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 ui  9  With which ?.s incorporated "The- Huntingdon Star"  Vol. XIV., 'No, 13.  4BB0TS'FGftD. B, C.  FRIDAY,   AUGUST  10,   1917  <B^^^tt>_8  $1.00 per Year  HILL'S ST  Vol. I.  Our  " -vul  Mid-Suim*������Qi  BtiiL.  15 Days Sale of Seasonable ^  At Greatly Reduced Prices  Ladies' Vests, Regular 25?, Sale Price, 2 lor 35������  Ladies' Vests, Regular 35^, Sale Price, each . . 25tf  Ladies' Blouses, Regular $1.25 Cor ��������� v %H  Ladies' Blouses, Regular $1.50' for $1.20  Ladies' Blouses, Regular $2.00 for $1.65  25 Pieces Valenciennes and Cotton Torckqn Laces  6 yards for 25^  Misilk Crochet Cotton, 3 Balls for 2o������  DRESS GINGHAMS, New Ginghams just to hand are  18$!.' During August will sell llieni all at old price pr yd. 15^  RUBBER FOOTWEAR, Boys' Lace Athletic  $1.25 for $1-10  Ladies' Tennis Slioes$1.50 for   v $1.3fj  Other lines of Summer Footwear at reduced Prices.  .English Breakfast Coffee, per tin %H  Krinkle Korn Flakes, per package -....- 10������  Sun-Maid Raisins, Fresh Seeded, 2 packages 25^  L. C. Crown    Soap, 6 Bars for  25������  (Limit 2 packages to a Customer)  GROCERY SPECIALS���������  Snow Shoe,Brand Salmon y2's, per tin 10������  Pacific Milk, 2 Tins for 25������  High Grade Flour "Our Best" Brand, a sack $3.20  MMHlinWMIIHIMlMIBMBIIIIIIIilllllllllTlin'i' '!'������������������'���������"-'"-'-������������������-'-""���������-'-""  NO PREPARATIONS FOR  :  ��������� PRODUCTION IN CANADA  Id Britain They    Began Last January To Prepare For Next  Year's Crop  ^rziTPi  PROGRESSIVE METHODS ARE REQUIRED  New Minister Needed at  Once���������Clifford Sii'lon Best Man  in  Sight���������More Urgent Problem Than Conservation  At The Present Moment  Canada has boasted that she is the bread basket of- the  Empire. Yet in the hour of need she lias failed���������failed miserably  ���������to play her self-established part. The Mother country has  asked for bread and she has been given a gold-brick, says the  Financial Post. Canada with her millions, of acres of fertile  lands, awaiting only the developing activity of her people, has  failed to increase her acreage. She has failed the Empire, she  has failed her Allies and she has failed herself, for never was  there a better opportunity to serve the world; to earn fancy profits; to create private and national wealth to help reduce taxation  than there was in the increase of agricultural production, with  practically the whole world waiting to pay the price.  But while the war lasts and the demand for food stuffs continues there is little to be gained in regrets. The needs of the  Allies in 1918 promise to be even greater than they were during  1917. In England, they began in January and are preparing  ���������3,000.000 additional acres. There they have a capable executive as Minister of Agriculture.  In Canada, we are doing nothing nationally. Our Minister of  Agriculture has proved a failure. He is the victim of a system  that fills Cabinet positions with successful politicians, instead  of with successful executives. He is such a superior type of man  personally, that it pains us to bo compelled to draw attention to  his weakness as an administrator. But the situation is urgent.    The grain is needed.    The revenue is needed.  We want, and can get, 5,000,000 more acres under cultivation  this autumn for the 1918 crops. A new Minister of Agriculture  must be got at once. The Premier must not wait for a reorganized Government.    The country will support him in any good  (Continued on Page Four)  '    PERSONALS .  Commemoration services were  lelcl iu Hie Alexandria hull last Sunday evening the aniversary of (.lie  three years war. Rev. Mr.' Kerr of  Now Westminster gave an excellent  address. Rev. Mr. . Rowe of Sardis  also spoke as did Rev. Mr. Camp-  ���������boll.' The liall was' well filled. The  collections were given to the Red  Cross   Fund.  A number' of Huntingdon people  were over to church on Sunday evening last. ,  The Swiss Bell Ringers gave a concert in the Alexandria Hall on  Thursday last week the programme  being a splendid one and the hall  well filled.  Mr. Browni formerly of the Royal  Bank of Abbbtsford was in Abbots-  ford   last  week.  Mr. Firlotte was iu Vancouver last  week.  Mrs. McClenegan has returned  from Bellingha'm so.me what improved from her short stay there.  Word has been received that Pte.  Walker Wallace is seriously wound-  el. ���������  Miss Selraa Nelson  is  visiting in  Victoria this week.���������;  ' Mrs. Nixon is improving nicely in  the Vancouver .hospital.     ,<  Rev. Mr. and Mrs/Rowe have -'.one  'back to Sardis afteivtheir holidays in  Abbotsford for the last three weeks.  . Mr.  Dan  Smith,  was  a  visitor  to  Vancouver last Saturday.  Mr. George Zeigler was a visitor  to the coast on Wednesday.  Mr. Alanson was at the lake last  week fishing.  Mr. Reuben Thornton and Mr. Tom  McClenegan are out at Sumas lake  camping and catching fish.  BIRTH���������To Mr. and Mrs. Mclnnis  on Saturday, August 4th  a daughter.  BIRTH���������To Mr. and Mrs. Dwight  Rucker, a son.  BIRTH���������To Mr. and Mrs. James  Emery, a sou.  Mrs. Manclers little girl aged three  years fell and cut her face bally on  a tin can,  COMPETITIONS  FOR  BOYS  AND GffiLS  Throgh the action of the Minister  of Agriculture, the Honorable Martin Burrell, arrangements have been  made to have the Canadian Bankers  Association co-operate with the Department of Agriculture in providing  a liberal sum of money to be offered  in prizes for calves and pigs exhibited by boys or girls under 17 years  of ago, at county or township  fairs.  These competitions are known as  the Canadian Bankers' Competitions" and are linked up with the activities of the Live Stock Branch of  the Dominion Department of Agriculture. Tliey represent ah effort to  increase interest in lives tock. and  constitute a' part of the active campaign for more and better stock inaugurated and carried on by the  Honorable Mr. Burrell through his  Department. The generous -suport  accorled to the movement by the  Canadian Bankers' Association, affords a practical demonstration of the  attitude of the banks towards the  live stock industry, and the active  participation of the Association in  this campaign is bound to strengthen  and create general interest in farm  live stock.  Canadian Bankers' Competitions  will be held at a large number of  shows this year, and the boys and  girls should lose no time in finding  out all about them. The calves and  pigs must be fed at least six weeks  by the boys and girls who exhibit  them, so that it is very important to  act promptly in securing a copy of  the rules and other information.  Full information regarding the  competitions can be obtained from  the Manager of any Bank in the locality where a fall fair is held.  8  IR. RICHARD  PASSES AWAY  British Columbia's Most Gifted  Son Passes Away in London  ���������Funeral May Be At Government's .. Expense ���������Notable  Career.  Mr. Duncan A. Hamilton secretary  of the Automobile Association of B.  C, with headquarters at Hotel Van- (  couver, and Mr. Harris of the Motor-'  ist paid the district a visit coming the  north shore road and returning by  the south���������taking in the whole of the  All Red 'Route.  Victoria, Aug. 7.���������The announcement of the death in  London of Sir Richard McBride..  agent-general, came yesterday  as a great shock to the capital  city where for years he had resided, represented it in the legislature and through his noted  career in the provincial political arena brought honor upon it.  Immediately the cable from  Hon. J. H. Turner, acting agent  general, telling of Sir Richard  McBride's death was received  by Hon. Dr. Maclean, provincial . secretary, an informal  meeting of the three ministers  of the cabinet now in the city,  Hon. Dr. Maclean, lion. John  Hart and Hon. J. W. DeB. Far-  ris, was held. -It-was'decided  to instruct Hon. Mr. Turner to  take charge of the funeral arrangements in London on behalf of the government. Lady  McBride and family leave London immediately and will bring  back the bod}'.  It is expected that a public funeral at the expense of the province will be held. It is known*  that Sir Richard, in the later  days of his illness, expressed  the desire that in the event of  his death his body should be"  brought back and interred a-  lonsgide that of his father at  New Westminster.  Many have been the expressions of regret from our public  men at the death of Sir. Richard  McBride. Mr. Bowser, a lifelong friend says:  "The death of Sir Richard, who  served his native province so faithfully and long, will be universally  regretted."  Mr. Bowrser stated that while the  serious condition of the health of Sir  Richard was known, it had been the  sincere hope of his friends that he  would have returned to British Columbia and here recover his health.  It was their hope that the change  would have helped Sir Richard, and  at least that he would have been  spared to spend some years in the  province for which he labored so  faithfully, and where he possessed a  host of friends and admirers.  "Our friendship has been one of  years' standing," said Mr. Bowser.  "We first met in 1887 when as  boys we entered the Dalhousie law  school; then we established a friendship which has continued throughout. When I came west to Vancouver in 1891 Sir Richard was then  studying law in New Westminster. In  1903 I ran as one of his candidates  in Vancouver, when he first became  premier and declared for party lines.  Ever since'I'was associated with him  in the legislature until his retirement  in December, 1915, when he became  agent-general of the province at London. For nine years I had the honor to serve in his cabinet as attorney  general.  "In the death of Sir Richard McBride, British Columbia loses her  most distinguished son, a man of  most liberal disposition, big-hearted  to a degree, and ��������� one whose name  will rank at the very top in the development of the province, a- work  that will undoubtedly be more appreciated in the future than perhaps  it has been in the past.  "In him British Columbia developed an empire-builder of outstanding ability, and it is to be more  deeply regretted that "he should have  passed away at so early a period in  life, when, had he maintained his  health he would undoubtedly have  made his mark in the broader Imperial sphere for which hiss talents so  eminently fitted him.  "In his death British Columbia  suffers a loss that t will be keenly  felt. I am sure ���������' that at this time  political feelings will be forgotten,  that British Columbia, irrespective  of political faith, will deeply-regret  the death of one whose heart and  effort'was directed to the welfare of  the province." -��������� ���������  Mr. Bowser feelingly referred    to  the hope often expressed by Sir Richard that he would, in his position as  agent-general,   be   in   a   position   to  still further advance the interests of  the province.       Ho also referred to.  his good work among the men from >  British  Columbia  on  active  service,  .who ever, found, in. him,a f.riend.and _  counsellor, and  many of v/honi    he  assisted in numberless ways. "Whenever a man needed a helping hand he  was one of nature's noblemen," declared the leador of the opposition,  "large-heartod) kind, and tempering'  all his business and social relations  with courtesy and refinement.  Notable Career of Sir Richard  Richard McBride was born In the  city of New Westminster on December 15, 1870, the son of. the late  Arthur H. McBride, formorly warden  of the Peniteniary. He was educated in the public schools and high  school of New Westminster, and at  Dalhousie University, Halifax, from  which he graduatted in 1890, with  the L. L. B. degree. Two other  New Westminster men went with him  to Dalhousie, His Honor Judge How-  ay and Mr. R. L. Reid, K. C. " Returning to New Westminster he entered the law firm of Corbould &. Mc-  Coll, but later formed a partnership  with Mr. W. J. Whiteside. During  the few years that he practised law,  he was regarded as a man possessing  marked ability, particularly in criminal cases, but it was not long before  he plunged into the maelstrom of political life. In the Dominion general  election of 1896, he was aiding the  campaign of the Conservative candidate, Mr. Atkinson, against Mr. Justice Morrison, when Mr. Atkinson got  cold feet and withdrew. The nomination was offered him, and he willingly jumped into the breach, but despite his undoubted popularity he  went down to defeat with his party.  Two years later he was again in the  field, this time as a candidate for  Dewdney, in the provincial election,  and this time successfully. Re-elected  in 1900, he was appointed minister of  mines in the Dunsmuir administrat- . .���������.  ion, but he resigned the portfolio in  September 1903, because he could  not see eye to eye with his leader,  who had formed a coalition with Mr.  Joseph Martin and Mr. J. C. Brown,  naming the latter, who had been minister of finance in the previous administration, provincial -secretary.  From then until called upon to form  a government in June. 19 03, he ���������as  an effective leader of the opposition  through the balance of the Dunsmuir  regime and that of Col. Prior.  Until this time, provincial politics  in British Columbia knew, nothing of  (Continued on Last Page) o  ' m  fill!] ABHOl'SlFOKD: POST, ABBOTSFORD,  ti.  o.  ^a:i������i ai������m  .,,'j.m.  PiibLidhed'-.Ev������r.y: Friday  by rJEhe I*ost Bublisliiaig Corn puny  weekly J'oupaui dov������teal to the iato-r.esta of Airt>otai'ord and district  Ad-vertisiiiitf  rates   made   known   on ' application  Our   Sliiu.boieth���������JVeitli������r   i'ur   ������*or   agin'   tho   Goveruuiout  J. A. BATES,      .     -        _ Editor and Proprietor  .FRIDAY, AUCiUS T10, 1.917  With a hip, hip, hurrah for Sir Wilfrid, we  .are told that the Western Liberals look to the  old leader to carry them to victory at the forthcoming election in November.   The delegates  appear to be a different bunch of men than  ��������� the delegates to the Abbotsford <��������� Liberal convention held last month.    Some there expressed doubt that Sir Wilfrid would be the leader  of the Liberals, in the next   parliament.     All  did not appear to have the same confidence in  Laurier as the Vancouver Sun says the delegates to the Winnipeg convention have.   And  there is this difference, the delegates to the  Abbotsford convention were men and women  for the most part whose one idea was 'to, win  the. war' and for the time being leave politics  aside if necessary.    The win the war was the  one theme of that convention,���������many of them  have a son or sons at the front.   They are a  great deal more interested in the war than in  politics.    Can the same be said of Wade of the  Sun and his followers?  Has Barrow or Munro gone to the convention to support Wade in boosting for Laurier?  If ever there was. a time in the.history   of  Canada, when politics should be laid   to   one  side and leaders chosen whose sole aim will be  win the war not political gain, it is now.   Win  the war. should be the one important business  of Canada today, not politics.        There surely are men in Canada���������born leaders���������who can  be^ chosen- to form a government, who would  be: satisfactory to both sides and who would  step down and out after the war   is   settled,,  thus not giving either side any political gain  in the after-the-war election,when politics can  be.taken up again.  GALLEY  THREE   ....  SHUr>T THE SUN BY TBLBPH  A Mam Who Made Good  "Let me tell'you of a man 1  know who has made good. Ke  works. Personally 1 think lie  works too hard and long, for he  is doomed to ah early death. He  has had several breakdowns,  and one day he won't get up our,  of bed.'  "But his store is a live place.  Things are busy there. This  man advertises���������doesn't use big  spaces, but you can see even in  his modest 6 inches x 2 cols, advertisement that there is pulsing life in his store.  "This man is always planned  ahead. He can tell you weeks  in advance just what he'll/ be  pushing hard. He has to buy  much of his stock weeks and  months in advance. But when  that stock arrives the program  for- getting rid of it fast is all  complete.  When 1 knew him first he was  a clerk in a general store.. The  departments he worked in included groceries, boots, crockery, wall paper. That young  fellow was of Irish extraction���������  energetic, keen-witted, ambitious, soft-spoken, pleasant. His  boss was smooth, and a master  merchant.  "One day. this young fellow  and another started in business  for themselves, There were no  delusions. They knew that they  had'to work,and they did work..  "The world loves workers;  and people like to shop in busy-  stores. These young fellows  succeeded.  application of excess-profits tax and  settlement of Government's attitude  toward price fixation. And these are  inter-dependent..  Business captains expect to pay big  excess profits taxes. But they do ask  how is it possible to collect i?70'0,000-  000 to'$1,000,000,000 in excess profits taxes and follow a policy of rigid  price fixation. Business leaders contend that. Government officials have  not yet awakened to the fact that  this ,is a 'national war,- not a party  war; that patriotic efforts of business,  men have been for the country, not  because of any particular love for the  Administration.  It is because of failure of Government leaders to grasp fundamentals  of industrial situation that many industrial captains are doing little or  nothing. They are unwilling to expend Stockholders money for expansion unless it is clear they arc to be  allowed a fair profit, and a fair profit for L9L7 is measured in terms,that  in 191.2 would have seemed fabulous  It is realized that things in Washington are in as fate of considerable  chaos. Small men arc attempting t"  handle too big jobs. All this was  expected, and would be endured with  cheerfulness could the economic slat-  f.us of business during war be determined  along broad and  ronstnicl-  ive lines.     '   ,    ���������  ���������  This .energizing power of the .war  should be a powerful stimulus to busi  ness. , It should make the raising of  vast sums for war purposes easy. But'  if the administration'-is ' not to kill  the goose that might lay the golden  egg( it must break through its miasmatic fog of theory and suspicion before long-. Business men are anxious  to co-operate, but cannot, go the entire way.