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 With which is incorporated "The Huntingdon Star"  S=H3=EB  '"Li-    L..!L'..(Ul =3=  ~~i_U JT.  Vol. XV L, No. 16.  4'BBOTSFORD. B, C.  FRIDAY,   AUG. 23,    1918  <Bi#Bav8'      $1.00 per Year  'JCO������  By tlie barrel  y  tlie  By the ton  By the ton  We also buy Eggs and Poultry  Abbotsford Feed Store  Ciiiinilu   Food   Bourd  License  >"o.  9-1820  B5SS5������gS5i^^^ KafltSBMBMBl  Vancouver Market  (Coast   Markets  Commissioner)  Vancouver. August 17.���������Produce  dealers say trade has been good during the week. A number of- mixed  cars have arrived from the Okanagan  Valley and Koremeos districts.  Apples: Prices are firm on ��������� No.  1 grades while "no grade" stuff is  also holding strong, considering, the  class of stock sent in. California  Gravensteins will not meet with the  same demand this year as formerly  as they are in competition with the  same variety from B. C. and Washington, which can be sold for $1 per  box less.  Crab apples as usual are slow.  Plums: Pair quantities of B. C.  plums are coming forward. One  straight car of Peach Plums from the  Okanagan Valley arrived in only fair  condition, the trouble being "Plum  Rot". This is something unusual for  the Okanagan. Lower Mainland  plums are now on the market bat tho  movement as yet for canning stock  is'somewhat slow.  reaches:   Few Triumphs from  tho  Okanagan Valley have arrived and it  is expected that the real peach season will be on during the next two \  weeks.  Blackberries are remaining strong  any surplus being taken care of by  the  canneries.  Tomatoes: Field tomatoes are now  prominent on the market. Some  small shipments came in from the  south during the week but these are  not in the same class as B. C. and  should have been sold for ordinary  green stuff.  While prices are firm today we  can see brewing a fermentation of  trade unrest on the part or some  which is going to spell'disaster to  the tomato market unless some of  the up-coutry shippers keep themselves bettor posted on the market  prices and conditions  here.  We cannot see any great advantage in wrapping and packing field  tomatoes in four basket crates for  this" market. Field tomatoes will be  sold as field tomatoes and we believe  that the time speiu in wrapping and  packing put on cleaning the mud off  some of the stock would be much  better. Under  present  conditions  nice clean stuff put.up in lug boxes  or apple boxes would no doubt meet  Willi  approval by the  trade.  Other Vegetables: Cukes are plentiful and very cheap. Field stock is  running all the way from 20<J to 75tf  a doz., according to "size and quality  Beets, carrots and parsnips are in  good demand, while, egg plant is  moving slowly at 20<? to 22<? per lb.  Cabbage  is  holding  strong  and  the  enquiring as to the future potato  marekt. From actual existing conditions and reports received from  various producing centres in North  America we could forecast what the  market should be or at least what  the conditions would justly warrant.  However, this would be useless as the  offensive one clay and. the defensive  the next day and in our opinion will  be just, what some broker, whose  bread and butter depends entirely on  the tonnage he must .sell, makes it.  In some cases where the brokers  sell on a brokerage basis per ton  it is to their advantage to lower  the market and sell "qauntity". The  market for early potatoes has been  lowered needlessly and, as usual  the poducer is made the "goa.t"  Items of Interest to Potato Gowers  While one broker is busily engaged  loading cars for Camp Lewis at a-  rouncl $40.00 per ton a second broker quotes $37.00 our information  leads us to believe that contractors  can pay as high as $50.00 per ton  for the next month. Just as long as  our formers leave their business in  the hands of this class just so long  will they enjoy working sixteen  hours u day for the benefit of the  other fellow.  The U. S. crop bureau of crop estimates on August 1st places the pros  peetive potato yield of the United  States at 391,000,#00 bushels or  52,000,000 bushels less than 1917.  The early crop in the Okanagan  is well cleaned up.  Oregon reports a probable product-  j ion of approximately 6G per cent of  1917.    Idaho  about the same. .  Yakima growers are getting from  $2.75 to $3.00 per cwt. for early  stock.  Mr. Tweedlc estimates the B. C.  crop at 15,417 acres as against 15,-  264 in 1917.  These aro tho prices charyed by the wholesaler   to   tliu   retailer   and    unlc*<   otherwise  mentioned  are   for  best  grade  stuff:  Apples.   Gravensteins,   li.   C  Apples,    California      Apples.   Duchess.   13.   C  Apples, low grade. 13. C.  Apricots.   J!.   C   Cantaloupes.   Flats   ......  Cantaloupes, standards .  Cherries,   sour      Blackberries,  2-5   local  Poaches.   13. C   Peaches,   Imported    Plums,  No. 1   II.  C.  .....  Tomatoes.  Hot house ...  Tomatoes,   field   Potatoes   Efft's.  B.  C, Fresh ........  .... ������1  $4.50  ..... 'S!J.OO  ������3.on to   82   to  08t!  ... g'i.00  .. F-l .00  ... S'i.iiO  75 down  .. ������fJ.OO  .. S3.00  to 55.00  ...   S������-.5()   $'.'.50  ... 51.75  ... S'i.OO  down  ?:t.75  83.75  S3.2 5  to  05 (J  quality ist lie very best that has been  on the market. Local cauliflowers  beans and peas are now in quantities  almost equal to the demand in the  city. Local corn is also in. We  look for prices in all vegetables to  remain linn.  rota toes:   Farmers   are  anxiously  GIF FORD  A landmark at Gifford will shortly  be removed when Mr. Harry Fowler  closes the store near the B. C. E. R.  station, and moves up to Mt. Lehman  where he intends to reside in future.  Mr. Fowler thinks very highly of  the Matsqui country and points out  tlie very rapid progress that has been  made recently in comparison with  the progress made in the older portions of the Frasor Valley. The only  trouble is aparently, the lack of a  good supply of drinking water.  CORRESPONDENCE  ���������(From   Ihe  !���������'  ���������aser Valley Reoord)  Altii..' AiiBiist   1'?,.    LOIS.  Ojtlfifif.v  I'ho   ICdilor.  Kramer   Valley   Record,  :'        Mission.    I!.   C.  In Ihe Frnfi'T Valley Record of Ausrusl 8th  (he M. C. nut iced a loolnoto by Ihe Kililor.  iitiirnestiiiK, thai wo explain the remarks made  in a coinuninicafioii apiicirin^r in that issue,  "The buyers anil growers iulerchln are not  idenlii'.-il*'. We must, decline at present lo  pript inir experiences wilh the buyers at this  end, no mailer how spin-y sonic ofrlhem may  appear-lo be. We.are on friendly terms with  both buyers and sellers,, explainins,' our remark as above quoted more Xully, wc .wish'to  point out Hint.. -The buyers have for their  main object., to keep the market down. The  sellinir end is almost ;in exact opposite. When  ;    1)11 >i'C ���������> '      \'f      ������������������!       ' '*    JUT  solely in their interests, lie is on auspicious  urniiiid. Sellers of berries at Mission should  welcome buyers, but please fight' your own  battles if you want, to bo saTe. We end the  discussion   here.  ,T.   A.   GRANT,  Prairie  Markets  Commissioner  PERSONALS  Harry  Answers  (he  Market   Commissioner  Okanapan Landing.  Aug-.   Loll),  'IS'  To   the   F.ditor, '  Fuscr   Valley   Record,  Mission  City,   B.   C.  Dear   Sir:  On account of beinsr absent when your  edition of Aus-ust. Sth arrived, found it impossible to -write my answer to Market Commissioner Grant's,.lcn{rthy tirade in time for  this   week's   publication. 'f  T was very nmch surprised to learn that  tlie Market Commissioner depended upon the  courtesies of Calgary wholesalers -to donate  their second hand newspapers to liinV whereof  he could clean facts relating- to the largest  berry growing- district in B. C.  Quite a lot has been published in your paper during the last three or four months relative to your districts needs with regards to  transportation, packing, variety, etc./;" and  puite   a   lot .of   this   information ,mi.