•- yy? .",_*-?,■-- -' irf^'i . ' .1 *. • ■._*,.■*-. . •,*„"-** *v , ' _4*.--"-...»*_&*f,A.J.-.^._'v f- l*A.jrt.*Aa*»w-^*-''^-' *-**'- -**-• * _. -.".N ;„ ,„,^i • -. . S2 ■'■* •' - " *■':- ■'"O'-.-'-i ''"'•' 7-i, '":'- ■""• .< i-*%- ,-.'* H-? 1, ,:■ Industrial Uffity. ist Strength , Tbe omclal Organ o| District No. 18, U. I_. W. of A. %X v,\ FtBl'6lOlo *\ Political Unity is Victory VOL. V. No. 26 FERNIE, B. <$., January 29th, 1910 $1.00 a Year OiftOlXTY -'Vr DEAD JL-- r* ♦ _ ♦ ♦ _ . *. NOTICE .„* -♦ ♦ i-i • ■ • ,- i*■ <' •" . !. ♦ ♦ Coal miners are requested to '♦ ♦, keep away from Hillcrest, as ♦ ♦ the mines there * are already ♦ ♦ ' overcrowded. '♦ ** . *, ♦ . George, McDougall, electrician, Cop- per Cliff. >r\ Terrible Loss of Life by Train Jumping Track on The Soo Line , hy 1 * - w STORIES OF HEROISM , i. SAl/LT STE. , MARIE,'Mich., Jan. 22 •■>_-In,'the-worst railroad wreck in the j history, of '.'Canada',-' which " occurred '? three miles east of Bspanola on th'e ■ *■' bridge over the Spanish river at' 12.55 ! this afternoon, 49 passengers w-ere £.. lcilled and 92 injured. A report from "' '""We'bbwood.'near the "scene "of the dis- -^ aster states that 75 were killed, but Jttlii'-fWnnot' be correct:' * The wrecked "% train^asi'No. 7 on the Soo^line of the • : C.'-.cR.'.-and was bound for Mjnriea- } polls .from, Montreal.'.""-' .*r 'r "-y *. '■*' The cars which went over the bridge . * were' first class "arid diner. Conductor Reynolds estimates that there were - IS'passengers In these two cars, bf J' which one man only escaped.. Tire '..first class car and .the diner -were -.{ completely submerged. Eleven cars .."in.all left the rails, the engine,, mail --car express, car, going "over tlie bridge.* '[ The second class car was burned, and -* it is reported that many lives were /•■lost by fire in this car..',".- • -'<■- Cause Unknown. 7, The cause of.the accident is as.y.et "unknown, but it is supposed that'"a * "broken rail or a broken axle oh one ofo •^''tEtTHfrs'led to' It. " The crew of - the 'train Is saicl to-have been-T. Reynolds, conductor, North Bay;*_. Telford, en-' gineer,- North Bay; 'Thomas Hol- brook, baggageman The names of the mail clerk-and brakemen are un* Mrs. Stanle,' elderly lady, Massey, Ont. , , . ' Hiram Johnston, traveller for Richardson Bros., Mattawa, Ont. Died ln hospital today. George McLaughlin," Barrle., Frank Jzar, Italian, Montreal, aged 40, died on relief train. J. Honault, .Matheson, Ont. ■ S. Zouman, Polander, Chisholm, Minn. . .:..f .; ■ , ; ', NIch Nlcholankp. - George Mclliienny, fireman,\North -Bay. • •■ • '', 7 '■'-. ' *■*■•>''*;-'•$ y y W. La very, fireman, North* Bay..: •- Dr. McLellon, veterinary surgeon, "of Sudbury. _?$&-'*.,,. * , ,', ■ , "!•'.' Mrs. Lindell, wfbrypeg " Harry Lindell, \vtfmipeg, , . P. J. OBrlen, Randallj Man. - ,,., ■'■ Mrs. '(3eorge"P: Dier/'Boissevain, Man., internal injuries, serious: * . \ "'S.'H. Rogers, Winnipeg,'Man., head cut.; ■'_.. r\y:. -.*;•'. ,>■•■■..'■ ' •* ' •;',' Conductor Reynolds, North Bay,' head'and'legs;'injui*'ed,""'nbt serious. Thomas Parrish," St.- Paul, hands and head slightly.'. - „.• * ■ • Mike Nikola,. Max, North Dakota, slightly. .7 .* " .. ''•-'/ ' L. .McDonald, Minneapolis, scalded body. , *.?_;' '.- s . ' „ . ' E.- Jlansfield; Montreal, injured internally. ,!' 7" / *'', , /• -, - D. M. Brodie,' "police magistrate, Sudbury,, ribs'broken. ' .* Samuel Bullae "of "St. Paul, badly scalded. ,-,*-?• ,."-7,' --■ .. -I .. A. O. Desman,. Norway, head slightly.' . - ' ' , ' ' * *» • W. J. -Bell, Sudbury, manager■ of Spanish River, Pulp and Paper7com-_ MEET Twenty-First Annual Convention of the U. ^vv---M;-W/'pf A. Revives Very Hearty ■ ■ _■** /■ Welcome at Jndianapolis—Big • "*<>'' , ,'■'-.", . ' Gathering; of Delegates NOTICE LEWIS 1GAIN- ■fy- ■ i r. VICE-PRESIDENT H- 'INDIANA-OUS. Jan.. IS.- ■ ' '-$"&'■ r -Addresses do anything--^litle.'they pany, Injured liead' and chest.. -" Joe-.- Doeleuch, Erin , Rier,' -. Mich., shoulder Injured.- "' »• -*-/* " J. ,H. Wade, Sudbury,- abdominal injuries. * v. Considerable" excitement prevailed j and arm. J b\ the Soo this afternoon when the nt-ws, of the accident".* was received.- . It^'iK known that R. Burrows,' man- ';.agor*.f the'Bell, Telephone company, an-sTjplm Boyd, contractor were on the - , tralri^'o Teloiji'ams were received from each of thcB(W_$n to the effect that they ', wero satisfy ' ' 'Mr/Buriws statd thnt ho had re- ceiveil slight Injuries, and that he would be home on the first train to tho Soo, ' John O'Boylo, who was sup- „ posed to have been- on the train, was not,,henrd from. Mr." O'Boyle was a prime mover In tho drydock scheme ' hero. . , A telegram from Wobwood says that Magistrate B-j-odlo of Sudbury and * 11 Mr. Boll of Sudbury were seriously Injured. ■ <.> •il.,:i^^,Ruf?e.UMHj',milton,.c'U?---on-.'l*pad ,- W. D., Wilmot, Montreal, commercial'traveller. ^ "' A.r Irwin, Manistee, Jlich. Alfonso Rousel', six years old, Soo, Ont. R. S. Smith, Hamilton C. HoudcSoo. Ont. , Johnson, traveller, Belleville. ,7.' H.' Wade, Sudbury * , WV, J. Bell, lumborman, Sudbury, very serious. B, Jji Pearce, commercial traveller, Toronto. Mr, and Mrs Brown, London. 0. S. Mnrtin, commercial traveller, Waterloo. C. Moore, nddress- unknown, seriously. ', Jos. Maber,'Montreal, bruised and cut. C. D, Mnbor, Montreal, bruised and cut, \V. J. Bell of Sudbury, Ont., is very seriously Injured niul mny not recover. (Continued on page 3) weiv in tlie THE DEAD Mm.' Iloude, Snult Ste. Marie Josii'ph Uciuault M. Spinksomum /Mlko Nlclonkoo \Flromnn ReeBbeck, North Hay ilosoph Kelly, Loavonport, Washington. , . Dr, Whltocloud, Iudlnn patent medicine vendor, Pownoon. George McDougall, Copper Cliff.* Mr-s, Stark, Slmwvlllo, Quo. Hlrnm Johnstono. fur traveller of Montreal. Two women, unidentified. A. 0, Ilenion, LlbHon, Nortli Dakota. A.'H. Watt, lllghwood, Mont, A. Sntimlors, Coldwntor, Ont. Fathor Chiillltmu, Blind Rlyor. ., W. G. RobortHon, C. P. R. triivoll- ing auditor, Arnprlor. Rov. Stephen Chllderliouse, Nortli Hay.' darn Took, Coclirnno, Out., nR.nl i yoni'H, 8, J, Snunilom, Orlllln, Ont. trnvollor for (Ireon & Swift, London, Out. Uo leavoH 11 widow and flvo chlldron nnd n widowed mother, 10, 0. Benin-tolls, ncmrnolH Mining <;o„ MHlion, N, D. ■' WnliM't A I-tftrvtli tvnvollnr Amnrlrnn Tont nml AwnlnK Co, Toronto, aned 31 yonrHi IcnvoH widow nnd throo small children. Rev, Stephen Chlldrohoimo, North Bny. Unidentified hovs: Fir«t, four feet three fnclios tall, fair tialr, quito stout j had been seen nnd wanting to make aged sovon to ton, has on pair of high ' tho trip ngnln, Tho novel ontortnln- SUCCESSFUL TRIP AROUND THE WORLD The people of Fertile \Vero somewhat skcptlcnl nbout the ability of the Indies of the MothodlRt church being ablo to make a trip nround tho world In ono night ns tlioy hnd ndvortl«ed, but they were oqunl to the occasion, nnd everybody who took tho trip would like to go ngnln, The different count Hun vliiltuil were full of good cheer for tliolr visitors nnd the nuisance of a tipping habit was entirely eliminated from the programme. From tlm good home cheer of a Ciimidlan house to the wholesome welcome of a real Qermun household; thence to the flowery mid effusive reception Into the dainties of Japanese hospitality, then to tho highlands of Scotland with ten lineMnfl nnd Itci tn'ltiVIIni**- lionln ftt the highland Tllng, nnd nftor If nil to bo entortnlned In the Hub of the Un!- vorse,xwhero tho Indies woro delightfully polite nnd proper, wns un experience not lo bo forgotten nnd ovory traveller name homo nl<**nRed with whnt i tfa If ovoreliooB, grey sweater, striped with blue; no cont; uerond boy, nbout twolvo yonrs or nge; evidently foreigner. Unl1l.1nUn.ttd woman, tlvu fuet st-vt-n hair nubiifn tlngod with grey, woro black milt, nbout i>i> years of m.-, and wore RlniBOs. Unidentified woman, five feet seven Inchon, fair hair, cream wnUt with brown dots', wore shawl, brncelot nnd two ring* on left band, Thumtu Auatttul. lkuti-lkwwui'. DUnd Rivor, ' „ ment wns n decided success, nnd II Is to bo hoped Unit tho Indies will ugnln rlvnl Mr. Cook In Rotting up cnother round lhe world trip. For huIm, oik- light leitm of liormts. Prlco $180. Hitmen stf required, nt Its worth, Apply A. Macdonald Co. The Ladles Benevolent Roclety will hold A dance on Wednesdsy evening Fobruayr the 2nd at Bruce's hall. Tho following commlttoo will tnke chnrgo Mrs. Sherwood Herchmer, Mrs. K. WiiKlutkwutlU, M*;*. KUuur. Mi*. IWU. Mrs. Fred Johnson and Mrs. Wilkes. of welcome that by tlieir number' and warmth, should leave no doubt in the' minds of the delegates as to how glad Indianapolis was to have them as guests, -were delivered at the opening session this morning, of the twenty- first annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America ln Tomlinson hall. The hall,"which was decorated with many American flags, was well filled. Close' attention was paid to the addresses and applause was fre- eiuent. ' ,. „■'*«. The addresses, while not long, were, to the point, and emphasized that.it was the sentiment not only that'' the miners were; most welcome, but that it was the wish to have them continue to hold their conventions in iridian- •apo'.is.—"—Addresses—of—rwcloomci-wo»rc- made by, Governor Marshall, Mayor Shank, AqulllaQ. .Tonejs, as president of the Board of Trade; Walton _. Dynes as president of the Commercial club; John Hughes, as president of the In- diana State Federation of Labor; Ilen- rv*,*Prl.*?*jriin.n,1nB 'Pteslflent^of.thp .Central -Labor Union: the Hew J. C. Day, the Rev. Lewis Brown, tlie l!ev, George Wolfe, and tho Rev. George Taylor, as representatives of the churches uf the city, and A. H. Godar'd secretary of the V. M. C. A. Governor _itr*-liMll Speak* Governor Marshall, after welcoming the miners and expressing the hope that they would continue to hold their mnual conventions In Indianapolis, said he did noi know where a hotter city than Minneapolis for their convention could be found. Ho paid tlio I this might seem selfish but lie was a .Hoosler and folt that way, He said that while he had never dono manual labor, he novei' saw a man who did Hiieh work but that he felt he should take off hin hat to lilm to a most worthy representative of American citizenship. Without it body of working, contented people he fnll sure that the republic could not endure. He referred to his love for hi-* country and state and "Un laws niul constitution, and snld that annthur passion was his belief that God did not make big men and little men—hut just men. He snld that ho lind definite Ideas us to the rights of the working people, and thnt so long us lie remained n free eltlnen he expected to say what lie thought nnd expected that whom he mUlresHi'd would say what they believed, "He said that lie had no objections to 11 man getting money hut lie wished lilm to get It In so clean u manner that IiIh Infant child could cut-his teeth nn It without getting inhM',ilif.'s' In III? system, f.'niiitiil mul l.nlMir Iln referred to cupltnl and lnbor and hii id there would ln> no peace Uotween cfpltnl and Inhor, lie lielleved, uiiIchk thi'i'^wi-hi ft mutual feeling of renpect. He adVlm-d tlmt the principles nf the Gnlrten Hilln|should hn ndhi-rcil to, nml advised tluU tin' (U'lt-,KU,,*H •'• tll,,-r position sliofjld nssiimt' an latitude o| good-will nnrt fnlrni'HH toward nil nuiiu kind, (Jovnrniir Marshall also touched «n tin' mnttur of the empluym-M liitbllity lnw, He snld that there was no other fliif-Mtloii In wlih'h lie was so ileeply ln> ti-rrntiMl, nnd Unit In' did tint know how It wim K''1'-*--! '" •"■ ""IvimI. but It was one nt the inn<Mtlonn thnt must lll> MllVfll, 'lie uxpi'i-SHOii the belief thnt when lhe right Holuilnn rutin', ll would lulin adviintiigi' both to tin* employer nud the employe, Hn f-nlil It Iuul been pretty well H-ttled In r'ngluiiil, .mil tic thought It would he fettled In tliU i-Muntry oim 01 tin-Hi- nay*. Hi' mint lie l.nil 1-1 Urn m-i-ii'diiu If :i]iliiili)t deli-- gates to n convention t» roiislder the iliiniitlon whetlier Imllnnii uliould hnve un rmp\oy,-Tr> llntilllty ent, whloli, r»-- garilloNH of nil i|iiestlotih of contributory negligence,, would see that Injur- l,.« were pnld frit' hv tin- rnrimrntlnn J{i> exprenjieil the iiope «rnl hellef Mint Mitch n noliitliin would be reached thnt It would be found not only wlier but elienpnr for the corporation to pn." 11 fixed sum for nn Injury or n ilwiili than tu be mndn tin- prey of "iiinlni- Inneo flinders," Tn closing his nrf4rei>> of welcome, the governor udvlncd the delegates to be toiiruKeoun und brave, nnd to keep their temperx Ir*. *ll thnlr dt-Ulii-niUiin*, adillUK that, n-Hl In oIik'a Wife, tlmt wiin the /n'ct (lilng til k«-cp, lliiyor "Wbiitik'* \% rlfftwir tn mnklng bin ii'Mree* of wkurn,* ^f•yor Hhsnk ssld that the govornor Imd Invlt-Hl th* TnlntT** to tiavi* * tof«l llnio white In tlie cltv, hut I'utt the governor wnn Tint the mayor, .»«•! t e linked them, with it broad *mll>-. nnt to city,.that would<get the ministers after them* and cause them to come t.* him to complain. *>-'*<^ . He added that^he had lost more hair in the last ll*.(ia!ys.of his life than in all previous 'experiences. He "said he would* try, .and*(;l-et the miners'have* a he promised not to as the governor did good ■ time, anj "knock" so t5n not. ' '..*.* ;-{S" , '- He said thatjif they wished to have anything ,to dMnk ■ next - Sunday they -liad better bu>*lt on the Saturday before. ' %' * ,;:,?'He suggesteSln regard to the safety of the miners'Hi their daily work that the";Governor sfee-.that all'the mining laws -be strictly, .enforced. The belief was. expressed, by him .that tlie Jnitiei'ijsliauld_gej7?M-.a_daji-for_theii-_ wages, and, he'told .of a time when lh a western .part x6t the States he had gone "down,, a"'shaft and liad had* a chance to realize'..in part some of the dangers and disagreeable features of mining, "•-•.*, ,' " ; ", He sajji.'.btiffigls jjjst^a'n auctioneer; ''and"Ti*r'l3emN-ed tnaT'lT^he" hall' gb'm'u goods to sell he'could show to. better advantage. Ho added that he had a good private secretary however, and' that* he would be honest with the miners and say that the speech he was nbout to read had been written by the secretary. Applnuse of n most hearty nature greeted this remark. Before reading his speech, however Mayor Shank explained that he had a while waistcoat that he wore nt times but tlmt he had ■ accumulated some spots on it this morning, to that Jic could nut wear lt nt the convention, Ho then began to read the formal nd. dress of welcome, In which the miners were most henrtlly welcomed io the eity, nnd with cordiality urged'them to contlnuo holding their conventions In Indianapolis, lie, read that no organization faced n more vital problem than tlmt before the miners and he remarked thut.lie bolleved he "said the siime thing In a speech he wroto for mo nt the gathering of the grain dealers," Ilo Mill) further that the reason he hud lold the miners that lie had not written the address wns because they would know thnt ho could not got the words together In that way. After rond I uk the manuscript ho ngnln impressed It upon tin- delegates that tho people of Indliinnpolls were glad to hnve thom as the guests of the city, Ills talk was freriuently interrupted by the' warmest sort of applause from the delegates, Address liy A. ((. .Ioiii-m In milking his nddrei* of welcome on behalf of the hciiinl of trade, Aqulllii l}. Jones said that citizenship was was mnde of nlleglence—.ilU-glnnee (o a country, a stale, a eity, and thnt hn wiih proud to sny that the minors wero eltl'/eiis of riullunnpulls, He said thc speech of the goveiiior had ellinlniiti'it prnetlcnlly everything from his spi-i-ch except 011 thing, Hu (.'(intin 11 i'il ly saying that about !|i) yours ago lie wiin connected with a mining rompnny in liullnnii, and thnt It had bee Hone of his dillles to Inspect the mines of the .compnny, He snld tlmt those were eriiih- dnys with crude fiindltliiii*. >md In- ilesri'llieil hrli'tly 11 few ol tin- cuiidltlnlii'. He spoke In words nf priilse nt lhe United Mine WorkiM'N, nml snid tliut the nrgnui/.nt- Inn Willi not seeking to pull down, hut to IiuihI up, nml llnu It conimiiiuleil the highest respect of lhe bunt cltUetiihlp uf tin- ('nIteil Ntllte'.i bemuse of tlm work il was lining nnd the work Hint ti liml done, Wll I lei" I., Myiies Wi'lrnnii-il the dele* (JNlli-M on behnll' of tin- I'nmnii'i'clnl elnb I and,In speaking .of Ilie Uniled Mlim U',','(.. I,-., .11.1,1 ',',.*,; .' 11 a.i .1 hi'iviii.rt niKnnl'/iilloii ii nil Hint It xx-tix iiceomi. and that he hoped the miners would continue to hold their annual conventions in Indianapolis. .1 Mr. Godavd welcomed the miners on behalf of thc- • Young Men's Christian Association and extended to them a cordial invitation to be the guests of the Y. M. C. A. during their stay in the city, and avail themselves of its privileges. * * President I.etvlM lteNiiondH The response to the addresses of welcome was made by T. L. Lewis, the ] president of the Mine Workers. He said he felt that he was voicing the sentiments of..all the delegates In the convention when he said that they were deeply appreciative of what liad been said by the various speakers," and* of the cordial ity of the welcome that-had been extended to the miners. , ' He said that'"twenty years ago, last December, thero gathered In Indiana- polls a small party of mine" workers, unknown to tlie world, and that in this city these men laid the foundation of the United Mine Workers of America.'—Hr'touchedUMi tin?* _vvatimcn of Indiana, for which he snid, the state wns noted, and referred to General Lew Wallace, lienjamin Harrison and Jas. Wliiteomb Ttiley. ln touching on liberty of speech he said thai so long as labor unions existed they would Insist, not only on their right to say what they thought but would demand the repeal of any law Hint Interfered with the exorcise of that right, Ho said that the time was coming when the laboring man of this country would uot have to go to the legislature hulls nnd beg on his knees for legislation to protect life and health, and lie believed the lime would come wlien legislators would ask them what Ihey wanted, Tills, he added; would be brought about by organized offort. „, KiiggrxlN Sluily He suggested that Hie representatives of tlio churches nnd of commercial organizations devote some time to a study of lalior conditions and la- hoi' problems so Hint they could assist In nn ntnicablo undfrslnnillng being I'incheil between employer mul employe, Ho referred 10 Governor Mur- shnll, nnd suld Hint he wished there were more governors like lilm in the other states, !■>', J. Sullivan of the On mil Labor Union, presided over Hie convention during tlio addresses of welcome nnd made n brief address In which he weleonied tho miners to the city. The Ilov. J. 0. ?)ay made' the opening prayer, I'resldi'iit. Lowls assumed the chnir afler the addresses of weli-iinn-. nml appointed John Knlloii, Luke Liuuilinii, Charles Olldun and T, .1, .McClun- ns Mcrgi'iints at arniH. The creileiiiliils committee announced tliftl ll wns ready to report, but It was decided Ihul Hie report should be mnde In Hie after- noon. AmiiiKemnnlH hnve been mnde, Mill- Hilly tu i-uti'rtlllll the delegates tn the conventhm during their stay In Hie city, by tin- ontrnl Lnbor union. The iirnuigctncnlN Include nu enterinlii- meni In TnmlliiHiiii hull I'YIdny even, lug, Jniitniry *j|; u hmuiuct In V, M. I, hall i!l,'» I'hiHt Norili hii t, TIiiiimIiiv evening, Jmimiry i!S: a vaudeville en- j tiM'tnlnmeiit at the l-lmplm then ire uu I SVedlii'Hil.iy nlglil, ,l|iiiliiir\ '.'il, iuul n ! tin-lire plltly .it the (rnliilllul tlic.Ute ! for tin' wive*" mid fi-mlnlim n-lntlvce of i the mlllcU' tiiiiinl row ulght. 111 inldl- j Hon lo this, lhe miners 'vlll be the I gu.-siK nf t!i» Iiii|Iiiiwi|iiiIIn , .Ministerial | Association nl the Snltit 'hmdi-nx "X-; I liihlHnli ul the John HeiTim nrt Insll- I Itiiiitlilt' Ilimlnemi > It was believed thai matters of n -'.".'ii...' i,.,'.1.i, ii'«,..-i <,i',.,»^ hi I.,) f , mi-hkIiui of tin. I'liin-viilliiu iiiid thnt tin- llslilng good. Hy Hie gri-ut good It j annual reports of tlm ufricers would wum doliiK, lm iiildcd ll I'lioolil l,«>- men-, mil be Ii-iti.-1n.-il hefun- innuirniw iiiorn- Mm,,,], ! Ing, ll Ih piedlcled Hint these nuiiuiil I i-MpiirtH will lie of an titiuiiuiilly Inter- On llplmlf nf Wlnlp l-Vilprnlliin , „,,, „ i ,\ ,,..*• .lulin llugjies H-elronnd tin- deleg.iiih ,'Mr, Lewis will einlmdy recommi-uda- ou linliiilf of lhe Indiana Hlnte I'i'deiii- I tIohh of cntiHlile-filble linpnrluiice tn the Indianapolis, January 18 To the Officers and Members' of the Local Unions District No. 18, United Mine Workers of America: Brothers and Fellow Workers: As you are aware, our annual convention is called to convene on Wednesday, February 2nd in the city of Lethbridge, Alta. The International convention will not likely get through .until January 29th,1 and it would be impossible for us to get back to the District by the 2nd. You are aware that, as your official representatives, we have a number of important matters to bring to the attention of the International Executive Board, and those matters effect vitally the interests of Dist. 18 and its membership. ' Ordinarily, there is no reason why any convention that is called should be postponed to a future date, but we believe that the best | interest of the membership of Dist. 18 can be served by postponing the convention to a future date to be named later. • This convention will be called as soon as we can get back to the District. In order that there will be no misunderstanding, the delegates who are now elected to attend the convention on Wednesday Feb. 2, will be the delegates who are entitled to be present at the convention which will convene at a later date. You will see by this that there is no disposition to change the arrangement that local unions haye .made with the exception of changing, the.date of convention. r—With-the*'hope*:that-you~cari_ap~ preciate the importance of changing this date and assuring you that the convention will be held on or before Feb. _3," wjth our best wishes for' She'' success -of the •"membership of District 18, we are Truly and fraternally yours W. B. Powell,.President C. Stubbs; Vice-President A. J. Carter,Sec-Treas. P,S.