V <. : 8 ��������� v;-i-.; "%..��������� 4&T<fr'.":.V' ^'.-> VICTORIA, ��������� n- ������> Provincial Library With which is incorporated "The Huntingdon Star" Vol. XV., No. 21. ..._ ���������*_^��������� ABBOTSFORD. B, C, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918 '^iM $1.00 per Year White Wyandottes Is Valuable Bird PERSONALS White Wyandotte is Valuable bird An AlM'urptiso Fowl, Plump -And Fit For Tfible At All Ages After Six- Weeks. Mem hers olthe'pouliry association will be interested' in the following paper by Mr.-. A.' S. Fewtriil read at the Penticton poul^y meeting: The origin of the Wyandotte does not appear to have been thought a- bout until ��������� the -breed became very popular,' and then it was a difficult matter to obtain correct information ���������as so many Avanted the credit, but as far as could be ascertained, the breed originated in a parti-colored bird known as the "Sebright Cochin" This was a cross-bred bird, bred from a heavy-weight breed with the "Silver Sebright'.' (not the Bantam of that name). This cross was' first made by John P. Ray, of New York State, who was' afterwards assisted by L. Whittaker, of Michigan. The "Chittagong" was a bird of Mt Lehman Notes Miss Elfie McLean left Thursday night for her home in East Burna- by for the holidays. ��������� Mrs. Jas. McLean of Kamloops is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Nicholson. Mr. and Mrs. George Epperhart left Friday night for Beaver River where they will make their home for a time. Misses Mary and Christina McLean of East Burnaby are spending their Easter holidays with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Nicholson. On Wednesday evening last the choir of the church entertained their friends to a birthday party. All reported as having a very enjoyable evening. About $25 was collected to apply to the new organ fund. The members.of the choir wish to thank all who contributed. Mrs. Woodrow and daughter Joan of Vancouver are spending the holidays with relatives here. Miss Mabel Christie of Vancouver spent the week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Christie. Miss Forrester left Thursday night to spend her holidays at her home in Vancouver. Miss Beatrice Lehman of Vancou ver is spending the holidays at her home here. Mrs. Ira Reid of New Westminster spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Dan Nicholson. Mrs. (Rev) Mitchell returned Friday night from Vancouver accompanied by her sister, Miss. Sharp, who has just recovered from a serious illness. Miss Carter is holidaying at her home at Langley Fort. Miss Lucy Owen of Normal College is home for Easter holidays. The pictures on the Life of Christ shown In the church on Friday night were greatly enjoyed by those present. Mr. and Mrs. Jas McEachren and children of Clayburn were Sunday visitors at home of Mr. Alex Gillis. A whist drive in aid of the Red Cross will be given at.the home of Mr, and Mrs. Carmlchael on Friday evening. Mr. Hill, of Hill's store, is pro- grossing favorably this nice weather ' and may be back in the store in a month or so The Mission City Girls will hold their dance on Wednesday, April 17 in the skating rink. Thursday April 11th the sealed envelope will be opened and the lucky ticket gets the $8.00 at Lee's store. Are your tickets in? black and yellow plumage, with a pea comb, the. "Sebright" being spangled. Mr.-Bay crossed the production of his-first cross again with the Silver Sebright, - the bi.-ds thus produced carrying.. three:fburtb/s.-* of-- Sebright and one-fourth"' of ' the Chittagong. This occurred about, the year 1870. Those first birds were very mixed; some being silver-laced, others gold- laced, some clean and others feather legged; some single and some rose- combed���������the best shaped birds being those that were silver-legged, rose combed, and feather-legged, the fea- therlegged at a later date being eliminated. This goes to show that the original variety of the Wyandottes were the Silver Spangled, and these were admitted to the American Standard in 188 0, as "Sebright Cochin'". The name "Wyandotte'' was given to the breed at Worcester, Mass., in Feb7 ruary, 18S3, on the motion of Fred A. Houdlette, of Boston,but the name has nothing to do wiUi ei'-.her the place of origin or the ancestors of the breed. At a later meeting the name was changed to "Silver Wyandotte" to distinguish it from the other colors which were then coining nlong. The first Wyandotte Standard was adopted by tlie A. P. A. at the above meeting at Worcester, the qualifications being.