gpffffjK^fy^^ The. indications are that the administration if which Mr. Richard McBride is the trusted leader w ill be endorsed at the polls on Thursday Lext as no other government in Canada has ever Wn endorsed. So certain does this appear to be |hat many Liberals take the position that it Would ;iave been wise from the party standpoint not Jo fcave put any candidates m the field* 5������is.W0**h ���������rhiif inquiring how it haa come about that auch \ in unprecedented political conditio^ hss arisen ta this province. Our Liberal friends hate-hot kncleavored to explain it, and we thi)Elk'<������9fih- hood reason, for they would have to concede - phat it is due to the excellence of the Administration, or to the weakness of the Opposition, or to lyoth. Our own explanation is that the e_cellenee \>t the Administration has destroyed all opposition except that of a partisan nature. . We note that our Liberal friends have not idvanced a single proposition as an alternative' o the government policy in any of -its aspects. Tiey have given absolutely no reason why they hould be entrusted with office, or sited^ a valid ���������eason why the presence of one of their candidates n the House would be of sdvantage to the coun- ry. An Opposition that stands for some principal nay have its uses; but there is no place in our lystem of parliamentary government lor an Oppo- ition that limply ofiposes. < Why haa the opposition to the McBride ad- jiniatratian iresolved rtsefl into a mar* sjs|t to teep a political party alive t thp answer is'to he found in the record of the ntfri^. ^������ Mr, [cBride took oflwe he waa c<*|(onted mp principle problems. One of them was Jw we iubtic credit could be most speedily r*4|M^ajld' \k* other was haw the province could* be most tf������edily a^wl advanta^uriy developed. His most lostile critic will not deny that |s has placed >vioeial credit on, a very high plane or that ho .basn inttmsnswtal in insngursfchig wnrfra-ef slopment on a scsle oommensurete with the ttness of the province and the reasonable. ^rations of the people. When he took office Jiere was a heavy overdraft in the bank whose [managers were in a position to impose their will I upon any government that might be in power. it became Mr. McBride's first duty to restore [ healthy financial conditions and ensure- a sufficient revenue to warrant the introduction of progres-" ksive measures. In this he succeeded beyond all Expectations, we think we can say even beyond ' his own. Certainly it was not long before the \ deficit was wiped out and the banks, that had looked askance at the provincial account, came to regard it as a highly desirable branch of their business. In the course of time the deficit was converted into the greatest cash surplus ever held by any Canadian province, and, we think, greater than has ever been held by the Pominion in actual available money- This greet result wss acheived not by the imposition of taxation but by the judicious utilization of the great natural resource*of. the province. There were, it is true, s few additional taxeaim- j>osed, but the receipts from them; formed only a *mal.l part ol! the revenue. We repeat that the restoration of the provincial credit and the change of a heavy deficit into an unprecedented surplus was the result of the judicious utilization of the natural resources of the province. By fsr the greater part of the settlement of the province '.luring the past ten years hss been upon land privately owned. Pre-emption as a means of settling the vacant areas of the province has been proved by years of trial to be very largely a failure. There are areas on which there is not a single settler; there are other areas, no better -ituated or more suitable for cultivation, where i private owners have built up very prosperous communities. The policy of permitting private persons to acquire large areas of crown lands, which it. will be to their interest to place in the hands of actual settlers, should be judged by its results���������and the results iu British Columbia have been satisfactory to the public. No one has lost }t, for the purchasers have had value for their loney. The province has gained not only by the [ttoney received for the land but by the conversion if non-revenue producing areas into taxable ares.9, !>ut even more so by the conversion of what was ���������nee wilderness into thriving settlements. The ommunities in the great Okanagan Valley, which re the admiration of all who see them, are not lue to the policy of pre-emption but have result- d from the broad vision of private owners, who rent to the people, told them what the land was eke, and brought them to it. What has been [one there has been done, and is being done elsewhere, and every person who has made an" impartial study of the question must admit that hritish Columbia will only be successfully eolon- ped through the instrumentality of private own-. Irs. It is easy to call the man who buys'a tract It land, subdivides it and sells it to settlers a peculator: but that proves nothing. If to pay ���������ie government for land, to survey and subdivide :, to advertise it; to bring it personally under fie attention of persons suitable to become set- !ers: to bring the settlers to the land; to assist leni in making homos; to give them long time (Continued on Page 5) !��������� ��������� ��������� ,"' J^U,^^ '''' TIM HflN/PRIEMlER McBRlDE ,-. v Some 1500 electors listened to Premier McBride in the Vancouver Opera House last week T Oanners Seek Further Protection���������ttaesnt Regulations Jtfke Impossible White Pishing Population I All who know the ability of the honourable gen- f ,' __������h������_-__i fiiiiiiMM-S-Uii 1 tlenian a-d heard him on that oeeasion, were 55E_SS<~ SK"?> The B. Cf Fisheries and the existing regulations hive been commanding the attention of the leh era of B. C. forbids the exportation of .fresh fish, *\ ation now in force in the north. urging this eourse, and as a result of in, journeyed to Ottawa to protest, T t regulations were designed purposely + (By Professor ������. Odium, M.A., B^c) ���������minister at Ottawa, Mr. Hazen, as well as that of the It is proposed to abolish the present regulation, also ita modify, or entirely remove* the foa^rittmg; ^ ' < Messrs. Taylor, Stevens and Goodeve, M.P/s, bs' T their action a delegation of canners, headed by Mr. Belt T which was quite natural in view of the fact that the pre*.. ��������� for the canners and gives governmental sanction to onoiof the lightest food combines hi Canada In characteristic language Mr. Bell-Irwin told the li'C. members, who differed from him, that f ������������������^w���������^.*foraBUU?u_ ���������������"���������ceoi nouy thev were "ignorant cranks," and "pumped ftdl of nohleW by irresponsible persons;" inferring; + a������? JS- W w*ni*ed ** snch rtrenuoas that any one who dsred to differ from Mr. BelWrwin f |s ineapable of thinking for himself- I extending over so long a period! How c _ The canners claim may be summed up m the foli ' ^ oration before the Minister, and whieh has all the eai < ��������� memorized for the occasion. Said he: "Imsjfine, Mr. < i Columbis fiords, extending inland ten,-twenty, perhaps (, either side and capped with the everlasting snow, wit1 the esgle to witness its grandeur r imagine, sir, the wri salmon, sporting themselves in its clear depths, food t" along comes the cannery man, and at, great e_pen*e���������f< Ami not right, sir, in saying that those fish belong pwjtaptiont" Just at this point of his oration a member dared ^ing , quotation from Mr. Bell-Irwin's of a carefully prepared speech, er, one of our magnificent British ty miles, with the mountains rising]on _q living creature except the bear and of this fiord teeming with millions.of *\ for these bears and eagles, when, to, * thousand dollars���������erects a cannery. fc cannery man! Is he not entitled to haturally stirred ^p^wrath jhh*twastni|������0^W^Si*4 wonW ht no canning industry," that if there were no fish there struck with wonder st the vigor, .and, stsying ��������� power he must possess. He came tb Vsneottver after travelling thousands of milea. ipeaking night, and day for nearly a mpnth, addressint tens of thousands of the British Columbia electors, losing much sleep and rest, and then, on the platform in the Opera House, he delivered an able utterance. v This he did in spite of the fact that ha was pestered by a lot of noisy and senseless hoodlums who have no stake or interest fn the country. What tremendous endurance of body, mind efforts can any but a truly strong snd capable man accomplish a task so great f When the next provincial campaign" comes around, I think the, people: of Vancouver afconld ask Premier McBride to open the contest,' by aom* ing to the Terminal City at his best We skill ask him to come with the fullness of his bast fad freshest vigor, and then our hgtdest critics will be enabled to see that British Columbia has, at its head; one of Hie very sb|est sUtes^ Jivju������ .^'Ys^BftS iiP iliSi ���������m-mm . ^ A * ^^^y- H������ Im^sEt^ tho^t, e������rew<m"of *a-i sm b_ **h^!me>wmmKMmm p^rhats tbs;nsh mifhtbe said, to bw^ w t^ peopi.^ principle principle* ot the cannery combine and ol the law of _ ^ of the orator and resulted in his contemptuous reference ht ihoihl rtmssabar that tf i*4 vmw*i*wto**mm to which the aforesaid "ignorant cran*" of a member rep: would be no canneryman. f j 4 It was this ignorance on the part of the member^ and their suggestion that the public had t right* and that the fisherman should be considered, whw^h^so^axasperated Mr. Bell-lrvm, and no ��������� doubt on bisxetumhawill take goodoare to tell the pels^tot.Vaneouv*>-sM^New-WestmrnwIaiN what a pair of chumps they hsve representing them ^Ottawa, men who had not yet learned that 2 J������jf sft8^dllit' tolbraS D^&nat^" in YiThoSI m*& and hi. kind were the dictators o the public rights. I ������' ���������g^ftj'������rWwW aSs S \% Let us briefly examine these two regulations which call for personal attention ol men of such ��������� - ���������'--J:j * -* Ki���������'* --iT-* *-' c -* sminent ability as Mr. Bell-lrvin et aL First the export duty which the minister cancelled. The eannerymen at. the present time arbitrarily set the price to be paid the fisherman for bis ' fish, and also ha&-tha,privilege--ptfifM offered, in which case the only thing the fisherman can do is to throw them over board, as he cannot export. The eannerymen have the ' * privilege of h$1n|inf in fiah.from the American traps, which he frequently does. Now it must be ' ��������� opening of th^ e*npaiga, then we ahal) have a masterpiece from a msster statesman and platform debater. # Very much #f thsj^s;lanfuage can be ap- X:.__lWr>'t>������ Iniww^hte Attorney treaeral, who t-i������Mnpsu1^ 5������r mtm-er InYte #r^u6W S#ntfl a splendid account of himself snd of his wort at Victoria. Though tired and well tried for long (Continued *iss *) i <V; to do- so,,'withi ther result that our fishermen have been compelled to dump 6ver-board^- large amount of their catch, because they were not.allowed to export. But worse than that^-the can- nerymen have brought in scow-loads of cheap American fish from the traps (when .traps were ^veHe^ed).and.refused to purchs^ow the afore-mentioned result. This does not occur every year, buitt has occurred all too often, although Mr. Bell-lrvin will {seek to becloud the fact with specious arguments. Tbst such a thing has ever ownirrsd, or that it is'pifirtble for it to occur, is good snd sufficient grounds to warrant a change in the regulation. We contend that the fisherman should have the privilege of selling his fish on the open market, and if the American buyer wishes to out-bid the local buyer the fisherman ha* the right to this tacrsss- tw'ffl* . << The warmers contend that this means that onr fish will be canned in American canneries. Horrible thought���������"better far," say the canners, "that these fish should be dumped into the Fraser than that the fisherman should sell them to be canned by the unholy American csnner." The answer is, that by virtue of his position the Fraser river canner has a distinct advantage over the Puget Sound canner, as far ss Canadian fish is concerned, and, if he will, can out-bid him in price. The truth is, thst the removal of this prohibitory export law will take out of the bands of the canner a weapon which he hss successfully used to keep tbe fisherman in line, and will mske it impossible for the canner to drive out of the business a fisherman who dots not mdtty accept his, the canners, terms; but it will give the fisber.nan t\\r ri?ht to sell his flih in the open market, which is the inherent privilege of every man. Now a word on the boat-rating regulation, which applies to the northern psrt of B. 0. By this regulation each cannery is permitted to fish a stipulated number of boats according to the size of the cannery. It is argued that this regulation waa made for the purpose of pro- <i������ tecting the fish; in practice it has resulted in the protection of the canners, and in fostering a 1. combine of unparalleled audacity, * When a fisherman wishes to secure a license to fish, he goes to the government inspector ��������� who demands the regular fee AND A COPT OP A CONTRACT WITH SOME CANNER TC TEE J EPPECT THAT HE (the. fisherman) WILL DELIVER ALL OP HIS PI8H TO THAT CANNER * AND TO HO OMB SLfKy snd at the canners own price, as it will at once be observed that this contract with the canner must be made before the fisherman can get a license to fish. Iu other words, every fisherman is the serf of the eanfiev. Whatever may have been the intention of the government when making this regulation, it is clear that it would be impossible to conceive of a more nefarious rule in practiee. The contention of the three B. C- members is t���������af this rule should^ be abolished, and that the fishermen be allowed to sell their fish to the highest bidder. There are about 800 boats fishing on the Skeena. divided among about 16 canneries, let the government issue the 800 licenses and let the canners compete for the fish. At present the canners set the price and as a man must sign a contract, before be can get a license, it is clear who holds the control. Last year the canners- in the north paid ten cents a fish, whereas they could have afforded to pay double that sum. but *������ *f owing to the boat-rating they were not compelled to do so. No wonder they do not wish the regu- X lation removed. A very good illustration of how this works out'is the case of Bob Kelly's cannery ���������; on Smith's Inlet. Kelly has an exclusive license on that inlet and no one else is allowed in. He has taken a"profit, out of a privilege for which he pays $50.06- per annum;- ol- from- $40,000.00 to f. $70,000.00 per year; recently he sold the privilege (With the cannery worth about $40,000.00) for T $325,000.00, on whieh he is reported to have received $60,000.00 down, but th������ balance has not * been paid, because of the threatened change in regulations by Ottawa. i We confess that it is rather rough on Bob for the Government to chango. its regulations just T at this time, aad no doubt he will heartily second Bell-lrvin's statement, that these meddling mem- f hers of parliament are "ignorant cranks, pumped full of nonsense." T We dare, however, to affirm that no man is entitled to $325,000-00 for a privilege from which $ the government only receive $50.00. ^ i Mr. Bell-lrvin also said that the result of removal of the \ boat-rating' would be, that men % would get. an out-fit from a cannery aud then sell his fish to another competing cannery. Our X *answcr is, that that is not the business of the gov-emment but a private contract between tbe can- v, (Continued Page 5) 4 ���������;������ *���������-* **���������*���������* -*-* * **���������** *** ��������� t * ���������������* ������������������������ ��������� * ������������..