.... 3 ' y^AA '■- ;.■ "*■£--. • - ' •--s^-*-' x'S-x .,'■:>> 7Ayy ."*. 'L Industrial .Unity jg':Strength- :No. 11, Vol. vn. -"Tib I ■/):■ The Official Organ-of District No. 18, U. M. W.' of A. SAVE THE headings or ' this>aper((*. •' r-lr'' /**-. W> S882?' THE DISTRICT LEDGER,, FERNIE, B, 0.,oNOVEMBER\8, 1913. /, h 11* X. I J> YT— ""i —" "<"MU>"^ ■ucimJiis.JJi.JtiMjm;, a. O.,, NOVEMBER 18, 1913. A.-JBob Walker Speaks to '-'^??^^^ 49- ' . 9^3 -*** » . VI ^99 ^ * ~ mm .*^ * H M — - >- 7 T ■■■W « *V -**■» .-_ _ _ [^ ity*ds-Vic^qr7. $1.00 A YEAR Crowded Gathering ^ .» Speaking^for some 65 minutes -to a ■ "' -crowded house last Sunday night, in '■'• the'Grand Theatre, "Bob" Walker explained the position of the coal miners on the Island and the reason why ,• . Bowser and his hirelings were so de- ■sirous of-placing the leaders ia jail , arid stifling, as tliey Imagined the , growth ot the Socialist movement" on the Island-. This,the speaker claimed ■was the reason for the severity of sen- * ten-ces (and the continuance of the ' ■ strike. 'Comrade WV L. Phillips, who occu- ' pied .the chair, introduced the speaker. " with a few explanatory .remarks of the ' , "Socialist position.' .' ," 1 - .On. 'rising to- address the meeting, Coincide "Bob" Walker was-received ,'• with1 applause. He was, he explained, s" from Cumberland,* at which place" the r miD,e workers were on strike at pre- sent. Tp them, however, strange as It -' might .seem,.the strike was a time of peace. 'Previous to tha strike they had no agreement, The-conditions un- ■der which tibey -worked were those of - abject slavery—a continuous round '-'of .working and sleeping; Men, when .', starting .work; did not know how much ■ per 'yard or ton they, would receive, but had to take what it pleased the .bosses to give.' if they kicked—veil, they took the consequences. One particular danger about the .mines, however, -was the -prevalence of /explosive*gases and the numerous ■ small explosions. The mines, for some reason, -which the speaker could-not explain, were not subject .to very extensive-explosions; but although these explosions were more or less local they collected-thedr, toll of life and . . limb pretty regularly.-- iWith the Introduction of .the U. M. W: of A., a gas committee was.form- •* ed and the strike was the result of the report of that committee. One „ John -Mottishaw, who was'a member : of the1 committee, was discriminated*' - against in a most deliberate and barefaced'manner. iWhen he had finished ^ his .place in the mine - he was 'told there 'was no more work.- The man- _' agement, followed, this man to- Cumberland, -where he obtained .work from a contractor; hut he had only worked . .three days when the contractor -was . compelled to fire.hlm. ■ As a-resulf the .• -union took up his case and.used ev- .ery possible means to get.htm rein- -stated., but to no'ayail.- 'The govern- "' ment-was annealM fn hut in *o*ni+c c; ithe fact that Mottishaw -was tr^ng^to '- uphold jind maintain the laws enacted 'by the authorities/ they .refused .to ;. consider .the case and, far from de- "'fending him, they upheld'the, com- , . Pany In. their infraction of the .Mines -Regulation Act. The'result-at this . -treatment was the "strike. ', ■ •, '-Having forced the.men;to'striite;- the* ....-■next tactics of the operators was-to ^ use every possible means to aggravate and incite the'strikers to commit a breach, of tho peace, and the disturbance of tlie Island w-as the 'culmination ' of tho operators', efforts. The speaker told the audience the * correct version of the disturbance, how two days previous to -the trouble rumor had it that the non-union men ' "'ntena^ ''-cleaning up tho town," and •that the union men were fired on first „ -by the strikebreakers, Directly the -Tiring started, some six or seven union men -were on tho street, and naturally 0 .-when they .heard bullets whistling by - ahelr ears they fell flat on tho ground. Their friends Immediately got tho lnv-1 passion that thoy were seriously In- Jured and telephoned Nanaimo for as- siBtonce. What-was more natural than that the mine workers should go. as they would- do in the ovont ofan explosion, to tho assistance of their fellow workers? Thoy came'and. the scabs fled. There wns a llttlo damage dono to property, but no one was "The .next day Bowser sent 60 ape- ■ clal pollco 'to the Island.' The miners Jmd seen somo things that these thugs nnd blnckgimrds hnd dono, and: know whnt lo expeot trom thorn; thoy would havo none ot them. The specials wero ordered to lino up on the wharf and „ <tliolr ombloms stripped'. Thoy were also rollovoil of their weapons ami told 1 to got hack—which thoy did. Another lot was sont and they mot with tho samo fato, The next day n sto/nnor nrrlvod at tlio wharf with the irillltla aboard. Tho miners, however, allowed theso mon . !?i * buttho ■oldler-mon wore very visibly scarod, and upon a,minor go- j Irig up to one bravo soldier hoy and aayJng: "Give mo that gun I" tho mill- Ma man mookly handed it over. "Havo you nny ammunition?" wns ilomtndad, *Pi .9.«n,,nnt 0"o ropiiod In the nog- atlvo, rhe miners could havo mopped tho mllltla landing, assorted tho speak- or, hut thoy lookod upon tho soldiers a* tlieir (protectors nnd wore content tlmt thoy would not commit the ox- cejfM that tho specials hnd been kui ity or, Comrade Walker went on -to review labor conditions the world over, ffo explained the position of the Soclallat and their formula—the matorlnlUt conooptlon. Conditions chnngo<l, but Ideas were not chnnglnR with tin? iiamo Tnpldlty, Ho outlinotl the early i'Malory of socloty and tho Incongruous £MMon of omvloyor and omployd, nnd .'.' V S.9»AtAA.f u,vv>0'io «»uu out OI •vmivaMiy MiMr-ntilootfl n\ui y\rv.'n^\n\" mimt bo, Tracing the poiltlou of the mino worker* rrom general manager down, the lower they went tho grentor and moro dl«proportlonnto wai^'the tank, hut each laborer In th« vnrtmio t»*»nr»«.> wrovo io persuade himself that ha was bolter off thojn the man boneath him. Thiii went on right down to the driver, the loweot c!«m of mino laborer, and ho, whon arriving at tho -pit mouth, »aw tho out of work and- gathered hi* •horo or oon»olntlon from tho fact that ho bad a Job! (LiMntlttur.) Mnny of tho minor* whom the com* pany had Imported from the OM Owin- iu*'^}11" u""'" u,M'*'r lho In»pre«»ion that they would teaoh thorn, how. to dl* ooal, but when thoy nude a tiuii ditcoy«red condltiono were vwy dl(. fewMilr-In tnd, nnite a few coufd not (Uf fioal, and -a Chink wat told off to HfL^iht??'. Th,» *** «<» rauoh tor ••nnth* ivM*.» Thuy fttitt tni mat- od to Wft tho V. M. W. ol l\ ifiii ««aln thoy MoeiTOd nriothut thonM. iWhen they learned that the U. M. W. of A, ^-as-open to all and that men of all nationalities were contained in'lts ranks, they said it must he a "British union" for them to join. ' The small store keeper could not imagine, why,the miner strikes-why he shouldnot be contented. They had not heen in a mine and knew nothing 9I"*?n?i'!°?s- ' The speaker illtistrat- ed.the^r (tho shop keepers') position Jn society to that of the intelligent fly T0', ^hea he fe]I Int0'«»« Jam pot cltaubed' on tlie .back of the other flies and reached the top, from which '(position he looked down on those beneath and wondered why they were so fool- ish as to stop there. m^i'-S8*01® 'pourgeolse .capitalist had -resorted to science to increase .production and secure a position in society 1^2l lSO a!so had ^ Proletariat to fn -^w 6cl^lce t0 ^"nehis -position la -society. The capitalism had given them an education and thus helpld to diapel spiritualism and superstition Iff?^,™*8868 and 'creat« materl- a ism. Having done this, however, they ST* a«lt-^»«»tton was \nl oung the worker to grasp and under- stand his position in'society.' As a result they built and endowed churches, attending them in person; But there was one'.point they had failed .to„ grasp, and this -was, while vrJiJ**fS,m tdisPla<:e error, lt was a very different matter to. displace truth with error. -. ' .Tne speaker related the instance of the -militia surrounding the Jliners' ■Han with soldiers and machine guns and-expressed the opinion that all ■tney wanted was an opportunity to aggravate the men and cause a disturb- -XV (wl? wa9 uot the slightest ■doubt that the stage .was set and the cast .present to repeat, on a smaller scale the -Paris commune. The guns were loaded—they.swad.ted, longed and ■hoped for a chance or excuse .to fire Tlm*, ,These 6ame ®oWier boys wanted to kill—the desire was there in the tenseness and whiteness of their expression. ■ Had- the miners lost their head for a second—had. there heen the semblance of •disorder-tften tliey would-have-witnessed the bloodiest massacre ever recorded on the American-continent.' -The men jwere to he congratulated for ..their forbearance. The speaker described the action of the militia that nlght;:andthe thor- ir\IlP"J-m,<**Lan:i_-r,r-H*V. ...VJ_i_jj. _*_— ---°7"-™-T,n""-'vuiun\-Tfcney—searched for. incriminating evidence and found the 1500 defenceless/ innocent men. Why,,asked the speaker, was this done? ; Because • they . had revolted against their,slavery? No, they had not revolted against their slavery, but against the'severity of same! - ^-'Reverting toUhesdleritific'sIde of ■ value," the speaker treated- his hearers to a few lucid and instructive examples of use value and exchange value in their relation to society. The use value of a miner was how much coal he could dig; tlie use value of a soldier how many slaveB he could sub- due, and the use value of a politician or editor how many votes or minds he could sway. Labor pdwcr was valued «LI,0WMM,ueh",,t-t0(Jk t0 feed and *™Jt th£.woi;k'OT a'»<l Propagate the specie. Two hours was the average wherein thq1 laborer could earn an equlvalen to fill these needs, and the balance of the day's labor went to tlie employer. Taking figures of the com- mission appointed- iby the Canadian government we find that the .worker in .this country produces $10 per deim and receives 92 back. In spite of the extravagance of capitnlidm, lt was found Impossible for them to use the remaining ?8 of production. It, could not be sold back to the worker, for he rocolves only $2.00 and cnn't afford to buy back any more than enough for his Immodlato'requirements, So this over production! Is sold to other conn, trios; to countries that nro not so fnr ndvnncort in development — China, ' ,4)il?l ct0, 'Rfl«enlly the powers loaned China n2C.000.000. Now, this does not go lu hard cash, but Is sont to Ml na Jn the shape of machinery, stool rallH, etc. „ The speaker pointed out the logical coiiBoritioiico of this, viz., ■that in a very fow years China would uevoiop her own resources-and, as n Inn lv*0?111 il0t wu,t owtolilnory, in Is, etc., from forolgn countrlos, and this would .menu the loss of another market, a Hiirplus stock of commodities, -tho oloslng of workBhops and un- employment. Tho result of overproduction and un- employment was dlecontont, To divert the nttontlon of tho mnHBOB mid Jnl«ta i'^y mwl«>t<» war wns noces- «nry, ihla meant Incretued nrmlog and nnvioR, tiA^ul VOBJtion on tl10 l8,«"<l. nxnlnln. fmi °i,eft.uror' m* tllftt tl,l» Soclnllit Lttl'm1 b<,onfvoiV netivo; thoy hnd ■lartort tho worlcor thinking. Tho Con- ■nrvatlvo imrty/renlliso that thoy havo to do uomothlng to maintain thutr position, which has heen threaten**, and ^hi» was tho secret of the ugRreg! »lve and reprogsivu moaauron they hnd adopted and tho prolonged strlko llowsor and hl» snlellltoa wnntod lo run Uio Socialist out and the Jailing of in mnn'ff lonrters nppcnled to tlioiu as the likeliest motliod, Tlm *»i)«ik<>r rnnoliidnf*) hv ihi^n.*!,. exhorting all present to study anil IJJjjJi -.W i,,,t,,,v.',u;,t«*d, it VMM Utlit'J- liHoly nrcpssary that they have a knowledge of thoir position Jn soelety and tliolr utrengtli lay in the puwev 8lon and intolllgont uso of that knowledge, n . 1 * tt . , ,. , ■■-*.* ...I**, -k.,-.\.*.^«.ikt,ui.rttt i-Jti.trl .Member, District 18, U. M.W. of A, followed with ft few remarkt, He commentwl upon the prflsont unilottlod atnte of lalior In overy country nnd •tilted thht sovoral or the men under- ffolwr Bontonco for disturbance on tlio Inland were known to him personally, Rome of tlicae men would not think of committing a broach of law; tliey Hv-H irfMMi. rl«»nn llro«, «ttrfv|ng at rtll tlmHI to do right, Th-MW meii had commuted no crime—but they Vero Jailed, Tho «p«ikw finished with an earnest appeal to all to otudf ond think for thenwolvot, for their salvation lay In thoir own buiAm and not in tho hand* of any particular leader or lead- eta. .... *, The following resolution wa* carried unanimously hy standing vote- far old Bird Wins Appeal and $4.000 Compensation Just as we go to press the following wire comes to,hand from A. J. Carter:~ VANCbUVER, B. C, Nov. 7.-The case of Bird against the Crow', iw p pany was argued before the court df appeals y^l^Z <&?££ ^ ST aid and Justices Martin, McPhillips and GalligLr sitting on theS i att aCD°D- miously d^sed and the judgment of Mr. Justice Murphy 2taed £TZ v T*' ,K. C and J. J. Martin for the appellants; * A° MacL^n, E^Tc and A MnK ' ?*« for the respondents Decision in the Culshaw case has beei reserved -^0^ ' ^ It will be remembered that Harold. Bird was awarded $4,000 dam™ trL ed while following his employment as a rope rider a If 1LTSf ^ SUStain- to deprive him of use of nghYhand permanently^' t%ll ^^^7^^ awarded a,mine worker in District 18. ; ' . ' > ' ls.the ^hest damages Sad Fatality at Coal Creek One Killed and Another Injured . Seriously VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov will be a newtrlal.—A. Mac Neil NEW TRIAL '- 7.—Appeal In Cardemone versus C. N- P. Coal Co. allowed and there LABOR^W^RMS Every Shade of Opinion Unite in Condemning the Bowser Clique for Incarceration of Island Strikers— Vigorous Protest- Strong Action will be Taken Had the Bowser government been the most ardent supporters of the labor movement, it'is"im: possible to conceive any action of theirs that would haye more thoroughly roused tlie workers of this- continent than the brutal and disgustingly unjust' Sentences that-have been passed on thc Island strikers. • „ " • ' -v \. Their,-action has been the. means of bringing" every^ expression of opinion in the labor, world onto 7-—: _-9v,99.^9 9...—i-iicit-av;i.iuju"ii.as_c*t;iiienTeci the various factions, both political'and industrial, in one solid,phalanx who now face "the McBride oligarcy. - . ; ~" v t * , \ *J" ^ The following; telegram and resolution from A.' . J. Carter,-' wlio is at the coast in connection 'with certain -compensation- cases, pending-,' on bWialf of' the District, plainly indicates tlint what has been regarded- as the one regrettable feature of the labor movement—dissention among the various polit-. ic il and industrial factions—has been removed and - at next Monday's meeting'the worker will take action en masse and compel the Federal and Provincial governments to liberate the strikers who have been punished with a severity that disgraces our much-vaunted ."British justice" and freedom. (Special to District Ledger) VANCOUVER, B. 0., Nov. 6.^A mass meeting , will bo held in the Dominion Hall on Monday even- ing.next, November 10th, to protest against the" vicious sentences passed upon tho miners of Van of America, E. T. Kingsley for the Socialist Party -of Canada,* and Robert Gordon for the Industrial Workers of. the World, The following two resolu- tions will be passed: ' ,''" • •''Be it resolved, that this mass meeting held under;the^auspices of the B. C. Miners' Liberation lieague.and including representatives of the following: British Columbia Federation of Labor, Van- couyer Trades, and,Labor Council, United Mine: =-Workers-ofrAmericar^dustriarW6rk^"irth^r World, the Socialist Party of Canada, the Social Democratic Party of .Canada and citizens of Vancouver, protests against'the brutal severity of the sentences passed upon the miners of Vancouver Is- land and.demands of the Minister of Justice for Dominion/of Canada that they) be released:"'^' ~- "Be itf'further resolved that the Minister of Ju* tice be requested to forward an early reply to the secretary of this league indicating what action he proposes to take. ''Be it resolved, that this,meeting condemns the government of British Columbia for refusing to en- force the provisions of the Ooal Mines Regulation Act, which refusal on their part is responsible for all the trouble which has occurred in connection with the situation on Vancouver Island." It ia anticipated that a large gathering will as- semble in the Dominion Hall next Monday night, for there are thousands of people outside the ranks of organized labor who are disgusted at the insen- i«^1.Jpa.B.t 'Veek lias '^messed no less than .three accidents at tliis camo 2S Sone death and Ule -SSS injury of three. ,°VVMda/ evening, between 7.30 ™?u a ?c °ck- a» accident; which resulted in the death of Charlie Baboni, a foreigner, and the serious injury of James Stirling,'power house engineer occurred, and called for a fpSffi train to convey tlie injured men to the hospital, Baboni dying shortly after admission to .that institution. Deceased was married, his wife being at present in the old country. Stirling's injuries consist of compound fracture of tne leg and severe bruises. The exact cause of accident is not hJ?^ !;nown' ^ from information to hand it appears that the steel car used to convey ashes from the lAnlf' ,°use to the ash dum'P brake wigv°W11 'dashed into the toiler ?i?« « grains ot the approach of the car was heard and it is not known exactly how deceased was hit, .but n^linv5 appea,rs t0 haV€ been,engased upon his usual occupation and wasin- specting gauges when struck down A"Jbry, consisting of the following was empanelled: J. Lyons, B S son, Pete Atkinson, Harrv Martin fUarvdy^Ueh,eS' ,and TomB,£ltl?,T& S nnHl « VeZlX1S the b0dy> a<3^«"-n. ed until Saturday>evening, 6.30 <p.m when they will continue their delibTr ations at the provincial Court House Fernie. ' COAL CREEK NOTES *X A serious accident happened Ed ■Harrison, driver, employed at Ooal Oreek, last Saturday, when he sustain- «d serious injuries about.Iegs. The accident appears to have Wn caused by pin working -loose and permitting ?~T I,t0 <i,«»nnecL The .car was «^h !l nf dowiJ:an inclIne at th0 time, and the horse-tacMng, caught the unfortunate man's legs between the car and snafts. .Whlle.no' bones are brok- n^i„!.iMn3!lrie8 are of such » sert<™ nature that some time must elapse .be- lore he returns to work. ' shades of working class opinion in labor and politics. V. R. Midgoley, of tho B, 0. Federation of Labor, will occupy tho chair, and J. Kavanagh, one of the vice presidents of tho Federation, will speak on behalf of that body, J. W. Wilkinson will spoak for tho Trades and Labor Council, Frank Farrington and Coo, Pettlgrew for the United Mine Workors Thos. Oreenal, fraternal delegate to tho Amori- can Federation of Labor Convention from the Brit- ish Miners' Union, will aooompany Mr. Frank Far- rington from Seattle "to Vancouvor on Monday morning next to be present as a speaker at the pro- tost mass meeting on Monday evening under tho auspices of the Minora' Liberation Longuo. This in itsolf will assuro a crowded house.-A. J. Carter. Resolution* AVIiorons a numbor of the working cIiibh on Vancouver iuland have rooolvod HontoncoB of imprlHoiiniont vnryliiff from two yonr» to two months, with flnofl amounting to 12850, nnd Whoroas moot of thorn nro abBoluto- ly innocont, whilst others woro trlod on trivial and trumped up. aimrffOB, and Whorens tho clmrnotcrH of Mown. J. J, Tinylor. i\Vm. Iinulil, Snm Outhrlo, John Morgan nnd mnny othors nro un- quontlonntily beyond reproach, and AVhorena wo know <h«Ir crlmo Ib ono pf championing tho onu«o of iho pro- Itttarltvt, nnd .Whoroait wo nlso know they oro hut victims of tho conflict for -iwlltlcul powor, . . Tlioroforo-bo It ronolvod thnt tho 80- clnllHtB nnd momberB of thu working claBB of tho c|Ur of jfonito In mnsB 'mooting .horo flRBemHiIod1, vlgorounly proto»t agnlnBt tho unjimt nnd Inhu- mnn tivnt-m-^nt nnn^-ort. i***i +n nmi.i... of ourelniw, and thnt wo demand thoir uni,\,:ii.Ulis,„U .vltiatm, ami no 1t further ivsolvwl, that wo co- oporato In ovory wny ipo-Mlbln with Tito Jnnor»*,WbomUon Longuo of v«n- courpr In ordor that our demand* bo granted fortliwJUi. nnd i'n: 1. iiuui*»r ruMiivod ih«it copIph of UiIb resolution ho sont to tho follow- Ing places: It, ... norden, 1»'romler of Canada: W. nowwr, Acting Pramlor for Hrlt. Uh Columbli; W, h, Uobb, Minister of Lnndiij I'nrkor Wllllanii and Jnck PIiiw. Af. P. P.'nr thn mnnrn' l.itu*m- tion Longtio; Tho \V<w«»rn Clarion; Cotton^ Wookly; n. O. Podorntlonlst and Thu nutria Ledger. KNOX CHURCH "BulM\yry_r «vn w»l|.» Subject, 7.3(5 VM„ "A tttrsngo mirek-nF ovontttn- " «i« jowor "niii preach at hoth Borilc- •* Erftnrbody wokomo. W. J. W Quarrlo, d. A., Jiilnliitor. THE CHILDREN OF THE ISLAND STRIKERS iroBmor I^ocnl Union, No. 2l!i7. w U. M, W. or A., Novombor fith, mui. To tho Editor, DlBtrlct Lodgnr. nonr Slr.-Tho dtlennn of Jlosmor »ro going to glvo a bimkot tioclnl and dnnco, proceodH to go to aid In 1)Po. curing ChrlstiniiB clioor ror thu «hil> 'Iron of tho iBliiiul Btrlkors, A» this h a good eniiBo, thought you might loflslhiy n,nkc « donation of tho nrli t- Ing ' Trusting to honr from you. uh wo wish to got poHium out without dolny. Yours truly, W. llALDBnSTONW. Hoiilylng to tho ubovo roquoiit, «hnlt bo only too nlnavoil lo nwilflt -thn Mo». mor nltliions In bringing a llttlo addl- tloiinl cJioor Into tlio Uvea of thoeo wjoro Pftrents nro putting up bucIi a • i. « " •ao"' *-t,-t'*'»9 tutl U-UBJIlHlBlll or ihoth <yiw>nit*r)r« nnd t'ovo'^nmfTit We ■would furthor suggont that nil ladloa 1W10 aro fluxion* to aatilat In thin worthy objen do to by making baskets nnd poraiindlng tliolr m.ilo frlonds to IHirclniHo thorn. Tlio I^odgfl-r will hnvo n linmiwr *tlii>r<> worth hlddlnn' fnr ■ bil. THE JUVENILE D0BT0NIAN8 AT THE GRAND Tho .luvonllfl IkiHtonlupa proientod "The Kobo of niamloon" to a lurirp nnit «IH»rt»cuuivo uudlcnco on Wcdno^lay **,* 1, . night. MIhh Patsy Hflnry, tho -Mm ot 1?° Mo"r,Moy ■«• wont whon BliolniniorUllzod tho namo c«'np]"nt'rit<'d 0 of a certain young local drugstore derk by comparin-s her own *'hdy. killing" propMislilM with fait, tlio youth'a ovldfliit dliicomflturo ahowlns In a fada! line. % tilth rtmllod that i5 thf* prnwrtiful lohntpr. tturt, yoiir'tiofldlng* and win ono ol our handtfonie C'jirlHtmaa preaenti. Openlno of New R. C. Church at Coal Creek ulSlt mw ,l)1,ll(,lnB oroctod on tho iJ,nw„i!oy B,,,°. °.f t,1«'<!'"nP for (ho 11 Bt, when tho oponlng coromony took ji. 1. « ai. Co., n wpooln train iwim nm vuntngfl of by KorololtM. Among •notabloB' of |.'crnl» woro hoo A 1 Hoblohmid «ml wire. Mr. nnd Mm Klniior. John I'odblelnriplk, Mr. a id Mr« (loorgo O'llrion nnd aovowtl 0 *>*Wding lights of tho ChiiiX)h of tlio Holy Vmtty. Ftatlinr MI0I10I conduct- «d tho aopvlcc. whilo Father Sownrnkl u-nH tho eok-braiit, Tho prooopdlnm rommonr-od with JUohhImr tho outHld" 0 tho building nnd aftorwunla lihm- ing tho Inaldo, wlilnh coromony wan conducted by lt«v. Mlchol.' John Jiayak and tlm llmflwrn Pnnmc it.,*,* >m tuirvtim, uw older Conroy bn|n« Mon. MrB. Murphy, of Vi-ruli*, p^sid. «d nt tho organ, whilo tho nolo part* n?T\ **??* ^ 8l(,V(, ■'■niUne and !S"z M'Tphy and .M«H<l«mi>H Martin and Turnco, nngmcutiM by varloim ■■ /....... „.\- inuj t ,*,,,,,,_, *, iHnr. lit a row well chosen remnrks tho Itev. 41 St Michel apoko on tlm "Unity "of tho Churrh," nolcctlng his text from tno book of Romans, nnd mndo nn onr- ne»t appeal to hia honror« to practise tho toaehlnga of tho (^him-li In nvery phaso of lifo. .Tho Church lur>|f of- cupU',1 u. \«ry iproniliK'in iio'Mmoii on I*!* ^!?rri,M!,oy ,w,° °f ,|10 rnntTnnrt .-- on tlio expnlitloiiM manner In whlrh all tho rwnilremiMifs of -tho contract havo Jn-cn filial. TJ.<» Chiwh Is equtpuwl with a flno aliar, an organ and other Churrh ftimtfih. ings, and we tt*:] «uro i-illl sopplr * long folt wwnt to tht9 Coal Crwlt fn- tt-rtiity. wo nnderstand that services ara to b« held overy nkernat<» ftundny at 10.30 «,m, snd Sunday Solio..l nt 2-30 *.n». ^Toe-vaHio \ra.a .brqitght down to" the hospual from ytf>*i JSast' suffering from Injuries to body and limbs'caused by collision 'with car load of.rock ■Although his,injuries^ stated not to oe of a serious nature, it'.has 'been deemed advisable to detain him in hospital .for'a fe\y days. what -:are; you-.going to: do? Editor, District Ledger. Fellow Worker,—You are doubtless ■aware of the movement that ts being carried on by the. different I. w W locals all over AVestern Canada for a> protest against the treatment which is .being handed out to the striking minors of Vancouver Island by the.courts. This local is- engaged. • in an 'nctlvo campaign of agitation among the craft unions of this city, both by send- ng out circular letters and by addressing them ht tholr.,ibuslneas meetings. protest that can bo .made would bo the calling of a general strlko In all In- dustrios nil over Western Canada and we are trying to stir up a sentiment In favor of thia .move.