—To the members of Dist. 18: I have consulted with your representatives here and heartily concur in the above act'.on to postpone your convention, as I know that it will be necessary for them to be here until the close of our annual convention. Sincerely and truly yours, T, L. Lewis, President U. M. W, of A. SAD FATALITY AT NO. ONE MINE Caught by Fall of Rock- Had Only Worked Three Weeks , BODY WAS TAKEN EAST Another sad fatality occurred In No. 1 north on Monday n'ight about, ten o'clock causing the death of a Slavonian, named John Kepsck. from * information received it seems that he and his partner were working in No. 16 room off the first incline, loading acar when without the slightest warning a large rock fell from tlie roof on Kepsch's back, pinning,him down and when he was taken out It was found that ho had two or three rib's broken on each side and' the spine crushed, and was quite dead: He-had just been working' up here three weeks, coming in from* a ranch about thirty miles ' from Red Deer, where his,wlfo and two children reside. It will bo a sad blow to the poor wife when she hears the news, as he had only come to,work during the winter months"in the mines up here. . The widow of deceased arrived in the city from Alberta on Thursday night and the body was taken east for interment on Friday morning. Although not a member of the miners union it seems passing strange that the body was taken away so suddenly and without the knowledge of the local union officials, as in all cases-due^respee^is^shTJwn^t^BopaFi" ed brothers in attending the last sad rites. In this Instance. for' some unknown reason, this privilege of attending to'these particulars was denied to "the mien. A driver named Andrew Passock got severely crushed between a car and d door frame in No ft mine on Monday night between 5 and C o'clock. He was unconscious when found but is progressing well at'tlmo of writing. A phone hns boen installed ut the rink nnd adds to the convenience of Dw. pntroiiH, A good* hIk-cI. of Ice will be nvnllublo for tonight, • If n few ii nil on worn HcniM'rorl on tlin sldr-wiill* loading norlh from the prosntit post office It would . iirhvo tho safety of podoRtrinns. WALDO AN EXCELLENT SHOW COMPANY tion or l.ulinr, HiiylnK llnu hi* IiHI<-vim1 ' ihi' mlripru ri'iilb.tiil tlmt In<llnrinrinll« wiin a giioil plni'i) tn hold tluilr cunvi'ii- tii>UH, hn il.i-y li Hil lii'i-n coming to ttiln rlty yi-ar nfter your. " II* ri'fi'rri-il lo tli* .irrnnwi»t-niriin thiif iirgiiril/.iil|nii. Alioui tuivi'iiti'i-n liiinilri'il i.'ri'ili>nilnl« hnve Ill-en met'!vml but n niimln-r of tin-Hi- nri' i|ii|illr«tliiri>i of niimnH, lie enmp of iiui (ti'|i'Kiiti-ji ri-prt-Hi-nl umri- ttillti ntl" Inc-iil iinlrin Aivorifllltf tn Tlw Siimmi'i'H Stock Company, t ho bent iill-roiind hi nek compiiny that hns •'ver vIhIumI [-V-tiiI*-, hnvo njglitly plpim- i'il Inrgo fliiill-.MK'.'H thin woiflt. lOvery mmuhnr of thl»'hlgli cIuhh nggregiitlnii Is n piny, i" of worth mul merit nnd uphold iheir rnHpecllve pnrth In n very efficient mumier. MIhh !M1i> Hlev- i'luinn the li'inliiiK linly Ih llll ik'Iivhk of I'xn-ptloiut! nbllliy, nml ruptured tin' hi'iirte of •■vi.-ryoiie who was preti- eni on Mon dny'for tlm np'-nliig piny: The Mnn nnd tlio Mourn). Mr. W. N. Hlnlte |h one of tlio bi'Ht nnd moHt nnt ur. nl urines we bine Iuul the ph-im* ure nf Heelng. IIIn very miTiirnlnoHH U IiIh grenn.-Ht f ent lire In our entlinn- '!'*"', :•.■ '. '. :.' :, ?'.!.!,', '.,, !!, ,. I'.,;', worlc nn the *yttii»*' l|r- -rni mci-h ta exceptIntml nilvnntiigii iih Cynm Men- lirnn lu the Mldillemiiii on Tlniniiluy evening mid nothing hut woiiIh nf prnlHe wum Iwnnl, Kvery other nieni- III"!' tit till- I MMIIVIIH- ll ftl'V "'I H would hi- unfiilr nml iiIiiiohi iinpoHH- Ible to pHrliciilnrlxi'. Some good Hpe. I'lnltloH nre pill on hnlwi-i-ii the itclw to while nxxny Dw tedloiiH wnltlnK- TIiIh nftornoon the clover fiirrc com- cily "Jlrowii'H In Town' will he pregont. $7(i,0() hns been placed in the trean- ury towards tho hnll fund, the proceeds of a pair of Hudsons bny blankets ruffled by Mrs. Charlie McNab. A great deal of praise ,is due to P. McPherson nnd H, King of Camps No. 2 nnd No. ii, and to Mr. Violet and Mr. Cheney and to A. I-.nwIck of Waldo, (ill of whom were very successful iu selling tickets, John Lewis, district gnmq warden, and Mr, lliirgess of the Wood MnNnb Lumber compiiny. Fernie, were Wnldo visitors this week, An evening whilst club wns organized ni the Wnldo hull on Wednesday ovoning, After the curd gnmos woro finished dancing wns indulged In nfid ihe evening was much enjoyed. Client er I'otllt of Ciiinp. No, .' lies vory ill nl Wnldo. The Indies contributed gcnoroiiHly towards n fund siiirii'd by Mrs, McXiib to' purchase blnnkets for the mifferor. C. I). Mc Nnl) returned from Kornlo yoHionlny. J, C. (.iirruther'H vIhIIciI In Wnldo this week. il"" innirii iu inn iiiiiiiiMrriiiiii'i nun i Ntiri »f i|«- i'n if i iinniri <jw i 'iMlliiK '" * * i * ». . .» huil liimii niii'lo for Hie itnl-artulnment ufflturn of Un- imtlimal orKatil/iillon, I''"' '""' """K1" M""*". nnotlior A meeting of the hcIioo! honrd will bo held In the city hall on WodiioHiIny evening nt 7,:!D, Tho two new mom- bern of Hn' hon nl will he then sworn lu niul ntln-r IuihIiiokh of lni|iortnuce will In' inlteii up. Tin' Hi'iond cninlviil of lhe Hi-nsnii will he held nl the Hkntltig rink on TiH'Hiliiy evening m«vi Tho Ice will he In excellent nhnpe nnd the nffnlr Hhouhl prow very luten-Hiiiig, All HklltlTH III COHtUllli- life rel|UOHtOl| tl) he preHent h1i;ii'|> on time nn nt H.tU n griiiid mnrch will be given, nnd only ' the coiitumeil hIoiIcih inking part In tlio rnlivti will lio fniii'lil'1!-!'"*! (nr Min prlzeH. After the illntrlhullon of tho prizes Hkntlng will he genernl. The prltofl nm 'itw for ndults nnd !._■ for tlilldion, nml UiIh Ih very reiiHoiiitble. Hurry KlngHwond, miner nt Conl f'n.eV c'llll «•'." i," i>'* *•"•)■ t.t Jiinuury churgeil hi'fnre MiiKlstruie Al iixumlnr with luivltig without Inuful nut hot Ity, panned n dniiger nIuiiiiI; to wit, n fence In n room tn the left off the in III li (dope of HenvOi'H DeepH In No. li mine on Jiinuury (lib, 1310. The three; ni eiiscd plciujetl ttulliy to the chnrgo, of thn ilftlrirnt'-H hy tin- Oxntnil I.ahor t'lilmi, mul iuul ll.-il -Hi .txrrcini-hi hh lo uiTuiiKi'iiii'Mtn fur UiPlr cnli-rtiilii- miril liml lii-i'ii n»it''lti-il without tin- ii,..| i,t nfl'ltr«lliiii, In HtitiaklilK tit tli>- HilvanlaKi-** ili-riv- i'il tiy Indlnnnpnlli through thv rnnvon- lion* of iln- tfnlt-»tl Min* Worker* oi Anicrlc/», he K»lil tlmt «h<->»» ronv.*n- ttivrm wo'rc'.fh*- ttfnt nilvrriUcmpnt" 'or tl," city that tnillanftpiilli c«uld rtict. hrtwi-vir. Ii Ih iiclti-vPil tlmt tli-n- un-1 net romody, will he on. Wo hnve | hut tho miiRlHtrnte, i|onlrlnK further iiimiii rifir.ii inimlri'il iici*>-Kiifi-**i. iiiii-i Heen Nlobo mngeil before mill r«n I ovidoneo, cnlloiS fire Imidhou Herbert r.-itn...n nuilifm-il for tlm gn-iit iuimi.«r j K,iaranloo that this vompnny will glvo ut ili*li'KHti*H |m tilt- fuel Hint (lit- tni-m- 1 . . . .. . i,.',, ,,t.- ,l,owlr,g an l...-rr..^ Inl..r«t | >m raon* ,U,,n >'o1r Tn0m!>' * WOr,h nni1 lo tiif iirKHnDtitiliin. and nnoih»r t»;,W l«»Whii per mlnillo. The e-uitnlii tlmt ttui nrgnni/iiilon Iiuk ii uri'iiicr I iIhoh uluirp ut 8.30 iiiiiI.iih the Cool friiml.-J-htl. tl.it for wny y,-*r in If*, (;ri.„k trftJn wt|| ,„, j,0|,j „n,|| ,, ,0 hlttnrx- (Continued oo page 8) ■ uitomniDiliUf iho people from iIht-**-. jlhe tb.Rtro uhould bo packoil. I*nndfoar nml John HIkrh, who Knvo ovidoneo to the offoU that this* room had lie«»n fonoiil off owing In a rmiHlil- ernblc i|uunllty of w* which mnde tin* plner uninfo to work In. Klngnwood wn* Hoiitoiiccd io om* week tn JnfV without tho option of a fine, !<Hs«eweeaig$__>!» % ^^^^»^g^__^S»3_S_^ia?^^^siffi^asfgs^^^^^^^^^J PAGE TWO THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNlE, B. C. JANUARY 29 1310 I OUR SOCIALIST Conducted under the" direction of "Proletiaran" Address all matter for this page to "Proletarian" District Ledger 1 THE EIGHT HOUR DAY BILL , The Canadian Manufacturers Association is a powerful organization for the protection of the profits of the manufacturers. Its activities are numerous and always in the interests of the manufacturers. The manufacturer make their profits out of the difference between what thoy pay for raw material and labor and what they sell their manufactured, products for. Thus it is to their interests to increase the price of their products to the pub- lie by protective laws and monopoly , agreements. It is also to their inter- * ests to keep down the wages paid to the workers and to prevent the work day from being shortened. ,, Tlie manufacturers cannot be blamed for this course. They are in the business for what they can get out of it. They are not in business for the health or comfort of the employees. They are there simply to make what they can. • What I am going to say about the manufacturers therefore, is not with any animosity towards the manufac*** turers themselves. All I want- to do is to point out to workingmen, whether unionized or not, tlie power of the manufacturers and the.methods they use in attaining iheir ends. One of the great aims of the workers of the twentieth century is the reduction of the working day to eight hours.- This does not mean that the* workers are lazy., This simply, means that the workers want more time to ' spend with their wives and children, for self cultivation, for the study of politics and for recreation, When men are compelled to work, ten twelve or more hours per clay the men can- ,not live. They are nothing but flesh and blood machines grinding out the profits for,their bosses. ■' The workers two years ago, endeav- -OFed-tO'have-tho-Sight-Hours-bilLp—Si ' sed by the Dominion government. The bill was thrown out. That bill was thrown out through the lobbying.-of tho paid agents of the Canadian Manufacturers association. * The manufacturers association, whose members live off the unpaid labor of their workers, saw to it that the men upon whom rests thc" burden of thc work of 'Canada should not be freed from one minutes toil laid upon them by their masters. ( Listen to the following quotation from a circular sent out. secretly to tlie members of the Mnmifncturers Association, urging them to still pay their assessments for tho support of tho Association: , "The Association needs your assistance. It feels it has earned your support. Its successful campaign re-, cently against the Eight Hour Day bill alone has saved the price of your membership fee a hundred times over. Yet this Is but one of the long list of items which go to make a splendid record of Parliamentary achievement.' You workingmen who think that your bosses nro your friends in pnrllfi- mont should ponder the nbovo paragraph soberly, onrnostly mid seriously, iuul mnko up your minds thnt you will elect your own comrades to purlin- mont In order lo make lnwn In your Interests. Your hoBHOH wll,] soo to It. tlmt their henchmen will do all Ihey cun to keop you working long hours on low wages, Tlie worker is being robbed directly of about one half of what he earns and indirectly of four fifths. Do you not believe this? Then go to' your boss and he will te.ll you not to believe Socialist papers. ' It is to the interests of the bosses to keep you in ignorance. o * * ' * . "All my life I have seen my family { and my class suffer under the Unequal- j itios of a system that produces paupers at one extreme and mult I millionaires at the other. That is why I am In this work.'—Elizabeth Gurley Flynn-Jones. ' ** * * . * Capitalists assert that socialism will ■destroy the home; while at the same time they will evict ai family if the rent is not paid. How long are you going to believe that old lie that socialism will destroy the home? IS THE EIGHT HOUR. DAY POSSIBLE? Very frequently we hear, the cry of the manufacturer that the * 8 hour day is impossible. It has been the cry of the,manufacturers throughout the past century that it was impossible to reduce the hours of labor. In 1839 little children as young as five years of age,were toiling in the cotton factories of England sometimes as long as 16 hours a day. Jn that year Shafts* "bury moved, that the' hours for children be reduced from G9 per week to 58., 'Mr. Pease,, a Liberal, M. P. and a Quaker, declared that "if the hours of labor were abridged he must, unless ho submitted to torture and overdrove the children he would close his factory." That was in 1S39, so the wail of the profit hunting manufacturer that he" would be ruined if the hours of labor were reduced is'no new thing.,* Take a squint at that manufacturers letter ancl get their true view of the mat- •' But the profit instead of being 85 per. cent of the wage bill, wohld be only '60 per cent. * You can see how Mr, Secretary of the Manufacturers association was perfectly correct when he gleefully informed his masters ihat the defeat of the eight hour bill had put hundreds of dollars into the pockets of the bosses. ' ,. In 1905 this 25 per cent extra profit to tho masters amounted to*$20,000,- 000. ■• The above figuers hold good with regard to-the other industries. The profits of the street railways of Canada were 96 per cent of the total wage bill. * ' - The profit of the steam railways is about* 90 per cent. The profit on the labor of miners comes to about one hundred per cent. Ancl many of the miners have the 8 hour day already. •' The eight hour day is perfectly feasible. But when Alphonse Verville introduces a bill which would force the government to buy only those supplies made under the eight hour day condition for the workers, your members of parliament are more or less hostile to the bill, and relegate it to a committee composed in part of men notoriously hostile to the measure. Take another look at that letter, read carefully that clause about the influencing of members of parliament ancl then, if you voted for a Tory or a Grit at the last election, go and kick yourself for your'past foolishness and make one great big,' everlasting resolve that you will never more be fooled by the smooth-tongued capitalist politicians into voting yourself into slavery. Mrs. R. B. Benedict and, Miss:. Caldwell, The Chimes, was a beautiful one, beautifully sung and'phrased to perfection. The audience very properly encored this gem of part-singing. Mr. It. T, Brymner accompanied this item like the genuine music lover that he is. The Soul of the Violin is the touching story of the love of a great musical artist.who In the day of his fallen fortunes, starving and desperate, is1 tempted to .sell his violin—a Stradav- arlus—for mere money. The story works up to the tragedy of the death of the artist and the wrecking,of his violin,, his companion for years ancl years. In Mrs.'A. B. Macdonald the story found both an artistic and a tragic interpreter. She fairly electrified her audience. What is a most uncommon compliment for recitationlsts, the audience imperatively recalled her. Mr. Brymner was fine in his singing of Armorer's song from Robin Hood, The song appealed to him, and as usual, he gave the music with the greatest expression. He was recalled, and if the people had had their way they would have kept him oii the stage for an hour. 45 Steam-Heated Rooms Hot and Cold Baths The King Edward Fernie's Leading Commercial Hotel The Finest Hotel in East Kootenay J. L. GATES, Prop. - 5J * The wage worker on the railway earns about a thousand dollars,, per year., The next time you meet • a track hand going home.ask.him how much he gets of the .thousand dol- ter. ',. - ;• Is the eight hour day possible in Canada. Undoubtedly, it is. In many trades the eight hour .day is already here. The printing trade has it. Other trades have it. All trades in Can nil a- could have it. . On the labor of industrial workers in Canada in 1901 the profits wore eighty five per cent of the wage bill. After paying all expenses including cost of superintendence, the profits were eighty five por cent, That means Ihat for every fifty six hours worked the worker worked thirty hours in reproducing the value of his labor power, while the owners of tho machinery of production received as profits tho products of twenty six hours df labor*, The average week in 1901 was fifty- six hours ancl a fraction, Now supposing that the week wns reduced,to forty eight hours nnd thnt tho workers did not work nny faster or that the method of production was not revolutionized following the reduction of hours, tbo result would be that thc bosses would still hnve eighteen hours of lnbor from the workers tlio result of which would bo clear profits. Generally on tho reduction of hours changes nre Introduced which ' go to reduce the waste of lnbor, labor becomes moro productive, and tho bosuns do not lose so much. But even If the hniirn of lnbor were cut down wltli tho worker producing no more por hour, the Ijohsoh would still make a big profit, lars a. year. If he denies the' fact, you can gamble on the fact that his boss, has him hypnotized. — Cotton's Weekly. He-The only way to keep servants Is to recognize them as ■£4*ualsr of agricultural fairs and exhibitions in British Columbia. , On Tuesday the lst of February and following day a meeting of the Central Farmers institute will be held when all proposals, resolutions and matters for important consideration will be placed on the agenda and finally dealt with during the convention. . This institute is representative of all . Farmers' institutes throughout the province and all matters pertaining to agriculture and the betterment of the present condition of the farmer are laid before the conference for consideration ancl decision. It is anticipated that many of the Institutes are furnishing their representatives and delegates with proposals to submit to the convention and which, if carried out, cannot but have the best results for practical operation. On Thursday the 3rd of February, the annual convention of the B. C. Dairymen's-association will be held, and on the following day the B. C. Stock Breeders association will be in session. A good program has been prepared for both of these meetings, and many interesting and valuable* lectures will be delivered by well known authorities on all 'matters pertaining to agriculture. Nothing succeds like success and it is evident that the knowledge disseminated throughout the proceedings of these gatherings cannot but have the best possible results in the further advancement of the agricultural industry in British Columbia. -- The, C., P. R. are issuing special excursion tickets at single rate and the opportunity afforded the people from near and far to combine pleasure with business in coming to Victoria during the convention is one not often offered the public. It is to be'hoped that many will avail avail* themeslves of* the chance to hear some first class practical addresses, and* will also seize the opportunity to She-HBut my cook would nevej recognize nie as her equal 1 A BUSY WEEK A MUSICAL TREAT • * i ' tCranbrook Herald) The concert given by Mr. H. C. C, Salmon and his pupils on Wednesday evening was a success in every way. What was offered by Mr, Salmon's pupils was all good, and all well worth listening to, And there were not too many selection.0—only sorao half do; zen all told—and most intelligently and enjoyably rendered by the young people. The opening item, the overture from Herold's Zumpa, went with an immense amount of clash and lifo*. Miss Illckenbotham wns entirely at her ease In her reading of Chopin's Polonaise, Op. 10, overcoming tho technicnl difficulties fluently. The plnno quartette, "Over Hill and Dale," Ituroduccd four of the youngest of tho perl'ormoi'8, Miss H. Frnsoi* nnd Miss Lottie Lensk, and two little latin, .1, Haslnni and W, Dalian, They were superior to all considerations of such things as nerves, and did splendidly, Lottlo Lensk, wlio wns nt. tho first plnno In this selection, cannot bo moro than seven years old—another case of hereditary musical ability, Haydn's "Toy Symphony" wns u'great Item. It was well, dono In all partn, To bo suro thero wore somo of tho grown-ups MivCorrlBon with tlio violin and Mr, R. li. Benedict with the flute- -(pity wo did not hear more of that beautiful Instrument, nH nny, In nn obllgato for a song hy Mrs. l'ntersnn or Mrs. f'olp- man) hut It Is thn young pooplo who did the work nnd deserve t,ho prnlso, MIbb (.J, Watts gave a very elegant Interpretation of tho plnno scoro. The piece wns rn-dnmnniled nnd tho third movement, given In response. MIhh M, Short Ih n clover and pramlHlng young plnnlut who rufleclH very groat credit on tbo tonehlng of Mr, flnlmoii. Mvh. K. J. Pntei'Kon'H lovely volco wim never hoard to finer tidviuiinge Mum In lliu- men t hii Ih Sunshine nnd Rnin. If pun- nlhle, ulio wiih even bottor In her en- corn Hong, The trie by MrH. Oolpinun, During the week commencing 31st January, Victoria will be in evidence in all matters pertaining to agriculture. On Monday the 31st of January, a meeting of the secretaries of .the Agricultural Fairs and Associations of the province will take place. The main aims and'objects of the convention are to arrange about the securing of judges for future exhibitions so as to"compile a circuit that will enable fairs to be held on dates not conflicting with others situated in the same district, Other matters portalnlng to tho more effective carrying out of the annual exhibitions throughout the province will be considered, and no doubt as a result of mich a conference much good will accrue to tlie advoncement take part in! tlie 'discu?sTon~w_Icfi^wiir fonow; . '--.' - - .'■ For information and'particulars of the convention write to R, W. Hudson, secretary-treasurer, Department of Agriculture, Victoria, B. C., Victoria Ave. Fernie, B. C. Fernie Livery, Dray & Transfer Co. ICE FOR SALE Contracts Taken ." 3 Including Stump Pulling, Land Clearing and Ploughing. Leb us figure on your next job », ii * " '• - ' Rubber Tired Buggies, New Turnouts 'i Rizzuto Bros. Props. HARDWARE ■ A full line of shelf- and heavy Hard- ■ ware in- stock together with a * .*-■.. complete range of Stoves , ■ ® Furniture Department \Our Furniture Department embraces the most unique and up-to-date lines. •••7," . Come in and have a look 1 J. p. QUAEL FERNIE, B. C...I NOTICE A meetiiig'of the'committee who are working to, raise a fund to purchase artificial limbs for Master A. G. Law- ley, aged four years, who met with a serious accident on the M. F.'&'M. Ry. last September,*' and has since been unable to walk, was held at Coal Creek on tho Oth inst.' , It was decided to ,1101(1 a concert in Pernie, if possible, and to open a subscription list at once. The committee would be very grateful if you will accept subscriptions on thoir behalf, however small, as funds aro urgontly needed for this deserving case. George Finlayson, Secretary of Commltteo HEAD OFFICII O Kind Stwvot Wevt Toronto W. C. B. Manson Managor Fernie B. C. PUTTING your spare dollars in the Home Bank is an investment at full compound interest. But it differs from an investment in this way: the money can never be lost, and it may be withdrawn at any time without expense or formality. One dollar .starts an account. Full compound interest paid. s&&-;s®:,*;:*«k$^ 1 Andy Hamilton 1 pj „' - ^^ ' ' ' ~ ' $ 1 Tinsmith and Plumber 1 We can furnish you with estimates in 1 "■• i- ''■'■■'..■ ■ ~ ■■ ' -^ I '■'•""'" anything in our line ' 1 Singer Sewing Machines Co., Fernie; B. C. Why be without a Sewing Machine when you ' can' get one for $3.00 a month ? Wm. BAR TN , Agt. (North of school) Pellatt Ave. M »T™.