i SiKi,-ftV-^'SLw --Mrii Ww^'vJ^ ^ 7S;7&&%7 7L .■ C ?-™4SsS: "7' X-Ty ■;- •,; Sf-- *, 'i - * 7 - *" " •'•'-' ■' •" .-■ ,~-s'_*"-, '■":l:»". ""7"- .i. * • • '•'' '"• " - J' •-/..'• *jjf "j -A **'•-' '->."". - -;• ,., * .. i 7» "ii^.*l-t-^r■ --7K*r- " ^-v '* r'-*-*" "- ■*' » »'£v.c-j' _■ • - 7y_ ,. »".; i*'£2a!?3!**c-'.vi: **.'*' " , ; -■ ."'''V -VC-, 1" • ",'^s?V" '"7>J\ ' - ' -" "'" " vi :" ■■/,'- ■j*',~-i||Ji|y-i'-''yy ■** -; y ., ; Y;'-'.r-ffhe- <^Kcial,Orga_tt ofrpistrict Mo. 18, P.,VL W. of A. i.,-. fe'^*,*-^ '£>-. ', *_■ =. Political Unity is Victory. ^f^2^pliVI^>^^;'^&^^^f^^^^?|:v.V ^. ^5^ "*'Y'.' '** *' THE1 DISaaiOTfciKDC.ER,' Y** _(i ^VAV-r.^^*"V(»,_£«^--'- J iri-p.-NSg-lJUt.v'n, _________ Y«3ji t \r"iri-,« <? il v ~-eS. y;. ^T^B_ •J>'-* K7*. i™ c"..,j_- J8. C.fJFEBRUARY 15,1913. (1.00 A TEAS. . r,!-\ : •••&y^^-^.Sf,t\Jl-.y S £>,•: •i.^yy l.-^v>-S\i, y,-^>' ^St^tt^Hundred$;; of Gfiildreh -;> vlint^Praqtical y Slavery: i *^> >y * • / /y '.'• y -jl i. YALBAN'y^nJy:? FepT.lT2.^Htfw*fphll'." ;dren of ^tender; years slave for hours u \0\ i* , in-'caJining^Bheds.; with- their, blfstpr- ?- '5. ed^liigera^'^VrftPPedyin, J^a,^wliiles ■^ ^.Yothera' 7vitotl Y- inlY'tenements, - makliig ' ?fSf.U>Z8',l floFeVs^andUpIumesiYandYhow -.v i women ' toil ".'excessively. „■. sometimes - - $ for- raere^pjttancea^in industrial; In- vi' 5K'-»t,0li^iln) tWBr*tate,: ia ^described: •;'. f;Jn..thovr*ik>rt ;§f-;tlie' Ne^-.York' State ,:«^ factory ;""vinvesflgatingc*I commiC .oe •' "..'which ,,wa'B'aubmittedv^taday,"to. the" • ,i".-'The reports says; that .the. caiiners ■•;*•-j .operatingjin the., rural districts- have .v-|-neyer;,pbeyed^the State.child labor __.l^w,...iXtec__use|Ytiiey_.,_naver«.haii7s.io_^ ; tlieir „8n_p ,,• • K:T_ean8 and- >usk corn1-are. not* fact-' ■-.£ 1 ories''and■ that-under;"oei-tain. condi- ■ J", '• v $ - tiona-ithe "-'iempioyment-;!dr,^childt«on' . -.4"-. _-.; o'C'llflut ».■.-"«■• "';'■- *■ '.r - i-Y comparative re$t,**buf by Another almost as' bad. -And .the.- pay averages" ten-cents,an'hour,'.'. *7X■■'• X' \7'" { CYBeaideB^" this, subject,-«-th«f^ report also.considers fire.problems, .danger- pus tradesyentllatlon and, sanitation, and "recommends as to the first'that i_he?num_>er pf4yor;ker8':jnTany,.factory. bbiimlteiitb'tlie^aliacltirof the atalr- I'; »■ y i' i\ -. ^--Th-ey^have • Y contended ~ thatrj i&i i-V X. '.'i.-'ahedB-. in -.which" the ''Children'! ja YCt^Y .'^^employment^ of mereibabies,",' the" commiasion- hofds,'has beeii :the ?Ma- UW-: COMMONWEALTH tt, • a - ■t citizen" of the Dominion takeai'course of''military training;1; and^pasBinr- a resolution recommending;*a^'general strike throughout. the'-world •" on 'the declaration", of war:by! any->of \\b'e great powers, the New -Zealand' labor conference ^today had a'stormy meeting..-1 v„ •;-,- '_ ,^>"y.' T'.X.y.T'' ■\'.Indignant^references- ,toYthe .coldblooded way in "which the'po-fyeral were dealing;with,the trouble in..the Bak kan8, and to the seemingly constant endeavor oT.British and .German newspapers to stir,up strife between those two countries were made by the speak- ers,"-"" ; .^-" ." ,ti T<y. ' .'•' '' ' Considerable argumentensuedwhen the.Socalist portion 01 the conference favored -putting forward every ^effort Immediately to^ prevent the children of the;laboring,classes frpni obeying the.instruetion8joj_>thoir.drili''inaBters.' -, The, cooler section*of the delegates succeeded in persuading .the meeting against .any militant action but.voted with the rest of the conference for an immediate, repeal bf the law making military" training .compulsory. . .-"-' OP LETTERS .y£ .! v -;.7 \<': reaultand. it;adds5 that^of l,259,tchil-. y y{ i drehset:_^o%in:32'i8-^fl.t-toe , > \'"-"c!_ waB • iij. and* thV.youngest., war three. XXfX *■ '.Many vor»j^ej^ime^.*-tthe^repoirt "^ Y«''' '<*! -explains,' are,'.opposed \ to'the' employ-- _.< - V. - Ji. ji"-. i". ",r' iTii'a "'*'; •* jk» 1.*' .. -'"«' ,.,.*___^rt_4»,'^(Contributed) ~-Y ^7 .' tr-K there-is"a*wide "gulf between man and the lower'anlmals, it is the-pow- er,man. possesses in- writing his Ms-, tory," and, coir-inunicatjng his thouglits 'juj^n/l^^mwl^^riie^most wonder- iul .tbing toa^'accompiiBKed^hia'super- 'ioriiy of man; ifl the indention of tools, 'especially j the peib. |V7f^X"7 -A 3_t, ~4. |" By^the aidjpfHhll' little, iifetruinent; mari'S;'th'ough"tB-ar'e. expressedfof his earljriiistniggles-jind handed down 'to It'.'1;-: ;', parents,-of the fchlldfen 7? make :theni -" irf-yrn ,J5*»i' f% ™- • i": i -•,Y'Y--.Y- Pathetic /instances of ;-,this compul-, -Y^.-i'iJslon^are'^giv'enrin'tW 7 Sri llttie^'fol-^Brf.'of^.ll^had'' stopped4 work1 „ >•>.? for>;"8econ4;and;wa8 .tbrowing'some^^ ./"Yl beaii snlpplngs'at another:YfflsTfather.- ;>*7.;vf-hit.hlm^brutallyfacrosa tlie face-iand- -'-' *'"}' eet-hlm^tO'OTlppingjaOTi^^.i^v ~;-X ; ;, i-V j :-'• ^'One; of^b»^irOT^> irilpec toirl'^tfB ■ an .. 1* 4 IUliftnyTOe^jnai^toryie^ .Bhed ■K"'"' '.*;. ^-at'0.36;tlii_tt \»lgh,t.! - AbQiit'.,jii' dozen- -' • V- " X*- children 'were^atill ftheie'i* and - half Tof tho-floor, was .covered,a .foot deep ^'^Ith'.bMu which;i".wew.:.Yheld-'over night, Toaay;%werare-lnv.touch4 with , the .world^ofhumaaHhought and progress, ,we^are*m6d^'wyf, we.laugh and.aire- hjlmoredY-we;'areY made mad -and cruBh^ "one anptlier for,the mastery .of .exlBterice'.^' OhY.wbnderful pen! ,4hdu ?0^^?^.°»n!»i?otent.God., ,.v .J, 7^W«'^hear, .much "these ."days of the iriaaatriaitComion'^lth, ranH'^re'are K ^\t II j' posterity.^:'ft>,, -a ,'.is«, »«JVj :Vr';^ TEN KlCLEDrAND' ;Y- '* ^ MilliYpWOilHDEDIHY 7: STRIKE RIOTS GOVERNOR ORDERS STATE TROOP ' , V RUSHED TO THE STRIKE - " l' DISTRICT ' CAPTAIN:,SCOTT. LOST r ',' Yy llOH POLAR 'EXPEDITION Reaches the South'Pole",.But-Entire -,-X\ •■ ^*^y ,°' ,^'ve. Pereons „ yr . - • " Y ~ Y'- Perishes _'''' : .- <., OAMARU, Ne^r Zealand, I^eb. 10.— Captain Robert F. Scott and _iis:party, were overwhelmed by a blizzard on- their^ return journey from the South ^XX*?,'LXxXi„X X x \yXX " The'entire'party* perished'. ~* They reached the South" Pole" on January 18,- 1912. Y-y ' ->;" Y'1.-;1"" -'"" - 7 '• CHARLESTON,--W.-Va.,' Feb.' IL— Ten persons are dead,' and a score wounded as a result of a battle Monday between strikers, and authorities near Muclow,'- "West Virginia, In the Kanawha coal' strike district. ' Seven of the dead' are' strikers and the others guards. - Eight strikers were "captured and brought here chaiged'Tvith rioting." * Of the' five companies of state' mill-' ".la- ordered 'to'the strike, district _, by Governor Glaisock early. Monday, two from'this city*reached,their destination'' about" nine Vclock. Ttiree. com- pariies''frbm Huntington, 'W. ya1., are expected. here 'before midnight, A 6th company was ordered- to proceed from J'ayettesvIHe for Muclow.' ''ry*''' ''. - tnesting the guilty parties!. Upon his arrival before the shack Oziist ran out and threatened him with* a shotga.'i if he came any closer. Ozust was however, arrested" a- little later* and committed to stand In MacLeod. According to a witness, Tom Malet- inka, who swoj-e to finding several bullet holes in the vvalls of the-',house, the whole affair must have somewhat resembled a pitched battle, resulting indeed in two casualties. Blazy Oziist was sentenced to' two years ln the Edmonton penitentiary at hard labor. He was represented by Colin MjacLeod, while W. M. Campbell acted for the Crown. TRAINMEN AND RAILROADS , AGREE AS TO WAGES -fti-T •y-.i . V__V a. ;' . i- ■jj ,.V-" /,A„ Km *-^rte;■ ^ \ t' -7 WO MEN, SLAVES f. I y ' * ■-■-i/-;!!Ho;'i'^omBn_'i«anf,w^ ^from -JO • to X-'; *-.;,|'2i;,.liouw'!a^'d_iy':lor',.,wwit«,;^ 7T' ■"' •..YcaaeB. even months/Yw^tifioutMnna- caseB, even,'monthi,-■ •?,!>..:. .•■-..•..._>.!>..' ..>t..l>_'- jwlthVut permanent injury to'haf health; -,;rY;,>;;., 'y yyr'y^'yilT 'iMX«t,i wpiM_i'j;»w)f^n_r'.thlii!t6_y' X XTX '*|^w"« ' in'Jblndorfea, canherlea, factp^ YY'*.;.•'^/'•b"wd li|£'l__«|i'_AopiB dtjr"Ing,tho,;-«Ix' f.^vJY'^r^wookBVVChrTrtiit^^ this ,l»rjr* J ,1/".'- ;t:eiinnorlisB the'wOTk^keenfl'iin^orflttr! rcannorlo? the'work;kcyops 'up*pretty, j~rf«ularly during a^eaaon;of four'or ;' five months, A\w«ek-Cof 85Ho94 IS hourt—In 'one^'ea^liO^'f ";wprkln'ir I houra^la liot followed by, a week'of „ _. '_yy '....-'■•-. ",7' _. •: '• _' i TO EXTEND PRANCHJ8E- KV- ■;± li-F I" f- ■"-• TORONTp^ob.l2.~In'tHo Ontario' 7*.i leglBlaturo on^MondAyj'; fimSwtiDeri:-' *, \ aid (Oentro nriice) (lutl-oduoed a. Bill '^to extend.the;full4»rfvilefe'franchise' -»V-U6%o'i^n\whora^;e>ti^tt6;v^ti * 'Imunlolpal oleetlone,' ''TsX^T^X't; * .tlUBtave Evantural, ot Preeoott^li- »c returning to the attack, on; bilingual ,',; IsohooU." He wanta cojjieB of ail ,tho \ cprrodipondohco betwoon DlBhop, Fall- ten and tho provincial loereUry^the ., '■. ttnlnlflter of publlo work* and any mom' 7'. liwiOt the irovfiijument of thia subject , ' alnoe May.Wll. .. lead to" its realization.:; The'common- ^eattK .of thought-^ndJletteraiB'Badly jaegleotedY'This Is?wealth'.dwit all can'- '-^a^l^^-^k^A^Ur. Spe^k to.thbsfejWho' haye-BultiVated "a taste f^lltorttt1reY;they7.-bWom ately;transformedrand are glad to, tell of>.the'ir-rlch,fl_id. r\Book8vare'truly the.repbsltorlos'of the richest.gems of iiieii%?'}.p'y. . _'-■• ■ .;;, "Books oah'couBe tha flag 'of peacV, u'V.T_iro|Vearth1_o be unfurled., 77} v Pr^uel9'the;paHlameW.'of iman. , t, .i';\y«i,the[miniftg; fraternity of .Penile, are,,Aak'ingraimoye In'' the "direction .o^proyfflin^^^^ as an IndiBpeniable.part pf our Inatl- tute; ViQtorHugo'aays:'''Open'ichools and you-atrthe Mme; time iCloBe your prison gatea,;,'- The,same may be tra* !r>^pj4tej!i^*i>?l.'v ..: 1 . One may morallie upon the conduct and oharacterof^rie'a fellowmen and women. "Why;J(ndiygo In such sentl- mental.vap6rJWn|$?. Provide good II-. brarles.and clean entertainment halls, and "one, can iftfeiyjet the charactor at) youth dovf lop'^ccordlngly, " .FellowmenI,1b this not true? are not schools arid libraries the wealthiest poaieBglonB of a olty? : ttf-tVvi ^'**!!«J-ii. _•—...'— .' '•■ MAY PERMIT.RELEASEMDF . LABOR MEN ON SURETY BONDS cvCHK.AGO, Feb. J.—Permision to file ,two surety bonds of'$60,000 each for the release from the'government .prison at;. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,r of Oiaf;Tvettmoe"-and E..AYciancyr San Frariciaco labor" leaders,Yconyicted at Xn^ianapoHa^o^unlawfuli^tKUMipopt- ing- dynamite,'-was' asked .of tlie ;TJnited State8."courtTof appeals^here'/tKis afternoon by Defense, Attorney-Zoline. .The court'a^'ariginar-ruling.bai'reci .the acceptance .<if, surety^bonds. c.. .r ■ The-'court' thiB afteraoonY however, to^-.tte7.:j_j»J^.rY:ui_de_^''"a^ and probably-,will;repder its decision tomorrows;.. BalCt^tht-amouiit of |30- 000 was «]ibmittef-today for the release of H^f Legl<j>Itner_;.of Pittsburg another of the convicted labor leaders. '•"!"' '-r*tX SCAB PROCURERS 7 Tfllf^EpliE STRIKING MINERS yyfy ALBERTA REVISING YY-11 MINES WT . EDMONTON,; Feb. 13.~Tmportant provisions areVcbntained in the' mines act,'the first-'reading'of which -was given in the Alberta -legislature, yesterday. ".Employment of women,'and boys "under"14";,in or" about 'mines is prohibited. \Boys .over'14 may be employed;! but. not'underground, if .they have: attainedi~a"" certain education. Plans of .egress", from the mine must beJ posted'-ih;_consploifous places." ',-'' -There:mu*8t' Be -separate' plans f each working7^and'eacli "must;have alternative ways'of egresa^Ybeepening of'the mines bf'th©1-province and the Intro- Juction^t^coalHCuttin'gimachineryjhas rendered?neceisary'the' reporting of amount'of coM*dust as well as "gas in mines,"this~i$ovIalon"-being embodied in-the acit.'^Unlfprm' sets^df 'ruleB will be eMorcedYthr'oughqutthe"' mines of the provinoe>'and' power is given to the.ministers tb.jijflke new/rules from time^to ti5ie.,,ffThe-b"6ard of-'examlners will be provincial instead of local. * , r Provision^ is made "for a' committee of, workmen to, Inspect the • mines * at, leaat once a month: - In case' of accident, the place must not be disturbed unnecesBarlly. until the-Inspector has had an • opportunity - to! aee < lt.' - Wlib're a mine inspector asks, for alterations ahdaii owner of mariagor refuses he may withdraw the men working in' the mine,,- The act-will; come into force on 'August 1 next. , ,.,.y*-. ■- MONTREAL^ Feb. %.—It was announced at the offices of the railway officials^that a mutual,agreement had been arrived at between the companies and>the -two Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Railroad, Conductors, to refer^the question of, a revised wage scale to.a conference of the Eastern Manager's association, to be.held shortly^ The ■■_ increasesi; asked -for range from 9 to 22 per cent., according to;the > classification of labor. '. BOARD REFUSES TO PAY MINERS' DEMANDS Majority Report Says Increase Not <-i , ■* Justified—Bennett Supports Workers' Claims SERIOUS RIOTING IN ' y ~CITY OF TOKIO Police Have Desperate Battle With y • ' Infuriated Mob—Swords ' Drawn _ TOKIO, Feb. 10—Six persons killed and 65 injured In. the present rioting here today.' The situation tonight Is serious. , The* •- Premier,. Prince Katsura, was .stoned , by a mob in the streets. JHis .resignation" has been demanded by the people. Mobs attacked the offices of the bureaucratic newspaper and threatened the dwellings of the minister. , They; burned and wrecked "-postal, stations, tram cars and private buildings.; , OTTAWA, Feb. 11.—Appointed to consider the demands of the' miners employed at 20 of the mines in the Kootenay district of British Columbia the board of, conciliation and-investigation has brought in a majority report, declaring that the increase of 50 cents per day asked for all classes of labor in the mines is not justified.This report. Is signed,by AV. H. Bullock- Webster, chairman;.and C'R. Hamilton, K.-C, representative on the board of the mine owners. . J. W, Bennett, representative of the miners, submits a minority report in which he urges that the men be granted the increase demanded, urging the Increased cost of living as* the chief reason for his decision. - ,,'' ,, Both reports go at considerable length into the points at issue. The action to be taken by the miners win be'discussed at meetings'in the,districts concerned this week.. Majority Report - The -majority report, after setting forth the nature of the miners' demands says: "The miners stated that their claim for an increase-of 50 cents per diem was based on: tQRDS7REJECT-WELSH*-y , DISESTABLISHMENT LONDON, Feb.. 13.—The House of Lords tonight rejected'the, Welsh'disestablishment bill-by 252 to 51. -V CLEM STUBBS BEFORE OLO AGE PENSION y COMMITTEE if" 11.—Before the 'Clemm Stubbs OPPOSE COMPULSORY - TRAINING OF CADETS NewZealand LiborConference''piaitf ';'. rteiolutlon Demanding Repeal *' ,'. .-> tConierlpt Law, at Once, '(WJBr.L!NGl,OM,',"N. Z.;- Feb. 12.- Demanding* that' the' government, to- poal^ tho coneorlpt law making ovory •'')', "j1 f \^rnxxixmx%x ;ljnerS;;,Lf S.'7, .'-,"_.'."». t*u'>„','• 7 *-^- -, !■->-'X i..«.' ■*•!'- i "' --" "' - ' *" * U .'M ' yvy i. .'fff.fx*,'.'\',l-,'\a^'-' ' . '7 ("vl1, ' Hi*' *?2''t&; '">i : But Majority.; id' Insuffic- ient--Moye to Nation- J-. aH«« BrCtinh Min«« liOMDON, Feb.t0.~-the Mlnert' Ifed- '- -' Yj eratlott of QrpAt^Hlaln haa dojclnro^ "7V \ ■' W » nfa]orlt> of «M0O Jn a total voto *ii ZZl&Zi .__ .*Wt *>{ __.»iv_Hlay Kor,*- :■#& /.-". l»f-ffUf. ^rtmtwrtl-'.Tbej-wtooliye; I ^7iy7 cotpmlttee,; however,^bM udopted-:* E $*H> 'rHOIutlon' aaylng Uij«t the b^Joflirli; i»t larf*»nottr^ fof'iiny.iifltljjjctto be taken end that tHeft* must bt Mother :)t- •,.»-v,-ft.^ToA^ ' **F»W/,r ..- J, Kler Hardle hat etated that with' T'li-Vf-iir'tiiont)i« th« labor pa'rtjr" tn corijuootlop with theVmin^ra'. fe^era- tlont will be«lt. « tmt campaign for , tbfiwti<»alliAtI_w.ofmIijei. HHe»ay» ; th*t a bllfwlll.wkio be prertnlW in ■ - perlUweBt;«.»*-•: . \- *•,- - *>.- * Aeebrdlit* to tb* terme ot the bill, ommoft'rm$7 * weond fnnl being mmmmo.mmm.1 ySi^'t* , * ' * f provldod^to'rfliloom'.thd stock within a,-given;period. >,,. ; ' . Tlto mlnei* vlU ^not be. • bought on •took . exohang^' ^uotatlonal- ■ < Thnt would moan .that .they would cost at m*t (i oOithWiOtM,. but another way ot sotting,a price,would,ba adopted by which the cost tq Y the b'ovcrnnumt would bo rodueoij to not more than 1370,000,006. If v the mlnos vere oat' ,»oiial»r.ed, Mr(j Hurdle deolaros,, cpal Would Be gold it a'fixed prloe.-Juit a» vf•*(tt|_« ktainpi are at prenent, and tlio eoat of'cbn! to ihe eoniumer yfo\\\i pt'obably not eic^Vj one-Jialf of what It now,being; pild, Dr the plan tbe miner we'tiM tia^ be controlled t/'a manager appointed bx the goven_m»*nf but wo«i|d "ho nianrecil on mucU" M usuo llnei m tbs milonil rallware in France; • Every time tbore waa a dlaputo a eommlltee of workmen from t-jelr ownranki nhould moot to eon- alder tbe d(e|fi(i »«d tbe decieloa of that oommMiio iififliiM ho bfndfti*.\i». otttbo autng|*raa wellaa tbo work-' ttin;:k , The miners' atrike.of.lock-out in the Porcupine district haa, proved - to -be spmewhat of a aurprlse' party to-the mine owners. Despite dally, press re- poVts tb the effect that the "strike was over," tho bosses are in sore straights to secure strike-breakers willing to accept the reduced wage's offered the members of tho Western Federation of Miners, namely $9.25 a day; and In addition paying $1.50 por month for medical attention that they do not receive, -.During, the. past -weeki-Messrs. McLeod & Stein, 18 Fairfield ■ BIdg., cop ner Pender and Granville Street, -Vancouver, havo boon trying to hire scabs to" go east to break tho strike,-admitting, however, that thoro is'a strike on.,, ,, . ... , ,. .,, ... •. , •Upon telegraphic Instructions from tho mlno ownors of Porcupine, the Vancouvor scab procurers havo offered to advance railway faro,,pay $3,26 a day, charge,six bits a day for bonrd and $1.50 a, month for doctors' fees,, If tho victim remains In the employ of tho strike-breakers throe months, railway transportation one way will bo refunded; If six months can be endured, .the amount deducted for board will also be refunded, along wltb travelling expenses whllo on routo to tlto job. ' ' . ■ Y\-iV For a strike'.that U "practically sot- telod" tho above Inducements appear to, bo' rather an expensive horo premium. _. __ .' ' Quito a fow Job-seekers from Boattlo jpvo already been secured lit Vancouver, and W«ro shinnnd unrtnr nm»ctnl supervision during the weok.—B. O, k^derat-ontst. , HUNDRED AND FIFTY MINERS ENTOMBED FUKUOKA, Japan, Fob. 8.-;-On« hundred and fifty miners wero entombed' today by a natural gaB explosion in one of the collieries near hero. Many wero - supposed to havo been killed instantly and thero was small hope for tbe rescue'of possible survivors, - OTTAWA, Feb. committee rose, £,Mr, gavo evidence ln favor "of - the inauguration in Canada*of a systom of old age pension.' He thought(it'would result In great benefit to tV. working cla'.'OH generally ani to none wr»i'<t It bijci'I more than tli)-workers' in the mil <-s. ' , , FREE SPEECH IN DUMA . , RECEIVES 8ETBACK Council of the Empire Authorizes Prosecution of Socialist Member . A RUMOR DENIED Onmbarland. nf!.. F*h 11 IMS Hdltor Ledger. Fornio, 0. C„ '.■.."1Dea_"8lyjJ'. - , 7 We .hate been led, to understand t^itt .thoro' 1« a rumour In' your dlstrlot'tbat-Tod Ooates, late of Fernie, is scabblDg bore. We wlab to vindicate Bro, Coates' as tibia rumour Is false. He has boon ou strike for five months and has boon an wtlve member In our organisation. Hoping this will allay tbo doubts re- gard-ftf llro. Ooates, We art .youra ira^> , - Joo Naylor Hroo, • *..; , .. X BmHIi. Hee'y Local union, Ho. tm, TJ.M.W. of A. A BELLEVUE: MAN GETS TWO YEARS IN PRISON MACLEOD, Alta., Fob. IV—Tho caso of tho King vs. Dlaiy Oeust was terminated horo todny In tho district court beforo His Honor Judge Crawford, resulting in a conviction, It nppoitra that tho accused, who Is a minor living In llollovuo, aftor attending a wedding ceremony hnd a fight with his wife nnd brothor-ln-law, whereupon tho brothor-ln-law rushod to tho llollovuo hotel whore be called .upon a number of men there to como to tholr assistance, Tho whole crowd immediately made their way to OsiustV. houso, whero thoy wero greeted by soveral shots from n twenty-two collbro rlflo, ono of which n.wMr p*,* f f l\\n w'i, ft :,rX, ..'i.u.i.J Wrlnht in thn to^. n. T. Bashfarrt, a constable in tho R. N, W, M. P. detachment at Delta- vue, wont a little later to tho ahuen for tho purpose of Investigating nnd ST. PETERSBURG, Fob. 5.—ThOBO who are fighting for free .speech In the duma rocolvod a sovoro setback today 'when tho council of tho omptro, sitting as a high court, nuthorlzod the prosecution of n Socialist deputy,' Kuznqtsoff, for slander in connection with' a speech delivered by him In the dtimn, attacking a fellow mombor, Tho,samo court (iIho ordorod a preliminary- investigation to dotormlno tho dogreo of guilt of 3.8 Hlgnors of an Interpellation which nHsortod thnt do- olBlons pronouncing bpoccIioh of dopu> ties libellous would loavo no parliamentary Immunity In Russia. Tlio senate simultaneously confirmed thn verdict of a lower court hy which the editor of a Polish paper In Wnruaw hiid beon -found guilty of printing a stenographic report of a speech In tho duma and thus exciting Russo-Pollsh hostility. ','(1) The increased cost of living with but-little' increase' in wages. . "(2) The'increased price of metals during the past year.' ' ^-^.To-thig^the^mine-owners-replied" that they were not in a financial condition whichrwould allow them to continue with tbe increase asked and that they were paying the wage prevailing ih British Columbia and the western States. Evidence-was-given by both sides of the increase,., and, in eomein- stances, decrease of food and-clothing and,.while there was.some difference aa to the amount of.the increase the evidence established to tbe satisfaction of the hoard that the general tendency in the,cost of food and clothing had been upwards. _ <-. "Tho following facts, however, were brought .out in the,evidence and not contradicted and have been taken Into consideration in making this report. "(1), The men demand and obtain in both food,and clothing the best of their kind, and tho tendency in this' regard Is more marked now than a few years back.' "(2) The boarding houses, at which single men and some of the married men, togethor forming a large majority, at loast 80 por cont. of tho workors llvo, nro maintained by the mine owners and a flat charge of $1 per day por man Is charged to the mon and this han always boon the charge throughout past yonrs. Evidence of Miners "(3) No evidence was furnished as to the relation of the average married man's living expenses to his wages except by "(a) Mr. Roberts, secretary """of Moyie Miners union, whose monthly check averaged $88, who was noi in debt, owned his own house and other ^ real estate and ' some mining stock bought out of his earnings,' carried no insurance. " ' , „, "(b) Mr! Vllleneuve,, secretary of Klnierley union, and' -married, was . called, but did not give any evidence supporting the men's contention that the wage at present paid,is sufficient for their proper maintenance.. ."