- .Now, you being »r "onroBt re'Proscntnllvo 0t tlio U. wJ;„i1 ' 0f A" UlG orff'infiation most Mtally concerned In this ciiso, wo noturnlly turn to you to find out what action you nro going to take. Wo pledge you our full support in whntovor «tops H may Uio thought no- cossary to tako to effect tho release of our fellow workera from Jail and prevent othors rrom being sont ovor tho snmo route, This Ib a hoHoub ciibo nnd It. is up to nil unions to lay naldo all tliolr awror-cmcos nnd show somo rail solidarity, Thoro Ib one way by .which theso union mlnorB may bo Ilberntcd nnd that Ib by tlio iirou«*ed working clnBB nil ovor Wnotorn dinndn. l/>t un got togothor nnd nHHort the .power of lnbor atwl show the capltnllHts of 11. C. nnd tliolr dirty tool« that wo uili no longer wtand for tho por«ueutlou of our moflt, actlvo momlwrs. Hoping you will vlow tills (iiipstlon in thn minio llKllt UB WO do, "Yours for direct notion, .TAiMBfl IIOWAN, THOMAS P1TK8IMMONR, Commit tor. The camp was enlivened on Sunday £fpnTpby,^ niartial ^tiums or the Coal Creek-Fernie Band- under the leadership of Ashton Yates I-Im tions1 were glven'from the S'enis but the -best Jrtece undoubtedly™ "5 £°»«s °/ ®rly which seemed to £ Goo 1 L vf °f SeVfiral of the «««««. h<Sw v\\J°U *«».«rta«nly making The apparatus ordered for Uie evm. naslum in connection miu, the Club arrived this week. Xow there will be something doing, Mac. The Juvenile Bostonlan* attracted ' iv^e,nUmberof Cr°ekitcs to town Wednesday evening, *-, Preliminary Notice tht d st * , A1d' in connection with 1 Jme?b)'teriail Churoh lntend l« run a grand concert on Nov. isth . .Mr John Hewitt Is arranging the proi ' gram. A good time is assured. Particulars later. QmT1}6 c2n,,Tnii"ee of the Methodist Sunday School appeal for. -the pres, ^W«?f1a ^v moT.& adults at the Sun- - day School to assist In the manage-" ment of the school. The dearth of teachers Is to be deplored The residents of the camp would like to know when the Amateur Dra- •' matic Society are to give another con- ■ cert. Now you .members, get .busy Mrs. Ernest Niedig and Mrs H ™U™*£ Wer-& v*sltins frlends up here - on Wednesday. ' The usual montlily tare of cars took place on Sunday last. Ellas Rodgers, Esq., president of the coal company, was up here lii company with General Manager Wilson on " •Monday. A large number of Creekites journeyed to town1'on Sunday evening to strike."B°b"Walk€r ^ «^}££' . \ A case arising out of the stealing of a mackinaw coat, etc., was settled in fernie on Monday. The culprit is now, a-saddoF-but-wiser-raan: ~ AT THE GRAND THEATRE One Week, Starting Monday Next The repertoire of playn to bo pri- Bontwl by (Joo. ll. Bummer* mid IiIh clover -courpany next wonk 111 tho above thoiuro appeals to nil vIubhvm of thoatro won. Tho UngllMh eomcily. "Tho llouao Noxt lloor," with which Mr. Hummeri) of the most dellghtful'Vinao "tn'iHri^'nt »w.vnt >uaru. "The aresd John tiantuii," ,» ilr.tm.i- tuntlon of thn novel "rianton nnd ("o •' (Arthur J. Kddy), Ib n utronit plnv of Amorlcan Hfo ami manner*. Tho "chl- eago atockyanls Ih (Iip wiif of tltf. ••wo .tun tm-ro m virility mnl ini|.n. *-\yjn «very lino of tho play. Orcen StocklngB," tho Kngllah com. edv used by Mnraiirpt AiirIIii tlio last WO IMIonf, will bo produced In nu tuauornio manner. This gpiiulno gem of a play is too well known to need commont. .—„. "Kive_uoIiars* and, costs" said .his Honor! /The stork visited the house occupied -by .Mr. ami Mrs. Charlie Stowe on Saturday last, leavinK an infant daughter. Charlie all smiles. , 'Hallowe'en was celebrated up' here m the usual manner, many residents being unable to locate their own ash- barrels.. _ ,. . ^, „",,.,; , . „ ..^ Satut<day last was a saint's day for ' some of our foreign speaking brethren and was celebrated in customary * fashion. -We would advise the leader of the Coal Creek shlveree band to get his 'members in training for next week, as ■wiero are aomo new weddings about to take place. Watch the Coal Creek * flyer." v Tho stork was seen in the vicinity pf the team road on Thursday -morn- Ing. eventually depositing his burden at tho home of Mr. nml Mrs. Adam Watson, leaving a son tto gladden tho hearts of tho parents. Koop smiling. Adam, nnd then some! Thero will bo a meeting of all en- titled to voto on tho School Board held on Saturday noon for tho pur- poso of electing a trustee In placo of C. O'Hnlen, rcsienod. Syd, .1, Horton, Knight of tbo cleaver for 'I nltesAVood storo 111' Michel, was via ting friPiidB up hore on Monday. Quito a ehaniro In the camp, oh, Syd* Rov. Mr. Philp waB unablo to tako his work last Sunday an ho wnn siif. forlng from nn attack of quinsy. He expects to bo on, hand next Sunday, nnd ns Nov. Oth |H u,0 world'H teiii- pornnco .Sunday ho will spoak on he- linlf of temperance and moral roform nnd will rouucBt offerlngB In 'behalf of tlio Bitnie, CORBIN NOTES Wo are -pleiiBod to report that our oo«l (ilanlBt'B oyo Ib Improving rapid- Thero was 11 flno diiueo Kivon inst Saturday in uld of tho Corbin Young AU-n'u Club, wliich proved to ha a great HiiccejiB, everybody getting a no ml timo. .Inek Htownrt Ih hnclt ngnln driving tlu» couipaii;,,H team. Albert' Neiwniuii, who Iiiih Ihii-ii drlv- Ing 11 terim for tlifl coal company for the l.tHi two yenra, Is leaving town to tako up a almllnr position In IHnlr- mor*.. Wi* wish you good luck, Albert. It wiih passed nt tho ln»t general nwtlng of tlm Corbin Ucal Union, No. 2K77, that any member absenting lilmnplf from two mcctliigH will b<- flnwl ?,Q ccnlB unleHH he can forward u nusniiiililo exeiiHe, It wan (i\m decided at tlio snmo »tw./*.H,i.. ti, I,, . n. ,. . , centH ftHHOtiHiri-Piii to tlm IntPrmiMnnnl aii« meiiiin.ru of huh Local wonder wbftji it«. aw KoltiK to see thtt Dlstrlit Officer*' faro* nmiin I mlpht -iiy that overy ninn wnrklng in tlm mtne nt proHent, wi-iulng tlio offlidalH and one mnn, U In ih. unb.n. wlitrti niH-mm -ami l(i|- I oi Hill, "Elicit' Iresou, flro Iiohh lit No, I mine, got IiIb iinkbi hurt a llttlo on Huturdny, bin ho is nbln to g<«t around ag;iln. Corbin Im not v<ry Jnrgo but wo do «<•*> ilfp, Now, Jim, bo cnrcful. MIbh Hiiiiiuib I/rekott (« up visiting In r Msf.-r, Mrt T Owpti, nf Hilltop. Mr*. l!.ik«r. of Spokane, Is hern vIh- iii tlMt|,lr«fr6,Jh,ni'Ml, A.w'.l>''" li ilmu,i-! "'" ""■ "' "i»'»"«^ i» nern vjh- iisauon or the novel of tlu» «-uno name ' Ititu* (ht himkuid. who Is ntorokwriiT n nn utcnullnu |il»> on » >«.ry di- '"iSil!'1 "ub^ct- !>>' Uio Kov. K. I'. K00. „,.T«° .now," a polltlr.il pompdy, Llttlo I*rd Pauntlero)," .m English »ucce»», and "The (loll miup." nn American eommly, eompk-ti- a marvel- lm»s list of jda j j, AiH^nffi!1*! monthly tea of tho U- dloa OalM of Christ Church will bo held nt thn homo off Mra, N. K. Bud- daby on Werfn-Mday, Noi. 12th. at 3.30. hi* niiiii-i- dt'orgv iVIii'n lilm tuk"eirover the du- li<H of <l«tk lu tbo H.i!iio,id Trading fttoro. <{«>orK*» Ik « lucky guy, ho of'eu dropH in lucky for thn winter. When nro w*» Rolni? to hrwt* the 11- ewnfie for tho hotel? Wo are waiting .*>.' -.imi K-mid tlmw. Tho eomiwny intends busings as they am te»tlng nil the eon! In tlie nol-Khborhood and tito making «om« fairly good coke considering the oven. Il'l F JlS - . - ¥' PAGE TWO THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B-C,; NOVEMBER 8, 1913.s *--\ I *.• i K >'i 1 iv- S'-'r fc Id; I'.'■ B '' l'i Ir" If'- i if By Ernest Untermann All business politicians learn in their ABC tliat in order to -be successful they must be hypocrites. While ■working to promote business interests, they must pretend to be the servants of all the people. Most of these diplomats square matters with their conscience toy . .persuading themselves that they can serve the common good oate controlled-by a few Wall Street, pirates. And not one, remedy against this stupendous hold-up can be applied toy the 'little business diplomats. Currency Juggling The question stares them dn the face: If about one hundred yeaT& of ■middle class puttering with the money question ;has carried the nation tfrom. a small and inefficient national .bank •best by serving the interests of busi- j jnto the straggling arms of a giant ness in general and their own special business interests in particular. Nowadays we have two kinds of .business politicians in the United States: Big business statesmen and the cockroach, or middle class, politicians. Big business' statesmen always get the appointive .positions in our government. If they .must ran for elective offices, like that of President of the United States or Governor of a State, thev must publicly i>lay the role of middle class saviours or people's friends, aijd privately work for big ■ business by surrounding a*ll their official acts with the halo of a deep sympathy with radical reform. Systematic Deception All business diplomacy is necessarily fraudulent. It must foster the illusion tliat the good of business is identical with the common good. This is a widespread, belief amoug business men, but among business politicians it is a consciously practised lie. Middle class diplomacy is even more rascally than'any other. In addition to the ordinary business frauds, it must prac 't'ice the ridiculous and lium'bugging pretense, of turning the .machinery of ■human progress backward to out- i grown stages., i "Back to Jeffersonian and Jaakso; nianprinciples:" shouts the Democratic .middle class saviour. "Back to the Republicanism of Lincoln!", wails the Republican regressive who runs under a .progressive .label. The principles credited to Jefferson and Jackson were the product of a little .business men's and artisans' attempt .to prevent the restoration of feudal aristocracy under the cover of business. The everlasting cry of these little.business'saviours was: "Competition is the life of trade!" The result of their efforts was the passing of the petty business stage of industry into the corporation stage during the Civil War. Lincoln, still repeating' the old cry and guided iby the light of middle class statesmanship, to'ok up the cud- gels in favor of his, class against the corporations. In vain." History stam*p- ed all this little 'business 'diplomacy as contrary tp progress, impractical, ineffective, misguided. Progress -pass-1 ed from the corporation stage of industry with limited competition into ' the trust stage which completely wiped out competition for big business men 'by. means of interlocking directorates, mutual agreements, co-operation and monopoly of great industries*." '"- Evolution of Diplomacy WaiaLtheJM£ersQns,-JacXs_ous,Jjini colns and other little 'business" diplomats failed to achieve in' the days when little business was the .rule and ■big business the exception is,now advertised as a new and -hope-inspiring " diplomacy of radical efficiency in the day when 'little business has .become the vassal of monopolists. In tho days of Jefferson and Jackson this 'little business diplomacy fought the establishment, of a national ibank, and today the imitators of the prlmi- ' tive Democrats put a money trust investigation on the stage and proclaim ■their own futility by announcing what everybody else knew for yearB, .namely, that the national banks liave be- come'ifcho suckers of a gigantic *syndlJ money trust, what will another hundred years of petty business .politics, if permitted to continue, bring to tbe nation ? The only answer of the present Democratic administration is: "Give us time." Correctly interpreted this means: "Let us alone!" This is the glorious outcome of 100'years of boasting that .Democratic statesmen stand for eqtial rights to all, special .privileges to none. ■No less accusing for middle class diplomats, especially for the Democratic variety, is tbe fact that those States which have beten the undisputed property of middle class saviors for several generations, show the highest percentage of mortgaged farmers, tenants, propertiless whites and disfranchised voters. ■ Middle Class Futility All the facts of American history cry out in condemnation of such futile middle class diplomacy, but at- every election this type of politician turns up smiling and reciting the same old stale catchwords. Naturally every national election also witnesses an increase of dissatisfied voters who at last-see through the middle class diplomacy and value it at its true worth by voting the Socialist ticket. This evidence-f^rea! progress excites the grave £.„.' /Mshment-of the petty business politicians. They • shake their heads disapprovingly and emit, owlish warnings against the alarming spread of Socialism. Instead of .convincing'the petty business politicians that-they have been on the wrong road'all their lives, the growth of Socialism only adds to the penplexities of their position. Their success depends entirely upon the faith of the voters in their sincerity and wisdom. Tbe growth of Socialism is an evidence that the voters are losing" faith in the gospel of middle class savlorship. Immediately the business politicians start a campaign against Socialism with the same methods and the same brainless shortsightedness ■which' have marked thein as disas*. trqus failures in their fight against plutocracy. How Socialism Appears .- Many common people without a high school education have learned to reason things out in this way "On.r1 great statesmen have for more than 300 years -made laws against the control of imoney by. a few privileged persons. .Now the money is controlled by ono syndicate. Our great statesmen 'have for more than 100 years passed that they have not made good- to the common people. Now that large -masses of voters prepare to say to the middle class diplomats: "Back io ' the woods with you skunks," the politicians cannot reason as clearly as the people. Instead' cf admitting that nei- their Democrats nor Kepublicans nor Bull Moosers have ever done one thing for the people, - or even can do one thing for ,the people, under the pre-' vailing business system, the politicians say to themselves: "What will become of us if" the people don't believe in us any more? Good heavens, we may have to earn an honest living. That won't do. We still .havo the pow-t er. Let's get ready .for the mob." ■And they, .get ready. That is the inevitable wind-up of middle class puttering. The big .business men are the ■masters. The little business .men are tbe unwilling vassals of the trusts! Business politicians have failed and will fail to/bring relief to small .business from trust oppression. Tbe working people are getting wise and preparing to make an end of all business, as it is carried on today. Now what can a little business man do in this matter? While the working people and the big .business men fight it out, little business men can't do much business. Can little business men stop this fight? Evidently not. Then' will they have to get into the .fight and take sides? Evidently yes. What side shall little business men take? A liard question. How Small Business Fares Little business men that have got as wise as,, tlie .wise""working people take the side of the workers against tbe trusts. For it is certain that the workers will win the fight against business, and the little .business man who fights on the side of the working class will wiiv out with them. Little business men that don't know any better, work and vote with the trusts, because tliey are afraid that if the working people win, little business men will .be worse off than they are now under trust rule. That, is a -bad mistake, and the little business men who make it will pay dearly for it before they find it out, and get over on the right side, the working people's side. In, the meantime, the petty, business diplomats are going to take the wrong side and get licked royally, for it. T.hey have made a mess of their legislation against big 'business, and tbey are going to make a mess of tlieir diplomacy against Socialism. : Preparing for the,Future - The middle class cannot' be saved by petty 'business diplomacy. The only way to save tbe middle class is to stop business profits and make little business men and small property owners .members of .the productive army of Socialist co-operators. But tbe political agents of the middle class in Congress'don't like this idea, even if both'parties voted for"it on the prin'i- ple that .they .would rather be tne lackeys of big business 'than the equals of tbe common people.' • Federal;Control of the Militia The .bill was first passed in 1903 and has since^beea amended' in such a way that it can* be 'en-forced still more strictly. Tbe avowed object of this ■bill is to albolish majority rule .by martial law and"dictatorsbip, if tbe majority of "the voters, should' at any time unite on a program dangerous to busi: ness. « '■ It .is very significant that, although this -bill, violates the right of the individual States to/ control their own armed- forces, - no .'business politician, no trust magnate, no labor-hating little 'business. man 'or small property owner lifted his voice in protest., A'll of them' saw easily that if any single State should' in the near future fall into tbe hands of the common people the national government would have the power to prevent that State from using its own militia on the side of the people. It will require a control of Congress by tbe common people to re-' peal this .plutocratic bill and reorganize the militia along lines of popular democracy. ■Of course, thia bill, will never be fully tested. The .business men themselves will not dare to test' it on a national scale even-now. And as tlie number of Socialist'voters increases ■handful'of Socialist-'representatives" wil3 become permanent''membera' of Congress, this tyrannical bill ■will'be fought, amended, and finally brought in .harmony-.with'.the inevitE\.b.le popuj lar control of the militia. ■ " ' ' , Where Physical Force1 Ultimately . :*. ■" ■ " Fails But even as/the bill stands now, the petty '.politicians 'have, made a bad mistake, and if it.should ever,'be amiended will become a -boomerang for them all the isame..' No armed force can stop "the.drift of industrial and political'de- velopment toward popular democracy and.Socialism..' No' centralization of power in'the hands of a (military dictator can call a"halt'to it; The enlightened intelligence of the majority of voters will prevail against all .business diplomacy. The' middle class it- gets rightly, started in America." There is dan^r in, dealing with the other fel- ■low, nothing .but safety in. dealing with ourselves.- -It is■ noiya-.far" step from buying from ourselves to manufacturing roij. ourselves, producing (for, bur^. - The ib^st; recom-mendaiion' for the1 .centralis movement is the local fail- UIT n? liave experienced' in America, fa m* «°-°Perative shoe factories, iarms, dairtea, slaughter -houses (act- ^'£• ^^ta-ry) and -plantations of the umrop^ail.movemients>. - - . , .- ™™ os'h<>uM' w« n<>t centralize the XIi™^»8 purchasing (power of the or- wlnw workers of America? Why -saouM we jyrt ia the Mine WorkerSi t w r 'en°™ious membership; attempt tx> accomplish what can be and. viors and march joyously forward with tlie revolutionary army of united workers. ■ On the- day that the .plutocratic President shall call out the Pretorian guards to shoot down the voters, this guard itself will turn against its masters and join the common,peopl?. ' If the officers' should not '.liave sense enough to,realize,that a few 'hundred thousand soldiers -cannot' lick .10,000,- 000 voters, the privates will quickly open their eyes. , Meanwhile, now is tbe time to protest against the .Dick iiiilitla bill .md every year, the chance to test it be-! to put tho .Democrats en record as on- comes very slim. For as soon as a emies of the common people. iic-aa ix'i*iiivitt<*.*.y. jluc -uuuui-o uaaa 11- , f -*- -vwu^iiiou nuat. uvlu uts tuiu self, in its vast mass, will- have to re- xXl. ^en -accomplishee by our Euro- ipudiate its hypocritical would-be sa- pefr Jjrothers? , ■ . T ,L,,:ueve we are goihgto'db it. And !„, "ry« tlie establishing of .that cen- ninp- re' however small in the 'begin- •ii n?'vln 'be tlie'hub around; which M,nt 7Un»ately revolve an institution Iv-^mJ111 <mark one ot toe greatest w™?' ln the industrial history bf fm®™?,a' ,•■is n<Jt a hard job to make ™W, enterPrise ^rger, wben in- Thi business demands it. ' J ls one ofthe weapons of the f£™3 class> that> llk0 *&* Political i™lis*' costs "othing, is powerful S7nrt io to overcome -any opposition itAnih 'more easlly Wlrtied' than all the " i VJS and starving of coal miners ?.;^i/heIr wlves Md children in the worm ,iTO3 ^jj hff„tl>9 miners .banded' together can I'mi.*1" uniformity of opportunity inn- «h a dollar. by •co-operatively unit- iv w? a minimuja Price for ea'oh class ?init!w °f work> s0 toey can. by their" J^ii^^!> -action, have something to say couect{vely on th(i jjjgk C0Bt of Hvl and wifiat they wllj.-livepn. The gifeafc'"-■''.. est advance inajde^cb-operatlvelyi will-\ mean'a*-better mutual understanding of.,each1 other; niore.regard for eacb.^ other, more.intelligence, sobriety^ self-. respect, ..better men, women: arid^chil- dfen»- and: as the working men, women: *, and.children grow -better, as their sur-, roundings-.and environments -become ' more .agreeable-' and .human, ;so will -■. - .they, Set'their light"stdiie for all-tou*.. inanity, and the imaginary differences and divisions, spawned by .private.; greed "aad individuial empire, will spass into the realms of the past' as:, the .' .rack and the stocks -have-passed, and the most commendable and distin- ' guishing actions bf men will be that '„ action that makes for the comimon)', good.—-James ' Lord In Thb ' Miners' Magazine! . • ' The Spirit of Co-operation laws against monopoly to save, competition. Now competition in business is dead and monopoly rules. Out great statesmen have promised .free homes to the people. Now three-fifths of the land and the homesu of the United States are owned by one-tenth'of the population*. Our;great statesmen have for more than 100 years, made pledges to bring relief-to tbe poor and downtrodden. Now. .about 3,000,000 of ■wealthy oppress 97,000,000 of American people. We have .been fooled long enough by business politicians. We'll vote for Socialism and freedom and full and plenty." Retalnero of the Plutocracy The unlverslty-bred statesmen know A GRANDTHEATRE One Week Commencing Monday Nov. 10th HHU HAHH1T », MAW1RS Presents The Distinguished Comedian GEORGE H, SUMMERS and his all star company in a repertoiro of the latest London and New York successes. Opening Bill Monday "The House Next Door" i, Prices - - 2tfc, 60c, 75c Ae $1.00 Matinee Saturday at 3 p. m. IXTIXE LORD rAUNTtEROY its~""inevitable realizaflon_sHouia-"Tieap more discredit upon them than all their pitiful performances in thejield of high statesmanship. The petty politicians know better what is good for tbe people than the people themselves do. So the .business politicians who have been trying to bust the trusts ■have also prepared for the -time -when tbe people, shall try to bust;thelr political servants. And the preparation of the middle class saviors 'is' so cunning and so well thought out that any day when a majority of the .voters ■shall elect a Socialist administration tbe business politicians?-can spring their 'little trap—and get .caught in It themselves. The Army as a Last Resort With eyes scanning the past, as usual, for Information, the buslnesa politicians .fiigured matters out In this way: "When things became unen-dur-" able in the past the people rioted" and rebelled and .made a fuss. Then our predecessors In offlco gave orders to the soldiers to hill a few. thousand of the imob, jail a few hundred others, and. scare the others back into submission. Now, why won't tho samo thing work again when the mob gets unruly? Let us seo. Thero's the reg- ular army, Can we count on the rank and file to shoot down their fathers and brothers? Maybe'we can, If the mob does not amount to mnny millions of, dissatisfied. If tho mob grows to such alarming proportions, oven Mo navy added to tho rogular army won't bo strong enough to suppress a rebellion of the votors. What then? Well, tliero's the mllltln, Can wo count on the mllltla <!n such a case? To face the facts squarely, wo cannot count on the militia altogether, Wo shall havo to pick our frlonds, Maybe If wo could reorganise tho inllllla a llttlo It might do for quite a while yet. or .course, organized labor has mndo ilio 'militia 'rather unpopular, and So- clalilsm lias won over a good many of« fleers nnd mnn. Tint the mnjnrlty of tho mllltln, regular army and navy are still with us, liowovor. lt in certain that Boclallf-.ni will make more converts among them, too, In the future. Wo fthnll have to tnko UilngB in .hand nnd keep bettor truck of Uio men."' The Dick Mllltln Bill . Tho TPHiilt of the Inspiration of a lind eonHcionco was the Dick ml'lltla 'bill. It wiih hutched out undor Iho dl- rort iiiipiirvlHloii of Mark Ilannn, one- tlmo Ilppubllrnn boun of Ohio, wlio or- dorml his .friend Pick to transform tlio ■popular rnllltla Into nn annex of the reeulnr nrmv In Htidi n -wny Mint tho rotom wouldn't g*". wise to the rndlcnl oliiiugo, nnd that the plutocracy could on short notice odd 100.001) plckiwl and reliable killers to tho loynl forcea In the roKiilnr army and navy. As finally iiamiml thl» glvon to tbo President of the United Slates'powers ovor the nrmod forced of tho nation PrH-m-M'!.' lir-lft-Cf-l-nn. t f* Onll (TlUfin T*ll n ■iilleprod servants of thR people, both Hupublicana and Democrats, voiunuir- liy promoted thl* rentrnllaatlon of powor In the .linnil* of an Irrewponslblo man, who could nt nny time aamime tho role of a military dictator. Tho bill empowers the President to call OUI, the plt.lKMll 1U«» Ml I i.t! Illlllll* •*. any tlmo that -he. In his own arbitrary opinion, considers It nocena-iry. Tho officers of tho mllltln. Instead of bolng elected by ijvonular vote, are Appointed by the rresWent, and the jnllltla of one Htate may lie «ent Into another fltate, or «ven out of tho «ountry Into foreign lands. Any able-bodied man between tho *««« of 18 ond 415 Is subject to the -call of thc PreiiM^n'. Any man rofunlng to servo or obey Wi nrlt£ toeratlo "«ttpertor»" will be placod before a court-martial of officer*, and the doalh penalty mny be inflicted by this military court, tha officer* beiu« the jorr, Ju4g«» and -wwuthnon, without a chnneo of appeal far the victim, TWs Wtt <*Mriri n»v«r b«vt hum pasted bjr. the big buifo-f-is statesmen had not the cockroach politicians of The--spirit of,co-operation is. as old as the human race., Back in the realms of the far-distant past, as far as the .historian and scientist have penetrated, there is ample eyidence'of.the beginning of co-operative, or mutual, thought amiong the pre-historic tribes, and in,all species' of animal or plant life those divisions, or branches, have survived and progressed,'1 where the largest amount of co-operation has been in evidence. ,. In the .history of,.human endeavor the idea of co-operation has suggested itself in proportion, to and* on account of the evils and hardships the individual ■was-'-su-bjeeted to, and when these evils became general in their application, the method of co-operatively combating or overcoming the social evil automatically suggested itself. ' So the lowliest of the ancient,lowly conceived the idea, a 'bit at a time, of the necessity of co-operation, or unity of action. It is this spirit that has ■blazed tbe ■way for everything that has ever Ibeen inaugurated tbat made •for greater liberty and greater comfort for mankind. And as a direct result of sthis, every step taken from the savagery! and superstition of tbe'cave- mari to the present position of civiliza-; tion owes its being to this evolution of .thought in the minds of thd'working class, who have always constituted. the; vast majority. Just as the. bias-1 .Y\T»y\ir»iL*r\!ie.