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 K^^ewiaff-  With which is incorporated "The Huntingdon Star"  {jS  Vol. XVI., No. 18.  ���������we:  jjrv-T  ABBOTSFORD. B, C.   FRIDAY,   SEPT. 6,      1918  ^ig^S'      $1.00' per Year  ��������� By the ton   . By. the ton  We also buy Eggs and Poultry  Camilla   Food  Ilourd  license  No.   9-1SS0  THK SUM.AS SCHOOLS  The Sumas School Board at its  meeting on Saturday arranged for  the purchase of an acre adjoining the  Municipal hall for school site. As the  hall is used at 'present as a temporary school there will be no change of  location.' "  One of. the "trustees is anxious to  use the-opportunity to get the hall  ni'oved" to  the  extreme  edge  of   the  new addition on  the Whatcom road  frontage  putting   the  sheds  immediately behind the hall, then have the  new  school   building  on  the  corner  of Whatcom and  Vye roads.      The  board will take up the question with  the Municipal council next Saturday  Correspondence disclosed the Mr. J.  B. Jardine is ready to    assist    the  board in  obtaining title  to  the  old  site and the council will be asked on  Saturday next for the necessary security to the Jardines in conveying  deed.  The  appointment  of     Miss   lf.cn th  Sing, of Vancouver,    to Huntingdon  school, and'of Miss Ethel Gamble of  Vancouver  to   Kilgard  school,     was  confirmed by the board.  New supplies of books are already  on hand to meet the requirements  i'or the new term.   -  OVERNEHD  TO BELLINGHAM  ItEFTUGERATOR  CAR   SERVICE  We have called attention to the  need of improvement to the present  Canadian refrigerator service, especially in respect to having better ventilation supplied. The overloading  of cars that was recently found necessary resulted in considerable loss  of foodstuff's that in our opinion  could have been saved with an improvement in tlie ventilation. Splendid results are being obtainecLby ordinary stock cars in use as fruit cars  which proves the value of ventilation.  The carriers of perishable fruits  and vegetables cannot continue the  present faulty system without being  held responsible for the losses that  result. We intend to press for experiments with ventilated devices  now seeking a chance to demonstrate  their value. We want to secure Tor  B. 0. a chance to compete in Winnipeg and other distant markets on  equal or better footing than our well  equipped neighbors to the south.  Pre-cooling plants at shipping  point will help us to this end, but  the brine tank car as a fruit carrier  must have ventilation added before  it will prove satisfactory in this service, even if pre-cooling was practiced.���������'Market' Bulletin.  Many autoists dislike the present  condition .of .the State'.road from Sumas to' Bellingham owing to the loose  gravel and the bridges with the long  nails sticking up an inch or two and  make a trip,in another direction altogether. There is however another  way to get to the same point from  Mission City.  . Instead of turning south at Abbotsford go along the Yale road.to  wards Peardonville. To do this make  a turn to the left about two or three  miles from Abbotsford. Turn south  to where two roads lead from the  one road. Take the road to the Avost  and follow along past one sideroad,  making a..turn south again whore a  north and south road cross. This  leads to the Peardonville school. At  the school turn to the right going a-  bout a mile until the first road down  the hill to -the south, which takes  you to the boundary line. Go west  to the custom house, about two  miles. In front of the custom house  is a road going straight south. Take  that one down about three miles and  then turn to the right. Shortly afterwards turn to the left which leads  to Bellingham. landing you in the  centre of the town.  It is about ten miles from Abbotsford to Peardonville over a fair summer road and about four miles from  there to the customs office. The A-  merican roads are good, with only  one long bridge to cross but the nails  are driven down or were on Labor  Day. There are about ten miles of  fine pavement.  Lynden lies to the loft about three  miles from the Canadian customs office.  Miss Trene Cameron of Vancouver  visited Miss Evelyn McMenemy last  week.  Miss Young and a friend from Vancouver were the guests of Mrs. T. A.  iSwift last week end and Labor Day.  Mrs. Hannah Fraser accompanied  Miss lna Fearsr to Vancouver last  Monday where Miss lna will attend  the Normal School.  Mr. Victor Eby is going to Vancouver to take up his third year  high schol work; also Miss Christina  McPhee.  Mr.  Percy Peele is attend-  The oilier day as Ye Editor motored into Abbotsford,  having.travelled over a portion of the Yale Road, we w.ou-  dered if there was still enough of the spark of life left in  our Board of Trade to take up a matter that if carried out  in a thorough and systematic-manner would place the Au ���������  botsford Board of Trade at the top list of the present day  progressive organizations.  