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MAY ls. 1952
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. tall the necklace. . ”'f;,T,",',o;f.i:: in, Birdlsnd. Jet ” (ilwouyed rather that gold, silver
',,,;,.u.... Oddly enough. m-104 or i) tor the most showy 01113-
ll :'s though some wives wear mo" ' cu, Many females en- . . elr . ”'.'.? tilltii. '73'ewytoAi-at mousht 3 be Kogd for children. Ind I0 venlles have none, or only ennui. to indicate their PIl'9n"K9- A number of birds wear their Jew-
is all year around. While 0'-he" Q.-mid them in early autumn and ;...t don them again until sprint.
Perhaps you have already seen Mr, Mallard this season. sporting a C-Np titling, narrow, white neck- as if it is made or pearls. the ....A..te beads do not show. Our only Canadian Hummingbird has . into. tight. choker collar. made
(-nmpleifly oi rubies. The 'Psrula-
W:l:'l)lDF'5 neclupiece comes just m-cg: the upper part of his yel- low shirt front, and is amber. v(1;i conspicuous is the Magnolia! jet 'nI:ci:ace, because it has 10 Or 12 long, in pendants attached; Cur- louslv, the Carmda Warblers pen- dnviis hang from no chain. A Bazn Sn-nllow's necklace drops wrll riown on his chest. and is steel bluc, but the Bank Sn-nllorw's is quite an uninteresting grayish- b,-mvn.
Both kinds of Waxwings that we mic in Canada wear brilliant red
years - not in a usual spoi. but.
on the tips of their wings. These 11...); so like daubs of sealing wax. that they have supplied a name for the birds.
A dark. triangular stud is worn in the shirt front of both Mr. and Mrs. Song Sparrow. making I lplrlldld mark ior recognition. Much the same, though less con- tp:cuous. is the stud of the Tree Sparrows. Extremely large brooch- -: arc fnshlonsblr. They are usual- lx it", and somewhat crescent vzapcri. The Yellow-shafted rt.-rker'a is a perfect crescent. and the M4-adowlark's decidedly like a hit: V .
in5'Pnd of rings for ears or fing- evs, one species of Gull wears I nose l'lll;;. though not in precisely the same way as some "natives of unciviilred parts of Africa. It is a dark mark encirclng the bill. and the bird is therefore called a Ring- hlllrd Gull.
Both Peregrine Falcons and Rparrmv Hawks wear long. Jet, enrrtnrr-. it'll. Bonaparte! Gull is partial to ma little Jet ear but- tons.
The front of at Wood Thrushls dress is covered with large, jet ae- miuis. on the Spotted Sandpip- er'.s costume sequins extend from tlw uiirirr side of its bill to the tip of its tail.
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cim:TowN, April 30--(Reu. "W -- Armed police tonight ruarded the home of every cab- inet minister as the House of Assembly started its debate on stttnnrl reading of the govern- 7'l"llll hotly-contested hill to nllli” parliament to supreme rnnmlullonnl court.
Quickies
Commons Ends Annual Study of Ciili. Affairs
CYITAWA. May 4 - (CF) - Tho P Indian National Railways looks for about the suns traffic volume in 1062 as its record 151 figure, President Donald Gordon Tuesday told the commona' special railwav comrnittoa
Mr. Gordon was giving evidence as the committee concluded a two- day annual study of the govern- ment-ovrned system's iini opera- tions and its budget for the cur- rent year. The committee approv- edythe reports of the C.N.R. and the Canadian National (west In- diel) stearrlships Ltd.
The 1951 budget. showing all- tlme peak operating revenues at 03.000900 and operating expenses of asio.ooo.ooo. forecast an over- all deficit of 5l8.in5.000 after in- tercst charges.
Mir. Cioodon explained the fig- ures do not take into account either a proposed capital revision plan for the company-which would reduce its deficit-or a high- er wage bill from expected em. ployoc demands this year
The Highlights
la a wide-ranging review of C. NJI. actlvitcs the committee heard from Transport' Minister Chevrler and Mr. Gordon that:
l. The govenment has as yet made no decision on the issue of asstunlnz control of intemrovincial and international highway oper- ations, in line with a recommend- ation oi the Royal Commission on TFIHSDON-&ll0n. some committee members advocated the govern- ment niove in on these fields.
2.Itis expected the C.N.l1.'s new branch line between Sherri- don and Lynn Lake in Manitoba, 146 miles. will be completed by the deadline of October. 1953.
3. The C.N.R. is matching dc- V9l0PI'ncnts in the use of atomic energy. but it is too early to pre- dlct its use for railway motive pDW8l”.
