BWWa~99^Bn~\wa~*\wMam~aam~^^ ��������� ,, --,_j . >L ^ j^^Jp Published in the Interests of Vancouver and the Western People VOLUME III H. H. Stevens, M.P., EDiTOR-in-Chief VANCOUVER, British Columbia, FEBRUARY 23. 1912.. ���������1 No. 42 c > ��������� ,* Sj NOTES OF THE WEST The important contract at Fort Churchill just let to the English firm of Pethick Brothers, shows that Old Country contractors are waking up in earnest to the great possibilities of the West. This is the firm that carried out the main line extension of the London & Southwestern Railway to Plymouth, and amongst other big things constructed most of the Plymouth main drainage. The founder of the firm, Mr. John Pethick��������� "Honest John"���������-was quite a character in his way. A self-made man, the late Mr. Pethick worked his way up from foreman of a lumberyard into one of the leading English contractors, thus showing that the Old Country yet holds possibilities for grit and merit. ' "Honest John" was well-liked by all his employees and was not above taking .his turn in a night shift or at any point where his presence and advice was most needed. His judgment was not always perfect, however, as the following little story will show: One day, arriving at the new Kelly College buildings at Tavistock, "Honest John" did not approve of the amount of slate being carried upon the roof���������this was before the days of the electric hoist. "Here, my man, that's not the way to carry up slate, so few at a time. See how you tire yourself making unnecessary trips?" The slate carrier demurred that he was handling all a man could mount the three ladders with and reach the top in safety. "Nonsense," said John. "Watch me^ see how many I can carry up?" and grasping fifty per cent, more than the laborer, he began the ascent. The first ���������and second ladders were surmounted in safety, when wind began to fail, and the contractor, releasing the lot with a "Look out, below!" they all clattered back to earth. "Oh," says the . laborer, "if that's what you want I can smash 'em up easier down here!" A story on the recent reciprocity struggle' reaches me that is too good to be buried in oblivion, and,was given me as follows: A certain editor of a newly organized paper was hot and strong in his belief that reciprocity would carry the day and backed up his opinion with a friend who differed by a wager of $50 that the cause of '^ reciprocity would triumph at the polls. The wager was laid some weeks in advance of the election. Meantime domestic affliction overtook the layer by the fact that his wife, who was' a divorcee, . leaving his roof-tree for her old one, the other ^ side of the line. Calling upon the editor after the result was known, his opponent said: "Well, what did I tell you? Now pay up and look pleasant. But man," he went on, whatever makes you look so glum? Anyone to see you would think you had lost your wife, or something serious had occurred." The editor admitted the sorrowful fact that that was just what had happened, and added that his wife had gone back to her former husband in the States. "Well," demanded the winner of the bet, with a sly chuckle, and ain't that RECIPROCITY? What better example of your own principle do you want?" History hath not unlocked the answer. Is it not about time that the postal "authorities awoke to the fact that Vancouver is no longer a large village, but a throbbing, busy, city that demands a metropolitan postal service in smartness, sureness and efficiency? Complaints reach me on . every hand of the slack work of the Vancouver * postoffice hi letters that go astray and letters delayed. Business affairs suffer more than the average man thinks of by reason of such dilatory methods, and it is time that the man who is re- ������ponsH>le took hold of the situation and faced it. We want more sub-postoffices; stamps should be served, as in France,^ at every chemists or drug store; more post boxes in the streets and a subdivision of the box system, which I can well understand has grown beyond the capacity of the G. P. O. to handle. Why not establish a call-box ] service outside the Postoffice at certain convenient points, or allow private enterprise to do so? New brooms are said to sweep clean, and, therefore, I totally disagree with the Province writer who penned that article, "No Need for a Change" *,m\ at our postoffice. There is urgent, pressing need for change of a drastic kind. Now Progress Club get busy. The momentous announcement of the Mc- Bride Government's railway policy in British Columbia is rather inclined to take one's breath away at the stupendous nature of the task confronting the Province, but one must keep cool these days and not be carried off their feet by real (Continued on page 4) * '���������^I'������'^|l������'^).>t3<^.i}<.t.iii.������.igi.>.^)^'i3mi|iit.^i,,nji.>.^i ���������nf>������Hfr������.ifrniiji.������n$m * ���������������*���������*���������* ���������** *���������*���������**���������**���������*.���������**��������� * ������.* *���������**���������* **** **���������* *���������*������������������** *���������*** A BOOH FOR CANADA. Our cousins across the border appear to be on the eve of a boom. Their industry, civility, energy and provincial patriotism are lifting them up before the eyes of the world. To begin with, Canada, geographically is a mighty country, and developments show that its farming lands, forests, minerals and other natural resources are almost limitless. Then. too. the big financiers of all lands are ready to lend their aid to help Canada���������and themselves. Business is growing. Virgin industries are being fostered. It is stated that foreign capital from France, Great Britain and the United States is pouring into the country without stint. Never has development been on such a gigantic scale as at present, and their number is increasing. Farmers are prosperous, markets are widening, new enterprises are launched, and the whole Canadian aspect of things takes on the appearance of a veritable boom.���������Michigan Advocate. THE ORIENTAL PROBLEM ������ A CONCLUDED Little do the people of British Columbia know of the stupendous prejudices and difficulties which confront them in their efforts to protect themselves against an inundation of Orientalism. Nor do they realize that a thoughtless flick of a pen by a cabinet minister at Otawa, in a moment of carelessness, would immediately produce a condition in the social and industrial life of the province which would cause them to stagger. Slight, indeed, is the comprehension of the people of Eastern Canada of the significance of the "yellow and brown peril," so slight that there are thousands who, with the utmost complacence, would open the flood gates of the Pacific coast province and magnanimously welcome "our brethren of Asia." Vague and meagre is the knowledge of the Parliament of Canada relative to this great problem, and how small and insignificant it is in the eyes 'of the Government itself; this is largely so because its effect is seen in concrete form, only in that province three thousand miles away, which to many, who have never seen it, is so wild and undeveloped as to be of slight importance as an object of ministerial solicitation. ' ' ' ' ' . All this is quite natural, but none the less regretable. It is a psychological attitude peculiar to the human mind. It is an expression of the sentiment which attaches great importance to that which is close at hand and imminent, and which minimizes the importance of that which is distant and, more or less, remote. It is quite true that this mental attitude is that which prevents the whole race from going mad with worry, but pursued to an extreme will bring the directly opposite result, the decline of the race, because of indifference and lethargy. Not for one moment would we suggest that irreparable catastrophe is knocking at the door in the form of "Orientalism," but we unhesitatingly assert that, if Canada permits the continued immigration of Orientals to this fair Dominion, it will inevitably result, in the not distant future, in placing in the hands of the awakening Orient a most potent weapon in the struggle for supremacy of the Pacific, and further in retarding, if not forever crippling, the progress and development of the Pacific coast province. ' Canada comprehends within her bounds all the territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and ' t an action which weakens any poinVwill correspondingly impair the strength of the whole. It is vital to the most successful development of the great Northwest, or prairie provinces, that the Pacific seaboard be held inviolate and as free as possible from all influences antagonistic to the interests of the whole Dominion. From, this standpoint, then, it is absolutely essential that the Pacific coast should be peopled by a race whose interest and traditions are sympathetic to that of the rest of the Dominion, and whose patriotism is of that calibre which would willingly make great personal sacrifices for the protection of the coasts. It is not sufficient that the government and social leaders be loyal, but the great mass of the people must have these sentiments deeply ingrained iii their innermost lives. Every class of society;* fronr the most simple and humble to the most influential and learned, must be permeated with the same sentiments, the safe traditions, the same national aspirations, the same hopes, the same loyalty. How can this be if 10,000 Japanese control your fisheries and incidentally your coast waters ? These men are, one and all, ultra loyal subjects of the Mikado of Japan. How can it be, when a large portion of the more humble, but none the less honorable, occupations are passing into the hands of Oriental/aliens, whose mode of life, and whose social and domestic surroundings are such as to practically eliminate the possibility of establishing in the community that class, which in British national life form the body of the nation, its strength and its stability���������the family of the artian and the toiler? How, we ask, can we expect to erect a bulwark on our western frontier against possible foreign aggression, when we encourage the establishment oh our coast of a race which will not assimilate and whose whole nature is the direct antitype of our own race; whose ethics, morals, religion, psychology, education is the antithesis of ours: whose social and domestic life, national ideas, economic conceptions and political training has no relative place in our great system; in short, whose life, in all its ramifications, is cast in an entirely different mould from that which fashioned the race which we are so proud to call our own. ' .. ������������������.-.,..��������� ; No student of human life has ever dared to seriously advocate the blending of the Occidental and Oriental races as a practical step in the advancement of civilization. Some persons obcessed with a species of race conceit which, all too frequently, finds expression amoug us, have openly averred that we could assimilate any number of aliens; that the,natural virility of our race is an impregnable bulwark against all danger from race mixture. This vain contention has been most assiduously advanced by these gentlemen in utter disregard of clearly apparent results, and of national laws, too well known to require repetition. How can we, a people not exceeding in number seven and a half millions, expect to assimilate < ' any considerable number of immigrants from races which number upwards of eight hundred mil- * * lions, even if it were possible to do so without deteriorating? Asia is awakening. The eight hundred millions of her people are gradually coming to a realization of their great numerical strength. Our chief defence against possible absorption by this almost irresistable power, lies in their internal dissensions and prejudices, which are so deeply rooted that they take precedence of everything else; also in the virility and stability of our race, a characteristic which has won for us the high position we hold among the nations of the earth, but if we should weaken in any degree the bonds of unity which hold the British Empire together, the boasted superiority of our race would be unable to save us from the attacks, economic, social and national, of the peoples beyond the seas. Our country is vast in extent and requires "men" to develop it, but we cannot afford to be reckless in our choice of men in our haste for development. There are two great problems that we of this age must solve. They are: the basis of immigration, and the form of education. We have been inclined to place too careless a value upon our citizenship, recklessly admitting to the full privileges of citizenship, people who know nothing of the principles of democratic government, with the result that thousands of votes are "delivered," in certain sections, on polling day. No man has a right to the franchise who does not know how to exercise it independently, or who barters that sacred right for a consideration; and we should not encourage a class of irmnigra. tion which is incapable of realizing, readily, the responsibility of citizenship, and who will exercise the privileges accorded to him in the interest of any other cause than that of the integrity of out own country as an integral part of the Empire. We conclude this series of articles with the deliberate assertion that the Oriental races do uot^ in any sense, measure up to the standard of citizenship necessary for the proper development of this country. In this statement we have no hesitency in including the Hindu and believe that bis claim to equal privileges as a citizen of our Empire, will have more weight when he has demon- ~ strated his capability of governing himself in his own land; then, and not until then, will his claim j, be considered, and when that time arrives it will be time enough for us to discuss more extensive- i ly the finer points as to what extent he shall be permitted to become a factor in Canadian life. ^, >*���������* ** **<* *���������*���������*���������* ������������������* ���������������*���������.***. **** *: *.* * * **.* .* m* ** *���������* ******** * * *.$:.**.*+.*.������,*,%.* %.* ������.*.���������������* tr* *���������* *���������* ij, TO COMBAT STREET ORATORS j 1 C -,,'J Professor E. Odium, M. A., B. Be. The Industrial Peace Association does well to consider how to counteract the bad effects of the vicious street "preaching" which has been going on in Vancouver during the last doien or more years. This "preaching" has varied according to the varied qualifications, dispositions, and rudeness of the many orators. In the main, those who have been at this work have opposed religion in practically every form. They have mostly repudiated or falsified the Scriptures and the preach- ing of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, WHO CAME TO THIS WORLD TO AID THE POOR AND NEEDY IN A PRE-EMINENT DEGREE. He was set upon, persecuted and murdered by the rich, primary because He wrought against the conditions of the day and in order to uplift the down-trodden. How strange that those who are now claiming to be the poor and the down-trodden of earth are the fiercest in reviling and perse- cuting that same Jesus and those who stand tor His life and uplifting teachings! Most of these "street preachers," who have for their rostrum some stolen soap-box, are imbued with the spirit of anarchy, violence, vengeance, \ and the destruction-of everything saered, including the home, religion, and the nation. Perhaps some of the more moderate who congregate and take a part in the crowds of oratory are turly desirous of bettering their condition and that of others. And it may be that there are many such. This I prefer to believe. The masses are not all bad. And I make bold to say that in the midst of the groups of the very worst there is the raw material of which good citiens can be made. In their oratorio bouts on the streets and in the halls they have only one side put before their minds. They will not go to the churches, nor do they care to listen to honestly good and wise men, as a rule. The fault is not all their own. Too many of the pulpiteers have only stones with which to feed them, or even worse. Our pulpits are not manned by fearless, strong, thinking, and - at the same time truly devoted, godly men. The men of the street, and of the "soap-box,"-find , that when in the presence of the average minister they are not with a man of living' spiritual fire. The minister can talk, joke, and' even tell dirty stories, so as to make himself "one of the hoys." As a rule such a minister is one of the'devil's cowards, and the honest poor men know it right well. Then other ministers, who have the obligations of the sacred calling upon their lives, spend too much time in the offices of the real estate brokers, company promoters, and speculators. Such men have little or no good lasting influence on the man on the street. I see by the papers that at the meeting of the Industrial Peace Association there was the sensible suggestion made that a number of young, vigorous, well-equipped men be sent out to meet the present street orators on their own grounds. With this suggestion I am in sympathy. There are five good, able young men in Vancouver who could do this work for every one of the present "soap-box" noisy, vicious orators. No man of good sense and spirit need fear to go into, the biggest and noisiest crowd that ever meets in the squares, streets or halls. These crowds are human, and in spite of many brutal, depraved savages, they are manly and delight in fair play. They would see that'-any man with a sound, sensible apt message to them would be heard. I never saw a crowd yet that would not in the end give every man a hearing. Now, what seems wise to me is the proposition made by Archbishop McNeil and supported by others. He thinks that the plasphemies and atheisms taught in the crowds of workers and nonworkers should be met on the spot. He advocates "some concrete working plan by which these fiery and almost atheistic declamations could be combatted successfully." I would suggest that His Graee the Archbishop and the Rev. Mr. Hall lead the way. The crowds would, perhaps, bother them somewhat for awhile, but in the end a. good hearing would be given. I again repeat that these crowds are fair in the main, so long as they have opportunity to reply. And even though there would be some fire-eaters who would like to prevent the "free speech" they pretend to fight for. yet the crowd, as a mass of eager listeners, would force these very fire-eaters to give an audience. Therefore, in all seriousness. I would suggest that some of the prominent leaders of the Industrial Peace Association take the lead. There are many who would gladly follow. This line of action has been adopted thousands of times in many countries. Now a plain word to those who are parading the streets demanding "free speech." They are not honest in their claims. They are the very people who are the leaders of those who SO INTERFERE WITH THE SALVATION ARMY that these good, law-abiding, Christian men and women were driven off the streets. They were insulted, maltreated, and badly used right here in Vancouver and were deprived of free speech. The Army used speech which tended towards the upholding of good laws and the spread of the simple gospel. The soap-box orators, for the most part, talk against law and religion. One stands for public safety and the uplifting of the fallen, while the other stands for all that is vile and debasing. The second are they who prevented the first from free speech and drove them in from the street Now these mean, contemptible breakers of the law and bawlcrs of and after "free speech," would trv to make the public believe they are honestly (Continued on Page 4) rFTVD M������gXSgA glKL *************4>************ ***************$*���������********* Toots We have the most complete stock of Carpenter's Tools ', \ ;; in Grandview and we sell at CTTY PRICES. We sell to ���������;; Sive our customers satisfaction, all our tools being uncon- y itionally guaranteed. Come and look over our stock. 