r -.-*ss -.t i^,^.^ $ of h-^ \st.^^ ^-eysy*-*!.^*' ""v<* W « v^zc- '^^ All Roads Will Lead to Fernie on Dominion Day, Tuesday, July 1 A Fine Programme of Sports £&%£t OWNED, CONTROLLED/PUBLISHED BY DISTRICT 18, U.KLW.of A. VOLUME 1 NO. 45 THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. Ci, JUNE 20, 1919 V Printed By Union Ubor "CLOSED TOWNS" IN CANADA (By J. iS. Woodsworth) It is not generally known that there still exist in Canada "Closed Towns." These- are found most frequently in British Columbia, but occasionally in other provinces. When we hear people talking easily about this being a "free country" aud wondering at the industrial unrest, we often wonder how they can remain so ignorant ot the true situation. ln one of these company towns which I visited recently, the only access was by means of a steamship. As the passengers left the boat the purser stood on one side of the gang plank and the company's timekeepers on the other—unless a passenger was considered "satisfactory" to the company he was not allowed to land. In a similar way, a workman was not allowed to leave unless he could show clearance papers from the company. A bridge connected the -town with the works. A guard with a. big Btlck absolutely refused admissions without papers—even to men who wished to interview the manager. "Strict orders." The store wa's, of course, a company store, with company prices. Some men daring the displeasure of the company and risking dismissal, sought to get goods cheaper by ordering by mall. It was all of no avail, as the company owned the wharf and charged a high wharfage tax on each parcel. The Social Hall was a company ball —all meetings or entertainments have to be endorsed by the company. In another similar town tbe men who wanted to organize a union, tried to hold_a..aegtiag-OE ths strest=wUt-tiis streets were company streets. Fortunately, there was a government bridge across the river—here they held tbelr meeting, ln tbe town whose conditions I am describing, tbe men are not yet organised—most of tbem are "foreigners"—easier to "handle" tban "whHe slaves." Tbe school was supported by the government but managed by trustees wbo were tbo nominees of the com' pany. Woe to tbe teacher who showed any Independence of spirit! Tbe church wm ou company property and supported largely by tbo company, and Attended chiefly by the company officials. In another company town the minister Informed me that ho was allowed to conduct services on the express understanding that he confine himself exclusively to "spirit* ual matters." The post office, though supposedly a Canadian Government institution, wm practicaly under the censorship of the American company Uut owned the factory and homes and stree-n In one company town. if a letter hearing tte stamp of n labor organtutlm cane aidressvi ti an implore*, tha'. man wnn marked for observation It not dismissal. If he wished to writ* to a labor official he found It necessary to write under cover to an outside friend. Labor papera were undelivered. Statements to tMa effect hare torn given to me by disinterested persons. TO a labor delegation tht B. C, Government confessed Ita Inability to deal wRh tht problem ot tbt cloeed -town. Recent legislation declares the waterfront and tht post office open, hat tbt company's official still stands at tbt ganc Planh| Confessedly, sucb « situation Is In tolerable. Bet Is it so much worn tban tbt conditions under wMeh thi majority ot Industrial workers live? Tbt C PR. and tbt other big rail roads pretty effectively control om movements tnd tbt distribution of goods. Special pollet and ttMltra are tbt counterpart of tbt ward *ith **• Mt Mirk. Tbtr art there ta antoret law aad eider, bet tfcey tato thtlr order* from thot* wbo are in control of tbt Mf latteaate. Attempt te ttari a retail «* optative ttor* not one toda blrnetW up against all sorts ot agreements and understandings between retailers and wholesalers end tninofiictiiwn Canada Uses Methods of Ihe Kaiser And Czar For "Suppression" of Industrial Unrest The sensation of the week has been the arrest at 'Winnipeg of a number of men prominently connected with the Winnipeg strike and the announcement that warrants are out for others connected with the One Big Union movement. Those arrested are: R. B. RUSSELL, secretary of Metal Trades Council and one of the men chosen at Calgary to take the vote on tbe One Big Union. REV. WILLIAM IVI8NS, editor of Western Labor News. . R. E. BRAY GEORGE W*. ARMSTRONG. ALDERMAN JOHN QUEEN. ALDERlMAN A. A. HEAPS. MOSES OHARITONOFP. MOSES ALMAZOFF, -MIKE -BERENZUK, A. SHOPPELERE. It is also said that warrants are out for W. A. Pritchard, chairman of tho 0. B. U. committee; V. R. Midgley, secretary, and R. J. Johns, another member of that committee*. The arrests were made by the mounted police, the homes of the men being visited between three and four o'clock Monday, morning. The Labor Temple was also raided and Senator Gideon Robertson is the authority for the statement that $25,000 was found, together with evidence that the strikers had been receiving Russian money from "Soviet sources in Chicago." It is a source of wonderment to some of the newspapers that no Pritlhard Arrested disturbances are following the arrests of these men and without, any hesitation others have stepped in to fill their places. The most pleased man in Canada seems to be Senator Gideon Robertson who remarked to the Associated Press reporter that tho arrests had been "a very nice job,' The arrested men ware talcen to Stoney Mountain penitentiary and placed in "separate cells. They will be tried by a special board of enquiry consisting of Col. Stearns of the R. N. W. M. P., Commissioner A. A. Perry and Acting Commissioner of Immigration Thomas .lelley. "Under the amended order ln council, the board will have power to deport the accused immediately," said \. J. Andrews, crown prosecutor. "If :iey do not come under this amendment they can be dealt with under the criminal code. The board may not consider the charges sufficiently serious for immediate deportation, in which case original proceedings will be immediately instituted. "None of those under arrest will be admitted to bail, and there will be no trial in the civil courts." All over Canada resolutions are being passed calling for a general strike all over Canada to secure the please of the prisoners. Newspapers throughout Canada, are expressing divergent views, some criticising and others praising the strong arm methods being used to quell industrial unrest. CALGARY, Jiine20—W. A. Pritchard was arrested here today and is held in jail. One Big Union central committee appeals to every working man and woman to cease work regardless of occupation. Vancouver, where rfside Pritchard's wife and two kiddies, has been notified * Alberta's Chief Mine Inspector Tries Hand As Strikebreaker Governments "Passing The Buck" In Connection With District 18 Strike Why Do Both the Federal and Local Governments Shirk Enquiring Into Working Conditions in This District Prominent Operators .Gather In Fei* nie—Great Northern Railway Anxious for Crow Coal Malicious Rumors Regarding Pres. Christophers Shown In Court To Be Groundless The rumors that coal operators and others have helped circulate regarding JP. iM. Christophers, president of District 18, bave received an effective quietus, in the Supreme Court of British Columbia before His Lordship, Mr, Justice -Macdonald, an opportunity was given to make good on any ot the malicious stories wbleb have been Insidiously spread. President Christophers was commended In opon court by Mr. Justice Macdonald tor the statement he hnd made while ou tbe stand relative to the strike In Fernie, Michel and Morrissey In 1903. In the action which President Christophers brought against J. It. Wallace who was alleged to have made a statement that at one time Christophers had received money from a former manager of the Crow's Nest Pms Coal Corapauy, tbe attorney tor Mr. Wallace declared tbat they wonld make no attempt to prove the troth of the alleged charge but Instead would deny that such utterance bad been made. Tht case centered on Ihe making of the alleged statement and, m the Chief Justice polnttd out to the Jur; iu bl* chargi!, nothing was brought out wblch In any way reflected on the honesty and the Integrity of President Christophers. A special Jury waa allowed tht de- feudant In the cast and was composed M fOllOWS! Col. Chas. B. Messiter, Waldo, randier; James A. Ilroley, Itoosvllle, lumberman; William Carlln, Kort Steele: Merchant; 11.1. Clregson, Dorr, Hen- Ueman: Peter ft. Lundle, Pernie, Con tractor; James B. McCool, Pernie, Con- inner: William McKay, Waldo, HeM Proprietor; W, i. i. Morrison, Wko. uaraDv-roin. kins but referred only to tbe dissatisfaction among the men which had existed after the strike in 11103 when Ihe miners, alleged Wallace, went back with less pay than they bad when going on strike. President Christophers was culled to the stand and gave a full account of the strike of 1903 when ho was President of the W, K of M, local at Morrissey. in tbat camp the men had received some Increases. Referring to a copied press clipping Introduced by the defence he showed that It criticised only tho International oJlldal named Poherty. The clipping was signed by "Press Committee, Gladstone Locnl." In placing tho case before the Jury Attorney Horchmor emphasized tba contention tbat there was no attempt made by him to prove any charges against President Christophers which were alleged to have been made. 'It such a statement were made," declared the attorney, we would have to admit that a libel had been uttered," He proceeded lo discredit the erldence of Ihe chief wltneM for th* prmievt! Hon and to point out tbat there had been rumors which Justified the words tlK defunUuut admitted to having ut* tered. Attorney Macnell, for the plaintiff, argued that a slander bad bentx uttered which lnjun-d the plaintiff in hia calling and which were It not refuted would bring discredit upon him. lie submitted that the words had not only To The District Ledger: Having received complaints irom Lethbridge and Hillcrest that J. T. Sterling, chief inspector of mines, was In those districts trying to get lire- bosses to return to work, I paid a visit to Lethbridge to*get the facts. 1 found out that Sterling had given instructions to the inspector of mines in the Lethbridge district to collect the firebosses together and tell them that if they did not return to work and protect the coal operators property the provincial government intended to put men in to protect the property. The outcome was that he got two firebosses to return to the Gait mines; these ken being scabs at heart, only wanted an excuse to return. I might atate tbat he made another failure at Taber, the firebosses there refusing to scab. Ou receiving the information I sent tbe following wire to A. J. McLean, -Minister of Public Works: Edmonton, Alta., Tuesday, June 10th, 1919. I have received message from Leth* bridge, stating tbat Sterling, inspector of mines in Alberta, is using bis position to try and force firebosses back to work. He threatens to put men In to protect the property ot the coal operators. If your department Ib uRinp him as strike breaker, we will treat him as sucb. Bdw, Browne. Sec. No answer has been received to this wire. Mr. McLean is in Ontario, and bis office has not the courtesy to answer. Wire sent to Premier Stewart: June 11th, 1919. Charles Stewart, Premier, Provincial Mouse, Alta. Complaints coming to District office that Sterling, chief inspector of mines, Is acting as strikebreaker. He is mak* ing threats to firebosses with intention of forcing them back to work. This oflice asks for an investigation and if complaints found true, we ask for his dismissal. ' '.. Edw. Browne, Bee. The following reply was received: Edmonton, June 12,1919. Edw. Browne, Secretary United Mine Workers, Calgary, Alta: •Premier Stewart in east. Will be away two weeks. H. M. Batker, Sec. The following wire was then sent to Ottawa: June 17th. 191,9. Charles Stewart, Premier of Alberta, Chateau Laurier, • Ottawa: inspector of Mines J^T. Sterling. TCtinFTraTtTlISTO-ilEefnn "Alberta; He is advising firebosses that if they do not return to work provincial gov* eminent will fill tbeir places. Miners asking for an Investigation and will place facts before you. If found true we want him removed from bis position. Inspectorship under his Jurisdiction in Alberta is a farce, Edw. Browne, Sec. 1 might also tell our membership tbat bis scab mission has been a failure. Instead of firebosses going to work, more have come out. Two steam shovel men went to Urule to load up the coal that Is banked tbere. They were promised pollco protection. Some of our boys in Brule had a quiet chat with these shovel men, and they quit. There is no coal being lifted at Brule. , . Drumheller Is tight also, ihf coal operators there having orders but cannot get them tilled. Edw. Browne, Secretary District is. Senator Gideon Robertson (the man who is so much pleased over the "very nice job" that was made of the arrests at Winnipeg), his deputy minister, P. A. Ackland; Premier John Oliver and -Minister"of iMines Sloan are among those who have had the working conditions at Coal Creek under attention during the past ten days. A series of telegrams and letters bava been passing to and from Ottawa and Victoria. 