^-'imZy • v.'.:-/-JUne-og ndustria.1 Unity is Strength The Official Organ of District No. 18, U. M..W. of A. Political Unity is Victory VOI*. VI. No. 7 FERNIIS, B. C, September 17t_i 1910 $1.00 a. -Tear r,**-*- _ --■ I, ''(\ ■ fl"* ■■■■.■:"* ", *.<■•' SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES ■**> * - 7 * * ' "" ■■ List of Knowing Ones at Recent Examinations That Miiiie Good Tho following are the names of the successful candidates at the examlna- . tion held in Fernie, August 16,17 and 18, under the supervision of the provincial government Inspectors, Evans and Strachan: * ~ * Flr6t Class. J. 'McCullock. F. P. Alderson.' , - A. Kinsman. . _, >, s- R. T. Stewart. » J. D. Thomas. Second Class. H. E. Miard. • J. C. Hughes. 7 ' t R..J. Lee. W. C. Cummins. ...-..-' E. Robert's. R.-Anderson. • R." Adamson. - Third Class. * T.- Thomas. * W. R. Puckey." W. ,P. Price. , -D. Shanks. - ■ . " : .* R. Heaps. . R. D. Garbett. : ' T. Bullen. • ° , ' Leroy Taylor. J. W. Makin. . ■ ,. B. J. Lewis. ' P.* Mullen. , • M. D." McLean. ■ John Jenkins, -. •* ,__'., P. Judge. LOCAL ITEMS. FIFTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY. ., All members of the . Rebekahs * urgently requested to - participate in ^E_*T!MrclF*-ira_^ church "''on, Sunday, . September l'8th. Meet at K. P. hall, at 7 o'clock. A, full, attendance is , desired. Alderman Thomas Beck is prairie- izihg pn private business. *., -* * Mr. R. G. Drinnan was a guest at the King Edward 'on Thursday. A choice range of children's dresses and coats just arrived.' Miss Euler. Millinery opening next week, Friday, September 23rd and 24th. Miss Euler. ' ■ "Will Phillip V. Lackey please write his sisters? Address care F. V. Hogg, Box 132, Lethbridge, Alta! $20,184 will' be disbursed on Saturday by the C. N. P. Coal company, of which Fernie's portion is $115,000, and Michel's $85,000. Alderman ■ J. A. Broloy left for the coast'on. Wednesday's flyer, accompanying his wife who is to undergo an operation for throat trouble. A banquet by the Young Men's Association will be held in the basement • of the Methodist church on Tuesday at 6 o'clock. Tickets 60 cents. , N.,E. Suddaby and William Haldane went bear hunting and a grizzly fell a victim to the unerring aim of the former. One shot gave the coup de grace. ' '-** The new Baptist church building, which has been at a standstill of late, will now be pushed rapidly to completion and will be occupied before snow flies. 1 The picture'show at. the Fernie Opera House on Sunday nights will in future' be conducted under tho auspices of "the Roman Catholic church. Special arrangements are being made for subjects of a religious nature. . _,'".-' • " , On Wednesday evening Mrs. Whimster, who had the misfortune several weeks' ago to sprain lier knee, was out taking a short stroll when she had the misfortune to slip and as-'a result will probably be confined indoors; for' several weeks. ■ The music in Knox church Sunday morning win be: Solo, "Flee as a Bird," by Mrs. Steve Barclay. For Sunday.,evenln"g,7"Queen of Angels'," sung by Mr. -Mark Samson, and mixed quartet.'7 "Tho' Your Sins Be viiOi!/ Decoux, Held on Murder Charge Acquitted at Maeleod Last Week-Recommen- x i dations by the Jury Many GOVERNMENT LAX IN THEIR DUTY B.R.' de-Mouilpied,:who is the rest- * dent' manager -of the,! A. \Macdonald • company's, wholesale, department,. Is - taking * a "well-earned vacation'at the coast; „ ,■'■' • •■-•,'. Some specially priced Ladies' Suits for pay day. If you, want a smart ' Fail Suit at small cost, do' not fail to see this line.- Also orders taken to your measure.' Fit guaranteed. Miss Euler. a Scarlet,".by members'of the choir. J. E.' Gravett, who ■■ was one of the pioneers, of- the --Pass and is quite a well known figure around Fernie, has decided, to-seek pastures new in the Peace River country. , He will drive to ■ his; destination over the new.gov-, ernmentYoad, thence through Alberta via. -.the, Piegani reserve, coming -out at Cayley, proceeding north to Edmonton parallel to the. C. & E. railway. From Edmonton he "will, go to Edsoii, which Is 136 mile's from Ronde .Prairie, and cuts off about 350 miles ovor the old route. ■ As a result of the numerous protests and the widespread publicity that has been given to this remarkable case, instead of waiting until the October assizes, as was originally intended when,the unfortunate Belgian miner, Arthur Decoux, was so unceremoniously deprived of his liberty, a special session -was called, for Wednesday, September^ 7th. Justice Horace Harvey was the Solon on this occasion. The Crown Prosecutor, Campbell, in his opening remarks to the jury tactily acknowledged the weakness of his plea by the suggestion that they might have to take into consideration the lesser charge of manslaughter, evidently unable to bring himself to the task of "being able to establish any tangible* evidence that could possibly be construed into a proof of deliberate intent, .this being foredoomed. to* failure; true to the instincts of his profession and his client, naturally he was-anxious to"make an,i orderly retreat from an-'untenable position to one that there might, be a glimmering of hope enabling him to save; his "fac^tHefeby; ORGANIZERS BUSY Good Reports From Eastern Fields-- "Charlie" Garner in the Thick of the Fray for Right ) '•; GREENSBURG, Sept. . 10,—William Diamond of District No. 24, Michigan, and Charles Garner of Lothbrldgo, Altn., from District 18, hnvo como horo for tho, purposo of making a thorough Investigation of lho striko and tho conditions of tho minors. Diamond and Garnor.aro both enthusiastic ovor tho prospects for tho striking minors In those flolds, ^Thoy havo Just como from a flold whoro lho minors hnvo gtiinod a groat victory ovor capitalistic oppression, nnd aro propnred io throw lliolr full energy Into tho fight In Wostmoro- ln*nd county. Will Get 8upport, "Novor boforo hnvo prospocls looked so bright for tho minors In tho Irwin flold," romarkod Mr. Diamond, In HponkltiB of lho victory In llllnolB nnd his coming hero, "Tlio prospoolB nro lho host o.vor In got lho flnnnclnl and moral Ritpport of nil lho affdialed ■unions," added Mr. Onrnor, "An npppjil will bo mndo by lho American . odorntton of Lnbor, requesting all International unions and affiliations to throw tliolr full support both flnnnclnl and moral, to thoir field." "Tho Botllomont of tho ntrlkofl In Illinois and lho aouthwostorn district ji.i.ui.a IUI 7W M Mlc mlnerr return to work nnd leaves the Inlnrnntlnnnl organization In a poi-tltlon to throw Its full support Into lho Irwin flold, "Henceforth tho International or- gnnl'/atlon monns to throw Iln onllro forco Into this flold, no it is tho moHt lfllplllVrtlll, hUliiV. I"/**** -C)»i»'!kiti ^»Us.C tho sottlomont in Illinois and tho district* constituting tho BouthwoBt. Strike Breaker! Lesvlno- "Twonty thousand dollnre por wook, and moro If necessary, will ho brotiRlit horo lor tho support of tho minora' striko. "RoportB from different parts of tho field aay that the Imported men, striko-brenkers, aro loavlng In largo numbers." Gamer and Diamond nre mon who know what strikes are nnd aro woll versed In tbo tyrannical molhodi of tho coal operators. Comment w«» pasted upon tho r»po>U thnt lU on-cr In full and* tho rumors wero passed by with discredit, To show the mnnner In which tho borons aro attempting "to socure men for tliolr mlnos, Onrnor rolatod a littlo ocourroneo ho hnd noticed during tho dny. , "Wo woro ovor In Hormlnlo, today," lie said, reforrlng to Diamond, "nnd while thpro, wo saw n group of flvo mlnorB leavo tho works nnd town. Wo questioned .them before their departure, concerning thoir ronsons for quitting, and thoy ropliod thoy woro In sympathy with tlio striking mon, "Then thoy Informed x\a thoy had boon brought to Hormlnlo through fnlso statements nnd claims of tho oporntors In chnrgo of tho nilno thoro, Thoy snld nn ngont had gono out and had told thom ho wantod Ihem for n now mlno, run tinder union conditions, nt tho snmo tlmo tolling thorn tho lie thnt thn striko hnd boon BOttlod. Tho agont hnd hold forth In- (lucomontH of $K and $0 por day for thoir work. "Tho men hnd boon In tho mlno but two or throo dnys until thoy found out tho ronl conditions. Then thoy wnlkod out, Thoy nt onco wont to Pittsburg." ijoforo going to Indlnnnpolls, from wliich plnco ho cnmo horo, flnnuM* wnn In tho WoBt Virginia flold, look.- itit* UII.I lit*, rttlll.l.l,/., ...... ...,*...**..& Into the condition!** of tho miners, iln nnld hn thorn rnn Into tho Jamison control, whleh linn dono so much to oppress the miners ln UiIh county, nnd porsonnlly felt tho harsh treatment nccordod union mon nnd BympnlhlzorB, it. MX Xnrx.xilLX-tx U\. Cio.1 i,tol>uVK, 'is.*..**! ho snld his trouble wnB with tho hlrollngs of tho Fairmont h Jamison Conl compnny. Whilo walking down thn main street of tho town to tho rnllrond Btntlon, Garner Bald ho was sot upon by olght or ten men In broad daylight and badly beaten. All of thoRo men, ho doclarod wcm undor Jamison employment. (lamer still shows marks cf tho bontlng ho rocolvod and It makes hlrn all tho moro determined to help tbo miners of tho Irwin field troo themselves from tho despotism ot luch a rule, that, with the tyranny of tsov- tttfil other compaulctt, practically coll ators hero were running their mines troll Westmoreland county, W. C." Simmons, counsel for1 the defense, 'in making'objection. to' the attempt to* go beyond' the province of the charges called attention that it was not in,ac'ocrdance with,the legal ethical code as it was a trespass upon the prerogative5of the judge. • '■*■"' " '. The crown prosecutor in his exposition of the. cast outlining the particulars of Abe accident, simply related the facts that are already well known to our readers,'but his purpose to show that Decoux had been ciil: pably negligent In,not rushing after the car and shouting, a warning to the man Lobert and that his failure so to do was with malice, aforethought as the day prior ho was supposed to have had an altercation with tho deceased and that allowing tho car to get away was his method of wreaking vengeance. Wednesday's proceedings, consisted of tho exnmlnntion of throe witnesses for tho crown, John A. Maeleod, mining engineer for tho company; Dr. A, Martlgny, and J. Brlot, tho erst- whilo pltboss, Dr. Martlgny gavo a, description of tho wounds that Lobort had recolved nnd nlso tho treatment glvon botwoon tho occurrence and his death. Ho was subjected to a sovero examination by the counsel for tho dofonso as thero woro doubts in the minds of mnny as to whothor tho unfortunnto man wns. glvon proper attention nnd whothor ho might not have recovorod undor tho enro and nursing of another. Jullon Brlot, noting pltboss nt tho tlmo of the nccldont, hnvlng boon grnntcd a provlslonnl cortlflcnto bo- caiiBO IiIr Inck of knowledge nf tho English limgimgo precluded hlm from bolng nblo to pass tho examination in nccordnnco with tho Conl Mines Hogulritlon Act of Alborta, but whoso titlo Is now chnngod to driver boss nnd nsnlstnnt superintendent, being Bworn gnvo ovidoneo that lio waB tho Inst mnn to soo Lobort and Docoux Immodlntoly preceding tho nccldont. According to his vorslon nbout a minute nftor ho nnd nnotlior hnd holpod Docoux to start his car along tho lovol nbovo tho Hlopo ho turned nround nnd saw Decoux coming to- wnrds him "nftor his horso, whereupon nsklng Docoux whnt ho hnd dono with tho enr and receiving tho roply tlmt It hnd gono down tho Hlopo, ho remarked thnt thnt wab dnngorous nnd thnt ho should not hnvo lot It go, to which Docoux mndo nnnwor, "Oh, thoro Is no dnngor." FrnncolB Foubert, brother-in-law of (M* -Wont-ir-ii nrwi ono nf thn wltnom-t. pb for tho prosecution, who, nt the inquost which completely exonerated Docoux nnd nt tho preliminary, gnvo evidence as to the alleged throAts lo tho deceased mndo by Docoux did not put In nppenrnnco. Corporal i.i .. ri TT--H '-I- -I.* T) V *1V V T» sworo to his Inability to hpivo a «ub- poena as ho hnd boen Informed thnt Foubort, nccompnnlod by his Bister, Mrs. Lobort, hnd gono back to lleiKlum, Tho judgo rosorvod his decision ns to tho advisability of his oflposltlon nn evldenr*. Tho following constituted tho jury: A. W. nussell, veterinary Burgeon: C. H. Baker, retired merchant, (foreman); II. H. noblnBon, mining engineer; J. Bwlnnerton, hotel proprietor; J, D. Sutherland, lumber dealer, and nerntird Stewart, rancher. All of the above gentlemen are, residents of Maeleod. John C. Iloutreau was sworn In as official interpreter ln French In* consequence of so many witnesses being French' speaking. The principal feature of Thursday's sitting of court and one of considerable excitement while- it lasted was the close call thaC President W. B. Powell had for being also a guest of the provincial government charged with contempt of court. It appears that when he was called upon to give his evidence instead of coming from the outside he arose in his seat from the body of the hall, whereupon a sharp altercation took place between tho legal attendants relative to the extraordinary procedure," and after Mr.-Powell stating that .he did* not hear his name called Judge Harvey stated that it was a matter, for the jury to note, hut Prosecutor Campbell agreed to let. him go on, and after cross-examination one of the jurymen remarked'; that. the witness name had been called on Wednesday. His Lordship asked* Mr. Powell if he had been told-to go" out. on.b the previous day and upon replying.■ that he;.had Justice Harvey said: "Then the sheriff ■ will, take 'you ■ into . cus- today.. You have'been guilty of contempt.",'Upon W. C- Simmons ex- plainin^tha"tT^PoVeii~ha"d~misunuer-" stood ''the court's question and had only-been put out of the enclosed portion into, the body of the hall"by the sheriff.' "Then I'll say no more about it this time,' but remember next time," and after .W. B. had stated that .he did not iii&nd - any, contempt the incident closed. One of the unexpected items of interest connected with this caso was the evidence of the prosecutor's witnesses, Louis Marc, the eager,,and his assistant, E. -Posca, which tho crown prosecutor endeavored to show was not In harmony, with what they had stated at the preliminary. The court permitted tho deposition of the absentee, F. Froubert, to bo admitted as evidence. The counsel for the dofonso was not allowed to introduce evidence showing that In consequence of • the ..dangerous character of tho mine slope whore tho accident happened tho compnny was to blame for tho fatality, but his lordship objected on tho ground that all thnl ho had to do with wns tho accused was guilty of the chargo pro- forred. Harry White Iri his evidence stated thnt, ho mado nn experimental run with- a 8praggod car down tho slopo for tho boneflt of tho coroner's jury nnd that he hnd had no difficulty in stopping it, tho purposo bolng to show thnt Docoux could lmvo done likowlso but ho nilmlttod that ho hnd hung on to it nil lho wny so thnt tho compnrlHon wns nn Invidious ono ns tho enr wns not afforded an opportunity to gntn nny momentum, lie stntod that- tho compnny hnd spoclnl rules BUT HAD NEVER SEEN THESE RULES POSTED ANYWHERE, Louis Mnrc, lho cngor, oxplnlnod how tho curs wore bundled, Hu stated thnt ho nnd his n«8lstnnt, Poflola,, snw lho runaway enr nnd thoy shouted nud Jumped whon It struck Lobort, who wnn pushing his enr, In the buck, Rushing up to tho prostrate mnn nnd finding thnl ho could not got him out ho wont ono way for holp Bonding hlm up tho opposite slopo. Tlio first mnn ho mot wnn Brlot and then Docoux; both theso mon rushed to tho scone of tlio nccldont nnd when ho got li'nnk with somo olhors found thnt Lobort hnd nlrendy boon* tnkon out of liln perilous position. This wltnoKH snld that overy mnu know tho dnngor bocniifln of tlio steep grnde. Thnt It wns a otislom to stop tho enrn 00 feet nwny and slgnnlllng when aato to como nlong. Vi-mi nlwnvo wnlted for n slunnl n» TO THE EDITOR. 1910. where ■ else to go he had gone with them.-.,, In reply to a question from his lordship Marc answered that Decoux was not the only man who sometimes mis* sed his car. Upon being cross-examined this witness stated, that it was a common occurrence for cars to be derailed. Upon being,,,questioned as to who he regarded as pltboss said that he did not know Finlayson,. as pitboss,' always thought that Brlot1 held that position. Poscia, the assistant eager, was the next* to be examined and he pract'cal- ly corroborated the testimony of Marc and when being examined by Mr. Simmons said that there was a car upturned the,day preceding the accident and the driver, who was limping, replied to Briot when aswed "What was" the. matter," that he could not hear the car coming because of the noise made by the pump and neither did he hear anyone shouting. Despite a rigid re-examination by Prosecutor Campbell- this man adhered to his statement* that THERE HAD AT LEAST ONE CAR A DAY 'GOT AWAY EACH DAY. DURING T.iE , NINE. DAYS HE * HAD WORKED IN THE SHAFT,BOTTOM. —™The_ilext~to-be_eaIled','T"y6re?FrTLarif" guemont, C.' Stievenard fand^.V.f Mat * gret, the three who a£ the.prellmlnajy' had sworn that Decoux ^threatened Lobert the'day prior, to; the -accident. The evidence of this trio" iWBB -practically identical; •' Julleri Briot* w*as recalled to testify7regai*dlng a • letter sent'from Belgium1'by. F." Froubert. John C. Eourdeau also informed tho court relative to' .the purchase of tickets for Froubert, Mrs. Lobert, Mr. Muller arid wife and some others forming a party en route to Belgium. The noxt to occupy-the stand was W. B. Powell, who'was informed by the, presiding justice that nil they wished ,.to hear at this time was the condition of the Frank mino. He explained that ho visited tlio Frank mlno on the 17th of July and tho slopo where tho accident happened was ono of such a pitch as to make it exceptionally dangerous. When ho was being asked ns to what other procnutlons might hnvo been taken the judge Interjected with "Wo,aro not holding an Inquiry into Lobert's death, Certain. conditions existed ln the mine at" tho timo of tho nccldont nnd wo aro concerned with thoso nlone." Tlio noise of tho pumps tho witness stntod wns. so loud that thoso In tho mlno hnd to shout, loudly In order to hear onch other. Hero a littlo tilt took plnco botwoon Powoll nnd Cnmpboll which savored Rome- whnt of n stngo stunt; "What re- mark did you mako to mo whon'wo woro leaving tho mine thnt dny? said Campbell in truo inolodrnmntic stylo ns ho wnlkod townrds tlio witnoHH," I don't romombor," said Powell, "You snld to mo 'Wo nro soven thoiisniid strong and wo'll brouk you,' Dld'ni you." "No, I didn't,," "You nro president, of District, No, IS, United Mlno Workors, aren't you?" "Yos," "Woll, did you sny thnt?" "I deny It," retorted Powell shouting as loudly ns hnd his lutorrognlor, both mnklng ns much noiso iih though thoy woro down In tho mlno nenr tho pump, Continuing In llio hiiiiio strident tr-tifH Cnmpboll shouts "You did sny It," nnd Powoll miflwored equally iih vociferously, "I didn't." TIiIh piny wont bnekwnrdn nnd forwnrds for some tlmn nnd thon proceedings worn Htlll further enlivened hy tlm "contempt of court" oplsodo. Docoux wnH plncod upon tho Htnnd nnd for a littlo ovor nn hour wiih Huhjortcd tn oxnrnluntlon nnd crosH- exnmlnntion giving IiIh toHllmnny In n iitrnlghtfnrwnrd nnd ninnly mnnner which impressed IiIh hnnrerH in IiIh fnvnr. Uo relnted his «>\|(er|ene<i on thoy did not know whnt wnB going on | tho fntal day whicli aro HiibHtnntlnlly Dear Mr. Editor: Michel, B. C7 Sept, 12 J. W. Bennett, Esq., Editor District Ledger, Fernie, B. C. The enclosed clipping appeared in the Michel Reporter of August the 27th, and which I wish you would copy. Not being a subscriber to that paper, it was, not brought to my notice until now and as it refers to Michel Local Union and myself, I cannot let it pass unchallenged. The writer refers to the injustice being done him by us not sending him our work, I might state, Mr. Editor,.that I do not believe In sending work out when the U. M.'W. of America own and operate a printing plant of their own in this district. I would consider that I was doing an injustice to tho members of Michel Local Union if I did so, and not only to Michel local, but to District 18 and the entire organization of the United Mine Workers of America. It may be true that Brother Garner sent most of the work to the Michel Reporter. That does not say that he was right in doing" so, and in my opinion he was not, in this caso. The writer also refers to a "raffle .ticket that was brought tp his notico. as being a good .cause and worthy of support also' that the" ticket did not bear the union label. . From his tone the' writer would imply that Michel local "or the secretary were responsible for the printing of the .same.', I wish to state here, Mr. Editor, that as far as Michel Local Union' or the secretary are concerned they did not authorize or sanction ' this raffle, therefore are not, to blame. If they had done so the" tickets would have been printed at our ownplant. It. is true that the Michel Reporter was asked for a donation for the sports by* the committee, and I-as, one. of ihe committee, consider that we were perfectly right in so doing ancl fail up to tlie time of-writing to se.i why the action of the sports committee should have' been termed (efforts misapplied.) The boys of Michel woulf' 'liave"-had no objection to Mr. Meikle tilving part in the sports, as well as h-s children. *. , ,,'Iri .regis;ds"to the foreign labor paper-I could not help noticing the fact .that The District Ledger was the first one^to call the* attention of the*,TJUbIic~to""the~fa"ct~tliat7the~paper was minus a union label. In conclusion," Mr. Editor, let 'me say that the writer of (Square Deal) in my opinion is getting one as, far as we are concerned in Michel. We as I stated before, own and operate a printing plant of our own, and I cannot sote how nny fair*minded mnn with such union • principle qualifications would wish us to send our work to outside firms, and just as long ns Michel Local Union see fit to leave the giving out of tho printing to mo it will be sent to our own office! and in doing so I know that, I nm carrying out' tho wishes of Michel Local Union, tlio wholo of District 18 and tlio entire organization of tho U. M. W. of A. MAURICE BURRELL, Secretary Michel Local Union. United Mine Workers in Mix-up at Pittsburg But Bail is Raised The disputes of the operators and - miners engaged In the striko at the Irwln-Greensburg coal field took definite form yesterday, afternoon with the arrest of six' officials of District "No. 5 (Pittsburg district), United Mine Workers of America; the denial of John H. Jones, president .of the Pittsburg-Biiffalo Coal company, that local operators were financing the strike, ami thc decision of Francis Feehan, president of the Pittsburg district miners, to bring the question before former President Theodore Roosevelt whon tlie latter visits this city on September 10. EightjAsevcn Uniled Mine Workers' officials are accused of conspiring to prevent mining operations ino the Irwin-Greensburg field, and operators of that district "ask $300,000 damages. Seventeen of the defendants "make their headquarters in Pittsburg. "•President Feehan, ■ Vice-President Van Bittner, Secretary and Treasurer Timothy Donovan, "Michael Halapy, John Barfaldi and George1 Guzzi, district organizers, were placed under arrest by Thomfis Devine, a deputy sheriff. The men were taken into custody at 1:30 p. m., at the headquarters of. the miners in the Ferguson building. The six men accompanied the deputy to the sheriff's of-, fice' in thej courthouse. The actions are civil,'but seven charges are** tire-" ferred by. the operators. Two thou-, -£.**«,*_ /Inllnnn It nil -iiiob- •_. iim a nrla/l trtr* QUI III VIUI1C11 a Uf-l.lt TT MO U^*MUUUVl*-ri.VI — each defendant, or $300 in each case, a total of $12,000. ' P. J. Devine, of the Devine Printing company, furnished bail for,Feehan, Bittner and Donovan. John Wilson, a Smithfield street hotelkocpcr, went on tho- bond of. Hnlnpy.7*,Barfaldl and Guzzi. ~' ' -. " "■'' "7" "•'' '■"'"-.'