~^' have  done Mr. Grant a great deal of  ing he does not -'know it all."  if Mr. Grant is not on your  please   put   his   name   on,   and  good, provid-  At   any rate,  mailing   list.  forward   the  bill   to   Barry.     (Mr.   Grant   recently   became  a paid  subscriber.���������Editor)   Mr.  Grant knows  full   well   who   Barry   is,- and   if  little   notice  may  be   taken   of  him   wherever  lie  goes,   it  is a  well known fact  that ho  can always go  back   to   tho   same   place  again   and  do   business.    In   his   tirade   he   asks   if   Barry   is   a  "bona  fide  fruit  grower  seeking  honestly  to  advance   the idustries  of  that  business."  Did  he ask that question for any honesty of purpose,   after knowing-  that  it  was  Barry  that  called   this   self-same   Grant   in   the   floor   of  meetings   assembled   at   Pcnticton   and . Sum-  morland  last  winter when he  went on  record  contrary   to   the   sentiments   ot   tho   market  commissioner   when   this   worthy   official   advised the growers to put in certain crops, and  sell  at a  figure  100%  lowor  than  Carry was  prepared  to  pay for  these  commodities.  Does  Grant   forget  that he  made  the remark   to  a  hall filled  with  growers  that crabapples were  not   worth   more   than   eighty   cents  per   bov  when  Barry said that  one dollar  should    bo  the  minimum,   and   no   distinction   should  be  made    against    Transcendents    which    usually  netted a lower price than Hyslop.    Does Grant  forgot   that   he   beat   Barry   "to   it."   on   this  count  for  no  other  reason   than   he   (Grant'  presumably speaking on behalf of a brokerage  concern,   and   the  representative   of   this   concern   was' at   the   mcrting.   and   his   opinion  coupled  with Grant's naturaliy overruled  that  ot   Barry.  It  Mr.  Grant   can  show  th;  od as hard or as long in the  B. C. Fruit Grower as Barry,  step  down   and   olu.  By  this  Mr.   Grant   to   take   into   account   the   lemrth  of time that he was making pants and coats  in Victoria  for  the  Gonion  Head  fruit  growers,   but   the   active   length   of   time   that  he  has   been   the   accredited   representative      of  two or more growers   for any stated  periods.  Now  (he  cause of  the  to   Vancou-  for  a  two  away  holi-  in town  at  ;t he has work-  interests of the  then Barry will  I   do   not   mean  strife  that has existed this season betwen the Market Commissioner and myself is Ihe fact that every  week.. Mission and districts Mirrouiidiim  would receive a "knock" in the bulletin, and  this ������������������knoi-k" was always urule in aross i;r-  norance on the part of the "knocker."  After the "knock" was published in the  Build in. and circulated broadcast over the  country it was up lo Barry lo "call the  bluff" and it lias been called on every count.  This can very well 1)0 verified if Ihe miwUel-  iug articles. are compared with the Mark"!  Bulletins. Grant would -give a , "knock" one  week. Barry would answer the same week.  and Grant would crawfish in the next. Mr-ne;  .by writing eomo dope to tlie cfrect that  Marry  agrees   with   himself.'  it is impossible for mo to airfc with the  Market Commissioner for various reasons,  and one of tho principal reasons is directly  in Hue with the statement that be has made,  to tho effect that "tho buyers and growers  lnerests /ire not identical." This sentence  shows the calibre of the man: his narrow  vision, his bigoted idea, and selfish motives.  It also proves my deductions are correct  when 1 have stated that the M. C. is not  onto his job. Grant is on the prairie to fulfil one mission and one only, and this mission Is to make the growers and buyers interests identical in every sense of the word.  In this mission ho has been a total failure  or else he could not have made the above  remark. There exists today a too wide chasm  between grower .and distributor and there''is  not a reason in the world why this chasm  should exist, if the right .man was��������� on ihe  job as representative of the growers.  For the reason that this estrangement exists!  it does not follow that the intcress are not  identical. They are identical, and right to  the last letter. The gwroer depends upon  the distributor' to market his crop, and the  distributor depends upon the grower to provide the crop to be marketed. This sentence  covers the whole transaction so far as grower  and  distributor   are   concerned.       The   above  Admiral Sir Roper Keyes, the leader  of the British Raids on Zceburgge  and Ostend., at the funeral of the  heroes who died for tho country.  Mrs. Fred Grant and Vivian Grant  from Point Grey and Alma' Kidd  from South' Vancouver are spending a week with the McMenemy family,   i* .    ...  transaction looks simple in the extreme; but  is it?  The nigger in the wood pile comes to light  in the shape of "Transportation." Transportation is tlie direct cause of the chasm before mentioned, and when this nigger is obliterated (he chasm will be spanned, and all  differences that now exist between grower and  distributor   will   bo   forever   settled.  it lias been a hard hard job to get started  on tlie transportation problems, and every  time something is started for the better, some  ignoramus vested with ten cents worth of  authority upsets the whole business. In  Grant's letter he. says thai "Barry deserves  some consideration for cabin*; attention even  m his erratic way to Ihis important subject"  and refers to Hulk-tin Ko. !S wherein you will  see that "Barry" and yoiir M. C. are not far  apart on the subject, of need Tor careful handling in transit and more attention to ventilation,   etc.  Barry called attention to thi:J fact June  Kith. 10 IS a I Mission. B. C. and at the  commencement of the shipping season. Granl  wakes up to the fact. Aii*4ii.->t .'Jrd .when the  season is over, and claims Harry agrees, with  him. Why did nui Granl arrree with Barry  June loth instead of publishing the llbol in  the Bulletin Report No. '.I, Column 3 paee 1.  wherein he states "This does not happen in  transit. They were dull looking when packed"  when reporting on bad order arrivals in Calgary for that week, and used any influoiii't-  i but he may have left to up I the ventili-  lor ear started. It wa������ up in Harry to Lrcl  the ventilator, and Grant ���������.".-anted it taken  olf by allowing hiins'.-lf to be made the "goat"  by the Dominion Kxprcss Co.: See Market  report Ko, 5. i'ago ". Column   1-'-.  If Grant, is under the impression that Harry  agrees with him that a rclrtyerator car is  wanted he is positively wrung. What i'  wanted is a. veiililalur service properly ventilated, properly loaded, mil o\ rrloadrd, placed at a ��������� convenient place for loading,. so  that   the  loading can   be performed  in  a pro-  Rev. Rowe has resumed his services in Abbotsford. All are pleased  to have him back. Mrs. Rowe and  the children are still,in Vancouver.  Mrs. Alf. King went to Vancouver  on Wednesday morning taking Emily  Alanson home and Jrine King has  gone to spend the remainder of the  vacation  in ancbuver  with  Emily.  , Mrs. Arthur Trethewey and Master  Chirk Trethewey'Ireturned this week  from a trip to Toronto.  The knitting club met at the home  of Mrs.  Eby this week.  The, Ladies' Aid will, meet next  week at Mrs. Kennedy's home at 3  o'clock,  Wednesday,  28th.  Mr. Arthur Cox,- agent at the B.C.  Electric depot, has received word to  join up on the 19th of Sept.  Mis.  McGowan and daughters  returned from Tacoma last week after  a two week's stay with the Scotvolt  family.  Orland   Zieglar  went  ver   on   Friday   morning  day's  vacation.  Mr.  Albin  Johnson is  daying  at  present.  Mrs.  Shore is visiting  present.  Gwen Sumner returned from Everett .whero she has been staying  with the Boulter family two weeks.  She is looking much better for her  outing.  