„„ Have Your Palm Read. Know Thy Future mm WM. E. BLAKE I.f>nilln« mnn with the Hummi-nt Block Company. MADAME UELMAR THE WORLD FAMOUS ASTROLOGER AND PALMIST TELLS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE The world famous Hlndo seeress and Prophet, Madame Del mar, hat no equal in he rprofcnlon. Bhe stands alone, the Quen of Palmists. Without asking • question, and at a glance the gives names, dates, facts and localities In the vast problem of life. Tells what you acme for and _tiar- antees to reveal every incident in your life, past, preesnt and future; advises you on courtship, love, marriage and divorce; sales, changes speculations, wills, property, business losses, and sickness. Positively no fee accepted In advance and not at all unless perfectly satltfled. This Is fair, is it not7 Lessons in palmistry and hypnotism. Mediumlstlc persons developed. Call early to avoid crowd. Office Hours 10 aim. to 9 p.m. ROOM 7, KING EDWARD HOTEL, FERNIE, B.C. Big Saving 25 to 35 per cent. You will savo by buying Clothing from us. Coinpleto stock of WinLor goods. Call and hoo ns boforo you buy oIhmvIicvo, i Sweaters, 75c, Wool Sox 3 pair 50c Pure Wool Underwear, suit $1.75 Flannel Shirts $1.25 each i«i KEFOURY Nnxl tn Iloclniii'n dimly Htoro BROS. S Noxt. to Northern llnlnl Z mmmmm*m*mm*w*mj Mra, Wlao: Ro you nro Rolnn to marry nml; ro to houBoltoopIni? oh? Why, and you don't know tho first tlilnfc About lioiiHukoepluK? MIijb Pert: Yoh I do. Mr*. WIh.s; Well ,J'<1 llkok lo know wliiii 1 Ml«3 Perl: Tho first thing la lo eel. n man to keop houso for,— Catholic Nt-ii-s, » » * - "I hear HlnlcH says nnrrlncc is a failure.'! 'It waa In Ufa catc, She married tho othnr follow,' Alberta Show Case Works ■MJ«I»*-J- Xfnnnfurtuiri-rt of STORE FIXTURES Calgary, Alta. i it*. OVER SIXTY REPORTED DEAD ti'.'A 77 , (Continued from page 1) W. J. Bell, mentioned in despatches as among those seriously injured, is a cousin of;Dr, Gordon Bell, aud Wilson 7 Bell of Winnipeg. He was a native of* Pembroke and. lived there for many years, but of late has been in the lum- ■bering business at Sudbury. C. P. R. Fireman L. Avery, from North Bay, who was one of the passengers reported drowned may be safe on later advices, his two companions are undoubtedly drowned. D. A. Hundy, of the general CiP.R. staff Montreal, has been located and was not on the train as was at first thought. Fireman Reasback of North Bay, took out an insurance policy for ?2,- 000 the day before the wreck., His relatives live In Vanleek Hill. 75 Reported Dead SAULT STE. MARIE, Jan. 25—Lat- • * - . ■ *i est developments at the scene of the train wreck near Natyn make it practically certain that the list of victims will reach 75. So far 31 bodies have been recovered, and the majority of them have been identified. There were 30 persons ,. in a colonist car and it is not thought possible that a single ■ person in this car escaped. 1 There are still believed to be a ". dozen bodies in the dining car, bringing the list of victims up to 75 or even more. - Two hundred persons were at work at the ••scene of the wreck all day Sunday and succeeded in securing a number of bodies. The' work is in charge of D. Mc- Nichol,'first vice-president of the C. "P. R. ■ Survivor's Vivid Story . . SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. Jan. 25— Wm. Dundas of Ottawa, mail clerk on the ..ill-fated train tells the following graphic story:-" ; . • ' ••Wo left Nairn Centre at* 12.42, and . nothing unusual was noticed until we ' reached the bridge at Spanish„Riv_er. when about half a train's length from ■ the bridge I felt the train pulling in ..a very, rugged manner, behind me,' and I knew that a portion-of the train was .off the track. For a distanco the train pulled on..and.then.l felt the .air brakes applied.-' I kept to .'the train when I felt her pulling up and directly we were down on the other side of the bridge I jumped. ^Immediately the-second-class car jumped the track it struck an upright post on the bridge and telescoped. , The first part remained on the bridge and burned, while the other hnlf simply leaped out Into tho strennvthe other two conches behind it, one half of,the broken.enr took Its victims with II, Those in the first half wore burned, while those In the second hnlf wero drowned, A few wero rescued from the burning enr. "The dond tnkon from' tlio half which jumped Into tho river wore recovered nnd numbered ton, Tho first four tnkon from tho hnlf which wns burned were alive, but nro badly Injured, nnd I doubt If thoy nro still living, " "Directly I jumped from the train I.looked about to rondor some assistance. Thero were tlmn only two wo- mon to bo seen. The shrieks of tho Injured und dying could bo honrd but 1 could not seo any ono but tho two women o nour side of the river, Thoro woro only three of us to do anything tho romnlndor wero on the othor side of the bridge, nnd could not got ncroHH, Lator we wero Joined by two men who woro engaged lu bridge construct Ion fnrthor up tho river. Wo flvo worked anil did nil wo could for flvo hours, boforo othor nBnlutnneo reached us," A Graphic Description A thrilling and'graphic account of nn oftcapo, from death Bitch nn not ouo mnn In a million would over oxporlonco, wiih minted tonight hy Mr, Uyron J. JVnrco. traveller, Toronto, who wiib n juiBHiuiKor In tho flml cIuhh conch, Mr. I'uurcu wuh ono of the vory fow flrat clnmi piiBHOiigei-H lo oscnpo, Ho cnu'igoil from tho doomed cur after It had been thrown Into tho river and ho Iuul boon undor Hut Ire, hnd nfter KoUlim out nf Hie enr ho v/ns not pop. mlttod to reach land without Ix-lng en gulfed in the icy river. Notwithstanding his injuries and ,his soaking wet condition his clothes soon being frozen stiff,'Mr. Pearce, as soon as, he reached the shore, bravely started out to warn the railway officials at Nairn, Centre, and was the first to secuer aid for the injured passengers. He tramped the five miles between the Spanish river and Nairn, part of the way in company with an injured Russian, often falling in the snow from weakness, and finally reaching a "freight train at Nairn siding in a half dressed and almost exhausted condition, his hurts Avere attended to there and he was sent on to Sudbury. , , "I had taken the train at Sudbury about 11,55 a.m., it being a little behind time,', said Mr. Pearce, "and was sitting alone In the forward part of the first-class coach until we came to Copper Cliff, where I was joined by a young man named Carey, an air*- brake Inspector, whom I had met in Sudbury. He was telling me of .what he proposed to do when he got to Winnipeg, saying he was going to open an office and expected to do somo real estate, business. I had told him of a cold I .was'suffering from, and he opened his grip and showed me some lltserlne, 'saying I should get some of It. Then he spoke of the apeparance of his grip saying , that he must get a new one when he returned to Montreal, s 'A Terrible Experience "Just then 1 wanted' a drink, and clapped him on the knee, saying I would be back in a minute.- I"had just reahc dethe cooler in the alcove THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, 8. C. JANUARY 29 1910 move it. It gave way and this seemed to loosen the ice under my chin. My feet seemed to rest on something firm and I started to break the glass in the ventilator. That done I tried to put my head through but it would not go, so I turned it sideways and got it stuck, my cheek cutting on the glass. I'then worked' my body through up to my hips, and finally succeeded in getting out on the ice and climbed to the roof of the car, running to the nearest shore. There I found about five feet of space between my car and'the diner, and the river was crowded with floating ice. I then jumped on the largest piece and it turned over with nie, throwing me into the river beyond my depth. * On coming to the surface I grasped at the diner, and cut my hand on some object finally dragging "myself up. I ran along the diner roof and found it about five feet from the shore, but a door or"something had already been laid across this space. Everyone was wildly excited but _•>■ first thought was to get word'to a station we had just passed, and I started on the way to Nairn. "It was a good deal longer than I had thought, and walking was none too good. There was an upper crust on, the snow that was all right' in most places but occasionally I would break through and go up to my knees, and then I would lay there for a few minutes half dazed and hardly knowing where I was. After a while a Russian, bleeding badly about the head, came up with me and we plodded on together. - About 200 yards out of Nairn 'we met a freight train on the siding and asked me what was, the matter. I told him that No. 7 had gone into the Spanish river. He gave, an ejaculation and asked where the train crew were, and I told him that everything had gone into the river. ' But how many were killed, he persisted. It's not how many were killed, but how many were saved; I replied. "Then he took me into the cab and ran back to Nairn, where they took PAGE THREE ***************************************H ¥ ¥ ¥ Sunday School SS fOn the Lesson by the Rev. Dr. Linscott for the International Newspaper Bible Study Olub. — i\^^m*mm^m*m^mmMm~'^m*^*e****B**m**^em^maeammi^mmaaim*m^^m^—m^mm^^^^^^M^^^ kkkkkkkkkkkkkkrkirkirkkkirkkirirki JANUARY 30 1910 Mat- MISS BELLE.SEVENSON Lending huly with tho Summers Stock Company, near tho rear end of the car when I folt the jnr and the' HOiiRUtlon of tho enr running along tho ties. I In- Bluntly graapod the wnter cooler ns fnr as I could got my hands mound It, nnd thon cnmo the awful sensation of being pulled through space. Thon tho mirror wiih smiiHhod Into n ihoim- nnd ploccH, tho windows wore slinttor- ed, nnd there was nn awful crunshing Hound. Tho" next thing I realized I was under wnter In nn awful confusion of glims, hrokon timbers and Ice. 1 hnd tho tctrrlhlo fooling of trying to get nlr Into my lungs and Involuntarily opened my mouth nnd nlmoni choked. My body felt that It wan In visa nml I hoped thnt the end would romo quickly. JiiHt then I felt my hend touch the top of the enr, which gavun mllghl lift and clenred my. hond of the wnter, Through the ventilator I could hho thu ro In lho rivor and tho bridge, on which the hocoikI cIuhh couch was burning fiercely, I big chunk of Ico wiih firmly held under my chin nnd* I could Hcnrcely move. Then I hiiw a piece of mnhognny nenr my arm nnd I wnrl'i'd my hnnd Ioorc and tried to Silence! The instinct oi modesty natural to every women Is often s freat hindrance to the cure oi womanly diieuiei, Women shrink irom the pcnonal questions ol the local physician , i • i . . ., ti i , . r ' '•".'•.u HS.V.- ••_...._.'._. Hui iiwuiut XiL tkkfMiifcUun tt tttl' horrent to them, and no Ihey endure in silence • condition , of dlicaie which surely profrctiet from bad to vrone. It ha* beta fir. Plena'a privilege to cure a treat many women who pave found a retui* tor modeety In hia otter ot PftBE eoneulta. tion by letter. Till eorraapondenea la held aa aaeradly eenUdenllal. Xddreaa Dr. K. V. Pierce, Butlalo. *S, Y. Dr. Pleree'a Favorite Prescription restores end rrfulstri Ihe womanly functions, abollihet pain and builds up end puis the tinlshinj touch ol health oa every weak woman who gives it t fair trial. " It Makes Weak Women Strong. Sick Women Well* You can't afford to accept a ttertt nostrum as a eubititute (ut this noa_lu>Uolio akttitcta* or imoi»n comkmiiiom. ■4J ' 4 mo to tho hotel nnd gnvo mo the host of attention so fnr ns thoy hnd the fncllltloB, The freight thon rnn out to the hridgo nnd thoy took,us to Sudbury, When I was taking off my clothes* I folt solid musses of hard stuff ngninst my sldo und when 1 took off my clothes they foil to tho floor, nnd 1 found thoy wero frozen chunks of pulverized glass thnt hnd boon ground through my clothes. Mr. Penreo snld thero were about •10 persons lu the first cIuhh conch, ns well iih ho could Judgo nnd nil he knows to hnve oHcnpod nro n mnn by the mime of Johnston from Uellovllle, nnd u brnkomnn named MoitIhoii. Do* nlol Ih made that Car Inspeclor C, Cnroy wiih on tho 111 fntod trnln. J, Wall, rancher, Montana, who lind been upending IiIh ChrlmmiiH holldnj-s nt IiIh home In Renfrew, wns (he fourth victim to ho taken from the dining enr early thin morning, IiIh IiiiikIh looked clinging to a lint rack. Oodles Will Not be Found TORONTO, Jan. 2«~It Ih hiiIiI the wilier under the bridge ut SpauUh river Ih fifty feet deep ami the current Ih uwift, ho thnt some of tlm bodlcH innv never he reeovcnxl. fInntInn- mi. dor the Ice nnd going Into the <ii»or- giiin buy with the spring freflhets. ThomiiH Hay, claims agent, niul Conductor Ili-yuoIiU tioili hoierely hi). Jural, are confined lo bed but nro Milling along well, Where Wreck Occurred Spanish River l» 38 iiiI1«-h from Sud bury and Is orosBod by tho C. P. II. with nn Iron bridge. When tho train left Sudbury nt IU noon, It carried about one hundred personn. TJic train j was made up hh follows:—Kngine. j bnggago car. express enr. second claim -I'oneh. colonist, first cIiibh coach diner and Pullman. The bridge w»a approached at a fair rato of spued, and the engine, mall bnggARo nnd express cars had gone onto the structure when from reasons uoi ,xtx iuu*ni»lii. il, iht. truck* Jump- j ed tbe track. Some Laws of the Kingdom .thew 5-17-26, 3848. Golden Text. , Be ye therefore per- feet even as your father which is in heaven is perfect. Matt. 5:48. Verses 17-20—In .what sense did Jesus- fulfil the law' and the prophets? How many persons can you recall, from the scriptures or otherwise who did the perfect will of God, other than Jesus? , There are those who teach that it is impossible for any man to keep the commandments of God, what reason Is there to suppose that these are among tho number whom Jesus calls "the least in the kingdom of heaven?' ,. • What was the righteousness of the scirbes and Pharisees? • What are the reasons which lead us to believe, that all God's commandments are reasonable, and keepable by all Christians, and that those wlio do •do not keep them are verily culpable? Verses 21, 22--Recall the prominent outward sins, and then say if any,- or all of them can be committed in God's sight, without the culminating or outward act being committed? , Why is a man who, out of an angry revengeful heart, calls his brother a fool and would like to consign him. to the worst of suffering, in danger of suffering himself that to which he would'consign another? Verses 23-26—Why cannot a man truly worship God, or eajoy the love and favor of God, while he has any bitter feelings in his heart toward another? According to the teaching of Jesus what is our duty towards a person who is angry with' us either with or without cause? ? Verses 38-41—Are these precepts to be taken literally ■ and if ■ not', then what do they mean? Cee Exodus 21:24, 25, Lev. 24:20 and say whether or not yo uthink these laws aer in harmony with the_ teaching of Jesus? 7 Are these precepts of Jesus given as ■rules-of—conductf^ons—underlying" principles," and what is the difference in the two ideas? ,-Can you mention supposed cases, where it would.be wise to literally carry out these precepts of Jesus,- and other cases where it would violate the spirit of'the teachings of the Lord to do so? ' What motives would compel a child of God to literally carry out these precepts, when and' as often as the Holy Spirit should Indicate? Vorse .42— What attitude" should the Christian always lake In the matter of giving or loaning money to thoso ln need? Verses 43-4-1—What are llio advantages of loving our "enemies and the disadvantages of hating thom? * What does it imply, yractlcally tu lovo onr eenmles, and is lt possible of performance by overy Christian In this dny? ..' , Verse, 15—Why does God treat the evil ns well as ho does the good In' tho nintter of sunshine and rain and the •*i:iiili" cl'union >.••■•■ h*hks of lif-.? V')":'_ !i!-47—Wh!i h '-I'tH the j'h. .'.* or sot-'.: mil of life aid why, rim ;ji'n- e'rous und forgiving or the harsh and those who render ovll for evil? Verso IS.—What docs Jesus moan by this commandment, to be prefect na Qod Is perfect? (This finest Ion mum he answered In writing by lho members of the Club.) Lesson for Sunday, February Cth, Almsgiving nnd Prayor. Matthew 0: Hf.. FEBRUARY 6 1910 Almsgiving nnd Prayer. Matthew fi: MC. . Golden Text, Tnko heed thnt ye do not your righteousness before men to be seen of thorn, Mntt. (1:1. VorsoH M—What definition would you glvo of n hypocrite? If a mnn Ih renlly irylng to he a true Christian, but loves to have his good works acknowledged by the church and the world, and takes pains to have that done, how would you characterize him? a . Tf a man gives more to religion and charity when the fact is published than he does when it is not known in what class would you place him? .*, - If one gives with the motive of helping his fellows, and to glorify God, will the fact that his beneficence is published displease God? Why? Verses 5, 6—Give''reasons for your opinion as to whether there are those today, who act as if they were righteous, in the matter of going to church etc, but who are not actually true to God? How would you describe a man who goes to church, or prayer meeting, in order that it may help hisbusiness or profession? . If a man prays longer in public than he does in private, is he necessarily a hypocrite? Why does Jesus so strongly recommend private prayer, and what are its advantages? In what class would you put' those private prayers which consist only of reading, or reciting,'set prayers aud,in repeating a form of words? Verse 8—As God certainly knows what things we have need of before we ask him, what is the "use of asking? (This question must be answered in writing by members of the club.) , Verse 9— Did Jesus give the Lord's Prayer as a form to be used, or as a model for comprehensievnes's and brevity, or for both, or for' some other reason? What was the chief thing in the life and personal testimony of Jesus, that also --ihould and may be the chief thing in the life of every man? Verse 10—What should we long and pray for more than all else? What would turn earth and its sorrows, into .Heaven with all its blessedness? Verse 11.—Have Christian's a right to expect that God will supply all the necessaries of life, and does he always do so? Is God under obligation to supply us with daily bread? Verse 12—On what grounds does God forgive us our sins? Does Jesus mean here that God will forgive us exactly as we forgive others, or Is there a difference? Verse 13.—In what way * does God X.J THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE HEAD OFFICE TORONTO B. E. WALKER, President ' ALEXANDER LAIRD, Gen. Manager. ESTABLISHED 1867 Paid-up Capital $10,000,000 Reserve Fund '; 6,000,000 Branches throughout Canada, and in United States and England COUNTRY BUSINESS Every facility afforded to fnrmei. and ei-s"for the transaction of their hanking •Sales notes will be cashed or token for collection. business BANKING BY MAIL equal facility. •L. A. S.-DACK, Accounts may be opened by mail and monies deposited or withdrawn in this Wav with Manager, Fernie. leacTus .nTb~fempta^ibir? * Verses 14,"'15—If we forgive our fellows, is God under obligation-to forgive us? • . Lesson for Sunday, Februarv 13th,. 1910. Worldliness and Trust. Matthew 6 19:34. P. BURNS & CO. LIMITED Wholesale and Retail MEAT MERCHANTS Just come into our store and take . a. look around you will find a wide -range to choose from. We stock Pickled Lambs'. Tongues, Pigs' Feet and Tripe. You will like our "Empress" Brand of Mince Meat. j The 41 Meat Market Limited I Wholesale and Retail Butchers • Back to our Old Stand } We-beg-to-announee -0-"ourTTiany*icustom^s-tfiat-we have re7' moved to our old quarters next the Bank of Commerce pending the erection of our new building opposite the King Edward hotel. LIGHT. Harvard—I played ligrtt roles. Egge—And waa turned down? BANK OF HAMILTON m- Total assets of over thirty million dollars are entrusted to the custody of the Bank of Hamilton. Your Savings Account Solicited. Fernie Branch NOTICE In tho nun lor of an application for lho Issue of a duplicate Corllfleulo of Title to I.oih (J and 8 lllock '> of bot i 5-15." Group 1 Kootonay Dlnlilcl Mnp! 7!li*. j Notice is hereby given thai it Is my j liiloiillon to Ihhuo at. tho nxplrnilon of' ono month nYtor the firm publication horoof n diipllcnto of the certlfl-Mito of Milo to tho nbovo monlloned laud In the nnmo of John I»odbloluiU'll*, which cortiric-uto Is datod the Ulth October linw. nnd numbered 2803A. T. M. BOWMAN Deputy District Registrar | I.iuly Itr-KlHiry offlco, NMhoii, H, C. | Jiitiunry 8th, I UIO. ritjr.l.l'l-2! »<*»OM»«< I Fernie Opera House A. PIZZOCOLO, (Lesser) Every Night a choice Program of Moving Pictures and Vaudeville. R(*«?r film*? entirely v.cw for the citizens of Fernie. The Programme changes 3 times a week. Orchestra every night Are You i Connected ? Arc you ready to receive Hie power and light from thc now Bystom? Now is tho time to havo connections and wiring dono. Wo can savo you money. Wo havo all styloH and makes of fixtures motorB ancl gonorators. See us nt onco. Tlio powor will bo on soon. Estimates* and expert ad- vico choorfully givon. Depew, Macdonald & McLean Co. Limited 1_1*!C -tHc-M 1 Cltr**tii'fp**%i:ni'r*j The House Well Heated Usual Prices. Good order maintained Central Hotel MILLS & ESGIIWIG, Props, A Mosley, Dining Room Proprietor Open Sunday V.t rt iVhlr.a V.«» »».,|,'l*j. f■» -I ,]*■ WarkinxuuA'-i Tuil-j SulitUeU Pollock Wine Co. Ltd Phone 79 Baker Ave. P.O. Box X". Wholoholi; Impm-ii-m mul I-Jxpoilcrs of Wlm.'H, Hiandii>;*i. '^.finlluK l*'or.'i7i* and iJoni'iHilc \Vhl»l'l<.>« im) ('.(ns. Largo mock of I-Vrnot nranun. Iinliiiu, Itni'V.AI'i.lli :nii, (•■-III,.ill Wllinri, IlihJ JNorwcnlnn l'uiuh nnd Aquavit. Ilcor, , I'-iUur, All- und i'iRnr». j Agcntd for U'nulitnha Arcadian \W iffr, S-hllle IWr and Dw famous HI**. | Valloy Hrt'Wlnu Co, Ltd. Huer. draught land Tioltlod. : Special tkit'Mition givim to famil/ , tutlv,. j'i Our Motto: Pure goods and qulcn •1 delivery. 1 •.* _ -i m s^^^^^sissn-xssmsxmsms&hs^^MS^i THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C. JANUARY 29 1810 &' ifs ' i !f-:t "ll x ■*. 1 -7? 1 i * i m* !'*? At ' ''•? <\l ,< '.