��������� . ' Birds not matching in the show pen���������combs other than rose, or falling to either side���������crooked beaks ��������� deformed beaks���������wry tails���������twisted ieathers in wing or tail���������shanks feathered or in color other than yellow ���������solid white or yellow, ear lobes. Weights:���������Cocks, S 1-2 lbs.; cockerels, 7 1-2 lbs.; hens, 6 1-2 lbs.; pullets, 5 1-2 lbs.; two points per pound to be deducted for any deficit. A full description of the require- ments was given, and is very similar to the present standard. The "White Wyandotte" obtained in 1885 as sports, from the Silvers, and Mr. Houldette is credited with being one of the'originators. It would appear that there were a good many practically pure white sports even then/and they still appear occasionally from the Silvers. The White and Golden Wyandottes were admitted to the Standard at the ,13th annual meeting, held at Indianapolis in January 1883. At this meeting a motion was put to change the spelling of the name to "W Y A N O O T'' but this was lost in the vote. Tlie Blacks and Buffs were admitted to the Standard in 1892, at Chicago For some time there was great dif- Iculty in breeding a pure white bird owing to the yellow carcass of the whole Wyandotte family, caused by the secretion of a good quantity of red pigment, and after pure white specimens were found, the faultiness took considerable time to breed out. At the present time there is still a tendency toward the yellow inner color showing up in the plumage By this I do not mean "bra.ssinesf." which is a surface color, anil caused mainly, I believe, by the-sun-��������� but J Mrs. Fen-is was visiting her mother in Vancouver over Easter. Mr. Shore is. the next to have a Ford car. Methinks the time is coining when few will have to walk. Mr. and Mrs. McMenemy and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Thompson, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Thompson is Mr. McMenemy's sister. Mr. Robinson came with Mr. John McCallum's last week when they moved to Abbotsford, returning to his home in'Vancouver on Sunday evening. Mr. Jeffs has a position in the mill in Vancouver where Mr. MoCaliuiu left. * ��������� ( - Mrs. Hutchison spent the weekend in New Westminster. , Mr. ,J. King spent Sunday in Vancouver. Miss Christina McPhee who is attending high school in New Westminster is home for the holidays; also Charlie Trethewey woh is attending high school in Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs.' P. R. Edwards spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs" Edwards' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeig- ler. The Ladies' And meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. McMaster on Wednesday. Miss Gertie Paine and her brother -w.eret..,he-guests'-of ,M7-s. II.- Fraaer over <Eater. Mrs. Stiffens, lna, and Donald Fraser are home for the holiday week. The women are busy with house cleaning. Pity .the men. Next will be the gardens. Pte. Murray Rhodes was the guest of the Rogers family on Easter. Miss Rogers from New Westminster visited with her sisters aiid brothers last week end. Mrs. Cougan and children have 'been spending a few days in Belling- ham with Mrs. Elmor Campbell, Mrs. Coogau'b sister. Miss Elcnor, who is attending a college in Vancouver, is home for the holidays. Mrs. McDonald of Cloverdale, Mr. B. B. Smith's neico, is a patient in the hospital here; also her little daughter, who was operated on for appendicitis some days ago. Nurse Ryan is in atteadance. Mr. J. Vanetta's friends will be pleased,to hear he is progressing very favorably after an operation for appendicitis on Saturday. Mi.ST Lax ton of Mission City was the g,iest of Mrs. Chester this week. Don't forget the pancake social afternoon and evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. McMenemy on Tuesday April t)th. This is Missionary work. Mr. and Mrs. King, north of the Vye road are rejoicing over their little son born March 25th in the .Abbotsford hospital. Miss Urquahart and Miss Graham are spending the 10 days in Vancouver. Mr. Davenport moved his family to Po.vc-11 River last week. Mr. Davenport is working in a paper mill there. ��������� Mrs. J. Godson has been visiting her sister Mrs. J. Walker at Ladner for three weeks. Mrs. Lee and Dorothy visited Vancouver o nThursday. The dance in.' the Galey hall was quite a success on Monday night. There was a large gathering and danced away into the morning. Miss Dorothy Parton gave a party ��������� for her friends last week. The Oddfellows had their monthly At Home on Wednesday April .'ird in the Masonic hall. Song service will be held again on Sunday eevning in the Presbyterian church at 7 p.m. Mrs. Baker and daughter of Bell- ingham were the guests of Mrs. Thomas over the holiday. Rev. Kerr of New Westminster was a visitor at the Manse this week. The Berry Situation This Week (From.Fraser Valley Record) Last week this paper announced that the canners had raised tlie price to 1.1. cents, but in this we were a little premature, as it was not until Monday that the new price went into effect. in conversation with Mr. Beach, of King-Beach Manufacturing Co., " on Tuesday he stated that the contracts were being signed up very quickly and that before the week was over the firm would have enough contracts signed to Till the supply for the coming season. There was another-matter to tako into consideration this year and that was the question of sugar. Tliore was plenty of sugar��������� in Cuba but it was a question ��������� of bringing it, into the country. The .Japanese have been quick to see the advantage of the new price and practically all have signed up through the secretary of the Association. - 'Very little 'is heard'-this';week of the Doukhobors coming to the district to pick berries, as the growers do not wish to complicate matters, ft would be a serious matter to the