'Hie Crow's N'est Pass Coal Company hastened to assure botL governments that lt was not their intention "to abandon Coal Creek" and have pointed out what great efforts they are making to save the property. When asked to have an investigation Into working conditions both governments have shown that they are adepts at "passing the buck." The minister of mines in British Columbia thinks that the present trouble is directly up to the Ottawa government while the Deputy 'Minister of Labor at Ottawa has a directly opposite opinion. In a letter to Sam Whitehouse, president of Gladstone Local Union, S. Bonnell, M. P., writes In part: "The Deputy Minister of Labor also wished me to Impress upon Would Gideon Be Willing To Have Profiteer Pattort Placed In Pen ? your union as strongly as possible the fact that this federal government HA3 NO JURISDICTION WHATEVER OVER WORK- INQ CONDITIONS IN THE MINES OF THE CROWS NEST- PASS COAL COMPANY. This jurisdiction Is entirely In the hands of the provincial government at Victoria." Based on the above opinion Premier John Oliver was approached with a request for his government to appoint an investigation into the working con* ditions under the Crow's Nest Pass Coal company with the intimation that assurances of such an investigation would probably, lead to the ending of the strike within twenty-four hours. The premier's reply was very noncommittal. The District Ledger wired to Premier Oliver asking bim if we wero at liberty to publish that tbere would be NO SUCH INVESTIGATION. The telegram was sent several days ago but Premier Oliver has not yet given us tbe authority to say there will be no Investigation. He wires that the government has the situation In hand but up to the time of going to press there has been no announcement of any intention of the provincial government to investigate. {.Minister of Mines Sloan is in Nelson attending the mining convention. He will probably be in Fernie the first ot tho week. This week the secretary of the West- era Coal Operators, W. P. McNeil, together with Superintendent Green, ot the West Canadian Collieries were tn Fernie in conference with the Pre* sldent of the Western Coal Operators, W. R. Wilson. Another visitor was C. P. Hill. They would divulge nothing tor publication. * It Is also known that the operating department of the Great Northern are mfljtjng flnxlnuR Inquiries Qfihft-Crftw?a_— Nest Pass Coal Company regarding the. possible ending of the strike. The locomotive crews, to use the expression of a railway petty official wbo was on the station platform at Rextord on Wednesday "are raising particular I bell over having to use rotten coal now Ibeing supplied." Soldiers, Attention! Ottawa-rThe government's immigration act has been given its third reading in the Senate. Senator Bradbury's amendment expressly forbidding immigration from enemy countries, an amendment which he said was "called for by the blood of 55,000 Canadian dead,*'was defeated 26 to 19. Ottawa, lunn 17.—ft. A. Pringle. K. (.'„ was present at the sitting of tht cost of living committee of the commons this morning. He bas been appointed permanent counsel for the -committee. Hia functions, nn announced, is to assist the committee. W. II I'atton, of tht Patton Manufacturing Company, of Sherbrookt, wm Shovel Men At Brule Asked Io Scab, Said "Nothing Doing" And Left examined as to the profit* of his nrm been njiokin lo onn mnn but had In in -which utuuufacturs tweeds, tie. He corroborated by another and It had Hid ihe etrnlnta were: tttt, l.ll ptr been «hown that previous to that Umo(i*ut., Uiit.tnM. per tent.-, ma, Minn Hot d«leiul-Hiii bad utttm-ti word* A*ro .\mr .fitt , is*I*« tt.il percent, gatory to iho plaintiff. | Remarking that tbe Increase tmm Ttt" *rgmu*ftt ef th* 4ttt%*t thai,'.HI u« iWt *** |j»«*au*w«iMti. Mr. tho retailor had to get 70 per cent. ui»o "where are we going to slept" he asked, "If yon were contfeat with less pro- nu. naturally It would rvdiic* tn** eM of t Add to the mau *h*i haa to nU-'ite his ibiluren 'i*ayr r,tM*\ .Mr Prii«l«. There was no direct answ«r to this, and ,Mr Prim*;'* put his <|u*iUo*>i in srotUr wjy: CeuM Bring Oswn Priest "Could ion bring down prims by lowering your proflur* ,\o d«Mil>t. tns«*<red Mr. PaitQM Brulu, June IT.—At a special meeting held near Urule station on Saturday, June Hth between thc steam shovel men who had been sent In to load up the big coal pile and a tew of tue strikers, the following resolution was unanimously voted for by the steam nhovtl crtw; Whereas, the great coal pile at llf-jU- Is tii-rtu».C> barutless where tt Is, therefore be it reaolved. that we leave It where it Is. Tb« full crew of Iilleen men then pulled out by freight train. Thn mn nt Brule appreciate their action and hope that all others whom the roll- pany trie* ta insure to dn this work will lhc> are made of the same kind of stuff. Th#r» ar* no MKN working *t It-rut**. Tbe nrobotsea after giving ihe strike rommltf-ws th«lr promise that ll ih» ar»bos*ea in ihe Crow were Members tf tit miners* ortattaatimt I ||P Wallet* had ni»t made sny s««>h J Prfttgl* aaknl: "Has that aoraahutg! Wltnetn said there were tr»m umlmt tb*j »«ul«l aiep marking an* still Havt naked Th* Ittatrtet IMger to et plain why It la tlmt ot apecial jwlec no name* of member* of organised tabor appear, We regret that we cau ffre nu explanations. | Two wltaeeete. William Kohton aad , ... |#v ,,,,. 1*t.t Wharfage" ertetatn many fwnsa V,9,:..9~.l 4«4»IW<VM> + + 9*4. *•**■«*.**—*'•» • ' ' "* S'"-"yS"SSLl IS""' *_" A'ATm. "ji Am.. t*fttmim, i*«*r* tn «*wH! «** i***!*«**, ** ** ***•■* *** ***** **• tin it>n similar limn in Csna.lt, but th*r» was no arrangement regarding cbarga and the admission that had < io do with the coat of clothing tn Can sack a charge been made tt would have 1 adaf' b»on libelous evidently lafl|«*M«-d lh« j "It has ewnetblng te dn with tt," r*-pn**n m tar ss he was concf»nt«><I my for their verdict waa thtt no label piled Mr. Paitau. I Mr, PHngle comment*! warmly Iii44 benu iiU«r*.J*. it haa a grttt deal to dlo with It." upon the situation. lit aald that In his charge to tht Jury Jndge Ittmnn*ni*d Vr Prtmrl* 'wri** t* •».« *im~,**t»n #>» .^».»r■■*.* , mtnmmam mm itai l<ftw«t«ttt Oiria-j *Mr. Prtaale brought tm that latiatMn and the war cwidlileta <nr***w-i working with lhe nt^ptlon of lHn lirlsco who Is vbtltlng in ih* t'rnw What can you eipectT One of these men beforo he got his flrebotsea' hardly lost a da/ during the tight months strike when be waa at Passburg. Another one ot these laid around the bunk house all winter. Ht never sent for the doctor but laat ht- tote the uinke be got the long-looked for Job and now be Is their ilka a duck making up for lost time. Another oat a few years back cost (lladstont local union a lot of money hy them paying % ihe committee to tight and get makeup for htm aa ht was never ahlt to make wages at the t'reek. One of tht welgbmen is driving, Tht other bees driver, the outside boas, Is teamster and the tlmekoepcr Is back hand and barn boss. Some lint tp. eh? W# wish some of tht «, W. V, A. boys who art picket duty In Edmonton would eome to Itrwle Th« n-pmiarv ba* iu»t t*r*itt4 tht certilieate ror thank offering shares do< nm*d tn the memorial fund at -tSdmoa- ton by Rrule I'nlon men. A Striker. MiiM-maw' THE WAR* AOAINiT SOCIALISM in i*1n*t* ftt*t*,t*t.t.xit*,r\ *-OX. *tv- jifiui nfpntatad pfhfie oftaton fitrtf wtn decMt the tPtttltt aa tt what ptoplt aw Uriah, tr wf, tow umi «tr to* gaalsa. aad the vtry rettrkttd UmlU •Well ther tsar asatetala aaU- u^.\m j .V.v-i' ,y,{.,-. av. «..:Udtt<: ni.o.im' iiirutu ui tte Mm lot tte year «imIm»k , tug geoda coving tn from England, \ ar* tbe wart sfslnnf ffncinllM fftv Christophers Md taken money from |a cowing tm ibe naod and «*Nti«4t« 1 January il. l»l«, were ll«MM. or Uith* Patton Irm wm enabled to put up j^mmenu. ttll! proceeding In Kurope, Uettrnl Manager Tonhtns. t former J th# gitmiian' tt the time at ttm ntmnlpur t*mt mm * *f*p«t*l *««** «« f*»,- '-nn piHw to the <«te«t "Jwt It 6*4 Manager tf tht €*a« a Kett r*ae umi i „ mi, „ he had doo» There had heen I om. This waa afttr dtdtrtlng mmk earned 71 per rent on its capital. To «Mapany,forthtMtUemealotalah*M'|Ra attempt to prove, declared th*lirflwni.»wi to patriotic ftmda, ete. For!the prices ot these goods had to be l»e pfMt and tha tatted by tha eaMle b«t patwt ibtnmtitthwCttl' Wt htvt tht fsrMt tl tat »*t ae tt aead tt be tali. thnttwMt sa Mia? (Mi «• Walts** swtt-e that bt _^^^^ ^M^*^a^^M ftlll^MMll MMfe i HC1 WW-nPRf omJbtOtmWm^ *"▼ admitted havftig had tht tonvttMthw rtfwrtf to hy KthtM aad KrtektoH. Ht ilalMH lint what he bad aald re- gafdlag ChrMtpktra wta tint be wa« surprised that tht Mlatn woald tltct htm after the trttletaM thtt* waa Mtit et hUt following a atrike at Fernie. thnl '•*«-"«*'" *•>■» ♦"""':;,. 4i.*, ,.,*;;** **-***k, ;.. iti... .*-*% -..mmmm* mm* **mtmitmm.* * *»«•** ■!■•>*»•»» ■nitty ot any wrong doing ft waa tor ? protl* wett ?U yer cent. Tht tel-jprotta htftra thty retched the tooth* inty ta dertd* a* to wb+ther the | tact at tht ewdlt of the trm anhjeet | atmtr. utterance a* alleged had been made or to war us waa tl,tl».m, * -Prewy CltM Secetd net. If tt bad tw>*n made then cer- A Httdttmi Utttra f "Tht only rival ret have tt tht turn- wlnly tb* r*> had beea a libel, ta ad-! -| sappoae yot will etHt etattnd ihat I inlon Textile Company, and they ran miti«i by tb# at ortiev for tht de*in pet ttmt la a mweaaMt rtttm at rM prHty dat* laat ytar." uM -rota- t*m* tl* pnfntnl ont ihnr th* pfafn- [yntxt nt^tV comuwatad Ui. Pvlunt*1 ,mI. UB bad imm any tttim fer n-pt-eMei -a tory httdeome rstmrt.** taM Mr. shkh l+but m fcnaiand denotncea hotly. Thanks to th* Daily Herald, ana's bttib -ot lb* t**tnn*Hoe* nt IHI ihi ant ht* -roiieatuot from the American Pear* delegation, a* a protest, and of the more slnltter determine- Una of tto Allies to r#c<-«nlf# the react toner r Koltchak. reached Ita r*ad- era before aay other paper tn thia mtntrjr published theee tarte Taken ia conjuuttkm atth tht al-f G. N. 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Fatten -rtolmtd that tht avwtat* f omt intwdlMe r*pmt that the Kn-' pti**A.a **i *h* to*** \**d *»^-a wnii •«.*«» i prrnn trjotmimt* t'mtwxt la Parts •»**►*« »* h«rn »**b4 t«W» wal aad per tewu tot a parted tf tonm yeara;' ti* •ttftrhatd-m had ret*i**4 we | copy for the ne»i laauc of The M*irfet|w«t«* h.ll par mm trot*. 