A .���������S7{, -*U< " I <��������� -v ��������� ( a Published in the Interests of Vancouver and the Western People ���������A* Phone: Fairmont 1140 Ask, for Advertisjag' Rates i t * ���������>iv ->-, v? VOLUME V. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, FEBRUARY 6, 1914 No. 39 w r v v South Vancouver in the Melting Pot Alaska's, Great Goal Port, Controller Bay���������Coal from Anthracite Field Should Take Water there Qen. Botha Gives Bain a Roland for His Oliver in South Africa 'I ��������� r 5- ' f" :C ���������/ ALASKA'S WEALTH \ Qold - Copper - Coal : HER BESUOAL PORT Alaska is a land of incredible wealth. We . think of this territory almost solely as a gold pro- I'ducer. But whilst her gold production'seems to ,be on the point of another great enhancement��������� this is but a bagatelle when compared with her other mineral deposits. The famous Bonanza mine, belonging to the 11 > Guggenheims, is producing copper, principally- chalcocite, that carries values up to 35 and 40 per cent. In 1912 nearly $5,000,000 was the value of Alaska's copper output, but new development [V1 Work is being done in 4 or 5 districts, and with ( the coming railroad facilities the output will be / greatly increased. t \ Alaska's greatest wealth, however, lies in her still untouched coal fields. The head of the U. S. Geological, survey in Alaska has estimated the discovered coal territory to contain a minimum of 150,000 million tons. 1 Yet since 1907,' until our recent strike, Alaska imported all Jier coal from British Columbia���������, .about 120,000 tons ayear. It is most likely that the anthracite fields'of the Bering river will be tapped first. It was here Lthat the U. S. battle cruiser Maryland made her * ��������� coal experiments last season- The Bering river coal field lies about 26 miles from tidewater. The railroad would be practically straight, with a slight grade favoring the coal haul, to proposed docks on Controller bay. That this year will see great things, happening in Alaska is assured by the enormous grant made by Congress last month- Vancouver has a specific interest in the opening up of Controller bay, for a great deal of Vancouver and Victoria money has gone into the development of the oil field that lies to the north and east of Controller bay. The dredging and, buoying of a sufficient channel, the building of a railroad and the resulting increase of communication and transport will greatly facilitate the opening up of the new oil field and hasten the day when Vancouver capital will receive a return for money expended. Just where the railroad will strike- into" the- interior of Alaska is not yet at all certain. It is probable that the existing roads will be taken over by the U. S. Government, in which case Cordova will be the Coast terminus for the ore shipments from the Wrangel range copper regions. From this point the Copper Biver and Northwestern Railroad has built, and is operating a road ��������� already famous in ro- , mance .��������� to Kennicott and Bonanza, with its present terminus at McCarthv. Here the trail starts over the death dealing Scolai pass into the new placer camp at Shushana. The continuation of this line from Chitina to Fairbanks is practii cally assured. But whether a way can be found with practical railroad grade over into the White River district from McCarthy and thence to Dawson, is still unknown. If practical, it will give the Skagway-White- horse route an awful shake and make more imperative than ever an all Canadian R. R. through British Columbia into the Yukon. ��������� British Columbia is going to have a live neighbor this year���������killed by the Roosevelt-Pin- ������hot conservation policy���������resurrected by the Wilson-Bryan treatment. We must keep awake. THE SHUSHANA The following statements as regards the new Placer Diggings are being circulated and vouched j'fpr by the Chamber of Commerce of Cordova, 'Alaska. .. ��������� The district is known to be gold-bearing over an area of 50 miles square and has been so reported by the United States and Canadian geological surveys. Gold has been found in paying quantities on 12 claims on Bonanza, two elaims on Litle Eldorado, one claim on Big Eldorado, one claim on ^Glacier, one^ claim on Snow Guleh, one claim on (Continued on page eight) . t 3* J X T f T PRO-CONSULS IN THE LIMELIGHT j L - * "' % ��������������� Attorney-General Bowser &4^,'M',M'fl'H<4''H'*H������M'<'M"H''M''H'^^ Genera! Bdtiw on Top General Botha is a bad roan to tackle. The South African labor leaders have found it out. The labor movement is a necessary evil. Evil because it adds one more to the "sects'* or "castes" or "ideas" dividing the human race; but necessary and in so far good because it tends to amelor- iate the fortunes of those who are doing perhaps the roughest part of this earthly work. The true laborer and labor movement must have and has the sympathetic* love of all right thinking men and women���������but when the lal>or leaders or laborers taka up the bomb, as has been so amply proved against him in the U. S. or the revolutionary coup d'etat as was planned in South Africa��������� and rumor has it also in British Columbia, then the ordinary Celto-Saxon that for a thousand years and more has resolutely fought the battle of constitutional methods as against tyranny is glad when a Botha or a Bowser steps out and calls a halt. Governor Gladstone has already signified his approval of General Botha's acts���������the South African parliament has,.by a tremendous majority, refused to hamper the executive in this matter, and the British* government, held in power largely by tbe British labor, refuses to interfere in any way, accordjng to latest dispatches, no matter what may be the political outcome at home. Truly, it may be said Secretary Bain and comrades were hoisted with their own petard. Oh! for a Botha to handle our Sylvia. South Vancouver The people have willed it and by their votes made it possible���������so ail good citizens must fall in line, as South Vancouver, like other parts of this Dominion is under the majority rule. The new council has proved itself a master in swinging the axe���������but any fool can destroy. It is their constructive policy that must count and by which they will ultimately be judged. South Vancouver is probably the second Certainly and without competition it is the third. 'city" of the Province in white population. It demands competents to handle its affairs, and ought to pay them. Every one will approve of the movement made to enhance the sums paid to reeve and councillors. Also every move made towards economy will be approved providing efficiency of staff is not abated. ' . . No. doubt can exist in any voter's mind that the main cause of the overthrow of the Kerr administration was the contract made for the paving of Main street without previously calling for tenders. And yet we are not at all sure that this'contract wa3 not good business. To our mind the best piece of advertising and the best stroke of business South Vancouver has ever done was the paving of Kingsway. We understand that since the opening of Kingsway the truck haulage along Kingsway has increased so much that the B. C. Electric have taken off two freight cars a day between Westminster and Vancouver. We do not wish the B. C. Electric anything but good, and yet we feel that South Vancouver is not interested in increasing, the B. C. Electric dividends as much as she is in increasing the facilities of traffic for her own people. The freight tariff on this inter-urban line is simply enormous in its price, and yery much below par in its service. : ^w*������������*i^^ What has been true as regards the district served by Kingsway will also be true of that served by Main street. There is not one single street crossing, in South Vancouver from South to North on which hauling can profitably be done. Before the financial hold-up all South Vancouver was calling loudly for permanent road work. It is as ^ needful now as ever. It must be done some day. The financial clouds have lifted. Jim Hill declares there is "not a cloud in sight," and every one knows that "Jim" is a prophet. We recognize the mandate from the electors to the present council���������they are absolutely within their rights as men responsible to their voters ���������but the contract has been made and we would suggest that it be treated on its merits. The present council, is now in possession of all the facts. If the price1 is exorbitant and the deal shows signs of graft fight it to the death, and expose all the fact3. If not���������if the price���������in view of conditions and grading and class of work promised is not exorbitant���������if the guarantees;��������� as published, are sufficient, is it not better to let the work go on rather than fight an expensive law suit, and probably lose. The municipality nee'ds one permanently paved cross street at once.. It cannot grow and do business without it. We have no brief for the Carbolineum works, and do not know the inside facts of the case. But Ave do know that the work needs to be done��������� that if we are to go on as a "City" and grow we must have passable roads and streets, and we call upon the council to either show cause, so that all can understand, or go on with the necessary work. ������������������':���������- Trout Lake Frozen Over in One Night > Thursday afternoon and evening many people enjoyed skating on Trout Lake which seemed in good hearty condition after one night's frost���������almost a record pe believe. A BUSINESS COUNCIL Quite - Alert - Sensible A BODY "OF WOHKEBS ? (Prof. E. Odium: ML A., B.8c.)' - It is evident that the 1924 council is made up of men who are ready to work without striving. , to use many words'to capture the gallery votenf. - In a quiet, sensible, forceful manner, the mayor and his council meet, do their work and separate as if business is and has been their theme "from youth up" to the present time. ' Another thing is clearly manifest. These men ��������� have no hidden strings holding, them in leash. They act and speak like free men, "Such aa the truth makes free." ' In a few weeks this council will begin the usual annual struggle with'the assessment, the rate of taxation, the question of improvements, the department expenses and the unlimited claims on the income, whatever it may be as the-result .r of the cleverest ingenuity. > The assessment might well, be gradually- increased, but the" rate should stay at its old places . to great advantage. ,The tax results are> practically the same from low assessment and "a high * rate as from a low rate and a high assessment. - The former has the, better appearance, and is leas difficult of handling. - ��������� ' - ~ There should be a graded scale of charges , , fixed for high and expensive buildings which aa rapidly increase the fire-fighting costs to the city. The very tall buildings are a special charge upon the city's purse for protecttion against fire. Moreover, the income is somewhat out of proportion compared with the average good structure, when the buildings and grounds are considered. Perhaps all buildings under $6,000 should go free of taxation, and all over that figure should be taxed to some limited and graded extent. Tbis ^ is worth a study or two by the men who are re-, sponsible for the best measures of income finance for tbe city. tr t j 1 f,-. C FWEJTOSBJP-A *OON JWYCWP 00M?ABJ5. Castor and Pollux, emerging from historic mythology, and from Biblical story David and Jonathan appearing, encircled in all the charms of a pure friendship, may well be a lesson to us in these modern days. Castor was slain, and his friend Pollux did not care to live without his long time, well tried friend,, he thought it better to depart to tbe other world in which he could share immortality with , Castor, by the direct favor of Jupiter. Jonathan so loved his friend David that he voluntarily gave up his throne, or his right to the throne, to the famous giant killer. What would not a true man do today for a friend, with a noble unselfish nature? How often we seem to imagine that there is no selfish friendship in this modern, hard, matter-of-fact world. The writer has often studied this phase of human life, and has come to the conclusion that this priceless boon can yet be found among the child,- ren of earth-born men. To those who have friends, well and truly tried, I would say let nothing sever your friendship. Let not mortal man, or circumstances of ady sort carry from your favor and affection, the one who has proved a real'and abiding worth. Friendship has a value far beyond that of rubies or the* sparkling diamond. I have had many years of human testing and have had hosts of what may be called everyday friends. These are good and have a value of a high order, but the friendship that will sacrifice daily and always without a murmur for a friend is not equalled on earth by any other affection, not even love as usually understood. I would rather hold my best and choicest friend than great riches. Such friendship is soul life! THE CITY HAS COMPLETED ITS CONTRACT Here is the standing of the Expropriation Proceedings between the city and the property owners. By contract the city had. to institute and complete an expropriation process, so so as to'secure the False creek property for qublic use. (Continued on page eight). ^ > _r> *i I r-1 mm
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Ye Shall Know the Truth and
the Truth Shall Make You Free.
1914.
One month gone.
What have you done?
Don't guage this year by last year.
Sir Richard says this is to be' the best
\
year B. C. has yet seen.
Two more railroads into Vancouver���
the G. N. R. transcontinental, the P. G. E.
R. R., opening up the riches of B. C. as
far as Lilloet. -
Have you seen Seatpn and Anderson
Jakes near Lilloet? More beautiful than
Como and Maggiore.. Plan a trip on P.
G. E. R. R. this summer.,
There is no place in the world more
beautiful than British Columbia, none so
healthy; few so comfortable to live in or
with better opportunities. Quit youir
kicking.
, The Western Call takes a fresh grip
on life today, and invites all her readers
to send in subscriptions for 1914, and
thus make this the best year of service
the "Call" lias ever seen.
At the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, February
24-27, 1914.
To Christian Believers in trie United States and
Canada:���
Dear Brthren���
It is twelve years since the International Prophetic Conference was held in the City of Boston,
and many brethren feel that the times demand
' another testimony to the doctrine of the premil-
lennial coming of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus
Christ. We, therefore, cordially and urgently
invite you to meet with us and others for this
holy purpose, at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, HI., from Tuesday to Friday, February 24th
to 27th, 1914.
It is believed that the signers of this invitation are a guarantee that the conference will not
offer an opportunity for modern prophets to ventilate their speculations, to fix dates, or to mark
out a detailed program of the future; but that,
to incorporate the language of an earlier conference, the occasion will be used for students of
prophecy to give prominence to neglected truths; /
to employ the true principles of Scripture interpretation; to warn against present day apostacy;
to awaken slumbering Christians; to present tho
most majestic of all motives for world-wide evangelism; to call attention to the doctrine of "last
things" as a bulwark against the skepticism of
modern theology; and to bring into closer fellowship all those who "love His appearing."
To those sufficiently interested to address a
postaLcard to The Moody Bible Institute, there
y/ill ue mailed in ample time, free of cost, a leaf>
' let containing further inforination as to prograu.
names of speakers, and-details as to boarding accommodations. As to the last named, the Institute will endeavor to entertain as large a company as posible at minimum rates, but to obtain
this accommodation if will be necessary to write
������/early. :���'; i'"":.... ;���.;���:";������; \,\/y;. ��� -\"7
Trusting that the Conference may witness an
unusual gathering of tne Lord's people and an
unusual outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon
them; and seeking your prayers for the Heavenly
guidance of those .who are responisble for its promotion and conduct, we remain, in Christian affection, ' ���
J' , Your brethren in the Lord,
JOHN TIMOTHY STONE, Pastor Fourth
1 Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Moderator of the
Presbyterian church, U. S.'A. <
ROBERT McWATTY, RUSSEL, President
' Westminster. College, Moderator of the United..
. Presbyterian church.
WILLIAM G. MOOREHEAD, President Xenia
Theological Seminary. .
E. Y. MULLINS, President Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary.
T. R. O'MEARA, Principal, Wycliffe College,*
Toronto.
W. H~ GRIFFITH THOMAS, Professor, -Wy-,
cliffe College, Toronto.
C. I. SCOFIELP, Editor, The Scofield, Reference Bible.
H- B. HARTZLER, Editor, The Evangelical. ������_
A. C. GAEBELIN, Editor, Our Hope. , ,.v
R. A. TORREY, Dean, The Bible InstituterLos
Angeles. i, l . .
