary MacDonald.

Recitation: ”Hopet.li" - Isabel MacDonald. Song: "Hush-a-bye" - Doreen

Baker. Dialogue: "Dad's Quiet Evening"

Marguerite Maccaull. Isabel MacDonald. Judy Campbell, David smith, Donnie Stavert, Sheldon Neal'.

Recitation: "My Dolly" C Adele Ma-ccaull.

Piano Solo: "Bunny's Cradle Song" - Lorna Maocaull.

Recitation: "A Good'Boy" - Cecil Baker.

Song: "The First Noel" - Arlene Baker.

Drill: (Christmas Dolls" --

Doreen Baker. Mary MacDonald. Elaine and Vivian Waugh, Eleanor Veno.

Recitation: Freda Avery

Piano Solo: "The Shepherd Boys" Song" - Maxine Campbell.

Song: "Christmas In Killarney" - Betty Mallett

Dialogue: "Lovin' Leroy" Lorna Maccaull, Neill Clark.

Pageant: "The First Christimas" - by the Senior Pupils.

Intermislon - Sale of Candy.

Recita-tion: "An Ounce of Pre- vention" .. Ernest Slavert.

Pantomime: "0 Little Town of

Bethlehem" - Betty Mallett. Joyce Birch, Arlene Baker. Myra Veno.

Piano Solo: "The Bear who Played At Soldiers" - Eileen Stavert.

Recitatioii: "Fair Warning to Santa" - Lorne Campbell.

Dialogue: "Wanted-A House- loeeper" - Mlarguei-lte Mac- Caull. Maxine Campbell, Eileen

and Ernest Stavert. Eileen Veno. Ronnie Mallett. David Smith.

Song: kchrisimas Chopsticks" -- Judy Campbell.

l Chorus: "Saints Claus" - by the pupils. ' Recitation: "Announcing Santa'

- Johnny Avery.

Santa then made his appearance and presented gifts to the teachers and pupils. A treat of candy and apples was distributed to all the children by the Women's lnstitiitel

The singing of the National .M'llllBn'l brought a very enjoyable evening to a close.

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it was late the following morn- ing when he woke. You see. the .ice that filled his doorway shut lout the light. and he didn't know when morning arrived. When he at long last. decided to have a look around, he climbed up to where his doorway had been. There wasn't any doorway now. He didn't know just what to make of it. At first he wasnit frightened. but when he tried to push that ice out of his way and couldn't. a sudden and great fear stripped him. He was a prisoner.

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Tlie Birthday Murder

By hangs Lewis

CHAPTER FORT!-ON! itora present. Part Two A very inurutlng and success- --- ful auction sale of beautiful hand- 'ruck's .facs .lookied anouriiful. nisde articles was the highlight

of the meeting with Mrs. Hooper as auctioneer. The proceeds a- mounted to 817.46.