Pte. M. Zeigler was home for a  few hours on- Thursday.  Mrs. Swift gave a birthday party  for Master Sidney Swift on Tuesday  afternoon, his sixth birthday. The  weather was perfect and the children all played on the lawn. Forty-  four children were present, everyone  enjoying themselves.   ,  Freddie Taylor met with an accident a few days ago when he got a  rusty needle in his hand. The doctor  had to put the X ay on it and had  to administer an anesthetic in order  'to cut it out .  Donald and John McKenzie are  both giving up farming. Donald intends to go to Powell River camp un-  tiil called up, and John is going into  the railway sheds at Seattle, prepara  tory to qualifying for an engineer.  Mr. McKenzie is going to Vancouver  to work in the ship yards.  Mr. T. 11. Symonds has been appointed road foreman In Mr. Mc-  Kenzie's place. Mr. Symons has been  a road foreman for years.  MAGNIFICENT   CUP  OFFERED  FOR  THE  BEST  WHEAT  per and seicMtini*  precisely the wiim  Okaiiinran T^anditi!;  Okti.iiacTitii   upxress  manlier.     In   other   words  condition?   that   exist     at  , : in   the   handling-   of   the  business,    ilefrii/eration   is  fruit   without   pro-  an   expert   should  useless for "day picked"  coolimr plant. Grant as  know   this.  Concerning the Marshall-, stnudinsr wherein  Ba.'-ry is supposed to asree wilh. the M. C.  Barry has stated that the Marshall is, not  the best shipping- berry in the world, and  still maintains the fact, but does not believe  that this berry is entitled to the "knocks"  that it has received from Cah'ury during- the  past season, after' seeing: the manner it, was  carried to that market. The only commodities that could possibly arrive in g-ood condition after beinc- subjected to tiie same  treatment as the "Marshalls" were would be  a consignment of cocoanuts. or a bone-head  travelling on a frovernment pass.  Yours  truly.  "BARRY".  The Department of Colonization  and Development fo the Canadian  Pacific Railway anounces that it will  award a silver- cup valued at five  hundred dollars for the best bushel  of hard spring wheat exhibited at the  International Soil-Products Exposition at Kansas City, Mo.. October 16-  2tith", 1918. All farmers in Western  Canada who have good hard spring  wheat should be interested in this  announcement and it is hoped that  among them will be found the successful competitor,  Wheat has become a vital factor  in the conduct of the war and the  Railway Company hopes in this way  io encourage production of the be3t  varieties. At the saraet im������ it is  hoped this competition will, focus attention upon the immenBe food-producing possibilities of ������������������Western Canada. Canadian farmers have been  winners of many competitions of thi  international Soil-Product Exposition and'the winning of this cup by  one of their number would be an appropriate climax to a series of  triumphs.  it is expected that boards of trade  agricultural societies, farmers' organizations and other public bodies  throughout Western Canada will interest themselves in seeing that the  very best bushel of wheat.in each of  their respective districts is netered  in this competition. Individual farmers will also no doubt be eager for  the distinction of winning this cup.  Particulars as to" the exhibit may be  had by adresssing Robert J. C. Stead  Publicity Agent, Department Colonization and Development C. P. R.,  Calgary.  &A  ������������������������     L   ���������'��������� 'I  ....--*���������������.��������� ---'.  : ^;,  ��������� . T  ^mmmmmmmzmmmi. i)f  SI  Page Two  THEXABBOTSPOKD POST  zxz  ,  THE ABBOTSFORD POST  Publi'shed:-Every' Friday  J. A. Bates,. JDditor/'and''Proprietor  FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1918  ��������� Westminster*  k  This is a great week for Van  couver. Exhibition week 'with  such line weather (it was fine  when this was written) and every effort bent in ail directions  to make this the popular week  for B. C.'s big city���������it should  all have some effect. And  New Westminster sits quietly  by and says, no we are not to  have a fair. Seems as though  prestige was being lost by the  capital  of the Fraser Valley.  Fair week���������meetings of tlie  farmers; meetings of tlie- poul-  trymen; meetings of the provincial editors, baby show bring  - Vancouver prominently before  the public, fair week.  Who says a big city should  not have a fair  The premier says that there  will not be an extra session of  the legislature unless something extraordinary more still  happens. Believe us there will  be something doing when the  next session does meet at least  it appears so the way the political events are . shaping. It  looks as though next session  foretells of an election, the premier is getting so genial.  We publish two letters .this  week���������one from the market  commissioner at Calgary and  the other from our old friend  Barry. Read, them both the}  are interesting.  What are the market commissioner's duties? This is  something that we would like  to get to the bottom of. The  people of the province are paying the.price-but nowhere have  we seen what the duties really are.  It would appear to us that a  man is on the wrong track  when the statement is* made  ''that the buyers and grower's1  interests are not identical''. We  presume that the buyer is the  distributor or broker in the  transaction. ������������������  The .interests of the grower,  as we take it is to place as good  an article on the Calgary market as possible and get a fair  market value for it; the interests of the distributors���������the  buyers, is to get that good article���������it can't be too good for  him���������and sell it to the consumer. The better the article the  greater his commission will be.  In the respect of returns- both  the buyers and growers interests are identical. ' They are  both rewarded by selling good  fruit at a fair value. It is the  consumer who pays th.e fiddler.  But just where in this game  docs the M. C. come in? h ho  fccrv-'ng all masters���������the grower, tlie buyer and the consumer?    *  wrong with the present House  of Commons is not that- it is  suffering  from  senile  decay���������  though ho  doubt   that is  the  case---or that it has got out of  touch with the country,   which  is apt lb happen in peace in ;;he  course of a few years, but can  hardly happen in time of war,  when     practically    the  whole  country is  possessed - with one  and the same idea"and all the  others are,  or expected to  be,  subordinated to it.- The -House  of Commons has .ceased to be  of any  constitutional  importance ��������� because the constitution-  has been arbitrarily-'suspended,  the supreme-power in.the-state  has passed into    the hands of  the men who can agree-among  themselves to carry it on,: and  nobody either, in the--House of  Commons or- outside has :the.  will or the power to evict the  usurpers.'-   The case   *as~m'acle  moref'hopeless  by the"siispe'ii-..  sion of' the- much .-abused, system-  of party government,1-which ordinarily provides the'means and  the  material " for'-' -forming- a  brand    " new. -' ���������������������������' administration  whenever-    circumstances   ire-  quire : it,: ahd; also 'by- the -y.ast"  extension of the*iriachiner-y of!  govern ment; wh icli has put ;.in--  to  office    nearly ' 100  M.  P.s  drawn, from all'parties. .  For- many reasons, a- geiieral  election can-do nothing-to alter  this state of things:-Conditions-  among the- electorate are- much  the same as -in" Parliament. -Not-  only are the.'principal ' party  machines out of--action, : 'or  in the service,'more or less, "of  the Government;' But there are  no marked' differences of opinion to come into play, and over  all opinion rules Ihe-iron discipline of war, particularly in.  precliiding'free speech and free  writing���������not to mention the incidental difficulties in the way "���������*. henvy  Broilers   and  ���������- Meats oi' all- kinds were heavily  shown' on-Friday-'inoniin'g/lasl at t.lie  Fraser- Valley market, and': pork rose  slightly in-the wholesale'department  tlie price i'br prime stuff selling as  high as 24 1-2 cents with 25^'askeu  Veal'remained at 22^ for the host  quality with 19d to 21<i paid for the  medium and second qualities. Beel.'  was shown to a greater .extent than  usual and fetched from 141-2 4? to  17<!  