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Mwttd it had to go to Kagtaud irimaat te iMMetteM wre«t with htm tmmtm* m tftttat it. |astMaary. PAGE TWO THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FE RNIE, B. C, JUNE 20, 1919 fi }t>. n II Workers": Unite 1 LOGGERS and CAMP WORKERS THIS MEANS YOU JOIN THE B. C. LOGGERS UNION 61 CORDOVA ST. W., VANCOUVER, B. C. DO IT NOW ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION FOR ALL OAMP WORKERS Loggers of the Interior Country Take Notice The Loggers of thc Coast Districts have formed an organization known as the B. C. Loggers' Union, industrial in its scope, comprising all workers in the lumber industry, and construction camps, affiliated with the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and the B. C. Federation of Labor. We invite all Loggers in the interior to join hands with us in a united effort to better our conditions, which can only be done in this manner. Organizers are now on thc road and will pay you a visit iu the near future. So get ready! Por further information communicate with E. Winch, secretary-treasurer, 61 Cordova St. W. VANCOUVER, B. C. PHONE SEYMOUR 7856 COAL MINERS, ATTENTION $2.60 per month provides you against any accident and every sickness, and pays ,$40.00 a month from the day you are laid up. Particulars from THE B. WINNETT INSURANCE AGENCIES, Bank of Hamilton Bldg. Fernie, B. C. Claims promptly adjusted from this office ts NOTICE Reliable Used Autos I have several for sale, including Chevrolet, Dodge, McLaughlin, ''■ y Chalmers Prices asked are very reasonable, and it will pay you to see me '■■' before buying elsewhere Special Bargain in a Ford Five Passenger............ .$250.00 Special Bargain in a Gray Dort, $825.00 Be sure and look this up. Correspondence invited FRANK WADDINGTON AUCTIONEER Phones 770—469 S. O. E. Building, Te^th Street LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA. I.^3ff3g Wanted Tenders For the whole of the lumber, etc., contained in the buildings of Queens Hotel, Hosmer, B. C. The buildings are large and contain u -great quantity of first-class material. Tenders must be received by June the 15th. ELK VALLEY BREWING CO,, LIMITED NATAL, B. 0. The Constitution of The One Big Union As Adopted at the Conference Held in Calgary Last Week 'Hie conference called for the purpose of putting into effect the expressed wishes of the members of organized labor, as expressed by the referendum vote on the question of forming -the One Big Union was held in Calgary June 4th and 5th. There were present presentatives from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, .Manitoba and Ontario. The conference sat from Wednesday the 11th, until Monday, the I (ith inst., and drew up the following constitution. Provision is made for .semiannual conventions, the next one o be held in October of this year. Preamble Modern industrial society is divided into two classes, thoso who possess and do not produce, and those wht produce and do not possess. Alongsidi this main division all other classifies tions fade into insignificance. Betweei these two classes a continual struggle takes place. As with buyers and sellers of any commodity there exists a struggle on the one hand of the buyer to buy as cheaply as possible, nnd on the other, of the seller to sell for as much as possible, so with the buyers and sellers of labor power, Jn the struggle over the purchase and sale of labor power the buyers are always masters—the sellers always workers. days upon receipt of a demand from three or more -District Boards or Labor Councils comprising a membership of not less than ili.000. The reason for such convention must be Fitted in the demand and incorporated in the convention call. llecall: A member holding ollice on the General Executive Board must at all times maintain his credential both from his own local unit to Central Council or District Board, and from his Central Council or District Board (o the convention. Auy local unit withdrawing the credential of an Executive Board member from Local Central Council or .District Board shall provide statement for reason for so doing, and Central Council or District Hoard shall immediately make a full investigation, Should the recall, as instituted by,local unit be warranted the Central Council or District rBoard shall then revoke credential as held by Executive Board member, and request Executive Board .to immediately illl tho vacancy. Any ofllcer of tho O. B. U, may be recalled by a majority vote of the District Board or Central Labor Council which sent said officer to the convention. The General Executive Board shall iiii vacancies occurring on said Board by choosing a representative from the same industrial division. Meetings to determine the recall of Prom this fact arises the inevitable,-; any offlcer- whether of local unit, Central Council, District Board or Ueneral Executive Board must be specially class struggle. As industry develops and ownership becomes concentrated more and more into fewer hands, as the control of the economic forces of society become more and more the sole property of imperialistic finance, it becomes apparent that the workers, in order to sell their labor power with any degree of success, must extend their forms of organization in accordance with changing industrial methods. Compelled to organize for self-defence', they am further compelled to educate themselves in preparation for the social change which economic development!; will produce whether we seek it or not. ■''* The One Big Union, therefore, seeks to organize the wage worker, not according to craft, but accord in;; to industry; according to <!ass aiid class needs. We, tfierefore, call upon all workers to organize Irrespective of nationality, sex, or craft into a workers' organization, so that we may be enabled to more successfully carry on the everyday fight over wages, hours of summoned, all members being notified. ' Local units, whose delegates on Central Council or District Board have been elected to membership on the General Executive Board, shall till vacancy on Central Council or District Hoard by electing an alternate delegate. Por Capita: iPer capita tax to the General Executive Board of the O. -B. U. slmll be ten cents per month, which sh.'!l be paid through -tha Central Labor Council's and District Boards where same exist. Any organization not -within the jurisdiction of a Central Labor Council or District Board may be affiliated with any pay per capita direct 'to the General Executive Board. Supplies: All supplies to be delivered to Central Labor Councils and District Boardfv-A'here sajjie exist, said Councils and' Boards shal be responsible to the General Executive Board for paynient. Air supplies1' to be furnished the TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT CASH SALE FOR 30 DAYS ONLY { WEDDING GIFTS work, etc., aud prepare ourselves for , . . . , ttttrtti tr,*- General Executive by production for Tony Derico Communicate At Once With NORTH AMERICAN COLLIERIES, LTD., 809 McLeod Building, Edmonton, Alta. M QQ ® »®.«Jif 50LXW »*, !'!»' Emm y f* WP • MT JL V* Ik ft: t $ w Sole Agent (or tbe ttm for 4i Lethbridge Brewery Products \ !to»t Wlioliwil.! IVbvM In flic Ti'inli. ' l GET OOE PEI0B8 ON AU TEMPERANCE DRINK* £ 25, TICK, '' Tl* Di'Uk Zinb'' $, The Alberta HoU 1 Jlui.finufr, AJUri* m? wHBir shall be replaced use.. . "' Workers of the World Unite Name: The name of the organization shall be THE ONE BIG UNION. ' .Membership: (Membership in the O. B, TJ. Bhall be open to all wage- workers. Executive Board: A General Executive Board shall be elected consisting of a chairman, secretary and representatives of the various industries (number to be set by the noxt convention.) The General Executive iBoard shall be elected for a period of six months by and from the duly accredited dele- gates attending conventions. The Executive Board shall remain In office until their successors ate elected. Tho wages of the ollicers of the General Executive Board shall bo *10,oo per week. Expenses of organisers nway from home shall bo $1.00 per day. It shall be the duly of the chairman to preside at all meetings of the General Executive Hoard. He slmll imve charge of. and bo reaponslblo for, thc Funeral administration of tho orKiwI'/n- Hon. It shall Ih* the duty or tht' general iiocretary to keep a true account of nil moneys received, and all moneys paid out, he shall deposit all moneys or cheques received by him In such bank or banks as may bo named by tlie Executive Board; ho shall bo at all times in a position to render to tbe Executive Hoard an neeount or the financial condition or the organization; he >hall keep the minutes ot alt incut- lug* of the General Executive Hoard lu a ImhjK provided lur itm. imrpuut-; hn shall pay all bills when sntlsllod of thHr correctness, and "hall si an all cheques; he shall bo bonded In a responsible surety company ror Ihe sum nf flv«» thousand dollar* »»5«h«») and iho bond shall lm approved nt and paid tor by tho General E*emtlvf Hoard. Tito niemlit'rs or the General Executive Hoard shall act as general omanlt- cr*. thej. shall at all times bo In active touch, and conversant with, the Indus* Uy whlrh lh»»y r»'pr»»»«>itt, mnl nhull le |st *!* ilwn und-f-r 'ht- £*"»n r.il din-rtfun iof thn chairman. I Initiation Yet". Maximum Initiation i tee tn lm chant^l hy local unlls ' iicw mptnlw-ri* chill he ono dollar, ] Shop Vntrdn: 1'nlow shop card* shall b" Umud to thom* local mill* desiring '(-.nm- for illi.pl,iv In *u«lt places of tin- ' pIoyttM'tit \*1t>rt> ,'itl tln> i«iih>Iovi'i>h nro : tvtcmhers of Iho O. II. I'. 'iw-'-frw.mrmmM'mm'msmxmm U Ton Wilt tbt BEST in HwU Phone or Call on Tht Mttt Mm BENSON Dealer in rrtch tad Coroa Meat*, Kwh, Poultry, Butt-er, Egg*, Etc Oeliwjr Prompt Price* Same in AH Pfono J63 Comer «f ?th Ave. «n«l Viet«rin s*i. BiMiinoio, Aibertd D tr Subscribe to The District Ledger iv fl tf* ■"• ,i*r-.l 1 'i' *■ r t'''iu;i' nistrtc tlnnrds md i*nlnlod unite: mid certificates *!talt designate ih» jtiriiMiHium i»l i»m» orRiuti/ation lo vhlili ihey are Issued. Genvtnlie** I tti* onranirstton shall meet In convention ■utery sis months. Convertltan calln *n ho Issued by ih<» *Uin*n»l ExffuUve Ortard, Th* eniventltvn* nhnll «mi#l»< ot do* Kgatii« from Oniml I<»lior Councils end I»tnrl-rt Hrtsrnl« i»it »h*f followlnit i.;m* ot reprfac-ni-Ation: \ tin* d*\*t*t* tor n.onn tn*mhfr» of ♦«"*••. nnd on*. 9-1il»itwi»t di»U>Ban> r«»r ■yeeh additional JJ.Oflft ta^tnNf-rii er ' mbbnr tra*tym :h<*r*-*.t •Ml «mn*nfton« of the O, H. I!, shall tw«»l mntpnttailm of th«» dn*ienie*. ^Tmtitpma'.km 1« mmt* railway or ' •toti*t**hlp fn*,1* o-*1y ', Hn<b eoftttnikMi shall is «N dat* j nnd Irtmlit) M the succeeding eotivett. tl««. | Tlw Geotrai K««*eitlffe Hoard ahatl e to lssu§ a special membership card for. members sick, unemployed or on strike. Local unions to be empowered according to their own needs and circumstances to release members from payment of dues during sickness, strikes and unemployment. Official Membership Receipt Each organization alliliated with the 0.13. U. must use tho official membership receipt unless exempt by th'e General Executive Board. The General Executive Hoard shall issue olllclal membership receipt booKi> In triplicate to tho Central Labor Councils and District Boards who shall dis- tribute to their alliliated organizations; the original receipt shall be placed In the momber's folder; and nil the dup« llcato receipts shall be sent to the secretary of lhe Central Labor Council or District Board, together with a monthly remittance or per capita tax; the duplicate receipts shall remain ln tho possession of the local organization. Tho following Is recommended tis a basis for representation ot olllclal organizations to the Central Labor Councils. Ono dclogato for the lirst lirty members, or loss, nnd one additional delegate for each succeeding one hundred members or major fractions thereof, N'o delegate shall be seated In a Cent nil Lubor Council wlut lu nol a bona fide wage earner and a paid up member of the 0.11, l!. In small towns and In Isolated places where few workers are employed, they sh«ll organise into one unit, including ull brunches. Members of these Utuiitht.. fthull i>o i.;iiuoiiviU l>> wjiUiai oi'RanUatlon of the Industry to which tliey lM>lnn*. All funds maintained hf local uniti stall Ite the property or the members rcmpoHlng naltl local units. Disputes end Strikes whonover any dlsputo exists which the local unit affected cannot settlo through Ils Grievance Committee, the dispute shall be referred In writing lo tliolr Central Uihor Council or District lUiiinl, A tYiitml !al»or Council or Hlhtrkt Hoard lo whom n dispute has heen re- r<t'ml shall, throunh their Grievance fnr Committee, endeauir to effect a settlement; railing a settlement the Cen- trnl Lnbor Council or District Hoard. It' they consider the dispute Is or sufft- ilciit important*)* i<> the workers, shall refer tho siiitie lu writing to the <l«u- e.ral Executive Hoard. .. ..... -■ ......