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Magnone :: It************!************* .X������M^:>H*W������M4������������W ** *-^M������.: Congratulations to Mr. W. T. Mould C. E., on his recent appointment as sole Vancouver agent for the Far West Clay Co., makers of the famed "Denison" hollow fireclay building blocks. For the benefit of those building friends who have not yet called on Mr. Mould to learn the enormous benefits the ubc of these blocks are to a building owner that requires strength, speed and economy, coupled with absolutely dry walls when built with these useful articles. Mr. Mould who for seven years was consulting engineer, to the Kaln Trussed Steel Company, has now opened offices of his own at the Leek block, Pender street West, and will I feel sure be pleased to introduce his firms wareB to the Vancouver building public. One very good point abo.ut them is the speed with which walls can be built in the Denison in comparison with the older plan. The Denison block has come to Btay. That Vancouver is not behind hand in taking hold of all new and useful methods is evidenced by the fact that within the past few weeks a local capitalist has bought the sole Canadian rights for a hollow concrete-block, made by a patent, steam process. Development may mean the creation of another local industry. So mote it be. "Contractors must be all British subjects" is a refreshing line to read in Mr. Murray's the school secretary's advertisement for the two new eight room schools. This is as it ought to be, and should have been for a long time past on all public expenditures of money. There is no possible objection to a good American settling here and becoming a British subject in due and proper order. Only a few days ago I met a very fine specimen of the genus homo Britannica who told me he had held an American appointment for quite a while, but was retired for this reason. He was simply told "this is a public appointment and it must be filled by an American citizen, "Git." He got, and came to Vancouver, which fact alone shows he has good common horse sense. It is so often that I agree with Alderman White that it is quite refreshing to differ with him on an occasion, as I do over the award of the Seymour street paving contract, where he Is kicking about a paltry $1,300 between the accepted tender and the next. Why I distinctly remember North Vancouver Council cheerfully turning down a $3,000 tender���������lower tender than the accepted one, because of certain ideas of local men. This craze for accepting lowest tenders on permanent public improvements is one of the most foolish ever Invented. In such works I hold the opinion that the lowest tender should never be accepted���������for that reason alone. There are so many other things more worth while in a white-man's country to take into consideration���������that seem to have escaped Aid. White���������who even kicked about $30 increase to another Vancouver firm as against an outside firm. tfla eotnni ,Sn,.osperuaos arkrousH n The rule should be to accept the lowest but one tender all through, and the City would reap distinct benefit on all permanent works. I therefore congratulate Messrs. Nicksons on their success in obtaining Seymour Street contract. ' The Georgia-Harris viaduct is another matter where strictly local firms only should be employed, both to design and build. I cam& across a particularly bad example of an outside firm's work butting in a local garage contract. The plans were all drawn by a Vancouver man the specifications written, and the contracts signed by the agent of the American owner, yet after this the "invader" hawkB the job around Seattle and finds a man willing to come here and do the work for $300 less, by cutting down some desirable feature which the Vancouver firm could have done also. But mark the sequel. Not content with thiB the Seattle firm has the impudence to take the same plans to the Building Inspector, cuts off the Vancouver man's name and gets a permit on the same plans, which the local builder who is a well- known contractor had already paid for. O! America! America! Great is thy facial effrontery. I notice by a morning contempary that my Toronto friend Mr. F. B. Yer- bury has adopted Horace Greely's advice to "go west" my son "go west" at all events his press agent has in- dubtly reached Vancouver and I should not be surprised to see Mr. Yerbury��������� who by the way has become quite Ca- nadianized���������in the actual flesh any day. One word from a little bird who tells me that Mr. Yerbury is rather inclined to boost a certain Diesel Engine, I seem to have been reading the same remarks of his these 20 years past. 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MOM: Fairmont 1033R m*.*m***.m **������������������***.*******.. *************** >i*t*t*t������t pose of the organizers of Manitoba's recently launched publicity campaign to make a special feature of the future possibilities of the province in the way of poultry products and market gardening. Discussing these subjects a well-known local real estate operator says: "The best buy today for the. average investor is property suitable for market gardening or poultry raising. Such a purchase is a real investment, because it can be made to produce immediately a dividend on the amount invested. The future value of 1 desirable market garden property is determined only by the growth of Winnipeg���������an absolutely sure thing; because just as surely as Winnipeg grows and its people become more wealthy, just so surely will the prices advance���������of eggs, potatoes and garden truck of every variety. To the south good land close to the big cities suitable for market gardening or poultry raising can scarcely be purchased at any price. The same thing will be true of Winnipeg in a few years." Among the most successful of the established poultry farms now operating in this vicinity is that of the Oliver Brothers at St. Vital. Although this farm waB but recently started, the owners state that they now have 4.000 chickens, 1,000 turkeys and a large number of ducks and geese, these being housed in three modern buildings of the most approved type. ADVANCING REALTY VALUES. MOOSE JAW, Sask., Jan. 30.���������The management of the new street railway line soon to open for traffic in Moos* Jaw states that construction work on their car barn and power house will start at a very early date. An extensive amount of business for the coming season is now being booked by local architects and contractors. The j Toronto syndicate which recently purchased the EarnBcliffe subdivision or 160 acres to the north of the city Its preparing to place the land on the market early In the spring. The purchase price paid by the syndicate is stated to have been 1130,000, which is an advance of $100,000 over a bid made on the property about a year ago. EFFECT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT LETHBRIDGE, Alta., Jan. 30.���������John B. Craig, one of the best-known of Alberta's veteran ranchers, expresses the opinion that the closing out of many ranches in the province is the natural consequence of the development of the wheat growing industry. It is believed, however, by the organizers of the coming dry farming congress that a fresh interest will be aroused . by that event in the enormous undeveloped possibilities of Southern Alberta in many other products in addition to winter wheat. Already within eighteen miles of Lethbridge a sugar-beet factory is in successful operation, beets as well as many kinds of small fruits being very successfully grown on new land in this district. It is also noted that many fruit growers from widely scattered sections are signifying their intention of attending the coming congress, which is already assuming an international aspect in view of the long list of states and nations from which delegations are promised. ALBERTA S PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN. MEDICINE HAT, Alta., Jan. 30.���������It is noted that boards of trade and industrial commissioners in Western cities were quick to accept the lead when a few weeks ago the plan was launched to attract manufacturers to Medicine Hat. Such towns as Bassano, Calgary, Lacombe, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Taber and other industrial centres are now coming forward with well-organized publicity campaigns; and it is believed that the effect cannot be otherwise than stimulating to business throughout the province. Although Medicine Hat has been widely advertised on the score of low- priced power and natural gas, it is daily becoming evident that the immense coal supplies of the district soon to be made available by the successful operations of the Ansley Coal Company will furnish an additional inducement to manufacturers and other large operators which they are not likely to overlook. During the.present season the Ansley company has been supplying coal to farmers within a radius of sixty miles around, development operations at the mine meanwhile being pushed forward rapidly with two shifts of workmen. CANADA AS AN INVESTMENT FIELD REGINA, Sask., Jan. 30.���������-The recently issued handbook of the board of trade is being given an enormous circulation, and has already created a very favorable impression abroad. As illustrating the substantial growth of the cit, it is shown that eleven Canadian banks now have branches in Regina, although there was no clearing house here until October, 1909. Still another chartered bank will shortly commence the erection ot a handsome new building, the site of which has already been purchased. English capitalists who recently toured the prairie provinces have expressed .themselves in unstinted terms as to their impressions of Regina. Among these James McKay of Liverpool, England, stated in a recent interview: "Wherever one stops, Winnipeg, Calgary, Regina, Vancouver or Prince Rupert, the signs are the same���������progress and optimism. The sanest values in the West today I consider are to be found in Regiria. If England would wake up to the opportunities which Canada affords both for the investment of money and the placing of men her returns would be greater than from any of her other investments in Colonial development." Mr. McKay's recent trip was arranged to cover every important district in the West with a view to the investment of private capital. ROBIN MOTHER'S STRATEGY. On the topmost branch of the biggest cherry tree in the, state of Maryland] With head thrown back and turned sideways, sat Mrs. Robin Redbreast Right under her, on the lawn, stood small boy, with, his arm uplifted, anH in his little brown hand a stone. Woul<j he throw it at her? And if he hit her what would become of the three littl{ brown birds that had just' come out o) the blue eggs she had been nursing sc long? With a sidelong twist of hei head, Mrs. Robin glanced, now at th< boy, now at the nestlings. A happjj thought struck her. Quickly she bi{ at the stem of a bunch of red cherries] and down they dropped right at th������ feet of the boy. And what little boj would not stop to pick up a bunch of] red-ripe cherries? Certainly not thlj boy on the lawn. While he was stooj ing to pick up the fruit, down flev Mrs. Robin into her nest, where three tiny birdllngs peeped out a welcomel When the boy rose upright an^ stretched out his arm to fling the stonj no bird was in sight���������only greei leayss fluttering as if stirred by thi wind, and some bright cherries raakina crimson spots against them.���������Ann] Pitt Walls. The Common Lot. "When are you going on your vaca| tion?" ���������! .- "I don't know. I've got to wait untij| the neighbors get through using mj suit case.*'���������Detroit Free PreBS. "That man Is so honest he wouldn't steal a pin," said the admiring frlenc "I never thought much of,the pit test," answered Miss Cayenne. "Trj him with an umbrella." Hay and FORGING RIGHT AHEAD. YORKTON, Sask., Jan. 30.���������Active trading in Yorkton realty opened up promisingly with the new year, and several large deals are already reported. The recent fire loss, while severe, is not regarded by any means a set-back to the progress of the city; and repairs are already under way. Referring to the present heavy influx of immigration into the Yorkton district, a prominent member of the local board of trade stated in a recent interview: "The bulk of the settlers now doing well are either British or of British extraction, with an odd settler from Northern Europe. Irrespective of nationality, all willing to work have succeeded. A significant fact is that nine-tenths of the land purchases in the Yorkton district are by resident farmers intent on increasing their land holdings. No greater evidence i of prosperity could be cited." The motorist emerged from beneath the car, and struggled for breath. His helpful friend, holding the oil can, beamed upon him. "I've Just given the cylinder a thorough oiling, Dick, old man," said the helpful friend. "Cylinder?" said the motorist heatedly. "That wasn't the cylinder; it was my ear." Tid-Bits. A certain Wasington family is convinced that its eight-year-old hopeful is destined to become a great scientists He has already begun to see the connection between cause and effect. Not so long ago, this youngster was looking at a drop of water through a microscope. Here, there, and everywhere were darting animalculae. "Now I know," announced the child to the family, "what sings when the kettle boils, it's those little bugs."���������Lippin- cott's. RULING OUT VILE PLAYS. When a world-famous actress proposed recently to produce one of her questionable plays on the New Orleans stage, the Morning Star of that city came out with a vigorous protest, and the city authorities ruled out the play. That was a wholesome thing to do. When that same actress proposed to render the same play in Boston, the mayor himself, John S. Fitzgerald, objected to it in strenuous terms and ruled it out. He said: "This play affords new evidence of the downward tendency of the theater in recent years. Through a mistaken estimate of the tastes and desires of the public, theatrical managers have tried to force greater and greater license of theme and expression upon the stage, and the protests that have poured into the mayor's office from religious organizations, and from civfc bodies indicate that it is high time to call a halt and make an example of one of the most flagrant instances. "The mere fact that a small group of so-called broad minded patrons is indifferent to the moral aspect of a play does not justify the authorities in exposing the great mass of the public to the danger of moral infection." The sensible expression from a mayor, not a preacher, should carry weight with theater-goers. 