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 -**?,  A i:.> >-V  4     .     *V . < J  !  i  f\V - 2 192!  ->.i..,i.j������i������-"  o-  ^^teroi< i a " ^V ;���������'  With which is incorporated "The Huntingdon Star"   >. ,������u   ���������>r  ol.XXL, No. 25..  4BB0TSF0KD, B, ,C.   FRIDAY, A?RU,. ,29.    1921  _.JK..-~J L,.. -   ,.,.! J! ii .'JI  $1.00 per Year '���������   **;  :"jHE  ������  . VICTORIA  PERSONALS  The W. A. of .Si. Muthow's Church  gave a very sucj.'.Obsful whist drive  and dance in the*' Masonic ��������� Hall on  Friday 'evening,' April 22u'tl." iilicvcn  tables of whist '-Svcr.e played, tlio  winners being Mrs. Roberts and "Rlr.  Bert riiissel. JMr$. T. Walters and  Mr.  Frank Bilker received the    oon-  HO.V.   T.  A.   ClllOIMU  SIM* POUTS   STAN!)  U'ter    lunch     Mr.  musk:     for     the  enjoyable.evening  Japanese-nice  !  7'/>c per 11).  White Deans  : i  6c per lb.  'Small White Beans 5c per lb.  White Swan Soap, 5 for  ������  FARKWRLL  TO  PARTY  Mil. AND  MRS. JLOWB  A number of the friends of    Mrs.  Lowe met at the home of Mrs. W. G.  Ferris on April 15th. on hearing that  she>and" her husband intend to return to their former home in  Saskatchewan soon The afternoon  was' spent in music, readings and  5 recitations.       On ,  behalf'of     those  ., present   Mrs. .Fraser   expressed   the  regard in which Mrs. Lowe is    held  : and. her earnest work in  connection  iff.witlr the��������� W:;C.--T.3U:-and^th"'e-Ai;a'dies'  Aid. . Mrs. Ferris presented the mem-  ������������������-. ento of frendship from'her    friends.  * Tho impromptu programme ronsis'ed  ' of"snlos by Mrs. Hutchison arid Mrs.  Groat; .piano soles by Mrs. Ferris  and Mrs. Upliam. who acted as accompanist also and readings by Mrs  H. -Fraser and Mrs. Ferris. Dainty  refreshments were served and a  pleasant afternoon was spent although their friends are rcgrcttim:  their departure.  LOCAL and.DISTRICT  in  Miss  for the  Miss  hrother  UPPER SUMAS  A commuity social- evening, arranged by the iSunias Women's Institute,' provided much entertainment for the crowd that gathered in  the Municipal  Hall.  Guessing competitions occupied  the early part of tlie evening,, at  which Mrs. A. Finlay was the chief  prize-winner. The same lady led a  debate which followed, averring that  v% slovenly, good-natured husband  was to be preferred before a tidy  crank. Good nature was chosen before crankiness by the audience, ��������� although it necessitated more work in  the   household.  Mrs. Percy Starr provided music  at the piano, and the Institute ladies  served a good supper at the close of  the programme.  Mr. Barrett spent the week-end  Vancouver. '  Mr. and Mrs. Cave of Vancouve'-  were the guests of Mrs. J. Wilson last  Sunday.'  Christine, McPhee was  home  week-end.  Emma   Trethewey   and   her  Clarke "spent-the , week-end  with their people in Abbotsford..  "A social afternoon was given by  theJadies x. auxiliary of the;G*.v;W'....V.  A', fast "Wednesday, ' April 20tri. '/It  was largely attended and ladies from  .both. Huntingdon ��������� and Clayburn  were present. Mr:"AR.:-; J. U. Whitchelo addressed tho' ladies on behalf of the president, and Mrs  Cruickshank of Clayburn also addressed thr.in. A splendid programme  was presented by the following,  Mrs. Salt, sole; Mips Mable Nelson-  piano selection-; Mr. Downie several  songs. Mrs. Brokovnki, several .selections accompanied by her mother-in-  law, Mrs. Brokovski. Mrs. Whitchelo  sang, accompanied by Mrs. Ackland.  Dainty refreshments were served by  the  ladies.  While on her recent visit to  Spcnccs Bridge, Mrs. Shore was presented with small souvenir nuggets  from tho first claim staked in tho  new gold  strike.  Mrs. Migginson's sister, Mrs. Garner, and sister-in-law, Mrs. Rooney  arrived from Ireland last week and  are staying with Mrs. Illiigg'nson.  They purpose taking upland in  Abbotsford. Since their arrival they  have been ill with the flu.  The Abbotsford and District Band  are starting a . campaign to raise  funds for the purchase of uniforms.  It':; going to be some band, "I'll fc  the  world."  solatiou prixea.  Morgan   furnished  dance, andr.a very  was   spent.  Mrs. McMenemy entertafned th'e  "adios of the Embroidery Club at  her home on Tuesday afternoon.   <  Mrs. Coutts'has been visiting Mr.  .Coutt's .sister, Mrs. Robertson, at  Lindner. .  Mrs. W. Buker was a recent  visitor   in   Vancouver.  Mr  OTTAWA,     April      211.���������Railway  matters occupied the House, during  practically the whole sitting  day. The bill which provides for an  extension of the time when ;ui  award may be made in the Grand  Trunk Railway arbitration, came up  for second reading. It. grants the  Governor-in-Oouncil power to extend  the time .on condition that the dir-  ecors of the company vacate,, handing over tlie road to tlie Government  to manage as it sees fit.  Hon. Arthur Meighen once mora  stated the attitude of tlie Government on the matter. Apparently  the Grand Trunk was delaying instead of expediting the business of  arbitration.      There    was    evidence  \<) LIMIT TO UOl'OU OKDHTIIS  ���������VICTORIA,  regulations   of  yoster-, board there will  ,,   .,.���������..��������� . ..   , ,      'that  propaganda against   the  acqui-  Hoyedyof Sumas visited her  sition  of the Dystem by the Govern.  daughter. Mrs. Renner, "on Sunday,   j ment^had been carried on among the  from j English  shareholders    of    the com-  ' pany.     The  Government  had  no  intention   of    relinquishing  the    road  and ��������� was unwilling to permit further  and Mrs.  Coogan.Ui'elaiy.     Therefore,,   it  proposed    to  ltake' matters into its own hands.  ,,   Criticism of government action in  moving -to acquire the Grand Trunk  system in-the first place, came from  opposition benches.    