$9,* *mt,**tt* *.. ttt.it*. tt ml* V*\*'iTli'1 V.t,:,rii riTir'f" tti r^i-r :li'b illnpuie to the Generat Btoeutlve Hoard, the local unit affected shall liave thu right u» rofer the dispute to the General Executive Hoard. Hh-fwld th* General H .t-cnMve Hoard consider a dispute or sufficient Import' I Rings Silverware - Watches Clocks - .- " Gents Chains - Lavalieres - * Leaf Fins - - Cuff Links '."■'..- - Earings - - Brooches French Ivory - - -i. *-*.'' All kinds of Electric Goods, China Dishes, A fine line in Glass, and Aladdin Lamps. $2.50 up to $350.00 - 1.00 " "100.00 5.00 "a 100.00 2.50 " r:'x" 2.50 " "75.00 2,00 "" 35.00 '.75," ■;"■ 25.00 .50 "..':■." 10.00 1.00 "" ,15.00 .50 " "20.00 .50 " " 50.00 Brunswick Phonographs, the latest designs of Cut Take Advantage of This Offer Fernie Optical Parlors Let us see to your eyes A Straight Tip Advertisements in The District Ledger reach the people who are willing and able to spend money* It will be your own Jault if you don't get some of that money If you're interested* Get Busy. 9S-9BB GUARD AGAINST FIRE. n.'! ance they shall refer same In writ In* m the Central labor Councils and District Hoards. Should a majority nt the central labor Councils and District Hoards vote lu favor, the Oeneral Executive Hoard shall he empotrerMft fn call a strik* of all aitlliatad bodies, Vothlnit In the iwevlotis eU«i*e* *ha!l prevent any Ontrst labor Council or District Hoard from calling a strike In tWr own dlttrlet or iadaslrjr, proiM- ed, however, that my Council or noafd calling n strike without ihe ton- *#•»! td xb» thtttml Kx*tmih-e lUmrd. ■hi-*: so nn fft own ro:spiirr;tfittiti'. Wiwmter a strike ia aaf dlstrtet or industry lakes wlace, n-v memlver of ibe One Hit Vnkm nhn'l feajtdie dl- rectlf or indlw-ctlr any products ef the call a *p*Hnt tmveottnm within thirty Industry oo stHfce. When Forests Burn, Taxes Incretsc. $*., THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FE RNIE, B. C, JUNE 20, 1919 WIMfcWtM'tWc^ytMiVi 7s Owned, controlled and Published by District 18, United Mine Workers of America. Subscrip- Advertising rates on application, tion price $1.25 a year in advance. Thoroughly equipped for high- class job printing of every description. Phone No. 9 P. 0. Box 380 THERE MUST BE NO VIOLENCE OR "STRONG ARMS" For -the careful consideration of* the members of District 18, and without any extended comment on our part, we present in this issue a copy of the proposed constitution of the One ■ Ill's Union. AVe urge upon all members or the various locals to read it carefully and at meetings for the purpose discuss it section by section, If the One Big Union is to succeed it will liave to have among1 the rank and file of its membership an intelligent grasp of the situation. So called international constitutions, in all thoir variety, are perplexing dn thoir confusion and dividing in tlieir application. If the wage workers of this and other countries are to oxen the full force of their power for the world's betterment there must be no divisions. Capitalism today is undivided, irresistible- -irresistible until the producers of the world realise,intelligently the power that id in their hands if they but use it unitedly. These are super-heated times. These are times which require stout hearts, and above all there must be cool heads atop of thoso hearts. The District Ledger has been and will continue to be a strong opponent of those who advocate violence, bloodshed, and the disregard of law. It has only advocated the One Big Union because it recognizes that without united industrial action on the part of the workers those workers will be forced gradually but surely into a condition which will become intolerable and which will assuredly lead to conditions of servitude which will be worse than death, x'he government at Ottawa has sounded what it hopes will be the death knell of the One Big Union. Mounted policemen are herding leaders in that movement off to the penitentiaries aud are searching the country for others Iden- tilled with the movement. They aro acting under instructions from Ottawa, Jor_Slr_RoberL*^Borden and his government have decided that labor organizations must be kept divided. The arrests at Winnipeg and the other arrests which will likely follow from day to day, if the government's hopes are realized, will stop all talk of industrial unionism; restore the hold of the "sane" American Federation or Labor, terrorize those who are In the habit of speaking and writing freely and ensure another porlod of prosperity for those who havo mado millions out ot the war. It now seems to be unlawful, according to the charges upon which the strike leaders In Winnipeg were arrested, "to causo divers liege subjects of tho king to believe that the laws or this Dominion are unduly administered." Tho District Ledger will mako no attempt to nIToct, tlio beliefs of "divers llogo subjects." It loaves to the wisdom of thoso "divers llogo subjects," the matter of how the laws are administered, holievliiK that they can f; rm their own opinions, but we do Insist that in the Constitution ol (Iio One lllg Union, to which wo havo already referred nnd wlil"h is printed cmn- plete on page two ot this Issuo, thwe are no unlawful words. If our liberty of speech ls not too rar curtailed we would make bold to suggest to Premier Hir ltobcrt llonlen that he should consider carefully tho evidence or a member of tho One Hig Union of manufacture™ as given be- tare tho cost of living -commissioner In Ottawa on Tuoeday morning or this week and a cummury ot which will he found In the Canadian press despatch which we reproduce on page I. Ur. i'Mlioit v«ry Itttukly luiit Um commission thnt their mill "wasn't build for the glory of <3od or anybody else. It was built tor the benefit ol the shareholders." Ho felt qulto Justified In blwdlng (Hit ot tho people who have to huy clothing a prottt or 73.!* per cent end added that "any man who could not make money durinir the war, there must hn aomethlnst wrong with him." Could h« havo been referring to Iho dollar ten a day paid in th* trenchea? The Prince ef Wales I* t-nmlnn over to Canada In August and it >oul>J be a good plan for "divers ttw* Huberts'* to ask Ifl* Royal Walt non* to euan-eat to Sir Robert ttiat now that bo h*» organised a strong force of repression that he repress such men n» Mr, l'ailon anil give them free room ami hoard ftt tho Stony Mountiilti pniltoii. tlary a* he hai done HumcI! and ..•1,9,., .,*.*.,, .^mmf **v ^**rf««.*. *.»**v wit*,'* rmrolit** r* *hi* intn ,,* Vr P-it^m'- class who win tie tent to penitentiary, Canadian west, were- chosen as a committee to take chargs of a ballot on the question of labor organizations withdrawing from the so-called internationals and forming one industrial organization. Every one of those 250 delegates at the western inter- provincial conference is aware that these men did not seek the position! The responsibility was placed upon them and they accepted it. When the vote of the locals "was..'taken it was shown that there was a big majority in favor of the ONE BJjG- UNION'and at a conference held in Calgary less than two weeks ago a constitution was drawn up and has been sent out. to the membership. In the meantime the committee were chosen as temporary officers pending the first annual convention which will likely be held some time in October. There hag been no hidden mysteries in connection with the ONE -BIU UNION. Tho organization has proceeded thus far without receiving unjust criticism except by those who are intellectual prostitutes. All the criticism has not been unjust for there are men in labor's own ranks not yet prepared to accept the principles adopted by tbe ONE BIG UNION and who are honest in expressing the opinion that such a form-of organization is not practical at the present time, lt has been' left for thasfo whom we have already termed intellectual prostitutes to attribute to the ONE MU UNION all the -Crimes, and" sins and troubles which they claim are causing tho present industrial unrest. This is not the -time to deal at length with the merits or demerits of the O. B. U. '. A crisis has arisen. The government has declared in effect that the 250 delegates who chose these officers are outlaws and the reflection passes on'to the 50,000 workers who elected these delegates. : \s we haye already said we are not ih a position at this time to form a completed .opinion or to advise or suggest, llie spirit of the. 50,000 western workers is capable of self- expression. We can only express the hope that the constant goading that conies from Senator tlideon Robertson who speaks of the "very nice job" that was made of the arrests, and of the others into whose hands the aujust- nient of industrial troubles has been placed, will not lead to happenings that will bring further disgrace upon our so-called Canadian civilization. Speaking for District 18 this paper can say that by a ninety-five per cent vote the coal miners decided for the ONE BIG UNION. 0 THIS IS ABOUT HALF OUR OPIN ION OF A SCAB followed and executive positions were secured in their respective- unions. When success began to come their way vested interest resortecf to the usual malign slander, and a premium wus offered for such information as would expose theni as being or questionable character and unworthy of the confidence of their fellows. T-MO* emerged unblemished and with added power. The logic of events came to our aid. Knowing the value of good literature they taxed their resources heavily and used their powerful weapon to the full. Their membership* m creased and influence multiplied, lhe (whole atmosphere became more con genial and for the sycophants of the master class more uncomfortable Those police who had harassed and persecuted thein found it good loi their health to take a change of in in other parts. Trial of Strength The lirst real trial of strength came at the general election. The powers that be were, challenged. They were audacious. A Conservative, a Liberal and an Independent' were already candidates. Labor raji a fourth, Tom Cape, an 1, L. P. member. The work- era organized, fought and won. Lalior secured more votes than the three opposing candidates combined. Reaction recovered from the shock just sufficiently to find consolation in the hope that the triumph was only a passing' spasm. Disillusionment quickly followed. The County Council election came next. Jack Adams, a working miner, young, able and vigorous, militant true as steel, opposed the chief of the clan, the local royalty owning Conservative squire, who had held the seat 7 years. There was a PAGE THREE Copyright by Frank A. Munsey •Several times of late we have start ed to write aiFeflltorial expressing our opinion of a scab. At each attempt \ for 27 years. There was a wide gulf] between the candidates. A hard light ensued. There was a record poll and] a 'Sweeping'Labor triumph. The district Council election soon flowed--and brought a chance of com- "■ ting a solid Labor claim. Vested in- ; vests had ruled the council through middle class channels. Labor announced a candidate for the eleven seats, With dignity wounded and power rapidly waning the opposition rallied all their forces for a supreme .final effort, A vigorous and heated contest ensued, A spade was called a spade, Kid gloves were laid aside. A record poll was established. Not one available, voter was missed. The workers voted in such a way that local capital ism perished in the mire of Its own filth, aud labor aud truth emerged triumphant. Every seat was woifhandsomely and thus was solidly forged the last link in a perfect unbioken chain of labor representation. Here is proof tbat political power can lie secured. Let It go forth like a Clarion mossa^-a tn thi* vmglil—thai——_liarja. we have been unable to proceed very far before the typewriter upon which we pound out opinions became heated, Thero are times wheu the ordinary, moderate language whieh this journal tries to use becomes absolutely inadequate and it is painfully so when we try to express our opinion - of a scab. A man can have leprosy or syphilis, ho can bo vermin-covered from head to foot, ho can bo grovelling iii filth and bo vile almost beyond description and still have somewhere within ttlmj a spark of manhood, ln a scab thore j is no such spark. A scab—language falls us. Wo were about to compare him with a skunk but It would bo too great on Injustice to tho skunk to make such an odious comparison. We cunnot accept the description Hint the only good scab Is a dead one. The most ruvenous tie- vourer of carrion would bo poisoned by the first mouthful of a dead scab. Under no circumstances should a mSnb he violently treated, such treat- mont is against tho law «nd tho worlt- om must abstain from violence and from law-breaking. There Is no law, however, against shunning the scab nnd he should bo shunned as tho seven year itch, ■ We are sorry that we cannot say something stronger, something more oxpreislve or onr opinion of a »c;tl» but will lot It go at that ror iho present. .