"E. P." & "Sitting Eagle"

Edward of Wales and his youngest brother, Prince George, ended their official tour of Canada (TIME, Aug. 1 et seq.) and settled down last week at Edward's "E.P." ranch in Pekisko, Alberta, Canada.

Few U. S. citizens know that "E.P." stands for "Edward, Prince," fewer still recall that the Province of Alberta was named after Edward's great-grandfather, the Prince Consort Albert; and very few persons indeed realize that the "E. P." Ranch is not a princeling's toy but a strictly paying livestock investment.

One Professor W. A. Carlyle (Kinsman of the late historian-essayist Thomas Carlyle) is the

Prince's resident manager, as every one knows. Last week he took the usual absolute precautions to prevent tourists from entering the 4,000-acre estate. Their Royal Highnesses arrived late, but turned out of their log cabin quarters at 7 a. m. on the first morning of their visit, went before breakfast to inspect the extensive and varied livestock herd, now featured by two ponderous and potent bulls and a superb stallion, the gift of King-Emperor George V.

Later, His Royal Highness motored over to Calgary, the neighboring capital of Alberta, and jovially addressed an official gathering, thus: "It is a delight for me to come down from my 'rawnch,' but perhaps I should say ranch." "I am told," continued "Edward, Prince," "that there is a difference between a rawnch and a ranch. A ranch pays, and a rawnch doesn't, but I am not going to give away which my place is." The Canadian tour of Prime Minister & Mrs. Stanley Baldwin diverged from that of the Princes last week as scheduled, and the Baldwin party spent a few days at Banff, superb Alberta sports centre now being developed by the Cana dian Pacific System. At Banff jovial Mr. Baldwin submitted to initiation rites making him a "blood brother" of the local Stoney Indians who christened him "Sitting Eagle."