(c) Mr. Armstrong of Van-Rol mine, who boarded at the company's , boarding house, owned his own house in Slocan City, where his wife . and four children lived for the sake of; education, , carried insurance and had a bank balance.' ' . "(d) In the case of single men two witnesses"were called-by the union's' representative. One, Shaler,»26{,years old, stated that he bad been working ." six years, that he was qualified as a ' miner, timber, framers'- helper and timber framer, that he earned, from •Cf three to four dollars a day, that-he could not live as he considered he ought to live on-this wage;' that" a oiiner-takiug^everything-into-consider-^T atlon - would only ■ work about seven months In the year or, as he expressed it, that he. found seven months as long as he could stand It dayjn and day out. That in his opinion a miner should havo $1800 a year to make life worth living or in other words,a wage of.-more -than' $9 per" day* His evidence also showed that the amount of his earnings after paying for his, board and lodging amounted in July to $50, in August to,$78.25, ln September to $74, in October to $92 and iii November to $90. , , .;', "Tho other, David Mnrpby, also" a single man, claimed that ho would not live on tho existing wage, but he also admitted that since bo came to British Columbia in 1895 ho had put Into tho ground In mineral claims which ho owned between $8,000 and $7,000, including his own time and that this came from his earnings as a minor. 8avlno_ Account "(4) At the Van-Rol mine $3,000 to $3,600 is put Into savings in tbe bank by tho mon each montn out of a total monthly pay roll of $10,000. "(5) At the Hewitt mine where nine men are working theso nine have savlnRB amounting to $10,908.50 In (Contlnuod on Pago II) AWFUL SLAUGHTER IN CAPTURING A HILL PRANK WAOG8 Mr. J. R. Palmer of Lothbridgo, act- Ing on behalf of tho members of Dlstrlot 18, mot tho representatives of tho Trusts and Qunrnntoo company laBt .._,«.__ »_fc_.-<i_i»h .».«. Hiiuirs ot the Amrrlrnn C[>.ii-t!.]i_:)l_-<3 twjjjwijjj', uuti from bis roport lt would nppoar that a settlement In thn matter of wages due the mon nt Frank cannot bo adjusted for at least two nr throo weeks, PODGORJ.T..A, Montenegro, Fob. 10 —The Montenegrin army besieging tho Turkish fortress of Scutari carried the great Dardanjoll hill by assault at half past ton .this morning aftor sovoral hours of sovoro fighting, Tho Infantrymon on sovoral occasions came Into such close quarter* that Hand to hnnd fighting wns gonoral along the lino., nnrdnnjoll UIU .iIomlna'tflH Scutari from thn onstorn side and tho Montenegrins' nro mounting solgo guns nn dm holghtB ta bombard tlio principal points of the city. Fighting has gono on slnco early morning all around tho city, Tho Turkish defenders nre disputing tho ground beforo tho beBelgors with a florco determination nnd courage Tho victors lost 2,500 mon nnd tho Turks 4,000. THREATEN RAID ON C. P. R. COAL BINS MOOSE JAW, SaBk., Foi). P.—Dire throats woro mado today ngalnst tho Canadian Pacific railway company's coal pllo nt Eyebrow, for a sorlous fuol famine exists thero, 8pne.nl ron- ntnl.l(.s hnvo boon sont out to guard tho company's proporty, for trouble Is fnnrod, It seems that tho fuol deal- orH nt Eyebrow havo run out of wood rind conl nnd havo nono on ord<>r. Conditions thin afternoon wero vory acute. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS SUBSCRIBERS WHO ARE IN ARREARS WILL PLEASE NOTI THAT IP A REMITTANCE IS NOT RECEIVED AT THIS OPPICI BY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, THEIR NAMES WILL 8E TAK* EN OFF THK MAILING LIST. Freight Strikers Make Complaint Not: Rplngf Taken Bark as Announced at Ottawa ORANnnooK, Voti. in.—n™. discrimination has been ahown hero by thw^C.P.W. In tbo reemployment of the* strikers belonging to tho Canadian nrotherhood of Railroad .employees. Some men ot four and oven more years' service previous to tbe strike bave bwn curtly rofnnoA, otbom fnlr- en back at a reduced monthly rato. Tho men who first wont back have In several eases received Increased rates In tholr old ponlttons. \Vlif»ro T'r.'-.V.. .J. _.wl Mtit.Ub Lf f\L\Ll >'*llt nro given they aro worse thannpotty. Kor instance, one man on bolng takon back was told a position would hnvo beon found for him n fortnight bn'.iro, but hn had passed a very minor official In the stroot without repoir- nltlon during tho strlko, At the time the rupcrt of thu Conciliation board was presented to tho Mlnlstor of labor It vas Mated In the press "that tho finding would apply throughout the system." It Is surely up to the minister and the Dominion ,ffrtv««rnm**nt to too to It that the find ings of Its board are acted up to by the company, as In the case pf the O.T.P. __*_■:.'.■-_-' -,'--."»(,-..-_.v " :.<-!.* --.-S -, -. -1 ?y -\ - -' --.-< ••- - ^ij^^g^^-i "->- j-;-' '"l^Y"; '-"?*_-'.'', -,!.-.. - s- , •- PAGE TWO *?■ :- -THE DISTRICT LEDGEE^ERNIE,: B. O.f FEBRUARY 8, 1913. s;i 'y ^ ; International Trade Unionism MOVEMENT\ OFFSETS THE DEMORALIZING . EFFECT OF INCREASED COST OF LIVING . By James Simpson,. Toronto Does it pay to belong to the organiz- . ed labor movement? This is the question that has to be answered by every labor leader, business agent, and trado union official whose duty it is to build up the trade union movement and augment its forces from the ranks of the unorganized workers. Human effort is in the direction of a better, standard of living and a more substantial return for tbo expenditure of mental and physical power in the direction and operation of modern industry. With the forces that control and determine the cost of living thoroughly organized to resist any attacks upon their margins of profit, the unorganized workers must become tho victims of a couditioakpf life that precipitates human deterioration and national decadence, and having accepted the irrefutable truth that the increased cost of living precedes and is responsible for the demands for higher wages, the only immediate relief is through the organization of the workers,on the industrial field to negotiate for, or strike for, better conditions, or oh the political field, to legislate themselves into better conditions. ,Standard of Living The necessities of life are not sold to the unorganized workers ' at one ' price and to the organized workers at another price." All must exist under the same conditions, but if through organization the workers of one section receive a higher wage than those ih the unorganized section, the standards of living cannot be the same for both sections. When it dawns upon the mind of the'unorganized worker that his standard of living is being determined by forces antagonistic to the interests of the working class and that his wages are also being fixed by the same forces, he will see more clearly the necessity of belonging to the or-J ' ganizedlabor movement and co-operating with his fellow-worKers to improve his -standard of living by securing a higher price for his labor power. If the employer (always anxious, to main- , tain the highest margin of profit in the ^saleT-oi"the^"e^essities^f"lif€)~blF_neI" theo organized labor'movement for tbe - advance in prices because of increases in wages, the unorganized worker will begin to realize that despite the false charge against organized labor by the employers it is to their interests v to share in the higher wages to meet the increased cost of living. Toronto an Illustration The force of these" arguments is being acknowledged by thousands of workers in Toronto, and 1912 will be remembered as a year which strikingly illustrates the value of belonging to a trade or labor union, Never In the history of the labor movement were there so many demands'for improved conditions, including higher wages, shorter hours, and recognition of other claims that_j.re vital to the working class, and never was there such a willing,disposition on the part of the employers to discuss these' demands with the representatives of organized labor. In considering the gains for the year it is the purpose of this article to emphasize the wage Increases with * a view to increasing the appreciation of the labor union as a good place to invest a few dollars with .a certain assurance that the return will not be as uncertain . as .mining stocks and other investments which promise well but,seldom meet the expectations,of the Investors, The following table of figures shows the annual dues paid into the different international 'unions for one year, with the increases in wages for one' year, and the actual monetary return upon the investment... The amounts specified for dues cover the claims from the international fieadquarters, the local claims, and the allowances for all the "other benevolences of the organizations, including, sick and death benefits, old-age pensions, superannuation allowances, out-of-work and accident benefits, and oth"=r, ad vantages individual in their character. The wage7 increases specify (the amounts that each member of the' different organizations will receive during the year, allowing for the loss of time common to certain occupations, particularly the building trades. If all the workers were • employed full .time the percentages of "profit on t__e_i__vestment - would be much greater. Following is the table of results: Dues Paid, Wage Increases, and Dividends. Dues, , , ' 1812-13 Bartender .*' .' 9.00 Brewery Workers 9.00 ' Bricklayers , 9, co Carpenters' (Amalgamated) 13.00 Carpenters (Brotherhood) 7.20 Cigarmakers .15.60 , Coal Wagon' Drivers , 6.00 , Electrical Workers (Inside) ,. '. 12.00 Electrical Workers (outside) .'. -9.00 Laborers (plasters) ,,,. 13.00 Lathers "12.00 Patternmakers ',,.'. 20.40 Mailers (joh department) fl,00 Mailers (newspaper department) .,._'. -9.00 Plumbers nnd Steamfltters 15.60' Printing Pressmen (international) ... 9,00' Printing Press Abb..and Peoders Inter. 4.20 Printers (job offices) 19.44 Printers (newspapers) ..,,Employers' offor Shoot Metal Workors 9,00 Stonemasons 7,20 Street Hallway Employes 12,00 Tnljors and TnllorosBos liJ.OO Wage Increase 1912-13 , ?150 to $250 52 to 57 y Dividend 1912-13 per cent. 1666 2-3 -to 2777 7-9 ■ 577 J,0 to 866 2-3 55.00 572 3-4 60.00 461 7-13 60.00 833 1-3 ' * 78,00 500 68:00 1133 1-3 120.00 iooo 78.00 866 2-3 34.32' 264 50.58 471 1-2 71.60 344 3-13 ■ C2.00 577 7-9 ■ 78.00 866 2-3 114.40 732 1-3 ■ 577 7-9 ,52.00 39.00 928 4-7 78.00 - 401 19-81 10-1.00 1 ojoctod 54.54 606 -. 50.00 703 8-9 78.00 '650 100.00 833 1-3 fear that it will" affect the cost of living, becausestreet-car ticketiswiii be sold at the* same Tprice till the-end of the company^ agreement with.'the city. ,In'givingitheY-figures for the printing pressmen and printing press assistants only the; international unions are mentioned. . Their - agreements with individual employers, are more satisfactory than the'agreement entered into.with'the Employing Printers' Association by the seceding. or NatlonalPrinting Pressmen and Printing Press Assistants' Unions. / 7 s Practical Benevolences _ If'this'article only dealt with wage increases and reduction of working hours a good ease has been made out for the organized labor movement, but some of the other advantages offered by international unions are as follows:" Bricklayers-, and Stonemasons.— Death benefits, six months' membership (local and international),- $125. one year's membership, $300; five to ten years' membership," $350; 'ten years' membership, $450. Street Railway Employes—Sick benefits of $3 a week for twelve weeks, with free doctor and medicine; death or disability benefit rising to $800 when eight years a member; superannuation allowance of $800 when a member has reached- tbe age" of 65 and has been a member for twenty years.' This organization has also obtained legislation reducing the hours of the working company to place.vestibules on the street cars to protect the motor- men and conductors during the severe weather. > \N__ Plumbers' and , Steamfltters.—Sick benefit of $5 a week for thirteen weeks; death benefit, ,$100; superannuation allowance.of $300 when twenty years a member; $400 when twenty- five years,a member, and,$500 When thirty years a member. Carpenters (Brotherhood). — Member's wife's funeral benefit, $50; permanent disability benefit, $400; death benefit, $200. ' . Carpenters ' (Amalgamated)—Unemployed benefit, tool insurance, accident benefit, trade privileges, sick,benefit, superannuation benefit, contingent and benevolent fund to, help members when in distress, or to aid them to obtain compensation for injuries sustained while following their employment, when entitled under Act of Parliament, and also for the recovery of wages; "funeral benefit. Cigarmakers.—Sick-benefit of $5 a week for*thirteen weeks; out-of-work benefit, $3 a week; traveling loan benefit to; $20 a week; death benefit of $250 when seven years a member, $350 when ten years a member, and $550 when fifteen years__a_lm_embac.--_ ; v ■*;'; "Tr'^Yy•-»" ySi^S-X^X-'"'"YyY*t^% 'Y£v-lTY■ r^f^l^ '-"' ""•>"'*, '-"--- "" - -' -* •""-■• -• "S'-Y'.-;'.,'- V- '■ 777 -;■ X'°-'~:.- -i -,.-/'*" '-.. "C"- y!-> - -, il "'• *i ri.yyf.\.y.y..-ry.'- :>-_.;';.y . y -'--■'"'< ' '■'. ' *y"j?t~~~~y7.' y'yyX"T "%c*c*Y7v'"'-"'-'.'•■•• ■7$S-'-X-'X;X&'i'i7X'i -.' <=- ->-»l ' 8mall Investment Brings Reforms in Reduction In Working Hours , It will bo observed that the return on tho Investment rango* from 204 per cont. in tho cnBo of tho plasters' laborers to a fraction ovor 2,777 por cont, ln tho case of the .bartenders, This striking difference is explained by tho fact thnt tho plaBterors' laborers havo boon thoroughly organized for mnny yonrH nnd Imvo rocolvod substantial InoroimoH In wngos ovory ono, two or throo years, but In tho caso of tho bnrtendurs tholr conditions havo boon ho deplorable tlmt only comploto organization nnd nggresHlvo' notion rfjould bring thorn roll..., The nccoinpllshmunt this your Ih a striking■IlluBirAtlcn or the ..onoflts arising from organization, because In ndrtltlon to the Increnso In wnges thoy hnvo boon able to roduco tlio working tlmo of tholr members from tw*> to twolvo lioiu-R, Mnny of tliolr momborH havo beon working ns ninny-ns sovon- _ty-two hours n weok, but undor tho , . w . 1 " 1 ,, * ,«f)R L,t-,«.l.,.h «..«.,,.<.•. U) «... l«t..^W.,.J V.. _.ir .uitilkc-pj-rr" no w.n'.ipr of .V.- union will work more thnn slvty hourn a week, und the IncreiiHn lu wiikcr will range from $3 to $!. n wook, Kvnn thn most pnHstmlHtlc pollllclnl PcononiUt ...nt 1,,,.., - 1,.:. it... t\.. 1 ..,•!, ...V.t. will bo in 11 much belter portion to moot tho Inrninst'd rout of living, Tor which, ho Is unquiistlotiably Indebted to organized lnbor. Tho conl wagon dl-lvors can also thank tholr union for ' Rotting them pay for all Saturday, afternoons nnd public holidays, a concession thoy did not enjoy previous to this year. If they work Rnturday afternoons or public holidays now they will rocolvo wag<»« at the rato of tlmo and a half, or for ovory dollar rncolv- *d In tho* past for ovortlnlo thoy will now receive a dollnr and a half. If it could bo estimated bow m««-h ovpr- time they will bo willed upon to work during tbe year It would bo seen thnt the roturn upon tholr Investment would bo much greater thnn tho tablo shows, * ..,. Increases In Wages Tho Incronso In wiiroh to tho members of the street rnilwny employes' union alono will opprox'lmntu $140,000 for each year of a tbreo-yoar agree, mont. In this Instanco thoro Ih no Plasters' Laborers—Death benefit of .$60 by assessment of 10 cents on each member. Patternmakers—Sick benefit of $4 a week for fifteen weeks; death benefit, $50 to $400; superannuation allowance, from $12 to $16 a month when twenty years a member; tool insurance. „ Bartenders—Death -benefit, $100. slci£: benefit, $4 for .thirteen weeks. Medical attendance provided on pay-, ment of $150 a year. Electrical Workers (outsido men) Sick benefit, $4 a week; death-benefit,' $100. ■ ■ ' . Printers—Old-age pension of $5 a week when twenty years a member and Incapacitated or. .sixty years of age, or whon ten years a member and seventy years of ago,, or when afflicted with disease which makes a member Inadmissible'to the Union Printers' Homo at Colorndo Springs; mortuary benefit of from $100 to $400; local sick bcnoflt of $4 for 14 weeks, nnd local donth benefit; froo admission to tho Union Printers* Homo whon old or sick; supplementary Instruction in tho printing trade through the correspondence school on payment of Hinall fee, These oxtra advantages, gained through laboV organisations aro In no way comploto, but sorvo to Inform tho unorganized workors and many of tho organized workers as to what Is being accomplished by tho -colloctlvo action of the, members of tho different union.., TO THg. WORKING; Y CLASSiOFCANADA'-, &LIBERTYLOVERS On JamiaryYlst, 1913, Ivan Trochyn, Hryhoni Prophy "MlloY'Jakszic and Adolph Lundbefg were sentenced to six months imprisonment,at hard labour in the "central prison, "Toronto^ by magistrate Thomas Torrance,. on a charge of unlawful assembly.. The facts in the case are as follows: ■ .' On the arrival of train No. 47 from Toronto on''December 26th, 1912, the Ontario police boarded the cars and prevented the traveling-public from entering, their pretext for.dolnfe' this was that thero were strike breakers aboard, and. the strikers,may interfere with them. The people who understood the orders of the police remained off the cars. .<A majority of the people on tho station did hot understand English, therefore did not understand ,the orders of tho police ana were entering the¥ tralti^In the usual manner; the pollco threw them off the "cars, clubbed them unmercifully and placed the four .mentioned under arrest.. . *; Oii December 31st these men were tried, they did not have legal counsel until the previous evening, three of them-elected to be tried by judge and jury, this was denied them; they asked to be tried by another magistrate, as Torrance was reported to have said that the next strjker coming berore him on a charge of unlawful "assembly would get the limit; this was also denied; they askecT that the cases be transferred to the magistrate of Whitney township "where, the cases, originated; this request was refused!" •The illegal and unauthorized action of the police in encroaching on the' rights of the traveling public was the sole cause of, the disturbance for which four of our fellow-workers are in prison. *Y Th6 high-handed methods of the Ontario police, the unjust-decision of tb^e magistrate, the .false accusations mdde at the trial and the heavy.punishment inflicted/ reveal "a condition which fctam,ps N.rthern Ontario r.s the Siberia of Canada."' * The undersigned are seking the cooperation' of all who love freedom to protest to the Minister of Justice, and urge bim to conduct the fullest investigation into these'conditions.' We therefore ask you. to write to your local member.of the Dominion parliament asking him to bring this matter, _be_foreYtheYJiIouse,.-,SQ_that—'immediate action will be "taken". * ' If this state of affairs is allowed to pass-unnoticed-the working' class of Canada will be subjected to, the iron heel, of police, oppression when they seek to improve their condition. Workers of Canada, act at once,' so these victims may be free. Porcupine Miners Union, No. 145, W. F. of M. " •- JAMES DOGUE, Secretary. The audience .raised the" roof .and an usher led her out.the door/' V- Y -.- Chicago" laughs^hoarselyYandY says Maude, Le Page is--well;"a; little off., .As a matter of. fact she is hot;mad,' She is just'a poor.Jwbrnout'.-worklng. girl—a wasted'1! piece; of.. child ^labor machinery; a- wilted" blade -of?grass' in the desert ofx brick- walls and hard* pavements. - ' • "V ,'.'-'"' • Yi- .- Maude "Le Page never, had a .play day. - .; " ' _;'- 7., '."' -, ' At 8, she wentto work-and'at; 24 she has had 16 years "of - sblid^labbr. She has never felt" what'rest means." Now she- wants a.rest, *an Idling play day, a,joy, and to:gain/all that* thrilling,happiness she offers— To Sell Her/Soiil'for $1,000 - A day or, two before the?Auditorium experience Maude Le Page visited the Blackstone Hotel. ' You must know tbat the Blackstone ia just as, swell as anything in stupid Chicago can swell. .The-young woman had shorn her hair.and dressed In i. man's suit and she went from table" to table In the bright dining room' offering tliat soul of her's. They turned her; out with haste. , ' - - The _ following is one of her unpublished poems! entitled "My Prayer'"': \ ".*.*-" , - - J! Lord give me strength to steal this day "»~ - , , . ' ■ The thing which I.desire:" . Then Til accept your heaven's gate Or the devil's burning fire. " _._ - f- Yea, I'll approve what terms you make I'll bow me low<and kneel; If only you will grant the power, .' The power.and-strength to steal. I'll only steal,one s..miner's day, One little perfect day,' .' > To live arid, love and "laugh and be, • And fling the mask away. i "■ -^y-'mLX^ P^rp^HIS _ unique Ymedicini "(or- throat 'andYctiest, ailmeataySl "*. \ ~ Y merits' a.'place in c_veryvhome.YBy stirtply dissolving a J^ , ." pleasant,tablet on the tongue^ Peps convey apotcnt and valuable. .';, medicine direct into the throat, lungs and bronchial tubes; a ine'di-: - cine which invigorates the weakened organs, sobtheainflammation,, J ' and irritation,loosens phlegm^-destrqyedisease'germsYcures [ ; , . "-chronic disease, and makes breathing deep and ea»y. -' Free from"'; All harmful .drugs, Peps suit young and old,alike.- "S!j' ,"-y, --Y''- Y Y' Tlie only" breathing cure for toughs colis.'tort throat, bronchltlt', utatt chest, ln/tuenta'coliU,' ami otter threat ani chat ailment*. Bt iw« you ut tht name—Ptpt-on tveru foe.