"•,y V- ■■'-'■■'- "'"-'""7"' ,«7- ■,' !i~V^'-,""»"'TT,r' ■' '<" * -r- ' >. -\»y~.: ."7 -71;" '7'y,' J-', V;.£,"'v7"" "7," *' - , ■, '■ v ."'rSv-*'1'.'..';'- - '7 .° - H"-"-^""-,"''' "'" , ' t -'-'.' • ■-. v'" AX-Jpitod^*^^ '^"7 -?/:• '•' 7;.The Official Organ of District No, 18. tJ. M. W. of A. "'7- ,'•'.' .-■"■-- - v. . ..- , wmmmmmmmmLmsKmammmmmmmm ■*>y -"-y- y r Ky:. '..-■-.^v.^^y yyr'i -y y..' -i-- yy ':;^y»y *y -. - ,'.. ", , -( * --..•'*, 7' J- ---7"V * p".^"- *' ? \. •,-> "'. >'' y ' ■' " '.';'"'• ,- ^ ■-','-> ' '.-.= ■■ ,::y y /i J^ylesisiatiVe *' .*^V * - ^ J nun ■ >RIA, Political Unity, is Victory yffl yC'€i - - f'l yyr Vol." V., "NbViB. O'. THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE; B. C, SEPTEMBER 23, 1911? . $1.00 A YEAR If? .Operating a Model Plant at Wiliiston, North v Dakota: 7; / LAURIER GOVERNMENT IS SWAMPED LOYALTY CRY IS A WINNER '''.) °y .By;,C. K Oilman/'.'.'. ] y "' yywiLLISTON, N. D.—Of : course It's ■' , absurd to talk about'having tbe gov; : ernment run tbe Alaska coal mines. y; -Uncle, Sam would be' a flat failure as a' miners-euro as sbootln*. - '.'You've, been-hear'rig a lot of,this 5 -^kind'of, talk—from two kinds of people y .} lyyyi^ =y ^two -Kinds . y'' - - '• > V ■ -v-^FIrst:—The', colonels-of industry'who .,» -' , . ■- - *",,-,- '- 77get rich by exploiting tbe .people's •■ sproperty..-,^ _ ' •',-,< '',' r'y 7; '7Secondly,—The reallyvponest7foiks 7\\ who doubt'the wisdom o^ putting''the ■77 government into' the coal' bueineBs. '' . , ..The first-class are strictly prohibit* 7 ;ed ,'from reading, this story. ^"'.-It's-flX" ' ,-ciusively for, the second. All ye of that ■ ' group,,give ear.'f. ■' -l\->" ' ; ; .'. Uncle Sam is .already, in7tbe coal 7 business.-.''.',' ■-', ,',,-, .-' . •'' , Success aa Miner tj- ' Uncle Sam ls a' success as a miner.' I know this because It,was sent up -here to' find ^ out'."' \ I'm! writing cold ,, coal facts that I saw with my own eyes, ' heard with my own'ears, or discovered . -7with "my own brain. ' y », ' ,- ~, yi"--: I'iri;,ready,-to hand'the proofs7"and ^ ariy; further^information* to .'anybody " '" that-- 'wants - them. 7 ■ ' Here at. Wllllston,i.N.D.,4be'lgoveni: ,ment7" of the/United Stafes,-. which The result. of tbe election as far as known, up ito the time, of .writing stands:- ''''-;' '-.,'■ . . - - At 10.30 p.m. Conservatives''...'. 125 ..Liberals v; ^ ,88 Of the seven British Columbia seats six have returned Conservatives and the remaining one, Comox Atlln, re- turiiB'are not yet-known. , v Prom the present "indications the numerical strength. of the incoming goverrimerit wlir be., practically^the same as the defeated one,'but,*of course, with the colors reversed; in other words the avalanche Buffered in 1896 has.been reclproated In 1911.t" In,the Macieod constituency the report ln the earlier part of the evening gave Warnock (Lib.)ka large majority, but later the newB"wa'B received that Herran ,(Con. Reciprocity) had been elected.' y • ,, ',-';' , Ed^Fulcher, the Socialist candidate, made a splendid Bhowing along the Pass In the.mining camps,-easily leading the opposition; this,' however,' was changed ' entirely" .when - the farming communities . began -to ".roll up. their votes" , '"•,•*;"£•"?; ¥.{'.', -ly~ ••' . Whether. Buchanan or Magrath landed the Lethbridge-'seat was not given put,- although' a report* was • received that be had amajorityl.but'therewere a" number of/other -polls,'to .be'■ heard from.'' ";,.'■• 7' "7 l\ *\ '»-•' ^ \ ' '-' Oliver, of Edmonton,'.was'returned by;a handsome" majorlty.'.Uke Bennett , "wouldmake a flat failure of coal mln- * lng,"1 owns and operates a coal mine, 'and produces coal''at $1.60 per ton .In a model'mlpe. ,v.-,\ /. ; ,»■ ,. y; J'-; ,;>;-^-EighfcH8^W^,^fy 1 Furthermore, the''government works "its men six'1 days a week','eight, hours •a day, an'd;they, average a profit, of $100 a month above Hying expenses. , i" , Theretall price of coal at Wiliiston, maintained "^by private ' operators, is |2.60 a tori'. ■ ■ ^ . " Government! coal could be laid down beside It at $1.00, but the government burns the coal Itself, to run Its/big Wiliiston and Buford-Trenton Irrigation powor project.'.' \, , Note: $2.50-loss $1.00 equals ,90 ■ cents,.clean profit. "' That's what tho ' Industry collects at Wiliiston.. • Road .those, facts that I discovered about tho government mine: : , i il ' « ., Costa More , •■' J It costs more to operate tho mlno because of tho character of tho,soil and ,coal, which makes extra timbering necessary. - '' V'l ' No boys. are omployod. , t, Every needed safety doylco ls lined. No, ono has boon killed or Borl- 1 ouBly.hurt. ■ • Air ln tunnels 2,000 foot underground is Bwoet and fresh, • Exits aro arranged so that ontomb- Ing Is. troposslblo,,. Tho workday Is eight hours, Evorybody works but six days a ' week. "' Minora got 00 conts a ton for "room work," 70 conts ln 10 foot ontrloa, 80 contB In 7 foot entries, and mako an avorago of $5 a day. Government Provides Meis, Tho government provides a "moss" whoro minors got good moals at 2B cents oach, Tho govomment provides bnrracks rent froo, tho minors providing tholr own bedding only,' Tho government provides good cot- ' tngcB'for marrlod mon at $10 a month, In spile of this Byglem, government mined coal costs tho govomment but $1,00. Tho mlno runs only four months of tho yonr—durlng tho crop-growlng sonson. Tho young onglnooi'B of tho reclamation sorvlco of tho Interior department m^irt pr« mntitni' tbn wli", t*Wn tnft tbny rrtuld clip nnothor quarter off the cont por ton If thoy operated all tho yoar round. Onco moro: Exploiters of, tho pooplo are warned not to pay nny ntton- tion to this storv. Ao to others:, Whnt do you think of tho North Dakota government mlno as an object lesson for tInc1<B Sam In Alaska?—Chicago Dally Socialist, of Calgary. The vote'of the'Socialist candidate-will-^probably reach us by slow freight "<•' Masters/in Calgary poll ed ,542 t-vbtes'^ according toy he? letter gram'received. ' - >', yAmong the many confilcting reports raceived- was that, of tbe defeat of R. L.-Borden, leader of the Conservative' party, ln his home town in Halifax,' N; S. ■ ■ Later it was acknowledged that he'had secured election .by a narrow majority, but that his colleague had been beaten by the Liberal candidate. ' y ' ",- '■ y„ , y Only two of Sir Wilfrid's cabinet weathered the gale as far,as known, Oliver, of Edmonton, and.Rodolpbe Lomieux, and ns/mir friend Hughe's would have exclaimed "Oh, down thoy go with eaBy, grace!" had ho rend off the bulletin board In sharp succession. "Fielding, defeated;" "Patterson and Graham loso out;" "North,Waterloo defeats Mackenzie King;" "Minister of-Raliways, Graham, loses In Brock- vlllo," etc., etc. The roturns wero received by different pnrtlos throughout tho city consoq uently wo do not go into details, moroly touching' upon tho most salient foa turos' of this remarkable turn-ovor. A88INIBOIA, 8ask. Turriff (Lib,) elected. , ALQOMA WEST, Ont. Boyco (Con.) elected. ANNAPOLIS, N.8. Pickup (Lib,) oloefcod. ARGENTEUIL, Que. . Perloy (Con), elected. NTIQONI8H, N. 8, Chlsholm (Lib.) eloctod. QONAVENTURE, Que. Marcel (Lib,) oloctod, BRANT, Ont. , Fisher (Con.) elected. BRANTFORD, Ont. Cockslmtt (Con,) oloctod. BRANDON* Man. AtUInn (Con,) eloctod. BATTLEFORD, 8aak. Ghnmpngno (Lib,) elected. , BROCKVILUE, Ont. Wobstor (Con,) defeats Qraliam, Mln l&tor of Pallwaya. DEAUCE, Que. Roy (Lib.) oloctod. BAGOT, Que Marcel (Lib.) elected. CALGARY Bennett (Conservative), elected with majority of about a,uu« over Van wait (Liberal), Mu*Uiw ISmIuIIuI), fwlk-d about GB0, voles and will loso his flo- po'elt CHAMDLY VEICHERE8, Ralnvelllo (Con.) elected, cow»»vo;m £«*. Hunt (Lib.) elected CHARLOTTE, N. B. CARLETON, Ont Hart (Con.) elected. Kidd" (Con.) elected. ' , CHARLEVOIX. Que. Forget elected, y CHMPLAIN, Que. Blonden (Con.) elected., , ■' CHATEAUGUAY, Que. Brown (Lib.) elected. '. CAPE BRETON NORTH, N. Liberal elected.' COLCHE8TER, N. 8. Stanfleld (Con.) elected. . CAPE BR TON, North, N. Mackenzie (Lib.) elected.; , CUMBERLAND, N. S. Rhodes "(Con.).'elected.;1 DIGBY, N. 8. James (Cori.) elected. 7; DRUMMOND, Que., Brouillard (Lib.)" elected. DAUPHIN, Man. 'CampbellJ-(Con.)' elected., ELGIN EAST, Ont. Marshall (Con.) elected. ' ° .".ELGIN WEST, Ont., Carruthers (Con.) elected. . E88EX SOUTH, Ont. Clarke (Lib.) elected. - ' J FRONTENAC, Ont; Edwards'(Con.) elected. ;, GREY EAST,,'Ont. Sproule (Con.) elected. .■ GREY 80UTH, Ont. Miller (Lib.) elected. GRENVILLE (Ont.) , Reddy. (Con.) elected. • -, , GUY8BORO, N. S. ■ Sinclair (Lib.) elected..; • k ; GCOUCESTERfNrBr 7 Turgeon (Lib)", elected. ♦ ♦ 8. 8. WARNING^ This is to notify any mem- ♦ ber of theU-'M. W.'of A. '♦ found guilty of -making false •*♦ statements -with a view to ob- ♦ taining relief will be proaecut- ♦' ed and forfeit" all, rights of "♦ 'membership..,-- ♦ .s y - . ♦ ♦ ♦'♦ ♦"♦.♦♦ ♦'♦ ♦ ♦ ,y KOOTENAY, j.Goodeve elected by a large majority over, Dr." King,' but accurate returns have not yet- reached the general public of;Fernie, although hla.supporters claim-that he is over 1000 ahead. ', ' "•KENTtWEST, Ont.* 7,McCoig,(Lib;) elected'. - . I LAMBTON WEST, Ont. "Armstrong .(Con.) elected. LANARK SOUTH, Ont. Haggart *(Cbn.) elected. •" ' '7 : r > LINCOLN, Ont. ,,; ' Lancaster.. (Con.) elected, ; ' \ :'■! LONDON, Ont. <-'"■ ' Seattle - (Con.), elected, v-LENNOX and ADD1NGTON, Ont. Paul- (Con.)\electe"d. "■ "s;Li8GAR; Man. .Greenway (Lib.)r <elected. > ' 77' V MACLEOD - Reports very conflicting. We do not whether.-.Warn'oqk or Herron gets tbe seat as the telegrams give both elected MA'iSON N EUVEy"'7**^**^ GLENGARRY, Ont. . McMIllan.:(Lib.) elected. HUMBOLDT,'Saak. -Neeley (Lib.) elected.,^,.--' . ;•-,, HURON VVEST^Ont. Lewis' (Con.) eleoted. ,. s- HASTING8 EA8T,Ont. Northrupp (Con.) elected. HURON SOUTH.Ont ttMornier (Con.) elected. HANT8, N. S. Black (Lib.) elected. , Ir HAMILTON EAST, Ont. Barkley (Con.) elected. HAMILTON WEST.-Ont. Stewart (Con.) elected. HURON WEST, Ont. Lewis (Con.) elected. HASTINGS WEST, Ont. Porter' (Con.) oloctod. JACQUES CARTIER, Que." , Monk (Con.) elected. . INVERNE88 Chlsholm (Lib,) oloctod, KING8, N. 8. Foster (Con.) eloctod. KINGSTON, Ont. Nichols (Con.) elected. KAMOURA8KA Laponto (Lib.) elected. KENT, N. B. Robldan (Con.) eloctod, KING8, P. E. I. ' Fowler (Con.) elected. KENT EA8T, Ont. Gordon (Lib,) oloctod, Adolphe Verville (Lib. Lab.) elected. This is .the" "father of the Eight-Hour Bill. :V' ,';-/_ "". . l MACKENZIE, Saak. CaBh (LibO elek^l. - ' ... - MEDICI«K2 HAT - - "LateBt newd'glve' Buchanan (Lib.) a majority of 413. .MONTCALM, Que > ' * ■Lafortune (Lib.) elected. " , "■■y MOOSE, JAW Knowlos (Lib,) elected. MONTREAL St. Anns-—Doherty > (Con.) , St. Lawrence—Vickersdlke (Lib.) Ste.' Marie—Martin- (Lib.) .. St. -James—Lapolnto' (Lib. 8t. Antolne.—Ames (Con.). - MASKINONGE, Que Bollemalre (Con.) elected. MEGANTIC, Que., ' Pacaud (Lib.) "eloctod. . MUSKOKA, Ont, Wright (Con.) elected. MARQUETTE, Man. Rocho (Con.) oloctod. MONTMAGMY, Que. Lospornncc (Con.) elected, MIDDLE8EX WEST, Ont. Robb (Lib.) elected. MIDDLE8EX NORTH, Ont. < Conservative returned with large majority. MACDONALD, Man. Staples (Con.) oloctod, NANAIMO Shepherd (Con.) ■ reported oloctod over Ralph, Smith*,'but this is not definitely known;. V.• ■ '" , NEW WESTMINSTER Taylor (Conservative), elected, by a majority of 1270. 's : , . NICOLET, Que. Turgot"(Lib.) elected. , NORFOLK, Ont. - -'Charlston/Lib)."elected. . * NORTHUMBERLAND, Ont , Munson (Con.) elected. PRINCE ALBERT, Saak McKay (Con.) elected. ' PARRYSOUND, Ont. J - . Arthurs (Con.) elected. , . PICTOU, N.nS." , , Macdonaid (Lib.) elected. ' y NORTHUMBERLAND EAST, Ont . Walker (Con.) elected. PROVENCHER. Man. . Bleau (Con.) elected. , PETERBOFlO EAST, Ont. Smith ' (Con.) elected. PRINCE, P. E. 1. -■ Richards (Lib.) elected. PORTAGE, Man. , * Melghen (Con.) ."elected. queens', P. E. I. McLean (Lib.) elected. QUEENS, P. E. I. Nicholson (Con.)" elected. , OXFORD NORTH, Ont. Nesbitt (Lib.) elected. PRINCE EDWARD, Ont. Hepburn .(Con.) .elected. - ,, ■* ,*'.. J ROUVILLE, Que. \' R. Lemieux (Lib.) elected. y-y-QU E B EC~CO U NTY5' ~ Pelletlen (Lib.) elected. SIMCOE EAST, Ont. Bennett (Con.) elected. LOTBINIERE, Que. ' Fortler (Lib.) elected. PETERBORO WEST, Ont. Burnham (Con.) elected. , TORONTO All Conservatives elected. TWO MOUNTAINS, Que, Ethier (Lib.) elected.' • ^ TERRIBONNE, Que' Nantel, (Con.) elected. THREE RIVERS Norman (Nationalist) elected. - SOUTH RENFREW, Ont. Lowe (Lib.) elected. . •> " WATERLOO NORTH . -Welchel (Conl)-defeated Mackenzie King;1, •' , .', - ' ' , VAUDREUIL,Que. ^ Boyer (Lib.'. )elected. ",/;. WRIGHT, Que. Devlin. (Lib.) elected. , . YORK 80UTH, Ont - McLean (Con.) elected.' 7 ,.YORK, N. B^ , Crocket (Con.) elected: , - WELLINGTON SOUTH, Ont. . Evans (Con.) elected.'- YAMASKAi Ont. Mondbux (Con.) elected. . VICTORIA G. H. Barnard (Con.) 2803; Temple^ man (Lib.).2339.:' WENTWORTH, Ont. : Wilson (Con.) elected.- -■ It is very probable there will be some changes, but not such as to make COAL STOCK IN THE WAY Fuel Congestion Serious and Railroads Helplessly Tied Up Que. y QUEBEC WEST, Que. Power, (Lib.) elected. - " ,' QUEBEC, Que. RUSSELL, Ont. -Murphy, (LibO*elected. . ■„,. .y^'LAVAlr, Que; »•- Achlm' (Con.)' elected:" '""' SOURl's, Man. ' * Schaffer (Con.) elected. RICHELIEU, Que. Jardin (Lib.) elected. . REGINA, Saak. ' Martin (Lib.) elected.. , RICHMOND ' & WOLFE, Tobin (Lib.) elected. RIMOUSKI, Que. 8IMCOE 80UTH, Ont. Donnelly (Con.) elected. , SELKIRK, Man Bradbury (Con,) elected. .. , La Chonco (Lib.) elected. 8IMCOE NORTH, Ont. Currle (Con.) elected. . ST, JOHNS, Quebec Daniel' (Con.) elected. 8MERBROOKE, Que. McCroa (Lib.) elected. 8T. HYACINTHE, Que. Gauthler (Lib,) elected. 80ULANGER8, Que. Laurier (Lib.) oloctod. "Soulnngor" Is French for "to np- epttBO—to solace—to comfort,' hence, tho winning of thlB scat,may "soulan- ger" Sir Wilfrid. Boulay (Con.) oloctod. any^Mr^ableyd|fferenc^"tFT;he~pr?' sent standing of 122 Opposition (Conservatives and Nationalists), and n88 "Both L railway - companies hardly know where" they stand, and are so congested at the decks at the present time that there are 60 coal boats waiting to be unloa.Ud. You can readily understand the st:;te of affairs, as the wl.ole west seeais to. ,be drawing its supply from these ports. Matters ere - certainly In a vory bad condition,"- The above is :y statements sent to the local coal dealers from the big wholesale coal, companies at Winnipeg.. : ... 7 ' • ',: '7 The railway companies are working double shifts to relieve the congestion,, but at,the present time the outlook Is not very bright. In, a short time the western Canada grain crop will start to pour Into the lake terminals, and the. congestion will become worse than ever. • Local merchants are unable to say just how bad the shortage will be, but all agree that even If the railway companies were able to handle all the coal which will be brought to Fort William and Port Arthur, there would,still be a shortage ln the west? Not only will there be a shortage in" western Canada, but there will also be1 a shortage in all localities which depend on theso two ports for their supply of coal. A great deal now depends on tbe severity of tbe winter. -If tho west passes through an extra hard season' the hardships, cannot be forecasted. CHECK—MA TE It was Robbie Burns who Bald: "Thoro's a chlol among yo takkln' notos, An' fnlth ho'll pront 'em." Wo havo Bomo notos from a 'a chlol" which probably will be vory Interesting reading for persons both known nnd unknown, In Cranbrook thoro Ira fat man, but ns bo Is not the only ono burdened with a superfluity of ndlposo Usbiio in tho Banana burg, and wo do not wish to create any falsa ImproRstons, wo will add that his upper Up ls ad- ornod with a moustacho of the color known as 'to'andy," furthermore nl though In firnnhrnnlr ho'« not OF to ensure tholr Rnfe delivery, havo a plain clothOB coustablo accompnny them. For tho benefit of thoso who nro so nnxlouB to play tho, rolo of tho Igorotto (Phllllplno liond-huntor), would HUltpcflt that thoy should demand a higher flguro por capita bo- cause0 tho supply of men sultnblo for conl mining Is vory scarce, thnrnforo why not Blrllco for a higher rate* If theso "harpies" Imaglno that thoy van dcludo mon Inio playing tin role thoy wlah them to do tboy nro sorely mistaken, nlthoiiRh probably tho pro- Ignition mny be accepted by thoso who wlnh to tnko n rb*»np trln ntonfl Que. Oranbrook, nlmply a paaBer-by, bo to j tho lino of tho C, 1», II. on tholr wav to TO THE PUDLIO GENERALLY The Salvation Army aro oxpoctlng Captain and Mrs. Jones to atrlvo In romlo shortly to take (chatto,.C*ptj Taylor hating been transferred to tbo Yukon. i -'■' Any persons having: cast ofCcVith. Ing are requested to lot the officers know, and arraagMAent* .will lx* m»3<& to call for them and distribute whore' moat neodod. D I. 0. 8. DIPLOMA* POR * TWO COAL CREEK MEM William W«wi«dK» and John R. Mawson,' both of Coal Creek, woro tho recipients on Monday of two aplondld testimonials to tholr aiildulty m stu- doiaU In tho shape of diplomas from tbo „ Intornatlonal ' Oorrospondeoco Schoota at Ccrautou. Ta. Tbo former twk'iiD the Comploto Mining Course and tho latter tho Mining Foreman. speak. Ab a samplo of humanity por so bo Is of Utile Import, although from tho pounds and ounces standpoint ho In weighty. It Is his mission that we wish to call attention to, Ho Is ono tho look-out for mon to go to work In tho Frank district, arid of course thoro aro comont works In that locality, also, but (this merely Incidentally) thero aro coal mines Idlo bec&uao of certain demands the men working In them up to April 1st havo not been conceded. Thl* tandy muitached pcraonlflca- tlon of the typo whom nobody la supposed to love, baa somo close companions wmnocted with tho O.P.R. wcrrt nurvfoo dopartnMiBL Ttta.plaa U to eameoaly a few Dan at t tlmo to as not to ervato suspicion,' and then ehlp them along, and, tho hnrvest fields ot Albortnv Attempts aro bring mndo in Calgnrv to recruit men for somo#of the mines along thr» Crow's NVaf Patm, although, wo nro plowed to note, with but vory llttlo aurcpRR, nnd this regardless of tho fictitious statements made by In: torostcd pnrtlcs that "things aro nil right!" 8o repeatedly havo tho workors boon duped In the past that-they do not arcept tho bnld assertions given to tlit'iu by thoiw to whom "tho means woro addressed have not availed them solves of the kind (?) offers, henco If L. C, Slovens hns wondorod why so fow havo arrived at Burmts, this will now bo explained, we hopo, to his through satisfaction, Tho hirelings of tho corporations ought to ronllre by this time that with tho growth*of solidarity among the working drum. Hint methods which have boon successful In tho past hnvo now outlived their uflofiilnonn, consequently tho adoption of moro up-to- date "bird llmo" In essential In order to trap the unwary. Davenport Coat Company, Ltd., fllirrnln AlhurM, _— —— Eaq., Peat Office, Calgary, Alta. Dear Sir,— Your name haa been given to me by Mr, Watorfleld aa being desirous ef ohtalnlna emnlovment rto\wn <bl« way, providing things were all right This I can aiiure you la the ease, and men are atartlng ovary day In their old working places, ao If yeu care to come down I can at the present time fix you up In good style. Should you br ihy of the fare down you can obtain this by eielng Mr, Pltxelmmona who Is contracting on the new King Liberals, ' . ''" YALE CARIBOO Martin Burrell re-elected, isttho' report, but no figures .given. • . /.The"aspect of Quebec Is completely changed.1, "In the previous'parliament the ■ opposition bad 12 seats and the Government 53, whereas this election shows 26 for the Conservatives and 37 for tho Liberals. Thero are two deferred elections. , QU'AI'?ELLE , ' Lake (Cons.) elected. VICTORIA, Alta. „ -' White (Lib.) elected. PRINCE ALBERT McKay (Con.) elected. STRATHCONA Douglas (Con.) ■ oloctod over Camp- boll (Lib.) by a big majority. RED DEER Dr Clark (Lib.) badly defeats McGll- llvray (Con.) WINNIPEG Haggart (Con.), probable majority over Ashdown reported ns over 20,000. Wo think that tho last "0" la an error. No returns received rogardlng Rlgg's BlandIng,>tho candidate of tho S. D. P, Lator—Haggart'B majority given ns 3,800. VANCOUVER, B. C. Slovens (Con.) elected with a hand- somo majority ovor Sonklor. Socialist candidate not mentioned In, tho telegram. - , ■ ALBERTA Six LlbernlB and one Conservative elected. BRITISH COLUMBIA No Liberals; nix Conservatives. , new'drunswicx 7nLiberals; fi Conservatives. - NOVA 8COTIA 0 Liberals; 0 Conservatives, ONTAPIO 18 Llbomfs; Mi CnnHervntlvos. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND One Liberal and throe Conservatives QUEBEC $7 Liberals: 21 Conservatives. 7 Nn tlonn'iatr.. 7The_Department~of~7A.gricuUure has issued a warning to everyone in tbe west that there will, be a shortage of coal. This warning is posted up all through tbo country. ' , There is only one way out of tbe difficulty, and that is for the miners in the west to return to work at once.— The Reglna' Dally Standard. , (Ed.—Just so! ■ Have the miners to go back to work at onco, and as an inducement to do so, It would bo an excellent-plan for the various newspapers throughout tho Dominion,to add: "This,' wo .believe they would glnd- "YON YONSON" 18 COMING COMING TO THE GRAND jnstlfy tho ends," but on ,Um contrary,! Gaorge Hotel. If yeu can bring any the kiAont taught actuate them In using every effort n> ascertain for thorn •elttos tho oxact stains" ef affairs, In corroboration of which wo reproduce a letter Ctwc copy below} Mat to u» tad needles* to aAd that til* Individuals to whom such commanlcatlons one along with yeu I will b« glad to reimburse yeu for any trouble caused. Wire ma (collect) what tlmi you will arrlv* In Buftnle. Your* truly* (Signed), L C. STEVENS. Manager. To-morrow (Saturday) evening. September 23rd. This Is tlio urf-ntoc: fo'wedlnh play user v.ri((ou, and <<(;uias nt the very top notch of character comedies, Mr. David nrnttstrom, who plnys tho part of "Yon Yoimon" Is wislly tho, bfst illnlort character actor tnla lown bun or evff wto w><«. l rm sali» of aenta Indlcatec n full houso. ly do If tho -^rnlno operators camo out and .exprossod 'willingness to - concedo., the men's reasonable demands." TIiIb they ought , to do to avoid the suffering that must of, necessity ensue, to present which the groat body of consumers Is perfectly willing, nay anxious, to pay an increase of 25 conts a ton. Tho coal corporations hold tho key to tho situation, nny excuses thoy may ,offcr about not bolng ablo to afford Is the veriest humbug and downright, fabrication, as , thoy cannot rofuto tho accuracy of tho assertion that tho general public stands ready to pay a greater Incroaso In price per ton than would fully reimburse tho companloB for tho concoe- fllons mado to tho minors, this, of course, contingent upon tho Incroaso being ImpoBod on big and llttlo customers allko, although for extra Inrgo ordora apodal rates could bo grantod, but not to bo without lonvlng a margin, of profit. Tlio miners aro not staying out bocnuso of moro perversity; thoy form a part of tho public and will llkowlso \\o compelled to Buffer, still tboy aro determined to fight for tho Incroaso hwouso th»y fool fully justified In doing so. Tho occupation In n hnznrdous on<\ nono can deny, the rule of pay obtnliwd oven with, tho Incroaso In not iih largo as that, which obtains In otlior crafis, nor even that of lliolr follow mlno workers of tlio Stales nf Montana and Washington, whoro tlio living ovponsot aro prncitcnl'y tlm snnio ns tliouo that obtain along tlio Crow. To tlio newspaper fraternity wo would say: l'lnco the hliiiuc for any nutfcrltig that may nrlHo whoro l( rightly belongs—upon tlm moniburH of tho West am Coal Op- Orators' Association, To tliouo who uphold tho principle of the privato ownership of I hone cnmmnriltlec that are collectively owned thoy should bo tho liiHt to complain It thoy xuffor bocauKo of Its application and nl*t> ask thcm&olvc& If tliey nro wIhc In continuing to support that which wnrkx micb an Injury mum many for tlio Ixmeflt of ho tvw.i Como and h«»nr Fulcher on Runday on tho Real, Living, Vital Tasuo. 