^_rvi*i tnrutiiftn n \\] r\ +Ti-1-kii o«Vi *■ f*£ j^iiciIli/uo—ul — \,i cacn/liui/ic—'i/iiv/-itiijiii*—vr freedom yesterday becomes the popular line'ot thought tomorrow/so is tbe intelligence of the philosophy vt cooperation or mutuality, or, as-we are fond of saying now—the common good —.forcing for itself a hearing. And once tlie philosophy of mutuality gains for itself a fair hearing, it will prevail as truth itself prevails:'is as indisputable as the rule that "two aad two make four" is indisputable. , The spirit of co-operation has asserted itself Jn different -ways, as the masterclass has forced different Issues in different places. It has caused rebellions and stopped rebellions, made history and changed .the world's (history* a.nd done .more in tho evolution and development of the human race than all other forces combined. .It was tho spirit of co-operation that made the Helot of Ancient Greece face without' a tremor the -craftiest, and. most sMUful fighters the world haa ever Been. That caused the gladiators to dare and defy that,nation of great nations—the Roman Empire.. But for the spirit of co-operation there would have been no chartist .movement, no democracy; the labor unionist .would bo still dragged forth from tlio cellar, and cave and oruclifled and nailed to tho cross, as thoy nailed thorn to a thousand crosses oiv the, Aipplnn Way, long before .they nailed a Carpenter to a Cross on Onlvary. Tlio .Hplnlt of co-operation caused, tlio conl miners In. tho Allegheny Mountains, In the Hooking Valley, In tho Uellovllle district nndi elsewhere, to band them ael vos togotlier for tlio co-openitlvo good of UioiuboIvob and their fallow-workers on this side of the Aitlantlc, with the roBiilt tlint the splendid ovamplo sot' by thoso pioneers formed the nucleus out of will eh grew the present TJ, M. W. of A., tho .grontcfit and most progressive union thy world has yet seen—thc union that will yet bring within its hcopo and power, for itho first time in tho .history of tho world, evory man ami boy on nn entire) contlnont who Is engaged In itho .production of coal One of the fow movements In thn world that Is democratic enough that It Ih n reflex of tho highest average Intelligence of those who compose lt, without plncliiK a ban on any Individual's progroBslve, polltlcnl or Industrial thought. Tho spirit of co-oporatlon Is t.ho educator, thn Imlnncn wheel, the hope of humanity, nnd Uie Incentive to all that Is .host and noblest In humanity, T)lro nneoBwIty Ib gonorn-lly tho mo- ttvo powor behind up-mo purtlctilur bran eh of co-operatlvo thought or action. One ipnrt or division of tho workers of tho world havo cortnln mutual Idnnfl In operation, whilo other branch- uh of workors, laboring undor groalor difficulties, would gilvo tliolr 11 von to bring even tho moat TUdlmentnry fouiv. dntlon of Mir» -miiliHil *imtHii*Hnn« belnt* enjoyed by thoir tnoro fortunate com- i-tuiun ill uitliiU Ullilt, t>\jt iUnU.ilV, tile) fow .menmireB of relief and comfort wo enjoy In tho organized Industrie* of America and Kuropo seom llko a fairy dream to tho Russian workers, who aro terenlully marching wearily advocating and asking fov leas than we advocate nnd a«k for In a mine workors* opon convontlon, wMlo, especially in tho laat few yoawi, tho Amorlcan worker -has been looking wjth longing on Uio corporative mercantile Institutions of their tbroUiwn tn IlrlUln. Don mark and Germany. And, In lltm with Intolllfont co-operative thought nil over tho world, thl» llm* of thought wil] become crystnllU- •d In nn established mllty. Tho sorlou*. thlnkln* ol*Mn*nt In the labor world nro rcnJlrin« that, while oo-oponitlon in ltd highest aona* cannot tie carriM Into tttt-wsi UBtll all things socinl are owned and operated •*o«:kiU>. >».i cprtntn ■*MM>p«>nUW<» Mon* can be carried into «ffoct that vmn Uio lightening of tho ,-burdon of tho State of Ohio, city ot Toledo, 1 ' Lucas,County, - > ss- Frank J; Cheney makes oath that he' is senior partner.of the firm of F. J. Clienej & Co.,'doing business In'.the City of Toledo, .County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.for each and every case of Catarrh' that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. ,. FRANK J. CHENEY.' . .Sworn to'before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. .1886. (Seal) A. W. GLEASON. Notary PubllcT* Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly upon tho blood ■ and mupuous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. - F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by aU Druggists, 75c. , < ,- Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. , .- 7 workers and the creating of a larger amount of industrial independence, a saving in the purchasing power and a greater- amount of self-respect.., This ideia is'vbecoming more-prevalent "every day, and the -only thing standing in the way of its consummation is a* general agreement asto the ■methods of Inaugurating it, and, as Brother - Thomas .points out,'it bids fair to,Ibe one of the live issues at the approaching international convention." v Brother Thomas and myself having been serving on tbe Co-operative, Commission for Distriot 12 have, witli' Seymour Stedman, given some thought to the'best ways to inaugurate this movement, and are in accord as to .the best method to pursue. However, we encountered a .form of. opposition, in the way of legislation that was more serious than Ave had expected.'- The features that were so highly objectionable were gone into in detail in our report to tbe last annual convention at Peoria. „ A new law .was drafted, by the miners' representatives and Stedman, introduced Tiy Stedman in the House, .and unmercifully slaughtered by these friends' of the poor and lowly; in the said House. On'; referring the' question to the attorney general as to whether stores could operate with legal safety under the present law in his opinion; we received" thejlpllowing Aii- ian Pacific Railway Very low fares in connection with r EXCURSIONS TO THE OLD COUNTRY Daily Nov. 7th to Dec,31st inclusive To Fernie Montreal and Quebec1 - $76.10 To St. John - $84.10 Limit five months, stop over and extension privileges. ■ ' Full information re rail and STEAMSHIP TICKETS-from **. READING Agent - v o or write FERNIE, B. C. Qalg-a R. Dawson Dist. Passenger Agt. ry Alberta lightening (1) sand /illuminating (?) reply: August 2, 1912. "Mr. James Lord, Vice President', United Mine Workers of America, District'No. 12, Springfield, 111. "Dear Sir,—I am in receipt of your letter of the lst instant, stating the co-operative store .bill, wliich was in- troduced' in .behalf of organized' labor in the recent 'Bession of the Legislature, was defeated; that you have .several co-operative stores In , operation In different parts of the state, most of 'Which are doing a flourishing business' and are operated under "rules of law similar to those storeB at "Gillespie, a copy of which laws you enclose, and requesting my opinion as to whether these ■stores can legally operate or are operated legally in accordance with) Uie present, law, "In reply I beg to sayi It wouUdi gratify mo to extend to you and the mem- ■bers of your organization the courtesy of complying, with your request, The .business of conducting the character ol storca to wliich you refer la private In the eame -sense that any other mercantile 'business Is private, and It ls wholly outside the powers and duties of tho attorney general to give opln.- lon,6 on suoh mutters. Any opinion, therefore, which I -might give you on the question submitted' would bo wholly unofficial and entitled to no more weight or consideration tlmn the opinion of nny competent lawyer In the private practice, "Furthermore, tho official legal bua- ltiess constantly -pressing upon this department tor attention is- o.t audi volume ns to render lt Impossible to glvo unoWlolnl .matters of this kind the tlmo, and consideration necoasnry to prcparo opinions thereon. "I would 'bo plensed to oxtond you any courtesy within my power, but I ■mil Hiiro Hint, upon roflpiHion, nnd in vlow of tbo foregoing explanation, you will rondllyi appreciate my reasons for declining to furnish yon with an opinion upon tho question submitted, "Regretting I cannot .bo of sorvlco to you In this Instance, I am, Very respectfully, l». J. LUCEY, "Attorimv General." Wo will bo In a iposltlon to report In the near future us to the host policy to bo pursued, In our opinion, until wo can OHtribllsh a law on tho statute boolis of Illinois thnt will displace the ■prosont creation of the Manufacturers' Association nnd make It possible for the mien nnd womon who do nil tho useful work of the groat state of Illinois to enter a decent, honest enterprise, without' fenr or ■meltcstatlon from tho plundcrlmnd and their lackeys. The tiling, thnt ought to bo sorlously consldfrod at. home In the local unions nnd In itho forthcoming convention Is tho establishment of a central or general wholosalo nnd rntnll store, 8uch a moro, situated, in Chicago, tit, Louis or Indlnnapoll!', would \n- In a j.n:3lk*n t-o noil to the 'branch stores everything in thoiwny of merchandise at tho lowest posnlblo .figure, proper consideration being given to unadultoratod and union wade goode. With such a otoTO l-nrifull-nrl ViHnnnti ■"Uunn i^*yiiit.l nr.*-**)snr* up whorovor desirable or nocesWy, according to tlie spirit nnd thn enterprise of thoso locally concemod, And ln tlio moantlmo tho .mall order or club -method business would be enormous, This mall order buslnos* alone will, In my opinion (having teen av I have everywhere I have hooa the targo amount of business dono through wall ordWhouMtt} to bo the foundation and nucl«t» of a ro-oiwratlvo ■movemon* thfct would, In a comparatively .short time, outdistance those of the old world. There is no limit to It, once It THE Bellevue Hotel COMMERCIAL HOUSE Best Accommodation In the Pass.— Up-to-Date — Every Convenience.— .'.',., Excellent .Cuisine. FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN i.-rl.l SUITABLE J. A. CALLAN, Prop. BELLEVUE, Alta. The Working Men s Club Now Open Under New Management . * -i ... Four First Class Pool & Billiard = Tables — REFRESHMENT BUFFET ATTACHED No fee charged to use Club, which Is open to all, B. 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The train from the South arrives Fernie 7 lOO'pim., makes direct connections at Rexford from the East and West. •■ " * Latest equipment and best service for Eastern and,Western points. . ' "■ t> J. S. THOMSON PHONE 161. BOX 305. m *fg2* "REAL ESTATE"..GOING UP?* The question.Is asked. Wo answered: "Look around you and,see. \'. ,- Investigation Discloses That Real Estate Prices Are Advanc- "Arehyou^ilv^tb^tfi^iltua" tion? If you are we can show you a"place you can make a ..-big.profit on. , Ab".compared to later on.' ... i, - • * *, Just Now, Houses Here ' Are , Dirt Cheap.' M. A. KASTNER ■ALEX BECK BLOCK, FERNIE,'B. C. Mrs. S, Jennings, P'rop. L. A. Mills, Manager Excellent Cuisine — American and European Plan — Electric Light — Hot & Cold Water—Sample Rooms Phones—Special Rates by the month European Plan Room Rates , 50o. and Upwards American Plan Rates $2,00 per Day WHY wor? *Jl0f AR®T PR,ZE *"<■ the GOLD MEDAL at the Edmonton Exhibition awarded to SWIFT'S PREMIUM HAMS, BAGON, ETC.? Because they are THE BE8T ON THE MAR. KET, that's why. Buy them all tho tlmo at THE 41 MARKET OO. _5*M. QRAHAM, Manager PHONE 41 / ' FOR SALE Four Pool Tables, almost New. Samuel May, maker vv iii 5>cii sepaime 11 wanted for $200 on terms. APPLY TO Mrs. Agnes Gourlay Qummn'm Hotel Hosmer, B. C Ledger Ads are Money Getters By Frank Tanner Speaking about , Socialism .some years ago, a certain flam*boyant -politician, referred, to it as "the end of all ,^1 the neSa«on of Faith, Family and Throne." This. statement, like most false-' -hoods, contains a grain of truth • To the scientific Socialist it is a self- evident fact that the basis of society "cannot he transformed without reference to prevailing* ideas on political/ ethical, and .religious questions. Un- doubt-eddy the overthrow of capitalism will involve sweeping changes ini every department of human life. .Whether such changes .must necessarily b» for the worse and whether they wilftake .the form suggested by our critics is, however, quite another matter. In'this connection it is frequently stated or suggested that the establishment of Socialism would have a disastrous effect upon the home life and domestic relations of the people. The "Englishman's Home" is a favorite theme among' .profIt-mongers and tlieir orators and scribes, To read the' columns of the Yellow Press, any one unacquainted with the actual conditions of life in the-twentieth century would gather a curious dmipresslon as to the mode, of living of -Uie British workingman. It would probably be something on these lines: John-Smith, a sturdy individual of the "Village Blacksmith" tyipe," having (performed his day's work, which Is just sufficiently strenuous to give him ah a'ppetitite for his evening.*m.eal, makes his way contentedly toward the pretty little cottage which he bought some years before on the strength of a bonus presented him hy a grateful employer. At -tho gate he is met -by hls smiling wife ahd bright-faced chil- dren, one of whom' he lifts on to his shoulder as he makes a 'brief inspection of his geraniums and sweet peas. Inside th© house all ts spotlessly clean "and' there is a general atmosphere of ease and comfort combined with an Arcadian simplicity. Sitting himself 'by the cheerful .fireside, John heartily (partakes of beefsteak and fried potatoes, followed by apple dumplings. The meal over, he pats his "rosy-cheeked little girl on the head and takes up his Daily Mirror, which for some time he peruses with an air of deep solemnity. After a while hi9 'head, (begins to topple forward, and he drops off to the land of sweet ipeas and geraniums, at peace with all the world, especially his em*. ployer and the vicar. ■ This idyllic conception of the home life of a ifreer'born Briton does credit to' the imagination* and descriptive faculties of the> orators and journalists' referred to, but can hardly • ibe regarded, as a true (picture of things as they really'exist. - A (few years ago some .members of a Socialist organization'took - it -uippn _„_ -.__, . investigate"^!© home "tMm"seIves"to life ;*of the ■workers in a number of 'Streets in the aristocratic neighborhood of Lambeth walk. The result was: quite enough to convince them thatowhoever Ibroke up .fchesd "stately (homes of Old England" would be performing an invaluable service to humanity. Whole streets were found where .practically every roof was broken, -so that' .the tenants had to put 'palls on the bod to catch the Talri. There were .broken walls, broken stairs and .broken floors by the score, and hardly a .house was not defective.In some iway or other. These facts were carefully tabulated and 'sent to the Borough Council, who made the usual explanation that -It ;was all the fault of the people themselves for being bora in slums and not receiving higher wages. Similar conditions to those (prevailing In-Lamibeth are to Ibe found in all the thickly populated London districts. Things are just as bad in the Industrial centres of the,.north, where .tho women have oeen driven Into tho fue- torios while in many cases their husbands remain Idle at homo and tho children are left to the care of Strang? era. ' Yet In. spite of it nil we are Informed by the supporters of a jerry-built society that Socialism will break up the homo, Socialism will separate parents from children, Socialism will destroy tho purity of family life. The fact is that for the majority of tho pooplo thoro Is no homo lifo worthy of Uio namo to destroy, Today houses aro not built to livo. In. They aro put uip ns a xnenns ot fllMng. tho ipockets of thfrlr ownera, wnoso wain, con-corn, is bow to cram tho largewt pohbU>1o number ot wage slaves Into the smallest possible spaco, As long us the homo? of the people continue to bo mere rent-producing commodities ibnllt for tlio gain, of unscrupulous fliuindcrs, thoy will never bo fit for human habitation, When, however, tlio peoplo -docldo to «tnrt ■building, for themselves, the homes will be worth living in, and family life (become a reality instead of a myth. ■ , "But;'say the self-appointed custodians of public morals, Socialists have such dreadful ideas about the sex question;, they .believe in free love and want to abolish the marriage tie. It seems that certain writers, who happen to, belong to Socialist parties, haye ventured to question the efficiency of binding contracts between men and women. Therefore, Socialism means promiscuity in sexual relations and the "absence of all parental responsibility." This is not genuine criticism, *but merely an aippeal to prejudice. ■ It isr true • some Socialists are opposed to the institution of monogamic marriage; but their views are not binding upon other members of tlie organization to which they belong. On such .matters each member is free to think as he -pleases without in any way compromising himself or his party. ■ At the, same time most Socialists, and certainly all thinkers, recognize that drastic changes are necessary in the relations of the sexes as they exist at present. Owing • to the, vast amount of ignorance "which prevails in regard to such matters, the proWem of sex is a most difficult one to grapple with; ail the more'so when interested persons deliberately set out to inflame conventional- (prejudice. Generally sipeaking, we may regard it as desirable for men and women to Jive together, dn p&irs for the purpose of reproducing their kind. In order to avoid confusion aiid safeguard the interests of the offspring, the necessity has arisen'for some kind of contract to ibe entered into between the ■parties to such union. However, any ceremonial Whioh takes place is at most merely a matter of expediency. It is, not the essence of the contract, hut .merely a record of it, and, from the standpoint'of nature, is of no importance whatever. It is plain that a few stock platitudes 'gabbled by a priest or official cannot sanctify the union of two /persons who, iby nature or temperament, are unfitted for such a relationship. Yet this is actually the case with perhaps the majority of present day marriages. Today the choice of husband or wife is not .determined by the human"-factor alone. Avarietyof other motives are involved, most of them connected more or less with the struggle for existence and 'the paltry class distinctions which have0 arisen in society since the institution of private property. - ' • ' ; To women of tihe working class marriage is" apt to present • itself as a =mcans.-=Ot==escape-iirom*"~tue=='cluiches" of the sweater, the result-being that a large number jumip at the first offer they* receive,, while all mariner of degrading devices are resorted to in the ■hope of securing,a "capture." - With the male sex things are different. Except to the fortune-hunter, marriage -has no economic attractions. A man does not as a rule want to get married simply for'the sake of .being married; so to a certain extent die has freedom ot choice. This choice is, (however, greatly limited 'by the numerous petty conventions of modern society, to disregard which needs a considerable amount ot courage. For equitable sex relations to exist there must be complete freedom of selection on (both sides, and .the uh** eence of all sordid an<J[ mercenary motive, This Is clearly impossible In our present world of universal grab. The conditions necessary to Ideal marriage can only exist iln a state of Social Democracy, for only when men and women enjoy economic independence will it be'.possible to glvo free play to tho .natural Instincts1 of sex. Whether marriage will take the form1 of a binding contract -enforced) by the State, or be regarded as a prl-> vate matter, is a detail. The torpor- tant ipo*M ls that unions will bo frooly entered Into and will be determined by mutual sympathy and affection. In such circumstances these is every reason to supiposo, that the natural love of parents for their children— largely stifled today by tho brutal competition for n living wage—will expand and develop as lt has never dono beforo. Socialism is not tho ond, but tho ibeglnmljiff of real family lifo. Its aim Ib not to destroy, but to create— to destroy the sham family sentiment which but mocks tho sufferings of tho downtrodden victims of wage-slavery, and 'OHtnJbllHli a Htnto ot things wherein, tho joys nnd comforts ot Iiomo ln the bout nnd widest sense slinll bo within tho roach of overy man, woman' and child.—London Justice. Are You Working Uphill? If you are not healthy you ARE working uphill. Disinclination to^ work or play is not—in nine cases out of ten—caused by LAZINESS, but by sickness."; That "don't feel good" sensation won't send you to a doctor—you probably don't think it Is serious enough. But it Is almost a sure sign of Indigestion, Dyspepsia or Biliousness." Next time you "don't .feel good" .try 15 drops of Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. You'll get relief—QUICKLY. - This old English remedy has been TRIED and PROVEN.during the past 40 YEARS In every quarter of the earth. ■ Tc lias a wonderful effect upon the stomach and stimulates the digestive organs to normal action. Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup is' almost purely herbal—it Is a distillation of certain Roots, Leaves—Nature's remedy ordered stomach. '" . • Order a bottle of Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup—try it out, then note tlie Improvement ln your health. ' Price $1.00 Trial Size, ,50c. For Sale by •' MctLEAN DRUG AND BOOK CO FERNIE, B. C. OUR HEADING ■ Barks and for a dis- Little Readings in Socialism ENVIRONMENT By Robert Blatehford What Ih environment? .When wo upeak of n man's environment wo mean hia mirroiinilliiKu, hix oxporlnnco; nil that, ho booh, hears, feels and. learns, frod Ilia Instant that tho lamp of Hfo Is kindled to tbo in- nl«r( ...*,. ,. 11.. *!,.*.I I Wy MwlTWrtn-Mit w. monn nv-rr-thlni; tlmt develops or modlflon tho child or lite matt for good or Ul. We ..moan IiIh tnotlw>-r"» milk; tho homo, tlio the stato of lifo into which he wan born. Wo mean tho mir-so who nilr*VI/-..I *,*,,, t*., .* II •).. 1 i with, tho school ho learns in, '(ho'air ho btwthes, the wator ho drinks, tho rood ho eats*. Wo m«m thw gam™ ho plays, iho work he do**, tho wight* ho m*ott, tho eounda he hears. We m«m the girls ho lorce, tho woman he marries, the children he rears, tho wagee hf» «i.nH Wn rivnin Uu\ uicUsuju Ui.it trie* Wm, tho griefs that sears him, the friend* who nM nu*! the **nt,mti*n wiro wound Wm. We m-win nil !Ms hop** «m* fears, his vfctorltm end de- Un**; fate faith* -sad his disillusion, meat* We mean «u the harm ht* ifotti. fi™,*1]. th*L U1V ha «tw»i *» «&* fafcwta Urn* boclum Mm. nil the (#mr»- U*tow diet lur* Mm; *U hi* weeping* to** We luck* hiu end unlucky Nun- nem emytWnff ho doe* wwl *nff«<» wirier <Nte mm. f «a Ittto Uf thii febii totaaw ■** imiHt remember thnt everytlilnK that lnfluoncoM lilm, Ih ptirt of IiIh onvlmn- mont. It is a, common mlirtaku to think of environment In a nnrrow' B«>n«ft, an (thoujjh environment Implied no more than uoveity or rlchou. ICvorythlnjf onuidn our ekln Imlong* to our envl- ronmont. Lot u* think of it nimln. -Education If mil'Ir^M tvmtif * yr H^f,.,, ■ I . t ment; bnrtnem and politic* nro Miv'i- uuum-na, un tnu *iu«u», convention* mud prfju-rJNvs of nt:** *<;<J i*lat» at** environment; literature, ed-oneo ami tfie pro** nro onvironmont; muaic, hia- tory ami uport are environment; betu. ty aiul ukIIiu'Mh uno i>ui-lwum«nt; «x- A.i4,«,(i toi*. ).-.*iiv,yi. rt>v: taiMKHlUH'Ill.; war antl trav«l and commerce are environment; ttinnhine anil oxone, honor and dishonor, failure nnd micreM, are envlronnu-nt; lovo in environ mont. I *tn>«» nnd multiply example* be- ■rauiw tlie power of environment !.*> *»a tremendou* that wo can hardly over. r.iU) it* Ul.