W. B. RILEY, Pastor, First Baptist church,
Minneapolis, President, . Northwestern Bible
School.
JAMES M. GRAY, Dean, The Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago.
Once I asked a minister if he had heard a
certain adverse, thing about another man. He
replied, "No, I hadn't heard that, but I heard
this about him the other day;''' and, he told me
me a perfectly delightful story of some fine trait
In the man." Though" I fear the thing which I"was
inquiring about may be true, I cannot find myself much interested in it because of the better
thing which I know is true, and which goes far
to offset .the evil.���Cieland B. McAffee.
Let the dawn of every morning be to you the
beginning of life, and evry setting sun be to you
as its close; then let every one of these short
lives leave its sure record of some kindly thing
done for others, some goodly strength or knowl-
edge gained for yourself.���Buskin.
Grandview
Grandview Methodist Church
Pastor���Rev. F. G. Lett
Sunday Services:���
Preaching 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.;
Sunday School, 2.30 p.m.
Epworth League���Monday 8 p.m. '.
Prayer Meeting���Wednesday 8 p.m.
....The young people invite everybody
to their League meetings, and suggest
THE -
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regular attendance at all services of
the Church.
/ ST. SAVIOURS CHURCH.
(Anglican.)
Corner of First Avenue East and
Semlin Drive,-Grandview.
Rev. Harold St. George Buttrum,
B. A. B. D., Rector.
Residence, the Rectory, 2023 First
Avenue East.
SUNDAY SERVrCES ���Morning
prayer and Holy Communion the first
and third Sundays of the month at 11
a. m.; morning prayer every Sunday
at 11 a. m.'; Holy Communion 2nd and
4th Sundays at 8 a. m.; evening
prayer every Sunday at 7:30 p. m.
DOMINION DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
Dairy Branch-r'Dairy Acres."
New Store: 1148 Commercial Dr.
in
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WAZZWJ MJNOR
Home Rule for Ireland.
- Canadians who are foolish enough to favor the
present scheme of Irish Home Rule should read
Mazzini Minor's Booklet on "B;ome Rule for Ireland." If any man can ?ead this production and
then favor Asquith's Bill, he must be very obtuse,
or ignorant, or a hater of the Empire and Protestantism.
It isthebest and strongest argument produced
against the Bill which'Premier Asquith is presenting to the Westminster Parliament, at the command of the traitorous Redmondites and other
Irish Nationalists, who are in turn the helpless, instruments of the Italian combination of Cardinals
and. other, British haters within and without the
bounds of Britannia.
This booklet can be had in Thomson's Book
Store and other book shops in Vancouver for the
sum of twenty-five cents. The author is a British
Columbian, of high scholarship, and one of the
best-travelled gentlemen in Vancouver.
While glancing over the results of
the dairy herd competition given at
the recent dairy convention, one could
not help being struck by the yields
���7,317 pounds of milk; 214 pounds
of fat per cow.
During the. same session a chart
was displayed indicating that some
Idairy farms are producing very little
milk, one was listed giving a yield of
only 125 pounds of milk per acre.
With a, dairy farm.growing corn,
oats clover and alfalfa, and having
pretty good pasture, it should notJbe
very difficult to produce 2,000 pounds
of milk per acre, and at the same time
increase the fertility of the soil. This
system should yield an income of
over thirty dollars per acre instead'
of the insignificent average' of five
dollars and seventy-nine cents, which
was the average yield per acre cultivated including pasture given of.
ficially as the average return from
five thousand cows in Ontario. The
acres need not be idle more-than the
cows; are yours just common acres,'
or dairy acres?
The herd will average up better if
the poor cows are weeded out. Do
you know fqr certain which they are?
-You can easily detect theha if you
keep records on forms supplied free
by the dairy division, Ottawa. State
in your letter if you want forms for
weighing every day,i or only on three
days per month.' Is there any good
reason why your cows should not
average at least six thousand pounds
of milk? Many men are getting this,
and more, but they don't do it until
they keep records and know which
cows .should be kept and which should
not. C. F. W.
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Agent if ofc Smger Sewing Machines,
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THE...
OF CANADA
Applications for enrollment will be received
each Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m., at the
Regimental Headquarters, corner of William
Street and Commercial Drive. Applicants
must be* between the ages of18 and 45, over
5 feet 5 inches in height and physically
sound.
I. W.DOWDING
Captain and Adjutant
BUFFALO GROCERY
Commercial Prive and 14th Avenue .
"The Home of Quality" _ _
OurteedW
Best Quality
Groceries
4. P. Sinclair* Prop.
mmFairmont 1Q33
The following statements by a
writer in The London Times may be
of interest and perhaps some value to
those of us fortunate enough in, these
days when even fresh eggs are a
luxury, to have any spare cash for
furs. ' The durability of furs varies
enormously, and has little relation to
pjice. For example, ermine and chinchilla, both of which fall in the rare
fur class, stand respectively at 25 and
IS in a table where skunk is 70 and
beaver 90. In this table sea otter,
fwith its water hairs, is taken at 100.
Here is the list in full:
Sea Otter 100
Beaver 90~i
Seal :��� 75
Mink ..���.,. _.:.;........ 70
Skunk '....���... ...y............... 70
Persian Lamb ...>.��� .65
Baum Martn ..���.���..... 65
Sable ....... ���..���......,.... ,;.���..:.......... 60
Fox, Black, silver ....:. .....1...............40
Stone marten 40
Opossum 37
Musquash ......;.... 33
Grey lamb .;.���-���-���- ��� -.���-: -30
Nutria J.......;......:.......... 27
Ermine .....1 :���.'.. ......:.���...���... 25
Lynx .-..- :.......... ........ 25
Squirrel ���:.. 25
Chinchilla ... .......... ....:..... 15
Broadtail .......:........���.... 15
Caracul kid ^..:.r..........................:....... 10
Moleskin :������. 7
Rabbit 5
The durability- of furs is reduced
by artificial coloring. The baum mar-
fen, which in a natural state stands
at 65, in the table is only 45 after
tinting. The amount of fur needed
for a half-length coat of average girth
is sixteen square feet; for a full-length
motor coat ewenty-seven square feet
is required.
Edward dough
Real Estate
Insurance ancl Loans
Phone Seymour 2352 A*\ Homer Street
Vancouver,M.
Phone Seymour 943
Davies& Sanders
General Contractors
55-66 DAVIS CHAMBERS :: 615 HASTINGS ST. W.
The -largest lake on the east slope
of the Rocky mountains-lies at the
head, waters of the Maligne river, a
tributary of the Athabaska. It is
twenty-two miles long and from one
to three miles wide, and is'.surrounded by lofty mountains which make it
one of the most beautiful spots in
the Rocky mountain region. Yet
this lake was practically unknown uriV
til a -forest survey was made of this
region last summer by the Dominion
Forestry branch. Unfortunately,
there are no fish in this lake, owing
probably x to the fact, that the Mai
ligne river flows underground foil
several miles, after leaving the lake-
Australian gum trees have attained
the enormous height of 480 feet, which]
is 140 feet higher than the niost gigantic sequoias in California, andl
twice as high as the great firs of
British Columbia. How trees suppl>
their foliage with water at such al
height is- still a matter; of scientific*
controversy. > .������ ���������* >"5 jl , rv ��������� * \- .' ���������KB Friday, February 6,4914 THE WESTERN GALL ssasi / '' Off Men's and Boys' Overcoats. Ladies' Rain and Overcoats. Off Men's and Boys' Suits of all kinds. No Reserve. Hats and Caps, Odd Pants and Eancy Vests, Dressing Gowns and - - House Coats. Girls' Middy and Sailor Dresses. Clubb $ Stewart, Ltd. Tel. Sey. 702 309-315 Hastings St. W. mmwmt A. 1 ������ ' Reduction in Price of | B. C. Electric Irons ������ : 1������������������ : ^ 1 On and after Monday, February 2nd, and until further notice; the j I price ol B, C. Electric Irons sold to lighting customers will be refluifld X -TO- I / $3.00 t The Electric Iron offered as above at $3.00 is identically :���������! the same iron, carrying the Company's 10 year guarantee, ,* which has previously been sold by the Company at $3.50 * since last October. It is now possible to offer the iron at a lower price because of special arrangements recently made with the manufacturer. The advantage obtained through the ordering of a large quantity we pass on to our customers in the form of the reduction of 50 cents on each iron. ~ b. c; eusctwc cck X VANCOUVER SALESROOMS: 4 Carroll and Phone 1138 Granville St ������ Hastings St*. Seymour 5000 Near P������v|e St. Prill tine Terminal City Press, tod. I I f IIHII& 2������������ W.sMo'Cr M. Pt������������e Fairmont 11������ WyOyTO���������ilNH.C.MtWSM? 1 - ' - /THEN THE Western MPthodfst ReuurUer _ v + -V 1 ._ _��������� '_ (Published Monthly) _ _. . . Is almost indespensible to you. No other medium will give you such general and ' such satisfactory information about Methodist activity in this great growing province. Whether a Methodist or not you are interested in Methodist s movement. Send your subscription to Hapager Hethodtst-Becorder P. & P. Co.,ltd. - - Victoria, B.C. $1,(10 ��������� Ono Yoar ������4"H'*^^'frM'*4"fr*,M"������4H*������<f*+-. Q*H"8������i"S"8������M"l ���������MnH"I"Wl l'M"l"l"l"M"l"������ |.������|Ml������������JH~l".HM������"Hfr" -"'���������''>������5'^"}������^,^"l"l"i"I"t"t,'I"t"W*^^,4wi*'3"S"H' 1 Use Stave Lake Power Those Industries are Better In ultimate results which use our electric power service* The factories or office buildings which operate private power plants are under a big expense for maintenance. A trifling accident may disorganize their whole svstem ��������� more serious disturbance, with attendant heavy losses involved, are not preventable. / Stave Lake Power is undeniably cheaper and more reliable than private plant operation. See us for particulars and rates. [1 : Western Canada Power ^LIMITED I Phones Seymoqr 4770 6O3-6IO Carter-Cotton Bldg. '? P. O. BOX 1418, VANCOUVER, B. C. % %* OF THE DAY ������$������4',$^������$*������fr4>*fr^l**fr4M$M^*<fr4*4'<S,'fr*S,<3'*fr^^?fr*3*^^ WIRELESS STATIONS. -Ottawa, Feb. 1.���������By the time navigation opens in the spring there will be eight wireless telegraph stations in operation on the Great Lakes, and ten en the*Tacific coast and thirty- two on the Atlantic coast. The stations on the Great lakes and connecting waterways will be "as follows: Kingston, on Barriefield commons; Toronto, on the Island; Port Burr- well, Point Edward. Tobermpry Midland, "Sault Ste. Marie and Port Arthur. , The Pacific coast Stations will be at Estevan, Pachena, Victoria, on'' Gonzales hill; Point Grey, Cape Lazo, Alert bay, Triangle island, Ikcda point, Dead Tree point and Prince Rupert, on Parizeau point. ABUNDANT WATER SUPPLY ASSURED SwiftCurrent, Sask.���������With the completion of Swift Current's storage dam it is believed that the town's water suply should be assured for years to come. -At least 80,000,000 gallons are now conserved for city purposes, and in addition a liberal supply is reserved for the use of the C. P. R., amounting to 3,500,000 gallons daily. The supply is obtainable from the Swift Current creek, which rises in the Cypress hills to the south, and according to Government chemists is of unsurpassed purity and of a degree of softness that, makes " it especially suitable for manufacturing purposes. ELKO TO BID FOR MANUFACTURING PLANTS Elko, B. C.���������That numerous important industries are likely to be Attracted by Elco's immense water power resources,- now available, is laered SAYS KAMLOOPS WILL BE TRADE CENTER Kamloops, B7 C.���������Regarding the present rapid growth of Kamloops and other prosperous towns of Southern British - Columbia, the. statement of W. J. Brandwith, Provincial exhibition commissioner, is1' attracting wide attention. The commissioner says that no other 'portion*1 of the Province excells the country around Kamloops, and that the richness and resources ofVthis district merit, in his opinion, the highest praise. GREAT CARGO OF BUTTER. MORTGAGE SALE. More Than Million Pounds Coming to Vancouver Victoria.���������With the largest shipment of butter ever brought north from New Zealand, the Canadian- Australian liner Niagara, Capt. Mor- risby, arrived at the outer wharf early Tuesday morning. For Victoria and Vancouver the vessel carded 23,000 56-pound boxes of butter. Much of, the shipment will be sent East from Vancouver. The Niagara had one of the largest cargoes brought to this port from the Antipodes in a long time. The Niagara broke the record for the passage from Sydney to Auckland on this trip. , PLANS TO CUT OUT SALE OF CIGARETTES piping the water of Silver Spring lake for the uses of Elko's waterworks system. The contract for this work has been placed with a Vancouver concern by the Elko Water, Light and Power Company. Water will be delivered by the gravity xsupply system, and an initial outlay of $22,000 is contemplated rendered a practical certainty by the start recently made on the work of the root of an evil, and he is aware Ottawa.���������Andrew Broder of Dua- das believes that cigarette imoking is a pernicious habit and one which should be eradicated from the life of the Canadian youth. It is, therefore,' his intention "at an early date to move for legislation which will prevent the manufacture, importation or sale of that form of smoking. Mr. Broder believes in striking at Of Valuable Property. Under and by virtue of/the powers contained^ in a certain Indenture of Mortgage which will be produced at the time of the sale, there will be. offered for sale by public auction on Wednesday, February 11th, 1913, at the hour of 11 o'clock ia^ ttie forenoon by Thomas Shirley, Auctioneer, at his office in the Davis Chambers, 615 Hastings Street West in the City of Vancouver, B. C, the following property, namely, Lot 16,-in Block'2, in the' Sub-division of District Lot 663, Municipality of South Vancouver, map 1390: - , The Vendor is informed that the above property is situated on the" east side of Chester Street between 47th and 49th Avenufs East in^the Municipality of South Vancouver, and that there is a two and a half storey frame dwelling erected thereon. ' TERMS OF SALE: v | Twenty per cent of the purchase money is to tbe paid in cash at the time of sale and the balance in accordance with the conditions to be then made known. For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to Bowser, Reid & Wallbridge, Solicitors, Canada Life Building, Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B. C. v DATED at Vancouver. B. C, this 15th day oi January, 1914. 1-30-14 to 2-20-14 SE5H5ZSZSZ5HSZ5ZS2 who mutilated the picture? Who shattered die mirror? Who stole Robert Cameron? For Sale and For Rent* Cards iOceach 3 for 25c GOLD MEDALS AT EVERY EXHIBIT Grand Forks, B. C.