district, and'mean the loss of many, thousands of dollars to the community were the Douks to come and none of the volunteer help of the Y. W. C. A. When the Douk campaign was started the .Y. W. C. A. side of the question was not thought of. The growers were last year very well satisfied with the city help and expressed themselves as wanting it this year. Miss Perry visited the district last week but owing to no phone connection with Hatzic no information of what was done is at hand. FROM THE FRONT the sap. or creamy color which shows in joung stock, and does not. dry out pure white as (hoy grow older, as it should, rt is certain, therefore, that a fancier should only use white specimens in his breeding pen. The White Wyandottes started with an immense boom, and no. unprejudiced observer will deny the claim of the White Wyandotte of being, n. a (Continued on Page 4) Lieut. It. N. Brassey of the old 131st is again attached to the 1st Reserve at Seaford. He looks far better than ho did last summer when he returned to the 1st Reserve from France.���������Columbian. Sergt. J. C. Weatherhead formerly of Mission City, who has been serving his country in France with the ambulance corps is listed among tho dead. He was in England for a time but was not satisfied with doing his bit there so got transferred to France. He leaves a wife, now residing at Hollyburn, and two children to mourn his loss. Sergt. Weatherhead was considered a man among men and was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens, ami many have been the expressions of sympathy heard since the news of his death reached here on Sunday last. Corpl. Vaughan Webber is now in Holland on his way to England. At the first battle of Ypres he was taken a prisoner, April 27, 1915. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Webber of Haney who will be glad to know that he was not missed, in the recent exchange of prisoners. Capt. Jas. McKenzie who left with with the M. C. It. of Victoria in the spring of 1915, was among the returned soldiers on Tuesday last. He was looking well and was warmly congratulated at the Mission station on his return. He went on to the coast. Sergt, Linden was also a passenger the same day. He went on to Vancouver. PAGE FOUR THE ABBOTS^ORDPOST THE ABBOTSFORD POST Published Every Friday J. A. BATES, Editor and Proprietor FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918 Despite all Iter present troubles Russia is taking the time to look into the future in the matter of road construction., A letter from the highway administration of the Russian. ways ,oL' communication from Petrograd asking for j information about the Lincoln Highway in the I United States has been'received by ihe Lincoln highway Association in Detroit. Kere in British Columbia we are cut short on road appropriations on account of the. war. Evidently in this one matter at least that we know of our government is not up to snuff with 'poor Russia'. Our forefathers went on to the land and packed their grain to market and brought a sack of flour back on their back, walking many miles;they went1 into the woods and built their own trails;the farmers of the Eraser Valley, coming nearer heme, built many a mile of first trail then road by means of statute labor; but -things are different now. We have the daily papers reaching the country homes; we have much faster means of locomotion; we do not use the candles now on the borders of civilization���������we have the electric light; we have modern inventions too numerous to mention, to facilitate all lines of business, yet the art of roadmaking inBritish Columbia, judging by the actual highway we travel on, is an art not even e- qual to the ideas as carried out'in practice by the ancient Romans. - lous waters. No one is saying Clemenceau should be chloroformed, as Osier would put it. Chauncey Depew the' great editor is 82; Cardinal Gibbons is 84, and must be-fairly active. His utterances are vigorous enough reflection for an active brain. Andrew Carnegie is 83. Charles W- Eliot, president of Harvard is 84 and he is not idle.. Henry M. Alden, one of the greatest of editors is 82. This province is represented in London by a man over 80 and all wish Agent-General Turner many years to'live. . John D. Rockefeller is 79; John Wahamak- er will be 80 in July, and he is still able to advertise. Adelina Patti is 77.' Sarah Bernhardt, with only one leg, is young at' 73. Thomas A. Edison is 71 and what would have happened if somebody had Osle'Wzed him at 45? Osier is himself GU and as active as over he was. A man is never old until he is dead; but some are dead and .still wa'lk around- ��������� tl The average fakir can take a stand and a drygoods box on a prominentstreetcorner and in an hour can talk an audience of-three dozen people out of $50 to $;L00. The editor of Ui������ home paper might assume the position and plead twice as long to twice the number of peopie for the price of a year's subscription to the paper that congratulates a man on his marriage, that announces the birth of his jhildren, tells whore the neighbors spent the Sabbath, tells him of whipping his wife, warns him of trickesters and fakirs, points Inn .out as a wretch and a scoundrel when he has to go, lo jail, and bears the great burden of grief a,nd sympathy of the entire community for a .vhble week when he dies, and at the same dine bidding him a successful journey lo "the happy hunting grounds;" yet the home .paper is is scarcely recognized .in comparison with the shekels that await the fakir.