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',, •; ^- ' <AA*"?*' '-'"'.'.' y ''r*' ''* ■ ?" ■ ' '■'--',■",-'r,-'" - . ... ; yJaLv :S-S\-.y(: ny T .-.Indusrtrial Unity,is Strength. ;,The^fficial Organ pi District No. 1*8. U. M..W.oi,A. ; '" -"7"--s?y^ *iij f-1 V .. -. E ty _ -'"No'-^yol^ViAy/^ :. yA ?; A, ..,/ THE DISmiCTw;LEDGER, FERINE, ;ByC., APRIL^13,. 1912.. / $1.00 A YEAR. ■ Jw I- II.,. .,.' I).' The Killing of Policeman yWiliiiett at;Fraiik," • Is Recalied V .: I <* *■ , , ■ ,* MACLEOD,,Alta.," April 7,-rPvitz EbertB, on trial'here on the char_ia of -murdering-.Constable Wilmett at Prank, Alta^'ih 1908,' took - tho; stand \in his ow,n" behalf when the court re-* sumed. Saturday. He; swore that, oh the,night,of the murder he'want'to '" bed drun__'and did not leave hie house '; until the next day.' He denied telling >anyd__e. that he had killed the police- ,. man and'denied the statement'of the , officer who arrested him that his re- ■' mark then had been:' "The'women y have given me away.'.' " . ?, ,, I --JSberts denied ■ all , the statements made against him. by .the government 7 witnesses, "denouncing them'■ as" "lies..' ,' '?Eberts' cross-examination, was 'con- -i tinued .when .the court- assembled *'at , 2 o'clock.', He. denied all the remarks 'said,, to have-been ma.de by' him by Constable Collins and. Sergt. Piper, ,■ only acknowledging'the'statement that - he said when he .heard* of Jasbec's' arrest, "They will now come for me." . .Hesalso,denied everything Mrs Kane ,'; had "said. The court adjourned again -till'4 o'clock,-; when ;McI_e"od made an \ /address "on the;prisb'ner's 'behalf,• fol- ,•■ lowed by a'speech by .Nolan.'* ;The. '"jury returned? at'8.15, after an absence * -of-'one hour'and-;a few" minutes'and' gaye'.a-verdict-of guilty'with a recom- ■ mendatipn for mercy.'; - McLeod appli-' ed for, a .reserved £ase,(the application ',y being refused.-T" The prisoner was condemned to-hang on* June' 1.7 A -; , LEOSTEHlN_LW__P_RES'dE~NTU. F? • .' ,, ' . . -' ^ r-. Ir, -'-:"" DISTRICT 28, U,M W OF A? '7'A's"a result o! the7recent'election ^t of offlcers^for District 28 of the United '"-lifine ? Workers" of:' America,' - ei__brflc_n_.- jurisdiction -. oyer-^yancouyer.Island, *Robert,Foster, has been'elected presi- ,' dent, to succeed'Geo.'^'A. Burt;,,He Js • well 'spoken' of by * those competent- to v judge of _ his executive ability, and "is big enough to assume the .duties of the office., ,' "''"•' ? MINING LEGISLATION Special Commlssicm ih Alberta 8tarted "Sj' ' . .,;■ Enquiry.', , EDMONTON,' Alta,, .April 0,—The . special commission appointed by the Sifton government for' the purpose of drafting proposed nmondmenta to tho Coal Mlno Act ot the province hold its • first mooting in Calgary today, and the commission will meet in session every alternato wook. throughout the Bummer and fall. John Sterling, pro- I ylnclal Inspector of mines, has boon .appointed chairman, Tlio operators will bo reproBontod by" Commissioner Walter McNeil, of Calgary, whllo W. Hadon Powoll, of Coloman, prosldont. of District 18, IJ. M. W. of A„ will br- ,lng to boar upon tho problems of (mining In Alborta nri intimate knowlodgo of tho minora" requirements. MAY DAY AT NANiMO .. The miners'; of ^ Ladysmith, ■ Cumber-, land, and .Wellington' will celebrate, the 1st. of'May by holding, a" demoinstra- tion at Nanaimo on that' day. y, ** *', "* John, P. White, International .President of the United, Mine Workers' of America,',is expected to be present, and several officers of'the Birtish Columbia Federation of Labor are to bo lnvited'to speak to the miners on questions affecting the interests of labor in the'province. The,exhibition-ground in Nanaimo has been* secured for the holding of the demonstration and the programme for the day is aB follows: . Procession to' start at 9.30. "Addresses by„ prominent officials at 10,30. Sports-at 1.30 100 yards open dash; 100 yards, dash ;,(closed); 440 yards race (open). 440 yards (closed); one mile race; five mile race; children'*- sports; ,five-a;side football, (open); tug-of-war ' (union men only); _ wrestling, Cumberland and Westmoreland, catch;as-fcatch-can; also catch weights; high-jump; old men's race (confined to inen over 60,years',of age); married ladles race over hurdles. * The Cumberland .Miners', Union'have chartered a boat* for this occasion and' in all probability, there will be a dance in the evening. If the workers of Vancouver and* Victoria join in and make this va real Labor Day,- there is, no limit to the effect this-will have on the workers of this province; and will greatly help organization work in the future. ■ • THE HON..ROBERT.. ROGERS I .MAY VISIT NELSON NELSONT7Apr_r9.-rFred A. Starkey, President of the Associated Boards of Trade.'of.Eastern?'""British Columbia, ' -* i> ,1 "^ i ■ _ left this morning to,*attend'"the-ban, qt'ct to be given to'Premier Roblin af ;Winnipeg, where.;, he-; will ,vpersonally presentthe.invitation extended to Ho:i Polert Rogers, "the new,minister ,o£ -.nines, to yisit Nelson and'get lri touca .with:the'needs of.the mining industry in this section ?of,Britlsh"Columbit. He DIVIDENDS AS US MrtmmoF nisi) is MAY! will also, invite^ Mr. • Rogers' colleagues to'.visit- the city. •,, <_. • 7 .* ■ : International Coal & Coke Go,.Cut a Melon in Spite of Strike SPOKANE, Wash., April 8.—The International Coal and Coke' Company, capitalized for $3,000,000, paid $56,p73.- 38 in dividends and expended $77,554.- 28 for maintenance and $47,029.61'for improvements and equipment at the plant during 1911,- according to a report submitted at the annual-meeting in' Spokane, March 28. , Two million two hundred and;twenty-five thousand shares were represented-by holders in person or by proxies. Tho coMpany's properties in the province of Alberta were not in operation for nearly eight months last'year, on account-.of*the coal miners' strike. The report shows the following: * Liabilities:. Authorized and' issued stock/$3,000,000;'balance of royalty due"to the1 Dominion .government.for coal mined between 1903 and 1909, $28,019.97; .accounts ■ payable, $45;- 923,89;. bills payable,'$153,080.46; contingency reserve,' $39,448.16; surplus, $805,748.14. Total," loss-$18p,657.28 for 1911 dividends, and maintenance, '.3. 894,563.34.' "' " ■ Assets: Coal plant, buildings,., horses, .etc., 426.43; waretyouse~stbck, $39,256!37? current accounts,receivable'$90,616.69;' stocks of coal and coke, $2,582.26; unexpired Insurance, '$1,269.28; -timber rishts,,$4,304.82: ° TotaV$3,894,563,34. Ihe ."report- concludes with,Mho statement'that th.. outlook,for 19V313 promising." as the coal-and coke market is such" as to insure the belief that the—mines Awill^he ±, aWe^to^operate, steadily at capacity.-7 A* : lands, $3,116,112.90; $6406,- MAYOR ASKED TO RESIGN , BECAUSE OF SUPRORT'TO I.W.W "ryy- '■ sr-rt..'.y.i •„ ""•* .'-.'.,yy-j,*lM.,t' JseXtTLE, Wash., April 8r-lh. south western Washington, where the Industrial Workers tied,up a number of lum-? ber mills quiet prevailed today and tbe mills are .working with small* forces*. At Hoqulsm a,citizens' committee intervened tb prevent the strikers1 from Interfering with the men at .work. ■Mayor Harry Ferguson, "supporting the Btrikers cause against the citizens, was asked to resign at a mass meeting held last night. , . - , BOCIALIST CONVENTION * GOES TO INDIANAPOLI8 CHICAGO, March 30.—Tho Socialist National Convention will bo held nt InclIi-innpoUs. May 12. Announcement was made today by John M. Work, Natlonnl Socrolnry of tho SoolailHt Party, that the referendum volo of tho parly, which lint, boon In proKrcw. for ovor n month, roaultoil in 22.501 for ImllnnnpollH ami 11,1.21 for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Olty had hon orlglnnlly do- loctod by tho pnrty'a J.xecutlvo Coin* mlttoo and the chance man mndo nu the result of a demand for a referendum, CONGRE88 TO PUT ORQANIZt_R8 IN THE FIELD SOON FRANK EXPECTS BIG , ., ... ' ,' . COAL PRODUCTION At Fernie/Lethbridge, Bankhead-^ Suitable Program of Shorts is * Being XArranged—Watch For Particulars , ■ * *-. ,* ■ . _• ■ There will be a Miners' Demonstration held in Fernie, Leth- . bridge and Bankhead on Labor Day, May 1st'. Well-known .speakers will.address the meetings at the various places. Arrangements have been made to hold a series of Sports during the,.day. * Excursion Railway Rates will be available tb, the different Centres. A * ,> A- Watch next week's issue .for report regarding further details. 1 , . A . , A. J. CARTER, Sec.-Treas. BRITISH COAL STRIKE BRINGS LOSS OF FULLY $180,000,000. Amateur statisticians, who'have been figuring the losses by the miners' strike, arrive' at various results, but all are enormous-in amount,- v ""vVYH.1 -Schooling, a prominent statistical writer, .estimates that the miners lost" forty millions in wages' and savings.", ,■ " Through the fact of there being no coal-production, other, industrial workers were thrown-out, of employment? lost another forty million, While $100,- 000,000 was lost 'because of the non- production of coal,'and-the loss thus caused by the suspension of other industries; making a grand total of $180,- 000,000. ~ - *"" '.A THE RUSSIAN, MINE DISASTER Rescue parties.penetrated the 3h"a.t of tbe-mine, at'Uzoyka, Russia," in an effort to remove tlie bodies of fbrty- flve_i--iine_r's_cWgl.tJ.y_kn_expIosion_-Of: /, . Secretary P. M, Draper, of the Trad- fc.«> »..«iui _«_»_,^. i.ui,A».._ va _.a«ii.ua, Wi* ' Ir-wi. "br*., rent civil n rnll tr» nffll.nlctl -unions and ot hor bodloa for tho iiocontl Instalment of per capita tax for tho year 1012, "No doubt you nre aware,;1 naya the ..nil ".lm*. *%n v,..n„lr1n«. „« tl . n... COLEMAN MEN BACK Demands are Recognized and Work Resumed ' After 3 Days Trouble nr,oso. botweon tho mnnnRO* mont of the, International Coal und Coko Company, of Coloman, and tho minora on Thuraday last, which caused tho cessation of oporntlona at the mlnofl, for throo dayB. Tho trmibl1. was ovor tho wolRht of tho coal. It appeal's that wntor got Into the eluito*. nnd m n roBiilt thn company'.! of.ic'.ilt. deducted two tons of ono of tho minor's cars In ono Nlilft, oouleudlni. that tho coal weighed honvior wot Minn dry. Tlio chock Welshman Htronuounly objoctod, but without avail. Ah ii (.on- aoquonco tho 000 mon employed quit work and did nol return until Monday morning when tho compnny ngrocd lo the atntua quo, and tho minor alluveil his two ton of .coal, On Wednesday tho Pit Commlttoo waa called together with the object of dlacuantng thin matter of wot coal, but tlio minora' ro- proflonlnllv'on refused to donl with the matter, contending that aa thero wai LIU |I4 U.«MU-I LLtUUV iii il.V <A|_i C1-...4.H. for rui'h :i ronllnjif nr.1 It v.-rc nol In their province lo deal with. Dally' Ylelthr■6T'rtfie','Seve'ral V'W Ines 'to- Be Increased'this Summer " ? FRANK, AltayApril 8.—Although there-;ls scarcely any, agriculture i.i this district,' this town-' justly lays claim to being the centre' of one of the moBt'highly productive-areas in the- Canadian west,'not-in wheat, oats or bnrley, but in coal-and lumber. Thia summer lt ls expected'that the coal mliilnglndustty here will'flourish exceedingly.. The present yproducthe caiiacltles of tho several.mines is expected to bo increased very greatly during the" coming summer.' t!' ■ At present tho mines yield a daily tonnage of: Lille, 1,000;' Hillcrest, 800; Bollovuo, 2,400; Frank, 800; Blairmoro, 500; and Colomnn 2,000. Besides those aro Maple Leaf, with about 200 tons, dally, and Pnssburg mlnos. .- The customs rocoiptB for the port ot Frnnlc during tho year 1911-12 ending on March 31, wore: Merchandise passed, $118,00*1, and collections, $28,- 82*i. Thoro 'wob a decrease ln tho total collections as compared with the amount for the previous yonr, but this Is accounted for in tho clgh, months of Inactivity horo on account of tho rocent coal strlko. coal .gas'-' ,T__e? interior" of the mine was found ?.to have been wrecked Vnd, many 'drifts "caved-in.. _. It will* take several days to' remove the dead; It was not believed that any of the forty- five , could v have - survijed, * The Uz- ovka mine is in the province "of Saratov. -,.,*.' STRIKE WAS EFFECTIVE v WINNIPEG, April 8.—Local evening papers published no noon editions today owing to a striko of BtereotVpers •A'.iicb.lasted exactly 75 minutes, when tho" .pen -went back to work with -the tjvo dollars extra a week demanded, In? their jeans. ■ RESCUE STATIONS , {•A"'- WILL BE INSTALLED 1 EDMONTON, April 87—In the very near future five or six rescue stations will ■ in all probability be furnished by the provincial government at* various points throughout the province. One will be in the Bdinonton district-while Lethbridge, Canmore and other points both in northern andt-southern Alberta will be served with.; the equipment, which,in case of.accident may mean the saving of many, lives. ' ■ ' At a cost-between $4,000 and' $5,000' the mines branch has just completed the installation of'the first rescue station at the town of Blairmore and to?' day a team/of-five''men from one of tie mines of the district, is in training at the station.,, „*, '" ' WOMEN VOTE IN 'FRISCO Suffragettes Maike*- Fine Showing at '.Election on Bond issue A.,J. CARTER INTERVIEWS CIVIC AUTHORITIES RE PLACING MEN ON CONSTRUCTION WORKS IN CITY. ' •Secretary-Treasurer A. J. Carter was in Lethbridge; durng the .week interviewing the. civic authorities with a view of obtaining employment for idle men in the Passcamps. He pointed but that there are some 400 or 500 men who are idle at the present time. Many Oi these men have not been at work since the strike' started on April 1st of last year, and'owing to the unsatis? factory state of the coal markefat the present time they are unable- to get coal in the mines. - He told them that ho had heard that there are many men being brought in from other parts to meet the demands of labor at Lethbridge, so.believes that thc people of Lethbridge would be only too willing to hire the men from the Pass camps* who have been living in this country for many years in preference to outsiders. , He. stated that the District will endeavor to supply, men'as needed/sending down twenty or thirty at a time. It would help- to tide them over until next fall, when work In the mines Is expected to open"' up full blast. ,'*The authorities promised 'to look into the matter and would acquaint him with their decision. I'll see you'atthe Isis! LABOR WILL UNITE TO "*. MAINTAIN ITSRIGHtS ™S AtTFR ANCISCOrAprii "57=W6meir voted for"the first, time in this city, to-" day and-10',000 bf them" went to'the polls and'cast'their- votes for Civic Center'and City Hall Bonds to the amount bf $8,500,000.'; Women served on election'boards in, many parts ,of the city and did-their .work* well. ;B As clerks' they were a decided success, and-the'presence of women,did much.to*, give'to polling places an atmosphere totally different from that observed on other occasions. The bonds were carried by a vote of ,43,000 to 3,600.*■. .Ninety p'ercent of the' registered women voted, while less than 5. per cent of the men went to tho polls. '.. , ' LONDON, April 10.—If the surface men's grievances,can be settled there seems to be.nothing to prevent a resumption throughout the coal fields of the United Kingdom;- The protests of the Yorkshire and FIfeshire miners against the Federation's decision are not likely to be followed by action. The Miners', Asociatlons of the counties have., already recommended the men to return to ,work. ''.'-.- The railway companies announce an early restoration of ■ normal services. Some indication in the minds 'of .labor leaders as to the.future course of la- McBRIDE PROMI8E8 BETTER MINE INSPECTION IN FUTURE The oxocutivo board ot^Dlatrlct 28 of tlio United Mlno Workora of America, with hoadquartora at Nnnnlmo, havo boon nftor the provincial government for tho non-onforcomont ot tho C'inl Mines Regulation Ant. Lotlora recently nddraasod to Premier Mc- liildo, covorlng a numbor of grogs violations and making npoctflc c.mrgo,i havo Boomlngly allrrod tho premier to action, fur ho ha« replied to the mIr- trirt sociotnry that union,, tho m.u- lntlonR nro enforced heroafter thoro will ho mlno Inflpoctora put on the Job who will "do tholr duty. A* n ro- milt thoro has been a ..linking of dry bonen, nnd (ho porcontngo of accident1), nnd nnnrcenHnry death toll nmong Vancouver Inland conl dlggera may bo materially loaBoned aa a re-* n.yi cf o.« -*.""!t",t*.** j"* '.' ■■* ',* '*"■*" n*.f,nnt7.ntlon. /.nntho. fnr-tnr thn'- At Iho]Probably had BOmnthlng to do with tlmoofgolni. to prena nothlni. furthut)tho promptness of tho promler'B ac* haa boon dono In thn matter. grots l> now engaged watching logUla- tlon nt Ottawa. As Boon ai parliament prorogues ho will go eail aa far aa Sydney, C.U., on an organising tour, which will, wo hope, bo productive of much good to tho InternaUonn. labor movement In tho ..astern provinces, •Tho provincial extfeullirea have been both ^nergetle and watchful at to provincial labor legislation If the fimtnoei of tbo Confess -will warrant It, the executive council U ansiona to havo an organinor In central Ontario for a few months, as well at one fn tb<* Weaterr. ITorlnrca for n like period during, the ecmlng aumrner.** AND CARNEGIE CRIMINALS tlon Is tho fact that tho miners carry tholr unity of purpouo to the ballot *h<tv "f\n /itfirtlnn A;vn «o v'nll i » n'r-r-lr daya; aa was splendidly nhown on Thursday of last week. Tho minors of tho Crow's Nest coal flelda might well take notice,—n. C Fedoratlonlst. .•""..E8NO, Cal., April .-Character^ ing John D, "Rockefeller nnd Andrew Cnrnoglo ob the two biggest criminals of the century. Karl Rogers, n Loi Angeles attornoy, In ..Iscu8_.lt... economic renditions boforo the Woodmen of tho World here today, declared tbe nation j V.CTO'«.A, B.C., April 0.--nutln« \ $2ri.0fi n "nioaDt. was on tho ver^o of a great calamity, (the absence from the city of Hon. W.'j 8CHOOL OOARD OR. YOUNQ WILL BE ACTING PREMIER CITY DADS' BUSY MEET A New School Building, Extend the Lighting System and Streets A meeting of tho City Council took placo on Thursday nlglit, Acting-Mayor llroloy In the chair. The Vlnnncn Committee brought In n rocommondnllon that tho following nmounta bo oxpondod this year, Ibhuob of debontureit, nt r> por cont interest to be as follows: $10,000 for Improvpinents to Park, 30 yenra dobenturo, $10,000 for ImprovomcntR to Htreola, 10 yoara debenture. $r*,000 for new Storo Houfio, 10 years debenture. flfi.OO for electric IIrIiI cxtenxlon, 30 yenra dobonturo. Thoso nro Hiibjoci to petitions bolng received hy the Council roiiunHtlni. that llio abovo bu carried on. Messrs McCralg and I^oula Tiors arc negotiating with iho Fernio flteam LMimlrV for tho tailing over of thc bviHlnoHH, umt 'ub Urn properly in on ground bolormlng to tlie city, nn rx- topHlon of lease was askod. This w,.h _,.,«,iilm,,, in.) iv.M; Irt-iliK vxa-IIUlnl i-i Jj..;_ ..P, IM. H. Y.'.ill.'i.'f, of lho Pernio Hotel, n> penred before Peunrll In support of f?b Mil for rent nnd board of four m.-i omvrnnllnod in bin place, tmd wh t *-,.*>-""i»,Uh Wi'iJkfc \-i*$ lrt*n.» (A. H-^vl.^ ■( IV* fused to take any action In the matter. Fifty dollars was granted to tho flat- vntlon Army. It was pointed out that last year the Army took charge of two young orphans and sept them to tho rviMMie homn In Va.lroiiver, j Jlr. Sieve Uarclay, the City Clerk, !u*n. ■trmr.t.'.l tin Inrrfawk of Mnlntv ot WAR,RUINING ITALY American Paints Economic Conditions There In 8omber Colors PAIlIS.^-TAceordlng lo an intorvlow which tho Now York TJmos correspondent had with a prominent Amort- can woll acquainted with Italian af- fnim, who in fact spends part of each year -near Milan,, but docB .not wish his name to bo made public, lt would appear that economic conditions in Italy at prosont aro far worso thnn tho censored dispatched mako out, "Tho Tripoli war," lio said, "comon vory near.bolng the ruin of Italy which Ib, In fact,, already soothing with anxiety and discontent. Silk ox- ports from Como Province to tho Kast havo dwindled down to nlmoBt nothing. TRACED IIP The %r Shooting''and Other Unlawful Acts Admitted "bor'struggles wSTgiven in a\ speech delivered " by Vernon Hartshorn at Maesteg, Wales, yesterday: He declared that the,result of the coal strike would be the banding together of coal owners, railv/ays, manufacturers, land owners* and capitalists of" all kinds to coerce the government into adopting legislation to prevent ' the ' workers from'ever again "holding up the nation.','." Therefore, lie declared, the workers must similarly band themselves. , The transport, workers, nilners and railway men must unite In the preparation for the fight., Many mysteries,of a lesser or greater degree have been worrying tbe local police for the past "few months, the, < most serious'of which was, the Barr - Shooting Affair. * The Fire Department - have also, been troubled much with false alarms, and many pilferings, like- . wise remained unsolved.' * At last the miscreant's have been traced and they turn out to be two' brothers aged 10 and 11. . According to Chief Hall the youngsters admitted the following deeds: '.• Stealing a toy auto'from Mrs. "El- ■, ley's boy* and breaking' into the Crow's Nest Trading Co. and" stealing ; ?9 - Suddaby'B -Drug Store and*, taking a'. small* sum from a collar' stud ca::e; Duthie's Store and taking $19.35. and * stealing a quantity of fruit from n C, P.-R." box car; stealing a watch from , thc city power plant; breaking' into - a shack near the cote ovens and help-" Ing themselves to a revolver and $33?' $8"of which they spent, giving" tho- rest to their father,, saying they had'- found it; stealing groceries from the^ Crow's Nest Trading Company's'1 rig . when the driver was delivering goodB . In the house; taking ties, handkerchiefs -and gloves" from the -freight sheds; goods from -.a shack in West-" Fernie and hiding them ,under -, a stump; taking bottles from the brewery and^ selling them back to the, com •-> pany. * . ' Chief Hall states that the boys were, cross-examined individually, and-they ' _botlLCOttoboratedjacLJnthpr-_ltji«aeinsji. Get tbe Isis habit. hardly credible that two .youngsters- of such tender ages.should be guilty of; so heniousa crime as attempted murder, but,the Chief says7that their own statements bears but conclusive-, ly facts which are connected with the affair and" consequently^whether they committed the crime or not,"they certainly, have an Intimate knowledge of uA' ■ ;" ■> „ ° ' The difficulty now arises ns to what to do with them. Tliere is no provision made for a juvenile delinquents' court in Fernie, and the crimes alleged against theso boys are so serious that they will havo to bo sent up for trial. ' THE WORKERS' DEATH ROLL Approximately 1,182 fatul nccldontH occurred In (ho factorlOB and work- nl.ops of the United Kingdom, 21 of tbo victims bolng womon, Thorn woro 102 moro fatalities than In the prov!- oiih year, dosplio tlio Hoard of Tradf* regulation... Thoro wore 1-10,738 workers Injured, which Im an \twmim at 10,r.,ll ovor Hie year 1D10, WILL ORGANIZE COAL STRIPPERS In tho nrn«ll ..lack Coal district of Indlnno nt present conaldcrablo conl Is being stripped InRlcai. of mined and common labor is lifted In the work. Tho minors now Intend to organize the conl Btrlppers so that thoy will receive the samo wok-m. as the mlnerx and dny mon employed tn nnd about ti.u oilier linnet, ot Uio tuxtrut. Hhoultl this he done It will prove a Mr.><* blow to th cosl men who have coat land that thoy are now .dripping and In many cases have already strip- pei. it grim, rtnal ol conl .int. ate pun- lng It on tho market. NORTHFIELD EXPLOSION Superintendent is Killed and One Injured—The Of the Accident NANAIMO, ll.C., April 10.—W A. Wlluon, Bupoilntondenl of tho Can<v (IIan .-.xploBlven Company, was ).l!i.*d ni.d W. W, WoodB, a laborer, -am*. H.iisliil.Y injured In nu cxploHion ut Uh workw nt NorthfloliiNhlB morning at 10 o'Mcck. . Other dont hn'Wore prevented by -Vi fru,. Unit tlio fxplnrtlon wiih un'Mim- td i.tioiit 10 minutes boforo It nrcnrnv.l and a warning was given. Tlio explo- Hum v.iih min-dd by iho rn'orlxmlh.; of tho nltriile mixer, Whon ih., wu.'i; men found 'his rondlilnti ntLiwd the, loft the building nnd Humtrtoi'd-I 11 _«*-> nu|HMlii(«'ii(lHit. Mr. Wllnon vmir .00 feci from tlm Initldiug am) npp;o.i< h- lug It when tho powder wont off. tiV wns dlF'-mhowlftf, He wns I'J ytnvf. of ng«' nnd Irnv^s n family. HOSMER CIVILIAN * RIFLE ASSOCIATION FAILURE TO PAV LONO-DUE WAGES CAUSES WALK-OUT "If mr baby cried for m»k" Mid Rogers, "and I had -none to give It, the world would give me enouth < to satisfy her o\k I would tear tbe front otf ef n national bank In my effort to fret Ik- It Ross, who left for the east today, W. T. Williams, architect, of Medl- Hon W. J. Howscr la to be acting mln- j (tne Hut, was requested by .the City later of lands and during the absence j i" heol Ikard to dn* »p pUn* f<vr a of Premier MeRrlde on his visit 'to'Aew school faulldln.. lo b* «»i»w>-fM nn Bniland.Hotj. Dr. Young will be act- ng j.re»lef. the north aide of tin! present site The cost of bnlldlng not f_0'<.xee«(i HS/MA. UGLY MINE FIRE EXTINGUISHED Tho Rhcnandooh Conl Colliery mlno fire, which had been rnglnc. fn tbe m.-immoffi rtln nt f^h^nnvViih TM since February 23 last, and which was fonsM il.iy nnd nffibf ner since, h ->f flcislly ilocUred ext|n«ul<,hi.d. ami tho colliery, which employe 1.S0O m^n and boys wently resumetl work. The fire wst the most stubborn and expenniv.) \n ib* M*t<VTy ©f the torapuriy. Don't mlM "Throush Flsmlng ««t- «>*" at Ih" Isl» tonight nnd tomorrow, KOMONTON*. April .«.—A wnriiliiB nolo of the present, trouble of con- turuviiuu KiiiiKS on the Caiiiniiim Northern Hail*ny with thu contractors nnd ftut>-c«ntrv>ctors was l.t-anl In Kd* inoiiloii, when thirty men laiiin lo this city from rnmp, lu'<*lvo nilk'H uaul ot i-.nw.M..., uiu) conipJiiiiicd that tbey could not Ret pay. ArroMliiK to tho men soma of n Rant; ef two hundred men hnd not twn paid for twolvo months, others for Mix nnd nono ur them since the bot_.-lnr.In_?: of winter. Thf-y claim/*,! ''m. rh** fVIt (uii car had not been to the head of stool for a font tluw ami tlut tln.ii' demands for money had received only Avatlv* anr_a<>r*. There have bwn f«-<iu^nt complaints made by workmen f-omlni. to Kdmonton from time 1<_ Ur.** irt'tt ifiriw.* ./imps t..*t ihfj' nr* nnt p.i.,. i-vwiTrtrlf, nn'T fh.1f when a man quits or Is discharged he finds It moat difficult to get hit menes. LOOK TO SETTLEMENT Miners and Operators Appoint Committees to Attempt an Adjustment l-Mlll.AWOI.I'IIIA, April 11,~.I'i-f.- porlfl nf pence with an oiirly rosiimp- lion of nnthriic|to mliilnf. firow murli brl-ihlor todny nn tlm miner*, nnd Hi.'- npcratnrs docliU'd to nil down tocother nnd tulle nv«*i' tliHr (JlflVi'tiiccx lure thin nftertiunii. (Ico. 1' Mrmr, pt.*-!.!. ilcnl of tlio /.(MnlliiK ciiiiipniiy, lire pohciI on li(»li/tlf of tit.' opornlorn fo nrbllrnto HiHr dlfN'reiicp, <>mt Ih, to loi tlm iinthrni'ltn coal Btrlko connuli.- hIoii wlilfh H'tilcil Uiu mrlVo or I.m_! InvoHlltmle pn>w>nl conditions and de- cldn wholhor nny modlflcnilnn o, tlif> I'ommlhHli.ii's award wiih n<>r<«nH,ii*y nt IhlH tll.n*,, Al tlm dlMHimiioiUhnt fo! lowed tlio miners pracllcnlly tlirea* tiiiM oimr iihii!.', mid the fonforfiire .»r.ti*U lih»il) tu .ipiiuiin Hub'tuiuinii** , (/■c, t» tilt- ii|-, <jto .JcmaiHla of rl* mln«T'.' with jow-^r *o nsrikf- nr-;-- nii'inliitluiii. for udJiiJ.tm.'iitH. AT THE GRAND The next 1i>« nit met Ion i-omtni; to tho (Irmid Tlifntm ori Tuosday, April Kith, U .I<*iiuiie. Toulor In th.it vvnnd.*.- rnl play, "Tho Whllo flltttf-r." Thlt. pi iv u-as draivatt/c l from tlv.u wl.Iv!. r«'«d novel of 1*. Marlon Crawford's ut i!:c ,„ui... i;.mu:. £;,» _.,u. ^u nt*i full of loiuplicAtlons which lit-iRhlcnn il*«- a-'llnn of tin*- play «nd prwipltatM rb*» cllria*. with an arnlarirho of emo-- tlon. MIm Towlrr will lie ncrompnni. (d h> iti ixu-\)vnt hupitoettnti <om- tuny, * ..** -: -."* ' ct Annunl genornl mcotinfr held at the Pacific Hotel, on' Monday, April 1st. I, J.- llrown elected captain for the coiuItir sonson; Prnnk Nowton oloct«':l socrotnry. C, Anthony, 1st lloutonnnt of tho rnnRo; II. Brooks, 2iid lloutcn- nnt; ,Wn.r Anthony, range offlcor. ISxecutlvo Commltteo appointed a* follows: Captain and Secretary ex of- ■ flclo. Coo.' Stooden. A. Anthony nnd it. Pratt. MomborBhlp feo for the hciihou fixed nt ?2.00 Special cup, Riven by I. J, Tlrpwn, captain, to bo competed for tbla nea-.' son, alao throe 'bpooiib donated by T)r. O. P. lllRRlnB, ■ *.-i ii , Jl XM "The- l.nninn Toriiedr" at the !_..__. -V-.,. T^tf^.*.*? .>'j,^;;7^\. .-\V««£. »--, ^^_fS^.9^^5^k*v£^"<.y '-'4.' ' 4 >. ■*''cA? -*"rH-,. „-- - 1* !. ' ,AV»?/>: -.jl3- -~ *.