������������������������������������������ ��������� **.* **.**** ***** -** *.* **���������������*. * *���������* ��������� i i Appealing unto Caesar, aa- the quaint old Hebrew phrased it, will in a few days become an actuality in Vancouver when the electorate are called upon to choose their representatives in the Hall of Legislature for the nett Parliamentary term. In addition to the Socialist there are five Liberals assiduously seeking the suffrages of the people���������for what! 'Put us in power," is their cry. "See what we will do for you, our good friends���������we are your only friends. We are the real Codlin���������not Short. Watch us abuse the other fellow." Now, that's just what a good many of the electors like myself have been doing, snd the impression is irresistibly borne in upon one thst ������������������ abuse is no argument/' Invective is* cheap, and noisy, snd makes a good many catch votes with the unthinking few��������� but what about the others who do think f Tbey, I opine, argue somewhat after this fashion: "Well, I am not a one-sided party man. I am one of the moderate crowd, and it seems to me there is only one policy before us." Only one sound, progressive policy, and that is McBride'a own railway roads and development of natural resources policy; the other fellow is only "hollering" to be let in the back way, or any old way, only let them in. '' See how easily wc call down Bowser, and what choice adjectives we have for McBride." Don't you think, Mr. Elector, that a party who is so keen on mud- slinging can do a lot of good? YOU DON'Tt Well, well! What a surprise. On the other hand, what is the plain duty of dot only every good Conservative but of every other sane business man but to support McBride against the forces of disorder that are marshalling on the other side? See whervrthat coiling serpent, Lloyd George, ���������Hello! How's that for epithet*, ye "Sun- worshippers" See what evil communications will do even to a purist���������l am saying see what that Coiling Serpent) Lloyd George, has done for trade and happiness of Old England with his unending class war. Do you want the same disturbing influences fit work here? "YES," I can hear niv Socialist friends shout, "WE do." But stay a moment, you who have nothing to lose and spout liery treason. Will you be any better off, either, under choas? 1 trow not, as from a lon^r conversation which I had with one of yon only this week end it, is plain that ye yourselves know not where it is th;it your theories arc leading you. You assert, do you, that society is based up- (Centinustf on page S) THE WESTERN CALL. m. Alex Crawford LADIES TAILOB lOl5 COMMERCIAL DRIVE Imported Suiting* in Blue. Grey and Brown lined with Skinner's Guaranteed Satin; at $40 per suit. Shoe Repairing BY AH EXPERIENCED WORKMAN Thos. Farrington BROADWAY, ���������etwees Mats St sad Westsrisstcr W Kitsilano and West of Granville Street MANY . CALL AT ... Boxer Murray & Co. I7������ nsniltlEI Mil. Rstr tat. Ikfcrto FOB HOVSaaANO LOTS W THS LOCALTTV, >s PJ.IufA4,r*soMm PhiscFtimMtKN FIRST-CLASS SHOE 1*1 AKIN 0 AND SHOE REPAIRINO BONE AT PETERS *ft CO. Near Ceratr Mais Strati aai Brsaiwa) DR. R. INGRAM Physician and Surgeon Office and Residence: SUITE A. WALDEN BUILD'G 2Wh Ave. and Main St . ...ii>.-<...��������� ��������� QUEEN KCVHOMIt Informs the public of her wonderfa) power* In readies tlrt history of oneV Itfav hr exsaOami the ostai of th* band. Advice la all basmsss mattarr saa family aftalrs; tell* yov what you are best adapted tor; tells>on ta* Aame of; year roture companion. waetaer llvlag or dead; tells you what planet yon were bara sa**r and what part of the coaatrr Is the lacs t������st for yon. Why not *ee the b**U It costs ao more. 8stt*tsetl0a or no chw%e; all resales* strictly coafldw Ual. Permanently located at.-.-.. 1P09 ORANV^m ST. Hours: JO a.m. to 10 p.m. f^ttnosfRenov^ W. S. McKBLLAR. mor. 713 3ROAPWAV, BAST Near Scott FOn LAP1ES' _HD GENTS' Cmsamwg, Pressing ano Repairing Phone: Fairmont 172 LADIES' 8KJSTS HAPS TO ORDER If you once cook a Christmas Pinner with PRY WOOD you'll never rest content with any other. Our Wood is pry Wood. 16.00 per Cord, delivered. R. DOHERTY 675 Tenth Ave. W. Phone: Fairmont uoi-t Ureal West Cartage Co, Limited B. F. Andrewa H. W. Ellis A. E. Tennant H. H. Williams Express, Truck and Dray Furniture and Piano movers Freight Bills Revised Loss and Damage Claims Handled Customs Brokers Forwarding and Distributing Agents Phone: Seymour 7474 103 Loo Blk., Cr. Hastings & Abbott St Vancouver, B.C. ��������������������������������������������� *2������ ���������������������������������*��������� ,3* ������������������" **r**f*rv %��������� v*"5* W ���������J* 'j* *l* 'J* ���������J1 "I1 ���������{������������������{������������������j' *9 *TORONTO! FURNITURE STORE % ������ 3334 Main St. + ���������5* 4* * Our stock of Furniture + $ is Large, Modern and | * adapted to the tastes of $ J .Buyers. Dressers, Buffets, Tables Chairs, Couches, Mattresses, Bedsteads, etc. A complete'line of Linoleums. Carpet Squares, etc. Drop in and inspect our goods. This is where you get a square deal. M. H. COWAN * * * * t v * *|f 'I^^V'X^iWVVV**1 TTV'!"!'^1 TTTTrTf FLOURISHING ENTERPRISES IN ALLLNES. THE KITSILANO HARDWARE, 22 J 8 Fourth Avenue West, near Yew Street, is conducted by Mr. E. A. Nicoll. an enterprising young man, and a native son of British Columbia, who has had ten years' experience in the business and has been in Kitsilano two years. He conducts a nourishing general hardware store and deals in builders' supplies, stoves, ranges, graniteware, paints, oils, glass, tinware, etc., etc.. and his phone is Bayview 708L Mr. Nicoll U a son of Mr. W. Nicoll "pioneer" of British Columbia, who farmed on Sea Island thirty- six years ago. These gentlemen have recently sold but some of their valuable industrial site waterfront holdings on the island near Eburne, a coming industrial section of '���������Greater" Vancouver, *\* figures that would truly indicate that "die early bird gets the early worm." Personally. Mr. Nicoll is a genial and pleasant young fellow to OKf&cJtad Kiuilano is bound to move right along with drawing cards like this live young "native son." MORROW fit DEANE. comer Seventh Avenue and Yew Street, are popular Kitsilano grocers and provision merchants. They conduct one of the finest and busiest grocery establishments in the section of the city where they are located and their large and growing trade is justly merited. They cany a very large assortment of choice family groceries and their prices are as low as strict commercial principles will permit They have operated two years iii Kitsilano and were in the downtown section two years prior to locating in die bon-ton residential section of Vancouver. They formerly were in die same line in Ireland, their native land, prior to coming to Canada. They are bom prominent members of fraternity organizations and among diem are die Sons of Ireland or Scotland, the Orange Order, and the Masons. THOMAS HUGHES. 2037 Fourth Avenue West, conducts a flourishing hardware store and handles all kinds of shelf hardware asd grahitewere;. His establishment is particularly neat and attractive and well stocked. Mr. Hughes has been doing business in Kitsilano nearly one year and already has built up a very: substantial and growing trade. He has had fifteen.years' experience as a hardware merchant aad bows theftasiikss thoroughly. He is a o^stir^ttUried^raduate of Wellington College. Shropshire, England He leaves no stone unturned to ���������<', please each and every customer and makes each sale an advertisement for succeeding ones. Hh prices challenge all honorable competition aad lie makes friends easily. Personally he is a gentkman of broad and liberal views to meet and of nSe progressive, enterprising and go-ahead type. When youwanthardware. phoSe Bayview 1361 v %������ CRESCENT MEAT ANW FISH MAR: KET, 2089 Four* Avenue West, corner Arbutus, h conducted by Mr. f. D. Gore, a Uye young wan who has followed the butcher business for the past thirteen years, for tea years he was in the employ of die Burnt' Markets and three years in Porter's in Vsacouver. He has just recently opened up at Kitsilano for himself and everything would indicate that he will move right along steadily on the pathway of success. Everything > SDbtlmry neat and clean as a new pin, and'the ^ssrifcst housewife could scarcely keep her pantry looking cleaner and more attractive. Mr. Gore's motto is "Q>iality. He believes in the best and that the best is none too good (For Kitsilano resident*. He is a genial young fellow to meet. Hi* phone is Bayview 1520. THE FAIRVIEW MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 2050-2058 Sixth Avenue West, are manufacturers and dealers .in soft yellow fir and red xedar doott, sash mouldings, turning, hand sawing, detail work in all kinds of builders' supplies and house furnishings, They have a splendid factory well equipped with the latest modem machinery and attend to all orders whether large or sinall, with dispatch. They have operated here four years and their business is constantly increasing. They give employment to several experienced millmen and skilled workmen in the Various departments. The personnel! of the company :is. composed of Messrs. R. M. Dawson, F- P- Baldwin and f. E. Sutherland, gentlemen of wide experience in this important branch of commerce and industry. Kitsilano and Fairview* West are well supplied and receive the best money can buy when they trade with the Fairview Manufacturing Company, 2050 Sixth Avenue West. Their phone is Bayview 266. THE FAIRVIEW TRANSFER & CARTAGE Co., LTD.; 1698 Fourth Avenue West, make a specialty of Piano and Furniture nwvnig.-baggage express, dray- ing and general teaming work, and also horses bought and sold. They operate fifteen outfits, vans, wagons, and outfits of various kinds for this special line of business, ��������� and in conjunction with the above have recently bought over the Ideal Cartage Company's business, located at the rear of 919 Homer Street. The personnel of the company is composed of Messrs. W. H. Dobson and W. Caulfield, who have operated in this line here during the past two years. They have recently incorporated the company and are prepared to handle all kinds of heavy teaming, contracts and execute the same with efficiency and dispatch.. Their charges are .moderate and they are particularly well equipped with.big covered vans for moving house furniture and pianos with care. Phone Bayview. 220. A. C. Giles conducts the Yew Street Dry Goods, Store at 2071 Yew Street, and also the postoffice sub-station No. 5. He has operated in Kitsilano nearly two years and'enjoys a good trade. He is ably assisted in the conducting of his growing business by Mrs. Giles, a very pleasing and business-like lady, who has had several years' experience in mercantile lines and understands this line thoroughly.' Also customers are waited oh promptly and politely by a very pleasant arid beautiful rosy-cheeked young lady clerk who likes Kitsilano, and The Call is quite sure Kitsilano will like this pretty belle, who made her debut here today. MRS. ALICE RICHARDS, 2206 Vine Street, conducts Kitsilano's popular millinery parlors. She has followed the business for fourteen years and has operated in Kitsilano a little over one year. This is where the elite ladies are properjy .served and get hats to set them off, as Mrs. Richards' specialty is trimming, which she has down to a fine art, and few on the Coast understand the work to the same degree of excellence as this pleasant and business-like woman. The Call is pleased to note her success. She also carries ribbons, veilings, mechlins, chiffons, etc. Remember the place. D. S. MACDONALD, 2232 Fourth Avenue West, near Yew Street, conducts a flourishing real estate business. He makes a specialty of buying and selling. He formerly operated as an auctioneer in Manitoba and was several years in Portage la Prairie, where he won fame and fortune in his line. He was born in Prince Edward Island. He has fine properties listed for sale, although ���������**%***I****************** ************************** has seen much in his travels,he now heralds the praises of Kitsilano���������the bonton residential district of Vancouver, B. C. His phone is 1691. THE IDEAL MARKET. 1738 Fourth Avenue West, is conducted by Messrs. G. M. Anderson and H. H. Morton, manager. They deal in fresh meats, cured hams and bacon, dairy butter and fresh country eggs and all kinds of fruit in season. Mr. Morton has had many years' experience in this line of business, both in the Emerald Isle, his native commonwealth prior to coming to America, and also in Canada prior to locating in Kitsilano. They have been established here six months, during which time Messrs. Anderson and Morton have made many friends and business patrons, and are doing well. Their phone is Bayview 1108. MACDONALD'S CAFE. 1611 Yew Street, is*, popular eating place for Visitors and tourists taking an outing at the Kitsilano beach. Regular meals and short orders as well are served from 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mr. Macdonald makes a specialty of afternoon teas for parties/ picnics, and his plaice is well equipped for banquets. Meals are served from 25 cents and up. This is the place to get the best meal served in Kitsilano. JAMES WHITELAW. 