The present condition of the Yale Road is deplorable; it  is such that it is getting to be a serious matter to travel  over it. It is a veritable death trap for auto drivers and  their cars, and sometime an accident may probably liap-  ' pen in the loose gravel that will bring before tlie public in  a mournful way, the antiquated methods adopted in road  building on the Yale road���������the custom of throwing loose  rock, etc., on the middle of the road to such a depth that  only the heaviest cars are able to.plow through it, and thus  make a track right to the old road bed, rendering of no  permanent road value at one fell stroke what it cost good  public money to put on the road. After that light cars of  all kinds will probably have to go through on low gear,  and always with a certain amount of danger' too. Tlie  state of the road is almost, criminal. There are' many  tilings punished severely that are less dangerous than the  putting of a public road in such a condition.  Both this year and last year loose rocky gravel has been  piled on the Yale road here and there to such a depth that  the light cars have ;to go through on low gear, and should  another car be met in middle of one of these stretches of  roads there is danger lurking around to both cars, drivers  and occupants. Some drivers do not stop at the end of  .one of these; places or come fast which-makes it all the  worse. ,  The material used though is the best in the land if properly treated. It sheu'ld be screened and run through a rock  crusher before placing-it on the road.    But someone will  say, 'that costs money.'    Yes, it will cost money but the  public wi'll not eventually have to pay any more for it than  they do now,and there will be the added advantage of',  travelling with more safety and on a better road. A rock  crusher for about $400 and a tractor for about $1500 or  $1600 burning coal oil is all the equipment that is required.  The tractor will run the rock crusher and then haul tlie  crusher to a new place, or even the crushed rock to the  places on the road where required.    $2000 invested in this  manner would guarantee that the Yale road would benefit  by the amount of money expended on it each year���������and in  past twenty years enough money has been spent to have  the road from New Westminster to Abbotsford paved with  gold.    One instance comes to mind just previous to an election some $15,000 was spent on a part of the road hear  Murray's Corners���������about a mile.    It caught the votes   all  right but it would have been easier to have handed the  voters the cash, and it would have been no greater crime.  It is certain that if Premier Oliver's attention, through  the Minister of Public Works, were properly called to the  present state of affairs on the Yale road he would immediately investigate the matter, unless we are very much  mistaken. He surely does not know how the government  money is bemg wasted.  It just amounts to this that it robbing the people of the  province of their rights of a good road, and might be called  highway robbery. No road will ever be built in a thousand  years by the present methods. The work is not only disgraceful but costs every owner money to drive over the  road and with extreme danger to himself, everybody in the  car and any person else on the road-; Here is work for  our Board of Trade if it wants everlasting honour. .lust  write a good strong letter to the Premier and the Minister  of Public-Works.  PERSONALS  FAREWELL  PARTY   TO  MR. McHWISN  ing  the Mission  City school for  his  third year, and Charlie Trethewey is j Mrs.   McGowan,  Mr.  and  Mrs  away to Edmonton. [Mr.   and  Mrs.   King,   Mr.   and  There was a large gathering of  friends In the Masonic hall on Wednesday evening to bid Mr. McEwcn  farewell on his eastern trip. Everyone of prominence in town who could  be present was there to testify to the  high esteem in which he was univer-  ally held.Regret was expresed at his  departure fro mAbbotsford, but it  was the general hope that he would  soon be with us all gain.  Among those present were Reeve  and Mrs. McCallum and daughters,  Mrs. Swift, Mrs. Lanmb, Mr. nd Mrs.  Peele, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, Mr.  and  Eby,  Mrs.  Shore, Mr. and Mrs. Dnwlnm;,  Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Mr. and -Mrs.  Hill, .Mrs.- mil-Tout, Miss L. Mill-  Tout and   Mr.  J.   Hill-Tout,  Mr.   and  Mrs. Kerr, Misses Urquharf, Graham  Simlelt, Gillen, Parton, Kennedy.  Nelson, Hill and Messrs Jones, Weir,  Clay, Dandy, McLean and many others.  A most enjoyable evening was  spent, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd acting as  hosts.  The S. S. picnic was held at Bel-  rose on Monday there being a large  crowd all enjoying themselves on a  fine day, with cool refreshments and  the lake air.  The Parton family entertained a  number of sailors last .Friday aud  Saturday.  