The system had  been systematically wrecked, declar-  >>!  Tliet meeting of the Board o'!  Directors for the new hospital ha?  been postponed until next T) orsday.  Services will bo held in St. Math-  ew's Anglican Church af Abbotsford  ovcry Sunday night at 7.00. R'jv. T.  E. Howo, vicar.  Mr. Harkness  the week-end in  aunt and uncle,  Cotl.rill.  of Vancouver spent  Abbotsford with his  Mr. and Mrs. .T. W.  "Mr. and  Mrs.  Geo.    Wright  visitors to'the coast Friday.  Mr. and   Mrs.     Dan    Smith  visitors to the coast this week.  were  were  Miss Vera Hunt1 was    home  Vancouver  for' the week-end.  ,    Mr. Aurhier, Snr., who has    been  spending"  some ��������� time   in   Vancouver  lately,  visited Mr  this  week.  Mr. Joe Sanderson, formerly-'.-of  Abbotsford,. was a visitor in towfi  recently.   .  Mrs. M. .Shore has been spending  several , days with her sister at  Spence's  Bridge:   '  Mrs. Frank Sutherby 'of Ladner  visited friends in town last week.  Mrs. Robertson and daughter Mrs.  McNichol motored; to Vancouver on  Wednesday with- Mr', and Mrs. Whitchelo..- M.:-^".il;.-.i -j, ; ./.. ..-��������� -  - -Miss'-Wera'therbyA-vspent 'the weekend  at  Chilliwack.'-  Mr. and Mrs.-, D. iSmith were visitors in Vancouver on "Wednesday.  Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Thompson attended the memorial services at  Murrayville,on  Sunday.  The Ladies' Aid met at the home  of Mrs. Groat. St. Nicholas, on Wednesday afternoon and it was decided  to hold their "Annual Birthday  Party" at the home of Mr. and Mrs.  William vv*are, on Wednesday  evening,  May '1th. . All  welcome.  Mrs. Brown of Vancouver has beon  visiting Mrs. Stinson.  Mr. and Mrs. Brown of Bellingham  visited Mr. and Mrs. Angus Mc  fnnes on Sunday.  The Misses Devinc, Mr. Ben net  and Mr. and Mrs. Glahome of Vancouver spent Friday with Mr. aud  Mrs.  Whitchelo.  Mrs. Stefan of Chilliwack visited  her riother, Mrs. Fraser, on Sunday,  who then returned homo with hor  for a few days.  Mrs. (Dr.) Swift spent, the weekend  in Vancouver.  Mr. OrJand Zeigler was a visitor in  Vancouver on Saturday.  Mr. Loncy spent Sunday in New  Westminster.  ed D. D. McKenzie, North Cape Breton. Shareholders had milked the  money o.ut of it, hoping that the  Government would take it over. An  initial expeuditure of between $200,-  \pril 27.���������Under, the  tho liquor control  be no limit to the  amount of liquor which a permit-  holder may secure, provided the person is one whose character and  standing are approved by the boaj'd.  The adoption of this, principle  means any amount of .liquor may  be delivered from 'the warehouse :o  the  home of the purchaser. ���������-'���������.  The processes of the delivery sys-:'  tern, which is to' be instituted, can  be hastened by-a purchaser, after de-'  livering his order and-receiving the  necessary' authority from the permit  office, going home with- his goods by  motor,car, or otherwise, as he-may  de.?.m fit. , This will be allowed for  by the regulations.  000,000 and  $300,000,000 would be  required to put it on its feet.  Frank Cahill insisted that tho  Grand Trunk should have been left  to finance itself out of its difficulties.  On the other hand. Hon. T. A.  Crerar, leader of the Progressives,,  supported the stand taken by the'  Government. The Grand Trunk  Railway must not be disrupted by a'  general liquidation. There was-  nothing'to do but to get possession'  of the road and round out the Government  system..  ������8  W: Ware  the  funeral  in  cents  cents  tore  J.J. SPARROW  Mrs  nt her late friend, Mrs.  MoNider.  Mission City on Tuesday.  The members of the Abbotsford  Odd Fellows' Loderp paraded with tho  Odd Fellows at Mission City on Sunday, and attended the services at the  Methodist  Church   Uipt-p.  On Saturday, April 2.'5rrl. a football pnii! was played in the school  grounds between Sardis and the Abbotsford Informed late foot-ball team  The score was 11-0 In favor of the  local  foam.  It is .reported we are to have our  nnw pH'l lire show at. last, which will  lo builtAon Oscar SI. roe I.' next to the  nioni inc-lious'.' of t.hn" hrothern. TIip  ronl.racl. ��������� has'lK'cii lot. to Gibson- at"i  Irwin, contractors, and will lie <1'A  feet by 100 foot.  WI'.'ST   IXD1F8  TIJADIO  1510 A CHIOS   .$'{7,000,000  OTTAWA,. April 27,���������On tlio second, reading o ft he West liidiorj treaty  in the Senate last night. Sir .lames  Loughced explained the provisions  of tho measure.and nointod out that  our trade with these islands had  grown from $20,800,000 in 1807 to  $:* 7,0 0 0.000     in      ������������������1920.     All     tho  bad signified  ratifying     the  (  The tearliors arc busy helping  May Day celebration by training  children   with   drills,   etc.  We have in stock a large variety of  Ladies';;and., Children's' Hats  choice in style and  prices will  be  found  lo be  considerably less Mian lasl year.  Now is lhe lime, lo  select your suinriei"  suit. Prices are down  bul lhe same high qua!  ilv that gave 20Hi Cen-  lury ils national rep illation is still maintained. Over 700 imported cloths to select  from.  POOl'S and SHOES-  Special Men's Tanned  Calf Bal at   $8.95  We have at last succeeded in procuring a  very choice line'of In-  fa uis So f I -So! ecl Shoes  GUOCK1UES���������  We do not cut prices  but are able by one  knowledge of lhe markets and years of experience lo sell qualily  Is for less.  a. ........... $1.15  '.. .................. 25c    25c    $6.90  gooc  20-lb. '.Koilecl'Oals .. a. ..............  Canned Peaches ........;  Canned Pineapples .................  Royal Crown Soap, per case  17  ���������.laiirlK  ox oo pi  1'crtnudn  heir  intention   of     i  .