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 -1  "i -  3  o  6  With' wKich is incorlsbyated'^^JheHuntingdon Star"  Vol. XXX., No. 10.  .happiness and   good   fortune be   yours  throughout Ihc-New Year.      * \  * -We lender you these kindly wishes  in appreciation of whalwc value most���������  Your-Goodwill. - ;   -  ,-������������������--.,���������.-/-������������������*���������.���������  . -'.,  ���������'- ">r,,i,,i.1   : ���������:   ,r-.-i   ;������������������.    .-..��������� a-r  , 't,,������.    ��������� ,������������������,���������; ;  Abbotsford,, 13. &*/ Friday, December 29, 1922.  ���������    o     <, ���������    "'   *     ���������' -'*<?���������    ,  X\'  $1.00 Per Annum.  ELECTIOm-Am  IS POPULAR  j**'  PIONEER STORE , :'   R. DesMAZES  \     t  , ABBOTSFORD AND WHATCOM RO, AlO   r   J**J#  Phone 16 ' '-- --. "'--, ^'VFarrtier^lctts,  MRS. GOOD PIES ON } l.VFOUMAL  r'AREWELL IS  WEDNESDAY MTOKNINtii GIVEN JVIR. AND MRS. ALDER  , The ".death occurred early on Woci-  nesday������ morning of Mrs. Eunice Good  wife of William - Good. The , latii  Mrs. Good .was very well known  through, this-'district where she and  Mr. Good had lived for tlie past fifteen years.       ' Y  ^Mrs? Good was^'forty-five years of  age arid a N"41ve of -Wisconsin:. She  had been in poor health for the last  -year, but was confined to   bed only  during the past three- week's.  The^'deceased is "survived by her;  husband, and daughter," -Jennie residing) in - Abbotsford;. the parents.  Mr. and Mrsl' Nims," Sr. of - Belling-  On the eve of their departure ''to  make tlieir home at Newton, Mr. an.I  Mrs J. C. Alder and family were  .given an informal farewell by members of the Church land choir in me  Presbyterian ?Church en Tuesday evening.  Rev. W. Robertson was chairman  of thevevening, .and- those taking  part in the short programme included,'Mrs. F. J. R. Whitchelo,- solo;  the Alder'family and -Mrs. BeiUovv,.  quartette; Mrs. Alder, solo; Miss  Mable Alder, solo; 'Mr.' Alder,,f a  reading and- sole ;'vMivSnashall,* humorous song; James Downie,-solo..  .'During the, .evening,    Mr,,, A. .Mc-  <King;.jmd)<a'sister,  Mrs.-.White,,a_ll M  resident in ..Bellingham, and    also a,  sister,' Mrs". - Corbiir of -JLynden. ,    ' ���������  " "The1 funeral will be held at 2 p ���������  m. on Sunday, . December 31 from  the Seventh Axlventes Church in  Sumas, to the Oddfellows' Cemetery.  The following have-kindly consented  to act as~pallbearers," Messrs. R. Mc-  Crimmon, F. McCrimmoii. FrCulicr-  ton, C. Claus'on and J-I. Grohr.ovY  Mrs. Good was very popular with  a wide circle of friends who know  her to be a woman" of sunny disposition and Stirling character. The  sympathy of the entire community  is extended to the relatives in their  sad  loss.  n vp's*pn t p������Vl - Mrs     Al d QY' 'witli"' "��������������� ^ <""*"������ f ,r  Mr. J. J. Sparrow was at the  coast' on Thursday on business in  connection with his starting up business,, again in the Abbotsford Feed  Store': J. J. feels as tickled about  opening up business again as a, little  girls does about a fine ��������� Christimas  doll, and who can blame him.  The Post is purely a B. C. product,  even to the making of , the paper,  which" comes from the Powell River  Mills. -    .  Reeve J. Cook, of Sumas,". lias installed a radio at his .home, and ia  highly" pleased with the way"he can  enjoy his" evenings, listening to the  entertainment in such places as Lo.s  Angeles, Salt Lake City and other  points in the Slatco. lie vYU i <���������* able  now to tell, probably, what the electors are saying about the prospective  candidates at ilie forthcoming ma ilc-  ipal -election, but they must talk  loud. Messrs. Wright and Johnson  of the Abboisl'ord Gnrnfte" sold the  machine and installed it.  presented- Mrs. Alder "-with "a  silk 'umbrella, the gift of the -m'em-  'tiers of the choir. Mrs. J. Parton on  behalf of the " W. C. T. U. '"made l a  -short address and - presented Mrs.  Alder with a silver fruit spcon: Mrs.'  W. Robertson then pinned the W.tGf  T. U. pin on Mrs. Alder. Suitable  "replies were made by Mr. and^vMrs.  Alder, who expressed their regret  at leaving Abbotsford.  A few words of appreciation from  the girls of the Comrade Bible Class  of which Miss,Mabel Alder .was recently a member were given by Mr.  John Wright, the teacher of the  class. 'Mrs*. H. Fraser spoke of Mk;s  Mabel Alder as an efficient teacher  '{in the Sunday School, where she will  be much missed. Rev. A. Harding  Priest also spoke of the fine personalities of the family. Refreshments  'were served, and later * suitable  hymns were sung in community  style, including one familiar to all.  "God Be With You Till We Meet  Again."  'Now that,the. municipal elections  are'^iearin'g ,-there* is 7H>onsiderable  talk as to who-sh'all rttn and also in  regard to policies.   -If ,tlie number,oE  ,vcandidates  in   Sumas ��������� and    Matsqui  'Municipalities  keeps  on;    increasing  ���������there is sure to be a plethora in,both  of.,'the municipalities, -w.ith ' -policies  that are sure to'help the-electors see  something" tangible ' .done  for ' the  taxes' paid, in 1923.    ���������*-',''   '���������>   '    ' - ''  T-.   Among' the'' many candidates run-  :h'ing;iis 'our'townsmanYMr.'A; George  secvetary^of the -Boar"d>- of    Traded  president'of, the,-Poultry ^Association  and fgenerar rustler   for the    public-  good, ��������� who1" lias' con'se'tited^at the request, of a number bfvhis. friends", to  run for, one.of tlie .councillors    for  the -.Sumas council:,    He Tcomels out*  with a pplicy^of^,.economy," but-with  broad ideas as to, the '^spending - of  the 'municipal- money. ,..**'He says    hY  has ho complaint as to'the record oi  the present   councillor' in ,the ward,  butithere is^ sure Ytoj' be  a   lot'oi  money spent in ,Sumas.,,during thi,  next: few years and now. is the ''prop  er time to plan <f or ''the--future, "sc  that, iuore''   can., be' Jf accomplishec  than- would otherwise { be,.the case  .Systematic11 work looking to an.ulti-.  mate result is oneyofUhe planks it������  his-platform that'-should , appeal,to  theVelectors.       :- His'services are al-  Avays .highly appreciated Vin ' Abbots-  ford'in whatever-'he Undertakes and  it is 'believed* that,'as^a "councillor ofthe <;   neighboring    raiinicipality *���������. he  .would.  Abbotsford. ,  ^ Mr. James Gillard x>������ , [ Vancouye?  is spending the-holidays at'his home  spending  here , . -;   ,  I     Miss Margaret McCrimmon, who is  I /w.ork' .as "'mu^l>^tOI^<tne t adyan -  does with the    organizations-in Abbotsford. . ' "'"  .Reeve McCallum of t Matsqui has  decided that he will again be a candidate for reeveship of Matsqui. "At  first he thought of giving lip but so  many of the electors' have asked him-  to continue his good services to ihe'  community, that he is again An the  field to win. His opponent will  probably be Ex-Reeve Merryfield,  who has also given excellent satisfaction in the past.  That old municipal war-horse, Mr.  Wm. Elliott, is- again &��������� councillor candidate against Councillor C.  Bell." Councillor Gledhill will have  probaby several to fight. But nomination day will tell the tale, . as. -./>  will the candidates.  Mr. James    Mitchell is  the holidays in coast cities  Mr. and Mrs.. C. Spring    and son, '  Brice, spent the week-end and Xmas  'in New Westminster. *   v  Mr.-and Mrs. Robert Allan were  visitors in Chilliwack for the, holidays.' .'