7.45 p.m., Masement Miners' Hall. CARDS OP THANKS l inko UiU opportunity of thanking tb* LtdlW Benevolent Association for tlm limit) klhiliM'.-iM-rt n-u-lwul nt Ui.-ir hnnda.-OKOIKll': inUERTHON. WARNING Alt coal miners are urged stay away from Alberta and OHIIth Columbia, aa the atrlko le still en. A DIG CATCH *. i„- » f* ,' I ♦ ♦ Dugald MrOr^gor and IV Crnrkett enmo In on Thursday from a trip to Lodge Pole Creek with the beat catch ot -tho largest tlah yet f**n In Fetn»o, and as a result we cokbrate today (Wday). '"."•?.-_"?, PA8E TWO THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, SEPTEMBER 23, 1911. Tarn Swankies Bonnie lean Thrilling Tale of the Wooing of Arbroath === .-_ __= Fisher Lass : ——. •" = 7 1. T 'Eh, Jean,'lass, ye canna'gang name the nicht in sicna storm." ' - For several years Jean Swankie, on'days both'wet and dry, had traversed the district between Arbroath and Dundee with her fish, but never had "she experienced so bad a day. •' Line fish was scarce, and Jean's father had. only managed to scrape together to "smoke" . to allow' his youngest and favorite daughter off to the city the following raojnihg. The Swankies had had many ups- and-downs in their day. Old Tarn was the sole survivor of four stalwart brothers, two of whom had been lost at , sea on ' a bleak November morning while out with their boat, the Sunning- dale. Tam was past going to sea. He was very' frail, although yet only fifty years5 of age, for he "had had to endure many, hardships in his younger days.-But Mrs. Swankie was a thrifty " woman, and gave her two daughters, a good' education—as it went In their young days—at the Hill Road School. Kate and Jean made a-Jiving by their selling of fish. Kate visited Forfar'and Brechin and-the younger lass ""'le kept hold of tbe Carnoustie and 'Dundee districts. ; yjcan was a bonnle las3, and" many a son of the plough fell in love with her". ' But Jean had given' her heart to one, big Jock, Paterson of Woodley Farm. Jock" was a regardless sort of chap, and made love to ever so many; both in town and "country. "Eh| Jean,'lass, ye canna gang name .. tbe nicht in the rain," remarked Jock, ' as he met his fisher sweetheart at their weekly tryBtirig place at Fair- muir. "Ye'll juist come alang wl* me to my mither's, for ye're cauld look- in'." Jock, although a bit of a flirt, had a great fancy for Jean, arid, it was no secret that he meant to marry her, " "Juist tak' the. creel aff your back and I'll carry it. Eh, lassie," he added, as he kissed her rosy cheeks, "wadna I mak' a fine fisherman? "We'll,never stick when we're married." Jean and Jock at length reached Mrs Paterson's cottage, which stood' . alone, not .far from the main road, -a-little—beyond—Baidovan—StationT Jock's mother had a few bawbees put past her. She was a 'widow, and was ■■' well provided for by her-husband before he died some four years bebore, "Juist come in by, lass, and I'll mask ye a cup o' tea. You're lookln' cauld and wept. Jock's spoken often about you." - Soon Jean was made comfortable. Jock baric both of thorn "Good-night," and said he would take a dander into Downfiold to send off a telegram to his sweetheart's mother in Arbroath, telling hor that. Jean was safely "housed" for tho night, and would he homo in the morning^. He was (o call back in tho morning at breakfast, tlmo to see tlie couple ho had just loft. Hut trouble wns tn the air. Another lass hud to bo taken Into account.. It, was LIzzio Armour, tho milkman's daughter. For two years she had run after Jock, and one night, whllo with a "guld dram," ho had "popped, the question.' Thoy woro lo bo mnrrlod, ri'ccordlng to Lizzie, at, tho holiday son- son, and not onco did she forgot to tell Jock about it. Hut Jock wns COD LIVER OIL WITH THE OIL TAKEN OUT A Trlumoh of Chomlttry and Pharmaooutlool Skill Oil from tlio liver of tho cod-fish lias been used for ngns as a proventivo of disease and a restorative. For a long timo it 1ms liocn tlio general opinion that tlio medicinal value of Cod Liver Oil wns tlio crcoNy, oily part itself •—its only drawback being tho unpnla- tabic, fishy tnsto of tho oil, From tho first exports have boon trying to find mcan» to mako it moro palatabio. Thoy used to "(Mit" it with whlsky—tako it in wine—flavor ,it with lemon juice— anything to get away from that nboruin- ablo fishy tiwtn ami miiell, Lots of pooplo xlill tako it In Emulsion form, which is nothing moro thnn "churned" oil—broken up—but Rtlll greasy, oily and a strain on tho digestion. Doctors were slow to find out that the oil was n distinct drawback to tlio medicinal principles contained in tlio cod liver. Crwlo nil is qulto Indigestible, nnd will, in time, put tho strongest stomach out of order. A way has now been discovered to rlo away with tlm grcaao and tlio smell, ami yet retain all tho medicinal properties of the liver. This is dono by removing tho fresh oil from the now livers, Tho livor pulp is then reduced to tbo form o( an extract like lx-cf extract. < Nyal's Cod Liver Compound is simply Lu« ma iMfM,(r toii(i.n,(.-a miui mi ex- trnet, of mult, tiT\<l beidiM wild rVit-rr.v. It also contains tho true hypophnMiIiitoV This combination uiak«« NyulYCod Liver Cemnound ft drlltioua tonic— build* up tho system, and makes you strong. Take it when von feel voiiwlf loslntr your grip. li'o a plriuniro to take— even tlio children like it. 11.00 per Isrgs bettlo. If you try this remedy we know you trill bo pleased. Nyal Remedies wo sin* cerely believe to bo tho best ,'iicdicino values offered. 11 | For J?nJ«« [n I'Vnue un-i Ouanuuccd by N. E, BUDOABY determined that she would not get any satisfaction from him. .The climax had' arrived, however, for Lizzie had seen Jock with another. • Had' he told the truth at first, it might have been right biit Jock denied all knowledge of another lass. "You needna tell me, Jock Paterson, I followed ye up from the Dighty, Burn to your mither's house, and what's more you tell the fisher "lassie you would be back in the morning to see her. But I'll* be there, iny lad, and tell cher I have first call on you. Remember, Jock, I have already ordered my marriage frock, and my mither has told all' her freends about our wedding " "Go,,on," broke in Jock, "getting wearied at the long' story, and applying a match to his pipe." . - "And what's more," Lizzie resumed with some heat, "ye'll tell me, afore you go another step further, when you're to take me." •'•-.'•" "What's a' the hurry, lass," said Jock, trying to' get out of the difficulty as best he could;, "111 mak' up my mind some o' these days.' "No, no, Jock; I'll have you to tell me just .now.". .,-.-' ! But Jock was as determined as the girl, and the two stood in silence for some time. He was the first to speak. "Weel, Lizzie, it.comes to this. If you are sae dour afore you're married, what like would be ye efter? So I think we'll better part." And part they did, for Jock left the offended girl standing- at. the roadside. Morning came, and Jock' wended his way across from his work at| Woodley Farm to his mother's cottage. "Guld morhin', -Jean; guld mornln' mither." he remarked with a cheery smile as he entered .the cosy kitchen. "An' hoo hae ye baith go non?" "Rale weel, laddie," answered Mrs. Paterson." "I'm tbinkin' Jean here will want to get on .the road at once, and Ive got Dauvit Cromarty to promise tb take her to Dundee with his pony and trap.". , ' ... „ Dauvit' landed Jean safely .at the East station. She had ■ not long to wait for a train to Arbroath.'.' Real glad' were her father and mother to see their lassie home again.- - Jean had ayipng_st.or.y7_to_telIjjnf, Mrs. Paterson's kindness, and Kate, although busy at the fireside, listened to every word told Mrs. Swankie and old Tarn.- - " ■' ■• "■ "I'm dootin' mither," Kate broke In, Vthere's a lad mixed up in this affair.' Jean blushed, and her mother, witii a smile, said that Kate was only,jealous, " The experiences of tho previous day, battling in the rain, had told on Jean, and for several weeks she was confined to bed with cold. .Took nil this time was out of patience about his lass, and agreed to take n "toddle doon*" lo Arbroath to see if be could find where his sweetheart lived. No sooner had he steppod out of Arbroath station than he ran up against somo old bothy mates, and, of course, the'1 first road wns to have a drnm. Jock, however, had moro ln his mind than company, and- asking his frlonds fo excuse him for a time lie strolled down to Danger Point. Ho knew .well that thoro wero'too many Swankies in Arbroath to bo ablo to-find out Joan at once, and wearied nt strolling about, ho thought he would drop ln on inn at tho "fit o' tho toon." 1 lo entered a room whore wero seated four hardy sons of tho seas, and ho listened with Interest to tholr convor- snllon. At length ono of tho four, a cheery, opon-fneed man, roso to loavo, and as ho passed Jock ho made tlio ivmnrk that it waB "a gey flno nicht." Jock followed blm out to tho street. "I'm savin', bllllo," Jock remarked, "could yo toll me wliniir Joan Swankie j stays, ; ".loan' Swankie?" drawled out I lie IflHlimon, with surprise, "I lino a doe- her lover, and told her mother she thought she would be abl£U6 go out next day, so as to have her creel ready. "Na, na, lassie," says. Jock, "ye'll dae nae sic, thing. ' I hae a guid few bawbees saved, and ye're to come and help me wi' a sm'a' fairm out by there at Friock." .This was .unexpected news to the Swankies, and each eye-was fixed on Jock,' vbut not a word was uttered. Mr. Swankie burst into tears, and forgetting herself for the moment rose from her chair and threw her arms round Jock's neck. "Eh, laddie, laddie, If it is God's will ye'll get,my lassie. She's a fine lass, Jean, but she', disna ken much aboot fairm work." .J '"i'nat'll no' -matter, guldwlfe.1 I've tocht oof a' that.' .We'll get a bit lassie tac help'us with the.work, .md Jean will keep,me happy and 'w.ep ire wtcl clad. That's a' Iwant.'' A dram was produced later on, and soon J. ck and old Swankie were "icn- gue-taekit." Jock" was'"housed'' yor the night, and before be'left'for his work next' day he had' everything arranged for the wedding. . v Lizzie' Armour had heard word of the proposed' wedding of Jock and the Arbroath fisher' lass,' and was determined to have her revenge. Twice she called- at' 'Woodley Farm to see Jock, but be' gave her no encouragement, and told her plainly if she came back again he would ■ get- other hands to deal with- her. " • - Time wore on,'and the wedding day arrived." It was a'great day—as., all wedding days are—in tbe fisher locality, and drams were plentiful "ower the weddin' o' Tarn Swankies' bonnle Jean." Mrs. Paterson was looking her best when she stepped off- the train at Arbroath along with her son, and to mark the happy occasion Jock hired a cab to drive her down to Jean's home, where the wedding was to take place. Everything passed off weel, and Mr and "Mrs. Paterson left the "following morning with the first, train to spend their honeymoon in his' mother's house for the latter had consented_to_stay_ the remainder of, the week with the Swankies. - --, . SENSATIONAL FARM FIRE NEAR DUNDEE TWO HORSES BURNED. . GRIEVE ARRESTED This was' the startling contents bill of the morning paper, Jock Paterson was lying in prison, and poor Jean and her mother-in-law were prostrate with grief, It was a terrible ending to a linppy honeymoon for Jock nnd his bonnle young wife. , II. Jock Paterson had returned to his work at Woodloy Farm on tlie Sunday morning, and he had left, his wife to stay with his mother until he finished his duties with Farmer Smith preparatory to his going to his "ain bit land" at Friockholm. The fire was first discovered at Woodloy Farm by a servant lassie, who was startled by tho unusually loud barking of their dog. Tho flro first commenced In the stable, and had spread to1 other parts of tho building. Willing hands woro soon nt work, nnd a message was despatched to tho city for the flro brigade. Nono work- oil harder than Jock I'otorBon, but tho flro, courted by a strong easterly wind, soon burned Itself out, not, however, boforo two vnluablo work horses wore destroyed. Jock wns In groat distress over tho flro, for ho was supposed to bo the last to loavo tlio Btablo the provloiiB night Ever since Jock Patorson had lull- mnled to Farmor Smith of Woodloy Fnrm his intention of taking tho farm nt Frloekliolm ho and Itls master had had fow hnppy ivords, for It was an liter oa'd Joan Swnnklo, but (hero's open mfcret that Jock had got "the j another doon the rond o' tho same 'iinmo. It's maybe hor. -My Joan Ib j 1nl«l nil \\T a cauld, Sho got an nwfu' cauld u few weeks ago whllo not wl' hor crool ayont, Dundee, and If It lindim boon for tlictguldncss of a Mrs, I'liioriion, sho mlcbl, pulr Inns—-" j Jock did not lot old Swnnklo finish bin HOIltollCO, j ".She's iho lnsH I'm lookln' for. Frlockliolin farm In profcroneo to Mr, Smith's younger brother. Jock's master, during tho course of tlio flro, had blamed him for tho out- Im :ik, nnd Recused blm of gross cikc- 1i»kriiokh. Jook vnwod ho would mnko l.i.s lunstoi' provo 1:1 s words, and It wns thou that a mnto of Jock's, who had boon jealous of him since ids promotion'ns grlovo, and wns courting the .nau'H tho lioiinlimt lass lii the country, farmer for tlm job, told iho latter that side. You dlmia Bay she's nwfif III?"-ho would find ways and menus to i Tarn was bo taken aback with the provo Jock's guilt. country chap's remarks that ho could not niiHwor him, and fow words passed tholr Uph until they landed nl. the cosy llttlo sc-lf-contnlned house, which stood l'u« iilh *it*> IMlillltUI tSVtMfl. JCIUJ )j;iij JjJlt'JJ Jjj1.v .'J .H" It was a wr-ll-plnnnod plot, LIzjiIo Armour, the girl .lock had thrown aside, and Willie nnl«olly, the plot- maker, had fallen In love. Lizzie had oet-ii lulling i»r scumming to mar J..W ,\'>'itv;,,V,< v, u.r ,,'vkJv .uui i'ii'a \utv, but on bnirlug tho tongulng J" the1 nnd all -oris of plans wore devised houso sho nwnkenM. Had sho h«*i dreaming, woro her eyes dooolylng her? No, *hr> won awake, and It wsb by IVilpeMy and hor One. plan wan for Dalgotty lo "flro" the farm of Woodloy. It wns not tho '..■-.'Al. k j.'.-....-,..., .Ij-j,, £,i,o'.jy« Ai. i.iwui>un, lA.iiVivf, \\i ii.iYri 'tl oul,fi£iYI, trp bedside, hor soft, feverish hnnd cloned In bin roar so hand. MrB. Swnnklo did not know bow to treat her vUttor, so hsppy was she. Kato ami Jock soon got Into conversation about tho "ehlels" round aboaf Arbroath, for she knew a lot of Jock's j old botbv tnntfs. Sho knew tho pur-' pov of tbe ploughman's visit from the moment ho entered the house, for her sister bad often spoken about tbe "chap Patorsln." Never was lh*re a merrier nlfrbt 'a tho Hwankte'x house. Jean looked like another lass. She was fluxhod with «*clfMnont «f tho mooting with Dnlgetty was to sot n llfdit to somo straw In n dlsusod byre after overyono was, Indoors, and before tho flames hod reached the stables nnd the nowly erected byre It was arranged that ho would vrnM*n up nnd dlsrnver the fire, then give the alarm. Ii happened, hnwovwr, thnt fttlftofry Imd v]«liod Dundee »i« precious night. and bad had n drop of whisky too much. Tho evil Intention had run In his mind all night, and ns Is usually the cam with a tlp*y m»« be was fall of dsrinir. nsljetfy hud mluMVen tb* stable for the «mpty byre, and had, In bis hnlf-dajflf! condition, dropped his matchbox unawares while setting fire to the straw. Farmer Smith and Dalgetty .bad a long talk over the fire, after the flames had. been subdued,'and spurred on by the latter—who was still feeling the effects'of the previous night's drinking —the fanner agreed to report the matter to thei police. This was well on in the forenoon, and furnished with so strong a case two police officers were, within an hour's time on the road to Woodley Farm with a summons for the arrest of "John Paterson, grieve:" ,-, Joch had, however—ignorant of the whole thing—gone over to his mother's house, and there the warrant for his arrest was put in force. ' It was a1 painful scene, and even the police officers had tears In their eyes as Jock bade his young wife and hla mother "Good-bye." Jock was tbo coolest in the house, He kissed both wife and mother,, and told them to cheer up. "Trust to God, „ Jean and mother, and He will prove my innocence." ; Old, Dauvit Cromarty had been a kind-friend to the heart-broken wife and mother during Jock's stay ln prison, and he had sought the best legal advice'.in Dundee." ,: Mr. Rennett was a clever lawyer, and he lost no . time In getting, evidence in favor of Paterson. He visited the farm, and interviewed a number of the ploughmen and the sen-ant lass who first discovered the fire. ', Along with'the farmer, Mr. Rennett visited the burned-down stable. Nothing but burned straw and charred wood seemed to be lying about the place and the solicitor was carelessly kicking about pieces of wood the while he . was . questioning the fanner. All at once his' eye caught sight of a match-box, and without uttering a word more .to the farmer he stepped forward and picked it up. "The box was half-full of wax vestas.. . Here was an Important clue. Would it draw the rope'tighter round the unfortunate grleve's neck, or would it bring to light the fire mystery? Farmer Smith demanded possession of the box, but Mr. Rennett refused to give it up. For a time it. seemed as if ■ words .would come to blows,- and it was' perhaps as well that James Fernie, a neighboring farmer, appeared on the scene.- "Losh, billies," he remarked, on learning the nature of the quarrel, and the purpose of Mr. Rennett's visit, '.'justice must be done in this • affair, and I think it would be better to hand the box - to the police authorities. What say ye? It micht prove Paterson's innocence—for, mind you, Mester ,Smitb.,_ILve—beard—a—lot^o'—different stories aboot the fire.' Mr. Rennett said Mr. Fernie's suggestion was a very wise one, and ultimately the' three drove in to the police station. , The Fiscal sa{s he would keep possession Nof the match-box until lie had time to inquire into, the case. Mr. Rennett, .however, would not allow the grass to grow under his feet, and parting with Mr. Smith and Mr. Fernie, wended his way straight to the tobacconist whoso name appeared on tho match box. . "Good afternoon, Mrs. Davidson," Mr. Rennett oxclaimed- on entering tho shop. "I'm glad to find you disongag- ed, for I have como on rather important business. You road in .the morning papers, I presume, about tho flro at Woodloy Farm?" . "I did, Mr. Rennett, every lino of it. You know I don't think that poor chap Patorson is guilty—" "That's what I havo come to see you about, Mrs. Davidson," broke ln tho solicitor. "A match-box has boon found, half-filled with wax vestas, and tho top part of It bears . your name." "Mh. preserves all! Do you say bo, Mr. Dennett?" „"Tlmt Ir so," retorted tho solicitor, "but I suppose you se.l bo many bo.sos that you would not remember nny particular person buying ono, and thoro would bo bo many country pooplo coming out and In just now?" "Well, no," said Mr. Davidson, think- Ing for a moment. "It's no' often ploughmen cliango off tho common wooden mat olios. But. bide a moment," Mrs, Davidson shouted Into, the hncksliop to a girl of about eighteen to "como ben a mliuito," "Could you toll this gontlomnn, Mary," she put tho question to tho girl, "If a counlry-llko chap bought a box of vestas any of thoso days?" "Yes, Mrs, Davidson," quickly re- pliod tho girl, "tho chap that dropped his handkerchief on the floor wns a ploughman, and he bought two ounces of bogey roll and n box of wax vestas, You would enslly'know the box, for It wns the only ono I Bold with the label bearing your wrong number of the street nn It. You roturnod' the rest nf 1.11».- packet." "Tliero'ii IiIb hniidkorcblef," oontlnu- |ed the girl pulling n silk handkerchief viiii' u7 ,i univ,ci', i kept u tmro for f«.iur I:.? miKiu call for It. There's a name nwcrj on It in the torner. 'W. nrilgotty.y With a low u-hlsllo of astonishment, kit, iietuiMi uiok bold ot iiie 'wmdker- chief. He had learned that forenoon, from David Cromarty, nbout a plough- man of the name of William Dalgetty at Woodley Farm. Scarcely, however, had Mr. Rennett taken bold of Mw |mndk*rr.'hlof fh-in two police officers appeared on tbe The <.-lder of the two spoke: 1 would like a word with you. Mrs. Davidson." So saying, IwMh officers nnd the tobacconist retired to the htthftbep. taring Mr. ftearcett and iho *lrl In ronrers.irton nf, tho cotintor. Not mfcny MyomJfs had passed, how- over, before the girl wan called In by the officers, and the same story as.related, to Mr! Rennett was-given, them, every.word of which was noted. The interview' lasted, only about three minutes, and the officers'retired with possession of the handkerchief.-' Mr. Rennett mentioned.the matter of matchbox and handkerchief, and explained at the sametlme that a""W. Dalgetty" was employed at Woodley Farm. The solicitor was asked to accompany the officers ' to the ', police station, where the matter was more fully thrashed out with the superintendent. The prisoner, was conveyed to a room in the main building,, and without being made aware'of the reason- of the interview with the officers and Mr. Rennett, was asked,if he knew anyone of the name of„"W. Dalgetty." "Yes, sir," replied Patterson, addressing one of the officers, "he was a ploughman' under, me at Woodlye." • "Wore you and' Dalgetty the'best-of friends?" was further asked,of Paterson. "Far from that, sir," excitedly retorted the prisoner. "Dalgetty was Jealous o' mo getting appointed grieve. He' started to court a lass—an auld lass o' mine—Lizzie Armour, who had threatened to get her revenge because I married an Arbroath fiBher lass. < Mr. Rennett was full of enthusiasm at tho turn of events. He saw-.tbe open gate to the release of his client. The solicitor repeatedly started to ask questions of the prisoner, and had to be cautioned by the officers, who stated that unless be kept silent, he weuld have to retire. . . "There, Ib time enough for you, Mr Rennett, Interviewing the prisoner wh«r. the Fiscal gi/es permission for your doing so," sharply put In one of the officers.' . ' Mr. Rennett, however, begged permission to put one question—a very important one, he , said—to Paterson. After a time he was allowed to do so. "Please answer me this question, Paterson," Mr. Rennett said, measuring bis words. "Did the girl Armour —Lizzie Armour, I think you call her —ever give you a present during your courtship with her?" - "Yes, Blr," replied Paterson, "a silk handkerchief, with my name on the corner of it. I have It to this day in my chest at my mother's, hame." "Thank you very much, my lad. Cheer up. I hope to have you home to-morrow free to your wife and mother." So saying, Mr. Rennett shook tbe poor fellow by .the hand, and he was returned to the cell. „ Ball had been refused, for the charge'was considered a very serious one. Mr. Rennett rushed out of the police -statlon"-and_inTfIve,'TiirnuteslTtim©—was" being^ driven to Paterson's home. Tho young wife answered the.door, for the mother had been confined to bed, stricken with grief, since her son's arrest..1 - Mr. Rennett soon had the handkerchief ■ in his possession, and his eye at once caught sight of the name, in the corner,' "J. Paterson." The stylo of tho lettering was identical to that on the handkerchief dropped In- the tobacconist shop. * Explanation followed to the young wife and mother, and soon Mr., Rennett was on his way back to the;police,station. A long consultation followed. The solicitor said: he had clearly proved Paterson's innocence, and demanded his release' and the arrest of Dalgetty. The order for the release of' Paterson could not be given atlthat moment, Mr. Rennett was told, but a warrant was issued for the arrest of Dalgetty, Two officers were at once despatch-, ed to Woodley. Farm.