���������Ex. i p- If the farming "^ustry is the backbmie of ,,,. countT then that industry is being cu������ orinZte/against when road allawoances arebeing cut short, even in war umes. The ICalri.10ops7^^e.ui^l has pub- lisheu our article on mis is vvuat ford Thinks." Such is fame.' We have all read about the big gun that threw ombs into Paris, 75 miles away; and ? ew Water we read about ^bigger gun That the Americans were going to .build but ad not started, that would thn)washeU 104 miles away. Deeds not words will wm the war. ��������� Thownter rights of the province are being taxedTy the provincial government,accordmg I doing u ������ ^--;��������� ^ ti lieads r^ommtion received,** the tax is being soap sids obw^bs a ^ 1^ ^ ^nrn^^^ ^^1^^" ass-ion: IrnLnt S raising Ration, ^ no,wit^all I A great deal of unnecessary growlin heart-ache, head-ache, back-ache, and many skinned fingers in this old world could be saved in which the people���������that is, the good peopie���������do not live any too long at the best, if a national law could be passed forbidding the renovating of a house more than once a year. At house-cleaning time, which rolls ;a- round all the way from twice to five times a year according.'to the family code, a man wants to commit suicide and the woman wants t.o kill him because he does not. It is a necessary evil that breaks backs and hearts at the same time. It is something man raises a row about doing and a bigger one about hot doing. It is contradictory; it is redolent of If you have long., distance to make, can you do your telephoning in the evening? If so, you can get three times the day period for the same charge, between 7 p. m and 8 p. m. You may arrange with the Long Distance operator at any time during the day to have the party wanted dh the wire at a stated hour. The better rate in the evening is possible because the lines are used less. Try talking in the evening and you will find it very satisfactory. BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE Co. WHITE WYANDOTTE IS VALUABLE BIRD (Continued From Page One) not enough is spent on our roads. the money going? Ten years from now.perhaps less, there will It does us all good to get a peep into our neighbors' homes and lives occasionally, not for idle curiosity, but for the good it may do ,us. Most wives think they are the busiest wo- be a greater interest in farming. The boys | men in the world, and have more worries than and girls who are to go out from the cities ^liy other housekeeper. When you feel this to help this year with the garnering of the >vay> my friend.put on your bonnet and go and fruits of the soil, will learn, perhaps that the sit with y0Ur neighbor for an hour or so; or farm life is in a way as pleasant as the city what is stm better, spend the day, eat a meal farm Hie is iu a, waj ������.o ^ life, if there were a few finishing touches to the country surroundings. Some of them may become inhabitants of the country, but they, will demand better roads for one thing in order that their social and business life will be on a par with that of the city. In the Vancouver morning paper the other morning we read about the big time that was being planned for Premier Oliver in order to get him acquainted with the rank and file of the Liberal party in Vancouver. The big time to be given Premier Oliver it was explained was to be a "grand deception." An "r" does not look like a "d" so we could hardly make a mistake. May Premier Oliver enjoy the "grand deception" in Vancouver, turn about will be fair play. Over in the United States they are beginning to talk about the 1920 presidental situation. They say the war has tremendous political potentialities. No one can tell what the situation will be at election time this fall If it is a favorable situation the Republicans will lose thereby, but if it unfavorable the Republicans will gain. This is inevitabiy the outcome of our system of government by party, however repugnant it may seem to the people to have war phases used for political purposes. it is time for someone to start the Democrat-Republican party right now. u-jr.imerciai sense, the most important, of the Wyandotte family, it was (and still is) the most popular fowl of ail tne white domesticated fowl. In a live year period preceding 1914 at \<?w York and Bcston rJ'-iowsj the entiies of White Wyandottes lium- iberel 17 79, the nearest rival being Wii::a Rocks with i243 queries.' At tin; New York Show in 1.3 0S-������J3-LJiere weiv ;i,Sl White Wyar.dct'..es on *>.- hi'o'tioii'. The largest nuMiber of While "Wyandottes evjr exhibited was :u 1904 at the &t. Louis World's Fur where there w-jre S'.'7 spu> Galley Two ....... irei'5 White Rocks at tlie same sUov. ni mbered 447 '.This is not intended to compare the popuiari'iy of tuofii; two breeds, 'ou: to show il.at the W. W. boomed itself by its own m^ii-; right from th.3 star1:, and H HI- Funeral Director | a AGENT FOR HEADSTONES g IK Phone Connection. Mission City g away from home. You will come back re freshened in mind and body and feel that you ��������� ...