* _-w v5V - *= ^v PAGE TWO THEDISTWOTI^EDGER, FERNIE^ B.C.,,APRIL 13, 1912. '''•y. A^.A<7??y^f?vAA'A^A^'y;i_'1y. y**;-7 7.*,- ■ -- .:---&;y\y ,yy^ -^-.:'."--^y-.y-yw,, w-..-A-,-. "'•J? 1,800 Still on Strike\ a£ Hoquaim-- \ Will Not Acdeftt Compromise HOQUIAM, Wash., April '9.—The strike of 1800 'm'llworkers of Grays .Harbor, -which tbe mlllowners hoped w_ti:ld collapse upo*c Hie offer of an iu- 'ciease of wages to''?2.25 a,Q_.V, became more serious when an effort was "made to resume work today. The men demand $2.50. ' In Hoquiam the Wilson mills and inAb'erdeen the "Aberdeen Lumber and Shingle Co. wero added to the ' plants operating. A . fight between strikers and strikebreakers occurred at the Hoijuiam lumbor camps mill,' the strikers throwing hun dreds of stones into the mill yard.", ,A hose was turned on the'crowd from the mill/ yard and women and children as well as men were drenched t' In Aberdeen the Wilson mill is running full-handed, -but all the other Hoquiam and Aberdeen plants in operation are 'short-handed., The strikers have established headquarters here for the * whole district. They appealed for aid to Governor Hall at Olympla, who says ho is unable to tako action? Tlie trial of Dr. Herrmann F. Titus of Seattle, charged with inciting, was begun here today. Labor World! __ • "*•* * The undertakers have a hard time ,of it when the coal miners are on ; strike.' -"**„• "If this paper pleases your'boss, fire "the editor,',' advises' tbe Industrial Worker ...**"'* *■' Thero are two kinds of hoboes, those ■ who have, no monoy, and those who are millionaires." • * * » Clarence Darrow's case has been set ■ for trial May 14th, He is charged ' i with bribing jurors in the MeNamara cas-. / * . ■> * * The world's ■ largest trade union. - composed entirely of women, is said to be the Cotton Operatives' union, of Lancashire. This union has eighty thousand members. ,* * »' Ten thousand working' girls of the Chicago Women's Trade Union league havo contributed $1,200, to the league in dimes, nickels and pennies as the ° result of self-denial week, y * ■• - * * . e Over 700 employes in the Kalamazoo Corset Company, have struck over the summary discharge of a number of employes, who, it is claimed, were dis- missed"because"of"activityiiruiiio"iraf-"" fairs..- « * * Senator Nelson's bill abolishing the penalty of imprisonment for desertion of "seamen from vessels of the United ■' StateB, and also" for refusal to join the vessel, has been ordered favorably reported from the senate commltefc. * ,, * * If the workers of British Columbia ever expect to get any place politi- .caJJy, they will havo to do a little more work and organizing between e'.Ctlon days. Elections are not won b. prayer or platform oratory; as tU many Bowser fire wardens, road bosses, policemen, civil servants, etc, cnn well attest.—B. C. Fedorationist. * * * ■ Every unionist in British Columbia will learn of the defeat of Andy Shll- land, secretary of District No. C of the Western Federation of Minora, Sandon, In tho recent oloctlon for tho Slocan Hiding. Shilland ls ono of nature's noblemen and thoroughly liked by all acquainted with his sterling qualities. Had he been elected ho would have mado n creditable addition to his majesty's loynl opposition at Victoria.—!.. Palm Pottlpiece. Dedicated to our indifferent union correspondents (with'apologies to the Shingle Weaver): ' ■• There's always something--doing, Just a line or two looks good; % It would surely help the paper If each did what he could. * * *' * . Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation'of Labor,reports that the average membership for^Oc- tober,-November and December,' 1911, and for January 1912, was 55,000 more than the average membership of the previous year. , ' ., * * * A jewelry firm In Bavaria furnishes the clothing worn by its employees while at# work in the factories, and washes the garments at its own laundry. This is done ,to .preserve any particles of gold' or any tiny jewels which' might adhere to the clothes. ' * * * , ■ .Edmonton City Council has adopted, a minimum wage clause for ai« employees "of the corporation. , It p-o- vides for not less than 30 cents per hour, and the union rate of wages must be paid 'to mechanics. The sight-hour dny is i lso ,o prevail oi, all work. At least this recommendation, has been made* to the commissioners and it is more than probable that the suggestion will be accepted; * * - * With the exception of New "Westminster Trades and Labor Council the constitution and bylaws bf the British Columbia; Federation of Labor, adopt- ed_ _at__Uie-_second_LjLiiBual_conv_entton_ in Victoria'in January last, have been ratified by the" membership'and'will therefore be enforced after the "next meeting of ■ the executive. The most important change was an,Increase'in the per capita tax from 1 cent' to 2 cents per month per members "7 - ' • * * , , -* A republic is a paradoxical situation where; - i , Public policies are manufactured by private individuals; . Public service corporations are run for private dividends • ^ 7 A public trust is a prlvato manoeuvre and a private trust is a public nuisance: Public business cannot bo dono without Interfering with private business; Public representatives perform what thoy privately promise and fall to perform wlint; thoy publicly promise.-- Modorn Life. FRANCE FOR EIGHT HOUR DAY Tho chamber of doputlcB has passed n bill providing for nn eight-hour day for coal minors in Franco, It Ib believed this notion will romovo tho possibility of n gonoral strlko In the coal fields. Move Frank To Safe Place It is altogether likely that tho town of Frank will bo moved bodily for a distance of hnlf a mile, In ordor to bo out of tho way of posBlblo mountain slides, Tho mnttor is now In ahoy- nnco, ponding the decision of the C. V II. It is likely that tho C. P U will novo tlielr tracks, piitflnB a "bonch" on the sldo of the mountain north of lho town nnd nwny from lho clangor yono If thnt Is dono, tho town will follow tho tracks, It it, llkoly that It wll coat the towu n quarter of a million dollars to mon.-. Tlm i luce whero the town will probably move Is n very,good slto. It la tele _o far as danger from land slides Is concerned. If It Is doctdod to movo tho town will sond n, dologntlon to tho government to auk financial assistance, it will bo nocoBBnry lo movo two or three dozen business blocks and about n'hundred Iioiihoh. At flrHt It'wns though, that tho top of the ihioutoiilnf. mountain could ho blown off, thereby removing tho danger, hut tho C. 1» 1.,'s engineer, Mr, Aloxnndor roporlod that It waB not fcnalblo. Ho inporlod on Thursday week thnt It would not bo Bnfo. < " A Prlco, of the C. P. n., had nn In- ten-lew with tho council or tho town hint Saturday and It was thon decided to tnko no further Btops until Mr Prlco could find out what the C P I. would do In Ihe mnttor, REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.,, OF'McBRlDE'S PROSPERITY ,*''•* :—:X"': '••■■•,. Low wages; long-hours;!, slavish work, isolation and'"he'7life; * punk grub;, unsanitary 'camps;' lack; of proper hospital facilities, In1 short inability to make even "a living—these are factors, at' work.in railway construction camps lirB. C, , working for the general revolt' among the slaves who,build the roads that the government pays for, and Bill and Dan will own when completed. ,. . - ' *' '" t The countless strikers' ,haye> de-" cided that tliey must have~ $3 "per nine-hour day, instead of. $2.25* for ten hours. • , ' ' The contractors, of course, will have none of it, and intend to throw dust in the public eye by blaming I. W, W. agitators, rather, than the rotten working conditions, for the, general discontent and cessation pf work by the employees. , " Whatever opinions may be held as to the correctness or otherwise of'the position taken-by the I. W. W. as to what is the most vulnerable point In the armour of capitalism and the most effective methods of combat, the thoroughness ' and', determination with which they are putting their policy, to the test compels admiration from those who most strongly disagree with them. ,. • History affords few, if any, instances of such .working class movements as the one in question, riot only in the, vigor with-which the tactics advocated, are put into execution, but also in' the widespread acceptance .they< have re-, ceived from a section of .the, workers previously looked upon ~* as the' most difficult to' organize and least susceptible to, the .Idea of united action, owing to the multitude of different .na-" tionalities involved, with the hitherto, invincible 'national prejudices. The present strike on the C. N. It. affords a striking object lesson as to what a movement animated by the uncompromising spirit of revolt against the slavish 'conditions that capitalism is imposing upon its .victims can accomplish, in welding the widespread discontent among the most heterogenous army of .slaves that any system of production ever assembled together.'";-., ,' , ** But: the most sinister portent to the ruling class of today lies in the fact tliat theisystem of which they are the beneficiaries, and defenders-is-being undermined.;"by , tijat section from, which' they "least ^expected danger, because^ they(had selected it with the de- Hberate calculation that the:national antipatKie's^IifTOlTCd.^vi.liicirthey were careful 'tb'fbster. by pitting one against th other, yoiild prove an insurmountable obstacle";to the propaganda of revolt. ' y .- 7 ' . ' '," <■ - : That their "object1 has so signally failed-.of accomplishment, in spite of the elements In their favor, is another of the, multiplying, proofs that the sign of, the times provide of tho. utter Incompatibility with further, social prosresB of'a slave system of produr*, lion." ,' .' , „ ,, Feudalism, fell when It could no longer provide' an existence for tho majority of thoso who depended upon It for an existence, and made way for tho present ordor, which ls now on tho Verge of a similar revolution, that is bolng propelled by tho same inexorable laws of social evolution, and tho economic nocessity of the vast mnjor- Ity, to whom tho next step in advanco hns bocomo a matter of llfo nnd death. By whatever,,methods It ls accom- pllshod that step will plnco tho work- ors In possession of tho political power by which the present ownors of tlio moans of wealth production aro enabled to subject tho rest of society to' tho lovel of howora of wood ond drawers of wator. Onco In possession of that powor, thoy will uso lt to porform the rolo that Is historically theirs, by entrench, lng themslovos In tho position of ownership of tho machines theyalono can create and, uso, thus ensuring to all willing porform tholr sharo of the social task tho full soclnl equivalent of tholr labor performed, It enn't bo too soon.—13. C, Fodcra- tlonlst. es -were "able"to "raiserttielr. standard of livlng,7 not'because of ."tbe-niarvel- lous advances- made in.the; aYts of'pro-, duction,.though" this,- of course, %was' a necessary''condition,; but" because vof the great 'scarcity of lat>or 'occasioned by the'settlement of,the west and.ihe expansion of .industry,; also* it', may be" said, by their'organization into";trade unions. .But;'all that has been reversed: -The "frontier'A-has -disappeared, into" the'Pacific ocean,, the. period "of .expansion has ben 'superceded 'by. ttie period of consolidation, organized'labor has now organized capital with which to cope, aud an ever increasing host of jobless men'and women make {t'possible for employers to enforce a reduction"; of wages.- • . „ ?' '••' - , ' Neither accumulating riches on tlie one hand nor deepening misery on the other.however, would endanger the existing social order if the masses lacked leadership; or continued to believe that poverty is ordained, by God or that it Is both inevitable and just. But theso two bulwarks - of . conservatism are being swept away as surely as have'other superstitions. For many decades now, tho workers have been learning to think,for themselves and to organize--in their' own interests? This is a natural consequence "of their association in large industrial establishments, their * education in the schools and their enfranchisement. " Frbm 'the "first flows their ability to act iii concert, from the second their intellectual training,' from the third their consciousness .of political power Once upon a time people believed in the, divine right" of kings. ' .Today they' believe In, the divine right of capital. But this latter belief Is passing away as surely" as, did the former. So also is the-belief that poverty is a blessing in disguise. ■ The church ' is losing Its influence oyer, large sections of the community. Among 'working men and women a feeling seems to be_ prevalent that'the church is a class institution.of the capitalist class, and that they haye no place in it. At any rate, the old * teachings no longer suffice to allay-their discontent.' An anti-religio'usnes akin to that, which characterized the French revolution is developing among the proletariat' of both Europe" and America. ' '., In the* domain of political economy a like - unorthodbxy is manifesting^ itself. '' A large and Increasing number of working people are studying ecc^ nomics, ■ not,*' however,- the economics, of the schools and-colleges. The. economics which' they are studying are the economics of Karl Marx, economics which1 have'-a ' revolutionary import and which.- tho'ug'h 'meriting.'jheAit-e THE OUTLOOK FOR THE WORKER8 As tho unemployed army grows In fllzo, tho condition of Ihe aellvo work- ora bocomos correspondingly worse. Tlio prlco of lubor-powor .wanes) Is regulated llko tho prlco of nny othor commodity by tbo law of supply nnd domnnd, When those two factors are perfectly adjusted, commodities, In- eluding liiimnn labor-power, nro aold at tholr normal valuo, namely, tholr cost of production, But whon supply oxcoodH domnnd, prices fall, mid this Is ns true of wn«es ns It Is of wheat? or cotton or automobiles. During tho flfnMp«.M( ''Cr.'U'.'"" |1 TO T f^T Tr* T T*> £** For Men, Women and Children While walking is good exercise and necessary Bicycles nre nlso highly rccommonded and in going to nnd from work are vory useful—yon get there quicker, fl, very important factor. Bicycles Repaired. JOH*. 'MIN'TOl. Todd Block of the "dismal "science" because of'the' unpleasant truths they contain, nevertheless bear a, message of hope to the oppressed and <■' disinherited of' all lands. •' '• ,-;,"',," What is the kernel of Marxian economics? „ Simply-that labor Is robbed through the; subtle operations of the wage-system,; that* "'the Interests of employers and employees are antagonistic and that ob long as class ownership own the means of production, distribution and exchange persists, labor will, have a hard, tlmo1 of lt. -These are dangerous doctrines, you say, and untrue; but they are-being success; fully propagated all tlie samo. Hero In Amorica ther workers, are becoming familiar with the'statistics.of wealth distribution.. . Tliey learn from the Investigations of Chaa? B., Spahr, that sovon-olghts of the families of tho United Statos own no more than one- eighth of tho national wealth, nnd that ono por cent of the families hold moro of tho national wealth than tho remaining ninety por cent, From governmental ropoits and othor sourcoB thoy loarn that tho productive workors —mental and mnnunl—receive in wag- ob (and profits) less than one-fourth of tho values which thoy create, i Theso facts, m conjunction with tho teaching that labor produces nil wealth and that to labor thorcforo all wealth should belong aro bolng assiduously dlsHomlnntod by tho So.lnllstc through a host of pamphlets, books nnd periodicals, from hundreds of nt'-oot corner rostrums and tho platforms of numerous lecture hnllu, nnd In tho factories, fields nnd workmiops by dnlly dismission, The Present Distribution of Wenllh In tho United Stntos, p. 00 (quotod hy John Spargo). It Is an oft quoted saying ofMCarl Mnrx that capitalism Is crontlnq, Its own grave diggers. And suohwouM appear to bo the case, Not only In economic development moulding Iho foims and fostorlog tho conditions which hogot revolutions, but it Is glv- In*, birth to tho native agents of fllr- enitent,, Until quite recently tho prolotarht wna drained of Its nblost members by tholr absorption Into tho,so-called upper classes nml by ominratlon Into now lands. These have been the safely vnlvoH of Kuropo and Amorica for tho mat hundred years or bo. As long as Uiu dioiu uiiurKutiu eluinenu among iho workers could satisfy tholr ambition lo totter tbcmaclve* bjr eettlnj up a business of tholr own or by mak- Ins n bid for fortune In hitherto un- *>a...oa.ni letmoiy. they remained, «,» John "R. Commons says In Tha American Journal of Sociology", iolf-consct- ous. But as soon as these opportunities are tnkon away from them, tbey become clnss-consclous. Now, th* tru«flflrsflnn of frnfnstrf on' tho on* hand and tho conquest of the West on tb*, ntiinr (ins productoff Juat thin <f-, feet. Not only that, but th«f are ■Xx yy y.'.y ' ''' X?y, 'A sinking, a large ..section;, pf-'the "middle'- class into the ranks'of ^the'-wage^earn- ers. The professionsytob, are.becpm- ing overcrowded, the? high" schools'.Wd colleges are, turning out tin eyerjiarger number of bright young men* ahd'wb. men unable to find "respectable" positions, small investors find .'-it increasingly difficult to-live"upon their ;ia- comes owing-to the fall in the', raw of interest, while the personal"tlesViilch once bound employer and^eniployeo together haye disappeared under'corporation rule. And with what-result? Simply that there lsrarising a "body of- intellectual proletarians who, realizing that "their economic salvation lies'* tri rising, with instead' of trying to rise above tho class.into which they have either fallen or been born,1 ally,them-, selves with the forces ' of;" revolution and becomo the writers; teachers, organizers and parliamentary representatives of the" international social-democracy. ' '"' ' ■'•. s "The International *• Socialist Movement is without a doubt tho most Important movement bf "these times. Beside it all other movements sink into inpignifiennce. ' It Is important, however, not so much from the dimensions it has already attained" as from its class character, revolutionary alma and wonderful vitality. ' Forty years' ago* the voting" strength bf the International Social-Democracy did not exceed thirty thousand. , Today it,is be-, tween nine and ten millions: Throughout the civlized world hundreds , of journals are' published In its behalf, legislatures,are falling under its sway, and the discontented elements of all classes are rallying around Its banner. Its progress is steady, rapid? irrepress- able. - ' ' T7*""-""* REPAIR MEN CALLED, OFF t PHILADELPHIA,' April'8.—Orders were issued .today by the union district headquarters at Shamokin calling off all repair work "in. the - Schuyl-' kill district after ' "Wednesday, April 10th, which is the date for tho conference at - Philadelphia., There will be no interference with the pump men and .workmen needed to prevent damage, to property until after the result of tlie conference becomes known, ,when tt is said, it is intended to suspend everything in case there is no prospect of an agreement being reached. . \ A* "*" , ■ iA.T ',: .,- The ■ union" heads ■ claim that ■ some companies were taking, advantage oof the permission given"union'men,to do repair, work * to prosecute new ."work which'.led?,to. the order being issued? AFTER the fireman lias dono his best and lost out, ls then too late to,consider about a policy of flro insuranco! For your protection you should Insure in our Company to-day, Tho cost for adequate Insuranco io warrant you against financial Iobb will not bo groat. Why not got our rates and . guard your Interests boforo It Ib too Into? . M, A, KASTNER Solo Afiront for, Fornlo Dr, de Van's Female Pills A reliable Frtnch r«irulkto;i novor filli, Tli.ie pllli tra exce«dlfi(tlv powor.uI In r.miiitln.. iti* ' "— Jir 0** fem»» - ' - ' w.ntrsllvfl portion dt m(emulo,iyilan.. K.lui. all t i_np lm titloni. br. d» Ws or_ nold M l1.,J_?*'.n,i,_'tts '*"r'J11, A,»'l«d 1° »"'V *Mm% *-•:> :?SS'dy '■a GeHerar ID balers' iiality 7 "-"A ., 'y^y Go63d s -ahd- Dry ?Goods, Boots, Shoes *.y Men's-Furnishings A,,A Groceries; Fruits and A .; PfovisioiisV 7 • Bellevue, Alta. *•*,--. - v*. . /. i V*,l . .- 3 , StephenT^Huinble Dealer ? in Hardware, Stoves, Ranges: i, * * . - ~ ■ , ,.-',. ■'*" Fancy.Goods and Stationery BELLEVUE Alberta -.. . 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Etc., ffo to * i * THE 41 MARKET CO. 8AM GRAHAM, Munsger PHONE 41, The Store that Belongs to the People • «W* i*K ,ft H^l^W •mftJim V*#P. aftpsc(loc«ft^^T,*,r,rmfll, raic*. ii CMTt Ladger kit Wiiys fiat Thm *ssm at* |% i^vcjy bimig i>ic:w Oa, XU1 Opi JLllg Women Got a now Hat or Bonnot for yourself and baby. Como and sco them Ond bo duIi-jt:htod--lowGst prices in tho district—thon the 10 conts oif tho dollar for cash. . New Wash Goods, Wash Trimmings, Embroideries, Lawns . and Prints. If you cannot call send for our samples Everything; Required For Men and Boys .. ■ • , ,..'-U ' ■ .___... 1 _»._.■' ° ' ■'•'. ■■.' ... ' .. SSn Co-Operative, Coleman &*?& m 1 •-.. -is; ■ = }V. PAGEPOUR rf >*?_.?! - "A THE5 .DISTRICT'lEDG^APERNIE, B. C.;^PRIL 13,-1912. 3 -...i s i v. I'jbur Letter Box!' WhyyTom X^y; l: Labor Troubled *aK '■■a :? A "The regiment-will/be ready, for re- '. connalssance duty iri the region of the • ( miiies at 2 a.m. March ."of f : at" 2.15. 'A Strict', silence"'to he observed. •. 'Emer- 1 -gency rations, ?wlll he* carried * by the 1 men, aiid the regimental water-cart -.will he in attendance."?;tIn addition, 1 " every man will carry a rolled blanket y and waterproof sheet for bivouacking, y„i_' necessary,' and twenty rounds-, of . ball ammunition. Ambulance , waggon No: '/..Section 'B has been allott- ,'cd the regiment during the opera- '. tions." ',''""' "; ' ', The'men stand In gloomy silence, as the orderly-sergeant reads this order before "turning-In.*1" , Then the old i soldier remarks: , y ;. . 1 , "Humph! Reads just like" active 6ervlce! Reminds' me of the time we ; captured the mines, at Johannesburg . in■190.0!'* \- ',,",. , -A * "Only.this if worse," chimes In the - • sergeant, as he'closeB his book with a ' vicious snap; "for there's not medal for' -»this business, and no free messing and no special thanks of Parliament, and * no pocketful of^ money as a* war gra- , tuity! -y ,' ■;" :, A,y* y .*.. "Pocketful o'inoney! Tvlore like poo '■ ketful of emptiness this journey!" re-, " marks Ginger Stubbs, bitterly. "You '/fellows who weren't enlisted when we went to South "Wales-a year,or:._two . ago don't know what it's like. "I;do. And I'd sooner have active , service ■ abrofid any-day! 7 , ', ' " '*.'- A v Playing" the Waiting Game, ,-"**', ■A. "They stuck us in a .dirty, draughty "drill-hall, with only two .blankets ;a- plece for. beds, and a reg'ment. o' rats . for bed-chums—and at_ Christmas time, too'." ' ]' * '"'-*■ .,„''"' if "But it can't be-so^b-id as" active ■" service,' after all," ventured tne. timid . recruit; ."for you" haven't got" to face. .'horrible lyddite.shells arid, explosive Pullets'and. Maxim guns and——" ,"* ..- "You go an' sit on your bed-cot and ■ look small!", interrupted the old soldierv acidly. .'"My word! yrhe pre- ' sumption o' recrults?Jiowadays! What ,,, d'you, know about it?,Y "We don't have '' to face bullets, and,shells; "but that's _ Just.the "worsyof.it! ..."It,puts us ata disadvantage!, -' .". ' \-, "\- .* _■ -C .*. , The Ihstnct Ledger accepts no respond-, bility-tfor the.views expressed by its corres-^ pondents. Communications will be Inserted ■ whether signed by the real name of:the, •writer or a non*. do plume, but the writer's- name and address must ba given to the' .Editor as evidenccof good faith. In no case; will it be divulged without consent. * •T _" WeTcanHmng-!aw^likeTMazeir at" the grinnln'. heathen who carries seven ■weapons and forty-seven "different kinds of- cartridge,4 an',, mop, him5 up sharp; but/somehow, a "soldier can't stomach the", idea. of, using. bullets an* bayonets' against white men- who've only got bottles and pavinV stones. It don't seem sport; and, besides,, our officers "won't, let us A " ; "In strikes we "have to play a wait: in' game; and there's no thin' so trying,'*'believe* me,' ', , '5- ' ■ ': " "Its the rottenest, duty a„ soldier's got" to do!*" commented Ginger Stubbs, flinging himself wearily on his .bed- cot, v ,-"A day of it's often worse than coal-fatigue pa a ?whole month o' wet Saturdays!" '.,-"•' ' * * - Ginger Stubbs Grievances The others all nodded absent. ■ Arid then the ex-trade, unionist ventured a word. ■ '7 "Yes, and its rotten enough for those on strike, too. You fellows ought to have a bit o' sympathy^ for, poor chaps fightin' for allvln' wage, and—A" .' A chorus1 of groans prevented further speech, and Ginger Stubbs said fiercely: '" ' ',' ."' ""' '" .""But what do they want to fight,us for? .What have we got-to do with their .quarrel? We're only sent on duty-.to j protect peaceful, folk, the same as the police? that's all. """As for sympathy, we don't , ev«n knowywhat the squabble's all'about;' ,alUwe know'Is that they can't have more grievances than * us fellows— what with our pay bein' cut.an' pensions ' ,only for a' few; an' musketry gettin' harder every year, an' seven- pence a day stopped for'hospital treatment, an', all the rest of It. ' "We have to keep,a tight Up when we have a grievance; we can't run-amok!. We have to remember, discipline,'ah' that's a fine .thing; .but-these fellows.—;— Bah! They don't know what discipline is! . " '.-*- .-• „- - y .'__■* "Mind, although *we know, all that, and although vwe don't know- much about civilian,grievances—still, we don't bear, the^.strikers any grudge, s'long as?t_iey.take* cafe ,to miss outfaces, with their bricks! But, when incomes*to flinging 'em,behind'our backs, or calling us vile'names, an', peltin' us, with- mud—well, I - suppose we're only ..human, beings, after, all, "e^^"7if^w6~a"rF%ldlelisrTStiiirit's"a' duty every, soldier hates."~Ariswers; March, 23. '. ■,'" A .1 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN , ? J - l"-.'7 "' • ' ' :'\ Pocahontas, Jasper Park, Alta. 77' 71 lr" •" • '--Mar. 8, 1912y'&; Al.am a miner of'the'Crow's:Nest' Pass/but am now working.at"? Jasper Park'.Mines,-Alta.^ and would'like to give' the b'bys of ttie Crow's Nest*?Pass a ^little - information, of Jasper^Park Mines'regarding conditions .here. Well, .hoys, if you take* my advice you will keep away from here for the present.' When my pal and j came here we hacUto^sleep on the floor'of the bunk house for.two weeks;' and' the bunk house is not very clean.-' The train' runs through Pocahontas three times a week, and since I have been here there has been an average, of four men ori every train that-came in while I was there looking for. work, and \vhentheylanded here they could not find any place to'sleep in. I have seen six arid seven men sleeping on the. floor of the wash-house for two arid three nights a week, as well as sleeping'in the cars on the side track. And as there, was no .work in sight they had to pull out again next morning.';/ I think th© trouble is that some ofyhe men who have-been up here have told the boys in the Crows Nest Pass that it is something wlilch it is not. I, for one, was told that there was all kinds of work' but there is riot. "There were 25 men out of work when I .left. •-J' 7 '■ A There are about'120 men working here in the inines, putting .the three shifts together. ' I" think It will be soon, enough to come up here in six months from.'now. r "A*'miner gets ?3.00 a day .company ,work, but the men in the coal are getting fare wages but they have all .kinds of men waiting for places now? and the places finish as fast as they open up. I have been waiting for a place, for a month now, and by the look of it I shall have, to, wait another six months —viz., if I,stay;here.' -"' *, '' The board herfe is $28 a uionth; and ndt much good at'that,'and.to strangers coming in here it is -fifty cents a' meal till such times* as tie'gets work. I might also say that lt is the worst accommodatiori I haye.seenlri Canada,1 anyone living under' such conditions should have' ten ■ dollars'- a day. - > We have a' small- wash-house close to the bunkhouse for the men to wash .themselves in.'*' One day I -went:in to know'a's.I can't see that conditions up there, are as good as iri .District 18, aid7will point out a few. facts'.?in regard' to Pocahontas' and;-will leave it tottie.rarik andfile of this District to judge.' ' : 't.yX'.y *.-"*"'1.-'.