���������Financial Post.  Man's life and well being are like  a free. The roof of the free is agriculture, and manufactures and commerce the branches. ' Injure the root  and the free dies. Upon agriclture  the whole industrial fabric, the whole  structure of the state, rests.���������Confucius.  If is  better to go  io bed  with the  chickomrtlHwi   with  the owls.  It is much easier to save money by  caring for the farming fools than to  !i;ini money to replace those that go  lo  pieccti  from  neglect.  "I low's   business,   old  in.il. ing an.vlhing  lately.  ' YoM,  an  assignment.'  man?   Boon  i4^y/g^3c^*|[^ '���������  tttmzi  ������������������      ���������..������������* i a  ^  PRO  BELGICA  SOUVENIR NUMBER  w  9.  These  are  the  men   we  the: people of Canada want today.  No election run and won on political lines  can possibly form a government at Ottawa  that will formulate a win the war policy that  will meet with the approval of men and women  who have sons and relatives at the front fighting'. There are three parties in Canada at the  present time. > The Liberals and the Conservatives- and the win the war party. The next election will return candidates of all parties and  no one of these three will be able to form a  policy that will meet with the approval of. a  majority of the people.  We might be able to do without both Borden  and Sir Wilfrid and yet win the war.  A delegation went from the western prairies  to instruct Laurier as to his policy in the South  African war. Surely the ideas of the west and  the English-speaking population of Canada  have not changed since then? Can picked delegates to a Winnipeg convention fromulate a-l  policy that will blind the Liberals of Western  Liberals to their duty at the present day? We  hope not.  W  ehave  received ,a  copy  of  the I  Souvenir-Number of Pro Belgica,published   on   the   occasion   of   the   Na-I  i  ional  Day of Belgium.    This num-l  her of sixten pages is well illustra-l  .'ed   with   pictures   of   Belgium   andj  contains   interesting articles  on   the [  martyred  country.    Among the striking illustrations are pictures of tnv  Kings Leopold I, Leopold II. and .Egbert    of   Cardinal   Mercier,   and   of  several buildings of Belgium.  This interesting issue will greatly  help the Begian Day, the paper being sent to all subscribers to.a work  supported by' the Belgian authorities  and the proceeds being transmitted  to Europe by M. Gooiy General Consul for Belgium. This number contains notice on these works.  Subscription lists are open in Pro  Belgica the authorized mouthpiece  of the Belgian Relief- Work, for the  benefit of works registered-in accord-  i  ance with the 'War Charities Act"  Remember the sufferings of Belgian  '���������.hildhood.  All gifts can be sent to Prof, A.  J. De Bray, editor of Pro Belgica,  32 Sussex Avenue, Montreal, and the  list  wil be published as receipt.  Regular number of Pro Belgica  will be sent on request.  For the first time in many  years the hay on Matsqui is about all  in on August 1.  ie Witness Stand.  A little flaw in his statements ruins the evidence of the witness. It may be a slight exaggeration," but the opposing lawyer seizes it and uses  it to impress upon the jury that this witness is  hot reliable.  The Advertiser to-day is on the witness stand.  If he makes mis-statements he is judged accordingly and his entire advertising is mistrusted.  Wide-awake business men realize this. They  tell the truth in their advertisements; not because  they are better than they used to be; but because  they have learned that it pays.  The advertising columns to-day contain real,  dependable information that will save money for  you if you follow them intelligently..  issmmmss^B&&������$  MHflifflHH!  COPYRIGHTED  S72raS333������K������K������5H55rai5S!  ]lmnffffH8t   .  SEICLE   SYNDICATE.  /OSS  \n  nn  F  T  E*  3=  President, Hope Alanson   Secretary, N. Hill  of Abbotsford, B. C.  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  U\ t-he district, and industries already established.        jj)  WAR  PROMTS NEEDED  TO  MEET WAR TAXES  Price-Fixing Kaises Complications  Which Are Holding Industry In  Check.  In the death of Sir Richard McBride the province of British Columbia loses her most distinguished son, who in gaining- honors brought  honor to his native province, to which he was  always true. His political career since the  time he was first elected in Dewdney will make  a bright page In the history of our province.  Best opinion of Wall Street is that  the country is  near parting of the  ways so faras business prospects during  the war are concerned.       