■ ■ "It's nil n'movo to bully"the miners lenders and awe tho 10,000- strikers in tlie Irwin field," President Feehan said. "Wo do not fear the outcome. Tlie strike will go on with renewed vigor. Already labor organizations throughout tho country are' up In nrms ngninst such proceduro ns is bolng tnkon in this nintter nnd hnve offered us flnnnclnl nid. Not only thnt, but somo of llio best nttornoys In tho stato hnve offorod tlio minors their service grntls." CALGARY IS CHOICE Trades and Labor Congress Convention at Fort William Closes to Meet in West in '11 Tlio Trndos , and Labor CongresR, which begun Its InborB on Mondny thu 12th, bids fair to bo ono of the most InlorcHtlng yot recorded ns thero is tho InrgcHt dolegntlon on record from tin; western provinces nnd the dele- gntos from thornstorn portion are nuniorlcnlly ns strong If not. stronger than nt nny provlouH congroHH. Prosldont Willinm Olor.klng. In mnklng out hin report, coimI.-iiiiih both old purl Ioh for their cf furls looking to the fonnntlon of n Cnninllnn nnvy; erltlclzcK severely th" Immigration policy of tlio government. The llolcourt. bill ciiine III for hoiiio cnuHtle roinnrkH. TIiIh Ih the nieiiH- urn thnt wim Introduced wllh a vlow to doclnrlng unions Illegal coinblim- tl-niH. Tlm Intidvlsiiblllty of tin CAMQRIDOE UNIVERSITY TO PUBLISH ENCYCLOPEDJA DRITANNICA at ino bottom, If a cur i-Hcuped tin- only thlnn for n driver or n pusher to do wn« to follow It up shouting an ho rnn. The horso wns supposed to hn brought down with tho last mr j-j r,r, Ir. n'M'fl 111T| O 1*1 Tlflf Vl ll VIT** fl* tO go bnck for It. Docoux wna oxpoctod to do this, but could not stnto whothor ho nlwnyn did or not. ThlH wit- nosB wnn Bovorely croHB-queRtlonod by tho crown prosecutor nB thoy wore nnt oxpectcd. During tho questioning the wlinone snld thnt that was tho customary wny but THAT THERE WRM8 NO PRINTED RULER TO THAT KPFBCT POSTED. Tbo crown prosecutor, with tb* latent apparently of throwing discredit upon this witness* testimony In view of tho fnct thnt It was not to hi* liklnjf. aik*d him If ho had •p-tnt lent nlnhi'n wllh Derotn'• frlond*, to wblcb Marc replied ** thero wa* no- tlm hiiiiio ns in lUrciuly wuil hiiov.it. to our icuilorH, Dr. A. do Murtigny wns cnllod ngnln to the stnnd for tho purposo of Klvlnr* somo nddltlnnnl Information t-M'itlve In i'liri trcntivifiit nilmtnlitor, I ed to Lobort. Dr, Portor of Colemnn wns bIho nBked Homo quoBlloim rclntlvo tn tho trentment of a mnn Injured In tho mnnnor that Lobort wns; whether ho would hnvo removed thn HpllntB nnd whnt other monns ho would havo tnkon to arrest niippunitlnn; wh-'thor ho considered that trnumatlc pneumonia could result from a sovero blow In tho back. To those questions ho replied that upon removing the spllntn imd finding .thnt pun war formed ho would have cleansed out the wound and If tho tr-Mitment did (Cntlnncd on Pbjo Five.) Wo uro in receipt of ndvlco thnt tho iTnlvi-ndly of Cambridge hnH nc- i-intvc-t Hu** nnn-'i-lflit nf thn Knevln- VI-io-IIm UrHnmil-en nnd nH thin, the eleventh edition, Ih n completely new nml original survey of humiiii know. edge right up to lho Hummer of (IiIh prcHont. yenr, nnturnlly under mich fc]M'IlMlin rto ■■,•>.'• mil i' ■» »mi */i«->n,. colobrntod university. It Is n foregone conclusion thnt t IiIh work will ho pnr excellence. This edition will cniiHlst or 28 volumes nnd It in expected Hint. It will bo iBBiicd about lhe -end "f UiIh year, or nt IntoHt In iho curly pnrt of mil. Owing to tho film UtKluui |*ii|.*;l' tliiit will lm UHod the voliinii-H will wolgh 1c*h than 2Vi pounds each. 7,.^1. y-r^M' ''•'*. '. Mr.Pot-ur McLean, wh hn» been In Stewart and Prince Rupert for tho last ten months roturned to Fornio n Thursday t thiB week. wholesale Immigration through tho lowering of tlio renl fictions was denll with nnd the IioIIowiiohh of thn truth of tlm crleH about "lnbor Hliorliigc." declnred to lie merely n Hchemo for tlie purpose nf ilcermiHlng wngeH. Compulsory nrbltrnllnn wiih decried it long Htcp tnwnrdH which Ih con- (Mined within iho provls-dims of the Leiiliix bill nnd ii1tliouj.il tho principle Is working out I'nlrly wnll thnl llu-re Ih no r-'iison to Jump In the concIiiHlnn tlmt compulsory arbitration would be nccoplnblo to both workers nnd workecs. Cnlfjnry-1011. Cnlgnry Iihh Hlrniig support for next yenr'H Trndi'H nnd Lnbor coiiwohh, 1. I'm hope they get It, BAPTIST CHURCH NOTE8. I.--V. Spidell prenched UIh fnrewell Hortnoii hern Iiihi Hundny n I nil I to n lnrgo congrcHiillnn. Inking IiIh text from tho words, "They uru deml, thnt nought the young chlld'H life," Mntt. 'i-'it). liln i-loHlng reinnrkH were of n Hturtling nntiire und If In print would not Ioiik \ii> < iniipiiiii>'(i(<ii>, im Itev. Dr. KiiHii'lnook of t-tiimim-rlnnd Collngo will occupy tho pulpit of thu JtnptlHt church, on Sundny next. Tho reverend gent Ionian Iiiih been In Kernle on prevloiiH occiihIoiih unit m acknowledged iih ii fluent upenker, Lust Mondny tho young pooplo of the UnptlHt church entertained their frlendH to n Hoclnl ovoning which wiih one of the moHt plenwnnt In thn exporlonco of tho church. A short program of n-ixliiign, Miming, «ti-„ waH (Unpenned with nftor which rnko nnd Uifft-u Vi.L.x iix:l\x\d. ,. The LndlPB' Aid of tho TUptlst church will hold a snlo of homomftdo rooking In the Johniion-FaJeoner block Hnturdny I todny» pay duy from 2 |>. in. and In tho -*vcnlntff. Tea, cake and colt*-! will nlso bo servo-d. i -ft PAGE TWO THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, SEPTEMBER 17, 1910. Extension Mine Boss Certificate Cancelled Result of Special Enquiry Conducted by Commissioner Stewart- [-1 Fire Boss Discharged The result of the inquiry conducted at Ladysmith by ■ Special Commissioner John Stewart is that the certificate., of David McKinnell, mine- foreman of _.o:* 3 Extension mine is cancelled. The grounds and purpose of the inquiry have already.,beeri given in the Free Press.. Briefly, James Black claimed that he had been discharged by McKiniiell from his position as fire boss because he had reported the presence of inflammable gns in a working place. 'Here is the finding of Special „ Commissioner Stewart as handed down at the resumption of tlie inquiry at Lady- smith this morning. -*■ Thc lion. Minister of Mines,' Victoria. B. C: From the testimony, given, I am of the opinion that the body of gas found in No. 38 stall, 2 west level, could not be readly cleaned out and that James S, Black did' his duty in reporting the circumstances in the hook kept for that purpose. In view of this fact, and supported as Black is by evidence of Mrs. Black and Mrs. Kate Lewis, I' must believe him when he testifies that Mr. McKinnell said to him. "I might as well tell you that this reporting of gas has given me lots' of trouble, and I have come to the conclusion tbat it is nothing but dii*U '* and -I am not Roing to stand it any longer. If I, had reported all' the gas I found when, old Sharpe was there, I would liave beeit> discharged a hundred times." .Air. McKiiiueirdoej. not absolutely 'deny, this, for in one .portion of his , evidence he says: "I did not use Mr. Sharpe's name to. my mind, and 1 had no thought of doing so in my head at the time." In another part he says: "I swear that I'did not use it, that ■ is, so far as I can rememlier." When questioned by me as to the statement by Mr. Black that he said that "the reporting of gas had given him, lots of trouble, , Mr. McKinnell made the following answers: Q.—Are you satisfied that you did not say that this, reporting of gas had given you lots of trouble? „A.—I am satisfied that I did not . say it. ,., "' LCI jVi.l 1 _.,__onmn >.7i t_ A.—Well, there is a certain amount of it I did say. It would give me some trouble, as I would have to' go and ,1001. up the place and examine * it and would have to take the tim- berman away from his work to have it fixed up, aud then there is a" certain amount of annoyance. Whon questioned by .me, as,, to the conversation which took * place between Mr. Russell, the manager, arid himself when he reported having discharged Mr. Black, Mr. McKinnell answered me as follows: Q.—What did Mr7Russell say? , A.—I could not just repeat what he said. I think he said I would have to be cautious. Q.—Cautious about discharging firemen? A.—Yes, I think it was something like that;* Q.—You do not remember what Ire said? A.—No, I could not remember exactly what he said. Q.—Could you convey some idea as to what he, said? * A.—No, I could not. Q.—You do not forget instructions from your superior officers as quickly as that do you?, A,—Well, • in' the mornings we have not got much time from the time we got off the train, and' I have considerable work to do. ■ Q.—You do not remember what he told you? ,., * * - . A.—No,, I do not, I might tell you wrong. Q.—Did he ask you to take Mr. Black back? A—Yes. ■ ' **■'•._ Q.—You. remember that?' „ . A.—I remember that. Q—What did he say when he asked jou to take Mr Black back? A—Well, he said he had seen Mr. Black at C a. m. I could not repeat what else he, said; something. about I was to take'Tiim back: Q,—You do not remember parts of the conversation that took place between Mr. Russell and yourself? A—No, I could not. Q.—Can you remember nothing that Mr. Russell told you at all? A.—Well, he told me, that if I did not want him it would be all-right. Q.—Did he insist-that* you take him back? A."—1 am not sure. I therefore find that David McKinnell, by reason of gross negligence is unfit to discharge his duty as over- _m_an_and____jie_ajii_EfiJiimJ Certificate of Competency No. ,B. 37, which is hereby cancelled. ■ I have the honor to be, sir: Your obedient servant, - JOHN STEWART. TERNTOMLS AND THE BOY SCOUTS 'Look at both of 'em,' said the gen eral. '"There's the workhouse,' snid tlie retired general. 'But. it's a howling sliamo,' lie went on, 'that a hulking great clmp like you'should want to go into it. Tried Ills Majesty's Forces? Tlio Army? The Navy?' "I looked ii)i then. This representative of tho unemployed was a hefty groat chap, nnd no mist alee. " 'Don't wnnt to go into iho Army, sir,' ho snld. 'When there's anything going* in my job I can enrn better money thnn Army pay ' '"And yot,' snid tho gonornl, triumphantly, 'you now wnnt tho country to keep you! That's what it comes lo indirectly, doesn't it?' " 'I reckon It does,' said tho unemployed chap. " 'In exchange,' tho old general wont on, 'you'll brouk *■**• much granite Hei you by n tnskmnBter nt, the nonrest workhouse, My scheme's tho thing'— tho old gontlomnn broke off—tho tiling. And' there's n representative of tho Force,' hn Hnld, spotting mo. "Tho rnggod scump jumped,, " Torrkorlni Force,' laughs (ho gon- erul. "Thon I .vas brought into tho conversation, "'Whnl'H your Idon of tlio Territorial Korco ns a whole?' he iiHked mo, "'A thuroiitthly dependable fighting ' lac-tor."' I iniHWurcid hlm houoHtly, 'If it were very niuqh numerically Htretigt honed. "'Thill's It,' rrlcd the old gentle, mini, 'Niiiin-rlciilly Hlreiigtlieiied. And --here we nie.' "'Whoro?' I nuked. I Hhould nnl hnvo been mirprlwd nt anything Imp. iiciiin*.** ibiK iiiiiii'iiniiii—not If overy lili'ido nl ji ni*-***** lind grown Into a Tor- rllnrlnl iccriili. "SoiiihIh nn her like nn allegory, don't It?--li ln-iivi-iily hi nry wllh no enn lily inclining. " v, "Then I tumbled to it that he meant the unemployed man and the boy scout. ■, '"I don't follow you sir,' I said. I didn't—quite.' "Just then a chap, wearing spectacles comes up, reading. '/•'lie's something to do with It, too," said tlie general. "Good afternoon, schoolmaster.' "Tho' schoolmaster * shut up his book. " 'Don't let me interrupt you,' says tlio goneral. " 'I've beon thinking,' snld the school mnstor, that I might learn moro' from you, sir.' " 'You'vo your own sphoro of usefulness,' snys tho old gontlomnn, 'but thore uro things thnt'you mny honr from mo worth teaching hlm'—and ho pointed to tho boy scout!' "'Patriotism?' the schoolmaster nnked, " 'Well—n littlo of that vory tnet- fully—and a lot of drilling, Ho'll grow up, you know ,ond we wnnt him to Biibatltuto tho rathor sketchy rig- out lio wears for what this mnn Is wearing.' "Ho indicated mo, " 'Thero nro thouBnnds of him In tho country,' tho genornl went on, referring to tho ■ boy scout. • 'This busl- iiusH glvon tliem n tastci for WiciIch; li. tencluiR 'om combining, Thoro nro n lot whom laugli nt the liny scouts, lint In throo yenrH ' '"Ho'll bo tho now Territorial Army,' Hnld tho HchonlnuiHlnr. " Thoso of hlm thnt are of llio right Hnrt,' HiiyH tlio gonornl, "'And tho othors, you won't, wnnt,' km III tho HchnoliniiHter. "TrcelHely," Hiiid the genornl. 'And llioro you hnvo u very fine IhihIh™- Hie dlnieiiHloiiH nf which largely depend nu you, Mr. HclmolnuiHtor, of un oxc-ilU-iil HlnndliiK Torrltorlnl Forco, llul oven Hint won't bo half numeric- ally Htniiig i iiough on a war fouling!' '"Then what's the solution?' I iihI'i-iI, ■''llrltifly.* HiiIiI lhe genel'iil, 'fill liiirrnekH liiHtenil of worklinuiiuB. Lot 'om loiuii to break tho powor of tho enemies ' of- this country, instead of granite. Think .of it,' he says very enthusiastically, 'barracks', in every big center for training what would be the granite-breaking, or starving, unemployed to the art and practice of holding, a rifle and firingt it straight. Drill—discipline. It's stupendous,'; said the old gentleman, " 'I don't see quite how it is practicable,' I said. 'He said that he could earn more at his trade when there was work going. He wouldn't do it. He wouldn't joint-this ' ■ " 'Home-Defence- Reserve,', said the general. "The unemployed chap nodded his' head. , ' .. " 'Not anyhow,' he said. " 'Not under the existing conditions, you mean,' said the general. 'I mean that .when you could get good employment you should be allowed to go and take it—in every respect a free citizen again. Just the same, in fact, as when you leave the workhouse. Only you'd have been better employed than at breaking granite in return for your board and lodging, and the cost to the ^country in taxes would, if you go into the, matter, be little or no more than the ratepayers pay for the upkeep of workhouses. Think •■ of the thousands who would go. through that mill annually. Think of 'em, if necessity arose, all used to it, and say, is not that a practicable solution to the Home-Defence problem—an economic solution. It's a rough outline, of* course,' he says, 'but test it, think of it—and see!' "Well," Kernahan concluded, "I thought, arid lost myself in thinking of it. " ' ■ *- "When I looked up that boy scout' had untethered my horse and was trying to mount. " 'You want a ladder, kid,'' I said to him. *.* ,- **■ "'He-won't in three years' time, said the general—and that meant several things." The above is an extract from a short story in "The Modern', Man" written by John'Hilary Garratt showing what is the real purpose of the Territorials and the. Boy Scout movement and thc argument advanced ought to convince the most skeptical, but it won't that all the talk about' "patriotism; love of country" -and similar flubdubbery is ruthlessly cast aside and the real pur- pose-shows forth in all its nakedness and rottenness, to get the best physical material for the legalized murder tons. The army and navy—note the argument—better in the army than In the workhouse, perhaps some of the taxpayers loudly declaimii^., against the expenses of the upkeep '.of the workhouses will not object to additional impositions for the strengthen- TiTg~o"f~tire~army-*;awl—navy?—Funny- people this world contains, Here's an individual unable to obtain' work clearly proving that capitalism is unable ,to meet the requirements of society, and to escape from the re-, suits of its own inadequacy the unfortunate is appealed to on tho stomach side of his intelligence to don the uniform.'1 This is the reason" that thousands join and yet penny - gaff wind-purveyors talk loudly of patriot- ■ ism. Why npt be honest and tell lt out straight and manly? You have a good strong constitution and able to withstand thc hardships of army lifo therefore' como and join as you will be well fed,-well housed nnd well worked whilst you are ln the forces, into competition with the town workmen. ' - .- ■ .--.'■" % In the country districts the wife and children raise vegetables, chickens and' eggs.. Aid when there is a cow arid no rent,'or very little rent, the man of the family can accept extremely low wages. •> ' 7 And what is the result? Almost every factory in Belgium has an available labor supply that includes practically the,entire working class of Belgium: " ''' A Nearly every worker in that country can reach -any" factory .in that country and return to, his home the same night, and.he can do it at practically, no cost. ,. ■ And the.result, is enormously beneficial to capital. Labor'can be quickly distributed to the points where it is most needed. -. The entire reserve army of labor, the unemployed, can be drawn at a day's notice to "' any point, where capital needs its services', --.' The benefits to capital of, cheap transportation are enormous, the benefits .to1 labor are questionable. Certainly there is an advantage in being able to live in the country, but it means a long day. To own one's own house and fields gives some security against unemployment. Besides the wife and children have field work instead of factory work. ■ .,7 But* the town workers, must suffer. Their wages are lowered by the com- .petition of the rural workers and their wives and children must toil to ■ eke out a living. __ . *,. , " ■ '; And there is another disadvantage and that is the "great difficulty there is in organizing workers who live so widely apart arid must rush for trains as soon as the day's work' is done. And the fact is that the state-owned railways of Belgium with their cheap transit explain in part at least why the wages in "Belgium are' the lowest in Europe and the trade unions are the ..weakest. 45. Steam-Heated Rooms Hot and Cold.Baths. The King Edward Fernie's fLeading Commercial Hotel ; The Finest Hotel In East Kootenay J. L. GATES, Prop. THE BILBAO STRIKE. STATE-OWNED RAILWAYS- IN BELGIUM A Clean Man Outside elesnllneni it Ini than half the buttle, A min may •enlb himself« do7.cn timet » dty, ind dill b« unoleaji. Good health meant el (-uiili •■•_■» not only uutmde, but ■m.iile. It intam • clean ttomach, clean howelt, clean blood, a olean liver, and new, dean, healthy tittuet, Tlie man who it ilcan in thii we will look it and aot it. He will work with energy and thin' dean, dear, healthy thouilhti, . lie will never be troubled with liver, lun-f, ttomach or blood ditordert. Dyt-peptin and inditfeilion originate in unclean itom- aeht, lllood iiiiemc« are found where tliere '.* unelean blood. Contumption and bmnciiitit mean unclean lungi, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery -fircvariu these AUeeeee, It makes a man'a Intldea oltan . and healthy. It cleans the digestive or-fans, makes pure, clean blood-, and clean, healthy flesh. Tt reaforei tone to the nftv-u. tyttern, and cures ntrvoot ethiuitlw. end pm*tretlon. It enntein* nn iilrohol or titbit •forroin-t draft. Constipation it tho mott unelesn unelesnllnns. Dr. heree't Pleasant Pellets cure it. They never gripe. P.ssy to take as candy. By Robert Hunter, It is porhaps well known to most Amorlcnns that the railway systom of Belgium is owned and workod by tho state. lt, is a well conducted, admirably administered system of transportation, and In many ways a modol of what a rnllwny systom shoudl be, Ono scos frequently In our nows-' papors advertisements of tho slato railways of Belgium,.for tho purposo of Inducing Amorlcnn tourists to travol In comfort nnd safety through that country. Faros on tho Belgian railways aro remarkably low and for those who buy yearly tickets tho prlco of travel Is almost nothing, .or lnstanco, ono can travol 31 miles a day back and forth, six dnys a wook, for about -IO Mnts. Now, this remarkably cheap flystom of transportation has had its of foot on tho condition of tlio Dolginn working class, About ono hunilrod thousand working mon travel dnlly on thoso stato rnlhvnys, botwoon their tiny fields nnd hoiiHOH and tliolr city workshops. Early In tho morning ono booh long trnltiH Blurting from lho rtirnl districts In nil parts of Belgium to curry tho workers Into tho lnrgo towns to work, And from dusk well Into tho night (inn noes train nftcr train returning from town lo dopoult tho workmen ngnln nonr their country llllIllOH, There nrn casr-fl whoro worklngninn go morning find evonltig n« much its !I0 milos to work, Tlm cunt Is bo slight that It means littlo or nolhing for n workmnn to llvo nt ono ond of Belgium and to "■-.i-V rvn-i-,-1 itiw (fi (toy nt t\\n nt\\n\' end of TtelKlum, Now, curiously onough, tIiohh Htato, owned railway*, nre of enormous nd- vantage to the capital If"*!-*! of Belgium. Wlmlovor thu benefits to tho workors may bo of cheap transportation ,1 1 -. Ill i , 4 1. . .,.11.11,,I,, I, «„,. *...', ,>_M'.,»,«, ,.,,/ i.fc»V W.*y ,i.wt. tu.u .,. *u.. gr-uvtor. Clionp IrntiRportntlon onnblos workmen to movo onsily from ono plnco to anothor, and It, therefore, vastly Increases tho nroa from which tho Hiipply of workors cnn bo drawn. It not*, only onnblon lho workers nf tho extromo onds of a town to compete wllh onob other, It brings Into tho field of competition nil tho work- t*r« In tho outlying districts nnd oven from all the neighboring town» 20 to "0 miles dlHtnut. The wnges of the working class In Il'-Jgluni arc very low and perhaps tli'** rlil**-** m-iinn for Dwno low wn%*n i* tho fnct that tho workers owning their own littlo homes are brought Thinking that'' very probably it may be pf interest to many of our readers to know that" there is but little difference iii the* tactics .employed in different parts of the world by those engaged in industrial conflicts' regardless of ..the fact, that language is different and oceans divide we will give a few details on this conflict. ■ ,. ■ , ' In the first. place the press have heralded this as°a strike of coal miners, whereas it is of iron ore miners. The following statistics' are obtained from a* report of a Spanish engineer. named . Arisqueta, according -to--^whieh—during— the--32—years—that- operations have been* carried on extensively'there have been 150 million tons of ore extracted and the calculations are that there are at. least 61 ■ million tons yet untouched. One hundred and forty million tons have been sent to" Middlesborough, Cardiff and Liverpool for treatment. In tho province of Biscay there are 197 mines in operation, the principal ones are "Orconera," belonging to the Ibarra Brothers company and exploited by the Orconera Iron Ore company, whose ouput totals 93,696 tons: "Rubia" property of J. McLennan, n3,391 tons; "Diana," belonging to the Gnndarrin family, 75,-127 tons, There nrii a number of smaller concerns, but those ''named are. tlio chief ones nt present. ' Tho conditions of tho minors finally, became so intolerable that they decided to striko, but'at the suggestion of tho mlnlslor of works n commission was appointed to' hold a conference with representatives of both pnrties to the controvorsy on the board, After lengthy discussions the operators finally conceded to grant the men a decrease of half an hour In'the day's work, that, Is 10V_ hours to constitute a shift lnstond of 11 ns at present, BUT THEIII MAGNANIMITY ONLY ALLOWED THEM TO ALLOW THIS FOR ONE MONTH. This tho workers' representatives rejected as thoy folt that tho oporators woro simply "stringing" thom or thoy would not havo put forward so foolish a proposition and Its offor was proof that llioy wore -not honost In thoir assertions of a doslro to bring tho strugglo to a satisfactory conclusion or (hoy would not havo mado so ridiculous a proposal. Although tho mlnistor urged upon tho mine-owners to niiiku furthor concessions, If such iho ono offorod mny bo so tormod, but. thoy romnlnod obdurate, nnd ho Dw conforenco ondod Its labors with-- out nny bonoflt. accruing, On tho dny following tho conforonco they Issued a uotlco Hint tlios* had reached tho mnxlmiim of what thoy Intondod to concede* by the ono-hnlf hour decroaso adding that thoy woro making n "fitupd-ndoiiH Hficrlflco." Hvory attempt wns made to Induce tho minors lo return lo' work, but cajolery, throats and oxtrn pay only Induced Iohh thnn fin to apply for work, but iih this number wiih nlto- gel her Insufficient to porform the noo cSHiiry work the "loyalists" woro sent nwny without nny compunction and the promises mndo woro left unfulfilled, Tlie above short- description might THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE " Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000 Reserve, $6,000,000 DRAFTS ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES Arrangements have recently been completed under which the branches of this Bank are able to Issue Drafts on the principal points - ,, In the following countries: . Austria-Hungary Belgium Braril _ *' Bulgaria . Ceylon, \ China Crete Denmark <**■ * Egypt Faroe Islands Finland Ireland Formosa Italy France Japan F.chCocbin-Cbra_ Java Germany Great Britain Greece Holland, . Iceland India . Manchuria Mexico •*■* Norway. 