-,They have an agreement-signed, there for three years, v. hlcli is an insult to the intelligence of-the^parties that'drew it up, considering it to be a new camp in the middle.of a new district, and the first agreeinei.t to be drawn>up in that district.'?*?District 18 would never think' of. signing a 3 years''agreement only when they were practically beaten after" a 8*'n_onths', strike, which they fought .without a cent of help from the men that "were in Pocahontas at that time. ,;, ,', 2. ^Rates. .Day wages ■ inside, all miners working company work in Pocahontas, $3.00 per day. (District 18, $3.30,), It is true they have 6 or 7 men "pushing cars and loading in Pocahontas and .they receive $3.00, but most of them have dug-coal as miners in some- camps in the Pass." • Lampmen in Pocahontas are getting $_i.50 for ten hours. . , Drivers, drawing coal from the Inside,* $3.00 for 10, hours. (District 18, $3.03 for 8 hours.*) Two men on tipple dumping, $2.50, 10 hours. (District 18, $2.89) Ropo riders, $2.75, 8 hours. (District 18, $3.03.) Contract rates in Pocahontas—Seam average. 9 ft. pitch 65 per cent. Band of rock-in; middle oif seam running from,6 in, to as high as 14 in. has to be stowed away without a cent for it. That's great. - / •• Tonnage rates—Rooms: ..55c. ton; Pillars, 45c. ton;'-' differential- in.-new district.of, 10 cents-ton.' "*No checkweighmen in Pocahontas., Timber—Props," 3 cents per foot all-, round (Hillcrest 4 cents;,'Coleman, 5 cents per foot In .pillars and 5 cents all round,, with exception of pillars in District 18). , ' A ' ? Sills:, Pocahontas, .75 cents for two piece set, lagged roof and sides. (District 18,'$1.00 to $3.00," andif necessary to lag sides, $1.00 extra.) . . . Yardage—Levels, $10.00 yard; Raises, 4""'ft. by 4 ft. $2.00 yard; counter gangway, 55 cents ton and no yardage. Room cross-cuts, 55 cents ton and no yardage.* (District'18,'$1.00 yard.) •InDistirctil8.they get $2.00, for securing corner of .cross-cuts,, in Pocahontas they do' it.'for nothing Powder—Monobel, ■ 35- cents per lb. (District' 18, 30 cents.) , Caps (elec-* trie);' l^k cents.-(District 18, 5 cents.) Conditions.—Shootlngoff ttie solid, firing all ttie shots?'they<» need. They, drive some-of'.the rooms to the surface; they narrow them down to 6 by 6 and pay'$1.00 per,.yard, and before they get throughYtkey" have 6 feet, of gravel to go. through and get $1.00"per Secret Societies- ; The Beaver Club In a recent issuo of the Fortnightly Review published at Victoria, an artlclo appears on the-,Bcavor Club, lt draws the distinction between tl|o non. political sick benefit organization and ,tho now, Conservative Beneficiary, Society known as "Tho Boaver Club." As a branch of this organization Ib, wd bollevo, established in this city, It will be of interest to our readers to hear a "little, moro about .It. ' After giving a brief outline of Us alms, Its por'sonel, and methods of rocrultlng membership, It says: Tho Constitution provides for— 1st.—The creation of a membership by moans of local clubs throughout tho Provinco pledged to maintain tho supremacy of tho Conservative. Party and Its policies, acting ns on advisory to nnd In conjunction with tho Provincial Kxocullvo. 2nd,—To oxorclso supervision ovor tlio selection of nnmos on tlio electoral roll, attend rovlslon of lists and ar- mime for commlttocts to poll tlio vol- lng strength of tlio Party nt tho elections. 3rd.—To nrrniigo tlio trnrisportallon of absontoo voters to their rospoctlvo r'ldlngs, to dlsburso cnmpnlRn funds to tliouo wlio will not voto without being paid for ding so, nnd to reimburse voters for Iobb of llmo occnBlonod by tliom In oxc.oIbIiib tlio frnnchlRO, 4tli.—To ongngo canvassers nnd clorlcnl help before nn npponl Is mndo to tlio country, with n vlow of dolorm- , Inc. tho ntroiigth of tlie Party with tho oU'Otonito, and to mnko nil duo provision for emergency should occasion require, nth.—To assist the wnrd commlttoos In tholr work, providing scrutineers, poll dorks nnd roBponslblos for special duly. tttli.—To exorciso duo dlllgonco tn reporting to tho offJcors ilorrognlory ut- tcrnncon by Individuals or associations tO.HI Ml III. I V/01l(iV('VUti.'U iltf Ul WG__._M.ra/___j. 'ol Ike Cli.1. Iu subscribing td this, nnd llio by. Inwa Kovornlnff tlio routine work of tho club, tho Initiate Is compensated,' If n merchant, by recognition from tho ., , r. , , ,, , »<• . i • employment; a contractor,'open door to tho Lands nnd WorkB Dopartmont; real ostnto agent, nn Insight Into tho Industrial development ns disclosed by tho expenditures and policies of tho (lovernmont. In addition lo tlio as- fllotanco secured to tho membership by -rp-iplnir tho party In power, ench Individual member is enjoined lo assist ono another; a free masonry In prac- ,i tlcal form. One cf tha peculiar features In connection with the admtn-ts- ' (ration of the Beam* If the right retained by the Club to dliclpllno Its membership. When once.the oath of fealty has been-taken, the party lash falls with,security upon the offending member. In this'"respect, lt resembles much tlio treatment accorded to the Conservative following ln tho Legislature. . Tlio bonds are easily broken, the Individual Is without redress, This disciplinary, forco ls frequently exorcised' outside of the club upon those who nro not members^ A newspaper would not "dnro refer to the operations ,bf this society as,we havo dono; tholr ndvertlslng matter would dlsappcnr ovornlght, nnd tho offending sell the "coal away from the people? Say, before you leave ,,me to write to the President for the copy of-that .deed will,you* kindly tell me where you got"the money to buy the mines and the tools which"we use in mining the coal? If I am not too inquisitive? ".Mr-.Smith: Certa.nl,y Mr. Jones, my father, gave'it to me. Mr.Jones:- .Thank you, Mr Smith, and where ?did your father get it? ' Mr Siriith: '- He made Ihe most of .t AiU ?ofv ttie^ Diamond mine", east of lieie-' He.started^with a small mine and rot much capital and kept Increasing till he became\-wealthy. .Mr. Jones: And what did your father, do. in connection with the mines to earn so much money? ., , Mr. Smith: *; He sold tha "coal which the miners dug arid directed the mines so economically that' he was able "to accumulate "a fortune.' 1 . " . Mr. Jones: Did the miners who dig the coal accumulate a large fortune in digging the coal as your father did in selling it? "•.., ."• Mr. Smith: *; Why, no;'of course hot. Mr. Jones And why not? Is it harder work to sell coal than It Is to dig it?, Is it more dangerous to life? Mr,.Smith:, No, of course',* but my father handled-the capital,' employed the. men, and thus was able to make more. Mr. Jones: In reality, then, to accumulate his'money he took,„when he sold the miners' coal, a large share of the product for himself instead of delivering'it to its',owners—ttie,miners. You must see, Mr. Smith,, that you have neither a clear title,for your mines nor for the money which you expended in buying them and the machinery in them. Don't" you think that the miner Who does the hard work, exposes his life in the mines, and actually produces the coal, ought to say'to the operator how much he will give him in wages, instead of his telling the miner how much he, the operator, will .give him, the miner? Don't you think, Mr.- Smith you'd better advise' your fellow operators to let. the .miners have their demands, even though it'leaves, you less profit, before the miners get theireyes open arid take away all your profits? , Mr.-Smith: You have got me cor- riered, Mr. Jones; but we must stand by our profits' as long as you will let us. ■ ,'.." ' ' " Mr". Jones:' Be' sure" we will not .let you long.—United Mine Workers' Journal. 7. , * - v- 7 T-HE-fCANADIAN BANK A ?0F COMMERCE A SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., U-D., D.C.l__, President '- ;,- yALEXANDER LAIRD, GENEBAL Manaoew v A CAPITAL, - .$10,000,000 'yA REST, - $8,000,000 DRAFTS "ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES Every branch of Tlie Canadian Bank of Commerco ia equipped to issue drafts w the principal cities in the foflowioj countries without delay: . Afi-ca . ■&•__ ■ Greco. ^ .- Hew Zealui Shena Arabia . Cat* Hc____»_i • ";. 'Norway Areen_u»-__¥afc&_}aN___ai--. H?*4 "' J*"^** Australia , "toj'''^ J»*^, S*1** Belgium *. I "ttDhrt .- Italy Mppln.Waafc Brazil " . Venae-* >„ * J»|«a S*4**31. ,_,. Bulgaria - ' hm Java RuMiiiiia Tmknr CeyE^ ' FW-Xoel-kC-i-aifalbi - K-«a , U«t_ist__» Cluli •, Gemanr • Mandwda - ' Serwi •rS°t*iL^- ^_> China * Great Britaia -• tlexica Saaa Wert Iafie% tta. The amount of .these draft* ia stated in tfe* mooty tt the counbr^rhere thqrare parable; that is they are drawn in steriinf, feanca, iMtriu. fire, kronen, fiorina, yea, taels, roubles, etc, as (the ease may be. TWa enatma that the payee abroad wffl receive the actual amount inteoded. . ! , A2** FERNIE BRANCH v ' " y . ' L. A. S. DACK, Manager. ,Scm&*a SoutbAfiica , Spain ■•*' Smuts Swedca Smteotaai Tmki CHINA TO, ADOPT SINGLE TAX Head Office , HAMILTON Capital'Paid Up....< , 8 2,870,000 ' Reserve and Undivided Profits 3,500,000 Total'Assets .' 44.000,000 It is not in Its power to purchasejhat the greatest value of money lies. °' The feeling of independence, and of security against the v effects of adverse fortune that a reserve fund gives you, is infinitely more satisfying than the passing gratification which you would obtain by spending it/ ■, \ • ■ .7 Small amounts—which,you will hardly , miss—deposited regularly, will gradually, but surely accumulate to a sum-large enough to insure against the effects of business reverses or loss of employment. , , 7 ' V J. R. Sloan, Agent Til "•I Imperial Bank of Canada Capital Subscribed Reserve Fund \.'.: D. R. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO " 6,000,000 Capital Paid Up ....;, 5,996,900 5,996,900 Total Assets ........ ' 72,000,000 WILKIE, President .." HON. ROBT JAFFRAY, Vlce-Prea. . BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Arrowhead, Cranbrook, Fernie, Golden, Kamloops, Michel,.Moyie, Nelson, Revelstoke, Vancouver and Victoria. " ; - , SAVINGS DEPARTMENT J .7 -Interest allowed on deposits at current rate from date of deposit., FERNIE.BRANCH A .; « tf GEO. I. B. BELL, Manager 1 •il fl wash a few clothes "and I.was ordered outside with my;clothes.and ,told to wash them outside. So onc-.has to wash his clothes * in "the bush if he means to Iteep; himself ^clean at all. They, have 20 houses ?bullt now, but they are all occupied,' "and'got as many boarders as they can keep.,'.' ,. .., Boys, if you want to get some good company come into the bunk house at Jasrer.Park Mines,1 they'will keep you,warm theso cold days. I think some of tho boys are getting, tired of the bunkhouse company, becauso this morning ten, went out on the train'to Edmonton and other parts of Alborta. ■ Still, apart from all I have said, boys, It ls fine to have a walk around the park and just have a LOOK at the gamo—It's fine, boyB! * ' f ' ■ ', ' R. A, OATFIELD. ANOTHER VIEW OF POCAHONTAS merchant, reap the fruits of IiIh folly woro he to disregard the llttlo hint convoyed to him In nil sincerity. This hns liappcnod to us, has occuned ngnln since wo bognn tho publication of this llttlo sheet, nnd hns bcon practised upon othors who incurred tho (llsplonsuro of tho noavcr Club by voting for the ex-Mayor In the last miiiiicliml election. , Wo nionllon, these facts to awaken tlio pooplo of this Province to a rcnll- vniion of ii vrry potent factor In the polltlcnl llfo'of tlio country. -Ilnvlng (llBolosod llio fulmlnlstrotlvo function o of lho Ilonvor Club, lot us foi. low logically tho effect of tholr nctlvl- tloH tliroiiRliout llio Province. We linvo horo lho miiclilnory provided for n flyfltonmtlo control of llio voters* llHts,' Lotus romlml our roailors thnt tho plnclng of nnmos upon thoso lists Is by no .nouns confined to thoRo who can loyally qualify. Tlio provincial votoru' lint lo-dny contains tlio names of thoiiHiimlB who hnvo no oxlstonco lu fnct ns far nn corporal hody Is con- cornod, Tlioy aro registered by tho party mnniwors without the production of person In nbout. tho same manner ns pro-omptlons nro rocordod ovor tlio liny, , TIicho nnmos nro voted lu hy men who come from llio Rtatoi. for the express purposo, Wo bave evl- .luato Of wiioHiKUio irauiib iu our uttau, ui..l tro mv iml iw.huu.vii, hul tin-ii wo will have to evense tho blue cont1 for nearly nil are members of the Tloav cr Club, With a control of tho bnl- lols, nldoil by systematic ennvass or <.,>i>v>-_.»|.?WLi U<.Vi|> -*J Wti V_,Lvkii_.i.s*v.*-.j.i tho Consorvatlvo Party cnn arrive at on analytical cnlculnilon of within fifty votos. MoUrldo, today, knows just whnt monoy Is require,! at ©wry ballot box In tlio 8fi ridings of British Columbia, ' ConsUiudonnl Kovornmont, wo may «nv. Is nt nn Vnd. TV>8p-.»!sm takos Its plnco lind In full confidence of hla p6sltlon, tho Promlor soil* the Pro* -i Into of Ilrltlsh Columbia (o ltd highest bidder-it condition bo takes full ftdvanUg-e of In the railway proposals of th* pail week. To tho Editor, District Lodger. . , ■ Dear, Sir,—-In reading ovor the last Issuo of your papor I see a loiter under the heading, J'Thls man Is satisfied with Pocahontas," written hy J. Mc- Swain, In which ho protests ngalnst certain remarks mado by Chas. Gardner, Into International Hoard Member. I know Mr. McSwnln when ho was a member of Hillcrest Local and would ndvlso him as a porsonnl friend when writing n lottor again to tlio press not to lowor himself by trying to Injure a man's character, nnd oBpoclnlly by quoting Scrlpturo, which is tho Sundny School literature with which ho trios to'ImproRB on our mind Unit ho is so famlllnr. I would suggest further, for him, to nlwnys romombor this pnrt of Sunday School Scripture: "Judgo not andyo shall not bo judged; condemn not, nnd yo shnll not bo condemned," etc; also, "Either bow ennst thou sny to thy brother: Brother, lot mo pull out the mote thnt la Intlilno oyo, when thou thyself boholdoHt not tlio benm that's In thlno own eye? Thou hypocrite, enst out first tho hoam out of thlno own oyo, nnd thus slinlt thou soo clearly to pull out tho moto that's In thy brother's oyo," If Mr. McSwnln ennnot deal with tlio subject nnd bnck It up with arguments nnd fnctH, without lowering himself to tho tactics of cnstlng reflections on a innn'n chnrnclor, ho Iwul better not wrlto until he cnn do so, ns ii olii. .v-iuiU UU (iiu iiiumiiiui oi Hla l.)t.*331i'wi(,P. Mr. McSwnln ulntes In IiIh lrller "thnt It. Is truo that thoy want an or- gnnlznllon of tholr own, but that It was far from tlio truth Unit It was fot' 1 I . ? i ** i t» ▼ much lmprossod by thnt statement, nnd it,Is on account of thnt statement that I am writing those few linos so ns to clear up iomo polntn. I would llko Mr. McSwnln to romombor tho lottor he wrote to T. Jnmos, of ..druonlon, in which ho was asking thn co-operntlon of Mr. ..nmr-s In or- gntiltlng n new district,/md in which he pointed out thnt James nnd himself could bo tho head officers of such a District. Also, why he did not want to be'attached to District 18 f am nt a loss (o Wash-houses—They, are packed like sardines; wqoden bpxes for lockers, without ^ocks, $1.00 per month (if you have to-buy''one, .aad it costs you ,?1.50.)' •; 'A' ■ ' ■ - House coal-rr.4.00 and over. - ■ Board—Private -family, $1.00 per day;' company",mess house, $6.00 week and sleep in bunkhouse; furnish your .own blanket; company supplies you with hay for nothing. If you need a mattress the company will, supply same and charge '50 cents per month, and the place ls full of vermin. ■ Listen, members of District 18. In Pocahontas six men had contracted on "slope for $15.00 per yard; company dissatisfied with the Umber thoy wore putting up, and thoy insisted on putting a boss over them, and he was to bo paid from tha contract. Committee wont down to examine and held up the compnny.' .The company put Frank Williams (lato of Coal Creek) to boss ovor them and drew his wagos from the contract. You cannot carry a gun; tho game warden seals every gun'on tho premises'. 1 You are allowed to catch 15 fish a day. A In face of those facts, Mr. Editor, and knowing Mr. McSwnln, I do not. blnmo him for not wnntlng to bocomo part of District 18, ns It would bo a pity lo attach such conditions' to UiIh District. Yours vory truly, J. O. JONES. Sec HUlcrost Local. ■LONDON, April 8—"I"have finished the political "revolution and now will commence" the' greatest social revolution in the world's history," said Dr .SunJTat-Sen JthsTex-president-of-Ghina in an interview at Shanghai today, according to a despatch from that (city* to* the Daily Telegraph". ..'.'The abdication of-the Marichus is the only means to greater development7' and the fueure policy; of the republic will be in the. direction of Socialism. . CI am an ardent follower of Henry George, whose ideas are' practicable on the virgin, soli of China as compared with their practicability in Europe or the United States, .where money is controlled by capitalists, Dr. Sun says he'has the full consent of tho government _ to start his propaganda Immediately, whereby the railroads, mines and similar industries will bo controlled by the .government. The single tax system and as far as possible, free trade', will bo adopted. ©/CANADA Make 'the Bank Collect Your' Accounts l If you lvave money owing to you- by someone * either close at liarid or living -anywhoro in Canada, United States or Great Britain, let the Home Bank niake tho collection. Your draft will be promptly and courteously presented and the collection placed to your credit. A demand upo'n your.debtor, from tlio Bank, will have more weight than a personal appeal, and, as a method of business^ collection by ' draft is both inrular and usual. m *. **i Head Office j'F. MACDONALD, Manager. TORONTO Branches and connections throughout Canada Fernie Branch. A CONVERSATION Delvveen James Smith; an Operator, and Peter Jones, n Miner, Hy G. n. T.nmmond( author of Wilfrid aionn.) , ; Place—Clovelnnd, 0„ Tlmo—March 22, 1012. Mr, Jones: How doria lt, hnppon, Mr. Smith thnt you ojiorajors hnvo It to sny how much wo minors nlmll ro* eclve for the conl which wo dig In tho mines? Mr. Smith; Itccnuuo wo own the mines In which you dig tho coal nnd tho tools, machinery,' which you uso In digging If. Mr. Jones: Toll mo how you camo A Woman of Few Words 1 Hrs, Harry 13, Byo, Main Street north, Mount Forest, Ont,, writes: "Your romedyfor kidnoy, bladder and stomach trouble has' given me grcnt relief. Havo taken throo boxos and now fool like living and bottor thnn I have felt for yoars and I give your FIG PILLS nil the praise, for they aro tho host I have over tried." , At nil donloi'H, % nnd 50 centB, or Tho Pig Pill Co,, St. Thomas, Ont. Hold in Kornlo ill MoLonn's Drug nnd llool. Storo. NYNOI'NIN "If OOAT. MININN I.I..HI_.ATK)NH COM. mining rights of tlio Dominion, In MfinUubri. BaHkatoliowiui and Allmrtn. tho Yukon TorrUory, tlia North .".-.-.'I 11: t z:. .i i. W<» brnicht thon.. of of Mr. Smith. courne. ' Mr. .Touch: Pardon tno, but whom did you buy tho mlnos? Mr. Smith: Wo houitht them of tho Mr, Jones: Of whom did tho owners get their right of «wnor«h1p? Mr. Smith: Of «omobody beforo them nnd so back to the government. Mr. Jones: Prom whom illrl tho government gel tho right to noli thn conl, which belong to nil tho people, to an Individual? Mr. Smith: TJho government hnd dlvlno right. ■ Mr. Jones: Will you plttso send to Wmihington and get mn a copy of tha d(.cd which Qod gave to tbo United Slates when ho gavo It tbo right to ■\X7HEN Winds Are Nippy horo is the toilet lotion *'" that typifies tho true perfection of all toilet applications. Sweet, dainty, not greasy, and of extra special value in tho caro of the skin, Aftor a walk or an auto ride 1JENZO ALMOND GROWN cleanses the pores, restores tho circulation removes all of the ill elVeets. of tho wind. Never hesitate or fear to go out for an enjoyable "con stitutional", or to take healthful outdoor exercise he- oause MWAG ALMOND CHOWN.will always take care of you even if you have on extremely delicate or * sensitive skin. Ladies appreciate it. 25c a box at Bleasdell's Drug Store Wont Torvliorli'i nml In a portion nt tlio I'i-uvIiicu of Ili'lllHli Columbia, mny lio loaHfid for a tnrm of .wonty-ono ycntH nt nn nnn.ni! rnntal of $1 nn noru. Not movo tlmn _.B.0 tier.*, wll lio lrrm.rt to ono npiillcnni, . Application for tt lcnuo must lie mnd« by Uio niiplleant in porsoti in Uiu Agent or Sun-AKont or IM dlRtr'tit in which tho rlKhtH iippllotl for nro Hllimt- lu survoyod territory the lnnd muni tm (lorifiiilm,) hy HfictlouH, or legal mili-iilvl- bIoiik of mid Ion., nml In uimnrvnyi'il territory tlm tract nppllod for slmll ou Ktnlteil out bv tlio appllcnnt liliiinulr. |.,U.iii,»M'll< .itfull liiuul wu a..uni|i.i„.c ,. liv n fe.1 of IR whir... will hi rnfunrted If tiitt iim'.in u|i|illi;il fur aio i,u. ,u,.ii,.;,,-, tint not otlinrwlmi. A royalty nt.nlI lie pnhi on tliu murohniitiililo output uf tlio mine nt the rato of five renin per ton, Tlie pormin (iporntlnK llio mlno rilmll rurnlhli lho Aireiit willi hwoi'h retiiniH accountlnir fnr tlm full nunntlty of iner- clmnuililti coal mined an ilpuy llinroy- rlKl.td nro' not holnff i>p«int'..l. huoIi f.turriH Hliould lio furnlHlied nt leiiHt The l'ni»fl will Inolmln tho conl mlnln« rlffhtH only, but tho )e»K«e tnny be pj-r- mllt-il to iiuroliimo whaUivur nvnllai'le gurfftfo rljihtH may ha contlilereil n<*- ci'««nry for tbe worklnic of tbo mine ot, the rute of 110.00 nn ne.re. 'for full Infnrmftllnii nppllerttlon nIioiiIi! bo mi\il« to the H"i'i'"tin y nf vlii. nennrttrient of thn Interior, fiitewn, or to tiny Apjent or Htih-Aitent of Dominion, l.oii.U, W. W. dry,, Deputy Mlnlitor'-of tbe Interl"'. N,Ii—ITnauthorlrcd publication of tbla ailv«rll»<ment will not be pabl tor. Dr. Kelley Cures Diseases of Men By Modern Methods "606" for Blood Poison TRY AN ADVT. IN THE LEDGER flpoolnl trniitmont for oibf-r illaenat-a of mon: .Neroiia ****»***"' Vnrlcim.. Vrlna. lly.Jroeele, IIUmh! nnd »klii IMaorilpra. Hore» tle..r-, Itlil- nev. Illmliler nml Ileolnl HlMonlera, ,ele., ami Contra.ti'il Allnienia. rroatate (ilnnil InflmimiatUnii «»l«l t-»«ruMi«' cuiiuii.uuh. Museum of Anaitomy In till* <lrrnt Uiwrnm N abown by llfo alxe mndola, mi»n«trfinltl*H. norninl nrd i.bnnrinul eonrtllloiia of Uio vnrloiia parta ot tho body. Jllua- tmtlni. fully both neiite nml elironle dl-.eiii.ei. of mm. Free Consultation and Advice MV MOTTO. .lUICK. MOTIMO .H.AIIAVri.l.n CrillW AT MOIIKII- ATI5 OOK'I1 i liber* Medical i:»amlnnll«n Tree. I'rrr nttnniliialloii of Urlwa ffhen «rer».nr>. C«nanll MiwKUI'.ll. llon'l 1>*I*>I »••>»>» «•«• dniiKeroiiN, rnll or .trite. ITee llo.iU. l.vrr>llilnir eonlldmllal. Ilour.i ll a.m. lo H p.m.i Hiimlaya, 10 «.«». in 1 l».m. Dr. Kelley's Museum. 210 Howard, Spokane The Ledger for Job Work '-*■ ij vr^i tm^au»JmA».j;^^,.J«^»,,nm»M«|>.,^lii»*1^rrtJt -.r-l.t ^-„\vO; . t ■.. THE DISTRICT. LEDQfeS, FBKNIE^B?C.; APRIL 13, 1912. -'Front7yXyy:y Mirie Dis&siets Precctutionl Ai^znst'Ftre afid Ex ; .£Id?zonS:.j^^ Trained Rescue Men and Cheerful ■ ■ * - ■.,•'" ** '■'¥.'",■•'■ •■ " ;- Co-operation the United Ststei- BurGaiftf- m *ad. - SSOnPrat S°Uth<3rn Appalachian Coal Operat^ As?OCiatio t <IQl ville,, Tenn., p<Wary ■ , Lessons Fro^^ M,M as follows: • • „ ' It would. lve unfortunate as well as unpardonabl^jf from the ^ f ■ can,mine* dUast€rs of ^ ^ ^ ye^rs we _ir,Ve not l5araed ^ . sons that m-v ]ielp to,prevent or m,ni. disasters, or reduce the mize future per cent - h ,, i *esulthie from them, shall endeavor to ^ atteatIoa ^ & few of tfaei* lessons that most promin^nt]y. . F.!!St ,°f fU-'attention may be called < our mines; and we will rVCrfmak€>s progress until we get away from ^ theory and get dow/to S?2LSS> and"de^°P thathear- . -f ^abCuUns^rs C6SS _■■'*"** . <- Oi.the fats...•„„ • . . ' 1910 "47-De- m COal mine3 for roofand^^r10'?111^8^ mine cars- 18 per Cent wer<** .fr°m mine cars, 18 per cent SE!? V ^ Cent were fr™ «■ tric ty. Of ^ total fatalities 90 , centwere,uilder g above ground, - , .'. L"S07 from Mine Fires , ' Mine d.sasteiVliave reg - n!lnefires-E^ ^Plosions, or dust ex- plosions, or a „,wu,.. it all of them. ™nattionAf two or t„a fmm „. The most recent disas- d! aelrnf r?6 fires were «* Cherry duster of N^embfer 13|.19096wher; 259 men lost their H * * ;-SthStartedf^mthe burning of-luy in the mine.stny,,,. „„, *i ^ ' , «id_<_—and the Pancoast ZleZaBZln™ Scranton' wh-e 72 3a . f liYes from a fire ^<* appears to h^6 .started. fromAhe" in flammable mater[alaton€^ derground po^er stat.oas> In neither"'rvf i,," . ... ... ,, y1,. these two. mine, fire i disasters does ...„ . Plosion. It ^videk e;m ^l6 SUf£0Ca><! or-poisoned by the gases generate ^ J , " ^'°f co«rs^ the few who were Si- ed from the W of tlw (.re . W hVZm°5t lmportant l€SS<™ tau- u. . . _. "ays attend the practice, which _s ent>r%too Z^l?!' ^iMes ^nammahlo ma- 'f^S^ond, the inadequacy ft, ^ and equipment for Tl'T ^^ulahlng mine fires? Ah« m n/ on?*,nust haTO ttab<* «» the mine and rio cconomlcal „, d SftST a°W? f0r Reproofing'this Umber. As l0ng as n tho mines cWtaln ^ be carrle Into tna mInes wkh 6 to feed thorn i,llf ,. «,„,„, , I,/, tnlr^r, tnf« Ut " bftl<5(1 ^^ mUSt be taken into tho mines'for feeding' TnT'/u^^^^ndsuporf" daily vet.elt„rl)yBpi,nU]ln]i p^ Ping t quickly ,nt0 J ?3va ,ZnB°tCnrrlCd ln Cl0a^ ««■ By al moans tbo caB,08t it wn nL°f f,rc8 ln ml«° "tabto. J ta koop thes, BtaWeg Lessons Fro set *.fcr:rcor of increasing, the force of the exi)lo- sion,' though I have no doubt but that .much of the finer dust is partially consumed in the* burning of the gas of the expjosion and thereby increases the quantity" of poisonious gases generated' An the mine. In a number' of gas explosions.in the soft coal-mines that I,have examined, it, is'evident that coal dust took part in the explosion itself. * In other words, there was a joint explosion of the gas and the dust. , y - In several mine explosions In the soft coal region, where the larger part of the mine was wet. either from fresh heavy sprinkling or from natural seepage, It' has been evident that" the explosion was limited to a small portion of the,mine where the gas was present in sufficient quantity; that'.the dust took part only to a limited extent in that immediate vicinity; and the explosion, did not extend to other por? tions of the mine, becauseof the fact that the mine dust elsewhere was wet. IrTseveral pother mine explosions which I have examined, where the mine was thoroughly ■ dry and dusty! and where' there was on evidence to show that gas was present either he-' fore or subsequently, I have been convinced that the explosion was a dust explosion pure and simple, having'been neither started nor propagated by gas. "Whether the' original explosion was due to gas or to dust, or to tbe two combined, in many; cases mine fires have resulted from the explosion, and the continuance of these mine fires has, in several' recorded cases, been the causes of a second or third explosion, due to the generation of gas and" the subsequent admission of air in an attempt to open up and ventilate the mine." In these second and third explosions, occuring in succession, it is moie than probablevthat,,in the soft- '-oal districts, both the gas and'the dust have been involved each time. Prevention of Gas Explosions In connection'with .the prevention of Cas_Pvnlnnlnno fV>«_in^n~n .1.1.1 .._ — 1 .w«w,^^uv- iwoauiji^ wmim —an- past experience' teaches as being of first importance Is to. sweep the gas out of the mine by means of adequate ventilation. In connection with such' a ventilating system it Us important that there should be duplicate fans, ,so that, If In any way, one "is destroyed another is immediately'available. In order to prevent tho detsruction of fans, they should be placed where they will not bo In the line of force of any explosion'in the mine, „ Safety lamps and permissible or quick-flamc explosives each contribute to safety; the keeping of electricity out of. gaseous mines is a further wise precaution; and there are a number of othor minor precaution.} that are Important; but all will agree thnt the first essential Is adequate ventilation. An unexpected outburst of gas from tho breaking into an old gas well or- from the smaller hidden reservoirs Jn the conl Itself, each contributes a danger which It has boon found,dlffl- cult to provide against ln mnny cases, but ngalnst which every precaution should bo taken. In qulto a number of mines tho danger from gas has been reduced by an extension ot the entries far In advance of ordlnnry working oporntlons, nnd tnklng the gns from thoso advanced entries out of tho mlno through spcclnl oxltB, bo na to got rid of a largo portion qf the rob from tlio coal In advance of, the ordinary, min ing work without'overloading with it the ordinary return air-currente.. , " ' Dust -Explosions ,7 '. ..,.