----. : \<\l The Medicine jyoa BR E AT HE in ho 70 uf Lungs • ^1 • It takes a .girl with a vivid imagination to see the beauty of love in a cottage. "' * . Y ' - MINE RESCUE WORK IN CANADA The Commission of Conservation will' shortly issue a report .'on mine rescue worlc-in Canada. The report which-was compiled*by W. J. Dick, M.Sc.; summarizes from an historical standpoint the growth of the use of mine rescue apparatus in Europe and in the United States! A' summary of European and American mine' rescue legislation ls given. ',' British Columbia, is the only province in Canada that compels the installation of mine rescue'equipment'at WILL SELL HER SOUL FOR $1,000 t * 't '. Young Woman of Chicago Says She , Wants, to Buy Play" Day coal-mines; However, • soihe - of tiie mine owners iri other provinces have installed 'them on their, own initiative, These stations are fully described in the report, which is illustrated by.excellent half-tone plates. The report should arouse a more general Interest in the prevention of,-, coal mln'e'acci- dents in Canada.—Conservation.' ' LEGAL DEFINITIONS Tho nnire f('i.t thnt,a man ioonn't huuli nt hm own jukes Is no Indlcitlon fin. hi''loosn't think thon. funny. i CHICAGO, - Feb, 10. Chicago, tho jokeless town, fools, that now it has a real joke, . ,, Tho joke which is now so attractive in this big, harsh, cruel city ls tho spec tnde of a young ■ woman displaying remarkable qualities of salesmanship ln hor efforts to sell hor soul for $1,000. Maude Le Pago—a rather romantic but her real name—Is tho girl. Tho othor evoning she arose In tho bnl- cony of'tho groat auditorium, thoa- tro nnd In a clear volco said: . "Ladles and gentlemen,—I have with me this evening a perfectly new soul which I am anxious to put uj_H on the market for tha Inclgnlfloant sum of $1,000. This soul Is an excel- lent article, of sotleis color, "I have It a number of years and hoan guarantee It to be tho real artlolo." A fine is so called from tho remarks of a trust official after being ordered to paly one instead of being '.sent to jail as lio.-jfeare'd.^Y,! " , ,'Y' ' Cross-examjntftl6n''lS;tho;'pro'ceBs of convincing th'^Wl^ness that.'he is eith-' or a liar or..'an idiot. • •' An accident case Is an insulting accusation against a philanthropic railroad corporation which fills ' every- rigat-nillnded judge with indignation!' An attorney's fee ls what is loft from % judgment after subtracting tho court COBtS. ' ' ' '" The word jury Is derived from a Latin one meaning "to swear," a reference to tho effect of tholr vordlottf oa litigants, ■A verdict is nn'agreement between twolvo jurymeji as to which side needs tho monoy moBt. Tho decisions of Judges nnd.jurleB pro called findings bocauso for the winner a judgment is usually liko find-, liijt monoy,—Green Bag, lUlo .uw cfflclnil. announced from tbo Tntoi national Socialist lluroau at Brussels, Ilolglum, that tho next International SoclallBt Congress to ho hold In Vlonna, Austria, has hoon postponed until,1014. i ■ , _ i ■ ■ sj -»'i^-*,-< Stephen L. Humble Dealer, in Hardware, Stoves & Ranges Fancy Goods and Stationery ' » T.TTTTT. ' ' /' "' ' *" " ■- BELLEVUE Alberta (rra^-^niow. Hotelfx. BestofAccommodation yWe cater to the workingman's\trade . G. A. CLAIR :-: r Proprietor Friday, Saturday A Satuf day^ Matinee - A_ selection from, the following: : ; \7XSTyX SPEClAtY:; -XX":X;- THE SHl£YriF LIONIS ^ A sensational Ambrosio featu re, 1 Reel A story "of a mutinous cireW; on a ship loaded with Lions. The Captain sets fife to the ship and ; turns the Lions loose and makes his escape with' his sweetheart in the confusion; "■ TheHyph^ .'■"V " * Majestic Odmecly. ,/"."*". '" Ferdie[tie Brave ; * " Imp Comedy "--"\, ,-; The Cowboy Guardians .";.'; ,•' >'• ...-; ' "101" Bison Comedy :■ Y y XI, V ". Miss: taku ofTokip : 'Thanhoiiser— featuring Miss Taku, tho only'Japanese x Wojnan playing leads in Moving piotures 7 /• ■'■"- ' . A Kentucky Find CaH of the Desert Nestor Wostorn 1 ■ ._•' _ -,' -therTrystl^ Champion ;love story ■ --V OOMINO MbHDAY * & TUESDAY . THE MAM THEY SCORNED Broncho Film in Two RoejB Story, of a Jewish noiilicr.'.who was scorned by , 1 ,w IiIh companions, but who wim. rocojjnitidrt by grent bravery in.the.suprbmo.toBt''. ... . •' '. '. . ■ l\ \, 1 ■ 1 ' «", '. I "!l fr Riflcc, Pleto-s, Macbino dun., Dum-Dum Bullets, and Thousand* of Rounds cJf Ammunition, most of them wero seized In Uw Operators Stores. Tbeie were tht "ftrgumc/ *" used by tbe (Co»irt*»r of ih« United Mine Worker*' Journal) Coil BtroM of Well Vlrginl* In flflnf thf Miners ft "Sqwirt D*ll." *>; ''M^^^^-.^h^-.^i^y.,, m%wmm*A&x^£^£sr£Z ■"^—■ _t____t.na__M.v--.- —""*""- ■■ ■■ *■ -■'■■ l L-in»Ui*Hti* ____U^_f.__S.f__L_i!jL__,...__i . 4 . -.y\".i.\•:;■? •„"?, »,-,^i.-.■ v<^#r-i.-'vr-.-iii--<'f'"'-;.'-r'i -7~:'!";-»*».v' ■'- '^.t-'* -".'-*-;:-•'-. ».-'-•_- •-.'.-- yV; - y>~-](:.r.-bu.v-«.^.-- j,",.--,-., ;- - y V.-y y-?''~.',y •-•,,- M<. £■': THE DISTEICTvifEDQBR. FEKNIE, B. ,C, FEBRUARY,15,?f913. PAGE FIVE Wmim^TMTTMe^ifs. ..«_,... .''':^...:.'..->'Jt'...::---: .- -._.'.-.- ._ "-.,.-,_....' .■*.___■- t »>!-.,i .->* f*V' '■-;.'*-., £&*- ' ■* 'X*.A V7X7S ^.r^p'rennizedli.rabbr makes no claim that * 'it j'is' pertectY t*_ It' is ,a rhu___ai.^ institu- -K ti.ni/-.-a__d as siicn; iVis .ilable'to, make- --.y<-mistakes. "-,'Y";X7y7 ~s7"7yy 7 - *Y ' "Y- .'''Washington Gladflt-h, has twell "said -': , of ^organized -'workers;-. - "They may. * "■"• -' make mistakes, in choosing, their .rep-" V. '' resentatiye'sYand^mistakes in-urging .* .; their demands. • r Very •well;, they, have ■ --*' a right to make mistakos; that^ is one y.;iof;the'.inalienable rights of a.-freeman," -,, ?^h*t"' "would" pur*, condition be ; as' "citi-" •'.' zens. if oiir," "political-V liWrties ,• were' . ' -taken? away from-us whenever, we ;-Y,' imade^mistakes? '.We have Ieanwiu moat of what we'know by piaknig ^""sis P^en. v ,- ..takes, and haying'to. suffer for them." y-■ V,-If a member or official of-a lahor union'goes .wrong or-coramlts an-overt .act' against society ,the antl-unloulst ' 'throws up his hands In mock horror :' .'at*the Iniquity'of organized,labor, but ' *■ he"does' not-'hold his church, re- ', s» •, sponsible for the wrong-doing of some - \ f pastor or'meniber. .■ " ,, ,'■ ...y'.,."" - .. ' " - -Several Los Aiigeiesi lawyers" are "-' * .'against society!"". BuMhere is'no sug- -,'■ ' . gestior. thai*'the profession be removed .,;..'" ~ from the, city because of the failure of >• '•''-. these,"members... > . '. ' ' . ■ Y :'.,-Let1 organized, labor.oe Judged like * * any other.institution: for "manhood ..and citizenship, organiz-*' ed-'labo*r;is'™.proving; an educational' institution of "the highest quality; -7- V .,- "Labor unions,','., says. one of ;> the leading editorial ;'writers of the cbun- tryY"are performing an important esdu^. cational. function !when they .drive" into the heads of-the;, would-be superiors the fact that this nation"" is becoming actiially a'republic in which the work-' ingm'en,.shall 'decide., for. themselves questions'affecting themselves,' and in whlcli they shall no longer.be guided by'the whims'or financial interests of, would-be-'superiors.'." —Los Angeles THE UNION MAN AND Y ' THE MEMBER OF A UNION *>* If"' n't V ° v- - be noted rather than its mistakes/" Organized labor has increased.wages has shortened -theYwork-day of .mil- ,'.• lions of men ;and'Ywonien., It has ,Y changed,the toilers froib service, crea- ^'tures to independent an* self-respect- " 'lng citizens. It is responsible for.,'all ,v the laws-WactedYin the interest of • workingmeii,.jwornen and children. It has.'fought'for VearVand is still fight- 7 -ing for the'emancipation of child la- - .borers! "?.'it,is fighting for'a decent ' .wage"and decent' treatment of the millions of1 women-forced" to work for a -livelihood.,./" . '..-'■' "' . ": v ''' 77' For • prai^ical .charity organized ,la- ,' bor has a; record second _to noYother human institution. : Every year it disburses mllions of dollars .'in' death, Ejjclf,.out-of-work, and old-age benefits: One - labor organization," the . International Typographical,.Union,- maintains ' a homo'for "its aged and indigent mem- , .bers-and a sanitarium for-its sick. ;,,The 7 international' Congress ' for the '" "Cure'and Prevention" of Tuberculosis, Yheld iii Washington, D.C.,1.declared the •Union Printers' sanitarihm at Colorado - Springs the; very hest'in the world.". 3flp_r.Q0_Lls__neededJ.that*organized-Ia-- ,. : bor'- stands for good, citizenship - study ,, its history, j-On the- side of all prac- - '.tlcal reforms, oil the side of decency Y and 'justice' it is always found. •"'"The;-well-paid worker, surrounded -with respectable conditions of labor, is a. valuable asset to a community. In, upholding-wages and working; con-. ..',-' ditlons," organized labor is a social factor greatly to be coveted. Organized labor makes evory effort to iucroaae the skill and efficiency of • . its members. In many, organizations a portion of the' time of each meeting _ Is'set. aside for technical instruction. All -'statements to the contrary,'the union workers,as a whole are conceded . by employers to" be better mechanics ■•• than their non-union brother's. ■ in'teaching the worker that he Is a ;man and a citizen and'that ho should stand for'the things that make The member of a union is the man that pays his dues only when he, is forced to. Usually comes to meeting's only when he has an axe jto grind. He' Is the man .that wHl-Jnways say that the union has never given hini anything,- as lie would get good wages. if there never-were a> union in existence.'- And he cannot see' what the officers are' doing with all the money. The'above described member is rarely Let its merits - found in an open shop. .-Why? Be cause such a man does not_ remain a member-unless he is forced to, and in an open shop he permits his dues'to la*pse and is soon, expelled. ; The union .man. is-a very different person. He attends his meetings regularly, takes part in the' debate that is in the interest pf the" union, never per! mitij himself to be' suspended, always ready to extend a friendly hand or act' to any brother that may be In distress. .Sou can find,him, in .an.open shop. _Tou can find' him in a union shop because he.is a union man at" heart. And today the'great' lalior 'movement is carried bn by the'union men and, not by tha so-called, members of a union. - , The union man criticizes when criticism is.justifled and fights for (what he thinks right., The. so-called member of a union kicks at all things, but never' fights, for anything. — The' Shoe Workers' Journal. • banks, houses and homesj goes.to;Jail for one year. Morse, who pyramided banks and juggled with" rfillions.Yget's 'out of prison because he'is'slckY-while the convict in the next cell :who.>tole; aY-'coat,' perhaps, remains'Yt__era?lan^ gyisbing with' sicknesiT until "be dies! ; Y.'".The people - are -. becoming-^"lrnpa-N tient" with these discrepancies in'-* justice and they are demanding* each' day im a louder" voice y that tliere Ve ri-* forms. " Our laws are becoming inadequate; they do not satisfy the popular conception of justice.' .The.people clamor against the law, its delays,- its discrimination's, its " inconsistencies,' aiid, they clamor with 'much* reason! -■ "Let us hot deceive biirpelves," as the spirit of th.e recall is spreading the impatience of the masses grows desperate: Something "will happen. Unless , the judges act the' people will act." - ' ' 'XT DOINGS'IN.THE B.'C. HOUSE. tDmcl^ss Strike IhXParliaMerit MINISTER.OF LABOR CRITICISED FOR HIS :, UNFAIR.ATTITUDE . 7 MASSES RISING Y AGAINST COURTS L"atter-^Mi_st_-~ Purge—Themselves—of" Outworn-Methods" or Recall "7 :" • ' .' Is.Sure -\ y X r— ■ • ,, TROY, N.Y., Feb. ll.-r-"A revolution of the .courts,impends' .unless r they purge<the_nselves of,outworn met&ords and'quell,,the" merited*impatience of the masses,'.', was, the" statement of Justice Wesley 0> Howard of the appellate,, division of.the supreme court of New York. Ho arraigned what he< described • as antiquated laws and "timidity'of judges." '', "All men. are supposed to be equal under our laws," "said the justice, "but that seems not to be so." „", "Brandt, the - obscure^ valet, not guilty at all of the crime of which he was accused, Bo.the attorney states/is sentenced to*the states.prison for 30 years—practically for life. Itoblin, the millionaire, the' alleged ',wrecker of The-Provincial secretary brought up a bill entitled "An act for the Regulation of the Burning of Human Remains and the Establishment of Crematoria." Parker.Williams' point was a good one! He said that in tne ordinary way he thought It would'be advisable If the cremation form of interment were made compulsory In the province, but since matters stood as they did, he expressed the opinion that the -burning of human remains.offered an excellent escape for criminals who'would thus be able'to dispose of bodies and have, no fear of the evidence forthcoming from an exhumation. There were.many .cases," he said,.on record in which persons had been burled, and then later suspicion turned as to the causes of the deaths. - Whereupon exhumations were made and crimes brought to light through post mortem examination. He suggested that in every case where cremation was taken advantage of, a coroner's inquest vshould be held over the dead-body previous to interment, and "if examination betrayed the fact that death was due to natural causes all well and good; cremation.could follow; if not theiYthe law was called in to' pursue the criminal and bring him to retribution. .Hon. Dr.,Young averred that this was virtually"provided for Iii section 10, which reads .. ' " "10." Nothing in this act shall.interfere' with the jurisdiction bf any coroner, under the 'coroners' Act,' and nothnig in this act'shall authorize any license under this^act to create or permit, a nuisance."" 7 ' Y ' . He added. that in his opinion - Mr. Williams' idea was not practicable that all bodies should have coroners' ir_riue3i-neiu*over"ufen_7 • Y ExcSptlon Could 'Pe 'Made The member for Newcastle -replied to the effect that exception could be made in those cases where the deceased had made known in writing some time previous to the time of his demise the fact that he wished his remains to be interred in -this way. The suggestion was quashed. During the discussion Hon. Dr. Young went on record ' as being in favor of compulsory cremation. As.a' medical man he recognized the desirability of the method, and went so far as to say that\Jf tho premier would allow him to do so ho would bring down a bill for compulsory cremation. As it wns the present bill before the Houso was to give' the people of British Columbia an option as to the mannor in which they would prefer to be burled. , Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, iri moving for'all correspondence between the department of labor and the correspondence bearing' on tlie application of tlie Brotherhood of Railway Employees for a board of "conciliation, expressed surprise, that the minister had not named a board under the disputes and investigation act. While not "desiring to discuss the question until, the papers had been brought down, he would ask the minister to make an explanation of tlie matter to the house. -., ', P. B. Carvell, speaking in support of tho motion, expressed surprise that the speaker should suggest it was possible to.secure competent men at wages ranging from' thirty to forty- eight dollars per month. He claimed that-the minister should disregard the clkim that the application', having been made in proper form had no choice but to grant the request. The act distinctly states that he shall name a board. This he refused to clo in the- face of the statements of the, men that they would go on strike if a board were not granted. To escape a row-in parliament'he had finally submitted to pressure and named a board applying-only to the eastern division of Ottawa. Since the "report of the board' was made public six weeks have elapsed and yet the men have-not foeen taken back., It was difficult, Mr.' Carvell said, to reconcile the conduct of.the minister witli his attitude of a y;ear ago when he was so anxious tb compel the Grand Trunk to take back its strikers. MIrHjiterV Defence Hon. T. W. Crothers ( in reply, said that this; notice of motion had been on the order paper for several weeks and he had come to the house prepared to -discuss it., Today, however, he did not have the papers. He considered that the member for Rou- ville should have given himi notice oi his intention .to bring it up. Speaking from -memory,,,.he said he had, heard nothing about this application before August last. The-Brotherhood of Railway," Employees was broad _3n___ugh__,_oyncIude,;.practicalIy—every- I don't think so, I am' Informed othor- Hardware & Furniture J. D. QUAIL Mail Orders Promptly Attended to '\Vi\'X ■''''♦ '■/biilWiWy You Can Write Photo Plays and Earn 425 or Moro Weekly We Will Show You Howl ^ If you have ldea«~lf you cat) THINK—we will ihow you tho Mcroti of this faioinatlDg now profo»»lon, PnnlHvp.v tin nvtioHr.../** n* 'meyii-j. *<Tci.cr..c vec;„.._...,,. .... "_.„..«_.. 4HUto_,Mfttf _« ftttuiut.. Tho demand fot pbntn^lnvii1 in prnollrnHv MnllTn.tnd. Tho Wj» 1\,m man.i._ii-|Li__,^ u;u "*.„•.»fc heaven nnd oarlh" In tholr attempt* to got Rood plots to mpply tho over Increasing ^omand. They nro offering $100 and moro, for alnglo aconarloa, or written ldoaa. Wo have received many lottori from tho film manufacturer!, .uch na VITA-WAPIT, EDISON, ES- SANAY. LUU1N, BOLAX, IMP. IIBX,, RE..IANCI3, CHAMPION, COMRT, MRMRB, oto., urging na to aend nl.otnpli.vi. to ihom w. wnnt mnm writ*** An* rv'-t rfifMi- *^y j,. „ ;;,,,, ^..^^ 0; ».»v_u*». WE ARE SELLING PHOTOPLAYS WRITTEN DY PEOPLE WHO "NEVER BEFORE WROTE A LINE POR PUBLICATION." Perhaps wo cnn do tlio aamo for you, s If you cui think of only ono good idea every weok ibid will wrlto It out aa directed by ub, and It nolla for only 1.25, a low figure, YOU WILL BARN «100 MONTHLY POR 8PARE TIME WORK! FREE Don't arguo. Wrilo NOW and learn Juit what thia new profeaaloh may mean for you employee of the Canadian railways, It was made'up of," thirty-six classes and the application Included twenty-, nine• grievances in.each class. Mr: Crothers dissented from the view that he was obliged to establish a board, as the act states that.,the applicants must'satisfy the [minister Uiat they represent the% majority, of those affected. A statement lu.d~l.een received from several thousand, employees disclaiming their desire to strike while those who went out numbered only about aB many hundreds. The applicants did not submit satisfactory evidence that they were acting on'behalf of a majority. Mr. Carvell: Did theyjiot swear that thoy did? " Mr. Crothers Mr. Carvell: wise. * ■ Sir Wilfrid Laurier asked if this was tho reason given for the refusal .of a board, Mr. Crothers replied that tho reason given was It was impracticable to grant ono. Tho mtnlstor thon spoke of tho finding of tho parliament board which liad boen named. This hoard, ho said, had approved his action. Sir Wilfrid's Vlewa Blr Wilfrid I_aurlor said that ho was not satlsflod with tho explanation made by tho mlnlator. ; It wnB hardly a propor objoctlon that thoro woro 20 difforont cltissos to. bo Inquired Into. Tf thoro woro ono hundrod clnflBOH, that would bo all tho moro reason for action. Tho othor prli.uk f»al ron bo n glvon wns tho puroly technical. If tho application mndo by tho mon wns not correct Uio mlnlator ahould hnvo aa|d: "Your application Is not technically correct; mako It correct nnd I will grant you tlio hoard," In thls-roBiwct lho mlnlator had not properly dlfiohnrgod IiIh duly,* Sir Wilfrid anld It would linvo boon hotter If tho board flnnlly nnmod had honn nllowrd to Inqitlro Into condltlona ovor tlio wholo lino. Tr. coiH-liDvInn hn nnld ho would ami- rond flnnl Jiidgmnnt In tlm mnttor nn- Ml all tho pnpora hnd boon' brought down. ' i. Mr. Borden 8peaf<a Pr<»ml<»r Uordon nflrood flint, tlio question could not ho poaalbly did-. on" strike are still without-their positions and expressed the hope that this condition would not continue. Changed, Views Hon. Geo. P. Graham said that the attitude of, the ■ minister revealed a remarkable change in the last few months. During the South Renfrew byo-election. he a.'s former minister of railways had been accused of not being .true to the Grand Trunk employees because he had failed to secure their.,reinstatement. He could not see, therefore, how tho, present minister could expect lo escape hlanie. The minister was in a peculiar position because this brotherhood was concerned with the C. P. It. and not a governmont owiied railroad. The Western Side Mr. W. A. Buchanan said-that he had b«.en accused of being a partisan of the minister of labor because he had approved of his action in..going* to the west to study the labor conditions." He was sorry, therefore; to have to' criticize hrm in regard to this'matter. The minister should have' been anxious to encourage this, labor union as the government had encouraged it "in giving it recognition on the Ii C; R." In -western Canada, he said, there was much complaint as to wages paid this class of employees by the C. P. R. The western men had gone on strike but,had expressed their willingness to go .back to work as soon as aboard was granted. He understood that a board had been promised for the west if the eastern inquiry did not settle the matter. Mr. Crothers Interrupted to say that a board would be named for the western men, whether or not the' eastern men got what they desired. , - In conclusion, Mr. Buchanan pointed to tho fact that there ailf, many classes of. labor in western' mines but that inquiries by boards of conciliation had resulted in much good. Mr. Knowles, Moose Jaw, said that incidents like this would make' working men believe that the tribunal was not impartial and - to have that impression created would be fatal. yjL_Ai.Jtfacdonaid,^ietou,-said^ihat- if the act was a good one, it was up to ihe minister to enforce it, but'that If it'was not. o good act, it was his duty to amend it, and he would like to know whero the minister stood. - Mr. Carrol, Cape Breton, took similar grounds. A Partlzan Squeak^ Richard Blaln, Peel, remarked on the fact that though the opposition resolution was for the production of the papers in connection with the case, yet they, were proceeding at once to discuss the case. They were anxious to get something upon which to condemn the minister rather than to assist the C. P. R, employees. -Hon, Mr. Lemieux referred to a resolution, passed at the recent labor congress In Guolph, Ont., calling for the repeal of tho act, and said that one reason adduced for tho action was tho administration of tho act by tho department of labor. Hon, Mr. Crothora: Tho labor congress was held long before tho refusal of a board and consequently the refusal had nothing to do with It. Tho motion, an a matter of fact, was based on tho Montreal Street Railway dispute and that was brought boforo tho department before <we camo Into power. 