/'."' - - - ,. Y  '- Mr. Jack McLean of - Vancouver  Visited many ,old, acquaintances in  town during the Xmas holidays.  YMiss Vera,Hunt of .Barrier,"B- C.  spent Christmas -with -her parents it>  ���������Abbotsford.       .      "  u , Under the auspices of the Abbotsford, Bachelors'- Club'a jolly, dance'  -will be'given in the Alexandria Hall  on- Fridiy -evening, - January 5 th,  with .'the'.,Abbotsford > Orchestra Jn  -attendance.*, ���������<r-    '-"-*,,<  -* A merry surprise party- of friends  ind neighbors visited the home of J.  Copping- on'\ Tuesday evening and  jxperie'nced ^a, most - enjoyable time  ;pent in music and dancing; songs  and sociability." > .  -     ;,  '-Mr. and Mrs.-Dan McGillivray and  amily of ,Alberta are the "guests of  heir parents, Mr. and  ' Mrs. M. Mc-  Yrillivray, of .Huntingdon." ' -  Mr. "James Pronoski,of ..Vancouver  "iperit the Xmas holidays with 'his  parents here;. ��������� l"  - Mrs. A."Harkness and MasterWai-  lter, Mclnnes were'-yae' guests of Mrs.  W. Campbell, of New .Westminster  over Christmas. ,_ ,'j-i " **. "\ "I'V  " ��������� ;<The,: Misses, Elsie arid Naomi. Mtr  Phee.-have: returned,from school";  in  attending High School in .Vancouver,  is visiting her home here. '   ,'���������  Mr. Walter Fosset of >Hammond" ,  has been'Visiting his'aunt and .uncle,. ~f..  Mr.  and  Mrs Thomas  McMillan. Y^Y;',  ���������Mr. and Mrs. J. Brydges and fam- ���������*"���������"������������������'  ily were the guests of Mr. and'Mrs.' " '-'  Dickenson-vof New Westminster-over Y  the week-end and for- Christmas.- >���������'   .-���������  Mr.'and Mrs.'James Downie .visited White. Rock on Thursday, where- -  Mr. Downie' sang at a concert given, ���������.���������-  in  the evening.    ." *    ���������    ;      '   -  'S, Mrs.   E.    Scotvold ' of.- ���������- Taco.mi^  Wash*., was the Christmas guest' -or    ���������������  Mr. .and Mrs. J." A.    McGowan   arid.  * ,  visited old friends in Abbotsford.'  . " *  '  "Mr. and Mrs. Moore and'Miss Florence McPhee motored to Bellingham ��������� -  on  Wednesday.      ���������       - -- ' -r.~  ,',Miss - Mamie  .Bailey    was   .horiie  .from  Vancouver  for  the  Christmas-  season. . r -      ,      ' - -* Y>    -  Miss Gertie Smith of Vancouver la *���������>���������,-  spending the holiday"  season' at l\ec^- .  home here. '.     ���������   .     \ , - v ��������� ., '"        * The special Xmas services held' at,  St. Matthews were well, attended "and , .' V  the church was beautifullyYdycoratedf:?Y "...  with holly, evergreens."arid flowers". Y  '   .  -Appropriate sermons by    the,;- Rev'Y" Y ,  Harding' Priest with  special    music . " ^  .by the^choir were given,at ea*cli"ser-Y   ���������-  vice.'   In'the .evening'���������Strainer's.' ari-Y**-"' ;  th"em,"Ohi Zion That^Bringeth Good;>^<;;  tidings".--was sung by ^the ".^cholr,:', ;,,-;���������,���������>  alongvydth-the -Christmas', anthems^  MEURVFUOrn)  TO  RUN  FOR REEVE  MT. IjEHM;AN, Dec. 2 6.���������Mr.  William Merryfield will be a candidate for the reeveship of Matsqui  this year, he announced on Saturday.  From various parts of the municipality requests have come to Mr. Mer  rydold to be a candidate, and he has  finally consented. The reeveship is  at present held by Mr. Alexander  McCallum, who has been in office  for a number of years now.  On Wednesday at the - monthly  nicoting of the Matsqui School Board  Mr. Me-rvfield rescued f*s tr",:*tpp.  so as to be free to enter the contest.  He lias served on the school i>" -i  for fifteen years, and for a number  of yoars held tlie office of reeve.  Huntingdon  "** - ____���������������  The Huntingdon parents and  friends .were treated . to a delightful  entertainment by the' school children on Thursday evening, Dec. 21. A  programme of 33 items was presented, some by tots too small for school.  Little Vera Purvis, bordering on 5  years, sang two songs with delightful charm and the true concert manner. Dialogues and choruses were  given and .much vim and humor, Mrs.  Macrae and Miss Savard winning expressions of gratitude for their good  work, not only in .getting up the  concert but for their devotion to  the children's interests and welfare  throughout-the year.  '���������* va  guest of "friends in "Vancouver previ  ous to the opening, of 'school.. .<  ., - -Under direction' of the Orange .and  True Blue Lodges of Abbotsford a  dance will^be given in the Abbots.-  forcl Theatre "on Friday evening, January 12th for which special arrangements are'being made. The Abbotsford Ofhcestra has been engaged for  the evening.  Miss Elsie McConnell of Vancouver , is spending the - Christmas holidays at the home of her parents    in  Mrs. .N.. Hill,I. Peggy and Boydell  are visiting' MrsY " Bernard Hill'"in:  jNorth   Vancouver.   ". ������������������      '   . .   ���������  -    Anyone wanting a good-  terrier should "apply to Mr.  the 'Royal Bank of Canada.  hunting  N. Hill  Services will be held in- St'. Matn-  ew's Anglican. Church at Abbotsford  every Sunday night at 7:30. Rev. A.J  Harding Priest, vicar.  Prosperity Does not Happen!  It is Brought About!  In extending to our clients and patrons  every good wish for a prosperous New  Year, we hope to do our share in bringing prosperity lo the district in 1523;    ,  MK. J. O. MILLNKS WILL  ADDRESS   POULTKVMEtf  OTOR OILS  "MAKES A 'GOOD CAR  RETTH2R'  We supply the best  the red ball sign.        '  stations in this   district.   Call at  On January 4 th, in the Bank of  Montreal Chambers, Mr. J. C. Mil-  lness, secretary of the B.C. Co-operative Exchange will address a meeting of those Interested in the poultry industry, in connection with a  campaign which is being "started to  'increase the membership of the association.  Mr. Millnes will outline the efficient work and assistance given  by tlie Exchange, and will be prepared answer any questions pertaining  to the marketing of poultry pro-  dur^.  All those interested in the.poultry  industry are cordially invited to attend.  Imperial Products Always At Your Service  Phone 53 or 25X  We call attention to the advertisement of the M. S. A. Hospital in  this issue calling for tenders for groceries, meats, etc. Tenders to be in  January 3rd.  Mr. F. J. R. Whitchelo is at the  coast today on business.  ^ When planning your New Year dinner ^consult our Grocery Department where you will  find the choicest of groceries lo start you right  for 1923.  Limited  ABBOTSFORD'S "STORE OF QUALITY  PMflfl|||*l-ffllilti-rMtfM**** dtiU&������  ���������"H.^BirlMBllwfWHMUM  JiWi,l-felMJai^Il.UiJ^^M^lllJUU^ l"W.miAMiiia-U&M.W^ t *..-i. *. V,  ������-.  N'  ���������!  I'"'  -I i  I*'-'  FAUBTWO   .  THE ABBOTSFORD POST  Published Every Friday  J. A. BATES. Editor and Proprietor    -'"'  '( iTMfi* ABBOTSFORD POST  *      ���������    ���������   ���������  FRIDAY', DECEMBER 29,' 1922,  3ESS  We extend to the  paper all goo*d  readers of this  wishes <f or-a.Happy  ��������� **y  and  Prosperous  1923.  The prospect for the coming  year's business is much better than  It was this time last year. 'Tis said  that business runs in cycles. Last  year we saw the period of decline after a period of prosperity,, and. during the past few months we t have-  noticed the improvement of business  in many, lines. And if we are all  united to make business better during the comiiig; year 4tiiev altogether  likely that-we -shall,see.ere. the end  of.the year we have passed through  the pertod^-pfrr.,depr^s.sion,,"1and.. after  the crops.of. 1923--be enjoying;a period of such improvement that we  shall'say, to/each:other that prosperity is again'coming.our, way,"let us  make thei-inostrof it..' -  We read-'thot-'coriditioiiB have;been  improving 1;iirthe east* for-some time  and that, same confidence in business  musteventuallyaw-ork its r way to the  Pacific Coast: - "It * can't come.