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M., in the Agricultural hall, Central Park, was concluded on Monday evening the 12th. inst. The programme rendered were of a very high order and included selections from tbe most difficult pianoforte classics. Mrs. Cook, who has but la tely come to Vancouver, brings with her a brilliant record, both as a performer and a very successful teacher, holding the highest diplomas from the Royal College Academy, London, England. She received her musical education from Mr. W. A. Taylor, A. Mus, T. C. L. of Holywood Co. Down, Ireland. Great interest was shown in the recitals, which were deservedly appreciated, and the people of Central Park and district are to be congratulated on having the opportunity of hearing such a brilliant artist as Mrs. Cook proved herself to be. Her technique, style and interpretation were above criticism, and those who attended the recitals will look forward with interest to her next appearance on the concert platform. Mrs. Cook was ably assisted by Mr. R. F. Cook (late Dublin operatic Society), whose splendid baritone voice was heard to advantage in many operatic and popular numbers. In the final recital Miss Phyllis Bowman (one of Mrs. Cook's pupils also assisted, and reflected great credit on her teacher, rendering several characteristic studies in a very able manner.. ity in bis songs. The comedy is undoubtedly a great L. 0. L. The regular meeting of L. O. L. 1842 was held in K. P. Hall, Mt. Pleasant and took the form of a concert and social. There was a very large attendance of Ladies and visiting Brethren���������Cedar Cottage Lodge turning out in a body and Ebenezer, En- niskillen and South Hill lodges were well represented! Rev. J. C. Madill occupied the chair in a very able manner and the program was extra well rendered. Mrs. Fulk gave a short address to the Ladies, explaining the alms and objects of the Lady Orange lodge. Bro. H. Birmingham W. M., wishes to remind the members of the lodge and any others wishing to join that the next regular meeting'will be held in the .lodge rooms on the first Thursday in March and hopes that there will be a large attendance. Vancouver, Feb. 16, 1912. E. M. WICKENS The People's Cartage _. i Main Street and Bodwell Road Phone: Fairmont 1544 VANCOUVER AMATEUR MUSICAL COMEDY CO. Tbe musical comedy, "Silas B. Wat- kins, lue Hair Restorer Magnate" was given with very great Buccess to a crowded audience at East side ball Venables St. last Wednesday evening The comedy was then rendered for tbe first time and judging from its enthusiastic reception may look for many more successful repetitions. Tbe Vancouver Amateur Comedy Co. possess a hoBt of talent within their ranks and the piece is really remarkably excellent for its merits in composition and also production.- Tbe libretto written by Mr. Stanley Shrimpton Is full of life, fun and incident. Tbe music arranged by Mr. F. N. Hirst shows a cleverly selected program adapted to the play whilst under his direction tbe chorus of some 30 members rendered their parts in a highly creditable manner. Mr. George Hohley another member of tbe company has. not only designed and painted tbe scenery but also makes a most competent stage manager. Tbe title role was filled by Mr. A. A Black who appeared as an American millionaire deriving his fortune firom a hair restorer. Being bald he Is compelled to wear a wig to avoid hostile comments on his own remedy and whilst asleep this wig is stolen by two men who blackmail htm over its recovery. Miss B. Brewis as the inn keeper's daughter, proved charming alike in her character and songs whilst Mr. C. A. H umber as the inn keeper, revelled in tbe opportunities afforded to display his natural wit and ready adaptability to the character. Mr. Humber is a host in himself and a born comedian. Mr. W. A. Goddard and Mr. S. A. Shrimpton also provided the comic element; Mr. Goddard representing Dr. Watson whilst Mr. Shrimpton impersonated Sherlock. Holmes. Both were admirable in their acting and the many sly allusions to local politics were quietly appreciated by the audience. Miss D. Passmore as the landlady of the inn was really excellent in her impersonation whilst Mr. A. J. Harrison, who took the part of the millionaire's son, both acted and sang in a most finished Btyle. Miss M. Minto who represented the part of Miss Gibbs, an actress, made a charming success both by her manner and excellent singing. Mr. J. A. Crewell as an English lord also displayed much skill in his portrayal of the part and equal abil- RIVER ROAD METHODIST CHURCH SOUTH VANCOUVER. Through the Western Call, "We express the appreciation of the members of the above church to Mr. Hicks and the friends he brought ^ith him, for the splendid and successful manner in which they rendered each piece of music and recitations .given, ln the North Arm Day School on Monday evening, February 13th, 1912. . SAMUEL COOK, Pastor in. Charge." PROGRAMME. Quartett ... ."I Know a Maiden Fair to See" MesdameB Champion and Deeley, ' Messrs. Wilcox and Hicks. Recitation Gone With a Handsomer Man Mr. George H. Grant Song "Tbe iBland of Dreams" Mr. W. Hicks Song .... My Aln Folk Mrs. F. Deeley. Duett.. "Love and War" Messrs. W. H. Wilcox and W. Hicks Song. Glorious Devon Mr. Jas. WilBon Recitation ."A Modern Sermon" Mr. George H. Grant Song. .. .Sunshine and Rain Mr. W. H. Wilcox Quartett ���������. .Avery Bad Cold Mesdamea Champion and Deeley, Messrs. Wilcox and Hicks Recitation "The Debating Society" (by request) Mr. G. H. Grant Duett I Know a Bank Mrs. Champion and Mr. Hicks Recitation . ."A Day at the Circus" . Mr. George H.*'Grant Song.. The Trumpeter Mr. JaB. ^Wilson Duett Tbe Moon Hath Raised Her Lamp . .groeHehorus. Messrs Wilcox and Hicks. Song .. , .' .Selected Mrs. F. Deeley Quartett ... ���������.......Good Evening Mesdames Champion and Deeley, Messro. Wilcox and Hicks GOD SAVE THE KING CORRcokONOENCE. Editor "Western Call." I felt just a little flattered at the remarks made by 'Pendragon' on what he was pleased to call my "interesting letter.?' There are two or three reasons why .the Channel Islands are so fertile. One is the fact that the Jersey farmer believes in a judicious rotation of crops. Frequently three crops are raised on the same ground In one year in this way���������potato planting commences late in January or early in February and Jersey potatoes are In the London markets by the end of April or early In May, meanwhile the farmer bas bis farm well stocked with cucumber and tomato plants, which are set out in the potato ground and this crop is off In August. By this time the cabbages are fit to plant and as the cl.mate is mild they- grow all winter and are ready for market early in March,. or the ground Is sown to Fall wheat then seeded to grass on- which the cows are tethered for a few years, when the land is plowed down and the process Is repeated. Another reason 1b the extensive use of sea weed or, as it Is called the "oralc" (upaic) when I was there farmers were busy hauling it up from the beach. I saw the same thing on the Cornish coast where tbe value of this fertilizer, so rich in alkali and phosphates is fully understood and appreciated. It Is some satisfaction to see that the Americans are now taking steps to turn to profitable account some of the millions of tons of this valuable commodity which is now being waste- on the Pacific coast by extracting the potash contained in it In this connection is it not a pity that so many thousands of loads of good manure should be dumped into False creek every year, when the small farms and gardens all around are in such urgent need of it. I know the cost of hauling is a great obstacle, but I often wonder whether the , tramway company could not assist in this matter thereby relieving the city of what con. stitutes a nuisance and. help the cultivators of the soil. ' -���������' F. L. VOSPER. Epwortti B. C, Feb. 13, 1912. Tbe last of tbe Cuhrch Socials was held at St. Mary's Parish Hall on shrove, Tuesday evening, February 20, the hostesses were: Mrs. Nos- bury and Mrs. Yates, and it was a fitting termination to the festive season, a great company of church sympathisers being present, and plenty of genuine and excellent amusement was provided. The following day being Ash Wednesday, the first of the 40 days of Lent. Matins was held at St. Mary's at 10:30 o'clock, when the time-honored Communion service was used; and in the evening at 8 o'clock in the Parish Hall, the first of the weekly; Wednesday evening services during Lent was held. These services would be held in the .church were it large enough to hold the numbers that attend; but as until a new church is built, the accomodation is insufficient, these weekly Wednesday evening Lantern services have to be held in tbe Parish ball. The subject of the Ash Wednesday service was "The- Nativity of our Lord," and the superb pictures thrown on the screen, accompanied by suitable hymns, created a deep, and It is hoped, lasting Impression on the congregation; who we are assured; will make a point of not missing a single service. Just as strong In faith and works; Just as free from crafty quirks, All extortion, all deceit; Schemes its neighbor to defeat; Schemes its neighbor to defraud, Schemes some culprit to applaud��������� Would this world be better? If this whole world followed you���������followed to the letter-- Would it be a nobler world, All deceit and falsehood hurled From It altogether; * , Malice, selfishness and lust Banished from beneath the crust Covering human hearts from view- Tell me, if it followed you. Would the world be better? ���������George Klingle, in Christian Work. QUEEN KEYHOMIE , Informs the public of her wonderful powers in reading the history of one's life by examining the palm of tit* band. Advice in all business matters and family affairs.; tells you what you are best adapted for; tells you th* name oV your future companion* whether living or dead; tells you what planet you. were born under and what part of the country Is the luck* test-for you. Why not see the best? It costs no more. Satisfaction or no charge; all readings strictly confidential. Permanently located at 1009 GRANVILLE ST. Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Shoe Repairing ~ AN EXPERIENCED WORKMAN BY Thos. Farrington BROADWAY, Between Maui Stud Westa-uter Rl. The regular meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Ireland Protestant Association was held in the Orange Hall, on Monday night 12th. Inst. There were a large turn out of members. One candidate was Initiated and seven applications were received. This society is growing by leaps and bounds and promises to be one of the largest societies in Vancouver before long. It was decided to hold a real "Irish Night" on Friday, March 15th. in the Orange Hall. A good working committee was appointed to carry out the arrangements. It will be styled a "St. Patrick's" Dance, Irish Reels and Jigs will be a feature of the night. The hall will be decorated with real Irish Shamrocks and bunting appropriate of tbe occasion. Nothing will be left undone to make this one of the best dances held in the city. Special waxed floors. Music by one of Vancouver's best orchestras. Keep this date open if you want to enjoy a good night's fun, leave the rest to us, Nuf Sed. Five minutes after the ratdy gong had struck, the principal of the school was walking through the lower hall when he saw a pudgy little fellow scampering toward the first-grade room as fast as his fat legs would carry him. "See here, young man, I want to talk to you," called the principal to the late comer. "I want to talk to you." "I hain't got time to talk to you; I less beginner as the door of his class am late already,'" replied the breath-1 room closed.���������Zion Herald. "A STRANGLE HOLD." , We Americans are' famous milk and egg consumers. Commerce statistics show that In the twenty years' period from 1880 to 1900 the United States gained ln population approximately 26,000.000; meanwhile tbe production of bens' eggs was from nine dozen to seventeen dozen a year per capita; the Increase ln people was a little over 50 per cent, that in egg production about 89 per cent. In tbe production of milk meantime tbe per capita increase was even more marked than in the case of eggs. Dairy cows Increased in number in swifter ratio than domestic fowls. j In the opinion of the Nashville American the rapid rise of the dairy cows is due to tbe increase of the wide area of land in the West, where beef cattle were the chief products. "There is no longer a fortune in feeding steers for slaughter, but there is a steady and widening market for milk. The facts go to prove that we are rapidly becoming a nation of egg and milk eat> ers, and the conclusion forced upon the thoughtful reader is that tbe men who put these things on the market have a strangle hold on fortune." One thing that greatly favors these men with the "strangle hold" Is the modern cold storage house. Recent disclosures show that by packing away these leading products of the barn yard, the middle men acquire a grip on consumers that inevitably amounts to a "strangle hold." Even after eggs, by long storage, have lost the "strictly fresh" quality they can be sold at a fine profit by unconscionable speculators to that class of caterers to American appetite who can hide away In their viands almost any sort of raw material. Thus at Trenton, N. J., the other day helf a dozen government experts testified in a rotten egg case before the United States district court that canned eggs are kept in cold storage for the use of bakers who make cukes, pastry and other food products until it is hard to tell whether tbe eggs are eggB or other colored substances in & state of decay. In the case referred to ten tons of eggs had been seized and condemned under the pure food law as "decomposed animal product unfit for human consumption." One of the experts testified that strictly fresh eggs, which he said are seldom found in the market, contain from 100 to 500 organisms. The number increases as the eggs grow older. and in some of those placed in cold storage the organisms amounted to from 500,000,000 to 1.000.000.000. It is a good thing for the millions of consumers that these uncanny facts are coming to light, and if they result in more attention being given by small farmers to the milk and e������g industry, thereby pushing out of business the big, unprincipled speculators, the result will be better yet. Out with that "strangle hold" of low- fellows of the baser sort, who get up market corners on the necessaries of life! M___ htvs raUsv-1 of tro������bk> and a������ ���������rs enthusiastic ia ions'Ing ne to friends, which I appreciate very much. They are my best advertisement v*. a. a. vavoM *7Ml������-t SJpMlaUst. IOT ***** Mt ������*��������� .aw*ya'w4a* wtfv*s)_sn> ^sa^nnjnsjssjsjpnp nasnwft sawnna , streets, >���������>���������_��������� seas. 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Westminster Rd h Commercial St Insurance, Rents, General Brokerage For CONFIDENTIAL INVESTIGATIONS you w������nt a man of intejfrity. experience and ability. That man ij Jofinstcn: secrecy ffuar-nteed. Vide press The Secret Service Bureau. 319 Pender ;*@MStS3 mm if THE WESTERN CALL. I Is Your Grocer Sending You Good Potatoes? We have been fortunate in securing a large consignment of the good kind. We will guarantee them. Special this week ' $1.90 per Sack S: Phone: Fairmont 1367 Broadway Table Supply ������518 BROADWAY, B. ;;h. harford ;; + * ���������l"t"t"t"l"l"l"l"t"t"I"l"t"!"t"l"t'4"t"t"t"t"t"t"il HARD ON THE JUDGE. A well-known judge delights in telling the following story: An old Quaker woman was a witness In a case being tried before him. She wore a big poke-bonnet, which muffled her ears and prevented her hearing the lawyer's questions. Finally the lawyer appealed to the Judge and he ordered her to remove the bonnet. "I'll do no such thing!" she said tartly. "I am accustomed to having my will respected," said the Judge. "Well, I don't care if thee are a Judge, that bonnet stays right where It Is." "Perhaps, madam," the judge put in Ironically, "you would like to take my place as judge, eh?" "Not a bit of it!" she shot out. "There are enough old women on the bench as It is." ,; _ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS LACK OF PRODUCTION AND HIGH COST OF LIVING. Since the commencement of these articles this subject has been taken up pretty widely by the local press, the articles in them mainly consisting of long quotations showing variations of prices. One could fill a newspaper with such variations, the blue books previously spoken of contain many hundreds of pages quoting thousands of such prices, but no serious attempt has yet been made by other writers to find the causes or suggest a remedy. It will not be out of place in the present article to take a survey of what has already been advocated in this paper as MEANS to the desired END. The first thing spoken of was a COMBINATION of the CONSUMER through the agency of the middleman ���������not by his abolition. The second thing advocated was the increased utility of labor co-operating in raising, producing, and distributing POOD PRODUCTS. In connection with this the grouping of FARMS, which also naturally entail the combined purchase and use of such machinery. Next the establishing of agricultural banks and government loans for land development by State guaranteed bonds. Improved means of transportation and a part revival of the pike system to suit modern conditions in another plank called for in these articles. Last, but not the' least, the better understanding and employment of MONEY. This is one of the most important of all the MEANS of remedying the present condition of increase of LIVING COST. .It must be fully understood that I am not an advocate solely for LOWER prices. Whatever the price of exchange of commodities may be has LITTLE TO DO WITH IT. I It is simply the RELATIVE value that one has to consider. That is to say that I bold the opinion it does not matter if the price of market commodities is a cent or a dollar so long as the RELATIVE proportions in buying and selling commodities and the reward���������or WAGES OF LABOR��������� is maintained in a proportional manner. Neither do I in any sense condemn the aggregation of CAPITAL, but simply its misuse. Capital may well be, as it often it, one of the best friends of the MASSES there is. At all events it is the foundation on which any or- j ganized business is built and by a busi ness one may take to mean any production that employs useful labor for its needs. Capital combined with credit swings the pendulum of human affairs today. The old use of barter has long since departed. The incalculable importance of money serving as capital and creating CREDIT cannot be overestimated. A widespread prejudice against capital would greatly lessen if this, its necessary and beneficent uses, were more widely understood. What the public good demands is not repression of capital as an evil, but Improved SERVICE OF CAPITAL, and this can under proper uses be got more easily and with larger public benefit from the holders of even mighty aggregations of capital. This, however, is what the COMBINE BARONS, as I set out to show, never do, or very seldom. They scoop the whole profits to an alarming and most unfair extent. To beat these gentry and so bring prices back to a more relative value can only be done by a COMBINATION OF THE CONSUMER. Now, O COUNCIL OF TEN, will you for the last time pluck up your courage and take occasion by the hand? PATHFINDER. ' i ' . Cautious. "Now, professor, you have heard my daughter sing, tell me what I ought to dp with her." "Sir, if I told you what you ought to do with her the law would hold me as an accessory."