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SAVINGS DEPARTMENT,, ' '- Interest allowed on deposits at current rate from date of. deposit. GEO.'I. B.BELL, Manager FERNIE BRANCH Fernie Opera House M ov i rt g Pictures arid Vaudeville Every Night A. Pizzocolo, Mgr, KENNEDY & MANGAN Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors A, BIG CUT is what applies to,this lumber ' yard. - When you look over- the - -,. PILES OF LUMBER _" we have on hand for supply- ing ^he BuiTdfin_™r_emands7" "you'll realize what a .lot of ,■' "cross cuts" it took beforo it *' was ready for market. - BOARDS, SIDING, FLOORING, * SHINGLES, LATHS,.TIMBERS * everything aiid anything in ■ the lumber line.,, " Phone 23 P.O. Box 22 OFFICE and YARD, MCPHERSON AVE., OPP. O, N. DEPOT, FERNIE A RARE OPPORTUNITY GOOD READING AT SMALL COST- ADVANTAGEOUS CLUBBING RATES ISvory iniin ronnoctod with mining, whothor lid Ir ii Inboror, Biinorlnlond- out, iiiunagor, mining oiiglnoor or own- or, Ib liitorontod In flocnrlng IdotiB tlmt. will fliivo him thnu nnd nialto moro monoy for him . An --1'i.itnlziillon Iiiih boon built up nt ii iiii; uxpoiullLuro tlmt Ib scouring Uio mining world for monoy mnklng, monoy driving Idons, Tho lirobloniR ihnt ono mnn hns falk-d to uolvo another man Homowhere *,,» , . . .... * Be Up-to-date and Equip Your Works with I Canadian General Electric Co. 1 Induction Motors Full Information and Quotations Cheerfully Furnished Calgary Branch Office: 325 A Eighth Ave. West $********************i.*****kk************************ litis Rolvod, iiiid It la lho work of this bo iiiipll-'d to pnicilcnlly nny country j orgiuilzntloii to Honrch out mining pro- iimitM' (im miii v,ii**i*j Kihk Cuiuhhj. i)|umH iu„* t||Ulr aoIuiioiiH, to cinsaiiy, Prepare for Fall and Winter Wo havo Just cloarod our Biimmor stock out nnd now wo aro rondy to fit you lip for tho winter from hond to foot. If you aro looking for tho futuro nnd Intend to biivo your monoy purclmso your goods from ub. Wo hnvo JiiRt bought tho Btock of Mr. Jamos lltuldnd and now wo nro carrying n vory largo Block df ladles' and gontB' furnlBlilngfl, Trunks nnd vnllBos, In fact, ovorytlilng for, mon, womon and chlldron. Our $1.25 Swontov Coals lmvo no equal. Onr $l,7fi Pon Anglo UndersultB havo thom nil lionton, Our BuitH. aro jiml tho kind you nood for stylo and durability. Wo carry n largo iiHHortinoiit of DooIh and SIiooh, llio host selection that monoy nnd brains can buy, I KEFOURY BROS. N'oxl to Wltfwnm cuiidy Hioru Noxt to N'iM'tlii'1'ii Hoii. cliill-iiu holds nwny and fully IUiih- trill oh that In modos nf procoduro thoro Ih no "patrlotlsm.*- APFr.lAt PATF ON HAV TO KOOTENAV COUNTRY iloglnnlng Soptombor 12, n opoclnl rnto nn hoy from -.Ontario to tho Kontr-nuy will go Into forco on tho Canadian Pacific rnllwny. From Toronto to .Vrhnn nnd nth-*>r points on tlio hiiiiio basis tho rixto will bo U conts iii-i- hiindrod pounds. A slmllnr spoclnl niti- not yot specified -will bft Hlvcn upon potatoes. No. 1 timothy hay is soiling at prcBont In Ontnrlo nt from $10 to $12 por ton f. o, b. If tlio spoclnl rnto njf-ntJoin-il .should lead to oxtt-nslvo Xinrrhntpr. f(1r f-jrfffflh rnhmWn thin prlco will probably show a tondoncy to rlso. arniugo nud simplify them, Think what this melius—It means that now It la posslblo (or any man to sccuro tho ideas, tho echomos, tho very working plans thnt nro building mining successes overywhoro, Minos nnd Minors is so woll known to ovory mnnngor, suporlntondont and coal mining offlclnl that It Is not no- cossnry to mnko any explanation ot its morn for thoir bonoflt. Thoro nro many, how-over, who aro nowcomors in tho country and as thoy vory prob* ably would llko to got Idons regarding matters dealing with tho mining Industry, wo can ssy without four of contradiction tbat Uils publication is tho vory bust of ito kind. Wo have mado fltrnngomontB with tho publish*™ of this monthly to mako somo exceptionally advantageous club- Wrm- txttot'cc Mines and Mlnornls om» yoar....$2.G0 Tho District Lodgor ono yoar.... 1.00 Exnmlnntion Quest Ions for. Cortlfl- cntos of Compotonoy In Mining..3,r>0 $7.00 Combination prlco $3.50. Minos nnd Mlnoriils, for ono yoar 12 big 132 pngo Isbuob, and Tho District Lodger for ono yoar, 62 issuos, regular prlco for both, $3,60, for. ; 93,00 Mlnos and Mimintk, one year...,$2,r-0 Tho District Lodger ono yoar.... 1.00 Conl iind Metal Minora fncknl UOOK ItllMlKf MIHI •• . • .«t# W.VV $0.50 - Th« District Lad-gar la tha place to go for your good work In the Job Printing Lint. Pleading "guilty" at London sob- r\n\\n in ninnHno; n trloyotn ElMtioy li'nvtov, nflr-d ?,*t, -ma-In tho follnwlm* stntomonl: "I cnmo out of T'ortlnnd (whoro ho had nerved throo yenrs' pomil sorvltudo) on Saturday, August 0, I had 10a -Id, but whon I reached uomo only in iuul a iuw cop..-i» -ncio loft. I found my fathor nnd brothor out of worlc nnd my sister Ids behind lu rent. I pawned tho suit of clothes. I hod from Portland and raised 10s towards tho ront on Monday, On Tuesday my father and I tried to got work, nnd whon I got homo 1 pawned "my underclothing for supper. I tried*; my ,>flMt t0 Kot tl shilling ono way or tho othor, but I could not, nnd on Thursday I wont out with the Intention of stealing. If I could havo dono so I would have got work." Mr. Lovoland, K. C: That is no excuse for stonllng. Twelve months. y- ,s THE DISTRICT LEDGES, FERNIE, B. C, SEPTEMBER 17, 1910. IV '"'\ n 1 Terrible Explosive y■ „ * „ 0- —I : ' 7 7 . . Experts, Say 'Mine Workers Face Dangers Not Hitherto Even Comprehended \ ,\ r*' * i* .*■ / >■ " .WASHINGTON, Sept. 17,—That the dust'of bituminous coal is an explosive and more insidious, threatening and -* deadly to * the -miner 0 than * firedamp, is the assertion of George S; Rice, chief mining engineer" of the bureau of ■mines. This belief has been proved"1 beyond doubt by experiments of the last two years at the Pittsburg testing station of the United States geological survey, whicli is now a part of the bureau of mines. While many mine operators and miners have Relieved .that the coal <_,ust would ignite from an explosion of firedamp in a mine, nearly all contended that the dust, in a mine free from gas could not, explode. Consequently in many mines where no firedamp could be detected, miners have paid littlo attention to accumulation of dust from cutting of coal, and it is in these mines, Mr. Rico declares, some of the great disasters have taken place.. :-. .In a bulletin just issued by the bureau, Mr. Rice refers especially to, the appaling series of great widesweep- ing' disasters that occurred' in the United States in 1907, as evidence of • the , terrible havoc wrought by*'dust explosions. 7 Report of Disaster.; .■' On January 23, at the Primero mine, Colorado, there were 24 deaths; on January 26'at the Penco mine, West Virginia, 12 deaths; on January 29, at the Stuart mine, near Fayettevllle,' \V.,.Va'., 90 deaths;* on .February 4, - at the Thomas mine, Thomas, W. Va., 25 deaths; on De- -comber, 1, at the Naomi mino, Pennsylvania, 35 deaths; on. December 6, at, the Monongah mine, West Virginia, occurred the greatest disaster in the history of coal mining in the United States, 358 lives having .been lost; on December 16,. at the Volande mine, Alabama, 56* men'were killed, and on December 10 at the Darr mine, _30, men were killed. In this black month' of December alone, says Mr. Rice, 648 men were sacrificed, chiefly from Hie .effects of coal dust, which if not the 'jnitial cause, in all cases, was the "agency carrying death: ■ ." [ .It was after these explosions that the 'federal government took- up an inquiry into the'causes of the disas- 7ter-s__an.d__,es£ablished--tlia. testing sta- tion at Pittsburg. The very first .■work was to prove.to the mine oper-^ ators and miners.that coal dust alone would explode. The dust was placed lira cylinder 100 feet long and six feet in diameter,-with a cannon em-' bedded, in one end. , This cannon was filled ^with black powder and discharged, into, the coal dust. *i ■ - , " . Terrific Explosion Follows. * In practically every instance there was a terrible explosion, even more violent' than that .caused by firedamp. Each succeeding experiment went further to prove thai coal dust Is the real,great danger of the mines. Firedamp ^according to Mr.,Rice, carries its own warning. Whenever"* gas is present in the mine In dangerous quantities a blue flame rises from the safety lamp to notify the miner, but coal dust, though visible, does not attract attention unless present in large quantities. , Firedamp is generally found in certain parts of the mine, and except In notable and very exceptional cases is controllable by means of the ventilating currents. If by mischance a body of firedamp is, ignited in a mine the force of the "explosion is' terrific, but the effect is localized unless dry coal dust is present, or unless (as rarely happens) an explosive mixture of air and gas extends through large areas of the mine. In a mine that is dry, dust accumulates everywhere, and the blast from the ignition and combustion of the bituminous dust may traverse miles of rooms aud entries and even wreck structures at the entrance of the mino. French Engineers "Convinced.' One.of the unaccountable phases of the, coal dust' problem has heen the disinclination of operators and miners to. believe ,■ that the dust would explode without, the presence of gas. The'United "States was not,alone in this, for the French .engineers refused to believe in this until the great disaster occurred at Courrier'es in 1906, in which 1,000 men lost their lives. Since that terrible catastrophe, a testing station has been established in France, and now the French engineers are fully convinced of the dangers* of coal dust. Now, since it is generally accepted that bituminous ..coal dust, is explosive, the federal investigators have been looking' for the remedy. , Various experiments, in sprinkling the "roadways of the mines, in saturating the- air entering the mine with steam so as to produce a humid effect, in placing zones .of stone dust in the mines, have all been tried with various success. A- numl5er~of~tHeso~exr periments are described'by Mr. Rice in' the bulletin. Interesting. chapters on different, phases of the work have been contributed by such well known men as J. C. W. Frazer, Axel Larsen, Frank Haas and Carl Scholz. , PAGE THREE ENGLAND MAY PAY PARLIAMENT MEMBERS Days When They Ail Had Sufficient Income Has Passed. NORWEGIAN CONSUL ALLEGES SLAUGHTER Says Too Many of His People Die rn Canada in Dynamite Accidents. LONDON, Sept. 17.—The payment of members of parliament will bo one of tho live questions of British polities' after the Lords' veto has been disposed'of, Tho British parliament is ono of tho very few'national legislative bodies whicli serves without pay. " , This may hnvo been all right ln tho days of restricted suffrage nnd pocket boroughs when only tho gentry woro supposed to be sont to tho commons. But thore is a steadily increasing number of mombors of parliament who must bo Becurod'an In- como at least sufficient to live on, This Ih particularly truo of parties moBt of wIiobo mombors nro without •moans. Thanks to tho Irluh-Amorlcans largely, tho Irish party Ib nblo to tako euro of Its mombors, and up to *'n short tlmo ago tho Labor party, through nn iiHsosRmont lovlod on trades union mombora, mot tho ox- poiiROH of its mombors of parliament. Tho courts havo, howovor, declared this Wannl and tho Labor party In facing a crisis, It will rosult Inn determined offort to' adopt tho pnymont. of salarloH to mombors of parllnmont nnd thoro Is littlo doubt that It will bo'succoRHful. Tho proposal of tlio railway sorv- nntH Ib that a central logal dofonso fund Hhould bo formed for tho purposo of "carrying to tlio hlghost* logal court any to»l ciiho affecting lho fundamental principles of orgnnlxod labor." Such a fund Ib bo obviously noroRsiivy tliut tt Ib Burprlsing that. It has not yot boon instituted. For ox- ample, prnctlcnlly tho wholo of tho cost of rocont. litigation on tho political application of tho tradOH union fii-n'l" hni' txoon linrno hv thn rnllwny norvnntR In tho Osboruo caso. But tho doclslon Ib ouo willed Htfeui-a. ovory trades union, mid tho railway servants woro fighting tho battle of tolim .all. A Rmall union could' not hnvo faced tho rout, but tho establish- i,«v;;l cf -*1. covD'ft) rlofnnno twiiI would mako tho motto of tho trndo unions ln really fundnmont.nl quoRtlons, "Touch ono, touch all,*' noynold'R wooltly organ of tho tradoR unions Hays, "Tho old syatom of financing labor momborH was a ncccflswy ntago of dovnlopmi»nt, but It had Itfl dofocts and Its woitUnoBBon, In tho futuro wo must proceod mi now lines, It \* not. labor members nlono who must bo pnld. In every party it ought to bo possible for tho pooplo to put forward any candidate thoy ploaao, Tho truo solution \* to ba found In tho propoial of tho Fur- uUUtng TVadca federation, namely, universal payment of mombera by tho •tate. MONTREAL, Sept. 17.—Norwegian newspapers of August 22 contain a strongly worded warning apparently' issued by the Norwegian department of justice to Norwegian laborers against taking employment on railway construction work In Canada. ■ . The warning was based upon tlio report of,the Norwegian consul-general ln Montreal, who blames tho railway contractors for not- treating their la- borors fairly and declares that thoir system of employment Is contrary to modern humanitarian idens nnd says that ho Is not afraid of pronouncing his opinion bocauso ho hns a sufficient number of cases on .file to prove his statements, Tho coiibuI whoso namo Is Arvld Jacobson, stntod that tho number of men omployod In Cnnndlnn rnilway construction according to official statistics avorngo 35,000, About 150 bf thoso nro annually klllod hy dynnnilto explosions and other nccldonts, while probably n gront or numbor dio In hospitals as a result ot Injuries rocolvod by oxpoHiiro-or otherwise Among tho mon on tho rond thoro woro probably between two nnd throo thousnnd Norwegians niul a similar number of Swod-efl and othor Scnndlnavlnns. Most of tho mon from tho Scandinavian countries woro omployod In dnngorous work, handling of dynnr-Mlo and mining of rocks. llognrdlng ilotitliR nnd nccldontR in tlio courso of construction work In Canada ho snyfl oxporlonco Rhows It Ib prnctlcnlly lmpoHslhlo to obtain information of dontliB occurring on con- Rtruotlrm work, caused by nccldonta or othorwlso, nnd that It Ib also prac- ttcnlly ImpoBBlhlo to got. nny oxnet, and rollnblo Information of the name, nationality and homo of tho vIctlmR, Property loft by mon who aro klllod on such wjnrk or who die In liOHpltnln, ofton dlsnppoars and lt is impossible for relatives to tnko action and clnlm damn*, b, which thoy moat certainly should ho nntltlod to In special enso*?, according to tho various pruviuciui lawn i-jtiU-Jh'h vuiiii/ii.iHiilloii 1(> rcb- tlvoii of laborers killed or Injured Tho wagoR duo tho deconnod mon ofton romnin on thoir boolm and tho deposits mndo In tho banks romnin n« iinrlnlmnd. Thn nrtlotp further Stilton that tho. mattor has boon brought by tho consul-gonornl In Montreal boforo tho Canadian authorl- Hon, who hnvo pnld littlo or no attention to tho mattor. original proposition, that the red flag was, an,'imitation of the flames of fire, or rays of the sun. *-' ■•■ Baal, the great Sun God of .the Phoenecians, had the same attributes as "Ceres, the particularly friendly deity of the agriculturalist.' The fire worshippers, :as veil .as those'.'of the sun, would naturally select for symbols or banners, the red color, as the most perfect imitation of the visible form of their deities. • The history of savage' man in nearly all parts of the globe shows, an early use of fires to', signal, from hills- and mountains, the' information (otherwise so difficult of transmission) as to attack, • defense or condition. 7' -*,'*• The natural sequence would be the adoption of red signals-(the best representative color), for use .during the day. Therefore,' it is not unfair to presume that the earliest' flag was red, as the logical use and linqual connection amply testify. The mythological patronesses of agriculturalists and laborers were Ceres. Pomona, Minerva, Prosperine and others, whose names have allied themselves to the' products of the field and orchard of the present day. These goddesses were always clothed ini flaming red, and the color became identified with their laborers ln their clothing, their symbols and their decorations. • " - It was the favorite color of' the pleblans ' of Rome; it was the emblem of the poor of Athens. -So endeared to it were the so-called lower classes in Rome, that (after they were admitted to the army) the crimson banners were, by-order of their patri- can leaders, thrown' into the ranks of the enemy, that the plebian legions might be forced to exert their utmost valor to reclaim their 'dearest emblem, y ■ The usurpation of-red by the ruling classes in Rome was a part of the program to disintegrate the com-, munes and extinguish the love of the coloi in* the' hearts of the workers, by the sight of it on the persons of their exploiters and masters, " Legal enactments prohibited its plebian use. These restrictions are said to have so disturbed the Phoenecian dyers of the color that the secrets of their .craft were not,-transmitted;-and like so many, others (notably tempering the Damascus blade), it took its place among the lost arts, * The red apparently 'degenerated .into the royal purple, and the red returned to its primal significance and use, the color of the producing' class, and no longer that' of its^enemics,' The ancient communes of fraternal organizations of laborers of_ Rome lCT~Ctirenff~w"e"re~nearly-alYv'ays—upholders* of the red" flag", although their earlier banners , carried inscriptions relative to the deities supposed to be favorable to labor, in ■ general, or to the particular crafts' represented. Following the progress of the Roman legions through what is now Spain, France and the. neighboring country, on and into Great Britain, were established the trado, organizations, and with them, in nearly every instance, was the red flag, To enumerate the trades that carried the red flag, would include nearly all—marble Cutters, masons, carpenters, saddle' and bridle "makers, confectioners, cheese handlers, cutters, Bilk workers, glazioi'8, weavers, shoemakers, tannorB, glove makers, furriers, painters, hatters, surgeons and apothecaries, who wore listed among tho "lower clnssos" all these and many others had tho red banner. Tho significance of tho rod bnnner from early days was eminently peaceful, as Ub patrons were tho nods of husbandry, orchard nml vino, nnd ol tho kindred, organizations. The bloody and contompllblo attributes which aro raisod in condemnation of tho rod flags nre, u conllminnce of that fierce hatred for any representation of labor which causod tho donth of a million Roman rovolters, and which has charnctorla,od tho whito handed, tho fat, and Iho tyrnnnlcnl ln evory era. FATAL ACGIOENT AT EXTENSION MINE ON WEDNESDAY - "We, your "Jury, have come to the decision that. David Terry met -his death as the result of being" run over by" a. runaway loaded car, thereby receiving a fracture at the base of the skull and other injuries, on, the incline leading from No. 12 place, No. 3 mine, Extension,. which caused his death. . "Rider 1.—We therefore recommend that greater precautions be taken in handling cars- at the approach to such inclines to prevent cars from running away previous to being attached to" the.rope. "No. 2.—We also should recommend that strangers or novices- being engaged in such risky or hazardous occupations ' should receive definite instructions before being allowed to engage In such work. "No. 3.—As _the evidence given by the Chief Inspector of Mines shows that a very large percentage of the deaths caused in mining, are as a result generally of the haulage system adopted,' and as the special rules in the mining act does not cover this particular part of the haulage system, namely, the approach to such-inclines, wo'strongly recommend that such provisions be made in the mining act to prevent such accidents." The above is a copy of the verdict arrived at by the jury empanneled by Coroner Davis this morning at Lady- smith lo inquire into the circumstances of the death of David Terry, who died as the result of injuries ..received . in No. 3 Extension mine on Wednesday last. 'While at work on that day, deceased was caught by a runaway loaded car and fatally injured. He was taken direct to Che- inainus hospital where he succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning. Deceased who was" only 29 years of age came from . Australia, and had only7been in .the country about six weeks. .. The funeral; the arrangements for which, are in the hands of D. J. Jenkins, will take place tomorrow afternoon at,'Ladysmith. ECONOMICS. A Pointed and Popular, Discourse on The- Law of Value. ., «' , What .is' "economics"? Political economy*' is the science of national housekeeping. Economics in* all its phases is the science which examines into the production and THE CANADIAN IMMIGRATION GUILD SENDS OFF ITS FIR8T PARTY OF D0ME8TICS THB RED FLAG. Its Hilt-Dry ai Sketched by Oiborne Ward. Tho word "flag" Ih worthy of notico. It is ;Bnld "Flag" Is dorlved from tho Lntln "flnmtna," a alngular circumstance-; wo can without difficulty irnoo th« progrMi of tho word, and wo havo a blazing tiro, blazo, Namo, -which carrion aa an Ily tho Canadian Northern steamer Itoynl Kdwnrd on Tliiirmlny, Sopt. 1, n pnrty of glrlR loft HrlRloI for Cnnndn undor lho nusptcoB of tlio Canadian Immigration Guild, This Ib tho flriit. pnrty to lonvo lOiiKlnnd. This now organization was doHcrlhod In tho Canadian Mnil of AukiikI 111 in an Intorvlow with MIbh SI. John Wlio- man, Lndy Laurier, wlfo of tho Prlmo Minister of tho Dominion, Is tho honorable proHidont of tho (Jnnmlluii Immigration Guild, nnd cnniMCl oil with it. nro mnny of tho iiiohI Inriiioiitliil peoplo In Cnnndn. It Iiiih tlio sanction nnd itpprovnl of .tlio Dominion nnd several of the provlnlonl -.ovornmoiitn. The mnln objoct of tho guild Ir to onablo working womon In Niiglnnd to mlgroto to Cnnndn, whoro in every rospoct thoir chuiicon'of (*i*Ulng on In the world nro bottor thnn thoy.nro, unfortunately, In tho lnnd of tlu-lr birth, Tho guild is propnrcil to advance llu- Vihoi..' or iuiti at the '''i''!>.')'.C' m-uu-y to approved desirable H])-)llcnntH who wlnh to go to Cnnndn. nnd for mifcli omlgrantR It will rociiio Rltuatlons to which thoy can go imtnoillatoly 'upon iniwitntr. Further, until thoy havo got fairly Rottlc-il in thoir now surround- IngB, tho guild will oxorclso some m'.nRiii'O of caro and wntchfulnoRH In thoir IntoroBtB. Tlio foundor and organising socrotnry of tho Canadian Immigration Ouild lu MIbb Bt, John Wllomnn, whoso ndilroM la 43 Yongo Btroel Arcndo, Toronto, Canada, Mm. Dowcll, lato of nidofonl, Dovon, haB sovorcd hor connoctlon with tho DomoHtlo dulld, nnd tins become lndy superintendent of tho Canadian immigration Guild, with headquarters at llrlitol, from which port all tho partita tailing under (he au*plc<>R of the now guild will, for tho present, tako iheir dopartnre.