���������oil (y  Limited  THE-STORE OF QUALITY  -*���������& PAGE FOUk  THE ABBOTSFORD POST  r*"*  Thursday, April 28th, 1921V  i������  o^uJC  2W# ABBOTSFORD POST  '   :���������������������������    '  Published Every Friday  . J. A. BATES, Editor and' Proprietor  FRIADY, APRIL 29, 1921  Once more Premier Oliver interviews . the  federal government with a, view to having  that   government take   over the P. G. K- and  ' operate it as a part of the dominion ��������� system  of railroads. That his interview will be a  failure goes without saying is surely a foregone conclusion  for various reasons.  The political aspect of the case is decidedly against Premier Oliver. We believe the  federal government can play politics just as  well as can the provincial government, and  that is going some too, judging by what is  and has taken place in this province during  the past four years. The P. G. E. is a Liberal  undertaking as now constituted. It stands m  a different position today than when the pres  ent   government   came   into   power.   It has  ��������� ������������������ been remodelled throughout by the present  premier, leaving not a vestige of what the f.  G E" was when the Conservative government was in power in this province. IL now  represents a Liberal undertaking in this prov  ''   ince into which had   been   instilled   Liberal  ideas   of   how a   railway in    this    province  should be built    We are not saying that this  ' system is right or wrong, but that it is absolu-  ��������� tely a Liberal undertaking, remodelled according to' Liberal Premier and Liberal Minister of Railways.  -���������" ' ' This"game of politics, which'is    played by  ���������both side's, may not be in the best interests  .   of the people always, but it is.that which   the  political parties'-consider is the best for keep-  -���������'" ing that-party in power. ��������� We know it is practised in ,this   province from   what we see and  hear."'   Recently ' when a. delegation   inter's    viewed a.minister regarding a certain matter,  -the remark was 'made by the minister asking  ��������� " ' "if there was politics in it; you know self-pres-  '"   ery'ation is'one of the:   first laws of   political  ���������'longevity.?     -And.thatus   probably only one  instance' of what happens/almost every -day:  ���������    if the provincial    government is then a past  V"."'"master at playing politics who,can blame  'the'  Conservative* government at Ottawa, for ;play-.  1      .'ing'politics .when    dealing with .that govern-  '. ment or its representatives.   'When the pres-  ' ent 'government    was    seeking    renewal  of  power in   1917 we,  find that the  premier of  this province, although a war-time'election,  was out against t\e union of the ��������� purpose of  carrying on the ' .waf, even   going so,far   as  furnishing "funds to defeat Unionism:   Readers have not yet forgotten the public expression of opinion   from   members .of the   Oliv-  '   er cabinet in 1917.   Premier   Meighen   must  know all these facts in   connection   with the  B. C. Provincial government; a:nd who would  ���������blame'"him for looking, through those glasses  at.the   P. G. E.    proposition when    Premier  Oliver interviewed  him within the next few  weeks. .  This game of politics might also be viewed  from another, point, the point of future boastings on the hustings of our provincial government. Would it have pressure at the next  provincial election for the Oliver government  ": to refer to the fact that after putting the  Bowser government on the blink and remodelling the P. G. E. system the Conservative  government at Ottawa had, been induced to  take over the road and make it a part of the  dominion system- It would go down with a  lot of people who might not.be familiar with  the facts of the P. G. E. of this province since  begun. , Now there is just a little jealousy between the two great parties of Canada  and not many instances can be pointed out  where the provincial government has helped  the dominion, or vica versa, unless both governments were of the same political hue.  Apart from all this there is no doubt but  that the people of B. C. would welcome a  change from provincial to dominion control  if for no other reason than that the cost of  building and maintaining it would fall upon  all the people of Canada instead of upon the  poor B. C. Taxpayer. As it is the Dominion  government has not invested any money in  the proposition as yet and is not likely to do  so, as Premier Meighen must surely have  enough railways on his hands now that do  not pay.  rates case. a '-      '  The chairman would "evidently: persuade the people  of the West that this change of .tactics is due to the  fact that in the freight,rates case the Board was compelled hy the strength of the argument to -hand down  a decision against the Canadian public and in favor of  the railway interests.' "A careful',- observer however  will find himself inclined to conclude that the people  sre of opinion that these now tactics are due to the  fact that .irrespective of freight-rates there is a  change'in the mental attitude'.of the Board toward  lie  people. ���������. , '    ., ���������  Tt has been understood that the.Board of Railway  Commissioners was.originally constituted'forthe pur-  pose of safegardhig'the people'against -undue-encroachments'upon the part of-the big transportation  ���������nd kindred corporations. Underlie Babee regime  and under the Drayton regime the' attitude of th-  Board was at all times transparently upon the side  of the people The BoardSvon the implicit confidence of the people and consequently its finding?  ivere always accepted  without question.  