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Zero weather -iri-vvinteris'aii^nknoWlrtiiiilg; ITT1 Dll^tl-eHo west te.-.peraturc was iy> above zero. — "' A CRESTON ORCHARD Offers you a home and at the sanic-tiine independence not to be found in any other line of work. APPLES:—J. Compton secured $400 from aii acre.of apples, ACTUAL RESULTS CHERRIES:—Yield frqin $300 to $600 per acre. STRAWBERRIES:—O. S. Wigen raised $4,330 .. from three-fourths acre, ,' TOMATOES:—A. Lindloy sold tomatoes worth $900 from one-half acre. . Five-acro tracts two miles from Wyndell depot Our Land and it's Price 5 acre tracts, 2 miles from Wyndell Depot —$500. Terms $40 cash and this adv. ($50),.then $15 or $20 a month. Ten-acre tracts as above, $1,000. Term's on request, Our Guarantee AU first class fruit soil, free from rock, level, lightly timbered, good water, no irrigation required OUT THIS OUT AND MAKE $10 DO IT NOW E. ROSS MACKENZIE Sales Agent for Ownors J. W. Bennett and Jos, Grafton P. O. Ilox 510 Offit-c JoIiiihoii Woek PERNIE, - - - B. C. hundrod enmo toROtliur, thoy march by day nnd nl«lit, without rortoRO, without thoiiKlu, without learning, without rending. IU;- Iiik iiRofiil to no one, tlioy beitln to putrefy In tholr own uii_1.'.h.i>i)_ih. thoy Ilo In tlio mud llko brutoii, tholr mind H-inx-flod. Tlioy plunder cKIok, not flro to vlllngoft, ruin mi.lonn. Upon mooting with n Rlmllnr mn.B of human flt-Hli, thoy nttnch It, cauHlna blood j to flow In Hlronnia, nnd covnr tho mud- \ dy, hlond-flllod onrth with tho pIucoh of dlamcmlwrofl humnn hod Ioh, Mnun- t._ln_t of <U-nd bod I oh nccumulnto from wliloh linmlH und Ioku Imvo beon torn nnd brains oozed out—of valuo to no rum.*.. „.,,W» M, .. , T!., .<4_ jw|(^ Im8JJy ^ |jfi Uirow|1 )nt() R ,loI<) |n , u/.'.ivi \ji ill's u-ia, wim'.) iu i *jp Bend your nanu.' and addre«« at one* for in* copy of our llluatratatl book, "Moving Plcturo PlaywrMlng." Don't jie«lta.e, nnd your futuro. NATIONAL AUTHORS' INSTITUTE 1643 Broadway NEW YORK CITY tinsltlon «.io.i1f. linvo "Ivor, Not., o t .mt tho motion wna to hn dldounsort, In donllnff with thia matter ho wild, tho mlnlator of lnbor hnd boon ImprosHOd with tho fnct Mint nueh an InvoHtlgrc t'nn ni w» Tirntincfid t>i1"1,» »■»♦ •■' suit In tho moHt Rood to tho mon. n* appointing n board tho mlnlmo. lmd boon IniprcHHod by tho fnct thnt IL iiiIkIH ha l'..'tt.'i' In tho lntor.'i.tfl of tho mr-n thnt tho merit* of the rnflO sSiou'd bo aflrr.rtHlnml with tho lonit |it>->t..liliT d si|d. hnd cstri! to ilif .rmttrr nnd tin* pn^cin', I vi.D'A hn produrrd. Ho rcffrottod Ihnt j eoiTio of tin' < vt?]oy(-v* wbo liad fitm* H »(WPL HP*, IWa •▼fl W^milmiMVIDt—im su. homo tin* parents, wIvcd and children, p«p|«ih from hunger- that In rsr, ' In otlif-r wordii: to luvudo n country j to kill tlm mnn who dofcudx IiIh own j !■..„>, v.* t.v.x. Litff in 1 nu run nn, oi Wio : poor and mleorablo who now havo not ! ovon bread to cat. to break up furnl-1 turo, to atonl tlio smnllor objorta, lo j drink tli-1 wino In tho colla.* and al- tow tht« rt'Bl to flow nwny. to violate i ■.v._rnf»n and trlrl/. ttfinv moot oo tho ' Bbi&Wi! f *? tWMMhWM .;'.,<v. 'Vim government, Iioj_,i,M-t, to d<-«troy mllllona of valuo j notblnn to ntneenl tn rn-(n',d y.rvo ...•)_i'_.i ty/-™ ,nd"ior:b_iM- ' ,r>!,tji Mid thi" -IjuJci;*- tbat In war! - Trntnlalctl from tbo Ido Journal In- t< ni.'niona Haclaiisnt. Bgg£g*&g3 •s J W.ft n r!ty httnUii i Jj.-jj* ttiiriftrifr to thn rnvntrr iv f» :'i... 1'if :<' '"i i' I *» *^i-.»% *.B1« (dfci*. » 'it 1W(*J» I i . I? .J 'ji i, f r. W i lit-vo that llio original pnld brick tne- \ tory f» lociitcd out of to*». ,|i ! hx flfcncii ?able T+c (r,fff'\ *nf *>» - -.A s,fi*f-A»-\ fr!? '"i"'. *' *'. •: • - ■'"..' J IW l-il.li/ • ) l . 'f Vt ' /• •* i J imi^i'^iixxi^-.'t, »i#i'.-jo «.; «2 ^rt>ivct_Oii ngalnst ait:>ni.-?s;J. In "M^ins: bnkii^; powder c^n_T»:an t!ic hbvA carefully and be sure ihe pox dc-r I;* made from i.«c*at__ «.»r t.iti«»'. Other kinds do not make thc food hoal thf it I. PAGE SIX i^y _-.*.-■ !_vr* tiai" ®lje JPirfrtrit £^00jr * Published every Saturday morning at its officii, iPellar Avenue, Fernie, B. 0. Subscription $1.00 per year in advance. An excellent advertising Medium. Largest circulation in the District Ad- rertising rates on application. Up-to-date facilities for the execution of all kinds of book, job and Address all communications to The District Ledger, color work. Mail orders receive special attention. H. P. NERWICH, Editor. Telephone No. 48. Post Office Box No. 380 THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE WORKERS MUCH HAS been said about the effect the opening of the Panama Canal will have upon the western.continent. Attention has been called particularly to the increased realty values that will result from this trade route change. This is indisputable as the influx of large numbers of people from other parts of the-world means that the competition in the labor market will grow keener. "With the prices paid for lots, dwellings and other inanimate articles" we have but little to ■ say as those whose material- interests are involved will by no means hide their lights under'a bushel in>pro- claiming the superiority of their wares; on the other hand, however, we deeoTit opportune to .point out to„our readers.what it means to.the great body of workers to have the transportation facilities im-; proved and cheapened on that commodity, of which there is never a dearth—labor power. Steamship and, railroad companies, ever alert .to the accumulation of more profits for their "enterprises, have hit "upon a scheme which -b. as brought many shekels to the coffers of insurance, • sewing machine, farm implement, ^furniture' and other instalment undertakings. v ■ •■• Tickets from different parts' of - Europe' to the western states and provinces are now being sold at so much a week. Poif instance, a farm* laborer or an artisan in England'decides to emigrate; he can, by the payment of "one and six" a week leave a'' deposit with the transportation companies, „which~at_the~expira.tion_o£-two—years-willo-entitle. him to be furnished with a ticket' to any of the Pacific coast ports. This scheme, it is estimated, will attract at least 500,000 peasants from southern Europe withintwo years after the new highway has been opened. - ' " ' "■ That this will be a profitable"undertaking,'to .the''" shipping companies nobody can deny, but on the" other hand, it is food for thought for the wage- earners to try to figure out what it spells for them' in the effect it must have upon their standard ot ljying. Such ,*», vast amount of labor energy "can have but one effect. It will have a downward tendency. The majority of these prospective immigrants have a very much lower. standard, and ,to them having solved tho question,of how,to' exist'-at the lowest point..of subsistence they will accept wages which appear princely in comparison with those thoy havo.heretofore obtained. ,..,, , ;' jThe query may arise in tho minds of some of tho l)iinking workers "What are we going,to,'do,about it?*' and in roply to this assumptive"interrogation can only say, study,tho problem that confronts us, riot with any view to an amelioration of .any. por: manency by an increase (nominal)' of wages, but means Burfeit for somo and stagnation and-' misery foi; thc mass. To rail at thc, corporations nnd individuals because they are alive to what will-bent sorvo their ends is Btupid and demagogic, but to in. ' vestigate tho root causo should bo tho aim and object of every wage-earner, regardless of whether ho is "in o job" or accepting a salaried position, "Eternal vigilance is the prico of liberty," nnd if tho groat producing class lie down metaphorically then "Whatever is meted out to them is only what thoy may expect as a reward for their apathy. In plain language, if tho workors do not intond to be pushed farther down in tho social scale *he,v must net co-operotivcly, otherwise their status will bo lower thnn thnt of tho sorfs of Russia, the peons of Mexico, or the ryots (peasants of India), KeB&IDX'S BRAG A PEW tlnyn ngo In tho H. CJ. Legislature in reply to a heavy onslaught by Parker Williams Premier McBrido loudly protested against the assertion that ho is no friend of lnbor and bombastically pointed to tho vast majority sitting behind blm, exclaiming that wns sufficient evidence that the laboring men Its the proHneo did not, evidently, ngrer *w..h the member for Newe.vttlf. "Unfortunately there in some truth, albeit slight,' in McBride'« boast, but not to thc extent he wished to imply. , Whilst thoro are a certain numbor of work- .nrr plum, befooled tn vnio tor tb«» pnpHnHat H«r« tho number of Conservatives which the premier hns behind him does not signify that tho majority of the workers aro with him. Fnr from it. It may oven happen that tho majority of the peoplo of this province are emphatically opposed to Mcl.rido nnd hia machine, yet arc unable to withhold thc reins nf gnvpmmftnt from him. All this Is poNNiblt* under the present system of governmont where tho franchise ii so manipulated as to prevent tho workers from getting fair representation. Had an Election Aet been in vogue some ten years ago which would hnvo given tho people proportionate repre- Mentation, McBride. in ali probability, would never have-been Premier of this proyince. . The'following TEE PISTOIOT^^GEB^TOinfcB, 6rjnfflRUAEY16i ■figures will fully illustrate this": _ In^I,903 the. donservative^ple'1^_is,-JiElJ025.''fo 33;092ij)ollea by the opposltion.^M^Brke:-got'lnto "-"-■-"_._. > •■ j ir-n™-1-. ^'s'ir.'!CX"-ij-'t.?*..aV^ power then: and yet:5,067 more,e»tizens-m this prov-, inee were opposed-to himthan' werVXor.-hini. The same -appliesjto] the 1907 election wheij the Conservative's numbered 30,440 and.the'opppsition''32,231, a majority against^him of 1,791. " The;1907jelection out of a totai'jvpte^of 100,930, his majonty^as only!- 4,736. And, -yet, the opposition: only * numbered three members, and the,governmer_t, 39. ."Under proportionate, representation 'ttie House-would have, consisted iof 22 Conservatives, and,'. 20'Opposition.. Nothing to brag about! McBride; lidwever, wiis just as bombastic'then as he,i_(today.*''" East'year-lie was able to fool the people a little better Ybut still not sufficient to warrant the majority he has.' The total vote was 98,969, of which the Conservatives liad' 65,864 and the opposition 33,105. _- .In this pro-, portion the opposition should have numbered 14 instead of two, and if these 14 were as energetic as Parker Williams, McBride would not think political life worth' living. Further, if each nian possessing- the necessary qualifications in. the province -were given facilities for getting on'the voters' roll, even' with plenty of beer and bum cigars to go around, if* is doubtful whether McBride "would, be in office today. Par from believing the present Head of the government a friend of the workingnian,.the vast majority know, him to have no particular love for them. It would be of interest, to learn what hcThas done for them to make them think otherwise. But what does McBride care what.they think,of him! Entrenched,as he is behind a machine of which-he holds'the trigger he can defy one and all. Williams and Place are the only'two'm'en in'the house -who dare call their souls theirrown.. The others certain-' ly,cannot. -Amongst a lot of weak-kneed serfs trie Socialist members stand out as two, men who'" at least have the 'courage'of their convictions. -The- government members'dare' not give, expression" to thoir opinions for-iear of Sir l'ichardl'.who'.deai^ v.lti; those who dare.do so ir: a manuerjwhich-.would no doubt deter others of.LLeir:ilk from repeating such an offence. When a vote was called for the other day on one of Williams' motions a few on the government benches had ,the'audacity to whisper' •"Aye." McBride overheard them and .his voice (pri'vering with'rage,demanded a roll call.-.-When this was done how many do you think had the.courage to repeat his "Aye"? 'None but Williams and- Place. , Truly a wondrous machine! . Many discrop- ancies and flagrant abuses of power are .evidenced but not one Conservative .in the house dare put a rjiiestion on thesubject'.' Are they* all so-Mind-that they cannot see? Nof"- Again; that'wbridrous'ma- chine! ' The Legislature is' now' in session for less than a month, yet many!pieces of legislation .directly *airned"at-thef wag^slayet h"ave~alreadyrbe^"p"ut" through'by the "friends of the worker.'* -Here'are a few specimens: ."'■* ' ' , '*""'-■ ,""-■ Y _,„ .Williams lately called attention to some,'very peculiar items in the public accounts. He wondered why the agent-general at London, Mr. JYH. Turner, ' should be permitted to spend the' money' of British Columbia, much of it collected, from Socialists, on behalf bf the .anti-socialist league. .'.This same Mr. Turner contributed to the tariffYreform league, again with-British Columbia's cash.-' These" "aro'small items,!perhaps,' but they show,'th'c"generar spirit of tho governmont and the gbvernraent/s's'er-, varits, The mo)t|o is "Spend all,ybu. can, therejs .more .where .thattcame from." '_■_ •/, •..). ,.'.vii.f„ ''By another piece of legislation'a'.'pbliccmanlis given tho rightjtb search anyone,no.',choosps,for, a, weapon; Tho iliorde of special 'deputies :hired<-ini time of troublejthroughout the provin'c.o itfnot're" cr'uite'd-from the blass of men that, patrols'the city's streets, ;• Mnny'of thorn arc takeri^from the'lbwijft class of socioty, [ professional' bullies^ .-veAo l,wiil>11.bo! allowed' to threaten. inoffonsiy'o"1'citizbps,,for,"the mere sport of the thing.., There are plenty,bf portions who aro tqkoh on ns deputies who ;Tiave- absolutely no rogar^. ;for tho law', and who would dxer- ciso,their authority to enable thorn;to.steal. This is not' an assertion which cannot bo proved,, for,(in tho history of ^British Columbia's labor trouble* thore havo been many instances whore laborers hnvo beon intimidated with rifles until they wero forced to submit to anything. Williams topk if for granted that this particular piece:of legislation was'di. roctod against the workingmen of tho provlneo, and ho is certainly not fnr wrong. Tho amendment to tho landlord nnd tennnt net was another proposal which ho viewed with distrust, and ngnin he seems to havo excellent reasons for believing that it was class legislation of tho rnnkest kind, At tho present timo thousands of mon are out of worlc at tbe Cumberland mitios on Vancouver Island; thoir wives nnd children aro starving; yet the government gives the mine owners power to evict thorn from tlio hovels thoy. call homo, built by their own work, Moroovor, it is now posslblo for nrmod deputies to forco tho minors to go hack to their jobs whother thoy arc willing or not. In tho. enso of a murdor, if the victim was a laboror, thore would bo no investigation. Backed by tho law, nnd it is n law which flics in tho fnco of tho elements of British justice, these hired thugs aro given, very similnr to tho now'offensive Weapons net, the un- limited rights. If a miner even attempted to pro- tect the chastity of his wife or dnughtor with n gun. ho could be shot down in cold blood and thc crime covered up. 4r .-o 'V^-s:>,sa„g'$«■ i- V.'"" -'7. ■**"?..*". * ■ . . „ ;WOBD rTOVTHE ■"-C-' DE_LEGA?IBS|^^^.V7 ■ _"*•''" 7Xi'^y^iK^}X-VX^ bn;\Monday next. Delegates, of-every JocaU'will YfTfrneet-ancl^discus's'matters- bf'Aital-interestltbttfioY^y'-'S1 */■*• men;whbm":th'ey"represent. Their' discussibns*vandY^k*,*-'"Ri!: '*". actions-are fraught with much import*arid"it:tnere-lYi:;,"f:". ''Tfore:behooves them to give such matters careful" de-^Y, '7 ■= - - liberation:'''. Astime is a great factor •and"'a,valuv..,-Y ,-'•.-!• ._Yai)le] assetji.'no,-wordsv should, be lost.- ySpeakerav-'$<•*- ■ ---should cbnfii_e.;them'selves to'the thediscv^ioriljnv^'---. • '.•question-and* avoid*petty trivialities.'*,"' .^h'eYmainy ""^X'v ', - thing iskeep^.tb ,the; point, berprecjse_v.and^brie£Y X[X. ■y Another point'tliat is well to bear in mind-is oVedi* ,-* -, '*. - .v 'ence to, the -chair. '.Remember that'without-deYi; ".i.-'v ■ corumjaud- system • at' meetings'littlo, headway can"" ■," \x be'madeY~>-The decision .of the chairman, unless". Y'' f' 'challenged,*is final. *' '*' 1 S\ -^ 7\X[~"~;. X.--'-- ■ '£&\ LTHE'.GRAND ^POKING. URY:"i A; pleasing •. variety^sof renter talnment- wtll^befprovid'eel ?_jy- ifie. Grand'theatre duringttho'^followiSg.' weelcJ *j Tonight". be_ glvenJoyUenja^ splendid 6C9__iorfea> LOCAL AND PERSONAL The Ladies - Guild are; to give a danco.on Easter Tuesday March 2&tb. ,»—■——, ' in '~ "" J. p. Palmer of Lethbridge was* a city; visitor on Monday. • To ail lovers-; of good' dowri.in your djary Feb. string," "brass and vocal." _ music,.' put L26th" Reed, ' A meetl__g,.of the TVeteranB' as'socia-' (ion-will .be held in the* basement' of, Cbrlst's church at 7 "p.in.,- Sunday FebVl6th; ■•* 'Y\ ' . ', -r yy S: Y Mr. DY A." McDonald, of Calgary has arrived in.t'o'wtf'to take charge of the' moving picture machine at the 'Grand.' Feb. 26ti;J. Lester Haberkorn," a baritone' of acknowledged'pdwer^and melody will be here with'the'Hallow- ell concert'company., ,'J "•" V'Y 5" A-sale of .home cooking will be held in the achoolrbom' of the'-MethodlBt church on Saturday at<3 o'clock. "Afternoon tea ;-wlll: also bo served. -' "'.', Reserve',iFeb.'<,,26th.., The greatest" ten-piece orchestra-will appear ln Fer-' nie under the"ausp_'ces.of the Knights' of - Pythias?-, Every-; individual 'mem-' ber an artist.■'*" 'Y .. :-'"' ' ''■'rt",v.~>"> "- A'-box: social -.undero the ausplcesTof the'EstiiervRebekah lodge,:Fernie?'in: aid of.tie Odd'Fellows'-'home.'-wiir'be held Tin:. th'e ;K.7.Qf_gt__halLoa JPriday. _ Feb.- 29th.'"Tickets are'25j*cents and refreshments_wlll.be served."-;75 ^fc-.-~. •"■"■ 80CIAU8T MEETING r,i> .A propagand>^ne.pting'; will'"take place in'the basemenf'of the Miners' hall ion...^Sunday <r*'^hing jh'estt'i a£j7 o'clock,; when' Comrade George" Knox et .Coal- Creek*' wm^'be^the 'principal speaker. - After the lecture a1 business meeting- will be > held. 'Y Members'are expected'to turn up/in,'force.''.,iEvorjr-_ body welcome. •'■' .wv-v.,-, SSu,, . x ■ )-._', 'v -'!?), .)••.-' vi BIRTHS«ii';i»ijf- '. >'J"/i v BARTON-ron ■ WednefldaV/.Feb.(-12, toiMr.and;Mr8. George Bar toa a sob, '■'• Y_l " ">'i'> "*';i '.Y. A .revision; of .the^ voters "roll will tike place on>Wednesday,- Feb.- 19. ~ Wm,. Richardson,..who was charged .with assault,' was fined. $40 and bIx months on .suspended, sentence. Magistrate,". Whimster..., Is , occupied today, with the .hearing>of a case "of attempted rape.; The "complainant is a little;.glrl eleven years old." ':-YY , ' The,,,funeral of ,the late' Harry-L; Cummins will take place Saturday ja*- ternoon -"at 2.30 • o'clock^ ; from ^'the English"church, 7-7.. S-< „-7,' 's:" *Y .Chan' So,Sing^as a witness", in ja' civil case' before,, Mr." Justice' Tttomp* son yesterday. '"Hia^vldence* appeared to the judge to be-in the nature of wilful misstatements'' and" the' judge accordingly ordered/his'arrest'on1 a charge'of-'perjury.' Accused appeared before Mr;- F.''J^ Burns- this'mornlng and - the" hearing was-postponed- until, next Tuesday.1 *•'*■'• ',' '-* '-'r^,- > '-'i'-v-'-'Y turein three reelsiwlll.be shown;;-the Garden^of. Allah; - an^Affican ^stoTO^ii^' addiUon':there;win7;be* seyefai'.cbmedy, pictures; 'Saturday; night thatVgreat "pia^/TOe^Ros^rf.V'wn boards?j:I|nessi'c'6n__ments'bn^^ tmi.tioi-go'-tb"showjthat4t'l_aO^^ everywhereY^rein^ N^JTorkt-tplvkn.- couver. ;'and:f we ^predict":.; a^"capacity houBeT' Pbr7tfie- convenience of'tlid_» who*; cannot •get-Jout<■ Saturdayi-evenlng;' the mana'gement[will put. bn^'a"matinee Saturday;!*afternoon"' at'3 b'clock^at which1 special prices*wUl:PrevaiK|;r- f* -Y' Monday ^ and - Tuesday;- of' "ner ^Veek- willvbe"filled'with'the usual'"mbylea?,, and Illustrated 'songs..'-" "Wednesday the'plctures'wlll.hbld'the boards' until 10- p.m., doors opening on this, evening at 7 o'cldclt,' as'.theYtheatfe'has been leased for'the-Streeter-Mbrtimef boxing.' contest'. ■"at' 10.15' p.m.'..." The following evening,: Thursday; a 'repi- tltion'of the Wednesday program-will be shown/'On'FrldayT'and Saturday andSaturday'matinee the famous' Delhi Durbar.will be shown inkinemacol- or. 7 The kinemacolor pictures are not- a- mere representation—-they are'the" thing.- itself y or - as'; near ' actuality... as anything can be. _"*..;;, -. " ,,.'"' •. 7 While In'Calgaryf"Mr.-> Mackenzie the manager.ofythe.Grand,"made' ten; tatlve' arrangements, .with the. Pantag- os^ vaudeville circuity to-show here.ev-^ ery: Thursday evening, but.as1 the Pin-1 tageir people ask a large guarantee, he feels, that before coming to-any, definite, arrangement 'some method'of1 as- 'certalning how the' people of7< Fernie feel, aboutfthe ; proposed innovation. 'With that, end - in- view;-Mr; .Mackenzie' has prepared a-subscription list' which, he will; endeavor to" have" largely "signed. _• •-f--i,*,t."'" *',.■-; "" ,:,xivyi-;i£r :.':•-■ .' JyjT Martin^ a' member' of tli'e" law- firm- of Herchmer. & Martin,' returned from' W trip-1 east," bringing .with; jiim his wife; who'was formerly' MISs^Mary., Macadam of Sydney,1- N. S.'.They*,Vere married' in" Toronto Y 'by'^'Archbialiop •Macneil^-who - isr' a, friend^ of MrsY Mai>" tin's 'family:, SS' '■■'ry'yy^y^ "gram of moving pictiiresyThe feature j.. .,...... fli4.of'. late 'hV%b^6C^b^^.Y?vYY' acter and appeaU^those^^l-O-are^-v -_,«: loQklng^for< instructive' and'-entertain^-Y'V: ;>.•,- woman;;actlng )tor themoying plcturss will"_3e^ffatured}ln!-;'tne' I'tilirf'^'Misa^Y/^.^Y ' Ta^bf:ToW>SriiVj'6tiier th'e .^ro'gremi^compr^Be-'^VA" "KentuckyJ-^. - ySr?; Feud/I^The calT of .the pea^'^'The^/vt: y>f->, Trystingi,T_^e,V"v__nd'Uhe',YIcomedles;"* ^The';Hronot|^*^^ ■^rave,"'Yi'?The*.'^Cowbdy#^uai^ian^ Theg. *|Shlp 7p't^Llon^iwill /aiso/'be^^Yy^-Y'' Bhown,->and7promiserto - We,a'Jiim,[of' \YV ^y'. se_-satioh-.l\intere'st • preBentefd 'by'the^, „ • XTS'i Ambrosio^ company.,'^11 -ty y i, ye- S^'T7"'7>,; 7yThe,usual'matinee-will'be given onY " Saturday Yafternoon;;. and ;for7Monday'-. and Tuesday" a-,two^riael- feature, en1 *' titIed--KThe\Man;?^ey}Scorned," will; be', thrown-on the: screen;-'-'\.'- '-X l^ .'-» V'J- - VKr • . .■'<_»'i'"', ." It ,v .7 Classified Ads.—Gent a Word UV'""?,,'-^ 'C',. *_M V,. rn'r-T .,(. V. ^Y»AiNTEI>-rGlrl7;for .general - hottBe-':^' _ work.:; 'Apply' Mrs';" A£ .B7- Trites:'." _': .1^" FOR SALEr-Household 7urnlture"v Y* , AU as good .as" nfjw, ' Apply'after.Bix'.*•' o'clock any.evening",next wee_c.',1.M'r/.\ i Chas;. Brucejv, McPhersoh;■ aVe.;an^% .-„ Thompson.street.*.,' ,'-;*'" y26-2tp'; y-' / POR;SALE OR RENT^Seven|room',->Jl'-*- house-.with;'bath»ete.Y;,Apply! MrsY|!..'y e Ross; Dalton aveenueY '**-•;'. /- ''__«-3tp"*y - , ,. • ', *,-* ',:v- ,.ii.f .