���������A fresh impetus is being given to the fruit growing industry of the Boundary district by the report just brought back from England by Deputy Minister W. E. Scott of, the provincial department of Agriculture. Mr. Scott states that for the first time since British Columbia commenced sending apples to Old Country exhibitions the province has won gold medals at every show where any medals at all were awarded for fruit. '"I am delighted with our success," says Mr. Scott. "Great interest was taken in the'fruit, and a host of papers published views of the apple-display. This publicity should do us a lot of good. -It is my opinion that the results to come from staging fruit exhibits in England will be important; and the interest in British Columbia which I saw manifested everywhere is a good augury for future immigration, particularly to our agricultural sections." It is noted that the Grand Forks fruit district, a valley some ten miles long by five wide, produced fully half of the total fruit crop of British Columbia for 1913. that no legislation will stop the use of cigarettes if permission is not refused to manufacture and import. Richard Blain, of Peel, a few years ago moved for similar legislation, but his intentions did not crystalize into law. Mr. Broder, however, believes that legislation along the lines proposed is not only desirable but feasible. " ' OVERCOME IN FIRE. a a a a a a a a a a If you want to read 'a real cle/er mystery story dont miss die new serial we have arranged to print*- UTe Sable Lorcha A tale of die shrewd cunning of the Orientals. It's good from the very beginning,������ ^ Get the Issue With the First Installment . r ill " ���������* ��������� ���������IS I V ENGRAVING- ETCHINGS AND HALFTONES ARE NOW BEING MADE IN WESTERN CANADA BY THE MOST SATISFACTORY PRO. CESS KNOWN TO THE WORLD THE "ACID BLAST" PROCESS MAKES YOUR ILLUSTRATIONS LITERALLY TALK MANUFACTURED IN WESTERN CANADA CutANDDlBBlthcOn llOOU WOH1D lliUC 325Z5Z5ZSS5252525Z5Z5Z5Z52! The first instalment of The Sable Lorcha appeared in our issue of Jan. 9. y We can supply back numbers Seven-Storey Building Destroyed Be. longing to Salvation Army. St. John, N. B.���������Several men were overcome by smoke and carried unconscious from the burning Salvation lArmy lodging house at Prince Wil- jliam and Water streets early Tues- fiday. There was no loss of life. The seven store}'- building was destroyed. STORK EXPECTED AT EJ/VSEE PAT-ACE Business Directory Baxter 41 Wright (Successors to Hutchings Furniture' Company), Complete House Furnishers. Phone Sey. 771. 416 Main St. 8. C. Electric Co. For Everything Electrical, Phone Sey.' 5000, Cor. Carrall and Hastings Sts. 1138 Granville St. Thejrtsh Fusiliers ot Canada. W. Dowding, Capt. and. Adjutant. In Process of Organization. Johnson The Secret Service Intelligence Bureau, 319 Pender St. W. TO HANDLE BIG WOOL CLIP Lethbridge, Alta.���������Figures now at hand indicate that the wool clip of Southern Alberta is increasing, by leaps and bounds, and officials of the Sheep Breeders' Association are'laying their plans for the shearing of 100,000 head of sheep the coming summer, commencing June I. Alberta wool lias now obtained a recognized standing with Canadian manufacturers as being fully the equal of the best grades clipped front' Merino sheep either in South Africa of Australia. GOVERNMENT BOOSTS FOR GRAZING INDUSTRY Scott, Sask.^���������To tourists these days travelling over the G. T. P. through Scott district, the feature of special interest noted from the car windows is the Government experimental farm, a sightly expanse of ground of about 200 acres. It "is anticipated . that the development of the Government experimental farms through the'West will'have the effect- of inducing many wheat farmers to go in for cattle raising on a scale hitherto unthought of, which should do much eventually towards offsetting the present scarcity of meat supplies. Paris.���������A baby, whose father is president of the republic, is expected at the Elysee palace, this for the first time in the history of France. No announcement, oficial or otherwise", has been "made, but"the friends of President Poincare whisper that the happy event is expected this summer. The president is 50, his wife is 46; they have children. "���������While Armand Fallieres was president, his only daughter became an "Elysee palace bride," marrying M. Jean Lanes, her father's private secretary, but the stork is a bird as yet unknown in the presidential residence. CANADIAN PICTORIAL Canada's Most Artistic and Popular ^ Magazine This elegant magazine delights the eye while it instructs the mind concerning the pcturesque doings of an interesting and highly entertaining ���������world. Each issue is literally crowded with the highest quality of photogravures, many of them worth framing. Itis the most popular "Pick-me-up" on the waiting room, tables of the leading doctors throughout the Dominion, and in the big public libraries it is Iterally "used up" by the many who are attracted by its entertaining and beautiful pages. It's a "love at sight" publication, pnd it has departmental features of great interest to the young woman and the home-maker. Of it���������just to quote one man's praise from among thousands���������the Canadian High Commissioner in London���������the Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona, wrote: "The 'Canadian Pictorial' is a publication which,* if I may be permitted to say so, is a credit to Canada." (Signed) STRATHCONA. On trial to New Subscribers��������� Twelve months for only 65 cents. The "Canadian Pictorial" is published by THE "PICTORIAL" PUBLISHING CO., "Witness" Block, Montreal, Can. Try it for a year. * B. C. Telephone Co. The Telephone Directory is 240,000 times daily. Phone Sey. 6070. used Kamloopa-Vancouver Meat Co., Ltd. Cor. Main & Powell Sts. 1849 Main St Phone Sey. 6561 Phone Fair. 1814 Geo. G. Bigger Jeweller and Optician, 143 Hastings St. W. 'The Home of Perfect Diamonds." Bioomfield's Cafe Best and-oldest established Cafe in Mount Pleasant. 2517 Main St. Near Broadway Buffalo Grocery "The Home of Quality," Commercial Drive and 14th Ave. Law the Druggist Wants to see you. l^ee Building. Broadway ft Main Mount PIeajant_Livery_v Carriages at all hours day or night. Corner Broadway & Main. " Phone Pair. 846 Owen ft. Morrison The Mount Pleasant Hardware. Phone Fair. 447.' 2337 Main St Peters 4 Co. The Reliable-Shoemakers, 2530 Main Sreet. Cieland ft Dibble Engraving Co. Ltd. "Our Cuts Talk." 3rd Floor World Bldg. Clubb ft Stewart, Ltd. For Best Quality Clothing, 309-315 Hastings St. W. Davies ft Saunders General Contractors. Phone Sey. 94& 55-66 Davis Chambers, 615 Hastings Street W. Dominion Wood Yard All kinds of Mill Wood. Cor. Front and Ontario Sts. Phone Fair. 1554. Phone Fair. 510. The Don Confectionery, 264S Main St. Head Dow, Fraser ft Co., Ltd. (A Trust Company). Office: 317-321 Cambie Street. 2313 Main Street. : Edward Clough Real Estate, Insurance and Loans. Phone Sey. 2882. 441 Homer St. The Grandview Stationery CJ. W. Edmonds, Prop.) Where it pays to deal, 1130 Commercial Drive. Pioneer Market . For Choice Meats of all kinds. Cor. Broadway ft Westminster Rd. Phone Fair. 257. ��������� South 8ho re Lumber Co. Any Kind of Lumber Phone Fair. 154 1 Front St Stanley ft Co. Mount Pleasant Decorators Phone Fair. 998. 2317 Main St Frank Trimble Realty Co. Real Estate and Insurance Brokers. Phone Fair. 185. 2503 Westminster Rd Vancouver Cut-Rate Fruit & Candy Co.* All. Fruits in Season. Phone Fairmont 638. 2452 Main, Cor. Broadway. Ltd. Western Canada Power Co. For Stave Lake Power. Phone Sey. 4770. 603-610 Carter-Cotton Bldg. Western Methodist Recorder jl.00���������One Year. Manager. Methodist Recorder, P. & P. Co., Ltd., Victoria, B. C. ' Wilson's Drug Store F. A. Wilson, Prop. Cor. Main St and 16th Ave. Phone Fair. 805. Mrs. Young Phrenology and Palmistry 805 Granyille St., cor Robson. I I -AT- law ^ Druggist Scott's Emulsion, reg. 50c and $1.00 for 40c and 75c Carter's Pills, reg. 25c 15c Eno's Fruit Salt, reg. $1.00 . for - -."-��������� 65c Zambuk, reg. 50c - 35c We have an overstock of hair brushes which we are offering at - - 50c Regular price $1.00. These are extra value. We also have an extra supply of Hot )ATater Bottles which we are offering at reduced prices. $2.25 and $2.00 bottles, $1.50 $1.50 " $1.00 Stone Hot Water Bottles or Pigs, reg. $1,00 - 50c A fresh lot of j Neilson's Chocolates just arrived. Lee Building, Broadway and Main PHONE FAIRMONT 1852 (At it here since 1900) (A Trust Company) One Dollar Down and a little added each month, together with the interest WHICH WE ADD EVERY MONTH develops The Saving Habit which will lead you to Easy Street. and Prosperity Any financial man will tell you IT IS THE FACT that we maintain a spot cash reserve proportionately similar to the jereat banking institutions and exhibit A DAILY BALANCE SHEET in our office. Deposit With US PRCfCRTTMANAC^ AGREEMENTS BOUGHT *"*; COLLECTED. Short Lo&ns^ posits SyEJECT to erffcqvE Dow,Fraser L Co.1���������, 317-3,21 C&mlu* Street ' SAFETY DEPOSIT Specially inaured against burglary and hold-ups. NOTARY PUBLIC; Dow, Fraser & Co. LIMITED 317-321 Cambie Street 2313 Main Street Between 7th and 8th Aves. McKay Station, Burnaby Uutliiifi Program oi Proplietic To Interested Friends: '���������:'--~- , 1. The Conference wil open on Tuesday evening, February 24, at 7:30, with the administration of the tord's Supper, in The Moody Church,, at Chicago Avenue and North La Salle Street, when an aiddress will be given by the Rev. Robert Mc- Watty Russell, D.D., LL.D., President of Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa., on "The Kingdom View of the Gospel as Related to the Missionary Program of Christ." This address while concise; is exceedingly comprehensive, and is important to be heard as -it-will cover the whole stiope of the Conference. 2. One hour of each day wili be set apart for a series of Bible expositions by the Rev. C. I. Scofield, D.D., of New York, Editor of the Scofield Reference Bible,: whose.theme is-y ''The Doctrine of the Last Things as found in the Prophets, the Gospels, the Epistles and Revelation. '���������'.' A request has come for a series of studies in the books of Ezekiel, Daniel and. Revelation, and circumstances permitting^ should ho other provision be made, they will be given by theundersigned. 3. It is felt that intercession, supplication and prayer are as important at this crisis as even Biblical instruction, and one of the best hours of the day will be set apart for that spiritual exercise under the leadership of the Rev. R. A. Torrey, D.D., Dean of the Bible Institute, Los Angeles. 4. One session willbe devoted to a Pastor's symposium on "The Doctrine of the Second Coming of Christ as a Working Power in the -Church and Community." This will be in charge of the Rev. W. Sneedj D.D., Pastor of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, Pa.; and while it will be open to the participation of pastors generally, a special feature will be a report of the "Denver Plan" by a delegation of pastors from that city, appointed by the Rocky Mountain Bible Conference. 5. Another session will be devoted to an " Experience Meeting" on the theme, "How I Became a Premillennialist." Mr. Charles Or. Trumbull, Editor of The Sunday School Times,- will preside, and open the subject. . 6. Other, hours of the Conference are set aside for the consideration and discussion of the following themes: "The Second Coming of Our Lord the Key to the Holy Scriptures," by the Rev. Canon F. E. Howitt, M.A., Hamilton, Ont. "The Second Coming of Our Lord'the Fulfillment of Messianic Phopheey," by Rev. Ford C. Ottman, D.D., Stamford, Conn. "The Second Coming of Our Lord in Relation to Evangelism," by Evangelists William A. Sunday and h. W. Munhall, D.D. "The Jews," by A. C. Gaebelein, Editor of "Our Hope," New York. "The Present Day Apostasy," by the same. "The Significant'Signs of the Times," by the Rev. W. B. Riley, D.D., Minneapolis, Minn. "The Approaching World Crisis," by Professor Grant Stroth, Tulsa, Oklahoma. "Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth, a Reply to Assaults on Premillennialism," by President Russell. "Tl;e Second Coming of Our Lord, a Motive for Personal Holiness," by Dean Torrey. 7. If opportunity cannot be found for questions in connection with the addresses, a "Question Hour" will be specially arranged. 8. The evening meetings will be of a popular character with chorus and congregational singing, under the direction of Dr. D. B. Towner and the instriieors in music of The Moody Bible Institute. 9. The closing service on Friday evening will be a consecration hour following a mediation on "The Relation of the Holv Spirit to the Believer in Christ.",, 10. The members of. the Conference will be welcome to attend the classes of The Moody Bible Institute in session, as indicated by the schedules on the Bulletin boards in the* different buildings. A limited number can obtain entertainment in the institute, but those desiring it should secure reservations without delay. The cost will be $1.25 per day. Earnestly soliciting your continued prayers on behalf of the Conference, I remain, for the signers of the call, ���������'���������,.' -0, ������������������ ��������� . J . Fraternally yours, JAMES M. GRAY, ^mmjfr^f MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH Corner Tenth Avenue and Quebec Street Rev. A. F. Baker, Pastor. THE QRIM REAPER'S SPECIAL. CAR Motor cars are now so numerous that it is fast becoming an expert trick to cross a street without being run over. In New York last year the auto victims numbered 302, of whom 149 were children. To this awful toll of death must be added 1,212 injured, many of them crippled for life. And there were many more slight injuries which did not get into the police records. , ' i Place a young fellow at the steering wheel of an auto, and, whether drunk or not, his head swells so that he cannot see an ordinary pedestrian ten feet ahead of him. Fines have failed to check homicide by automobile, so now the police authorities and the courts are talking about adopting severer punishments. Imprisonment for the driver, and confiscation of the car, are thought by some to be about the right penalty. In many cities the death list is growing so fast that the responsibility can no longer be dodged safely. ^ -\ Severe penalties would not be an injustice to careful chauffeurs, and they are much needed to restrain the other kind. No man has any better right to kill or maim a human being by. an auto than he has by_ another process. "Thou shalt not kill.'' Despite the great utility and evident permanency, the auto is ah engine of death more effective and dangerous than a revolver, and the time has come for careful scrutiny as,to the capacity and trustworthiness of those who are permitted to operate them, \ v Neither drunkenness nor imbicility is "a good excuse for an auto crime. Fresh Eggs Wanted Are your hens laying ? If not, try Special Chicken Chop and John Boll Egg Producer Our large stock of poultry supplies are guaranteed and include the following: Pratt's Poultry, Regulator 25c ' Beef Scrap Pratt's Roup Cure 25c , Bone Pratt's Lice Killer 25c Shell, &c. F. T. VERNON 4 Phene Fairmont 186 Hay, Gkain and Feed Cor. Broadway & |Ktagswa? Solid Hand Work Done by First-Class Mechanics I Solid Leather =:- Solid Hand Work it o o ,, are necessary to produce ' \ | Good Shoemaking 1 Repairing : o o o We have all combined, assuring our customers good results. Surgical Work Given Special Attention. PETERS & CO., 2530 Main Street lie Miami snoenaitn Vancouver, B.C. ��������� '������i������'l"l"i"I"l"i"t"l"H"l"l'<-|������t"t������l"H������l"l������Mi������ ���������-*- ft -*--J������-T- - ��������� . -uV-.i-U^^-Ak^- r BLOOMFIELD'S CAPE 2517 MAIN STREET ' NEAR BROADWAY \ KNOWN AS THE BEST AND OLDEST ESTABLISHED CAFE IN MT. PLEASANT . , .