4. The steamship company ex- Decl-! to sell the old passenger lin- "3 I-My Nelson and Lady Rodney M 5 good price after retiring them this year from the West Indies run. V 3. There will be an appropriation in the C.N..R.'s i953 budget for additional vessels in the New. foundland coastal steunships ur- vi.ce operated by the railway com- Why.
Highway Transport
on the question of highway transport. R.R. Knight (cap- Saskatoon) and E.D. Fulton (PC- Kamloow luzgested the Federal Government should take over in- tcrnational-intgrprovincisl control in view of the increasing compe- tition developing bctwccn truckers and the railways.
Mr. chevrier said the govern. ment has not yet fully studied the royal commission recommendations on that issue, and he added it is not expected there will be legmg. tion at this session of parliament,
He did tell the members that the cabinet has decided against getting an amendment to the Transport Act to allow truckers to appear be- fore the Board of Transport com- misloners. They had asked this so they could protest a new "agreed Chlrle" contract between the rail- ways and some oil companies. un- der which the rail carriers would get a bigger share of western oil hauls.
The proposed contracty has been held up by the Transport Board
pending hearing next month.
By Ken Reynolds
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seeding Earlier in West This Year
WINNIPIZG, Math. May 6-Hash veating of last year's crop and seeding of the 1052 crop is now proceeding rapidly throughout the Prairie Provinces. I Generally. the seeding is at least two weeks earlier than normal”. Unseaaonably warm weather in April rapidly dried out the un- harvested crop which has remain- ed in the fields all winter. thus permitting harvesting to be re- sumed I few days after the snow disappeared. However in some districts particularly on heavy land. some delay in harvesting oc- curred becauae the land would not support heavy machinery, accord- ing to the first weekly crop re- port of the Department of Agri- culture of the Canadian National Railways.
In many districts, crop yields and grades this spring are not as disappointing as anticipated but in other areas losses were quite se- vere due to damage from mice. wild ducks in the late fall and deer in the winter. Some points report damage greatest in stock- ed grain. others in the swsthed grains. while still others report losses heaviest in standing grains. Some threshed grains are also mlldcwed. in some districts lo- cal grain drlers were used to good effect. but others, report lr-as success in their attempts to dry toughened damp grains held over from last year.
Grains are much drier and hard- er than last year's thrashed; in fact. at many points. they are so dry that considerable loss from cracking in threshing has occur- red.
in Manitoba
in Manitoba. seeding. which commenced about mid-April, is now well advanced in all southern and central sections. Some farmers have actually completed all seed- ing. while others report 75 to 90 per cent of the wheat. already in the ground. Early seeding: are now showing above ground in some sections. In northern Man- itoba. seeding is proceeding satis- factorily in the Dauphin-Roblln areas. but is just nicely starting in the Swan River district where extra moisture has delayed seed- ing nnd harvesting operations. Harvesting in the Swan River vnlley shoulti he completed in a week or ten days. indications are that with the early commence- ment of seeding and good seeding weather right. through. scresges of wheat. barley and oats will be up slightly. The decline in flax prices may not increase flax scre- age.
Some soil drifting occurred on unprotected fallows, particularly in the Red River valley. .
Warm. dry weather proved ben- eficial in southeastern Saskatch- ewan where harvesting is now in full swing except on the Regina
plains when the ground was too soft for heavy mIChinlPy. Mod- erate louea occurred through mice damage. particularly in the swath. Generally grains are dry and threshing out in good condition. At many points. seeding com- menced on the 15th of April.
Top soil is beginning to dry out in many sections but subsoil moisture is reported good. From Regina to Melville, topsoil is moist and subsoil wet.
Favorable weather in Central Saskatchewan reduced considerably damage to unharvelted grains which remained in the fields. However, very considerable dam- age was caused by Vild fowl, rain. mice and in some cases. deer.
It is estimated that the average loss on unharveatsd grains amounts to 10 per cent. Seeding is now becoming general. with moisture conditions reported good in excellent at. all points.
Northern Saskatchewan
In Northern Saskatchewan where a big percentage of all grains re- main unthreahed. harvesting oper- ations are now making good pro- gress towards completion. Seeding has commenced but will not. be- come general for another week.
The season. however. is still 10 to 20 days earlier than last year. Moisture conditions are reported good. No distrlct- in Saskatch- ewan has reported A shortage of suitable seed. Slight increases in wheat. osts. barley and flax scre- agea are indicated for the prov- ince, but this at the expense of summer fallow.
In Central Alberta. much un- harvested grains remained over the winter. At some points up to 90 per cent of the wheat. 45 per cent of oats, 50 per cent of barley remained unharvested last year.
Crop losses varied from 50 to K) per cent. due to mice, wet weather and other causes. Seeding has already started throughout this territory and will be general in 10-days pr two weeks.