-.. T.ifrht rrmT, ,,,. would not exchange your burdens for theirs is very necessary that breeders stick ,no, not even to be rich like them. to U.e true Wyandotte tyi-o if il-.ry Advertising is the offshoot of inside energy. If you have no inside energy you will have no advertising- THE COST OF PUBLISHING. An exchange says that the announcement of an increase in subscription price has just been made by all the New York daily papers Some of the newspapers there have been holding out against the inevitable as long as they could. But with costs mounting higher and higher the last one of the objectors had to .yield. The other alternative was to go out of business. PITY THE POOR BLIND '1 was standing in, front of the Tutwiler "I was bidiiuiuj,.!".'- --. ^ ^ uu-^w.*.. - . ^T % nnn ._,. wnnri v;nirine for a friend the other day , says JU- political potentialities No one can ten w naj ^^^^ lnthe Birmingham Age-Her- the situation will be at elec longtime h . aH juest W II ^ ^ & ^ The SO-year-olds is a mighty distinguished class these days. Let us start with Georges Clemenceau, the hardly old "tiger" of Prance At 80 he has charge of tlie L reiich slup of < state and steers his country through the pen- nest vv.-nuuac. m ni.*-. j~.*������^ 0 _. w aid, "and just across the street a number of pretty girls were waiting for a street car. It was windy, and there was quite a display of hosiery. Now, this in itself would not have been so very unusual, but a fellow standing by me spied the exhibition, and then saw a blind man sitting only about a hundred feet away, with a sign, "Pity the Blind." "I did not know him, but his sympathies were aroused, for he turned to me and said, 'I never was so sorry for a blind man in my life; I am going across and drop a quarter in his cap,' and he did." Our sporting editor says there are no blind in this town that he knows of- to tue true Wyandotte typo if il-.rylg wijh to keep it among tlie leaders. There are a few [auks m tue shape of some strains of this breed whi li can be easily remedied in the brcetiini pen, and among them ������u: Leig.-i too long, breast coo high, narrow back, tail pinched jr carried too hiiUi, and at a sharp angle with the back, it is always essential m mating to correct on one side the defects of the other. A broad back and well spread tail are, probably, the best points in'the Wyandotte, but in order to produce good points, the breeder must know his birds, and more particularly, must'know the Standard, so that he will recognize the defects when he sees them, and remedy them. The show room is a good educator; showy our birds and although it is sometimes hard medicine, a breeder can find out what defects his birds possess; but do not be one of those who go to the show rooms and tell what good birds you have athome but was too busy to get them ready; for he is in a peaceful state of ignorance from which he won't wake until he brings his birds and has them judged and valued at their true worth, for then he will find his birds have defects that he knew nothing of. The W. W.'s are a very handsome breed, being full of curves, and having I'ure white feathers, deep red comb, wattles and lobes, and bright yellow legs. They are an all-purpose fowl, of good size; are plump and fit for the table at all ages after six weeks old; are quiet and sociable and are not fliers; are good motners will stand confinement well, and as layers are lrst on the list. Not "now-and then'' but year after year. From 'Nov. 1st, 1911, to Oct. 31st 191G, .five annual egg-laying contests .were held at the Missiouri State Poultry Experiment Station, at Moun tain Grove, Miss. How the W. W. compared with other breeds acknowledged to be high producers of eggs, is shown i nthe following: White Wyandottes 163 ���������Silver'Wyandottes 162 C. White Leghorns 162 S. C. Reds 157 S. C. B. Mlnorcas 155 R. C. Reds ....r 153 Anconas : 151 White Rocks -. 148 Barred Rocks 14 6 White Orpingtons 135 At North American, Penn. - - - * -* a 1 cr 1914 W. Wyandottes..l69 White Leghorns 152 Barred Rocks -14 8 S. C. R. I- Reds 138 1915 169 158 148 156 1916 177 165- 163 158 188.7 183.0 163.0 162.8 At Storr's, Conn. W. Wyandottes ..195 180 White Leghorn 178 17 4 Barred Rocks....l60 147 R. I. Reds 167 147 PLANS BETTER FERRY SERVICE Asserting that a more up-to-date ferry service is required at Agassiz Mr. Walter McGrath, of Chilliwack, has written to the New Westminster Automobile Association to enlist their aid in an application he intends to make to the provincial government to build a scow 22 by 64 feet long, with steam engine in the centre to operate it and a driveway on both sides, which could be run for about the cost of the present ferry, and it Avould accommodate twice the number of vehicles. Mr.' McGrath's idea is that the ferry should be able to carry eight big touring cars and it should have an apron on both ends so there would be no backing up and getting stuck in the mud. Ml i. >f if M to ��������������� ?j c II ><l ,���������> '��������� V I* ������HSsr* I \ / mmm^^mm^^mmmf^ "Interest tlie public in your goods mid they will