���������Houston Post. A Knowing Sexton. Economy is the, watchword at Rush- vllle. The sexton of the city cemetery raised enough oats in the graveyard this year to keep the fire team In feed for the entire winter.���������Canton, III., Register. Specialization. Doctor���������"What can I do for you?" Patient���������"I have cut my index-finger." Doctor���������"Very sorry. But I am a specialist on the middle finger."���������Flle- gende Blaetter. When you want real nice CAKE Something you will enjoy, call at DAVIDSON'S BAKERY 1126 Commercial Drive We Can Please You Wedding, Birthday and Party Cakes made to Order. Scotch Scones Shortbread BORDER TAILOR Suits made to Order S22.00 Special Samples of Scotch Tweeds CEDAR COTTAGE Right where the car stops. A. E. McConnell 601 BROADWAY, WEST Corner of Ash A Full Line of Groceries Alen Crawford LADIES TAILOR 1015 COMMERCIAL DRIVE Imported Suitinsrs in Blue, Grey and Brown; lined with Skinner's Guaranteed Satin; at $-10 per suit. TO COMBAT STREET ORATORS. (Continued from Page 1) asking for something they should have. Well, unless we have in Vancouver a lot of Christian dolts and easily hood-winked simpletons, I ean tell these lawless "free-speech" bawlers that they never will in our town get the kind of free speech they prate about and ardently desire. They aim at preaching treason, sedition, anarchy, debauchery, and every devilish* doctrine that ought to be cast out of all countries and cleansed out of the hearts of these ignorant madmen. Now, I have- a word to say concerning Archbishop McNeils most sensible remarks. I conclude that he is bigger and broader than his church. Let me quote what the News-Advertiser says of his speech: "He called attention to utterances which have been made at these savage gatherings in which the BIBLE HAS BEEN ATTACKED AS A BOOK HANDED DOWN BY SAVAGES, and in which not even the Almighty, or Christ Himself, has been spared from blasphemy." This is a pointed and truthful speech. I take it that the Reverend Archbishop spoke honestly and most seriously. He spoke as he felt, no doubt. This shows that he is ahead of his church. The officials of his church in many lands for hundreds of years, and even of late years, have "burned that very BIBLE! They have burned it in countless numbers. No wonder then that the atheistic crowds on the streets make light of it, and insult those who believe in its teachings. No man is more delighted than I am to read these words as emanating from one so high in authority in the Roman Catholic Church. Either that church is broadening, or the speaker is ahead of the men above him in authority. I must go a little further in this matter. All Canadians who are fifty or sixty years of age, and who have kept close tab on current' events in the Dominion, know well that the Bible has been removed from the public schools through the direct agency of the Roman Catholic Church. Religion and the Bible have been driven out from the young, and some of the dire results are these vicious meetings which have cursed Vancouver of late years. Now, I feel most sorry to say these words, but some man who knows must speak at a time when the awful fruits of a godless school system are showing themselves so calamitously in our midst. It may be that the Archbishop is now, by his very speech, indicating a change of action in his church. If so, the whole public will welcome and assist the change. However it may be. I am delighted, and so must all lovers of truth be pleased that at least one influential man in this city stands up for the Bible in our midst. Personally, I am more attracted to His Grace than ever before, although I have admired his great ability and activity ever since his arrival in Vancouver. In concluding, I must say that I blame the whole Christian Church for these disgraceful meetings. There is a very great apathy with many,'a ack of honesty with others, of close ob- many, a lack of honesty with others, of close ob- and knowledge of a practical sort *Avith a fair share of the balance. So far as I can see. those who make strong efforts to meet the anarchists on their own ground grow to be like them. BECAUSE THEY CATER TO THEM IN A MOST DISHONEST AND COWARDLY WAY. The manly men, who honestly help the poor, ignorant, vicious men, will need to go to them with spirits filled with the love of God and man. and then they mav be able to hold the men thev would aid. AND THEY WILL FIND MORE OF GOOD IN THE VICIOUS THAN OF BAD. This is a strong, but true, statement. The minister, layman, or archbishop who carries material help AND THE BURNING LOVE OF CHRIST IN HIS HEART will reach the mark and make true friends and good men. NOTES OF THE WEST (Continued from Page I) estate boomers. Everything in its proper order. The mere fact that a railway runs past certain lands help forward nothing. What is wanted are terminal facilities of the first order, accessible water fronts, and rate control to a reasonable extent. The news from Ottawa that the Government will provide state owned elevators is most cheer- ��������� ing, and is an early token that the Borden administration intends to redeem its pledges at the polls. The note in this column about the "ho-traffic- point" nature of the Intercolonial is more than justified by Minister White's declaration to the same effect. That the late Government is to blame for the grain choakage is obvious to the average intellect. The Laurier regime had a curious knack of putting the cart before the horse, and choosing the wrong horse at that, every time. What a sorry spectacle Vancouver's late mayor cuts! He is one of the worst losers man ever saw. This alone would serve to stamp him as non-British in his characteristics. That race knows how to lose as well as win. Nothing shows a man up worse than Taylor's pitiful exhibition of petty spleen exhibited towards the present Mayor ever since Vancouver "went back under Taylor." PENDRAGON. TO MAKE ORATORY OMNIPRESENT AND IMMORTAJ.. How would you like to see and hear Daniel Webster deliver one of his great speeches? How would it suit you to witness the oratory of Cicero, Demosthenes, or William Pitt, "whose voice was full and clear; whose lowest whisper was distinctly heard; whose middle tones were sweet, rich and beautifully varied, and whose highest pitch filled the English house of commons with the volume of its sound?" Well, unfortunately, we cannot raise these orators from the dead and send them around the world to charm the multitudes by the power of their eloquence, but were they living in these latter days their traits of oratory might be caught up and preserved for everlasting posterity. Modern invention has made this feat possible. One day recently Thomas A. Edison, the electric wizard and inventor, went to the city of Washington and unfolded before President Taft a plan for campaigning without traveling by which Mr. Taft might be seen and heard, not by 5,000,000, as on recent trips, but by 60.000.000 of the nation's voters without absenting himself for a day from business at the White House. It is the newest invention of Mr. Edison, the talking motion picture machine. All that would be neeessary, Mr. Edison explained to the president, would be for a man to go' before an audience, make a speech on any subject which he chose and the talking-motion picture machine would reproduce to audiences ail over the country every gesture of the speaker, every word of his speech and every shout of the eroAvd about him. Mr. Edison claims that his invention will place the scene before the audiences with lifelike vividness. He told Mr. Taft that he had manufactured seventy sets at his laboratories in New Jersey and that 200 more were under construction. Thus it is seen that the finished oratory of the present is to be made omnipresent and handed down to future generations forever. All an orator has to do now is to become great enough to. make the whole world want to hear him, and to leave his peerless impress forever on the world. The "talking-motion picture machine" will do all the rest. Good habits become as strongly fixed as evil ones, of which we hear vastly more.���������Hatfield. Consider what God can do. and you will never despair of success.���������Thomas Wilson. THEi ^ We wish to inform our readers that it is through no fault of this office the "Canada Monthly" does not put in a monthly appearance to subscribers as per agreement. The orders and cash were long since forwarded to the office in Winnipeg. This is a good time to announce that all subscriptions to the Western Call are sent out regularly once a week. Failure to deliver may be due to imperfect or inadequate mail service in Vancouver and vicinity. We can believe that it is no small task to keep pace with the increase and constant changes of names and address, nevertheless, it will be in order to make complaint until the fault is corrected. Wellington M Picture Palace Now Open WITH A COMPLETE SHOW. This Theater has been fitted up at enormous expense and will prove jto be one of the best in the city. Complete change of Programme Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays We intend to cater to ladies, gentlemen and children and long experience places the manager in position to choose films calculated to please our patrons. Continuous Music by 5-Piece Orchestra. Admission : Children 5cf Adults 10c Open XX a.m. to XX p.m. Mothers' Special Room. Special attention Given to the Children At all times. 106 Hastings St., E. V. Near Columbia Avenue J IJUEU GROCERY: I A full line of Fruits and Groceries. S ____k_____ ^__ __a ^___i WEBSTER PROS. . Fraser AaWestmTrRd. Scotch Shortbread. Try our noted Teas at 35c per lb. No Qollvory Z'*<"~'<"M"tt"tt*******.2*******Jt* HoQroMt Phone: Fairmont 621 % WtglvutMtfctbtne- fit ���������! all uptiu tf tellvtry ii* bttk* fcttplil Tha Plaoo Everyone Should Do Their Trading WHY! WHY! WHY! We Have the floods SpOOlalB for SatWttey OurPrlcct������r������Right Meat Choice Roll Roast, 18���������20c per lb. Local Legs, Loins Lamb, 20c lb. Legs aud Loins Fork, - 2Cc It. PorK Sausage. - 2 lbs. for 25c Prime Rib Roast, 15���������18c per lb. Swifts Hams, Fresh Herring, Fresh Smelts, Fresh Cod, Fresh Halibut, 20c per lb. Hah Swifts Bacon, - 22c per lb. Choice Table Butter, 2 lbs. for 75c Fresh Eggs, per dozen - 85c G.*od Lard, - 2 lbs. for 25c Leal Chickens, 25-30c per lb. Fresh Spare Ribs, ��������� 15c per lb. 2 lbs. for 15c 2 lbs. for *5c 10c per lb. 2 lbs. for 2>c Kippers, - per lb. 10c Choice Finnan Hac'die, lb. 12l(.c Shrimps, CrabB, Smoked Halibut, etc. All Fish Fresh Every Morning. 2513 Main Street, near Broadway ��������� Th���������K MS-MMC. | ������HK-<"I"U -M-M-i-* ���������������" t- * *.l-************<<'********** Walter Richards Fish Fresh Daily 1842 COMMERCIAL DRIVE Fruits, Butter & Eggs Vegetables PHONE: SEY. 3653 **m**m*********mm*m THE WESTERN CALL. Grandview Theatre1 j:' Is how Open with a COMPLETE SHOW COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME i: Monday, Wednesday and Friday jj t ==__ | This Theatre has been built to suit ;; the public, regardless of cost. ;; It has been inspected and approved, by the leading people of ;; the district. It is absolutely fire-proof throughout. $ " It is one of the beet and safest in the city.' '���������Fire Insurance Inspector 1712 COMMERCIAL DRIVE *'******<���������**************���������**** ������������������������vv*A.i^-x-'M1 4'************* MacLachlan & Morgan HIGH CLASS BOOTS AND SHOES Of Guaranteed Qullty Ladles', Gentlemen's and Childrcn's at half city prices. BOOTS and 5HOES REPAIRED Our long experience and our epulpment guarantees good workmanship. 3330 Main St. and Cor. 18th Ave. and Main St. LEAlXttS ABSUT CANADA. Give U8 a Trial. Then judge for yourself. Tobaccos Cigars, Cigarettes 1832 Commercial Drive, between 2nd and 3rd Aves. w. l. carter, prop. ****** ***************** i������ Where It Pays to Deal Ataitfv.ew Statio > Honeat Prices for Honest ��������������� Qooda SALE SALE Come, Look and Save Money SALE 1130 PARK DRIVE <*************************o************************** i ���������'<>��������� *> '> **************W********** ******>l*****'$************4 * Always the Best Four Course Meal in the City 6 to U a.ra., UdO to 2 p.m. 4:30 to 8 p.m. T % MEALS 25c ( i HORT ORDERS AT ALL HOURS X | "nit- HOME RESTAURANT | * o���������.... -. ....... ~. ��������� . F E HAND, Prop. ������ . . 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BANK OF OTTAWA BUILDING Office 106, First Floor Phone Sevmour 532 Office Hours: 9 to 12 a m��������� 1 to 5 p.m., Sat 7"to tf p.m.4 ?*i I UTILITY BOARD THE IDEAL SUBSTITUTE FOR LATH AND PLASTER. It in Waterproof, Rigid, and may be used on the Walls, panelled or papered, without the risk of splitting at the joints, and being moderate iu price is a 11 that can be desired for finishing the interior walls and ceilings of Bungalow or Mansion. Samples and Prices from the Agent. Hsu sey. 3394 W. C. THOMPSON & CO. VANCOUVER, B.C. 319 Pisier St. ������^^Mi.<. ���������fr.!..;..;..;..}..;, **... ,;..>���������;..!. fr.;. *.i���������s, ,,.., Q ;..H������...1..|.������<mM.iH f* Ml | | * | ������fl ** * * i CITV PRICES 523 Broadway W. Phone: FalroV! 1520 :: % dZ6 DTOflUWajf W. LEE & WOOD ���������:- Importers of I Wall Papers,Paints,Brushes,Varnishes,Oils,etc. ������ Our Store is in a locality where rents are about one quarter of that ��������� commanded ly smilar stores in the City, and our stock is new and f clean. THib fS CONVENIENT FOR YOU. And you get the - benefit, as we ari content with lair profits. Your joblinj work will be promptly attended to if you phone��������� Fairmont 1520 ���������4 I'M *>********************Q>**********"% ************4<4 Stories Told of tbe Englishman and His First, Days Here. There is a story with which most ftersons are familiar about an Eng- ishnian who was invited to go to New Ontario on a shooting excursion. He asked a few questions about the game and learned that wild cats were extinct and that bears were not plentiful. . He could only expect to get a few rabbits and birds or perhaps a deer. ' ���������_. "I have done considerable big game shooting in Africa,'' he said, "and your" program hardly appeals to me. I do not care about hunting unless Ifiere is a spice of danger in.it." "There will be a spice of danger, if you come with me," said his Canadian friend. "Last time I went shooting, I shot my brother-in-law in the leg." A newer story of somewhat the same character arises from the recent Christinas season. An Englishman, who has only been in Canada for a short time, expressed his regret that he could not get home for the great festival. "1 have always understood that you do not have much of the Christmas spirit out here," he told a friend, "and I love the old day. I like to see it preserved with all its customs and its gifts. I am afraid of missing the tradition out here where you have not the proper touch to the Christmas celebration." "Wait and see,", said the Canadion. The Englishman waited. He sent gifts to his friends in the Old Land. He purchased them for his acquaintances in the New. He was called upon to contribute to several hospitals and other charitable institutions. He, helped with dinners for the poor, giving first for the adults and later for the children. Young ladies of his acquaintance made him contribute to several hampers that they were giving to poverty stricken families. He bought some toy* mra Sunday School Christmas tree. Then on Christmas Eve, he found that every one who had done anything fur hiui during the year looked expectantly at him so he handed out something to everyone from his landlady to the elevator man at his office. Then he met his Canadian friend. "I was quite mistaken," he declared, "for I find that you have got the Christmas touch in Canada." Cannot Maintain Lead. Ontario still produces a little ovf������r one-third of the quantity of the lumber cut annually in Canada, but its annual cut, while increasing, is increasing more slowly each year. Ontario's 1909 cut was 17 per cent, greater than in 1908; its 1910 cut was only 7.5 per cent, more than in 1909. The Forestry Brunch of the Department of-the Interior has compiled statistics showing that 1.642.191,000 feet of lumber worth $30,011,000 was cut in Ontario during 1910. but that British Columbia will be Canada's premier lumber province in a short time. The diversified forest of Ontario have enabled the province to hold its supremacy up to the present, as illustrated in 1910, when the chief cut ,of seventeen species came from Ontario. White pine to the value of $17,743,074 came from Ontario forests and formed 85 ner cent, of Canada's white pine cut.' Nearlv half of the hemlock cut in Canada in 1910 was cut in Ontario. as was over 90 per cent, of the red pine. Ontario contributed ov������r 70 per cent, of the'hardwoods. Of the total made up by 23 species cut in Ontario, over one-half was white pine. Red pine contributed 10 per cent, hemlock 12 per cent., leaving 25 p>-r cent, .to be equally divided among the hardwoods and less important conifers. To arrive at the correct amount cut by lumber mills of Ontario in 1910, there must be added to the above lumber cut. 1,976,000X00 shin- frits worth $3,557,211 and 851.9M.0ti0 lath worth $1.S43.