—,—_»_0__„„^.™_ LABOR BREAKS AU RECORDS IN from the parliament at Westminster down through the County Council, board of guardians, Urban DlstrlC- \ Council, school managers and every other public administrative ollice, Is solidly held for labor, Labor Holds All Seats There is not a single representative of any of the other panics. Labor holds sway, victorious and predominant. So far as we know thin record Is without precedent in 'ho annals of British history, and this district shines forth as a beacon light, leading thc- way to the now r.nd bettor order. Nature had favored him with a splen. did physique and a handsome face and also with sufficient good judgment to appreciate that,, while he might enjoy the contemplation of his superiority., to the masses, there was little likelihood of thc masses being equally entranced by the same cause. And so he easily maintained the reputation ot being a most democratic and likable fellow, aud, indeed, he was likable. Just a shade of his egotism was occasionally apparent—never sufficient to become a burden to his associates. And this, briefly, was the Hon, Mori- son Baynes of luxurious European civilization. What would be tbe Hon. Morison Baynes of central Africa it were difficult to guess. Meriem at first was shy and reserved In the presence of strangers. Her benefactors bad seen fit to Ignore men. tion of ber strange past, and so she passed as their ward, whose antecedents, not having been mentioned, were not to be inquired Into. The guesta found her sweet and unassuming, laughbig, vivacious and a never exhausted storehouse of quaint and interesting jungle lore. The Hon. Morison Baynes found Meriem a most beautiful and charming companion, He was delighted with her from the first, particularly so, it is - possible, because he had not thought to find companionship of this sort upon the African estate of his London friends. They were together a great deal, as they were the only unmarried couple In the little company, Meriem, entirely unaccustomed to the companionship of such as Baynes, was fascinated by him. His tales of tbe great, gay cities with which he was fa- miliar filled her with admiration and with wonder. If the Hon. Morison always shone to advantage In these narratives, Meriem saw in that fact but a natural consequence to his presence upon the scene of his story. Wher- 9Vgr_AInrisn*q Plight -I"* hft fnitsfc ha_j»_ She -was not sure tbat she loved mm! That came rather in the nature of a shock to the Hon. Morison's vanity. It seemed incredible that this little barbarian should have auy doubt whatever as to tlie desirability of the Hon. Morison Baynes. He glanced down ot the girl's profile. It was bathed In the silvery light of the great tropic moon. Sbe was most alluring. Meriem rose. The vision ot Korak was still before ber. "Good night," she said. "It Is almost too beautiful to leave." She waved her hand in a comprehensive gesture which took tn thc starry heavens, the great moon, tlie broad, silvered plain and the dense shadows in the distance that marked the jungle. "Oh, how I love it!" "You would love London mere," he said earnestly. "And London would love you. You would be a famous beauty in any capital of Europe. You would have the world at your feet, Meriem." "Good night," she repeated, and left him. ONE "HIGH PAID" INDUSTRY OLD LAND Cumberland Leads In Labor Representation, Holds All Stati— From Parliament te District Council Labor Won All Points and not Mouth] way. but cum- the Scottish THE ARRESTS AT WIHNIPIO It Is not Ihe Clyde Wales lhat toads the bcriand, just over border. Smillle and Williams, write* a ror- rt: pondi'iil at (<)cl,i rnioulh. nro nov, i (nil niplut. n« using tho Industrial lor- res of the Triple Alliance lo resist •.v".'..cr;j.t;ta. Thi* (it^ii I* l**> yearn behind one a'.itmc Went Can; berl-Hiid union, who rcutlsted thr shackles of militarism In thc heat of tlie war j»«i«§lon and d-wnert iw>»* again*! It. Thin wn* a hold venture, .ov mhkh cr* it a mn»t he Justi? given. Hii tar a* een he *«i*v>r»i»»«-*».<i tbe«n ****■ er* were prisoners and In 'his drastic I ,n wua Kututi a-MHMt m uraist uruam, t miter triumphs went actum <*l en the vt-mmiit* betd, mtiUl warnr thi* tm* Jtw portent Industry, on joy n working -condition* and ww** aerrnid to none In Tho hoot ami shoe manufacturing Industry Is "one of the "high pnid" Industries of tho United States. Considerable skill is required in many or its departments, Tho workers In some districts nre woll organized. The industry is highly specialized and thoroughly standardized. It presents the built t,h;i,t can bo expected under lhe prosont Industrial system. The United Stntos Department ff Labor f/Vprll 1!»W> tolls tho r.tnry ol n detailed studs', tn.ndc In \'MK, «»f ho wages paid In the boot and shoe Industry. These wage figures malio lie (•resting reading If they are compared t with ix recently published statement of! thu samo Department that -flMm at year will provfd-o fer hare iK-Wiwirit.-* of Ute for a family of live (man, wif'-j and three young children), whilo >-.*ii)J> j a year <»50 a week! will furnish Uh) simple' (oiuifurto ut lift,! for sneh a family. ' 'ih** liiKlieMt wages wtfro paid in the , Bottoming Department. The average; amount actually niUnl iluuii* . urn;« week was as follows—45." <So<»d>'<jtr: welters, (male) earned $'.'K.xi: TA- rough rntiw!f»r«, <m«l") earned ?^.;!:-:, !'»! edgo trimmer*. <nial<»» eirned: $2«!.;!2; KfiJ edge ah tor* tinnhu ejiniC'd ; hero. So thought tlio girl. „ With the actual presence and companionship of the young: Englishman the image of Korak became less real Whero before it bad been an actuality to her, sbe now realized that Korak was but a memory. To tbat memory she still was loyal, But what weight has a memory ln tbe presence of a fascinating: reality? And presently she found the features of Korak slowly dissolving and merging into thoso of another, and tbe figure of a touned, half naked Toman- gaol became a khaki clothed and stur. dy Englishman astride a bunting poof. • • • • * • • Tbo Hon. Morison Baynes was sitting with Meriem upon the veranda one evening after tho others bad retired, Earlier tbey had been playing CHAPTER XII. A Night Ride. MEKIEM and Bwana were sitting on tbe veranda together tbe following day when a horseman appeared in tbe distance riding across the plain toward the bungalow. Bwana shaded his eyes with bis band and gazed out toward tbe oncoming rider. He was puzzled. Strangers were few in central Africa. Even the blacks for a distance of many miles ia every direction were well known to him. No white man came within a hundred miles that word ot his coming did not reach Bwana long before the stranger. His every move was reported to the big Bwana—just what animals be killed and how many of ■each-speel*^iHiew-he-ttliea~tneH^WS" for Bwana would not permit the use of prussle acid or strychnine and hew be treated hts "boys." But here was evidently one who bad slipped into tbe country unheralded. Bwana eould not Imagine wbo tbe approaching horseman might be. After the manner of frontier hospitality the globe round, be met the new- comer at the gate, welcoming bim evea before he bad dismounted. He aaw a tall, well knit man of thirty or mors, blond of hair and smooth sharen. There was a tantalizing familiarity about him that convinced Bwana tbat bo should be able to call tbe visitor by name, yet be was unablo to do sa Bwana was wondering bow a lone white man could have made bis way through tbe savage, unbospitable miles tbat lay toward the south. As though marcs me nacnrai Douwrary or tne country that the big Bwana rightfully considers almost his own. To his host he explained that be was moving his safari slowly toward the north—he said nothing of the party moving westward. Then one day he announced thnt half his boys had deserted, for e hunting party from Che bungalow bad come across his northerly camp, and he feared that they might have noticed the reduced numbers of his following. And thus matters stood when one hot uigbt Meriem, unable to sleep, rose and wandered out into the garden. The Hon. Morison had been urging his suit once more that evening, and the girl's mind was in such a turmoil that she bad been unable to sleep. The wide heavens above her seemed to promise a greater freedom from doubt and questioning. Baynes had urged her to tell hhn that she loved him. A dozen times sbe thought that she might honestly give him the answer that he demanded. Korak was fast becoming but a mem, ory. That be was dead she hnd come to believe since otherwise be would have sought her out. She did not know tbat be had even better reason to believe her dead nnd that it was because of that belief ho had made no effort to find hor after his raid upon tbe village of Kovudoo. Behind a great .flowering shrub Han. sou lay gazing at the stars and waiting. * He had lain thus and there many nights before. For wbat was he wait- Ing or for whom? De heard tbe girl approaching and half raised himself to his elbow. A dozen paces away, the reins looped over a fencepost, stood his pony. Meriem, walking slowly, approached the bush behind which the waiter lay. Hanson drew a largo bandanna band- kerchief from his pocket and rose stealthily to his knees. A pony ueighed down at the corrals. Far out across the plain a lion roared. Hanson chang. ed his position until he squatted upon both feet. „ Again the pony neighed, this time closer. Thero was the sound of his body brushing against shrubbery. Han- son heard and wondered how the nui- ' mai had got from the corral, for it was evident that be was already In the garden. Tbe man turned his bead in the direction of the beast. What be saw sent him to tho ground, | huddled close beneath the shrubbery— j a man was coming, lending two ponies. Meriem beard now nnd stopped to look and listen. A moment later the Hon. Morison Baynes drew near, the two saddled mounts at his heels, Meriem looked up at him In surprise. The non. Morison grinned sheepishly. "I couldn't sleep," he explained, "and was going for a bit of a ride when I chanced; to seo you outhere. andJL^toudit»^ouMJlke-t©-Jois--^® Painting INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR by the day 43 BAKER AVE. Wm. Robson JAMES WHITEHOUSE Teacher of Piano and Organ Theory, Harmony, Counterpoint, Transposition, Composition, Orchestration | MONUMENTS Kootenay Granite and Monumental Co., Ltd. P.O. Box 865 Nelson, B.C. The only Monumental Works In the Kootenays STAY AWAY FROM BRULE Men should stay away from Brule owing to lack of sleeping accommodation, hotel and bunk houses being over-crowded. Notice will be given when things get righted. A. McFegan, Secretary Local Union No. 1054 Piano Tuning—If your piano need3 tuning send a note to Box 498, Fernlo and I will call and do the work for you at a reasonable cost. -L. O. Sherman. . — —»-, im,„j 0g |l0 poured words of lovo guessing what must be passing through t Ler our, and Meriem was llsteuliig. tbe other's mind. th« itMn*» -tnmtv,. \ _ m i ■ H <*f*—v w—y-*Tn %a—(W« Dipping good sport, you know, night riding. Come on," Meriem laughed. The adventure appealed to ber, "All right," she said. Hanson sworo beneath his breath. Tho two led their horses from the garden to the gate and through It. There they discovered Hanson's mount "Why, bore's the trader's pony," remarked Baynes. "He's probably down visiting with the foreman," said Meriem. ""Pretty late for hlra. Isn't it?" re- marked (he Hon. 5toriso» "I'd hato to bave to rldo hack through that Juu- J gle at uigbt to his camp." j A moment Inter tho two hnd mount- I ed and were moving slowly across the i tnooti bathed plain. j Their horses were pressed sido by side. Baynes was pressing .Merloni's hand as ho poured words of lovo Into a ' - - H. OSTLUND Solicitor for District 18, U. M. W. of A. MacDonald Block ——-—" J^iBBHTageTMI57 FERNIE'LODGE, KNIGHT8 OF PYTHIAS, NO. 31 Will meet regularly every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Visiting members cordially welcome. \V. IVjiiiiugton, Alfred Haker, ('. C. K. n. S. 12 •1,1.1. The lowest ftveniR-f earnings lit tlifn i|«*partti><,-m thoso of 311 lyit'i iMiniMur* ranting $21, averaee per wwk. ■t'uritinK* In (ht* cuttinK wr*1- f-'^'r 2:2*'f. inn*, rs i wholo nhm, hind, finsilfi l.lfifl *rt|!t<*r*. vamp. .i»<! Wi-**»*!,'1> w«-ro tlil-'ilr » Tto nt iti'inrrtm •rli.!', m, IK-Its; tu .