for the high  class earcas.  Iflgg prices still continue to climb  uud '.j\\$ to 'GO(J per dozen were the  ���������wholesale quotations with tlie retail  yrioo at G5(J"per dozen instead oE  GOtf as' last, week. Butter sold at  G0������ per lb retail. '  The poultry section did not ap-'  pear to fluctuate greatly from last  .week and tho supply was about normal. Ducklings at 400'each seemed  to find ready purchasers whilo the  ducks remained at fom 2 50 to _ 28 0  per lb.  Light and heavy hens ran from 22  and from 24 0 up to 25 0 and 2G0 respectively while broilers and springs  fetched   from   260   as   high, as   3H0.  The reason for this wido margin in  the springs  and   broilers   being   that  i'ho lower figurcis paid for the birds  "which  are  underfed  and   the higher  price   for  those   which   arc  fattened  ���������lip in readiness for table use.  ;   Potatoes   did     not     show     much  ! change oil her in the wholesale price  *or in   retail   qualities  and   the  wains  ���������were  not' very .brisk.       Two  dollars  per  sack  was  asked   for   (lie  larger  and best qualities    but    $1.50    and  ���������?1.-T5 seemed to be the average run  per   sack.  'In   tlie   fruit  and   orchard  section  Tame  blackberries  sold  by  the   case  Did you ever notice how some people shout into- the  telephone? They think because the party they are talking  to is-some distance away, uiat the "tone of voice must be  loud. They forget that a conversational tone'is; all;'that is  needed. -  It is the same thing, with the long distance telephone.  Some people have the idea that because the party wanted is  distant, it is not possible to talk to them���������the'voice cannot  carry tht far.- The voice may not carry that far, but it is  easily carried by wire and distance, owing to modern invention. No'matter how far your friend is away, you can  converse by telephone without difficulty. Try it some time.  BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE Co.  Limited  ntanaeasaKmiHrmvaMBtaBBaca in in Mininmum huh  ill $2.50;  egg plums at'500 per  bas-  kte;   Bradshaws' at.  30 0   per  of printing, travelling, and all  the mechanical appartus of electioneering.      There    is - the  other' abnormal    circumstance  that some millions of electors  wiill vote overseas without   any  but the vaguest idea as to whom  and what they are voting for.  A general election under these  circumstances can' bear no relation whatever to the method  of eliciting the will of the people which we know under that  name in peace time.    It will return, no doubt, a considerable  number of new men to Parliament.    The vast addition to the  electorate   suggests * that   the  newcomers will include a large  contingent  of full-blooded  democrats, and the general conditions suggest that there will  be a certain leaven   of   freaks.  But the change, whatever it a-  mounts to, will be one of men,  not measures or policy.      The  omnipotent    Government    will  necessarily come out   on .top.  ������he business of   "winning   the  war" will go on as before, and  Parliament wii continue to take  'he same part in it���������that is to  Kay, will vote the   money   and  rho powers which the Government declares to be necessary  IVr winning.  basket  cherry plums at $.1.25- per crate;  ���������fvpplcs from $ 1.25 to $1.75 per bo*:  and tomatoes at $3.00 per crate. The  ���������apples -appeared to be' fairly plentiful-and the demand was good. Raspberries were being sold at .100 and  .150 per small box and sold out fast  ���������as those are practically the last .of  the crop. *-���������  The fish stalls did a good business  ���������and buyers were plentiful at both the  ^'ordinary prices and at the cheap  ���������fish stall.  ! Sweet peas, carnations and many  ���������other garden flowers were in full  ''evidence at the floral stall department and that end of the market  was a veritable bower of sweet smelling colors. Strawberry plants were  selling at 150 a dozen and'table vegetables of every description were in  'full evidence at the usual 100 and  150 bundles.  The following prices we're Quoted:  POULTRY  lions,   lig-ht    _    2C<!   to 2-W      !M(!   to, 2oY  Springs       ������(>{'   lo Soc*  dressed   .'Jfx! lo -Aiif!  Chickens  Duolty, per lb  'Zoi to .'iOv  VEGETABLES  New Potatoes per sack   SI .of) to S'i.OO  New Potatoes,  per   ton    S33   to   $-10  KGGS AXI) BUTTEK  R:;?9,   retail       C-ic  Ef,'s\s.   wholesale        &8c   to   (JOY  nutter,   prime   ranch       (JOY  WHOLESALE MEAT  Pork, heavy   1S(!  toIiOY  I'oi-U.   100   to   HO0       He  Poi-lt lig-ht,   under 100     ?.;lr to  'M ',{.  Void,   choice       21c   to   2)li  Vcnl,  medium  duality   19if  to  iOi  KETA1L  MEAT  Pot   Roast '.    22<!   to   Sot'  Ro.Tit   Pork,   shoulder    35<f   to   -10c;  Roast  Pork,   loin       'IQc   to   -lf;<'  Boilinjr   Beef       xiOt1   to  T. Hone   Roast  Roast Veal  ....  35(;   to  ���������30i!  to  There are still numbers of  'people who cling fondly to ilie  idea'that valuable results at  1 onie and abroad must follow  the election .of a new .Mouse of  Commons; indeed, the idea  seems to grow with the prolongation of the war, and it is not  confined to any political sect.As  has been remarked before, I  can only regard this idea as an  amiable delusion���������one of the  pre-war notions which persist  regardless of:' the destruction of  pre-war    conditions.    What is  The ex-King Constantine is  now being mentioned as a possible Prussian candidate for the  throne of Finland, this harebrained project having originated, it is said, v/ith the ex-  Queen Sophia, wlio is always  overflowing with energy and  ambition. It is said that the  exCrown Prince strongly favors this scheme, which could  really benefit himself only, as  his father's health is most precarious, and while he -lives the  ex-King will be a confirmed invalid.    ������s  3-H'  Veal chops  .\35<J to .'ISC  Brisket point   20f  riirs heads   13 y. f  FISH  Lin? Cod,   lb    :    10c'  Smelts, lb   SOt1  Cod,  sliced    15 c  IleiTinsr,  per lb   1 0('  White spring salmon,  2  lbs  ?.:>$  Red spring salmon,  per  lb 2ik>  Steolhend,  per  lb %%(  Fraser River oolichans,  Tb  lot  Crabs  '.  2  for 20*.-  .Solus,   per  lb   10'.'  Sturgeon,  per   lb :J0<'-  CHEAI'   MSn  STALL  Fraser River  Salmon       15(  Halibut,   lb       '.!:���������>:���������  Codfish     G '/��������� <���������'  Soles    ������ i/*'(  Skate C Vi <���������  Pilchards       5^'  Smelts      IDs*  Crab?     ifH'  Halibut     17 '/j e  ANNOUNCEMENT  THE ritfNTfalg0.jAI{.K NOW  AT WOKK  ON-  Wrigley's ,-?  British Colombia Directory  IN FIVE MAIN SECTIONS  Compiled and I'rintal in Hrilinh Columbia���������Endorsed by 15. C. (.'overnmrnt  Hoards of Trade, Mann fact hiti-m' Association and other bodies  ltKlTISM COLI'MIIIA YiOAR HOOK���������One hundred i>:ir<*h of oiliuhil data, covering  Agriculture, Lands Timber, "Miiunx, I'-ifdiei-icH, Shipbuilding and 1'iiblU*  Works,   prepared  by the various  DepartinontH. TIiih section   will cover  fully the development   in Kritlsli Columbia.  * (iAZIfTTKHlt; dcsei-ibio!,' over 1!>00-cities, towns, villages and  settlements within  ' (he  I'rovince,  allowing  location,  distance  from   larger  points,   how reached  and by  what lines, synopsis; of local resources,  population, etc.  AM'UAIiKTIC'AL DIUECTOKY of all business and - professional men,, Fanners,  Stock Raisers,  Fruit  Growers, etc., In all  (owiik ami districts.  CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY or Tklauufivctiii'P-.