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Vvs-S'7 '-.-:^ -'-.. •» -'-'-' - ., *.,■■',. •V '.'.s _ i! u^-i ;• '\~ -';.mie Wficial Organ of District No! 18. tJ/M.,W.:6f A. ,v Political Unity is Victory ?.£^'- f :^;^5Vy^ y?'V*&£$ v.: THE DISraiOT..LEDGER,; FERNIE; B. 0.f NOVEMBER 11, 1911;v $1.00 A TEAR - » ■ ^ * -■*■ • t'-vVC, V CitytriifeWBBkVrwo 7*7 - Hors6S7Losf -: ^ •'^ '-On Thursday the house and contents of Mr. Andrew's was practically burn- |f^^y*edvtb;>tiio ground]during his absence. 7.;'^..^"Thls. is'fiidoed^infortunabe, and seems ^l-7/r-tO/ompha'size the truth of the old pro: |,'v r ^y6rb*;that "troubles never, come* singly, *&vi-.it>ls'rbut a'Bfiort^tlme'ago that death, «'j.'r6bbed him of his bettor half.' Such "a ■'i • comblnatlonrof" m|sfortune".jcalh for, r .777; the .widest sympathy, and in expressing :.^-^.'rt^hatVof''the District'Ledgerwe know .'j?.!^-'*!;tbat we^are techoingthe. sentiments of {^"7f'ihis^many.I friends'.and neighbors. ■ [ I-'/y^'A^firebroke'-out at",ten,thirty tbis v_i'iA7,morning*(Friday) -at\tbe corner of yvj'^ Thompson Street and; Lindsay.Avenue. v/r' ,J; 7-,The^barn'. owned '^b'y Sam''"Fuseef'w6,'s jV"" ' ^damaged to 'the'exteht of $156,* we' are >-;informed,..before the*flre was'; e'xtin- ,:'guished, but the contents,',hayi harness " etc.," were'- completely, destroyed, and f K." .''two horses Incln'erated77" ■ '^'"j-yp A LEAF'FROM TfjEBOpK OF LIFE . -'- '• ;'W-By S.-M.W-, '", ' -, . 7,. -'.;A bright; ^clear, crlBp^ morning sji-jh ^ru^a^\ls°,'typl[C'j,Lof the "prairie-provinces s^ry.'.writerTwlth his' inarvellous'^ele- path" d1c't_agr'aph7'qy ry: 0^;.f;,".,-y 7We have pverloolce'dJ,the description of the othe^occiipant .ot'the"1 buggy.- Her'nam©,- forr.lack7 of "a" better, one,' w© "wilf'give as Jeanj Strickland (her real baptismal nanse was Sarah Jane), . About a nille' fromtthe'starting point and away from7all 'habitation, with nobody vislble^elther "on foot or driving the bottom of the hlllwais reached and as the horses slowly "ambled up the grade practically7 a 'verbatim' reproduction here giyen took place \ ' "Now, Annie,' tell mo'1 all about j^our getting married:.' Who is this Mr. H„ of Calgary? Because I always thought that you ahdi Jack .Martin would be man and wife, arid you'vq no Idea how surprised I was-when you wrote me that you were going'to marry "a wealthy man." '';',". ■.- - 7- -,'_' ' "Jean," said'Annie, "you and I'were "playmates in.our school days; „we had our iittl6" tiffs, like all girls have,' but I; have ,felt that-if ever I. had lone true friend it was you; and i,'.wlsh" to tell the wholestory'-a'ndplease don't blame me;' don't, scold .as. I am;hungry for sympathy and sometimes -wish" I were dead.',*;. "-,- ^ ' ■''-*":,.*' "; y'\ ■'■'.' "Why, "you silly little goose, Annie,' ,cwhat's the matter with- you?.,«-Tell me all' about thejmatter,,and- ariy^way,' whatever' loving, sympathy-,and;comfort I can give Is yours.., .Now wipe your eyes and let's be happy; as ~loa'g as we can." . -.,v- **-, '/ .*- '" ; - Rubbiqg her eyes.wlth her finger and thumb, with* a sigh accompanying the action'Annie;began: /.-py, ' - - ' ' "Jeannie,11.'dld-toil you" Jack loved me, but;he,has.been so.unfortunate, scarcely making enough money to keep* himself,iand' If fiejdoes^nce'ln a" while get a, dollar whicfi-h© ,can\ill spare there's his "sister Ruth,.a widow with.' ^three little'."oners'" that; fie-sends ihto and- whW'i^havev7seenHlie..'niise'ry1 of the, mother; .the\pinched: f aces>of * the little ones with, Jheir. patched "clothing, I, - felt J that' eyeu^wbat;. little*', comfort ."« -■ ;'-, ;-'HV-S?,..... ... •;," ,"; 1; there* anlindlvlduarwho by^the.jalise i.", - 'xln'. biVor'b'er "tiHii'd spoke silently4pf, an; 7interided7tr(p.-™>r'' Standing\around Jn *V'nnfB*,vif^T'07rtAi'fn'rAi(i" innT^mrtrei'^wftfe Jack' can give -.them^-would^be wrong for. me, to ■ ^take' "froin; tietn.' -.' Then,' 'againj^" I; hajy^'iglctur^^Vself - and Jack strugglidgiaibng'.wiilffporh&pLa~ small family such as Ruth's.1 and rath- • At a ; time' like this1-", when >" the thoughts of practically every Individ-, ual throughout the length''.ind breadth ct the country are "co'itred .upon • the wide world labor unrest, and'we In this particular\local»ty are m the throes'of a controversy .tha,t has now pasted' for months, we think it apiopos to give a few extracts from "Tne Scab;".th©' wrrk of the: .well-known wilier; rJack London: - - '-.'-: ' "In a1 competitive society, where men struggle with one another for food and shelter',' what Is more natural "than' tnat' generosity; when it diminishes the.foodand shelter of men other'than he who is generous, should be held an accursed,thing? Wise old saws "to the. contrary, he who takes from -a man's' purse takes from his existence. To strike at a man's food and shelter is to*strike at his life; and "in a so-, ciety organized on' a tooth and nail basis, such-an actj performed.though It may be under the1 guise oj^ generosity, is none the less menacing arid terrible. '•'It is for, this reason that, a laborer is 'so.^fiercely hostlleyo another la-' borer who offers to work for less pay. or "longer hours., ^To hold his place (which Ib to live),-he must offset1 this offer by another equally liberal, which is ^'equivalent "to giving away somewhat from the food und'shelter he enjoys." ' To s*ell his day's work for $?. instead of $2.50, means that he, his wife and ■ his children will not have so'*igood' a^roof over" their," heads, so warm clothes on,their backs, so substantial food ,in- their stomachs.",- Meat will be bought'^less frequently and it will" be. tougher varid; less'- nutritious, stout now'shoes vwilL go; less often, on th©7children's" feet, and disease arid death. .wlll/bV more - imminent in a cheaper -house and neighborhood. ' ' '•r\ ' ' s I 'l' ' \ WW V u '.}':■&■ .■" 'Btatlon'f'agent; / expr'eBBra'|ent"arid, * *y?-veral' other7(functioharies l'rblle3 ^ up' ■^^^In'to^Ov-Wa^trundHn^ 7* L y tb«;Beverai7tTunkB^abSard! along 7"tbe f\\". ^fl'p^^i^y^R.*^^'0*1'p1.?156 "°^ ;' '7','(which "they^.could" b&bost loaded^into ;;/•" j-.'^'the'baggage-car.v, p>lT,"dv 1~.-, .'■'- V, "£•' '"■' _ ;-" Standing/aloof,.from* the;crowdUo VfJi^,' "tho^right- ofi the door^marked /'Ladles'. •' " Ff^iWaltinR Room,'.' .wa^a'jirfrr^nparenUly; f* roceritly. emerged from'the 'toeri stage. v_' '"..;vThore was noth/n^^tirtlingAbo^t'W. "1* appears^co, and' lt'"iB a^noqeVaarji jo [■>>, «nter',^to.aiijr.lengthy;;di6taiiBi'at,'th'ia/ *' 7, ^Vifm'o.'bocauBo.aBjth^oto'rr.roilB along \ v" i8ho.,wUI como In'fpr'a'goodjy'Bh'are.of ■ > attention moro^UboJris':almont,planj ' y than'- 'catalogued after' the.fashion of , ," ^an advertlaement in'a" matrimonial ga- i .',' ,zett6;.Of courBOBbo'had.a-'nrimo, but -.7, na it Ib of no groat, impo'rtanco to tho . " ^-gonoral publlo under-'what particular " ,p'art of'tlio 'Dlroc'to'ry,1lt,,'cari botfo,und 'we will,.o'airher Annie'Bldko, because theso' Initials , aro about as far dla- tant-'ln alphabetical -siiccosslon^from tiioroaV"cognomen, as It Ib posslblo honco If'eticli colncldonco should arlso ' that tlio clrcimistahcos doscrlbod accurately, doplct' tho VttporlonooB of ronl, llYO1?, genuine AnWo Blako, sho may , khoW'thnt to the wrltdrjiofeof sho Ib .■-■it -an unknown aunntlty,;',.;';' '"•f. j' 'A honrso shrlok.pt'tho locomotive , t <\\ 'whlBtlo and almost-;'"simultaneously '',,,'thoro Is.tlint nijiflo.po'eujiar'to tbo iron 7fltood nBBpoiid' iB'Blaokonod'propnra- .,- tory^to cpmlng to a HtandrBtlll; thoro Ib ' Vft commdtlonf'monK»t5,0'P^lWor,m ln" . /habitants; somo rushing to, tlio'front ' .ond .'bf,the train whllo othora{ among whoniuVur Annlo niii.ko,'"'crai]o tho 'nock umi bond lho gnr.o \ipontho oc- ■ ciipnntB of .tlio cars nnd tho. pubhoii- 1 '' gorn Rtnndlng upon tlToplntfonn rondy 1 to,alight, a nod, n smllo, a nlmltu'of tbo hand Is iiotlcoablo as a sign of recognition botweon tho pnflsongorB and thoso awaiting ,thbmV-.j About tho fpurCV person to dllRht' Jb" ji plump young maldon towardB whom our An* ' nlo riishoH, a hand satchel Is dropped nnd both otnbrnco with a forvor that may bo regarded ad ah ovldonco of mutual affection, Commonplaco ro- . mnrko, nt least to nn outsider, thoy nro of llttlo weight, but-probably to tho pattloa Interested . qulto Important, fllinnt fhn hi*nt1\\ "(sf-M'" 'f"»!l« the "kind of 1otirnflV,'<»t«(J*"«*' '" ' Linked arm In nrm^'nnd4 chatting * qulto volubly* thoy^t^roll from.tho ata< '' .tion.towards a 11 veryiibarn whoro An* nlo asks tho Btabloninn to hitch up tho "Wake f*am.. r»rrcnnlni» Info n nonr. ,by coffoo Iiouro tho glrla partake of spbio light rotroBhroonta and thoso flnlihod, nolo through tho window, that tho„toam Is In roadinosa.,. Throwing tho hand satchel into tho convoyanco, th«y tako tholr, watt, tuck In tho lap roboa over tho knoo*, tbo lines aro handed to Annie, nnd wllh a "chirp" to tho horaoa off they go \syt tholr H mllo Journey to tho raneti of Annlo'« undo, WHMd niako, a bomeatendfr. A ride along a country road botwocn two girl frl«nda Is especially condnclvo to iho oschanae of contldennca, bo- cauno thero Ib no fear of being ovor* hoard, oxeoot by tho Invisible short small family such aB Ruth's,^ and rather, than.', bringtUnhappInes'B7'tp ;tho little prieB I .wo'uld not marry at'aji.'f'7,;'.r. ;''7:YoU;say,7Annie,;that this;;Mri;'H; is 60 years'of agef;/but'tell me.'.doiyou , ;;L6voV.bIm>'r,anawei^H'ni»e,i"'gftf'it v^ea*ryea|^I'love>im furbetteif,' than I d6>7'th©!Iauridry7'work;-",,love:'hlm far better'than I dofaboriT^-^Vhoine/'dl'd' I Bay?—tho ..shack of Ruth's''wltb'her haggard looks and. poorly: nourished kiddles. Don't look'at-ihe.that way, Joannle, you have no idea how I s'uf-' fered when working day'ta'dajroufiri' tho'steaming; atmosphere,' then out'in tho'cold .and' walk to my cheerless' room, and'I know, full• well'that'had I continued that kind-of a dragging ox; istenco .that It would have1 only /boon a fow years befo're a' floral wreath might have boon your laBt testimony, of friendship." *■, ; -'"Ty -'." f ,.; . !'You say wliy not/stay'wKhvmy-u'n;v olo on tlio;ranch?"' and here",,the. girl' laughod'Ironically. ;..'(Wait• and boo. Ile'sns close'flstotl as.themlsoi'lloat old miser,"you, ovor.saw,In'ypu'r life, and'it is only bflcause'pf my-prospeots tbat'l am living 'with -hlih;y'he Is-expecting to bo paid back with' compound Intorost for thIs«'.oxtraordInary:-dl8plny' of: goiioroslty (horo' tlio'. spoe'oh '.was punctuatod ,by a laugh, not altogether dovold of mlrthfulnesB).' '••.■' Continuing, sho said, smilingly: ''Bottor an old man's darling, Joan, than n young,man's" slavo Ib an old,' Old saying; I'm ranking tho- choice how. Toll mo Just" what Is 'going through your mind,, bocaftao I can boo by tlio look on your fnco thoro nro lots- of thought to bo ,oxpro8flod." , Clonring hor-throat with ft preparatory Horn l.-r'iWoll, wolil Annlo Blaito I'm Junt going to talk you straight and If'anythlng I sny hurts doii't think It's bocaiiBO I llko,to Inflict pain, bocnuso I don't, nnd,It Ib only, bocnuso of nftoc- tion that I'll say what I shall say: Do you remember-whon wo woro tads ot about olovon yoarfl of ngo nnd hnd boon rending 8torl087t.ogoilior about rich mon marrying poor girls and leaving their real, lovers and becauso of their limited, moans thnt you always said; 'I'll novor marry a mnn for his monoy,' and thon lator whon wo mot on yonr-flfWhth hlrthdny,'and wo began to hnvo moro extended vlown of llfo nnd Us duties nnd responsibilities yeu »?.,* ,^>......t. ,t .«*'>v., t.ijiijt tttutif for n homo \m\t>rA thPro'dlnvo In It, too.'" "Yob," Joannlo, Intorruptod Annlo, "not only do I recall tho conversation but lator said that a girl who married fr\v t) \)f\)Y,f, w'**j **tv ,^n?'Jnr' wCr better solf, but, remember thon how hcnlthy and strong I wob; now, nftor my years of hard work look how thin, I am and ono'a Ideas ohnngo with conditions." "Annlo, It ,1b qulto truo that wo do change our* notions nbout things In gonor.nl na each yoara cornea around, and ovory Individuals surroundings differ so that what I shall say Ib from my viewpoint, and although a criticism If not a condemnation. Rather than trample your principles Into the ground could you not by saving your mqney manage to save enough to help on* so that yon and .Tack might, become man and wife?" "Jonn, Joan! Yo« make mtt tired. '"/'Thus the.generous■ laborer, -giving more'of-a day's" work for less return, (measured'.in terms of food and "shel- tor).-.threatens the life of,his less'generous brother laborer; and.'at the best, •if The doe3 not destroy.that lif'dr.berdlin- frifBtes'it.' '/Whereupon' tbe"''lfe"Bs'geri- o'fous1 laborer.' iobks;upon him, ns-an enemy, 'and 'as''nJ€n .are "ncilned to do in" d,,t8oth-arid-na!l,Bbciety, he. trieB .to kill the1 men who.is, trying to kill-'bim;' •' ."When a striker kills, with .alhrlpk' the man-who has taken his place,:he, has no sense of wrong-doing, ,' In the deepest holds of his being,,though he does riot reason the impulse,'he has an ethical sanction. Ho feels'.dimly that bo has justification, just as the homo defendllng. .Boer felt, /though moro sharply,.with each bullet he .fired at'iho invading English, Behind ovefy brick thrown by a striker, istho selfish will''to'Hvo' of himself, and the slightly altruistic will'to llvo'of his famtj/j The'family group came Into tho world boforo' tho State' group, and society, being 'still on' tho primitive .basis of tooth-and-nall, tho will 'to llvo*'of the Stato Ib notso compelling to thostrlk; or as Ib tho will 'to llvo' of his family and hlmsolf. . , . - >. f "Iri''addition to,:lw uso of brl-Vw, clubs, ar^d bullots, tho selfish laboicr finds tt necessary to express his foul- Inge ln, Bpoocli, „ Just as tho peaceful country-dweller.]calls the soq rover,*' 'ptiato,' and thg stout burgher calls the^maii' who breaks Into his Btr'ong box' a"robbor,*Bo tho selfish loliofyr nppllefl tho opprobrious opltliot 'sfiab', to tho laborer who tokos from him' food and flholter by being moro gon- orotiB In tho dlspoaal of his lnbor powor, ,Tho Boritlmontal connotation of 'scab' is as terrific as that of 'traitor,' word may be said for the scab. - Just as his act makes his rival compulsori- ,ly generous, so;do" they ijy fortune of birth and training, make compulsory his act of generousness. ; He does hot sca'b because he wants to scab.1 , No whim of the spirit; no .burgeoning of the.heart, leads-bim'to give more of his labo'rj power' thai tliey for a certain sum'. ■' ,7v,'"'.;' \"It is'-because;he cannot get work on the'same1 terms as they that he'is a scab'7 There is less work than there are "men to, do work. This Is patent, else the scab would not loom so large on the labor'market.horizon. "Because they are strongeryhan^he, ,or more skilled, or more energetic, it is impos', \sible for him toltake their places at the same wage. To take their places he'must give'more "value, must, work longer-hours ■ or-receive a smaller wage>y~*He does so, and he cannot. fceV'it^fo'r'htewill 'to live'is .driving him''ori as '.well /as they., are behig driven, ori^by 'their will 'to liver; and to..live h© ihust'wiii food and shelter, .Which? lie can'-do only'by receiving permission," to , work from some man who;owns~aib!t of laud,or a" piece of machinery^": "And,to receive permission from this man; he must make the transaction profitable for him. '.-"Vieved in-this light, the scab, who gives more labor/power -for, a certafri" pr'tie than his, fellows, is not so genev-. ous af:eVall. /He is riot more.geaerf ous with;his-energy, thnn^ the chattel £la«-e srid', the;convict' laborer, ^vno, by the y.ajvare'the most \,?rfeet- s^abs. They rive their labor pqjver for about the minimum' possible price. -;7r'Bj1; within "mite, they/may,loaf and-"ma"-, linger",'anh=.as>cabs, are-exceeded by tho'inkchinehwhich neve- loafs and" jnaIlPgcrK.and^which.ls_th«7ideaI!y-per- iect sc?/b. '• '. - -f.-.„ 7 / 7 ■ tn ,~ ^ ^' . ^ ' > '. "It is-not nlc© to be a scab.,,'Not only is Jtriotin good.social taste and comradesbli),1, but/from the-standpoint of food.'npd-shelter it is^adi.buslnes8 polfcy. y"^ol)bd^ndeeii^/to^sca6,*'*"to' giye^iribVt.for/least-■', The ambition of every ..individual is quite, the opposite, to give, least.for.mo3t; and as a result,, living jn a .tboth-and-nall society, battle ,royal',,is'.waged by the ambitious individuals. ',-, But in its most "salient aspects, thatVof_ the struggle, over "the division, bf^the, joint product, it is no longer "'d/,-battle between .individuals;- but between- groups . olio individuals. CapitM^ahd iabor apply, themselves to raw''material^ make' something useful but', of It;/add to Its value," and then prb'caed'itp quarrel over tho division of vth^;"atfded.'Value. , Nolther cares to glye1"moBt.,n}r .lonst. , Each is intent on'giving jess; than tho other and on receiving more.'.... « 'Iri; tho group struggle over tho divi sion .of the joint product; labor utilizes thb'.iinlon'.wlth its two groat weapons, tho fltrlk'e and tho boycott; while capital' utilizes tho trust and thb assocla- tlbK.^tho wonpons of which are tho blacklist, the lock-out nnd tho scab. Tho'Bcab is by far tho most formidable of "tho"7 throb, ITo Is tbo man who bre"aks"8trlhoB and causes nil tlio trou- uk'.y Without him thoro would iio no troulilb.jfor tho ntrlkorB aro willing to romalnVut peacefully and doflnltoly so iong-ns other m'oii aro not In tholr ■plaoos;' and so lonp: ns tho particular aggregation, of capital with which thoy nro fighting Is ontlng Ub bond off In enforced idleness, , "Dut'bolli warring groups havo ro- Borvo'weaponb. Woro It. not for tho Bcnli, > tiioflo wonpoiiB .would not ho or 'Judas,' nnd n Bontlmontnl definition I brought,into play. Hut tlio nenb (nkos would bo nH doop and vnvlod aa tho liimlnn hoart. It Ib far ciiBlor to arrive at what may bo called n toohnl-, cnl definition, worded In commorolnl torms, as for liistnnco, that n aoab Ib ono who glvofl inoro valuo for the sanio prlco thnn nnolhor, "Tho laborer who glvos moro tlmo, or strength or nkill for tho snmo wago thnn anothor, or orpin] time or strength or skill for a lows wage Ib a Berth, This ROriorouBnoaa on IiIb part Is hurtful to IiIh foUow-iaborors, for it compola thorn to nn oqiml gonoroitandsa which Uio.'pWco of .tlio Btrlkor, who begins nt bncq to wlold ft mont poworful wonpon, tbrrorlBm."' Tho will 'to llvo' of tho flcnb.iwibllB froni the monnco of brok- on bohoB.nnrl vloloiit doatli. With all duo roBpoct to tho lnbor londoi'B, who nro not, to bo blnmod for volubly nB- povbrating othorwl«o, torrorlnm Is a woll-doflnod and oinlnontly fliiccosRful policy of tlio labor unions. It has probably won thorn moro strikes than nil tho.roflt of tlio wonpons In tholr nrsio- mil, Thin torrorlnm, howovor, muut bo clearly understood, It Is directed In not to their liking, and which rIvob | solely ngnlnut tlm scab, placing blm In mem Joan ot tood nnd abetter. Hut u I such fonr for llfo and limb as to drive hlin out of the "contest.. But when terrorism gets, out of hand and Inoffensive, non-combatants are injured, law and order threatened, arid ' property destroyed, it becomes, an edged tool that-cuts'both ways. , -This sort of terrorism is sincerely deplored by the labor leaders, for it has probably lost them as many strikes as have been lost by any other,, single cause. ' " "The, scab Is powerless under terrorism.* ' As a' rule,' he is not so good nor gi iuy a man as' the men he is displacing arid h'e lacks their fighting organization. He stands;in dire"need of stitfening and, backing, .. Hjs employers, the capitalists, rdraw~their two remaining weapons, the; ownership of which'is debatable', but \vhichthey for the; time being happen * to" control. The two weapons may-be called the political and" judicial machinery-of society. When" the scab crumples up and is'ready to go down before tb© fists; bricks Ta'nd bullets of the labor group, the capitalist group puts the police and soldiers' Into the field, and, begins a general-bombardment, of Injunctions. Victory usually follows, for the labor,group cannot withstand the combined assault'of gatling guns arid, injunctions.- ■ , ' 7\ ''• "But it has been noted that the ownership of the political and judicial machinery of society is-debatable. In the Titanic struggle over the division of"the Joint' product, each-group reaches,' out. for every available weapon. Nor are they blinded by the smoke* of conflict.-'"-.They-fight their*battle as, coolly-and collectedly as ever battles werefought-'bn -paper. - ^The capitalist grbup"uhas^long,since'irealized that immense 'importance of controlling the political -and-judicial machinery of sb- "tioiy; y;sy. // *•' ■^~- r~~- yyy "■\,.> '.,<,t?'. •■ - T , '-''Employers have only-to convince, crcianlxed labor that, it cannot hold its own against-the capitalist manager, and/tlje^whple; energy' that now"- flbsa toiJtlW'.'union/ivil^ltur'n. tb ■ an1- aggre-7 salve' pb/lftlca!.Soclaliim. y-r-i'.-- i .',•' '' •-./'.The,only honest morality displayed by. either Bid© is white-hot indignation' at the iniquities of the other sde. ,Tb© striking teamster' complacently' "takes a scab driver, into an alley, and with an iron, bar .breaks his arms, so that .ho can drive no more, but cries out to high heaven-for justice when tbo-capitalist'breaks bis skull by means of a club inthj© bands of a policeman.' Nay the', members of a union will declaim In impassioned rhetoric for tho God- given right of an eight-hour day, rind nt tho time bo working their own business agent seventeen hours out of the' twonty-four. .... ."Civilization may bo expressed today ln torms of trndo unionism.", Individual struggles havo largely passed away but'group struggles Increase prodigiously, and tho thlngH for which tho groups struggle aro tho samo as of old. Shorn of all subtleties and complexities, tho chief struggle of mon, and of groupB of mon ,1s for food nnd sholtor. And, ns of old tho struggled with tooth nnd nail, so to-dny thoy strugglo with tooth and nails elongated' Into armies nnd navies, machines nnd .economic advantages ■ Slnco to glvo lonst for most, and to glvo most for loaflt, nro' universally bad, wlmt remains? Kqulty renmlnn, which Ib to glvn llko for llko, tho samo for tho snmo, nolther moro nor loss, Hut this equity, society, nn nt pronont constituted, cannot glvo. it is not In thb nnturo of proHont day society for mon to glvo llko for llko, tho Bnmo for tho snmo, And so long ns mon contlnuo to llvo In this cnmpotltlvo no- doty, Htrugglo toolli nnd nail with ono nnotlior for food nnd Hholtor (which Ir to struggle with ono nnotlior tooth and nnll for' llfo), that long will the senb contlnuo to oxlst, 1Kb will 'to llvo' will forco him lo oxlst. ir<> may bo flouted nnd joored by IiIh brothorH, ho mny bo bcaton wllh bricks and clubs by tho men who by superior strength and capacity sent) upon blm as ho scabs upon them by longer hours nnd smaller wnges, but through It nil ho Will uoralst Hvlnp" n bit tlinrn nf n\t\a* tor loaflt thnn thny nro Riving." -1 ence between me in'principle arid the Magdalene Is that mine-is in' accordance with LAW,V whereas her's'is with- out the pale?" ;Y 77' ,. •' ; • "Annie!^Arihie!' pleaded Jean, "sit down, you are excited.' %.Is there.no way,, out of,the dilemma? Why not wait a little longer and try again?"' "^'Jeannie! Jeannie,'dear you" mean well, but I must shut out the .past en- urely, crush Love's day dream, be-, cause'It has an obverse side. A short period"of ..exaltation,, then! then!-a gloomy'outlook and benumbing existence, probably bring misery upon others.- whereas now I have at least tlie pleasure, if such'I naay term""it, of knowing ^that even though, my own soul may be crusned ij; is not the greaterevil, as I might be,the cause of a duplication, of j,Ruth,;and. her little ones." '" ' ■ ' - .-' -v 1 "Annie, ll see" you are- resolved, so let me" sayt a few words and then we will-drop7the subject,'.- booking at the whole question from-a debit and credit side: .Here are-the two t'posi- tlons. > Marry Jack Martin and .with the "constant-' struggle, the possibility, of bringing hardship not pnly upon yourself, but upon others, you refrain from .taking "the,, step instead accept' an oid man withjwhom.you can have* little Incommonr yet the disappoint- nients andjthe anguish are'limited to the two of-yori. ,«'. ' ..-.-i'v- . ;.