-������������������������������������ - , . .. ._ , , .,j. ���������.... . , '- _ ������������������������������������-_ BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCH 25c���������11:30 TO 2:00 \: dinner 5:00 TO 8:00 p.m. SHORT ORDERS AT ALL HOURS J p i FRANK TRIMBLE REALTY CO. I Real Estate and Insurance Brokers I CONVEYANCING RENTS COLLECTED LOANS NEGOTIATED PHONE Fair. 185 2503 Westminster R4, Vancouver/B. C. ^���������������������������tftt+t+t^W1******** ������������'l'������*������������*'������������'l'������'������������������������'l'������������t*'������������*������f f.fi.fitii|ii|ii|1n������f.i|������|iir������'l"I"l"������-������������tH^W^Hwi' *"������'l"t������-ai������'i"i"i"l"l"l"t'i|"t"I"l"t"l"l"i"t"l������'l"t'4 DOMINION WOO0 YARD CO. { Cor. Front and Ontario Sts* Phone Fairmont 1554 Al Km4s of MiU Wootf Stored Under Cover '|ii|ii|ii|iitni"i'������i"i"i"������"t"i"t"i"t"}',fr������'" t "i <������������������>!������������������������ i������iH������ii'i.���������.>.-. ������������������������ i iii ii i i inn I lining fi">"l"l">"l"f'<"t"l"t">">,t^i,;*"������--f. -,. ^������������������������������������:-i"t"i"f}^i>������i"i"i"f'i"i'->H������'i'ai<i"t~i 'i"i"i"������ Go to the For Choice Meats of all kinds. Everything sanitary and up-to-date. "THE CANADIAN FISHERMAN" On January 15th the. Canadian Fisherman" made its initial bow to the public of Canada. This paper which is published monthly, is devoted to the industry and sport of fishing, the use and value, of fish products. The paper is edited by Mr. F. William Wallace, probably the best known living short story writer of fishing and seafaring life. Mr. Wallace has fished all up and down our coasts, knows the fishermen, speaks their language, sympathizes with them in their struggles, and has thoroughly identified himself with their work. He has a big field to exploit, but we are confident that he will "make good." The time seems most opportune for the establishment of a Journal devoted entirely to ' the fishing industry, hatcheries on the Great Lakes and hy Heretofore fishing and fishermen! restrictive legislation in regard to -lobster fishing on the coast. It is admitted by everyone that the industry is capable of much greater expansion and we confidently predict that this will occur under the leadership of the "Canadia Fisherman" and its able editor.���������Journal of Commerce, Montreal. were treated as a side issue, and had no journal in which their sentiments could be voiced and the importance of their work kept before the public. That the industry is a large and important one is seen from government figures. Today, there are 100,000 men and boys engaged in the fishing industry, while the annual catch is valued at nearly $35,000,000. Thfe amount of capital invested in boats and other equipment exceeds $20,- 000,000. At the present time, the cost of living, especially the rapidly increasing price of meat, is turning the attention of people more and more toward the consumption of fish, while the removal of duty on fish entering the United States has given n.n additional stimulus to the industry and fishermen are receiving higher prices for their catch than at any time in their history. . The government is doing its full share in foresting the industry by the establishment of fisli Calgary, Alberta: Plans are afoot to make an appeal to the Mineral Department of Canada and to the Alberr ta government to make a substantial appropriation for a thorough research of the oil fields and conducting prospecting work. The Alberta Oil Development Association, composed of public spirited citizens, have the -movement in charge and base their rights to assistance to develop a great industry of far-reaching importance, to similar appropriations made by the United States government to develop her oil fields. Trimble & May Phone Fairmont 257 j Corner Broadway & Westminster Road \ ��������������������������� -.���������-y.:..|. |Mf.| nmm i 111 >��������� South Shore lumber Co. LIMITED Lumber Manufacturers 1 Front St., Foot of Ontario St. ;| PHONE Fairmont 154 VANCOUVER, B.C. \\ . ,%.y.>4..w..}..{..}. .{.^..^v..'..^'..-.. . -I1, 4 II I I I-1 1"! 1 1"C"I"I I I * |i������������4.������4n|.4i������ lw Friday, February 6, 1914 THE WESTERN GALL. >r i GOOD NEWS AT LAST���������A 10- acre farm, the best land, with the 'best people, the best conditions and the best climate in the world,.'all for $160;, no liquor, with its damn, [able "blighting influence destroying men, women and children, and filling our prisons with,, criminals made by its insiduous use, allowed to be sold in the neighborhood; all "public utilities owned by the people (and you can be one of them); the water supply is perfect, 35,000 -gallons bubbling up from the spring every minute, giving a supply of the purest water, with 365 days of sunshine, with sufficient rain, enabling you to grow three crops a year and make a profit of $500 per acre, Railway in city. You are 2000 miles nearer the best market than California. You have the best shipping facilities. This1 sounds like the land of promise. It is. Some people call it the Garden of Eden. You will want to learn more, so call at my house any evening. 1768 Robson street. G. T. W. Piper. 1AKE YOUR OWN GAS FOR LIGHTING AND COOKING, ine 50-Light Machine, with splendid cooking stove and water heater; price, $650, will go for $350. Another 50-light plant, price $525, will 'go for $300. One 25-light plant, I price $360, will go for $250., One ,15-light, price $250, will go for $150. ���������Also a lot of globes and fittings, j All these gas machines are the best [made and passed the .fire underwriters. Must be sold. Owner rehiring from business'. 1768 Robson street. Sawmill machinery ��������� six saws, 3 saw edgers, 1 planer, 1 jack works, 1 cut-off saw and frame, saw carriage works and other machinery; cost over $2400; will go for $600 cash. 1768 Robson street. Phone Fair. 998 "Forward" This is our Motto for 1914. We are enlarging premises and our stock of Wall Papers will be equal to any in the city. You have our experience of thirty (30) years in the work of Painting, Decorating and Papering���������14 years in Vancouver. MHUi I CO. 2317 Main Street Phono fair. 000 I TAKE NOTICE that thirty days after the first appearance of this notice Phe Grand Trunk B. C. Coal Company, [Limited, intends to apply under Section eighteen of the4 Companies' Act to change the -present name of the Company to "The Seaton Coal Company, jimited." Dated at Vancouver this Eleventh day ������f December, A.D. 1913. , CHE GRAND TRUNK B. C. COAL COMPANY, 'LIMITED. NEWS OF THE DAY I MOVE FOR'ERADICATION OF THE', CIGARETTE. GIVES A MILLION, FOR CHRISTIANITY Wealthy Kansas City Lumberman Heads List of Contributors. St. Louie, Feb. 3.���������A belief that tbe "Men and Millions" movement, wbich was form ally put afoot here Tuesday by the Disciples of Christ Church, will lead to the christianising of the world, was expressed this morning by R. A. Long, wealthy lumberman of Kansas City, wbo started the movement with a $1,000,000 donation. He spoke to the committee of one hundred composed of missionaries, college presidents and church workers on the subject, "The Story of My Gift." Mr. Long predicted that the camp-sign of the Christian Church to raise $6,000,000 -would create a rivalry among other churches such as would lead to astounding missionary results. He was influenced in making the gift of n 000,000, he said, mainly by a desire to help the college churches, whore young missionary workero are educated. The committee will be in session here today and tomorrow, planning a campaign for raising the $5,000,000 balance necessary to complete a fund for missionary, educational and charit- ir'e pruposes. REGINA NOT AFRAID. It is announced that the Regina City council will authorize the construction of twelve miles of pavement and thirty-three miles of concrete sidewalks during 1914. Regina is one of the best paved cities of its size in Canada, and this program will further enhance its position in this regard. ( DEADLY \ Ottawa,1 Feb. 3.���������Andrew Broder, of Dundas, believes that cigarette smoking iB a pernicious habit and one which should be eradicated from the life of the Canadian youth. It is, therefore, his intention at an early date to move for legislation which will prevent the manufacture, importation or sale of that form of smoking. Mr. Broder believes in striking at the root, of an evil, and he is/aware that no legislation will stop the use of cigarettes if permission is not refused to manufacture and "import. Richard Bain of Peel, a few years ago moved for similar legislation but tils Intentions did not crystalize into law. Mr. Broder, however, believes that legislation along the lines proposed Is not only desirable but feasible. CHRISTIE MUST PAY A JM OF $500 Collingwood Man Sentenced for Theft " of Electric Light by Wiretapping. A fine of $500 was imposed by Judge Mclnnes yesterday afternoon, on John Christie of Collingwood, who had previously pleaded guilty to a charge of defrauding the B. C. E. R. by tapping the company's electric wires. It was estimated by ��������� Distribution Engineer Bush for the company, that Christie had been using a wire "jump" for eighteen months,vand in that time had defrauded the company of $234.50 for light. ' There were 29 lights in' the house at the time tbe engineer and OTTAWA DEVINE WILL HOLD TWO P������Uce v!aIted the place and dlBC0V* WEEKS' SERVICES HERB ered the ",ump" ln action- No CUI> An interesting event among the', lo- ref was pasalng throuSh *��������� *������eter. cal Presbyterian churches is to occur! uIn paB8ln* sen*������nce his honor said ln March when Rev. Dr.-W. T. Her-i*hat counsel for the accused, Mr. R. ridge of St. Andrew's Church, Ottawa, IR" Mait,fnd' had aaia al he couldln comes to hold a two weeks' series of exte���������a������on of the offence, and-after services ln St. Andrew's Church, this''86?0118 c������*slderatlon he thought the city. Dr. Herrldge is recognized as'^ndf ol ju8tlce mi������ht best be 8erved the greatest Presbyterian pulpiteer in|by imD0Slne & fine- Canada. His long period of service* "But I am .going to make that suffi- at Ottawa has been notable and his, ciontly heavy, that you may suffer no visit to Vancouver will be awaited misapprehension as to'the seriousness religious of your offence," said the judge. In default of the payment of the fine, six months' imprisonment Is to be Australian gum trees have attained i sprved. Mr. W. W. McKay prosecuted the enormous height of 480 feet, which [ fcr the Crown in the case, is 140 feet higher than the most gigantic sequoias in California, and twice as high as the great firs of British Columbia. How trees supply with interest in the city's circles. Alert Adult Bible Class of Mountain View Methodist Church meets at their foliage with water at such a 2.30 every Sunday. height is still controversy. a matter of scientific made welcome, dent 8. Visitors will be Johnston, presi- / ST. MICHAEL'S ANGLIC vN CHURCH Corner Broadvvay and Prince Edward Street Rev. G. H. Wilson, Rector TALK rGRAVING~ ETCHINGS AND HALFTONES f ARE NOW BEING MADE IN WESTERN CANADA BY THE MOST SATISFACTORY PROCESS KNOWN TO the WORLD THE "ACID BLAST' PROCESS MAKES YOUR ILLUSTRATIONS ���������-- LITERALLY TALK ������������������ MANUFACTURED IN WESTERN CANADA By tmi Cieland DibbuEmcCh l"������ FLOOR WORID BIDC corn m mm 1 Effort to Stimulate Growing of These Cereals in B> C. Victoria., Feb. 4.���������-In order to stimulate interest in the province in the growing of corn and ' alfalfa, Deputy Minister Scott of the department of agriculture has arranged for the distribution of quantities of seed. The corn will be given to applicants free, but a small charge will be made for the alfalfa. All distribution 1b to be IAIWT. ���������,.'���������' Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Cor. Tenth Ave. and Quebec St Preaching Service*)���������11 a.m. and 7 :������*' p.m. Sunday School at 2:30 p.m Pastor, Bev. A. P.Baker. 6-Hth Ave.. E*������t .IBM���������BH���������BWWff AVOUCA*. ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH Jor. Broadway and Prince Edward St Services���������Morning Prayer at 11 a.m. .Sunday School and Bible class at 2 :8f >-'.p.niV:>": ','.."������������������''.''���������;.. Holy Communion every Sunday at 8 a-m Evening Prayer at 7:30-p.m and let and 3rd Sundays at 11 cm Rer. G. H. Wilson. Rector Rectory, Cor. 8th Ave. and Prince Ed ward St. Tel .Fairmont 406-1.. male through the Farmers' Institutes' of the province; In the;JjfflclaJLcircularjdjajing^wjth; the subject -the following reference to the value of planting corn and alfalfa is made: ������,' ( "We believe thai you realize the immense benefit that would result in' this province if alfalfa and corn were to be generally and successfully grown. Without live stock there can be no permanently successful agriculture and no other two crops equal these for cheap beef, milk,. mutton or pork production." Arrangements have been made for each institute to make five tests with f.he corn and five with the alfalfa. Applications are to be in to each Institute by March 1 next and the forms are to reach the department here by March 15. Each farmer obtaining the seed wil be required to fill out a report form. minion Parks" as seen by an American writer, is beautifully illustrated* Edward Breck writes under the heading "A Nova" Scotia- Discovery" of the excellent caviare that is to be obtained in that province. _ A report is given of the recent annual meeting of the North American Forest, Fish and Game Protective Association by A. H. Smith; and every page of the issue is packed full of interest or information for the Canadian or American sportsman. ���������c >^M^M$M$M������M^������������M������M$*4$������������^2'*$"I-****3MI**������M*'-i'**3*-������**i?'S* Mrs. J. S. Almond, Teacher of ' VIOLIN Is prepared to accept a limitecL number of attention given to beginners. pupils. Special 181 Eighteenth Avenue, West 13-3-14 |������H������������4������H,4������MrfrH,*'M'*<Hi',M"M'**<^ ������$~H"<^,������H-*������4"H������**^rH-M"H-* "Rod and Gun" of Woodstock, Ont., has put out an exceptionally good issue for February, 1914, both as regards, the character of the reading matter and the quality and interest of the illustrations. That well known writer and naturalist, Bonnycastle Dale, contributes an article entitled "The , Beairman," descriptive of* a ranch where bears are successfully raised in captivity. A humorous strain runs throug this story, a slight departure, but an entertaining one, from this writer's ordinary style. "Prints from Canadian Trails" is a continuation of the fine series that * \ is being contributed to this magazine by H. Mortimer Batten; "The Do- A BIU COLONY LOCATED NEAR Tampa. Ten acres of the best land in the world for $160. Co-operative homestead. Lovely home in the sunny south at a fraction of the usual cost.