\-.i~'. - -i AW* j" ,.,_^'_J!a v - i . , ■, <-,'>y. r _ ''HdUSBHOIJpVDRNITURE,|a, F?V^ ^: Sale..^Apply. Mrs;;Er'RosB, Dalton' ave!. ({y- U •••','.. v S i, -.."- iX. "' "^'5'; ■ .5 "~s' 2(_t-3tp.-r_"" "7-yXi V.'S;^ ^'TO^RENT^fyrnlshed.'or unfurnisli-'/Y^Y£ ed.pne^pr two rooms ^d kitchen, witli Y.", - \\* UMrof".'ib^l»Yr6o__-:,■ v-'Ap^y,' Cv.e.0.--' :-;Y:> Ledger -tiwim. ,-a v -u .'*-, to ^..l"««;i-» -'-"?.!. •;2^3tpTY i-.&ext Monday evening.1 Feb_l;17th;!'a basket social and dance ^will'-be; held" in" the baBement'of the • -Miners*1 hall.' The'bbject.'iti'to'proyide.a sum o't'mon-' e'y'tbfuroistf bboka'7'forY'tW-library. jjon't^you think lt'wbrthy'of your'mor al and|flhanciai,,suppbr't7 £ Come. With' all the;enthusiasm;of'VoiithYmake' It a[bumping success.'"A good go-ahead' committee"- is at'the" head of 'affairs: .•Tickets 'may' be had'from the''Becre-1 tary" of .the Reading1 andr Recreation Rooms,' •& Y On Thursday evening, next tbe^Vet- era'ns of'Fernie" will fbnnaily haad'ov- reYto','the'-''cl_y of Fernie, theambu-' ianceY The1 'occasion: wlii -be 'mariie'd' ,by a barijiu^t'to' be^held'In !the7Fer'nie hotel on that eVe'nlng:1' Ticlce-s'are$'i.j eaciir 'Aa'|fhe''dbjec't' Is'i'a'-'^ortiiy. bne;j in:;addltlon''\o. whlcb .a'Bopd'.'tlirie^ift' assurr'ed/'a'^ig crowd lis' anticipated.''" Y v*■;/>:'' -'■-.*".HOCKEY>X%7X]',l."' f Referee1 Burland got! the bbyB'Btaft.-* briYgbod'.icejYand'J* good • hockey^" was shown''right 'from'the commencement;' the' puck ^travelling from end to'eiid; The.first'goal, came "from Callahan'for Cranbrdolc",afteir'15 minutes''" of .play. The local .boys'then got busy-ahd;"two mirfiitesf;later'M,"'Gidding Bcored""for- Ferale,'equalizing''the score." i*-'• 7'>f*;^ Y^First-**'^10^:-^-Fernie, "1; "'.'Craln^ brodk;7-yi.'vy'PeMli'ze^?",Shelley**'and.'. Gidding," Fernie; ^ Callahan, Cranbrook. "_.The Becond-peri^d^openedJSwith^fap^ play_by .bothsteams,- aiuf ;eariyl'on'H6y:- . __. ■__. . . foj- , _ - - Mutz.- "_ Second^period:-^".Fernie,"3;" Cran- brob^'lv-^PenaiizMy'-MutzV'Fernlef- FOR. SALE jorY RENT—-8-Roomed'- House^splendld'coaditioni also House-;;•;, v. y '- holdFur__lture,"cheapY Apply, J.'Craig .'"' ; V ' L "• *, * - '■■ j\* «■''y.- j?** ''f^f. -* *i* " •- "l '*, / ! MaAnn_fktionn AvA*iM_n l - ■"" &**—. l -1 . --" -v" *• ,. t Macpherson Avenue. Callahan'Ya^nd.Ta'sBmtifeiY'YCraribrook; , The .third' period*jb"rdUght out - some fineYworic from-the Cranbrook boys, Hirivi'ngf their: \stm6atf'tq --reduce! For- iu^'BheaS_i;-YMcNab'JfC(!red "a 'goijarior CranbrbBk/thTJs^brlngin'g :the score*13 to;2 lri' favor 'of■ FernieB' ",:'! " " ^ *'- I-' Shelley;?and •' .M.7 'Oiddln'g were'r'the" Wai Jstars'wnlle'RY'Grddlhg'and' Cal-' lalian• were tlie'hbiabU.. fence decora-' '/ 'Uf •ir*i-".y-y i tors! i!l '-fi.V.'iii'-' .\ f it •*.,, ■■i'.f-flti .t .'i,_, ;- •*,,THE,1818 THEATRE , *; - te^^^ljarf^iilEJJttw* Isis1'tbektre *as'':iii-~ eveningYre'eA^'is * indlcat'e'd'-bV' the. good' attendance' nightly, by' those' whor;appre'cla"tiS' •'' h. Iwell selected' vpw^ ' Sy^J'-L'i y',±Li,><G$i'-''-fJ 1_ PiJv'v_f**K-i3,lj r '. ,' ROOMS — Furnished; bedroomsrTp . - I^tV modern "'conveniences; btj'th.sh'bt'^ * LandY',cold"; wateh-r^iectrlc', light, .^etcy.- Apply,'", Mrsy' JaB.'V;Mitc_ieji^palto__l J - j .'Avenue, y Y.Y ^yY-lYYYY',""";;3't-25 i?_i,' :«/.' -: ri v-jti 'fijt^-f- FOR s.SALE—Three:roomed;. House- >\AV.il_.*i.'»s:.... { L..I.II. i ,vl..-"j. 4, ^...-.Lt*., and;Shack on.I_ot. Apply,-_W. Stirrup, -y~< v. Masqri Avenue.''"' 7)-7y:7 A~3tP-24..." iCJ^JU^UV.JVji ^.._, »vU iwilh be :hold* at *_lk"«*clocfc-;in ithe'-forch-f -r,- " -j'* .il^n^Mofiday^'FebT"^^ sbri-Falcorierr blocb',.,bvervJBleasdeell1_i ]'•', •drog7store.s-.^|.'l'W'~^^Y'''"i-:Y.lYi'*";J'*. V;.>'"}' 7%J', "-' J.'.W,r.BENNETT,?:Auctioner.'.;;i«v « y^^MORTGAGE'.BXliE';:^,;* fay' " ".TAKEiNOTIC^hat" l_he(*dJourned^.;.^',,. MortgageY Sale ;pf.:.t_ie^ J. '^'t^MclStyreify'J. propertyYb'eing^l_ot'ir2rBl6cK. 8; Peiriile f. >-. situate* in Howlf-nV'Averiue' (oppoBite'5' (Y' ' Mettiodlst ;Par8oha'ge)Ywillf take-place." __»atedvtWs'ieth'd'ay of January,'":i»18.""i c H tv -J'«r-. *j.,*'wi BENNETT,' 'I■, . j ',i ift.i'i :•,(/'. _ '"ti'ttr. CX'M'i'p-iv>S{\-£ r-.i'v "frit* Auciiotteer; yv^s-jijiiivi. HOW THEY LOVE EA0H OTHER. Hcro'B Hon. Mr. Poalfr rolmklnn liis follow.mln« iHtor, lion. Mr. White, in tlio Houan; liulf tho Ontor- ift ToripH nt lftp^crlicndH wUh ^\r Jnm«'« Whlti.,-;- over tax reform; Col. Sam Hugltos and a p.'omlneiit Tory editor in a slander unit; a duron Tory mem- bera violently disagreeing over the bank hill, nml othera, And the only really big Tory who romaifcx nnmovod in Sir Rirhard MoBridft.—Ottawa T<V^> Preaa. ' ii (,- ,i,!jt <x,ii\" !.<•* ■!-';''.,,.•'jii.'-ifiiooji,, y.i):.c. ■rw-yj-XXi BIGGEST •1-1'.,. Tt, \,l-l ■rl*. r-i^-,11' r!„i'J THE HOUSE 0C C VITt* r las § a EVENT .,!_■. ■iliV I'r .rl ;i OF THE l,-'.." V I-'I 1 Jl • .i!i\ ;r'f>.) ,!' i-fl'l i •I • ■ ■*i : mi I'M.i i| j """•' : TOR '?S. ffX v"-y ;<-'■* /i 11 • • i • i - a .1 , . i , . SEASON HARPER s-MACKENZIE.Lf-SSEES E.ROSS MACKENZIE,Res.M<jr. I ^-'..' • r,*. j&KvibxSf.'.'i>i%<:•..""'."'J , XWk^JTT*- ' ■>wr ft i~ * •"• '.**. I' w'i,.; . YYX"'7XXS SATURDAY' FEB_715 , .| I I |i ' •'," ' J' ' '"'' 'T' ' ft Matinee and Evening ,,jr 3 pi tn« 8.30 Aii Elaboate Scenic and Electrical Prodnoiion, Oomploto in every detail **- Matlnoo: Evonin^t 75c, 00c and 20c S1.BO, 1.00, 70o and poc I Be&U on !«]■ al Boddtby'i. IUi*rv6d 8«ati for Matinw o& Mlo at tbo Box Office, Thettro MONDAY AND T0ESDAY ,. 7.45 to 10.30 p;m. * "■..■*» \ >, Tho Liitoflt in Plioto\PlayB,»nd Illustrntcd Songt. \ ii , ,'l ..'.'?. '-.it .y ■ ''- - ,,.(,, . WEDNESDAY f,,„ i,.,! prqm/7.00;to,10.ppp.ra,),!frfY fl. ;.,.,■ Tho Latest in Photo Plays and Illuutrntod Song* ■" " •' ". ,. .¥ From 10.15 p.m... Y , ,;" / f' i , » Boxing Contest r^;, Streeter vs Mortimer "" ' X • I ■ r ? . '.'/ :,- _ * x i * v ■ • (, •- ^ h * , ^ ,"';fHUSflDY , • Tho Latent in Photo Plnyn nnd Illustrated Sonfffl '■'' . !■ * '" A ■' ;' ' • ' ________ FRIDAY, SATURDAY, Saturday Matinee The Delhi Durbar '-•'VMrcpt from the Renin'Thent^ London . * . • . ,. , . . », . , In Kinemacolor, Kinemacolor pictured aril not - painted, they are a mechanical reproduction of the whole pageant in natural colors, '" ' ' A il.rllU.tg, i_i'i_..__u. i'nipWuiiCv-Oki Ou NttCui*.'-. own'colorinff. Qlowinpr colors of the scenes, nnd inbidontn, attending tho gorgeous oriental pageant r ai Delhi, India, whoii King'0eorgo and Quoon Mary ' of England woro,rocontly proclaimed Emperor and . Kmpreiw oof India. * ^ TONIGHT I 4 "Garden of Allah" ," . , , \ 11 I' l)l .'.'" f V. - v I:- J' Ti ' .,<•„* «^:-iisrf%*Xi.Mi.-ti.ttwr. ^.' "* .*._ «*Wj 'lit -t , _S_. ff" y7^J^«^"v;:''' •"-" ;-{■>..__».'■»j*--' ly THB DisteOTiTOGER.^FBRHIE, B..C, FEBRUARY 15,;19I3. PAGE SEVEN %f ll- _'V ---3^- :"#>^^.fa*Uf?',.ri^,^v-i,?J^-''",-. ^^y-Yl HO8MfeR:N0TES>.3\::"i*Y. 'iX'X-'- Mr.\liewJs' StoctfetV<was"a visitor to fc-yyBosmerjIastiweek'enafc; y, y y _.; \ f Y y ^ "Mrv JY-Mqsgrofe^ pit-boss at "A- level .. Y". was^called" hurriedly -away 'last* SatW; 1 V'.-iday"owing to the deaiii of-his .father! ' Yv'"iYv^'-i^Kelyia.JCacu^plt b^ss'dur.. >Vy1ng~MrYMusgro^ y yjsence'.r'. "Bob Andrews "is'ctaldng the ' Y^^riner'B1 place at B; level./ Y ;,*TV,. ; yX Y 7j;i rY palmer,'.,'barrister • pfy Letfi- y . T.rldgeYwiw,a. business Visitor lri'Hoa- ' i -mer Saturday last'Y^.,./ vY\ 7y •*'-■' '-7.fi Sunday's meeting * of • the. local ,was j""". again _ wellYa^ i-'Y'the.JnclIue"from B'level "'being .the - - - tipne of contentlonY ,- However, '"all's i j,* _ '.well, ..the; BameTbelng ,■_ satisfactorily ,'Y settled^ 'VYy-V''r:X-X :'Yy -Y. - -'- ,. —. , - , .. - tys. y T rt.i ~ *-y --*■ . — • ■? .-.-The latest;fad.aniohgst'.some,.of the p * .y 'baohelor's;of !Hosmer;"aeen_a,'tb!be 'tor. ■» - . Y_get;ii_e nptVcushipn'sV'"Have''you<got Y '.yours!yet?, . Y^-V*-*""'. Y Y,'; ,■''' ,. .Fred'Waters. had..a;}pig killing "bee - ;,Y biit*at. camp .8, vwhicb .before it. term.-' , '<, Y/nated Y«Mmbled:taf.wlid; b'oar.hunt ...Our.,local meat Inspector.(ex-officip) ;,i "thinks' he has ^located vtW7hbg fever 1;' ^^m^T^e";^ ..-- ;y" According t to'' all {accounts.; the des- , y • YcrlptloiiB of the miners aresbeing hung -. Y'Yti^i'n Wme^qSfhe,:rtore's^severy little »*" detail being;taken<Ystock:bf:wrEven *°,'.^the_.length of-ourYfinger.nalls^- the Yy amount of booze' we 'consume 'a month' .to see^h'er.^YShe'dled.-'a5 week-after .he arrived;th'erel' 'yi\y&<V-$XXX 'V-"'"'1 _ :'Biir_byn%vwaH'^ the O-OthYaimuaK: convention at I_eth-; ibridge on-the 17th__.*-...") ;V'Tyy^TjyT ■^Vincent,•CoUiiis" is .having $a'p..ioi_7' of trouble- 'with";his 'eyey; He' -;'was.. off work _ for;"a • few"'-weeks' with"-\iti." then- started; again, * but - onlyj-.'for Ya while as he-had to.qult,?hls eye again being- theYcause,-,;M',> .i"-'--""" "~ ",iy -rX .' *r;Our,bld' friend;- Fred-Lewis," was.in town for two weeks.- He left the Pacific day-witli his famllyiJorthes Pacific PaBS,- where- he. ia- working. Everyone, was.giad-to see Fred looking bo well. ,'Dr. Morris;has.now got the temporary hospital fitted, up. - He has. consulting hours three times a day. It Is the company's intention to build-a hospital in;the near future, but when they will starti on lt is7not' settled yef. -Alex. Thomson is driver boss In the mine: now, V.^ Y ->*: ' t. - ->,. : Jack Bowen«quit' over\a week .ago. He'intended to go north whenhe left. We'are sorry.-to-lose "Jack."" - -* COAL CREEK If ► ~r s~ --c PERSONAL, , ---h ,jl If.Charles Warlaby, brother-,-^, ■l^.ln-lai^'of Wlnounskie (deceas'-t(,^, V;'ed)'late of Corbln, B. a,;wlll ♦; ' 'kindly "communicate wi'th^bls^"';♦, ^.trjet ^Secretary A. -J. "Carter,' '♦! :Y'he .will hear '"of -BomethlrigY^' •Y^hich will be to liis interest."-'^ 4.» viThe .spectators thought that the losing side would have been strength'* ened ,by sending their right wing man The local boys suffered defeat'at the hands .of the Coleman boys. > Some of'the boys got home in tiie^'wee* ;V- also •" "bur- earning' capacity." js '.being ... jotted- AovmS'. We'll ".have ■■ to. give.- a -, Y"**llHft^"of' the -Btorfrkeepersf putting" such /7 "faltli in5^B',i"'and-'the,_i''WeYw'U ,YY-.^'H'eWv^trade';7.Y']-Y,''''Sy, ■-'■■ "V^-;'ff Y Y-^hosYCoieYlB again in'harnessY'Eik **;I';iiumber .company^beinglihe, drivers. .- _-y ' T>iTher*hotel^portersjo^Hosmer-have l£^:7:,:.-BUddenly; gbt'chockYf.Jn. of ^usin^ss,- ■' -,-«_-: _ one^ofYthem'offerihgYi^twibl^^^ ;*'per.ic.il and a chance In a raffle of'Mao. -le'od lotB for adollar./;The other, liar- ing more regard, for suffering-human!- L"'^, Y,"ty, bffera.cureallYpllis at 25Vcents per 1'-. XX box, ..wrapper- free'^Eersevere boys, ■- >;,ypu may yet'"rival.Rockefeller.,"-,~,"• *"*,',', A backbandvby name' of; G.j Gouvln, '. hieing iara'jiurry-tojge't-doW,sa>chuto, , y tell ;down\iti',,f. kesult,. tw^o^broke'h ribs." f .._--YcB--,fc'Uslriess^i8 looking up.\The:Hosmer ■rylndusitSal^iroetrlri^a cafYoOlour ■ '"..this,weeKYrt$'CiYY'riiiif~^-it' /I'^-v, ,;- A. J. Carter, •dl8trict?secretary-treas- r,' fry werYwasJn\tovm Tuesda^pnbupinesa I'"""'SjconnecteS' with" thieYorgaKizatibnY'V *Y ;A'*ew*of Jbur^Aukrianj^^ brothers pul» \.led out for the old,'country this week. - '^Emperor ;_^n« ^pseph'.'will' no;doubt '• corral,some1 of them for.his armjr.'-jV : -..It is,rumored 'that ;some j)f„the..tlp- 'pie, bunch" are goingi6_)tar.'a Hard- ■ ware .BtoreJp^ThoIr -^ 'gp^biaiitleB,; no .doubti;,wiu;be, ol(l saws,,axei,.picks; etc. . '*' '•-, , '„-:'• , • - ' f"rri;i,i"« .-.■'.t?j:,.;;i',-,-;.i,_-,sHC - Marshall and Alt gave amoving plo-' turo show in-the"opera-house Friday ''•lMV*yJ"l^.lw"^TOH.»^^ >«Vo also pleased to'see..that tholr - liantt'bills;hfid the" 'District^dger' imprint on'i'thl^-.tinio.''^'^ ,, ./Don't forge,t;thftt,._fou.o&n,tho "Led-; ; gor'.at Wylle'r store every Friday ©y> 7v ,'onlng/ ' - '-.''•"" • -Tom Price ..left- on "t^e.Jfrlday,night flyer for a visit to hlBjMerids in Michel, He reports.having,.had"a,good' time.,..1- ' Tommy Hutchif)£K)n>ame hbme.from the-hospital, on ■- Saturday, and, says; he will, floqn i beT,ready, ^fpr, "wprkj .».Now, youibramatlcs.rget^busy.nrY .,, ,.- !t,v "Mrs.v Davidson;is back-home again from the hospital andialthough'rather weak, she'is-progresslngas-wellascan be expected: .Jimmy is nowallsmiles. ""■.There, are'.several/.new/jarrlvals ,in campTthrsYweek,- rustling jobs .in' ani arpund the ;m^ri'esyY/' !\;,s i;-,'!-^;' ' •■■ Y,-.Tom' Wrlght-vi-was admitted' to .the hospital,on"Friday,ithe7th'lnst., to'uri-' dergoY an operation ,,for^ appendicitis. ' We'are'pleas*e"dVto'»report~thatvlie Is prbgresiring'&vplhibl^i'^ ;. -■•yi --'".'' Thei6tork/p"aJd',a"yisIt'tb the home' of>MrY wid" MVp W.-'Heed, "leavings a fIne'daughter;on-Sa!turday;,IaBt'Y Keep smiling,.Billy,;a__d;the'n'^ome. *' "'-' -: JackYkentris'ra frequent • visitor .to' thls.burgfthese'days.^. "Yy/ »--iv Mr-tjariidyMrRj-Harry-; Murray' were' the:guests o'f/Mrrand Mr&'R. Billsbo- rongh+on^Sundayi la'sty^. around a corner. His cutter''upset,- throwing' him- out "and -:breaking 'a shafton the cutter. Nbjserious dam-'1 age -waa,done. - • ' ' ,; " Born to Mr. and, Mrs. Lambert' Dam- boisi .on {TueBd*ay morning, a baby. It died next'day and was buried .on Tnursday.'^ ■■•■-'' • • ,.";... ; "Word .has been received that ,Mr,. William .Simpson, who has been.living in Hillcrest for some time, expects to move back, to Frank "toward the end' of this week. ' YY* \ ;Y„ - The several hockey" games of the week have attracted, much-attention, Frank (went',to" Coleman last Wednesday night and. Were "trimmed 7 to 4. Coleman played here on, Friday night and in a very elose'game - won by a score of 6 to. 4.' Tuesday night Cowlejr came. tp."Jyankywith-'a team which proved to be ja.Vombination of Beaver Mines,and Cpwleyi ;They"gave";a fine exhibition 'of hockey throughput. The garne^ .was, fast resulting jn' a 'win .for F/ank,".5 _'to]'3.X} Mr., Harry, (3unn of' Cowley|acted al,referee.'."a game waB, played 'Wednesday/night at Blairmpre." between' that, ^team- 'and _ Frank, which resulted in ..a, victory, for Frank by. a acore of 7'tip S7''7 ,'Y" "' ' , The post-office was removed from-its old stand'near^tke-Frank hotel to its new quarters in the-building occupied by'the Co-operative'Btorfe! •' -■"/- ' tp the /dressing-.room,, and- playing a .hours of the morning, man; short.' y. , , , —The Coleman hockey, team will play Blairmore at Coleman on Friday/night and;the,winner,of this game will very near.be.hailed as the winner of.the local league. ,,, , . ,' ■" ..Saturday is "pay day. at the mines and we hope to see air the boys who jumped .on the water-wagon on New Tear's day on top, as the most of them are likely to get hurt (financially); should they drop^ off. . ' Several ^lost/articlesrJ"have! come,' to light—now;• "that' the - snow'; fsr' melting/ Nuffifled,{j6B:y\f< X'"""" '"' "!1' •Mrs.:'J:*;,W;'iGi,ayr of- the ''Fbotihlis BungaIow,*J»paid a'vlslt to'her.daughter, ' Mrs.' 7S.. PhllllpB,' W Monday- last' .We:are/sorry to leaTn'tlitit; she caught. a chill rand: haB • been > confined: to, .the' house Blnce'her' return home, X'.'"" • ; .<Mrs.■ J.-T/iPockeyAahd family--were visiting fneJativeo'.aadfriends1 up *here this week.« Still?'tHe'same1 cry,"'No place out West llW'Cokl CMek.'"-. '"••*■ Jack Scott arrived from*England-'this week yand; 'has' taken a7'.'position "In" i ' ,■■ >' J in, if.Ui.'-Acui iii J.Utitr -il,i' CORBIN: NOTE3 . ♦ By "Onlooker.!' " & 'On'.Thursday" evening,- Feb.'' 6th'i'ra yery, interesting billiard"matcn..took' place'at/Graham's billiard;rooms.' The contestants /were a: picked'team of cue .rtV '" f/ : . - y , BEAVER MINE8, jl-silt artists froin Bellevue/ against the'.best that Coleman' could produce.'.,, Below are the teams aridjscores': YY-.'r,(' ' " 'Coleman"- i •'' *'y'. Bellevue I."' Thomas/. .':114 'R. DugdaleV.": :150 J/-Graham.... 150 T. DugSale/..'.'95 S.: Moores. '.Y, 150 'y W.' Cbpeland.''.- ".105 R.; 'Jbnes..-;. .150 "-H.' Varley'. .V. .103 J. .Graham... 1150 'J.-McNeil'.,.. .100 F. Bostdck.!.J..160'-':J. Lithwland.. 58 ■t'lf ;: '■'/■■jgei';^')'"-' 'X'j yj'eu , ,Tho previous week'-11 the,;.-Cpioman' team'1 mnde'-tlie1 "trip ito'Bellevue and were beaten'hy 192 ''poIntB.Y'H6wev»jr, the(boys 'made amends'for their de- , /, is'f.'i! ii!."' s • .'^.^'i ,'!i(/h->;, j,' .!'■((: (Held'over from last week.) .Robert Heaps, who has been work-, ing. in -Alberta these last few. months came up here on Saturday. „ Bob secured'a job digging-black diamonds. He intends to bring his family* up. . Quite a number of .Michelites have secured'employment ,here lately. They say-Michel is not like* it used to be.~Y It makes people think of the north pole when they see the jack dogs coining in"frbm'the'Flathead, where they used to Jack'the food to the men cut-' ting'the right-of-way. "This is nearly- finished arid'the'ties are ready to start on." The5*railroad' company ex- pect to be th'rpugli; by next fall," * ': '"'^rack'Iresbn.'who has been pa a vacation to Beaver rCreek," has returned. Many were glad to see'Jack back again He had' not been-in camp more than a' few'7__oura' when ' he ''was booked io play.at the^ dance, which* was-attended by/a' large number/"',/-'.' \lfr_ikk*'Newman ,'paid7a.' visit, to hia parent's'in'Michel 'th'is week.' '. '."" .-, James*Marsland "ah old-timer in MU chel has' taken up", his residence'in CorbinlY'^'^ryY'^-i^ •■ ■-;._ Men are'flocking"Into Corbin and the bbarding,houses are getting full.', -AlbertNewman had his thumb pinch" ed this wwk/.We'hoipe it will soon be all fight again.' "YY. "", ' 7,7'-.'. VInr.ent Joy, was' in' town this week, renewing old' nc-jjofotances. ,^. ',"'. ^^raU^Tffi^il'l^^Joe^iie__."__aye,, pullrd out to np.w:pasture.. We wish good luck'to'you,'boys. ;,.'-, ■"'•" / Dbctior Weldon wa'^'up here on business this week. -' :"' ' * - '" John Shone. William Connors, H. B; Hineline, Doctor McKenzie, Tom Right and Alex. Moorhead, were,at Macieod this week in conectlon with" the shooit ing affair that took place a few days ago. They. returned home on Tuesday. Mr. S. Shone, who has-been superintendent of-< mines,at Bellevue for some time, has severed his-connection with the West Canadian Colliery Co. - lllss McCreery is again back in Bellevue as teacher of the school." She has just arrived ln camp,from her home Ih C. B„ N. S. Her friends aro glad to' see her back again. The Rev. W. Irwln is teaching in the* school till they win get a teacher: ., ■ . ,- Some of the sports want to know what is the trouble.with the boxer from Coleman. He didn't turn up to sign the articles as was expected on Saturday. , Next" Sunday the subject at the Bellevue Methodist church will,'be, 'Im- mortality.' The Rev. Mr. Irwin Invites, discussion. ., The ladies of the camp are going to have a basket social in the Methodist church on February 17. So, boys, don't forget to be there with the goods A good time, for all." •Mr..,William.Christie, left camp on Friday,"night for.Calgary. ' , ', Mr. JohnR, McDonald is again in Bellevue as- super at the Bellevue mines. He was here for some, time as super, t>ut resigned'his position last May.' His many friends are glad to see him, back again.' Y ' x- The Christmas Tree commlttee'wish to make public'the following report, of receipts and expenditures: Receipts '" Collected from,employees of "the'West Canadian"Collieries , ; CompanyJI..'... .'/.'.7.TT..|381.75 Coilected from employees of ; the-Maple Leaf Mining Co..., 28.00 Contributed by other citizens..' 92.00 There is~quito a demand for houses and with the resulting overcrowding, the cry around here. Is not, "back to the land," but-"back to the shacks." Let us hope the company will go one better and - put some houses up at once. <. '-.'■■ . It Is reported that Frank "mine is lively to open up soon and a -good number of Frank -miners have left here for that camp. ■ .The Bankhead curlers are having a most interesting season, two cups having been disposed of. R. Muir's rink won the Kidney cup and H. Hill's rink the Ashdown cup. The Brett cup and Aldridge cup are still to play for, and some exciting games are looked for. J 1 (1 Watch this space next week * H. G. GOODEVE CO.. Ltd. Coleman, Alta. , - i:' Y | .VW-. ■rnrv ^TT i'- it r>:,-M (_",u -t; i 111 it-1' iji..,.' , , .W IA, , • • • . : ,3SOM.'Writ' ' The mln© had ft'^lJ^BteadyjNfvrk for two woejtB," but' "i" ■top" wai "made on Tuosday through the'snow drlftlnir and blocking theiijut^.M that the en> ' "glno wnlrt nptujitei'through. If It . .we'o not for'that wo would work ,, neai'y l*Hl the[\tlmo,.»«■,%•'*^o^rm\ has orders for all the'coal.they cnn ■' producer.. At ''preaent * tho ■ output • il from'JOO to 400 ton> per'flay,"'.', _ X7 '. "JAck'TreUon hns pulled his time and left'- W« all thought that ho wpul« have, etayed for a time. But no, he took'the notion and off he went for Oorl. In. . yto will 7 mln. him around Torpy aad Cameron**, Th* w«n'itArted on the new contract on tho flrat of the,month'. And n le wroally the eaet.aom* are eatl*. fled with it and aome art not .,» thero yov'nre, what'can yoii dbf ; We know It la hard to please everybody, , Strange, the meeting the contract wm hrought u'ti nt nearly all the membera attotided, Kext meeting Jtmt a hand* ful '.llualnena over, of courne. Allan McDonald blew Into onmp laat woek ond and started work on Monday. "Doing an old-timer hero he wai welcomed back by the other old* A.b-n ITrnnlltcn otarici. tUo WaJu^ on tho flrat of the month at the1 No. 1 •mlno. "Y ; 'X ' ''. '' " The miBafemeiit have made a good move In looking after the roon'a tools ifiktsa nil __h..i. ki va» bard to bring out tw<ji.or throe plokato tho ahop and -when you returned to go to work , again aot find a alngle oner Of «mrte * aome one had them, but.who waa bet frave Thomaa atartad jjwort again laat weeV after helnr 'allflk tor tyn ,, montha, .■••. Slippery says lho taor, amokar waa the beat, that haa beet* held yet, but othara aay different What prlM the tb« alove ahaker, or I'm a. detperat* man when arooaed. Too bad. Bddtii Clark returned laat week end .. frottv Novo. Scotia. Ha had word bla methar waa iwy, Ut ao he want home ll •!,__ y_.ini [I ■>•■•, ' 'j- ., ,.• ' . -,.-"•<■', "'. li, **! YVifi-".*!)'"-! 'u'lir''')'.'.. ^:Y'-U'"'", •.'!i1ii-.;'. • I •{')'. -i,"i',1'it Vi'^'ift"'i"-,'*?• Iff* -■"i'<if t:\il '--•-«ii(t**i-,').f fi*-i NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS ',-. . >i ,i;tl'.^lf.'('?if,Jl,t''«M,JlOl. . I )..:i:..', .;l,f.i ,u' ,i.'i'M(, ,.r.i.'!-i,l; .-" ; "Mi'V.'.'i1" >>i (ij;'"'."; K' y- 'immmmmm :■'•,"'•'•■' '-il.' .»''1 '■'• !, '<'■':W\v-X'1 i.i '-...<- n'S hXi\7(i'< A/i!>llll'J'vi-;'"' •/:'•"■■'■>' >'• -> *1-) ' ''-'''.'i'1'' v.f"'r X '" '.,..t ,,'Al- ..',!