„ -"This, is! surely a hard, bard -world, and .why, we are'.cpmpelled to suffer it strike's-me that at/the" bottom of all is'the economic'condition; because with l your ^present, feelings-towards Jack, if-you had^the means "tie and you could.be mates and supreihely happy,- but with things as they are you-will simply outrage all .womanly sentiments and be only, anl old man's toy. • Annie,c I have made up my/determination not to marry; except for love, otherwise I shall remain'"a-spinster^ much as I detest such a condition,*"'andrwlll-spend all my enegries in'flghtlrig^gystem TirKlnTl' Ittnl^An V*r A«^a A.v« ^III.A -. mm*m anil ECHOES OF THEjtRlKE i Forced Action of Strikers Leads tothe Police Court ; This ..case, growing out "of, the Incl- " dent that took place at tho corner of Howland' Avenue and Rogers Street, on 31st October, was brought to a close, so far asevidence is concerned, bn Thursday afternoon at the Council . Chambers. a Magistrate Whlmster will " first havo a transcript made of> the stenographers notes, and "a decision is expected to be rendered by Monday „ next. • ,' " ,-■ , - , Sherwood Herchmer, counsel for the prosecution, acted'ori behalf'of-the cityj vice Mr. Lane, of the firm of Ross, Lane arid Macdonaid, the regular city solicitor,., and likewise of the firm*representing the Crow's Nest Pass' Coal Co'. The evidence submltt-° ed by' the prosecution, given by the various inembers of the Barr family, was practically, corroborated as a point * of fact, namely that one Alec Barr was struck in the che*st, and that the assailant was the accused, John Sweeney. . In the evidence given by Clark, Beev- -, er, Corrigan, Climie and Joison, they= were equally positive that, the accused was upon the sidewalk at the time the. alleged assault, took place./and that - the riiembers of the Barr, family were' In the road. ' „ * ' 7 ". "j ' J. L.'P.'Eckstein handled,the case for , the defence."' -" ' " , ' -* y\ There were. several ..light passages - at, arms between the-attending coun- wllich"r"imakes^wpmen 'like -us-.sell themselves "either /legally or illegally: Of ..course"" th© ,'fl'urface'' tinkers,; 7the reformers,' the' goody-goody element,' mow .noil mA^'OAvlaaa ,l.-,'««tir/\i«o,tiIv ' BEiyand"psofire"- audible smiles, created 7" by the evidence''of Corrigan"-, and/-- Beever. -- '"■ ~ ' y^ y -■";'' ',*. \ „'u Inasmuch as this case Js" at 'present ; sub judice," conforriiabl© tb 'the'rule, we ; - f> ms,y .call. m© 'sexless.'L'unworoanly,' B,u^r .. .., >,nd/tbe>st:of/thar^.epitbej4.^t mak6 no' comment thereon,, awaiting h; popr.'m.lsg^^ed'skJt^morarrthey-arefto: be pjitied;" and, nbw,;^Annle, marry .your' ■Mr.';H.,-live,-,your.r.bwn life, always lopklng.forward to-jthe^day-of'dellvlir- an.ee/from t^he,.fetters.:that' bind Kyou and I will now say ho more.". -, NScarcelyr.wore the last words uttered when an auto rushed by,, scaring the two horses,, which .dashed forward afa terrific pace.,. The reins being loosely held, the maddened "brutes swerved', the two girls wero flung over a.cliff and ,when .the passengers in tho motor' car reached them." both were dead. >' ■'• ,- , Thus-wo write,to1 the story of two human unlts.-^-FINIS.'" ' ■ , ■ (Ed.—Wo- do1 not know what h'ap- ponod,to,th"e bnlanco'of tbo M.S., but a member ofvstaff,-wo bollovo, used snmo to.light a;cIgar^-or keep himself warm.'. So lot "It go I),,, iho "decision", of,the' magistrate before.-- „ (s0.doing.',';. : ,7'-'7.7,"^ '•-',.'/'■'7'7;'•" '. The-case of Geo.;Linn;Jr.,%Will be,, taken up on Monday next at two thirty, -' wheh It Is expected that the respective- * counsel .will occupy the same positions ' as)n that of-Sweeney.-' 7 -v7 ■' l.<f-f£lf' 8TARTLINQ FACT8;AB0UT',7 DIVIDENDS OF RAILROAD3 LONDON, "oct. 31.—Somo startling facts havo boon made ■ public hero which ought to awaken tho laboring clauses to tho systematic fleoclng thoy nro lho victims' of by tho stockholders of railroads, Thoro aro 180,000 stockholders holding stock In tlio various railways of Qroat Tlrllnln, each rccolvlng airnn- mini prorit of $1,475. Tlinfja tho profit of Idleness, Tho nillwnyH nro oporntod by 581,000 men, who by working long hours dny by day nnd wook by«weok nro ablo to onrn In ono yonr only about forty pounds a yonr, or exactly $211 In American money. Think of tlio difference between $1,4715, tlio profit of Idleness, nnd $211. th© wngoa of Industry, Tho workers will not tnlonUo much longer n system whlrh hIiowb riueh gross Inequalities. , MARKET QU0TATI0N8 ■ Latest Reports ' ' '"" • Copper Is-firmer',' tin somewhat irregular; "lead "keeps up; 'spelter' unchanged; iron, a shade • bettor; wool * easier; cotton quiet; cloth moving , steadily; wheat, tbndoncy slightly upward; maize, moderate'demand;, lard, slightly harder; cottoloho (capitalist' butter) a llttlo easier; olive oil supply , Bhort; potatoes, domand lioavy; cows," sheep, hogs and -fish bringing good figures., Coal minor, by'tho carcass, llvo weight $1500.00, must bo ln good physical condition, sound of wind and limb, ablo to do maximum of lnbor and mako no kicks, moral qualities not no- cossary. Ono log, providing it has not already been dlHmomborod nor woodun, but has the necessary numbor of bonos in, tholr proper places and covored with flesh, principally musclo, $500.00 Llko price for llko conditions for "ono arm, Ono oyo, providing that vision has not already boon Impaired, $250,00, Tills docs not Includo gliiHs oyo, For mnlniod hand, left $250.00-,' right,'$500,00. lu tho ovonl of It being (IIhcqvoi'uiI thut tlio individual who loses his right hand Is left handed ho will only got $250.00, Ono finger— vnrylng In prlco from $25,00 to $100,00, according to the locution nn liiind. Wo hnvo no i|iiotutlonH on ours, nose, mouth, clu'olc, Htoiiincli, nnd Hiiudry otlmr portions of llio iiiintoiny, but for further jmrllnulaiH would recominond our condors to wrlto Jno. If, .Ion«H, owru-r of (lio Miuliiiiim Mlno, l'ltts- burg, Poiiiinylviiulii. .Should wt» r"i'«'lv«' any later quotations, or nny rhnngnH, will mnko iiiji<j of ftiiino iimlor the propor bonding "Tho .Mnrkot." I havo tried that plan and It wob perhaps becauwo of It that my honlth wns affoctod, My hrotlior John and I woro ^"."..."cri .;; c *iv.z.]i. &^.w, t.c ilwst'i.ku^ after,It while I wai nt work In tho laundry, nnd wo hnd visions of a glorious futuro, but what lfapponodT Wo could not compoto with tho larger es- tabllfliimonts, although wo kept opon longer hours and after a struggle this had to be given up and with It our Joint ©awing* were lost hnd* thr> drefimB wo Indulged entirely dlapellod, 'This old man-1 hnvo promised to marry would havo made me hla wife a year ago, but I havo put him off, hoping against hope that somehow iho plana we laid bo carefully miffht turn '♦ out 8ucce«BfiJlJy, hut-- but—" (hero a j ♦ checked sob niopped lho flow of'* apecch)"J«annlo, she exclaimed, I will !♦ mnrry this homo nnd you may blnmo mo or not, but let .mo nsk you: Do you not think thero Ib something out of nrrtflr with tho vrnrlil wh/»« In v>»>!i« of all our honost efforts wo nro compelled to sacrifice Ideal* for tho snko of broad nnd butter? Now, Joannle, don't Interrupt mo, bocnuso I may bo bitter with mynolf, moro blttor In fact thnn you would bo, but I am not ♦ At Coal Crook io-day tho four women brought up for trial beforo Magistral*! Alo<c« muli'r uriiUr the provision* *>! th© Vagrancy Art woro dh- nilvsod. only dealing with rnynolf aa nn Individual, but as n typo of victim thnt Is so niiriievptiK that It Is it wondor that jKiojiH- ouri'l rceogmxe the ovl); pt Imp's thoy do., Tlio truth Is that our stnndnrds of morality aro nil out of plumb. A girl or womnn who hcIIb herself without' tho sanction of tho law, In othor words Is tlio mistress of many, nnd not llmltrd to nn<\ li regarded as an outcast of society, who glvf> no 'hoiifjht to the causes (hot Iidvo forced her to a life of shame, but In my esse thoro will ho a wedding ceremony, the organ will pen! out, iho pnrson will pronounro n benfdle INDJCA TION$ ARE FOR SETTLEMENT *> r; JLatest Dispatch Jrom Conference Denotes Progress-Few Minor Points Being Arranged I'FrAVR,, Mtn, S'ov, 10,- Tlio ;ltu Utlon liciti Is favonililo towards a «at- ' Ufnctory conclusion; tbo subcommittee will complete tholr work thl» afternoon and It Is oxpocl<><l thnt the i'on,'frlwtl«wlllion«:rMu1.Mcme-T>T»r;njwl)'>''> «»» «"*! «I>U <vwntn>r or lo I mbf-rrtn*. Th»»r*» nro on»> or two <vm iho ovrt>Motit mntrh f^pr* rf'fru- Ir i|« bii«KV *lie arrenm'-il almul) nnd V<'t nm I lint nold lui* flu Mir«*|v n<* n *lnv«» nt rlf block nnd tlo onlv dlffw- IciiIIouk polntM which roqiiiro adjuM- inr. but the Olfitilrt Rralo Commutes will rcmnln firm In maintaining their [ircvoun iiohUIuii, Wo do not, however, autlrlpnto any serious difficulty regarding tbo aeltlement of «&mt».— A. J. CAIITBR. (The ntove telegram wa« hnndo/l In wc. an* Informed, at 1 o'clock, but o«-fnrr to dlfflcultlci jilnu^ lU ll-k* Itetwcen hero nnd Frank It wn« not de«pnlch«d until nearly I) o'clock P Til.) • ,> -!, Off ■*■ ^vw-t !*^it: >•".-; 7- ' -.^'iK' TW^^^ '.'^Ci—'-£-\'.C -~' -' <J:, PAGE TWO THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FEROTE, B. 0., NOVEMBER 11,1911, 7-..; • By. ■.;.;";:' J. Ramsay Macdonaid TtTTTtTTTtTTTTTTT Sir Arthur Clay, of one or other of the Anti-Socialist leagues, has written a book on "Syndicalism" "(Syndicalism ( and Labor) which,has been welcomed as a revelation by the press generally, but which, neither in tlie information it pretends lo' give nor in the discus sion of the issues involved, shows the least knowledge of the subject .beyond -what one can gather from a few newspaper cuttings." The Paris correspondent of tlie Times has written this and that about French Syndicalism, and apparently Sir Arthur Clay has used .scissors .and paste and stuck the paragraphs into a book. - The Anti-Socialist League has issued this statement; Sir*Arthur,,Clay believed them (his anti-Socialist credulity being as great ■ as that which enabled his ancestors to believe in .witchcraft), and he has stuck them 'also In a book. , The next process was apparently for Sir Arthur Clay to mix up the two books, without, exercising a particle of critical common sense, and the result is sold ■ by the ancient firm of Murray at 6 shillings, and is welcomed by the Times, the Morning Post,,and similar organs of upper class opinion. But I „have one good thing to say of the book. Its title is good. I propose to take the title as autext, but to throw the book into the waste paper basket as a sermon. Syndicalism is a word which' we have.'taken from France, where it.is used,(j to,indicate not merely trade , unionism,,but, a special policy, of trade N union action. It is the movement which, carrying the, dogma of' class- consciousness to. its logical extreme, declares that the workers alone can emancipate the workers (though it is -doubtful if this "must be-regarded'as an essential part of the doctrine), and that the way of emancipation lies -• through working class organization on a- trade union basis, federated, however, to a common centre so as to lose its narrow trade . consciousness, and using the strike as its weapon of conquest. It is anti- (perhaps it might be called super-) Parliamentarian. It is revolutionary and^cataclysmic',' It, is characteristically a- movement originating hr countries ' where tradition and temperament are revolutionary The time has gone by, owing to the modern organization of militarism by" the Great Powers, for a revolution of- the old-fashioned kind. These, anojerit excitements are confined,to the tber- -'lan Peninsula and American republic's. ~~But the' spirit that ' animates "* • the"se revolutions ' has transformed itself through syndicalism" "into an active passivity; wheels from the barricades ' to the workshops and enjoys itself by contemplating the same^ result from passive resistance as our fathers contemplated from armed Insurrection. Thus the general strike is a form of revolution, * ;' This propaganda and faith are finding acceptance amongst sections of people -everywhere. The Industrial Workers of the World are syndicalists, here, and not only in' France or Italy, Thoir program is attractive . Thoy wish to unite nil unions Into one and then to paralyze society by a strike. Thoy aro tired of tho slow - moving parliamentary machlnos; thoy arb im- patloht with tho tremendous resistance which society is offering ■ to change;, they see In front of them' cltndel nftor, citadel ovor which tho, flags of prlvllogo proudly fly," and thoy glvo up ln Impntlenco. the attempts that havo boon bogun to undermine thoso fortressos, and demand ft grand' frontal attack. And ns I have said, tholr planvon paper seems plausible. As a matter of fact It Is moro llko ono of thoso tricky delusions which wo try to explain away Hi long winter ovonliiKB than a plan of attack as I shall try to Bhow. Tho pivot of syndicalism Is tho general strike,, Tlio revolutionist of tho HAD TO TAKE THE BOTTLE AWAY FROM HIM A plonsnnt-fiicod littlo woman was buying soinqthlnu for tho Imby In i\ drug store, and happened to notico u bottlo on the show ciiko. "Did you noil my Jim a bottlo of thut •tuff?" "I certainly did, nnd liopo It helped blm." "Help lilm? Why lio jiiMt helps Iilm- lolf tliCHo (lays, Used lo complain about my cooking—wnlil it wasn't ns good ns when wo wero fir.it murricd, Ilo had only taken nbout half tlint bottlo when I hnd to hide it or tlmro wouldn't hnvo been a thing in tho hounu for the children to cat. Ho simply cleaned up everything in night at tho tublo. Oh I tlio ■luff is nil riRht—T can recommend il— and ho even thlnj;n my cooking Im.i improved." Jim had complained tlint, ho wim overworked—didn't Ret enough excrciho— had no ftnnet!tn--W!in prttinrr a bit, cranky, and didn't, relink and enjoy his Nyal'n Digpntivo Tonic and forget his troubles, Jim dropped in just to sny that Lo has a great capacity for w ou . , „, theso duys-cau accomplish |,lwico juj"1""1 «l»o remember wlwii, ll|1H hem past generation prepared,- for * barricades and street fighting, ijUt nearly everybody assumes that modern'mili- tary equipment means that; that khld of revolution is out of da^" j ^jg. agree with.that explanation j -would' rather _ say,-/that modern Social"relationship and political experjence h'ave made revolutionary - actioi^^jffj^u., though, as~the recent acQon - Qj .-^ Home Office shows, it ha^ ^Qt ^^ ruled out of 'court :aitoge'tjjW:' - Tlie-, habitual employment of ,n\}ijta ./ ,, trade disputes would soon,&foduce"the condition of revolutionary- *Cction'' The position at the moment*' 1^ , nbt'^'that street fighting, i snow onU^-.^ tlou, but that it is'weiymgij , siblo lo create the1 temper.which''is preliminary to street flgfiti^g TJiat Tor the purpose of discussi^g'the- | oral strike; is,, an import^,. - disy,lc. tion, for, the ■ disappearance of , y10 material influence upon the success 0j the industrial -warfare of the' syndl. calists. As a-"matter of fa^t tj10 syn_ dicalist revolution wll lhav^ to-depend upon pretty much" the samV aGtermi- natiori, kept going under fa,r iess dra; matic and inspiring circum^tane€Bi as was requisite for the success 0j y physical force revolution. " The new revolutionary r^thod 'differs from tho old on one, very- jmt)or. tant circumstance.' _'. The'\id Method captured society by' force aild cowed the {'opposition. There nmigl;lt bo'plots against it, but it; immediacy seized upon the executive auUiQrjty , trolled'the force's that wcr^ available and put itself at the head ofv^ au' thority of 'the.. State.. - Uhdo-ubte'd,y that was a great advantage It- w bound to produce some ki^d ^ a t rant, and to create a purely personal government 'which would 'bg gtrong just in proportton as the so^ial change aimed "at was or was.not'd^gp.gg^jj- The1 victors* with an ar'n\y behind therewith society subdued, ^j^ ^eir opponents- frightened to o^ "'their mouths, could go far with their''work of social reconstruction b^(org- ^ y' lost" their hold and the reatj(-jon coujd gather itself- together. At best th6ir doom was certain. , - They bad tb'fall as the Communists failed,'^B "Marx t last saw.they were bound to "fail But they would have a brief-; c^anc'^'. Qf demonstrating, their ability!,. ag "t^ ' Communists had. ,'•'• •■ v- ''"". '■*.. ..-,-'.,., .'."The.- new. revolutionary ■. Method however, 'without 'giving1?any -^or^ promise bf-ultimate-succesi -,iQ„-i7,«o -[—i-f— r^T ■■ ' ' I—» ^ ~~-* T "' 'M-vJpXX T CO itself of the chances, of, the "temporary success'for-which;the ofo fmetj!0rl made some' provision. <t K'di)€8 ^ propose to seize upon the'f^rc^s ^j^ society has at its comman^.'fi^ j8 ,not to subdue' or cow' the -Jopp0'sltjon - It Is to bring things'to. a'- staij^gtjj]' 7 It Ib only half:as 'clear-Bighted.> &^,t^ old mothod, for'that saw the' futility of trying :.to e«ect""■.ayevbl^t•,6n'ary, change except .Jby, the captUre 0j SQw dial authority.- 'One has onjy to- thI ^ for a moment to see the a'0surdjty of the now revolutionism in"%8- P0Bftect Lot us suppose that th^ 8trlko- ls succeeding. . The authority" wln t and break it, and that will )ead to,the employment of force. .Tro^p8 Wiij "lro mobilized. As In Franco, tho 8tplkerB themselves, will bo Impressed to ^efe^ their own-purposes; or, a^ herb the nrW'Will.bo used for Uie-^ouW ' ur. poso of keeping'tho indust^jaJ wheolB going round, 'and of'. ^hoo'ting when tho unarmed and^unpreparb^ crowds break out Into rioting.. So, tho iByn. dicalist cannot avoid his rovoliitlon ovon;if.,ho trios.,. The old revolution, lot know his business, facoVj.^ faclg laid his plans; tho now rovolutloniBt doos riono of thoso noceBStxry things The old revolutionist was nlways ,m; prcpurod for, the day nftof,lho iwoln, tion; tho now ,rovolutlonlHlB lg unp,.c. pared both tor tho day nftor and t)l^ day boforo his triumph. Hut thero 'Is" (mother lli\0 oI ftr_u# mont moro Important still |0 |)0 do* yolopod. It Ib Homotln^g-^,,,,^" that tho coiirBo will ho tho .....m, ■ ,,. i ii i . . . Hl'ldO, 101- lowod by floclal paralysis, t))0 poftM> fnl triumph of tho workort,. Poml)|nft. tion, tho fistiibllBhrnont of n0,,|ft| (in. mocracy, I nm confined by l))0 j|m)t(j or nn nrllclo In tho prosont ,nfltn and ho I rnnnot dlscusB In i\„y fUn,10HH tho cloHsnl aHsiiniptloiiH i|l)0|, w)|lfi]) such nn oxpoclatlon roHts.s T|l0 ,' cosflfii) tornilnntlon or onoh of those" stiigoH dopends upon so mn)ly ul,n|toly clrcnmstancofl Hint the pro^ftm |fl „kJ tho plnn by which n Montft Cft),,0 gnmblcr bollovoH ho con bronj{ . t))0 bank. I can only deal with ono of ,|)0 assumptions In-io, mid I nhn]] H(j]oct that which, so far as I knoW( ,m8 ,miI by far nnd away lho leant „„,„,,„t ot thought bostowod upon It, ^m. '.. general strlko paralyze HO(iln(y^ My rondors miiut roinoii^cr whftt x Imvo nlrendy wrjtton nbo\,t Mm nm. pio>in«.'in oj loict/ by inojie Sv]]0 rotn)n IU> *m rutin wuliwUj- in b0fl, t f Ui.il will bo the effective £ ngalnHt n complete pnrnlyy^ ™ make thie fatal mistake'of calculating that, time'will obe on 'tfieir isi'de. 'Exactly the oppsoite.is true.' 'Time will -work, against them. .However complete'the general-strike is to be)''it is only to affect',' eyen^to' begin with, ja majority."' -There will be a minority holding ,'the same opinions as were" expressed by the suburban dwellers during^ the/recent, railway troubles. They will'represent the resistance which society must Always-1 offer to sudden change. Then there will be a*'great, number of s men' who will become unemployed without in any way sympathizing with the,strike or'its purposes", They will bo ', the shopkeepers, tiie business men, and > great' sections of the working classes. As' the strike proceeds and the price of food reaches famine levels,and its scarcity becomes chronic, the ranks of,the malcontents will be increased.s One could watch the processx the ' other day'. .The strikers, every.'day that/passes,' -bo comes, in the eyes of an increasing number of- people, not the; savior but the enemy of society. ' His assumption is-,that as the days go, society will become more helpless in his hands; the fact is' that after tlie ffrst two or three days, society will begin to "organize itself against liim because s'o: cioty, as well as . the individual, is moved by the Will, to Live.' .Volun-; tary organization' will begin, as in Sweden when, during the' recent strike, a fairly convenient public service of necessary activities was ken*' going by amateurs' and other voluo teers. Coachmen drove cabs, gentlemen manned ferryboats,' citizens vol-, unteers cleaned the streets. ''. Meanwhile the'strain upon organized labor will be increasing; The forces operating upon it will be disruptive not unifying.;, And during the whole1 of this time the energies of the labor organisations will be absorbed in purely de* structive work. They will not, be called'' upon for any reorganization; they will not be able from the very nature of . their . program to arrange public; services whilst they "are carrying, ou- the .general strike, for that would'th"en»:be undoing .the-work they had' set out' to" do in the first instance. They .could not, .for instance, seize factoriestbwork them as public con- cernsl(for the. simple reason that they would.not have the power first of all, that'they could not organize the work under-such circumstances, in the sec- og_dipIace.'''and. finally, that sunh an much ns before, color. Lot* of us put lik'o Jim. Ilcttcr try a dollar bottle. It'a worth while, If you try this remedy wo know you Will be plcancd. Nyal Remedies wo sincerely believe to bo the Lent raodicine valuo* offered. 10 For Hnle In Pernio nnd rjiinrnnieed by N. E. 8UDDABY written showing thnt It In only ,lmlw .ja. i..«. v«*i».W «[onniHtancos that n general ^trlko wllh, pur<tly |n. diiBtrinl or revolutionary n|nm cnn ,)n declared successfully. Hut jot l]B n sumo thnt that Is not lnflnoncln t)|(J" Hltuntlon at all, that thQ trftn8port norvlroa nro hold up, that lllft kets and shops nro close^ Mmt t'lj(j workubops nw> flonfrloA, \vhnt f I. lows? Tho propagnndlBlB of »H'inrtustrlnl Workers of the World Imv& now t calculated tho forw, of Um op ,. tion At (he stage of Solution to which mv riw.rlii.hMi ^ [i)M havo brought them, tho Uyno,Cftll8tl, attempt,-would only add to tlie'diffi- ciiltlesyf the. strike organization by compelling it to face'right away every problem .of national' production and distribution.,. The fact'is, the assumption'of a progressive paralysiB is false. Society will at'once take stepB to recover command-of itself.- It will not, yield to the general ■ Btrlke, it will resist it-. On the day of his first triumph, when.' he declares his strike, the Syndicalists signs his own death war-, rant and puts the noose about his own neck.. ' •' This' action of-self-preservation is will-illustrated by what happens'in living bodies.' 'The subject has'been by'"no means fully investigated,' but Metschriikoff's observations have madb a firm",bcglnnlng, In, living bodies there are certain phagocytes or cells whose functions' Is'; to render the organic Hfo,immunq from disease, When death or destruction threatens?, theso cells becomo specially active both physiologically and' chemically.,' 'This ls the basis of tho modern Borum, treatment of poison's, Society, too, has'its phagocytes. ' They nro interests, pro jiidlcoa, habits. They becomo suddenly active when tho proper lmpulso ls applied to thorn, Thoy gather round tho danger, points nnd Btrlvo to over- como thoroyllB that threaten social life, Thoy work by forco' -r physiologically, thoy also work by. opinion— chemically. A revolution which is of tho nature-of a now birth mnturod nmi propnrod finds thorn Of assistance; ono which proceeds by paralyzing life, ono which is of tho naluro ot "political crime,' as defined by LombroBo, finds thorn antagonistic Wo havo a Rooilly numbor of sclontlo Invostlgn- tors ln our rankBj not a fow are road- or« of this rtovlcw, Horo Ih a study which thoy might'well pui-Riio, Tho nppllentlon or Motachnllroff's physlolo- cliil theories 'to sociology Is'a tusk lying undone, but appealing lo bo dono, Tlio doing of It wouldbo n contribution lo sociological theory of tho first Importance. Suffice it for the moment for mo to point out that tho Syndicalist thoory of Boclal chango through social pnrnlyBln Ib not only nbBiird' from tho point of vlow of tho practical reason, but Is contrary to the toachlngs of solontlflc (sociology. It Ib foredoomed to a disastrous ending. , I Hum up mv nrrniYimir. Tho now rovoliitlon which Syndicalism nnd Its ndvocntos of the IndiiBtrlnl Workors of tho World contomplnto has avoided none of tho errors and pitfalls,of lho old, but il has addod to them ft'whole series of Its own. It hns nov*»r con- flldorod tho problems which It lias to moot. It Is, as expressed In tho Out' look of this month, t\ moro oscapado of tho nursery mind. It Is tho product of lho creatlvo Inlolllgonce of tho man who Ib lmpatlont because It takos tho earth twenty-four hours to wheel round tho sun. It has, however, attached to Itself a movement mado noccssary by tho evolution of modern capitalism, and the modern Stato. Tho day when the disconnected and ftoctlonnl union could servo labor has ended, Tho twilight Munk Into night with too pmmliiKol the p!d century, Uut, the absorption of tbe sma,ll:sectional union and;the federation of the unions covering theVhole of separate trades- Into a united na-. tional,organization with political as well as industrial functions, is hot' syndicalism, but the very opposite. ; It is political Industrialism, and wherever Syndicalism has raised -its Caliban head, whether in France or America, in Holland or in Great Britain,, it has declared war on political Industrialism. The hospitality which, the 'Socialist movement^has offered-, so generously to all kinds'of cranksi and t scoundrels because'they professed-to; he in revolt against the existing order.has already- done our movement "much1" harm., Let it not add Syndicalism to-the already too numerous.vipers which,;', in the kindness of its heart, it is" warming on its hearth stones.