- .too  soon; and./may ;1923Lsee us enjoying  again bigger, and abetter business'.  feel that they cannot secure legislation from either of- the older parties  that will place them' in a .position to  .demandvthat'.they have better conditions ..as to.the marketing of.their  product, especially.. Unfair legalized competition for the farmer ��������� n  placing him in a position that does  not bode well "for the interests'of agri  culture in this province; and agriculture in its various phases is the larg-.  est interest in this province ��������� at the  present time.' There is always-this  to say too about that interest, that  when tho farmer 13 prosperous * tho  residents of towns and'villages have  a.,better chance for fair trade conditions.  But if the farmers of the province  wish to have a party, of their.own,  we-want to see'them tackle the two  older parties without a handicap. ,  What',-are:-:we doing,,these ,.days_ to  help   out   community^conditions.'.'  There is ;one community- interest  that should.,be boosted for all it' is  worth and:that.-is-:the very beet possible -fire protection that can.;be put  up. It. is\in. the"interests' of-all-residents of this "town "that" each "others  property* should-: be_^ safeguarded-in  the most -eff-Meriti* manner.i -. Fires  will occur, and have occurred- that  demonstrate, the ' "necessity" of the  best along/this'-line.-that������������������'���������-we can--ai-.  rangeffor.-iourselves.-.;,   ' ,  The * proteetion-jo������ rtlils - town U not  what - it- should be.' s������We;. have- gone  so far,; and^then appeared to-obey the  command, ifurtner^thQu shalt not go'.  A lit'Ueosho;uld.(-������bevadded rto ;a , fire  . fund -eaeh-tyear^ao thatrrin -, the - course  of ten-years''or more- people would  say of us, that we had an. admirable  protection for our buildings. " plant, wltn son ana t  Let us-make one good resolution j mound of-soil - with-j  for 192 3,v that i we-raise money.- for  better fire protection. ,- i- -  THE PROTECTION OF  ROSES FOR WINTER  The saying. <v that , 'politics, malcy  strange bedfellows'.'will :l- be most  truly- exemplified���������should-the.. Farmer party of-this province.-have added to- their,"numbers,-* those who are  for 'keeping Bowser.down' and those  who are, for 'keeping Oliver out". It  will be the strangest bed* in which  politicians ever" kept "each'"~other conv-  pany. Just think of the divergence  of opinion and how long it -would  last!- How do you*suppose it could  be controlled long enough "to formu-  ' latera policy. There sure would be  s\n awful noise���������a regular; Bedlam  of choruses. And we are not sure  but-that it would be worse than the  pree;ent 'Bed of Justice' at Victoria,  where everybody goes to sleep and  lets0; the -affairs of-the- country, drift  at its own rsweet .will. In either  cases we would "not'know what was  doing. -But -bfgt-.noises always attract attention.  There certainly, is 'not any object  ions to the farmers of the country  having a party of their own, if thoy  so desire, but to include the malcontents therein would be to defeat the  object for which the party was formed,'- The two older parties will be  that much stronger without the discordant ones. The farmers of the  country may not be getting as- fair  treatment as they think they should  be-but nothing can be gained by the  bringing in of a strange discord into  the organization.  Wnlle.ttiferdeareVTaany-who. would  support* the Farmer party in. their  desire "to secure legislation' that will  prbtect^and abetter, their, condition; i t  isijnot likely that a number of disgruntled Liberals and more disgruntled or. disappointed    Conservatives  would help out the cause of the Farmer/party., h . ...  '';.;Y; ";���������  It is' a .'free/country, and while a  great many are ofthe opinion thru  two parties���������the Liberals and the  Conservatives���������should -be enough to  gain good govern*ment,vthere is no  law-agaJftsfeitbe-Far ���������^Qra^tartlng;,, up  a party of their own provided they  The rose is,' perhaps, the most  popular flower in Canada" and in other countries and many thousands of  after the first Winter and, ��������� while  plants are set out each year. * In  Canada, unfortunately, a-large, proportion of -those planted never live  others survive for a' few days,- they  eventually are Winter , killed. ;By  the* planting of the hardiest varieties  there will be much better success in  many .cases than there, is at. present  where, hardiness is often, not taken  into consideration . when planting,  ���������yet,' except in- the mildest parts bf  British Columbia, the protection pf  roses in Winter is necessary, ,if we  are to prolong the life of the - best  sort's.'  Various methods of; protection  are recommended, and all of them  have points of merit,' but the seasons;  vary so.much that a method of protection that will give- success one  year may.prove a. failure the next.-  With "over.' thirty years' ��������� experienci  in,- Wintering roses at Ottawa - - the  conclusion "reached is-that1 soil will  give-the. best protection taking-one  year, with "another.-- ��������� '  ��������� . On:.the' -exposed prairies,-- where  there ���������*is..Ht,tle"snow-and'-great"Y.cold;t  it-is ..desirable to cover the', entire  plant- with soil  and to build, up'   a  -a-- broad bas'i  over the roots- and about the lower  part of -the* canes ��������� This mound . ot  , soil will often prevent root-killing  f and-��������� will' also ensure the lower part  i)f tlie canes coming through\alive.  . In other parts of Canada where  there is more snow or in milder  parts of Canada where protection is  necessary, the bending of the canes  down and holding- them "down witn  soil may be sufficient', though it will  be safer to protect the. base and  roots .with- a-mould of soil .in case  there .may be severe - weather or  little snow. At Ottawa this plan is  followed, the mound being made ten  to twelve -inches high. Leaves or  brush .are-then" put over the exposed  part of-the canes. -In ..Winter's, with  little snow and when low temperatures come early in the season the  canes' will -be killed to the" mound of  soil, but, as a rule, the part-of the  cane in the soil remains alive, and  in the Spring the bushes are pruned  back to the uninjured part, and  strong growth and abundance of  fine blooms will be obtained.  In the case of climbing roses',  which may be very difficult to protect with soil, it has been found that  if a long bottomless box is put over  the canes after they.have been laid  down and then this filled with dry  1 leaves and. the top;put .on so rain  will not get in, the canes will, as a  rule, come through well, but very  early in the Spring the lid should  be lifted in order that air may get  in and dry off the canes so as" to  prevent the development of disease.  ���������W. T. Macouin, Dominion Horticulturist.  August ��������� ��������� 23rd,  Ham, ^'the   Grand   Old  Montreal. ��������� On  George   II  Man of the * Canadian Pacific,"  celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday,  and -received congratulations-from-  all over Canada. >  j .  ''  ���������Vancouver.���������Railwr.ys in  Canada-  are in an excellent position to handle  'the bumper grain, crop of the prairie  'provinces...    