-* The lessons taught In. the 'recent study of dust explosions {Jjpth in connection with mine disasters and special experiments, are that the dust from practically all of the bituminous coals will.explode under favorable, conditions without any gas being present. They, have also shown that a. small gas explosion, ia. one of. the1 easiest ways , of starting a dust explosion, which, if the mine is wet, will be'a local explosion, from which many min ers may escape; or if'the dust is,dry' and abundant; will be a general explosion, extending to every part of the mine, and killing by* its violence or its poisonous gases all the men in"the ■mine. '■.'.* Wet Coal Dust Will Not Explode One of the important lessons taught' by certain mine explosions is that coal dust while thoroughly wet will not explode, but that with' modern ventilation, and especially during cold weath- er, wet,,coal dust often becomes dry and, dangerous within a few hours, and that therefore the sprinkling of coal dust "once a month' or 'once a week" only gives us safer conditions .for" a. few hours immediately following the sprinkling, Indeed sprinkling "occasionally is often a useless and even* dangerous practice, as it does little or no good unless thoroughly and frequently done, and it often tends to make us less careful in dealing with half-dry or dry coal dust" in between the periods,of sprinkling, and it never repches the gob piles or other unused parts rof the mine.' , Wetting coal dust through the introduction of steam alone with the air- current is by all means the most effective and cheapest way of moistening the coal dust during the cold weather. This steam warms the inflowing air and-saturates it with moisture, which molstjire is in turn deposited on and wet's the coal dust in all parts of the mlne^rhere the air penetrates. This method continues through the winter* season; the "natural "sweating" process which keeps -the dust wet - and helps to, prevent dust explosions during, the summer season.' As far as possible we should'keep the coal dust out' of the mine; - And. what we cannot remove we should keep wet, either by liberal,'.frequent sprinkling or turning exhaust steam into the mine,-.0A keeping it mixed _?_?___&___.fin_e__soil_dust,_Jas_iPc._nr_*_:ct^r.__ Price's Cream fttfUHMI 1»J!0 from Wapo Cream of Tar* ww-l absolutely free from alum. Ftr sixty years American home jj"^ have found Dr. Price'* Cream Dam^g Powder a guarantee of light, pure and wholesome food. dust. Permissible.explosives should be used as being less" likely.to start a dust explosion than is black' powder. Great "care should be "taken not to have nor ,to ignite local pockets of gas in a mine for fear that this, might ignite the dust \ *„ The influence of stone dust ln preventing or checking coal dust explosions' is being-carefully considered lm Trance and other European countries; and in many mines the stone dust is considered more effective than water. In this country the stone dust has "not passed.beyond the experimental stage. But it is worthy of serious consldera- tlon and a thorough trial. ' Many of our mines have no steam plant near enough to be effective, And in many places tho water supply Is so limited thnt even tho occasional sprinkling is out'of the question. In all such cases if tho uso of'stone dust cnn bo made effective, tho solution of this problom will be milch simplified. , ' Good ventilation and the proper .use of permissible explosives and safoty lamps, and propor precautions In tho "so of electricity nil tend to prevent gns oxploslona. Thoso precautions together with tho us-a of steam, or wator, or stono dust, tend to prevent coal dust explosions; and tho tend- ency of those modorn precautions Ib to locnllzo tho explosions which thoy may not nl,togethor prevent.,, > General and Local Mine Explosion A mine explosion may bocomo n genornl and n dlsnBtrouB explosion undor oltlior of tlm following conditions: (a) When oxploslvo mlno gases nro nllow- *d to nccumulnto thoro mny bo n gon- «nil gns oxploBlon regardless of tho, condition or abBcnco of tlio conl dust; (b) If the mlno Ib full of dry, Inflnm- Jtmhlo dtiBt which bocomoB Ignited from n blown-out shot or nny othor cniiflo, wo mny linvo n genornl dunt explosion without thoro bolng any Kan In tho mlno; (c) tho vontllailon mny bo Biifflclont to Itoop nil tho gns out of tho mlno oxcopt a Bmnll pookot In nomo romoto pnrt of tho mlno. This good ventilation mny nlao dry out tho coal dust throughout the mlno. If now. this locnl pocket of gnu Ir fired by nn opon light It mny In turn Ignlto tho dry conl dust nnd cniiBo n dust oxplo- silon that will oxlonrt through nil parts of tho mlno. nut good ventilation driving out tho bob nnd tho wotting of liiu una* uutit or tho use of tho stono (")u.*;l, _._] .<..... u ,v,ii./.o tho mino ex- Plosion. This especially I. apt to le tlm cam. whoro Uio oxploslon Is a local gn» oxpolulon, nnd lho conl dust doou not becomo gcnornlly Involved on, ac eral, facts seem tblndicafe that nearly all.of the?men ia'the'mine' are.killed either from the violence*of.the explosion or .from suffocatibii? at ."the time of the explosion "or,within a" few minu- tes^thereafter. y In such'.cases, hope of .recovering' the men-;alive several hours or several days."after the'explo- sioniis '■exceedihgiy.remoteA yBu't miners,are now coining-to un- derVtandthat^efforts .will be made to rescue:them;''and'they_wlll more and more try to •protect themselves behind temporary barricades. "^Materials"suitable for such barricades. should b$ kept in the mines. - Some" day we-may have- a breathing" apparatus' so small arid so cheap' that, every, ^mjner may haveone of his owfc to keep In the mlno? so that he can walk' out through the? poisonous gases .whenever necessary. ;_ " . - ,t ,. . *. Improved Rescue Methods Some important lessons have been learned in the last* few'years in connection with the rescue methods following a mine explosion. * I am glad that'ndt a man was lost in the rescue work at Briceville. And I* may- add that I have never anywhere seen a more.orderly and well-directed rescue work.than that at Briceville,'nor a better class of miners.., The equipment of the Bureau of Mines and tlie number of men* trained in, the use of the helmet was entirely inadequate, and as "a result the progress was unfortunately slow. r But*a few lives were saved^"no lives were lost; the experi- ence, gained wliybe-most helpful m future work. At the I-Ianna mine? In "Wyoming, a few years ago, some'4.0 rescuers rushed into a mine in the hope of rescuing 15 or'16'minersyvho had been caught7In an explosion; and-all ."of the 40 rescuers were killed. * It is to be hoped that'such an experience' will never ;'be repeated'iii the history of American rescue work. American miners of today are just as brave as those in any other 'country,, or those ot any'other t_ine7bur_ they are learn- ing.by, experience that there is nothing to-be gained by rashness In mine rescue work. . Under the new system now being introduced, , men wearing different types^ of," breathing apparatus are ex-"' pected-to go into the mine in advance' to, Investigate the condition of „the mine, .adopt the necessary steps toward ventilation, and find and extin-' guish. smouldering mine fires'; also find and "rescue any* persons who may still-be, living in the remoter portions of the mine. ^ This modern type " of rescue work is new;'it is still imperfect and open to improvement. It frequently "arouses criticism on .the part of those who,watch but do not take1 part, in its. progress:* and- under the circumstances this iscnot.to be PILESCURED ^Writing fi^m Poplar; B.O.,'Mrs. 0. Hanson, proprietress of tlie Commercial Hotel, says: VI suffered for years with bleeding- piles.''" TKb pain .was soft bad at times thatl could hardly walk,' ™ and ordinary remedies seemed utterly unable to give riio any ease.. Finally I decided to„ undergo an" operation, and went to the Sacied Heart Hospital in Spokane. Thero thoy performed an operation: For a timo I was certainly better, but. within twelvo montha the -,,,., -3thing _ could think would be likely to do any good, butt still I continued to'suffer,- 3"and the Bhooting, burningAstinginsei pains, tho dull, aching, * worn-out'8 Jfeelmst that the,disease causes con-2 "turned as bad as ever. ■ " j "One day I read about __.am?Buk and thought I would try it. vThe first one or two boxes gave ino more ease than anything else I hnd tried, no I went on with the treatniont. In, a J short time I began to fool altogether! different and better. Well, I went on f using Zam-Buk, and by tho time I had UBed «ix boxes I waa delighted to find myself entirely cured. That was three yearn ago, and there has been no return of tho, trouble." ayiseastiy Bore ,don't_jy6u.know/to be, com-. "pelled-towork with some ""uni- ; "^ ber.'.. „tl.is' full of* knots'*'or'; '.■'. knot ? holes, the grain .doesn't. •Tun'straight and-there are all' '•'?' kinds of trouble. '.'7.7. , " *(•.**> .'".A "A ,. -a 7 *' \~ It Isn't Our;;Lumber ;that works that'wayr "■; Glt^' os" ; your^ext"' order and" you'll .find it an "actual pleasure to ■work even" in the"hottest woa- ';ther. . ..„..„., - , *- t> _, _? . . , „ « OFFICE and YARD, McPHERSON AVE., OPP. ok. DEPOT, FERNIE - Zam-Buk,la a suro cure for piles,! , abscesses, erupt" chapjped bands, varicose sores, burns. a — ,— - ....... vuio lui jJUfiOf I eczema, ulcers, abscesses, eruptions, I scalds, bruises, inflamed patches, and Jail skin injuries and diseases. Drug- | gists and stores everywhere, 60c. box,' lor Zam-Buk Co., Toronto, for price. Hotel Michel A ^IVnchelfRC; HEATED WITH STEAM , Lighted with Tungsten Lampa ;. Ostermoor Mattresses 7,7 ' Clean Linen \ •-.",' Pure, Food Rates.. .'. ... $2.50 per day . W. L. FOISYy-7 Manager HOTEL wondered at.' The, special, breathing apparatus-of today is'heavy and cum-' borsome and the oxygen supply, that it carries 'does not last as long'as. It should. Nevertheless, progress is br.. Ing made,!;,and the results ■ of each year's experience will prove more and more satisfactory aud encouraging. Recent experience in this new type of mine-rescue' work at Briceville and other mine disasters has taught some important lesson's; One of these ls tlmt thero should be at every mine "or every group' of "mines a number of young mon trained in the use of mod- erii breathing and rescue equipment, who nre familiar with the mines in that particular district; .also that the men who nre trained In this work should be ..actual . minors, men thoroughly acquainted with the mining conditions. They should he sound In health und tliey Bhould be men who are nol easily excited, but remain cool and.thoughtful at tho time of greatest risk. but one half pf these were without actual experience, and not'one bf them was familiar with the mining condi-" tions In that region. A week *was therefore required to accomplish re- suits .which should' have been acconi? Plishel in less'than 24 hours. ' With a general improvement of mining, conditions and the Increased efforts to prevent or',, limit dust explosions, r through sprinkling"',. exhaust steam, stone.dust,,or ashes,;or otherwise," It is becoming more ■ atad' more likely that exploisons which* may oc- _cur_ln_sni*>^_nP_c,,/.V._^ . ^ .... —— ~y --■'••*.«»-Fn.i.aui,_uus/-wiir be/limited to certain portions pf the mine. In such cases,, the chances of men,escaping through other openings, or living in the' mine after the' explosion for several days, by putting up barricades in remote' parts of the mine, will be greatly increased. . While, therefore, all will, agree that the most, lmportanytlilng'o'f all ls to prevent mine disasters, we should also in this connection endeavor as rapidly as posslblo to improve "our facilities for rescuing and first-aid work. Uw •>"» ■■•*"*'" ^k«i4 'iiv. 1, in u jiurt or nil of tho tlmo. Localising th* Exploilon Inertaiat Uio <*.i«ncet. of Reieulno Mlnah. in mi much cbbpb thoro aro ponilblll- tleu of njon saving thotnM.vci by ro- treating to tho romnf/» portion* of tho mlno anJ nutting up bnrricadoa of bratllro rlolh or oih^r materia! that •will protect tu..n„ /igainut tho poison. our ram» that may r<>«ult from an «■ c'«-ion In another part of tho mlno. Wl'oro thc coal dust In a mlno Is dry andi where tb* wplonio,. Ixtorrifri «*». There Should, Be Trained Rescue Men at Every Mine* or Group of Mines Thoro should bo at every mine or Broup of mines n sufflcionly large number of men equipped with the breath- lng appnratiiB who con begin tho roscuo work in tho mino ns soon as tho dlHastor occurs, expecting to bo ro- Hoved or aided whon othor rescuers ar- I'iVO, Tho, moro training nnd oxporlonco a minor has In this now typo of rescue work, tho more'offIcont ho becomes, and the moro ho can accomplish within a glvon spaco of tlmo; nnd tho loss Ih tho risk of losing his own life, nut ovon aftor a week's training such as In glvon by tho Government mlno roscuo cars a minor should bo prepared to tako part In tho roscuo work following a mlno disnator, Undor no ordinary circumstances, should a man who hns hnd no training previously Jn wonrliiK Uio holmot outfit, mnko a trip to n romoto part of tho mlno filled by poisonous f.n_o_; this Bhould bo flono only by mon who havo alrondy lmd such training for nt least n weok. Tho numbor of mon trained and sup- pllofl with modern roscuo oqulpmont should bo rapidly nnd greatly Incraawd In every Important conl flold. Within a fow yonru more It la lidded this ays- tern will bo carried forward to buoIi an oxtont (lint In'thw pn«w> of «..Mt « »i.<i aster ns that at nrleovllle. nnd wl-thtn tt fow hours nftor a dlnnator, thoro can ho riBw.mb.od thoro from BO to 100 men, woll trained nnd fully equipped with apcclal breathing apparatua, nm also fairly familiar with ih* Immo- nnno mining district. With a forco of thia kind It would bo posslblo wltbln a fow hour* to ronch nil tho remoter portions of tho, mlno. With tho prosont limited number of trained men In different parti of the country thin U inipoaalblo. At no disaster previous to tha. at Brlco- villc Uvti we been ablo to brlni. U* ..ether within a ahort tlmo as ouny »• * &ozn, fttpertonced and well-equipped nrnn. For a abort time hi Hrlce- vllle, there wcr© aa many us 20 men hJjo Lad son* trafnint with helmets. The Lesson of Co-operation ■■ Another lesson for us to learn Is that In all efforts looking to the health and safety of tho.men, and the welfare of the mining Industry, the active cooperation of all Interested parties is necessary. , Minors and mine owners may havo their propor differences con- cernlng other mattors, but, ln everything relating to safoty those other' differences should glvo way to hearty co-oporatlon, and they should co-oper- ate, 'each,with tho othor, to tho fullest possible" extent. Meanwhllo also many miners aiid mln© officials can help this movement by sending to tho Bureau of Mlnos a statement of tholr practical oxporlonco and difficulties in connection with tho onuses of mlno accidents, mine fires, and monns of provontlng the samo. Doth operators nnd minors Bhould also co-oporate with tho Stnto Mino Inspec tors and tho Bureau of Mlnos In all mntters portnlnlng to the welfare of tho mon and iho welfare of the Indus- try. Tho existing rulnoiiB competitive systoms undor which coal mining Ip tho United Stntos Is based nt tho pro- sont tlmo should bo changed, and tlio prlco paid for coal at tho mines Bhould bo such ftB will permit nnd Bocure ndfo nnd efficient mining-mining unac compnnled by oi.horvthlB largo loss or wnsto of roBoureon, mining which can have duo regard not only to tho safety but alBO to tho health and comfort of tho mon who toll underground anil whoso labor Ib bo OBnontlal to the wol- faro of tho nation, in my opinion all thlB onn lie dono without adding ap* proclably to tho burden of tho average Amorlcnn cllla-en, without any increnBo In tho prlco of cool at tho poor mnn'a cotlngo, and without rlBk of any tin- roaionnblo restraint of trado, •>.-._.. v. _rk».iuMiv. economic ConrilHonn The oconomlo conditions upon whirl, tho bituminous coal Industry Is banwl In this country aro fundamentally bndj nnd If we are largoly to decrease tho Iosh nf llfo nnfl tr«i«»^ »» ... .. must get at and apply the ripmcdy to tho tap root of the evil, by changing these basic conditions. The New and Up-to-date Hotel .," -- ~' - -f .Every person likes-to be comfortable. We have the latest *""* design of steam heating appa-. ratus in every room. „" Our menu is the best. We guarantee'sat- isfa'ction.". Two blocks from C. -P. R. Depot. ^ Old and new faces welcomed. . ' ~ -' y -. *. New Michel, B. C. P. Zorratti - Prop." A-' Hair Dressing Pool ? ;?: Billiards, a '■.Cigars . :'v " ■*. y » " Tobaccos* Bowling Mley" Instruments ..Just received, a shipment of EDI80N PHONOGRAPHS,and' VICTOR QRAMAPHONES. ■....Hundreds of latest Records, „' Violins, Guitars, Accordeons, , Sheet Muslc,,,etc, etc. - MACHINE8 80LDON EA8Y PAYMENT PLAN. KENNEDY'S DRUG AND BOOK 8T0RE, New Michel "THE REX ALL 8TORE." . 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Apply, with rofor* «nri.s"a*nrf anl-try <.rp«ct*.rlt to Joha fl, Bowie; Scc.-Troa»„ HUlcrost Mlnok, Alborta. SMofy's Cvm ttuwaiv aref* ceuattt, t\mn cotos. hmw thb throat ano muaa. mcu_t» One of the Best 1 •_• irim?r'i»tnri»» iA>Kic.i*un_ti C •_. __i.h_>iuh.ti nop. Lethbridfee, "Alta. i A. VAN OIRSEWALD THOS, W. 00R8AN Members of Uio VicUiia Heal TEliUtc KxobRiige Writ* t» for information about hornet And investment* in victoria P.O. Box 000, Cor. Fort and Quadra. SatreeU .. r.A ,.*._ > r\ r_ "_*A *,M v, EiA- * *: V r-. %-.- •;■/"■ :'^:A-^:: ' -:Z!X: " :. ~-'"^ " ' ,-„ -A7A * .' ■. * ' , . • > ,y -' THE DISTRIci^ijSDGEB, FERNIE, ,B. C., APRIL 13, 1912. .... PAGE FIVE *.i- ■ ,~ -i IV'-1 SirWm:M^ ReSoyrttoO ~. .7 ■ . .''?■.',* .'.->:'--} ■ y, ''-1 v7 .--?• ■*! V% - ' - : '■*" - y ',' ''..';"-""- * Vy-;^' YBurden^Shp^iiti' beytlfio^XX yyy ^SX'^the Industries ;;"- .. ; That the burden of workmen's com- - pensation should be upon the,'Indus- ,,' tries and that mutual, Insurance ls the • best plan are findings of Sir, William ' -Meredith In his interim report as commissioner to enquire into the-subject aiid to draft a law for Ontario. A ', . . 'Sir William notei*. that there are yet . to be considered, many subsidiary, but very important questions and among them the, following: ;,. '. - •*._?. To what-Industries or employ- ' ments the loss should extend, and. -whether,' ;,, • y * «., , *, (a) - As In most countries it should ;" be limited to dangerous occupations: A(b) It' should extend, as it does under the British" Act, to the farming , industry and to domestic servants; .~(c) It, should extend to establlsh- , ments In which less than a,stated , number of workmen are employed.: ' • ,2. Whether there should be any and . If so, what "waiting period,', that Is,* a, period for which no compensation, can . be claimed if the disability resulting from,the injury: does not last beyond ' *u-, '"■-"-.-, '.""V "■' , ■•'-. (. .. Shall 'Carelessness Count? ," 3. Whether in-^any, and If so* what, *■ cases the' employe should not be entitled to compensation, e.g., where the Injury is the result of serious'and wII- , ful misconduct on his part, or drunkenness or violation of, the law or of a rule of the establishment. . 7 . 4.* Whether ?tiie compensation pro- _ - vided should be in lieu of the common' , t law or other statutory right of the em- , ploye against his employer. . 5. How the Board should-be -.constl- ■ * tuted. ,, " t- ** _. *„ ' , " 6. Whether the decisions . of • the -,.Board shouid be final or subject to ap- ■ peal,* and if appealable'to what tribu- •. nal the appeal shall He. ,' " » '. • , Present Lav. is Inadequate .." - . "Sufficient progress <has,', however, '., been made," writes Sir William,.."to _I nrnminnl tl,*. n^nfnn.AH^,t,nt_41, a Ia ***_*.#. -r---¥Tc__iiai_v—tu^?7nLtn.c_ii\.ui,=tum.—tiiTT-xavv, \jir Ontario is entirely inadequate to meet the conditions under which Industries . are now carried^ on, or to provide just "compensation for those employed ln * them who meet with injuries or. suffer from occupational diseases contracted • In the course of their employment. *' It ls satisfactory.* to, be • able to say -that there Is practical unanimity on ., this, point, and that those who speak for the employers concede the Justice - of the claim made on behalf of the employes that the industries should bear the burden of making compensation., Tho employers, however,' contend that1 the whole of this burden, should not be, borne by them, but that the employes should share'it, and suggest as a fair ^contribution by the' employes 10 per cent of the amount required to providefor, the compensation.,?, Tlils contention Is strenuously opposed by the employes, who' take the position that the whole burden should be,borne by the employers." - * The basic principle, that the burden oi providing compensation be borne by'the Industries being conceded, the question arises as to what ""form the legislation necessary to give effect to it should take. .. ... Favor Mutual Insurance Those representing they employers who' have appeared before me favor what Is practically a.plan of mutual insurance under tae management bf a 6oard appointed by the. Crown, that the Industries should be divided into groups or classes, and that an annual assessment should be made , by the board,to meet the claims for the preceding year, each, group or class being assessed - only for the compensation for injuries happening,.in establishments within it, with "a special .^addl-' tional assessment in all cases .to, provide a reserve fund "'''•• , .-,-',.'' This plan seems to be favored by the representatives of-labor organizations, as will be seen from their statement as to the form which in their opinion the proposed * , legislation should take, which was submitted to me. , ' ■ ,'., • _-. ■ There being practically unanimity on the part of the employers and the employed as to these two main principle's* if" would seem to follow that lt was-reasonable that they should form thov.basis for' provincial*' legislation, arid as at present advised I "shall be prepared to recommend'a plan such as Is proposed,yif,,* after careful and thorough enquiry and" examination, I am satisfied ."that it. is. "economically into groups or classes'care;.will ;have to be taken 1'n'the.selection!of'.those .which are to form eachi group.: ■. A- - It will also be necessary that a seal be adopted according,to which the industries are to beVassessed." as.this will, of course, vary.according to the nature of the industry, and the hazard tb»which the employes '"are i exposed. The preparation of this, scale will require "much consideration,": and must be entrusted to experts. 7 '•' It will be necessary also in order to provide for claims adringthe first year, that a special contribution- be made, and to enable an-estimate to be formed of the rate of this contribution, an'investigation'as to the pay rolls of the industries within the scope of the act and other enquiries requiring care and time will be required. ' Commissioner Invites Assistance I have thought it well to make these references to the work yet to,be done, and the principal points to-be.considered in order that the attention of those interested may be directed to them,,and that they, may be prepared to assist me by such "suggestions as occur- to them.in the.solution ot the questions yet to be dealt with. hydrogen and the: sulphide gases-^present, and thega's would be to a, very considerable extent contaminated .with, the fine dust from the ash and require special washing "machinery before?*it would be fit .for-.'the gas engines.,A ;" "Then there would-be, of course,5 always the danger of very serious'ex- plosionsv .In abort," the scheme is virtually impracticable. A TO PURIFY THE BALLOT IMPRACTICAL SCHEME FOR , ( USING COAL IN MINE □uuuu~uuu~ The commissioner goes on, to say: Legal Machinery Simple and In- ,." expensive '..', Careful enquiry must also be" made as to the probable cost of administration, and machinery must.be provided for, collecting the assessments, and for the Investigation and - adjustment of claims, and this machinery must be made as simple and inexpensive as possible, : Whether or not use should be, made of tho municipal bodies for some of theso purposes Is, I think, worthy of serious consideration. If., the Industries" are to be divided LONDON - .April 8.*—According to the opinion of practical and scientific men, the mirier does not seem?t.o be lri much danger from 'Sir \v?m. Ran- say's scheme for his abolitions .His suggestion, as'.already reported, is to convert .coal Into power as It lief* In the,earth. \> The idea is to drive a bore hole Into - a stratum of coal, which would be set on fire, and to convert the gas as it issues into electric power for distribution!over the country.', - It is stated-that Sir Hugh Bell has placed at Sir* Wm. Ramsay's disposl; tlon a small stratum in Yorkshlre^for. the-purpose'-of making an expermerit? Professor Arnold, of Sheffield university/regards thescheme'as virtually'impracticable." He says: - -.-_.* " * f* ''"It*Is proposed, I understand, to put a bore hole down with tubes and set the coal on "fire. Assuming" this to be possible, '?the.-.first . reaction iwhich would take place would be similar to that of preparing coal gas bydlstilla- "tiolTin"arTetorirwith~theT)roductionrof" course, of gas arid coke, which wouW form a sort of barrier between the air and the unattaeked coal, , , ' ' "Even assuming that you got power, "from combustion and got "rid of coke as soon as'the. combustion, had gone on to any extent,.the roof above the area where the combustion takes place* would fall In and shut off the supply of air to the remainder of coal. Suppose again"; that the Idea was possible, tho shales which now constitute the wasteheadps would also be set on fire, and the gas obtained would require washing, to remove the very'appreciable quantities of sulphuric acid, VICTORIA,,B. C., April 4.^-Ol'aiming that more than five hundred names of dead and absent persons were voted in last Thursday^ election in Victoria; Mr. B. J, Perry, an attorney, and one of the defeated candidate's,' is ■ said to be contemplating taking action? that will upset the result.- , ,'' It is claimed that no regard was given to the decencies governing the polls arid that men long passed away, whose names still remain on the votersf list, were recorded as voting. '* ' Mr. Perry is the man,' who, as an aldermanic candidate last year, upset the whole city,council because of the discovery of an agreement for the sale of votes by holders. " This necessitated special legislation and a'new election. ''*.',' ' * Mr. Perry is a lawyer with a determined nature, but does not now practice his. profession.' His. own position In the parliamentary race, cannot be improved, as he": was at the foot of the - list. ' - His. action, therefore, is based purely upon a desire to purify the1 ballot. ; . ' ~ *-- • A BIT OF REPARTEE "I think it is a grand thing to see a woman taking in washing.. She's far better than,her richer sisters who spend their time taking in men," declared Father Vaughan in a recent analysis, of feminine tendencies. " * "But," replies Ida Husted Harper, "if'they don't take in, the'1 men,how are theyr going to fulfill their' only legitimate duties (according to Father Vaughan) of wife and mother? Besides, taking lri the' men is usually preliminary .to? taking in the washing. Then the washing is necessary to support -the man in order that' he may prove the survival of the fittest.". It Is the reverend father's next .move and we shall await it with interest.