Tho Abbotsford branch of the Mission Society packed their box on  Thursday for the "liUlla'irMission of  the Westminster Prcsbyterial of Vancouver. Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. McMenemy aud' Mrs. Martin packed it at  the home of Mrs.  Martin  Mr. and Mrs Kerr and family spent  a few days in Vancouver last week.  Mrs. Hooper from Vancouver is the  guest of Mrs.' J. Vanetta.  .Mrs. Rhodes, of Vancouver, is the  guet of Mrs. Hill-Tout, snr.  Mrs. Matt Nelson's sister from  Chilliwack has been visiting in Abbotsford with her a week.  Miss Mildred Hill-Tout started last  Saturday to take a course of training for a nurse in the General Hos-  ptal in Vancouver.  Mr. and Mrs. H.'P. Hill spent'a  few days in Vancouver this week.  Mrs. Hill's'sisters left on Tuesday for  their home in the cast.  The Misses Stc'ede spent a Aveek at  White Rock.  Mr and Mrs Anderson and daughter  from Vancouver have been the guests  of Mr. and Mrs. Eby over the week  end and Labor. Day. Mr. Anderson  is Mrs.  Eby's brother.  Howard and Houston Sutherby  from the Delta have been visiting  with their uncle and aunt Mr. and  Mrs. Sutherby here.  Mrs. Bukcr's brother, , Mr. Seede  and his wife visited the Buker family  on Sunday. -^  Owing to Mr. Miller buying the .Tap.  house where Mr. Bateman lived Mr.  Bateman has secured Mrs. Milstead's  house.  Mr. "Williams gave a birthday party  last week for.his little boy. Quite a  number of joy makers were present  and had a good time.  Orland Zeigler returned from Vancouver on Sunday where he spent  ten days' holidaying.  Mr.' and Mrs. Careless and boys  spent tlie weekend with Mr. and Mrs.  Coots.  Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Constance  Rogers returned home to Calgary last  week after an extended visit with the  Messrs and Misses Rogers.  Mr. and Mrs. Rickersrn of BolUns-  ham were weekend visitors with the  McMasters.  Mrs. John Starr and Mrs. Wolgim-  oth of. Sumas visited among friends  in Abbotsford on Wednesday.  The Ladfes Aid will meet at the  home of Mrs. J. A. McGowan on  Wednesday next Sept.. 11 at 3 o'clock.  Rev. William Robertson and Mr.  Alex McCallum attended the Presbytery on Tuesday in Vancouver.  Among some of the viitors to Vaa- .  couver i'or the week-end and holiday  were Mr. and Mrs. Dalkins, the Misses Parton, Miss Hutchison. Jimmio  Gillen, Jimmie Gilmorc, Gordon Cum-  mings, Mr. Dndy, Miss Madcn and  Mr. Cla.y  Mr. Tapp was unfortunate on Mon-  ay morning in having his cow killed on the railway track.  The Red Cross Society whist drive  was .quite a sueccss last Friday evening; fourteen tables were played.  One of the naval officers carried off  the 1st prize, a souvenir' from Abbotsford; Miss Annie McPhee won  Ladies 1st. prize and Miss Christina  McPhee won the consolation prize.  Mrs. Groat and children returned  in Monday after a three months visit  with her parents at Elkhorn in Manitoba,  her siter at Kerrobert,  Sask.  d  Sailors Day at Sumas  ThG committees appointed by the  Women's Institute to arrange the tag  ging. of the diHtrict on Sailor's Day  for the Navy League met at Mrs. Fraser York's on Thursday afternoon. .������t  was proposed to interest the children  of each school through the teachers.  Miss Marjorie Fadden of Whatcom  road also undertook to tag the autos  passing along the Vye road at Evan  Thomas. Under Mrs. York's direction several young ladies will guard  the Boundary lines near the customs'  offices, where the traffic of the' district centres.  ..'.-.���������V THE ABBOTSFORD POST  POST  Published Every Friday  J. A. Bates, Editor and Proprietor  FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1918  ���������ejz^zzc���������-  ^LirnasKWUss^CTixiissnsHaasKW^  TVf/O  THE PART LONG-  uib i AasLL ri  e  There are now before the provincial, government,  iu    the  Fras..r Valiey Lwo-scheines that if ct rried oat would    tend    to  .greaicr pr'otkiction, not onty during W\-S period of the war, but for  all time lo come.    One is tne nrutucLion of the land so that tin-1, j  Eraser  Ltiver would not make further- inroads on the already!  cultivated land, arid'the oilier in wiuii. i;-; known as the Sunuu.  i h i jy V: >. tt 11i,  a  a.j^i 'u\ iii uo'Ju   Liinou uiuiiig Ui'.  i,...u; t;i'iij^w suiioinca are vci'j'  u mean mnCji Lo tne imtue wonare    oi    tne    best,  agrictiiuu'cu uibiricl m (j.c provnieu cj. i^ritibii ooiiiniuia'. ,  lr-bolli oi' these schemes wore carried out it would not onry j  mean greater production in those two districts, but it would also. Caj^ c> M ^l|1|)olCi lxt Vancouver  mean that the surrountuug land would become more thickly settled'and thus producing more. The liooding of these lands  each year means the continuance oi' a ^est that practically makes  the district lor miies around aiuiu^t habitable; makes life mis-  eraOii uunag a puriua oi tne summer Uiat is very important to  ail agriculturists,'\viiechei"ii be mrmi-ig, iru it-grow ing or dairying, as the mosquito pest ei'i'ecis man, woman, child, aud the  horses and cattle of the iarm. it might be said that this pest  is.the one hindrance to further settlement of the fertile Eraser  Va'iiey. It was quite noticeable during ihe recent land boom  when the land-seeker was out to settle in a new home in a climate that would be agreeable all the year round without the  extremes of heat and cold. .He, the prospective settler, came,  was. pleased with the situation, what he was told of the climate  in.  ���������e-jHirUjii dead  in   n-'rauce.  Conditions iti  tlio United ������������������jli'i;*  Nni\  in summer and in winter, but when told story after story of the  mosquito pest, invariably left for some oilier district seeking  hisicieal of a Garden or Eden. ��������� .Had if not been for the mosquito  pest, the Eraser valley wouid have had hundreds more settlers.  The question of cost of protecting the Nicomen lands and the  dyking of the Sumas prairie lands is quite a consideration, but  seeing that not only would it protect certain lands but would  go a long way towards eliminating the mosquito pest, thus making surrounding lands habitable, me matter should be taken up  with vigor by our governments. Cost should be nothing if the  welfare of the Fraser Valley is to be considered.  Big undertakings in the way of reclaimed lands have been  dealt with on the Pacific coast on the American side of the line.  Down on the Sacramento river a sea of wheat replaces what was  a sea of water, just 20,000 acres in one tract bringing forth the  the cereal which the Allies in the world war are in such great  ' need of now. The huge tract formerly covered with the flood  waters of the Sacramento and the American rivers lies in a fertile basin of 20,000 acres, most of which has been reclaimed and  turned to agriculture through the efforts of the federal and state  governments at the cost of millions of dollars.  The reclamation of this land-in permanent fashion was made  possible by the progress of the Sacramento river flood control  project, which, after indorsement by congress and the California  legislature, is being steadily rushed co completion by the federal  authorities, the California debris company, on one hand and the  state authorities, the reclamation board, on tiie other/ The  project eventually will cost about $42,ouo,000 and is designed co  take care of the floods of the Sacramento river, which amount  to five times as much as the river channel can carry. The interests of navigation, reclamation and flood control are so intermingled that it is necessary to adopt a plan which will provide  for all three.  The partial completion of the big project, with its accompanying putting to use of the reclaimed land, indicates in a measure  what,- is one of the largest, if not the greatest American fields  grown to this grain.  Yakima is forging ahead and is one of the great trade centres  just to the south of us. Important recamation schemes are  centred in the Yakima Valley. In the Sunnyside, Tieton and  Wpato units it is contemplated that there will be expended  $4,000,000 and that there will be reclaimed 84,000 acres of land.  The Sunnyside lands lie in the lower valley and the others in the  visinity of Yakima. When these schemes arc all completed the  valley will have no superior.  These two schemes outlined should show what is being done  and has been done to reclaim lands. What other governments  have done should stiffen the backbone of our governments to  such an extent that they will march up bravely with eyes to  the front, face tlie jobs and carry them. out. The whole province  will benefit. The growing cities at the coast need produce and  with the elimination of the .mosquito pest there would be but  very little need for the importation of millions of dollars of  produce each year. We-.wonId.all got the value of these millions that now never come back, and they would help to build  up B. C.  "Once the toll oi. dea.i ami wounded I egina lo cuiiuj." ovoybeoy way  i'uiitl of saying a litlle while ago, "all  America will be aroused and put us  lighting  armour on."  In a measurable, reassuring degree  this has come li'iie, but nol wholly.  The homo (ires are kept burning,  No  doubt aboiil  I hat.  But. (here are still un-Aiiiericans in  r  midst who secretly     cr    openly  practice   their   abhorrent, .eioclrinea.  A current grand jury report discloses half' a score of irdictmeni'S  ;or lhe infamous crime of sabotage.  Mercenary,     pettifogging    lawyers  wiios Uould  be in iiiLcrnmerii camps  yell  (heir services to aliens.  Idlers abound.  ���������Farm aiid  factory call in vain for,-  toilers.  A pestiferous agitator of statewide notoriety���������a recent contributor  lo that high-brow, sometimes half-  Socialistic publication the New Republic���������is convicied of disloyalty under  the espionage act.  Pedagogues of. warped vision and  reasoning find something of Teutonic-  origin or inspiration worth defending  and haggle about its teaching in -the  schools.  