There   are   also   10,000  cars in the western division of the  C.P.R. ready to handle grain moving westward from'.the prairie grain,  fields, officials of the railway state..  C. A; Cotterell, assistant general,  superintendent of the C.P.R. western' lines,- stated .that heavy, ship-:-  ments will  be  made to" the  Orient  , through this port. ���������  Toronto.���������American tourists last  year ijpent $75,000,000 in Canada",  .according to an_estimate made in an  official report'of the Dominion Government's Parks 'Department.  Last year more than 100,000 tour-*  ist motor cars entered Canada; that  would mean upward of half a million tourists. Tliis year the number  ���������will be much greater,"for the tide  is growing-rapidly. The railways  are having a very busy season.  Winnipeg.���������After a careful survey of reports received from C.P.R.  agents throughout ..the West, it is  estimated .that .this year's* crop will  approximate, .317,000,000 ..bushels,  according to the weekly crop report  of the C.P.R*. agricultural depart-'  menfc issued-here.  Reports indicate, that the Western  ' crop; generally "is-turning .out  vvell.  -iEven in , areas, .where poor yields  were" looked for, the conditions have  proved, better than anticipated.  Vernon]���������Present  indications  are  that; the. 1 J)22,'British Colambia apple  crop   will   total   about  2700 -or  - !v'('0- cars.  Last" season was the province's  big fcrop year, when approximately  350tf cars w-^re packed out.  The C.P.R. has made- many- pro- ���������  visions to take care of- the valley's  transportation  demands.    On  nearly eyery'side between here-and Calgary  refrigerator cassare waiting.  ,to be shunted -to the.packing houses,"  while houses are well stocked.  ���������  ���������   A PROMPT, ANSWER IMPROVES^  EVERYBODY'S TELEPHONE* SERVICE  - ; Sometimes, when }rou make a. telephohe:;cal!,  , you do not geUhe number promptly, When you  tell the operator; she says, "I will ring them  again." ��������� . ..  ,  Finally when you get the . party wanted, do  you feel that the operator "has not given, you  prompt service, or do you realize that the person  you called may not have answered the telephone  at'once-?  It will help to provide prompt servicerf or .all  if every subscriber will answer the telephone as.  soon as the bell rings. ,  British Golumhia Telephone Company  i.i :..'  ROD AND GUN  The January issue of Rod and Gun  in Canada, the opening number for  1923, sets a high standard for the  subsequent issues to equal. This  number is now on sale; and it  should please exery sportsman. An  assortment ��������� of splendid - 'features'  greets the reader. Bonnycastle; Dale  excels himself in his splendid contribution,"A Christmas .Days Duck  Hunting," while "A Trip, up-the  Taku River" is another that is almost sure to please.. Harry M.  Moore, the gifted Canadian writer,  has never written a better story than  '.'Bones," which is another big attraction t-in this issue. , The -various  department, the diversity of fea-  tures.Ythe fine illustrations���������all  these help to make up a-, magazine  of quality and excellence.     .  Rod and Gun in     Canada is    published -monthly-ata Woodstock,-^  tario by W. J. Taylor, Limited,  Calgary.���������While Calvin-.Coolidge, .  Vice-President .of,the United States, .  was not-inclined to talk, about-trade,  relations, tariffs-or-anything of that.  .nature when-lie-arrived Here on the  Trans-.Canada/', train, of -the , Cana-.  dian'  Pacific,.* Railway,...he,.. waxed -  most;, .'eloquent" ;h.'*"his- :'/������������������*'"\cs * of  Banff and r Lake 1/oufse an'd of the  Canadian   Rockies   along- the   route  by whic-h he .had. travelled.  "No   wonder - youYCanadians-are-'  proud- of  your 'monntains,!'  he  asserted; "they are magnificent."  The   Viee-Pr������e:deijt' spent   some  time   in   conversation, with- J.   M.  Cameron; general superintendent of j  the-Alberta Division of the C.P.R.    '  Montreal.���������According  to  a   joint  -circular   issued   by   *!'ie   Canadian"  ��������� Pacific Railway and-Canadian  Pa-_  .-.'ific, Steamships'Limited, Mr. Allan-  Cameron is.appointed Oriental manager;- with office at Hong Kong, effective October 1. '  It  is  understood  that. Mr.  Cameron .will be in charge ;,of- both traffic, and operating departments. -The .  extensive growth in .recent years of  Canadian   Pacific  activities  in- the  Orient, with enlarged' fleets"and*rser-  viccs  which  have  added  Manila to  the /ports of call, has involved .^also .  the  transfer  of the-administrative  headquarters    from    Yokohama. to  Hong  Kong.     Mr.   Cameron  is-familiar   with   Hong   Kong, -as..from  January,  1901, to September, 1905,  he   was   located   there   as   general .  agent .of the Asiatic business of the_-  Oregon    Railway    and    Navigation  Company's line of steamers.  : Mr." Cameron's '.first   connection  with..the Canadian Pacific Railway  was .at  Winnipeg  as  clerk of  ihe-  locaY'freigh't office in'1887.-  in your old car in part payment  for a 490 Chevrolet  p]a~sy payments for the balance.  A new car means, that you will have new tires   \  and but few:repairs for sometime���������according to   \  . usage-.  MoosevJaw.���������D. C. Coleman, vice-  president "' of the Canadian Pacific  Railway Company, was a visitor in  the city for a few hours, while en  route to Victoria.  / Mr. Coleman made the announcement that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company had leased the last  of its terminal elevators at the head -  of the Great Lakes, on.a,long^vm .  lease, to the Consolidated Elevator  Co. interests. The capacity of the  elevator is eight million bushels.  The- lessees will assume! possession  on September 1. ^ ���������    Y  Y The leasing of the elevator is in  conformity with the announced'������������������'inr  tention of the railway executives to,  go out of the terminal elevator  business.  Asked an to the completion of the  Assiniboia-Lethbridge line gap, Mr.  Coleman .stated .that it was anticipated .that the gap would< b"e-ncorri������4  pleted late this fall Much, however, would depend on whether the  contractor would be able to hold his  men during the narvest season. ������������������/  Relative to the grading on the line  from    Consul,   ea^t,   Mr.   Coleman;  stated   tliat   the  first- thirty, miles,  had   been   completed   and   the   contractor  was   now   working-,on   the  second  thirtw .miles.      ._'-,.  SUPERLATIVE   VALUE  How ���������  a   ��������� combination    of    three  papers in one, such as .The Family  Herald and Weekly Star of Montreal,  can be-produced and delivered to  subscribers at tho low price of two  dollars a year, remains an unsolved  mystery to the reading .public. In  each issue- of this-seventy-two page  weekly there is a complete farm  journal,-a home magazine containing  seven days' reading for every member of tie family,- and a weekly digest- of world news.  If this were not enough, we now  read an.announcement .by the publishers of The Family - Herald that  for a limited -period they are offering each, new subscriber a choice of  five valuable books, cost free. Present-subscribers who send in one new  subscription' to The Family Herald  In addition to their own renewal  also qualify for a-book. Any one of  the following books. may be selected: (1) "The New Farmer's Manual," compiled and published by The  Family Herald and Weekly Star,  without, question the best book of  reference'ever-offered to-the Canadian farmer; (2) "The Family Herald 'Cook' Book' ' complete scientific  but non-technical; (3) "100 of the  Best Songs"; (4) "100 Singing  Games";���������(5) "Album ��������� of; Sacred  Songs."  