There need lie no hesitation in stating frankly that  the Board no loni'er enjoys, the confidence of the  people as such in the manner that it did in former  days. The , opinion that, is , met with at the present  ime is to the effect that the Board has a decided bias  in favor of the big corporations, and that, to call it  lie "people's court" would be a sad misnome.  Although undertaken ostensibly for the purpose   of  removing   any   lingering   misapprehension   from   the  uhlifi mind .with  reference to the    freight rates de-  ision. the platform campaign of the Chairman would  ppear' to  have an  ulterior motive,  namely,  that    of  coking to re-establish the Board in the confidence of  the pcoplft.    There is but. one way, however, in which'  that, can be    accomplished, and that is by the    Board  placing itself again as sincerely and as frankly upon  the side of the    people as it was    when it was originally  established.���������North  Shore Press.  ALWAYS THE-BEST  telephone equipment is not haphazard in any  way. It is the product of specialized effort, the  result of labors of men who give all their time to  Revising and improving the facilities fur iaLvu.0  over a wire. The public can be assured that it  has the latest and best equipment that will make  for efficient telephoning or tend to improve the  service.  BRITISH' COLUMBIA ��������� TELEPHONE Co.  ntOFKSSION A L   ADVERT. SI NO  Time    was���������and - not so -very  when no professional or    financial  long ago' at that  house In Canada  would think.of advertising in a newspaper or magazine. , It'was infra dig.. . Today,there is not a bank or  financial institution of ?any worth in Canada, .that  does not use newspaper advertising to advance ��������� its  prosperity.'- ,  . The professions, notably medicine and law, still  hold to the old policy;     For. some    unknown    reason  hey consider it a virtue to seclude themselves from  the world' at large and' leave it to haphazard chance  Lo provide them y/ith patients, or-clients. - ,    ,  Wm. Atkinson  General Auctioneer and Live  Stock   Specialist.  23 years among the Stockmwi of  the Fraser Valley. Am ft.milar  wijh the different breeds o^ live  stock and their values.  Address   all   communications  Box 34 Chilliwack, B. 0*  to  BROODERS  lor    the    coming    hatching    season,  which'  will   be   the   biggest   in   the  history of this Province.  ���������    .  -      _ BlTCivEYB,   JUBILEE,   RELIABLE,  De���������.,stry has ,;Mn  more e������terp,is,nS and  reason- "W^���������  ;     ���������:,,VfcANALOGUES'* FREE . "  INCUBATORS  AND  ible in this matter. v Dentistry has developed-into an,  advertising profession, with, -distinct ' benefits to  those who practise, the profession. In days gone by,  people" dreaded a-visit to the dentist's chair as to an  instrument of';torture: But modern science has eliminated the painful methods of a few years ago,, and  the dental profession has,not hesitated to tell the  world, through,the medium of the daily press, that it  need not-hesitate, through dread of pain or expense,  to undergo the most critical dental operations. The  result has been that the health of the community at  large has-been incalculably benefited, while the enter  prising dental profession has prospered during  periods when the rest of the world suffered.  The  whole  question  of  professional  advertising  ir  a    "matter of    viewpoint and'  prejudice.'   In    most  large "cities today���������Vancouver included���������the  churches-advertise their services and activities.    It is onb  a matter of time until physicians and lawyers', do the  same.     Many people,  knowing that they are  subjec'  to heart "or kidney or other trouble, refuse to consult r  doctor through very fear of learning the truth" abou'  their condition.    This sheer ignorance, and it is tli '  duty of the medicai  profession-to so educate the la;  public   that  premature   deaths  and   unnecessary  suf  fering will be avoided.    This can be done only by enlightening people  with regard to the advances made  in medicine during the last few years.  The ice has been broken in this direction. Already  leading daily newspapers in New York City are carrying heavy advertising along these very lines, and it  is only a question of time until all North America  follows suit.  "Let your light so shine" is not an axiom of  religion alone. It. should be the slogan of every man  and woman, business or profession that has a useful service, to render to mankind. It. is well to be  qualified to help. It is also well to let people know-  that you arc qualified to help and in what ways.  844 Cambio.St.  VANCOUVER  J. HZ-JONES  Funeral  Dire etc )���������'  AGENT   FOR   HEADSTONES  Phone Connection.. Mission Cixy  For   a Good Smck'eTry        J  B.C.& Old Sport  B.  CIGARS  C.   CIGAR   FACTORY  WILBERG & WOLZ. props  Alex, S. -Duncan  Barrister    . Solicitor  Notary Public  OFFICE*  -    J. A. Catherwood Building  Phone 8001 P. O. Box 09  MISSION CITY, B. 0  SE^.VI  Made in Canada  ..'-���������Tin.' MOAliD OJ'' railway commissioners  . Upon no occasion did either Chairman Mabee or  Chairman Drayton of the Board of Railway Commissioners deem it either necessary or advisable to take  the public platform for the purpose of formulating  an argument in support of a judgment handed down  by the Board. Chairman Carvel I has deemed it expedient to depart from the tradition of his predecessors  In an attempt to justify the Board's decision in    the  Nl'MHKK      I'M-'ASK?  1    know    u   little    irlrl    whose   name   in    "Central."  She's   In   tin1   local   telephone  cschainre.  All  <tny .long-  she's   working  ;il   the  switchboard.  With   tact   mill   courtesy   without   a   ehaiiirc.  When mashers  try to call her "little sister,"  Or try  to spring  the  time-woni,  undent  wheeze,  "Hello,   there!  