Wall  Street   is   not  in   the   doldrums,   or  sulking,   but  so   far  as  it  measures  the country's  business  leadership, it  feels  that Uvithin a lew months the  question of whether war is to be conducted with abounding prosperity as  a back log to support excess profits  taxes   and   provide   funds   for  relief  work, will  be settled.  The two main factors holding back  the enthusiasm of industrial leaders  are determination to exact size and  See me now about that Insurance  I have a large andjsplendid supply of  Raspberry Canes for sale at^low prices.  Finest quality.  C^^wctJ  Abbotsford  ^s  m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [I  V  *HB ABBOTSS'ORt) POST, AfiBOTSPORD, B. &  lim^i  ^  uuisn  I S ] p   <1   J   11  ���������*UAJP*PJlAAAJt  iwwwnsfiwwKKowsfi  '*3  mmmm  m������JW3KnB53WliSW?l  istric  lS to  one  e rreeaom  mpire an  d h  m senclin  41.  J  li  The following are the names:  W. A. Ferguson, killed.  H. E. Lloyd, killed.  J. McDonald, killed.  H. R. Gray, killed.  E. O. Coliinson, killed.  A. Ames, killed.  J. F. Green, killed.  Chas. Wooler,   (Killed)  A.  Witcliell   (Killed)  M. Mallalue (Killed)  R. Hughes (Killed)  H.' Green (Killed)  0. Kidwell, killed.  John Gillen, (Killed)  Sergt. C. T. McPhee  (K'l'd)  Geo. Knox, died, pneumonia.  A. J. Munro, (Prisoner)  L. Trethewey, (Gassed)  Wra. Morgan (Invalided)  ' S. McPhee (Wounded)  D. Campbell,   (Wounded)  Albert Davenport (Wound'd)  F. Brown, invalided.  A. G. Adams.  E. Anderton.  J. Aitken.  Stanley Attwood  H. Arnold.  F. Beale.  Steve Beebe  G. Bayes.  Hilliard Boyd.  Ed Barrett.  J. Bousfield.  W. Bowman.  A. A. F. Callan.  D. Campbell  J. I-I. Campbell  sW. Campbell.  Tom Campbell.  E. Chamberlain.  E. A. Chapman.  Alex. Chisholm  Fred Colbourne  M. W. Copeland.  T. Davis.  T. Donnelly.  J. Downie.  A. C. Dudden.  Paul Dutase  Andy Elhvood.  Wm. Evans  Norman Evans  Geo. Fadden  A. A. Fermodr.'  A. A.' Fermor  S. Finch.  A. F. Flummerfelt  J. Fraser,  Ernest Gazley.  Clarence Gazley.  D. Geddes.  E. B. de la Giroday  -Robert Gillen  G. N. Gillett.  H. Gordon.  G. Gough,  H. Green  H.  Grimley.   __;.-.__,_  J. Hands. j .  G. E. Hayes.      ....  A. Healey. -.$���������_  A. Hicks. ���������;���������  O. Hicks. 7  Robt. Higginson  Matt Higginson.      ,  A. Hill-Tout. s  Charles Hill-Tout  Willie Hill-Tout  R. Hughes. .;  T. M. Hutton  C. Hulton-Harrop.  V. Hulton-Harrop.  K. Huggard.  11. Johnston.  J. Kirkbride.  S. Knott  Fred Knox. .  Henry Knox.  W. Laird.  Geo. E. Leary      ;  Roy Mains  T. Maws on.  Frank McCallum  J. McCormack.  Kenneth McGilivray.  Stewart McGillivray.  H. McKinnon  Wm. Mclntyre  .P. D. McLagan   '  Matt Nelson.  Jack Parton  Peter Pearson.  A. Pegram.  T. Perks.  R. Peters.  Major B. Pottiriger  S. Ramsay...  John Rhodes  M. Rhodes.  Geo. Sharp.  Robt. Sim.  H. Skipworth.  J. L. Sansom  John Sinclair.  R. Smart.  T. Smeeton.  B. W. Suthern.  A. Teng.  W. W. Thaw  L. Trethewey.  T. Usher.  Walker Wallace  Gordon Walters  Harold Walters  Thos. Walters  J. Wrelch.  A. Williams.  J. 0. Williams.  Percy Wilson.  Frank Wooler  Manlius Zeigler  we, who are ie  roing to contribute  anadian ratnotie rund, as our snare  e saermce oi  verseas Service.  iave  or en  lve a monthly subscription.  '^^m^^^M^mmmmw^ww^^^^^^^^^  %m^&M^fww^������wmmwiM. THE ABBOTSFORD POST, ABBOTSFO.RD, B. C.  n ������  iu 'tjULLLULlC  ,���������������^������..������*-_'���������**���������'""������'��������� '"   u I *r?g  aeaaessaggaBamvag  BUY YOUR  1  ^e  BACOim, riA  SALT  FISH, ETC.  From J. G. COPPING, the Pioneer Butcher  AHUOTSl'OKD, IS. ���������.  .   AND SAVE MONEY __^  OTzyw ra# sew  #F TELEPHONE  The    telephone    stands    for  comfort the whole year through  but never  is the  pleasure    of  turning to it greater than in the"  hot days of summer.  Shopping, visiting or business  need never be postponed���������the  telephone will do it for you.  Forget the heat! Use the telephone!  money.    Thatli e is a rich man.   .Made millions in real^ estate  and elsewhere.    This is prejudice, not reason.    And this  is a  time when common sense should prevail.    His source of wealth  indicates great vision, a confidence in the future of Canada.  His success as an  administrator shows  great capacity  to- do  things and get things done.    The two things, we most need in  our public men.    Suppose we figure-his dollars and cents value  to Canada, as Director of Immigration.    Put it on a commission  basis.    Take only his last year in office. . That year his efforts  brought us 402,432 settlers.    A settler is said to be worth $100U.  