willingly pay you interest^on your expend iture,"says a wise sage. And to interest them you' must tell them your message. You must put your message in the proper place. And the proper place is the advertising columns of the local paper- ��������� THE STEADY ADVERTISER The steady advertiser garners the ���������dollars that are cruising and seeking "a safe harbour where...quality counts Every community has new people and even those who live long in' a' community like to be invited'before they go anywhere to spend their money- ��������� Events transpire rapidly in this world and the individual with a dollar to spend can afford to be independent. When the merchant takes these two facts into consideration, if he consults his own welfare he would never have his name and his business out of a newspaper. A well constructed advertisement is bound to attract the attention of many people and of that number some are bound to buy who would not do so otherwise. Figuring on this basis, the expense of advertising becomes virtually nil. /. A.BATES Printer and Publisher Phone 520 Mission City, B. C. TliE ABBOTSFORD POST Distribution Charge ��������� Is Too High PAGE THREW" Nelson is expecting to be made ah ofllclal and full-Hledged Dominion weather-reporting station this spring The Kelowna Courier has a musical critic who writes a column a week for that paper. ;- Mail order business is so brisk at Revelstoke that the Dominion Express Company has appointed three more business houses in that city to sell these money orders. .1: pays to advertise. Rev. Father A. MacDonnoll, formerly of tho diocese of Victoria under lit. Rev. Bishop MiicDonald, and who left the city attached to the G7t.li Battalion, Western Scots, as the chaplain, has been awarded the Military Cross. t . ��������� II took tho polico magistrate at Nelson two days to, dispose of an assault case in which two Do.ikhobors wore the principals. It cost the loser a ?1 nno and about $50 ol" court costs. Miss Kate Hoffman'of Grand Forks, has gone to China to accept a lucrative position 'as an instructor : in tpyowrlting and bookkeeping "If it is a crime to make a coun- erfelt dollar," said. Abraham Lincoln once "it is ten thousand times- woise crime to make a counterfeit man There seems to-be some counterfeit men In Qu^e_c1Wh^ade Miem so? The world is rough, but never mind! 'Keep cheerful as you go, For if you stop to kick you 11 find You've only ���������stubbedjrour to.e. . ' Don't stlrT^Tong trip without a full gasoline tank and plenty of oil. Don* . forget the . r obacco Fund for the Soldiers Advertise your business while advertising is good. Local paper' is at your service. CANADA Military Service Act Important Announcement to : Generally ���������N dealing with the very large number of claims fo^������*** brou������tt forward for consideration in connection with Class 1 ��������� Sr^e Military Service Act, it has occurred as was nestable, that as a result of false ~e^s and d^cu.- puUn^ way of investigation, some individuals. naw. -erne whose proper place is in the Army. It is not th, intention of the Government to g������*^^&%������tt*** rnanently their obligation to bear,J^J pa,t.m & mm ^ ^ g?S^-1^^^^ W&- 5, men in the second dass necessarily called out to fill their places. Exemptions Granted on Faba Grounds =s,i ������n sz "3i~--r���������i2srr Act have been ���������tm*cd ^ZeA wcofectXnd returned promptly! under These questionnaires must be filled up c������"="f a . penalty of forfeiture, of exemption for fauuK. to do so. Exempted Men Who Have Ctenged Mdress��������� ^ It is therefore important in their���������*** interes.^^^ ^o fLe Lve changed their address since their <������������������������ ^gfnotiry him at once. return the questionnaire after receipt. Cltizeais Urged to Assist. _ _ In many instances ^formation has beeri furnished ^member. f^W which has led to the cancellation of^gxemption o . 5^^. The leading statements. Further co-operation of. this c-a t Country, ^^c^t^d^^ " CHARLES J. D������HERTYW/wrf^. Correspondence should be greeted. Rob, S^LennieK.C.. Registrar under the Military Service Act, Vancouver, l>.^. gfgfBf1PK������Vfr,lBlf^aBa .���������eMBSTOA! ������'* THE ABBOTSFORp POST, ABBOTSFORD, B. HE YOUR OWN CHAUKKIOUR If you' wan'!, to learn to run your own car road lJic following and commit it l.o memory before you get tlie car.' Tlie rules are entitled "Mow to linn an Auto"��������� First���������Blow the horn, ttucuiui���������To shirt, blow the horn, pull liiv'or, blow horn, (.urn steering whocsl t,o right., turn it to lof'tsud- (l<;.ily. Blow horn again. J'uL on brake, take' off brake, blow horn. ��������� Third-���������Hlow the horn. Fourth���������When meeting wide car .in narrow road, blow horn loudly, depress starter, prime transmission, back car, go forward, turn wheel, press foot oh top button and blow horn, Fifth.