- A fortune for you. C. W. T. PIPER, 223 Winch Bldg. GREAT CARGO OF BUTTER. More Than Million Pounds Coming to Vancouver Tonight. Victoria, Feb. 3���������With the largest Fhipment of butter ever brought north <"rom New Zealand, the Canadian-Australian liner Niagara, Captain Morris- hv. arrived at the outer wharf early Tuesday morning. For Victoria and Vancouver the vessel carried 23,000 56- hound boxes of butter. The refrigerating capacity of the ship was taxed to its limit in accommodating the enormous shipment and the market will be "lnttPii fnr the next few weeks. Much <-f the shinment will be sent east from ���������^annouver. The Niagara had one of the largest cargoes, brought to this "ort from th e Antipodes in a long Httk\ Tiie onlv other important item ~n t>n minifpst was frozen mutton of -"hJ"b thpre were a great many car- i^v,��������� ^vinirnra broke the record for tbp napsas-e from Sydney to Auckland 'M-M'-H-M-S-i-i-M" > 4 ^ -> f '1 VM~:-X~i-vv ���������M"M"M"H"1"1"1"*1 ������"W..|i.|i.> t|.i.,-Ji~..fc^ Mount Pleasant Livery TRANSFER r Furniture and Piano Moving Baggage, Express and Dray. Hacks and Carriages at all hours. J '< Phone Fairmont B43 ' r Corner Broadway and Main A. F. McTavish, Prop. ! M< ������������������!' H 1' II 11 111 H H I III 111 411 M Mil II II1.1 ,| !���������!���������!,> ,11 ,(+ '' .1- 4i ���������g������sjn|i������j>������g���������{���������������$������������*������������������*������������������������*������������*��������� .*. ���������*������������������;. ��������� III"! M"l'|.|..t������M..|.|M|4>.| I Mil M'������ VANCOUVER CUT-RATE FRUIT and CANDY CO. i J N. Ellis. Mgr. 2452 Main St. Cor. BfD&iWlJ : All Fruits I in Season: I Largest Stock of Confectionery Fruit & Tobacco on Hill; I PHONE Fairmont 638 | Free delivery to any part of the city. * > i T Ttie Best tape on \k Market The Somti Bend Malleable Your neighbor has just f ouncl out her ^range is three, ply. A sheet of steel, a sheet of asbestos "and another sheet of steel. She knows now why it d ^es better work and consumes less fuel than the old one^ The S3 towwaiwe s*g that range ranks first, but there are others. The design ancj construction of the South Bend Malleable was worked out by the most expert range.makers in the world and it took them years to perfect it. It is made in the pest equipped range factory in the world. v This great factory and organization concentrates upon one range, not a dozen or more, and they make that one range as pear perfect as a range can be made., /i -1 It we knew of abetter range, we would handle it, but we don't. Come and see tbis range and we will convince you. O'Ceclar Mop and Polish W. R, Owen & Morrison The Mt. Pleasant Hardware . Phone Fair. 447 2337 Main A'W-������'M������������fr^M"HMX~:-*-K^ | PHONE |; FAIRMONT $510 THE DOM ICE CREAM PARLOR PHONE a v FAIRMONT 510 264S Main St. 2d atore from 11th 4 v. Christmas Novelties, Cards and Chocolates at Popular Prices. X Christmas Crackers, Bon Boris, Toys, etc., etc. % MMHHUM ^SS^SS^S^^S^SS^!^^^^i ^cajsj ne^ttf- satsasuffiF-'TOU up. /.*_*��������� J"*-Li^>������CI3ii^l2^ '/ wt^lZX ������ u ������as3������^Har������������;3ES-S..^ ^ \ 6 THE WESTJ2KM UALL. Friday. February 6,1914 naught. If such things could he as that which had happened a month ago in Cameron'a dressing room, how much further might the Inexplicable carry? Of "what use were precautions against an enemy who with apparent ease calmly defied all natural laws? All the morning my thoughts had been running in this- line. Foolish and see what can be done for him, sir." He appeared to be about forty years of age, a somewhat.shrunken, weath1' er-bearen cr^axure, with face deeply lined and he If hidden behind possibly a week's grv������wih of darlc beard. It is not easy to read a man with bis ejes closed, butj, I was far ��������� from prepossessed Dy "what of chis tallow's fea- Hoi&CE. WAZEfflttP. Coi*rtt(*rtl: iStt. 4t. C 44*Ct*/A<r V CO. There followed then a moment of silence between us, while I selected a cigarette and lighted It. She had edged her chair a little closer to me ���������she was sitting on my right, as usual���������and leaned forward, her slender but divinely rounded forearms extended across tbe shining damask of 'the tablecloth. As I dropped my match upon the tiny silver tray wbich the Inimitable Checkabeedy had placed conveniently at my elbow I turned to her and aaw her question in her imploring gaze and attitude even before she voiced it. "Tell me!" was what she said. And although I knew that she would-demand it I was unprepared. To gain time rather than information I bade her be more explicit. ��������� "Everything," she "pursued, inclusively, with a peremptory emphasis which Indicated her determination not to be'denied. ' JiLy hesitation resulted in. some am- IpUflcatlon on hers part. She was ijn- patient as well as resolved, and re- ���������sented what she Interpreted as my re? Iluctance to gratify her. ��������� "Everything," she repeated. "Everything that you have been hiding . from me from the first. I am entitled to know. What about the head that was cut from the portrait? What was it that caused the shocks which brought on Uncle Robert's illness? !"Why did you go for the mail lour times today, and sit all the rest of the , itime In Uncle Robert's.study? What haa happened to make him worse ' this afternoon? What is troubling you, now? I'm not a child, I'm a woman, and I refuse to be kept in ignorance any longer." -��������� -She was glorious as ahe thus formulated her demands, her cheeks ..blazing, her eyes brilliant, her voice ja crescendo. She must have seen my iadmiratlon. - Certainly I made no at- . 'tempt to hide it; "and before she had iqulte finished I had possessed myself of her clasped hands, and was beatow- itng upon them an applauding pressure. . f j And '���������? argument prevailed. She knew ,ioo much not to know , more. 'Cameron's wishes ln the matter could " no longer be regarded.' Just -how 'tactfully I managed the disclosure, it is not for me to Judge. Perhaps I told more than I, should. Possibly I revealed too little. I was guided solely by the wish not to alarm her, un- ' duly. And yet, as nearly every feature of the affair was of necessity alarming, it became a vexing problem as to .what to include and what to omit. Eventually she heard the whole ^ story, every phase of it. And so' It is ' not altogether clear in my memory how much 1 conveyed that night and how much was left for me to add ten days later. There is no question, bewever, regarding that third letter wbich bad ' been so mysteriously received that -4ay. -J-drew it from -the -envelope, there, at the table, and we read it together, by tbe light of tbe pink-shad- ���������- ed candles; our chairs touching and her cool little left hand clasped hard In my sinewy right As I spread the sheet that sinister appearing black daub at tbe bottom smote me with a sense of ill as acute- thoughts they must seem to one who \ toes was on view. Ordinarily I reads of them; worthy only to be > should have given him scant heed, but classed with the idle, superstitious | today was no ordinary day, and' ray fears of young girls and old women, ! suspicions were superactive. Even the and impossible to a well-balanced, most trivial occurrences took on sig- "And now' he must get well," she! declared, with decision. "He must be well enough in a few days to be moved. He shall not stop in this* house any longer. He shall go where: he can be protected, and these fiends,, whoever they are, cannot, or will not dare to follow." clear-headed man of twenty-nine. It may be that I was not well-balanced .and iclear-headed. And yet the .sequel would tend rather to a^ contrary conclusion. Cameron was still reading the Herald, and I sat with a pair of binoculars at my eyes sweeping the waters tor the trailing smoke of a liner or some object of lesser interest. .' Presently the silence was broken by my companion. ' . "I see," he began, dropping the paper to his knees, "that China is really in earnest in her anti-opium cam- 'palgn. Two Peking officials have died As she spoke an Inspiration came from the effects of a too-hasty break- to me. "The yacht," I said. Impulsively she laid hold upon my arm, ln a way she had. "The Sibylla," she agreed, delightedly. "Of course. It will do everything for him."- , I "But what am I to tell him "about j this?" I asked, ln perplexity. For a second she was thoughtful. "We couldn't imitate the writing, could we?" she asked. "Oh, yes," I answered. "We could.' I think I'd even guarantee to reproduce that hideous black thing, but���������" "But what?" . "We can't imitate thejpapej*. The, paper is as characteristic* as any of the other features, if not indeed more so. And he knows that paper." "Then you must just He to him," she decided. "You must tell him the envelope was empty; and you must make him believe it." iing of the habit. Men do not die in !the attempt to obey mere paper re? iforms. The Chinese are a wonderful ;old people, Clyde." I lowered my glasses, all at once Interested. - "You've been in _China?" I asked. "No, I haven't,"' was his answer. "I've always meant to go; but when I was nearest, ill news drew me home; .and srf I never got closer than Yokc- nificance. And this was not a trivial occurrence. Certainly it was not usual. Fishermen blown to sea ' in storms and overcome by exposure, hunger and' thirst were common enough, perhaps, but' within the past week there had been no storm; the weather had been as mild as^that of June, with an August day or two thrown in( How was it possible, then, for this bit "of -��������� flotsam to have come where it was and in the condition it was? .���������' ������������������ ,"_[ To Cameron I gave no hint of my reasoning, but to Captain MacLeod I put the question without hesitation. "It does seem a bit odd, Mr: Clyde," he returned, judicially, "but you see his mast and sail had gone by the board and his oars, too. It looks to me, sir, as if he'd been run down, maybe, anfl nigh swamped. Of course we can't tell till he gets his, senses and lets us know." ^ Though this put the matter in a new light, it did not by any means relieve my anxiety; and I asked MacLeod to have a sharp .watch kept on ihama on one side, and Srtnagar, in *e *eIlowi addins thatJ would come CHAPTER VIII. 6omewhere East of Nantucket. - The Sibylla under stress of her powerful turbines was racing easily, reeling off her thirty knotB with no seeming effort and scarcely a perceptible vibration. There had been a stiff breeze during the night, but It bad died down at sunrise, and now, at noon, the sea was calm as the bosom of a nun. Tbe sun blazed on the yacht's polished brasses, intensifying tbe snowy whiteness of her glossy paint, and turning to jewelled show-, ers the spray which fell away from her sharp prow and caressed her long, sleek sides. It was wonderful weather for late October. On the nineteenth tbe temperature bad risen to-ninety in New York, breaking all records for; that date; and now, two days later, here at the meeting ot sound and ocean, with Point Judith just coming into view over our port bow, and Block Island a blur abaft our starboard beam, we sat, Cameron and Kashmir, on the other." "You've seen something of them in this country, I suppose?" ".No, very little. I attended a dinger once at which Li Hung Chang was the guest of honor; and I've eaten chop suey^in one of those Chinese eating palaces they have in Chicago. That's about 4ke extent of my personal Chinese experience. But I have ���������always been interested in the country lend its people. I have read .about everything that- has been published on the subjedt. By the way, did they ever7 find out who killed that boy of -Murphy's?" "Not yet," I answered. "They've had some of his own kind under surveillance, but no more arrests have been made." ."Murphy was released?" " "Yes.V~ He took up his paper again and once more I applied myself to sea- gazing. ' Far away to the .'northeast I made out? what appeared to me to be a seagoing tug or pilot boat, steaming, I thought, with rather unusual speed for a vessel of her class. It was not much of a discovery, but the waters nad been very barren that morning, especially for tbe last two hours, tend Insignificant as this object was I felt in a manner rewarded for my vigil. Half an hour later she had slipped out of sight and Lwas busy in an effort to pick her up again, when a cry from the lookout forward directed my not more than a point off our. course. "Come," I said to Cameron,. "let's go up on the bridge and have a look!" "And * have . our trouble for pur pains?" be returned, incredulously. after-deck, as though it were mid- *" ������*������������������������ ������������ *������������n> uo������u w������������>*i ������*���������������+ summer. For he had been convinced by my righteous untruth, after repeated and emphatic dinning, and bad | daily grown stronger; readily agree-' ing at length to a cruise along tbe coast, with Bar Harbor as objective. "That is precisely what I bad the . Sibylla built for," be told me, when ! W suggestion " found acceptance. "Oid you ever notice the inscription , on tbe brass tablet over tbe fireplace ' in tbe saloon? No? Well, it's .this: 'Sibylla, when thou seest me faynte, address thyselfe the gyde.pf my com- playnte.* " ' "I found ii in an old book, published in 1563, a poetic induction to 'The Mirror of Magistrates/ written by Thomas Sackville. You can fancy > how my, application distorts the original intention; but Sackville isn't likely to trouble me over it" to him later for anything he might learn. I took care, too, to caution him to make no mention of the affair in the presence of Cameron. It was not until after dinner that evening that I found opportunity again to question the captain. I came upon him in his stateroom, a comfortably commodious cabin, far forward on the upper deck. On his table was spread a chart, over which he was bending when I entered. A briarwood was gripped firmly between his teeth and the grateful odor of clean pipe smoke greeted me as I entered. "He's come around, Mr. CJyde," he informed me, turning, about in his swivel chair, "and I'm just trying to check up some of his statements by means of /his chart here, and our weather record." "And how do they check so far?" I asljced, a' little dubiously. "Quite to a dot, sir," was ,his answer. "There's no breakdown anywhere, so far.' According to his story, he sailed out of Gloucester harbor on Monday morning. His name's Peter Johnson, and. he lives in East Gloucester. He says the wind was strong from the westward, and he made the banks all right without mishap. But about noon, the wind died, and a thick fog came in from the northeast, chill and sopping, sir. He kept moving about, and finally in tbe thick of it lost his bearings. It had clouded over and after a little it began to rain. ,He made a try for Gloucester harbor, but must have sailed southeast instead of northwest. Then the night came down, and the fog was like a dozen blankets; he says. His food was gone and most of bis water, but. be said he'd seen worse than that many a time, and just prayed for the. fog to lift and give him a sight of the stars. watching tfs* moon slide slowly, below the dark horizon line. Our chairs were close together, facing the lee rail; his the farther astern. We talked of many things, I remember. He was always interested in my work, and especially in my* ambitions to make The Week a power, for national good; and, I remember that we discussed several projects I then had in mind for bringing about reform in high places. But the subject which then interested me most, and regarding which I still experienced a vague, unreasoning uneasiness, he had avoided throughout the day and evening, with