-it, Retailers, I'roiluocrs,- Dealers, and  Consumers, listing- all products frma the raw material to tiie finished  article. -  TRADE XAMES AND TRADE MARKS���������A list of popular trade names alphabet-,  ienlly. If you want to know the ninnufaeturer or selling ngcut of a  trade-name article, look up this section.  INCORPORATED CITIES���������All sazetteer information- in the Directory of the In...  corporated cities; of tha Province v.-ill bo prepared by either the City  Council or tho Board of Trade, thereby oiriical.  ���������ADVERTISING BIUTI5K COI.OIGIA���������It is necessary to'continue to advertise-  Rritifsh Columbia, outside of the Province, in order that tourists ami settlers  will continue, to come. With this aim in view, a copy of the Directory  will be placed in leaillnq; Libraries and Hoards of Trade throughout the  Canadian Prairie.*;, Easloru Canada, the United States and abroad. ' The.  Directory will be used by prospective tourists and settlers as an official,  ���������guide of the Province.  The Subscription price of the Directory is  Si O.OO, express paid.  ������������������'WRIGLEY DIRECTORIES, Ltd.  210-212   METROPOLITAN   ULDO.  VANCOUVER  ���������What is the name o? that commercial traveller, who always tips  the prettiest watier girl in Nelson a  dollar when he eats in that city?���������  Ledge. Wonder ii: that is our Mission friend?  There is a lovely row up in Crest-  on in the school.  GIRLSI-WHITEN YOUR SKIN  WITH LEMON JUICE  Make a beauty lotion for a few cents to'  remove tan, freckles, sallowness.  of five cents per ton  The ' person operating-, the -mine shall, furnish the ay-cut with sworn, returns ;*.ce'ountin^  for tho full quantity "'of--merchantable coal  mined and pay the' royalty thereon. If- the  coal mining- rig-hls are not beinii operated,  such returns shall be furnished at least once  a year.  The lease- will include the coal mining  rig-hts only, but the.lesseee may be permitted  to purchase whatever available surface rights  may be considered-necessary for the working  of  the  mine  at tho rate of  510.00-.per acre.  For full information application ' shoud ��������� bo  made to the Secretary of the Department of  the Interior, Ottawa, or to any aircnt or sub-  atrcnt of Dominion Lauds.  .  W;. W: CORY,  Deputy Minister of Interior.  N". B.���������Unauthorized publication of this  advertisement   will   not  be   paid   for.���������-087S2.  THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM.  The Ford is my auto;  I shall not  want another.  It niaketh me to lie down beneath it;  it soureth my soul.  It leadeth me into the paths of ridicule for its namesake.  Yea, though I ride through the valleys I am towed up the hill.  For I fear much evil. Thy rides and  'thy engines discomfort  me;  I annoiriL my tires-with patches;  my  radiator   runneth   over,  I repair blowouts Jn the presence of  mine   enemies.  Surely, if this thing followeth me all  the days of my life,  I  shall  dwell  in the bug house for-  ���������   ever.  Advice���������It is best to keep one  foot on it while cranking. A motorist, in cap and goggles, was standing  under a tree peering up through the  branches. Ha! Ha! Time to laugh.  Contributed-r*  Your grocer ha9 the lomona and any  drug atore of toilet counter will-supply  you with three ounces of orchard white  lor a fow cants. Squeeze the juice of  two f reah. lemons into a bottle, thea put  in tha orahard white and shake well.  This makes a quarter pint of the very  best lemon skin whitener and complexion  baautiflcr known. Massage this fragrant, oreamy lotion daily into the face,  noek, arms and hands and just see how  frwkles, tan, sallowness, redness and  roughness disappear and how smooth,  soft, and clear the skin becomes, y Ye������i  Jfc i������ hannlesa, and the beautiful result  will surprise you'./  '  9YNPPSI9 OF COAL MINING REGULATIONS  Cpjir Mining* Rlg-hU of the Dominion' in  Manitoba,, Suakutobewan and Alberta, tho  Yukon Territory and in a portion of the  .Province o������ British ��������� Columbia, may bo leased  for a term of twenty-one years at an annua-1  rental of 351 per aero. Not more than J2500  awc3 will be loaaed to ono applicant.  Application for a lease must .b> rtmdo by  the applicant in person to tho Agent or Swb-  Ayent of tho district in which tho rights applied for aro eituatod.  In suz-veyed territory tho land must bo d������-  soribod by sections, or log-al sub-divisions,  and in iinaurveyed territory tlie tract applied  for uhall be staked out by the- applicant hJfrn-  self.  Each application mu������t be accompanied by  a ������������������ of $6 which will be refunded if tho  rifhts applied for aro not available but not  otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the  merchantable output oi tho mine at the rifle'  Funeral Director -.  AGENT   FOR   HEADSTONES  Phone Connection. Mission City  TAKES OFF DANDRUFF,  HAIR STOPS FALLING  Save your Hair!    Get a'small bottle  bf Danderine right now���������Also  stops itching scalp.  t Thin,'-.'brittle, colorless and; scraggy  hair is ���������mute evidence of a neglected  scalp; -of dandruff���������that awfu 1' scurf.  There is nothing bo -destructive to  the-hair aa dandruff. It robs the hair  of its lustre, its strength and its very-  life; eventually producing a- feverish-  ness and itdhing of the scalp,- which if  not. remedied causes the., hair roots to  Btarink,. loosen and die���������then the hair  toils��������� out fast. A little Banderine to-  anght���������now���������any time���������will surely save  your hair.  Get a sr.vall bottle of Knowlton's  Danolerjno fiwm any drug store. You  surely ������aa ha wo beautiful hair and lota  <tf it if you will just try a little Banderine.    Save -your hair!    Trj; it 1  ���������!  n  i  ���������X  I      .if  m  i\  -VI  ������  Mi  >51  a  ���������ul-J  Wra^'Wil^^^^  ���������MrSTW  ttE&HRSttFV&SEmESeSEESSBS^SBSm ~������3  THE ABBOTSFORD POST  PAGE TiptB3  [ff^  map  .oniatoos from 1.5. C. Liu's week luivo  teen nillior lifdit and ol' a very in-  dilTereiil. oluu-ficLur. fllosl. shippers  arc*. pulliny up l.ht;ir .stock loo groan  and in one; instance wo havo Ikjch  compelled to alum, a shipment \<>  the grower to let him sue tho liiiid  ul' stock he is (Shipping. This kind  ���������of packing, to our mind, is a good  way to ruin the tomato buslncHs. All  oniatoos should be packed in uiil'orm  size, with a uiiil'om weight and the  s:nne color throughout the crate,and  hiLVo thorn i)ink in color when they  are shipped by express., The price  "or li. C. tomaioos of tho host quality has Ijccu ?2,b0'per crate.  Ciibbaivo. The market price . Cor  Monday of  next week  is- 4- 1-2 <!.  Carrots and Heels. The rn.irk.ct, is  very crowded tho former selling at  2tf and the latter al. 30.  Celery." 8tf'to '1.0c! a lb accoding to  quality.  Calgary Market  MARKET  LETTER  (Plunl  Cajgary, Anj  rett & Savage)  ;. 14th, 10.111.��������� During  the'past .week the arrivals ol! British  Columbia fruit in carlols have become more frequent. LOvery car is  loaded pretty heavily to potatoes of  which there is quite a percentage arriving in poor condition owing to being sacked too wet or being allowed  to lay,in Ihe sun too long. There has  been some evidence of powdery scab  We have, however, in every instance  where there was any appearance, of  poor potatoes re-sacked everything  and shipped it outi u good condition.  Therefore, we are sure that' the deliveries of potatoes have been all of  fine quality. Pota'oes are being offered today as low as $3S.O0 to $40  in the Okanagan Valley. Stock's on  hand cost from SoS to $45 beginning  from the date they arrived. The demand is good and by the end of this  week will be working entirely upon  a cost of $35 in the Okanagan Valley.  Blackberries: The market on black  berries has been exceedingly good  but the supply does not in any way  meet tlie demand. Price is ruling  from $4.00 to $4.25 per crate. We  are interested in receiving increased  shipments  of. this  commodity.'  