������44. Picking Up the Lingo. Monsieur L'Orateur Dodteur Sprout may now expect to be elected an honorary member of the Societe St. Jean Baptiste. Hitherto, the Speaker has scent'd a French expression in the orders of thd day, several pages off, and has hastily given the high sign to the clerk assistant to act as his understudy. Not so to-day. When the doctor came to bill No. 45, an act respecting "La Compagni du chimin de fer du colonization du nord." he never even hfsitated on the brink, but plunged in bravely, jockeyed playfully for a moment with the word "chemin." took "colonization" at a gallop, and shot over the tape a winner by s-vont! syllables. Tor real oxcitem-nt it hul the Grand Prix faded to a standstill. Vive Le Docteur. Tenderfoot on Snowshoes. Go snowshoeing in the Canadian woods and. if your imagination isn't too much clogged up with ticker tap- and text-books and tariff reform and other sophisticated and useless things, you will get a piece of your boyhood back again for a few days. Why. we thrilled to the heart when the Canadian showed us the hillside where he had seen a caribou track the year before. At least he thought it was<a caribou; it might have been a French-Canadian steer, but he didn't think so. We had the thrill. and the man who wants the caribou must go get him.���������Thomas Foster in Outing. A Real Water-Melon. Moncton. N.B.. has been making money out of water. Some time ago the city expropriated the waterworks and decided to run it. Recently, Mayor Reilly, of Moncton, made the announcement that $21,390.92 stood to the profit of the ?ity in its water account for the past year. The civic officials in Moncton are trying to devise some plan for diverting the surplus to a good cause. Some have suggested that the extra water money i e applied to reducing the 'ivic taxes. found sin:ls tax. Late Thos. Fyshe Wis Co-Oiscoverar With George. The far-t that the late Thomas Fyshe, the Mortieal banker, wan o> discoverer of the sinule tax theory ���������with Henry Cecnje is recalled by a writer in Toronto Saturday Night. Describing a request for an interview on financia! matieis the importer says: "My reception was neither cold nor hot. I explained my business, and Mr. Fyshe gave me little enough sat isfactioii. VVlule explaining why lie couldn't do what I asked him, he expressed in round terms his opinion of certain financial matters. This waa better "stuff" even than 1 had gone t.i get. and I asked him to a!l><w iu������ to quote him. Neither w>uld he permit me tp qu te hiui. But by that time we were seated and had begun swapping ideas. I recollect, particularly, that questions concerning political economy came up. and I soon found that I had run into a past- master. He was a tree trader from the grass roots, and what he thought about the policy of protection would have done you good to hear. Ho soon saw that I was particularly interested, and as no one in particular came in io interrupt. 1 think the "in* terview"*lasted fully two hours. One thing which 1 have often recalled since was his statement concerning Henry George, author of "Progress and Poverty" and other works on political economy. The conversation had reached the point where the vast accumulations of capital were being compared with the poverty of the masses. He blamed this partly upon the tariff laws and partly upon the legislation permitting the value ot natural opportunities and resources t) be alienated, through sale or long lease at inadequate prices, from the people to tne private interests. I wanted to ask him what he proposed to do about it, but was afraid to chip in lest I break to- spell���������in other words, lest he remember 1 represented toe press. However, 1 presently put the question. "Why." said he. "all you have to do is to put a tax of such a character on the natural resources of the land that it will off-set the advantages which the private owners are now reaping over and above that which they are creating." I remarked that that was similar to the proposal known as single tax. "Did you ever examine that proposal?" asked 1. "Did 1 ever examine it!" he exclaimed, all animation���������if it was possible for mm to oe animated. "Did I ever examine it:' Why, I discovered it." 1 was naturally a little astonished, and perhaps showed my feelings. Mr Fyshe smiled a rather inscrutable smile which' it seems .to uie must have been characteristic of him. "I suppose that sounds strange to you," said he, "but it's nevertheless true. 1 don't want to take any honor from Henry George, but in justice to myself, 1 make the claim that I was a co-discoverer of the single tax, with him." Later on he told me. when and how and under what circumstances the economic idea or philosophy had developed in his brain which was at the same time developing in the brain ot George a thousand miles away. Unfortunately for my story, as well as for-Mr. Fyshe's health, he'was taken ih before he reached Little Metis or shortly after, and from this illness he never fully recovered. My recollectori is. however, that it was while he was general manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia that he evolved, on his own behalf, the conclusions set forth in "Progress and Poverty" shortly after by a man who, for years, had been thinking along the same lines. Mr. Fyshe was born near Edinburgh, in 1845. and was comparatively young at the time of his death, beina but sixtv-siv year- of aire. Alter serving in the Bank of Scotland, and later iii the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank, he made an engagement with the Bank of British North America, and came to Montreal in its employ. He was largely instrumental in framing the Bank Act of Hon. George E. Foster, which has been the basis of Canadian banking legislation, as well as ot that of other countries. Subsequently, he investigated conditions iu the civil service, for the Laurier Government, and his report was what miuht have been expected fr >m him��������� blunt and outspoken. It probably ied to the permanent commission to administer the civil service. . I-M 1***4*****4*4 I-I'M I HI I M"l"l"t"l������*H"l"l-H"t'������������������'t"fr->������������'M- CORRESPONDENCE ,H"H..|"H.frM.M..H"M.^^ Sunnydene P. O., South Vancouver, February 19th, 1912. The Western Call. Westminster Road, Vancouver. Dear Sir: The Mothers' Circle of the W.C.T.U. held their meeting in Lord Selkirk school. Cedar Cottage, February 15, when Mrs. J. K. Macken of Vancouver gave the following paper on children out of school hours, followed by a discussion. There were a good number of mothers and teachers present. All your bojs and girls. Encourage them! to share -their reports of school life, inside 'and out, with you. Let them talk freely concerning teachers, lea* ��������� sons, and above all, companions. Com* ment carefully, for an unwise, sharp or hasty comment on companJona made retard confidences that some day you would give your whole life to regain. Let them know what you are glad over or troubled about and they will be thoughtful and sympathize with you in spirit as weir as la parents are welcome to take part in ��������� body, to your benefit and theirs, too, these discussions. ADA G. SHOEMAKER, Superintendent. Children Out of School Hour*. This is a subject which is worthy of close consideration, not only mothers but to parents generally. In dealing with it we have to deal with trifles, things which on the surface appear too insignificant to be often noticed, and yet so mighty in their results in the training of children as to make it wisdom to -speak of such. Encourage them to tell you their worries or their Joys. Inmature, uninformed, impulsive, still a factor In the dreamland of childhood, he needs the guiding encouragement of a true mother. He needs the comradeship to i������f a wise father. There is no place like home and the shelter of mother love for the child under any and all circumstances. But you mothers say: "I must do my work. I cannot give the time to follow my child about." Then draw, your child after you. I believe that God intended we mothers to be our children's best and most When we consider that out of the 24 hours only five of six at the most are delightful companion. The child should spent in school, in niy estimation, the share ln the real life and work of too manner in which the remaining hours mother and In the primary scbool of are spent determine to a very large ��������� its life receive the preparation for the extent what the character of the child shall be. '' Too many parents shift the responsibility of their children's training on our public school teachers, and very often when a child does wrong, or turns out a failure in character the teachers are blamed. This is a great mistake; parents should co-operate with the teacher, and knowing the weak places in their child's character than the teacher, they should establish a confidence between each other that shall give both pupil and teacher a better chance to succeed in the education of the child. Know your teacher. I notice three principles' or rudiments of home training, which I shall numerate in order, in order to keep our children interested, occupied and entertained ln out-of-school hours, viz., co-operation with parent and child, responsibility of the performance or certain duties, and exchange of confidences.. When your children go oft to school in the morning, remind them before going that there are certain things you depend on them doing for you during the noon hour as well as eat their lunch, and when they are home at noon ask them to do something for you when they come home at the end of school day. Make them feel in the way you ask them that you are depending on them wholly to do this or that, and no matter how email the work or how trifling the duty, if you get them to understand that you and they are partners, they will not fail you, and the thought that you are expecting them to help you will prevent lagging steps on the way 'broader circuit of the father's activities and the enterprises or the world. The training of the hands, feet and tongue can beat begin in the round of common household service, and the mother who finds no place for these beginnings In her housekeeping, who cannot be bothered with the hinder- ings, but despising the day of small helpings, sends the restless feet and hands, that only need. to be taught how, out into the street or alley, or to a neighbor's house, misses the very best out of her life as a mother. But, you say, children should have the association of children outside the home. Certainly, for a small fraction of the day. Childhood Is, however, too important in a human life to be wasted, land except It is spent among conditions which produce the best and highest development, thero is loss which cannot be acorded. Children are not safe teachers of each other. It will not cost as much time, labor or money to create safe and cul- turing conditions about the child as It will to rescue him from pollution. Children leave parents because they allow them to go. It costs more to keep them close at first, but the price of letting them go is infinitely greater. Sunnydene P. O., South Vancouver, February 19th, 1912. The Western Call, Westminster Road. Dear Sir: I would like to see an agitation started toward cleaning up South Vancouver. The streets around the stores are disgraceful; soon their will home and give them a sense oC own-j be myriads of flies traveling from ership about the home which will! these places to the food exposed for keep them off the street. Then as soon as they are old enough give them regular duties to perform. This makes them feel responsible. Teach them if they fail to discharge their duties they are disturbing the peace and happiness of the home. To make them know they are trusted gives them a delight in doing. In order to accomplish all this you must keep close to your child and exchange confidences. Share your conversation concerning common home topics with sale. Why cannot each one keep their own space clean? Also why not insist" on old clothing and mattresses, etc., being burned instead of thrown on the road side, possibly loaded with germs? Surely it will not cost as much to clean up as to pay for an epidemic of disease. <��������� Then how much more pleasure we could have showing our town to strangers and visitors. ' A. MOTHER. Her Forte. Only a woman can smile sweetly when she wants to cry. A Different Species. The youne hopeful of a well-known Canadian jurist had lately bee.ma verv much interested in the study of butterflies and ninths. Just before Christmas his father had given hiui a dollar as a reward for some service and the boy promptly Hew off to a bookseller's where he had observed a certain work on sale relating to his favorite study. He brought the book home in high glee, and speedily became lost in poT- using its contents. His father was t,uite delighted to notice the serious way his young son and heir, was applying himself and asked the boy how he was getting on with his new book. "Not very well, father. I've read I three chapters and can't find a blessed thing about moths." "Bring the book to me and let me see it," said his father kindly. On looking at the cover of the book, the jndire was extremely amused to read the following title: "Help to Young (Mothers) Moth-ers." A Veteran Civil Servant. Montreal lost a veteran civil servant vhen the new year bells were ringing reeentlv. in the person of Mr. William I). Eobb. who resigned the position of '.���������ity .treasurer. Mr Kobh enjoys the unique distinction ot iiavinjr held office under fwenty-one mayors. Advanced age ;!.me lias compelled his retirement. !r. P.obb. who is a Scotsman by ���������tn. is 75 years old. He once attri- -.-.te ' his !rin������ fortitude in office to is custom of r^stiiiir his ligure- .tinted i.rain by writing poetry! vicli \et:-e ip-m the ex-treasurer's ���������i iius ;ip;:esired iu various periodi- Your Health Will be kept in a healthy state if you live in a healthy place. There is a house for sale or for rent in a healthy spot, up on a hill where the air is good, 6 rooms, fireplace, furnace, concrete foundation and sleeping balcony. It is completely modern. Terms easy. Apply at Western Call &-l*^imJ83gB3SSS-UL^W^2JWWlll! P'BJ-JPiaPriaffJTBWgggB THE WESTERN CALL. EXPEN8IVE VACCINATION. Montreal, Feb. 16.���������Finding that infected vaccine administered by one of the civic vaccinators was responsible for a condition of inertia produced in the arm of a vaccinated child, causing a permanent lack of power, a jury condemned the city to pay a total sum of $6,000 damages���������$2,000 to the child's mother to cover medical expenses, treatment, etc., and $4,000 to the child as indemnity for injury and disability. The case was that of Dame Poirier vs. the city of Montreal, plaintifT seek- ing $10,000 damages on account of injuries sustained by her minor son��������� a boy of seven years���������as a result, she alleged, of having been improperly vaccinated by one of the school inspectors employed by the city. A short time subsequent to the vaccination, it was alleged, the youngster's arm became Inert, and the claim was advanced that this condition was brought about by the fact that the vaccine used for the operation was infected, with the result that the arm became diseased, the final effect being that the nerves were attacked. AX 0������S BACXX&OaV His One Good Trait. Jones���������"Whenever I have to borrow money, I try to get it, from a pessimist." Brown���������"Why?" Jones���������"A pessimist never expects to get it back."