—The, Socialist Review. ■ . ' ■ •,.'•'*- THESE MEN This is. One Way of Getting Your Name before the^ Public , TOMASO ABRUSEZIB, Italian work; lng at Bellevue.-: , ,,,-"'' PliSTRO GRli-; Italian, working at ' ' Passburg.'•-■j.-,' \ ■ . . ■ "'„ In order that the' public may see that wo have treated John' Moxlm fairly would say that?thls man has not paid ."any union dues^ for nearly "two years.. Yet we gave him supplies just the same as if he were' ln good standing. He received $31.00 per month for •', five . months ',' for - himself, wife, /and six children." In spite of this he went to >work and prevailed on, others 'to work in the Blairmore Mines. This 'same man has more than once received blank statements- ufter'working a* full month at Lille mine.- ^ , -'.".' Kindly-insert -this in the. Ledger and.oblige, '•'" - ' . ; . ', .. // .'' „ W. S. EVANS, .- 7"f . • '. Sec. Local 1233.' . ..AFTER KHER HARDIE , ■ '■ '.""7, ' . ' "'; -^ ->■-.. ■ i - t/LONDONrOct.,31.4The Liberals are out for Kelr Hardle's scalp, i.-The uncompromising Socialist"."hasV been' go- ing.up and dovm'tbecountry;condemning^ the vgovernment,'.-particuiarly for. its action in*calling" out"troops at the" ,'tlme of the railway-'strike. 'Lloyd- George'" took ,tb'e^lead 'when be) gave Mr. Hardie',a-dressingdowh-in Jlie1 House of C6mmbhs7' which,' however, mado the* Socialist leader," bitterer^than ever and-bis attack'^have been'7 so severe that |even the labor' leaders havo had to fepudlate^them.-,;:;;'The- Liberal revenge is to; take trie .form of opposing the re-election";*"of :Mr.^ Hardl©'for Merthyr-Tydvil. ,,4.Hardle is a Scotchman,'ajid has'not'beeh'.able'to manage the;language15tWaies,7 To most of his constituents Welsh; is, their native tongue. '~: The Liberal''campaign against Mrl Hardle is therefore-to. be carried on in .Welsh, which, the chancellor of the exchequer and most of the Liberal leaders can talk as well as they can English, and it' generally .carries-1 a Welsh",,audience. • Whether : it will wean the Welsh miners from Itheir Socialist member remains to be seen. LIVING ON 4s. A, WEEK "3d. Doctor's" Statement at an Inquest , "I get 800 cases of indigestion1 every week ,and they -are all due, without exception to errors of diet," every one." This statement was made at,an,inquest at Hackney'recently by Dr. H.- P; Jelly, the- Honierton 'threepenny, doctor." 7 . v . -The coroner .(Dr. Wynn"w§stcott) suggested that if Dr. Jelly had such a To trie, Editor, District Ledger:,' 7 . "Dear Sir.^ThV following resolution was passed by a mass meeting of Gladstone Local-' oh Thursday, Nov.," 2nd, 1911: ■";'-■', ' ,•",..' '.'',< R ESOI". V E D"Tt harirTviewofex I st- Ing'cohdltlori'scwe, the members of , Gladstone.Local, No. 2314 U. M. W. of A., and citizens of Fernie,. do hereby petitlori.'the Attorney General of the-Province of British Columns that trials,by Jury be discontinued In Fertile. . ■', T. UPHILL,,' ' "- Secretary. The following members of Gladstone Local,' No. 2314i-U. M/fy. of A.,'.have been expelled from-tb©1 organization; for,.the offence: (. ' , y:'; 7 -., v7 WILLIAM BARR, 'senior, Scotch.'' i WILLIAM BARR, junior, Scotch, ," ■ '. HUQH;.BARRp Scotch. ' "■*, " WM.^ARNETT.'.'cblorod.'1 .7 T. DRUMWRIGHT, .colored R. HOWARD, colored^,''.'... i JOHN VENDO; Italian;,' " ' ,y.' PRANK SPROVIBRB;'' Italian. ." FRANK KARDIMONA',' 'Italian ', TONY KARDIMONA, Italian. ■' -., , JOE.SOERIA, Italian. '," ' , ' JOHN JOHN (known'us) Italian'.', LOUISE COROIREA, Italian.-' ■ PETE ARCTJRIA, Italian.' ' 6 MUSTAGIO, Italian. ., . •"• .,v. ANGELO SPINO,, Italian., • • •: f WM.' POTTER, KngliBh. ,;'- . In tjio case of Wm. Barr, aohlor, It is notable that ho had only paid $0.75 to tho organization, ,nnd during tho prosont strike has received twolvo sup- pi I os of provisions valued at ?9,G0 each making a total of ?li4.00 . In tho caso of Hugh Barr, this person has pnld $3,30 to tho organization, and hns received during tlio present strlko provisions to tho.total valuo of ¥54.00. ■ •T. UPHILL'; Secy, QUICKLY STOPS COUQHO. CURES COLDB. HEALS THE THUOAT AND LUNGS. 20 CENTO large practice as that they would probably hear of his retirement before verv'lring.'" . . / ' 7 '-,' \ 7 - The,, question ^turned "on- the..impro- per "feeding of> children, *'and "the witness remarked to the,coroner: "If you saw. what,I see,, you would, be .astounded."/, ,"-.." .. 7 7 ' 77 7 ' - Incidentally Dr. Jelly mentioned that" he and.his .boy lived- bn^'lOs. a. week while he; was working: for his degl-ee. V.You' can."Hyo^'onr4s*."a week';quite well," he "said,—Evening. NewB,'' London., ,>' ' ■.- '■' 7,- -■ '.' . \vl WORKMEN'S COMBINES ; A large'number of workmen are accepting-the,'advice recently gjven in Reynolds's "to agree with the-suggestions'of • their leaders to amalgamated Thus lt,,jis'.that'the Amalgamated So- ciety of Carpenters' arid -Joiners^and >\ the Associated1 Carpenters' and 'Joiners -' - representing 68,000 members, have }ust7 . Joined forces; 'and the textile workers y" of the West'Ridirig of.„Yorkshire have' _y" 'arranged a ,wbrkiiig" "agreement^-; -■A''77H' general meetuxgr7bf "the Provisional". ;'•" Committee for the"c"onsoliatlott'of\the("7 building industries'7-Trade Unions into;' - one industrial organization,'wll be held,,-,. at the'BrckIayers""'Hall, 58i'Soutb.wark-^-" Bridge. Roa^', Londbh^'S.' E. .;7 \v;e:nee&~ ^.^ hardly' emphasize''.'the-'/facf "that fthe'"',-;7, spirit of consolidation is."adva"ncing71n -•*7- leaps and bouhdsV'and 'memberB.bf.aliy ; the.building trade unions are'lnvl^d",tb'i- ' thls'mosC important "meeting.-7Rey- "■ / noMUf.V;^: fy^Vr :"".> 7'" ? 'f-U The .Ledger for Results ».■% 60 YEARS' .EXPERIENCE. v.. I Tbade Marhio . - .. Debiqns - I: CopvriohtbAc.'. Anyone lending s'tketoh and deacrlptlon m»y qnloklr uoarUlu our opinion free whether an lnreotlon U probably patentable. Conimunlca.. ttoMtlriotlTWnfldentuL HANDBOOXonFfttenta: tent trea, Oldeit agency for oecurtng Mttmta. < . Patent* taken tbronsh Unnn A Co.recelv* tptcWnoUn, without charge, In tho Scientific Jhttcricaii. ahmadwrnely Ulustrated weekly, tamest oi jalatlou of any tclentlflo Joarnal. Terms t Oanadt, ta.75 a year, poetaco prepaid.. Sold 1 11 aeiTMealere. ',.., -' ,," > A baadaomely UluBtrated weekly, tamest olr- calatlou of any tclentlflo Joarnal. Terms for . r^ "--far niunn ft Ciy«e8BM»*«*'' New York Brand) Offloe, 6£> V BU Waahlngtoo, V.O... ■ - • -vi-^ I ».-,'"-, V\ fflalBank of (MM& "■'■.V v7; ,.;v- ,, . -:headoffice, Toronto".v•. Capital Authorized ......"$10,000,000 Capitai ",Sub8cribed>-'"v ■' ,6,000,0007 Capital ..Paid7 Up- .. .'.'7 5,944,278 Reserve';Vurid w.:.. :V.".S:' B,944|278^ ; ';t'D7'RvWILKIEl'Prestaent HON. ROBT"jAFFRAyfwici-Prt^-y 7' 7- . ^BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 7« 7 ^''^ Arrowhead, .Cranbrook, Fernie, Golden, kamloops,'Michel,' Moyie, Nelson, 7 , 7- .■ . Revelstoke, Vancouver and Victoria'..,7 .,'7 '.'., -7' j -' '-- y - -. , ,' SAVINGS DEPARTMENT y, 7". 7?".7'/ ■.-.': - Interest allowed on deposits at current rat'efrom date''of' deposit. ' " FERNIE'BRANCH . ,. .GEO' U B.i BELL, Manager "„ i.5 . KENNEDY & MANGAN ,;yv„ \ • .'■■: -,-""'■' NO* TROUBLE;';.v:'';>/i? •\ -"' ..- :• 7 -7</;-.-.:. - -"-- ;'n-t- -'4->' .> had,in,India and Africa in-utilizing.7, -.-Mr. Elephant"'as.a-burden bearer.,<■' ' .^'77 5'.., 7 y''-;>y.-y":-i:':- ' WE' DELIVER" LUMBER FROM -7 y'"',£■'"this yard"-''" ,f' to wherever, you want .It.,;;' You', I .needn't carry it away by piecemeal^ \ 'but-just' askus'an'd we 'deliver it'.asV. ■" you want it. '■*.•>■'. ' .' '-i f.", : -''" ; j.----. ..y\ -. .- 7 y*^'-j7■ 7Y HEAVY TIMBER, SAWED....77' ' ' "»" ' ""7 "LUMBER '"^-'K. %*' ■> '..'-- i. . ■ i -. ; - ■' All sizes at' this yard.' 'i „ '• '. -, •'.;-'","• "-,;;..• '-■.■. '.7'.;7 >■ ■; OPPICB and YARD, MCPHERSON AVB., OPP. 0. N., DBPOT, FRRNIB7. .-j*»' L'nrtlcolo compurBO aul, I'lj'Bra Nuovn," non obIoIo u'ohltto'.noanco Idlnto dl nossuno del mombrl cho.fnnno pnrto dol "Circolo Oporalo Itallrino XX.Sotlombro, M.S." cobI duhlarlnmri l'artleolo fiilso, -. COSMO CRISAPIO, Rob. PRANK BANTONI, Pros.' Lille, Alta, Nov. 1st, 1911, To tho Editor, District Ledger, Dear Rlr,—At a Bpoolal mooting of our Locnl tho mombors passed a roaolu Hon nn follows! "That, wo oxpol tho following mom hers from tho U. M. W. of A/ for . ...uki.if, ill w.li t,i.,.L.i>, (. ■TOTIN MOXTM, Plnvonlnn, wort«1flff tn Tllalrmoro. MUCH MOXIN, Slavonian, worhlng nt Ulnlrmoro. S. ONYBOIIUK, Slavonian, working N. KOBTIUK, Slavonian, working at Ulnlrmoro, i; P. HI.N'Z/AXSKI, Slavonian, working nt Ulnlrmoro, K. HUaBT, French, working at Ulnlrmoro. A. 11U0I5T, French, working at J IMnlrmore. FFIANCIBCO PAftlSI, Italian, working nt Ulnlrmoro, ANOIilx) nuiUTO, Ilallan, working nt Hlalrmore, ANTONIO MI8UIIACO. Italian, working M Uollowc. VKANOI8CO AMERATO, Italian working at Bolleme, For DISTRICT LEDGER Readers 7 '■ v ■ ., ' y .'«' ■'" •'../ '■ '. : ' ' ' V' ' '."■!'• • , ■ '. " -., .■' ".,,.' ."■ -'" ■ \:. " " ■ ' ' - ■<"'.' 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Billiards and Pool i i * VA Ingram, Club Clq^sr Store. Wines & Liquors Pollock Wine Co, P, Carotella. -.'.', ' ,. ( ., How to travel Over the Great Northern , Over the C. P, R, nil Second Hand Store , y ■ ' :-'W JVhen you 're. dry ' i * Mint* Extra ' " -■■ .>, Livery & Cartage Qeorga Barton Professionals • OENTI8T8 . Dr. Barbir LAWYERS * Rett, McDonald and Lane Eckituln dl MoTaggart Law* A Fithar •A.- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Of ♦ * •J * * * * +♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*.**♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*♦*♦•♦•♦*♦* **t .<\ '.'■" ■"■' '* ";^7{;:yy^&7~1y*<y.-x-^""' --V- •'..' -• '•■ -v .'v'"-'.,,\\7.^y'i>7-',''-k''•- \-u ■ "",-.-f ■ "/7-:'7"- &.-■ :•;■*::: THE DISTEIOT LEDGBB, FEBMIB, B. C, NOVEMBER H, 1911. PAGE THREE -y * •• -** ■ ■ 'i &^m;: '^'yyy-y ^\-':M^?.v^ Miy*..;.-A "** "IdtWf^e ^Tnkultikz mdnner; ma^atesL 7>77y .k y- 7'7''-7 &V^ ' •'T-'t-x-'.;;-- ore ,<?-*. -.»-! '«i" .. ■■*S»m;'.. '■, -.•/;,■' WmSKWmL RECOGNITION, v&y i'^V''/:'"-'"'LONDON,—That* the' general labdr J4.^"t-"situation in' Great.Brltainis still-very V,'' unsettled and the prospects of another y titanic '• struggle, between'' the bosses y-v .../and'the "workers ;arb' not very remote, ' \ y Xis^stiowtt by tlie1 following, summary" of k'-'cr- Present ..conditions appearing in the ffib-.' J^abor-Leader/7;'7 r(y iV'Vj'-''. ' ' K f^-V',, yThe*Bltuatiori;on the".railways does 'V 7-^not'grow, less,'menacing.';"'The evi- B{'>' „:r't dence ■ of . Lord" Claud, Hamilton and -,;y. other, directors before7 the ' Railway WARNING This is to notlfy\any'mem-' ber of'the tf., "&.-;"W7,ot.->A- found guilty "oi making-false , statements" with a view* to Obtaining relief will boprosecut-7, "ed and forfeit, all rights,"of membership." .7 -.. ; '" (.Commission cannot be' characterized otherwise"' than. as an insult' to the l^'ySTrade"-Unions, "and'.tbe.men. are justly "4:'%'"indignan£ v4lr. T. Eowth, secretary of yythei General WorkersV Union, speaking- '.;;',',.at Darlington,'on Saturday; urged rail-v ' '\.-wa.y servants to1 prepare for-another 7 ' strike. "It is my duty to tell, you;" he ., '."'said, ','th'at.'I'believe the "companies care • . going W put up a fight, and it is neces- 7- > sary that, you-should "put up; one "as , iy well. It Is necessary 'that' you should y make all preparations* possible,-, be- iy cause all, prepaartions for war are al- - ways made in the time'of peace. -Now-, '*'- ■ we-are'at" peace, get.'on with the - ' preparations a's.quickly as possible." „ ,'., 'f, The revelations during the recent r' -./ strike of the scandalous conditions of .-*,. < labor-on the. railways* aroused' much v '- • indignation, 7and; it' was genrally as- ■ - ' ^sumed'that'wages should be increased. ,J ."The "proceeds of the..Railway Comiais: sion have somewhat wearied, public * , interest, but this opportunity,of secur- ' 7jng!' a' Jiving wage must1' not be lost. ^ ' If •necessary the public must be given ' ,."vanother,' shock.-". y7 3'y-- ' ; ■ The rank arid file are far from^satis- i - fletl "with the 'present',situation. -Meet- "y*^^ings^aiiffover^th?^oMtVy^Kowy"h~at~ ;',„; they', are "'eager to fight for-"a. bold -. ,,;• program'-;;of-^increased , wages and -,-yshorter.hours7. At Glasgow^ the Anial- - ' gamated;,A8sociation of Railway Ser- . -yants have(adopted,a resolution urging '.-^{hat the Anions', should, demand such concessions, whilst at another Glasgow meeting Mr. James Kiddle/an.'engine- 'driver, complained that'.the1'leaders ' were, not • sufficiently militant.;, The1 ' setting up,of the RaiIway{CommlsBlon, 7he said, was, not thowork of,the rank * '.and, flhybut'-of.' the,lenders. - There- ' fore1 the. rank "'and, file had a-right to say that-they would not be tied down y .to any finding of tho commission. " , ; .',, .Many of; .the loaders, .he asserted ; -lloomed'Ho' -hoyo-' lost touch'with tho rank and flleT'but if they .did not put ; on' a firmer front tho men were do- ' terrnihod to kick ovor. tho 'traces and • • lead themselves, l „-r a /■ Commission is, issued.!- '.The official further.stated tbat.a-laVge number-of- applications for' sectional" movements for improved, condition's had'.beeh sent up,to headquarters, but the executive had decided'not to sanction any such movements until after the findings of the" Royal, Commission are .issued, when thes executive state, an entirely new position Vwili" be created, "and one which will.enable any.movement to be much more effective than would be th© case at .present'.'!. " '■' "; "At the time of; writing the strike bn the'Irish railways is, in a,critical'posi- toh. r;-'The,wb6le.' railway.- systemV'^in' the South of the island is completely paralyzed, but' 'division' of opinion is seriously affecting, the strike'.in, the North:"' 'The Amalgamated"Association of Railway .Servants is,not strong in- Ireland, and it.was onlyMiu!response to the Insistent demand 'bf the, Irish executive that,at general [strike was declared. Unfortunately the engineers and'firemen do not. seem' • to bave thrown in .their lot-with the general body of railway servants, ■ and the Irishmen appear, to be'.'rather bitter because the men have'not been called out in England.-The executive, however, are still in-a-fighting mood, and threaten to take", action1'which' -will force matters'to an issue.' • '; -1 -. '".. -'». -• . , '-■- - - •The strike ,on7 the; Great/Southern, the largest, of .the Irish systems, could scarcely ,have7been^ more}, complete. 'The general manager"confesses he'will have .to^clo'seAdoWn'.uhless^the Government comes1 to^hls aid, "and; military engineers have had7to" drljire' tli^1 trains necOssary, for .the'moveimentiof troops. ^Soluiers^ppear""to.""hayeyakSnT,r,tho placV of "engine drivers bn*bther"than merelyz-military' trains.'however.f' The Times\rep6rts'i'"*ait;'' instance lot.> army englneers^drivirij;,'a "regular, passenger, train, and ^the. Dally Jillrror^ has pub-' lifched' a photograph of an ofllcer coal-, in g an "engine.^"' Labor, members'; shouia put questlonsvon,/bls,.polnt\'t6'."the responsible Minister "as soW.as 'Parliament assembles. -' , ■'-.',",''' ", . •' S. " '"I .'- >- 7,,., Magnificent Solidarity . y The soldlarlty displayed "in ,'.' tho strike rivals anything exhibited In-*be recent upheaval. The whole dispute has arisen out of tho refusal of porters to'handle timbers delivered by. blackleg onrters. The Bame spirit has been evident amongst other workers. Mr,' Dont, manager of tho" Great Southorn, Is^ naturally, indignant about this.'' ■.'/•/*,.- - i; - passenger, on board, th© rest, of the crew refused-to sail with him.'. The captain, therefore, left him ashore. , . .. - - - , *. .-- * * ■*v . The "Barry Railway Company shared with *" tho Northeastern _ the ." distinc^ tion of having conceded the' recbgnl; tion of the unions.. Tbo advantages of recognition were illustrated In thev settlement of a dispute which had arisen over the question of a sixty "hour week.' Mr. J. H. Thomas; M..P., had an interview with the general manager on Thursday, and within two hours an agreement was reached.' \.'A:"maes meeting of men accepted jthoterms^as' entirely' satisfactory on Sunday, plf' the Barry Company had '.refused , to meet Mr. Thomas, as is the custom on other'lines, the dispute wo&ld • probably have dragged over'many months with endless,bitterness.and friction. ■,: s'-The proceedings of. the Railway Commission during the past week have been noteworthy by reason of the sympathy Sir cRatcliffe Ellis has revealed, with the policy of recognition of unions'. 7 Sir Ratcllffe is himself a coal ownersj and as an official of an employers' association which has long conceded , recognition to the Miners' Federation:, It is evident that experience Has convinced him of the advan-' tages of negotiations with the men's officials, for he puts this^'iew forward again- and again. Indeed, on. this point, he is .almost as,, relentless ,In catechising, the companies' representatives'as is "Mr. 'Arthur. Henderson. , f'-N '' After the Commission7- * -. • . -. But -the officials seem "to'be alive to thb feellrig'tt'mong tho general body of Vnllwaymon. ? A prominent momber of tho, executive ,haa stated that they ore dotormlnodyto',. socuro' improvod conditions, of labor as the. rosult of ,tho proBent agitation,' ' Tho dxecutlvo ,of tho Amalgamated Association of Railway Servants, bo added, had instructed tholr gonoral secretary to at' onco communicato with tho gonoral sqcrotarloB of the,, other throo unions concerned, aBklng thorn >'If • thoy - are prepared ,to moot In Joint conforenco ■Immediately tho ropcirt'o! the Royal tho work of tho porters by carrying a "I hoar that,the minors ,aro refusing to hew coal for tho timber firms,' ho Baye, "and I believe wo cbuld;not buy broad forthb-mon who remain oh tlils- station hero'If. It were-known thb' broad was.for u».. \Tako the jaunting car drivers.' Legally thoy- must carry anybody, 'and'thoy ban-bb prosecuted If thoy rofuBp7.;But whon' men woro coming ovor to ub ifromvManchoBtor yestordoy the:drivers,of thb-'cnrs wo hnd hired refused-to bring thorn across to.tho city, although the,faro was tondorodl"; .Another Instance occurred at Rosslaro,. whoro whon a sailor on ono of tho' croBB'Chnnnol boats did Home Baked iscuits iciousCake lihful Food maae with CREAM BakingPowder The pro Juct of irapes No Alum ; No -LimePkosolwtr;' , Railway Manager, Cornered .... -The,bevies of interrogations he put to" Mr. Be'asley; general , manager of the".TaffiVaI?,Railway, illustrates' his attitude.''-'';V*"ben Mr. 'Beasley' argued that recognition would mean an increase in- un'on membership, Sir "itat- cliffe pointed out that; 85 per cent of J^l^ffj!Xal_e_e'mployesjeeL-e_already. unionists and asked whether the proportion could.bb much higher. On the question oi penalties for." breach of; contracts on the part of the unions Sir v" Ratcllffe "quite- nonplussed Mr, Beasley, who readily accepted all suggestions that unions should' be heVl responsible. Union payments of strike allowances to' contract breakers should, he urged, be made Illegal. But' Sir Ratcllffe Ellis pointed out tho In-, ovltable, accompaniment to such a pro*-1 posal. 'Do you think "Parliament," he. asked, "would give the arbitrators any Buch power If tho companies rofusad to recognize the existence of the men's societies?" Tho witness was vory much taken aback at this, says tlie Manchester, Guardian, and for tho nip- mont could find no kind of reply. Mr.- Beasley finally admitted that, there might como a point at which 'rocognU tion,, "would not bo too high a prlco to pay for immunity fro nidlsputos and- stoppages." This Is tho first of tho companies'" witnesses to admit this. '"•■ -Mr. "Robert'Giover, of the Groat Western Railway Company, mado an effort to rival Lord Claud Hamilton,in tho Insults ho poured on trado unionists, Tho men's officials he stigma- tlzod aB "known Inciters to bronklng of contr'aots," but under cross-oxamlnn- tlon by Sir Ratcliffo* Ellis onco more, bo admitted that bis porsonal exporl- onco of tho unions' loaders had been satisfactory. Ho admitted that ho had mot and sottlod many disputed points with Mr. Richard Boll and Mr, J, H. Thomas. "Did you find Mr, Boll difficult to deal with?* askod Sir Rat- ellffo, "Not at nil; ho was vory woll balanced, and his knowledge of railway work stood him In good stond, though at timoB ho was out of date. Never- tholesfl, ho did remarkably woll. I freely grant that tho mooting was most Riiccossfiil from tho companies' point of vlow, I say tho samo ot Mr, Thomas.', "To what do you atlrlbuto this *uc cess?' "To tho fact that thoro woro two ppopln meeting together with tho true Bplrlt of negotiation Instead ot twenty or thirty.' "What do you call that 7" Insinuated Sir Hotcllffo, •Anything you llko, Sir Thomau, except recognition." Wn \\\,n fhn ♦rti^fc •«* V.TTT.C3 V.C V-T.- out of dnto" In Iho d^'rlritlon of Mr, Belli Mr. Herbert Marriott, good* manager of tho Lancashire nnd YorkBhlro Railway, wafl particularly Incensed between all grades, a« evidenced in tho aympathetlo atrlkea. Ono section of workors should not bo allowed to strike on behalf of other sections," he argued. "If one section strikes," exclaimed the wltneia, "others whose grievances aro already settled should bo required to return to work or have tholr place* filled without qnetlion of reinstatement. Palling that, one grade by exborbltant demands can stop a wholo railway,' Mr. Marriott «ald recognition was quite unneremry on the Lancashire and Yorkshire system. \V* ftnonM think to when men' aro paid 17s. ed. a week? Mr. A. Henderson has pressed-for a return by the companies of,wages paid, since their lepresentatives have refused to accept the figures of the1 Amalgamated ^Association of, Railway Servants. On,Tuesday Sir Guy Garnet announced that, tho return would be forthcoming. " ,, ' '',-.,' y,The trade unions have determined to ask .the commission to provide, opportunity for representatives to reply ,to the evidence b'f the 'companies. •' "• .The evidence-of the witnesses and the attitude of ' the commissioners make a general forecast of their.report impossible. Recognition of the unions in some form or other is practically certain; although restraints are likely to' be imposed' on striking without extended notice. , In cases' where official support is'given to the breaking of contracts,' the commissioners may recommend' penalization of unions by fines. - * It is1 more" difficult to say what substitute will' be offered to the concila- tion scheme, but the men will probably be allowed representation by union officials!before any board of arbitration that is set up. ' Victory at, Dowlals Steelworks .The strike, at-the Dowlals Steelworks, where 2,500 men were out, has, been settled/. The leaders announced, to, a mass meeting of the men recently that an agreement had been arrived at with the^general manager, providing for the recognition of all the,unions involved, and the "raising of ihe rates of. wages of all* departments,; to the standard prevailing itf'other works. ' The amount, bf the advance "will be settled between'the men's' representatives and the. management.', The men resolved to accept the agreement. Mr. Kier Hardle'M." P., /on being informed of the but- come' of ' thb .* negotiations; wired, "Congratulations on the great victory." '° - ■"„ '■'"■' Four < thousand' men are now on strike at Messrs. Armstrong,, Whit: worth and. Co.'S''works in Openshaw, Manchester.* The firm has offered to grant,." rates'' of pay that have been established by the laborers',, unions at" other, engineering works in the" district." • "The men say a number ,of laborers do not come within the scope of this'/offer, and the firm have suggested a conference between the employers' federation ■ and the men's representatives on condition that .the laborers return to' work pending negotiations. ,. The men insist upon'a"settlement of all' the points in dispute before theyreturn" to work. On' Monday the firm announced that workmen who are -out on- strike are now con- sidoied. to be--discharged. Though son^^ojiJhiymbnljnust_be_alrea'dy- feellng.the pinch'of poverty they show no signs of wavering. , The.