That  you.  CentralI1    Give me heaven."  She   calmly   asks   tho  question���������"Number,   please?"  One day  while Ullly wuitliitr for a number,  I  heard a'-'-petulnnt  old man  exclaim���������  Ah well, on "second thought,  I will not tell you,  But you would g-nsp  if 1 should  write his name.  She  quite   ignored   his   ignorance  and   coarseness.  Hut instni tl/ she brought him to his knees.  Her  courtesy hooii   pointed   out  his  error,  For all she  answered back was���������"Number,  please?'  And  as  I pen  this short appreciation  1 think that "Central more than earni? her pny.  She's always at our beck'and call  to'aid  us,  In business  through  the Ions' and  tiresome day.  And  when  we  think  of those  who do us  service  I'm   sure  that  everybody else  agrees.  By  far the best  of  all   our public servants  Is  the  little  f,rirl   who  answers���������"Number,   please?"  Actions speak louder than words to indicate the worth of a motor car.  More than half a million people have purchased Chevrolet carp. And more Chevrolet  cars are sold now than ever before.  490 TOURING CAR  $1153 F. C. B. Mission City  STUART M0T0R3.  CHEVROLET and DODGE AGENTS '  Mission City, B. C. &  nrt  IHE ABBOTSFORD POST  "PAGE TITTlEfe  THH STOiSY  G.!r . INDIA  Letter  Heads  Bill  ;';H'e.sds;  Es  nveippes  Statements  osters iy\  Shappiiig:  Tags  Visiting  Cards  The Merchant who advertises his goods" thereby shows  his confidence in them. jHis  advertisement is an invitation to the people to test \ his  sincerity by testing his goods.  This paper has a Bona fide  circulation and an adv. in it  wi! 1 reach the man who  spends his' money in his own  province. >:."   ���������"������������������'-'."���������.:";,':":  ���������For JoB Printing;-,  This office is equipped with  an assof imentV or type and  paper that will insure a perfect and artistic piece of work  Dodgers  Lqose  Leaves  Invoices  When next you see a good,  well executed piece of printed  matter, whether it is business  stationery, pamphlet, booklet  or any of the numerous printed articles, examine it carefully and you will invariably  find that it is the product of  this office. Tbe intelligent  Business Men, Farmer and  Fruit Grower alike demands  and receives  up to a Standard  not down  ice  Liste  Invitations  Receipts  Circulars'  Meal  Tickets  Menus  ������  Publicity - Proves - Profitable  Mission City'.  ������W^������������������������!*&*^^  In view of tlio'tin rest in India, of  iphich we have been reading lately,  we" think a little information regarding this vast country, of which an  many peoplo know very little, would  not be out of place in our pages.  I The people of India arc unlike our  solves. as regards their' language,  their clothing and their religions-  lnit-at hca'rtwe ventiire to say India  |s.no different to the rest of human-1,'  ity, and the people of'India hone and  suffer and live and die just as do the  white people of the earth. '  .In the first place,,Ihd'ia lieson tlie  south side of tlie continent of "Asia,  and in'-it    there are    nearly    three  thousands,of. English/people, besause  India belongs to the British Empire.  India "is'"n'o't"'6nl5'"!iw vorybigcoun-'  try In  itself,-but.  its mountains "and  rivers and plains arc on a very large  scale.   -The-highest mountain, in the  world,     "Mount     Everest,  is on     the  Indian    frontier.      There aro    enormous-rivers, the'Indus and the Ganges, and also the biggest kind of wild  animals live (here���������.elephants,  lion?,  leopards and  tjgers, and  fierce  wild  cattle with mighty horns, and crocodiles in the rivers, which drag down  men and,cal tie if    they, catch., them:  shakes    large and  small,'   including  the most terrible' of all,  r-tlie    ebbi-a,  for whose bite there is no cure.'The  heat, in India    scorches with a    heat  Mia't can hardly be imagined and rain  falls-in gushing" torrents, such'as we  seldom  see in  this country, even in  the worst thunder storms.   .  ;It is impossible toget to India at'  all except by sea, as you may" discover by examining any good map; or  by making a way through the mountains. * The mountains are so high  and so difficult to get through that  there are really only two passes by  which armies have been able to get  into India, and both these are on the"  northwest side.. If they are well  guarded. ah enemy cannot force his  way .through, and an invader cannot  one-quarter Mohammedans, or as  they, aro often called, Mussulmans,  who* believe* in the "teachings of. Mahomet.  Tho    Mussulmans    think of themselves as descended'   from >a   race of  victorious    soldiers,   who have been  rulers of   the    country in the'  past,  anad    (here is a , great    division between  them  and the'Hindoos; whom  they look upon as infidels.    Hindoos  and Mussulmans'keep separate,,"thev  do not- marry'  each    other. - and in  many parts, even under British rule,  they can -hardly be kept from fighting with each other. fl  ������������������ Less than ai,    hundred-  years    ago  there was a "shocking practise among  the Hindoos.    "When a -man died his  body was burned and the custom was  for the.widow, if   she    wished to be  thought very Virtuous/ to "burn "herself alive on  her    husband's funeral  pyre.    This was    supposed to    bring  some great good^to-the '--husband'in  the life to come   and so the    wjdows [  were often  forced to do this by "the '  dead mail's kinsfolk.   This, hoiyever, '  is never   .done    now as'it-has    been  stopped by, the JBritish.      '  ���������BMW  The     most     remarkable       cuatoicv  among the    Hindoos,   'and the - one  which    most works    against'the pro-  gr.e'ssjof' the -���������Indian as-a citizen, is  what'iS'.called-   "caste.