■ 1." .'., I'* V. ' , , • "l, - ... ( ," WIUL PLEASE.-NOTE * "J-.' "i^,1" n^.1.- .iJikV-i1 "'•'■ THAT. IF'A.REMITTANCE 18 NOt REOEIVED'ATTHItfjOFFICE'BV ' ,-: '- ,, :■!' •tI1nirWif(fiiii > > «i.i'i<i<# !i-i,iY( ■ '.,,*.i f n<{» (!• ''■ _•''•!' i, ••, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, THEIR NAME8 WILL. BE TAKEN "Y8UB8C'mBER8'WHOito IN '.AR REARS .'1 , ,i>.l|f-;. > vt,r(v».l,l,>Jvl,.-tli"1-t«^_i»«" 'J"i i,'1"- ' -'■' '» ■''!'), !V THAT.IF A REMITTANCE 18 NOT RECEIVEC ■'"',P,FF'^HBt WAi'lINO lJ8T, , • nyyy : .<" s ,,). ,ri Mm _ -, I,f'( iin-Ti (Hi.- im ) y,-)vi. '•; f,.,',n ■ ny '.pir,',_ , I-, . ir-ift If/ t ;l'«',lrtl""i h '(iic'.j- i.i in,''ir . y . -Total receipts^ 501.75 ', Expenditures By cash for toys..'.'.'..........$374.25 By^cash for' candy, juts._etc.Y. ^61.20. ,rrYe.xPcnses "purchasing, toys. 15.00 ^-expenses entertainment... 8.00 " ', cartage" ..'...''. .Y. ..' - .30 " "deficit'owlng TY Burnett ' "... from committee, 1910,paid.." 28.00 A. I. BLAIS ,?. ' , We carry afull line 6fs Red Feather & Tartan Canned Goods ti ** •» ^» ** Prices I^ght \y Satisfaction guaranteed or money .back Phone 103 v: Frank, Alta. Tritiea-Woods' afore here.'*''^ow,< IHck, ftet buay and show your brother around Tobbftanning by moonlight (or lamp* light) may be all right for those par-' tlelpatlnig; but we would like to point out that there are kHJbple.'.'n'the camp who wan( tooleep at midnight,' Not that we have any dealt* to Interfere with anyone's pleaaure, but a HttU. thought on the part of tha partial- panta would be appraeiatad. Naff eed.' • ' ■ Th* company hare taken'adrantaira of tha aprlng-llke weather we are an. Joying Just now, and are puahlnt ahead with the iridlnff ,t« tha B. prea- poot mlno. ^We'underatand that eoal will be ahlpped lu tha oourae of a few diyi(1 .",■-, , . , , ,.-.., .«, ..-,, Quit* a large number or Creekites attended tho mooting of diggers, hold In the Union hall on Sunday laat . Jim Terrace, employed as rope rider In No, 8 mlno, mot with cm accident on Saturday laat while following hla em* ployment, ' The Unfortunate fellow waa removed to Pernio boapltal, and we learn that ho la doing well. .•••"'il'l! feat b^Mtipf„tbe(r,. QPPj»»wnt» fpr thei generoua, margjp of, S68,, thereby winning this,match on the aggregate score for the, two game* bf 01 points. The beat brealf of jtji.e ..matply.wao made by',Herman,Varley,who ran ta nla points in hla flrat tame by a run Of 86, , I - , ,";,,, | , ,„, The management of the opera houae are baring the extreme aatlafactlon of aaelng their bualnaaa polioy juatl' fled by the, faet that the houae la paolc* ad three nighta a wee* whan ploturea are being ahown. Soma time ago they Introduced th* eyatem of Belling ticket* to tha pabllo for th* aum ot fifty oente, These ticket* admit the pur* ohaaer to all picture ahowa during the month, and aa they put on a show three nighta *_^r*ek.,th*prle* ot ad> mlaalon worka.out at Juat & llttlo over four eenta a ahow," How'a that, yau picture men, can ybu boat UT The Coloman-hookey team auro era tb* bunch to deliver -the good*. On Warin«Hriftv 'Ti-(rM > ♦h**,Hi'lf".rftC(! tfce crack* from Fmbk-hr a aenre nf 7 to 4, On Friday nlghtr th* Coleman atlck bandlara drove to Frank to play the return, and arrived home with the acalpa ot tha local team nailed to their war club*, having wort th* mm* t.v the acore of 5 to 4, When Alec, nnd hla klda'atop out to play real hockey, the other team might aa well got off th* Ice. Wm. (Iraham, atcreiavy of the local union, returned from Lethbrldgo on Wedneaday evening, - whero he had been alnce laat Sunday tranaactlng bualnaaa tu connection with hi* offlcs, On Wednesday night a moat eicit>> Ing gam* of hockey waa played on tbe rink between the counter juropere from tha Cooperative, and th* acrlpea of the International Ooal company. Th* game waa exciting throughout and • tumble 6b Tueiday, while driving I ended fn a win tar the aerlbo* by 0 to HILLCREST NOTES V .- . i, ,. >• . .-'It! J ■ 'Mr! aiid' Mr*:* John' \McDonaldl of Coleman were'the'gufest_r:'of: Mr. and Mrsl Stephen McKinnon" on Tuesday. We are please'd to report that" Mr.1 Chas;'Fucks and'hls family "are back to' the Union hotel again. • We under- Btaiid that Mr. Fuchs'and the'Leth-' bridge Brewing company'have arrived at a satisfactory settlement, —The bar Is^,opeja.,agaln. and^ojgiyj^tog^going full swing,' '.*"-• " ""'" Y f^Mr, Rose, who has been in charge oj? tho ynlon" hotel • durlng;the - recent trouble left for Lothihrldgo bn Monday. ;'|fiWo are norry to stato" that Mr. Ed. Dufroane Is leaving town In a,fe^sdays^ During the time he served as'bartejjd-; erUio has made many friends who* regret to [part with him. H.0 placo is filled by Mr, Marshall of Tabor, ! |Pn Monday all provlous rocords woro broken at thb 'HUlcrost minor tho output amounting to over 1,200 tons,, i/jMr, George Splnks haa lately taken over a position as porter in, the Hill* criet hotel. • y-^-y ••" ,.Mr. John M. McDonald: aev«rely apralned hla wriat skating on the lake Su'nday.- „,,", _ .,.._,, .^Qulte » vaudeville atunt:. was per formed a few nighta ago by local to)- etit, It oeema that a young fellow •*• corted hla lady friend to an "entertainment whloh waa held In ithe -Union hall.' However, that did not' suit the ld*aa of Zeke and he disputed th* flrat party'* claim on th^ young lady'* company. It appeared to the apectatore at one time that a Frank Qoteh and Zbyako match waa coming off. Dur lag the argument another young man enjoyed the lady'e company on her way horn*, Anyono wishing to rent tb* Ualoa hall can do ao by applyW to Arthur Crouthero, socrotary of the hall com- mlttf*. .i Total Balance on hand 486.75 ,15.00 Balance to he handed over to the Bellevue school board to be devoted as rewards oif merit -for pupils. In, the Bellevue schools. , ; , Sighed (Arthur J. Kelly,, Bec-treas. : ((William :H.',. Irwln, asst. , ' 1. ,"!• : t, , ,'i.s "u! ■ ... : .''-,.'-■)' ■ ' ' - ..': . ' , i BANKHEAD NOTES.'. .^ y i- ", ■ Don'f forget to try Easton's 1 . .-•-*' • "■ j. - • - • . ■ ' i • . r y When you want ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM SODAS & SUNDAES PORK AND BEAN SUPPERS FISH AND CHIP POTATOES SUPPERS Coleman Bakery i i, i i, _, -.' 11' ^ , Alex. Eaaton, Prop.,,/ For bosses may come, and bossos may go,"'"' --y llko Tennyson's brook, forever. * >'-* Nuff sod. '.Dancing'seinufto haye been the'or. der of-the day of dato.1 First thb Po-' Huh danco, then a Slavish danco. And tho'rumor goos that "Slippery" Is giving a Chinese danco. All right, Slip^ pery, nil set,-who's nextf * Our hockey team is In hnrd luck thia year, but they proved they ar* the right material when playing Can- more at home, and we don't' have tb aend to Calgary, for the goods. >'' <■ < Quite a number of men are coming Into camp ,from Hosmer,, Alright, Hosmer, send us your beet, we n«*d them, ' ''"'' "" A mild ease or two of meaeles hav* been visiting th* camp. We rogret to announce the death of Jack Letcher, four year* old. He wa* takvn to th* boapltal a few weekn ago and died,;ther*, The funeral took plac* Sunday, the Oth. Much sympathy la felt for Mr, and Mr*. Letcher in their loa*. MICHEL OPERA HOUSE MOVING PICTURES r Every Night^8 to 10 o'clock T At least five reels nightly, Feature films, Com- - edies, Educational, Instructive. PrlCM 10c A 35c A pleasant evening's entertainment, House comfortable, commodious and well heated H. Q. LOCKHART Ma nag or POOL, and BILLIARDS ts ***•. ♦ CVUC MOT!?* " Q ♦ "»,*>♦♦)♦>» ♦ rilANK NOTBe ♦ ++♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ We are sorry to report that the 41 Market oompaqy hav* seen fit to remove from ua our popular-butcher, Mr. Bkroaly, who la to leav* here af* ter pay-day for a almllar petition tn Colaman. Ill* place here wilt be tak- en by Mr. Dempster, who haa arrived from the oonat.,, "Mr. Albert Wolitenholm* haa been aent up here from Lethbridge to act aa watchmari for th* C.P.n, In tnatr yard*. Dr. McKay, our local phyalclan, took F« M. Tlion&pson Co* The Quality Store Blairmore* Alta* Mrs. William nutter of Klpp is vle- Itlng In camp for a few day* thl* week, Mr, John Alexander met with an <uA..&_4_i v.u F_.t_._j la*i. V.h',-6 following hla occupation he had hla collar bon* broken and some bad outa about th* face. It will bo Home time before ho will be able to work again. Ilia many rrleada wlah him a apoedy recovery, Mia* Shone, the matron of the Col*- mnn hoNplfal, wns visiting In csmp on Monday, tho gueat of Mr*, Itob't Kvani. Mr. Jamea Callan la again back, a* proprietor of the D«ll*vu» ho^i, H« ha* hem at Red Dear fc som* tlm* Ml* Mny friend* ar* glad to a** hln and hi* fnmlly back araln. Quit* a crowd went to Coleman with tha Dellovuo team on Thursday night, d Af Vgfft f &£JLMmmf MU i SALE! The Sale bf the Season P. M. THOMPSON CO., will hold a 15 Day's Clearance Sale for Cash, FEBRUARY lCth TO MARCH 1st Inclusive Take your dollars to Thompson's they will do double duty for 15 days AU Goods Reduced Miner's Shoes Cut to the Soles Clothing Away Down We are better on suits thttn any lawyer. Don't forget opening date SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15th 3 - ■VfHQMnMSHBB 53SBS3 wmmm mt *s*Y*Y;: ■su- \ -' vy-v " PAGE EIGHT THB DISTRICT LEDGER,1 fERNIE^ B.C., FEBRUARY 15,1913.. ... _V.--,._~». ..' _*,_ r'-Y4'-V--''-i ■ 'V"". .',...,' X-i-'i'-'^'yy >-.y ~?' .■•i.;,-,."1-' :-,<:>; ,'Y *. ,J.-y <~--'.lr <££..*,.,..•' _£-'.'-' ','*-'. -V. ' * "_ •- ' _!Ti Parker Williams AS SEEN BY A LIBERAL XWEWSPAPER7 * , (Vancouver Sun) y ' -y . ; y' To'watch Parker Williams, Socialist .' member of the legislative assemhly fsoin Newcastle district, in debate; to hear his harsh denunciation of the government for its treatment of the coal miners and workingmen of British Columbia; or. listen to him addressing his constituents in the "Vancouver island coal camps, is not' to see this most unique figure in provincial politics at his best. He has been painted as a fire-eating fanatic who would ruthlesly destroy all that is sacred and true, if necessary, to attain his object; n man without a conscience, who would not hesitate to precipltato the nation into a civil war which would make the horrors of the French revolution pale into insignificance In comparison, and one who would without mercy, 'banish all homo lifo and have mankind revert to the barbarian state of the dawn of civilization. Such an impression is utterly false. To see this man—this fire-eater—at homo with his wife and family on his of Mr. Williams;'" 'Noneofhis'acquaintances ever remember* seeing Chiiir when his clothes-,did not-look-as* If they had been thrown on him in a hit and miss fashion, butevery,line of his creased "store rags," from the ;soft felt hat" which covers the tangled thatch of black curly hair to the, heavy boots turning red for the want-of polish, tells a story _ of 1 a man inside ot them. -v It is not the clothes, however, or the firm grip of the calloused hand with which he greets you that brings realization of the fact, no matter how you may differ from him in politics or in the theories that ho holds, you have met a man who can hold his place nmong mon, lt is his face that makes you forget his ready-made garments and rough appearance and think of how, practically unaided, lie is fighting a desperate battle against a despotic government—a battle which .ultimately will' be won because of the very fierceness of it. ' iHis broad, intelligent forehead, Parker Williams, as seen In the House. " farm, or rather ranch, for he is (ittem- Sting to haw a home out of a dense forest—Is to realize how utterly absurd such a picture is. No amount of grooming and combing would transform Parser Williams into a Beau Brummel. It has been said that the clothes bespeak the character of the man, nnd scientists bave stated that the different garments denote the traits of tho wearer. This is truo prominent cheek bones and straight broad nose above the laughing mouth, hidden as it is beneath a bushy moustache, mark'him as'a person of more- than ordinary intelligence, but it is his eyes that compel attention. They are wonderful eyes of a dark brown," deop set and shaded' by exceptionally heavy' eyebrows; continually changing with every mood, As he recounts' some tales of his mischievous young sters they "are soft"and -warm,',but as he tells of the bitter" fight ^between the coal "miners'and .the government they are two burning, coals, signalling the fire Within"the man.. "■?-? ,■•-.. * ', .■ >' '. -, -. v When the • "wprK . of ■ the - session is over and the house has adjourned, Parker Williams discards the suit which may have caused some mirth to'his colleagues at the capital and dons the rough shirt and overalls in which, he is most comfortable. You will find him, at his place on the old Ladysmith-Nanaimo road, some five miles, from the1 former city, j busily engaged in clearing land, or'grubbing in.the small acreage.already;cleared. .Perhaps, though, you.may have to make two or-three,visits to find him at home, for a telephone message may have summoned him to one of. the surrounding pit heads, where an accident has happened and a man has been injured, or he- may be at a neighbor's explaining some point in regard .to the school act, bush fire' regulations or one of the many legal matters that puzzle the farmer. Again he may be attending an inquest and questioning witnesses with a view to ascertaining if everything possible Is being done to protect the widow and orphans under ^ho provisions of the workmen's compensation act. ' -His duties do not end with the drawing of his sessional indemnity. - But if you find him at home and i ■> turn up the driveway between the. "snake" fences to the homely little cottage, he will leave his work and come across the fields, wiping his dirty hands en his pants leg or moping the sweat from his brow with a great red bandanna. A welcome **a^v_-its whether you are a Socialist.Liberal or Conservative, and he will offer you a drink from the clear spring, or if. you prefer it, of cool milk, before he enquires the reason of your visit. •" ' . He will insist on your staying for lunch, and while that meal" is preparing will1 take you about tho. place. First t3 the aviary," some half dozen hives, and he laughs at your fears' as he moves freely among the bees ex-< amining the combs and replacing the lids. Over there he is clearing the underbrush and , assisting him are several of his little' sons, working while he iV busy, but ready to dodge through the * fence and off. to an adjacent creek at the first opportunity.. When he finds that the little fellows have disappeared he laughingly" explains that he don't.Mame them in the least, and hinfself can hardly resist the call-of nature and the voice of the babbling stream., <■'-. • From the' clearing he guides you through -the raspberry canes to the spot'which to him_isYmo_i_e__attra(_tive. than any other, his little place. This Is what,he terms his "experimental garden," where he delights to cross and graft shrubs' and plants.. Just now he is endeavoring to produce a new berry,' crossing' the salmon and raspbery canes. '-',.'• A call from the house announces dinner and after washing the grime from his hands In tbe outhouse he brings you Into tlio kitchen, scrupulously clean, and introduces, you to Mrs. Williams, a quiet gold'.n -haired, little woman, who attends to,her family of six children, does' her own work and still finds timo to take an inter-' est In the affairs of hor husband, aid ing and ^encouraging, -'and," if neces-' sary, criticizing * him'. The. little * on* troop.in,rall'of,them bearing a marked resemblance:to".their father,* and the ^-X^SXyXy \,y-'i- Y. ,The-tahle,^et-in,the front room*is well supplied with,good, plain food; new-laid eggs, -with; plenty., of milk and tea, Vegetables and honey) with homemade'bread and fresh" butter. ', After; the meal-.has been disposed of and the table has.been cleared by the little ones, under the kindly direction ofjtheir mother,' if you are insistent. your' host" may consent to play a few tunes on, the organ, which stands in the corner '. of the . cosily furnished room, for, like the majority of Welsh,, Parker Williams is musically inclined, and although. you learn that' he has never taken music lessons, he plays with much skill.J "., It is.,a hard matter to get this'bold speaker* to. talk of himself, for he is bashful and reticent in regard to the man who is more in the public eye in BritisliT Columbia, toduy than" is the premier, but mention'the working- men of British Columbia and he at once commences to talk. _ With much of the sarcasm which characterizes his public utterances, he will tell of the men opposed • to the laborlru. cl-vsscs, rela.-'ii'g incident after incident in support of his contentions He will recount the trials and tribulations of the miners, hot only in his own. district, but throughout the province, or of the flshermen'of the -.distant Skecna, for, unlike many members of the assembly, the confines of his constituency, do not constitute the limit of his' labors. " * His conversation reveals that his has been a difficult row to hoe, and- you learn how, a mere boy, he went to,work in Wales, practically devoid of even the three "It's" of elementary education; how' he married before he attained ■ his majority and the struggle he had. for existence in his early married life, and from the glances he casts at the'sweet, motherly person who is his' helpmate, you realize the inspiration7wfiich prompted him to educate himself. <- It is easy to imagine nights of deep study after long days of toil to. reclaim tlie" opportunities missed in his youth. .His face clouds and you know it is notif himself-he is thinking'in' recalling" the- days when "blacklisted", for expressing his • opinions, he has tramped' from one place to another seeking employment. His days in ,a lumber camp are touched on-lightly, and also.his work ih the Vancouver island mines," and - then "he , delights you with reminiscences of his. early- attempts' at farming, for his' sense of hiimnr is keen. -'' . '-'. . Yy* . T^&Bme0lX^^ki. >-<.**., _•*,<•' • . *~«X -■-J .'-':.-• y J£^MBNME!TOSORG^I^ TION By Robert * Hunter.; *" ; 7',, (Courtesy of National Socialist.).' „ "The- words', General "Strike.'V'-'says Jules Guesdo/'have already- done much harm. .General Strike!. And they organize no more'. General Strike! "And they vote'no"'more.'?'. ,.-. y , y ... .The explanation of inu.clr_.of the ill- temper ' and % bitterness,' .which * arises whenever' a discussion of, General Strike takes'place in iabor;circles, lies in that brief statement-of. Guesde. Both Socialists and Trade Unionists are genuinely tolerant upon all creeds as, to future society.--One may believe almost .anything concerning Tho Now Time, and yet find himself acceptable to his comrades. One may be a State Socialist, a Communist, an Anarchist, indeed almost anything, that- stands for a change in the existing order,, but no one will fly into rage at the mention of .his^faith. If one seek discussion, one^can always find it with out heat and without bitterness..-But the moment men in'the world cf Labor differ as to tactics, thoy fight, of- teh.with violence and"mallce that seem incredible. ' . .',',*•' Yet this is exactly whafmust happen. r. The future'will not be deter-, mined by our controversies of today. .Whether or hot man will have money then, or a government,' or a two-hour day can" riot be decided by us now. . But the path we are to take, to reach our destination is'.an immediate pres-- sing matter that must be decided-now. No^ one wishes to lose time, or to take the wrong road. None of us wishes to see the armies of Labor helplessly, floundering about in roads that, lead nowhere.' _ Whether br not, therefore, we shall organize political parties Trade Unions and Co-operatives is a vital matter. The outlines of thefu-. ture state which we make- today wc may amend tomorrow. But the tactics which evolve today's march can not be put off.- Necessity forces us to make a.decision. It is7not.strange, therefore, tliat" Trade Unionists and Socialists quarrel wheh.one group underestimates the value of the other, and that both Unionist arid,Socialist turn with rage .upon the Syndicalist, when the latter.;.says:..- * "You are. wasting your lives. .The7 craft' union and the parliamentary-parly are both .bulwarks of Capitalism. Let}every of :mfen'looking for ".-information. Yfood. j. and7 for "guidance: from their,.'org^niza-y.v\ tiohi and-not gettingrjtY;"^en"JWhatT""-;Y" -§ The iprobfem.-dpesY hot .end i^it^begms Y .•* Y-' with thecGeheraf Strike.'-Y7'V: ".y" .,'"?-Y-L \. --ft, " servatives, so the political-leaders are bound _tp.'. become more:, reactionary. The co-operatives, also- come in .for th'eirYshare of\the; blame. "Their sole work,' declare, the Syndicalist's. ;is'.'tq_ make the 'working .class a.small capi-* talist class; thus- helping V perpetuate [the' system.. And opposed^o^all thist? creative and" constructive,. work of ,the*modern labor movemehV,they: place the single-battle, cry,"7 "The General Strike!'""' y • ". y "'_',,_ Now, the accomplishments of-the modern labor movement have not been the rosult of accident. ^ The workers have pursued certain, definite, well-defined patlis of agitation,' education and organization. * Certain rules or" tactics have, governed the, action'of the working class and have , been the, "means of .creating a fairly extensive., solidarity. The end.and aim,, of ."the movement has played its part. Without a goal, no direction ls> possible, but more effectual even, than the goal has1 been the patient and continuous labor of countless agitators and'administrators. - Amid quarrels and dissensions, in spite of criticism and even \_~cnt antagonism; in the very face of alKthose who were forever shouting that their.work led nowhere, the leaders' of the Socialist,' Trade ;Union and Co-operative movements have dogged- 'ly-pursued their great'task.' It'is-ah historic fact that no'action ot the enemy has ever seriously troubled.'.he march of the working class. Whether fought or flattered, ynether" denounced or fondled by. the enemy"; the'movement'has gone forward, step by step.' The chief obstacles in the path of- the Labor movement ha7eever beeh the quarrels and dissensions that have.a risen among the 'workers themselves.- .* The Syndicalist of today'» bears - a striking resemblance to what used <to be.known as the Impossibillst,,'and the^career of the frnpossibilistis-rine of • the most- devious and - intricate known to history^ ' -Whoever invented the .title deserves the name of "genius. The Impossibilist is^the very essence of inconsistency. At one .period'ha i8-an Anarchist, at another a fanatical' Political Actionist, at still another a fanatical dire"ct r.ctioi In. In this country, the 'early, ones" fought industrial action. '.They urged the worker...'