-quarterly meeting,of tbe Operative Cotton Spinners' Association recently passed "a "strong resolution In, defense'of *the workers' right to picket during strikes. '"' The "resolution protested against "the unwarrantable attempt at,present being made by employers to induce his Majesty's Govern, merit,to make it illegal to picket during trade disputes,' and expressed the opinion that the law is already sufficiently strong to deal with all cases of breach of tho peace.. It asked that no alteration whatever shall be made that would put tho workers at a, disadvantage In conducting trade disputes in accordance with tho law as it stands at present, Tho Nelson Weavers' Association havo taken a ballot of tholr mombors on tho quoat'on as to whether It 4s v/lso' to contlnuo working with tho non unionists. Tho, result is aB follows: ,0,417 for refusing to work with tiiera, nnd'046 against, thoro bo Ing 1,058 blank papers, Tho official report of tho association' on tho qno«- tion statos: "Wo are dotormlned, with your assistance, to provont thoB poo- pio from recolvln,? lonoflts for which the-) havo not pt.'d. nnd in tho loat tuUiro you will bo askod to docldo whether yci will contlnuo to worlr lo tho samo shod. Wo aro, however, giving thorn ovory opportunity of joining us prior to any drastic action bolng taken." At tho noxt mooting of tho Northern Countlos Weavers' Amalgamation aii application for nn advance ot wngoB, probably of 10 por cent, Is lo bo con- sldorQd, Ruikln College Man Victimized Serious,trouble Is Imminent rogrinl* lng tho^nUltudo pf rolllory ownorB at Northumberland townrdB n young minor who recently returned after a courao of study at Ruskln College, Tho young man Ih being victimized, and othor ox-studcnts have similarly experienced trouble In finding employment. If tho yoimir miner is not ro- talnod tho Executive Commlttoo of tho Northumberland Minors' Association threaten "gravo trouble." Tho demnnds of Manchester builders' laborern for liifrossod wages and alterations of working1 hours havo *">«. ".r.-Mfj-tl L. 'U iw„,M.:i.*.«*, ,/.' tho 'FlmplwprA' VortorfUlon, rvlio iV' cldod to refer th* matter lo a full meeting of members. Unions Balls- factory concessions are mndo n ntrllro will bo declared throughout Manchester The Amalgamated JJnlon of Labor, al a meeting at South Shlolda, has resolved unanimously that tho tlmo has arrived whon the employer* should bo asked for an advance of wages on behalf or the boiler scalers employed on tho Tyno. This demand haa been forwarded to. the employer* accord ingly. "A deputation of the-men- affected was appointed to interview- the employers, y , •;-■' y v The new ferry navvies, builders'.' laborers, and general laborers have won concessions'.from Sir William' Lever. on "behalf of the firia at Port' Sunlight—namely, general laborers, 24s.-a,week;'timbermen, 7d, an.hour, plpelayers and joiners', 6%d.' These rates represent an' increase all round of %d. per hour. , Fifty, girls stopped work recently at Messrs. F and ■ H; ^Hampson's Wigan Road cWeaving Mills, .West Houghton, on the ground that alterations "effected in the. workings'conditions, have Involved a reduction-'in .wages. . The strike, at thb^worstbd'-'mills of Messrs. Fleming, Reid and Co., Greenock, has assumed, large proportions; about 1,500 women workers now, being' idle.—N..Y: Call.-"' THE RESCUE AT THE FIRE By William J. Fielding Money out at interest has no rest. » ■fc Pull compound interest paid , ", , .y '',^'riiy savings accounts of One .dollar and upwards. Every day. of the year'is an interest bearing day," Sundays and holidays^ included. J. P. MACDONALD, Manager.; - £3 i t) Fernie Branch. The firemen brave came racing down the crowded asphalt street, With shouting, cussing voices drowned by the clatter bf horses' feet, As they dashed to the scene'of their ' . labor, a burning house hard by, Which, In its ardent, blazing glory, lit up the starless sky. ■ •, There were engines, trucks and "Cheni- ., Icals," the Salvage Corps and all, Which, with barely a moment's notice, had started'at the.call ° Of a thrilling,,-piercing, gong-ring, a startling third alarm.l Which had also drawn the'populace, as if by .magic charm. The burning house ■ was a - wealthy ,-home in a section' of refinement,, Where classic buildings were laid out in unquestionable alignment. And where the general atmosphere was with'fashion" overflowing,- ■' And ^luxury 'of endless riches in its ■ splendour ever growing. The residents' of the district were of / -'"society's elite, ,i And,' as the cream of aristocracy, were ln themselves replete With ancient-customs and~ti-aditions > ,'• and superstitions of "best blood," Tracing.back to their progenitors to ."- • t'oth'ec, side of Noah's Flood. -.-.,■'•" s / 'Twas' at the ■ hour when the'' theatre . ''. crowds were hurrying home from ■ .'\,the "night,-* ',, ' y '-, . AridaU the curious were drawn along by 'the fire's alluring light,. And they gazed'in awe at the speed _,yaiidj,skill—with-which-the-firemen- 1 toiled/- -7--' .■ -• - .v,-> t_ As the ladders^were,deftly placedbloft and""the girdles of hose uncoiled., Streams were played on blazing- win- ; ,-dows;' the.smoke rose in an -opaque cloud', ,. And the air was-filled"with burning embers,'sparkling, dropping In the , crowd,'", '•' "' ."' '.' ' , - The firemen-worked -with'^ceaseless ', effort, fighting fire with main and might,- iy Striving, with all their inborn ' ardor to lessen'the losses of the night. Many a priceless object ■ of, art, and tapestries famous'in history ," Besides', tho' hoard of treasured antiques whose - sources .were mantled mysteryy. ' And the finest work's of tho modern school, collections world-wide and .,, peerless, , ' . Wero saved from tho hungry, engulfing flames by tho Salvagers, bold and fearloBS. ' I 'Mid tho oxcltomont that prevailed When tho flro was raging-worst, Thero rushed from tho fated building —llko a phantom thing accurst— Ono of the daring, doaperato firemen, and In his mighty arms he boro Tho heavy weight of a fainting woman, jUBt removed from an upper floor. Madamo Gilt wbb tho roBCUod person, a lady famed for beauty's sake, , Who retired oarly In the evening, stif- f'rlng from a fearful headache; /nil sho'sought rollef In pootlilng powders from tho tormontB of tho pain, Hut tho oplntlo stuff beutimliod'hcr In (piloting hor aching brain. 'Twas plainly seen sho was bowilderod, whon vory promptly hIio cumo to, As with uncorlnlnty sho gnzod around hor calculating what to do. Or, as If looking for n mloBlng croa* " turo, when suddenly «ho cried, aghast, "My God I My prodous llttlo darling!" And back Into tho building dashed. Tho iwjoplo shook with Bhocr nm Moment nt the raBhnoHu of hoc action, Hut rtftiizod a child In danger wiib u.ouh'i iu mum) uiatnumoir, Anil ibcy scarcely mgved for appn*- h<>n<;l(in, hardly daring to glanf'1' up, * When, nt hint, Mho daubed out, run- Wi.hoii(--i» tiow-loggod, tiiirulH' pup. L'HNVOI As n leader In hor c!rHo, Madnnm Gilt was qulto supreme. Full of tho most fastidious notions Which wt<ro M<T fn fifR-h oiffvri: And it was by all remembered, 'pen rv-flfiriloo'« rftfm anrrey, Capital Paid Up $2,750,000 Reserve & Undivided Profits 3,250,000 Total Assets 40,000,000 The Bank of Hamilton has made saving' simple—by' eliminatin .gall unnecessary Bank formality. lD ' An' account may be opened with the deposit of one' dollar—even so small an amount .will act as an Incentive to steady saving and will quickly grow to,-a sum worth while. J. R.LAWRIE Agent Head Office: HAMILTON Fronting the lake and surrounded by improved property. A few tracts still available at exceptionally Ipw prices. .Satisfaction assured. Cash talks.. Genuine Bargain Joe Fernie Grafton JD. O. A dauntless plonoor of I.iibor roprc- Honlnllon him paHHOd away in tho per- son of Mr, Uonry Brondhurst, tlio nrst working man member of a British do- vorninent. lie only hold office,for a fow months as Under-Secretary for the Ilom<» Department In the Bhorl-llvod Llbonil Govomment of 1880, but his career hold tho record tip till Mr. John BurnN broko It by entering tlif> flnblnfi. Mr, Droadhurfll, In hln prlmo, wan ono of tho wisest ot councillors nnd most ■ /.wn.Mii rf ,....t- ■ " « t; i' ■"' ... Idnllnnfl Upon which the T.nlmr pnr»v (now builds. Though lio hns lived'tho I life of ft retired veteran for llio post i fow years, ho has not bomi forgtoien j by tho workors whose riiiwo ho served ' to woll Electric Reitorcr for Men Phosohonol »•!««« wrn»n» la th. body »im «ml tiulttr. I'reniMut. dtcjy »iul all ««ivtl H*tll>f*» txrt^J H ««t«. MJMMf|>lM»<t«>l »ivJ m»kejm»»B*»m»n. I'rK.J? I ^vt «(«*-> '"< f^ jriiMfjnnra'f'ircil TU.BwttlMiUUtmf to., m. 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" v* " " - ■ '■ ";?-■:&' y J^blishecT every Saturday inornirig at its. office^ '.. ■ ~^' > " -7 '-•->-. ;7. ■"'■ -v'■;"<-': Pellat Avenue/ l^erriie,' B. 07 -Subscription $1.00 • - ' '-."':»' .- ' ' - 7. ■ '"• y " per year in advance.- An excellent advertising medium. -Largest circulation in the District,1. Ad- ■ xertising rates on application. Up-to-date facilities for the execution of all kinds of book, job ■ and color work. Mail orders receive" special attention. ■t'° * ■, y * ,i ° A " Address all communications to The District Ledger. .J. Wv BENNETT, Editor, "'.*; Telephone No.-48.. ' ,,Postoffice Box No. 380 INDUBITABLE "PROSPERITY. \ , \, 'I 'V" . {- •J'l' ." H bW often have we heard the cry that'coM tions are simply terrible in Great Britain. ..In fact we must'confess that'we ourselves-have.-d.is-_ canted at some ,length on this subject,-.and. we therefore cry mea culpa, and will now turn' pur attention to a subject'of a much ■ more -pleasing character, to wit, "Prosperity." ./. •. ' ;-v ' •' . ., To those-vast .'hordes of individuals, unemployed, unemployable, as well as the-great legion";of those ' who see the grim spectre of want but "aVfew-blocks from their dwellings; .would suggest' they go. hide their rags; still their clamoring and be "content,"as they are the victims, Ave afe lold, of an 'economic law.' Therefore, their repjnings,. though .necbs-7 sary, are unavoidable. -. Perhaps it might .toe as well if these empty bellied,7illy.,clad mortals would' practice the Mohammedan1 fatalism and die gracefully without obtruding their groans upon a "pros- '. perous nation. 7, , ' > ,' 'Of what import is.it that millions are. merely gravitating from the cradle to the grave?, Why discant .upon misery,, poverty and degradation'!; "We-have more solid proof than mere sentiment to ■ .demonstratothe"existence of."prosperity.£' v-c. y,; -;: The .Board of Trade returns for. Octobers-show ■ British ..trade, in imports a& well 7 as "'exports1, has1 increased.," .-Imports amount 'to"'£60,915,620/an.' , „. increase "of £2,804,496' over the-'preccdingAmonth*; ''Therefore, let us'jubilate. "Exports^for t|i^same perio.d;.,were £43,546,303 showing an1, increase of, £5,855,071. - Once again we 'jubilate.*. 7The im7 ports >f or, ten months up to ; 0.ctober7^31st'";'were 1 £550,249,001: 'Exports' ^or'-aj- like: period*&&$: £374,724,190, ah 'increase of ;£63,456,0^8a'ov'er'%f corresponding periqd7of - 1910r/.vHejneeV^'^yill? noticed that"four policemen.were,quite'sufficient force tc/'keep the pathway clear-on Victoria Avenue. Al'sqHliat^at-rro time".was the'traffic of vehicles interfered with.' -On the contrary, among (jtherswc saw a dray; going, by -.with fruit,-and.there, was^io attempt at'rowdyism or molestation. --'The o'n^in-' cident'out of the,'ordinary;' when the "MayoiVwas reading the -Riot Act; was .thetlirowing". of "a. package of foodstuffs, and.this.was7the only, act of the kind that occurred.: The -Saturday* ritgkt.incident when-three negroes were met-and one pulled'a revolver, with whic'h we7,are\info'rme<l'three "or four wero armed, -hawngperniits. dulv7'signed by a resident magistrate,-.thereVwere mine, workers, who gave their assistance" to the"-police in order, that' these men might be,conveyed to'the city-jail. ,'. This is practically," so far as .-our knowledge goes/ of the occurrence ia'Fernie .the sum total that has transpired. . Yet. there are forty special policemen brought into the city, the initiative for this action being taken by the city officials, and out of which there.Js not-the slightest doubt will>• grow a bill of expense to the detriment of the .taxpayers. „It is asserted, however, that the provincial authorities "now fully, supervise the entire situation, hence it js reasonable, to suppose that any further costs will be saddled .upon the ..province.. ,'As a matter Jof, policy, regardless of any respect, .which' we may or may not have, for law "and order that any acts winch constitute or even constrained to be regarded as a breach x>f the statutes must have" a more or less boomerang effect, but in consideration of thesmall amount of provocation, the readihg.of tlie Riot Act and the employment of such a number of Special police,'was not called for. • y - These struggles are simply-an illustration.,of the existence of class warfare, and as such the .meeting between the' operators arid the mineworkers may be regarded in the light" of truce of hostilities, when' .according- to call ,the canons 'governing such, cases,- both the parties are supposed to remain-quiescent until the truce'lias expired/peace declared,-or,the struggle resumed. But such'liasnot ben-the tactics" employed in1 this locality. 7 On the contrary, it would look very much, like a deliberate attempt to .work at;cross purposes.,/ That the .Crow's"Nest Pass,Coal .Co. should take.such action, were it not a ■party to the conference still in session, would be be very ^readily, understood, 1<;but as the situation •really is'.while-with, one hand they are parties, sup- -posfe'dly,; looking towards an amicable settlement, Jont.tJie,:other,.they are guilty/of introducing^ dis- bordantveleinent.. •..'.' ,1... - "Our Letter Box1' Tho District I/edgcr accepts no responsibility for the.viewa expressed by its correspondents. ,Comiu\mic.itioiis wiU.be inserted; whether Signed. by: tho real name'of the wvitcr or a noin de plmno, but tho writer's -name 'and address' must bo given to' the, Kditor as evidence ot good fiiith. In no case" wi 1 it be divulged without consent, Question 7. Question. 8. -Ditto. ...-;":".; Hear!' Hear! I Glad- Idr, •V. >',. . v. THRIFT 'j,j ft iT-TVis^generally.krioSvn;that iri China the cost of * ..".''Uyuig, 'if .such' it- can- be called, is exceedingly iljiw-'jndeed.'kandithere7'^ aeny«tKal prosperity is not rampa:ngm?Gr^^ri^1 nt^on/even'^orig the'Orientals, from which; per- ain, when we have such''conyincingCproofnh'at^.O'ur." v,a'£- ISXk AV"♦!.«!, ™^™*B in n^nAn ,v,„,v +„i,„- .' . -• ■; Fernie^'B..C.;.Noy79];"h^priV To'.'-th'e-Editor,, District Ledger: ••:;.>-*-, - Dear' Sir,~AJthoug"h tho editor .o£ the JTree Press has replied to the^^questions put -I an say also'-'that he has not answered them,, at least, not'sat- isfaetoriiy,, to those vitally interested,' viz7, 'the mineworkers, ,., * •"*"!.' Though there is little doubt thathis intentions to serve the capitalist .c'jass to the best-of his ability are sincere his incapacity to. delude tho workers, in the. interests of ""that class Impair-.his value.- As evidence of tho'truth otthls statement .the' reply, to-; question ,r'e Compensation is convincing. ' '"-y "It death is due to neglect, on'the part..bit the employer compensation should'be„paid,'-, ••/. ,>..'-'.''. Taking the,above as a basis .upon which compensation would ...be ,pald employers' profits would not. be;.materially affected. .. 6- y\ " '', 7 '' ; ■ Question 2. 'What 6hould;an experienced-miiier, receive for ajdays'j work in1 the ^ mines? '«./:; \. '-He does .not say "I Ho not-know,"., directly, but in essence.that is the,interpretation of "all that the prevailing business .conditions will Justify.".-''"■■ . Question 3. "Appreciations t are, in order.here as Mr.'Editor is himself/ or as tie should,be, honest in,his reply. W7e arg not agreed, needless to add. If permitted can discuss this at some lator date.;.. "7.,'" « ,t.Questibn.4.Dodged! -'Simply dodged —that's', all, .' -. . -; ; ' ""Question' E. ,-Not surprised in the least as It,is what might be expected from so intelligent a man. "Get additional.- employment, seek other employment, go to work for himself, or reduce his money outlay for living." - - ~.y •- , . The'above mental (!) effort is'bo weak , that,! it, seems almost like attacking-a-; small, boy cripple to expose it. - "y y!,. . '_ ■',"' "Get additional employment.';,y'As we are'dealing,at<this time wifn'th'e mineworkers let; us apply this piece of advice to their case. .' '.' , ■ When the mines are working a miner must get-up about 5 a.m., get rigged' up" have a;quick-swallow. breakfast and get to.the train at 6 a.m; He is in tho .minejtntil'B p.m. At 3.45 7he gets the train for Fernie; about 4.30 he may.be h'oinefv By 5 o'clock he should have 'finished -.his 6 course and now our. friend . suggests that> if he has not .earned what -is' necessary_at Jhe^ stone Local should'.meet'.with" .his "ap. proval as we can prove' by seye^tyeafs connection with it;'-v .•-'. '. .;'. y* .^ -■.Question 9 and-10.7Claimed that we are inerror-in.our remarL^'is^so,''Free' Press staff accept apolpgie's, 'pleabej • \. 7;Regardirig-_ the $50*. proposition;-let' us be candid. "• The kind "of men^jsug-'* gested as judges is. not"; acceptable" as' by' their works ye" shallv.kno'w Jthemi*" There are others', tbo.*yy -."7 - ■ 'T-' "In reply to 'ques'tibn^^as' a believer" in a democratic-union',as;,*Der.'the.Ob-'" ser'yations' made^let,|'the,5lette'r of' the'" /'Union' Man" bb,^sont»inAJ'fo,'bo ■ read at the next mass meeting'bf'ttieminers' so that it c'an.be:,a'scert'a^ne.d7whe'ther, the writer of the letter is:a union man", in' good standing br.'no't. :}■ <■ t) ^ -' 7< S>This is a challenge. \''J';,7 •'■%■ -.""' T.^:i€^KD.Efl^^N"K 1 J-fT af&©@lVtMER^E *7 ■ ■?& i f-LS ' ,-.»v^: «->y '■'■; :*■''^ySIR^EDMUNDwWAUKER.rCV.ar, LL.D., KC.e, PflfeSip^NT;;^;:^ ■'.- \A7*- CAprrAiS^::$io^6obi0.op-.:.::- ^w ^^^^psig^wop^^^'1 ""The editor charges,nib with playing' to the" gallery.,.",.,If'.we interpret this,' to mean that i'am seeking popularity"; wltli the mlners-^Ye'e,! . 'Quite correct, and if at any tlmb any niimblo effort of mine, even to writing let'ter'sllke this,' will help lri the struggle I am glad to bd' of service and ifl ban'point out any case^'whero the' interests, of the miners are opposed I shall not hesitate to speak out in "court*'. "y" •'"'■•: ,. Th'ese.'are my 8«ntime*tH, and I'do not hesitaie to,-includ« the editor" of" the Free PresB.aB one .who h'as ^ellber; ately tr^ed to vsowfl'disBc"nBion, among the miners, arid, by so doing cause thb men.tb mistrust their officials by his; hints al- mismanagement; . ^l ~ ' *' I willingly admit thatin,tbe building of the Hall mistakes were made, but- who has not? .'..Certainly,not the City" officials" (!) nor.yet do I think that' tnere are-many others that can be considered Infallible. . •! ' ',- ■ What'would'the. editor of'"the Free, Press have to say if the Board of Directors of the Miners Union whenever, get a cent for their labors were to .vote themselves five dollars, for each regular, meeting they attended and two dollars and a half for each special, as, well, as a good salary for' an ineffl-] blent chairman? . •'" V. y„ •' What a denunciation there would be" and what crocodile tears gushed out for the poor miners-and their, families!, " 7.' ', ■"■''' , * Iri conclusion,' I'll acknowledge'that. I prefer "to "'play to the gailery% :those fighting for a" few more crumbs' rather, than'do the dirty'work of any coriipany no matter'how riiuchor little there was' in it 'y-7 - " ' \ y '.*£jyy::, ' - •" \ '"'' '7 Tours etc.,:'c.^7 i- ~y .. •' ■'' " . » ^J. LANC'ASTER: The amount of these draft8 is stated in the meocy of the country".wh'^e they-aro'psqr-': ^'y .able; that is the v aro,-.dra.wn< In sterling, franci, barks, 7tire, kronen,'florins j yen,'.":~ "!_•'-•. ■ Uels, roubles, etc;,"ai the cue ma/be.^ Thi«,euure«~;that tha.payee abroad ^ai,,--;,",:,.'.' : receive theMtu^^oiuk |oten'ded.^. '■,'.- * X','';-''5fJ> ,7^a«>7-'""7 ?>%'?&*r%*&9\" vr'.- ,4, '. FERNIE BRANCH-I^^Kf.'I'-y'. : *' ',' ,>'- c£JH\ s:^D^k,>'Mahaaeri;'.t? '% ' ?—r .> ■■. -afc'4 ','■"* v(i '' trade'shows such phenomenal:develbpmeiit'. -,'. 'Of' ,. cpursb it may be Imentipned, Uuli this is merely M "•sthe'way, that it is only-those who <are entitled<.to. .be considered soiiiebodies'-tliat en joy'.the, benefits .of this glorious state of affairs,' arid "the gre'atniasr bf tlie others should be perfectly "satisfied to know ' that -though they are.' merely, getting "Ybave > sub;-1 ■sistence that they are accorded perfect freedom- of. action'in waving flags,' yelling about our greatness,^ ■ and singing patriotic 'anthem's. ■'' 7•■'-..7. ■ • > y y, i <■■ ■ - '' * •■'.'• -'S'- "'' • ' "' "• ■'■'•"'"'...'■'-.l»!;.'7-','.' ',, If tlio ^prosperity of 'a, fo.wi"should. 1)6,'ehhaiicea' so' marvollou'sly,, and. poverty, increased'dnyerscly/ • we may'in ,thc riot distant future* expect-that tho •two'points between prosperity find poverty',will be" still further extended. Yet why, complain,..this :is only the workings of an "economic law"f"Tcr- Mps.but this is more conjecture,; some of the in-, diyiduals who aro in tho poverty column may be '<!ome obstreperous'enough'to object to, this st'n'to' of affairs. , But wo feel the country is safe, and .will bo safe, whon those who make tho law to order, in order to conform to their, notions of law .and order, will quickly, bring to their aid tho'sb loyal adjuncts, the police, tlio military and tho .judiciary, thereby preventing such a dire'extremity hs tbo reins of government being wrested from-thorn by the mob element. " ,■,.' •..,;,-„/ 4i Since penning tlio above lines wo hayc noted an" nrliclo' in tho Calgary Daily Herald "Prosperity Deadens the Spiritual Life," henco wo arc between two stools Jlowcvcr, wc think tliure". should bo enough nf thoso to whom prosperity to only a name , (whereas its dearth i« a reality), bo that thoro should bo no difficulty in discovering quite a largo number who aro in a* fit Ntntc of receptivity to nro'uRo tho spiritunl life. ' ^fiajjsV.sbme of their prototypes in Canada may take a'ffw.liints. '"",'• ' -; \y • y '.• ; ''".Statistics have, been compiled showing the am- ount of the time wasted in. combing and braiding .of'the queue.. • Fifteen minutes of the best hours of every-man in China, and perhaps onthe average .it .takes," twice as long with'the barber's time."' -■y.Tijne/is cheap, worth on an average about ten 'ceriVs.Vda^yV.so';that each .Chinaman's queue will iigu^y^at'-'soraewhat near one cent'a day, cost of u$l<e'op;br.down keep as the case may be. ^Multiply. ,"this:,Kjvthe number of males, over fifteen years of ago;in,tIip' country, say 10,000.000 and by the number of days in the year, you gct,$350,000,000 wasted bri'tne pigtail. Then Ihqrejs tho item of queue cords-figured at,$20,00p,000.'" Then it is estimated thaV.tho queue by rubbrig upon the cont or gown means'a.loss of about;another $20,000,000. 'Hence we have'a moro "detail o,f about four hundred-million dollars lost in a year, ■ Wo give,the abovo figures for the benefit of those who enjoy making mathematical enilculla- tions as to how much the miners havo lost by not working. In other words we give them tlio " cuo.'' It might be incidentally mentioned further in tho case of the Chinaman that it would bo rather hard on tho harbors', manufacturers of cord as' well as c|oth but this is the way theso superficial arguments on bohali! of certniii subjects work around in a vicious circle fTho fact is things aro not what thoy AOu'in, and tho dabblers on tho surface of things aro •in many- winch too intellectually lazy to dclvo in deeper, expecting Ihoir frothings to bo accepted holus bolus, ■■ mW^ ■. i-"^S - aivvObMLr BLAIRMORE LOCAL UNION7 h..\ ,1 -'.,, <'.„>■■ !•' ^ . -^I*i — A CALM REVIEW OP CURRENT EVENTS I T is our intention to review calmly nnd dispas- Rionnloly tho incidontfl that have transpired during tho last, ton days, We will state facts as we know tlicm, both pro and con, but if thero should lm nny oniisnioiis it i« Ih'chuno of lack of knowledge regarding them and not with intent. Since April 1st until the present time normal conditions in the conl mining industry have not ob- 1 ained throughout the Crow's Nest Pass, but in tins review we iiiiomi coniimng our "DlworviittoiiH to the iiniiieiiiiite Ideality, because a recapitulation of incident* thut have taken place throughout District IH would be entirely ton lengthy for so tthrtrt nn article. 'tiiv news was Haslied Uiroiighoul the length and hrendth of the land after the Hon. IJobt. Hocrers luul met tho District Kxecutive, that tlm strike wns Kcttled. This was premature, otherwise, there woidd have been but little necessity for nny comments The Crow ';i Xout V.vm Co.vl (*o. IaawA notices, as per eopy in last week's issue, Some individuals went lo the mines and upon eoming down in the train were greeted by catcalls and do- riwivp yells. j\ f.lrike.lire«ker ehiimH lie wns struck stones were thrown, some pnnes of glnss were shattered at Un- Hnrr imuse null nl*o in WeM Kernie. 'ihe day when the mayor read the tliot Act wc PIT REFORM CLOTHINO mines- he shb1ild"'"get additional employment,'^ .'