��������� Blow Horn. When going over rough roads blow horn continuously, let on clutch, reverse, push fof brake, set lever at reverse, go a- head, blow horn. Sixth���������To stop the auto, blow the horn, pull steering wheel, put on brake, cut in with muffler, shove AMAZING FORI) FIGl'iilOS down some of the brakes horn. Seventh���������To gain speed, blow tho horn first, step hard-on the sparker hokl out right hand, blow horn a- gain, release brake, advance starter extend left hand and blow horn. Eighth���������Going down hill, blow horn continuously, put on emergency-brake, shift to low gear, reverse, retard transmission; when engine back-fires, blow horn again. Tenth���������To climb steep grade, blow horn, give her morj juice, Blow the horn, speed up accelerator blow horn, turn wheel to left, to right, keep your eye in front, blow horn, watch gauge, look behind, blow the horn, watch both sides, keep your eye on your sparker every minute and blow horn very loudly. Eleventh���������Use the horn instead of gasoline���������it is cheaper. Twelfth���������Blow your horn and keep off the grass. The following ligures, will give some idea of theh magnitude of tho Ford Motor Company. People have become so accustomed .to big things about tho Ford plant that everything is taken as a matter of courso.. A nilraclo manufacturing is commonplace, "all in a day's work." The real largeness of cbe Ford Motor Company may be ooncoived by tho fact that to produce i)0 0,0 00 cars it will reauire over 400,000 tons of stool for cars, ovor 126,000,- 00 square, feot of material for tops 3,GO0.000 each of wheels and tires, 4,500,000 lamps, 15,884,114 feet of vanadium steel shafting and axles, 4,938,000. square feet of glass, for windshields, -109,484,404 feet of copper tubing for radiators, 12,- 9 00,000 pounds of steel ior mag- notes, 7,836,593 square feet of galvanized metal for gas tanks, 69,- 959,951 square feot of sheet,metal i'or. fenders and guards, 27,940,382 FREIGHT AND PASSIOGNIJR RATIOS GO Ui' AI'ilJL i and blowjfeef of tubular radius rods, 156,- 54C freight cars full loadod, besides about 79,534,404 pounds of materials in loss than car lots, to bring in tho materials and carry Ford cars to doalors throughout the country. CANADA OWNS MANY MOTOIt CARS Case of Rev. lien Spence . Toronto, March 19.���������Rev. Ben Spence was committed for trial yesterday on' a charge of having in his possession literature banned by the Brass Censor, namely, some, hun dreds of copies of "The Parasite," a book. Pending trial Mr. Spence is out on bail of $2 0 0. Don't express words that pictures will display. Use the illustrations; it sinks deeper. The number of automobiles ��������� in the Dominion of Canada places her third in the list of the world's greatest car owners. The figures show that in 1915 Canada imported approximately $7,000"000 worth of motor cars and parts, in 1916 over $9,500,000 worth, and in 1917 nearly ? 15,800,00 0. The estimates, which are conservative, place the number "of cars in Canada at over 150,000, with 75,000 in Ontario, which has 2,500,000 population. The figures further show that Canada has one automobile for every seven people, and that 7,346 passenger cars, of a value of $4,712,4 33 were imported Into Canada during tho first six months of 1917. All but five of these cars came from the United States. The imports of automobile parts were valued at $3,184,- 83S. The estimates state that Canada will purchase 100,000 cars this year, or an increase of 85 per cent, over pre-war buying. Winnipeg, March 15.���������in a despatch the Ottawa correspondent ol the Manitoba Free Press says. '���������Official announcement will be made probably tomorrow (hat the railway rate increase of 15 per cent, on all passenger and freight traffic in Canada is to go into effect. It is understood that final decision was reached by the caibnet this afternoon to allow the rate increase as ordered by the Board of Railway Commissioners last January. The date on which the rate increase shall go into effect is as yet not definitely ascertained, but.it is likely that tho order-in-council will fix April 1. The rate increase is granted as a temporary war measure, thus ooviafing one of the objections raised against it by the western appelants from the railway commission's order, namely, that if the increase .was granted at all it should be only' a temporary increase based on war time exigencies, and not as a permanent Increase endorsed by the railway board To meet the other main objection offered by the west, namely," that tho Canadian Pacific railway could worry along on-present rates aiid would unnecessarily- profit by the tho increase in rates to tho extent of from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 per year at the expense of the public, the govern ment is providing a special tax on railway earnings, applicable under tho conditions, solely to the Canadian Pacific railway, which will result in the returning to the national treasury and thus,' indirectly to the public, the Canadian- Pacific railway's extra profits. Until the order-in-council is made public the terms of this special tax will not be definitely known, but it is probable that a tax on gross earnings will be' imposed above a certain amount. NEW PROPRIETOR FOR DEROCILR STORE Don't neglect the lubricant of your car. Watch your pressure gauge. our in aper BECAUSE THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR YOUIl AD. If you COULD (although, OF COURSE, you can't) stop every man you meet1 on the streets asd ask: "Do you want to buy a pair of shoes?" (Or any other kind of goods) You