-Th-s Canadian Mall, distribution of wealth. Its "business" is to formulate the laws underlying production and distribution; commonly .called, respectively, manufactures and trade. In defining economics I used the word wealth? Hu're we begin to use economic science. Wealth is an abundance or collection of commodities. And what is commodity? Here _ a word bandied from mouth to mouth to-day, .yet few can explain what it means. Is a star a commodity? -No. Is a lump of coal a commodity? . A thing becomes a commodity by combining thoso conditions. ■ First—That it supplies a human want, r'eal or fancied;it has a use value. It Is something useful as a necessity or a luxury. Second that it required* human labor powor to produce it, which gives it exchange value. Third—That it circulates through commodities. Now, commodities possess exchange value and exchange in tho market with each other according to tlio nmount of social' or combined labor power that was .put Into thom, Thus two pnirs of Bhoe.s nro worth twico ns much ns ono pair, becauso they had oxpondod on thorn just twico as much combined or collective lnbor power ns ono pnlr contains. Prlco Is rnoroly oxchnngo vnluo aot or expressed in lorms of money-or that ono pnlr of sIiooh Is worth $11,00, it: simply shows thnt this pnlr of Bhoos embodies tho flnmo nmount' of soclnl or combined human labor powor that Is containod in $n.0G In gold or vlco versa, Again, lt a hat, umbrelln, pair of BhooH, or chnlr, uro priced ot $11.00, It Rlmply monns thnt thoy nil contain nn oqunl amount of social or combined labor power. This Is tlio celebrated lnbor theory of vnluo whicli is really tho law of vnluo, nnnjnmln Franklin, ono of our I'li'Hl Amorlcnn irndOH unlonlRtH, wiih ono of Ith curly dlHcnvororK. Hut thn labor theory of value wns rnnndnd out nnd perfected liy ono of thn gronloat liitollcciH of, all life, and' tho moHt powerful mlud ovor Identified wllh tho (Iiuho of lnbor. This wns Karl .Marx, Thoro Ih but ono ol.h-*r theory nnd thnt Is tho mvrnllod "law of Hiipply nnd demand". TIioho who claim that this In tho law which do- tormlnoH tho vnluo of commodities Bny that. If tho Hiipply hxcowIh th'o domnnd thon prices uro "low": If mipply Ih Iohh than domnnd thon pricuti uu;. Lt'tali. If nny of your fvlondfl who nro mit-h "prnctlcnl" wlHoncroB, llko ltlarnnrk, toll you about. Hiipply and dotnnntl- ask thom to explain this, Today a ton of iron Ib worth about $lfi: a tou of Iron converted Into Hlf.'tO, Oii-ii loUi;d mio irtiin, ,e> <<•»>,;., $28; a tou nf Htool converted into AddlK cIiIkoIb Ib worth about $2,000; a ton of Htool convorled Into fine hnir springN for watchoH, $70,800, Tho ton of hair nprlngB waa nt flrHt rnoroly a ton of iron worth $15 nnd Im-rcai-iCil in valuo lo $7C,S0O, ho. cnuBo In converting tho Iron Into hair uprlugu thounnndn of hourn of rom. blncd labor power wero used up, Thoroforo, (ho oxchango valuo of any commodity Is determined by tho amount of average combln-ed labor powor nocenuary to produce or reproduce It. Hupply itud dttuuuiil ouly modify | one way or the other the value of a commodity.' Sometimes above its exchange value, sometimes below! And, further, the usefulness or' utility of any commodity has little to do with its exchange value. Of course, if you produce an article which no one wants, such as * a beautifully c,arved broomstick, no matter how much labor is embodied in it, your labor will be useless and your broomstick "without value. No one wants a carved broomstick. On the other hand, some of our plutocrats do want hadsomely-carved beds and will pay for them. Now you can't sleep any better in a magnificent Louis XVI bed than you can iif. the plain, ordinary "garden variety" bed. One is just as useful as the other for sleeping purposes. But the ornate bed satisfies the want for the beautiful which our plutocrats feel. And ,the difference in exchange value of the two,,beds is'explained by the difference in the amount of combined human labor power, necessary to produce them. Now if you have followed this carefully so' far you will soon receive some rather startling information, And, further, I must point out that wherever I say combined or social human labor power, I mean combined human labor power- of average skill, applied with the average speed,,, with tools or machine of average perfection. A furniture manufacturer who employs the slowest, poorest kind of labor power and operates with antique machinery must sell his goods at th'e price set by the average manufacturer. He does not get as much for his' goods simply because the same amount of labor power was expended in them, but must'stand the loss by virtue of using labor power and machinery .which * were' under the average. *,...'* To continue,' we. are told daily that prices' are,higher than ever. That the trusts *are boosting prices. That is" only partly true; however, In the,first place, no'monopoly can arbitrarily raise prices, ■ no matter what, the jingo papers say. The fact is this: Gold is.a commodity whose value is determined like all other commodities by the amount of social or combined labor necessary to produce'it. Furthermore, it is the means by which we measure the exchange value bv amount of labor power contained in all other commodities. In the last ten years the improvements in machinery and metallurgy have1, been remarkable. They' have 'resulted in this fact: Today it requires much' less human labor power to mine'and refine gold, lmn it did ten years ago. So compared, bulk for bulk gold, say one-quarter ounce of gold', '$(5.00 roughly), contains much less-labor power or exchange value-today, than ten-years ago. Consequently, it takes a larger amount of gold to exchange with other commodities.^— : ... .. .- '- . A. A. McBEAN The Cash Grocer t GROCERIES. If you want the best let us supply you. BUTTER AND EGGS ' That you can always depend upon. CHRISTIES' La Creme Wafers. Maple Wafers. Water Ice Wafers. Graham Wafers. In sealed tins only. FRESH FRUITS for table and preserving at lowest prices. RIPE TOMATOES. GREEN TOMATOES. You are missing a treat when you do not use SPECIAL BLEND TEA. Our made-to-measure Suits and guarantee goes with every order taken funded, GENTS' FURNISHINGS Fall and Winter Goods arriving daily. Men's Negligee, Tweed and Flannel Shirts, RANDOM Natural Wool Underwear. WOOD'S " Unshrinkable All-Wool Underwear. PENMAN'S Underwear, the reliable. Men's and Boys' Sweaters, Hosiery, Gloves, Caps and Shoes. TABLE OILCLOTH A full range of patterns. Overcoats are unsurpassed. Our Satisfaction or money re- I I ._ But .many other commodities, due to improved methods of manufacture, nlso contain less labor power embodied in thom today, hence less exchange value, - - ■■ » So we find that gold * and many commodities have fallen in, value.' It takes less labor power to produce a given quantity of them today than it did at any time. beforo, On the other hand, such things as meat and eggs are produced today very much as they were years ago. No startling machine has been invented to help the hen lay eggs or the steer to fatten himself. In these commodities, bulk for bulk, there is the same amount of labor power embodied as there was ten or more years ago. So instead of money and wages remaining stationary and "prices being raised by the beef trust, we find that foodstuff, meat aud eggs in particular, have remained stationary, while gold and other commodities have declined' ln value. The most that monopolies can do is to slowly hold back the fall in value of their commodities. They can not' raise them at their own sweet will. Trusts do not make millionaires by boosting prices, but in an entirely different manner, as I shall show later. And last, but by no means least, labor power is itself a commodity. When you are laid off you enter the labor market and search for a buyer of your labor power, don't you? Certainly. And the value of the' labor power of the worker is determined by the amount of combined labor power it takes to feed, clothes, shelter and train him, for his particular vocation. And the capitalist always pays that value. He can't escape it. But then, how doe's. the capitalist get rich? ■ By the operation of another law called the law of surplus value. I shall explain that in the next article. __.e_Iiave_now. examined into econorn- ics,' particularly political economy, and have considered the law of value, After 1 am done with the** law of surplus value I am suro you will need no urging or coaxing to prove to you the absolute necessity of working class organization both in the factory and at the ballot box.—Frederick C. Ruppel in "The International Wood- carver." *kkkk*kkkk*kkk*k**k***k**k l Fresh. Cut * | Flowers *' WI WW Will I ■■■HIIIIIMIIIIIIBBB— | House and Office | Plants, .Funeral Flow- | ers, Wedding Bou- t quets. ITERRILL FLORAL CO J * * ->c Long- Distanco Phone 577 "jf * LETHBRIDGE ° ALBERTA J J Your ordors will receive prompt nt-,'J 5 ten turn iuul you will be pleased with ^. M whnt we i-eml you. " *** . Jf ■. ■ *.- ************************** k k-kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk-kkkkkkkkk I The Creston Fruit and | The Creston Fruit and I Produce Association-| -k -**•: __ "•K -K - * Tomatoes Retailors please Note that oilers" for the famous Creston =To in a t qi_ _iQ\v=in^^_! Season J* * X- *■-. *•**- * * 4- * * A. Lindley, Box 27 Creston J ************************** For ball programs, banquet menus, and up-to-date printing of all. kinds come to The Ledger office. c R E S T In the vicinity of these two places we have some first class Fruit Farm Lands that will bear the closest inspection. The wise plan is to examine before buy- ing so B YYY. I am taking parties from time to time. If interested drop a line to E R Joe jTi (rrajlon I C JCah s N P. O. Box 48 Fernie, B. C. t JPfl PAGE FOUR THE, DISTRICTTLEDQER, -PERNIE, B. C^SEBTEMBER'17, 19J0. t_4> Sistiiid £*itg*r „ 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. Address all communications to The District' Ledger. J. W TELEPHONE NO. 48 BENNETT, Editor. POST OFFICE BOX NO. 5 WHY NORWAY IS MAKING DEMANDS f UPON THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT LESSONS OF THE DECOUX CASE. npIlE last act is played! ■*■** , King down the curtain! Arthur Decoux is a free man. The verdict of "the-coroner's jury at Frank of complete exoneration was vindicated by tlie decision rendered at Maeleod. To review.—A mine car runs away. A man is injured, a few days later he dies. There's nothing remarkable about such an occurence,' nay more it is unfortunately so frequent as to make it commonplace., in the coal mining industry. The question then naturally arises, "Why should this man be singled out? He was a Union man. What of'that! Were not some of the previous victims union men also? They were—but this is somewhat different. ' Tlie man killed was not a member of a Union. This fact enabled the prosecuting company to advance the phuisjble theory of malice prepense wliich,1 if established, would have had the dual effect of administering a body blow to the U. M. W. A. and tlie possible avoidance of the payment of the compensation award of #1,800. "Unity is strength." . ' * This axiom has received the fullest corroboration and serves as a -valuable lesson* of the benefits of co-operative action. ■■ ■- Unionism, *m.the abstract, is understood by a far lesser percentage than when a concrete demonstration is made. _, This Decoux case, has done more to show the working class' the advantages of unionism-than volumes of printed" literature or the best vocal efforts of labor organizers. - - ■■ There is another valuable lesson to be gathered by those who look below the surface. This, however, will not be so readily grasped and understood for if it were its existence would be short lived 'and the present operative basis of society completely revolutionized. We refer to the. class conscious character, of the supporters of the sacred rights of vested property of which the Jus- i ' tice is a shining exemplar. ■ Wc commend his evidences of fidelity to the tenets of the botirgeoisie to the workers and would urge them to be equally as true to the interests of their class as this judicial gentleman is to those whose able supporter he is as his actions • throughout the wholo proceedings so strongly demonstrate. Permission was granted to the deposition of F. Froubert, an absentee, as evidence to which wo take no exception although counsel for defense criticized the action, nevertheless if this conces- . sion be granted to ono of tho parties in tho eon- 1 troversy ns a quid pro quo the ovidence, tho purpose of which was to show that thc dangerous churactcr of the mine slope' prima faeio placed tho onus of responsibility upon tho om ploy ing company ought most assuredly likewise, have boen allowed. Iloro his Lordship gave proof of our contention of his class consciousness by ruling it out and that all the court had to consider was whether Decoux was guilty of tho chargo preferred. If one workingman borrowed a gun from another who was fully aware that its purposo was to shoot at a person would thc owner of thc weapon be hold guiltless in tho event of injury being inflicted? Is not this a parallel? While feeling overy sympathy for an innocent iiiiui nnd congratulating lho juries of Frank and Maeleod on tlio efficient liiimnoi- thoy discharged their duties, wo'Tcol that n tiiccd of prnisc is due 1o tho coal compnny junking Iho chnvgc, the '.Mounted l'olici? for llinir activity nnd tlio legal I'opro.snntnfivos who by their ooiieorted net ions have so nbly tnnglit lhe workers lho inipovliuice nnd vnhiii nf Co-operation nnd solidarity. ' Tncse lessons nre often dearly pnid fnr 'tis true, but i'iii-Ii Mii.-foi.iling cycle sees n closer up- proncli to Ilie downfall of enpilnlism to be sup- planted by n new regime in which liumnii flesh nml l-Iiind shnll ho considered pimiiii'iuut tn prop, oi'tv interestn. -npHE fact of the growing strength of the labor- ■** ers on the political field-could,have ho,more significant' evidence . than the activity that has been recently displayed-by the'representatives of foreign governments. The reckless disregard for human life has occasioned an investigation by Norwegian consuls into the appalling list of casualties in construction work upon Canadian railways and the utter indifference shown with reference to the disposition' of any money that may be due theiii for wages or ascertaining anything with regard to property in the shape of deposits in thc banks. When the contractors or other responsible parties have been communicated with asking for information no response has been vouchsafed. The working class of Norway is well'educated and have a goodly representation in the Storthing or Parliament,** hence the activity of their foreign representatives in demanding of the Canadian government that some investigations should be made looking to a remedy for,the existing deplorable state of affairs. * At the present time there is an investigation in process in the coal mining district of Irwin, Pa., and a well known Pittsburg foreign consul accompanied'by the authorities is visiting some' of the few mines , in operation to obtain facts relative. to the peonage that is being practiced upon foreigners who are held' in the stockade brought in for the purpose 'of scabbing. ■ How these unfortunates have '-been hired and are now practically ' held as prisoners under guard and there is every reason to believe that the Avealthy coal barons .will be' called upon to defend themselves. Although we know full well that this iniquities will continue as long as they possessing the power, are,left in undisputed sway of the reins of government, nevertheless the insistent demands from foreign powers are resultant from the rapidly increasing strength of the working classes in those foreign countries, and ^should serve as a lesson to the working class on this continent that instead of wasting their energies" resoluting and begging that by acquiring strength both politically and industrially they can enforce their demands. It is correct that the awakening is by no means rapid, yet the signs are hopeful for the future. THE TOPIC OP THE HOUR. THr HE air has been rife throughout the week WHAT IS THE MONETARY VALUE OF A MAN? TUMHK wns nn explosion nt Cherry Hill, Illinois. -Tllli l'llV <IV'IP l,l,OI\Xy yinX.it i,,X _><• Hir. nr .*-. puny in collusion with govej*imicnt officials. Tlio aftermath of this wholesale slaughter was recently hrottghl to public notice by \]\o compensation nwnrd mi l'orty-one cases nnd tho totnl nmount paid wns $1,1520, or $..0.50 per mnn. Fnr cheaper to take chances with human life (him inetii* tin! cxpc.iiM'K of iiwtiilliiig proper snl'e- guards. Thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents is the price for one human being. In chattel slavery dnys n robust black iioM for $1,200 to .l.oOO dollars and y«l "sinvory" dnys nro over; iji'.il».rit) tor n mini. Think of it I egarding civic matters; rumors with" more OT__I_»Ot?_*f nil Iir. n+i/-»-ri—TV!-— ■^«_/i-___l1_i-.r/v_l-ly%.i.-«__l_o'«r3--.-3 C-, mouth tp ear, out it was 'expected that a climax would be reached on Thursday evening -when, the council convened.' When the mayor took- his, seat a few minutes,after 8 o'clock with Aldermen Kennedy, Morrison and Johnson in their' respective places, (Aldermen Beck, Broley and White were out of the city), it was.found that the seating capacity was insufficient * to accommodate the crowd of citizens * assembled. A few matters of detail were disposed of when the mayor called for any observations from those present. L. P. Eckstein asked for certain information regarding different items in tho last audit but without eliciting any particularly clear replies. When the, mayor was asked if anybody had boen appointed to fill the vacancy of the eity clerkship ho replied that thc appointment had not been made but tliat he had been requested to approach a certain party with a view to his being seleetod. After some desultory remarks it was decided to go into a committee of thc wholo, whereupon the withdrawal from tho assembly room was made to the mayor's room-and after twenty minutes absence thoy returned, and announced that iMr. Wormack of tho Homo Bank staff had been appointed at a salary of $150 por month. , Tho various matters upon which cnlightmcnt was desired aro hold in statu suspendo until,tho roport of Auditor McDcannid is received whon there is not tho slightest doubt thoy ' will bo threshed out as it is only right and proper thnt the ratepayers should bo fully apprised of tho notions of thoir civic representatives. Tho modo of procedure in tho appointment of tho city clerk docs not mcoi with tho unqualified npprovnl of tho pulio interested. The consensus of opinion is that applications for lhe vacancy should hnvo been i-oceivod and dealt with in tlio usual milliner nnd hnd it not been known Hint tho prosont appointed wns decided upon several dnys prior to his appointment, thorn would hnvo beon moro thnn three, npplicnnls for tho post. Thoro is nothing snid relative to tlio capability of the pj'ospoetivo incumbent as it is generally believed with his knowledge of nccount- ntiey, particularly ns it applies to banking, lie possesses tho essential qualifications, but whnt; is objected to is, thnt othor citizens who mny be equally as well qualified woro,,deprived of any (,,*,iy-i i1<->,»-*i I lr,.\ i,'-\ifi. ( (*■*•-",->» '' 'l'lii.ii! Uii.-t Uil'llhl'.f JV-tl.Kt'C Xll ClW- plAlt'COlltf 114>> wJiich was iin innovation to our experience- in parliamentary practico and that was tho whole body retires from tho nRsombly hall instead of I 6 Fernie's Leading... Departmental Store Men's Clothing . a This stock is full of new up-to-date Suits aud Overcoats. Prices $10.00 to $32.50. Men's Furnishings Jaeger Underwear, Jaeger Coat Sweaters, Jaeger Dress Gowns, Jaeger Caps, Jaeger Socks, Stansfield's Underwear, Monarch Coat Sweaters. All new and first class in every particular. <*. " Ladies Read-to-Wear i ' / Ladies' Coats,-L.a dies'"Suits, Ladies',, Skirts, Children's Coats, Infants' Coats. Largest and choicest selections we have "ever carried. Come ancl look them over. The styles will please you.- The'prices are right. . Boots and Shoes New Fall Goods in airlines, Men's, Women's and Chidren's. Our prices will please.you. Dry Goods Everything in * Dry Goods, large or small. Dress Goods, Staples, Fancy Goods,. Notions, Knit Goods, Purs, Imported for this fall's trade. New, clean and . interesting. It is a pleasure to show them. Grocery Department We are now prepared to fill all orders for preserv-' ing fruits at lowest prices. - ' ' Italian Prunes, box '*; ...... 85c Freestone Peaches, box .*.".-.."....'...".'-..'. $1.20 . Crabapples,, box !..-..., .' .*■ $2120 Concord Grapes, basket ........* 90c Green Tomatoes, Ripe Tomatoes and Sweet Potatoes just in and good stock. -,, ,* The Trites-Wood Co., Limited a* u. * * - * o HAYING SEASON IS HERE Ouv stock of haying tools is complete. Forks, Hand Rakes, Scythes nml Snaths, Grind Stones'Whet St'onos, Wrenches, Machine Oil und Oilers, Dooring Mowers njicl Horse Rakes. _tCi_il or phono oi-ders rocolvo cavoful attention. J. M. AGNEW & Co. ELKO, B. C. ■■1 0 I You aro now roIiib through this world for the last time: Why Not llvo on tlio boat and nothing but tho bost, and go to The 41 Market Co. for your requirements in Meats, Frosh Klllod and Govornment Inspected; Fish, Buttor, Eggs, Ham. Bacon, Etc. 8. Graham, Local Manager CENTRAL HOTEL The Two "Billies" Now Under New Management Catering to the Working-nan's Trade Large Airy Rooms and Good Table . BILLY R038 BILLY MACKAY Welduminium The New Metal for Soldering _iwa>B_____aH_________________________^^ Lightest on Earth. 25c a Bar Welduminium El.etrlo Lighted " Steam Hented CENTRALLY LOCATED" The Waldorf Hotel FERNIE, B.C. First Class Accommodation for Travellers MR8. 8. JENNING8, PROPRIETRE88 Hot and Cold Water L. A, Mills, Manager Ih Huppi-Ior to nil other Holilors. Why? Im.hmun.1 It unlton mich mr-tnln hh Tin, Zlno, Lund, Copper, Hi'iinh, Galvanized Iron, Kl'-fitro-l-'liito mul Hil vur, ami without lining Nolilorlng iron, HplrltH of hiiUh, clinin.ciilN, uoidH, rosin, or any Injur- Iohh HubstancuH which iivu nil moro or Iohh deadly poison, Welduminium Ih ii now in.'lnl lined liy nil lho leaking I.twii'vIiik nnd (■iiiuiiiipr Coiiipanli'H lit Kngland, America, Australia, nnd thn Ai'Koiitlni* Republic*, ror Niildiu'liiK their Huh iin tliere In no iliiii|4*ei- of lieliiK poisoned with (Hph'itM of HiiUh) or I'tonialne Poisoning. Welduiiiliiliiiii In-supplied hy Hardware J. D. QUAIL * FERNIE it . .1 • 1 l... '*• 1 V*l*v» r 1 * fl" dimply taking thc Beat -vacated whilo tho prcuidinp** officer occupies ri scat clROwhore. Thero is tiiiH, howovor, tlmt may he our experience i.s ko limit- .1 that tho action of tho conn- cil ivn.i in conformity with pnr) in men In ry n.ng-", hut wo do find in reference to nn authority that. it m thn duty of the preiiding officer to remain in the assembly room. At tho prcflent, juncture wo refrain from further comment prcfcrrinR to nwait the report f-T tl.«' auditor when there will ho a better opportunity afforded for thc ventilation of civic affairs ii.id-'i'KtaiuUiti.ly. 1 IF YOU WANT a Sli&vc, a GcuucofPc-lor DilHarJs !l or a Cup of Coffee Drop in at Ingram's Full Stock of Smokers' Goods Always on Hand VICTORIA AVENUE FERNIE, B. C. Mcintosh, McDonald & Snow Contractors & Builders Opon fov nil kludrt of buHliu'HS In tliolr lino AddveM (k»x tt7 Farnla JT xx J__ iri vy ii Barber Shop Across from Fernie Livery First clan work guarantaed. Drop in nnd convince youreelf. Raior Honing a Specialty. O. SUDL-XNI), . foprlttor. fl •_ THE DISTRICT LEI?,(gEfe;-ggBNIE, B. 0., SEPTEMBER IT,??1910. PAGE FIVE K * y******^***-'**1™****^ i iiiiuiini^«t_iri *w*wwww*v*v**w***ww***********w ************* "♦♦♦♦♦- ♦ COAL CREEK BY 174 ♦ -.♦ ■ - *** ♦ ♦'♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦ . The Rev. E. L. Best was stricken with - rheumatism upon his arrival in Spokane and was compelled to_ take to his bed. It is sincerely hoped that with the attention that he is receiving at the hands of his- sisters, wit?*, whom he is staying, that recovery may be soon effected. Benjamin J. Barnes went .with the gentleman returning last Saturday night* on the G. N. Mr. Graham, the young man who has been .looking after tho spiritual welfare of the Presbyterians up here left last Monday for Toronto. The old story bf "Ho walked right In, he turned around and walked right out again," could be very properly applied to tho Individual whose purpose was to take charge of tlio Presbyterian church's interests who came up here last week from the land of,haggis and heather. Evidently under , the impression tbat the classic occupation of golf could be easily indulged in, his baggage contained a very large assortment of all kinds of knock knobblers, the scientific names of which your'correspond- .eritjs not well, versed in, tho only "hole putting" is the one made just before you shoot in order,' to bring the coal from its resting pjace. The gentleman not only had the necessary * tools with which to perform the many peculiar turns, of "golf" but -there were'1 other articles for use in 6m- "door pastimes. „s ,a resort for sports of the lawn* tennis, golf and other amusements we1 regret to say our camp does not offer very great inducements and this opinion was doubtless shared by the hero of this story, as he departed on Saturday and when last heard of was reported to be headed for the land o' cake, and Burns. " - • '.A digger named Smolovich received a nasty cut on his head.by a piece of falling rock while working in. No. 9 on Wednesday afternoon. " ', Joe Worthington'ls the proud possessor of the billiard cue given as first prize inv the recent tournament .played at the club. Jack Chester was la close second. ;,._>, The sale of papers and magazines which took place last Sunday in the Club hall was well attended aiid good prices paid. ." . . .