- It was well on towards eight o'clock .when a, taxi-cab drew up at tbe farm" house. > "Good evening, Mr. Smith," spoke one of the officers on being taken into the house, "we vhave called, to see William Dalgetty; about this unfortunate -fire." - "What do you want to see him about?" hotly asked the farmer. - "You have'enough evidence^already to convict that scoundrel'Paterson, .without- troubling honest people at this hour of inlght.' You'll hae to call back tomorrow.". So saying, Mr. Smith turned to leave the officers.' "Stay one second, sir," demanded the officer, "I ask you again, ,,is William Dalgetty on your premises?" "Oh, I'll get him," broke In'.the servant girl, who stood trembling at the sight of the police officers.' "You'll do nae such thing," the farmer roared, with greater rage. ' "A descent, hard-working chap like my new grieve is no' to be disturbed1 at this, timeo' nicht." ."Mr.. Smith's opinion of. his- new grieve^ however, was rather out of (Continued on page 3) 45 Steam-Heated Roomi Hot arid Cold Baths The King Edward Fernie's Leading, Commercial Hotel The Finest Hotel In East Kootenay J, L. GATES, Prop. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO „ " Capital Authorised $10,000,006.00..Capital Subscribed .... 15,575,000 Capital Paid Up .....r'.$5,575;ob0 Reserve Fund"..; .'.$5,575,000 : ' D.'R. WILKIE, President' HON. ROBT -JAFFRAY, VIce-Pres. 'BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Arrowhead, Cranbrook, Fcrnts, Golden, Kamloope, Michel, Meyle, Nelson, Revelatoke, Vancouver and Victoria. : "'■'" SAVINGS DEPARTMENT , Interest allowed on deposits at current:'rate'from date of deposit. , . FERNIE BRANCH GEO. I. B. BELL; Manager KENNEDY & MANGAN MANY FEET* OF LUMBER are wasted , when ■ It is not of ' first class quality. 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Debs put it: "Better to vote for what you want and not get ' it, than to vote for what you' don't , want and get-it." -; ..,.*'*♦ * Tiie,",policy of "retrenchment," now very much in evidence on this • continent, especially on the railway systems, the barometers of industry,, will prob- / ably give a good many workers an opportunity to think it over; They will ". the'bolter appreciate the fact that they who' own the jobs have no need to wish for a return to the days of ex- pfnsive chattel slavery. ■ «'**■■'■■. The, advantages of "our" natural resource?, mines, mills, factories,' etc, 'o(.crue le those who own them." ' ♦ ♦ ■* Wages is the amount the worker pays Hie boss for the privilege of securing a job. No employer would keep a man who failed to more-than make his own wages. : . ' '*.-*•• '.-'■.- , . Workers get what they vote and stand for. -,. - - ' ■ ' < . The Crow's Nesfc .Valley coal field strike is still on. Stay away. ' Bv.. ter starve not, working^ than while •working. ' n";' !' '' "' " :The Trades' and Labor Congress of Canada convention' at Calgary concluded, ifs work on Saturday last after a series of sessions calculated ,to re-, do'u'nd tb the credit and benefit of the wuge-workers of'the dominion. ,rb# prbce\vii)jes'will be n tillable from: official'Fouces in a >ew days, and there ; can be r.o question but that they wll.'. piovide food .for tacught,,; reflection, review and' inspiration.in this.portion of the labor world for some months to come. " " ■ ■ ',•**».■ The city, administration.of Milwaukee, has mado a"record by establishing an eight-hour day for, all employees, directly or Indirectly connected with public work. '***'•' ' The International Typographical Union' voted $10,000 to the MeNamara defense fund, and also cancelled a note for $5,000 loaned to the Hatters some months ago while on strike. ■**.*"' Every intelligent man must, "admit of the government. The employing class in controlling the government can use the government to keep labor In subjection, and yet.In the face of this fact there are millions of working people.In this counrry who.contend that tho Interests of the employer and the employee aro identical. If tho interests of the, exploiter and . exploited are, identical, it. Is somewhat ■ singular thai tho I. exploiter expends such vast sums of money In every political campaign to place tho representatives of capital In public life. Strange that tlio exploiter is not, willing to trust his interests in Iho. custody of ifibor elected to office—Miners' Magazine. * * * A political party is not, "by tho working class" unless It is absolutely, positively controlled by tho working clnss, Its political mncblnory miiBt bo in tho hnnds of tho working class and „lts policy nnd purpose must bo consistent with lliolr Inlorosts, Tho grcnlcst enemy of tho working elnss Is the working class Itself, Indifference and oh-whnt'R-tbo-uso novor accomplish 'nnythlng. Thoro Is nothing moro pitiable thnn nn army of wngo-workoi'B suffering lnck of confidence In llself. Tho working class ls the only usoful portion of humnn society. It makes civilization, such ns it is, posfllhlo, " It clothes, houses mid foods tho world. Without It thero Is no onpltnl; no nothing, With tho utility of labor nil things arc possible. There is no .undertaking no office,-no ideal which could not be fulfilled, occupied or realized were the workers tb act in' unison on just' one day in tbe year—election - day. Some progress has been made; but the real mission of- the international labor movement remains. So often have the workers been fooled and deceived by "friends" and politicians'that if is no wonder they'are forever suspicious and well high' hopeless. With so .many -work-- ers always dependent upon the uncertainties of the labor market for jobs, and the slickest frequently in tbe direct "pay-of the bosses'., institutions (political machines, detective agencies newspapers, governmental .offices', etc.) It often looks like an impossibility for the great mass of wage-workers to ever get what's coming to them; if unity, of purpose but prevailed. But, great and unsurmountable as the task may be there is no other way. When at last the workers realize that the only friends ■ they' have, ■ or can ever expect to'have,'is themselves, the me.ans .of life will be made the property of those who do the work, to invariably Jenjoy'what tliey collectively produce.' -,, . " , ***.', "The; demand for an eight-hour day is not one of those reforms that can be' secured only through compromise' and'fusion.; It is" a" demand that can be enforced bytbe working class. Its enforcement will be a direct material advantage to every worker now obliged to toil more than'eight hours daily. ■ It will oblige the capitalists to employ more laborers to-do their necessary work and will thus diminish the competition for jobs; ■ and finally, the very - struggle for the eight-hour day will bring hundreds of thousands of laborers, into the. thick of the class war. and if this figbt is on,, our strength for the'-' next fight will be doubled.' ,.'-'■ *♦..*.'" . Competition for jobs may . compel wage-workers to submit to and do a lot of things,they don't like, but, after all, the condition of the workers is largely their own making. As soon as any' bunch of workers make up their minds iri earnest that they won't stand for starvation, and- say so forcibly enough they generally win out. If the workers were not as a class) an aggregation of-jellybacks,"' there-^ls nothing under the sky they couldn't do. * * * In these days of race prejudice and class hatred it may be interesting to note thnt the Builders Laborers' Union iri Vancouver has"within, its membership several negroes, who are among tho "whitest' of the lot. * * * • "Keep working; keep smiling; you'll win." ' ° * * * "It's a long night thnt has no morning." *' * * •When employers Bhut down tholr mines, mills or fnctorios, becauso of ovor-productlon, merging, lack of pro-, fit, rcpnlrs, etc., that's business. When tho workers ccaso work becauso of Intolerable conditions, or whntovor reason, (lint's nnnrchy! Merely a question of viowpolnt. * * * The reproBontntlvos of tho Federated Trndo Union movements of nine- toon different countries woro In fies- Bloh recently nl Budapest,' Hungary, * * * Tho BrltlBh General Federation of Trade Unions wan roprosentod by W, A. Apploton and .Innios O'Orndy, whllo tho American Federation of Labor wns represented by .Tnmos Duncan, At previous gntlioringH over (1,000,000 "of tho world's 0,000,000 organized nnd fodorntcd workors hnvo been represent od by delegates whllo this convention represented close to 7,500,000. Of the PAGE THREE _ I The Cook I always feels J I confident of^ i * | pure and. wholesome I fo o d when' using | ftSJK.1 JHH**W CREAM Baking Powder APure,Grape Cream</Tartar Baking Powder Made from Grapes many interesting proposals at'the conference one is brought .forward by tbe American Federation ' of. Labor; ■ calling for. the establishment .of an'International Federation of Trade Union organizations to promote international action, for securing improvements in the .conditions of the workers:, '■ ' * * - * ■ - , ' What can a Socialist coroner do? It seems like a dead office—one in which the livest comrade could accomplish no" ■work for the movement. \et the report of the Socialist Coroner of Milwaukee goes to show that even here one who knows his duty can do pood service. . Until the Socialists c&rried Milwaukee, the Coroners oC r;ce tendered verclicts very convenient for «he corporations. The deaths nl corporation employees were us '.ally ve- vci'^d as "accidental," anl that en ded the* matter. ■ The lii'st semi-an- uunl report of- the Milwau:t.je Socialist Cconer shows, for insta,i:e, :>.• tisos. In ib of these the railway "companies were charged with negligence. ' 5n nine of the' cases the-District At-" lbrney was'called.' For the, same period in,1901, under an old party.cr.rn. n«r. 42. railway cases were reported, and every one was reported as, "accidental." - The District Attorney was not called once. ' This shows what, it means ,to have the working class re presented in any office, even the least important." When ■ workingmen "care so little for their' own interests' that they vote for capitalist party officials it is to be expected that these officials will take much interest in the safety of working people? ' Who is to blame if the lives of'.working, men, are held to be of little value?—Cleveland Citizen. '•■'.'' *•**.'• ■ Industrial organization seems to be coming with' a rush in Great Britain. The three national unions of dockers; the gas ^ybrkers, brickmakers, navvies- arid general laborers', organizations are all voting.on the question of amalgamating,their forces; Tlie probabilities are that the poll will be favorable, and it is expected that the result will 'be officially announced at tbe British Trade Union' Congress, which meets in Newcastle next week. The total' membership of the industrial union will be 150,000 at the start, with the,chances that other bodies would \*uiiL-G—III -lalci ~auu— n wcil-\,LLV "miniDtl" considerably. The strike movement of" the transportation workers along industrial lines is creating a complete revolution in Great Britain, and it is not improbable that at the Newcastle meeting s next week the. Trades Congress will take a- definite position in favor of amalgamating the unions in the various Industries and thus put an end to jurisdictional, disputes and more thoroughly solidify the organizations in order that they, may be ready to strike on short notice unitedly. The big British'capitalists have been given to understand that not only can thoy not destroy the. unions, but thnt they must recognize nnd trent with them or expect more trouble.—Cleveland Citizen, H*' *' * ' Tho Sympathetic Strike,—I do not wonder thnt you nre nlnnnod, .dear mnslers. You will hnvo to got together more nnd moro just as we aro getting together more nnd more. ,You stand for money. Wo stand for men. You stnnd for properties, We stand for peoples. You who nro not, wise enough to bo brothers nre shrewd enough to suspect brotherhood, Your guesB is oxnet, Wlmt you think wo propoBo doing wo mny do, If property is entitled to comb first, then you nro defenders of tho truth, If people aro entitled to como first, then wo nro do- fondors of tho truth. Your dollnrs aro contesting the field with our pooplo. Hrothei'hood will destroy' you. You fool It. You don't sny tho thing thnt wny. But Hint is what il amounts to So you got together. You, nil of you, denr mnsters. You stonily fnco nbout nnd ncruse "me, Wo nro menncors of proporty, So wo nro, You soo thnt. And wo nre alao slaves of men. That you do' not. hoa. You nro commotio- lng to understand thnt the two nunrrol- Ing powers enn't rolgn together In our ono world. Thnt money enn't reign 'If mon nro to ivlgn. You nro distressed by ovory tondoncy of men to realize n practical solldnrlty. And you Hliould bo. For solidarity lonvos you out. Includes you nrt men nnd excludes you hh cnpltnllstH,—llornco Trnubol. * * * THE ONE-EYED 18 KING down when men do want for the very means of comfort and life, and why, when the bosoni-.of bounteous Mother Earth is swollen and taut with the wealth of plenty yet must the little bellies of children be pinched.and shrunken,, and .'wolfish hunger stalk the lives and smite with wretchedness abject the laughing eyes of the innocents who dwell'In the places of the. Evil'Smells. His notion of the Struggle for Existence is a true accounting for the fact that tho beautiful daughters of toiling sires must be fed like the maid Andromeda into the insatiate maw of the world's chief monster, and the Scarlet Door mark tbe beginning of their joyousojourney along a tortuous and miasmatic path to the Potter's field. He can tell you why the Panic is, and why others must v come so long as the present merciless system obtains. The Socialist ls an incessant reader of books. Open nt least one eye!—By Bruce Rogers. , * * * * I. W. PREAMBLE .."The working class and tho employing class havo nothing in common. There can bo no pence so long ns hunger and want are found among the millions of working people and the few, who make up the employing'class have all the good tilings of life. Between these two classes, a struggle must go on .until the workers,of the world organize as.a machinery of production and abolish the wage system. We find that the centering of the management of industries Into fewer and fewer hands makes the trades unions unable to cope with the evergrowing power of the employing class.. The trade unions foster a state of affairs' which allows one set of workers to' be pitted' against another set of workers in the same industry, whereby helping to defeat one another in wage wars. „ Moreover, the trades unions aid the employing class to mislead the workers into the belief that the working class .have-interests in common with their employers. These conditions can be-changed and the interest of the working class upheld only by an- organization formed in such a way. that all its members in any one- industry, whenever a strike or lockout is on in any department thereof, thus making an. injury to-orie an injury to all. ..Instead of the conservative motto, 'A fair day's wages for a fair day's work,' we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, 'Abolition 'of the wage system.' ., It is the .historic mission of the working class to do away with capitalism. The army of production must be organized, not„only for the everyday struggle with capitalism, but also to carry on^ro^WtiolTlvheT^^Ttalism shall have been overthrown. By or- ganizirig Industrially we are forming the structure of the-new-society within ' the shell of the old. Knowing, therefore, that siich an organization is absolutely, necessary s*br our emancipation, we, unite under the following constitution. . . . ." * * * WHAT SOCIALISTS THE WORLD OVER ARE AFTER Tarn SwahRie'a, ;,7V Bonnie;: Jean (Continued from page 2).. The'Socialist demand the social ownership of the means of production. Not-tho social ownership of a man's personal possessions, but tho'ownership of thoso things lo which the workers, must obtnin access or starve Today these things aro owned nnd controlled by a few, nnd, ns n consequence the. great bulk of the people of this and every other nation nro absolutely dependent upon tbo few for the right to live, Shut out, from land, nature's gift to men, nnd tlio modern tools of production, tho result.of neons of so- clnl evolution, the many aro forced lo soil their labor-powor to the fow nt, nn enormous loss to themselves ns a clnss. " Time wns whon the tool of production wns owned by tbo producers, but Hint wns long boforo tho modern methods of production wore known (observes tho Now Zonlnnd Socinl Democrat), Tho menus of production woro then primitive, but with tho growth of tho ninmmotli tool of production, supplanting Individual by socinl production, the predecessors of tho ruling cIiibb of todny boenmo, llinnks to forco nnd frnud, tbo owners of tho grout forcoB of production, with tho result Hint, its Is the ciibo todny, tbo place, for in.stepped.Dalgetty' to"tlie rooin, rather the worse for drink. ' ^ "Hullo, billies." he jocularly, remarked to the officers, "you havena surely let Paterson slip through your fingers. We've juist been gethoring somo mair information aboot the fire, ower at Farmer.Fernie's bothy, me and twa or three .other chiels." ,' ' Farmer Smith stood - dumbfounded. Ho prayed within himself that. Dalgetty.-would' keep his mouth shut and not disclose,his identity. If it were found out, Mr. Smith thought,, that he and Dalgetty were putting 'their heads together to convict Paterson, then he (Mr. Smilli) would not. be averse to giving Dalgetty a few, hundred pounds lo take.tbe blame himself of convicting Paterson. Such luck, however, wns not in store for Farmer Smith, for Mrs. Smith at that moment burst into tbo room and asked "If Dalgetty would help her down with a ham from the roof of the kitchen." The name Dalgetty was enough. Approaching the man addressed, the officer pulled out the warrant from his pocket and inquired if he 7 were William Dalgetty. " -, "Yes," proudly replied,! the ploughman; giving his chest a knock .with his fist, "I'm Will Dalgetty, and weel prood am I o' the'name.", "Oh, well, Dalgetty,. we'll give you a run into Dundee just now. There's a comfortable .motor waiting," put in the officer, having some of his own back.- "You are wanted on the charge of setting fire to Woodley Farm!" " The last sentence sobered up Dalgetty.' He could not utter a word In reply. The. brave, fellow, who a minute before was jeering at the officer about a poor, innocent ploughman-lying in a police cell, was standing handcuffed—a" coward! ■.Dalgetty at first asked the farmer to assist him to escape, but befog warned by.the officers that it would be a serious-thing for a man in Mr.- Smith's, position.to do so, the latter advised Dalgetty,to go quietly. -Mr. .Rennett-was waiting at the police station when the' officers arrived with.their prisoner, and did not leave, until Paterson Wjas released. Dalgetty repented; he acknowledged firing the. farm, pleading that it was done while he wa'smnder the influence' of drink. " A woman, he said, had .been—at—the—bottom— of—the—whole-affair. ., Lizzie Armor.' was responsible, for William Dalgetty's; downfall. Dalgetty was tried arid' convicted. He was sentenced to' a few years' imprisonment. Dalgetty • took.- the blame of the whole affair,, but Farmer Smith never prospered afterwards. .He left the district^ and the last that was heard of him was In America, where ho, was working for an old ploughman of his own who had prospered abroad. Jock Paterson did not go to Friock- heim. He allowed Farmer Smith's brother to get the small farm, nnd he is now tennnt of Woodley Farm,, which was completely rebuilt nnd presented to Paterson by a host of friends out of sympathy for the wrong done him. Ho is no longer Jock Pntcr'son, but Mr. Patorson of Woodloy Fnrm. , To his loving fisbor-lnsslo wifo, however, lie Is still ."Jock," , nnd she remains to him his "bonnio Joan,'' LACK OF WORK CHIEF CAUSE OF POVERTY Unemployment Forces Thousands'to , Seek Charity—Drink No Factor Sickness, unemployment nnd lack of Incomo hnvo boon tbo three great cnuses of poverty In Now York this summer, according to a statoment. glv on out, yofltordfiy by the Now York Assoclntlon for Improving tlio Con dltlon of tho Poor, Tlio nsBoclntloii Imses Kb conclusions on nn Invesllgntlnn of eondl lions surrounding tho 1,000 fnmllloH thnt hnvo been referred to II for relief In the homo hIiico Juno 1, Tho • A deposit of Ono Dollar'' opens a'savings • "account in tbe Honie.J3ank.and Full Compound Interest is-paid at, the' highest bank-rate. There is no', formality, in opening an account— call in and leave your name and address and . take your • pass-book. If you are away from, town and need money-you-may make a with- ' drawal" from your account, with the Home- Bank', through the mail. m . JOHN ADAIR, Manager. Fernie Capital Paid Up ',. $2,750,000 Reserve & Undivided Profits 3,250,000 Total Assets ...;..... 40,000,000 ' The Bank'of'Hainillori has made saving simple—by eliminatin goll'un- 1 necessary Bank formality. An account may be opened with the deposit of.one dollar—even so small an amount, will act as an incentive to steady saying'and'will-quickly grow to a sum worth while, " J. R. LAWRIE Agent ' 20 acre tracts of Creston land—is well watered & excellent soil. t Joe Grafton (lHHOciiillon nlso nnuoiincnH thnt. since owners did not, receive wlmt they enrn- n,0 flrHt of j„]y M|(.r„ ,,„„ ,)P0I| an InrrnriBo lu tho number of fnnillloH Fernie B.C. od, A momont'e reflection will bIiow nt, lenBt two thliiKu: First, thnt. ns long ns tho lnnd nnd tho mncblnory thnt. Is worked upon the lnnd nnd nil the Brent moniiB of production lu vo< In Hood of nsHlHslniice over Hint for July nnd AugiiHl of Inst yonr,, The Investigation linn brought lo: light somo InlevoHtlng fncin, Tbo two'! Kuo todny nre owned by a fow, thO|n,OB(. H„,||(|nK ,,„,„,„ „,,„ „,„ llirw ninny must mibmlt to being deprived;,,,lllllwP of families winced to pmwly of the grantor pnrt of,tlio wealth thoy liy ,\vyww lm\ „10 |,1B|Ki,|f|Miiil rn|n produce. If a nompnny, or n prlvnln ,n,Pmp„rnnP0 1|IIB |)]nyMl m, n rnn. Individual, employ? fifty men nt fl0;,ljb„ii„B ,-miih... Of Hio l,r.7:i funiM.* per wook, It In obvious thnt tho "job1!,, tlm iissoi'lntlon'H rnro tills Hiiiiiiin>r giver" will not ho Mitlsflod If a vnluo j »i,.umc-hb Is kIvmi iih the fninw for p»v» oiiunl to tho amount or ?(i00 In prodiic!ortv \n nsi ensow, or IS por com, In-' j«l by tho men employed. No! Thoy!,,.