Men and women, of manifest pro-  German sympathies now perforce on  discreet behavior continue to hold  their jobs as instructors of our children and draw pay from the public  exchequer.  Profiteers bereft of conscience,  wax richer and richer upon the needs  of their fellows.  Days that ought to be lengthened  vo ovpedite war work are shortened,  that men of brawn, never so well rewarded, may be rewarded the more.  Meanwhile those boys in khaki in  cam]) and field, typified by our own  Second Washington regiment, work  or ilght all day long and live in  trench and dugout���������at thirty dollars  a month!���������P.-I.  The part-the telephone plays in business and social life  |    is often never appreciated until an emergency arises. Recently a.case arose v.-];ere Long Distance was asked tp get  on. the wire a party v/ii-j was cruising in a yacht in the  Gulf of Georgia.    If was not known where,he was, but the  message was extremely urgent.   '  Without   detailing   the  work of the operator or (ho number-of places called,, it is  |     enough to say, that the parly was located and a message  .sent out by row boat (hat he was wanted on the telephone.  Then, he talked with .Vancouver.  On such .occasions  the  inestimable  value of the telephone is brought homo.  BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE Co.  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MAX   TWO   POOR   1'ISH  A woman can take a feather and  \m:.'u it on one side of her hat one  ("::yt and on the other side another  day, on the front of her hat another  day and on the back another day  She can wear it curled around the  rim, across the crown and straight  up  in  the  air  and  it  looks  just as  At the cost of a small jar of ordinary  cold cream one' can prepare a full quarter pint of the most wonderful lemon  skin softener and complexion beautificr,  by squeezing the juice of two fresh lem- .  oiis into a bottle containing three ounces ;  of orchard white. Care should be taken  to strain the juice through' a fine cloth  so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. _ Every  woman knows that lemon juice is used  to bleach a?id remove such blemishes as  freckles, sallowness and tan tuul it  the ideal skin softener, whitener and  beautificr.  Just try-.it! Oct three ounces oi  orchard white at any drug store an<i  two lomons from the grocer and make uj  a quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant  lemon lotion aud massage it daily intc  the face, neck, arms'and hand!*. It ii  marvelous to smoothon routrh. red hands.  SYNOPSIS OF CO A L MINING KUCUOATIONS  Coal Mtuing1 Hitjlits o.C the Dominion in  Manitoba,, Siiskutohuwan rincl Alberta, tho  Yukon Territory ami jn a portion of the  Province of .British Columbia, may be leased  for ii term of twonty-ono years at an annual  rental ot ?1 per uore. Not moro than ^.".OO  iicrua  will bo leased to one apjilieant.  Application for a lease must bu made by  the applicant in person to the Ayant or Sub-  Afcent of tho district iu which the riyhln applied  for are situated.  In surveyed territory the land imi.-:t be described by sections, or Ic-fr.-iI sub-divisiony,  and in unsurveyed territory tbe tract applied  for ahull bo staked out by the applicant himself.  Eaeh application - must bo-accompanied by  a fee of 5?5 which will be refunded if the  rights applied for are not available, but not  otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on Ihe  merchantable output ol the mine at the rate  of  five cents per ton  The person oporaiinfr tlie mine shall furnish the aj:cnt with sworn returns accounting  for the full quantity of merchantable coal  mined and pay the royalty thereon. II the  coal mining rights are not bein? operated,  such returns shall be furnished at least once  a year.  The lease will include the coal minins:  rights only, but the lesseee may be permitted  to purchase whatever available surface rights  may be considered necessary for the working-  of   the  mine at  tlie rate of  Si.0.00   per acre.  l-'or full information application shoud be  made to the Secretary of the Department of  lhe Interior, Ottawa, or to any a^ent or silb-  at'ent of Dominion Lands.  W. \V\  CORY,  Deputy Minister of Interior.  jS*. T5.���������Unauthorized publication of this  advertisement   will   not   be  paid   for.���������58782.  i^j-, <~^=s^i=> CK-  )'���������������������������' ��������� i:iL-.rjgarxcar.aiiijiiiiu3iivvi{ ibimi3nminrs[na.=isn!iiura3is  y,.'������ st^,��������� a^jy  Funeral Director  'AfiJiJiVT   FOIl   HKAMSTONJTCS  Phono Connection. Mission City  mts ��������� ^- <?*-7 '��������� isy^  eS//^.mm'II:^-^-lI^���������:m^lIIgm^^y^.O)K[^'JtorJ^^^T^lIUCllmll^^^Imlll^,ftj,  iF YOUR CHILD IS CROSS, -��������� ������������������"'  '.������������������FEVERISH,-CONSTIPATED  L.ook,   Mother!     If tongue Is  coated,  cleanse little bowels with "California Syrup of Figs."  