what seemed to me studied intent. ' The sudden cessation of hostilities on" the part of those whom he had been gjven every reason to look upon as his implacable enemies, was certainly strange enough to have invited endless debate; and I marveled that, iafter having accepted my falsehood as truth, he bad not chosen to go over with me the whole maryelously per-: plexing business. His mind, I' knew, was relieved' by what I had made him believe, or he would not now be the man he was;' but despite that, it appeared to me, it would be most natural for him, on this day of all days-^the' twenty-first of the month���������to question, at least, my'previously' emphatically stated conclusions. There had been a moment of silence between us, and these reflections were [dominant with me, as six bells, ring- ling out musically, announced- that (midnight was but an hour distant. At that instant, while in time to the Ibell's strokes, there echoed in my Ibrain the words: "Know then, that be- jfore the morning of the eighth day jbence���������" Cameron, lowering his ci- jgar, turned to me with: 1 "Clyde, I wonder if you have for- jgotten what day this is!" { I don't know why, coming at JuBt that particular juncture, the question should be more upsetting than if it bad come at some-other time of day, but I know it seemed so to me. For a little space my tongue refused Its office. There was a lump in my throat which demanded to be swallowed, and I made a pretence of coughing to hide my plight. At length I answered, a hit lamely: "No, , I haven't forgotten. It's Wednesday, the twenty-first of October." He returned bis cigar to his lips and smoked ln silence for a full minute. Then, he said, quietly: "It's seven days since that empty envelope came." "Yes," I returned. There was another slight pause and be went on: "I have been thinking that possibly; you were wrong about tbe significance' of that empty envelope. Possibly those enigmatical persons intended' that absence of a definite threat to; imply the inconceivably terrible." Now that he bad started to" talk about it, I wished that be had continued bis silence. I could not understand bow I had convinced him before, knowing all the while that I was. without truth to support me. Certainly, now, pervaded as I was with that grim disquietude, it would be even more difficult to carry conviction with my words. "Whatever they intended," I ventured, yielding a fraction of a point, "It'seems to me that they'll have some difficulty in carrying it out. There are no portraits here to mutilate and no mirrors to smash. For the previous performances there must be some more or less- simple explanation. Neither you nor I believe in the supernatural; therefore the things that determined to go to my cabin for a j night' glass which I had included" among my traps. But at that moment the sound, which I had made sure of, ceased, and I stood a second or two 'longer, expecting it to resume. Altogether it was not over a minute 'or two that I stood there.*" It seemed much les3 than that. Then I turned with a question for Cameron. 1 wondered whether^ he had heard the sound' too. / "I say, Cam���������" I began, and stopped, ] 'startled, .with his name half uttered. His chair was empty. He was not on deck. I ran to the saloon. He was | not there. I flung open the door of] his stateroom. He was not there, ei-1 ther. I had the yacht searched for] him. He was not on the yacht. CHAPTER IX. .,.. A Graft Without Lights. Composure is second nature with.,] me. I claim ho credit for, It; it Ib a J matter of temperament rather . that~ j cultivation. But now my temperament j was all awry, and my composure fled] me. Ir was excited. More than-that,! I was frantic, distracted, rattled. \ II wanted to do a dozen things at once;] to get answers to a score of ques-j tions in a single moment. And 1 consequence may be imagined. For five���������ten minutes,* nothing was done whatever. Then the Bearch-light was. got into play, sweeping the waters oi all sides, far and near; (Cvr-.tir.uec ...Next Weak.) TAKE NOTICE that thirty days aftel the first appearance- of ttiiB noticf The Grand Trunk B. C. Coal Company Limited, intends to apply under Sectior Eighteen of the Companies' Act tc change the present name of the Com! pany to "The Sea ton Coal Company! Limited." I Dated .at Vancouver this-Eleventh dajl of December, .A.D. 1913. I THE GRAND TRUNK B. C. COAl| COMPANY, LIMITED. "It's probably some bit of wreckage, ��������� j^n q^ next thing that happened was a box or a cask." ' ������ -! **������* * suspected, sir. He heard a "Very well," I agreed, starting off learner's whistle. He bad his sheet alone. "Even a box or a cask is worth out and was running before the wind, while as a, variation." j m$ that steamer coming upon him When on nearer approach the drift- out of the/og, caught his boom, ripped . ��������� 4 ��������� . ��������� . u* ing object proved to be a fisherman's out bis mast and nearly capsized his W������������f* a* Cragholt were brought dory, with a man, either dead or un- dory. When she righted, tbe-steam- abou,t ** natuJ?1 nie*08' ���������e*n*ow| ������' ceascious, plainly discernible in tbe er's lights were fading into tbe fog explicable as they were. Now no nat- bottom, I should hardly have been ku- again.-bis boat was-baif full of water ana w*^8-W^ be _brought _to hear man bad I not experienced a degree and bis oars were washed away. Well, of satisfaction over Cameron's failure 'sir, to make a long story abort, be must have caught a current that carried blm well out beyond Cape Cod, as a prophet. That, however, was tbe least abiding of my sensations. In an instant.lt had given way to anxiety" concerning the boat's occupant and interest in tbe business-like maimer and then slewed him around the southermost end of Nantucket island. I questioned him about lights and fog I repeat this explanation now main- *������ which MacLeod, the stocky young signals, and making due allowance for ly poignant as a rapier thrust, and '. \y to indicate the improved temper of executive officer of the Sibylla, was bis condition, bis yarn works out pret- the heavy, regular, upright chlrog raphy, with its odd f*s and p's, so awesomely familiar, was scarcely less disturbing. 8ilently the girl and: I ran through the dozen lines. Like its two predecessors the letter began with the sentence: ���������That which you have _ wrought ���������ball ln turn be wrought upon you." No longer could tbis be regarded as Idle boasting. It bad become an edict of grave significance. And what fol- the speaker. His mind was .placid once again, and with this recovered placidity had come a return of bis quiet humor. For my own part I was not altogether happy. My delight over my friend's recovery, and Evelyn's pleasure thereat, was curdled by self-reproach regarding the instrument I had employed to bring It about. A lie is to me a most contemptible agent, and to make'use of one has been always abhorrent In v this instance I had salved my con- lowed only emphasized tbe proven science In a measure with tbe old ex- force behind this series of singular caee that the end justified the means, communications. but It was only in si measure, and I "All having been performed as fore- waB jw fr0m b^g M happy as I told, our power is demonstrated." pretended. Then, simply, almost crudely, but, j Moreover, I could not rid myself of of horrid poignancy, ran the words: "Know then, that before the morning of the Eighth Bay hence, as passed (of men ' Asl Ithe face from the portrait, as passed ithe reflection from the mirror, so tyou, physically, will pass from sight men into torment." read my breath caught in my ithroat and my pulses paused. Evelyn ipressed closer to my side, and I felt 'her shiver as with cold. The final [words, solemn, admonitory, priest-, like, were these: "Say not Heaven is high above! JReaven ascends and descends about lour deeds, dally inspecting us, where- jaoerer we are." Instantly she turned to me, and I there were tears on her cheeks, and that her long dark lashes were wet. ���������Ton cannot tell him this, Philip," {���������he said, her voice low hut unfalter- iing;. ^No," I replied, "I cannot tell him. fc. his present condition, it might be an uneasiness���������a misery, indeed, in, which I was now without company- concerning the day and its menace. I say "without company," for Cameron, of course, had quite dismissed the subject, and Evelyn; who previously was greatly perturbed, had seemed to put away all apprehension directly ���������he saw us safe aboard the yacht. There had been some talk of her accompanying us, but without signifying my real reason, I had managed to dissuade her." For my disquietude there was certainly no logical ground. I had taken the precaution: of having the Sibylla searched from masthead to keelson before sailing. The coal was (examined as carefully as that of a battleship in time of war; every locker 'and cupboard was inspected; even the< Ventilators were metaphorically turn- preparing to pick up our find. The engine room had been signaled half-speed ahead, and already a sailor with a coil of rope in hand was stationed at the forward gangway. I have frequently, seen river pilots make, landings that were marvels of clever calculation, but I never saw any steering more accurately gauged than that, by which MacLeod, here in the open; sea,, with the precarious swell and, surge of ocean to combat, brought the> yacht gliding within a bare three; inches of the rolling dory's bow. v, I was leaning over the rail as wei 'came thus upon the castaway, and' saw clearly enough for just a moment! the huddled creature In oilskins, silent) and motionless in the stern, with closed eyes and wet, dark hair mat-i ted upon his forehead. Then a sailor,, dropping lightly into the boat, shut oft* my view for a little. There was a whir of flung line; an exchange of quick-spoken, and to me unintelligible/ words between the sailor in the dory < and a sailor standing beside me on the yacht's deck; and then, the line was taut and straining, and the dory,, which had sheered off astern, was,being brought- up slowly alongside. Now, I realized for the first time that our engines had Btopped and that, save for the roll, we were almost stationary. They were lifting the fisherman ty straight. He'd been drifting about for three'days when we picked him' up and was half dead of thirst and hunger. But he's come around better than might be expected, and���������" ��������� And then I interrupted him. ' "Three days without water?" I questioned. '���������'<���������". "And without food. Yes, sir." '���������When did he tell you this story!" , "About six o'clock, sir." "Could a starving man recover that quickly?" _ "He might, sir," MacLeod answered. "The average healthy man can go ten days.-without food or drink." -t "What have You done with him?" "He's in the seaman's quarters, for* ���������ard, sir." , "See that he's kept there, Mr. Mac- Leod/r I told him." ITd feel better if you put a watch on him tonight Tomorrow we~ll run in to-Gloucester and look up Ms people and friends.'* ... j f. "Very Mood,, sir." '���������"��������������������������� ';>:jr:~:r~''~::l' I "Thank you." ' I thought of having a look at Peter Johnson, myself, for I waB somewhat curious to study that face again when it was sentient, and had eyes open, but on second thought I decided to wait until morning. It seemed silly to suspect, this "seemingly honest but unfortunate fisherman. . We had not been speeding so well during the afternoon; there was some aboard when Cameron,. at length , trouble reported 'from the engine aroused by the unusual, strolled for-! ward and joined me. . "There's your bit of wreckage," I observed, smiling. "Poor devil!" he exclaimed, aym- He seems more dead ed inside out and < the record of every man of the crew was looked into j pathetically, with vigorous scrutiny. So I could see than alive, no loophole unguarded. But the past j "He's breathing, sir," announced was an argument -which set logic at. Brandon, the first officer, "and not i much more. We'll take him below. room, and it was a question whether we had ,made oyer fifteen knots an hour since two o'clock. ._^l know that at ten o'clock that night, when the moon went down, we were somewhere east of Nantucket, and directly in the path of the transatlantic liners. The night was balmy^as a night in springtime, and Cameron and I in ; light overcoats sat en tbe after-fleck. toXperform any such legerdemain on this yacht. You know that. There's not a man here, except that poor old fisherman, that we don't know all and everything about. So, I say, no matter what they planned; this'time they are outwitted." And even as I saldi it, I saw clearly before my vision these words: "Say not Heaven is high above! Heaven ascends and descends about our deeds, daily inspecting us wheresoever we are." "Then you agree with met You* think something may have been, planned?" ."'" "I wouldn't pretend to interpret their symbolism," I answered evasive-' ly. "Tbe empty envelope impressed, me as synonymous with saying,: "Nothing more at present!' Even now I think that if they bad. meant to continue they would have* said so. I'm almost sure they .would." 1 I waB quite sure, of course, hot I! dared not -say so. ' Cameron smoked on quietly for ft; while in a ruminative mood. Even-; tcally be threw the end of his cigar, ever the rail, and leaned forward. / '1 don't know," he said perplexedly.) ���������hi don't know." This I hoped Was to he the end; of the matter/for tonight at least; but; presently he began to talk of those' first two letters, to conjecture, to wonder, to dissect phrases, to dig out subtleties' of meaning from euphemistic expressions. And then I knew that, he bad every word memorised, just as I had. Seven bells had struck and we were Still talking'. But now and then there were pauses in our converse���������-intervals of silence of varying length���������during which I sat with my gaze stretching out over the black waters and my hearing strained for any. unusual sound. More than once,during the evening I thought I had detected far off the pounding note of 'a motor boat's exhaust, but had put the notion aside as too improbable for entertainment. Now, faintly, I seemed to hear it again; not so distant^ but muffled. I got up and stood close to the fall, and listened with ear bent. Then I HOTXOE: ^ NOTICE is hereby giv.ei* that an appli-l cation will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British! Columbia, at its next- Session for anj Act amending the Chartered Account-, ants Act, 1905, by providing: (a) No person shall be entitled to take -or use the designation "Chartered Ac-j countant," or the initials "P.C.A;, "A.< v.," "C.A.A.," or "Ca," either alone1 or ln combination with any- other wordd or any name, title or description implyJ ing that he Is a Chartered Accountant or any name, title, initials or descrlpj tion implying that he is a. Certified countant or an Incorporated Accountant! unless he is a member of the InBtltutf in good standing and registered as suet (b) A penalty for the contraventio^ of the above and the manner in whicl] such penalty shall be dealt with. (c) That the Institute shall keep Register of Members and providing copy of such Register shall be evldenc| in all Courts. (d) That Section 6 of the said Act bl amended by striking out all the words therein after the word "expefllent" ii 'he 13th line thereof and by substituting the following:' "(a) Every member of the Institute' shall have the right to use the deslg-j nation 'Chartered Accountant* or Initials 'C.A.' and may vse after namei', if the Institute Bhall h granted him a Certificate of Fell owl ship, the initials 'F.C.A.' signifying 'Fellow of the Chartered AccountanteJ and if the Institute shall have,granted him a Certificate of Membership, th������ initials 'A.C.A.