„'„„.,.„„„, „,,„ to „H ,.ml|,. M „.,rj0' In tho rich folklore of AndnliiHln jiiuist produce tholr wnges, plim n snf-i],,HH \)mn n j)P|.>on(,t thoro Ib a quaint snylng thnt. "In the: flclent nmount to pay' tho lnndlord— rn<«mi|lr>ymont I» second on (he ii ' L J"" -■> K '* ••» *>• r -' —■'.'••■» l • '•' JIM „| |l|||lll(i|l||| ruUHfli, Willi II JH-I- Tt In to fny thnt bo wbn undorMnndn ' onpl«nllft--tbo onwpnnv or lndlvbbml\ , . ,,,.; «.- 'j-j,. j, .,, ,„; ;. ' the olonroflt In bent fitted. The So-'tbnt employs blm nnd nil other niom.']jf.f :,],muii ohnrlty'workora b.'is Iwon rlnllHt'B comprehension of public at-Jbors of tlio cnpltnllm rlnHs who claim:d,rtt j.ir|, of work wad rmi|iwialbl<» fn? fnlrs Ib IiIb armor nnd shield. He dcs-|a shnroln tho wraith producod. Hooond I u,,. ,„„,( „r tjIfl ,nHtross this summer- pIhob rnlnbows of promise and the do-'Unemployment, Bliimdnm, the "devil-! in^nffIt-n-ttt Income, the next door liiotnufl nf 1ir»iin Tlo 1ia1,1" ot ».n,ir>l>t ' *.,1»ri Hir> liliiiloi-v-nrn-l" ollilno r,^,,-!!,,,.., ' , , , ,.* ,,,,,, -. <iVr. *• -,,fc i.M.tf,, r\ ... ,.. the miserable moralities of the piety; tion.'sweating, nnd a thounnnd otlior ■ ,„.,. ,,llt 0f tho total numbor ot peddlers nnd Is not concerned nbout "a!evils will in* w*n in spring from the fiimllle* to w'ok relief. , Dcnili, iinil nccidont were onch re» bji<iii«IIi|o for 2 per cent of the rapes.' In tbo I |kt conl column nro found; linppy lnnd fnr away." Ho Interprets, principle of prlvnM ownership In tho dlstiirbnnres In the social order most ■ nieniis or prodnclni: the norosoarloB nrcurntoly bocnuso bnck of his phllo-';of life. The evil tree brings forth the Rophy Is the profound learning nnd ievil fruit. Tlio .Soclrillsts clnltn, thft\,\ nmi support and old nge, Cniiso» ron tonic of nil tho oxnet sclfncos. Ho j Hint when tholr demand is ronllKCf).: (thhkIhk I«*i»m Utan 1 per cent of «-nt.«.*, imnlyrcH the doings of men In the1 whon Iho wlinl« pooplo'own tho land! „.,.,.„ hiifirKotiinont. flr.>. Tiionlnl de.! llKht of the doctrine that we follow'nnd the mncblnory of production, that; fj,;,,,, y, ininifinillty nnd Insanity--N*7 Hint thing which wo conceive to pro- mice us most substantial good. Under a principle which ho hss dlsroverwl In the capitalist system of production, known' In tho gotfallst book as tbe Uw ol Hurptn* V«ln«»s, h« enn trtl; s^ition loo, and t»w-l»l own«>mhlp hns you why ever so often tbe wheels of [supplanted private ownership \h the Industry must stop, the factories shut menus of life,—Tho Teople. exploltntlon nnd tho other cvllu meiviy. cn\i Honed, will dimspponr. Political I)o-) ' „ "~ ~m~'mM ~" mncrrtcy we possosn. Iiidustrlsl Demo-! HlcCtriC RCStOfCr IOf mCll crai-y. without which "nomocracy" 1h i Phusplionol i?l^?fflgl'ffJP.'I'J.tei; a dbiirn and delusion, will bo our pos-i vinmiiuunr, I'rjmuur^dMifjn.liil%nv*\ ..~ *^ i „.,i_i .„._ _».,_ \. ' ».»i!i'-'i nuTM-l if nno ffirtirphonnl nllf m»lt-i hi anrw rwnn. I*rtc» "* ' H Mal!#l'o»nv »ilJr»*i " 'i . K(. ('rtllmrlnr*, «»nfM tfc«»r«Ult|lru# for Sals at OleatdsH'a Drug Store Aeroplane Races Every Day MAMMOTH VtrilT «l»Pr,TArfl« "Pioneer Days 'In the Palousc" $120,000 Will .He .Spent on Tliit lixhi* bltUm REDUCED RAILWAY RATES ftt'ontlv 1nct,o««iOi1 Prl70«> Many New CUnsci, Open to All Wrttt fur Pitmtutn i.ui mid f>-iili/ fri^rnm 217 Hutton Block, SPOKANE, WASH. i SJ*lMBJWUyU.MJUUJU. ',>*1' jywflj msssssmm mmmmssm ?,►- •'. -. ■ PAGEFOTO- THK.DMraiCT U^^ &/ 19111 .1 ,' M\p listririt ithgtx •'.1 ' . Published,every Saturday-laorning at its^pffice, Pellafr Avenue, Fernie^By^ Subscription'.. $1.00 per year in advance". ' AiT excellent advertising medium. Largest circulation in the District. Advertising rates on application. Up-to-date"facilities for "the execution of all,.kinds of book,, job and color work. Mail orders receive special attentions Address all communications to The District Ledger. 7 .J. W. BENNETT, Editor. Telephone No. 48. Postoffice'BoxTNo. 380 SIC GLORIA TRANSIT MUNDI THERE was an election yesterday throughout the Dominion, and upon, looking out of the window the morning of the next day we observed that it had snowed. September 21st' marks the equinoctial'period.1 with its storms and gales .when the sun enters the first point of Libra, in like manner the Conservatives are to be given' control of the "Balances" in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Sir Wilfrid and his colleagues entering, into the ^scarcely refrain from* laughter at ^"intelligence(!) of the Unman animal called MAN. - During the political campaign now concluded a;pet phrase has.been selling the birthright for \ a 'messSfTpottage,;'and it'' has no doubt' Had - its; effect;--still, lVher e we -ha ve. millions of'tons of coal locked up' from /the consumers simply to uphold the Profit System. To condemn those who control '-these vast' treasures regardless of human needs is an absurdity in face of the continued support.of ,the principle which sanctions the. private ownership and control-of those commodities used by all the people. S. vereytrictures have been passed upon the Liberal government by their opponents regarding the manner in which, they.have-handled the situation, and now that they will shoi^tly- be in control' of the administrative affairs at" Ottawa they very probably will avail-themselves of the opportunity to put into operation'such methods as they deem opportune to settle this legacy that has been bequeathed to them by their predecessors. ' • CROP REROBT DO NOT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS HASTILY THE policy of this paper is to allow free discussion of subjects of public interest, but we would urge upon our correspondents to use judgment before jumping to hasty conclusions. AVe would call this to the attention of all our as penumbra of opposition after 15 years of basking j sjstant edjlorS) but particularly to those of Coleman in the sunlight of power and popularity.- A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SITUATION NOW that the smoke of the political battle has disappeared, the feverishness of the past few weeks temporarily shutting out from the mental vision the local,situation; but,once more it. bulks forth upon the horizon, with the spectre of winter in the background (no't -very - far either)'and .the question uppermost in the minds of the,people is "Where are we. going--. to -get our winter's fuel supply?" '• ', Those who did not give a rap for anybody but themselves would very .probably'retort "Let the , miners go back to work," that is as far aspthe much vaunted public sympathy.would extend in"a"great many cases . ,- .',.«'" .. - To those that give- the subject a little more than a mere -cursory.examination- we would say do yori suppose that'these men'will, not suffer equally with other people if there is.a shortage of fuel? Do you imagine that, mere perversity actuates them ? No! They have thought of their wives and families, but when conditions have reached a point no longer tolerable, a.man,would-1 be" exceedingly foolish if he did not make every'possible effort-,to "effect a change. . . ''-'>.s 7 ■ ,.,,., ^„.<. None, can. dispute the statement',..that ■ the ques- "ti orris"one~of"serio'usness~and~yet"itstyery"jBxisr tence is a sarcastic commentary upon the so-called civilization we are supposed to 'jenjoy,* " Nature has been lavish in her bounteousne'ss; the hills around us' are teeming with-"heat-;giving properties, and yet there is' a possibility, of suffering during tlie incoming, 'winter, .^VVcre'it not so,tragic one would at this time who are inclined to ascribe the writing of a certain article to one of our English speaking subscribers, whereas it was sent into us by. one whose name is by no.means of British extraction, but further details will not be given as we reserve the right of disclosing names.in accordance with the general rules of journalism. We may'add that the correspondent was simply anxious to. have "a mooted point interpreted, and we do;not think he was in the least actuated by an ulterior-motive. -IT IS MEET AND JUST .! ■ T N answering a question handed to him at the ■■' Conservative meeting last week, as to what his explanation was of.his conduct with regard to the Compensation.Act and the Krzuz Case, Mr. Ross remarked that he considered 'the fact that he was elected sufficient answer to such questions. . While some might consider this answer particularly callous, we for our part are content to consider .it,eminently "political.," '-'But it certainly must be interesting to those. gentlemen (and particularly those gentlemen "who teach- the virtue of holy charity) that they have succeeded in electing a man ■who has ^admittedly been instrumental in placing this meagre.compensation beyond the reach of foreign dependents." We will not dwell upon the eou'- "so.JationvaTd'joyirTn^ many'of ■ these poor dependents have been waiting for months hoping and. waiting for this compensation which probably will: never be theirs, such a thing does,not appeal to them. And yet these peo- will try to excuse'themselves under any cloak, aye, even the holiest—Christianity. ' ' ■ jh,omas McAllister Anderson "Our Letter Bqx" Tho Dlfltrlcl Loilucr accept*) no rospoiiHl- bllltv for tlio vlows oxnrOKHod by ttH correspondents. Communication*) will bo liiBoi'tod whathor Rlpriiod hy tlio real iiniiio. of tlio wrilororannm ilopliiuio, but tho ,writcr'n nnmo nnd mlrtiwn must bo ulvnn to tbo Editor as ovldonco of uoocl faith. In no caso, will It bo divulged without conxont. i ' Hosmer, Sept. 20,1911 To tlio Editor,, District Lodger:-— Dear Sir,—I notico a small paragraph In your last week's Lodgor ln reference to myself and Mr. Gourlay, and tho cruelty as assorted l>y a Hosmer lndy wo woro ablo to dolo out to bor, by not having tho courtesy to ramble behind a rig at tho terrific speed of about half a mllo an hour. I might sny that tho lady In question hnd plenty of chanco to glvo the driver with Iho rum iiobo n llttlo rlgh* to tho uso of tho road as woll as hornolf. An, a mntter of fact nlio was nskod by tho rum noBO driver on sovornl nticasloiis to turn on ono sldo so as lie could puss Willi his rig and hunillo of. CoiiHorvatlvIsm If hor. oyes hnd bron nn keen In showing a little ron- poet by observing tho rules of Iho road as It wns to the poor fallows noso she might hnvo boon on the snmo wheel yot ns fnr ns wo woro concornwl, If the liuly or tho llttlo boy yen oven tho horse hnd boon hurt wo would hnvo given nil tho nnslBtnneo thnt wo possibly could, but not being ox port h In Uio nrt of whool fixing wo hnd no nlior- unlive- thnn to drlvo on doing our llttlo best for tlio return of tho Consorvntlvo candidate who will undoubtedly with tho nsslstnitro of tho Hosmer Conservatives (who nro second to nono) bo returned with a triumphant nmjorlty nn the aist. Pome to the poll nnd nvnld the crush. I nm Morgnn but not J.P. TniHtlng thnt.' you will Insert this junall paragraph, I nm, youm rospoctfully, J. MORGAN liuetma Hotel, it'OHiitur, ti.O. COST REDUCED AT TRANQUILLE Tuberculoid Home Asks Public Sup- ..port.—Quarterly Heport Calls tor 8upply of 400 Tom of Coal for Winter. In Hie three months, Mayr, Juno'and July this year tho work of tho Trnn- »iul!l" Pnnltnrfnm hn<?, nceor'lftiE to report submitted to tho directorate ro- <xntly by the uccrctary, been carried on at a reduction In tout por pftUont from tM«. per dny Inst yfr«r to tl.08 por patient per day thin ywr, I>«- plte the reduction th* Institution Is l*$M In am ars for Tii»lnteu»nce. For ffw f.fir'V* monthi. turcntr patient! were dlnchancod, apparently cured, eight,.as incurable,-and thpro were seven" deaths. -In each of the three months there was an average' of GO patients in the home. ■ A- plea for moro generous' public support is made,In, the,,report. nnd„at- tehtlo'n drawn to tlio necessity for 3'BO to 400 tons of coal at $10 per ton for winter uso. Tho sanitarium at present has no funds to secure this fuel,' Furnishings for a' pnvllion'.for incipient cases of tuberculosis have been subscribed' for, by tlio Grand Lodge I. O. O. F„ members who have undertaken to provldo $1,500 worth of equipment Ah 'assistant to the medical superintendent lias been appointed without Bnlary, and tho first probation nurse has been engaged. Tho report asks that tho board determine tho rnto of pay "at length ot service for pupil nurses, so thnt othorB may bo oncour- aged to undertake tho work. All useful furniture from tho marlno hospital, now closed, has been, given to tho snnltarlum by tho department of marine nnd fisheries, Tho statistical report for tho throe months Is ns follows: "In May, (51 patients wero treated (in male, 15 femalo): seven (flvo male nnd two fomnlo) wero discharged ns appnrontly cured; ono mnle wmi discharged as Incurablo, nnd two malo patients died, leaving , M receiving treatment on Juno 1. The totnl numbor of hoBpllnl days wns 1707; of theso 091 woro HO pay pntlouts nnd 101(1 wero for .11 free patients, Tho ;nii)Oiiiit received from pntlontu In tho ' HMiiltnrltim during May wns $307,10. "In Juno 04 patlontH woro treated (HO male, 11 female); seven (five mnlo nnd two fomnlo) woro (Uncharged ns cured, six (three male nnd throe fo- mnle) ns Incurable, nnd three (mnle) died, The total numbor of hospital days wan 1510, and of Ihose (UB woro for ,')1 pny patients, 155 wero for six patients paid for by municipalities and 7-10 were'for 27 froo- pnt lout k. The amount received from pntlentH In tho Himltnrium during June was *l,iir>H,'Ju, "lu July oil patients wero irented (17 male and nine femaJo); nix (four male nnd two fomnlo) woro discharged us cured, ono male ns incurablo, nnd two mnle jmiionts dlod, The total numbor of houpltal dayn was 1510, mndo up nn follows; 01 for 21 pay patients, 127 for flvo pntlents paid for by municipalities, and G95 for 27 freo patients, Tho amount rocelved from patlcntt! In the sanitarium, during July wan t90S.30. - "Tlio iiialutciuucu uccuuuu invented to tlio finance commlttco amount to $1,062.02. NolwlbmtftndlnK that $700 wns by aiittiorlfy of tho linnrrl of dir^tom tr«n»rerr^l from building to maintenance, and *7M> wss loaned by tho Vfcforfa Anxlllnry aoot*jtj-. there lu for tho last threo month! a ahortajre of over $1,700 and payment of some of tho, accounts has to bo withhold each month until such timo as thero may be sufficient funds in the bank to meet them. For July, the milk and meat account, • $709.15 has not. yet been met. -, "Last, year th© cost por patient por day was $2.10; to date this year It ls $1.98. Every effort is being mado to reduce expenses, but it must bo remembered that our treatment largely consists, In supplying good, plain food iii largo quantity. Wo nro now over $3,000 In arrears' for our maintenance and I would ask tho board to appeal to tho public and to societies for assistance. Wo cannot curtail tbo needed supplloB to our pntlenfe, and I am sure tho public, whon thoy know the conditions, will not hosltato. to meet your roquost. "Building accounts amounted to $2,537,79. Tho work on tho construction and installation' of tho electric plant has begun, nnd will bo complot- od within tho noxt month. Tho erection of a laundry hnB'nlso been began. Furniture accounts nmount to $1,004 47 —Victoria Dally Times. OTTAWA, September 21.—A bulletin on.'iiie field 'crop's iof Canada Issued [today ^yes'rtiifeir average condition by provinces' atVthe gaiji of Augusylo-' gethe'r'withestirifetes^of the produc-' tion of Spring wheat, oats and barley at that time. The per cent condition of wheat is given as 86,80; of oats 84M4, and' of-barley 84.73, which, is about five' to seven per cent higher than last year," and nearly the same as two years ago.' The other crops range in condition from 80 to 86"per cent and are generally-somewhat' lower than in 1909 and 1910. The rains of August hindered the ripening- of grain andsome. injury- was caused by hail storms, low temperature and rust.' Towards the end of the month frosts prevailed in many sections of the North-West provinces,- the full extent Qf which could not be determined' at the date of the-' reports, but ia the case of.wheat, oats and barley-production was lowered' by probably 12 per cent, which, has-been followed in the table.' In the' older provinces tlie grains ripened earlier 'and little, danv age was. sustained- excepting from drouth'in some localities, and the reported condition was 75 or over. ; The' average yield of spring wheat is estimated : at 19.14 bushels ' per - acre for the Dominion, which Is seven bushels more than last year; and the total yield at 186,928,000 bushels. The fall wheat was reported last month "at 17,706,000 bushels, being grown.', almost wholly in Ontario and Alberta The total yield- of wheat for the coun try is therefore estimated tb b© 204,- 634,000 bushels or-81,849 bushels more than last year at the same1 date, The average per acre "is 19.50 bushels, or 6.30 bushels" per acre1 more than last year. > For- the Dominion the yield of oata is given as 368,153,000 bushels,, which is 84,906,000 bushels more than, last year's estimate at th© same date, and theaverage at 35:81 bushele per'a'cre, being more than last year by 7.10 bushels. The average for barley is1 also higher than last year by-7.31 bushels, and th© total yield is estimated at 51,- 559,000 bushels' as' against 39,388,000 bushels for last'year. The estimated yield of spring wheat for Manitoba, - Saskatchewan and Alberta this year is 181,535,000 bushels, of fall wheat 3,193,000' bushels, of'oats 204,758,000 bushehv and of barley 30,- 205,000 bushels, as compared with 98,- 808,000 bushels'spring-wheat, 1,082,- 000 bushels faU'wheat, 92,201,000 bushels oats and'14J723.000'bushels barley in the previous year. "•, ■ ; In "'Prince iid'-w'ard' Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick the esti- 'mat^^>ieId*of^rirrgJwKeat~is~l7453'?' 000 bushels, of oats, 16,699,000' bushels, arid of barley 427,000 bushels; in Quebec 1,777,000 bushels spring wheat, 44,619,000 • bushels bats and 2,389,000 bushels barley ;'vJtnd In Ontario 2,163,- 000 bushels'^sprftig' wheat,. 14,513,000 bushels fall'wheat/'102,077,000 bushels oats and 18,528,000 bushels barley. ■ The final > estimates of last year printed in the December Monthly gave the production for the whole country as 16,610,000 bushels fall whoat, 133,- 379,600 • bushels-spring' wheat,323,449,- 000 bushels oatB'and'45,147,600 bUBhels barley. ' ■ '»■■ al -.:a • The October' number: of- tho Census Monthly will give • the • statistics of the areas of field crops of tho Dominion, this year as taken by tho census of tho first of- Juno. , (Deceased) ... Any one po;ssessing7knowIedge of the" antecedents of Thoma"B "McAllister An- edrson.-.who'was killed at Laurie, near Revelstoke, Aug. 29tbpi911, by fall of rock; and believed tb have worked In Fernie for over a-year, Is-hereby requested to notify THOS. UPHILL, P. O. 361, Fernie B. C \ ' . Other papers please copy. Waldorf Hotel c Mrs. S. Jennings, Proprietress' "HUMAN HEART8." Facts nro stronger thnn fiction. All plnys depend moro"or loss on fncta for their plots, Of course, nt times, authors nro prono to carry tho limits of dramatic IIcojiho nlmoBt to tho point where tho rcnlltloH of tholr plot, sub- morgo lu tho figments of tholr nil too vivid Imaginations, "Human IIonrtB" Is a notiiblo oxcop- tion nm! fully lllustrntoB how much In- loroBtlnjr drnmntlc mntorlnl mny bo gathered by tbo author bused on tho actual hnpponliiRB of life. Tho story of "Human Hearts" Is almost true In ovory detail. Tho Incidents that form tho plot nro woll known, and still food for gossip In tlio community whoro they happened. Tho author of tlio nlnv inn-t the nrlrlnnl Torn Top-on Bovornl yonrH ngo, nnd honrrt tho story from his own Hpb, liocomlng doopiiy liitorodtod, ho journoyod to tho homo of Torn Logan, wlioro ho mot moil of tho other ohiirnctors who round out tho cant of his play, and tho renult hn« been n play that liftH lmd a vivid In- torcnt for mor<> lovers of all that Is good nnd true In melodrama, than any o'hor drnmatle rompoain.vi of tlio .'ait deiudo. "Human Hearts" will bo on at tho Grand to-night (Friday). CROW'S NEST, B. C. Everyone Is glvon'a Hearty welcome to attend tho services of the Presbyterian Church, hold ovory two weeks, at 8 p.m., also to tho Adult-Bible Class which meets the sbcond and InBt Tups- day of each month at 8 p.m. Rates $1.50 and up Hot and. Cold Water' Electric Lighted , Steam Heated. 'Phone in every room. Sample Rooms on Main Business Street. Meal tickets, $6.00 Special Rates by the week and the month and to Theatrical par- tiee. Try our Special Sunday Dinner 50c The finest of, Wines, -Liquors and Cigars served by competent and obliging. wine-clerks. Joe Falvo Shoemaker General Bepairer y New Work . warranted V : Carosella's Store Second Hand Furniture Store VICTORIA AVENUE N.. Highest Prices Paid For Secondhand Furniture, Stoves, Tools, etc., also Ladles' and Gentlemen's Cast-off Clothes. Two-chair Barber Outfit for 8ale, ,, G. RADLAND, Prop. SOME DODV IS "BARKING UP THE WRONG TR£E,» Owlnc to tho circulating of the report In Colomnn regardlm* tho Identity of tho writer of tho article signed "Timbw Wolf,** m wish te state positively that (t wait NOT Hoiuy Jau** of tho City of ColMnnn. .... DAVID BHATT8TR0M, the well-known player with the "Yon Yonion" Company at the Opera House, Saturday Evening next, September 83rd. Mount Royal College CALGARY, ., ALBERTA Claiiet Open Sopt. 1911 '■''""i-y-ii'-mUr una l>»rUeu!«f« will* O. W, KWilliY, lt,A.. I'rlnelpH, Govcrnmont charier. Irtonl location, fluff of hlBhMt upliolarshlp and experl- «ne>. unrmltorlftn .clan* rooms and tllnlnti hull «ijuli»i>i-il iinil turnUluitl tlio vary voti, New building, Cour«* of fttudr Preparatory, . Te«eh«r«, .TJn!ver*lty Matriculation. Hoyal Military College, Civil Service two years undor-graduat* «ror,K, Type* Consorvaiory of w„„_, .....— rltlnir, _ ..._,_., Music Manual and Technical Training-. Household Htlrnre and Art. i'hyaleai Culture „and Rxpresilon, Plna Arts, ij»ilU»' CoU»»g» Coutk*. titiMdn Course (or boys. OF CGMMEROEyr J,-'-.«»'rt ;-%.- -* *> «' : SIR^EDMUND VyALlCER,,C.V.O^ IJ^D., D.GLvPmaiDENT .. ."■*iA. ALEXANDER 'UURb;? General ^Manager >i" CAPITAL, - $10,000,000, stormy Paaamk Perfia Peru Siberia - Soudan South Afika .Spain ____ REST,- $8,000,000 DRAFTS "bN:FdREiGN:COUNTRIES Evety branch of Tha Canadian Bank of Commerce is; equipped to issue drafts oa the principal cities in the following coontries without delay: - "' Africa Crete - Griea «" Ne» Zaltmi AraWa- . Cnbn " , Hollawl *-» Arfoitine Republic Denmark Icclaad ■,'■- ' Auatralia - .... Egypt India Austria-Hu&cary Faroe Iilaada Irdaad ; Belgium - Finland -.- ", - Italy - , Brazil. ■ Fnrmoaa Japaa Bulgaria France Jara -Ceylm ' Ffch Cochin China Malta • i Chili ' Germany, , Manchurfa, " China Great Britain -' . Mexico . The amount of these drafts is stated in the aaooer cf the country where they are payable ; that is they are drawn in sterling, francs, marka, lire, kronen, florins, yen, - tacts, roubles, etc, as the case may be. This ensures that the payee abroad will receive the actual amount intended. . 7. * ,- A23S ipaii trai Strait* Settlements PhBippSne Maada Sweden Portugal . < Switzerland -> Roumaaia ',, Turkey - Ruaota > • ■ ' United States Serria ■ » , -■ Uruguay , Siaa - "■ Wot Indie*, tte. FERNIE BRANCH L. A. S. DACK, Manager. I 9 STOVES! STOVES! Airtights, Coal Burners, Coal or Wood Burners, and Wood'Burners Ranges and Cook Stoves J. M. AGNEW & CO., ELKO IF YOU WANTTHE BEST ";' And Nothing but the Beet in Fresh ' and , Smoked Meats, Fresh and Smoked Fish, Dairy Produce, Poultry , Etc. Etc., go to '» r THE 41 MARKET CO. SAM.GRAHAM, Manager PHONE 41 C.E. LYONS nsu^ance. boans Money to Lpan on first class Biisi- ; ;nes^'dn'd!.Itesidentiarpro^^y^.' Food Choppers that don't chew "THE "Universal" Food Chopper chops alf kinds of food, whether meat or vegetables— many sizes 90c to $3.50 J. D. Quail ^Sm raw or cooked , —as coarse, i. or fine as ■ .