|H;VUU<U<, A child in not born with a ron- tifU'iiff, inif N'Jth fhA PTtlfmc:**:- itt *x • cmf.rlrnri-, .ili*> innu-rlali fjYWivhhh a comvlwofl may or majr not be de- wlflpi'd— tty fl-nvlnrnmeot. A r'hlM fi* not horn with -capacitleii, but only with potentbiKtle^ w »» dbilMl**, f«*r «wv! or evil, -mWh wiey or may not he developed—by enrlmn- A «bU<i Is bora ubeotately without ktvowtwlRe. Kviry udMixx ot knowied-gii he «eU nxm-i be gut from Mt enviroo- eswst KING'S HOTEL Bar supplied with the best Wines, Liquoys and Cigars DINING ROOM IN CONNECTION W. MILLS, Prop , Every faculty of body and of mind grows stronger witih use and weaker with disuse. This is as true of the reason and tihe will as of the muscles. . The sailor has .better (sight than the (townsman, because his eyes get (bet- iter exercise. The blind..have sharper ears l-Shan burs, because -they depend more on their .heartng-. , Exercise of ithe ornind "alters the arrangement of the gray maitter of the brain," and .so alters the morals*. jt.h-A miem-bry, and*, the reasoning "powers. Just as dumbbells, .rowing or delving develops .the muscles', (thought, study and conversation develop, the brain. And everything that changes, or develops muscle or brain is a part of our environment There must be bounds to the -powers of enviTOn-ment, but no man has yet dUsctovered- the limits, and few have dared to place them wide enough. But the scope of environment is undoubtedly iso gTeat, as I shall try ito prove, tlialt, be the heredity whoi it may*, envJ ron ment has power to save or do/mro. Let us think what .It means to be born quite without, knowledge . Let uh think what it means to owe all ifchnlt we learn to environment THREW IT OUT Tlie grand jury at Vancouver threw out the Indictment's preferred against Mr. Rubinowitz and two othere who wero charged with intimidation, at JSTanalmo. Mr, Rublnowlta had been engaged by a number of the etnlkers to defend them ln the prosecutions arising out of the coal mining tr-otfMesi and wae arrested, while walking along the 'Btreet, He applied for ball, but met with a hamh refusal and. wa» kept in a coll for fortywslght houre under Uie most uncomfortable conditions before he obtained his freedom on his own recognlance,' willingly jrmnted by a county court judge. In charging thc grand Jury on this indictmont'.Mr. Juatlcn MorrlRon pointed out thnt bhij witness who Mr. Tin- Wnowdtz and hl» companions were charged with Intimidating had admitted at tlio .preliminary honrlng that ho lind not been «poken to by the accused, and In fact bad not known any- thins ahout tho matter until nftor their aneHt. At the time wo cemmonti'd on the extraordinary attitude of tin* iiiukIh- trcite ln th;!« ensj', which rnfienibleil moro tlmn anything cIro the motliodH of a Hiisalan Inquisitor of twenty ycarw ago. Wrst ho rofiiscul to grant ball, nnd bli<>n irmlutoid on committing tho nccnw.'rt for trial, although tlm chlof witness for the -crown h:ul testified ihnt lie hnd not boon accosted by them nor had he known anything about the Incident until nftor thoy l*"'l boon flrroHled.. IM un quoto Uio mmrli»- tmto In onlortng tho i-onuiiltnuinl; * j "1 -tv-fii-wo to 1-jeHovt' llm oxpliiiuitloim i Hia iircu-snd lmvo glvon as to why Ihoy j were there. Ilnd Mr, ItubJnnwIt/ tiot ■ beon arrested I think greater trouble i would liavn «>n«ued thnn nuy w« h«vn! yot had In Nnnntme." I The fnets thus dlnc|o«o thin r«mnrk-i ablo situation: Mr. llublnowlu. fori eome renson, lmd to bo nrrcntwl. When j token diito cn»l(idy he wim unahle -to I lefirn what he wns charged with, fori ,. I. . iv. i i-i • .... ..,j ... hehlml «he «ereeti hnd no e|mr«fr» pr«»-! pared. I'Mnnlly I hey decided that he; had (ntimtvliktcd one Hun, Davks, btjt; fttvlew fr.'1'tvrt* (hit nelrher TlnblnnwltK I nor hi* rompnnlon<« hnd «pok*n te him.) The evornge mnttlHUnte wotild have) f'lumlM^l th*> -ec-.se, hn* *h<.n imrtl-cular; end wim not lu tne nver:i*v«" -elfist*. \i dutlhil nervnnl or th<< A-ttomey-CJon-; eral. he wandrtenniii'd to do hi» iwrtj In ono of the most extraordinary trn-i vestlee oMu»tlro ew-r rn-iirtod In a\ British country, j Th« Times doe* not earn ft trnap who j or wh.1t Mr. nnhlnowlf* wii« or whnm I he was retelurd to defeiri. lie wns **Mitin*H Ui Mr pl.iv, And he did not I j|«s*».lv«» it, 'I'lln vdlH ■!•>* ->•»>'>» »ii the mo»t (Mt-rH Ihlng lii Hi.- dt-ve-Joj)-. mi-ttiiot Brttliih InsMtutions. If, in nny: -t-lmnmrt^nc-s, *** aJV»» **> i'1-'**'1 us- ch^llencrM or unpn>!e*h<l il,- lmplt*Ml! rontentlen of the Attorney/;.en«**ml ■ iJiat be (iii, Jw^AnJ.'!!- .** niXi'- !i*n--riT i iHf»w»Tf tht* fifnfetf «^,1.^nn• t.f fiMff-1 flcsttea wo simply I.nl «M..ur.i^<- m«i* te -the perpctesflrtn "f *'(mll«r otitvutm end lh<» de-Rnnl.i'l. ■• «>f Hrli- l«fa joetk*. Thl* Is Csnada * ot M*»»- k».~<Vletoria Tlmf*. -- We have pleasure this week in announcing prizes in connection withour competition. Only residents of the Camps named are eligible to participate for these prizes. Prizes for the other Camps will be announced next week Bellevue, Hillcrest, Passburg, Maple Leaf, Burmis and Frank camps only JAMES NAYLOR Suit Value $20 T. Ma BURNETT Order on Store for $20 STEPHEN HUMBLE $15 Range A. I. BLAIS Handsome $16 Tea Set Coleman & McGillivray H. G. GOODEVE A Splendid Power Washing: Machine Value $18 TJ^OP"^ will lit; (liM|.liiyCi| i„ tl,« various estnbliHliutlnionts, No.'votcK-.Insl n Rift For tho resithsntHof the uhovointMition'od cainps Read Conditions Carefully IMII1T If All II ■ I IP- -m-m mmm wn«! iuu HftVt su UU in- . SnT nU 1r}M,,il)Ks VMh »»««««i.|f has u jljU'i'cnt miiuhfi'. I ii tin: |iei-Ki>n semiin^ in tl,,- lllL'lu»sMoti»l wIiimi ninnlwM^: :m-m -1.1,1...I .1 wtjuuaid <irsl |iri/.i! iu nidi camp; In the pmnn Hcntlinjj in siieoiii) holiest. HTtuid priw and sci nu. Jo explain: TImmv will ln> h* very In'^h ]„iin. hers, ami it will lie jtiissililf for a p<>rsnn with two hwulinj,'s, if the iiuuiImts mv liij^li f.-iuiuuh, to ln-at Mu* man uitli iwo du/cn iuaduitis. Tlu* pri/.eM uo to tin* jmtsou witli tl... lii;r)MM tm;,] wlicn tlu-.'iiiim. ljcro on ihdr ht-adiu^.s an- a<l<I»'«l ttt};i>t|it>r. Prizes for other Camps and Fernie next week -1ir>-TWt,w-*r.*.*«^.^J.*'*ih»^g.*^^ ■X- IK "■ I* Bf *. l ^ v *•* -1. '"' l f" *.' ii _v ;;>>'. - -, "V ^ PAGE FOUR THE DISTRIOT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. 0., NOVEMBER 8, 19131 ,v- w l}& Zttshui £*&$** Published every Saturday morning at its "office, Pellatt Avenue, Fernie, B. 0. Subscription $1.00 per year in advance. An excellent advertising medium. Largest circulation in the District:'. Advertising rates on application. Up-to-date facilities for the execution of all Muds of book, job and r;color work. Mail orders receive special attention. Address all communications to the District Ledger, F. H. NEWNHAM, Editor-Manager Telephone No. 48 ■ Post Office Box No. 380 . THE SPIRIT OF DISCONTENT •i'lie seething spirit of discontent still rules, the world over. First on this continent in'West Virginia and Massachusetts; then in "South Africa; then in Dublin, Ireland; then Vancouver Island; Calumet, Michigan; Colorado and now Indianapolis—thc centre of trade unionism. Louder and louder rises the murmur, ever more threatening, unchecked and unhindered by thug, police or militia. Threatened, starved, beaten, imprisoned and shot down! To what purpose? Only*to rise again more menacingly, more persistent.' The apologist strives to explain, but while he can explain local di-stm-bance he is up against a very different proposition when attempting to refute the worldwide discontent—which knows no creed'and acknowledges no international boundary. The politician has his remedies—palliatives and sop—but give tlie worker a minimum wage today and he recognizes its futility tomorrow; soothe him wilh eight hours today—tomorrow he wants'six. Labor can no more accept stagnation than capital. Small wonder that capitalism, driven to extremes, resorts at last to repressive measures, for it is its last argument. Too plainly, it sees the handwriting, ■and like the hunted rat turns to show fight. We are not so ungenerous that we do not admire'its stand—its last stand. The ruthlessness of capital, however, has taught the workers the greatest lesson of modern civilized society—it has taught us to give what Ave shall get—no quarter. There can be no let up in the fight. The spineless sophist who imagines he can gull the workers by his pap is casting off the cloak of deception and arraying himself on the side of.his -master. But when the worker shall know no'master but the power ofhis knowledge—then'indeed will he he free. hy venturing into a gaseous mine? The law says he must not, and if he does he shall be punished. There cannot be a shadow of doubt but that the Bowser government meant Monday evening, August 27, to be a repetition oh a smaller scale of the Paris com-, mune. ' , . ■ * y '-."•" Tlie militia surrounded the hall, lined the streets and surrounded the jail. The stage was, set and the caste complete, all that was wanted was an excuse to turn loose Hell from the barrel of the maxim positioned in the hall doorway. "If there,is any attempt to break your ranks ov run, you.will he shot or bayonetted. ' And, Mr. Worker, to-secure this glorious privilege, you plaeed a neat cross opposite your "true Blue" candidate's name. Aren't you proud! You should be. You 'may not- have done hutch for McBride, hut he will surely do his utmost for you. Your innocent cross helped load and train that maxim, and assisted in incarcerating the Island strikers in jail. „ > This was the story Comrade Walker had to tell and he told it, but it was not the purpose of his mission. He was there to point out that just so long as the worker was content—just so long must, lie endure. When he would realize the power of knowledge—then he would lead, when he realized that Might was Right, and the latter but an ethical expression, then he would grasp the reins of government and be fitted for the high office of executive. . , „ ' " ^ The, ostrich-like attitude of the worker who refuses to become conscious of a class distinction between employer and employe, and who is so under the thralldom of capitalism, so permeated with superstition and prejudice, is such that he can be armed by tho master class with modern instruments of destruction and relied' upon to kill his fellow ■worker, provided always his conscience is appeased by an oath of allegiance tp the Crown or authorities. If, in addition, you wave a flag, he will shout with delight—cheer andJaugh! What a sight for the gods! No, reader, his victim1 need not be of another race, tickle and appease his conscience with an oath to obey aud he will shoot his nearest and dearest.' He will fight for the pute lust to kill ancl gratify his m'ost bestial passion. Do you think the soldier boy who left his counter or ledger in Vancouver or Victoria understood his position? Do'you credit him with possessing an unwarped mind, of 'being sane and conscious? Do you think he believed in the great omnipotent, omnipresent Creator and Redeemer whom he called to witness-his oath? We who realize the" position of soldier-and slave know that if they do,not understand and it is our duty to acquaint them. The soldier is not one degree less.conscious than being ia good 'humor; any little mix-up, that occurred was taken ln.good part. The final motion,, "That we do not- nominate any candidate until we hear the views and capabilities or tne candidates already^ stated," finished an discussion, , iThe, three' candidates a*>re- sent were allowed I5~*m1nutes each 'to ■put ..their'views and'platform before the meeting, -after "which Questions were invited, wtoen Dr. Lovering, present alderman, cam* uritier the heaviest fire on the stand he took in th$ Council .meetings., which went to show that a majority of the ratepayers were conversant with what transpired at Council meetings,' and were interested therein.- ' ^ A general meeting of all workers in and around ithe mines was also held in •tlie Miners' Hall Thursday evening of last week to discuss the advisability of removing the library to a more central •place. -The present- premises belong to the company;1 Save*your 'headings and win one of our handsome Christmas presents. A motion'was passed instructing the Exeeutdvo to try and procure lots adjoining Adams' Park, which was considered the most central 'place for all. After considerable discussion on how tp raise sufficient funds to build their own place, it was decided to Increase the monthly contribution from 10 centa to 30 cents. *. This is a step In the right direction, as the out of tho way situation of the library, prevents the majority from taking advantage of such an institution. ♦ ♦■*•*♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Lethbridge Local Union Notes ♦ ♦ ♦ A FEW FACTS ON THE ISLAND SITUATION ■ At the regular ^meeting of above Local there were pfeseqt International Board Member Rees and A. J. Carter, District Secretary. The latter gave a brief outline of the financial standing of the District and their labors dn the Taber field In an effort to organize that-part of the Distriot. -Bro. Rees gave a graphic description of the strike zones in the different parts tit oiir organization, especially Vancouver Island, and expressed his sa-tlisfaotiou at the maimer the assessment liad been dealt with by the members of this Local. Save your headings,and twin one of our handsome Christmas presents. The pit committee reported the result of their Interview with the .management, re the raising and lowering of the men at No. 6 miner Report was accepted as satisfactory. Secretary .reported the action taken in regard to the checking of cars at No. 6 mine. The report was. accepted as satisfactory. , • - A communication was read from the Distriot .Secretary requesting the Signature of our membeis in support of legislation governing co-operative stores before the house at Ottawa. A .considerable amount of discussion took place'in reference to the installation of .the electric lamp and, agree- .ment with_regard- to sa.me.' ' ■ While the situation on the Island has been apparent to most of us, Bob Walker certainly did much to enlighten his audience at the Miners' Theatre last Sunday evening upon tlie true,significance of the situation thci-e. < .Many may have gone hoping to b'e regaled with anecdote and reminiscence by the speaker relative to the strike, but Comrade Walker's mission was uot to tickle their cars with these but to place before them in clear, logical English not"so much the effect as the CAUSE, -and in this he succeeded admirably. , His admonition to his hearers was to THINK!— to ANALYZE!—to EDUCATE! Tracing the history,/of tlie strike from the introduction of the U. M. W. of A. to the present dny, the lecturer "thrilled the.audience with his account of the deliberate attempt on the part of the military to incite thc Ntriliers, thereby giving Bowser's hirelings an excuse to butcher them. It seems al- most beyond human comprehension that men could bo so saturated with tho blood lust that they would surround a body of dofoncoless men—men whose greatest crime was that they had revolted against tho severity ol: thoir slavory—and prepared to ruthlessly shoot,them down on the slightest proteose. Their greatest crime was that they had revolted a gainst the severity of their slavery. True, they had turned buck tho hirelings of a government who.su record for vilenoss and corruption is one of Ihe blaokosl shuns upon our boasted British cui- stilution, but by doing this tliey hnd proved Iheni- .selves men. They objected to the suicidal practice of going each day into a gnwoiw nud explosive nl- iiiosphi't'c. and thoy aim) objected to trying to exist upon a wage that did not secure for them the Imresi necessities of lifo. What is more asinine and suicidal than for a miner to tempt Providence the worker who deliberately refuses'to support a candidate of his own class, and'by his action places the power in the hands of those who can'only be his enemies. v COAL CREEK YARDAGE DISPUTE. Owing to a delay in the arrival of cuts from en- gravers, we ai*e prevented from publishing the president's argument, etc., in this finding, hut trust next week to give our readers the full text illus-, trated with line plan of the workings connected with dispute. OUR COMPETITION We have this week succeeded in,arranging part of bur prize list for our heading contest, which'will close oni December 15th, by which dato all returns must be co-mplete. To avoid delay, wc would ask all - competitors to send in their headings week by weok and thus help us in deciding contest. If this i& done we can publish tho standing of competitors ln each camp. Tho competitors' mimes will not be published until end of contest, bul they will he given a number. Noxt week wo hope to completo our list of prizes for Pernio and other camps. Wo wish to call the attention of our readers to the generous response of advertisers in certain camps, especially Bellevuo and Colomnn, nnd to the handnome prizes thoy are donating. The competition is the simplest we eould devise and offers nn opportunity to all. Tt does not necessarily moan that thc greatest number of bondings will get the prize, hut tho highest total of added numbers on tho bonding. A regular sulwcribor with threo or four headings mny secure a prize, fn fact, thoro is an opportunity for nil to secure n Imndnome Christmas present. shows it is booked up* <to the'end -of November. ., ^ 7 7 '-*, • '• ' While at work.on Tuesday night an accident occurred, whereby -John Bev-> erldge, employed \in . the McGilliVTay Ooal Company's mine at Coleman, was injured,.A<stone fell'on him, injuring his back and shoulder. He was taken to the Hi-ospital, and attended ,by Dr, Gonnely and is now progressing ijavor-, ably. ' .- . '•■ *_". - . Saturday last, ibeing'-pay day, passed off'quietly as usual,, -Coleman has a great reputation /for orderliness on the day the men cash! their, checks'. The Town Council met on Tuesday evening .and *trahsact©(i "routine business, iNo further action has been' tak-: en as yet by the C. P. FLin reference ■to -the sidewalk over the right-of-way to West Coleman / ■ Numbers of ne\y. houses iave been erected in town and on the outskirts of the corporation during the past six months. About" a dozen, -have been built'in West Coleman and a score or more have sprung Into existence immediately east of the town in, what is known as Bushtown—along the road to Blairmore—and on the bench above that road1, while a number of residences, some of them. of the better class, were constructed "on tbe hill" section. It is conservatively' estimated tliat,fifty or more families have been added to "the town's population during the last twelve months and the housing of these has made for considerable building activity. \V. S. Black, B. A., the new principal of the Public School, arrived on Saturday and began his duties on Monday morning..; Since taking charge several new pupils have applied for admittance, which is another omen >of' the -continuous growth of Coleman's school population. Mr, Black has taken the bouse on Third Street recently occupied by Mr. Parker, and will shortly bring bis family to town. ;, Mrs. J. MacNeill, of Calgary, but a former resident here, was in town on Monday from Blairmore; -where she has recently accepted the, .position of local manageress of the Government telephone system. Mrs. MacNeill succeeds Miss M. Sunstrum, who recently resigned the position. T. D. Brown, of Lethbridge, was In town Tuesday and Wednesday, returning on Wednesday's local. Miala D.'Stuart, of Blairmore, was a" Coleman visitor between trains Wednesday .morning. , , W. A. Montgomery, of Vancouver, was a guest at the Coleman Hotel during the week, A so'cial evening was held on Tuesday at the Institutional Church Club Rooms, the object of which was to promote interest in Bible/Study and the reorganizing of the Bible' Class, '.which was formerly held Sunday afternoon in tho Church. A short program was heard with appreciation and some time was spent afterward in sociable ■conversation with cake and coffee provided by the'young ladies. .Musical numbers were contributed by Miss Macauley, Misses Allen and Mr. Evans, and short addresses by Mr.' Fairhurst and'-.Revv T. M. Murray, who acted as chairman. - •' Thoma&j Ede, '--.barrister, of Blair- A.1-- on the 27th'of November at the herta Hotel..'' ••'■''.•.". • . y • ' W. A. Beebe and' Mayor'Lyon were business visitors to Calgary anij Edmonton this'meek. ' -. "\ ."J "'X .'•*, - .Mr. Heinks) representing,-.the "Western Canada Agency, was in town on Tuesday. , -.Messrs, Fitters, Smith and. Olson- returned' from the South Fork on Monday afternoon, where they had been bunting deer, at least that is what they tell us although they did not bring 'back anything to verify that statement. ■*■/■,'■ A. "I. Blals was around town on' Thursday. "v ' Billy Malcolm, of Malcolm & Irmi's, •was in- town"1 this week. 'Billy states that the snow has driven them out bf their camp north'of Lille. Thoy-are 'now camping about one mile north of Frank. , .,. Angus MacDonald, of Coleman, drove into town on Tuesday. The .boys.'had a great time on Hal- lowe'n, or anyway, they though so. Tom Cyr states that the ear that he has been trying to put in .motion for the last six -weeks absolutely moved, on its own account, from Dearborn Street to the brickyard. James Burroughs will open iip a roller skaiting rink in the Opera House.:.He expects tlie skates In this week. WalterJHowe has'been secured as caretaker and promises to keep the floor clean for beginners. A.-A. Sparlies has purchased four large ipictures of scenes in -the Canadian Rockies. They are quite an improvement Ito the already elaborate ••'Save your-headings and win 6he';of.' our handsome' Christmas' ■presents,,-,:' ' Nevei; Again s-r; '' Such 'a' salens this... The pins,."."-1 '.knocked from under, high'jwic-^V,'-" es. Madl order houses undersold-. —ifactbry,-.prlce*§„sha/ttsred.>' -;-' -..' . ..Read this annouiiceiuent-'frqia . . start to finish; It will pay you-., .handsomely,- • Test each state- ' meat word for word, and what ; may here resemble exaggeration .,- Ywill resolve itself, into the gospel truth."' In order tb avoid all co-n-J -fusionand.misunderstanding,-we ^ ' ask you. to iead this document " , often, tlien',bring it with you to ■ our sale ,of this Immense stock, - so "there cannot be.the slightest ■,. ; mistak«:'regarding 'the prices,-, etc, •"> Original tickets remain'on • .goods unaltered.—see what you ' save. ', '" ' „ • . « - Bargains galore—genuine bona . tide sale. . . • -> , It "is impossible to describe the - .many hundreds of different articles contained in this store. Such prices as we quote cannot !be called cut j>rlccs or reduced u* prices., Tliat does, not fairly ex-'" press what an extremely small outlay it will take to purchase your entire supply for the year.' ...Your dollars will do double work. Cold type cannot express, falls to describe. values. ■*. Stewart Sura SellingService; '' . Selling stock of , R. M. BRISCO aaas? News of the District Camps (Continued from Puge S) •> BEAVER MINE8-(CoritlmiMl) ■tlw uround for Itm erection hn* beon elearotlcthlH woek, Cnrl SmRh ffot tho contract for sinking tho lmnommit and l/Utiilliumlii U|ft.la'..uui v.» . »t»y.j. Tin- 'il-U- ibf.i ii Jy Jif<l 1n Tmn Mooro'* wtort'. nearly opposite tho Tk*v<>r MIm* Pout Offlw. The Hotel WM very bndly nfifliloil hew, a* wrontr em vtnltlng the cnmp' ami ntopptaK * .i f* • » dn Hunk—the Bunkhouiie. Baya your heading* and -win one of our handnome ChrULma* pre*enti. Robert Drown, onr muster mechanic, •pent mott of U*t. week In Uo-iMe Jaw wlfn-Mwrinc <««! Iwt* on hehAlf of ©ar company. Bob report* work to be very i^-W ftf th*> "•Tiiw," ni** ttnyn «w» town nt -present i» trowioi wlUb Im* mlfmnls from tbe Old Country, mho mnt m\*tm.loyif4. Whether fat* mlmU** will have the effe-rt «f mcntinit order* "or not we cannot my Jet, bol th* wine baa b-eeo Idle two <3*jr« thia week from otackti'":3 nf trn<l* W* *•*»«» t«*»T. irtwever, ilwrt auMkUnt orders bare bt*on aemmt to k**i» the mine ntn- ttliiR, »'.' 'ullly for twtno tlmn ond we •r* hecitn** that !*• r#porl will mate. rtellf***. ♦ LETHBRIDGE NOTE8 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< Bnturduy wan .pay day at the mine* ami trie niiiriajromeui nay ll wm me i.l.,%tlt..li. k;aj tU.l III,iim i.l***rl(i \li iim Oalt min***. The mult of It could <w»ilf be (wi hy the crowded ttort* In the city, which brought pleasant smllon to faces of various merchants, ft* vn«iy Irufciiwu -hnmiit) MtifitintiK io the wants of the miner who spend* his money eo freely. The Cooperative camo In for Us ■hare of the good tlmo, and so much so that H was found nocetaary to call In ««>lflttince by way of another rlerk, who, with their white suits and the well lighted, polished and commodious pretnlses. was a treat to all. \X. Altoul, ruutld-cui uf Tivuk* ami Labor Council, left Sunday night lor Medicine Hat to attend the International convention at Mxfcorik aii.) Uricle layers ns delegate from the local branch of bricklayers, There are vm.i'y tiattsAkai* tit %rn\\ Unj>o/ust« In hn Amll mtth and If wlip mV* tht- full week to got thronsh. Mtaa U Wtteelan pnliM out on flan- rfay nlltht for Rootland. Bh<-r»> **b* in It "was regularly moved and seconded that a .special .pieetlng.be called for Sunday afternoon, Nov.-9th, and Secretary be instructed to write.President Smith .requesting his attendance on that date.- . Applicants for the week were twenty-one, .received and obligated. ♦ ^♦♦♦^♦♦♦' ♦.♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ' ' ♦ ♦ COLEMAN NOTES < ♦ ♦ • , ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦.♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ The Rev. Dr. Donnelly,1 O. M. I„ of London, England, gave a lecture on Socialism'before a' large and distinguished audience In the Coleman Opera Houso on Friday, the 31st Oct. Mr. John Moor occupied the*, chair. The Rev. Father De Lcstre was one of the platform party. The Rov, Donnelly, In hia opening remarks, «iiid ho was the nearest approach to a Socialist In tho hall as he owned no property or money and .the nature of his calling was a guarantee that his life's work was In the uplifting of humanity;, 'His subject, though large, was' treated ' ln masterly atyle. He spared neither the capitalists nor Socialists of tho Marx. Ian or Bngels or Herr Debel school. The workers, he said, didn't get a fair return for thoir labor, but he clilded them that tho remedy lay In their own hands. Tliey hnd tho vote and evidently did .not know how to use It, Ho quoted, for example, tho Lover Brothers', of Port Sunlight, England, ah a syBtom whoroby tho workors get paid trade union wnges, also participated ln tlio profits at, tho eniJ of each yoar. The Rov. Dr. Donnelly was awarded, a hoarty vote of thanks for his locturo. Tho Rov, Dr. Donnelly Is conducting a mission in the 'Catholic Church during tho weok. His nubjects nro explanations of Cuthollti doctrine, Tho Qoloman Football Club and of- flolnlB woro photograph oil on Sunday Inst with tho Crahan nnd Mutz Cup*. A wrestling ma toll took .place In tlio Coloman Opora House on Mondny night, Nov. Hnd, botwoon Friink Saxon, Into of Lancashire, Kngland, and J. Clements, of lOdaon, Altn., for a sido bot of |300. From tho moment tho mon took tho trait it was soon that Saxon .mount bunlnotm and nftor a de- torminort effort on tho part of Clem- m-untii, Saxon brought his man to tho mat, after 13 minuton, with a full Nol- son, Aftor a short Intorval the mon faced one anothor for tho final bout, which fell (o Saxon after nine minutes hnd boon ticked off, thus winning hand* dav-Ai, Jack Johnston nnd other brother Owls pnid a visit on Sunday, Nov. 2nd, to brotlior Owls In Bellovue and ex« changed ooootn, ' Richard Parker hai removed to his ■N»*lrt<»w« 1n \V*rt Pfllmwn A. M. and Mrs. Morrison, of Cole- lUaii, rttW IMjllI** a Will i*> C-vifciUJ rtli-i Medicine Hat and points oast. Save your -heading! and win one of our handsome Christmas presents. « Correction Allow me to point out a mistake octf-tirm) in your Dual iwmih, H.G.GoodeveCo. LIMITED more, visited our burg on Wednesday. .Jlr. Ede Is much Impressed w'ith Coleman's ' stability. • E. Morino, of Blairmore, was in town between trains on Wednesday. ■ Save" your headings and win one of our handsome Christmas presents. The Coleman'. -Mercantile, Co. have decided to discontinue business on tho 17th Inst, and pending the' wind-up of Its affairs will.go out of business: W. L.. Oultmette will take over the toal- anoe of the stock after that date and will move his present stock to the premises now occupied by the Mercantile. Mr. Oulmette (our mayor) haa met with .success as a business man and has thus demonstrated..his (faith ln Coleman's future;' • 18.00 ' Jim. Brown pulled out on Monday's local for Bollovuo to Join his father, who hut* mailed lo work In the rnlnos •thero. 0. McN'ah, ox-Board Mnmlier of IVs* trict IS, has nccepted a position nt tho brewery.' The ladles of St. Patrick's Church hold a Jumble «a|e In tho Minors' Hull Thursday ot last wook In aid of tho now Church, which wns fndrly patron- lxod by tho ladiea In the surrounding oountrv. The Hungarians of Diamond City, ■Jimwutv tuiul ■UJ.'.Mhunu Imiii a reunion In Miners' Hall on Saturday evening, when a happy time waa spent iby all. Ooorge Siarko, who has been on hit farm for the laat four years, lias rent- Wil ft&ttltt Dt-liU *IM1*WM Vu »Wl. iii Sll, i -MUCH tt mine by way ot reereatlon (?). Coleman Locai eontrliiutod the -turn ot The rater*' meeting of the North ond of tba city held In Buranmn's Hall Tuesday of thia week to consider tho advisability of patting a candidate In the field for pufollo work* commission, er, waa the <b«*t meeting ever held on this aide, the tail being taunt to lia utmost capaoity. After tha chairman auuuuuusi! lha object of thc mccUus, be left the meeting open tor the ex- pressing ot opinion, either for or ag-ttlost. Tbe ball waa set rolling by Mr. NimoMMt* pointing out whero we In the {gut had not got a wjtmra ds-at in accwdance witb Ibe nyath tAil*. Tbe \tt*rrhttnt*' Aaao-HatJen *I«o *ram# In lor a dMl of criticism from name of the jr-t-tttlaUM-it aad also from some of the proapeetlve camllftatr* who wore tfvA* r**»alnlng «** mrmth* on a vUlt pmiMit. WsrUameMsry rnllna was to hft parent* and mar.) tricmU. not the order ot the m-retlng but, all $100.00, not m.OO as stated, to Vancou ver Island fund. ' Coloman Fodtball (Sub are inaklrig arrangements for a huge amoker at an, early date, when cups and medals will •be -presented to the winners. Mr. ■Blonnor. of Fernlo, was a Oole- man vlaltor on Sfoiwhy, Oot &rd,, A SocUlUt iuw-mUiiii Wiu tu luiv-u inker) placo in the Opera House on Sunday, Oct. 2nd, but the apeaker failed to torn up. What's the matter with the Horlailsri* In Colemanf Mr. .T. OrpRory ban retnrnoA to <tal« home In Coleman after a miasm In Banff, where he bed Wn ton' tho ttooA Of his hrnitn, Tbe Coleman Open* lions*, under the m«mi(.'/.mf-nf of Mr. Jark John- ■ton. I* doinr rr«* hntlnot*. What with picture shows and travelling A Correction We regrot that a rather serious typographical error should have occur: rod In the Coleman notes in our Issue of last 'week. In reporting, the amount ■contributed so generously by the Coleman Local Union/ to the Vancouver Defenco Fund, there was a discrepancy of $99, the amount of cheque sent fcSlng $100. ' ' The success of the Stokes benefit concert was in largo measure due to the committee of the Carbondale Local, who wero responsible for lt and to whom congratulations nro duo. It consisted of Jas, Hilling (chairman), J. O. C. McDonald, D. Roberts, J. Din- ny, A. Derbyshire, Wm. IJ\irns and J. MoDonald. A. J. Hughes nnd JI. J. Brodley, of Bollovuo, woro Coloman visitors' on Saturday last. ■H. II, Roborts visited Blalrmoro on Wednesday, roturnlng oni the ovonlng local. . Mr. Lank, of Blnlrmoro, was In town on ibuslnoss about tho middle of tho wook, Mrs. A. E. Porter will loavo with hor daughter Iloloti. about Thursday noxt for Forglo, near Edson, whoro thoy will Join Dr. Porter ond at which placo tho doctor has beon locatod for some tlmo, Whilo regretting thoir departure, thoy will -carry with thorn to their now homo tho bcBt wishes of a largo clrolo of Coleman frlonds, . Jas, Ho woll mndo a bu8lno»B trip to Cnlgary early tn tho wook. "Tho Barrier," which was Wednesday night's attraction nt tho Opora House, rocolvod n fair recaption from tho mullenco prosont. J, Pldgoon, of Crow's Most, wa» n Coloman visitor during tho latttiv part of thn woolc Mndam .Howells, who rocolved a groat ovation at the Stokes concort. ils mooting with success ln securing pupils for Instruction In violin, Coleman Is fortunate in having as residents In* dlos so talented na Madam IIowolls and hor -nlster, Mm. Dories, MaoKoon Hunter was tup from Hollo- vue on Sunday last, visiting friends in •.„„.,. -II,,- ,„..., II ,., „.'! |„,n 11,., I 'l.v and Mra. Hunter reoentlv attendpd a ball at Ulalrmoro, . . . A.Correction ' Dear Sir,—Would yon "please correct the statement that you had In your paper last week concerning the •llwrwrrpn on eththlMmi In Vr CooA- evo's window belnjr for tlio benefit of Sir*. Kllgannon? It haa nothing at all to do "with her and tho 'proceeds are not to -be given to her. I wish you to make this plain In your paper of this week, I am, yours truly, MRS. .TAMTCfl KllJlAiXtilW. Coleman, Alta., Nov, 4, 1913. ABSOLUTELY FREE Watch, this Space Wo will furnish your houso from cellar to garret and at bottonuprices.- Call-, write, phono.or wire. Wis have the.complctcst stock in the,Crow's Nost Pass. "if you are satisfied, tell others; if not satisfied, toll us, v THE Coleman Hardware Store COLEMAN, Alta. J :ft 1 F. M. Thompson Co. ••The Quality Store" Groceries, Dry Goods, Crockery, Boots arid Shoes ♦ BLAIRMORE NOTES ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ M. Ilosse and fjmJIy. who for the ,p»»t twelve months have bt*m w*M- Ing.ln Calgary, have returned to Walr- motto. Mike thinks Blairmore the bet* iter town of the two. The Oddfellow* of Blairmore, .tariffs Ko. US, will hold their annual banqoet tm. wl Carloads this week of Apples, Potatoes and Groceries We buy in large quantities and are therefore able to sell cheaper than many other stores. man Wo M. THOMPSON CO. Thai mtorm Tlmt mmtrmm vou M«sysr Phone 25 Victoria St Blaiftnore, Alta, •'.'-■>". cV .." ../' h V ",^"'"'.'.,"i j*¥4HMMMHMW^ M****li4lt***lt*VltVVV»*M**^^ THE DISmiCT ISDGEE; PiaiNlE, B. C, NOVEMBER 8 19i3. PAGE FIVS •**v*XL9,Akk*kkil1rick**i(1rk1rH^^ \* s *""**&**^*Mkk*kkkAM-*^^ t -mr- ;■* , i TTTTTyVy^»Vy>VV»VVVVV»¥»»¥»»»«>tM<riiwwii>TYTTTTT¥V¥V»yv^''w ~ — „„ . ' * /^s~b—**■ -^-——_■ ___ - 'TT^^*»vyv»»i»»yvv»»¥¥¥TV¥¥¥¥WMM¥MMMYTYYYyifyT ■ t •c • t • t ■8 ■C Bellevue, - Alta. Groceries Dry Goods s Furnishings *■ ,1 ,\. $20Fop You-$20 SPECIAL PRIZE teh=4hisr-space^6r-speciai announcement ' See, Our Heading Competition on Page 3 >, China -Sc Glassware FREE 10 YOU AHmds®me T@a Set Watch this Space. See our window ; Special Announcement next week (See-iour Heading Competition on page 3) •♦ ♦ .♦ ♦ ♦'♦ ♦ ♦,♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ BELLEVUE NOTES . **- Charlie Burrows.had a'live time with a gee gee which he wished! to drive to Burmis. John Teresca was called upon to assist and lend his"persuasive influence, but the horse resented the InterferencevAnd expressed ■same so forcibly that1 John has been ■inca/pacitated since., Too ' bad—ihe horse! J. R.' "Macleod and Tom Phillips were at the North Fork this week, but report game scarce. Joseph Fursboug, an old timer, of this camp, returned here this week to take over tho barber's chair at the Cole pool room. 'Paddy Hughes, of Fernie, was ih camp early this week visiting friends. Hallowe'en.iwas 'celebrated here, the boys having a good time. Several of the out houses were rolled over the hill into the coolie. President J. E.. Smith was ln camp on Sunday on business. There,, was a Belgian miner, named Vandorp, hurt at No. 2 mine on Friday while following his occupation; 'He had his .shoulder broken., He Is doing a3 well as can be expected but it -will be some ,.tlme before he will be able to work again.' - Mrs. Step-hen Humble was visiting friends at Burmis this week. • BllU'e Cole expects his new billiard table this,*week. He reports things good. ■, \lr. Donald McMillan, who has' been working iu camp for some time, .moved his family to camp this week. Jas. Naylor has something special in the rubber line thig week, price 50 cents.. Compare 'em.with out of town 'Prices. They are sure bargains. Mr. Fred Wolstenhome is now occupying the house at the Rosedale Dairy. James Naylor has just received a new shipment of ladies' and children's underwear. ' s The Bellevue Brass Band gave the first of a series of concerts in the Lyric Theatre-on. Sunday evening last, the building being packed to capacity. 'Following is the .program: Band, "The Cossack," "Bohemian Girl," "The Challenge," "Queen's Guards," "Sun of my •soul," "Sons ' of Victory," "Advance and Retreat," "Joyful Christian." Several -vocal and Instrumental solos"' and duets also helped brighten the .program; The mines weje, idle for two days this week, a break in the fan being the reason. Mj;. Joseph. .Stephenson represented J?Mlex»e.Suadav.-SphofiT-a.t-jf.hfe-Ati>oTifa Provincial'.Sunday School" Convention held at ^ethbridge last week. '• The Rev. W. Irwin is conducting his second week of educational talks at •Michel, The People of Michel are taking a great Interest in same. Joe Stephenson, fireboss at No, 2 mine, .was .laid up the-greater part of the week with a bad cold. | Mr. .William Galimore sang a solo at the service in {he Bellevue Methodist Church on Sunday night which was much appreciated, The Junior Bpworth League met ln the Methodist Church on Monday afternoon as -usual, -Mrs.' Gilbert Cous- ens In charge. Miss Simla Lechtl read a very interesting *po>uer. Miss Grundy, of Fernie, Is visiting In camp this week, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hutton. . , Mr. Wallace Raynor left camp Wednesday on a business trip to Medicine Hat, Thore ia no more acceptable gift than a healter, nnd .when this Is one of the best and most serviceable on the market the -gift ls doubly acceptable, Mr. Humble Is giving you ono of the best heaters for the money obtainable—as.k him to show you what he Ib doing. When you started -housekeeping your crockery pantry was tjCllIed possil- bly by friends who desired to express their appreciation, but since thon you have watched your stock gradually diminishing until now It.sadly needs replenishing. Mr. A. I. Blals has a hnmlaomo ton sot that ho wishes to give yon—Just take a look at It, This will bo usoful and serves to remind' you of what you nood In the grocery lino. Dont neglect to see .fames Naylor and secure your Christmas suit. Also take a look nt tho handsome milt ho Is, giving away in our competition. Valuoo In 1ils store will -eonvpnro IV vorably with nny catalogue houso In tho country, Ask Jamos to show you •wlmt ho Is giving In our compotltlon. If You Found $20.00, Whit Would You Buy? ■Win tho 120.00 ordor on his storo -that T, M. Burnett is offering nnd you can nnawor tills nuostlon, Think what you buy In dry goodu for 120.001 Air. Burnett will glvo you this absolutely froo to buy what you llko Jn his store —no restrictions. Our Competition No moro aching bucks or tired arms If you win tho splendid washing .mu- olilno that tiuvQoodnvo Co, are giving ftlwolutely froo in onr bonding compe. tltlon. Tho wife goes cooking whilo tho machine goes wnBhlng, it I* ab. solutely the last word in lnbor-«tivlng machinery. It -will save your laundry bill, mvo your clothes, save your money aud -save your wife. (WATCH rae screen ai the Lyric Theatre for announcement about our competition, (There will be some special features at the' Lyric Theat next week' Waltch' the screen, Bellevue Local Union Notes ♦ , Our regular meeting convened -with a little larger- attendance than usual probably accounted for by the fact ■that Pres., Smith was known to be in the neighborhood-, and bad made known the fact to us through the columns of the Ledgerhls intended visit which, by the, way, is his first visit to ■the Local since election to office Thero being nothing of much Importance,, only the usual quantity of mistakes in our measurements, Pres Smith took the floor and told us how we came to get that munificent price for .a three piece set, which in some I cases took Quite a bit of driving home especially that of a-reduction of $1 40 per .set ■ But eventually it got home -especially after heaTing of the Coal Creek finding, Well, the Looal, on a •motion which was unanimous, declared Pres. Smith had done his part. We •then had the .pleasure of hearing him recount bis experiences'since taking office, also the continued growth of ■the U. M. W. of A. in District IS in Spite of the Lethbridge Herald's assertion to the contrary. ■ Hfe also touched on his visit to the Trades and Labor Congress, "with which you are,all familiar by this,-timo, ,as the delegates' report is out in pamphlet form." Pres. Smith's address was very favorably ra ■ceived. We shall be pleased to see him again at any time or any of the officers. Next item of note was a motion to hold our meetings every Sundlay instead of every other, so that we can use more often a sadly neglected clause of our ritual, viz., "Discussion in the interest of organized labor," which carried. But time -will tell haw It carries out. ■Next a motion was to the'effect that we get Pres. Smith to call a meeting of the Executive Board to discuss 'and, if possible, find some means of offsetting the findings of the two last boards re Bellevue and Coal Creek. Although, the miners here at Pass- •fiurg are favored with steady work, it is not so .with the haulage crew. It seems that they haul too fast or the miners dig too slow, as they may be late returnll!s ^orae 3retty °ft»n of It seems that the government lias seen Sit,to extend the chicken'season another month. According to information received by the Observer thev would much appreciate the extension if they had the privilege of a chance to hunt .seeing that the majority of the working slaves have to work six days each week ln order to exist, and then on the seventh day are denied tho chance of using that day as they like, such extension will not appeal to those who cannot afford to lose a day's •work. Why not give the slave the privilege of spending Sunday ln the church or in bush? That would go a long, way towards freedom of thought and action .which ,we are sun'- poseiL-tg. enjoy. ■ .We have had no report up to date ot any big game brought to Passburg. All the boys seem to have the same complaint upon reaching home, empty stomachs and cold feet. Never mind boys, better luck next trip. ,-FRANK NOTES • i. a Stores at BELLEVUE & FRANK Alberta. Sec Our Hcctclinj*; Contest on page 3 The LYRIC THEATRE Bellevue - Alta. Proprietor. J. 0; JOHUfSTOKB COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAM NIGHTLY A nie*, clean, eowforUbta hall—optodtte picture* — ot. pert proJ*ctfon. A boos* wtwr* you ean upend the erenlng *hd U care of com. (wft, WATCH rOR OUR riATUKftt ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦«*►♦♦♦♦♦,*. ♦ ' *+. ♦ PASSBURG AND DISTRICT ♦ ♦ By Observer - -+- _♦ ' ■*" ^ <*7<* ♦♦^ 4>&-+-4>%r+* ♦'•♦ y?e are'pleasad to,see our old friend Mike Nimek, practically' recovered from the very severe accident which befel 'him whilst following his occupation as miner at the Police Flats mine However, -after being laid up for a few months, Mike Js once more in harness and prepared to take another chance in onder ,to be among the other boys •at the dining table. Two'of our old friends, Nat Evans and Ben Lewis, blew'into town, last Monday from the mountains, where *hey. had been prospecting for some time, and'report things looking -pretty blue just now out at the prospects'. The company having no more improvements to do until the spring, this ■has iput the shutters up, thereby causing, our old Mends the Inconvenience of rustling a n*iw home. Nat claims ho has not been long, enough In any one place around this country .to have the opportunity of finishing the eong he Ib so well acquainted with, namely, ".Home, Sweet Home," ' •Dick Beard and Nat .Howells took a trip Into the mountains Snturday last In qupst of deer. The'best .they could do wna to get one bad cold each and had lt not been for their whisky fiaske they claim they would never have made tlie grade home. Mrs, T. Tonge was a visitor here at Passburg last Monday morning, leaving for homo on Monday night. Mrs, Tonge declares thoro Is no place Woo Lundbreck, » Mrs. Carhwrlght returned home from Lundbreck last Saturday, night, whore she hns been for two weeks, on a visit to iter relations, who own a flno ranch near Lundbreck. A fine concert nnd dance .was held at tho bonrdflng house, Pollco Flats, last Saturday evening, which \Vas woll attended, thero being .present about fifty ladlCB anil gentlemen. Tho chair •was occupied liy Mr. Harry Blnko, who conducted, 'the proceedings In a very ■able manner. Tho music wns supplied by tbo Passburg Orchestra, who flllotl the bill to a nicety. Mrs. Duncan and M1s« Boll, school toachors ltero, gave tho klddlos qulto ix troat on Hallowe'en day, which tho kiddles very much appreciated, some of tho tough ones declaring that lt wnn iboitter thnn tho bout licking ovor thoy hnd nnd nro anxiously walling for tho noxt good timo. Mrs. Chambers, wnn visiting h<*r lends at Coleman last Friday, mnny friends ... returning homo on Friday night. •The boys horo nro wondering whothor they are going to havo a .good bath this side of Christmas or not. The wash-house Is practically finished, but thero does not seem to bn any groat hurry to put thu finishing touch on, Howevor, the company has .certainly built a substantial ono this 'tlm© and ovory ono Is waiting for tho signal tn ,-Hvn » ir>*rin.f./*m titit h^fl-ti. „ „„„ *, bath for about two years would "rer" utility appreciate tho dive, The workers at Hurmis are onco more idle. Tli rough uida roason or other thoy cannot get »uw>lle<1 with enrs, no Uio coal company decided, to «hut down until such tlmo a* Uno c, P. a, th/u hC-coifiTiioutti**-) ineirn ttxih wutli- dont oan;. We trust that such difficulties will soon be adjusted at tho workers of Burmis lmvo certainly bad a bad run this last threo or four months. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, of Hlko, wont visitors horo to ftMbtir* hu»t Tuesday, leaving lor homo W«lnet- day. Mrs. HaiKJa.ua family, wlu> w«mifes- ld«mU of Pass-burg for * numbor of years, have been Wilting their many friends here. Mrs. Ilapt and family left Paat&urir about -tight omhiMmi ago to take up the saloon business In the virlnlty of Cslgary and report but)- It la reported that Mr, Wolcfa, tfo* yonn* fellow who not crushed tMtwem the enrs «t tho mines horo « week or to «fft is tMncOTMalat a* w«n as might lw expected and we bop* <«, m* Mm alright again in tho timr future. Mrs. ,T. J. Thomas returned to her ■home .here on Monday night after a long.holiday at Pocahontas. -■' Jlr. and Mrs. Weist left on Thursday for Milwaukee, U.1 S. A., where Jlrs. Weist is going to spend the winter. A new night operator has -arrived for the C. P. R. telegraph station to take the (place of Mr. McColl, who was driven-back to Callforniian'weather by the sight of the -snow, on the mountains. Jlr. Dooley, Uie new man, hails from Lundbreck, and has taken up residence in the house vacated by air W. J. McGowan. . ., .,. Mt. McGregor, a brakemanon'the C.-P. R.,-,moved bis family to town last week. ■ The building at one'time'used as a residence for the presidentof the coal .company, is now being temporarily used as a hospital and ..will continue to. be till the new hospital in Blairmore is completed. s Mr. and Mrs. Graham, of-England, arrived in town on Tuesday morning and are the guests of Mr. Graham's sister, Jlrs. Geo. Pattison, of Lime A little boy of about eight year3 of age was brought to the 'hospital here the early part cf the week, having ■had his .leg taken off by a freight train. It was recess time and two boys had jumped Oon the train for a ride'. iTliis should'serve as a warning to others, especially around Frank, because nearly every day children can be seen, climbing into empty cars on the mine switch, picking up grain that remained in the cars. Unless parents take a 'warning an accident may be expected any time. The children going to and from school constantly climb under the cars rather than go ■to the crossings at either side, Married, at the Methodist parson- age, Frank, by the Hev. W. T. Young, on Monday evening, Nov, 3rd, Joseph Isaac Lathem, of Frank, Alta., to Miss Dolly Stenson, of Reston,'Manitoba. Mr. Gerald Gardiner passed through town west on Wednesday evening. Hallowe'en has com© and gone and the most of the people are gla& The boys and girls were all out for a big time and tho usual happened whom a crowd of youngsters got together. They wont too far; ordinary JokeBworo too tamo for them, and considerable damage wasi done. As a result tho policeman wns out aftor ovldenco next morning. .However, the smnller bays can't be blamed so much. Thoso who were resiponBtblo for them getting out at all have to bear their share of It. Wo hopo thnt when noxt Halldwe'en nrrlvos neither tho parents nor tho boys will havo forgotten this objectionable features of such actions. Gent's Furnishings, Boots and Underwear Tho sjiiofcor hold on Saturday night for tho 'benefit of the now sick and Accident Club might be written a fall- ure bo far as tho benefit was concerned, and this was duo to tho timo of starting bolng far too lato, On the Sunday previous, when It was decided to run a smoker, the management of tho Now Hair wore present and gave tho commltteo two options: 'ihoy would run thoir Saturday night pic- turos off on the Friday evening uiul rout tho hull to Uio Local on tho Sat- uiHlay night; or thoy would run their pictures olf an hour earlier ou the Bat- urdny evening and let tho Local have tho iroo uso of tho hall for tho smoker nl'tor 0 *]i,m, Tlio coinmittee. thinking they woro getting sotnothlng for noUi- Ing, accepted the latter option, but it only confirmed tho truth of the old a»w, "Thing* got for nothing are gon- erauy worm what they cost," The pic; turo hall wan -packed audi tho pictures were good, so the management, to roakoiho.pott of things, showed tliolr ten o'clock nml n« l» wm time, thoae who had seen th« show bad sufficient, entertainment for the night and rotlr-ed. The malority of thoso who wore waiting outside for the wnoker to commence got tired of waftim*!. fin-d ot* thn ntubi wn* rom went home also, About half the num- bor provided) for attended the amoker, but os the takings scarcely met the expenses <here wai no "bone" left for the Club. However, ihe boys spent a Jolly night entertaining each other. Tho singing, aa lc usual at smoker*, wns xoott, w the mn wan l^pOip tilt the mm' hours on Sunday morning. Many ind groat wer» the sore* hwuls n«*i, day owing chiefly to tho supply of boot* being far in excess ol reason- able requirements, whilst tho*e who were wiapccted of having "something In tha bottle for the morning," had their hoUMs immlntui with hunter* af. ttr «y*« opener* A long felt wa.u U About u> u »u*,»- VlJod at Umvat, On Oct. ifith last Mtmtmt. Shaw and Abrahams, t'lnchor Crook, -secured a Jkenno for a *akxm to4* known M tbe rkisrer ir^d, *n*\ *"y<*»jsui ji»u «hpn wrt (Cbotlniied on page tour., See special announcement next week $20.00 SUIT Absolutely Free Watch This Space Next Week Bellev ue Alta. $15.00 Heater FREE ! ** We are giving a handsome heater to you free WATCH OUR WINDOW Ranges, Heaters, Baths Tinware, Carpets, Guns Rifles, Paint, etc. Everything for the home. A complete stock and prices to compare with Calgarv and Winning THE Bellevue Hardware Store BELLEVUE, Alto. See Our Headinjr Contest on page 3 ■ *.