2013 Yew Street. Kitsilano, the famous boot and shoe maker, conducts a splendid shoe store and repair shop. He makes a specialty of making loggers' shoes, and all kinds of repairs are promptly and neatly done at moderate prices. He uses the best materials and has followed the������ business thirty years. He has operated three years in Kitsilano. He learned his trade in Scotland, the land of his nativity, and the country noted for itt "bonnie lassies" and honest sons of toil. S. F. WHITE fit CO.. 2208 Cornwall Street, near Yew. Kitsilano, conduct a general real estate business. They make a specialty of Kitsilano property and have a large list of splendid properties on sale. Mr. White was in Vancouver eighteen years ago and has traveled extensively at home and abroad, since then. He followed mining sometime in Africa and in Siberia, and is a graduate of the I. M. M., London. "Everything is looking active,*' remarked Mr. White. He rents houses, and makes collections, looks after property for absentees and makes loans. His phone is Bayview 1346. BEETON fit DICKSON, 2210 Vine Street, are grocers and provision merchants who are building up an excellent run of custom. They carry a fine stock of family groceries and their prices are right These energetic and active young business fellows are progressive from the word "go," and are sure to win, as they are hard-working and honest to die penny. They have operated here one year. Mr. Beeton hails from England and Mr. Dickson from the "Emerald Ule" as the land of his nativity. McMULLEN'S. MAKERY, 2059 Fourth Avenue West, is the place for bread, cakes snd pies like what your mother used, to make. Mr McMulUn has a large, commodious bskeshop and can tsm out one thousand loaves of choice bread every two hours. He makes a specially of family trade and has two tricycles for quick deliveries* and a large store trade. Mr. McMullen was aiser<lt|ywith Spiking fit Co., bakers for the Royal Family m London, England, for sojne time. He operates the famous Middleby Oven and takes contracts for banquets and wedding supplies, etc, Mrs. McMullen is die pleasant store attendant. JOHN GILLIS, corner Third and Maple Street, conducts a liberally patronized familygrocery and provision store. Ffe has been in die grocery line all his life and has operated one year in Kitsilano. He is a good buyer and goods right bought are more than half sold. This is a. great secret in mercantile life and Mr. Gillis understands Hi He is a live wire and progressive. He hails from Nova Scotia. CHANDLER'S GROCERY STORE, corner Seventh Avenue West and Fir Street, Fairview, is conducted by Mr. G. K. Chandler, who started business nearly one year and'a half ago, and during that short period has become an important factor in mercantile circles. He carries a splendid stock of family groceries well displayed, and each month sees a big increase in his business.. He was in Winnipeg ten years in business prior to coming west and also officiated four years as steward on steamships. He is specially well posted in his line and men of his enterprising type make good in any calling or business. He is a live wire and progres-. sive from the word "go." McLELLAN & McCARTER, LTD.. 1605 Sixth Avenue West, is one of the larger concerns operating in Fairview. They deal in grain, hay and feed, and make deliveries to all parts of Vancouver. The business is zealously looked after by Messrs. F. S. Bacon, and T. E. Robinson, in the absence of Mr. Norman McLellan, proprietor, who is on 'a tour in California this winter. This concern has recently. bought out Arputhnot fie Helmet's sash and door factory adjoining them and contemplate putting in a big grain elevator with a capacity of probably a hundred thousand bushels. They can fill very large contracts quickly. Phone 5510. Z. STEVENS, 1833 Fourth Avenue West, Fair- view, conducts a- splendid store well 'Stocked with groceries and provisions of all kinds. Mr. Stevens is well up in his line, and although just recently started in his present new location, we predict for him shining success. He is progressive and makes a friend of each and every patron. He sells on a very close margin and carries the latest vegetables and fruits the markets afford. He was born in Austria. COOK BROS.. 1617 Fourth Avenue West, come in for prominent mention here as we call the' roll of Kitsilano and Fairview .West's. leading business enterprises. They deal in family groceries and provisions and have followed this line twelve years. They have been established in Fairview three months and were formerly in Alberta. They carry a nice stock of bakery goods, fresh eggs, dairy creamery butter, and fancy as well as staple groceries. Their phone is Bayview 1401 J. G. CAMPBELL, corner of Fourth Avenue West and C. P. R. tracks, Fairview, conducts a liberally patronized confectionery, fruit and cigar store.., He has recently opened up here .and formerly was in the employ of the B. C. E. R. as motorman eight years, four of which was on the interurban line. He is a live young man and is interested considerably in Vancouver real estate, as he is quite a financier. He hails from Camp- bellton, New Brunswick, as the land of his birth. C. j.' PATTON is another Yew Street grocer who is rapidly forging to the front. He has had thirty years' experience in the business and opened up in Kitsilano last October. MRS. A. BINDON, a native of South Wales and for several years a resident of Vancouver, deals in school supplies, confectioneries, cigars, etc., and operates on ice cream parlor at 1909 Yew Street. Your Attention for a Moment We carry the largest stock of I PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, PAPER HANGERS' TOOLS AND BRUSHES In Grandview. Just Ring Seymour 8691 > And we will do the rest You will find our price right. I Garden Tools Our Spring Stock of : HOES, RAKES, FORKS, MOWERS and SHEARS Is now in, _o that we are now in a position to fill your j^uirements. I 1714-1716 Park Driv* Phone: Seyiwr 1191 , ���������-��������� ������������������������������������_-.���������> ..���������_ I Branch: JOYCE RD., Collingwood E. r_������e If ************************* iSMi������i������msmss������tstitsil Iflicet rU-119 Msu Neck 25 lastlop toe* Easf MMEkV MHeiSsisjssrtss ���������ssYSsTMsrtim A. M. Auctioneer, Appraiser and Notary Public for British Columl General Real Estate, Mining Broker, Financial Agent ������������������ilMHiimil I MM ������������������������*��������������� IHlllMtfUlrMnMlMMi 3127Westminster Rd. Phone: Fairmont86* ; Cornices, Jobbing mA Hoofing FUBNACE WOfHC A SPSCIAWY. : C. Errington CJVUgtione \****t* ********* 4* ****\\,*** .H-H-S-H' ti it * * * * * * II *** *4 ****** II I1 Ml *.****.*****.**'** f**4***4* ******** ***** IS ��������������� t Drug Store I CORNER Il7h AVBNUE and MAIN STREET For DRUQS ana PRESCRIPTIONS Call Fairmont 5������4 ��������� Stationery, Magazines, Toilet Articles, Cigars :: and Tobacco. 4. R. DARUNG���������Yiwr Druggist '���������H iHnH #..|ii|. H 'Mi I *****4***** ** 11111' 11' 1111' 11 * I * 114 I ** I* -".-a: ***** *****************44 ** *** 4 *<4 * * *' * * * I i I ****** 11 * ** PHONE FAIRMONT 510 i tm*la _TX PROPRIETORS: The Don -&3SSR 894*9 main 81. 2d mloro from 111h *w % * * 999 09 i We have a good clean selection of | Chocolates, Candies and Table fruits " We have a big line of Cigars, Cigarettes and. Tobaccos to choose from Agents for Woman's Bakery Bread and Confectionery. Milk, Cream, Buttermilk and Butter Fresh Daily. M,4"l"l"t1'l'lt"S"t"t"l"l"t"t"I"t"l"H'������������^������H' 4^1-^M^hH^~H^^M^********* ****4'**4>*4t**4'******4'4'***** ****4^***********<-^^******* Phone: Fairmont 958 1605 MAIN ST. LUMBER OF ALL KINDS SASH, DOORS, MOULDINGS Contractors and House Builders ���������> - ��������� t Carpenters and Frameworkers * We have just what you require ���������> I SASH and DOORS MADE ON PREMISES TO ORDER I DRESSED and FINISH LUMBER of HIGH GRADE | No order too large for us to handle promptly. No order 5 . too small to receive careful attention. % II t IIII ***** <**** *4 * l H I It *44 8 4 I It 11 111 11II 111 II IMS m.x^xy^ March 28th, 1912 ow to Mark the LL T~f" 'Oils Opeit frotfi 8 a.ni to 7 p>m. William Bennett, of Vancouver, B. C, Barber. BOWSER, William John Bowser, of Vancouver, B. C. Barrister-atrLaw. William Smith Cameron, of Vancouver, B. C. Broker. ELLIS, Joseph Nealon Ellis, of Vancouver, B. C, Barri8ter-at-Law. ENRJGET, Charles William Enright, of Vancouver, B. C. Contractor. Samuel Greer, of Vancouver, B. C, Gentleman. LOKP, Joseph Patrick Lord, of Vancouver, B. C, Axeman. X MACGOWAN, Alexander Henry Boswell Macgowan, of Vancouver, B. ���������., Broker. John Amos McDonald, of Vancouver, B. C, Bookkeeper. McGUIRE, Goorge Albert McGuire, of Vancouver, B. C, Dentist PRITCHARD, William Arthur Ptftchard, of Vancouver, B. C, Bookkeeper. s\,y ��������� .-?* John-Reid, of Vahetaver; 3& C��������� Sfeamfitter. X X SMITH, WiffiiMaxwefl, William Maxwell Smith, of Vancouver. B. C, * Journalist. ,r Ralph,, Ralph Smith, of Vancouver, BiG*, Broker. Charles Edward Tisdall, of Vancover, B..C. Merchant- Henry Holgate Watson* of Vancouver;. Bi ���������. Druggist. i- X X ��������� ^y. w ::^i^^MM^^S^^!^^i^^: yyymmmm^^mmmiMmmim . ' ��������� yx ������������������ yyy-- yy. yx-yx x^y������y^^y&^$$Mi _>_fl_^_^_^_^_^B_^_^_^_^H__^_B_^_M_-_������a_BM~ ~- .*taamaammm*mm^m^*r-s^mmw*M***mmwm*mm**Mhmm \**mmmmmmmammmmmmmmmm*wmM>*M*MMmn __ _^__^-~^ FORMc IF YOU WISH THE "SOLID FIVE" to represent you again at Victoria, put X opposite their names as shown in the list on this page. Their names are household words in B. C.���������Eow&er, Macgowan, McGuire, Tisdall, Watson���������men whom Vancouver ftusts because they have been tried and found trustworl These a^ the ^eh have giv������n Vancouver prominence in the Province and British Colombia an enviably distinction in the Dominion. They have the statesniah instinct arid mcarit the full confidence of the electors. ; Polls Open at 8a,m, and 7 p. m. THESE ARE THE POLLING PLACES FOR THE CITV: St WARf> t -Aberdeen School, Burrard and Barclay Streets. WARD 2���������Drill Hall, Beatty Street. WARD 3���������Orange HaH, Hastings Street and Gore Avenue. WARD 4��������� City Hall, Main Street. WARD S Ot*tf������*krw* Hall, Main Street and Stixth Avenue, WARD 6~-Fa#Vi*w Hall* "ratovlifc Street and Seventh Avenue. WARD 7���������Office Buttding, Exhibition Crounds* Hastings Street. WARD S���������Ash's Hall, Fraser and Twentieth Avenues. fc i has Everything to Gain and Nothing to Lose by Electing the "Solid Five" Candidates. 1 1 THE WESTERN CALL. Issued every Friday at 2408 Westminster Road, one-half block north of Broadway. Phone Fairmont 1140. Editor, H. H. Stevens; Manager, Geo. A. Odium. . SpSluilftloat $1.00 per year, SO cents per* six months; 26 cents per three months. Chances of ads. must be in by Tuesday evenlna each week to insure insertion la following Issue. Notices of births, deaths and roar- rlaaes inserted free of charge. I It U 111 H 1 M 1111 Ml I 11 HI Broadway Table Supply I 518 BROADWAY, E. ! FOB Friday and Saturday i > ������ : FLOW Five Roses, sk. $1.85 ! * Royal Standard 1.80 : Royal Household 1.85 :I Seal of Alberta 1.8v < Our Potatoes cannot be beaten $1.90 per sack ; Best New Zealand But- W 3 lbs for $1,1������ ; i ; I aim mvisnN counter ml- I ways has soMeniwa to TBMsnYotJKAfYerrrfi t t Nr UTftUT ft Wa Uti- RoastPork Jellied Tongue Jellied Veal Borne made Headcheese Home made Sausage . ]_ - .. OUHWONUIS Hit'sQood We have it IfWehaveltlVsOood ****** s.������iM:f ,iV.fi> t ,i;#;t mm * wW Sewing Machine Washing Machine Chafrs Baby Buggy Tables China, etc. Large assortment of Bureaus 1928 Commercial Dr. Phone: Seymour 2877L Animals know our Supplies >~M_-_H__i^-��������� Hay, Grain and Peed Poultry Supplies 01 Every Kind Seasonable Prices Prompt Delivery Cor. Main & 26th Ave. PHONE: Fairmont 1514 McHaffie & Goodfellow PROPRIETORS Suits Sponged and Pressed SO cento CLEANING AND REPAIRING Half Price to students. 737 BROADWAY, WEST THE HONOURABLE PREMIER McBRIDE. (Continued from page 1) weeks, he did yeoman service at the Opera House last week. The cause they espouse is the cause of the public, of the whole people. BRITISH COLUMBIA'S FOREST POLICY. Every candid, intelligent man, who has studied the question of the various forest policies of this continent and that of Europe, must admit that for the purposes to be served, the forest policy of British Columbia is unsurpassed* It is the result of much thought, comparison and planning on the part of experienced, able and honest men. Here is one of the best elements of this policy. By the regulations now in force, the increment of annual increase in value is preserved to the whole public. It does not go to the timber men. They simply make their money by the annual handling of their limits. Another fine feature is this: The licensees, whether, they work or not, pay to the government, and therefore to the people, sn annual interest on the value of the timber preserved, or reserved for them. By this means the government hss a steady and a fairly well-known annual revenue, coming m from the forests under licenses. The old method gave an uncertain and spasmodic return. This policy carries certainty as against uncertainty of the previous plans, snd, moreover, it gives a better return to the public. In 1904 the REVENUE FROM THE TIMBER SOURCES AMOUNTED TO $455,000.00. In 1908 IT HAD MOUNTED UP TO $2,785,000.00. This is significant and telling. In the last seven years the income from this one source of revenue was $13,000,000.00. This is nearly $2,000,000-00 annually. . ' Here, then, is good ground to give praise to the men who made an improvement of such value. . THE AGRICULTURAL POLICY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT. , Some-rather clear-headed people have wrong notions of what is being done in relstion to the LAND POLICY of this province. I, st times, am filled with, wonder at die opinions of the adverse critics. One would almost imagine that they expect the members of the Cabinet and Legislature to go out to the forest with axe shovel, pick, dynamite, plow, harrow, and all the other requisites of farm-making. This may be very well for some ofi them, but it would not suit all. ' They Save a better plan, and one of A more practical sort. They have done many useful and necessary things. They have pushed forward the making of roads, bridges, trails snd distributive surveying. This is one of the most valuable, and telling methods known, to give the would-be new farmer a chance to go upon tbe land. This is not all. They have inaugurated the BEST SYSTEM OF RAILWAY BUILPJNG adopted in Canada. The new railways are to go forward st a rapid rate, and are so distributed as to open up districts in almost-every part of the {irovince: These railways will give strings of vil- ages, towns and cities, which will make *% possible for the farmers to find markets when they do settle on the lands. With the trails, bridges, roads, railways, and the consequent centres of population which at once follow, we have the very best'basis of a permanent and successful LAND POLICY. Add to this the fact that millions of acres are already surveyed, and are awaiting the coming of the farmer and gardener, and we see that much effective work has been accomplished. In further addition, we may refer to the(excellent and stable government that insures the inflow of both money and immigration. Surely all these things go fsr to make clear that the government has been pursuing a strong, steady, definite snd wise course in relation to the use of our farm lands. CURRENT TOPICS AT HOME AND ABROAD. Alas and alack for Aldermen Ramsay and Baxter! The sledge-hammer "Lady Van" has decided to pen-punish these aldermen and their coadjutors for their advene vote concerning the Women's Club. When the heavy fist of this big, ponderous writer falls on any human mortal, especially upon a man, then, alas for that man! This "Lady Van" has jumped put into the arena where men are busy and she tries to wade in as if she understood ths problems with which they are dealing. Her language shows lack of fine spirit, and manifests considerable coarseness, badly messed with slang. When one sees how she strikes left and right at the Aldermen, the representatives of the Vancouver electorate; how she snarls at Mr. H. II- Stevens, M. P., the choice of the Burrard electorate, arid as he reads her rude language referring to the Library Board, he is apt to think that this Lady Van is not a refined person, that she lacks in good sense, and is truly using a pseudonym when, using the term " 'Lady' Van." . The very heft of her pen-fist puts one in mind of King Henry's wife from Flanders. Let "Lady Van" enter the arena of the press critic, but she would do well not to venture beyond her strength, depth/and the language .of good taste. She seems to be an apt copyist of the other critic known as "Bruce." She���������if she be not a saale persoiir- must-be-the teacher of "Bruce," or an apt scholar. Refinement in dealing with public men and questions is always in. order, and especially when a real "Lady" and not a mannish woman is writing. Rowdies at Public Meetings. The Liberals, at their public meeting last Friday evening, had to make threats of throwing out the noisy, debased and cowardly hoodlums who pose as Socialists. These men are the meanest and lowest of the "genus homo." They have lost all sense of shame, are a. disgrace to their homes���������if they have any���������and are unfit to have any standing in or among the public Some of these idiotic creatures were thrown out of the Opera House by the Conservatives, and should have been thrown out an hour sooner. The time has come -when these rowdies must be treated as they deserve when they trot around from one hall to another in order to interrupt 'public meetings of every sort. In fact, they have not the good sense to hold a meeting among themselves without much horse-play and general tumult- They glory in their \shame, while they preach anarchy and try to put their diabolic teachings into practice. They are not Socialists, and have no claims on Socialism. They are anarchists, and in their hearts ready-to-hand murderers. The men who would destroy a community would murder an individual of that community. If those of us who claim and advocate the principles of Socialism as sound at heart are afraid to throw out these public thugs, then our cause must suffer and stink in the nostrils of all fair-minded men. The Socialists who permit these vile creatures to enter their organizations and give them "good standing" are making a serious mistake. Socialism is going down into rottenness in British Columbia because they permit.the vilest scum to remain attached. Most of these rascals are foreigners/ and ss such should not be permitted to create a disturbance a second time in any meeting . The ignorant Englishman at the Opera House who kept shouting "He-aw, He-aw" got his medicine, but it came none too soon. Lord Churchill and Kaiser Wilhelm. Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, spoke to Germany and the whole world with Saxon bluntness. He .spoke the truth to the let* ter, snd the Germans clearly understand. The Sea-Lord says, "If Germany builds three ships- of-war, England will build five. If Germany takes a year off and refrains from building three vessels for war purposes, England will cease building five. Let Germany increase by three and England will increase by five. This is plain, sensible, practical, and the essence of a manly and outspoken statesmanship- And England has five times the wealth and population of Germany. Incidentally, we read that Austria has lanuch- ed another dreadnought or two; and the whole world knows thst these are intended for German use in an emergency. Let us look at this proposition. Germany shakes at Great Britain the Austrian ships-of-war. She imagines that this extra attempt at navy building will bring up the Teuton fleet to that of the Saxon. But Germany goes further yet in thought and intent. She intends to press into her military and naval combination the power of Italy. She may succeed, but she is dealingwith a doubtful element, and may find at the last moment that she is playing with fire. Let us look on the other side of the German Empire. The Kaiser has in mind the sudden capture of the naval power of Norway, Belgium and Holland, with that of Denmark. I am not dreaming. British and other statesmen know that this is true, and they have made deep plans to prevent this very thing. In the event of war Germany must keep her troops in readiness for France and Russia. These twQ countries would���������tomorrow, if they were sure they could���������smash Germany. Now let Germany, Austria���������and Italy, if so forced���������undertake a war upon Britain and what will happen t France clare not let this war be undertaken without her most strenuous opposition, both with men and money. She would be forced to act at once. ... i^.,.. ; But; thjajs not all1 Russia would move her troops along the German and Austrian frontier in such a manner as to keep one-half of the German troops back from France. Further yet, Britain has an alliance with Japan. It is the most business and matter-of-fact kind of an alliance in force among the nations. She, by its terms, would be forced to take action; and most gladly. In a few months she would clean out the Germans from northeast China and join Britain in destroying her African possessions. Germany wbiild within a few months loose all her over-tbe-seas territories and be limited to Europe. Britain and Japan would become the African ^over-lords of the captured Teuton Africa. This is just what Japan would delight in, and what is coming if such a war ensue. In fact, such a war would suit Japan better than any other of the nations involved. Surely there are tremendous possibilities within the lap of Dame Nature to be made manifest in tbe near future. , ��������� The one important thing not yet referred to is this:' The rest of the British Empire would throw its mighty resources unreservedly into such a struggle, and these resources are of so vast a moment as to cause many anxious moments to those who would attack Britania, the "Ship Covenant Nation." It Would Be Very Interesting. Let us suppose, in the coming election, that the following three Liberals managed to get into the Provincial Legislature: Mr. L. D. Taylor, Mr. Maxwell Smith, and Mr. "Bruce." It would be funny. The theatricals of the cities could not furnish a comedy, or a tragedy, or a drama, or a moving picture show, or a vaudeville, or any combination that would, or could, equal the amusement furnished to . the people that these three loving Liberals could and would'furnish. Look at the terms' of endearment used by Mr. Maxwell Smith when he mentions Bruce. And see how sweetly Bruce refers to Mr. L. D. Taylor. And lo, the " World "���������that i������,Mr. L. D. Taylor- has a few endearing words for Bruce. But can the people pay the price .for. the putting on of such comedy���������per haps tragedy ? PORTUGUESE COLONIES COMING TO BRITAIN. The influential Portugese who are agitating to hand over to Britain the African possessions are showing good sense. They see clearly two things: They cannot manage to govern and develop these large African territories. And they are sure they- will soon be defrauded of them by Germany, hence they are wise in moving to give their lands' to their long-time friend, Great Britain. And moreover, "Abraham is the heir of the world." Hence his seed must have possession of their possessions sooner or later. The sooner the better; Hers is the most liberal and enlightened rule in the history of mankind. Her mild, but firm and successful sway is acting as a magnet to draw all mankind within her fold. And they will come, too. What a most glorious prospect! The nations that will not serve will be broken. This is the word divine. *******.*^******^***4****'* ������,,-fr v.|.,������.|..|.,|i������.|l ltil|r j '|.i|i M H H ������l|.������������ :: the About Richmond's Bazaar* 1513 Commercial Dr. ��������� ��������� ��������� ' ��������� - ��������������� : ��������� ��������� ��������� , < 44Oreat Store! Big Stock and Prices very :: Reasonable." : ������������������ How long have you been here? ������������������ Pm :: surprised 1 No need to go down town any :: more." "Quite true." "Rent not so high as down town. Expert :: knowledge in buying enables placing: the very :: best goods at prices that are charged for in- ���������: ferior quality." We are selling tbe following at prices that bear out our '' positive assertions. Toilet Seta $1.00, good clean ware. ^ " 1.75, fancy colors! Dinner Sets 5.45, for 97 pieces can't be beaten. * Kneading Pans, Dish Pans, Graniteware, etc., at- ridiculously low prices. ; Beit Laundry Soap, 8 ban for 25c Fels Naptha, 5c Bar. Sunlight Soap, 6 bars 25c. Oatmeal, 8 cakes, 25c Dutch Cleanser, 3 for 25c. RICHMOND'S BAZAAR; Phone Sey. 3857 1513 COMMERCIAL DRIVE I Cars pais the door from all parte. Economic heuse-kespers know the * ^ j__ way. Follow them. ;; : Watch for our Special Announcement Next Week! :; '*** ****************** 1I M ***** * ****** ****** 11 H *4+ I ! A Fancy Dry Goods Store) 757 Broadway, East Just Opened ��������� ' 4 \\ A carefully selected stock of the latest goods, j A full line of small ware. Udies' and Children's ware a Specialty. A limited supply of MenV am! Roys' Furnish- i lags. ;��������� Prices as low as possible. Call and know j for yourself. ************************ ************************** WNrt || p������y������ $��������� Dwl tlontft prfcM for tfi * SPU2NDIP SNAPS All goods in north window to go at J price to clear, pon't fail to make um of our Exchange Library. f '������������������A 1130 PARK PRIVB QAININQ & CO. IMPORTERS 0P FANCY GOODS ladies' Tailor PreasmtkiBX s Specialty Geste' Farsiskisfi, Silk Sbirte, etc. Prkes very reasonable. Ses Grses sad Bamboo Furniture Fancy Chinaware Siik, Linen Goods snd Embroidered Bloasea 252 Broadway, West Phone: Fairmont 1197 No Delivery wmm\r\t\ ��������� IMn Crotllt Markt Phone: Fairmont 621 We Jl?eyea the benefit ef all expense of delivery and boek- keeplag ___ This Week's Specials s MEATS Local I^egs and Loins of Lamb - 20c per lb. % Sirloin Roast - - - 20c " " ������ Choice Pot Roast - 12_c and 15c " " f Boiling Chickens - - - 25c " " % Legs and Loins Fresh Pig Pork - 20c " " + Swift's Premium Harns, whole or half 22c " " f Swift's Bacon, whole or half- - 25c " " 1 FISH I Fresh Halibut Sliced, 10c lb. .Smoked Halibut,2 lbs. for 25c + Fresh Spring Salmon - 18c lb. t Local Rabbits - each 35c Eggs - 30c dozen 7 I 2513 Haln Street, near Brnadway - *%!&_;^JftSUMK I **4 111 ** ** *********** I* II ��������� * I* 11 111 111 11 1 11 H I' I M 4 <** >* umss^m \ \ THE WESTERN CALL. /> A RECORD OF PROGRESS. (Continued from Pago I) for payment; to establish communities in lieu of isolated farmsf i& to do these things on the chance of making a moderate profit is speculation, then) we suppose, the land companies are speculators; hut they are doing a great work for the province. With a full treasury, restored provincial credit and an assured yearly income, the Government was able to inaugurate a policy of provincial development. For this purpose Mr, McBride resolved to employ both the money aud credit of the Province, feeling that the only proper use to put the accumulated millions to was the provision of needed public works, and the provincial credit could be safely employed in assisting the construction of necessary railways- It is needless to recapitulate what has been accomplished in this way, or to go over the plans which the Premier has told us he hss in view for additional development work. The effect of this policy of progress is seen on every hand, snd every line of business and industry is feeling the beneficial consequences. The whole province' has' received such an impetus ss was never enjoyed in the past and has never been surpassed in any part of the world. NOTES OF THE WEST. (Continued ffrsw pugs i) on the ownership of the means of life by the capitalist or master class, and that as a, consequence ' there is an enslavement of the woriiflg cla$s, by whose means alone���������I quote from your manifesto ���������-wealth is produced! That, in plain language, means there is no result from high mentality at all���������simply muscular labor as expended by the working class. But, let me tell you, kind friends; there is just as much worth and benefit from high mentality in the working as in any other classv Mark me, I am not "agen" the Socialists as a body, neither do I fear them���������as they* wish so many to do- They will not admit the existence of Labor-Capitalism, as against Money-Capitalism, therefore it is hardly possible to argue with them. The use of the word "slave" is an unctuous feast to your true Socialist���������forgetting that hie .is himself one of the greatest of slaves to bis own narrow views. His own body is slso a slave who has to work for him; and as to WEALTH^ that does not consist of money alone. But "away with it," cries this band of crude reformers, and we will show you how to rule.'* Show us nothing. They cannot: even show common sense, snd it is almost a waste of time to pen a line on them; but what I do just want to my is this, that even tfiie Socialists have done some good. Not, perhaps, in the way they intended; but J for one am willing to concede that factory and other useful legislation came mainly from their efforts. The trouble with them is they will only admit one side of the argument. There is no other side, they say. "���������' Very well, gentlemen, we shall see on Thursday next when Vancouver, Victoria, and all the unpolled places will manfully do their duty by voting for MeBRJJ>E'S PROGRESSIVE POLICY. GOD SAVE THE KING. B. 0. FISHERIES ENGLAND'S GRIP ON TBE WORLD. (Continued from Page 1) nsr ������������d the fisherman and the place to enforce that contract is through ths civil courts, and not by governmental regulations. He also said that if the men were permitted to sell their fish where they wish, gojne cMMsris* would get mors than others. The answer is obvious, the canner who paid the highest price would get the fish, and that is as it should he. To sum up and briefly reply to the contention of the canners that they wish these regulations to protect the fish. Experience teaches us that the canners are not in the business to conserve the fish, but to can them and to make money, and judging from the fortunes which have been made the latter point seems to have been most successfully handled. . To conserve the fish on. the Fraser it is necessary to secure the co-operation of the American authorities as the depletion occurs in the operation of the American traps which capture the fish, before they can reaeh the river. This is the real cause of decrease in Fraser River salmon, and no' amount of conservation on the Canadian side will stop the depletion. We therefore urge the view that if possible the co-operation of the American authorities be secured. In the meantime " strict enforcement by the Government of its regulation be maintained on the Canadian side. In the north the Americans do not interfere to any appreciable degree, -so that all we require is adequate "closed hours" (now 36 each week) and strict enforcement of the regulation, together with sufficient hatcheries and the removal of obstructions in the streams so that the salmon can get up them successfully. 'In conclusion permit the statement, that we cannot expect a decent self-respecting fishing population until these invidious regulations are removed, which constitute a fisherman a serf of the canners,,instead of an independent citizen. AVe hear much about "pessimism" and "optimism." The words are of Latin origin, and come from the adjectives meaning "worst" and "best." The theory of the one is that this is a poor world, possibly the'worst that'could be made, and is growing worse, and that the outlook for human .society is gloomy! The theory of the other is ��������� the opposite. Optimism counts this a good world, the best possibly the Lord could" mate, and that it is growing better every year, and that; the outlook .for the race is bright and glorious. "Whether one is an optimist or a pessimist is partly a matter of temperament, possibly of health, partly of experience and more largely of faith. Men of faith have a touch of optimism despite everything else. - As to personal comfort, one will feel better to cultivate the optimistie view. Some one has said that an optimist is a man who can see a fried cake without noticing the hole in it. That Great Britain has a hold on the Trade and Commerce of the world far beyond what is generally supposed is easily shown by an illustration. Take Canada as an instance. In the year 1911 Britain imported from Canada the value of about twenty-five million pounds sterling, and exported to Canada about twenty million pounds sterling. This gives a trade balance of five million pounds, or $25,000,000 against England and in favor of Canada. But Canada has over two billions of dollars of English money, on which it pays interest or dividends. It is safe to say that at least the British capitalist gets 4 1>2 per cent, on that enormous investment. 