<• 1 rjv wanted— I Wl rapidly v&k)' and Does £ i xTV, easily. away W entirely A\ £1l. with the ^*« ^B^llSlEw drudgery of the 1 llf T ^^JaSfc*****^ chopping knife and bowl. %,v«»^m "**< #,» Buy the genuine "Universal." GET ONE G. N. R. Close connection at Rex ford with mainline Trains for Eastern points. Great Northern Trains and those of connection latest steel creations of car builder's art Lake route from Duluth or Chicago via exclusively passenger steamships Free side Trip to Niagara on Eastern Tickets J. S. THOMPSON, Agent, Fernie Phone No, 161 p. O. Box 305 Special Saturday rate Pernie to Elko, BSc, good Tetnrnlnjf Monday Ledger Ads Bring Results THE DIBTRIOT LIDGEE, FEENIE. B. C„ SEPTEMBER 23,1911. PAGE FIVE tJ>»¥¥m¥»V.tfW¥¥¥¥W¥mVfo^ K*tf»**»¥»¥¥¥¥.¥¥¥¥¥¥¥- f.77'i ''- y.i ■ v ' .'* ; 7iy > *y *->.•-,■-' *".''■•" . " ■ •' . ..;•■•■ , -■•-•-■. , : . ■ ""' ■ ' y M* ************ »»ft»» **•****¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥,* ¥¥»»*»¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥» ■ * 7-x ■« ■< ■ t ■c ■t 'C ■t ■c •f *YVV¥V¥¥,¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥»* fLjf^uy^»:fr*»»¥»»¥¥-* ¥¥* »»»J<mAM^»¥-¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ »¥^¥¥*»¥>»¥-»^HMMMMr^»¥**^MHW»¥-*» »»»»»»»»»» ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥?¥¥» COAL CREEK BY ,74 Z rv The Dominion Election passed off up here very auletly. Mr. Harry Miard ■ acted as Deputy Returning Officer and John.. Caufleld • acted as Poll Clerk. The number of voteB recorded was 132 as follows: King ...;...... ........ 86 Goodeve ..,.,.... 36 "Spoiled,; 10 ...-.- . - - , i1?2.. Mrs. John Wylie, of Hosmer, accompanied by her two children, visited Mr and Mrs. Adam Watson this" week. >- There has been lots of smoke around during the past weeki as the samples -of clothing of Dame Nicotine,were .;qulte liberally distributed and greatly '.enjoyed.;bs"an agreeable' change from Shag or Macdonald's. It's all over •'now! ■„...».-.■ y, Joint - services .will, be - held. In, the PreBbyterian_Church on Sunday, evening. Sept.~;'24thj as'farewell" to Rev. PercyvConnell. .., Service, .to commence • at"7.30 p.m.' "" ,"" " ' " * 7, Rally„.day. in.the,Methodist Sunday School-.>:the'',afternoon:;at'''2.30.- Parents invited. " Miss Ethel Lanfear has gone ' to spend a few weeks 'on the-franch ' at 'Gateway, Montana. , ;„\\\'.\' \.i. , V. William Mazey,' William .Weshedge and Robt. Doodson. were down at '.Frank last week taking In the Alberta Mine Bosses Examination. . winter" will he upon, us in all probability.; ■■■■ 7 ""' - 7 ., '7 \ ' ; James Sharp/lately fire boss here, has gone to Corbin, where he is working in the place of one of the officials who recently quit there. ..." Dirt must be cheap, in Corbin .now. Thomas Parsons, better known as T. P., whilst giving the boys In Coleman a little vocal treat by!singing "Put. Yourself In G-illigan's Place," was interrupted in the. middle of his song, by, one of those, two-bit a day men and landed in Gilli'gan's place. " Mrs. W.' Carr, of Coleman'; is down here. on. a.visit. ■ \^> H K . Messrs Richard and Harry Eccleston returned Wednesday morning from the States. We are glad to see-Dick Jones back again and note with pleasure the Improvement in his health. . Hope it keeps up; Dick. s Mr. Dave Martin left Saturday last for his homo In Parton,'Cumberland, England." Ho only Intends making a short stay there,, then he will leave for South Africa. ,^. ' . "J. "" On Saturday last"1 the "Michel" football team played - Bellevue in the final' for the Mutz Cup at Coleman. The. boys certalhlyvdeserved'a"win on the'day's form, but the referee did not think! so by the way'he, treated them: ■, >It was. the bplniWof every sportsman'on the ground that Michel did not only have Bellevue to. play against, hut also the 'referee:' After ninety minutes play the game ended in a'draw of one goal each. Extra time was played7In which 'Bellevue got the lead. The goal was' a gift to them. ' The referee had blown his whistle for off-sides, and Tommy Glover has„excelled himself. tbe Michel defenders had stopped |>' above all: the. hunters up, ■ here so far this season. He managed to bag a deer and a. goat his first trip, and " then, went- off again, and-returned last week-end with the hide of a fine black bear,' which has been greatly coveted by all who have seen it. He has shot , them all about fifteen miles from Elko. A "hard-times'ysmoker,.was given in the Club Hall last Saturday-evening. rr ..The necessary refreshments were J given by the Board of Management, v ■ Mutz..Brewery. ,T..W. Company, and ft he. Co-operative Society.- A gopd,.pro: ' gramme' of singing was given by the 7 ,' members. As a surprise a box of ap:. :—"rplesr* grown— at-Creston^'^asfsent:— up ' by Joe Grafton to show-what/can he • grown in B. C, , These;were greatly . appreciated'by those who were'lucky enough to'get one.'^ {■, .'.'."• ... « ' W. R., Piickey was appointed chairman ; for the evening, and,, commenced the . ' harmony by slrigin'g WeYe jflWaway ■ ;,from Home; . ,J.. Cr,one, Aj>attern to the World; R...Blllsborough, Cheer.up, .Old Sport. A.„HolmeB„.Put(,Me Among the Girls; T., Hutchinson, A Picture No Artist Can Paint; W.Corlett, Imitations of a Gramaphono,; iB.-TDrew, The Regular Lambeth Walk; W. R. Puolicy, I'd Like to,Have a Little Bit lilore; encore, I Put. on My Coat and Went Home; W. Blrkett, When tho Ebb Tide Flows';'R. Blllsborough, Tho .Old Man's Moke; encore, Turn Ovor , a Loaf; J. Crone,'My Old Kentucky , Homo; G. Knox, Darling I Am Growing Old; J. Davison, pianoforte, Ship 1 Ahoy; encore, La, La,-La; D. Mnrkland Love's Bondage; ©ncoro, Maid of, Athens Ero Wo Part; J. Hewitt, What n Mouth; encore, Oysters and Clams; ,W. Corlett, Harmonic selection (encore); T. Broadhurst, ■ Our Company; encore, Thoy Can't Keep the Working ■Man Down; Jos. Hewitt, Drinking, Drlnltliiff. encore, Sailor, Bowaro; W. R. Puoltey, Pat and tho Oysters; G. Knox, Tho Red Flag. Mr, .T, Davison was accompanist - throughout tho ovoning. At tho dono .tho boys all stood'and .sung, "God Savo tlio King."' ' , Mrs. A. W. Courtney and family loft hero on Wednesday morning for Prlnco Ion, B. C„ where thoy will make their new homo. ' Old Jfick IVrbucklo waB tnkon'to tho hosnlinl nt Fornlo en Thursday niter being lnld up at Homo for a wook, Is In a hnd stale, Buffering. from lung trouble, Visitors coming to Conl Crook aro . roquofllod not lo montlon footbnll to Bomo pnrllos up horo, It Is had on- odrIi to ho dofoatod, but to ho annihilated by 0 to nil Woll, woll! playing when .ono,of the^Bellevue for- v.-aids rushed up and put the ball into the net., - The . referee, after this, changed'hib.decislpn'andgave ti goal. Final score—'Bellevue, 2 goals; Michel, i. - ■■■-.-' 7'7- y-*= Bellevue plays.Michel in the final for the'Crahan Cup at'Coleman, which is expected to take place on the 30th September, AN ANALYSIS OF THE CROWDS/NEST DISPUTE Impartial Review. !>' ♦ MICHEL NEWS ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦♦♦«»►♦♦♦*'*♦<■• Tho vomalnder ot, Iho nonroh party who wont out to look for John TTulton, who wns lofit on Woaadoll Crook, Bomo olvrv.flvn TTitlnn tip'Mirf F.llr TMvW Vnl- lov, returned to enmn Tuesday iilRht without nny hucc«bh. It npprnirfl to ho tho opinion of most ot thoso who took pnrt ln tho search thnt tho poor follow mot with an nocldont In tho Inrro trnrf of Mmh<vr that lavs bet- woon IlloflHdoll Creek anil tho Bile nivor, !1 If this tn tho caso tlio only way In which a HVHtomntio noarcli could ho mndo would ho to havo from ono hundred to ono hundred nnd fifty won over tho ground At say, ton foot apart, With this amount of mon a lot of ground coiM bo covorod and a thorough search mado. * At a time llko this, whon no ono (■ worklnjr, surely Iota of-men could bo round who would willingly bIvo, tholr assistance froo for such a cauio, and If anylhlttK (a to bo dono Um» aoonw tlie bottar, for In Another m6ntb tho "~The*~statement~ on the-"Deadlock" appearing in our last issue, though in a measure true, is in, another sense misleading. To afford our readers an opportunity.to Judgefor themselves we have invited F. C. Gessler to .submit a lucid, statement, of .the dispute for publication. That Mr.' Gessler is qualified there can-be no.doubt as-he has. been for many years'.connected with the coal regions of, western1 Canada and the United States. . , ; , "Much has been .written and pub- llshed'ln thohewspapera'-of the Boundary relative to the affected Crow's Nest Pass coal region, which has assumed the, phase of a deadlock between tho coal companies and the mine; workers, since the first of last April, completely paralysing .that Industry and directly affecting many other Important enterprises, Many anomalous statements relative to tho controversy have been made, somo of which wero either contradictory, or Intentionally misleading. It Ib with the intention of correcting those inaccuracies that this artlclo'ls wrltton. "Tho writer has no Intention to do an injustice, or to place tho blame for( tho' state of affairs,. unless tho factB themselves point to guilt. In I that case If any of tho parties aro at fault tho roador should Judgo who Is to bo blamed. - Thoro la a bono of contention to bo pickod, Wo havo boon load to bollovo thnt It Is tho "closed shop," Inaccurately cnllcd tho "chock-off." Dr. Gordon, chairman of tho Into conciliation board, in his report to tho Dopnrtmont of Lnbor, disposed of tho chock-off In the following manner: . "This plan, ho Bald, In nubatnnco, Booms lo bo pecullnr to tho coal mining IndUBtry; It has found n placo in practically all tho cotil iIIhU'IcIb In tlio Unltoil States where tho United Mlno Workors nro In existence, It Ib ro cognized In tho Btatutos of Alberta, and had boon. In operation In all tho mlnos ronroRdiitod In tho Western Coal Operators* Association. Why thon should tlio chock off cliuiflo becomo tho bote nolr of every conference? A certain vnrloty of check-off clniiBo tho operators will accept, grudgingly perhaps, but a pnrtlculnr form of chnck-off tho- operators resolutely ro- Joot—nnd why? Bocnimo ln this particular form of check-off cImibo, both thn imlnfl rmrt npnvntrtrn 'hnUnvrV' thoy «en the door closing. At every conference both pnrtlofl havo tholr oyd« upon tho door; but, lot It movo ever so llttlo, opon or nIiuI, nnd tho guns nro out. Thin In tho fnco of tho ox- trnnnllnnrv fact thnt. tbo union frankly nnd fully concodoo tho opon nhop, nnd tho no Iobb oxtrnordlnnry fact thnt tho It is certain that up. to this date there has been no offer-coming from the operators granting "a certain variety of check-off clause." ,_. But is this the real bone of contention. To hang an- argument on to the check-off, mak-: ing it appear as a means' for the closed shop, or in fact most. "anything along that line in the hope that'the people of western Canada would stand back and permit their squabble to go until one sidevor the other was exhausted. This must be the case, for an analysis of-', the wage scale would not win for the employers of labor any consideration' if it were in the hands of the entire citizenship,, hence, I .venture the statement that the check-off clause is only a subterfuge to keep the unacquainted from really knowing where the differences He.' The onus of blame must attach itself to one side or the other. Obstructive tactics per: meated the entire Calgary conference, and no progress beyond the check-off was made; the question of a new wage schedule was not reached during all their. deliberations. No offerings of an increase for day laborers, nor a reduction in the price of pillar' mining was seriously or,at any length discussed; it at.all.' but after.the mines closed down, on April 1st. an offer of 5.55 per cent increase was made to those employees working for day wages. This would seen at first glance a willingness on "the. part of theoeprators to concede something to prevent a prolonged suspension of mining operation. This fact was given the widest publicity in all the newspapers, yet there was a good reason why "it was rejected. These seemingly "generous employers asked a reduction on the contract min- ing'rate for pillar'coal. (This advance of 5.55'per-cent offered had been secured by the American miners and la- borers in .Montana and Washington during the last four years). The amount of reduction asked for on pillars was not stated at the time; nor did the miners have any. idea how much would be demanded of them if the few day men were increased, until Mr. McLeod, who represented the, operators' on the conciliation board, in his appended report stated it to be twelve cents per ton. ' ,. ' c - > - A liberal estimate of the number of day wage menj employed in the Grow-'s-Ne3t-mines-would-be-about-20 per cent of the total men employed. The0wages they receive range from J2.50 to $2.75 per.day, and for the purpose of arriving-at average wage it would be, less than $2.62%. I do, not mention, the'jnjari receding, $3.00(,per day, for in°all caseslhe-is aTminer work Ing a, deficient, place.' Say, for instance, and for the purpose of illustration, V mine-employed 500.men in total 'underground,' one "hundred of them'would he day laborers, coming under the day wage scale. The average wage being $2.62% and thoy received 5.55 per cent Increase, which amounts to 14% cents per day and bringing the average wage tb $2.77 per day. The total Increase for the 100 mon would bo $14.50 por day. Now let us look Into tho reduction asked for on pillar mining, or pillar differential if you please, presuming that 60 per cent of the miners aro drawing pillars, which is the case. In many Instances, and a fair division of tho men working in rooms, gangways and pillars in many of tho mines In this region, where room and ontrymen tako out from ton to fifteen por cent of tho entire conl area and tho remaining coal being In, the shape of pillars for extraction and coming under tho differential clause, that each pillar miner mined eight tonn of coal at 50 conts por ton, and ho under tho proposed pillar differential was compelled lo glvo a reduction of twelve cents per ton, ho would bo reduced 00 cents per day, and for tho 240 pillar minors in this mlno employing 500 men thero would ho a dally reduction of $220.00, For a working year of 250 dnys, which Ib somewhat hotter than tho average work year In tho Crow region, 'tills company would pny nn ndvnnco to tho day men amounting lo $3,052 nnd would In turn pny tho pillar minora a loHfl nmoiint of $57,400.00. If tho rond- or wIbIiob ho mny flgiiro out what tho profit to tho conipanloB would ho If this trado wont through, conHldorlng thoro nro ovor 15,000 mon employed In tho district. It, might bo nHkoil hy a orltlcnl filond why wns not tho Gordon report, accepted by tho minors? Up to thin tlmo thoro has boon no official recognition glvon It, hy the Western Conl OporatorB' Association, nnd bo long iih It stands unrecognized thoro ennho no ground for argument. Thora LABOR'S DEMANDS OF t ,v THE RAIL-ROADS When 20,000,000 people of the Unit- ed.States can be made to suffer directly, or .indirectly in the suspension of operations on a - single big railway system, due to strikes, some observers think.it isabout, time for the people to. step in-and adjust the .differ-' ences between labor and capital. An effect thus.far-reaching it is reckoned, would follow, a tie-up of tbe Har- riman line—the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific; ;and in anticipation of such an event the Chicago Record- Herald declares that the„"third,iparty" —the public—must inevitably impose compulsory arbitration, for "the country will -not submit to dislocation! waste, paralysis,, in silence .and resignation.' - Comment of this nature grows out of a demand bn the; Harfiman railways and the Illinois Central for the recognition of a federation of allied crafts, and the following propositions which, if granted, the ■ railroad officials declare would virtually put the railroads in the hands of the workmen. The demands of the men are thus summarized: - 1. ■ The rule of the closed shop with allowance of thirty days, during which employees,-old and new, may. "qualify" .themselves for service by joining a union. • •. 2._ An eight-hour day Instead of a nine-hour day.. ' ' 3.Flat wage increase of seven cents an hour. . , 4. Equal representation on board of directors of the,company, hospitals, which are partly supported by employees who have no voice in their conduct. 5.' Free keeping of a patient in hospital as long as patients demand it, sanctioned by,their, association. 6. Conferences, to be granted after thirty days' notice of desire to change contract is submitted. 8. All time work other than bulletined to be [considered overtime. • 9. Allowance for expenses while on traveling work to:be raised from one' dollar..to, one ,dollar,, and fifty cents per day. -"' ...;;i, -rih. - .. ,10.. Capacity . shall be determined within thirty days; after that no man shall bellischarged, on grounds of incompetency. ■ 11. No physical examination or personal .record.. .,,,:;,,.. 12. ^Grievances to be handled by Shop ?Employees',' Federation. 13.;'Light.",work.■,t0^r. old employees unable .to. do heavyrwork, without reduction in pay. • v 14. - Seniority., to govern promotion to foremanship. ■ < , All of which causes President C. H. Markhani, of the Illinois Central, to grasp,' and Vice-President JuIIub Krut- ,tschmltt,;of the. Haurlman Interests, to throw up hla hands and exclaim- that his pay-roll would be Increased $7|000,- 000-a year. The-latter la quoted as having said: '.'Under tho changes proposed by the federated employees and opposed by tho companios, an Issue raised on a small road In the.system ln Louisiana or Texas might stop all shop work throughout the system by requiring members to strike ln distant California or Washington or Nebraska, To settle tho quostlon tho company Involved might hnvo to moot a committee representing all of Its crafts men, which committee would owo allo- glanco to tho General Committee com-, posod of all craftsmen of all lines of tho Harrlman Hystem, "Such ah' nrrnngomont would mean chaofl, would abridge or doprlvo tho corporations of ability to fulfil their duties Imposed upon them hy tho law, and officers deliberately so betraying thfl'r trusts would bo justly condemned by public opinion. "Those are tho reasons why wo de- llno to Burroiulor to Irreaponnlblo commit toos of fodorntod employees ropro- BPntlng a vory nmnll portion of tho public truatfl confided to us hy tho entire public, and why wo will not concede to Bitch commlttoo the right to dlclnto whether our compntilos nlmll or nlmll not fulfil for twenty mlllloufl of. pooplo In sovontoon "Stiitou of the Union tho duties cloarly proscribed by law," 'Yen, oohoos Iho Now York Call, n lnhor organ, "tho good old railroading Idea of ,'tho- public ho damned' bus given way to Iho modornto and effective Idea" that tho public can ho iuUIk- od as n buffer, "for hy thlfl m^nns It can ho damned much moro'offonr.'vtily.' All -the (•opnrtmontH of tho Harrlinnu i \ I rn<v1« V.vp hnt\}} "f/MlnvnW," onvivl U no logiil process hy which the I»-|Th0 or.ll: and tho writer nave, of rail- piirtiuuut of Ubor «»n onforco <"«|,,(m(1 mnRnnioH m genornl! findings of tho boards; and woll thoro , „Thoy nro b||torly opp0D0(] t0 ll(lV, operators concodo to tho union ^ho right to bxlBt'und develop Itself nniong their omployooB, ThtiB tho union, pro- foBslnjE tho policy of tho open door, K*nlly procwids lo clone It, a UUlu and nro Biirprlam! and grloved to find behind tho door tho wholo body o! operators shoving au for dear life. Tho entlro Calgary conference appears to ho a caso of nhovlng at, that door, llko two Rugby football squndB, each trying to carry a goal. Was this oLuttucttou,'putpoauly carried ou by the op«rators? Bhould In> In this instance, for a careful niinlysln of tho flndliip would show tho minors wore In for n, sorlnun ibdiii-.iioii. 'kins report inriHiH n reduction on tho pillar mining rnto Into tho mlnOB of tho Crow's Nest Co., who, horotoforo, hnvo nnkod no reduction from tholr omployoes, besides, tho pliy* nlcnl conditions of tho mlnen nro hiicIi that thbwt'mlnnni employed on plllin' work would havo but nmnll chnncon to onrn n livelihood, Tho favored merchants in thoso coal pnny «tor«a aro operated under nom camps, and In some liistnnc-M coin- do guerrea, havo chonen to oxtend tho be abolished. But the railroad magnates would not abolish it; ' They foster.- it and they foment strife among the workers. ■ Through the insane methods used in production more than half of the working energy of thehu^ man race is disgracefully wasted. So a good beginning • in the elimination of waste would be made if the workers on the Harriman lines decided to doi.A away with the waste incident to having many disconnected small unions. "It may strike terror to the hearts of their employers, but it will vastly increase the strength of the men themselves, and there are none who more keenly understand this than the-employers. Neither need the men nor the public fear the control of the roads by those who operate them. • Only by such control can 'Old Man Public* ever come into his own." . Responsibility for whatever,the people may lose in the grind between the "upper and nether millstones" of la. bor and capital is put upon the Harri man officials by the Philadelphia Record, for it says that it may be well under the circumstances for Vice-President Krutttschnitt and the directors to "consider that the public Interest in -this controversy is much greater than their own"; and the Los Angeles Express reminds this system of railroads that in years gone by it, did not recognize unions, and hints that the workmen may expect still greater concessions. , , • Leading off^ its issue of September 1, the,Railway World (Philadelphia) quotes at length an editorial from tlie Commercial and Financial Chronicle (New YorTc), which makes this point for the railroads: "While nobody wants the roads starved, the process of denying them financial sustenance goes on just the same. A press dispatch from Chicago several weeks ago quoted some unnamed person high in the councils of the American Federation of .Labor as summing up the situation "thus: ."'The railroads are sore, and justly so at the manner they were tricked into granting wage advances last year under promise of increased rates, when, as a matter of fact, they have had noth:' ing but decreased „ rates ever since. It is patent to every well-posted'rail; joad,man.,that_either:rates.must.go-up or wages must come down. So-called scientific management, and efficiency can not overcome the steadily decreasing- margin of profit that, the roads are able lo make under present conditions.'