-•.-*■<*-;■, ^1^1 i, -.* . tr- PAGE SIX THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FI#NiE,8yi913. if P. !r III i ii-v J ''.*< IS ' J ' * It? HI .'..-.f, Directory of Fraternal Societies ta^.-Miw*. ~* «c. INDEPENDENT ORDER OP ODD FELLOWS Meets every, Wednesday evening at S o'clock in K. P. Hall. Noble Grand, A. Prentice. Secretary, J. B. Melklejohn. ANCIENT ORDER OF -FORESTERS Meet at Aiello's Hall second and third Mondays In each month. < John M. Woods, Secretary. Fernie, Box 657. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS | ?Nleot every Tuesday at-S p.m. in tliolr own Hall, Victoria Avenue. C. C, G Barton. IL of Ik S„ Chas. Buhrer. IM. of F., Robt. Dudley. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Meet every Monday at 8 p.m. in K: of P. Hall. Dictator, T. Uphill. Secretary, W_F. Vance, atir£immmra<tri<m.vai SOCIALISM: Promise or V Rejects Socialism Offers Alternative DR. JOHN. BARBER, DENTIST Office: Above Bleasdell's Drug Store Phone 121 Residence: 21 Victoria Avenue , FERNIE \ . . : B. C. My opponent's general statement of •the methods,.that.! we have agreed to follow in the discussion now beginning leaves nothing- under tbat head for me to add, subtract, or otherwise modify. Tie is to .defend Socialism in the ways that seem best to -him, and I am to oppose it witli whatever weapons I choose. His generous .personal references to me are naturally gratifying, even though .strict candor would -compel me to admit thaJt they are not •entirely deserved. In the spirit as well as the'matter of his first article , he sets a standard of courteous, dispassionate writing which I will at all times emulate. The debate will bo ono of Issues, not of personalities. Mr. Hilil-quit's delimitation of the subject matter and Ihis conception of the sources and standards for argu-. mentation are on the whole Uie same as mine. Not any of .tho minor schools and varieties, but International Socialism is the thing that wu are to delwie. The doctrines and policies of this system as set forth in national and international conventions, "constitute the most indisputable authority on thc subjects with which they deal." Never: theless "there are certain other sources which .can not prope-ly be left out of account.". For the living thing called Socialism is underlaid and permeated by a fairly definite social philosophy, and "is not devoid of ethical ani spiritual imipli-oations." These .elements are to be found in the pronouncements, whether by voice on the .platform or by pen in books and journals, of the recognized author- AL5XANDER MACNEll- Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, etc. ' , Offices: Eckstein Building, Why Pay Rent? When you can own your own home? We have for sale Lots in town and Lots in subdivision in Coleman at all prices. We can suit your income. Call and see us. Coleman Realty Co. AOHNTS POR Fire Insurance and Oliver Typcvfrttcrs 1 Fernie. B.C. 1 .* M •J ' f - * h \?" ■ - ■ si J.Si 14 ". C. Lawe ..Alex. 1. Fisher LAWE *%. FI8HER ATTORNEYS Fernie, B. C. i'i If '* -Southorri- H O T E L BELLEVUE, ALBERTA li »f fo N hi ■ •■ k h 9- Every convenience and attention B ' ' °~ Meals that taste like mother used to cook V- P! r' Best in the Pass ' Jos. Grafton, Proprietor ties and representatives of the Socialist movement. .What tbey -say and do must be .taken as the legitimate expression, of the movement until it Is formally -repudiated. Some of the most Important- of these' authoritative persons are named and others are alluded to In Mr, 'HUlquit's article. They .would be accepted as adequately representative Socialists by any intelligent-stu-i dent of Socialism. His cou-ception; of the limited sense to which, they are- recognized as authorities by their fellow Socialist® is likewise -une-xceiption- abl*e. There is, however, one statement made'by ray opponent concerning ithe competency of these authorities which is not entirely adequate. Tbey. are,_ he tells us*, authorities only "on the auoject of Socialist economics and politics.' - Their opinionis on all other topics! -must neither be credited nor -charged to the Socialist movement. For example, the views of Bernard Shaw ■concerning the drama do not necessarily reflect the Socialist' thought on .that topic. - . '- I admit the correctness of this' con- tentlon, and for three good .reasons: "firatr^IfTSSaw'riio^tion§^mi'tMs-s.ubJ- jeot are apparently ■peculiar ito himself; second, they do not appear in those of his. writings which deal sipe- cifically with Socialism; and, third, th'ey are not placed* by him In any definite relation to Socialism ,or Socialist .philosophy. When, liowever, Mr. Hillqulst thus ■contiiniiies: "and, perhaps in a minor decree, it ils similarly unwarranted, to claim that Bngeil'is religious beliefs or Bebel's views on the ins ti tuition' of the family -represent the Socialist concept tions on .these subjects," he understates the Importance and relevance of these particular utterances. As I shall try to show at length In tihe proper place, such noiueconomic oplmlons as thes© have a direct and significant bearing on Socialist (philosophy and the Socialist movement. Socialism—A Threefold Theme We are, Mr. HiMqult states in his ■closing paragraph, to discuss' Social- Ism under a threefold aspect. W« shoill consider lt not merely as an economic and political -system, but ia}so as a social philosophy and a living social movement. Were \ve to do less than ithlB, our -treatment of the subject would bo partial, misleading, andi In* ftdioquflit'Q. Every social ideal puraiod by. a iBooIal group Involves a movement and a philosophy. If thero bo ex- copfbloim to this rule they do not .In* oludo In their number' tho subject of this debute. Adequately icoiwlilwod, Socialism1 l« an end, a means, and a sot of fumkmontnl prlncl-ploft-i Tho end Is 'tho Soclnllst Stnto, or Socialist rooTwuilzntloiii of society; tho mmxw in tlio concreto Socialist .movement with lis organized political party, Its literature, and lis general -propnwuMln; whilo tho principles or philosophy consist miilnly of nn Interpretation of history, and a theory-of Boolal forces nnd social -evolution. ' Although tho flncl-nllst State might, conceivably bo cherished and Htrlvcn tn" by 11 different hind of movement from thnt known aB InitorniHIonal So* eliiHnm, nnd. might »tnrt from nnd ho motived by. a.different hocIiU *p1UIob- ophy, tlio'fact Is thnt. tho movomont and tho philosophy with which wo lisivo to ilcnl nro thoso which Mr. lllll- quit 1ms oiilllnod. It is this living roal-* Ity nnd not some Imaginary or artl- flclnl BoclnllRtn flint wo uro to dtocims. A Threefold Rejection Thus fnr wo nro In agreement, Tlju* fur, uiul 110 farther. For t reject and . opposo BodallBm In nil throo aspects. c™„;, Ah u soclel plillosophy, It roaches pome RllmmerliigM of truth, but Is In tlio mi*ln false, An a HvIiik .movomont, It Involves nud dlsfiomlnntcs ao ninny nnd such bnn-nftil errors, social, rdllg- lon«, and ethlrnl, thnt !t Is »t eonHtiint menace to rlfcht, principle and a right. order of society. As a contemplated ■Honomlco-poUtleal scheme, it would bring In moro and grantor evils, than IL ttOIJMI UUUiWfl, V.'3.il3i' lidliVntr 1V.r-"f tMVpt dei"1,tied vlewn regnnllng *Ho<«mll«m, I would hnvo tho render tindwratnnd *h«t I nm mi iin. uniHscrimlnfttlnK npologlit of tho pro.sv.nt. Industrial system, In mnny of lt» wlcmwts It Is fltr, very fnr, from . .,,. t,tr.tnt*v tit. inldrnWi. It Vt« 4ti It tho powdbilltles of Ininienne liiiprovc- ment Hence wo nro not compelled -to ■ronthiuft lt ns It now Is or 10 liy to Boclnlism. Thero ts a third ellernn- tlvo. namely, tito oxIstlriK syslflin Brently, even radlcnlly, nmendeil. And Ihis t bfillove to be Hie only roivcomih!.1 cbofr-*, fl"'' H"* 'mir »1ndll^ (ng mitcome,--Kv«*ryt>o<ly,s MiiKanin-e. arise only oyer the question of the extent of the' needed Improvement and the methods of accompiisnment. The old^line .politicians and statesmen and the conventional philanthropists and church workers take it for granted that the prevailing order of society is fundamentally sound, and that its workings are on the wholo just and Ibenefiolal. The few social flaws .which they discern they consid-- er as .purely accidental, something in the'nature of a slight bruise or troublesome pimple on a healthy body-." , * The more modern political reformers and social-betterment workera ha.ve a somewhat wider range of social vision*, but they too do not question tlie foundation of the body social and politic. The difference between the most advanced reformer and the most conservative "stand-patter" is one of degree, not of substance. The distinguishing, feature of Socialism as a social philosophy, lies In the fact that dt is more scientific in its criticism and more radical in its remedy. ■ . \ Socialism proceeds from a thorough-, going analysis of the practical workings of the existing economic, ipoliti- cal, and social institutions. It refuses • to treat their multiform, shortcomings as accidental and unrelated phenomena, but endeavors to establish their mutual bearings and to discover their .common, source. • Its attack is di' rected primarily against that source; the underlying social wrong, which is the root and fountain-head of all minor and specific complaints. The-most serious social problems which confront the present generation may be grouped under five main heads, which together cover practically all phases of our communal existence—the economic, cultural, social, political, and intellectual. Of these the economic problem'is iby far the most important, and -deserves our first at' tentlon.. Industrial Anarchy The striking feature of the'.modern ■plan of industrial organization in its early phases of development is the' lack of plan and absence of organization. In the most vital function ©^associated human beings, .the "production of wealth," which means the process of sustaining life, anarchy reigns supreme. The necessaries and comforts of the community are not' produced on an intelligent plan based 011 the needs of the population and the available suipply. of raw material and productive, forces. > They are created and thrown into the marl-ret pell-mell by an indeterminate number, of- individual competing and unorganized •manufacturers. The system .involves ,an insane waste of human effort in duplication of-plan.tsand-.mach.inery.'fin-soles-forc- es, advertising, and other unproductive factors of- competitive warfare. Work is unregulated and uncertain., periods of strenuous and taxing activity alternating with seasons of enforced idleness. The planless -, and casual mode of production often results either in a. scarcity or In a superabundance of supplies. ' , In the'former case,.the price of products rises to a point which puts them beyond the reach of the needy consumer, and the latter .is apt. to inflict on- society that most fearful of capitalist scourges—the industrial crisis. ■ When the market ~ls stocked with such an excessive quantity. of commodities that the consumers .Have nol'ther ability .nor means to absorb them1, Industrial paralysis ensues. The •wheelsof production cease to turn, the arteries of trade are clogged. -Millions of workers are thrown out of employment, thousands of business enterprises collapse. .Men, women, and children succumb for want of.'food and clothing, and all the time food and clothing are- plied up In prodigious quantities, rotting for lack of custom ers, The competitive' system of private capitalism erorits an insurmountable barrier between tho workers and. their work, botwoon tho people and their food, Theso glaring dofects of competition In manufacture and trado ultimately load to Its ipartlal suppression. Tho capitalists begin to organize, Tho Individual .merchant and imnnufncturor yield to tho 'corporation, and the latter rapidly grows Into that most .modorn of Industrial monBlors—tho .trust. Tho trusts succeed In eliminating aomo of tho ovlls of unbridled competition, but thoy exact a torrlblo price for the .service. With Uio control of the .market In each Important Industry they ac (Iulr© practically, Hiirostrlctuil puwers ovor tho workors an woll as tho consumers, and thny do not hesitate to uso and abuso thoso powors to the utmost, 1 To tho trusts furthermore bolongB Iho credit of having porfoctod tho most pornlclous of modern methods of flnnnolal mftlprnotlso—tho "watering" of stocks. In creating by their moro flat now liicomo*.boarlngl"Boourlt.loB" to tho oxtont of billions of dollars, thoy Impouo « hwivlor tax on tho people of this country thnn tho combined organs of government ovor dared to IF VOU DON'T f4e#fv« Th* t-eifffffr <ton't Mum* i»* Wcteh the date of ths expiration of tht lame label eontalnlno your «d< iron. MR. hiluquitt: most modern SOCIAL EVILS ARE DUE TO CAPITALISM; 80CIALI8M IS THE ON- LV FUNDAMENTAL REMEDY. That the world needs mending, Is generally taatoAtni. It is the tacit ut- iMiiupUou. fWM which ppki'.:.1 all moi' «rn imcUl Mxti-pftHtkal »< tl Wiles, even tlmo ot tho most, conservative nhnr. And tho nation, lib at prasent organized, Ih holploss boforo thorn. No amount of denunciations will shako thoir massive foundation, no penal legislation or court docroos will curtail thoir tromondous powors, as the slur' dy cotipsoB of the Standard Oil Conn- puny, tho Tobacco Trust, MiA othor dissolved ami disemboweled, combines eloquently Attest, -In tho face of pop- ,,!„,. M^,,,*,,***,.*. oh-i iMtP-nnMnn Miev "timl Uko hiiRo giants, complnconlly grinning »t tht» imiioUiiil nu.iuij.ji ul t*cit- ed |i> guiles, and tho -nhnncos nre th.it they may ovon .pay llttlo hood to tho well-meant MKgoitlon of my opponent that nil monopolies "should bo -forth- with ftbollAhod." • IIIH UniM* ItAiv t*tr,*.*t kti*j.,t-... * Industrial anarchy. They havo reared In Its .plane tho formidable throno of Industrial autocracy, . Economic Iniquity Tho floonomlc ascendancy of Uio capitalist* fplaeeeihem in a position to Apportion'- tho anhuul product of tho country «raonB Its lnhn'bitiuvls. To be sure, they *» not dlwhargo that ftine- tion cons«lou»ly. or plawfully thc> op- prato iwliwctly, each within his own Kphere; tout tho collective mult of the procoes «nount# to an effective division of we«tth, periodically accomplished by. Iho otpttaltat cine* 11 And tlie Pl*n -upon irhlcn tbr ditl- nlon ipiwwMfe I* wrcMwIInBl.v ulnipl*: ' Tbe working population ns a whole wt» Jnet« HtUe 1ms than ls absolute* •fitness for its task and to enable it to reproduce the species worker. " ' * ' The balance'Is retained by the capitalist purveyors" as their just share of the "naydn'al" -wjealth. .It is this method of wealth distribution which rears our thousands of powerful millionaires, bur proud mansions and magnificent social entertainments, and it is th'ls methoc also that breeds our millions of paupers with their disreputable ' dwellings, their filth and rags.- To'this capitalist system of wealth distribution .we "are largely indebted Jor our libraries, our hospitals, rescue'missions,-and charitable institutions of all descriptions; also for our'n pauperism-, child-labor, trade diseases, -white slavery,' and .many other forms of destitution and its twin-sisters, crime and vice." " The "Corner" in Culture ' The monopoly of maiterial wealth Inevitably involves a corresponding monopoly in. education and culture. If the degree of civilization attained by, a community,is to be measured not by the .heights'of accomplishment reached by the few, but by the general diffusion of culture among the masses, then indeed our modern civilization is a miserable, feailure. ' The' large masses of the people participate to some extent in the benefits of the practical achievements of modem science, but the general culture influences of the marvelous scientific discoveries of recent times pass by them, with little effect. Millions of mine workers,";factory, hands, • and street laborers still live. in the fifteenth century, and,as to the fine arts, .the drama, literature, music, painting, and sculpture, and all the things that go so far toward ennobling and embellishing tbe life of the cultured individual, tbey simply do -not -exist for the vast.imajority of the people who have neither *means"nor leisure to cultivate them. ' f- -.',." Social Warfare .But the most .disastrous effect of the system of private capitalistic industries is the division of the population, into distinct social' and economic groups with conflicting and hostile interests.."'The prevailing system o.f industrial ownership and operation arrays the producer against the consumer, kthe tenant against the landlord, and the worker against the employer. •Most far reaching in social conse- quences.is the war between the latter two classes. For these is war and nothing but war -between the capitalist and the worker, In spite of the conventional cant" about the alleged harmony of their economic interests. The capitalists' profiits stand .in inverse ratio to the workers' wages and vice versa.' ,So long as the industries ,of the country are operated for the private advantage of the-individual capitalist," so long 'Will the latter strive to secure the maximum of work for the miniim-um. of "pay; and so long'as human labor remains a mere commodity „to ,be sold to the capitalist^ in 'open market..so Iongjw_illjthe-Worker._stri.Y.e- to save and conserve-thisbis sole_ valuable possession, and to obtain as large a price for it as he can. ,' There is no more harmony between ■privately owned capital and wage-earn- ing"labor than there is between)'the wolf and the lamb. -• The' moderrf'capl- tallst extracts his profits by dint of-his economic potfer, the ownership of the tools of work. The modern toiler does his share of the world's-work under protest. When lie does .not strike or boycott or destroy his employer's property, he renders his services grudgingly. ' Instinctively he hates bis employer, for he .feels that the latter Is ■robbing bim of a large portion of bis legitimate product by means of an artificial social arrangement, •(The employer feels' and, fears that, hatred, and is always oni the watch for open outbreaks of thesen-tlment, prepared to quell the ever-anticipated revolts of bis "hands" by ra course of starvation, enforced, If need be, by the clubs of the police, the rifles of the militia, or by court. In junctions. "In- dustrlal disputes" are not the excep* tion, they are almost the .rale, In the relations of employer.and employ^. Our industrial derangement; 'miscalled "system," operates through a state of permanent industrial "waitfare, ln iwihlch the true producers of all .wealth aro treated as prisoners ,of war, This gonernl and relentless smlal strife Is not fomented by malevolent "agitators." It is rooted In. tho very foundations of tho .system of capital- Ism and Is tho most damning Indictment ngalnst It, Political Corruption Nor aro the direct economic faults of tho existing ordor Its only or evon greatest curse. Tho' diseased germs of tho sysitom are bound tb infoct all organs of tho body politic with their Insidious .poison. For, after all, mort*- orn politics Is mainly concerned with affairs of business wlthlm tho'municipality, state, nnd nation. Franchises and grunts .for. ipuhllc-sorvlco corpora: tions, supervision of. cortnln quaslwub' Ho business ooncorns, -regulation of ratns and charges of others, nnd rules with respect to cortnln omploymonts —thoso constltutd tho largest Horns on tho calendar of every legislative body, and nil such legislation has a direct effoot on tho capitalists' ledger, Tlio capitalists aro likewise vitally concerned In tho poYsonno! of tho oxocutlvo and Judicial officials. Tho fa: vors oi" disfavors of such offlolnls of* ton moan dollars and1 -cents to them, Tho big business Interests havo thue a direct and practical motive In ftoek- Ing to direct and -practical 'motive In sooklng to influence or control politics, And thoroln lies tho main cause of nil contemporary political woes. Th* na-' ilomil campaigns ofthe old political parties are financed, honco controlled, vory largely by the,national-tniett thronirlr thVilr Individual representative*; tho state campaigns by the.pnn* Aitit-i ti.l}i\j9.ii Ilium ttt 111*.- aldXf, :itia thu municipal campaigns by the, local traction, rob, or othor "publlcsorvlee" corpoivilioiitt. ■ 1 , * , , Under those cowlltlous politics be- cointH a lucrative calllnu od-orcl«j}A'by riM^^rinV"arr*orV<rliifT«Sin« 'In votes, public offices, and, legislative enact. monts. Tho Spartan bnhnjiof our honest but -simple statesmen may con* tltiue exerting their Ingenuity toward the elaboration of *an ,idoal, Oornupt Practises Aot and perfect primal h-vAK, and 0.1 r public-spirited municipal reformers may remain on. their life-Job ■of purify lm: ln<\ij fttlUirii', *h*y may oven supi-i-i'd in *curt>lnKihe raw methods of ojwii barter andte Jntrtkltuanc greater outward decency a»Jia« been the -Miso In the last preeWenUal «sm- MOTHERS! DQ YOU KNOW — Tfut'when yew. pot * salve onto your child's skin, it passes through, the pores and enters the Wood, Just as surely as if you put it into the child's stomach? **. You would not put a coarse mass of animal fat, colored hy various mineral poisons (such as many crude salves are) into your child's blood by way of the stomach? Then why do so by way of the pores? i Tike no rhk. Use always the pure herbal nicnect provided ia Zam-Buk. Zam-Bulc contain* no trace of any animal oil or fat, and - no poisonous mineral coloring matter. From start to finiifx ' it is purely herbal. It will heal sores, ulcere, absces- ' act, eruptions, varicose ulcers, cuts,' burns and bruises more quldkly than any other known preparation. It ts antiseptic, quickly stops thc smarting ot a' sore or cut, cures piles, Inflamed sore* and blood-poisoning. It is a combination of healing power and scientific purity. Ask those who have proved it. Ml drvgaUtt and Horn 10* bo* *r ', ' Zam-Buk C..,rV«rtnt*,ft>rfrtC9. fcM-BUK cause that sanction' mu$t .be renewed aad solemnly attested, every few yeaii^ at .the ballot-boxi . . "'..-""•" ,., The capitalists are" thus vitally coni. cerned in the,state of -ejiUgMennwmt^ ^social 'Views,' ooonomdc doctrines,, "au<J- ethical concepuons of their"ifellow-citl; zens, audi they spare no effort to shap^ tthem in conformity with their own. no. tions and interests.: The press, th^ .pulpit, and the-school are largely .un,*, der their influence,- if not directly ii^ their service. ." " ." .. -• , v ■ The -most' influential part of th^ dally.press.is either owned outright by them, or mortgaged to them, or d-i, pendent on' them through advertise •ments g.nd -similar bonds of friendship; and tihe average,editorial writer qult^' naturally views the'world and its prph, Jems through -the colored spectacles, oj his masters. ■ • - The churches, especially.the large*, and! -wealthier, are also supported.Iby the (money interests,- and their mini^ tors in most cases quite innocently and sincerely deliver,.the measage^of i CMst'in'the version "of th3 factory1, superin-teiident. '- X'•!,',' '"""».'7. ; The public schools suffer from the1 - sauna malign political influences jwihick corruipt"the clt^'counclls, and the col- . leges ^universities'are founded, en- • dowed,( or supported" toy benevolent • 'capitalists, oa the ta&it .condition that ' science is at all times to remain re^ speotable and respectful, • v- *' The existence .or-some-"independent" and the occasional-'type of the progressive preacher^.and- the radical ' college, professor only prove that "ex- ceptionally.vlgorous spirits may assert. tnemsel-ves Jn, spite, of the corrupting; influences of capitalist economic pressure. They justify the hope of Socialism, but'do'not mitigate the evils of Capitalism,. . . (To becontinued next week.) Local Onion Directory, Dist. 18,0.M,W.A. palgn; but they can not change the substance. ■ So long as politics has'a direct bear-, ing on .private profits, there vwill always exist a commercial alliance be-- ■tween the capitalist and the politician; the former having a constant incentive to corrupt, and! the, latter being in the business of being corrupted. And '.what is true of politics; holds equally .good of the effects of capitalism on-all field's of the intellectual'and, ■spiritual life of the nation. The gen-' era! state of .public enlightenment in" the last analysis determines all .social ,and„politicaLideieiopm.en.tA^pL_Jth_e, 'country. ". . "• "- -;---i-'inteilectual,Corrupti_on The natural and direct-impulse of every Individual or. group or class 'of individuals is to act In a manner most conducive to the promotion of his or their interests. But in order to' maJke the action effective, the .interests must be intelligently understood. If the ma; jority of the people clearly perceived their weeds and rights, and realized their power, ra minority -would over rule. The .fact that all' ruling classes. In ihistory.havebeen in' the minority Is to.be largely accounted for by their 'aJblllty to Impose on the rest'of the population such vle\ys and notions as were required to preserve tlieir rule, ■Not that the rule of any dominant class -was ever based on purely Intellectual concepts—on th© contrary, they are al;yaye supported by brute physical force ln the shape of strong armies; but nevertheless, thoy depend •ulti.mnte.ly on popular sanction. In the absence of such sanction the mil. Ing classes could not oven recruit and," .maintain, thoir ■fl.rmleb., ln the long run. Tho capitalists are no exception to this historical rulo." They constitute a minority iln tho population of overy civilized1 country, Their rule 1s based on their owner-ship of the toole of work, .tho laws which sanction and protect such 'ownership, and the gov: eminent prganlzed to ojvforco such sanctloiv nnd protection. But ln n political democracy tho laws will chango with overy change of tho popular .notion ot. justice and expediency, aiul the government Is always tho .football of contending forces of ditvorsc material Interests, To proscrvo their economic power tlio capitalists must retain tiholr political control, and tho latter prosuppoaoB tho support of a majority of tho people. Modern capitalism depends on popular imnctlon ovon In tx larger measure than tlio ruling olnBSos of tho past, bo- GLADSTONE LOCAL No. 2314. Meet first and third ■ Friday* Miners' Hall, Fernie; second an(j fourth' Fridays,. Club "Hall,' Cosq Creek. Sick Benefit attached. T. Uphill, Sets, Fornle, B. C • .' ' , HOSMER LOCAL No. 2497. .