4 1-2 per cent, on $2,000,000,000 gives no less than $90,000,000 annually. Now deduct the trade balance of $25,000,000 in favor of Canada and we get $65,000,000 annually in favor of Great Britain. Now look at Australia. In 1911 Great'Britain imported from Australia fifty-six million nine hundred and forty-seven thousand pounds sterling, and exported to Australia forty million six hundred thousand pounds sterling. The difference here is roughly sixteen ^million pounds in favor of Australia. But an Old Country financial statement appeared not long since which set forth that oyer $2,000,000,000 of British money is invested in Australia. This at 41-2 per cent, would give $90,000,4 000 annually, tints leaving a final balance of $10,- 000,000 in favor of England annually. Now look at India, England in 1911 imported from India 45,000,000 pounds sterling and exported to India 52,000,000 pounds sterling. Here there is a trade balance in favor of England amounting to $35,000,000. The same financial statement already referred to set forth that the investment of British capital in India amounted to over $2,000,000,000. Nowj once moro, at 4 1-2 per cent., we got $90,000,000 of interest annually paid by India to Britain/ Put these two amounts together and we find Britain ahead by $125,000,000. We shall now suppose that South Africa East and West Africa and the balance of the British possessions outside of Canada, Australia and India have borrowed an amount equal to that of Canada. If so, then the annual interest paid to Britain at 4 1-2 per cent, would be $90,000,000. Britain exported to these countries about 41,000,000 pounds sterling and imported from them about 40,000,000 pounds sterling. This gives England a trade balance of $5,000,000. To this add the annual interest of $90,000,000 and we get $95,000,000 to the advantage of Great Britain. Let us put these final balances together and we arrive at the enormous sum of $295,000,000 a������- nually. Thus then in her trade, commerce and finance Britain; is ahead of her colonies and dependencies by this vast amount. Rut this is not all. Of foreign countries there are a goodly number which fall behind Britain in trade balances, and in addition owe her vast sums of money on which they roust pay their 4 1-2 per eent. or more, usually more. The final annual advantage to England is enormous, and really past actual count. Of those countries which have trade balances against Britain most, if not all, haye large annual interest amounts to send to Britain, which place the gain against them and in favor of the "nation that eats up the nations." There are other phases of this problem of deep interest. For instance, in all the British Eossessions there are vast numbers from the Home and who annually send to their friends goodly sums that run to large amounts. EXTREftW WANT OF CONFIDENCE AMONG TBE LIBERALS. There is a party in Vancouver which says that it wants opposition at Victoria. This party has eighteen candidates in the field, from which a nucleus of such opposition might be drawn. But if the candidates were asked their opinion of each other we should find that they would greatly prefer a solid Conservative Legislation than an opposition composed of their own comrades. For example, there is Mr. Maxwell Smith, of the Vancouver ticket- How would he like to sit in opposition as colleague to a polecat? That is the term which he applied only the other day to Mr. McConnell, the editor of the Liberal organ and Liberal candidate for Yale. The description was given in a letter which appeared in a Vancouver paper over Mr. Smith's signature. Then Mr. McConnell himself has reciprocal views concerning Mr. Maxwell Smith which might make him also prefer other companionship. But whom would the candidate for Vale select as the remainder of the nucleus? Not the Liberal candidate for Rossland, since, as editor of the "Sun." he has represented that candidate and his Vancouver journal to be mercenaries and traitors; which descriptions go with nearly two columns of alleged particulars of corruption and perfidy. Most of us would not like to believe all these accounts, which were given within the last month in the journal of which Mr. McConnell is the editor. Jlr. Taylor has expressed through the "World" his views'of the inept and fatuous teachings of the "Sun" group in a way that does not suggest a desire on his part to help them oppose at Victoria. Thus it. appears that the average Liberal campaigner who demands an opposition in the name of a Liberal party would rather that there should be none elected than it should be composed of other Liberal campaigners in sight. ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN, MARCH, 1112. Imuss Before the Electorate Upon Whicn the- Fate of tht McBride Ad- ministration Will Be Decided. Ml II i 11 MM II Hill 11 III II imiMOIIIIMU!HII������Ml ; Art-Dramas Combjdt ������i B/ William Blakemore. After nine yeare of succeaaful management ot the affaire ot the province the McBride administration Is again appealing to the electors for a renewal ot their confidence. The answer -to that appeal will depend upon two things: the impression made upon the public by tbe record of the government over which Mr. McBride baa presided, and the character of the policy outlined for the future. Diecuaa- <of the matter upon these broad taouee it would be wen to look at the out- standing features of the policy which laa been carried ov c by the government eince 1903, and to note its effect tn developing, upbuilding, and ���������enrich- ng the province. Administration of the La*. British Oplumbia has always bees noted for the ability and integrity or ito Judiciary. fche standard has been well niaintained under the McBride administration. The law haa been, fesrieesly enforced, and laws affecting public morality within tbe control of the Provincial Government have been greatly, strengthened.. The Liquor Act Among the most notable achievements in this direction le the Liquor Act with which the name of Attorney? Genersl Bowser will always be associated. This act has been in force for a year. It has reduced drunkenness; it has eliminated other crying evils of the traffic, and has deprived law- breaking licensees of their licenses. The amendments introduced at the recent session of parliament are chiefly aimed at the better protection of the interdict, the severer punishment of those who furnish him with liquor, and the prevention of "bootlegging." tt Is generally conceded that these amendments will strengthen the act and promote Its osetuUtess. : > - ' Lsw and Order.-'���������"/���������/ .m^*.. v^^SSSWlSSS ^PSSS0 , ^* *J*4*9*t*m**m*t* w ^**^***j*9**7^***^Jm*t**mt Hon of tne police department, hots In municipal end rural districts, has kept crime under, and has rendered British Columbia one of tbe safest of provinces tb live In. In addition to the getiersl preservation of law and order/the government has been resourceful in renderinf the W a terror to evil-doers. These conditions depend both on good laws and on strict administration, snd to that extent the JfcBrlde government is entitled to credit and to the confidence of tbe people. Development Work. The real work of any government Ui British Columbia at tbe present time is to develop tbe province on well-conceived lines, looking to its future greatness. Anyone who will take tbe trouble to follow step by step tbe unfolding of Premier McBride's plans, will realize that he is content to build slowly in order that he may build surely. Whether it be railways, roads, trails, bridges, or public buildings, it will be found that the various parts St into a comprehensive scheme and are devised for the province and not for a section. Expansion of Trade. The following figures show the general expansion of trade in British Columbia, and how it is spread over the various industries. The figures are instructive as illustrating the diversified interests involved, and the broad foundation upon which our prosperity is developing. The increase of the year 1911 over 1910 is indeed remarkable: 1910. ��������� 1911. $35,000,000 $45,000,000 26,183,505 23.211.S16 . 17,160,0' 2M?%oon 14,399,090 20,837,883 . 8,000,000 11 ,UOO,000 Theatre > ��������� "THE FIRE-PROOF THEATRE" , The most up-to-date family theatre in ' .���������' Vancouver, ���������y^-yj'^ i Matinees on Tuesday* Thursday and > ��������� Every tare tad courtasy shown to children. ���������nvy Our X-Ray System of Indirect Lighting insures s detfsoft ! picture which is partkulsrly easy tor the eyta. ��������� Your inspection cordisl ry inwited Educational ���������.--.������������������':-ta_Mi^:-:: 1712 COMMERQAL III1111**11iin****************** 11*Illis nl*******f mm yy? y.;y*4%8*$m RID! 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Secure ; > > yours now and be ready for the real warm weather that will ;; > soon be here. me Abercrombie Hardware Co. ud. j: PHONE: Sey. 3025 781 GRANVIU.E ST. *4-*****t>*-M"i*****4**i***** ******************���������:��������� e * * *** * One of the most unfortunate things I know of is the home which is not illuminated by at least one cheerful, bright, sunny young face; which does not ring with the persistent laughter and merry voice of a child. No man or woman is perfectly normal who is distressed or vexed by the playing of children. There is so much reason for singing in the sweet world, when one thinks rightly of it. None for grumbling, provided always that ye have entered in at the straight gate.^���������Ruskin. Manufactures Mining* Timber Agriculture .. Fisheries ������100,742,595 124,872,709 Rapid Settlement. The effect of this generous policy is already making itself felt in the rapid settlement of the province, and settlement is tile one thing most required. The big rush awaits the road and the steel, and the stimulating effect of its approach may be weJl noted in the Fort George district, ���������where the permanent settlers have increased in number during the last year to a remarkable extent, on the assurance that the new railway policy will undoubtedly Include a railway from the south, to say nothing of the impending connection with the G. T. P. from the East. Indeed, wherever the aoV vance guard of the. railway surveying staff is found, men begin to assemble. It is with governments as with private individuals; they have to go slowly at first and cut their coat ao- cording to their cloth. And so with the McBride government, which has had to pay its debts, restore its credit. There is no doubt that the extent of railway construction in the future will not be limited for want ot capital. :-:~>'X-M-:-:*-J-:-M-:":~i~M->:~M-<~:-:": ������ >*<~&<&********4 >***>:���������*���������***** > Phono i Bayview 1182 \ VAN UfFORP BROS. V .. - - ��������� ���������-,.,,, . , . , ,-f ���������> We handle all kinds of Cut Flowers. Y '?. Fern Dishes in great variety. Fine Primulas at 2oc each. ' T> ���������5- Funeral Designs. Wedding Bouquets made up. Gardens designed * 1* and laid out. f ������ We have a large variety of Palms to choose from. X ,*. Choose your Bedding Plants now from our choice selection. ���������!��������� f ' Verandah Boxes and Sw n^ing Baskets made up. v % 999 Broadway W��������� Cor. Broadway and Oak % % BI4NCH OFFICE, special far Hospital visitors. COR. t EUHER aad IMAItAT ;!; * mi1 vim isiii iirirrrn isi n r BirTiinniPisn -<��������� t Z..W ..... .............. .rJ .. .. ���������.. ..........r.. -}��������� fllll. I llll III I I..I1I..II I IL.II 111 II* II* till. I llllllllllfl . -% , ARE YOU INTERESTED IN B. C. METHODISM ? J THEN THE Western Methodist Recorder (Published Monthly) Is almost indespensible to you. No other medium will give you such general and such satisfactory information about Methodist \ - activity in this great growing province. Whether I a Methodist or not you are interested in Methodist movement. Send your subscription to X Manager MetiJodisl-Reccrtler P. ft P. Co., Ltd. ��������� ��������� Victoria, KX ������ 81*00 - One Year it + * ���������* ***4v**4rH"*-* ***** 4******** O-l-l * I IS ���������' Hit I i I 1 IK 1 * 1 ���������> I'l *-���������> I ^f^-_to-S^^:i^g_������aA4x^-VM"^"- iivi������ <to>>^ -���������-fl: _t.r-_-- THE WESTERN CALL. -.������������������������������������������������������������������������*��������������� #���������������������������������������������������#��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� A 'GROSS COUNTER TALK Customer: "What constitutes good paint?" 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Maiji Str. and 16th Ave. j ::ft PhONE: Fairmont 899 1 BRANCH STORE { Corner Miles and Eraser Avennes j ;;: \ , Pfione: fairmont 1167L \ ' ****************f*******4 ************************** WHO ARE THE CHRISTIANS OF TO-DAY? ������������tSI������4SI*l������tS:������l#lStSIMS I ******** *** ********* ���������*'** t 1 ' ��������� ' ��������� ! For good values in -* ' nn\u estate and investments Call on ' i > TRimei-e & nqrrjs:; ���������; Cor. Broadway and Westminster Roa<| i- it .. ������ * ��������� ��������� i *************** *********** ****4*****4***4*4*%***4*W ***4*******l������I'l****������***���������>** *************************** ., -_. <-U������ Tftose fti^nsfries are Better In ultimate results which use our electric power service. The factories or office build- Mgs which operate private power plants are under a big expense for maintenance. -A trifling accident may disorganize their whole system'��������� 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. The answer is not very difficult. They are Christians who follow, or honestly try to follow their Lord and Master Christ. They are found in all churches in large numbers. They are a large host and are the true salt, of the earth. Many are to be found in every church in the world. There are as good Anglicans, or Methodists, or Roman Catholics, as are the Presbyterians, Baptists, Gongregationalists or Salvationists. ? It is a joy and an honor to meet the truly devoted and loyal Christian in the daily turmoil of business, and to know that he or she has the highest possible ideal in mind and is trying to live up to that, ideal. I know that some are foolish enough ,to imagine I, and others like me, think that the Roman Catholics or Greek Church devotees are not Christian. This is far wrong. Closely all my life I have been in touch with the Roman Catholics and have admired many of them as most devoted and conscientious Christians. Their lives arc a blessing to those who know them. When I and other writers attack certain claims of the Roman Catholic Church, we have no thought or intention of hurting the true men and women who are in that communion in multitudes. We only aim at showing the falsity and insolence of many of the claims put forward by" the Political Machine within the Church and not by the Church as a truly spiritual body. Any man who .claims to have the power of sending another man to heaven or hell at will, should be chased out of the country. He terifies those who are led from babyhood to believe in his monstrous claims. He is an impostor and a traitor to all peoples and nations as well as to those who believe in his lief. There are tens of thousands of honest, Christian and enlightened Roman Catholics desiring to be'freed from the bondage of this terrible priestcraft. These I bondage of this terrible priest craft. These I would gladly help. And from their ranks come over to Protestantism thousands annually. BRITAIN AND JAPAN IN ALUANCE. Viscount Uchida, one of the ablest men in Japan, says: "It.will, no doubt, he highly gratifying to you, as it is to myself, to find a steady advancement of friendship between this country and foreign powers." ''Above all, our relations with Great Britain have been constantly growing, in cordiality, while the revision of the Anglo-Japanese agreement which was effected last year has, I am sure, given additional strength and solidity to the alliance." These are important words. They are far- reaching. I remember well when the first treaty was entered into between Great Britain and Japan, that I wrote to the press, saying the alliance was natural only on one permanent basis. This was that the two peoples are of the same Hebrew stock. The ground I then took is this: The British are descendants of Abraham and passed over to Britain after their exile in Assyria. On the other hand, the Japanese are also descended from Abraham and after their exile they passed Eastward and finally landed in China, Korea and Japan. The high class, ruling peoples of these three empires were of Hebraic ancestry. In time most of them concentrated in Korea and, Japan. This wovild give a permanent basis for a treaty of a character such as is embodied in the alliance now in force between Britain and Japan. It is remarkable that never in the history of either empire did either enter into a similar alliance. This was the first attempt of each, and it has been wonderfully effective and of the highest value to both countries, as well as to the world. The Almighty has this matter in hand and is making good His promises of thousands of years ago. 