*!„,»,, **-.,. maehlnit (mal*«i 121.11 Kamlns-* iho m'lji' l<3t>r <!' 'liatUiti-tii, ilr U„ *■ Ing dopotinwtii, and the jiuUMm', 4. pnrtm.'tH ranged from !.''*' fu i.:\ c* t tiottk for wall* In all »»tli"r «te pnrliiH'ijf.4 tliH*i> wer* '."!:"l,it ni''! > m ployed who#« average «'«ykl.i *.'«r«<!i«« "Merlsml* he whispered. "My little Mtrisml" tennis, a gamo In which the Boo. Morison shone to advantsjre. sa, lu truth, be did in most all manly sports. Ue was telling her stories of London snd Purls, of balls snd Uti'iuets. of the wonderful women and their won* derful gowns, of tins pleasures and pastimes of the rich snd powerful Utrieta was entranced, His tales were like fairy stories to this little Jangle maid. Tbo I lou. Morltoo loon* id large and wonderful tnd murnlfl* rent in ber inlud's oyo. lie faeetnated Iter, snd wbvn he drew closer to bm sftf r a short •Itenrc snd toot; her haoi ii.* ;;.,....*.; a* uut; in.j, ui un ui baeeatt Tlv-r" '" •!•*' '. ,* ■ i ■ frill. A minimum ww '*' •**■' *"-i J1."**"; a living wagi; at 12500, A m*vat. stan*- ifardut-d. rich, prrtt|w*ronn indartry. manufacturing and sailing a neeonmry fommoditv. f*flor'«i t-irnit***. ry *"> *, r At this distance and witn a tontr,.tiid press practically our only source of news we nn not in a posittoa to form eompleted opinions regarding the sr- rests at Winnipeg. due lUlu** '.a tu'uUi,. tk... Ku**»m- ment kaa decided tbat tha ONK UK! U.\"!G.\' cauuu*: Kit. uul US,.....9 .lui ita doath wiil he am red by the tw,- — prtfonnent and probably deportation imatbMl and liv** to IMr native son of tireal Britain of " ~ tbim* temporary oflkUU oi ihe move*- ■est, -W. A. Pritchard. V. R. Mldalev. « ■'*• {»«** t«!Mm p*w Mlf'tim* wan for ?aWl in Industrial *©l.d»r,ty ,„ j,,<J|Mt nH mntp mrm^ Th, What te tree of Industrial Ketone*!,„, rai.orw, rwoim tmm f,w ,„ f»n herw Is even more tree of th* rtmw >. mm tn mm ^f m „,„, v„ar, political aehievemenl*. * Two >ear* ago, »„,,,» n,(, nr^Mt ,^?. of |>w „n(lWn,.(, th* eeiwrades h#re ware reviled endl,,,*^ w,*>rk,,ri r*>Mv«<» tm w«-«>Hr twi riddled. I» the fae« of a frtnaied 1 *»* rnll limn y*f-sr» er a i;*t!i» mn** •):*X'; i^A.niVU tlwy jv*:m:LUuh4 •I'.-.-w Intf-rnstlonal faith aed Industrial soil- ij.it-iU kmCl*... A,. Thu, «uffiu'<:d wi tonne. ii«»u*«t *iul funut4ir« wet* wen* Atufapti-t-tl. I llfty nt-ro chss*fd and »toowl and al ivi*«u era iiUti. I'ndaiRitid aad *Uh HnnhtlrwHbl* faith In lb* nUtmv* triumph nf ihelr prlnclpW. i!i« pro- 'jpet than hall of a nilnimuut* J«i,ii:. u.a$,. i Th* mm* report, rite* dt>it,\u to* »fsr*JiriR th" #asrnitsfi"« <»t «, <»•.■;■( n Mn |ploj#*». These ranf«* trom IU.3H for I I IM t*!*.*!* *■*»:■( j»ef« dt,*,» t't t"<" •■■•'• (tor !\117 formtf emp1ii\i'0*.t iu "al! t.-Mber" d*pn*nm*tit». , I'-nmttittit "\ **ui».rt,ii.,!i', - _.._„..,., - • TPr*-»i* **rtr,": t.*ti tt,,,*. *-,[••■ ,-f », ., «,' fWiten and J, R. Johns are amo-ti*!l»3f:if!da' wa* witttftn^d The mm*'-^ txpWttnttm by « «r««t, •xaplm'm- the wwii w!i«n» fat* fm* fcwro deridedivttmtlnmt temrndtm fndlrtmtdf *fa-Mn*trr, *nd of th" Ivm-it^lov.. !»,».<- upon at Ottftwu.. Others will likely! t Minted th«>msc|veil iwiuallj In tm'h.jt>fc UatJc MriM[tj# B( ir,m ilf lhm, mow, Tbtm mm, tmm an *ptn .ie*!craft end Iftdaatrr and (*awp4eM4 tbt ■ Mn<t« of wtnbtr* ttt tmhe * mn of a fetation ot f»t repiws-antativea of sfome of ihelr etes* m eonsf*t*«tly lir«HI«ttn<+ ***** «>*«• r.t* t»*r»:,t bcrfr ot at leant S#,«N> workera In the I that an nrtennkm ef in««*ne* *om'ne*w**ort*« t* lit* Of ftt y,t.*7%K <»'' tfce loach of a ddty a tl-rlll ut statu* lion imt unntited with frar. tie bfiit his II i» time to ber ear. "Jdertviul" he wld«ji*r«l. "My Httl* Meriem I Hay I hut* (o Iia to the rtfht ■ to call jew 'my little Me-ileut? " I The Kill turned wfcl* ***a newsnl tn , nta lave, imi it waa to shadew, Wm !,'u.,.',.'.'.•■„ s,... #,..', >,,,. ,,*.. *9*att awa|t !The man iM »u una nhoui. ber aai I tmt h« timer. i "I lem yoar be wblsperedL \ Sbe did not reply. She dtd net boom * tf'Vlf Tn *'**i** *?**■', t-. . ,,- . ■- ** '* -**. *• ' lore. She hsd n<*ver elven tt a ttioagbt, tint she did knew that It wat twf Ulee to lie tared, whatever It metat It wss nlee to have fwopte Wed to •~t me bid known to little of or affect****. "Ten wet" he saM, "fhsl ftm refnro ... my tore." ! file llfw -mme itr"n!]t» tlr***r tit here. Tbey had nlimmi imi:ltd wiisa • ftslon of Korak HTurant Hke • wtrtflt iMfere tier *jt♦*. ¥ht mw Korak's toon tbm to kit*, ntm fett Ua lipe afatoal \bor Upn, awl theft for the lirst Own lit : twmd wtet Ims mmtit Oh* tlreir ftwuj fen*?]*. o m oim Wmtt^m omimt mat wsw^p mwoonrtti w^w*iWf 9 tore yen. Let tots wslt There Is vin* ly of ttoa. i aw tm yenwo to yet, aad I aw »<a moo tut 1 kt btppy ts Lowle-n ot the other's mind, the stranger Touch- ssfed ao explanation. "I came down from the north to io a little trading and banting." be ssld, "and sot way off the beaten track. My head mnn, who was the only member ot the safari wbo hsd trer before been In tbe country, took sick and died. We could find no natives to guide us, and so I simply swung back straight north. We have been living on tbe frolta ot our guns for orer a month. "Didn't bave an Idea tbere waa a whlto man within a thousand miles ot j ns when we camped last night by a water bole at the edge of tbe plain. This morning I started oot to bunt and saw the smoke from your chimney, eo I sent my gun bearer back to camp j with tbe good newt and rode straight i over here myself. Of course I've heart * of yon-everybody who comes Into e»n« • trai Africa does-and I'd ba mighty ' glad of permission to rest op and bunt ■ amend here fit a mnp'.i of weeks." j "Certainly." replied Bwana. "Make { j yonrself at borne," ■ i They bad reached tbe veranda now, j j and Dwana was Introducing tbe straa* j ger to Meriem and My bear, who bail | Jnat eome from the bungalow's Interior. j "Tbla Is Mr. Hanson." be said, ntlng (be name the man had Riven him -He • , ' "y" "u '•' ''"' ""' """ """' , la a trader wbo bas lost bis way In ibe ....,,.,..1. . ,• . ,. , .. »• 1 lunale to tha south " r.tidanatl.«» •»« H«> i*ii »r t,.. i.i.u jttwa w me soutn. a.tmnn mot n tuihor <W My that and Itttlm lw*e4 tbetr tnm Ma imt %1„Fhln nttknowledyttwnln at tu* ln»Mo-rtle«. mt0 paw iiiUt ||H-ftt)B P,H The man teemed r»tln<r III st »•■»* In tbelr jii»nen«*e. llli Itost attrlbnfed this tO th* tnoi ttist t»m eu**t wn* tmntxnte temwl t« th* wwtety *f etsltoreil we- W*«, and so found it f»r«*fitt to etfrl- rato Mm tjulckty frutu LI* vei-nulugly nnpteatsnt pnnlttlw and iwid lilm fl«my to Ws st mir ami the Imtidr and "Come to Loudon with me," urccd tbe Hon. Morison "I ean pitlmr a safari, and we ran bo a whole dny upon tlio way to the const beforo they j glioma that we Iibvp pow" j "Why muni we x"(t that way?" asltf«l the girl, "llwana and My Hear would , jiot olijci't to our muiilawf." r "I rtintwi marry you Ju&t yut," ex-; plalixil tlie Hon. Morisnii "I iniirt In-1 form my people, ami tlicre ar« othor ' formalltlt's to hit attended to first Vou do not understand. It will to till rlctit. We will ko to I.«iii1om I cannot wait If you love uio you will como " "Yoti love nieV" ah* nskM "Vou will marry ine when we liav-o reached I^ondnnT" "I swear Itr Ite erietl. "I w|!J c<> with yen." tic nli!<|i*i*HL "thouijli I do nel oiii'tistand why d<* liij '-.' ..l,*i.Vi«*)>." .•*■!** H .Mil-'t limufi) lilm. anil he tiM)t( l*ti*r in Iiii anil* nw) lietit to t'N'tui lil« Iiii* to hi'tt* * * * * * * . * At tbe, bungalow linana hsd met tbe reluriiliic aihentuipriton ilw vtoiii: to IteHimlng from Hie foreinan's n«ar tera, Bwstts had imihed that the ew- ral gate was oiwtt. and further loves- UKbtlon re»eale»l llm fact that Meriem's t*»ny wan eon* ci;«l al.«m tlie one immt Dr. W. H. Pickering Dentist Bank of Hamilton Bldg. .Opposite Suddaby'« Dntg Store Phone 188 SVNOMM8 or l.AfjO ACT AMENDMENT f: - ■« '--I i M-riug only • I" ' ij (lira) puriMM-a* >-... ' , .. r. ■■ I ■>< V(r - * It', I " r>- i e 'i, i *'i > . '.-ii,, • .I *, I... - -i ., Ui ,,*, i , '<! ■ »»4I ra- - * ,k • -, r • ,' i *■ i, . ■■ i -.1 -i n . :,.:■ •• li ..-irt <i|. I. ■ - ,) I im, .-;.-,, ,.-*>,.,;,.,,,. . nt,Ml»,H*t, ,. • ' ■ ii, i.. 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It i* .«H. t^t i«m.mi u-**Mmt9.ii,*: aiMt tin* **** tea •alter no farther tb-onght. ror three week* lian»*«t l»ad re- malM*l. Daring !>*>* "">e be mM tbst kto btrya tttt* iMting n,<l iraiainff Mmigtb after tbelr terrible «M«la In Ibe antra*kH Jiitttftai to tb* aouth, bet !t»j U*t U',st tvvik ** i*V.f «* lie «j'j**iif*i»l : to bate beta. He dlrtded bla aiwall ' folfAttln; ffif't (n.j ;,M-U, ii.U~.-U-..* tbe kwtlt^idilp ti eark te men whom be belief ed be tmtd tinn. Te llws» be mtMimti hm fiaaa oot tbt tkb rewar«t tliat they wmM *it» from bla» If tbey canted bte Ornlowa Iti a eneeeatkftsi e^nelw^as. Obtl ■-•**■. U Um *mm*<*k **ty **om*r aertawaed alMm tba ttat^ fbat entmtttn with the fteat e»ia*»n route* entering tike Msbara Item tlw wmxt*. Tb* tdber be ©mtered slralgM wettwardf wftb ee. tem te bait amd f» Into f-entuaeM ea»r fsri t*yt*t. 1 lit great riter wbkli j- t .. U'lia *ilent 'iin.-rt wiib '.tet. 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Ul It, t gl.t* .if 1*1, :X * *tt tt*.*W lh* *» if* al**\ !•!<>'. eeiai Tlaw < •tt It > -a f ).»»a» ia *1 ,'**tta*t\ tt a ptf+GTtm x. . .*** * m*i* »<*-# |Uw :;. ; t -j.*.* muftimewia »* ut -Ur ttt M*t ttt* hwr'n id, ■ »4* mf'rr tht*i «ata »al 'kn* *'-t mtmmiimmet. i'f**^¥mewm nooln ^.^'^*^^twwTm t^MVfM tfl ntnMie IW i-fiflMiim ntpim te any •t, <i»»«*rnin»f,! A(e«vi ee m . ,, 'J it hah; ■»«£$**' >t -i - ■> r&w**^>**fl$!^ V "PAGE FOUR THE DISTRICT LEDGER, FERNIE, B. C, JUNE 20, 1919 NEW RECORDS Results secured during the past year re-affirm the position of the Sun Life of Canada as the largest life assurance organization of the Dominion. Pair-dealing and progressive business methods have given it leadership in annual New Business, Total Business in Force, Assets,. Surplus Earnings, Net Surplus, Total Income, Premium Income and Payments to Policyholders. M. A. KASTNER AGENT ♦ GLADSTONE LOCAL NOTES ♦ "♦. ■ ♦ »♦♦♦♦»-»» 4*0>++* ♦*-»•*» O SECRETARY VISITS ALBERTA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN tf; FERNIE NEWS Services at Christ Church.—The ■Bishop of Kootenay will hold a con- fiwmatiott In Christ church next Sunday, June 22nd. The services will be as follows: Holy communion, 8 a.m.; matins, 10.30 a.m.; confirmation, 11 a. m.; evensong, 7.30 p.m, The Bishop will preach at the evening Bervice. T. Eaton and Organized Labor.