The fact is emphasized that these  valuable books will -not be sold for  cash at any price, but can be obtained only as a reward for new; subscriptions at the rate of" two. dollars  per.year. Tlie supply is said to be  limited, but the publishers guarantee delivery provided the new subscription is received by, December  31Y   ���������'    .-/Y ,,.'. ";'  An eminent K.C., in a first class  uonj-smoking compartment, on an  English train, was annoyed, by a  stranger who entered and lighted a  strong cigar. The* K.C,. remonstrated.  The stranger ignored him. The  lega"l light, in order to acquaint the  fellow with the enormity of his offense,' took ;oiit": his card and handled-  Alex* ��������� :S������:D-dncan-:  Barrister      Solicitor    ..  Notary Public _  OFFICE ��������� - ������������������.  J. A. Catherwood Building .  Phone 8001 PYO. Box 60  MISSION CITY, ;B: -0/  Wm.   Atkinson  General Auctioneer and; Live,  Stock  Specialist:  23 years among the Stockmen .of.  the   Fraser Valley.    Am  famll'ar'  with  i,he different  breeds . of live  ������ ock and their values.  Addreps.all  communications- to  Box 34 Chilliwack, B. C  Funeral- Director  AGENT - FOB - HEADSTONES  Phone Connection. Mission City  it to him. The Stranger put the  card in his pocket .and went on  smoking.. Eventually the train pulled up and the raging K. C. rose to  his feet. At the same moment the  stranger hurried out of the carriage  and -vanished*-^-;-  ;,i.  ^jWfiV������p*jH#*iPw!??'s^-*v- ^���������nwrtr-r"  v...  4'$  -,.��������� , ���������������������������������������������������������������iiiiiii m ������������������ i ������������������������������������ ������������������ii i ^^���������������������������iwliM^'ij>.iww,^w������j������������r^'wlriiw^i'iiitPjiiiiwwiwiiiM ������������������Tif'iAn'*"MfliFtygf snblWMS|iST1ij"fir,-������ii,nnn** ���������������������������������������������������������������������  ���������*������������������ ��������� "'*^i ������*wwmi^wiy^.-'- ^-i l"-."*TT""TTwuit'";*B'.<' '    f"V". " "H  i" i'   ri  i  i~ ���������������������������     h   ji   -       r        ir-TTri^r' n: ini���������r- mi   ������������������~ili il. ^i    ������������������������������������ . , ,          i^>���������>"���������*!**  It ���������* ������������������    1������'*va.  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A. E.  B.C. La*id Surveyoranl  I Civil Eng'ineer  ���������(-   Boom  6  Hart   Block,   Chilliwack  Box    422, CHILLIWACK  tMVWj-J** y rnffljnogw^qw^Bwr<^*������pwtfM.w,ftrwr.;c>i;^OTytfBiiii m j������fa hi. ���������������,��������� r������w^...mwim.<^M*^p.w.i^^^wwii  Ki-C  BARRISTERS and     ^  r SOLICITORS :������aH  ,LAW OFFICE  OPEN   EVERY   FDTDAY  ABBOTSFORD,   B.   G.  AUCTIONEER and  VALUATOR,';  .'������������������.'.'-'  4"^'/fon Sa/es Conducted  SATISFACTION GUARANTEE  LIVE; STOCK a Specially;  P. 0. Box 94^  In wishing all ;my customers-' J  a Joyous Christmas and Bright J  New Year I; desire to thank {  them for,their loyal support iu - |  -the past and solicit*, same for- ]  the coming year. ,J  J. E:. PARTON:  Painter and   Papei'hanger  ABBOTSFORD,. B.   C  ADDRESS. .TO--:-AYMQXlSE.Y:;.U:,.: ������  -"On Turning up ; her    Nest   .with: a  Plough, November, i-785.       "..-���������"'"-'-:  ' Wee sleekit, .cowrin', tim'rou's beastic  '   OH','what'a panic's", in: "thy breastieY,  Thou needna' start awa'' sa'e hasty,'  .' . W'i' .bickering  brattle!. ���������*;.   ..,  " I -yvad be.laith tae rin-'an'd chase* thee  Wi' murd'ring;p'rattle!-  - ".  ' Thy wee bit housie, to."), iii" ruin!' -  -��������� Its silly wa's the win's are straw in'!  Ah" naething now to big a new ane  ' '"��������� O  foggage green!  An' bleak" December's winds ensuin'  Baith snell an', keen!  Thou saw-the fields laid    bare   and*  waste,  . And-weary Winters-comin' fast,  ;' And cozie here, beneath the blast,  ��������� Thou thought .to,dwell,  Till, crash! the.cruel'    coulter    past  Out "through.thy cell!.    -'      ;  That wee  bit. .heap    olleaves    and  stibble  Has cost thee mony a weary nibble!  Now thou's turned, out - for a' ^ thy  trouble,  But house or hauld,  To. thole the Winter'.s sleety dribble.  An'  cranreuch caul.d.  ��������� But, Mousie, thou are ho-thy lane,  In-proving foresight-may be-vain;  The best-laid schemes of mice    and  ���������' "  '   "       men  -   '-        Gang-aft agley, ,'-.  And-lea'e us nought but .'grief    an'  " Y '"���������-   ' pain,'   ���������   *- ''   -���������'  For  promised- joy.  ' ���������Robert  Burns.,'  Montreal���������It was announced at  the head office of the Canadian.Pacific Railway at Windsor- Street  Station here, that free transportation .would be granted by. that Company to all. relief supplies for the  ,sufferers^;-,from forest fires, in.  Northern' Ontario' when- consigned  to the Cobalt .Relief Commission, at  Cobalt, Ontario., These supplies will  be- accepted by. the railway at any  point on the.Canadian Pacific system, and wilT'be rushed , forward,-  without delay'. "*'���������'' "   -  Winnipeg���������^Fronu September.,,! tout*.  October 5, the C.P.R. has marketed-  68,272,864 bushels' of grain, acc6rd-: ''*"  ing* to a statement issued at the local  offices.     During, ther same, period  35,484 cars were loaded, which is-tho,  equivalent   to    51.180,789 ~ bushelsA  The   previous   highest   figures   recorded were in 1915, when the-company   marketed   32,023,000 *),bushels  and .loaded  22,472   cars,    which   is  equal  to  29,887,760'bushels.   Y  The following ; horticultural   not.  was noticed, in an exchange the otho*r:  day.-   It reads: I'The trouble in . thf  Garden of- Eden wasn't caused by-an  appl.e-r-but by a green pair."  Brew a cup of Celery ftino  a "tea" of Nature's own herbs arid  roots,���������the finest laxative^and  blood, purifier yo'iican get. It gently cleanses the system of all impurities, banishes headaches, etc.  30c and 60cpackages, at druggists.  roupy uoug  brings dread to the mother's heart.  For safety's sake/ keep a bottle  of Shiloh, ,the old time remedy, at  hand. "A very few drops makes  the cough easier atonce, and taken  regularly gives complete, relief.  3Qc���������60c and $1.20.   All druggists.  < -a"   -. :.TT~would be with great surprise'that:, -.^|p||l|fl  most Canadians learned that, taken,- : ^?^^^p  the.w.orid over,,rice"is/.a more im-,'    -���������-*��������� ���������*������������������-���������  &  ��������� .portant - food   product   than   wheat.  Nevertheless, the'statement'is true.  Asia's   . teeming-    millions    consume  ;  more , rice   than    other  -people--do  wheat.    Therefore,   Japan,   as' the  world.'s    greatest .  rice ���������   producing  country 'is   to   millions   of- Asiatics  the  world's granary as  Canada begins   to  be  to   the world  of 'wheat  eaters. ...  But Japan is a small country; .it ���������  has to do its farming in an intensive' way, every acre.of its soil must -  .be  put  to  use, and  every available.  unit of its  millions of man, woman  and child .power,must work to keep"!  the  land  productive.    That  is  why/  most of the actual work in the*"rice  fields   is   done   by   girls,   girls   who"  ���������smile  and  chatter as  tho-igh  ever-"1*  'lastingly' wading' in ' the   glorified  mud  puddles  of  rice  fields   were,a  jollification   rather' than'   .a'    labor.  