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 A. E. McCannell ' CONFECTIONERY 601 BROADWAY, WEST Corner of Ash A Full Use sf TOBACCOS aid CIGARS CUT FLOWERS AND POT PLANTS KEELER'S NURSERY Cor 15th Ave. & Main St. PHONE: Fairmont 817R PRAYER 18 GOOD FOB MAN. and this "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches." , Jesus was ready for every duty because he came up to it strengthened by perfect discharge /of the duty preceding it���������Rev. J.mes Stalker, D.D. All I have seen teaches me to trust God for all I have not seen.���������Emerson. Some old-fashioned customs were well worth keeping, such, for example, as Sabbath observance, the church-going habit, family prater, family discipline, and plsJn giving. 73 Conceit can puc a man up, but never prop him up.MRuskin. The world is full of answers to prayer, millions of believers who have perceived truth are cheered by this knowledge. The present status of Christianity is largely1 an answer to prayer. Its power ori earth is the result of activity in praying weaklings who have had no eivil authority, social prestige or military force. Its wealth has sprung up despite the poverty of most of its subjects. Its conspicuous position has been attained through the agency of obscure pleaders and toilers. Like its great Pounder, it has been despised and rejected of men, yet it lives and flourishes chiefly because its adherents believe and pray. , The Bible too is an answer to prayier. Its writers were all "men of prayer. Its sublime thoughts were largely given through spiritual illumination. Every good tiling, apart from the material, owes something to prayer. THE DOMINION FI8H CO., MIT". Vancouver's Bia Wholesaler* awl Retailer* in the Fish Business, Located in the City Market, Main 8treet, and 112-114 Cordova Street- LIMITED : ffeeies JepttlM77l 603-610 Carter-Cotton BWg. : P. 0. BOX HIS, VANCOUVER?. B. C. $ The Dominion Fish Company/ Ud., are exporters and retail dealers In all kinds of fresh and salted fish, and .rippered-herring, haddock, and bloat- ���������rrs, smoked salmon and cad, "oysters,, .lams and crabs, poultry and game, *nd fruits; and vegetables. Their big wholesale quarters are ocated in the City Market on Main Sheet, end their retail store is at ! 12-114 Cordova Street. The concern lias been established fifteen years ii;<l occupies an important position in the commercial world. At times they handle from seven to ten tons of. fish daily for their city and shipping trade. 8. E. Neville Is tbe well-posted and enterprising manager of this immense business. It has been under the present able management during tne past three years and has grown to mammoth proportions. The wholesale storage plant is well equipped for handling tbe business scientifically. Immense quantities of ice' are ground up to keep the fish cool and well preserved, and each kind is placed fn its own department while stored awaiting shipment or delivery. The Dominion Fish Company, Ltd., have a big auto bus, for quick deliveries of city orders and shipments are given prompt, attention. , Mr. Neville is a young man, but; well schooled in tbe details of bow to handle the flab trade, and is full i of vim und go. His plant is open for inspection at any time, snd cleanliness and the frigid *one temperature are two linportnat factors here, and fish are constantly coming and going at this establishment. Their phones are 422 and 423. tbe greatest poultry and dairying vicinity in England for the London markets. He served for sometime there on the Parish Council. He has been four years in Canada, two as a live and dressed poultry dealer In Vancouver, B. C, located in the City Market building. Main Street, and was two years in Saskatchewan farming after arriving in the new America��������� the World's Paradise. Mr. Mudge is a wholesale as well as retail dealer in all kinds of utility and dressed poultry, and always has on band a big stock for the trade. Besides poultry be deals in fresh eggs and produce. In fact, if you drop around and visit his place of business you are very likely to find nearly everything a fanner grows or a city family would like to eat. Personally, he is full of vim. and enterprise, and' his former experience in his native commonwealth in the old land has well 'fitted him for handling Vancouver's biggest wholesale and retail poultry trade. His prices, moreover, are what talk both ways to seller and buyer. His phone is Fairmont 166C. AP0LOGIE8 FOR GOVERNMENTS. "Jails, asylums, penetentaries, poor- bouses, infirmaries, hospitals, etc., are but apologies for governments, and governments are a reflex ot the ignorance of voters." CORPORATION OF SOUTH VANCOUVER. f TRY ^ Hay, Grain, Feed and Poultry Supplies Piamond Chick pood PrattVlSgg: Producer Uiwn Seed Prompt Peuvjsry Courteous Treatment Phone: pair. ������86 2471 WESTMINSTER BD. 1 . ��������� C<?������. BaoAWWAY WOMAN'S BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY Only the Bent kept C.1MIKI tSSMMmfl. CHIROPRACTIC (KI-RO-PRAK-TIK) is the knowledge of the cause of disease and the art of locating and removing the cause by band. THE BRAIN is the human dynamo wbicb generates human electricity or vital energy, and the spinal cord and nerves are tbe instruments for conveying this force to all organs and tissues. THESE NERVE8 emanate, on each side of the spinal cord, through semicircular grooves wbicb are subject to strain, often producing pressure upon tbe nerves, thus Interfering with tbe transmission of this vital energy. THUS THE SUBLUXATION (slight displacement) is tbe cause ot bad effects or disease at the end of the nerve. A CHIROPRACTOR locates snd art justs (by hand) the displacement within the spinal column of the human body. When an adjustment Is properly made, tbere will be 100 per cent of transmission and 100 per.cent, of expression of life, which is PERFECT HEALTH. Ernest Shaw, p.C. (Doctor of Chiropractic.) 250 22nd Ave. East. Consultation Free from 1:30 to * daily (Sundays excepted). 1832 Commercial Br. Betweer 2nd and and 3rd J We namifscture ICE CREAM ON THE PREMISES PRESh DAILY. Inspection invited. W. I.. CARTER. PROPRIETOR Full line of Confectionery, Tobaccos, _e THE FARMER8' AGENCY. ������^���������^ mniri ���������������������-���������������i������ ������ ��������� ������!������������������������* ��������������� ������ ��������� ������ hhiiii on . - ...<* . * ��������� ��������� ������������������t.x /.������������������ - f ��������������������� The House of Improvement ���������-V ��������� ������.1?-- *. V Fresh, Best in Quality,- AMjiittaufc in Quantity The Kind that Pfease Vegetables, Provisions, Eggs Butter, etc., at Lowest Prices. Cor. Commercial Drive & Nth Ave. J. P. SINCLAIR, Prop. MI&E: Falraioa! W33I A Prominent Wholesale Fruit'and Produce Centre Located in the City Market Building, Vancouver, B. C The Farmers' Agency Is a prominent wholesale centre tor practically everything a farmer grows, and Is located in the CUy Market building on iiaih Street, adjoining the Main Street bridge. .This institution is tour years old, an4. bad its inception when thlB market was first opened. George Syroluck Is the enterprising proprietor and ' has steadily been climbing the various rungs of the ladder since he first opened, commencing at the bottom in a. very modest way. The keynote to his success is bis strict \ attention - - to . business and hendlins his many patrons fairly, making each one a regular and permanent enstomcr. Moreover, he pays tbe highest spot cash prices for his goods the markets afford, and the farmers,, fruit men, dairy men and poultry men know where to go to get the cash. Personally, he is a hustler, well posted, genial and liberal in bis views and dealings. He is an Austrian by birth, speaks good English, and believes in "printers' ink." He Is a demonstration of what honesty, industry and sobriety will do to help build up and hold trade. Council and Committee Meetings. Council Meeting, 2 p. m. Finance Committee, S:S0 a. m. Saturday April 6th Saturday April 20th Monday May 6th Monday May 20th Wednesday June Sth Thursday June 20th Friday ��������� - ��������� July'Bth Saturday July 20th Monday August Bth MR. MUDGE. Tuesday . ....... Augst 20th Thursday ...:..,. ... September 5th Friday' ....: ...vSeptember 20th Saturday ..;.'.. October 5th Monday Ootober 21st Tuesday ��������� November 5th Wednesday ........ ... November 20th Thursday .... December Sth Friday .../.<..-... .... 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In Canada by The British A Colenial Press Service, Limited, It Waa "hard to give up this holiday, sad harder to leare her to spend it with that baw-baw young fool from tht Old Country. "I don't half like letting you go hack by yourself. Mrs. Rolt," he said, "nor I don't like spoiling your pleasure, but those fellows will be out ot the country before we can get on to their trail ^f I. don't get a move on." "Don't worry about us, Jim, we can get home all right, only we must not stand here talking any longer. What are you going to do with Pretty Dick?' "Send him along witb you with your Iotas. I don",, want him too near me. He fa a ChUcotin himself, if he is half civilised. But hold on a minute." ... He stood shading _la4jres snd look- |^^M*~aj-..;tt������^3W^a|t.::,5j" ; "Ycra-Jbimn't got that Salr of glasses with' yon, hafe you, Ahstrutber?" '���������$- "Yes. here they aroi'* ��������� ."' :'-'y'^,, Jim fumbled'with them tor jom* time. Like many outdoor men in the West he was not very familiar with the' use of binoculars. "Tbey ain't no good to me. Guess I don't savvy them properly. Tou taker a look through them for me. Ain. that smote there to the west?" Anstruti^r looked and Jim watched blm. , "No, not there." he aald Irritably." "Lord! a man'could count the rings'on a rattler that far. Away beyond on the next big bench towards the river. near those clumps of pine." Anstruther could not see the pines. He saw a dark line, but that it meant pines was not obvious to him as It seemed to Jim'a naked eye. Mrs. Bolt took the gltsees from him. "Let me try," she said. "I know what to look for. That Is half ths battle," aad then, after a short scrutiny, she tsld- . ��������� ��������� \ "Tea, I believe that there la a column of smoke or mist Just to the right ot the pines." "It ain't mist. There's no swamp up there. Ill bet nty socks that's th- ��������� camp. Tell you what, Mrs. Rolt, If you're a mind to come along, I've almost ������ mind to take you. They aright not suspicion soy thing if they saw ladles along and so give mo a enow to Me store's I would it i went by my lonely." ICitty clasped her hands and lot her horse go. "Hold on," cried Jim. TouTl want some blankets, won't you? Wo slant make It back to the raocho to-night 1 mesa to camp alongside those fellows." He turned. esUius Anstruther to follow him. snd rode after Pretty pick's wagon, from which they returned with ail the blankets tbey could carry. 'Tou and me win have to rough It to-ntgbtf but it won't ourt us any, it we keep up a. good fire." The other made no objection. In tbe warm sunlight the prospect of a cold, sleepless night does not seem very terrible. It is wher tbe alow hour* give you ume to think of your discomfort that the pinch comes. Then you vow that you will for the future leave your'grub, rather than your blankets, behind. 4, Hut, H^inHMt '11 '111 HI * ISM ** **',*'* * II I'l'M'H I I H������lMIHt ... For Phone: Seymour 5 6 05 i ������������������ We clean Carpets, Rugs, Draperies, etc. by Electric ;j; f Vacuum Process without removal. X * We clean walls by new antiseptic process. * I Compressed Air and Vacuum Cleaning Co. | % Si2 Richards Street % * v ������HHM"������'t'���������"I"M"l"H"H������-I'������'I"t"M"t"H. *********<<'*************** ************************** X * # * ��������� * ! ��������� ��������� *************************4 THE HOUSE OF WALLPAPER ! : .��������� 4 4 Phone: Fairmont 1243 CAL- O - TINT 1 Of all. Colors- Guaranted the Finest Wall Finish in British Columbia Large Stock of Wall Paper rUuBfc FalnnoDl 1243 A. RUoS* 146 Broaiwy, Eosl CHAPTER IV. It was a glorious and memorable ride for all of them. Four perfect borsemen in a horseman's country. Such a taste of paradise as, in this weary old world, generally precedts trouble. "How much of this belongs to the Risky Ranch, Mrs. Rolt?" asked Anstruther. "All of it as far as you can see." "None of it." corrected Jim, "except S few meadows and some water front on the Fraser as you can't see." "How annoying you are, Jim. You know what I mean perfectly well.' "Only you don't say It, and he doesn't know." "Well, It it isn't yours." persisted the puzzled Anstruther, looking from one to the other, "why should not anyone run their cattle over it?" "They might if they did not need water or bay.- These two Harrison boys are trying it now." "What Jim means, Mr. Anstruther, is that we have corralled, oh, I beg your pardon, Kitty, secured the exclusive right to all th-> water and all the hay meadows in the district, and without these the run would not be worth anything. Stock must have water, and in winter must sometimes have hay." "I see, but how do you keep your cattle. 