— Life -7- " - " . ^ A WHY'DO MEN STARVE? "Why" do"men starve iri a land'of plenty? '" ..Because tliey don't- know how-to---vote. A ■■_ i y^hy^doTtnen^go- raggedywhen^tisef land'Is4'groaning with good .clothing? Because they don't know how to vote -, Why; do" nine men out' of ten pay rent for houses? Because they don't know how to,vote. ' -Why do men willing to work have to beg the privilege of those who dp not work?" Because they,don't know how to vote. Intelligent laws will create conditions thatnwlll enable every man. woman and child to live In what is even called luxury today by the laborer of the father or brother. But Ignorant voters can never make Intelligent laws nor know who can." ' . THE FUTURE ? .WRK .A * i X -" •*. • B. H. Chtozza Money, M.P. ' ' ' ~ ; In the London Labor Leader - . No one,who is acquainted with modern machine production can fail to have been struck with the extreme facility with .which we can now fashion, material .commodities.. The scientist and the engineer have put plenty at our disposal If we care to have it. It is not the fault of the inventor or1 the discoverer, that only about 4,000,- 000 men are - irregularly employed upon, their* wonderful machines and processes. That is obviously truo, for a large proportion of the originators of modern industrial processes are dead, and their inheritance is the common property of mankind. .Even as to the living Inventor, we arevcareful to put a ,very short limit to his,powers of monopoly, ' The inventor of the incandescent gas maritle is happily alive, but any man can now employ .cheap labor to turn out more or, less Imperfect examples of his great invention without paying him a cent. s ■ There is no secret about modern machine industry. The great body ot invention is at our disposal with which to produce pleritifuIneSs, arid every year the patents of living, inventors are expiring. * , To .visit, a inodern clpth'factory'or cycle factory, or boot factory, or furniture factory, .Is to witness operations which win from a,vwonderful complication of devices arid a division of labor between "machines made for sectional purposes an extreme simplicity and rapidity of output. Each part of a boot or cycler however'small and seemingly, insignificant, is turned out by a specialized machine at very small cost. The accurately and beautifully made parts are, put together, and ,the total labor exerted In, making one boot or one cycle is marvellously sinall. Looking at boot machines, we understand that a very limited number of them,' worked by a small fraction of the working population, could easily make more boots in'a year than our entire population .could wear out in several years... Looking at' a cycle factory, we, understand .that it would be the simplest" thing" possible for a very lim- ited'-number of people to turn out more cyeW.than; there are people in the country,to ride them. ' ' s, itis not manufacturing which is the Stout Men don't have the ghost of a show of being properly- fitted, outside of the Fit-Reform Wardrobe. pIT-REFORM is the only highclass tailoring f* organization that carries Suits created, designed, planned and tailored, expressly for Stout Men and Large Men. TJERE are Suits not only in unusual sizes—but- in patterns and effects' to harmonize with unusual figures. Facts I cerning the Future of Athabasca Landing. 1, Tho J'nfct ol! il, l.fiing tho.tlntoway to tlio Lust Ucst West. * 2. The fact of il boing llio (lintrihuting point for lho Gvnml I'niirio nml Peace IHvor Country. ' 7 3. Tho fnct of it bohiB tlio wholesale nnd mnnui'iielnriii-f. centre for iho Grand Praivio and Peace Kivor Country. , 4. ThoYuct of it boinff tho Divisional Point of ihe U. N. I., i'roni;, both Kdmonlon nnd North Haltleford; 0. P. lt. from I.dmonlon, nil tho othor from Willcio to T_loydii.ii.Htor and Alhabas'ii LnndiiiR. - (Tho government is giinrnntceing theso linos nnd mon. which nro under construction.) 5. Thc fact of it being situated on the Athabasca l.iver and in tho contro of tbo greatest mixed farming country. ti, Tlio fact of its Natural ]_..sources; having 3,000 miles of navigable wator, largest deposit of asphalt and tar sands in tho world, natural gas in abundance, coal in largo qunutiticn, limestone, iron ore, oil, pulp wood, millions of acres of tho best farming land, The H. P, T.,, lui* 70 sfiunrn miles of timber limits nrt thn Athabasca l.iver fluid its brnnoboH, There nre throe Inrpro. saw mills now in -.perntinM nnd working night nnd day. i, 7. Thc fnct of tbe groat fishing industry. 8. The fact that there in over ono hundred thousand dollars,', worth ■■«.. * <* it /I /. ,1 I. *•.%•.«_ flnrtMhUy ... <«-.« * . > »« ■ * -■-_-. 1 ' w- The fact that it is the best investment in Western Cnnndn, so got in on the ground floor. Prices ndvanco 25 per cent in April. TO. The fnct. that you can buy lota in the best residential section in Athabasca Landing, with a good guarantee, from McCUTClIKON BI.O.S., Fernio, I?. C, at rcmonnblo prices nnd easy payments. OFFICE OPEN EVENINaS v- 569 CTOUT MEN can get Fit-Reform Suits of ^ guaranteed quality and fit, from $18. up.:' TrouDi.cto~tue_nair.ii-rctuTerr^iris;no-" the,work of his factory whiclTworrles a manufacturer. ^ The manufacturer's trouble? 1st.this, that it is so easy to make things and so difficult to"* sell them.1, .It- is^to selling and not to making that ■ the * manufacturer has chiefly to :nddress his mind, From the point of view of economic production tho man who makes boots is a valuable worker, while tho man who takes orders" for boots and perhaps, hy his skill in representation, takes an order'.'away from a man who sells better? boots, counts for nothing, or worse,than nothing, as an economic agent. To the manufacturer, how- over, tho boot worker ls a commonplace object,who can easily be replaced, whllo,the successful salesman is all In all. - It Is an Inversion of proper economic conceptions which goes to tho very root of tho problom of poverty. ,7 Tho efficient mncblnory which has been contrived lo meet tho ncods of large-scale • production of ovory sort nnd kind Is, as wo linvo neon, worked by a small proportion of our population Yet oven whon thus Indifferently nnd partially worked tho mnchlnoi Tmvo but to keep going for a brief porlod nnd domnnd Is overtaken. Al* nnifit ns soon ns the wheels lioxln io run freely tlio.brake must porforc,. be pur tn them, for luck of buyers to r.im- ir.nnd tho products which cnii so onsily bo made. Tho machines aro run, no', with tho ohjoct of producing goods in plenty, but with tho object ot reducing costs In coimoetlon with a known or nn ostlmnlcd domnnd. In effect,' ovory machine Is run to make ono thing nnd ono thing only, nnd thnt Is Indlvldunl profit, Thnt profit can only bo secured out of lho trndo which offem. Tho trade which offorfl nrlsos from tho limited consumption of n community tlm rnnsn of which conslHtn of wago laborers, paid llttlo more than tho hnro cost of renting a poor homo nnd buying fuel nnd fond for Hh (nmnlcs. Ti run the mnchlnoi. frooly nmlor suoh .•iiiH.l1lo.iii Is to nttompt tho Im.'uJ- aliiln Kncli mnniifnoturor, In offnet, nonlOH ciislomors lo ovory othor rnnnu- facluicr. Each Is succoasfol In ptit*1* In;, a hrnko upon l lie maoliln<-r.' of cvo'-y othor, Tho lint worker cu:iiot afford to buy the hoot ho rociulrmi, winch can so canlly be made by the boot workor, Tlio hnnt wnrkor mil- not nfford to buy tho lints ho roqulms which* cnn so easily bo nmdu by tho hnt worker, Nolther of tboui can torn- TKe Crow's Nest Trading Co. shopkeepers are appalling ln tholr number. But whether they succeed or. fall, upon every article thoy soil must load on a big gross profit. When therefore' tho wage earlier takes Ills poor wage to markot, ho has first of all to provide a living for middlemen,* whose living may bo as bard to got as his own,.whllo both suffer from the waste of tholr labor. Thero Is ono certain way of getting vory littlo o*ut of the scramble, nml that is to bo one of the producers. So long„ns a man Is content to romnln a useful economic producer ho ennnot becomo even moderately comfortable If ho Is worldly wlso bo will,reason to hlmnolf. "There Is only ono way In which I cnn got a cluince to mnko nn amplo subBlBtci.ee, nnd that is hy ociin- Ing to mnko goodB nnd 'by entering upon one of tho paths by which I nan mako, not goodfl, but profits." "Getting on" Is rnroly or never iioh- siblo for tho mnn who continues honestly to mako lints, or furniture, m boots, or carpets, or upholstry, nn a" Mitt In Inrgo scalo economic praline* tlon Can wo wonder, thon, If nn In* un-iislnKly lnrgo proportion of the | population has ronllwul this, nnd linn niniH. what Is, under lho flrcum*<tan- coh, tbo wise derision to dcBovt pio- ductlon Tor ono of tlio paths of profit? When thoro Is n.iltliar comfort nor honor lo bo got out of tho hone, t work. need we wonder If «o mnny of n. prefer to llvo without worljlim?—-Ht'o IM lor course In nl lonsl less WmiIv to full Hum tho formor, nnd offers no miipy eul-llmo opportunities' Ro It lri thnt tho InvenlorH, tlm iH''ti- Hsu nnd tho engineers hnvo romplfllo- ly failed to mako tolerable, tins lot of tlio common pinn, tt wm In 1 ^2S Hint fioorgo Btoplionson rnn "Tho itockflt": to*dny, eighty yonrs nftor, tho went mnBs of thn Tlrlllnh pooplo nro unniilo lo Irnvol nny consilient Mo dl«lnm*fl In tlielr own country by I'.illwny, for thoy ,. ■ , , T *l*t I ■\ «*.*»JU. »-_4i/44« *,.. _..,*.. * •' ....... rlil.*. V.i ii' ml.' fruits of'the earth, as multiplied and' harvested by machinery. ls It necessary for so much work to produce so much pain? After taking so much trouble to facilitate, production, does It pass tho wit of man to organize our labor to better advantage than Is shown Jn tho wretched material Increment wo have examined, mado to he enjoyed chiefly by thoso who do not produce lt? Is It really moro difficult to persuade a people to uso machinery properly thnn It Is to Invent, tho machinery Itself? Must It be said of civilized man thnt ho can analyze tho light of Slrus but ennnot Bhcltor nil his children—that ho can achieve .scientific miracles, but Is baffled by tho commonplace? > WAGE8 ON F.AILWAY8' IN ENGLAND A. board of trade -report Just Issued contained statistics"relative to wages on rallwayi.. It appears from tho roper; that on rnllwnys, other than flloc* trie*, employes are usually slx-ilay workers, Sundny duty being pnld for ns cvorllino, or equivalent time Klvon off during the week In lieu of payment. Tho numbor of male tlmo workers p.iUl wares In tbo Inst pny week of 0"K.* bor, 1007, Included In tho returns Ir 401,137, nnd lho nvernge rnto of wages ns follows: Adult workmen, nvor- ngo wages, 21s. •id.: ludu nml boys, lis, ftd. On electric railways Iho m'o ot" pny iippeiu'H to hnvo boon slightly bottor Hum ordinary railways, llio onrn- lugs b.'lnp, for niotormon, PiSh, \M.-, iiioi'linnlcH, P»fii«. fc'l.i H-l.-n.il men, '.lis. lid; plnio layers, 28s. lOd; conduc* t_,r», 2Ik. 7d. CANADIAN BUREAU OF LABOR Tl.O'P.ovliirliil dnvornmoiH of Now Hrunswlclr has 08tabllfil.od n lluro.iu -ild Ji" the rMV'.'-v' ' i in'hut t ,r r., 0. at Coventry, nnd at Coventry evoi;y fno i tory .vours out men ami women iwtor- ly shod, nnd with lri.lli.oi-o.it ho.ifigonr. As for the product which Is .".finally turned out, nnd supplomontod, ns wo hnvo neon, by (ixoIiiiiikoh with tho peoples of foreign land*. It Is scrambled for by a host of uiic-onomlr agents ,--'* cm ,.i'i -i ■ 7 I : "H fie jirf.V'ieVil ni-f-etflr'" locomotive, yot todny tbo inn.pon nro ' j."0r hoioo tliiw the c,ov« viuuoi.t lutu ... , „ . i . '<in'y acnunlntoil with slonmshlpn wlwi 'been ponslilorlnu Mich a Atop and tho ,,!ai,J.ll?.CJ'C,t!.S fi0.::i,",,y t,,r"C,1.?Ultthfl nro driven Into omlgrntlo,,. \V«) pnHsngo of an order In council come* poise**.* In electric traction lho menns \' m <_ romilt of potltlona nnd rcr.ii>«iu considerable and healthy areas; thej Ttl.Ml„.l0r,0f the bureau will Iiu hide pooplo romnln huddled In their t.rlmy , eonminK „nd puhllshlng Information towns, n proy to -IIhomu.. Wo nrr. olio . r(.]rjVnnt t0 ,ohor orBan|MUoii. Inclu.I- of tlio fow great rotil nations: ye. fow j ,nR tfw niimh^r of jrM,„ .,„,, womrn of our peoplo cau nfford to warm lliolr <!n„,|oy(.,i( ,fu. ,l0lir- oattmvd, nnd tho houses properly, fn the blttorent win- * „,,„,,. of vneri< ^elyed. All labor ™l?ta.2n I" ,M I'/ ,!m,;,J ,«!!!!* ■,tT WOaU"'r n,° KT'M im °f °lir rf'° i 'lif Hemes ami strike*. »« well a. tha modules as It flows throitf.Ii the roun-, p*0 Rrt fo1l1 1o t>0t* *„ unwnrmed lied- •ry' ' l-ivnw* iVftln bnvo boon (ho nirlvlnp*1 FOE MORS FACTS SEE MeCUTCHEON BROS. FERNIE, B..C relftllnn r>t Jil>or tn e.ipl(*)l ivill <-omn rooms. r\'»m bnvo noon the «trivlnr« , „|lfj4.r tIl<. j,,,,,.,^,,,,,, ,lt ,»w |llllt.Bllt j Tho ease of tea, lo which I havo ro-1 of tho mont iflftod of men. The inn' i tt.>10i,(, . ictrci In the-M? jiSKe*. in l)j.ical ral'itT y-)t\tita tboy Isave r-«n_tru(tod hsvobut than otcoptlonal. To ttikt* roiiillli._, rrontod n now rac*. of inaohlni- nlnvos. .nloiic, the average nhopkoL-t^r cannot am! mnko It im.s«11i1<> for nn Inrrcniilni:) Jlivo on * *rom profit lea* than from ! proportion of rli-lllfod men to live tn* i * :.i» to R0 por com In the e*.«^ of food*, MmeloM work,1 whllo litx»rfttlnj{ enilfelv • Ills r«4-tll profit mar l»» InnlRnlflrant.', tmm work, nieful or tt.*lew., n HinltfMl. 'nl often ft to. Tho failures among;telsuTa class, which alone enjoyi tho, gfOrSC-0UC1.3""icZJ"*r*"hT» no.li eotiimencos Imniodlntely, j under (,-l.ariro of a «omml»»lot,( r Shilohs Cure y\\ S\ \ 1 w^^MHMsmMvi^Mic^^WMK^Ki^ BKy^-^tt^e* M l,|ll W^lOni'lfl** " _ * ---.Jl-***- i- _ _-,*_» ~ __.__"_V _" -*. _. J-'" "" ■V '^* PAGE SIX THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C.; APRIL 13, Mitt Mbltict £&ta$$s .Published every Saturday morning at' its office, Petlat Avenue, Fernie, B.C. Subscription $1.00 per year iriadvaiice.r An excellent advertising medium, vargest circulation in tfre District. . Advertising rates on application. ., Up-to-date facilities for the execution of . all kinds of book, job and color work. - Mall- orders.receive special *'«attention. Address all communications to The District Ledger. ■''•■■■ '*.."« A H-.P. NERWICH, Editor. Telephone No.,48. ... ■ - v A ." / =■! "Post Office Box No. 380 THE ENGLISH COAL STRIKE AS AN EDUCATIONAL FACTOR THE Coal Miners'1 Strike-in Great*Britain'can-now be said to have ended, and full stock may be taken of the net result. * .That full vi.-tory lias not been gained by theiinen'must, perhaps, be "admitted, y. but apart from the shillings and pence question, is there no other viewpoint to lake? - Capitalists'may say No! but Socialists will <(bc<,' ', ' to differ." The educational factor must not be lost sight of. and ns such the seed has been .sown for a growth of inestimable value to the workingman. Not only will lie alone reap the harvest, but the middle man, and even many of the idle rich will gain much from this experi- • enee. The exiensiveness of-the'industrial tie-up has been followed and watched the wide world over, and .has caused more-people-to think and discuss the problem as it has never done before. It has been an absorbing topic of conversation in quarters "where the lot of tlie worker is not usually discussed, and various panaceas for the ills - ofthe body politic debated. Some, society dames, we are told, have been even studying political economy in the light of recent events, and readily admit.that it will be better for the world when the mass of the population are in the enjoyment of a higher level of well-being. ' Even "aristocrats" Jiave been bold enough to advocate co-partner- ' ship, one going so far as to retire from a directorship of the Duffryn Steam Coal Company of* South "Wales, because he could, not prevail ■upon the company to apply its.principles to that undertaking. The 'wiseacres realize that their position is unsafe, and that some bone must be thrown to the miner to, stop him from barking a little while. There are "still.others among them who feel that the present system . is all wrong but their material interests are too great,' and, therefore, ' fight for their very existence. The strike just over has been the , most costly in England's history, and some of,her nobility will have less money to squander this year. ' Yet we do not believe thev will suffer anywhere near as much as the striker and his familv have done. -They will not feel any of his hardships and privations. At the' worst , the nobleman will have to forego a trip to Cario. or perhaps have a . few thousand dollars less to squander at Monte Carlo. He will then have*'a taste of the bitterness'of ,''poverty." 'Too bad! - * - , s As far as the minimum wage is concerned, iflooks very much "minimum/' The Asquith government at,the eleventh hour funked -.bucking against the„interests; and washed their hancjs by palming it -■off on to district boards. J\re in this country have'had a full share of '.oinmissions, conciliation boards, arbitrator, boards] etc:,-and*know t.llfrT* full wm-fh,* Tliia Ty.l. awon'torl jg irirlooj ?. pOOr. SolutJC-l cf'tHc - problem'confronting the coal miners of Great Britain iri their strug. " gle for existence. ' The fact that it'was left to the two opposing;part-° ies in each district is.nothing further.than."as you were." - The same contentions, disputes and discontent is .sure to. arise, and the * provision of an arbitration clause in case of disagreement can be of ■ no benefit to the miner, as we know, what little satisfaction can be ' gained from such bodies. That; the bill is no solution to, the difficulty must he perfectly evident to anyone who has given tho matter the*slightest thought., The miners can never be satisfied to work under such'conditions.- Even were the'seeds of Socialism not being sowu they are bound to see that they are not getting the full product of their toil. ■ Economic,necessity is the force that is driving them' to see this, and thoy cannot be satisfied until they get it. Had the result been different, and they would,have obtained all their demands t! t day of reckoning would have been a little longer delayed, but as it happens tliey go back to the pits discontented and bitter in thoir I iarts towards the existing order of things. Perhaps it is better, so, for the more oppressed and downtrodden they* are the quicker'tliey wilArealizo that their only salvation lies in the overturning of the system whereby the producer obtains the minimum and tho master tho maximum. , the laboring meh.; |Socialism.has.time out' oi,'number'been attaefce'd' by them, but trade unions,have; be'en,Af.noVsup^ strictly alone.- -The step'Arehbishop'Bruchesi'iias taken will without a doubt be resented by his^fcrtlowers.^ priest can lead his flock whither he pleases. ^'■'■In-religious matters*hV may still have, a'Tiold upon them/but1 when \he;butts'-*iri:in>v',!bread and butter" question-he will be told to,mind-nis,bwn.*business.; The" Province of Quebec today is not what it, was,-say ten years ago."' The members of tl_e-\Catholie' Church? are .'gradually -throwing off their' chain's and willxsoon extricate themselves^'from/their enslavement to the church, 'That, they may still be-good'churchmen may be~.but* the priest will no longer, control their'actions outside .'of the. church. THE TOWN OFFRAtiK "P(I_ANK, "Alta., .has, been, condemned as being "unsa're owing to "the ** possibility of another slide of Turtle* Mountain. The.Commission in its report says, inter alia:. A "'" - • ■ , 'A (1) The townsite.should'be abandoned and the risk to the'proper-- ty of the Canadian Pacific;Railway'assumed.' ,(2) Tlie present entrance to'No. 1 (drift) mine should be abandoned and the mine* should be operated by deep levels from thc shaft mine'or from an opening at the extreme southern end of the property, iri'tho vicinity of Hillcrest. ,(3) Unusually heavy pillars should be left throughout the danger area, particularly iii the upper levels, and not'more than 50 per cent of the coal should' be extracted. (4) The excavated areas should be packed. A ' ' •. A . , Tt however makes no mention of assuming the property of the poor workingman. A wealthy corporation like the C. P.' R. must, of course, be protected, but riot so the poor laborer. Men who have been living.in.the townsite a number of years,'who have scraped and'stint- ed themselves,1 their .wives and children "to get a little home together are now tb lose their all. * Where is tlie ustice of it? The town of Frank is not so large as to'hamper or cripple the government's finances were it to come through, and compensate the small owners." It would be more just and equitable than assuming.the property of the C. P. R. Both the Dominion and the,Provincial Government should come to an arrangement whereby the small property-holders in Frank will not, be the "sufferers. ■■ -' ■ *' •.,.',' THE WORKER'S CHILDREN These poor little souls are born,'amidst tears and suffering they gain such love as'they may; they learn to feel and'suffer; they strug- gle'and cry for food,'for air,.for the right to develop; and our civilization at present has neither the courage to kill them outright.quickly> cleanly and [painlessly3, nor the heart-and courage and ability to give them what they need.- They are overlooked'and misused. They go short of foOd and air; they fight their pitiful-little*battle foiylife against the'eruelist odds, and^hey are beaten.*; Battered, emaciated, pitiful, they are thrust out of life, borne out of our regardless world, stiff-little life-soiled sacrifices to the spirit of'disorder against which' it- is man's pre-eminent duty to,battle." There/has been all the pain in their, lives—there has been'the radiated pain of-their misery, there has been th'eyvaste of their grudged arid irisufficint'food,"and all tlie pain and:labpr bfptheir-mothers,/ind:all .the world" isjtoe sadder for — — — —— *«««-^»»««V«.^—**M. * \J— J__L *#■ \_>\^— BarberShop *" Baths "■' if Shoe Shine Billiards and Pool Coffee and, Sandwich Counter '" Hazs.wooci .Buttermilk 1 S.r ■■ "*■> Victoria Avenue ( $ L FERNIE, B.C. ., Phone 34 -\J.—Y¥ CJUiS." , THE CHURCH OPPOSED TO TRADE UNIONS. T\ KL1GION is generally best kept out of,newspaper controversy. **■ All journals and periodicals, with the exception of those that arc spocificnlly see.traian, eater to the masses, consisting as it does gen- orally of members of various creeds and denominations. Criticism, of any particular individual church, therefore, may, rightly or wrongly, give ofenco to a certain numher of its readers. Religion is no engrained in certain minds tliat those cannot sec anything but an attack on thoir church. Thoy do not rocognzio that tho criticism might bo just and rendered with a conscientious belief, and for the best interest-of all. Occasionally it is difficult to refrain from referring to action*, and sti.tomontH mado by certain leaders of the church. „ A ense in point is tlie one with which we aro about to deal. . Concerted action is beingijaken by tho l.omiui (.ntliolin authorities in tlie Province of Quebec against, labor unions which have adopted neutrality in religious mutters. Solemn warnings have been issued to working men, pointing out Hint tliiwo unions aro liable t.,,oneourago •.Socialism and gorlloHsneNs. ■ Archhisliop llnie.he.si, of Montreal, tho head dignitary of thn Catholic Church in Humeri. Canada, mndo a statement along these lines a fow days ago, and ho wns followed by two bishops in that province who mndo similar iiniiouneementH on the subject. Tho despatch further Htates that these cleric* saw a real danger to Roman Catholic"working inbn of this country joining such unions as fraternize freely with Socialistic and masonic groups. It goes on to nny: "The Bishop of Shcrbrooko denounced trade unions nnd contended in mimlrtrttM that unions are the houi'cc of thc pre- sunt troubles in (Jrcal Britain, and thnt. iimtorid nf milling Hi., i.onj.lr. they Kcpnrnlo them. Tito lordship'« stilt oh. mil fo m\(] to tie hwpiyr.. by nn attempt to form a enrpenlor's union in Hherbroolce." What harm to the ehureli n Cnrpi-ntem' Union in Sherhrooke ean bo is rather dificult lo understand. But this evidently was merely a pour to hang his hat on. The ever existinc. horrev "aoeinliiui" l« u-Jiut he is presuiiinhJy after, and by way, of getting at it ho must needs attack trade unionism. If thc Socialists would hut make ono of the planks in their platform that "the universal religion shnll ho Roman Catholicism," tho church would doubtless give it a, full measure of support. Socialism, however, hns nothing to do with religion. It is purely political, and aa sucli wisely excludes religion from its discus, xionii. Because n few lending Snein1i.it!. mny hnppen to he Atheists in no reason why we uliould he branded anti-clerical... Socialism in not opposed to the chureh m long as the fthureh does not itand between the worker obtaining thc fulfproduct of his toil. In thin in- utance It in evident that the Church in tho Province of Quebec it op- po«ed to the worker. It must ba admitted that th-» tr/ir... mUm h a great factor in the betterment of the worker'a condition; then why oppoae It If we mistake not this is tho first occasion in thia country whew the head of any church haa come out boldly in opposition to ■ In the Seattle, election last* week the-Socialists feast 24,000 out of the 54,000 votes.-- "Last year the Socialists polled only 4,800, but no women voted,"at that time. The'vote in" Seattle this year ought to give,plutocracy another shiver'down the^ine. ' Verily yoii can already hear the tramp, tramp, tramp.of the Social.Democratic com- ••■sonwealth ori the way!"' ' ' v A • ,•' It has-been asserted by charlatans'that capital creates values as well as labor—the test can easily be made: The worshipper of capital may sweep together in a heap his capital, he may gather all thc capital of the earth, and'after the space of a year tliere would not have grown a penny more of value'from.it, but indee'd'the worth of the idle mass would be considerably decreased. Capital k not merely the child of labor j it ennnot grow and continue without it. ■ Capital has in relation to., labor no rights, wliile labor in relation to, capital has tho right; of, ownership.—Prom "Socialism, What It Is," by Wilhelm Liebknecht. 7 ' ■ '■ "Rumors are rife of possible action in tho,.direction of protesting the election of Mr. J. .II* Place, tho Socialist member-elect for NaMi- mo City, on the ground, among others,, that his nomination papers givo his name othorwiso than it appears upon the provincial voters' list." So reads a paragraph in. a .capitalist sheet. We .presume that the "great and most important" error must have boon that of a typographical one in the spelling of his namo, for'othorwiso leave it to thorn to have mentioned it. McBride ovidently is,' not satisfied with his 38 majority, a majority of 42 would have suited hiiii bottor. Tho B. C. Government recognizing tho responsibility placed upon thorn .by having such an overwhelming majority havo generously de- cided that an audit committee should bo appointed to go'ovor the Government estimates/and finnne'es. Who will appoint tho Com M*> I *_.L*V 1. i Feriiie-Foii Steele Brewing Co., Ltd. and a Porter Bottled; Goods a Specialty L.E. McDonald HORSESHOEING GENERAL BLACKSMITHING ' , " . , v CARRIAGE BUILDING . Express and Delivery Wagons a' Speciality a Water Motor: Washer and Be: Happy j:d. quail Hardware FERNIE Furniture 9* People's Poplar Picture Playhbuse Torddy S I N;.G> E R SWING MACHINE -kickickkkkkk-kkk-i ■ t ■t •. ■. t t * _ c . ■< ..' t ( < c ( ( _ .( • r 1 WM. BARTON n Aaront V'ernle, Braiaoh Pellatt Ave. North Through Flaming Gates The busy husband. The gay wife goes tb .a ball. The house "burns.?Thrilling rescue of baby by firemen.' Come and see the finish.,----' A.-" , •' ■• ,y -' »'''Ay'"""- ■ , ". ■ i ^ , - ~ *s >. _v_. ^ ,, The Man Under The -Bed; ,' Escaping convict seeks refuge in house.-. Wife is-afraid-to.- '„, leave room for help. Husband'arrives;-.wife locks door. Hus- fband gets suspiciioiis.^ .Come and lie in on'tlie finish.".,? l '■ _/ Human^Eorpedb . Lubin Comedy. n Hoboe drinks can of maple* syrup thought? ,toobe„nitro-glycerine. , Bring along a' towel for the':tears (and a bath), also splints for your jaws..... *.cA '^XX-■ ■"■ • <_ Ther Town Marshall i<K* . .' "' y v * "'''--.". - \ ; - •'• '. A., ° Two suitors iria'duel with blank cartridges!' One loses , and beats it. Grand finish.' Nestor,Comedy.. - -1 . Gaumont Graphicts What the-world is doing day by day. . , ".,' - y m^v^m^iimmmm THE 8ILENT STRIKE If the government of this country woro in thc hands of certain Con- sorvalivo editors and scribes wo should soon bo in what theso samo gantry tall "the throes of revolution." The conl crisis, amongst other lungs, has resulted in a fine show of jacl.nl tooth and wolfish rnngs by tho l.omlon and othor Conservative papers, "which at oloe- lion times aro loud'in thoir claims,t.o bo tho working mnn's friends. Hut at other tiroes, whon votes nro not required, .and the working wnn dares to n«k for a bit of hi« own, those same friends of his show t imr rotten old tooth with a vengeance nnd would tear him to pieces .1 thoir power only c.pmlled thoir wish Thoso partioulnr load- «j and lender writers have been calling upon the government to com- pel tho minora to work, to „rrest thoir trade union secretaries for reason and heaven knows what besides, to play tho despot over the oilers and practically reduce them to slavery. Yet at election times those very snmo lenders nnd leader-writers HplnHh honrdings and newspaper columns with statements informing tho minor how? free ..i*J J...|.|.> .«« i. in itniam, and thoy call upon him to shut his even ««a open his mouth and sing, "UritOM never shrill he slaves." And tha poor, sily chap, who whon election day oomos round, Iin* for- go ton how thoy talked of putting him in chains becauso ho wanted daily bread and butter, opens his mouth and tin* like a "Jim. • Tb'u k\ « u*0!