— Workers throughout District 18 are receiving circular notices from T. Eaton Co., Winnipeg, with the announcement that the strike is ended In their storo and they are prepared to receive orders. The T. Eaton concern is considered by the Winnipeg workers to be one of the greatest enemies of organized labor. Xuf sed. Fernie Sporting Notes The "Pep" editor left lor Spokane-< In the first of the fourth, Hovan by auto about a week ago to be gone j struck out; Biggs started the fun by four days When last heard from h« * getting first and- stealing second; f i: r- Apologies to'"Correspondents.—This week we are unable to publish a good number of letters received from various parts of District 18. We appreciate all the Information these letters contain regarding scabs and other matters and will place the same on file. At the same time these are days when a poor editor has to walk a very straight path and especially so when the paper he happens to be editing persists in expressing the belief that until the workers receive the full product of tbeir toil there can be no peace. Ik was being towed along the highway somewhere near Yahk. In his absence we have to omit the story of two fbotball games at IMichel. On the fifteenth Michel beat Coal creek V to 1 and on the ISth they beat the F. A. A. C. by 3 to 0. The later game was the most, thrilling of tlve season. The Old Timers ami the Hula Hulas gave the spectators a good exhibition of baseball as it is being developed by the Fernie league on Monday evening. The weather was line and a goodly crowd were on hand to see the sport and, incidentally, to help their respective favorites in the contest. The rooting assumed major league proportions at times when good plays were made. The batting order of the two teams was as follows: Old Timers—Winters, 3 b; Austin, 1. f; Spence, c; Estabrook, 2nd b; 13. Wilson, p; Liphardt, s. s; McLaren, r. f; Scott, lst b; Wilson, 3rd b. Hula Hulas—Ricketts, 3 b; Erkin- wald, 1 b; A, Dunlap, p; Hovan, c; Biggs, b. s; Shaw, c. f; F. Leland, r. f; Corrigan, 1. f; Todhunter, 2 b. Dufour umpired the game. The Hulns Hulas were first at bat, A Smaller Paper.—For a few weeks The District Ledger will appear as a four page paper. When business conditions cut off advertising and a solicitous government restricts expressions of opinions and when money seems to have pretty well passed out of circulation in the channels from wliich a labor paper has to get its support lt becomes necessary to sell our thrift stamps and otherwise to economize. We have to thank Brule local for having sent in advance subscriptions for and B wiison twirled, with Spence be every member of that organization ,;,,my(iVa bm, despite the strike conditions. Ricketts and E. Colton failed to —— reach lirst, A. Duulap sent a high one Dave Rees Still In East.—We have to left flei.l which Austin failed to received a recent copy of the Halifax catch, and went to first base. Herald which contains a lengthy ar- " Hovan followed Dunlap and* was out Shaw walked. Leland went to first, but Shaw was thrown out at third and Leland was caught trying to get second, making the second double play ot the game. .Mclntyre, who had taken Liphardt's place, got away to second and later scored on 4 wild throw from the field, iB. Wilson went out uu a beautiM (ly to Corrigan in right fceli and McLaren went down before reaching lirst. Winters struck out. In the fifth Todhunter got to first on his long grounder, which Winters straddled, and finally scored. Colton got to third on a mull by Estabrook at second base. A. Dunlap struck out and Hovan failed to reach first. ° Austin, for the Old Timers, got first on a good grounder which got by the infielders,- but was out at second. Spence made a good drive and later scored. Estabrook sent a good ily to center field which Avas muffed, and scored. Wilson sent a fly ballto center field which was also muffed, but was put out trying to steal third. ^Mclntyre went out at second, In the first of the sixth. Biggs was out on a fly to Estabrook at second. Shaw drew another walking order; F. Dunlap went out at first and Corrigan struck out. In the last of the sixth St'ott went out at first; Wilson got=hls=basa==on balls; Winters got a good start but failed to score, and Austin failed to I had the pleasure of meeting two Red brothers, I mean Indians. These boys had been and done their bit In France, and spoke very good English, in fact better than I can do myself. Whilst sitting in the barber shop at Macleod, the following conversation took place with the barber, who had a pool room attached to his shop: Indian to Barber—"Say, barber, why don't you allow me in your pool room?" Barber—'■ Well, why should I?" Indian—"They used to let me go anywhere in France." iBarber—"Well, I don't know the reason.* Yoii cannot go in my pool roonv and that finishes it." Don't you think that is hell, Mr. Editor? This Indian belonged to the G. W. V. A. in Macleod. I^e had done his bit for the country which was stolen from his ancestors a couple of centuries ago. He had done just as much, if not more, thau his white brother for the great White King, but when it comes to him to enter a little two by four pool room the powers that be say: "You cannot enter there." It would be educating to know why he could not enter there. I would advise my Red brother to join the ONE BIG UNION. There is a certain person sending accusing letters to my employer (S. Dragon) which reflect on my character. Now I know who the person is, but do not wish to do him any harm as he is a business man in the town. iBut if same does not cease I shall be compelled to take proceedings as the law directs. ' H. Haigh. 10 Dalton Avenue, Fernie. Dominion Day Celebration Tuesday, July 1 FERNIE, B. C. SUMMER WOOD Don't bother with coal fires as the days Brow warmer No. 1 Tamarack $3.00 per rick Also big stock of good summer wood Mr. Editor, I do not want to throw cold water on anybody who thinks that by taking up a section In sunny, windy, dry, Alberta, he is going to make a fortune. While travelling two miles north, two miles east, two miles west and finishing up by going two miles south, carrying your automobile through a dreary waste of sand, looking in the distance and seeing a beautiful lake surrounded by trees and houses nestling on its shore, as you come nearer it all disappears, and leaves you nothing to look it, except a waste ot sand. Thc road that should be a roa-1 Is trying to grow that which has been blown off the land -which should have grown it, if everything had been ns the real estate agents say. Of couro here and there you will find some very nice land and crops growing good, ancl here and there you will find some very nice alkali bottom which needs no comment, But gophers! One Is killed every minute by cars. McGLADERY BROS. Phone No. 69 Fernie i^*^**-**-**--**^*****--^****-^*,"*^**^ Napoleon, as Propagandist, Tried to Control the News To Suit His Own Purposes ♦^♦^^♦♦•x«X":^<«:»WK'wH'«X":»H"> Qpen Events Runing and Jumping Baseball and Football Tournament Horse Racing General Amusements to $1500 in prizes For full particulars write to C. Spence, Sec'y M ODERN governments employ trained journalists to praise them in the public press. Napoleon Bonaparte tried a different scheme. He was his own propagandist and assumed all the duties and responsibilties which are nowadays delegated to a committee. But what a sad failure! AI the beginning of his career he made no attempt to hide lift intentions. "A Sovereign," he..stated, "must confiscate public opinion and use it to his own advantage." Twenty years later, an exile on St. Helena, he dictated a few sad words of commentary: "My son will be obliged to rule with the help of. a free press." Whatever his original ideas upon tlio subject, the great Emperor could not put them into practice* until he had been appointed commanding general of tlio French armies' in Italy in the year 1788. It was a time when freedom of the pivss ran riot in revolutionary anpi-nnn-tngauinig*^ rnmrni PHEUM THE HOME OF GOOD PICTURES "tz. s; "TeieTTFBavo Rees. TBeertlcle Is in trying to steal third, but Dunlap had type hut we have not room for It in brought In the lirst run of the game, this issue and will hold it until next Winters went to bat for the Old week. Although-we had a slight dtf- Timers, but failed to get flrst. Austin ference Of opinion with Brother Rees got flrst on a good grounder. Spence some time ago we have to congratu- struck out, Estabrook sont a liner reach~~first. In the seventh, Todhunter got to flrst but was caught stealing third, would be Interesting to know what the Ricketts struck out. E. Colton made Campbells would do if they knew their In Lethbridge they have a few scabs working and strange to say these men are all English speaking. At on!) of the miues, 1 think it is No. 6, ther-o is a bunch of Scotchmen working. When thev return from thBlr^ork.-tlie£jta, met by a good-natured crowd, who sing "The Campbell'B Are Coming." It t- late him on many of his utterances in Nova Scotia and from one of the leaders in tho workers' movement in that provinco we have the assurance that "down ln his heart Dave Reos Is praying for Ute complete success of lba One Big Union." Of coum be '.». Libel Suit Settled Out of Court- The case of J. R. Wallace against P V- Lawson and District 18 collects el> was settled out of court without going on for trial. At the oponing of iho court application was made for adjournment on the grounds that ox- Alderman William Jackson, a material wltnesB In tho case, refused to come from Blairmore to give evidence and eould not be gubpeonaod trom another province. An order for a commission to take his evidence In Alberta was asked for. Tho plomtitT produced an affidavit from Mr. Jackson In which he swore lhat lie had not spoken to the editor of The Dl.dr.-ci Ledger or any of tne other def-midant* In the action regarding the suWoct matter of the alleged llhel until after tho action had been started. The do* ■ fendnnt m«do affidavit thnt on Mtm*t tt, IM, Alderman Jackson and Alder- man Hunter had como Into The U»<!*<-r office and that on tbat occasion Aid' r- man Jackson told of the occurrence opon which the nllogod llhel was baaed. An affidavit was aim oreaentod from Mdnrmnit llttnter Th" 1"'!!'" rated that In view of Mr. Jackson's affidavit It would seem that he would be an unwilling and therefore not a material witness and for that and other F»a«en« decided that xhe caee must proceed. A »hurt adjournment was taken and tho part'.f-s In the case esme together and Affected eettlement without the rue going ?o trial The Wistrkt U'dgor has to regret that the srau-mont ha-Kcd on Mr. Jackson's conversation wa« publish**. INtTHUCflONt FOR FILLING INCOME TAX SCHEDUIS Tk* IMatrlct Ledn-t-r ba» taint * nuin- ber ot enllemi who have h-zen ankine v*r wlvk-e Im r**ard u, till lute *.m <w-<*i lacoot* ta* schedules as *«M t<> tlwia by th* 4«f*ftat*ftt U w**< tlwvvtv-w with ito email »ati*fac(lon thst we w* motvno tmm ton hand* oi mu uniot*. XOn mni* Lao*** it*,**.«»»■* «+«*..**-.•>•>-».■- tlw fe§te«ief tontine iu.mn.if,-).-. In «ft* ■§«*« j»**ee to «*»*« *** vnrtr*d ■om by algebra, astronomy, trttonome- ttf an* tfttfa* twlth th* netmt on th* to Biggs who stopped lt and sent lt to pecond stopping Austin, and Todhunter relayed it to flrst in time to beat Hstabrook, making a very nice double play. In tho Ant of tho second Biggs was thrown out at lirst. Todhunter struck out, and Ricketts got his base on balls, E. Colton followed, both runners scoring. Dunlap was thrown out by Wilson while he was stealing to third. In tho first of tho second innings, Hlegs went out at first;Shaw struck out; ditto Leland. l.iphanlt wont out at first for the Old Timer,-; V-Tllson sent up a high ono which Ulggjs gathered In. McLaren was out at lirat on a throw from Ulggs. In the flrnt of the third innings. Corrigan went out at first; Todhuntet struck out; Rlcketls walked nnd later, pcorod. lv roi ton followed with another store and Dunlap was <i*ught stealing third hj a throw from Wilson, Scott wan ilrst'to hat for tho Old Timer* nml mado flrst from whoro hu vent to third on Austin's liner to center field. II Wilfwi was thrown out at Winters fouled to Hovan. Austin scored and Ustnbrook out at first. ami. went a hit and later second on a wild throw to first by Wilson. A. Dunlap went to first, but Hovan and Biggs both went down at flrst. Spence sent a flyer to Corrigan A'ho promptly gathered It ln. Estabrook did the same, but Corlgan muffed it. Mclntyre struck Out and Wilson failed to reach first. In the first of the eighth, Shaw and Dunlap struck out and 1'orrlgan was put out at first. 