— .LTllfl-CPnciltj- pnilm/avat*-,-*-, -mill Tio-trii. quite a task to . perform when he ernes up here as there are a large number of additional residents coming in from, across the Herring Pond, ainong them there are several Whitehaven representatives. George Smith has bid* farewell to liis baching days and hi\lf-cooked mulligans as Mrs. Smith arrived last Tuesday and ?wlll now have charge of ' the household affairs much to George's relief. Frank Coates and Jnmes Harrison are also additions to our directory. • If you would like to experience what It means to be cast into outer darkness, bo a pnssenger on the night oxpress of the M. F. & M„ and you will then realize that light Is conspicuous by Its absence.' This Is very uncomfortable nnd wo '■ think it Is right that tho superintendent should know of the stato of affairs when It Is to bo hoped that ho will seo that thero "is a little more light on tho subject." If It woro onco in a whilo ; thoro might bo somo oxcuso, but It Is /■•becoming chronic. Coal Crook visited Colomnn last, Snturdny and tho rosult, was two , points moro for tho rod and white. •Gentle zephyrs gavo plnco to drench- In.- rain but "Down tlioy go with easy grnco." Coal Crook 2, Coleman 1. Did you. notico that our bolovod professor woro a brand now straw hnt and ho Is oxpoctlng a lovely vost to nrrlvo In tho nenr future subsequently from tho snmo source Send lt along Joo nntl may better luck attend your noxt offorts. Tuosdny notlcos woro postod tlinf. the roplny for tho Labor Day prlzo would ho playod off at 5:40. A spoclnl train ran down reaching Fornio ut r>;00, leaving ample tlmo to havo tho gnmo start as por Bchodulo, but as there was difficulty for Fernie to get their team together it was* 6 o'clock when • the start... was ■ made. This ' avoidable delay was .the cause of the'game being uncompleted by Referee Caufield calling it off. This was not relished by the Creek team as they were already one goal to the good and the fault for not beginning at the time' specified was" certainly Fernie's. " The referee has the power to decide whether another game should be played yet we think in all fairness that the prize is coming to Coal Creek and that. the Fernieltes should see that they get it. Round two for the Mutz cup Saturday, the 17th-at Cranbrook. James Wilson will act * as referee. Coal Creek's defenders are: Goal, * T. Banns; backs, McLetchle and McFegan"; half-backs, Sweeney, Parnell, and Johnston; forwards, Oakley, 0. Jolson, P. Joison, Hartwell; center, J. Manning. . , . James Davidson landed In camp from Co. Durham England on Thursday. Miss F. M, Porteous returned from her visit to Seattle on Wednesday. Dull times around here lately. The mines "were quiet from Saturday to ^Wednesday. There have been several hunting parties ranging around the hills, but we have not had any opportunity of testing either fish-or flesh so^have to content ourselves with the "usual bill ol fare.. A party of Fernieltes had the good fortune to bag a bear Thursday above Sitkum. No this is not a postoffice in Nova Scotia, but is better known as the Rock Cut. The impression that the Puckey progeny was not awarded first prize at Hosmer.. is a mistaken one as anyone ought to be able to note the almost beautiful expression the father is wearing as proof. Safe to.,say he is not the only member of the family who is good looking. A,sk Mrs. P. Jack did not send In this item. -■ . There has been a sudden risejn the tin can "market in anticipation of a wedding to * take place early next week.- The contracting parties.are a popular .. young machinist and an estimable young lady from Fernie. Bouquets , accepted. Cabbages declined. ■ ._,<., /' HILLCREST ~+ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦•♦• ♦,♦ ♦ ♦ ♦^ Mike Curry and . family have left for the prairie where tliey Intend to settle. " -i " * ' J. P. McNeil and Martin McPherson , were -passengers on Saturday, 17th, eastbound for the,land were the fish come from. We hope • to see -them back again ".before' long. " . This camp was well represented at ■the smoker given In Frank last Saturday to celebrate the acquittal of our brother,'Arthur Decoux. ■ ■ J. Brown loft for Calgary this week on business.. James Ross, who has been staying with-his brother, the doctor,* all summer, left ' on Tuesday homeward bound for Ontario. During his sojourn nmong-- us he mado many friends who wero „sorry to seo hlm depart and will be glad of the chance, to wolconio hlm hack again, Our socrotary spent mqst of last week In Maeleod In attendance nt court on bohalf of Brother Decoux. . Fred Raynor and W. Gouthro woro around following old acquaintances and relating tliolr experiences on Labor day. Thoro Is no lack of work around horo just'now at thoso mines as thoy aro kopt busy getting the necessary black diamonds to moot tho domands for tho famous Hillcrest steam coal, Donlco Smith, brother to Thomas, arrived horo from Wigan, Lancashire, for tho purposo of looking after W. Clough. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦. ♦ ♦ MICHEL. - ♦ ♦ . . ♦ ♦ ♦♦«<►♦♦ ♦ '♦ ,♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Several of our local, aspirants for steam engineers' certificates journeyed up to. Fernie this week, but we have not yet learned who were the successful ones. .We hope they all were. Thomas Crahan is advertising some Coleman property for sale of which Joe Graf ton, is the sales agent. The most convincing evidence that the sanitary arrangements are bad is the fact that there are no less than 12 cases of typhoid fever in the camp. The mere visiting by one who is supposed to attend to these matters does not and will. not prevent an epidemic. This, it is to be hoped, will hot only be looked into at once but remedies and preventltives be put into effect Immediately. We.aro to havo a little diversion provided here in the near future in the shape of moving pictures.. The building is being erected between Crahan's and Trltes-Wood's store. This we believe is to be under the management of Mr. Lockhart of Fernie, who will ojperate it. in'conjunction with Mr. Wallace of the Fernie opera house.. A trio of local, nimrods, Beard, Porter and Davy, went out a •• hunting i'or to catch a,bear.or deer, but sad to say they, like the can; came back., ■ That's all! The Michel anglers will hold their first banquet Saturday, the 17th, when the presentation* of prizes will be made and a thuioughly jolly time is assured. * .,',',. The new hotel of P. Zoratti in New Michel is fast nearing completion and is expected to be ready for occupancy within a month. The nominees selected from. this local for district officials were for president, Clem Stubbs, vice president, T. G. Harries;' secretary, A. J. Carter; international board member, Charles Garner; district board member, M. D. McLean. , The members of Michel Local, 2334, are fully* alive to the1 interests of their fellow workers* who, in different parts of Canada and , the United States,' are struggling with the operators in a fight for better conditions by responding to the official call for expects to be* gone about three months. - J. Virden "paid a visit to Lethbridge this week. W. H. Chappie - (Jun) of > our local hardware - establishment, is quite busily engaged building a fine cottage that we are inclined to think is a pretty safe sign..of an' approaching wedding. Good luck to you Willie. Miss Ella Emmerson, who has'been spending the vacation days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Emmerson, return-ed to Calgary on Monday to resume7.her college studies. Mrs. McDonald and Mrs. David Ryan were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Boasley on Wednesday. ' Messrs. Joe Ellison and T. Phillips are leaving to take up their abode von the Arrow lakes. We wish them every success in their new diggings. ,j The church going members of this locality are very sorry to know that Mr. J. G. Rogers contemplates leaving this field ln the near future. , During his stay among us his untiring efforts have certainly awakened an added interest in church affairs as proof of which is the marked Increase in congregations. He will preach here on Sunday, the 18th, taking for his subject, "Balsam," and on the 25th will deliver his farewell address, the topic being, we believe, "A Great Farewell to Life." ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ELKO NOTES; ♦ FOOTBALL. Fornio vs, Bollovuo will ploy tlto first round of tho cup tlo nt Bollovuo Saturday, Soptombor 17th. Looal lonvofl nt 0:18, I ,T s i X THE TEPEE A High Class Boarding House FIFTY ROOMS-COMFORTABLE, CtEAN AND CHEAP Electrically Lighted and Steam Heated Throughout R. FAIRCLOUGH, P™t™*°r COAL CREEK, B. C. Sn-assessrent-of-fCper^week-by a. unanimous vote. . There is plenty.*, of opportunity for fishing expeditions these days with the.mines working so little. Wouldn't there be a loud howl if the miners were' taking holidays when the' company wanted them to work? and yet they say there, is no unemployment In Canada. 7 A" crowd of eight traveling Thespians have been holidaying In our midst furnishing evening amusement to the natives who showed their appreciation of the efforts expended by patronizing them fairly well. Although .the work has beon slack thoro have been several accidents, the worst case being that of a Slavonian whose nnmo wo did not lenrn, , Ho wns Avorklng In No. 5 mlno and had a log broken. Another-nasty accident happened to William Talbot, who only started to work, horo roconlly, while driving a horso in No. 5, the.bruto kicked hlm In tho fnco breaking his noso and disfiguring him gonorally, Andy Morris, tho former provincial constablo of this camp must hnvo had a rnpld recovery from his attack of Insanity as wo understand ho is out In tho hills, If it had boon ono ot us minors tho chances aro that a gov- ornmont institution would havo been our postofflco address for at least n yoar. Thoro Is quite a numbor loavlng tho enmp for othor points whoro they think thoy can got moro stoady work thnn Is going nround horo Just now [lind unless thoro's a decided Improvement thoro nro lots moro who talk nbout pulling out. Tho slto for tho now hospital selected Bomo tlmo ago remains undlsturb- od and nothing Is known as to the probable dato for commonclng oxen- vntlon. Tho largo boarding houso Is making rapid stops townrd finishing and will bo quite an acquisition when completed aB lt Is a roomy building, Tho govornmont cIiooho box cnllod a Jail Is on Its wny across tho crook nnd will bo located In tho vicinity ot tho "Molly Canucks," Now ho good boyH or tho cop will got you If you don't wntch out. Savngo and Marsh went In search of big gnmo nml cnmo bnclc nilniin two lioi'ses, Probably tlioy woro stnmpodod hy Bruin. 11lilo your tin f-niiH ns they mny be needed soon, not for the prlzo baud, but because somr'body hnH rnpturnd n hiiBbntiil, Thb Hnllnn colony linn nlromly organized n hnnd with nbout HI) In- nlvn-ninnln rn ii'i-i mnv nv^onl- Mlolin^ to boi-ome nultn a muslcnl center. Tho sports committee hopo tn ho ftblo to furnish report and ir In time will forward particular-* for next week's papor, By Fred Roo,. Mr. and .Mrs. George F. Stevenson of-Fernie, the best looking couple oh the Crow, were the first to drive over the new government road from Fernie to Elko and return. The reason there were no Elko notes in last week's Ledger was the writer „was spending a,week down around Robsville and Gateway and attended the'- old-timers' dance clown there and took* the first prize, (a large mirror) for being the homeliest man on Tobacco Plains, discounting the Methodist minister on points and winning by seven votes. Charlie Yandle, rough rider and expert with rod and gun, is visiting South Fork this week. \ (Nuff said.) One of pur good Waldo farmers dr_ove_lnto"_Elko__with._hisT\Yife_this. COLEMAN NOTES BY 22 week. Nothing very remarkable about this you know. Lots 'of farmers bring their wives to Elko, ° but' here's the story. When the couple arrived in Elko each set on their respective errands., When the farmer got through his business he"jumped into the rig and drove home in a big hurry never once thinking of anything wrong until he reached home, wlfen the children set up a howl for their mother. Hamilton, the man noted for his mnny good points, was in Elko this week selling pins and needles. Mr. and Mrs. T. Letcher of Fernie arrived * In Elko, Sunday with' their automobile, tho first auto over the now govornment road'to Elko. While In Elko they' were tho guests of Mr. Roo. Aftor lunch they rodo out to the Progrosslvo Investment company's fruit tract. Mr. Letcher owns 1G0 ncres of land adjoining the Elko towiislto and was looking up the damage done by tho recent bush fires to his tlmbor. J. D. McBrldo, Archlo Loitch and several ladles nrrived in Elko Saturday with their automobile. Miss Agnes Allen of Nelson, B. C, oponcd up tho ltoosvlllo public school for businoss, September 12th, Tobacco Plains," , Government Tlmbor Inspector Carney wns ln Elko this week and com- pllmontod us for our voracity which Is n hoiiBohold word throughout tho PnsB. The Mlssos Ilallup of Calgary aro visiting Miss Irono McKqo In Elko this wook. N. Latham Collins of tho Calgary Hornld staff Is spondlng his vacation In Elko mixing business with pleasure Inducing 05 por cont of tho residents of this hyiiclnlli tinted and pic- lurosquo burg to become subscribers to tlio Herald. Mr. Collins will also wrlto up tho wholo district, and will trim Frod Uoo'n writings to a hmflens brunch. Mrs, C. 1<], Ayro nnd Miss Muriel loft Elko for a throo months' visit to nrniidon, Winnipeg nnd Manitoba, MiiKlcr Ernest nlso loft for Cnlgnry, rnluriilng to tlio ■' West orn HuhIiiohh college Mr, A, 13. Ayro, who Ih gnu- oral innnn*. r of tho North Star Lumber company with mills nt. Crnnbrook, Jnffrny, . Ingf-tonr* nnd llm cnnut, loft fnr Nolson, whoro Ik* will moot Mr. John Ilnnbiirg, president of tho compnny. Tho only Ayro that wns loft In Mlko wns Clmrllo nnd Riindny ho wont, out to llityni-s lnko duck hIiooIIiw, C. P. II. 'mirveyoi'H nro plotting out. ncre lots Joining tlio Klko lownslle. - The Bon Ton Ice Cream Parlors caters for your.trade. Supplies Ice cream, soft drinks of all flavors and fruits. Mrs. S. Ingram; proprietress. Keep your eyes peeled for the special prices quoted by the Co-Operative. Read tlieir hand bills. It will pay you ,to take advantage of -the bargains offered. There was great rejoicing around here when the verdict of the Maeleod jury was known and the workers ought to realize that this is a good proof as they can have of the benefit of unionism. Decoux alone could have done but littlo on his own behalf. His personal friends would have found tlieir efforts of little avail, but with the whole force of tho U. M. W. A. of District 18 interested It was a different matter. Let us always keep before us that an Injury to one is the concern of all.1 We noticed that two of our Coleman residents took a very active Interest in this matter, Wm. Powell, our president, and Dr. Porter. We were glad to note that W. B. managed to keep but of jail. It would have been rather awkward for him at this stage of the game to find himself a lone inmate of a cell. ' _ A. C. Flumerfelt of Victoria, president of the I. C. &.Co., I_ M. Galer, of. the B. C. & A. Trust company of . ancouver .* and Mr. Riddell accompanied' by his two sons, spent the week end in town. . Coleman and Coal Creek met in a pouring rain, The first goal fell to the credit of- Coleman by a long shot from Easton's kick. This put ginger into the visitors and before one-half time was called they had equalized " matters. Throughout the rest of the' game it looked as though the result-would ,be a draw, but barely' one minute, before , the" whistle sounded to cease' play Coal Creek captured another.' * . . There is great, . dissatisfaction around here at the action of the- league' committee at the suspension of the Coleman boys. and others not mentioned. The' Coleman^ boys were registered nine days before the match while the other two were not yet "on Canadian soil. The players ought not __o__h.ave been suspend_ed,_bu__he. Frank club that* offered -the bait; There was a goodly batch of Frank and Bellevue spectators at the match between Coal Creek and Coleman. ' That naughty, nude sprite called Cupid has been very free with his darts around these parts . since incorporation. Among other's that fell victim to' the little rascal was our friend Walter Nelson, who recently returned from the east. We wish him and her all kinds of good things. Mrs. Egerton ..is the. proud mother of an only daughter. Mrs. Coreo presented Fred with a dandy bouncing boy and' ho is' so tickled that everyone ho met had to celebrate the glorious event and the babe's ,hend was well wet with tho ambrosia dispensed by . the Union hotel, Tho bnnd was out ln forco. Thore wns considerable discussion and some wagers mndo as to thc nnrno of the tune that was played, but when Frod was asked ho replied: "Wull ho noo come abek again," We extend our sympathy to William Murr who was delighted at. tho advent of a son, only to loso tho littlo ono a few days lator. Mrs. Murr is at prosont vory sick nnd wo certainly hopo for her speody restoration to full strength nnd vigor. Mrs. J. Glllotto, nnd family from Nelson, B. ' C, woro tho guests of J. Hatflold for a week. Wlillo Jack Johnson was removing some shoot Iron In No. 4 mlno a Tall of rock foil and brulsod his log. Uo Is getting nlong nicely. Fred Cox had tho misfortune to got his foot Jammed wlillo at work In No. 2, He Is at present being enrod for at his sister's. There aro persistent rumors afloat that thoro Is to bo a nhniigo of hands of tho Grnnd Union hotol. lt will In- dood ho a sorrowful stnto of nrraliH If Clmrllo has to look ror nnotlior placo to bonrd nnd an our synipathtos go out to him wo trust that somo kind-hearted lady will come forward and take him under her wing. P. S.— He, only weighs 2U0 pounds avoirdupois. 1 We are pleased to note that our fellow townsman, J. W. Faulkner, engineer with the International Coal and ■ Coke" company, passed a very' creditable examination in Fernie last week and was awarded his certificate as a second class steam engineer for the Province of British Columbia. He also holds a second class certificate for Alberta. " - FAMOUS CASE CONCLUDED (Continued from Pago Ono.) not stay , the development of pus then he would havo produced local anaesthesia and excised tho diseased area; that, traumatic pneumonia might supervene from a severe blow was possible, Arthur Descamps gave his evidence in very good English and described his doings just prior to the accident and Immediately thereafter: It, was he who loaded tho runaway car and helped, Decoux and Brtot to start it. That this done he went on about his work while Decoux started after h'.s horse which had taken fright. That upon going down after-the car hart escaped he noticed that one > of the uprights was -knocked out which Briot ordered repaired. Upon being asked by Mr. Simmons regarding the alleged statement of Briot that "This accident had .to occur in order to get the slope altered,",, it -■ was ruled out. When cross-examined he was asked If he were not a better letter writer than miner because of his having written a letter to this paper which evidently did not suit those who were responsible., for the conditions' that .actuated it. This question was decidedly irrelevant but it was not ruled out. A number of other witnesses were called to answer questions relative to the dispute*in which 'Decoux was reputed to have made threats but all of these "testified that, although there' had * been a heated conversation about some cars that it was not be^yeen Decoux and Lobert biit between Froubert and the accused, man. > Louis Mattell, who was pumpman on shift, at the time of the accident _nd-_when—he^saw— the-ca^-careering* along he shouted out' "Attention! Attention!'! but his cries were not heard. He worked with the, others to extricate the injured in which De* coux aided almost superhumanly, John Robinson, a mining engineer of Frank, was called to the stand and gave some interesting testimony on the sprag question. Ho also stated that he saw the experimental trip of the car that was pushed by White, but that lt was kopt under control all tho way down, otherwise it might have caused an accident. This gentleman was ,9110 of tlio coroner's jury that exonerated Decoux. ' The salient features of the address of W, C. Simmons, counsel ,for the defense were: That the recognized dangerous character of the mine was ln itself uu additional mental strain upon the employees; crltlclHm of tho crown for allowing F.' Frobert to leave the country; tho failure to call Louis Mattell, tho pumpman, an oyo-. witness, and tho nbsonco of nn nnto- 'mortem statement by Lobert. Thn crown prosecutor "In reply ox- pressod rogrot for tho nbsonco of Frobert; laid" stress upon tho fnct that Decoux knowing lho iliiiigiiroiiM nature of tlio Hlopo did not oxcixlse more enro nnd that this knowledgo couplod with ]ils omission to run nftor tho enr and shout a wnfiihig, ought to convlnco the jury that ho should bo hold for manslaughter nt lonst. Tho judgo in summing up, although not. hoavy In his observations on the murder chargo, but descanted throughout on tho mimslaughtor phase. He counted out tho tostlmony of Dr, Portor, tho medical export called by lho tlofeiiHO, Thu iiIIuhIoiis to tlio condition of the mlno ho did not doom pertinent to tho question nt Ihhuo, although ho did coiiHlilor thnt pohhohh- Ing UiIh knowledge Hhould have mmlo Docoux moro cnri-fiil. Ilo then followed up with a illsBortntlon on the exercise of care citing. Lord Chief Russell as an authority that if the . jury found the accused guilty of negligence in the ordinary discharge of' his duty then he should be considered, guilty of manslaughter, but If on tho contrary they thought it was dono . with intent then it ceased to be an * act of carelessness.* He then pointed out the self-evident fact that'even if spragged and allowed to proceed without attention it would gain momentum at every foot and of this Decoux was aware. He alluded to the remarks that had been made about Lobert giving instructions relative ,to, leading the horse down, but as Lobert was not in authority they ought not to , give f.his attention. He then concluded by telling the jury there wero three possible verdicts to render. Guilty of murder, or of manslaughter, or not guilty.. The jury retired and after having returned for the'purpose of asking for instruction as to their ability to add a rider returned and tho following verdict resulted as the evidence of their deliberations: "We find the prisoner Not Guilty. "We recommend as a rider to our verdict that*' the attention of the Alberta government be called to this case and that it be requested to take Immediate steps to have proper mine inspection, made frequently and efficiently, which in our minds had riot , been done heretofore, as'tho evidence in this case shows gross, carelessness by the mine management in matters pertaining to the safety of the lives of the workmen, and we recommend that properly certified and capable men be in charge, and . on the grounds during all working hours.