£ Published every Saturday morning, at its office, Pellatt Avenue, Fernie, B. C. Subscription $1.00 per year in advance. An excellent advertising medium. Largest circulation in the district. , , Advertising rates on application Up-to-date facilities for the execution of all kinds of_ book, job and* color -work. Mail orders receive special attention. W. S. STANLEY, - Manager and Editor Office Phone 4!? Residence 9 '-ft* *>-- -. <U NIONJ^JLABEI^ COST OF LIVING Dr Harvey W. Wiley, chief,of of the the Bureau of Chemistry United States, aiitl author of the pure food lnw. in an interview suggested a new national movement for the control of high prices of foods, which lie thinks will be more just, more effective nnd more legal than the boycott. Dr. Wiley's suggestion is that the legislatures of all of the states in the union enact laws fixing a limit on 'the prices that can be charged for the necessaries of life. He thinks the governors of the states would* be justified in calling special sessions for this purpose, and that, at least, it should be given serious consideration when tlie legislatures to be elected this year meet in regular session. " Congress, which is looking' into the excessively high prices charged in* the District of Columbia, mightpave the way for the States, Dr. Wiley says, by enacting a --model law on the subject that would apply to the District of Columbia, but which"can be the model for state statutes -on the subject. He will make this suggestion in a more formal way when he appears" before the congressional' "OrnmHtWrimini^ sons engaged in it, and bacon at 32 cents a pound is outdoing the hog. 1 think there is no doubt ,that the state possesses the police power to enact laws putting a limit on the prices to be charged for the food necessaries of life. , "tt would be legitimate, and in my opinion, highly proper, to pass a' law which would prevent the baker from charging more than $10 for the flour that costs him $6 or the restaurant and hotel keeper from charging more than a certain legitimate profit over the cost of the food and the preparation for serving it. "Saloon keeeprs should be obliged by law to sell so much beer j for a nickel." in stead, as i.s now the case, of a spoonful of beer and. a glassful of foam. Often a so called quart of olive oil is no more than a pint, and a gallon of molasses is in fact three quarts. The state powers should take these matters in hand." "" Dr. Wiley vigorously denies tlie f charge made by dealers all over the country that the pure food law is largely' responsible for the increase ,of profits. On this point lie said: '-'Anybody who feels guilty of a crime .usually tries to put it on somebody else. The food law has raised no price, but it has se: cured the delivery of' the thing purchased. Formerly a man could sell an adulterated article for the genuine. Now* he has to sell it for what it is. "The thing most complained of in regard to high prices is meat, over which the food and drug law .has no control." Canned- foods, over, whicli the law has control, were never so.cheap as they are now. ' The; pure food„la*\y has enabled the consumer to get more of th_ real articles for the money,he/invests than he could, -svart'io'in his life. .,..,.'■ ' ,.V:<rTheve are perhaps a number of manufacturers of foods who no* rdxm b l—worri cl—b e~ gl ad* DON'T GO TO NOVA SCOTIA ♦ Agents of the Dominion Coal Co. of Cape Breton N. S., are at work trying to' induce miners of Wilkesbarre and other anthracite mine towns to go there and scab.* District and local officers should exert themselves to prevent them from securing any men for - such purpose. A strike has been on in Nova Scotia and at these mines since July 6 with every pros- •■ pect of winning. .,, Don't go there and try, to defeat your brothers who are fighting for the right to organize ancl better conditions of ^employment. '" Stay away. Due notice will be given in these columns ' when the strike is won. Labor papers, please copy. ♦ Canada's Greatest, Favorite, namely, the Jeanne Russell Company for Saturday, February nth. matinee and evening, and that they will present J. M. Barrie's' greatest Scotch creation, namely Tlie Little Minister, conceded to be the best of all greatest Scotch comedy dramas. , The management also wish to announce that the Russell Company is now greatly augmented an dstrengthened ' in various ways; with many new' faces, principally Mr. Norvai MacGregor, lately leading man with Miss Florence Roberts. Mr. MacGregor has toured the world, having played leading parts in almost every important^ city in the world. He carries'with him the praises of the press from.the four corners of the globe; many other members, real good performers, have joined the company since' last seen here. „ ' The company now has special seen-, ery for each and every production, and they consist of the latest eastern rep- ortoire, successes—a special musical programme'is also now a feature and specialties of the highest class to con-, form with the play of the evening/The RusselUCompany is now th£' largest, the -high prices chargjgd/at, the capital city- ''_* /--/"- ,'■ ]")r. Wj-jev. whose experience in _ « ■** administering the pure food law has given him rare opportunities to judge of the cause of the increasing prices, attributes the entire trouble io a large extent to combinations being formed among dealers. "Grocers," said he. "enter into a combination with wholesalers, and a promise is made not to sell • goods below a certain price. Butchers do tlie same thing and the result is that butchers are riding around in automobiles, while laboring man of the city llio poor suffers. "The, same sort of combination is forcing up the price of clothes. -A Inilor will buy $4 worth of cloth and make .--MO worth of clothing out of it, lie will pay his man $*> for making the suit and liave Ml clear profit. "The states should not uiidor- "take to prescribe what mon shall en'l nnd woiii'but thoy have a right to sny that profits shall neither be prohibitive nor destructive. ".Any increase in the price of foods duo to the natural laws of supply and doiunnd can not he remedied, but nil methods of handling products which tend to keep up prices, nil combinations botwoon manufacture!', jobber and retailor to keep up exorbitant prices charged by persons handling food products oan bo remedied. "In my opinion it would bo n proper thing for the states to on- i ot laws to limn the profits on the neooKsurioN of life, LO-SCli-"LllU* pure food.law repealed, hut I have yet to find any demand on the. part of a "consumer for the abrogation of that protection which the pure food law was intended to afford him," The suggestion of action b> the state legislatures coming1 from such an eminent authority on -the causes which raise the prices of foods, as Dr. Jiiley. is highly interesting, and probably will lead to a'numbor of bills to regulate profits. Dr, Riley does not approve of the meat* boycott in progress in various parts of tho country at present. He says that if a boycott against a stove company is illegal, as held by the courts, then a boycott against a grocery store is also illegal. the strongest and the .^est and most thoroughly ■'equipped' company, and seco^fl'to none of any in the Dom- inio;,-;. ' The Russell Company is a guaranteed company, and we are thoroughly assured of the best that there is possible to procure and presented in the most thoroughly and modern up to date way. _y > The''surroundings, and the atmosphere are made to conform with the _roduction.--carrying one'back to the scene of action—thereby making it possible to see and hear and to receive the benefit and enjoyment that should be derived from a first class attraction produced iii a proper manner, and by a first class company. store-keeper in all its branches, and to buy, sell or deal In, by wholesale or retail," goods, stores, chattels and effects of every„kind, an%d to transact all kinds of agency and Commission 'bus-- iness: '■' ■ , -, ■* - .*^ , (f.) To carry on any other business, whether manufacturing or otherwise: which may seem to the Company capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with any of the above' businesses or objects,,'or calculated, directly, or indirectly, to enhance the value or to render profitable any of the Company's property or rights, for the time being: "' ^ (g.) To erect, build, equip and operate flour or other mills, grain or other elevators, warehouses, houses, stores, and other buildings and works necessary,, or which the Company deems necessary or expedient lor any of its purposes: -' (li.) To acquire and take over, as a going concern,- if the company deems it desirable to do., so, the undertaking of any or all of the assets and liabilities of Raymond Milling, and Elevator Company, Limited: (i.) To acquire and undertake the whole or any part'of tin? business, property and liabilities of any person or company carrying on any business which this Company is authorized to carry on, or possessed of property or rights suitable for the purposes of this Company; and to enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint advonture.'oi; otherwise, with any person or company carrying on or engaged in, or about to carry on or engage In, any business or transaction which this* company is authorized to engage or carry on, or any business or transaction capable' of being conducted so as to, directly or indirectly, benefit this Company; (j) To take or otherwise acquire and hold shares in-any other, company having objects altogether or . in part similar to those of this Company, or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as', directly or indirectly, to benefit this Company: (k.) To enter into any arrangements with any Government, or any authorities, municipal, local, or otherwise, that, may seem'conducive to the Company's objects, or any of them, and to obtain from, such Government, or any other authority,- any rights, privileges, and concessions which the Company may think it desirable to contain, and^-fo carry out, exercise', and cornply"\vith sueh arrangements,'rights,/ privileges, und concessions;..—"'"""' • G-) ,T0 Establish and support, or aid ._i the establishment and support, of associations, institutions, .funds, trusts, and conveniences calculated to benefit employees or ex-employees of tho Company, or the dependants* or connections of such • persons, and to grant pensions or allowances, and to make payments towards insurances, and to subscribe or guarantee money for charitable or benevolent objects, or for any exhibition, or for any public,' general or useful, object: (tn.) To promote any company or companies for the purpose of acquiring all or any of the property and' liabilities of this Company, or for any other purpose which may seem, directly- or indirectly, . calculated to benefit this ._■—nnam:.; _. TEA FLAVOR 1 . / {«_______WagBHHHHMM--_---n«MHMMMnN__H . Teai acquires a flavor under the , peculiar climate of (Jeylon that" cannot be acquired anywhere else on earth. The delicate fragrance and delightful aroma of Loans On .first class business and residential .property .- DROP IN AND TALK THE MATTER OVER WITH US Real Estate & Insurance Cree & Moffatt wiU please you7 Buy a package to-day from your grocer. You'll like it! Electric Lighted >. " steam Heated CENTRALLY LOCATED The Waldorf Hotel FERNIE, B.C. First Class Accommodation for Travellers MRS. S. JENNINGS, PROPRIETRESS Hot and Cold Water |_.,A. Mills, Manager KING'S HOTEL Bui' supplied with the best Wines, Liquors and Cigars * DINING ROOM JN CONNECTION JOHN PODBIELANCIK, Prop. EXPELLED On January 11 th ,T. T. Griffiths and John Moxon were charged before Lille local with di'scrimminatlng against, a fellow workman and reporting him*to the company in such a way as to lose iiim his job. A committee of five were nnmed as per constitution, and after hearing evidence pro and con came to tho conclusion that Dwso members wore n detriment to our local, and should be expelled from our body, This passed in committee unanimously and tho roport was adopted by Lille Local on January 10th at regular meeting. I.ICI3NS1-3 TO AN KXTIIA-IMIOVINCIAI- COM I'ANV Our fair city has grown so much in the Inst year thnt it is iiniiftrntivc to hnve letter boxes in sovornl parts of tlin city to iicuom- module tho. citizens, Lots of cities Hint are not, as bii'ij-c* as Fernie can boast of thoso conveniences. If you live out in tho norlh end, in West Fernie or the Annex and want, Io post a letter you have to journey riulit up town, Anotliev feature thnt appeals to us is the mutter of n free delivevy, At present at certain times of the day it* is a matter of wnitinjj for hours to fjet nny mail, owinp" to the rush, and lots of people ennnot wait Ihnl Ion j;. We should have a delivery nml post boxes. •'CoilllilliilfN Aot, JS07." C'niinilli, yliici' nf llrKUli C'oluniMli. No. r.r,7 I'ro- Whnt will Fernie attain during this ruiiiiijjj year'.' With proper iiilininistnition we should double . .our present population. We liavc The poopv who ent terrapin .. ,..,.,. ,, . ; ,,,n . '. ' , . ,, , Mlii' laeilities, all we want is thc push. j'lie Vou one of the push- and drink chiinipiinne ini|»ht in left to l'i(.'lit it out nl'iiio. but. the it... I,.,,, Il\,. niwlfinl.l iu] vlnbl it, inf.it in-ill mwlrti il.l i Ibe ers? or, .I'tfuliite "'i'i*' the bread. Tbe baker who, m-11* $1S worth of brend out of ijtii worth of flour ic iti.it mi' iHt-it*'. (.nt nf the Cerent industry Hum nil the other per-j the ever popular and truly tiTnti-4 jiet-Jin or nie rAvoniTcs What prnmltieH io bo un i-voniiiR of rnre plero-iire nnd nmuiiement In the announcement hy the innntiRor of the ft , Wt*t I < 1 I i i t Some Alcohol Questions Is alcohol n tonic? No! Docs If make the blood pure? No! Docs it strengthen thc nerves? Nol Is Ayer's Sarsapariila a tonic? Yes! Docs it make thc Wood pure? Yes! Docs it strengthen thc nerves? Yes! Is it thc only Sarsapariila entirely free from alcohol? Yes! Ask your doctor about this non-alcoholic medicine. If he approves, your confidence will be complete. ).C.AVtrCo..UtetW^. Dullboyil Hull tin-is! Hull men I Unll women 1 Iie»vy-he»didI Omvnhe-irfrrfl All vcty often due to CMitJpallMit Ytt the cure-totux—AWtVlll*. Atk ynur doctor. TIiIh In to ceriliy tlmt tho "lCUli-i'in MIUii'iK iuul Kl-avntor Oompiuiy, Uidll- t-cl," In nutliorl/.i-iJ find IIppiihixI to carry on himin-'HH within lliu J'rovliifO nf lirltlHh Oolunil'lii, mill m carry out nr nffniM nil or any in' tin- olije-utH of tlm Cnii-iimny,tii whii'h llm li'iflHlntlve iiuth- orily nt' tlio U'ClMuuu*' of Hi'ltliih.Co- llllUlilll I'XH'llil.s. Thii.h-'iul officio of thu compnny Ih Hltunto ut U'tlil-rlilK", In thn .I'rovlnrn of AHiiTtM, Tlio iimntint of 11 ii|iltal of tlm Compiiny In out* IuiihIii'.I nnrt fifty thnu- hiiiiiI (lolliirH.'illvliliil Into ono tlmuHninl flvo hundred I'lnii'*.'** of on<> hnnrtivd dollni'H fnch, Thn Iii'iul offlcri! nf Urn .Compnny In t li Im Pruvliu'o Ih mIuiuIo at Dw Cl t y of l'Vi'iilc mid tSlu-iwoi-id Jft-rchniiT, Kn- licllnr, wIiohp inltlri-NM Ih t'Vrnln nfon- Hnld. Ik tin- iittonmy fur thc fVimpiiny, (llvi'ii '.indd-r inv linud anil hciiI of nftlt'M ;U Vli'loiln. Pi-uvlnr-i of llrltlnh Ci-lunihlii, thlH KUi dny nf .Inniiiiry, min tlHiiiHiuit) nine hundred und irii. u„ a. i s. v. woorroNi HeuMi-iir or .inliil Klerk <*oiiii>iinli'*« Tin' oIiJi'oih fin which thU Cuiiipnny hni*! IkI'Ii cHtiilillhhitil and Uci'iin'm! nn-: in,) 'i'n nirry <in nil or nny of llm IiiihIiii-hki'H of liillllnj; und tin- niinitil'itr- liirltii,- of Kniln of nil klnilH nnd iln- HrrlpiliuiH Inlo flour, iiu-nl, tx'vd nnd nilii'i' iiriidili'lH'. I Hi.) To t-niry/m nny or nil <» tin* ; ,-.•;,, i'i.-, ir' i*li* ..'ii I'l j'i lull i'T i'l [ill. v;iir.-l\iiiini'Wn. unci llie IiiivIiik. Hi-IUnir. wiiri'lii-iiislnir. Hlilpplnit, hnndllnir. nnd Kviifi'uUy dtitiliiB *■" K''*!'1- f'"«-T. tmni, fecit, xlKiiir, liinii mid Kniln iniidiKtM uf nil kind" nnd d-'Hcrlptton, to liiilld, ,,,l, ■,.,! r.i>* f'i I'* f't'ilti i.V flllicr I'll'- vjitnrii. •rt'iiri'liiiiiM* nml MiiicIkiiim-h, nml in rimy un n jftn'-rnl mllllnif nnd ■/'li'vntur tHisdiii'M (it l.i'tMirldK'*. uikI ilHi-ulii'ic In Uiii I'l'Dvlnri" of Allii-rlii. («'.I Tu I'liny mi liUi-dnr*** uh u-linln- Hiitc nr H-lnll liliyin', hi'lU'CH lllld drill- I'm In Invy, nnlH, raitlt*, hornow, iilioi'ii, 11 vo ."link nml iri'in-r.il i'n rm nnd rimrli |.in.Iui u ni' n.try kind, ;<ii<l \" nirvy on uny or nil of tlm i>»iftti*'*»«-H nf fnrm- i-i.«. rniH'liiTC, i;mi/i>'i ■», nitm-l**, iifi<*i'di't», il,ilryrn<*|i. |irixi'l'Vi*'l mini iiiiiniiliu:liil- ii>, t-utinr t h. m?.'' rvriK, and unckirrw of nil kttnir- ut iiiov^lnrr iilnl J/IOilurt*', f*'llnioiii''Mti«. lannliin*. d<ali-r** In lililin fni. lulinw, ijii'iin'. riffnd iuul ottmr ultima', i'li '.i*i i.*. f,i i T" f-firri nn !):»• I'ti.«lri^'«* 'if mnn- ufiii'liiri'i.i i.f and diiili-rn, til" wlmli-. x-iiU- or ri-lfill. In <*rtlc!is ami |ir<iilii'is uf ovfiv klnil nnd ri«rur«; u'hniH«ir*\i-r; (t.) To carry on th« butlntM of (n.j Generally to purcliase, take on leas?, or In exchange, hire. ,,or othc-i-- wlse acquire any real and personal propi-rty, and any rights or privileges which the Company' may think necessary or convenient for the purposes of its business, " and .in, particular any lands, buildings, easements, franchises, machinery, land and stock-in-trade: (o.) To construct, alter, repair, Improve, maintain, develop, work, manage, carry out or control any roads, ways, huildings, warehouses, ■ shops, stores, works or conveniences which mny seem calculated, directly or indirectly, to advance the Company's in- lori'Sls, and to contribute to, sulisidise, or otherwise ussl***! or take part In the construction, Improvement, maintenance, working, management, carrying out or control theivof: (p) To invest anil deal with the mo- noys of the Compnny not immediately required, on .such securities nnd in such manner ns may from time to time bo determined: (q) To borrow or raise, or secure tho payment, of money in such mnnner ns the Compnny shnll think' fit, nnd In pnrtlculni' by the Issue of bonds or debentures, or debenture stock, perpetual or otherwise, charged upon all or nny of tho Company's property, both present und future, including Its uncalled cnpltnl, nnd to redeem nnd pny off any suoh r-niciii'ltles: (r) To remunerate, any person or compnny for services rendered, or to bo rendered, in placing or nsslstlng to place, or guaranteeing ibe placing of, any of tlio shares of the Company's cnpltnl, nr uny debentures or other securities of tbo Compnny, m-ln nr about tlm formation or promotion of the Company, or tho conduct of Its business: (s) To draw, mnko, accept, Indorse, dlHcounl, nxi'culn nnd IsHim promissory notes, bills nf oxchnnge, bills of lading, wurrnntH, bonds, debentures, und other ni'gnilable or transferable Insini- niuiilH! (t,) To sell, mortRiifte, loaett, or otherwise dlspoi-'f of tbe undi'iiaking of the Compiiny, or any part thereof, for such fonslderntlon iih "the Compnny shnll think fit. and In pnrilutilnr for shnrii's, debentures or securities nf uny other i.'iiini'iiny having obJeeiM uUogi'tlmr or In purl hIimMiii* to thoso of this Com. jmny: Cii> To filitnln nny provlnlnnnl or otlinr order, or Act nr ordinance, for en- iildliiK tbe Compiiny to curry any of Mm objects Into -.ffiipt. or for nffcetliiK nny inuillfUntloii of llm Comimiiy'n coiiHtltiilli'iii, or for uny other purpose which mny seem expedlnnt, nnd lo op- pnwi iinv proei'i'dlnirH nr npplli'UtliillH which may m-i-m. dlrf-ctly nr Indlrcotly, enlcnliiti'd to pii'Jiiillcn llm Coinpuny's IiiIi>I'os(m: (v.) To proeiiif tlm Company to be milKti'i'i'd or rec"ignl*ed olnowlmro In Canndn or «broad: iwi Tn do nil nr uny of llm nbovo tbliiKs filth, r In tbo Iiomlnlon of Cnn- Vb Jr a K« ANNUAL EASTERN CANADA Excursions Low Round'Trip Rates to I Ontario, Quebec and Maratime Provinces ,. Tickets pn Sale, Dec. 1 to 'Dec. 31, in- clusiov, good to return within three months. - ,, , Tickets issued in connection Atlantic w I - Steamship :Business will be on sale from November 21 and limited to ,five months from date of issue ' Finest Equipment. Standard First Class and Tourist, Sleeping Cars and -Dining-Gars-on—all-Through—-.rains*-* Compartment - Library - Observation Cars on "Imperial Limited"' and "At- laniir, Bxpuress." NORTHERN HOTEL 1 t ■■ > Wm. Eschwig, Proprietor New and up-tordate. Handsome: Cafe Attached OPEN DAY and NIGHT Mo A. Kastner INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE Fire ! Fire ! Fire ! Tlie liiinivcrsary of the great lire of August 1, 1908, is diuw- ing near. Let us draw your attention to tho fnct thnt we represent 14 financially strong, old established and well known Board Fire Insurance coin- ,. .'panies, also agent for the Sun Life Insurance Company of Canada 0 f- Wc have several snaps in Business and Residential Property in different parts of the city Agent New Oliver Typewriter Machine given out on trial Vo Charge GEO. BARTON EMPRESS TRANSFER Draying Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac Anyone sending a B_ete_,and dcBCrtptlon may .._:,._ ;.r.*r,Mn nnr o_nlon freo whether an ■ ascertain onr opinion freo Communlca- Furniture* Moving a Specialty ' • ^Hs^^^aDP81^^ ii '-Roncr forBecurln^atenw. WOOD OF ALL KINDS. Leave Orders with W. Kpav -PHONE-78- 3'Through Express Trains Daily Patents taken throurti Munn * Co. receive nKeiirtiiotiMi without-, chaw, la tha Scientific flmcrican. A handsomely illustrated weekly, hatgesf, tit- culatlonot any BClontlOo Journal. Terms.for Canad_.tS.75 n year,postaee prepaid. Sold by MUNN & Co 86,Broadway- New York "THETORONTO EXPRESS" leaves Winnipeg daily,at 22.40, malring connections nt Toronto for all points East and West thereof. ' ■ The "Imperial Limited" leaves Winnipeg dully at 18,15, and the "Atlantic Express" at 8.00 dally; making connections at Montreal for all points East thereof.' Apply to the Nearest C. P. R. Agent for full Information S CUTTERS & SLEIGHS We are going to sacrifice the balance of our stock of Cutters '& Sleighs to make room * for our Spring stock Buggies. We have on hand 3 Cutters - 1 pair of 2 1.-2" Farm Bobs We will*sell the above at cost. Call and see them J. M. AG NEW & CO. ELKO, B. C ii' (•rnitriirtoi-H, triiNli'i>n, nr fithi'irwlne. runl nllhi-r nloiii- or in conjuncuon Willi iiilii'in: t\) 'ff, <1« alt mwh otlur tlilnn-ii tm nri> Inrlilimlnl or crmdiiclvo «o tlm hi- tiiliniK-nt of nny «f tlio n»invr< <i1iJi<cik: (y) To KitmlirittttnUt idlli any iithi'l* i-iiiii|iiiny nitvmii iitijiHi* hiiii^c'inri ni In part *lmllnr to llioiif of HiIk Compnny : (x) Tn dlmrlDuti' any nt t\w iiropiMiy uf Hn- Coinpiiny In Ulml nmonir tin* iiH'inl'1-i'n: (mil If tlioiiKlit flu to obtain Aiiy Act. orillnniirf or onlfr. dlmtolvlnic tlio Coin- lum-y iiiii*! ii--Wi-n>t|ii<iitiliiii: ll* nn iii Ui t fine u new cumimny for nny of ili« oti- ji'.-i' m'r.tlnriiit In t!,lu nx>mnr*niliini. in fin i'II.'MIiik nny i.tlif-r Tno<!illrn- tlnii In tlu> t'ompany** conntltutlnn: ililii And H U ti*T-liV drrlarcl I lint Dip Inri'iHfi'in M thnt tiw ohlrrtn ttW't'l- tint In i-txrl, [>arAK-r_i>„ uf tlit* cmuae vliall, .xri.pl wh«Tf •fitli*rwl*i-> MWejn*- t-d In uti'li |»n»-gt»t»h», tm In 0,1 wim* i.'.Kulnl Vi> *.-1,in..*.»■. lu. ui, Ui- li'M-tm- frum. tt:*r t^rrnn of nny i-itlt-r Pin 11141 ii|.li or lh*- i.«nii< 'if Mm ciitnpniis*. JSJ--H 9 V 5 9 v s. II Headquarters For Office Supplies 1 i i i i i Suddaby's Drug & Book Store Agent for Victor and Edison Phonographs Huylcr's & Lov/ney's Chocolates, New Scale Williams' Pianos ! i I m A - SI liet*?te*s*H!t*^^ ■o The Official Organ off District No. 18, U.M.W. of A. Fernie, B.C., January 29t_t, 1910 l!_]f ft f. ************************** * * Neivs From the Camps \ From our own Correspondents ■kkicickkitkkkkk-kkitkkickkkkk'kickkckkickl^^ r*********** \ '.-,',- COAL CREEK | ftkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkirkkkitkk No. 0 mine has been closed flown owing to,the water troubling them, and • there being no pump handy -to pump.it out. T.• Moreland started as fireboss in No, 9 mine on Wednesday.' The new manage, has decided to open this mine up'again'. ..'Harrison-*pulled out on Thursday for.Camrose.