Therefore, in one year only he increased,  by his efforts, the  wealth of the country, $400,000,000.    That-result alone should,  cause the noisiest demagogue, in self interest, to shout for, not j for it (he beauty spot or the Pacific  aeainst  bringing such a valuable man back into public life.        slope.  tibiun&L,  uiiufa Ufa o He has taken a number ol! pictures  iincl is willing- to give any intending  visitor!; to that Park'any information  he can.  '    FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1917  A most pleasant holiday .could he  spent going from here, taking five  days, two to go, two to come and  one day there. ��������� From now until the  middle of-September is a good time.  In going from Tacoma to the Parle  there is a climb of about 0,500 feet  on easy grade. Paradise Valley, a  pari of the park is even grandei^ says-  Mr. Turner,'than the Rockies or the  Selkirks. and he has seen all. It is  one beautiful picture of (lowers, trees  shrubbery   and   glaciers.    J-I'c  claims  VE'S WEEKLY  MARKET LETTER  F-Ieavy shipments all week/  mostly so ripe that they could  not be reshipped to' country  points, but had to be used in  Calgary and used quickly,which  made it necessary to make a popular price. Towards the end  of the week they began to show  mold and were considerably  packed. While, we held to to  $2.50 we had to reduce to $2 on  many sales to have the retailers  keep them. And some had to  be sold with the least possible  delivery. So made our sales  run about half at the one price  and half at the other.  ' The market is still hungry as  people will use a lot at what  they think is a fairly low price.  picatanf a word to sav init the roads  after May should be good until the  rainy season starts in. - In th;u stac  some $G,000,0'00 have been appropriated to fix up '.lie ,roadsj which  should put them in good condition.  There is much-good scenery along  the road, says Mr. Turner, but the  most enjoyable, and one which no  one should miss is flic Kaiuier National   l';irl<   70   miles   from   Tacoma.  The vindictive chap never lias as  much fun as the fellow who can  smile and   forget it.-  Sn-t MOHAKP JUtrttmiH1:  PANSKN AWAY  (Continued   Wrom   I'age  One)  .  lines.  Richard McBride I'n'ff  None better than Royal Household  . ALBERT   LEE,   Grocer   and   BaKer  No Preparations For Increased Production in 1917  (Continued from Page One)  appointment he will make. There is not a day to be lost. Let  it not be said next summer that we have again failed, m our  national and world duty, by procrastination.  The Minister of Agriculture need not be a trained agriculturist In Ontario we find that Hon. Mr. Hearst as director of  agriculture, has done more in the short time he has held the  office than the well-intentioned, but helpless political minister  at Ottawa during his term.  SIR CLIFFORD'S CASH  VALUE TO CANADA  We have to thank Providence for Sir Clifford Sifton. On  several occasions we have used him as an example of what  cppable man could do as a Cabinet Minister. We showed that  as Minister of Interior, he organized, personally directed, and  carried out the greatest immigration campaign in our history;  and that our immigration fell, off when he retired. On Feb-  uary 20, 1915,'THE POST showed that, in 1896, when Sir  Clifford Sifton came in, our immigration, had dwindled to 16,-  836 In 1897 we had, under him, the first increase in five  years.    It grew steadily until 1912, when we had 402,432. When  he retired, it began to decline.  Sir Clifford has enjoyed a well-earned leisure ever since.  Now the demands of the country has led him to, once more, devote his great ability to the public service���������usually a thankless  job. He is primarily aiding in organizing in support of the  conscription of fighting men. Undoubtedly, he will accompany this, with a conscription, of other big men like himself,  for a reorganized Cabinet���������a Cabinet of the best brains in the  country���������not a union or coalition Cabinet of professional politicians.  The National Department that needs the ablest man in the  country today is Agriculture. It needs Clifford Sifton. We  submit his name to the Prime Minister.  The one thing urged against Sir Clifford ist hat he made  ROAD BULLETIN  There is a great diversity of opinion as to which is the best road ac  the present time between here and  New Westminster���������the north or the  south side of the river.   -  This week the editor of this paper  travelled over both and he thinks the  north side takes the cake for having  more good road and more bad road  than the south side of the river; but  the south side of the road is about  of an even kind of road���������that is  medium���������none of it first-class and  none of it real bad.  