Mothers can rest easy after giving  "California 'Syrup of Pigs," because in  a few hours all the clogged-up waste,  sour bile and fermenting food gently  moves out of the howels, and you have-  a well, playful child again.  Sick children needn't be coaxed to  take this harmless "fruit laxative."  Millions of mothers keep it handy because they know its action'on tlie stomach, liver aud bowels is prompt and sure.  Ask your druggist for a bottle of  "California Sj/rup of Fists," which eon-  tains directions for babies, children, of,  ���������J I ages and for grown-ups.  <A  Vl  ni THE ABBOTSFORD POST  PAGETHREI^  fefr  Wo   jmoml   every-  thing hul  l>roken Hearts  ~ Wc litivo LMo brat equipped .Repair  ������ Shop in Lhe liTt'.ser Valley, inelud-  E: ing ;i ~  == UATTURY CHANGING MACHINE =  ~E When   in   trouble  give   us   a  call ~  ��������� You   wiM   be assured  of'Courtesy ���������i  ;*\     ��������� =z\  (-"A     ~ and sijiiiire Dealing by our skilled zz  "f*A ���������= workmen. ~  ^    \f$E l''������'Co  Air  At All  Times ==  Agents    for  I'Vunous  Tiro fP^lf^Jlh  JSjnH!jm|jiJ!lU  The Dominion Government has asked the  papers of Canada to conserve news print.  Why? The present demand is much greater than the supply. The manufacturers  are getting- behind in their output���������They  find labor so short they can't make paper  fast enough. '  This is a .serious matter for the newspaper men of Canada, whether the paper is  large or small,* as it means paper will cost  more. When the chickens quit laying real  regular the price of eggs goes up. L  On September 30th or thereabout we will  have to arrange for a new supply of news  print. Owing to the scarcity a higher price  will have to be paid. To meet this raise in  price the subscription price of this paper  will be $1.50 a year in advance, after  September 30th next. ;,  a  99  I!y Corporal  Jack Turner  When the cold  is making ice cream  of   the  marrow   of your bones,  When you're shaking like a jolly and   your   Teet   are  dead  as  stones,  When your clothes and  boots and  blankets,  and your rifle aud your  Are soaked  from Hell  to  Kivakl'ast,   and  the dugout  where you  sit  Is  leaking like a basket, and  upon  the   muddy   floor  The water liea in Jilthy pools, six inches deep  or more;  Tho'   life  seems   oold   and   inis'rablr.  and  all the world is wet.  You'll  always   sret  thro'   boiuehow   if  you've got a cigarette.  When you're  lying in  a  listening post   'way   out  beyond  the   wire.  While   a   blasted   Hun.   behind   a   gun.  is doing rapid  fire:  Wlu-u   bullets   whine   above  your   head,   and  sputter  on  the  ground,  When  your  cyi-6 are strained   for every  move,  your  ears   for  every  sound-  You'd   bet  your  lite  a   llun   patrol   is  prowling somewhere near1  A   shiver   runs   along  your  spine   that's  - ������������������:   -.rm-y  very   much   like   fear  You'll stick it  to the  uui.-h���������but,  I'll  make a liLtlo bet,  You'd feel a whole lot better if you  had a  cigarette.  When I'Yilz is starting something a  When the parapet goes up iu ehuii  When the roly-poly "rum-i.ir" comes  ���������Til it lands upon a dugout���������and Hi  When tho air is full of .liiot. and s  And you think you're booked for  When your nerves are all a-tremble.  Jt isn't half so hopeless if you've  When you're waiting- for the whist  You bluff yourself, it's lot of fun.  To the fact that you may .stop one  Anil you wonder what il feels like,  Then you think about a little wave,  And you know you've gut to go a  When your backbone's limp as wate  Why,   you'll  feel  a  lot  mure ' cheer ������  nd his guns are on the bust  l<s,  and settles down in dust,  a-wobbling  thro'  the  air,  e  dugout  isn't   there:  moke, and scraps of uteel, and noise  golden crowua and other Heavenly Joys,  aiid your brain is all  u-frot���������  ot ii cigarette.  lc   and   your  foot   is  on   the  step,  and all tho time you're hep  'fore you've gone a dozen  feet,  ami your thoughtH are far from 3wect;  ..with  K.I.V.  on   top,  cross���������-altho'   you'd   like   to   atop;  r, and you're bathed in icy sweat,  ul Jf you puff your cigarette.  Then,  when  you  stop  a good one  and   tha .stretcher  bearers   como  And patch you  up with strings, and  splints, and bandages.' and gam  When   you   think  you've   (rot   a   million wounds and fifty thousand breaks.  And  your  body's Ju*t  a  blasted  sack  packed full  of pains  nncl aches:  Then   you   feel   you've   reached   the  finish,  and  you're  Biire  your  number's   up,  And you   feel   a*  weak  as  rJelgian  beer,  and  helpless as a imp���������  Hut you  know   that you're  uot down  and  out,  that  life's worth living- yet,  When  some  old  war-wise  Uod  Cross  guy slips you a cigarette.  AVo   can   do   without  MaeComiaehJes,   and Bully, and hard tack,  When   Fritz's   curtain   fire  keeps   the   ration   parties   back;  We can do without our great coals, ;.nd our socks, and shirts ��������� and'shoes.  