* Tom is very unsettled thescday..' A. P£erpoint and J. Sharpies have been under medical treatment this week. ' - , Owen Corrigan. who has been off twelve weeks1 with a broken collar bone, got started to work again this week. The benefit concert for Master A. G. Lawly is arranged for the 23rd of-Feb. in the Grand Theatre, at Fernie A special train -will leave the Creek at 7 p.m. for all ticket holders, and return after the cortcert is over. The committee are doing their very best to make the concert a grand success and , ituis for a very deserving cause. ,Tick- ,(ets are on sale now at $1.00, 75c and 50, or may be secured at Bleasdell's ■ drug store. Mr. J; 'Stevens was up .visiting-his friends last' Saturday night. ," Billy Welsh blew in from Hillcrest last Saturday week, as he had heard the club had a license. Alas it is not l^urt .. ■* - ,, superintendent. ■ <Tom Williams who left the Creek a few. months ago has left Passburg, to take charge of the Corbin mines. A dance was held- in the club hall last Wednesday night and was well attended. Jack Arbuckle took a trip down to Jaffray last week end to see his daughter. COLEMAN , Mrs. Webb .and baby arrived in town on the 23rd inst. Mr. and Mrs. Webb are living for the time being in the school house, occupied, by the children" previous to the new school being built. 7 The wind has raged terribly this week, blowing-down several new residences that were completed in the new town of Carbondale. ' The Summers Stock Company, supporting Miss Belle Stevenson, paid a visit.,to the town on the''21st and 22nd. Friday night was a special one af the Presbyterian church. A large crowd gathered to partake of the good things provided by the ladres. Several E.onss were rendered -nil'recitations given by the well. known artists.' A pleasant time was spent and it is to be hoped that good results will accrue therefrom. . • - ••■• *■-■-■ ■ ■ On Tuesday a yell known Slav who lived in Slavtown committ^ suicide by hanging himself 'with & rope to.^a beam. '.The man. has hot worked for some time and was" tligyght to be mentally depressed^ Mr. Alfred Davies left Coleman for the coast to spend a holiday with his brother. '. Mr. Dan James has left for the'TJ. A practice dance is held in the club hall every Wednesday night, and the charge is one,dollar a month for gentlemen and ladies free. Everybody welcome, and^thosc who cannot dance —well come and leiirn.1' -"" [' 7."A., special meeting of tho C, C. L, A.A. was held in,the club hall on Sunday, tho 23rd, for the purpose of electing a president. \V. McFegan' had resigned that post. There were three nominations, but the only one to accept was W. H. Evans, who was elected. C. O'Brien was elected as .vice- president and J. Holly was elected on the board of management, " Harry Snow is now taking charge of the young hopefuls at the C C. scliod. Harry lost his arm on the tipple tour years ago while working on the dumper, bo ■ lie has now taken up school teaching. Alox, McFegan, ..Will Cadman and Jim McLeod went, down to Frank on Tnosdny to take ln the concert and danco and Burns anniversary." Quite a fow Crcekiteu went to Fernio on Monday night, to see thc popular production of Tlio Lion niul the Mouse in tlie Grand Theatre, but the worst feature was that most of them had to lenvo to catch the ten o'clock trnln, nftor tho socond ncl. Thoro wero a fow who stayed to the finish and they say It. was thc best show ever witnessed in Fernie. The Immunol1' luifi now arranged for a apodal trnln to leave Ferula nfter tho nhow on Saturday nlplit whon thp popular comedy "Nlobo" will bo given. " The workmen were all brought out ot No. 2 and 3 mines on" Thursday morning owing to Roniotlilng going wrong wltli the fan. On nnd after February lHt tlio M. F. niul M. trulu which now leaven nt Ti will not mart until fi.20. Tlin Nldnwalkn, If thoy cnn ho called Hiieh, lmvo, been In a very bad ntitto thin week, for what with tlie thnw laBt week nnd then freoa-lnf** ngnln tlmy lmvo hnrilly boon unto to wnllc on. Morn thnn ono or two havo nturtod out for work ntul boforo thay got far down llioy ciune on their buck, nnd the lunch went flying all over tlio placo. II Ib nothing but lid from thu top of tho creok down to tlio timber yard, nml at ono plnco it Ih about twelve tiiphf"! ihlclf nml pnMlni» wnrsf r»vorv dny. A pick nnd Rhovtil anil uomo- body to imo thom would Hoon removo somo of thlH ico if tho proper jvirBon wore Heen about it. A few loads of small nslicH sprond over tho wulkx •would do n lot of nood, nnd then it would not be ko d/ingcrouH to walk upon. Jack Joncti (Hobo) took a trip down tho line this wook. Jack mum havo got hin oyo on Romethlng spe-lal thin time. Clnrkou moving picture show drew j full hoiisf* on Thursday nnd Sunday nlght-s, nnd thi* plftw**"*1*'*" ■w*' K00*1- Minn Alice Tyldnlf-y wnn tho accom- panl«t for Sufi-lay and for on<- ***> young did well, Mr, and Mr*, R. lUaihc-Ato Ir-ft hero mi ,Moti«inv >il«l»i for Calgary, but i Klljali will return to raabsurg ubortly' to take ctinrgi! of tho mine* thore' an j On Sunday night al the'Institutional church the Rev. Mr. Jones'of Frank preached an eloquent sermon to a good congregation from the words:— "Spiritual insensibility." MICHEL Nos. 3, 4 and 5 were idle through tho ■ tipple breaking down on Tuesday. Mr. Ridley is going to the right side now. , He has forgotten Ross and started in the,matrimonial, business, •Song: The Scottish Emigrant: W. Simpson. Song: Green Grows the Rashes:' T. Chambers.***', , v Song: Sweet Afton, by R. Samson. Song' I Love a Lassie: Mr. A. McKinnon; . ■*• , . ■ . " Recitation: Holy Willie's Prayer: A. McFagan. Song: A the Airts: J. Carson. Recitation: Address to a Louse: T. Chambers. Song: The Star of Bobbie Burns: A. Couts. ■ , Song: Scotland Yet: Mr. Samson. Address: Mr. Wetmore. Song: Mr. Petrie. „ Song: Mr. Stein. Song: The Old Brigade: T. Chambers. Auld Lang Syne. The Jeanne Russell Opera company with their high class dramatic offerings; will play here for one night, 31st January. A service of song will be given in the Methodist church on Sunday evening at 7.30 by the Bellevue choir. The choir met with great success in Bellevue. All are cordially invited to attend. A negro named Jim Freeman was brought, up here and charged with stealing a suit of clothes which had been hung on a line at Blairmore. He was sentenced to four,, months at Maeleod. '-■ Mr. Murray of Coleman preached on Sunday last in the Methodist church here. 'His sermons were splendid and attentively listened to. ' A dance was held in the. company hall at Bellevue on Tuesday evening, the 28th in aid of the Christmas tree fund., - The rink has been entirely put out of business here this week owing to the heavy'thaw, but we expect to resume our sport on the ice again this week end. J. W. Bennett was here this week looking up some of his last month's promised students.' He wears the same old smile. T. H. Williams' .superintendent" of Passburg-mines, late of Coal Creek, ■has^accepted-a-position-as-superinten-. dent at Corbin. . The residents of Hillcrest will shortly, enjoy' the benefit of the electric light the Coal Company are putting in. The new'plant at Bellevue which has been in the course of erection for several months, is now pwracticnlly ready" for operation. The tscel tipple which is being built by the erectors of the Michel tipple is almost completed and the whole machinery will be run by electricity. , , „ J. Simpson paid a visit, to his old friends in Michel on Sunday last. * an idle way. These mines are run in such a condition that the pillow coal is not taken out, and when the mines are worked out more than one- third of the coal is left in the earth. This is another shame, if nor. a dis- grace„,and if this practice is allowed io continue, it, will mean a total destruction of millions of tons of coal that has been provided, for the progress of mankind, and now, is the time for the people to protest against this lavish destruction of our God-given resources. The Washburn Lignite Coal Co. at Wilton has the largest mine in the State, and has an equipment to handle a thousand tbns per day and is the most modern plant In the'state, This mine is ventilated by fans and has a better air supply • than any mine I have so far mentioned. The coal is blasted with dynamite at all hours of the day. This would po- lute the air current, no matter how strong it might be.. At this mine the miner keeps from 121-2 to 25 pounds of dynamite in his working place. The same method of thawing frozen dynamite is used here as at Zenith and at Lehigh. AH' the coal is hoisted up a shaft, the men travel the' incline. The Washburn Lignite Coal Company is the only mine having more than one outlet from the face of the workings to the surface. Zenith and Lehigh have only one working outlet. In case the tunnel .would became blocked'at the time the men were at work they would have to remain in the mine, but at Wilton if one outlet should become impassable the other could be used. /The system of caging coal and signalling to hoist could stand much'improvement. The coal is hoisted on a double cage, when the south, cage lands ,,on the bottom with an empty car, ancl the car is wanted on the east side of the mine the car is pushed off on the west side and taken across the north cage.- The eager follows the car across both cages. When a* cage is loaded the eager signals to the tippleman.. ancl the tippleman signals to the engineer. The eager has n odirect communication with the engineer. The signals should go direct from the eager to the engineer. . In case .the eager wanted the cage stopped while, in motion, and with'such a crude system of signalling a serious accident might happen before the engineer could get a signal to .stop, a___e„u*a___.itches should be FRANK -aw: On Tuesdny everting Burns anniversary was celebrated in-tho*way of a smoker and. concert. The, evening wns spent in the miners hall,'nbout 50 persons being present. Tlie buslnens rnCii were all present. Mr. T. Yomnt wns to have taken the chair, but owing to being callod nwny on an unexpected visit to Cnlgnry, he wns unable to do so, but IiIr plnco was efficiently filled by Mr. Turnbull. The follow- Ing will show how the ovoning was spent; Mr. Turnbull opened with nn address: AdclrosH on Bums by Mr, McFognn. Song, Annie Laurie, by Mr. Sum- son. ■ Song: Tom O'Slmnlev by 11, McFagan. Song: Mr. Nannies Awn': R. Simmon Song: ...McGregor's Gathering, Mr. Cliiiinboi-H. Speech by Mr. J. Church. Selection with Bagpipes by Mr. A. Petrie. Song: My Aln Kind Doftrlo: J. M. Gee Wo. GOAL MINING IN NORTH DAKOTA (Continued) (From the fact that these articles are written In Canndn, the writer wishes to sny thnt lieis n citizen of tho United StiucB. and will return to the U. S. in tho near futuni.) ' In the mines nt Zenith mid Lehigh tho mines aro permitted to keep in tlieir working places from one to fifty poundH of ..(lynninite und from one to ono hundred concussion cups nt a Mme, lu cold wont hor' dynamite is easily frozen nnd tho only means provided for thawing tho frozen dynnnilto Is to place In n box1 over the flonie of a miner's lamp, and In many cnseH tho miner holds a ntlclc of dynnnilto In his hands over thc flame of his lump. To allow Hiicii a practice as .tlilH to pi (•viiil Is folly mul a tiliuuii; nud It Hhould bo Htrlctly prohibited by law. While no hpi-Ioiib accident has occurred to my knowledge from UiIh method of handling oxpIuhIvub, but novorllio Iohh It Ih nothing to trifle, with in mich laid on each side of the,mine and thus aoivd the danger of crossing the cages with''empty cars. A largo wash house is located at the mouth of the manway, a good supply of hot. and cold water is provided and each miner is furnished with a locker. The miners provide the lock and the company buys the lock when the miner q\iits the employ of thc company, and no charge is mado for maintaining the, wash house. For such luxuries as this the Washburn Lignite Coal Co, is io be congratulated. The company rents out the boarding house, nnd the renter ta responsible for the conductor of the place. The building ifc about a quarter of a mile from the mine and is furnished with modern conveniences, It is lighted by electricity and has a modern steam heating plnnt. .The place has an ample supply of hot and cold water, and ..this Is supplied by the compnny. Tho front pnrt of the.ground floor Is used for nn'office and rending room and Is, supplied with several dally papers. Tlie men spend the evenings in n so- cinl wny, At. the renr end of the rending room Ih n largo and comfortnblo dining hall.' This placo Ih kopt ln good order and Is lu charge of a neat looking waitress. IJut tlie meals served nro not. what would be expected. Tlie ment Ih nothing moro than the cull'of the market,-thnt Ih the HhnnkH find neck, If the bonrdorH do not eat It boiled they lire tried with It stowed, nnd ns a Inst rPHort It Ih given to them in the form of luiHh,, A boarder remarked one ov- ening nt Hiipper nfter n fruitless effort lo devour n piece of meat 'Many n time Roosevelt chuncd thlH follow over tho bud lnnds of Mcndorn during hiH ranching career In.that, pnrt of the Htnte,' The iiiimt "staple bienliffiHt food served In pniiciiUt'H tlmt uro ns tough an buck- Hklu nnd iih hard to digest, The lun ches taken to the mine are worse than the meals which are served in ihe boarding house. But the cook is to be exonerated from any , fault, as she makes the best of what is in the storeroom , ' So,with'such a bill of fare as this ■ the miners have, to work ten hours | without a noon hour. j The Paradise Mining Company have ! two mines, one at Foxholm and the i other at Paradise. The mine at Fox- j holm is a crude concern and to have a more awkward concern would be impossible. The only ventilating system to be seen at this place is a small airsbaft with a small stand pipe on top (little belter than a stove pipe) and is totally insufficient for ventilating purposes. This is the cheapest apparatus than can be built, and for this reason it is in almost universal use in North Dakota. It is no improvement to the mine and all the worse for the men who. work under such unfair and unreasonable conditions. The track in all the entries looks like the work of schoolboys play" ing Hollowe'en jokes on the miners. It is next to impossible for a car to stay on the rails. The mine is wet, most of the water accumulating on the entries, and the facilities for handling the water are only half equal to the task. The miners are entitled to the half of the boiler room for a wash- house. The water provided is pumped from the mine and is black from the filth in the mine. It is needless to say that the condition of the face and hands from the use of this water is great. The saving of a dollar, is the first consideration, the care of the stock secondhand the men last, if at all. The sleeping quarters at this place are filthy and poorly kept. A bed was made up for me and I bade the boys good night. When I got to my bedroom, or shed I should say, I was presented .with such a foul odor' that I could not sleep in it. I complained to the manager who told me that he knew the bed ■ was bad and that he hated to ask me to sleep in it. But nevertheless the way it was made up was an invitation for me to sleep in it. I borrowed some blankets from a neighbor and spent a comfortable night, in the upsteairs room of the horse hotel—barn. The mine at Paradise this fall was unable to get enough men. They ought nieTrrselves~lucl%y~ro~~get' of,men that they, have. Imperial Bank of Canada HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO Capital Authorized $10,000,000 ■ Capital Paid Up $5,000,000 Reserve $5,000,000 D. R.W ILK IE, President HON. ROBT JAFFRAY, Vice-Pres. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Arrowhead, Cronbrook, Fernie, Golden, Kamloops, Mionel, Myie, Nelson Revelstoke, Vancouver and Victoria. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Interest allowed on deposits at current rate from date of deposit. - FERNIE BRANCH GEO. I.. B. BELL, Manager • \ \ A Life Saver Is an appropriate name for the quick action style yof HOT WA TER, ' BOTTLE we sell. Ready the minute the water is hot, acts more promptly than any medicine, and so often really saves life before the doctor can reach you. Several sizes and styles and all prices. A. W. BLEASDELL The Leading Druggist Phone 118 To~coiisTcTer the number The mine is ventilated, or an attempt is made* at ventilation, by a furnace, and the fire is burning half the time— the fire is never started until some" one says that, the hair is getting thick. When furnaces were used it was necessary to keep them burning night and day, ancl then they were Insufficient for ventilation nnd had to be abolished forty years ago. This is a fair example of how up to date mining is carried on in most ports of North Dakota. The miners are paid by the ton. Il takes 2500 pounds in the mlno to mako 2000 pounds when it reaches the scales. I asked the manager'nnd the secretary treasurer of the concern if the scales weighed correctly, and the answer was that they were only a cheap concern. It's reasonable to think thnt this company hhs a cheap' concern to give the miner the bost of It, and when they sell the coiil it is weighed on a.scale In Mlnot. Tills beni'H Ihe npprovnl of the scnle inspector. Ills office Is to see thai the people got a fnlr and just weight for' the products they have wHglii'd, nnd In this respect he Is nsTalr and just to the miner ns the mine owihm-h are, Tlw. lodging house nt this plnco, if it cnn be culled a lodging-house, is n one storey nnd half building. The only furniture In iho house.Is ii few chillis and a rough table, Tlie upHtnlrs room Is rondied by n crude stnlrwny and tho mom limits much like the deserted haunth of undent pirates.'* The walls are dirty and in fad the ontlro Iioiihc Ih ii hIk'.I filled wltli filth. The tni-ii havo neither clmlm or ln-.i- chow* they Hit on empty powder k<"gn and on the floor and idle nwny nn hour or ho, then off to, thoir ■.•■■Hh for a night's well earned rest, (To bo continued.) 8. F. McGuinn. O -,"_■__■ _■_• _. rf^ » -TH TT A „„ T^ <? fW-HA-T-_S~HG M-E-l O o o o o o o o o 0 o o % without a O O Heintzman & Co. Piano? <> Let us supply you witli ono ol'these super!' instruments and you will wonder how yon ever nmriaged In exist without one. HEINTZMAN PIANO PARLORS M. W. Elley. Dist.. Mgr. GRAND OPERA HOUSE BLOCK O O O o o o o o % ^^^^^^<^<$^^^^^^^<^^ ¥ Dr PRICES C'^n Baking Powder is the most efficient and perfect of leavening agents* MADE FROM PURE CREAM OF TARTAR No alum, lime or ammonia. i- THE GRAND THEATRE, FERNIE Saturday Matinee & Night IZl SATURDAY ONLY ary 5th, 1910 J. M, Barrift's Greatest Scotch Creation The Little Minister Miss Jeanne Russell - and- The Jeanne Russell Company Special Scenery, Good Music, Extra Specialties Scats $1.00, 75 & SOc. Plan at Bleasdell's NEW INDUSTRY AT BLAIRMORE / mmmm ^SSm^^S^.i^i^^!^^£SjZ^iS^3^?egi .AGE SIX, THE DISTRICT^LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C. JANUARY 29 1916 i BIG DOINGS AT 21st MEET (Continued from page 1) Wage Question In combination with these may be taken tlie fa,ct that tlie matter of wages is coming up at the convention and tlie miners anturally have considerable interest in that subject. Wage contracts terminate March 31 in all the' bituminous' mining districts of the country, with the exception of the extreme western states, where- the contracts expire.* in the middle of the summer, and the convention will out- line plans to sovern all the mining districts ln negotiating new wage agreements. Delegates to tiie convention from various parts of the country; chatting about the hotels where they are making their liead'nuarters, ure apparently unanimous on tlie proposition that there should be an Increase in the wages. Tbey express the opinion thai there will bo sume opposition on the part of the operators, but further express the belief that lt will be possible to obtain an increase- without the need of a strike. Other matters of interest to crime up are the matter of better safety^'or the miners in carrying* on tlieir work: the strike in Nova Scotia, and It is probable, some plan that will tend to Increase the strength and size of the organization. Many of liu- delegates were greatly interested In the receipt of the following message: NVILKKHBAill*.!**, Jan. IS—The miners, both union and non-union, employed at the Ko. 5 South Wllkesbarre colliery at a mass meeting held last night unanimously declared a strike because tbe officials of tlie company are said to have refused to permit them to place at the colliery a check docking boss. One thousand three hundred men and boys are affected. Jiniiifiry 11) Practically all of the morning's' session of the annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America, in Tomlinson hall, was occupied by more or less warm argument as to whether or not national organizers- attending the convention should.be paid out of the international treasury. The question was stil.l unsettled at the time of the noon adjournment, and was to be taken up at the afternoon session for further discussion. President T, L. Lewis was expected , to state his views on the question this afternoon. The matter came up immediately after tlie adoption of the report of the committee on rules and order of business. Following the adoption of the, report Frank J. Hayes attempted to have made a special order of business for this afternoon the question as to whether organizers who are attending the convention, should be paid out of the ..international treasury. ,., . President Lewis ruled that the mo** —lion—was-out-ul'"Tyi-uer_airT:itar"iime~i'n* accordance'with tlie report of the committee which had been adopted, and which provided for the proper order of business. .William Green of Ohio asked if tliere might not be a suspension of the rules and a motion was made and carried that there be a suspension of the rules and that the question be taken up at once'of whether or,not the organizers should be,paid out of the International treasury during their presence at the convention. Nol There (<> Help I.e-ivN The question was then taken up for discussion on Hayes* motion that the orgiinlzers shall not be paid. Charles Gllday, an organlziji'. was among the .speakers, and said that lie wished to refute nny Imputation that the organizers xx'cru at the convention to jisslst IMf'SldciH Lewis. He caid Ihul hi.* was willing not. to be paid as an or- gaiilzcr during the time h» wns attending the convention, Mr. Ilnyt'S, in explaniuion of his position, said (bat lie did not bring up the matter t. reflect on Uu* character of iinv mnn. hut tlmt It was a ques- tloiVilml concerned-the entire orgrinl- Zlilluii, He expressed the opinion thnt organizers .-in; .supposed to go into the unorKimized jmrts of the districts anil build up the organization iih a whole, "IllHli'Hil ol that." he unlil" we have numerous field workers ut ihls convention and I believe Una iln-lr work Ih lu'lng neuli'iti-il," u,, mldi'i] thnt lie believed Iln- plui'" for Ibe organlzer.