Between here and Abbotsford the  road is good but there has been so  much gravel put on at different parts  of the Yale road that none of it can  be caled pleasant motoring.  The north side of the road as far  as Haney is real good and the best  of time can be made on it, but from  Haney to Mission is a disgrace to  any community in these days when  the question of good roads is so much  in demand. That Silverdale Hill is  a pippin with its crushed rock at the  upper part of the hill.  Great credit is due to the man who  looks after the road between the ferry and Abbotsford as he understands  his business and without doubt that  is the best part of the round trip.  From Haney to Mission City looks  as if the government did not give a  continental whether any person ever  travelled ovor it or not or any person lived along the road. By next  spring it will be a complete wreck if  something is not done. With the  new surtax there should be abundant  opportunity to spend a little on this  road. >  Such a country road gives the district through which it passes one of  the blackest eyes that it is possible  to give any district. That part of  the district gave the Dewdney member a good majority last election and  the present state,of the road shows  just how much he appreciates it.  party lines. K.icnarci  mn>niu: ihm. |  introduced  the system of party gov-,  eminent to this province.     Called up-J  on   in  June :i0():J,:by  Sir   Henri Join  de Lotbiniero, lieutenant-governor. u>  form a,new government., he announced  that ho would stand or  fall as a|  ���������Conservative, and. the    contest    that  followed  was   fought  on strict,  party';  lines.       Emerging victorious, though,  with  but a narrow  margin, .he held-  the   reigns   of   office   as   Premier   of  British  Columbia  until   .1910,   being  returned to power in 1507, 19 0 9 and  1912 by    ever-increasing    majorities;  until at last the House was all but'  denuded of an opposition.    It was in  these years and under his able leadership that British Columbia experienced its greatest era of expansion in  every direction.    In  1912     he    wasi  made  a. Knight  Commander  of  the'  Order of St. Michael and St. George,  being invested  with   the  insignia  at  Victoria, in October, by H. R. II. the  Duke of   Connaught,  then governor-  general.     Resigning  the  premiership  in  1915 to take over the post of a-  gent-general for British Columbia, he  discharged  the  duties  of  that  office  until a few months ago,    when    ill-  health forced him to relinquish    the  post.  oiu<:e;ox as i'oktt,ani> railroad  CO .CJHANT  LANDS  1 Til hi to siiuie revealed in United'  State;.; by Act of Congress dated June  i), JJUU. Two million throe hundred thousand Acres to be oponed  for homesteads and sale. Timber  and' Agricultural lands. Containing  some of I he best laud loft in the  United States. Now is flic opportune lime. Large Map showing  lauds by sections and description of  noil climate rainfall, elevations, etc.  Post paid one dollar. Grant Lands  Locating Co. Box G'1.0. Portland, Or-  ejran.     . '  F1^.5^(nMlM.ifii!MMMIMiw������������lKlIP'  K  I  j*  K  M  X  . H. JONES  Funeral Director  Furnisher of Funeral Supplies  Phone Connection. Mission City  g^^^a|������jitaM|Hj5p[^a|npiiHWiKl5nHW  LIVERY, AUTO and  FEED STABLES  I). EMERY, Proprietor.  TEAMING and  DRAYING  WOOD and COAL For Sale  Orders  Promptly Tilled  Auto  For  Hire.  Give us a. call and you will  ��������� be used right every time.  ABBOTSFORD, B.  C.  ABBOTSFORD, B. C  Strictly first-class in every respect.    The bar is  steeked with the best of wines, liquor and cigars,  RATES,   $1.50   TO   $2.0O   PER   DAY  A.J, HENDERSON & SONS  PROPRIETORS  A PLEASANT AUTO TRIP  Mr. Roy Turner, who recently returned to Mission City from Los Ang-  elos, has a good word to say of the  road and scenery between here and  that city. He came per Ford auto-  moiiile .in ten days���������a distance of  1750 miles (which includes 100 miles  around Los Angelos). The car which  is a new one came over the road without a puncture or a cent's worth of  repairs  This is the second trip north over  the road, he having come last year.  He says the roads in the state of California are excellent���������almost as good  is paved.      In Oregon he ha.? no', us  utanz  Farmers' and Travelers  trade solicited.  ��������� Newly Furnished  Thoroughly Modern  M-   MURPHY,   PROPRIETOR  HUNTINGDON,  B   C.  :n  ��������� i  BtwuiMuiMiiiwHWiiwuunTiiinirnrmMM