* 'signifying 'Associate of the Chartered Accountants."* Dated at Vanvouver. B.C., thl8i������21aj day of November, 191fT. "COWAtf. BITCHIB &QBANT. Solicitors for the Applicants^ I " ��������� A PETPCTIV^S APVJCl Before employing a JPri- vate Detective, if you don't know y������VT nua, aric your | legal aaviMr. JOHNSTON, tit* .Secret' Service l������rtel|lgenc# Bti* read. Smu 103-4 - ' 319 Pender St., W. V������������������>������ver. 8. fc. Every Womsa t la Interested and f hoalu know! about the wonderful I Auk your drogirht It If be cannot'���������' ,_ tbe MAKVKL. Keep? other, bat send ettmp i troted book���������waled. It particular! and direction (0 Udlea.WrNneOK8ITrPI.VCO..WtodMr.������>i>t| - . _ -JS?* ticolara and direction* Invaluable ~ .wrNneoK8tTrpiYco..*ff General AcenU for Canada- And Palmistry MRS. YOUNG >-��������� (Formerly of Montreal) Ghros Praotloal Advloo On Business Adaptation, Health and . Marriage. 805 Granville Street, Corner Robson' Hour?,: 10 a. m. to 9 p. m ' . .SfSfl 1 ���������", . r , ' '> 'i . ,<<-tyl > Friday, February 6. 1914. THE WBSTJBBN CAIfc.' '*.���������������'������������������ ������"������ I '���������"!'��������� ������.i������i������i������i������ ������<"! ������������������������'������������������'������������������ I y THE SCHOOL OF CERTAINTIES (Affiliated with the Business Education Association ot Canada) WE OFFER YOU The best Business School premises in the city. They are bright, well ventilated and sanitary. Modern equipment in all departments and new throughout. Over sixty typewriters of the best makes, i A staff, every member of which is normal-trained and has had at least six years of actual teaching experience. We have secured the best obtainable. /We will not employ inexperienced teachers. Courses that are uprto-date in every respect. In a word���������Everything that should form part of a good school. SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING COURSE y Shorthand Typewriting ^ Business English Spelling Rapid Calculation , Penmanship Office Practice COURSE IN ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING (Night School) COMMERCIAL COURSE . Book Keeping Business Arithmetic Rapid Calculation Spelling "Penmanship Business English Office Practice Commercial Law. . ENGLISH COUPSE (Night School) LAUNCH OF "COQUITLAM CITY." keel of another schooner of the same type being laid within the next ,six weeks. * BREAKERS !5 METHOD I SIM - ADRIFT. E. SCOTT EATON. B. A.. Principal WINTER TERM OPENS MONDAY, JAN. 5,1914 Qet Full Information Today��������� Phone Fairmont 2075 CORNER MAIN AND 10th AVENUE* VANCOUVER, B. C. Port Coquitlam.���������The first oceangoing vessel built on the Fraser or Pitt rivers was successfully launched from the ways of the Canadian "Shipbuilding and Marine Railway Com- j , ~ pany at the confluence of those rivers I, We quote from a recent review of Saturday. She is a four-masted I*>r. Munhall's book entitled "Break- schooener. Bunting decorated her'ers! Mthodism Adrift." spars, and five hundred people cheered " 'It may seem a severe thing for a lustily as she slid gracefully into the Methodist bishop and one who has trial, of profound perplexity. Good, religion is'a thing of the past. ^jCath- .. olicism, like' a stalking horse, advances through the land gathering in its millions of dollars and millions of - of - member's to do homage to the, bones of St. -Anne, or to -the pope.; Such a thing as radical, old-fash-; ioned conversions and sanctifications are looked upon as profoundest expressions of mania* the vaporings of the insane. -��������� ���������* ���������������������������������-���������*. wSm water. Mrs. J. R. Mackenzie of Port Coquitlanv broke the customary bottle'of wine over her bows and christened the boat "Coquitlam City," whose name wilbnow be carried into many ports of South America and the West Indies, where she will be engaged in the lumber trade. Successful Launch. A short time after the hour set for the launching of the boat began to slide down the ways and, as she gracefully took the water, blasts from the steamer Paystreak's whistle answered the salvoes of cheers from those on board and the crowds on shore. A special channel had been dredged out into the stream and she traveled out into the wide Pitt beautifully, the tide carrying her up stream some little distance before the anchor was let go. On her stern was painted "Coquitlam City, Vancouver, B. C." Mr. J. D. Shafner is the head of the Coquitlam Shipbuilding and Marine Railway Company, and he has had the schooner under construction since March of last year. Mi*. Shafner has built" many similar boats in Nova Scotia, and most of the shipwrights who have been engaged on the "Coquitlam ������, City," were" especially brought _>out from Nova Scotia. Thirty men have been employed in building her, and as many as fifty skilled workmen have been engaged at the yards, for the new Dominion government snagboat is , also being built there. Built of Coquitlam Lumber. The schooner has cost $70,000 to build, and all the lumber which has gone into her, except that of the keel and the spars, was logged off St. Mary's Heights, Coquitlam. She is 216 feet in length over all, witii 41 feet beam, 14 feet depth of hold, 17 draught of water, 900 tons is her registered tonnage, and she has' a lumber capacity of 1,000,000 feet. She is iron kneed and copper fastened throughout, and all her iron work is galvanized. A shaft tunnel 'and engine bed have been provided in case auxiliary engines are put into 'her. i There are good prospects of the been president of one of our largest universities to say, but nevertheless, I (Bishop Fowler) believe it to be true, that the schools and universities of the Methodist Episcopal church belong more to the devil today than they do to the church.' "Speaking of the theological schools of Methodism, Dr. Munhall says: 'Sad to relate, the most influential of these schools are disloyal to the Word of God and the doctrines of Methodism and1 are therefore not entitled to the sympathy and support of the church.' "Bishop Ames, on - his deathbed, said: 'I fear that our theological schools will give us, trouble.' Alas, too true! The theological schools are playing havoc with Methodist doctrine and revivals. "The book shows that Boston, Garrett, Drew, and Iliff arc all dangerous propositions and infected badly with dangerous, destructive criticism. 'I know scores of alumni,' says the doctor, 'of these schools who have taken up with the decisive and destructive things taught them, and not one of them is a soul winner, as real, loyal Methodists believe in soul-winning; they do ont believe in revivals in any real scriptural sense, and therefore do not have them.' "Touching the Book Concern, it is obvious to all that no longer is there attempt to keep the publications in line with the- doctrines and teachings of Methodism. On the other hand books- of all possible kinds are published and sold. Losses on the Advocates and periodicals were reported at last General Conference to be $212,502. These losses come out of the worn-out preachers fund. '"We do not sell,'-said an 'ad' of the Cincinnati M. E. Book Concern, 'merely religioul books, but every sort.'" " The college authorities do not hesitate to permit the frivolities of the ball room, or the disgraceful, lustful, influence of the dance. The old cKurch has drifted many thousands of miles from its moorings. We are living in an age of serious SAINT ANNE'S BONES. , We quote the following from the Associate Presbyterian Magazine for the month of January, 19,14?- "It is announced that Mr. Thomas, F. Ryan, the multi-millionaire of New York and Virginia, has given the money to erect a Catholic church in New York, which will be conducted by, a French Canadian order, the main purpose of which will be fc> preserve a bone of St. Anne as a relic and to promote alleged miraculous 'cures by its use. Mr. Ryan is plenty able toy place a set of Saint Anne's bones in every Catholic church in America, and' establish a goodly number of, Lourdes ~at convenient localities where the faithful may resort'for the far-famed cures of the Virgin Mary." WONDERFUL RECEPTION IS ACCORDED TAFT BY DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE1 Ottawa.���������Never before was a guest of the Ottawa Canadian Club.-given such a demonstrative reception as that given to William Howard Taft, ex- president of the United States- and now professor of law at Yale university, Saturday afternoon' when -he spoke on Canada and some of the most significent features in Canadian history. f t It was one of the most distinguished audiences that' has ever assembled to greet a vistitor to the city. H. R. H., the. Duke of Cdnnaught, and his staff were present, Premier Borden, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Chas. Fitzpatrick, chief justice of the supreme court, all the cabinet ministers, all the judges of the supreme court, Lordv, Chelmford, qff England,' J. Norton Griffiths, M. P., in the British commons, and other prominent men in' all walks of life were there. The feature of his address was his comment on the dangers, as he,described them, threatening, the repre- - sentative form of government on the I part of those who want to bring about what they term a purer form of (democracy. V, ��������� j / )fri|i������4i|ii(ii|$i|<������iHi4'i|i������i|������f 4'������*'H"l"l")'i t'i'i' >*v^-<~>-'.--������^^-K-^--fr^*y^������^ KJ t ! $ \'~'- ��������� \\ \t*������ *��������� "*' ���������v\ ft "5" ������������������;���������:. 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HAYWARD, General Manager JOHN MONTGOMERY, Contract Agent J r--~><-v+->->^-M-i-!-M~W--<~>-:''>* ' 4"*^K~>*'������<-fr������>>������M":''I"������'I' fr-I'-g-t' l"t I ��������� BflslB^Hr^^Ec^aiBMrtffiHfiffiffiffBM^ VYtK WESTERN CALL Friday, February 6,1914 *^ Wilson's Drug Store Main and Sixteenth Phone Pairmont 505 4* 'A t ��������� ���������ATLANTIC NE POLAR EXPEDITION. Read below a partial list. The.se prices are not for Friday and Saturday, but aire good seven days a week and delivered to your door. Send us your Prescription Work and save money. These are cash prices: ^Abbey's Salts, regular 60c and 25c for. 50c and 20c Allenbury's Foods, regular $1, 65c, 50c, 35c 80c, 50c, 40, 25c Horlick's Food, regular $3.75, $1.00, 50c $3.50, 85c, 45c Nestle's Food, regular 50c for. ....'.............:....,..... ..���������:;............45c Benger's Food, regular $1.00, 50c for 90c, 45c "Reindeer Brand. Milk, regular 20c 15c Minard's Liniment, regular 25c 20c Elliman's Embrocation, regular 35c. ;.....;.::..:!..... [.. ;.................25c Scott's Emulsion, regular $1.00, 50c i...::.:.L ;.....................75c, 40c Peruna, regular $1.00 ..:'.:. ..��������� '.. ...75c Burdock Blood Bitters, regular $1.00;................... 75c Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, $1.00..... .......:..... ;......... .75c Mennen's Talcum, regular 35c. 15c Carter's Pills, regular 25c ................; 15c Herppicide, regular $1.00 ....................75c Formamint Tablets,, regular 75c 1......50c Castoria, regular 35c .........:....... 25c X Cuticura Soap, regular 35c 25c X Hospital Absorbent Cotton, regular 50..... ���������.-)-. 35c v Lavonna de Composa Hair Tonic, regular $1.25.......... ....i........$1.00 X Ferrol Emulsion, regular $1.00 ;.......:......". 75c ������| Ayer's Sarsaparilla, regular $1.00 ���������..:......; ...:........i...85c *f Eno's Salts, regular $1.00.... :...... :.......... .............65c % Gin Pills, regular 50c ....���������........;........;,.. ......' 35c f Dodd's Pills, regular 50c .......:..:.:..... ..:. ..35c j * | f. 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Crystal Springs, Florid* A 10-acre farm; the best land/ with the best people, the .best conditions and the best climate in the world, 10 acres for $160; no liquor, with its damnable blighting influence destroying men, women and children, and Ailing our prisons ���������with criminals made by its insidious use, allowed to be sold' in the neighbor, hood; all public; utilities owned by the people (and you can be one of them); .the water supply is perfect, 35,000 gallons bubbling up from the spring every minute, giving a supply of the purest water, with 365 days of sunshine, with sufficient rain, enabling ��������� you to grow three crops a year and make a profit of $500 per acre. Hallway in city. You are 2000 miles. nearer the best market than California/ You have the best shipping facilities. This sounds like the land of promise. It is. Some people call it the Garden of Eden. You will want to learn more of this lovely place, so call at my house any evening, 1768 Robson St., and I will show you some of the pro'luec* and photos of this lovely place. C. T, "w". Piper. UIDACI. YucouTcr Kfcnd District.���������District of Coast Banff* 2. TAKE NOTICE that. Antonio Belan- ger, of ���������, Bret tan y Creek, occupation Miner, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:��������� Commencing'at a post planted at the northwest corner of Lot 922; thence west 40 chains; thence north 40 chains; thence east 40 chains; thence south 40 chains, for grazing. ANTONIO BEL.ANG-ER, Dated December 17th, 1913: 1-23-14 to 3-20-14, The revenue from the forests of British India"administered'by the Indian Forestry service, last year amounted to over $14,000,000. The cost of fire protection, tree planting and administration generally, was $8,000,000, leaving a net annual revenue of $6,000,000, which the forests are able to produce continuously, without depletion. The "Great Divide" is sometimes a very small affair in the Rocky mountains of Alberta and British Columbia. This summer a forest survey party sent out by the Dominion For estry branch, found that the headwaters of the Athabaska river in Alberta were separated only by a narrow strip of low lying land from the waters of a lake in British Columbia which drains into the Columbia river. Were the outlet of this lake blocked and a shallow trench dug for a couple of hundred yards, its waters could be made to flow east instead of west. A somewhat similar ~ case is seen where the head waters of the Smoky and Fraser rivers, though flowing in opposite directions, have their common source at the base of a great glacier on Mount Robson, which guards the boundary between Alberta and British Columbia. LAVS ACT. Tancouver Z,and District.���������District of Coast Bang:* 2. TAKE NOTICE that Frank. Rial Angers, of Brittany Creek, occupation Rancher, intends to apply_ for permission to purchase the following described lands:��������� ��������� Commencing at a post planted a.t the southwest corner of Lot 923; thence west 20 chains; thence north 20 chains; thence east 20 chains; thence south 20 chains, and! containing 40 acres more or less, to be used as a pasture. FRANK RIAL ANGERS. Dated 17th of December, 1913. 1-23-14 to 3-20-14. 