- Wiis In tin- ll.'hl. und Hint ihat would he for the best Interests ol* tin* orgiinl- zulluti, An umemliiM'iil to the motion was offered, the iiiuendnieni providing that no district officers iitienillng lho convention be paid out of tlm dlMrh.t treasury, A motion to table U.i* minimi' motion wiih mnde ntul lost, . A motion wiin then nun!i> to table th<< itiueudiui'iii und this motion wii* eiir- rli'd. Iilsctisslon was rohiiineil nt con- sldenible It'imih on the original mn. Hon. John Walker, ol the Illinois dlHtrlcl, who opposed .Mr, l.i'wlx for lhe niillniiiil pi'1'clileiu.'y, n xi'.iy ngo, talked on lliu ritihjrct in suppoil of Mr. Hayes and Mr, Oiei'it, could repVesent as a local delegate a local union of which he was not a member. He suggested in connection with this plan that the expenses of the delegates be paid* by means of a general assessment; that ,the smaller and weaker unions could be represented in the' same manner as the larger locals. Andrew Mattie of Pennsylvania took' the position that some of the local unions are unable to pay the expenses of a delegate to the convention, and that .It would not be right to deprive such locals of representation. He said also that some locals have no members that are familiar witli the English language and that they should not be deprived of suitable representation at tlie convention. One of the delegates expressed himself in faVor of tlie motion and asserted that under present conditions the president of Hie organization had the power to pack the convention. The contention was raised during tho argument that some locals who could well afford to pay the expenses of a delegate were represented by an organizer, and. further, that national organizers, in some instances, had gone through certain districts soliciting credentials of locafunions to represent them at the convention without any cost to the locals. Other Side of ConlroviTwy . On the other hand, it was contended by some of the delegates that organiz- et-x were representing local union.*] that, because of lack of funds, jvouM not be represented if they had to puy the expenses of a delegate, and that* representation of a local by nn organizer under such circumstances, avoided the necessity of Hie local having no representation, The stand nlso wna taken that it was nol right tor an organizer who had not been doing l-md and faithful work In the field to be denied the privilege of attending the conventions and having the opportunity to gain valuable Information that he otherwise could not obtain. Sam McCoy of District 12, .said he was opposed only to national organizers being paid out of the international treasury while attending the convention, but was also opposed to district officials, representing several local unions and being paid out of the district treasury. , * o Committee on Holes ' The report of the committee on rules and order of business, which was adopted al the beginning of the morning session, set forth that the convention should be called to order'at fl a.m. and adjourned at 12. noon; reconvene at 1.30 and adjourn at 5 p.m. It was,provided in tlie report that no member* of tlie convention shall speak more than once on the same question until all who desire to speak have been heard.' Speeches shall be limited to five minutes, and no one shall be allow, ed the floor more than twice except, by consent of. the majority. The_repor.l_fiii--tlier_ni-ovidpfl_tliii t_ the*- roll of delegates shall not be called on any question except at the request of 50 or more delegates. The report provides also ' that any member of the conven'lion , appearing on the floor In such manner as to annoy the proceedings of the convention shall be reprimanded by the chair for the first offence, and for the second offence shall be expelled from the convention and his conduct reported to his constituents by the International secretary. Ct>n\ endon's 1'Irnl Hippie , There was a flash at the an nun 1 convention of the United Mine Workers In Tonilinson hall late in the afternoon that some of the delegates believed was the beginning nl a "warm" time. President T, I.. Lewis took a firm stand nnd the business of the convention was ii'gnin running siiVoolhly In a i'ew minutes, .. The flash started when Knii'lt ,1. Hayes, of Illinois, who Is gcneinlly conceded to |uivp heen elected national vici'-presldent, arose nml snld thnt, In- .i-oiniiuh as, the organizers nre paid for Held work, he wished io hnke it motion that UiOy lie nnl pnld whilo attending the convention. . l'l'i'Millellt Lewis said that the niittti'i' was mil of order at thai time as the convention wns nol yk-t formally organized, He ex- plnl'iicd that It would first bu necessary to receive and ncl upon a report from the committee on imiIi-h nnd order. Mr, Iluyes whs Mipporteil by William H, tin-en of (Nixliiifloii. Pa,, who sulil he wished lo move thai the matter be ink- "ii up its a special mnltyr ot" bu.-lin'ss thi.*- morning, but this motion twin iim way of the first, I,i'\*Hn .Ivm-rlN llluiNelf I'l'eslili'lil Lewis llli'll lisset'leil himself. He snld Hint, wltb the lii'lp of the ill lei'llles, he WHS not (""111 - to Ill- low niiv filibustering method" In ilu* convention, anil Hint he wliilu-d lhe co- opi'iiitlon of the (onvoutlon In ion- illii'lll.ft tin* business In nil Illti'tUii'Mlt nrd i Npeilltlons mnun*'!', He pointed out tlio wish tu finish Hie work of ■the ennvi-titloli expeditiously, liiMtutse of Mn- InteiHlnti' joint convention at Tole. do, which Is net for February l, ntid snld that with tli i.iiperat!i>u of tho I ollVi'lltloll, lIll-re would be \,,i lepetl. Hun ol tin- illsgliirelul sceiirs of one Veal- URi). '' ' Mr. Hiiyex imulii got Ho* I'lour mid i said Ihnl lie did noi wish to be pliired ; It. ,i la I.-'■ light, ini- lm wa*- as willing ami lUiximiN nn anyone., to expedite ] Hn- wink of (he roiiveiltion, , • Tin' ullili'U on Hie oi KMiilzi'ls. who looked upiili us I'rli'inlh to Mr. Lewi**, nml lhe adfiiiulsiriiiioii, |h regarded as tin* beginning m an atnek upon tin- piesidi'iU lllld the M'llllllllxt I'lllloll, Tin' nuU-l.i'WU pi'inde take the Hluml, •ippoueil iii (irminl/.i-rN -Wfrnillim One of tin* ."pi'.-ilii'i,*. dm line tlie nrgii*. iniTll Willi I ■ IIIIt-Jt11 Mel liimilil, president of I'lslt'lrl 1- ol lUlholH, Who Spoke .'ignlhHi ni'gnnlzi-ix aiii'iiillng the run- vi'iitlou nml belli***; puiil iiiit of the In- toinational treasury, lh' s.tiit he In fn a iiiitl'iiinl nrg.-iiityer uriili-r admlnli'trntliin of .lohn Mililifll us tin pli'Hlili-nt, nnd ri-ri-rri'd to an minim report ot Mr. Mlteliet], In which Mr Mfl-i'iutlil •is.-'fiteil Hint Mr, MIH hull ! ••" •"* evpliilned, that Hi., organizers. The greater part of the afternoon session was occupied in the reading of the report of the committee on credentials, which contained the 'names 'of those delegates who. according to the opinion of the committee, were entitled to be seated. It was announced that those who had objections to the report or whose names did not appear In the report could, appear before the committee and obtain a proper hearing. A motion was made and carried that the partial report bf the.committee be adopted as read. The committee will report back later. Committee oi» Itules ' The following committee , on rules and order of business was announced: George Manuel, G. AV. Savage, ,W. T. Haywood, .lohn McGInty and .Kdward Grampsey. President Lewis announced that information had been received that someone* falsely representing himself as having authority from the convention, was soliciting money on the pretense that It was for the relief of the sufferers from the Cherry mine dis- aster. The president said that no such authority had been granted, and advised the delegates, If they came upon such a person,-to hold lilm until the police could be called, The convention adjourned at about, a o'clock, to meet again at nine o'clock fn the morning. .Iiuuiiir.v 'M The feature of "today's session of tlie annual convention of the United Mine Workers wns the taking of a step toward a closer affiliation, or at least understanding, between the Western Federation of Miners and the' United Mine Workers of America. Following an address by Charles H. Moyer, president of the-Western Fed-' eratlpn of Miners, in which he urged a closer affiliation between the two bodies, and speeches of similar import by other members of the western federation, a motion was made,and adopted practically .unanimously that a committee of seven, including the president, be appointed to confer with a committee of representatives of tlie Western Federation of Miners and draw up sTplan looking to a closer affiliation between the two bodies. In speaklug'of the propjoskion of the Western Federation, beforiTthe motion was made, President Lewis said he hoped the-representatives'"of the, federation would remain until some plan had been outlined that might be regarded as at least a fighting agreement, i Adjourned Until Tomorrow The convention adjourned, at about 12.30 until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. The hallj was not available this afternoon because of the ball that was* being given tohlght by the garment workers, and anyway there was practically no further business" to bring before the convention,, until the committees are ready toi report. ■ At the opening of the. session, Pres. =3X__.=Le.w!s=a,>'0Qinted=a=oomm! ttee=to= call upon Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation ■ of Miners, $nd liis colleagues at the Grand hotel and escort tliem to the* hall. The report of'the auditors, going into detafls connected witli the finances of tlie organization was, read. <• The auditors, as a recommendation, said they ■ wished to ,cnlf attention to some outstanding accounts that have been reported to previous conventions. He advfsed that the International executive board mnde an examination to ascertain that these accounts are good, so, that 'if they are not they may be cancelled. The report was referred to the commfttee on officers' reports. fiiminttti-PN Anniiiiiifcil * ' The following committees were announced :■ AppenlN mul Grievances .lohn Drophy,' Dislrlci :. ' * „ John. OT-roloran, Dfsl. 12 I'Mmund Thonins, Dlsi. ii ,lames McGrady, Hist. 21 Martin .1.. Klyzlk, nisi, 7 Kdwni'd Harris, Dist. ii Thomas Cairns. Dlci.'l" John Morton. Dist, 22 -I, IL. Liiwnon, Dist; jr. On Officer* HeporlHi \V„ W„ White, Dist, Hi John Monro, Dist (i. Martin'Nash, Dist. |i W, I-;. Pntterson, Dist. 2 Henry Fhihwlck, Dist, 12 John Sullivan,, ,Dlsl, ." Seuinnn 'JVitIh. Dist. 2ii N. I'l., JohiiNton, Dlsi, 21 1 iavlil Jones, Dist, 11 On (.'oiiNtlliilliiii George linker, Dist. 2:i ' A, I**.. Hmlth, D.lst, li TlmimiH McClomenl, Dist, 1 finnuii-l I!.. Nichols, Dist, I . lien William,**, Dist. 12 I). M. Qxx h, Dist, HI : Frank Ledvlnk". Dist. 5 j W„ 11, Foster, Dist, 19 : .1, ff, Wallace, Dist. 10. lleMohillinnJ ' Frnnk linmuge, Dist, 11 Thomas J. liey.nolils, Dlsi. i'i ' ,l„ i*.\ Stuplelon,' DIM. 23 < lenii'iil Stiilili*, IIIM. in 111.I I nn Hn liad ,'itlil tli.it nuh'-i < lli'il'i'i-ll lilliel Wise, tlii' III.- eiiiivi lUl.nl lllltJoll.il ot'rt'at." while Ihey ; eoiui'lilioii. 11 I'i' III iiHi'inliinee III lho eluiillil nut iieeive Uli'll ilw, citii't nili.ii iiiit! Iim nuM om of iV, tiiti'iniitloiial u.'iiHiiiy. This rnpnll,' ,1'ltin! Mr, McDonalil, h,:il i"*'ii adopt-, *•'! Mr. Mrlimialil linked If fifty orir.ni.' Iti'l'K Wire allowed to be .»i',iti-il ,IM del- | t-wmi'i 111 '!," |ii'*..**it I'l.nv-i.iini', what! nie 10 j.ti'M'i.t "in* ii'.imli oil iii'^uiii/i'i *• l.liliK fcn-illid ill Hie ll'-vl i oilVelltlon , lllld live lilii'dloil in tin- tuli'iivllig coll thus in i peel to be paid iih nrmililz"l> tIn*V i Mioilhi In- out III Hie ll«lil i.in.SIIIK uu , 01 j^anl*iition wm k, > A motion then w.ih made bv "tie nt ' the ileh'Kati'M that no Moulting In- 111• I lowed tu the rOUVctlllon. llllll lllfllft WUH * ,1 ripp!.- ol l.iijghle], I'reililcnt Lewis ...,'. >,.,-«, f, 1,1,1 .,1 inlo, h'i, Onl liol Mlloke, Ii- llHieVI'd tlltll lhe|l- WIIH Ito 'rliollH objection to utile: >• MlloUlliK* ; iuul that motion was ■>nded, TrlPtiriim friiin Mllflirll A telegram Irom John Mluiielt, for. M'lltlnll llllll Hie I onVelitlol lonirolliil by them. ! He r'alil tliut appointe'l n.itloh.i! or-. K'tulzeri. wen- nut Ho- ones Unit mIuhiIiI ; hi- allowed tu decide upon lhe pnllcli.*. ! '•■■■--" preHlilent uf the iiiliiiiH. whh read nl tl.e eun\eiitl'iii- and h- midi-l 11..1I ;'"* •"*•'* r'*,'li' ■*■■•«■"■ •'* >* • ■ In IiIh ii-l- lut Iuul went a year on the ev... mnv I --irruni Mr. MlU'lieU expresned Imped of 1 ,t|i ,, 1 , ti 1 . ,, ( r, ,. „.,,,! s. ,it 1 *• >ii . .-**.'*.? ul . niiv, rifl..ii j.Tol Hie r'or- iirii'unlitiii'r, w<-ie imluiM-.l by Un- .\i-cii- i m":"!l11" "f •' P"1''"- ',li', w""l'- •■"■ lit,* bufii-.l or nut, uh noihlmf *,I:„ivh ! H(lr*" "," l'i*"««'»«» »f th" nrifrtnlziitlon. uj. to u.i- lino* bow itatM voli.** «.*ie 1""1 ■ »•• orliv nml w-lf.ir.- -f It* m-in- ri-ri-lvil. Tliut wan not Hn- joiltiy to thi* iiilmlnlxir.itl.in, hi- iddt-il up '. '"'-'■*<. and nnld ttint lit* Imped tu )invi» I lhe opportllllHv of MI'eetlriK the llele- 1 (fi»l<-s pf-rtiillilllv lii-iin- the clune of f.\p*u*r itt IWUtnair* ; (|„. ,*„r,vot,M»li. It wn» .|e.*l.l,.,| thAt .1. i. .-»llUU of IHkIII'I I. KUK**(l'<»ll»>ll ( dl. apl.l opl l,»U* li*l>'i> KhUUl'i Xm- lliMlll* tli.it ix tiiW Ur niHdi" -.o lliu! no man , t" the telegram. He said he realized that the Interests of the miners are in. the thing's that come from the bowels of the earth and their' interests are identical,',> regardless of whether the men work in coal or metal mines. He asked why they could not be* present in one convention representing the mining industry of America. ,, • " ■ He said he' believed that the miners of the east believed the Western Federation miners should be here in the convention of the United Miners as a united body of all* miner's who.work in the mines, regardless of the product of the mines. Discusses Colodndo Fight Mr. Moyer discussed tlie old fight of the Western Federation of Miners in Colorado. As an independent organization, he said the .Western Federation miners realize that they are helpless, but if they have made mistakes it Is no more than others have done. For thirteen years they have virtually stood aloof (from other organizations, he said, but realize now* that something must be done. ' "We have come 'here today to ask what would be best to be done, to bring about a closer affiliation of all miners and accomplish a federation of all the miners of America. ' We come to you to ask you to appoint a committee to report on some plan of affiliation or combination of all miners of the country regardless of the .product they dig from the earth, -We want the committee to roport on some plan before the close of this convention that will bring about a closer connection. „ All Are Minera "It Is a recognized fact that we are all miners, Tliere is a difference in the mining of metal and the mining of eoal, butl believe this could be overcome by'some' sort of nffillation or by some sort of a working agreement. ■ "Let the convention appoint a committee to meet with lhe representatives of the Western Federation to work out some suitable plan. We realize that there should be some sort of understanding," ' 0 Taking into consideration the number of the coal miners, Mr. Moyer said he believed that the Western Federation of Miners was equal, to the United Mine Workers ln the matter of organization, Organization Busy He said the Western Federation had not had opportunity to reach out into other metal districts of the country, as the organization had been*kept pretty busy In the west. He said that if the amalgamation of the Western Federation of Miners and the United Mine "\> ork'.rs was favored by "the committee ae wifhed appointed, he believed the members of I,the Western Federation would approve. He said' he hoped that the. convention would take some action in regard to that "great friend of .Organized labor." William Randolph Hearst,*, He said that in a mine at Lead, North _a: kota. last Thanksgiving, the miners were locked out and that appeals to Mr. Hearst have* been of no avail. He said that no union.- men* are now employed at that mine and that this was the beginning of an organize'd effort for a fight against, organized labor ln South Dakota. =• - Harry I'linnnr, Dist. 21 John Miller, Dist, ,*> Mini llrnmli'ite, Dlsi. 11 Hobei't I Ml 101: If, Dlsi. 2,1 H„ A. Whetzel, Dlint. 3 On lllMtrlliiilliMi Mli'luii'l Hurry. Dlsi. 21 lieujuinln F. Morris, Dlsi. 17 .1. H. Mi'L'riii'kcii. DIM. 1!» On Hi'iilc W. V. llolllHH. Ill-'t. tt Duncan McDonald. Dlsi, 12 lU'ilJnmlii MeKntitiey, T>li»1, 1 1'ntrlek ff III1I11 y, Dint. 2 FrnnelM Foelian, Dlsi. fl WIMIiitn fli-ei'ii, Dlsi, tl .111I111 Waters, Dlsi, 7 tieot'Ke Mol Klllllh,tier, I list, H John Daliy, Dint, ',) [ I I Uiu*. I let/,, 1 Hr il I* I til I .1 nlm !• Whin* 111-1 1" ■ Alexander Howat, Dlsi, I I Frank Smith, Dist, 13 lien |iavl«. Dint. 17 " W. II. I'n"ill, l»l-t, If T, .1, Dunawny, Dist, Hi IV It, Stewart, Dlsi. 21 VliotfiiiH lllbsoti, DIM. 22 T. J. Main. Dist. *.*;i .lulin Harris, Dist, VI t.'harles Ilittloy, Dist. 23 Daniel Mi'DoiihiiI, Dint. 2H Mr. .-lliijrr'M Aililrrtm I'reMilent Lewi* then Ifitroiliieeil (**, II, ,MoS"i, pirMilt'iit ot the WoMfi'h 1''lenitliin. who he nnld had itnttfgieil manfully tn luiilntnln i|,e iirliii-||i|i<*i uf organized labor In e\..|y ramp of f)i«* metal mlni'iH of the went. , If ll had not teen fur the |irot"Hl llmt wn* viilfeil Mifalnsi t-oridltInriH iih they Iuul evUteil itt tin* norHiwftxi Pre- •ililfnt Leulx ii'ilil. It wav •i.iKulbli'. that j In- wmilii ma Imvi- bad the plenMiire til Willo.Ll. IHU Ull-*.'- lepreHI-ntHllVfH u( tin" WVntnij Ft iteration toiltiy. Jnuunry 'it * The report of the tellers was made at this morning's session of the United Mine Workers of America in Tomlinson lia.ll, after considerable argument and disturbance, and John Fahey, who presided as temporary chairman, -declared that In accordance with tlie constitution the candidates receiving the highest numbers of votes were elected: ' ',' The votes announced for tlie various candidates were as follows: For President: T. L. Lewis, 05,712; William Green,' 71.515. ' .. ' For Vice-President: Frank J. Ilo yes, 97.072;* K. S. MeCullough, 63.853. For Secretary-treasurer: Edwin Perry, M2.75.'!. DlMpiite Over Heport, Tliere was some dlsputo in the convention ns to whether the highest number of voles meant the election of u delegate, or whether n'majority wns necessary. The ' temporary chairman stnted that In accordance with the constitution the highest number of,, votes eleclerl. [t wns further explained that this wns In accordance with the action of previous conventions. Officers Declnred Kleeteil v At this afternoon's session Mr. l-'it- hey nftcr explnfnlng the matter of the highest vote electing, doclarod the oloctlon of the officers who hnd received- Hie highest vote and surrendered the chair to President Lewis. President Lewis epxressed Ills appreciation of the support of lhe majority of the members of the organization, and said thnt the cnuvenllon was ns- seiubled for business nnd to legislate nut only for Hid members al the eon- vent Ion hut also for thnoH who were ul. home, Secret KitvIci' -IIjiii Prem-nl President Lewis miiintinced Hint he lens Informed Hint there was attending Hie convention n "secret servlco" mnn representing Operators soulh of Ilie tililo river. "Ills presence Is nnt desired," he milled, "and If he reiniilim IiIh rmme will he iinnounceil," W, II, Falrlcy milil: ''Tin- man referred to wiih In tlie i-onvpntlnn IiinI yenr und nt thai time hail credeiitlalH ns a delegate." Pi'i-slilenl LuwIh, nl the wiliest, of tin- delegates, H11MI hii Id Hint the man's mi mc wan lllvei's, though he, probably had other niitnes. President Lewis snlil fiii'llii'i- In respniiNe lo a 1111011111)11 Hint lie hollnveil Ihnl llm man was then In the hull., lie Hit id Hint Hie man wi;,k Maying nt the HtuhbliiH hole). ' Once Sreroliiry af 11 Loral Mr. I''nirli<v snld the man hail heen al one lime n secretary of tln> local union 111 I'nrbuti Hill, Ala,, prior in the I11M strike. Ulveis Iuul rnlulneil the seal of the local for noma time despite repeuti'tl requests to give ll up although lie flfinllv unve It up, Mr, Fnlvlev Mnld that the mnn visited nonrly every local yearsago an organization .'was formed there known as the, Provincial Workmen's association. ' "Most of the mine workers there were members of it," he said. "It also claimed- adherents in other crafts.' ' The first,.fifteen years of.its existence were spent in struggles against * smaller. companies. . Those years were attended with a measure of success, and each victory Inspired hope and confidence in the Provincial Workmen's association to protect'the interests of the workmen..- But as the*, law of industrial * revolution is never at rest, time brought .changes in the industrial conditions, there which the strength ' and power of the provincial Workmen's Association was unable to cope with. This change was brought about by the advent of a great corporation known as the' Dominion Coal Company." . * . ' • Many Men Dinctinrged - He said that at the expiration of a contract that the company had with its men it liad posted two contracts for the officials of the P.- W. A. to sign. "One of .them was >a liad contract and the otli'er was worse." He said that "with the approach of winter and, as before, the 'weight of the P. ,W. A. thrown in favor of its acceptance, the mine workers were eventually forced to recognize tho inevitable and accept the terms of the company." As the only hope, continued Mr. MeCullough, the mine workers of Nova Scotia ask- ed,,that they might become part of the United Mine Workers. Ho said that no sooner had the mine workers tliere joined the United Mine Workers than the.coal company began to discharge the .members of the* organization and discriminate against them' in' other ways. He said that no demands had been made by. the U. M. W. of A,, and all they asked was the right for the men to belong to whatever labor organization they desired. He said that before a strike was resorted to every effort was made to bring about a reconciliation bf the differences, but that thc company closed s"cvery, avenue to an honorable retreat. The strike order went into effect July 6. '" - ... "Mr. Moffatt."., continued Mr, MeCullough, "was for many years the grand secretary, which is the highest office in tlie P. W. A." He now occupies the unenviable position of dropping from the leadership of a grand organization to that of a leader of strike breakers. In the opinion of many he is now playing Ills role In its true light. . Contract of Drutnl Force "Much criticism has been indulged in by Mr. Moffatt, the coal company, and o-ther enemies of our union relative to the United Mine -Workers of America violating the contract made by the P. W. A. ' This contract was ono of brutal force, an agreement that was forced bjvthe company under the same circumstances, that one.gives up tho money to *a holdup man rather than his life, an.d the holdup man would be just as much justified in appealing, to the sense of honor of his victim when apprehended as'Mr. Moffatt and others are in "appealing to the honor of the men on strike to "return to work and keep the. sacredenss" of this agreement inviolate'.' . *• "It Is not an agreement In any sense' but It is the demand of the company, DR. WRIGLESWORTH, O. D. S. , DENTIST. Offies: Johnson-Faulkner Block. Hourt 9-12;.1.5;-6.3i>7.30. Phone 72 "ernie B. C. W. R. ROSS K.C. Barrister and Solicitor : '. 