Moisture and conditions of both iopsoll and subsoil are generally excellent,
In the'Edmonton ferriiory. crop losses are ranging up to 20 per cent with a reduction of one to two grades in quality. Seeding commenc " in the last week of April at most points and should be general in another week.
Topsoil moisture varies and sub- soil moisture is plentiful a few points report seed quality only fair. with germination not too satisfactory.
Field conditions were reported wet in the Peace River district.
A 10 per cent increase in wheat acreage is expected in Alberta. with some decrease in oats and barley. flsx acreage will remain about the some as last year.
In the Okariarzan valley. pro- spects appear 'espccially good in all soft fruits which promise to show 100 per cent increase over last year. The previous peak year in the valley was 1949. Estimates this year are that cherries will he 75 per cent of the peak crop
Sport Echoes from Prince county
The sentiment in Charlottetown. at-least the only sentiment we've seen expressed. seems to favor a return to the Island Baseball bea- gue of two years ago. "rho same set-up would include two teams from Charlottetown. one from summeralde, and one from the local R.C.A.F. This seems the
of Bummt-rside's and Charlotte- t.own's populations. a u o
Adding a junior team from both Charlottetown and Surnmersldc, and thus making it a six team loop. as one writer suggests. is an interesting possibility, but scarcely practical. we think. The capital city would probably have enough players to make up three teams. but summer-side would have some trouble rounding up enough ball tossers for two clubs of the strength necessary for such a league.
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If summerside could secure three or four good juniors from the R. C. A. 1''. station. they might be able to make it. but experience of the 'past few years has shown that the airmen are forced to use all their grade-A Juniors in order to field a team that can compete on anything like even terms with the other clubs. It might be dif- ferent this year, but. we doubt it.
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On the other hand. if only four teams comprise the league. there will certainly be some promising young juniors in both Charlotte- town and Eummerside who will have to be looked after in some other way. No doubt the powers- that-be will get. together in the near future and decide what is best for the greatest number. 0 O O
Certainly Summe aide needsl Charlottetown teams playing in our ball park to get the cash (and, "sorry. we have no change") cus- tomers along the sidelines of the Recreation Grounds diamond. Fans warm up very slowly to the town league games here apparently. I O O
Hank Landry. who has patrolled the short garden in many ball parks to his own and Summer-side's credit. is the new "papa" of soft- ball in summcrsid. Hank may find
year. peaches 80 per cent. upri- cots 90 per cent. prunes 80 per cent. and preliminary estimate of the apple crop is 6 U2 million boxes. Pears will be practically equal to the 1949 crop. There has been no damage from any cause so far. but frost danger is a po- tential hazard. On April 29th there were five degrees of frost in some of the lowest sections, but no actual damage has yet been reported.
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it a little diflicult to get a men's leeaue coins. (that has been the case in recent years at any rater, but glrls' softball promises to be
Smallmnn's are entering a team this year with George Gucrgis as coach, and there are rumors of other new entries.
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y that the caliber of girls' softball in Summerslde will be such as to Justify thcir meeting Charlottetown. or other centre, for
ROUGH REGION The Matto Grosso, heavlly-wood- ed swamp region in Brazil, covers an area' of 532.000 square miles.
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Last. year's fruit. crop finished moving out the end of last week.
ST. PETEIV8 LAKE SCHOOL
fl-Report for the month of March. Senior Dept.
Grade VIII-i. Jimmy Mncpon- lid: 2. Vivien Mcbennsn.
Grade VI-1. Francis MacDon- ald; 2. Pstricia Maccormack; 3. Evelyn Laybolt.
Grade V-Y. Laurette Macnon- ildl 2- Jimmy Gunn and Joan Glmn: 3. Georgina Loybolt.
Grade IV-1. Phyllis Nolan; 2. Judy MacEwen; 3. Wayne Lg. Pierre.
Highest average: Lauretta Mac- Donald. 9594,.
Junior Dept.
Gt-axle iii---l. Jean Mcllwen: I .Dunst.an MacDonald; 8. Chester MacDonald.
Grade II rA)-l. Rhympnd Mc- Ewen: 2. Leonard Deveaux; J. Roy MacEwcn.
Grade II ti!)-l. Ivan Laybolt; 2. Anslem Dcvesux; 3. Michael Layholt.
Grade I (Ai-Stirling Gunn.
Grade I (Bi-l. Shirley Gunn; 2. Jimmy McAdam; 3. Martin Trainer.
Grade I (Ci-1. Percy Mcllwcnz 2. David Laybolt; 3. Brenda Mc- Ewen. '
Principal: Theresa Macbougall.
Assistant: Florence Matheson
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