1,500 Volunteers for the South Pole. ���������; Sir Ernest Shackelton recently described some of the physical hardships which he and his comrades will have to face on their forthcoming expedition ���������to the Antartic. Dealing with the subject of food for travellers in that region, he emphasized the value of sugar, the craving for which; he said, is most acute. "To show you, he said, how valuable to the explorer sugar is, there was fin 'rpe'on when we marched 321 miles, drawing laden sledges, in 14 1-2 days. Every two hours we took two or three lumps of sugar each. Within ten minutes of eating this we could feel the heat going through our bodies, i The highest temperature of that march was 62 deg. below zero. /'It is a remarkable fact that while high up on the plateau our thermome- ���������t-.ars would not register any. body temperature except just after we had finished eating. Just after a meal the mercury rose to within a point or .two of the normal. This curious circumstance has suggested a new arrangement of the hours of march. Night and day in the ordinary sense will not exist: for us. On the coming expedition: a'nineteen-hour day is to be ad- hered to. On awaking one hour will he devoted to preparation;, after this there will be a four-hour march, followed hy an hour's rest, another four- hour march and a second hour's rest. Sleep time, which formerly lasted from Tor 8 p.m. till 6 a.m., will'be shortened to eight hours���������the period after which loss of heat becomes more im- nortant than gain in rest. We ishall by this' means save thirty-five hours in a week and do about eight hours of marching a day. The arangement will he better for both men and dogs. ' "We shall take with us no stimulants except tea and cocoa. We drink the -tea at midday to refresh us for the 'afternoon' march; The cocoa, is taken last thing at night to preserve body heat during the hours of sleep. The greatest temptation'which assails an Arctic explorer is the desire to drink on the march. At his feet lies potential liquid in unlimited quantity. ?>ut the snow is at 40 deg. below zero and must be melted in the mouth. '.The heat required to melt it is; much too precious to "be thrown away, representing as it does strength and energy. " 'Catching cold' is almost unknown in the Antartic. The only time we ever suffered from a cold was just after we had opened a bale of English clothes to Ecrve them out for winter ���������vrar. The germs apparently were ly- ihs dormant, having been inhibited by the cold. They 'woke up', on being heated. The men whose duties took 'hem into the open recovered In a day. The others, suffered during four or five days. "Absence of sunlight has a most peer l'nx effect on the human complexion; '"'hen we emerged from four months of nisrht out faces were green and yellow. Thfi sun, however, soon restored our normal color. Another curious point noted was that all the fifteen men of the shore party were discovered to have blue-grey or blue eyes." "The volunteers," said Sir Ernest on Tuesday, "now number fifteen hundred. They include members of all walks of; life���������policemen, omnibus- drivers, and doctors of science. Today's post has brought us subscriptions of sums from 2s 6d. upwards. Yesterday at a meeting of the council of i the tRoya-l Geographical Society a grant of 1,000 pounds was voted towards the expenses of the expedition. At the meeting of the Council of the Roy1! Oeographicol Society on Monday it-was resolved to contribute the sum of 1,000 pounds towards the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition under Sir Ernest Shackleton. BOTHA AND BRITAIN. No action to Be Taken in Connection With Deportation of Labor Leaders. , London, Feb. 4.���������It can now be Gtatsd practically officially that/ no matter what may be the effect in domestic politics, the Imperial Government does not Intend to take the slightest action in connection with the deportation of the labor leaders from "South Africa. It is stated in circles which claim to know that the Colpn- ial office has been assured that the deportations were only undertaken upon absolute proofs of a plot by the '���������"���������'��������� leaders, in South Africa to capture the ministers of the Union (ibv- ernment and declare a labor republic. If that be the case, it is asserted that international law, as well as British' practice, would support every net of the Botha Government. The 'totalis are, not likely to come out un- Ml Parliament meetB next week, but 't- is eertRfn that when the subject is ���������'iscupsed. the' government here will ^e j)Me to make statements which will ^onwietcly ohange public opinion and place the present defendesr of the "la- ^t leaders in a very different position. A NEW RECORD. How An American Record was Beaten In England. A motor car was built in eleven minutes and put on the road in nineteen on Wednesday at the the Ford motor pworks at Trafford Park, Manchester, ���������bus heating bv six minutes the record at the Ford factory at Detroit. In seven minutes the chassis was.on t h n vrrow nd. a nd com plete. in every de- t.Ml. Four minutes later the body was !i position and all was ready for the rr>ad. Unfortunately someone had for- Tttnn to r-a^k the induction pipe, ''nd ^'rht minutes- were lost in remedying "-������������ fault. M the end of nineteen minutes the -.Turin��������������� -Hrtprl. and the car was taken f<->r a. run round the works with six rassengers. A BUSINESS COUNCIL (Continued from page 1) This has been done and the Award has been made. Now, since the award, as provided for in a legal manner, has been made, it is up to the city to say: "We have done our work and tare well satisfied with the award. And we shall pay the money."; The Canadian Northern Jlailway, Company should be so informed, and required to hand over the money without delay. There were only two bodies parties to the expropriation proceedings in, law and fact. These two parties are the owners and the city. These two parties did their work in a business-like manner and arrived at a sane and clearly defined result. No third party has any legal standing, and has no voice in the matter except to pay as per the contract. '' The city does not need to "Move to Set the Award Aside.'1' All it has to do is to accept the award; acknowledge it is a good award, and pay the money. This being done, it should hand on the bill to the railway company, and ask the provided for refund of award and all costs. Suppose the city grant the request, and suppose the award be set aside, then what! Just this: A fresh start, with all tbe usual delays, would have to be made, and fresh expropriation proceedings be carried forward. Then when the next award is made the same company would again move to set this award aside, and so on ad infinitum, et ad nauseam. And the City Council would be dragged indenifitely after the heels of the Sir Belted JCnights of High Finance. And this is the manifest plan of said Knights, if the city be so weak and folish. Now is the time to say we have done our work and accept the award- Come, pay over at once. THE SHUSHANN* (Continued from page 1) In Southern Niageria, on the' west coast of Africa, the British Government has done much to encourage the practice of forestry, and eight hundred villages now have communal plantations of rubber trees. The natives supply the labor, the native chiefs supply the land and the Forestry Department supplies the seeds, technical knowledge and tapping, appliances. The profits are divided equally amc ig the three co-operating parties. Gold run and on several claims on Johnson and' Wilson Creeks. The deep gravels laying on the benches have not, as yet, been prospected, but within the past 30 days twelve Porcupine Boilers have gone in over the McCarthey Trail and soon the work of prospecting will be begun in earnest. The gold so far found is coarse and lies:close to the bed rock. The bed rock is mostly slate and shale wih, here and there dikes of porphry intruding. The bulk of the timber lies along the Shushanna River and is from 5 to 8 miles from the producing claims. Most of the creeks have -good grade. Provisions have fallen from $1.00 per pound to 30 and 40 cents per pound since the opening of the McCarthy Trail, November 25th, These prices will be reduced still further as sledding conditiorfs improve. There are at present from 300 to 400 men and 11 women in the camp. A Post Office has been established and a contract let for two mails per month. An eifort is now on foot to increase this to a weekly service. DESCRIPTION OF THE TRAIL. Arriving at McCarthy, over the Copper Riyer and Northwestern Railway, we reached the beginning of the trail to Shushanna. The trail lies down the Kennicbtt River to its junction with the Nazina, a distance of five miles, thence up the Nazina River to the Glacier, a total distance of thirty-five miles. This is a water grade, and as much can be pulled as can be piled on a sled. Four and six horse teams are used with bob sleds for the larger outfits and single horses and double end sleds for the smaller. From the point where the Glacier is reached, the trail has been broken-for double end sleds only, yet there is no reason why bob sleds and four horse teams cannot be used if desired. It simply means breaking of the trail for .horses abreast instead of single. The trail over the ice is marked by tripods or stakes eight to twelve feet long, placed fifty to two hundred feet apart. In going into the diggings, these, stakes are kept on the right and in coming out, on he left, eVcept where two stand directly opposite each other, in which event the course is between. If this is kept in mind, there will be no necessity of a horse foundering in snow, for the trail has been well packed. A twelve hundred pound horse will pull fifteen hundred pounds on a double end sled from where the ice is reached, for the first ten miles, or to Clark's,Road House; from there on, for the next eight miles or to the Summit, the same horse can take one thousand pounds, and from the Summit to Shushanna he can pull all that can be piled on the sled and take the trip in one day. There are 11 road houses distributed along the tTxail from McCarthy to Shushanna and two relief teiits^near the summit of the Glacier. Good accommodation is to be had at all of them. Meals run from $1.00 to $2.50. A great many carry their own equipment and in this way are able to live more cheaply. A company is being organized to construct a telephone line from McCarthy to Shushanna, thus connecting the camp with the outside world through the U. S. cable at Cordova. The Government has detailed soldiers from-Fort Liscum to patrol the trail for the winter���������thus providing the same police protection afforded by the i Canadian Government. Moody STANDARD OIL REFINERY , FOR BURNABY INLET] The Imperial Oil Company���������alias 1 Standard Oil���������has bought 100 acres,] more or less, on the north shore of Burrard inlet near Port Moody, from the Vancouver Timber and Trading Company; price. $150,000 cash. The avowed intention, according to Mr. C. M. Rolston, manager of Imperial Oil Company, is to'build a refining plant at a cost of $500,000 to employ from 100 to 200 men. The plans for building and wharvesl are already in preparation, and withfl the C. P. R. branch recently constructed through property put in active operation, there should speedilyj bt a scene of great life and activity employing many hundreds of: men. The main wharf will be about fuet long, capable of accommodating the great oil tankers that bring irl tiue crude petroleum from Mexictif and California, Hints, are thrOwr out that special attention will be paiij to the development of B. C. oil field? so that with companies forming ami operations progressing at severa] different points���������Pender island, Gra ham island, Pitt meadows, etc., looks as if British Columbia, had last entered upon her age of oil. It is a common superstition amon| the woodsmen of Eastern Canad that many of the dead larch ytrec have come to life again. The treej noticed were not really: dead, hp\ ever, but had appeared so becausd they had been entirely stripped ol their leaves by the larvae of thf larch saw-fly. The tamarack is valuable tree because of its ability t������j grow in" swamps, and its wood is! highly esteemed for fuel, ties, fence posts and construction work gener^ ally. * Yet through the continued ravages of the larch saw-fly over one-half of the tamarack, in Eastern! Canada has already been destroyed! Mr. W. I������r. Millar, District Inspec' tor of Dominion Forest Reserves ir Alberta, says: "Along the nortr, fork of the Sheep river' is> found th������ largest body of non-licensed mer chantable timber which I have ye seen in the Rocky mountains. It i rather remarkable that this timbe consists almost entirely of lodgepol pine���������there was in sight at least tej sections (10 square miles) of , thi| timber." Qrip and Password "That the members of King Edward L. O. L., No. 181& at their regulaij meeting do emphatically condem the action of the present Federal admin-] istration in-the issuance of a Bilir gual postcard, as we consider the%c| to be dangerous to the unity of th������ country. As Canada is not a Bilini gual country, the English language and the English language only-must) be the language of the country. We1 call , upon our member, Mr. H. Hj Stevens, to use all his power and in* fluence to have the French removeo from our National postcards ant other official papers, and that a copy! of this resolution be sent to Mr. H.'l H. Stevens, the Sentinel and local] press." On Tuesday February 3rd, Mrs. Alma Keeler, the popular elocutionist, j gave a splendid literary and musical recital at tbe Labor Temple hall. The I affair was under the auspices .of the] L.O.T.M. Vancouver Hive No. 2, and I Alexandra Hive No. 7. Mrs. Keeler was assisted by some ot the best musical talent in the city, and the many who attended thoroughly en] joyed themselves. DISTANCES O M THE TRAIL CORDOVA TO SHUSHANNA Via McCarthy Cordova to McCarthy hy Rail.... ...191 miles McCarthy to Handys, B. H ......_..._ 10 " " Clarkins, R. H _... 12 " " Davids, R. H... .-......- .-- 18 " ���������" ��������� " Janey, R. H....: . ~ 22 "j " " Homestead, R. H - 29 " . ".-.-��������� "McLeod and Hills, R. H 1.......... 32 " " Clarks, R. H....������������������ ...... ...:. 41 " " ���������.'���������.'"'���������" Gwin, R. H ...._ : 46 " " 1st Relief Canm... _. 49 " " ��������� . " 2nd Relief Camp . : 52 " ���������" " Boggs & Youngs, 1st, R. H . 5? " " Shushanna _... .75 " The men of Mt. Pleasant Methodisf Church will hold their third Monthlj Assembly on Tuesday evening next Feb. 10th. Supper will be served aj 6:30, after which Mayor -Baxter wiL apeak on civic matters, with special reference to the help the church car give the mayor, council and committees in bringing about better moral con-J dicions in Vancouver. All members and adherents are invited. S. Mary the Virgin, South Hill. (Cor. Prince Albert St. and 52nd Ave.)J 8:00 a.m��������� Holy Eucharist. 11:00 a.m.���������Matins and sermon.- (Late celebration on 1st and 3rdi Sundays). 3:00 p.m.���������Children's Service (Third! Sunday). '4:00 p.m., Holy Baptism (except^ Third Sunday). 7:30 p.m.���������Evensong and Sermon. Vicar, Rev. Owen Bulkeley, A.K.C.(| Sunday School and Bible Classes] every Sunday (except third), after-; noon, at 3 o'clock, in St. Mary's Parish Hall, also Men's Bible Reading, every Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
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