But   the .smile  is  characteristic   ofthe   Japanese,  working   or   playing.  I.t is a national trait.. Duringmost,  of the year Japan is a smiling- land,  and  no   doubt  the  people  come  by  their propensities honestly enough.  Rice   is   grown   in   water-covered  .fields.. 'If  the water  isn't there in  thY> first place it.has to be pumped  " up   by  curious    little    water    tread  wheels   of   one-man - power.     These  are always worked by men .because  ' it is one of the easiest jobs on the  rice farm. - After, the fields are" covered by" about a foot of dirty'water  .they are-ploughed.    This also is" a  man's job, ar.dYa man usually, does  it,   probably   because,  the   ox   that  draws the-plow needs  that, kind of  tal-kir.g-to.    Than the girls step'in  Penticton���������After more than a  quarter of a century- of service on  Canadian Pacific boats on British  Columbia inland waters-?-' Capt.'  George Robertson made his last trip^  on Saturday, and when the Sica%  mous tied up at the Penticton; dock!  that evening the captain passed  down the gangplank for- the last  time in an official capacity. "  _   ���������  Captain Robertson is from now  on a fruit^rancher, and he proposes  to lead the simple life on the ten-  acre property which .he purchased  on The Bench three or -four years-  ago. , --   r       _,    (  His career  in marine  circles -in.  British Columbia- is a lengthy and <  honorable one-arid dates back nearly  forty years.  Pl^g^^ya^^S^  (1)  Tlio harvest time when th-e whole family ^oes in the fields to help uather in (ho  crop.    The,'water  has  been  allowed to  run off the  fields  and  the straw  is  cut  close  to the  ffround.  (2) The j   clean" the grain with  busy fan3 and a bright smile.  (3) The  young 'rice "shoots   are  planted  by   hand   by  girls   \yho  wade  in  the  ware*,  muddy  water-that covers  the  field.  (4) The  witter wheel  (hat  floods the rice fields. ������  (5) The  primitive  rice  mill.  ���������half way to -their knees they go  into the mud and,'water.'and by hand  they plant the thousands of little  rice plants that- go to make up a  field and through the succeeding  .months of the year they 'cultivate  the water covered fields with hoes  that seem too big ��������� for ,the little  hands   that   hold   them.      , ~>  ��������� The grain ripens to harvest, and  tha fields are drained' off, and after  the men have cut . it down with  scythes the girls -and children again  take up their labors. .  - Threshing is a ..primitive operation.    Large-metal combs  stand in  wooden frames and the straw is first  pulled   through   these,   the   ears   of  grain being torn from the straw in  the process.    The threshing is done -  by flails and  the  straw  is  cleaned  by large fans in the 'hands of girls.  It is- then ground to flour by hammering  with  heavy wooden  mallets,  or in primitive hand mills, and finds  its  way   to   the   table   in   countless'  curious   and  delectable forms,  such  as   only  Japanese  cooks  know.  Japan is always lovely and interesting to the Western visitor, but  never more so than when the rice  harvest is under way.  Miss Mable Gould  , Will Open Studio  (from  Fraser Valley Kurortl)  - Next week, or to be exact, on next,  -.iiesday,-January 2nd, tho business  field of Mission City will be invaded  / a young lady, in. the    person    oj'  .Wilis Mabel'Gould, who will open the  May belle     (formerly    tlie   Forsyth)  . iudio'and carry on business Tor horiel f 'as  Photograph or.  Mias Gould en tors the business  -il'e ot" tho (own with considerable  ���������xporience having spent a year and  x half in one of; ihe best studios in  ���������illberta, and nine months in Victoria,  ���������o that she is no novice as a photo-  ���������rapher. Sho states that she under-  itands all departments of tho work.  As tlie. first ���������young lady to start in_  usiness in the town for herself \i  s hoped that the former patrons of  the Forsyth Studio and as many  nore who wish    to    get    first-class  to make good at her chosen calling.  The community, nee'ds a photographer and all will join with this  paper in wishing ��������� Miss Gould success In  her now undertaking:  ItOl.LK  OK  J,pOO  YJOAIIS  AfJO  There has just- come into the  possession of the Berlin Museum a  group of ancient objects which were  discovered in the tomb of a little  'girl of tho period of the Mmpcror Tiberius, that is to say, soma 1000  years ago.  There was a coin of Tiberius in  the dead child's, hand���������the to.") to  give- tho ferryman for tlie crossing  To the other side. There was ;��������� box  containing her little _ dolls. Thero  was a little doll's table, too, a doll's  tiny glass amphora. The little girl  had dressed her dolls, and had  ���������'made- them up." for tiiore was a  lit;In box of cosmetics with a picture  on the cover. /  Evidently tire, dolls descended    to  vork will give her an    opportunity    her from other hands, and must have  boon a family treasure She was  fond of playing with bricks. The  box contained some little cubes  painted in four colors. There was a  little gold brooch, probably one  -���������ho wore at parties, of the most delicate filigree work, and-a. gold  bracelet. All Ihe things seem to  have been put there by a. mother,  who know-how to find tlie way to a  child's heart.  Halifax���������The    many    friends-  in-  Halifax   and    Dartmouth' -will5 "be  pleased to learn of,(the success -of1 '  Edward Everett ,Beck, formerly .of-:  Dartmouth,   but   now, residing,^*!  Vancouver.    He has , just been , appointed manager to the HoteLVan-���������  couver.   Mr. Beck is a son of'Mrs.' .  Beck-Lvdiard, .Dartmouth. . He has  three  brothers, " Charles   A., ' Dart-  '  mouth;   Harry,   Middle   Musquodo-  boit, and Archibald- in Winnipeg.  Going to Vancouvef-from-Halifax, ������������������  where he was a stockbroker, Mr.  ���������Beck has seen the Hotel Vancouver  grow from a small brick, building, to  the present fifteen storey fireproof  structure. *,  Famous men and women from, all   .  parts of the? world ,-;h'ave been scared Y  for  by, the smiling official during  his service with "the company.   '.���������__     < *��������� " ���������  Winnipeg���������September  "records   bf  the handling of the season's crop afford a remarkable demonstration-of  efficiency in grain handling by railroads, elevators and by' the human  element   that   plans    and    directs.  Compared    with   other   years    the   '.  September movement far surpasses  all  previous records.   All over the   .  west long trains  are  carryinp-. the  current of wheat to the ilake ������front  and   thence to the markets, of ithe  ,  world ' Y  Feeding the transportation r.outea  are  thousands  of threshing outfits  which during the recent-fine weath- ������.  er have been operating in, every dis-  ..  trict from earlymornine until dark.  A summary of the Winnipeg/in- ���������'  spections shows the magnitude'of \  the movement as compared with ** *  1921: ' -   '  Sept.      Sept.    .  1922       1921  Cars of wheat   39,344   26,756,-.  Oats           919     1,590 '.  Barley     2,081      1,638  Flax  - ..     '52 89,  Rye         2,027 469 ;  Total      44,456 . 30,463 .  As the year 1922 draws to a close  we should all fool thankful for something, that is if we wish to be in the  spirit of the season. Here are a few  suggestions for thankfulness:  That women don't chew tobacco.  