might find half a dozen who would say "Yes." Perhaps not one of these, however, would want to buy the article you want to sell. If your advertisement, however, were to be printed in these columns this week, it would "stop" EVERY MAN W TOWN WHO WANTS TO. BUY SHOES, OR CLOTHES, OR ANY OTHER ARTICLE���������and it wouldn't "stop" anyone who didn't want-to buy- That's the beauty of the advertising way of finding a buyer. The ad. finds the buyer through the simple process pf being easily and readily found BY the buyer- And if, among the prospective buyers of goods, there is one to whom your goods would be a bargain, and your ad. is a convincing one, you'll sell what you want to sell. (THIS SPACE EOIt SALE) Tlie general store at Deroche has again changed ' hands and the new proprietor will take charge shortly. Tha store was formerly operated by Mr. C. J. Cooper, who enlisted with the first contingent and leased the business to;-'Mr. and Mrs Murray. Last year Mr. and Mrs. Murray had the misfortune to lose their only son at the front, and also at 'he same time the store was burned down. After rebuilding Mrs. Cooper carried on the store and post office herself, but has now leased the whole business to Mr. C. F. Chamberlayne, of the-! Campers' Store, "White Rock.��������� Surrey Gazette. WHERE CANADA LEADS Canad leads the world in her per capita production of wheat. Our production is 70 1-2 bush2ls per head of the population. Argentina conies next with g6 ,:l-3 bushels and the United States third with 4 5 1-3 bushels. Farmers' and Travelers trade solicited. Newly Furnished Thoroughly. Modern M. MURPHY, PROPRIETOR HUNTINGDON, B- C. SEES T-^wTf ' ������.j>".'j]iirt w!������"jJm5S MASONIC VISITING The Abbotsford Masonic lodge was honored last Sat -rday by a special visit from representatives of the combined lodge3 of New Westminster Tho party was ! a large one and arrived on a specially chartered B. C. ID. R. car. Intersting ceremonial and friendly sociability marked the occasion. ABBOTSFORD DISTRICT BOARD OF TRAD President, Hope Alanson Secretary, N: Hill , of Abbotsford, B. C. Mr. Gernaey, the Nabob King of the Fraser Valley while in town this week was receiving the congratulations from friends on the arrival of a bouncing b b . Now you are wrong it was a beautiful buzz- wagon���������a new Dodge. [Meeting Held First Monday of Each Month Write the secretary regarding manufacturing sites with unexcelled}' shipping facilities and cheap power or .information regarding the farm and fruit lands of the district, and industries already established. 3=33= PRINTERS' SERVICE FLAG v3' A dead man cannot read hi? tombstone or the lacal paper. If you like him, say the kind word now. At the funeral the parson will say many kind words of the dead, but why leave It to the parson? If you think praise is due him, say it now and save the teardrops. Don't think that your motor car conveys to you a privilege of making people scatter out of the way like a fZo������k of chickens. "Our service flag now has 2271 stars, with many more to be added." In this sentence a pamphlet issued by the International Typographical Union of North America sums up tho record of the printers in the present war to date. The list of names, however, is compiled only to February 1 since when many more members of the union in Canada and the United States have joined the forces of the Allies, and in addition to the 2271 journeymen printers, 308 apprentices in war service have been reported. Sixty- Canadian members of: the union have been killed on the Held-or have died in the service and the dependents of these have been paid $20,000 by the"organization. CALL OF BANK CLERKS On March 15th 834 bank clerks were called to the service. The Royal Bank heads the list with 120 the Candian Bank of Commerce coming next with 112; then it drops down to 60 for the Merchants Bank and La Banque D'Hochelaga; then the Union Bank of Canada with 57 the Bank .of Montreal with 52. With the beginning of tha month the services of the game wardens was dispensed with and their duties taken over by the provnicial constables. I i '8 m^w^^w^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Title | The Abbotsford Post |
Publisher | Abbotsford, B.C. : J.A. Bates |
Date Issued | 1918-04-05 |
Description | The Abbotsford Post was published in Abbotsford, in the Fraser Valley region of southwestern British Columbia. The Post was published and edited by John Alexander Bates, and it was the first paper targeted specifically at the Abbotsford area. The paper has since been bought and sold a number of times, and continues to be published to this day under the title of the Abbotsford News. |
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Language | English |
Notes | Print Run: 1910-1924 Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | Abbotsford_Post_1918_04_05 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2011-10-05 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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AIPUUID | ee21cc2a-9c08-4918-bba2-f5ca6e8462c5 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0168450 |
Latitude | 49.052222 |
Longitude | -122.329167 |
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