-'- In(   ancient  times there    -were ./four. / divisions,  each of which, kept separate from the  others and  married    wives who belonged to their own division or par- ,  ticular, caste;  and the children were  of the parents'    caste.'     The priests  and   teachers    belonged" to one- c?.ste -  called Brahmins; and the soldiers to;  another.    These,   .and also the third ���������  caste were parts of a ra-ce' which con-,  quered most of India; but the fourth -  quered were considered as base born,  because  they     belonged  to the con-.  quered peoples;- and the conquerors^  believed    that they   'were not    only*  superior in this "world," but .would be -  superior al3o in the next life. Among,  themselves 'they supposed the Brah-  get into India'unless lie comes across- mins    were      superior to all    others  the sea. ���������'   There,   -you see is a   very 'and the warrior to    the' third caste.  good reason why .the. people who" inhabit India grew up apart from  other-nations'so as'to be so unlike  them in customs and manner". The  sea and the mountains have been a  barrier between- the Empire and the  rest of the world. '  *  " India is a" very hot country. Sometimes, in winter, up among the high  barrier'mountains���������which can hardly" be sahV- to be in India really���������it  is quite cold, but all other places,  even the'coolest" are ��������� .much warmer  than in ' England; and in. all the  great "plain's -where the rivers flow,  and still ' more" so in those plains  where ,--there are no .rivers, it. is  always hot. The heat is so trying  that many Europeans get ill if they  stay long so that English people hav?.  taken to going to '-'the hills" in the'  hot ...weather, or at-least to sending  their wives and children'"to. the-hills.  If they themselves have to stay behind; it is hardly safe to go out of  doors except early in the- morning  and late in the evening. Indeed  there- are'"'few -places' in India -���������where'  it is possible for English children to  grow" up'strong and -healthy, so -that  when Englishmen in- India marry  they know that it is^ just a question  of time before they will have to .send  their children home to be brought'up  in England, and that their, "wives will  often have to choose between being  parted from their chidren and being  parted from  their husbands.  There are many great cities in India, of which the largest is Calcutta,  In olden times .-and Indeed, until, a  short time ago,-the British -people  who were at the head of the government in India used to live at Calcutta  the year round; but now they -livf.  it Delhi during the winter and at  Simula during the hot season.  In India most of,the p.eople male  their living by tilling the soil, which  grows rice, wheat or millet. The  big cities grew up because emperors  and kings found they were convenient places in which to build their  palaces as they could be well fortified;. and as the kings lived there  with 'their courts," men collected  around-them, that the people of the  court might buy their goods and that  they might be protected against  robbers .or the raids or enemies.  Other cities grew up in spots which  were held 'sacrod as sometimes in  Europe towns grew more quickly  where there was a famous cathedral  or abbey. So that the largest towns,  except tho few ports,-were generally  at one time either the capital of a  kingdom, or places to which 'people  went on pilgrimages or strong fortresses. '   ' A '' ������������������'-���������������������������'���������  There are not many ma-iufaotur;  ies in India/ and so you can travel  Immense "distances without seeing  a large ' city, and in other placp<:  where in ancient times great cities  j have stood are the ruins of buildings  that were once magnificent.  About one in every thousand  people in India is white, all the natives have brown: skins���������some darV  brown, some light, brown, but all  brown and there are a thousand  natives to every European. Out of  thenrall very, few are Christians:  nearly   three-quarters   are   Hindoos:  If a man,"broke certain laws, even if  he   were not to    blame,- he    was de--  graded from his own    caste and be-,  cairie no better than one of the base  born';   therefore it was held to be a  terrible thing .to lose caste.  In time each of these great caste.-*  broke  up into a number of smaller  castes, which are just as ' particular  about not .marrying into other castes.  High caste'  people will    not    touch-  food cooked    by low.   caste    people;  and if    people   eat   certain   kinds of  food;  if    they    cross the    sea or do  many other'things.which seem to us  not to matter at  all, they   lose the>>  caste,, and .can  only save thnseselves r  by*-- suffering     certain     punlsmonts.  There is nothing the' Hindoo fears as .  much  as doing anything  which   will  cause him to    loose    his    caste .and  there has'often been trouble because?  Europeans,   /not    realizing, "how Important this is to    them,    have made  rules for soldiers or given    orders to  servants against the caste rules. ���������  There are also sacred animals' in  India. " "The" most; sacred of all is  the cow. and to kill or injure a co'v  is a terrible sinin thexeyes of a.-Hin-  doo. But on the other hand the Mus  sulmans think it a sin to hold animals sacred or to pay honor to" images  and   idols. .    '  BRITISH RULK  All these Hindoos and Mussulmans are ruled over by the British.  