That water never makes a 'fellow  very sick or thirsty.  That autos don't eat oats.     , ~  That most people who attend the  picture  show  dislike garlic.  That Christinas is not once a  month.  Calgary, Alta.���������Many .farmers in,  the   irrigated  districts  in1 southern- \  Alberta have every .reason to-be'satisfied with the result cf their' sea- ,  son's work', according to-G.'H. Hut-Y  ton,  superintendent of the agricultural  and  animal industry bra^chY.  of the Canadian' Pacific Department ���������.  of  Natural  Resources- in   Calgary,  who  has  returned , after- a, visit  to  that  section of , the province.    The -.  yield of wheat has turned out most  satisfactory, in some cases average >  ing, thirty-seven bushels.to the' acre.  One man in the Coaldale district.had .  realized a net profit of $6,000" from '  425  acres.  In   the Vauxhall district   one. of  the farmers had informed Mr. Hut- .  ton that he purposed fir ishing with  100   steers,  5,000 lambs:and  from  twenty-fiveY:to  thirty   dairjr- cattle, .  and that he would have even then  200 tons of hay for sale from one ���������  section  of  land.    Incidentally  Mr.  Hutton mentioned that the feeding '  of the lambs under contract in; the,  irrigated districts :.was-being consid-1  erably   extended   this- year.     Th������,.  business promised to, provide a most*.  satisfactory market for alfalfa hay,?  and coarse.grain, and ;tb involve a:  relatively small risk, inasmuch .as it^  was possible to contract^lambs now  for   spring  delivery.     The" profit*r  from that line of work, he said, -were,  in marked contrast to those -which--  were realized even under the beat of \  conditions in the growing of grain  alone on irrisated land- ������. .������������������<  That Easter is so far away, and  that it may forget to rain. then.  mmmmmammmm^mmswmi^m^mm^^mmmmms^Mmmmmmmm^mmmmm .^-.������������������*   .-sr....^    .i,*y  ._-jO^_xJi_--( ,���������.������.  v/  ���������i''^  hi)  !���������  ^prtm'i^Tr-WmriglWiliilii-l'^  jyffgyaflyePffi^M^^  We fa/ce -sf/iis opportunity of wishing  our'numerous friends and-patrons  a HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR  S.F.WHITE  C. Phone 41. ' .  Farmers' Phone 1909  Abbotsford, B.C.  'In wishing the people of this district a Prosperous and Happy New Year, I beg lo announce  that oil and after Jan. 2 I will again be open for  business at the old stand.  I solicit a part of your patronage for 1923.  :: :.-;-'���������], J. SPARROW     ���������  Essendene Avenue ABBOTSFORD, B. C,  A nice new stock of Wall' Paper  has come to hand.  Just the right kind to make the  ���������rooms cheerful during the fall and  winter months'. .  A Good Variety To   Choose From  A. R, GOSLING  Box 31 - Abbotsford, B. 0.  All   Work1 Guaranteed  i������li������iti������������>iiiplittii������������������iij������i'y^W>iatiM^^  IftMiitiTnT'-Tt'V'iltia&taa  >eason  PERSONALS  Mr. ahd Mrs. Elmer Campbell and  family of Lynden were the Christmas  ������������������guests of-Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Coogan.  . Mr."and Mrs. J. J:' Moore were visitors; at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.  McPhee  during  Chirstmas.  Mr,^and Mrs:'Fowler    and family  of. Vancouver, have .been the guests  of ti/'eir; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wea-  - tberj-jj-*'.   .-���������-...>���������>,    -  . Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Brown and  family spent Christmas in Bellingham..** .' :'���������      Y   '  The 'Parish Hall of St. Mathews  Church is' all but completed. , With  .- the assistance of-local carpenters  - 'and others the' work has been steadily progressing and ��������� the hall will  soon be officially opened.  ..Mr. and Mrs." Steffins of Chilliwack and Mr. and .Mrs. Colin Fras-  ser of. Sumas were the guests of  Mrs. -H: Traser ��������� during Christmas.  Mrs. and Mr. Dan Emery of Vancouver were the guests of. Mr. > and  Mrs.- Dan Smith at Christmas.  The Presbyterian Church was  nicejy,v .decorated for the Christmas  'services last Sunday. . Appropriate  sermons were given by the pastor  Rev. W. Robertson, special music  was supplied and the services were  well enjoyed by the large gatherings.  Messrs. Frank and    Fred    Parton  .speht- Christmas at their home here.  ";'-Mr'.M". H. Johnson, who has been  assisting in Mr. A: Lee's store during  the Christmas trade, spent the weekend at his home in Vancouver.    Mr.  .Johnson is leaving this week,    and  ^the,situation, at Mr. Lee's*    will    be  -t'afr.en'.by'JM*n...O. W. Benedict, of Ar-  . rotyliead- ---- -.  Basket "bail games will be played  in the Alexandria Hall on Wednesday evening, January 3rd, between  Sardis and Abbotsford,. intermedia, e  ' boys, ladies and senior men's teams.  The games are to commence.at 8 p.m.  Mrs. Caldwell, Sr. returned home  from Vancouver this' *wee'i*-end.  Mr. Victor Eby who is attending  the B. C.. University is the guest of  his parents.  Mr and. Mrs. O'Donnell are enjoying a holiday in Vancouver.  Mass was celebrated in the Catholic Church on Christmas Eve and  special music rendered, with Mrs.  McDonald as organist.  Miss Mariam Carson of Vancouver is visiting Mrs. R. H. Eby.  Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Edwards of  Vancouver spent Christmas at. the  home of their parents, Mr. and M.;-s.  * Zeigler.  The annual meeting of the Abbotsford and District ..Board of Trade  will be held on Monday, January 8th,  :  .1923.-  ,     '.".������������������"������������������'.'������������������������������������:������������������' 7-���������:"���������--��������� ���������  The regular monthly meeting of  the LoyaltTr-ue Blue Lodge will be  ' held on -January 8th, in place of the  first Monday of the month.  Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour, Sr. are  leaving this week to take up residence  In  Vancouver.  Miss Florence Parton and Miss  Emily Alder have returned to Sedro  Wolley after spending the holiday  at their home in Abbotsford.'.  Mr. and Mrs. C. McCallum and  family of Mission City were the  week-end guests of their parents  "here.  Mr. and Mrs. W. Poole and family  of Central  Park and  MrY   Richards  visited Mr. and Mrs. Conway over  the week-end.  Mr." Williams' Hutchinson of Mt.  Vernon visited his home during the  'Christmas holiday, and has now returned to Clear Lake.  Miss Hallam of Salt Spring Island was the guest of the Misses  Steed for the Christnias holiday and-  week-end.  Mr. P. Y. Smith of Princeton i3  the guest of his brother, Mr. Da:i  Smith.  Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Miller and Miss  Verna Stinson, accompanied by ' R.  McLeodand Mr. N. McLeod of Hammond spent Christmas at the home  -of Mr. and Mrs. R. Cummings of  Murrayville.   '  PAYROLLS MUST PAY NEW TAX  Payrolls are receipts within the  meaning of the Receipts Stamp Tax  regulation, and must bear a stamp  of two cents for every signature  thereon, for an amount not less than  ten dollars. Receipts given for the  payment of' taxes not paid to. either  the Dominion or Provincial, government, which means of coursed municipal taxes, are not exempt. Couhter  sales slips and cash register tickets,  however, are exempt. These are  some of the outstanding rulings giy;  en in advance "concerning this tax,  which goes into effect on January 1.  