1 Fernio, B. C. " Canada. L. P. Eckstein D. E. McTaggart Eckstein & McTaggart barristers. solicitors, etc. Cox Strset Fernie B. C. F. C. Laws Alex; I. Fisher LAWE & FISHER ATTORNEYS Fernie, B. C. H. W. HERCHMER Barrister and Solicitor T. BECK BLOCK FERNIE B.C. DR. J. BARBER, DENTIST" Office Henderson Block, Fernie B.C. Hours 9 to 1; 2 to 5; 6 to 8. Residence 21 Viotoria Ave. THE FERNIE LUMBER CO. A. McDougall, Mgr Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber Send us your orders .v •, i!l W. A. CONNELL ., Pioneer Builder and Contractor, of Fernie ESTIMATES FURNISHED BABY COVERED WITH ECZEMA YETZAM-BUK CURED HIM .1; .'lu <■ .-I.'"*.. .*.'!.. I ItlUt.l wllh mi'iiilii'iH, who after their tnlk wllh him were dlne!mi'Ui'd. Mr. Knlrley jrliaiKid that 11 yenr u 1^0 the mini Iuul iiw.'ii tn Un' I'lmvi'iitlon hut nt that tliin- liln true elinrncti-r wiih not well 1.. ,,.,. 'Ilie Novn Seel In Kfrlke Tin' itimiiiil report of K. S, MtCull- nligli, Vlri'-pl'i'ulili'lil nr tin' Unltti! Mllu* Wurliei'M, tunic up vnririijM feiitiirco of hin wnrlc during llm yonr. anJ drvoUil iiiiihlili'ialilc attention to the Hltiifttlnn In Xnva Hrotlit nnd a brief hlt-tory of mmii'in li'iidnig up lo the ulilUe thi-i'f. Mr. MeOnllotigh referred In tin** ontli- nn'Ifi> >n*flli'tii'iil, nnd to lb'1 Interim- lloiinl pciici' coiigloH he hnd filtf'inlt'il nt the ri'i|iie»t uf I'ronlilent T.nwlH. In Kpi'iiUInK of Uu* Novn Scntla utiun*. tion he mlil that he liml been funlgnnil lANt ,1 il iht 10 1>Utrlnt No, I*. Nova Hco- tln to urn-flu! In ,tlu* nmrtlnit of a utrlko of itti- mine worker* fmployeiJ l»y thw li.iniinloii <:<iul tumimiiy. In tlm way of lilutory In- xald tlmt nlmut thirty forced aUa time.when the people were' unable to resist. Yet notwithstanding all this, the men would have worked under the so called agreement had the Coal* Company not interfered and dis- crimii'iated against the United Mine "Workers of Ameriea members. About 0110 thousand nfen who were members of tlie United Mine "Workers of Ameriea were discharged for no other reason than that they were members of the United Mine Workers. * Mr. MeCullough said further that "every means known to the powers of money and politics have been used to defeat the miners In their struggle for In dustrlal liberty," and that soldiers had boen ordered tliere, and used to '•prevent the peaceable parading of the public highway rind the peaceable nssemblagr of our members In mass meeting." _ ■ , ' ArrcNleil* tor I'leKctlug He -.-aid tbnt the company had a number of men from the mines appointed wllh police power for the same purpose ns the soldiers; tlmt hundreds of strikers were arrested for picketing and other false ehnrgeH, "nnd thrown' Into Jnll; that the lenders nf tlio strike wi'i'o nrri'Hli'il nnd tnkerc to Montreal to destroy their Influence, nnd that everything wus done to arouse nation; nl prejudice. "The eonfllet hns now entei'i'd Into the seventh mouth with hopi' bright und victory uHsured by a cnntlnuiiiu'o of the same methods nnd iletermlniitlon whleh lnive clmi'iietorlz- ed the struggle no far." *i "After touching upon the Cherry mine tllfiiKtcr Mr. Mt'Ciillnugh snld "There Is hut one excuse for the grent slaughter nf human lives In the coal mines nf lho eounlry—prol'lti*, To provide the Hiifoly npplliineoH for thorn* who provide Hie fuel supply for tillh country nnd mnko possible our present state of IniliiHtrliil, commercial mid uncial status mcnuH tlm expenditure of monoy and less proi Its to those who own the initio nud to. the extent tlmt health, life and limb enn he protected, and are not. Ih a uullnnal dlHgrnee nnrt murder of the niosi cruel type, and In my opinion ho lung iih the public cnn seeurn Its fuel supply and proi'lin Ih the chief aim nf the Industry, no relief nun bo hoped for only through the united action of the mine workerH HiciiihoIvoh," I'd win I'erry,, HcpnrfN Krtwln Perry, Hori'etnry-ireiiHiirei' of the V, M, W.h.Iii IiIh iniliuiil report, In addition to 11 detailed Htatemeiil of the mnmhei'Hlilp unit finances, iIIhciihhciI ii numbor nl' oilier inn Hers of Intermit und linpiirtiiiu'e to the organization, Aiming thi'Mi' miitti'i'M was the \\>imt tit life In mines, und the need of proper legislation inward ivmcrtylnK -tl'lH* tlie Hltiiiilliui in I'l'giiril to the (irgnnlxei'H In the mine workers; the evnuerntlon nml suspension of lorn I iinlnnx; tlin t'nlted Minn Workei'H .lnuriuil nnd ileHlrnhle liollilcul action, u He Hlioweil that the avui'iige paid up i.1111111. irni\i ,„n .irt.ii Han .11,1,i,L, Un* Inrt'.'Ml In lhe hlitorv of the nvriinWn- Hon, am) guvn 11 table idiowlng the live in ge inembeiHlilp by illstrlotH for 1000 und loos. In IiIh rw!»plt«latlon of the fliianeeH uf the orguulzatlon, ho Hhowei) tlmt lhe biilnnce un hand, Dee, 1, Wns, had been $M»ri.TSil.n7. find the balance nn iiiiiul J>cci'inlier 1, IIHiO wim |-I70,s_«.il9. The total Income wnH |f)3l,. 7:iO,7:i, and the totnl expenditure was J.*.ri'i.(*l'*\|], In relation to tliU Mr. Perry unlil: "Your attention Is nilled 10 tin* largo def'ieiiHe In nur siirphiH fundi* on hand due in tin. fact Unit a Mrlkft Intx been In progrcHH In dlHtrlcl No. 20 from July ft .1909, up tn the pre-HMit time, and the I'lnnii'. Iiik of 111.111,*. locil Ktrlket. Ill UUt. Nn. *.' ami iJhiwIii'Ii'. Wo hetl on liiiml March I the num of t83S.4fJO.SO. und on Iv-iernbi-r 1, ISOJ. Ui* bftiatue wan reili I to »I70.!120.C3, tiluiwIiiK our dlHbiirHfnientH to Imv* exrenteil nur Ineomo In tlw ,xf r.t of |ir.|,«t>.Sl." (Continued on pug. 7) Mr. A. M. Brooks of Wellington St., Steel ton, says: "Ten months ago I contracted ecze- ma which at first appeared on mv neok later spreading to my chest and-body, The doctor thought this was caused by the irritation of my shirt,collar' and the poison arid steam from the pulp, as I was then employed, at the pulp mill I began doctoring,'but instead of the disease being checked it showed signs of becoming, worse; and my neck, my chest and whole body was soon in a frightful condition. The skin actually peeled off, leaving the flesh raw. "I suffered cruellj; from the terrible itching and soreness and was completely confined to the house, Not seeing or feeling any improvement, I next resorted to tlie ordinary salves anil ointments recommended for skin, diseases but although I gave each preparation a fair trial no'ne seemed powerful enough to bring about a cuvu until I began using Zam-Buk. "Prom the first application of Zam- Buk I had somo relief, nnd as I persevered with Its usod dally the soreness *ivas by degrees drawn out nnd tho intense itching and aching completely vnnlshed. Scabs or scales form, od ovor tho raw flesh, but Zam-Huk noon cleared away all those, and al- though the cure was notunilly gradual It was complete." If you Buffer from any skin (lisonso don't nial-e the above mistake and try nil Rorts of things boforo Zam-lluk! Got Znm-nuk first. Eczema, ulcors, nlmcesHOR, poisoned wounds, cuts, cold sores, scalp soros, face erupllomi. clinps, red, rough patches—all nro healed and cured by Zam-Uiiic. nest 1-mlm for Imbl-js' rashes. All ilnigglnts nnd stores at 150c. box, nr post froo from Znm-nuk Company, Toronto for price, ROYAL HOTEL FERHIE Bar Unexcelled All White Help Everything Up-to-date Call in and see us once C. W. DAVEY & CO.. Props. HOTEL FERNIE >T 1 The Hotel of Fernie .Fernie's Loading Commercial nnd Tourist House Si F. WALLACE, Prop. KENNEDY & MANGAN Lumber ; Dealer All kinds of rou^h and dressed lutniioi Victoria Ave Hortli Fernio JOHN B. WATSON Chartered Accountant, Assignee, Liquidator and Trustee; auditor to the Cities of Calgary and Fernie. CALGARY, ALTA. P. 0, Box"308 List of Locals District 18 (Corrbototl NO. NAME U'i7 AHlioroft Mlnos 21) Hnnlchond -en Ilollovuo 21(111 Hlalrnioro 1387 Canmoro W Conl City 211.3.1 , Colenmn 0007 MMM 1 Cai'boniinli*'' 2378 Cardiff -i,i -itniiii 2$:: Cm bin 2178 Dlninoiul City ** 2GI0 Hdmonton City, 1.120 Rdmonton 2388 Rdmonton T*" ' 1. -.IIhV 12Cil Frank 2197 , Houmor ions HlllcroNt 28M) Konmnro 571 LnthbrldKO 1233 Ulio 2829 Maplo r^eaf, 2334 Mlflifl 2Sf,2 PjiEsburg 2.189 Royal Collieries 2672 Roche Percoo 911.5 Strathcona 102 Taber 1559 Tabor 2«tS Taylortoo hy Dlatiic Socrotary Don. .'II, 1909.) ' 8EC. AND P. O. ADDRE88 T. aroy, Ashcruft Mlnou, LothbrldRO, Alia T. nradloy, Btinklioftd, Altn. J, nurlco, Dollovuo, Frank, Altn. G. Kolly, Ulnlrmoro, Alta. Wm, Anfioll, Cniimoio, Alta. A. I). Altroy, Coul City, Tubor, Alta. W. Grnliam, Colomnn, Alta. P. Lonnon, Cavbomlalo, Coleman, Alta. J; Aplln, Cnrdlff, Aim. F. K. St. Amiuit, Cardlfr, Altn. A. iiutiiiiion, Corbin, U, C. Pat Kolly, Diamond City, LothbrlldBo, Altn. C. F. Larrier, 151 nrtlamy St. Kdtnonton A. S. Julian, 2 Fr'iuor FliitH, ISilnionton V. Holub 127 Lomo St. Norwood, ICdmontou ii, Ht-.*, k'tiini(i li, c. O. Nicol, Frnnk. Alta. J. W MorrlH, HoBmor, 13. C. J. O. Jonos, IlillcroHt, Alta. R. Evans, Konmaro, N. D. M. Pilflhaek, P. O. 113, LothbrldRo, Alta. J. T. Crltftlhn, Ulio. Frnnk, Alta. F. Ilonaccl, Mnplo Loar, Bolloviio, Alta. Chnn. ftnrnor, Mlftliol, R C. A. Covatcli, Passburg, Alta. * Chas. Smith, Royal Coll., Uthbrld)??, Alia. L. McQuarrlo, Roch Percoo, Sank, A. Shaw, Strathcona, Alta. Wm, Ru»«*ll, Tahtvr, Mt*. Vi. Tlrou-n, Tnbnr, Altn, J. Roche, Taylorton. flask. /*#_; THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C. JANUARY 29 1*310 PAGE SEVEfc V. Carosella Wholesale Liquor Dealer Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes. 0 Gents' Furnishings BAKER, AVENUE BRANCH AT HOSMER,' B.C., A complete line of samples of Fall Suitings and Overcoatings Worsteds, Serges and Tweeds Up-to-date Workmanship Moderate Prices i * ■> i J. C. KENNY 100:tons of.good Upland Baled Hay W. E. Barker, Cayley, Altai Fernie-Fort Steele 11. Brewing Co., Ltd. Beer and Porter Bottled Goods a Specialty ARTISTIC AND USEFUL Beilows Tempt the Modern Connoisseur In Ancient Furnishings.; SPECIMENS IN RARE DESIGNS. Lyre Shape of> the Louis XVI. Period Said to Be Work of French Ebeniste Jean. Demontreui|r-Charming Italian Renaissance Pattern.! Bellows'are details of old time furnishing which, somewhat curiously, seem to have escaped.the attention of many writers on the furniture of the past and. to meet with comparatively slight esteem among the generality of modern connoisseurs, and yet if one begins to "take up" the subject it is by no means lacking in interest,. One reason for its being apparently neglected may possibly be found in the fact that bellows of the olden - time were.such indispensable and constantly used members of the family household, goods that very few have survived to tell their mute tale of bygone usefulness. In mediaeval kitchens of the great the bellows blower was a recognized functionary, whose duties, according to Joiuville, probably in- eluded looking after the turnspit dogs In their revolving wheel cage. And'it was not only In the kitchen that the services of the bellows were called into requisition, for the, log fires of the ban- quetiug • hall „aud the guest chamber equally demanded tlieir ministrations, and the honor lu which they were held before the days of coal t fires is sufficiently indicated by the lavish decoration that was frequently bestowed upon tbem. -*A 'finely finished pair cf decorated bellows of the .middle ages I'llENCH AND'DUTCH rEHIOUS. -will often bu'found to be'worthlly representative of the furniture style of lis period. Pre-eminently-'was., this' the ************************** case-in, Italy when, In the exuberant art of the .renaissance, tlio great masters-themselves did nol begrudge their labors even on ihe* adornment of such oa comparatively humble detail of domestic plenishing. Some of the most exi'iiii-slte pieces of carved walnut wood furniture belonging to the Italian (juatero cento and cinque cento periods aro tho bellows,' a pair of which, with wontlrously elaborate Venetian carving, fetched at the.famous sale of theMagnlac collection in 1&J2 no less n sum than' $2,300. Experts abroad often mako, rare finds, a few of which are here reproduced. Distinctively renaissance Iu character, the Italian type pictured Is of walnut wood, carved und gilt, with nozzle of copper.'richly chiseled. The front Is surmounted by a muse-heron, or human ninsl;, which forms the handle, Following tho curve at oach side Is il grotesque mate torso, toruil-' nating In scrolls, and In thc center a winged nmorliio beneath a garland of fruit. The handle on the reverse Bide Is formed by a beautiful female head, crowned and draped, 'and the central ornament consists of a grotesque mus- eheron, Its open mouth forming the wind' hole, Scallop kIipIIr, scrolls nnd draperies surround It, after the stylo of the period, which incorporated Cupids nml grotesques, scrolls nnd flowers, draperies nnd musks, In a wealth of decorutlon. Thoso of Vonotlnn origin uro charmingly tntcrcHtlng. French bellows of tho seventeenth nnd eighteenth centuries woro often of gront beauty. A lovely Utile pair in purely Louis Seize in character, with ils severely simple ornainenl. In tulip wood * Inlaid on enrved nmhognny. Claiming to be the work of tho mnitro ehenlHte .Teun Ueinoiilreull, It is n departure from tlio irndltloiml form, sug- gosling u lyre -Mm pi., wlik'h Ih emphu* sized by the Mhos of the Inlny inking lho direction of the strings-. To bonr out the n-Numbli'iifo the 110/.7.I0 Is well ; ST. CATHERINE PARTY. A Jolly Evening With the Patron Saint of Old Maids. Every dog has his day, and the old maid, not the up to date bachelor girl who scorns such a useless piece of furniture in her cozy little apartment as a husband, but jthe genuinely sentimental old maid, can have a day on the 25th of November if she so desires, for this is St Catherine's day, the patron1 saint of "old maids." In Prance even the twentieth century maiden takes ber love affairs seriously, and she goes to church bright and early on the 25th of November armed'with a bouquet which she lays upon the altar, offering at the same time a prayer to St. Catherine to send her a husband and "soon, please, dear St. Catherine.", The American girl cuts out the religious ceremony on this auspicious occasion, aiid, though her heart be aching, she makes merry with a party, and if she prays lt is not' like the Pharisee on the street corner, but in secret beside her couch bed. A jolly old maid—a namesake, by the way. of the martyred St. Catherine of Alexandria—is sending out invitation's for a "rally." as sho flippantly calls her St. Catherine's party., These Invitations are In the guise of .postcards with little Sally Water of nursery fame weeping and wailing for a young man as the decorative feature, and they read: , ■ ' A ST. CATHERINE'S RALLY. - Conic and help me elect a husband. Last meeting before tho campaign closes. November twenty-fifth) nine p. m. The guests will not be bidden apparently to the bouse of mirth, for in the reception room all is* uncertainty' and gloom. ■* Funeral looking gray moss, caught up with pierced silver hearts, drapes the room, and the only light is that from numberless candles held in sconces and candlesticks hung with black. Suspended from the central chandelier is a ballot box, the bottom of which is covered with thin paper. Through a central opening depend streamers 1 of red ribbon. The box Is black and lettered in red—matrimonial' ballot. After' greeting "their hostess each guest will be asked to vote, which means to pull an end of the ribbon hanging from the ballot box. On the box end is attached a piece of paper with,a number on it. About the room arc men's coats of various sizes with corresponding numbers on them. The girls match their numbers to the coats, and the man whoso numeral, corresponds to that of a girl's - must try to fill the garment and,, become the-fiance of the owner for% thp evening. Lots of fun ensues during' this ^casting and recasting of votes. „ A game to be played later on is accomplished- by having prepared beforehand as many -peanut shells as there are people, ,each one filled with a paper on which are several letters of a word, and the complement of letters is placed in another shell. The "shells"ariTTieartegetEer^itir .arrow FAD OF THE MOMENT. The Interesting' and Absorbing New Fashion of Silhouette Photography. Garrets, old chests and out of the! way corners are being ransacked these days for silhouette pictures of ancestors. These relics" of, other years are being remounted, ..touched up and refrained in dull silver or mahogany and given places of honor on the walls of the living room. But the up to'date BIG DOINGS AT 21st MEET (Continued'from page 6) THE PHOTO SniHOTJETTK. girl goes the old timers one better aud has taken up the latest cult, that of silhouette photographs. The usual; method of taking a sli-> houette photograph is to have your subject sit or,stand in profile against the sunlight.. The camera is then, focused upon the sitter in tbe usual way and directly iu tho, face of" the sun. • The operation can usually ■ be carried out very nicely at a window which faces directly toward the sun at some time of the day. - ■> The result is a solid black picture of the subject, which" is frequently very striking in its resemblauce and lifelike character. The great advantage of this method is that an amateur photographer can practice, it with groat success. If he tries two or three timer he is almost certain to obtain a fine I silhouette photograph. • The , framework of the window and some articles of furniture'standing near it may be utilized lo make an artistic setting for the'portrait. Another very ' effective method ., of • making n silhouette photograph is to place the subject in front of a strong arc light with n large white sheet behind the light. • - This method requires' more apparatus,, but is absolutely certain to produce a good result,' The reason why a silhouette picture gives such an excellent likeness depends upon a few .si m nl__trn tl is_.wli ic h_n i'__ii ot_ n 1 wn vs. Dentil I_Nt Greatest. Mr. Perry commented on the fact that tlie years 190S and 1909 would go down in history as having eclipsed all previous records in the number of lives that had been sacrificed in the mines of the country. He spoke of mining as being the most hazardous of occupations and added: "Yet we, have every reason to believe that with adequate protection through legislative' enactments the danger to life would be minimized at least three fold. , Not unlil the function of protecting life is placed where it rightfully belongs, namely on the' operator or mine owner, can we reasonably expect any change. All the legislation, unless accompanied by severe penalties, would not bring,about the desired insults." He spolie of the desirability ot a suitable liability law. lie said the convention should go on record- as doing powers of the various states and federal government, remedial legislation that would minimize to the lowest degree the dangers that now, surround the miners. , He recommended that there be demanded of congress a law tlis*t would tax every ton of coal mined to provide a fund for widows and orphans made homeless bv mine disasters and those persons injured and maimed by mining accidents. « ROMA HOTEL Dining Room and Beds under New Management. First class table board Meals 25c. Meal Tickets $5.00 DANQUET8 CATERED FOR Rates $1,00 per day R. Henderson, Dining- Renin M-jr, *<ftH^*(Wr****VWr^VHr***^**<^-^ *♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I Fernie Dairy j ln-lESH MILK flcl\\'Qi'Cf\ to nl! part., of the town ribbon. Tho object of tho game is to fine*. >the person who has'the letters completing the word; The letters of the words aro divided evenly between the men and tho girls—that is, a man has one part of the word and a girl the other half. After talking with his partner for ten minutes tho girls go out of the room and the men nre handed, cards on' which are the following questions: "Whnt Is the color of her eyes.' "Tho shade of her hair?" "How Is her hnir arranged?"* "Tho style of her frock?" "Wlyit color Is It?" The man' who answers the greatest number of questions satisfactorily is presented with a prize. When supper Ih announced St. Catherine Js supposed" to hnvo taken pity on the old maids, and. having provided onch with a,prospective hus- hnnd, all Is joy. The, supper room is brightly lighted, in marked contrast with tho gloom that hns previously prevailed. As this company Is to bo n small ono, n lurgo round tnblo seats them all, Ahovo the center of tho tii- bio Ib hung a small sized child's jumping hoop, bound with gold colored ernpo paper, symbolical of tho wedding ring. Holding tho hoop in position nro converging strings of white satin ribbon that moot ln the center nnd nro tied to tho bottom of the gas fixture. Graduated ondu of this half Inch ribbon aro' hung at Intervals downward from tho hoop, nnd on tho ends of each ribbon Is a Cupid, the shorter loops holding a small god of lovo and tho longer pnes a larger figure In tho center of tho tnblo nnd undor the chandelier decoration Is 11 huge white fronted cake ornamented with nn upstanding flgiiVo of Bt. Cnth-1 orluu. The Ices nre In tho form of «■! borne In mind. The profile of the face shows rigid and unvarying outlines by which we'cnn always recognize a person, whereas the expression'of the full face is a very varying and subtle thing which can rarely be caught with absolute fidelity by tho camera. For the Home Nurse. By using ihe method hero described mistakes ln0the time, for giving medicine are avoided, and the memory is relieved of all care nnd anxiety. Cut a circle of cardboard Inrge enough to extend over the edge of a tumbler. Mark the disk to Imitate the hours on the fnco of a dock (half and quar- Jnuunry i'l After a morning session at the annual'convention that was turbulent at times, and gave promise of growing more serious, adjournment was had at noon until nine o'clock on Monday morning. The trouble arouse when the tellers were reading a tabulated report to show the votes of the local unions of the various districts. A protest is expected,to be made as to the seating of the delegates from nine locals.in central'Pennsylvania on the ground that these kicals are' not In good standing with their district organization, though declared to be in good standing on tho books of the international organization. lt was further, contended thnt these locals had no right to vote for international officers. ~"~ i' The question,of whether the convention should not act on.the report of the tellers, which was submitted yesterday came,up for argument during the reading of the tabulated report, of the tellers. Several of the delegates urged that the report of'the tellers should either be approved or disapproved by the convention. It was explained however, that John Fahy, while presiding as the temporary chairman, had-held that il was" not necessary for*tlie convention to vote on the adoption or disapproval of'the tellers report. , John H. Walker said he wished to know if the, report of' the. tellers was final, and if the convention was not called upon to' approve.ior disapprove it __=i ha__j__! __!