* (Signed) C. H. Baker, (foreman); A.' W. Bussell, B. H. Robertson, J. Swinerton, J .B. Sutherland, Bernard Stewart." Thus ends one bf the remarkable cases of recent days and the many friends" of Arthur Decoux were delighted at the result, although feeling that if there-1 was any justice, left in tlie province that it could not be otherwise as there was not even a scintilla of proof for the -serious charge laid against him although it took two juries to extricate him from the law's meshes. The court was crowded at the time of the jury's decision and there is not the slightest doubt that the spectators, with . the possible exception of those who had been instrumental and also the ,instr.umehts_of—thls-lGiigthy-incarcera tion of aninnoceut man were pleased. We are Indebted to the correspondent sent specially* by the Lethbridge Herald for the principal features of the trial supplemented by the details of the several officers of District 18. who were present. LETTER FROM DR. A. MARTIGNV. Frank, Alta., Sept. 12, 1910. The District Ledger, J. W.' Ueiineti. •■ Editor,' FernI-3. B. C. Mr. Editor: In your number of tho 10th inst. re Decoux"s trial you report: "Friday, 9th, Inst.: Drs. McNally, Lethbridge; Dr. Parker, Colemnn, nnd Dr. Kennedy of Maeleod WILL GIVE EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT LOBliJIlT HAD NOT BERN TREATED WITH BEST MEDICAL SKILL." I suppose this from tlio redaction: Do not ask n phyHiclnn to do mlrnclcK In deadly cases such ns Lobert's. Do not wait till.a minor or mon nre deadly hurt to ask for Improvement, iik specified In the jury's vordlct. Strike! for yonr livos first nnd for monoy afterwards! It would bo moro common hoiiho! II. Ih duo lo my devoted niul VKUY BUST TREATMENT If Lobort survived and fought lon long days! I consider your roport as false and unjust, nnd In Justlco Hhould bo retract od, Drs. McNally ami Kennedy novor nppcared in court; Dr. Porter's tost I-. monlal said nothing going against my treatment. , Such a roport, would, I consider, tond to hurt my ropiitiitlon imioiigHt minors for which I nlwnys did nnd nm nlwiiyH roady to do my utmost, ns my first duty, Plonso enmmunloato my lottor to the president, Mr. Powell, llollovo me, Mr. Editor, yours truly, A, L, Do Murtigny, M. I). P, S.—You mny publish this lottor. &Qi^ii$&GG'$-4$'G'S'-C,& ♦ ♦ <# BELLEVUE NOTES ♦ ./<*Lf«••,.*•.* *i GRAND THEATRE, MINERS' HALL i.jxjiujLiujiiaBrgJi'umHMii Am Borry lo roport thnt our worthy socrotnry, Jntnog Durko, Ib under tho wenther with a sevoro attack of neuralgia, hut wo all hope thnt ho will uooii hu fico from thia dUuiii'Duuhlu companion. Mra. James AHisopp, of thli liurg. has heen Buffering for somo time pant and with a vlow to trying thc effect* or a son \oyaga a* a romody will shortly tako a trip to tho old homo In Nottingham iKiiKlanrl*-, which tt is to be hoped may havo tho beneficial result of complete restoration. She week from Wnldn. not on prnfesnlnnnl hiislnosH, hut Just to got hl» horsos shod, IliislncKs Is ripping In Klko nml everybody hnppy. MIhs Jessie MoDoiiriiH of Worthier 'nim** Wi fill '*'•» Y'l-ni*) \U,n 'hvci, '1 anUiii'-s old friends, nUo Jack Wright of thn namo burg. Ilnggngomnn MacDonnhl, of tlio C. P. R, pn&Hongor boat train Is not getting RO cents a quart for camorH milk from Fred Roo a* atalcd In tho Grape Vine opcclal. Watch this column next week. Mnvino* Picture ?**ho w Got on the voters list nl onto nn the time (ln limited. Last day for registration (a the 7ih -day of October as the renrt o* revision clo*e* M days lator. C. M. O'Brien will apeak In the Minor*' halt on Kun-Uy nl-ihl undor tho auspices of the Hodallat Party of Canada.' The Best Pictures Being Shown in Fernie Prices 10 and 15 Cents _ *WJ^*.-^*t&V**'l&m*e**M£-»toi*?l*!*C: s.TitatiA'arjm- uati- .-*, .^L^^»*.»__,_HiJWA^>_aiLl_Ato<, „, _».■..,■,.,■•,-■.« ^.____.i^..-*.- .iri% jw-h- -/Mzt-uytf ya,-=nwiii!ti^.c: ryi.-r-TtynrjTTim' L__n.ni wum n*_wniw ujc.**- PAGE SIX THE DISTRICT LEDGER; FERNIE, B. C„ SEPTEMBER 17, 1910. The Power Used in Mines and Mining .Men, Horses, Mechanical Power and Explosives The Payments Made in case of Accidents < 0 By Edward O'Toole. When mining first began human beings furnished the power. They , broke the coal and loosened it with crude tools fashioned by hand from * wood, stone, or iron, often carrying it on their backs, in baskets made from willows or bark from trees, to places where it was used, sometimes it being necessary to,carry It up ladders for considerable, distances. When, there became what was considered in those early days a scarcity of' labor, animals, such as horses, donkeys, oxen, etc.,,were brought into use for the purpose of raising and transporting the material mined. Afterwards explosives were introduced to help break down thc materials,' hydraulic, steam and electric machinery coming later for1 various * purposes. This gave six sources of power; . namely, labor, animal, explosive', hydraulic, steam, and electricity, the five latter being introduced by the miner to lighten his labor. This will bring us to the present, when the percentages of power cost, as used by the United States..,Coal and Coke company, and the percentages of energy produced, are as follows. Cost En'gy Per , Per Cent Cent Labor cost per ton ..... S7.6 38 Total livestock expense.. 4.0 ■ 12 Mechanical power 4.7 35 Explosives '. 3.7 15 100.0 ' 100 The above shows that while our mines are well equipped with machinery, we are still large employers of labor. This labor is divided into executive, engineering, supervising, -laborers, and clerical. The engineers directing what, is to be done and how to do it, the supervising department carrying out the ideas of the engineers by directing the laborers and guiding'them in the most practical . way to perform their task, the laborers performing the task, and the clerk in the accounting department keeping the accounts and distributing the allotted compensations. . Of the various departments, the super vising.-is the most important, for the reason that the labor is the most expensive- item;—and—therefore;—the- most important; and a good executive is' considered of ■ more importance than a good engineer. As the mechanical appliances around a mine increase, the engineer becomes of more value, particularly is this' the case where the property being developed* is large and the , machinery diversified. When the engineer Is thoroughly competent, does the advance thinking,. and gives his property the - attention it should have, his value is second to none. We appreciate the value of the engineer' and employ him possibly more than he is employed by the mining industry generally. Our supervising department follows the plans and the Instructions given by our engineers, but they are encouraged in reporting what, in thoir •minds, will bo desirable changes; nnd they are often able to assist tho engineering department with suggestions, otherwise thoy simply supervise and direct. The Konernl labor around coal mines Is diversified. Our laborers represent 12 nationalities, and' as the Americans nro divided between whltos and negroes, tlioy actually represent 115, which are as follows; We employ no police officers except the regularly elected constables and justices of the peace, and they do not have sufficient business to make a living at their office. This, I believe, ■ will compare favorably with any community where any class of people are employed in the same numbers. The other, or . accounting department, needs no comment, it being the" same as the clerical department of any mining company. Source of Power. The introduction ot explosives in coal mining was very unfortunate, as there is hardly a mining community that has not suffered from a disaster which Is directly traceable to them, and of late years, as their use has Increased, the disasters have become more frequent; and in communities where their use has been unrestricted, it being left to the Judgment of the individual miner, the results have been appalling. Fortunately for those engaged In coal mining, the government is now testing' explosives and giving their approval to those that will Justify It, after a public demonstration. The powder they approve they term a "permitted explosive;" and if the people will use this permitted explosive', in limited quantities at each blast we will surely have fewer disasters, and-the fatalities and, injuries to employes will be greatly reduced. All of the mining countries in Europe have what is known as a charge limit, and in Belgium the use of explosives is not permitted in gaseous mines under any circumstances or for any purpose. Explosives are undoubtedly of great service to - the * miner and assist him materially in getting his coal, but their use would better be stopped entirely than to go on at its present cost to human life.* * - ■- We use only permitted explosives in our mines, or powder that has passed the* government testing station. The miners seem to prefer those listed under the name of Colliers or Monobel, which are recommended and sold'to us as a powder that will not deteriorate and can tie bought in carload lots, whicli is quite an item to us, situated as" we are, so'far, from the source"' of supply. The only requirements we make of the powder people is that the powder will sell"to the mine at 5 cents per stick. Our The ratio of accidents for the first four months of'the year 1910, in our mines, is as follows: -■" - Fatal. Falls of slate and -coal Mine cars and motors .. Per Cent * • • • ■ ou.-J ...*.. 16.7 Nationality American . Hungarian Slnvs ItUHSitlllH ,, Poles German .., Italian .... Roumanian French .., Oreok Rpnnlsh ... Swi'dis .,,, Ni-Kroes ., Por Cont .... 17.80 .... 22.20 .... .""-.SO .... 3,00 .... 4.no iiO .... 13,80 ,,,, r-.r.o 01 Ofi 01 02 .... 20.S0 100,00 You will not Ico iho nbsonco of Dw. 1'hiKllHh. Scot eh niul Ii'IhIi, which imlloiinlltles in former yours were niinn-imiH iuiioiik* thu rnnk nnd fllo of mini' Inhori-rs, whom mlitliiK Iiiih yi-i-ii' ciirrUul on for n number or •yours, they -n* iheir dill-li'i'ii nro Hill] Inwly I'liiplnyeil, Inn wllh un limy um only rcpri-M-iitrd lu the official fhiHHi-H. Koine At Dw nbovo nation- ulltlow Hi-i- iiisu i'epm*.*i*iit-*il milium lho officliilH, ptirllculiirly tho (lermnn, Ilnllnn, nnd lliinriirliiii, Tin-He people nil tnul. • very -_«ii| mine muployi-H, umi, If properly liiMtriiftoil, soon rec- OKIlIze till! lie-'OHSlly (if cuiv und roii d Ily fnl-ipt tlioniHolvon to nny safety iui-iikiii-cs Intmiliiond for \\w\r ''■-•'I'l' «•-..., r. rt (I,,. ,,,,-..■,*>,,,• n,-n rei'l-li'-JH nud lire prone to tllkfl clii-tn-eK, tun iIiIh npplios to somo of the yciutiKor oiicb only, and usunlly tho TWiiiirn! min am hk-iil miners, calm bio mid trustworthy, Tlioy nioiitly follow thn triinsportnlion nnd me. ihliii'S. motors, etc,, nml wlii-ie premiums nm offered for the caro or tho machinery thoy nre often successful In en nil uk thorn. Our miners and othor laborers around tho mines aro required to obey die mining law nnt! the rules of the company, which thoy do fairly vi-ll; imd while hoiiiw twu nr thn-u years «ko, whon breaking up tlio blast Ing from tho solid, It wan nnv- -M-mnry to have some of thom proso« eutetl. I havo heard of no breach of the law nr rule* slnco that time. Those peoplo are alio law abiding and ppftp-efiil nt th-Mr homes or on the streets, and with a population of 10,00/) tn 12,000 In thla mountainous dUtrlct, w* have -very littlo trouble. charge limit for. these powders is _.-■>£' pounds. \irimal power is also largely used in" our mines, equaling 4 per ecnt of the total power cost, while the energy produced is about 12 per cent. We have made some efforts to introduce mechanical power to displace the mule, but. so far, for. certain services, he has proved indispensable. The mule is the principal animal power, but. horses are used In somo of our mines. Mechanical power will undoubtedly bo the power of the future; and while the cost of the mechanical power used oiily represents 4;7 por cent," of tho total,cost of mining coal, we supply mechanically more than 35 por cent, of the total energy required. ■ This would certainly justify us ln endeavoring to Increase tho uso of mechanical power at the expense of powor of any other kind, The. introduction of machinery Into coal mining has como by- numeorus wnys, lt was first usod to ralso material out of shaft workings, then water,' thon as a transportation and ventilating powor, and Inst, to undermine' the coal. Tho ran- fclilncs used for tho dlfforont purposes hnvo been subjected to a scries of modifications; and while some havo boon simplified, somo have boon mndo more complicated as their usos havo boon oxtended, until at present, wo have the solf-propolllng under and over-cutting mining machlno, tho oloc- trie and comprossca-nlr haulnge motors, which operate with equal facility both on tho surface nnd In tho mlno, Hilary pumps, nnd electlic-drlvon, solf-slnrtliiB, ventilating funs, Wo nlso have (,'xiondeil sytseniH of underground railroads or hiiuhiguwiiys, In somo In- hIiiikioh laid wllh Hills which wolgh 00 pounds lo thn ynrd: vnst numbers of mine curs, nnd othor (-qiiipmont too numerous In mention, which coHt monoy to liiHtnll und opcrnto; but tho cost Is Insignificant when comparoil with t,hu enst of Inlinr, und It would be utterly Impossible to find lnbor to proiluci* hull' our prosont tnunngo shoiihl we dispense with tlio.uso of milling machines foi' iiiidorciiltlug tbo conl und tho oxploslvoH for blustlng ll down, In fuel, with nil our mu. chlnei'y, thom never wns u time In the history of mining when lnbor wns ns Kcnrco iih It In todny, This lii'lng Ilie enso, it behooves iih who wish lo Kluy In the mining IiuhIiiuhh to find mom ways nml iiu-iiiih of using machinery. Wo must also find ways of Improving the mucliliiery we now have lo mnko ll moro effective. Wo must find moro direct mothotls of Up|-|-illiK oiil Jiuui-i, \\„ iuu.m ci,- jiiltrile nil u-clr-i" fipenitlnn-i nml roundabout wnys; go to the portions of thn mining operations which now require the niuuunl lnbor and apply niechnnlcfil power lo thn snmo In our efforts to reduce tho cost of labor per lon, At. tho present tlmo wo nre developing, and havo pnrtly dovelopod, a system of mining ntul handling conl, which wo think will ellmlnato a lnrgo portion or lnbor now used, particularly whoro tho coal mined Is to be used for tho inaniifni luring of coko or tho raising of steam, whoro the thing i'il il ho dom: by iiicuus of mechanical atokors. Wo hnve accomplished this by the use of a mnchlno which cut* out tho totnl thickness of the scam, removing thc coal aa It la cut by the machine to thn out- aide by means of currenta of air at high volo.cltl.pH, on tho order ot the pneumatic carpet cleaner. We have termed this method of handling con) "The Pneumatic Transportation.*- Wo have had an experimental plant in operation at our, No.' 9 ■- mine for a period of about six months, and are now through with our experiments, ( having gathered all the data we consider it necessary to have for the establishing of a commercial operation. We will operate this plant for the benefit of the Mining Institute, and after said operation the experimental plant will be partly dismantled. In the changing of mining from hand power to mechanical power, both for mining and transportation purposes, we have largely" increased the number of accidents, not only per 1,000 men employed, but per 1,000 tons of coal mined as well. This shows clearly that the Introduction of machinery so far has,not paid when calculated on the basis of accidents. This.increase of accidents applies to the mines In. which no machinery is used, as-well ns to the machine mines, aud it Is undoubtedly caused by the changes' in the occupation of the men In tho machlno mine, and to the Increased amount of coal they endeavor to get in the hand mines to compete with the machine mines. . This Increase of accidents cannot go on, as it is now much higher in this country than in Europe, I will not use' the general terms, "Where the mining is more hazardous," but .say instead, where tlie conditions of labor are more severe and exacting; neither will I attribute It to our less skilled labor, but rather blame our less rigid discipline, freedom, and variable methods, of -operation. There is an awakening; the public is being aroused to a sense of responsibility in 'the matter of industrial accidents, and to the amount of property and. distress occasioned by them, not only in coal mines, but in every ' other industry, and will gladly pay the few additional cents per ton. necessary to permit the business to be conducted- in a more safe and humane manner, and whatever additional cost is necessary to alleviate the suffering, and distress caused by unavoidable accidents. " I wish to assure you and the public at large that there is no coal operation but -what will gladly sacrifice its dividends,-if by^so doing it can-; reduce the number, of accidents in and around the mine. To reduce these accidents it will be necessary foi"; the miners to be; Injuries. Falls of slate and coal Mine cars and motors , Blasting coal Mining machines Miscellaneous D' '...... 100.0 Per Cent 47.2 .."... 38.9 2.8 2.8 8.3 - 100.0 FERNIE UNION DIRECTORY Lizard Local General Teamsters No. „ ,141. Meets every Friday night.at I 8' p.in. Miners-union hall. :A. L" "Boles, President; William Long, Re-, cording Secretary. - ' ■*.-•., Bartenders' Local No. 514: Meets 2nd - and 4th Sundays at 2.30 p.m. Secretary J. A. Goupill, Waldorf Hotel. , Gladstone Local No. 2314'U. M. W.A. Meets 2nd and 4th Saturday Miners Union hall. D. liees, Se.--.- * (This shows very plainly, under our present method of mining, that the large percentage of accidents come immediately under the supervision of the minor officials of the mine, and can be materially reduced if these officials give slate and loose coal their personal attention; and 1 am glad to inform you that'I believe <we are now on the right road to eliminate a large number of the accidents at our mine. Our officials are beginning to understand1 that there , is something expected of them besides gottlng cheap coal. I thank you, gentlemen for your kind attention, and I hope that something I have said may assist you In not only producing your coal moro cheaply In dollars and cents, but that you will use your best efforts to bring the mining accident record of West Virginia, not only up to the record of any state in the union, but the equal of any in the world. So be it.— Mines and Minerals. Typographical Union No. 555.' Meets last Saturday in each.month at the Ledger Office. A: J, Buckley, Secretary.- -. -,-.'■' Local Fernie No. 17 S. P. of C. Meets In Miners Union Hall every Sunday at 7.45 p.m. Everybody, welcome. D. Paton, Secretary-Treasurer, DR. WRIGLESWORTH, D. D. S. DENTIST. Office: Johnson-Faulkner.Block. Hours 9-12; 1-6; "-Phono 72 "ernle 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 Avo. W. R. Ross K. C. ... W. S. Lane ROSS & LANE Barristers^and Solicitors ,'. Fernie, B. C. Canada. Amalgamated Society Carpenters and Joiners:—Meet In Miners Hall every alternate Thursday at 8 o'clock. A. Ward, secretary. P. O. 307. ANCIENT COAL WORKINGS. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.—Local 1220. D. J. Evans, President; F. H. Shaw, Secretary. COST OF ENGLAND'S NAVY. L. P. Eckstein D. E. McTaggart ECKSTEIN & McTAGGART BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. Cox Strict Fernie B. C. THE FERNIE LUMBER CO. . *..." A. McDougallJMgr Manufacturers of and Deal- ers in all kinds of Rough ■ *■* and Dressed Lumber Send us your orders F. C. Lawe "come-more urdroTiginy~fa"miIiar;~witir the machinery and with the conditions created . by its use, and to .protect the machines with guards of different kinds so that accidents from the same will be impossible. Where coal is still mined by hand, it will,be,necessary to revert to the old method of mining; namely, the' undercutting' of coal must be done as formerly, so that large charges of powder will be unnecessary. In both cases^ the supervision will havo to be moire thorough and vigilant than it has been heretofore. ' , " I would suggest increasing the number of district mine foremen, so that the working places can bo visited three to four times each day, and that some means be adopted to insure his attention to business, particularly In regard to accidents, In addition, I would suggest each company putting accidents on a financial basis, which would' tako the naturo of nn Insurance or assuranco to the victim, and that In case of accidents, whether fatal, serious," or minor, for* that matter, a stipulated amount will be received by- hlm, sufficient nt lonst to furnish tho necessarlos of life during tho disnblomont period, and In cases of permanent or fatal accidents n stipulated sum. Tho following Is the basis on which tho United Stntos, Coal and Coko compnny, ns well ns nil oilier constituent companies of the stoel corporation, award payments In case of accidents; Temporary Disablement, Slnglo Mon—Slnglo men who havo boon flvo yours or Iobr In the sorvlco of tlm compiiny shnll rocolvo U,"- porcont of tho dnlly wngos they woro receiving nt tlio timo of tbo neeldont. Single mon of more thnn flvo yours sorvlco shnll rocolvo un iiddlllonnl 2 por omit for ench your of service nvor flvo yours. Ilut In no"cnno shall Hlnglo men rocolvo more llinn $1.R0 por dny, Murrli'il Mon.—Mnrrloil men living with lliolr fmnllloH, wlio lmvo been In thn sorvlco of tho compiiny five yenrs or Iohh, sliiill rocolvo flO per cont of tlm daily wiikch they uro hi- ccIvImk nt thn tlmo of the nccldont, l-'or ciicli iiililltloiial yonr of sorvlco nbovo five yi-nrs *_ pur cont. shall bo added to the relief, For each child under If! yonrs t> por cont. shall bo nddod to thn rollof. Ilut In no ciiho shnll ihiu relief exceed $'_, per day for mnrrled mon. Porinanent Disablement, I'oi* lliu Iohh ul u liiiiui, 1*. hu-iiiiih wji;,.'.*. For thc loss of mi nrm, IR months wnp-os, Ker tho loss of n foot, il months wogos, For tlio loss of a log, 12 months wnges. For tho loss of ono eye,' (1 months wngos. Fatal Accidents. In the caso or married men living with their families, who hnvo hoon In lho Korvlco of the company five years or loss, nnd lonvo widows, or children under 10 years of asc, lhe company will pny rellof to tho nmount equal to 18 months wngos of the docensed employe For each ndditlonftl your of service abovo flvo years, 3 per cont. •hnll ho added to this relief. For each child undor 16 years. 10 por cent fthftti ho lidded lo thU rullof. In addition to tho above, wo havo adopted n system of pnylng premiiiius for the elimination of accidents. By the completion of the six-inch survey of Pembrokeshire the whole of tho South Wales coal-field has now been covered. Mr. H. H. Thomas, in completing the mapping of the carboniferous tract between Newgale and Nolton Haven, finds that the lowest coal measures occur on the northern side of Newgale Marsh and are followed by a shale-series with the most important coals. These have , been worked along the southern side of the marsh and in the West Hills, and probablyat Simpson also.' The highest measures strike parallel to-the coast to the north of Nolton and contain several good veins which have been worked on the cliff, and at .the Folly and Trevrahe. They are associated with strong sandstones,*and thus form a series differing markedly, from the shale series below;. , At Nolton also Mr. T. C. Cantrill finds *the lower or. shaly group with several coal veins most of which, have been, worked in past tinjes, • to be succeeded by. the same upper*or Pennant-like sandstone ■group., .in which coals, though present. are, less numerous. This group presents a general lithological resemblance to the Llynfi Rock and Pennant of other parts of the coal field, a resemblance noted in .1846 by De la Beche. A somewhat complex struc- of the coal measures between Newgale * and Nolton is noted by Mr. Thomas. , From ■ Nolton northwards the veins strike duo north, with a westerly dip,. biit south of Chapel they turn abruptly to the north of Trevrane with a northerly strike, and after a short course turn westward along the low ground towards Bathes- land and the sea. At Nolton Mr. Cantrill finds several Important structural features affecting the carboniferous tract. In the first place the strong south-south-easterly dip whicli the Ordovlcan and Silurian rocks had acquired ln pre-carboniforoits-tlme has made the unconformity at the base of- tho carboniferous cocks most conspicuous. One after another the outcrops of tho older rocks In the old platform nro overstepped' by the Millstone Brit. ' But, the platform having a slight declination southward, overlap within the carboniferous series Itself was set up,—Science and Art of Mining. UKRAINAIN CONVENTION. Ulcmlnnln Socialists hold their first annual convontlon In Edmonton on August 22-27 with 20 official dole- gatos from various locals of tlio west- orn provinces and coiiBldornblo roiitlno work was dono. The main • purposo of this convontlon waB to docldo regarding the futuro policy to bo pursued as to coiitliuianco or not with tho S, P. of C, Tho question of withdrawal had boon ngltiilod hy lliolr oi'Biin, Hobotchyj Nnrod, of which Mr. Slochlshln Is tho editor, Tho Ukrainian elomout, which for tho past two yonrs was orKunly.uif and affiliated with tho S. I\ of C. had tnkon vury net Ivo participation in tho movomont anil roconlly whon tlioy had succeeded In esinbllHhliig their own pnpor with the editorship In tlm IiiiiuIh of Mr, Sieclii'Hhln in Winnipeg tlio movement was well under' wny iih ii st might Socialist revolutionary, but when recently n misunderstanding nroso within their own rnnks and a fow of tlio londors woro discontented with tho way affairs were conducted In tho Kngllsh local they hognn an iiggrosslvo agitation against tho B, 1'. of C, nu a wholo and lho Itohuidiyi Nnrod cnmmoiicod n campaign nlso, Mnny of tho Ukrainian socialists nre V.Ol :\}\ I'l'.fflclC'iitly •"•nil VCM-fO'l I'l ll\f> Mnn-llHli lniiKintKn to he nblo to follow tho ronl fonturos of tho controversy from tho viewpoint of the Western Clarion naturally took the opinions of {ho Robutchy Nnrod an tliolr guide nnd nt Iho recent convention r,.