1 don't see any fences." "We don't keep them, they keep themselves, in summer, and in winter���������" she broke off abruptly, and pointed to where a number of slow- moving beasts were strung out in line Of march towards the r.ver. "Do you see that band? Those are the first of our beasts coming in. For the next fortnight you will see them, wandering in by hundreds. They know the seasons as well or better 'than we do." "Do you mean that they have bees out all the summer and are coming in now of their.own accord?" "Just that. In all sorts of beautiful little parks islanded in that black timber; in' groves shady and deep, by little streams we have hardly seen., they have dreamed away their summer undisturbed and now they are coming home with their calves behind them, our income." "It seems easy. Where does the work come in?" Mrs. Rolt turned laughingly in L2r saddle to Jim. "Isn't any work, is there. Jim?" Jim, who was riding in his shirtsleeves, with his coat in a roll at the back of his saddle, looked meditatively at his own bare corded arms. "Might be some in the meadows in '.'skeeter time,'" be Eugges.ed. Rounding up the strays keeps a man In tbe saddle quite a while, and there's some don't hanker after too much branding and such like, but It'a all In a lifetime. If It la work It ia better than any play I ever heard t*������i of. Qaeaa it I was the boss of the Risky, I wouldn't change places with anyone." That is pretty of you, JInt" He looked at her smiling, no vara abashed. "I guess the boas agrees with me, and be knows England aa well aa he knows B.C., and haa sampled the best there is to be had pretty nigh all over." "Yes, but he had hie fill of England first, Jim. and he la older." Her eyes followed the laughing couple which preceded them, as her thoughts -followed ^Ooapbo's, and the -pSifi,'ln .bis. honest s������y eyes -was reflected in here. She waa sorry for Iter old friend, and knew that It waa. ua*- less, to explain. The old world had called its. own, and. both, knew that Kitty had listened to Us call. . Meanwhile the others had, ridden ahead, and were now holding up their band* to. keep the stragglers back. They left their horses, and stole quietly on tb some tall trees which fringed a email lake, a blue turquoise set in the red gold of tbe reeds, and islanded amongst the grey green of the sage brush. For tbe last fifty yards the boy an., girl.- they were little more, crept on their hands and knees, and when they raised their heads above the reeds there was a sudden splashing and scurry as a bunch of mallards sprang quacking from the water.. In quick succession four reports followed one another, and two of the ducks tumbled back headlong Into the lake. For a moment the rest of the birds looked aa if they were going straight away, but some foolish prompting of curiosity brought them bock, swinging in a circle high overhead. "Stand still, Miss Clifford," they heard the Englishman say, "now let them have It," and again there were four flashes, but even to the onlookers It was almost impossible toj distinguish more than two reports. Again two birds csme down, not an aslant on struggling wings, but with their heads under them, deed In mid air. km*d instantly, as If by lightning. "Tbat'a a fins performance, Mies Clifford. Very few girls at home could beat that," they heard Anstruther any. "You were too quick.for me." "What! didn't you shootr "No/* be lied gsllant'y. "flee, my gun ia loaded atill, and be threw open tbe .reach, showing the two cartridges which he had slipped In with the rapidity of an old hand almost as he spoke. "Then I killed those two myielf." "Unless tbey died for love of; you." "And who killed the others?" "I suppose that you did." "Oh, nonsense; I'm not going to baileys that." "WelU we'll take one each then if I can get them. Give me your hand, please, for a moment," and under the transparent pretext of wanting support whilst be balanced himself upon a partially submerged pine pole, Anstruther managed to retrieve his game. perhaps be held the little warm hand a trifle longer and pressed it a trifle harder tban the circumstances warranted, but the girl's rosy face registered no serious protest "He's a very fluent liar," muttered Mrs. Rolt bal- to herself as they rode up. "Bags his game very neatly," answered Jim. "And she's a little fool," said the lady viciously, but Anstruther neither heard the criticism nor the praise any mor" than did Kitty. In their veins the young blood was beating so that their ears were deafened to everything except tbe measure of one old song, which once truly learned becomes the music of a lite- time. For tbem the scent ot the sage brush, tbe hurry and roar of rising wings, and the blue of. lonely upland lakes, would be as the keys of paradise as long as they both should live, bringing hack dreams with which duck-shooting should have little enough to do. ' Unfortunately that song is a duet/ and gives pleasure to two only, so that though the pools seemed innumerable, and the glory of the day unstinted, an end came to Jim*s loquacity. He wa3 all eyes, but his tongue had failed him. Suddenly as Jim and the boss's wife followed soberly behind the younger couple; an owl called from the timber which they were now skirting. The two in front had pulled up, and were waiting for Mrs. Ro't to join them. When they came alongside Anstruther asked: "Did you hear that owl, Combe? Isn't, it early in the day for him to be calling?, There do you hear him? He must be quite close to us." "That ain't no owl," "What is it, then?" "A Chllcoten telling his pals that there are white men coming. You'll see the. smoke of their camp as soon as this timber opens up again. I guess I'll ride on ahead," and so saying be put bis -lorse into a gallop. "Why Is he In such a hurry?" "I expect he wants to get a glimpse of their camp before they have had time to cache anything," replied Mrs.' Rolt. "Jim is looking for things not mentioned in the game list. But when the three reached the Indian camp they found Jim Combe sitting loosely in his saddle, tbe bridle thrown carelessly on bis horse's neck, talking with the utmost good temper to a grey-haired old mummy, as if he were enjoying a gossip in his native tongue. "Says that the tribe is hungry, that i the wolves have gtown numerous, and ( the deer all gone back away off," said he aa tbe others came up, mimicking the old woman's manner. "Seems like it, doesn't it?" and be pointed to a gnat square stack of fresh hides. There's another stack just back of that, under those trees. They must have killed forty or fifty deer. How many suns have you been hunting?" he asked, turning.again to the squaw. Ten sons." showing the number on her bent claws. "And how many men stop here?" "My son. his fader, and two more." "Who is your sod? What you call him?" "Kinet'-.aw," whined the old hag In a curious sing-song. "Oh! cultua Jack, eh?" "Nawltka, white man's name Cuhus Jack." "Then his father ia Khelowna. Ton Khelowna'e wife, Bmma?" "Nawltka, me Emma." Ton don't mean to say that awful old woman is the chiefs wife." whispered Mrs. Rolt Tea. She's the prinoess. Ntee princess. Isn't she? Well, we're going to camp here, Kmrna." . Anstruther smiled at Kitty. Combs's seemed a somewhat informal manner of addressing a princess. "Not much wood," grumbled the erone. ,- ' "Oh, the wood's all right It's a warn night and we shan't want much." ��������� ���������'Water very bad,, makes awn sick." . That le why -700 have camped by it JM right, old 1-oveltnees, I'm on to your curves. Doesn't seem to aanftair much after bur society, does aha, Mrs* Roltr he saw laughingly, as be took the horses. Snd led;them away, r--.-. Returning'ii a Uttie while, hfc ax* chopped, out the roots at which Ah-1 struther had been vainly tagging, cot down a dozen trees and stripped thorn whilst he whistled, so that the bed* were heaped high with sweet*melUng hemlock; the fly waa tightened and set firmly between Its guy. and the fire made to leap and glow like a aierry heart In the gloom. ,' tt ia not a bad thing for other people to hate one man amongst them whs knows how to help himself. And now. aa the afternoon waned, aa Indian appeared dragging the first doer into camp. In the oourse of the neat hour ho ant four others returned st one timm, bringing with them seven deer In-aJI, jii enough meat to last them with ord* v- nary cave for a nmstth or s)s weeks. /_ "I wonder tf It H too dark to t*** ������| Jhotofcmph^ s^An^^jrjyi! HO"���������*. ed for years 10 look upon all iadfafcr as Inoffensive, there would haws heoa but little sleep in the white people's lamp that nigbt . ' Th Indiana did not sleep. > . Through1 all that long night the hm> ters of tbe Cfellcotetta sat round th#r firb, smoking and -mattering amen*. themselves, dastlng now snd smm- evU glances'toward the spot whsfe- the white people toy. ., Constant contact wtth seen; anacd -!th r-^rmrft of precision, has talma (he courage out of the gftaatrrit aso had the fame effect upon a tribe wtdeh to naturally one of tb* a*Meat sad fiercest in Western Cjuada, hat Instincts of tb* savag* mania;' anyone with hah* aa *y* would recognised that dull glow ln th* f gloom as a storm cants*, ' An hoar or two passed hy, th* deopeaed, th* dron* *taantUag' weat on and than a flaw**-del Itself from ths gtoam eel eMjgit # out a sound Into ths OrsUt wiftte. Jimt thwa Jim tamahr sttmd'ta his sleep, and throwing one am NStlsssfr from his blanket*, turning *"*> si am side towards the Indian's fir*, auttte*- tag in hie sleep. As he did so. th* OguM.gttdad hhdk into th* ehadowik^ crept nearer to th* firs Hstenisc, ������MI their Mack leaves were tipped wit Nd light swallowed him ap aad *r a fall minute th* droning ceased. '��������� Th* stteno*. which tuOosrsd was 1 oarimms uvea than that teoaaoaat 1 taring. The latent watching eyes maae Itself feR. th*__hi*f spok*. 0W3 ,h w (CcatHmeJ Hptt Weeh.> picture' ������vv3>**4 had grown tired of "Just think what a those aolemn-lookiBg make, equattlng by th* Una, with the priaeese grubbing in th* sab**. *1t's much too dark, and. hesldea, I dont think that they would Us* it" replied Mr*. Rolt* >Wk* it. it cant hurl them They ought to feel flattered thst any on* cares to preserve their awful face*," and ao saying, he strolled nonchalantly over to the neighboring camp. T wish h* would not do it" mat* tered Mrs. Rolt undecidedly. "Obi what uoneeoevMary." replied the girl, "you- really sr* too absurd shout those Indians. I've photographed tbem before snd they did not mind a hit but he will come back If you callblm." Unfortunately, Mrs. HRolt wavered snd neglected her opportunity. With perfect assurance Anstruther strolled up to the four sullen figure* who glowered at aim so he came, but did not move a muscle. XNjee eveulng.*' he .aid, "isn't It I don't' happen to speak your lingo but hope I see you well. IBver bad your pictures taken?" . Still tbe four remained motionless. "Not in a conversational mood, eh? Well, perhaps that Is better. Mustn't talk whilst the operation le being performed- Put your bead a little on one Side, sir. No stvvy, eh! Well, think of 'er. old chappie," and he pointed to Emma with a grin, and kneeling down adjusted his camera, aiming it right Into the faces of the silent group. "As he did so Bmma disappeared Into the tent. "Whoop! Gone to ground," he Shouted with a laugh, and the four, rialng with a growl, turned their backs upon blm. For a moment he wa* nonplussed, but the devil of island Insolence bad i possession of him, and he knew that Kitty was watching blm. Still on bis knees he reached tor a long stick from the fire, and bending forward, tossed tt so the hot end of tt fell upon the nearest Indian's bare toot. Quick as thought the Chllcoten turned, and for a moment tbe women drew their breath and feared for what was to come, but the camera' clicked ���������nd the fire still divided the aggressor from his victim. "Got you, my beauty," said the unconscious artist," with suite your most engaging smile on," and utterly careless of the dumb wrath In the man's eyes, he put his camera into its case, and walked back, laughing, to his friends. Mrs. Rolt and Jim. who had returned too late to Interfere, did not join.in hi laugh, but the sullen faces of the outraged four, and the sight of Emma, the beautiful, peeping out to see if all was safe again, were too much for Kitty, who laughed till the tears ran down her cheeks. "Oh, surely,. Mrs. Rolt," protested \ Anstruther, between his peals of j laughter, "there is nothing to look so serious about. One would think that you had been photographed. I didn't hurt tbe sulky brutes, and if they [ didn't like being photographed, what i matter. You aren't afraid of Indians In this country, "are you?" "No, but we don't want enemies. At any rate, for goodness' sake, stop laughing. You can see how they hate it" It is a curious trait of the Indians, at any rate of the Far West, that they themselves seldom or never laugh, whilst the merest hint that you are laughing even in the mildest way at them, puts their backs up immediately. Like the vast plains and dumb forests through which they roam, they are by nature sombre, and a laugh is as' much of an outrage to them as a thrush's sccg would be to the forest silence.' BORDER TAILOR: SuittiriiklestoCWler $22-CXO Special Samples of Seatcb Tweed* yspAR A<m car sum*. htuwtnr- <-perfer** sMetSttp. Hi������in!*nfej<rr������<c.ii; tfmry fttci������t>t<c4. IMtrtccs ll*i Seciet Cttvkc t-iittu. , . 919 f���������**f*r (sswgiv. *y*J>j*fi4t������oAbWAV) First-class Repairing a Specialty < 890m and Shoe* made to order. P. PARIS, pnop. Also Corner of 6th Avenue. fl Wl C|w Confectionery In Great Vawstv. ._ _PRBAI>. CAKES ������n<iTAfitsV ISXTKA FANCY TABLE FB171T* A tiexxl Line of SCRrBBUCKH, IMPKTRIE8 snd SOX tfTA- TIONSKY lit SPECIALLY LOW PR 10*8 mm MT. PLEASANT CHURCH. Cor Ninth Ave. and Quebec 8t Sunday services���������Public worship at J) a. m. and 7:00 p.m. Sunday School .rd ��������� Bible Clans at 2:30 p.m. ' Rev . J. B. WoodsJde, M.A., Pastor. 170 Broadway, W. Tele. Fairmont 24)-H a*wn*t. MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST Cllt'HCM Cor. Tenth 'Ave. -artd Quebec St. S. Everton, B.A., Pan tor 250 13th Ave. E. Preaching Services���������11 a.m. and ������.3l>' p.m. Sunday School at 2:20.pm. CKNTRAL. BAPTIST CHUIM'H Cor. 10th Ave. and Laurel St. Services���������Preaching afll a.m. and J'.Jf. p.m. Sunday School Y������t 2:30 w.m. . ' Rev . P. Clifton Parker. M.A., Pa*tor. IJth Ave*\V. i asxTHOStar. ' "." ! MT. PLEASANT,CHURCH I Cor. 10th Ave. an,d Ontario. : Services���������Preaching at. 11 a.m. and M ; 7:00 i'.mi. Sunday School and Bit;* Class at 2;;30 p.m. Rev. W. La*hley Hall, B.A.B.D., Pastor Parsonage, 128 11th Ave. \V. Tele. Fairmont 1449. i ! Trinity Methodist Church, Seven . Ave. B\, between Park. Drive and Victoria Drive. Pastor, Rev. A.'M. San fort B.A.. B.D. Public Worship, Sunday, nt IJ a.m. and 7; p.m. SaJibath School at 9:45 a.m. Ourinjr summer.month!-. MJd- jweek rally on Wednesday at 8 p.m. AWOz.ic-ir] ~^ ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH Cor. Broadway and Prince Edward Sl Services���������Morning Prayer at 11 a.m. Sunday School and Bible class at 2:30 p.m. Evening* Prayer at 7:30 p.m. , Holy Communion every Sunday at 8 a.������n. and 1st and 3rd Sundavs at 11 a ������r> Rev. G. H. Wilson, Rector Rectory. Cor. Sth Ave. and Prince Kd- ward St. Tele. Fairmont 406-L. ��������� -&TT-_ DAT BAXHTi! REORGANIZED CHURCH OF CH1UST 2322 Scott Street m ^TT Services���������Every Sunday eveninir'at 7:S0*"o'clc<V. Sundav School st 8:30 o'clock.,__,_; I. McMullen. Elder. IWDXPEHD-W-r ORDXHt OT OS-- raiLows MT. PLEASANT LODGE NO. 1 !