=w_o_3=tha=e_se==su i tab! 0° amendments might be made to* * the laws. In reply the ruling of Mr. Fali'y was repeated, William Green asked if the convention had not the right to question the election of officers as reported by the tellers. , President I.etvlN Heplii'N ' President Lewis answered that Mr. Green had had a representative present when the votes were counted. President Lewis' said further ihat if Mr. Green had asked the i;,n\'ulnii for the sincere purpose of it-Wuim;- In foi ■ •nation he would be wP'Iph to M.-unl all day 10 answer the i|u-siloii. Mr. Green was not sntlsfled and refused to Hike his sunt when requested to do so by Mr, Lowls. Tlie president then requested 11 sergennt-at-arms to remove Mr. Green from lho1 hnll. Some of, the delegates called to Mr. Green tu tako his seat and other advised lilm not to do so, He sat .down, Mon* Trouble _ Francis Feehnn nskod if the local votes could he called for on thc floor of the convention after the tabulation. He started to argue the matter,' and the gavel of President Lewis began to beat a tattoo that threatened to splinter it. The' lips of Feehan could be. seen to move but no word came from him. Ceasing his tattoo with the gavel, President Lewis told- Feehan to sit down, hut he would not sit down. The gavel a.gain began to rattle and again Feehan was ordered to take his seat. He would not do so and three of the sergeants' at arms were called upon lo remove hhn from -the hall unless he took his seat. Feehan walked toward the platform with two or three of the sergeants-at-arms following him. - A number yelled to "Put him out," others "No." and it seemed for a while that there might he more serious disturbance, but finally Feehan sat down. After complete quiet had been restored President Lewis said he wished to know whether the convention was going to arsnact its business in .1 business like way or whether a riot was' to bo precipitated on the floor of the ! hall- ., ' There was a short session in the afternoon. The newly elected officers spoke'briefly, Frank J. Hayes spoke of the interest he felt in the welfare, of labor. The time had arrived he added, when united effort was necessary for the best success of the miners of the country at large. Edwin Perry was then called for, He said he appreciated She support which had been accorded him, and announced that he would In the future, as in the past, conduct his office without fear, or favor, ' President Lewis announced that the committee on entertainment for the' miners wished possesion of the hall that preparations for the evening's entertainment in the hall might be commenced. ,\ Good Loner William Green arose and said that the tellers had announced, the result of , the vote and, as a good loser, he would bow to the majority. Ho said that he wished ito assure the delegates and the men at home that he will'continue to do battle for the miners and their families. UNFAIR LIST Of the American Federation Labor of .:/ -?'*.,, *( i THE LAUGH LINE "What a beautiful sight it-is; Mrs. Bates, to see your two little boys always together!" thc summer boarder exclaimed In .ecstacy as the two bro tliers Bobby and Tommy Bates came up the walk hand in hand. "Such brotherly love is as, rare as it is exquisite." " Mrs. Bates nodded her head in assent. , 7, , "I tell Kzry that they are inseparable as a nair of pap.t.s" . ■ * # * , Ted—Isn't Tom thinking rather seriously of getting married?", Ned: No; he could not have thought very seriously about it for he has gone .The following is part of ihe unfair list of the American Federation of Labor. Many, of the daily newspaper readeis who hear as much about the "Unfair List" during these days may be anxious to know what names of firms the A. F. of L. "Unfair List" contains. Under these circumstances it becomes Uio duty of the labor press to keep its readers proporly informed. What are papers published for if not for the purpose of giving correct information? (i Cigars: Carl ijpman of New York City; Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffer of New York City, manufacturers of the Henry George and Tom Moore cigars. Flour;. Washburn-Crosby Milling Co Minneapolis, Minn.; Valley City-.Milling Co., Grand Rapids. Mich. Whisky: Finch Distilling Co., Pittsburg Pa. Clothing: N. Snellenberg & Co., ot Philadelphia Pa.;■* Clothiers Exchange, Rochester N.Y.; B. Kuppenheimer _ Co., Chicago. Corsets: Chicago Corset Co., man- * ufacturers Kubo and I a Marguerite. Corsets. 7 0 ' Gloves: J. II. Cownie Glove Co., Des- Moines, la.; California Glove Co.,-Napa, Cal. „ Hats;-J. B. Stetson Co., Philadelphia Pa., E. M. Knox Co.. Brooklyn N..Y., Henry H. Roelof & Co.. Philadelphia;' Pa- Shirts and Collars: United Shirt & * Collar Co., Troy, N. Y.; Van Zandt, Jacobs and Co., Troy, Cluett,' Peabody and Company, Troy, N.Y.; James It. Kaiser of New York City. The .Butterick Pattern Company of New York. ' , : Cement: Portland Peninsul-ar Cement Co., Jackson, Mich.; Utica Hydraulic Cement and Mfg. Co,, Utica, ■ Illinois.. Stoves: Wrought Iron Range Co., St. Louis, Mo., United States Heater-, Co. ' Detroit, Mich., Gurney Foundry Co, of Toronto Ont.; Home Stove Works, of Brooklyn Watch Case Co., Sag Harbor Indianapolis, Ind.; Buck Stove and Range Company. St. Louis. Bags: Gulf Bag Co., New Orleans, La., branch Bemis Brothers, St. Louis, Mo. ' * . ■ Brooms and Dusters: The Lee Proem and Duster Company, Davenport, la'.; , M. Goelierfs Sons, CIrcleville, Ohio; A. MEDICXNU VUtt. ter hours mny also be used) and cut notches nil nround opposite the hour murks, Tlo n knot In a cord, past* It up through the center of tho disk und attach u heavy rlug or button to the other end. If medicine wuh given nt 8 o'clock, for liiHtuuco, nud should be given ngnln lu uu hour, movo tho cord 1 to I), etc, Girl Invents Fruit Punch. '.11111 ~U Ul IU-117 ' " * * * s.'' , Smith walked up the street the other evening with a box of chocolates under one arm and a big package of meat under the other, "Ilelloo, Smith," said Brown "gone ln for housekeeping? I didn't know you were married." Smith: And neither I am—at least not yet; • ., Brown: Well,,.what are you going to do with those chocolates and that meat ? , Smith:' I am going to seo my girl now. Brown: And do you hnvo to furnish lho meat for the. family already old' chap? I That which appeals to wngo darners Smith: Oh no, tlio 'aweds are for j to orgunlze Is the possibility of attain- tho girl and the moat Is for the dog,,i iiig more gratifying result.-, from em- I havo to squaro both of them.—Sac- J ployiiient hy mutual united effort thnn red Ilenrt Review. comes from individual offort. "MerKle-Wiley Broom "Company, Paris 111. , ".* *. Watches: Keystone Watch Case Co. of Philadelphia;. Jos. Fahy, Brooklyn, T. Zurbrugg Watch Case Co., Riverside .V. J. * '- " " "', C W. Post, Manufacturer of Grape Nuts and Postum Cereal, Battle Creek Mich. 1 + Fibrcvare: Indurated Fibre Waro j Co., Lockport, N. Y.* Furniture: Ame'ican^BIIIIard tabic Co., Cincinnati, O.; 6. Wlsner I'inno Co.', Brooklyn N.Y.; Krcll Piano Co,, Cincinnati O; Derby Desk Co., Boston Mass, •- « vV Dilgrims Drogre *_ ® J^^MT R\r xVIIJSTER J-T BUNION. ;,*."".■■..■ Bulut with 11 liulu about her head, and , Holi-ii Taft. duugliter of tho prevail lho decorations aro curried out In dent elect. Is thc Inventor of n fruit I punch for U'ihiIh parties and other In- ! lorn 1111 outdoor nffnlri* thnt lu nnld to ! be one "nf the mom delectable of drinks, Shn umrded tho roclpo Jonl. the Hf-me "good" fitHhlon. A Supper Salad. A toothsome wilud mny he arranged of fruit nnd lettuce for n little HUpp-y after tho tlienlur or for any Informal evening occnHlon. Cupu nro mnde out of tho heart ot lettuce, mul lu each Ih put sliced pcitrH, tippled, bimnniiH nml walnut)* covered with mnyonnnlHp or French ilroBHlnjr. It can he prepared beforehand and put lino the rcfrlgnriitor tn chill. It Hhould bo nerved cold 011 ilnlnty little pluti-H. With It luivc Hiindwlchcx made of thin fdlcet* of graham bread covered with French drcsiMln-g nnd boiled red Rpnnlali popper*** with celery chopped up niul put under tho pepper-*, Sanders a\ Verhacit Drothart. Proprietor* rUMAN UKHIiJNt. -iiihordltintcd, being mado ns abort aa U funHsu-ilt** ro-n-ntRtentlv -with It* fmr- ioao. ThMo niv only n Tow example* f the nntlque bcllowai Ull CREATE NEW STATE MRDFOUD, Jan. 25—Agltnllon fo •he' creation of a proponed new tttatc '» be called Siskiyou out of northon California, and boutlu.rn. Oiufcon, ha -onched cuab a singe that a convent 'on has boen callod to meet at Yr<ikf California, on March IB, Alto-*****)-' Mlghtlnn of thin pnrt by th. mor- t'Of-uloua p-vrilons of tho otli.-r tw« ■Maton tn thc cause glv«n for thc ttcv movement. Ceeoanut Oropi, V\U. uitti (iMi'mJ ul i*,(hi«><J lucviauul, half a pound ot |<ulverl_il nugar aad the v/lilton of four egg* I ion ton to a stiff froth. Have cnotiRh white of ejnr to wet tho augnr nnd cocoa nut. Beat tntrcthir thornnehlv Aron on "h-nttft-M tins In drop* the nine of a coin md bake. oiisly through the hint Miiiiincr, but shortly before hIic wciii to Ilryti Muwr confided It tu u friend, with the uhiiii! ri'Htilt, Hundred)* nf young girls now nre In pohni-nnImu of the ono tlmo no- crd. nnd It'H Hiifc lo any that by noxt Muminrr tlio punch will In- mndo by hnlf the young women In AmcrU'im Koclety. To prepare ll Ml together fur five mliiutcK a pint of wnter, it pound of Niignr nnd Dw chopped rind of a lemon, Hlrnln the lluld nud hIIcp two biuiunnH Into It while ll Im hot, Add 11 grated pineapple nnd 11 quarter pound of atoned clicrrlti*. Tln-n hou******. tin- Juice of Mix loniom* Into the bowl shortly before •"•erring, liut Hint Isn't alt, ini i'i U,\i*.l* ii. iVv. 1..U.XI J/*' *''.'«•. i'i*! In the bowl and two qutirU of Mod.i water poured over It lit'tun* the fruit mixture In put In, Slice n dozen big ■Mrtiwl'orrlcfi and drop thom Into the bowl. »Mrrln"* •*.'• * rmt-'v, The r-r-w.-tlt Is nil! in hi' 11 ■Jlrj':': III fur uoddtmeh, 'i (-. (-• rci'M"" ••' "■'t|0"ll,lrl». TITS. UNCLE! THOSE'^ m AU FRIENDS OF | MINE. OP RATHER. PHOTOS OF FRIENDS ,0F MINE! THERE \% (ALL ! HAVE TO RE" MEMBEF*. THEM BX~ I*. "THAT ALBUM1 THEY ARE SCATTERED. NOVvU? [MARRIED, J SUPPO MD GONE AWAt 3 CARE1 YES,! THERE IS MlSS ROSE. SHE MARRIED MR, OAK. BUT, THey SEPARATED A YEA** AFTERWARDS. SHE WENT TO CAUFWMK 'V\ND HE. I THINK . UP IN MAINE SOME Wlf ERE, WR TMEKH .1 ^•-L. A.!-1-.IP' > IES' UNCLE. SHE MAR- -RlED TWO YEARS AGO AND LIVED QUITE HAf'-j •PIU OMC MARRIED A MR GOCDT'CLLOW LSPLENDID YOUNG ■■.MAN. WELL.TOU \KU0W SHE wa_ ,H#\VE THLYANY CHILPREN. MAT W ) \TTICjJ [FSN'T THI'-, MK -SI*-. QHl WO! THLY SEPHKAUDl Hf. WENT POWN MIO MEXICO SOMEWHERE AND HL IS AWAY 0-' }M ALASKA,-IN THE ^KLONDIKE. I 3EULVE. ~"*\1 DONT KNOW /HOW THEY ARC ■yigOlMG. UNCLE! ^t ni A. 1 PL EM DID PICTURE Of HIM, TOO' HE MARRIED A M y_kULM. I! New Deputy of Railways FlrHt Autolut: Ih ' thnt tho Hnmn nu OTTAWA, Jnn. 27-A. W. Campbell ,onjob»° whkh >'ou V»rohanod Hurt -puty mlnl-Hcr of puhllc works for I ■•orJnS;T -n„.l«. hat, Lw-n app-.l.-t-id dupoty ' fl'y,nn', AnMn" °h _w\ """'"? ilnlnter of railway, nnd canals. In thf ] ^JH exccpt thrco whcc,s and "'" '.nro of M. J. Uuller, who hatt reaiK-n* 1 to become head of tho Dominion on and (tt. el Company. Mr. Campbf.ll will aho become th< "-•■Mrmnn of thn T. C It. comataslon. '•*-« poxitlon of dsk-f engineer to th' isluvLiui'ul will U> uu** (ilUsti L)> in. "her man. 'i.)(lj'. » * * Caller: Snip and Company havf» rm doyed mo to collect this bill you ow- ■hem. Owens: You ar« to bf h-eartlly ton- -.ittuUUd kit, uu sujcuduu uucL - w Y.an-snt position. , HH "V THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C" JANUARY 29 1910 C. P. R. TIME TABLE I No. 213 West ,. No. 214 East ...:.. . No. 236 Local East . No. 235 Local* West ! No. 7, West Flyer .. No. 8 East Flyer .. Arrive Fernie .'.. 10.00. ;.....:.. _r.5o' 9.12 ...'.'..*..'. 19.27 10.40 ;■:.■.-.'... 20.08 Change takes effect Sunday June 6, G. N. TIME TABLE, •NO. 252 *■ 6.55 7.13 7.25 '7.50 . FERNIE ' HOSMER OLSON " MICHEL Arrives' Spokane 8.30 p.m. Arrives Seattle 10,15 a.m. No. 251 11.05 10.40 I. 10.32 10,10 BUSINESS LOCALS Always ready: ham sandwiches and coffee at Ingram's. Hot tea or coffee served at Ingrams pool room. Electric Fixtures, Depew, Macdonald & McLean, phone 61. . \ . . If you are a particular smoker get your smokes at Ingram's. Beef, mutton, pork, veal, hams, bacon, lard, etc., only of the very best. Phone 41. If you want the best buy a McClary Stove. They don't cost any more at the Trites-Wood Co. For a good comfortable smoke get Dorenbecker's brands. They, are home product. .Furnished and unfurnished room to rent In modern house.-Telephone, electric J _ht and bath. Apply B, S. care Ledger. , 3tNP For Sale: Ten acres good land covered \vlth tamarac and cedar, close in. Apply Ledger office. lm Just the thing early in the morning or late at night; a hot lunch at Ingram's. Buy the Standard Sewing machine there is nothing to equal it on the , market today. For sale, at the Trites AVood Company. Furniture, pictures, window shades etc., a large and well selected stock, get our prices. The Trites-Wood Co. Wanted: Experienced general servant. Apply Mrs. J. R, Lawry, Victoria avenue. 2tp28 Shoe repairing business for sale: — Singer machine and all tools, * first class opening. Apply Box 170, Clares- - holm,* Alta. For sale: A good nine-roomed house nicely located: Lot 60x129' fenced. House all modern. Will be sold on reasonable terms as the owner is desirous of a change. Apply Box 990 Ledger. Gill Boarding House. A comfortable home for the Miner. Table board $5.00 per week; meals 25c; room and board by the month, $23.50. All white help. E. — •—'Bayloi—and-J.-!Ford~Propsr" - For boys and girls sleighs try the Trites-Wood. Co. Good Second Hand Heintzman piano for sale.' Apply5 Ledger Office:-.' "Found:—Ladies watch and chain, last week,. Apply.to'Ledger office for particulars. Miss Belle Hamilton visited at Rex- ford, Montana, last week and returned home last Monday. Mrs. McMahon, sister of'Mrs. J. B. Smith of the Fernie Brewery is visiting at Nelson this week. ' W. C. B.'Manson has been very sick- the last few days. His many friends will welcome his re-appearance. Mr. R. G. Noble is acting secretary In-the absence of A. J. Carter at the convention. A quantity of first class prairie hay for sale at a reasonable price. Apply to J. H. McConkey, Cayley, Alberta. The \\ Meat Market have moved Into their new premises In the Johnson block opposite the King - Edward hotel'. * i The Imperial bank received their handsome new finishings and furnishings Thursday and are now busy installing them. Mrs. Tom Whalen went to Cranbrook this week with Mrs. T. Caven, who has been visiting at Mrs. Wha- len's here lately. The regular monthly tea of.the Methodist Ladies Aid society is to ,be held at, the homo of Mrs. Brown, on Tuesday February 1st., from 3.30 to 6 p. in. Xext Sunday at the Baptist church Pastor Spidell will preach at eleven a.m. on Deep Sea Fishing, andat 7.30 on What's In a _*.'ame? Special music in the evening. ' ° ii - - ■ , The Kootenay Telephone Lines have just issued their directory which takes in Cranbrook, Moyie, Fernie and all intersecting connections. This is a big improvement over the old lists. Halleys comet has been seen in Fernie by several people. The workmen returning early this morning from the mines claim to have seen the wonderful phenomenon just over the Lizard range. The Free Press maulers beat a three man team of this rag of emancipation at a very interesting bowling game last Saturday. However we are still waiting for the oyster supper we won last winter. The Bank'of Hamilton are now comfortably "installed in their beautiful "irew~building.— find.*,more, handsome-.-or substantial bank" "buildings" and'' fittings than 'we now have in Fernie. ' , "; . "'.'*• -* ' .*., - - . , ■.*i7' , The.building committee of the Baptist church aire busy placing material to begin;,operations early in March.- A car load, of brick has-already arrived from Blairmore. Mr. Baardinan '&' Son have the contract to unload" the cars and draw the brick to the church site. ''; 7 • ■ "■'-.. Children's pinafores, pretty •■ styles, and ladies overall 'aprons and.-kimo-' nas. Big clearance sale of coats,* furs, and underwear. ' It will pay you to come and inspect .our stock; quality the best at lowest prices. Dress hats $4 to $6. Our new store, jast one door north of King Edward Hotel. The Misses Euler. ■ oc . ^t •Mi-, and.Mrs. R. Gufrimell and daughter Greta were the guests of Rev. and Mrs. Spidell' Wednesday ' evening. While there a happy blushing young couple came inquiring "Is the Minister at Home? The minister being at home, the guests became wedding guests. Mr. and Mrs., Gummell acted as witnesses. A quiet wedding took place at the" home of Rev. W. F. Spidell, Pellatt ave. on Wednesday evening, January 26th, when Mr.' George Sinclair of Truro, Nova Scotia, was united In legal wedlock to Miss Etta McEacheron of Peticadiac, N. B. Mr. and Mrs. Sinclear left Fernie on the 6.40 p.m, train for their home In Wardner, in which place Mr. Sinclair holds a position as edger. In the large lumber mill of that, place..- We wish them^many happy years of married life. • Madame Delmar," the palmist, who has been pleasing hundreds at the King Edward the last two weeks, has made a hit with her clever and realistic readings. Anyone who might be at-all skeptical on this work< should visit Madame and they will be at oiu-e convinced that she.is genuine. It is surprising how much of the past and the present she can tell you by. your hand, and the things she has revealed that her clients thought no one else but themselves knew are startling as well as interesting. Madame Delmar will be here a few days' more and we advise those who have iiot visited her to do so at once.. , -" Mr. W. C. B. Manson has resigned his position as' manager of the Home Bank of Canada, Fernie Branch. During the past two years Mr. Manson has been' in Fernie he has made many friends in business and social circles. Mr. John Adair, lately manager of the Walkerville branch of the Home Bank of Canada, replaces Mr. Manson., Mr. Adair is a banker'of long,and varied CHRISTMAS CAKES --//. You furnish the Gook. , We can supply the goods to make it. Chocie Raisins, Currants,;Peels, .Nuts Etc. and Robin Hood Flour. Pay Cash and Just Smile ♦ ♦ ♦ W.J. BLUNDELL Glve^acaU . : // CARNIVAL ■*_pe.l^crTia^iTgr^eiTe^"Tfie^ana3 ian.Bank of Commerce for twelve or more years in the'east and In the**west. His first appointment with the Home Bank" of Canada was that of Manager at Cannington, and following that ,as manager at Walkerville. Under his management the Home' Bank should retain the .degree of popularity in the future attained in the past. The successful policy of the bank will be pursued under the management of Mr Adair. SUITS and OVERCOATS and up made to your measure. The latest New York and English Cloth and Styles PA WTORTTTM Rooms 2 and 3, The A. Beck Block X^n-IN X W__l U 1VX NEXT FERNIE HQTEL. FERNIE CLOTHES GLEANED, REPAIRED PRESSED The "GRAND THEATRE" One Night Only £n<S Second Annual Tour The Musical . _ _.;*•" ■ • •' V -i •■ *•*■ '* .* V *' '- ' 'v.. ,i,.'-*'■ ,-. - ,v ',.-.' ci*-*.., Crows West Trading Co. -•-'..^>^»;5^o>>.:. -'General-NEereb^nt-s.. ;> '"'' ." ■'■;. yYke.■} Store of Good Values ; IfS^^getits-- <(BeirAPIanos;',7V \.-?: ^ :,: Sold on .monthly payments 7- i *«|MMW'--MM_WMW-_---_W____-____ Victoria; Ave : Fernie, B.C. ■»,*■* * .*. Pre-Inventory Latest Styles in Ladies' Coats Ladies' $15.00 Coats 20.00 " '-■" " ' 25;00 "" "■' :;Now * $12 v •> ;16 °"J*"}20 Hoot, Mon 1 Kilties are Comin' A Superb Company of Entertainers Ticksts $1.00 and 75c Plan at Bleasdell's A MUSICAL TREAT The .Musical Highlanders appeared before • a large and, appreciative* audience at "Fish's Hall-on Monday evening, and proceeded forthwith to deliver, the goods, per the assertion of; their gonial manager,'Mr. Peck. They rendered, an excellent programme, every number of which was encored at tho persistent demand of the delighted audience, uiu iop not- chers of the company, the two Strangs Archie and Mary, are far better than many a headline!* of more pretentious * _ * , *, Lyceum bureaus; their Scotch charac-. ter songs. especially * being rendered with 'an artistic skill that made one almost see the heather of bonny Scotland. Miss Grace Penn, the violinist, is also an artist of exceptional., merit. Miss Etta Gilliam, soprano aud Miss Hazel White, pianist, were also vory. good, contributing largely to the enjoyment of the evening. The musical Highlanders will certainly make good with those who appreciate good music and relish clean refined humor:—Kettle Falls Tribune. TUES. FEB. 1st, 1910 See the Costumes ant- Hear the Music GRAND MARCH AT 8.15 PRIZES: Qontlomon, for bost represented character Ctontlemen, for bost comic Lad i OS, for best ro prosont od character School Boys, bost ropresonted character 8chool Boys, for bost comic School Girls, for best represented character 1 & 2 1st 1 & 2 1st 1st 1st Tlio.su in (jostumo must lm on tlio ico by N.15 sharp. Only tlHwo taking part in tlu; (.mini March will ho coiiHidorod for prizes. .Jnulling will begin immediately alitor (Jrand March. Hand Ticket seller card with name and costume nt door Ice Open to All Skaters After Awarding of Prizes This Seasons High Class Furs * 7* v■ ■ - - ; . ° ■ ' • Indies'-'-|l0 Fur Ruffs ..Now" #8.00 .- * , * . ''..■•. .;'■"' ..•": 12- ;" ■"■ ' , ':•• "7 '"9.50 I ■V 71 n 15 a 11 12.00 Up-to-date Men's I Overcoats t Men's',.$15;00 ^Overcoats7-;Npw^$l2 '20.00 ,', "•*,"' '•,'■' ' „ 16 20 „■ ■'*-;•! li - tt' 25.00 1* it A Great Many Other Lines at Big Reductions Send a Copy of rogressive r ernie To Your Friends frites-Wood Company LIMITED Helps to Advertise the City Only 50c. a Copy and 10c. Postage For Sale at Ledger Office and Usual Places r, McBean & Waggett THE CASH MERCHANTS We are headquarters for Staple Groceries. Prices are lowest and Goods are of the best. Try our Special Blend of Tea, SOc per lb. We also handle the best line of Men's Working Goods in the city. Let Us Be Your Waiter Wo never tire of helping other* when they ask:! for flood job printing. W« can tickle the, most exacting typho- graphio appetite. People who hava partaken of our excellent eervici como back for a eecond serving. Our prlcos ar« the rnoet reasonable too, and you oan always depend on ui giving your order* th» moat prompt and careful attention. Ut ut submit our samples. r ' THHl*)!'."7" Advertise iii the District Ledger
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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : W. S. Stanley |
Date Issued | 1910-01-29 |
Description | The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919. |
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Language | English |
Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | District_Ledger_1910_01_29 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-07-26 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0182846 |
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