\. i„«iiiiiij *.u*.*cm w'.-vu.u.ub ****-) ***'*-'- HiigRostlon of tho paper except J. W. Seiiu-nliik, Harry Topllncky nnd Tliomnn Toninshovsky and thb result was suvorunco from lho 8, P. of C. and to form a now pnrty styled the Social Democratic Pnrty of Canndn. Wlmlher or not their efforts will succeed Is ot present an opon question, but It la to be hoped that the leHiiIt of tlie experiment will prove to thom conclusively tho lesson that hns already bofln tint of others not to allow the personal strife of Individuals to pormll thom to forsake the scientific and revolutionary stand of the a. l\ C. Put not your truat, lu "lenders" but let your guide be always the strnlitht and clonr cut philosophy of Socialism. The first lord of the admiralty, Reginald McKenna, gave the house of commons some, interesting ' figures about the navy the other day. - He gave the following figures ■ showing the tonnage of the effective. fighting ships of the navies of Great Britain, Germany and the' United States at different periods: , ■ United Great Britain Germany States 1S80 664,888 145,500 1890 ......1,119,095 165,064 120,125 •1900 ...... 1,S89,614 293.4C1 209,300 1906 ....; .1,891,307 441,666 ' 476,276 1907' 1,885,966 447,820'-547,222 1908 ..'....1,934,368 638,714 ' 629,747 1909 2,046,126 544,073 706,207 From 1906 onward, second and third class battleships, coast defense ships and sloops, gunboats and subsidiary vessels have been omitted, as not being effective fighting ships in the British list. Mr. Clough, M. P., asked-. Mr. McKenna to state the total capital cost of construction and armament equip ment of the Indomitable, Invincible, Inflexible, *■ Indefatigable, Neptune, Colossus, Hercules, Orion; Lion, Princess Royal,. Conqueror, Monarch and Thunderer; .what is the annual cost of maintenance and ammunition* of each of these battleships,and what is -the—annual—cost—of—maintenaiice_aii(L pay'of officers and men of each of these battleships in full commission. . Mr. McKenna said that of the ships named the first six have "been com pleted and the following figures give the information required in regard to them: Indomitable—Total cost of con structlon £1,662,940; total cost of armament, £90,000; annual* cost of maintenance and ammunition, £58,- 200; annual cost of maintenance and pay of .officers and men, £70,200. Inflexible — Construction, £1,630,- 740; armament, £90,000; maintenance £58,200; officers and, £70,200. Invincible ~ Construction £1,676,- 250; armament, £90,000; maintenance £58,200; officers and men, £70,950.' St. Vincent—Construction £1,581,' 785; armament, *£142,400;, mainten* ance, £58,100; officers and men £08,450. Coliingwood—Construction £1,539,- 3R5; armament, £142.000; maintenance, £58,100; officers and men, £67,950. Vanguard — Construction, £1,402,- 270; armament, £142,400; maintenance, £58,100; officers and men, £67,950. Tho cost of construction In tho case of the St, Vlncont and the Colling* wood Is llnblo to revision. As regards tho remaining ships only estimated figures could bo given and it wns not, considered desirable In tho public Interest to glvo such an ostl- mato at present. BOILERMAKER8' LOCKOUT. Fifty Thousand Men Are Idle In Now- castlo-on-Tyne, England, as a Result of Dispute; LONDON, Sept. 17.—Fifty thousand workors lu tho bollor shops In Now- custlo-on-Tyno wero locked out todny hy shipbuilding firms. Moro trades uro io bo nf footed ,niid It Is oxpoctod that 100.000 of tho allied trndos will bo out within a day or so, The workors declnro that tho URrcomoiit ontor- nd Into botwoon employers nnd workmen In 1900 hns boen violated, and thoy deinand Hint tho old ngroemont he lived up to, DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP, Notlro Is horohy -..Ivon thnt tho pni't,jicrshlp heretofore oxIstliiR botwoon uh, tho undorBlgnod, ns tlmhor dealers nnd contractors nt Morrlssoy -liiiii'llon, li, c„ has this day boon dissolved by mutual coiiBont. All debts owing to tho snld partnership Mnvrl-wey .tun^tlnn nforennld, nnd nil cliilms nRnlnat the snld partnership nro to bo prosonted to tho snld Thomas Lokbo hy whom the samo will ho Hottlod. Dated nt Fornio, 13. C, this 8th uny oi AiigiiM, SVilw, THOMAS LEOOB, - ALEX CAMPBELL. Witness; L. P. Eckstein. Alex. I. Fisher LAWE & FISHER ATTORNEYS Fernie, B. C W. A. 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Llq. j uldator and Trustee; auditor to tlie Cities of Calgary and Fernie. CALGARY, ALTA. P. O. Box 308 DEPEW, MacDONALD & Mclean co., lm. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS VICTORIA AVE. FERNIE B. C. CLUB CIGAR STORE. Ono of llm (|UGKtlonH often naked hy a strnnRor In lown whon ho arrives after the usual hour for UK-als In over is: "Where can I get a windwlch nnd a cup of coffoo to ll<!o mo ovor until the dining rooms nro open," can b« readily answorod hy "Drop In at the Club Cigar Storo ■»* yon can get Just what j'ou are looWl»K tor there." A \atna eloctrlu »l*n U to bo Installtd -announcing somi> of the wares sold by our enterprising townsman. William Ingram. amamtamma,mt,amttu-mam«aeami GEO. BARTON EMPRESS TRANSFER Draying Furniture Moving a Specialty * ■■■■■«"'■ niiiminiw murium WOOD OP ALL KINDB „ ltonvo O-Mm* wllh W, V**y .-.•NK r» THE DOTTLE THAT'8 ALWAY8 CHOSEN. In proforonco to othors Ib tho ono whoso label boars our namo which Is n guarantee of both purity and quality, WE DO NOT RETAIL WINE AND LIQUORS. hut sell thorn by tho cam to first dais hotela, dealers, clubs, ete. Auk for thom and you'll know why tho bout Judges prefer them. THE POLLOCK WINE CO. LTD. i Ledger Ads Pay 1 THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, SEPTEMBER 17, 1910. PAGE SEVEN _•■'■' P. Wholesale Liquor Dealer Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes Gents' Furnishings*.' -•- "■> BAKER AVENUE BRANCH AT HOSMER, B.C. I TheWeek'sNewsfor J Our Foreign Brothers \ SJEZDY. Nowhere in the.Pass can be found y „7- SUCH A DISPLAY We have the best money can buy of Beef, Pork,. Mutton, Veal, Poultry, Butter, Eggs, Fish, "Imperator Hams and Bacon" Lard, Sausages, Welners'and Sauer Kraut., PHONE OR CALL Calgary Cattle Co. _■=■*,■, Phone 56 h I Fernie-Fort Steele Brewing Co., Ltd. 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Kazdy podobny sjezd vetsinou neni nie jineho, liez" representace te neb one' skupiny narodu a statu. Uvitacim banketem se sjezd zahajuje a jim take konci. ■. Aby se neco uzitecneho vyko- nalo, o torn neni ani reel. Mirove konference jsou.protikladem antimili- taristlcke propagande, zbroji se dale ve vsech statech, vice jak pred kon- ferencemi, valecne putky a vrazdeni kazdym rokem stoupa. Konference proti obchodu s devcaty, na ktere berou ucast statnlci a burzoasle — vzdor tomu obeliod s devcaty. bujl kazdym rokem-ve vetsich rozmerech, nez-ll pred tlm, „Cela rada sjezdu ve jnienu clvllisace, pokroku, vedy, kona se kazdym rokem. Ano 1 sjezdy pob- ratlmske ruznych narodu a statu. Pobratimsky sjezd vseslovansky, ktery neni n!c jineho, nez ze stava narodu slovanskych, kteri se clavajl nadale u- tlacovatl svynil nepratell a Jcjlcb slav- nostnl reel jsou pouze znakem slabosti a. neuprlmnosti. Zlo trva dale, nep- ratele svobody a vyssavacl lidu nem- aji str'achu, nebot znaji sve spoluob- cany a projevuji-11 svou nespokojenost, pak jest to vse jen zdanllve. Jak vypadajl tyto sjedy.-tak nelisi se v • posledni dobe sjezdy delniku. Vidime-li ria sjezdecli burzoasie pouze jeji placene represantanty,. statnlky, placene profesory, rady, poslance a ministry, shledamc.' se stejne s temito na delnickych sjezdecli, po'radanych stranbu soc. dem.;"nebo krest. soc. a jinymi. Byvaly doby, kdy. s nadeji delnik'pohllzel vstric usnesoni a.jed- nani sjedu delnickych. Dnes porada- tele sjezdu - maji nejvetsi zajem* na torn, aby" sjezd.vyrovnal se pouhou upravou a slavnostnim poradem sjez- dum burzoasle a'kapitalistu. Jineho vyznamu .'nema, nejvyse ze nektere nespokojene zivly ve strane se prive- do"u*k poslusnosti a vyda-se. papezka encyklika bud proti nevercum-delni- kum, nebo vladea.burzoasii. Tak letosniho roku od dne 8. srpna kona se jiz 20. mezinarodnl sjezd horniku v Bruselu; v .Belgii, kteryz bude jednati o nasledujicicli bodech: Hornicky inspektorat, Sestatneni dolu, Upraveui mzdy na zaklade kolektivni .emlrinv" Cnavvlillin—'-'MpTVlPplrn''' Op.hr. ranne zakono'darstvi, Prace _en a'deti, Shod. *^doba ..pracovni, 2 franky pense deiine po" 25 letech prace (navrhuje Francie)7Svetovy mir, Odskodneni, delnika nasledkem lirazu: Dale , navrhuje", Francie * lipraveni pomer'u co cq vyroby. se tyce, podanim nasle- dujlciho navrhu: V.pripadu general- nl, stavlty" horniku v jedne zemi je povlnnostl organisace horniku *v zemi sousednl prodiikci uhle co nojvice obmozltl.1 Dale zavedenl. 1 .-i-denni do- volene kazdy rok veskeremu hornl- ctvu, aby tim zabrzdeno bylo nadvy- robe' uhle atd, Delegatl" budou-uvitanl a pn'jmutl na * radnlci mesta Bruselu, zahranlc- nim delegation bude usppradnna brat- rslta hosjtlna a jeden vcclrek atd. Jnk seznatl Izo z porndu sjezdu, bude se jednati o torn .sameni, co po vsechna letn predesla. • Clovek neznaly pomeru v hornlctvl by si. myslol, ze pozadavky horniku jsou vollco tezkou veci, kdyz po tolik roku, nobo zo jiz byly dosazeny-a zo so-jedna o novo, co zatlin stalo pre- mlla so jedno a to same. V kazdem nnrodo voill hornici co chti a jojlch pozadavky jsou proklnm- ovnny na vbccIi sjezdoch, konforonclch a Bchuzlch, ktorych so porada kazdym rokem na tlslco, V torn omoru nopotrohujl hornici zndno dvacotllote dohodovanl. Prlpndn to soudnoniu horniku jako ty mirove konforonco Btatnlku, kdo kazdy horujo pro mir a bvoJI ozbrojenou mod hlodl druheho prlnutlt k povolnoBtt nob kujo plany na novo zbrojonl n vnlocno nobozpocl Jo na obzoru jako drivo n ohrozujo lldBtvo novyml mnunkry, Sjozd hornlkiii na ktorom votsinou zadnl hornici ncberou ucast, nybrz Biunl posliiiicl a Bokrolnrl, pojodna o vflom moznom, coho hornici potrohujl a' coho by jiz mell mill a co by parla- ment a vlada moln pro horniky vylto- natl a hlod'to — sjezd ho rozojdo, hornlctvo toho nob onoho naroiht proclo fll dobro rosoluco, h jakou pohoHtlnnoRtl byli prljatl cizt dole. Kali oil moatHlio riuly, nojiikoho vlndn. ho */aHtii|HM> prfpltok na rozuiiiiiy pon- Itiii orBiinlBovimolio homlctva ~- a nbohy hornlk dale zlvorl, dmino v X , _ , t—: casiiych hodmach. rannich neb vecer- nich ubira se viecnym, unavnymt krok- em k dolu, aby dale byl vykoristovaii', mrzacen a _ na konec na dlazbu vybozen.;*. - ' , Do techto koleji vede politika odborove organisace s jejim parlamen- tarismem. Ka'zdy« jen chtit a' razem nastala'by zmena, vse lezi v rukou homictva sameho. Talcove , sjezdy, zopicene po burzoasii, neprinesou del- nictvu niceho, nebot pravym jichpds- lanim jest, aby ha miste staleho dek- lamovant o pozadavcicli' se konecne pristouplo k"... .rozhodnemu kroku; do~- hoda o vzajemnych. podminkach v boji protl uhlobaronum mezi sebou. Vzajemna solldarita a vseobecna stavka horniku vsech zemi •> neb, vicero zemi neb jedne zeine. Dohodnouti se o vzajemne pomoci, hornlk k horniku, o taktickem spolecnem postupu valec- nom, o prostredcich ku vseobecne stavce proletarlatu,i tof ukolem sjezdu. Povazujl, ze podobne usnesenl a jed- nanl sjezdu vykonalo by.jiny ucel a dosahlo uspechu. Nebot to znamena vlltl novou krev, nove zapalne latky pro svatou vec proletariatu, probuzeni jeho k osvobozovaci akci, privestl jej zpet k poznane pravde, blize ku spolocnosti nove, volne, v niz nestava pana ani otroka. - Ale sjezdy, jake kona , dnes burzoasle,. die kterych se opicl sjezdy delniku, poradane pod patronatem' a svoleni kapitalistickych .vladcu, ty nemaji vyznamu a snizuji delnickou organisacl k lokajstvl pro vladnouci tridu. . . Nebyti teto'lokajske sluzebnosti delnickych zastupcu, kteri-svou vlecnou, -neplodnou taktikou udrzuji proletariat v poutech nevedomosti, trpelivosti a prodluzujice trvani panstvi vysadul tridy, jsou proto jen od techto trpeni a oficielne i neoficielne prijimani. To pochopte hornici, kdo brzdi a zdrziije vas, aby nedosli jste v brzku svelib zlepseni. Lokajstvim nedojde se osvobozeni z podruci kapitalu. D. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦-♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ STAY AWAY. ♦ Notice to All Mine Workers, ♦ ♦ All miners are requested to ♦ ♦ stay away from Trwin, Madison, ♦ ♦ Greensburg, Latrobe and other ♦ ♦ mining towns in Westmoreland ♦ ♦ county, where a strike has been -^ ♦ in effect- since April 1, 1910, the ♦ ♦ coal companies having refused ♦ ♦ to, recognize . the miners' or- ♦ ♦ ganization or enter into a work- ♦ ♦ ing agreement. .Agents of. the ♦ ♦' eoal corporations, are shipping ♦ ♦ men from,various parts of the ♦ ♦ country to take the place of the ♦ ♦ strikers hy misrepresenting-the ♦ ♦ true condition of affairs. ♦ ♦ FRANCIS FEEHAN, '., ♦ ♦ • President. ♦ ♦ T. DONOVAN, ♦ ♦ • Sec'y-Treas. ♦ ♦ ■ - * - ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I LCAMPO. 60 YEARH*' EXPERIENCE Un viaggiatore arrlvo una volta in, un certo paese. Egli era vissuto al- legramtente.ed i suoi istinti non erano pervertiti da cattive ■ teorie, ne rim- piccioliti da buoni insegnamenti.- Un, giorno egll_ si reco in campa- gna. Vide un contadino e si mise ad osservarlo: Intanto passo di li il padrone della terra il quale si mise pure, a guardare. ' . — II cuore —r egli disse — mi lac- ■rima- a""vredere—quel^contadino;—'Io—gli" do lavoro nel mio^campo ed egli vive iu>lla' piu squallida^ miseria. Non posso capire come cio avvenga. — Forse — osservo il viaggiatore — e perche questo campo e vostro.. — No — rispose il padrone — perche vedete che io gli do lavoro, ' Egli vive di lavoro.. '* - • • - — Questo — replico il viaggiatore — e un paese curioso. Personal- mente, Io vivo di elbo, vest!, spqr- anza e" liberta. —" Egli e soltanto un contadino — osservo. Ia mogllo del padrone che s'era frattanto nvvlcinnta — e per di piu lo gli regalo una coperla all'iinno. Mii Io credo che egli beva. — Questo e uno strano paeso , — dlsso'll viaggiatore..—' Anch'io bovo, E vol non boveto? — SIgnore — dlsse la, signora — q'uestn e una forma di clvilta in questo puose. II slgnoro voile esprlmorsl ln holla manlera: — Nole cortamento —. dlsso — pro- ndiahio, qunlcho volta, un' po' dl champagne. — Mn questa croatura — contlnuo la signora —■ Io sospotto, cho bova blrra. E sosplro. Un filnntropo cho 11 ragglunse in quel momenta lntorloqul: i— Guardate! — csclamo il vlng- glatoro -- II contadino cado stlnlto. Alutiamolo un po'. — Siato cautl — dlsso 11 slgnoro — 6 gll dlstruggoroto 11 sonso della roflpoiiBabllltn. —E forse — aggiunso la Blgnora — lo faroto orgogllofio o mono ubbldl- en to. — Io credo — dlsse 11 viaggiatore — cho In lul la doforonzn sia dlBgiiB- tovolo como la povorta, —"UkII modoBlmo o dlHguRlovolo — obboi'vo In signora. —- Hem! — tossl 11 viaggiatore. — Como ouporto In quoBto coro, lo vl coimlgllo dl oHBoro eaull — iIIbho 11 filnntropo. »~- Obhoivo cho egli non o aiicora del tutto povoro, Audio orn obII mnugla uu pozzo ill pnno, ■—• Anclio nol — iIIhho 11 iilgnoro Hlnmo volonturoBl d'alutarlo, Mn nn> cora non e il tempo. , Verremo do- mani. E condussero via.il viaggiatore. L'indomanl, quando ritornarono, tro- varono il contadino che moriva, II viaggiatore, spiccando un salto, supero la siepo e dlede un po' dl acqua e vino al morente.' Gll altri lo seguirono passando per una porta. . •—Fermate! — disse il filantropo, — Vol probabilmente non sapeto 1 gravl-inconvenient! che puo apportare ynconsideratezza. — Io credo — disse il viaggiatore — di conoscere la differenza cho e'e fra un corpo vuoto ed uno pieno. — Cio e.irrivelante — osservo.il filaintropo. —' Investighiamo il caso. E si mise con gran destrezza a far domande al contadino. II" signore e la signora scuotevano la testa appro- vando. II viaggiatore che non era cosl educate, s'impazientiya. — Credo ■ proprio cho sia il caso d'aiutarlo — confei-mo il filantropo finito 1'interrogatorio. ,| —' JIa egli e^morto, perdio! —csclamo il viaggiatore. Gli,altri lo guardarono con altegia; ma si contennero dignitosamente. ' — Almeno egli' e morto indipen- dente.— disse il signore. — E senza lamentarsi, sebbene fosse senza grali- tudine. ' ■ • '— E non fu avvilito dalla carita — aggiunse il filantropo-— prima di essere povero del tutto. Guarda te e'e ancora un po' pane ncllo sue tasche. — Egli coltivo il grano per, far quel pane — disse il viaggiatore. • — Sulla mia terra — aggiunse il padrone. — E' con tutto cio vis in abbietta pove'rta. Cio* e disgu- stante. .. — E' vero — disse la signora; — ma non lo rimprovero, perche egli ora e morto. — ,Hem! — tossi il viaggiatore. ■'—Del resto — continuo la signora — questa gente non conosce di meglio. — E"" vero. — disse__il_yiaggiatore mieux detaches qu'avec un telephone ordinaire et la conversation eut lieu sans la moindre interruption. Pendant quelques minutes, au moyen d'une clef adaptee, a l'instrument, on a echange des telegrammes au Morse, par telegraphie sans fil. W DZIESIATA ROCZNICE SMIERCI WILHELMA LIEBKNECHTA. — altrimenti avrebbe tenuto il grano per se. La signora alzo il naso in aria e guardo il"viaggiatore frigidamente. II signore assunse inconsciamente l'at- titudine del ritratti dei suoi avi. II filantropo si rltlro da parte e tossl, — Io credo — disse il viaggiatore — -che.il .tempo sia * venutorper la rivoluzione, ",. Hartford, Ark. A. GANZ, CONTRE L'ALCOOL. Un nouvel et remarquable exemplo nous est apporte de l'lnfludnce pro- fonde, decisive memo, que los camarades dos organisations allemandes exercent sur les masses ouvriere's do cette grande nation. Au congres de Leipzig, en septembre dernier, lopart! democrnle socialiste decidult do poiirsulvre contre lo poison nlcoollquo, uno cninpagno vig- ourouse n la fols dnns l'lnterot do la snnto moralo ot physique do In classe ouvrlere ot pour attelndi-e lbs grands producteurs d'olcool — les junkers prusslens—onnomlOB ucharnes du proletariat. Les rosullats do l'uctlon do nos allemands — au bout do hult rnois souloment — bo sont doja fait south* d'eclatnnto facon. Len Btatlstlquos offlclollofl hoiib np- pronnont, on offot, quo' la production et la confiominntlon de 1'alcool ont dl- mlnuo on Allomngno doputs lo hoy- cotlogo du polflon, organise par lo pnrtlco los syndicats ouvriors dnns la proportion do 13 por cont pour la production ot de 25 per cent, pour la con- sommntlon. Quel uuigiilflque exemplo pour los ByndlcnllRtoH do tons lon pays ol Ior frnnr-nlfl on pnrtlculler. Guorro n 1'nlrool,- tollo dolt otro uno do tlOH dOVlHGB, Tl»*DC MktWU DcsiaNii Coi»vnioHT« Ao. Ant (mia *M\Mnt aaMtih end dMotiplInn mi? qui«>i/ **v*i,iii v. "i'}u*-."v_* _<lu.'u.>:._ii" '^^m^^sSaW^ tr-itM notUt, without eluee, in tbe Scientific flkr can. ATundtooiilf UluiinUxl WMkl/. ttfxmtt ett* «ib«»4«t, New York j»F8U\7Mblo(toa,I).0. . List of Locals District 18 UN TELEPHONE 8AN8 FIL POUR LE8 MINEURS EN PERIL * W dniu 7 sierpnia minelo lat 10 'bd smierci dlugoletniego wodza niemiec- kiej i miedzynarodowej so cyalnej demokracyi, niezlomnego , rewolucy- ouisty Wilhelma Liebknechta. Urodzony ' 2C marca ■ 1826 roku, zmarl 7 sierpnia 1900 roku, prze- zywszy lat 74, z tych- 52 w nieustan- nym boju o najzywotniejsze idealy ludzkosci. Cale zycie "Wilhelma Liebknechta bylo poswiecoue walce o einancy- pacye klasy pracujacej. Wraz z Karo-' lem Marksem i' Fryderykiem Engel- sem stal on u kolebki'nowoczesnego ruchu robotniczego;, zycie jego bylo nierozer walnio zwiazane z historya nletylko niemiecklej socyalnej demo kracyl, lecz dzicjami miedzynarodow- ego socyaliszmu. Jego ognista wymo- wa, jego znakomite . pioro zdobly partyi masy zwolennikow I wlodly partyo przez blizko. pol wioku po clernistej drodze walk! klasowej, chronlac ja od zboczenia z'tej drogi i czyniac coraz to potzniejsze wylomy w twierdzy reakcyi; wiodly'klase ro botnlcza do * zwycleztw, nigdy do klesk. , Jeszcze jako student glmnazyalny zapoznal sie- z dzielaml francuskich utopijnycli socyalistow ■ i * * od <• tego czasu pozostal przez cale zycie wier- nym socyalizmowi.,, Gdy w roku 1848 zabrzmialy pierwszc strzaly na bary- kadach, 22-letnl Liebknecht stanal .xv szeregu z ka rabinem w rek'u, jako zolnierz rewolucyi Po upadku .rewol- ucyi przez dlugie lata ja'dl gorzki chleb wygn'ania, prozymierajac eczesto glodem, a zawsze czynny okolo organizacyi rbbotniczej.. Gdy po latach powrocil do, Nie mice, rozpoczal tu energlczna prace okolo zorganizowania niemieckiej ■* partyi socyalno-demokratycznej, ktora jeriiu w wielkim stopniu swa obecna potege i swietnosc zawdziecza. Przez 12 lat trwania ustawy wyjatkowej przeci\y sccyalistom byl on pewuym roztro- pnm i do\yaznym przowod'njkiom. Obronna reka * wywiodl on wraz z Beblem niemiecka socyalna demo- kracye 77. zasadzek stanu wyjaiko- wego, ze wszystkich "nieDezpieczenstw i przesladowan, i zwalczal w parla- mencie Bismarcka, tego ' czlowieka krwi i zelaza, z cala zacietoscia az do jego upadku. W roku 1870 zaprotestowal Liebknecht przeciwko wojnie pru sko- francuskiej i za to odpokutowal dwa lata w wiezieniu. Jednak* wiezienie nie oslabilo jego goracej inilosci swo- body. Do korica zy cia . pozostal _ TM -irt^fi-lll-nrvti lltun-vinm lirnnnllrln-Tn U«"'V1 LW«X( j At. A, IT a Ugjl-Clii TT ObVJIlUVI[|)U~ ucisku i jeszcze jako sedziwy starzec z miodzienczym zapalem bronil wszystkich ucisnionych. _, To tez my Polacy miellsmy w nim najszczorszego przyjaciela obronce. Ukochal on sprawe rozdartej naszej ojcyzny, jeszcze jako mlodzieniec kiedy w szeregach rewolucyi sluzyl jako kanonier-pod Mieroslawskim. I az do smler ci podnosll przy kazdej sposohnosci smlalyr protest przeciwko zbrodni, dokonanej, na1; naszej ojcyz- nie i wsploral pclskich socyalistow zo wszystkich sll w walcb 0 nlepod- leglosc Polskl. W roku 18C8 na kongresie robo tniczym w Noryrnberdze powiodzinl Liebknecht w mowlo progrnmowej: JA chwlla naszego wyzwolenla (\v Niomczech), nie bodziemy jeszcze 11 coin: pozostanio nam jeszcze jedna robota 1 jeden pwioty obowinzek odbudownnln Polski, Gdy dwu glow- emu orlowl rosyjsklomu utulcmy glowo zwroconl nn znchod, gdy w PoIbcg znmzeniy zbrodnlo nnszych panujneych, n mlnnowlcio najhardzloj •wlnrolomnogo I linjmnlej nlomlcc- klogo 7, nlch I .'ydoryka zwanego Wielkim przez fnlrzerzy history!, gdy wypedzlmy despotyzm •/. ostntnloj jego kryjowki, wtody, nlo doplero wtedy mozemy ludy rozbrolc. Toj Idol bronil do koncn zycln, Byl znclotym wroglom enratu rosyj- Bklego i orodownlklom odbudownnln Polskl, « Uomiblnl on rowolucyjna trndycyo socyaliszmu. Byl on nloprzo jedna- nym — nlo znnl, co to kompromlB. Do oBtatnlogo tchu zachowal bwoJ ognlBty rcwolucjny tompornmont niloilzloncza hwIozohc I , bystrosc uniyidii. Hyl to charnktor nUuigloty, czy Hty jak lza„ Kochnny przoz towarzyfizy, otoczony c?M\ nnwet wro gow, stnl zawB/.o na strnzy «.