^t wuri(i that ovcr flvoh'^ from chaos to coal* hedH. -Hen Adhem, in Liverpool Weekly Post. THB PRICE OF COAL The loiUIatuM Uit Minion orrt.irM an InvcutlgtUon Into tlio price of coal, but condcttnneo a reelprorltv trmty tnr NimovJngr tariff Uxatlon from neca*. •arlea of Ufa and to reducing th« eoat of living, which ia one of t_w> main factors la fixing the coat of coal. At tbe coat of living .lata, t« it haa tmn iJolnr, the workman mu«t h«v* htgtutr wagea to meet hla Increai.ng expend!* ivm. The operatora are not In the bualaeaa for their health, and wh*o iher bave en laemeed eoat of produfr tlon thoy mint lner«ARO the coat to the contumor If they want to avoid bankruptcy. Thu coat of production li further Increaaod by the preeau* llotti. duuMded, and properly ao, for the protection and iaf«ty of the mln* ere, aa reacue equipment, and the coat of giving to tbe varioua lawful reculre» ntwtntor tho aafety of tbe employee. "-"' G J,,n'n* »nd Engineering K* ooci Don't Forget the FootbullVi B»« ket Social and Dance, April 22nd,/ LYTTON, April 6.—When approach- •od and quoBtlonod regarding tho Impending return of irion to work on tho tlio CNR, construction, Secretary Whitehead of the I W W at this point, which Ib tho central headquarters, for tho Industrial Workors, oxproBsod du- bouanoas ob to,tho numbor of men who would tnko up their tools again, but etatod that tf It lookod llko a gen* oral roturn to,work that tho mon of tho I. W, W might got bnck with tliem, "nnd Btrlko on tho Job." "Tho I.' W, W. Ih dlffbrent from any othor unload Bald ho. "Wo officers can't Bay what tho robn, will do. Wo havo no moro to any about It thnn any Individual mombor, It's nil dono by voting, If thoy voto to go back thoy will go back and It thoy voto to stay out thoy, will Btay. out. Hut when I say go bnck to work you must not understand tlift I mean thnt tl\o men will glvo In to tho contrnctorB, If wo go bnclc it will bd to ntrlko on tho Job. Tta onsy enough to do Juet onough.work to doflrf \i« -w*» rut. nlvrnyn jro tm lo ibe noxt camp nnd got a job. Tho bonnet) will Iobo moro monoy that way than thoy will If wo atay out altogether and boildes that thoy will grow grey head* nrt wlt-h worry'it wh^i rsi^it !'i'--:; - on the jobs.. You remember that tho boitea ln tllono Eastern mills didn't want tho strikers back. They wore afraid of tho men dropping tools In tho machinery or doing damage to the material thoy wore working oft which would mako moro loss to tbo twnera than If the mills were abut down. Well that la what may happ«n out _.«.« » Free tolady Patrons-Beautiful Silver Spoon For two coupons, issued Tues,, Thurs., & Sat, Matinee Don't Forget Saturdays Matinee CE. LYONS Insurance, Real Estate and Loans Money to Loan on first class Busi- ness.and Residential property W. M.JEFFRIES Jewelery Repairing a Specialty Engraving . >- ** ' High class selection of Watches, Clocks and Novelties PRICES TO SUIT TEE TIMES / McCUTCHHON JfROft., LTD*, ;,' yy y incorporated 'OTTAWA, April 5.-rTbe Canada QmWl»$)*WM notice" of Uw Ibcoi^, poratioa of MeCoteheon Broe. LW^ of Calgary* "*•■.* * «ap(ta1 stock of half a mUllon. Tl»» company win carry oa a gtaaral land boiloeaa. y Special Saie of Flatware Bono-handled Tea or Dinner Knives, at $1.25 per half doi. 1835 Wallace Bros. Tea or Dlnnor knives, $2.00 per half dot. Mi Dot, only Dinner Knives, bei_t plate, 11.76 * V» Dot. only Toronto Sliver Plate Tea Knlvos, $3.26. 1847 Rogers' Bros. Dinner Knives. (2,00 per half dos. "Rogers' Best.Plated Table Spoons at 46c, each. Wm, Homer* and Bon Table apoona -)./.!> per halt dot. , 1847 Rogeira' Bros. Table Spoona, 12.76 per bait dog. 1»47 nog-M*'' Broil. IWdflrt flpoonn fJ.,*.". per hf.lf dos. Tea and Dinner Forks, best plate, f 1.75 per hnlf dot. Wm. Rogika'and Bon Dinner Forks, 11.60 per half dos. Wm. Rogers* and Son Al Tea Forks. $1.76 per half dot. A.C. LIPHARDT, JEWELER Try a District Ledger Ad. ,- &*'-A -T*- f-'*'1-'-''1?' -;-".'.-li:tf.,^'*■'-.. - -,' ~i T-V-Sa ':/ '<*. ,..V/. , t" "<i ,- j »,- '<?__■: *-f'' A** .-' i" i.;:'» . *,,-\ raE^iSTiUOT..LEDGER, FEBNIE/; B. 0.,?AP#IL 13/ 1912. PAGE SEVEN . -"'-""i;"- 7**7 >'A-"-*:■'■>""• '■s-'-vA-v-u *7*-^A. >-'-- "y 7A-7y ■:...:• -- -. - »»- :yt y~- v **-•...'-- . . . ...■".• , ^ •-..-.' - - -■ • . *;• , -"--A -\ ^ *, f ry .•?."- y* • ?'?J -"^'■m'-'aaVP' -.■ . -,-A.;-v :____W__» •" _e^_____W_k ________-•* ' ■"' ,'%___F^______.•* ^~*''.-" 'm'!M A '7" ____! ^P"^____ <-> ' *)V)-.».._U»AAAAAA.U***.*****M*MHMH^^ MM>¥¥ ¥»¥¥*■*»»¥ »*¥»»4^^ ;'♦ ♦*'♦ <e>. ♦.♦**♦'"♦-♦.♦.♦ ♦ ?♦. ■:.'.■ ■"'__■v ,;. „y--' A A AA.4 ■■♦ ;'♦';,;', 7 ^'."bellevue ^?"V.-A '♦. -''♦**"'-""" 7*-' !-*',;,. = " '7'*""'"'-*•"-," "V • ■•' '' *& V*;* ♦.♦ ♦ ♦.♦,♦'♦ ♦ •**•_►♦ - :-*.i, *.,,• ?-*..*--,„ ... ; A, dance was held; In * the Bellevue Socialist Hall on * Tuesday last. The • music waa* rendered by the Coleman - Orchestra. The dance was organized by the Bellevue boya. *" " '» ' -. Miss Mu'shkat gave a good address iii the Socialist Hall on Saturday last on-" the' subject of "What, Socialism Really Is.' Tho "-chair was-taken by Mr. Clem Stubbs, and a good crowd turned out to hear tho only lady Socialist organizer In- the West. . A practice match was .played on the f football field on Saturday to test the ' capabilities of the players for the pre- ■ sent season; The, referee was Mr., George Coupland. - ^ ^ « . y Th'eRev. W. H. Irwlri preached .two sermonsaon Sunday-last; at the morning service, the subject wasA"ConsI- der the .Lilies," 'and In the evening - "The* Resurrection -Life." Atythe morning service the Holy-Communion was administered,' of. whichJ a good - number partook.. After the services the vote was-taken as to whether the have* given.'John .a' bag of;.Old Chum to even things "ap' a*, bit.: 7""- "* ■ -. "The *late "postmaster,,'R.^W....Rogers and-family left on Friday1'for' Prince Rupert, where, in future/they will reside."'- Mr .Rogers, we'understand, is going into the .real estate business. The good wishes ot the, residents of Hosmer and district will follow' them to their new home. '* * Tho foreign speaking residents of Hosmer have been keeping caster \xi great style. TheV had a dance at the Queen's Hotel on Easter Monday and all thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Some of their English-speaking friends are getting quite adept at talking Slav etc., but when it come3 to saying Neiirasthennlpineskelesterlzo — they get tongue tied. A meeting was held on Friday last to organize a football club, when the following officers "were elected: President, A. L. Fortler; .Vice-President, S.W?,Lawsoi_; Secretary, W."tBalderstone; Treasurer, A Price. -'Messrs. Hamilton. Noodle;. Maltman,.' Wallace, Cooney, and Symonds were appointed as a'working committee, It was,.decided to Join the Crows Nest Pass Lea-, gue and that the club's colors be'white shirts and-blue pants. ' Another meet- three greatest Protestant churches of jing _'b called for Friday, when, the com- ■Canada should unite,,, and,, the result mittee's report will be read. .'.■■ _" ll-- was unanimously In favor, of union. On Sunday night"there ,'was" the'larg-' est congregation 'since the present pastor has been here. . ,.--- "■'.*-,- The Bellevue Band held* a; musical .concert on-the old?fo6tbairficld oa Sunday afternoon. ' The "sun'was out in'full splendor, but-'.'the wind was , strong and it was hard for the,players to read "the music. But taking,all, iiito. constderalion, it promises a good time Tor the people of 'Belleviie.,this-sum-0 mer. . ,A. large."crowd, turned ,out to ' hear them.-,, ' ' * ?, • - ' . ,, ,. The "Bellevue ^un,'Club visited Pincher Creek on Friday last and beat the_ ^ome club*. .The4members who-went from Belleviie were'I^rank^Boseley, 7 Tom Burnett, Sergeant- Bowers; Mr. Murry.and Mr... Hughes.*', *' y j- y The. Band Committee has decided to hold a basket social - and* danceTJ'n. "ftieTSocialist, Hall., on Monday,'- April L'22nd.7 The band is in need bf funds'- to furnish them with'instruments, and it is hoped that all the ladles of the ■ camp will rally up with' the baskets. It Is a sure thing that the young men' ■ will bejthere with ,th4-pleasant, smile" and lots of dollars. ', A- good supper 'will be served? ' S' - -' ' y ' > •■ • .,,.'■ ' A case was brought, up at the Police Station on: Tuesday, last, between' an engineer.and fireman'of the Bellevue mine. -The fireman stated.that after - a quarrel they had outside the engine " house the engineer pushed him oyer a ' heap of ashes, but they were In a muddle ,ns to,, the date, and the case waa , dismissed.' < The fireman 'afterwards left the camp. - v ' -. ' The Bellevue Band, are now open for engagements. „'All,who require good music apply to G, W.Qoodwla, band master,* Bellevue.. T ..A grand masquerade ball was"held in'the Opera House on Easter Monday under the auspices' of the Local Knights of Pythias? ."and proved .to be a jjreat success. "The costumes were an eye-opener for a town of Hosmer's size. Dancing ' commenced at 9.30 p.m., about 50 couples taking the floor. The costumes^were^,varied and many; ..'.ty that prizes 'couldn't be provided _ for all' The" following .were the prize' winners': '- Ladies, -best cos- tune, -Mrs.D GJWilson" (BritanufaV; gentlemen, best costume, Mr. Lowering (George Washington); best-cerie- ral^costume, Mr. ST. Keir - (John Bull). "Xinongst the other costumes worthy of mention were ,.__. Tramp,' Siinny.Jim, Uncje Sam7Alabama .Coon, Spanish" Ladles, Chineses and Japanese.GIels,' and.•lady in,.costume,'oM7th century. The music was provided, by.Mi.'s*'P.5 "Ml-iIa.t*andTir. jyireson. ,; Refresh-' ments were served in the interval, and altogether the affair must be written down' a great success and , cred'l" to'1 the local K. P's. 'The contingent,from Fernie, who received a ,warn_ arid cordial reception,-consisted''of Mr. ^and Mrs; F. Vance, Miss vSadie .Wright, Miss Mary Lynn, Miss-L. Gray, Mr. S. McDougall, Mr. Worthlngton, and Mr. s..Phinipr A- . ■ „ , ,y ; „-. i We are to .have a treat on .Monday evening, 22nd inst, in the Opera House when Beveral well known local ladles and gentlemen,, will present Sidney. Grundy's famous English comedy ."The Snowball." The caste includes all the leaders in amateur theatricals in town and a few "dark horses" as well. We hear that lots of hard practice has been put In on the play, so that we can expect a.first-class show. . , ' ROYAL VIEW ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ «►♦♦ ♦ ♦ <av ♦ ♦ * J A „ ♦ 4> HILLCREST NOTE8 <*> ♦ ■ ', By "Concertina Joe." .. ♦ , (Received too late for. publication in laBt Issue,) Tho mines In this vicinity aro still working only throo and four shlfto a~ woek, consequently many of the men nro leaving for other parts. Tho Royal CoHIorloR are putting In nn oloctrlc haulage plant ln tholr mines: they have also added two large olectrlo generating engines to tholr plant, ho things look" rather brighter for tho futuro of this mine. Wo are pleased to boo tbat A, £). Dupon has been nppolntod commission*' or for affidavits. Royal Vlow Ib, vory badly In1 need of a sschool, but wo hopo to boo ono built thin coming, summer, It is now up to tho trustees to got busy nnd hnvo it startod ns soon as dob- fllblo. . Charles Smith, who got hln l<.g bndly smashed up some tlmo ago, haB returned from Lothbridgo Hospital, but.lt ' will bo n long tlmo beforo he will be able to resume hla dutlcrti in tho mlno. Tho usual mooting of Local 258(1 wns held on Friday, (I say, boys, you had better Attend your meetings moro regularly.) Tho members woro unanimous In favo.tr of ono IndufUr'nl nrp*n?ifTfi*lr>m fnr i\\ "'"vlicr". ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Mr. Walter McLean left to spend a fow days at Calgary, during which1 ho will' attond tho School Toachors' Convention. .-. , , ■ ■' A meeting was held In tho Miners' Club was held at. Dr. Ross* rosidonco, guo for this part of tho province. All the surrounding camps woro well re* presented, and lt looks very proralwlng for a sorlos of football contests. Most of tlio boal companies havo promised to givo a worthy support to this kind of Bport, but,wo understand that one or two companies havo not aa yot boon nuked, although, thoro Ih llttlo doubt but tlu\t they will loosen up when thoy aro nppronched, " A mooting of the Illllcrost Tonnls Olub was hold at Mr. Ross' rosidonco Monday night. G. Cnilckfllmnks was oloclod president of the clulii nnd F. J, Smith, Soc-Trcns, Tho club has decided to fix tho tonnls dub up so as to compnro favorably with any town In tho Pass. Quito a fow members have como In, and tho Impression is thnt thov will havo nbout no mem* bora this Reason. ♦ ♦<*-♦ *> <#. +. *> <*> ♦ ♦ ♦ * * * * . * /■■ ;x..- ♦ ♦ FRANK NOTES,. „„.♦ -*• ' ■"X -y * '♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦* ♦■*•►,♦ ♦'♦ ♦"♦ ♦ J W. Tolaski, who* has worked in the mine here for several. years, moved his family tor Edson last" week, -where he expects to make his' home.. Pete Tereska moved Into his house here. Jack Miller "spenta fewdays vieiliiia In Medicine Hat" this week. ,. * , S. Thompson, of Cowley is at present in the local hospital where he has undergone an operation. ",,•'.'""' Mr. McKay, our worthy school principal, ls spending this week- ln Calgary attending the school- teachers', convention. - ' <,-,,, R. McGown returned from Calgary on, Saturday morning last- - . Mr. Wm. Simpson, who has got work in Hlilcrest mine', moved his family out there on, Wednesday last. , Mr. J. E. Wilcox, who has been at Rochester, U. S. A, under the care of the,famous Dr Mayls,.has returned lo town again, and is entirely restored to health. His "praise of the doctwr is profuse, and he has already secured work at Maple Leaf. '•' A large number of Frankites attended the railroaders' "dance at Blairmore on Easter Monday. On ,-FrIday. night last Miss Mu'shkat (the Socialist lady speaker) delivered an address in the Miners' Hall; a large crowd being present to listen to her. . Mr.* Clark put on a moving picture show'.on Saturday last, but only a few went to. see it.'. Mr.. Richardson- is now running a livery stable at Bellevue as well as';at j-rank. *■' '■ -•-.-„' ' '? ' Rev. G7'H: .-Whycherley,- -of.' Lille, preached in-Knox > Methodist Church- last Sunday in the absence of, Rev. W. T, Young,, who was'-'at Lille" for the da^ i '^ 'y'X..: •., - 7- y : 1 A meeting"of the ratepayers" ' of Frank was called,by'W. J. McGowan, Chairman of the'Council, for last Sat' urday* rilghtin" the? Public, School' Hall. A-good-numberrTv"ere"^"ri"_fentT The* object of'the/meeting'waa, to elect* a committee' to.act -as' a'•'delegation to wait on Premier Sifton to see what he is going t'o do for Frank, "seeing,' the government have declared'the present townsite' unsafe.' Melsrs? -W. J. McGowan, H. Iviurphy, 'and . J Wheeler were appointed, and they left on Tuesday night's train*to .meet the Premier IniCalgar'y. ;- ,--, • »* y. Tho,C P R has decided not to blow down the mountain. ", About 9.30 on Tuesday morning.the inhabitants of Franks-were suddenly notified that, there was a fire In the village by the blowing of the whistle; and the ringing of the fire alarm, The fire brigade >at once' turned out and rushed, for Bohemian Town, where the log house of Louis Herman had caught fire in the roof from the stove pipe. But'„when tho fire brigade,' got there the fire was under-control. Very'little damage was done, but If thefire'ever got the best of them it would be hard to.savo eovoral housos that are.close to where tho fire was. , Several 'of the bachelors noar tho rlvor evidently celebrated Easter, and tholr. method of doing so waB by having a big'boozo, which most of tho neighbors had cause to take notice of as well as tho pollco, who wore also on tho Job. Sovoral of the fellows got badly cut up by bolng stabbed. To soo ono follow chasing anothor up Mnln tSroot on Monday It would remind one moro of a. wild animal thnn a mah. Wo expoct that-when the lnw has ahndod out, Justicev to them tho flnos will not bo small. Too bad that if n.on will drink they don't know whore to stop without making hogs of thomBoIves, Blairmoro Is to have a large tlivoo* storey brick building for hotel purpot,* es to take the plnco of tho old C. m.,v polltan Hotel which wnn destroyed by flro, Mr. Sparks oxpocts to build v. hotel that will bo modern In .vory way, It Is rumored that another* brick ♦ ♦♦♦♦*♦•»♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ -» ♦ ' ♦ ♦ '' * ' COLEMAN ♦ ♦ '',.'♦ ,♦♦♦'•**■'♦♦♦*♦♦ <► ♦' ♦ ♦ ■ The - International Church held its seventh annual supper and entertainment on Monday of this week, when a large and happy crowd sat down" to an excellent supper provided by the ladles of tho church. , ( Great credit is due the Rev. Mr. Murray for the interest which he takes in his congregation, as/anything he undertakes to do-he always makes a success _»f it. The program of the evening consisle,. of vocal and instrumental music which was conducted by Mrs. D. Meanly, Mrs D. McKlnnonyMlss Dimey-and Mr. Home. The speakers were .the Re/, Mr Hunter (Blairmore), Rev. Mr. Young (Frank), Rev Mr Irwlng (Bellevue), and Rev'Mr Murray,,(Colemnn). The Odd * Fellows intend holdlug a supper and dance xpn Friday, the 12th in the Miners' Hall, and Opera House, and a good time.cari be expected by all who,will atend. „ ♦ The mines are'working full blast here now,'as the' trouble which caused stoppage for a few daysvhas been settled between the men and the company, and the -men have returned to work again: • _ . 7 We are pleased, to see our old friends J.\0. McDonald and J.u Hilling, Jback'in,"Cole'man after an absence* of six or .eight 'monts in another part of Alberta. t We have not had - a cha'nee to get any. information about the country they were'in, but' we understand they'are back hereto stay, as they think Coleman the best place yet. - -.„. 7 *= * ' ,r" Don't forget "the moving pictures at the Opera ,j .House every Wednesday and- Saturday night. Everyone come and enjoy yourselves for two or three hours. Good.pictures and good attention shown to all. Be sure, don't forget, y •? " ""' The annual*' ball, of the Blairmore Hockey Association was held-on Monday evening. A-A particularly large number from outside points were pre- sentHrepreseHting^Bellevue, Frank, and Coleman; From seventy to eighty couples were "in attendance,'and. a' very successful affair is reported Music was furnished by the Coleman orchestra., y" y • j,Edward,H. Orser, the.iasslstant en gineer atthe mine of the International Coal and Coke Co., has accepted a position as mine foreman at Helen Mine, Algoma, Ont. The heartiest good wishes of his many friends will follow him on his departure on April 19th. A * A , An ext'enBlve and progressive policy is being carried out by the Coleman School Board this year. * Tho grounds are being extended to double their present* size; a $7,000 addition to the present, school building will bo erect- ed.'and another teacher engaged after Easter. Slnco next term will find an eight-roomed building, well equipped m every detail, with a staff of not loss than seven" teacher and an attendance of not loss than' 200. It Ib announced that the Telegraphers' Association will hold their annual function at Blairmore Opora Hoiwo, on Friday, April 19.. < Coleman tonnls enthusiasts find cl'* matic conditions particularly favorable to the pursuit of this sport, Tho first game of tho season was played on March 28, and since then Intorost hap not lagged, HOSMER NOTES. "Looker-or..*" Electric Restorer for Men Phoflnhonol mtom •very nerve ia the body rno»n.iwnui ,„ ,„ prop(r milgn, ro,,orel vim and vitality. • Premature decay and all aexual weakneat averted at ene*. Plio_pho»ol will in alto you a new man.. I'rire ("1 * bnx. m tun fn* VI,' MaIIm to nnv nddrena Tha BuouuCl Jfruir "»„ Bt. Cntlinrlima, Ont. Por dale at Bleasdell's Drug Store ,;COAL CREEK ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦».♦♦♦♦»♦♦<»» «► Born---at Coal J*"*reek ou Easter Sunday, April? 7th, to Mr and Mrs. Adam Watson,'a son.- Mother and child both doing fine.* ".,-.' The Service of Song and tea held in tho^Methodlst church on Good, Friday was a great success, every one present having a real good time? (1 Mrs. Jamas Maddlson was visiting friends down at Hosmer last week? end. /' ' ' ■ ' , v Tom vBanns returned tp camp this week after, spending a few days down at' Bellevue? " ' Frank Henderson, an old ' Creek- Ite, but now residing at Hillcrest-; was' shaking hands' with friends up here, on Wednesday. Mr. E. H. Balderson, who for., the last few years has been In'the employ of the C N P C Company,' as clerk, severed his connection with the company last, week-end and "has gone down to Lethbridge. ' ' * Jack McPherson.left here, last.week for -a trip' up, the. Yellowhead Pass district.' -. _/- yy ' ' . The ' mines were all' Idle here on Tuesday afternoon' shift and all day on . Wednesday. " ' , "Wm. Corlett came home out of -the hospital last Thursday afternoon, but >he is still in a" very serious condition. .-"',. - The Coal Company are paying on the. 13th this month. * This is some thing strange, and has been the m<*ans of 'setting all sorts of rumors,,'but -vyhether they,are true or, not the future- .will soon ' tell." ' '■. ■The schools- had a holiday from Thursday.^till Tuesday for the Easter vacation? •*•-"-■■ ■ 7 With* Spring..arriving and the' fine weather setting: In 'the amateur gardeners areVagain. at work fencing up and cleaning' ,their little plots ;7th^ .whole camp being a.hive of industry. The' football- fever, has again ' co'm- menced and practically .eyerv-jona-Js touched wlth_it-more-or less.-. The .Coal Creek:boys hope to make7 a, name-for themselves, again this'season., Their first game will be "a friendly one; with*;Fernie at Fernie on Saturday - the"- 13th. *. Kick off at 6 p.m. prompt. «" The Creek .will be represented fby: ' Thos. Banns (goal); Jock McLetchio and Wm. McFegan (backs);'Thos**Oakly, Alex McFegan, Robt Johnstone* (halves); Dick Jones, E. Gomln, P.- Heskcth, Sim - Weaver, Jas. Patterson (forwards). Reserves: H E..? Bontham, Jos Yates, Jno. Myers. Linesman, Chas. Hodketii. The .team will please leave by tho 3.45 train so as to be on the ground on time. ' .,, ,. Tournaments * Bllliards—JaB. Logan, 1st; Jas. Corrigan, 2nd;' Thos. GJover, 3rd; Wm. Bonnott, 4th. Pool-—Joo Doddi 1st; Thos. Glover, 2nd.* K. \ Crlbbago—J.- ' Weir, lat; Jas. Roberts 2nd., ■ Whist—W. Parker and Joe Howli, 1st; Joe Worthlngton and Joo Harrl* son, 2nd,* ' Seven up.—W, Pnrkor 1st; W. Alb- orton, 2nd. - » DomlnooB—J. Meyers, sen., 1st.; R. Forsyth, 2nd. Cliecltors—J. Wolr, 1st; P. Lauder*., 2nd. Billiards—Samuel Ileanoy win*, tho cue with a break of 32. SMIoh's Cure OUICKIV STOPS COUQMe, OURCB COLDS, HCAIO THC THROAT AND IUNOI, 08 CCMTO building Is, to be built bctwoon this and the Budd lllook, so thnt evontunlly tho Mnln Street of nialrmoro will look hotter than It did before, Geo. Ross, of tho Frank Mine, got hit in tho oyo with a chunk of coal Miss MiiBhknt nddroHSod n mooting' no Ib knocking around with his l-ond In tlio Union Hall lust Sundny, but lho tied up, A surprise party Invaded tlio' homo of Mr. and Mrs. R W, Rogers on W.d- nosday ovenlng last, and nd vantage was taken of the opportunity to mako it pr*«.>nfAt.on of a cut 'glftae v&ae to Mra Rogers by the members of tbo T.ndloA' Aid Hoclcty of the MetUodUt Church, andi-lno of a suitably Inscrlb* ed wallet and letter case to Jfr, Roreirs from hli fellow members of tho Church. The jroelplenta expressed their picture aid, rmtllude for tbeae tntuma r>t tnttmm, rim! tt very eaJajiaM* evening was spent Tha billiard handicap Is proving a great altractlon aad some clou* fan* «■ aro tbo remits of tha keen handicapping tiongb tbo bandlcapper mlfbt attendnnco was not up to what wo should havo llkad. Owing to tho ho!'- '':*.y '.',....<. .,u.<u KMiiji uul ui (own, but nil thnt nttonflrfl ve«■ ii't-31 ualhtW,, Mr. Cnrd'c Moving Picture' Show, which visits us ovory Wednesday, was woll-attondod this week, Mr. Card Is woll Ilkod horo, ni. .he takes bo l-miioti ««»i.rc;t Iz. o_rr {>.*•__, J.u\i i» «t allitimos willing to help anyone to get wellknown and prominent, by throwing tholr plcturo on tho screen, Sovoral of tho boys and young ladles brought their pictures forth .his week insisted on having them shown on tho ennvas, which was gladly done, But wo bono Mr, Card won't ahrm' them elsewhere, ( as it would be a poor advertisement for our thriving town. ii Mr. Henry Tenant arrived back hero from Illinois, U. 8. A_, after as absence of lg months, and Is looking as writ as «v«r, Mr. F. Stewart,'of Lethbridge, was o visitor of Mr. Cunningham's, Union Hotel, .lariaff th« Kastor holidays. Miss McLean, of tife school sUff. spent Raster at Medicine, list. Fernie Academy of Shorthand and Typewriting Two Classes Weekly. Tuesdays and Fridays from 7.30 to 9.30 in the evening I'rivfttn Iohkoiih nnd Heloot claa.sos by arrangoinont To). 170KvoiiiiiRH •-- 48A Days Pete Teroskn passed away this wook. Petfl linn ^io*. wiw^i ttiic i,_,'.*;. and his rolntlvon In tholr florvow linvo the sympathy of the cltlrons. Mr, Ferguson, of HUlcrost. Is holding a dancing class In the Minors' Hall now, A large number of younst nnd old have Joined nnd nro ♦ri'i^.; ?» use their foot Jn thb most nrtlstlo way, An onlookor snld It,reminded him of "Vanity Pnlr." The Rocky Mountain " SANATORIIJM At the Famous iaulphur Springs 0 . FRANK, Alta. I * Fitted throughout with every modern convenience SULPHUR BATHS.. "BUS TO ALL TRAINS^ The Frank Wine & Spirit Co, -■ Wholesale'Dealers-in'■' '-'""' Winesy Liquors and ;'."' CIGARS FERNIE BEER ALWAYS IN STOCK ? , :■' Phone 83, Frank, Alta. ..' , . Furniture We have the largest arid most^up-tordate Hardware and Furniture Stock , in'the Pass. Everything in / , A Stoves arid Ranges \ Furniture Granite & Enamelware Carpets and Rugs Plumbing- and Heating. , Special Attention,to Mail Orders : Crow's Nest Pass Hardware Co., Limited Phone 7 FRANKMAlta^^.XD,3ox:ioA y <*K "y-'.j New Michel General Merchandise Cp. ,. -• - Importers of • " , , ITALIAN PRODUCTS '. .' , and Dealers in Domestic Groceries Agents for Steamship Companies. _ ., New Michel, B.C. T.M.BURNETT Dealer In Dry Goods, Boots & Shoes Men's Furnishings Groceries Fruits, Flour & Feed i Hardware, Tinware Etc. Best Goods t%t .Lowest Prices Hillcrest •fxlXcl* ll HOSMER INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION Limited Let us know your wants. All Orders Receive Our Careful Attention. For Sale—2 Edson Lots Junction for Grand Pralrae & Peace River Two but-lnem. Utt, iltuoted In th« centre of the town of Bdaon; u pro* p«rty th*t Ii a JlEAI. IKVE8T. MBNT-«nd! on« wWcU wlU r*turn your money with SOO per cent Inter* eit In tlx roonthi. ajvcoUl citith offer or terni. You ebooUl not nlta thli. Write Bor 5.1, Fernie. B.C. Thli li no "HmI Settle peddle" but a sound, solid bu«tom offer. Fishing Tackle . Large Shipment just arrived Rods, Reels, Lines & Flies Everything for the Fishermen McLean's Drug & Book Store ^XX-u Slater Shoes Wo have just opened our largo Hprinf,' ship- i! mont; of of tho.se famous hIioon and havo the i.0Hl rango of *$4.r)0, Jj<5, and $U hIiooh over shown in Hosmer. Soo the new Hty!e« displayed thin vijeok in south window. A. MIt_T.S Sc SON Hoatner Bt Cm. Grand Uviion Hotel COLEMAN, Alta. Best of Accommodation We cater to the workingman^ trade Ml _>.______WB_WsMHBsP_sW__s__|Bi_M__s__^s^^ , ■ '■ ' ■*U{Lg-»'^^p^_pffp_pw!g_WMB_ge^^ iPtflH* . n» W.IMI, .'..jijuJ, .11,. i„>UI J |, I J, ■ MM-rarii w jphli ■ 77 A*. ..^y "*: ' ^-A-.-WAyT/AyA-'iAA A*--, "--■•' "''^v.^&'V^ %yyyA^y*; ,*- * --'-*,<; \(j,-'-- ■ *> -- ;■*;-, ,',^ - . -'.''- \ ,- • -_. ... ■ " -.'• .-r„:i"s. >;?<*> • rsiTf,,.*. -v «- -- :,._■,.*." - ■;-_-, *-;^:t/j,-••--.-,-'-.'~v.-."v-j-t.-,'..*r.'., ., -.<-%->..Ct.^ -• ,,vft.* - -, .;, ^-r *,,, .-„>., .-„'-* - * "'--m.,.' ... ■-• ...' •-.„-* V ■ v, '- •'•■ ff^K *".' .!-.,_;„_.* _-i/;-"-. :-i"_*--„-,-.->-1 *. * '_. j'^-.J.r- '.-■, *.t"_,:,..-:.'.'.^>?^ .-»."•>.-i.-, r_.-*-•<*>.... •^.^•-;-, *X>'5 •■- ',--'_ _ ,.*,,- " }y PAGE EIGHT THE DISTRIOTALEDGER, FERNIE, B,.Ov APRIL 13, 1912. vWaldd* Hotel Mrs. S. Jennings, Proprietress Rates $1.50 and up - * Hot and Cold Water. "» __. Electric Lighted" ; ,. , , Steam Heated. 