> Meets everv Tuesday at S p.m. >n I.O.O.F. hall. Westminster Ave., Mt. Pleasant. Soourning brethren corjial'y invited to attend. J. C. Davi?. N. G.. 12S1 Homer Street J. Huddon. V. G.. 2616 Main Street Thos. Sewe!). Rec. Sec. 481 Seventh Ave. E. '<f CHAPTER V. If Arstrutlier had not been young end recltlees, acd the ladies accustom- Z.OTAX. OBAJffGE tODQE MT. PLEASANT L. O. L. NO. 1812. Meets the 1st and 3rd T ^ursdays of each month at 8 p.m. in the K. of P. hal!. All visiting brethren cordially welcome.. H. Birmingham. W.M., 477 7th Ave. Jv C. M. Howes, Sec. 393 10th Avi, E. ���������W*<������tJ*>*������__;^C'h^S^-^ ,������ UWMtf *A* W V< ������^������������v %���������*������**&;��������� v I :tt | 8" THE WESTERN P*' Local and Otherwise As a result of a conference between South Vancouver officials and representatives- of the C. P. R��������� the work of connecting up the recently discovered spring of water, which will add 150,000 gallons of water to the daily supply of the municipality, with the waterworks system was commenced laBt week. The railway company has agreed to allow the municipality to draw water from the spring, which is situated on the company's property, for the next two years. After, that further negotiations will Lie opened up. the purest, and the best if It is the Eden Bank Ice Cream, tor the manufacturers vouch for the absolute purity of their product. Their equipment is unsurpassed and their operators are experts in their various departments. :v; ���������'"'.' ' ':'��������� ':> They use pure pasteurised cream in the manufacture of the Eden 'Bank Brand of Ice Cream, and it i������ daintily put up in plain and fancy brkks for the~ family trade or for banquets, picnics, and garden parties, etc. Mrs. Wisewoman���������"Hello, is that Mr. Beresford ? " Mr. Beresford���������" Yes." Mrs. Wisewoman- "This is Mrs. Wisewoman. I waa looking at the house of Mrs. Goodneighbor and liked the way you finished it. The Paints and Oils you used look splendid. Now I want you to do mine the ssme, and use decorations like you used at Mrs. Goodneighbor's." Mr. Beresford���������"Thsnkyou, Mrs. Wisewoman. One of my strong: ooints.is promptness. I'll start at once. My address is���������" ._ _ _: J. <725 PARK DRIVE A statement to the effect that the Fraser Avenue Improvement Association may soon take steps to eliminate the dust nuisance on unpaved streets has been made by the secretary, .Tames B. Martin. The recently formed Knight Road Improvement Association are anxious tor the British Coftrmbfa Electric Railway Company to start work on the Knight road carline extension without delay. THE MARCH ROD AND GUN. RECORD GROWTH OF v ****** ��������� * 11 u M i si I ii1111111 ******** i ii i. mini >���������> i i"i i "i'* *������������������ * * Members of the River Road Improvement Association, which was . w������oc formed last Thursday,- S~* perfecting a PHONE: Seymour 8785 J resolution to widen that road' twenty feet. Councillor Campbell, who was present at the meeting, informed the members that the municipal engineer had been instructed to draw up plans in accordance with the- proposed widening. Bring them straight to mat repair shop. We can replace a broken lens on 24 mm notice and aometifres ; hi shorter time than that Don't forget the pieces; we used them to make an exact duplicate from them. You can depend on all repairs being' done accurately and promptly.: >^- Ui$&~ Oy:m*8J9, Jswwxsft & Optician s The newly erected! I. O. O. P. hall on the corner of Ham street and Twentieth avenue was formally opened last Thursday evening with a membership of fifty, and fund* In hand to the extent of $500. |f t f f ** | M ** * *} ** I������ *I < I ***4*9* Ml *** *** %*** 144 ********* taraam*mmm i , ' i ., . . in n nauis l , ._if , j [ i_L__ Twenty-one mills ' on unimproved land and ten on improved was the tat rate for Burnaby fixed by the council last Wednesday. The estimated., assessment was I247.32tt.89. The estimated receipts sod cash surplus., of 1911 of |88,158.M amices th* total receipts f291t748.60. Revised assessments on improved lands figure 112.737^70; on unimproved lands. $7,84o,480; making a total of $20,588,76������. The engineer's estimates of expendi tare tor the year was reduced from $177,930 to $100,000. A ssvplus from last year's appropriation brings the engineer's funds up to $144,000. ., itr s afssngsr one for heavier work, yon want a OOOO 0*������. These brand* are rallable--" Genuine JosepnllodgerV' "J;3C#*;ai������f ���������? Boker. r Our stock afford* yon s choice from hundreds of different styles. <S������ecess<^toChss. &T^> fffHjWt 9*9*099* ffr %B������f A^cUCNUAN & MORGAN iiKMf class *wn������_Anp wots i#tm *~ ' (StsfSstseS vooSVjr isSlW, OssMnsmi'* ������������������������! Children'* st . felicity price*. SOOT* sad StHWS K*PA������������������ Our long ?x{x-rtenr������ *n<l equifa gu*r������iueet> good wnrtaaMunip. The Woman's JJutW of Mount Pleasant Presbyterian church ield their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, 20th Inst There was a very large attendance, and much business was done. The first undertaking of this society is to be an "At Home" given by the executive at the residence of Mrs. O. JL Maxwell, 375 Twelfth avenue, 29th Inst, from 3 till 5:30 p.m. An admission charts of 25 cents will be made, and the proceeds will go to wards the Guild's organ fund. It is to be hoped that many ladles on the hill will wend their way to this tea on Friday, snd thus encourage the Guild In the good work tbey are doing. "An Experience Off the Coast of Newfoundland: Hunting the Hair Seal" opens the March issue of Rod and Gun in Canada; published by W. J. Taylor. Limited, Woodstock. Ont, and the interest of this article is a criterion of the interest of thoBO that follow, which include articles descriptive of outdoqr life from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Anong these is the firet of a series of articles on the Culture of Black and Silver Foxes, which should prove of value to the many seeking practical information on this subject. A new feature this,month Is the creation of a Game Conservation Department edited by Mr. Frank Hyde, wherein matters pertaining to the subject of game conservation will be freely discussed. As this subject is a live one at the present time and is likely to be for some time to come, or until the improved laws for which good sportsmen are agitating have been enacted, this department should prove of exceptional interest. Financial Administration. . The popular and practical test of government Is tbe handling of the public accounts, and if the McBride government is to be measured by this standard and accredited accordingly, then its record entitles it to, a longer lease of life than one can speculate on at present. The first question which may be asked is, whether the prosperity which the government claims is continuing. Perhaps the best assurance on this point is the fact that the actual revenue last year exceeded the estimates by $3,492,865. ':* The principal Surpluses .were : those items which indicate progress, such as land sales. $931,231; land revenue, $171,- 586; timber royalties, etc., $214,809; probate fees, etc, $160,499; registry fees, $363,092. At the end of the year the province had a cash balance in the bank ot $8,626,647. In two years, the balance in the public accounts has changed from. the debit to the credit side, the change representing a saving of $4,792,271. The production of the province last year reached the enormous total of $134^72,709, an increase of 25 per cent in one year. The increase in the Agricultural Department was the greatest, amounting to no less than six and a half millions in the year, an increase of 45 per cent. '���������������������������-������������������ i.-s." '. .��������� '.. '.BJ-mg- Be The Railway Policy. The railway policy which for, two years has filled so large a share of the public attention, is a policy content with nothing short of carrying main trunk lines across the province', and connecting the transcontinental railways with the extreme "western ports. British Columbia is a province of mountains, valleys and rivers. ��������� The mountain sides are clothed with timber or sprinkled with mineral wealth. The valleys are bedded with fertile soil. Within a measurable distance of time altl these sources of wealth will be brought into reach of: the steel roadway, and it.will then be found chat British Columbia will have a network of railways which will Serve every accessible point. Roads and Trails. Meanwh-is the preliminary work of roads, trails, and bridges has engaged the attention of the government, and under the direction of an i excellent minister in the Hon. Thomas Taylor, a sum of money Is being spent which only a few years ago would'have seemed fabulous. . The amount appropriated this year is $8,000,000, a" sum practically fifteen tinea the amount available when. Me. McBride first assumed the reins ot office. It is no longer, the plough and the shovel which alone are used in the construction of proviheia! highways, but modern mechanical appliances and' a free use of surfacing material: Is giving the public a: far better clasB of road. Steal and concrete are replacing wood, and in every department the best expert advice "is being sought Snd the most up-to-date plans adopted: ��������������� A Record mad a Verdict. This is the record of Mr. McBride's administration of tte affaire of tl^e province for eight yean. Itts a record of success bcyoad the wildest hopes, success based upon sn inteluV gent conception. Sad a wise develop- ment of the unrivalled resouces of the province, a success which assures con- tinned prosperity in the future, it is inconceivable that any reasonable body of men would wish to shift the reins' ot governn������������at That is. hardly a question for debate, but it does occur to any fair resffewer of the situation to suggest: that such splendid service and suck notable results entitle the administration to something more than woods' of pralso, and that the least Mr; McBride and Ids cofc leagues have a right to expect from the electoral* IS "a nnaalawus endor- sation of their wota- WE HAVE 6 HOUSES LISTED BE low tbat we can deliver subject to the first deposit. Look them over, then see us. No. I HOUSE West. NO. 315���������17TH AVENUE o rooms, furnace, fireplace, panelled hall and dining room, bath and toilet separate, open balcony at back on second floor, full let, 38x137 to lane. Our price to sell quick ie only $6250 and terms of $600 cash and the balance $100 every 3 mot and Interest at 7^,. .2 3330 Main St. and Cor. 18th Ave. and Main St. V������><iMHIM������MMll'|iN>MW *+****** *t i I *** Ml >H ****���������>** TfllS PAPE������ 18 OWJD FOR A0VERTIS1N0 The Icthus Mission Circle of Mount Pleasant Methodist church gave a very successful entertainment Tuesday evening'in the Methodist church. The crowd was good, the programme was good; It was all good, and everybody enjoyed it t************************* ************************* Bake Ovens Cnreowucnc guacroc TmnurBimcs '���������< Spinal Dbranqbwnts Ngsvovs Pwbabes Hot Springs Sanitarium * -" 725 Smythe Street * > Ladies'Bstbs SPECIALTIES: Face Bleaching Hair Cstedofr Electrolysis . Chiropody Miss None, Matron Massage *************************************************** HOUSE NO. 279.���������18TH AVE. WEST. 33x187 ft. lot, 7 rooms and all asoiara conveniences; v furnace. Wo ossi ds������ liver this home for $5500, only ffOS cash and the balance at- *** pa? month including Interest 80s 9ti* home without delay. No. 3 120 22N0 AVC W., NEAH OOffCC St., 5 rooms, bungalow style, furaaet. laundry tabs, bath sad toOst Wt>, bevelled plsto and colorod glsw doors/electric Ostsres, sH oosfBistf. our price only $4300, on4y f������ov esvs and tbe balance $35.00 per mo. ss| Interest. NOH *** IH til ***** ***** * II111 ������l *,** IIII !M!Htl UIMI t ������������W SI������ISISIM������ISI������MI������ltlSI������iSI'������������**������������Sl������i������ieiei������lS>tl������������t Our Opinion on the Ran^e Question We know we have your confidence and we have made ourselves worthy of it by handling the very best merchandise in our line. ^ We are familiar with the good qualities of every stove and range on the market In our opinion TiwsRanae1 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. Mr. J. W. Edmonds, of the Grand- view Stationery, announces that ho intends to hold a sweeping sale of his entire stock to make room for new season's goods. Dolls and toys, stationery and books, pictures, etc., must all go, regardless of cost; as it pays a tradesman who is conducting a good and successful business to be prepared to cope with the requirements of his patrons. Why do merchants advertise? Because they have goods worth talking about. Why do our readers go through the advertisements very carefully? Because they realize tbat it would, not pay a merchant to advertise in a local paper unless the quality of his goods will stand the test of publicity. Ofedests * Dstratt Opttcsi Csstss oearinsste EDEN BANK CREAMERY PANY, LTD. COM- I W. R. OWEN 2337 Main; Street - Phone Fairmont 447 <********* ************^***********^* Wholesale Dealers in Milk and Cream and Manufacturers of the Famous Eden Bank Brand of Pure Ice Cream, City Market, Main Street. Milk and cream and pure ice cream for the daintiest lady and baby can be had if you phone Fairmont 236 or 237, the Eden Bank Creamery Company, Ltd., located in the City Market on Main street, Vancouver, B. C. They are wholesalers in pure pasteurized milk and cream, and manufacturers and dealers in the famous j Eden Bank Brand of Pure Ice Cream. *\ When you eat ice cream, or ice 'cream cones, or take ice cream sodas, jou may feel assured you are getting i EXPSBIENC- success A BfWge on Which You May Depend a. w. GRunMETT. 19mm ** facta vote ro* ORimmcTT Mm Your Parmanoat OpIMan A solid man with a reputation as solid as the "solid five." Your Bye Trouble* looked after in a satisfactory manner. BAN* OF OTTAWA BUILDING Office 106, First Floor - Phone Seymour 582 Office Hours: 9to 12am., 1 to5p.m., Sat. 7torfp.m. ************************** ************************** Merchants Photo Coa 1046 Commercial Drive One Dozen Full Cabinet Photos $2.50 For One Week Only Amateur Work Supplies Art Goods HOUSE ON CORNER 1#TH ANP John St��������� 6 rooms, tunmee, fireplace, panelled ball and diniag room, aite- trlc light fixtures, goo# high lot and comer; sold for f4800; yon eaa ha������e It now for ������4W0, >M0 cash and the balance 94<> per mo., htclnrifnr inttr est. No. 5 HOUSE NEXT TO THE ABOVE SIM ilar to above in ever}' way. Price only 94200,1400 cash, balance f 40 per month, including interest. No. 6 HOUSE ON SO FT. LOT ON T7TM Ave. near Martha St., 6 rooms, moo- ern, only 1 block to cars, and a good buy at $4500, easy terms. & CO. 2343 Main SM _ Open from 9 a.m. tc 9 p.m. ������ i D1- ************************** *****-^**^^****<i^**^>4^f**%'' "none: Fairmont 497 _u -_���������_���������_ i-H-HM-i ���������SB-Si WmWaamam aaam Wamamm iii m
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Title | The Western Call |
Publisher | Vancouver, B.C. : Terminal City Press |
Date Issued | 1912-03-29 |
Description | Published in the Interests of Greater Vancouver and the Western People. |
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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. |
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Date Available | 2012-09-14 |
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