-zyBto scl Hocynl- iBlycznogo sztniulnru. \V Horcnch prolctaryntu wRzyHtklch iinroilow wyslnwl] hoIiIo wlecznloli'- wnly poninllf. solument necessaires afln a'etablir la legitimite de sa reclamation. En depit de la manque d'attention de' la part de Madame veuve Dhez, remarquant daus la lettre de Bishop grand Delavault la response de l'avo- cat de la mine d'exploitation inseree dans le journal "L'Union des Travail- leurs" de Charleroi; Pennsylvaiiie. E. U. d'A. nous adressions a la redaction de "La Voix du Mlneur," organe de la Federation des Mineurs du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais a Leiis les sollicitant de nous aider d'obtenir les renseigne- ments qu'il faut avoir de sorte que la pauvre'o mere puisse etre paye l'in- demnite mais nous attendons la re- ponse qui ne doit arriver avant qu'une quinzaine d'ici car nous n'avons ecrire a M. l'editeur de ce journal-la que pendant le mois "d'aout croyant de temps a autre que nous aurions recu une lettre de Madame Dhez. Ces explications uous croyons devoir* i'ournir preuve positive que les officiers n'ont laisse a cote' aucun proccde afin de demontrer leur ardeur de proteger la veuve et l'orphelin et nous conseillons a notro correspondant de Passburg d'etudier les deux cotes d' uno conte nvant d'essayer d'attrlbuer de la negligence aux officiers de l'organlsatlon des mineurs. UKRAINSKA SOCIALISTYCZNA KONVENCIA, W. EDMONTON, ALBERTA. painless germ-killer, and when applied to the broken skin is absorbed , into the tissue, instantly destroying the germs that spread disease and inflammation. As soon as applied to a sore or a, cut Zam-Buk stops the pain and smarting. That is why it is so popular with children. The flesh thus soothed and purified, the wound is made perfectly healthy, aud all poison and cause of - festering removed. Having done this, Zam-Buk then proceeds to heal the wound or sore, aiid new healthy tissue is built up in a quick, painless and perfect manner. Zam-Buk must not be confused with ordinary ointments. Zam-Buk is a unique preparation, possessing antiseptic, soothing and healing qualities that are not to be found together in any other preparation. It. is not only a unique healing balm, but it is also a skin* food. For all skin diseases and injuries—cuts, bruises, burns, eczema, chafing, ulcers, ringworm, etc., it is without equal. It is also used widely for piles, for which it may be regarded as a specific. All druggists and stores sell at GO cents a box, or post-free from Zam- Buk Co., Toronto, for price. Harmful imitations should be always refused. .Knadyjski Ukrainskl Socialist)' wid- buwaly miz 22-27 Augustom swoju perszu konvenciu na kotru zichalos bulo 26 oficialnych delegatiw' i bohnto uczastnykiw. Konvencyju otworyw tow Stechishin buwszyj Sekretar Fed- eracyi. Do prezydyji buly wybrani T. Tom- ashavsky,0 predsidat, J. A. Powchuk misto presidat, P. .Ternenko and J. W. Semenluk,' Sokretari. ,- Konvencija mala na swoim poriadku dnewnim duze bohato -s'praw do oblio- woriuwamia ta hajvaznijszow spra- wow bulo; widnosyny do S. P. of C. nad kotrow toczkow delegaty na zal duze malo zastanowlialys i poduzo koroLkij dyskusyi konwencya poris/yla •widstupyty wid teper. S. P. of C. a zorganizowaty Social-Democr Partyju. Czy konvencya uwlnczaje sia welykym uspichom w zorgnizowaniu Social Demokratii w Kanadl poky s/.czo szcze lyszaje siapekuczym pytanlem. * Ta pozywemo to pobaczymo. TO LABOR. 0 ye who. toil at forges, Or in the factories stand, Ye are the blood and niuscle • Of every mighty land. Upon your vast endeavor The thrones of greatness rest, 'Tis only by your struggles . A nation's name is blest. What tlio your lives be troubled, * And yours laborious days, The glory of the people Shall be your meed of praise. Out of the endless working, * Tho shrouded seems the goal, Shall come the Angel Progress, , Advancement of the Whole. O ye who toil at forges * Whose thunder drowns your moan. Yet you shall-reap the harvest Wliich rightly is your own. ,,. —Harry 11. Blythe. DEATH AFTER A SCRATCH. Morris Quatzam, an eleven-year-old Windsor boy, fell of his bicycle and scratched his wrist. He thought nothing of the injury-, but blood poison set in and he is dead. - ■ .* Such incidents as these—by no means infrequent—ought to make people realize the" "clanger that "may lie even in the smallest flesh wound. Take a simple illustration. ' When a knife, a-rusty needle; a splinter of dirty ..wood, a barbed wire fenc-e.'or a thoi-u, scratches the hand, the latter is inoculated with germs, of which the air about us is full. Directly theso germs are introduced through tlio breach In the skin, a battle royal ensues between them, and certain 01- gnnisms in our blood. The way to avoid serious results is to cleanse the wound and apply Zam-Buk. Zam-Buk Is a powerful, yet DEVELOP AT ONCE. Represent a Toronto Syndicate Made. - . Up of Well Known „Men. -J. McEvoy, Drlnnan, of PTip-inpo!-***. whn_ EDMONTON, Sepi. 17 of Toronto, and. 11. G. T_ancoiiv.ei',__Biinihg have been engaged in locating coal lands west of this city during the summer, were in Edmonton yesterday and proceeded oast last' night. Both these engineers' are employed by a Toronto syndicate in which Senator Cox, Senator Jaffray, Sir Henry Pellatt and G, S. Lindsay, formerly gen- oral'manager of tho Crow's Nest P/ihh Conl company, are interesicd, Tlioy located several thousand ncres of coal north of the Brazeau collieries property, but the exact number they refused to state until they haftl reported to their principals. C. P. R, TRAIN 8ERVICE. Sunday last a now tlmecard "vont tnln nttooi nnd below wo Rlvo Dw clinngcs thnt atteci this point** 312—0:20 a, in. Local, eaatbound. 313—10:00. Ilcgular ■ftaBeengor weat- bound. 7—-11:40, Flyor, wp»tbounrt. 3H—18:10, l;ne«nlsr passenger, caathound. 311—20:38, Local, weatbound. 8—24:3ur Flyor, cnathoiini!. NO. 20 ■»H1 -131 2103 040 1*178 26113 2227 M7* 2877 2178 1320 2388 2314 1263 24. 7 1058 r»74 1233 2820 2334 303 2352 2580 2)Mi 103 in;o Corrected by District SoiTutnry up to Auruh 29, 1010, NAME 8EC, AND P, O. ADDRE88, Ilankhead 1. .. P. Whcntloy, Jinnklionil Altft. lioiiver cifeeK .. .S. .\K-iJu1111ui1, Hi-im-i* -_iwwi. *t«u nin.„u, Dt'JJi-viu- ....... -7. JJijj.*!', nelJi'i-ui', Prnnk, Altn. nialrmoro Jiwiph Turnbull, Blnirmoro, Altn. llurmlB Thomaa Orogory, Iliirinlii, Altn, Cnnmoro J, Nell, Cimnioro- Altn. Colomnn ....... W, Ornlmm, Colemnn, Altn. Carbondalo (I. M. Dnvlo-j, Cnrbondalo, Coloman, Alta. Cnrdlff JU. Lnmberl, Cnrdlll, Aim. Corbin Jm. Davis, Corbtn, B. C. Diamond City .. Qcorgo Dobson, Dlnmond City, Lothbrldgo, Edmonton nichnrd Thompson, Prazor FIntB, Kdmonton. Edmonton M. nonlc, 434 Lorno alrcot, Norwood, Edmonton. Fornio D, Itoos, Fornio, D. C. Frank O. Nicol, Frnnk, Altn. , Hoamcr ,•■ .1. Ayro, HoKinor, II. C. Hillcrest J. O, JonnH, lllllcrcst, Alta. UtlhbrldKb U Muuiu, P. O. 113. IMhbi'[di_J, Allu. Mile W, L. Kvnns, Lillo, Frnnk, Alia. Maple Loaf .... M. Olldny, Mnplo Leaf, nollovuo, Alta. Michel M. Birrell, Michel, II. C. Police Flata .... Nell Duncan, Pa&atmn.. nclluvuo, Alta. Panhurn; Harry Smith. Pjmburr. Alta. Iloyal Collieries. Charles Smith, Itoynl Colliery, L-otbbrldge, Alta. Htrnth-rona A. Hhaw, Htrnthconn, AUa. * Taber William RimmII. Taber. AUa. Tolwr E. llrown, Tnher, Altn. Thi Riivnnl ntiKlnlH, M„ Hhnrmnn, In- venlcur d'ni) nppnvnll do tuloplioulo HiuiH fll, vlenl do proceilor a (Ioh i.<x- porloncoH tres liitorcHHiintoH, perniol- tant do poiisor <i" « 1'nvonlr, 11 worm p()HBlbli> do' pnrlor n iriivoi'H In torre, fi don inlnoui'H ciihovoIIh pnr un ehmiloniont, ou 11 In f-niito do tout nut in nccldoiil, Le prlnnlpo do rinHtrumnnt. do M, ShnrmnM cnnsliito 11 iitlllHer la t«rro pour In triiiiHinlsHlon tion ondi-s ohw- IrlcpioM, coiiiiin* Ii-h oikIoh sonoi'OH koiii triuiHiniHUH pnr I'nir, Lo tolophono nntlnnnn nnn hnhlno mil onvoht it tnivoi'H lu torro don IiiiihiIhIoiih olec- ll'lipicii (|lll IllUUKHt-'Ut '-.'ft ciKlWllV.'n du fer do riiiNti'iitiieul i--;i*i!|iiour; on dor- nlor liiMfinmi'iii rocovant nltiHl lon nndcR iilpctrI(|ii(<H, Iph trnnsfornip . n HOIIH. Tl fint tvi-n noti iVmiitpIp Mnptrtfiiir. I pour cela I'l riipparcil 11'i'Hl paa plum grnnd i|ti'un npparell photo^raphlquo ordinnlro, ntiqunl II rnssomblo tout a fnlt, uno fold Inntnllo anr Hon legcr tropled. I ah exporloncoB ont otn faltea dana lon flontorrnlnA de Chlslohurat, f|ul for- ment, n mu- Kninilo profonduur dauw In torn', don cmilolrK tron tortuciix. I'n d<*H lnwiriinH-ntH avait pip eiriWI mi Motnmot de In rollino ou sont con sfliiiftrraln-5, II irt.ilt place nur un tre- pf. iT of mllp Jinr dmix tlin a deux rliPvlHw plantpf-H dana lo aol. L'autrp iTiMnim-r'Al' tut Ttlft-f-c a 200 mtlrc* untie lerre. t-nntre U parol d'tino nub titlo.. dans Ies tenc-bres. 1/ixn mois ptnlent pins flairs et L'AFFAIRE DHEZ, N'tniH vi'iioiiH dn ri'fovolr uno loltrn d'un uilnniii- I'l'iiiictilH do I'iihhIiiii'k, Albertn, iiohh prlnnt <lo rinneror diinn cn Joiirnnl iiiiiIh vu i-iic I'liutPiir no iiohh 11 foiiriil mm nom coiiimi) prouve ill- liOUIIO fill Pt 11(111 pilH IK-ci'NHIllrif 1111-11I ihiiii' piililicinioii, iiuiiH MinnincH oblige dc rcfilHi't* nn prlern ol lie plilH hoiih vriiiloiiK lul liifdi'iiH'i' (|ii« hI'II 110 Roll piiH Nfitlfil'nlt ilo In mnn lorn dn In.iuollo Ioh offlclcrH i\o I'linlon out tralto I'nffulro iiu'il dolt pieiiiliu rl'nnli-nM -iiioMiirnn inovcliiHliit ln rnn- Hiluilloii du locnl dont il oht iiffllln. l.,l!p(.-Ulllllll \iXvx: j Ulijut l(U lltllt' Ml- VOll' ll IdllH (.'(.M fnillClllN I'lli pi.-IIHI.-Ul Uti'iln pulKKont met tre In blnine dn Tifl»Hppiir'( (i ln porto de lciir» offlclcrH IIOUK fOlll'UlHHOIlH ll'H I llllHf4K*l. ■- ni -nt'.- «i|li"iiil(-- liifco 'ivriir focil t.,o nouvi'Ilo.s do I'nccldoni 11 i'lnfurliino mlneur Dlio/ ((iiiformiiblcnicnt a In prier*** do M. lo Proa. \V. II. Powoll et M. le Roc-Treaa. A. J. Carter 1'cdlteiir do co Joiirrml n ikIiohho uno lettre it In pnuvte more, Madnmo Dliex a Llevln, Pn«-de Cnlnla d'nlli-r ehOK M. In mnlre de cetu; vllle niln d'obtenir ion documentn (jue In loi exlre pour demontrer iju'i'lle est vrni- ment la more du deeede et (iu'11 etnlt win noutlen, mals Juai*iu'a proMtit nmiH sommes prlves do reHpnnse de morto r-ne, <-iiot(|iie les offtcters des mlneiirn swiilk-iil alder la paurr-e f-f-mrft'- «V obti'rtlr rindf-ninlte ponr In mnrt do son fl!** Ils ne pptivrtit rlcn falre sans ntolr ion drwumentu (pil lon sent nli> of Canada Paying Bills by Cheque Deposit your rendy money in tho Home Bank and pay your household or personal accounts by cheque. Thc cheque is a receipt and at thc end of thc month ail cheques will bo returned to you I with your bank book accurately balanced. Try A thc plan,thiB month. Do not think your account r is too small—small and large' all (all into thc fl same routine of system in a banking office, 4 John Adair, Manager, Fornie Branch 4^_______r i 4 i \ i J PAGE EIGHT THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B, C, SEPTEMBER 17, 1910 The Store of Good Values Special Pay Day Offerings in Each and Every Department A Money Saving event that will enable your dollars to spread around bigger values than usual.- We mention but a:few items and our windows reflect but a few of the many lines specially priced.for pay day selling, but you are invited to examine our store display and t^ke advantage of the many money saving values offered. „ -," •/-,« V " - ' - , ' ' " • • • ■''■ . ,-.,-■ -•;-•■'-": ■ ••* Grocery Department For this week-end selling we have on sale possibly our last ear of-assorted*Table and Preserving Fruits for the season of 1910. If your requirements are not yet filled, or if you have hot sufficient for thc coming winter's use we would suggest tlie placing of your order at the earliest possible moment. Finally we would remind you that we are headquarters for Quality Groceries and that our prices save you money. * Italian Prunes, (Blue Plums), per box 90c Preserving Pears, per box $2.25 Crab Apples, per box $1.75 Freestone Peaches, per case $1.10 Table and Cooking Apples, per box $1.65 Green and Ripe Tomatoes, per box .' .90c Tokay and Muscat Grapes, Bananas, Montreal Melons,'Water Melons, Citron," Quince, Cucumbers, Green Peppers, Oranges. GROCERY SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY. Canada First Cream, large.20-ounce tins, Jl tins for .......,.......$1.00 Lowney's Assorted Chocolates, regular" 50c pound; special, per pound- ...'. ,25c * Colgate's Assorted Toilet Soaps, regular 40c to' SOc per box; special, box ' 25c "Wheat Granules, 6-pound bags 30c McBrine Trunks are acknowledged the best manufactured. All sizes in a great'variety of styles and specially priced for Saturday selling. .$2.70 to $12.85 v _**_ _ ' » Without Charge, a Stetson Hat or $5 pair of Shoes FIT-REFORM AND FAULTLESS READY-TO-WEAR Our Fit-Reform Wardrobes and Tables being loaded to their full capacity, and still more Fall and Winter Clothing rolling towards us as quickly as fast freight can bring it, makes it absolutely necessary to move out some of the earlier arrivals regardless of all thought of cost and profit. All new season's cloths and patterns made up in the Fit-Reform and Faultless latest models, assuring you the, latest and best in Men's Ready-to-Wear.' We want, your assistance to reduce our stock, and although it is a thing almost unheard of to slaughter profits so* early in the season, yet we are obliged to do it to make room for the balance of our heavy fall purchases. With every Fit- Reform and Faultless Suit we give you Saturday next FREE OF CHARGE A STETSON HAT OR A $5.00 PAIR OF SHOES. Men's Fine Shoes regular $5.00, $5.50 and $6.00 in the following well known makes, "Gold Bond,"' "Carlton," "Traveller," "High Merit." . All made up on the new Fall Lasts and in the-most popular leathers: Patents, Tans, Velours, Box Calf, Gunmetal, Vici. We guarantee a fit-for your feet, while the special price at which they are now offered should fit your pocketbook to the extent of providing you* with two or more pair for the coming Fall and Winter wear. - -,, Pay Day Special $3.95 •Big reductions, in the Furniture Department for Pay Day selling. Every article reduced in price for this special day's sale. We invite your inspection knowing that our prices, will do the rest. i____M-mamaaaaaaaauaaaaaemM^aaaaaaao^maaaaaaaaaa*^^^aaanmemt^mmmm^mai^^aaM^maa*i^m*imaaam^^^^^m Baking Cabinet for $7.75 Golden Oak Finish, two Bins and two Drawers in base, three Drawers and large Cupboard divided into compartments in top. A bargain. .$7.75 Golden Oak Finish, two Bins and two Drawers. Good value at the regular selling price of. $9.50. **' Special >. °. .$4.00 Six" Drawer Chiffonier, Golden Oak Finish, mirror 20x12. Regular $16.50, Pay Day Special....... .$7.50 Ladies' Dress Skirts.made of All-Wool Chiffon, Panama, Venetian, and Ladies' Cloth. Trimmed with Braid, Buttons, Pleats and Folds, in Black Brown, , Blue, Green, Gray and Cardinal. Regular $6.00, $6.50 and $7.00. - Pay Day Special $4.85 On sale in new Ready-to-Wear, Department. - ., -" Ladies' Black Sateen and .Moreen* Underskirts. These Skirts are made, of good quality material. Made with two frills and' trinfmed' with narrow tucks. Regular $1.25 and $1.50. * ■ ■ ■■ o * Pay Day Special 95c ", Ladies' White Silk Blouses. Yokes have fine Valenciennes Lace; beautiful Silk "Embroidered fronts with clusters of fine tucks and buttoning at the, back. Regular $3.50 to $3.75. - '.- ; 7 , ,. Pay Day Special $2.75 Ladies' heavy quality Winter Weight Underwear. .Part Cotton and Wool in Cream and Natural colors. Regular 65c and 75c. •■ '■' PayDay Special 50c Garment Wilton Carpets Specially Reduced for Saturday If you are considering the purchasing of a Carpet in the near future might we suggest that now. is .the opportune time. Never in the past have we had so large and varied, a stock,to please you," and never were designs more beautiful than we are now show- , ing from our Fall Stock. . ,' Notwithstanding our regular low cash prices, and' the good values always, within your reach, this special ..Pay* Day Sale will fill your* carpet wants at a big saving to vou. Prices: Let's talk,it over in the' pres- • ence of 'the," Wiltons." » Our Dressmaking Department under the supervision of Mrs. Davy is now prepared to accept orders for September delivery. You are invited' to call and discuss with Mrs. Davy the new season's designs and materials. . ' ********k*k**k'kick**k*k*krk* ■ Letters To | The Editor \ It*****************-****-**** The editor is' not responsible for articles that are sent in. COMPENSATION CLAIMS. "Frank, Alta., le 14 bre, 1910.' M. J. "W. .Bennett, District Ledger, Senile, B. ,C. - - Cher Monsieur: Nous sommes tous tres saiisfaits do" la conclusion do l'affaire Decoux. Dans cette clrconstance je me fais l'lnterprete de tous les camarades pour vous remercler ainsi que le District Ledger pour la bonne com- pagno qui a ote faite pour le droit et la defense des faibles et des op- primes. Dans nos remerclments nous comptons aussi les noms do tous les officers du district 18. ' M. W. B. Powell, A. .T. Carter, J. O., Jones, C. Stubbs, T. James and C. Garner. Bien a vous, ' ' A. DESCAMPS. * On Tuesday before his honor. Judge P. E. Wilson, the compensation cases of ■ George Belinski and Joseph Farano arising out' of fatal accidents that occure'd at Michel, were submitted for' arbitration. De- _cisions=ar© expected to De given in= both cases in the course of- a few days. Ross & Lane appeared for the C. N. P. Coal company. Eckstein & McTaggart on behalf of, th© dependents. Just as we go to press we receive word that an award of $1,000 has been given in the Farano compensation case. ■•- RE ELECTRICE POWER CHARGES. MINERS ENTOMBED. LINTON, Ind., Sept. 14.—Scores of miners entombed, with a heavy toll of dead and wounded, is the result of an explosion which occurred at Vandalla mine No. 10, ten miles from hero at 9 o'clock this morning. The dead aro variously estimated at from one to 20, and it has boen impossible thus far to penetrate tlio entry where the explosion took "place.' Undernoted .is. a schedule of the power rates 'as adopted by the council and now in operation Per *. "Min." , K.W. Gbge. Up to 150 K.W. Hrs. 10c $12.00 150 300 i. 9 15.00 301,. 600 * <« 8 27.00 601 1200 ...,,. -5 ■ 48700" 1201 2500 n 3_ , 60.00 Over .2500 i. 2!/3 87.50 With a fixed charge of Sl.OO-.per horsepower per month.' , r. b. c: HAMMOND, Supt. Municipal Light & Power Plant. '" We have' heen informed', by Mr. Benjamin'Lawton, chief game warden of the province, that there is a mistaken' impression curront that the shooting season for prairie chicken and partridges, opens on September. This is incorrect, The open season for shooting these birds is during the month of October only and the limit of each bag is 20 birds a day, but not more than' 200 for the month. Alberta sportsmen pleaso take duo noto and govern yourselves accordingly. ******************* ****** *kk*kk-k*k*********k*krk*krk*** You need them. We have them. Come and get them. * : W. R. McDOUGALL J i Roma Hotel Block -- Ferriie -I $******i**********************^^ G_ __ __ __ _0 III 111 Q_ 1 li d _• 1 E E Ja. E E E E E WAIT FOR m sss ■ ■ at m m EAST COLEMAN The Latest Development The Succoas of Coloman is Guaranteed by a Numbor of Groat and Growing Industries by Which it is Burroundod, THE LOW FIRST PRICES OF LOTS MAKE A PRESENT PURCHASE PARTICULARLY DESIRABLE. __ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E El Large Lots for Home Builders B *)"• ^^W P^^ j_* m*Ait* J****™ Bl W +m w m m -m m*0*M SU. -501 ■** -HIIU -upwaiu Corner lot aiid house on Cox street. Pleasantly located., $750 cash. ' Pedigree Aii-esdale pups.,. Choice stock U. Wr Mitchell, V. O 92, Revelstoke. • It's up to you. We are here to save you money in furniture and stoves. Tho Trites-Wood Co. . Don't forget the spot to buy furniture and house * furnishings is at th***- Trites-Wood Company,vLlmited. Buy a Standard Sewing Machlno and savo money. They aro In a class by * themselves, at the Trites-Wood Company, Limited. Listen, wo can save you from $20.00 to $25 on a sewing machine, nnd give you the best, "The Standard," tho machine that hus them all beat, and then somo. The Trites-Wood Co. Tho special foo for joining tho Woi-klnginon's Club of $1.00 should bo taken advnntago of,boforo It Is withdrawn. Tho tournament is oh now and entries aro still opon to thoso that aro ollglblo. Two lots In block 70, numborod fl and 7, One a corner lot. This proporty Is all planted with garden truck, foncod all around, $1,200 cash. Apply 13. llnrpor, McPhorson avonuo. If you don't wont to bo firing up ovory hour during tho wlntor to koop from freezing to (loath, all you havo to do In to buy a McClnry brlck-llnod Hot IllnHt, Coal up at 10 o'clock p. m. mid h)io Is good for all night, Try ono ot tlio Trites-Wood Compiiny, llniltod. Onr Hungos aro all fitted with soml- stool linings, Tlio groutoHt Invention on oiii'th, No moro cnfltlngu, Tho oven Ih ooiiHlruulod of IO-rimko nlcklo Htool, malclm. tho most ovon bakers on tho market. Thoy hnvo no equal In quality, flnlnli or prlco. Tho TrltoH- Wood Co., Llmltod. FOR SALE—One corner lot in Feriiie Annex, G0xl20. * Apply Mrs. M. Hoelzel, rooming house, opposite Baptist church, FOR SALE—Furnished boarding house. Property known as the GUI Boarding House. Apply Ross & Lane, barristers. "" FOR SALE—Three-room cottage on corner lot, . 60x120, Mason avenue, Price, $575, Terms. Box 371, Fornie, B, C. " ■- FOR SALE—One genuine Walnut bookcaso; one oak sideboard. Apply at the Duthlo Hardware company. LOST AND FOUND. LOST—-On Sunday ovoning between Howland and Victoria avonuo, lady's flngor ring, flvo poarls. Reward by leaving at Ledger Offlco. BU8INE88 OPPORTUNITIES. FOR LEASE—Grand Thontor; sooting capacity 050; electrically lighted and hcatod; Rtngo accommodation adequate for largest traveling com- pnnloR. Minimum torm of loaso ono yoar. All applications to bo rocolvod by October 8th. Address D. Rpoh, 301 P. 0„ Fornio, B. C. WANTED—MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED—Cotton RagB at Tho DlHtrlct Ledger Offlco, Good prlcos paid. FOR RENT—ROOM8. TO UENT—Fiirnlflhod rooms to rcmpoctnblo, qulot peoplo, Modorn Iiouho; centrally locatod. Apply to MrH. \V. llunniiblo, noar Methodist church. ,, Date of Sale Will be Announced Later THOMAS CRAHAN, Owner, Michel, B. C. JOE GRAFTON, Agent, Coleman, Alta. ■j ii Ml El El FOU RENT—Furnlahnd roomu with or without board. MrH, jm. lioeizul, uiiiHtiilU U&ylUl thuuh. HOUSEKEEPING ROOMS, *=-* ^■H.H-'.-l.»--.M..M.M-.*---i".>l(^ Tfrxn ■ot.'iyT T«'0 rrtnrna fnr Hftit hoiiHokecping with ubo of bathroom. Apply ledger Offlco. FOR 8ALE—MISCELLANEOUS. FOU SALE—Recently now $140 Dominion Organ, with stool. ■ Kxc« .• l»nt rendition. Prlco $70 cnsh. Apply "W. J>." Ledger Office. FOR 8ALE—REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE—A Rood fruit and chlckon ranch conUlolrtg about Mven acre*, together wltb now hooio ind chicken home and about too ebleken,,i Apply box SSI, Nelaon, B. C A MEMBER OF THE B. OF L. f. & E. 8HACKLED WITH BALL AND CHAIN Tho principal topic of convocation In rnllrond clrclon today Is tlio Rovoro trontmont that Ih being motod out to a C, V, II. uiiglnour naniod Allward, a mombor of tho Brotherhood of l.oromotlvo Flromon nnd Hnglnomon. Thu crltloM do not contend that ho Ih blnmolusH of tho of forme char god louvlng that for tho authoi'ltlou to do- cldo, but thoy aro highly Indignant IU (lit*- lUKI'IIUI* III ViJilUi lixs in '-ciuj, 1 resiled Volli Ini-l-lt*- nnd on!■■Mr of Dw pri non wallo. Allwnrd Is a locomotlvo onglncor and whilo on tho run botwoon Kdmonton and Calgary ho was unfortunnto onmiRli to mn down a handcar near Niuiton nnd ono of tho oct'iipiims, nn Itullfin, wns killed. It is reported thnt ho dlfmppoarod during tho coroner's In-liicBt, but when tho verdict wnn brought in of mniifllnuRhter ngninst hlm ho surrendered hlmsolf to tho n. N, \V. M. P., nnd this fact Is nd- vnnred by his sympathizers uh proot tbnt ho Is not tbo terribly dnnKcrous mun ono would b« lt-il to Uullovo upon seelnx the special precautions that nre being taken to prevent hia escape. The Brotherhood of L. F. ft B., of which bo is a member, will have tha hearty support of tbe other railroad orunnlrnUona in their effort* to hava this casa Inreatlffttad. A Gentleman Dresses For Every Occasion —because the mere fact of being well dressed, fits him for any occasion. Fit-Reform styles place a man above the common place. * They give him confidence in himself and help him to win thc confidence of those he meets. Here are two styles that gentlemen are wearing this season—Fit-Reform 3 button Double and Single Breasted Sack Suits. Made in choice imported Worsteds and English, Scotch and Irish Tweeds. $18. to $35. ,_, The Crow's Nest Trading Co, Sole Agents in Fernie «..«... ...... _|_ I, 11,_ ...... *************** k****'*.***"* • t l.,l,_ J,.l,.i. * I I ,l,,i l I * * " ** Kwa^mwetwwawaiawwwww "HFLP" Us pay money to white labor FERNIE STEAM LAUNDRY i a ■ a a .*..--* a .*. e.a a a t a. e k at aaeaaaa** r WW WW* Ww IrWin. M^mmwmmwWwmKWmWftW k*t I
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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : J. W. Bennet |
Date Issued | 1910-09-17 |
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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Fernie (B.C.) Fernie |
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Newspapers |
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FileFormat | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | District_Ledger_1910_09_17 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-07-26 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | 771a3f1f-6cd7-4115-b7e4-617b0532c86e |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0182891 |
Latitude | 49.504167 |
Longitude | -115.062778 |
AggregatedSourceRepository | CONTENTdm |
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