.'.Wonderful jvords, wonderful -words!'' -.-• . ; ' r" What 'doesVithb editor suggest i he should do? Take In washing, go .out nursing, .either physical or mental,' or, ■What? ,.'v ,| .. Perhaps "he might breed running dogs and, practise sprinting stunts when taking ,them„ out for an airing. If this clever editor would take a. little mental exertion and look below the surface of things surwy he would see that,whatever branch of Industry that be examined that there are more men to do tho-work, than there work to bo done,"'otherwise why is there so much unemployment,-and why Is It that strike-breakers can bo recruited. Having made tho suggestion that a man should seek additional employment, if ho4wishes to bo fair jt's iip to him to explain how It Ib to bo secured. Such expressions but, shoV how llttlo ho knows of tho work a minor has to do and tho conditions' undor .which ,ho works. ' Ho knows not how physically exhausted a miner Is after toiling hard for eight hours in dust,'darkness, gas and heavy atmosphoro,1 or ho .would not oven hint nt moro work. ,Wo cannot soo behlod each other's minds but maybo thnt by going to work for himself or. roduco his monoy outlay for living that tho suggestion Ib convoyed. Do a bachelor, keep his own houso, mend bis own clothes and cook his own meals, Excellent! Groat! Now lot us soo how .ho might roduco further his outlay for llvlnir. First tnko tho ordinary bill of fnro. Tlronkfant! Itollod Oats, Bread, egg, bacon and toa, Lunch (In tho mlno): nrend and chooso, or Jnm nnd cold ton, Dinner: GlnHB of wator, mny bo soup, Potatoes and mont," and porhaps othor vogotnliloH, l-lco pudding, n cup of ton. Wo snld six courses—count them, Bun- dny, spoclnl, plo and enko, Tlio abovo lu.tlio avorngo bill of faro Tlio minor's wlfo bollovos In and practised tcoonomy In tho Iioubo, has but fow dlHlioB, nl though thoy must be lis fliilistnntlnl nn conditions will allow oh tho character of hor husbnnd'a work exacts It, If mldltlonnl economy can bo of footed without (lecrenslnff efficiency, tho Prco ProsH Editor' mlgbt wrlto nn og- sny upon "Hints to Ifouiowlvoo," Tti"»"'> In IHf. ♦Vmi»»M flr11p*<i ...» ef-T.t our pdltnrlnl «frllw Tnlfrli*- ndvnrntfl, thnt tlio minor Bhould rut out his ton cont plug of tobacco, bin fifteen cent picture show, send out of town for his purchnHOR, If ho cnn.snvo flvo conts on the' dnllnr lot hi* hntr i^rnw Innn' and go nrouiul lmtlo«s, ooaso spending his roon^y, for lK«r, otc. This Ih about an sonnlblo to HUggost on It would bo to toll lilm not to In- <lulgo In motor earn, oxpenslvn clgnrs, six or seven dogs, two dollar shown, i»o or ihrcn wives,, flvo dollar balls, champiume nuppers nnd brldiw pftrtlos. <'ut rtown rxponitesl Cut down expenses until n standard of llvlnir I» reachr-d tl.a* a CblncMi stmndurd would look Hkt» n feast of n»i*chu« In eom- pnrlHon to that advised by our Intollec tuat g\iid«. ,; Quesllon <». ivrTfwtlj' Mtlsttiw*. I ~\.'.>:-'.', j.TBlalrmore, Alta^pyT?,':&tl To the *Editbr,-r«strtct Ledger:7i .'.-:'•. Dear ,Sir,—At a regular meeting of* Local 2163 I was Instructed to forward to. you names of menVho had started work In.""Blalrmore Mines.-' T'he"follow ing are some of the names: ' - T/ ' ' JAMES RUTHERFORD, ■ ' v DICK HEATHERLEY/ ...' "7 JAMES MAY, . „ ]l : - ,',,'" . WALTER MATHIESON, 7 ■ , "V •' ,f' ■ JAMES PAYDEN,. , ,."'.' ,,, . -„> WILLIAM'TURNER,- ■; \ ''. ,- - SAM SMIDT,' , '.,'",-. -\, JOHN JE^NINidS,". ' •" ■' ii PAUL GERMANI, " FRANK' ROSSI, • , ,, s '' GREGORY. SHOFFERTY, ' JOHNMOREN, MIKE M03CBN, '"-'• • .CARMELO PARPETTA, .,'- MAT,'GREEN, THOMAS FABLO, ' TONY ASGRO, , ;, v ' ■ There riro others, whoso names will appear sbortly, *;;" ' ' , ■ • '■ ,( B.'CHASE, "'■■■" ,,. - Sec, Blairmore Local 2163 ■ ■ . i ;. o "Fbralo, n.C, No7.*C- To tho I'.JItor, nislrlct IjOdger Uenr■ Blr.—If l.h>» enrJrsod cll.j|)-iu -•■»n ln»' put' In viir pnper wHIioi'*. charge for advertising I think Its Insertion would bo qulto in ordor. Thanking you ln advance, .■•>■■ I am, Yours truly, RIOT, ACT. LISTEN E it, WHEN THE RIOT ACT IS READ "Tlio final stago of nny great disorder lri tho world of labor Ib when tho magistrate. Is by law compollod lo read tho Riot Act. That Act alms at tho suppression of all tho mutinous elements in the world of strife by tho application of superior forco—the forobof authority. Sim- Hnrly, whon tho olomonts or functions of tho human system become deranged or' disordered, tho supreme authority of tbo body—tho stomach —assorts In authoritative fashion Its final supremacy over (ill tho other mombors. To koep tlio stomach quiescent Implies tho subjugation of all the minor organs. Tho brnln thon becomes clear, tho oyo bright, tho musclo ton bo nnd springy, tho 1|V(iy floHw Ol/> n*rvnK nn (oil* nn fine drawn flteol. This Is whnt rnn nlwnyn bo necompllshod by tnklng a rogulnr doso of Pllli. Thoy govorn and control ovory dliord r of tho humnn organUntlon. Thoy nre sn lnf«11Hilf« remeilv fr\r rnn«tl- pat Ion, indigestion, flatulonco, nausea, blllousncBS, acidity, heartburn, palpitation, and all stomachic and Intestinal troubles, Have cured millions-will euro you. Sold by all chemists and stores nt is, l% and 2s. M. jwr box. "jw polite, but firm with your cb'emUt, Pills, please. No others will do. McosA-weli nil Storo, Fernio. 11. li. SMobb Gun 8T0P8 C01WH8 o™MTtrewMM Nothing but the Best in FresK •t, jn- yand-'* Smoked *• Meats, Fresh. and ^!7Smoked;^-Fish", Dairy Produce, Poultry v Etc. Etc.,' go to '4 'A, M MARKEf 8AM GRAHAM,. Manager CO. PHONE 41 ^'i/l •A' ■ ■ :'' >-':.'' --•'-;''■-'' ?.'1 ;'-"' l"i; -' 1-'.1 ■\i'..'K'' v ™U- >-,*'' -.^'.tA,. ^ '.'■..■.«. --.:,.^r--;. ;7 m^syyyy. < w y^y>. ytymAyy yy 7,>#y ^.-An U*l^nat\ &?w&$&m2?i -^r;'"..'; -.),V y,7c7y-4-y;i." .;,-.■ .',.; v■V''i'v>"',.v"^V/'"^. 7y^7',;7'y',^'*7 \ir 1 >;-. '.', ■',-,. -- ' At"''- - J': -.5- ''•<•'<-..•*,'■, ■' -■>'.'-• -■,* ■ " " V] .-.-■Il ,1! *■>. i.': --'ii..- <;+ th(afc; tioA iiiariy sizes •■• -- j* ' 90c to $3.50 ' l '** ' *f J.D,Quail . TT H E "Universal"; Spodf " Chopper chops oil kuids \ of food,' whether meat.';"! or vege'tablekr- rawor cooked; —as coarse;,' or. fine as wanted—* rapidly ...and .' Does in x^'ywMy-.; away entirely ". with the drudgery otthe . choppinp; knife and' Buy the genuine "Universal." 77;:a ::y"^ • 5 , GET.'bNE^'->&r' ■l > *tjr:ce. » ct«r» The Comfort Route East I I, Closo conoctlons with tbo main lino trains. I^bngsr^Iubor, wldor , $; norths, Individual berth and sent lights In sleeper* alid conches, j; Vncum cleaned, Hlectrla llgbtod on-time trains, thb latest models from pilot lo tall lights. - ,'- J. S, THOMPSON, Agent, Fcrnfe Phone No, 161 P. O. Box 305 Ledger Ads Bring Results '"Jft. WirtHfeJife" *.*• •t-%<'^^-^<.5'"V;t<5«^^,ej-^i&. *fst;'-*rs*£ ti-ShsaStQn^* ??.*/. --jj>""-^r-^ .^1-isi. i i-y;- -.> '".^'"'.Tf?'^ '"' "''. TaVS ,' ' '> 7Ar :?t\ / -', *,%'■ ^•^-5'-' -"SB""-'-' TOE. DISTRICT; LEDGSEj^ PEfilWE, B.C., NOVEMBER" 11, 19117 PAGE JTTO ->#,..,,..(,..-,■ £ . . il%W1mmmmml\..f.m&^m± mmmmm*§XW^m9'mmW*mm.:. 'AmWWtmm.^'m^mfmW -, „ M -..'R&flk " ^KSlK „" . 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S;ip;<^$:$$. •• «'•:/ r;--.^' - j :■ ■«.«»' • «7 * - v.-: v"' ■'*- »"i>'' •■ ''■*." 7,- '-' > - l-.Pellktt^V'AycV;^^^] : y y^;'^ \i^7yy -■•„ iv.-.y''"'^ 7 S','-'' Tv":.'' iSflttTii Ir,-- ,-^y.-'Bar!; supplied^withrthe-best1 Wines, »' ,-.'.;-' -7 ■ Liquors'.and Cigars , y." bl&iNG^BdOM ^N/ CdNNEOTibN W.MILLS,; -»Si!' iv^t.' Prip :M. '..-.-i ■ •;' -''-.-,.«■; v';V.iW;<\e.,'•'■'".■ .-.- " (♦■rrr.?' e m an Hotel W,H: Murr -> Prop^ v.- i!'*. > i You're always welpomo here ■v. Clean Rooms) Best of Food and every- 'J •'".,'." attetitioti;'.*-' *") THOS. DUNCAN^; Passburg I hour,' shift' until r-T^esday;*-'-wlth tbe reBUlt,- that. qn£-Wedne'sday,v.moniing 'owing'^o aii^^asterl^'-wi'nd bl'owfng ]th|ce."w^na'drift's' i'n'malij"; "places three oV;rou'r'^etid^p.;l^.v'^l»7 j''^, , 5 Six Jspeclal pbllcen^enjj;ar«7,at "pre- wnt?^time^.;here^an4^«« may' isay aro'ilajgeiy^'s^ faVthe ^"arigry moVs'-^tbey; are'oBtenBibly"Kere for the' purpose; of suliduing.'are ^conspicuous by'^thelr1. rari'fy.7;'f' 17 7 -"-7t, v:.' "• • by'\thelr-rarity.' , .vMr.-; imd^^'^(Je^'o;Brt^-\hBy«j taken up';theirresidence! In; thieVhouee thisT; wi^fe'artd'Vlir'ji^um^hls' diitl«s sb';' xpl^l b jtex^^vj^.&^&^t'toer! seryloes 7in- the; Methodist -.Church .next Sunday. -.•'Thevplne^h'ra^B.a'and.,-mules. were' brought in, fronilblse^. last week,, preparatory to jthe.^'resumptiqn of; woirk" .whicn;,is'e^pecte^ to takejpjace* in-tbe nearj-tuture-,-!.>,-'■'" .'.'•''' •'•- 7, ,',• ;'A number'of old Creeldtes wandered back'thlnkln'g'by^thejreports that,have' been;so widely-.scattered' through', the press ",'that the t strike -was. ended and that work'had-heeS'resumed.'t'j,./' > ■'• MrSjjWm.' Wheeler, is visiting friends near'Jaffray ^this.weekr, 7 ~'\\ ' -''\ *The jsonvand:".daughter'' of 'Herbert Lanfear'came ln-'°'fr'6ni Qateway^Mont., last weAjerid. ;'lKy'?;'f y ':i :' 7 !'--vy;'7.'',;>SadJ-Accldent c'% ''-".> ■ ^On Thursday^Mornlng/'Mr., Jjinath^n Atkinson uppn-'arlslng'-ih' tbe morning'' found that consequent upon the sudden and severe weather tb"at,the water pipe had' f rq'zen'!ii^ an'd Jfiett burst 'deluging* the kltfehen.oi,7"\v^ereupon''"he rushed out .tor;rthe1,"purpdseiof .getting ^soine- th'ingl.witti which, to -make'a' hole in' the floor to'allow the water to escape, .and^' not.'noticjrig, the 'wjiijeCJLhatiwas iianglp^;* inr'th'o' ¥asTiibbiifs'|/ Struck -hi»- €ye7agalnstVit"with^su^Jgroe;""la^ ingX-il;! so, badly/.thatVgrave;tfea"rs are ;'i- .. ,t. - ^,-^V...-.- *'- ' \,. '*v', "rt ' .. ... - maidens.who went to Revelstokevsome time ago are returning to;our, fair; city, They are still single too'-'--•;■"""", < ' .TOM HARRIES GOES'TO; NELSON •7>,. ■■ 7- 7 -".- 7 7:*y£.;: - ■""On.-the first* of the current "month no less -than' nineteen ■• informations' had been la|d against-varlouB'mine" workers which were finally dealt with on'Wednesday- of this .week. . Practically all the cases TT^ere ' concentrated' in the trial of Brother Thomas'^G. Harries'. L. .P^.EcksJteln; appeared for the defense'ahdHarry Herchmer for the prosecution.", -"A,, number of-.witnesses were' examined and / cross-examined; and a final conclusion; was' reached about three, o'clock, whenvStipendary Ma^strate'*i;S.' T. Alexander imposed A^Bentence of t thirty days,7wifh •hard' labor>-without the option of a'fine in the',gaol,'at Nelson. ' ' ' y"~ ■,"Whei^\the local train cam* along" auit* a.crowd;congregated at the sta- ;tio*k->t-;Nata\\(Niew' Michil)' 'to'f give qur'brother a'.rousingsend-off by slng- inV'He.Va' Jolly Good^Feilow.":',. He was not,.' only 'escorted • by; Constable Gorman, but likewise'.as 'farj'as Fernie by'seyerafof'the other brothers.- One of these-entered into conversation with Harries/;much to the-wonderment of the officer in charge, who had been1 under the impression that he was escorting an English speaking man, and was wondering, whether or not upon reaching'.Cranbrook it would be necessary to look- up a Slavonian Interpreter. (P.Si—They were', talking Welsh, but don't-tell anybody.)-: Hachkehschmidt" and - Gans were in' Fernie* On Thursday accompanied by their manager Emperor Julian. Father Meissner is back in town and has'resumed his labors of spiritual shepherd and likewise we are informed ony reliable authority showing • his zeal 7 for ; the /.material ' well be- inr'b'f;,-i— of ?. ? ? (fill Itiltrie'name yourself,'„dear reader) by- .counseling- tbo mine workers to go ba"ck-£6.work"regardless of the organi- zation.-"11^Althoughv there is special'' police to'protect the'm,the alleged s'ug- gestipns were -not conducive to any stampede to the lamp'house.' " ■*' ., is^at^preB/ent-an*lnmate-pf the-Fernie" Hospltai'ljree'elving' medical * attrition, which,iit'iB to,"be1 hoped;may result In ttie'-saylngfof' thfe'islglitf. ■./,,,;.);' % *rfVt^'-'-t','-.' p-^-Kv""--', rv'-''-'• -'. '■■'.- ■ • ^^^'''•M!|p'HEL--N'eW8-; .'..■'«'_♦ .<j(^rf^;""V.' : ,'>'!;':{';'')>s.i^,V''rr.7..'t, ., '"^ <-:,i" V A. Policy, Ih a soldlor to help you In the. OutWU Oi law, , yUuU >wUi , i'Ii33d3jj,w Jjj* lu'uahi, ' , ', ■* "" "l I ' ' ' , You Feel . Free You know thnt wood and stono may bo destroyed; but a policy '.n our company Is Indoitruct- Ible, Whllo tho houso Is burn, lng tlio policy changes Into money. M. A. KASTNER Inturance Real Estate >^dn^.M"onda^ 'nlghti-fast'^d^noe was, given~by, Messrs/"Porter/"and Johns; Light- liquid refreshments were served and among tlie, latter., was a new'brand of.; lemonade,-which .^o (.understand "a copyright Isi toJje'applied fo'r'-under thb Puro^FoodB-Act.,. -. Thp„.name this .will be jvlfccod on'the market ,w|th ls '.'Lor nionddo ala Rockfellor,". Dancing wad it*optri^P.until■ the, small hours of, the morning.'. y.'<';. '!, ;-;, ■,' ;*_ ;, *' ■. On.Tuosd^y.nlght'a goodly .crowd at-' t'onded,.CbaB7b1Il'rl,Dn,8,talk on the all' Important subject,'';; Deep lntoro'st jfvas Bhown thOrolri an'3 numprous quostjons wore' asked. ' Had the weather been- moro favorablo Itfls' likely that only tho' minority' of'our citlzoffs 'would havo been absent, on .this "occasion, "'The grand .football,'match .between thb'HaB' BoonH, -and tho .Maybcs proved of grbn't lntorost,^iind?VoBulto(l In a victory to tho.la'ttor/liy a score of thrco goals-to► one; „' ■' .',•'' '■ ".•Mrs." Pnlmor.jiof .Krng,* was vlalling Mrs, Laurons'on during tho week. ' On'account of Uio c'ontlnuod sovoflty of thpewoathor prevailing, and deBplto all. efforts on tlio part of thoso attend' lng, tlio fans - rind-piimpB a comploto shut d,own was ncccsflnry bo,ro on Wod- ncBday,"; Tlio ilghts which wero temporarily abandoned, h'owovor, wore put Into ftbdpo,bo that the fllcUor was ,vlsl- bib Intb' Iri'tlio'earning. Normnn ^rftsor, formerly Buperlnton* dent hero, .spent several days In the communl|-'y admiring iho sconory. Skating imrllofl aro now'the ordor of tho day.yWp refer to tho Ico skates,' nnd nii'.to ^ho Elk Brewery combination.,' ■ .^v- '■:- Word hns bcen'recelvod from Carver that ho Is'willing to'moct anybody who will comply with tho limml regulations dealing with fistic artists of tit's class, Tills Includes Chas. Burrows, to whom wo would uay.'Cltlior coma'through or quit tnHting. '* Talk, Is cheap but »Vi(Ml«'« *<rt\l^4»< '' ' '*" "'Al it " k** WA .' . i •■' ' tjnilo n number of ntpr-rt mlncru arc M$rvinB'*ftpprc'nl!co8h!p ns wooij but- chors.and porlinpa noxt July lnt sports wljt nM'ft neVformnnce of how lo cut Itoon with tholr feci In n washtub, Vonosila, mnd^ a run up lo Fornlo. this woek^ y 7;fi ■ ' • < ReRardless of tho fnct'tlint we hnvo hdi qulto a largo Increnso In tho popu- laiJon In Michel of special police the Inr.iJ Tbis MM fi not yot coupfflff- Tlireo ol' the contingent of Michel . ' ■ ■""".,, . . ... —...' - . . r ' - ' • * v "i "ft „"***" r they are anxious for-,peace";'yet .the chief magistrate • of the city issues permits to three colored men, strikebreakers, to carry guns, thereby inciting riot rather,than'promoting peace.' ' "Therefore we emphatically protest against'the said 'magistrate's action! THE EVOLUTION OF THE \ ."IMPOSSIBLE." AGRADELY PRAYER Give us/Lord, a bit oV "sun, -mt"0'- wark*an,,*a bltro rfuu^ Give uB.aw.'r th' strlfe'and'. splutter7 Eaur daily bread; ah* abit-o* butter; Give us health, eaur keep to make, , '■ An| a bit to"spare for poor folks* sake; Give/us 'sense,'for vb're, Bpme, of "us 't . duffers" ,7 '',, -. ' An' a heart tofeel, for.fiw that suffers. Give us, too' a bit,of song, An' a tale an' a book to help us along; An' glvejis ajhare^sorrow's lesson, That we" may pfoveTHeaw grief's a ..-. - blessln'. ,-• . Give us, Lord, a chance to bo Eaur grade!y best,.bravo, wise and a-,. free; ,i Eaur./gradoly ■ best for oaiirsels an* • ""'' others, TH aw men lnrn to llvo aB brothers. Thank God for th* children in eaur cots For tb7 babbles wo love doar, Thoy 'molther us an' brelk eaur pots, But Thank God' that thby'rb horo. —From a Lancashire Lad on strlko. ■ That Frankenstein conjured into existence by the "concentration bf capital the general strike,' threatens once again to return,and paralyze'the,British railroad system, unless higher.wages and fewer hours are conceded. -"• Having achieved a slight measure of-success in! their recent trial-.of this method of bringing the master class' to termsi .and what is Infinitely more important, seeing the vast possibilities that it opens up for massed action, it might naturally be-expected that the British railway'workers should again decide to" employ it'-as the chief weapon in their struggle. There is little doubt, too, that it will be much more "general" in character than, before. The undoubted fact-that the "working men were to some extent swindled out of the fruits of their ^victory by the cunning of the'employers is likely to bring the strike back in greater, volume and several modern improvements lacking in the first essay. . ^ Much that has been said theoretically, about the doubtful character of the -general, strike as a weapon and even'perhaps bf its "impossibility," is undoubtedly.true,.or'may merely for the sake of argument be conceded; to be true," but it is- very evident that such arguments will have little effect in dissuading the workers from using it; If-the concentration of organized labor -is" the complement of the con- centrationjjf organized capital, there is" no disputing the question .that future strikes must necessarily more and more take'tbe.form'of massed or general strikes,. as labor becomes more closely united for direct economic purposes fromi year toiyear. The-theorists' who declare "the "impossibility" bf the general strike are^thus in the" position" bf watching.-the ''impossible" establish itself unner their very, eyes.' The situation', recalls the dilemma.of the scientist who issued a learned trea- tise ^proving, conclusively that-no Or. de Van's Femnlc Pllla ArdikbltVnai)> rtieniktc>nticHtJuM». TIjcj* ptlfi »r« eirMrffnclr Mwrrfnl tn rrfntitlmr Vs ttruutU* pofllotv ol Ike hmiWjmum. K«f*»« Ul <ti«ap Imllillorii, t)r« (<• Tan't tr* told tl ft* m«, *flS««l»f IW, Wr.ltii)in otit kMit» X%* »«*b«U Drug C** St. OMtuiriat*, »>««. For 8ati at ft[mMft Drug Btors. steamship could possibly be construct-, ed.to cross the,-Atlantic, only to discover that the first edition of his work was1 carried across the Atlantic "in the first steamship that made the Atlantic passage.,- «: -.-p •"„> ., . ,.'„■' In1 this'sense'thbre are many other things fully as "impossible"-as'the general ■Btrike.' Capitalism itself Ib one of them, or is at least becoming more and more "impossible." , If-it is to-disappear at all, ns all Socialists believe,; it is just because of this "impossibility." ■' • " , 1 Doubtless, too, capitalism itself, could it havo been brought to the notice ,'of a theoretical phllosophor of the thirteenth' century, would havo been promptly declared Impossible by that savant. In short, tho Impossible becomo possible, and having" about played Its part on the stage of evolution;.becomes Impossible onco again,i It is morply the natural cyclo of birth, growth, decay and' doath, which applies to -&a economic - system equally with any individual organism. And tbo."Impossible" gonoral strike ls without doubt to become1 moro impossible ns capitalism becomes more impossible. In turn it, too (tho gonoral strlko, and for that matter, every othor kind-of strlko), will bocomo Impossible, when It Is no longer needed, whon It Is ln the condition that capitalism Is now approaching, Tho failure of ono "goncro!"" strike, or any attempt to carry out a general strike does not bankrupt or destroy tho working class, for tho ronRon thnt It Ib that class wliiolr holds tho future In Its hands, Nor doos such failure help.cupltallBin—the docnylug Hystom —In any way. On tho contrary, it helps disintegrate It, and lho failure It solt Ih merely tlio necessary proludn lo a still stronger.assault by tbo Hnnio mothod. Tlio Konoral Htrlko bcoiuh to bo llko wlmt In said of domocrncy, that tho euro for domocrncy Ih ntlll moro ijomocrncy. In tho samo wny tbo euro for tho gonoral BlrlUo Ih to mnko It Btlll moro "gonoral" In character, Tlio Iobh "gonorar* It Ib, tiio less clinncc hns It of success, and tho moro '•gonorn'l" It can ho mndo, tho more corlaln Ih It of biiccoss. And that succors may not, and vory lllcoly will tint, tnlcn tho form hoped by thoso who ndvocnto It ns n menus of Immediate or oven uHlmnto social re- ..I ..-. i i.. ,. , i lu.,.nv,i, AJUk «.»..,» *,».».>, 41 4, Ul.', tit tic nrflivmcTit :i?*n'Ti!<t Itn wo It wJU, bowover. biliiK lho social revolution nearer In othor ways. Wo hardly, for Inntrmro, <ixpcct to lice the cnpltnllflts, pnralyzod by tho render tholr property offhand to tbo victorious prolctnrlot In despair of being able tp operate ll thcmiolvcs. „ Much ns wo would llko to soo tbe working chins march In and take pos- »ftnnlmi of tho (ibrmilonml fnctnrlf>« nnd work»liops In this mannor, and com- nwnfvt fitierfitlnnn under thrlr rollor. only romnln while othfr factors nro dls- icKAfdiil. Tbfre Is r««slbly much more flexibility and elasticity In the , 'On Sunday aftornoon last Chas. O'Brien Socialist representative for the Rocky'Mountain riding In tho adjoining Province of Alberta, delivered a vory Intoroatlng lecture showing tho development of society from oarly day*,'pointing'out that oach succes- slvoBtjagq of dovolopmpnt has boon morb .'rapid In Its growth nnd consequently shorter In its porlod of dura-' tlon.y.Tlio present ByBtcm, known aB Capitalism, Ib inarching forward with such BtupondouB.rnpidity that already It has domonstrat'od the fact that by reason of its Inadequacy to copo with tho situation the Inevitability of Its total collapse Ib, monsured In scientific ♦or'ms, bO'iud to ensue at no wry distant dato. As with tho Individual, bo with the group. It tins Its'birth (.-rowth and liib frti'Crn, thon passon uvny to mnko -.oom for tho nowor ordor of things, The body ,of tho Ornnd Tbontro was filled with a vory attontlvo audlonco, and scarcely nn Individual loft tho ball, although the meeting lasted for two and a'half hours, Iho latter pdrtlon ot which was given up to tho nnswor- Ing'of mimoroiiH quostjons. So far ns wo could Judge tho replica lo tha quoa- t'ens wero to (Im finciRfnotlon of vho quorlsts.,- ■ It ,^ , in ins closing remarks he urged all lu itiuitil A AluJ) UC Vuv nilbixiU in order lo l.«etlor understand tho philosophy, a philosophy, ho (old b!» b<>ar« cr«, that could not bo fully grnnpod In one short, afternoon's dlBPourso, Ai \i\v rtoso ot Die Jiiociing « resolution was unnnlmously passed condemning tho issuing of permits allowing tbo carrying of flrcnrmfT under conditions nt present oxlatlng, Tho following Is tho full text of the rcitalution: "We, CItlz«rtB of Pernio, nsspmhlwl ln mass meeting In «rand Th^fitn*. on' 1)u, owiktbIiIp, the vision run only! Nov. 6th, wish to record our fcHInfw nf the tbootlng ftffulr wlilrb took i»l*t-f In town yesterday (flaturday). hedge,priest,'.';-"ME(stership hath' many shifts' before' It finally goes down and out; - " .-•"-,.. If'we were to venture an opinion, tbe course and procedure of the general strike with special reference to the British railroads and allied industries will- follow something" on this order. , General'strikes will succeed one another intermittently, each ' becoming more "general," the method finally establishing itself as- a settled policy of the workers in enforcing their demands. Some may fail, but from time to time they will grow more "general" and more powerful, and will wrest more' concessions,, from" the owners, until the point is reached where the' railroad business will return practically no private profits to" its owners. And when this point Is reached, or' the certainty of Its being reached is plala- lyseen, then mastership will'make Its next shift., There will, be two alternatives. - ' ., i.) ' The fir6t is literal, physical suppression, by the armed forces of the nation still under control of tbe capitalists, and greatly augmented for the purpose.- . This, however, for a multitude of reasons,.is a most dangerous policy and much more "impossible" than-the general strike. Instea'd of postponing social revolution,' it rather accelerates its approach.,.. • - The • other alternative and the' one by all means most likely'to be adopted is government ownership of the rail- Shikm Ginv QUICKLY STOPS COUQHB, CURES COLDS, HCAL8 THE THROAT AND 1UNGS. 25 CCNT8 roads, with; the capitalists of course, as owners of the government.. This will undoubtedly ,be ushered in, as "State Socialism." ,,Laws will be passed constituting the. railroad workers as".direct servants of the .State, and forbidding the general, strike or any other kind of strike." ; ,,The prohibition "will not have the desired 'effect. -If attempted to be enforced, it merely throws"capitalist society back on the first dangerous,'alternative policy ,we have mentioned. But'It will' giye'capitalism' a breathing spell,''and a" chance to "spar for wind" for "a. while,, which is the best it can expect. .The'.genera^strike will still' be^utHizeafrtb^a's'sair*the~capitaIist" State and* Its-, property, y ''. .