In about half the country all tho  people who look after the Government are 'British', except that a few  natives are allowed to share in the  work." " '   '  The other half of India is made  up of'a number of native states,  ruled over by ^ their own native  princes, who generally have the title  of Rajah or Maharajah, and these  princes have their own armies, although they are not allowed to have  a sufficient number of soldiers to  become dangerous. A British officer, who may be either a soldier or  a member of tho civil service, lives  near the court of these princes.  Sometimes he is called the Resident  and sometimes tlie Agent. It is  his business to see that the native  princes govern properly, though he  does not interfere unless they govern  really badly; and it is his business  also to give advice and to keep the  Viceroy of India, and his council Informed about everything of importance that is going on.  At tho head of the whole government of India is the Viceroy or Governor General and his council; and  when the Viceroy says that a native  prince must do this, or must do that,  the prince must obey. .-  Big strikes in the logging camps  "on Vancouver Island next month,  with the possibility of the supply of  timber being cut off,/.are predicted  by Rev. Thomas Me'n'zies, IVI., ������//P- of  Comox. Loggers, w;ho /ih'rew over  the 0. B.. aro now .banding,/together in a new radical labor -organization,   Mr,  Menzies  says/     '"_;"'  (V'lery and     almonds    are     often  used together for a dainty salad.  m  %& THE ABBOTSFORD PO^T, ABBOTSFORD, B. &  That the best of Meats oa-n be,purchased at this Store   .  We select our Beaf with intelligence:   Ihat'i   why one  of our roasts make"such "a fine meal. .  Try one of our.prime roasts and be convinced. -  WHITE & CARMICHAEL  A. E. HUMPHREY  (Late   Taylor - &    HumpUrey)  B. C. Land Surveyor and  Civil Engineer  Boom   0   Hart'. Block.   CluWwack  Box    IBS: eiULLIWACK   ,  GIBS  &���������  ABBOTBFOai),  K.  C.  BUILDING  ' CONTRACTORS  Estimates Free  Fiist-'JhttJS   Work   Guaranteed    j  er Your Business  T i o������       ������P     ./0  I   ovfj        "} Q  - ,   Rnsoi)crry and Strawberry Jams :    ���������  1     , and Marmalade,-a Im ...:...--���������     ��������� i-W  Ketchup, large boUle, -----,-- : ^  B. C. Spring Salmon, 4 tins r ������?.  Hoval East Cake  - ��������� ���������  Bulk Tea, a"lb : -��������� -   AJ  ALBERT.LEE,. Baker and Grocer  They give you  greater mileage,  rnqrc powci..  and "smooth running motor.      *  We can equip any make ot car iromoui   sack  ���������your money refunded ii   not satisfied.   Conic  cars and talkU over.  1   ,We have a good line of new and  second-hand  cars, some,real snaps.  DONE 7iV ABBOTSFORD  AND DONE RIGHT       .     ' .   ��������� ,  5// //7e Abbotsford Garage and Machine shop, Ltd  The superiority of our Repair Work is winning  for this establishment not only the good will and  patronage but the esteem of all car owners and  Season we can guarantee our work is because  our workers are all mechanics.  We are handling the Gregory Tire-Hone  Grown and Hand Picked which we guarantee to  satisfy the customer. ��������� .       .  -iJon't'forget our Specialties:  ���������LATHE-.WORK,   . ; ���������   '      . vn nTTTTNri  ,     ACETYLENE- WELDING AND CUTTING  OVERHAULING and RE-CHARbING Or  BAT^FRJFS  ELECTRiVmOTORS   INSTALLED   AND  RE-WOUND  We guarantee all our work lo be. Satisfactory.  Abbotsford Garage & Machine Shop  : Yarwood & Durrani  BARRISTERS and  SOLICITORS  LAWOEFICE  Of'EX   EVEKY   FL>'fl>AY  ARHOTSJKORI),   ���������������   C.  j: e. parton  Carries  n  Stock of  Wall Paper  AND  ! Paints'  'ABBOTSFORP,   B.   C.  A T. N. T. Explosive of great strength,  safety and freedom from noxious fumes  No Headaches  Take advantage of the   Government   refund of  $2.50, up to ten cases,of powder, and blow  your stumps  tMsmasoEmm  Insurance of all kinds  NOTARY PUBLIC  Marriage Licences Issued  REAL, ESTATE���������Mouey to Loan on Good Farm Mortgages  Abbots-lord  .Advertisements- under  I heading cost 25 .  cents  ..Leave oony  and  money  "jotsford Garage.       ���������> h%:  the    above  per    issue.  at The  Ab-  PllOH3,   B.  Limited  ABBOT&FORB B, C.  Farmers 1918  FOR SALE���������Fine,, .young, cow,  very Ton tie, easy to milk, the richest'milk, and cream. Fine butter  maker, a bargain. ; James M. Mil-  stead, Abbotsford, B. C.  HON.  JOHN   OLIVIOK  HAS IJiJFT FOR OTTAWA  Buy Your Goods At  HUNTINGDON, B- C.  THE COUNTRY STORE  with the CITY SERVICE  / NEED YOUR BUSINESS  Farmers' Phone 1803  a sfi FCTION OF GOODS PRICED TO A.VOID  MOVING THEM TO OUR NEW PREMISES  GOVICrtN'OK-GEXBRAI/S  FARFWJOLL   VISIT  That, it would he with a fooling or  ���������\idnors, but wiili many happy recollections Hint ho would leave Canada, was the closing remark made  by His Excellency the Duke of Devonshire at the Canadian Club luncheon on Monday at the Hotel Vancuu-  Ile said he had been impressed  wi'h the keennet-s, seriousness and  unfailing determination shown by  tlie Canadian peopie during tlie war.  ospefiallv in the dark.days in Mie  spring ot' 1918, when victory scorned  ������o nearly lost. Now ho thought that  without,undue optimism it might be  said that this country had come  through the awkward period follow  devotion and loyalty to the British  Empire; this had been shown in no  uncertain terms when the. Prinze of  Wales visited Canada.  It was our duty and privilege to  hand on to posterity a world free of  the menace of war; and when our  war losses are viewed from a long  space of time he thought that they  would not think, the'price.too high.  in his opinion, the dominions must  work out their ownl destinies, but  still bearing closely in.mind their relationship to the whole Empire. We  ought to be true to ourselves, our  country and the mission of the Empire.  Mr. Joseph Andison, who has been  e awkward period, to now- ���������      hl' h 8 ,left   for   his  war   with     comparatively, ���������   <nfn "Y* '  ing   the      .."