Uhioberrios: Receipt of blueberries,  have been limited which is due to a  great extent to the_ wet weather in  British Columbia cutting down full  supply. On Monday of next week  there will be good full supply daily  from Ontario, selling on a basis of  $3.00 for a 15 lb basket.  Peaches are arriving now from all  parts of the Pacific Coast slope, namely California, Oregon, Washington,  and British Columbia. The heaviest  shipments are from California and  the variety entirely Elbertas which  are of fine quality and have sold today at froin $1.75 to $1.85 per crate  which in our opinion ist he lowest  price that first class free stone peach  es wi 11 reach this year. There are  also receipts from Washington and  Oregon but the varieties have not  been as favorable for a demand from  the consumer for the reason that  they have been clings and semi-clings  mostly Triumphs and Deweys. '��������� British Columbia receipts of peaches  cluing this week have been quite liberal and the maket on account of  the small size and the over-ripeness  ol* the fruit has got down as low as  $1.50 wholesale. This can be expected in view of .the market being  well supplied with California freestone stock of Tine quality.  , Apples. Tiie apple market in Calgary is exceedingly slow and we aunt a loss to account for such alow  movement The price is reasonable  namely we aro selling No. 1 Duchess  -wrapped at $2.50 per box No. 2 add  faced and filled green apples at  $2.21-. We do not expect to be able  to sell apples at much below this  figure (his year, rlha crop is a reasonably good one in the West but to  our mind can be maketed in the  Western Povinces without any great  reduction over the buying price today  which is $1.7 5 for loose pack faced  and filled.  I'lums. liecejpt of plums from !���������.  C. for the last ten- days have been  quite liberal and the peach plum predominating. Most receipts have arrived in dogooenditio ii fgwyp  rived in good condition and sold from  $1.75 to $2.00 per crate of four  baskets. There have also been a  few Tragedies Burbanks and Sugars  Tragedies netting about 5 0 c* a crate  more than the other varieties. Two  cars of California plums arrived this  week and) have met with, a very  'ready market at. around $3.00 to  $3.25 per. crate. These plums are  extra large fancy desert fruit weigh-  in b about 26 lbs to the crate net,  therefore the reason for being able  to get the price that we are naming  on this particular pack of fruit. The"  same includes such varieties as Tragedies Diamonds, Giants, Wicksons,  Kelsies and Grand Dukes.  Pears. The market has been well  supplied with pears from both Washington and California.    The Bartlett  is the only variety that is now offered  Washington pears are selling at $3.-  50  for standard box weighing about  50   lbs.   gross.    California   pears   on  account   of   being   a   more   uniform  pack   and   being   for  immediate   use  command about $1.00 per box more.  Canteloupes. This market is receiv  ing  two  or  three cars  of  these  per  week.  Apricots have been rather a drug  on the market this week on account  of nearly all receipts arriving in more  or less unsatisfactory condition, due  to a great extent to over-ripeness of  the fruit when shipped. We are  told on good authority that the fruit  has got ahead of the growers and  they are forced to gather the fruit  too ripe for shipment. We take it,  therefore, that the shortage of labor  .is making its appearance in the producing sections, and we want co  warn all shippers of fruit that they  should endeavor at air times to get  their fruit packed and shipped on the  green side, rather than take the  chance of losing the entire shipment  and the express charges in addition.  Good apricots are selling freely at  $2.25 per crate for No.  1 stock.  Cucumbers. Pickling cucumbers  are reaching the market this week in  large quantities and being sold as  low is '90(J a box of 20 lbs. This to  our mind, is about as low as cucumbers will get this year. The market  is however, in fine condition for receipts of heavy consignments of cucumbers, but wo want to warn all  growers to refrain from, sending  them by express as they would not  show them anything like decent ....returns. Freight.runs abou t 8tf a box-  where as express is .4 5^.  Tomatoes. Heavy shipments of tomatoes have been received this week  from Ontario. A car Saturday morning next will undoubtedly be the last  car of Ontario tomatoes to reach the  Calgary market this year. Price will  be $2 per basket of 18 lbs.  Tomatoes from  B.  C.  Receipts  of  , (From the  Bulletin) -  Rogina, /Vug 10���������British Colmbia  mixed cars moving freely, but at the  same time reports from all parts of  he province, indicate that the demand is not strong and sales by the  jobbers  light.  The opinion of .the shipper seems  to be that in view of the shortage of  peaches and' plums that Bartletts  will lie used extensively to lake care  viously filled with these commodities  of the requirc'iiii'iils which were pre-  Winnipeg.���������During the past week  your M.' C. paid a visit to Winnipeg.  A careful examination of the fruit'  displays reveals the fact that B. 0.  is far too little In evidence with hor  produce (.here. ��������� When B. C. decides  lo select its best products and can  supply them in quantify Winnipeg  is (heir market. It will pay us to  watch Winnipeg. They are removed  from all L.U.L. shipments, and car  lots and lols'of them are demanded.  Potatoes  Manitoba   seems   to   have   a   good  crop of potatoes. They are, so far as  wo know, undamaged    by frost,    ana  and , are    offering    at    $30.00    per  ton  shipping, point Armstrong is  quoting 13. C. potatoes at ,$35.00 per  ton f.o'.b. shipping point.  Potatoes in Seattle are 3c5 a lb.  .Udmonton. is buying B. .C. potatoes  which is rather unusual. Owing to  the unsettled stale of the market for-  U. O. potateos jobbers' here are observing,.caution in buying. New potatoes in Edmonton are 4<? a, lb.        I  crate and the demand for them'was  ho .keen thai twenty ., morij crates  would havo sold at the .same"price.  Tho  Potato  Uroad  Evory household whure'.;homemade  bread is baked can save,{w 1 (paV^flour  by  an ' increased   use of jiota.^oje's'in  (he broad and still, hav^a'jmg^'t.'appetizing   loaf. ��������� .Save :   the. ^eit-qver  potatoes from noon dinnjur,'including  the water in which they..,were'j&offed-  i.-nless it. happens that'you havo. boil-  "ed  them  with  the- jackets;...on. . In  tliis  case   it  is   better   to   usa  freBh  water.    Mash, the potatoes thoroughly   while   they, are. still, ..w^arm   and  freshly  cooked  and. a,. sn^'all \quant-  ity of lukewarm .water in, .Ayhjph the  yeast has been dissolved. wi,th;.iheire-  quired amount of salt and set^aside  until next morning," thpij. niixjnto a  stiff dough in Ihe-odinary 'way."  Set  aside again to prove, and when light  knead down once; then,'let'jLlie-.chough,  rise until'light.and mo.uld.'.ijito'J.foayes  Put in the pans., Let jtl^e��������� loaves rise  again until light..   Bak.e in a moder-  Yakima, Washington.���������II is esti- ate oven  mated by shippers that almost their  entire crop of prunes estimated at  150 cars has passed from the hands  of- the growers at a price averaging  S0^ a. box delivered at warehouse.  Strawberries���������Mr.. A. C.-Fisher of  llatzic has shipped a. nice f"crate of  strawberries to the Vernon Fruit Co  here.    They sold readily at $6.00 a  -Canada'Food Board.  Mr. R. C. Treherrie, }}. S, A^giytjs-  warning to the fruit growers''of .this  province (b. prepare fpr jin invasion  of the lesser migratory, locust.r", We'  has just roturned eas't after a short  visit to tlie coast.  Last year's fruit crop was'estimated at three  million- dollars.  T*^  --/  cZJ<  [L.S.]  <S~0���������3\sQ /l-A  V -Q,  A.  CANADA.  :i  \i  lU  3EORGE the FIFTH,, by .the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of,?  Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond th;e;  Seas, KING, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. ������-__;���������  To all to whom these presents shall come or whom the same may in any '  li  pr  wise concern,���������GREETING^  A Proclamation of  conditional*'amnesty;xcsr^ Jjp  Glass l.under the Military 'Service-Act; 1917,;^wlib have disobeyed,our  Proclariiation of 13th.October,, 1,917, or their/orders, to report for duty;  or are deserters or abseiit without leave'from'the Canadian'Expeditionary Force.  ! S  E. L. NEW COMBE  Deputy Minister of .fu^lico  Cnnadn  :'}  WHEREAS ;consider-  able numbers "of men  belonging   to Class I under our Military Ser--  " vice Act, 1917, called out on active^service in  our  Canadian  Expeditionary   Force  for",  the-  defence of  Canada under  Our Proclamation -  of 13th October, 1917, although they have thus  become by law soldiers enlisted in the Military  Service of Canada,  Have failed to report for duty as lawfully  required of them under the said Milrtary Service Act and the  regulations   thereunder, .including the Order in Council duly passed on  April 20" last,  Or  have  deserted.  Or ' absented themselves without leave  from our Canadian Expeditionary Force,  And it is represented that the very serious  and unfortunate situation in which these men  find themselves is due in many cases to the  fact that, notwithstanding the information and  warning contained in Our Proclamation aforesaid, they have misunderstood their duty or  obligation, -or have been misled by the advice  of ill-disposed, disloyal or seditious persons.  AND WHEREAS we desire, if possible, to  avoid the infliction of the heavy penalties which  the law imposes for the offences of which these  soldiers have thus been guilty, arid to afford'  them an opportunity within a limited time to  report and make their services available in Our  Canadian Expeditionary Force as is by law  their bounden duty, and as is necessary for the  defence of Our Dominion of Canada.  NOW KNOW YE that we in the exercise  of Our powers, and of Our good will and  pleasure in that behalf, do hereby, proclaim and  declare and cause to be1 published and made  known THAT THE PENALTIES OF THE  LAW WILL NOT BE IMPOSED OR  EXACTED as against the men who belong  to Class 1 under Our Military Service Act,  1917, and who have disobeyed Our Proclamation aforesaid ; or who have received notice  from any of Our registrars or deputy registrars  to report for duty on a day now past and have  failed so to report ; or who, having reported  and obtained leave of absence, have failed to  report at the expiry of their leave, or have  become , deserters from Our Exoeditionary  ' Force, - PROVIDED THEY REPORT FOR  DUTY ON OR. BEFORE THE TWENTY  FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST 1918.  / and-;we;jso: HEREBY strictlV',  , warn '.and" solemnly;/impress;;  UPON. ALL;.SUCH*'MEN, and .as we|l:.those;  who'employ;..harbour, conceaLor. assist.*.them t  in" .their' 'disobedience, that, - if they persistlinr  their "failure "to'-^report,   absence  or- - desertibh  until tfic'expiry'.of ,the   last, mentioned, day,''���������!  they will, be pursued arid, punished With.all.the. t  rigour andvseveritv>6f the law, SUBJECT* %p.~  THE ' JUDGMENT    OF    OUR    COURTS,,  MARTIAL ' - WHICH ,  WILL    BE .j -.CON:-- f  VENED  TO  TRY; SUCH. CASES or, other  competent tribunals': and' also that-those who-  employ, harbour,-conceal or assist - such ..mjeSv  will.be held strictly accountable^as offenders [  and subject" to, the pains, penalties',and'.forfei-. ?  tures in that behalf by law provided for the}r;;  said offence. ' *.���������"������������������'.'���������  Provided however that nothing.'contained j'  in this Our Proclamation is in Leaded, to release;'  the  men   aforesaid' from  their  obligation- ������0  report, for duty as soon as possible,or. to .grant .;  them immunity from arrest or detention in thei  meantime for the.purpose of compelling them'^  to perform their .military duty;' Our intention;  being merely to forego or remit the..penalties'  heretofore   incurred   for    failure    to ,?epo(ij':  absence without leave or desertion incurred by  those .men'. of the description aforesaid, who*  shall.be in the proper discharge of their military  duties on or before the said twenty-fourth day  of August, 1918. .    ...   /; :  Of all of which Our loving subjects and all-"  others whom these presents may.concerri.ar.e  hereby  required   to   take  notice and govern.  themselves accordingly.  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these  Our Letters to be made Patent, and the .Great Seal  of Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness: Out-  Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin  and Counsellor, Victor Christian William, Dukejof"  Devonshire, Marquess of Hartington, Earl of  Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish  of Hardwicke, Baron Cavendish of Kcighley.  Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter:  One of Our Most Honourable Privy Council';  Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Knijht  Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order.; Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Our  Dominion of Canada. .....        j  At Our Government House, in Our City of OTTAWA,  this FIRST day of AUGUST, in the year.of Our  Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and  in the ninth year of Our Reign. ;.  By Command,  7������:  Under-Secretary of State.  ^= Mrs. G. McAdam, has leased ��������� the  Qion Bowman dairy i':'irm and \vi  have the assistance of Mr. Lane  Vla������g;'in operating it. Mr. H. Vlagg  will harvest the crops he planted this  spi-ing'bcfore leaving the place.  A largo party of. friends was very  pleasantly entertained Saturday evening  hy  Miss  Annio and   Mrs.   Hart.  Mias Jiatman, of Nicola, is spending i wo works'- holiday;; on the prairie \vilh Mrs. Mel. Fad don and  daugl; (eiy;.  Mrs.-Konier, who has been staying  with her' daughter, ��������� Mrs. M. Ilow-  ni'ati, al Upper- Sumas, for flic past  t\Vo yrar;;, is leaving next Thursday  for hoi- home in San  Francisco, ('al.  Miftioi:  AL SMKVKJM  I-OK   31KS.  MAiNZUIt  ''    'At   the  memorial  service  for Mrs'.  ���������Oscar Manzor held in the Presbyterian church, Mission City, on the KJtli  inst., '.Hiaro was a very large attendance   from   Silyerdalo,   Mission   City  ' and , fuurrounding' district, liov. Dr.  Dunn, of New .Westminster, Rev. Mr  Wealhcrdon, Episcopalian, and Rev.  C.  McDiarmid, of Mission City,  took  ��������� part, in the service. All spoke in  impressive and touching terms of the  la.te Mrs. Manzer.  -������������������ Dr..- Dunn who had been acquainted with her for thirty years delivered tlie following address:  The cause of our gathering here  today -was as unexpected as it was  painful. To mo, to all of us, the  death of our dear friend, Mrs. Manzer, was an un looked for .event. How  little   do  avo   Know   today   what   (.he  , events of tomorrow may be. Till Sal-  unlay the deceased appeared to be  in her usual vigorous health, attending to her ordinary household duties,  when suddenly as a thief in the  night, the call came "arise and depart; this is not your rest." After  all, how much to be desired is a sudden painless' death to a long lingering illness, accompanied by severe  torturing pains. The date, the place  the. manner of our departure God in  His wisdom determines, and just as  Ke determines so it comes to pass.  The exact date of my first meeting  with the Manzer family, I am not  quite certain. 'I remember to have  conducted servicesr"ut Silverdale,..on  several Sunday afternoons from IS90  onwards. One Sunday afternoon I  arrived early for service and found  Mrs. Manzer, with her young family'  around her instructing them in the  Holy Scriptures!'      Another  Sunday,  >-after a long'walk, 1 reached the Man-  ��������� zcr home (the place- of meeting) late  and found the people waiting, perhaps impatiently, the arrival of the  preacher to begin service. When I  got thero, however, 1 was not quite  ready to begin. 