'Phone in every room. " ' , Sample Rooms on Main Business Street. ' Barrlster-at-Law, Solicitor, ECKSTEIN BUILDING8, Fernie, B.C. F. C. Lawe Alex. I. Fisher iv- Meal Tickets, $6.00 Special Rates by the week and the month and to Theatrical par ties. Try our . v Special Sunday Dinner 50c ; The finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars served by competent, and obliging wine clerks. LAWE & FISHER ATTORNEYS Fernie,' B. C. L. ' H. .PUTNAM Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, etc. BLAIRMORE, ALTA. V* S. FERNIE Cigar Store Lunch Counter Is Now Opened ., __^_^___ . Clean, Cosy and very Inviting -■'A Just the place after the show or from the rink. Fred. Armstrong Proprietor THE FERNIE 0 LUMBER CO. A. McDougall, Mgr Manufacturers of and Deal: ers in all kinds of Rodgh and Dressed Lumber „ Send us your orders ROY At 7'Thirty ye'a're ago last.Wednesday, a 14-ye'ar-old hoy; then living in,Lucas.. Iowa, said to his mother: - "I have decided to quit scfiool and go Into" tlie mines to work, , It's necessary.- to help out. Besides, I'm well up in hiBtory, geography, and artihmc- tic and have nearly finished the sixth reader.. I can spend my spare time studying." * ,, " , That night the boy .began "trapping" 1,000 feet under ground, where dust from soft coal blinded the eyes and filled the nostrils' as he opened and shut the door supplying the min- | ers w'th air from the 'shaft. "An hour later some tons of slate fell from the arched roof and buried and crushed him, and he lay stretched on his bed for four months. The day he got up he went back 'to trapping. ,'Last week this'"lad*;'now president of the United Mine Workers of Amerl- ci greatly puzzled a score of.the' richest and most powerful coal barons.'n the world-when he met them in conference at 43"Liberty Street ln the, city of New York,-to present demands made by his followers for higher wages and shorter hours.. ' Tlie perplexed numbered amongst others', George F. Baer, President - of tho ' Philadelphia and Reading Railroad; W. H. Truesdale, President1 of the Lackawanna;, F. D. Underwood, head of, the Erie, and the Merkle*" Brothers, wealthy independent operators of* Pennsylvania. "Only.Unknown Quantity." "The only unknown quantity in this situation is White, the new leader of the union miners,", said one of the operators to the writer tW days before the conference.. "John P. Is his name and we., don't, understand, him., * He, has been identified with the bituminous interests'allhis.life,'and we have not hadUhe,pleasure'of meeting him? Here'is a man-who-holds in his hands the destinies of 500,00o"miners andean precipitate the greatest coal strike in the history?* of , America." • Yet ■ • we haven'.- he,ard • one"threat, one>denun-' ciation nor. a single 'bombastic utterance from him or his men. He-must have77wonderful."control over himself _nv»fl.i'Ma_fr.lln.nrpT»a " *' ' 'UUU—U.U—.U..V ,, ^* ».»— -n ■ ■ '"—7—_ J HOTfK KING'S HOTEL Bar supplied with the best Wines, Liquors and Cigars DINING KOOM IN- CONNECTION FERNIE of labor be*refused.A,He spoke often and'loud, and-his remark's,*given due prominence in the press, ordinarily had capital; in a defensive .position long before the battle was*' scheduled to begin.'. B__cfc of all tlhs was a keen insight into, human nature,' masterful organizing . ability ^a'nd a ' fighting strength which employers of labor had- learned to fear. , . y • ' "Having fathomed Mitchell and he* come familiar with his line of attack the operators were - unprepared ' for White.' Did lack of denunciation Indict him as a weakling-or were new and silent'methods being used? The operators didn't know and being wise they decided to wait and size up for themselves the ■ successor of Mitchell before passing judgment. "' ^ White at the Conference , 7On,the,day of the conference the coal barons were confronted hy. a man six feet in height and straight as an' arrow. His hair, tinged ,with gray, swept back from his broad, high, well- shaped forehead, ■ and his blue eyes, kindly, yet severe in their earnsstness, looked at and through y one. The mouth indicated both determination and a keen sense of humor, and the thin, aquiline nose and prominent chin denoted both' intelligence and pugnacity. Altogether John White .was just as different from Mitchell in appearance aa the operators had found him to be in mode of procedure. - , The leader entered the "conference room so unostentatiously that several minutes later, inquiries .were made1 as to what kept him waiting." When, he finally,arose with the'written demands In his hand there was no question;as to his identity.,- The man was the personification of a leader of men. • Power was exemplified in the tone of his voice,-, the cast of* his eye and the movements of his hody. ,-He spoke simply, directly, forecfully,' briefly.' ' ,- He-made no threat, direct or'implied.. He had;a-business measure to propose and he.proposed it. *"*' Thenthe stopped. ." y7? .: , ° , - „ There,was an awkward pause. Then iir Baer officially took the denmnds under advisement, ene'e 'adjourned"after being in session Bar Unexcelled All White Help Everything Up-to-date Call in and . see us once This-long-distance estimate of John P.. White'was .exceptionally accurate', and after meeting him the operators had no hesitation in saying that, they had - a - new .problem to deal with ia which ...(.'.'personal equation .was an important factor.',. • ., ; V Mitchell's Way. , - In-days gone by they had dealt with another' John—John Mitchell—and today his fameas a* fighter and-leader is known wherever labor wields' pick and shovel—which'means pretty much all oyer,the civilized world. ...Mitchell's methods wore denunciatory, proclamatoryand generally effec tlve. • Prior to a conference ho would publlqly ' enumerate the dire things which would*happen to capitalists and "predatory'-wealth" should the demand just eleven.ininutes. If Mr. Baer had any notion "of-rejecting the demands then and,there? as has been done In the past, he reconsidered it. When Mr. White1 and the'delegates- reached town, "newspaper reporters'attempted to", get from-some one ln authority a comprehensive idea of the miners' aims and purposes, but no one would speak. ■ The chairman of the press committee said merely nothing could be given out. , ,"A Business Campaign." „ Finally, Mr White, who had been unavailable up ,to 'this time, was appealed to by letter,. The situation was explained- to' him -carefully^ and fully, and It was"pointed.out that informa-- tlon, to ho accurate, must como from reliable sources'. " It was noted that the operators had employed a firm of press agents to present tlieir slde.,ot the controversy. Would not he /give; the miners' side? y r' .- •'. ? Mr. White immediately * responded. He came, down from the rsmallAoom he* occupied in the Victoria Hotel and the reporters'gathered about.him.' surcharged with questions.-- ,-' •, " "I want to say one thing before you gentlemen' begin your inquisition," he said with a smile that was the essence of,good humor. ,, ;'While.I-am fully aware that the miners need public support in pressing their claims, and that this "must come largely through publicity, we are not waging a campaign oi denunciation. ' This is a business campaign and is going to be conducted along business lines. We do not be-(, lieve in proceeding upon the principle that our demands will be refused until, they, at least, have been submitted. If they are we will act; not talk. Now, fire away and I'll tell you' what we ask for and must have," y " ' The leader had so thoroughly drilled the' theories' bf his business campaign into the heads of the delegates that even 'the. secretary/of the press committee had padlocked his lips and thrown away the key. And it may be remarked that the key hadn't'been found up to ,the time the delegates left town. , . , • , • ' K. - - „• "• Jf the miners were mum upon the ob- jec tof their visit east, their reticience was thrown 'to the winds when the name of their leader was mentioned. Tliat they, love and trust him and be-' lieve'that .he will win much-for them In' this," their greatest battle, "was shown''in. word and look. Knowing him all these years, they, can't see" how he,can fall. Their faith is'that of a child in its father, save that it is strengthened by a knowledge of deeds done. '._..- ,' John,P. White was born February'28 1870, in what he described as an 'up- and-down" shanty on ''the outskirts' of Coal Valley,' 111. His father wa's a railroad employe, died ' shortly after his birth..-'-'- The1 first he;,recollects, is that his family consisted of his mother InriheTonfer- th^ree brothers,.two sisters and him- self, ,. A struggle for food; clothing aud J.1 _J1^.A..4'1'.*. n,nn Hrtino-^-.TirOITiad -^51 Til? all—tuuvja,Lnju—« ao—w%...*o—" «o~^-j— ——— -. - -J. '- o .*.,-' J. vur.d ""rom greed and. graft, , It will put an end to the wholesale slaughter Eor gain • ft will save children from being robbed of their mother's care and accord them a, real equality, of opportunity, and not a sham one as it exists today. , lt*=*wlll put an.end to, the, struggle for bread and thus give the people a chance to choose "the'-r. occupation according to ^inclination and natural ability,* perfecting and strengthening the character of.the Individual. ' And this Is just the' vo .y reason why you should be a Socialist. il.Ee,'sister, andvjoln the ranks,of the progressive .working clas, that,the toller.? of the world may come the sooner into their own. , You will be welcom- ed into tho Socialist party-your work ties very thoroughly, and being con- ■ "In sustaining,the motion yesterday Judge McClernairfiald:- 'I, look-upon the relation existing between the West / . em. Federation of Miners and' the Butte Mill and> Smelter,-Men's .Union as" one' of ..contract, and I feelihat .when the Mill and Smelter Men's Un- • ion. comes Into a-court of equity, as party plaintiff,,and practically admits ,. the breach 'or violation of that con-'- tract on its part.'lt is in no'position to ■' ask for.injunctive relief. >• For that reason \ feel compelled' to grant the_j motion and lt?is granted.' ° • , • . Mr. Jones had some" other author!-, ties -to1 submit' and offered them after!- the court, had'ruled, but Judge McCler- nan said he' hadiooked up the authori-' ls needed there."/, On you depend the ideals of/our future generations, the last,'but not the least, reason Why You .Should Be A Socialist. - "y * CAN SOCIALISM, DESTROY • ' THE HOME I „The Western Clarion, under the caption "Can- Socialism, Destroy-'-the Home?" has the following to say:; , "Home, is a'heavenly place.-, Snob a halo of sanctity has become woven around the word that the mere assertion'that Socialism would destroy, it is sufficient to rally cohorts, to/its *de- fence. *■ More especially ' does this home-thrust", appeal to women,"why, 'God knows!' y '.-•.*. ' v "It may be all very fine/ • among the wealthy-or even the well-to-do? whose homes are .their private'.'dwellings, where, the household'duties "and cares are shouldered -by "hired' 'slaves-'and slaveys, where they may. eat, drink, 'and "tie merry' entertain their friends, vlnced that.it,"was a* matter of con-, tract, .he „eould?do nothing else; than ' sustain the motion. ' , -„ * 7 "An exception was'taken, to the rul- ing^of the court,, but whether any further proceedings will be taken/by, the attorneys for the" plaintiffs has not s been/determined. The Western Federation officers-are now free to put the Mill and Smelter Men's .Union out of business. _ ? " SOCIALISM -.DEFINED Large Airy Rooms 8a Good Board JOHN PODBIELANOIK, Prop. Why You Should '".'. • ■ \ s . Be a Socialist enjoy solitude or .do what, they Twill. "But what does the .worker's';home hold that tbey' should ho solicitous' as 'to its preservation more particularly as regards- the worker's* wife? -What is heribbme but her workshop? ■ In the country, a shelter wherein she may cook and "feed and wash, when she Is. not in the stable or tho field/ by' day; by night, but a rude stall. for sleep. In, the city, .when 'not a full-blown boarding house, with' roomers inhabiting all rentable, corners to help pay the ront. While she lives in tho kitchen and sleeps lri tho dining-room with .her lord and their brood., "Boforo she married, perhaps, Bhe slaved for somo,capltnllst.for a minimum wage and. with-uncertainty of employment; Married, she' has a steady Job—for hor hoard and clothes. Her'Job'io steady' enough, it that Is day and enjoy,tho advantages of civlll- j nny ^commendation. , To cook and zation tho rest of tho time.. Every |wnBh dlflheo,'swoop nnd'scrub, wash ss soon as he realized anything' he knew that, he must add his mite to, t^e general purse as «oon'as he was big enough.. The great, aim of the mother was that her children obtain, good.schooling,'and until^Tphn was 14 she would not consent to his going,to work,'- " • • .-'y ■*■'_ ' ■ - > ,'T owe everything to my mother," said Mr. White to a World reporter. "It was her influence that" made me what'I am;' she instilled" in me ■'so strong a love for knowledge that' I attended night school long after I was married. I havo no patience with the ,hoy'who forgets his mother. I was horn on the anvil,/of-poverty, and I know how much Bite has" suffered and 'sacrificed fornio arid the other chlldron In our family."—Now York World. By Walter'.Wy rich, Resident-Student*, Rand School of Social Science,'New. -' York.,. ' A " \ A- ■-., . '.'Socialism presents itself in routj as-, pects A_uf a. criticism of existing' -so-' ciety, as a philosophy of the evolution of'society/'as ariddeal or. forecast of n« coming.society;-'and "as" 'a practical fnovemerit imhued'wlth this philosophy" and'seeking,its realization. . -" «4 The Socialist criticism "of existing" society is'from "the viewpoint,'of the ,^fkiirgciassf7whicii*Bec*s-in*;theT"ic€r Therosa, Mnlklol Ross & Mackay l^m. P. Carosella Wholesale Liquor Dealer '*^____M8_M©l_*®«©€Bd_">«SD<3iP<d'*B Nowhere In the Pans can be found In ench a display of Meats We have the best money cnn buy of B«.e., Pork, Mutton, Venl, Poultry, Butter, Eoqb, Fish, '/Mmpera.or Hams and Bacon" Lard, Saii-agei, Welners and Sauer Kraut. PHONE OP CALL Galpry Cattle Go. | Phono 66 5 Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes Gents' Furnishings BAKER AVENUE BRANCH AT HOSMER, B.C. You who llvo undor a systom of so* cloty whoro a few rovol in luxury nnd rlchoR, whllo tho mnny strugglo and labor In tho swont of tholr brow for a dally oxlstonco, must, roallzri that tilings nro not'ns thoy should ho, that thoro is something wrong somowhoro. You who nro a tvbrl-lnfi; woman, do you r.mlty.o how llttlo you sot for your lmnl labor? Do' you consldor tlio fni't Hint botweon work nnd sloop thoro in vory llttlo tlmo lott for you to llvo In? Aro you nffoetod nl nil hy tho lutllKuIUoH you havo lo undcn.o corn thoy nnnnot affeo; you; thon stop foi' n bi'lof moment nnd consider tho army of wage earning womon. A look at tholr pnlo.'worn faces, tholr omuclatod hands, nnd tholr story will s])pnk for Itsolf, And yot tliey aro bettor off ihnn thoso who want to onrn nn honest living, hut cannot find .voi'l. und iuq, thus compelled lo sell thoir bodlos In ordor to nvold Rtnrva- llon. You, who havo children of your own, do you ovor think of tho chlldron who l;vo find die In tho guitar? Thoy avo boforo yon roI a Job? You, porBonnlly, nil lorn innocent nnd pure, equal In Second Hand Store Victoria Ave, Hrrnie All kind*, nf Household Furniture Stoves, Tools, etc. Bought and Sold G. Radland Fernie FERNIE UNION DIRECTORY Lizard Local Gtneral Toamstera No 141. Moots ovory l-'rhhiy nlRht at S ji. tn, ? Mln firs' Union Hnll, \V, A WorllilnRlon, l-Vosldmit; K, 3. flood, Hecrotnry. ti Rsir.ftr.rte.i.' Loeal No. 814: Moots 2nd nnd 4th HutidnyH nt a.3u p.m. Hock Utry J. A. Goupill, Waldorf Hotel Glndutone Loeal No. Z314 U, M..W. A, Moots 2'Ul and 4th Thnrsdpy Mlnon litilnn hnll Tbns "tTphlll nor. fypooraphlcal Union No. 5S5" Meeti luHt Snuirdny In oach month nt thb ..oilKor Offlco, A. J, Hiickloy, Soo- rnlnry. Local Fernio No. 17 8. P, of C. Meoti In Miner.*. Union Hull wiry Sunday at 7.45 p.m. Kvoryhoily welcome, 1). l'liion. Ri'iTi'tary-TriMKurpr. United tlrotherhootf of Carpentert and Joiner«.—Loral 1220, 1). J. Evnnt, Proalilnnt; K. H. Khaw. Bccrolary. do not count, Thoy wnnt your muR- tdi>, nnd whon thut Is gono and you avo not «ood looking onounh to find a provider—you urn thrown out Into tho sli'oot. You work hnrd and stondy, whllo your employer robs you of tlio Bront- ont pnrt of your nnrnlnRfl, so that h« mny lnnd nn Idlo llfo, ITo rovolH In luxury without working, " whllo you load a rnlHornhlo oxlstonco In splto of your hnrd i lnbor. Ilo alono honofltB hy tho numorouh Invontlous of machinery which «o to Inorottflo your hnrd. nMrin tnv n'ltli /iv<»ry now lnv/»ntlnrt hoitH nf wnrlcnrs nro (brown out of ovoryllihiK to tho lirlnco or inlll'on nl;o; why, thon, sliould thoy fnco such ti futc? ' You who whirl ami buzz tliroucrU llfo. lll:c a huttovfly, without n bIiikio thotiRht of nil tho world's Injii.tlcr. howuro, for you ^yourself may bo hit houio dny:1 II will ho too Into lo think thon. You nmy think that all this tnll. is only n wiusla of tlmo, that tho world Iiiih always koho on 'In this way nnd thoro In no remedy for it. Hut you aro wrong, my sister, utterly wrow.. Them l« n wnv ont nf thl« humnn Hiif- forlnp.. Tho world doo» not romnln tholr Jobs nnd some day It may nf foot i At a Htnndstlll, but koops constantly you dlvoctly. ] chntmlnB and it dopondB now upon tho You, who do not. not pnld for your In- ■ workeis thomsolvoa, you Included, to hor, who nro tho wlfo of n working-) bring about tho now change for tho •men tin vnn rnmn tho mlwrv of vour ' botto.r. '■ stop of progross would then bo mado foi" all.. Every .mow invention of machlnory would tend to shorten thb, hours of lllbor and thus hocomo a blessing Instead of a curso to thc working class.' , • ' , You may think tliat the'quostlon of government aoos not concorn you, for you aro deprived of a voto on all political quoatlonB. But this Is another good reason-why you should bo a Socialist. • „ Tho Socialist parly ls tho only political party that domanda nn* equal standard of .-rights nnd moraln for both mori„and women. You mny not ho awnro of tho fnot thnt'It Is to" tho advantage of ovory porson to ho a Socialist, and novor think of tho fact thnt jvomon will bono- fit most undor Soclnllsm i thnt In no olhor HyHtom of sooloty cnn womo'i hopo to nohlovo tho freedom sho Is hound to havo undor Socialism. Pol1* tlcnlly equal to nnd oconomlenlly independent of man, woman will for lho flri.1, tlmn In history hocomo mlntvosu of hor own destiny. Sho will thon ho ablo to oxorclno hor mental, powcro and ohbono hor own occupation on such fields as aro siiltublo to hor. Tho hourB of lahor will bo shoit und ovory womnn, lnst-cnd of bolni? a bunion to Homebody, will ho Rind to do her Hlmro townvd rroattng lho world's wonlth. In tho choice of love, wpman onto) rtiiuvuu iioiii uopomiuiiM-* ou u<ua ioi u;i <..-•_!...<<. wt ii'tll us horn lU'lu.rr and Iron, mond and darn, day ln,nnd day out, oxcopt whllo tho Lord Is do- llvoring her ono of his 'blessings.' "Slavo? Tho man Is slavo cnour.h, hut after his day's elufory and his,sup- lH)r,* ho can throw up his feot and ro- vol'in tho perusal of hlsi favorite purveyor of fiction and porvertor of fact. Tlio wlfo has yot tho dishes to wash, thc brats to scrub and put lo h.'l. 1ho floor to swoop once moro, stooklna. to dnrn.nnd what not. •Ho, whon ho.,ha«i delivered up his quota of labor-power whoro it ho.on.-8. Is, for tho tlmo, froo. Sho Is froo only whon sho Rlt'opfl, nnd Ib froo thon only to store up onorgy for 1ho noxt day's slavery. "Destroy tho homo? Choorfully, If capitalism leaves ub any to destroy, And the wlfo-slavos will owo ub a hearty voto ot tlinnkn. crime, .poverty/zdegradation that, now'"*- exist not tlie fault or the .'result of any , T, individual ■ or number, of individuals,, but irresistible evidence of tbo fuiida-* ■' mental weakness of social organization ,' as: at present constituted. , ..^The? Socialist philosophy..of social -■ evolution Is that every• epoch.of history Is.characterlzed.by the rule of one'-, class.over,all other, classes, and that ' . the, successive struggloB' of contending • classes for mastery has been' the c'lian- ■* nel through .which 7has taken place the rise of civilization and tho develop-* , ment ot'socety; that;the ownorBhip •' by one class of* tho means ot social production is the modo by, which that '\ class retained Us position as maBtor, and that only with tho'change from ' tho' present.private' ownership to' so- ' clal collective .ownership will society ■ bo on a just or' equitable basis. * , Tho Socialist ldoal is not a rigid, description, Ib not a goomotrlc. construction of how sooloty could bo or bught'to bo; but ls simply tho idoixl of , a society which glvos to ovbry Individual tho goratcRt amount of personal liberty and tho fullost equality of op-' portunlty. Tho Ideal is not somo spo- cinl form with which tho Socialist Is, enamoured," hut ls tho - Idonl of com- pleto Individuality. .The Socialist movement Is composed primarily of tho momhora of tho work- lng clnss, whoso Interests It ropro-. sontfl, hut It wolcomoB to Its rank all thoso who, Hoo'ln Its philosophy, truth and In Its Ideals, gi-nndour; its action Ib political; It seeks to unlto tho workers ot the world ln a mass clasB-con- bcIouh body, using political suffrngo to ohtiiln control'of tho governments nnd through that1 agency assuming; control of tho-Boolnl properly. LOCAL NO. 74, OP BUTTE, MO., ' vs. THE W. P. OF M, Tho Woslorn Federation of Minora hnn boon uphold ln tho courts In Ub authority, to ordor tho dlflsolutlon of a local union whon tho officials of bucIi loeal union sorvo notice on Ihe general organization that tho membership refuse to comply with tho provisions of tho constitution. ■ * ■ ■, The Anaconda, Standard ' glvon tho following roport, bf tho suit brought hy No, 74 of Butto, Montana: tlllf WMblfilii Huutiifuu ui »,..»vi.< '.''•l \vua .1-,'hl, on/1 ndpfl ^\h\i\ Un m- his ncqulrod properly, will he froo j thori.y when It ordered tho dlnsolnt'on' to woo as woll nn to ho wood and will of tlio Mill nnd Smoltor Men's Union position? You work from early morning until Into at night. You drudgo ilny In nnd dny out without reward ln tho prosont, without hopo for "tho futuro. And you who consldor yoursolf hot Tills Is tlio main ronson WHY YOU snori.n i»k a socialist, Tito Socialists havo studied tho history or tho world and Its gradual <5ovo- lopmont from snvngery Into civilization. Thoy havo examined •carefully ASSAYER I!. W. ...VlonoWHON. A**fty«r and I a"ir"i:-<JoM. HHv««r. tea.! or Coti_>«r. II rich. Gnl<i-KHv«r. or i.Hv«r-I*** II1.80. Vticta tor othtr tnetati: Cjml, e«m«nt, Klr«clay analr«« «« nt*,P_,,_S_.r mif. The )ar«r*«t euntf.m aaiay of»lc* In lirltlili Columbia. ter thnn thn former two, you who iirti 'tho. .La.,...! from d.aLU-1 to V'iV}.c all"- n mlddlo-elnRs oninn, do yoii know j cry nnd hnvo como to ',ho conclusion thnt you am only a toy ln tho hands of ll'iil il the worker* wovo llw owucn of the tnuls of production, thoy would then receive the full fruit of their lahor. In other words, under n co-oporatlvo system of Rovcrnmfnt, or under So* yonriM.» trftdelen* um\ |.r..l<iM»luufc_.4 t-t._U_n._ tl.u v.oiko.K. would uot tuiYO *4 give up n lion's share of tholr profits to their omployors, whlrh would mei>n thoso upon horn you dopend for ft Uv Jng? Should they Tnll In tho gnmo of llfo you, too. would havo to ko. Ho you tcnllzo that you hnvo no Individuality of your own, that you would find yonriM.ll trsdelei.* hnd i-i-»l«rtu.lioult_.* nnd thus ho compelled to slnlt.Delow the sfandnrd of the working Rlrl7 . . You, txtty Individual woman w.io 'a ht-Htt „in*l ca»l«r IMn« fer themselves. In*t<>ttd ot llvlni. to work, thsjr would have to work but a fow hours » mnrry for no other consideration except hor personal Inclination. ^•V k-*kitU-h h'uMiti V*t* ■**'vi»»***U »•»■ "wlj**.#*»>i.'- entMirlpntlon, her perfect oquiHty wllh mnn, Is posBlhlo only under a ref-lrrn thut will abolish Iho rulo of mnu over mnn, whleh 'i tho Soclnttftt ron'mo. floenlllim t."i hnnnd fo rome, Tho dny is not fnr off whon tl« world will wnTto up to tho refill^ntlon thnt nn Ions ss a fow own tho tools wltt which the many have to work, so low. will tho many hnvo to bow before lho will of tho few. And na soon as that hspixM-,*, ttw tWnn* of thin land will 1n\r* over thn ownership flnd Tr-fins**" mint of nil tho tools -of production from* private hands and operate them fur tho benefit, of all he people. Thus In nutto for refusing to pny strlko ns- sossmonts ..nd directing Its members 1 f»_ t n « -1 reads the*o lino, mny think that whomever el«o these truths way con- stnilonory engineers' union of hutto.j That was In effect tho rullntt of Judgo McClornnn yostorday whon ho sustained a motion In bohslf of tho defendants to dismiss tho ordor to show enus-t In tho Injunction proceedings. "Tho evidence on tho part ot about 700'members of the Will nnd Smelter Men's "Union, fc* plaintiff."' had been heard, and at Its conclusion a week aco Attorney Cunnlni. und Geagon, ro presonttnis th« detendantf. movod to have tho proceedings dismissed on Iho uronnds that It waa sought to enjoin tho commission of "nets thnt hnd nl- rWdy boon dono an/1 fompletwl, and that thero was tlo evldcnco of nny Aldorman Josoph A. Clark, of lfld- monlon, has succooded ln goWnR tho council to adopt tho olnht-hour day and tho minimum wago for civic work, but tho Saturday half-holiday ts not In'Mudcd. That will probably como later. Tho opposition usod all kinds of parliamentary tnotlcs to defeat, tho proposnl, hut It carried hy a majority of ono, Tho now wago scalo Is as follows: Hod-carrlors, por hour, 30 conts; bricklayers and masons, (It. conts; carpenters, -45 conts; stonocuttors, 05 conts; machinists, 47% conts; plum- liArn fin wiitm- Tdn«rterer« SK eentu •■ Inthern, %fiX>(t per dny, socond class, f|r> por day. Printed and all kindred work must bear tho union label. All contracts must Inoludo a guarantee thnt tho abovo scale will be paid, and * If tt turn-* nu* that A contractor has not dono so, tho amount missing and duo to tho employees ls to be deducted from Iho unpaid .lialnndo duo tho contractor, and handed to tho undorpnld workmen. **-*--1-" wll' Socialism benefit pauper and character to support .b« aneualloisa ot prtore alike. It will wdaem . Uio j tha complaint • Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Conluii. Mercury t* wnwry wilt *m.*J/ iV»triip it* wwmf tm*ll »*|J <.ti)«'l «,'r int.t* ll* «bul«r tnin» nhrJi i.«iffHr>_r'<l it,r,,wiU (La iuuh___ mtittv*. Sthk j. will . . - . . i-iti «.(!««'I «,'r int.t* ll* nbul* tnin» nhrJi Mifr.nir'it tt,r,iwiU (La iuuh___ mtittv*. Stht *nl<l<* »lt.*iM r*i*t \»' u»*J »«,««,)■. tm j)t«Mfl||. fr«,in rr|*ii»M. ibr.WMHi. ** IU A*r— »IW» Will <fc» l» l»» J«l'l W I);*jr-.^-d.**a_f>• * t«ffn. fr«,in rr(,ui»U. ibr.MMM. ** IU -AtB-n**, » Will &» l» l.lt .»'-'l W U* )f,V<- . i» f4K(I«l#' i,.U> *■■..**_• trvm fii'i'. l.-trn <*4iiiri.'_siny, B»iraf_.-liwi.l bjr .*. .1, Owi.a- * rA.vTi>l«A>. O., ,._,UU»_ w* __*(kV-.j..*u,I r< t,|!,.ii tur.-ri. !ilr. It***%t ll* _fi|»m. In Xt^flff JUir* f-tirt* (*«._ .«. Wt\a ynti (ll-l IIjii e.-llllllli**. 'If l« M-Trf. Int.-rntiitr */n,l mnrfu In Tol^-li., imlt, Vf t, Otftw-f A ft. T»*U»*l»l« hi**. , IM4 hr ttrautfU. PiW, W*. i*r Mtk. Tttt u»U't r*Biir nil* ... t_»_ntp*ueo. fHUl f?.&l .--A ! ?7 &. -«.. .*•■*-■". . < ft' --.".» >rtA-..' ■'.y--* .*—PBB^r.:tts*: ..j--•.«..._, ^•yj'flA'AA: " *.*^v y."^. »**.- '#.- -a". v|H^-"-^« - '■'- -V -A'"'?- - ' -vHr - r-X fiS- .iSf®n^:^,7' - A .' * i''V' '7' 7:^|^^A-77A^:A".7 7- AAA*- *" y';xdmMMyy-yyyy-ysyy^ I z1" , ■*■ *\_ - * - - A- * '" ' • * > ,w - -^ ~_ v Italikife^o. ' ;M?Si¥ys welcome here '. ??a;^ f;^r^~ y "S- -' ■" SSp"S°9ms, Best of, ^SUritioir THOS:,DUNCAN^ Passburg; SHERIDAN "lIVEft Y \~ Blko,B.C t,i«. 'J , As I- am-' continuing my late husband's business, I would ask for tho continued patronage of all old custom1 ers, and re^pc-ctfiilly solicit the "trail" ci.all. ' ; - - ,-..■>" Best of Rigs? and Horses ,-A Phone No. 19 * * Mrs. Xasheridan „, FAVILLE UGUGUANZA^ '. Mi - si dice: L'ugY.agliemza ragglun- glbile l'abbimo. Chiedere di piu . e Utopia. La legge e'.ugualolper tutti Tanto il ricco. quanto jlpovero hanno ]* stess« Btrade'e'lorstesBd'-cImltero. Tanto puo viagglare.l'uno che-Taltro; umcav*differenza e la classe.",' Eppoi: I rlcco d'dggi e il pdvero ,di ieri. Nulla impedlsce al poVero d'oggi' d'essere. u ricco dl domani? '■ " A ' Difattl'nulla, fubrche'l'onesta; -.'"So il povero e furfaute presto cessa :'d'es- sere povero. • Dlventa cavaliere. La legge e uguale per tutti.'