.", . The labor official quoted above -states the situation fairly,' asserts The Chronicle, but he becomes inconsistent when he asserts that the Federa- tionlst's "will resist any attempt to lower their wages, either by direct cut or by sweating under the guise of scientific management." , Other editors have been quick to point out the dangers through which . .ngland has passed, and to, sound notes of warding In the present crisis. The English strikers had justification In that man yof them wero making hardly a living wage, comments the Providence Journal, "but no such excuse would apply In' this country." And tho Now York Evening Post. Is quite as certain that tho employers should have known that tholr demands could not bo grontod. In fact, othe.' papers contend, the'companies themselves ■ aro "between Satan and the deep blue sea"—with Fodoral regulations ns a heritage of the Roosevelt nnd Tnft Administrations, nnd poor trado condltlonn and tho former evictions of employees on tho debit sldo of tho lodged—nnd nro strictly "up apnlrist It,'" Eighty-two thounnnd men lnld off recently by rallroadB wh'.cn hnvo adopted policlos of retrench ment are' rauto ovldonco of tho situation, nny rertnln offMaln: but the labor npoBtleH claim this action Ib merely a clonk behind which ulterior motlvoH rennso. ,, Tn vlow of tho disturbance, thnt lnbor In capable of rrontlng In the financial world, Iho Now York Journal of. Commorco bukkohIh Hint "In tho regulation of IntorHlnto commorco thoro Hliouhl ho Homo effective monnn of regulating tlm (IohIkiih nnd the conduct of lnbor ns woll nfl cnpltnl," and continuing nlong HiIh lino tho riillmlolphln Public Lodger nnyH: "Whon the country Ib limiting that combination nnd cn-opornllou among Uic rnllronds nnd mnnufncttirern nlmll Im controlled nnd rngulntod In tlio public Intercut, It Ir rqu'nlly ronnnnnblo to ItiRliit that combination nniong the workorn Bhnll not bo pnrmlMod to he employed ngolnflt the general IntorofllB ii HiM 1/u auillilli;il UiiU l.'OlllliliOHH .iri !T"ppr1;t thr- two tornm f.f i (<:i.)-Uiii- llrmii nro not. ofjunl, hut the very clr- rmnsliinroK of conflict under whlrh Hie labor enmhlnnllonn hnvo grown have tended toward tho employment, i^r '.!,-!." !;.-r..'v.-'o:; ;:ov.\r.; ,\>; y;;;^..-.\^ tl:nl aro Boinollmos neither ronHonnhlo nor for tho general welfare.—-Literary nigr-nt. ♦ Fernie Dairy t FllESH MILK delivered to all parts of the town Sanders & Verhaest Brothers. Proprietors srs. * KING'S HOTEL Bar supplied with the best Wines, Liquors and Cigars, « DINING ROOM IN CONNECTION W.MILLS, Prop CLUB Cigar Store W. A. INGRAM Coleman Hotel Wholesale and Retail Tobacconist Barber Shop . Baths Shoe Shine , Bowling Alleys . Billiards and Pool Coffee and Sandwich Counter Hazelwood Buttermilk Victoria Avenue FERNIE, B.C. Phone 34 G E R • J SI N E W I N G MACHINE WM. BARTON Arrant Fertile Branch Pell at t Ave. North *¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥*¥¥¥¥¥¥*¥¥¥* Fire is Often Caused negligence. And who is there that is not negligent at times? Would you havo the work of a lifetime lost in a few minutes. Why Not Insure and then tbe loss of your treasures Is made good as far as money Is able to replace a loss. Inquire of us for terms. M. A, KASTNER Insurance Real Estate Ledger Ads Pay Printer's ink When used on good preuei ond neatly displayed type for your stationery is valuable, We have ' evi-rj fa< ility lor Joints llie l>'Mt of job wotlc and nt a minimum \\w- eber s STORES cost of living to such tin «l*nt thtit ^n,^ thore i,,MBt bo Industrial war A poor dovll worklnjr tor *Mv*n 'oh (Continued on page 10 Im; thnt unionism of a typo that will rIvo the workers the best romilts. As Innc tin they enn Vrep tho men npnrt, Hplit thoni ui> Into itntiiftonlBtlc groups, and scatter the weeds of enmity amoiiK thorn capltnllHin Ib nafo, "In making IiIh Htnlomont KruttHch- nltt polnled oiit the result of mich a federation of all tho workors In ..tlio railroad lndii.si.ry, won on tho Hn,rrl- mnn llfi«» Tt would 'nlAPO thftni In !«'""' <l'«f»twi, i'mi ihiit i» t>v ronmilutiotml rnm-i'lli'ii, man lilies, u wumil Pima liumi ■» I |i,.,fi,i-M la i-*iiwhI Ii^ nn Ifill-iItiMl nuiillllf.i (if tlm nliunlnlo control.' murium llnlnv fit tlm IvuiUicWan 'lulu', tohrii tlii> lillHuiiiiu tutu- M liilbrurtl J'uil lutt'ti ll ruiillilliill noiinii or Uif tK-rtt'f-i lii-nrmv, «ml »,li<-n tt lit mUnly tliwi-il, Itraf- nits U tlin rrmilt, ainl \\u\nt tin- Inflammation run lx> iflltn out tnii tliia mim ruiurnl In IM bornul fundi- tlm, licuin* will I* iIi-kIpij'ii! forever: nlrw rewi 1,-n of m pint fflti*i| liy cutirrli, yhith t* imiliiin but «ti InfliniM fonitltlw nl ih» mui-out rwtmre*. U« »HI irlvp Of,* Itu.-idrM l*it»r« tor any rt— i>( !)•»( ,<■,« ir«u*-,l by nurrM Out faitmi. Ik- cioitl by ll.jll'i l'«l»rrli Cwr. t^"rt lor /-Iri-iiliw. Ir>*. V. i. CIIL.NI.V * UJ„ tMKlu, 0 C „',t tiy |ir<|iri-l«t«, Vr. 'U>< If <n • r»m.ly imi* for «-omtlp«tian. Deafness Cannot Be Cured l.v |..(A h|Iillc.-ill'if„i, M tl.f'/ Cfti,i.<it irucli U.v (11* uti-il imrlliiii nl tlm cur. .'Hx-m In only mt Hny to "That In tho very thing for which the men should tfiWf, It Is Iho thlnn toward which every hattlo of1 labor Is' Inovltnbly tending, nnd until It In faro. As Industrial warfare is riwxl- dess, wasteful, and merclloss, It must New Michel & Blairmore .;-•■?• V,-*''; :-.'•? PAGE SIX THB DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, SEPTEMBER, 23, 1911. kkkkkkkkkkkk*k+k*ick^kkkkkkkkk+kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk*kicki k-krkk k kk ******■••» ICITY MINES ¥^*¥^*¥*¥****-¥*¥***¥-¥-¥¥¥*^ \^ -Many colliery managers early realized some of the advantages which electricity offered in increasing the efficiency of coal Putting and coal raising, as well as for the various' oilier operations in a pit. But, owing to the intense conservatism of this class, and also to the low standard of work in many early installations, its adoption in the'pits of tlrcat Britain has been nothing like as rapid as it should have been. In addition to this there exists in many quarters a somewhat vague, though unfounded fear on the part of the miners and managers of this new force1. That this objection cannot be . justified is shown by the fact that only 1.54.por cent of the fatal accidents in mines arises from electrical causes, almost in every case where such accidents havo arisen they are shown to ho the result of faulty apparatus or other preventable causes. There are, therefore, special reasons for welcoming the new code of. rules governing the use of electricity in mines just proposed by a special committee appointed by the Home Office iii October, J 909, to inquire into the subject. This committee consisted of Mr R. A, S. Redmayne, Chief Inspector of Mines; Mr. Charles Merz, ' M Inst.C.E.7 and Mr Robert Nelson, one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Mines. ■ It naturally occurs to ask why any changes should be made, arid-to examine the changes proposed to existing' rules We might as well state at once that our examination of the report leads us to the conclusion that the rules, if adopted, will, add somewhat to the cost of installing" electricity in mines, but that they will largely reduce the cost of working and mainta- ing the apparatus. The committee .point out that most of the faults of electrical apparatus in' the past'have been mechanical rather than electrical. Attention to the mechanical design and careful .supervision during, the installing and operating of the plant can do more to reduce working cost and 'to increase safety than skilled electrical knowledge. Great 'importance is attached to the mechanical construction of apparatus for underground use. ; Much more attention is now being given, to the engineering side of an electrical engineer's training, and there is noticeable a corresponding improve -ment—lri--the-mechanical-eonstructiorr of electrical apparatus for use, underground. Even to-day, however, there is still room for improvement, particularly in connection with auxiliary apparatus; including switch and point boxes, controllers, and so on. Moreover, it cannot he too strongly emphasized that everything, from the main switches to the motor, including all cables and switche gear, should be as far as possible metal-cased with a'material impossible of attack from conditions prevailing In mines. Tlie rules proposed by the committee may be divided Into,two classes, inasmuch as they deal on the one hand with the design and maintenance of the apparatus and the competency of the porson in charge, To take ' the latter first; it. Is to bo rcgrcltcd that division of responsibility has not been avoided, ■ Tho proposed substitute for Rule II, requiring tho presence in tho mlno of a "competent" person, specifies that the "electrician,',* together tho necessary assistant, shall bo np- Oneof tho lMc»t nrooilnont gen- tsmsn to iponk highly In Znm BuW i favour is Mr. C. B. Snnford of Weiton, King's Co., N.S. Mr, Sanford Is a Jujtleo o( t|te P«0c« for,the County and » member of the ! ,„]. M pointed in ^YritiIlg by the manager, and shall "be competent for the work that he is set to do." Nobody except such an authorized person or a competent person acting under his immediate supervision is to undertake any work where technical knowledge or experience is required in order to avoid danger. .The committee state, however, that the "electrician" is necessarily under the orders of the mine manager who is also finally responsible under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, and suggests "that the examination for a colliery manager's certificate should require a more extensive knowledge of electrical work than it doos at present. Thoy consider, for example, that the manager should know a good, cable joint from a bad one, and that he should be able to criticise intelligently the maintenance of the electrical plant. With regard to the choice of system, the committee consider that an alternating current system using high pressure for transmission, high or medium pressures for large motors, and low pressures for small motors and lighting,, is safer, more reliable, and probably cheaper to install than a system with medium pressure throughout. • Several new rules in connection with earthing and insulation are proposed. Whereas earthing is now specified only in the case of cable sheaths and armourings other than trailing cables, switch cases and motor frames other than portable'motors, and then only when the pressure exceed 250 volts, a new rule covers all apparatus at pressures above 250' volts direct current and 125 volts alternating current,' including trailing cables, joint boxes, instrument covers, all lampholders unless protected by a fireproof insulating material, and' all machines, including portable motors. It is further specified that they shall be earthed by connection to an' earthing system at the surface of the mine, and that all earth conductors, other than the metallic covering of cables, shall have a conductivity, at all parts and all points at least equal to that of the largest conductor supplying the apparatus it is desired to earth. In the caae of cables the metallic covering is to have a conductivityat least equal to 50 per cent, of that of the largest conductor of the, cable. ■'.,.'. .The earthing of the neutral point on ■o.—nil ec-ynaoc oj-»ieiu_anu-uie-iiiiu-vujc- age point of any other system both at one point only, is permitted as before but the rule which proposes to make it compulsory to cut off pressure autc- maticall in the event of a fault or leakage will entail considerable alterations to existing switchgear if adopted. High pressures aro limited to stationary machines of over 20 horse power. Switchgear is to be constructed so that the lodgment of dirt or coal dust on or close to 1'vo parts ';, prevented. The new rules prescribe that switchgear for cutting off the supply shall bo provided at the surface within 200 yards of tho pithead. In a concentric system tho switchgear must be arranged so that tho, continuity of tho earthed outer Is never broken. With regard to cables, tho proposed rules provide that all multi- core or concentric cables, other thnn flexible trailing cables, shall have a metallic sheath whoro tho pressure cKcccde 2j0 volts. Single-core cables i"jcd not have this sheath, out ni ist oitne-r bo enclosed In n pipes containing ell the conduriors of a cucul' or nii.st. be secured lo Insulators hy readily breakable material. All sheathing nnd armoring Is, of courRo, to he elec- trlcnlly continuous throughout, and Is lo ho enrlhod wllh tho earthing fiys- tern hy a connection of not less 'conductivity than Iho snmo length of the armoring. Tho Bhcnthlng Is to ho pro. tooled ngiilnst corrosion whoro necessary. Flexible cables for portable np- purnlus aro to bo multiple-core, and, 11 armored, tho armoring Is not to bo tho only enrlh conductor, hut an additional earth wire Is lo ho provided, Coming now to the use of high pressures, tho committee suggest Hint II Is heller lo transform down for motors nf 50 horsn-power and tinder when tho mipply Ih nt n.Oiio voIih, nnd If tlio Hiip. Ply Ih al ii higher preHHiim It Is re* fommeiidt'd lo transform down for IIIOlDI'H Of 101) llOI>',V-!)OWJ>t' or ll'HH, Small llKhllng iriinsrormci's mny ho run In Kollil wllh Inwuliiilni; compounds while large transformers should ho nil Immersed. The secondary rlrruils Hhoiild ho earthed nl one point lo avoid the rl.sk of the prcmuiv rlhlng to ,n high' vuluo by contiicl wllh the prim, ury. Whoro this is uiidonli'iililo, us In local Hiilitlug clrcitllH, an eailh shield lictWH-tt the windings Is leeonimenil- ing the armoring.to a spigot or to a gland screwed into the switclibox' or cable dividing box. Cable boxes should be supported on "a brickwork base in a recess by the roadside, arid, binding of the metallic sheaths inside or outside the box is necessary. It is stated commended, that a plug should make the earth connection before the supply connection, but though it is stated that the current should not be on when tho plug is being inserted or withdrawn tho use of plugs arid sockets automatically interlocked is not referred to. Special precautions are suggested where inflammable gas may occur. These refer in the first place to he uso of motors, cables, apparatus, and signalling instruments, especially constructed to obviate the risk of "open sparking.', The current is to be switched off Immediately sparking occurs ov while examination or a'djustment,r,dis- closing parts liable to spark is being made. In the second place, every lamp is to ho enclosed in an air-tight fitting with an hermetically sealed globe. A safety-lamp is to be provid ed near each motor, and should any indication ofj firedamp be given, the attendant must switch off the current and report the matter. The rule relating to shot-firing prohibits the us« or current from lighting power circuits for this purpose in any circumstances. Haulage by electric locomotives on the overhead trolly wire system is .according to the proposed rules, prohibited In any part of a coal mine, but storage batter ylocomotlves may be used, subject to the consent of the Home Secretary. '' ' : / A point on which it would have been an advantage to have had more detailed, ruling has reference to lighting circuits mentioned before.' There is a paragraph in the repoort of the- committee which states that there is'no reason ..why 100 volts should ever be exceeded on any new underground lighting installation, but, unfortunately this has not been embodied in the rules. There is certainly no reason why 100 volts should ever be exceeded, but the only way to insure this is to specify that it shall not be exceeded. A rule bn this point could hardly apply to. direct- current installations, but there is no reason why greater safety should not be. secured in some mines because it cannot be secured at all. —.. „uv,.,—M.U—ciit^i U011115- cm rvnt^wunv-- ing is making much greater headway, than direct, current, the effect of such a- rule, if it were also made to apply to existing, installations after a reasonable period, would in a few years have spread to the more important part of themine-lighting installations in Gm«t Britain. There are a few other points of .detail in the report and rules to which attention might be drawn, but we must leave them for the moment. One of the"main objects of the committee, apparently has been to avoid legislating on points of detail, especially as regards construction, rather than lay down general principles which, while not hampering Individual design and Initiative, are nt the snmo time likely to result, in satisfactory detail work. This is an admirable Intention; none tho less, In view of the peculiar conditions of colliery eelctricnl engineering, thoro nro somo points on which we should hnvo welcomed a moro deflnlto ruling, Whatever else the new rules may do, however, thoy' will certainly lend to a great extension of tho use of electricity In up-to-dnto mid woll-mnnagcd pits, although thoy may somewhat rotnrd Its Adoption In a few pits whoro'lho porn- nlary consideration Is tho deciding one.--Prom nn artlclo In "Cnsslor's Magazine," entitled "Tho Now British Rules for tho Use of Hlcctrlclty In Minos." W w WW. >--<...<i.ijii)n«r». Hit I* tiUo IWiviti of tlci li 1 |,i 1 ,MMiv.'i-h in Uirwiuk. imlcu.t it,would Innliiiimilt (0 liml a lil.'t.'l Uuf.j Wi.l.Jy i,iw,Wi«H,t more hlfhly rmpoRtod. Ih m j< hi, opinion 01/nm-iliik, llonnj'H;—. "I uiivur ti-ml iiiiylhliiK tli'it, (wvfi ,„„ ir.li HalUfAi turn ni /.>iii.|iiiic. 1 Imt 11 xt'-h of l>r->m,i r>n"tt".* mil in vi,i,.i * „,i nur. LlU..f| t ,| j ,r wvi r ■;,» Jciui-., t-.i>rncti.'ijf-j alio t in ilikVMO wun',1 l>r<Mk urn i,u jny ils'.iiiMori, I mil n;>|i!l»i| vui-mh olnt- nifinu and trlnl nit torli of thlnita lo niilalnneuro, but In r.iln. '/..„> link, „n. Iko avorttiilfiK «■!«'« I \M trl.il, tii-nvnl l»W'l/*»tUf.uur>rynn't cun-ij tlm ailment. "I h-ivo Ainu utol /•will.k fur Itniilnir Jilloi, ami It U<t» (Min.-il lli«.iri eintplatrly »!■* 11 tkoromrnrtin Jiftljilitirniy familiar men, nm1 Iff l.-tt p'l'i.'lrif I n or my ootul-in Of Ito huftilMtf vmIiio tif Znm Jink Will !*«<! other sulfrrurit') try It, i ilionl.l b« aUd. Wirllin ri \)i<t of mitrv>r!ri<r*vui«-M hrl'iT**nr «kin J>i«rn,B» 1 know of noiUJBf'to6<itt»l Znm-ttuk." 7 » fern-link earn okin, ilivtmi, M**! twlton, tier worm, t^urlf* f.r ruB«-i>r mi, Ul w, rtrivm «J«ri. uit rhrow, vttiti* li*h, ««u. lurnt, trulMt, Uty'l *-.?«, •l<*» Pur.ly fc«rUt, IA4bo(,dnjfit>UM«liton«. KiroMlatUUM*. am-Biik -In Htntoi) t'mt tlm fntn-M-'ii-ltoii of iho switch irnnr should he iliiBt- 1 proof, moihiuro-proof, nnd ho ilosljiwd ,!ih t-i proU'iil open HpitrliiiiK, bin no , Il.ilitiou )« Iii:n]e of Ihll pOMiiliillty of ; M'l-ui'iiig fliinii'-proof protection, (ins. Unlit f-oiifini'-ilnii Is not Inshtnl uitnn hill 10 JII.'IIJIV llliit lll.'IC Is no open xpni'hlne In the wist of n f.^lli In the '•able It is recommended that the metal1 THE SEPTEMBER ROD AND GUN Tlio large nnd ever growing army nf gamo bird humors will find ample vnr- loly In KtorloH dealing wllh their favorite recreation In Hio Reptomher Ikruo of Hod and (!un In Canada, published hy W. .1. Taylor Limited, Woodstock, Ontario. From Newfoundland, to lhitlsh Columbia Is a wide range and all Is Included In this one number, (ho dll'!Y'roncen In Hip spoil enjoyed In the various provinces being lawly plea- Hiuitly convoyed In u series of stories dealing with acluiil ofrunoneoH lu tho field, ruither uniety ih given hy n I'iiicly llliiNtnited story of the Cruise of tho PnpooKc, n enmplng story,, rind Homo ovpellenl versen. C.cor.o, iluclrs. itnd prulrlo chlcUi-im'afford Iho very bout nf sport and their devolves loll of iho romplolo enjoyment oxperlcnc- |V<i iu ii *ut) in iii.iko tiiur conrroras{ i-"< ,'.'!rc !'.■ .'.'.'.'.'J.I- .;,„:.,,11 j »w(|i (,'ie ■■.,'IIIK- IllijH'l jll \\,-W, WidK v-liooiliiff. Is a Btiorfsmnnlll-e n^rnjif'nn am! with' only fnlr conservation there should he! I ample opportunities for all i;pnrlBmpnj !'•• '' ' " ''" ■> .'.I'-," -'.Mllll til llllh 1H|1H| Indefinite tlfne to To the Man i * * Out on Strike Mr. Workingman, you who are now out on .strike, here's cheerful greetings to you! Here's hoping you win four fight! n Here's hoping you win more wages and shorter hours. Here's hoping you are able to better your working condi tions.- Here's1 hoping you raise your standard of living at every point! * * * , Our wish is .that every last man of you stand true to your cause, that not one deserts the ranks or lowers t!:e colors, . Our-wish is-that however hard the struggle may be you' will win. And our wish is that you will come out of this struggle jn stronger trim to enter whatever struggle coines next. . To your every attempt to improve the living conditions of working people we wish complete success. .-'''*** And we wish you more than that. We want you to come to learn soon —for you will learn it some time— that the skilled mechanic and' the common laborer," the high-priced ex; pert and .the low-priced manual worker—a—11 of- you belong together. All of you are members of the class that exists by their labor, the working class!,- ■',* * * l' . We expect you to settle all your own little differences among, yourselves. We expect you, to work out the"details : KirenHon for nn come. A moro IntorPFllna' number of I Ihls fine Magazine ban never been Issued. TEARS SOCIALISTS 'iiiti HAUt'li. Hopt, in,—q.joen He sheath nearest the rondiiiilors! should be ttlr-flitht. ns In a lead sheath,! 'or Hhoiild.he mclnsril by another, ,'.'ki-a',!-.. .u ,-,i,ii\ wmioyiiiri \e. jml, im-ri jtm iimrr copper fihf.-atli with n moder-l iUUl> 1'uli n l,i-i|ilitm (if jutft or oth«T| ji*mt«'rinl be»w<-en. In' both caseB lhej Wllnhemlna has abandoned her Inten- ohji-ft Is fo prv-vft;i th*» nrr-from |K'tie-;l|otf to ojw-n tU- PtatM (Icnc-ral on |rrfi»lng fo fho outside of tho cable he- September 10 In twwm, In ronse<|ti- \tnrt Hi* current Is rut off. Wire nr-jonco of Hie determination of tlio So- fworij;K is ptvferable lo Ujk> armorlnB.jciftHsts «o make a demonstration for! j.uul douhlu Ui *luuUi tiviuuilutu- U U m.U»ffw»l k.utt'i*i«.. in trw> strives skmn- jioiB^c-stetl that tlte ends of Iho armors! 1 cable should be finished off hy secur- ltrtnoouslr with the pasiafte or the royal proce««lon. of your organization according to what-experience teaches, you. But we expect you to let no difference and no questions of detail'hide the big thing—that you all belong, together, that you' are, soldiers, in the one army, fighting' on the same side. And we expect you' to do more than that. ' " - . We expect you to'learn tho methods of'warfare, employed by the men of capital who are fighting you, and guide yourself accordingly. * * * Tho capitalists have their manufacturers* association, business men's association, arid high-priced, fraternal organization. And thoy do not stop there. , °, ■ They do tho best part of their business through politics.' Business men, capitalists and corporation officials contribute to tho funds of tho Liberal and Conservative and, reform parties because they need thoso parties,in their business. And Judging; by results, tholr money Is well spent. Whon a strike or lockout comes, tho police are used against, tho working people. The magistrates and Judges aro used against tho working people.., The pollccmnn's club, the magis- trato's powor, tho court's Injunction, tho mlHHnmnn'H rlflo ond tho constable's gun nro so many wenpons m the hands of Iho capitalist class. In time of n lookout or sfrlkn, you quickly discover "Hint things as thoy nro today nro not for, of ond hy tho people of which tho working class are the vast majority* Things todny nro of, for and hy tho capitalist class. * * ♦ And this Is why: Tlio present lime Is Iho lime of big Industry. The things wo out nnd wear find Hie malorlnl for Iho Iiouhoh wo live In and Hie shops wo work In nro made nn a largo scolo. II, takes n great deal of capital to really ho Homebody In* tlio commercial and In. duhtrlnl world. And Iho big follow! nre swallowing, or can swallow, tho, little fellows whenever thoy cIiooro. All the Dominion laws nnd all the provincial laws about corporations and trusts have nol stopped big Indiinlr'loH from growing larger and coming noar- Mow Hi :'|0|,iiiWmjJ jjci.i U-hw-jv] you In c:i'-e (if n lockoiil or slrlko Is Inst the wny if nets nil Hip time. Whether Conpervntlro or Liberal, or reformer". nr<> In control, the cnpltnlHt nie ilie people who nro controlled. • • * The \ery fliht ihlnp yon must learn from (hi* ii thnt tho old parties hnvo no lime foi you and you should hnvo no time tor the oM rmn/es. Secondly, thai tho %'orklnff class must have th.