-The final struggle will be a political one, for the capture of the State from the. hands of the capitalists, and such capture will mean'the transfer of capitalist State, "owned' property to', collective property:'and" the establishment of industrial democracy,' or Socialism.' But up; to that'point the general strike Ib undoubtedly hero to stay] It has necessary, work ' to perform/ in hastening" the death agonies "of the capitalist' system,' and will only become "Impossible" when its destined work, Is 'performed and- an Industrial society established that has no further uso for;It.- . ' An "imposslblo" system can bo loglc- ally assailed by an "impossible"'method, and wo, aro destined to watch a groat many other seemingly "Impossible" .factors, ns the general strlko Is declared to bo, tako a part In bringing about tho abolition ot an "'impossible'"system.;, In tho passing ot.tho panorama of social ond Industrial evolution beforo our eyes, wo will behold mnny so-cnllod Impossible things'becoming posHlblo and things that wero thought entirely "poHBlblo"--llko capitalism, for instance—becoming Imposslblo, Both theso terms aro relative at most, and' aro used almont entirely to oxpross n personal, individual opinion. And It would bo well for Socialists to boar In mind,' In connoctlon with this, when they hear tho general strlko declared an ImpoHHlbllty, Hint tho samo term Ih iih yot applied by millions to Socialism ltBclf.~N. Y, Call. HUD BAD SCBE FOUR YEfiRS v ZAM-BDK HAS HEALED IT! . 4, Mrs. ■ Wilson, lib -Wick3pn- Ave.,' Toronto, says:-!' About four j^eairs ago a sore spot appeared on_- the rjght side of my face. -.This'spot increased In size until It became about half an inch in diameter and"very, painful. I went to a doctor, but the ointment ne gave mb'did not, have any good effect. The' sore continued to discharge freely, and was' most painful I' had it cauterized, tried poultices and all kinds of salves, but it.was. no good, and I continued to suffer from it for four years! ""S "--' -'... '„' •■ "A sample of Zam-Buk was one day- given to me, and I used It. Although' the quantity' was so small, It seemed" .tb'do me some good, so I purchased4 a further supply. ' - -." - "Each box did me more and more pood,-and, to my-delight, before I had been using Zam-Buk three weeks, I. saw that,It.was going to neal'the sore. . In less than a month it was healed! \, " " I know a, lady in the east of the city, whose husband,suffered for yearswith .an open sore, cm his leg. On my recommendation, Zam-Buk was-tried in that, caso.'1 The other day, when I saw her, she told nie that It had healed .the sore completely. - " My ^daughter* wboOlves In Leth- bridge, Alta., has also, used-Zam-Buk with the''same satisfactory result. I think it. Is",' beyond all doubt, the finest healing balm known." ~ » , Such la, the opinion of all persons who bave'really tried Zam-Buk. - It. is, a sure cure,'for t.eczema, • piles,- abscesses,'' ulcer's, scalp sores, ringworm,",cuts, burns, scalds,'bruises,', and all skin-Injuries and - diseases."- 50cbox; all druggists and stores, or' post'free from'Zam-Buk Co., Toronto,,, .for price.. Jn case of skin disease use also Zam-Buk Soap, 25c."tablet. A Ledger M Pays * ' ( W' j * ■" ■' Cigar Store W. A. INGRAM ;,--,*, Wholesale and Retail" Tobacconist Barber Shop Baths, , Shoe Shine Billiards and Pool f Coffee and Sandwich Counter HazQjwood Buttermilk 7 Victoria Avenue FERNIE, B.C. Phone 34 51 - Electric Restorer for Men PhOSDhonol r««l°'« tvrry narva In the body ■ ■ "*K '"" -to III proper temlon | reilomi vnn and vitality. I'rcmnturu ilflcny nmi all nexunl weaknom averted nt once, IMtoinhonnl will mitlta you n now mnn,, I'rlco »fl • Iwx. m- tw> fnr i?■ !J.,,,L';|, l" nn.v «'IiIm»*. *'"» HootaiU DriUf Co., St, OlUIU»rliitii, Out, For Bala at Dlensdell'n Drug 8toro ^.y>? "SunUiut" Lemons H you wnnt tlio flnustlom- onKiirownu-ik for".Snnltliit" brand nnd nolo how nmeli julc.' iortlmj'iiro nnd ho w mugtif ji. tlii-r tlioy Colnpio* pnrliiK smitten, enkos, P o», fill) ltd R Secd!ess~Fibrelejs—Juicy and Sweet—A Perfect Fruit Five thousand California orange farmers, raising GO per cent of the state's entire crop, select, each Reason, their perfect oranges and pack then under the name "Sunkist.'7 This enables )'ou,to'recognize and buy California's choicest, trcc-rlpcned oranges. Until yiiiliavctjstcd a luscious "Sunkist"orange, you, cannot beglr, to appreciate the excellence of oranfjes that nro properly grown, rigidly inspected, carefully packed and swiftly transported, Serve "Sun- kists" on yourtta!)le tomorrow morning and learn the superiority of trrc-i'ipcni'd, filirclcsn, seedless, solid and sound ora-igiM over the commonplace kind. - "Sunkist" oranges nre so' nearly all food that they arc much the cheapest kind to buy. ■ "Sunkist" oranges are thin-slimied and are hand' ticked. The "Sunkift" orange is a firm, solid fruit. "Ask your dealer for the "Sunkist" kind and mako 'cure that each orange ymi fret ii packed in a tissue paper wrapper labeled "Si'nkist." For these wrappers nie valuable. ' ' " ' '"• j'T' I UA ukt ■This Handsome Rogers Orange Spoon FREE tiiivci]2"Siinl(lst"ornnKo(orlomon)wrnppu<rsnnit sond thu't) Iq iii), wllh 12c ta pny clwocox., paclilnu, etc., . mi.! wo will pruiiunt you willi n uronumu Uonors Or> nnuj Kprmn. ol boMitlfiil niw OosIkd nnd IiId)i««I ~- ■"' I'rtr wll iititi. fliMllly. Ili-nln »<ivlii« wrnnpoN to.1«y. tlamil «|,(niii iliwlrml •uml |il "Hunkl.t" wrn|i|*r»iin.| Iii. Ill rninUtlnil, |i|.i««(i huhI c»«l| wlion llm nninunt |i\ lonilliiiii 'iii'; mi iininiinu ii I kihi 'JOn.wn iirofcr ixnilul miUi.x ciiviiiviiir.li r,«i>|iri.»»iirili.rnriiankilriift. ' ' r , nn will I.A iiliiill'iKiiiii|;ouriiiii|iluiii list nf vnli|i*i1n |iri>> _ minim. Il'» liiiuor ImIIi "HuntUt1' iiuj "ll* I ll.ill' wruiMmn ' *f«r iiriniiliiiii*, i|S)/> 'California Fruit Growers' Euhrije, IOSKIkSi, Eiil,T«re*u, 0«t.y PortAlberni City Lots, $44)0 and $450 M *. JtaJH.L«M^KdUhW Mr. KIlai Itoir«r« UVtlilrat Af th<> rapltallNt ayatem (ban l« usually lm- Crow't Neat Pa«u ConJ Co.), Mayor asln*.! by Soclallata. Aa William Mor- ntcnsdoll nnd olhor public man. claim | rls teim old John Ball, tho "raacal Payments Easy For full particulars apply to Union Land Co., Natal, B.C. )) E*.sl',ji;;:!?-..1 :-yrf\K|.'V,;J"l .-?»-,-. -_»> h . -*■ J" ^ fc/o. PAGE SIX :J~ THE;DiaTRipT ijpgi^ lyglaig, B. c, ^b^^i im. K if 7 5: : *•* fl/" rtv 1. - ,-',.<• t :.*V '" .\.. ■ t*kkkA**kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk*kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk^ HA! OPERATORS VALUg •t .-( ■t '•< ' ■< '.•*■-« ■t - £»»»*»* »¥¥¥¥»^H 'llllllll'IT^ AT $1,500 Mining Congress Proposes jyeat pr*. ; List for.Human Suff%r)ng ' -', ■ .. - , , Jc 'J**?!*!?*scale of Price* &r human •¥¥¥¥¥¥V»yV¥.¥¥VVyV¥Vv¥Y¥YY¥» Ufe a»d-human ' suferlng,; ^^ timetable. This town, called Heil ' -wood, belongs lo the Pennsylvania and -wood, belongs lo the Pennsylvania and Opposite .the-hotel,tnere is- a reKtau- from the mine he-is taken in the base- .Maryland-Steel Companies, -who own rant,not a cafe, where one can obtain ment of the hospital, -washed,, placed ♦ ha enrrnnrtf'linp' pmintrv- far *> manv 1..1. «i_ 'j. _i_i Li- - v. __ _*.* ..»._. !^« nA.i..u^.i *_ _ _• j« ,■, the surrounding country,,, for-' many lunch.except when'.- the proprietor. square miles. - While not extravagant „.» — . _—...„0„„v »uuib- uy mm- goes "nome to meais. »uuui-«u ■with their money, they have built this The justice of the peace has his office dressed, town with the evident object of secur- next door with a large sign' fronting . "» — -' ;, 1KS.-11. uuui »uu a laigc sigu uuuuug .'ireio aio bcvci.u tjieruiziug Jtyjju- ,ing a good class of minors and retain- the hotel that is calculated to" inspire ances in the building and such water ing them. . ' ■■-- - -••■ - ' -'- *- —---- • ■• - • The Cherry t .Tree and Dickson ville Railroad, a branch .road jointly llglous, and'to afford them spiritual I ■■■".. £Vy :■ y y • r -. . i operated by the Pennsylvania and New . York Central, has a station near I-Ieil- » wood , called "Possum Glory,' and if one desires to see this model mining , town (not model mines,'as they blow up) he must tako this road or drive from Barnesboro, 12 miles1 distant. t. ■. At Heilwood the operatives of the Penn-Mary Coal Co. live in luxury, if. their dwellings and surroundings are , compared with those of most mining towns; indeed, the town has the appear ance of a well-kept country village. The coal mines, five in number, give employment inside and out to about 1,000 men, and if to this number tbe women and children be added the popu lation of the town of Hellwood will approximate 2,000. The company officials understanding that General Manager H. P. Dowler who lives at Heilwood, is more in touch with the conditions that affect' 'the welfare of this little community than an absent official could be; rely| on his judgment in the matter7.of ex-' penditures for the common good of all . concerned. , . , S --Realizing that Heilwood is to be a , permanent town that- must increase in . population as more mines are opened and the present mines are more extensively developed, all buildings are •> constructed' in a substantial manner , and with a view to prcsenj "and future '■ * sanitary conditions. The town, situated on high ground, affords good drain- ' age facilities and is systematically blocked with ' streets that provide £ certain number of 50 by 150 feet b.uild- Ing lots in each block. Each house ' has plumbing that connects with • , a •' town' water system which supplies ex- -cellent water from two wells SOO feet '"» deep, andi'which insures freedom from sickness due to impure water/-'. The ,'. management states--with, satisfaction that not only are the people clean and v healthy, but that there has never been ^,a_caseLjil!J:yphoifLfe_veLthat-origlnated, ... lii* the;village. The houses and town streets are. lighted-by. electricity! . , , ' ^Frequently the phrase "mining •'camp" is used by. writers, and it us usually suggestive bf a place of shacks littered with garbage', tin cans,' old '.shoes, a possible dead cat or soraeth-, Ing similar;.It will be observed, how-' '. ovor, that the term village has. been used in this article and.-Us "use is riot ,, amiss for the unattractive attrbutes to the camp are wanting. All coal mined by the Penn-Mary Coal Co. Is shipped to tho plant of the " Pennsylvania and Maryland Steel'com- ' psnies where It is coked Jn byproduct .ovens or used for other purposes In' . the. manufacture bf steel, and this policy is likely to bo continued indefinitely; The company, basing its . policy on the experience", of othor coal companies, refuses to Wll land In the r vicinity of Heilwood, the reason being ' that land oaco gono from Its control offers an opportunity' for undesirable citizens to obtain a foothold In tho com muni t jr. It wns undorstood, however, that ln Bitch a comparatively Isolatbd plnco nrrangomonts must be made lo enter,- tain commercial travelers and visitors nnd to that ond a hotol was built, nourishment two,churches have been bu'iit, one .for the Roman Catholics and one. for the Protestants. , . Going up the street,,the Hellwood Company store attracts attention. This department store, which is Independent of the Penn-Mary Coal Co., is, managed by J. M. Thompson. Aside from its general' cleanness and neatness it has a butcher shop that is new and Interesting. Most of the fresh meat is obtained from native cattle, and since-such, meat is tough when sold shortly after killing, it is customary-to hang tho dressed carcass in cold storage for 10 days before distributing. We know of no other company which goes to the lengths in order to please Its employes, and even then the meat js sold from 10 to 20 cents less per pound than equally good meat ' in eastern Pennsylvania.' A short distance from the store and on xtrie same side of the street' is the general office of the Penn-Mary Coal Co. This is an attractive brick build 1 ing with roomy offices downstairs and excellently appointed engineers' offices upstairs.' . The building is steam heated and electric lighted, with fireproof vault for storing such valuables as are likely to be destroyed by fire. Opposite .the office and some distance back from the street is the handsome colonial residence of Mr. Dowler; however, he has not cornered Heilwood residences. ~ At the end of the .main street is a park in which, thereis an im posing bluff-colored brick building. 7 This,,is the public school building, erected and maintained by the company for the benefit,of the.children of its' employes. At present there are 250 pupils with a corps of competent teachers. . Opposite this building there is a fine dormitory erected for the--',women teachers who-room and board there. '-'This building is supplied with'modern "improvements whicli nc^doubtJs-comforting-to-tthoso-who' have~ been wrestling through the day with budding ^statesmen and suffragettes. •-.■"-■■ .In a mining town of the size of Heilwood there is always more or less sickness' among'the women "and "children, besides the ■ men incapacitated through injuries received at their work in. the'mlnes. ,- To make sure'that the sick- and Injured are properly treated the Penn-Mary company erected a hospital, which,' whilo not large; Is probably the best' appointed 'in the' stato. Iii...it there are wards for children"', men arid women, besides private rooms all of which are equlppod with steel furniture, sanitary base boards, and curved wall angles to guard against lho"lodgment .'of 'disease-breeding germs, Mr. Dowler has furnished a room Ih this building for the sick who need privacy, that contains handsome furniture nil ln onamoled steel'that resembles oak. The doors in the inter- lor of tbo building ' aro stool, ,bUt on- nmolod or Voneored to resomblo wood. Doctor McKinley, tho rosldcmt physician and surgeon, had much to do with the dflBign of tbis hospital and Its fur- nlshlng.''1 Doing up to date and bearing lri' mind tho disadvantages under which ho was compelled to work In Thoro la a law in Indiana County that city hospitals, ho Instituted improvo- innkos it illognl to tront (which must ments'which havo boon Incorporated appeal to tlio fellow whoso host girl baa a fancy for bonbons, ico-crcam and Iiiib a glass colling wliJelv'fumlahOB an ,HOda water), and Hince ills almost no- abundant' uuuply of light during iho shuts- up and- goes^home to meals. the same feeling as the sign ."Beware as is needed for washing wounds is Jones, of Pittsburgh, Pa.,cb^irman 0f of the Dog." As a rule miners-are're- '*"'*—' "~J -*--"—J *•-»—- «--• +*"> ^~.~i« * _ _ . ^ committee of the Amerhyan Mai^ 'Tucked away in the eastern central cessary for some miners'to have beenj day; it is also equipped w.ith electric Congress'I:a session bere,(Pfcmos^ for part of Indiana County, Pa„ is a mln-' there is an irrigating station-connect- lights .arid "portable electric lights and adoptIoB7byv- operators' alV ovep iha ing town not on the railroad map or ed.with the hostelry, but so regulated reflectors for night -operations Hmofahio Thin tnron />niiari wdi. that drunkenness is' frowned upon "'■■».—= '-■»—•■ • • Whenever an injured man is brought; on a.cot and elevated to the operating room2 where his/wounds are properly I There' are "several sterilizing appll- — ._ „. „ 0 „—^„ " ,. , , ° '■■ ^airman of filtered and sterilized before being ap- tlie committee on workmetva comnen- plied. .Connected with the, establish- sation, and himself owner of tho ^7 ment Is an .X-ray machine imported anna mine, scene years agQ Qi '' from Germany, arid said to be the only one of its kind in this country. ' The spark is not' generated in the usual way"by glass plates but by mearis of rotating parts revolving by electric motor. * .. In the basement there is an X-ray room, bathroom, steam laundry, kitchen, nurses' dining room, boiler and- storeroom. , . ,- It must not be imagined that because the company has built a hospital at this early stage of its career it fails to take every possible precaution to prevent accidents in the mines. No manager vents a jniri injured and 'most managers suffer mentally when an accident occurs, particularly if it happened through his negligence; however, so long as there is^ mining there will be accidents, which'may be minimized if the men will co-operate, with the management, and" not assume risks.—Mines ari5 Minerals.', In.thlB building. Tho opornlng room Mothtng known to Science is better for this painful altmont than Zam-Buk. it reduces tnflammatton.stopt blooding, ends tho agony. Easily applied and cleanly. Why go on suffer* Ing? Why not try It? Road th* following cures. Some Proofs of Z»m»BuK"» Power. MR. TFIOMA8 J. IIOGAN, Champion Clog Dancir of Canada, 80 Ohnmbonl Street, Montreal, writoi:— "For aomo lirno past I lmro 'boqn ttoublod with r/Jea, but thli ywur I Buffered ao much thut I waa obliged to cancel a number of ongaftomonta, I trlod all tho ao-onllud romodloa that woro recommended, biittliily aoemed to do roe no good. Having boon advliod to try Zam-Buk, I nuroliaaod a fifty-cciit *.~* *..,a ....... i-ti'-i'■■)>" •**i-l» *•••.«.* J.4W* uuiitui totivl, a umMnuou witn ♦b« Bnni.ttak *rM*m«nfc Mid iho T*\\t1 vm MUadril bito a pMjuwit.'ji t^w, MIL WILLIAM KBNTY, of Upper Nino Mllo UlTer, IlanU Co., N. S ' Mya:—"I auffored terribly from Pile*, the jwln at time* Wing almwst 0„. bearable. I Wed Tarioua olntmente but all tolled to do mo tho oUglitcst good I waa tired of trying remedtea when I hoard of Zam-Buk, and thouglit aa a laat r*«r«ntr* T wohM M«i» tVI« tn1«i *i t^il T-«^.—.» .« • ' , «." abort time Zam-Buk offoetod wliat aeveral other olntmenU and tnadicinea had failod to elTeet~« eomploto cure." Z»m-Duk alio eurai RC2BXA, HLOOO POISON, ULCKltfl, COLD SORES, CHAPPED HANDS, SCALP SORES, CUTS. BURNS, ORU1SKS, SCALDS and all SKfN INJURIES and DISEASES, AH drurrlit* and •tartt. er XancBab &>., Teraato, |N»rt trtt tar priM. RtfuM li«r»ful tub*Uluua, FREE BOX 8*nd thli coupon, aamt el fMj>«r, and If ««mp 1« 7im-Buh Co., TttrnnM. and riMiWe trial Vti. .COMMUNICATED To the Members of the United.Mine . Workers'of America: -Bridgeport, Ohio, Sept. 20th, 1911, It ^s known - to us ,as' members' of Local Union 13, United Mine "Workers of America, located at Bridgeport, Ohio," that Brother T.-L. Lewis has been a member in good standing in this Local Union since it was first organized in'the-year 1890. We are proud that Brother T.L. Lewis has filled every position in the organization with. credt ■ to himself- and the mne workers of'the country.. ' It is' a. matter of special pride to us as members of Local Union 13, that Brother T.^L. Lewis .after retiring from the position of International President came back home to work with us in the "Wheeling Creek'.Mine.. - "', Whereas," We | believe that a number' of" District Officers", last year, 1. lirPllTatAfl^.^ATlrt^f ct— nnninnf *P»A41"...- -— *** ~— -M.vy\»^~. \liiv. I.U Uj^U.ilOt-^±Jl LJ 111^71 " T. L. Lewis for no "other purpose than" to defeat-Brother T.^L, Lewis', and believing that thousands of our, members, as well- as many of us,J were deceived by false statements' which were circulated, even in this' District, and believing those mis- 1 leadng statements and false reports caused the defeat of Brother Lewis in the last election, Resolved,' that we,' the members of Local Union 13, United Mine- Workers ,■ of.' America, declare 'our confidence in the honesty and .In-, tegrlty bf Brother T. L. Lewis, 'nnd h's .loyalty to the principles of the United Mine .Workers, and believing that an injustice has been, done 'BrotherrLewIs last year, ,-' Resolved, that wo, the mombers of Local Union 18, urge Brother T, L, Lewis to be a candidate for tho position of International President -this year, and In the namo of Justice wo nppenl to' tho United Mine Workers of Amorica to ,urgo Brother Lewis to bo a candidate and to support him for tho position of In- tornatlonal Presldont of 'the Unitod Mine Workers of Amerlcn. - RoBolved, that the offlcors ' of. Local Union 13 bo instructed to' give this lo lho press and- to send a copy to tho United Mine Work- ors Journal and othor labor papors, for publication,' ' ■ Adopted unanimously, On behalf and by ordor of Locnl Union 13, ALBERT BRITTON, Presldont, ANDY IIOCIIEVAR, Socretary, GEO. I"), SCHiraD, Pin. Scc'y. FRANK I1LAD. ., - over the country: -,- - . c' - . ., , _ Here are the PricfcB • '7 - .. For one life, $150.. /" 7 For one leg drone arm, ^qq • , For one eye, $250. 7" • For maimed'hand, left, «250- rlah't $500.' . - ' ' ' snt' , For one finger, $50 to $100.' The.' report was mad«„b>' John H MA8TER8 COMBINE TO COMBAT 8TRIKE8 For a long tlmo It hriB boon ovltlont Hint mnny loading firms hnvo boon combining In tholr own IntoroBts In tlio snmo wny nn Trado Unlonlstn. Now n consldoriiblo numbor of Inrirn mnnu- fnrtnrlng firms In London havo follow- od milt. Thoro la to bo Innugurntod a Kodora'tlon of Manufacture™, nnd a circular lina boon sont to n lawo numbor of prominent flrma naklng tbom to Join In tho scheme, In tbo ovont ,of n strlko the now federation will try lo piovldo protection for froo labor- blackleg lnbor—to prevent Intlmlda- Ion and to atojv any "unfair" picketing. Of roursfl. tbfl pmnlov/TH nrrt froi* to tnko what Htepa thoy plonao, but tbo working c1i\hhob should bo Informed what comblnntlona nro being nrrnngod fiKalnst tlit'in, Sblpowtiera lmvu 1o|ik since beon'gupiiorllng ono another through tho Shipping Federation. Tl^ia body now hns tnlren another nton to combat striken. Tliey nre of tho opinion thnt tbo predomlnntlng cauao of fltrlkwi la tho artificial rcatrlctlon n tbo supply of seamen, ao thoy now bur- Roat tbnt tho ahpownora between them iihould take 1,00 boy a for training a-» ablo aoamen,1 which acberoo would In ttiuu iiiuduiiu an 4jjttia uuindy of ttullor* It ia ovldent that tho tnaatera are aware thnt «n overatof-kfy) lahor market, rodurea wngea nnd ronaldcr thnt, In cnao of n atnigmlfi aomo of tho inowly trained teamen would alkie to tboablp- ptuK cQWDantca. RcyuoWu'. rlble disaster/ - •"" "l>a ter" . According to Wag^8, The committee reported that $1 500 the amount scheduled for ofce llf'e ^as about the average of tbr€6 yeara. wages of a miner " 0 Jones said that the operators had do. elded to attempt .to frame:a7general scale for deaths andinjuries as "apro- tectlon to the miners and ..their families against lawyers" and "ambulance" chasers." ' -- .,, ^ -" ., The operators figure that'-the ia.inil- les of miners loser money by being com pelled to pay lawyers'"fees when .they sue foi' damages. 7' y> 7 , '""- '-* 7, ; The report recommends that? all operators adopt the-scale given; arid'that miners begiven a.chance tq'-acceptlt; with the provision that a-Buit" by/a miner or his family, bars recovery-of, the amounts set fortb. - ■_' '.,'.',,' \* ,'i ', ■_. - ■ Outline,Industry"'Y- "■ ' ■"'. The congress will probably adopt the' report today. At the session; recently Martin D. Foster, chairman of the com-, mittee' on mines and mlriing,vputlined tbe work of the federal government lri aiding"the industry., . -,""'7; '-;.-y .: -'< . .The first snow "of the seaaonl—Ttils should remind you that, ;noV Is the time to get your' storm, windows andr doors, and the place ls KENNEDY & MANGANS. Telephone 23.' ",. '.' "'■- Official Ballot Election of Officers Dist. "No. 18. For President Vote for One - POWELL, W. B. SMITH, J.Ve. Coleman . Fernie For Vice President STUBBS, CLEM Bellevue For Secretary-Treasurer y "-- \ -j Ho^ Iriter,ns;tionalSbardl:]Vtem ber^; -...',.-• ,'.-,-" .' , ;. -. ■" -,• Vote for One '".'•'■ 77. » I,-- i- . EVANS, ROBT. GRAHAM, WMj' -' - 'i' ■ HARRIES, T. J. JONES, J. O. MoNAB, D. REES, D. TUPPER, J. A. Frank r ■ ' ' Coleman. Michel Hillcrest Lethbridge Fernie Hosmor :y-v-" '-.'5;* '.~-.-;:-?£\-~:£"''-'.-t\' y-i'.y :> >;y. ■*">^'"'W^"'^'* "-.^vi ~y.* \ .• ■' ''""',-"• yy',<7.Y V"^ y'°,!?,yyy'■',■*'•-'~yr!-t^wy*' •y-'*? ■>, "• "'■ ' . '--- .- i ''■*■'» i-'-y-y] *-'" ^■'i.,.- 7 ^~:"''?yj.'rV ^'i^S,'-: 7.7'- ,-W 7>7" , . '•...;:Houra:"8^0rtoH•'2'fe.B.7.•■:"'*1;f'^;',. lution against'.the',National GiviceFed- %V':' . y-y V;1 'J; .*'-. „ ;.!i7''7y *raUck-^OB*.^8B^^V^Mtipns^ y.^e-s!-defce: •21''.:-Y^i°r?^*nu?v/,',;'':'•."•? 'i! r.nnv«nflrtn nP''iYi^'TtVii.ijA >"»*««« xir-l^" - 1-^ ''* 1 ^ " 'y't...",.. > ■"*'-" '• AdolpE'Geimer; the mari'whosVresch .ution'a^iMtr.thetNationalJGiVlci'.jPed- ?ratIoV^OB^s^d-^Vth«J: national convenfidn of7the 'UnitearMirie •Work " caiidida|te!;fbr Sice); lefs in Illinpls,' ;:/f ', present- heldjiby : in io4a Yltl^I r\A-**At" ^ :e.>h"o;^S"l^ScandK X*?**>'"RONALD :and.gLANE';-;";-- . lentof7the";Ill|noi8^ninr /Fer^c^B&^k>H1^^a^^1,:y-,', hn"K..Walk;er;'to'e*pr^- ; - r^-, -.. ^'v -.y^;^-.;^, .,^ t..^-;t_i-.