- ■Verissimo-- solo non si- applica ugual mente per tutti. La grande maggioranza dei pp." veri, in nome della ■ legge' e, condan- nata; quella dei ricchi assoita. ' ' Nello scandalo di Napoll il nbine del principal! colpovoli e tenuto nel mas- slmo rlserbo. Pero per un misero Co II rlserbo? Ricco e povero hanno le stesse strode; J«o uno si fa trascindro e l'altro tras- clna; Vettura ed automobile da soli non corrono. Hanno le stesse stradej non le stesse case. ., Chi fa i'palazzl o scacclato da una stamberga della'quale non puo pagar l'affitto. ■ '. , . ^_ t Sipuo.viagglare anche, in . terza _. * ^|classe tanto si, arriva InsiemeA Ma ~ * non e il viaggiare cho fa penaAe il biglietto. Differcnza solo di classe- classe di sfruttatorl e di sfruttatl ', Ugiiagllanza? ,. Ma se perfin le cro- ci chesl innalza il povero son le prime die abbatte II vento! * \LA RIVOLTA:DE| MINATORI. ; Cbiemah; ?'W.H. ^uri; -:^Prop. Trade Marks t v- Designs . Invention ia probably Batontablo. -WmrTfi^? Scientific Jhttericiitt. - A handsomely IUu_tr_,tod weekly. __an_B_fc &__•• ygStlon of any golemlflo .ournal. uSSS *£ ADVERTISE ,IN THE LEDGER . ll uenoueaiera, ■ v - - • .. ■ — * «*fispte__ite_wt Keep on Advertising .11 recente sciopero'd'Inghllterra, nel quale SOno cpinvolti circa un' milione di minatorl, segha un'epoca interes- sante nella' storia. industrial di quella nazione. , La rimarchevole* urianimita e prontezza con cui i minatori affronta- rono.la critica situazione, ponendo concord! in disparte' pale e picconi, e uno splendido esemplo. di ".solidarieta - che dovrebbe essere imitato da*tutte quei? le class! che Vogliono migliorare le proprle condizloni. ' ' • La vita delminatoreingiese e stata sinora-una .vita dl stent!, di prlvazioni e di miserie*. •' Le * intollerablli condi- zionl di?lavoro,-le_paghe derisorie, l'in- certezza'del lavoro od il perlcolo dell' occupaziorie, hanno reso 1'esistenza'dci minatore.talmeri'te triste, da destare le simpatie di quant'i no'n sono procllvl a sfruttare le masse, operate! ' 7 * * T 7y>lngf^y* At ^t^.„«T«^i^_J_^^»_T. ! ,^L u ■-»"«<:i "lama-^-ui-DrancIa- che si troyavano ijelle identlche condizloni dei compagni'd'Irighilterra,'se- guirono Tesempio .del' compagni? della bionda Albione « fecero.una,grande di- mostrazione contro la~rpars!monia e l'ingordigla dei padroni' dl minlere d! entrambe'le nazloni. *,'.. -' ■ ?l Per mezzo dell'unlone, 11 mlnatore e stato in grado di rlmediarein parte all'ingiusto trattamento a. cui L\-eniv"a- assoggettato;-* colla s'peranza irispba?-' ta .dal*'parziale7successo, 'rbrganizza- zione del minatorfe giunta ad.un.'pun- to tale, da fare.la.presente.vig'orosa protests. _ .L'Europa' intieraha-assis- tito ed assiste tuttdra' con interesse e con timore alia'presente fermata deli'- Importante Industfia carbonifera; "ma gh scioperantisl sono gia guadagnate Ie simpatie di tutto'il mondo.- La domanda.che venisse stabilita'la' Paga minima non pdteva che incoh-" trare'l'appoggio di 'tutti. , Lo stabilire' una.condizione in forza della qua'c- i padroni non possano far lavorare l*um- amta a prezzi irrisorii,,non solo'e da' ■lodarsi, ma in se stesso e un incen- tivo per conser'vare un'buon governo sociale.. . . ' II" fattoche gll Ufficiali del' Governo della Gran Brettagna hanno preso una parte attlvlsslma'nella soluzione del problenjn, dimostra chlaramente "quale e. quanta' fosse l'importanza "dell'un- ione dei mlnatorl sopra il. Governo stesso. ' , * -' Le Ingiustizio patite dal* minatori delle decadl passate, li hanno costretti ad unlrsl cosi strettamente, che le loro proteste, quando, vengono fatte, sono' talmente formidabill, da destare le piu serie apprensioni fra gli abitanti dell' Inghilterra.- ' , . , Lo sciopero viene condotto dal capi con rara, ahilita ed, accortezza ed i minatori dimostrano di essere all'al tezza dei tempi e di sapere cos'e l'un- ione e la solidarieta. ' , ' Per quanta'teorle si possano' avah- zare, rlmane il fatto* cho 1'unione e 1'arma piu potente e formidabile che resta al lavoratore? • Lo prova lo sclo- Wro.del mlnatorl. d'Inghllterra. Ora non rimarie che augurarsi di cuore che al, minatori della Gran Brettagna, della Germania e della Prancia venga resa completa giustizia, che le loro domah- desiano favorevolmente accolte e che tale esempio sia imitato dal capitalis- H dl queste cqiitrade. ,Una,*vlttoira dei minatori d'lughll- terra, dl Germania e'di Prancia* avra un benefico^riflesso anche nella situazione mineraria degli Stati Uniti.' - .11 movimeiito operaio d'America ,e in pieno accordo con quello .del minatorl' d'Europa.e non rlmane che. far' voti che "Tlesca'* trionfante nella lotta, come tutto concorre a far credere.- L'Unione, Pueblo, Col. . • , 130 PERSONS PERISH Ac'-. 0F,AUSTRALIAN COAST Wiwicag. Picked Up Omshor^Hs. ; y Story of Missing Sterner, -, %. 7P?3RTH; Western Australia, April 3. -Wreckage picked up 0ff the coast appears to spal-the fate of the fifty passengers and eighty me» of'the Bri- tish steamer., Kombana, which has been missing since the disastrous ty- phoon that prevailed on the'north wen coast of Western Australia during the last week, of March.- •. ; i * The./, wreckage of" theJlCombana wnlch belongs to Adelaide, Was found in the vicinity bf the pearl fishing ata- tion at-Broome, a small seaport in the Kimdol division of western JiustraUa. "During the typhoon C7 pcard fishing boats belonging toBroome weVwrcck ed and over 40 pearl fishers I0& faolr lives. , ; y ■ The. Kombana was a steamk- of 2,182 tons?* - She,was built at Ghs- gow in 1900. . - , , ,^ S_>'j%«. m SORROW? : MINESAND CENSUS BRANCHES CHANGED Former Goes.to Interior, Latter to , Trade and Commerce Department OTTAWA, Aprill^Two important departmental changes have gone into effect by Pjrder In council, when 'the mines branch was transferred from the department of inland' revenue .0 the minister of Interior;'and tho cen- aus .and statistics branch,* which has been under the minister of agriculture since its.organization, was transferred to -tip .minister-of trade and com- merce. ,''**,' r THE COAL OUTLOOK iwu hisWildgats ' "?__W A HARVEST OF SORJ.OW ^ How many young men can , look- back on their - early life and regret their misdeeds. "Sowing tlieir ' wild oats" in various ways. Excesses, violation of nature's laws,* "wihe, womea' and, song"—all have their victims. YJoii have reformed but what about'the seed you have sown-what * about the harvest? Don't .trust to luck. If you are at present within the clutches of any secret habit' which is sapping your life by degrees; if you are suf- ienng from the results of past indiscretions; if your ww^-«c.«— bl0Ofl hns beeu tainted from dare not marry; if you are .narrir... ,',,,11' ' "." , 0,,y P"vate disease and you' out and cxiKjsingVour past- H von %_?« )? !-n dre;l'I,of symptoms breaking «fe-DRS. K. & K ARE YOUR &¥th%XQSalt of a mis^ theinconfid^ly^^^^^^ YOU CAN PAY WHEN riTRFn BLOOD «nTuRINACRTcoit5^^^^^^ '"cONSU a" Di,eMe< P««>i" to Me„yS' ^IDNEY *nd BLADDER Dij. Dbs.KENNEDY&KENNEDY _»Nflm£ and G"8Wold St" ^troit' Mich« P^S2Il£f l^to0"** — beaddre-ed to our' Detroit as we see;and treat no Sn 1 at,T?l,r, Med,«»l Institute in used for* corrcspondenc? nrd'ffij T ^,nds?.r °«"'^S'which are' Address all letters Slows: Laborator^ for Canadian business only. WnteforourprEdgNEDY,& KENNEDY, Winder, Ont . If. BAD MEN WERE KILLED Toronto /Priest -0Deplores Immo-allty ' ■ Among Canadian Men' -. -inNGSTONTOnETAprfl 6.-In a se'_: mon tp men in St. Mary's Cathedral, llev Father,/ones, a Redeinptlonlsl priest of Toronto, spoke strongly* on the necessity of'virtuous manhood. Ho reminded his hearers of the penalty for.adultry In,Israel. "What,"' ho ask- ,ed,-"would'be the census of Canada If the mon" who commit adultry were stoned to death?" . In- a country with the great coal resources of British Columbia, and the comparatively backward conditions of industrial development, it might bo supposed that the inroads being made by oil threaten,the markets for coal The .economic effected in heating* plants and in the steamship service of the Canadian Pacific Railway, by the* use of residuurn'oll as fuel in place of coal have proved to be substantial and though-the extent-of'the consumption of coal replaced by'oil is not as yet large, we note, a new departure which will undoubtedly-affect the coal market of the interior for" the present. We refer to the use of oil bn the railways" _Grant_H._ll _honri_«f_+».« _.,.___--_______ —• , -— .—-• -«»-t"c-uici;iiaiiicai"ae-* partment of-the CPU, informs us he hopes- to have-.every engine on the -Mountain'Division equipped witli- oil burners by May next, and looks for Ira- portant economies in-labor, cost of fuel, and' lesseninf of fire risk.-- If the experiment is' successful,.it Is cer? tain the use of oil. on the railway will be extended,' and. the coal mines will most important markets* as (a consequence. The Coast miiies are better situated than-the.mines of the interior, as they have the whole Pacific Coast of the American Continent for their markets,, The demand in this'" direction is rapidly increasing, is far in excess of present available supplies and likely to-be such as-cannot be easily overtaken despite the extended use^of oil.-B. C. Mining and Engineering Record. ■ , THERE WILL BE NO "LEADER ; ■> OF.THE OPPOSITION tions gave but little hope of an Immediate settlement. , The price "of fuel 'rose 100 per cent in twenty-four hours and "already the shortage is causing Paralysis among industries.,Thymine owners have delivered an ultimatum that they will hot grant the 15 per cent wage increase "dejnanded by the men.- ■•■'.*• .Declares-barker?. Williams . VICTORIA, April 8.-There will be' no leader of the opposition In .the provincial-legislature, for both-Social- -.■.t-nieulbers-eiecrh-a\^^ecl^^~th^ intention of "playing it alone."' Mr Parker Williams, of Newcastle, was a visitor in Victoria today, and declared that the hotelkeepers" at LadvsraRh had done,their.best to defeat him. • . THE,SPANISH COAL STRIKE John C. Haddock, president of the Plymouth Coal Company, of Scranton, Pa.,,has issued "a statement under the" J caption "Men versus Melons." , and .places responsibility for the present • anthracite coal 'situation at the door" of. coal carrying railroads,, which, ho asserts charge exhorbitant feright; rates to all shippers,' Including' their ° own subsidiaries, with'the result that' th__.A,rO-b_E_Ltef£Abut-l^nay_PaiiiL'-_-ti;e^^ «.n tl__.__. _t__ _.. ._**■ ... _- K *-' "I ~>^^^X\£££S^^J2L- railroads enacting the dual role. , We see "by the papers" that*an official with the promising cognomen,o£ Doollttle has. been appointed tb the Place made vacant by the resignation of. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the food expert. ,;' If the new Incumbent con manage to live up tohls name, he is likely to hold the job down as long "ns ho pleases—N. Y. Call. 1 o jyTAKES no differences how largo or how small your cunital «■*, come to me and 111 show and prove to yoii how n_.,! wC your invostinont will mako you big profits in buying lots QPPOJiTUNITY seldom lingers-ahvays on tho move. What mn oU,Jr\J'lyX 0Ut- y°m* oPPortiinity-yonVo missed somo good chances, horo its coming yonr wny again " " Edmonton, Moose Jaw, Lethbridge, Swift c.^m. ^i^^.. UI...I.." - » ,., ^y, tmm m m ^^ U M.tkM ^^f^tJ^la tlTL ftMM tUf m umh a^aitM |||| r'M^ Port Mann, New Hazelton, Fori Fraser, Macieod £k! dti08biiifTl!°/i.,,nnk-e1?. °i *he f"ture- BiS «"*«ne town- Suno for Ztvlf Yi md,cati0118„ 'in(1 ft «"•'« "ouree of wealth and louuno toi the investor, large or small. iETTEK buy now and share in the profit*.' that's bound.,, con.o ^.°™l-!i'i,ti<,0'",tho,lflhireof'"0''; N inch, it taken at thn flood, lends on to fortune." mT«,h!!!",h "",\;ltrr|i,Hvt! ciro«'«™ «««i i"ii«t™t«i i.,K,kietH f„r«,«' 1u.k1.1g. , Write, phono or call. Open evenings. Swine flmf. 0 R i have a fair .MX 10 offer. Get in. INSURANCE of every description negotiated. See me. eg"i|i«ai«ij-._gii-jMW KASTNER Real Estate , c *5 . -»i .,'Vs"•-*_-•■-'?-i" <>-" 7 - **,*'-.* - \\ ?- " 7 -'.-' .""' ","*.*- ' --.--"' J.-7-7 -" * <•"■',''•'• "«*-;-'-° ","■•-• *° " "<"* -' . o-".' ~'~- * .•*-""£, *>r _"■ :"•*■»■ 7; -•." "* ' '-.\A'.7,A7 * ' A .-' j,,--! -7 ySv '."^'A y ._ • -.AyAy .A-;,d" .„.AAy V** A*7 77', ' <7;7A;Av r'-y . , A , A** --■.'* A' . '■--**/^"-7. A.'" - *: 7 AAy ■•-, v^V^'AA ■■ y.*. < PAGE TEN " AAytv ' "' ~~".l AT*'?5'*', ->;';aV?- "-• * ra_'Pwra ■'; y^yxy::7s::wx:yX:-Xyy yyyiy;yy0- ^'^yyiy£xx.y-y>-- ^ys^ys' y yss •U ,-_ -JA-v T> - ! - -,.' A ■- ' ^ , y,--y f i. I*, 1*-.. , .25 i- " .25 , .25* ! .'25 .25 . ' * , . •> ,' n — ,' ' ' > - A great array of new suits on.sale.Saturday. . " -We are.ready for the rush.on pay day \vitli an,assemblage of Tailor-, ed Suits that do credit to'tlie city. y , ,-.""" , "' Every Suit is of the newest type, and every garment .made by com- -.y peteht tailors." -', Black, Navy, Green and Brown Ladies' Cloth with; ,,,- Satin .trimmings,' worth up to $18; on sale Saturday. $10.00. , J *,"-' ' ' ' See Styles in Windows ■" ' * ,. "' * • *.'""*-:,*- ? .< ■* •* ■ , „ '-> . * * '. >.*"<> Rain Coats' in Grey, Green, Fawn and Black and White check, in all -" ^-| vi..., styles; worth up to $15.00; clearing Saturday foi- $7.00.* , "' '- A ] Xy' i Come Early and Make Selections of our Bargains. ^Ready-to-Wear y£ - - ■ ry. ■-'. > 'Department, Second; Floor • "^ ■ .A' v' ,"^ ?s ?r ' V Powdered' Ammonia,' 2 lb. p^gs., 2 'for ? Lima Beans,' 3 * lbs. for :..-.,. *.' ... Quaker Oats, 5 lb pkg. >ith china. '... Corn1 Flakes, 3 for :,.,....... 7 Canada First" Cream", 20 oz., 3 for" ?..'.. ., Braid's-Best 'Coffee, -freshly ground, 21b for .85^' ,*-*'■.- ' . ' .■Extracts,' 2 ozA -." '.1.. .,.'•' A .10 ( 40 Watt'Tungsten Lamps, each ...: .85/ - 60 "Watt Tungsten Lamps, each...... ...,7,1.10 , -Lombard Plums," 2's, 2 for \ .. :.'7...,.."...' ?25 , Greengage' Plums, 2's,, 2 for ..'....'..;...., .35 Damson Plums, 2's, 2 for . •••-.-•.•• -25' ,' -. Lethbridge Flour,'98 " lb. sacks. _ .3.25 .„ .Crosse .and Blackwell's Jam, 7's ......... 1.00 * - Crosse and "Blackwell's^ Jam," 4'sA— .... .65^ Pure Lard, 5 lb. pail ....7 .-...A -^0 ,' Sheri-iff s Marmalude,-4: lb.' tins .«. ,'.\y •'• ; 60 , ■ Sherriff's Marmalade,*2 lb. glass,. >... .>. ?.. .35' ,. ,,'Wethey's.Mincemeat,' 1 lb", pkgs.' .*: —°.. v - ?10^ * yCJueen quality Sour 'and Chow Piekles, 20' oz. .25"; . y. Queen Quality-Sweet and Onion-Sickles 20, oz. '".30, '' Fresh Lettuce, per.lb. .... .i...... y.. ' -30 - - Alymer's Pork and Beans, 2's, 3 for ... .*:..: •• .25 ' Baby's Own Soap, .per box .,......».30 ' Perfect Laundry- Soapr8 bars for -25'- ,-i * Snap Hand'Cleaner, 2.tins .. .■ _-. -'-S- • }^ : •" 'Chinese Laundry;Starch; 2 pkgs. .. v 77. ; .25 ; ' Patterson's "Saucer.^Vpts.' ,.......' y ■-■.•"•• ■■• _£°, • 1 [olbrooke's'Punch'Sauc?, % pts A • • y^ ' , .•'' En'os'\Fruit Salts', per •.bottle ............y\ .75- „".-" Dutch-Onion Sets, 2 lb.'.'..'...;.'-..... X"-: -'• S ?35 -•■Bulir.Tea, ,3,1b. XXXyS AA*....'.....- KOO '' .. V Crosse' and Blackwell-'sWinegar, % pts., 2'£6r. - .25. ."'* *-"..>"* -.'*.." ,~ %<v ■ . , r- i; ■- - *B , _ m.i :«". 10 lv,. ,'■ . - _SD ; I Men's;3-piece Suits in-fine'"Worsteds and imported Tweeds; m grey; >. browns,°greeris and; blues'; every-garmeiit is perfect fitting and_has_- ,R -the style. always found* in 20th' Century Br'tod ^land-Tailored gai*- " , ments./.* Suits up to' $25.00'to :be clearedat $18.50;,Suit's up to$27".50 '•to'be cleared at $20.00. 'yX^yy. \; - A*., -'*- 7 '« •-? . ." * ,. ,.- - ,, *..• t s*, '*,'<"-.'',." ■,"•,- *' • ■- A s7'- See our Windows for, Patterns 'S .'■'■'■ " ;' ,, Felt, "Straw and' .Linen' Hats in every desirable shape now'in' stock. ASee them and-get,one while*the'variety lasts.1',1 -•.,'* ., , A v JUST "WRIGHT'! SHOE FOR MEN, 5 ^ , j, '' If you need. Slides you cannot afford to let .this opportunity, pass. • j .New'lasts in;Vilpur..Calf,-.Gun'-Metal, Pat'ent7Colt, Vici Kid,-and Tan Calf Blucher." Regular $6.50, for $5.25; regular, $6.00," for $4.75*; -'Regular $5.50, for $4.50. " .-,-A * ^ A '." " ■•*■ *:'.. ; 7 " ,.,. -.',"• ' ' See Our Window for These, Lines ''■•',,"',: r Ilea'vy.Stifel Blue Denim with whitq _jtripe>itf bibs only. , These "are.regular"$1.50 value. Special $1.25.';,7<y' .A' ( ;'■ '-' ' I • V'-«*wV'ar'e 'offering at (very-'reduced, prices" a .large'range of.-Ladies'.'.", ■ • \ "rlow cut Shoes tnfd',Okordsin;PatentrT£in;-and;yici fid leathers?- y -J . Si , '';7. bonHFaU to seiethese bargains,* they are,.woiHli your while: y •'■, Have you been to the Isis? Mr Herbert Lobsinger, has accepted. a position at McLean's Book Store. Drug and FERlMIE FOOTBALL NOTES On Monday,night, April 15th, the boards of the "Grand Theatre will bo occupied by the Toronto Glee Club. ■O —___,—,- ■■/ ■■■■____..—■ , KASTNER.—On Thursday, April 11, at tholr redldonco on McPhoroon Avo., to Mr and Mrs, 'M. A. Kastner, a dau- , ghlor '\ * ' At a rnasB meeting In Trafalgar Sq., London, thousands of people protest- od against tho nrro.it and Imprison- mont of Tom Mann, the syndicalist loader. Thoy sang the Marseillaise, nnd earrlod rod flags and banners. *, The Seniors,, will" play, their. ?tlrst match on Saturday April 13th (today),' on Fernie's Ground; kick off at 6 p.m. Coal Creek, will be the opponents.'. ,, ♦•'•«'*' ■ . '- Pernio will be represented by. Cooper (goal); T. Shields and J. Wardrope (backs): Mills; Sweeney, Llnsley (|hal- yes); McCormack, Watson, Partridge,' O. Jolnson, P. Joinson (forwards). Re-, serves; Howden, Bain and Thornton. ' * *,*'*.,, ' Tho Football, Club aro holding a Basket Social and Danco on Monday, April 22, In tho Minors' Hall at 8 p.m. Any lady desirous of helping tho club can do so by sending h basket to bo auctioned;1 and ovory young * man will' be, distributed* to all members^ the-convention.,- .Ay ■ yy , J, Twenty-eight delegates ,were ■ present today," among them Mrs." Edith L. Cody, of Philadelphia, and Mrs.- Ollv'o Johnson, of Oakland^Callfornla, acting as a proxy for.Oregon, lng,lives whon.accidents,occur. The Fluiss safety apparatus and appliances have been installed with all accessories. ' ' WHO WILL 8UCCEED^ GOODEVE? Tho acceptance by'A. S. Goodeve", M. P. for the .Kootenay Division in the Ottawa house, on'tho,railway commie- slor. will necessitate a by-olection, and many candidates, pbss'ble and, other- wi'io have, already been jSpokon of h > far Nolson seems to have all.tho st\y that is as far as nowspapor talk Is concorned, no less thnn five being alroady montlonod by tho "News" of that city' , ' * TAINTED LAW Judicial opinions of our highest courts have been written'In the offlcoB of legal departments of railroads and other corporations,' .courts have been packed ln order'to render decisions In favor-, of certain; corporations—not once, but so often that tho resulting danger haB becomo too great to Ignore. —C. . Connolly. - '. should get his best girl busy on some J"? «?.«•/ J™,V*^ ' imlquo production of baBkot novelty • . • Tho club wlshos to thank Messrs Ken re(iy and Mnngivn for tholr aubn'i'ip- tlon ($5.00) und for supplying lumbor to repair dressing shuck, Thoy nlso F. A, Starkoy, W. Garland Foster, Mayor nnable (of Nolson), and ,our old friend', Harry Wright. Of theso Green scorns to bo tho most populnr. No doiibt tho Nolson folk' think that whero thoro aro bo many local asplr Lots in the.New Town of Why porslBt Jn bolng Imposed upon by buying poor traHhy alum baking powder whon you can Just as woll buy Muglo Unking Powdor.yhojiealth giving "No Alum" brand nl tho namo prlco? At nil* grocers,, Tho T.ndloB' Guild or Christ Church will hold a handkerchief baumir and (lolli'iUnHMn nolo nt fl.KO on Saturday, April llllli, In tbo storo rooms formerly occupied by A, A.' McBoim. A Hiwdnl foaiiiro nt tho bnKiiar will bo tlio JnpunoHo Tea Hoom, 1 Mr. A. !. Illnta. tho well-known hlgli- class gropor of I'rnnlc, ban boughl out Mr. ..aytio.'j. oBlnhllshmont In Bollovuo. Mr. UlnlB IntondB making tho tiloro qulto upto-dato and promises tho Ikillovuo Inhubltants to glvo them it lurgn und choice assortment of goods, wish to thank Dan McNo.sh and the ants, an outsider ma^ ^o »• P»b Ttni-o vnn n*»r*iir*»«l vmir tMiot tot th« Football Club's IlaBknt Social nnd 1 Dnnco to bo held In tho Minor"***. ..nil ..n Monday, April 22nd. if no. u*»U any member uf llio club-he'll be p'etmed to sell you hnff-a-doxon, If .on nf. <1 >m. Prlf«»—Two-blt». Athletic Ansoolatlon for rolling the ground, * * * Tho Juniors aro certainly thoro with tho goods and succeded In putting U nil ovor Conl Crook Juniors at tho Crook on Good Friday to tho tunc of ;;-■"_, Not content with this tliey outpointed Ihom i.n TuoBdny, rt Fernie, by 1 to nil. * , ♦ * It in hoped to arrange n progritimno for lho .lunlorn throughout tbo PiihH und llio Unhurt Cup Ih tlio trophy. Wo eorlnlnly think thoro Ib somo good material in Iho youngsteiH, nml nil thoy neod Ib lot» of tonm prnothto nnd n bi'ttor knoulodKit of whoro tho _p_l tn . tn nro gonorally sltiintcd, and thon thoy will .nut ntnrt "olonnlng up," " » • * , lliao you .ccurod your ticket for lho Football Cliib'H tTliiHltot Social nnd I.iinco to ho held In1 tho Minor's Hall <,|l Aiuii.i<i>, A(iiu «•«•«. it <««> »*•«•. Any y„i.i.iU.i' i.-l J3'C iluV hi']] \n pjcififd lo soil you linlf-n-iios-cn. If you mr«rt Vm. Pi tce—Two-bltn. ' lorn. Fornlo.will, howovor, wo understand, also claim tho, honor of a Con- sorvatlvo nominee, and In thin rospoct Dr. Uoimcll Is tlio ono ho fur spoken or. Thoro hnH not been much «tjr bo fur umoiiKBt tho Liberals, except thut Mr. Macdonaid, a ono-llmo partner of llosH, Macdonaid und I.niio, who Ih at proRont. In prnotlco In Vancouver, Ib lokod upon ns tlio Liberal "Hiiro- ilnrd-bonror, Tho SoclallstH, ho far, hnvo not mado a movo, but aro, novor- tholoBB, watching closely. LONDON, April O.—Tho "decision of the Miners' Federation to ordor t.ho men to reRumo work Hub brought in- tonso relief to tho wholo country. Tho termination of tho coal tsi-lko virtually amounts to raising a ruinous slogo of tho nation's Indnatrlos which has inflicted financial Iobb fin; largor than would havo boon caused by u war with a groat powor of-similar duration. In Scotland tho miners will return to colllorloB on.Monday hut as thnt day Is a holiday In Englnnd nnd Wnlcn tho strikers there will not return te tho conl pitB until TuoHdny. In many of tho mlncB two or throo dayn moro will olupBo beforo repairs cnn bo completed. By tho ond of lho week, howovor, It' Ib oxpootcd I hat every colliery will be In full swing. A. ELMER nEIMER Ittt C*Vt.__._>Mt. It Ludlei' Tailor of Boston to be Socialist Candidate for the Presidency NKW YOHK, April JO.-Tho Socialist lnbor pnrty at Itn nntlonnl convention hero unnnlmoualy nomlnatod Ar- _ lliiii-Klrwr ItclmrT. n IndU-a'tnllor. of ^Witot'iftUMo*Trabl«. and, tl«)r«fortf,'|no«to«, Mubb,, for P«Mil»nt of th« ire nw-d haw nothing but coraplawnee I United Btatoa, *nd Augnat Oi.bnus. of ovor ih« «M*nl.*«l tramp problom.(New York, a atationery cngineei. for Trampa *lw> «smployment io poller iVIce-PiealdeuL Daniel Dd«on pr«•fln^ kimj. dftetthe*. JtJd-se*. Wirt. ntUek- «I *h« platform, which emA*mmA U» CS. lir.f..n ennnft, **tt\>*m*rit wfir\*rn,>m*th<n,* of ow_nl«>r» like Haywood. According to political cconomiaU tho idle rich nro noclally deilrnblc, bo- eaus" thoy make work for nnd rIvo employment' to others. If thoy went to work, or curtailed tholr nccda, they would be «"[ff.h In thm i!i»prlv.r.ir others or lho bleaied privlloKea of toll. Ily the tame sign the fdl^ V<'«r "rf. Horo Ih an nstounfnng fnct thnt crop- pod up In tho Houso of CommonH tho other dny und which ought to muko lho western farmers alt up nnd take notice. The peoplo of Canadn pre paying for the mllltla one-third oa muoh per capita «• Germany l» paying for her huge' army, the greatest In the world! Whnt do tho I'foplo of Canada got In return for all Hits gold laco Jlum- suery umi .a*M'f> iiiiraiidumA.Ur Su- thing, fthfolutpjy nothing. Thc Canadian rnllltla rc<*m« lo «l»t iwor* for tho Hoclnt foiiiKlcrlnijH nnd solf-ndvcr- J lining stun tn of fnt mllllonnlros llko S.r HMiVy I't'lmu iriiiTi tut l.nd ufcltiitu of the country. Cnnnda cannot afford extensive playthings—yot. Later on, porhnp*.**-U C EdwardB. MINING EXAMINATIONS Hxamlnatloiifl will ho hold for Int. 2nd, nnd 3rd elnnn certificates of competency under tho provlnlons of tho Conl MlnoB Hngulntlon Act, at Nanaimo, Fornlo, Cuniborlnnd nnd Morrltt, on tho" 7th, 8th nnd Oth days of Mny, 1312. Commencing at 0 o'clock In tho forenoon. For further particulars apply to' Tully Iloyco, secretary, Nnnnl- mo, n.c. The Fornlo* Stcmii Lnufiflry'nml Dyo Worlw .wport_ bunine»H im- jiloMHK ltd i.i-u i<»ia. *<«%» •«'•' miVuiv ii miction in pricm or. nj-ciuB nixl ^renoli Dry Clonninf. fo'r the sprinjf trnrlrt. AIro ft chenp monthly !rt,irulvy Vnle for fill Imolic-lorB will ho Rivnn. A trial . -i, n 1 i . .,.'../ they nre O. K. Will be sold at auetiori in the town of Coleman, Alberta, Mpnday,, April 22, 1912 " Hnvestlbove Ground in a town whoso success is g.m. ante. d by a mnnbor of great nml fcmrbig Imtateo. '. "An invostmont horc.is in my opinion, ono of tlio ^t'ost, surest and most prof,.- nbio that could bo ont'oi'ed into. ■ ,. * , '.'■■■■> ■.' Tt ,B 8|lf0|, t1w„ ft s,lvi,wa i,allk. nB jt is not subject to panic, while the prospect; ive profits nro infinitely greater, It in Bur., because as a matter of history, property in town..backed by grout. industries 1ms always .■mid its owners handsomoly. ' *,*,... ,„,„ piu, ,„,i „n.v terms olfered op «*KT nOLUMAN lots, mto the w«l-o enrnor an opp.n-tnnitv which has hiihStoton enjoyed only by thoso hnv.ng liirpjo oat»itit1._ Lots $50 and upward according to location For particulars addrcs. Thos. Crahan, New Michel, B.C. * t OntoM wlllbo opon in COLEMAN beforo tlio onlo MING SAFETY 6TATION charity oipert", reform*™ •»«! bjabJ" other*. \M m» Ik. raretol how we denoutif* Ihetn l*it w# opiet tbo whole fabric of criminology? jmv wbo manaK-sd tho Lawrence strike Tho attention of the flnnl adoption of tho platform .va» postponed until tomorrow, wh«n printctl copk* of It J11W ttWMHt VHHWfa""" nLAinMOHR, April 4,-Tho In»ta1la- Hon of the rnlnf-rn' r*fcu« station at Blairmore h»i been completed, and a c\\\*a ot t-h&i-ta ntHttr Mine Matttfter Milter, aro huny learning *ow lo um the apparatiu and bo ready for prompt wiponie to tho mil for help. Tbe •tation, Wnl^h w«« pnt In hy th« Provincial Oownm eftt, In rnnch appreciated by the minor*, and thoro In no doafct It will wot* » gT«ftt tU it Mfr l.nii nin^iiinri Mo Pnnt « IWnrrl POR SALIil—niikorn «nop compiotn! Pour-roomod Cottagoi clothes cIobo'.', water; "nowly iialntcd; noar ochool. dhlpninn Avonuo. Annex. Cheap for l . n»»,.„„ Pf._l» T.'^rr. .TltlOT'Ost. w»-..., -, > Alberta. " For Sale nm'n.win * nnnTfl—Vfi v*r dor Cobbnfie PUnt«. «0 ccntu por JOO ui.nl; M.ii Wt!i) <\ho \i ncro lot, 1150.00; lorm*. Apj.ly, John McUfhlcn. West Fomle. miu„^m ,, , L_,'u _u j ■ _lim ■ ...i "i-^- ti""""* CCK5TCIW 4 MttNttlt Oarr!iter» A. 8o1l*sltor», NotartM, *•• Offlceir fek«t»Ir) Bolldlnfl. trtm\; O-Cr,, POR SALE—Howbo, 1 rooms, bath nhd pnntry, connected rnngo; block 47, McAvo/ Btrcot. Centrally located. All fenced nnd pnlntod. I2B00, terms. Cheap for cosh. Apply, U O. Kvan, Box 123. FOR BALE .« «nvt, •nfl^s ' nnPTVOTOV jrouju *.»»**l/ **w*. ....»• IJuj .*»<'* ?ft CWrVfi. ^007" IJUFP OUPINOTON HWN and IB Chicks,' 18.00. • Anothor HBN nnd 12 Chicks, 14.60. Also ISO CHICKS, 3 days old; will • _i #, -,,. MtiwiVfiri roniilr^d ALBERT DAVIS, Annox Extonalon. Fornlo. 11 WANTED-tWT DOSS with papers nt m™ for now mlno, Good wnftoo to rlnht man. Apply, with full particu- lars to Mr, Eaton, P. O, Drawer I6ii», Calgary, AUa.* FOn SALE, HOSMER PROPKRTY. Hosmer. I1.C-Lots 11 and 12, TOo<.k 6, Corner Main St., and Third Avenoo, «0 hy 100 feet j otto of tb« bost corners fn ih* city; must sell at oneo; Iflla first class, what" am I ^offered 1—V. McLachlan, Tlqx 324, Princo Tlnport, n. FOIl SALE-Throo cars flrBt-cla*5H haled OAT HAY; prlco 10.00 f. o. b. Coaldalo. This Is rich stuff wltb moro feeding vnluo for tha money tlm any othor hay. Will _»nd ■atnpl«.«- T, W .Wk«> Coaldalo, Alia. FOU SALE OH nENT—Threo-room. rd rdastered Hougo In Wost Pernio, Apply, K. Wriffht, West Pernio. i»uM m I POIl 1.ENT-House. 4 rooms with itall, meat kitchen, clothes closet, eel- lor, water,'nlnkAolwtrtc light, etc. Situated next W<*.k Oentral.School,, Apply V/m. llartoft. iron nE>m-Btor« m itm J^^ Dlock. Apply, Croe and Moffatt. , 'BTIUWDEimY PLANTS —Hard/ NorthernRrown ncclltnatod stock. Senator Dunlop and PArson's Benjity, two of tho most productive varltlos propagated und.r tho mnnt. favorable conditions from tho R, M. K*llog«r strain of- ucdlsrcc plantfl. Vv^n ?10.00 \*r moo FOB Wynndel. Monrad Wl««n, Wynnd«l.n.C. Mi F0n*8Al_»-Two plastered throrf, roomed lick***, "n,|illi <wt-l>*IW|nfs at- {ai.Mr. nrtit TP(»Mrr tt ffwnt sunn with *• very easy terme Apply, ti. Wrlgbl, * VfaiC Vornle. I
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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : H.P. Nerwich |
Date Issued | 1912-04-13 |
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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Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
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