We might alnio.-it���������tho'  I doubt il���������pet along without our booze;  We can  do  without  "K.J.t.  &���������  O.,"  and  "Military ���������Law,"  Wo  can   beat   the ancient  Israelites  at  making bricks,  sans straw;  We  can   do   without,  a   lot  or   thiiigs-^aiid still   win   out, you bet  But I'd  hate  to  think  Of soldiering  without a cigarette,  Your subscription before September 30th  and save 50 cents a year. ������������~  in ��������� wUjruW���������aww  THE ABBOTSFORD POST, ABBOTSFORD, B. C.  ���������minwMiuiJiaJTwmnuiM jm ������������������������������������������������������������ ������������'n * j������������"!������wwii>iilW'!������iWFiBg!������  BHEESrSESaBSESBEaEBESBBH  PSWOBWS  ssasoBSseasres  SKSSSK1S52SSS2?-  (���������^^yimort^  r^4  TilOriUKU���������   Preniier     JEughc-:  of   /Wisiralia   inspects   captured   German  Jloriiir and other trophies at ihe I:n pei'ial Vt'ar 3iis.seu?n in  London.  mil I  a w & -j  B rM  Si  6ta  iVflfl  Next Tuesday, September iUth an important meeting will be  held in Mission City for ilic purpose oi' discussing the mosquito  question. Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist, is  to be present; and there will probably be representatives from  all parts of the mosquito belt present. It should be the beginning of great things for-this district; and will no doubt lead to  some method by which the mosquito pest will be eliminated from  this part of the Fraser Valley.  Tt is a big question and needs to be dealt with by men big enough to grasp the opportunities and the present situation���������it  means the protection of he lands of Nicomen Island and. the  reclamation of the Sumas prairie jllucI, together with some system oi* drainage for other lowlands.  Without the moquito post the Fraser Valley would be a Gar-  en of Eden pouring its rich treasures of produce into the coast  cities and over the prairie lands across the Rockies.  it is hoped that a very large number of the farmers and fruit  growers of the Vailey will be present to hear what Dr. Hewitt  has to say. The larger the au.'iioace the more readily will the  powers that be listen to any scheme we may ask them to carry  out later. It is the duiy ot everyone I o lay aside work on Tuesday  afternoon and come to Mission Ciiy.    Make it a full house.  The meeting is cailed'for 2 p.m.  round $2.50 to $2.75 per box. Tlie  buying prices In Britten Columbia is  $1.75. j  The demand for pears Is exceedingly good. Tlie Bartletts predominate  as fai as varieties are concerned. We  figure that Bartletts will bo over;  within the next two weeks. Bos-  socks, Flemish and Fall Butter are  now appearing and will sell at from  $2.75  to  $3.25  par box.  Receipts of melons have been e-  qual to the demand all week, most  of which have been coming from California and Washington. Flats are  selling at from $2.00 to $2.25 per  crate and Standards at $5.00 to $5.50  Casaba and Persian Melons are selling at G^ per lb. Both are meoting  with a good reception from the trade  the first receipts arrinving this week  and tho quality is exceedingly fine.  The vegetable market in Calgary  is somewhat sluggish owing to tlio  fact that there are heavy receipts  of local potatoes, cabbage, carrots,  turnips, beets and .cauliflower being  offered. The only commodity which  nan be imported from B. C. to advantage and will meet with a reception  from the trade is potatoes, and even  those are coming in in much smaller  uuantities from tho last three weeks.  Price on B. C. potataoes have been  $2.2 5 per 100 all week, the buying  price has been from $25.00 to $28  per ton. Onions are moving quite  freely at $3.00 per 100, the buying price has been from $30.00 to  $35.00 according'to quality.  Receipts of blackberries have been  light and demand is strong. Everything arriving in good condition  is selling at $4.00. We would urge  shippers to send forward as many  blackberries as possible to this market.  Crab apples are moving slowly the  price around $2.00 per box, the buying price $1.35 to $1.40 f.o.b. B. C  Receipts of corn have been quite  heavy the past week coming in from  several points in B. C. as well as  Ronalane in southern Alberta, from  which point heavy receipts have been  arriving. The corn from this point  is receiving preference over all other  shipments, as it arrives in better  condition and is .put up in first class  shape, containing exactly six dozen  to the case. The variety is Malakoff  and Golden Bantom.  fa f* B -'f������5 S ft U h t& ^"*  j   & ih o a n    it n  > ,i  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.  Llcwise  No.   8-28538  ;.t    i/,- in-j ';;ii        A  Lii-i'iisu   No.   3-1088  ALBERT   LEE," Grocer   and   BaKer  Ba=g^������  wma*tb* iu ������������*)* in* rtiftmHi  rtHcnraaiff-JKa  ft  See me how about that Insurance  9  O  I  I have a large and;"splendid supply of  Raspberry Canes for sale aljow prices.  