1 managed to communicate the fact to Mrs. Manzer,  that 1 had had no food since early  morning. In'an instant she quietly  placed bread and beet and water on  a shelf in the pantry and signalled to  me to come in and partake. I gladly  did so standing. In that quiet, kindly,  hospitable way she, that day, treated me; and in that same kindly hospitable manner she treated all ministers and missionaries coming to Sil-  yerdale. But whenever f returned  to the settlement to conduct some  special service, I found, whoever  might be present or absent, Mr. and  Mrs. Manzer there, with their family  cf boys and girls, latterly young men  and women. The late M  threw her whole weight  so:il--:s .of religion and morality, and  h<;! -lillueuce for good in tiie district  as as great. She .was a peacemaker  and ncit a peace-breaker. Slander,  meddlesome, gossipy conversation  she detested and avoided, licr wisdom, .tier candour and her piety eminently .fitted her to be the counsellor  of old;'and young. M'y friends, the  name of Mrs. Oscar Manzer will be  remembered and spoken with respect  and reverence throughout  municipality for long long  come.���������Columbian.  rs.  Manzer  into     the  Mission  years  to  POUT IL-1NKV OI-FICEK  lilLLKl)    IX   ACT! OX  The official casualty list issued  at Ottawa indicates that the i!lJth  battalion has been in the thick of  tho figthing this month. The list includes the names o I' two New Westminister officers and a Port Haney  oNicor who have givcnl: their lives.  r.ieut. ft. G. Collin, killed in action, was the son of Mr. U. Collin,  oi Port Ilauey, managing director of  th.; linitod Farmers Ltd. He,.went  ovenvjus with, the. 2!Jth as a private  and won hifi commission in the field.  When lie enlisted he was about 21  years of ago. die is the last of seven  young - men .from" Port Haney who  went with the 2!)th, all of whom  have mow been casualties, two of  them being wounded twice.  Tiie other two Westminster mon  are Capt. O. .].-//��������� Hepworth, formerly  on the staff of the Dominion Trust  there, and Capt. Albert Watson, son  of Fire Chief: Watson. Capt, Watson  also left-with the 29th as a private,  receving his commission besides the  M.   M.,  on  the  field.  BECAUSE THE RIGHT PEOPLE AKE  LOOKING FOR YOUR AD.  If you COULD (although, OF COURSE, you  can't) stop ovary man you meet o*i 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 waat to buy the  article you want to sell.  If your advertisement, however, were to be  printed in these oolumns this week, it would  "stop" EVERY MAN IN TOWN WHO WANTS  TO BUY SHOES, OR CLOTHH8, OR ANY  OTHER ARTICLE���������aRd .it woaldn't "stop" anyone who didn't want'to bay- That's the beauty  of the advertising way of fimdiwg a brayer. The  ad. finds the buyer through the slMjkle process of  being easily and readily foiand BY the fruye-r -  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 FOR SALE)  The Fattening of Chickens  Major   11.   4.   JJnide,   M.   C,   of   he  JOlind Knttnlion, who has returned!  home on siclc leave.     Fie is a former   mayor  of   Port, Alberni,   I*.   C.  where he will spend his fui'lou^h.  Mission City Fall Fair  the date of the Mis-  September '1 Sth  and  Don't forget  sion Fall Fair,  1'JUi. .'���������  At the last meeting of the council  an 'appropriation of $200 was granted  This v/ill help to guarantee that tho  prize list money will .be yours when  you  win it.  The prize lists have now been  printed and mostly all mailed. IT  you have not yet received one see the  secretary, Rev. Mr. McDiarmid, or  one can be secured at this ofiice.  Make up your mind to show some  farm, product and thus help to make  the fair of September 18th and 19th  1918, the best yet.  ' A great many have gone to town  this week to attend the exhibition,  among those are the Peeles, Boyds,  McGowans, McCallums, Mr. Martin  'and  Geo.   Salt.  The profits obtained from marketing lean, poorly ileshed, uniformed  chickens are so small as to be frequently discouraging. Many of the  packing houses and larger produce  dealers find it necessary to go to considerable expense for.the premises  to provide the necessary premises  and equipment to properly finish such  poultry. The best place to feed  " poultry is on the farm, and, if it pays  the packing houses to take the trouble, it obviously would be good business to do the work on the farm:  Proper' feeding and finishing will  not only greatly increase the weight  of the birds, but' will also enhance  the value of every ounce of flesh on  the carcass, and greatly reduce the  proportion of offal in relation to the  amount of edible meat.  There is generally a difference of  from three to seven cents per pound  in che price paid for well-fleshed  birds as compared with lean unfinished stock just off the range.  There is always a market for  -prime quality ��������� poultry, while the  poorer quality has to be sold at whatever price can be obtained, depending on' the market and the amount  of effort put forth on the part of the  seller.  Birds generally make the greatest  gain when about three to four  months ������������������ of age,and the average birds  :aake the most economical gains during the first two. weeks of special  feeding.  Chickens can be readily taught to  feed by lamplight; this is a great  convenience, as it is desirable that  ihe time of feeding be spaced as near  ly as possible ^welve hours apart.  The crate system of feeding is much  more economical and efficient. in  practising this method, one is able to  carefully note the progress being  made by each bird and the feeding  period of the more thrifty can often  be shortened or lengthened as desired  Also the flesh of the crate-fed birds  is invariably softer than that of pen  fed  birds.  For amplication of the foregoing  information apply to the Publications  Branch, Department fo Agriculture,  Ottawa, for Bulletin No. 88 .of the  Division of Poultry of. the Experimental Farms entitled "Preparing  Poultry Produce  for  Market."  No Food to Waste  The fact' that the restrictions on  the use of. bacon and other pork  products have been removed for the  time being, does not mean that food  economies are no longer necessary.  Tho facts are that there is not an  ounce of food too much in the world  and that every man woman and child  is under the sternest necessity of  saying whatever he or she can ot  those foods most needed oversea.  Any temporary relaxation of the restrictions, such as in the case of pork-  must not bo construed as notice to  the public that extravagance In any  food is again endurable.���������Canada  Fod Board.  Every housekeeper realizes that the  nice plate of. war bread, is one of the  important items of a.well set table as  it is the finishing touch to a well prepared meal. . With our war bread and  our fresh groceries the finishing touch  to a-man's pocket book may be had at  any time: Lee's Bread and Groceries  recommended to happy housekeepers.  License   No.  8-38538  I/iconso  No.   5-1088  ALBERT   LEE,   Grocer   and   BaKer  See me now about that Insurance  o  a  tic  ��������� 4������...   .,IW> i������.li������i������V '���������*������������������ ���������  I have a large ahdg-sp-Iendid supply^---  Raspberry Ganes for sale at>w prices.  Finest quality.  Abbotsford  Farmers' and Travelers.  trade solicited.  Newly Furnished  Thoroughly Modem  M-   MURPHY.   PROPRIET'  HUNTINGDON,  B   C  jaraassesncESEHssafiSEiEZ  HSSB*S������a3BBZ  ,E'1TSF0!D   DISTRICT  aa-SaagaaiaiTraTrtK  TRAD!  -.T."/J-iT.L. - ���������*. '.y-.T  President Hope Alanson   Secretary, N. Hill  of Abbotsford, B. C.  Meeting Held First Monday of Each Month t  Write the secretary regarding manufacturing sites  with unexcelled shipping facilities and cheap power  or information regarding the farm and fruit lands of  i the district, and industries already established.       Jj/  Npw is the time to get yoi&r sjupply of Butter Wrappers for  summer months.  .bet them at BATES' PRINTING OFFICE.