���������New Zealand Free' Lance. | What a pitiful thing an old bachelor Is, With his cheerless house and Ills rueful phiz! On a bitter cold night when the fierce winds blow; And when all the earth is covered with snow; When his tire is out and in shivering dread He slips 'neath the sheets of his lonely bud; How he draws up his toes. All encased in yarn hose; And he buries his nose 'Neath the chilly bedclothes That his nose and his toes, Still encased in yard hose, May not chance to get froze; Then he puffs and he blows, and says that he knows No mortal on earth ever suflerecl such woes; And with All's and with Oil's, AYIth his limbs to dispose; So that neither his toes nor his nose may be froze,' To his slumber In silence the bachelor goes; In the morn when the cock crows, and the sun is just rose, Irom beneath the bedclothes Pops the bachelor's nose; And you may suppose, 'when he hears how the wind blows, Sees the windows all froze; Why back 'neath the clothes, pops the poor fellow's nose; For full well he knows, if from that bed he rose To put on his clothes, that he'd surely be froze. < i ��������������� Qrimmond's Market :: 748 Broadway E. Phone: Fairmont 258 :: Free Car Tickets i������ * * i: One Car Ticket given away with ���������;' every 50c purchase on Saturday j Phone: Fairmont 258 THREE PEUVERIISS f>\\lY. , ���������**** *************'***>****** *4>************************ Those Industries are Better Jn ultimate results which use our electric power service, the factories or office buildings which operate private power plants are under a hig 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. i Western Canada Power Coronany, :: LIMITED f !: HmMi SeyiRWr 4770 603-6 J 0 Carter-Cotton Bldg. P. O. BOX 1418, VANCOUVER, B. C. ������������4 I H 11111III I *********** *****1*1 t 1 11 I ii Mill IH'II i SCIENTIFIC RAILWAY RATES. An Open Letter to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Giving a Few Suggestions. >+*'H"l I ******************* *************4t**4'**'X'***** :: Phone: Fairmont 958 1605 main ST. :: LUMBER OF ALL KINDS * * * SASH, DOORS, MOULDINGS Contractors and House Builders Carpenters and Frameworkers We have just what you require SASH and DOORS MADE ON PREMISES TO ORDER DRESSED and FINISH LUMBER of HIGH GRADE No order too large for us to handle promptly. No order too small to receive careful attention. An American writer has been giving some new ideas on scientific railway rates which are interesting. He says: A new; system of rate-making must be evolved that will do two things, namely: give the greatest economic result from our railroads as a whole, and also work no injustice to any part of our railroad system,' to the nation, or to any individual, corporation, or citizen. Does our present makeshift system of rate-making accomplish this? Apparently not. To speak in general terms, at first the so-called "mileage system of rate- making was tried out and discarded. This, mileage system was to charge according to the distance hauled, practically regardless of all other consideration. But these other considerations would not down, so the mileage system has been practically abandoned in, its original purity, and two other more or less antagonistic systems are now fighting for* their economic life. The so-called "zone system" and a system based fundamentally on markets, popularly termed, "all the traffic will bear." The zone system is now being favored by the railway, but at its best it is only an outgrowth of the mileage system. The mileage system considered each mile as a zone, while the zone system simply considers several hundred miles as a zone. Both systems have the same fundamental weakness of not taking into consideration all the elements that go to make up a fair freight charge and deal almost entirely with distance, as if that were the most important element in hauling freight. Some years ago a railroad clerk made a suggestion concerning freight rates that was taken up, first by the Eastern trunk lines, later by all/the railroads of this country, and has finally been accepted as the fundamental rule of freight rate-making by the Interstate Commerce Commission itself. This clerk merely suggested the zone system. What his reward was hiBtory does not say, although nothing has had more wide-reaching effect on our national development than the simple plan of this obscure clerk. Let us here examine some of the most important elements in the cost of moving freight over a railroad. They include weight, space, distance, terminals, damage, time, and extras such as icing, care of live-stock, handling explosives, etc.; peculiar in each case to some certain kind of freight, but not to all kinds. Oranges, for instance, need special care, compared with coal or lumber. Now it is no more reasonable to select any one of the above elements in a freight rate and put it above all others in importance than It is to Ignore it completely. As just mentioned, however, the element of distance has played the most important part, and our present confusion is due probably to the crowding to the front of all the other elements mentioned. Suppose each element that goes to make up a freight rate in actual practise were considered and charged for separately? This is as radical a departure In freight-rate-making as was the suggested change years ago from the mileage to the zone system. But why not? Let us take even figures, for the sake of clearness, and give a few examples in outline: For every pound of weight allow 1 cent; for every cubic foot of space allow 1 cent; for every mile of distance allow 1 cent; for each terminal charge, according to the average cost; and from this total deduct 1 per cent for each day of time the freight is on the road; and 1 per cent, for each 100 pounds in the shipment or quantity. Then a freight rate could easily and fairly be calculated under any circumstances as follows: Weight plus space plus distance ing Grain. He said: I am not going plus terminals minus time minus quantity, equals total rate. Certain differentials would probably have to be considered, for this very reason; but no matter how many elements would have to be considered, their number in no way detracts from the fundamental idea suggested here: that each element, no matter what the number, should be considered and charged for separately. It is simply the itemized statement applied to rate- making. DATES OF FALL FAIRS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1912. First Circuit��������� Alberni September 12. Nanaimo, September 17-19. Islands, September 18. Shawnigan, September 18. Cowichan. September 20-21. Victoria, September 24-28. Comox, October 1-2. North and South Saanich, Oct. 4-5. Second Circuit��������� Kent, September 12-13. Chilli wack, September 19-21. Coquitlam, September 21. Mission, September 24-25. Maple Ridge, September 25-26. Matsquit, September 26-27. Third Circuit��������� ' Kamloops. September 18-20. Vernon (fruit), September 23-24; (horse show), October 3-4. Nicola, September 25. , Kelowna, September 26-27. Salmon Arm. September 27-28. Penticton, September 28. Summerland, September 30-31. Arrow Lakes, October 4-5. Revelstoke, October 8-10. Armstrong. October 16-17. i j Fourth Circuit��������� { Vancouver, August 10-17. North Vancouver, September 7. Central Park, September 12-13. Delta, September 20-21. Surrey, September 24. Langley. September 25. Richmond, September 25-26. Burquitlam, September 28. New Westminster, October 1-5. Fifth Circuit��������� Kaslo (fruit show), July, October 15 Windermere, September 20-21. Nelson, September 23-25. Cranbrook, September 18-19. Golden, September 24-25. Trail, September 25-26. Grand Porks, September 26-27. Greenwood, September 30. New Denver, October 2. Sixth Circuit��������� Bella Coola, October 30. SOUTH AMERICA TO EXHIBIT. ������������������ ���������. .���������. .������, f> Jf, ,f ��������� ,f, ,f, ,*, ,f, tt, ,f, .���������. Df ���������PVTrTTTTTTTTTTl 11111 ii 11 Mill i til it 111 n t Little Girl���������"Look, auntie, there's a poor man with a wooden leg. Can't I give him a penny?" Aunt���������"Certainly not, dear. I have no doubt he's an imposter."���������Punch. Having been introduced to tbe venerable chancellor, the beautiful maiden looked at htm curiously for a moment and then, just to start the conversation in the right direction, asked: "Don't you find it awfully trying to have to chancel when you don't feel like it?"���������Chicago Record-Herald. Lethbridge, Alta., Feb. 14.���������The full co-operation of the countries of South America in the seventh International Dry-Farming Congress at Lethbrldge, Oct. 21-26, was assured Executive Secretary-Treasurer John T. Burns at^a luncheon given in his.honor and that of Mrs. Eleanor L. Burns, secretary of the International Congress of Farm Women, at the Bolivian embassy on Tuesday evening. There was present the ambassadors from Argentina, Ecquador, Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela, and each-promised delegations to represent their respective countries and to send exhibits of dry-farmed products to the. Lethbridge Exposition. The Pan-American Union has taken up the matter of representation, and is working to secure the unanimous co-operation of the southern countries, and is hopeful of having one or two carloads of exhibits of grains, roots and vegetables. "The South American ambassadors are very enthusiastic over the possibilities of tbe Dry-Farming Congress going to Bome South American republic within a few years, and they look with interest upon the auxiliary work of the Congress of Farm Women, and will request their respectie governments to send prominent women delegates to the sessions of that organization at Lethbridge this fall," said Secretary Burns. "I have had the pleasure of meeting a large number ot foreign representatives tbe past few days in Washington, and none were more enthusiastic than those from South America countries, where the dry-farming methods are being successfully adopted. Senor Don Ignaclo Calderon, envoy extraordinary from Bolivia to tbe United States, accepted an invitation extended by me on behalf of the board of governors to address the Congress at Lethbridge, and I have hopes that other ambassadors from South America will And the opportunity to make the trip and address the Congress. All are interested in Western Canada and marvel at the development of the four provinces, and the desire to visit them may induce several to make the trip In October. Against Orders. "If you refuse me, Miss Gladys, I shall get a rope and commit suicide." "No, Colonel, you must not do that. Papa said distinctly he would not have you hanging about here."���������M. A. P. And a Bargain at That. A little boy had got into the habit of saying "Darn," of which his mother naturally did not approve. "Dear," she said to the little boy, "here is ten cents; it is yours if you will promise me not to say 'Darn' again." "All right, mother," he said, as he took the money, "I promise." As he lovingly fingered the money a hopeful look came into his eyes, and he said: "Say, mother, I know a word that's worth fifty cents."���������Ladies' Home Journal. City Fire Alarms *���������Granville and Beacn. 4���������C. P. R. Yards. 8-7-Granvllle and Davie. ������������������-Granville and Robson. 7���������Seymour and Halmckeh. 8���������North end old Camble St Bride* 8���������Georgia and Car.-.ble. 10���������Hamilton and Robson. 12���������Granville and Dunsmuir. 13���������Richards and Dunsmuir. 14���������Seymour and Pender. 15���������Homer and Pender. 18���������Hastings and Granville. 17���������Hastings and Richards. 18���������Seymour and Cordova. 19���������C.P.R. Wharf (No. 2 Shed.) ' SO���������H. B. Co.. Georgia and Granville 91���������Cordova and Water. 88���������W. H. Malkln's. Water Street 83���������Water and Abbott. 84���������Hastings and Abbott 88���������Cordova and Camble. 86���������Water and Carrall. 87���������Cordova and Columbia. 88���������Pender and Columbia. 88���������Pender and Beattie. 80���������Hastings and Hamilton. 31���������Hastings and Carrall. 88���������R. C. Mills, south end Carrall. 83���������Hudson's Bay Co.. Water Street 34���������City Hall. 35���������Main and Barnard. 38���������Main and Powell. 37���������Main and Keefer. 38���������C. P. R. Wharf (No. 5 Shed). 48���������Smythe and Gamble. 43���������Smythe & Homer. 44���������Brackman-Ker Wharf. 48���������Homer and Helmcken. , 68���������Dunsmuir and Hornby. 63���������Granville and Nelson. 54���������Robson and Hornby. I 61���������Davie and Hornby. 88���������Nelson and Hornby. 83���������Georgia and Howe. 84���������Pender and Howe. 65���������Hastings and Hornby. 67���������Main and Park Lane. 68���������Dunsmuir and Beattie. 71���������Columbia and Alexander. 78���������Seymour -and Drake. 73���������Seymour and Smythe. 181���������Heap's Mill. Powell Street. 188���������Hastings Mill No. 2. 183���������Hastings Mill No. 1. 184���������Burns' Abattoir. 185���������Powell and Woodland. . 1865���������Hastings Mill, foot Dun lea vy. . 187���������Pender and Salsbury. . 138���������Hastings and Victoria Drive. 188���������Oxford and Templeton. 189���������Pender and JacKson. 131���������Powell and Carl. 138���������Hastings and Carl. 133���������Vernon and Powell. 134���������Pender and Heatley. ',, ' ��������� 135���������Powell and Hawks. 138���������Hastings and Dunlevy. 137���������Salisbury and Powell. 141���������Powell and Raymur, Sugar Refinery. 148���������Hastings and Vernon. 143���������Hastings and Lakewood. 151���������Powell and Eaton. 818���������Eighth and Bridge. 813���������Sixth and Heather. 314���������Lansdowne and Manitoba. 816���������Prudential Investment Co and] Manitoba. ��������� 916���������SlxtrTand Birch. 817���������rFront and Scotia. 818���������Front and Ontario. 391���������Seventh and Ash. 999���������Sixth and Spruce. 994���������Sixth and Laurel. 988���������Vancouver Lumber Co. \ 998���������Vancouver Engineering Co. 997���������Lome and Columbia. 998 Sixth and Alberts. 931���������Fifth and Yukon. 938���������Eighth and Manitoba. 383���������Sixth and Granville. 941���������Eighth and Granville. 949���������Front and Main. 843���������Second and Granville. 961���������Main and Dufferln. 953���������Seventh and Carolina. 861���������Prince Edward and Duffeii*. SSrSSft"1 aPl Prlnce Edward. 963���������Fifth and Main. 964���������Seventh and Main. 318���������Barclay and Denman. 313���������Pacific Coast Mills. 314���������Broughton and Georgia. 316���������Davie and Denman. 316���������Burnaby and Nicola. / 317���������Chllco and Barclay. 318���������Chllco and Georgia. 381���������Bute and Harwood. 388���������Bute and Barclay. Front .). 383���������Nelson and Thurlow. 384���������Chllco and Comox. 395���������Burrard and Georgia. 386���������Bute and Georgia. 397���������Bute and Robson. 339' ������������������Barclay and Broughton. 388���������Jervis and PendreTl. ������31���������Burrard and Harwood. 338���������Denman and Georgia. 333���������Burnaby and Jervis. 334���������Bldwell and Haro. 338���������Robson and Cardero. 336���������Burrard and -Comox. 337���������Jervis and Haro. 34J���������Pender and Thurlow. 348���������Broughton and Harwood. 343���������Burnaby and Thurlow. 346���������Thurlow and Alberni. 418���������Third and Cedar. 413���������Third and Maple. ������14���������First and Yew. 118���������F' - - - .. .First and Trafalgar. 116���������Second and Pine. IJ7���������Cornwall and Yew. |18���������Third and Macdonald. "18���������First and Balaclava. 1���������Third and Balsam. -V-Cprnwall a"d Balaam. II���������Maple and_Creelman, C. P. ft -rant ��������� ���������IS���������Eighth and Clark. 818���������Graveley and Park. i'r-Fourth and Park. ���������18���������Graveley and Woodland. ���������If���������Charles and Clark. ���������17���������William, and Woodland, ���������if���������Parker and Park. ���������18���������Venables and Cotton. ���������81���������Venablen and Clark. 888 Campbell and Harris. 893���������Harris and Gore. ' Prior and Gore. Prior and JackBon. Union and Hawke*. '���������Carl and Grove. '���������Harris and Woodland. , Second and Park Drive. ���������81���������William and park Drive. 838���������Blsmark and Park Priva. 838���������Third adn McLean. 541���������Carl and Keefer. 618���������Keefer and Victoria. 613���������Parker and Victoria. ���������14���������Williams and Victoria. 810���������Bismarck and Lakewood. 616���������Second and Victoria. ���������17���������Sixth and Victoria. 618���������Lakewood and Barnard. 718���������Tenth and Park. 718���������Twelfth and Clark. 714���������Ninth and Dock. 716���������Twelfth and Scott. 716���������Broadway and Burns. 717���������Twelfth and Woodland. .718���������Fourteenth and Park Drive. 818���������Sixteenth and Sophia. 889���������Twenty-second and Sophia. 833���������Twentieth and Humphrey. 843���������West Rd. and Fraser. 847���������Twenty-fourth and Fraser. 858���������Twenty-second and March*. 873���������Fifteenth and Thomas. .876���������West; Rd. and Thomas. 1818���������Ninth and Yukon. 1913���������Eleventh and Ontario. 1314���������Tenth and St George. 1916���������Thirteenth and Main. 1916���������Tenth and Quebec. 1917���������Broadway and Columbia. 1918���������Eleventh and Ash. 1818���������Fifteenth and Maini 1994���������Vancouver General Hospital. 1933���������Broadway and Ash. 1951���������Fourteenth and Manitoba. 1963���������Tenth and West Road. 1963���������Thirteenth rind Prince Edward. 1964���������Thirteenth and Yukon. 1319���������Sixth and Pine. 1313���������Seventh and Made. 1314���������Thirteenth and Alder. 1315���������Ninth and Cedar. 1316���������Eleventh and Oak. 1317���������Broadway and Oak. 1818���������Eleventh and Fir. 1318���������Th'rteenth and Hemlock. 1381���������Broadway and Alder. 1399���������Twelfth and Cyprus. 1388���������Tenth and Arbutus. 1384���������Fourteenth and Arbutus. 1348���������Broadway and Willow. 1418���������Eleventh and Yew. 1413���������Seventh and Balsam. 1414���������Fifth and Trafalgar. 8118���������Kamloops and Hastings. 2119���������Powell and Clinton. 8188���������Eaton and Clinton. 8138���������Slocan and Pandora. 8148���������Dundax and Renfrew. 9868���������Wlndemere and Pender. Boots and Shoes Repaired Quickly, Neatfy, Cheaply 537 BROADWAY, WEST (Next to Mercier's) P. KMIT, Prop. 2436 MAIN STREET (BEWEEN 8th and BROADWAY) First-class Repairing a Specialty Boots and Shoes m-ide to order. P. PARIS, Prop. Also Corner of 5th Avenue the DEPOT lor CHRISTIAN LITERATURE 117S GRANVILLE STREET Books tar the Teacker. Books for the Preacher. Books for the Searcher. Book* for the Saint Book* for the Sinner. Would you know thing- to come ? Read Mauro'* Number of Man." 75c CONSTIPATION SI Bodily waste remain* suspended in the bowels and every organ in the body becomes tainted with the poisons of the decomposition. The toe treatment;fa the natural treatment Try FT-SfS*" H������_*^,?������0 tablets $1.00. Ask for booklet The Bias* Agent." BOX 26. KERRISDALE, VANCOUVER. . * ��������� MT PLEASANT CHURCH. Cor Ninth Ave. and Quebec St. Sunday services���������Public worship at 11 ���������Jn,'aJSd ':0������ Pm- Sunday School and Bible Class at 2:30 p.m. w������ ���������*������������������ *������J$������y ��������� ^- a Woodslde, M.A., Pastor. 170 Broadway, W. Tele. Fairmont 231-R. MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST CHITROH Cor Tenth Ave. and Quebec St S. Everton, B.A., pastor 250 13tli Ave. E. Preaching Services���������11 a.m. and 7 30 p;.m,v..Sunda>r School at 2:30 p.m. CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH Cor. 10th Ave. and Laurel St. Services���������Preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:39 p.m. Sunday School at 2:30 p.m Rev . P. Clifton Parker. M.A., Pastor. 11th Ave. W. 1 aVV?JV09?8T. MT. PLEASANT CHURCH Cor. 10th Ave. and Ontario. Services���������Preaching at 11 a.m. and at 7:00 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class at 2:30 p.m. Rev. W. Lashley Hall. B.A.B.D.. Pastor Parsonage. 