'McLaren sent a nice little fly to tho pitcher. Scott was put out at flrst and H. Wilson was out on n nice rainbow to third base. In the flrst of the ninth, Todhunter got first on a fine liner to center which let him to third. Rlckotts and K, Colton both walked, filling tho bases. A. Dunlap went to first and all scored on a wild throw to drat from (he pitcher. Biggs got to second on a wild throw to first hy Winters, Hhnw and Dimlnp struck out. Wlnler* struck out; Austin got second on a passed hall: Spence was out on a fly to E. Colton; Estabrook sont a nlco fly to Ricketts who muffed it. Mclntyre walked; ond Austin wns caught at the plate. Score by Innings; I 8 3 4 5 « 7 8 » Hula llulai 102010104-9 out Timers ,...« o 2 l 2 o o o o— r. well known mrch was being Bung to a bunch, of scabs. France. Delivered from the restrictive, laws of the old regime, every political party, every political leader, printed a little news-sheet of Its own. Napoleon wrote often to the directors and asked that stops be taken to protect his reputation. The Paris 1 Tho protection of wild, bird life, Does not the swallow come under that category. I think it does. They ar* one of the greatest insect eaters that there is. How is it that the nests are washed down from underneath the copings of tho buildings of Fernlo? If we presumed lo make a swallow pie, would tho police prosecute us? The residents of Coal €reek. have to pay for tho benefit of riding on tho death trail. A good opportunity now exists for rt Jitney sorvlco. If it was to start I guess they would put a fence across the road, Query: Why don't the Coal Creekors pack their blankets and como into town to live? ~o ■ RECONSTRUCTION ^iitl, Uiu..itit) ti.* 'il1* hnvo glvHi th<? iliurih end divide bv the automobile ll<en»e iim • ,.,i<i *» amount you '!»r':r>fj lhe yesr number of your t.1R, If \hfvc are two <hlldr*n, y<>« de- duct 1100,00 from your Income, add hff weight ood tip,,* of t!u« second ehiH divided by the date of your birth, multiply br the nter ot your h«t, and subtract the weight ot your mother. In-law The'r»'«uU of the .iln.* computation j*?'* ivnJ.-j !•„'. r**rr\*d In titoe VI!!. 9-rh*- dnle I, after dtdtttling frem th»t tlK • ot-nl of tl. I* and A* »'"' adding !■', <*- snd I... carrying U '" eolunm l»*. whUH H'*!j mrer st! "•x'lftwi, ftoi'pi iho iuir- nisi nnd *«rt*»«. A'rrr ym c*1 It sll fh'nre-l on* \«>i •.kWt have U> I":*' luci.uu* Urn" <J uiii nature, fnr llioy wilt h.tve vo i over tf the tK»t»!<a1 and striped dote. | '..i.i,i, ul iSuA Cuti't*. One of Ihe latest of our men lo get hiuk from "over Ihere" It Krantt Nee «nd he was gladly welcomed, Frank *nw three years ncrvle** In Ihe ambulant^ corp*. a corp* that had a« many fn tall! leu a* the infantry despite the f««t that thoy never packed a rlfie. Enclosed with these notes you will find a full list of scab* now working nt Conl Creek. Photographs n' n few will 'o">'.", Tho llBIM "I'l iKOli U'.'V ill Wt?ar and th» way Ihiy avoid the fellowship of r-es! mrn m«k"« V dim cult to get good snap thoti ■■— f,-—--- MUTUAL AIO. Itwent tu»w»psp«>r atnrles trom Ar- frnftn* give thn Inspection lhat ihe niiHten. in that far away couutry. know how to stand together In defense of iheir rightn. One «f tho explana- WLiMk WHifca.* i'iwt«.» Tfcrf r.-wHi.tcT,!! <H":*-< «m*.*?V*T iff. '1*;T"» day nlgbt w*s TIIE *t*nt nt th* •*»*• t.tiO ThM heft! oi !he -t-hy ftf.d ■it $.* 4 It ***** 8et-***aff t* in* t-hwM*, |>ler»*«'! (ju-teS Thi» ptjtrlx'. It.**.*! low a If ynot l»«ei»» 1* V,*1-***"4'' * ■ aa4 ytm b*r* » diammi rsng nt-i - •atOMOblle and are married to a breaetle girl, twenty -six y^nn old. 3 ><J tato «»• «i»e«»t of yom tnetm*. add ftmr pentmnl pttww. t«V.raet your attaet ttitmh'.'r, muttfpt- hi 'yinr fi-fr^» •M yonr wife's beight. a«d dit ide »*y ent piuo m " J'uor tC^pftORi: r'lrr'- f T«« win Hutu ■mtry i-uur mihm, Mtsntiftf ttom ytmt plw. ♦« tb+otot* 0. «i tke «*nts Umi ni -nkith ym wm oMxoe. th* matUfft* wW-t ?'''" ■mmltoX. i«*e4«*e K. ***** mo bn toman A, n ywi on** * <*»** "» «** »*"»>,v'' m»trae« ttmot from ytmt ttmom. mrmtpmdmi ndd »h# amount of ymr p#r#ftnal prop- retmrVnt; «p»«s to fiav**- totAlit*. mt and ft*- l\ittt*t* r.*f*t*l*hXv tehnr Hnvlmr t,* tht* * rnt»«Hl mntm fJ-epartment of iJibof imder the title "Mitttl an* Co- ', ,. ;-t.t.. Af..*MiMiti.,ii*. in Ai«vutiUA. Th« wwperatlve movement of Argen- ' Una ila!< ;i b»rk !« l\2't. H Ua*t ttotm ,***>***** t***.,*,*) *****:** »*-l M *m*> :pr«f*-Ri tlm* there are oter ais hon- idre-tl tftt^tdBii meratier* ef t-he vaMons !ri>-op*r34tve tftflrtalteas. Tlie riiy *as *j*ffH)pefftHr<* *«»*<ieiatl«nii hufed-e Borne mmt favor one kind ol reconstruction-some favor another. Those who bellove In a reconstruction that will preserve tho present economic system with Ha exploitation. Its pov- erty for the workers and aenoeleas luxury for the Miff owning class are "patriots." Those who bellerc In a system of reconstruction aimed to put the workers In control of Ute industries upon whieh they depend for tt living wr« 'MhtUhevlsiH." The reconstruction of the decrepit, discredited capltnllst machine ts popular with those who benefit most from Us Injustice. The ivioni.triuHon of a uoi* aoild-order, promising greater life opportunities for the massed, mu»! of necessity be unpopular with this< same capitalist*. The <*ai adlan Government is busy making tbo world i»aie for a recon- •trueted capitalism. I'nder a confidential order from the postmaster general, a^lonn Hut of publications I* bar red from the mail. Included In this li*t is the "tlol-sliovlHt Declaration ol Ittglil*." The "ItolsheUst iH-clamtioii of Itlghts" la one nection of tbt Hu*- ■*hn Unrl.*! t'nmi.i*<i*,lotii te t-b'tft llw rieht of the wnrl>t»r* In th* pnttoet* ot Ji.ilr Ubor In »*»■ UmI and dulined- The orders In rouncil promulgated Im iho govutnor general on k*<omraenda- tlon of the mlnlnter of justice declared 11 il|.ffli-?if«ttt «rg*tilia,tlou» "itatoiwt'itl." Among theie organisations are tbe t-m-mt ist'taoiratie i"*nj. tie W»riw»r» ■'•'. ■•' '**.,„«. .',.-. i»,vv»,.k>' v,w«*»j. ii!*.-- \\'t>r)tvru of the W'tttlA, Tiw-M *ut§nn (rations of worirlnemra differ li manr "prSIs; so"ne argued, was helping IBe Austrians and lhe "Rardinians, and something must be done to counteract this evil influence. He suggested the foundation of an official newspaper, reflecting the opinions of the French Government, The directors listened patiently, fulled to answer the letters of their commander-in- chief, and did nothing, until Gen. Napoleon, in despair, began to print his own newspapers, In the year 1797, the Com i lei de l'Arraee d'ltalle appeared ln Milan. A fow weeks later It was followed Uy La France vue do ravmee d'ltalle. Tho next year Napoleon transferred the scone of his activities to Egypt. As soon as he reached the •shores of the Nile, (ho Courrlcr d'Egypto appeared, printed In Cairo, originally In Ihe French language, but soon followed by editions In Arabic for tho benefit fit the native, who must be impressed by tho glory and fume of tlio foreign conqueror. From that moment on Napoleon Is master of tlio printed word In hia adopted rounlry. After the coup d'etat of XVIII llrumalro the freedom of the press'was a dead issue In France, On tho 17th of January of the year 1800 Napoleon restricted the number of newspaper* that were 10 bc printed In Fraiir..' to cxaclly 13. The others were impended for an Indefinite period of time. Not contented with hia fame on Ute field of battle (he great general fought bin quarrel!) on paper and concentrated his effort^ upon a alnglo •beet, lhe Mnnllenr, This Journal was not a new enterprise. It had made Ils first unpenraiicc early In the year 1789 as on Independent newspaper. After 1801 It became the defender and expounder of the Napoleonic theories of government and administration. Il printed the official decreet and the offlrlal announcements and wnn to lm found on the table of every Imperial office-bolder. When a aerlous onemlnn was liefore the public, Napoleon himself wrote or dictated editorials aud articles. As a source of inspired Information the paper was never surpassed, not e?an by Ihe kepi pn-*s of nismgrek. A little latwr the ruler of lhe French found himw If In it bitter fight witb the Krrni'h (itnllnaltt and finally with Uie I'op*?. Thea he slarled a publication mi Inly tor home ton- •uwpHon. (he Hull* tin do Parte, fol- lowed Bbmilr «(• ■ vt-M Ity the Journal tit* Can'- , '*' i'l« Si 1 ftweaitil , at tlie prwlne iv«<h c at when all other j fterlciil Jnurnnl-* were mippreesed. } « \%}«•<*"»«■< *)»«' htopvi-ttt %**M he i j W0» tol1o,r.*il hy i*ojitf* ef hit Itifplr- J (•Hi nin.,.;|i 1* V. ii li lh« SUOW uf j ih.- Kii» * e*i»i I'Uii.i. iind the tenacity •, of Ib-e It'i ftiui jrjnlei hod turned ' ltli> gloi'uuu Mi..-1'vi-a- (iunpaign luto i 'mmpleio ffill'ite, tw bnj«(«,'ne(f baelt j (to Puktitt. moi Itoii, Wtlne and War- * i«iw irti'd In ln1t*n*n** Vrt*o*h ■n»ihH'* ' u| J.JIOII tiy tiliiltt 1,0:1 (11; |< nolo* tt-tl- ( Saturday Matinae 2.30. Saturday Nights First Show at7 *mjm**mmmmmm*emmmemtmmm*mewwmw^immm^i^^mmmewm*^»^*mm^mm^tmm^mm^m^e^n^^^^i^m^nmM^mmm^w^mmm^^^e^em Friday and Saturday, June 20 and 21 MARY MILES MINTER in "Tlie Amazing Impostor" A deligltful five part comedy-drama EDDIE POLO in "The Lure of Thc Circus" Episode 3 "Hands U"p"-final chapter Monday and Tuesday, June 23 and 24 "From Headquarters" featuring ANITA STEWART This is a powerful police drama that has more real heart throbs in in its five wonderful reels than in any eight reels ever shown "The Woman In The Web"-chapter 8 —=—— One Reel Comedy Wednesday and Thursday, June 25 and 26 VALESKA SURATT in "The Victim FOX SPECIAL PRODUCTION CHARLIE CHAPLIN in a return showing of "A Dog's Life"-threc reels The United Church Rev. C K, Batzold, Pastor J. Whitehouse Ornrantut Services, Sunday, June 22,1919 11.30 a.m. "Christ and Unfinished Task" 7,30 p.m. "Tne Chamber of Imagery" 12.15 p.m. Sabbath School A Cordial Invitation to All ff^m^mssmmmmziEM*^M TRADES UNIONISTS OF CANADA STOP! READ1 THINK1 WHAT IS THE USE OF INCREASED WAGES If the Manufacturer, Wholesaler, and Retailer are to add to the increased wage cost, their usual percentage of profit, and compel you to buy back the commodities you produce with with three scales of excess-Profit added? Protect Wage Values by organizing Co operative distribution and ultimately Co-operative production of thc merchandise for which your wages are exchanged. lyinf rlfninoflx' Muw* tlm *tti*Hi;i< c-Mi- dltlon* of ih«* pnt*nt. Stxt until he irf'i Tn-sol .:;Si «M bin mniixy iti*. — I* a mp***. On* thine, b«w»ter, llw U', „ newnpapir him rente. And hare In eommm All of •h'-m ir<« In-1 whw b* r«>tnrn«•*.! fnnn Kltm ho ro- tnw ff*,( «f, r*»f'*Mfe»i,ri» . ,■ ■■■*• * >*■■■*'*■■ • ■■* 1' <•■ *■ ■ . n * * '•• WO! pmeel the m**»et of th-i pmpt* \ In;ehjff «'r tl^ eldL Mwjlff »r. for end ptntntde tbtlr weVnre, ' """ '*"" 1-t-MtmiimHIon m«mn» emly mf Wnt tn ih* tnrwnrd liwklng ^*w«!m»! of nt- ill InrorpoTRtert 1907 !! w» « m.mu»*i*ii***em.,f:*i~*l* hi- 4H««rl»*l inn **-*n ntor t*o «n «han}, |lt,;Minit and loan •octettes, pro- e»tl*f4 ttr iu-mt In th«« eote* tent I mm r -doefrs' ' .•'. '•;■ ' 'tl' l'f ' t''. ' l'i 'tl' traitor" wa* ar»*«8ii «hi« { lie taut i.: i htititf'li} it-ui.ii n**i- *■**•***#« tr*»n«4 h. 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Title | The District Ledger |
Publisher | Fernie, B.C. : [publisher not identified] |
Date Issued | 1919-06-20 |
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_1919_06_20 |
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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 |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | 5dc750e6-4570-4a6e-8f61-2c8d865f226e |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0309054 |
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