■- '• ,. Meet every Tuesday evening t^, the Athletic Hall at 7.30. '"Slc^ Benefit Society* In connection." • - W. Balderstone, SeCi' Box 63, .Hosmer/B. C. • A* ,., n. MiCHEL LOCAL". - No. 2334 V" ■" Meet every Sunday, afternoojj at 2 o'clock, ln Crahan's Halj • Sick Benefit Society attached.; "' v II. Elmer,,SeCi PARK LOCAL. No. 1387 Meet, every Sunday. Sick an,j Accident Benefit Society' attach e'd. ' ' ' , \~ ^M^SM^MMM5S5SS2^MMMM&a3al COLEMAN LOCAL ' ' No. 2683 - Meet e\;ery,other Sunday,'generally-second and fourth Sundays In tho month. - J. Johnstone, Sec. PASSSURG LOCAL No. 2352 Meet every second and fourth Sunday of each month at 2 p.m.- ln Slovak Hall. Sick Benefit So- = clety attached. Thos. Passburg,* Altai G. Harries, Sec. N. D. Thachuk, S«>Ci ,ira Canmore, Alta. HILLCREST LOCAL No. 1387 , . Meet second and fourth Sunday ,;ln month. Sick-and Benefit So^j. 'ety.attached. " ' ,." ,\ J. Gorton," S«>e-- CARBONDALE LOCAL,. '-;'\ • " No; 2227 ' * '"'"' ■ ■' Meet every alternate Sundayat. '2.30 p.m. In the Opera' Hou$e '.Coleman. • ■' -' J. Mitchell, S4G. T3ox^t05, Coleman" BANKHEAD LOCAL ■ No. 29 '" Meet every Tuesday evening at" 7 o'clock In- tho Bankhead H^j Sick,and Accident Benefit Fuj,^ attached. Frank Wheatley, Fin, SeCi Bankhead, Alto. ,, , BURMIS LOCAL . ■' No. 949 , \ Meet every second and fourth Sunday of "each month at 10 a.m.;.' in School House, Burmis. No Sick ' Society. ■ -■ -..." Thoq. G.. Harries, Sec. ■Passburg, Alta. MAPLE LEAF LOCAL v 'K No. 2829 Meet every first and third Sun- *' aay of each month at, 10 a.m. In Union Hall, Maple Leaf. No Sick Society. ", , Thos. .G. Harries, Seo. Passburg, Alta. LETHBRIDGE LOCALv , No. 431 . ' \'\. ■ -, Meet every Wednesday evening at 7.30 In Miners' Hall, 12th Avenue North. .-. - / -. t -L. Moore, Sec-Treas. " '' BELLEVUE LOCAL . -r/ "7- ' "No.431 ,..". i ■ "^MeeTevery alternate Sunday at^ 2.30 p.m. in the,Socialist Hall.- ' James Burke, Sec." Box 36, Bellevue,- Alta., S 7 '" BEAVER CREEK LOCAL , , No. 481-v Meet every Sunday at 3-o'clock ', - y " \ ■ - John Loughrah, Sec. CORBIN.LOCAL No. 2877 ;, Meet overy second Sunday at 2: o'clock In the Club Hall. Sick Benefit Socloty attached. " ■ ' John Jones, Sec. Corbin, B, c, > ' , twwwawwMW Port Alberni f^mM^n'lm^Sfftn^JJi;- Prlces ™* torma reasonable. Lota 2?i?Ji5J»Up' "°tin ^""^'butridjoinlng^vIUiinononndahaU mllo circle, Send for booklet endorsed by, the Port Alberni Board of Trade. The PAYN£.BENSON Co. 409 Dawson Building Vancouver B. C, Grand Union Hotel COLEMAN, Alta. Best of Accommodation We cater to the workingman's trade G. A. CLAIR Proprietor actor. Tho dWdo'tw in public opinion ly u«OM*»ry to maintain It In iihynloul ■<..». Shiloh ttt fcmllir remedy for BerirM Bhllnh coil* »■) lllltt _ _ •nd CeWM. ua tt— »■» wuthr 1.22 RIFkE Rifles Shnt.jrnns Ammunition Only HJgh Grade kept in stock Satis* faction, Guaranteed. J. D. QUAIL H«rdwar<FurnHure Fernie, B. C. I , Steam Heated Throughout Electric Lighted. THE KING EDWARD HOTEL J. L, GATES, Proprietor Fernie, B. C, The Leading Commercial Hotel of the City Rates $2,50 per day vVuii i ifnnv it**!, fSt.ttZ Fire Proof-Sample Kooma in Connection Insurance, Real Estate ■'.■'■ *'' * i 999 and Loans T Money to Loan on first class Bust: ness and Residential property HUH The Hotel One of the Best C. J. ECKSTORM Prop. Lethbridge, Alta. *', *\ Passburg THE DISTRICT LEDGER, :FERNIE,'8, 1913. The ■; Original arid; Only' Genuine ' r yv »• "il PAGE SEVEN For otir Foreign Brothers Beware of Imitations Sold on the Merits-of Minard's Liniment You're always welcome here; Clean Rooms, Best of Food and every ., attention Feriiie-Fort Steele Brewing Co., Ltd, Beer and Porter ■■ tho& ppNCAN Passburg Bottled Goods a Specialty P. Carosella .Wholesale Liquor Dealer ; Dry Coods, Groceri6, Boots and Shoes ., . Gents'Furnishings ,BAKER AVENUE BRANCH AT HOSMER,' B.C. ' '____ •' --" COLEMAN Liquor Co. '■ ' , _ ' \ • t I^HBBS Wholesale Dealers in Wines Liquors Cigars Mail Orders receive prompt attention Large Airy Rooms & Good Board Ross & Mackay!!» r- Nowhere In the Pass oan be found In such a display of Meats We have the beat money oan buy of Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal, Poultry, Butter, Eggs, Kith, "Imperator Hame and Bacon" Lard, 8au*agee, Welners and Sauer Kraut. PHONE OM CALL Calgary Cattle Co. Phone 6«* THE FERNIE LUMBER CO. A. McDougall, Mgi ..HHHBSSHK9HBSSSSBHHBBHS9HSHHHHH Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber Send us your orders Livery, Feed and Sale Stables Pint elate Hortet for Sale. Buye Horaea on Commlilon George Barton Phone 78 A "Ledger" adv. is an Investment. List of Locals District 18 ,No* N«m» Sec. and P. 0. Address " J? I*"1***' ..P. Wheatley, Bankhead, Alia. JS! S*»ver c^oe't, J» Lougliran, Boavor Crook, via Pincher, Alta. Jil Kflievuo,.,, .TnmoB Burlto, Box 30, Bollovuo, AJUu flirt i*i '"■■'*' * »»• I-*, It-tii**, Ut,A,ilUUi*i, A-JVa. ■*■ JJW»toy; - T. G. Harrlee, Paiaburg, Alta. Ull J;*r,)0Ddft,« J. Mltcholl, Carbondale, Coloman, Alt a. Ilil Sarmoro* *'' Nt D- Thachuk, Canmoro, Alta. ■■■!;■ « V.M J> Johnatono, Coloman, Alta. '!!!! ^fb,nL*V J. Jonea, Corbin, B. 0, l\ll Sf ™°°\ «nM J"'« Morn»- Chinook, via Diamond City, AlUu ■"" J,*"M»»» «"r 3. E. ThoroMII, Diamond City, Lethbrldtt. ™ **rB|? Thoa. Uphill, Fertile, B. C. Illl W* Kr"n Mor»n. Prank..A!la. ,«,. l„HmtT: «• w« Balderatone. Hornier, B. 0. •JS. },,?«"*,i *»«• Gorton, HUIcreit. Alta. -Ml t !Jv1I*<s•i•,„V•:*•••,** Woor*« Wli Sixth Arenuo, N. Lethbrldje. 1180 Uthbrldw ColIIerlM..Prank Barrlngham, Coalhortt, A1U. Ill/ ,„ p..**** T- °»2Un>lM. Paaabur*. Alta. «M Michel.... H. Wm«T, Michel, a C. ~.«« ■J™"*""1 MtllQa V,'u». Hyatl, KW»» V. O., Tabor, AtU. !..« » T1,'? k •... T. o. Harries. Fuilmrt; AWL ' v, «*• 2°^1 "" "' °6*' Jw««w. Koyal Colllerlea, Letbbrid*e, Alta. m T*bw A. Pattwwa, Tabtr, Alta. -•^v-v^- **-.*- * 400 RUDARJEV JE NASLO'SMRT, 6ez 500 rudarjev so'aa.z vellklm Tru- '..dorn reSili Iz gorefiesa rudnlka ' .Cardiff/ Wales, 16.- oot. — Angteikt rudarji so zdaj y globoid Zalosti. Okrog 400 njihqvih. bratov je na§lo iprl ipr«dv6epajsnji katastrofl v unive-r- zalnem.premogovnlku 'pri Senkhenydu svojo amrt. . _ •-■ •;'.xV>^edo z^utra3 se JO podalo V do- tlfinl jam! 935 ljudl na svoje vsakdanle delo.' ■''-' • • - , Takoj aiato se je Izvrsila grozna eks- plozija, vsled katere je zaCel del pr«- mogovnika goreti. .Taiko stra§na je bila eksploz'ija, da je vrglo ve5 posameznili strojnlh delov celo skozi vhod na prosto, da je Mlo celo nekajosab, kl so zunaj delate, ■smrtno Tanjenlh all pa takoj mrtvlh. ■Vsled junaSklh, neumornlh reSHnih prizadevanj so reSlll Sez 500 premogarjev fclvih, vendar je innogo Jijlh v zelo slabem stanju. Ve5 tlsofi jokajo-Sih 2en, miater in otrok se je zbralo pred rhodom v jarnio in tu so se odigravale slcer pri.nas, proletaroih, Ze navadne, a tem grozne- jSe, 2alostnejSo scene jadikovanja In obupa. Razume se, da je bilo na nepoptao veseljo onih, ki so ugledali. reSene svoje najdraije.. ■Naval, razburjen*. v strahu In tre- petu se zblrajoCe mnogice je bil tako veilk, da je ovlralobSirna. regllna dela in zato je .morata Mtl ipolilicana poll-, clja, da se je nnogel vzdrzati red vsaj v neposrodni bliiini vhoda. Iz ,vse*h delov valeSkega rudokop- skegadistrlkta'je z najvefijo' naglico prihajalo junaSko reSWno -mostvo. -■ ■' 'Po posledntli vekeh so naSli §ele 29 tnipeil,. vendar se z gotovostjo sklepa, da'je inaslo se Bajmanj' 368 pogresenih. 'delavjcev^. ^iuC©nikov — svojo smrt v ipo^reSnem plamenu v jaml.- SOCIALISTI NA DELU 'SooiaaistiCna/uprava v Schenectady, N. Y:, je lustarioyila-) municlpalno izde- lovaanjico le&u in'prodaja led "brez vsa- kega.idobieko.'Ko je trust ledu izpos- •loval-sod^oprepoved proti munlcipal- ni izd^lovalnlci-.ledu so se zdruSill socialisti v mestni upravi v privatno druibo In 'iiadaljevall s "prodajanjem ledu po ndzki,cen.I ter na ta nafii poraz- ill trust ledu,- kateri je dolgo odlral ■m-esto. i&uipA-tt Lunn je odpravil stari pogodibeni filstem za javn'a dela 1n s tem-prlhranll nasnaZenju In ■tlakanju ullc tlsoCe 'dolarjev mestu. .TJprava je daljo ustanovlla ceritralno nakupoval- no postajo za nakup niestnih potreb- ■SCin, s eemur je bilo zopet prlhranje- ndh tlao-Se dolarjev. Ustanovljena je tUQl mes-tna lekarna, kjer se prlrejajo zd'ravlla 'zastonj. Vsem u6lteljem in ufciteljlcam javnih sol je zvlSana pla6a. Otrocl do.be Solske knjige in druge •potrebg«lne ■bre;zplaCno. SocialistlCua iposredovalnica za dobavo dela. J*31OTUmilUWl Mt, Ul/UilVU UtJIU. ""* ""■■"» *" -"IKII8 *lt*S M-LllMIlg mill' 'Vse' to In- &e vellko ve5 je izvrSila ers ft"0"1' 'the fleld, and the governor socialistifina uprava tekom dveh .let, would possibly have wavered, had not odkar je -na krmllu. Kaipitallsti seveda the domand for a first hand investi- oyirajo in oinalovaZujejo -delo sodra mMon •h*m "» ™no"'""" gov-z vseml sredstvi, kakor so to de- ...uu..„«...*», vuubrhdiuiui ikuwuiu lall kapitalistl v Milwaukee. Toda'de- Keating, of Colorado, has Introduced a lavci stoje na strani svoje uprave In resolution in congress, calling for a pri bodoeih volitvah 'bodo 'brez dvoiria federal inquiry into the situation ponovno Izvolili Zupana Lunna in os +,,t" —"-'""" .-i—-. . „- tale sodruge v upra.vo, kljub zdruzitvl demokratov in republikancev. The Boiler Works By Eliot White The pouring -room _ lis ,'a huge sooty bearing on the threatened investiga- ifcheu he crashes his bar into a frail ^ -*,*,*. ™r*ju*r... ".\SA —■--;-=- ■spot, which he is skillful to detect as Ji0^' It^l ST that .maintain a 'dentist a,cavity under the surface S^ou*,ei?nS£™do,fTt s0„ull"Amer- o.f a tooth, and 'the defective prod- l^nS?*^?*?' ", hardly, s?ms uct, Shattering crisply under the Wow, P"*gle t^hth,e11,nt?"\ry 'c^n be fore; 'revels a deep ^hole .within. ^Seir XS SSnftt STe The furnace is fed from the, story hard for the coal 'barons to hide from ab-ove, where the "keeper" hurls,into an,.unprejudiced committee, the evi- the . ■unappeaaed! monster's flanning dences- of their open outlawry. The maw its Ugers meat ot broken grates', operators have seemingly declared bars, stove doors, spikes and. plates; warfare not only on the strikers but seen fir-flm this height the foundry on the laws of Colorado and nation as men striving in the stifling and. al- well.—Wyoming Weekly Labor Jour- most opaque smoke of the pouring nal, room below fright be firemen dragging hose- through a burning tenement. '-_-,.,' Leaving; ■ the works by way of the cleanly wainscotted. office, the last sound I hea;r is the swift clatter of the ENGLAND LEFT BREATHLESS BY LIBERAL PROPAGANDA typeiwni'ter'-s flat strokes—just a"s vital a part of the establishment's1 total work as the deafening hammers on the boltheadsi, or tlie dull splash of the molteni • Iron into the flasks, in those sooty caverns below. Href-resiling is the cold, air afterward, out-In the.fa-ctoTy yard, where under a 'clear .twilight sky pools are freezing solid among the .mammoth hulks of iflndshed boilers, engine cylinders, fronts and .plates;' and in the 'Pale violet of the west glows tlie brilliant white jewel of the' evening star, with a kind of calm rebuke of the furnace'® orest of. foain that flaunts Its ragged orange pennons 'against Mio hyaline Indigo of,the zenith. LONDON, Nov. 41— Lloyd George's Swindon speech leaves Englan*dL Mem realize that it.spells -breathless. A8 this resolution was Introduced toi lowing an independent investigation conducted by Keating,,he will be in a position 'to -tell of the conditions as he found them, which will probaibly in-- sure the Inquiry. This inquiry, in case the resolution "passes, will take in the question of the companies combining in restraint of trade, their control of state. and county officials and their la wrapt from sight by the ascending }™P??S"-0"IB0' f,nlhaild f™?™1";* — i,- B ,«uiu . a uuge sooty steam, rolls ■ the sand-clogged, dull- J^^^S 3? £efUJ? ?f tbo dungeon, in which" Voices half echo Rowing easting out on the floor, and K? BtfX^ JplK'lhaT and are half muffled: then issues from "the cloud .coughing ,"S^L.f« ,1Stewa,£ °f 'th? cle" Here fourteen workmen are fitting and *>* &« ^^tenin, with *LJ. prtment. of labor, may have, a large the coyer of a great flask eighteen feet long, 'containing a casting; while seven lift from each side, a-noth'er man knee1!® wihere he can see iby; aid. of the .torch ihe .carries -whether the descending Ud is exactly meeting, pins to holes, the .base of the mold. 'In the flickering illumination the Lines of laboring bac?:s as they mas- studies for a group ,to represent "Effort" or "Power." A .member of the firm is overseeing the'-workh—his neck i-collarless1, .his eyes bloodshot from lack of sleep and the -smoke, and .the heavy lines1 of iiis cheeks about the mouth showing deeply shadowed under the arc lights; -his calls on the men by name are .pererniptoiry, and' lie issues liis'com- mands with armi and ^pointing finger stretched." stiff "as d steel^billet. .". ' 'Now flame spurts from a vent,of the furnace as the blast begins., and wiheni one of the foundrymen thrusts, away froni the orifice the rubbish of the last melting, it emits a gorgeous shower of pronged- and crystal-leafed sharks; these are called' the "foam" of tlie ane-tal, and.have little power, to burn1, so that the men walk heedlessly to and fro through the glittering *sipin- drlft. Ever louder becomes the. roaring a.iul whistling of the pent dragon, and the 'sparks from Its nostrils Increase ia splendor, aasiuim.ln.g now the shape of pine comete or,tiny trees with dellJ cately needling .branches. f At last the man at the test-guage announces* that the melt Is ready, and from tire vent where tho candescent metal overflows, the, pourors fill ifchelr ironi bowls flitted Into carrying froimes with tho vicious; sllontly-flowing ond terrible 'syrup. On tiie men's faces and. bare ohests smites' the upward flcartet gleam, ■while they swiftly but vigilantly ad-i wince,in .pairs, wait till thoir vessel nearly brlm», nnd then yield placo at tho outlet to tho noxt receivers of the iroBoato lava. So tlio 'furnace comoo to seem Wio black, trunk 'of somo glmit maple pierced for Its profuso and rutllanit sap, or tho spur ot a Vesuvius or-Etna cloft .by tho Insurgence of lls> fierce Ichor. . \ In oach full b'owl sand Is ■sprinkled, to collect tho impurities pf tho moM, and iwhen ns nwch of tho contents ns poBWlblo ihnitt been poured Into tho flasks, there roimtlns n crust of rofuso nt tho boltom of tho l>owl, llko a pitted rod scab, IJnt now Uio overseer g.row.l» In dis OPERATOR8 OPEN WAR ON 8TRIKER8 WITH CATLING GUN8 —KEATING DEMANDS PROBE- GAMMONS START8 INVE8TIGA. TION. Tho first vlctlmi of tho "Deatlx Car" of Itho Baldwin-Feltz tlrug agonoy was burled from tho Trinity Cathollo Oliu-roh at Trinidad, last Monday. Threo thousand strikers., bowing their 'hoad'8 In. grief, accompanied tiio last 'remains of Lucca Valiernl, whoso he'ad was Wown off by BhotB from, the Catling -gun mounted on an armorod ■automobile, last Frlcwy, The shoot- ln*sf, which occurred at Forbes, was a cold blooded mnssn/cro, planned and1 executed by tho ImpoMod gunmen of th© coal corporations. It was not fired la dfifenco ngalnst any attack of (ho strikers, but the lilgh powered automobile was spoeded to within rango of tho tonted city of tho .strikers, mid tho doath dealing gnu turned j>ui. iiuw iim -ovurHuur ifronis in um- loose on mon, womon nnd chlldron. pnist nt fleeing tho Iron ball on tho T,mt *ht* could tako plnco In froo filled moIdH, for thlB Is a sign of America, l» to tho s-linma of Uio poaco something amiss with tho melt pr tho officers of Colorndo. Of the sheriff, core<jnml. "It'll hnvo bubble,,.)' so It wo expected nothing In the wny of protection or a wiunro deal, ns ho Is owivp.il iioily and soul by ICIng Conl, ilil'Mii>iK>lii*toil «k mlpilit. n turret crow W'o did UiinU. liowovor, that tiovornor on a wnrslil'p n*ftnr -n fnlluro nt tnrgct Aiiuimhih would nt lcnst curb tho mur- prncllco. dorous Intent of tho notorious .thugs. Ono of tiliom with a crowhnr hrraka who aro In llin flold In (Ito gulso of opon an offending flunk, -nnd whilo ho deputy, shorlffa. The streets,of Trinidad were crowded-om Monday when the body "of the victim of this outlawry was being conveyed through the street, and eye witnesses tell of the bitterness that broke forth in. their expressions. The miners and their wives at Forbes are ia„daily fear of another night attack at the hands of the .mine thugs in their armed oar, whose light can be seen almost any time of night, skulking like some evil spirit in proximity to their camp. Last Sunday night Town Marshall Dai vis, of Aguilar, arrested an engineer named Curtis for shooting at the miners', tented city at that place, Davis ■being released on bail furnished l>v the operators Monday morning. The strikers are in- deadly fear of their lives, while tlie machinery of government, itself, seems turned against them. The governor, his private seoretary, Attorney-General Farrar and a repre- sentative of the adjutant-general's of- fice, are reputed to be conducting an investigation of the conditions in the strike district this week,- but as the visit was heralded in advance by the press, it is not likely that anything of a sensational nature will be found against the operators. That the governor Is conducting a personal investigation at all can bo attributed to the efforts of the Independent press and a few friends of the miners, as pressure M Grow Hair, j Do" Facsimiles of Prpf. Geo. A. Garlow ,.*.^.woviuo uwui/mbuu, ou**jittiiB'ui;uii -"•■ ...*.*.*.*. *44. hid uuii-cuf, "a iircsraure uipra va je dalje prepovedala importav has been1 constant In demanding the sljo o(boro2enlh barab in puSkarjev v Immediate sending of the militia. The sluCaju gtrajka. Ustanovljena je tudi c?al operators have exerted every pos- mestna *preno5evaInica in brezplaSna sl'ble effort to secure the soldiers to aid them in driving the striking min- '" Bald at 2(3 Restoi-ea ut 30. St ill "ha ve it at 55 Young Mah, Young: Woman, Which do you prefer A. NICE PULL HEALTHY head or hair on a clean and healthy scalD frao from Irritation, or a bald head and a diseased and irritable scalp coverld with scales, commonly called Dandruff. p covolrea SCALES ON the SCALP or an itcliy irritation Is positive proof your hair and scalp is in a diseased condition, as scale commonly called Dandruff originates from one of iho followlngfParastlclal Diseases of tho CaDtllarv Glands, such as (Seborrhea, Sicca, Capitis, Tetter, Alopecia, or EmmSo ahd certain to result In absolute baldness unless cured before the Z has the Capillary Glands destroyed, paldness <tnd tho loss of hair is ab- uolutely unnecessary and very unbecoming. " ALL DISEASES OF THE HAIK fade away like dew under my scientific troatmont. and I posltlcly havo the onlv system of treatment so fa? known to science that is positively untl permanently curing diseases of the hatr and promoting new growth. The hair can bo fully restored to its natural thickness and vitality on all heads that still show fine hair or fuzz to prove tho'Voots aro'not dead. <* 1 HAVE A PEHKECT SYSTEM ot treatment for out of tho city "people wlio cannot como to me tor porsonal treatment (WHITE TO-DAY) for question blank and full particulars. Knclose» stamp and mention this paper. My prices and torms are reasonable. My cures ure positive and permanent. v».nT*u >uu "Consult tlie Best and Profit by 25 Years Practical Experience." Prof. Geo, A. Garlow The World's Most Scientific Hair and Scalp Specialist ROOM 1, WELDON BLOCK, WINNIPEG, MAN. the beginning of an economic social revolution which must extend far beyond, the land. , . , • Already town tenants are advancing their claims .to continuity'of tenure and freedom1 from the landlord's re- stdctdon-s. The speech lias shattered all hope of non^partlzan treatment of the land question. It has been received enthusiastically by the entire body of the Liberal press., • ■ Tlie .Daily News deiscrlbes 'it as 'pro- vldilng simple, sufficient machinery for the painless oxitrnotton of landlordism ns. dt exists today. The Unlonls'ts realize that thoy (have been ©aught napping and aro now placed at a technical disadvantage by the mildness of the chancellor's -first speech. Their first criticism deal's with the great powers .'to be given, to tho notv land' court. The Yorkshire Post 'Bays there -haa never been In the history of the world a court so constituted and given, greater constitutional powers tharo tihlB- court l» to have, excepting only, tho famous revolutionary tribunal «ot up in Paris during tho reign of terror. History 8carch«d for Comparisons Tho 'Birmingham Post says tho now 'd'epartimont will hnvo powors dos-poMc enough to bo -resented iby a Russian1 Moujilk. Tlio Dally Mall Is driven' for comparison to Jack Cado, Moanwlillo, Unionist organizers aro debuting what counter program thoy cnn announce, Tlio UnlonlHt proposals \VhIch may bo expected at nn oivrly date will probably Include small freehold holding**,1 obtained by -utato-nidod jHirchnsn of land, bnnlvK, agricultural co-operation, hotter wages nnd hounlng for laborers partly to bo paid for by the landlord, measures lo facilitate the tnnwifor of Innd and frrn Iiindowiir'H-T from tlio roBtrlctlons of ancient ncttlomcntH. Tho Dully Citizen, the Labor orgnn, significantly dednrpH Iho laljor parly nnd Lloyd (loorgo now apparently noo Hourly oyo to oyo on tho Innd problem. Tho public aro slowly realizing the real -HlKiilficnii-co of tlio appointment of Sir -Sydney Oliver, iho moHt prominent living Hoelnllst and official of tlio Fa- Wnn ftoelPty, uh pnrmnnont liwul of tho bonrd of agrlculturo, and therefore futuro ndmlnlHtrotor of tho coming net. MI88 OHACE WHITCHEn txsadtnc Udy, Qto. 11. Uuvuinm Htock (X at tins Crand Tbetilr* w*«lt ot KoTemtrtr lO'lh- NVNOI'KIM UV VtlAh MIWIKO ItKntll.ATIONS COAL mliilnir rlKttu of the Domln- Ion, In Manitoba, H*»kaicliew»n and tlb«irtii, tlio Yukon Territory, tho North West T«rrItorle» and In a portion of thc 1'rovliico of MiliIoh Columbia, may os leased (or a term of twenty.one pears at an annual rental of f I an aere. • >V. .HV.-V '.*.-*» ..1444 «-*, , l •» *l ,', VI, tt.M*t,l9 to one applicant, .ii-llt.Aiiv*i .'u. * Is.A.lii. I,.».i Ct ftitti* by tne applicant In person to the Aftnt or bub-Agent of the district in whioh th» rights applied for are sltuat* nt In surveyed territory the land must tie iKvi.fK.i., i>. ^rnutii, er legal BUh-dlvU iJona of sections, end In uniurveyed )>~mIi , .. ■* ■ . • . . ■ • I i a ..,,*(»i * s staked out" by ifho applicant himssif."* Caeh aplleatlon must be accompanied »/ a fe« of l» which will be rerundeil If ths rights applied for are not available, but net otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of ths mine at tht rats of five cents per ton, Ths person opi rating the mine shall famish the Agent with sworn returns aeeountlng for ths full qusnilty »f mar* shsnUlrie conl mlnM) sn ripay Xht* tut- ally thereon. tf the coal mining rights are not Ww* *>ii«fai*<l* e<vih ralurus shuuld Le (uiulsUttil al ituMl onr» a year, .The teas* will Include the coal mltlng rights «nlp, but the !»••»• may tm per. *ntt!t«a t« f>i>r«*ha*e w}i»t*t*r araiuttlr inrfsee rights may he c*on>»f(l»r<»<! ne- ■rfisary for lha w-oiktns -»f the mine at tho rata of. tio.oo an sere. 1***. fall IrifNroiailwi turtiiltiWUiti •hovlfl be marts to the ft-Mtetarv «r the Pcs»ar*luv*»n,t *>t XI* iMUtUf. Otu**. un •« any Agent or Mufc-Ag-tM **t «»»ml»- *m Iwuula, _ W. W. Rory t>ee>atr Mtnt»i*r «f the tntorl^. Jl.»-r(riia«ih0«i'*»*4 wetMkaifM **t thta MvarUaeiaent wilt net to Nil t'i. ROYAL HOTEL FERNIE Bar Unexcelled All White Help Everything Up-to-date Call in and . see us once JOHN PODBIELANCIK, Prop. Advertise in the Ledger and get Results.. SQEEra^E We Are Ready to Scratch off your bill any Item of lumber not. found Justus wo represented. Thero ls no hocus pocus ln This Lumber Business When you c-iut spruce we do not send you hemlock. When you buy first-class lumber we don't slip in a lot of culls. Those who buy once from us always come again. Those who have not yet made our acquaintance are taking chances they wouldn't encounter If they .bought their lumber here. KENNEDY & MANGAN — Dealers in — r- Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash and Doors. SPECIALTIES—Mouldings, .Turnings, Brackets, and Detail Work OFFICE AND YARD—McPherson ave. Opposite Q. N. Depot. P.O. Box 22, Phone 23. A. C. LIPHARDT JEWELLER AND OPTICIAN FERNIE B.C. Imperial Bank of Canada HtAD OFFICE, TORONTO Capital Authorized .. $10,000,000 Capital Paid Up 6,925,000 Reserve and Undlvld- Total Asset. 