123 11th Ave. W. Tele. Fairmont 1449. Trinity Methodist Church, 8even*h Ave. E., between Park Drive and Vlc- t?r������,a P������rJye- Pastor- Rev- A. M. Sanford, B.A., B.D. Public Worship, Sunday, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sabbath School at 9:45 a.m. during summer month-. Midweek rally on Wednesday at 8 p.m. AWQ*UtO*\M. ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH Cor. Broadway and Prince Edward St Services���������Morning Prayer at 11 a.m. Sunday School and Bible class at 2:39 p.m. Evening Prayer at 7:30 p.m. .Holy Communion every Sunday at 8 a.m. and 1st and 3rd Sundays at 1} a.m. ^ t Rev. Q. H. Wilson, Rector Rectory, Cor. 8th Ave. and Prince Edward St. Tele. Fairmont 406-L. REORGANIZED CHURCH OF CHRIST _, , 1370 10th Ave. East f Services���������Every Sunday evening at I o'clock. Sunday School at 8 o'clock. I. McMullen. Elder. *mpm\*wntanmmm or opp- MT. PLEASANT LODGE NO. 19 Meets every Tuesday at 8 p.m. In I.O.O.F. hall. Westminster Ave., Mt. Pleasant. Soournlng brethren cordially invited to attend. W. R McKen.le N. a.. 452 10th Ave. E. J. C. Davles. V.G., 1231 Homer St. S. Sewell, Rec. Secy., 481 7th Ave. E. ������VOTAZi OB&VflrV ������OPOS MT. PLEASANT L. O. L. NO. 1842. Meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month at 8 p.m. in the K. of P. hall. All visiting brethren cordially welcome. H. Birmingham, W.M.. 477 7th Ave. K. C. M. Howes, Sec.. 393 10th Ave, E. H"l"M'l"M'l 111 l"l I'l 11III til 11 111 * 11111111 1III ** 1111 * | * * :: S Cash Grocery Shipment Fresh from England Chiver's Jams and Assorted Fruits aiso PEEK & FREAN'S BISCUITS Cor. 11th Ave. & St. Catharines St.! PHONE: Fairmont 1321 ��������� minimi m ii i i m 111.1 *t ���������! :.u M'M m mum mi hi* THE WESTERN CALL. '������- 7: ���������<������*��������� Stop I Look I Listen I Would you give the world (if you had it) in exchange for perfect health? Many would. But to have perfect health your nerves must be free from pressure. Are your nerves free from pressure? Let me examine your spine and tell you where .the pressure (if any) exists. Spinal adjustments will release the pressure and remove the cause of your ill-health. Chiropractic adjustments make the bowels, kidneyb, heart, lungs, stomach and other organs work normally, and the result is��������� PERFECT HEALTH. You. had better Investigate Chiropractic���������It is worth your while. I will gladly explain tne system to you if you will call, or will mail you free booklet on request. No charge for consultation. Office hours: 1:30 to 6 p.m. Ernest Shaw, D.C. (Doctor of Chiropractic.) 250 22nd Ave. East: fClose to Main St.) "fake Davie car AROUND THE LAGOONS AND SEA-COASTS OF HOKAIDO, A.D. 1888. Branoh WOMAN'S BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY Only the Best kept K. COUSINS 655 Broadway ������ Anatomical Shoe Store Parke Houston, Prop. Repairs a Specialty Harness and Shoemaking 635 2 Traser St, op. 50th Ave. Piano Tuning Expert Repair Work. Factory Experience Best References W. J. GOARD. 9991 3nd Avenue, Weat FIRST-GLASS SHOEMAKING AND SHOE REPAIRING DONE AT PETERS & CO. Near Corner Mala Street and Broadway PRTRriNQRAM Physician and Surgeon Office and Residence: SUITE A. WALDEN BUILD'G 25th Ave. and Main St. <Prof. E. Odium, M.A., B.S.) Along the North of Hokaido in Japan there are many lagoons. Sometimes at the mouths of these salt marshes, durlng a storm, great sand mounds-are formed. When the storm is raging and the $de is high, whales occasionally adventure heyoud the place of safety in the ocean deep. ,'V ������������������-.. When a;whale lands, during a storm, beyond the" long, newlp formed mourn*, arid finds himself floundering iii the marshy, brackish water from which her cannot emerge, then he must die the ctfeath,.and"become food to all that can reach him ariddine thereof. , War of Oaks and Poplars. . iln iriyrambles I noticed a wondeiful conflict, friendly and otherwise,'between the oaks aud the*poplar������. The oak is harder than the poplav in the region and atmosphere of the salt scacoast. ,\Invariably on the north of Hokaido. the oaks pressed forward close to the weeds, grasses, wild flowers and coast seaweeds, all of which would naturally be found in the north temperate regions. If "the line of shore be fairly straight, so is the pHk line. If the coast line be sinuous, so is the growth-line of the oaks. If tho coast zigzag, the advance scouts of the hardy oaks arrange themselves in zig-zag fashion. * If there be a high bluff standing breast up to the prand waves, then the oaks advance nearer tp'the filter than'When the coast is %t and low. ^l)n the average the oak-line would vary le- tweett 1(K) and 200 yards frpm the salt water.'. ..,."'.���������''���������'Behind the fringe of oaks is found a fringe, an inneiri range or grouping of pop^rs. If-1he nsiks advance, the poplars follow; where the oaks .recede, the poplars fall back. ^V> When the sea coast keeps extending outward, annually encroaching on Jhe ocean, as often is the ���������c|p������e^"rMninstead of the oak forest fringe growing,, .correspondingly thicker as the front ranks follow^'tlie advancing sand coast, the poplars en- ^Vof(ch-"on the rearguard of the oaks and crowd /il^m^pwn and out. I'���������- ;'\/.AsVsurely. as Canadian thistles will crowd out vthj&*^riin oni neglected farms so surely do the "**'' 'Vl' I increase in number at the expense of the C^UIftfte sea-shore advance and win ten acres a^wwth^'ocean, the line of the oaks will follow. *Bu;i*tb������: areai'of the oaks Js not increased. All the ^air- cpnies to the poplars. Thus they rob their *pro1teetprs of the very ground they have bravely Won and covered, as they have withstood; th^jaft" f^yiejj������te.d attacks of the ocean storm. . v^weye^vif by any means a change comes. and ^ttij������Co^������an; is the intruder and robs the sea shore o���������{^ich of its area, then gradually the frd^t.line of.the oaks recedes. As the ocean eats away the sand ^and gravel, so it, with its salt breath; ^dwindles and dwarfs the advance* oaks 150 yards^distant; So in turn, as the oaks recede, the poplarsfall back, and the oaks on the retreat take their place, always the oak��������� fringe and always the protected inner* area or belt! Again, on the inside, by the lagoon, the oaks form the.nearer line. As the lagoon is less salty, the oaks grow nearer to the margin, and so the , poplars approach correspondingly. - The inner line of oaks is.narrower than the oiitcr'U,ne!,:-l)ecause the poplars can approach more neartv to-.the lagoon lilie than to the sea line. Thus the contest rages, silently and at times noisily and always persistently. THE LAW OF PRATER. ���������oa'kWf There is a law of prayer as well as a law of hunger, and as surely as man periodically craves bread, so surely does he at times crave the held of God. It is probable that every man prays at some time; It is also true that as hunger is the best seasoning for meat, so prayer is the best exercise for spiritual satisfaction. Even if profitable in no other way, it does produce the feeling that duty to God lias thus been discharged. In the intellectual world there is a law of prayer. The ignorant appeal to the wise for knowledge exactly as men are expected to appeal to God for wisdom. The child's appeal to the parent is a form of prayer. The scientist's appeal to nature for light upon any subject is in substance a prayer. The truths elicited by philosophical experiments are answers to prayer. The fact is that prayer is the rule, and not the exception, throughout nature's kingdom, and yet the laws of nature are as stable as the hills, while answers are given in harmony with the law of prayer. The true theory of the highest form of prayer is not opposed to the idea of stability in nature's laws. Intelligent men do hot think of praying for what they know is absolutely fixed and unalterable. No one prays that the sun may not rise tomorrow, that the moon may not give her light tonight, that the stars may not shine next year. No one implores that Niagara may be turned up stream, that the ocean may be emptied from her bed, that the grass may not grow under the influence of sun and rain. No one asks that the dead may be restored to life, that the living may not breathe, or that workmen may not get hungry. These.things are all established in the course of nature, and we never pray that they may be otherwise. In praying for the dying, we always plead for 'siieh intervention as is consistent with the principles of the divine government in the conduct of human affairs. No man is authorized to pray otherwise. Our Lord himself, in all his prayers exhibited this filial and submissive spirit. See*how he addressed himself to the Father: "I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these .things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes." "What shall I say: Father, save me from this hour? Father, glorify thy name." .'���������������������������������������������_.''���������'.���������, In his last prayer for his disciples, mark how he invoked the Father, by name at each petition: "Father, the hour is come;" "O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self;" " O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee." And then in the extremity of his anguish in the garden, he cried: "O my Father,, if it bt> possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not my will, but thine, be done." Men cannot too fully imbibe this submissive spirit of the Master, nor too thoroughly apply this rule to all prayer and supplication. They are to ask for what God can consistently give, and when he withholds, they arc not to say lie has not answered, but only that he has overruled to human good. "What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter." G. E. McBridel & COMPANY Headquarters for all kinds of Hardware LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Heating Stoves | <��������� >* 20 per cent (' fOff Regular Prices! Cor. Main Str. and 16th Ave. PHONE: Fairmont 899 Branch Store: Comer Fraser and Miles Avenues i Phone: Fairmont 1167L ************************** ************************** ****************************************************** ******&******************** HOI CAFE Late (146 Hnstinirs St., East) Short Orders at all hours V WHERE BUSINESS MEN EAT 541 and 543 main St., City Meals 25c. Tickets $4.50. I BOWEL & LARSON,, Prop. open e mm. t������ a p.m. "HONE Sey. 2285 PROF. COWAN EXPERT TEACHER erf Violin, Man- dolin, Guitar, Barno, Authoharp and . Zither. Twenty Private Lessons - $8.00 No Class Lessons Musicians supplies of every description. MAN'S UP-TO-DATE MUSIC STORE , 2348 Westminster Rd. nr. 8th Phone Fairmont 1567 LONELINESS OF THE EAGLE. The eagle lives a solitary life. There is no bird so alone. Other birds go in flocks; the eagle, never; if two are seen together they are mates. Its majesty consists partly in its solitariness. It lives apart because other birds cannot live where and as it lives, or follow where it leads. The true child of God must .consent to a lonely life, apart with God, and often the condition of holiness is separation. The true children of God, who live near to Him, are always a little flock, the few, and not the many. Ever since the beginning the condition [ot close fellowship with God has been separation from men. It is necessary to go outBide the camp, alone, bearing His reproach. No saint has ever been reared without solitude���������sometimes, like Elijah, in dens and caves of the earth; or, like Moses, in the desert of Midian; or, like Paul, in his three ma***mmm**mmm*m*%*mm*m*****m mam Phono Fairmont 949 Always in Mt. Pleasant Jelly's Express and Baggage Transfer Stand���������Main and Broadway Phone - Fairmont 845 ,%,****** >.t..l..I'.I"l-M-M"Hi<"l"I'H"t">i'1l"l'1t'lHl 'H-1-H-H-l'H'l'H'H'H'H Sterling Cafes i Kin. Hasegawa, Prop. 2611 Main Street, near 10th Ave. Phone: Fairmont 620R 625 Main Street, near Avenue Theatre Phone: Seymour 7009 If you buy our Meal Ticket for $3.75 you save money, and you can use the ticket at either Cafe. 20c a Meal. No. 2 No. 1 man named Peter Murphy. His feet an������l legs were caught beneath the engine which, had telescoped the car. He had worked one leg free, and was about to pull the other loose when the roof of the car fell on both legs. While he hung there in agony Battalion Chief Parrel or the fire department came along, and Murphy begged him to lift the timber off his legs. "If I do that," said Farrel, "the roof will fall on the others inside. There are women there.'' "I didn't think of that," said Murphy. "Let it stay. I'll stand the pain." Heard you anything more Christlike? So he waited, a long, terrible half hour, till his fellow-sufferers were dragged from under the ruins. Himself he could not save. No wonder that on the ninth of March following (this was in January) two thousand people escorted the crippled hero from Bellevue hospital to his home in New Rochelle. It was a tribute to something far finer than cour- THE LARGEST BAKERY WORLD. years in Arabia; or, like John the age.-Pilgrim Teacher. Baptist, in the solitudes of the Jordan; or, like the Son of God himself, in his forty days of isolation and temptation in tbe wilderness. Popularity and sanctity are incompatible. "Thou shalt not follow the multitude," even in the way of good, for truth and righteousness have never been with the majority, bit always with the minority. As George Muller, in unfolding the secret of a life of sanctity and service, said, "There came a day when I died utterly; first, to George Muller, and second, to my fellow-men;" and, so saying, he bowed himself down almost to the ground, expressing by attitude what he sought to express by words. He added: "Not until I became totally indifferent to what George Muller thought, desired and preferred; to George Muller's opinions, tastes, purposes, and also to the blame or praise, the censure or applause, of my fellow- men, and determined that henceforth I would seek no approbation but that of God, did I ever start on a life of happiness and holiness; but from that day until now I have been content to live alone with God.''���������Dr. A. T. Pier- son. \ For good values in REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENTS :' 'v-.���������"'-"' : Call on ,.."."': TRIMBLE & NORRIS ;" Cor. Broadway and Westminster Road .X~X"X">* *^>K~M~!"H-#^W^~M~>*****-;-' ** * Eggs and ;: ������> CJiiekens H Hens IN THE I'LL STAND THE PAIN. j..j..K-l*'M"M">*-M"fr-K^"t"K"M"M- W-H-frW^HW ** ** ���������'��������� * -l-V* * * * * Every one remembers the awful Park Avenue collision in Xew York City. One of the sufferers was a young The largest bakery in the world is located in eastern Prussia, the home of the great Krupp gun factory. It is a vast building, in which seventy workmen, divided into shifts, work night and day. Everything is done by machinery. A gigantic screw turns unceasingly a kneading trough, into which are poured some water and ten sacks of flour of two hundred pounds each. This machine makes about forty thousand pounds of bread each day, in the shape of twenty-five thousand small loaves and twenty-five thousand large loaves, produced by two hundred and fifty Racks of flour of two hundred pounds each. All the operations of bread making are performed in this collossal bakery. The wheat arrives there, is cleaned, ground and brought automatically to the kneading trough by a series of rising and descending pipes. There are thirty-six double ovens, and the workmen who watch over the baking of the bread earn from eight to ten cents an hour, making an average of ninety cents a day for eleven hours on duty. They have coffee and bread free, alto tlie use of a bath room, for i.hey are required to keep themselves spotlessly clean, and must wash their hands eight times a d:.y. That lay Eggs and pro- j duce Chickens. Several varieties. * J������* * % * * * * * * * * % * + ��������� * ���������> -J. + -5- X ������ggs New arrivals of Fresh ii . > Eggs from Egg-Land ii daily. For Prices of Fowls and Eggs Enquire 1710 Grant SI. 1637 Victoria Dr. 4mH~:������4^H-H^~H������H-HH-X~K~H-H������ H"������-K h M HI III1"! tun M I * THE WESTERN GALL. The "B. S. A." and , "Ruuge-Whitworth" ��������� Represent the very best value in v English made Wheels���������that means the best in the world. Strength, Durability and Smart Appearance These are characteristic of these machines. TISDALLS LIMITED (Successors to Chas. E. Tisdall) 618-620 HastingsSt. W. *** 1 I'l I* l*<*II H'H'H'll'H'1-HC4 t'X���������!��������� 1 ���������!"������ 1 .>.|..|.ig.������ili.|..