-lr nun r>nrtv and Tltthl Ihflr own biitiie In jicllllrs. For politics ,)enls with tho broad sn<] IjuUtr o,iu-Miof). • * • Yon who nr* out on nttiko are kamlnE st first band what Iho «m- ployi«r want* Is different from what yon want. Your wntres nnd bis profits pome out of the one amount of money If wages are increased, profits fall. 1.1 profits are increased, wages fall. If you work shorter hours, for the same .wage,, the employer loses. If the employer does not spend money to keep the shop clean and sanitary and to protect, you from the machinery or disease-breeding rriaterials, you ' lose Almost at every point his and your wants are opposite. His gain is your loss. „ His riches are made at your expense. * *' » You, workingman out on strike, do you think- you' are fighting only for the recognition of your union? 'Do not believe it! Do you think you are fighting only to keep some of the union men from being blacklisted? Do not believe it! Do you think, you are fighting only for a little higher wage,, or a few shorter hours, or slightly better" shop conditions? Do not believe it! You are fighting for something grander and nobler than that. ..You are fighting for the.chance of the working class to be safe from the wolf at the door, to be insured against injury at work, to know that you can always.have work so long as you are able to work, to know that you will not be a pauper in your old age' and be given a charit burial. -. You are fighting for the chance of the children of the working class to go _to__SchooI_and^.the_playgroiiTifl_iristen'^ of the mill and the factory. ■ You are fighting for the chance of the women of the working class to be happy wives' and mothers, Instead of being household drudges and factory wrecks, often driven into the' slavery of shanie.' And you who are doing picket duty and living on strike rations may not expect to do anything more than gain somo tiny concession from- your employer. But you are helping to establish n new civilization. For you "may be building better than you know, You may bo fighting a stronger fight than you think. '■ Tho greatest movement of our time Is toward Soclnllsm. Every strike Is a' protest against their lot nnd a guorantco that they will not submit to tho rule of the capitalist class. , And tho purpose nf this union of all peoplo of all countries Is, just tills; To own together the lnnd nnd mn chlnery and Industries, so that all who work may bo masters of their lives. That Is what Socialism means. * * * You who ore out on strike today havo every reason for wnntlng to van this union of tho working class of all countries, You hnvo every renson for wishing tho Socialist parly succobh, Just ns tho Socialist party wishes you nuccess. You havo ovory reason for wanting to sludy moro nbout Socialism., You have ovory reason for wanting lo vuto Socialist tlckot, You hnvo ovory reason for wnnting to Join tho Socialist parly—N. Y. Coll. , THE STRIKE-BREAKER ' The,following confession was^ made byJa."ganster".in a recent number of the World-Magazine. , -, ''"'',..,- V "Gangs collect a lot of money, too, breaking strikes..,. .There's a'.couple of days of hard work in that, and it's' just, about as easy, money as you want. I've helped to break a whole lot of strikes in. the past six years, and| take it from me, here's one straight tip for the union men. Tliey ..can win .every strike they go out on if they'll .only sit tight at home and' do nothing! Just let the gang of strike-breakers alone and - they'll make the bosses glad to get the old men back. . "There was the finest bunch of crooks and grafters working as strike breakers in ■ those Adams' Express company strikes you would ever want to see. I was one of 'em and know what I'm talking about.- That gang of grafters cost the express company a pile of money. , Why, they used to start trouble themselves just to keep their jobs a-going and to get a chance to swipe stuff off the wagons. "It was the same way down at Philadelphia' on the street car strike. Those strike-breakers' used to get a car out somewhere in the suburbs and then get "off arid .smash'up the windows, tip the car over and put up an awful holler^'about being attacked by strikers,, just so they'd have to be kept on .the Job." . • ■» JOHN BARBER, D.D.S., LDS., DENTIST '.'"' Office: Henderson Block, Fernie, B.C, .Hours: 8.30 to 1 • 2 to 5. .77 •- ... ■> -- Residence: .21, .Victoria Avenue. ." W. R; Ross K. C. / . ' W. S! Lane ROSS,. MACDONALD and. LANE Fernie, B. C. .. • ,. Canada. L. P. Eckstein D. E. McTaggart ' ' ECKSTEIN & McTAGGART Barristers ana Solicitors Cox Street Fernie B. C. Fernie-Fort Steele Brewing Co., Ltd. i S Bottled and Porter 'Goods a Specially p, Wholesale Liquor Dealer Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes Gents' Furnishings BAKER AVENUE BRANCH AT HOSMER, B.C. F. C. Lawe . '■' Alex; I. Fisher LAWE & FISHER , , ATTORNEYS Fernie, B. C. THE FERNIE LUMBER CO. A. McDougall,, Mgp Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber Send us your orders Central Hotel Large Airy Rooms & „ Good Board Ross & Mackay 52B& pro- A WISE CHILD "Pnpn, what Is n dollnquont?' pounded llttlo Hobby. "A delinquent, my lioy," snld tho father, pompously settling bnck In his enny chair nnd lighting a qunrter clgnr, "u dellnquont Is n ninn—that Is a \)<sr- hou— worhliigmnn—wlio will not work nnd depends upon Iho efforts of others for his siiHloimnce, lie Is called n hobo," » '."Well, how does ho llvo—-why do peoplo glvo him anything to eat'/" "Oh. these "hoboes nre clever fellows, my hoy—Ihcy aro Hharp willed, and get people In pari, wllh Iho tilings thoy need." in ulijvuv Uii«i Una i-lt <>,f *■!!.".•: "Yon, my mm. "I was thlnlrinir, do nny dirty work, do you, pnw,"- *'.Vo, of pouho not." works for you, don't they?" "Woll, yes — what, nonsense you tnlk." "I wns Just Ihlnklnsr, paw—I ain't n hobo's lltllf hoy, nm I?" "F,ook hero, son, you mustn't bother papa with *o many questions'— nm nlon«r nnd piny with your Un snhlleri." —Mop*. Stanley St. - Nelson Best Family and Working man's Hotel In City; nicely furnished rooms with Bath. Beds,-, 50c. each, meals, 35c, A Union House Prop., J. 8. BARRATT ROYAL tfUTE'L FERNIE Bar Unexcelled All White Help Everything; Up-to-date Calf in and see us once JOHN P0DBIELAN0IK. Prop. HOTEL FERNIE The Hotel of Fernie J'VhiIo'h l>ii(liii|j[ Commercial mill Tourist lfnuwo v S. F. WALLACE, Prop. FERNIE UNION DIRECTORY Llxard Local General Teamstere No. 141. Meets ovory 1-Vlday nlRhl nt 8 p. m. Minors' Union Ilnll. W. A WorthlnBton, President; K. J. flood, Secretary. <Um;MI { \wiik mm Bartenders* Local No. 014: Moots 2nd and 4th Sundays at 2.30 p.m. Seeip lary .1. A. flounlll. WnWnrf Ttntol Why?" ; You don't IinvK* to' Nowhere in the Pats can. be found In such a display ef meats j Gladstone Local No. 2314 U. M. W. A. I Moot* 2ml and 4th Thursday Minora Union hull. t). itces. tfo\ Dr. de Van's Female Pill* A rditbti Frtnch itgulilori&nm falls. Ttm [ |<.W» *re wfiMKJJtir* TwraliiJ j» iWUttfog i^l (tamtltf portlo* cl m f«m«t« «»»lem. KtfsM I M (.hew UttlUlUitt*. Or. iU VW» *«• *.M m IS* Un,m thte* Ut lla U»lM lo »»r fc«x* th» ttmmtlt trtng CmM mU OUhMMaM, Ont. For Sal* at DlMtdell'a Drug 8tor«. We have the bett money can buy of Oeef, Pork, Mutton, Veal,- Poultry, Dutter. Eggi> Fnh, "Imperator Hams and Bacon" Lard, 8aui<g«tf Weinert and Bluer Kraut. PHONE OP CALL Calgary Cattle Go. Phone M • jl,.'.'mis.,.i>w*, v»niOd isti, wjy lv'ifitrts Inst Bnturdny In each month nt tho Ledger Office A. J, Iluchloy, 8ec relary. Local Fernie No. 17 8. P. of C. Moots in Miners Union Hall avery flnnrtny at 7.45 p.ra. Everybody welcome. U. Taton, ficcretary-Trcasurcr. Amilgamattd Society Carpenters and Jolnera:—Me«l In Miners Hall every alternate Thursday it ft o'clock. A, Ward, secretary. P. O. 3M. - i ,g United Brotherhood of Carpenters and- Jolner»/~Ijocal 1M0. ». j. KV«n« PrMtdmt; r. II. Shaw, flecretary. ■ ? ' ${" '- " tt I .J <- ■ \ v «- „■- THE DISTRIPT LEDQER, FERNIE, B. C, SEPTEMBER 23, 1911. PAGE SEVEN The Week's News for Our Foreign Brothers THE DUKE'S LAND SCHEME t- i.' < ■»* I- see hy the papers that the Duke of Sutherland, the most extensive own- er of land in Scotland, is going into the "land developing" business in, Canada. , ''The Duke," says the Marquis of Queensberry; "is a shrewd land owner, and if ^ there is* anything'to be made , out, of the prolific fields of Canada, I , am sure he will accomplish It.' r It Is also stated, that the noble duke intends to import a large number of his farmers. •« , I am sure Socialists will watch with interest his attempts to introduce' his Scottish tenantry system Into the Ca- . nadian, Northwest. The members -of the duke's family, during the past century have been great land developers, and possibly the noble duke inherits their ability. In Volume II. of Carl Marx's "Capital" ls an interesting history of the 'family's operations In the land developing line., I have enclosed' extracts from the same Fraternally yours, ',» , ' EDWARD MANSFIELD 7 Brooklyn, N.Y. From Marx's Capital, Vol. II The' Highland Celts were organized in clans, each of which was the owner of the land on which it• was-settli-i. The representative of the clans, its chief or "great man," was only the tltii lar owner of this property, just as the £ueen of England is the titular owner of all the natural boIL1* When the English Government succeeded in suppressing the intestine wars of thess "great men1', and their constant incursions into the. lowland plains, Vthe chiefs of thev clans by no means gave' up their time-honored trade as rob t*rs; they only changed its form. On their own authority 'hey transform*-! their nominal rights into a right of private property, and as this brought them into collision with their clansmen, resolved to drive them out by open force. "A, King, of England might as well claim the right to drive bis subjects into the sea," says Profes: sor Newman. ' This revolution, which began in Scotland after the last rising of the followers of the Pretender, can be.followed through" its final phases in the writings of, Sir James Stewart and James Anderson.. In the eigh- ■-«c-euth~century~the—hunt€d™out_GaeiS" were forbidden to emigrate from the country, with a view to' driving them by force to Glasgow and other manufac turing town's In 1860 the people expropriated by force were exported to " Canada under false pretenses. . . . .The Duchess of Sutherland, well .Instructed in economy,, resolved, on entering upon her government, to effect a radical cure and to turn the whole country," whose population had already been, by enrller processes of the-like kind, reduced to 15,o00 into a sheep walk ■' From .1814 to 1820 theso 15,000 Inhabitants, about 3,000 families, wore systematically hunted and rooted out. All their villages were destroyed and burnt, nil their fields turned Into pasturage. Drltlsh soldiers enforced this eviction nnd cnme to blows with iho Inhnbttnnts. Ono old woman was burnt to death ln the flames of tho hut which she refused to leave. Thus this fine lady appropriated 79-1,000 ncrcR of lnnd that had from tlmo immemorial belonged to tho clan. She assigned to the.expelled Inhabitants about 0.000" ncres on the seashore— two ncres'per family. Tlio 0,000 aero3 hnd Until this tlmo lain wnsto and brought In no Income to Its owners. Tho duchess,,,In the nobility ot her "lionrt, nclually wont so far ns to let theso at nn average rent of two Mill- lings and six ponco per aero to the clans men, who for centuries had shod their blood for her fnmlly. Tho wholo of tho stolen chin hind sho divided Into twenty-nine great sheep farms, each Inhabited by a single family, for tho niOHt pnrt Imported English farm servants, In the yonr 183R Iho 15,000 GnolH woro already replaced "by 1.11,- 0(10 sheep, Tho rernnnts of tho aborigines flung on the seashores tried lo llvo by catching fish. Thoy became amphibious mid lived, uh an English Author snys, half on lnnd nnd half on wilier, nnd wlthnl hnlf on both Tlut tho hrnvo Fuel must oxplnto yol moio bitterly his Idolatry for tho groat mon of tho clan. Tho smoll of their fish roso to the noses of the great men. They scented some profit in it and let the seashore to the great fishmongers of London. For the second, time the Gaels were hunted out. . But, finally, part of the sheep walks are turned into deer preserves.,. . Every„,one knows that there are no real forests in England. The deer in the parks of the great are demure domestic cattle, fat as London aldermen. Scotland is therefore the .last refuge of the "noble passion." "In the Highlands,'" says Somers in 1848, "new forests are springing up like mushrooms," . . . The then Duchess of Sutherland entertained Mrs Beecher St'owe, authoress of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," with great magnificence, in London , to show her sympathy for the negro slaves of the American republic—a sympathy that she,prudently forgot, with her fellow- aristocrats during the Civil War, In which every noble English heart beat TROUBLOUS TIMES Why the Workers are.Disatisfied with , * Their Lot •-' , for the slavef owners. "The Scotch grandees dispossessed families as they would grub up-coppice wood, and they treated villages and their people as Indians harassed by wild beasts do, in their" vengeance, a jungle with tigers. ... . Man is bartered for a fleece or a carcass of mutton, nay,, held cheaper.'' . . . ONLY A NEW8PAPER GUY I see a man strut through a jam In a hall, Take a Beat 'mid the speakers and chat to them all. "Is this Murphy?" I ask, "that the crowd he defies?". "No,* says some one,-"he's one of the newspaper guys!*'. I see a man pushing his way through the lines Of the cops where a fire brightly glimmers and shines. "Chief Kenlon?" I ask, but a fireman , replies: . . "Oh, no; why, that's one of those . newspaper guys!" , ,, I see a man start on the trail of a crook, And ' he, scorns all assistance,, but brings, him to book..' "Mr.. Burns?" I enquire. Some one scornfully cries— ','- "Burns? Naw! He's just one of them .newspaper guys!" I see a man walk through the door of a show, * Where great throngs are blocked by the sign, S.R.O. "Is this Goodwin himself, that no ticket he buys?" Hell, hardly, he's one of those newspaper guys!" I soe a man knock oil a president's door , . ' , And the sign "No Admittance" con- % pletely ignore. ' "Is this Morgan, that privacy's rights he denies?" "Morgan? Shucks! It's just ono of thoso newspapor guys!" And somo day I'll walk by tho groat streets of gold, ■ And see a man enter, unquestioned nnd hold. "'A saint?" I enquire, nnd olc\, Poter'll reply, "Woll, I should say not, he's ono of tho newspaper guys," —Now York Globo. (This Inst Is presumptive, ns you enn toll— You're more likely to find theso guys in (rhymo with ."well."—Office Devil.) At a football match Iho other Saturday tliuiti were men going round with collecting boxes for tlio honoflt of tho employes who wero burnt out at a foundry lu Iho town. Ono of tho men snld to n fellow, jingling tho box In hlgi faco: "Can't tlm spnro owl?" "Dno you Ink' coppers?" inquired tho num. "Corlnlnlyl" "Well, tnk' thorn two," said tho mini, pointing to two pollcomon standing In front of him. ■ By T. P. O'Connor, M.P. , .. What is the meaning of this strange outburst of unrest and violence in the Labor world which has shocked and alarmed the world during the last fortnight? Even men in the Labor, v-'orld have been taken, to a certain" extent, by surprise; the whole, business! has burst with the suddenness as well as ♦he violence of a volcano ■ As in most' human affairs', the causes ff i ourse, are rorapie> And the causes go back to some disrance of time. The first of these causes is the enormous growth in weihh of, the community during the last few .years They have, as everybody knows, been years of boundless prosperity.—' unmistakable demonstration of the wisdom and success of the fiscal system which enables England still to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, But while these years have thus demonstrated the blessings of Free Trade, they have not solved some of the social difticultles and especially the difficulty of the unequal distribution of the reward between capital and Labor, The working man has seen this high spring-tide of wealth rolling up, and has not found that his position is improved as much as he hoped and wished. '.-,. Even when wages have been Increased the position of the working man has remained stationary; for, with the growth of wages, there has been at the same time a growth of the cost of living. And the growth in the cost of living has meeh greater than In wages. From an excellent article on this "subject by Mr. Chiozza Money, I find that, while during the last fifteen years wages have risen Ju8t about twelve per cent., the cost of living since has gone pp eighteen per cent., and that while since 1900 wages have remained stationary,: the cost of food has advanced ten per cent. Thus the workingman has found himself face to face with this tragic 'paradox: that while the country seemed to be advancing, by leaps and bounds to more gigantic prosperity every year, his own lot has remained pretty much the same, and in some cases, perhaps, even worse. '"• Exasperating Disillusion . At the same time, there has come to the workmen—especially among those in the railway business—a'certain exasperating disillusion as the end of high hopes. The settlement made by the tact and energy of Mr, Lloyd _George7in_19-07.-^yhen_a^big_raiIwav_ The Original and Only Genuine Beware, of Imitations Sold on the Merits of I Minard's Liniment List of Locals District 18 20 481 *«i tlflK 010 2227 rm 1378 -AM «77 1128 S178 2314 13«3 2497. ior.a G7« iiHd 1333 SMI) 3334 14 2S52 KM 163 1980 NAME SEC. and P. O. ADDRESS nnnkhend v. Whentley, nnnkhonil, Altn. Iipavor Crook P. dnughton, Ilonver Crook, vin Plncher TUMrmoro N, ,T, Chnnc, TMnlrmnrc. Altn. Ihirmls .To«. BorbyBhlre. nurmls. Altn. Cnrhondnlo J. II. Hyslop. Cnrbondnle, Colemnn, Alia. Cardiff ,.,-... J. Poolo, Cnrdlfr, Attn. nnnrnoro n. d, Thnchuk, Cnnmore, Altn. "' Corbln J. Twlgg, Corbln, D. C. Chinook Mines .... Wm. Forsyth, Diamond City, Alta. Diamond City Chnrlca Orban, Diamond City, Lethbrldge. Fornlo Thoa, Uphill, Kernle. II. C. Krnnk. O. Nlcol, Frank, Alta. .Hosmer W. nalderstono. Hosmer, B. C. HUlcroat .1.0. Jonos, Hlilcrest. Alta. Lethbrldge h. Moore, P. O. Ho* 113, Lethbrldge l^hbridge Collieries Prink Itarlngham, m*., via.. Klpp, Alia, Wllo W. I* Brans, Wile, frank, Alta Matf e L*M M. (Jllday. Maple Uaf, ndlerae. All*. Michel M. n«rr*ll, Michel, I). C. Monarch Mine.... Horace Woodleld, Taber, Alia. Fassburc Wra. Cooke. Paaiborg, Alta. Hoyal View ,..*,.. 'Iho*. H. VtsUr, Hoyat ColMer)**, lethbrldge, Altn Taber William RbimII, Taber, JUta. Tuber » A, Patterson, Tnber, Alta, strike was averted, established Conciliation Boards, and seemed to give the men a chance of having their ease favorably heard. But there were some necessary hiatuses in that settlement, and one of these was that the Unions were not recognized! That Is the essential and supreme point of conflict, and, in my opinion, the men are entitled to insist on its being settled ln their favor, and the railway dlerctors are exceedingly foolish to resist It. Por what happens now Is this: thnt the grievances of the men havo to bo Ret forth by one of themselves spenltlng before a tribunal consisting of his employers, and of men not only In a stronger position than himself, but probably more expert In speech nnd readier in nrgument. The men, therefore, insist that their caso shall ho put in a different way—that Is to say, by ono of their Union officials, who Is In tholr employ and not In that of tho company. Surely this Is a naturnl, a ronsonnblo and necessary roquost. In tho appeals to tho Board of Conciliation the men havo found themselves worsted. This lias brought nn exasperating fooling of helplossnoira; and helplessness pnrtly through tho chains which they havo made for tliom solves. This accounts for tho exasperation of tho railway mon nnd for tholr breaking away from their old ngroomont and from tholr oldlondors. Indeed, ono of the best Indications of tho severity of tho grlovnncoB Is tills breaking nwny of the usually welhilrill- od nnd woll-dlsclpllned ranks of (lie unionists from tholr old loyal following of tholr lenders, Tho veteran lomlors experienced in many bit tor bntllOH nnd tholr vnrylng fortnnos, havo boon a restrnnllng forco, hut the young gonoru t!on Ins refused lo ho held bnck, mid tiiiif. It Is thnt wo bn''/ such vlolont o'.touifils In so many dilfoient pnrld of tlio country. Other Onuses AiiMhor factor in iho production .^f theso {Imputes Ih tho brewing HlrowUh these awful-conditions It was so well calculated to produce? These disturbances must be In some measure ascribed to the violence of the young bloods who havo been try ing to lead the Tory party during the last few months. Can anybody won der if we have some violence in the streets ' of great Industrial centres wren we have hobligrnlsm oi the tifor of the Houseof Cunmons, in tli9 very heart and centre of the Mother of Parliaments, the great national Court of Appeal. Nor is this all. ' Apart from the organized rowdyism which interrupted Mr Asqulth, speeches were made which were a deliberate incitement to* riot and even rebellion. Mr. Winston Churchill had to rebuke Lord Hugh Cecil for uttering Incitements tb Belfast at a moment when the streets of London were crowded with men on strike, hungry and exasperated. And, asked Mr. Churchill "would'not Lord Hugh Cecil be the first to shout, if these men resorted to revolt, that they Bhould be shot down." And similarly, when Mr. Austin Chamberlain tried to shift the responsibility for theso disturbances on to the shoulders of the Government, Mr. Lloyd Gairge asked him if words appealing to violence had not been used from' the bench, on which he himself sat, and in his hear- iiii: and without anv repudiation :;f them by Mr. Chamberloin or any othe* Tory leader. Better Wages Wanted However, these issues, though important are not the issues which demand" our chief attention at this mo ment? ■ The working men. have- at last risen in revolt against the refusal to give them their' share of the abounding and growing prosperity of the country. In the course of this revolt some regrettable .things have happened; but I must say that the question remains open in my mind how far the disturbance in some cases have been tlie result of a series of unhappy accidents or of the losing of their heads hy the authorities. However, I don't want to dwell on that point now; if is time enough to raise these questions when, by-and-bye the tragic transact ions of the last week will have to bo tho-nugh- ly investigation. Suffice it for the moment to say that nil humane progros slve men have come to the conclusion that tho time has not only como, Inn in long overdue, for a general advance of wages in tho Lnbor world; that this advance of wages has been refused, and is still in sonic cases refused;' and that the struggle to obtain It by work- Ing.men Is entitled to the sympathy and tho support of all just men. I hnvo not information up to the moment of writing of how tho fight Is going. I must express tho sincere hope that monns may bo found of"rc- storing peace and of settling tho different points nt issue by peaceful arbitration or consultntlon. N'o man enn look without npprohonslon to tho gl- gnntlc loss nnd tho hopeless dislocation of all llfo In the country hy n dispute In (ho railway world, and thoro- fore, I pray that the struggle mny not come. If It does come, nnd If It. eonioH from tho obstinate refusal of the railway directors to recognize the Cn- ions, I lion 7 think fow reasonable poc- pie will have mill difficulty In t(nov.