- .Groce Law'reric'e, date for- president ers against'' 'John7H.'.Walter;' "the!pre^- : sent'incumbent. -^"-'.77^.',.7;C'l/F? -;'Germer has been) a."candidate!." the leglslat'ufeVori- th;e,'jo'cIfilist''"tic and'is one.-orthe bfeVt"^6#ii-.'o^tl "younger ineri among'the',miners.?'"'""*" has "served:. with - great • credit tary-treasurer.:;of subVdistrict 6' of the United'Mirie/VVorke'rs; r-Vi -' .' y^pr ... " - -v^.-: * -," .-IKi* 'j, ■• l > '.v.-^- 1 At the last conyention,!o£ the United Mine Workers'he .led the fight on-the' Civic .Federation, finallyj'BUccee'dlng in' procuring not,only the'passage,,,of a" resolution of "condemnation. of';-7that body, .but an ainendment to ttie miners' F.^ C.. Lawe ,-.£ •■--%j.«AI«d V-Flt«ii*jA' '"- ^ v .- ; L^j^m^^y-- j-^.7 _ "y7 y y '.Vattornbys -tv's I;'' iii' ".;S. '■, ''y;y '. ''' -. .'," ^-Mf^w-'t/isA.^ >; '<.yy<\ ■ . ' -• ..i.>r.-..'y... a ■■''•. .,.','-;• j> V ,uoay,,uucan anjenament to tne miners' J~~ '. ' '. •'■ w.,-. '.-... .v;—>*'* \^:-'7 constltutlon'forbldding aman from be- •"*'' - 7 L,'„ H.;\ ^UT^AM 'p*y ',y ^?,;1 H,, "' lng both^'a member of the Unlted"Mine -"'.'■' ' -. V"*''-;"'.;'*7/;^V,'-\y7\;'\7lt | workers\oi\A- tho'Tnt^rnnMnnaiThiwin Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public,'ete; '..• '■< "... j workers',arid'' the internationalTblyio .Federation.'.' -- '. Feroie-Feft Steele (inrCo^Ltili I ■>.-..), For District Board Member JUB-DISTRIOT No. i GRAY, J, W, Fornlo LshbsmmhJ OARRUTHERS, W, CHRISTIE, E. HYSLOP, D. E, MB-DISTRICT No. 2 Voto for Oho Frank Bollovuo w0»ciiii*n b Large Airy7 Rooms & ' • Good Board Ross & ;Mackay ?m iS.": 'V 1,' 'v-i Jmmi. BLAIRMORE, .alta; ,, *. *.,-.„. ,K '%., ■"'. v .-"-a n y" , * - '( \ I ' '" * T n ' 'i* ^ 1 ■ 1 L I" V ,1 " (, IHIiERNIE ! ^'7y yy^*,y,:%'* „, - I ■ • V . -* -> \ .: *>>;'. > <i -v a "*■"— —" i»a^ — . *.\ CO.; y 7 l(7y7^^ ■;, A.-JMcDougkll,' Mgiy, Manufacturers of and Deal-. ers in all kinds of Rough . ; arid Dressed Lumber* >'f ' \*\ .j Vjf r'7^,7xy.,^"7::7<, i.. .V - &ndi;u^yburordere t .■-; 1 .-"» Hotel Stanley St. - 'Nelson Doit F«mlly and Worklno man's Hotel In City;.nloely furnished rooms with Bath.', , Dedi, 50o. each, mealil> 3lic,s A Union House Prop., J, 6. BARR ATT BUB.DISTRIOT No. 3 Voto for One BROWN, E. MOORE, L. Tabor Letlibrfdgo LEES, Wm. su)B.DIflTRIOT No. 4 'Bankhead Nowhare In tha Pa'aa-'iaah hii ' found. In such ■*.display ot* mmm i»i -j, Bar; Unexcelled., ■'.., All WhiteHelp ,: ," .. • ii"'.*.1 - „ - *'. ■'.'''. ' V Everything^' ;/•;'' ;Uij#-date ;7y O:, -,' - . ,*■■', ■ .f<-"> • ," * Call in and .see us once. ■ •'' JOHN PODBIELANOIK, Prop. .:*■" >,"t' s^<i I, Wholesale Liquor, Dealer ■ ■ ' ' ■ \ "in WHnmiijHm.niM.iii ■jiafuau Dry Goodi, Groceries; Boots and Shoes ,, Gents' FurnlshlnjrB ,s iHnai»iii.miiiiL.ii)ua.iiif BAKER AVENUE' BRANCH AT HOSMER, B.C., FERNIE UNION DIRECTORY Lizard Locnl General Teamsters No. 141. Moota ovory Prjilny night nt , 8^ p. m/: Minors' Union 'ilall. W(i AWorthlnRton, Proflldonl; 13. J. , Good, Socrotnry. Vziiciuleiy Lacai.Wo. 614; Mectu ind nnd 4th Sundays ut 2.30 p.m. Secrp . tixry J. A. Qouplll, Waldorf Hotel . ■•■:■•. 1<: ■■: We have the beat' money can buy of Beef, Pork, Mut> M ton, Veal, Poultry, Dutter, Bags, Fish, "Imperator Hams anb Dacon'' Lard, Aaussgas, Welnera and Bauer Kraut, PliONC OH CALL Calgary Cattle Go. Phona 56 Gladstone Local No. 2314 U. M. W. A. Xkwia £.\i ttuU mu i'liuudhy Minora , Union hall, '[)). Hooa, So\ Typographical Union No. BBS? Moots last Saturday In each month At the Ledger Offlco. A. J, Buckley, i8oo« rotary. • • Local Farnls No, U II. P, of O. Meeta In Minors Union Hall every Sunday at 7.45 p.m. Everybody welcome. D. Paton, Seorotary'Tretaurer. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jolnsrs/-Local 1220. -l>. i. Kvans, , Preild«nt{ P, H, 8haw, Secretary. i- ll -•^''i--. ^^■^!i^"A*i*i-i?-'3A:i'-'r-"" .*■ "*-ii!.";--''.-.s' :>^ir^^^i^^m^^^m^^^^^^^^\^^^V^FSS^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I -^■"■•^■.v-:Vrt:,^-;->^ vVv* 'r'«r^t",;" tc^-V"'^-*/^ ft.-, -, •' V77-\ y^.J7"7? •'- --^:-'"-:7~ "" .'.-""VyV " .7y yvyV- -77 ',>"* '"^CV-^V'-"7: -" -7-" 7 l\ e'i -?";,: -yr'rVv,:'.. "f" ry»r.;<*-_-- •:,.;' ,.-..',- *,%U -" , ... -;. -.;-.-y.'-', -■"'.„-« -r" - :. • -\ I. - . * ~, , -fi.~ f .•',,,. ... - ■,.- .v ■, . t ,,".- > , t-. . A-.'jr.in, - -'V , ^. , -.. (>' ?.£^*w>*.£.- i.^^^'^ri^' '77y v>%;y%i'; I •. ... .. ..- L ..v.-,*'*" ■'"> ">>■>'< THE'D^TRICT;LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C., NOyiiMBEI'i 11; 1811; -jj " [I %;.* , f&'f; 7!7'7 Th^^e^^JVewiYd^ 0Ur^6rMgfi BMothers U'. B.v to h-1 I' , ;"■• - ■ - WHAT WILL\.THEV;»0 NEXT? , ■ /y':-\, v-7y By'Frank'Bohn-"^ 7*' '-- V '," . tThe-Wholesale-Girocer ■ statesv,that' 7-.^-6,O00iq"00 ba'gs^of coffee^" (2,400,000,000 ' '■■', --, pounds) were thrown,into"the sea .off ' y the'coast of-Brazil.. The purpose was »'■'..7.'to*'hold up the'pri'ce of coffee in "the -„ American market,;:, f(The number giv- ■•' ', .•enHeems excessive! _ But were,it,600,- • 7' \'oi^onlV.60j000,7the/character, "of-the y*y deed'\yould still be* the same.) <r- - y',y;'-.'The following news item;appeared 'j*J.\." in ^he Chicago'Daily Journal, Octo- ,';',,, berjl8. ■ ;- . -■"'."' " v *.v , .. ,,-',- . \ , . . 'CofXee hits highest price in"twenty"." :" - "years. AdvaiicesVllO per cent since '„ " 1909; best grade%5 cents a" pound, r;„ ' wholesale. , When coffee^ best grade ■'. ..Brazilian, hit,- tho^„35r cent a pound' y mark at wholesale'today it set a record' y that has not been neared in a score of .,y:years..,' ,"When"this top notch figure J1,' ;wa,^ leached.'t, represented-a 110 per "- cciit increase In the last two yea> 3 lind 'j\\\->] iuiirke'L the.' euttessVbf the, so-ci^c-d ;";',7 -,-\: niiiiilimlation by the^Brazilian.Goviro- -.;.•" --([mont and the ""noneyl" powers in Oer*. 7; .;v yf^any' France!'Epgland anft the United ' ;. >;" ' States.." r The .orily; relief we - may ex- >T°7, -.,.- ".'pect'in th© future* said one'prominent" y -;*•,.' .;dealer,vIsAarr'eforin-in the. Brazilian 7y.\ ' y".'Government or aa"'improbable soften^ '"' , ' ing'^of the'"hwenHs7''..p5'';the . money'; " ;:- ' 7 .powers.' f .'^K'.'jiyy...7, -r . '-' ..." \r" 7, ;". upon a..,foundatipn"pf' slavery the - 7 profit "system. has greeted-1 a ■ pyramid" -.j of crimes, ^>The;;p}ie5is\m'ade;u"p of ;- -every'form orcrueltyfaii'd^vjckediiesX " -".which; the ruling; classejiiof' the .ages] y have handed down-'oneltp'^the^bthenty '• -t. Each ruling clas^V with''"accumulat-" ''",! 7 ""•"-1?S-:pWer,^ with; greater-/knowledge' 7'"" .- and .more unbfIdled'*greed'.'ha's^added ;;; '. y'.,Btbne'.unto sitone: ., The'top".stone of ,:;..;, ...the pyram'd:>-jvhi'ch:bearsNdown'.upon r U .'--' ...the flesh of .the 'working,class has now 1)7 ,',.,; been/sertn lts7place'./-,:'' . J y 1 *' -'' '''" T?iev' ^™^%?%™, 'starves' millions'' ',<>'.• ^ne.Pr,of!t''system foments'wars.' The " ...' . ''Profit "system:-'!creates ■ hundreds' • of' "... - ^thousarid's"S>f^lcriminal's *: whom ,' it ""■-'' ,'th™8ts/into;fo«ivprIson"s/where they .. -' 7-labor,,go insane;,and''die; "'..'" ,,'" , :. ,-'. ' Th^e crimes7against<;humanity.are j y'r "Regenerating.bur\race-and prevent- '^ ' ';-7 ;lng civilization.,"/;; ' ■!;-,; M-- -"■ .'^.' '" M i'v J ^e culminating crime' is now being "[ 7 •p-7accoinpls'hed^b>,(ihe • trusts.";7Upon .;' "7,/ tirst" thought'; it! does',not, appear in" all - • ",Nlts. naked ^meanness ,fand; wickedness'' * ,7 rttrseems ;.tb ;have ^bydo "with' property ,' : -;,:, alone.y;The.;human aspect appears. * 7'i",. "only uP°n ^second, thought." »■ ,s* 7:7 '7.'7Tlle facts are. briefly as- follows:; ": ; ; tv?116 "M?^?n Banking- Syndicate Moan- ' 7v 7^ tot thVgbvernment of Brazil.$50,0o6,-. '}, '.*';■ U°0, "^8 Payment for In'terest^.perhaps principal also, it,'was' guaranteed■ the' ■: 7V,;BrazlHan Government's "share"of the ..- ..coffee ,crop. This share" amounts w, in ;,at least many cases "of large land hold-. 7 ylpe', one-third of;-, the .whole harvest., v .' ThlB year th'e'croip waij;inimense, un- * •': T'recedented,'- ■ The, part which tho ;•'.. - Brazilian. Governingpt had to turn over '.- - to tho. Morgan'syndicate is reported to' ; -. ■ have,amounted to'"6,000,000 bagB) 40p-" 'x ^ pounds in a.bag. v^This was enough , , • ' "to glvo 26 -pouridp rtb each Inhabitant of tho. United States. To, have of- "fcrod'this for-sale In tho market it would havo .reduced"tho price bo low . that for" ohep each cttlzonln tho world mlght'have'had'all the,real coffeo thoy y • wanted: Ty-Bubiyio, cheaper for thb hi .. trust to sell chlckory, dried plga' liver, etc., Jn place of coffeo. Under tho old competitive system, whon tho workors ;,, . Twd honpod,up products which they 77 , woro tbo poor to buy back, thoro ,was , ,.■ ■ nlwaysa panic. The. trust'can prevent ■ a panic and Increase profit' at tho «amo tlmo. •■ How?' By throwing tho nurplus food into.Uio aoa whllo tho' hungry worlcorB wrio produced it look' on nnd starve, , Whoro tho trust has dovolopod a monopoly It is quite posslblo for It, , within certain' limits, to control prices ., Wth 0,000,000 bnga of coffoo at the bottom of tho,Atlantic "Ocean, It Is' poBBlblb.for'tho thist to'mako blggor profits than wltu 0^00,000 more bags ef coffee; for sale for profits In tho morkotB of tho world. Am] this In tho proBonco of Boarlng prices, unom. ploymont nnd tho actual sturvatlon of unemployed nnd ovopworkod nllko, Tho universal excuse glvon by cnpl. tallam for tho profit system hnH Iwon that both labor and capital havo boon paid.for tholr «orvlc«B~that profits .bec,ame new, capital • and; that- .iabbr. was/thus agaih„employed.''■*'■ "What'ex- cusi?'. can';' the .defender of" the .profit system:offer .for the wanton 'destruction of the:.bpuntles of natufeTT-the product bf'labor!— thie en'cessitles-of life?,J,.v':*'■;.- ^ ' ; 7*;:*'..,^";? ■ '.^Prices continue'to,rise.'- --7Wages:*db "notrlse.. . Let it.be told the; workers ln every;nook and branny; of.the land have.hot'enough to eaVthat the plu-' tocratic system commands-them'^to that. * while they-' and 'tbeir families destroy with -their, own;";., hands the food-they have produced'"lest they get too much of it back' again at.too low-a-price." ''-' ,'r ' ; If .any act of^capltalism over merited , "an - Investigation' and nation-wide attention sthls 6oes. " We hope, that Comrade Berger will,, honor himself and serve the cause by making one of his first' acts at .the opening , of: the new'Bession of Congress the -lhtroduo. tion of a bill providing for'an investigation' of "this ^matter.;: Let' the plutocratic agents-Jo 'Congress vote It down If"they'will7;^-They;will get their'an- swer from' thV; Socialist party'during thei'nexi: campaign. r\ « " ".,; - y. Is^any .further; argument needed-"tb prpve'tp. the^ deaf,-' dumb - and'. blind" that the machine-process permits,'the workers to,provide; enough .'and to sp'are-'for.all?7v■Who,"'dares'''"s'ay that poverty; 'is:>Jpnger necessary ?' "V,Who dweB"bpp6se;"k shorter workday?"kow lopg7w.lir;tlie proposition of the-social o^rBhip, of. the; earth arid-the ma- Shinies be .opposed by-a; working'class [enslaved like beasts of- burden in the industries and ,,hbunded' '• like vermin- form the" feast ^their ,'labbr vjias" pro vided"?^7 "777§;<^^.y.7;,'. . ' '.' ' -'7fe^', ,-/".' :".;.*'- 7 ' "" ♦ ♦♦■'♦ ♦-"«•> -•:, WAARSCHUW1NG ♦ . Alle „ steenkool mljnersV^ <•>• worden verzocht weg te.bllj- '♦ ♦ veri van Alberta en_Eastern.-♦ ,♦■ ""British- Columbja;, ."daar,. "tfe".. ♦ werkstaking moghlet ;ls; op'' ♦ ♦ "•:geheven. ; ..7' ; 7-. -; ^> PAGE SEVER 1 ■■'/% \n\ OiSTRICT NOM IN AIIONS - The nominations fbr.different offices, for next^year^-'eleciipri,".which*' take place the second Tuesday in December, are as fbllows:'-'-7' y ■».' ;"■- y ' ■■ PRESIDENT^/. •B.,':>oweil, Cole., '■; / manjrpreserit"lneunibent^",***TT*7'"7 .' J.^SmithrFernie.'- 7 "".«^ ''t -y^>vt:%'y.y. „ .» ,..^T'. -.-. .: ,;■. , VICEiPRESIDENT.^fClem Stubba. jNo -.•*,",-; copteaf hence elected by acclama- ;..; t'fia^^^yyr^y.^, '._:..,;"; .SECRETARY-TREASURER — A. S; 7> Carter.' '^The like honor has been d ."bestowed'upon tHepreaent holder ■ '< :of .this office. ; V\■ .,;Owihg to the retirement.-,of'Chas. Garner/of Lethbrldgeras International Board '^Member,' U.JIb' expected/ that there will be a very Btrbngly contested, fight\to" fill the vacancy. The aspirants are as follows: ,':;..' INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEMBER ,'[ .Rbbt.-'iEvaris,-Frank, Alta.'' ' -.■ ' ,';*''W.; Qraham)' Coleman. 'T. J.Harriea^MibheL. r-1 ,' ,J. O. Jones, Hillcrest. . 7, D. McNab, Uthbi-idge.' 7.-, * ,-. D. Rees, Fernio. 1 ,. J. A, Tupper,'"H6Bmor. ■■" DI8TRICT BOARD MEMBER8.- 8ub-Dl8trlct No. 1.:' , ■ ,1 J. W. Gray, Fornlo (elected)., Sub-Dl8trlct"Noi'2:-. , , Three conteatanta—W. Carruthera, "Frank; E; Christie,, Bellevue; , D. , E. Hyslop, Coleman,', ,,,-.; Sufi-piatrlct No, 3! -' " rS{;two contestants:"' «y L. (Moore,-Lethbridge; E. Brown, Tabor • Sub-Dletrlot. No. 4: 7"..',W. Lees, Bankhead, who was returned without opposition, ' = ' 77^ INFORMATION WANTED Anyonp having nny Information' concerning Joseph Victor Trottlor, who Ib believed to have worked as' minor In plUibr .Alhortu or B.' 0„ Ib oarnoatly requOBtod to commimlcato samo fp Mra, M. TnqTTIBH, '■ ■/ 277, Sackvlllo St. Toronto, Ont, WAS THEtDEVIL The Strange Dream of a Poor Peasant Woman Proved tb be a . Reality,;. '- ;..'. A poor-peasant woman living in the lonely village of Wagsellye,. in Hungary, was notified by the post-office authorities in the neighboring town that a sum of $1,000. was Iying.there for her which had been sent by her husband from North America. , They told hertb bring witnesses to establish her identity when.she came-to claim the money. „The woman went to the mayor of her" commune, who gave her a certificate., It was, however, too late to.obtain the money on that day. During .the night two horrible apparitions appeared to the woman in her lonely cottage." These "ghosts" said that they were the Devil and his brother Death,' and that she must give the money that she had brought from the post-office that morning to the Devil, as otherwise'he would give her over to'his brother Death. The Devil said that, her. husband had stolen it in America, and that thus it belonged to him. The woman,."who was terribly frightened, said that she had not yet got the; money. .The "ghosts," it ls alleged,'compelled ber to swear that she would deliver it to them next day and departed.' The peasant woman went to the post-office and asked'for the money!.., The postmaster said that' he wanted'witnesses, and she replied that she'could not pay them to attend as' the money belonged to the Devil in any .case. She then related the incident, of ■;the night before. The postmaster gave her the money and let her go.home," but acquainted the police with her story. They watched the hut that night and arrested the "ghosts,','. who, it Is alleged, turned out to be the mayor of the commune and a relative, who had;.when .the'police appeared, already taken possession, of the money. 7yam hermits. Eccentricities of . Millionaires are Many—Seme Live All Alone 7 - 7 - Jn Garrets, , „ ^ i«0. 20 481 •131 3227 V387 1378 5(M ££»T IM 2178 2314 1203 1407. 1058 574 HRft 1233 -£820 2334 14 nn nm 102 1950 List of Locals District 18 ' « NAME SEC, and P, O. ADDRE88 Dnnkll0ft,J P. Whootloy, nankhoad, Alta, Beaver Crook. p. QaugUton, Beaver Crook, via PInchbr' WW"0 J. Burke, llolleviii*, Frank. Altn. iiiBiraioro, ,, j), j, choso, Blairmore, Alta. '■""««'* ......Job. DorbyBhlro, UurmlB, Altn. Carbondalo,.,, j, a. ny,|0 p> carbondalo, CoJoman, Alta. , Card,ff• • •• '• •!. J.' Poole. C nnllff, Alta. * , Cnnmoro ,' n, V, Tlmo huk, Conmbro, Alto. Co,omiin ; W, Qmharo, Coloman, Alta. 001 *»»»> J. 'X wlgff, ('orbln, B, O. Chinook Mines .... Wm, Forsyth. Diamond City, Alta. Diamond City..... Joaoph Nairn, Diamond GJty.'LothbrldBO. p«"t|0 i Tho*, Uphill, Fernie, B. O. ' Prftr*. • • O. Nlcol, Frank, Alta. noim«i' « W. Baldorstono, Hoamer, B, C. H,,,pr<,*t l-O. Jones, Hlllcroat, Alta. Lethbrldfo L. Moore, p, 0, Boi'llS, Lothbrldfe T^thbrld^ CoHlDrico Frank Darlmjluuu, mc, vUH Klop, Alta. ,"J"6 W. L. Evans, Lille, Frank, Alta Maple Letf .'. m. (lllday, Maple Leaf, nelJome, Alts, Wlebt! M. nurrell, Michel, n, C. Monarch MIm.-.- Horace Woo dlfld. Taber, Alta'. PtMbnrg J, mKMi p*asbiifY, Alta. Hoyal VFcw Tfiflff. n. W«?^r, Ttoynf Cotttovtca, L*UiltWB», Alta Taber.,,..., William RoMtlL Ttb«n Alt*, ^ber A. Pattwao n, Taber, AlUu vieen more strikingly demonstrated than by-the story, of Mr. G. E. Derlng, who died at Lockley Hall, Welwyn. - ■For the greater part, of half a cen- iury this lord of many acres and of a quarter of a million of money had been content to' lead the life of a hermit, in bis magnificent home surrounded by a. thousand acres of park land. His valuable • pictures—by Holbein, Fra Bartolomeo", and other old masters— have' stood for,,a generation'stacked three.deep with their faces turned to the walls.. <-, -, , , ' (Jorgeoui carriages, rich with heraldic painting, lay rotting in hla coach-, bouoe; his front door was overgrown with ivy as high aB the, stone shield of arms that crowned It. ^Not even a lamb was allowed to bleat within hearing of the lord of this desolate mansion; and' even the high road was diverted, that no sound of traffic should vex his ears. Thus, amidst dust, decay, and desolation, lived and died, the owner ot $125,- 000 a year, shunning the world and scorning his wealth, - WbAN) Sir Henry Delves Broughton was Bitiing at his attic-window, a man Infinitely .richer was walking the Btroots of St, Potorsburg ln tho gulso of a beggar, pockotlng tho alms of oharltabla passers-by, and gleefully carrying back his spoil lo IiIb miserable two-storeyed cottage ln ono of tho city's slums, .This was the only "palace" of the multl-mllllonalro Solodovnlkoff, whoro ho lived, amongst hla decrepit sticks of turntluro, with an old housekeeper. Hero ho, would Bit Bhlvorlng through tho cold wlntor days, too mioorly to allow himself a flro, or even to, brighten tho dark house with tho light of a lolltary condlo. For twonty years ho was only known to woar ono suit, a 'thing of shreds and patchos," scarcely 1 vostlgo of tho original cloth remaining. And yot this sordid-living hermit wnB ono ot tho greatost landowners md railway magnates ln all Russia—a nan who left behind him a hundred million rouble,], far woalthlor than many klngfl, ho led a llfo from which ■uost poasuntB would havo Bhrunk. A fow yoars ago thoro wob no pvoalthlor mnn In all TnrlB thnn M. Colasson, who for a gonorntlon hud lived as a pauper lu two rooms ot his tnagniflcont palace In tho Ruo Galliot). During all thlB'period ho novor onco 'oft his splendid prison, and no ono «vas ovor allowed to ontor It oxcopt his uno faithful attondant, who kept him luppllod with his dally food of broad tnd eggs, Ab In Mr. Dorlng's caso It was tho death of a father that con- ilgnod him to his hormlMlfo, so with M. Colnatton It wob tho tragic death by flro ot a lovod nophow nnd heir, In 1874, that clodded htm to fornwonr tho world and all its vanities. Within a fow wooks ot tho. death of M. Colaauon there died In an a'.tlc la a IJorlln alum ono Horr Schwarz. who ,. , 1 . . 1 1 ...ii ,. . . ^teM **,.,*..»« tf ... |"|..t,U Ujf 4,*fe UL,lt%W horn na tho pnoroat of tbo ■poor, 11a tallied out dally into the fashionnblo quarters, drcaoed tn raea and carrying a «Mk in which bo collected crutU. Ho lived alone nnd died nlono, n nere bag of bonoi—surrounded by flchna; for In hla room wan found *14f).- »mi—■in «tild coins, stored Jn scores of lara and bottles, and In bank-notes, with which hla pillow and mattress woro stuffed. For many yonrs Mr, Pholps Stokes, jno of America's richest men, lived in Dne of the shims of Now York, Inadins- tho life of the poor amonaf whom ho worked, and spending on himself In i year less than his Income for a day. <\ fow years uku Mr. Ua* How lunihil Ms back on his palace In St. Louis and renounced his right to % million of Money, to tptitd his days In voluntary poverty In one of th«v w0»t wrr-trlwd <lume in the city. Hero, In a solitary '•who fn a (viwiH for ,«-*if*, i};f ti-f rex- 111a cooked his own niMla, marl^ hi* i«rn V>ed, and rounted hJmiclf txtrava- <ant ir he apent moro than two dollar* % week on himself. FUTURE OF GANADA The British Weekly's Forecast ofTtne Destiny,fof the Dominion of" "" Canada ', ":-: ■ "The future of Canada is .illimitable, and it is. strange to think, that it was only about 1870 that the vast possibilities of the" North-West were at all adequately realized. /Since then the im-' pression of the. physical greatness and- resources •, of Canada ' has /steadily grown. There have been' difficulUes'of a great kind. The nation has seemed to half at times, But whatever temporary" checks may come, there is ho- doubt as to the rapid and certain increase "of the wealth, 'the population,' and tho power of Canada. As Principal Grant powerfully and convincingly argued, a nation' so conscious of its strength and its future will not consent to be merged in and dominated by the United States. At present there is no comparison between the population of the two territories, and annexation by the States \yould mean the suppression of the potent individuality of the young nation. Goldwin Smith never took.full account of the depth and power of popular sentiment, and we believe that Canada will be more and more content to reckon herself with the Motherland and her - other Dominions. But obviously the place of Canada by-and-by '.will be wholly altered. In the nature of things our little island cannot develop as Canada must develop, and we look forward to the day when Canada will attain a relative importance which will deprive Great Britain of her, claim to a metropolitan position. Of course, in a sense, Great Britain nrust always be the metropolis of the English-speaking race ln general, and of the British Empire in particular. But as no limit can be set to the increase of Canada, readjustment must follow, and when the time comes it will be adjusted on the lines of greater,equality. The form of connection ^ will change, butt he change will merely strengthen it. We may. cease to be alarmed by the spectre of an inevitable - disruption of existing ties.'' Canada has before her the high' destiny' of the chief place in the British federation.'—British Weekly.' LEGENDS: Of ST. PATRICK The Greatest of Hie Mlrac'es Was'the, Driving of Venomous Reptile's Out of Ireland ' . •"' It is wonderful how many Irishmen there' are in - Canada on tlie seventeenth of March!- Everyone who has the .slightest strain of Irish blood displays It on. that-day, and , so many boys and girls' come to school decorated with a bit of Paddy green ribbon or a shamrock-leaf In memory of the" patron saint-of,Ireland., St. Patrick was born about 372, and wasno"f-noble~pVrenTag^buT^h"eD7"r6 years of age he was carried ■ off' by pirates who" sold him Into slavery ln Ireland. There he was employed for seven yearB as a'- swineherd, and learned the Irish customs and language. He escaped from, captivity and reached the continent where he prepared for the priesthood and was ordained bishop. He then with the authority of the Pope, returned to Ireland to preach the gospel to its inhabitants. It is said that St. Patrick made uso of the shamrock-leaf to Illustrate. the Trinity of God, and since then it has become the emblem of that saint. The principal enemies'that St. Patrick found in Ireland were the Druid prieBts whose enmity was so great that St. Patrick was obliged to curse their fertile lands so that they became dreary bogs; to curse their rivers so that they produced no fish; to curso their very kettles so that .with no amount of fire could they bo mado to boil; and at last to curso the Druids themselves so that tho earth opened and Bwallowed thorn up. A popular legend relates that the saint and his followers wore ono cold morning upon a mountain wiihout flro to cook.their breakfasts or warm their limbs. Patrick told thorn to collect a pile of snowballs which ho breathed upon, and thoy instantly became a plooaant fire. Tho greatest of St. Patrick's miracles waB that of driving vonomouus roptlloB out of Ireland, und rendering the Irish boII for ever after hatoful to the Borpont race Somo historians relate that St. Patrick accomplished this feat by boating a drum, which he struck so hard that ho knocked a hole In It. This would have endangered the buoccbb of tho ralrnolo had not an angel appearing, mended the drum' The patohod Instrument was long ex. hlblted as a holy relic. , la 1831, an Irish gontlomon being anxious to loam whothor tho climalo or soil of Ireland wan dofitriietlvo to sorponts, brought half a dozon harm. Iobb snakoB from tinglnnd and turnod thorn looso In IiIh gnrdon, A week later ono was killed and tho idoa that a "ralo living Bnrplnt" had boon found near tho burial place of St. Patrick cauBod a groat noiiHatlon nmong tho country pooplo and somewhat shook tholr faith In their boloved Bnlnt, but thoy hnvo quite rocovorod It, If ono can Judgo by the numbor of peoplo throughout Trclnml thnt 011 tho bovoii* tenth of March 010 wearing tho uraen. ■—Canadlnn Farm. FINDS A NYE PASS Holder was to "Pound His Feet" All the Evening In overhauling somo old momorandn, juubu k,. rt. ajv, «* .ouurvui-ail, Minn., 1 dJU'UVMX'd U IMS il&Millljii; UuilkeU 1 nnd family to a lecture Arilvtwd Jn Fur«o, Sopt. 18, 1R90, by his' hrothmr, 1 tho famous humorist, Dill Nye, On tho back of tho pars was written In Hill Nyo'u own hand: "Tho conditions of ltiik phtifc *rv xhb.1 ttifc ticrtdttr inuut mirthfully pound his feet on tho floor during the cntlro evening, whether be wants to or not." •tat* or Own, on or Tnur*, # MYHnirv-rr fM. FlUVE J, CMfcvM luikrt <u»tli (fall (* |t mlai turiKtt of tt« arm cf r. i. Citinii m Co., .lutn* l,ii*tni>M in tti*. City or Tulwlu. r.mniK »■«) vt,i, tt.rf.uwl. M.a Uui tutu t.rirt will fwr tlm mim nl 1 M. IM-MUIl-IP IKil.t.AllS Stv iwVwhI™ mr fliu* until a*t. ' . . . hunk ».oh;ni;v, Hwar» U> Mat* m* ud *tlMrrtti«l to mr r*««Nin>. tfci* «t tby of InttmUt. X. l», man. '' . ~*— 1 A. W. nt.RASOV, <| l»»l J N*.M»T ITMK. ir»U« tVlinfe <»m to (Sim fcifwiMlfr »nt nrt. iuittiky itt*-u Um U»«»l im iwi«w «wutt-t M im »>»!