|4***4 *4 *** i Broken Your Glasses Bring them straight to ��������� ��������� our repair shop. We can '.! replace a broken lens on 24 ;; hours notice and sometimes ������������������ in shorter time than that. '.' Don't forget the pieces; we ;; need them to make an exact ���������' duplicate from them. You '.! can depend on all repairs be- ;; ing done accurately and __ promptly. f Geo. G. Bigger Jeweller & Optician I 143 Hastings Street, W. I ~***4*************-l**4~''*^ llfl-UttC Broadway rS������75 Tsckalui Art Near Main St. This Theatre is one of the most up-to-date places of amusement in the city. The Lantern and Electrical Apparatus is of the latest approved type, ensuring a clear and steady picture. , A Complete Change of Programme Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Svery film is inspected by the management before >ing shown to the public and only those which would pass the strictest censor are selected. Prices of Admission: Adults 10c Children 5c BRQAPWAY, WAR MAIN STREET Otherwise F. J. Crocker has ben wearing- a broad smile this last few days and being asked the reason he gave (he news that on February 11, at the Vancouver General Hospital, a blue-eyed baby girl was born. He was glad to say that his wife and daughter are doing well and will soon be home. Next Sunday at the Cedar Cottage Piesbyterian Church, the Rev. J. L. Madill, pastor, will preach at 11 a. in. on "The Christian Vision Translated Into Life;" at 7:30 p. m., "Judge Not," the fifth step in "The Ladder of Life" series. At 2:30 p. m. Bible class and Sunday school. Second Hand Store Cabinet Unking and Furniture Repairing a Specialty Store and Office Fixtures Polishing and Upholstering Ptlone: Seymour 3*771- i928 Commercial Pr. Vancouver Our Opinion on the Ranffe Question We know we have your confidence and we have \ made ourselves worthy of it by handling the very best merchandise in our line. 4 We are familiar with the good qualities of every stove and range on the market In our opinion . Tne^iRanae i is the best of them all and the range in service will back us up in every good thing we can say of it If there was a better range made, we would advise you to buy it Will you not come and see it?. We are sure we can convince you inside of five minutes that what we say about the South Bend Malleable is true. W. R. OWEN \ 2337 Main Street - Phone Fairmont 447 J ��������� **********************^*********^^ Mr. O. A. Cruickshank, 306 Thirteenth Avenue East, has been laid up with la grippe this week. Born, on February 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wallfngtpn, Fourteenth Avenue East, a daughter.. The two well-established boot-making and repairing businesses situated at 3330 Main street and at the corner of Eighteenth and Main street, have been taken over by Messrs. William MacLachlan and John I* Morgan. The purchasers are both well qualified to cope with tbe business and to give the same satisfaction as their predecessors. A full line' of ladies' and children's boots and shoes will be nan: died at the Eighteenth Avenue branch, and additional repairing equipment will be laid in at the Main street branch. Messrs. MacLachlan & Morgan's reputation should ensure them success in their new venture. til the courts declare him unqualified, and that any act done before the declaration of the court was just as valid and would bind the council just as much as if Mr. Kerr was qualified. "After considering both questions very carefully the men decided not to press the action and to let the matter drop." GRANDVIEW RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION. The Grandview Ratepayers' Association have decided to take the lead in urging the provision of a by-law bo that the construction of rows of cabins and other objectionable buildings may be prevented. All the members are decidedly of the opinion that such buildings are detrimental to the district, and it has been resolved* that the city council be approached upon the question, through the Central Executive of the Ratepayers' Association. BURIED IN UUEBEC. SOUTH VANCOUVER WATER 8UPPLY. The Muncipal Council of South Vancouver recently had a conference with the Vancouver Water Committee, u'p- on the question of the South Vancou ver water supply. Councillor Camp-, bell says that the water question is a very serious one and that the city could do nothing to help them. ' It bad been expected that in two or three months the Muncipality would have an increased supply, but that is not to be, as the city will be unable to meet the demand until a larger main has been installed, which will not be for t\ year. SOUTH VANCOUVER MONEY BY-UAW8. The by-laws to be submitted to 'the people for the raising of the necessary money for municipal works total $1,- 450,000. and In made up as follows: Street improvements, $750,000; waterworks, $300,000; school appropriations, $325,006; new sidewalks, $75,000. Following tbe usual custom, tbe amounts voted for street improvements and for sidewalks will be equally divided among tbe wards. IMPROVED CAR SERVICE. A much appreciated Improvement has been effected in tbe Broadway east ear service. Instead of tbe triple change and long waits In connecting between Main Street and Commercial Drive, tbe Robson Street cars now run out to Commercial Drive and return by way of Tenth avenue. SOUTH VANCOUVER SCHOOL. . INSURANCE. The South Vancouver School Trustees have decided to place an insurance of $105,000 on four schools, viz., Van Home, Carlton. McBride and Mober- ly schools, $1.10 and $1.15 per $100 insurance, were the quotations received from insurance companies and it was decided to place tbe Insurance wltb tbe company giving the lowest rate. Mayor Lee says there is no foundation for the rumor that New Westminster is endeavoring to annex part of the Municipality of Burnaby. What probably gave rise to the rumor is the fact that there is a petition in circulation that D. L. 172 may be incorporated with the city. This district lot is at present an unorganized district, and no part of Burnaby Municipality. Tbe petition is being submitted by the residents themselves. CASE TO UNSEAT REEVE KERR DROPPED. In speaking of the recent agitation as to the qualification of Reeve Kerr to hold office, Mr. C. Woodward, council for the voters said: "My clients are the voters of South Vancouver. They questioned one or two points, namely; Was Reeve Kerr qualified and could he be unseated? I answered that he was unqualified and could be unseated. Would the lack of qualification in any way render invalid the acts of the South Vancouver Council so as to produce possible litigation as in the Anderson case? I replied that Reeve Kerr was the de facto reeve un- SOUTH VANCOUVER TELEPHONE 8Y8TEM. In connection with' the toll charge of 5 cents per call levied by the B. C. Telephone Company on calls between the city points south of Bodwell Road, and petition has been placed in nearly every place of business in the Municipality. The following is a copy of the petition of protest addressed to the Company. "We, the merchants, subscribers and bould-be subscribers, respectfully request you to reconsider the present rates here and to remove the city tollB, as we consider it an imposition on this section of South Vancouver, and unless changed we- will have to ask you to take out our telephones." It is understood that all those affected have signed the petition excepting two: . * BUILDING PERMITS. For the first time in its history, South Vancouver last month exceeded Vancouver in the number of building permits issued, the total number being 187, as against 177 by the city.' If the work in the building department continues to grow at its present rate the inspector will soon require additional help. According to the report of Water Superintendent Mullet, 100 services and 22 hydrants have been installed in South Vancouver during tbe first' 15 days of February, and $6762.15 have been expended on construction work, and $189.72 on repair work. Sir Walter Scott's Brother Lies In Little Graveyard. Every spot in Old Quebec is historical, and if there is not a sermon in every stone there are at ^east stories associated with most of them��������� stories that recall men and events connected with the making of Canada and the Empire. ���������*-.'. , , At- every turn one comes upon remembrances of the nast" 'that made the present. ' \ ���������"���������'"���������'���������'������" Some of these remembrances dominate the place ��������� ^battlefields where deeds* of Valor were done and the current of the history of this continent turned into new channels; forts and battlements .that have withstood sieges; buildings associated with deliberations and 'enactments (hat ��������� are the landmarks of our constitutional history. Besides these landmarks there are less conspicuous remembrances of the past to be met with at almost every turn, and which, supply the more subdued tints of the great historical picture in which the fort- crowned heights of Cape Diamond, are the central .object. Here is a' little churchyard in the very heart of the city which, illustrates the truth of this.statement. Perhaps ten minutes' walk from the Terrace, up St. John street, which is carried through the outer wall of the ancient fortifications, stands a stone church in Gothic style so' generally adopted' by the Church ' of England. One wail of tire building stands close to the street, and the notice board at the main entrance annoujioes that it is St. Matthew's Church^; V-. " Close to the gateway a lid Ant more than a couplp of feet from.t$e wall separating the churchyardvf^iim the street, is a weather-stalfie'd' slab of | grey limestone somewhat lesii than j four feet in height, and shaped at % the top into a Gothic arch. The stone j stands firm and erect, and although its inscription is well-worn, .������$������������������ can" still with a little care be wholly.Vrtad. It is 'in'^hes^-'words:'.^;''':';;'^/'-:;;;,... "Sacred to the memory '&f Th'imaa Scott, Esquire, late P^ynja^fer^oT^ihe 70th Regiment, who departed, this life Feb. 4, 1825. .'���������.'..., ���������'[;���������?$ -^ . f "And to his daughter, '.Barbara Scottv who died on then6*tl������;of"0]ct., 1821, in the 8th 'yiar of (Her^ej'V In the graves thus. simp|gr rnaiifked .repose the remains of th* Jtjiro^i^atid the niece of Sir WalteWSiBit,"������������������'.Hhe Wizard of the North/' slid^m������'<Athe. great literary geniuses - of tl^ ^eighteenth century.- .. ;' r.^-vO^-������';'- j/\/��������� In 1808 Sir ..Walter; Sj&t"k wrote a brief memoir of his ear^ life, bringing it down to the year 1702,' when he ami his friend, Wiliiafa' Clark, were admitted to the, praetlc^'of law in their native Scatlanoi^itHhat brief and partial autob^repfcy/^r- Walter tells of his family.??���������$? lather >. and mother," says he', ''Md.ra\vejy; numerous family, no fqyre'rVn'bglieye'than twelve children, th^ghronTynve survived very early! youth. My ejdest brother Robert was bred in the King's service and was in the inost of Rodney's battles." Later he.entered the service of the East India Company, made two voyages to the' east, and died a* victim of the climate. Hon. Martin Burrill states that the final census returns gives tbe Dominion a population of 7,203,837. According to statistics gathered by the New York Journal of Commerce, the losses by fire in tbe United States during 1911 amounted to $234,000,000; Canada's losses by fire amounted to $21,000,000. . A Comforting Suggeitien. "T-C- is a most wonderful nsg������t," said Dr. Chnrl������������9 Sheafd, in address ing a gathering of youn^ women recently at the Toronto Technical School. "It is .especially, valuable ������<��������� nurses, and their greatest vulu������ t<������ th * physician arises from the fact that they place the mind of the pa tient so entirely at rest. It is a quality that should be cultivated, although there are persons to whom it is an unknown thin j. I had ������ patient in one of the hospitals who was ac. customed to suffer spasms of thi* most severe pain, especially in the >iir!y morniny hour*. 1 hud instruct ed the nifht nurse to keep an especiiil eye on him about this time, and sht- no doubt soothed his pain to the best of her ability. He:* ministrations were not very successful, however, and at length the patient was led to remark: "I don't think you have any idea of how 1 suffer." "Ob. yes I have," was the comforting reply, "my father used to suffer exactly the same way just before he died.' " Convention In Fredericton. Fredericton is preparing for a great convention this year���������the Federation of Canadian Clubs. Last yeur, the Federation convened in Winnipeg. On that occasion, a Frederictori man, Dr W. S. Carter, was elected president and Fredericton chosen as the meeting place for this year. Dr. Carter is getting tilings in or der for Fredericton'* reception to the delegates, who wiil probably* be invited to the city in September. One hundred representatives of the different Canadian Clubs throughout the Dominion are expected. The Canadian Tree. Forest protection will be a live topic under discussion when the Canadian Forestry convention holds its annual convention at Ottawa. Conservation experts from all over this continent will be on hand to discuss the Canadian tree. H.R.H. the Duke of Con- aaught will preside aver the gathering. By giving his patronage to the forestry convention the Duke of Con- naught follows in the footsteps of Earl Grey in evincing active interest in the problem of our natural resources. Regina to Make Gas. Regioa wants gas. For some tinie, the Saskatchewan city has been considering the ac visability of erecting a municipal g������3 plant. Not long age the council rrade recommendations for public works to be undertaken in 1912. Among tbs proposals was a gas plant to be rea-ly by Auaust 15, aud tf cost $200,00fe. Conserving tho Foreits. The progress of the conservation policy of Canada, a������ applied to forest resources,' depends more. - .Upon - the Forestry Branch of the Pepartment of the Interior than up8n";,any- othdr organisation. Upon "the1 technical knowledge and executive /ability of the officers ������f the .Forestry Branch depends the future of'the .forest on 16,000,000, acres of Dominion* forest reserves, 'as well as .upon the. large area of non-agricultural forest land in Western Canada, which* for the good of the country may yet be set aside as permanent foreet reserves. In addition to looking after Dominion lands the Forestry Branch is now being asked by Eastern land owne-g to furnish advice as to the best means of securing' at the;earliest date a profitable crop of. timber on waste land or wood lots. In order that the new Rocky Mountain forest reserve* may be administered according to the latest scientific knowledge: and the best experience, the Forestry Branch is now making detailed studies of the habits of the merchantable species of trees on the eastern slope of the Rockies in Alberta and has sent one of the men in charge of the work to study the systems of forest management practiced , during the {last few years by the Forest'Service n the national forests of Montana. New Idea In Almanacs. Some person in Collingwood has created a brand new idea in almanacs. It is entitled the "Collingwood Almanac and Encyclopedia," and contains the brief story of one thousand events in the history of the town. These are. of course, arranged in months, with one or more- events recalled by each day. "The historical data was compiled oy Mr. David Williams, a past president of the Cans dian Press Association and a persistent student of local history, The .dei in this almanac is .one which might be taken up in other cities with a view to making citizens more familiar with the' local history of the city and district. Local patriotism is as -valuable as national.��������� Courier. Influx For III I. Bruce Walker, commissioner of immigration, has handed out official figures of immigration for the calendar year 1911. These show a total immigration of 351,000 as against 311,- 084 in 1910. One hundred and thirty thousand persons crossed the border from the United States last year as compared with 121,451 in 1910. Immigration from Great Britain totaled 175,000, which represents an increase of 30 per cent, from Scotland and 20 per cent, from England over 1910. There was a relative' increase from Europe and other foreign countries. Peach Replaces Pear- Canadian fruit men in Ontario are going out of pear growing and, especially in the Niagara region, are substituting a peach tree wherever a pear tree fail's. Be Your Own WE HAVE 6 HOUSES LISTED BE- low .that we can deliver subject toi the first deposit. Look them overjj then see us. No. 1 HOUSE NO. 315.-17TH AVENUI West, 6 rooms, furnace, fireplace, panelled hall and dining room, bath and toilet separate, open balcony at back on second floor, full lot, 33x137 to lane. Our price to sell quick is.I only $5250 and terms of $600 cash I and the balance $100 every 3 mos.j and interest at 7%. \ No. 2 HOU8E NO. 279.���������18TH AVE. WEST, 33x137 ft. lot, I rooms and all modern conveniences; furnace. We can de> J liver this home for $5500, only $601 j cash and the balance at $60 per month including interest. See this" home without delay. No. 3 120 22ND AVEv W., NEAR QUEBEC St., 5 rooms, bungalow style, furnace, laundry tubs, bath and toilet sen., bevelled plate and colored glass doors, electric fixtures, all complete, our price only $4200, only $609 cash and the balance $36.00 per mo. and Interest. No. 4 HOUSE ON CORNER 1������TH AND John 8t, 6 roomi, furnace, fireplace, panelled hall and dining room, electric light fixture!, good high let and corner; sold for $$800; you can b������ve it now for $4600, $500 cash and tbe balance $45 per mo., Including Interest. No. 5 HOUSE NEXT TO THE ABOVE SIM- liar to above in every way. Price only $4200, $400 cub, balance $40 per month, Including interest. No. 6 HOU8E ON SO FT. LOT ON 17TH Ave. near Martha St, 6 rooms, modern, only 1 block to cars, and' a good buy at $4500, easy terms. x\ & CO. 2343 Main Street Phone: Fairmont 497
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Title | The Western Call |
Publisher | Vancouver, B.C. : Terminal City Press |
Date Issued | 1912-02-23 |
Description | Published in the Interests of Greater Vancouver and the Western People. |
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Vancouver (B.C.) |
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Language | English |
Notes | Print Run: 1910-1916 Frequency: Weekly Published by Dean and Goard from 1910-01-07 to 1910-04-01, Terminal City Press from 1910-04-08 to 1915-12-24, and then McConnells from 1915-12-31 to 1916-06-30. |
Identifier | The_Western_Call_1912_02_23 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2012-09-14 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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AIPUUID | 4c3e72ed-e9fb-4eca-994c-6732b28bfa02 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0188349 |
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Longitude | -123.1167000 |
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