||it>, whoro Iho responsibility Bhould, ho,— Reynolds., d iho moro ndvnnco;! funnb of poll:!- oil opinion nmong ilia v.oiklng clnmos. 1' U vein to deny ili;i*, {iocinlUm lias HOW THE BOY 3COUT8 PROMOTE PEACE The Hoy Seoulh n poneo organization? Yoh, Just ns Iho army Is ti pence organization! No war Is taught Hum Hoy Scouth. Toll it to tho mnrliuw! j Look nt theso subjects inken from tln»i Index to tho Scout Handbook, the of/i-; mndo ninny converts during the Inst j rial Scout publication: \ doendo, The Socialist lecturer ran! Subject Page I now drnw to great hnlls vnRtnr Rntlior-' Uniforms 2H! lugs on Sunday evenings than even tho' War Songs moHt popular preacher In tho most, Monio Code fnshlonflblo cnthcdrnl, nnd there Is',Wlg-wng or Myor Code I ...Mi i,,u n ««(/ .• u-L*iiM«« iUi x i.iIja. t.*v : Ul I UV.lXiilH ...... A AM to I)'" JjjJ'in'J Mj Mil hi 11.1 nhnre nf the wealth jirciflun-.l by Un' community thnn many people linve yot' Arch realized. The old patient siilimhmlon; Tracking or Trailing , \h to poverty, to low wages, to lnng; HobIIIo Spy ir>0 hours, and to tho want of m'oRl of Iho' The Man Hunt u.i ,r„,.>„ „» irr„ cv'..'.. t:.-. stiff-necked, new generation is more stiff-necked. War Danre ir.fij thnn tho old. . j Throwing the Amtogul 101 j Plnwlly nn accidental now factor at | How to Tench fiinlklng igg thb present moment Is tho exrciilv**;Stop the Thief jcr heat of tho weather. Everybody who j Smugglers Over tho Ilorder .... ji;s has had any work to do can lympnth- i Siberian Man Hunt 172 ize with tho fierce resentment of men.. Target Shooting tK2 who are engaged In dangerous nnd-Long nnnue. Clout, or Flight enclnlPy Irknome trade*. *nfl of lliolr! Shoollnr i&g conditions of life. Who can think, In| Vory koonly thought out, Isn't It? the midst of snth veather, of iheilok- Vory nlefly planntf to appeal to all *r b*low the fumae* lu the big ihlp boy ln*Mnot» am! at tho same time to or tho big locomotive on land, or the' fit htm for "more serious bnslnet*" gatworka or the Ironwork*, wlthonl ailater on. How cunningly arranged to (Mllng of fommlceratton? Who can ln«lll n love of wnr and "obedience lo wonder at the greater IrrllaMllty of nerves and of temper which work In fTOployora." Get your thinking: rap on!—Exchange. »» The Paper that gets there Cf Advertising that advertises is the sort desired by persons seeking publicity for their wares. <]f Selecting the medium is important—the publication that reaches the people — the wage-earners—- should appeal to the discriminate purchaser of space. ' \ <f Its an easy matter to acquire space in a paper Jb'u't its another point to get adequate returns from the outlay. are the ads that change often and make interesting reading from time c to time, giving facts and .figures. C]f Any arrangement of type matter . and words in a paper is not aclyer- „ tising. A well written and neatly displayed ad is a source of information that will, .not be easily passed „ undiscovered. Discover your business with'tho use of Pi-inters Ink. <J Get acquainted with your customers, meet them wcekiy through the columns of this paper, gain their confidence through doing as you advertise to do and when you do this you have gone a long way towards being a success. Cf -Let the new coiners know who you are and advertise your business. <|f The District Lodger has the largest circulalion in the Pass and should be yonr special medium to tell your weekly story. Just try- can't toll until you try. Complete Job department Address all communications to The District Ledger ■*-,«*:-■ • »' PAGE EIGHT THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. 0., SEPTEBIBER 23,1011. 15 Cpow's Nest Trading Company,." Ltd, The Store of Good Values SPECIAL GROCERY VALUES FOR ' SATURDAY AND MONDAY SELLING Staon Shoe Blackin, 3 tins for 25c. Combination Blacking, 2 for .'.. ' 35c. Lowney's Chocolate Creams, regular 50c. per lbj, special '."• 30c. Concord Sardines, 2 tins for 25c. Imported Kippered Herrings, 2 tins for.-... 35c. Imported Herrings in Tomato Souco/^ tins for 35c. Cream of Wheat Breakfast food, 2 pkts. for 35c. Quaker Oats, 2 lb. pkts., 2 for 25c. Fry's Breakfast Cocoa, % lb. tins 25c. Barrington Hall Coffee, per lb ... 45c. Canada First Cream, 20 oz. tins, 3 tins for 25c. -i 2 oz. Flavoring Essences '.... 15c. 4 oz. Flavoring Essences : 25c. 1 lb. Jars Preserved Ginger , 25c. Hartley's 1 lb. crocks Jam ; 20c. , C. & B. 1 lb. jars Marmalade ; 20c. . 3 lb. Bags Table Salt, 4 for 25c. Colgate's Toilet Soap, per box 30c. Colgate's Talcum Powder, per tin ' 20c. Colgate's Dental Cream 15c. 2 lb. Tins Table Syrup, .'. 10c. 3 lb. pkt. Washing Powder '. 20c. Here and There See "Human Hearts" tonight (Friday).' at' the Granr; J. T. Giddlngs was up from Hlilcrest over Sunday with his family here. -, A. B. Campbell, druggist, of Hosmer, was in town Wednesday. ■< ,:■• ■ Mrs..Leslie Bruce will be at home.on Friday afternoon; Sept 29th. . ...i •" . Get -your seats book early for the Grand to-night .(Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday). - John Oliver, of the Home Bank staff, has gone to Vancouver on a two weeks vacation. Bert White, well-known hockeyist, now of Gateway, was in town o'n.,Tues- day. • , ■ George Luxton, who has been visiting relatives in the east for some time, Is back to town again. It is not_7too late for you to secure some of the wonderful bargains from the.W. R. McDougall Shoe Stock. This stock having been purchasedrby us at the,rate of sixty cents on the dollar enables us to shoe Men, Women and Children at practically factory cost. OUR DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT IS ^_^_AT-YOUR-SERVICE ^—. Owing to extensive repairs in the Fernie Opera Houso the management are running nightly pictures at the Grand. Leslie Mills and Sam Walters got back last Monday from their banting t'ip with a nice bag of game, consist Ing of two bears, 1 deer, 15 ducks, a jack rabbit, several large gophers and 2 chipmunks. Not too bad, eh—what? The Isis Theatre promises "something, worth while to their patrons very soon. Watch for it. < ■ Mrs. H. Marshall, who' has been seriously ill in'the Fernie Hospital, is slowly recovering. 7 .♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦"♦ -*••»•+ ♦ - ♦ -» WAARSCHUWING ' * ♦n, Aile steenkool mijners ♦ worden verzocht weg te bllj- ♦ ven van Alberta en Eastern ♦ British Columbia, daar de. ♦ werkstaking mog nlet is op -♦■ geheven. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦. ♦♦^. ♦ Mr and Mrs. Carlisle arrived home again' after a three months' visit to relatives In Ireland and Scotland. The funeral of Levi George, killed on the Government Road, last week, took place on Sunday from the undertaking parlors of Thompson and Mor- riBon. - The members of Esther Lodge of Re- bekahs will attend the evening service at the Methodist Church on Sunday, the 24th, when services appropriate to the occasion will be rendered. We are pleased to announce that Jack Hutton, of New Michel, who wns gnen up for lost, was found last Sn'- urday, and although in'avery weakened condition, is now rapldiy recovering. Several complaints have been heard about the light at the top of the hill going down to West Fernie not being lit these dark nights.. One lady, we understand,, had'quite a severe fall. Had the light been on this would not have happened. Last Monday evening the Young People's' Society of Christian Endeavor, of the Baptist Church, gathered for reorganization purposes and lay plans for the coming winter's work, The gathering was in the nature of a social affair, coupled with a pleasing programme of-, vocal and instrumental music, as well as the reading of papers and delivering of addresses on the forthcoming work. One..feature was the presentation to Miss Dorie Morris, an ardent worker in the church, on the eve of-her departure to Nelson, with a handsome, hand bag, as a token of appreciation of her unselfish efforts. The presentation ■ was made by Mrs. Thomson in a few „well chosen remarks. The recipient was' noticeably ¥ffected~Sid"*Trespon3ed"ln-^a7~~feeling manner. . Refreshments were served during the evening. The gathering broke up at 10.15.- - ' A Clothing Question and Its Far Reaching Answer What is th« difference between custom tailoring and Fit-Reform garments ? Nothing but imagination and a higher cost. Custom tailoring has not advanced a step in a generation. Ask your father—or look nt some ot his old clothes. Fit-Reform Suits nnd Overcoats do not leave a single advantage with the custom tailor. Only—-the designing, cutting and tailoring of one suit ut a time, costs practically twice as much and adds nothing to the suit. If you have been paying $$$ or $40 to a tailor, we can put you in a Fit-Reform Suit at $25 or £30 that will be 11 revelation of the perfection of Fit- Reform methods. it's all ni'lit to stick to an old superstition when money comes freely. Hut a m:m should investigate the r.ais •when iie ins no money to waste. Prof. 2accaro, conductor of the Fernie Town Band, has,been selected as judge of the band competition which forms one of the features of the Nelson Fair, Sept. 26, 27, and, 28th. John P. Lowe left on the Eastbound Flyer this (Friday) morning for, Winnipeg, where he expectB to meet Mrs. Lowe and the family and bring them home to Fernie. D. Mc Vlckers ls holding down the office at the Dominion Express Office in the meantime. ' "There may be some undiscoverable reason why the Fernie Ledger looks towards the Liberal party for assistance in its fight .for the miners of the Crow's Nest Pass. The Lemieux Bill, the broken pledge re the eight hour law, and the abrogation of the Allen Immigration Act ought to be sufficient proof,of how the Laurier Government has played against the wage earners of Canada."—Cranbrook Prospector. • y > (Ed.—Quite right, Mr. Cranbrook Prospector; there is most assuredly an "undiscoverable reason" why we 'look towards the Liberal Party for assos- tance,' and that is because we DON'T! Neither do we look to the Conservative Party for assistance, realizing that if the members of the- working class ■evei'^,expect7.tO--geLiegislation_in-their- own interest's that, they,will have to send representatives of working class interests to tho .parliamentary assemblies and that' the twaddle that has been poured into the, ears of the electorate during the* campaign will not solve the, REAL pP'ROBLEM, becauso this is likewise "undiscoverable" - by the adoption of ajvy, so-called remedies that either of the, twp old parties can offer no matter how plausibly presented, When the .Conservatives tell us that the Liberals,'are a bad lot and play against the working .'class-rwo believe them. ,' When ,'the Liberals tell us thnt the Conservative is no friend of the workers—we" believe them to be telling the truth,) AN ANALYSIS OF THE ' CROW'S NEST DISPUTE * (Continued from page 5) \-'■■■■•■ '■■':• 7yi7;-yy'. < wages of $4.00 per day, 250 days a year, cannot give a passing education, less enjoy a few of tlie good things in life If the standard of living and education is to be maintained in our r\ Western Provinces no such reductions as these can be accepted by the coal miner, who gives all civilization first pul toward comfort and well-being by producing that necessity which keeps our homes warm and cheerful.—F. C. Gessler,, In The Phoenix Pioneer, Pheontx, B.C., Sept. 14th, 1911. MARRIED Richard Brooks and Ella Lushman, both of Fernie, were married Saturday last at the Methodist Parsonage, the Rev. J. F. Dlmmlck officiating. VOTE—GOAT—WHO GOT IT? We've got his vote, Oh, ain't that fine! He'll vote for the Pact, so sublime; But if you've got his vote what beats me ,' Is Why you elect Goodeve by a big majority! , —The Oil Rag. TO THE MAN IN THE STREET FUI CHER (SOCIALIST.) , SPEAKS ON SUNDAY Ed. Fulcher, well-known In labor circles connected with tho Trades nnd Labor Council of Brandon, Manitoba, with which ho has been very closely nssocintcd for some tlmo past in his capacity- of presiding officer, but whoso imputation has bocomo moro widely known recently ns tho candidate of tho Socialist Party of Canada In tho adjoining constituency of Macieod In tho Provlnco of Alberta, will spenk In Fornlo, Sunday noxt In the bosomont of tho Minors' Hall, tho mooting to commonco at 7.45 p.m. As tho quostlon thnt has been agitating tho public mind for somo tlmo will havo boon decided, and yet thoro may bo many anxious to obtain furthev ea> llghtonmont upon subjects that have boon briefly touched upon during the campaign Just concluded, cvorybody, regardless of political or any other color, Is cordially Invited to nltond, nnd Is assured of holm; grunted (lie fullest opportunity to put questions or lo ontor ln.to a discussion upon tho HEAL I88TJI3 of tho day nnd how It shall ho solved. The Crow's Nest Trading Co. THE GREAT 8WEDI8H COMEDY "YON YONSON'" TIiIh Ki-ciit phiy will ho nn nt. tho Ornnd tomorrow evening (Saturday), for ono nlnht only, with Mr. David llraUslroni In Iho tltlo role. In ovory community somo one linB Boon this Swedish comedy drama, nnd thoy can loll tholr frlonds all about It. Ah thmii»h "Vrm Vnnnrm" hrin n«vnv v\t>{t. od this rltv before, tho piny Is not Has it ever struck you, citizen, what an awful struggle it is for most of us to live In these days? . Do you things are as they should be? This country is the wealthiest the world has seen, we are told. And yet thousands of us who are only too willing to engage in honest and useful work think ourselves lucky enough if we manage to get just enough to keep us in food, clothing and shelter. Thousands of others, more unfortunate than even we are, exist in a' state of semi- starvation and absolute poverty. —Yes j-you-agree^-'-'things" arerindeed,' rotten!"' ' ■ ■ ; But—and • think over this well—although "things are rotten" there is plenty for all. ; . ■ There is plenty for every man; woman'and child in this land. 'Folks in- olden times often went short of food because there was an actual stoppage In supply—because, famines prevailed in their midst. In this twentieth' century, however, food, clothing and shelter can be ob- lined on all sides—If we can pay for them! All theso good things which havo been produced by our class—tho working class—are plentiful everywhere, So it must be plriln to you that a grnvo and far-reaching injustice exists In this country. Have you ever thought about It? There ls any amount of wealth in tho land. Wo workers—the bees of Industry—produced this wealth. Yet, j strange to say, It Is our class vhoj suffer from tho want of the very thing our labor lms created. Why Is this? Think, friends! Do you not soo what is wrong? Do you j not soo that while wo produce the! good things of Ilfo tho rich class own j and control them in' tholr private In-1 toresls, and thus tako from us tho wealth wo oursolvos need? In somo ways wo aro worse off than tho slavosof years ago. Thoy, at any rate, though often ill treated and overcrowded, had enough food, clothing and sholtor to Icoop thorn in a condition fit for employment. Be- cnuso, If a slavo was unfit for work, or died from any cauoo, tho slave- mnRtor would havo to buy anothor slavo to roplaco him. Wo workora lodny aro not BlnvoB, Wo aro froo mon. Whon wo nro fortunoto enough to find employers wo got In return for tho wonlth our lnbor oroatoa Just about enough food, clothing nnd hoiiBo-room (our "wngoB") to ltoop its going whllo tho work lasls. Whon wo havo worked hnrd and havo produced nn much wonlth (clothing, food, hoiiRflB, otc.) aB our maulers enn .for tho tlmo holng conveniently dlnposo of nt a "profit" to themselves—woll, what iinpnons thon? Wo aro thrown out of work, our wugos stop, nnd wo nro hnrd put to It to obtain enough ot tho things wo ourselves bni/o rtwnted In Wn Vrndv and flonl together. And If wo do hap. I i § I I t § < < § < i < ! mens ■< • Cravenette Coats—Very-suitable for early -wear, as well as being a perfectly reliable Raincoat;" 7 good range of colors; prices from $8.75 to $18.75. Styles Loose Or Semi-fitting, many being equipped with the "Presto," the most practical of collars. Rubberized Rain Coats—In plain ' cloth effects, t i shadow stripes, shepherd's checks, and in, plain and moried silks. Special—"Women's Rubberized. Long Capes.—Regular prices $15.00_and $18.75. Sale Price $9.75. Silk Moire Coats—Regular $20.00 value; Sale Price $14.50 . Twill Silk Coats.- $14.50. -Regular $18.50 value; Sale Price Some Extra, Special Values in Women's and Children's Cloth Coats—Both in Tweeds and ^ plain ., colors. • ' - ' 0 , , a >7 > 6 > I 1 < 1 1 |„TiRI^iES-WOOD-G0^ Limited • ■■■'I unfamiliar to our nltlzons. It ha»|P«n t0 hoar of nnothor Job going, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT8 FLAY WAR 8CARE JKNA, Bept, 11.—At to-dny's mert. lng of tho Congress of Social JX'mo- end a resolution wns submitted protesting against "any attempt to pro- voUo mnn-niurdorlng war nmong such civilised nations aa Franco, Ennland, and Germany, which would Inevitably bocomo worldwide and ond in a universal catastrophe." The resolution ascribed tho efforts to stir up strife to the efforts of rnjnnlnl pfr.ileg nnd mnlrers of u*nr material!*, nnd concluded tho resolution by naylnjj: "This congress expects Hint tho Gorman workers wl\l uso every moans nt tholr command lo prevont war nnd demands that tho Reichstag will bo convened Immediately ao that tho w»prAW)tnffiv><i| op fh# jy>opF#» will bo given an opportunity of declaring their opinion, In tho course of tho debate on the resolution, Ilnrry Quolcb, dolegato from (Irent Ilrltnln, doclnrod that hla own wintry wns slmplly a plrato now- \0KMs aM\ .otiH-dy, Unit tlio pooplo tiro played nil the largo cities on tho coast anniinliy for tho last twolvo yonra; it Ib one of I hone attractions thnt enn nlwnvs draw n crowd to the theatre, and neinl them away knowing that they will ho seen In tholr usual Boots tho nr-xt. tlmo "Yon Yonson" coiihjb around, Tho piny Is such a gom aa a comody dramn, hnth in notion, aontimont, din- cr bent upon conquest for tho bono fit of the plutocratic clauses. Ho insured tho delegates to tho congroHS thnt tho English Socialists woro moro unitedly In favor of dla- armament, nnd would leave no atone unturned to prevent a war. Thfft l.t U10 first apd<2arauco of Quolch in Germany since tho Gorman pollco In 1007 roqu«atod him to loivvo tho country. lontho to over tiro of aoolng it. Mr. DikVhl Hrniisirnm will piny tho part of 'Yon Yonson," and la a dialect nctor of owh ability that he alanda boforo tho public today na tho greatest living oxponwt of tho Bwodlah character, nnd hla "Yon Yonaon" la a mas- torptcu> ut tlmmuton acting. Tho supporting company It an .exceptionally good ono. The thantra U suro to fc* crowded tomorrow night. hundreds of ub nro forced by tho foar of starvation to struggle with oaoh other ln tho hopo of catching tho oyo of tho employor Hut wo are not, slaves, ivo nro free men I Porhaps you do not considor yourself a common workman. You nro n small ahopkeopor. You spend long hours In your huslncBB on tho look-out for customers who nro often fow and far between. Tho sUukkIu to inaVo ends moot, to pay your Inndlord nnd tho wholesale merchants, iti a constant and over-Increasing source of trouble. And yon havo always before you the keen growing competition of tlio largo company ahopn, which threaten to ruin you by undercutting, and thus drive >ou, into Uu> awalUuK vauk* ot the unemployed worker*. CItlton, whether you be workman or shopkeeper, we aak you to consider tbe question of Grand Theatre 1 Night Only SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23rd Tho famous Swecdish Comedian MR. DAVID BRATTSTROM and his Exceptional'-Coinany in tho funniest of all Sweodisli Dialect Comedies onson 10 People. Special Scenery. Catchy Songs. Prioos $1.00, 7»c, 50c. Children 25c, SOCIALISM. Liberals and Tories imiy tnlk loudly of tho "honours of competition." But you know only too woll that competition is making your llfo hard today, Why Ib It both Liberal nnd Tory parties Biipport ii syn- torn which Is n curso to tho working pooplo? Simply nnd solely because It allows tho rich folk who control (Iioho parties to live In on ho nnd luxury nt our expound Wo nlwayB shnll be poor while thoso people aro allowed to tako from ub In "profit," "IntoroBt," "dividend" and "ront" tho greater part ot tlio wealth wo produco. . Socialists contond that tho working pooplo hnvo n right to all tholr labor cronton. 8c- cinlliim moiiiiB that limtcad ot our produco being tnkon from ub by capitalists mid landlords wo should join together Ub U llitUUfi 0> cUUHItililil), <uui imtq wWvrullviiy own, rojilrol and enjoy everything nercBHory to our life. Wo should then bo our own mastora nnd produro wonlth for our own use, nnd not for the profit, of othorn. Vm tihouhl lhirfi wits, uwatifcf \m tho common good of each nnd nil. How In thin to bo brought nbout? It enn only bo brought nbout by ourselves— by tho working people. Citizen, nltond our Socialist meetings and read our !lf*rnMire. Voto nt eloctfon times for thoso who stnnd for Socialism. DuwplUi ull lUuIr fine talk, Liberals and Tories, Free Tradora and Tariff nefonnera, Progressives and Moder- ntca nro really only concerned with tho intereata of the rich class and with keeping us in our present position. ItcfUsM la nunnorji any.of thorn.' And beat of all, Join our movement and help to ipread the good newa of the belter timet to como—W. O. Veali, in Juitloe. Livery, Feed and Sale Stables First class Hones for 8ale. Duyi Horses on Commlslon George Barton Phono 78 U .0 Here it is, Waiting for U iMWHtlStlSVATlVtl \>uii(ci< ut onco to),' work in your locality Will guarantee J2.00 to J3.00 per day. Opportunity to advance rapidly, Will pity Ubornlly for apuro lino. Work no dlf- ncnin,. tairtuibnce not wpuron. international Dlblo Press, Toronto, Ont. MILL WOOD KOIl SALB In atovo lengths, {2X0 por team lond nt Krtn nody and Mangnna; or call 'phono 23. TO IIBNT—Two rooms aultnbl* for mnn and wife, Apply, Job. tair.nni Allen. I -l.n TO JlENT-rTwo roomed- pla»tere4 Houso Apply. Ilobt. Wright, West Pernio, ..3—dtp POR fMLT7-CFIM7»-A. Tr/iby Carriage In first clan condition, complete- with runners. Apply Mrs. V, A. niches, corner of Dalton, Jaffray J—tf - nl I *'L 1 i »--M
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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : J.W. Bennett |
Date Issued | 1911-09-23 |
Description | The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919. |
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Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
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Date Available | 2016-07-26 |
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