<». ***4 M imunanUUL. trr*. r. /. njKxr.Y a 00, Tew**, o ftiM by tit ltru»»(«w. !t«, ' ,,H"* w Ttt« iiiiii'» I'traiir nm fur ixmiupuiixi, tl&*X 7 «.,; ."'• •<",.>'.- The Paper that gets there <f Advertising that advertises is the sort desired by persons 'seeking ■ publicity for their wares.!; y' . , ^Selecting'.the" medium is import- ' aiit—the publication that reaches the people y- the . wage-earners— . should appeal to the -discriminate 'purchaser of space.; \ 7 Cf-Its an easy matter to acquire -. spdee in a paper 7but its another , point to .get adequate returns from .the outlay/ > Cf Advertisements that sell goods yyj are the, ads' that .change ofteri and yl make interesting reading from time to time, giving facts and, figures. , C|f Any arrangement of type;;matter: and words in a paper is;n6t adveiv' tising. A yell written ahd: neatly displayed ad is a source of informa-; tion that will not be easily'passed v undiscovered. Discover your busi-1, nes's with the use of Printers Ink. <F Get acquainted: with your customers, meet them weekly through the columns of this paper, gain their confidence through doing as you advertise to do and when you* do this you have' gone a long way to- , wards being a success. <J Let tlie new comers know who you are and advertise your business. ■^ Tho District Ledger lias the largest circulation in tlie Pass and should bo your special inedium to - toll your wookly story. Ju«t try- can't toll until you try. ■7^ * : tv - ■■■' -Ti. '-v': ■iv: - !'" If I 'A I \.t'--'l'- ■-' •.'17/ A-7^'1 ^-.. rt-*.-. t^*i .K "v - "■ i" «. J ' {• * *> , ( Complete Job department Address all communications to The District Ledger dm "Sv'v- i7- '. "-t > "* '"-i.'U^ • ?v g*. ; , 1 f ~^ ; ■ ,\->, /!-- *■ - "**_ J* 1 l ■' ' - ^ '--<"?.-, " -j? *'" -■- ':".-■*■""-. 'y-.-;y ; - , .- \, \'y i"5 ,- *« > *- ^ ~- '■.'. >.. i * U/^7 ' su-v '■. x. H- • S7-.*" PAGE EIGKT .** " "*■* . - ' .-yy'7" \7 t. 1. - '-77. t • f ;,- yvy y- f.-- •y-f^r.'., V; £ I; ' ^ . *V \"7■ v ^k'^VlV-vS' ,/ . ^ "l""- .-v "* "**• - 7„-,^-.>S';^ '.: -■ • ■„;,, ;v ,. rV 1MB DMTEIOT MPf^'W^ :B;?7C^w6yBO"EB. 11,", 191-1 ■ t*. <^i y?;- '-*'S' i i- . v *- - • ja, "■ \ (■ "'7'" !y/ i --,'- I.1.' Finnan Haddie, 2" tins for ,.'.''.'.'...' 25c. - 2 lb. jars Marmalade ;;......."; *: .40° • 1 lb. jars .Marmalade' .'". .i: ..-....:'... 20c' 2 lb tins Table Syrup '.' .7.... -. ^10c-':; Old Dutch Cleanser, 3 tins for-..-..' '. ' 25c. Toilet'Paper; Oval and Flat, 5 pkts for".... . 25c. ' Colgate's Toilet Soap, per box ...... 25c. and 30c. 1 lb. Jars Honey :v -. 30c. 2y2 ,1b. Jars Honey- '. .V. 70c; ^ Baker's Coe<?a, VL> lb. tins :...-.... -25c. ■ Cormneal, }0 lb. bags .....-./:'..'... 35c. " Domestic Jlcrrings in Tomato Sauce, 2 tins for .- 25o. Dominion Parlor Matches, 2 pkts for; 35c. Colgate's' Talcum Powder ..'.,...-......'.. 20c. 8 lb. bags*Ogilvie Cream .Rolled .Qats ...." 30c. 5 lb. pkts Quaker Oats 7 ;•;'•'•"... • • • Banner. Oats ...'.' ;;?.'.;:.:.'. Old Dutch Coffee, regular 50,c,, special 1 lb tins Old Country,Tea '•''•"':•'•'■• 3 lb."tins Old Country^Tejv ..'....!... 3 lb, tins Economic Tea ..-..' '....." Large 20 oz. tins Cream, 3 tins for ... C. and B. Jam. 1 lb. tins .. ..■ 25c. 25c. 40c. -45c. f.35c. 90c. 25c. . 15c. Ladies' $1.00, and, $1.25 Vests or^Drawers, - Special : ......^ ' 75c. "„. ;. Ladies' Vests or Drawers in Natural,- Cream. i<- and "White. - These, are made from all wool, and . sold regularly at $1.00 and $1.25. -.' ; Saturday Special, each-..../....,. ; 75c. 50c. Wool Stockings ... *<-,... 35c. Boys' and Girls"heavy ribbed- Wool .Stockings; a good heavy stocking suitable ;for winter wear. All sizes.. - ' • v •- .' '" ■ Special 35c. per pairyS pair for $1.00 ^Children's Wool Golf Coats'.in,;Nayy' and Car- ■ dihal. .. These are made from heavy'-worsted wool iri three sizes only, 20, 22, 24?:'; Regular $1.25/ ■:; ^Saturday .Special-;/. ^:-A..y. .y'^jjl.00 ''' "vGhird.reri1's"Wool,-Toques, made;'iro)g all wool, .- >in?,Cardinarand'Nav^, and assofted, stripes. v''\y Saturday Special /... 7.../.'.;y.:;-*£ 25c. '7 "And .gr^at.'-was" the fall; Oh-my countrymen." ^ ' ■"" '■ ".,; 'B • .' ' <■ "o-1-.—Shakespeare.7. ', ~, • 7~y7.-,'. ,.It la understood, that . Mlas Jean Strachan. ls contemplating a trip-to Scotland In the near future. v>. -. On or.aboiit Wednesday next'it ls reported "that o'neof.our citizens. Mr, E. Moor, ivell known in financial cir- cleg^ will start on a trip to Lonlon, England. - 7 y - - - Thos. Dreronach, the man killed last Saturday night on the C. P. R. trackby a passing freight train was burled on Tuesday afternoon from the parlors of Thomson and Morrisson. '1*7 „,Tho demonstrator of Cowan's Cocoa In tho Store of Trltes-Wood Co. is having excellent success in convincing her visitors of. the unequalied qualities "of the, cheering, invigorating and satisfying .liquid. We have1 a lengthy communication from Wm. Potter of West Fernie, but taking into consideration that he makes "the statement that he has still further matters to touch upon, we would prefer to have the whole in our hands before any reproduction is made.' About 3.30 (Friday) a man believed to bo'called Frank Adams, upon coming out of the. Post Office, fell to the gorund in a fit,' and upon'being brought back to, sensibility h ehad another attack, and when; our Reporter saw him last .he was being taken to" the City Hall. . t . ''. ° ■ y • J. R,'LawryVvrho bas been'assbclaN ,ed ,vrith the- Bank''.of HamUloin";in-the capacity of "manager, has,fqbtalne'd a well-earaed. promotion. -- ■ Hey's- -jio^r inspector; of 7 Alberta branches vof^ the bank, and^wiil hereafter."make*- Calgary, hia headquarters."-" / '; «•'»-> A SNAP.-rrwill sell,my eight room"- :d, modern-hosise on Lot 8, Block 38, Macpherson .Ayenue, for ?1,950;J $1450 vasb'and'Tthe.-balance in. 12 months. Tnls'housSe'isr'on a doubfe'lot and has electric • light, bath,- etc. '•' Apply, F. Miller, Box 4; 4, City Heights.r.Van- couver B.C.."-'""'; ■' 7." -' 12-t.f. '- y-7vy7",'y.';■.•■ ,^."'••7^^,y-"y^;7j'y.h^.-^v "-''7--" 'T'.'l. ' ;7"yM M^yl:^ .7^-r^ f;' --l-'-ryU'f :'^vV;";7jv -7-,y7 • •The.f Irst sKow of the. season I—This should, remind you ,that, now is the time to get.ybur storm-windows and doors, and'the,place is KENNEDY'& MANGANS. • Telephone 23.'' ' ,'-i "CIRCULATING LIBRARY FOR - ' . FERNIE , ,7 ^•■.rf'.<-'.».3-.# :;tW$^' •\>y,-..;-}? . »>. \- ,s -A*ri%r"' .-^f-T/rrsM ;/"'' '' As we have received numerous qtier les arient the city snow disturber, we. must .request our -correspondents^ to make application of^ .the' .city fathers for permission to view-same. We have not heard of a mortgage being raised on it to meet the mayor's stipend nor to pay the fathers their five' spots.; - - Riding a horse you;thought was nice, Warranted sound,and free from vice. To fall off in.the middle of a ride, 7 With ..little boy"s hollering, "Why don't V ■''• you get Inside!'.'", , . . ' 7It's»really, very, unpleasant, ... ," It's"really."very unpleasant,. "' 7" But1 it must be endured, you know.* . (The, balance, of this" ode, will appear in a later issue, „ Specially .de^ dicated.) ■ ..;.-" :\ . . It has been felt for somej'ime-that a Circulating Library would be a great boon' to the people of Fernie, and jsvlth this object in view a.few interested people met together recently and decided to proceed with the formation of a library of this description. It-was arranged to make the subscription ?1, and as the managers of the Knox Presbyterian- Church 'have been, kind enough to grant the use of .the basement it wai also arranged to use that place for the present as, a library. Persons subscribing have the privilege of each naming one book which they would like to be secured for the 'library. Subscriptions will be received by the Rev, Mr^Grant of the Presbyterian Manse, or by^Mr. J. F., Macdonaid at the Home Bank of Canada. It is hoped to have the first consignment of books ordered* by December 1st. and the beginning of the new year. We trust', this -laudable enterprise tb have the .library'in-operation-by .will be supported by. all interested in, books. It 4s a standing reproach to' a city the size,bf'Fernie with so many cultured inhabitants, that there is no circulating library. . Intending subscribers will confer a favor-by paying the subscriptions as" soon as possible ^in order that there might be_no" delay ln fcommencing op- erations7;7- • * , ■ " V ' COMMUNICATED:! . ' \ .V '-"■':7-- Michel,s B. '777.7:-y^; C.',\Nov. 8th. ATTENTION I, ESTHER REBEKAH ,- ^LODGE T- '.Mrs. B. Evans, [Of Rossland, ,B. 0., President- of-vtbe' Rebekah'Assembly,' I. ,0. O. F. .of'-British Columbia, .will make her, annuai;visit to Esther, Re- ,\He way a raw recruit,,and Irish toor, provided,.and, of-which all Rebekahs taking hia 'first lossrvn In rHIner.''' Th'« o^'n'oW *X »«*-"... taking his first .lesson in rldjng.'' The Instructor told him,he must sit on his :'AS The Wreath That Wreathes Your Face In Smiles Y^U can^ help smiling wheiryoii see this little , * -wreath in a Suit or Overcoat It brings pleasure and good luck—like a four-leaf clover. * ' It's the sign of honesty and satisfaction—of true worlh and economy—of value given. « This wreath is the trademark of the founders in Canada of the highest grade hand-tailored garments for men. It goes into every genuine Fit-Reform Suit and Overcoat as the makers' guarantee of style, fit, fabric and tailoring. H57 ,i \, Look for it in every Suit and Overcoat you buy. horse1 for fifteen minutes, according to be the guest of Mrs. T/Beck, Howland instructions from headmiArtarn. ' Hnnr. ln!anu . "I ' . ' . - -- . Instructions fr(oin headquarters.' Scarcely, had he mounted the,steed ,when he fell off, and the instructor severely reprimanded him for disobeying orders from headquarters. Whereupon.our Irishman with ready wit replied, "Yes, sprr,.'but I, had cancellation orders from hindquarters. ',Mr.' James' Ashworth, formerly lis charge of.'.the Crow's Nest PasB Coal Co.", was a" visitor in Fernie on Satur- rtiiy. leaving.«>n,-Metcay's castbouud local,,. ,'. ■ ■ , '., ; ,Thle gentleman ls now a, resident in Vancouver; B.C.whero he^lias opened offlco as expert' consulting engineer and valuator of mining properties and prospects, „0n page 5 will bo,found tho advertisement of tho Union Land Co;, with hoadqunrtora at"Natal, B,C„' offering property In Port Albornl, which ban developed at a marvellously rapid rate nnd Judging by what 1ms transpired ln tho past fow months thero Ib ovory ronson ip bollovo prices will bo Increased. It therefore behooves all Intending purchasers to tnko advantage now that tho chance of getting property In a country, whoso possibilities nro boundless at figures within reach of tho purms ot tho small Invos- tor. This is no bluff, but n straightforward buslnoflfl proposition, LUKE-s-W(LLIAM8 At tho residence of Lockwood Kay tho Rov. D. M. Thomson, on Wednesday IiibI, Nov. 8th, united In llio bondu or matrimony Archibald Lhka and Mien Sarah NIcholHon WIIllnniH, both of this city. UNIONISTS v NON-UNIONI8T8 bekah Lodge on.;the evening of-the ^^ 10th'. inst. 7. dnr-thie. occasion - eight ed.-He has- taken' a"l"eadlng'paVt *S' ;■'Grand; Jewels-.will hfl nr*>spntV>i1* f\ehtiriv'nm-'v.*,,i~~ V.J. - -i '-'•>;.-' Past-Grand-:Jewels.will be presented? ilg^rig^dur_^battles^he_wa's-alwa Suitable v entertainment will also be are asked tp..,n6te»j}. While in the city-the President will Avenue. >l-A,w 3, $1,000 FOR RIDING THE GOAT } .- At,Sloux:Clty, Iowa, for making a candidate, "ride the goat' to his alleged physical .damage, the Modern Woodmen/of America lodge was ordered to pay,$i;0Qp'byi Judge Henry T. Reed' In the federal court. - , This Judgment; ends, a famous caso which" has. been on'ithe.federal and district court docket since 1908, being ,hed on continuances and negotiations out of court.'.' " , The plaintiff who receives the |1,000 la Julius Deel.,- Deel sued for $25,000 damages. Ho alleged ho sustained a sprain of tho spine "and many,cuts, bruIscB and lacoratlona.whon ho was initiated Into tho ordor nt Spirit Lake, Iowa. ■ , ..-' The Crow's Nest Tracing Co. Tho Blnigplo between tho trade un- loniiit and tho non-lrnilo unionist Ib gettolng wook by wook moro oncuto. Tho point Is thlB, that tho trade nn- lontBlu linya IpvIob nnd fec» to uphold IiIh helnlr rnlBnd nnd melhodn and hours of work being arranged ho iih to UH.*.., U|flUUUW .iit.tut,* Lliiuiti ill, (O.IIV- hijr. BuMlic .mm uiiUaOi'l xulux M t1w>BO ndvahtngeu without paying n sln- Rlo penny, nnd thnt Ir what nnnoy» tho trnd« unlonlBtfl, nnd qulto right too, On nil hands there Ib formpnt In rogarrt I. IM . ,( 1. , * . . ,t \. a .,uu k..*. ,. . ..,». 't»-»4.,..»L., 4.W* kl.ll WUA» cotton trade It li getting moat ncuto. In fact, In somo of tho Lancnthlro districts, there In quite a cruando orgnnlr- vA flgnln*t tho»o non-iinlonfBtB who wish to reap tho bcnoflta obtained by tho tinlonl«t«. The only w»y lo for«» non-unlont«tB to Join the union it to rf«fiuif» lo work by their *lrt»», ami UiU Is now Wng done in ipwny fillB, and the Idea will be farther extended. Tbo employori aro In a difficult potltlon. but the old, truUra, "United we ttand, divided we fall." will t»U In the teng run, and the employm, aa well nt tho non-union!*?, will hive to recognize the fnfft.—It^ynoMn*. COST OF WAR The onormous expenditure .that a war between two great European powers would ontall can bo seen from tho following details of tho cost of tho Franco-Prussian war of 1870, which np- peai'B In tho currout Ibbuo of tho Army ond Navy Gazette; published ln London: ' 'Tho cost from July 17, 1870 to tho 38th day of tho following Mny, on which day tho treaty of Frankfort was ratified, wan 1,012,000,000 francs, or about $385,000,000, this being for war olmrgofl proporty so enllod. This Bum worlts out at somothlng l|ko $1,500,000 por day. , ' "lint It the clmrgoo for tho provlBlon- ng of Paris, the support of tho famllloB of BOldlorn, the malntonnnco ot tho In- vndlng nrmloH, contrlbiitloiiB ImpoBcd hy tho onomy. loans, succor for tlio vIclImB of tho war, repair of dnmnire done, or other Indirect oliorgOH, and tho Indemnity of $5,000,000 with ltu In- torcst bo added, tho total cost of tho war Ib brought up to'tlio coIobbbI fig. uro of $1,"OS.ooo.OOO and to ii rnto of some $8,100,000 por dny. "Tho cont of tho war to Oormnny In estimated, with contingent chargofl, and tho ordinary mllllory budget' lo hnvo boon $075,000,000. "In moilorn condition* a year of wnr ,,U1.l.l ,„ai i |(<|„,y )t,i\n,wu, %uhm lor C.cnmny \hv uulpy liquid iv wat- thing n]>|iroachlng tho void sum of $R,r>00,000,000." To the Editor,-'pistrict7"Ledger: :-l ' Dear Sir,—Through"\tbe""columHB of our [paper I would, like'.to.-point out to the members of the-wording"" class Interested in the "struggle of us. miners and mineworkers that we -areonly -getting served . out! to-.us'-\tbe- kind of "Justice'.' and "Fair play;' that >e' as* a class are askiiig for and "supporting;' This is-' rthey "Imperialism," "Patriotism," and,'Britlsh^Vfaif rplay that was so 'much prated'about,by those political procurers 7 called," Conservatives at the last general "election, and for, which the workers, of "Canada have" undoubtedly Voted.-; We. slaves of Michel have certainly had it served up to .us In great "style, and to "show how I-must relate a little history. The latter end of last month, for-the crime of picketing and trying to stop a few scabs from- working,' some1 nineteen'summonses,-were served on several of our' members,, the informants charging all kinds of crime, "assault, intimidation, unlawfully following on a public highway,' unlawfully watching and ' besetting the -company's property,' were some. Oii^of those cases was tried before J. S. T. Alexander,' stipendary magistrate on October 27th.' His' Worship 'reserved his decision on, this case ,'(Brother Thomas Colquhoun) . and adjourned the, others till the 7th, or 8th of November... . When 'court sat again on the 8th,-. instead 'of taking up. the cases that were laid over "from last sittings, Bro." T. G: Harries was ,made to face a charge of as*sault,'presumed to have"* taken place on 'the first of the monthy It is now a matter of record how, our brother ■ was convicted and given-1 thirty days,hard labor without the option of a-fine; all the' other cases, being dismissed. ' To those of- us" who took ■ a part' and closely .^watched the whole proceedings, the affair'was" cut .and dried from' start to finish.'' The whole of the governmental machinery' was ap^ parently'set in motion inTthe'-captur-' ing and conviction of- this brother.' Bro. Tom v Harries .was well liked by a majority'of JMIchelltes; he was'held. In high esteemn as a union ,man, being ex-president, of. this Local;"'he -had large .influence withi th'e;foreig'n4peak' ing. brothers i'of. this: camp'for "the' benefit of "organized labor, and" last, but. not least", he" was an active mem-*' ber. of, the ..Socialist Partyi *'■" These,"' Mr. Editor. and brother members'are, the-.characteristics' and '■ crlmes^fp'r which.this.brother has-been "convict; w;"-' 9s*™ 6ffi?v*K? p^p^;'i^;^^v;v^-y^S'^ '^■ |f-7' "33anuer;Oals,-5!b''^tgs7with 'china;'^ry^yr25cV-;V; ^7#;y'.y i; / ' keno'g's-^hied. (iornfFla^es/3-|oAy;7• .7"25o.:%<&-7 ^ ,<y ., y ' Boiled_ Oafs;(f:lV sacks 7::\p.>ilA'J:^^t:r_30o.\ r- >.'-■ .Qy\ \:'-y . Buffalo;Oats,;5;ib;"-pkgs;yfor,'*7'\-V'. 'i.Ky^^So. 7y ^ Z l:&Si §.*.•. - Pure Ai>ple Cideiyfor making mince-iueatt"".'. "7;>J7;. J ,--'-'r" "J v*"* "* g*ll«'^«'« .......,,, • <y /:'.-'/st. Chafes Cream;t3;for'..."...',- ...;. 7,...-25c'. . ' 7, Cowan's.^oeoa, 1 Ib'ting..!'" I | '. '- Co-vyan's Cocoa,'% lb',; etosjf2 for ...;;'..".'..■ ;55o.;' -';f^ ^y'*\ i 7y .'-; Cowan's Unsweetened Chocolate, y2 lb;cake,- 25c. ■^1^Vi-•9V;,5?J <-y" « SterHnglkand Extracts, 2 'oz bottle '.".•.' ..I'.V." 10o." 7 ^'>rV>V-.'.;.;'*J j; .;. . y Citj*n.P^ ;.y^^TjfV^dc1. „7 /. y.; v'7 < ' ';''•?,Orange and'■LWon^eeii!piB^ib.\^,;V.':\T?tii5o.^ •*, i':~ 7 1 * -'.- 7'v:7Fresh'Fwfian'Hadaievand^^^ '"' ' 2 -;:' ''- .U'VV; vAHy."";; -V-' K ■ --' ' : - * - ,--.'-:-•v *f''- -. v, at the'service "of the boys['7be.'was honest and ^straightforward ;' in' "hrs dealings .with the ,men,; and the "cJm- pany offIcIals"to "sucK, an- extent' th'at' heihas:become'an "1'undesirable"*1ci'ti- zen-.ln-"the eyes-ofvtbe coal'opefa'- tprs-of.this Pass;'?, :Ia7thIs to:be;the end.of it?.: Are we going;to\allow such a' bare' case of discrimination to go.unanswered? The'Michel men say No! - and "with ,the. help', of 'the. other members of DlstrictUS; will"o'n the 12th of December-give the Western Operators our answer by- placing Bro. T.G.. Harries as-bur International'Board Member. ' ThlB-ap- peala to'ua men as'the only-thing to do. - Bro. Harries' chances for earn- lng hla livelihood digging coal In this Pasa Is\ slim for- some time to' como. Now, MrvEdt6r, such is tho opinion of a large"1 majority of the boys at Michel,' and If a majority of tho mem'- bors of tho District think tho samo we know ,what ,tho results will 1>6, and if not, well wo can take our modi- cine-llko mon, Eh,- Tom? '" "O , Yours, In tho Scrap, ,' ". A. S.JULIAN I. O. O. F, On Novombor 27th Koy Clfy Lodgo, Cranbrook, "will have tholr nnmmf Al Homo', A special car will bo provided for tho "three linkers" of Mt. Fornlo, Lodgo, to whom a cordial Invlta:loii Ih extended to Journoy to tho Bunana territory. Don't forgot tho data—Mon day, Novombor 27th, A correspondent quortosj "Could you Inform mo what, has bocomo of'tho olty snow plough?"' Wo regret to say that thlfl Ib boyond us, "And further thnt no doubt a apodal mooting will bo called to dooldo upon tho erection of a imifioiim to exhibit this particular city proporty, Initruotlom at to working of Fire Alarm,—Procure ono bnrrol of conl and about two hundredweight of WABto, trench around hydrant; pack wnsto firmly (not too tight) around bono of hydrant, pour conl oil on samo, and then If the' Iioubo Ih not qulto burnod out wring nlnrni. Should your hoinio bo burnt out you may Bit around hy- uitiiic uiuii buuiu tding uuretB. hub lu 'MWjJ4jJ.1l, u:.H WMlsithii lit uof enmo ran only ho had after twolvo p.m. at thia office. '" o o o o o o o VVVVVVVVV vvvvvvvvvv ^ Fire I Fire! Wet epresent 24 of the strongest Board Insurance Companies now in existence For rates and particulars apply O O 0 <>• 'o o o % Union Land Company, NATAL J B.C. J pnces4- <;.'• ' -->'' I ; .'.4 li ,',-.;,- -tji^jk ^iVj'-'-'.r1- '. • ' ,' '* '.':*•«-«■»':: •J..',""'■ i ■ -.' x.rr.cy?^'7^:'rrT!7rEr;rf-,'"->'-~:i,-M j*C*j^V\7'^A r.'A 7^'-"7-- r " ' ^,- \,1 * ¥■ ^ h1:. Mrs, S. Jennings, Proprietress i'"1 i ' "i' J . A" i ' / k '' ," ' '"• • ' > ,'.?,-'.' Rates $1.50 and upy?r. * ■ < >V-'.V' * * ''£ V^ '"""1" 'l""- *,»'• . ' Hot and Cold- Water "';■■'■" ' s BiiDtrfeycipiilijb' ';-•'}; , =' i:-8t»«m, Hooted, ■/. • ," ;,v ■' • .'Phbna' I n every' i'oom',, .-; Samuel Roomi on'Main ' r'.-";.Builneu^StrMt..-^ '■ v r Meal tickets, $6.00' SpeoUl Rates by the wtek, and , , the month and to Theatrical par-- . ties.- Try our,,, '•.- " , '„■ ■ '•■ -.- • -'n :, • /*■, Special Suncl^y: Dinner 50^' ■* ~\ The finest of Wlnei, Llquora nndCloart isrved by competent |7 and obljfllnjj wlnp clerk*, .7' \tifi 'iylXi'iifo, 4'f^W, n'i' X? |V 'if i ry".. and Sale.StabSes ':■ '". 'I. *&''.'- ' '• ' ,- Flret claae Hdreea for Sale.' Buy» Horeefion Commltlon III. -,"■' .' . '. -M V, , ' J , jGeorge.Barton ?thone 78 t-jfi*;; Here it is, Waiting for U HOUSHKBBPBR,' experienced, mld« dlo'-agod).roliablo, Scotch,-flret-claBB re» - forence's, Booke situation,with.minora'. ., Dlstnnco from rall'no olijoctlon. ■ Ap-, <■ i ply, MIbb Bertram,' Y. W. 0. A„ 12th'' " Avenuo, Calgary, Alta. " \ • 12-3tp" ' Wo Ixig to announce that for tho present wo aro removing our . Block irom tho Victoria Avonuo ' premUoB.to tho old stand on. Pollatt Avonuo, and thomrhopo to moot all our customc'raV * ,- Dywatrlct adhoronco to bual-' nous wo trust to merit a contlnu- «iii(.tf ut >uur Viwuvtj ,i)t4uuu»ti«. PRB8H EATAOLE8 " • - AND PROMPT SERVICES , fornift Home Bak^v • .«* ; Tolophone 180 -r :jr •uia or Oirto, otr or Toufxi, r U'C4» COCKTY. .. (**•> ' FOR RENT—Throe-rookod shack, unfurnished or partly furnlBhod, tii do« 'elro'd. , Apply VR,". o.o., Lodgor Offlco, , WANTED—A Housekeeper; apply John Murray, West Fernie, 2t. TAXIDERMY-iFor flrat-olafln taxi, dorray work, triountlrifc anything from a Bnnko to,an elephant, call or write, 0. Rooco, P. O. Rox 0, Vfenl Fernio 7 -, '■}■ Im,-n,n, FOR SALE—At a bargain} a brand now Dloyclo; EiibIIbIi make'' novor rode on, Apply, Wm. llarton, Pollatt 'Avonuo. • o-t.f . 0 '. FOR SALE—Subject to short loaoo, Houso and Lot corner RIvorlmnkAvo. and Prior Btroot. Apply to L. P, Holt- slcin, .... „ " LOST, STOLEN, or STRAYED, ono n'oillgrofl Alrdnlo "Tlltoh; Any Infor- matlon lending to tho rocovory of ^d H. , " I I . . .... v tcII, Wrrt T"c^lo,.' ..The flrtt'snow of the sescsnl—This Bhould remind you that now is tho tlmo to got your "storm windows and doom, mid tn« Jii»ua in HW-NNEUY k MANOANS. Tolophono S3. ^frtrwuiM, ]•»* Ifnl UtA nm' Will fwf lh» Mm nl v\i: iirvnitcn nottjcmi itw«*ith.»nd »wry iiuu."» aw*m ci»». fnAVU , CHKSty. VM (in d»r n' IWWiVr, A. D, 1**fv Nownr ptntio. \"t\ . 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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : J.W. Bennett |
Date Issued | 1911-11-11 |
Description | The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919. |
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Language | English |
Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | District_Ledger_1911_11_11 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-07-26 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0308825 |
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