Finest quality.  Abboi&fciA  *ri  nances  (Plunketl & Savage  The wholesale trade of the city of  Calgary received quite a surprise on  Friday last by reading an article in  the "Canadian'' s'.aling rhat there  was a glut of peachs on the Cuigasy  market. The writer wont to th.,  trouble of making inquiry lrom all  the wholesale houses in tne cily and  wish here to state that you could not  buy 300 boxes of peachea in the entire city, outside ot what the market  repoj Led they had to offer. !i ;���������>  the writer's opinion that the article  in the Calgary Canadian v.as a camouflage to trap British Columbia  growers and influence, thorn to maiis  shipment to their market, but as a  matter'of fact the market'had an opportunity of getting good long pricey,  for pouches as there was 'noihing  ripe on the market and the wholesalers were selling at .$1.75 .per box  what they did have. As a mtater of  fact tho City sell I huso peaches ;if  $l.!i5  per ! box.     Are  tlie growers of  are toiling the same thing to the  consumer at this end of the line.  Will the plan work out?    Receivers  of tiiis letter would be good enough  to iulorm e\ ery local distritct paper  regarding this information, so that  consigned fruit would be stopped to  (h's source, unless they can be sure  of a certain guarantee and if this  guarantee is put up you will find out  that the market will be put on a  mere  stable   basis.  The Calgary market on a whole  has been in very fine shape all week  Nearly every commodity has been  short. This refers particularly to  ripe and green tomatoes which have  been cleaning up faster than receipts  '���������an arrive. Ripes are selling at $1  per crate of four baskets wholesale,  green at the same price for the pear  Calgary and The Prairie Markets  The movements of fruits has been  a little more satisfactory this week  from "a jobber's standpoint. Edmonton has especially noted an improvement. The wholesale trade there  has conducted a campaign of educating the consumer as to the best time  to preserve certain fruits and vegetables, especially crabapples and tomatoes and the press of that city has  cheerfully given space to some of  our articles on this subject. B. C.  producers should co-operate in a  campaign to inform the prairie house  wives on the peak of the season of  each fruit, especially In a year like  this when we are offering our fruits  two weeks ahead of our usual season.  Saskatoon is brisk but would be  improved by taking a leaf out of  Edmonton's book re advertising.  Some very fine crabapples arrived  there from Okanagan Centre. There  were some very fine Duchess No. 1  and No. 2 in the car and the shipment was reported as the finest to  arrive in Saskatoon this year.  Calgary has had a better week than  usual. The arrivals have been ample and fair trade has resulted. Prices are similar to last week.      Some  Farmers' and Travelers  trade solicited.  Newly Furnished  Thoroughly Modem  M-   MURPHY,   PROPRIETCP  HUNTINGDON, B   C.  AIBOTSFORD   DISTRICT BOARD OF   IRA  box/   Plums and prunes    are tvery |rather green Wealthy apples are on  .short on the market at the present 'gale but no good quality apples have  time of  writing but there has  been  a  reasonably  fair supply    all    wee*  and same cleaned up at prices ranging from  $1.75  to  $2.00 per crate.  The apple    market    is    somewhat  British Columbia going to be hood- ; .sluggish particularly with those hold-  winked in shipping to organizations j ing early varieties such as Duchess  of this character whose only aim is and Transcondants. There is very  to get the fruit as cheaply as thoy j little demand for these varieties are  possibly can. II, is most, unfortunate -showing shrinkage. The first ra-  for the buying plan that they have j ceinfs of Gravensteins and Jeffries  adopted. They try to hoodwink our 7l,ul Wealthies have reached the mar-  growers into the belief that chcy ! ket in limited'quantities and are  will give them better prices.and t hov i meeting with good demand    at      a-  J  arrived in sufficient quantity to test  their selling power.  Peaches,  yellow  St.   Johns,   $1.50  to  $1.75  per box.  Blackberries   $2.50.,   arriving soft  B. C. Spuds ?43 to $45 ton.  President, Hope Aianson    Secretary, N. Hill  of Abbotsford, B. C.  Meeting Held First Monday of Each Month  Write the secretary regardk<g' manufacturing sites  with unexcelled' shipping facilities and cheap power  or information regarding the farm and fruit lands of  the district,- and industries already established,        J/J  Mr. A. E. Skinner, who has been  customs officer at Huntingdon for a  number of years has been promoted  to Vancouver; Mr. Howard, a returned soldier, and formerly assistant at  Vancouver, has taken Mr. Skinner's  place.  Now is the time to get your supply of Butter Wrappers for  summer months.  Get them at BATES'.PRINTING OFFICE.  ���������,*  1*5