The following official notice appearing in the-Canada Gazette under date  of December 18, gives details of the  regulation and rulings regarding it:  The tamp Tax on Receipts is effective on and 'after the 1st January, 1923, under the provisions of  an Amendment to The Special War  Revenue Act, 1915, assented to 28th  June, 1922, as follows:  (1) For the purposes of this section the expression, "recipt" includes  any note, memorandum or writing  whereby any money, amounting" to  ten dollars or upwards, or any bill  of exchange or promisory note for  money amounting to ten dollars or  upwards is acknowledged or expressed to have been received, "deposited  or repaid, or whereby any debt or  demand or any part of a debt or demand of the amount of ten dollars  or upwards is acknowledged to have  been settled, satisfied or discharged  or which signifies or imports any-  such acknowledgment, and whether  the same is or is not signed with the  name of any person.  (2) No person shall give a receipt unless there is affixed thereto  an adhesive stamp or unless there  is impressed thereon by means of a  die or stamp of the value of two  cents, which is to be cancelled by  the person by whom the receipt is  given before he delivers it out of  his hands. Cancellation shall be  effected by the person who cancels  the stamp writing or impressing his  name or initials on or across the  stamp together with the true date of  such  writing or  impressing.  (3) Any person who violates any  of the provisions of this section, or  who refuses to give a receipt, duly  stamped, or who, upon a payment to  the amount of ten dollars or upwards gives a receipt for a sum not  amounting to ten dollars or separates or divides the amount paid  with intent to evade the du^ty, shah  be liable to penalty not exceeding  one hundred dollars.  (4) The duties imposed by this  section  shall  not, apply to    the  fol-  Advertisements under-' the above  heading cost 25    cents    per    issue.  FOR SALE���������Eleven acres pf goodi  land on fine road near.-thcmill. Well  fenced. , Well built ���������' five-roomed  houso with pantry, verandah back  and front, out buildings, good water  About four, acres cleared. . Will sell  cheap for all cash, would * give good  terms. For price and particulars apply to owner, Charles Grimley:  Abbotsford, B.  C.  Also Auto Knitter Triplix, now, all  complete. Cost $83.00 will sell foi'  $55.00.  FOUND���������Grey and white setter  bitch, David Stafford,.^!. R. No. 2,  Abbotsford. " .       29-3  Tenders  M. S. A. GENERAL HOSPITAL  TENDERS will be received by the  Management-Committee of the M. S.  A. General Hospital until January  3rd, for a three months' supply of  groceries, meats, etc.  ' ' For estimate of, .quantities apply  tp the undersigned.  ���������' Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.  N.  HILL,  ' Chairman.  December 22,  1922.  lowing  cases: ���������,  ,' (a) A receipt for money deposited iii ariy'bank as.defined in section twelve of tliis Act to be accounted for to the* person :~to whose  credit the money is deposited.  '(b) ' A receipt or.'document'in the  nature of a receipt which' is- taxable  under any other'section of this{Act/  "' J"."*    .-    J.-:      -,;     , X  . (c)     An   acknowledgment   by -  a  bank of the receipt'of ,'abiil of'''exchange or promissory '^"note fof ; 'the  purpose of being presented for' acceptance or payment. 'Yi     : ���������-"  i ^  .  (d) * A receipt for" or upon the  payment bf money paid for any purpose to or by "His Majesty for or out  of the Conslidated Revenue Pund of  any Province of Canada.   -  (e) A receipt endorsed or otherwise written upon or contained in  any instrument liable to stamp duty  and duly stamped acknowledging the  receipt of the consideration money  therein expressed. .  The following. rulings have bee,n  issued by the Department of Customs and Excise in respect' of this  tax:  Counter sales slipsi,and cash register tickets are not .taxable provided no. words involving or stating acknowledgment of the ' receipt or the  payment, of moiiey appear thereon.  Pay rolls���������signature of employee  thereon being receipt for wages���������  taxable, in respect of. each such" signature.  . Receipts for payment of legacies  are taxable. A receipt for money in  a deed or mortgage is taxable.  Receipts for payment of taxes except .those given to, or by, the Dominion Government or', a. Provincial  Government,  are  taxable.    t --.  Individual, freight bills' and periodical statements of-same, acknowledging receipt of payment, are' taxable.  Customs House Brokers' Receipts  are taxable. Y  ��������� Letters  forwarded xby   .mail,  alsi  pbst cards,  acknowledging  the payment of money, are regarded as letters and cards   and   hot   subject to  this tax.  All insurance policies, whether  fire, life, marine or casualty, wherein the payment of money is acknowledged,  are taxable.  Receipts drawn out of- Canada, but  not valid until countersigned in  Canada,  are  taxable.  Voucher cheques'" and cheques  with receipts endorsed thereon,  when , drawn upon or addressed to  a bank, are not ta**ible. as receipts,  Remitters counterfoil, being part  of a taxable express nioney order is  not taxable as a receipt.  JACQUES BUREAU.  Minister of Customs and Excise.  Note:���������Persons or firms, who desire to have receipts stamped by  means of, a die, may make application for stamping to the Department  of Customs and Excise under Regulations which have now been established.  To those who have given  their patronage to us since  starting business, we extend all good wishes for  a Prosperous New Year,  OF ALL  NOTARY PUBLIC  Marriage Licences Issued  REAL ESTATE���������Money to Loan on Good Farm Mortgages  i;  A, McCallum  Abbotsford  many customers and friends we extend  a most hearty wish for a Prosperous  New Year.  We also lake this opportunity to thank  all for their liberal patronage since starling.in business in Abbotsford.   ,  Phone 55  Phone 55  EQUIPMENT IS   BURNED  The foot ball game between Abbotsford and Clayburn at Missio������.  City has been postponed on account  of the equipment being all burned  when Mr. Sterling's house was destroyed recently by fire.  The house was partly insured and  some of the furniture was saved, but  otherwise the loss is an unfortunate  one  .;' ...������������������'���������������������������  CARD OF  THANKS  Mr. W. Good and Miss Jennie  Good take this opportunity of sincerely thanking all kind friends and  neighbors who in any way assisted  during the recent illness and death  of JMrs.  Good.  ���������We wish to make special mention  of our neighbor, Mrs. F. Blinch,  who was most devoted and untiring  in her kindly attentions; and also  Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Aitkins:  CONTRIBUTES $10    PER   CAPITA  VICTORIA, Dec. 27.���������During the  past 12 months the government of  British Columbia has contributed to  municipal treasuries a sum equal to  approximately $10 per capita- of the  total population within ; municipal  boundaries, according'to. a;'; "statement  made by Hon. John; .Hart, minister  of finance.  The department of finance is sending out cheques for a distribution of  liquor profits amounting to $511 ,-  537.89 and of pari-mutuel tax  amounting to $191,648.26. Municipalities have received $201,654.86  as their proportion of the revenue  from motor license fees.  When did Winnipeg become a suburb of Abbotsford? said the little  questioner.  "Oh.just last week," said para-  All roads lead to Abbotsford.  4^  fes  !?���������-**���������������������������