.) abandoh.'their-uriions and tb stop useless and' ineffective strikes. At that time the'y.urged,.that political action - -'Co-'operativ.e '.'and trade, societies Jn..:. ■ Grea^ritaln'are,"said to be'organisingy a,combine"affectihg-J-about"4,000,000 . workmen'.- and involving J $250,000,000 -;-' . Y { capital.7the-purpose"b,eini;Yto, cp-ordin- .;--.'"¥,: ate'all-'unions spas;to-secure control-.Y; of industry aW.commerce in order,,to; ' enable .workers to'sblve theprohleniof "- labors unrest' .by nationalization' of ;-in-. •_" 'dustry.'-'v -"VYi''1 *"--V*'\ '7-77 '-XXXK.. Y:"gS!FQitt8ia^:ea^v. A 'Magistrate's Wonderful EspcriU' -' ence With Zam-Buk. .. Mr^J; E. An.enault,.a Justice of the. >' II. ace,-.and. station master, atYWelllng- " l■•.-, hti\ the Prince Edward, Island By., .'•■* Uiu had'a wonderful proof of .the heal- "'•; ,.h._.-l_ov.er of Zam-Buk. He says: - , . "*,* :■' "Four years ago I had.an accident., Y £'slipped ln the station and fell on a', ,-■' flight truck, sustaining a had cut ou ■ ch* 11out of my leg. . I thought, this,, '-*: veald'heal, butTnstead of dolnu so lt^ * - "-■'vv.-OKd Into a.bad .uleor aud later" l-.ki _. loini of eczema which spread >» va.y lapiilly. and also Btart'ed on the oilier leg.' Both legs became so swollen and sme that I could only go about my ,. work'by having'-.thorn bandaged. My clo _tcr0 said I must stop work and Jay, up. , " • *"''." . ,-■<".,'•', ,'' <•' "After 'six months'of v this trouble' I conaulted another, doctor','but with- . no'better result.', I tried all .the-salves,.. •' liniments and-lotion's T heard" of, .but-' ini-.tcad of gettlng,jbette'r'.-I',got worse.' -""This was my condition when. I got" . my,first box of Zam-Buk, '.Greatly .to - my, delight Jhat first box 'gave mere- ,' lief. ' I continued• to.apply!-It to tho, (t sores, and day by. day they got hetter. -' .1 could see that'at last I had got hold.' of something'"which w.ould cure, me, ', and in the^end lt did., ,,,, .', It is'now.' over- a year since. Zam-,' ■ Buk.worked a'cure'ln my, case, and there has been no return of the eczema ' - or any. trace of it.'. ' ■ , '.. • .".-- "' " *' Such Is the nature-.of the great cures' which Zam-Buk Js, dally effecting/" Purely ■ herbal in, composition this -,. great balm is a sure cure for; all skin diseases, cold - sores, ,ch'apped hands, frost bite, wicurs; hlood.-pblsoning, vari-: -" - cose-sores, , piles,-'.scalp sores, ring-;-, Y,-oi_m, inflamed patches, cuts, burns., .and bruises." .'AH druggists' and stores; '1 Pellat BOc. box-or post free from Zam- Buk,. Co., Toronto; -, upon - • receipt" of -» .orice. "-■•"' --.-•-. - *'- ,'*:"'- "- * ' " '. \. * Y'" ■'.. When-the time comes" to depart you cast "about for some excuse, for an invitation to return. This is not hard to-get," for there is generally a" hearty "come again." "As you leave you may, be met" by a' young fellows you; can't mistake. .His every feature is a duplicate of the facial • marks of Parker Williams. It' is David, his eldest boy, and '.the light bf his father's eye, a straight, . clean- looking-boy, returning from his work at theimlno. -. This! then, is the home life of the "fireeatlng- ogre"whb has proved such a thorn In the side of'the suave Sir Richard McBride. ' . ' Did You Ever Consider . 9 — How Much your Earning Ability Represents? Wlmt is your.iiicomot. Is it $1,200, $3,000 or $5,000 por your? How imich capital at 6 pw_cc.it. interest would-it require in order to equal your prosont income? $50,000 at G per cent* interest cquato $3,000 per year. Your Earning Capacity is Your Family's Capital. How long would it take to accumulate a sum which, at interest, would provide sufficient incomo, in tlio event of yonr death, to support yotir homo and educate your children ? ' , You, no doubt, believe that if you do nol die you will bo able to create an estate. Statistics show that tho majority of peoplo born die leaving nothing, Aro. you positively suro that you will live to create this cstato? ' , . . • J_ifo is unccrtain—mon apparently in the licst of health dio suddenly. In ordor to rfialco provision in Hie ovont, of your death the Bun Lifo Assurance Company of Canada will, by your deposit- ini** a comparatively small amount ench year for a definite number of years, pay to your wife or child, or estnte, immediately upon receipl nf proof, of death, a certain amount of-money. This offers ynn tlie meiniH of .-renting an immediate estate in tlio event, of your death. • "If 1 had my way I would write Hie word .'Insuro' on tho door of ovory cottage and upon the blotting booh of every public mini, bemuse I am eonvincod-lhal, foi^ sacrifices which nro inconcoiv- nbly Ninall, families can Wo secured against catastrophes^ which olhonviso would smash them up for- ever, It is our duty to arrest the ghastly waste, not merely of luuiinn happiness, but of nntionnl lu'iihh and strength, which follows when, through tlio denlh of tho bread-winner, tho frail boat iu which the fortunes of the fiimily ore embnrlced founders, nnd the women and children aro left struggle hopelessly on Ilie diir). waters of n friendless world,"—Winston Olmrchill, m_ui"lay-dow~_rh__r tools-and~~wencan lock out the Capitalfsts." _ -. ' .,."■ .- Those- who advocate the .-General Strike, consider, it a, panacea^ It .will solve everything. It Is of little, consequence whether or' not the working class abandon its,unions, ils co-operatives,, its strike fund,. Us Insurance funds, its press—these things that have been built up by the most stupendous effort and sacrifice—if it will only see that all,the working class needs to do to bring reform or' revolution Is to stop work. Now, to stop work*sounds,nbout as simple a program of action as one, could Imagine, And many men believe that'the world could not exist; a week If the 'workers could bo Induced to try that simple plan. Why, then, bother to-orgaritze, tp vote, to fill treasuries' with money, to build co-operative ,,8toreB, to,, buy printing presses when the entire problem of wngo slavery can 'he Instantly solved by the General Strlko? The argument is ' seductive. And thoso who como under Its hypnotic Influonco aro impatient of all tho tedious, worrl-feeams to arouuo thoir deepest ire. aIone7Md~"revofutionary poIs_b_tlit_es7 Today the Tmposlbilists fight Political Action. , Nothing but strikes willav-^ ail anything.-- -In England, where the. workers have developed three forms bf struggle, the Trade Union, the Labor party and the ■ Co-operative, all three are 'opposed' to :the ' Imposslb'lllsts. They; afro 'anti-Trade, TTnlon", anti-Par- llamentary,, and anti-Co-operatlve.:On the other hand, the Imposslbillsts of Prance nre anti-'ParJIamentary,. but not anti-Trade Union nor anti-Co-operative. In Germany, they fight the Socialist Party with tho samo venom- with, which ln Belgium and England they fight the Labor. Parties. In. America, they, now. fight'both the Trade Unions and the Socialist Party. It matters not what form bf organization' the'I(worklng class adopts, the ImpoHsl-' bllist is found fighting that organization. It seems to bo a part of their temperament-to dread "tho conservation of Institutions." Tho very fact tliat any work In the Labor movemont Is qulot, porslatont and methodical Dr. O. FAUSETTY' ".„ Dentist, ,. Yr '" •, COLEMAN, Alberta. p- Of.lcl_.l-. Cameron Block1' All Work Guaranteed JOHN BARBER, D.D.S., LD8., - \ . Y .DENTIST -, ... \ - Office: Johnstone and-Falconer Block (Above Bleasdeirs DrOg Store) •'_ . .■ X - [ '■ Phone 121 ■*.' ■' ' - ■' - " Hours:.8.30°to 1; 2 to,5. * ", - Residence: 21; Victoria Avenue.,', lo w» V W" wouia, rou uonstcter A Proposition making provision for your family iu the event of death, or, it' living, provision for old age? Pull Particulars will be cheerfully given by addressing: i MY A. KASTNER * Agent for . Sun Life Assurance Co. some work of organization,' Horo is a' panacea that makes oven labor unnecessary. And, Indeed, tho Gonoral Strlko acts upon its adherents liko a drug, It Inflames agitation, but it paralyzes organisation.''"":" 'louring tho laBt fifty years tho Labor movement has developed gigantic organization of thc working class, Approximately 10,000,000 toilers vofo for tho SoclallBt parties.' Those organizations involve tho woll-bolng of not lesfl than (.0,000,000 men, womon nnd children. Alongside ' of' tho Unions nnd tho Party, tlioro haa also developed n co-oporatlvo ■ movomont that owns proporty valuod at hundreds of millions of dollar.-, Labor tomplos houses of tho pooplo, schools, collngns thoritors. printing plants nro rising In multitudes of Industrial centers, Thou panda' of weekly papers nnd hundreds of groat dnlllCH Imvo boon brought Into tho world'lo voice tho alms of labor. Minors, dockers, machinists and other lnborors hnvo loft tho pit, tbo wharf and thn factory to ontor tho parllainent.1 of Kurope to finht. tlioro tho battles of labor. Theso nro tho magnificent nccomplUlimonts of tho labor movemont, yet they seem lo impress tbo Syndicalist as tlioy Impress tho Annrchlst, nn. wholly futllo and tnnffnnhir.1 Ttvlnrwl tlm cj,.^,yt_inHfi* 1 and thn Annrnblrt nro nlm..Rt nlwnvm found In opposition to tho steady, constructive nnd practical work .of organization. Imagine, for Instance, the effect up on notiirtl orennlMtlnn nf num. nf tho car..ln.il doctrines of the Syndicalists. They ndvorato low du«8,_or no due*. Thoy havo no uso for strlko findu, ileiitli fundi., side funds, or Indeed any form of Trnde Union Insurance.. They believe (hot largo treasuries lend to u.r.-,>.rv;.tUm vslillu no trti.M_rl.o_ lnnd ALEXANDER MACNEIL -.< Barrister! Solicitor, Notary,'".etc.. .Offices: Eckstein Building, . Fernie,' B.C. Y ' P.C, Lawe Alex,' I. Fisher- LAWE A FISHER ATTORNEY8 Fernie, B. C. L. H. PUTNAM Barrister, Solicitor) Notary Public, etc I It Is only for those reasons that- their-now cry, "Tho Qonoral Strlko," has already dono, as Quosde says,, much harm. "Thoy substitute," as Marx once said, "revolutionary phrases for revolutionary evolution." Tho Qoneral Strlko idea Is jiot In Itself a menace to organization,' Men tnlght discuss It calmly nnd ovon seriously work toward tho day whon a General Strike might bo dcolared. The idea is only alarmlnj. when It Is associated with the tncticfl of vote no morlp, organize nd moro, build no moro. Napoleon,onco.doolarod that an army moves on It belly. For fifty yonrs of moro tlie working class han beon forming gront battalions of Lnbor. It lint) been woldlng powerful weapons of battle It hns beon filling Its wnr chest nnd stocking Itn commissariat. It lias boon laying tho oconomlo foundation for tho coming struggle, nnd lie who threatens tho material basis of tho movement touclios' tho most Honsltlvo spot In tho life of Labor. The Workers, will at any tlmo nrguo tolornntly upon tho outcome of the battle, iipon' tho various phrases of llfo that.may exist,In the future;'but ho who say* V.voto no moro," "organize no more," Infuriates tho more. In- toillgont, thoughtful and con«truotlv« ln tlio working-class movement* Tlio ImpoBiiilJHittU may change ihiiir vinws, ab the idlers of another,class change tlifc.r garments, with ncrf cban'so'bf wind and weather, but Ilie actual hull-, dom of the modorn Labor movomont ..iivh ..'unit'.] uk. .ehKcm inni Wipoit'cm tnugHt. Anything,' thorcforo, which menncoa orgnnlxatton or throntons to undermine thn- material basis of the' movement, monncca the vory ponalhl! Ity of effective action. Tho K)i.('W',.i.Ut, uilt.ru l!in woidn, j BLAIRMORE, ALTA, , . SYNOPSIS Of OOAIi MINING . . IIKQUI.ATIUNM COAL mining, rights of tho Dominion, In Manitoba, Baakatohewan and Alborta, the Yukon Territory, the.North Went Tarrftorlai and In a portion' of the Provlneo of Brltlnh Columbia, may bo' loaiad for a term of twenty.ono yaara at an annual rental of 11 an aore, not more than 3,6.0 noroi wll bo looied to one apollcmnt, ' "■--"To-- "- the i it or jii the etl," Application.for a leaiu mint be mado t>y the aiipjleai" Agent or.Buh.AL~ .. which the rights applied for are iltuat In oaraon ... gent.pf. tlio dlitri tq the triot In In aurvoyed .territory the land must be - -is, or logal auu*dlvl> and In unaurveyed ror shall be it nl iliiHO.'Hi.'i) bv vfcilona, or ilons of lootlon*, and I.. _.. territory tho tract appllnd for _ itatcftri out by the neplloant nlmielf, Raoli apllcntlon muat.hf aoonmpanled by a roe ot IE wliloji will be r«fundo<i If tho rlgh(a applied for aro not available, burnot otliorwls*. A royalty aTiail be paid on the inarolinutol.i.. output of the mine at the rate of five centi per ton, , The.peraon operfttln* tho-mine ahall rurnlah the Agent with, aworn returns account lng for tho full uuantlly of m«r> clmntatile co«! mliind an dpay tlio.rpy.. alty thereon. If iho conl mlnhipr rlKht* nre-not being operated, nueh r«turni ihould b« furnished at loin.' once a yoar, » «. The lenie will Include Ilie coal tnl_ln_r ilffliti only, »Mit the lenene may be per. muted to purobaid whatever avallaOlo mirfnoA rl«rhl» mny no noniilderod nn. e«»*ery for the working ot the mine at the rale ot,110.00 an aore. „, . , •li ou Id be made to the Heoretary of.the f .... 7.„ Ion l-andji. Kioto the Heoretary of tl fir <1m> inlbTTDr, nttnwn. nr to any Agent or Huh-Ag«nt of Domln. on j.b ivepuly _!lnti»t.T «r ^ht» IfittrK', N.n~.tTnaiithorli.«'d puWItallin or thia Advertlaement will;not be raid for.- . to revolutionary nel Ion. They oppose 1 "Tlio Ooneral Htrlke," aa a finality. tliu lHilicii.H oK tim Trutltt linion inov,'. * Hut the 'I'rarlo UnlnnUt ankw, "Woll. ij KJi'.Wl''. ment no lesa bitterly than Uio form or Trad* Tnlon ofganlmtlon. Nor 5* their crlttelarn limited to tho economic orjtnnlzntlon of tho working clnsi. Th* >' nro <_|ipoN<-<l to iiil furniH of par- Y U,u.u,i.L.u> i.tl'uu. A* Vim Ti4«l»t I'.ii- | Ion Icftdom nre hound to become con- j then what?" Kven tho moat inalgnlfl-1 oant ettlke m<»*n« Iho beptnnlnir of!' 1 trouhln* unit of probloms. Organlza-! 'lion may scent of little Importance in || ,i'mr» of |K!_.«*~ l_eader«, fumU anil,] ,v.i|K-r* nw) i*t"»'ui iA UU.u »ow*,i«»ui.ut«! ,»j Qua iii. Ilut kt wnr break'ont, with multltudeii j Liquor Appetite Is not InhorItod It la acquired through Alcoholic Patvfntntj whTi-h Weal Treat went eradicates In 3 days. l-lUiuil tiUl *llU'l. \ukv<t itW.lJ liquor appctUte—Given nt the Neal fostltnt-, The Noal Institute Cranbrook, B.C. Pk.wve i.n «»»'«.*fci-i((*a*nsv^h~ ,j t***jfri,*#f**^*wmimi _* ^m________i mmmtlj^^ "vN.- -f.Si.' *< *« ft - .*,*- ■'«-: '^,V7 y ft.--'-"- -fi t >, r*i'-' ,..; -«,; - _,.-,r-■-..-. ;v. j^'-.-j.^v .- c"..-.-',-1- ,!-'>.«■ v,-. :.','"" -<-. ',_.'<- •- ;-■ ■"• ■'■'o y1-,-" "-.y-^v!..' --V."iV'' -i!*."-"—-',^'■*•."' -.'-,'■:..■: i-'i,- 'y.i""' -, <• - :. -y-.zy •^-^■■?y-yy-:r^my-^y -.v. v>-", .; /-.. .-.y-y. ,v- ./. ,\ .>>.,-f-.,. t it*:-*?— "■■ MINERS'DEMANDS :t#*y»y---y. -,, .A-T - -vvv,yy,-..■ YY" ";%.9ontlu}1?arfr(*m"^s8 l)-'".■-". y yL'the^barilc^of. ^hic__'$6,984 was saved by I \.'y .married men and thebaJance by single jv''' Y'men; • saved during- an->verageperlod' ,.'*'■ YYYvof;two'-yearsan'd't\?b months;. . 7"--. ' ".- XT7.7~>V"' ;-'(6);Y.At.theKambler-CaHbOT.mlne (»'{-",: " at>a*"time"3vhen-;thej manager .had' to ». 7;'*.^.-ask the ;'men'to postpone-payday,* to *■ "y ywhicli they agreed, sijj or seven of the '' - I miners,'including the foreman, brought . / the-manager $3,00p" in cash,and lent . ; ., it toYWm7at_..eightY.perYceht to con- ; -., ;tinu'e the, work." . ■*"-. X-y ' . • x - /7 Y' '.'The .boardY-went especially "to New Y '*. ^Denver in order'to sit nearer* to, some -'"''°t the mines affected in order \that' - all evidence desired--might;be, given *. and although a number ot miners were present, some' of them'' married,;, in .*"■ tplte of the invitation of the cliair- , man twice repeated to any and all who , desired to give evidence,to come for- ,.- warjl none came to speak of the con- J dltion of married men except Mr. Arm- . / .strong already, mentioned,.'who' gave . . . .'evidence under subpoena .at .the reY ' * * quest'bt the mine owners." The other ._'. "married men already "mentioned gave ; their evldenjQfi. at Nelson,. ' * v . • Think Present.Scale Suflclent, , "Though, shyness or.diffidence, in ,7- coming forward might be present the , v board feel that it the Slaiin for an' In| '•■"■- , crease had ".been deep-rooted .in tne -Increased '-.cost:.- of. living - witnesses ' ,Y would not,;have been* lacking., : 7'-•'-. '/.."From- the-i evidence ' aduced*'of vhjch the foregoing are samples your v.7 ■ board find'no difficulty and have no . .- hesitation in ar/.ving at the conclu- - ■ siqn that the present scale of wages "7 y is' sufficient;'to maintain a .married '-'man'and his family-in all-:, the food : *_;'• arid clothing they need for health and ■V". comfort and some margin for "met- - dentals,* such as insurance, sickness." -.. etc., * - ■X\ , "The»only contention in this direcY y tion .of which the evidence, will allow Ib'that the,,margin of'the Income,of a miner over his expenses In foodand clothing may be less than it has"been - - during Bome period or periods a few ... - years; back.: The; question7Is ■ do the " j;- present conditions justify the ^increase _.'_-. of the present margin.-iiot in order.to ;';.■-■'.preserve toithe-'men tne,means of "ob- y-,taining-a v reasonable" sufficiency of :'Y the" necessaries of life but.'to'provide ,y .them with'a.surplus over tliese neceu-' .-„,', sarles, at least equal, to-'those which "yX tbey. have at .eyery_tlme in the past. .'.'In.this regard we note theNfollow^ ing of the properties involved in ihis 'enquiry! ":.- 7 * ;"(t)' The Standard" is"'' paying at vprese'nt |50,000 a month but has hot "repaid tbe'capital Invested, using the . profits .'for,the development of other properties. J ,y , ■ ._ , '",(2) „ If.the Increase' demanded was ; added' throughout to the payrolls of the Consolidated.Mining.St Smelting company it. would Increase them by *272,000, while'the-.pr<B, of that eompany last,year were $304,000, I. e„ ?3.50T:- ■- $3.53 3.50 -- ... - Y3.35 .3.00 -,.--,; r 3.12 -. 3.50-4.00 ' 3.82 3.00.^-" "' 2.97 3,o.oo>. -.; "31.38 Coiumbla^hayeYbeen'; collected and' .in-, troduceel -as'-'evidences; in.- the -enquiry and- an", average' struck "by your-board with.,the following results; 7. Y.v > .,- ';>-■'..;■?.-.;y;.^ ,;.•"Scale,hereyAverage. .Miners Y'i-'.Y-. ,'Y.'.-. HandmirjersY :, 7 Muckefs-Y .'.•.■_*.." Timbermen '•'.•;.. Surfacemen /."; .'.-; ^Board ,/.;vY. .')Y :The majority-"report'continues that the lead, producers'Yin .the .-United States get one1 per" cent more for lead than do those in British Columbia and produces figures .to stiow thta .large dividends have been paid-in the SHRD dividends have been paid by - four mines, in the Coeur d'Alene7district. A" comparison between wages.paid here and in. tbe Coeur d'Alene is,glven; .the only "difference being that the maximum for muckers' in the former district's* $3.50 againSt $3 here.' . The-majority report eliminates the" fact that the Consolidated company offered some of its men,the Boundary scale, an.increase of 25 centB,,- and gives as reasons that the offer was made under- stress of a demand and for the sake of peace, and says that if taken as an,admission of the Justice of.a claim for an 'increase' by the iboard it would erect an obstacle to amicable settlement of future disputes, that such a course would provide a temptation in the future to procure such ^admissions by extortionate demands and further than that the offer was riot made by a majority of-those affected. . ', "In view of the foregomgin the opin ion of your board the present conditions in this district,and in.th'e mines concerned do not justify "any increase in the scale of wages prevailing at, or. any disturbance, of-the relations now existing between employees and employers"in, the mines-pertinent to this enquiry." •--,-.' ; .-.'- >,. THE DISTRJCT7_,tBP,fi^^^^ ■'• '■■/•■ -•LIS-' the .increase would rodl'Ace a'surplus representing flve.'porcon_ onthe'capl- ." ,,"tal:"to one equal to half-of one per -. -jcent.Y;;' -. » ' ■ .'' ■ • . -Y'-" ,*■' ,.':; '."(3) Of allUio othe^iroiiertlos In- '*;r volve'd in this enquiry'"1" the evidence y abows that without exception that ttie' r „ -t shareholders' havo received back noth- /:;V; lng.ln the Bhape,of either principal or ...Interest on tholr outlay and that tlio Y .Increaso, if allowed,' for a long time to ,-_ come must bq supplied;by .'tho share: -, 'holders and this lri spite of the fact ■ that the1 life of a mine must sooner or later como to an ond nnd thorcforo Y principal aa woll. as Interest have to ' bo .provldod jfor out of tho product. Wages In Other'Placsa • "Finally, tho soilos of wagoa In CO . Y properties tnkep from all ovor thb -■/western atatoB of America tfnd British • Minority Report , At the commencement* of his report Mr.. Bennett expresses his regret that he is constrainedto.8ubmit a minority report and paysYtribute ,to the chairman and Mr. Hamilton for-the pleasant manner in which the proceedings and deliberations were conducted. „ . He deals "first with' the higher price of metals as the minor premise from the standpoint of the miner's. In this connection"the minority report says: "To accept as a-principle that the profit'derived from the' sale of>a given commodity should be shared I deem economically'unsound, illogical and in the main-impracticable because if it be admitted ..that employees should share when* a profit be'made then.it large, and.yet the ,wages''pai<{~-'were Uut.little different to those in^vogue in-the-district included in "the'present' controversy; therefore, the questlon-'of wages in relation to the'highe'r.rprices ;(6r profits) of metals is not entertain--- ed as a.factor in the administration of companies''affairs. •' -• y-'- ^•;.--'_v *.,',.. , '" Supply and Demand ' * Y.V .;', ;,"J^:rvea.ity wa§es are-contingent up^' oi7the:flaw of supply and demand as was"so";tersely" asserted by Mr. Finch' in his evidence. In short, profit ,shar-' ing may at times be Indulged .in' as a, practice' by individual institutions, but the amount of wage paid (or for that matter for every other- commjdity that isbqught) must iu the main, conform .ably to economic law. in the realm of production, depend upon its average cost of production and in the realm, of circulation the price of a commodity is influenced by the law of supply and demand. .The workers selling his only commodity (physical and mental energy) is subject to these Inexorable laws, I. e., cost of production and the law of. supply and de mand, hence, the higher or'lower'price of metals Is in plain English 'none of Mb business.' ,.' \ "The main point at issue 'The Cost of, Living,' is of vital Import to. the mirieworkeri and' because of the Increased price of the commodities he must have access to, it is Imperative that he should have an increase fn his money wage if he Is-to prevent a reduction of., his present standard'of living.