72,000,000 ed Profits 8,100,000 D. R. WILKIE, President HON. ROBT JAFFRAY, Vlce-Praa. BRANCHE8 IN BRITIBH COLUMBIA Arrowhead, Cranbrook, Fernie, Cold en, Kamloops, Michel, Nelson,, Revelstoke, Vancouver and Victoria. SAVINQ8 DEPARTMENT Interest allowed on deposits at current rate from data of deposit. FERNIE BRANCH A. M. OWEN, Manager THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE BIU BDMUNI) WAI.KKK, C.V.O., I.I,I)., n.C.I-, President ALEXANDIill I.AIKI) JOHN AIKI) Gimcrul .Mmmurr A«*l»tunt (i«m»«t Manatfsr CAPITAL, $15,000,000 REST, $12,500,000 BANKING BY MAIL Accounts may be opened at every branch of Tlie Canadian Dank of Commerce to be operated by mail, and will receive thc same careful attention as is given to all other departments of the ixtnk> busim;sa. Money may bn uciNiaiti-u ur wiiiiuitmn in wus way as satisfactorily as by a personal visit to the Bank. &« L. A. 8. DACK, Manager. FIRNIP BRANCH At a THI? P»n *m* omamk\.int,* Home BANK«r Canada [ Authorliw) Cni>lt«' -. • ts.ooo.ooo SuhicrilHxJ -Gapitnl ... .....*. 2.000,000 TMld-nn Capli«l 1.MV5M K**m« Fund .....,,. fi'fl.OfiO UraiKfK-s a»4 tJotniecttoriii i tJirwulwui Canada HEAD OFFICE AND X/^lD/^KITrNJAMES MA80N NINE 8RAHCHES IM I URONTOcW'l H,*?*!. J« F. MACDONALD, Manager VnOTORIA AVIL, -t» •*•-.*. FIflNII, B.O. -.' , *~ yX,y- •■■.*•• •*'.-. -^--v ■^■■■*'.\\*"-:'A:--*i^:S-r .y\.",i':*.-^sim PAGE EIGHT >THE DLSTEIOT LEDGEB,=;PEENIE,fB.C, NOVEMBER, 8,1913; r , i*p ■ Mens Overcoats Special Sale of Overcoats for Saturday and Monday Imported Tweeds in Greys, Fawns and Brown.' B-nftvers and M,eltons in Black, Steel Grey or Dark ■•Navy. \ Chinchillas. in Navy, Brown and -Grey. Double Texture Ulster Cloths in all the new shades. These Overcoats arc all hand tailored garments, made with shawl collar or conviu'tihle collar, and with belted or plain box .backs. We invite yon to see our immense range of styles and colors iu 1913 Overcoats and Ulsters. Onr big window will he devoted to the display of special values at $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $16.50, $18.50, $22.50, $25.00, and up to $35.00. Glen's Fur Collars in Marmot, Otter, Beaver or Persian Lamb. Priced from $6,50 to $25.00. Mufflers, in wool or silk, in all thc new Aveaves and styles, AVe have colors to suit every taste. Priced at 50c to $5.00 each. AVe make Suits or Overcoats to order and guarantee perfect fit. Sale of Trimmed Hats $5.00, $7.50 and $10.00 THE FIVE DOLLAR HAT conies in French Felt, Velvet and Velours, trimmed with rilibon and fancy mounts. For $5.00 you are justified in ex-- pecting the usual $10.00 article. THE SEVEN-FIFTY HAT is a representation of a smart Hat for street wear.-> It carries out the idea of tailored lines. THE -TEN DOLLAR HAT, in consequence of its higher standard of millinery art, claims its place ^ among the original models of extreme style. AVe specially invite a criticism of these Hats on display. ~ *>.... ■ - , i , » See our Special Coat Vdlues^^ CALL AND SEE OUR SPECIAL COAT VALUES lt is the only way to" appreciate the splendid styles and remarkable values that go to make up these exceptional offerings. They are made of- the newest weave, fancy materials, such as Storm "Wor- sted, Blanket Cloth, heavy fancy Tweeds' and As- frakan.; No' better, newer or more correct styles can be seen in the-trade. No quality or more solid values have heretofore been offered. COATS $5.00 TO $50.00 LLAMA WOOL CASHMERE HOSE FOR WOMEN An exceptionally good stocking at the price in tho LLAMA WOOL CASHMERE for it is made up of very fine wool, full-fashioned, with spliced 'ankles and seamless feet, and it'is soft and warm. Comes in all sizes in black and will give excellent satisfaction. ' , a , - Per Pair 50c FUR TRIMMINGS , Fur Trimmings are particularly;, popular an<^ smart for dress garniture. A\Te are showing several widths in white, natural'and black, at per vard 35c, 50c and $1.00. .,"*.- „ n $1.25 TO $1.50 FLANNELETTE NIGHT DRESS, FOR WOMEN,'SPECIAL EACH 95c • Bought a sample liim of Flannelette Night Dresses in white, pink and blue. They are mado of extras- heavy quality English Flannelette,, cut full ,,and' neatly trimmed with embroidery. Priced specially , for Saturday at each 95c. " / 15c STRIPED FLANNELETTE, 8 yards for $1.00 , This Flannelette, is of extra quality; 32 inches ' wide and fast color. It comes in all the,good staple stripes and is really worth 15c per yard. Saturday Special, 8 yards for $1.00 Our Shoe Department \ AVe will be expecting you in very soon to get your winter supply of Rubbers and warmly lined Overshoes. Our stock is complete in every line. For Women we have all the new and different style Rubbers to fit all style Shoes, witli low, medium and high heels; also a large assortment of warmly lined Rubbers and Overshoes. For Men we have the largest assortment yet, in heavy, lumbermen's Rubbers, one and two buckle" Rubbers, three four, six, eight and twelve hole lace Rubbers, leather tops and all rubber tops; railroad Overshoes, with four buckles, also same style with one buckle and three straps. These Overshoes will stand the test. . *• SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY FQr the° Girls and Boys we, have' a large variety to choose from. High . storm rubbers, with . good thick1 soles; Rubber Boots, „ strongly made; High buckle Overshoes in different styles; warmly , lined Rubbers with stocking tops; one and two buckle German Rubbers for Boys and Youths. GROCERY DEPARTMENT y New Season California Dried Fruits in now. ' California Figs,-! lb. packet 7 2 for - .25 California Figs, y*>-\h. packet 3 for. "\.25 California Figs, 1-3 lb. packet . each .05 California Cooking Figs ;. 2 lbs. for California Ohoice\Peaches 2 lbs. for Sunkist Peaches ' V-/-, lb.-tins, Sultana Raisins , '. 10 oz;, 3 packets for Braid's Best Coffee, fresh ground, 2 lbs. for Lowney's Cocoa •> i/o lb. .tin ' Heinz Tomato Catsup pints.. Tip Top Pink Salmon '.. 1 lb. tins .25 .25 .30 .25 .85 .20 .30 .10 Prairie Pride Flour V 100 lb. sack 3.00 Spearmint Gum 3 packets • .10 Imperial Jelly Powder 4 packets .25 Queen Quality Pickles 20,02. .25 . Red Cross Pickles ...'. quart sealers .35 Heinz Pork and Beans, medium size 2 for .35 Siam Rico / 4 lb. for .25 AVhite Rosq Toilet Soap C'for .25 Albert Carbolic Soap 6 for .25 Baby's Own Soap per box .30 Diamond Brand Maple Syrup quarts .25 Diamond Brand Maple Syrup gallons. .85 Special Blend Bulk Tea 3 lbs. for 1.00 Lyman's Talcum Powder 2 tins .35 Kelowna Tomatoes 7AAA.. 2 lb. tins .10 Kelowna Pumpkin ". 3 lb..tins, 2 for .25 Carrots ....'.!'.,"... 1C lbs. .25 Turnips ,..' :\ . 18 lbs. .25* .Beecha'm's Pills per box .20 Robin Hood Porridge Oats, 5' lb. packet with China .°...:.:.. .25 * Tetley's Tea, 3 lb. Brown Label per tin -.75 Eno 's Fruit Saljis per bottle .75 NEW RIBBONS JUST IN .. , : . Kibbons were neyer used more extensively than they are today and we have a wonderful assortment'' for you to choose from. Ribbons of beauty as well as the more severe plain effects are here in' plenty. We offer special values for Saturday in ALL SILKL TAFFETA RIBBON, 5y2 inches wide, in 50 different shades at per yard," 25c. V Fancy' Ribbons for fancy work, extra'values at - from 25c to 75c. -Money-Saving Prices The Store of Quality V BRANCHES AT FERNIE, MICHEL, NATAL AND ..COAL CREEK J Blairmore—-(Continued from .page 4.) • reading room of the Cosmopolitan. A social evening ..waa held at the homo of Mr. ami Mra. P. M. Pinlcnoy, on State Street Wost, on 'Monday evening, to which a largo numiber of friends gathered and spent a most enjoyable time. After the usual games and jollifications, n sumptuous supper wus partaken of, after which the party dispersed to their various homes dn the wee sma* hours. , 'Bargain sales wero tho order of the clay on Saturday last. Each store was selling out their dry goods at prices that would, have staggered Tlm Baton himself. Stuart, the Yankee wizard, has Drlsco's stock ln hand, whilo next door II; Segal, of Calgary, has oponed up with a largo snlo. P. *M> Thompson, not to .ho out of tho running, also imt up bargains, and judging by the crowds that poured lu and out of the doors, wo suppose thoy did moro thnn thoir usually brisk business. Kvery.bo.ly was loud In. their -pralso of ".The Harrier," which wns played at tho Opera House on Tuesday night, the house being lmokcd to tho doors, N. A. Tlarkcr, of Calgary, was a business visitor to Hlnlrmoro on Tuesday. .1. PuralioiiK. at ono tlmo tho leading hiirbor of Uliilrniorn, camo to town from Cranbrook and roglBtorod at tho Cosmopolitan on Tuesday. Horn, on Tuesday, Xov. Ith, to Mr, nnd Mrs. L. Dutll, n daughter. Mr. and Mrs, P. Lank woro In town on TuoBday ovonlng and took In ''Tlio •Harrier" at tho Opera Houso. Thoy loUiniiid to Lumtliruuk ou Wodnumlay, wlioro they propose BpoinlinK a month or. w> boforo loavlng for tho Hast, ■whoro thoy will Kpnnil several nuiiitliH with thoir reluMvcs, Tlio Ornugommi'tt 1,4>(] ko of Hlnlrmoro hold their annual banquet at tho Cosmopolitan on Wednesday night. Tables woro nprond for ovor sixty KUohik and a mont onjoynblo ovmliiK wns ft|xmt. A »ad accldont orciirrml on Tuesday moroltiir, whon lltllo Loon V«nmir ai« tomptod lo cross tho railway truck by crawling beneath ft 'hox car which wns ■ft'.amllns on tho track, when tho train movod nnd knocked him down, imss- in« over one of his Icrb. Ho wiih hurried to I>r. Inker's surgery, but It wes found necessary to amputate tho log Just abovo tho litieo, Ho wnn tnken to l-'mnk hospital, whorri DortorH.na- kor nnd McKny .performt-d the o|x?-m- tion, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ TABER NOTES ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ iTho mlneB In this vicinity are -working steadily and there does not ■seem to be any shortage of box cars so -far. The Canada West mino ia holst^ Ing wore coal than In any previous season. .On Sunday last occurred tho death of Joo Urban, alter only threo days' illness, illo was (burled the. following dny. Deceased was of Hungarian nationality nnd had beon in this country for about twelve years and worked) for some time at Michel, Tho work of organizing the small camps Ib going on, all, with the-ox-cop- tion of Rock Springs, having agree- .mentB drawn up, which were present* od to tho operators today (Wedn'os- dfljy). Tho men will liavo an opportunity of Allowing tlieir bettle this week. AVo aro vory sorry to say that tho wen employed at* Rock Springs do not seem favorably Inclined towards -the organization, but thoy will fall In line nftor a whilo when thoy got sklnnod Homo more. Joo Win wood spent Inst Monday distributing the now buttons and rounding up all tho nowcomors to sign t'ho checkoff. Joo is aomo .hustler all right, and tn a cnnip where thoro Is no paid secretary It would ibo a good thing If wn hnd ix taw morn Wen him. Comrado PIshor, of Lothbrldgo, was to havo delivered an open nlr ftueech on Socialism last night, but ho did nel show up, A groat mnny people were disappointed, C. M, O'nrion Ih expected to speak horo an tlio 2»rd of this month. A mooting of tho farmers north of town will bo hold in tho Council Chamber on Halurday. Thoy nro to discuss tho Irrigation <iuo»Uon. A mooting of tho Hlok nnd Accident Hocloty will bo hold on Sunday. Homo Important business to discuss nnd all mombors would do woll to nttond. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ HOSMER NOTES ♦ ♦• +-+.* + ♦♦♦ Mr. J, Cartlidge Teacher of Piano and Organ Specialist In Tuning Jfc Pinnolm Wortcw Apply for terms to BOX 533 or Houfce Ho. 21, Wood Si. iTho Oddfellows' an mini hall took placo Prlilay lust In Uio CVpuni Houso nnd wis woll nttrndoil. HniitBlnffor'H Fornlo orchestra supplied nattsfActory mimic. All <nro**ont wo-mod *o *hor- jo'iKlily onjoy Uiftmsolv«8. I* *..*.'.' ,'i<.i4.^.^.'.V..(..«K.' ...i1, k.'.t Ijtttjtt,,, A uW l s<nme nlphl w;iu nlfto wi>ll patronized, jnnd though probably not quite so i "i-ony" n» thu I, O. U. V, affair, wiib ■loud iho loun en jo) aide to a large ! crowd, mostly forolgtiers. Mrs. IMm'n AptHttronco iMtforo JuMiro of the Pewo Ilrown on a -chnrgo of broach of ponco. Instead of making broth of thn principals, Mru. I,nlm atnrtod a row with the owner of the rival rooster and got too »>xprc*«lvo in hor argument with the result that fc!i<> >'t.t*l..l *t,t, .i',,«I din-in, P. !.. NaUrnlth and party, of tho C. 1' fi, Sfi'itrA N^'ionr*".--* 't.''ptr'r:!* ry. nop;" -1 nff sii JfopHior In Uiojr j.h- vate car H*timl»y. .A tk^'.i'AfX Jo-rtttr* v*» |fivf-n *.n \l,r* Opera riouso bj* R. WAlker. or .Vannl- me, on MonAty taft, aim) wan woll »t- itiWsHloril hy <to# lfl«r,iil if**4*. C/i<it,rtii\*t- WalVcr. «hfi< spoke on the political htworjr ai tho Ulnnti ttnko, hJinrtl*"* 6!s mhUxi xrry tnAitibh -ind mtule a good impression. Comrade Rees, of Fernie, also gave a short account of his experiences on the Island and a successful meeting ended with a resolution toeing unanimously carried calling for the immediate liberation of the Imprisoned Island miners. THwo Fernie Slavs were jointly charged beforo Justice of the Peace Drown with creating a disturbance in the restricted area and resisting arrest, Tlieir short sojourn in Hosmer cost thc^m thirty and costs, ' '• A yellow circular, which to a certain extent explains the 'high cost of "beef especially," and other neceflsltlet* of life, has boen going the rounds. Speculation ls rlfo as to the author, tout who- ovor he was ho certainly .raised some "furoro." An exp&otnnt Board of Trado meeting was held Monday in Labollo's pool room. It only needs "something" to got n crowd. .However, no ono dared to bo n Daniel and the mooting fizzled out with a rosolutlon asking the coal company for a cheaper rato for lighting. Tho citizens' meeting which wo ro- iported 'in last week's notes gavo form to their Idea of helping .the Island strlkors' kids tills Christmas ln the Hhupo of \x banket soolal and dance, which will be held In tho Opora Houso Tuesday, Nov, 2."th. Paste tho dato in your hat. A good musical program will bo arranged, nlso tho best of dnnco imislo is to iho obtained. An enjoyable tlmn Is giinrnnt.oml for nil. Tho iprleo Of admission to tho lot Is to bo no cents. Seeing that tho Industry of tho town Is Identical with that of the strlko zono, tho whole of tho townspooplo should support this worthy object, for which tho abovo Is being Riven, on .masse, as, after nil, tho ronl victims of any Htrlko aro tho women and chlldron. The Hoard of I4xa ml tiers mot Monday to hold the usual monthly sittings for tho ipurposo of Issuing minors' pa- ipivrx. Owing to various complications that imve arisen recently the minors hnd two roproHontiitlveffl turn up. This put MiiltvgH In ti chaotic stato so Inspector Wllllnms suggested nn adjournment until things could be straightened out. We nro asked to give a still further hint ro tho raffling of n certain gram« nplume. Know anything? It's up to tho Indies of Hosmer to inn lie I.ho baskel. so-dal a biiccohi; tho men nre Just Itching to buy them, f*l , l T 1* * 1 . ..t ,.l. t.. , ., * ttvmtm th Weil with In the death of two ol his children, both liroin iho »miu> trtutplalnt, scarlet fever, within a i*:w fliy* of oich othor. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ *** MiCrifcw *.'»**JV*i.i -* «►' ♦ ♦♦♦+>♦•+♦♦ Mr. nnd Mm. M. Joyce and family, from the Yellow Head Pa«#, are l-erfl visiting their relative!. Two Accident* happened In 8 South Mini- on Tueftdsij* Joliu T<Mnttu i. meeting ^Ith ft Mftou* Injury to hu •ye anil MlJro Vnilnnh burin* hl« t/,t>t criHl-tva ihrotifh a 1*** ** rork. Hoth men nre belli* ».U«kl«l to by I>r. Wei- don and are profr**itn*f favoiably. A banntiet w«» glr«n Innt woek at the horns ot Mr. H*r»y Gregory to **«o?w»i|* »*• famine <rf it* of hi* ol**- est mb. Goorga. A l»r«e number of frto-mt* wero pr»«*»t mu*. xitctmno w»» tbo recipient of tpslte a l*W number of -presents and expressions of goodwill. The chief entertainers in the' evening were T. P. and J.Waddington, the former singing "You can't have it all your own way," and the latter giving'a step dance ln good old Lancashire style. -Frank Roberts was a visitor here on Sunday last, returning home to HlllcreBt the following day. The following subjects were ably dealt with, at tho Methodist Church during the week .by Rev. W. H. Irwin from Bellevue: Monday, "The .purpose in Jcbusi' life"; Tuesday, "Tho eoclal organism, on analysis of our present social .system,, and our social problems" ;• Wednesday, "Suggested remedies, a psychological *s.tudy of the slum and his redemption"; Thursday, "Reform movements, nn investigation of. movomentsi at work reforming society and saving tho race, treating with Soslalism, syndicalism, ~ single tnx, anarchy, etc."; Friday, "The work of tho Christian and tho Church, showing tho purpose of our Institution and what sho may accomplish." On Saturday last W. Savngo was prosecuted by Game Warden Frank Armour for shooting nn elk during tho closo season. Tho caso was tried before Judgo Hums and was dismissed owing to I nek of evidence. Mr. Harry 13vnns, who has boon a resident of Mlchol for tho past seven yenrs, loft here for Hlllcrest, whoro ho hns socurod a job pipe fitting. Mr. Murphy, our station' -agont, loft for a vacation and during his iibHonpo Mr. ,T. Tlallflal is our agent. Tho yardage question that has boon pending slnco tho last strlko has .been disposed of In it vory unsatisfactory man nor ns far ns tho minors aro concerned, Tho decision glvon by Mr. Jas. Muir, of Calgary, tho Independent* chairman, was altogether In favor of ■tho coal compnny. Somo of our mem- born who nro class conscious anticipated Ihis result, ns thoy wero aware thai Mr. McNeill and Mr. Muir would not look at this mnt^or from tho miners' point of vlow and U was Impossible for ProH, Smith to win the caso, thoro lining two to ono ou tlio other sido, It Is lime thnt our membership woko up to the fact that w{« shall novor be able to Improve our condition or get any lasting redress until wo iMH'omo strong enough to demand It nnd xtrong enough to fight for It. Mrs. Mickey McLean, from Hosmor, Is vUltlng her mothor, Mrs. Jonklnson, at tho boarding house. COALHURST NEWS Fn;d f5ullctt watt visiting frlonds in Conlhurst this wook and having ft look -1 . I, , f 1 ... I Ur '*< ' .' * .-'..,. . t. . I.hi, ty.'.. Mii4>*. ..I. .. * . - ways the place looks just tbe same but thero dire lots of strange fncca around.. Colin Molx-od, of McLeod, wns on » buslnoss (rip to Conlhurat on Monday In conneetlon with tho Carton trial. Quito n chango has been made In tho yard engine crow, Duncan M<- •Vat'.), t!w ii-..v«, xi.u i,_\i lX\_ tUrotUo, having aoctiro.l a Job on the C*. -P. It,. loft r-onlhuni' nr, tfittnrJIny, hl» dnHom ««rw fw-lnfi carried ont by IVimmy Steel, tho former bmkeman of U»l« famoo« cm*-. I^ouchle McMUUn attend* to the nlr hrnkea and coupling* He. W* *<rc< looking for a dtffenot elum**. however, the f!r*uan not b» •attafled »1th handling tbe pan. 'I'W CtNitaurfct k boai're Hi ttow tkAtt* good bis. The manager hi « hostler and .gives good value for money received every, .Monday, Wednesday and Saturday,. with a dance thrown in on Friday night to remind us of olden times. A collection was made ait Uie pay oftico on Saturday for John Digman, the shotllghter who received. serious injuries about the eyes eome months ago. We understand a goodly sum was collected to hand over to tho unfortunate man* to cheer him up a bit. A rumor wont around the camp a week ago that Geo. Garoluk, the driver who got hurt on th.e 27th of October, .was dead in the hospital, but on phoning down to that Institution it was found that he was getting along very nicely, that hia injuries wore only ellght and that they expected to have him out in a few days. Still, somo of the boys would have their own way and stayed homo to >bury him on Saturday. Tliey must like this kind of business, Wo bolleve some/ of tiie homesteaders in and. around tills district Bhould bo put on the same list a» Uio Indians nro in tlio hotol bars; porhups the rich harvest of green feed and No. 2 oats is getting on tliolr norvos a llttlo.- -No doubt Mr. Hales, of Kipp, thought so' nu ho had a vory unpleasant experience by .bolng run Into by a -prosperous oat grower on tho Diamond City road last wepk and lost a vory valuable mnro belonging to his neighbor (Mr. Start) as a reijult. Johnny got through with tho threshing and la u&ilu Huun working at his old occupation lu tho .blacksmith shop. Mrs. Frod Phillips loft on Tuesday for hen homo In tlio Old Country. Nick Slaniko rotumod to Conlhurst on Monday. .Nick says tho month's rest nt the Government's expense was Alright and if the soup wor moro plentiful ho would llko to *tny a iwhlle longer, but ho thinks his fathor-ln-law will llko///n better now and Nick Is willing to tnko It. nil back again. Good boy, Nick. Tlio green nnd white looks good on tho Union Hall now. All wo need Is u big red ring io mnko tho bull mad, BE A TRAINED NURSE Earn $15 to $35 Weekly THE DEMAND- FOR TRAINED NURSES is ever increasing and Doctors will not assume responsibility without a Trained. Nurse. The HOME STUDY COURSE in Nursing which the Rochester Nurses Institute glves^ students appeals to thousands, Their graduates command from $15.00 to $35.00 weekly. The Rochester Nursea Institute will thoroughly train any ono (rom 18 yearB to sixty, nnd give Diploma, when Oourse is completed. Write today for Free Booklet. ROCHESTER NUR8E8 IN8TITUTE INSTITUTE BLDQ„ ROCHE8TER, N. Y. COS ■ NOTICE Land Registry Act Injtho matter of an application for •tho Issue of duplicate Certificates of Tltlo .to Lots 1, 2 and 3, Hlock 10, Town of Michel, Mjip 702. , Notice Ib .hereby glvon that It Is my intention to Issue at tho expiration of ono .month aftor tho first publication horeof duplicate Certificates of Tltlo ito tho abovo montlonod lots tn tho narnos of Frank Campbell, John Marsh and Thomas G. Harries, as trustees of tho Mlchol Local No. 233i, Unltod Mino Workers of Amorlca, which Cor- tlfloatos aro numbered 1-171 flA, M717A, 14718A. ■NoUon, H. 0., lst Novombor, 1013. SAMUEL R. ROE, District Registrar. Tho ladiea of tho Prcabytorlan Church havo made arrangements for n snlo of fruits, cakes, pUtm puddings, mlneo moat, ahorbbrond. salted nl- ntonda, cookies and candy, special box- ea of which will bo sold for fiOc, 7fie nnd $1.00, on Wednesday, Hoc. 17th, in tho Church bnnomont, Lcnvo your orders onrly with any member of tho aid Moclety and make «uro of something good for Ohrlstmai!, Classified Ads.-Gent a Word FOUR ROOMED HOUSE in rear of '68 McPherson-^.ve.,. for rent; has •city water and toilet. Apply "68 ■McPherson Ave/. ' 10ft YOUNG 'LADY*- wants, general store work. Apply "Box 380; ■'City/-'," iOl WANTED for winter months, -small furnlBhed house, .central. Apply" Box 380. ' , 105 GOOD PLAIN COOK wants position. ; Apply Box .380, City. ■ , . •, 104. UPHOLSTERING A.ND FURNITURE .REiyaRS-*--G. Furlong, of Cran- .brooTc, will bo at Trltee-Wood Co. Nov. 10th to do all work of this description, Charges reasonable. 107 MINERS LOOK—Every--man who has a wlfo should also have a home on a fruit.farm lu Croston. You can buy ua good land, as thoro is in B. C. from II. Lamont,.Croston, B. C. Only small payments rqqulrod. 82 TOR SALE—Furnl&re and houso furnishings, J. I, Macdonald, comer Macplici'Hon and Rogers St. 05 FOR SALE—An Edison Concort Phonograph with 160'records; this is n Mahonoy Phono, ivlmost now; can. bo hoard by appointment. Apply A.. Haggoley, Hox 213, Fernlo. 101 COMPKTBNT STENOGRAPHER and book-koopor raqulroH situation; considerable oxporlonco in law offices. Apply Hox 3S0, *.CS FOR SALE—Puro brod Whito Log- horn roostors at $2.50 each, Apply J. .McLaughlin, Wost Pernio. .103 TAXIDERMY For first-class Taxldormy work, mounting anything from a snake to an clophuiit, cull or wrlto C. RECCE P.O. Box0 Wait Pernl* T ISIS THEATRE PICTURES CHANGED DAILY BEST ALWAYS 'ior TB£'~&rTUXtE OT A'GBRTA&DO limn War Drama. A thrilling picture built nbout the spectacular uiul historical font of \h*y nrwst of the Filipino leader hy U. S. General Fnnston and his iscouR A feature that will hold you Mpcll-bmiml hy tho iculiHiu of tho hcoiioh nnd tho intonsity of tho situa tions. SOME OF THE FEATURE8 FOR NEXT WEEK Tuesday, Novamb.tr 11, Robinson Crusoe a KKKIX I)<<Pw«Mtlvt'ntU!i'*(!laMle~Thf won- ilfrful tnle ef thnshlp-wivckwl mariner tohl In film Wednesday, November 12, The Dread of Doom ii H-M>le—'i'hi* ti-ni-tili* pxfitTiwirre of n Doctor who hit* wciflrntHllr Iwrotw (nncuUtftl with tho gi'rmsof mln«<lr-«l c11«mm». jrai'imii'iMiwu.", , I'fi-i ifTivn .'.■..".w.vii1 .ii.'mi Friday, November 14, Trapped in tlie Death Pit Or tho Gmnt Hnllloii Hol»|j«»ry. Hw» tho wnrntlnn" al flrp aronOf ttconcti At tho hottoni of tho wn. Saturday, November 11 Fugitives 3 ro«l*. Orcnt Northohn Peatnro. FEATURES LIKE THE ABOVE CAN 8E SEEN ONLY AT "THE 1818" Saturday Matlneee at 240. Saturday Evening 8hew at 7.00. Other Evenlnge at 7M. NEW PICTURES EVERY DAY ANO A FEATURE EVERV DAY
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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : F.H Newnham |
Date Issued | 1913-11-08 |
Description | The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919. |
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Language | English |
Notes | Preceding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | District_Ledger_1913_11_08 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-07-26 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0308945 |
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