���������    ������������������   little difficulty, and this he attributed' largely to the spirit of the  people. .  The strongest impresr-ion tie  would take back with him to the  Old Country would be the    unfailing  heme' in Alberta.  "We filwavs say that we don't want  our friends to grieve after we are  gone���������and tboy don't after the novelty wears off.  VICTORIA, April 23.���������Premier  Oliver has left for Ottawa. Urgent  public business not yet attended- to  1 has delayed him here, he said, but  I the matter to be dealt with on.his  trip are considered very important  and in need of attention immediately  The Premier will travel by way of  Edmonton, where he will spend a  day with Premier Stewart of Alberta,  on Che question of railway connection  between Pouce Coupe and Spirit  River. This, he explained, is in  keeping with his desire to afford  the settlers on the British Columbia  side of the line some suitable means  of  transportation.  While in that district last summer  the government leader suggested  loaning the Alberta Government  sufficient- steel to ��������� complete the  Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway to inter-provincial  bounday. The taking over of the  line by the'. C. P. R. Government  subsididing the line in oder to repair  improve and extend it,, Premier Oliver hopes to make suitable arrangements for an early extension to  Britiuh Columbia points.  I Another determined effort - to  [reach a suitable solution of the P.  G. 10. problem will be made . by  I Premier Oliver while in Ottawa. It  'is his intention to urge once more  I that the -federal government take  lover the line and incorporate It in  jthe national system, or failing that,  to grant a mibr.idy for the completion of the line by the Provincial  Government. (  "I ntill contend that such* consideration Is tho rleht of British Columbia." said Premier Oliver. "We are  suffering under a load of debt on  'account of this railway, which keeps  the credit of the province at the  breaking point, and leaves no money  'for the many pressing things which  a provincial ��������� government has to  attend to and as railway administration is purely a federal matter, T  shall leave no stone unturned to  have this matter settled once and for  all." .���������!".'  Other railway extensions will be  discussed with the Ottawa authority, but the Premier said these  nuestions were still In a nebulous  state and he could say little regarding  them.  Another matter, to be taken up at  SOAPS���������  Royal Crown, Cartons, 3 for  TEAS���������   95*  Our Favorite, 50������* Blend, 3 for $1.35  Sunlight, Cartons. 3 for  05*  i Mai kin's Best, Lanka, 3 lbs. for $1.85  Klondyke, Long Bars, 3 for  White Wonder, large cakes, 7 for 50?  "    'JjTetley's Blue Ribbon, 3 lbs. for $1.85  *l-00;Nal)0bi 3 lbs.'for  :     $*-70  A Good Bulk Tea, 3 lbs for ....$1.00  PRTFD   FRUITS���������  Blue Ribbon Peaches, per pkt. ..^  Seedless Raisins,  Del Monte  Per   Pkt "22$  Prunes, Fancy, 2 lbs for 25*  SUNDRIES���������  Corn Starch,  3  pkts. for  35*  Gloss Starch,  3 pkts.-for  25*  Reckitt's Blue, 4 pkts. for  25*  Sal Soda   2  pkts.  for  25*  SHORTENINGS���������  Shamrock, 5's  - $1.20  Shamrock,   10's    ���������. $2.S5  White Carnation, 5's  05*  White Carnation,   10's $1.80  Crisco,   3's , 8^  Crisco,   6's  ��������� $1.70  CANNED GOODS���������  Corn, C cans for ... JJ-OjJ   ^^^ 4^ "Bottle" for  " **  Tomatoes,  6   cans, tor  *^���������������u , (iprul(. galt��������� $1 botUe for 69^  Pineapple,   small   cans       !^ I Fruitative.s.   50<*  box, for   ,.-39*  Sardines, Norwegian,  3  tor   0*   i��������� la        .    ^   ^ ^  Sardines, Brunswick, 6 for   -*������>? .���������  Herrings in Tomato Sauce, 2 for 2o*   FLOUR_    - *   .  Keilick's  Marmalade at cost. ������3*   Five   to   or  Purity,  Mrs    Pound's  Marmalade   71)*   4 9-lb. Sack tor  - $-05  Special Broom Week Prices on our large Slock  of Brooms���������just received from Factory.  AG. ANDREWS  ABBOTSFORD,   B.   G.  Ottawa has to do with the payment  of a sales tax upon Provincial Govern  ment purchases. The Premier will  trv to have this adjusted, claiming  that the impost Is an unfair one according to the spirit or the B. N, A.  Act.       ... ���������'���������'������������������.  Following up the resolution passed In the Legislature in February,  asking the Dominion Government to  pass legislation supplementing the  Provincial Liquor Control Act,,  Premier Oliver said he would pres3  for this, feeling that while Ottawa  contends that the province luur all  the power necessary, still the situation in British Columbia would be  more secure with support of the  federal powers.   ���������  The Liberal chief will attend the  Good Roads convention in Halifax  on May 10, after which he will visit  his tisod father. He will not return  to Victoria uutil    June 1,    when ho  will plunge Into tho question of  taxation reform; In this regard,  Premier Oliver said ho was moro  than ever convinced of the advisability, of holding the next session of  the Legislature not later than November 1, so that Christmas would  see the end of the sitting.  SCIENTIFIC FACTS  Sound travels 400 yards per  second but there are some exceptions  to the rule.  Scandal���������2000   yards   per  second.  Flattery���������1500  yards per second.  Truth���������-2  1-2 yards per second.  He-���������They are a wise couple.  She���������Why?  He���������They feed their baby garlic  so they can find it In the dark.  Tnsanlty Is said to be akin to love  ���������but a man in love doesn't care if  lie is crazy.  .JESTII* j   ILf   * ������*r t^iMr  rtJiA.    Tl  iJ^    .il     ���������*! 1 ������_Ar_l L������___*___1_*!Ai _���������__*_ _ J r^JI~ ���������*  m