- That .the price of living has materially Increased'-is conceded -by both parties' to the dispute,, the ■ difference being,one of degree, not. of fact. ,: ','..- - ■ ' "'" PAGE NINE You One of Them ^ - , 5"* 7 One of the inosjt difficult problems which ,\confronts the .trade . unlojn movement in British Columbia is the practice of working men speculating in land.' .; *'"'. v must" as _a-.corollary be:admitted that what if loss ensue in"an industry.the employees'should .likewise be parties to the loss." That tehre are instances where-the employees are allowed to share in the profits may.'be practicable under certain peculiar conditions as a u'.ilit?rlan expediency, but-these exceptions in'nowise affect "•the basic princJi'le that undertakings are not entered upon primarily for the boneflt of the fmplo'yeesjper se, but for the profits that may be provided', therefrom and eny advantage, that, the worker may extract from,the-proceeds of his efforts is accidental only, not fundamental, *■ That,this . was, recognized whether /consciously or' otherwise,' is of little .Import; 7 was demonstrated quite clearly In, the evidence submitted ,by, the' different, repsenelttacsv w fed by the different representatives of the mlno owners,, ' .yit'was--acknowledged that some could pay tho scale demanded because they wero on a dividend-paying basis,' but would not do sa because tho Investors had moneys., jji other enterprises that did not pay at.prosont. Others averrod that they could not pay tho scale beoause they were not making nny profits whilst in many of the camps in Idaho, Montana and othor states' of tho United Statos, from a statement presented 'it' was shown that tho profits made wore exceedingly Living Cost Increase ' „~ ' '■ "• P. 'Government statistics for'the"past 10 years were cited as giving 31' per cent, as the Increase while a recent investigation by Prof. Mackenzie was quoted as giving.18 per cent..'(in Canada)- Increase froiri. what obtained.several years ago.,, Fifty cents a day increase per man was the wage scale demanded.. This, according to calculation made by Mr. S. G. Blaylock, meant an increase of 14 per cent, in the payroll of the company. .The i demand, in my opinion', ■ taking even 18 per cent as-a basis "of calculation the men were-modest in their proposed amended scale .and Ythis, is more'pronouncedly so when' it was "conclusively proven that despite, the past 10 years there has been no appreciable-difference in the wages paid to quartz miners since 1900.' That some of the companies tacitly acknowledged ther was ■meritMirtue-dem'ands"T)f"'tiiTmi-_ef;sns" evidenced by their/action in offering a slight-Increase "when they,.learned what the men proposed to do, assign-" lng as the reason therefore, desire to keep the best made. This cannot, be admitted as wholly sound because it was made to all'men in certain grades "but was not offered to the outside men at all, and it is natural to assume that there are varying grades Jof, efficiency in the grades that "were'offered the advance as well as in-the surface men. who were not Included iri the proposed advance. Accepting" ua correct that 18 per cent, is tbe increase In the cost' of Jiving and, as, already, mentioned, 50 conts n^r day means but 14 per cent of an* Increase, therefore the demand made by the men is to me a most justifiable one, and therefore upon this point ,rdo not concur 'with the other members of the .board In their contention that there was not sufficient evidence forthcoming to show cause why It should bo' paid. Mlneownera Gave Most Evidence . "Tho documentary and oral ovldonco submitted by the representatives of llio mlneownoi'B ,wns greatly In excess of that submitted, by the representatives of the miners, especially ln tlio ornl portion, .for which thero Is a'good and sufficient reason, although .pot' readily appreciated or undorstood, by thoso who have-never lind tho oxper. lonco.vlz.: mnny of the minors when requested to toBtlfy askod that thoy bjyoxcusod lest thoy lose tholr Jobs." To'those on the outor ridge of the Industrial arena this may Boom strnngo but to thoso in the midst of the labor world It In not bo rognrdod, on tho contrary, it Is common knowledge of tho workers In practically every Industry, "To sum up: ".•do not consldor that tho mon nro titled to an Increiuo" simply bocmiHo of'tho higher price of ndotnls, but do hold tlmt If tho purchasing power of tlielr wngos' hns been reduced eonao- quont upon tbo enhanced prlco of .tho commodities thoy must hnvo to keep \ho\t own commodity (I, o„ tholr energies) up to tho standard thoy linvo heretofore onjoyod, then, Indeed, the higher (nominal) Hcale naked for Is, In my estimation, a moderate ono, Wants All Round Increase Li.'.t, I uu iiiun. bliut'iiO locum- metifl: l._|)t 1| Vi- au^''•■>!-) !</ iltu <•;,■ orators thnt sholihl.tlioy decide to gtv.t an advance to tholr employees It he ftppllenhlo not only to those working underground, but llkowlse to tbe mir- f.\ ffr * f if f i * * » i ' . - ■"■ i.wi* —fr .i,, Uwit.S a ><i> IuVi-A'miSA. the increased cost of living l» folt by thnt Notion more .proportionately) than It la to tlio higher paid "grado*." Attached to Mr. llennet's report Is n summary of the ovldoncn Riven at the Hf-tutlonsi nf tho limml. > Those who are^in the best .positions to know calculate that about" 50 "per cent of the trade unionists have real estate, mortgages and financial' obligations. These aire not seen in the piping times of peace but only come forth In' all their ugliness when a strike has to be fought and' an extra demand, is made upon the .endurance of'the workers, f \ . Then it is found that large numbers of the men are only a few weeks away from cash poverty. Land enough to choke them, "but riot enough money to tide over the weeks without wages, and the trades union movement In British Columbia will -never realize its full fighting power until-the possibility of the workers speculating in land has been exhausted. Many working men will then be able to "decldeexactly which class they belong to. , At preseut thousands of them are far from knowing. In -this .respect they are not so' wise as' their employers who are abie to see, .these things or pay others.to point "them out, and it Is not without reason that the workers are urged'to "jump in and share the prosperity"— on the basis of one bite for Jack and a good.many for His master. .The scheme works fairly well until the,day comes when a stand has to be made. .' Then the worker finds himself ;face to face with a dilemma which ofters little chance of his emerging with any satisfaction to his sense of self-respect. On the one hand is his allegiance to his trade.union and bis loyalty to the class to i.hich he" be*. longs. On the,other'is the prospect of losing the savings which' he has' put into'partly paying for a house and lot by actual stint and self-denial. He realizes then that important as his;> trade unionism is, yet the material comfort and-happiness of his wife and children, and all that is comprised in the word "home" are perhaps something deeper than all else ori earth. And bitter as the pill may be'-he has'to swallow it and sacrifice his union. '.. r Such, happenings.-.are- going on around us" every day, and> will go- on for awhile yet' '.... -' _^, But the trade union movement will survive these things; not only because .it is* desirable that it should do so, but because industrial ■ conditions are gradually developing in British Columbia which will force the workers by sheer economic pressure to gather together for mutual protection.' < When that day comes, the real life of the' trade unions in the west will begin, in earnest and there .will be work and plenty of it for. all who are willing to take their part in the movement, each according to his abilities, Somo there are who' scoff at the Idea that trade unionism has any mission left to it. They'are lavish in voicing indefinite generalities,. but not over fruitful witb practical suggestions for producing that^consciousness of .their power as a class which' it is' essential the .workers must realize if they are ever to enjoy those things which are theirs by' right of having. made possible all that is worth retaining in civilization. > . .. ' „ • Any workman .who- is sufficiently conscious of his position in society to combine with others of his class for the protection of his economic interests has taken the first practical step forward. ' / ■ The workers do not learn much from mere theorizing or "abstract instruction, but by the hnrd practical object lessons which they learn from bitter eperience which has only one saving grace—that they nover forget lt. Those who can see farthest ahead are inclined to become impatient and disheartened by the apathy of the othors, but they cannot go any faster than the mass can be educated. The only way out of the class struggle is to stay In it—a course of action which Is Hobson's choice as far as the great body of the workers Is concerned, and which relieves them of the embarrassing task of making their own select- tlon. " ■ ,- V Pressing necessity will be a grim hand-maiden and industrial evolution will'thrust Its message before .th'e eyes of the .workers in-letters so large that even he who runs rriay read. Meanwhile Vancouver has no reason to be' despondent regarding trade union prospects. The Labor Temple is itself an asset, the value of which cannot be calculated in dollars and cents alone, and it is a standing denial of the assertion sometimes made by opponents of the labor movement— that it is a loose combination of irresponsible "ists"-animated by still more irresponsible "isms.',' It has been made possible by the foresight and sacrifice of those who have gone before, and it behooves the men of today and the future, to see to it that such a priceless possession remains "forever the property of the workers. Starting, from this central point, .the groundwork i's laid in the form of a labor movement which in point of numbers and liveliness compares fav- ,orabJyuwith.other-cities-of-its-sizo-and age on this continent. .; However much" the numerical, strength of the unions may fluctuate during these early years of immatur-! ity and occasional indiscretion,, the nucleus Is here upon which the future can be built The chief thing necessary is that there should be men wi1 _ enough imagination to grasp the jios- b'ollltles which thc. rapid industrial .izutlon of the city contains for the working class, and who by saui _d- '■ ice and wIbo administration will seek to guide the affairs of trado unioulsui with regard to the responsibilities .-I ilie future.—B.C. Federationist. COAL BARONS TO DEVELOP DEPOSITS CALGARY, Fob, 12—Those who con- tend that tho opening of tho Panama Canal will havo no slgnlflconce for Calgnry and' tho rest of Alberta ln a commercial senso, and there aro numerous eminent gontlomon who took that position at tho time of the Panama Canal conference last summer; likewise those who hold tho opposite vlow, will..doubtless bo Interested to know that tomorrow work will Btart on tho development of anlnduHtry within sixty miles of Calgary which con- templates tho expenditure, of a million, nnd a half of dollars with a vlow expressly of taking ndvantsuo of ono of the,mnny now commercial poRslblll- Icb whloh tho opening of tho canal will croato. Tho enterprise ln quostlon is tho development'of a soml-anthraolto coal mliie for tho purpose of supplying coal for mnrlno purposes, nnd tbo proposition is based solely upon'tho opon- lng of tho Pnminin Canal, Tho enterprise Is bolng iii.dortnl.on by a syndlcato of London capitalists, which comprises somo of the most notnblo mon nmong marine conl «x-< porters of the empire. A COMPULSORY RBLIQION dren will suffer for them, drives the resteless spirits on. It is this kind of a civilization tliat breeds an Insane worship of money, That somo, men want moro, after thoy have, beon assured a llfo of'comfort, merely emphasizes tho tragio baseness of this mad movement, In a world that Is running amuck, Individuate ennnot stop, ovon if thoy would, for back of It all Is the orlglnul cause—Fear! A stampede of cnttlo carries all with It, evon if ono of tho hord Is ready to stop, So, bond your buck to tho lash, orlngo, crawl, prostltuto yourHolv'oB mentally and physically, bribe, graft, do anything to got money, "Got It," nays fathor'to son; "marry for money," snys mothor'to daughter. Undor the circumstances, how can tho avorago individual worship * any Ood—but Mammon? ANY OLO LABEL WILL DO Arthur Young M Tho Muhhoh Nassau Rl.., Now York. (lf.o , "The trouble wllh lho world Ih the ln._i.no worship of money," How oftou wn linnr thin Mumrturprl frntn tlm pn! pit, emphasised In the prnss and in lthi> I. T. tr, londi. uh to holtrw thn* tho St, Louis Labor Is the official own of Die Socialist Party of St. LouU n-tl December 10 It bore tbo lii'ml of tho International Typographical Union, otherwise known ns ".llnimy I.yiich'H Hod Hug." A specimen of the curloiiK animal eun'ba soon on our own editorial heading, whom it appears as a Hpeelnl concession to Ignor- Hiiro. lint St. Loula Lnbor has rnllen nfoul or tbosn peculiar unionists that rulo tho ilestliiiuH of tho typographical union mid has had Its labo] withdrawn. It Ih still printed liy phi ft union members, howovor. ■ \Vo nro not a wnro nf the merits of tin* rntitrfxvnri"' !v„l cm- v<_r_-i-v ». r At the Grand Theatre. Saturday, Feb. 16th, Tb" Hi.;'. :.U.",i tuXaiil Uiu o^.uiI/.Ii,j lot ti SvlHon brunch of tlio Union Lil.-H j-pnguo was tnlifnat a largHy nttt-n-1- ed meeting hold for the purpose In tho opera houap. Tho meeting won under Jlh. a.lspicrd nf tlm JokiI tr.idi.s and Jfihrtr . rtiirifff Thn njemti'.r. of llu' body (Htiipled the platform and William Johnston, president of the conn- dl, actPd as rhalpnan. , ordinary conversation. Yob, that's tlm I rouble, Hut what drives pooplo to this Insanity? In Ihe flrat plnco, llfo la a flRlit Tor food, yhfiltor «ilil clothing. Nn .lint- ler holy high tlio prico of foods soars, wo miiBt HtniKgle to pay the rost S<f matter how high tlio cost of. apparel qops, we miiHt l.o.'p n degree of comfort mid diu'cnt iipiHinrnnco. No matter how far tlm landlord advances tils vu.t. ij,.< nui-t .i'.iim/,K> t« ^.ilj un ttlittl- ter, \\\; .liltn'. 1..'it Ut M I UU'Hl IllllIKH Hi. «ir dli'. mid th" .-iwrjiuo man tlo~« dip m« flsrhtlritf for tin-in Iw'twp..!. I,', nnd :,.t yvnrn of np". You might truthfully write over tin' UmilisiUitiir, i i .ft..f--if_.is of the tiumun "U/v. "Dt' I fr.-Mfi'it for food. itUtiUk.- and t-Iotblng—in a world of t»lenty." fit. Louis Labor Is In thn rlRht. Thn paper Is still making Its opponrntiro i^nil Im still it "union" papi'r. Tho wny tills feat Is arcompllBhod Is by having till thp mnttpr In tho rnrmr pnnr-M',wi li) tin; /lit(riiuUomtl Photo Kiirimvitk Union. Thai, P, K, V. label appear., tm i itch K.'imrntn platp. Tho question now urlm'H: Are tlio phut* i-tiurnvprs ttrnhhlng upon the liriulern? Ilorp In n beautiful <-!.nnr.' Ci,, .i ii.il. _i_.',i,i. ).nihil.. mm qii.irivl, ■ Tli.> pho'.. <iiftiuvfr« nre rer»itltily d_>. j ln« roiiijiri-iiiorV wnrlt. *,t they ' '■HI within Hie litiiltM »,r their j fi-i«l. 'i* tlie Sl. l-Milii Lii'mr ,i union <>" i» ' ..nib pspet? That Ih alio ii _jiie».l.it_' I'l.lt ih UflKh ijltSUIHHlllK. .au>__ ftf,i iW.. (troWe-it. ai. i<i!-i ><»i - may. Ro far ai wo can «s«.the whole ' "The Store tile Peopla Own" COLEMAN ON SALE SATURDAY AND MONDAY Ladies' Embroidered Waists 20 Styles, all new goods just to hand - never shown before These.; waists' would be good value .at fl.25 to.$2, Sizes 31 to 44. All marked for this. sale at. .' ,85c t0 $1>25 New Line in Corsets Never before shown in Cqleman, The special feature or tliese Corsets ■ Is the correct and easy fitting and extreme comfort in wear. Strong and durable. Co-operative store only at $1.25 to $4.25 A. STORE. 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I\ WIlliiiioH WHEN YOU WANT the Best of Kino Neckwear, Sox, Caps, Underwear, SliirtK, Suits, TrmilcH, Grips, Hoots & Shoes, come fo James H. Naylor, Bellevue ICverytliiDg sold witli a K_inri.ii.pu tlmt if not satisfactory, you can return it ai.d <'.».. vour money bad.' • **«__* WM** W ■ «k# ■ * <__» to Europo commencing Nov. 7 to Eastern Canada, Dec. 1 Fernie-Montreal, return, 72.15 Fernie-Toronto, return, 67.15 Corruspoiuim^ I.o.v _l,_'_.._. i._ jK-int*. in Quebec, Ontario, and Maritime Provinces FIRST CLASS SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT J. S. Thompson, Agt P.O. Box 305. Tel. 161 Tho fenr tliat Uwy wll} not get t>.o, Ihlnjr *nawn »hm cntN tinlnnlmn m n ; 1Wfy.Ml.it.. nf lir*. tin! that their chll-' rotausi Jokc.—fnduitHal WorJ.fr. •' " ,■-*■• ■■ «.-■ --•» ^>t>7.yy>-fi jf&"«W-' -:" - .tyy ~\ y . ty ■'_,- .'< v - *. r ?- ,'Y*"" 7 < ^ S'y ... s __*• ">. *, " ", *.., "->k y,'.. - y •>] ; - . _< . / '5 <„ -vy ».:. -,?, ~-- v - - • \- a, __.*_« 7-,f T.-v y* y ^ -^v,yyyY Q-> . yY",., ' SSs:^ ^ ;S^7tiX^xl-77t-n&X''X- "_ IP- „y ■l - ot ,, - 1-J ^. : ., • ' ""V \ 4 j_fy. **lr . ~ 2 £4 " V * ~ _. *[,. ^ ..,»(.. . ... ,. )•>- "J r- \C, . 1> V. -; ~, „=- ; * «V - *'. J> y ' 1 •T> -' r i ' ■ U" JVez*; Spring Dresses 1 One-pi<?ce % Dresses m all^ool, *, c]iec~s and plain black, navy, tan,'-Y Copenhagen and browns!' Finished ' with the new satin"col.'aV.and tie and trimmed with' buttons.'. , ' . Priced at; each ' $6.50f " House Dresses y c- i "• . - s -"o ^~.yiv.y - New American-House Dresses;imYv * • y S yy ported. New ehambery and percale', .-' --7 »•'dresses'tnmmed in plain white^aua„;r- colors. The presses are'",made*''iny;* .» _■ t !;i>lain styles with, front and side fas-. „v ty- '^tenings, .also sailor or1 Dutch'cbllarsY-Y- • *-* ' y «- ^f.i-\i- , (t. , «, ;-■ ;• v-". ""Priced'a^ each"'.$llS0'>;r;.,..J'." % 7-XXt7lW$7Xy\-X' I . -fl f*-J ■rS7 • Spring Rrints m% ^m* . \ h. «\ ..I.' ~-"*, 1 A," ' t ;;• " All;thetnewYeolors and, shades" in Y '* p.-" 1913 .prints now on, sale. The show-'; ,-• mg is larger and the^ styles and pat-. < "'' v- ternsxexceptional. 7{~\Y -. • • --' ' , :"t i'.;' -XXXST 7 ' Per! yard.'..12y2 :. New Ginghams i , New "Plaid tarid Check "Ginghams "* ' > Y for house dresses, street dresses, and ' . , children's.,*wear.\' All ;fast/.colors;.,., S ' 28 inches wide.. :-„» 7 \- I 7't -« _JE!et_yard__l,15_iy % ii <(.-' A'.tf?'.. New Wide Serges , ; X '" .. * . , , - All the new shades, including black, in all-wool Serge. -46 inches wide. The extra weight and width'"make this serge exceptional. value at'..-.. f S.X.':..7....... $. —Per yard; .60 1 * I fl. ' , tl .ft hemmed; Pillow Cases \ i , ... :\ ... - - ... 40-inch Hemmed Pillow Cases made of fine even cotton,free from dressing, Saturday Special ."..... .Per.pair .30 ■-;< * • •* '^.-,,'f^.c. ,<v,, —- - v*» ,. -As..i ,.•" a. ,-y^-in-y? -'.HhyY.-j-.^YYt^-Y ._ y,-;,j;.^.,ifA-<YY^:tHTmV^ry?AY^m^tYkw-^kY^Ya.|i^iYI±£__i£Y'"^ v-,*'-^ 4s>. • h ' b^ ■ >'f,' ,.'•* f !)- ,s« J; •-- y.,;.' ,'j",- :s V i-; ^ • '"titv ^jjf- %.. <f ^ iV.t ' ^>». Mv'i ;_ A'' t'r'" w.^ / *V ' %. A 1 4'■*<.,- * t ''^"f :rin »«^5i)t7i - lf;s > 'y (4 C-* ■ ■>.., '^^ , ' !•!• 1*~ H . -.J", » * "_l' . j 1 «_; , t * • -'' :* ^1^. f' r;,- «' J* 1- *_ -St^T:Mg)l& 7 f'ln '. .". .'-l.s'.^.jf i> n;* :""i+"i \a 'Y ■ r '.i-KjH'^'& a,,-.,!;HE world w.eicpnies the weljidress^d,man.;^Itr^ y A .rchallenges thel other fellow.Y^,Life-iSi too'shortXA ; to arouse:prejudice,-inst' for the sake-of, fighting itr,. HYdojvnr^on t. ^Start^right—ffl>;20tfe Century., Brandt^^n ° ..CloSEesY^They 'ar^»;above criticism—always.- They;y I make v nian feel his own worthf-give him ease, '.spirits Y . Ycohfidence, .Tjhey/impresspthei-s.,/'/YV $\\ ./Y^AY.^ S 7.1, • 'S ,, 71XX7/7SX "XI- X: 7X,X7iv'y r- x- ... >^ Hi »y ) ' thing tha£ wilFsitit you.MYY - ^y Y>,.!(,»,Y \;Y If you are1 lookingfor'a work >*.'- "b^j"- Y slioe you will'find theycare mar-Y-Y"f Y^l t yked^at aonce-Jthat vou;,can t*- u „-_.;rc 4;r afford tto" oyerlook.tlk -•. Yuy'Y,. _l,y,:-,Y- r-/.f vThe^'fioe'-slfoest'bn^theseltal)- *•'"'• ,f - -"/ ";?.. * W,e,haves:riot,all-siize^-ih ev-".YX,Y.Lr "•Y \ery < one! of! these shoes tbutnwe''-Mr^rit,^ • -. i* __:_.,__.ii _!_,__• ii—.-J.-ii .j.i.'.f.-j.Ei.'fis-.jj f.rf-» <a .•j, 'I*',- s -'i i.« <■<iV~. - "t',» ■ ('■' ••\-'"'iy>i\ fv " -<• - ' - i. > -. * -. , - DtisXNotxFail xtp ^eefiOftr j, . M._ ,"r.. ■ i*_;*(' „i'i ' > -it. I,,.', >'1_l,4,c Itt), j y\Y ^V. • •' f" .A'' , ■ ,;,.•'*>>' iVhi ,.ti '. ,Ys YtiT «• (J 'H -;..Tl^.^Y • >:,'• ,v■ Wi^otiSfiifipliM >h ,:„yJ-i • "-r >■" uyi ;-v • - <- ...'i.' i (.:. i^ 'i i«n ut - « ,!*;,(,<, as'j * "»»•' '*.r 'v's\ 'tf,„ ■ ft* 0 XX .' If 'Xl fl i, y i >^; ■i>«™'7 lilt'. > _. Yi *7y V - ».- f * ?^ "ifY 5 7'. •_V1^ "~" '—! ! ^'—'- "" ~ ~ ' " ' ' ■ ' ' *'&*%< D fU*/>.*y 1 ll 1 ;t i , k '.\> i -l ' fl, - I1 ON'T wait to make a selection if you want a Suit tailored^tbfyour measure. Our JS"ew Spring range of 1500 patterns, compiising the newest weaves and color combinations, are now ready. Every day brings cancenations^ your choice now. Proper fit guaranteed. y^ , , ! "'! ' ,! ■>/■ ,/ygzc; SpringyStyles arp Reafyy Wo have received n flhipment of New Spring Suits from thc famquo tailor shops in Toronto, dhd, thoy arc a veritable treat for any man who appro dates good clothes. Stylcd-to-the-Minute, bonch» tailored by tho greatest aggregation of expert tailors in Canada. And thoy are cut from.tho uowest cloths fresh from tho looms of tho old land. ! • » \ , ' , \ c ' Twenty New Suit Styles " ,'y'. Fifteen New Overcoat Styles Wo will open our Spring Clothing Beason with a $15, Suit Special that will eclipse anything i1 it ovur shown boiore nt ilia price. Jlighnclass garments, cut and tailored by experts, Alt now 1U13 models. If you lined a Spring Suit you can't* nfford to overlook this opportunity. * J . i * * i. SIS Saturday and Monday Only SlS 1*1, n»*i g ' \ h • f>yyy>,y~i:i-y^t} « i'5' A i'v5 \Y' ,j,,„ "■ 77\ 7 G^bcerv 7l)eWaH^W^^T^yi '' "y'7 *',v'iJ'"" u- *,. '. 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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : H.P. Nerwich |
Date Issued | 1913-02-15 |
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_1913_02_15 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-07-26 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | 9573e7a3-27c9-4c36-b4c5-bf82f24e0c11 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0308864 |
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